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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 23-06-2016 12:32
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Tamijo wrote:
Very good result in both races, Ion Izagirre in a perfect position at Costa del Sol
Thanks, hopefully Ion can still grow stronger during the other stages 
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Posted on 23-06-2016 13:41
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 Volta ao Algarve (2.1) 
Trying to close in on Kittel in the points classification, Zurlo joined the breakaway. Unfortunately, he could only win the first intermediate sprint. After the last one, he dropped out of the breakaway.
Meanwhile, the gap had come down to less than 2 minutes. That's when Stuyven and Benoot, the latter being in the white jersey, tried a long-range attack. They joined the survivors of the breakaway but their move was realised. Not without the sacrifice of some domestiques already though.
Giant's Slagter was the first attacker, with Morton and Bardet trying to respond. But with only 2 kilometer to go, Guerreiro managed to catch up with Bardet and dropped him immediately. Could he still bridge to Morton and maybe to Slagter?
In the end he also left behind the Australian but Slagter was too far ahead. Still a great second place in both the stage and the provisional overall standings!| 1 |  | Tom Slagter | Team Giant-Alpecin | 4h33'37" | | 2 | | Ruben Guerreiro | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 48" | | 3 |  | Lachlan Morton | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1'05" | | 4 | | Tiago Machado | Lampre-Merida | + 1'20" | | 5 |  | Jan Bakelants | BMC Racing Team | + 1'31" | | 6 |  | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'41" | | 7 |  | Maciej Paterski | IAM Cycling | + 1'54" | | 8 |  | Esteban Chaves | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 9 | | Winner Anacona | IAM Cycling | + 2'23" | | 10 | | Robert Gesink | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. |
| 1 | | Tom Slagter | Team Giant-Alpecin | 8h46'33" | | 2 | | Ruben Guerreiro | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 52" | | 3 | | Lachlan Morton | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1'11" | | 4 | | Tiago Machado | Lampre-Merida | + 1'30" | | 5 | | Jan Bakelants | BMC Racing Team | + 1'41" | | 6 | | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'51" | | 7 | | Esteban Chaves | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 2'04" | | 8 | | Maciej Paterski | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | | Winner Anacona | IAM Cycling | + 2'33" | | 10 | | Robert Gesink | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. |
 Ruta del Sol (2.1)
We didn't bring a sprinter as we're here for a good GC finish only, so our job was to keep our leaders in the pack, and we succeeded. In the end Modolo won the stage over Grosu and Swift. | 1 | | Richie Porte | Lotto Soudal | 3h31'57" | | 2 | | Julian Alaphilippe | Etixx - Quick-step | + 5" | | 3 | | Ion Izagirre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 9" | | 4 | | Cameron Meyer | Etixx - Quick-step | + 13" | | 5 | | Rohan Dennis | Team Sky | s.t. | | 6 | | Luke Durbridge | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | + 19" | | 7 |  | Ryan Mullen | Team Sky | + 22" | | 8 |  | Joey Rosskopf | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | + 32" | | 9 |  | Fabio Felline | Bora - Argon 18 | + 34" | | 10 |  | Bob Jungels | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 40" |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 23-06-2016 14:56
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Now also Ruben Guerreiro in top 3, things are very bright so far.
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 23-06-2016 15:03
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Tamijo wrote:
Now also Ruben Guerreiro in top 3, things are very bright so far.
A great start in both races indeed
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Volta ao Algarve (2.1)
A surprising winner in this time trial, while our riders put a disappointing ride on record. Guerreiro surprisingly lost some more time on Slagter, which once again proved he's got better chances as the time trial is longer. But with the gap at a tad over one minute and two summit finishes left, nothing has been decided as yet. | 1 | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | 23'56" | | 2 | | Lars Boom | Team Sky | + 25" | | 3 | | Robert Gesink | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 27" | | 4 |  | Eduardo Sepulveda | Team Sky | + 32" | | 5 |  | Marcel Wyss | IAM Cycling | + 34" | | 6 |  | Patrick Gretsch | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 35" | | 7 |  | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Lampre-Merida | + 41" | | 8 | | Julien Vermote | Lotto Soudal | + 51" | | 9 | | Chris Froome | Team Sky | + 52" | | 10 | | Dylan van Baarle | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 55" | | … | … | … | … | … | | 18 | | Sam Vandenborre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 1'02" | | … | … | … | … | … | | 20 | | Tom Slagter | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1'03" | | … | … | … | … | … | | 32 | | Ruben Guerreiro | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 1'13" |
Ruta del Sol (2.1) 
The pack gave Eder Chávarri a hard time when he tried to accelerate, but eventually he did the trick and joined the four riders out front. He came second and first respectively at the first mountain sprints.
At that point, Marc de Maar had already been left behind, making this an almost entirely Basque breakaway group: Bizkarra, Edmondson, Insausti and Chávarri.
At the steepest ramps of the Cerro des las Lomas, at over 23%, Chávarri decided the time for his move had come. Staying in the saddle he forced all the others out of his wheel, looking to reach the top on his own.
Going into the descent, the gap between Chávarri and the others kept growing, to a maximum of over 4 minutes at a certain point. But the attacks of the favourites were yet to come.
When Suaza, Pinot and Pantano accelerated, the gap began to shrink, because the pack didn't want to let them go.
At the end, his legs must have hurt, but Chávarri does it! That's a third stage win for him from a breakaway in his career. He also earned himself the white and the mountain jersey for now!
Behind, Izagirre and Intxausti also finished strongly. Porte failed to follow them inside the final kilometers and Ion is the new overall leader! What a day!| 1 | | Eder Chávarri | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | 3h26'57" | | 2 | | José Herrada | Team Katusha | + 53" | | 3 | | Beñat Intxausti | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 1'02" | | 4 | | Fabio Felline | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 5 | | Ion Izagirre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 6 |  | Andrey Amador | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1'22" | | 7 | | Thibaut Pinot | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1'30" | | 8 | | Bob Jungels | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 9 | | Rafael Valls | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | | Pierre Rolland | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1'47" |
| 1 | | Ion Izagirre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | 7h00'05" | | 2 | | Fabio Felline | Bora - Argon 18 | + 25" | | 3 | | José Herrada | Team Katusha | + 34" | | 4 | | Julian Alaphilippe | Etixx - Quick-step | + 54" | | 5 | | Bob Jungels | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 59" | | 6 | | Thibaut Pinot | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1'06" | | 7 | | Eder Chávarri | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 1'21" | | 8 | | Richie Porte | Lotto Soudal | + 1'25" | | 9 | | Andrey Amador | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1'34" | | 10 | | Pierre Rolland | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1'59" |
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Posted on 24-06-2016 15:01
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Volta ao Algarve (2.1) - conclusion
With two stages and just as much finishes in Malhao to go, there was still plenty of time to take back some time. However, one minute still was a big gap to close on two relatively short hilly finishes.
Knowing he would have a hard time trying to survive in the pack, Barbero joined the breakaway. It was not before the second KoM sprint that the group shattered.
Tired from a lack of assistence, Barbero tried to go on his own with nearly 30 kms to go. Even Edet, a born breakaway specialist, couldn't keep up with him. As he approached the Alto do Malhao, the gap had partially melted away.
Carlos' brave attack ended right under the red kite, where Matthews reeled him in along with the other favourites. At that point, Guerreiro was still marking GC leader Slagter.
As Matthews held on for the stage, Guerreiro couldn't answer when Slagter accelerated. With Gesink taking some time on him as well, his second place was in jeopardy.
One stage to go and it looked like we would have to settle for second. As that became the goal we fixed our minds on, we sent Vandenborre out front, but there was just no way the breakaway would have made it to the line today.
Still disappointed about yesterday, Edet tried one final move just before the final bump, but his move didn't lead anywhere.
Bad news at the final climb itself: Guerreiro got boxed in and couldn't react when the favourites played their cards. As Matthews outsprinted Anacona, Kiserlovski and Gesink to make it 3 wins out of 3 stages. Guerreiro fought his way to the top but didn't arrive soon enough to keep Gesink behind him. Still this 3rd place is one hell of an achievement in this experienced field. | 1 | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | 4h43'51" | | 2 | | Dries Van Gestel | Lotto Soudal | + 11" | | 3 | | Maciej Paterski | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 4 | | Robert Gesink | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 22" | | 5 | | Tom Slagter | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 33" | | … | … | … | … | … | | 7 | | Ruben Guerreiro | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 59" |
| 1 | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | 3h58'11" | | 2 | | Winner Anacona | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 3 | | Robert Gesink | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 4 |  | Robert Kiserlovski | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | … | … | … | … | … | | 33 | | Ruben Guerreiro | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 48" |
| 1 | | Tom Slagter | Team Giant-Alpecin | 17h54'33" | | 2 | | Robert Gesink | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1'16" | | 3 | | Ruben Guerreiro | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 1'50" | | 4 | | Jan Bakelants | BMC Racing Team | + 2'07" | | 5 | | Maciej Paterski | IAM Cycling | + 2'35" | | 6 | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2'42" | | 7 | | Lachlan Morton | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2'59" | | 8 | | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | + 3'00" | | 9 | | Winner Anacona | IAM Cycling | + 3'28" | | 10 | | Dries Van Gestel | Lotto Soudal | + 3'30" |
 | | Tom Slagter | Team Giant-Alpecin |  | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE |  | | Ruben Guerreiro | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA |  | | Tom Slagter | Team Giant-Alpecin |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 24-06-2016 20:21
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Ruta del Sol (2.1) - conclusion
Only one GC-deciding stage among the 3 that were left, so we decided to take it easy on this one,...
as we allowed the breakaway to win. Lotto-Soudal's Damien Howson proved to be the strongest.
The queen stage would come down to man-to-man battle, especially because of the succession of several steep climbs.
Alaphilippe secured both the stage and the overall win at the gravel roaded final climb. The day after, Modolo took the final stage. | 1 | | Damien Howson | Lotto Soudal | 3h06'39" | | 2 | | Romain Hardy | Direct Énergie | s.t. | | 3 | | Davide Martinelli | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | + 27" | | 4 |  | King Lok Cheung | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 5 | | Thomas Wrona | Jamis - Hagens Berman | + 1'01" |
| 1 | | Julian Alaphilippe | Etixx - Quick-step | 3h36'11" | | 2 | | Wout Poels | Team Sky | + 1'16" | | 3 | | Sam Oomen | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | + 1'53" | | 4 | | Rafael Valls | Movistar Team | + 2'48" | | 5 | | Bob Jungels | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 3'05" | | 6 | | Ion Izagirre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 3'14" |
| 1 | | Sacha Modolo | Team Katusha | 2h06'13" | | 2 | | Fabio Felline | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 3 | | Bruno Maltar | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 4 | | Sean De Bie | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 5 |  | Eduard-Michael Grosu | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. |
| 1 | | Julian Alaphilippe | Etixx - Quick-step | 15h51'29" | | 2 | | Ion Izagirre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 2'20" | | 3 | | Bob Jungels | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 3'10" | | 4 | | Wout Poels | Team Sky | + 3'46" | | 5 | | Thibaut Pinot | Etixx - Quick-step | + 4'06" | | 6 | | Rafael Valls | Movistar Team | + 4'09" | | 7 | | Richie Porte | Lotto Soudal | + 4'25" | | 8 | | Sam Oomen | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | + 5'09" | | 9 | | José Herrada | Team Katusha | + 5'10" | | 10 | | Beñat Intxausti | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 5'11" |
| Points |  | | Julian Alaphilippe | Etixx - Quickstep | | KoM |  | | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia | | -25 |  | | Sam Oomen | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 24-06-2016 20:58
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Now that both early-season races have finished, it is time to announce the end of my story. Being entirely honest, I have been struggling for a quite a while now, especially because writing a story doesn't allow you to progress quickly within your career. At the moment I'm too busy with school and other stuff, and in the few spare time I have I'd like to play freely. As I have always preferred writing a 'full' story over a 'light' version, I have decided to finish it immediately, here and now.
As a story is always (partly) carried by its followers, I would really like to address these two small words to you. Thanks to you all for your comments and (mainly) positive feedback. Special thanks sutty68, Tamijo, the_hoyle, jandal7, cunego58, DiCyc and Croatia14 for having followed so closely. I'm glad I will have some more time to cheer for the real Kiserlovski, at least if one day he re-emerges somewhere.
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Posted on 24-06-2016 21:06
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Sad to see this great story go but definitely right choice for you, really enjoyed it even if I wasn't an active commenteri tried to follow as much as possible. Thanks for having me and wasn't ezoextinf that mentions 
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 25-06-2016 00:27
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Sorry to see this end because it was really enjoyable but hope to see you back sooner rather than later |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 25-06-2016 02:47
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Thanks for the story, and hope to see you come up with another one soon.
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 25-06-2016 12:00
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jandal7 wrote:
Sad to see this great story go but definitely right choice for you, really enjoyed it even if I wasn't an active commenteri tried to follow as much as possible. Thanks for having me and wasn't ezoextinf that mentions
sutty68 wrote:
Sorry to see this end because it was really enjoyable but hope to see you back sooner rather than later
Tamijo wrote:
Thanks for the story, and hope to see you come up with another one soon.
Thanks again! I'll have to think about coming back with another one but I know it won't be too soon
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 28-06-2016 21:13
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I don't have the time for full reports anymore, but I did find some time to lead the time to some solid results:
Rigth after our adventures in the Algarve and Andalucia, we set sail to France for the Clasic Sud Ardèche. Ion Izagirre secured his second win of the season with a late attack.
Next up was the GP di Lugano, a race we had managed to win last year. The slightly more flat profile compared to the one of last year suited Carlos Barbero perfectly, and he brought home the victory as he outsprinted Thomas De Gendt and Moreno Moser.
The Strade Bianche exceptionally didn't finish in Siena. The last long climb was where Ruben Guerreiro struck. He had to fight in the super steep final kilometer, but Valerio Conti and Enrico Battaglin came too late. That was 3 wins out of 3 consecutive races for us!
Tirreno - Adriatico turned out to be more than one step up, and we struggled, particularly in the flatter. But in the mountains we couldn't follow the world's best either. During the queen stage we saw an unleashed Fabio Aru, who eventually won the GC with an advantage of over 2 minutes. The team's co-leaders Ion Izagirre and Sam Vandenborre finished fraternally next to each other in the GC, in 10th and 11th respectively. Tirreno - Adriatico - Final GC | 1 | | Fabio Aru | Tinkoff-Saxo | | | 2 | | Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | +02:09 | | 3 | | Tom Dumoulin | Movistar Team | +03:19 | | 4 | | Steven Kruijswijk | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | +03:52 | | 5 |  | Merhawi Kudus | Team Dimension Data | +03:54 | | 6 | | Vincenzo Nibali | Tinkoff-Saxo | +03:58 | | 7 | | Lawson Craddock | Trek - Segafredo | +04:24 | | 8 | | Gianluca Brambilla | Astana Pro Team | +04:29 | | 9 | | Mathias Frank | Astana Pro Team | +05:07 | | 10 | | Ion Izagirre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | +05:22 | | 11 | | Sam Vandenborre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | +05:50 |
So I might go for a light-version of the story after all, I just enjoy this career so much 
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 29-06-2016 18:26
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Posted on 29-06-2016 20:56
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Dwars door Vlaanderen was one of the first cobbled classics we took part in in our history. After a hard race in rainy conditions,  Aldo Lature tried to anticipate, but at that very moment the favourites played their card too. Aldo's attempt to follow them failed, and he may have spent a slightly too long time chasing trying to chase them back. In the end our Bolivian cobble captain justed missed out on a top 10 spot, as he finished in 11th, one hell of a result for a latino.
Then it was time for two of our annual wildcard WT races in Catalunya and the Basque Country. Sam Vandenborre and Beñat Intxausti led the team at both races. We took a very good start at the  Volta a Catalunya , as Vandenborre took his first win since the Belgian Championships at the prologue. Beñat won the second stage after a superb leadout by Sam. Afterwards Vandenborre and Intxausti helped each other to secure a 8th and 9th respectively in the GC. Vandenborre finished second in both the points and the young classification and has taken steps but he'll have to take some more.
Before the  Vuelta al PaÃs Vasco , our Basque breakaway specialist Eder Chávarri secured his first one-day race win in the Gran Premio Miguel Indurain . Beñat showed his good legs with two stage wins in the first two stages, and helped Vandenborre to finish in 6th, as he also took home the white jersey. Vuelta al PaÃs Vasco - Final overall standings | 1 | | Simon Yates | Team Sky | | | 2 | | MichaÅ‚ Kwiatkowski | IAM Cycling | +00:07 | | 3 | | Thibaut Pinot | Etixx - Quick-step | +01:36 | | 4 | | Adam Yates | Team Sky | +02:14 | | 5 | | Daniel Martin | Astana Pro Team | +02:37 | | 6 | |  Sam Vandenborre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | +02:47 | | 7 | | Tony Gallopin | Tinkoff-Saxo | +02:51 | | 8 | | Davide Formolo | Tinkoff-Saxo | +03:02 | | 9 |  | Roman Kreuziger | Etixx - Quick-step | +03:52 | | 10 | | Mikel Landa | Tinkoff-Saxo | +04:02 |
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Posted on 29-06-2016 21:45
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Nice with a white jersey to Sam
And also I am happy for that the story still continues |
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Posted on 30-06-2016 05:24
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Fine results in all races. And a very nice stage win in Catalunya
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Posted on 30-06-2016 08:42
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DiCyc wrote:
Nice with a white jersey to Sam
And also I am happy for that the story still continues
Thanks man, hopefully Sam will be back to win one of this races next year , and I'm happy to have you around still following
Tamijo wrote:
Fine results in all races. And a very nice stage win in Catalunya
Thanks! Very nice stage wins in the Basque Country too
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Posted on 30-06-2016 13:39
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"stage wins in the Basque Country too"
O ya - missed that one.
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Posted on 30-06-2016 16:57
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Last year we left the Ardennes with an 8 th place and a win at La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège respectively, after having skipped the first classic, the Amstel Gold Race.
Back in Valkenburg, Beñat Intxausti found back his LBL legs of last year. Sadly enough, he missed a decisive move of the duo of Alaphilippe and Kwiatkowski. The quick Frenchman outsprinted his former teammate as Intxausti won the sprint against the Astana's Daniel Martin for the third podium spot on top of the Cauberg.
La Flèche Wallonne was the only race Ion Izagirre attended to as he was building up form towards the Giro d'Italia, which we received a wildcard for. On the Mur de Huy Izagirre started his sprint a tad too early and thus he had to be satisfied with a 4 th place, behind winner Daniel Martin and the other podium finishers, former world champions Alejandro Valverde and MichaÅ‚ Kwiatkowski. Liège - Bastogne - Liège turned out in a real disappointment, as both leaders, Beñat Intxausti and Diego Ochoa, finished outside the top 10, far down on winner Tony Gallopin, who won the sprint of a 5 man group. Tour de Romandie Our last race before the Giro started with a short team time trial. Not something we encounter too much but we achieved a very solid 5thplace. Team leader Ion Izagirre managed to stay with the favourites at stages two and three, which allowed him to enter the top 10. At the end of stage 4 he led out Carlos Barbero perfectly, and Carlos secured his first World Tour win outside of the Spanish borders. The queen stage turned out to be a little to tough for Izagirre in his current shape, as he finished just inside the top 10. He made up for that by riding a good concluding time trial, which put him only two seconds off the top 5. Julián Arredondo surprisingly won the GC. | 1 | | Julian Arredondo | BMC Racing Team | | | 2 | | Simon Yates | Team Sky | +00:16 | | 3 | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Giant-Alpecin | +00:20 | | 4 | | Roman Kreuziger | Etixx - Quick-step | +01:07 | | 5 | | Fabio Aru | Tinkoff-Saxo | +01:45 | | 6 | | Ion Izagirre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | +01:46 | | 7 | | Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | +02:54 | | 8 | | Robert Gesink | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | +03:02 | | 9 | | Danilo Ghilardi | IAM Cycling | +03:08 | | 10 | | Warren Barguil | Etixx - Quick-step | +04:17 |
Giro d'Italia The following nine will soon travel to Herning, Denmark for the start and the first three stages of the 2018 Giro d'Italia: | Bilbao Pello | | Fraile Omar | | Grijalba Fernando | | Guerreiro Ruben | | Izagirre Ion | | Lature Aldo |  | MesÃas Renato | | Zardini Edoardo |
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