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One in a Billion | Rise to the Summit
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 09-06-2017 07:29
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I'm getting close but not making the right moves, like you said. Need to pay better attention going ahead.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 10-06-2017 04:04
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A very busy month starts with me jetting off to the Basque country, followed by a couple of Ardennes classics before finishing off the month in Switzerland. My quest for the GC win remains at the top of my priority list.
Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco
Once again, Lotto sent both Meintjes and Betancur along with me to this race. I was used to this role by now, having the freedom to look out for my own prospects. The field was quite competitive and it would be a challenge to get a high result here.
Stage 1 didn't have very high climbs but there were five of them. I tried to get into the break twice early on, but the pack closed down those attacks. The last climb dropped the sprinters. Unfortunately for us, it dropped Meintjes too! The stage was decided by a reduced bunch sprint. Tinkoff swept the podium.
I tried to attack again on Stage 2 but the peloton wasn't having any of it. I guess I should be flattered with the attention they were giving me. However, at the time, it was just frustrating. I attacked on top of the last climb and got 20 seconds to the pack. The break had been swept up before this. I was cuaght with 5 km still to go and finished in the pack. We moved to the top of the team standings.
Stage 3
This stage was was a disaster! I felt good starting the stage but lost all power in my legs in third climb. I lost six minutes on the stage and fell out of contention for the GC. Betancur finished in 8th to move up to 10th in the GC.
Stage 4 started with a thunderstorm raging overhead. I attacked on the first climb with Gallopin, chasing the break. We caught up to them on the next climb. On the fourth climb, I was in the two man surviving break with Dombrowski, two minutes ahead of the pack. I dropped the American eventualy but three others joined up from the pack, one moving past us easily as I started to lose energy. we was caught by the peloton with just 4 km to go. I held on to the pack to finish in the reduced bunch.
Stage 5 had more climbs and I got into the break again. I was caught less than halfway into the stage. I remained in the pack till the end. It was Betancur's turn to have a bad day and this ended Lotto's chance of a high GC finish. I finished with the reduced bunch at the finish.
Stage 6 was a hilly ITT. When I crossed th eline, I was in 5th place, 55 seconds off the pace. I ended up in 15th, more than a minute down. I improved a couple of places to finish 17th in the GC, the best in our team.
| 1 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Tinkoff-Saxo | 19h57'03 | | 2 | Davide Formolo | Astana Pro Team | + 48 | | 3 | Rui Costa | Bora - Argon 18 | + 1'04 | | 4 | Geraint Thomas | Astana Pro Team | + 1'09 | | 5 | Sérgio Henao | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1'13 | | 6 | Nairo Quintana | TEAM Cepsa | + 1'32 | | 7 | Rafał Majka | Team Sky | + 1'46 | | 8 | Mikel Landa | TEAM Cepsa | + 2'12 | | 9 | Julian Alaphilippe | Stella Artois | + 2'18 | | 10 | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia | + 2'37 |
Spoiler | 11 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 2'46 | | 12 | Bob Jungels | Astana Pro Team | + 3'13 | | 13 | Simon Yates | Astana Pro Team | + 3'32 | | 14 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 3'33 | | 15 | Lawson Craddock | ESPN | + 4'50 | | 16 | Andrey Amador | Team Sky | + 6'52 | | 17 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 6'58 | | 18 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 6'59 | | 19 | Moreno Moser | IAM Cycling | + 7'41 | | 20 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | + 9'07 | | 21 | Tony Gallopin | Stella Artois | + 9'17 | | 22 | Sam Oomen | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 9'47 | | 23 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Stella Artois | + 10'05 | | 24 | Sebastian Henao | Colombia | + 10'37 | | 25 | Tom Dumoulin | Stella Artois | + 10'48 | | 26 | Tim Wellens | ESPN | + 10'55 | | 27 | Chris Froome | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 11'32 | | 28 | Carlos Betancur | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 29 | Matej Mohoric | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 12'42 | | 30 | Anastasio Ania | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 12'59 | | 31 | Joseph Dombrowski | Trek Factory Racing | + 13'11 | | 32 | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Sky | + 13'30 | | 33 | Ion Izagirre | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 16'19 | | 34 | Omar Fraile | Iberdrola | + 17'03 | | 35 | Robert Gesink | MTN-Qhubeka | + 17'27 | | 36 | Cameron Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 19'13 | | 37 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 19'15 | | 38 | David De la Cruz | Team Katusha | + 20'23 | | 39 | Valerio Conti | Astana Pro Team | + 20'30 | | 40 | Peter Kennaugh | Team Sky | + 20'37 | | 41 | Carlos Barbero | TEAM Cepsa | + 21'58 | | 42 | Víctor de la Parte | TEAM Cepsa | + 22'33 | | 43 | Carter Jones | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 22'48 | | 44 | Sébastien Reichenbach | IAM Cycling | + 22'50 | | 45 | Gregorio Ibañez | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 23'08 | | 46 | Louis Meintjes | Lotto Soudal | + 24'12 | | 47 | Merhawi Kudus | Bora - Argon 18 | + 24'33 | | 48 | Mikel Iturria | Team Katusha | + 24'54 | | 49 | Odd Christian Eiking | IAM Cycling | + 24'55 | | 50 | Dominik Nerz | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 24'56 | | 51 | Diego Ulissi | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 25'10 | | 52 | Alexey Lutsenko | Trek Factory Racing | + 26'24 | | 53 | Patrick Bevin | Bora - Argon 18 | + 26'49 | | 54 | Jesús Herrada | Iberdrola | + 27'34 | | 55 | Clement Penven | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 27'36 | | 56 | Robert Power | Team Sky | + 28'24 | | 57 | Ander Arranz | TEAM Cepsa | + 28'36 | | 58 | Hugh Carthy | Team Sky | + 28'47 | | 59 | Jordi van Dingenen | Lotto Soudal | + 29'03 | | 60 | Jonathan Monsalve | Iberdrola | + 29'06 | | 61 | Luis León Sánchez | TEAM Cepsa | + 29'49 | | 62 | Isaac Bolívar | Colombia | + 30'03 | | 63 | Rudy Molard | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 31'18 | | 64 | Alexander Foliforov | MTN-Qhubeka | + 31'42 | | 65 | Luka Mezgec | MTN-Qhubeka | + 32'01 | | 66 | Nikias Arndt | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 34'02 | | 67 | Zico Waeytens | Stella Artois | + 34'57 | | 68 | Caleb Ewan | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 35'54 | | 69 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | + 35'59 | | 70 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Decathlon | + 36'17 | | 71 | Michael Matthews | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 38'35 | | 72 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 73 | Alex Kirsch | Trek Factory Racing | + 41'24 | | 74 | Jonathan Hivert | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 41'44 | | 75 | Richie Porte | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 43'51 | | 76 | Steven Lammertink | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 44'16 | | 77 | Jelle Vanendert | Stella Artois | + 44'20 | | 78 | Clément Koretzky | Decathlon | + 45'02 | | 79 | Adrian Aas Stien | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 45'15 | | 80 | Simon Geschke | Bora - Argon 18 | + 46'30 | | 81 | Tsgabu Grmay | Iberdrola | + 48'37 | | 82 | Marcel Aregger | Iberdrola | + 48'43 | | 83 | Garikoitz Bravo | Iberdrola | + 49'50 | | 84 | Jarl Salomein | Lotto Soudal | + 49'52 | | 85 | Michael Hepburn | Team Sky | + 50'18 | | 86 | Elia Favilli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 50'36 | | 87 | Hector Saez | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 88 | Yoann Paillot | Team Europcar | + 50'44 | | 89 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN-Qhubeka | + 50'57 | | 90 | Daniel Hoelgaard | IAM Cycling | + 51'50 | | 91 | Romain Sicard | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 52'19 | | 92 | Luke Keough | Trek Factory Racing | + 52'40 | | 93 | Frederique Robert | Lotto Soudal | + 52'41 | | 94 | Oscar Gatto | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 52'47 | | 95 | Juan Manuel Puntas | Iberdrola | + 53'07 | | 96 | Adrien Costa | Trek Factory Racing | + 53'24 | | 97 | Eros Capecchi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 53'56 | | 98 | Mamyr Stash | Team Katusha | + 54'04 | | 99 | Jack Bobridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 54'16 | | 100 | Gijs Van Hoecke | ESPN | + 54'30 | | 101 | Logan Owen | Trek Factory Racing | + 54'46 | | 102 | Edwin Ávila | Colombia | + 54'53 | | 103 | Geoffrey Curran | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 57'18 | | 104 | Aser Estévez | Iberdrola | + 57'47 | | 105 | Robert-Jon McCarthy | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 58'24 | | 106 | Boris Vallée | Stella Artois | + 58'48 | | 107 | Michael Schär | ESPN | + 59'33 | | 108 | Jaime Castañeda | Colombia | + 59'42 | | 109 | Peter Erdin | IAM Cycling | + 1h00'48 | | 110 | Shane Archbold | Colombia | + 1h01'26 | | 111 | Antoine Demoitie | Lotto Soudal | + 1h01'46 | | 112 | Liam Bertazzo | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h02'30 | | 113 | Clément Venturini | Decathlon | + 1h02'44 | | 114 | Afram Iwu | Decathlon | + 1h03'03 | | 115 | Bertrand Pradel | Team Europcar | + 1h04'02 | | 116 | Marco Haller | Bora - Argon 18 | + 1h04'03 | | 117 | Jefferson Reátegui | Colombia | + 1h04'07 | | 118 | Daniel Eaton | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h04'25 | | 119 | Tejay Van Garderen | Astana Pro Team | + 1h05'28 | | 120 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | Team Katusha | + 1h05'31 | | 121 | Sonny Colbrelli | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h05'38 | | 122 | Hugo Pigeon | Team Europcar | + 1h08'22 | | 123 | Eduard-Michael Grosu | Lotto Soudal | + 1h08'34 | | 124 | Kevin De Jonghe | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h08'46 | | 125 | Nikodemus Holler | Bora - Argon 18 | + 1h09'07 | | 126 | Francisco José Ventoso | Team Katusha | + 1h10'56 | | 127 | Max Walscheid | Bora - Argon 18 | + 1h11'38 | | 128 | Jay Thomson | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h12'29 | | 129 | Andrea Piechele | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h12'38 | | 130 | Mateo Popovic | ESPN | + 1h12'53 | | 131 | Pello Bilbao | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h12'54 | | 132 | Andreas Schillinger | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h13'05 | | 133 | Steven Tronet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h13'11 | | 134 | Théry Schir | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h13'54 | | 135 | Romain Guyot | Team Europcar | + 1h14'25 | | 136 | Rodolfo Torres | Colombia | + 1h14'52 | | 137 | Pio Scarpato | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h15'34 | | 138 | Jeremy Leveau | Decathlon | + 1h16'37 | | 139 | Benjamin Giraud | Team Europcar | + 1h18'52 | | 140 | Etienne Fabre | Team Europcar | + 1h19'14 | | 141 | Michaël Baer | IAM Cycling | + 1h20'54 | | 142 | Maxime Daniel | Team Europcar | + 1h20'56 | | 143 | Justin Oien | ESPN | + 1h22'20 | | 144 | Andrea Zordan | Team Katusha | + 1h22'22 | | 145 | Nordin Krijgsman | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h23'12 | | 146 | Jan Maas | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h24'55 | | 147 | Lukas Spengler | ESPN | + 1h25'30 | | 148 | Miguel Bryon | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h26'59 | | 149 | Philip Lavery | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h28'45 | | 150 | Romain Cardis | Team Europcar | + 1h29'17 | | 151 | Bert De Backer | Stella Artois | + 1h32'28 | | 152 | Grégory Rast | ESPN | + 1h33'04 | | 153 | Christophe Laborie | Decathlon | + 1h33'44 | | 154 | Jori van Steenberghen | Decathlon | + 1h37'07 | | 155 | Alexander Porsev | Team Katusha | + 1h41'05 | | 156 | Joris Dertin | Decathlon | + 1h53'03 |
| 1 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Tinkoff-Saxo | 92 | | 2 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | 74 | | 3 | Julian Alaphilippe | Stella Artois | 64 | | 4 | Geraint Thomas | Astana Pro Team | 45 | | 5 | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia | 40 |
| 1 | Joseph Dombrowski | Trek Factory Racing | 72 | | 2 | Tony Gallopin | Stella Artois | 28 | | 3 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Decathlon | 27 | | 4 | Alexey Lutsenko | Trek Factory Racing | 14 | | 5 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 12 |
Young Riders Classification
| 1 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 20h04'01 | | 2 | Sam Oomen | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 2'49 | | 3 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Stella Artois | + 3'07 | | 4 | Matej Mohoric | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 5'44 | | 5 | Anastasio Ania | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 6'01 |
| 1 | Astana Pro Team | 59h56'12 | | 2 | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1'39 | | 3 | Team Sky | + 10'51 | | 4 | Stella Artois | + 11'41 | | 5 | TEAM Cepsa | + 13'45 |
A very disappointing race for us as all three GC candidates were not in top form. I wondered whether I had put too many race days in my schedule in the early season. This was a wake up call to better look after myself going ahead. The first dark spot in an other wise good season so far. The U25s classification victory was a small bright spot.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 10-06-2017 17:29
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Not the best I guess, better luck in the Ardennes
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 11-06-2017 04:51
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The Ardennes have never been my friend. The profiles don't seem to suit me, and I keep missing the decisive moves. Would this year be any different? Let's find out.
Betancur led the team as I was given the freedom the do as I pleased. What else is new, right? I started too far back in the peloton to join the break that got away and the pack wasn't in amood to let anyone else get away. I waited for my chance later on. The middle section proved uneventful. We caught the break with 12 km to go. At the 10 km marker, the pack was down to 40 riders. The attacks started soon after and inexplicably, once again, I didn't have it in me to stay in touch. Another year, the same disappointment. Turned out to be a bad race for our full team.
| 1 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Tinkoff-Saxo | 4h27'02 | | 2 | Nairo Quintana | TEAM Cepsa | + 30 | | 3 | Sérgio Henao | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 4 | Julian Alaphilippe | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 5 | Tim Wellens | ESPN | + 1'17 | | 6 | Odd Christian Eiking | IAM Cycling | + 1'39 | | 7 | Valerio Conti | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 8 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 9 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 10 | Petr Vakoč | Iberdrola | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Simon Yates | Astana Pro Team | + 1'58 | | 12 | Sam Oomen | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 13 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 14 | Carlos Betancur | Lotto Soudal | + 2'20 | | 15 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 16 | Tony Gallopin | Stella Artois | + 2'29 | | 17 | Jan Polanc | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 18 | Gijs Van Hoecke | ESPN | + 2'41 | | 19 | Bob Jungels | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 20 | Ion Izagirre | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2'50 | | 21 | Dayer Quintana | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 3'02 | | 22 | Elmar Reinders | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 23 | Diego Ulissi | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 24 | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia | s.t. | | 25 | Robert Gesink | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 26 | Moreno Moser | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 27 | Samir Jabrayilov | MTN-Qhubeka | + 3'23 | | 28 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 3'38 | | 29 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 30 | Geraint Thomas | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 31 | Edward Ravasi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 32 | Tejay Van Garderen | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 33 | Dylan Teuns | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 34 | Warren Barguil | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 35 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | + 4'24 | | 36 | Romain Bardet | Team Sky | s.t. | | 37 | Francesco Bongiorno | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 38 | Davide Formolo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 39 | Gianni Meersman | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 40 | Floris De Tier | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 41 | Benjamin Brkic | Team Joker | s.t. | | 42 | Tom Dumoulin | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 43 | Mikel Landa | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 44 | Dominik Nerz | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 4'57 | | 45 | Jan Hirt | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 46 | Sebastian Henao | Colombia | s.t. | | 47 | Jan Bakelants | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 48 | Ian Boswell | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 49 | Derk Abel Beckeringh | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 50 | Clement Penven | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 51 | Cameron Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 5'26 | | 52 | Simon Spilak | ESPN | s.t. | | 53 | Jeppe Lykke Hartvig Nielsen | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 5'36 | | 54 | Stefano Pirazzi | ESPN | s.t. | | 55 | Goredema Dabengwa | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 56 | Mattia Cattaneo | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 57 | Alberto Contador | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 58 | Eurico Semeano | Team Sky | s.t. | | 59 | Lachlan Morton | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 60 | Alessandro De Marchi | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 61 | Richie Porte | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 6'05 | | 62 | Eros Capecchi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 6'39 | | 63 | Kristijan Durasek | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 64 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 65 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 66 | Kenichi Kondo | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 67 | Nick Van Der Lijke | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 68 | Grégory Ambroise | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 69 | Tim Declercq | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 70 | Romain Guyot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 71 | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Sky | s.t. | | 72 | Jérémy Cornu | Decathlon | s.t. | | 73 | Tsgabu Grmay | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 74 | Clément Koretzky | Decathlon | + 7'23 | | 75 | Carter Jones | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 76 | Serghei Tvetcov | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 77 | Romain Sicard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 78 | Peter Velits | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 79 | Léo Vincent | Decathlon | + 7'50 | | 80 | Miguel Angel Benito | TEAM Cepsa | + 8'46 | | 81 | Rudi Milic | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 82 | Tilegen Maidos | Team Joker | s.t. | | 83 | Matvei Mamykin | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 84 | Mikel Iturria | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 85 | Marko Díaz | Colombia | s.t. | | 86 | Axel Domont | Decathlon | s.t. | | 87 | Vincenzo Nibali | Team Sky | s.t. | | 88 | Dario Cataldo | Team Sky | s.t. | | 89 | Jelle Vanendert | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 90 | Elia Favilli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 91 | Francis De Greef | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 92 | Evgeny Shalunov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 93 | Rudy Molard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 94 | Leonardo Pajuelo | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 95 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 96 | Arnaud Courteille | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 97 | Laurens De Plus | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 98 | George Preidler | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 99 | Jean-Albert Carnevali | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 100 | Geoffrey Duteil | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 101 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 102 | Théry Schir | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 103 | Peter Stetina | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 104 | Brad Malkinson | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 105 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 106 | Dylan Girdlestone | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 107 | Anastasio Ania | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 108 | Floris Gerts | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 109 | Gijs De Berlanger | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 110 | José Mendes | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 111 | Kenny Elissonde | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 112 | Robert Power | Team Sky | s.t. | | 113 | Alexey Lutsenko | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 114 | Primož Roglič | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 115 | Sergei Pomoshnikov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 116 | Alexey Vermeulen | ESPN | s.t. | | 117 | Óscar González | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 118 | Daryl Impey | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 119 | Jarosław Marycz | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 120 | Serge Pauwels | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 121 | Daniel Eaton | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 122 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 123 | Luis Largo | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 124 | Isaac Bolívar | Colombia | s.t. | | 125 | Sander Armee | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 126 | Esteban Chaves | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 127 | Michael Carbel | Team Joker | s.t. | | 128 | Kristoffer Skjerping | Team Joker | s.t. | | 129 | Muhamad Othman | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 130 | Joachim Vanreyten | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 131 | Simon Geschke | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 132 | Juan Manuel Puntas | Iberdrola | + 11'18 | | 133 | Clément Chevrier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 134 | Merhawi Kudus | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 135 | Aldo Di Somma | Team Joker | s.t. | | 136 | Rodolfo Torres | Colombia | s.t. | | 137 | Thomas Sprengers | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 138 | Alexander Edmondson | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 11'36 | | 139 | Ben Hermans | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 140 | Timo Roosen | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 141 | Jack Bobridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 142 | Beñat Txoperena | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 143 | Stefan Denifl | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 144 | Vegard Stake Laengen | Team Joker | s.t. | | 145 | Gorka Ceballos | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 146 | Anthony Vandrepotte | Decathlon | + 12'06 | | 147 | Tibor Kozak | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 148 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | Colombia | s.t. | | 149 | Mitchell Lovelock-Fay | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 150 | Oczan Henrichs | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 151 | Finn E. Rosenkilde | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 152 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 153 | Marco Haller | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 154 | Juan Chamorro | Colombia | s.t. | | 155 | Víctor de la Parte | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 156 | Alexander Geuens | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 157 | Julien Vermote | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 158 | Jasper Ockeloen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 13'14 | | 159 | Alexis Dulin | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 160 | Bertrand Pradel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 161 | Kamil Małecki | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 162 | Mickaël Rouge | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 163 | Jonathan Hivert | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 164 | Bernard Thiel | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 165 | Jeffrey Perrin | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 166 | Stig Broeckx | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 167 | Paul Voss | Decathlon | s.t. | | 168 | Dennis Vanendert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 13'50 | | 169 | Bernardo Pedone | Stella Artois | + 14'06 | | 170 | Jonathan Fumeaux | ESPN | + 14'40 | | 171 | Dirk Jan Rijsbergen | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 172 | Adrian Tekliński | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 173 | Maxime Daniel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 174 | Pierre Gouault | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 175 | Alex Carmichael | ESPN | + 14'59 | | 176 | Jenthe Biermans | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 177 | Robbe Casier | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 178 | Emiel Dolfsma | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 179 | Andrey Amador | Team Sky | s.t. | | 180 | Nolberto López | Bora - Argon 18 | + 15'49 | | 181 | Michael Schär | ESPN | s.t. | | 182 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Bora - Argon 18 | + 16'58 | | 183 | Julius van den Berg | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 184 | Kevin De Jonghe | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 185 | Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Decathlon | s.t. | | 186 | Joe Evans | Team Sky | s.t. | | 187 | Clément Saint-Martin | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 17'39 | | 188 | Aljaz Hocevar | Team Joker | s.t. | | 189 | Joris Dertin | Decathlon | s.t. | | 190 | Alex Howes | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 191 | Leigh Howard | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 192 | Arvid Melchiot | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 19'26 | | 193 | Bjørn Vidar Riseth | Team Joker | + 19'54 | | 194 | Davy Gunst | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 20'45 | | 195 | Nikodemus Holler | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 196 | Fredy Antonio Reátegui | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 197 | Alfonso López | Colombia | s.t. | | 198 | Aidan van Niekerk | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 21'33 | | 199 | Donny Schrijvers | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 31'03 |
Meintjes led the team this time around. My situation was similar to what it was in Fleche Wallone. Here, however, the attacks from favourites started from a long way out. A t 30 km to go, and with the break long caught, there were 2 riders out in front with a 17 man group chasing. I was in the latter group but Meintjes was in the bigger peloton behind us. With 15 km to go, the situation had changed to me being in the 40 man peloton, behind three nearly two minutes behind the lead riders. There were two more groups between us and the lead group of three. It would be those three riders who contested the finish for the win. Alaphilippe beat the Tinkoff duo of Martin and Kwiatkowski to win LBL. I managed 25th.
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Stella Artois | 6h16'19 | | 2 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 3 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 4 | Sam Oomen | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 57 | | 5 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 6 | Moreno Moser | IAM Cycling | + 2'38 | | 7 | Samir Jabrayilov | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 8 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9 | Odd Christian Eiking | IAM Cycling | + 2'57 | | 10 | Alexandre Geniez | ESPN | + 3'08 |
Spoiler | 11 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 12 | Tony Gallopin | Stella Artois | + 3'26 | | 13 | Jan Hirt | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 14 | Adam Yates | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 15 | Romain Bardet | Team Sky | s.t. | | 16 | Clement Penven | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 17 | Petr Vakoč | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 18 | Gregor Mühlberger | Zuno | s.t. | | 19 | Tim Wellens | ESPN | s.t. | | 20 | Ian Boswell | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 21 | Nairo Quintana | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 22 | Mikel Landa | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 23 | Simon Yates | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 24 | Sérgio Henao | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 25 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 26 | Robert Power | Team Sky | s.t. | | 27 | Arnaud Duteil | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 28 | Diego Ulissi | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 4'25 | | 29 | Ion Izagirre | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 30 | Sebastian Henao | Colombia | + 4'43 | | 31 | Vincenzo Nibali | Team Sky | + 5'07 | | 32 | Loïc Vliegen | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 33 | Geraint Thomas | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 34 | Sébastien Reichenbach | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 35 | Anastasio Ania | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 36 | Edward Ravasi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 37 | Michael Matthews | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 38 | Warren Barguil | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 39 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 40 | Tom Dumoulin | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 41 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 42 | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Sky | s.t. | | 43 | Esteban Chaves | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 44 | Michael Valgren | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 45 | Jean Küpper | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 46 | Louis Meintjes | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 47 | Jasper Ockeloen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 48 | Tejay Van Garderen | Astana Pro Team | + 7'24 | | 49 | Bob Jungels | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 50 | Richie Porte | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 51 | Davide Formolo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 52 | Arnaud Courteille | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 53 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 54 | Graham Traino | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 55 | Dylan Teuns | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 56 | Hugo Pigeon | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 57 | Rigoberto Urán | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 58 | Alejandro Valverde | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 59 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 60 | Dominik Nerz | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 61 | Benjamin Brkic | Team Joker | s.t. | | 62 | Dayer Quintana | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 63 | Gijs De Berlanger | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 64 | Gavin Mannion | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 65 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 66 | Valerio Conti | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 67 | Eurico Semeano | Team Sky | + 10'19 | | 68 | Rafał Majka | Team Sky | s.t. | | 69 | Anthony Delaplace | ESPN | s.t. | | 70 | Mattia Cattaneo | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 71 | Yury Trofimov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 72 | Hector Saez | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 73 | Jordi van Dingenen | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 74 | Jelle Vanendert | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 75 | Grégory Ambroise | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 11'08 | | 76 | Serghei Tvetcov | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 11'25 | | 77 | Simon Spilak | ESPN | s.t. | | 78 | Robert Gesink | MTN-Qhubeka | + 13'15 | | 79 | Ulf Hausweiler | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 80 | Dylan Girdlestone | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 81 | Marko Díaz | Colombia | s.t. | | 82 | Tilegen Maidos | Team Joker | s.t. | | 83 | Steff Cras | ESPN | s.t. | | 84 | Rudi Milic | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 85 | Yoann Bagot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 86 | Andrey Amador | Team Sky | s.t. | | 87 | Eros Capecchi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 88 | Laurens De Plus | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 89 | François Bidard | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 13'40 | | 90 | Léo Vincent | Decathlon | s.t. | | 91 | Marcel Wyss | ESPN | s.t. | | 92 | Jenthe Biermans | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 93 | Elia Favilli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 94 | Tiago Machado | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 95 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 96 | Tsgabu Grmay | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 97 | Mitchell Lovelock-Fay | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 98 | José Vicente Toribio | TEAM Cepsa | + 14'52 | | 99 | Mathias Frank | Trek Factory Racing | + 15'29 | | 100 | Merhawi Kudus | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 101 | Francis De Greef | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 102 | Yelko Gomez | Zuno | s.t. | | 103 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 16'20 | | 104 | Anthony Roux | Decathlon | s.t. | | 105 | Ramon Carretero | Zuno | s.t. | | 106 | Vegard Stake Laengen | Team Joker | s.t. | | 107 | Søren Kragh Andersen | Team Joker | s.t. | | 108 | Luis Largo | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 109 | Sander Armee | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 110 | Sergei Pomoshnikov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 111 | Philip Lavery | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 112 | David Wöhrer | Zuno | s.t. | | 113 | Maxime Daniel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 114 | Björn Thurau | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 17'21 | | 115 | Jack Haig | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 116 | Yannick Eijssen | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 117 | Pieter Serry | Stella Artois | + 17'50 | | 118 | Isaac Bolívar | Colombia | + 18'23 | | 119 | Haritz Orbe | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 120 | Matteo Rabottini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 121 | Julien Duval | Decathlon | + 19'20 | | 122 | Ivar Slik | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 19'29 | | 123 | Primož Roglič | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 124 | Simone Petilli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 125 | Kilian Frankiny | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 126 | Óscar González | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 127 | Larry Warbasse | Team Sky | s.t. | | 128 | Finn E. Rosenkilde | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 129 | Tosh Van der Sande | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 130 | Carter Jones | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 131 | Diego Rubio | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 132 | Floris De Tier | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 20'15 | | 133 | Tommy McCoosh | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 134 | Gini Turano | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 135 | Thomas Sprengers | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 136 | Lukas Meiler | Zuno | s.t. | | 137 | Jonathan Hivert | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 138 | Bernard Thiel | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 139 | Felix Großschartner | Zuno | s.t. | | 140 | Moritz Backofen | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 141 | Juan Chamorro | Colombia | s.t. | | 142 | Kevin De Jonghe | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 143 | Stig Broeckx | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 144 | Anthony Vandrepotte | Decathlon | + 21'05 | | 145 | Peter Velits | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 146 | Aldo Di Somma | Team Joker | s.t. | | 147 | Matthew Busche | ESPN | s.t. | | 148 | Patrick Olesen | Team Joker | s.t. | | 149 | Karel Hník | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 150 | Kamil Małecki | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 151 | Yoeri Havik | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 152 | Aidan van Niekerk | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 153 | Michael Goolaerts | ESPN | s.t. | | 154 | Geoffrey Curran | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 22'22 | | 155 | Juan Manuel Puntas | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 156 | Ricardo van Dongen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 157 | Chad Haga | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 158 | Paweł Poljański | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 159 | Kris Boeckmans | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 160 | Romain Guillemois | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 161 | Bertrand Pradel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 162 | Miles Scotson | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 163 | Max Walscheid | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 164 | Franco Cantaluppi | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 165 | Serge Pauwels | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 166 | Nolberto López | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 167 | Pieter Jacobs | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 23'35 | | 168 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Decathlon | s.t. | | 169 | Josh Berry | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 170 | Marco Tizza | Colombia | s.t. | | 171 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 172 | Mickaël Rouge | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 173 | Muhamad Othman | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 174 | Carlos Quintero | Colombia | s.t. | | 175 | Joseph Dombrowski | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 176 | Jelle Donders | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 177 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Stella Artois | + 24'26 | | 178 | Pablo Lechuga | Iberdrola | + 26'44 | | 179 | Simon Geschke | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 180 | Aser Estévez | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 181 | Paul Voss | Decathlon | s.t. | | 182 | Jaime Castañeda | Colombia | + 27'05 | | 183 | Rémy Mertz | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 184 | Sergey Belykh | Team Katusha | + 28'26 | | 185 | Michael Carbel | Team Joker | + 30'10 | | 186 | Brent Luyckx | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 31'16 | | 187 | Christian Querter | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 188 | Alessandro De Marchi | Team Katusha | + 31'35 | | 189 | Alfonso López | Colombia | + 32'41 | | 190 | Nordin Krijgsman | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 33'40 | | 191 | Axel Domont | Decathlon | + 35'29 | | 192 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 193 | Tobias Wauch | Zuno | + 37'11 | | 194 | Léonard Quentin | Zuno | + 37'26 | | 195 | Joris Dertin | Decathlon | + 38'05 | | 196 | Fredy Antonio Reátegui | Team Katusha | + 39'02 | | 197 | Bjørn Vidar Riseth | Team Joker | s.t. | | 198 | Artem Nych | Team Katusha | + 46'50 |
The same story repeats at Ardennes for me. After a good start to the season, April has been a disappointment so far. Time to turn things around in Romandie I believe. And what's up with Meintjes I wonder...
@ Tamijo: So such luck, unfortunately 
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| Ripley |
Posted on 11-06-2017 07:44
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I dunno cycling well enough to know Odd Christian Eiking, but I'm a fan already, I love the name.  Apart from that, these Ardennes races are very tough, Sinha would have to work more on his classics skills. And be prepared to dig deep when the attacks start, the others aren't holding back, there's no tomorrow to worry about like in a Grand Tour. |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 11-06-2017 14:20
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@Ripley: Right you are about the Ardennes. Not strong enough to stay with the best punchers when they put hammer down. Time to step up the training I think.
Here's all you need to know about Eiking
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd_Chr...ian_Eiking
https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/...ian_Eiking
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 11-06-2017 20:14
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Guess Ripley is right, Classic are very diffrent from the long constant climbs, that Sinha do so well, either have to put focus on it, or just accept he is better suites for the stage race.
Louis Meintjes flopping big time (again), odd how bad he has been lately.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 12-06-2017 10:05
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Stage races are where my heart is. Maybe it's time to start specializing.
There's something going on with Meintjes, which probably has more to do than just his early season injury setting him back. I'm trying to figure that out too. He's not very keen to talk about it though.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 13-06-2017 02:18
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The next race and the last chance to redeem a poor month was in Romandie.
Despite Betancur's presence, I was the designated leader for Lotto! I couldn't help but smile to myself when I read the team-sheet. The profile was one that did suit me and I was quite keen to do better than the previous couple of races.
The prologue on Stage 1 was decent for me. I finished 34th, just 16 seconds off the pace.
Stage 2 was flat with a slightly uphill finish. Betancur finished in 10th.
Stage 3
I stayed in the pack. Dylan Teuns did much of the pace making throughout the stage. After the fifth climb, with 30 km to go, the lead group was down to 30 riders. The first major attack happened just at the base of the last climb with eight riders, including me and Betancur leaving the rest behind. Another attack followed from Barguil, Pinot and Van Garderen, who were never caught. The rest of us were swept up by the peloton on the downhill. Despite this, me and Betancur finished 7th and 6th respectively out of the bunch.
Stage 4
de Troyer joined up with the break. They didn't survive. I made my move 2 km from the top of the third climb. one by one the counters followed and I got left behind by four riders. I finished in a group of 11 riders at the finish picking up 7th place with Betancur 9th. Simon Spilak was the strongest on the day. I moved up to 10th in the GC.
Stage 5
I felt really good on the this stage. All but one rider from the break was reeled in after the first climb. Betancur attacked at the base of the second climb. I too attacked out of the pack and joined up with Betancur. After the second climb, it was Betancur, Pinot and myself chasing down the stubborn break, still thirty ahead on the road. The break was caught and dropped on the climb to the finish. I couldn't hang to the others and started being caught by the next group on the road. Meanwhile, Betancur's next attack was enough to distance and win the stage. I hung on for 3rd place, just as the trio of Froome, Bardet and Barguil caught up to me. Betancur was up to 4th in the GC, while I moved up to 6th.
| 1 | Carlos Betancur | Lotto Soudal | 4h44'42 | | 2 | Thibaut Pinot | Stella Artois | + 9 | | 3 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 1'18 | | 4 | Chris Froome | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 5 | Romain Bardet | Team Sky | s.t. | | 6 | Warren Barguil | IAM Cycling | s.t. |
Stage 6
It remained to be seen how much my efforts up the mountain would affect my ITT. It did affect me to some extent. I was already down a minute at the second intermediate to then leader and eventual stage winner Nathan Brown. I lost 94 seconds by the time the last rider crossed the line. I lost a place in the GC to finish 7th, while Betancur slipped two spots to finish 6th.
| 1 | Warren Barguil | IAM Cycling | 18h01'26 | | 2 | Romain Bardet | Team Sky | + 8 | | 3 | Thibaut Pinot | Stella Artois | + 37 | | 4 | Tejay Van Garderen | Astana Pro Team | + 2'42 | | 5 | Chris Froome | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2'58 | | 6 | Carlos Betancur | Lotto Soudal | + 3'18 | | 7 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 3'33 | | 8 | Simon Spilak | ESPN | + 4'35 | | 9 | Gregorio Ibañez | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 5'37 | | 10 | Eddie Dunbar | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 6'17 |
Spoiler | 11 | Alexander Foliforov | MTN-Qhubeka | + 6'57 | | 12 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 7'10 | | 13 | Alberto Contador | TEAM Cepsa | + 7'49 | | 14 | Dominik Nerz | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 9'21 | | 15 | Esteban Chaves | Team Katusha | + 9'23 | | 16 | Lawson Craddock | ESPN | + 9'25 | | 17 | Vincenzo Nibali | Team Sky | + 9'33 | | 18 | Serghei Tvetcov | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 9'49 | | 19 | Jeppe Lykke Hartvig Nielsen | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 10'17 | | 20 | Larry Warbasse | Team Sky | + 10'44 | | 21 | Rafael Valls | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 11'37 | | 22 | Lennard Kämna | MTN-Qhubeka | + 11'48 | | 23 | Jay McCarthy | Team Sky | + 11'56 | | 24 | Nathan Brown | ESPN | + 12'01 | | 25 | Mathias Frank | Trek Factory Racing | + 13'00 | | 26 | Arnaud Courteille | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 14'32 | | 27 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | + 17'23 | | 28 | Moritz Backofen | Bora - Argon 18 | + 18'15 | | 29 | Romain Sicard | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 18'45 | | 30 | Matej Mohoric | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 19'30 | | 31 | Yury Trofimov | Team Katusha | + 21'49 | | 32 | François Bidard | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 21'52 | | 33 | Matteo Rabottini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 22'38 | | 34 | Joshua Edmondson | Team Sky | + 22'44 | | 35 | Gorka Ceballos | Iberdrola | + 23'54 | | 36 | Michael Valgren | IAM Cycling | + 24'03 | | 37 | Frederico Figueiredo | Iberdrola | + 24'12 | | 38 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Stella Artois | + 24'34 | | 39 | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | Astana Pro Team | + 25'22 | | 40 | Tony Martin | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 25'42 | | 41 | Alexey Lutsenko | Trek Factory Racing | + 26'21 | | 42 | Théry Schir | MTN-Qhubeka | + 26'37 | | 43 | Rafal Palik | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 27'36 | | 44 | Enrico Battaglin | Astana Pro Team | + 27'48 | | 45 | Rigoberto Urán | Stella Artois | + 28'04 | | 46 | Dylan Teuns | Lotto Soudal | + 29'33 | | 47 | Hugo Pigeon | Team Europcar | + 29'37 | | 48 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | + 30'39 | | 49 | Tsgabu Grmay | Iberdrola | + 30'52 | | 50 | Peter Velits | Iberdrola | + 31'08 | | 51 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | + 31'48 | | 52 | Sergei Pomoshnikov | Team Katusha | + 31'55 | | 53 | Ildar Arslanov | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 32'06 | | 54 | Pello Bilbao | TEAM Cepsa | + 32'07 | | 55 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Iberdrola | + 32'14 | | 56 | Arthur Vichot | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 32'17 | | 57 | Kilian Frankiny | Trek Factory Racing | + 33'07 | | 58 | Chad Haga | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 34'20 | | 59 | Mads Würtz Schmidt | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 34'43 | | 60 | Carlos Barbero | TEAM Cepsa | + 38'24 | | 61 | Eurico Semeano | Team Sky | + 38'37 | | 62 | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 38'39 | | 63 | Ulf Hausweiler | Bora - Argon 18 | + 40'18 | | 64 | Clément Koretzky | Decathlon | + 41'16 | | 65 | Jack Haig | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 41'39 | | 66 | Marcel Aregger | Iberdrola | + 42'16 | | 67 | Salvatore Puccio | Astana Pro Team | + 43'00 | | 68 | Kevin Ledanois | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 44'20 | | 69 | Nick Van Der Lijke | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 44'35 | | 70 | Geoffrey Curran | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 45'45 | | 71 | Romain Guillemois | Team Europcar | + 45'54 | | 72 | Jasha Sütterlin | Stella Artois | + 46'03 | | 73 | Lukas Spengler | ESPN | + 46'32 | | 74 | Luis Largo | TEAM Cepsa | + 46'51 | | 75 | Victor Campenaerts | Stella Artois | + 46'57 | | 76 | Alex Kirsch | Trek Factory Racing | + 47'30 | | 77 | Silvan Dillier | IAM Cycling | + 47'38 | | 78 | Simon Geschke | Bora - Argon 18 | + 47'50 | | 79 | Steven Lammertink | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 48'17 | | 80 | Jérémy Cornu | Decathlon | + 48'19 | | 81 | Ivan Balykin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 48'22 | | 82 | Lorenzo Manzin | Decathlon | + 48'23 | | 83 | Elia Favilli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 48'33 | | 84 | Jonas Bokeloh | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 48'35 | | 85 | Rudi Milic | MTN-Qhubeka | + 48'38 | | 86 | Julien Vermote | Stella Artois | + 49'38 | | 87 | Carlos Ribeiro | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 49'53 | | 88 | Davide Martinelli | ESPN | + 49'56 | | 89 | Luka Mezgec | MTN-Qhubeka | + 49'59 | | 90 | Matthieu Ladagnous | IAM Cycling | + 50'40 | | 91 | Jasper Lindenbergh | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 50'42 | | 92 | Miguel Angel Benito | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 93 | Adrien Petit | ESPN | + 51'43 | | 94 | Robert-Jon McCarthy | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 52'02 | | 95 | Miles Scotson | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 52'24 | | 96 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | + 53'52 | | 97 | Jesse Sergent | Astana Pro Team | + 54'22 | | 98 | Zamrat Bachurin | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 54'48 | | 99 | Peter Erdin | IAM Cycling | + 54'53 | | 100 | Andrea Fedi | Astana Pro Team | + 54'59 | | 101 | Ivar Slik | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 55'23 | | 102 | Roy Jans | Stella Artois | + 56'23 | | 103 | Ricardo van Dongen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 56'26 | | 104 | Nikias Arndt | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 56'50 | | 105 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Lotto Soudal | + 57'09 | | 106 | Nicolas Baldo | Team Europcar | + 57'12 | | 107 | Romain Cardis | Team Europcar | + 57'42 | | 108 | Guillaume Thevenot | IAM Cycling | + 57'45 | | 109 | Michael Schär | ESPN | + 57'54 | | 110 | Jingbiao Zhao | IAM Cycling | + 58'54 | | 111 | Nacer Bouhanni | Decathlon | + 59'10 | | 112 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Bora - Argon 18 | + 59'28 | | 113 | Sjoerd Van Ginneken | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 59'35 | | 114 | Yoeri Havik | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 59'36 | | 115 | Jurgen van Diemen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h00'33 | | 116 | Logan Owen | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h01'25 | | 117 | Aser Estévez | Iberdrola | + 1h01'35 | | 118 | Luke Keough | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h03'01 | | 119 | Tim De Troyer | Lotto Soudal | + 1h03'29 | | 120 | Cees Bol | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h03'48 | | 121 | Jenthe Biermans | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h04'55 | | 122 | Max Walscheid | Bora - Argon 18 | + 1h05'37 | | 123 | Frederique Robert | Lotto Soudal | + 1h05'52 | | 124 | Afram Iwu | Decathlon | + 1h05'55 | | 125 | Manuele Boaro | Team Katusha | + 1h06'05 | | 126 | Jan Maas | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h07'21 | | 127 | Liam Bertazzo | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h07'59 | | 128 | Angelo Tulik | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h08'46 | | 129 | Jelle Donders | Lotto Soudal | + 1h08'51 | | 130 | Michaël Baer | IAM Cycling | + 1h09'50 | | 131 | Marco Haller | Bora - Argon 18 | + 1h10'07 | | 132 | Sebastian Langeveld | Team Katusha | + 1h10'31 | | 133 | Philip Lavery | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h10'33 | | 134 | Maxime Daniel | Team Europcar | + 1h10'47 | | 135 | Brenton Jones | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h11'18 | | 136 | Kevin De Jonghe | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h12'44 | | 137 | Clément Venturini | Decathlon | + 1h12'55 | | 138 | Jempy Drucker | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h13'40 | | 139 | Johann Van Zyl | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h13'44 | | 140 | Benjamin Giraud | Team Europcar | + 1h14'14 | | 141 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 142 | Justin Oien | ESPN | + 1h14'39 | | 143 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Team Sky | + 1h15'40 | | 144 | Nicola Ruffoni | Bora - Argon 18 | + 1h19'32 | | 145 | Antoine Demoitie | Lotto Soudal | + 1h20'09 | | 146 | Steven Tronet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h25'31 | | 147 | Francisco José Ventoso | Team Katusha | + 1h26'37 | | 148 | José Vicente Toribio | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h27'05 | | 149 | Wouter Wippert | Decathlon | + 1h29'10 | | 150 | Tom Boonen | Team Katusha | + 1h31'34 | | 151 | Nordin Krijgsman | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h32'23 | | 152 | Connor O'Leary | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h32'46 | | 153 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | + 1h41'34 | | 154 | Bert De Backer | Stella Artois | + 1h41'59 | | 155 | Bertrand Pradel | Team Europcar | + 1h43'56 | | 156 | Joris Dertin | Decathlon | + 1h45'25 | | 157 | Jon Aberasturi | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h52'08 |
| 1 | Warren Barguil | IAM Cycling | 48 | | 2 | Romain Bardet | Team Sky | 46 | | 3 | Thibaut Pinot | Stella Artois | 45 | | 4 | Chris Froome | Tinkoff-Saxo | 42 | | 5 | Carlos Betancur | Lotto Soudal | 38 |
| 1 | François Bidard | Ag2r La Mondiale | 0 | 68 | | 2 | Thibaut Pinot | Stella Artois | 0 | 30 | | 3 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Iberdrola | 0 | 28 | | 4 | Carlos Betancur | Lotto Soudal | 0 | 20 | | 5 | Pello Bilbao | TEAM Cepsa | 0 | 19 |
Young Rdiers Classification
| 1 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 18h04'59 | | 2 | Gregorio Ibañez | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2'04 | | 3 | Eddie Dunbar | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 2'44 | | 4 | Lennard Kämna | MTN-Qhubeka | + 8'15 | | 5 | Moritz Backofen | Bora - Argon 18 | + 14'42 |
| 1 | Team Sky | 54h20'22 | | 2 | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 32 | | 3 | ESPN | + 10'05 | | 4 | MTN-Qhubeka | + 19'10 | | 5 | Lotto Soudal | + 20'32 |
A much better outing than the rest of the month. I felt I could still have done better, expecially in both the ITTs. The mountain stages saw me get into the top 10 consistently, the podium on the Queen Stage the highlight of the race. The win in the U25s has become a habit and has lost some of its charm in these races. A good race from Betancur too as he found himself high on all the classifications. A rare top 5 finish from the team.
I'll be off racing for a month as I go for altitude training. See you at the Dauphine in about 5 weeks' time...
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Posted on 13-06-2017 16:38
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Great comeback with a good Romandie, especially the hard stage 5.
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Posted on 14-06-2017 02:41
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Timely boost of confidence indeed. Now to start concentrating on Tour preparations.
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Revenge from Betancur, this time you were the leader and he left you behind to win stage 5. |
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Posted on 14-06-2017 11:13
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What goes around comes around I guess 
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Something More to Think About
Date: 7th June, 2019
I haven't been racing over the past month. But that's not accurate for the state my mind is in right now. Let me take you back to how the month has panned out for me, and more importantly for the team.
Two weeks after Romandie ended, I was off to the Alps for altitude training for the Tour. We had some reconnaissance rides over Tour stages and put in hundreds of kilometers in the week that we were there. We even managed to squeeze some sightseeing into our busy schedule.
All the while, we kept ourselves updated with the progress of the Giro d'Italia. The first week was uneventful for us. After we returned from the Alps and took up training in the flats, the Giro reached it's climax. As the stages progressed, Meintjes kept rising up the GC standings. On the last mountain stage, he picked up the stage win after attacking on the climb to the finish. He moved up from 7th to 4th in the GC after putting serious time into his rivals. He stayed out of trouble on the ceremonial ride into Milan. This was Lotto's highest GC finish in a Grand Tour ever. Understandably, the management and most of the team were chuffed to bits.
The last stage of the Giro was on Sunday, 2nd June. Just two days later, we woke up to discover the following article in the newspaper:
South African Cycling Superstar Signs with MTN Qhubeka
" ...we cannot hide our delight at having captured the signature of Louis Meintjes for the coming season. MTN Qhubeka have always strived to promote and popularise cycling in Africa and we cannot think of a better rider to lead our Grand Tour ambitions than Louis. For now, he has signed a one year contract with the team but we hope, and sincerely believe, that the partnership will be extended..."
Judging by the shocked messages I received from some teammates and the responses I got from those I had messaged myself, no one had any clue about Louis planning a move away from Lotto. Needless to say, the team management were seething.
I later realized that this perhaps better explained Louis's early season results! I don't know what to make of all this right now. I'm caught between hoping for finally getting the leader role in Grand Tours next season and trying to better understand the reasons for Louis's sudden departure. Was there something going on behind the scenes that I wasn't aware of?
The Criterium Dauphine starts in two days' time and I don't know how well I'm prepared for it. It hasn't been easy concentrating on cycling over the past week...
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 Interesting !
A leader role or will Lotto hire a new leader ?
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Tamijo wrote:
Interesting !
A leader role or will Lotto hire a new leader ?
That is the question!!
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stunning episode, tension arises!
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Don't go all Hamlet! |
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@Croatia: Thanks. I had been writing this particular episode over and over in my head for the past couple of days. I'm glad you liked it
@Raziz: I'm afraid I've already gone there!!
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After the crazy week that had just passed, it was actually time to go racing again. June would see me ride my preparation race for the Tour de France - the Criterium Dauphine.
A strong field turned out for this race. I would have to be at my best to get a high GC finish.
Stage 1 was a Prologue ITT but it was in no way flat. The results reflected the terrain as Nairo Quintana took the win and announced his claim for the race win. I finished 20 seconds off the pace. A good start no doubt.
Stage 2
I stayed with the pack as we swept up the berakaway and reached the last climb. I attacked 1.5 km from the top of the last climb. Two more pairs of attackers followed, with first Quintana and Kreuziger and then Sergio Henao and Eiking countering and catching me. Quintana and Kreuziger proved too strong, got a small gap to the rest of us and contested the finish. The trio of me, Henao and Eiking finished and few seconds later, but we were given the same time. The peloton rolled in more than a minute later. I moved up to 4th in the GC.
Stage 3 had a similar profile to the previous one. Beukens did an excellent job protecting me till the last climb of the day before dropping back. A very select bunch of just 19 riders, with me in it, reached the finish line together. None of the GC leaders lost time.
Stage 4
I was looking forward to the long ITT. I felt good from the start and it showed on the timing screens too. I was in pole position through the first two intermediate time checks. I got tired at the end and lost a minute to stage winner Taylor Phinney by the end. However, I gained enough time on the riders ahead of me in the GC - Quintana lost 2'34" - and took over the lead in the GC! This was the first time ever that I was the GC leader in any race in professional cycling!!
I lived a dream on Stage 5, that of wearing a leader's jersey in a professional cycling race. Could I keep it till the finish? Only time would tell...
(Me in the leader's jersey, with Declerq in tow)
The team took turns, first chasing down the break and then chasing down an attack from Quintana. They did a fantastic job of the latter as there was a point Quintana had become the virtual leader on the road. I lost about a minute to the Colombian but held on to my jersey by a mere 11 seconds.
Stage 6
This stage saw an early attack from Pierre Rolland who was seven minutes down in the GC. We took no chances as we kept the berak on a leash throughout. However, on the second climb, both me and Quintana lost teammates and the break got a second wind. They held on for the win but the damage wasn't major. I got past the climb and the descent in a 12 man group behind the break and won the bunch sprint to take 5th place, with Quintana right on my tail.
Stage 7
The early break did not seem to pose much of a threat. Ion Izagirre was the highest placed among them, nine minutes down in the GC. This time however, our team couldn't handle the climbs and got decimated in the second climb itself. I was with the group of GC leaders till a quarter way up the HC climb. Beyond that, I cracked. It was a hard ride up that climb, as I kept dropping down the groups. My hopes of winning, or even salvaging a podium were done.
I rode across the line eleven minutes down on Quintana, who took over the GC lead. I had even lost my place to Izagirre!
I tried to get into the break on Stage 8. But every time I tried, I was reeled in. I gave that up and settled in to try again later. I did attack and was successful on the final categorised climb. I was in a group of eight riders behind the four man break at the base of the last (un-categorised) climb. Eight became two at the top of the climb and I rode alonside Craddock till the finish, him beating me in the sprint at the line for 5th place. I climb up two spots in the GC to finish 8th.
| 1 | Nairo Quintana | TEAM Cepsa | 28h00'05 | | 2 | Simon Yates | Astana Pro Team | + 4'59 | | 3 | Davide Formolo | Astana Pro Team | + 7'48 | | 4 | Warren Barguil | IAM Cycling | + 7'53 | | 5 | Thibaut Pinot | Stella Artois | + 8'08 | | 6 | Chris Froome | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 8'34 | | 7 | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Sky | + 8'44 | | 8 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 8'57 | | 9 | Arnaud Duteil | Team Europcar | + 10'40 | | 10 | Pierre Rolland | Team Sky | + 11'03 |
Spoiler | 11 | Ion Izagirre | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 11'16 | | 12 | Julian Alaphilippe | Stella Artois | + 11'42 | | 13 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 12'11 | | 14 | Tejay Van Garderen | Astana Pro Team | + 12'37 | | 15 | Dominik Nerz | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 14'07 | | 16 | Peter Kennaugh | Team Sky | + 17'16 | | 17 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | + 19'49 | | 18 | Dario Cataldo | Team Sky | + 21'59 | | 19 | Nelson Oliveira | MTN-Qhubeka | + 23'42 | | 20 | Lawson Craddock | ESPN | + 28'43 | | 21 | Fredrik Galta | TEAM Pirelli | + 29'24 | | 22 | Damiano Caruso | Astana Pro Team | + 30'44 | | 23 | Jérémy Maison | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 31'02 | | 24 | Simon Spilak | ESPN | + 31'36 | | 25 | Cyril Gautier | Alcatel | + 32'50 | | 26 | Tom Slagter | Team Katusha | + 34'12 | | 27 | Evgeny Shalunov | Team Katusha | + 35'28 | | 28 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 37'47 | | 29 | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | + 39'44 | | 30 | Bart De Clercq | Stella Artois | + 40'22 | | 31 | Dylan Teuns | Lotto Soudal | + 40'34 | | 32 | Odd Christian Eiking | IAM Cycling | + 42'01 | | 33 | Daniele Dall'Oste | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 44'31 | | 34 | Maxime Bouet | TEAM Pirelli | + 44'36 | | 35 | Geoffrey Duteil | Stella Artois | + 45'10 | | 36 | Stefan Denifl | Bora - Argon 18 | + 45'39 | | 37 | Francesco Bongiorno | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 47'23 | | 38 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 47'48 | | 39 | Beñat Intxausti | MTN-Qhubeka | + 48'56 | | 40 | Joseph Dombrowski | Trek Factory Racing | + 50'12 | | 41 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 51'27 | | 42 | Marcos García | TEAM Cepsa | + 51'37 | | 43 | Bernard Thiel | Bora - Argon 18 | + 52'01 | | 44 | Rudy Molard | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 52'07 | | 45 | Gini Turano | Bora - Argon 18 | + 52'13 | | 46 | Rudi Milic | MTN-Qhubeka | + 52'25 | | 47 | Alexis Dulin | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 52'57 | | 48 | Arnold Jeannesson | IAM Cycling | + 54'51 | | 49 | Gianni Meersman | Lotto Soudal | + 55'03 | | 50 | Philip O'Donnell | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 55'35 | | 51 | Nick Van Der Lijke | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 55'38 | | 52 | Thomas Bonnin | Alcatel | + 55'51 | | 53 | Alexey Lutsenko | Trek Factory Racing | + 55'54 | | 54 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 56'35 | | 55 | Hugo Houle | TEAM Cepsa | + 56'43 | | 56 | Rayane Bouhanni | Stella Artois | + 57'08 | | 57 | Maciej Paterski | TEAM Pirelli | + 57'55 | | 58 | Stéphane Rossetto | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 57'57 | | 59 | Mitchell Lovelock-Fay | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 57'59 | | 60 | Gracjan Gregorek | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 59'26 | | 61 | Romain Hardy | Team Europcar | + 59'54 | | 62 | Toms Skujins | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h00'21 | | 63 | Karel Hník | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h01'06 | | 64 | Joey Rosskopf | Alcatel | + 1h01'17 | | 65 | Jean Küpper | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h01'36 | | 66 | Vitaliy Buts | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h02'16 | | 67 | Tim Declercq | Lotto Soudal | + 1h02'26 | | 68 | Nacer Bouhanni | Decathlon | + 1h02'48 | | 69 | Taylor Phinney | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1h03'06 | | 70 | Eurico Semeano | Team Sky | + 1h03'28 | | 71 | Alexander Edmondson | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h03'46 | | 72 | Ricardo García | Team Katusha | + 1h04'03 | | 73 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Decathlon | + 1h04'16 | | 74 | Maxime Roulet | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h05'14 | | 75 | Javier Moreno | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h06'31 | | 76 | Moreno Hofland | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h07'44 | | 77 | Victor Lafay | Alcatel | s.t. | | 78 | Moritz Backofen | Bora - Argon 18 | + 1h09'25 | | 79 | Michał Paluta | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 1h09'36 | | 80 | Hugo Pigeon | Team Europcar | + 1h10'04 | | 81 | Maxime Cam | Decathlon | + 1h10'22 | | 82 | Carlos Ribeiro | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h12'37 | | 83 | Igor Antón | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h12'51 | | 84 | Luca Chirico | Astana Pro Team | + 1h13'43 | | 85 | Dylan van Baarle | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h14'47 | | 86 | Adrian Aas Stien | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h15'08 | | 87 | Youcef Reguigui | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 1h15'44 | | 88 | Sérgio Henao | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h15'55 | | 89 | Damien Howson | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h16'36 | | 90 | Kevin Ledanois | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h17'05 | | 91 | Alexander Roman | IAM Cycling | + 1h18'21 | | 92 | Luis Largo | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h18'36 | | 93 | Johan Le Bon | ESPN | + 1h19'45 | | 94 | Davide Gabburo | TEAM Pirelli | + 1h21'26 | | 95 | Julien Vermote | Stella Artois | + 1h21'34 | | 96 | Jonathan Hivert | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h21'45 | | 97 | Tom Wirtgen | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h24'37 | | 98 | Jasper Lindenbergh | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h25'23 | | 99 | Sondre Holst Enger | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 1h25'49 | | 100 | Maximilian Schachmann | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h26'14 | | 101 | Robin Carpenter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h26'27 | | 102 | Clément Saint-Martin | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 1h26'40 | | 103 | Davide Martinelli | ESPN | + 1h26'59 | | 104 | Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Decathlon | + 1h27'55 | | 105 | Romain Guillemois | Team Europcar | + 1h28'11 | | 106 | Sander Armee | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 1h28'58 | | 107 | Jempy Drucker | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h29'59 | | 108 | Zdenek Stybar | IAM Cycling | + 1h30'01 | | 109 | Alex Peters | Team Sky | + 1h30'08 | | 110 | Rafal Palik | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h31'07 | | 111 | Andrea Zordan | Team Katusha | + 1h32'05 | | 112 | Geoffrey Soupe | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 1h32'13 | | 113 | Roy Jans | Stella Artois | + 1h35'30 | | 114 | Gianni Moscon | TEAM Pirelli | + 1h39'06 | | 115 | Alex Dowsett | Team Sky | + 1h39'13 | | 116 | Daniel Hoelgaard | IAM Cycling | + 1h39'46 | | 117 | Morgan Lamoisson | Team Europcar | + 1h40'30 | | 118 | Afram Iwu | Decathlon | + 1h40'38 | | 119 | Jan Kovar | TEAM Pirelli | + 1h40'59 | | 120 | Miles Scotson | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h41'23 | | 121 | Joeri Stallaert | Lotto Soudal | + 1h41'36 | | 122 | Manuele Boaro | Team Katusha | + 1h42'57 | | 123 | Jean-Lou Paiani | Team Europcar | + 1h43'47 | | 124 | Roland Thalmann | IAM Cycling | + 1h45'14 | | 125 | Sieben Wouters | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h45'58 | | 126 | Paul Martens | Bora - Argon 18 | + 1h46'20 | | 127 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | + 1h47'27 | | 128 | Pierre Morlet | ESPN | + 1h47'38 | | 129 | Francesco Lasca | TEAM Pirelli | + 1h47'52 | | 130 | George Pym | Team Sky | + 1h50'38 | | 131 | Michael Goolaerts | ESPN | + 1h50'48 | | 132 | Emil Wang | Alcatel | + 1h51'12 | | 133 | Liam Bertazzo | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h51'35 | | 134 | Claude Thevenon | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h51'43 | | 135 | Gero Walbrül | Bora - Argon 18 | + 1h53'30 | | 136 | Matteo Collodel | Astana Pro Team | + 1h55'25 | | 137 | Etienne Tortelier | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h58'04 | | 138 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h58'27 | | 139 | Julien Duval | Decathlon | + 1h58'44 | | 140 | Jean-Albert Carnevali | Trek Factory Racing | + 2h02'36 | | 141 | Nikita Zharoven | Alcatel | + 2h03'31 | | 142 | Mohammed Mat Senan | IAM Cycling | + 2h03'39 | | 143 | Araik Storozhuk | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2h04'49 | | 144 | Louis Rohde | MTN-Qhubeka | + 2h06'51 | | 145 | Connor O'Leary | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 2h14'45 | | 146 | Jon Gaitán | Decathlon | + 2h14'52 |
| 1 | Nairo Quintana | TEAM Cepsa | 97 | | 2 | Warren Barguil | IAM Cycling | 74 | | 3 | Simon Yates | Astana Pro Team | 56 | | 4 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 56 | | 5 | Arnaud Duteil | Team Europcar | 49 |
| 1 | Nairo Quintana | TEAM Cepsa | 63 | | 2 | Ion Izagirre | Tinkoff-Saxo | 52 | | 3 | Dario Cataldo | Team Sky | 47 | | 4 | Warren Barguil | IAM Cycling | 40 | | 5 | Nelson Oliveira | MTN-Qhubeka | 38 |
Young Riders Classification
| 1 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 28h09'02 | | 2 | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | + 30'47 | | 3 | Odd Christian Eiking | IAM Cycling | + 33'04 | | 4 | Geoffrey Duteil | Stella Artois | + 36'13 | | 5 | Bernard Thiel | Bora - Argon 18 | + 43'04 |
| 1 | Astana Pro Team | 84h17'51 | | 2 | Team Sky | + 2'30 | | 3 | Stella Artois | + 26'14 | | 4 | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 27'41 | | 5 | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 58'21 |
Ecstacy, followed by Agony, followed by a measure of Redemption. That is probably how I would describe this race. I cannot explain the exhilarating feeling that came with stepping stepping on to the podium as the race leader. I got the chance to do it for three stages. A lot of high finishes also in this race. One bad stage put paid to a brilliant result. The huge loss in the high mountain stage is a big worry going into the Tour. I wish I did better on that stage...
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