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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 06-09-2016 12:48
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Trofeo Calvia (1.1)  BalearesTrofeo Calvia Race profile | Carlos Barbero | | Fernando Grijalba | | Pello Bilbao | | Gorka Izagirre |  | Angel Cerezo | | Ion Izagirre |  | José Gonçalves |  | Federico Zurlo |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 06-09-2016 16:30
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Trofeo Calvia (1.1) Baleares The final race of this year's Mallorca Challenge was raced at the west end of the island, close to where it all started with the Trofeo Palma. Inspired by the Basque fans at one out of many climbs, Gorka Izagirre joined the breakaway along with Rüdiger Selig and Pablo Lechuga. Their gap grew to several minutes but many bumps were yet to come. Halfway through the race, Selig was the first who couldn't keep up with the pace at the front. No surprise as this terrain doesn't really suit him. At the penultimate climb, Lechuga surrendered too. Gorka still had a gap of one full minute but with some valley racing and one short climb left everything would be in the details. Would the oldest Izagirre stall? In the end it were the accelerations on the final climb which cost Gorka Izagirre the victory. Before the final turn to the left, Dimension Data's Dutchman Sam Oomen flew by. Gorka didn't even get a top five place. So Sam Oomen won and Gorka took 7th in the end, with his younger brother finishing just outside the top 10. Ion Izagirre had to start his own sprint from really far out because he thought Gorka had it already. Trofeo Calvia Race results | 1 |  | Sam Oomen | Team Dimension Data | 3h41'08" | | 2 |  | Daniel Teklehaimanot | Tinkoff | + 40" | | 3 |  | Louis Vervaeke | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 4 | | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 5 | | Loïc Vliegen | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 6 |  | Sergey Chernetskiy | Tinkoff | s.t. | | 7 | | Gorka Izagirre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 8 | | Jordi Simón | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 9 | | Dylan Teuns | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 10 | | Egor Silin | Tinkoff | s.t. |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 06-09-2016 17:31
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Herald Sun Tour (2.1)  Southeast Australia, 5 stages | José Gonçalves |  | Diego Ochoa | | Beñat Intxausti | | Hector Saez |  | Manuel MartÃnez | | Sam Vandenborre | | Andrónico Mendigain | | Federico Zurlo |
Dubai Tour (2.HC)  UAE, 4 stages | Carlos Barbero | | Omar Fraile | | Pello Bilbao |  | Aldo Lature | | Angel Cerezo | | Aridani Tinajero |  | Ednaldo Luiz Cortes | | Edoardo Zardini |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 06-09-2016 22:29
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Posted on 07-09-2016 12:46
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Thanks, hopefully we have some better luck over there
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 07-09-2016 20:56
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Dubai Tour (2.HC) UAE, stage 1 TTT | 1 | | Orica-GreenEDGE | 16'56" | | 2 |  | Team Sky | s.t. | | 3 |  | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | + 11" | | 4 |  | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 18" | | 5 |  | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 19" | | 6 | | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 24" | | 7 |  | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 8 | | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 25" | | 9 |  | Direct Énergie | + 30" | | 10 | | Team Smartstop | s.t. | | 11 |  | An Post - Chainreaction | + 32" | | 12 | | AG2R La Mondiale | + 37" | | 13 | | FDJ | s.t. | | 14 | | Skydive Dubai Pro Team | s.t. | | 15 | | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 16 | | Trek - Segafredo | + 43" | | 17 | | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 18 | | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 44" |
Dubai Tour Overall standings | 1 | | Alexander Edmondson | Orica-GreenEDGE | 16'56" | | 2 |  | Matthias Brändle | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 3 | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 4 | | Sonny Colbrelli | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 5 | | Campbell Flakemore | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 6 | | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team Sky | + 1" | | 7 | | Mark Christian | Team Sky | s.t. | | 8 | | Joshua Edmondson | Team Sky | s.t. | | 9 | | Ryan Mullen | Team Sky | s.t. | | 10 | | Peter Kennaugh | Team Sky | s.t. |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 08-09-2016 12:20
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Herald Sun Tour (2.1) Stage 1 prologue, 3.1 kms | 1 | | Miles Scotson | Orica-GreenEDGE | 3'37" | | 2 | | Adrien Costa | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | + 3" | | 3 | | Leigh Howard | Team Budget Forklifts | s.t. | | 4 | | Lukas Meiler | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 4" | | 5 | | Joey Rosskopf | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | | Joe Evans | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 7 | | Jesús Herrada | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 8 | | Moreno Moser | Etixx - Quick-step | + 5" | | 9 |  | Tobias Ludvigsson | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 10 | | Giovanni Carboni | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | … | … | … | … | … | | 39 | | Sam Vandenborre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 10" |
Herald Sun Tour Overall standings | 1 | | Miles Scotson | Orica-GreenEDGE | 3'37' | | 2 | | Adrien Costa | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | + 3" | | 3 | | Leigh Howard | Team Budget Forklifts | s.t. | | 4 | | Lukas Meiler | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 4" | | 5 | | Joey Rosskopf | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | | Joe Evans | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 7 | | Jesús Herrada | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 8 | | Moreno Moser | Etixx - Quick-step | + 5" | | 9 | | Tobias Ludvigsson | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 10 | | Giovanni Carboni | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 09-09-2016 16:59
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Dubai Tour (2.HC) Stage 2, 135.8 kms The second and first full stage is a pan flat one during which possible crosswinds could be as least as challenging as who we are up against. Four guys went hunting for what seemed to be nothing more than some intermediate sprint points. The best-known names were French, AG2R's Gaël Malacarne and Anthony Turgis in black for Direct Énergie. But way before the expected mass sprint their adventure was over already. Battling against the train of Giant's Marcel Kittel, it looked like Aridani Tinajero's kick would give us the upper hand. Sadly, Carlos Barbero lost the wheel of his leadout man and had to burn quite a lot of energy to get that wheel back. At that point Kittel was coming forward too. Both Barbero and Kittel waited as it was still too early to launch their final jump properly and they got beat by the Pole Adrian TekliÅ„ski despite his early celebration. Fifth place for Carlos Barbero in the end. | 1 | | Adrian TekliÅ„ski | Team Smartstop | 2h40'33" | | 2 | | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 3 | | Logan Owen | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 |  | Michael Kolar | FDJ | s.t. | | 5 | | Carlos Barbero | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 6 | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 7 | | Ibai Olivares | Skydive Dubai Pro Team | s.t. | | 8 | | Alexis Vuillermoz | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 9 | | Caleb Ewan | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 10 | | Romain Cardis | UnitedHealthcare Pro Team | s.t. |
Dubai Tour Overall standings | 1 | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | 2h57'29" | | 2 | | Alexander Edmondson | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 3 | | Sonny Colbrelli | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 4 | | Campbell Flakemore | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 5 | | Matthias Brändle | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 6 | | Ryan Mullen | Team Sky | + 1" | | 7 | | Peter Kennaugh | Team Sky | s.t. | | 8 | | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team Sky | s.t. | | 9 | | Mark Christian | Team Sky | s.t. | | 10 | | Joshua Edmondson | Team Sky | s.t. |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 09-09-2016 17:23
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Nice top 5
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 09-09-2016 22:41
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Thanks! I'm afraid we were one guy short in the end.
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 10-09-2016 16:00
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Herald Sun Tour (2.1) Stage 2, 153 kms The second stage offered a first chance for both the sprinters and the guys who would like to give it a try for the black-and-yellow KoM jersey. We wanted to send a guy for the KoM points too, but our riders had a unfavorable starting position within the pack. As all of them vainly tried to make their way through the pack, a group of 4 had taken off already.
Avanti's Davide Pacchiardo and Bora's Björn Thurau both collected 32 points, which means this King of Mountain jersey will be fought for. After the neutralisation of the break of the day, the pace is upped in a brutal way. Beñat Intxausti had worked earlier on and had to let go of the pack. Apart from our main sprinter Manuel MartÃnez and our co-leader Sam Vandenborre, our entire team would suffer the same fate.
They both had to give everything to keep up with a group that was now getting smaller by the minute. Compared to the number of starters, in the end only one fifth of the pack would finish in that small front group. As for the sprint, Manuel MartÃnez got boxed in and couldn't do better than 10th. Several times a guy seemed to have this one: Rick Zabel, then Moreno Moser and Jens Debusschere, but none of them would take it, as in the end CCC's Kristian Sbaragli timed perfectly and won. | 1 | | Kristian Sbaragli | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | 3h30'00" | | 2 | | Jens Debusschere | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 3 | | Moreno Moser | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 4 | | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 5 |  | Vladislav Filipovich | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 6 | | Rick Zabel | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 7 | | Salvatore Puccio | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 8 | | Marc Sarreau | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 9 | | Andrea Fedi | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | | Manuel MartÃnez | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | s.t. |
Herald Sun Tour Overall standings | 1 | | Moreno Moser | Etixx - Quick-step | 3h33'38 | | 2 | | Leigh Howard | Team Budget Forklifts | + 2" | | 3 | | Kristian Sbaragli | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 4 | | Joey Rosskopf | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | + 3" | | 5 | | Jesús Herrada | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 6 | | Jens Debusschere | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 7 | | Robert Power | Lotto Soudal | + 6" | | 8 | | Sean De Bie | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 9 | | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Katusha | + 7" | | 10 | | Jean-Albert Carnevali | Lotto Soudal | + 8" | | 11 | | Sam Vandenborre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 9" |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 10-09-2016 17:58
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Sam just outside the top ten |
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Posted on 10-09-2016 18:07
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And with the stages coming he should be able to climb the rankings
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Posted on 10-09-2016 19:22
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Dubai Tour (2.HC) Stage 3, 185 kms Well, with only flat stage in this year's edition it is obvious this should also be one for sprinters. We'll try to set up a train for Carlos Barbero. A small group without any well-known tried an attack nonetheless. But just after the intermediate sprint they had no choice but to surrender. Due to the high pace our riders which could be part of the train were nowhere to be seen, so Barbero jumped on the wheel of Michal Kolar. But Barbero had already used so much energy to keep that wheel that he had none left to sprint. Marcel Kittel kicked away from the rest for the stage win easily while Barbero did not even finish inside the top 10. | 1 | | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | 3h39'27" | | 2 | | Ibai Olivares | Skydive Dubai Pro Team | s.t. | | 3 | | Logan Owen | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | | Vadim Galeyev | Team Optum | s.t. | | 5 | | Adrian Tekliński | Team Smartstop | s.t. | | 6 | | Michael Kolar | FDJ | s.t. | | 7 | | Arnaud Demare | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 8 | | Caleb Ewan | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 9 | | Jasha Sütterlin | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 10 | | Philip Lavery | FDJ | s.t. |
Dubai Tour Overall standings | 1 | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | 6h36'56" | | 2 | | Sonny Colbrelli | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 3 | | Matthias Brändle | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 4 | | Ryan Mullen | Team Sky | + 1" | | 5 | | Peter Kennaugh | Team Sky | s.t. | | 6 | | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team Sky | s.t. | | 7 | | Joshua Edmondson | Team Sky | s.t. | | 8 | | Mark Christian | Team Sky | s.t. | | 9 | | Logan Owen | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | + 3" | | 10 | | Enrico Battaglin | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | + 11" |
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Posted on 11-09-2016 11:52
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Herald Sun Tour (2.1) Stage 3, 153.5 kms At the third stage, sprinters were again starting off on the best footing. But this breakaway group without any big names made them work for the stage victory. Orica was setting up a train for Rick Zabel, but the breakaway still had over one minute with less than 5 kilometers to go. Eventually two guys would survive and Rick van Breda achieved a nice stage win for the Hincapie team. Rick Zabel beat Manuel MartÃnez as these two riders came home in third and fourth position respectively. | 1 | | Rick van Breda | Hincapie Racing Team | 2h31'03" | | 2 | | Pieter Jacobs | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 3 | | Rick Zabel | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 4 | | Manuel MartÃnez | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 5 | | Kristian Sbaragli | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 6 | | Samuel Spokes | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 7 | | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 8 | | Jonas Ahlstrand | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | | Leigh Howard | Team Budget Forklifts | s.t. | | 10 | | Moreno Moser | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. |
Herald Sun Tour Overall standings | 1 | | Moreno Moser | Etixx - Quick-step | 6h04'41" | | 2 | | Leigh Howard | Team Budget Forklifts | + 2" | | 3 | | Kristian Sbaragli | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 4 | | Jesús Herrada | Astana Pro Team | + 3" | | 5 | | Jens Debusschere | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 6 | | Joey Rosskopf | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | | Rick Zabel | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 6" | | 8 | | Robert Power | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 9 | | Sean De Bie | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 10 | | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Katusha | + 7" |
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Posted on 11-09-2016 11:53
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MartÃnez has done well 
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Posted on 11-09-2016 19:41
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He certainly has, and most probably he has one chance left at the next stage.
FYI I edited the local .cdb to have the advantage of the AI riders at the hard level at 1.030 instead of 1.025
Edited by Kiserlovski01 on 12-09-2016 15:32
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Posted on 12-09-2016 20:06
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Dubai Tour (2.HC) Final stage, 106.8 kms The final stage was another flat one which led the riders to the highest tower in the world, Burj Khalifa, which means Tower of Khalifa in Arab. With 40 kms to go, the breakaway containing Aldo Lature got split and our Bolivian rider wasn't lucky enough to be at the front. And soon the possibility of a stage would be denied to the entire breakaway anyway. Carlos Barbero started the sprint in a rather promising position, sitting next to points leader Marcel Kittel and GC leader Michael Matthews. He was less drained than before some of the earlier sprints over here... But still he didn't have enough left and was no match for stage winner Kittel, who secured the points jersey as Matthews came home in 2nd and claimed the overall win. Barbero fell back and finished in eigthth. | 1 | | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | 2h01'02" | | 2 | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 3 | | Vadim Galeyev | Team Optum | s.t. | | 4 | | Adrian TekliÅ„ski | Team Smartstop | s.t. | | 5 | | Michael Kolar | FDJ | s.t. | | 6 | | Logan Owen | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | | Ibai Olivares | Skydive Dubai Pro Team | s.t. | | 8 | | Carlos Barbero | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 9 | | Louis Rohde | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 10 | | Arnaud Demare | Team Dimension Data | s.t. |
Dubai Tour Final overall standings | 1 | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | 8h37'52" | | 2 | | Sonny Colbrelli | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 6" | | 3 | | Matthias Brändle | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 4 | | Ryan Mullen | Team Sky | + 7" | | 5 | | Peter Kennaugh | Team Sky | s.t. | | 6 | | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team Sky | s.t. | | 7 | | Joshua Edmondson | Team Sky | s.t. | | 8 | | Logan Owen | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | + 9" | | 9 | | Enrico Battaglin | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | + 17" | | 10 | | Davide Martinelli | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
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Posted on 12-09-2016 21:27
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Herald Sun Tour (2.1) Stage 4, 145.9 kms Final chance for sprinters here at stage 4. With only one single climb on the road and far from the finish, they shouldn't have any trouble today. Diego Ochoa made it into today's break of the day, thanks to the time the Colombian had already lost. He set the pace at the climb, where he came second in the KoM sprint. But after his enthusiastic climbing he had to surrender at the long flat sector before the finish.
Meanwhile in the pack some big racing was going on. For our team only Manuel MartÃnez could stay with the pack as Sam Vandenborre had to give up after a long fight. At that point one guy was still riding alone. That way the German veteran Simon Geschke achieved a more than well-deserved stage win. Behind him, Manuel MartÃnez got sixth in the sprint of the second group while overall leader Moreno Moser lost his lead but gained time over the GC guys, including Sam Vandenborre. | 1 | | Simon Geschke | Team Giant-Alpecin | 3h09'35" | | 2 | | Jens Debusschere | Lotto Soudal | + 34" | | 3 | | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 4 | | Rick Zabel | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 5 | | Kristian Sbaragli | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 6 | | Manuel MartÃnez | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 7 | | Leigh Howard | Team Budget Forklifts | s.t. | | 8 | | Moreno Moser | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 9 | | Phil Bauhaus | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 10 | | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. |
Herald Sun Tour Overall standings | 1 | | Jens Debusschere | Lotto Soudal | 9h14'47" | | 2 | | Moreno Moser | Etixx - Quick-step | + 3" | | 3 | | Leigh Howard | Team Budget Forklifts | + 5" | | 4 | | Kristian Sbaragli | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 5 | | Rick Zabel | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 9" | | 6 | | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | + 12" | | 7 | | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 15" | | 8 | | Manuel MartÃnez | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 18" | | 9 | | Jesús Herrada | Astana Pro Team | + 1'00" | | 10 | | Joey Rosskopf | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
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Herald Sun Tour (2.1) Final stage Even before the start of this queen stage, we decided not to send any rider with the break. As Manuel MartÃnez and Sam Vandenborre were still in contention for a spot in the top ten they would both need every single piece of help the other riders of our team could provide. Ten other guys did join forces and took off hoping they would make it to the line. Amongst them were several solid riders such as Eduardo Sepúlveda, Tobias Ludvigsson and Fabio Sabatini. They started the first of three ascents of Arthur's Seat with an advantage of 4 minutes.
At that same first ascent, it already became clear MartÃnez would have a hard time defending his GC spot. He gave the sign and we changed plans as Vandenborre was still riding comfortably. But at the last climb he didn't have that much anymore, and the breakaway still wasn't over. The stage went to Direct Énergie's Pierre Gouault, one of the many young and gifted French climbers. Vandenborre set a brutal pace from the foot himself, hoping to shake enough guys to climb some places. Moser cracked early but Sam also hit a little wall. A Kazakh guy passed him, but he managed to keep up with the next group. And that way Sam would finish in fourth and in white, only one sec off the podium. | 1 | | Pierre Gouault | Direct Énergie | 2h45'27" | | 2 |  | Eduardo Sepulveda | Team Sky | s.t. | | 3 | | Davide Pacchiardo | Avanti Racing Team | s.t. | | 4 | | Tilegen Maidos | Astana Pro Team | + 16" | | 5 | | Damiano Caruso | Team Sky | + 42" | | 6 | | Sam Vandenborre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 7 | | Dylan Teuns | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 8 | | Andrea Fedi | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | | Moreno Moser | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1'22" | | 10 | | Jesús Herrada | Astana Pro Team | + 1'31" |
Herald Sun Tour Final overall standings | 1 | | Moreno Moser | Etixx - Quick-step | 12h01'39" | | 2 | | Tilegen Maidos | Astana Pro Team | + 2" | | 3 | | Kristian Sbaragli | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 22" | | 4 | | Sam Vandenborre  | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 23" | | 5 | | Damiano Caruso | Team Sky | + 25" | | 6 | | Andrea Fedi | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | + 28" | | 7 | | Dylan Teuns | Lotto Soudal | + 32" | | 8 | | Jesús Herrada | Astana Pro Team | + 1'06" | | 9 | | Francesco Bongiorno | Team Katusha | + 1'14" | | 10 | | Davide Pacchiardo | Avanti Racing Team | + 1'18" |
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