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One in a Billion | Rise to the Summit
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 02-10-2016 16:36
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A Lot of Reassurances Later
Is it worth it? To put my body through so much pain? To pursue what I love so far away from loved ones? Was it worth it to put them through so much worry every time an injury happened? Personally, it was worth it, most of it. I wish I could stop them worrying, but they got worried when I returned home half an hour later!
It was easy enough convincing myself to go on. It was easy enough to push myself to get back on the bike and out on the road after this latest injury. It wasn't easy to convince the folks. I guess I couldn't blame them. However, I needed them to understand. Come back home, they said. You've had your moment, they said. It's not too late to change careers, they said. There was no way, I said to myself!
After a lot (and I mean a LOT) of convincing, through most of my recovery in August, I finally got my folks on to my side. There was no way I was giving up this easily. Yes, this was hard. Yes, this was unlike any pain I'd ever felt before. But I couldn't think of doing anything else with my life anymore. I had to make one just one promise - to go back home for the holidays after the season ended. I agreed. I could use some home made food. I do miss that sometimes...
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| Tamijo |
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Nice twist to bring the worrying family into the story.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 04-10-2016 06:47
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@Ripley: Absolutely! Time to rise from the ruins, again!
@Tamijo: Well, can't ignore them. But they've come around. Although not entirely convinced.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 06-10-2016 10:03
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When I had the injury last year, it was a question of conditioning the injured leg to get back into shape for cycling. It involved a lot of exercise to get the form back.
With this latest injury, the recovery was completely different. An injury to the head does not physically affect the ability to ride a bike. It does however make your mind play a lot of tricks on you! Getting back on the bike was easy. Convincing myself to go downhill at 80 km/hr was not!
A lot of mental conditioning and self motivation later, I was finally back to riding and training full time in the second half of September. If there's something I've realised over the two injuries, it's that out on the road, on the bike, one is pretty much on his own. No matter how much 'support' your team provides you, in terms of pacing you or protecting you from the wind, you are the one who is finally in charge. No one can protect you at the climax.
Like Ripley said in his last correspondence, two injuries have made me realise that I'm stronger mentally that I myself used to think...
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 08-10-2016 08:01
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Guess who's back!!
Back where I belong. I was itching to get back in action before the end of the season. The doctors gave the all clear for the final race on my schedule, the Chrono des Nations.
You know sometimes you get so excited you bang into the starting enclosure when putting your bike up there. Ah well, it happens! I'm still young. Pardon me
The race went very well. I even ended up going past the Team Sky rider who started 2 minutes ahead of me! As I crossed the line, the clock showed 10th place. I ended up 17th, a bit over 2 minutes behind winner Taylor Phinney. A very satisfying return indeed.
| 1 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | 1h05'32 | | 2 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | + 24 | | 3 | Yoann Paillot | Team Marseille 13 KTM | + 1'00 | | 4 | Bob Jungels | Team Sky | + 1'15 | | 5 | Michael Hepburn | Team Sky | + 1'17 | | 6 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Sky | + 1'28 | | 7 | Arnaud Gérard | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 1'36 | | 8 | Rick Flens | IAM Cycling | + 1'47 | | 9 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 1'48 | | 10 | Joey Rosskopf | BMC Racing Team | + 1'57 |
Spoiler | 11 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | + 1'58 | | 12 | Stefan Küng | BMC Racing Team | + 2'05 | | 13 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Team Marseille 13 KTM | + 2'17 | | 14 | Michael Schär | Trek Factory Racing | + 2'29 | | 15 | Jérémy Roy | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 16 | Sjors Roosen | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 2'30 | | 17 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 2'35 | | 18 | Stephen Cummings | Movistar Team | + 2'36 | | 19 | Jasha Sütterlin | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 20 | Johan Le Bon | Trek Factory Racing | + 2'37 | | 21 | Matthias Brändle | IAM Cycling | + 2'42 | | 22 | Anthony Delaplace | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 2'44 | | 23 | Alex Rasmussen | Leopard Development Team | + 2'45 | | 24 | Damien Gaudin | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2'51 | | 25 | Omar Bertazzo | IAM Cycling | + 3'13 | | 26 | Thomas Voeckler | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3'24 | | 27 | Tom Stamsnijder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 28 | Laurent Didier | Trek Factory Racing | + 3'30 | | 29 | Romain Matheou | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 3'33 | | 30 | Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre | + 3'35 | | 31 | Gert Joeaar | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 3'37 | | 32 | Hugo Houle | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3'38 | | 33 | Jonathan Dufrasne | Wallonie - Bruxelles | + 3'41 | | 34 | Fabien Canal | Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre | + 3'45 | | 35 | Florian Senechal | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 3'46 | | 36 | Rick Zabel | IAM Cycling | + 3'47 | | 37 | Marc De Maar | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 3'53 | | 38 | Peter Kennaugh | Team Sky | + 3'54 | | 39 | Marcus Burghardt | Bora - Argon 18 | + 3'55 | | 40 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 3'57 | | 41 | Julien Van Den Brande | Veranclassic - Ekoi | + 4'00 | | 42 | Michel Kreder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 4'03 | | 43 | Benjamin Giraud | Team Marseille 13 KTM | + 4'06 | | 44 | Marc Soler | Movistar Team | + 4'10 | | 45 | Arnaud Courteille | BMC Racing Team | + 4'11 | | 46 | Nans Peters | Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre | + 4'12 | | 47 | Shane Archbold | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 48 | Frederik Frison | Veranclassic - Ekoi | + 4'13 | | 49 | Julien El Fares | Team Marseille 13 KTM | + 4'15 | | 50 | Gaël Malacarne | Team Europcar | + 4'19 | | 51 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 52 | Kevin Reza | FDJ | + 4'21 | | 53 | Riccardo Donato | Leopard Development Team | + 4'22 | | 54 | Patrick Olesen | Leopard Development Team | + 4'24 | | 55 | Alessandro Ballan | Team Sky | + 4'26 | | 56 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 4'28 | | 57 | Guillaume Thevenot | Team Europcar | + 4'30 | | 58 | Olivier Le Gac | FDJ | s.t. | | 59 | Christophe Laborie | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 4'32 | | 60 | Romain Guyot | Team Europcar | + 4'33 | | 61 | Julius van den Berg | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 62 | Marcel Sieberg | IAM Cycling | + 4'35 | | 63 | Brian Van Goethem | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 4'38 | | 64 | Kevin Feiereisen | Leopard Development Team | + 4'39 | | 65 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 4'41 | | 66 | Tom Dernies | Wallonie - Bruxelles | + 4'42 | | 67 | Lorenzo Manzin | FDJ | s.t. | | 68 | Alex Kirsch | Leopard Development Team | + 4'45 | | 69 | Tony Hurel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 70 | Alessio Lanzano | Leopard Development Team | + 4'46 | | 71 | Robbe Casier | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 72 | Kevyn Ista | BMC Racing Team | + 4'47 | | 73 | Wesley Kreder | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 4'48 | | 74 | Mathieu Perget | Auber 93 | + 4'49 | | 75 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora - Argon 18 | + 4'50 | | 76 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | + 4'51 | | 77 | Sébastien Minard | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 4'52 | | 78 | Marc Sarreau | FDJ | + 4'53 | | 79 | Daniel McLay | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 4'54 | | 80 | Robert Wagner | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 4'55 | | 81 | Heinrich Haussler | Trek Factory Racing | + 4'56 | | 82 | Arman Kamyshev | Veranclassic - Ekoi | + 4'58 | | 83 | Nicklas Bøje Pedersen | Leopard Development Team | + 5'01 | | 84 | Rüdiger Selig | Bora - Argon 18 | + 5'02 | | 85 | Jasper Stuyven | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 86 | Dennis Vanendert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 87 | Rudy Barbier | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 88 | Thomas Vaubourzeix | Veranclassic - Ekoi | + 5'03 | | 89 | Jordan Levasseur | Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre | s.t. | | 90 | Boris Vallée | Trek Factory Racing | + 5'04 | | 91 | David Menut | Auber 93 | s.t. | | 92 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 93 | Evaldas Siskevicius | Team Marseille 13 KTM | + 5'05 | | 94 | Zakkari Dempster | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 95 | Egoitz García | Movistar Team | + 5'06 | | 96 | Anthony Maldonado | Auber 93 | + 5'07 | | 97 | Laurent Pichon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 5'09 | | 98 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 5'11 | | 99 | Yannick Martinez | IAM Cycling | + 5'14 | | 100 | Antoine Demoitie | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 101 | Edwig Cammaerts | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 102 | James Shaw | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 5'16 | | 103 | Samuel Dumoulin | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 5'18 | | 104 | Boy Van Poppel | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 5'20 | | 105 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 106 | Rudy Kowalski | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 5'22 | | 107 | Jean-Albert Carnevali | Wallonie - Bruxelles | + 5'23 | | 108 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 5'24 | | 109 | Charlie Arimont | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 110 | Maarten Wynants | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 5'25 | | 111 | Angelo Tulik | FDJ | s.t. | | 112 | Aurélien Passeron | Auber 93 | + 5'26 | | 113 | Antoine Warnier | Wallonie - Bruxelles | + 5'28 | | 114 | Bryan Alaphilippe | Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre | + 5'29 | | 115 | Luis Ángel Maté | Team Sky | s.t. | | 116 | Théo Vimpere | Auber 93 | + 5'30 | | 117 | Sébastien Harbonnier | Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre | + 5'31 | | 118 | Alexander Krieger | Leopard Development Team | + 5'32 | | 119 | Jesse Kerrison | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 120 | Romain Combaud | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 121 | Grégory Habeaux | Wallonie - Bruxelles | + 5'35 | | 122 | Daniel Schorn | Bora - Argon 18 | + 5'37 | | 123 | Siarhei Papok | Wallonie - Bruxelles | + 5'39 | | 124 | Martial Roman | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 125 | Melvin Rulliere | Veranclassic - Ekoi | + 5'45 | | 126 | Quentin Jauregui | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 127 | Michaël Baer | IAM Cycling | + 5'50 | | 128 | Francesco Lasca | Bora - Argon 18 | + 5'51 | | 129 | Anthony Turgis | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 5'57 | | 130 | Andrew Fenn | Team Sky | s.t. | | 131 | Vincent Jérôme | IAM Cycling | + 6'01 | | 132 | Andreas Schillinger | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 6'02 | | 133 | Morgan Lamoisson | Team Europcar | + 6'04 | | 134 | Luke Keough | Trek Factory Racing | + 6'09 | | 135 | Mattia Viel | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 6'11 | | 136 | Victor Tournieroux | Team Marseille 13 KTM | + 6'16 | | 137 | Lloyd Mondory | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 6'19 | | 138 | Yohann Gène | FDJ | s.t. | | 139 | Antonio Dubois | Auber 93 | s.t. | | 140 | Jackson Rodríguez | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 6'23 | | 141 | Maxime Cam | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 142 | Steven Tronet | Auber 93 | + 6'25 | | 143 | Kenneth Hansen | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 144 | Jimmy Raibaud | Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre | + 6'26 | | 145 | Mauro Abel Richeze | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 6'28 | | 146 | Sjoerd Van Ginneken | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 147 | Grégory Rast | Trek Factory Racing | + 6'46 | | 148 | Justin Jules | FDJ | + 6'49 | | 149 | Benoit Drujon | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 6'50 | | 150 | Flavien Dassonville | Team Europcar | + 7'06 | | 151 | Reinier Honig | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 7'10 | | 152 | Carl Jermail | Auber 93 | + 7'17 | | 153 | Vicente Reynès | Movistar Team | + 7'38 | | 154 | Alexis Bodiot | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 7'57 | | 155 | Guillaume Blot | Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre | s.t. | | 156 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ | + 8'14 |
Me going past Team Sky's Alessandro Ballan on the road
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 08-10-2016 08:40
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Fine result against all those world tour riders.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 09-10-2016 05:11
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Thanks  . It's good to be back!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 11-10-2016 04:55
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Making the step up to the PCT this year was a challenge, but one I enjoyed facing. The racing became more competitive, as well as more tactical. The difference in the way Roompot operates to how Leopard does was clear in the very first days itself.
There were more firsts this year, with a first podium in the U25s, also one in the KOM standings and finally winning the U25 classification and getting on the podium in Sibiu. That race is one I will always hold very dear to me. The injury happened at a time when I was in top form. It hampered the latter part of my season almost entirely, but unlike last year I was able to get back on the road before the racing this year. I am particularly proud of my performance in Chrono des Nations. All in all, a satisfying year in terms of progress. I did convince myself that I do belong here.
And now, I'm going home...
| Continental Rankings | CQ Rankings | | Me | 198th - 46 points | 361st - 139 points | | Roompot Oranje | 13th - 688 points | 29th - 968 points |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 12-10-2016 17:11
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Say Hello to the family !
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 12-10-2016 17:57
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A new year is here. I was lucky enough to get to spend it with family and friends this time. It was a long stay at home for me, but the cycling continued as I strove to keep myself fit through the holiday cheer. Along with the joys of home-coming, staying in shape was equally important.
I set off back to Amsterdam on the second day of the new year. On the same day, Roompot held their press conference presenting their new look team to the world. Our sponsors have definitely become more open to the idea of non-Dutch nationality riders in the team!
The family say "Hi" to you too Tamijo 
Roompot Oranje Team Presentation
| Barry Markus | Sprinter | | Lilian Calmejane | Puncher | | Abhishek Sinha | Stage Races | | Maurits Lammertink | Puncher | | Alexander Krieger | Sprinter |
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 27-05-2017 06:38
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 13-10-2016 17:22
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Good luck in the comming season.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 13-10-2016 17:59
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Rumblings...Inside and Out
Luck! Was it luck that I needed? Or was it something else...
The team management were kind enough to allow me to go home for more than 2 months at the end of last year. I returned back in good spirits, feeling refreshed and ready to get back together with my teammates, old and new, for the pre-season training camps. The first couple of days were fine. I was enjoying the camaraderie and the jovial atmosphere in the camp. However, as more time passed, I felt a little coldness among my teammates. It started with a couple and seemed to spread to a dozen quite soon!
All through the winter, I had been fighting my own internal demons. Two serious injuries in two years were starting to have a psychological effect. I have been a professional for two whole years now, but without a win to show for it. Although the trip home was meant to be refreshing, I was plagued by thoughts of whether I truly belonged at this level. I did get on the podium in Romania last year, but it was more an effort in consistency than outstanding brilliance. And things would just get tougher the more I stayed in pro cycling.
Having convinced myself that my thoughts was just me being paranoid, it was difficult getting such vibes from the same teammates that I rode with the past season. It was not as if they were being rude. It was just that the bond seemed to have vanished. There was one big silver lining among the new faces though. I knew Alex Krieger well from my Leopard days, and was glad to be able to ride and chat with him. Being ever the observer and the good listener, I picked up the fact that other riders were of the opinion that the team management were giving me too long a leash in terms of training and holidays, just because I had been injured. I knew this was not true but I didn't want to keep explaining myself to everyone. I let it slide for the time being. Making my riding speak for me would be the best answer...
I think I'll take that luck you wished Tamijo. This could be a make or beak season for me!
Spoiler This is a work of my imagination. No offence meant to any real cyclist.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 14-10-2016 18:30
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Just one race in January, that too right at the end of the month. I was off to sunny Spain once again to start my season at Mallorca.
Lilian Calmejane was assigned as the leader of the team. I was given a free role. I particularly enjoyed having free reins to do as I pleased at the start of the season.
Stage 1 was purely for the sprinters. I sat in the pack all day and rode home comfortably. Fernando Gaviria won a hotly contested sprint ahead of Michael Matthews.
Stage 2 was more of the same as the sprinters battled to reign supreme once again. Michael Matthews went one better this time, claiming the stage win and the Points jersey on this stage.
Stage 3 went wrong for me even before the halfway stage. I was dropped from the peloton and spent the entire day trying to get back time. I ended up losing 12 minutes to stage winner Tony Gallopin. Calmejane grabbed a top 20 spot for us.
I joined the 11 man break on Stage 4. This stage had a lot of climbs and many KOM points on offer. The break went down to 9 riders after the second climb. I myself got dropped after the fifth climb and was caught by the peloton with 40 km to go. Tired and not quite up to speed yet in terms of race fitness, I was duly dropped by the peloton too. I lost more time while the stage was decided in a sprint among a very select group of leaders. Valerio Conti triumphed going uphill, preventing Gaviria from claiming another stage win.
| 1 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto Soudal | 13h38'46 | | 2 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 49 | | 3 | Sebastian Henao | IAM Cycling | + 51 | | 4 | Maciej Paterski | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1'16 | | 5 | Tom Slagter | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1'18 | | 6 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 7 | Beñat Intxausti | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 8 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 9 | Edoardo Zardini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 10 | François Bidard | Burgos - BH | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Davide Villella | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 12 | Michael Matthews | Lotto Soudal | + 2'49 | | 13 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 3'07 | | 14 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team Katusha | + 3'11 | | 15 | Rafael Valls | Movistar Team | + 4'24 | | 16 | Valerio Conti | Team Katusha | + 4'55 | | 17 | Fabio Felline | Lotto Soudal | + 5'00 | | 18 | Gorka Izagirre | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 19 | Peter Kennaugh | Team Sky | s.t. | | 20 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 21 | Tiago Machado | TEAM Pirelli | + 7'28 | | 22 | Benjamin Brkic | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 23 | Lorenzo Rota | Astana Pro Team | + 7'49 | | 24 | Bart De Clercq | Team Katusha | + 8'29 | | 25 | Cameron Meyer | Team Sky | + 8'40 | | 26 | Rudy Molard | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 9'17 | | 27 | Paweł Poljański | TEAM Pirelli | + 9'42 | | 28 | Marcos García | Movistar Team | + 10'26 | | 29 | Sam Oomen | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 10'31 | | 30 | Fernando Gaviria | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 12'35 | | 31 | Lars Boom | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 12'48 | | 32 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 13'22 | | 33 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Movistar Team | + 13'41 | | 34 | Arthur Vichot | Team Europcar | + 14'00 | | 35 | Sérgio Pardilla | Astana Pro Team | + 14'08 | | 36 | Luis Ángel Maté | Team Sky | + 14'37 | | 37 | Matteo Trentin | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 14'43 | | 38 | Daniel Moreno | Team Sky | s.t. | | 39 | José Joaquín Rojas | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 40 | Nelson Oliveira | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 41 | Beñat Txoperena | Team Katusha | + 15'04 | | 42 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Soudal | + 15'08 | | 43 | Matej Mohoric | Astana Pro Team | + 15'13 | | 44 | Anthony Roux | IAM Cycling | + 15'35 | | 45 | Alberto Gallego | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 16'15 | | 46 | Alex Howes | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 16'31 | | 47 | Garikoitz Bravo | Kaiku | + 17'10 | | 48 | Francisco José Ventoso | Team Katusha | + 17'11 | | 49 | Rubén Fernández | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 50 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 17'35 | | 51 | Michael Schär | IAM Cycling | + 18'00 | | 52 | Chad Haga | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 18'02 | | 53 | Lawson Craddock | Team Sky | + 18'03 | | 54 | Jordi Simón | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 55 | Ricardo García | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 56 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 18'10 | | 57 | Marc Soler | ActiveJet Team | + 18'11 | | 58 | Michele Scarponi | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 18'12 | | 59 | Daniel Navarro | Astana Pro Team | + 18'25 | | 60 | Fredrik Galta | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 18'48 | | 61 | Vitaliy Buts | Team Europcar | + 19'05 | | 62 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | + 19'22 | | 63 | Salvatore Puccio | Astana Pro Team | + 19'25 | | 64 | Nick Van Der Lijke | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 65 | Michael Mørkøv | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 66 | Andrea Vaccher | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 67 | Alessandro Tonelli | TEAM Pirelli | + 20'17 | | 68 | Sven Erik Bystrøm | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 69 | Yonas Tekeste | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 70 | Filippo Pozzato | Astana Pro Team | + 20'52 | | 71 | Anton Vorobyev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 72 | Peter Velits | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 20'58 | | 73 | Romain Guyot | Team Europcar | + 21'12 | | 74 | Gregor Mühlberger | Bora - Argon 18 | + 21'19 | | 75 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Lotto Soudal | + 21'53 | | 76 | Daniele Ratto | TEAM Pirelli | + 22'01 | | 77 | Julien Simon | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 22'12 | | 78 | Gregory Brenes | TEAM Pirelli | + 22'38 | | 79 | Diego Ochoa | Colombia | s.t. | | 80 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 81 | Cristiano Salerno | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 82 | Víctor de la Parte | Movistar Team | + 22'58 | | 83 | Enrique Sanz | Team Katusha | + 23'02 | | 84 | Laurent Beuret | IAM Cycling | + 23'06 | | 85 | Markus Freiberger | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 86 | Anthony Turgis | IAM Cycling | + 23'08 | | 87 | Fredrik Ludvigsson | ActiveJet Team | + 24'20 | | 88 | Hugo Pigeon | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 89 | Hugh Carthy | Team Sky | s.t. | | 90 | Thierry Hupond | Kaiku | s.t. | | 91 | Jesús Del Pino | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 92 | Andrea Palini | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 25'12 | | 93 | Andreas Schillinger | Bora - Argon 18 | + 26'01 | | 94 | Matthew Goss | IAM Cycling | + 26'02 | | 95 | Timo Roosen | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 96 | Floris Gerts | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 97 | Andrew Fenn | Team Sky | + 26'19 | | 98 | Julien Duval | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 99 | Jon Larrinaga | Burgos - BH | + 28'27 | | 100 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora - Argon 18 | + 28'28 | | 101 | Jay Thomson | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 102 | Eduardo Estrada | Colombia | + 28'51 | | 103 | Nicolas Baldo | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 104 | Lasse Norman Hansen | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 105 | Tim Kerkhof | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 29'05 | | 106 | Marc Sarreau | Team Europcar | + 29'08 | | 107 | Francesco Lasca | Bora - Argon 18 | + 29'14 | | 108 | Daniel Jaramillo | Colombia | + 29'36 | | 109 | Marcel Meisen | Bora - Argon 18 | + 29'44 | | 110 | Argiro Ospina | Efapel | + 30'09 | | 111 | Robert Wagner | Bora - Argon 18 | + 30'56 | | 112 | Michael Gogl | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 113 | Brent Bookwalter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 31'01 | | 114 | Andriy Grivko | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 115 | Yoeri Havik | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 31'19 | | 116 | Boy Van Poppel | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 117 | Sébastien Turgot | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 118 | Pedro Bras | Efapel | + 31'41 | | 119 | Jonas Ahlstrand | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 31'46 | | 120 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 121 | Marco Haller | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 31'53 | | 122 | Rick Zabel | IAM Cycling | + 33'02 | | 123 | Pieter Jacobs | Lotto Soudal | + 33'08 | | 124 | Davide Plebani | TEAM Pirelli | + 33'23 | | 125 | Christophe Laborie | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 126 | Jean-Lou Paiani | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 127 | Flavien Dassonville | Team Europcar | + 33'42 | | 128 | Eryk Latoń | ActiveJet Team | + 33'50 | | 129 | Florian Vachon | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 130 | Tom Stamsnijder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 34'07 | | 131 | José Vicente Toribio | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 34'34 | | 132 | David Rodrigues | Efapel | + 35'20 | | 133 | Sebastian Mascaro | Movistar Team | + 35'36 | | 134 | Youcef Reguigui | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 35'54 | | 135 | Arnau Sole | Burgos - BH | + 36'42 | | 136 | Rino Gasparrini | Colombia | + 36'45 | | 137 | Johann Van Zyl | MTN-Qhubeka | + 37'04 | | 138 | Alexander Wachter | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 139 | Aser Estévez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 140 | Jon Aberasturi | Kaiku | + 37'20 | | 141 | Bruno Sancho | Efapel | s.t. | | 142 | Manuel Belletti | Colombia | + 38'16 | | 143 | Martin Velits | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 39'02 | | 144 | Bruno Armirail | Colombia | + 39'12 | | 145 | Michael Van Staeyen | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 146 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 39'52 | | 147 | Arkadiusz Owsian | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 148 | Ricardo Mestre | Efapel | + 39'56 | | 149 | Clément Venturini | Team Europcar | + 41'13 | | 150 | Imanol Erviti | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 42'27 | | 151 | Theo Bos | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 42'33 | | 152 | Constantino Campuzano | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 43'46 | | 153 | Juan José Cobo | Efapel | s.t. | | 154 | Bryan Alaphilippe | Colombia | + 44'51 | | 155 | Erwann Corbel | Colombia | s.t. | | 156 | Daniel Mestre | Efapel | s.t. | | 157 | Illart Zuazubiskar | Burgos - BH | + 44'54 | | 158 | Klaas Lodewyck | Lotto Soudal | + 44'58 | | 159 | Pierre Moncorge | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 45'48 | | 160 | Allessio Bottura | TEAM Pirelli | + 46'37 | | 161 | Rasmus Quaade | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 46'39 | | 162 | Mikel Bizkarra | Kaiku | + 48'41 | | 163 | Jesús Herrero | Kaiku | + 52'07 | | 164 | Francisco Manuel Antón | Burgos - BH | + 57'20 | | 165 | Tomasz Mickiewicz | ActiveJet Team | + 1h02'01 | | 166 | Jon Pardo | Burgos - BH | + 1h07'05 | | 167 | Aner Echegaray | ActiveJet Team | + 1h07'16 | | 168 | Łukasz Bodnar | ActiveJet Team | + 1h07'41 | | 169 | Pablo Lechuga | Kaiku | + 1h08'11 | | 170 | Anxo Gibanel | Kaiku | + 1h18'06 | | 171 | Jesús Ezquerra | Burgos - BH | + 1h20'08 | | 172 | Robert Bush | Kaiku | + 1h22'28 | | 173 | Max Stahr | Efapel | + 1h33'06 |
| 1 | Michael Matthews | Lotto Soudal | 65 | | 2 | Fernando Gaviria | Tinkoff-Saxo | 51 | | 3 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Movistar Team | 42 | | 4 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto Soudal | 34 | | 5 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | 28 |
| 1 | Lars Boom | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 56 | | 2 | Julien Simon | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 38 | | 3 | Vitaliy Buts | Team Europcar | 36 | | 4 | Cameron Meyer | Team Sky | 34 | | 5 | Anthony Turgis | IAM Cycling | 32 |
Young Rider Classification
| 1 | Sebastian Henao | IAM Cycling | 13h39'37 | | 2 | François Bidard | Burgos - BH | + 27 | | 3 | Valerio Conti | Team Katusha | + 4'04 | | 4 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 4'09 | | 5 | Benjamin Brkic | TEAM Pirelli | + 6'37 |
| 1 | Lotto Soudal | 41h00'57 | | 2 | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 45 | | 3 | Astana Pro Team | + 5'21 | | 4 | Movistar Team | + 7'12 | | 5 | Team Katusha | + 8'37 |
An underwhelming start to the season for me and the team. The only bright spot here was Calmejane's GC top 20 and the 4th place in the U25s. I got 10th place in the latter classification too.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 14-10-2016 19:21
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Better luck next race
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 15-10-2016 17:43
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Thanks Tamijo
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 16-10-2016 17:44
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I continued my early season in Spain with two more races. The first was the one day race in Murcia followed by traditional early spring race in Andalucia.
I was assigned with the role of protecting Calmejane again, something which I wasn't too pleased with. Despite the Frenchman's good outing in Malorca, I felt I was in good enough form to ride for myself. However, I buckled down and got on with my role. The race was a uneventful one for the most part. The breakaway was caught well before the line, but the fast pace prevented further attacks and most of the pack weer together at the finish. Alexander Geniez took the win for the newly formed Burger King team, the successor to erstwhile BMC. Our best was Martinez in 29th, with me coming in at 42nd place.
| 1 | Alexandre Geniez | Burger King | 4h32'10 | | 2 | David De la Cruz | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 3 | Rafael Valls | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 4 | Dayer Quintana | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 5 | Beñat Intxausti | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 6 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 7 | Jan Barta | Burger King | s.t. | | 8 | Fabio Duarte | Colombia | s.t. | | 9 | Eddie Dunbar | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 10 | Joseph Dombrowski | Burger King | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Gorka Izagirre | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 12 | Mikel Nieve | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 13 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 14 | Ivan Rovny | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 15 | Beñat Txoperena | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 16 | Samuel Sánchez | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 17 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 18 | Diego Rosa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 19 | Rein Taaramäe | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 20 | Sérgio Pardilla | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 21 | Adriano Malori | Burger King | s.t. | | 22 | Sébastien Reichenbach | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 23 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 24 | Robert Power | Team Sky | s.t. | | 25 | David López | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 26 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 27 | Bart De Clercq | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 28 | Sergey Firsanov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 29 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 30 | Marcos García | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 31 | Joey Rosskopf | Burger King | s.t. | | 32 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 33 | Daniel Navarro | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 34 | Arvid Melchiot | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 35 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Team Sky | s.t. | | 36 | Dylan Teuns | Burger King | s.t. | | 37 | Luis Ángel Maté | Team Sky | s.t. | | 38 | André Cardoso | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 39 | Francisco José Ventoso | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 40 | Albert Timmer | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 41 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 42 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 43 | Matteo Rabottini | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 44 | Jan Hirt | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 45 | Serghei Tvetcov | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 46 | Maciej Paterski | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 47 | Rodolfo Torres | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 48 | Óscar González | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 49 | Mischa Van der Heijden | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 50 | Jesús Del Pino | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 51 | David Belda | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 52 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 53 | Sindre Lunke | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 54 | José Herrada | Team Sky | s.t. | | 55 | Romain Sicard | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 56 | Kristijan Durasek | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 57 | Jacques Mevel | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 58 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 59 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 60 | Paul Voss | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 61 | Igor Antón | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 62 | Alfredo Balloni | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 63 | Simon Geschke | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 64 | Arnold Jeannesson | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 65 | Erwann Corbel | Colombia | s.t. | | 66 | Giacomo Berlato | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 67 | Marko Díaz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 68 | Daniel Moreno | Team Sky | s.t. | | 69 | Fernando Gaviria | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 70 | Hugh Carthy | Team Sky | s.t. | | 71 | Marc De Maar | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 72 | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 73 | Silvio Herklotz | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 74 | Riccardo Zoidl | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 75 | Miguel Rubiano | Colombia | s.t. | | 76 | Chad Haga | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 77 | Rudy Molard | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 78 | Stephen Cummings | Team Sky | s.t. | | 79 | Laurens Ten Dam | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 80 | Alex Howes | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 81 | François Bidard | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 82 | Salvador Moreno | Colombia | s.t. | | 83 | Gregor Mühlberger | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 84 | Romain Hardy | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 85 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 86 | Michael Rogers | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 87 | José Ramella | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 88 | Koen Bouwman | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 89 | Andrea Manfredi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 90 | Fredrik Galta | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 91 | Eros Capecchi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 92 | Karel Hník | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 93 | Daniel Jaramillo | Colombia | s.t. | | 94 | Ángel Madrazo | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 95 | Eugenio Moreno Rosillo | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 96 | Dries Van Gestel | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 97 | Loïc Vliegen | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 98 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 99 | Chris Horner | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 100 | Hugo Pigeon | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 101 | Marc Soler | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 102 | Floris De Tier | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 103 | Jhonatan Restrepo | Colombia | s.t. | | 104 | Tom Leezer | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 105 | Haritz Orbe | Kaiku | s.t. | | 106 | George Preidler | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 107 | Daryl Impey | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 108 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 109 | Delio Fernández | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 110 | Diego Ochoa | Colombia | s.t. | | 111 | Huub Duyn | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 112 | Ulf Hausweiler | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 113 | Sérgio Mantecón | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 114 | Garikoitz Bravo | Kaiku | s.t. | | 115 | Sebastian Trillini | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 116 | Yuriy Agarkov | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 117 | Constantino Campuzano | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 118 | Håvard Blikra | Kaiku | s.t. | | 119 | Igor Merino | Kaiku | s.t. | | 120 | Andreas Schillinger | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 121 | Marco Haller | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 122 | Josip Rumac | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 123 | Bob Schoonbroodt | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 124 | Vicente García de Mateos | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 125 | Tom Bohli | Burger King | s.t. | | 126 | Jesper Hansen | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 127 | Unai Leva | Kaiku | s.t. | | 128 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 129 | Jérôme Cousin | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 130 | Andrea Fedi | Burger King | s.t. | | 131 | William Guzman | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 132 | Rüdiger Selig | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 133 | Jimmy Duquennoy | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 134 | William Barta | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 3'52 | | 135 | Jay Thomson | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 136 | Alexander Krieger | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 137 | Mario González | Kaiku | s.t. | | 138 | Jesús Herrero | Kaiku | s.t. | | 139 | Alessandro Ballan | Team Sky | s.t. | | 140 | Tim Kerkhof | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 4'42 | | 141 | Jon Pardo | Burgos - BH | + 5'33 | | 142 | Martin Velits | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 143 | Pablo Lechuga | Kaiku | + 9'09 | | 144 | Aner Echegaray | ActiveJet Team | + 11'10 | | 145 | Igor Romero | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 146 | Christian Knees | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 147 | Justin Oien | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 148 | Bernhard Eisel | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 149 | Nathan Van Hooydonck | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 150 | Hayato Yoshida | Colombia | s.t. | | 151 | Steven Tronet | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 13'56 | | 152 | Óscar Pujol | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 153 | Imanol Erviti | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 154 | Jan Maas | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 16'27 | | 155 | Stanislaw Dianzenza | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 156 | Felix English | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 157 | Marcin Białobłocki | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 158 | Peter Coulon | Burgos - BH | s.t. |
I did my role as best as I could, but the team leaders failed to bring a good result.
A stunning starting line-up saw me line up alongside against multiple WT big guns. Froome, Nairo Quintana, Pinot, Joaquim Rodriguez, Betancur, Zakarin, Gallopin, Kreuziger and Contador were some of the names starting this race! I was all starry eyed as I rolled in to the starting area.
Stage 1 was the short ITT where not much time gaps were expected. The time clock showed 1st place when I crossed the lne. I was on the hot seat for a while. Eventually I ended up in 8th place, just 14 seconds off the pace. I actually beat both Contador and Froome by 12 seconds, both having clocked in identical times. This was huge!
Stage 2 saw me assigned as team leader. This stage was more about not losing touch with the leaders, more than anything else. I managed to do that till about 12 km to go before the attacks started. I rode on till the end, trying to limit my losses. Thibaut Pinot won from a group of 4, while Contador took over the leader's jersey. I fell to 21st in the GC after losing more than 90 seconds on the stage.
Stage 3 was similar to stage 2. The break did not survive and the leaders started their attacks as we reached the closing stage. I finished in the fourth group on the road, moving up to 15th in the GC and 1st in the U25s. Betancur took over the lead in the GC, having finished in the same group as stage winner Gesink while Contador lost time.
Stage 4 was mostly for the sprinters, with a slight uphill finish sure to shake things up a bit. I rode in the pack without incident. The end saw Tony Gallopin prove strongest as the uphill sprinter. Roompot had two riders in the top 10.
Stage 5 fell on my birthday and I led the team again on this day. I stayed in the pack till the breakaway was caught. I launched an attack soon after, with 10 km to go. I was soon caught by a group of 8 high placed GC riders. I went away again inside the last 5 kms and this time there was no swift response. I took my first stage win, a remarkable day for me. I was overjoyed and could hardly control myself as we celebrated!
Me taking my first stage victory, wearing the White Jersey too!
And I made the headlines!
| 1 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | 4h00'09 | | 2 | Fernando Gaviria | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 3 | Sonny Colbrelli | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 4 | Sondre Holst Enger | Team Joker | s.t. | | 5 | Robert Gesink | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 6 | Maurits Lammertink | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 7 | Carlos Betancur | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 8 | Alberto Contador | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 9 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 10 | Jonathan Hivert | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
Stage 6 was all about protecting my White jersey and making this race even more special. After the break was caught, I tried another sneaky attack with 5 km to go. This time I wasn't successful this time though as the sprint trains swept me up in the final couple of kilometres. Krieger got Roompot a 9th place. Betancur won overall.
| 1 | Carlos Betancur | Tinkoff-Saxo | 19h44'44 | | 2 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Team Katusha | + 21 | | 3 | Alberto Contador | Team Katusha | + 36 | | 4 | Robert Gesink | MTN-Qhubeka | + 50 | | 5 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | + 55 | | 6 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | + 1'00 | | 7 | Edoardo Zardini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1'07 | | 8 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 1'28 | | 9 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto Soudal | + 2'49 | | 10 | Mikel Landa | Team Katusha | + 3'57 |
Spoiler | 11 | Ilnur Zakarin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 4'00 | | 12 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 4'05 | | 13 | Gorka Izagirre | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 4'19 | | 14 | Thibaut Pinot | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 4'54 | | 15 | Daniel Moreno | Team Sky | + 5'11 | | 16 | Chad Haga | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 5'26 | | 17 | Stef Clement | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 5'51 | | 18 | Igor Antón | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 5'59 | | 19 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 6'05 | | 20 | Roman Kreuziger | Lotto Soudal | + 8'20 | | 21 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 22 | José Herrada | Team Sky | + 8'23 | | 23 | Víctor de la Parte | Movistar Team | + 9'15 | | 24 | Peter Velits | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 9'18 | | 25 | Daryl Impey | MTN-Qhubeka | + 9'25 | | 26 | Jordi Simón | Movistar Team | + 9'48 | | 27 | Alex Howes | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 10'15 | | 28 | Ian Boswell | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 10'43 | | 29 | Marc Goos | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 11'17 | | 30 | Cameron Meyer | Team Sky | + 11'46 | | 31 | Sonny Colbrelli | Team Katusha | + 12'26 | | 32 | Alberto Gallego | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 12'37 | | 33 | Janier Acevedo | Colombia | + 12'42 | | 34 | Stéphane Rossetto | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 12'53 | | 35 | Karel Hník | MTN-Qhubeka | + 13'00 | | 36 | Jonathan Hivert | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 13'03 | | 37 | Daniel Jaramillo | Colombia | + 13'25 | | 38 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | + 13'40 | | 39 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 14'19 | | 40 | Albert Timmer | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 14'24 | | 41 | Christophe Riblon | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 15'17 | | 42 | Ever Rivera | Colombia | + 16'13 | | 43 | Yuriy Agarkov | Burgos - BH | + 17'18 | | 44 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | + 17'23 | | 45 | Willie Smit | Team Joker | + 18'48 | | 46 | Adam Yates | Team Sky | + 19'32 | | 47 | Sébastien Turgot | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 19'36 | | 48 | Sondre Holst Enger | Team Joker | + 19'39 | | 49 | Fernando Gaviria | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 19'41 | | 50 | Ivan Rovny | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 20'16 | | 51 | Rodolfo Torres | MTN-Qhubeka | + 20'29 | | 52 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 20'41 | | 53 | Marc De Maar | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 20'43 | | 54 | Pieter Jacobs | Lotto Soudal | + 20'54 | | 55 | Haritz Orbe | Kaiku | + 21'40 | | 56 | Serghei Tvetcov | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 21'47 | | 57 | José Vicente Toribio | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 21'53 | | 58 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 22'03 | | 59 | Riccardo Zoidl | Bora - Argon 18 | + 22'14 | | 60 | Bjørn Tore Nielsen Hoem | Team Joker | + 23'26 | | 61 | Jesús Del Pino | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 24'00 | | 62 | Hugo Houle | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 25'40 | | 63 | Lasse Norman Hansen | MTN-Qhubeka | + 25'49 | | 64 | Mikel Bizkarra | Kaiku | + 26'03 | | 65 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 26'16 | | 66 | Wesley Kreder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 26'43 | | 67 | Maurits Lammertink | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 27'51 | | 68 | Óscar González | Movistar Team | + 27'54 | | 69 | Alex Peters | Team Joker | s.t. | | 70 | William Guzman | Burgos - BH | + 28'39 | | 71 | Yonas Tekeste | MTN-Qhubeka | + 29'00 | | 72 | Barry Markus | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 29'19 | | 73 | Eddie Dunbar | Team Katusha | + 29'27 | | 74 | Jan Ghyselinck | Lotto Soudal | + 29'35 | | 75 | Sérgio Mantecón | Burgos - BH | + 29'43 | | 76 | Eryk Latoń | ActiveJet Team | + 30'40 | | 77 | Håvard Blikra | Kaiku | + 31'02 | | 78 | Álex Cano Ardila | Colombia | + 31'03 | | 79 | Egoitz García | Team Katusha | + 31'18 | | 80 | Fabien Grellier | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 31'23 | | 81 | Constantino Campuzano | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 31'32 | | 82 | Aner Echegaray | ActiveJet Team | + 32'28 | | 83 | Philip Lindau | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 33'32 | | 84 | Jon Pardo | Burgos - BH | + 33'48 | | 85 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | + 34'18 | | 86 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Bora - Argon 18 | + 34'26 | | 87 | Luis Ángel Maté | Team Sky | + 35'23 | | 88 | Eduardo Estrada | Colombia | + 35'33 | | 89 | Mitchell Docker | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 37'07 | | 90 | Hector Saez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 37'20 | | 91 | William Barta | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 37'45 | | 92 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora - Argon 18 | + 38'28 | | 93 | Unai Leva | Kaiku | + 39'22 | | 94 | Tom Leezer | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 40'01 | | 95 | Óscar Pujol | Burgos - BH | + 40'44 | | 96 | Fredrik Ludvigsson | ActiveJet Team | + 43'40 | | 97 | Manuel Belletti | Colombia | + 44'02 | | 98 | Igor Romero | ActiveJet Team | + 44'36 | | 99 | Jan Brockhoff | Bora - Argon 18 | + 46'51 | | 100 | Mario González | Kaiku | + 47'07 | | 101 | Jon Aberasturi | Kaiku | + 49'31 | | 102 | Jay Thomson | MTN-Qhubeka | + 51'37 | | 103 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Lotto Soudal | + 52'40 | | 104 | Vicente García de Mateos | ActiveJet Team | + 53'25 | | 105 | Marco Zanotti | Bora - Argon 18 | + 53'42 | | 106 | Alexander Krieger | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 55'40 | | 107 | Sebastian Mascaro | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 108 | Luka Grubic | ActiveJet Team | + 1h01'18 | | 109 | Mateusz Nowaczek | Burgos - BH | + 1h04'23 | | 110 | Vadim Galeyev | Kaiku | + 1h11'19 | | 111 | Manuel Porzner | Bora - Argon 18 | + 1h11'30 | | 112 | Arkadiusz Owsian | ActiveJet Team | + 1h12'13 | | 113 | Erwann Corbel | Colombia | + 1h17'14 | | 114 | David Boily | Team Joker | + 1h24'24 | | 115 | Petter Schmidt | Team Joker | + 1h31'15 | | 116 | Peter Coulon | Burgos - BH | + 1h43'32 |
| 1 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto Soudal | 55 | | 2 | Carlos Betancur | Tinkoff-Saxo | 53 | | 3 | Robert Gesink | MTN-Qhubeka | 52 | | 4 | Fernando Gaviria | Tinkoff-Saxo | 52 | | 5 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Team Katusha | 44 |
| 1 | Yuriy Agarkov | Burgos - BH | 31 | | 2 | Peter Velits | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 15 | | 3 | Jesús Del Pino | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | 13 | | 4 | Robert Gesink | MTN-Qhubeka | 10 | | 5 | Víctor de la Parte | Movistar Team | 10 |
Young Riders Classification
| 1 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | 19h48'49 | | 2 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 4'15 | | 3 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 10'14 | | 4 | Ever Rivera | Colombia | + 12'08 | | 5 | Willie Smit | Team Joker | + 14'43 |
| 1 | Team Katusha | 59h18'36 | | 2 | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 2'15 | | 3 | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 3'55 | | 4 | Lotto Soudal | + 6'29 | | 5 | Movistar Team | + 6'55 |
12th place in this field! Just look at the riders I finished ahead of. 1st in the U25s! To top it all off, THAT brilliant stage win after a dual attack on stage 5. This has been the best race of my professional life so far. Spain really is my lucky charm. And I proved to the team that I can lead in tough races. Quite a good race for the team too. Just perfect!
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 16-10-2016 19:32
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What a wonderful stage and on your birthday too
Overall a great race.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 17-10-2016 09:02
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Sure was. It's been a long time coming!!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 20-10-2016 18:11
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Spoiler It's been a hectic week! Well I'm back now.
I rode into March full of confidence after having claimed my first stage win in Andalucia. Two stage races and a lone one-day classic was scheduled for me. My reward from the team for having won my first stage, a chance to ride in my first ever World Tour race in Catalunya at the end of this month! It was fitting that this milestone was reached in Spain too, given my love affair with the country when it came to riding well. First up though, I was off to Taiwan...
It was odd flying over my native land but not touching down there, But the racing couldn't wait and I was the team leader in Taiwan. I wanted to keep my good run going, having enjoyed the limelight over the past couple of weeks.
Stage 1 was for the sprinters and I stayed safely in the pack. Marc Sarreau took an unlikely victory here.
Stage 2 was a mountain top finish with an easy easy approach. The GC favourites stayed together till the base of the climb. Riders started dropping from the already reduced bunch. I was a part of the lead group of 3 riders with 4 km to go. Benat Intxausti attacked soon after. I too followed suit but the Spaniard was already too far ahead by then. He took the stage win comfortably. I managed to distance Geniez and claimed a brilliant 2nd place.
| 1 | Beñat Intxausti | Tinkoff-Saxo | 2h26'20 | | 2 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 1'09 | | 3 | Alexandre Geniez | Burger King | + 2'27 | | 4 | David De la Cruz | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 5 | Sindre Lunke | Bora - Argon 18 | + 2'42 | | 6 | Diego Rosa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | Jan Hirt | Bora - Argon 18 | + 2'54 | | 8 | Patrick Konrad | A1 Telekom | s.t. | | 9 | Rafael Valls | Movistar Team | + 3'08 | | 10 | Yoann Bagot | Team Europcar | s.t. |
Stage 3 was ridden at a leisurly pace by the peloton which allowed the break of the day to claim victory, just hanging on ahead of the sprinters in the pack.
Stage 4 saw me categorised as one the favourites! I managed to keep myself with the other GC favourites till about 12 km to go. I got dropped taking on water from the team car, something which still does sit too well with me, to be honest. This was one of the main reasons I lost more than 5 minutes on this stage, dropping down to 8th in the GC.
Stage 5 was another flat stage, which meant there was no further scope to make up time in the GC. A late attack spoilt the day for the sprinters once again as Sergey Nikolaev took home the win.
| 1 | Beñat Intxausti | Tinkoff-Saxo | 13h15'34 | | 2 | Alexandre Geniez | Burger King | + 1'55 | | 3 | Diego Rosa | Movistar Team | + 2'10 | | 4 | Sindre Lunke | Bora - Argon 18 | + 4'37 | | 5 | Jan Hirt | Bora - Argon 18 | + 4'49 | | 6 | Rafael Valls | Movistar Team | + 5'03 | | 7 | David De la Cruz | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 6'01 | | 8 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 6'05 | | 9 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | + 7'03 | | 10 | Ever Rivera | Colombia | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Patrick Konrad | A1 Telekom | + 7'06 | | 12 | Yoann Bagot | Team Europcar | + 7'20 | | 13 | Daniele Dall'Oste | Colombia | + 8'14 | | 14 | Serghei Tvetcov | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 8'22 | | 15 | Óscar González | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 16 | Jan Barta | Burger King | + 9'25 | | 17 | Nikita Novikov | RusVelo | + 9'29 | | 18 | Alexis Guerin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 19 | Víctor de la Parte | Movistar Team | + 9'50 | | 20 | Unai Intziarte | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 21 | José Gonçalves | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | + 9'59 | | 22 | Bernardo Suaza | Southeast | + 10'26 | | 23 | Carlos Gálviz | Jefferson Capital International | + 10'57 | | 24 | Paweł Poljański | TEAM Pirelli | + 11'58 | | 25 | Patrick Gretsch | Movistar Team | + 12'25 | | 26 | Hossein Alizadeh | RusVelo | + 13'32 | | 27 | Alexey Vermeulen | Burger King | + 13'53 | | 28 | Ennex Sebright | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 14'00 | | 29 | Jóni Brandão | Jefferson Capital International | + 14'02 | | 30 | Sergey Nikolaev | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 14'25 | | 31 | Alessandro Bisolti | Southeast | + 14'34 | | 32 | Antonino Parrinello | TEAM Pirelli | + 14'38 | | 33 | Artem Ovechkin | Vérandas Willems | + 15'13 | | 34 | Michael Hümbert | A1 Telekom | + 15'22 | | 35 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 15'24 | | 36 | Nelson Oliveira | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 37 | Floris De Tier | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 38 | Dante Carpenter | RusVelo | + 16'00 | | 39 | Simone Ponzi | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 16'27 | | 40 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 16'31 | | 41 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Movistar Team | + 17'01 | | 42 | Valery Kaykov | RusVelo | + 17'41 | | 43 | Matej Vysna | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 17'43 | | 44 | Maxim Belkov | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 17'45 | | 45 | Willy Willwohl | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 17'47 | | 46 | Maarten Wynants | Burger King | s.t. | | 47 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 48 | Daniel Eaton | Jefferson Capital International | s.t. | | 49 | Eduardo Estrada | Colombia | + 18'33 | | 50 | Ulf Hausweiler | Bora - Argon 18 | + 18'48 | | 51 | Andrey Lukonin | Southeast | + 18'52 | | 52 | Andriy Grivko | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 18'56 | | 53 | Christian Knees | Bora - Argon 18 | + 19'32 | | 54 | Jasper Lindenbergh | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 55 | Jérémy Roy | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 56 | Chris Barton | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 57 | Mirko Tedeschi | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | s.t. | | 58 | Jonas Gregaard | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 59 | Paweł Franczak | Southeast | + 19'41 | | 60 | Tosh Van der Sande | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 19'52 | | 61 | Marcel Meisen | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 62 | Michael Gogl | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 63 | Martin Kohler | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 20'23 | | 64 | Aser Estévez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 65 | Daniel Díaz | Jefferson Capital International | + 20'28 | | 66 | Marc Sarreau | Team Europcar | + 20'39 | | 67 | Matthijs Eversdijk | Rabobank Development Team | + 20'53 | | 68 | Lukas Spengler | Burger King | + 21'03 | | 69 | Diego Milán | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 21'22 | | 70 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora - Argon 18 | + 21'27 | | 71 | Nico Denz | A1 Telekom | + 21'30 | | 72 | Cesare Benedetti | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | + 21'32 | | 73 | Grégory Rast | Burger King | + 21'33 | | 74 | Omar Lombardi | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | s.t. | | 75 | Stefan Schumacher | A1 Telekom | + 21'34 | | 76 | Jeffrey Romero | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 21'39 | | 77 | Yousif Banihammad | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 78 | Dennis Vanendert | Burger King | + 23'21 | | 79 | Erik Baska | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 23'24 | | 80 | Bartłomiej Matysiak | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 81 | Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 82 | Davide Gabburo | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | s.t. | | 83 | Manuel Belletti | Colombia | s.t. | | 84 | Simone Andreetta | RusVelo | + 23'47 | | 85 | Rafal Palik | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 23'58 | | 86 | Rafael Infantino | Colombia | + 24'00 | | 87 | Muhamad Othman | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 24'03 | | 88 | Bruno Armirail | Colombia | s.t. | | 89 | Rubén Zepuntke | Avanti Racing Team | + 24'10 | | 90 | Thomas Wrona | Jefferson Capital International | + 24'25 | | 91 | Daniel McConnell | Avanti Racing Team | + 24'39 | | 92 | Logan Owen | Burger King | + 24'55 | | 93 | Dylan Van Zijl | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 94 | Kristian Sobota | Vérandas Willems | + 25'23 | | 95 | Christian Koch | Bora - Argon 18 | + 25'26 | | 96 | Daniele Aldegheri | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | s.t. | | 97 | Hayato Yoshida | Colombia | s.t. | | 98 | Blaise Sonnery | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 99 | Alessandro Tonelli | TEAM Pirelli | + 26'10 | | 100 | Sean Downey | Avanti Racing Team | + 26'39 | | 101 | Gamba Rainsford | Vérandas Willems | + 27'39 | | 102 | Rino Gasparrini | Colombia | + 28'17 | | 103 | Filippo Fortin | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 104 | Olivier Pardini | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 105 | Bob Schoonbroodt | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 28'43 | | 106 | Michele Scartezzini | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | + 29'09 | | 107 | Philip Mooney | Jefferson Capital International | s.t. | | 108 | Raffaele Radice | Southeast | + 29'29 | | 109 | Adrien Costa | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 29'37 | | 110 | Sieben Wouters | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 29'38 | | 111 | Alo Jakin | Jefferson Capital International | + 29'55 | | 112 | Dex Groen | A1 Telekom | s.t. | | 113 | Joel Zangerle | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 114 | Cole House | Jefferson Capital International | + 30'59 | | 115 | Florian Senechal | Team Europcar | + 31'08 | | 116 | Gert-Jan Bosman | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 31'25 | | 117 | Paul van der Ploeg | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 31'30 | | 118 | Shem Rodger | Avanti Racing Team | + 31'33 | | 119 | Onur Balkan | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 31'40 | | 120 | Liam Bertazzo | Southeast | s.t. | | 121 | Mamyr Stash | RusVelo | s.t. | | 122 | Sven Reutter | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 123 | Ibai Salas | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 124 | Antonio Viola | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | s.t. | | 125 | Matteo Collodel | Southeast | + 33'02 | | 126 | Feritcam Samli | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 33'42 | | 127 | Louis Convens | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 128 | Danilo Napolitano | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 129 | Andreas Vangstad | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 130 | Maximilian Werda | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 131 | Dennis Van Winden | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 132 | Ludwig Bengtsson | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 133 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 134 | Tim Ariesen | Rabobank Development Team | s.t. | | 135 | Alexander Ray | Avanti Racing Team | s.t. | | 136 | James Judd | Avanti Racing Team | + 35'32 | | 137 | Kirill Yatsevich | RusVelo | + 35'55 | | 138 | Alexandr Komin | RusVelo | s.t. | | 139 | Malcom Rudolph | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 36'20 | | 140 | Maarten Van Trijp | Rabobank Development Team | + 36'33 | | 141 | Lionel Taminiaux | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 142 | Luke Davison | Avanti Racing Team | s.t. | | 143 | Nawaf Albalooshi | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 37'52 | | 144 | Timo Roosen | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 39'43 | | 145 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 40'37 | | 146 | Filipe Cardoso | Avanti Racing Team | s.t. | | 147 | Ron Aalbers | Rabobank Development Team | + 41'17 | | 148 | Martin Hebik | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 41'48 | | 149 | Ferdinand Waschke | A1 Telekom | + 43'58 | | 150 | Stef Krul | Rabobank Development Team | + 44'36 | | 151 | Enrico Franzoi | Southeast | + 45'22 | | 152 | Wim Stroetinga | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 45'36 | | 153 | Ike Groen | Rabobank Development Team | + 46'34 |
| 1 | Marc Sarreau | Team Europcar | 47 | | 2 | Beñat Intxausti | Tinkoff-Saxo | 46 | | 3 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora - Argon 18 | 42 | | 4 | Alexandre Geniez | Burger King | 36 | | 5 | Diego Rosa | Movistar Team | 35 |
| 1 | Beñat Intxausti | Tinkoff-Saxo | 28 | | 2 | Alexandre Geniez | Burger King | 24 | | 3 | Diego Rosa | Movistar Team | 24 | | 4 | Sindre Lunke | Bora - Argon 18 | 12 | | 5 | Rafael Valls | Movistar Team | 12 |
Young Riders Classification
| 1 | Sindre Lunke | Bora - Argon 18 | 13h20'11 | | 2 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 1'28 | | 3 | Ever Rivera | Colombia | + 2'26 | | 4 | Óscar González | Movistar Team | + 3'45 | | 5 | Alexis Guerin | Team Europcar | + 4'52 |
| 1 | Movistar Team | 40h01'08 | | 2 | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 7'13 | | 3 | Bora - Argon 18 | + 10'24 | | 4 | Burger King | + 10'57 | | 5 | Colombia | + 17'24 |
Second place in the U25s is all I come away with in the classifications from Taiwan. It could so easily have been 2nd place in the GC! An amateur mistake which became very costly. I know I'm still in good form though, which is a good thing.
I was picked as a helper for Lammertink. With 12 km to go, Sander Helven rode away from the pack with no one chasing. I was riding at the front and looked back to see if Lammertink was feeling up for an attack. He shook his head and gave me license to ride my own race going ahead. I decided to chase the solo break and no one chased me either! I kept closing the gap, but ran out of road in the end. I settled for 2nd place, my best placing in a one day race yet!
That's me in the background coming home in 2nd place!
| 1 | Sander Helven | Colruyt | 4h27'10 | | 2 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 29 | | 3 | Boris Vallée | Trek Factory Racing | + 3'00 | | 4 | Edward Theuns | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 5 | Fabio Felline | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 6 | Andrea Zordan | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 7 | Marco Haller | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 8 | André Looij | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 9 | Florent Delfosse | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 10 | Zico Waeytens | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Dylan van Baarle | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 12 | Pascal Ackermann | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 13 | Christophe Laporte | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 14 | Gianni Meersman | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 15 | Wesley Kreder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 16 | Jurgen van Diemen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 17 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 18 | Matthew Brammeier | An Post - Chainreaction | s.t. | | 19 | Jan Maas | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 20 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 21 | Tom Leezer | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 22 | Youcef Reguigui | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 23 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 24 | Maurits Lammertink | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 25 | Brian Van Goethem | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 26 | Heinrich Haussler | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 27 | Simon Geschke | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 28 | Sven Jodts | An Post - Chainreaction | s.t. | | 29 | Dries De Bondt | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 30 | Bert De Backer | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 31 | Marc De Maar | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 32 | Jonathan Dufrasne | Ventilair | s.t. | | 33 | Silvan Dillier | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 34 | Nicola Boem | Ventilair | s.t. | | 35 | Lluis Guillermo Mas Bonet | Cibel | s.t. | | 36 | Eugert Zhupa | An Post - Chainreaction | s.t. | | 37 | Tim Declercq | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 38 | Pieter Serry | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 39 | Loïc Vliegen | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 40 | Nikias Arndt | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 41 | Tom Devriendt | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 42 | Tim Kerkhof | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 43 | Dieter Bouvry | Cibel | s.t. | | 44 | Petr Vakoč | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 45 | Klaas Lodewyck | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 46 | Martijn Degreve | Ventilair | s.t. | | 47 | Jenthe Biermans | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 48 | Jonas Van Genechten | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 49 | Mike Teunissen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 50 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 51 | Luke Keough | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 52 | Andris Smirnovs | Cibel | s.t. | | 53 | George Tansley | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 54 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 55 | Niels van Dorsselaer | Ventilair | s.t. | | 56 | Jordi van Dingenen | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 57 | Jimmi Sørensen | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 58 | Lander Seynaeve | Ventilair | s.t. | | 59 | Iuri Filosi | Ventilair | s.t. | | 60 | Maarten Craeghs | Colruyt | s.t. | | 61 | Roman Maikin | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 62 | Alessandro Malaguti | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 63 | Jelle Donders | Colruyt | s.t. | | 64 | Dennis Coenen | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | s.t. | | 65 | Federico Canuti | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 66 | Walt de Winter | Colruyt | s.t. | | 67 | Julien Stassen | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 68 | Benjamin Verraes | Cibel | s.t. | | 69 | Michael Goolaerts | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | s.t. | | 70 | Kristof Vandewalle | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 71 | Fernando Grijalba | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | s.t. | | 72 | Olivier Naesen | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 73 | Marco Minnaard | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | s.t. | | 74 | Sander Cordeel | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | s.t. | | 75 | Dimitri Peyskens | Cibel | s.t. | | 76 | Nino Honigh | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 77 | Connor McConvey | An Post - Chainreaction | s.t. | | 78 | Fabio Silvestre | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 79 | Maxat Ayazbayev | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 80 | Ricky Timmer | Rabobank Development Team | s.t. | | 81 | Jens Wallays | Team 3M | s.t. | | 82 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 83 | Alistair Murdock | An Post - Chainreaction | s.t. | | 84 | Rémy Mertz | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 85 | Ying Hon Yeung | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 86 | Gaetan Bille | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 87 | Jan Keller | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 88 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Team 3M | s.t. | | 89 | Emil Vinjebo | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | s.t. | | 90 | Christophe Premont | Cibel | s.t. | | 91 | Milan Menten | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 92 | Eoin McCarthy | An Post - Chainreaction | s.t. | | 93 | Benjamin Hill | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | s.t. | | 94 | Patrick Clausen | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | s.t. | | 95 | Kevin van Staeyen | Colruyt | s.t. | | 96 | Jordi Talen | Rabobank Development Team | s.t. | | 97 | Arman Kamyshev | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 98 | Vincent Baestaens | Cibel | s.t. | | 99 | Nicolas Mertz | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 100 | Gaëtan Pons | Ventilair | s.t. | | 101 | Nikolas Maes | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 102 | Bas Tietema | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 103 | Sjoerd Van Ginneken | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 104 | Rubén Pols | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 105 | Jens Adams | Team 3M | s.t. | | 106 | Louis Verhelst | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 107 | Johan Hemroulle | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 108 | Kristian Sobota | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 109 | Joeri Calleeuw | Team 3M | s.t. | | 110 | Stig Broeckx | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 111 | Joeri Adams | Cibel | s.t. | | 112 | Behnam Khalili Khosroshahi | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 113 | Wout van Aert | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 114 | Marcello Pavarin | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 115 | Andrei Voicu | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | s.t. | | 116 | Ruslan Karimov | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | s.t. | | 117 | Joris Dertin | Ventilair | s.t. | | 118 | Vitali Kondrut | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 119 | Gert-Jan Bosman | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 120 | Tom Veelers | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 121 | Mark Dzamastagic | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | s.t. | | 122 | Kevin Thome | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 123 | Louis Convens | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 124 | Tim Ariesen | Rabobank Development Team | s.t. | | 125 | Niels Vandyck | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | s.t. | | 126 | Olivier Pardini | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 127 | Franz Schiewer | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 128 | Johannes Christofel Nel | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 129 | Dominique Cornu | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 130 | Klemen Stimulak | Colruyt | s.t. | | 131 | Riccardo Donato | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 132 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 133 | Sandy Prinsier | Team 3M | s.t. | | 134 | Stefan Schäfer | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | s.t. | | 135 | Alois Kankovsky | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 136 | Maarten Neyens | Team 3M | s.t. | | 137 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 138 | Marcus Christie | An Post - Chainreaction | + 7'15 | | 139 | Vinnie Braet | Team 3M | + 7'52 | | 140 | Luca Wackermann | Leopard Development Team | + 8'40 | | 141 | Fabio Jakobsen | Rabobank Development Team | s.t. | | 142 | Sam Bassetti | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | s.t. | | 143 | Kobus Hereijgers | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | s.t. | | 144 | Ron Aalbers | Rabobank Development Team | s.t. | | 145 | Jori van Steenberghen | Colruyt | s.t. | | 146 | Dennis Bakker | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 147 | Jarno Gmelich | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 148 | Kevin Callebaut | Colruyt | s.t. | | 149 | René Hooghiemster | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 150 | Alex Kirsch | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 151 | Jean-Albert Carnevali | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 152 | Tom Vermeer | SEG Racing | + 11'35 | | 153 | Brennan Townshend | An Post - Chainreaction | + 12'20 | | 154 | Gertjan De Vos | Team 3M | s.t. | | 155 | Rick Ottema | Rabobank Development Team | + 12'59 | | 156 | Rico Reekers | SEG Racing | + 13'34 | | 157 | Jelle Wolsink | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | + 14'47 | | 158 | Alberto Losada | Wallonie - Bruxelles | + 18'57 |
March has started off with two great results. Catalunya is still to come. Let's see what I can pull off there.
To be continued...
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