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Fabio Melani | Road to Le Tour | End of Season
Cycleman123
Spoiler
500th post in this thread!


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Decent for us in the GP Primavera.


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sutty68
A Tough day in the saddle for the guys today Wink

 
Cycleman123
It was, but not all bad.


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Cycleman123
La Fleche Wallone

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The Profile


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My first Arsennes classic. I'm doing well on the hills this season, so can I make something happen and maybe get a Top 10?


The Team


Leader

Fabio Melani

Sprinter

Leonardo Duque

Teammate

John Darwin Atapuma

Teammate

Esteban Chaves

Leadout Man

Edwin Avila

Domestique

Carlos Quintero

Domestique

Michael Rodriguez Galindo

Domestique

Juan Pablo Valencia


The Favourites


Banana Banana Banana Peter Sagan
Banana Banana Edvald Boasson Hagen
Banana Alejandro Valverde

The Game Plan


Kelly Version: I'm not expecting anything huge, but let's go for a good result.

My Version: I feel that my career is leaning towards that of Valverde - a decent stage racer but mor of a hill rider. If that is true, then a Top 10 should be achieveable.


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Cycleman123
News


Fabian Cancellara wins his record-equalling 4th Paris-Roubaix

Edvald Boasson Hagen wins the Amstel Gold Race


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Cycleman123
La Fleche Wallone


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The Race


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5 riders thought they had a chance against the peloton today.

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The first attacks came from

De Gent
Rolland
Rodriguez


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They didn't last and the next attack was almost the same, only Sagan was there instead of Dutchman De Gent. Darwin was protecting me, and we were hoping to also get away.

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We caught the above 3, as well as 3 riders from the breakaway, making an 8 man group ahead of the bunch.

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With 13km to go, Darwin was dead. With the attackers safely back in the peloton, a few more riders decided to try their luck. Wellens, Bardet and the ever present Rodriguez. Betancur was also in tow.

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Esteban was protecting me now. I was the only one not isolated.

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With 10km to go a group of 18 favourites formed. Surely it would be the group that would fight it out.

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But again the peloton was having none of it. We made our signature attack train with 7km left. I had a lot of energy still left in me.

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It seemed to work. With Esteban wasted it now looked like it would be me vs Wellens, with us alone up front with 5km left.

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But no! Again the peloton didn't want it. I was waiting for the last climb, but Sagan was leading out even more attacks.

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Ok, now, finally. 6 riders away with just 2.5km left. They were

Mollema
Valverde
Me
Betancur
Wellens
Sagan


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You've got to be kidding me! We got caught at the base of the climb (1.5km left). I was first onto the hill.

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Here it is! I launched my sprint with 400m to go. Unless someone decided to emulate Jarlinson Pantano at last year's Tour of Qinghai Lake, then it was between me, Mollema and Valverde.

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I was ahead in the last 100. Could I do it? There was no raising arms this time Wink

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NO! Oh so close! Again I am so cruely denied.

I have to be happy with this result though. I mean, 2nd in La Fleche Wallone!? For a 21 year old, too!


Fabio


Spoiler
Sorry guys, the export keeps coming up with an error. But the first 3 won by 11" to the peloton, with Betancur 4th.


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The Hobbit
Sorry, but MOLLEMA YAY. Even more impressive is Fabio, a beautiful performance, showing he is worthy of that leaders role.

 
Cycleman123
Glad you're happy twice Pfft


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Ian Butler
Brilliant result, really Shock

 
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Cycleman123
Thanks Wink


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baia
Great race this was.. well done. Wink


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Cycleman123
Thanks Smile Didn't know you were following Wink


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Cycleman123
Liege-Bastogne-Liege

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The Profile


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After a great result in Wallone, I now head to the hardest of the Ardennes classics. Positioning will be key as very narrow roads combine with literally scary high gradients.


The Team


Leader

Fabio Melani

Sprinter

Leonardo Duque

Teammate

Robinson Chalapud

Teammate

Esteban Chaves

Teammate

John Darwin Atapuma

Leadout Man

Jarlinson Pantano

Domestique

Carlos Quintero

Domestique

Michael Rodriguez Galindo


Favourites


Banana Banana Banana Peter Sagan
Banana Banana Alejandro Valverde
Banana Edvald Boasson Hagen

The Game Plan


Kelly Version: Again, great result last time out Fabio. Now just go out there and show everyone it wasn't a fluke.

My Version: Nothing to add really. I need to keep stringing together these sorts of results.


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baia
I follow but not commenting... that much. EmbarassedFrown


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sutty68
Lets hope the team have a great race in Liege Wink

 
Cycleman123
Baia: Good to hear Wink

Sutty: Thanks mate Wink


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Cycleman123
Liege-Bastogne-Liege


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The Race


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We had a huge 16 man break today.

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Esteban had a nice talk with ex-teammate Fabio Duarte.

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And of course, as we had expected, the narrow roads caused problems. Apart from Michael, the whole team was left behind on a 20% climb with roads only wide enough for one rider. I kept a good position up front, but just couldn't keep up.

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I led my group for an extremely long time, and we got back just as the attacks started, and Gilbert hopped out of my wheel to join them. I was too tired though.

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Kwiatkowski would probably win, while Wellens was just behind. The rest were back by a lot. The battle was on for 3rd.

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Again I led my group (this time of 4) up to the next one. However, again, I was tired.

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I was dead with 6km to go. I just tried to keep going.

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The Pole won, ahead of Wellens and Betancur.

I finished 9th - a decent result.

Fabio


Again the export didn't work. Don't knwo why... Frown


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sutty68
9th place in Liege is a great result Smile

 
The Hobbit
You shouldn't have chased yourself, you said your team,sites were there, isn't it their job, and why were you chasing at the end, if he'd waited he could have outdone the others as they chased. You need a stronger team and more race sense Smile

 
Ian Butler
Not a bad result Smile

 
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