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One in a Billion | Rise to the Summit
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 31-05-2017 05:10
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@Tamijo: Yes they are but I set the bar high to see how much I could push myself.
@Croatia: First choice leader is the aim for next season, although at the moment that looks tough.
@Kiserlovski: I adjusted to the Giro-Vuelta combo last year so am hoping I can cope with this too. I'm not racing much post April besides these two races to keep myself fresh. Let's see what I can do.
Looking back on the targets, I too think they're a bit on the steeper side. But given that I want to leadership role going ahead, I think it might be necessary to have an extraordinary year to reach there.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 03-06-2017 08:46
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For the first time in four years, I wasn't starting my season in Mallorca. This was the only race of the season which the management insisted that I go to. Given that they gave me the freedom to choose the rest of my season, I didn't resist.
My first visit to South America. I was doing things differently in a season which would have serious repercussions on my future. As far as this race was concerned, I was given a free role while Meintjes led the team. I didn't mind much, as it gave me the freedom to stretch my legs and test my race condition early on in the season. Just the day before the first stage, Meintjes had a bad fall in a training ride and bruised his arm. He was not dropping out but it remains to be seen how it would effect his race.
Stage 1 and I stayed in the pack to try my luck later. van Dingenen joined the break but it didn't work out. The finish saw a bunch sprint and I somehow managed to cross the line in 9th place.
Stage 2 had a sigle climb late on but all it did was reduce the size of the pack that reached the line together. Simon Yates won the bunch sprint.
Stage 3 was flat and we stayed out of trouble. Nothing much to report.
Stage 4
This was one of the stages that would play an important role in deciding the GC. van Dingenen joined th break again. Once again, the break did not survive. I found myself dropped from the group of favourites with just 7 kilometres to go. I hit the pedal to the metal and got some time back. However, I still lost nearly 2 minutes to stage winner Yates. Meintjes finished 3rd. I moved up to 5th in the GC.
Stage 5 was the ITT where I was expecting a good ride. I passed both intermediate time-checks in 14th place, 38 seconds off in the latter. I finished eventually in 18th, 59 seconds down and thats where I would finish after all riders had finished. I remained in 5th place overall.
Stage 6
Another important stage. The climb to the finish provided all the drama. I found myself in an elite group of four riders halfway up the climb. With 5 km to go, I was alone out in front after a small attack. I was caught by two riders with 1.5 km to go. I would finish 3rd on the stage and move up to 3rd in the GC.
Stage 7 was flat. The break survived the day and took home the glory.
| 1 | Simon Yates | Astana Pro Team | 22h32'15 | | 2 | Eddie Dunbar | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 48 | | 3 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 1'39 | | 4 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 2'22 | | 5 | Bauke Mollema | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 4'46 | | 6 | Tanel Kangert | Istanbul | + 6'05 | | 7 | Joshua Edmondson | Team Sky | + 6'53 | | 8 | Cameron Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 8'15 | | 9 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 8'17 | | 10 | Gorka Izagirre | IAM Cycling | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Leopold König | Astana Pro Team | + 8'20 | | 12 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 8'35 | | 13 | Jay McCarthy | Team Sky | + 8'44 | | 14 | Kenny Elissonde | Team Europcar | + 8'58 | | 15 | Ilya Koshevoy | Roth - Skoda | + 9'10 | | 16 | Louis Meintjes | Lotto Soudal | + 9'15 | | 17 | Tiago Machado | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 9'37 | | 18 | Jesús Herrada | Iberdrola | + 9'46 | | 19 | Carlos Barbero | TEAM Cepsa | + 10'37 | | 20 | Enrico Barbin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 10'43 | | 21 | Dayer Quintana | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 11'12 | | 22 | Graham Traino | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 11'18 | | 23 | Luis León Sánchez | TEAM Cepsa | + 11'58 | | 24 | Vincenzo Nibali | Team Sky | + 13'24 | | 25 | Omar Fraile | Iberdrola | + 15'07 | | 26 | Michael Hepburn | Team Sky | + 15'30 | | 27 | Michael Valgren | IAM Cycling | + 16'22 | | 28 | George Preidler | IAM Cycling | + 16'41 | | 29 | Jordi Simón | Iberdrola | + 17'58 | | 30 | Michael Matthews | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 19'09 | | 31 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | Colombia | + 19'15 | | 32 | Hugo Houle | TEAM Cepsa | + 20'22 | | 33 | Quentin Jauregui | Team Europcar | + 20'33 | | 34 | Jordi van Dingenen | Lotto Soudal | + 22'14 | | 35 | Danny Van Poppel | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 22'36 | | 36 | Jordan Sarrou | Roth - Skoda | + 22'50 | | 37 | Silvan Dillier | IAM Cycling | + 22'54 | | 38 | Marko Díaz | Colombia | + 23'21 | | 39 | Arnaud Demare | Team Europcar | + 23'27 | | 40 | Matteo Pelucchi | Team Sky | + 23'28 | | 41 | Patrick Müller | Roth - Skoda | + 24'48 | | 42 | Juan José Lobato | TEAM Cepsa | + 24'50 | | 43 | Ian Stannard | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 25'01 | | 44 | Luke Rowe | Team Sky | + 25'04 | | 45 | Bryan Coquard | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 25'25 | | 46 | Colin Stüssi | IAM Cycling | + 25'33 | | 47 | Wesley Sulzberger | Iberdrola | + 25'34 | | 48 | Alexander Geuens | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 26'19 | | 49 | Florian Maître | Team Europcar | + 26'50 | | 50 | Jack Bobridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 26'54 | | 51 | Jan Dieteren | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 27'08 | | 52 | Eugert Zhupa | Madison Genesis | + 28'16 | | 53 | Romain Combaud | Team Europcar | + 28'27 | | 54 | Daniel Hoelgaard | IAM Cycling | + 28'35 | | 55 | Ilya Davidenok | Astana Pro Team | + 28'50 | | 56 | Tony Hurel | Madison Genesis | + 29'08 | | 57 | Daniel Oss | Astana Pro Team | + 29'16 | | 58 | Iuri Filosi | Roth - Skoda | + 29'26 | | 59 | Jesper Asselman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 29'28 | | 60 | André Greipel | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 29'31 | | 61 | Phil Bauhaus | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 29'34 | | 62 | Robert Pölder | Istanbul | + 29'55 | | 63 | David Menut | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 29'58 | | 64 | Ryan Mullen | Madison Genesis | + 30'02 | | 65 | Robert Bush | Old Spice | + 30'34 | | 66 | Tim Merlier | Lotto Soudal | + 30'37 | | 67 | Maximilian Werda | Istanbul | + 30'46 | | 68 | Nicklas Bøje Pedersen | Old Spice | + 31'14 | | 69 | Owain Doull | Istanbul | + 31'19 | | 70 | Sjoerd Van Ginneken | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 31'43 | | 71 | Jakub Kaczmarek | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 31'49 | | 72 | Vladislav Filipovich | Old Spice | + 32'00 | | 73 | Wilfried de Kok | Madison Genesis | + 32'03 | | 74 | Garikoitz Bravo | Iberdrola | + 32'05 | | 75 | José Vicente Toribio | TEAM Cepsa | + 32'18 | | 76 | Mateusz Nowak | Colombia | + 32'43 | | 77 | Etienne Fabre | Team Europcar | + 33'18 | | 78 | Bekir Baki Akirsan | Istanbul | + 33'22 | | 79 | Rémy Rochas | Colombia | + 33'41 | | 80 | Aidis Kruopis | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 34'23 | | 81 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Lotto Soudal | + 34'37 | | 82 | Dario Rapps | Roth - Skoda | + 34'52 | | 83 | Alberto Cecchin | Colombia | + 34'58 | | 84 | Mirko Selvaggi | Astana Pro Team | + 35'29 | | 85 | George Tansley | Roth - Skoda | + 37'27 | | 86 | Edward Laverack | Madison Genesis | + 37'54 | | 87 | Revy Amhaouch | Old Spice | + 38'17 | | 88 | Alberto Bettiol | Istanbul | + 39'07 | | 89 | Johann Van Zyl | TEAM Cepsa | + 39'33 | | 90 | Julius van den Berg | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 39'59 | | 91 | Eric Young | Old Spice | + 44'41 | | 92 | Carlos Miguel | Madison Genesis | + 45'03 | | 93 | Antoine Demoitie | Lotto Soudal | + 46'07 | | 94 | Edwin Ávila | Colombia | + 47'33 |
| 1 | Ryan Mullen | Madison Genesis | 18 | | 2 | José Vicente Toribio | TEAM Cepsa | 7 | | 3 | Bryan Coquard | Tinkoff-Saxo | 6 | | 4 | Ian Stannard | Tinkoff-Saxo | 5 | | 5 | Florian Maître | Team Europcar | 5 |
| 1 | Simon Yates | Astana Pro Team | 28 | | 2 | Eddie Dunbar | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 18 | | 3 | Bauke Mollema | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | 10 | | 4 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | 8 | | 5 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 6 |
Young Riders Classification
| 1 | Eddie Dunbar | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 22h33'03 | | 2 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 51 | | 3 | Graham Traino | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 10'30 | | 4 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | Colombia | + 18'27 | | 5 | Quentin Jauregui | Team Europcar | + 19'45 |
| 1 | Astana Pro Team | 67h46'50 | | 2 | Team Sky | + 13'51 | | 3 | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 14'31 | | 4 | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 15'17 | | 5 | Lotto Soudal | + 23'02 |
A great start to the season. I was very close to picking up a stage win on the penultimate stage. Dunbar's heroics on that same stage meant that I would miss out on the White Jersey this time around. Overall, I was happy with the performance and with the support that the team had provided me. Too bad for Meintjes. His injury ruined a chance for us to have another rider challenging for the top spot.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-06-2017 09:16
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Damn those goals will be hard to reach, but that's why they're goals/dreams I guess  still, getting a few of those would be great.
Vuelta might be a bit tough after giving all in the Tour!
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 03-06-2017 09:36
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San Luis looked good, now take that form over to the next races!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 03-06-2017 13:05
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@Ian: Yeah the goals won't be easy and I probably won't achieve all of them, but I'll surely try.
As far as San Luis goes, Betancur wanted to go to Mallorca and fhe management felt it made more sense to send two of us to San Luis, being the better contested race.
@Croatia: That's the plan
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 03-06-2017 14:37
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Solid race in San Luis, a perfect season opener.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 04-06-2017 03:47
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@Tamijo: Yes it was. Now to keep up this form.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 04-06-2017 04:38
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It felt a bit weird mid-way through February not having raced in Murcia. My only race this month would be Andalucia, perhaps my favourite race on the calendar.
Meintjes once again was chosen as the leader of the team and I had to settle for a free role. Seems like we're being paired up quite often this year.
Stage 1 was the Prologue. I was one of the bookies' favourites for the stage win! I was surprised myself with that standing as the field wasn't very weak. On course, I crossed the first intermediate in 3rd place and reached the finish line in 2nd, just 5 seconds off leader Javier Moreno's time. I moved down two places to 4th by the time everyone finished but didn't lose any further time. I beat the likes of Froome and Contador on this stage! Perhaps the bookies know me better than I do myself! Meintjes lost 33 seconds.
Stage 2 saw the peloton whittled down to 70 riders on the third climb in pursuit of the break. The pack started splitting up after the break was caught and I found myself in the fourth group on the road. Despite our best efforts, we could not bridge the gap to the groups in front. I finished 10th on the stage and moved down to 8th in the GC. This stage was a disaster for Meintjes as he lost more than 4 minutes!
Stage 3
This stage had the ___/ profile Spanish races are often (in)famous for. I stayed in the pack till the climb. The break had long since been caught. As the road rose, I found myself out in front in a group of four with Meintjes, Aru and Simon Yates. With 2.5 km to go, I attacked. Only Aru could follow. I outsprinted Aru to take the stage win, almost exactly two years to the date of my first career victory here in Andalucia!! I was up to 2nd place in the GC, 44 seconds behind Aru. Meintjes finished 3rd after dropping Yates. It was a great day for Lotto!
| 1 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 4h35'27 | | 2 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 3 | Louis Meintjes | Lotto Soudal | + 19 | | 4 | Simon Yates | Astana Pro Team | + 38 | | 5 | Anastasio Ania | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. |
Stage 4 was one for the sprinters and I enjoyed the off day. van Asbroek finished 10th for us.
(Wearing the U25s jersey on Stage 4)
Stage 5
With the good in the first mountain stage, came the bad in the next. This was my birthday too!
With 40 km to go, all but two members of our team fell in a massive pile-up. We recovered back to the pack, but it definitely had an effect on me. I was dropped again in an innocuous looking hill before the end. I dropped out of the top 10 in the GC and lost my U25s jersey. Meintjes too, had a stage to forget.
Stage 6 was flat again and there wasn't anything of note from our team.
| 1 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | 19h47'43 | | 2 | Alberto Contador | TEAM Cepsa | + 1'03 | | 3 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 4 | Anastasio Ania | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1'08 | | 5 | Arnaud Duteil | Team Europcar | + 1'30 | | 6 | Simon Yates | Astana Pro Team | + 1'52 | | 7 | Serghei Tvetcov | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 2'12 | | 8 | Davide Villella | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 2'20 | | 9 | Sergei Pomoshnikov | Team Katusha | + 2'55 | | 10 | Francesco Bongiorno | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 3'08 |
Spoiler | 11 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 3'49 | | 12 | David De la Cruz | Team Katusha | + 4'10 | | 13 | Yoann Bagot | Team Europcar | + 4'15 | | 14 | Louis Meintjes | Lotto Soudal | + 4'23 | | 15 | Björn Thurau | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 16 | Jesús Herrada | Iberdrola | + 4'48 | | 17 | Petr Vakoč | Iberdrola | + 4'55 | | 18 | Michael Matthews | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 5'19 | | 19 | Manuel Senni | Astana Pro Team | + 5'36 | | 20 | Beñat Txoperena | Team Katusha | + 5'46 | | 21 | Mischa Van der Heijden | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 5'58 | | 22 | Edward Ravasi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 6'55 | | 23 | Alberto Gallego | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 6'56 | | 24 | Javier Moreno | TEAM Cepsa | + 7'01 | | 25 | José Ramella | Astana Pro Team | + 9'21 | | 26 | Ezequiel Grandi | Kaiku | + 9'28 | | 27 | Chris Froome | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 9'46 | | 28 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 29 | Loïc Bouchereau | Alcatel | + 10'09 | | 30 | Jasper Ockeloen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 10'44 | | 31 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 10'48 | | 32 | Mikel Bizkarra | Kaiku | + 11'35 | | 33 | Isaac Bolívar | Colombia | + 12'11 | | 34 | Romain Hardy | Team Europcar | + 13'02 | | 35 | Ulf Hausweiler | Bora - Argon 18 | + 13'06 | | 36 | Patrick Bevin | Bora - Argon 18 | + 13'09 | | 37 | Simone Petilli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 13'12 | | 38 | Jesús Del Pino | ActiveJet Team | + 13'52 | | 39 | Ricardo García | Team Katusha | + 14'27 | | 40 | Hugo Pigeon | Team Europcar | + 15'17 | | 41 | Pello Bilbao | TEAM Cepsa | + 15'31 | | 42 | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | Astana Pro Team | + 16'20 | | 43 | Patrick Facchini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 16'32 | | 44 | Yonas Tekeste | Colombia | + 16'44 | | 45 | Gregorio Ibañez | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 18'29 | | 46 | Ángel Madrazo | Team Katusha | + 18'35 | | 47 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 18'59 | | 48 | Juan José Lobato | TEAM Cepsa | + 19'34 | | 49 | Eros Capecchi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 19'50 | | 50 | Lars Van Der Haar | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 20'14 | | 51 | Aitor Gurruchaga | Kaiku | + 20'21 | | 52 | Gijs De Berlanger | Lotto Soudal | + 20'30 | | 53 | Ander Arranz | TEAM Cepsa | + 21'00 | | 54 | Alejandro Valverde | TEAM Cepsa | + 21'16 | | 55 | Kristian Aasvold | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 21'41 | | 56 | Domen Novak | Kaiku | + 21'53 | | 57 | Pablo Lechuga | Iberdrola | + 21'58 | | 58 | Enrique Sanz | Iberdrola | + 23'28 | | 59 | Sérgio Mantecón | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 60 | Jurgen van Diemen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 24'15 | | 61 | Arnau Sole | Burgos - BH | + 24'18 | | 62 | Roman Kubik | ActiveJet Team | + 24'41 | | 63 | Luca Sterbini | Astana Pro Team | + 24'45 | | 64 | Francisco José Ventoso | Team Katusha | + 25'00 | | 65 | Carlos Quintero | Colombia | + 26'05 | | 66 | Carlos Barbero | TEAM Cepsa | + 26'13 | | 67 | Jan Dieteren | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 26'40 | | 68 | Alexey Kurbatov | Kaiku | + 26'45 | | 69 | Gini Turano | Bora - Argon 18 | + 27'00 | | 70 | Nans Peters | Alcatel | + 27'06 | | 71 | Alton McArther | Astana Pro Team | + 27'26 | | 72 | Tim De Troyer | Lotto Soudal | + 27'33 | | 73 | Tomasz Mickiewicz | ActiveJet Team | + 27'40 | | 74 | Nicolai Tanovitchii | ActiveJet Team | + 27'42 | | 75 | Michael Vingerling | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 27'55 | | 76 | Edwin Ávila | Colombia | + 28'04 | | 77 | Andrés Vigil | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 78 | Jefferson Reátegui | Colombia | + 28'20 | | 79 | Michael Kolar | Iberdrola | + 28'30 | | 80 | Michał Gołaś | ActiveJet Team | + 28'33 | | 81 | Charles Herbert | Alcatel | + 28'50 | | 82 | Francis De Greef | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 29'16 | | 83 | Ibai Salas | Burgos - BH | + 30'14 | | 84 | Nikias Arndt | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 30'47 | | 85 | Eloy Ruiz | Burgos - BH | + 30'48 | | 86 | Feritcam Samli | Alcatel | + 30'56 | | 87 | Jean-Lou Paiani | Team Europcar | + 31'51 | | 88 | Julien Simon | Colombia | + 31'55 | | 89 | Timo Roosen | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 32'35 | | 90 | Nikita Zharoven | Alcatel | + 32'40 | | 91 | Gert-Jan Bosman | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 33'05 | | 92 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Lotto Soudal | + 33'26 | | 93 | Marco König | Bora - Argon 18 | + 34'31 | | 94 | Marco Tizza | Colombia | + 35'00 | | 95 | Nicola Ruffoni | Bora - Argon 18 | + 35'15 | | 96 | Adam Stachowiak | ActiveJet Team | + 35'17 | | 97 | Boy Van Poppel | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 35'46 | | 98 | Brayan Ramírez | Burgos - BH | + 35'54 | | 99 | Mickaël Rouge | Team Europcar | + 36'35 | | 100 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Alcatel | + 37'09 | | 101 | Donny Schrijvers | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 37'21 | | 102 | Konstantin Kuperasov | Team Katusha | + 37'31 | | 103 | Paul Martens | Bora - Argon 18 | + 38'01 | | 104 | Elmar Reinders | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 38'30 | | 105 | Benjamin Giraud | Team Europcar | + 40'05 | | 106 | Joshua Huppertz | Bora - Argon 18 | + 40'10 | | 107 | Unai Iparragirre | Kaiku | + 41'12 | | 108 | Davy Gunst | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 42'23 | | 109 | Loïc Chetout | Burgos - BH | + 43'07 | | 110 | Gert Moström | Iberdrola | + 43'57 | | 111 | Ibai Gorostidi | Kaiku | + 44'42 | | 112 | Erwann Corbel | ActiveJet Team | + 46'38 | | 113 | Olaf Buekens | Lotto Soudal | + 47'36 | | 114 | Alexander Geuens | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 48'33 | | 115 | Wesley Sulzberger | Iberdrola | + 49'22 | | 116 | Jesper Asselman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 49'36 | | 117 | Thomas Damuseau | Alcatel | + 55'36 | | 118 | Liam Bertazzo | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 55'59 |
| 1 | Sergei Pomoshnikov | Team Katusha | 19 | | 2 | Pello Bilbao | TEAM Cepsa | 17 | | 3 | Manuel Senni | Astana Pro Team | 13 | | 4 | Mischa Van der Heijden | Team Giant-Alpecin | 13 | | 5 | Patrick Facchini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 12 |
| 1 | Arnaud Duteil | Team Europcar | 53 | | 2 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 45 | | 3 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | 41 | | 4 | Michael Matthews | Tinkoff-Saxo | 41 | | 5 | Patrick Bevin | Bora - Argon 18 | 32 |
Young Riders Classification
| 1 | Anastasio Ania | Tinkoff-Saxo | 19h48'51 | | 2 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 2'41 | | 3 | Mischa Van der Heijden | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 4'50 | | 4 | Edward Ravasi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 5'47 | | 5 | José Ramella | Astana Pro Team | + 8'13 |
| 1 | Astana Pro Team | 59h29'13 | | 2 | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1'52 | | 3 | Team Katusha | + 4'08 | | 4 | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 4'34 | | 5 | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 5'56 |
A possibly brilliant result turned into a disappointment because of the Stage 5 incident. Meintjes struggled to compete again, probably still facing the consequences of the arm injury he suffered in San Luis. I picked up 2nd place in the U25s and the Points classifications, but those were mere consolation to what I had to give up. This just makes me more determined to do well in the next race. That would be Paris-Nice and I'll see you then...
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 04-06-2017 07:39
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Brilliant stage win! Too bad he messed up the GC but it's early season and a victory is more welcome than another good GC standing at this point maybe  |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 04-06-2017 08:13
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Really fine Prologue, and supreme stage victory, too bad with the crash.
Meintjes not preforming (again), might be time to talk with the manager sportif about a chance in roles ?
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| Ripley |
Posted on 04-06-2017 09:45
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I hope Sinha isn't in trouble for attacking his captain. Bad luck with the crash, and the young man also has to learn to be more wary of echolons on seemingly easy stages. Still, a race that'll give him even more confidence, winning the queen stage against Aru. |
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 04-06-2017 12:09
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Great start of the season. 3rd in San Luis, stage win in Andalucia. A shame about the crash, but you should be OK for Paris-Nice.
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 04-06-2017 13:10
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Two great races to start, even with the unforunate outcome in Andalucía. You really seem to like Vueltas, big statement for the #SueñoRojo? 
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 04-06-2017 14:47
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@Ian: The stage win is surely a confidence booster. Can't say I wasn't bummed about the GC though.
@Tamijo: Thanks . The crash really sucked!
I think I'd give it a bit more time. I'd prefer to do the talking on the road.
@Ripley: I never really attacked Meintjes, so to say. He lost time in the ITT and then again on stage 2, without me having attacked at all. So I think the management understands that I was their best GC hope post that. I hope they do, else there could be trouble, like you said.
Winning against Aru on top of the climb was sweeeeeet 
@Aquarius: Looking to get a high placing in Paris-Nice, that's for sure.
@Kiserlovski: Spain really is my favourite racing country. Who knows, maybe what you said could really be a possibility this year!
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 05-06-2017 05:19
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 08-06-2017 07:37
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Starting off with the business end of the season. A podium and a stage win meant my confidence was high going into this month. I was off to France first for Paris-Nice.
The trouble was, so was Meintjes, Betancur and Benoot! All four of us were in the starting line-up for Lotto. I was pleasantly surprised to be a given a free role, the best I could've hoped for. Meintjes would be the protected rider.
The prologue on Stage 1 suited me. When I crossed the line, the leaderboard showed that I was in 5th place, 22 seconds behind the best time. I didn't lose further time after everyone finished. But I did end up 15th. I was the best for our team once again in an ITT.
Stage 2 was flat and I stayed in the pack. Cimolai finished 6th for us.
Stage 3 presented an opportunity to attack. I tried a couple of times, but the peloton would not let me go. I gave up and stayed in the pack till the end.
The first big climbs appeared on Stage 4. I attacked on the fourth and final climb of the day and pulled out half a minute to the pack. Unfortunately, there was still 65 km to go at this stage and once the peloton got past the climb, they reeled me in easily. The stage ended in a bunch sprint with Cimolai 7th.
Stage 5
I did not try to get away early as I believed I had a better chance to make a late attack stick on this stage. The peloton was down to about 20 riders as we rode up the fourth climb. Betancur attacked and got away. However, he would not hold on till the end as he was caught and passed by three others. I stayed with the larger group just behind those four. I moved up to 4th in the GC while Betancur's time gain got him up to 7th. Meintjes was underperforming once again.
Stage 6 was flat and we stayed out of the limelight.
Stage 7 was similar to the last one. We did pick up two top ten finishes in the uphill finish, with Betancur in 7th and Benoot in 10th.
Stage 8 had the potential to be a game changer. A two man breakaway went away early and rode hard through the stage. Aru attacked at the base of the final climb, getting a gap. I too was able to drop the pack by riding a high gear, without actually attacking. However, we were both caught by the time the peloton reached the top of the climb. The descent saw a massive chase to catch the break. The latter could not be caught and survived to win the stage. Sagan took 3rd, and this and other time gains in the flat stages gave him GC victory by 2 seconds over Michael Matthews and by 11 seconds over me.
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | 30h24'19 | | 2 | Michael Matthews | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2 | | 3 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 11 | | 4 | Sérgio Henao | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 12 | | 5 | Tom Slagter | Team Katusha | + 14 | | 6 | Carlos Betancur | Lotto Soudal | + 17 | | 7 | Tim Wellens | ESPN | s.t. | | 8 | Philip O'Donnell | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 23 | | 9 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 25 | | 10 | Pierre Rolland | Team Sky | + 29 |
Spoiler | 11 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 34 | | 12 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Europcar | + 35 | | 13 | Anastasio Ania | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 36 | | 14 | Samir Jabrayilov | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 15 | Alexandre Geniez | ESPN | + 1'51 | | 16 | Tony Martin | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1'52 | | 17 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1'56 | | 18 | Tejay Van Garderen | Astana Pro Team | + 2'03 | | 19 | Simon Spilak | ESPN | + 2'09 | | 20 | Simon Clarke | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2'12 | | 21 | Winner Anacona | Iberdrola | + 2'18 | | 22 | Carlos Verona | Team Sky | + 2'23 | | 23 | Edward Ravasi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 2'25 | | 24 | Arnaud Courteille | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 25 | Simone Petilli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 26 | Davide Villella | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 2'27 | | 27 | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | + 2'28 | | 28 | Louis Meintjes | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 29 | Lars Boom | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2'36 | | 30 | Jesús Herrada | Iberdrola | + 2'55 | | 31 | Beñat Intxausti | MTN-Qhubeka | + 2'59 | | 32 | Quentin Pacher | Alcatel | + 3'02 | | 33 | Matej Mohoric | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 3'03 | | 34 | Egor Silin | Team Katusha | + 3'10 | | 35 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 3'13 | | 36 | Pierre-Roger Latour | Alcatel | + 3'14 | | 37 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | + 3'26 | | 38 | Gavin Mannion | Trek Factory Racing | + 3'45 | | 39 | Dario Cataldo | Team Sky | + 3'54 | | 40 | Giacomo Nizzolo | TEAM Cepsa | + 4'16 | | 41 | Quentin Jauregui | Team Europcar | + 4'40 | | 42 | Jan Barta | ESPN | + 4'51 | | 43 | Wout van Aert | Stella Artois | + 5'21 | | 44 | Daniel Oss | Astana Pro Team | + 5'35 | | 45 | Tsgabu Grmay | Iberdrola | + 6'08 | | 46 | Dries Van Gestel | Lotto Soudal | + 7'00 | | 47 | Lawson Craddock | ESPN | + 7'11 | | 48 | Rayane Bouhanni | Stella Artois | + 7'14 | | 49 | Juan Chamorro | Colombia | + 7'31 | | 50 | Goredema Dabengwa | Iberdrola | + 7'45 | | 51 | Jay McCarthy | Team Sky | + 7'49 | | 52 | Maxime Le Lavandier | Decathlon | + 8'14 | | 53 | Juan José Lobato | TEAM Cepsa | + 9'33 | | 54 | Edward Theuns | Stella Artois | + 9'56 | | 55 | Garikoitz Bravo | Iberdrola | + 10'10 | | 56 | Alexey Lutsenko | Trek Factory Racing | + 10'17 | | 57 | Lukas Löer | Team Sky | + 10'21 | | 58 | Clément Chevrier | Team Europcar | + 10'51 | | 59 | Fernando Gaviria | MTN-Qhubeka | + 11'14 | | 60 | Sam Bennett | IAM Cycling | + 11'21 | | 61 | Mohammed Mat Senan | IAM Cycling | + 12'46 | | 62 | Christophe Laporte | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 13'04 | | 63 | Ramunas Navardauskas | MTN-Qhubeka | + 14'02 | | 64 | Alexander Krieger | IAM Cycling | + 14'05 | | 65 | Raymond Kreder | MTN-Qhubeka | + 14'13 | | 66 | Pim Ligthart | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 14'23 | | 67 | Davide Cimolai | Lotto Soudal | + 14'44 | | 68 | Taylor Phinney | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 15'28 | | 69 | Victor Lafay | Alcatel | + 16'16 | | 70 | Yves Lampaert | Stella Artois | + 16'39 | | 71 | Vitaliy Buts | TEAM Cepsa | + 16'44 | | 72 | Jordi Simón | Iberdrola | + 17'07 | | 73 | Alexis Gougeard | Astana Pro Team | + 17'19 | | 74 | Hugh Carthy | Team Sky | + 17'39 | | 75 | Thomas Moses | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 18'14 | | 76 | Anthony Maldonado | Decathlon | + 18'20 | | 77 | Jonathan Dibben | Team Katusha | + 18'30 | | 78 | Lachlan Morton | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 19'20 | | 79 | Michael Schwarzmann | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 19'52 | | 80 | Leigh Howard | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 19'53 | | 81 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 20'36 | | 82 | Romain Combaud | Team Europcar | + 20'48 | | 83 | Damien Gaudin | Stella Artois | + 21'13 | | 84 | Yannis Yssaad | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 21'36 | | 85 | Marcos García | TEAM Cepsa | + 22'15 | | 86 | Daniel Klemme | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 22'55 | | 87 | Jonathan Monsalve | Iberdrola | + 23'11 | | 88 | Alberto Cecchin | Colombia | + 23'13 | | 89 | Jérémy Cornu | Decathlon | + 23'38 | | 90 | Tommy McCoosh | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 23'41 | | 91 | Jasper Lindenbergh | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 23'45 | | 92 | Romain Guillemois | Team Europcar | + 24'12 | | 93 | Yonas Tekeste | Colombia | + 24'42 | | 94 | Luis León Sánchez | TEAM Cepsa | + 24'53 | | 95 | Joachim Vanreyten | Trek Factory Racing | + 25'15 | | 96 | Eros Capecchi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 25'35 | | 97 | Mirko Selvaggi | Astana Pro Team | + 25'56 | | 98 | Eugenio Moreno Rosillo | Iberdrola | + 26'46 | | 99 | Sean De Bie | Stella Artois | + 26'53 | | 100 | Shane Archbold | Colombia | + 27'29 | | 101 | Julien Simon | Colombia | + 27'31 | | 102 | Arnold Jeannesson | IAM Cycling | + 28'15 | | 103 | Jonas Bokeloh | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 28'24 | | 104 | Matthieu Ladagnous | IAM Cycling | + 28'32 | | 105 | Jérôme Cousin | Alcatel | + 28'42 | | 106 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Decathlon | + 28'57 | | 107 | Romain Cardis | Team Europcar | + 29'16 | | 108 | Julien Duval | Decathlon | + 29'29 | | 109 | Alton McArther | Astana Pro Team | + 29'31 | | 110 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 31'20 | | 111 | Stig Broeckx | Trek Factory Racing | + 31'26 | | 112 | Jimmy Raibaud | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 31'28 | | 113 | Tom Wirtgen | MTN-Qhubeka | + 31'50 | | 114 | Maxime Roulet | MTN-Qhubeka | + 32'42 | | 115 | Dusan Rajovic | Colombia | + 33'17 | | 116 | Charles Herbert | Alcatel | + 33'40 | | 117 | Fabian Cancellara | Trek Factory Racing | + 33'45 | | 118 | Clément Venturini | Decathlon | + 33'48 | | 119 | Florian Maître | Team Europcar | + 33'51 | | 120 | Federico Zurlo | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 121 | Patrick Schelling | IAM Cycling | + 35'13 | | 122 | Óscar González | TEAM Cepsa | + 35'14 | | 123 | Connor O'Leary | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 35'18 | | 124 | Roy Jans | Stella Artois | + 36'09 | | 125 | Ignatas Konovalovas | TEAM Cepsa | + 37'49 | | 126 | Vincent Jérôme | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 37'52 | | 127 | Etienne Tortelier | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 38'29 | | 128 | Anton Vorobyev | Team Katusha | + 41'00 | | 129 | Michael Van Staeyen | Lotto Soudal | + 41'02 | | 130 | Niki Terpstra | Team Sky | + 41'34 | | 131 | Rudi Beal | Decathlon | + 41'36 | | 132 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Alcatel | + 44'18 | | 133 | Jimmy Duquennoy | Lotto Soudal | + 44'30 | | 134 | Rudy Barbier | Alcatel | + 45'01 | | 135 | Fabien Grellier | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 45'18 | | 136 | Rémy Mertz | Trek Factory Racing | + 47'07 | | 137 | Mateo Popovic | ESPN | + 47'13 | | 138 | Roland Thalmann | IAM Cycling | + 47'14 | | 139 | Ben King | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 48'01 | | 140 | Jesse Sergent | Astana Pro Team | + 49'04 | | 141 | Silvan Dietrich | IAM Cycling | + 51'54 | | 142 | Elias Van Breussegem | Trek Factory Racing | + 53'41 | | 143 | Louis Rohde | MTN-Qhubeka | + 58'11 | | 144 | Lorenzo Manzin | Decathlon | + 58'17 | | 145 | Vitaly Esankaev | Team Katusha | + 58'34 | | 146 | João Silva | Team Katusha | + 1h08'13 | | 147 | Marco Benfatto | Colombia | + 1h10'46 | | 148 | Ryan Gribskjold | Colombia | + 1h11'19 | | 149 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | + 1h13'56 | | 150 | Loïc Bouchereau | Alcatel | + 1h19'24 | | 151 | Wouter Van Wemmel | ESPN | + 1h19'53 | | 152 | Konstantin Kuperasov | Team Katusha | + 1h20'14 | | 153 | Claude Thevenon | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h21'53 | | 154 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | + 1h27'03 | | 155 | Michael Goolaerts | ESPN | + 1h30'19 |
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | 129 | | 2 | Michael Matthews | Tinkoff-Saxo | 94 | | 3 | Giacomo Nizzolo | TEAM Cepsa | 93 | | 4 | Wout van Aert | Stella Artois | 74 | | 5 | Sam Bennett | IAM Cycling | 71 |
| 1 | Quentin Pacher | Alcatel | 86 | | 2 | Goredema Dabengwa | Iberdrola | 41 | | 3 | Dario Cataldo | Team Sky | 31 | | 4 | Jonathan Dibben | Team Katusha | 25 | | 5 | Winner Anacona | Iberdrola | 22 |
Young Rider Classification
| 1 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 30h24'30 | | 2 | Philip O'Donnell | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 12 | | 3 | Anastasio Ania | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 25 | | 4 | Samir Jabrayilov | MTN-Qhubeka | + 25 | | 5 | Edward Ravasi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 2'14 |
| 1 | Tinkoff-Saxo | 91h12'59 | | 2 | Team Sky | + 26 | | 3 | Lotto Soudal | + 2'51 | | 4 | ESPN | + 4'12 | | 5 | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 4'18 |
I was quite pleased with my podium finish here. Must admit, it was a little annoying missing out on a possible race win because of sprint bonus seconds. Sagan was seven seconds behind me after the ITT and we finished with the same time on every stage. He however, picked up the stage ending points on most of the stages and the time bonus that went with it. Betancur also put in agood effort to get 6th. This is the best team outing for a long time. The only disappointment was Meintjes. In a race of small margins, his time was well off the pace.
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| Ripley |
Posted on 08-06-2017 08:16
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A podium in P-N is a great result, pretty prestigious and usually the competition is top notch. Admittedly, a tame course this year, no wonder Meinjtes didn't do any better, no fun if there are no mountains to climb. |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 08-06-2017 09:43
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Unusual GC in a Paris-Nice dominated by sprinter/punchers.
Great podium never the less.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 08-06-2017 10:51
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@Ripley: Thanks and agree with you on Meintjes, the course didn't suit him at all.
@Tamijo: Thanks . The weird profiles meant it would be so.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 08-06-2017 13:19
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With a just a week in between , I headed off quickly to Italy to participate in the Milan - San Remo.
The bumps on the road at the end of the stage gave me hope of possibly surprising the pack with a late attack. Despite being chosen as the leader, I was not assigned anyone to protect me throughout the duration of the race. The early break ran its course and the pack reached the undulations at the end about 90 strong. I tried to attack on the downhill to the finish but was caught by the sprint trains halfway down. Sonny Colbrelli was the hugely popular home winner while I grabbed 12th, the best among non-sprinters.
| 1 | Sonny Colbrelli | TEAM Cepsa | 6h54'16 | | 2 | Fernando Gaviria | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 3 | Mads Pedersen | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 4 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 5 | Arnaud Demare | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 6 | Danny Van Poppel | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 7 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 8 | Wout van Aert | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 9 | Alexander Kristoff | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 10 | Lorenzo Manzin | Decathlon | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 12 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 13 | Lars Boom | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 14 | Julian Alaphilippe | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 15 | Matteo Trentin | Team Sky | s.t. | | 16 | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 17 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 18 | Daniel Oss | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 19 | Fabio Felline | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 20 | Beñat Intxausti | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 21 | Elia Viviani | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 22 | Jens Keukeleire | Team Sky | s.t. | | 23 | Tony Gallopin | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 24 | Campbell Flakemore | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 25 | Caleb Ewan | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 26 | Luke Rowe | Team Sky | s.t. | | 27 | Dries Van Gestel | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 28 | Tim Wellens | ESPN | s.t. | | 29 | Bryan Coquard | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 30 | Laurens De Vreese | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 31 | Moreno Hofland | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 32 | Guiseppe Lottaroli | Team Sky | s.t. | | 33 | Oscar Gatto | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 34 | Dario Cataldo | Team Sky | s.t. | | 35 | Sacha Modolo | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 36 | Luca Chirico | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 37 | Edward Theuns | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 38 | Zdenek Stybar | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 39 | Kristian Sbaragli | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 40 | Phil Bauhaus | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 41 | Luis León Sánchez | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 42 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 43 | Sérgio Henao | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 44 | Peter Kennaugh | Team Sky | s.t. | | 45 | Matthieu Ladagnous | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 46 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 47 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 48 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 49 | Daniele Ratto | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 50 | Moreno Moser | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 51 | Anastasio Ania | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 52 | Jenthe Biermans | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 53 | Olaf Buekens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 54 | Valerio Conti | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 55 | André Greipel | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 56 | Nicolas Edet | Decathlon | s.t. | | 57 | Andrea Palini | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 58 | Marcel Meisen | Southeast | s.t. | | 59 | Fabian Cancellara | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 60 | André Looij | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 61 | Sondre Holst Enger | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 62 | Artem Nych | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 63 | Maxime Bouet | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 64 | Rubén Fernández | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 65 | Niki Terpstra | Team Sky | s.t. | | 66 | Christian Livieri | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 67 | Michael Goolaerts | ESPN | s.t. | | 68 | Alexandre Geniez | ESPN | s.t. | | 69 | Rohan Dennis | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 70 | Fabio Duarte | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 71 | Andrea Manfredi | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 72 | Lennard Kämna | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 73 | Matteo Busato | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 74 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 75 | Dylan van Baarle | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 76 | Andrea Zordan | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 77 | Andrey Amador | Team Sky | s.t. | | 78 | Anton Vorobyev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 79 | Michael Matthews | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 80 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 81 | Samir Jabrayilov | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 82 | Jens Debusschere | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 83 | Florian Senechal | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 84 | Michał Paluta | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 85 | Yves Lampaert | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 86 | Diego Ulissi | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2'44 | | 87 | Logan Owen | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 88 | Leigh Howard | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 89 | Roland Thalmann | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 90 | Mike Teunissen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 91 | Francesco Bongiorno | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 92 | Joseph Dombrowski | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 93 | Calvin Watson | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 94 | Gianluca Brambilla | Southeast | s.t. | | 95 | Giovanni Carboni | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 96 | Filippo Fortin | SIDI | s.t. | | 97 | Tom Slagter | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 98 | Alessandro Tonelli | Southeast | s.t. | | 99 | John Darwin Atapuma | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 100 | Davide Ballerini | ESPN | s.t. | | 101 | Odd Christian Eiking | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 102 | Davide Martinelli | ESPN | s.t. | | 103 | Nairo Quintana | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 104 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 105 | Stefano Nardelli | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 106 | Patrick Facchini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 107 | Serghei Tvetcov | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 108 | Fabio Chinello | SIDI | s.t. | | 109 | Matteo Collodel | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 110 | Antonio Nibali | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 111 | Romain Hardy | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 112 | Raffaele Radice | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 113 | Jan Dieteren | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 114 | Mattia Cattaneo | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 115 | Edward Ravasi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 116 | Jesper Asselman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 117 | Fabio Sabatini | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 118 | Davide Villella | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 119 | Arnaud Courteille | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 120 | Tosh Van der Sande | Trek Factory Racing | + 3'45 | | 121 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Decathlon | s.t. | | 122 | Federico Zurlo | Stella Artois | + 4'10 | | 123 | Luke Keough | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 124 | Ahmet Örken | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 125 | Nathan Brown | ESPN | s.t. | | 126 | Arnaud Gérard | ESPN | s.t. | | 127 | Zamrat Bachurin | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 128 | Marco Bandiera | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 129 | Maciej Bodnar | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 130 | Adriano Malori | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 131 | Tim Declercq | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 132 | Dylan Girdlestone | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 133 | Erik Baska | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 4'47 | | 134 | Taylor Phinney | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 135 | Alex Kirsch | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 136 | Gianni Moscon | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 137 | Roman Shevchuk | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 138 | Sam Oomen | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 139 | Klaas Lodewyck | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 140 | Giacomo Peretto | Southeast | s.t. | | 141 | Geoffrey Soupe | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 142 | Pio Scarpato | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 143 | Fabien Grellier | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 144 | Sjoerd Van Ginneken | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 145 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 146 | Julien Duval | Decathlon | s.t. | | 147 | Greg Van Avermaet | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 148 | Matteo Rabottini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 149 | Andrea Piechele | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 150 | Youcef Reguigui | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 151 | Vitaliy Buts | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 152 | Aidis Kruopis | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 153 | Simone Sterbini | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 154 | Damiano Caruso | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 155 | Clément Chevrier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 156 | Michaël Baer | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 157 | Jakub Kaczmarek | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 158 | Miguel Angel Benito | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 159 | Jori van Steenberghen | Decathlon | s.t. | | 160 | Nikolas Maes | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 161 | Gregorio Ibañez | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 162 | Patrick Schelling | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 163 | Simone Carantoni | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 164 | Tom Bohli | ESPN | + 5'40 | | 165 | Mirko Torta | SIDI | s.t. | | 166 | Alessandro De Marchi | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 167 | Julien Van Den Brande | Trek Factory Racing | + 6'46 | | 168 | Ryan Sutton | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 7'18 | | 169 | Liam Bertazzo | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 170 | Matteo Monti | SIDI | s.t. | | 171 | Guillaume Levarlet | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 172 | Marc Sarreau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 173 | Alexis Bodiot | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 174 | Jonas Koch | Southeast | s.t. | | 175 | Omar Lombardi | Southeast | s.t. | | 176 | Rein Taaramäe | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 177 | Jérémy Cornu | Decathlon | + 7'50 | | 178 | Ingvar Omarsson | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 179 | Romain Cardis | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 180 | Vadim Galeyev | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 181 | Paul Voss | Decathlon | s.t. | | 182 | Yoeri Havik | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 183 | Nicola Poletti | Southeast | s.t. | | 184 | Mauro Finetto | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 185 | Simone Ponzi | SIDI | s.t. | | 186 | Michael Hümbert | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 187 | Jon Aberasturi | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 188 | Romain Guillemois | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 189 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 190 | Derk Abel Beckeringh | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 8'44 | | 191 | Mattia Frapporti | SIDI | s.t. | | 192 | Joris Dertin | Decathlon | s.t. | | 193 | Till Drobisch | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 194 | Luca Muffolini | SIDI | + 9'32 | | 195 | Federico Rocchetti | SIDI | + 10'22 | | 196 | Alessio Lanzano | Southeast | + 12'07 | | 197 | Sven-Arne Sävestad | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 198 | Ricardo van Dongen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 12'41 | | 199 | Filadelfio Soriano | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. |
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 08-06-2017 19:55
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So close in Nice... Nevertheless a podium is a great result. Also great perfomance in MSR. Maybe it's just attacking in the right place, right moment in order to win it
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