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| trekbmc |
Posted on 28-05-2017 20:58
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Chris Froome will struggle to beat Laporte with such a small advantage on him at this point.
Agonisingly close to the yellow jersey, maybe if Antonio stays attentive there'll be another shot on a future stage? 
Also, beautiful story, haven't really commented yet but have been following closely. 
"What done is, is one." - Benji Naesen
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 28-05-2017 21:26
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Great job by Antonio in the TT, but I think he will have to wait for another year to wear the Maillot Jaune.
As you are riding the 2008 Tour route, next stage is a flat one, and then it comes Super Besse, where Kwiatkowski should be a big favourite for the win
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| Raziz |
Posted on 29-05-2017 08:16
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I feel like I am the only one who doesn't hate Froome  |
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 29-05-2017 08:48
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trekbmc wrote:
Chris Froome will struggle to beat Laporte with such a small advantage on him at this point.
Coupled with less than a minute on Chaves before the mountains it's not looking good for Froomey 
More amazing writing here Ian, hyped for the rest of Le Tour! Unlucky for Ando to miss out on yellow but hilly stage means anything could happen, even a cheeky late attack and utilise his track skills tomorrow if Fontana doesn't mind?
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
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11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 29-05-2017 09:32
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These Kwiatek type of riders are incredibly strong in PCM, same for guys like Alaphilippe. I can imagine to see Kwiatek winning it!
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| Selwink |
Posted on 29-05-2017 11:41
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Yellow was always gonna be hard in this case, but still a good effort. Maybe stage hunting near the end of the race is an option? For now it'll be a bit more suffering for Antonio I'm afraid.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 29-05-2017 15:33
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trekbmc - Glad to hear that. Maybe but with the mountains coming closer, it'll be very tough, especially since it's Kwiatek in yellow. I don't see where Antonio can take time on him.
Aquarius97 - Amazing that you know that!
Raziz - I certainly don't hate him. It's just an interactive question because he's lost a lot of time already
jandal7HouseMD - Froome will have a tough time, but PCM can have big differences in the mountains. A late attack is Antonio's trademark move so far but in the Tour it's damn hard to avoid a mass sprint.
Croatia14 - The mountains will see him lose time, though, I think. But, yes, those riders are very strong on PCM like Kwiatek, Ala, Sagan.
Selwink - He did his best. It would never be easy. Stage hunting is a nice option for him. |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 29-05-2017 19:05
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It only been 4/21 teoreticly Fromy is not out of it yet, but there are a lot of other options open.
Looking forvard to see how Antonio will preform on Tourmalet
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 30-05-2017 05:10
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Great start to the first TDF. Hoping for some more action from Antonio in the remaining stages
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 30-05-2017 12:48
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Everything is looking great on the GC |
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| Nepo |
Posted on 30-05-2017 17:33
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Wow, this story is amazing. Totally new to pcm, and crazy to here about these stories. Just one question are these races fiction or do you actually race them on pcm? |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 30-05-2017 20:17
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Nepo wrote:
Wow, this story is amazing. Totally new to pcm, and crazy to here about these stories. Just one question are these races fiction or do you actually race them on pcm?
95% of all stories are based on actual PCM racing and results, as this one.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 31-05-2017 20:46
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So happy to see so many of you following and liking this. It fills me with joy!
Sorry the updates are not more regularly but I hope the quality triumphs over quantity!
Tamijo - Tourmalet will be a great stage. Maybe not for Antonio but great nonetheless
AbhishekLFC - Hope so, too!
sutty68 - Yeah. So close to yellow but we then seem to forget 2nd is amazing for him at this point in his career!
Nepo - Thanks very much for your post. Your question has been answered above Hope you'll stick around and enjoy! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 31-05-2017 20:46
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Stage 5 was a sprinter's stage, with nothing much to say. Fontana with a brilliant third place and Bono picking up the intermediate sprint in a three-man breakaway. One picture to summarize my race: leading-out Fontana, while wearing the white jersey.
| 1 | André Greipel | Team Giant-Alpecin | 4h59'29 | | 2 | Alejo Oubiña | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 3 | Francesco Fontana | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | | 4 | Caleb Ewan | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 5 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 6 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 7 | Marcel Kittel | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 8 | John Degenkolb | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 9 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 10 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ | s.t. | | 11 | Julian Alaphilippe | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 12 | Matteo Trentin | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 13 | Antonio Andolini | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | | 14 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team Sky | s.t. | | 15 | Mark Cavendish | Team Sky | s.t. |
 Tour de France - Stage 6
Pre-race
The race up the Super-Besse. It's classified as hilly but take my word for it, it's a semi-mountain stage. At least a mountain finish. I can't possibly expect to take the Maillot Jaune here and so my yellow dream will have to wait at least another year. Nonetheless I'm motivated to make something of this stage. The final climb isn't that long nor is it that steep. With my big engine, I might ride a good result.
The Race
Grancitelli has a great ability of being in the right break. Today he was a sole escapee and picked up all the important KoM points, assuring him at least another day in the KoM jersey, and adding to our earnings this Tour.
At the foot of the Super-Besse, my legs filled with lead and I had to let the head of the peloton go. Malori stayed with me to help me as much as possible.
But after about a kilometer, the terrain smoothed out a bit more. Meanwhile my legs had adapted to the uphill a bit more and I started feeling better and better. I left the peloton behind, looking for the Yellow Jersey.
Kwiatkowski was nog having a great day and I caught up with him. Was Yellow still a possiblity? Probably not, since we were far from being at the head of the race. Still, my confidence was boosted by this effort!
Valverde won the stage, a great victory for him.
In the final straight line, still going uphill, I started my sprint against Kwiatkowski. He kept the pace for about 10 meters and then I noticed he parked, almost literally. He was totally busted. I tried to gain as much time as possible!
Unfortunately, I crossed the finish 2 minutes behind the race winner and so Yellow is out of the question. Van Garderen takes the jersey instead. However, my final kilometers and 14th place in the race is a major boost for me today. I save the White Jersey by 7 seconds, so my sprint was worth it!
Stage - Top 20 | 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 4h46'32 | | 2 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ | + 15 | | 3 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | + 25 | | 4 | Bauke Mollema | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 5 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 6 | Jean-Christophe Péraud | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1'03 | | 7 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | Julian Alaphilippe | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 9 | Daan Olivier | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 10 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 1'19 | | 11 | Alberto Contador | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1'42 | | 12 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 1'50 | | 13 | Antonio Andolini | Cattelan Italia | + 2'09 | | 14 | Rui Costa | Lampre-Merida | + 2'50 | | 15 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team Sky | s.t. | | 16 | Sergio Luis Henao | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 17 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | + 3'39 | | 18 | Esteban Cháves | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 3'48 | | 19 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 20 | Warren Barguil | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
General Classification | 1 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | 23h09'04 | | 2 | Jean-Christophe Péraud | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 32 | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 36 | | 4 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ | + 39 | | 5 | Bauke Mollema | Trek Factory Racing | + 54 | | 6 | Antonio Andolini | Cattelan Italia | + 1'26 | | 7 | Julian Alaphilippe | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1'33 | | 8 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team Sky | + 1'53 | | 9 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | + 1'56 | | 10 | Alberto Contador | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | + 2'04 | | 12 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 2'17 | | 13 | Rui Costa | Lampre-Merida | + 2'42 | | 14 | Daan Olivier | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 2'50 | | 15 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 3'19 | | 16 | Sergio Luis Henao | Team Katusha | + 3'55 | | 17 | Andrew Talansky | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 4'04 | | 18 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 4'25 | | 19 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 4'41 | | 20 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 21 | Davide Formolo | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 5'02 | | 22 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto Soudal | + 5'08 | | 23 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 5'29 | | 24 | Richie Porte | Team Sky | + 5'35 | | 25 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | + 5'38 | | 26 | Rohan Dennis | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 27 | Esteban Cháves | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 6'05 | | 28 | Yury Trofimov | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 6'21 | | 29 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | + 6'40 | | 30 | Simon Geschke | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 6'41 | | 31 | Warren Barguil | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 6'48 | | 32 | Simon Gerrans | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 6'51 | | 33 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 7'16 | | 34 | Roman Kreuziger | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 7'26 | | 35 | Alexandre Geniez | FDJ | + 7'28 | | 36 | Lennart Thorgersen | Astana Pro Team | + 7'32 | | 37 | Rein Taaramae | IAM Cycling | + 7'38 | | 38 | Cameron Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 8'22 | | 39 | Anthony Roux | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 8'53 | | 40 | Wout Poels | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 8'58 | | 41 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | MTN-Qhubeka | + 9'00 | | 42 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 43 | Geraint Thomas | Team Sky | + 9'05 | | 44 | Zdenek Stybar | BMC Racing Team | + 9'29 | | 45 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | + 9'37 | | 46 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | + 9'51 | | 47 | Greg Van Avermaet | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 10'06 | | 48 | John Degenkolb | MTN-Qhubeka | + 10'12 | | 49 | Luka Mezgec | MTN-Qhubeka | + 10'33 | | 50 | Jonathan Hivert | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 10'35 | | 51 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 10'49 | | 52 | Michael Valgren | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 11'02 | | 53 | Adriano Malori | Cattelan Italia | + 11'05 | | 54 | Jan Barta | Cattelan Italia | + 11'08 | | 55 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 11'21 | | 56 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Trek Factory Racing | + 11'37 | | 57 | Gerald Ciolek | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 11'45 | | 58 | Tony Martin | Etixx - Quick-step | + 11'55 | | 59 | Joe Dombrowski | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 12'09 | | 60 | Dries Devenyns | Lotto Soudal | + 12'10 | | 61 | Edward Theuns | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 12'18 | | 62 | Juan Jose Lobato | Movistar Team | + 12'34 | | 63 | Robert Kiserlovski | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 12'43 | | 64 | Daryl Impey | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 65 | Julian Arredondo | BMC Racing Team | + 13'05 | | 66 | Igor Anton | Movistar Team | + 13'06 | | 67 | Marcel Kittel | Etixx - Quick-step | + 13'26 | | 68 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ | + 13'35 | | 69 | Clément Chevrier | IAM Cycling | + 13'41 | | 70 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | + 13'55 | | 71 | Caleb Ewan | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 13'58 | | 72 | Diego Rosa | Astana Pro Team | + 13'59 | | 73 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 14'03 | | 74 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 14'27 | | 75 | Rafael Valls | IAM Cycling | + 14'28 | | 76 | Alejo Oubiña | Movistar Team | + 14'31 | | 77 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek Factory Racing | + 14'46 | | 78 | Simon Yates | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 79 | Sergey Firsanov | Team Katusha | + 14'52 | | 80 | Serge Pauwels | MTN-Qhubeka | + 14'54 | | 81 | Peter Velits | IAM Cycling | + 14'58 | | 82 | Francesco Fontana | Cattelan Italia | + 15'00 | | 83 | Sacha Modolo | Lampre-Merida | + 15'08 | | 84 | Jan Bakelants | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 85 | Steve Morabito | Trek Factory Racing | + 15'18 | | 86 | Nikias Arndt | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 15'21 | | 87 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Lampre-Merida | + 15'37 | | 88 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 15'42 | | 89 | Mark Cavendish | Team Sky | + 15'48 | | 90 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Lotto Soudal | + 15'55 | | 91 | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Katusha | + 15'57 | | 92 | Anthony Delaplace | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 16'05 | | 93 | Simon Spilak | Team Katusha | + 16'12 | | 94 | Romain Hardy | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 16'13 | | 95 | Robert Gesink | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 16'14 | | 96 | Simon Clarke | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 16'18 | | 97 | Yves Lampaert | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 98 | José Herrada | Team Katusha | + 16'29 | | 99 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | + 16'37 | | 100 | Luca Fassoli | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | | 101 | Michael Albasini | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 16'48 | | 102 | Filippo Pozzato | Lampre-Merida | + 16'49 | | 103 | Tyler Farrar | MTN-Qhubeka | + 16'54 | | 104 | Jan Polanc | Lampre-Merida | + 16'56 | | 105 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 106 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 17'04 | | 107 | Daniele Bennati | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 17'12 | | 108 | Youcef Reguigui | MTN-Qhubeka | + 17'14 | | 109 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ | + 17'24 | | 110 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Lampre-Merida | + 17'26 | | 111 | Damiano Cunego | Cattelan Italia | + 17'29 | | 112 | Tom Jelte Slagter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 17'49 | | 113 | Elia Viviani | Team Sky | + 18'10 | | 114 | Kenny Elissonde | FDJ | s.t. | | 115 | Laurens De Vreese | Trek Factory Racing | + 18'17 | | 116 | Christophe Laporte | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 18'31 | | 117 | André Greipel | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 18'34 | | 118 | Geoffrey Soupe | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 18'36 | | 119 | George Bennett | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 18'39 | | 120 | David Tanner | IAM Cycling | + 18'41 | | 121 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | + 18'44 | | 122 | Yoann Offredo | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 123 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 18'51 | | 124 | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | + 18'55 | | 125 | Michel Kreder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 18'57 | | 126 | Sergey Chernetckii | Team Katusha | + 19'14 | | 127 | Ian Stannard | Team Sky | + 19'19 | | 128 | Stefan Vengust | Cattelan Italia | + 19'21 | | 129 | Florian Vachon | BMC Racing Team | + 19'35 | | 130 | Julien El Fares | FDJ | + 19'41 | | 131 | Samuel Sánchez | Movistar Team | + 19'50 | | 132 | Jempy Drucker | Trek Factory Racing | + 20'13 | | 133 | Lars Boom | Astana Pro Team | + 20'19 | | 134 | Lars Van Der Haar | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 20'24 | | 135 | Eduardo Sepulveda | IAM Cycling | + 20'25 | | 136 | Brice Feillu | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 20'29 | | 137 | Marco Haller | Team Katusha | + 20'54 | | 138 | Romain Sicard | Etixx - Quick-step | + 21'01 | | 139 | Lieuwe Westra | Astana Pro Team | + 21'14 | | 140 | Matteo Trentin | Etixx - Quick-step | + 21'18 | | 141 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | + 21'20 | | 142 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 21'24 | | 143 | Matthias Brandle | IAM Cycling | + 21'26 | | 144 | Valerio Agnoli | Lampre-Merida | + 21'33 | | 145 | Tom Boonen | Etixx - Quick-step | + 21'56 | | 146 | Stéphane Rossetto | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 22'07 | | 147 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 22'19 | | 148 | Nacer Bouhanni | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 22'22 | | 149 | Mitchell Docker | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 22'31 | | 150 | Mathew Hayman | Team Sky | + 22'36 | | 151 | Romain Feillu | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 152 | Mikhail Ignatiev | IAM Cycling | + 22'41 | | 153 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | + 22'44 | | 154 | Armindo Fonseca | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 22'59 | | 155 | Kristian Sbaragli | MTN-Qhubeka | + 23'00 | | 156 | Barry Markus | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 23'06 | | 157 | Lorenzo Manzin | FDJ | + 23'15 | | 158 | John Murphy | BMC Racing Team | + 23'37 | | 159 | Thomas Boudat | Team Europcar | + 23'57 | | 160 | Laurent Pichon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 23'58 | | 161 | Adam Blythe | IAM Cycling | + 24'25 | | 162 | Shakhin Sirkhaev | Lampre-Merida | + 24'43 | | 163 | Niki Terpstra | Etixx - Quick-step | + 24'51 | | 164 | Marcus Burghardt | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 24'58 | | 165 | Kris Boeckmans | Lotto Soudal | + 24'59 | | 166 | Jean-Lou Paiani | Team Europcar | + 25'50 | | 167 | Victor Lafay | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 26'57 | | 168 | Dylan Van Baarle | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 27'07 | | 169 | Kristoffer Skjerping | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 27'46 | | 170 | Luca Paolini | Astana Pro Team | + 28'01 | | 171 | Eugenio Alafaci | Trek Factory Racing | + 28'02 | | 172 | Ruben Zepunkte | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 28'31 | | 173 | Sébastien Reichenbach | Team Katusha | + 28'38 | | 174 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | FDJ | + 29'12 | | 175 | Clément Venturini | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 29'37 | | 176 | Maurizio Grancitelli | Cattelan Italia | + 29'54 | | 177 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | + 30'12 | | 178 | Bradley Wiggins | Team Sky | + 31'50 | | 179 | Michael Mørkøv | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 32'20 | | 180 | Yann Guyot | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 33'07 | | 181 | Daniel Moreno | Movistar Team | + 34'59 | | 182 | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | + 35'32 | | 183 | Yoann Bagot | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 39'34 | | 184 | Rémy Di Grégorio | Team Europcar | + 40'23 | | 185 | Maxime Le Montagner | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 40'35 | | 186 | Sebastian Langeveld | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 41'43 | | 187 | Maxime Daniel | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 42'36 | | 188 | Kevin Reza | FDJ | + 42'53 | | 189 | Joaquim Rodriguez | Etixx - Quick-step | + 44'36 | | 190 | Romain Cardis | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 45'24 | | 191 | Matteo Bono | Cattelan Italia | + 45'57 | | 192 | Daniel McLay | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 47'38 | | 193 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | + 50'26 | | 194 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto Soudal | + 52'06 | | 195 | Michael Goolaerts | Team Europcar | + 1h03'09 | | 196 | Matthew Busche | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h18'59 |
Mountain Points | 1 | Maurizio Grancitelli | Cattelan Italia | 12 | | 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 5 | | 3 | Tom Jelte Slagter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 5 | | 4 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ | 3 | | 5 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Lampre-Merida | 3 |
Froome is doing a great time gaining back time. From a lost position he's actually passed Contador and Quintana in the GC already. Is this Tour his to take? Or will a French rider finally win the Tour again? Pinot and Péraud are both excellently placed.
Meanwhile, Mollema is doing well and we like to see that. You know why? Here's some news, he signed a contract with our team for next season!
Another minor point to make is that I finish 13th today on a hilly stage, 13th yesterday in a sprint stage, 8th in the time trial. I think that shows my all-round ability and I'm rather proud of that.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 31-05-2017 22:02
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Go Tejay! And you too Antonio... I guess.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 01-06-2017 07:59
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Will likely be hard when the climbs get longer, but so far Andolini has done great.
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Posted on 01-06-2017 08:50
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Wow, great news about mollema. Cant wait to see you both on the same team next year. And wow another great stage for Andolini, wonder how you will do when it comes to the big mountains. Maybe you can retain your white jersey?? |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 01-06-2017 18:09
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Still up there with the big boys  |
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Posted on 01-06-2017 18:30
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Good to see you kept the white jersey there, though it seems like it'll be gone soon. Nevertheless a great effort.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 02-06-2017 16:18
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MreSuperstar - Go ahead and cheer for Tejay, I'm happy for him, too
Tamijo - I completely agree!
Nepo - White would be amazing. But Alaphilippe has developed into a strong rider in my savegame and it'll be very hard. But who knows!
Mollema will be a great addition to the squad.
sutty68 - So far, so good!
Selwink - Thanks for reading! Saving the jersey even for one day is nice! |
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