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One in a Billion | Rise to the Summit
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 21-05-2017 06:03
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With encouragement from Ian and the ways to tackle Betancur from Jandal and Aquarius, I headed into October quietly confident of holding my own in Lotto despite the impending changes next season.
Before I can think of next season, there's the small matter of the Autumn Monument to race. Coming off the back of the Vuelta, I don't think I've ever felt more confident on a bike.
I was chosen as the leader of our team. I stayed in the peloton to look for opportunities later. There was a four man break which held on for a long long time. The middle of the race was uneventful. With 10 km to go, the rbeak was down to a single rider while the lead group behind had around 50 riders. The gap was 30 seconds. It took the leaders 5 more kilometres to catch the rbeak. With 3 km to go the attacks started. The first couple were shut down. The decisive attack came from Kwiatkowski with 2.5 km to go and I was the only one who followed closely. There were others who broke from the pack, but they never caught us. Just as we passed the kilometre banner, I attacked again and Kwiatkowski was done. He couldn't drive anymore and would eventually be swept up by the chase group. I had a 15 second lead with half a kilometre to go. Despite the pack closing in with every pedal-stroke, I hung on for my first ever victory in a Monument!
| 1 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 6h26'50 | | 2 | Mathieu van der Poel | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 3 | Carlos Betancur | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 4 | Rigoberto Urán | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 5 | Diego Ulissi | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 6 | Petr Vakoc | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 7 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 8 | Geraint Thomas | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 9 | Nairo Quintana | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 10 | Anastasio Ania | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 12 | Julian Alaphilippe | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 13 | Simon Yates | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 14 | Rui Costa | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 15 | Bauke Mollema | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 16 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 17 | Thibaut Pinot | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 18 | Mikel Landa | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 19 | Moreno Moser | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 20 | Ion Izagirre | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 21 | Mischa Van der Heijden | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 22 | Eddie Dunbar | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 23 | Alessandro De Marchi | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 24 | Julian Arredondo | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 25 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 26 | Adam Yates | Team Sky | s.t. | | 27 | Rafal Majka | Team Sky | + 1'15 | | 28 | Bob Jungels | Team Sky | s.t. | | 29 | Jonathan Hivert | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1'43 | | 30 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 31 | Hugh Carthy | Team Sky | s.t. | | 32 | Tejay Van Garderen | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 33 | Daniele Dall'Oste | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 2'32 | | 34 | Beñat Intxausti | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 35 | Warren Barguil | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 36 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 37 | Simon Spilak | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 38 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 39 | Lawson Craddock | ESPN | + 3'16 | | 40 | Jarlinson Pantano | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 3'45 | | 41 | Dominik Nerz | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 42 | Robert Kiserlovski | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 43 | Vincenzo Nibali | Team Sky | s.t. | | 44 | Dayer Quintana | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 45 | Diego Rosa | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 46 | Jan Barta | ESPN | s.t. | | 47 | Tim Wellens | ESPN | s.t. | | 48 | Fabio Felline | TEAM Pirelli | + 4'42 | | 49 | Frederico Figueiredo | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 50 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 51 | Simone Petilli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 52 | Leopold König | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 53 | Antoine Lavieu | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 54 | José Ramella | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 55 | Romain Bardet | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 56 | Andrey Amador | Team Sky | s.t. | | 57 | Jordi Simón | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 58 | Valerio Agnoli | Astana Pro Team | + 6'13 | | 59 | Tiago Machado | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 60 | Ian Boswell | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 61 | Alberto Contador | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 62 | Eros Capecchi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 63 | Bart De Clercq | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 64 | Philippe Gilbert | Lotto Soudal | + 7'50 | | 65 | Enrico Battaglin | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 66 | Edward Ravasi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 67 | Ilnur Zakarin | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 68 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Team Sky | s.t. | | 69 | Pierre Rolland | Team Sky | s.t. | | 70 | Sebastian Henao | Colombia | s.t. | | 71 | Tanel Kangert | ESPN | s.t. | | 72 | Kenny Elissonde | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 73 | Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 74 | Marcel Wyss | IAM Cycling | + 9'08 | | 75 | Heiner Parra | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 76 | Pierre-Roger Latour | ESPN | s.t. | | 77 | Sonny Colbrelli | Team Katusha | + 9'35 | | 78 | Marcos García | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 79 | Gorka Izagirre | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 80 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 81 | Winner Anacona | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 82 | Richie Porte | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 83 | Alexey Lutsenko | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 84 | Sam Oomen | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 85 | Mattia Cattaneo | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 86 | John Darwin Atapuma | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 87 | Cristiano Salerno | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 88 | Simon Clarke | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 89 | Gaël Malacarne | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 11'10 | | 90 | Tony Martin | Stella Artois | + 12'12 | | 91 | Muhamad Othman | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 92 | Carlos Verona | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 93 | Peter Velits | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 12'37 | | 94 | Alessandro Tonelli | TEAM Pirelli | + 14'17 | | 95 | Eduard-Michael Grosu | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 96 | Jesper Asselman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 97 | Samuele Conti | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 98 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 99 | Xabier Martínez Madrigal | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 100 | Victor Lafay | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 101 | Allessio Bottura | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 102 | Mohammed Mat Senan | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 103 | Simone Ponzi | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 104 | Alexandre Geniez | ESPN | s.t. | | 105 | Davide Ballerini | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 106 | Diego Ochoa | Colombia | s.t. | | 107 | Simon Raffin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 108 | Alessio Taliani | Southeast | s.t. | | 109 | Markus Freiberger | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 110 | Axel Domont | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 111 | Tim Declercq | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 112 | Nicolas Edet | Cyanide | s.t. | | 113 | Hector Saez | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 114 | Javier Moreno | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 115 | Serge Pauwels | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 116 | Giovanni Visconti | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 117 | Mirko Torta | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 118 | Silvio Herklotz | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 119 | Yannick Eijssen | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 120 | Anatoliy Budyak | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 121 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 122 | François Bidard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 123 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 124 | Domenico Pozzovivo | TEAM Pirelli | + 15'17 | | 125 | Tim Kerkhof | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 15'38 | | 126 | Patrick Facchini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 16'09 | | 127 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 128 | Marko Díaz | Colombia | + 17'53 | | 129 | Francis De Greef | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 130 | Carlos Quintero | Colombia | s.t. | | 131 | Dusan Rajovic | Colombia | s.t. | | 132 | Haritz Orbe | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 133 | Moreno Giampaolo | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 134 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 135 | Mirco Saggiorato | IAM Cycling | + 18'54 | | 136 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 137 | Serghei Tvetcov | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 19'35 | | 138 | Brice Feillu | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 139 | Rafal Palik | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 140 | Romain Guyot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 141 | Mauro Finetto | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 142 | Juan Chamorro | Colombia | s.t. | | 143 | Finn E. Rosenkilde | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 144 | Dylan Girdlestone | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 145 | Leonardo Pajuelo | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 146 | Goredema Dabengwa | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 147 | Michal Paluta | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 148 | Rein Taaramäe | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 149 | Andrea Vaccher | Southeast | s.t. | | 150 | David Menut | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 20'44 | | 151 | Alexander Foliforov | MTN-Qhubeka | + 21'17 | | 152 | Thomas Degand | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 153 | Nikias Arndt | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 22'08 | | 154 | Federico Rocchetti | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 155 | Emilien Viennet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 156 | Francesco Ginanni | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 157 | Mateo Popovic | ESPN | s.t. | | 158 | Julien Duval | Cyanide | s.t. | | 159 | Milan Veltman | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 160 | Léo Vincent | Cyanide | s.t. | | 161 | Arnold Jeannesson | Cyanide | + 23'23 | | 162 | Esteban Chaves | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 163 | Davide Leone | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 164 | Josip Rumac | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 165 | Gianluca Mengardo | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 166 | Alessandro Bisolti | Southeast | s.t. | | 167 | Giorgio Cecchinel | Southeast | s.t. | | 168 | Wilfried Gallo | Cyanide | + 24'46 | | 169 | Matteo Gozzi | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 170 | Rudy Barbier | Cyanide | + 25'24 | | 171 | Yelko Gomez | MTN-Qhubeka | + 26'32 | | 172 | Anthony Vandrepotte | Cyanide | s.t. | | 173 | Rüdiger Selig | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 174 | Matteo Busato | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 175 | Julius van den Berg | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 27'32 | | 176 | Mirsamad Poorseyedi | Southeast | s.t. | | 177 | Cameron Wurf | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 27'54 | | 178 | Iltjan Nika | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 28'14 | | 179 | Johann Van Zyl | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 180 | Kristian Aasvold | MTN-Qhubeka | + 29'45 | | 181 | Albert Timmer | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 182 | Jasper De Buyst | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 183 | Lukas Löer | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 184 | Cristian Delle Stelle | Southeast | + 30'48 | | 185 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 31'46 | | 186 | Francesco Baldi | Southeast | s.t. | | 187 | Grégory Rast | ESPN | + 32'18 | | 188 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Cyanide | s.t. | | 189 | Kevin Peeters | Lotto Soudal | + 33'02 | | 190 | Rafael Infantino | Colombia | s.t. | | 191 | Damiano Cunego | Southeast | s.t. | | 192 | Fabio Tuzi | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 35'02 | | 193 | Ryan Gribskjold | Colombia | + 35'56 | | 194 | Andy Atkinson | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 36'53 | | 195 | Andreas Hofer | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 40'15 | | 196 | Marco Bandiera | Team Katusha | + 42'48 | | 197 | Riccardo Tito | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 44'01 | | 198 | Jack Anderson | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. |
The brilliant first year in the World Tour has just got better. A win here was not something I would've predicted, even after the Vuelta performance. Another new high for me. A firm message sent to the team management I think! Oh and look who I finished ahead of 
The last race of the season for me saw my name being thrown around among the favourites. Surprisingly, I wasn't the leader for this race! I was given a free role. I didn't join the break as I felt I had a better chance of attacking late on. As it would turn out, I missed the decisive attack and finished alone behind the third group on the road. Dries van Gestel finished 7th for us behind winner Kwiatkowski.
| 1 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 4h47'27 | | 2 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 3 | Simon Yates | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 4 | Rui Costa | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | Bauke Mollema | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 28 | | 6 | Domenico Pozzovivo | TEAM Pirelli | + 1'03 | | 7 | Dries Van Gestel | Lotto Soudal | + 1'16 | | 8 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 9 | Mikel Landa | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 10 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Stella Artois | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Julian Arredondo | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 12 | Mathias Frank | Trek Factory Racing | + 2'25 | | 13 | Pierre-Roger Latour | ESPN | s.t. | | 14 | Francesco Bongiorno | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 15 | Thibaut Pinot | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 16 | Fabio Felline | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 17 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 2'46 | | 18 | Edoardo Zardini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 3'12 | | 19 | Edward Ravasi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 3'24 | | 20 | Simon Spilak | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 3'40 | | 21 | Jarlinson Pantano | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 4'03 | | 22 | Eros Capecchi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 23 | Sonny Colbrelli | Team Katusha | + 4'34 | | 24 | Jeppe Lykke Hartvig Nielsen | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 25 | Lorenzo Rota | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 26 | Alfredo Balloni | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 27 | Stefano Pirazzi | ESPN | s.t. | | 28 | Jan Polanc | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 29 | Daniele Dall'Oste | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 30 | Eddie Dunbar | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 31 | Esteban Chaves | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 32 | Alberto Contador | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 33 | Jordi van Dingenen | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 34 | Patrick Facchini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 35 | Manuele Boaro | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 36 | Gorka Izagirre | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 37 | Marko Díaz | Colombia | + 6'47 | | 38 | Davide Leone | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 39 | Robert Kiserlovski | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 40 | Giovanni Visconti | Astana Pro Team | + 7'45 | | 41 | Loïc Vliegen | Lotto Soudal | + 7'54 | | 42 | François Bidard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 43 | Davide Gabburo | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | s.t. | | 44 | Ilya Koshevoy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 45 | Valerio Agnoli | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 46 | Sidio Mezzini | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | s.t. | | 47 | Antonino Parrinello | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 48 | Tanel Kangert | ESPN | s.t. | | 49 | Gianni Moscon | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 9'03 | | 50 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 51 | Davide Pacchiardo | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 52 | Oleg Zemlyakov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 53 | Jordi Simón | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 54 | Gabriele Pizzaballa | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 55 | Alessio Taliani | Southeast | s.t. | | 56 | Serge Pauwels | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 57 | Alexis Dulin | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 58 | Davide Martinelli | ESPN | s.t. | | 59 | Jack Bobridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 60 | Miguel Bryon | ESPN | s.t. | | 61 | Filadelfio Soriano | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 10'48 | | 62 | Fabio Duarte | Colombia | s.t. | | 63 | Yannick Eijssen | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 64 | Moreno Giampaolo | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 65 | Enrico Battaglin | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 66 | Carter Jones | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 67 | Jan Barta | ESPN | s.t. | | 68 | Jeffrey Perrin | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 69 | Graham Traino | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 70 | Donato De Ieso | MG.Kvis - Vega | s.t. | | 71 | Stefano Nardelli | MG.Kvis - Vega | s.t. | | 72 | Massimo Mogni | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 73 | Jack Bauer | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 74 | Giorgio Cecchinel | Southeast | s.t. | | 75 | Joaquín Cacho | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 76 | Marco Filisetti | Team Idea 2010 ASD | s.t. | | 77 | Luca Sterbini | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 78 | Simone Petilli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 79 | Stéphane Rossetto | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 80 | Edmeo Menghini | MG.Kvis - Vega | s.t. | | 81 | Mirko Torta | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 82 | Sean De Bie | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 83 | Steff Cras | ESPN | s.t. | | 84 | Antonio Dubois | Colombia | s.t. | | 85 | Luigi Miletta | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 86 | Mauro Finetto | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 87 | Mikaël Chérel | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 88 | Adam Phelan | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 89 | Daniel Jaramillo | Colombia | s.t. | | 90 | Alessandro Bisolti | Southeast | s.t. | | 91 | Patrick Schelling | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 92 | Thomas Moses | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 13'49 | | 93 | Simone Stortoni | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 94 | Silvan Dietrich | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 95 | Lennard Kämna | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 96 | Matteo Occhialini | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 97 | Laurent Beuret | Team Idea 2010 ASD | s.t. | | 98 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 99 | Davide Viganò | D’Amico - Bottecchia | s.t. | | 100 | Jef Van Meirhaeghe | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 101 | Egor Silin | Team Katusha | + 14'46 | | 102 | Riccardo Tito | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 15'33 | | 103 | Diego Ochoa | Colombia | s.t. | | 104 | Gavin Mannion | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 105 | Mirsamad Poorseyedi | Southeast | s.t. | | 106 | Michael Bresciani | Team Idea 2010 ASD | s.t. | | 107 | Mattia Pozzo | D’Amico - Bottecchia | s.t. | | 108 | Marco Tecchio | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | | 109 | Francesco Chesi | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | s.t. | | 110 | Tim Declercq | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 111 | Ryan Mullen | Stella Artois | + 16'43 | | 112 | Alvaro Cuadros | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 113 | Andrea Lomonaco | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | + 16'57 | | 114 | Simone Nespoli | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | s.t. | | 115 | Ryan Gribskjold | Colombia | s.t. | | 116 | Raffaele Radice | Southeast | s.t. | | 117 | Matteo Fedi | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | | 118 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 119 | Andrea Fedi | ESPN | s.t. | | 120 | Jesse Kerrison | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 121 | Fabio Taborre | TEAM Pirelli | + 17'41 | | 122 | Omar Bertazzo | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 123 | Damiano Cunego | Southeast | + 18'05 | | 124 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 125 | Adriano Brogi | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | | 126 | Steve Morabito | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 127 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 128 | Maksim Shkvyrin | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 129 | Francesco Bonistalli | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | | 130 | Ludovico Perlotto | MG.Kvis - Vega | s.t. | | 131 | Nicola Dal Santo | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | | 132 | Reinis Andrijanovs | D’Amico - Bottecchia | s.t. | | 133 | Josué Moyano | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | | 134 | Ramon Carretero | Team Idea 2010 ASD | s.t. | | 135 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 136 | Matteo Gozzi | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 137 | Rémy Mertz | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 138 | Nicolo Martinello | Southeast | s.t. | | 139 | Casper Folsach | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | | 140 | Giacomo Tomio | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | s.t. | | 141 | Nicola Testi | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | | 142 | Marco Tizza | Colombia | + 19'04 | | 143 | Alessandro Bazzana | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | + 23'29 | | 144 | Oleg Chuzhda | D’Amico - Bottecchia | s.t. | | 145 | Francesco Sedaboni | Team Idea 2010 ASD | s.t. | | 146 | Stefano Agostini | TEAM Pirelli | + 24'27 | | 147 | Cesare Benedetti | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | + 26'08 | | 148 | Mario Santoro | Team Idea 2010 ASD | + 29'03 | | 149 | Mattia Gavazzi | Colombia | + 30'23 | | 150 | Pedro Vassallo Ferrari | Team Idea 2010 ASD | s.t. | | 151 | Francesco Baldi | Southeast | s.t. | | 152 | Enio Bracci | MG.Kvis - Vega | s.t. | | 153 | Erich Röttger | D’Amico - Bottecchia | s.t. | | 154 | Mehdi Sadia | D’Amico - Bottecchia | + 32'12 | | 155 | Pietro Sposito | Team Idea 2010 ASD | s.t. | | 156 | Ali Ahmed | MG.Kvis - Vega | + 35'04 |
I didn't mind the result in dell Emilia. It was a decent end to what has been an incredible season.
The newspapers back home finally gave me the recognition that was lacking so far. They did a half page article of my cycling journey highlighting the results in the Vuelta and Lombardia. I hope this can prove a catalyst to more youngsters taking up the sport in my country.
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 21-05-2017 07:04
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What a win for you in Lombardia, fantastic performance and timing! Surely a sign to the management for you to be #1 mountains leader!
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 21-05-2017 07:21
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Awesome win! Brilliant! |
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| Ripley |
Posted on 21-05-2017 08:40
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Just wow! Il Lombardia! Showing Betancur who's the boss! |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 21-05-2017 10:56
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A late reply, but what a brilliant result at stage 20 in the Vuelta a Espana, would say that was the major breaktrough as a top climber for Sinha.
And then Il Lombardia
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| Raziz |
Posted on 21-05-2017 11:02
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What a performance in Lombardia! |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 21-05-2017 13:40
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Thank you everyone for the kind words  . Lombardia win is a dream come true!!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 25-05-2017 06:28
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What do I say about the year 2018? Where do I start and where do I end?
I started my first race in a World Tour team!
I won a stage in my first race in a World Tour Team!
I started my first (and second) Grand Tour!
I won my first stage in a World Tour race!
I finished 8th in only my second Grand Tour!!
I won the U25 classification in the above mentioned Grand Tour!!
I WON IL LOMBARDIA!!!!
I could never have imagined it! My first season with Lotto Soudal has been a roaring success. The only question is whether I can do better in my second...
| World Tour Rankings | CQ Rankings | | Me | 25th - 186 points | 21st - 1310 points | | Lotto Soudal | 10th - 503 points | 13th - 4089 points |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 27-05-2017 07:03
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Lotto Soudal Team Presentation
Excerpts from the Press conference:
"... Last but no the least, we would like to present Carlos Betancur, who will share team leadership in Grand Tours and the Ardennes Classics..."
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This was the first time that I had missed the start of season press conference since signing for Leopard. Funny that they chose this time to make a statement promoting Betancur. I'm not sure about the kinds of mixed signals that the team are sending out to me. I'm already 23, not that young. I've been a part of the peloton for four years now. After the discussion last August, I really thought that I would be the one sharing team leadership in Grand Tours with Meintjes. Looks like there will be some intra-team rivalry this year at Lotto.
It has been another year of fine progress. I should be competing for higher placings in World Tour stage races.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 27-05-2017 07:17
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Before starting off with season 2019, I'd like to thank everyone who've been following and commenting on this story. We're up to nearly 300 posts and 15000 views. It is your support that motivates me to keep writing
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| Ripley |
Posted on 27-05-2017 08:56
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International reputation, nice. I'm sure you'll do fine even in a free role, just attack Betancur if he's your captain. Meintjes has become to an excellent climber I'm happy to see, I'm always a fan of riders from "exotic" countries (in terms of professional cycling). |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 29-05-2017 09:37
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Ripley wrote:
International reputation, nice. I'm sure you'll do fine even in a free role, just attack Betancur if he's your captain. Meintjes has become to an excellent climber I'm happy to see, I'm always a fan of riders from "exotic" countries (in terms of professional cycling).
Meintjes has been doing well races where we haven't started together 
As for me, I can't let that reputation get to my head. I have won just one big race so far!
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 29-05-2017 09:40
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you're looking more and more fantastic Abhishek!
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 29-05-2017 09:53
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Ripley wrote:
International reputation, nice. I'm sure you'll do fine even in a free role, just attack Betancur if he's your captain. Meintjes has become to an excellent climber I'm happy to see, I'm always a fan of riders from "exotic" countries (in terms of professional cycling).
Couldn't agree more, nice to you shine Abhishek
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 29-05-2017 11:48
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Good luck with the coming season, I’m sure you will do great and negotiate a captain role for 2020.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 30-05-2017 05:25
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@Croatia and Kiser: Thank you for the kind words. Only way is up 
@Tamijo: Thanks. Yes, this season might just decide how I'm looked at by the peloton, a GT challenger or just a second leader. The contract with Lotto ends this year as well. Another significant event to prepare and ride for!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 30-05-2017 12:47
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I had a good sit-down with the team to decide my schedule at the start of the year. There were a couple of races I would be riding for the first time including the big one. Here is what was finalised:
| Month | Race | Category | | January | Tour de San Luis | 2.1 | | February | Vuelta a Andalucia | 2.HC | | March | Paris - Nice | WT | | March | Milan - San Remo | Monument | | April | Vuelta al Pais Vasco | WT | | April | La Fleche Wallone | Classic | | April | Liege - Bastogne - Liege | Monument | | April | Tour de Romandie | WT | | June | Criterium Dauphine | WT | | July | Tour de France | Grand Tour | | August | Vuelta a Burgos | 2.HC | | August | Vuelta a Espana | Grand Tour | | October | Il Lombardia | Monument | | October | Paris - Bourges | 1.1 |
The big news is that I'll be starting the Tour de France for the very first time in my career. I will also be going to the Vuelta to try to improve on last year's eighth place finish. I will start in three Monuments - MSR, LBL and Il Lombardia - the last as defending champion!
I start the year differently this time. Mallorca and Murcia are not on my list as I chose to go to San Luis instead. Andalucia, another personal favourite remains on the calendar. Paris - Nice too remains on my schedule but Criterium International drops out to make way for MSR and a packed April - Pais Vasco, Fleche Wallone, LBL and Romandie. No races in June as I go off for altitude training for the Tour de France. I go to the Criterium Dauphine for the first time as a prep race for the Tour.
Following the Tour, I go to Burgos after a gap last year. I'm hoping this race will be the perfect build-up for the Vuelta a Espana. I end the season, following Il Lombardia in Paris - Bourges.
| Race(s) | Target | Importance | | Tour de France | Top 15 and Young Riders Jersey | 3 star | | Vuelta a Espana | Top 5 | 4 star | | Stage Races | Finish 1st in GC | 4 star | | Monuments | Two Top 10s, 1 Top 5 | 4 star | | World Tour Stage Races | Podium in 3 races | 5 star | | Season | 5 stage wins | 5 star |
Some might say that I've set high targets for myself this season but the time has come to really start challenging at the top of the GC in World Tour races. The target for the TDF is modest, given that it is the first time but I'll have to be very good at the Vuelta to satisfy myself. My win in Lombardia has given me confidence about being competitive in other Monuments as well. Five stage wins is a hard target, especially given the way I ride, focussing more on late attacks out of the pack than long distance efforts. I'll have to be very attentive and chose my moments well to achieve the same. I've also set a target of winning my first ever GC. Given that this is my fifth year as a pro, it is about time I achieved that!
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 30-05-2017 12:58
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 30-05-2017 14:32
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Good luck with you targets, they seem to be tough for sure.
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 30-05-2017 14:40
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Interesting goals - seems like there is a need to become a world beater in the contract year: A clean leadership in sight for you? 
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 30-05-2017 14:48
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Looking forward to the Tour - Vuelta combo, I hope it won't be too much on your still young shoulders (and legs)
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