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One in a Billion | Rise to the Summit

Tamijo

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Posted on 20-10-2016 19:29

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Great start of the month

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AbhishekLFC

#142

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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Posted on 22-10-2016 17:41

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March

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

Points Classification

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

Mountain Classification

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

Team Classification

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

#144

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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#145

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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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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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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#148

Posted on 23-10-2016 18:24

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April

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

Klasika Primavera

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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Tamijo

#149

Posted on 24-10-2016 11:01

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AbhishekLFC

#150

Posted on 28-10-2016 17:27

Directeur Sportif

Posts: 11915
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April

Tanks Tamijo. Indurain's was a good start to the month. Next up, the two Ardennes one-day classics!

Amstel Gold Race

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

La Fleche Wallone

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

#151

Posted on 29-10-2016 07:11

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Solid result in Amstel.

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AbhishekLFC

#152

Posted on 30-10-2016 08:43

Directeur Sportif

Posts: 11915
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April

Tour de Romandie

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.

General Classification

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

Points Classification

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

Mountain Classification

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

Team Classification

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

#153

Posted on 30-10-2016 09:58

Team Leader

Posts: 7412
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Not the best result, but also very hard competition.

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AbhishekLFC

#154

Posted on 31-10-2016 16:17

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Posts: 11915
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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

#155

Posted on 31-10-2016 16:53

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May

After a hectic April, May brings only two races. First up, I joined the team in Azerbaijan for the five day stage race.

Tour d'Azerbaijan

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.

General Classification

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

Points Classification

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

Mountain Classification

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

Team Classification

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

#156

Posted on 03-11-2016 11:18

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Great race !

My Stage Creations:
https://www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewth...d_id=66162

AbhishekLFC

#157

Posted on 03-11-2016 14:20

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Thanks Tamijo

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AbhishekLFC

#158

Posted on 03-11-2016 17:35

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May

The second race in May is another stage race. Back to Belgium again following Ardennes week.

Baloise Belgium Tour

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.

General Classification

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

Points Classification

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

Team Classification

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

#159

Posted on 09-11-2016 17:29

Directeur Sportif

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June

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.

Tour of Luxembourg

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.

General Classification

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

Points Classification

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

Mountain Classification

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

Team Classification

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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