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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 31-12-2017 10:52
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Aquarius97 wrote:
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 
Nothing to write home about as yet indeed. Will be interesting to see how Sam does against better climbers that should be less well-rested. I have a feeling he's going to quit the safe side sooner rather than later.
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| AiZaK |
Posted on 31-12-2017 13:46
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Can you show stats for the future star Sam Vandenborre???
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 31-12-2017 14:24
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AiZaK wrote:
Can you show stats for the future star Sam Vandenborre???
Good luck for the Vuelta!
Thanks!
I never share full stats for any of my riders but this post contains some of the main ones for our highest OVR riders. Vandenborre's haven't changed since.
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 31-12-2017 15:59
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 Vuelta a España (2.UWT)  Stage 6/21, 156.4 kms
The first, 12 men strong, group which featured Klever was chased down. The next one did take off as Emanuel Buchmann came first atop the cat.2 Boquete de Zafarraya. Vanmarcke, Hoelgaard, Lindeman and Tomio later fought their way back to the wheel of Quick-Step Floors' German champ. Over the next cat.3 climb, Buchmann had dropped the others once more. Near the last sprint, both him and Vanmarcke saw the bunch at about 2'. The two remaining leaders came back together, but the peloton gradually reduced their lead. Inside the last ten, both parties peeped at each other through the trees. All would come back together near the La Zubia finish. Klever intended to set the pace but an early acceleration compromised it all. Daniel Martin quickly put 35" into 35 riders without race leader Kittel. Sam made his way to the fore to take charge of the chase himself. Nerz, Kelderman, Alaphilippe & Valverde all fought to keep up as Eder sat 7th. Less than two kms to go now and Alaphilippe, Meintjes were about to be dropped as well. The rest sat 50" down, as Martin's lead'd shrunk to 25". A new push made the two surrender. Martin kept 15" , 800m from home. Sam stood on the pedals one final time, almost bridging now; 400m left. So did Martin, it was neck-and-neck 200m from the line. The first chasers were already losing a minute, an E3 group came at approximately 1'15". The ultimate margin was half a wheel, but that's enough. A summit finish win and a move into the red jersey are big achievements in a maiden GT. All fellow contenders concluded the day suffering a time loss of a minute. Vuelta a España 2019 Stage 6 | 1 |  | Sam Vandenborre  | Ruralvía - Seguros RGA | 3h56'33" | | 2 |  | Daniel Martin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 3 |  | Julian Alaphilippe | Tinkoff | + 1'00" | | 4 |  | Louis Meintjes | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 5 |  | Francesco Bongiorno | Team Katusha - Alpecin | + 1'10" | | 6 |  | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | + 1'27" | | 7 |  | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 8 | | Eder Chávarri | Ruralvía - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 9 | | Rubén Fernández | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 |  | Merhawi Kudus | Team Dimension Data | s.t. |
Vuelta a España 2019 Overall standings | 1 | | Sam Vandenborre | Ruralvía - Seguros RGA | 20h29'41" | | 2 | | Daniel Martin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 18" | | 3 | | Julian Alaphilippe | Tinkoff | + 1'10" | | 4 | | Francesco Bongiorno | Team Katusha - Alpecin | s.t. | | 5 | | Louis Meintjes | IAM Cycling | + 1'12" | | 6 | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | + 1'21" | | 7 |  | Hugh Carthy | Team Sky | s.t. | | 8 |  | Robert Kiserlovski | IAM Cycling | + 1'30" | | 9 | | Merhawi Kudus | Team Dimension Data | + 1'33" | | 10 | | Eder Chávarri | Ruralvía - Seguros RGA | + 1'37" |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 31-12-2017 16:06
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So that'll be it for 2017. It's been a great year for me personally and for this story, having won an award. On top of that, reaching over 100.000 reads on close to 1.500 posts spread over almost 75 pages is way more than I had ever imagined when I kicked off this story.
Many thanks to all of you followers for stopping by so frequently in the past year. I'm hoping to see you back for lots of Ruralvía action going into the new year. All the best for 2018!
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 31-12-2017 16:29
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I'm proud to be a follower from the beginning on. Back-to-back awards really is the only option here. Congratulations on some fantastic work, keep it up!
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 31-12-2017 16:34
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Wow! Stage win + "Jersey Rojo". That's more than i could expect from Sam 
And agree with Croatia that you should win also this year the award
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 01-01-2018 16:40
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Sam is looking great in red  |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 01-01-2018 18:05
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Croatia14 wrote:
I'm proud to be a follower from the beginning on. Back-to-back awards really is the only option here. Congratulations on some fantastic work, keep it up! Aquarius97 wrote:
Wow! Stage win + "Jersey Rojo". That's more than i could expect from Sam
And agree with Croatia that you should win also this year the award
Many thanks for the kind words you two. Seems like I'm doing a good job, I'll try to keep it that way 
Wasn't expecting Sam to win either, yet the lack of strength of the contenders surprised me even more. Steep muritos early in La Vuelta often bias the balance of power though, so nothing's been decided as yet.
Looks good on him for sure, let's hope he will reach Compostela wearing the same outfit. 
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 03-01-2018 12:46
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Vuelta a España (GT.UWT) Stage 7/21, 166.9 kms
Fourteen riders attacked right after the starting signal. Robert Power was the best climber on paper, Giacomo Tomio the first GC threat - 10' down. Tomio was the first to conquer cat.2 Alto de Íllora, and reclaimed the lead in the mountain jersey standings; the others would return going downhill. Tomio also won the next and last KoM sprint atop Alto Ahillo. Most of the initial group was still keeping up quite well. The pack sat at 3', 36km left. The advantage did not go down fast enough, so the winner'd come out of this group. Ahead of the uphill finish in Alcaudete, Lindeman accelerated. An incredibly strong Tomio left the rest behind, and passed Lindeman as well. Just before the flamme rouge, the Italian gapped the Dutchman and took 20" on the rest. The peloton started going faster, but still lost 1'30". Daniel Martin tried an attack right outside the last 2km. Meintjes followed as Kelderman, Fernández, Alaphilippe & Vandenborre tried that as well. Tomio eventually picked up a clear, very well-deserved first win as a pro. Vandenborre got back to Martin; the above contenders all got the same time. Chávarri dropped out of the GC top 10, focussing on his stage win. Vuelta a España 2019 Stage 7 | 1 | | Giacomo Tomio | Cannondale Pro Team | 4h02'00" | | 2 | | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 23" | | 3 |  | Michael Hepburn | BMC Racing Team | + 43" | | 4 |  | Youcef Reguigui | Direct Énergie | s.t. | | 5 | | Miles Scotson | Orica - Scott | s.t. | | 6 |  | Martin Kohler | FDJ | s.t. | | 7 | | Jean-Lou Paiani | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 8 |  | Jesse Sergent | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 9 | | Rubén Fernández | Movistar Team | + 1'02" | | 10 | | Julian Alaphilippe | Tinkoff | s.t. |
Vuelta a España 2019 Overall standings | 1 | | Sam Vandenborre | Ruralvía - Seguros RGA | 24h32'43" | | 2 | | Daniel Martin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 18" | | 3 | | Julian Alaphilippe | Tinkoff | + 1'10" | | 4 | | Francesco Bongiorno | Team Katusha - Alpecin | s.t. | | 5 | | Louis Meintjes | IAM Cycling | + 1'12" | | 6 | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | + 1'21" | | 7 | | Robert Kiserlovski | IAM Cycling | + 1'30" | | 8 | | Merhawi Kudus | Team Dimension Data | + 1'33" | | 9 | | Rubén Fernández | Movistar Team | + 1'38" | | 10 | | Wout Poels | Team Sky | + 1'39" |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 03-01-2018 15:34
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Quiet day for the guys and Sam |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 04-01-2018 22:45
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The sometimes easy life of a team in the lead that has no sprinter.
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 05-01-2018 17:15
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Vuelta a España (2.UWT)  Stage 8/21, 206.6 kms
Aldo Lature joined the breakaway, that had been established by Matteo Busato (Cannondale), Eliot Lietaer (BMC), Patrick Clausen (Trek-Segafredo). Tens of boring kilometers later, several crashes coloured the final third of the day. The break lost Clausen, the pack's victim was GC 4th Bongiorno. Lature tried a late attack when the bunch was about to make the catch. The other three bridged, then Lietaer accelerated near the 5-to-go mark. Vandenborre tried to stay out of trouble being a part of the sprint train. As Lietaer was reeled in, our train was split. Our sprint was over already. Coquard finished the job at the back of Sagan's perfect leadout. Giacomo Nizzolo & Marcel Kittel put their hands on 2nd and 3rd place respectively. Today's schlimazel Francesco Bongiorno ended up losing several minutes. Vuelta a España 2019 Stage 8 | 1 | | Bryan Coquard | Tinkoff | 4h35'26" | | 2 | | Giacomo Nizzolo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 3 |  | Marcel Kittel | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 4 | | Sam Bennett | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | | John Degenkolb | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 6 | | Wouter Wippert | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 |  | Eric Young | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 8 | | Michael Matthews | Orica - Scott | s.t. | | 9 | | Caleb Ewan | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 10 | | Julian Alaphilippe | Tinkoff | s.t. | | … | … | … | … | … | | 168 | | Francesco Bongiorno | Team Katusha - Alpecin | + 5'46" |
Vuelta a España 2019 Overall standings | 1 | | Sam Vandenborre | Ruralvía - Seguros RGA | 29h08'09" | | 2 | | Daniel Martin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 18" | | 3 | | Julian Alaphilippe | Tinkoff | + 1'10" | | 4 | | Louis Meintjes | IAM Cycling | + 1'12" | | 5 | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | + 1'21" | | 6 | | Robert Kiserlovski | IAM Cycling | + 1'30" | | 7 | | Merhawi Kudus | Team Dimension Data | + 1'33" | | 8 | | Rubén Fernández | Movistar Team | + 1'38" | | 9 | | Wout Poels | Team Sky | + 1'39" | | 10 | | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | + 1'42" |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 07-01-2018 22:21
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Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France 2019 (1.UWT)
Bretagne, 236 kms Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France Latest editions | | 2018 | | | 2017 | | | 2016 | | 1. | | M. Cavendish | 1. | | C. Ewan | 1. | | C. Ewan | | 2. |  | F. Gaviria | 2. | | S. Colbrelli | 2. | | A. Demare | | 3. | | A. Guardini | 3. | | W. Willwohl | 3. | | N. Arndt |
Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France 2019 Race profile Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France 2019 Top riders | M. Landa | | C. Laporte | | J. Mareczko | | N. Quintana |  | P. Vakoc | | B. Vallée | | Ad. Yates | | Si. Yates |
Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France 2019 Team lineup | P. Bilbao | | O. Fraile | | S. Henao | | G. Izagirre | | I. Izagirre |  | A. Mendigain | | D. Ochoa | | D. Sagasta |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 08-01-2018 13:59
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A brave day out in the saddle for Lature |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 08-01-2018 20:08
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Too bad the legs couldn't match the brave heart.
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 08-01-2018 22:49
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strong team in for Plouay!
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 09-01-2018 18:17
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All ready to make this first one to remember.
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 10-01-2018 20:38
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Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France (1.UWT)
Bretagne, 236 kms
Emil Wang took the first initiative for the break of the day. He was joined by Rosskopf and Duarte; they helped him get a maximum lead of 9 mins. Thomas Moses' acceleration allowed him to join the three men out front. The pace went up and the thoroughly thinned pack caught up right away. Nathan Van Hooydonck attacked next, nearing to the start of the last lap. His plan didn't last very long either. What rested was a group of about 30 riders, including Ion Izagirre, Ochoa and Henao; less than 7 km to go. Ion Izagirre's last-minute impulse on Côte de Ty-Marrec was not strong enough. Adam Yates took the fore followed by Lotto's Laurens De Vreese. Izagirre tailed this duo, yet all three were taken by surprise by Laporte, who'd launched from behind. Luckily Ochoa had chosen that very wheel. Hitting the barriered zone, Diego surpassed the Frenchman. Adam Yates was challenging these two at the other side of the road; only 300 m left! Too much for Ochoa and Laporte, as both had to settle for a top 3 place. Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France 2019 Race results | 1 | | Adam Yates | Team Sky | 5h40'42" | | 2 | | Christophe Laporte | FDJ | s.t. | | 3 | | Diego Ochoa | Ruralvía - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 4 | | Simon Yates | Team Sky | s.t. | | 5 | | Laurens De Vreese | Lotto - Soudal | s.t. | | 6 | | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Lotto - Soudal | s.t. | | 7 | | Yves Lampaert | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. | | 8 | | Alexis Gougeard | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. | | 9 | | Ion Izagirre | Ruralvía - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 10 | | Nathan Van Hooydonck | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 10-01-2018 23:52
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Good performance from Diego |
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