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One in a Billion | Rise to the Summit
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 15-12-2017 04:11
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That's the aim, although no more improvements in stats will happen!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 23-12-2017 03:19
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A historic year! I became a Grand Tour champion for the first time. Italy seems to be a happy hunting ground, this win following up my first ever Monument win at Il Lombardia in 2018.
I ended up with less points and a lower ranking than last year. The year petered out after the Giro with just a small uptick at the National Championships. Champion at the first attempt! Seems ironic I won the GT after changing nationalities.
Another off-season accolade was that for the first time, I was nominated for the Velo d'Or award, awarding the best cyclist of the year. I received top 5 votes from 13 of the 15 journalists in attendance. I didn't get into the top 3 however.
| World Tour Rankings | CQ Rankings | | Me | 12th - 330 points | 10th - 1839 points | | Duvel | 5th - 916 points | 3rd - 7621 points |
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Posted on 23-12-2017 09:50
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This season had less results depth, but instead an incredible peak with the Giro GC. All eyes on Le Tour now?
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 23-12-2017 13:52
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Yeah sure thing
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 30-12-2017 05:59
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I'm into the final year of my contract, signed at the time with Duvel, and now seeing it out with Bonsucro. Yes, we've changed colours this year, the first time that has happened to a team while I'm under contract. this should be interesting!
When I arrived back, there were a lot of new faces in the team's training camp. I guess this is the right team to introduce them.
As you can see, there have been wholesale changes in the lineup. Formolo is the big acquisition with Dumoulin having moved on. Barguil remains and I was somewhat relieved to know that he wouldn't a part of the clear-out. We have a good rapport when riding together. Another big name signing is Ania, who will lead our Ardennes campaign, among other hilly races.
Like I mentioned before, no more improvements to come for me. Just some of the figures have changed. These are my weapons till age catches up with me.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 03-01-2018 06:53
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A new year begins with a lot of new faces to get to know. The changes were not just in terms of the riders, but many of the support staff had changed as well. The off-season was a great big getting to know exercise, similar to the ones I've faced when I changed teams in the past.
The biggest change was the change in locale. The switch to Bonsucro meant that the team shifted its base to England. The training rides and camps were now held in unfamiliar territories, with the profiles of the roads in the UK differing from those back in Europe. It wasn't necessarily a bad thing, but it took getting used to. I didn't shift base out of Amsterdam, and preferred to fly-in and out when required. Some things are best with (second) home comforts.
I charted out a different approach to the 2023 season than what I've done previously. I chose to start my season much later, in March, not riding the early season races which I've grown fond of. This was a conscious decision to shorten the duration of my 'active' season and remain fresh for September and October, something which wasn't the case last year.
Coming to the GTs, I'm back to riding in the Tour and the Vuelta this year. The Giro and Tour double proved too much to cope. Also, having won the Giro last year, there was more motivation to have a go at the other GTs. I also ride the entirety of the Ardennes week this time, something I had kept myself away from all these years. My skill-set should prove to be useful in those races. I'm excited about the prospect. I ride only three non-GT stage races all year, starting with Tirreno-Adriatico, which is also my season opener. The NCs and the WCs feature heavily while I end the season with Il Lombardia, as has become customary.
The full calender is available below.
| Race | Month | Type | | Tirreno - Adriatico | March | Stage Race |  Vuelta al Pais Vasco | April | Stage Race | | Amstel Gold Race | April | Classic |  La Fleche Wallone | April | Classic | | Liege - Bastogne - Liege | April | Monument |  Criterium Dauphine | June | Stage Race | | National Championship - Individual Time Trial | June | | National Championship - Road Race | June | | Tour de France | July | Grand Tour | | Vuelta a Espana | August - September | Grand Tour | | Tre Valli Varesine | October | Classic | | Il Lombardia | October | Monument |
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 03-01-2018 07:47
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Like the calendar for the most part, looking slim but could be a good thing. Not sure how the TDF-Vuelta gap will do for your race fitness but surely a break won't do much harm  Also not sure about the lack of more Italian classics as Lombardia build-up but again the break after the TDF-Vuelta double will get his tiredness down I guess.
Couple of other things I could see panning out better with a slightly fuller calendar but we'll have to wait and see, the focus on the big races could prove very fruitful, who knows? Best of luck 
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 04-01-2018 05:00
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jandal7 wrote:
Like the calendar for the most part, looking slim but could be a good thing. Not sure how the TDF-Vuelta gap will do for your race fitness but surely a break won't do much harm Also not sure about the lack of more Italian classics as Lombardia build-up but again the break after the TDF-Vuelta double will get his tiredness down I guess.
Couple of other things I could see panning out better with a slightly fuller calendar but we'll have to wait and see, the focus on the big races could prove very fruitful, who knows? Best of luck
Interestingly, I have 5 more RDs in my calendar than last season! I agree that the break before the Vuelta is not ideal but I didn't want to increase the RDs any more. I'll have the World Championships as preparation before Il Lombardia, so that shouldn't be too bad a preparation.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 08-01-2018 16:34
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After an extended early season, I finally get back onto my bike for a race in March. Tirreno-Adriatico is my chosen race to start the season. The team have decently well in the first couple of months.
The management sent an incredibly strong team to this race. This meant that the startlist in the clashing Paris - Nice was quite weak. I was co-leader with Formolo also on the startlist. Barguil, Ania and van Garderen were also starting, among others.
Stage 1
The first stage as a Bonsucro rider went like a dream! We finished 1st in the TTT. I was the first over the line and will start tomorrow's stage with the leader's jersey. What a way to start the new season!
Stage 2
(In the leader's jersey)
Me and Ania were among the favourites for the stage. The three man early break increased in size to six rides on the first climb. Two were caught on the descent. We set the pace for most of the stage. The peloton was down to fifty riders on top of the second climb. The break were still just over a minute ahead. I went away from the pack with Lopez, 3 km from the top of the final climb. We were caught 1 km from the top of he climb. I attacked again at the top of the climb. Again, it Lopez on my wheel. With 10 km to go, we had a 30 second lead with the break a further 90 seconds in front. The gap to the break was down to a minute with 5 km left. We were caught by a group of six to make it eight riders chasing the break. That's how it finished with ... winning from the break winning the stage. I finished 8th. I lost my lead and now trailed ... by 7 seconds in the GC.
Stage 3 was a mostly flat one. I had a scary moment when both Barguil and I fell, among others after the first climb. We recovered and did not suffer any lasting damages. The break was caught 2 km from the line and the sprinters won the day.
Stage 4
We chased the early break of 11 riders for a while but then gave up. They were kept on a tight leash, never extending the gap beyond three minutes. Sagan and Barguil were dropped from the group among the GC toppers. Gallopin, Lopez, Dayer Quintana and Kwiatkowski attcked on the fourth climb. With 8 km to go, Lopez and Gallopin led with Dayer chasing them. The break was already caught and dropped. I was in the fourth group on the road with Ania. It ended in this order, as I took 5th. Ania got 7th. I dropped to 4th in the GC.
Another flat route on Stage 5 saw a four man break not get caught and take the win.
Stage 6
Formolo was top favourite for this stage. Me and Barguil were also favoured for a high finish. Ulissi was in the thirteen man break. Power was the first big name attacker, on the fifth climb. Formolo chased. He had a 30 second lead on top of the climb. He was finally caught on the descent. Ulissi was caught from the break at the base of the 6th climb. The peloton was down to 50 riders. I went away from the pack on that climb. At the top, I was in E3, behind two of the early break and 30 seconds ahead of a five man group, including Barguil. I was caught by Yates and Lopez. Lopez attacked with 20 km to go. Then Yates attacked 6 km later. I was caught by the peloton, who then caught Yates and a recently attacking Oomen. Lopez and a rider from the early break were out in front with a 1'45" lead. I dropped Yates with 8 km to go and caught Lopez with 4.5 km to go. At the time, the lead group consisted of Lopez, Ravasi, Courteille (from the early break) and myself. I didn't have any energy left to sprint and finished 3rd on the stage. I moved up to 2nd in the GC behind Lopez.
Stage 7
The early break consisted of nine riders. Four of my teammates fell in a 20 man crash but thankfully they all recovered. There was pack split on the third climb. Jungels, Pinot, Barguil and Formolo were on the wrong side of the split. The peloton had just twenty riders after the last climb. It was down to 15 with 6 km left. I finished in amongst the sprinters, on Lopez's shoulder. There dropped riders lost huge amounts of time!
| 1 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Swissair | 24h30'56 | | 2 | Abhishek Sinha | Bonsucro | + 1'52 | | 3 | Tony Gallopin | Gazprom | + 5'20 | | 4 | Dayer Quintana | Basler Zeitung | + 7'39 | | 5 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Gazprom | + 8'55 | | 6 | Maxime Le Lavandier | Team Europcar | + 10'15 | | 7 | Edward Ravasi | Orange | + 10'16 | | 8 | Simon Yates | Swissair | + 11'01 | | 9 | Robert Power | Fly Emirates | + 11'27 | | 10 | Sam Oomen | Swissair | + 12'28 |
Spoiler | 11 | Bob Jungels | Fly Emirates | + 13'38 | | 12 | Arnaud Courteille | Orange | + 13'41 | | 13 | Peter Sagan | Swissair | + 15'06 | | 14 | José Ramella | TEAM Cepsa | + 16'07 | | 15 | Romain Bardet | Gazprom | + 16'39 | | 16 | Davide Formolo | Bonsucro | + 17'28 | | 17 | Warren Barguil | Bonsucro | + 19'02 | | 18 | Thibaut Pinot | Gazprom | + 20'33 | | 19 | Andrew Talansky | Swissair | + 21'27 | | 20 | Eduard Beltran | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 22'08 | | 21 | Simon Raffin | Orange | + 22'46 | | 22 | Daniele Dall'Oste | Gatorade | + 24'33 | | 23 | Leonardo Pajuelo | Basler Zeitung | s.t. | | 24 | Ilya Koshevoy | Gerolsteiner | + 25'08 | | 25 | Valerio Conti | Fly Emirates | + 25'32 | | 26 | Jay McCarthy | Fly Emirates | + 25'41 | | 27 | Rigoberto Urán | Team Europcar | + 27'59 | | 28 | Rui Costa | De Koninck | + 28'07 | | 29 | Anastasio Ania | Bonsucro | + 28'14 | | 30 | Clement Penven | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 29'09 | | 31 | Gervais Hardouin | Gatorade | + 29'41 | | 32 | Albano Platero | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 29'54 | | 33 | Grégory Ambroise | Continental | + 30'13 | | 34 | Graham Traino | Gazprom | + 30'26 | | 35 | Renato Agapito | Fly Emirates | + 32'00 | | 36 | Donato De Ieso | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 32'25 | | 37 | Maxime Roulet | Basler Zeitung | + 34'12 | | 38 | Edmeo Menghini | Gerolsteiner | + 34'44 | | 39 | Juan Chamorro | Boyaca | + 34'53 | | 40 | Diego Ulissi | Bonsucro | + 35'05 | | 41 | Dylan Teuns | De Koninck | + 35'14 | | 42 | Lilian Calmejane | MTN-Qhubeka | + 35'32 | | 43 | Alvaro Cuadros | Bonsucro | + 35'42 | | 44 | Gini Turano | Boyaca | s.t. | | 45 | Edoardo Zardini | TEAM Cepsa | + 36'07 | | 46 | Romeo Pisciotta | TEAM Cepsa | + 36'28 | | 47 | Aidan van Niekerk | MTN-Qhubeka | + 39'00 | | 48 | Emiel Planckaert | Trek Factory Racing | + 39'42 | | 49 | Tom Murnin | Basler Zeitung | + 40'58 | | 50 | Wout van Aert | MTN-Qhubeka | + 42'12 | | 51 | Nick Van Der Lijke | Team Europcar | + 42'18 | | 52 | Loïc Vliegen | De Koninck | + 43'39 | | 53 | Mattia Cattaneo | Gatorade | + 45'31 | | 54 | Conrado Moscoso | Gazprom | + 45'48 | | 55 | Nelso Polini | Gerolsteiner | + 45'52 | | 56 | Luca Sterbini | Gatorade | + 46'08 | | 57 | Franco Leon | Boyaca | s.t. | | 58 | Jérôme Francois | Trek Factory Racing | + 46'42 | | 59 | Pim Ligthart | Continental | + 50'20 | | 60 | Jordi van Dingenen | Swissair | + 50'24 | | 61 | Maximilian Schachmann | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 51'30 | | 62 | David Boily | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 63 | Davide Cimolai | TEAM Cepsa | + 51'31 | | 64 | Rostyslav Zhukovskyy | Team Europcar | + 52'19 | | 65 | Marco Tecchio | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 52'33 | | 66 | Luka Pibernik | MTN-Qhubeka | + 52'43 | | 67 | Scott Ambrose | MTN-Qhubeka | + 52'50 | | 68 | Sidio Mezzini | Gerolsteiner | + 53'11 | | 69 | Gustav Hoog | MTN-Qhubeka | + 54'45 | | 70 | Johan Le Bon | Fly Emirates | + 55'13 | | 71 | Danny Van Poppel | Continental | + 55'32 | | 72 | Thomas Sprengers | De Koninck | + 55'34 | | 73 | Antonio Nibali | Boyaca | + 56'29 | | 74 | Adolfo Garfagnini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 56'39 | | 75 | Michael Valgren | Swissair | + 56'52 | | 76 | Luke Rowe | Fly Emirates | + 57'17 | | 77 | Luca Cappelli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 78 | Jon Ruminkiewicz | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h01'44 | | 79 | Miguel Bryon | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 1h01'49 | | 80 | Tejay Van Garderen | Bonsucro | + 1h01'59 | | 81 | Arnaud Demare | Lacoste | + 1h02'14 | | 82 | Jaromir Spit | Orange | + 1h02'30 | | 83 | Tom Slagter | Continental | s.t. | | 84 | Stefano Agostini | Gerolsteiner | + 1h02'38 | | 85 | Onur Balkan | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h02'44 | | 86 | Bertrand Pradel | Lacoste | + 1h03'31 | | 87 | Laurens De Vreese | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h04'28 | | 88 | Davide Malacarne | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h04'29 | | 89 | Rick Zabel | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h04'53 | | 90 | Iuri Filosi | Gerolsteiner | + 1h05'04 | | 91 | Calvin Beneke | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 1h05'10 | | 92 | Andreas Leska | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 1h05'12 | | 93 | Youcef Reguigui | Basler Zeitung | + 1h05'17 | | 94 | Idalécio Ferreira Sousa | Gazprom | + 1h05'56 | | 95 | Yuri Chibrikov | Gazprom | + 1h06'06 | | 96 | Elia Favilli | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h06'11 | | 97 | Edward Theuns | De Koninck | + 1h06'37 | | 98 | Inaxio Arcega | Fly Emirates | + 1h06'46 | | 99 | Franz Nentwich | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 1h07'04 | | 100 | Alton McArther | De Koninck | + 1h07'06 | | 101 | Sjoerd Van Ginneken | Philips | + 1h08'27 | | 102 | Alberto Bettiol | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 1h08'38 | | 103 | Enrico Barbin | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 1h08'47 | | 104 | Johannes Windischbauer | Boyaca | + 1h09'02 | | 105 | Ernesto Celada | Team Europcar | + 1h09'47 | | 106 | Jonas Koch | Gerolsteiner | + 1h10'16 | | 107 | Cristian Cominelli | BMC | + 1h10'48 | | 108 | Olivier Le Gac | Lacoste | + 1h11'18 | | 109 | André Looij | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h12'02 | | 110 | Ximo Díaz Pérez | Boyaca | + 1h13'16 | | 111 | Joachim Vanreyten | Lacoste | + 1h13'24 | | 112 | Ingvar Omarsson | Lacoste | + 1h13'50 | | 113 | Ankoma Odili | Basler Zeitung | + 1h14'01 | | 114 | Thomas Van Opstal | BMC | + 1h14'55 | | 115 | Senne Leysen | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h15'07 | | 116 | Fabio Gadda | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h15'13 | | 117 | Mads Würtz Schmidt | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 118 | Mattia Frapporti | Gatorade | + 1h15'33 | | 119 | Eugenio Alafaci | Gerolsteiner | + 1h15'45 | | 120 | Darius Meinke | Orange | + 1h16'13 | | 121 | Minoru Nakamura | Orange | + 1h17'17 | | 122 | Dylan van Baarle | Swissair | + 1h17'23 | | 123 | Ernesto Rengifo | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 1h17'28 | | 124 | Jordan Sarrou | Team Europcar | + 1h17'32 | | 125 | Taylor Phinney | Bonsucro | + 1h17'41 | | 126 | Filippo Fortin | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h17'46 | | 127 | Davide Martinelli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h17'47 | | 128 | Jenthe Biermans | De Koninck | + 1h18'07 | | 129 | Silvan Dillier | BMC | + 1h18'30 | | 130 | Fabio Jakobsen | Philips | + 1h18'43 | | 131 | Phil Bauhaus | Continental | + 1h19'03 | | 132 | Alexey Lutsenko | Gatorade | + 1h19'28 | | 133 | Robbe Casier | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h19'35 | | 134 | Matteo Trentin | Gatorade | + 1h19'41 | | 135 | Alfonso Fiorenza | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h19'53 | | 136 | Andrea Vendrame | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 1h20'02 | | 137 | Gaël Gutierrez | Basler Zeitung | + 1h20'30 | | 138 | Matteo Malucelli | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 1h20'33 | | 139 | Charles Planet | Lacoste | + 1h20'37 | | 140 | Araik Storozhuk | De Koninck | + 1h21'03 | | 141 | Jurgen van Diemen | Philips | + 1h21'36 | | 142 | Lukas Juan | Basler Zeitung | + 1h22'43 | | 143 | Stan Godrie | Continental | + 1h22'56 | | 144 | Taco Van Der Hoorn | Continental | + 1h24'00 | | 145 | Thomas Hoogland | Philips | + 1h24'20 | | 146 | Dylan Van Zijl | Philips | + 1h24'54 | | 147 | Federico Zurlo | Gatorade | + 1h25'09 | | 148 | Gert-Jan Tahya | Philips | + 1h25'25 | | 149 | Joeri Stallaert | Lacoste | + 1h26'17 | | 150 | Valentin Baillifard | BMC | + 1h27'01 | | 151 | Lubor Laibl | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h27'39 | | 152 | Andrea Fedi | Orange | + 1h27'57 | | 153 | Raffaele Radice | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h28'03 | | 154 | Aurélio Brás | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 1h30'50 | | 155 | Saverio Balduino | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 1h31'19 | | 156 | Charlie Arimont | Orange | + 1h31'55 | | 157 | Vinnie Braet | BMC | + 1h31'56 | | 158 | Francesco Denicola | BMC | + 1h32'30 | | 159 | Alex Clements | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h33'22 | | 160 | Christophe Chevalier | Boyaca | + 1h34'24 | | 161 | Flavien Dassonville | Lacoste | + 1h35'49 | | 162 | Timo Roosen | Philips | + 1h36'33 | | 163 | Mario González | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h36'44 | | 164 | Kevin Peeters | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h37'05 | | 165 | Jori van Steenberghen | BMC | + 1h44'45 | | 166 | Ximo Ela | Team Europcar | + 1h45'35 | | 167 | Felix English | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h47'34 | | 168 | Alessandro Mazzi | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 1h58'13 | | 169 | Sieben Wouters | Continental | + 2h16'40 |
| 1 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Swissair | 33 | | 2 | Wout van Aert | MTN-Qhubeka | 28 | | 3 | Peter Sagan | Swissair | 21 | | 4 | Tony Gallopin | Gazprom | 20 | | 5 | Abhishek Sinha | Bonsucro | 17 |
| 1 | Arnaud Courteille | Orange | 33 | | 2 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Swissair | 30 | | 3 | Donato De Ieso | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | 30 | | 4 | Nelso Polini | Gerolsteiner | 27 | | 5 | Loïc Vliegen | De Koninck | 21 |
| 1 | Swissair | 72h55'21 | | 2 | Bonsucro | + 10'10 | | 3 | Gazprom | + 10'55 | | 4 | Fly Emirates | + 20'07 | | 5 | Orange | + 27'36 |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 11-01-2018 05:33
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One in a Billion | Rise to the Summit has been voted jointly as the best 'One Rider Story' for 2017 in the PCM.Daily awards concluded yesterday. I would like to take time out to say Thank You to everyone who voted, and more so to everyone who comment and/or follow this story. It is from the encouragement received from you guys that I've got the motivation to keep this going. Always feels good to be recognized for the efforts put into writing this story.
Would also like to congratulate my fellow winner zuff for his 'Be a Pro in the 80s' story. Well deserved mate
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 11-01-2018 05:52
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 11-01-2018 09:17
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Really deserved award! Congrats!
And great start of the season in Tirreno, being the first leader and finishing 2nd in GC. Hopefully the "at-first-glance" easier calendar helps you to be in great condition for both Tour and Vuelta
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 12-01-2018 05:05
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Thank you Aquarius
As for the racing, was a good start for sure. A little disappointed that I couldn't use the advantage gained in the TTT to win the race. But it's only the first race of the season...
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 12-01-2018 10:40
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Congratulations on a truly deserved award Abhishek, you've definitely grown a lot as a story writer. Also, a very good result for the first of the year.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 12-01-2018 13:55
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Thanks Kiser
First race went well. Hoping this is a sign for the rest of the season!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 15-01-2018 15:24
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Onto April then. Some riders were already making their preparations for the Giro. I wasn't one of them, so I decided to tackle the hills instead in preparation for Ardennes week.
I was the sole leader for the team here with Formolo going to Romandie as his final preparation for the Giro.
Stage 1
The six man early break was down to four on the first climb. Their lead was kept in check throughout. Another rider was caught on the second climb. Their lead was down to two minutes on the fifth climb. Aru and Oomen attacked at the base of the last climb. Oomen was caught with 5 km to go. The rbeak was then caught with 3 km left, having already been left behind by Aru. The latter's lead was 30 seconds. Duteill and I quickly got onto his wheel. We finished together, and I settled for 3rd here and in the GC.
Stage 2
The break was halved on the second climb as two riders were caught. The pack split in half on the climb. The break was eventually caught on the fifth climb. The peloton was down to fifty riders. Simon Yates and Duteil attacked with 10 km to go. They were followed by Kelderman and Aru, and then by me and Meintjes. I attacked again 2 km from the top. I caught and passed Kelderman and Aru. I finished a minute down to the lead duo, finishing 3rd again but lost a GC position to Yates.
Stage 3
Four riders attacked out of the pack just after the last intermediate climb, in chase of the early break of four riders. Three of them were caught very soon and all but one rider from the break and the later attackers were caught at the base of the last climb. I attacked 1 km fromt he top of the climb. Only Simon Yates followed. With 10 km to go, we had caught up to the break and Meintjes had caught up to us on the descent. Aru and Duteil were chasing 30 seconds back. All of us were together with 5 km to go. I attacked again, getting a 20 second lead to the chasers. With 2 km to go, and only Duteil having made the gap, I accelerated again and managed to drop Duteil. I rode solo to the line to take my first solo win of the season. No time gaps were awarded, where perhaps there should've been!
Stage 4
Hermanski joined the break for us. On the fifth climb, a group of nine riders, including my GC rivals went away. I missed the move and had to chase. All but two of the break were at this point. Kelderman was dropped and was the big loser of the day. I made my way back to my rivals before the sixth climb. The remaining break was caught with 13 km to go. Four riders attacked after the intermediate sprint. I didn't have the energy to catch them again and finished 6th eventually. I slipped to 5th in the GC.
Stage 5
Hermanski joined the break again. I attacked on top of the last climb. Duteil managed to stay with me and then we were caught by Simon Yates on the desecnt. The peloton eventually reeled us in. The break had a minute's lead at 10 km to go, but were caught just 4 km later. Ania finished 9th in the reduced bunch sprint for us.
Stage 6
I was one of the favourites for the win in the ITT, as was Van Garderen. At the first time check, I was 23 seconds up on the previous best time, that of former teammate Dumoulin. I finished 14 seconds faster than my compatriot. No rider starting after me could go faster and I won another stage! I couldn't improve my GC position though.
| 1 | Fabio Aru | Gazprom | 21h29'24 | | 2 | Simon Yates | Swissair | + 17 | | 3 | Arnaud Duteil | Continental | + 26 | | 4 | Louis Meintjes | Fly Emirates | + 1'34 | | 5 | Abhishek Sinha | Bonsucro | + 1'53 | | 6 | Adam Yates | Swissair | + 6'16 | | 7 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Gazprom | + 6'48 | | 8 | Sam Oomen | Swissair | + 10'07 | | 9 | Andrew Talansky | Swissair | + 11'06 | | 10 | Bob Jungels | Fly Emirates | + 12'22 |
Spoiler | 11 | Moreno Moser | TEAM Cepsa | + 12'47 | | 12 | Jay McCarthy | Fly Emirates | + 13'25 | | 13 | Wilco Kelderman | Gazprom | + 15'13 | | 14 | Sérgio Henao | Swissair | + 15'26 | | 15 | Robert Power | Fly Emirates | + 15'52 | | 16 | Mathieu van der Poel | Swissair | + 16'18 | | 17 | Julian Alaphilippe | Gazprom | + 16'42 | | 18 | Milton Wallop | MTN-Qhubeka | + 18'07 | | 19 | Jan Polanc | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 19'35 | | 20 | François Bidard | Orange | + 19'52 | | 21 | Anastasio Ania | Bonsucro | + 20'15 | | 22 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Swissair | + 22'41 | | 23 | Matej Mohoric | MTN-Qhubeka | + 24'20 | | 24 | Rui Costa | De Koninck | + 25'03 | | 25 | Tom Dumoulin | Gazprom | + 25'42 | | 26 | Thibaut Pinot | Gazprom | + 26'16 | | 27 | Graham Traino | Gazprom | + 26'36 | | 28 | Pello Bilbao | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 27'25 | | 29 | Victor Lafay | Continental | + 30'42 | | 30 | Gregorio Ibañez | Swissair | + 31'21 | | 31 | Esteban Chaves | TEAM Cepsa | + 31'46 | | 32 | Tilegen Maidos | Gatorade | + 32'16 | | 33 | Tim Wellens | De Koninck | + 33'46 | | 34 | Renato Agapito | Fly Emirates | + 34'52 | | 35 | Jon Carlos Cerezo | TEAM Cepsa | + 35'38 | | 36 | Odd Christian Eiking | Fly Emirates | + 36'45 | | 37 | Eddie Dunbar | Gatorade | + 37'48 | | 38 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Fly Emirates | + 40'42 | | 39 | Ander Arranz | Iberdrola | + 40'53 | | 40 | Gregor Mühlberger | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 41'04 | | 41 | Paul Bosvelt | Continental | + 43'17 | | 42 | Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Lacoste | + 43'30 | | 43 | Lawson Craddock | MTN-Qhubeka | + 43'36 | | 44 | Egiziano Petito | Gatorade | + 44'19 | | 45 | Antoine Lavieu | Orange | + 44'39 | | 46 | Adrien Costa | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 45'04 | | 47 | Carlos Ribeiro | MTN-Qhubeka | + 45'19 | | 48 | Samuel Spokes | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 46'51 | | 49 | Patxi Verde | MTN-Qhubeka | + 47'25 | | 50 | Louis Vervaeke | Team Europcar | + 47'52 | | 51 | Dzidoslaw Grodecki | Gazprom | + 49'20 | | 52 | Constantino Campuzano | Lacoste | + 49'37 | | 53 | Rayane Bouhanni | Bonsucro | + 49'38 | | 54 | Florent Delfosse | Bonsucro | + 49'51 | | 55 | Marc Soler | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 51'35 | | 56 | Toine Kolijn | Continental | + 51'47 | | 57 | Petr Vakoč | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 51'49 | | 58 | Björn Thurau | Continental | + 52'29 | | 59 | Jesús Del Pino | Lacoste | + 53'06 | | 60 | Simon Raffin | Orange | + 53'33 | | 61 | Gervais Hardouin | Gatorade | + 53'55 | | 62 | Santos Barbero | TEAM Cepsa | + 54'24 | | 63 | Matteo Trentin | Gatorade | + 57'28 | | 64 | Christopher Mosquera | Boyaca | + 1h01'13 | | 65 | Erik Baska | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 1h01'46 | | 66 | Juan Carlos Orueta Ibarrola | Iberdrola | + 1h02'54 | | 67 | Ricardo García | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 1h03'08 | | 68 | Lars Van Der Haar | Team Europcar | + 1h04'19 | | 69 | Jimmy Duquennoy | Bonsucro | + 1h04'35 | | 70 | Maurits Lammertink | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 1h04'36 | | 71 | Louis Rohde | Continental | + 1h04'39 | | 72 | Finn E. Rosenkilde | Boyaca | + 1h04'43 | | 73 | Lorenzo Rota | Gatorade | + 1h05'48 | | 74 | Jon Ander Insausti | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h06'59 | | 75 | Omar Fraile | Iberdrola | + 1h07'14 | | 76 | Ivar Slik | Continental | + 1h08'09 | | 77 | Sondre Holst Enger | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h08'53 | | 78 | Meik Hermanski | Bonsucro | s.t. | | 79 | Michael Kolar | Team Europcar | + 1h09'22 | | 80 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | De Koninck | + 1h09'31 | | 81 | Cameron Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h10'43 | | 82 | Sergey Omelianovitch | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 1h10'48 | | 83 | Arnau Sole | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h11'22 | | 84 | Nathan Van Hooydonck | De Koninck | + 1h12'10 | | 85 | Martin Grøn | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 1h12'25 | | 86 | Jens Debusschere | De Koninck | + 1h12'29 | | 87 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Team Europcar | + 1h12'55 | | 88 | Maxime Le Lavandier | Team Europcar | + 1h13'01 | | 89 | Yannick Martinez | Team Europcar | + 1h13'13 | | 90 | Olivier Le Gac | Lacoste | + 1h13'50 | | 91 | Dylan Groenewegen | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h14'00 | | 92 | Fabio Jakobsen | Philips | s.t. | | 93 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Orange | + 1h14'09 | | 94 | Aner Echegaray | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 1h14'15 | | 95 | Axel Domont | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h14'28 | | 96 | Hernán Aguirre | Boyaca | + 1h14'42 | | 97 | Luca Chirico | Gatorade | + 1h15'05 | | 98 | Oczan Henrichs | Philips | + 1h17'08 | | 99 | Tim Merlier | Iberdrola | + 1h18'37 | | 100 | Jesse Kerrison | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h19'47 | | 101 | Luke Keough | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h20'18 | | 102 | Daan Myngheer | De Koninck | + 1h21'10 | | 103 | Mads Rahbek | Iberdrola | + 1h21'18 | | 104 | Floris Gerts | Philips | + 1h21'21 | | 105 | Alexander Ivanov | Boyaca | + 1h22'32 | | 106 | Joseph Furer | Boyaca | + 1h23'16 | | 107 | Matthias Plarre | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 1h23'36 | | 108 | Ahmet Örken | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h23'56 | | 109 | Alberto Gallego | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 1h24'09 | | 110 | Gert-Jan Bosman | Philips | + 1h24'27 | | 111 | Ernesto Rengifo | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 1h25'17 | | 112 | Otman Hanouna | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h25'52 | | 113 | Tom Dernies | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h26'51 | | 114 | Jakob Rathe | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h27'16 | | 115 | Owain Doull | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h29'03 | | 116 | Benoît Cosnefroy | Lacoste | + 1h31'00 | | 117 | Ricky Timmer | Continental | + 1h32'10 | | 118 | Alessio Taliani | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 119 | Rok Oslaj | Philips | + 1h32'33 | | 120 | Jasha Sütterlin | Bonsucro | + 1h33'23 | | 121 | Davide Martinelli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h35'12 | | 122 | Ralph Kunen | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h36'56 | | 123 | Liam Bertazzo | Boyaca | + 1h37'56 | | 124 | Jurgen van Diemen | Philips | + 1h38'26 | | 125 | Christopher Jennings | Iberdrola | + 1h39'33 | | 126 | Emanuele Miola | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h42'57 | | 127 | Tommy McCoosh | Boyaca | + 1h46'45 | | 128 | Robbe Casier | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h46'49 | | 129 | Phillippe Perone | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h47'01 | | 130 | Alfonso Fiorenza | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h47'10 | | 131 | Wouter Wippert | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h47'29 | | 132 | Fabio Silvestre | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 1h47'33 | | 133 | Arnaud Marcellin | Orange | + 1h47'34 | | 134 | Tejay Van Garderen | Bonsucro | + 1h47'44 | | 135 | Ulf Hausweiler | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 1h48'10 | | 136 | Casper Pedersen | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 1h51'11 | | 137 | Eros Cassese | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h54'12 | | 138 | Rudi Beal | Team Europcar | + 1h54'43 | | 139 | Giampierto Di Stasio | Gatorade | + 1h55'35 | | 140 | John Alieu Roberg | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 1h58'30 | | 141 | Karl Rydahl Olsen | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 2h00'17 | | 142 | Jokin Reverte | Lacoste | + 2h00'32 | | 143 | Jordi Talen | Philips | + 2h08'50 | | 144 | Emmanuel Roobaert | Orange | + 2h16'14 | | 145 | Lawrence Naesen | Orange | + 2h16'48 | | 146 | Loïc Chetout | Orange | + 2h19'40 | | 147 | Nicolas Dietrich | Lacoste | + 2h24'35 | | 148 | Dylan Van Zijl | Philips | + 2h25'11 |
| 1 | Fabio Aru | Gazprom | 84 | | 2 | Arnaud Duteil | Continental | 84 | | 3 | Louis Meintjes | Fly Emirates | 83 | | 4 | Abhishek Sinha | Bonsucro | 82 | | 5 | Simon Yates | Swissair | 74 |
| 1 | Milton Wallop | MTN-Qhubeka | 65 | | 2 | Pello Bilbao | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | 52 | | 3 | Ander Arranz | Iberdrola | 28 | | 4 | Samuel Spokes | Orica-GreenEDGE | 24 | | 5 | Alberto Gallego | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | 23 |
| 1 | Gazprom | 64h41'16 | | 2 | Swissair | + 32 | | 3 | Fly Emirates | + 10'16 | | 4 | MTN-Qhubeka | + 47'09 | | 5 | Bonsucro | + 49'49 |
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| Ripley |
Posted on 18-01-2018 08:30
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Impressive stage wins, well done. Good luck for your first full Ardennes week, go exhaust yourself, you'll have a nice long break afterwards. |
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 18-01-2018 09:43
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No time gaps were awarded, where perhaps there should've been!
grrr
Great start with second in Tirreno and the stage win in Pais Vasco, now go knock 'em dead in the Ardennes! Well done on the award win, very much deserved!
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 18-01-2018 11:03
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@Ripley: I've started loving winning ITTs Not that the other one was any less special! Ardennes, here I come.
@Jandal: These officials need to loosen up a bit 
Thanks
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 20-01-2018 07:41
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A new experience. Even after nine years in the cycling circuit, new things happen. I'll be riding the whole Ardennes week for the first time in my career. I didn't ride any of these races for the past two years but am back this time. Why? Well, I think my skill-set now allows me to get the best out of these races. The preparation has almost been like preparing for three GTs in the year - peaking in April, then again in July, and finally in August/September. Let's see how well I do...
First up, it was my 'home' race, so to say. I was assigned a free role as Ania was our leader. He was recruited for these kinds of races specifically, so this was not a surprise. Ania was also the top favourite for the race! I was also listed as one of the favourites.
Four riders were the early break. There was a pack split with 125 km to go with me in the front group of forty riders. Everyone was back together with 105 km to go. Duteil was the first of the big names wot attack with 30 km to go. He caught up to the break but they were all reeled in with 23 km to go. Two more riders attacked with 20 km to go. They were not successful. I started to struggle to keep up soon. With 10 km left, I was dropped from the pack of the favourites. There was no chance that I was getting back now. Not good enough preparations perhaps?!
I rolled past the line in 17th place, not very happy with this outing, especially after the good preparation in Pais Vasco.
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Gazprom | 6h14'55 | | 2 | Mathieu van der Poel | Swissair | + 15 | | 3 | Simon Yates | Swissair | s.t. | | 4 | Fabio Aru | Gazprom | + 21 | | 5 | Sam Oomen | Swissair | + 27 | | 6 | Wilco Kelderman | Gazprom | s.t. | | 7 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Gazprom | + 35 | | 8 | Tom Dumoulin | Gazprom | + 55 | | 9 | Jay McCarthy | Fly Emirates | + 1'28 | | 10 | Odd Christian Eiking | Fly Emirates | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 Lilian Calmejane MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
12 Paul Bosvelt Continental s.t.
13 Peter Sagan Swissair + 2'22
14 Arnaud Duteil Continental s.t.
15 Matej Mohoric MTN-Qhubeka + 2'25
16 Moreno Moser TEAM Cepsa + 2'34
17 Abhishek Sinha Bonsucro s.t.
18 Anastasio Ania Bonsucro + 4'04
19 Miguel Angel Lopez Swissair s.t.
20 Jordi van Dingenen Swissair s.t.
21 Tim Wellens De Koninck + 4'08
22 Sérgio Henao Swissair s.t.
23 Carlos Verona TEAM Cepsa + 4'10
24 Lachlan Morton Fly Emirates s.t.
25 Maurits Lammertink CULT Energy Pro Cycling + 4'13
26 Warren Barguil Bonsucro + 4'54
27 Sindre Lunke MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
28 Eddie Dunbar Gatorade s.t.
29 Antoine Lavieu Orange s.t.
30 Sebastian Henao Qantas s.t.
31 Silvio Herklotz Gazprom + 5'00
32 Jacques Mevel Lacoste s.t.
33 Arvid Melchiot Gatorade s.t.
34 Dayer Quintana Basler Zeitung s.t.
35 Petr Vakoč Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
36 Bob Jungels Fly Emirates + 5'05
37 Dylan Teuns De Koninck + 5'09
38 Gijs De Berlanger BMC + 5'15
39 Michael Valgren Swissair + 5'22
40 Mario Pastor Orange s.t.
41 Tilegen Maidos Gatorade + 5'24
42 Edward Ravasi Orange + 5'27
43 Alexis Vuillermoz Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club s.t.
44 Joseph Dombrowski Bonsucro s.t.
45 Tony Gallopin Gazprom + 5'31
46 Tejay Van Garderen Bonsucro + 5'35
47 Ian Boswell Fly Emirates s.t.
48 Ulf Hausweiler Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club s.t.
49 Guiseppe Lottaroli Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club s.t.
50 Tom Slagter Continental + 5'41
51 Carlos Ribeiro MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
52 Tim Declercq De Koninck + 6'28
53 Pavel Janku CULT Energy Pro Cycling + 6'30
54 Simone Petilli Gatorade s.t.
55 Ion Izagirre Gazprom + 6'33
56 Christian Querter Trek Factory Racing s.t.
57 Woldu Monzal MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
58 Elden Boateng Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton s.t.
59 Thomas Sprengers De Koninck + 6'38
60 Raffaele Radice Team Cannondale - Garmin + 6'40
61 Jarlinson Pantano TEAM Cepsa s.t.
62 Sergey Chernetskiy De Koninck s.t.
63 Victor Campenaerts De Koninck + 6'43
64 Tobias Ludvigsson Qantas s.t.
65 Joseph Roemer Bonsucro s.t.
66 Geoffrey Curran Trek Factory Racing + 6'46
67 Tom Murnin Basler Zeitung s.t.
68 Leonardo Pajuelo Basler Zeitung + 7'11
69 Thomas Hoogland Philips + 7'38
70 Lukas Pöstlberger JLT Condor + 7'52
71 Alessio Taliani Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
72 Gervais Hardouin Gatorade s.t.
73 Koen Bouwman Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton s.t.
74 Serge Beaufort Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
75 Jeffrey Perrin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
76 Diego Rosa Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
77 Meron Teshome BMC s.t.
78 Patrick Müller BMC s.t.
79 Natnael Berhane Qantas s.t.
80 Esteban Chaves TEAM Cepsa + 8'01
81 Goredema Dabengwa MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
82 Rafał Majka MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
83 Rigoberto Urán Team Europcar + 8'05
84 Clément Chevrier Orange s.t.
85 Bart De Clercq De Koninck s.t.
86 Kenny Elissonde Lacoste s.t.
87 Bert-Jan Lindeman Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton s.t.
88 Clark Brown Fly Emirates s.t.
89 William Barta De Koninck s.t.
90 Floris De Tier Bonsucro s.t.
91 Andrija Vozabal Bonsucro s.t.
92 Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier Lacoste s.t.
93 Steven Kruijswijk Fly Emirates s.t.
94 Louis Vervaeke Team Europcar s.t.
95 Bat Batkhuyag Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton + 9'55
96 Andy Atkinson Orica-GreenEDGE + 9'57
97 Sergey Kuzmin Qantas s.t.
98 Elmar Reinders CULT Energy Pro Cycling s.t.
99 Nacer Bouhanni TEAM Netia s.t.
100 Wouter Wippert Orica-GreenEDGE + 10'02
101 Richard Weinzheimer Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club s.t.
102 Bertrand Pradel Lacoste s.t.
103 Guillaume Martin Lacoste s.t.
104 Filadelfio Soriano Gatorade s.t.
105 Yoeri Havik Basler Zeitung s.t.
106 João Silva Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton s.t.
107 Maxime Le Lavandier Team Europcar s.t.
108 Jasper Lindenbergh Fly Emirates s.t.
109 Oliver Karjalainen Qantas s.t.
110 Kelvin Allendorf BMC + 10'11
111 Gavin Mannion Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
112 Trevor Praticò Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
113 Carlo Brugnotto Team Cannondale - Garmin + 10'13
114 Calvin Beneke Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club s.t.
115 Jérémy Maison Team Europcar s.t.
116 Jelle Hernandez Orica-GreenEDGE + 10'16
117 Harry Tanfield JLT Condor s.t.
118 Jeff New Continental s.t.
119 Santos Barbero TEAM Cepsa s.t.
120 Eugene Kemper Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton s.t.
121 Egiziano Petito Gatorade s.t.
122 Paweł Poljański TEAM Netia + 10'20
123 Pierre-Roger Latour Orange s.t.
124 Patxi Verde MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
125 Rubén Fernández TEAM Cepsa + 10'57
126 Rasmus Guldhammer JLT Condor + 11'47
127 Pierre Naudin Lacoste + 11'50
128 Nicolai Risvad CULT Energy Pro Cycling s.t.
129 Jabulani Khune Basler Zeitung s.t.
130 Romeo Pisciotta TEAM Cepsa s.t.
131 Sven-Jörg Aust Continental + 11'54
132 Thomas Moses Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club s.t.
133 Ivar Slik Continental s.t.
134 Axel Domont Orica-GreenEDGE + 12'32
135 Derk Abel Beckeringh Philips s.t.
136 Fabio Jakobsen Philips s.t.
137 Davide Amacker Trek Factory Racing + 12'38
138 Hyeoung Min Choe Qantas + 12'40
139 George Bennett JLT Condor s.t.
140 Waldemar Bakalarz TEAM Netia + 12'43
141 Tao Zhou Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club + 13'47
142 Mirko Pulver BMC s.t.
143 Ennex Sebright BMC s.t.
144 Tim Banks Qantas + 13'50
145 Anthony Vandrepotte BMC s.t.
146 Alex Colton Team Cannondale - Garmin + 14'10
147 Burkhardt Grace Team Cannondale - Garmin + 14'12
148 Miroslav Skokol TEAM Netia s.t.
149 Oleg Zemlyakov Gatorade + 14'16
150 Jon Carlos Cerezo TEAM Cepsa s.t.
151 Tibor Kozak JLT Condor s.t.
152 Lorenzo Manzin TEAM Netia s.t.
153 Primož Roglič Qantas + 14'21
154 Thomas Bonnin Team Europcar s.t.
155 Maxime Roulet Basler Zeitung s.t.
156 Milan Veltman Philips + 14'24
157 Alberto Gallego Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club s.t.
158 Jarl Salomein Trek Factory Racing s.t.
159 Thierrry Berthault Orange + 14'29
160 Mats Boeve Philips s.t.
161 Matthew Holmes JLT Condor + 14'32
162 Gert Kreer Continental s.t.
163 Cameron Meyer Orica-GreenEDGE + 14'35
164 Michael Peter Trek Factory Racing s.t.
165 Davide Ballerini TEAM Netia s.t.
166 Malte Hoersen Continental + 14'40
167 Oczan Henrichs Philips + 15'21
168 Floris Gerts Philips + 16'39
169 Constantino Campuzano Lacoste + 17'09
170 Franco Cantaluppi Trek Factory Racing + 17'11
171 Quentin Pacher Orange s.t.
172 Horacio Cacho CULT Energy Pro Cycling s.t.
173 Brett Hein CULT Energy Pro Cycling s.t.
174 Pierre Gault Team Europcar + 17'15
175 Joris Nieuwenhuis TEAM Netia s.t.
176 Arie Santl CULT Energy Pro Cycling s.t.
177 Marlon Gaillard Orange + 17'18
178 Laydu Bernardino Trek Factory Racing s.t.
179 Mitchell Cornelisse Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton s.t.
180 Fabio Duarte Basler Zeitung s.t.
181 Mathias Krigbaum Team Europcar + 17'23
182 Maxime Renault Lacoste s.t.
183 Rok Oslaj Philips + 21'03
184 Alexander Wachter JLT Condor s.t.
185 Nino Honigh JLT Condor + 23'18
186 Georges Nijhuis Team Europcar s.t.
187 Yannick Peeters Trek Factory Racing + 23'21
188 Milán Biró TEAM Netia + 25'17
189 Emiel Dolfsma Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton + 25'19
190 Aner Echegaray CULT Energy Pro Cycling + 26'55
191 Kristijan Durasek Basler Zeitung + 28'05
192 Simon Pellaud BMC + 31'48
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 20-01-2018 07:48
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Three teams in the top 10 and 5x one of the most suspicious high level teams. Seems like you were facing a group on another level, if you catch my drift Not Yatesy though
Tough first Ardennes race for you, but certainly the quality is there for the more suited FW and LBL. Channel your inner Valverde!
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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