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One in a Billion | Rise to the Summit
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 26-06-2017 09:11
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Mixed feelings in this first weeking: winning a stage, suffering time losses, losing teammates, moving into a special jersey... Hopefully the best is yet to come for you personally. 
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 26-06-2017 11:58
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@Tamijo and Kiserlovski: Well summarized, couldn't have put it any better myself. Hopefully, better things to come yet...
I didn't win a stage though (I would've been a bit more excited with my first GT stage win no?  ), Cimolai won on Stage 3.
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 26-06-2017 12:29
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I was talking about the team in fact, should've made that clearer though.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 26-06-2017 12:35
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As Kiserlovski said - both talking about a team victory.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 26-06-2017 14:47
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Oops 
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| Ripley |
Posted on 27-06-2017 07:52
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Still not quite where we want to see Sinha. Does he need better support? Does he warrant better support? Is the pressure of leading a team in a Grand Tour too much? He's still very young, of course. |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 27-06-2017 09:31
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Ripley wrote:
Still not quite where we want to see Sinha. Does he need better support? Does he warrant better support? Is the pressure of leading a team in a Grand Tour too much? He's still very young, of course.
These questions have been on my mind for the past couple of months!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 27-06-2017 16:23
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Stage 7 saw a lone break keep the pack at bay till just 10 km remaining. I kept myself busy, picking up a few KOM points. My experience at the Tour had made me jumpy and my 'just in case' instincts had kicked in.
Stage 8
I was considered one of the favourites for this stage by the bookies. The peloton was down to a mere 17 riders after the HC climb. It increased in size by a few numbers . I found myself in the second group on the next climb. All was well...till we reached the climb to the finish. I kept dropping back. I started riding at my own pace and lost a truckload of time. Incredibly, I only lost three places in the GC and still held the lead in the U25 classification. The stage was a massacre. I lost 20 minutes and was 33 minutes down in the GC!
Stage 9 was flat and won in a bunch sprint.
Stage 10
After three unsuccessful breakaway attempts, I resigned myself to staying in the pack. The pack down to less than a hundred riders after the fifth climb. I attacked on the sixth climb and got a lead of 20 seconds on the pack. I was caught on the final climb. A group of ten got half a minute on the others, including me. Moser outsprinted Sagan to claim the win.
I had been looking forward to the ITT on Stage 11. I wasn't in the best shape, as was evident from my riders in the mountains. I started off well, losing just 18 seconds in the first intermediate. I tailed off in the next section to be a minute down in the second intermediate. I held that time till the end, finishing 12th on the day, losing just over a minute. I moved up a place to 15th in the GC.
| 1 | Julian Arredondo | Tinkoff-Saxo | 43h29'14 | | 2 | Rigoberto Urán | Stella Artois | + 4'42 | | 3 | Adam Yates | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 4'44 | | 4 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 9'04 | | 5 | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Sky | + 9'25 | | 6 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 9'28 | | 7 | Tony Gallopin | Stella Artois | + 10'31 | | 8 | Carlos Verona | Team Sky | + 11'47 | | 9 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 12'29 | | 10 | Lawson Craddock | ESPN | + 15'19 | | ... | | 15 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 33'30 |
To be continued...
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 28-06-2017 18:55
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No great Vuelta  x3
Stage 8 was a disaster, not losing that many places since stage 6 update, but the distance in time to a top 10 is now overwhelming, just left to hope for a breakaway stage win.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 29-06-2017 05:09
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True, a stage win might be the only chance of getting some joy from this race. Not great going so far
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 29-06-2017 16:11
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Stage 12 saw a 16 man break allowed to go away. It didn't work out as they were caught well before the finish. Inexplicably, I failed to hold on to the leaders once again and lost six more minutes! I didn't lose any spots in the GC but the time losses were becoming embarrassing now.
I attacked at the base of the second climb on Stage 13 but was chased down swiftly. I fell on the descent in a massive crash featuring 15 riders. Most of managed to get back into the pack. A leading group of 18 left the peloton, including me and current Red Jersey holder Arredondo behind. We lost around a minute and a half but there was damage done to our respective positions.
Stage 14 was a flat stage and was won in a bunch sprint by Sagan.
de Gendt joined the break for us. If at all things could get worse, it did. I lost a whopping 16 minutes again in the GC and this time lost a place too! I was still the leader in the U25s. I couldn't quite believe it when I was called to the top step of the podium to collect my tenth White Jersey of this GT.
Stage 16 was another flat one and I didn't feature much in the limelight.
| 1 | Julian Arredondo | Tinkoff-Saxo | 64h35'53 | | 2 | Adam Yates | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2'18 | | 3 | Rigoberto Urán | Stella Artois | + 6'29 | | 4 | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Sky | + 8'04 | | 5 | Carlos Verona | Team Sky | + 15'21 | | 6 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 22'46 | | 7 | Lawson Craddock | ESPN | + 24'56 | | 8 | Clément Chevrier | Team Europcar | + 26'04 | | 9 | Ion Izagirre | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 31'55 | | 10 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 34'54 | | ... | | 16 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 55'12 |
To be continued...
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 30-06-2017 15:19
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Just getting worse, question remains if Sinha has a bit of an injury?
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 30-06-2017 16:00
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No injuries besides the usual cuts and bruises from two weeks of racing. I think it has got more to do with tiredness. I think I've put in too many race days and too much effort in the prep races throughout the year! I bit off a lot more than I can chew...
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 01-07-2017 08:50
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Stage 17
This was the first time I showed some form in this Vuelta. I was in the lead group of eight riders to cross the second climb of the day. The group split up into three, with me in the second group with Zakarin and Purito Rodriguez. Verona and Uran were up ahead. I dropped the duo from my initially on the climb to the finish, but Zakarin caught back up and beat me to 3rd. I ended up 4th on the stage and climbed up one place in the GC. Verona won the stage while Uran was second. Adam Yates, in 2nd place at the start of the day retired after a bad crash.
Stage 18
There was sleet when the race started! I fell on the third descent which involved a couple of other GC contenders. I got back to the pack, but Uran had to retire as a result of it. He too, like Yates on the stage before, was in 2nd place at the start of the day. I lost my last teammate on top of the fourth climb, where the lead group went down to about 20 riders. The break was caught soon after. Arredondo was dropped in the climb to the finish. So was I, but I finished ahead of the Colombian in 15th place. Arredondo was still the leader of the GC.
Stage 19
A 15 rider group of GC leaders leave the peloton behind, including me, on the fourth climb of the day. I did my best to help the chase. Although we did catch a few of the initial attackers, I lost more than four minutes to stage winner Slagter. I did move up another place in the GC.
Stage 20
The size of the peloton reduce to around 60 riders after the second climb itself. I followed an attack by Sergio Henao and Ellissonde. We managed to leave the pack behind except for three riders. We were caught going up to the finish by Zakarin, Arredondo and Chevrier. Tired, I couldn't hang on and finished 6th on the stage, and finishing the penultimate stage 12th in the GC.
Stage 21 was the ITT in Madrid. I set a scorching pace finishing in first place when I crossed the line, 37 seconds ahead of then leader and TT specialist Malori. However, I was demoted to second once Zakarin was done, who took almost a minute off my time! Nvertheless, it was a good way to end the race, tying my best ever result in a GT achieved in the TDF earlier in the year. Arredondo lost nearly three minutes to the Russian but managed to hold on for his maiden GT win.
(Me riding the ITT)
| 1 | Julian Arredondo | Tinkoff-Saxo | 83h18'21 | | 2 | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Sky | + 1'44 | | 3 | Carlos Verona | Team Sky | + 14'55 | | 4 | Clément Chevrier | Team Europcar | + 24'02 | | 5 | Lawson Craddock | ESPN | + 26'45 | | 6 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 36'16 | | 7 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 36'20 | | 8 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 45'40 | | 9 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 49'07 | | 10 | Sérgio Henao | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 51'30 |
Spoiler | 11 | Ion Izagirre | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 54'16 | | 12 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 54'47 | | 13 | Tim Wellens | ESPN | + 59'33 | | 14 | Diego Ulissi | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1h06'15 | | 15 | Kenny Elissonde | Team Europcar | + 1h11'17 | | 16 | Tony Gallopin | Stella Artois | + 1h11'34 | | 17 | Robert Power | Team Sky | + 1h14'57 | | 18 | Egor Silin | Team Katusha | + 1h15'56 | | 19 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 1h20'52 | | 20 | Rafael Valls | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1h22'05 | | 21 | Laurens De Plus | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1h24'25 | | 22 | Alberto Contador | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h25'18 | | 23 | Moreno Moser | IAM Cycling | + 1h25'19 | | 24 | Clement Penven | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h25'27 | | 25 | Bart De Clercq | Stella Artois | + 1h31'39 | | 26 | Pello Bilbao | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h31'41 | | 27 | Alexey Lutsenko | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h32'53 | | 28 | Tom Slagter | Team Katusha | + 1h33'14 | | 29 | Jan Barta | ESPN | + 1h34'03 | | 30 | Diego Rosa | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h42'07 | | 31 | Richie Porte | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h42'39 | | 32 | Maxime Le Lavandier | Decathlon | + 1h46'11 | | 33 | Cameron Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h51'15 | | 34 | Jeffrey Perrin | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h54'33 | | 35 | Frederico Figueiredo | Iberdrola | + 1h55'06 | | 36 | Francesco Bongiorno | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h55'31 | | 37 | Carlos Barbero | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h56'05 | | 38 | Alberto Gallego | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1h58'39 | | 39 | Silvio Herklotz | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 2h02'35 | | 40 | Mattia Cattaneo | TEAM Cepsa | + 2h03'02 | | 41 | Damiano Caruso | Astana Pro Team | + 2h04'11 | | 42 | Mathias Frank | Trek Factory Racing | + 2h05'49 | | 43 | Edward Ravasi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 2h07'33 | | 44 | Finn E. Rosenkilde | Team Europcar | + 2h07'44 | | 45 | Alejandro Valverde | TEAM Cepsa | + 2h09'44 | | 46 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Stella Artois | + 2h12'00 | | 47 | Stefano Pirazzi | ESPN | + 2h15'52 | | 48 | Jesús Herrada | Iberdrola | + 2h19'54 | | 49 | Matthias Brändle | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 2h20'35 | | 50 | José Herrada | TEAM Cepsa | + 2h21'52 | | 51 | Alessandro De Marchi | Team Katusha | + 2h22'14 | | 52 | Odd Christian Eiking | IAM Cycling | + 2h24'13 | | 53 | Eugenio Moreno Rosillo | Iberdrola | + 2h28'53 | | 54 | Rohan Dennis | IAM Cycling | + 2h31'32 | | 55 | Yoann Bagot | Team Europcar | + 2h32'43 | | 56 | Valerio Conti | Astana Pro Team | + 2h32'45 | | 57 | Léo Vincent | Decathlon | + 2h44'19 | | 58 | Fabio Felline | TEAM Pirelli | + 2h44'48 | | 59 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 2h48'15 | | 60 | Enrico Battaglin | Astana Pro Team | + 2h48'48 | | 61 | Romain Hardy | Team Europcar | + 2h55'10 | | 62 | Evgeny Shalunov | Team Katusha | + 2h56'40 | | 63 | Valerio Agnoli | Astana Pro Team | + 3h01'42 | | 64 | Andrew Fenn | Team Sky | + 3h02'16 | | 65 | François Bidard | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3h03'00 | | 66 | Simon Clarke | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 3h06'04 | | 67 | José Ramella | Astana Pro Team | + 3h08'47 | | 68 | Florian Maître | Team Europcar | + 3h09'13 | | 69 | Adriano Malori | Stella Artois | + 3h10'34 | | 70 | Danny Van Poppel | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 3h12'38 | | 71 | Silvan Dillier | IAM Cycling | + 3h16'25 | | 72 | Luca Wackermann | Team Katusha | + 3h17'24 | | 73 | Edward Theuns | Stella Artois | + 3h21'57 | | 74 | Michael Valgren | IAM Cycling | + 3h22'08 | | 75 | Dylan Teuns | Lotto Soudal | + 3h26'14 | | 76 | Jordi Simón | Iberdrola | + 3h28'02 | | 77 | Axel Domont | Decathlon | + 3h30'06 | | 78 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Decathlon | + 3h30'28 | | 79 | Nikias Arndt | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 3h35'37 | | 80 | Igor Antón | TEAM Cepsa | + 3h38'20 | | 81 | Loïc Vliegen | Lotto Soudal | + 3h38'32 | | 82 | Moreno Hofland | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 3h38'39 | | 83 | Davide Ballerini | ESPN | + 3h39'26 | | 84 | Eurico Semeano | Team Sky | + 3h39'34 | | 85 | Maciej Paterski | TEAM Pirelli | + 3h40'11 | | 86 | Gorka Ceballos | Iberdrola | + 3h41'17 | | 87 | Michael Matthews | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 3h42'25 | | 88 | Salvatore Puccio | Astana Pro Team | + 3h42'54 | | 89 | Nacer Bouhanni | Decathlon | + 3h43'03 | | 90 | Gaël Malacarne | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3h43'52 | | 91 | Bryan Coquard | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 3h44'05 | | 92 | Dylan van Baarle | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 3h45'21 | | 93 | João Silva | Team Katusha | + 3h46'26 | | 94 | Samir Jabrayilov | MTN-Qhubeka | + 3h46'48 | | 95 | Elmar Reinders | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 3h47'50 | | 96 | Nelson Oliveira | MTN-Qhubeka | + 3h48'39 | | 97 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Trek Factory Racing | + 3h49'08 | | 98 | Marcel Wyss | ESPN | + 3h49'19 | | 99 | Pedro Bras | TEAM Pirelli | + 3h49'51 | | 100 | Toms Skujins | MTN-Qhubeka | + 3h50'35 | | 101 | Alex Peters | Team Sky | + 3h52'43 | | 102 | Luke Durbridge | Astana Pro Team | + 3h53'07 | | 103 | Anthony Roux | Decathlon | + 3h55'46 | | 104 | Petr Vakoc | Iberdrola | + 3h58'35 | | 105 | Rudy Molard | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3h58'48 | | 106 | Arnaud Demare | Team Europcar | + 4h02'33 | | 107 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 4h04'39 | | 108 | Daryl Impey | MTN-Qhubeka | + 4h06'49 | | 109 | Elia Favilli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 4h09'03 | | 110 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 4h11'53 | | 111 | Brent Luyckx | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 4h13'31 | | 112 | Juan José Lobato | TEAM Cepsa | + 4h16'49 | | 113 | Hugo Houle | TEAM Cepsa | + 4h19'14 | | 114 | Yury Trofimov | Team Katusha | + 4h22'59 | | 115 | Kilian Frankiny | Trek Factory Racing | + 4h24'48 | | 116 | Davide Martinelli | ESPN | + 4h25'47 | | 117 | Thomas Moses | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 4h27'44 | | 118 | Zico Waeytens | Stella Artois | + 4h30'48 | | 119 | Pablo Lechuga | Iberdrola | + 4h37'46 | | 120 | Matthieu Ladagnous | IAM Cycling | + 4h38'41 | | 121 | Joachim Vanreyten | Trek Factory Racing | + 4h40'23 | | 122 | Gijs Van Hoecke | ESPN | + 4h42'57 | | 123 | Nawaf Albalooshi | Team Katusha | + 4h44'17 | | 124 | Anthony Delaplace | ESPN | + 4h47'12 | | 125 | Jasper Lindenbergh | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 4h51'15 | | 126 | Federico Zurlo | Stella Artois | + 4h54'36 | | 127 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | + 4h55'19 | | 128 | Daniel Hoelgaard | IAM Cycling | + 5h01'06 | | 129 | Roy Jans | Stella Artois | + 5h01'42 | | 130 | Michael Schwarzmann | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 5h10'57 | | 131 | Alfonso Fiorenza | TEAM Pirelli | + 5h11'59 | | 132 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Lotto Soudal | + 5h17'03 | | 133 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 5h21'48 | | 134 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | + 5h27'30 | | 135 | Francesco Lasca | TEAM Pirelli | + 5h30'41 | | 136 | Julien Duval | Decathlon | + 5h48'00 | | 137 | André Greipel | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 5h48'18 | | 138 | Fariji Tahar | MTN-Qhubeka | + 6h22'41 | | 139 | Benoit Jarrier | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 6h29'03 | | 140 | Marco Minnaard | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 6h36'50 |
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | 275 | | 2 | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Sky | 197 | | 3 | Julian Arredondo | Tinkoff-Saxo | 177 | | 4 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r La Mondiale | 97 | | 5 | Clément Chevrier | Team Europcar | 88 |
| 1 | Julian Arredondo | Tinkoff-Saxo | 72 | | 2 | Matthias Brändle | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 48 | | 3 | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Sky | 46 | | 4 | Valerio Conti | Astana Pro Team | 35 | | 5 | Stefano Pirazzi | ESPN | 34 |
Young Riders Classification
| 1 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 84h13'08 | | 2 | Robert Power | Team Sky | + 20'10 | | 3 | Laurens De Plus | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 29'38 | | 4 | Silvio Herklotz | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h07'48 | | 5 | Edward Ravasi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h12'46 |
| 1 | Tinkoff-Saxo | 249h36'08 | | 2 | Team Sky | + 46'57 | | 3 | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 54'49 | | 4 | Stella Artois | + 1h42'36 | | 5 | ESPN | + 1h58'56 |
The last week put a little gloss on an otherwise ordinary performance. The second place on the final stage ITT and the White Jersey are the highlights of my race. A solid outing from de Gendt to finish inside the top 20 for us. All riders from the team who made it past the first week did manage to finish. My preparation for the race was clearly off, sa was also the case for the Tour. I would probably take this as a lesson in how not to go about approaching Grand Tours in the future. My season plans haven't gone well and there is only race of significance to redeem myself...
Oh, and I just happen to be the defending champion there!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 02-07-2017 04:16
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The season winds down and I have two races left on my schedule for October. The season has not turned out quite the way I had intended it to go. Maybe I can finish it off better.
Starting as defending champion but not as leader of our team. I was given a free role while Meintjes led in his last race for Lotto. The race was fast paced from the beginning. The group was down around fifty riders on the second climb. Stella Artois and Astana were doing most of the pace making. Although the group nearly doubled in size before we reached the third climb, it was rapidly diminished again once we were on the climb itself. Meintjes was having another bad day and was dropped from my group soon after the descent. I was in the third group on the road on the last climb, the leaders already out of reach and my title gone. Julian Alaphilippe launched the decisive attack before the final descent and won. I finished 9th, respectable, but not close to challenging this year.
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Stella Artois | 6h32'32 | | 2 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 54 | | 3 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 4 | Valerio Conti | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 5 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Stella Artois | + 1'48 | | 6 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 7 | Mikel Landa | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 8 | Sérgio Henao | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 10 | Diego Ulissi | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2'29 |
Spoiler | 11 | Bob Jungels | Astana Pro Team | + 3'13 | | 12 | Ion Izagirre | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 13 | Bauke Mollema | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 14 | Moreno Moser | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 15 | Dayer Quintana | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 16 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 17 | Francesco Bongiorno | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 18 | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Sky | s.t. | | 19 | Geraint Thomas | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 20 | Patrick Konrad | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 21 | Rui Costa | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 22 | Dario Cataldo | Team Sky | s.t. | | 23 | Davide Villella | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 24 | Daniele Dall'Oste | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 25 | Edoardo Zardini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 26 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 27 | Tejay Van Garderen | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 28 | Louis Meintjes | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 29 | Anastasio Ania | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 30 | Mattia Cattaneo | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 31 | Simone Petilli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 32 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 33 | Valerio Agnoli | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 34 | Lachlan Morton | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 35 | Jan Hirt | MTN-Qhubeka | + 4'24 | | 36 | Davide Malacarne | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 37 | Rafał Majka | Team Sky | s.t. | | 38 | David De la Cruz | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 39 | Maxime Le Lavandier | Decathlon | s.t. | | 40 | Sebastian Henao | Colombia | s.t. | | 41 | Alberto Contador | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 42 | Tony Gallopin | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 43 | Warren Barguil | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 44 | Bart De Clercq | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 45 | Andrea Manfredi | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 46 | Odd Christian Eiking | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 47 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 48 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 49 | Jeffrey Perrin | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 50 | Tom Dumoulin | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 51 | Matvei Mamykin | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 52 | Sam Oomen | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 53 | Gianfranco Zilioli | TEAM Pirelli | + 6'02 | | 54 | Stefano Pirazzi | ESPN | + 6'29 | | 55 | Alessandro De Marchi | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 56 | Pierre Rolland | Team Sky | s.t. | | 57 | Kenny Elissonde | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 58 | Tony Martin | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 59 | Simon Spilak | ESPN | s.t. | | 60 | Tim Wellens | ESPN | s.t. | | 61 | Kenichi Kondo | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 62 | Alexander Foliforov | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 63 | Giacomo Berlato | Southeast | s.t. | | 64 | Matej Mohoric | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 65 | Andrey Amador | Team Sky | s.t. | | 66 | Tiago Machado | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 67 | Diego Rosa | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 68 | Scott Ambrose | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 69 | Arnaud Courteille | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 70 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 71 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | Colombia | s.t. | | 72 | Bernard Thiel | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 73 | Arnaud Duteil | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 74 | Cameron Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 75 | Joseph Dombrowski | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 76 | Vincenzo Nibali | Team Sky | s.t. | | 77 | Pierre-Roger Latour | Alcatel | s.t. | | 78 | Jean Küpper | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 79 | Stéphane Rossetto | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 80 | Alexis Guerin | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 7'39 | | 81 | Mohammed Mat Senan | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 82 | Mischa Van der Heijden | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 83 | Rudi Milic | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 84 | Marcos García | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 85 | Jarl Salomein | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 86 | Marco Canola | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 87 | Elia Favilli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 88 | Pierre Gouault | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 89 | Riccardo Donato | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 90 | Manuel Senni | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 91 | Dylan Teuns | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 92 | Fabio Tuzi | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 93 | Samir Jabrayilov | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 94 | Franco Cantaluppi | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 95 | Beñat Txoperena | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 96 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Alcatel | s.t. | | 97 | Arthur Vichot | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 98 | Clément Saint-Martin | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 99 | Tosh Van der Sande | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 100 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 101 | Geoffrey Duteil | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 102 | Michael Schär | ESPN | s.t. | | 103 | Graham Traino | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 104 | Tibor Kozak | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 105 | Finn E. Rosenkilde | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 106 | Kahled Zitouni | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 107 | Anthony Vandrepotte | Decathlon | + 8'56 | | 108 | Jack Haig | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 109 | Ricardo García | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 110 | Loïc Bouchereau | Alcatel | s.t. | | 111 | Simon Geschke | Bora - Argon 18 | + 10'19 | | 112 | Mirko Torta | SIDI | s.t. | | 113 | Simon Raffin | Alcatel | s.t. | | 114 | Antonino Parrinello | SIDI | s.t. | | 115 | Tony Pozniak | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 116 | Ralf Matzka | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 117 | Ander Arranz | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 118 | Massimo Mogni | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 119 | Gianni Meersman | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 120 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 121 | Brian Bulgac | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 122 | Simone Carantoni | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 123 | Gijs De Berlanger | Lotto Soudal | + 12'00 | | 124 | Toms Skujins | MTN-Qhubeka | + 12'50 | | 125 | Rémy Rochas | Colombia | s.t. | | 126 | Florian Maître | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 127 | Gavin Mannion | Trek Factory Racing | + 13'39 | | 128 | Giorgio Cecchinel | Southeast | + 14'49 | | 129 | Maxime Bouet | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 130 | Gini Turano | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 131 | José Herrada | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 132 | Gianni Moscon | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 133 | Joaquín Cacho | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 134 | Xabier Martínez Madrigal | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 135 | Jérôme Francois | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 136 | Marcel Wyss | ESPN | s.t. | | 137 | Larry Warbasse | Team Sky | s.t. | | 138 | Wilfried Gallo | Decathlon | s.t. | | 139 | Samuele Conti | SIDI | s.t. | | 140 | Patrick Bevin | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 141 | Andrea Vaccher | Southeast | s.t. | | 142 | Badu Obasanjo | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 143 | Bernardo Pedone | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 144 | Geoffrey Soupe | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 16'10 | | 145 | Arnold Jeannesson | IAM Cycling | + 16'53 | | 146 | Christian Livieri | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 147 | João Silva | Team Katusha | + 17'19 | | 148 | Igor Antón | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 149 | Arvydas Kartchemarskas | SIDI | s.t. | | 150 | Tomaso Cherubin | SIDI | s.t. | | 151 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Decathlon | s.t. | | 152 | Patrick Facchini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 153 | Beñat Intxausti | MTN-Qhubeka | + 18'24 | | 154 | Alberto Cecchin | Colombia | + 19'31 | | 155 | Damien Howson | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 156 | Julien Morice | Alcatel | s.t. | | 157 | Federico Pozzetto | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 158 | Alexey Lutsenko | Trek Factory Racing | + 20'16 | | 159 | Jon Carlos Cerezo | TEAM Cepsa | + 21'00 | | 160 | Stanislaw Dianzenza | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 161 | Isaac Bolívar | Colombia | s.t. | | 162 | Ricardo Pichetta | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 163 | Eurico Semeano | Team Sky | s.t. | | 164 | Frantisek Padour | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 165 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Decathlon | s.t. | | 166 | Marcel Heitz | Alcatel | s.t. | | 167 | Davide Gabburo | TEAM Pirelli | + 21'28 | | 168 | Campbell Flakemore | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 169 | Matteo Fedi | SIDI | s.t. | | 170 | Jonathan Fumeaux | ESPN | s.t. | | 171 | Jean-Albert Carnevali | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 172 | Karel Hník | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 173 | Dries Van Gestel | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 174 | Kilian Frankiny | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 175 | Francesco Baldi | Southeast | + 22'19 | | 176 | Francis De Greef | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 177 | Marco Tizza | Colombia | s.t. | | 178 | Fariji Tahar | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 179 | Simone Nespoli | Southeast | + 23'08 | | 180 | Mauro Finetto | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 24'34 | | 181 | Rodolfo Torres | Colombia | + 25'10 | | 182 | Giangesuino Ongaro | Team Europcar | + 25'49 | | 183 | Marco Bandiera | Team Katusha | + 26'23 | | 184 | Paul Voss | Decathlon | s.t. | | 185 | Louis Convens | ESPN | s.t. | | 186 | Omar Lombardi | Southeast | s.t. | | 187 | Nazario Petito | SIDI | + 27'07 | | 188 | Joey Rosskopf | Alcatel | + 28'45 | | 189 | Simone Sterbini | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 29'21 | | 190 | Ruben Pelati | Southeast | + 30'27 | | 191 | Fredy Antonio Reátegui | Team Katusha | + 32'33 | | 192 | Sebastian Schönberger | Decathlon | s.t. | | 193 | Elias Van Breussegem | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 194 | Gian Marco Di Francesco | Southeast | + 33'10 | | 195 | Alexandre Lemair | Decathlon | + 34'00 | | 196 | Federico Rocchetti | SIDI | s.t. | | 197 | Wouter Van Wemmel | ESPN | + 44'25 |
I was considered as the top favourite for this race. I rode near the front throughout as the pack chased the break. Calmejane attacked with 20 km to go. He got a 1 minute lead within a couple of kilometres. With 8 km to go, Calmejane was still out ahead with a pack of 10 chasing. I was in the second group at the time but lost my way towards the end. Calmejane too was caught and didn't have enough reserves to contest the sprint at the line. Gougeard won the race, while I managed 13th.
| 1 | Alexis Gougeard | Astana Pro Team | 4h18'49 | | 2 | Alex Peters | Team Sky | s.t. | | 3 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | s.t. | | 4 | Jan Barta | ESPN | s.t. | | 5 | Tsgabu Grmay | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 6 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 7 | Stefano Agostini | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 8 | Bryan Coquard | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1'01 | | 9 | Andrea Fedi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 10 | Carlos Barbero | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Arthur Vichot | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1'23 | | 12 | Jesper Hansen | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 13 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 1'41 | | 14 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2'11 | | 15 | Stefan Küng | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2'19 | | 16 | Juan José Lobato | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 17 | Sonny Colbrelli | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 18 | Jérôme Cousin | Alcatel | s.t. | | 19 | Simone Andreetta | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 20 | Justin Oien | ESPN | + 2'57 | | 21 | Feritcam Samli | Alcatel | s.t. | | 22 | Alton McArther | Astana Pro Team | + 3'10 | | 23 | Justin Jules | Alcatel | s.t. | | 24 | Barry Markus | Alcatel | s.t. | | 25 | Jesse Sergent | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 26 | Bryan Nauleau | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 27 | Rüdiger Selig | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 28 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 29 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 30 | Ivan Balykin | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 31 | Jarl Salomein | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 32 | Benjamin Jasserand | Auber 93 | s.t. | | 33 | Jean-Lou Paiani | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 34 | Adrien Petit | ESPN | + 3'36 | | 35 | Arnaud Demare | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 36 | Michael Kolar | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 37 | Guiseppe Lottaroli | Team Sky | s.t. | | 38 | Vincent Jérôme | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 39 | Rubén Zepuntke | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 4'01 | | 40 | Zhi Hui Jiang | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 41 | Aser Estévez | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 42 | Martin Kohler | ESPN | s.t. | | 43 | Matteo Pelucchi | Team Sky | s.t. | | 44 | Javier Moreno | TEAM Cepsa | + 4'15 | | 45 | Jeremy Leveau | Decathlon | s.t. | | 46 | Adrian Aas Stien | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 47 | Andrew Fenn | Team Sky | s.t. | | 48 | Casper Pedersen | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 49 | Rudi Beal | Decathlon | s.t. | | 50 | Lars Van Der Haar | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 51 | Ricky Timmer | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 52 | Alex Dowsett | Team Sky | s.t. | | 53 | Johan Le Bon | ESPN | s.t. | | 54 | Joren Touquet | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 55 | Clément Venturini | Decathlon | s.t. | | 56 | Lorenzo Trabucco | Team Marseille 13 KTM | s.t. | | 57 | Tony Lechevallier | Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre | s.t. | | 58 | George Pym | Team Sky | s.t. | | 59 | Steven Tronet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 60 | Janos Pelikan | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 61 | Michael Goolaerts | ESPN | s.t. | | 62 | Angelo Tulik | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 63 | Paweł Bernas | Auber 93 | s.t. | | 64 | Mickaël Delage | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 65 | Gert Moström | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 66 | Quentin Pacher | Alcatel | s.t. | | 67 | Théo Vimpere | Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre | s.t. | | 68 | Richard Handley | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 69 | Martin Grøn | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 70 | Nikita Zharoven | Alcatel | s.t. | | 71 | Jesse Kerrison | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 72 | Grégoire Tarride | Team Marseille 13 KTM | s.t. | | 73 | Marco Minnaard | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 74 | Ivan Rovny | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 75 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 76 | Melvin Rulliere | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 77 | Matthieu Halleguen | Auber 93 | s.t. | | 78 | Łukasz Wiśniowski | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 79 | Nacer Bouhanni | Decathlon | s.t. | | 80 | Ilya Davidenok | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 81 | Ildar Arslanov | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 82 | Arnauld Cotton | Auber 93 | s.t. | | 83 | Lorenzo Manzin | Decathlon | s.t. | | 84 | Gaël Malacarne | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 85 | Louis Convens | ESPN | s.t. | | 86 | Wesley Sulzberger | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 87 | Magnus Faglum | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 88 | Alo Jakin | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 89 | Jesper Mørkøv | Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre | s.t. | | 90 | Emiliano Faieta | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 91 | Olivier Le Gac | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 92 | Pierrick Naud | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 93 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 94 | Luca Chirico | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 95 | Joris Dertin | Decathlon | s.t. | | 96 | Mikael Benny Berendt | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 97 | Jon Aberasturi | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 98 | Lucas Destang | Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre | s.t. | | 99 | Silvio Giorni | Team Marseille 13 KTM | s.t. | | 100 | Joseph Perrett | Team Sky | s.t. | | 101 | Olaf Buekens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 102 | Taylor Gunman | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 103 | Etienne Fabre | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 104 | Giangesuino Ongaro | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 105 | Yannis Yssaad | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 106 | Peter Koning | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 107 | Oscar Landa | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 108 | Morgan Lamoisson | Team Europcar | + 6'29 | | 109 | Enrique Sanz | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 110 | Johan Hemroulle | Veranclassic - Ekoi | + 7'07 | | 111 | Arnaud Gérard | ESPN | s.t. | | 112 | Thomas Bergeret | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 113 | Peter Velits | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 114 | Johann Van Zyl | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 115 | Alexandre Lemair | Decathlon | s.t. | | 116 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 117 | Rudy Kowalski | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 118 | Jelle Donders | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 119 | Markus Hoelgaard | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 120 | Floris Smeyers | Veranclassic - Ekoi | + 8'33 | | 121 | Christian Bertilsson | Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre | s.t. | | 122 | Benjamin Thomas | Auber 93 | s.t. | | 123 | Dylan Van Zijl | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 124 | Przemysław Kasperkiewicz | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 125 | Edmund Bradbury | Vérandas Willems | + 9'28 | | 126 | Filip Cengic | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 127 | Mario González | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 128 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 129 | Patrick Klein | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 130 | Arnaud Molmy | Team Marseille 13 KTM | s.t. | | 131 | Anders Egsvang | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 132 | Marcel Franz | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 133 | Alex Rasmussen | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 134 | Dmytro Krivtsov | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 135 | Aimé Moro | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 136 | Taruia Krainer | Team Marseille 13 KTM | s.t. | | 137 | Fabien Canal | Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre | s.t. | | 138 | Claude Thevenon | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 139 | Maxime Le Montagner | Veranclassic - Ekoi | + 10'31 | | 140 | Kevin Labeque | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 141 | Ruud Cremers | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 142 | Kevin Thome | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 143 | Fernando Grijalba | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 144 | Boris Zimine | Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre | s.t. | | 145 | Stepan Astafyev | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 146 | Afram Iwu | Decathlon | s.t. | | 147 | Marcus Bohla | Alcatel | s.t. | | 148 | Michael Weicht | Vérandas Willems | + 12'42 | | 149 | Robin Stenuit | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 150 | Boris Bourdin | Auber 93 | + 12'53 | | 151 | Hervé Diard | Team Marseille 13 KTM | s.t. | | 152 | Benjamin Gourgue | Veranclassic - Ekoi | + 13'56 | | 153 | Tyler Williams | Vérandas Willems | + 14'07 | | 154 | Gilles Chupin | Auber 93 | + 15'05 | | 155 | Romain Pillon | Auber 93 | + 17'59 | | 156 | Julien Fouchard | Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre | + 19'28 |
So the last month of the season turned out like the rest of it, a lot of promise but without the best results.
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 02-07-2017 08:20
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Most likely not what Abhiskek expected for these races, yet the final Vuelta week and Lombardia were encouraging performances.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 02-07-2017 14:10
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Not just the Vuelta, it's been a season of under performance at the crucial times. In hindsight, 9th place at Il Lombardia after a long season is quite good. A lot of work to do in the off season though.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 02-07-2017 19:43
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I had high hopes of 2019 being THE year for me. This was the year I hoped that I would start being considered as a serious GT threat. If anything I did worse than my performances last year in the GTs. It wasn't all bad; I achieved my first podium in the GC of a World Tour race. I finished my highest ever finish of 2nd in the GC in Burgos in a Stage Race. I even wore the leader's jersey for four stages at the Dauphine, where one bad day ruined an otherwise perfect race. My exploits in one day races were nothing to write home about.
The answer to my question at the end of last year, whether I can do better this year then my season with Lotto is a no. As is evident from the table below, this is the first time that my point scoring has been lower than the previous season!
| World Tour Rankings | CQ Rankings | | Me | 31st - 183 points | 27th - 1208 points | | Lotto Soudal | 7th - 635 points | 9th - 4827points |
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 02-07-2017 22:04
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Not the greatest season, but still a lot of highlights. Maybe you should try to focus in only one GT, whichever suits you better (or better the one that Quintana wont be riding) and try to do it great on the one-week WT races.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 03-07-2017 05:22
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You make a good point. I need to be more selective and plan my season better next year. Riding with Quintana is something I'm actually looking forward to. But I need to carve out my own path too...
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