March and a bunch of un-important (from my perspective) races lined up. First a 3 day stage race in West Flanders, followed by a couple of one day races.
Driedaagse van West Vlaanderen
This is not a race where I have high hopes of achieving anything! I was chosen as helper and I tried to do that for most of the race. SHould be boring reading.
Stage 1 was a short ITT where I ended up 29 seconds off the leader's pace, classified as 24th.
Stage 2 and I was given the task of protecting Lammertink. I did the same for the duration of the stage and finished in the pack.
Stage 3, where I was protecting Lammertink again. A repeat of the previous stage. This time though Weslet Kreder managed a top 10 finish for us. Ryan Mullen, having won the stage 1 ITT, held on for the overall win too. I finished in 17th overall and 6th in the U25s, also an outcome of the good ITT.
General Classification
1
Ryan Mullen
Etixx - Quick-step
7h12'40
2
Gaetan Bille
Vérandas Willems
+ 3
3
Roger Kluge
Team Giant-Alpecin
+ 4
4
Tim Wellens
Lotto Soudal
+ 5
5
Simon Geschke
Team Giant-Alpecin
+ 6
6
Sean De Bie
Lotto Soudal
+ 11
7
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Etixx - Quick-step
s.t.
8
Ben King
Trek Factory Racing
+ 13
9
Dominique Cornu
Veranclassic - Ekoi
+ 16
10
Lars Ytting Bak
Lotto Soudal
+ 17
Spoiler
11
Tim Rodenburg
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
12
Silvan Dillier
Trek Factory Racing
+ 18
13
Vegard Breen
Veranclassic - Ekoi
+ 19
14
Coen Vermeltfoort
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 21
15
Tom Stamsnijder
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
16
Serghei Tvetcov
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 24
17
Abhishek Sinha
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 29
18
Bram Tankink
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 31
19
Paul Martens
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 33
20
Caleb Fairly
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
21
Frederik Frison
Veranclassic - Ekoi
+ 36
22
Meik Hermanski
Team Giant-Alpecin
+ 37
23
Silvio Herklotz
Team Giant-Alpecin
+ 39
24
Dimitri Claeys
Vérandas Willems
s.t.
25
Fabio Sabatini
Etixx - Quick-step
+ 41
26
Tim Declercq
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
27
Jesper Asselman
Metec - TKH
+ 42
28
Magnus Bak Klaris
SEG Racing
s.t.
29
Zico Waeytens
Team Giant-Alpecin
+ 43
30
Sam Oomen
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
31
Jelle Wallays
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 45
32
Daan Myngheer
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
33
Jenthe Biermans
SEG Racing
+ 46
34
Joachim Vanreyten
Vérandas Willems
s.t.
35
Kevin Peeters
Lotto Soudal
+ 48
36
Alois Kankovsky
Cibel
+ 49
37
Jens Wallays
Vérandas Willems
+ 50
38
Eliot Lietaer
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
39
Jasper Stuyven
Trek Factory Racing
+ 51
40
Benjamin Verraes
Cibel
s.t.
41
Tom Van Asbroeck
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 52
42
Luke Keough
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
43
Maurits Lammertink
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 54
44
Tom Veelers
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
45
Sean Downey
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
46
Floris De Tier
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 55
47
Heinrich Haussler
Trek Factory Racing
+ 56
48
Gerry Druyts
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
+ 1'00
49
Mirsamad Poorseyedi
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
50
Jan Maas
Rabobank Development Team
+ 1'01
51
Zhi Hui Jiang
SEG Racing
s.t.
52
Iljo Keisse
Etixx - Quick-step
+ 1'02
53
Tim Merlier
Team 3M
+ 1'05
54
Jordi van Dingenen
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
s.t.
55
Marco Zanotti
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
+ 1'07
56
Louis Vervaeke
Lotto Soudal
+ 1'08
57
Niels Wytinck
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
+ 1'10
58
Maarten Van Trijp
Rabobank Development Team
+ 1'13
59
Tim De Troyer
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
60
Andreas Schillinger
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 1'15
61
Floris Gerts
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 1'18
62
Antoine Demoitie
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 1'19
63
Maarten Wynants
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
64
Michel Kreder
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
65
Wesley Kreder
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 1'20
66
Louis Verhelst
Lotto Soudal
+ 1'21
67
Nikolas Maes
Lotto Soudal
+ 1'22
68
Jeff Vermeulen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 1'33
69
Andrea Peron
Metec - TKH
+ 1'43
70
Robin Stenuit
Veranclassic - Ekoi
+ 1'58
71
David Desmecht
Veranclassic - Ekoi
+ 2'23
72
Jasper Hamelink
Metec - TKH
+ 2'27
73
Elias Van Breussegem
Vérandas Willems
+ 2'31
74
Dion Beukeboom
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
+ 2'37
75
Joshua Edmondson
An Post - Chainreaction
+ 2'50
76
Gert-Jan Bosman
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 2'53
77
Laurent Didier
Trek Factory Racing
+ 2'55
78
Joeri Stallaert
Cibel
+ 2'56
79
Jonathan Dufrasne
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 2'57
80
Matthew Brammeier
An Post - Chainreaction
+ 3'08
81
Olivier Pardini
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
+ 3'11
82
Alistair Slater
An Post - Chainreaction
+ 3'15
83
Yannick Peeters
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
s.t.
84
Maarten Neyens
Team 3M
s.t.
85
Joren Touquet
Vérandas Willems
+ 3'20
86
Xandro Meurisse
An Post - Chainreaction
+ 3'21
87
Jeroen Lepla
Veranclassic - Ekoi
+ 3'40
88
Sieben Wouters
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 4'08
89
Bart De Clercq
Etixx - Quick-step
+ 4'17
90
Roy Curvers
Team Giant-Alpecin
+ 4'30
91
Sten Van Gucht
Vérandas Willems
+ 4'40
92
Markus Eibegger
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 4'57
93
Vincent Baestaens
Cibel
+ 5'12
94
Rob Ruijgh
Metec - TKH
+ 5'14
95
Russell Downing
An Post - Chainreaction
+ 5'15
96
Kevin De Jonghe
Cibel
+ 5'17
97
Kevin Callebaut
Cibel
+ 5'34
98
Dylan Van Zijl
Team 3M
+ 5'45
99
Edwig Cammaerts
Veranclassic - Ekoi
+ 5'46
100
Alexander Maes
An Post - Chainreaction
+ 5'47
101
Milan Menten
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 5'52
102
Jens Adams
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
+ 6'43
103
Thomas Degand
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
+ 6'44
104
Jan Denuwelaere
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
+ 6'47
105
Sibrecht Pieters
Veranclassic - Ekoi
+ 6'51
106
Joey Van Rhee
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
+ 6'52
107
Bob Schoonbroodt
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
108
Sander Helven
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 6'53
109
Jake Tanner
Team 3M
+ 6'56
110
Emiel Dolfsma
Metec - TKH
+ 6'57
111
Jack Wilson
An Post - Chainreaction
+ 6'58
112
Emiel Planckaert
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 7'00
113
Marco Minnaard
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
114
Fabio Polazzi
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
+ 7'05
115
Rémy Mertz
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 7'06
116
Tim Vanspeybroeck
Team 3M
s.t.
117
Martin Velits
Etixx - Quick-step
+ 7'08
118
Joris Blokker
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
+ 7'11
119
Lilian Calmejane
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 7'14
120
Sjors Roosen
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
121
Jordi Talen
Rabobank Development Team
+ 7'39
122
Jasper Bovenhuis
SEG Racing
+ 7'53
123
Antoine Warnier
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 7'55
124
Jasper Ockeloen
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
+ 7'56
125
Michael Goolaerts
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
+ 8'01
126
Olivier Chevalier
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 8'06
127
Davy Gunst
SEG Racing
+ 8'13
128
Mischa Van der Heijden
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
129
Rens Te Stroet
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 8'20
130
Stijn Ennekens
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
+ 8'34
131
Patrick Van Der Duin
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 8'58
132
Tom Vermeer
SEG Racing
+ 9'05
133
Serge Pauwels
Lotto Soudal
+ 10'11
134
Jean-Albert Carnevali
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 10'13
135
Patrick Facchini
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
+ 10'15
136
Jeroen Meijers
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
137
Wouter Leten
Metec - TKH
+ 10'20
138
Larry Warbasse
Team Giant-Alpecin
+ 10'25
139
Loïc Pestiaux
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 10'30
140
Stef Van Zummeren
Vérandas Willems
+ 10'37
141
David De la Cruz
Etixx - Quick-step
+ 10'57
142
José Agustín Martínez Torrén
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
+ 11'07
143
Massimo Graziato
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
+ 11'09
144
Yannick Eijssen
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
+ 11'24
145
Bert Van Lerberghe
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 11'29
146
Peter Lenderink
Rabobank Development Team
+ 11'42
147
Rob Leemans
SEG Racing
+ 13'26
148
Arno Van Der Zwet
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 13'35
149
Emiel Vermeulen
Team 3M
+ 14'22
150
Dimitri Peyskens
Team 3M
+ 14'35
151
Joris Nieuwenhuis
Rabobank Development Team
+ 14'37
152
Anastasio Ania
Etixx - Quick-step
+ 14'43
153
Patrick Van Leeuwen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 15'36
154
Rick Goeree
Metec - TKH
+ 15'45
155
Jelle Wolsink
Metec - TKH
+ 16'19
156
Matthias Ongena
Cibel
+ 20'13
157
David Montgomery
Team 3M
+ 38'33
Points Classification
1
Zico Waeytens
Team Giant-Alpecin
25
2
Tom Van Asbroeck
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
22
3
Roger Kluge
Team Giant-Alpecin
20
4
Sean De Bie
Lotto Soudal
20
5
Jasper Stuyven
Trek Factory Racing
19
Young Rider Classification
1
Ryan Mullen
Etixx - Quick-step
7h12'40
2
Tim Wellens
Lotto Soudal
+ 5
3
Sean De Bie
Lotto Soudal
+ 11
4
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Etixx - Quick-step
+ 11
5
Tim Rodenburg
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 17
Team Classification
1
Team Giant-Alpecin
21h38'31
2
Etixx - Quick-step
+ 11
3
Lotto Soudal
+ 12
4
Veranclassic - Ekoi
+ 13
5
Vérandas Willems
+ 27
A better than expected result in the end in Flanders.
Classic Loire Atlantique
Picked as a helper again, I was looking after Calmejane (!!) in this race. This was a bit of a stinker for me, as I'd been outperforming my French teammate and fellow new recruit since the start of the season. I did my job as I was supposed to. A lot of our teammates suffered crashes. I was dropped by the lead group with 15 km to go. Calmejane too, could not keep up. Kristian Haugaard, a former teammate from Leopard, took the stage win for his new team. Kerkhof got our best result in 11th, while I finished 4 minutes down.
1
Kristian Haugaard
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
4h49'28
2
Edward Theuns
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
3
Fabio Silvestre
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
4
Julien Simon
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
5
Daniel Moreno
Team Sky
s.t.
6
Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
7
Pierrick Fédrigo
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
8
Peter Velits
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
9
Phil Bauhaus
Bora - Argon 18
s.t.
10
Rudy Molard
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Tim Kerkhof
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
12
Jonathan Castroviejo
Movistar Team
s.t.
13
Alex Dowsett
Movistar Team
s.t.
14
Sérgio Pardilla
Team Sky
s.t.
15
Maxime Vantomme
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
16
Yauheni Hutarovich
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
17
Angelo Tulik
FDJ
s.t.
18
Lasse Norman Hansen
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
19
Björn Leukemans
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
20
Peter Kennaugh
Team Sky
s.t.
21
Dominik Nerz
Bora - Argon 18
s.t.
22
Laurent Pichon
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
23
Mads Pedersen
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
s.t.
24
Sébastien Turgot
Ag2r La Mondiale
s.t.
25
Sébastien Minard
Ag2r La Mondiale
s.t.
26
Gad Azoulay
FDJ
s.t.
27
Alexis Gougeard
Ag2r La Mondiale
s.t.
28
Romain Cardis
Ag2r La Mondiale
s.t.
29
Shane Archbold
Bora - Argon 18
s.t.
30
Rüdiger Selig
Bora - Argon 18
s.t.
31
Romain Guillemois
Team Europcar
s.t.
32
Daniel Schorn
Bora - Argon 18
s.t.
33
Tim Declercq
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
34
Olivier Le Gac
FDJ
s.t.
35
Thomas Sprengers
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
36
Marc Soler
Movistar Team
s.t.
37
Blel Kadri
Ag2r La Mondiale
s.t.
38
Lilian Calmejane
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
39
Jonas Ahlstrand
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
+ 1'48
40
Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier
Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre
s.t.
41
Frederique Robert
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
42
Simone Consonni
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
43
Sander Helven
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
44
Matthew Busche
Team Sky
s.t.
45
Armindo Fonseca
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
46
Ignatas Konovalovas
Team Marseille 13 KTM
s.t.
47
Florian Vachon
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
48
Ben Swift
Team Sky
s.t.
49
Pierre-Luc Périchon
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
50
Florian Guillou
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
51
Pierre-Roger Latour
Ag2r La Mondiale
s.t.
52
Florian Senechal
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
53
Bob Jungels
Team Sky
s.t.
54
Raymond Kreder
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
55
Martin Mortensen
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
s.t.
56
Moreno De Pauw
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
57
Hayden Roulston
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
s.t.
58
Gaël Malacarne
Team Europcar
s.t.
59
Luis Ángel Maté
Team Sky
s.t.
60
Thomas Vaubourzeix
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
61
Francis De Greef
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
62
Antoine Lavieu
Ag2r La Mondiale
s.t.
63
Thomas Degand
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
64
Marco Marcato
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
65
Víctor de la Parte
Movistar Team
+ 4'00
66
Jonas Poulsen
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
67
Abhishek Sinha
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
68
Anthony Delaplace
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
69
David Belda
Movistar Team
s.t.
70
Adriano Malori
Movistar Team
s.t.
71
Julius van den Berg
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
72
Zakkari Dempster
Bora - Argon 18
s.t.
73
Geoffrey Soupe
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
74
Marcus Burghardt
Bora - Argon 18
s.t.
75
Rohan Dennis
Team Sky
s.t.
76
Alexis Vuillermoz
Team Europcar
s.t.
77
Samuel Dumoulin
Ag2r La Mondiale
s.t.
78
Stephen Cummings
Movistar Team
s.t.
79
Marko Díaz
Movistar Team
s.t.
80
Anthony Turgis
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
81
Julien El Fares
Team Marseille 13 KTM
s.t.
82
Rudy Kowalski
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
83
Benjamin Giraud
Team Marseille 13 KTM
s.t.
84
Yonas Tekeste
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
85
Leigh Howard
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
86
Kevin Pauwels
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
87
Cayetano Sarmiento
Colombia
s.t.
88
Jérôme Cousin
Team Europcar
s.t.
89
Cyril Lemoine
FDJ
s.t.
90
Fabio Duarte
Colombia
s.t.
91
Damien Monier
FDJ
s.t.
92
Justin Jules
FDJ
s.t.
93
Jimmy Raibaud
Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre
s.t.
94
Arman Kamyshev
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
95
Arthur van Overberghe
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
96
Jérôme Baugnies
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
97
Olivier Chevalier
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
98
Nicolas Baldo
Team Europcar
s.t.
99
Benoît Vaugrenard
FDJ
s.t.
100
Evaldas Siskevicius
Team Marseille 13 KTM
s.t.
101
Edwin Ávila
Colombia
s.t.
102
Jonathan Dufrasne
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
103
Yoann Paillot
Team Marseille 13 KTM
s.t.
104
Fabrice Jeandesboz
Team Europcar
s.t.
105
Rasmus Guldhammer
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
s.t.
106
Nans Peters
Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre
s.t.
107
Tomasz Smoleń
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
108
Theo Bos
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
109
Thomas Bonnin
FDJ
s.t.
110
Christian Mager
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
s.t.
111
Siarhei Papok
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
112
Kévin Lebreton
Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre
s.t.
113
Robbe Casier
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
114
Rodolfo Torres
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
115
Rémy Mertz
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
116
Bryan Alaphilippe
Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre
s.t.
117
Milan Menten
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
118
Nicolas Dougall
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
119
Jonathan Paredes
Colombia
s.t.
120
Tom Devriendt
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
121
Melvin Rulliere
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
122
Loïc Pestiaux
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
123
Martial Roman
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
124
Álex Cano Ardila
Colombia
s.t.
125
Manuel Belletti
Colombia
s.t.
126
Charlie Arimont
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 7'09
127
Yannis Yssaad
Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre
s.t.
128
Antoine Warnier
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
129
Steve Chainel
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
130
Kenneth Hansen
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 8'05
131
Alexis Bodiot
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
132
Jackson Rodríguez
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
133
Morgan Lamoisson
Team Europcar
s.t.
134
Rudy Barbier
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
135
Serge Beaufort
Auber 93
+ 8'51
136
Mathieu Perget
Auber 93
s.t.
137
Anthony Maldonado
Auber 93
s.t.
138
Théo Vimpere
Auber 93
s.t.
139
Juan Sebastian Molano
Colombia
s.t.
140
Mischa Van der Heijden
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
141
Michael Carbel
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
s.t.
142
Dirk Finders
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
143
Benoît Sinner
Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre
s.t.
144
Brian Van Goethem
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
145
Giovanni Bernaudeau
Team Europcar
s.t.
146
César Bihel
Auber 93
s.t.
147
Bruno Armirail
Colombia
s.t.
148
Ludwig De Winter
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
149
David Menut
Auber 93
s.t.
150
Julien Guay
Auber 93
s.t.
151
Linus Gerdemann
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
s.t.
152
Antoine Leleu
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
153
Guillaume Levarlet
Auber 93
+ 12'54
154
Fabien Canal
Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre
+ 13'44
155
Simon Sellier
Team Marseille 13 KTM
+ 14'23
Cholet - Pays De Loire
Helper again. For Calmejane again! Had a bad later half of the race. Was dropped with still 30 km to go and never recovered. Finished 4 minutes down on the pack while Marc de Maar got 13th place for us. Jesus Herrada won after a surprise late attack.
1
Jesús Herrada
Movistar Team
6h00'48
2
Robert Wagner
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 47
3
Thomas Voeckler
Ag2r La Mondiale
s.t.
4
Cyril Gautier
Ag2r La Mondiale
s.t.
5
Oscar Gatto
Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
s.t.
6
Gerald Ciolek
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
7
Phil Bauhaus
Bora - Argon 18
s.t.
8
Alexis Gougeard
Ag2r La Mondiale
s.t.
9
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
10
Tim De Troyer
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Julien Simon
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
12
Alexandre Pichot
Team Europcar
s.t.
13
Marc De Maar
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
14
Elia Favilli
Bardiani CSF
s.t.
15
Mickaël Delage
Team Europcar
s.t.
16
Guillaume Thevenot
Team Europcar
s.t.
17
Rohan Dennis
Team Sky
s.t.
18
Matthew Busche
Team Sky
s.t.
19
Serghei Tvetcov
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
20
Peter Kennaugh
Team Sky
s.t.
21
Andreas Schillinger
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
22
Enrico Barbin
Bardiani CSF
s.t.
23
Romain Cardis
Ag2r La Mondiale
s.t.
24
Valerio Conti
Bora - Argon 18
s.t.
25
Arnold Jeannesson
FDJ
s.t.
26
Nicolas Edet
FDJ
s.t.
27
Nicolas Baldo
Team Europcar
s.t.
28
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Team Katusha
s.t.
29
Jonathan Castroviejo
Movistar Team
s.t.
30
Francesco Ginanni
Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
s.t.
31
Andrea Manfredi
Bardiani CSF
s.t.
32
Mikaël Chérel
Ag2r La Mondiale
s.t.
33
Laurent Pichon
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
34
Kenny De Ketele
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
35
Dominik Nerz
Bora - Argon 18
s.t.
36
Peter Velits
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
37
Jérôme Coppel
FDJ
s.t.
38
Marco Benfatto
Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
s.t.
39
Romain Feillu
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
40
Iuri Filosi
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
41
Alessio Taliani
Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
s.t.
42
Daniel Teklehaimanot
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
43
Benoit Jarrier
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
44
Lasse Norman Hansen
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
45
Alex Kirsch
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
46
Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
47
Alexander Krieger
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
48
Emanuel Buchmann
Bora - Argon 18
s.t.
49
Simone Sterbini
Bardiani CSF
s.t.
50
Daniel Moreno
Team Sky
s.t.
51
Leigh Howard
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
52
Sérgio Pardilla
Team Sky
s.t.
53
Sergey Lagutin
Team Katusha
s.t.
54
Stéphane Rossetto
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
55
Romain Combaud
Team Europcar
s.t.
56
Boy Van Poppel
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
57
Marcel Wyss
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
58
David López
Team Sky
s.t.
59
Damien Gaudin
Ag2r La Mondiale
s.t.
60
Sylvain Chavanel
FDJ
s.t.
61
Juan Chamorro
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
62
Francisco José Ventoso
Team Katusha
s.t.
63
Anton Vorobyev
Team Katusha
s.t.
64
Marco Bandiera
Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
s.t.
65
Cristiano Salerno
Bora - Argon 18
s.t.
66
Matteo Montaguti
Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
s.t.
67
Julien Antomarchi
Team Marseille 13 KTM
s.t.
68
Bram Tankink
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
69
Mike Terpstra
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
70
Anthony Maldonado
Auber 93
s.t.
71
Romain Le Roux
Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre
s.t.
72
Tim Kerkhof
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
73
Michel Kreder
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
74
William Bonnet
FDJ
s.t.
75
Luis Ángel Maté
Team Sky
s.t.
76
Lilian Calmejane
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
77
Steven Tronet
Auber 93
s.t.
78
Alex Dowsett
Movistar Team
s.t.
79
Christian Knees
Bora - Argon 18
s.t.
80
Luigi Miletta
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
81
Yamato Shirota
FDJ
s.t.
82
Brice Feillu
Team Europcar
s.t.
83
Marco Haller
Team Katusha
s.t.
84
Pierre-Roger Latour
Ag2r La Mondiale
s.t.
85
Davide Malacarne
Bardiani CSF
s.t.
86
Shane Archbold
Bora - Argon 18
+ 3'32
87
Stéphane Poulhiès
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
88
Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier
Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre
s.t.
89
Nicklas Bøje Pedersen
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
90
Rubén Fernández
Movistar Team
s.t.
91
Alexander Serov
Team Katusha
s.t.
92
Patrick Olesen
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
93
Jesús Hernández
Movistar Team
s.t.
94
Songezo Jim
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
95
Reinier Honig
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
96
Theo Bos
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 4'08
97
Ben Swift
Team Sky
s.t.
98
Thomas Damuseau
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
99
Grégoire Tarride
Team Marseille 13 KTM
s.t.
100
James Shaw
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
101
Alexandre Lemair
Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre
s.t.
102
Jean-Marc Bideau
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
103
Guillaume Blot
Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre
s.t.
104
Abhishek Sinha
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
105
Timothy Dupont
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
106
Evaldas Siskevicius
Team Marseille 13 KTM
s.t.
107
Olivier Pardini
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
108
Aurélien Passeron
Auber 93
s.t.
109
Luca Sterbini
Bardiani CSF
s.t.
110
Magnus Faglum
Bardiani CSF
s.t.
111
Kévin Lebreton
Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre
s.t.
112
Brian Bulgac
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
113
Alvaro Cuadros
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
114
Mathieu Perget
Auber 93
s.t.
115
Antoine Lavieu
Ag2r La Mondiale
s.t.
116
Francis De Greef
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
117
Marcus Burghardt
Bora - Argon 18
s.t.
118
Théo Vimpere
Auber 93
s.t.
119
Justin Jules
FDJ
+ 5'12
120
Mauro Abel Richeze
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
121
Simone Consonni
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
122
Alexander Porsev
Team Katusha
s.t.
123
Ignatas Konovalovas
Team Marseille 13 KTM
s.t.
124
Alberto Nardin
Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
s.t.
125
Clément Saint-Martin
Team Marseille 13 KTM
s.t.
126
Gaël Malacarne
Team Europcar
s.t.
127
Jan Dieteren
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
128
Marc Soler
Movistar Team
s.t.
129
Rudy Molard
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
130
Carl Jermail
Auber 93
s.t.
131
Yannick Eijssen
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
132
Romain Guillemois
Team Europcar
s.t.
133
David Belda
Movistar Team
s.t.
134
Sylvain Georges
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
135
Jimmy Engoulvent
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
136
Fabien Canal
Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre
s.t.
137
Jérôme Baugnies
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
138
Steve Chainel
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
139
Abel Kenyeres
Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
s.t.
140
Damien Monier
FDJ
+ 6'07
141
Rodolfo Torres
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
142
Nans Peters
Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre
+ 6'57
143
Florian Guillou
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
144
Simone Andreetta
Bardiani CSF
s.t.
145
Johnny Hoogerland
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
146
Mike Teunissen
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
147
Kenneth Hansen
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
148
Luc Turchi
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
149
Alexis Bodiot
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
150
Julien Guay
Auber 93
+ 8'49
151
Víctor de la Parte
Movistar Team
+ 9'56
152
Benoît Sinner
Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre
+ 12'50
153
Rudy Barbier
Roubaix Lille Métropole
+ 13'10
154
Alexander Serebryakov
Team Katusha
+ 15'45
155
Simon Sellier
Team Marseille 13 KTM
+ 19'45
Like I already said before, nothing to see here...
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 25-09-2016 05:53
April couldn't have come sooner after a March not worth remembering. A total of 5 one day races lined in my schedule here. No stage races. This should be interesting!
GP Miguel Indurain
Back to Spain, which was fast becoming my lucky country in terms of results. I was chosen to lead the team in the race. However, I was struggling for fitness for a couple of days prior to the race. I managed to stay with the pack before attacking with about 15 km to go. I got away with a handful of others but couldn't hang on to the group. I got caught by the next groups coming up, just holding on to a top 20 spot. In a weird twist of events, Calmejane finished higher up, in our little personal battle.
1
Adam Yates
Orica-GreenEDGE
4h51'59
2
Beñat Intxausti
Team Katusha
+ 19
3
Igor Antón
Orica-GreenEDGE
s.t.
4
Robert Kiserlovski
Tinkoff-Saxo
+ 35
5
Giovanni Visconti
Movistar Team
+ 51
6
Jan Barta
Bora - Argon 18
s.t.
7
Gorka Izagirre
Tinkoff-Saxo
+ 1'40
8
Fabio Felline
Lotto Soudal
+ 1'48
9
André Cardoso
Team Cannondale - Garmin
+ 2'22
10
Edoardo Zardini
Team Cannondale - Garmin
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Sergey Chernetskiy
Team Katusha
+ 2'53
12
Cameron Meyer
Team Cannondale - Garmin
s.t.
13
Lilian Calmejane
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
14
Kanstantsin Siutsou
Tinkoff-Saxo
+ 3'08
15
Thomas De Gendt
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
16
Dayer Quintana
Tinkoff-Saxo
s.t.
17
Mikel Nieve
Movistar Team
s.t.
18
Pello Bilbao
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
s.t.
19
Abhishek Sinha
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
20
Michele Scarponi
Team Cannondale - Garmin
s.t.
21
Michael Rogers
Tinkoff-Saxo
s.t.
22
Valerio Conti
Bora - Argon 18
s.t.
23
Arnau Sole
Burgos - BH
s.t.
24
Jesús Hernández
Movistar Team
+ 3'51
25
Delio Fernández
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
s.t.
26
Jesús Del Pino
Burgos - BH
+ 4'05
27
Adam Hansen
Lotto Soudal
+ 4'13
28
Marc Goos
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
29
Garikoitz Bravo
Murias Taldea
+ 4'30
30
Alberto Losada
Team Katusha
+ 4'38
31
Heiner Parra
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
s.t.
32
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
33
Mischa Van der Heijden
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
34
José Mendes
Bora - Argon 18
s.t.
35
George Bennett
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
36
Víctor de la Parte
Movistar Team
s.t.
37
Sergey Lagutin
Team Katusha
s.t.
38
Dries Van Gestel
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
39
Martijn Keizer
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
40
Paul Martens
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
41
Nathan Brown
Team Cannondale - Garmin
s.t.
42
Jay McCarthy
Orica-GreenEDGE
s.t.
43
Damiano Cunego
Team Cannondale - Garmin
s.t.
44
Amets Txurruka
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
s.t.
45
Raymond Kreder
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
46
Antonio Molina
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
s.t.
47
Rafael Valls
Movistar Team
s.t.
48
Serge Pauwels
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
49
Kristoffer Skjerping
Team Cannondale - Garmin
s.t.
50
Ivar Slik
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
51
Rubén Fernández
Movistar Team
s.t.
52
Maurits Lammertink
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
53
Marko Díaz
Movistar Team
s.t.
54
Francisco José Ventoso
Team Katusha
s.t.
55
Beñat Txoperena
Murias Taldea
s.t.
56
Esteban Chaves
Orica-GreenEDGE
s.t.
57
Pieter Weening
Orica-GreenEDGE
s.t.
58
Aleksejs Saramotins
Orica-GreenEDGE
s.t.
59
Joseph Dombrowski
Team Cannondale - Garmin
s.t.
60
François Bidard
Burgos - BH
s.t.
61
Mikel Bizkarra
Murias Taldea
s.t.
62
Marc Soler
Movistar Team
s.t.
63
Louis Vervaeke
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
64
Hugh Carthy
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
s.t.
65
Chris Anker Sørensen
Tinkoff-Saxo
s.t.
66
Johnny Hoogerland
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 5'44
67
Ricardo Vilela
Team Tavira
+ 6'20
68
Pavel Brutt
Tinkoff-Saxo
s.t.
69
Fernando Grijalba
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
s.t.
70
Andreas Schillinger
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
71
Omar Fraile
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
s.t.
72
Caleb Ewan
Orica-GreenEDGE
s.t.
73
Luke Durbridge
Orica-GreenEDGE
s.t.
74
Jasper De Buyst
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
75
Serghei Tvetcov
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
76
Alexander Serebryakov
Team Katusha
+ 7'46
77
Edgar Pinto
Team Tavira
+ 8'28
78
Cristiano Salerno
Bora - Argon 18
s.t.
79
Hugo Vaz
LA Aluminios - Antarte
s.t.
80
Igor Merino
Burgos - BH
s.t.
81
Unai Intziarte
Murias Taldea
s.t.
82
Enrique Sanz
Team Katusha
+ 10'07
83
Brian Van Goethem
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
84
Jon Ander Insausti
Murias Taldea
+ 10'22
85
Ulf Hausweiler
Bora - Argon 18
+ 10'57
86
Frederico Figueiredo
LA Aluminios - Antarte
s.t.
87
Manuel Cardoso
Team Tavira
+ 11'12
88
Zakkari Dempster
Bora - Argon 18
+ 11'36
89
Robert Wagner
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 13'17
90
Frederik Backaert
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
91
Mats Boeve
Team Tavira
s.t.
92
Michael Schwarzmann
Bora - Argon 18
+ 13'38
93
Sérgio Sousa
LA Aluminios - Antarte
+ 14'18
94
Joao Pereira
Team Tavira
s.t.
95
Ander Arranz
Burgos - BH
+ 14'35
96
Óscar Pujol
Burgos - BH
+ 14'56
97
Alexander Serov
Team Katusha
s.t.
98
Álvaro Robredo
Burgos - BH
+ 15'28
99
Unai Leva
Murias Taldea
s.t.
100
Elia Valente
Team Tavira
+ 16'30
101
Daniel Borrás
Team Tavira
s.t.
102
Marcus Burghardt
Bora - Argon 18
s.t.
103
Mario Costa
LA Aluminios - Antarte
s.t.
104
Rafael Reis
Team Tavira
s.t.
105
Ivan Basso
Tinkoff-Saxo
s.t.
106
Leonel Coutinho
LA Aluminios - Antarte
s.t.
107
Joon Seo
LA Aluminios - Antarte
s.t.
108
Ghislain Thebault
Burgos - BH
+ 23'52
Vuelta Ciclista a la Rioja
Free role in what turned to be a sprinter's race. It was an uneventful race for the most part. I had a minor fall with 10 km to go but made it back to the peloton. I tried to attack soon after too. I stayed away for a few kms, but was caught with 3 km to go. I finally finished in the pack. Pim Ligthart surprised the favourites with a late attack, followed by Bert De Backer. They took 1st and 2nd places respectively. I finished mid-pack with Calmejane getting another top 15 finish.
1
Pim Ligthart
Lotto Soudal
3h37'13
2
Bert De Backer
Team Giant-Alpecin
+ 28
3
Kenny Dehaes
Lotto Soudal
+ 48
4
Mitchell Docker
Team Cannondale - Garmin
s.t.
5
Iljo Keisse
Etixx - Quick-step
s.t.
6
Yannick Martinez
IAM Cycling
s.t.
7
Caleb Ewan
Orica-GreenEDGE
s.t.
8
Cameron Meyer
Team Cannondale - Garmin
s.t.
9
Carlos Verona
Etixx - Quick-step
s.t.
10
Jonathan Castroviejo
Movistar Team
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Ramunas Navardauskas
Team Cannondale - Garmin
s.t.
12
Pascal Ackermann
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
13
Paweł Bernas
ActiveJet Team
s.t.
14
Lilian Calmejane
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
15
Matthias Brändle
IAM Cycling
s.t.
16
Fernando Gaviria
Tinkoff-Saxo
s.t.
17
Jacopo Guarnieri
Team Katusha
s.t.
18
Fabio Felline
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
19
Moreno Moser
Team Cannondale - Garmin
s.t.
20
Meik Hermanski
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
21
Marc De Maar
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
22
Gerald Ciolek
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
23
Lars Ytting Bak
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
24
Rubén Zepuntke
Team Cannondale - Garmin
s.t.
25
Manuel Belletti
Colombia
s.t.
26
André Looij
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
27
Nick Van Der Lijke
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
28
Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
29
Gianni Meersman
Etixx - Quick-step
s.t.
30
Mike Teunissen
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
31
Roy Curvers
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
32
Tosh Van der Sande
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
s.t.
33
Fabio Sabatini
Etixx - Quick-step
s.t.
34
Marc Goos
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
35
Jesús Hernández
Movistar Team
s.t.
36
Lasse Norman Hansen
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
37
Gennadiy Tatarinov
Team Katusha
s.t.
38
Fabio Silvestre
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
39
Robert Wagner
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
40
Beñat Intxausti
Team Katusha
s.t.
41
Andreas Schillinger
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
42
Jan Ghyselinck
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
43
Maxime Vantomme
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
44
Chad Haga
Team Cannondale - Garmin
s.t.
45
Kristijan Durasek
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
46
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Team Katusha
s.t.
47
Johann Van Zyl
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
48
Rudy Barbier
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
49
Paweł Franczak
ActiveJet Team
s.t.
50
Jon Ander Insausti
Murias Taldea
s.t.
51
Stef Clement
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
52
Maarten Wynants
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
53
Etienne Van Empel
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
54
Silvio Herklotz
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
55
Łukasz Wiśniowski
Etixx - Quick-step
s.t.
56
Marc Soler
Movistar Team
s.t.
57
Martijn Keizer
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
58
Fredrik Ludvigsson
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
59
Timo Roosen
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
60
Garikoitz Bravo
Murias Taldea
s.t.
61
Cheng Ji
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
62
Alberto Losada
Team Katusha
s.t.
63
Rafael Valls
Movistar Team
s.t.
64
Frederik Backaert
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
65
Kenny Elissonde
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
66
Raymond Kreder
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
67
Fernando Grijalba
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
s.t.
68
Mikel Nieve
Movistar Team
s.t.
69
Vicente Reynès
Movistar Team
s.t.
70
Pello Bilbao
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
s.t.
71
Abhishek Sinha
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
72
Kamil Gradek
ActiveJet Team
s.t.
73
Rubén Fernández
Movistar Team
s.t.
74
Brayan Ramírez
Colombia
s.t.
75
Janier Acevedo
Colombia
s.t.
76
Simon Clarke
Orica-GreenEDGE
s.t.
77
Yonas Tekeste
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
78
Nikolai Trusov
Tinkoff-Saxo
s.t.
79
Denis Galimzyanov
Tinkoff-Saxo
s.t.
80
Dominique Rollin
LA Aluminios - Antarte
s.t.
81
Jay Thomson
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
82
Robert Bush
Murias Taldea
s.t.
83
Arkaitz Durán
Efapel
s.t.
84
Imanol Erviti
Tinkoff-Saxo
s.t.
85
Steele Von Hoff
Orica-GreenEDGE
s.t.
86
Bernardo Colex
ActiveJet Team
s.t.
87
Igor Antón
Orica-GreenEDGE
s.t.
88
Jesús Ezquerra
ActiveJet Team
s.t.
89
Ryan Mullen
Etixx - Quick-step
s.t.
90
Sérgio Sousa
LA Aluminios - Antarte
s.t.
91
Anastasio Ania
Etixx - Quick-step
s.t.
92
Daniel Jaramillo
Colombia
s.t.
93
Ibai Salas
Burgos - BH
s.t.
94
José Luis Roldán
Burgos - BH
s.t.
95
Songezo Jim
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
96
Daniel Freitas
LA Aluminios - Antarte
s.t.
97
Alexander Serebryakov
Team Katusha
s.t.
98
Óscar González
Efapel
s.t.
99
Marcel Aregger
IAM Cycling
s.t.
100
Fabio Duarte
Colombia
s.t.
101
Víctor Martín
Burgos - BH
s.t.
102
Jorge Camilo Castiblanco
Colombia
s.t.
103
David Belda
Movistar Team
s.t.
104
Hugo Vaz
LA Aluminios - Antarte
s.t.
105
Bruno Sancho
Efapel
s.t.
106
Marcin Białobłocki
ActiveJet Team
s.t.
107
Unai Arranz
Burgos - BH
s.t.
108
Aritz Bagües
Murias Taldea
s.t.
109
Diego León Cuervo
Burgos - BH
s.t.
110
Eduardo Estrada
Colombia
s.t.
111
Sjoerd Van Ginneken
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
112
Rafael Silva
Efapel
s.t.
113
Klemen Stimulak
ActiveJet Team
s.t.
114
Joon Seo
LA Aluminios - Antarte
+ 3'15
115
Óscar Pujol
Burgos - BH
s.t.
116
Mikel Bizkarra
Murias Taldea
s.t.
117
Brian Van Goethem
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
118
Pedro Paulinho
Efapel
s.t.
119
Manuele Boaro
Orica-GreenEDGE
s.t.
120
Álvaro Robredo
Burgos - BH
s.t.
121
David Rodrigues
Efapel
s.t.
122
Carlos Mario Ramírez
Colombia
s.t.
123
Stanislaw Dianzenza
ActiveJet Team
+ 3'59
124
Valerio Agnoli
Tinkoff-Saxo
+ 4'46
125
Campbell Flakemore
Orica-GreenEDGE
s.t.
126
Matti Breschel
Tinkoff-Saxo
s.t.
127
Daryl Impey
Orica-GreenEDGE
s.t.
128
Nelson Oliveira
Tinkoff-Saxo
s.t.
129
Jarlinson Pantano
IAM Cycling
s.t.
130
Francisco José Ventoso
Team Katusha
s.t.
131
Enrique Sanz
Team Katusha
s.t.
132
Sebastian Henao
IAM Cycling
s.t.
133
Jordi Simón
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
s.t.
134
Filippo Fortin
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
s.t.
135
Daniel McLay
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
136
Paolo Tiralongo
Tinkoff-Saxo
s.t.
137
Ricardo García
IAM Cycling
s.t.
138
Chris Horner
Team Cannondale - Garmin
s.t.
139
Alvaro Cuadros
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
140
Onur Balkan
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
s.t.
141
Damien Howson
Orica-GreenEDGE
s.t.
142
Delio Fernández
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
s.t.
143
Heiner Parra
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
s.t.
144
Jackson Rodríguez
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
145
Alexander Foliforov
IAM Cycling
s.t.
146
Jérôme Francois
IAM Cycling
s.t.
147
Unai Leva
Murias Taldea
s.t.
148
Mario Costa
LA Aluminios - Antarte
+ 5'36
149
Serge Pauwels
Lotto Soudal
+ 9'17
150
Juan José Iturraspe
Burgos - BH
+ 10'26
Klasika Primavera
I was leading the team here. I tried my hand at an attack on the first big climb of the day, with 50 km to go. I was caught 10 km later. The second climb came about with 30 km of racing left. The attack on the first climb took its toll and I dropped out of the peloton, eventually finishing 11 minutes (!!) down on winner Zakarin. Maurits Lammertink got home in 5th place, while the team got 4th in the classification. This was a cause for celebration for all of us and we did that later that day. One of the best races for us as a team all year.
1
Ilnur Zakarin
Team Katusha
4h01'23
2
Beñat Intxausti
Team Katusha
+ 50
3
Pello Bilbao
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
+ 2'02
4
Rafael Valls
Movistar Team
+ 3'38
5
Maurits Lammertink
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
6
Jesús Herrada
Movistar Team
s.t.
7
Nick Van Der Lijke
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
8
Jesús Del Pino
Burgos - BH
s.t.
9
Jonathan Castroviejo
Movistar Team
s.t.
10
Janier Acevedo
Colombia
+ 5'02
Spoiler
11
Mike Terpstra
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 5'52
12
Przemysław Niemiec
Lampre-Merida
s.t.
13
Rein Taaramäe
W52 - Quinta da Lixa
s.t.
14
Arnau Sole
Burgos - BH
s.t.
15
Gennadiy Tatarinov
Team Katusha
s.t.
16
Haritz Orbe
Murias Taldea
s.t.
17
Pieter Jacobs
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
18
Garikoitz Bravo
Murias Taldea
s.t.
19
Pedro Bras
Efapel
s.t.
20
Adriano Malori
Movistar Team
s.t.
21
Arkaitz Durán
Efapel
s.t.
22
Marc De Maar
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
23
Thomas De Gendt
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
24
Fabio Taborre
Lampre-Merida
s.t.
25
Ángel Madrazo
Movistar Team
s.t.
26
Ilya Koshevoy
Lampre-Merida
s.t.
27
Daniele Dall'Oste
Colombia
s.t.
28
Óscar González
Efapel
s.t.
29
Sergey Chernetskiy
Team Katusha
s.t.
30
Joaquim Silva
W52 - Quinta da Lixa
s.t.
31
Gianfranco Zilioli
Lampre-Merida
s.t.
32
Daniel Felipe Martinez
Colombia
s.t.
33
Jesús Hernández
Movistar Team
s.t.
34
Tiago Machado
Team Katusha
s.t.
35
José Vicente Toribio
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
s.t.
36
Jordi Simón
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
s.t.
37
Rubén Fernández
Movistar Team
s.t.
38
Fabio Duarte
Colombia
s.t.
39
Serge Pauwels
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
40
Delio Fernández
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
s.t.
41
Miguel Mínguez
Murias Taldea
s.t.
42
David Arroyo
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
s.t.
43
Cayetano Sarmiento
Colombia
+ 7'32
44
Amets Txurruka
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
s.t.
45
Kenny Dehaes
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
46
Brayan Ramírez
Colombia
s.t.
47
Marko Díaz
Movistar Team
s.t.
48
Sérgio Godoy
W52 - Quinta da Lixa
s.t.
49
Darwin Pantoja
Colombia
s.t.
50
Giampaolo Caruso
Team Katusha
s.t.
51
Hector Saez
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
s.t.
52
Luka Pibernik
Lampre-Merida
+ 9'23
53
Sérgio Sousa
LA Aluminios - Antarte
s.t.
54
Lars Ytting Bak
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
55
Jasper De Buyst
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
56
George Bennett
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
57
Louis Vervaeke
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
58
Kristian Sbaragli
Lampre-Merida
s.t.
59
Mikel Bizkarra
Murias Taldea
s.t.
60
Mike Teunissen
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
61
Edgar Pinto
Team Tavira
s.t.
62
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Team Katusha
s.t.
63
Martijn Keizer
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
64
Hugh Carthy
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
s.t.
65
Manuel Antunes Amaro
LA Aluminios - Antarte
s.t.
66
Frederik Backaert
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
67
Eduard Vorganov
Team Katusha
+ 10'36
68
Beñat Txoperena
Murias Taldea
+ 11'14
69
Antonino Parrinello
Lampre-Merida
s.t.
70
Abhishek Sinha
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
71
Bram Tankink
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
72
Ivar Slik
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
73
Jóni Brandão
Efapel
s.t.
74
José Luis Roldán
Burgos - BH
s.t.
75
Hugo Vaz
LA Aluminios - Antarte
s.t.
76
António Carvalho
W52 - Quinta da Lixa
+ 11'46
77
Raúl Alarcón
W52 - Quinta da Lixa
s.t.
78
Julius van den Berg
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
79
Juan Sebastian Molano
Colombia
+ 12'48
80
Robert Wagner
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
81
Juan Ignacio Perez
W52 - Quinta da Lixa
s.t.
82
Joao Pereira
Team Tavira
s.t.
83
Rui Vinhas
W52 - Quinta da Lixa
s.t.
84
Anatoliy Pakhtusov
W52 - Quinta da Lixa
s.t.
85
Ander Arranz
Burgos - BH
s.t.
86
Óscar Pujol
Burgos - BH
+ 14'01
87
André Looij
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
88
Dominique Rollin
LA Aluminios - Antarte
s.t.
89
Ricardo Vilela
Team Tavira
s.t.
90
Unai Arranz
Burgos - BH
s.t.
91
David Rodrigues
Efapel
s.t.
92
Jon Aberasturi
Murias Taldea
s.t.
93
Sjoerd Van Ginneken
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 15'25
94
Tom Stamsnijder
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
95
Ricardo Mestre
Team Tavira
s.t.
96
Diogo Santos
Efapel
s.t.
97
Timo Roosen
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
98
Mats Boeve
Team Tavira
+ 15'58
99
Simone Campagnaro
LA Aluminios - Antarte
s.t.
100
Daniel Freitas
LA Aluminios - Antarte
s.t.
101
Juan Carlos Riutort
Burgos - BH
+ 16'49
102
Fábio Rodrigues
Team Tavira
+ 17'46
103
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Lampre-Merida
+ 18'09
104
Elia Valente
Team Tavira
+ 20'56
105
Juan José Iturraspe
Burgos - BH
s.t.
106
Daniel Borrás
Team Tavira
+ 21'21
Tour du Finistere
A comparatively weaker field and also a weaker team for us. Although, meant to be the leader, I thought it'd be best if I joined the early break. The three of us (with Baldo and Stamsnijder) got to 7'30" ahead of the peloton at the most. I attacked them with 70 km to go to get away. I was caught. I attacked again with 30 km left and this time got a 90 second advantage. I was caught again not long after. Eventually, with just 15 km to go, all three of us were caught by the peloton. I had no strength left and stayed in the pack. The attacks started and Gasparotto proved too strong for others.
1
Enrico Gasparotto
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
4h04'31
2
Giovanni Visconti
Movistar Team
+ 46
3
Arthur Vichot
Team Europcar
s.t.
4
Alexis Vuillermoz
Team Europcar
s.t.
5
Lars Petter Nordhaug
IAM Cycling
s.t.
6
Sébastien Reichenbach
IAM Cycling
+ 1'08
7
Peter Velits
MTN-Qhubeka
+ 1'24
8
Paul Martens
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
9
Gianluca Brambilla
Lampre-Merida
s.t.
10
Rudy Molard
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Adrien Niyonshuti
MTN-Qhubeka
+ 1'59
12
Tom Stamsnijder
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 2'14
13
Emilien Viennet
Ag2r La Mondiale
+ 2'29
14
Egoitz García
Movistar Team
s.t.
15
Thomas Voeckler
Ag2r La Mondiale
s.t.
16
Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
17
Sylvain Chavanel
FDJ
s.t.
18
Stephen Cummings
Movistar Team
s.t.
19
Antoine Lavieu
Ag2r La Mondiale
s.t.
20
Davide Villella
Movistar Team
s.t.
21
Julien Simon
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
22
Jan Hirt
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
23
Winner Anacona
Movistar Team
s.t.
24
Pierre-Roger Latour
Ag2r La Mondiale
s.t.
25
Yannick Eijssen
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
26
Nicolas Edet
FDJ
s.t.
27
Mattia Cattaneo
Lampre-Merida
s.t.
28
Stefano Agostini
Lampre-Merida
s.t.
29
Fabio Taborre
Lampre-Merida
s.t.
30
Matteo Busato
Lampre-Merida
s.t.
31
Gianfranco Zilioli
Lampre-Merida
s.t.
32
Reinier Honig
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
33
Brice Feillu
Team Europcar
s.t.
34
Johnny Hoogerland
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
35
David Belda
Movistar Team
s.t.
36
Jacques Janse Van Rensburg
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
37
Jimmy Turgis
Ag2r La Mondiale
s.t.
38
Romain Hardy
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
39
Danail Petrov
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
40
Yoann Bagot
Ag2r La Mondiale
s.t.
41
Mikaël Chérel
Ag2r La Mondiale
s.t.
42
Steve Morabito
FDJ
s.t.
43
Víctor de la Parte
Movistar Team
s.t.
44
Ivar Slik
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
45
Paweł Poljański
Lampre-Merida
s.t.
46
Ilya Koshevoy
Lampre-Merida
s.t.
47
Floris Gerts
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
48
Johann Van Zyl
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
49
Mike Terpstra
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
50
Marko Díaz
Movistar Team
s.t.
51
Sebastian Henao
IAM Cycling
s.t.
52
Fabian Wegmann
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
s.t.
53
Arnold Jeannesson
FDJ
s.t.
54
Romain Sicard
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
55
Aurélien Paret-Peintre
Ag2r La Mondiale
s.t.
56
Thomas Degand
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
57
Brian Van Goethem
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
58
Guillaume Levarlet
Auber 93
s.t.
59
Stéphane Rossetto
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
60
Yukiya Arashiro
Team Europcar
s.t.
61
Julien El Fares
Team Marseille 13 KTM
s.t.
62
Serghei Tvetcov
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
63
Francis De Greef
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
64
Abhishek Sinha
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
65
Anthony Delaplace
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
66
Quentin Pacher
Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre
s.t.
67
Sieben Wouters
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
68
Juan Chamorro
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
69
Anthony Maldonado
Auber 93
s.t.
70
Marc Goos
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
71
Nick Van Der Lijke
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
72
Clement Penven
Team Marseille 13 KTM
s.t.
73
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
74
Laurent Pichon
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
75
Jonathan Fumeaux
IAM Cycling
s.t.
76
Linus Gerdemann
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
s.t.
77
Mads Pedersen
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
s.t.
78
Benoît Vaugrenard
FDJ
s.t.
79
Markus Eibegger
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
80
Yannick Martinez
IAM Cycling
s.t.
81
Rasmus Guldhammer
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
s.t.
82
Adrien Petit
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
83
Julien Bérard
FDJ
s.t.
84
Gaël Malacarne
Team Europcar
s.t.
85
Brian Bulgac
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
86
Troels Ronning Vinther
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
s.t.
87
George Bennett
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
88
Dan Craven
Team Europcar
s.t.
89
Jacques Mevel
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
90
Jérôme Francois
IAM Cycling
s.t.
91
Riccardo Donato
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
92
Christian Mager
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
s.t.
93
Evaldas Siskevicius
Team Marseille 13 KTM
s.t.
94
Clément Chevrier
IAM Cycling
s.t.
95
Serge Beaufort
Auber 93
s.t.
96
Laurent Evrard
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
97
Mathias Rask Jeppessen
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
s.t.
98
Steven Tronet
Auber 93
s.t.
99
Benoit Jarrier
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
100
Benjamin Giraud
Team Marseille 13 KTM
s.t.
101
Matthieu Boulo
Team Marseille 13 KTM
s.t.
102
Mateusz Nowak
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
s.t.
103
Byron Guama
Vérandas Willems
s.t.
104
Simone Antonini
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
105
Théo Vimpere
Auber 93
s.t.
106
Simone Consonni
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
107
Olivier Le Gac
FDJ
s.t.
108
Robert Wagner
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
109
Matt Cronshaw
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
110
José Agustín Martínez Torrén
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
111
Amaël Moinard
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
112
Kai Reus
Vérandas Willems
s.t.
113
Arman Kamyshev
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
114
Marek Rutkiewicz
IAM Cycling
s.t.
115
Jay Thomson
MTN-Qhubeka
s.t.
116
Luigi Miletta
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
117
Nicolas Baldo
Team Europcar
s.t.
118
Daniil Fominykh
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
119
Oleksandr Kvachuk
Vérandas Willems
s.t.
120
Lander Seynaeve
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
121
Léo Vincent
FDJ
s.t.
122
Patrick Olesen
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
123
Antoine Duchesne
Team Europcar
s.t.
124
Yoann Paillot
Team Marseille 13 KTM
s.t.
125
Maxime Renault
Auber 93
s.t.
126
Nans Peters
Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre
s.t.
127
Joeri Calleeuw
Vérandas Willems
s.t.
128
Sibrecht Pieters
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
129
Guillaume Blot
Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre
s.t.
130
Jonathan Dufrasne
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
131
Maxim Pokidov
Vérandas Willems
s.t.
132
Kévin Lebreton
Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre
s.t.
133
David Cherbonnet
Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre
s.t.
134
Florian Guillou
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
135
Pierre Gouault
Auber 93
s.t.
136
Jimmy Raibaud
Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre
s.t.
137
Julien Stassen
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
138
Etienne Tortelier
Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre
s.t.
139
Jean-Albert Carnevali
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
140
Sébastien Harbonnier
Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre
s.t.
141
Dominique Cornu
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
142
Alex Kirsch
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
143
Robin Stenuit
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
144
Melvin Rulliere
Veranclassic - Ekoi
+ 5'20
145
Loïc Pestiaux
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
146
Nicklas Bøje Pedersen
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
147
Romain Feillu
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
148
Jonas Poulsen
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
+ 5'55
149
Alexander Gottfried
Vérandas Willems
s.t.
150
Sten Van Gucht
Vérandas Willems
s.t.
151
Siarhei Papok
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
152
David Desmecht
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
153
Massimo Morabito
Leopard Development Team
+ 7'27
154
Dirk Finders
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
155
Emil Wang
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
156
Lionel Taminiaux
Vérandas Willems
s.t.
157
Ludwig De Winter
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 8'04
158
Carl Jermail
Auber 93
+ 9'08
Zuid Oost Drenthe Classic
A race with a couple of low difficulty cobbled sections. I was assigned to protect Lammertink, who was one of the favourites for the stage win. The cobbles failed to break up the pack. I tried my luck with 10 km to go, probably the first occasion where I strayed from team orders. It didn't work though as the pack closed the gap immediately. I dropped back to the middle of the pack as Lammertink was put into a good position by our teammates. Antoine Demoitie (RIP) took the win in the sprint, while Lammertink finished 5th. Brian Van Goethem made it two top 10 finishes, while De Maar got11th.
1
Antoine Demoitie
Wallonie - Bruxelles
3h49'48
2
Jeff Vermeulen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
3
Yoeri Havik
SEG Racing
s.t.
4
Alexander Krieger
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
5
Maurits Lammertink
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
6
Marco Zanotti
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
7
Maarten Van Trijp
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
8
Johannes Windischbauer
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
9
Brian Van Goethem
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
10
Alex Peters
SEG Racing
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Marc De Maar
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
12
Tom Dernies
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
13
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
s.t.
14
Gerry Druyts
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
s.t.
15
Joeri Stallaert
Cibel
s.t.
16
Jan Dieteren
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
17
Jochem Hoekstra
Metec - TKH
s.t.
18
Jan Maas
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
19
Gert-Jan Bosman
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
20
Matthew Brammeier
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
21
René Hooghiemster
SEG Racing
s.t.
22
Martijn Verschoor
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
s.t.
23
Jetse Bol
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
s.t.
24
Vegard Breen
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
25
Fabio Jakobsen
SEG Racing
s.t.
26
Emiel Dolfsma
Metec - TKH
s.t.
27
Coen Vermeltfoort
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
28
Sean Downey
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
29
Marcel Meisen
Team Kuota - Lotto
s.t.
30
Joey Van Rhee
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
31
Matt Cronshaw
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
32
Marco König
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
33
Arno Van Der Zwet
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
34
Xandro Meurisse
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
35
Joshua Edmondson
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
36
Dimitri Claeys
Vérandas Willems
s.t.
37
Tim Merlier
Team 3M
s.t.
38
Tom Vermeer
SEG Racing
s.t.
39
Rob Ruijgh
Metec - TKH
s.t.
40
Sjoerd Van Ginneken
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
41
Abhishek Sinha
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
42
Cees Bol
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
43
Jaap De Man
Team 3M
s.t.
44
Thomas Vaubourzeix
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
45
Theo Bos
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
46
Wouter Leten
Metec - TKH
s.t.
47
Sjoerd Kouwenhoven
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
s.t.
48
Tomasz Smoleń
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
49
Dirk Finders
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
50
Gaëtan Pons
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
51
Arman Kamyshev
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
52
Marco Minnaard
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
53
Gino Vierhouten
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
s.t.
54
Steven Lammertink
SEG Racing
s.t.
55
Dex Groen
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
s.t.
56
Julien Stassen
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
57
Martijn Tusveld
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
58
Nick Van Der Meer
Colruyt
s.t.
59
Jelle Wolsink
Metec - TKH
s.t.
60
Joris Nieuwenhuis
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
61
Bram De Kort
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
62
Mitchell Cornelisse
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
63
Reinier Honig
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
64
Lennard Hofstede
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
65
Kevin Feiereisen
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
66
James Judd
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
67
Glenn Kemper
Metec - TKH
s.t.
68
Andrea Peron
Metec - TKH
s.t.
69
Patrick Olesen
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
70
Christoph Pfingsten
Team Kuota - Lotto
s.t.
71
Oleksandr Kvachuk
Vérandas Willems
s.t.
72
Kai Reus
Vérandas Willems
s.t.
73
Libero Zinnari
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
74
Alistair Slater
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
75
Nicolas Vereecken
Team 3M
s.t.
76
Milan Veltman
Metec - TKH
s.t.
77
Jonathan Dufrasne
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
78
Christophe Premont
Vérandas Willems
s.t.
79
Charlie Arimont
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
80
Kevin Callebaut
Cibel
s.t.
81
Jordi Talen
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
82
Conor Dunne
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
83
Aron Kremer
Colruyt
s.t.
84
Rick Ottema
Colruyt
s.t.
85
Jelle Mannaerts
Colruyt
s.t.
86
Sibrecht Pieters
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
87
Jelle Donders
Colruyt
s.t.
88
Paulius Siskevicius
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
89
Kobus Hereijgers
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
s.t.
90
Michel Koch
Team Kuota - Lotto
s.t.
91
Vinnie Braet
Colruyt
s.t.
92
Kevin Panhuyzen
Team 3M
s.t.
93
Brian Bulgac
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
94
Grégory Habeaux
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
95
Yannick Peeters
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
s.t.
96
Vincent Baestaens
Cibel
s.t.
97
Robin Stenuit
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
98
Fabrice Mels
Team 3M
s.t.
99
Daniil Fominykh
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
100
Glenn Rotty
Cibel
+ 2'23
101
Luc Turchi
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
102
Robbert De Greef
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
+ 2'46
103
Melvin Boskamp
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
104
Johnny Hoogerland
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
105
Dylan Van Zijl
Team 3M
s.t.
106
Joachim Vanreyten
Vérandas Willems
s.t.
107
Jack Wilson
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
108
Jenthe Biermans
SEG Racing
s.t.
109
Rick van Breda
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
110
Andreas Hofer
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
111
Jasper Ockeloen
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
112
Sven Van Luijk
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
113
Jordi van Dingenen
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
s.t.
114
Dennis Coenen
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
s.t.
115
Walt de Winter
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
s.t.
116
Theo Reinhardt
Team Kuota - Lotto
s.t.
117
Joshua Huppertz
Team Kuota - Lotto
s.t.
118
Rico Reekers
SEG Racing
s.t.
119
Markus Eibegger
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
120
Stan Wijkel
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
121
Patrick Van Leeuwen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
122
Byron Guama
Vérandas Willems
s.t.
123
Michael Goolaerts
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
s.t.
124
Frederik Dombrowski
Team Kuota - Lotto
s.t.
125
Daniel Paulus
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
126
Michael Kucher
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
127
Alpha Tahya
Team Kuota - Lotto
s.t.
128
Christoph Springer
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
129
Kevin Van Melsen
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
s.t.
130
Lukas Meiler
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
131
Martin Schöffmann
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
132
Matthias van Mechelen
Cibel
s.t.
133
Luka Sprajc
Team Kuota - Lotto
s.t.
134
Jack Sadler
Team 3M
s.t.
135
Andreas Walzel
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
136
Lionel Taminiaux
Vérandas Willems
s.t.
137
Matthias Ongena
Cibel
s.t.
138
Johan Van Hoogten
Colruyt
s.t.
139
Julien Kaise
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
s.t.
140
Kenneth Van Compernolle
Colruyt
s.t.
141
Seppe Van Buyten
Cibel
+ 6'54
142
Sten Van Gucht
Vérandas Willems
s.t.
143
Justin Hoy
Cibel
+ 8'59
144
Kenny Van Eynde
Team 3M
+ 9'39
Well, April didn't turn out as good I thought she would. Neither did this month, unfortunately
A decent result in GP Miguel Indurain, but not much joy elsewhere for me. The team had two very good races in Primavera and Drenthe. I'm glad I could help out. May has three stage races lined up, so that will be a different challenge again. Let's see where my constant improvements take me.
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 25-09-2016 05:52
A hectic schedule awaited me in May, as I slowed down on training a bit to put more race days into the system. First up it was back to the Netherlands for Olympia's Tour.
Royal Smilde Olympia's Tor
I was picked to lead the team in this 7 stage race. Two ITTs on stages 1 and 6 gave me hope for a good finish.
I was one of the favourites for the Stage 1 ITT. I put in a good run to finish in 12th place, 14 seconds down on stage winner, youngster Rafal Palik.
Stage 2 was a sprinter's paradise and I stayed invisible throughout, well protected by the team. It turned out to be an excellent stage for the team with Looij claiming 2nd place, Theo Bos 3rd and Raymond Kreder 10th!
Stage 3 was almost a carbon copy of stage 2 but this time we went one better. Looij took the win, with Bos 5th and Kreder 9th.
Stage 4 and I planned an attack here overnight. However, due to poor positioning at the start, the break was a long way ahead by the time I reached the front of the peloton. I had hoped to pick up the KOM points available on this stage. That wasn't to be. The break was caught before the end but a late attack by Ben Grenda got him the stage win. Looij was impressive again, finishing 3rd. The team was 2nd at this stage in the classification.
Stage 5 was another flat stage. It had a slightly uphill finish, so I knew I would be in contention at the end. However, at the end, I did not have the kick needed to challenge for the win and managed 15th place. Ivar Slik got 6th place to continue Roompot's good race.
Stage 6 was the other ITT and I was one the favourites again. I had a very poor run, finishing 44th, 52 seconds down on winner Palik again. This was not going to plan for me.
Stage 7 I joined the break, trying to get some back on this last stage. W got a lead of 7 and a half minutes at the most. I was also going after the KOM points, with top spot up for grabs here. I wasn't strong enough in the climbs and settled for 3rd place in the KOM standings. Behind us the lead group was down to just 10 riders, and they were 3 and a half minutes behind us with 45 km to go. At 15 km, the 9 man chase group was 1 and a half minutes behind. Hard as I tried to stay ahead, I was caught by the peloton with 2 km to go. The race was won from the break though, with Remco de Brake, having energy left not having contested for the KOM points winning the sprint among the surviving breakaway riders. I finished with the chasing group, making up a few places in the GC in the process. Looij once again got a top 10 finish.
General Classification
1
Jelle Wolsink
Metec - TKH
19h21'21
2
Sean Downey
An Post - Chainreaction
+ 5
3
Melvin Van Zijl
Team 3M
+ 7
4
Christophe Premont
Vérandas Willems
+ 8
5
Matt Cronshaw
Veranclassic - Ekoi
+ 22
6
Cees Bol
Rabobank Development Team
+ 34
7
Dominique Cornu
Veranclassic - Ekoi
+ 40
8
Jochem Hoekstra
Metec - TKH
+ 50
9
Greg Henderson
Avanti Racing Team
+ 51
10
Dimitri Claeys
Vérandas Willems
+ 52
Spoiler
11
Marc De Maar
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 55
12
Coen Vermeltfoort
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 58
13
Elmar Reinders
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 1'02
14
Sjoerd Bax
Rabobank Development Team
+ 1'05
15
Jan Maas
Rabobank Development Team
+ 1'10
16
Kevin De Jonghe
Cibel
+ 1'11
17
Abhishek Sinha
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 1'14
18
Arman Kamyshev
Veranclassic - Ekoi
+ 1'17
19
Antoine Demoitie
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 1'21
20
Ivar Slik
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 1'23
21
Ike Groen
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
+ 1'24
22
Samuel Spokes
Avanti Racing Team
+ 1'27
23
Vegard Breen
Veranclassic - Ekoi
+ 1'29
24
Olivier Chevalier
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 1'30
25
Andreas Stauff
Team Vorarlberg
+ 1'31
26
Andris Smirnovs
Cibel
+ 1'32
27
Taylor Gunman
Avanti Racing Team
+ 1'36
28
Jenthe Biermans
SEG Racing
+ 1'42
29
Maarten Van Trijp
Rabobank Development Team
+ 1'56
30
André Looij
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 2'13
31
Robin Stenuit
Veranclassic - Ekoi
+ 2'31
32
Rafal Palik
Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club
+ 3'14
33
Ben Grenda
Avanti Racing Team
+ 3'43
34
Jasper Hamelink
Metec - TKH
+ 3'47
35
Remco Te Brake
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
+ 3'49
36
Daniel Paulus
Team Vorarlberg
+ 4'11
37
Dennis Bakker
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
+ 4'17
38
Vitaliy Popkov
Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club
+ 4'19
39
Sjoerd Kouwenhoven
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
+ 4'21
40
Soufiane Haddi
Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club
+ 4'22
41
Jetse Bol
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
+ 4'25
42
Marco Zanotti
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
+ 4'31
43
Michael Vingerling
Metec - TKH
s.t.
44
Joeri Stallaert
Cibel
+ 4'39
45
Julius van den Berg
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 4'40
46
Jonathan Dufrasne
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 4'45
47
Wout van Aert
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
+ 4'47
48
Wim Stroetinga
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
+ 4'52
49
Marco Minnaard
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
+ 4'59
50
Raymond Kreder
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 5'04
51
Mike Terpstra
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 5'17
52
Nino Honigh
Rabobank Development Team
+ 5'23
53
Andreas Hofer
Team Vorarlberg
+ 5'57
54
Tom Wirtgen
Avanti Racing Team
+ 6'02
55
Jasper Bovenhuis
SEG Racing
+ 6'21
56
Andrew Tennant
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
+ 6'36
57
Conor Dunne
An Post - Chainreaction
+ 6'42
58
Mitchell Cornelisse
Rabobank Development Team
+ 6'46
59
Julien Stassen
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 6'51
60
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
+ 6'53
61
Jarno Gmelich
Metec - TKH
s.t.
62
Rémy Mertz
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 7'04
63
Gerry Druyts
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
+ 7'10
64
Eoin McCarthy
An Post - Chainreaction
+ 7'13
65
Frederik Frison
Veranclassic - Ekoi
+ 7'37
66
Paidi O'Brien
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
67
Rens Te Stroet
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 7'41
68
Timon Van Reek
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
+ 7'44
69
Joachim Vanreyten
Vérandas Willems
+ 8'00
70
Theo Bos
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 8'10
71
Joeri Calleeuw
Vérandas Willems
s.t.
72
Jack Wilson
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
73
Khalid Ibrahim
Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club
+ 8'16
74
Nicolas Vereecken
Team 3M
+ 8'17
75
Aron Kremer
Colruyt
+ 8'19
76
Stan Wijkel
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
+ 8'20
77
Vinnie Braet
Colruyt
s.t.
78
Joren Touquet
Vérandas Willems
+ 8'21
79
Vincent De Boeck
Colruyt
+ 8'24
80
Jelle Mannaerts
Colruyt
+ 8'27
81
Christoph Springer
Team Vorarlberg
+ 8'44
82
Dylan Van Zijl
Team 3M
+ 9'36
83
Alois Kankovsky
Cibel
+ 9'50
84
Tim Ariesen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 9'52
85
Stephan Bakker
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 10'15
86
Jesper Asselman
Metec - TKH
+ 11'06
87
Clément Koretzky
Team Vorarlberg
+ 11'12
88
Rick Ottema
Colruyt
+ 11'16
89
Martin Hebik
Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club
+ 12'08
90
Tom Vermeer
SEG Racing
+ 12'10
91
Feritcam Samli
Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club
+ 12'21
92
Benjamin Verraes
Cibel
s.t.
93
Joris Nieuwenhuis
Rabobank Development Team
+ 12'25
94
Sébastien Delfosse
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 12'29
95
Robbert De Greef
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
+ 12'33
96
Wouter Mol
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
+ 12'35
97
Ludwig De Winter
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 12'37
98
Joris Blokker
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
+ 12'46
99
Rick Goeree
Metec - TKH
s.t.
100
Robbe Casier
Veranclassic - Ekoi
+ 12'59
101
Elliott Porter
Team 3M
+ 13'03
102
Timothy Stevens
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
s.t.
103
Manuel Schreiber
Team Vorarlberg
+ 14'46
104
Jake Tanner
Team 3M
+ 15'22
105
Logan Hutchings
Avanti Racing Team
+ 15'40
106
Kobus Hereijgers
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
+ 16'01
107
Russell Downing
An Post - Chainreaction
+ 16'03
108
Nick Van Der Meer
Colruyt
+ 16'06
109
Hamish Schreurs
Avanti Racing Team
+ 16'23
110
Joeri Adams
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
+ 16'25
111
René Hooghiemster
SEG Racing
+ 16'31
112
Kenny Van Eynde
Team 3M
+ 16'34
113
Daniel Whitehouse
Avanti Racing Team
+ 16'39
114
Adriaan Janssen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 17'11
115
Yannick Peeters
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
+ 17'17
116
Michael Goolaerts
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
+ 17'32
117
Loïc Pestiaux
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 17'35
118
Michael Schweizer
Team Vorarlberg
+ 19'21
119
Lionel Taminiaux
Vérandas Willems
+ 20'10
120
Patrick Van Der Duin
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 20'57
121
Glenn Rotty
Cibel
+ 20'58
122
Arvid De Kleijn
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 20'59
123
Tim Vanspeybroeck
Team 3M
+ 21'11
124
Rico Reekers
SEG Racing
+ 21'36
125
Kenneth Van Compernolle
Colruyt
s.t.
126
Christoph Schweizer
Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club
+ 22'20
127
Shambih Khaled Ali
Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club
+ 22'52
128
Stefan Kreder
Metec - TKH
+ 23'05
129
Ricardo van Dongen
SEG Racing
+ 24'25
130
Matthew Brammeier
An Post - Chainreaction
+ 24'26
131
Vincent Baestaens
Cibel
+ 24'48
132
Oleksandr Kvachuk
Vérandas Willems
+ 25'48
133
Yoeri Havik
SEG Racing
+ 26'47
134
Glenn Van de Maele
Colruyt
+ 28'48
135
Fabio Jakobsen
SEG Racing
+ 29'42
136
Filip Eidsheim
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
+ 34'18
Points Classification
1
Greg Henderson
Avanti Racing Team
80
2
Antoine Demoitie
Wallonie - Bruxelles
74
3
André Looij
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
67
4
Wout van Aert
Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
43
5
Andris Smirnovs
Cibel
42
Mountain Classification
1
Remco Te Brake
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
31
2
Daniel Paulus
Team Vorarlberg
16
3
Abhishek Sinha
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
8
4
Timon Van Reek
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
6
5
Melvin Van Zijl
Team 3M
6
Young Rider Classification
1
Jelle Wolsink
Metec - TKH
19h21'21
2
Melvin Van Zijl
Team 3M
+ 7
3
Cees Bol
Rabobank Development Team
+ 34
4
Jochem Hoekstra
Metec - TKH
+ 50
5
Elmar Reinders
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 1'02
Team Classification
1
Metec - TKH
58h05'12
2
Veranclassic - Ekoi
+ 31
3
Team Vorarlberg
+ 35
4
Avanti Racing Team
+ 1'12
5
Rabobank Development Team
+ 1'40
It was a good race for us in terms of stage performances. My result in the GC was below par, boosted a little by getting into the break on the last stage. As a team, we managed to get 3rd in both the Points and the KOM classifications, via Looij and myself respectively. De Maar finished 11th in the GC. If only my ride in the second ITT would've been a little better...
Two more races coming up in May, both short stage races. See you then.
@Tamijo: Yeah the team did very well. Looij and De Maar were in very good form throughout!
@Ripley: Absolutely right. Concentrating more on getting better. The team leadership is a confidence boost for sure
The two stage sprinter only stage race. I was making up the numbers and my only task was to help keep the sprinters on our team of trouble.
I stayed with Bos for the majority of Stage 1 before the sprint train of Hoogerland and Van Den Berg took over. Bos finished 4th to give us a good result.
Stage 2 was more of the same except that at the end our train failed. Bos managed a 16th place finished. He ended up 10th in the GC. I was mostly invisible on this stage.
General Classification
1
Yoeri Havik
SEG Racing
7h58'23
2
Frederique Robert
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
+ 4
3
Alexander Krieger
Leopard Development Team
+ 8
4
Kris Boeckmans
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
5
Martijn Verschoor
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
s.t.
6
Sven Van Luijk
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
7
Moreno Hofland
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 10
8
Steven Lammertink
SEG Racing
s.t.
9
Stijn Ennekens
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
10
Theo Bos
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 12
Spoiler
11
Luka Mezgec
Trek Factory Racing
+ 14
12
Zico Waeytens
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
13
Mike Teunissen
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
14
Edward Theuns
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
15
Nikias Arndt
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
16
Fabian Cancellara
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
17
Silvio Herklotz
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
18
Antoine Demoitie
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
19
Marc Goos
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
20
Paul Martens
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
21
Jelle Wallays
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
22
Tim De Troyer
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
23
Tom Van Asbroeck
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
24
Victor Manakov
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
25
Jan Dieteren
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
26
Peter Stetina
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
27
Koen De Kort
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
28
Jarl Salomein
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
29
Meik Hermanski
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
30
Coen Vermeltfoort
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
31
Julius van den Berg
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
32
Michel Kreder
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
33
Johnny Hoogerland
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
34
Gert-Jan Bosman
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
35
Petr Vakoč
Etixx - Quick-step
s.t.
36
Albert Timmer
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
37
Sander Helven
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
38
Jesper Asselman
Metec - TKH
s.t.
39
Marco Minnaard
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
40
Emiel Dolfsma
Metec - TKH
s.t.
41
Abhishek Sinha
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
42
Magnus Bak Klaris
SEG Racing
s.t.
43
Gijs Van Hoecke
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
44
Kevin Feiereisen
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
45
Jef Van Meirhaeghe
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
46
Maarten Van Trijp
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
47
Jeff Vermeulen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
48
Jetse Bol
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
s.t.
49
Berden De Vries
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
50
Remco Te Brake
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
51
Bram Tankink
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
52
Riccardo Zoidl
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
53
Baptiste Planckaert
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
54
Roy Curvers
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
55
Ivar Slik
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
56
Jaap De Man
Team 3M
s.t.
57
Robbert De Greef
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
s.t.
58
Marco König
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
59
Sjoerd Van Ginneken
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
60
Libero Zinnari
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
61
Reinier Honig
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
62
Jasper De Buyst
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
63
Brian Bulgac
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
64
Martijn Degreve
Team 3M
s.t.
65
Sean De Bie
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
66
Daan Meijers
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
s.t.
67
Markel Irizar
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
68
Olivier Chevalier
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
69
Jürgen Roelandts
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
70
Pascal Ackermann
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
71
Joeri Stallaert
Cibel
s.t.
72
Nicolas Vereecken
Team 3M
s.t.
73
Tom Dernies
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
74
Tom Devriendt
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
75
Melvin Van Zijl
Team 3M
s.t.
76
Ricardo van Dongen
SEG Racing
s.t.
77
Thomas De Gendt
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
78
Maximilian Schachmann
Etixx - Quick-step
s.t.
79
Dries De Bondt
Cibel
s.t.
80
Julien Stassen
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
81
Merijn Korevaar
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
82
Stef Krul
Metec - TKH
s.t.
83
Stefan Kreder
Metec - TKH
s.t.
84
David De la Cruz
Etixx - Quick-step
s.t.
85
Jens Debusschere
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
86
Davide Pacchiardo
Cibel
s.t.
87
Jérôme Baugnies
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
88
Tom Vermeer
SEG Racing
s.t.
89
Kobus Hereijgers
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
s.t.
90
Massimo Morabito
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
91
Markus Eibegger
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
92
Jens Geerinck
Cibel
s.t.
93
Joeri Calleeuw
Vérandas Willems
s.t.
94
Caleb Fairly
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
95
Fabio Jakobsen
SEG Racing
s.t.
96
Rico Reekers
SEG Racing
s.t.
97
Mirsamad Poorseyedi
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
98
Tim Merlier
Team 3M
s.t.
99
Elliott Porter
Team 3M
s.t.
100
Stephan Bakker
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
101
Jasper Hamelink
Metec - TKH
s.t.
102
Jens Wallays
Vérandas Willems
s.t.
103
Daniil Fominykh
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
104
Wouter Mol
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
105
Peter Lenderink
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
106
Nathan Van Hooydonck
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
107
Loïc Pestiaux
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
108
Hartthijs De Vries
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
109
Jordi Talen
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
110
Jelle Wolsink
Metec - TKH
s.t.
111
Glenn Van de Maele
Colruyt
s.t.
112
Carlos Verona
Etixx - Quick-step
s.t.
113
Jasper Ockeloen
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
114
Christian Patron
Cibel
s.t.
115
Melvin Boskamp
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
116
Antwan Tolhoek
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
117
Milan Veltman
Metec - TKH
s.t.
118
Lander Seynaeve
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
119
Rick Ottema
Colruyt
s.t.
120
Bram Nolten
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
121
Kenny De Ketele
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
122
Daan Myngheer
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
123
Thijs van Beusichem
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
124
Stef Van Zummeren
Vérandas Willems
s.t.
125
Elias Van Breussegem
Vérandas Willems
s.t.
126
Glenn Kemper
Metec - TKH
+ 3'50
127
Christophe Laporte
Etixx - Quick-step
+ 3'55
128
Grégory Habeaux
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
129
Edward Maatman
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
s.t.
130
Stein Van Couter
Colruyt
s.t.
131
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 4'15
132
Alex Peters
SEG Racing
s.t.
133
Ryan Mullen
Etixx - Quick-step
s.t.
134
Mike Terpstra
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 4'34
135
Aron Kremer
Colruyt
s.t.
136
Rick van Breda
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
137
Matthias Ongena
Cibel
s.t.
138
Geert Van Der Weijst
Team 3M
+ 5'12
139
Kevin Pauwels
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
140
Anastasio Ania
Etixx - Quick-step
+ 5'55
141
Martin Velits
Etixx - Quick-step
+ 9'12
142
Dimitri Claeys
Vérandas Willems
+ 9'32
143
Tim Rodenburg
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 10'42
144
Nick Van Der Meer
Colruyt
+ 10'53
145
Charlie Arimont
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 11'09
146
Twan Van Den Brand
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
147
Alexander Gottfried
Vérandas Willems
s.t.
148
Hans-Günter Laping
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
149
Timon Van Reek
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
s.t.
150
Bryan Verdoolaeghe
Colruyt
s.t.
151
Seppe Van Buyten
Cibel
+ 14'02
152
Kenneth Van Compernolle
Colruyt
+ 14'50
153
Johan Van Hoogten
Colruyt
+ 15'22
154
Justin Hoy
Cibel
+ 16'20
155
Christophe Premont
Vérandas Willems
+ 16'50
Points Classification
1
Yoeri Havik
SEG Racing
45
2
Moreno Hofland
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
38
3
Frederique Robert
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
38
4
Alexander Krieger
Leopard Development Team
37
5
Luka Mezgec
Trek Factory Racing
29
Young Rider Classification
1
Yoeri Havik
SEG Racing
7h58'23
2
Alexander Krieger
Leopard Development Team
+ 8
3
Moreno Hofland
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 10
4
Steven Lammertink
SEG Racing
+ 10
5
Zico Waeytens
Team Giant-Alpecin
+ 14
Team Classification
1
Colruyt
23h55'51
2
Vérandas Willems
+ 0
3
Cibel
+ 0
4
Rabobank Development Team
+ 0
5
Etixx - Quick-step
+ 0
Tour de Fjords
This was a longer race which offered a little more for my riding style. Selected as leader again, I was one of just 84 riders starting this race.
Stage 1 was a flat stage and I stayed out of trouble. Barry Markus got a top 10 finish with 7th place.
Stage 2 was much of the same with Markus getting 5th place this time.
Stage 3 was expected to be a good stage for me. I took a chance on the final climb of the day. It worked in splitting up the pack, but 26 other riders also formed the lead group. My chance for the win evaporated. Michael Valgren surprised us all as he sped away in the final kilometres to take the solo win. My group finished together about half a minute behind.
Stage 4 was another stage with a favourable profile for me. Again, I tried an attack on the final climb. I got a gap of a handful of seconds over the lead group, which was about half the size of the field. However, soon they caught up to me. My effort caught up with my legs as well and I lost touch with the lead group. I finished a minute down and that put paid to my hopes of a high finish. Mads Pedersen won the sprint in the reduced bunch.
I joined the breakaway on Stage 5 with hopes of staying away. We got to a 7 minute but the peloton sped just then. We were caight with 7 km to go. Just like the previous stage, I did not have much left in the tank, and fell out of the peloton once again. Barry Markus finished 7th on the stage.
General Classification
1
Michael Valgren
Tinkoff-Saxo
20h31'26
2
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Orica-GreenEDGE
+ 13
3
Arnaud Demare
FDJ
+ 21
4
Mads Pedersen
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
+ 25
5
Daniel Hoelgaard
Team Joker
+ 29
6
Daryl Impey
Orica-GreenEDGE
+ 39
7
Alexey Tsatevitch
Tinkoff-Saxo
s.t.
8
Lorenzo Manzin
FDJ
s.t.
9
Andrea Zordan
Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
s.t.
10
Daniele Bennati
Tinkoff-Saxo
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Yukiya Arashiro
Team Europcar
s.t.
12
Martin Mortensen
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
s.t.
13
Jhonatan Restrepo
Colombia
s.t.
14
Daniel Klemme
Team Tre Berg - Bianchi
s.t.
15
Steele Von Hoff
Orica-GreenEDGE
s.t.
16
Andreas Vangstad
Team Sparebanken Sør
s.t.
17
Kristjan Koren
Riwal Platform Cycling Team
s.t.
18
Vegard Bugge
Team Sparebanken Sør
s.t.
19
Justin Jules
FDJ
+ 1'39
20
Truls Korsaeth
Team Joker
s.t.
21
Edwin Ávila
Colombia
+ 2'27
22
Oscar Landa
Team Coop - Øster Hus
s.t.
23
Marc Sarreau
FDJ
+ 2'38
24
Damien Howson
Orica-GreenEDGE
+ 3'03
25
Trond Trondsen
Team Sparebanken Sør
+ 3'10
26
Abhishek Sinha
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 3'21
27
Gediminas Bagdonas
Team Tre Berg - Bianchi
+ 3'27
28
Marco Bandiera
Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
s.t.
29
Kevin Reza
FDJ
+ 3'33
30
Markus Hoelgaard
Team Coop - Øster Hus
s.t.
31
Fridtjof Røinas
Team Sparebanken Sør
s.t.
32
Antoine Duchesne
Team Europcar
s.t.
33
Magnus Børresen
Team Coop - Øster Hus
s.t.
34
Gaël Malacarne
Team Europcar
s.t.
35
Dan Craven
Team Europcar
s.t.
36
Tormod Jacobsen
Team Coop - Øster Hus
s.t.
37
Juan Sebastian Molano
Colombia
s.t.
38
Sebastian Lander
Team TREFOR - Blue Water
+ 4'03
39
Jingbiao Zhao
Orica-GreenEDGE
+ 4'04
40
Matti Breschel
Tinkoff-Saxo
+ 4'07
41
Barry Markus
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 4'13
42
Willy Willwohl
Tinkoff-Saxo
s.t.
43
Joel Zangerle
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
+ 4'28
44
Alexander Faglum Karlsson
Team Tre Berg - Bianchi
+ 4'33
45
Martin Grøn
Riwal Platform Cycling Team
+ 4'34
46
Theo Bos
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 4'37
47
Francesco Ginanni
Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
+ 5'15
48
Morgan Lamoisson
Team Europcar
+ 5'23
49
Frederik Plesner
Team TREFOR - Blue Water
+ 5'44
50
Tim Kerkhof
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 6'13
51
Carlos Gimenez
Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
s.t.
52
Campbell Flakemore
Orica-GreenEDGE
+ 6'22
53
August Jensen
Team Joker
+ 6'28
54
Kristian Dyrnes
Team Coop - Øster Hus
+ 6'58
55
Sebastian Balck
Team Tre Berg - Bianchi
+ 7'03
56
Patrick Clausen
Team TREFOR - Blue Water
+ 7'13
57
Niklas Gustavsson
Team Tre Berg - Bianchi
+ 8'01
58
Eduardo Estrada
Colombia
+ 8'02
59
Emil Vinjebo
Team TREFOR - Blue Water
+ 8'48
60
Tobias Kongstad
Riwal Platform Cycling Team
+ 9'42
61
Sam Bewley
Team TREFOR - Blue Water
+ 10'23
62
Tony Hurel
Team Europcar
+ 10'33
63
Thomas Larsen
Team Sparebanken Sør
+ 10'58
64
Herman Dahl
Team Sparebanken Sør
+ 11'41
65
Rasmus Quaade
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
+ 12'33
66
Ivar Slik
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 12'37
67
Sébastien Chavanel
FDJ
+ 12'44
68
Troels Ronning Vinther
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
+ 13'32
69
Bjørn Tore Nielsen Hoem
Team Joker
+ 13'47
70
Emil Halvorsen
Riwal Platform Cycling Team
+ 13'54
71
Anders Hardahl
Team TREFOR - Blue Water
+ 14'22
72
Hayden Roulston
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
+ 14'26
73
Nicola Dal Santo
Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
+ 16'14
74
Brayan Ramírez
Colombia
+ 17'52
75
Francesco Chicchi
Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
+ 19'49
76
Casper Pedersen
Riwal Platform Cycling Team
+ 20'43
77
Carlos Mario Ramírez
Colombia
+ 21'40
78
Krister Hagen
Team Coop - Øster Hus
+ 24'59
79
Peter Mathiesen
Team Joker
+ 26'37
80
Sieben Wouters
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 30'40
81
Thierry Koob
Team Tre Berg - Bianchi
+ 37'27
82
Anders Skaarseth
Team Joker
+ 39'00
83
Artur Detko
Riwal Platform Cycling Team
+ 43'58
Points Classification
1
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Orica-GreenEDGE
78
2
Mads Pedersen
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
66
3
Arnaud Demare
FDJ
66
4
Daniel Hoelgaard
Team Joker
48
5
Sebastian Lander
Team TREFOR - Blue Water
39
Mountain Classification
1
Marco Bandiera
Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
35
2
Tony Hurel
Team Europcar
21
3
Patrick Clausen
Team TREFOR - Blue Water
10
4
Herman Dahl
Team Sparebanken Sør
10
5
Bjørn Tore Nielsen Hoem
Team Joker
8
Young Riders Classification
1
Michael Valgren
Tinkoff-Saxo
20h31'26
2
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Orica-GreenEDGE
+ 13
3
Arnaud Demare
FDJ
+ 21
4
Mads Pedersen
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
+ 25
5
Daniel Hoelgaard
Team Joker
+ 29
Team Classification
1
Tinkoff-Saxo
61h35'46
2
Orica-GreenEDGE
+ 29
3
Team Sparebanken Sør
+ 1'29
4
FDJ
+ 1'29
5
Team Europcar
+ 4'17
And yet somehow I was still the highest finisher in the team at Fjords!
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 30-09-2016 17:41
With the summer now in full flow, cycling got hot! Conditions wise yes, but result wise? Let's see how I got on...
Ronde van Zealand
I was assigned to help Lammertink navigate this race safely. Almost nothing happened throughout the race, besides the usual breakaway forming and then being caught by the pack. Some way before the end, it became painfully clear that Lammertink was not in a condition to go for the win. He would hang on to the peloton in the bunch sprint, but only as a spectator. He passed on the message to me in the final kilometres to start riding my own race now. The finish wasn't too bad for me, but the mini flat at the end put paid to my chances. Michel Kreder won the sprint. Van Ginneken was a surprise 8th place finisher for us. I did considerably well to finish 20th.
1
Michel Kreder
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
4h15'50
2
Elmar Reinders
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
3
George Preidler
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
4
Jasper Stuyven
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
5
Mike Teunissen
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
6
Pieter Serry
Etixx - Quick-step
s.t.
7
Nathan Van Hooydonck
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
8
Sjoerd Van Ginneken
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
9
Tim De Troyer
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
10
Pim Ligthart
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Jan Dieteren
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
12
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
s.t.
13
Stig Broeckx
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
14
Danilo Wyss
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
15
Sam Oomen
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
16
Tom Van Asbroeck
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
17
Gianni Meersman
Etixx - Quick-step
s.t.
18
Johan Le Bon
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
19
Jelle Wallays
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
20
Abhishek Sinha
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
21
Jochem Hoekstra
Metec - TKH
s.t.
22
Pieter Jacobs
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
23
Jetse Bol
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
s.t.
24
Coen Vermeltfoort
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
25
Bram Tankink
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
26
Boy Van Poppel
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
27
Magnus Bak Klaris
SEG Racing
s.t.
28
Jesper Asselman
Metec - TKH
s.t.
29
Vegard Breen
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
30
Floris Gerts
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
31
Julius van den Berg
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
32
Heinrich Haussler
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
33
Riccardo Zoidl
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
34
Roger Kluge
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
35
Meik Hermanski
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
36
Sven Van Luijk
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
37
Jasper De Buyst
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
38
Edwig Cammaerts
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
39
Andrea Peron
Metec - TKH
s.t.
40
Geert Van Der Weijst
Team 3M
s.t.
41
Martijn Verschoor
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
s.t.
42
Aron Kremer
Colruyt
s.t.
43
Pascal Ackermann
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
44
Jenthe Biermans
SEG Racing
s.t.
45
Timo Roosen
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
46
Sjoerd Kouwenhoven
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
s.t.
47
Fabio Sabatini
Etixx - Quick-step
s.t.
48
Stef Clement
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
49
Maurits Lammertink
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
50
Otto Vergaerde
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
51
Emiel Dolfsma
Metec - TKH
s.t.
52
Tom Vermeer
SEG Racing
s.t.
53
Sander Helven
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
54
Maxime Bouet
Etixx - Quick-step
s.t.
55
Kevin De Jonghe
Cibel
s.t.
56
Siarhei Papok
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
57
Joris Blokker
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
58
Mike Terpstra
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
59
Berden De Vries
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
60
Nicolas Vereecken
Team 3M
s.t.
61
Bram De Kort
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
62
Maxime Monfort
Etixx - Quick-step
s.t.
63
Rob Ruijgh
Metec - TKH
s.t.
64
Frederik Backaert
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
65
Adam Hansen
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
66
Boris Vallée
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
67
Jos Van Emden
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
68
Caleb Fairly
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
69
Daan Myngheer
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
70
Tim Kerkhof
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
71
Kenny De Ketele
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
72
Dex Groen
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
+ 3'20
73
Robert Wagner
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
74
Victor Manakov
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
75
Reinier Honig
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
76
Kevin Claeys
Colruyt
s.t.
77
René Hooghiemster
SEG Racing
s.t.
78
Boris Dron
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
79
Edward Maatman
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
s.t.
80
Daniil Fominykh
Leopard Development Team
+ 4'21
81
Olivier Chevalier
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
82
Kenny Elissonde
Team Giant-Alpecin
+ 5'02
83
Julien Vermote
Etixx - Quick-step
s.t.
84
Petr Vakoč
Etixx - Quick-step
s.t.
85
Ramon Sinkeldam
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
86
Brian Bulgac
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
87
Joris Nieuwenhuis
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
88
Francis De Greef
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
89
Alex Kirsch
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
90
Łukasz Wiśniowski
Etixx - Quick-step
s.t.
91
Guillaume Bonnafond
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
92
Laurent Evrard
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
93
Arman Kamyshev
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
94
Yoeri Havik
SEG Racing
s.t.
95
Cees Bol
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
96
Alex Rasmussen
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
97
Jeff Vermeulen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
98
Robbe Casier
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
99
Remco Te Brake
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
100
Stef Krul
Metec - TKH
s.t.
101
Larry Warbasse
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
102
Andris Smirnovs
Cibel
s.t.
103
Benjamin Verraes
Cibel
s.t.
104
Dennis Bakker
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
105
Martijn Degreve
Team 3M
s.t.
106
Jarno Gmelich
Metec - TKH
s.t.
107
Jaap De Man
Team 3M
s.t.
108
Moreno De Pauw
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
109
Gert Dockx
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
110
Ricardo van Dongen
SEG Racing
s.t.
111
Davide Pacchiardo
Cibel
s.t.
112
Wim Stroetinga
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
113
Arvid De Kleijn
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
114
Tom Devriendt
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
115
Jean-Albert Carnevali
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
116
Tim Ariesen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
117
Sjoerd Bax
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
118
Kevin Callebaut
Cibel
s.t.
119
Hans-Günter Laping
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
120
Rick Ottema
Colruyt
s.t.
121
Sibrecht Pieters
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
122
Elliott Porter
Team 3M
s.t.
123
Rob Leemans
SEG Racing
s.t.
124
Amauri Capiot
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
125
Kevin Feiereisen
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
126
Stan Wijkel
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
127
Peter Lenderink
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
128
Davy Gunst
SEG Racing
s.t.
129
Dries De Bondt
Cibel
s.t.
130
Julien Stassen
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
131
Timon Van Reek
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
s.t.
132
Nick Van Der Meer
Colruyt
s.t.
133
Peter Schulting
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
134
Dylan Van Zijl
Team 3M
s.t.
135
Antwan Tolhoek
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
136
Jonas Rickaert
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
137
Wouter Mol
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
138
Matthias van Mechelen
Cibel
s.t.
139
Charlie Arimont
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
140
Jeroen Goeleven
Colruyt
s.t.
141
Tomasz Smoleń
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
142
Bryan Verdoolaeghe
Colruyt
s.t.
143
David Desmecht
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
144
Laurens De Plus
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
145
Jelle Mannaerts
Colruyt
+ 7'32
146
Tim Vanspeybroeck
Team 3M
s.t.
147
Dion Beukeboom
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
148
Lander Seynaeve
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
149
Libero Zinnari
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
150
Milan Veltman
Metec - TKH
+ 8'58
151
Gaëtan Pons
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
152
Antoine Warnier
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
153
Jeroen Meijers
Rabobank Development Team
+ 10'46
154
Marco Marcato
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
s.t.
155
Vincent De Boeck
Colruyt
s.t.
156
Robin Stenuit
Veranclassic - Ekoi
s.t.
157
Fabrice Mels
Team 3M
+ 11'32
158
Batkhuyag Batzorig
Cibel
s.t.
159
Luc Turchi
Leopard Development Team
+ 14'46
Ster ZLM Tour
Back home (ah well, adopted home) for the other race in June. The race was a mix of stages favouring the sprinters as well as hilly profiles. The ITT on stage 1 would suit me well too.
The Stage 1 ITT saw me finish just 16 seconds off the best time, although down in 26th place. I was the best performer for Roompot.
Stage 2 favoured the sprinters but I was helping Lammertink stay out of trouble. An uneventful stage was followed by a podium for us as a result of Barry Markus's 3rd place finish.
Stage 3 was the first of two consecutive hilly stages. I did my job of protecting Lammertink but we failed to get a good result here, although sticking with the lead group.
Stage 4 was another hilly stage. I stuck to Lammertink like glue till the end, with both of us finishing with the lead group, the only ones for the team. A late attack saw three riders pick up 18 seconds over the pack. Jasper Bovenhuis won. The result here pushed me up to 9th in the GC.
Stage 5 was another stage for the sprinters. This meant that I had to just stay out of trouble to secure a top 10 finish. I managed to do just that while Markus got a 7th place. I got onto the podium in the U25s with 3rd place there, while holding on to the 9th place in the GC.
General Classification
1
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
17h27'13
2
Danny Van Poppel
Team Giant-Alpecin
+ 5
3
Tom Van Asbroeck
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 14
4
Jasper Stuyven
Trek Factory Racing
+ 20
5
Julien Vermote
Etixx - Quick-step
s.t.
6
Jelle Wallays
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 21
7
Caleb Fairly
Trek Factory Racing
+ 22
8
Markus Eibegger
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 23
9
Abhishek Sinha
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 24
10
George Bennett
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 25
Spoiler
11
Huub Duyn
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
12
Fabio Sabatini
Etixx - Quick-step
+ 26
13
Petr Vakoč
Etixx - Quick-step
+ 27
14
Enrico Gasparotto
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
+ 28
15
Gijs Van Hoecke
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 30
16
Olivier Chevalier
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 31
17
Tom Veelers
Team Giant-Alpecin
s.t.
18
Nick Van Der Lijke
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 32
19
Eliot Lietaer
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
20
Floris De Tier
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
21
Tim Declercq
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 33
22
Jasper Ockeloen
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
23
Tiesj Benoot
Lotto Soudal
+ 34
24
Maurits Lammertink
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
25
Kenneth Vanbilsen
Etixx - Quick-step
+ 36
26
Zico Waeytens
Team Giant-Alpecin
+ 40
27
Ramon Sinkeldam
Team Giant-Alpecin
+ 50
28
Björn Leukemans
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
+ 52
29
Kristof Vandewalle
Etixx - Quick-step
+ 1'16
30
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Etixx - Quick-step
+ 1'17
31
Yoeri Havik
SEG Racing
+ 1'26
32
Mike Teunissen
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 1'27
33
Jesper Asselman
Metec - TKH
+ 1'32
34
Yannick Eijssen
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
+ 1'36
35
Nathan Van Hooydonck
Lotto Soudal
+ 1'38
36
Iuri Filosi
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
+ 1'49
37
Patrick Facchini
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
+ 1'56
38
Martin Velits
Etixx - Quick-step
+ 2'12
39
Simone Consonni
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
+ 2'13
40
Daniil Fominykh
Leopard Development Team
+ 2'17
41
Barry Markus
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 2'18
42
Brian Bulgac
Leopard Development Team
s.t.
43
Riccardo Zoidl
Trek Factory Racing
+ 2'23
44
Bob Schoonbroodt
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
+ 2'27
45
Boris Vallée
Trek Factory Racing
+ 2'30
46
Gert Dockx
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 2'32
47
Tom Vermeer
SEG Racing
+ 2'35
48
Kenny Dehaes
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
49
Rémy Mertz
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
50
Jonas Van Genechten
Lotto Soudal
+ 2'36
51
Jarl Salomein
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 2'37
52
Tom Dernies
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 3'35
53
Johan Le Bon
Trek Factory Racing
+ 3'59
54
Heinrich Haussler
Trek Factory Racing
+ 4'03
55
Sjoerd Bax
Rabobank Development Team
+ 4'10
56
Berden De Vries
Team Giant-Alpecin
+ 4'58
57
Laurent Evrard
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 5'03
58
Jasper Bovenhuis
SEG Racing
+ 5'23
59
Jan Maas
Rabobank Development Team
+ 5'28
60
Victor Campenaerts
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 5'40
61
Koen Bouwman
SEG Racing
+ 5'44
62
Ludwig De Winter
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 5'48
63
Robert Wagner
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 5'50
64
Emiel Dolfsma
Metec - TKH
+ 5'58
65
Thomas Degand
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
+ 6'01
66
Tim Kerkhof
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 6'28
67
Rob Ruijgh
Metec - TKH
+ 6'47
68
Ryan Mullen
Etixx - Quick-step
+ 7'06
69
Alex Rasmussen
Leopard Development Team
+ 7'39
70
Boy Van Poppel
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 7'46
71
Jetse Bol
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
s.t.
72
Antoine Demoitie
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 7'49
73
Pascal Ackermann
Lotto Soudal
+ 7'51
74
Martijn Verschoor
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
+ 7'52
75
Wesley Kreder
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 7'57
76
Louis Verhelst
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
77
Antwan Tolhoek
Rabobank Development Team
+ 8'02
78
Reinier Honig
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 8'11
79
Stijn Ennekens
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
+ 8'13
80
Benjamin Verraes
Cibel
+ 8'47
81
Nikolas Maes
Lotto Soudal
+ 8'55
82
Laurent Didier
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
83
Laurens Ten Dam
Team Giant-Alpecin
+ 9'00
84
Dex Groen
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
+ 9'07
85
Peter Lenderink
Rabobank Development Team
+ 9'19
86
Luigi Miletta
Leopard Development Team
+ 10'45
87
Maarten Van Trijp
Rabobank Development Team
+ 11'06
88
Tim Rodenburg
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 11'19
89
Steven Lammertink
SEG Racing
+ 11'25
90
Peter Koning
Team Giant-Alpecin
+ 11'33
91
Ricardo van Dongen
SEG Racing
+ 11'34
92
Joey Van Rhee
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
s.t.
93
Aron Kremer
Colruyt
+ 11'36
94
Kevin Claeys
Colruyt
+ 11'40
95
Kenny Goossens
Cibel
+ 11'44
96
Victor Manakov
Leopard Development Team
+ 11'57
97
Patrick Van Leeuwen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 12'11
98
Arno Van Der Zwet
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 12'29
99
Gert-Jan Bosman
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 12'43
100
Bram Tankink
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 12'45
101
Brian Van Goethem
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 12'51
102
Adriaan Janssen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 14'01
103
Lennard Hofstede
Rabobank Development Team
+ 14'21
104
Brent Luyckx
Leopard Development Team
+ 14'28
105
Milan Veltman
Metec - TKH
+ 14'33
106
Melvin Boskamp
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
+ 14'35
107
Julien Stassen
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 14'39
108
Stefan Kreder
Metec - TKH
+ 14'49
109
Davy Gunst
SEG Racing
+ 14'51
110
Rens Te Stroet
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 14'52
111
Remco Te Brake
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
+ 15'19
112
Nick Van Der Meer
Colruyt
+ 15'23
113
Vinnie Braet
Colruyt
s.t.
114
Joris Nieuwenhuis
Rabobank Development Team
+ 15'26
115
Jarno Gmelich
Metec - TKH
+ 15'59
116
Dries De Bondt
Cibel
+ 19'36
117
Jeff Vermeulen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 19'50
118
Kobus Hereijgers
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
+ 19'58
119
Kevin Suarez
Colruyt
+ 20'14
120
Rick Ottema
Colruyt
+ 20'37
121
Kevin De Jonghe
Cibel
+ 20'39
122
Massimo Morabito
Leopard Development Team
+ 20'51
123
Jenthe Biermans
SEG Racing
+ 22'57
124
Etienne Van Empel
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 23'23
125
Gino Vierhouten
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
+ 23'26
126
Markel Irizar
Trek Factory Racing
+ 23'46
127
Glenn Rotty
Cibel
+ 24'51
128
Bram Nolten
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
+ 25'12
129
Cees Bol
Rabobank Development Team
+ 25'21
130
Luc Turchi
Leopard Development Team
+ 28'35
131
Sven Van Luijk
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 28'39
132
Robin Aandewiel
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
+ 28'53
133
Matthias van Mechelen
Cibel
+ 29'35
134
Kevin Callebaut
Cibel
+ 29'53
135
Kenneth Van Compernolle
Colruyt
+ 30'14
136
Daan Meijers
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
+ 30'29
137
Rick Goeree
Metec - TKH
+ 31'04
138
Wouter Mol
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
+ 31'06
139
Bryan Verdoolaeghe
Colruyt
+ 32'52
140
Edward Maatman
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
+ 40'46
141
Ken Oppheim
Metec - TKH
+ 44'17
142
James Judd
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
+ 55'54
Points Classification
1
Danny Van Poppel
Team Giant-Alpecin
60
2
Zico Waeytens
Team Giant-Alpecin
37
3
Boris Vallée
Trek Factory Racing
35
4
Martijn Verschoor
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
32
5
Jasper Bovenhuis
SEG Racing
30
Mountain Classification
1
Laurent Evrard
Wallonie - Bruxelles
32
2
Bob Schoonbroodt
Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
30
3
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
21
4
Sjoerd Bax
Rabobank Development Team
21
5
Martijn Verschoor
Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke
10
Young Rider Classification
1
Danny Van Poppel
Team Giant-Alpecin
17h27'18
2
Jasper Stuyven
Trek Factory Racing
+ 15
3
Abhishek Sinha
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 19
4
Petr Vakoč
Etixx - Quick-step
+ 22
5
Gijs Van Hoecke
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 25
Team Classification
1
Etixx - Quick-step
52h22'11
2
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 9
3
Team Giant-Alpecin
+ 14
4
Trek Factory Racing
+ 30
5
Wallonie - Bruxelles
+ 33
A good month for me in terms of results. Although, I was mostly out of the limelight, I put in a few solid rides to stay at the front of the pack throughout. You can say my consistency got me places in these two races.
The schedule this month was quite similar to June with 1 stage race and a 1 day race lined up. Both races suited my style quite well and I was hoping for high finishes in both.
Sibiu Cycling Tour
I was headed to Romania for the first time in my life, as team leader too. The race had an ITT first up followed by a couple of high mountain stages, another ITT and a flat stage.
Stage 1 saw me finish in 61st place in the ITT, but only 11 seconds down on stage winner Matthias Brandle.
Stage 2
The first mountain stage offered a chance for me to climb up the standings. I stayed with the pack till the base of the climb. By then, the day's break had been caught. The peloton started getting smaller and smaller. With 12 km to go, I was in the third group on the road. Chernetskiy was 90 seconds in front, with a couple of other riders half a minute ahead. The Russian claimed the win on top of the mountain, while I dropped my group-mates to take solo 4th. I also moved up to 4th in the GC! I also took the lead in the U25 classification.
1
Sergey Chernetskiy
Team Katusha
3h24'27
2
George Bennett
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 1'10
3
Serghei Tvetcov
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
4
Abhishek Sinha
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 1'24
5
Jérémy Roy
BMC Racing Team
+ 1'49
Stage 3
A similar stage to the last one. I stayed with the pack till the climb to the finish started. I was in the group of leaders as the pack whittled away on the climb. With 5 km left, I attacked. I was caught and passed by a few riders, but I managed a 6th place finish. Chernetskiy won again. I moved up a place in the GC to 3rd!
1
Sergey Chernetskiy
Team Katusha
4h10'20
2
Giampaolo Caruso
Team Katusha
s.t.
3
Alexander Foliforov
IAM Cycling
s.t.
4
Peter Stetina
Trek Factory Racing
+ 25
5
Bernardo Suaza
Southeast
+ 46
6
Abhishek Sinha
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
7
Miguel Rubiano
Colombia
s.t.
8
George Bennett
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
9
Fabio Taborre
Lampre-Merida
+ 1'48
10
Loïc Vliegen
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
Stage 4 was another ITT. I finished in 7th, 17 seconds off Brandle, who won again! I held on to my position in the GC.
Stage 5 was mostly flat, and barring anything extraordinary, the only thing to be decided here was the stage winner. The sprinters were in for a rude shock as the lone breakaway held on for the win, as the chasing teams massively miscalculated their chase. I was safe in the pack and achieved my first every podium in a race. I also achieved my first ever jersey for the U25 classification win.
General Classification
1
Sergey Chernetskiy
Team Katusha
10h52'48
2
George Bennett
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 2'29
3
Abhishek Sinha
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 2'34
4
Giampaolo Caruso
Team Katusha
+ 4'06
5
Peter Stetina
Trek Factory Racing
+ 4'10
6
Serghei Tvetcov
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 4'24
7
Jérémy Roy
BMC Racing Team
+ 4'48
8
Alexander Foliforov
IAM Cycling
s.t.
9
Miguel Rubiano
Colombia
s.t.
10
Bernardo Suaza
Southeast
+ 6'09
Spoiler
11
Jesús Del Pino
Burgos - BH
+ 7'08
12
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Lampre-Merida
+ 7'50
13
Egor Silin
Team Katusha
+ 8'05
14
Cayetano Sarmiento
Colombia
+ 8'59
15
Hichem Chabane
Amore & Vita - Selle SMP
+ 9'06
16
Lilian Calmejane
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 10'11
17
Álex Cano Ardila
Colombia
+ 10'13
18
Nick Van Der Lijke
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 11'13
19
Loïc Vliegen
BMC Racing Team
+ 11'17
20
Fabio Taborre
Lampre-Merida
+ 11'34
21
Mauro Santambrogio
Amore & Vita - Selle SMP
+ 11'37
22
Sérgio Paulinho
Tinkoff-Saxo
+ 11'58
23
Marc De Maar
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 12'00
24
Matthias Brändle
IAM Cycling
+ 12'01
25
Stefano Agostini
Lampre-Merida
+ 12'17
26
Michał Gołaś
Whirlpool - Author
+ 12'39
27
Omar Fraile
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
+ 12'46
28
Christian Mager
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
+ 12'48
29
Benjamin Brkic
Lampre-Merida
+ 12'50
30
Ilya Davidenok
Whirlpool - Author
+ 13'14
31
Michael Valgren
Tinkoff-Saxo
+ 13'15
32
Chris Anker Sørensen
Tinkoff-Saxo
+ 13'17
33
Ivan Rovny
Tinkoff-Saxo
+ 13'22
34
Alejandro Marque
Burgos - BH
+ 13'34
35
David Arroyo
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
+ 13'37
36
Silvan Dillier
Trek Factory Racing
+ 13'44
37
Antonio Molina
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
+ 14'32
38
Vladimir Gusev
RusVelo
+ 14'46
39
Patryk Komisarek
CCC Sprandi Polkowice
+ 14'55
40
Simone Antonini
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
+ 15'01
41
Francisco José Ventoso
Team Katusha
+ 15'03
42
Jordi Simón
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
+ 15'06
43
Delio Fernández
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
+ 15'10
44
Rasmus Guldhammer
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
+ 15'14
45
Michał Paluta
CCC Sprandi Polkowice
+ 15'22
46
Alessandro Bisolti
Southeast
+ 15'36
47
Antonino Parrinello
Lampre-Merida
+ 15'51
48
Danilo Wyss
Trek Factory Racing
+ 15'52
49
Philip Deignan
Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club
+ 16'13
50
Ander Arranz
Burgos - BH
+ 16'17
51
Mirko Selvaggi
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
+ 16'36
52
Jorge Camilo Castiblanco
Colombia
s.t.
53
Maxim Belkov
Tinkoff-Saxo
+ 17'04
54
Martijn Keizer
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 17'10
55
Vladimir Isaychev
Team Katusha
+ 17'33
56
Ben King
Trek Factory Racing
+ 17'34
57
Mateusz Nowak
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
+ 17'38
58
Martin Elmiger
BMC Racing Team
+ 17'40
59
Baptiste Planckaert
Trek Factory Racing
+ 17'41
60
Frederique Robert
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
+ 17'49
61
Enrique Sanz
Team Katusha
+ 17'52
62
Paolo Lunardon
Amore & Vita - Selle SMP
s.t.
63
Brayan Ramírez
Colombia
+ 17'53
64
Paweł Bernas
ActiveJet Team
+ 17'57
65
Boris Vallée
Trek Factory Racing
+ 17'58
66
Onur Balkan
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
+ 17'59
67
Luka Pibernik
Lampre-Merida
s.t.
68
Aidis Kruopis
IAM Cycling
s.t.
69
Roman Shevchuk
Amore & Vita - Selle SMP
+ 18'01
70
Filippo Fortin
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
+ 18'02
71
Javier Francisco Aramendia
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
+ 18'04
72
Tom Leezer
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
73
Michael Carbel
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
+ 18'05
74
Ivar Slik
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
75
Davide Mucelli
Southeast
s.t.
76
Pieter Vanspeybrouck
BMC Racing Team
+ 18'07
77
Matteo Collodel
Southeast
+ 18'09
78
Ken Hanson
BMC Racing Team
+ 18'10
79
Barry Markus
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 18'11
80
Alexandr Kolobnev
Tinkoff-Saxo
+ 18'17
81
Kamil Gradek
ActiveJet Team
+ 18'18
82
Juan Sebastian Molano
Colombia
s.t.
83
Laurent Beuret
IAM Cycling
s.t.
84
Alexander Porsev
Team Katusha
+ 18'22
85
Raymond Kreder
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
86
Redi Halilaj
Amore & Vita - Selle SMP
s.t.
87
Vincent Jérôme
IAM Cycling
+ 18'23
88
Marco Zamparella
Lampre-Merida
+ 18'27
89
Adam Blythe
CCC Sprandi Polkowice
+ 18'31
90
Charly Petelin
Southeast
+ 18'41
91
Björn Leukemans
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
+ 18'44
92
Stefan Schumacher
CCC Sprandi Polkowice
+ 19'07
93
Vitaliy Popkov
Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club
+ 19'08
94
Jempy Drucker
BMC Racing Team
+ 19'31
95
Artur Ershov
RusVelo
s.t.
96
Kristian Haugaard
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
+ 19'34
97
Robert Wagner
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 19'36
98
Josef Cerny
CCC Sprandi Polkowice
s.t.
99
Diego Milán
Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club
+ 19'38
100
Eduard-Michael Grosu
CCC Sprandi Polkowice
+ 19'46
101
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Lampre-Merida
+ 19'48
102
Boris Dron
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
+ 19'49
103
Wesley Kreder
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 19'53
104
Boy Van Poppel
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
s.t.
105
Eryk Latoń
ActiveJet Team
+ 19'55
106
Olivier Naesen
Trek Factory Racing
+ 19'58
107
Dennis Vanendert
BMC Racing Team
+ 20'01
108
Jesse Kerrison
BMC Racing Team
+ 20'02
109
Mads Pedersen
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
+ 20'07
110
Igor Merino
Burgos - BH
+ 20'23
111
Rafael Andriato
Southeast
+ 20'47
112
Bernardo Colex
ActiveJet Team
+ 20'51
113
Olivier Pardini
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
+ 21'01
114
Rafaâ Chtioui
Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club
+ 21'24
115
Jonathan Paredes
Colombia
+ 21'26
116
Marcel Aregger
IAM Cycling
+ 21'32
117
Ibai Salas
Burgos - BH
+ 21'46
118
Alexey Kurbatov
RusVelo
+ 21'56
119
Anton Vorobyev
Team Katusha
+ 22'24
120
Roman Kustadinchev
RusVelo
+ 22'25
121
Mamyr Stash
RusVelo
+ 22'31
122
Paweł Franczak
ActiveJet Team
+ 23'01
123
Juraj Sagan
Tinkoff-Saxo
+ 23'03
124
Unai Iparragirre
Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club
+ 23'11
125
Timofey Kritskiy
RusVelo
+ 23'47
126
Unai Arranz
Burgos - BH
s.t.
127
Manuel Belletti
Colombia
+ 23'55
128
Nikolai Trusov
Tinkoff-Saxo
+ 24'34
129
Sergii Movchan
Amore & Vita - Selle SMP
+ 24'55
130
Joris Boillat
IAM Cycling
+ 24'58
131
Daan Myngheer
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
+ 25'58
132
Patryk Stosz
CCC Sprandi Polkowice
+ 26'02
133
Leonid Krasnov
RusVelo
+ 26'07
134
Luca Barla
Southeast
+ 26'17
135
Mateusz Taciak
CCC Sprandi Polkowice
+ 26'34
136
Soufiane Haddi
Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club
+ 26'52
137
Sergey Shilov
RusVelo
+ 27'20
138
Theo Bos
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
s.t.
139
Markel Irizar
Trek Factory Racing
+ 27'23
140
Bram Tankink
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 27'58
141
Pavel Camrda
Whirlpool - Author
+ 28'52
142
Stijn Ennekens
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
+ 30'58
143
Andrea Dal Col
Southeast
+ 31'06
144
Álvaro Robredo
Burgos - BH
+ 31'16
145
Paweł Brylowski
ActiveJet Team
+ 31'29
146
Rasmus Quaade
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
+ 31'54
147
Khalid Ibrahim
Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club
+ 33'51
148
Markiyan Mikhenko
Amore & Vita - Selle SMP
+ 34'38
149
Martin Mortensen
CULT Energy Pro Cycling
+ 34'57
150
Tomas Kalojiros
Whirlpool - Author
+ 36'36
151
Yukinori Hishinuma
Amore & Vita - Selle SMP
+ 37'05
152
Marcel Sieberg
IAM Cycling
+ 38'23
153
Juan Carlos Riutort
Burgos - BH
+ 38'26
154
Konrad Dabkowski
ActiveJet Team
+ 39'16
155
Shambih Khaled Ali
Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club
+ 39'57
156
Jiri Polnicky
Whirlpool - Author
+ 40'37
157
Arkadiusz Owsian
ActiveJet Team
+ 41'36
Points Classification
1
Sergey Chernetskiy
Team Katusha
66
2
Matthias Brändle
IAM Cycling
50
3
Martijn Keizer
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
36
4
Abhishek Sinha
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
33
5
George Bennett
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
28
Mountain Classification
1
Sergey Chernetskiy
Team Katusha
36
2
Alessandro Bisolti
Southeast
30
3
Kamil Gradek
ActiveJet Team
26
4
Antonino Parrinello
Lampre-Merida
18
5
Giampaolo Caruso
Team Katusha
15
Young Rider Classification
1
Abhishek Sinha
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
10h55'22
2
Alexander Foliforov
IAM Cycling
+ 2'14
3
Bernardo Suaza
Southeast
+ 3'35
4
Lilian Calmejane
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 7'37
5
Nick Van Der Lijke
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 8'39
Team Classification
1
Team Katusha
32h49'27
2
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
+ 6'14
3
Colombia
+ 12'27
4
Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton
+ 12'58
5
Lampre-Merida
+ 20'17
Another good race for the team and a very good one for me. Two firsts achieved in this race, with the first podium and capturing the first jersey. Consistent high finishes got me 4th place in the Points standings as well. The team finished 4th in the classification too!
July has started out well. How will it end? I'll write again soon...
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 29-09-2016 19:13
It's been more than six week since I last wrote. In case you've been wondering why I've been away for so long, it's because the curse of July has struck again!
Let me take you back to what happened...
Prueba Villafranca-Ordiziako Klasika
I was chosen to lead the team in this race. The profile suited me very well. I was in the peloton till about 10 km to go. By then, the breakaway was already caught and the favourites were playing a drawn out game of cat and mouse. I attacked first, followed by 10 others, two of whom got away from the rest to build up a lead of a handful of seconds with 8 km to go. At 6 km, the group of 11 was back together again. The last small uphill section started with 3.5 km to go. A couple of riders from the group were dropped going up. On the descent, which ended with less than a kilometre to go, there was a lot of jostling to get a good position. In the melee, with about 1.5 km to go, and on a sharp hairpin turn, I remember taking evasive action as a rider came too close on the inside...
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The next thing I remember was waking up light-headed and thirsty in a hospital room! There was an attendant who saw me wake up and asked me not to move around too much. I wasn't sure what had happened and had no recollection of how I ended up here. I wasn't sure why my head was throbbing gently or why I felt so sluggish.
It was only a couple of days later that I got to know the full story. My movements were still being restricted and I was told to be especially careful while moving my head. I was strictly not allowed to sleep on my right side. By now, my family had reached Spain and were by my bedside for most of the day. When I was strong enough to talk, I asked the doctor what had happened when my family had gone back to the hotel room for the night. "Fractured Skull", was his short but sufficient reply. He told me I was lucky there were no breaks and no internal damage. It took a while for me to register what exactly he was implying. Curiosity got the better of me and I asked him what had happened. He said that I had run off the road to avoid hitting the other cyclist, hit the fence on the side of the road, been thrown off my bike and collided with a tree by the side of the road. I still can't recall any of that...