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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 22-08-2016 23:05
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Santos Tour Down Under  South Australia, stage 3The second chance for the sprinters comes with the third stage. Apart from the very short bump, some kilometers before the finish, nothing seems capable of keeping the generally expected bunch sprint away.
But after the neutralization of the breakaway the pace is upped in a brutal way. Even the short climb hurts quite a lot of riders. Once more our riders are nowhere to be seen near the front. Eventually Barbero would be our top finisher. Disappointing top finisher though in 16th. Australia's champion Michael Matthews won the sprint by a truly huge margin, which allowed him to take back some time and move into the top 5. As Peter Sagan didn't take any boni seconds Matthews might have secured a slim chance to take the overall win at Old Wilunga Hill. Santos Tour Down Under Stage 3 results | 1 | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | | | 2 |  | Jasper Bovenhuis | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 3 | | Caleb Ewan | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 4 | | Moreno Hofland | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 5 |  | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff | s.t. | | 6 |  | Rick Zabel | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 7 |  | Elia Viviani | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 8 | | Enrico Battaglin | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | | Niccolo Bonifazio | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 10 |  | Michael Van Staeyen | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
Santos Tour Down Under Overall standings | 1 | | Jasper Stuyven | Lotto Soudal | | | 2 | | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff | + 2" | | 3 | | Mathieu van der Poel | Team Dimension Data | + 10" | | 4 | | Davide Villella | Astana Pro Team | + 16" | | 5 | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 30" | | 6 | | Caleb Ewan | Team Dimension Data | + 30" | | 7 | | Moreno Hofland | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 34" | | 8 |  | Lluis Guillermo Mas Bonet | Team Katusha | + 36" | | 9 | | Jasper Bovenhuis | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 38" | | 10 | | Wout van Aert | BMC Racing Team | + 38" |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 22-08-2016 23:57
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Santos Tour Down Under (WT) South Australia, stage 4 Guess what? Yes, one more chance for the faster guys at stage four. The category one climb may have been placed too far from the finish to help determine the stage result . But who knows what happens, right? Finally we managed to get a guy into the breakaway, but the story of Zardini wasn't a very succesfull one. He had to let the others go way before they tackled the final climb. None of them would survive though. In the end it was the quick Dutchman Moreno Hofland who narrowly outsprinted Caleb Ewan and Michael Matthews in the sunny streets of Tanunda. And at last we achieved a slightly noteworthy stage result. Santos Tour Down Under Stage 4 results | 1 | | Moreno Hofland | Team Giant-Alpecin | 2h56'10" | | 2 | | Caleb Ewan | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 3 | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 4 |  | Fernando Gaviria | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 5 | | Matteo Pelucchi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 6 | | Jasper Stuyven | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 7 | | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff | s.t. | | 8 | | Mathieu van der Poel | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 9 | | Elia Viviani | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 10 | | Carlos Barbero | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | s.t. |
Santos Tour Down Under Overall standings | 1 | | Jasper Stuyven | Lotto Soudal | 12h22'08" | | 2 | | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff | + 2" | | 3 | | Mathieu van der Poel | Team Dimension Data | + 10" | | 4 | | Davide Villella | Astana Pro Team | + 16" | | 5 | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 30" | | 6 | | Caleb Ewan | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 7 | | Moreno Hofland | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 34" | | 8 | | Lluis Guillermo Mas Bonet | Team Katusha | + 36" | | 9 | | Jasper Bovenhuis | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 38" | | 10 | | Wout van Aert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 23-08-2016 05:52
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Fine top 10
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 23-08-2016 11:16
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It's something to start with, hopefully we'll get our first WT soon.
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 23-08-2016 17:26
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Santos Tour Down Under (WT) South Australia, stage 5 The fifth stage is the undisputed queen stage of this race. Two climbs of Old Wilunga Hill and the winner of the race should be known already, even with the traditional criterium style stage of tomorrow in Adelaide. After a first ascent, LottoNL-Jumbo's André Looij has already secured the KoM jersey, but he doesn't stand a chance against a chasing pack. Then we still had Ruben Guerreiro and Carlos Barbero near the front. Andrea Fedi's the first who ups the pace, and everyone struggles to follow. For a moment it seems he won't allow anyone to come back... But eventually it's not him but fellow Italian Davide Villella who times his move perfectly. He even opened up a time gap between himself and Peter Sagan and Jasper Stuyven. That way he moves into the leader jersey too as Carlos Barbero jumps to 11th place in the GC thanks to his stage finish just outside the top ten on this tricky Australian climb. Santos Tour Down Under Stage 5 results | 1 | | Davide Villella | Astana Pro Team | 3h17'07" | | 2 | | Andrea Fedi | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 |  | Adam Yates | Team Sky | s.t. | | 4 |  | Tony Gallopin | Tinkoff | s.t. | | 5 |  | Gregor Mühlberger | Team Sky | + 20" | | 6 | | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff | s.t. | | 7 | | Kevin Ledanois | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 8 | | Jasper Stuyven | Lotto Soudal | + 38" | | 9 | | Mathieu van der Poel | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 10 | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. |
Santos Tour Down Under Overall standings | 1 | | Davide Villella | Astana Pro Team | 15h39'21" | | 2 | | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff | + 16" | | 3 | | Jasper Stuyven | Lotto Soudal | + 32" | | 4 | | Andrea Fedi | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | | Adam Yates | Team Sky | + 34" | | 6 | | Tony Gallopin | Tinkoff | + 38" | | 7 | | Mathieu van der Poel | Team Dimension Data | + 42" | | 8 | | Gregor Mühlberger | Team Sky | + 58" | | 9 | | Kevin Ledanois | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 10 | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1'02" |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 23-08-2016 23:39
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Santos Tour Down Under (WT) South Australia, final stage The final stage in the Adelaide streets offered one very last chance for sprinters, but quite often a breakaway makes it to the line in the final stage of a stage. Hoping for more, Zurlo joined today's breakaway.
He was strong enough as he didn't even manage to follow the others on pan flat roads. The remaining riders gave the chasing pack a very hard time. With only 3 kilometers to go their story was over as well. Suddenly the pack was shattered and Barbero was near the front! He dug deep to stay with Fernando Gaviria and Elia Viviani. Could he hold on? Was he on his way to a last minute jump in the GC standings? Well in the end he had too dig to deep to follow them and had nothing left for the sprint. Barbero came home in seventh as Gaviria won the stage. Several existing time gaps weren't confirmed. That way Astana's Villella took the overall win while Barbero narrowly missed WT points. Santos Tour Down Under Stage 5 results | 1 | | Fernando Gaviria | Movistar Team | 1h52'51" | | 2 | | Elia Viviani | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 3 | | Bryan Coquard | Tinkoff | s.t. | | 4 | | Caleb Ewan | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 5 | | Niccolo Bonifazio | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 6 | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 7 | | Carlos Barbero | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 8 | | Jasper Stuyven | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 9 | | Mathieu van der Poel | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 10 | | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff | s.t. |
Santos Tour Down Under Final overall standings | 1 | | Davide Villella | Astana Pro Team | 17h32'12" | | 2 | | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff | + 16" | | 3 | | Jasper Stuyven | Lotto Soudal | + 32" | | 4 | | Andrea Fedi | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | | Adam Yates | Team Sky | + 34" | | 6 | | Tony Gallopin | Tinkoff | + 38" | | 7 | | Mathieu van der Poel | Team Dimension Data | + 42" | | 8 | | Gregor Mühlberger | Team Sky | + 58" | | 9 | | Kevin Ledanois | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 10 | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1'02" | | 11 | | Carlos Barbero | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 1'16" |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 24-08-2016 07:13
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fine top ten stage, but sad that Barbero missed the GC top 10.
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 24-08-2016 12:51
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Tamijo wrote:
fine top ten stage, but sad that Barbero missed the GC top 10.
We didn't really know what to expect so 11th is not that bad, but it's a pity we missed out on the WT points 
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 24-08-2016 17:03
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Trofeo Palma (1.1) Baleares | Carlos Barbero | | Hector Saez | | Pello Bilbao | | Aridani Tinajero |  | José Gonçalves | | Edoardo Zardini |  | Manuel MartÃnez | | Federico Zurlo |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 25-08-2016 06:20
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Good luck
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 27-08-2016 13:22
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Trofeo Palma (1.1) Baleares Trofeo Palma traditionally is the only race at the island which perfectly suits the real sprinters. We would be happy with a repeat of last year's result, which was a good 2nd place for our sprinter Manuel MartÃnez. The day started with an entirely Spanish breakaway as Katusha, Burgos and Movistar sent a guy out front. Afterwards no attacks were allowed. José Gonçalves tried a counter attack with three laps to go, but soon after he had joined the initial breakaway he paid for his effort already. With our first plan failed we tried to set up our sprint train. Federico Zurlo, Aridani Tinajero and Manuel MartÃnez tried to guide Carlos Barbero towards the front of the pack as the escapees were cooked. We fought a hard battle against Dimension Data's train for Juan José Lobato, but for a moment it seemed like we'd be able to overpower it when Tinajero accelerated. But then a mistake was made as the next and penultimate man Manul MartÃnez came a tad late with his move. That way our riders got caught from behind and Bora's Nicola Ruffoni sprinted to the win, being only narrowly faster than Lobato. We have two guys in the top 10 but so much more could've come from this race. | 1 | | Nicola Ruffoni | Bora - Argon 18 | 2h01'21" | | 2 | | Juan José Lobato | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 3 | | Sacha Modolo | Tinkoff | s.t. | | 4 | | Carlos Barbero | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 5 | | Erik Baska | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 6 | | Manuel MartÃnez | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 7 | | Ibai Olivares | Skydive Dubai Pro Team | s.t. | | 8 |  | Asbjørn Kragh Andersen | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | | Jens Debusschere | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 10 | | Adrien Petit | Team Dimension Data | s.t. |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 30-08-2016 17:20
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Trofeo Alcudia (1.1) Baleares Trofeo Alcudia Race profile Trofeo Alcudia Team lineup | Carlos Barbero | | Gorka Izagirre | | Pello Bilbao | | Manuel MartÃnez |  | Angel Cerezo | | Aridani Tinajero | | Omar Fraile | | Federico Zurlo |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 30-08-2016 19:21
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Fine result in Palma
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 31-08-2016 00:08
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 31-08-2016 10:13
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A solid result indeed, the best of our season at the same time
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 31-08-2016 13:23
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Trofeo Alcudia (1.1) Baleares The second race brought us to the very north of the island. Contrary to last year's edition, this time it didn't include any noteworthy difficulties. Only a strong breakaway or a strong sea breeze could prevent a sprint. The breakaway included two Spaniards and a Brit, among whom our former team mate José Luis Campos. They enjoyed the area about the seaside resort of Alcúdia, but they didn't even come close to a win. During the preparation of the sprint, Roompot's Sjoerd Van Ginneken had accelerated and that way our train couldn't wait. This very situation included leaving Carlos Barbero behind, as he had failed to follow the wheel of MartÃnez. Federico Zurlo tried a leadout for the Uruguayan. Van Ginneken made it to the line and took his very first win with the pro's. Behind him, Manuel MartÃnez beat Enrique Sanz in the bunch sprint and took second. Another missed chance for us here at Mallorca. Trofeo Alcudia Race results | 1 | | Sjoerd Van Ginneken | Roompot-Oranje Peloton | 3h14'23" | | 2 | | Manuel MartÃnez | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 3 | | Enrique Sanz | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 4 | | Lars Van Der Haar | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 5 | | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 6 | | Marco König | Direct Énergie | s.t. | | 7 |  | Alexey Vermeulen | Team Sky | s.t. | | 8 | | Lluis Guillermo Mas Bonet | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 9 | | Damiano Caruso | Team Sky | s.t. | | 10 | | Nick Van Der Meer | Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 31-08-2016 16:51
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Trofeo Pollença (1.1) Baleares Trofeo Pollença Race profile Trofeo Pollença Team lineup | Eder Chávarri | | Gorka Izagirre | | Omar Fraile | | Ion Izagirre | | José Gonçalves | | Hector Saez | | Sebastian Henao | | Edoardo Zardini |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 04-09-2016 21:30
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Trofeo Pollença (1.1) Baleares The third race kept the riders near the very north of the island. For the first time the route suited the real climbers as the pack faced a profile full of bumps ending with a summit finish at the Mirador d'es Colomer. Hector Saez represented our team in the breakaway, accompanied by Katusha's Sergey Firsanov and Sky's climber Jonathan Symons. The three had a maximum gap of almost 6 minutes, but then at the longest climb of the day Sky of all teams started closing it. With only 15 km left, the story of this breakaway was over, as Great Britain's Symons was the very last to be reeled in. A climb to the firehouse would be decisive.
We didn't manage to keep a leader near the front as both Ion Izagirre and Eder Chávarri were watching from the second row, let's stay tenth position. Eder Chávarri was the only who could still gain some ground. Fellow Spaniard Jordi Simón had the strongest acceleration of them all and won the race for his team Katusha. Thanks to a relatively good sprint, Chávarri achieved a solid but far from spectacular 8th position. Trofeo Pollença Race result | 1 | | Jordi Simón | Team Katusha | 4h04'15" | | 2 | | Dylan Teuns | Lotto Soudal | + 3" | | 3 | | David De la Cruz | Team Katusha | + 9" | | 4 | | JoaquÃm RodrÃguez | Tinkoff | s.t. | | 5 |  | Daniel Teklehaimanot | Tinkoff | s.t. | | 6 | | Andrey Amador | Tinkoff | s.t. | | 7 | | Carlos Betancur | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | | Eder Chávarri | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 9 | | Rubén Fernández | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | | Joshua Edmondson | Team Sky | s.t. |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 05-09-2016 11:37
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Trofeo Soller (1.1) Baleares Trofeo Soller Race profile | Pello Bilbao | | Beñat Intxausti | | Eder Chávarri |  | Aldo Lature | | Omar Fraile | | Diego Ochoa | | Ruben Guerreiro | | Sam Vandenborre |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 06-09-2016 12:27
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Trofeo Soller (1.1) Baleares The fourth and penultimate race led us towards Soller, a seaside resort home to the famous Orange Express. This very railway was built with the profits of the orange trade back in the twenties of the 20th century. No riders in the break of the day for us this time as King Lok Cheung, Patrick Olesen and Giacomo Tomio were representing Burgos BH, Cult Energy and Cannondale respectively. The pack kept the amount of riders at 3 to keep control over the group more easily in the mountains. Shortly after the descent of the second climb, Evgeny Shalunov and Diego Rubio tried to sneak away, but LottoNL-Jumbo made sure the initial breakaway didn't get its reinforcements. This could mean their Colombian leader Esteban Chaves felt plenty of panache in his legs? Former French champion Arthur Vichot set the pace at the first part of the longest climb, but he couldn't to drop too many riders. The trio out front survived for now. They tackled the second part with a gap of 1'. That's when FDJ's Léo Vincent and Giant's Christian Mager tried to anticipate. Together, they attacked from the pack and left all escapees behind. With only a very short climb and the subsequent descent to the line left they had a small gap of less than half a minute, not enough. Sadly for them, good old Purito RodrÃguez struck at his terrain. The Spanish veteran fluttered away from the bunch and finished the two attackers out front in the descent. Our team never really contested for the win but eventually we would finish with two riders in the top ten. | 1 | | JoaquÃm RodrÃguez | Tinkoff | 3h35'06" | | 2 | | Léo Vincent | FDJ | + 18" | | 3 | | Christian Mager | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 4 | | Carlos Betancur | Movistar Team | + 25" | | 5 | | Eder Chávarri | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 6 | | Sam Vandenborre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 7 | | Rubén Fernández | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | | Ian Boswell | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 30" | | 9 | | Robert Power | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 10 | | Esteban Chaves | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 35" |
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