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| Tamijo |
Posted on 03-07-2017 07:43
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Even though You would as the “player” like to see constant improvement and victories, as a reader is quite nice that the journey is not always easy. Just give them all you got next season !!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 04-07-2017 07:17
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I'm always striving to improve. Hence, the harsh review of my performances I guess. I'll give it a go next season for sure 
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 05-07-2017 02:22
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It is incredible to think that I've now completed five full years as a pro cyclist! It seems just last week I was being driven from Amsterdam to Luxembourg to sign my first professional contract with Leopard. Since then, it's been a roller-coaster journey spanning three teams, five continents, countless pedal-strokes and even two major injuries. Looking back, I think I was very lucky to get the break that I did, aged just 18...
Lotto Soudal Team Presentation
It is clear that Lotto's transformation from a team focusing only on Hilly and Cobbled classics to a stage racing team is complete. Nairo Quintana is the last huge piece of that jigsaw.
Despite the disappointments I faced on the road last year, my progress has remained on track. Another year of good training has resulted in significant improvements across the board. Perhaps I'm better equipped to take on last year's targets this time around.
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| Raziz |
Posted on 05-07-2017 03:04
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The hill stat and secondaries are what I am surprised about, normally never get that good in my stage racer pro cyclists. |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 05-07-2017 09:23
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Raziz wrote:
The hill stat and secondaries are what I am surprised about, normally never get that good in my stage racer pro cyclists.
I've trained quite a bit across levels in 'Puncher' speciality. That may have something to do with it.
Spoiler Now, even when I train as a climber the MO stats aren't going up any higher!
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 05-07-2017 10:44
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I wonder if there is a random factor - or it only depends on the choices you make ?
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 05-07-2017 10:46
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He looks ready for the new challenges  |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 05-07-2017 11:34
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Very strong squad ! - Fingers crossed for a good season.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 05-07-2017 11:54
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Tamijo wrote:
I wonder if there is a random factor - or it only depends on the choices you make ?
No idea at all 
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 05-07-2017 11:58
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@Ian: Let's hope so. There are some schedule differences that has been planned for the coming season. You'll find out soon enough...
@Tamijo: Yes, the team is much stronger in the stage racing than when I joined 2 years ago. I hope that translates to some personal success as well.
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 05-07-2017 12:34
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Maybe it's time for a reconversion
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 05-07-2017 13:58
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That's definitely not the plan!
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| Raziz |
Posted on 05-07-2017 14:06
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AbhishekLFC wrote:
Raziz wrote:
The hill stat and secondaries are what I am surprised about, normally never get that good in my stage racer pro cyclists.
I've trained quite a bit across levels in 'Puncher' speciality. That may have something to do with it.
Spoiler Now, even when I train as a climber the MO stats aren't going up any higher!
Yeah, was going to elaborate on the lower mountain stats |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 06-07-2017 13:52
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Going back in time...
"I didn't know you followed cycling!", I asked my uncle.
I was spending the first couple of weeks of the off-season in Amsterdam, at my uncle's house, my home away from home. My family had come down for a week but they were safely back home the day before. I had just got back from Haarlem, having spent the day there. Off course I'd cycled there and back. I missed the sport too much on vacation.
Not receiving a reply, I went to take a closer look and saw that my uncle had dozed off. I woke him up gently, careful not to startle him.
"You're back early!", he exclaimed. "I thought you were coming back tomorrow."
"I got bored", I said.
"Get yourself a girlfriend."
"Not again." I rolled my eyes in mock disgust but he wasn't looking.
"Which race is this?", I asked.
"The World Championships."
"There could only ever have been one winner this year", I said. "The route was almost tailor-made for Sagan."
"A great race makes a great rider, not the other way round", he replied.
"Have you been playing PCM?" I asked, almost incredulous.
"Funny what retirement will do to you."
I couldn't think of a response. Seeing my predicament, he changed the subject.
"Don't you want to be World Champion?", he asked.
"I won't be eligible. India is not among the top 50 nations in cycling rankings, and will probably never be during my career."
"You don't live there anymore."
"But I'm still a citizen."
"That is not something that can't be changed."
"What are you suggesting? That I take up citizenship here? How can I do that?"
"Why not? I've done it. A lot of people do it."
"It's not that simple."
"Off-course it is. When was the last time you represented your country?"
I had no response.
"Just as I thought. And they won't be sending in your application till you start participating for the national team. As I think that is out of the question given your current commitments, I'd suggest you keep your sentiments to one side and think about what I'm saying. I've followed more of your races than you think, and for longer than I've cared to tell you. You are just as good as any of the riders who represent this country."
"But will I be selected even if I do make the switch?", still digesting what my uncle was implying with his last statement.
"You'll never know if you don't try!"
"I don't know. I don't feel this is the right thing to do."
"Think about it. That's all I'm telling you."
I felt like this was something that I'd probably never consider seriously. After all, I was proud to be the first cyclist from my country to ride for a UCI Tour cycling team.
Just as the thought of dismissing this conversation crossed my mind, Sagan raised his arms in victory as he became the new World Champion. My uncle looked at me with a questioning smile. I couldn't help but feel a pang of hopelessness that I'd never be eligible for a World Championship.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 06-07-2017 14:48
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Won't mess with your cultural heritage just for a silly spot on the podium.
.......silly?
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 07-07-2017 07:47
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I kept all the 'silly' talk aside and couldn't wait to get the new season started. 2019 was not a bad season by a long shot but it wasn't quite what I'd hoped it would be. The new season does see some changes to my schedule from the previous one. Here it is:
| Month | Race | Category | | January | Vuelta a Mallorca | 2.1 | | Febrauary | Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia | 1.1 | | March | Paris - Nice | WT | | March | Volta Ciclista a Catalunya | WT | | April | Amstel Gold Race | WT Classic | | April | Liege - Bastogne - Liege | Monument | | May | Giro d'Italia | Grand Tour | | July | Int. Österreich-Rundfahrt | 2.1 | | July | Prueba Villafranca - Ordiziako Klasika | 1.1 | | August | Vuelta a Burgos | 2.HC | | August | Vuelta a Espana | Grand Tour | | September | GP Industria & Commercio di Prato | 1.1 | | October | Il Lombardia | Monument |
There is a change to the start of my season as I head off to my favoured country to get my confidence back. Mallorca and Murcia is a start to the season which has brought me success before. Paris - Nice remains on my schedule but there is a change immediately after it. I go back to Catalunya after giving it a miss last year. Gone are MSR, Pais Vasco and Romandie as I concentrate only on a couple of the Ardennes Classics before the Giro. I go to the Amstel Gold Race this year instead of La Fleche Wallone and end spring with Liege - Bastogne - Liege.
The big news this time around is that I'm not going to ride the Tour. Instead, I'm riding the Giro - Vuelta combo again. The month of May is taken up by the Giro d'Italia, where I hope I can get some confidence back on the Grand Tour stage. I start Int. Osterreich - Rundfahrt on the same day the Tour de France starts, a painful decision, but one that was expected given Nairo is targeting it as his only GT outing this year. I make up for the lull in late July by riding in Prueba Villafranca, the scene of my second serious injury, three years ago!
My preparation for the Vuelta is to happen at the Vuelta a Burgos, as every year. The Vuelta a Espana is once again a big target for a high finish at a Grand Tour. I have unfinished business after last year's less than satisfactory outing. I finish off the season with GP Industria & Commercio di Prato, a race I have not participated in since I left Roompot, and Il Lombardia, which remains one of my favourites on the calendar.
The only target I've set for myself this year is to perform better than last year. I've learnt my lesson from placing unrealistically high hopes on myself. It just adds to the pressure and takes the fun out of seemingly good results (last year's 9th place in Il Lombardia seemed like a failure to me at the time).
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 07-07-2017 13:23
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Looks like a fine mix, some "easier" races mixed into your WT races, 2 GT 2 monuments, must be quite a lot of race days.
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 07-07-2017 14:18
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By my calculations 87 race days this season. I would remove Suisse or Austria. Doing both means you wont have any rest time between Giro and Vuelta
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 07-07-2017 18:12
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It is actually 95 race days!
Taking advice from a couple of friends, I have taken the decision to skip the Tour de Suisse this season. As I'm not going to ride in the Tour, there's no need to ride in its prep race. The number of race days comes down to 86.
Note: The calendar post is now updated leaving out Tour de Suisse.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 08-07-2017 17:24
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I start my season at the end of January in a race that I'm quite familiar with.
The first race of the year and I'm riding with Nairo Quintana. My first chance to look at his preparations for a race. My chance to learn from arguably the best pure climber in the peloton at the moment. I've actually been quite excited looking forward to riding with him.
Stage 1 was flat and it was down to the sprinters. Jasper de Buyst finished 10th for us.
Stage 2 was much of the same. de Buyst timed his sprint to perfection and narrowly missed out on the win, getting 2nd.
Stage 3
I joined the break on this stage. Even Sagan was in it. I took 18 points from the three climbs I was out ahead, including two KOM sprint wins. I was caught with 125 km to go, but again joined the next break of eight riders. The peloton caught up with me again with 90 km to go. Things settled down for the next 50 or so kilometers. With 30 km to go, at the base of the third climb, I found myself in a group of 30 riders chasing two out ahead. At the top, the break was caught, both Quintana brothers had escaped from the peloton and I was the lone chaser. I lost a couple of places on the climb to the finish to end up 5th on the stage and the GC. Younger brother Dayer got the better of Nairo to win the stage and take the lead in the GC. Nairo settled for 2nd.
Stage 4 saw the lead group reduce to 90 riders on the second climb. I was setting the pace in the pack, trying to set up a Nairo win and help him take the GC. I went away from the pack on effort on the third climb but I could not keep the lead. I was back in the pack on the fourth climb. The peloton did not catch the break and Nairo did not attempt an attack late on. I sprinted to 10th place at the finish.
| 1 | Dayer Quintana | Colombia | 13h40'47 | | 2 | Nairo Quintana | Lotto Soudal | + 1'05 | | 3 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2'08 | | 4 | Anastasio Ania | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2'24 | | 5 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 2'28 | | 6 | Clément Chevrier | Team Europcar | + 3'44 | | 7 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 4'36 | | 8 | Eddie Dunbar | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 9 | Sam Oomen | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 10 | Nelson Oliveira | Stella Artois | + 5'05 |
Spoiler | 11 | Alvaro Cuadros | Astana Pro Team | + 6'26 | | 12 | Carlos Verona | Team Sky | s.t. | | 13 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 7'25 | | 14 | Rigoberto Urán | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 15 | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 16 | Ruben Guerreiro | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 17 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 18 | Jeppe Lykke Hartvig Nielsen | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 19 | Alexander Foliforov | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 20 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | + 8'41 | | 21 | Thomas Bonnin | Team Europcar | + 8'47 | | 22 | Chris Froome | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 9'06 | | 23 | Davide Formolo | Astana Pro Team | + 9'37 | | 24 | Goredema Dabengwa | MTN-Qhubeka | + 9'48 | | 25 | Valerio Conti | Astana Pro Team | + 10'03 | | 26 | Beñat Intxausti | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 27 | Ryan Mullen | TEAM Cepsa | + 10'48 | | 28 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team Sky | + 10'55 | | 29 | Jon Ander Insausti | Kaiku | s.t. | | 30 | Björn Thurau | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 31 | Marc Goos | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 11'00 | | 32 | Antoine Lavieu | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 11'02 | | 33 | Brad Malkinson | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 34 | Manuel Antunes Amaro | Team Tavira | s.t. | | 35 | Carlos Barbero | MTN-Qhubeka | + 11'57 | | 36 | Gianni Meersman | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 37 | Alexandr Shushemoin | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 38 | Eduard Prades | Team Katusha | + 12'13 | | 39 | Chad Haga | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 12'56 | | 40 | Lorenzo Rota | Astana Pro Team | + 13'14 | | 41 | Pello Bilbao | TEAM Cepsa | + 13'20 | | 42 | George Preidler | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 43 | Eurico Semeano | Team Sky | s.t. | | 44 | Fredrik Ludvigsson | Team Tavira | s.t. | | 45 | Loïc Vliegen | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 46 | Dylan Girdlestone | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 47 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | + 14'10 | | 48 | José Herrada | Iberdrola | + 14'17 | | 49 | Dylan Groenewegen | MTN-Qhubeka | + 14'19 | | 50 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 51 | Rubén Fernández | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 52 | Jérôme Baugnies | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 53 | Alexis Gougeard | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 54 | Luis León Sánchez | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 55 | Davide Cimolai | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 14'35 | | 56 | Ricardo García | Team Katusha | + 14'43 | | 57 | Jaco Venter | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 58 | Patrick Facchini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 59 | Rafal Palik | Astana Pro Team | + 15'08 | | 60 | Juan José Lobato | Team Katusha | + 15'42 | | 61 | Manuel Senni | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 62 | Davide Malacarne | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 63 | Lukas Löer | Team Sky | s.t. | | 64 | Oliver Karjalainen | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 65 | Kristian Sbaragli | Liqui Moly | + 16'04 | | 66 | Elia Favilli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 67 | Michael Mørkøv | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 68 | Markus Freiberger | Liqui Moly | s.t. | | 69 | Omar Fraile | Team Katusha | + 16'08 | | 70 | Anders Newbury | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 16'10 | | 71 | Luca Sterbini | Astana Pro Team | + 16'31 | | 72 | Gaël Malacarne | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 73 | Rudy Kowalski | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 74 | Joshua Edmondson | Team Sky | s.t. | | 75 | André Looij | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 16'57 | | 76 | Jonas Bokeloh | MTN-Qhubeka | + 17'03 | | 77 | Andrea Zordan | Liqui Moly | s.t. | | 78 | Pieter Serry | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 79 | Rubén Zepuntke | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 80 | Andreas Vangstad | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 81 | Artem Nych | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 82 | Juan Carlos Orueta Ibarrola | Iberdrola | + 17'32 | | 83 | Matteo Pelucchi | Team Sky | + 17'34 | | 84 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 85 | Aitor Gurruchaga | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 86 | Winner Anacona | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 87 | Kiel Reijnen | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 17'39 | | 88 | Peter Stetina | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 17'54 | | 89 | Ángel Madrazo | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 90 | Argiro Ospina | Colombia | s.t. | | 91 | Alexander Krieger | TEAM Cepsa | + 18'34 | | 92 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 18'37 | | 93 | Eduard-Michael Grosu | Lotto Soudal | + 18'38 | | 94 | Wesley Sulzberger | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 95 | Robin Carpenter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 96 | Steven Lammertink | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 97 | Adrien Costa | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 98 | Lucian Oprea | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 99 | Ian Stannard | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 100 | Hamish Schreurs | Kaiku | s.t. | | 101 | Piotr Brozyna | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 102 | Jos Van Emden | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 103 | Thomas Moses | Iberdrola | + 19'07 | | 104 | Jasha Sütterlin | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 19'28 | | 105 | Iuri Filosi | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 19'29 | | 106 | Nick Van Der Lijke | Iberdrola | + 20'18 | | 107 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Team Europcar | + 20'50 | | 108 | Yuma Koishi | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 109 | Ricardo van Dongen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 21'09 | | 110 | Edwin Ávila | Colombia | s.t. | | 111 | Michael Vingerling | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 112 | Travis Mccabe | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 113 | Lluis Guillermo Mas Bonet | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 21'48 | | 114 | Enrique Sanz | Team Sky | + 21'53 | | 115 | Shane Archbold | Colombia | s.t. | | 116 | Roy Jans | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 117 | Tobias Wauch | Liqui Moly | s.t. | | 118 | Zdenek Stybar | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 119 | Sven Reutter | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 120 | Miguel Huget | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 121 | Marc Garby | Kaiku | + 22'03 | | 122 | Igor Merino | Kaiku | + 22'44 | | 123 | Ricky Timmer | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 23'00 | | 124 | Sérgio Pardilla | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 23'12 | | 125 | Brayan Ramírez | Burgos - BH | + 23'26 | | 126 | Patrick Gretsch | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 23'30 | | 127 | Haritz Orbe | Kaiku | + 23'36 | | 128 | Anton Vorobyev | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 129 | Jon Andoni Martínez Ruiz | Burgos - BH | + 23'38 | | 130 | Thomas Bertolini | Team Tavira | + 24'07 | | 131 | Jens Geerinck | Lotto Soudal | + 24'12 | | 132 | Armindo Fonseca | Team Europcar | + 24'24 | | 133 | Filippo Fortin | Liqui Moly | s.t. | | 134 | Casper Folsach | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 135 | Jesús Ezquerra | Iberdrola | + 25'17 | | 136 | Gorka Ceballos | Iberdrola | + 25'50 | | 137 | Kristian Haugaard | Colombia | + 26'15 | | 138 | Davy Gunst | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 139 | Christian Koch | Liqui Moly | + 26'32 | | 140 | Kamil Zielinski | ActiveJet Team | + 26'53 | | 141 | Antonio Molina | TEAM Cepsa | + 27'45 | | 142 | Mattia Frapporti | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 28'00 | | 143 | Jonathan Dibben | Team Sky | s.t. | | 144 | Revy Amhaouch | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 28'10 | | 145 | Jonas Ahlstrand | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 28'57 | | 146 | Marco König | Liqui Moly | + 29'03 | | 147 | Jaime Castañeda | Colombia | + 29'13 | | 148 | Evan Huffman | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 29'17 | | 149 | Jon Aberasturi | Kaiku | + 30'09 | | 150 | Egoitz García | Kaiku | + 30'16 | | 151 | Ibai Salas | Burgos - BH | + 30'57 | | 152 | Sergey Rozin | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 31'32 | | 153 | John Alieu Roberg | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 31'48 | | 154 | Alfonso López | Colombia | s.t. | | 155 | Levani Koparev | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 156 | Stepan Astafyev | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 32'07 | | 157 | Aurélio Brás | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 158 | Nicklas Bøje Pedersen | Team Tavira | + 32'45 | | 159 | Jon Bozic | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 160 | David Staggenborg | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 32'48 | | 161 | Aser Estévez | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 162 | Samuel Magalhaes | Team Tavira | + 33'26 | | 163 | Rolão Rosalino | Team Tavira | + 33'52 | | 164 | Piotr Kirpsza | ActiveJet Team | + 34'02 | | 165 | Diego León Cuervo | Colombia | s.t. | | 166 | Andrija Janecek | Team Tavira | + 34'19 | | 167 | Dylan Van Zijl | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 34'43 | | 168 | Huib Bak | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 36'16 | | 169 | Konrad Dabkowski | ActiveJet Team | + 37'45 | | 170 | Unai Iparragirre | Kaiku | + 38'44 | | 171 | Andrés Vigil | Burgos - BH | + 39'10 | | 172 | Reinis Andrijanovs | Team Tavira | + 41'36 | | 173 | Rico Reekers | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 42'08 | | 174 | Carlos Antonio Jiménez | ActiveJet Team | + 42'51 | | 175 | Isidro Billabona | Burgos - BH | + 53'51 |
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | 10 | 74 | | 2 | Davide Cimolai | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 8 | 40 | | 3 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | 37 | 37 | | 4 | André Looij | Team Giant-Alpecin | 0 | 34 | | 5 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | 0 | 32 |
| 1 | Ryan Mullen | TEAM Cepsa | 16 | 64 | | 2 | Eduard Prades | Team Katusha | 38 | 54 | | 3 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 0 | 38 | | 4 | Jon Ander Insausti | Kaiku | 0 | 30 | | 5 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 0 | 28 |
Young Riders Classification
| 1 | Anastasio Ania | Tinkoff-Saxo | 4h13'02 | 13h43'11 (1) | | 2 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | + 4 (2) | | 3 | Alvaro Cuadros | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | + 4'02 (5) | | 4 | Eddie Dunbar | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | + 2'12 (3) | | 5 | Sam Oomen | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | + 2'12 (4) |
| 1 | Lotto Soudal | 41h12'26 | | 2 | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2'16 | | 3 | Team Europcar | + 4'50 | | 4 | Astana Pro Team | + 6'50 | | 5 | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 12'58 |
An unspectacular but solid start to the season. The first experience of riding with Nairo was a positive one. I managed high placings in three classifications, a little disappointing that I couldn't come away with any jersey. A good start to a very important season for me.
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