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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 15-12-2017 12:11
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It's going to be really interesting to see what he can do on the GT scene. 
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Yay! Great to see this back! 
Sam for the win! 
Really impressive layout 
Thank you both! Hopefully our racing will be just as pleasing. 
To paint a broader picture of how ready our 23 year old team leader is, I'd like to remind you of his performances earlier this year:
Sam Vandenborre @ RuralvÃa 2018 - 2019 | Race | Level | Result |  Trofeo Soller | 1.1 | 6th |  Herald Sun Tour | 2.1 | 4th overall  |  Paris - Nice | WT | 6th overall |  Liège-Bastogne-Liège | WT | 5th |  Tour de Romandie | WT | 5th overall |  Amgen Tour of California | 2.HC | 1st overall , 2 stage wins | | Vuelta a Burgos | 2.HC | 2nd overall , 1 stage win |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 15-12-2017 18:46
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Sam should do pretty well in Spain then (hopefully) |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 17-12-2017 09:51
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He should, but no guarantees in cycling.
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 18-12-2017 09:38
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Vuelta a España (2.UWT)  Stage 1/21, 12km TTT Vuelta a España 2019 Stage 1 | 1 |  | Team Sky | 14'59" | | 2 | | Quick-Step Floors | + 4" | | 3 | | Lotto - Soudal | + 7" | | 4 | | Team Katusha - Alpecin | s.t. | | 5 |  | Tinkoff | + 9" | | 6 |  | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 7 |  | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 8 |  | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 9 | | Orica - Scott | s.t. | | 10 | | IAM Cycling | + 13" | | 11 | | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA  | + 17" |
Vuelta a España 2019 Overall standings | 1 | | Wout Poels | Team Sky | 14'59" | | 2 | | Peter Kennaugh | Team Sky | s.t. | | 3 | | Rohan Dennis | Team Sky | s.t. | | 4 |  | Gregor Mühlberger | Team Sky | s.t. | | 5 | | Hugh Carthy | Team Sky | s.t. | | 6 | | Alejandro Valverde | Team Sky | + 2" | | 7 | | Chris Froome | Team Sky | + 4" | | 8 | | Cameron Meyer | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. | | 9 | | Gianni Meersman | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. | | 10 |  | Jan Hirt | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. | | … | … | … | … | … | | 64 | | Sam Vandenborre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 17" |
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 18-12-2017 10:20
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Go go Sam!
Have to say this is probably the best story I've seen since Salvatore Puccio, Il Bimbo, etc. a few years ago. Stunning work, as others have said that GT preview layout is amazing. Haven't been following as closely as I should for a while but it seems you've got quite a talent in Vandeborre, hope for a big result here. As a non-Movistar Spanish team in a TTT 11th is a win 
I have to say despite the lovely layout Valverde at Sky makes me need some eyebleach
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 18-12-2017 22:50
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jandal7 wrote:
Go go Sam!
Have to say this is probably the best story I've seen since Salvatore Puccio, Il Bimbo, etc. a few years ago. Stunning work, as others have said that GT preview layout is amazing. Haven't been following as closely as I should for a while but it seems you've got quite a talent in Vandeborre, hope for a big result here. As a non-Movistar Spanish team in a TTT 11th is a win
I have to say despite the lovely layout Valverde at Sky makes me need some eyebleach
Many thanks for the kind words, jandal. They're very much appreciated.
Vandenborre's an interesting talent, really. Turned pro mainly as a climber, yet his first wins were time trials (Belgian NC and a stage in Catalunya). Afterwards started winning mountainous stage races (Austria, Languedoc) but no stages. Then this year mountain stage wins in California and Burgos appeared. Hope he'll be able to cope with the entire Grand Tour happening.
As for Valverde, my 3000th post includes an early Christmas scoop:
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 19-12-2017 20:59
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 Vattenfall Cyclassics 2019 (1.UWT)
Hamburg, 214.6 kms Vattenfall Cyclassics Latest editions | | 2018 | | | 2017 | | | 2016 | | 1. | | M. Kittel | 1. | | C. Ewan | 1. | | M. Cavendish | | 2. |  | N. Bonifazio | 2. | | N. Bonifazio | 2. |  | A. Kristoff | | 3. | | A. Demare | 3. | | G. Ciolek | 3. | | A. Demare |
Vattenfall Cyclassics 2019 Race profile Vattenfall Cyclassics 2019 Top riders | N. Bonifazio | | M. Cavendish | | A. Demare |  | F. Gaviria | | A. Guardini | | T. Phinney | | M. Trentin | | B. Vallée |
Vattenfall Cyclassics 2019 Team lineup | C. Barbero | | P. Bilbao | | F. Grijalba | | I. Izagirre |  | A. Mendigain | | N. Padilla |  | V. Pinheiral | | A. Tinajero |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 19-12-2017 22:43
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 21-12-2017 10:25
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Thank you.
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Posted on 21-12-2017 10:26
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Vattenfall Cyclassics (1.UWT)
Hamburg, 214.6 kms
Poor Sébastien Reichenbach saw every attack after his neutralised, so he was condemned to spend his time in the break of the day all on his own. When so little happens, concentration tends to go down. A crash was the almost logical feat at the back of countless monotone kilometers. Bilbao, Grijalba and Demare went down, but everyone soon rejoined the bunch. Over the final Waseberg climb, American champion William Barta became the one to draw the sprinter teams out. His move got neutralised, and so were the next ones. Reichenbach had around 1' left, 20 kilometers to go. Reichenbach finally surrendered just ahead of the last lap. Our men kept up extremely well, holding on to their position close to the absolute front. Izagirre attacked in the last 5 km. Matteo Trentin jumped on his wheel. The Italian tried to shake Ion, yet the opposite happened. He neared the red kite with a slight advantage over Gaviria and his leadout man Benito. Having opened up a gap already, the Colombian had no troubles finishing the job. Bonifazio and Barbero sprinted to the remaining podium places. Vattenfall Cyclassics 2019 Race results | 1 | | Fernando Gaviria | Movistar Team | 5h13'50" | | 2 | | Niccolo Bonifazio | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 3 | | Carlos Barbero | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 4 | | Lorenzo Manzin | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 5 | | Mark Cavendish | Team Sky | s.t. | | 6 | | Jakub Mareczko | Bora - Hansgrohe | s.t. | | 7 | | Boris Vallée | Lotto - Soudal | s.t. | | 8 | | Arnaud Demare | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 9 | | Andrea Guardini | Team Katusha - Alpecin | s.t. | | 10 | | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Lotto - Soudal | s.t. |
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 22-12-2017 07:20
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Lovely little result for Barbero there 
As for the Valverde scoop: hell yeah
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 23-12-2017 15:37
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jandal7 wrote:
Lovely little result for Barbero there
As for the Valverde scoop: hell yeah
Not bad at all, indeed. Off to terrain that suits us better now.
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Posted on 23-12-2017 15:37
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Vuelta a España (2.UWT)
Stage 2/21, 169.9 kms
Atop the 3rd cat. Alto del Cabrito, Eliot Lietaer secured the very first blue mountain jersey. After that he'd have to manage without nobody joining. The pack let him play until the final 4 km, as sprint trains took the stage. Sunweb's train was disordered in a messy finale, Kittel moved forward on his own. He was about to jump onto Degenkolb's wheel as he passed by. However somehow, the German top sprinter got boxed in, which allowed Giacomo Nizzolo to open up a gap beneath the second La Vuelta red kite. The Italian could not keep his speed up, paying for launching early. Kittel sat too far back to do anything about Sagan beating Wippert on the final 175m. Manuel MartÃnez disappointed by crossing the line in 14th place. Vuelta a España 2019 Stage 2 | 1 |  | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff | 3h45'15" | | 2 | | Wouter Wippert | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 3 | | Marcel Kittel | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 4 | | Nacer Bouhanni | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 5 | | Michael Matthews | Orica - Scott | s.t. | | 6 | | Bryan Coquard | Tinkoff | s.t. | | 7 | | Jasper Bovenhuis | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 8 |  | Sam Bennett | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | | Matteo Pelucchi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 10 | | Giacomo Nizolo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
Vuelta a España 2019 Overall standings | 1 | | Marcel Kittel | Team Sunweb | 4h00'08" | | 2 | | Eliot Lietaer | BMC Racing Team | + 3" | | 3 | | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff | + 5" | | 4 | | Peter Kennaugh | Team Sky | + 6" | | 5 | | Wout Poels | Team Sky | s.t. | | 6 | | Gregor Mühlberger | Team Sky | s.t. | | 7 | | Hugh Carthy | Team Sky | s.t. | | 8 | | Rohan Dennis | Team Sky | s.t. | | 9 | | Alejandro Valverde | Team Sky | + 8" | | 10 | | Chris Froome | Team Sky | + 10" | | … | … | … | … | … | | 64 | | Sam Vandenborre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 22" |
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 23-12-2017 18:00
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Awesome Cyclassics, decent start at the Vuelta.
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 24-12-2017 09:14
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Unexpected podium finishes and limited time losses, sounds good to me as well.
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 24-12-2017 09:15
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Vuelta a España (2.UWT)  Stage 3/21, 185.4 kms
Giacomo Tomio and Jonathan Klever were the only ones to be granted a little space by the pack. Having come second on the first climb, Klever got dropped on the next. Our Ecuadorian was reeled in shortly after that. Meanwhile, overall contender Robert Power sat in big trouble, reason was unknown. His teammates needed a low pace in order for him to keep up. Tomio was reeled in ahead of the last labeled climb, on which the peloton remained vast. On the descent the pace suddenly went down, persuading Astana's Davide Villella into accelerating, entering the last 25 kilometers. His try didn't last, and neither did Angel Cerezo's. The rush to the uphill final 1000 m in Arcos de la Frontera started as Sam was sitting far back. Eneco stage winner Kiserlovski was a splendid leadout for Louis Meintjes, who hit the last 500 m with slight advantage over Kelderman & Gallopin. Turns out 500 m was just a little too long for the South African, who saw Kelderman beat him on the line. Sam moved through the bunch to a 7th. Vuelta a España 2019 Stage 3 | 1 | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | 4h32'31" | | 2 | | Louis Meintjes | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 3 |  | Robert Kiserlovski | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 4 | | Hugh Carthy | Team Sky | s.t. | | 5 | | Tony Gallopin | Tinkoff | s.t. | | 6 | | Rubén Fernández | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | | Sam Vandenborre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 8 | | Daniel Martin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9 | | Jan Hirt | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. | | 10 | | Carlos Verona | Movistar Team | s.t. |
Vuelta a España 2019 Overall standings | 1 | | Marcel Kittel | Team Sunweb | 8h32'31" | | 2 | | Eliot Lietaer | BMC Racing Team | + 11" | | 3 | | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff | + 13" | | 4 | | Peter Kennaugh | Team Sky | + 14" | | 5 | | Gregor Mühlberger | Team Sky | s.t. | | 6 | | Wout Poels | Team Sky | s.t. | | 7 | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sky | s.t. | | 8 | | Hugh Carthy | Team Sky | s.t. | | 9 | | Rohan Dennis | Team Sky | s.t. | | 10 | | Alejandro Valverde | Team Sky | + 16" | | … | … | … | … | … | | 57 | | Sam Vandenborre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 30" |
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Posted on 28-12-2017 08:22
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Vuelta a España (2.UWT) Stage 4/21, 171.7 kms
Jonathan Klever was part of the breakaway group which went through. Markus Hoelgaard & Gianni Moscon were his two companions for the day. It came as a surprise that he lost contact on the 3rd category Alto de San Jerónimo. Not a single rider was dropped from the bunch coming behind. Klever was about to suffer the same fate on the steeper Alto del Catorce Por Ciento when Chávarri raised the pace in the bunch. The thin Basque reeled everybody in, then distanced those who had been trying to follow. He gained a 40" bonus over the pack but two Tinkoff guard dogs bridged, then remained glued to Eder's wheel. All together into the final downhill. The peloton was thinned by several crashes in the descent. Knowing that none of our three men present in the group would stand a chance in the bunch sprint, Lature vainly tried a move that's neutralized by Bouhanni. Vandenborre grabbed Wippert's wheel and ended up at the right side of a little split. He would not be able to follow a new push by Tinkoff's men. And eventually their chasing didn't pay off as Matthews came out on top. Sam Vandenborre finished this bunch sprint in a respectable 8th place. Vuelta a España 2019 Stage 4 | 1 | | Michael Matthews | Orica - Scott | 3h47'04" | | 2 | | Wouter Wippert | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 3 | | Bryan Coquard | Tinkoff | s.t. | | 4 | | Caleb Ewan | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 5 | | Jasper Stuyven | Lotto - Soudal | s.t. | | 6 | | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff | s.t. | | 7 | | Julian Alaphilippe | Tinkoff | s.t. | | 8 | | Sam Vandenborre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 9 | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 10 | | Tom Van Asbroeck | Lotto - Soudal | s.t. |
Vuelta a España 2019 Overall standings | 1 | | Marcel Kittel | Team Sunweb | 12h19'353 | | 2 | | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff | + 13" | | 3 | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | + 14" | | 4 | | Gregor Mühlberger | Team Sky | s.t. | | 5 | | Wout Poels | Team Sky | s.t. | | 6 | | Peter Kennaugh | Team Sky | s.t. | | 7 | | Hugh Carthy | Team Sky | s.t. | | 8 | | Bryan Coquard | Tinkoff | + 15" | | 9 | | Michael Matthews | Orica - Scott | + 16" | | 10 | | Jan Hirt | Quick-Step Floors | + 19" | | … | … | … | … | … | | 24 | | Sam Vandenborre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 30" |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 30-12-2017 13:58
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Vuelta a España (2.UWT) Stage 5/21, 176.5 kms
Reinders, Van Keirsbulck, Dibben were the first and only attackers. Their advantage would increase to a maximum of a little more than 6 minutes. The trio challenged each other on the cat.2 Puerto del Saltillo but no-one got dropped. Dibben tried over the top, Van Keirsbulck chased him down. Then Van Keirsbulck accelerated in turn. Because of Reinders' collapsing, Dibben had to bridge himself. He caught up before the red kite in Ronda. Van Keirsbulck easily beat a tired Dibben for his maiden GT win. None of the GC contenders moved, no shifts ahead of the Cumbres Verdes stage. Vuelta a España 2019 Stage 5 | 1 | | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Quick-Step Floors | 4h10'35" | | 2 | | Jonathan Dibben | Team Sky | + 16" | | 3 | | Elmar Reinders | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 43" | | 4 | | Julian Alaphilippe | Tinkoff | + 2'38" | | 5 | | Tim Wellens | Tinkoff | s.t. | | 6 | | Rubén Fernández | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff | s.t. | | 8 | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 9 | | Wout Poels | Team Sky | s.t. | | 10 | | Sergey Chernetskiy | Tinkoff | s.t. |
Vuelta a España 2019 Overall standings | 1 | | Marcel Kittel | Team Sunweb | 16h32'48" | | 2 | | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff | + 13" | | 3 | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | + 14" | | 4 | | Wout Poels | Team Sky | s.t. | | 5 | | Peter Kennaugh | Team Sky | s.t. | | 6 | | Gregor Mühlberger | Team Sky | s.t. | | 7 | | Hugh Carthy | Team Sky | s.t. | | 8 | | Bryan Coquard | Tinkoff | + 15" | | 9 | | Michael Matthews | Orica - Scott | + 16" | | 10 | | Jan Hirt | Quick-Step Floors | + 19" | | … | … | … | … | … | | 24 | | Sam Vandenborre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 30" |
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 30-12-2017 14:08
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Boring race until now, being just a matter of not losing any time, with Sam being only 16 seconds behind Sky's duo. Let's see what he can in the mountains
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Posted on 30-12-2017 16:49
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Sam playing it safe, nice
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