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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 24-05-2016 15:10
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Sure thing, too bad we were nowhere to be seen at the first summit finish 
Martii_Scots01 wrote:
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! 
Thanks Marty, I'm happy to see you here to follow. Let's hope a podium place is ours tomorrow
We did!
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 24-05-2016 21:54
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 Volta a Portugal - stage 10
32 kms from Pedragao to Leiria, that's what will decide who wins this year Volta a Portugal. A lot of our guys need to put in a good rider in order to claim or improve their position in the top 10.
With Coppel in the hotseat, Vandenborre leaves the ramp. But at the intermediate point already it's clear he's not having his best day.
Guerreiro on the other hand puts on record a great time, grabbing a provisional first place at the finish!
Machado is determined to take the last chance he's got to win the race of the year in Portugal. Just before the finish he flies by Chevrier, who looks doomed for the white jersey that way.
Machado is faster than Guerreiro, but his smile disappears quickly when he's outdone by Chernetskiy, now more than ever really close to the overall win.
Vandenborre finishes 1' down but it's enough to climb onto the podium and taking the white jersey for now. Guerreiro moves from 7 to 6, Chávarri drops from 9 to 10.| 1 |  | Sergey Chernetskiy | Team Katusha | 41'29" | | 2 | | Tiago Machado | Lampre-Merida | + 13" | | 3 | | Ruben Guerreiro | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 38" | | 4 |  | Jérôme Coppel | Etixx - Quick-step | + 41" | | 5 |  | Chad Haga | BMC Racing Team | + 46" | | 6 |  | Jan Barta | Etixx - Quick-step | + 47" | | 7 | | Ben King | BMC Racing Team | + 54" | | 8 |  | Sam Vandenborre | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 1'01" | | 9 |  | Stefan Küng | BMC Racing Team | + 1'11" | | 10 | | Alexander Evtushenko | Team Katusha | + 1'19" |
Overall standings after stage 10: | 1 | | Sergey Chernetskiy | Team Katusha | 35h27'53" | | 2 | | Tiago Machado | Lampre-Merida | + 16" | | 3 | | Sam Vandenborre | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 6'20" | | 4 | | Clément Chevrier | BMC Racing Team | + 6'59" | | 5 | | Joaquim Silva | W52 - Quinta da Lixa | + 7'06" | | 6 | | Ruben Guerreiro | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 8'40" | | 7 | | Ben King | BMC Racing Team | + 9'16" | | 8 |  | Laurent Didier | Radio Popular - Boavista | + 9'27" | | 9 |  | Simone Petilli | Lampre-Merida | + 11'31" | | 10 |  | Eder Chávarri | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 12'14" |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 25-05-2016 07:40
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Volta a Portugal - final stage:
A final stage often begins with a nervous fight to earn a spot in the breakaway. No wonder as there's nothing left to decide apart from who wins this stage.
Once again we do manage to claim on of those spots: MesÃas is our representative. His buddy Sarrou is there as well.
And the Frenchman is not going to become his favorite opponent as for the second time he beats all the other breakaway guys for the stage win. MesÃas concludes a succesfull Volta a Portugal with another second place for us.| 1 | | Jordan Sarrou | W52 - Quinta da Lixa | 3h43'30" | | 2 |  | Renato MesÃas | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 39' | | 3 | | Miguel MÃnguez | Murias Taldea | s.t. | | 4 | | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | + 57" | | 5 |  | Alexander Cataford | Radio Popular - Boavista | s.t. | | 6 |  | Jonas Ahlstrand | Efapel | s.t. | | 7 | | Nikolas Maes | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 8 | | Kenneth Vanbilsen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 9 | | Andrea Palini | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 10 | | Jonas Van Genechten | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. |
| 1 | | Sergey Chernetskiy | Team Katusha | 39h12'20" | | 2 | | Tiago Machado | Lampre-Merida | + 16" | | 3 | | Sam Vandenborre | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 6'20" | | 4 | | Clément Chevrier | BMC Racing Team | + 6'59" | | 5 | | Joaquim Silva | W52 - Quinta da Lixa | + 7'06" | | 6 | | Ruben Guerreiro | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 8'40" | | 7 | | Ben King | BMC Racing Team | + 9'16" | | 8 | | Laurent Didier | Radio Popular - Boavista | + 9'27" | | 9 | | Simone Petilli | Lampre-Merida | + 11'31" | | 10 | | Eder Chávarri | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 12'14" |
 | Sergey Chernetskiy | |  | Sergey Chernetskiy | |  | Eder Chávarri |  |  | Sam Vandenborre | |  | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 25-05-2016 12:16
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Overall it was a great performance from the guys in Portugal  |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 25-05-2016 15:49
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Great final podium !
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 25-05-2016 18:19
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sutty68 wrote:
Overall it was a great performance from the guys in Portugal
Thanks guys! It certainly was a great race for us with a stage win, 2 jerseys, tons of places of honour and 3 man in the top 10
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 25-05-2016 19:47
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With only a week to go before the final Grand Tour of this year, it was about time A.S.O revealed the full team list, wildcard teams included. Now they have, and here are the teams:
| AG2R La Mondiale |  | Astana Pro Team | | BMC Racing Team | | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team |  | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | | Direct Énergie | | Etixx - Quick-step | | FDJ | | IAM Cycling | | Lampre-Merida | | Lotto Soudal | | Movistar Team |  | Orica-GreenEDGE |  | Team Dimension Data |  | Team Giant-Alpecin | | Team Katusha |  | Team LottoNL - Jumbo |  | Team Sky | | Tinkoff-Saxo | | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | | Trek Factory Racing |
As you can see, Caja Rural - Seguros RGA is not mentioned on the list, which obviously means we won't be there to trying to repeat what we achieved last year: a stage win and the 10th place in the overall standings. Of course we're extremely disappointed with this announcement, but we'll be focusing on the following races now:
| Date | | Race | | | 6 Sep | | GP de Fourmies | 1.HC | | 26-27 Sep | | Tour du Gévaudan L-R | 2.1 | | 4 Oct | | Il Lombardia | WT | | 18 Oct |  | Japan Cup | 1.HC |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 25-05-2016 20:03
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Sad 
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 25-05-2016 20:44
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What?  Topsport fucking Vlaanderen gets a Vuelta Wild Card and Caja Rural doesn't? I smell corruption!
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 25-05-2016 21:46
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Getting a face-to-face meeting with the CEO of your main sponsor himself, in his office, should give you an uncomfortable feeling. Especially if he's requested the presence of every single member of the Caja Rural cycling family: riders, coaches, physio's, team cooks,... It's hard too imagine as even his vast office is filled up to the brim.
Ignacio Gonzalez just sits in his chair, staring at all men and women in front of him. Everyone is blinking at each other, hoping to get some answers soon. Gonzalez begins:
'Welcome and thanks for coming over so fast. I can see a lot among you don't really feel at ease here so I'll get straight to the point.
I could say I'm upset about the fact our team did not get a wildcard for la Vuelta, but then I would be lying. I'm furious! Not about the season you guys have had though. That being said, I have an important message about the future sponsorship of this team. But before that, please follow me downstairs, to the pressroom. I'll say what I have to say in presence of the entire Caja Rural management team. ' Gonzalez asks the attendees to take a seat so he can get started, seems like he doesn't want to take too much of their time. And then finally he delivers the message everyone has been waiting for:
'Everybody here knows but just missed out on participating in one of the most prestigious races in the world of cycling. That's a bad thing, obviously, especially because we're one of the main sponsors of this race too. Then what's the point of sponsoring a cycling team, if results gathered throughout the year, including winning a monument, don't matter anymore?
Guys [Gonzalez looks at the team members]. Taking everything that has been said tonight into account, we're not sure Caja Rural will renew its deal with the team after this year. This may be the last weeks in the history of Caja Rural - Seguros RGA.
Ignacio Gonzalez walks out of the room, along with the other members of the management team, leaving everyone stunned.
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 25-05-2016 21:49
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Indeed, this may be a horrible end for this team. 
cunego59 wrote:
What? Topsport fucking Vlaanderen gets a Vuelta Wild Card and Caja Rural doesn't? I smell corruption!
We don't understand it eithere. Maybe Caja Rural should've given even more money to the Vuelta as a sponsor
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 26-05-2016 20:37
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GP DE FOURMIES - RACE PREVIEW
| 06/09 |  | 200 km from Fourmies to Fourmies | |
| | LATEST WINNERS: | | FAVOURITES: | | 2016 - | | Mark Cavendish |  | Fernando Gaviria | | 2015 - | | Adam Blythe | | Carlos Barbero | | 2014 - | | Jonas Vangenechten | | Rick Zabel | | 2013 - | | Nacer Bouhanni | | Louis Verhelst | | 2012 - |  | Lars Ytting Bak | | Alexander Porsev |
| TEAM LINEUP: | | Barbero Carlos | | Bilbao Pello | | Gonçalves José | | Grijalba Fernando | | Klever Jonathan |  | Lature Aldo |  | MartÃnez Manuel | | MesÃas Renato |
With several sprinters the sprinters of the first row active in Spain, this might be a unique chance to win a 1.HC race. Barbero will be facing some strong guys anyhow.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 26-05-2016 21:07
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Good luck to Carlos 
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 26-05-2016 21:15
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Thanks! Hopefully this race will be one to convince the sponsor to keep going
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 26-05-2016 22:59
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GP de Fourmies - La Voix du Nord The very north of France is our next destination. While the real stars are preparing the World Championships in Spain or Canada, the lesser gods have travelled here.
The initial breakaway, which contains Aldo Lature for us, makes it until the start of the local circuit, but they're reeled in easily with two laps (20 kms) to go.
Gonçalves' attempt could've been succesfull, there was a short moment of hesitation in the pack, but he pays for not having chosen the right moment. Bunch sprint upcoming.
Under the red kite, Gaviria has already built up a gap...
And he takes an easy win over Young and Barbero. A good result for us after some hard weeks dealing with the uncertain situation for next season. | 1 | | Fernando Gaviria | Team Dimension Data | 4u46'03" | | 2 | | Eric Young | Optum p/b KBS | s.t. | | 3 | | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 4 | | Gianni Meersman | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 5 | | Zico Waeytens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 6 | | Tyler Farrar | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 7 |  | Ramunas Navardauskas | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 8 | | Jarl Salomein | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 9 | | Rick Zabel | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 10 | | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. |
Edited by Kiserlovski01 on 27-05-2016 13:46
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 27-05-2016 13:26
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VUELTA A ESPANA 2017  | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Giant-Alpecin | WIN | | 2 | | Mikel Landa | Tinkoff-Saxo | +01:14 | | 3 | | Wout Poels | Orica-GreenEDGE | +02:29 | | 4 |  | Nicolas Roche | Lotto Soudal | +04:18 | | 5 | | Leopold König | Team Dimension Data | +05:58 | | 6 | | Rafał Majka | Tinkoff-Saxo | +07:16 | | 7 | | Lawson Craddock | Trek Factory Racing | +07:51 | | 8 | | Alexis Vuillermoz | Team Katusha | +08:11 | | 9 | | Warren Barguil | Ag2r La Mondiale | +08:37 | | 10 | | Tony Gallopin | Lotto Soudal | +09:22 | | 11 | | Rubén Fernández | Team Katusha | +09:39 | | 12 | | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar Team | +11:18 | | 13 | | Louis Meintjes | Team Sky | +11:21 | | 14 | | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | +12:44 | | 15 | | Bob Jungels | Trek Factory Racing | +13:15 | | 16 | | Joseph Dombrowski | Trek Factory Racing | +13:53 | | 17 | | Sérgio Henao | IAM Cycling | +14:59 | | 18 | | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | +15:19 | | 19 | | Fiorenzo Colla | Team Sky | +16:25 | | 20 | | Jan Hirt | Ag2r La Mondiale | +17:10 |
 | | Mikel Landa | Tinkoff-Saxo | 208 | | 2 | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Giant-Alpecin | 203 | | 3 | | Wout Poels | Orica-GreenEDGE | 156 |
 | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Giant-Alpecin | 48 | | 2 | | Mikel Landa | Tinkoff-Saxo | 45 | | 3 |  | Daniel Teklehaimanot | IAM Cycling | 45 |
 | | Lawson Craddock | Trek Factory Racing | WIN | | 2 | | Louis Meintjes | Team Sky | +03:30 | | 3 | | Bob Jungels | Trek Factory Racing | +05:24 |
Finally the Netherlands have another Grand Tour winner, for the first time since back in 1980, when Zoetemelk won the Giro after having become the last Dutchman who won the Vuelta one year earlier. Landa's weak time trail abilities have cost him his first GT and la Vuelta surely was a disappointment for last year's winner Barguil.
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 27-05-2016 16:33
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UCI WC ITT - HAMILTON
 | | Andrew Talansky | USA | 44'47" |  | | Taylor Phinney | USA | + 36" |  | | Adriano Malori | ITALY | + 58" | | 4 | | Rohan Dennis | AUSTRALIA | + 1'10" | | 5 | | Nathan Brown | USA | + 1'35" | | 6 |  | Simon Spilak | SLOVENIA | + 1'36" | | 7 | | Jan Barta | CZECH REPUBLIC | + 1'37" | | 8 | | Tom Dumoulin | THE NETHERLANDS | + 1'47" | | 9 | | Alex Dowsett | GREAT BRITAIN | + 2'07" | | 10 | | Niki Terpstra | THE NETHERLANDS | + 2'25" | | 11 | | Chris Froome | GREAT BRITAIN | + 2'29" | | 12 | | Nelson Oliveira | PORTUGAL | + 2'30" | | 13 | | Anton Vorobyev | RUSSIA | + 2'31" | | 14 | | Maciej Bodnar | POLAND | + 2'36" | | 15 | | Ruben Guerreiro | PORTUGAL | + 2'38" | | 16 | | Victor Campenaerts | BELGIUM | + 2'49" | | 17 | | Luke Durbridge | AUSTRALIA | + 2'52" | | 18 | | Sergey Chernetskiy | RUSSIA | + 3'03" | | 19 | | Vincenzo Nibali | ITALY | + 3'12" | | 20 | | Wilco Kelderman | THE NETHERLANDS | + 3'16" | | … | … | … | … | … | | 30 | | Beñat Intxausti | SPAIN | + 4'01' | | … | … | … | … | … | | 51 | | Sam Vandenborre | BELGIUM | + 6'25" |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 27-05-2016 17:35
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TOUR DU GÉVAUDAN - RACE PREVIEW
The Beast of Gévaudan statue, dedicated to a mythical, dog-like that once lived in the area and was responsable for several killed citizens. It is often referred to as the 'French werewolf. According to legend, the attacks stopped after local hunter Jean Chastel had killed a similarly looking creature.
| 26/09 |  | 145 km to Langogne | | | 27/09 | | 158 km to Mende | |
| | LATEST WINNERS: | | GC CONTENDERS: | | 2016 - |  | Abel Kenyeres | | Fernando Gaviria | | 2015 - | | Gerald Ciolek | | Carlos Barbero | | 2014 - | | Amets Txurruka | | Simon Geschke | | 2013 - | | Yoann Bagot | | Carlos Alberto Betancur | | 2012 - | | Davide Rebellin | | Moreno Moser |
| TEAM LINEUP: | | Barbero Carlos | | Bilbao Pello | | Gonçalves José | | Grijalba Fernando | | Klever Jonathan | | MesÃas Renato | | Ochoa Diego | | Saez Hector |
| 2014: | Amets Txurruka - 1st |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 28-05-2016 11:10
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Good luck in France
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 28-05-2016 18:37
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Thanks!
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