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One in a Billion | Rise to the Summit
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 20-10-2016 19:29
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Great start of the month
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 21-10-2016 07:58
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Hope to keep it going in my first WT race 
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 22-10-2016 17:41
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Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
A huge moment for me as I lined up for my first Word Tour. Fitting too that it is in Spain. I have grown to love this country already, with the great amount of joy it has given me on my bike. It was time to put emotions aside for the time being. Here goes history...
Stage 1 saw me attack thrice early on in an attempt to get into the breakaway. I was given a free role in this race and I had made the KOM jersey a priority. All three times I was chased down. Maybe this a mark pf respect from the peloton. I'd like to think so. I got lucky on the fourth attempted breakaway. I joined 4 others. Soon however, the breakaway split up into 3 groups with me being the lone rider in the second group with 2 riders ahead and behind me. The latter 2 were soon caught by the peloton. I was too but not before picking up third place on both climbs. I was caught on the third ascent by the peloton and somehow held on to the back pf the pack. The other two in the break were caught after the climb and it came down to a sprint to decide the winner. Davide Cimolai took the honours.
Stage 2 was mostly flat and I took it easy. I tried a cheeky attack with 5 km to go but could not ride away from the peloton. Another sprint saw Michael Matthews take the win.
I was in the breakaway again on Stage 3 with 2 others. We dropped a rider after the thrid climb. I secured enough points to take the lead in the KOM classification. We were caught less than 5 km from the line and finished in the pack.
Stage 4 saw me start in the KOM leader's jersey.
I did not join the day's break which led to me falling to 4th in the KOM classifciation. My day in the sun was short-lived but I was proud of it nonetheless.
Stage 5 was another one for the sprinters and I did not bother to do anything out of the ordinary.
Stage 6 saw me getting back into the break to try to collect more KOM points. Our breakaway had a 6 minute lead over the peloton at the top of the first climb which was halved at the top of the second. We were caught with 10 km to go. I moved up to 2nd in the KOM classification, 6 points off the top with more points available on the last stage.
I had no option but to join the break on Stage 7 to challenge for the KOM jersey. Ruben Guerreiro, the classification leader, too was in it. I picked up 3rd place on the first climb and was first over the second climb. Guerreiro had picked up 2 points over the climbs. However, we were both dropped from the break after the second climb, which meant my KOM quest would remain unsuccessful here, by a mere 3 points. I was caught and then dropped by the peloton too on the MTF. Rafal Majka won the stage with Simon Yates taking the GC win.
| 1 | Simon Yates | Team Sky | 28h40'14 | | 2 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 3 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | + 6 | | 4 | Bauke Mollema | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 27 | | 5 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 45 | | 6 | Rafał Majka | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 47 | | 7 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1'11 | | 8 | Rigoberto Urán | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2'04 | | 9 | Wout Poels | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 10 | Peter Velits | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Davide Cimolai | Etixx - Quick-step | + 2'14 | | 12 | Mikel Landa | Team Katusha | + 2'21 | | 13 | Tejay Van Garderen | Burger King | s.t. | | 14 | Adam Yates | Team Sky | + 2'58 | | 15 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 16 | Egor Silin | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 17 | Steven Kruijswijk | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 18 | Warren Barguil | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 19 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 20 | Bob Jungels | Team Sky | + 4'47 | | 21 | Dominik Nerz | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 22 | Jan Bakelants | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 23 | Gorka Izagirre | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 24 | Sébastien Reichenbach | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 25 | Mathias Frank | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 26 | Dayer Quintana | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 27 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 28 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 29 | Merhawi Kudus | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 30 | Sergey Firsanov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 31 | Kenny Elissonde | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 32 | Ben Gastauer | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 5'24 | | 33 | Julian Arredondo | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 5'54 | | 34 | Davide Formolo | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 6'20 | | 35 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 6'26 | | 36 | Alexandre Geniez | Burger King | + 7'12 | | 37 | Daniel Navarro | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 38 | Arnaud Duteil | Alcatel | s.t. | | 39 | José Ramella | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 8'03 | | 40 | Leopold König | Astana Pro Team | + 8'48 | | 41 | Esteban Chaves | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 42 | Ruben Guerreiro | Southeast | + 9'20 | | 43 | Alex Howes | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 9'35 | | 44 | Stefano Pirazzi | Burger King | + 11'55 | | 45 | Luis Ángel Maté | Team Sky | + 12'02 | | 46 | Moreno Hofland | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 12'15 | | 47 | Gregor Mühlberger | Bora - Argon 18 | + 12'16 | | 48 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 12'17 | | 49 | Daniel Moreno | Team Sky | + 13'00 | | 50 | Alfredo Balloni | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 13'38 | | 51 | Jan Hirt | Bora - Argon 18 | + 14'37 | | 52 | Nicolas Edet | Alcatel | + 15'01 | | 53 | Paul Voss | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 15'13 | | 54 | Riccardo Zoidl | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 55 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Movistar Team | + 15'29 | | 56 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 15'31 | | 57 | Anastasio Ania | Etixx - Quick-step | + 15'43 | | 58 | Maxime Monfort | Etixx - Quick-step | + 16'41 | | 59 | Silvio Herklotz | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 17'33 | | 60 | Anthony Roux | IAM Cycling | + 17'38 | | 61 | Jan Polanc | IAM Cycling | + 17'52 | | 62 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Soudal | + 19'02 | | 63 | Fernando Gaviria | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 19'07 | | 64 | Simon Clarke | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 19'56 | | 65 | Simon Gerrans | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 20'08 | | 66 | George Preidler | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 67 | Nicolas Roche | Team Sky | + 20'13 | | 68 | Daniele Ratto | TEAM Pirelli | + 20'31 | | 69 | Enrique Sanz | Team Katusha | + 20'37 | | 70 | Edward Theuns | Lotto Soudal | + 20'44 | | 71 | Loïc Vliegen | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 72 | Ilya Koshevoy | Astana Pro Team | + 21'01 | | 73 | Antonino Parrinello | TEAM Pirelli | + 21'17 | | 74 | Miguel Mínguez | Southeast | + 21'46 | | 75 | Luka Mezgec | Trek Factory Racing | + 22'20 | | 76 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | TEAM Pirelli | + 22'21 | | 77 | Rein Taaramäe | Team Katusha | + 22'46 | | 78 | Gregorio Ibañez | Etixx - Quick-step | + 23'51 | | 79 | Gianni Meersman | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 24'01 | | 80 | Frederik Backaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 24'11 | | 81 | Mattia Cattaneo | Movistar Team | + 24'34 | | 82 | Philippe Gilbert | Lotto Soudal | + 24'36 | | 83 | Ricardo García | Movistar Team | + 24'45 | | 84 | Manuele Boaro | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 25'31 | | 85 | Stef Clement | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 26'02 | | 86 | Jordi van Dingenen | Etixx - Quick-step | + 26'09 | | 87 | Kristian Sbaragli | TEAM Pirelli | + 27'06 | | 88 | Michael Gogl | Bora - Argon 18 | + 27'11 | | 89 | Stefano Agostini | TEAM Pirelli | + 27'15 | | 90 | Wouter Wippert | IAM Cycling | + 27'42 | | 91 | Ulf Hausweiler | Bora - Argon 18 | + 28'29 | | 92 | Léo Vincent | Alcatel | + 29'02 | | 93 | Marco Haller | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 29'05 | | 94 | Alessandro Bisolti | Southeast | + 29'25 | | 95 | Peter Stetina | Trek Factory Racing | + 29'36 | | 96 | Fabio Taborre | TEAM Pirelli | + 30'13 | | 97 | Adriano Malori | Burger King | + 30'25 | | 98 | Maurits Lammertink | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 30'57 | | 99 | Davide Appollonio | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 32'45 | | 100 | Giacomo Berlato | Astana Pro Team | + 32'46 | | 101 | Marc De Maar | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 32'53 | | 102 | Nils Politt | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 33'17 | | 103 | Damiano Caruso | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 33'20 | | 104 | Tanel Kangert | Burger King | + 33'39 | | 105 | Lukas Spengler | Burger King | + 33'54 | | 106 | Pieter Jacobs | Lotto Soudal | + 33'56 | | 107 | Lukas Löer | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 33'57 | | 108 | Martijn Keizer | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 34'11 | | 109 | Marcel Aregger | Trek Factory Racing | + 34'14 | | 110 | Eros Capecchi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 111 | Milan Menten | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 34'46 | | 112 | Emiel Planckaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 113 | Jérôme Coppel | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 35'00 | | 114 | Simone Petilli | TEAM Pirelli | + 35'17 | | 115 | Óscar González | Movistar Team | + 35'23 | | 116 | Alberto Cecchin | Southeast | + 35'53 | | 117 | Geoffrey Soupe | Southeast | + 35'59 | | 118 | Chad Haga | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 36'07 | | 119 | Raffaele Radice | Southeast | + 36'18 | | 120 | Andrey Lukonin | Southeast | + 36'31 | | 121 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 37'53 | | 122 | Thomas Damuseau | Alcatel | + 40'35 | | 123 | Simone Stortoni | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 41'16 | | 124 | Petr Vakoč | Etixx - Quick-step | + 41'32 | | 125 | Caleb Fairly | Trek Factory Racing | + 42'20 | | 126 | Jan Brockhoff | Bora - Argon 18 | + 42'40 | | 127 | Larry Warbasse | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 43'48 | | 128 | Christian Knees | Bora - Argon 18 | + 43'57 | | 129 | Alexander Krieger | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 44'02 | | 130 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 44'17 | | 131 | Laurent Evrard | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 45'21 | | 132 | Carter Jones | Trek Factory Racing | + 45'26 | | 133 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Team Sky | + 45'29 | | 134 | Travis Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 135 | Bob Schoonbroodt | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 45'44 | | 136 | Klaas Lodewyck | Lotto Soudal | + 48'12 | | 137 | Arvid Melchiot | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 49'00 | | 138 | Jef Van Meirhaeghe | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 50'01 | | 139 | Jakob Rathe | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 50'33 | | 140 | Marko Díaz | Movistar Team | + 50'44 | | 141 | David Menut | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 53'24 | | 142 | Lucas Destang | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 56'11 | | 143 | David López | Movistar Team | + 57'46 | | 144 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 58'07 | | 145 | Loïc Bouchereau | Alcatel | + 58'48 | | 146 | Paul Martens | Southeast | + 1h03'27 | | 147 | Oliver Zaugg | IAM Cycling | + 1h04'04 | | 148 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Alcatel | + 1h05'04 | | 149 | Steve Morabito | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h05'43 | | 150 | Tom Bohli | Burger King | + 1h05'49 | | 151 | Tom Leezer | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h06'46 | | 152 | Jesús Hernández | Movistar Team | + 1h09'29 | | 153 | Lucas Euser | Burger King | + 1h14'11 | | 154 | Samuel Sánchez | Team Katusha | + 1h20'55 | | 155 | Yamato Shirota | Alcatel | + 1h23'51 | | 156 | Jasper Lindenbergh | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 1h24'51 | | 157 | Christophe Riblon | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h26'39 | | 158 | Kilian Frankiny | IAM Cycling | + 1h43'53 | | 159 | Sven Erik Bystrøm | IAM Cycling | + 1h44'27 | | 160 | Theo Bos | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 1h49'38 |
| 1 | Davide Cimolai | Etixx - Quick-step | 79 | | 2 | Rafał Majka | Tinkoff-Saxo | 67 | | 3 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | 60 | | 4 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | 52 | | 5 | Bauke Mollema | Orica-GreenEDGE | 47 |
| 1 | Ruben Guerreiro | Southeast | 66 | | 2 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | 63 | | 3 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Ag2r La Mondiale | 58 | | 4 | Stefano Pirazzi | Burger King | 43 | | 5 | Gregor Mühlberger | Bora - Argon 18 | 43 |
Young Rider Classification
| 1 | Simon Yates | Team Sky | 28h40'14 | | 2 | Adam Yates | Team Sky | + 2'58 | | 3 | Bob Jungels | Team Sky | + 4'47 | | 4 | Dayer Quintana | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 4'47 | | 5 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 4'47 |
| 1 | Team Sky | 86h03'08 | | 2 | Astana Pro Team | + 4'15 | | 3 | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 4'35 | | 4 | Etixx - Quick-step | + 6'08 | | 5 | Team Katusha | + 7'40 |
A decent World Tour debut which could've been made sweeter with 4 more points in the KOM classification. I think I gave a good account of myself and there shouldn't be any doubts in anyone's mind anymore if I belong here. If I come back here next year, which I might I very well might, I think I'll be aiming for bigger things than just the KOM win.
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 31-10-2016 16:14
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 22-10-2016 19:09
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Fine start of your WT career, with all the top names in the race.
Must have been a bit starstruck
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 23-10-2016 04:51
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A bit perhaps. Probably why I ended up in the break so much! To keep my head straight
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| DiCyc |
Posted on 23-10-2016 08:52
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Finishing second in KOM and even leading it is something remarkable when considering it is your first WT race. 
Team Sky looks ridiculously strong now and the future with Jungels and the Yates Brothers 
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 23-10-2016 14:51
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Thanks DiCyc . It was a good race for me and an even better month!!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 23-10-2016 18:24
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April sweeps in with 4 one day classics and a stage race. There are more World Tour events lined up on my calendar but they are later in the month. For now, I'll update you on the first half of the month.
Gran Premio Miguel Indurain
Spain again and a free rider role. Daniel Felipe Martinez joined the breakaway for us. I stayed with the lead group throughout. When it came down to the decisive section in the closing kilometres, I was in the lead group of 11, having caught and passed the breakaway some time earlier. As the attacks started, I hung on and on till the last couple of kilometres but could not challenge for the win. I ended up in 5th place, a minute behind stage winner - Winner Anacona.
| 1 | Winner Anacona | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 4h34'28 | | 2 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team Katusha | + 8 | | 3 | Davide Villella | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 4 | Sindre Lunke | Bora - Argon 18 | + 49 | | 5 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 1'04 | | 6 | Rafael Valls | Movistar Team | + 1'15 | | 7 | Ian Boswell | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 8 | Sam Oomen | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 9 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1'31 | | 10 | Dayer Quintana | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1'44 |
Spoiler | 11 | Stef Clement | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1'53 | | 12 | Pello Bilbao | Movistar Team | + 2'05 | | 13 | Gorka Izagirre | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 14 | Haritz Orbe | Kaiku | + 3'18 | | 15 | Igor Antón | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 3'39 | | 16 | David De la Cruz | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 3'53 | | 17 | Peter Velits | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 4'01 | | 18 | Sérgio Pardilla | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 19 | André Cardoso | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 20 | Moreno Moser | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 21 | Nick Van Der Lijke | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 22 | Jesús Del Pino | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 23 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 24 | Ryder Hesjedal | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 25 | Edward Theuns | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 26 | Daniel Navarro | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 27 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 28 | Rohan Dennis | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 4'34 | | 29 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 30 | Fredrik Galta | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 31 | Marc De Maar | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 32 | Alberto Gallego | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 33 | Sergey Firsanov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 34 | Eros Capecchi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 35 | Samuel Sánchez | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 36 | Serghei Tvetcov | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 37 | Delio Fernández | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 38 | Garikoitz Bravo | Kaiku | s.t. | | 39 | Jon Larrinaga | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 40 | Eddie Dunbar | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 41 | Rein Taaramäe | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 42 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 43 | Salvatore Puccio | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 44 | Beñat Txoperena | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 45 | José Vicente Toribio | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 46 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 47 | Riccardo Zoidl | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 48 | José Ramella | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 49 | Mischa Van der Heijden | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 5'17 | | 50 | Sean De Bie | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 51 | Mikel Bizkarra | Kaiku | s.t. | | 52 | Víctor de la Parte | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 53 | Ilya Koshevoy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 54 | Arnau Sole | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 55 | Martijn Keizer | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 56 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 57 | Jordi Simón | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 58 | Nathan Van Hooydonck | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 59 | Marc Soler | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 60 | Dries Van Gestel | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 61 | David Belda | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 62 | Mikel Nieve | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 63 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 5'53 | | 64 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 6'02 | | 65 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 66 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 67 | José Joaquín Rojas | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 68 | Eugenio Moreno Rosillo | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 69 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 70 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Lotto Soudal | + 6'42 | | 71 | Enrique Sanz | Team Katusha | + 7'15 | | 72 | Pablo Lechuga | Kaiku | + 7'56 | | 73 | Jan Hirt | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 74 | Arvid Melchiot | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 75 | Jonathan Monsalve | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 76 | Sebastian Trillini | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 77 | Constantino Campuzano | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 78 | Sérgio Mantecón | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 79 | Jesús Herrero | Kaiku | s.t. | | 80 | Robert-Jon McCarthy | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 81 | Bob Schoonbroodt | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 8'57 | | 82 | Andreas Schillinger | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 83 | Alexander Krieger | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 84 | Xabier Martínez Madrigal | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 9'15 | | 85 | Simone Stortoni | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 86 | Unai Intziarte | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 9'58 | | 87 | Igor Merino | Kaiku | s.t. | | 88 | Stanislaw Dianzenza | ActiveJet Team | + 10'36 | | 89 | Diego Milán | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 90 | William Guzman | Burgos - BH | + 11'03 | | 91 | Vicente García de Mateos | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 92 | Aner Echegaray | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 93 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Soudal | + 12'32 | | 94 | Igor Romero | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 95 | Jan Ghyselinck | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 96 | Brent Bookwalter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 97 | Marcel Meisen | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 98 | Unai Leva | Kaiku | s.t. | | 99 | Rüdiger Selig | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 100 | Ludovic Robeet | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 13'04 | | 101 | Robert Bush | Kaiku | + 13'53 | | 102 | Tim Kerkhof | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 14'31 | | 103 | Timo Roosen | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 15'45 | | 104 | Illart Zuazubiskar | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 105 | Óscar Pujol | Burgos - BH | + 18'10 | | 106 | Matej Vysna | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 107 | Tomasz Mickiewicz | ActiveJet Team | + 21'11 | | 108 | Eloy Teruel | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 23'47 | | 109 | Marcin Białobłocki | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 110 | Jorgos Sourada | Burgos - BH | + 24'25 |
I was free to ride my own race once again. I knew I was in with a chance at the end so I stayed with the pack. I went away from the pack with 25 km to go in a solo attack, pulling out to almost a 1 minute lead with 15 km to go. I was caught by Mathieu van der Poel with 10 km left. 2 km later I found myself in the lead group of 4. I was dropped by this group and caught by the next group of 6 riders before the finish line. I finished just out side the top 10 in 11th place. van der Poel went on to claim the win.
| 1 | Mathieu van der Poel | Astana Pro Team | 3h57'51 | | 2 | Igor Antón | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 42 | | 3 | Fabio Felline | Lotto Soudal | + 1'24 | | 4 | Daniele Dall'Oste | Colombia | s.t. | | 5 | Haritz Orbe | Kaiku | s.t. | | 6 | Salvatore Puccio | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 7 | Jan Hirt | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 8 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 9 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | Fabio Duarte | Colombia | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 12 | Egor Silin | Team Katusha | + 2'43 | | 13 | Daniel Navarro | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 14 | Matteo Rabottini | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 15 | Eros Capecchi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 4'11 | | 16 | Sindre Lunke | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 17 | Markus Freiberger | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 18 | Diego Ochoa | Colombia | s.t. | | 19 | Jesús Del Pino | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 20 | Ian Boswell | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 21 | Janier Acevedo | Colombia | s.t. | | 22 | José Ramella | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 23 | Nick Van Der Lijke | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 4'59 | | 24 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 25 | Sean De Bie | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 26 | José Vicente Toribio | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 27 | Håvard Blikra | Kaiku | s.t. | | 28 | Dries Van Gestel | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 29 | Marcos García | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 30 | Marc Soler | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 31 | Frederique Robert | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 32 | Thierry Hupond | Kaiku | s.t. | | 33 | Riccardo Zoidl | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 34 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 35 | Rein Taaramäe | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 36 | Miguel Rubiano | Colombia | s.t. | | 37 | Carlos Verona | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 38 | Alex Howes | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 39 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 40 | Martijn Keizer | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 41 | Andrea Manfredi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 42 | Fredrik Ludvigsson | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 43 | Jhonatan Restrepo | Colombia | s.t. | | 44 | Samuel Sánchez | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 45 | Yuriy Agarkov | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 46 | Víctor de la Parte | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 47 | David Belda | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 48 | Aser Estévez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 49 | David López | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 50 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 51 | Constantino Campuzano | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 52 | Winner Anacona | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 53 | Chad Haga | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 54 | Hector Saez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 55 | Juan José Lobato | Movistar Team | + 6'55 | | 56 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 57 | Michael Gogl | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 58 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 59 | Salvador Moreno | Colombia | s.t. | | 60 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 61 | Lieuwe Westra | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 62 | Alexander Porsev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 63 | Egoitz García | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 64 | Vicente García de Mateos | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 65 | Mikel Nieve | Movistar Team | + 8'14 | | 66 | Yoeri Havik | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 67 | Anatoliy Sosnitskiy | Team Tavira | s.t. | | 68 | Vitaliy Popkov | Team Tavira | s.t. | | 69 | Jordi Simón | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 70 | Andriy Grivko | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 71 | Christian Knees | Bora - Argon 18 | + 8'52 | | 72 | Arnau Sole | Burgos - BH | + 9'36 | | 73 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 74 | Ulf Hausweiler | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 75 | José Joaquín Rojas | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 76 | Sérgio Mantecón | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 77 | Aner Echegaray | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 78 | Igor Merino | Kaiku | s.t. | | 79 | Kevin Peeters | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 80 | Pascal Ackermann | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 81 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 82 | Jan Brockhoff | Bora - Argon 18 | + 10'33 | | 83 | Martin Velits | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 84 | Samuel Magalhaes | Team Tavira | + 11'16 | | 85 | Jasper Lindenbergh | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 86 | Pablo Lechuga | Kaiku | s.t. | | 87 | Eugenio Moreno Rosillo | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 88 | Jurgen van Diemen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 89 | Simone Stortoni | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 90 | Bruno Silva | Team Tavira | + 12'43 | | 91 | Stanislaw Dianzenza | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 92 | Steven Lammertink | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 93 | Rino Gasparrini | Colombia | s.t. | | 94 | Jon Pardo | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 95 | Tom Stamsnijder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 14'28 | | 96 | Timo Roosen | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 97 | Unai Leva | Kaiku | s.t. | | 98 | Igor Romero | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 99 | Robert Bush | Kaiku | s.t. | | 100 | Marcel Meisen | Bora - Argon 18 | + 15'00 | | 101 | Mads Christensen | Team Tavira | + 15'41 | | 102 | Julius van den Berg | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 103 | Daniel Borrás | Team Tavira | + 19'44 | | 104 | Bas Tietema | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 105 | Juan José Iturraspe | Burgos - BH | + 21'08 | | 106 | Marcin Białobłocki | ActiveJet Team | + 21'31 | | 107 | Łukasz Bodnar | ActiveJet Team | + 22'54 | | 108 | Jorgos Sourada | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 109 | Peter Coulon | Burgos - BH | + 23'49 | | 110 | Alessandro Merino | Kaiku | + 24'23 |
Another good couple of races to start April. I'm in the form of my life and with 3 World Tour events coming up, I was itching to get on with the racing.
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Tanks Tamijo. Indurain's was a good start to the month. Next up, the two Ardennes one-day classics!
I was chosen as the leader in my first Ardennes outing! This was a special moment for me and I want o soak it all in.
The start of the race saw Daniel Felipe Martinez joined the break for us. The breakaway survived till about 25 km to go, when a group of 17, of which I was a part, caught them and left them behind. 5 km later, the group size doubled. The attacks started soon after. I managed to stay in touch with the leaders till about 5 km to go. After that, 5 riders went away and I hung on to the second group. Ettix took advantage of having 3 riders in the lead group of 5 to propel Alaphilippe to the win. I finished in 13th place, not too bad for my first time.
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Etixx - Quick-step | 6h22'50 | | 2 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 3 | Philippe Gilbert | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 4 | Greg Van Avermaet | Etixx - Quick-step | + 47 | | 5 | Steven Kruijswijk | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 6 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 7 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | s.t. | | 8 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 9 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 10 | Simon Spilak | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 12 | Wout Poels | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 13 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 14 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Team Katusha | + 1'05 | | 15 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 16 | Sérgio Henao | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1'31 | | 17 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 18 | Roman Kreuziger | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 19 | Thibaut Pinot | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3'11 | | 20 | Dries Van Gestel | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 21 | Anastasio Ania | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 22 | Simon Geschke | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 23 | Maciej Paterski | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 24 | Robert Gesink | MTN-Qhubeka | + 3'31 | | 25 | Andrew Talansky | Team Sky | s.t. | | 26 | Jack Haig | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 4'44 | | 27 | Esteban Chaves | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 28 | Simon Gerrans | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 29 | Romain Bardet | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 30 | Jordi van Dingenen | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 31 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 32 | Ian Boswell | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 33 | Jay McCarthy | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 34 | Diego Ulissi | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 35 | Giovanni Visconti | Astana Pro Team | + 5'33 | | 36 | Simone Stortoni | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 5'58 | | 37 | Nicolas Roche | Team Sky | + 6'14 | | 38 | Sam Oomen | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 39 | Jan Hirt | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 40 | Huub Duyn | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 41 | Scott Ambrose | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 42 | Riccardo Zoidl | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 43 | Michael Gogl | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 44 | Louis Meintjes | Team Sky | s.t. | | 45 | Ilnur Zakarin | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 46 | Yury Trofimov | Alcatel | s.t. | | 47 | Pim Ligthart | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 7'18 | | 48 | Jasper Stuyven | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 49 | Dayer Quintana | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 50 | Merhawi Kudus | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 51 | Moreno Hofland | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 52 | Sergey Firsanov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 53 | Diego Rosa | Movistar Team | + 8'02 | | 54 | Benjamin Brkic | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 55 | Wesley Kreder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 56 | Steve Morabito | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 57 | Arnaud Courteille | Alcatel | s.t. | | 58 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 59 | Luka Pibernik | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 60 | Marcos García | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 61 | Rudy Kowalski | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 62 | Youcef Reguigui | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 63 | Gianfranco Zilioli | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 64 | Kenny Elissonde | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 65 | Ryder Hesjedal | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 66 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 67 | Pieter Weening | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 68 | Nick Van Der Lijke | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 69 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 70 | Winner Anacona | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 71 | Heiner Parra | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 72 | Carlos Verona | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 73 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 74 | Jan Barta | Burger King | s.t. | | 75 | Jarno Gmelich | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 76 | Tiago Machado | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 77 | Simone Petilli | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 78 | Edward Ravasi | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 79 | Rafael Valls | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 80 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 81 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 82 | Fabio Tuzi | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 9'06 | | 83 | Björn Thurau | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 10'18 | | 84 | Rein Taaramäe | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 85 | Dusan Rajovic | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 86 | José Herrada | Team Sky | s.t. | | 87 | Tony Martin | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 88 | Thomas Bonnin | Alcatel | s.t. | | 89 | Michele Scarponi | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 90 | Alessandro Tonelli | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 91 | Rohan Dennis | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 92 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 93 | Gavin Mannion | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 94 | Łukasz Wiśniowski | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 95 | Stanislau Bazhkou | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 96 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 97 | Søren Kragh Andersen | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 98 | Matteo Busato | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 99 | Davide Mucelli | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 100 | Nathan Brown | Team Sky | s.t. | | 101 | Emilien Viennet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 102 | Lennard Kämna | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 103 | Víctor de la Parte | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 104 | Peter Stetina | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 105 | Davide Formolo | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 106 | Giampaolo Caruso | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 107 | Larry Warbasse | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 108 | Eddie Dunbar | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 109 | Peter Velits | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 110 | Arvid Melchiot | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 111 | Antoine Lavieu | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 112 | Michał Paluta | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 113 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 114 | Lieuwe Westra | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 115 | Alfredo Balloni | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 116 | Beñat Txoperena | Team Katusha | + 11'08 | | 117 | Karel Hník | MTN-Qhubeka | + 11'49 | | 118 | Matthew Busche | Team Sky | s.t. | | 119 | Jérôme Francois | IAM Cycling | + 12'13 | | 120 | Joseph Dombrowski | Burger King | s.t. | | 121 | Marko Díaz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 122 | Andreas Schillinger | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 123 | Roman Maikin | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 124 | Raymond Kreder | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 12'41 | | 125 | Chris Horner | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 126 | Yelko Gomez | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 127 | Stefano Agostini | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 128 | Jesús Del Pino | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 129 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 14'02 | | 130 | Oleg Zemlyakov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 131 | Jasper De Buyst | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 132 | Maxim Iglinskiy | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 133 | Ben Dyball | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 134 | Stef Clement | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 135 | David López | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 136 | Jeppe Lykke Hartvig Nielsen | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 137 | Alexey Vermeulen | Burger King | s.t. | | 138 | Abel Kenyeres | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 139 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 140 | Jack Bauer | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 141 | Robert Kiserlovski | IAM Cycling | + 15'06 | | 142 | Alessandro Ballan | Team Sky | s.t. | | 143 | Clément Chevrier | Alcatel | s.t. | | 144 | Rodolfo Torres | MTN-Qhubeka | + 15'32 | | 145 | Pierre-Roger Latour | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 146 | Patrick Gretsch | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 147 | Christian Knees | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 148 | Timo Roosen | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 16'51 | | 149 | Tom Vermeer | SEG Racing | + 17'31 | | 150 | Luke Keough | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 151 | Ingvar Omarsson | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 152 | Jurgen van Diemen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 153 | Matteo Montaguti | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 154 | Marcel Aregger | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 155 | Oscar Gatto | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 156 | Yoeri Havik | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 157 | Michał Gołaś | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 158 | Steven Lammertink | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 159 | Daniel Navarro | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 160 | Nicolas Edet | Alcatel | s.t. | | 161 | Mischa Van der Heijden | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 18'33 | | 162 | Sieben Wouters | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 163 | Justin Jules | Alcatel | + 19'16 | | 164 | Fabio Sabatini | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 165 | Kamil Małecki | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 166 | Stéphane Rossetto | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 20'00 | | 167 | Carter Jones | Trek Factory Racing | + 20'32 | | 168 | Oliver Zaugg | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 169 | Alexandr Shushemoin | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 170 | Lucas Euser | Burger King | s.t. | | 171 | Lasse Norman Hansen | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 172 | Sérgio Pardilla | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 173 | Mats Boeve | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 174 | Josip Rumac | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 175 | Julius van den Berg | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 21'26 | | 176 | Joey Rosskopf | Burger King | + 22'25 | | 177 | Yoann Paillot | Alcatel | + 23'41 | | 178 | Yamato Shirota | Alcatel | s.t. | | 179 | Anatoliy Budyak | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 180 | René Hooghiemster | SEG Racing | + 25'10 | | 181 | Kilian Frankiny | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 182 | David Lefort | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 27'50 | | 183 | Dennis Vanendert | Burger King | + 28'28 | | 184 | Jérôme Baugnies | Burger King | + 31'23 | | 185 | Mark Sehested Pedersen | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 33'49 | | 186 | Michael Woods | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 36'09 | | 187 | Jasper Ockeloen | IAM Cycling | + 38'11 | | 188 | Miguel Bryon | Burger King | + 38'32 |
Martinez joined the break once again. I was not the leader here, with Calmejane taking leadership duties. The break was caught with only 17 km left. I attacked from the front, with 13 km to go but could not stay ahead for very long. I fell back to the pack and that's where I ended. A group of four riders were in the contest for the win. Kwiatkowski proved too strong for the others, while Alaphilippe narrowly missed out on back-to-back wins, settling for 2nd place here.
| 1 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 4h42'25 | | 2 | Julian Alaphilippe | Etixx - Quick-step | + 45 | | 3 | Sérgio Henao | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 58 | | 4 | Roman Kreuziger | Lotto Soudal | + 1'15 | | 5 | Andrew Talansky | Team Sky | s.t. | | 6 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 7 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 8 | Tom Slagter | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 9 | Bauke Mollema | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 10 | Pieter Jacobs | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Diego Ulissi | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 12 | Daniel Moreno | Team Sky | s.t. | | 13 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 14 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 15 | Warren Barguil | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 16 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 17 | Wout Poels | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 18 | Philippe Gilbert | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 19 | Thibaut Pinot | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 20 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 21 | Louis Meintjes | Team Sky | s.t. | | 22 | Moreno Moser | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 23 | Geraint Thomas | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 24 | Robert Gesink | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 25 | Ion Izagirre | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 26 | Richie Porte | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 27 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | s.t. | | 28 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 29 | Jan Hirt | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 30 | Scott Ambrose | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 31 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | + 2'07 | | 32 | Davide Formolo | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 33 | Maciej Paterski | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 34 | Leopold König | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 35 | Simon Geschke | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 36 | Luis León Sánchez | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 37 | Dylan Teuns | Burger King | s.t. | | 38 | Steven Kruijswijk | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 39 | Mathias Frank | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 40 | Ilnur Zakarin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2'54 | | 41 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 42 | Evgeny Shalunov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 43 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 44 | Nicolas Roche | Team Sky | s.t. | | 45 | Ryder Hesjedal | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 46 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 47 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 48 | Jack Haig | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 49 | Simon Gerrans | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 50 | Esteban Chaves | IAM Cycling | + 3'55 | | 51 | Ben Hermans | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 52 | Alex Howes | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 53 | Marko Díaz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 54 | Silvio Herklotz | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 55 | José Ramella | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 56 | Serge Pauwels | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 57 | Alfredo Balloni | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 58 | Hugh Carthy | Team Sky | s.t. | | 59 | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 60 | Carlos Verona | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 61 | Riccardo Zoidl | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 62 | Nick Van Der Lijke | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 63 | Merhawi Kudus | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 64 | Yury Trofimov | Alcatel | s.t. | | 65 | Diego Rosa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 66 | Jarlinson Pantano | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 67 | Pieter Weening | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 68 | Sergey Firsanov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 69 | Maxime Monfort | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 70 | Winner Anacona | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 71 | Sebastian Henao | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 72 | Peter Kennaugh | Team Sky | s.t. | | 73 | Damiano Caruso | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 74 | Laurens Ten Dam | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 75 | Antoine Lavieu | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 76 | Yohan Offredo | Burger King | s.t. | | 77 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 78 | Kenny Elissonde | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 79 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 80 | Dusan Rajovic | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 81 | Marc Goos | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 82 | Marcos García | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 83 | Jimmy Turgis | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 84 | Jérôme Coppel | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 85 | Tony Martin | Etixx - Quick-step | + 5'18 | | 86 | Gaël Malacarne | Alcatel | s.t. | | 87 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 88 | Chris Horner | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 89 | Tim Kerkhof | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 90 | Luke Durbridge | Team Sky | s.t. | | 91 | Ivan Rovny | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 5'45 | | 92 | Heiner Parra | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 93 | Peter Stetina | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 94 | Louis Vervaeke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 95 | Kristjan Koren | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 96 | Simone Stortoni | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 97 | Travis Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 98 | Lennard Kämna | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 99 | Loïc Bouchereau | Alcatel | s.t. | | 100 | Daniel Navarro | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 101 | Maxime Vantomme | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 102 | Yannick Eijssen | Ventilair | s.t. | | 103 | Giacomo Berlato | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 104 | Benjamin Brkic | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 105 | Allessio Bottura | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 106 | Yelko Gomez | MTN-Qhubeka | + 6'39 | | 107 | Arvid Melchiot | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 108 | Clément Chevrier | Alcatel | s.t. | | 109 | Jeppe Lykke Hartvig Nielsen | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 110 | Anatoliy Budyak | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 111 | Boris Vallée | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 112 | Matteo Busato | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 113 | Josip Rumac | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 114 | Alessandro Tonelli | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 115 | Quentin Jauregui | Alcatel | s.t. | | 116 | Gianfranco Zilioli | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 117 | Stéphane Rossetto | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 118 | Tiago Machado | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 119 | Sean De Bie | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 120 | Gregor Mühlberger | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 121 | Jelle Vanendert | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 122 | Matti Breschel | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 123 | Jan Barta | Burger King | s.t. | | 124 | Sébastien Reichenbach | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 125 | Björn Thurau | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 126 | Sven Erik Bystrøm | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 127 | Emilien Viennet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 128 | Óscar González | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 129 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 130 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 131 | Arnaud Courteille | Alcatel | s.t. | | 132 | Sander Armee | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 133 | Jesús Hernández | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 134 | Nicolas Edet | Alcatel | + 9'17 | | 135 | Joseph Dombrowski | Burger King | s.t. | | 136 | Beñat Txoperena | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 137 | Mischa Van der Heijden | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 138 | Francesco Gavazzi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 139 | Yoann Bagot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 140 | Lukas Löer | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 141 | Mads Würtz Schmidt | Team Katusha | + 9'42 | | 142 | Oleg Zemlyakov | Astana Pro Team | + 10'44 | | 143 | Laurens De Plus | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 144 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Ventilair | s.t. | | 145 | Thomas Bonnin | Alcatel | s.t. | | 146 | Christian Knees | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 147 | Caleb Fairly | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 148 | Patrick Müller | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 149 | Unai Intziarte | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 150 | Rodolfo Torres | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 151 | Lieuwe Westra | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 152 | David López | Movistar Team | + 11'25 | | 153 | Jay Thomson | MTN-Qhubeka | + 11'33 | | 154 | Campbell Flakemore | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 155 | Simon Spilak | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 156 | Julius van den Berg | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 11'53 | | 157 | Jenthe Biermans | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 12'45 | | 158 | Kevin Pauwels | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 159 | Luke Keough | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 160 | Martin Elmiger | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 161 | Jan Dieteren | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 162 | Steff Hermans | Ventilair | s.t. | | 163 | Fabio Sabatini | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 164 | Brice Feillu | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 165 | Simone Consonni | Ventilair | s.t. | | 166 | Jasper De Buyst | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 167 | Alexey Vermeulen | Burger King | s.t. | | 168 | Blel Kadri | Ventilair | s.t. | | 169 | Byron Guama | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 170 | Jonathan Monsalve | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 171 | Davide Pacchiardo | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 13'34 | | 172 | Ulf Hausweiler | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 173 | Timo Roosen | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 174 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 175 | Mark Sehested Pedersen | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 14'42 | | 176 | Lucas Gaday | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 177 | Ahmet Örken | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 14'51 | | 178 | Martin Hebik | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 179 | Iltjan Nika | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 180 | Maarten Wynants | Burger King | s.t. | | 181 | Rafal Palik | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 182 | Simon Raffin | Team Europcar | + 15'07 | | 183 | Romain Guillemois | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 184 | Xandro Meurisse | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 185 | Lander Seynaeve | Ventilair | s.t. | | 186 | Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 187 | Sindre Lunke | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 188 | Dennis Vanendert | Burger King | s.t. | | 189 | Joren Segers | Ventilair | s.t. | | 190 | Kristian Aasvold | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 191 | Joris Boillat | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 192 | Diego Milán | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 15'40 | | 193 | Jasper Ockeloen | IAM Cycling | + 15'48 | | 194 | Xabier Martínez Madrigal | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 195 | Dario Cataldo | Team Europcar | + 16'03 | | 196 | Pieter van Herck | Ventilair | + 21'04 | | 197 | Jérôme Baugnies | Burger King | s.t. | | 198 | Ludovic Robeet | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 30'29 |
A decent start to my Ardennes career with a top 15. I was not selected to start the Liege-Bastogne-Liege. I put that aside and got ready to start in the Tour de Romandie, the next race on my schedule.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 29-10-2016 07:11
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Solid result in Amstel.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 30-10-2016 08:43
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Thanks Tamijo. After a long month, I reached Switzerland for the Tour of Romandie, held in the last week of April. I was leading the team again, something I had got used by now.
Stage 1 was a super short ITT where I crossed the line in 2nd place, 4 seconds off the pace. By the time the guns went past, I ended up 17th, 20 seconds behind. Tom Dumoulin took the stage and the leader's jersey.
Stage 2 was a flat stage where nothing much of note happened besides the bunch sprint. Thery Schir was the surprise winner.
Stage 3 saw a massive early pack split. The last, bigger group formed the peloton while the three groups out ahead joined together to form the day's break, with 16 riders. Calmejane had joined the break for us. He was one of the first to be caught, as a part of a 3 man group on the first climb. The entire break was caught on the second climb by a lead group of 35 riders of which I was a part. I had no teammates to support me and was dropped on the third climb. I suffered for the rest of stage, finishing in 37th place, 18 minutes down on stage winner Nairo Quintana!
Stage 4 had both me and Calmejane joining the break. The break was initially of 9 riders but 2 were dropped very fast. I was dropped from the break quite some way before the finish. Soon after, I was caught by the GC leaders on the third climb of the day. I was struggling with fitness and fell out of this group too. Calmejane's sojourn earned him a high place at the finish, a minute behind the lead group of 11 riders. I rode in alone, almost 4 minutes down. Ion Izagirre won the stage.
Stage 5 saw Calmejane join the break once again. I was still under the weather and decided to stay in the group. I struggled to keep pace once again, losing more than 10 minutes as Nairo tied up the stage win and the GC with a dominant ride.
Stage 6 was another ITT and a relief for me from the hard climbing. The long ITT saw me lose another minute, this time to stage winner Luke Durbridge. It was a decent outing, but my hopes for this race were over after stage 3 itself. I managed to get 5th place in the U25s.
| 1 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 17h04'13 | | 2 | Rafał Majka | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 5'58 | | 3 | Tejay Van Garderen | Burger King | + 6'02 | | 4 | Julian Arredondo | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 7'51 | | 5 | Simon Spilak | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 8'25 | | 6 | Bauke Mollema | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 8'29 | | 7 | Ion Izagirre | Team Katusha | + 8'32 | | 8 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | + 10'28 | | 9 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 12'06 | | 10 | Merhawi Kudus | Trek Factory Racing | + 12'31 |
Spoiler | 11 | Carlos Betancur | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 12'51 | | 12 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 13'28 | | 13 | Rui Costa | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 14'11 | | 14 | Kenny Elissonde | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 14'31 | | 15 | Pierre Rolland | Burger King | + 15'44 | | 16 | Mikel Nieve | Movistar Team | + 16'43 | | 17 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 19'17 | | 18 | Geraint Thomas | Team Katusha | + 20'03 | | 19 | Robert Gesink | MTN-Qhubeka | + 20'18 | | 20 | Diego Rosa | Movistar Team | + 20'36 | | 21 | Ian Boswell | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 20'53 | | 22 | Richie Porte | Lotto Soudal | + 21'24 | | 23 | Sébastien Reichenbach | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 21'39 | | 24 | Adam Yates | Team Sky | + 21'52 | | 25 | Larry Warbasse | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 24'10 | | 26 | Alberto Contador | Team Katusha | + 24'16 | | 27 | Andrey Amador | TEAM Pirelli | + 25'12 | | 28 | Antoine Lavieu | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 25'39 | | 29 | José Herrada | Team Sky | + 27'56 | | 30 | Jay McCarthy | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 30'02 | | 31 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 30'23 | | 32 | Matteo Rabottini | Astana Pro Team | + 31'11 | | 33 | Cameron Meyer | Team Sky | + 31'41 | | 34 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | MTN-Qhubeka | + 32'06 | | 35 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Astana Pro Team | + 34'04 | | 36 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 34'08 | | 37 | Jeppe Lykke Hartvig Nielsen | IAM Cycling | + 36'25 | | 38 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 39'31 | | 39 | Simon Geschke | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 39'35 | | 40 | Dusan Rajovic | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 40'46 | | 41 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 41'51 | | 42 | Luis León Sánchez | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 41'59 | | 43 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | + 43'54 | | 44 | Maciej Paterski | MTN-Qhubeka | + 44'26 | | 45 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 44'46 | | 46 | Sam Oomen | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 47'44 | | 47 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | + 49'26 | | 48 | Matthew Busche | Team Sky | + 50'12 | | 49 | Ben Hermans | Etixx - Quick-step | + 50'50 | | 50 | Mikaël Chérel | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 52'26 | | 51 | Matteo Busato | TEAM Pirelli | + 53'56 | | 52 | Paul Voss | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 54'27 | | 53 | Benjamin Brkic | TEAM Pirelli | + 55'18 | | 54 | Nelson Oliveira | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 55'28 | | 55 | Michael Schär | IAM Cycling | + 55'44 | | 56 | Víctor de la Parte | Movistar Team | + 56'00 | | 57 | Silvio Herklotz | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 57'36 | | 58 | Quentin Pacher | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 57'59 | | 59 | Pieter Serry | Etixx - Quick-step | + 58'35 | | 60 | Dylan Teuns | Burger King | + 58'54 | | 61 | Kristjan Koren | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 59'36 | | 62 | Tanel Kangert | Burger King | + 59'52 | | 63 | Quentin Jauregui | Alcatel | + 1h00'39 | | 64 | Jesse Sergent | Astana Pro Team | + 1h01'40 | | 65 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1h01'43 | | 66 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | IAM Cycling | + 1h01'47 | | 67 | Théry Schir | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h02'14 | | 68 | Carlos Barbero | Movistar Team | + 1h03'28 | | 69 | Steve Morabito | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h03'29 | | 70 | Silvan Dillier | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h03'31 | | 71 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | TEAM Pirelli | + 1h03'32 | | 72 | Jesús Del Pino | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 73 | Dries Devenyns | Team Katusha | + 1h03'33 | | 74 | Fabio Felline | Lotto Soudal | + 1h04'03 | | 75 | Simone Stortoni | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h06'29 | | 76 | Dries Van Gestel | Lotto Soudal | + 1h06'32 | | 77 | Nathan Brown | Team Sky | + 1h06'41 | | 78 | Caleb Ewan | Team Katusha | + 1h06'47 | | 79 | Marcel Aregger | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h07'04 | | 80 | Jasha Sütterlin | Movistar Team | + 1h07'14 | | 81 | Sindre Lunke | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 82 | Rayane Bouhanni | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1h07'42 | | 83 | Brent Bookwalter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h10'38 | | 84 | Fabio Taborre | TEAM Pirelli | + 1h10'42 | | 85 | Dylan van Baarle | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h11'07 | | 86 | Dennis Vanendert | Burger King | + 1h11'29 | | 87 | Marco Canola | Astana Pro Team | + 1h11'51 | | 88 | Sven Erik Bystrøm | IAM Cycling | + 1h11'55 | | 89 | Mads Pedersen | Burger King | + 1h13'26 | | 90 | Yoann Paillot | Alcatel | + 1h13'40 | | 91 | Gaël Malacarne | Alcatel | + 1h13'44 | | 92 | Luke Durbridge | Team Sky | + 1h13'53 | | 93 | Kilian Frankiny | IAM Cycling | + 1h14'44 | | 94 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Bora - Argon 18 | + 1h15'22 | | 95 | Pim Ligthart | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h16'09 | | 96 | Nikias Arndt | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h16'22 | | 97 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h17'00 | | 98 | Gianni Moscon | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h17'31 | | 99 | Salvatore Puccio | Astana Pro Team | + 1h18'35 | | 100 | Yelko Gomez | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h18'48 | | 101 | Zico Waeytens | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1h19'44 | | 102 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Movistar Team | + 1h22'30 | | 103 | Fabio Sabatini | TEAM Pirelli | + 1h23'41 | | 104 | Simone Ponzi | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1h23'55 | | 105 | Julien El Fares | Alcatel | + 1h25'17 | | 106 | Alessandro Tonelli | TEAM Pirelli | + 1h25'30 | | 107 | Mads Würtz Schmidt | Team Katusha | + 1h25'35 | | 108 | Lukas Spengler | Burger King | + 1h26'10 | | 109 | Willy Willwohl | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1h28'30 | | 110 | Kevin Reza | Alcatel | + 1h28'59 | | 111 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | + 1h29'47 | | 112 | Fabio Silvestre | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 1h29'59 | | 113 | Davide Appollonio | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h30'36 | | 114 | Robert Wagner | Bora - Argon 18 | + 1h30'50 | | 115 | Jay Thomson | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h30'52 | | 116 | Roy Jans | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1h31'06 | | 117 | Youcef Reguigui | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 1h31'27 | | 118 | Oscar Gatto | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h32'18 | | 119 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1h32'58 | | 120 | Christian Koch | Bora - Argon 18 | + 1h33'35 | | 121 | Damien Howson | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h33'44 | | 122 | Nikolas Maes | Lotto Soudal | + 1h34'12 | | 123 | Mike Teunissen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h35'46 | | 124 | Federico Zurlo | Team Katusha | + 1h36'25 | | 125 | Jan Dieteren | Bora - Argon 18 | + 1h36'30 | | 126 | Martin Velits | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h37'35 | | 127 | Martin Elmiger | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h38'05 | | 128 | Steven Lammertink | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h38'09 | | 129 | Dylan Page | IAM Cycling | + 1h40'09 | | 130 | Nicolas Marini | Alcatel | + 1h40'43 | | 131 | Gert-Jan Bosman | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 1h40'56 | | 132 | Tom Stamsnijder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h41'13 | | 133 | Christophe Laporte | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1h42'06 | | 134 | Yoeri Havik | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h43'02 | | 135 | Wesley Kreder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h44'06 | | 136 | William Barta | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h44'11 | | 137 | Romain Feillu | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h44'41 | | 138 | Stig Broeckx | Lotto Soudal | + 1h45'09 | | 139 | Boy Van Poppel | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h45'36 | | 140 | Pascal Ackermann | Lotto Soudal | + 1h45'40 | | 141 | Davide Viganò | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h45'45 | | 142 | Lasse Norman Hansen | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h46'10 | | 143 | Etienne Tortelier | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h47'19 | | 144 | Nicola Ruffoni | TEAM Pirelli | + 1h47'55 | | 145 | Justin Jules | Alcatel | + 1h49'11 | | 146 | Rüdiger Selig | Bora - Argon 18 | + 1h49'44 | | 147 | Laurent Beuret | IAM Cycling | + 1h50'10 | | 148 | Heinrich Haussler | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h53'36 | | 149 | Michaël Baer | IAM Cycling | + 2h05'27 |
| 1 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 64 | | 2 | Ion Izagirre | Team Katusha | 59 | | 3 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Giant-Alpecin | 46 | | 4 | Rafał Majka | Tinkoff-Saxo | 46 | | 5 | Tejay Van Garderen | Burger King | 40 |
| 1 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 38 | | 2 | Simon Spilak | Orica-GreenEDGE | 36 | | 3 | Pierre Rolland | Burger King | 26 | | 4 | Antoine Lavieu | Ag2r La Mondiale | 26 | | 5 | Kenny Elissonde | Team Giant-Alpecin | 24 |
Young Riders Classification
| 1 | Merhawi Kudus | Trek Factory Racing | 17h16'44 | | 2 | Adam Yates | Team Sky | + 9'21 | | 3 | Jay McCarthy | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 17'31 | | 4 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 17'52 | | 5 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 21'37 |
| 1 | Orica-GreenEDGE | 51h43'47 | | 2 | Movistar Team | + 2'36 | | 3 | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 5'56 | | 4 | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 13'26 | | 5 | Team Katusha | + 21'00 |
The month ends on a low key after some excitement early on. Need some rest now, phew!
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 31-10-2016 16:16
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 30-10-2016 09:58
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Not the best result, but also very hard competition.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 31-10-2016 16:17
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Also, I think fatigue caught up after so many back to back races I think. Got a little carried away with the prospect of riding in World Tour races perhaps.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 31-10-2016 16:53
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After a hectic April, May brings only two races. First up, I joined the team in Azerbaijan for the five day stage race.
I was leading the team in this race. The field wasn't the strongest and I fancied my chances to achieve another high finish.
Stage 1 was perfectly flat and was won by Phil Bauhaus in the sprint.
Stage 2 turned out to be quite tough for many riders. The peloton was down to 60 riders after the first climb itself. I lost touch with the front of the race, after a group of leaders, including me, had distanced the peloton. I crossed the line a couple of minutes back, but still in the top 10. Bakelants took the stage and the lead in the GC.
I was categorised as one of the favourites for Stage 3. Schoonbroodt joined the break for us. The break was caught with just 6 km remaining. Schoonbroodt took up the pace-making work for me. I finished in the pack.
One of the favourites again for Stage 4, I was in the third group on the road after the second climb. The front three groups merged by the time the climb to the finish came about. It was a long climb and my effort in climbing saw me in the lead group of thrre riders with 10 km left. I went away from the duo of Dayer Quintana and Bakelants and built up a lead of 40 seconds. Heiner Parra took up the chase and as I got tired, he made up a lot of ground. I was pipped to the line by Heiner Parra. It was so so close for me! I had to settle for 2nd place. This fantastic ride took me up to 4th in the overall classification.
Stage 5 was another flat stage with a slightly uphill finish. The stage was without incident as the leaders protected their positions. Alexey Tsatevitch won the bunch sprint to the line.
| 1 | Jan Bakelants | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 18h22'14 | | 2 | Heiner Parra | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 5 | | 3 | Dayer Quintana | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1'21 | | 4 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 1'30 | | 5 | Ryder Hesjedal | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 3'52 | | 6 | Axel Domont | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 4'46 | | 7 | Beñat Intxausti | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 6'24 | | 8 | José Herrada | Team Sky | + 6'46 | | 9 | Cameron Meyer | Team Sky | + 7'34 | | 10 | Scott Ambrose | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 8'35 |
Spoiler | 11 | Hugh Carthy | Team Sky | + 9'29 | | 12 | Michael Gogl | Bora - Argon 18 | + 10'17 | | 13 | Lennard Kämna | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 10'33 | | 14 | Karol Domagalski | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | + 13'40 | | 15 | Omar Fraile | TEAM Azersun | + 14'02 | | 16 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 14'19 | | 17 | Marc De Maar | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 15'06 | | 18 | Luis Ángel Maté | Team Sky | + 15'38 | | 19 | Simone Sterbini | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | + 15'45 | | 20 | Daniele Ratto | TEAM Pirelli | + 15'58 | | 21 | Tomasz Marczyński | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 16'08 | | 22 | Jack Bobridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 16'10 | | 23 | Riccardo Donato | Leopard Development Team | + 16'23 | | 24 | Lukas Löer | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 16'26 | | 25 | Paweł Cieślik | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 17'11 | | 26 | Lachlan Norris | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 17'32 | | 27 | Pavel Kochetkov | RusVelo | + 18'02 | | 28 | Colin Stüssi | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 29 | Nathan Earle | RusVelo | + 18'09 | | 30 | Nikita Novikov | RusVelo | + 18'43 | | 31 | Mischa Van der Heijden | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 18'58 | | 32 | Sergey Rudaskov | RusVelo | + 19'08 | | 33 | Antonino Parrinello | TEAM Pirelli | + 19'32 | | 34 | Jure Kocjan | TEAM Azersun | + 19'37 | | 35 | Dante Carpenter | RusVelo | + 19'41 | | 36 | Hossein Alizadeh | RusVelo | + 19'49 | | 37 | Campbell Flakemore | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 20'55 | | 38 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 21'28 | | 39 | Adam Phelan | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 21'29 | | 40 | Josh Berry | TEAM Azersun | + 22'54 | | 41 | Luca Wackermann | Leopard Development Team | + 24'17 | | 42 | Alessio Lanzano | Leopard Development Team | + 25'20 | | 43 | Hichem Chabane | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | + 26'06 | | 44 | Alexander Kamp | TEAM Azersun | + 26'14 | | 45 | Matteo Spreafico | Whirlpool - Author | + 26'39 | | 46 | Lucas Eriksson | TEAM Azersun | + 26'46 | | 47 | Nils Politt | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 28'45 | | 48 | Brendan Canty | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 49 | Luigi Miletta | Leopard Development Team | + 30'04 | | 50 | Miguel Angel Benito | TEAM Azersun | + 30'06 | | 51 | Emiliano Faieta | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | + 30'20 | | 52 | Jimmi Sørensen | Leopard Development Team | + 30'24 | | 53 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Bora - Argon 18 | + 31'18 | | 54 | Jarosław Marycz | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | + 32'56 | | 55 | Bob Schoonbroodt | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 33'15 | | 56 | Jan Brockhoff | Bora - Argon 18 | + 34'45 | | 57 | Josef Hosek | Whirlpool - Author | + 34'46 | | 58 | Patryk Stosz | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 35'26 | | 59 | Kevin Pauwels | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 60 | Manuele Boaro | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 36'01 | | 61 | Oleksandr Kvachuk | Leopard Development Team | + 36'02 | | 62 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 36'09 | | 63 | Ulf Hausweiler | Bora - Argon 18 | + 36'25 | | 64 | Francesco Sedaboni | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | + 37'17 | | 65 | Loïc Chetout | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 38'55 | | 66 | Emiel Planckaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 40'13 | | 67 | Christian Knees | Bora - Argon 18 | + 41'04 | | 68 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 41'57 | | 69 | Alessandro Ballan | Team Sky | + 42'10 | | 70 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 42'29 | | 71 | Davide Plebani | TEAM Pirelli | + 44'28 | | 72 | Marco Zanotti | Bora - Argon 18 | + 44'46 | | 73 | Ricardo van Dongen | Whirlpool - Author | + 45'08 | | 74 | Juraj Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 47'43 | | 75 | William Clarke | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 47'46 | | 76 | Stijn Steels | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 50'12 | | 77 | Konrad Dabkowski | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 50'53 | | 78 | Fabrizio Gadau | TEAM Pirelli | + 51'36 | | 79 | Ruben Pelati | Whirlpool - Author | + 51'59 | | 80 | Glenn Cristino | Whirlpool - Author | + 55'47 | | 81 | Marco Zamparella | TEAM Pirelli | + 57'36 | | 82 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | TEAM Pirelli | + 1h10'50 |
| 1 | Jan Bakelants | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 105 | | 2 | Heiner Parra | Drapac Professional Cycling | 81 | | 3 | Dayer Quintana | Tinkoff-Saxo | 63 | | 4 | Ryder Hesjedal | Tinkoff-Saxo | 60 | | 5 | Axel Domont | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | 60 |
| 1 | Jan Bakelants | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 22 | | 2 | Heiner Parra | Drapac Professional Cycling | 19 | | 3 | Simone Sterbini | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | 14 | | 4 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | 12 | | 5 | Alexander Kamp | TEAM Azersun | 11 |
Young Rider Classification
| 1 | Dayer Quintana | Tinkoff-Saxo | 18h23'35 | | 2 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 9 | | 3 | Scott Ambrose | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 7'14 | | 4 | Hugh Carthy | Team Sky | + 8'08 | | 5 | Michael Gogl | Bora - Argon 18 | + 8'56 |
| 1 | Tinkoff-Saxo | 55h18'19 | | 2 | Team Sky | + 11'50 | | 3 | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 13'46 | | 4 | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 23'04 | | 5 | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 24'38 |
Just 9 seconds off the podium and the white jersey. This was another good race for me. I hope to keep this momentum going. Consistency is what I'm striving for right now and the results of the past couple of months have been a good step in that direction. High standing in the KOM and the Team classifications too.
Another race to come in May, when I'll be back in Belgium. See you then.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 03-11-2016 11:18
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Great race !
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 03-11-2016 14:20
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Thanks Tamijo
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 03-11-2016 17:35
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The second race in May is another stage race. Back to Belgium again following Ardennes week.
Calmejane led the team for this race while I was selected as his helper. This race did not favour me a great deal except for the last uphill stage.
Stage 1 was flat and I stayed in the pack. Despite not being the allocated leader, the team had a mini-revolt of sorts and decided to protect me in turns instead of Calmejane! I wasn't sure what to think of this. I believe I should've been flattered then. The bunch sprint was won by Degenkolb.
Stage 2 had a couple of cobbled sections and the second one did all the damage. I was in the lead group on the road behind the break. And that's where I finished too, just that the break was caught.
Stage 3 was the ITT where I had high hopes of doing well. As I crossed the line, the timing screens showed me to be in 6th place, 24 seconds down. When it was all wrapped up, I was only 18th, more than a minute down on stage winner Tony Martin.
Stage 4 was another one for the sprinters and thus uneventful for me.
Stage 5 had us putting two guys into the break. It did not work as the break got caught with less than 10 km to go. I attacked the pack with 3.5 km to go but half a dozen other riders were stronger and dropped me in their counter attacks. I finished 8th on the stage and moved up to 8th place in the GC. The efforts by Trentin (3rd) and Kennaugh (4th) on this stage were not enough to usurp Martin who won the GC. Edoardo Zardini took the stage win.
| 1 | Tony Martin | Etixx - Quick-step | 16h17'59 | | 2 | Matteo Trentin | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 20 | | 3 | Peter Kennaugh | Team Sky | + 22 | | 4 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 33 | | 5 | Nikias Arndt | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1'01 | | 6 | Gianni Meersman | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1'04 | | 7 | Loïc Vliegen | Lotto Soudal | + 1'05 | | 8 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 1'06 | | 9 | Taylor Phinney | Team Sky | + 1'26 | | 10 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1'40 |
Spoiler | 11 | Greg Van Avermaet | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1'49 | | 12 | Moreno Hofland | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 2'04 | | 13 | Sebastian Langeveld | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 2'22 | | 14 | Maxime Monfort | Etixx - Quick-step | + 2'42 | | 15 | Alexis Gougeard | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 2'49 | | 16 | Jonas Van Genechten | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 2'57 | | 17 | Koen De Kort | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 18 | Pieter Jacobs | Lotto Soudal | + 2'59 | | 19 | Merhawi Kudus | Trek Factory Racing | + 3'01 | | 20 | Mitchell Docker | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 3'10 | | 21 | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | + 3'11 | | 22 | Antoine Demoitie | Wallonie - Bruxelles | + 3'16 | | 23 | Sjoerd Van Ginneken | SEG Racing | + 3'26 | | 24 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 3'27 | | 25 | Maxime Vantomme | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 3'45 | | 26 | Yves Lampaert | Team Sky | + 4'15 | | 27 | Nathan Brown | Team Sky | + 4'52 | | 28 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN-Qhubeka | + 4'56 | | 29 | Andrew Talansky | Team Sky | + 4'57 | | 30 | Julien Vermote | Etixx - Quick-step | + 5'02 | | 31 | Alexandr Shushemoin | SEG Racing | + 5'11 | | 32 | Jasper Stuyven | Etixx - Quick-step | + 5'12 | | 33 | Kristof Vandewalle | Etixx - Quick-step | + 5'13 | | 34 | Steven Lammertink | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 5'27 | | 35 | Roman Maikin | SEG Racing | + 5'28 | | 36 | Silvan Dillier | Trek Factory Racing | + 5'35 | | 37 | Nathan Van Hooydonck | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 38 | Lawson Craddock | Team Sky | + 5'42 | | 39 | Ben Hermans | Etixx - Quick-step | + 5'58 | | 40 | Jens Keukeleire | Trek Factory Racing | + 6'00 | | 41 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 42 | Jason Christie | Veranclassic - Ekoi | + 6'04 | | 43 | Rudy Molard | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 6'06 | | 44 | Barry Markus | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 6'08 | | 45 | Laurens De Vreese | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 6'14 | | 46 | Andrea Zordan | Leopard Development Team | + 6'15 | | 47 | Luka Pibernik | SEG Racing | + 6'29 | | 48 | Yousif Banihammad | Vérandas Willems | + 6'34 | | 49 | Eduard-Michael Grosu | MTN-Qhubeka | + 6'45 | | 50 | Kristian Sobota | Vérandas Willems | + 6'53 | | 51 | Kristian Aasvold | MTN-Qhubeka | + 6'55 | | 52 | Michael Van Staeyen | MTN-Qhubeka | + 7'25 | | 53 | Tom Stamsnijder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 8'11 | | 54 | Peter Koning | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 8'12 | | 55 | Louis Vervaeke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 8'34 | | 56 | Sébastien Turgot | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 8'39 | | 57 | Michael Vink | Team 3M | + 8'46 | | 58 | Brian Bulgac | Leopard Development Team | + 8'51 | | 59 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 8'53 | | 60 | Mats Boeve | SEG Racing | + 8'54 | | 61 | Alex Kirsch | Leopard Development Team | + 8'57 | | 62 | Gaetan Bille | Vérandas Willems | + 9'09 | | 63 | Andris Smirnovs | Cibel | + 9'17 | | 64 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Etixx - Quick-step | + 9'25 | | 65 | Klaas Lodewyck | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 66 | Bas Tietema | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 9'35 | | 67 | Maurits Lammertink | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 9'50 | | 68 | Josip Rumac | MTN-Qhubeka | + 10'03 | | 69 | Laurent Evrard | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 70 | Joachim Vanreyten | Vérandas Willems | + 10'18 | | 71 | Edoardo Zardini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 10'34 | | 72 | Fränk Schleck | Trek Factory Racing | + 10'36 | | 73 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 11'07 | | 74 | Kevin Pauwels | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 11'09 | | 75 | Olivier Chevalier | Vérandas Willems | + 11'20 | | 76 | Jack Bauer | Trek Factory Racing | + 11'53 | | 77 | Rob Leemans | Team 3M | + 12'05 | | 78 | Gavin Mannion | Trek Factory Racing | + 12'18 | | 79 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 12'23 | | 80 | Gert Dockx | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 12'44 | | 81 | Davide Viganò | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 12'58 | | 82 | Justin Oien | MTN-Qhubeka | + 13'02 | | 83 | Alberto Losada | Wallonie - Bruxelles | + 13'15 | | 84 | Rudy Barbier | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 13'18 | | 85 | Dennis Coenen | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | + 13'31 | | 86 | Sander Armee | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 13'40 | | 87 | Clemens Fankhauser | Wallonie - Bruxelles | + 13'42 | | 88 | Tim Merlier | Team 3M | + 13'54 | | 89 | Senne Leysen | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | + 14'01 | | 90 | Jonathan Breyne | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | + 14'12 | | 91 | Marcello Pavarin | Leopard Development Team | + 14'16 | | 92 | Jay Thomson | MTN-Qhubeka | + 14'23 | | 93 | Jarno Gmelich | SEG Racing | + 14'45 | | 94 | Thomas Degand | Ventilair | + 15'17 | | 95 | George Tansley | Vérandas Willems | + 15'55 | | 96 | Klemen Stimulak | Colruyt | + 16'07 | | 97 | Kenny De Ketele | Team 3M | + 16'42 | | 98 | Kenny Elissonde | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 17'42 | | 99 | Enzo Wouters | Lotto Soudal | + 18'42 | | 100 | Gaëtan Pons | Ventilair | + 18'50 | | 101 | Amauri Capiot | Ventilair | s.t. | | 102 | Sander Helven | Colruyt | + 18'58 | | 103 | Maarten Craeghs | Colruyt | + 18'59 | | 104 | Tim Kerkhof | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 19'09 | | 105 | Paco Ghistelinck | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | + 19'12 | | 106 | Kevin Claeys | Cibel | + 19'16 | | 107 | Steve Chainel | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 19'22 | | 108 | Frederik Frison | Veranclassic - Ekoi | + 19'33 | | 109 | Timothy Dupont | Wallonie - Bruxelles | + 19'34 | | 110 | Mathias Krigbaum | Leopard Development Team | + 19'38 | | 111 | Jimmy Duquennoy | Lotto Soudal | + 19'52 | | 112 | Jelle Donders | Colruyt | s.t. | | 113 | Arthur van Overberghe | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | + 20'05 | | 114 | Rémy di Gregorio | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 20'20 | | 115 | Christophe Laborie | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 20'32 | | 116 | Boris Dron | Colruyt | s.t. | | 117 | Walt de Winter | Colruyt | + 20'45 | | 118 | Martin Velits | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 20'52 | | 119 | Milan Menten | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 20'53 | | 120 | Julien Stassen | Wallonie - Bruxelles | + 21'17 | | 121 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 21'50 | | 122 | Jens Adams | Team 3M | + 22'04 | | 123 | Marco Haller | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 22'10 | | 124 | Alessandro Ballan | Team Sky | + 22'11 | | 125 | Kevin Peeters | Lotto Soudal | + 22'26 | | 126 | Kevin Thome | Veranclassic - Ekoi | + 22'58 | | 127 | Lennard Hofstede | Vérandas Willems | + 23'38 | | 128 | Rick Flens | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 23'55 | | 129 | Benjamin Verraes | Cibel | + 24'11 | | 130 | Maxat Ayazbayev | Veranclassic - Ekoi | + 25'23 | | 131 | Geoffrey Curran | Trek Factory Racing | + 26'42 | | 132 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Ventilair | + 26'56 | | 133 | Tom Leezer | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 27'38 | | 134 | Hugh Carthy | Team Sky | + 28'02 | | 135 | Floris Smeyers | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | + 28'06 | | 136 | Mischa Van der Heijden | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 28'54 | | 137 | José Agustín Martínez Torrén | Ventilair | + 29'06 | | 138 | Kevin De Jonghe | Cibel | s.t. | | 139 | Kim Borry | Team 3M | + 29'21 | | 140 | Rémy Mertz | Wallonie - Bruxelles | + 29'32 | | 141 | Alessio Lanzano | Leopard Development Team | + 29'44 | | 142 | Jonathan Dufrasne | Ventilair | + 29'47 | | 143 | Joeri Adams | Cibel | + 30'00 | | 144 | Mattia Frapporti | Leopard Development Team | + 30'10 | | 145 | Dominique Cornu | Veranclassic - Ekoi | + 30'59 | | 146 | Charlie Arimont | Wallonie - Bruxelles | + 31'08 | | 147 | Dimitri Peyskens | Cibel | + 31'23 | | 148 | Julien Kaise | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | + 32'17 | | 149 | Oleksandr Kvachuk | Leopard Development Team | + 32'35 | | 150 | Jean-Albert Carnevali | Wallonie - Bruxelles | + 33'04 | | 151 | Johan Dugardeyn | Veranclassic - Ekoi | + 34'06 | | 152 | Rico Reekers | SEG Racing | + 34'56 | | 153 | Sibrecht Pieters | Veranclassic - Ekoi | + 35'18 | | 154 | Gamba Rainsford | Vérandas Willems | + 37'11 | | 155 | Steven van Vooren | Team 3M | + 38'04 | | 156 | Romain Hubert | Veranclassic - Ekoi | + 39'47 | | 157 | Gertjan De Vos | Team 3M | + 40'50 | | 158 | Joris Dertin | Ventilair | + 43'17 | | 159 | Jeroen Lepla | Ventilair | + 47'09 | | 160 | Boris Vallée | Trek Factory Racing | + 51'23 | | 161 | Igor Skierka | Colruyt | + 51'32 | | 162 | Hugo Pigeon | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 52'10 | | 163 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cibel | + 54'16 | | 164 | Johan Van Hoogten | Colruyt | + 59'58 | | 165 | Bernd Curto | Cibel | + 1h09'55 | | 166 | Sjoerd Bax | SEG Racing | + 1h19'38 |
| 1 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant-Alpecin | 104 | | 2 | Matteo Trentin | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 88 | | 3 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Etixx - Quick-step | 80 | | 4 | Gianni Meersman | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 68 | | 5 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | 58 |
Young Riders Classification
| 1 | Loïc Vliegen | Lotto Soudal | 16h19'04 | | 2 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 1 | | 3 | Alexis Gougeard | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 1'44 (3) | | 4 | Merhawi Kudus | Trek Factory Racing | + 1'56 | | 5 | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | + 2'06 |
| 1 | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 48h56'49 | | 2 | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 28 | | 3 | Etixx - Quick-step | + 34 | | 4 | Team Sky | + 50 | | 5 | MTN-Qhubeka | + 3'24 |
I missed the U25 classification win by 1 second! 8th place is not a bad result in the end although I would've liked to have gone past the likes of Degenkolb, Arndt and Meersman in the general classification, given that they're pure sprinters and I should've been able to distance them on the final stage.
Another solid month has gone by and I'm very pleased with my form this year so far. Let's see how much more I can do.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 09-11-2016 17:29
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June brought just one race and it was a stage race in Luxembourg. I was looking to keep the good run of results going. My agent had already started looking for contracts for me to sign for the following season and performing well in races is the best way to catch the attention of potential suitors.
I was the team leader and I was targeting stages 1 and 3 in this race.
Stage 1 was a short ITT. I pulled out a good ride and finished just 7 seconds off the winning time, albeit down in 20th place.
Stage 2 was for the sprinters and they fought it out for the win in the bunch sprint. Caleb Ewan won.
Stage 3 was the only stage with some climbing and I fancied myself to rise up the standings here. I was in the lead group of just 40 riders after crossing the first climb. The group kept getting smaller. I finished in the lead group of 20 riders, picking up a handful of places to rise to the edge of the top 10.
Stage 4 was another flat stage and it wasn't very eventful for me or the team.
Stage 5 was flat too and decided in another bunch sprint, with Andrew Fenn taking the honours this time. Fabio Silvestre picked up 5th place for us on this stage. I finished in 12th place overall while picking up another top 5 in the U25s.
| 1 | Caleb Ewan | Team Katusha | 14h46'32 | | 2 | Silvan Dillier | Trek Factory Racing | + 19 | | 3 | Luka Pibernik | SEG Racing | + 20 | | 4 | Enrique Sanz | Team Katusha | + 26 | | 5 | Michael Matthews | Lotto Soudal | + 27 | | 6 | Evgeny Shalunov | Team Katusha | + 28 | | 7 | Jack Bauer | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 8 | Salvatore Puccio | Astana Pro Team | + 30 | | 9 | Tim Declercq | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 10 | Sean De Bie | Lotto Soudal | + 31 |
Spoiler | 11 | Mathieu van der Poel | Astana Pro Team | + 32 | | 12 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 13 | Marc De Maar | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 34 | | 14 | Marcel Aregger | Trek Factory Racing | + 35 | | 15 | Ingvar Omarsson | SEG Racing | + 37 | | 16 | Patrick Müller | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 17 | Enrico Battaglin | IAM Cycling | + 38 | | 18 | Simone Ponzi | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 39 | | 19 | Daniel Moreno | Team Sky | + 44 | | 20 | José Herrada | Team Sky | + 1'56 | | 21 | Victor Campenaerts | Etixx - Quick-step | + 2'28 | | 22 | Stephen Cummings | Team Sky | + 2'34 | | 23 | Yelko Gomez | MTN-Qhubeka | + 2'35 | | 24 | Anthony Roux | IAM Cycling | + 2'38 | | 25 | Lawson Craddock | Team Sky | s.t. | | 26 | Rein Taaramäe | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 27 | Lieuwe Westra | Astana Pro Team | + 2'40 | | 28 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN-Qhubeka | + 2'45 | | 29 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Team Sky | + 3'41 | | 30 | Frederique Robert | Lotto Soudal | + 3'43 | | 31 | Michael Schär | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 32 | Filippo Pozzato | Astana Pro Team | + 3'44 | | 33 | Julien Vermote | Etixx - Quick-step | + 4'10 | | 34 | Andrew Fenn | Team Sky | + 5'01 | | 35 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 5'09 | | 36 | Maxim Belkov | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 5'17 | | 37 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | + 5'18 | | 38 | Meik Hermanski | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 39 | Søren Kragh Andersen | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 5'19 | | 40 | Andrea Zordan | Leopard Development Team | + 5'20 | | 41 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 42 | Roy Jans | Etixx - Quick-step | + 5'21 | | 43 | Huub Duyn | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 44 | José Joaquín Rojas | Team Katusha | + 5'22 | | 45 | Marc Sarreau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 46 | Alex Kirsch | Leopard Development Team | + 5'23 | | 47 | Youcef Reguigui | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 5'24 | | 48 | Sjoerd Van Ginneken | SEG Racing | + 5'25 | | 49 | Fabio Silvestre | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 5'26 | | 50 | Michael Van Staeyen | MTN-Qhubeka | + 5'28 | | 51 | Gavin Mannion | Trek Factory Racing | + 5'40 | | 52 | Carter Jones | Trek Factory Racing | + 5'57 | | 53 | Luigi Miletta | Leopard Development Team | + 8'09 | | 54 | Maxime Vantomme | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 8'14 | | 55 | Pascal Ackermann | Lotto Soudal | + 8'20 | | 56 | Alexandr Shushemoin | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 57 | Denis Galimzyanov | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 8'22 | | 58 | Julien Roux | Alcatel | s.t. | | 59 | Nathan Van Hooydonck | Lotto Soudal | + 8'23 | | 60 | Baptiste Planckaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 8'35 | | 61 | Jasper Lindenbergh | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 9'22 | | 62 | Benoît Vaugrenard | Alcatel | + 9'24 | | 63 | Serge Pauwels | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 64 | Jonas Gregaard | Team Europcar | + 9'25 | | 65 | Alexander Serebryakov | Team Katusha | + 9'29 | | 66 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 9'31 | | 67 | Ryan Mullen | Etixx - Quick-step | + 9'56 | | 68 | Maciej Bodnar | IAM Cycling | + 9'57 | | 69 | Sylvain Chavanel | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 70 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Etixx - Quick-step | + 9'59 | | 71 | Luke Durbridge | Team Sky | + 10'02 | | 72 | Luca Wackermann | Leopard Development Team | + 10'03 | | 73 | Kevin Reza | Alcatel | + 10'04 | | 74 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 10'08 | | 75 | Byron Guama | Team Europcar | + 10'19 | | 76 | Leigh Howard | MTN-Qhubeka | + 11'12 | | 77 | Jelle Wallays | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 78 | Tom Devriendt | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 11'22 | | 79 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | SEG Racing | + 11'35 | | 80 | Roger Kluge | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 11'53 | | 81 | Willy Willwohl | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 11'59 | | 82 | Peter Stetina | Trek Factory Racing | + 12'18 | | 83 | Laurent Evrard | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 12'23 | | 84 | Ivan Rovny | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 12'28 | | 85 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | + 12'30 | | 86 | Mats Boeve | SEG Racing | + 13'11 | | 87 | Federico Canuti | Leopard Development Team | + 13'44 | | 88 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Soudal | + 14'00 | | 89 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | + 14'01 | | 90 | Bob Schoonbroodt | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 14'02 | | 91 | Romain Guillemois | Team Europcar | + 14'29 | | 92 | Lasse Norman Hansen | MTN-Qhubeka | + 14'46 | | 93 | Jarl Salomein | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 14'54 | | 94 | Brian Van Goethem | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 14'55 | | 95 | Cheng Ji | IAM Cycling | + 14'59 | | 96 | Jef Van Meirhaeghe | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 15'00 | | 97 | Stijn Ennekens | Ventilair | s.t. | | 98 | Jay Thomson | MTN-Qhubeka | + 15'25 | | 99 | Tom Vermeer | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 100 | Heinrich Haussler | Trek Factory Racing | + 15'28 | | 101 | Blaise Sonnery | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 102 | Vegard Bugge | Ventilair | + 16'03 | | 103 | Mark Renshaw | IAM Cycling | + 16'07 | | 104 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | + 16'24 | | 105 | Gatis Smukulis | Alcatel | + 17'10 | | 106 | Jan Ghyselinck | Lotto Soudal | + 17'14 | | 107 | Enzo Wouters | Lotto Soudal | + 17'15 | | 108 | Peter Koning | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 17'18 | | 109 | Justin Oien | MTN-Qhubeka | + 17'20 | | 110 | Jérémy Cornu | Team Europcar | + 17'23 | | 111 | Oleksandr Kvachuk | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 112 | Alexander Porsev | Team Katusha | + 18'10 | | 113 | Laurent Beuret | IAM Cycling | + 18'11 | | 114 | Maximilian Schachmann | Etixx - Quick-step | + 18'15 | | 115 | Jan Maas | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 18'30 | | 116 | Gert-Jan Bosman | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 18'32 | | 117 | Mitchell Cornelisse | SEG Racing | + 19'15 | | 118 | Alessandro Ballan | Team Sky | + 19'50 | | 119 | Alan Marangoni | Astana Pro Team | + 20'08 | | 120 | Julius van den Berg | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 20'14 | | 121 | Jérémy Roy | Team Europcar | + 20'30 | | 122 | Tom Veelers | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 21'41 | | 123 | Damien Monier | Alcatel | + 22'59 | | 124 | Jonathan Dufrasne | Ventilair | + 23'04 | | 125 | Mattia Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | + 23'24 | | 126 | Nicklas Bøje Pedersen | Leopard Development Team | + 24'13 | | 127 | Martijn Degreve | Ventilair | + 24'49 | | 128 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 24'57 | | 129 | Lander Seynaeve | Ventilair | + 27'13 | | 130 | Cyril Lemoine | Alcatel | + 29'32 | | 131 | Angelo Tulik | Alcatel | + 29'55 | | 132 | Jimmi Sørensen | Leopard Development Team | + 30'02 | | 133 | Joren Touquet | Ventilair | + 30'47 | | 134 | Niels van Dorsselaer | Ventilair | + 31'52 | | 135 | Pieter van Herck | Ventilair | + 35'43 |
| 1 | Caleb Ewan | Team Katusha | 65 | | 2 | Andrew Fenn | Team Sky | 47 | | 3 | Luka Pibernik | SEG Racing | 42 | | 4 | Silvan Dillier | Trek Factory Racing | 38 | | 5 | Mathieu van der Poel | Astana Pro Team | 24 |
| 1 | Victor Campenaerts | Etixx - Quick-step | 15 | | 2 | Luigi Miletta | Leopard Development Team | 10 | | 3 | Yelko Gomez | MTN-Qhubeka | 8 | | 4 | Patrick Müller | IAM Cycling | 0 | 6 | | 5 | Enrique Sanz | Team Katusha | 4 |
Young Riders Classification
| 1 | Caleb Ewan | Team Katusha | 14h46'32 | | 2 | Luka Pibernik | SEG Racing | + 20 | | 3 | Evgeny Shalunov | Team Katusha | + 28 | | 4 | Mathieu van der Poel | Astana Pro Team | + 32 | | 5 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 32 |
| 1 | Team Katusha | 44h21'02 | | 2 | Trek Factory Racing | + 7 | | 3 | Astana Pro Team | + 2'12 | | 4 | IAM Cycling | s.t. | + 2'19 | | 5 | Lotto Soudal | + 3'14 |
Another solid performance although a top 10 was not out of reach here. The form remains better than average and I hope I've done enough this year to warrant some interest from World Tour teams. Let's see what the agent brings to my table. More on that in my next entry...
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 13-11-2016 15:18
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Posted on 10-11-2016 11:36
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Ok result - hope you find a good team for next year, if you won't stay with Roompot
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