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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 21-05-2016 12:18
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 Vuelta a Burgos - stage 3
Another flat stage with some bumps along the road and with a slightly uphill finale. Once again a deranged sprint is to be expected.
After having secured the KoM jersey for now, Ochoa is alone in front with just a little under 15 kms to go. In the background Astana boy Rota drops back. At this point the gap is still around 1'45".
But the false flat part towards the line causes Ochoa to run out of steam too fast to win this stage. For once the sprint is not won by Valverde, who is beaten by Ávila and two other riders. No top 10 finish for us at this stage but Intxausti still looks good for the GC. | 1 |  | Edwin Ávila | Colombia | 3h50'36" | | 2 |  | Jan Hirt | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 3 | | Rubén Fernández | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 4 | | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 5 | | Ángel Madrazo | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 6 |  | Reinardt J.V. Rensburg | Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 7 |  | Andrey Amador | Team Sky | s.t. | | 8 |  | Anthony Roux | Direct Énergie | s.t. | | 9 |  | Robert Power | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 10 | | Romain Guyot | Direct Énergie | s.t. |
| 1 | | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 10h09'21" | | 2 | | Anthony Roux | Direct Énergie | s.t. | | 3 | | Rubén Fernández | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 4 | | Jan Hirt | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 5 | | Reinardt J.V. Rensburg | Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 6 | | Beñat Intxausti | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 7 |  | Diego Rosa | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 8 | | Mikel Landa | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 9 | | Andrey Amador | Team Sky | s.t. | | 10 | | Davide Villella | Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 21-05-2016 12:35
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In Portugal W52 to go full retard at Torre
About Burgos:Go Intxausti |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 21-05-2016 13:10
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 Volta a Portugal - stage 6
And in Portugal is going to be a hard day as well, looking at this rough profile. With several categorised climbs this may also be a vital stage for KoM jersey contenders.
Chávarri decides to give it a go. His breakaway companion is not nearly as good as a climber, which allows Eder to grab the KoM jersey for now.
With all categorised climbs gone and his breakaway companion gone, Chávarri waits for a coming trio, but none of them will make it to the line.
Just before the final bump, Ben King makes his move. With the gap at 50", Vandenborre knows he must move if he still wants this stage...
But King makes it. Vandenborre has to settle for second without receiving this obvious time gap and losing 44" to King, who also goes past Sam in the GC.
| 1 |  | Ben King | BMC Racing Team | 4h09'25" | | 2 |  | Sam Vandenborre | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 44" | | 3 | | Tiago Machado | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 4 | | Petr Vakoč | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 5 | | Joaquim Silva | W52 - Quinta da Lixa | s.t. | | 6 | | Clément Chevrier | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 7 | | António Carvalho | LA Aluminios - Antarte | s.t. | | 8 | | Simone Petilli | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 9 |  | Sergey Chernetskiy | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 10 |  | Laurent Didier | Radio Popular - Boavista | s.t. |
| 1 | | Tiago Machado | Lampre-Merida | 20h31'11" | | 2 | | Sergey Chernetskiy | Team Katusha | + 1" | | 3 | | Laurent Didier | Radio Popular - Boavista | + 3'49" | | 4 | | Joaquim Silva | W52 - Quinta da Lixa | + 3'59" | | 5 | | Clément Chevrier | BMC Racing Team | + 4'40" | | 6 | | Ben King | BMC Racing Team | + 4'42" | | 7 | | Petr Vakoč | Etixx - Quick-step | + 5'01" | | 8 | | Sam Vandenborre | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 5'16" | | 9 | | Ruben Guerreiro | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 6'47" | | 10 | | Simone Petilli | Lampre-Merida | + 7'22" |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 21-05-2016 13:11
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Don't care about W52 to go full retard, as long as someone of our team can follow them . Hopefully Intxausti will go full retard in Burgos 
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 21-05-2016 16:44
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A great podium for Sam in Portugal
Vuelta a Burgos wide open for the final stage.
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 21-05-2016 16:48
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Tamijo wrote:
A great podium for Sam in Portugal
Vuelta a Burgos wide open for the final stage.
Thanks! Too bad he still lost a place in the GC 
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 21-05-2016 19:59
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Vuelta a Burgos - stage 4
Guess what? Yes! Relatively flat stage with a uphill finish. This stage can be summarized easily. Everything started with a breakaway containing Ochoa, who wanted to take the KoM points only.
But he doesn't drop out, at makes it to the final kilometer, now on his own. The sprinters catch him with 400 meters to go and Guarnieri wins.
GC-wise nothing changes so everything will be decided in the traditional mountainous queen stage. | 1 | | Jacopo Guarnieri | Team Katusha | 3h27'19" | | 2 | | Edwin Ávila | Colombia | s.t. | | 3 |  | Gert-Jan Bosman | Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 4 | | Louis Verhelst | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 5 |  | Daniel McLay | Direct Énergie | s.t. | | 6 | | Edward Theuns | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 7 | | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 9 |  | Dion Smith | Direct Énergie | s.t. | | 10 | | Mikel Landa | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. |
| 1 | | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 13h36'40" | | 2 | | Jan Hirt | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 3 | | Rubén Fernández | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 4 | | Mikel Landa | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 5 | | Diego Rosa | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 6 | | Edward Theuns | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 7 | | Andrey Amador | Team Sky | s.t. | | 8 | | Beñat Intxausti | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 9 | | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | | Carlos Verona | Movistar Team | s.t. |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 21-05-2016 21:04
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Volta a Portugal - stage 7:
Another tricky-looking stage in Portugal as well, but we also need a short summary here. It begins with a BOTD including our very own Renato Mesías. It looks like they won't make it, but suddenly the pack stops chasing...
... and Mesías is outsprinted by both Sarrou and Veloso. Mesías may have relayed too enthusiastically at the end. And thus we miss out on 2 stage wins we would have deserved at the same day.| 1 | | Jordan Sarrou | W52 - Quinta da Lixa | 4h22'52 | | 2 | | Ruben Veloso | Team Tavira | s.t. | | 3 |  | Renato Mesías | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 4 | | Francesco Gavazzi | Team Katusha | + 47 | | 5 |  | Jonas Ahlstrand | Efapel | s.t. | | 6 | | Kenneth Vanbilsen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 7 | | Sergey Chernetskiy | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 8 | | Jonas Van Genechten | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 9 | | Andrea Palini | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 10 |  | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
| 1 | | Tiago Machado | Lampre-Merida | 24h54'50" | | 2 | | Sergey Chernetskiy | Team Katusha | + 1" | | 3 | | Laurent Didier | Radio Popular - Boavista | + 3'49" | | 4 | | Joaquim Silva | W52 - Quinta da Lixa | + 3'59" | | 5 | | Clément Chevrier | BMC Racing Team | + 4'40" | | 6 | | Ben King | BMC Racing Team | + 4'42" | | 7 | | Petr Vakoč | Etixx - Quick-step | + 5'01" | | 8 | | Sam Vandenborre | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 5'16" | | 9 | | Ruben Guerreiro | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 6'47" | | 10 | | Simone Petilli | Lampre-Merida | + 7'22" |
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 21-05-2016 23:14
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W52 getting even better,ready for Torre
Seriously,sad for both Mesias and Ochoa |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 21-05-2016 23:37
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Sam putting in some good rides in Portugal  |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 22-05-2016 07:14
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Unlucky that Renato Mesías missed a great option for a win, but a podium is not too bad.
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 22-05-2016 12:20
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Tamijo wrote:
Unlucky that Renato Mesías missed a great option for a win, but a podium is not too bad.
Not bad but it was a unique chance to take this first pro win . I have to say I really enjoy winning after upping the difficulty before this season 
Sure thing, hopefully he has a good day in the queen stage and the long time trial
Hehe, should've known this
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 22-05-2016 16:50
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Vuelta a Burgos - stage 5:
With many KoM points and a jersey to win, many riders try to make it into the breakaway. Diego Ochoa knows this and escapes with 9 other guys.
Diego doesn't win one single sprint but everything seems to be going according to plan, until the riders hit the 1st category climb. The breakaway is caught apart from Villella, who secures the KoM jersey.
KoM jersey is gone, so we're concentrating on the GC. The Australian youngster Robert Power is the first attacker and with just over 1 kilometer to go, he has a beautiful gap. At this point both Intxausti and current GC leader Valverde are long gone.
Landa and Amador both pull off a great sprint but they also both miss out on the stage win. Power wins the stage, Landa the GC.
| 1 | | Robert Power | Lotto Soudal | 4h13'20" | | 2 | | Andrey Amador | Team Sky | s.t. | | 3 | | Mikel Landa | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 4 | | Diego Rosa | Astana Pro Team | + 1'02" | | 5 | | Vincenzo Nibali | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 6 | | Rubén Fernández | Team Katusha | + 1'33" | | 7 | | José Herrada | Team Katusha | + 1'53" | | 8 | | Jan Hirt | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9 | | Beñat Intxausti | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 3'15" | | 10 | | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 4'06" |
| 1 | | Mikel Landa | Tinkoff-Saxo | 17h50'00" | | 2 | | Andrey Amador | Team Sky | s.t. | | 3 | | Robert Power | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 4 | | Diego Rosa | Astana Pro Team | + 1'02" | | 5 | | Vincenzo Nibali | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 6 | | Rubén Fernández | Team Katusha | + 1'33" | | 7 | | Jan Hirt | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1'53" | | 8 | | José Herrada | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 9 | | Beñat Intxausti | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 3'15" | | 10 | | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 4'06" |
 | Mikel Landa | |  | Alejandro Valverde | |  | Davide Villella | |  | Robert Power | |  | Tinkoff - Saxo | |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 22-05-2016 19:49
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Volta a Portugal - stage 8:
For today's stage the pack take a day off. With a gap of over 20', the winner is one of the guys out front.
Sadly the route is too hilly for Martínez, who finishes in third. Stage goes to Muria's Ricardo García. Focus on tomorrow Torre stage now.| 1 | | Ricardo García | Murias Taldea | 4h46'38" | | 2 |  | Konrad Dabkowski | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 1'26" | | 3 |  | Manuel Martínez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 2'31" | | 4 |  | Hiroyuki Kobayashi | LA Aluminios - Antarte | + 7'37" | | 5 | | Francesco Gavazzi | Team Katusha | + 22'07" | | 6 | | Jonas Ahlstrand | Efapel | s.t. | | 7 | | Fabio Silvestre | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 8 | | Roy Jans | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 9 | | Michael Vingerling | W52 - Quinta da Lixa | s.t. | | 10 | | Ivan Garcia Cortina | Louletano | s.t. |
| 1 | | Tiago Machado | Lampre-Merida | 30h03'35" | | 2 | | Sergey Chernetskiy | Team Katusha | + 1" | | 3 | | Laurent Didier | Radio Popular - Boavista | + 3'49" | | 4 | | Joaquim Silva | W52 - Quinta da Lixa | + 3'59" | | 5 | | Clément Chevrier | BMC Racing Team | + 4'40" | | 6 | | Ben King | BMC Racing Team | + 4'42" | | 7 | | Petr Vakoč | Etixx - Quick-step | + 5'01" | | 8 | | Sam Vandenborre | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 5'16" | | 9 | | Ruben Guerreiro | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 6'47" | | 10 | | Simone Petilli | Lampre-Merida | + 7'22" |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 22-05-2016 20:11
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With the hard competision in Vuelta a Burgos, a 9th seems to be fine.
Fine podium in Portugal also, always nice to be in it when a break gets home.
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 23-05-2016 07:34
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Tamijo wrote:
With the hard competision in Vuelta a Burgos, a 9th seems to be fine.
Fine podium in Portugal also, always nice to be in it when a break gets home.
Indeed a solid result for Beñat, who sadly has started to decline as well
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Posted on 23-05-2016 22:21
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Volta a Portugal - stage 9
At last it's time for the traditional and extremely brutal queen stage towards the summit of the Torre climb, the highest peak at the Portuguese mainland. It's time to step for anyone who is even remotely interested in taking one of the jerseys.
Our initial plan to drop everything for Vandenborre is dropped itself when Vaz, ranked second in the KoM standings, joins the BOTD. Current Camisola Verde holder Chávarri needs to move and bridges to the front group, along with Etixx' Nathan Brown. Chávarri takes it easy for now, sitting at the back of this group.
When the road start to rise, Eder immediately shows this blue jersey will be fought for. Only Efapel's Arnou Sole is close when he reaches the first summit.
Going downhill, both riders take some time to recover and both of them realise it might be smarter to wait for a third guy nearby, KoM contender Vaz.
At the second climb, history repeats itself. Chavarri 1, Sole 2, Vaz 3, but the last is quite some seconds down on the leader duo.
But at the foot of the Torre clim, Vaz is back. 25 kms of climbing left, three guys out front, 4' between them and the pack.
When the GC contenders start atacking Chávarri decides it's time to make his move. Vaz is gone, and so is Sole now. In the background there's already a GC man closing in. Chevrier might've chosen the right moment to attack as quickly his gap increases to 1 minute.
Behind Chevrier, an impressively strong Vandenborre closes the gap himself, backed up by a honorable teamplayer Guerreiro and dragging along only Chernetskiy and Machado and dropping Silva, his main rival for the white jersey. With Chevrier reeled in, he quits setting the pace, and Chávarri is still out there...
That was one amazing ride to claim the KoM jersey, Eder! Sam has got enough left to avoid any time loss, which puts him in 5th with the podium still within reach. Chernetskiy grabs boni seconds and earns him a slim advantage for tomorrow's decisive time trial.| 1 | | Eder Chávarri | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 4h42'23" | | 2 | | Clément Chevrier | BMC Racing Team | + 29" | | 3 | | Sergey Chernetskiy | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 4 | | Tiago Machado | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 5 | | Sam Vandenborre | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 6 | | Joaquim Silva | W52 - Quinta da Lixa | + 1'41" | | 7 | | Ruben Guerreiro | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 8 | | Arnau Sole | Efapel | + 2'26" | | 9 | | Simone Petilli | Lampre-Merida | + 3'08" | | 10 | | Omar Fraile | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 1 | | Sergey Chernetskiy | Team Katusha | 34h46'24" | | 2 | | Tiago Machado | Lampre-Merida | + 3" | | 3 | | Clément Chevrier | BMC Racing Team | + 4'37" | | 4 | | Joaquim Silva | W52 - Quinta da Lixa | + 5'14" | | 5 | | Sam Vandenborre | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 5'19" | | 6 | | Laurent Didier | Radio Popular - Boavista | + 7'29" | | 7 | | Ruben Guerreiro | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 8'02" | | 8 | | Ben King | BMC Racing Team | + 8'22" | | 9 | | Eder Chávarri | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 9'04" | | 10 | | Simone Petilli | Lampre-Merida | + 10'04" |
Edited by Kiserlovski01 on 24-05-2016 15:07
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 23-05-2016 22:59
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The guys owned the queens stage, Great result indeed |
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| Martii_Scots01 |
Posted on 23-05-2016 23:03
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Bravo, brilliant job by Eder, but lets see what Sam can do in his specialty, the TT tomorrow!
Very good story btw Kiverlovski, been reading it for a while, trying to catch up! |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 23-05-2016 23:22
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Super stage, the podium is in sight
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