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Ian Butler

#21

Posted on 22-04-2017 21:58

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Hello!

You can imagine how thrilled I was to be selected for Tirreno - Adriatico. But I kept my feet on the ground. I'm racing here fully in support of the team. Still, starting in Tirreno - Adriatico is somewhat a big deal for a me. It's one of the greatest races on the calendar and I'm happy to be part of it.

Tirreno - Adriatico :: Stages 1 - 4

Pre-race
A prologue, I wonder how well I can do here. Stage 2 with a flat finish should be great for Fontana (who's like superfast on the flat) and stage 3 is tailor-made for Colbrelli, with the finish on a slope.
The fourth stage is hilly. After my Strade Bianche, I'm somewhat optimistic about my performance in the hills. Can I repeat my feat?
Cunego and De Marchi are both capable of riding a decent GC or take a stage win.

The Race
I did pretty well in the prologue. I finished just outside the top 10 but given the field, my 12th place is more than satisfying!

Barta and Malori are both specialists. We aimed for the podium but had to be happy with a sixth place by the Italian Champion in this discipline. A decent start for us at Tirreno, but it could be better.

The first road stage was decided in a millimetersprint between Greipel and Kittel, with the former taking the victory in the end.

Then things took a nasty turn for us. In the third stage, we had everything under control, although I had been dropped out of the peloton after mechanical problems. Colbrelli was perfectly placed coming up to the final kilometer. He beat Slagter in the sprint and gave Cattelan Italia its first World Tour victory.

But it only lasted 10 minutes. The jury disqualified him, saying his sprint was irregular. Watching the footage, I can't say I agree. It's very mild and you can imagine the disappointment in the hotel that evening. More bad luck struck as Colbrelli fell early in the fourth stage, abandoning the race.

And as they say: bad things come in threes. Cunego, one of our top men for this parcours, took a bad fall and wouldn't get back to the front of the race.

I had obviously underestimated this parcours. I thought it would be like Strade Bianche but the hills here were much more brutal. I tried my best to hang on to lend De Marchi support in the finale.

But I had to lower my pace, I couldn't follow the head of the race. I did my best but those guys pulling the peloton were just Hors Category today.

In the end, Nibali made his intentions clear. He's here to win Tirreno.

All in all, a rollercoaster Tirreno - Adriatico for our team. A decent start, a moment of glory, only to have it taken away shortly after. And since then, some bad luck.
Tomorrow there's a mountain stage, then another chance for the sprinters and Tirreno - Adriatico finishes with a 10 km time trial. Let's hope we can still make something of this race. Malori seems to be in good shape and my prologue was very promising. So I'm looking forward to the time trial mostly.

See you in a few days!

General Classification

1	Michal Kwiatkowski	Etixx - Quick-step	13h32'32
2	Rohan Dennis	BMC Racing Team	+ 2
3	Tom Dumoulin	Team Giant-Alpecin	+ 6
4	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	+ 7
5	Tony Martin	Etixx - Quick-step	s.t.
6	Edvald Boasson Hagen	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 20
7	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC Racing Team	+ 22
8	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
9	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	+ 23
10	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	+ 24
(...)
97	Antonio Andolini	Cattelan Italia	+ 10'08

Spoiler

11	Ben Hermans	BMC Racing Team	+ 29
12	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	+ 31
13	Bauke Mollema	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
14	Simon Gerrans	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 33
15	Tom Jelte Slagter	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 35
16	Zdenek Stybar	Etixx - Quick-step	+ 42
17	Alexander Kristoff	Team Katusha	+ 43
18	Igor Anton	Movistar Team	s.t.
19	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	s.t.
20	Davide Appollonio	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 45
21	Fabio Taborre	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 46
22	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	+ 49
23	Nicolas Roche	Team Sky	+ 51
24	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	s.t.
25	Daniel Martin	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 53
26	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	s.t.
27	Paul Martens	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 2'00
28	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar Team	+ 2'22
29	Peter Velits	BMC Racing Team	+ 2'27
30	Simon Yates	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 2'30
31	Diego Rosa	Astana Pro Team	+ 2'33
32	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 2'42
33	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha	+ 2'44
34	Mauro Finetto	Southeast	+ 2'50
35	Laurens Ten Dam	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 2'52
36	Francesco Gavazzi	Southeast	+ 2'55
37	Stephen Cummings	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 3'01
38	Davide Formolo	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 3'27
39	Sergey Chernetckii	Team Katusha	+ 3'36
40	Alessandro De Marchi	Cattelan Italia	+ 3'43
41	Sep Vanmarcke	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 3'46
42	Rubén Plaza	Lampre-Merida	+ 4'12
43	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 4'21
44	Esteban Cháves	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 4'24
45	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 5'20
46	Martin Elmiger	IAM Cycling	+ 5'27
47	Jürgen Roelandts	Lotto Soudal	+ 5'37
48	Alessandro Petacchi	Cattelan Italia	+ 5'39
49	Lars Boom	Astana Pro Team	+ 5'44
50	Thomas Degand	IAM Cycling	s.t.
51	Jan Barta	Cattelan Italia	+ 6'05
52	Jean-Christophe Péraud	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 6'12
53	André Greipel	Lotto Soudal	+ 6'13
54	Svein Tuft	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 6'15
55	Caleb Ewan	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 6'16
56	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
57	Johan Le Bon	FDJ	+ 6'19
58	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 6'27
59	Robert Gesink	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 6'29
60	Alessandro Vanotti	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
61	Jens Keukeleire	Orica-GreenEDGE	s.t.
62	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	+ 6'30
63	Serge Pauwels	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 6'33
64	Stefan Denifl	IAM Cycling	+ 6'34
65	Samuel Dumoulin	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 6'37
66	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	+ 6'42
67	Kevin Reza	FDJ	+ 6'45
68	Sander Armée	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
69	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing	+ 6'47
70	Yves Lampaert	Etixx - Quick-step	+ 7'44
71	Adriano Malori	Cattelan Italia	+ 7'45
72	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani CSF	+ 7'52
73	Elia Favilli	Southeast	+ 7'56
74	Laurens De Vreese	Astana Pro Team	+ 8'02
75	Geraint Thomas	Team Sky	+ 8'05
76	Valerio Conti	Lampre-Merida	+ 8'08
77	Francisco Ventoso	Movistar Team	s.t.
78	Chun Kai Feng	Lampre-Merida	+ 8'15
79	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 8'20
80	Louis Vervaeke	Lotto Soudal	+ 8'28
81	Moreno Moser	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 8'48
82	Ian Stannard	Team Sky	+ 8'51
83	Peter Kennaugh	Team Sky	+ 9'07
84	Mike Teunissen	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 9'15
85	Sergio Paulinho	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 9'16
86	Michele Scarponi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
87	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	+ 9'19
88	Louis Meintjes	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 9'23
89	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling	s.t.
90	Yoann Offredo	FDJ	+ 9'25
91	Steve Morabito	FDJ	+ 9'29
92	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	+ 9'31
93	Pavel Kochetkov	Team Katusha	+ 9'45
94	Tsgabu Grmay	Lampre-Merida	+ 9'47
95	Simone Stortoni	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 9'51
96	Jackson Rodriguez	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 9'59
97	Antonio Andolini	Cattelan Italia	+ 10'08
98	Danny Pate	Team Sky	+ 10'29
99	Caleb Fairly	Team Giant-Alpecin	+ 10'37
100	Juan Jose Lobato	Movistar Team	+ 10'48
101	Dylan Van Baarle	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 10'55
102	Murilo Fischer	FDJ	+ 10'56
103	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani CSF	+ 10'57
104	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 10'58
105	Salvatore Puccio	Team Sky	+ 11'06
106	Kristijan Durasek	Lampre-Merida	+ 11'54
107	Stef Clement	IAM Cycling	+ 12'21
108	Gianluca Brambilla	Etixx - Quick-step	+ 12'37
109	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	+ 12'54
110	Marcel Kittel	Etixx - Quick-step	+ 13'16
111	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing	+ 13'17
112	Manuel Quinziato	BMC Racing Team	+ 13'18
113	Tom Boonen	Etixx - Quick-step	+ 13'24
114	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	+ 13'30
115	Nicola Boem	Bardiani CSF	+ 13'43
116	Jesper Hansen	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 13'49
117	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 13'53
118	Zico Waeytens	Team Giant-Alpecin	+ 13'59
119	Andrew Talansky	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 14'14
120	Chad Haga	Team Giant-Alpecin	+ 14'33
121	Joey Rosskopf	BMC Racing Team	+ 14'36
122	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 14'40
123	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani CSF	+ 15'00
124	Luca Wackermann	Southeast	+ 15'43
125	Marco Coledan	Trek Factory Racing	+ 16'18
126	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto Soudal	+ 16'34
127	Damien Gaudin	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 16'36
128	Jay Thomson	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 16'43
129	Alberto Bettiol	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 16'45
130	Gert Dockx	Lotto Soudal	+ 16'49
131	Mark Cavendish	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 17'14
132	Youcef Reguigui	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 19'54
133	Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team	+ 20'13
134	Patrick Gretsch	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 20'24
135	Manuel Belletti	Southeast	+ 21'01
136	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling	+ 21'23
137	Lorenzo Manzin	FDJ	+ 22'13
138	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno	Bardiani CSF	+ 23'02
139	Adam Blythe	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 23'03
140	Alberto Nardin	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 23'12
141	Rinaldo Nocentini	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 24'28
142	Jacopo Guarnieri	Team Katusha	+ 24'55
143	Francesco Chicchi	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 25'09
144	Sergio Luis Henao	Team Sky	+ 25'43
145	Bert De Backer	Team Giant-Alpecin	+ 25'44
146	Timo Roosen	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 26'17
147	David Boucher	FDJ	+ 26'20
148	Davide Malacarne	Astana Pro Team	+ 26'47
149	Tom Stamsnijder	Team Giant-Alpecin	+ 28'21
150	Andrea Dal Col	Southeast	+ 28'30
151	Paolo Simion	Bardiani CSF	+ 28'44
152	Jakub Mareczko	Southeast	+ 28'46
153	Hugo Houle	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 30'18
154	Damiano Cunego	Cattelan Italia	+ 32'47
155	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani CSF	+ 36'23
156	Dennis Van Winden	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 37'19
157	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida	+ 38'31
158	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 39'55
159	Gert Steegmans	Trek Factory Racing	+ 44'02
160	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 44'24
161	Davide Villella	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 44'27
162	Andrea Manfredi	Bardiani CSF	+ 44'57
163	Robert Wagner	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 45'21
164	Liam Bertazzo	Southeast	+ 48'06

Ciao
Antonio

jandal7

#22

Posted on 22-04-2017 22:08

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Wow, tough going for Cattelan here

Nice to see Antonio doing well in the prologue and being selected for T-A at all, hope he can recover on the flat day and be ready for the final TT

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#23

Posted on 22-04-2017 22:10

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A great prologue for a neo-pro but some few hard stages for Antonio. It will be interesting to see the following days and the final time trial

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Really interesting story so far.

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#25

Posted on 23-04-2017 09:23

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jandal7 - That final TT should be great!

DyCic - Yeah, he can't expect every race to be like his debut

Raziz - Thanks very much!

Ian Butler

#26

Posted on 23-04-2017 09:23

Tour de France Champion

Posts: 21854
Joined: 01-05-2012
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Hey!

Just two more days until the end of my first WT event. Tirreno - Adriatico has been a very educational experience for me. Sure I haven't made as big an impact as I did in Strade Bianche, but the field is very different and you really can't compare these two races. Moreover, I'm still at the very start of my career. I shouldn't pin down on that Strade performance too much because it might be a while before I can do match that.

Tirreno - Adriatico :: Stage 5

Pre-race
My first real mountain stage, and a frighting profile it is. That final climb up the Terminillo is brutal and I'll be happy once I reach the finish line. Let's hope for a good performance by Cunego or De Marchi, though they'll have to attack early to stay ahead of the likes of Quintana and Nibali.

The Race
So far this has been a very strange Tirreno for us and once again we found ourselves at a disadvantage before the actual racing began. De Marchi was part of a fall and had to use quite some energy to get back to the peloton.

Of course, not everything was bad. Malori put himself in the breakaway of the day and got us some good TV time.

And it's going to take a bit more than just a fall to bring down De Marchi! At the foot of the Terminillo, he accelerated. Maybe the favorites would think it's too early and he could ride to an amazing stage win?!

But unfortunately, he never got more than 10 seconds. I played no part in the race but I wanted to see how well I'd hold up on a mountain like this. The first kilometer I thought my legs were burning. Pretty soon I had to let the (thinning out) peloton go. I settled for my own pace.

The final few kilometers I really got in a decent rhythm and actually overtook some minor groups. I was feeling better and better. Meanwhile, Mollema took an awesome victory over Quintana and Nibali. I'm happy for him, he really deserves this.

With the GC so close together, it'll be an exciting time trial on the final day. And let's hope Fontana, who's my age (22), can prove his talent in the sprint stage tomorrow. I've seen him in action on training and don't underestimate him. He's already finished top 10 in the second stage and I think he's a match for the top sprinters on a good day.

Stage 5

1	Bauke Mollema	Trek Factory Racing	5h13'58
2	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
3	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
4	Daniel Martin	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 54
5	Rohan Dennis	BMC Racing Team	+ 1'03
6	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	+ 1'18
7	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	+ 1'58
8	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
9	Igor Anton	Movistar Team	+ 2'59
10	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 3'07
(...)
35	Antonio Andolini	Cattelan Italia	+ 8'42

Spoiler

11	Sander Armée	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
12	Geraint Thomas	Team Sky	s.t.
13	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	+ 3'22
14	Robert Gesink	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	s.t.
15	Ben Hermans	BMC Racing Team	+ 4'30
16	Tom Dumoulin	Team Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
17	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	+ 5'01
18	Simon Yates	Orica-GreenEDGE	s.t.
19	Louis Meintjes	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
20	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	+ 5'20
21	Diego Rosa	Astana Pro Team	+ 6'08
22	Michal Kwiatkowski	Etixx - Quick-step	s.t.
23	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
24	Rubén Plaza	Lampre-Merida	+ 6'39
25	Thomas Degand	IAM Cycling	+ 6'53
26	Alessandro De Marchi	Cattelan Italia	s.t.
27	Jean-Christophe Péraud	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
28	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar Team	s.t.
29	Davide Formolo	Team Cannondale - Garmin	s.t.
30	Peter Velits	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
31	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEDGE	s.t.
32	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	s.t.
33	Gianluca Brambilla	Etixx - Quick-step	+ 8'42
34	Sergio Paulinho	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
35	Antonio Andolini	Cattelan Italia	s.t.
36	Stephen Cummings	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
37	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
38	Edvald Boasson Hagen	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
39	Andrew Talansky	Team Cannondale - Garmin	s.t.
40	Louis Vervaeke	Lotto Soudal	+ 9'30
41	Tony Martin	Etixx - Quick-step	s.t.
42	Serge Pauwels	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
43	Tom Jelte Slagter	Team Cannondale - Garmin	s.t.
44	Michele Scarponi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
45	Fabio Taborre	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 9'46
46	Zdenek Stybar	Etixx - Quick-step	s.t.
47	Simon Gerrans	Orica-GreenEDGE	s.t.
48	Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
49	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	+ 10'49
50	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
51	Esteban Cháves	Orica-GreenEDGE	s.t.
52	Chad Haga	Team Giant-Alpecin	+ 11'07
53	Simone Stortoni	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 12'26
54	Kristijan Durasek	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
55	Tsgabu Grmay	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
56	Jackson Rodriguez	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
57	Alessandro Vanotti	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
58	Danny Pate	Team Sky	s.t.
59	Francesco Gavazzi	Southeast	+ 12'49
60	Paul Martens	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	s.t.
61	Mauro Finetto	Southeast	s.t.
62	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 13'49
63	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 14'38
64	Martin Elmiger	IAM Cycling	+ 15'17
65	Jesper Hansen	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
66	Pavel Kochetkov	Team Katusha	+ 16'39
67	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
68	Caleb Ewan	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 17'25
69	Chun Kai Feng	Lampre-Merida	+ 17'52
70	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 18'38
71	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	+ 19'04
72	Jan Barta	Cattelan Italia	+ 19'43
73	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	s.t.
74	Moreno Moser	Team Cannondale - Garmin	s.t.
75	Stef Clement	IAM Cycling	s.t.
76	Caleb Fairly	Team Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
77	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha	+ 19'57
78	Jay Thomson	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
79	Stefan Denifl	IAM Cycling	s.t.
80	Davide Appollonio	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
81	Zico Waeytens	Team Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
82	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
83	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
84	Youcef Reguigui	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
85	Joey Rosskopf	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
86	Francisco Ventoso	Movistar Team	s.t.
87	Sergey Chernetckii	Team Katusha	s.t.
88	Jens Keukeleire	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 20'45
89	Alexander Kristoff	Team Katusha	s.t.
90	Peter Kennaugh	Team Sky	+ 21'01
91	Nicolas Roche	Team Sky	+ 21'09
92	Alessandro Petacchi	Cattelan Italia	+ 21'31
93	Manuel Belletti	Southeast	+ 22'09
94	Gert Dockx	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
95	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani CSF	+ 22'48
96	Mark Cavendish	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 23'16
97	Adriano Malori	Cattelan Italia	s.t.
98	Nicola Boem	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
99	Andrea Manfredi	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
100	Kevin Reza	FDJ	+ 24'11
101	Laurens De Vreese	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
102	André Greipel	Lotto Soudal	+ 24'30
103	Tom Boonen	Etixx - Quick-step	+ 25'18
104	Sep Vanmarcke	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	s.t.
105	Lars Boom	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
106	Johan Le Bon	FDJ	+ 26'07
107	Salvatore Puccio	Team Sky	s.t.
108	Mike Teunissen	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	s.t.
109	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
110	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
111	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
112	Svein Tuft	Orica-GreenEDGE	s.t.
113	Manuel Quinziato	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
114	Dylan Van Baarle	Team Cannondale - Garmin	s.t.
115	Marcel Kittel	Etixx - Quick-step	s.t.
116	Luca Wackermann	Southeast	s.t.
117	Jürgen Roelandts	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
118	Elia Favilli	Southeast	s.t.
119	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
120	Valerio Conti	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
121	Murilo Fischer	FDJ	s.t.
122	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
123	Alberto Bettiol	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 27'32
124	Ian Stannard	Team Sky	s.t.
125	Yves Lampaert	Etixx - Quick-step	s.t.
126	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
127	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling	s.t.
128	Andrea Dal Col	Southeast	+ 29'12
129	Lorenzo Manzin	FDJ	s.t.
130	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
131	Sergio Luis Henao	Team Sky	s.t.
132	Davide Malacarne	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
133	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
134	Jakub Mareczko	Southeast	s.t.
135	Yoann Offredo	FDJ	s.t.
136	Bert De Backer	Team Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
137	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
138	Robert Wagner	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	s.t.
139	Tom Stamsnijder	Team Giant-Alpecin	+ 30'00
140	Timo Roosen	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 30'48
141	Paolo Simion	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
142	Marco Coledan	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
143	Hugo Houle	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
144	Adam Blythe	Orica-GreenEDGE	s.t.
145	Samuel Dumoulin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
146	Alberto Nardin	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
147	Patrick Gretsch	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
148	Damien Gaudin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
149	Damiano Cunego	Cattelan Italia	s.t.
150	Jacopo Guarnieri	Team Katusha	s.t.
151	Rinaldo Nocentini	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
152	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing	+ 32'31
153	Gert Steegmans	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
154	Juan Jose Lobato	Movistar Team	s.t.
155	David Boucher	FDJ	s.t.
156	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling	+ 35'23
157	Laurens Ten Dam	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	s.t.
158	Davide Villella	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 36'18
159	Francesco Chicchi	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 38'14
160	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 38'27
161	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno	Bardiani CSF	+ 44'35
162	Dennis Van Winden	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 45'08
163	Liam Bertazzo	Southeast	+ 47'43

General Classification

1	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	18h46'33
2	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	+ 15
3	Bauke Mollema	Trek Factory Racing	+ 18
4	Rohan Dennis	BMC Racing Team	+ 1'02
5	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	+ 1'38
6	Daniel Martin	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 1'44
7	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC Racing Team	+ 2'17
8	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	+ 2'46
9	Igor Anton	Movistar Team	+ 3'39
10	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	+ 4'02
(...)
52	Antonio Andolini	Cattelan Italia	+ 18'47

Spoiler

11	Tom Dumoulin	Team Giant-Alpecin	+ 4'33
12	Ben Hermans	BMC Racing Team	+ 4'56
13	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	+ 5'47
14	Michal Kwiatkowski	Etixx - Quick-step	+ 6'05
15	Simon Yates	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 7'28
16	Diego Rosa	Astana Pro Team	+ 8'38
17	Edvald Boasson Hagen	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 8'59
18	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar Team	+ 9'12
19	Peter Velits	BMC Racing Team	+ 9'17
20	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 9'31
21	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 9'32
22	Tony Martin	Etixx - Quick-step	+ 9'34
23	Robert Gesink	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 9'48
24	Sander Armée	Lotto Soudal	+ 9'49
25	Tom Jelte Slagter	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 10'02
26	Simon Gerrans	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 10'16
27	Davide Formolo	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 10'17
28	Zdenek Stybar	Etixx - Quick-step	+ 10'25
29	Fabio Taborre	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 10'29
30	Alessandro De Marchi	Cattelan Italia	+ 10'33
31	Rubén Plaza	Lampre-Merida	+ 10'48
32	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 11'08
33	Geraint Thomas	Team Sky	+ 11'09
34	Stephen Cummings	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 11'40
35	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	+ 11'59
36	Thomas Degand	IAM Cycling	+ 12'34
37	Jean-Christophe Péraud	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 13'02
38	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani CSF	+ 13'57
39	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 13'59
40	Louis Meintjes	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 14'21
41	Paul Martens	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 14'46
42	Esteban Cháves	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 15'10
43	Mauro Finetto	Southeast	+ 15'36
44	Francesco Gavazzi	Southeast	+ 15'41
45	Serge Pauwels	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 16'00
46	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	+ 16'09
47	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	+ 17'07
48	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	+ 17'10
49	Sergio Paulinho	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 17'55
50	Louis Vervaeke	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
51	Michele Scarponi	Astana Pro Team	+ 18'43
52	Antonio Andolini	Cattelan Italia	+ 18'47
53	Alessandro Vanotti	Astana Pro Team	+ 18'52
54	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	+ 20'33
55	Davide Appollonio	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 20'39
56	Martin Elmiger	IAM Cycling	+ 20'41
57	Gianluca Brambilla	Etixx - Quick-step	+ 21'16
58	Alexander Kristoff	Team Katusha	+ 21'25
59	Nicolas Roche	Team Sky	+ 21'57
60	Tsgabu Grmay	Lampre-Merida	+ 22'10
61	Simone Stortoni	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 22'14
62	Jackson Rodriguez	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 22'22
63	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha	+ 22'38
64	Danny Pate	Team Sky	+ 22'50
65	Andrew Talansky	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 22'52
66	Sergey Chernetckii	Team Katusha	+ 23'30
67	Caleb Ewan	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 23'38
68	Kristijan Durasek	Lampre-Merida	+ 24'17
69	Chad Haga	Team Giant-Alpecin	+ 25'37
70	Jan Barta	Cattelan Italia	+ 25'45
71	Chun Kai Feng	Lampre-Merida	+ 26'04
72	Pavel Kochetkov	Team Katusha	+ 26'21
73	Stefan Denifl	IAM Cycling	+ 26'28
74	Alessandro Petacchi	Cattelan Italia	+ 27'07
75	Jens Keukeleire	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 27'11
76	Francisco Ventoso	Movistar Team	+ 28'02
77	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 28'26
78	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
79	Moreno Moser	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 28'28
80	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	+ 28'32
81	Sep Vanmarcke	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 29'01
82	Jesper Hansen	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 29'03
83	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 29'33
84	Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team	+ 29'56
85	Peter Kennaugh	Team Sky	+ 30'05
86	Caleb Fairly	Team Giant-Alpecin	+ 30'17
87	André Greipel	Lotto Soudal	+ 30'40
88	Kevin Reza	FDJ	+ 30'53
89	Adriano Malori	Cattelan Italia	+ 30'58
90	Lars Boom	Astana Pro Team	+ 30'59
91	Jürgen Roelandts	Lotto Soudal	+ 31'41
92	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 31'50
93	Stef Clement	IAM Cycling	+ 32'01
94	Laurens De Vreese	Astana Pro Team	+ 32'10
95	Svein Tuft	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 32'19
96	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre-Merida	+ 32'20
97	Johan Le Bon	FDJ	+ 32'23
98	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	+ 32'48
99	Zico Waeytens	Team Giant-Alpecin	+ 33'53
100	Elia Favilli	Southeast	+ 34'00
101	Valerio Conti	Lampre-Merida	+ 34'12
102	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 34'24
103	Joey Rosskopf	BMC Racing Team	+ 34'30
104	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani CSF	+ 34'53
105	Yves Lampaert	Etixx - Quick-step	+ 35'13
106	Mike Teunissen	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 35'19
107	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing	+ 35'56
108	Ian Stannard	Team Sky	+ 36'20
109	Jay Thomson	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 36'37
110	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling	+ 36'52
111	Nicola Boem	Bardiani CSF	+ 36'56
112	Dylan Van Baarle	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 36'59
113	Murilo Fischer	FDJ	+ 37'00
114	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani CSF	+ 37'01
115	Salvatore Puccio	Team Sky	+ 37'10
116	Samuel Dumoulin	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 37'22
117	Laurens Ten Dam	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 38'12
118	Yoann Offredo	FDJ	+ 38'34
119	Tom Boonen	Etixx - Quick-step	+ 38'39
120	Gert Dockx	Lotto Soudal	+ 38'55
121	Marcel Kittel	Etixx - Quick-step	+ 39'20
122	Manuel Quinziato	BMC Racing Team	+ 39'22
123	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	+ 39'34
124	Youcef Reguigui	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 39'48
125	Mark Cavendish	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 40'27
126	Luca Wackermann	Southeast	+ 41'47
127	Manuel Belletti	Southeast	+ 43'07
128	Juan Jose Lobato	Movistar Team	+ 43'16
129	Alberto Bettiol	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 44'14
130	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto Soudal	+ 45'43
131	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing	+ 45'45
132	Marco Coledan	Trek Factory Racing	+ 47'03
133	Damien Gaudin	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 47'21
134	Patrick Gretsch	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 51'09
135	Lorenzo Manzin	FDJ	+ 51'22
136	Adam Blythe	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 53'48
137	Alberto Nardin	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 53'57
138	Sergio Luis Henao	Team Sky	+ 54'52
139	Bert De Backer	Team Giant-Alpecin	+ 54'53
140	Rinaldo Nocentini	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 55'13
141	Jacopo Guarnieri	Team Katusha	+ 55'40
142	Davide Malacarne	Astana Pro Team	+ 55'56
143	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling	+ 56'43
144	Timo Roosen	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 57'02
145	Andrea Dal Col	Southeast	+ 57'39
146	Jakub Mareczko	Southeast	+ 57'55
147	Tom Stamsnijder	Team Giant-Alpecin	+ 58'18
148	David Boucher	FDJ	+ 58'48
149	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani CSF	+ 59'08
150	Paolo Simion	Bardiani CSF	+ 59'29
151	Hugo Houle	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 1h01'03
152	Francesco Chicchi	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 1h03'20
153	Damiano Cunego	Cattelan Italia	+ 1h03'32
154	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida	+ 1h04'35
155	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno	Bardiani CSF	+ 1h07'34
156	Andrea Manfredi	Bardiani CSF	+ 1h08'10
157	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 1h09'04
158	Robert Wagner	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 1h14'30
159	Gert Steegmans	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h16'30
160	Davide Villella	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 1h20'42
161	Dennis Van Winden	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 1h22'24
162	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 1h22'48
163	Liam Bertazzo	Southeast	+ 1h35'46

Only two days left.

Ciao
Antonio

Ian Butler

#27

Posted on 23-04-2017 10:12

Tour de France Champion

Posts: 21854
Joined: 01-05-2012
PCM$: 400.00

Hi

Wish I could say we had our share of bad luck in Tirreno, but I'd be lying. During the stage to Porto Sant'Elpidio, Fontana was caught in a peloton crash and is in the hospital, he'll be out for a few weeks at the least.

Tirreno - Adriatico :: Stages 6 - 7

Pre-race
Obviously Fontana is our man for stage 6. I will try to save as much energy as I can for the time trial. If I can make 12th place in the prologue, maybe I can crack the top 10 in this longer time trial.

The Race
Barta had a good day and attacked early, getting in the breakaway.

With 10 km to go, he dropped everyone but Boem. The peloton was more than a minute behind. They might make it!

With the peloton breathing down their neck, Boem decided to bluff and no longer relay. Barta was strong and confident and sprinted from far out. It looked very good and the Italian looked beaten. But Barta made a crucial mistake of not taking it to the finish line and Boem, on pure will power, still overtook him on the line. How can we come so close to victory twice in this Tirreno and yet not win.

Only the time trial was left. Malori held the best time for a long while.

And then it was my turn! I was ready.

I felt I had great legs fairly quickly. That time trial bike feels really good, I really have a knack for it!

I pushed as hard as I could. I crossed the finish line a provisional second, behind team mate Malori.

Unfortunately he couldn't keep the lead. The true specialists were a cut above the rest today. Malori had to be satisfied with a 5th place, while I'm more than happy to finish 7th! Add Barta on place 9 and this was definitely a successful ride for Cattelan!

Stage 6

1	Nicola Boem	Bardiani CSF	4h41'00
2	Jan Barta	Cattelan Italia	s.t.
3	Alexander Kristoff	Team Katusha	+ 34
4	Marcel Kittel	Etixx - Quick-step	s.t.
5	Mark Cavendish	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
6	André Greipel	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
7	Francisco Ventoso	Movistar Team	s.t.
8	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
9	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
10	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.

Stage 7

1	Tony Martin	Etixx - Quick-step	12'26
2	Rohan Dennis	BMC Racing Team	+ 17
3	Tom Dumoulin	Team Giant-Alpecin	+ 26
4	Michal Kwiatkowski	Etixx - Quick-step	+ 27
5	Adriano Malori	Cattelan Italia	+ 28
6	Geraint Thomas	Team Sky	+ 34
7	Antonio Andolini	Cattelan Italia	+ 37
8	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC Racing Team	+ 42
9	Jan Barta	Cattelan Italia	+ 44
10	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 46

Final Classification

1	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	23h41'29
2	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	+ 10
3	Bauke Mollema	Trek Factory Racing	+ 21
4	Rohan Dennis	BMC Racing Team	+ 23
5	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	+ 1'47
6	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC Racing Team	+ 2'03
7	Daniel Martin	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 2'33
8	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	+ 3'42
9	Tom Dumoulin	Team Giant-Alpecin	+ 4'03
10	Igor Anton	Movistar Team	+ 4'18
(...)
49	Antonio Andolini	Cattelan Italia	+ 18'28

Spoiler

11	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	+ 4'32
12	Ben Hermans	BMC Racing Team	+ 5'03
13	Michal Kwiatkowski	Etixx - Quick-step	+ 5'36
14	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	+ 6'38
15	Simon Yates	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 8'05
16	Tony Martin	Etixx - Quick-step	+ 8'38
17	Edvald Boasson Hagen	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 8'54
18	Diego Rosa	Astana Pro Team	+ 9'09
19	Peter Velits	BMC Racing Team	+ 9'18
20	Robert Gesink	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 9'56
21	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 10'10
22	Tom Jelte Slagter	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 10'31
23	Simon Gerrans	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 10'33
24	Sander Armée	Lotto Soudal	+ 10'34
25	Davide Formolo	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 10'41
26	Geraint Thomas	Team Sky	+ 10'47
27	Zdenek Stybar	Etixx - Quick-step	+ 10'56
28	Alessandro De Marchi	Cattelan Italia	+ 11'02
29	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 11'06
30	Rubén Plaza	Lampre-Merida	+ 11'08
31	Fabio Taborre	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 11'14
32	Stephen Cummings	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 11'38
33	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	+ 12'41
34	Thomas Degand	IAM Cycling	+ 12'57
35	Jean-Christophe Péraud	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 13'12
36	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 13'20
37	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 13'49
38	Paul Martens	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 14'39
39	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar Team	+ 14'43
40	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani CSF	+ 14'53
41	Louis Meintjes	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 14'59
42	Esteban Cháves	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 15'48
43	Mauro Finetto	Southeast	+ 16'24
44	Francesco Gavazzi	Southeast	+ 16'40
45	Serge Pauwels	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 16'47
46	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	+ 17'17
47	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	+ 17'38
48	Sergio Paulinho	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 18'21
49	Antonio Andolini	Cattelan Italia	+ 18'28
50	Louis Vervaeke	Lotto Soudal	+ 18'41
51	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	+ 19'02
52	Alessandro Vanotti	Astana Pro Team	+ 19'27
53	Martin Elmiger	IAM Cycling	+ 21'06
54	Alexander Kristoff	Team Katusha	+ 21'24
55	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	s.t.
56	Davide Appollonio	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 21'29
57	Gianluca Brambilla	Etixx - Quick-step	+ 21'51
58	Andrew Talansky	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 23'00
59	Danny Pate	Team Sky	+ 23'03
60	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha	+ 23'16
61	Sergey Chernetckii	Team Katusha	+ 23'37
62	Caleb Ewan	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 24'14
63	Jan Barta	Cattelan Italia	+ 24'53
64	Tsgabu Grmay	Lampre-Merida	+ 26'06
65	Simone Stortoni	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 26'35
66	Jackson Rodriguez	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 26'38
67	Chun Kai Feng	Lampre-Merida	+ 26'39
68	Alessandro Petacchi	Cattelan Italia	+ 27'36
69	Francisco Ventoso	Movistar Team	+ 29'09
70	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	+ 29'20
71	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 29'34
72	Pavel Kochetkov	Team Katusha	+ 29'45
73	Nicolas Roche	Team Sky	+ 30'16
74	Peter Kennaugh	Team Sky	+ 30'25
75	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 30'26
76	Adriano Malori	Cattelan Italia	+ 30'30
77	Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team	+ 30'51
78	Lars Boom	Astana Pro Team	+ 30'56
79	Caleb Fairly	Team Giant-Alpecin	+ 31'13
80	André Greipel	Lotto Soudal	+ 31'15
81	Kevin Reza	FDJ	+ 31'28
82	Kristijan Durasek	Lampre-Merida	+ 31'35
83	Jürgen Roelandts	Lotto Soudal	+ 31'51
84	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 31'53
85	Chad Haga	Team Giant-Alpecin	+ 32'10
86	Stefan Denifl	IAM Cycling	+ 32'18
87	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 32'32
88	Johan Le Bon	FDJ	+ 32'33
89	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre-Merida	+ 32'35
90	Laurens De Vreese	Astana Pro Team	+ 33'03
91	Jens Keukeleire	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 33'11
92	Jesper Hansen	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
93	Moreno Moser	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 33'45
94	Zico Waeytens	Team Giant-Alpecin	+ 34'34
95	Elia Favilli	Southeast	+ 34'40
96	Sep Vanmarcke	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 34'50
97	Valerio Conti	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
98	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 35'00
99	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani CSF	+ 35'16
100	Yves Lampaert	Etixx - Quick-step	+ 35'29
101	Mike Teunissen	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 35'50
102	Ian Stannard	Team Sky	+ 36'33
103	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing	+ 36'51
104	Nicola Boem	Bardiani CSF	+ 36'53
105	Dylan Van Baarle	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 37'03
106	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling	+ 37'11
107	Stef Clement	IAM Cycling	+ 37'20
108	Jay Thomson	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 37'24
109	Svein Tuft	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 37'25
110	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani CSF	+ 37'37
111	Murilo Fischer	FDJ	+ 37'41
112	Salvatore Puccio	Team Sky	+ 37'46
113	Samuel Dumoulin	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 38'23
114	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	+ 38'41
115	Tom Boonen	Etixx - Quick-step	+ 38'42
116	Yoann Offredo	FDJ	+ 38'55
117	Marcel Kittel	Etixx - Quick-step	+ 39'33
118	Gert Dockx	Lotto Soudal	+ 39'42
119	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	+ 39'50
120	Joey Rosskopf	BMC Racing Team	+ 40'14
121	Mark Cavendish	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 40'51
122	Youcef Reguigui	MTN-Qhubeka	+ 40'59
123	Luca Wackermann	Southeast	+ 42'39
124	Manuel Belletti	Southeast	+ 44'15
125	Manuel Quinziato	BMC Racing Team	+ 45'27
126	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto Soudal	+ 46'03
127	Laurens Ten Dam	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 46'45
128	Damien Gaudin	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 47'37
129	Juan Jose Lobato	Movistar Team	+ 48'35
130	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing	+ 48'57
131	Alberto Bettiol	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 50'03
132	Marco Coledan	Trek Factory Racing	+ 50'26
133	Patrick Gretsch	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 51'07
134	Lorenzo Manzin	FDJ	+ 52'16
135	Adam Blythe	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 54'44
136	Sergio Luis Henao	Team Sky	+ 55'03
137	Bert De Backer	Team Giant-Alpecin	+ 55'53
138	Rinaldo Nocentini	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 55'57
139	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling	+ 56'36
140	Jacopo Guarnieri	Team Katusha	+ 56'43
141	Timo Roosen	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 57'37
142	Jakub Mareczko	Southeast	+ 58'50
143	Alberto Nardin	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 59'11
144	Paolo Simion	Bardiani CSF	+ 1h00'44
145	Hugo Houle	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 1h01'20
146	Andrea Dal Col	Southeast	+ 1h01'23
147	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani CSF	+ 1h03'11
148	David Boucher	FDJ	+ 1h04'12
149	Francesco Chicchi	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 1h04'23
150	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida	+ 1h04'50
151	Damiano Cunego	Cattelan Italia	+ 1h07'25
152	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno	Bardiani CSF	+ 1h08'31
153	Davide Malacarne	Astana Pro Team	+ 1h09'44
154	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 1h14'45
155	Robert Wagner	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 1h14'55
156	Andrea Manfredi	Bardiani CSF	+ 1h15'08
157	Gert Steegmans	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h17'21
158	Davide Villella	Team Cannondale - Garmin	+ 1h21'31
159	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 1h29'03
160	Dennis Van Winden	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+ 1h29'13
161	Liam Bertazzo	Southeast	+ 1h39'39

So what about this Tirreno - Adriatico? How much bad luck can a team have, I wonder. A stage win - disqualified. A near stage win - Zabel'd on the line. Colbrelli out injured. Fontana out injured. Cunego and De Marchi both going down. The only upside were the time trials.
For me, this Tirreno was interesting and rather good, for the team it was a rollercoaster of emotions.

First Monument?

And with both Colbrelli and Fontana injured, my season goal might as well be within reach quicker than I thought. Obviously we had a team built around these two sprinters for the upcoming monument Milano - San Remo. But now we have to re-think our tactic with our sprinters out of competition.

The DS already asked me to be ready to start in Milano - San Remo. Still, it sucks for Colbrelli and Fontana. Both great guys and big talents. Let's hope we can fill their shoes with a back-up plan.

Ciao
Antonio

jandal7

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Posted on 23-04-2017 10:25

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Pretty cool 7th place in the TT

Annoying for Barta to be Zabel'd

Shame for the sprinters but this will be a nice test of endurance (the biggest

) for Antonio and I'm sure he'll be useful on the flats and if he can last long enough maybe the hills after Strade, though San Remo is a different beast obviously

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Kiserlovski01

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Posted on 23-04-2017 10:38

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Great start to the story and Antonio's career Ian, and also great to have you back here! I've been waiting for a good one-rider story for a long time.

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Ollie23

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Posted on 23-04-2017 14:54

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Interesting start to the story with some good results and a fun read! Will be following

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Ian Butler

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Posted on 23-04-2017 20:11

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jandal7 - San Remo can bring anything. A lot will also depend on how the race goes, of course!

Kiserlovski01 - Thanks very much, also for noticing the NC jersey. Fixed it now (renamed it correctly) Hope the story can live up to your expectations.

Ollie23 - Glad to hear that

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Posted on 23-04-2017 20:15

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A great start to the story. It's interesting to see you have a different backstory, though I find the change from track to puncheur quite interesting

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Ian Butler

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Posted on 23-04-2017 21:18

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Selwink - Thanks, hope I can keep it interesting

Ian Butler

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Posted on 23-04-2017 21:18

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Evening!

It just occured to me that I haven't raced outside of Italy yet. But with Strade Bianche, Tirreno - Adriatico and Milano - San Remo, I don't think I can complain. Those three races will define me for a long time to come, I think. Today, I stood at the start of a Monument. Milano - San Remo. A dream come true for any Italian cyclist.

Milano - San Remo

Pre-race
Despite the absence of Fontana and Colbrelli, we have assembled a decent team. Our tactic will be one of attacking since our main riders are De Marchi and Cunego. Given my performance at Strade Bianche, the DS gave me a lieutenant role for the Poggio, if I survive the distance. That means I can save my legs as long as possible and then see what I can do for the team.

The Race
It's his main specialty and I guess he'll be remembered for this mostly after his career. Bono was once again active at the race start and found himself in the breakaway of the day in Milano - San Remo. It's a tradition, really.

There were four attackers. Besides our man, there was Chérel, Dowsett and kiwi George Bennett.

The race was on lock for a whole while. On the Cipressa, it was De Marchi who opened the race. A brave attempt and nice to see our team, "just" a PCT team, making the race!

The attempt was nipped in the bud between the Cipressa and the Poggio. At the foot of the Poggio, I was placed excellent, on the front row.

There was no team mate in sight and the DS told me to not look back. I decided to just try and match the pace of the head of the race. Right before the top of the Poggio, Vanmarcke was the first to attack. On the picture, you can see the situation clearly. No one really answered. For two seconds I was in serious doubt what to do. One the one hand, if I tried to answer I could blow my chances for a potential good sprint. On the other hand, if I followed and we made it.

If you don't take chances, you cannot win.

And so I went. I overtook Vanmarcke and threw myself downhill. My track experience tought me to handle a bike, so I was going pretty fast. When I looked back I was surprised to see Vanmarcke caught. Whether he waited for the peloton or lost my wheel, I have no idea.

Going downhill, I had a limited lead. My attempt seemed futile but I now that I was in this position, there was no going back. Worst case scenario I gave our team important advertising and I ride myself in the picture in the finale of Milano - San Remo!

At the bottom of the downhill, I still held a lead. It was then I decided I wouldn't look back, no matter what. Just ride as hard as I could to the finish line and see what happens.

I had no idea that my lead was shrinking, but with only 200 meters left I still had nothing but an empty road ahead of me. I got out of the saddle and tried to keep riding as hard as possible. My legs were screaming in disagreement, but the cheering of the crowd urged me on.

The gap to the finish line was decreasing. And then, it was there.

I was in disbelief. I honestly expected 100% to get passed any moment before I crossed that line. But there it was. Did I make a mistake? Undoubtedly I had taken a wrong turn somewhere and the peloton had already finished.
It was unreal. It was a dream, I was certain.

But it wasn't. The sprinters flew past me just meters after I crossed the finish line. I raised my arms. It was real after all!

I can't remember everything that happened between crossing the finish line and getting to the hotel, it was all so hectic and unreal. I had doping controle and was called on the podium for a bewildered audience. I can assure you I was even more shocked than they were.

What I remember vividly, though, was holding the trophy in the air. A victory, a Monument, a dream.

Milan - San Remo

1	Antonio Andolini	Cattelan Italia	6h50'20
2	Alexander Kristoff	Team Katusha	s.t.
3	John Degenkolb	Team Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
4	Bryan Coquard	Team Europcar	s.t.
5	Peter Sagan	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
6	André Greipel	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
7	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
8	Arnaud Démare	FDJ	s.t.
9	Mark Cavendish	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
10	Nacer Bouhanni	Cofidis, Solutions Crédit	s.t.

I don't know what to say. Everything that's happened since I left the track seems like a long dream. I certainly hope I won't wake up tomorrow, realizing this all wasn't real. What I did today trumps all expectations, all hopes, all dreams.

It was one of those moments you can hold on to for the rest of your life, and know you did something, know you mattered.

Ciao
Antonio

Ian Butler

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Posted on 23-04-2017 21:26

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@ALL: Well, that was something. Playing the race, I saw Antonio with a high daily form and thought: if I get a chance, I'll attack. My hope was to get to the finish line with maybe a group of 20 - 30 riders and sprint, hope for a top 10 place.
When Vanmarcke went, I followed.

I was so certain the sprinters would overtake Antonio but to my surprise, he took it to the line.
I paused the game and sat for 5 minutes hesitating to restart the race. But then I decided to let it be. He earned the victory, certainly didn't steal it. I also think it doesn't make the story less interesting, as now he'll have that big victory to live up to.

I wanted to "explain" this to you, though. Rest assured Antonio is no monster ready to win 50 races this season. I won't share stats since that's not my policy but I'll say that his average now is 73 so his San Remo win came as much to my surprise as yours. Though it's now pretty obvious Antonio is no ordinary boy and this flirts within the lines of (un)reality, I think it's not that much out there

jandal7

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Posted on 23-04-2017 21:27

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inb4 TMM All 85s

jandal7 wrote:
if he can last long enough maybe the hills

Well I wasn't expecting that

Amazing win for Antonio! Has anyone ever had their first pro win be a monument? If he top 10s a cobbled classic (is Cattelan going to any? They might have to now

) my Cancellara prediction will be right

Seems like a real star of the future now, must be getting a lot of hype

Also, they can't deny Antonio the Giro now, he won fricking San Remo