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[PCT] Minions '17
Marcovdw


Going into the month of July it's about time we turn our fortunes around, hopefully, please, I beg you.

Profile:

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Oh look, another hilly classic.

Team:

Ahmed Albourdainy
Carlos Betancourt
Nick Kinney
Jay Major
Leandro Marcos
Diego Milan
Salah Eddine Mraouni
Bjorn Selander

Familair names which won't disappoint again I'm sure! Betancourt will finally get into rythm and score a lot of points! The other riders are: Albourdainy, Kinney, Major, Marcos, Milan, Mraouni and Selander.

Race:

With good faith we got into the race, out we got with an anonymous Betancourt in 29th. Ah well, five points. What would we do without them?

Classification:

Pos.RiderTeamTime
1Edvald Boasson HagenGrieg - Eftel4h46'58
2Blel KadriNovatek-Panarmenian.net+ 1'25
3Mikhail IgnatievFerrero - Samruks.t.
4Damiano CarusoEuskaltels.t.
5Enrico BarbinFerrero - Samruks.t.
29Carlos BetancourtMinionss.t.
49Bjorn SelanderMinionss.t.
57Nick KinneyMinionss.t.
71Diego MilanMinionss.t.
102Leandro MarcosMinions+ 5'23
125Salah Eddine MraouniMinionss.t.
148Jay MajorMinions+ 9'06
169Ahmed AlbourdainyMinions+ 15'54


Rider rankings:

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Rigoberto Úran337
2 Damion Drapac149
3 Carlos Betancourt67
4 Kenny De Haes64
5 Yasmani Martinez55
6 Niels Albert53
6 Bjorn Selander53
8 Jarlinson Pantano Gómez44
9 Chad Haga37
10 Nick Kinney25
11 Salah Eddine Mraouni15
12 Edwin Avila14
12 Jay Major14
14 Ethan Weiss12
15 Leandro Marcos11
16 Oliver Naesen7
16 Carlos Alexandre Manarelli7
18 Diego Milan4
19 Goodnews Clifford3
19 Chris Barton3


Rating:

Banana
(1/5)

I'm this close to being admitted to a mental hospital.

Manager of Minions
 
tsmoha
It's never a good thing, when Drapac is the second best scorer on a PCT team.. actually, I like it. But I guess you know who I am pointing at here. Tough season for the Minions.
 
Marcovdw
tsmoha wrote:
It's never a good thing, when Drapac is the second best scorer on a PCT team.. actually, I like it. But I guess you know who I am pointing at here. Tough season for the Minions.


Over half of Drapac's points were scored in one C1 sprinters classic. Overall the team has been poor this season. Only way I see us staying up is Úran winning Deutschland Tour of Vuelta à Colombia.
Manager of Minions
 
Marcovdw


A name which describes the race perfectly makes my job a lot easier.

Profile:

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And not a word was lied.

Team:

Chris Barton
Goodnews Clifford
Chad Haga
Jay Major
Yasmani Martinez
Salah Eddine Mraouni
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
Cayetano Sarmiento

Rather than talking about who is here, we're talking about who isn't here: our top points scorer. Unfortunately his racedays were limited and he couldn't ride every mountain race on the schedule. Instead, we come here with Pantano Gómez, Martinez, Sarmiento, Haga and Barton as climberd. Clifford and Mraouni ride on their home continent, and Major is being developped as we speak.

Race:

Morocco to Kenya is a long flight, but maybe his family was watching in front of the TV, because Mraouni got himself in the morning break.

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His effort didn't last long, since he was caught with his cowmate before the top of the first climb. Towards the end we saw another one of riders appearing on our screens, Haga had crashed and would finish far down the order.

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Pantano Gómez finished fifteenth, which is about where we expected him to finish. We had hoped for a top ten but with eleven points we close in a little bit.

Classification:

Pos.RiderTeamTime
1Sergio Luis Henao MontoyaFerrero - Samruk4h45'35
2Fabio DuarteNovatek-Panarmenian.net+ 58
3Florentino MarquezBerg Cycless.t.
4Merhawi KudusEritel - Sonatrachs.t.
5Stefan DeniflSPAR - Shimano - SCGs.t.
15Jarlinson Pantano GómezMinions+ 2'05
62Chris BartonMinions+ 5'53
73Cayetano SarmientoMinions+ 7'24
90Goodnews CliffordMinions+ 9'19
115Salah Eddine MraouniMinions+ 13'25
120Chad HagaMinions+ 14'29
128Yasmani MartinezMinionss.t.
166Jay MajorMinions+ 44'12


Rider rankings:

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Rigoberto Úran337
2 Damion Drapac149
3 Carlos Betancourt67
4 Kenny De Haes64
5 Jarlinson Pantano Gómez55
5 Yasmani Martinez55
7 Niels Albert53
7 Bjorn Selander53
9 Chad Haga37
10 Nick Kinney25
11 Salah Eddine Mraouni15
12 Edwin Avila14
12 Jay Major14
14 Ethan Weiss12
15 Leandro Marcos11
16 Oliver Naesen7
16 Carlos Alexandre Manarelli7
18 Diego Milan4
19 Goodnews Clifford3
19 Chris Barton3


Rating:

BananaBananaBanana
(3/5)

Scoring points without Úran seems to be possible.

Manager of Minions
 
Marcovdw


Underneath the smog we ride in China!

Profile:

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The added caption says enough.

Team:

Carlos Betancourt
Goodnews Clifford
Damion Drapac
Tareq Esmaeli
Nick Kinney
Jay Major
Diego Milan
Bjorn Selander

Betancourt and his hilly followers Kinney, Milan and Selander have disappointed us many times in the past but let's cheer them on. Two flat stages for Drapac, and support from Clifford, Esmaeli and Major.

Race:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Featured in the breakaway this race: Clifford on stage two and Esmaeli on stage three.

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The second stage was the flattest of them all, and Drapac was in a great position. Unfortunately he came to early and finished outside the top ten. Stage five was too hilly for him as he was dropped.

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Betancourt lost 95 seconds to the winner on stage one to take tenth place. But on stage three, out of nowhere, he attacked!

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He would finish fourth in the first group, and moved up to fifth in the GC. Unfortunately stage four was mediocre, and dropped to seventh, where he would finish the race. Some decent points but unfortunately MOL scored more and by our calculations, they have overtaken us in the rankings.

Classification:

Pos.RiderTeamTime
1Diego UlissiGenerali - EDF20h29'02
2Tomohiro KinoshitaMeiji - JR East+ 5
3Chris FroomeFablok - Bank BGZ+ 1'43
4Cesare Di MaggioMOL-OMV Petrom+ 2'24
5Mohamed Shawal Anuar AzizIndosat Ooredoo - ANZ+ 2'26
7Carlos BetancourtMinions+ 4'02
32Bjorn SelanderMinions+ 16'32
39Nick KinneyMinions+ 17'31
46Diego MilanMinions+ 18'59
85Tareq EsmaeliMinions+ 39'57
107Goodnews CliffordMinions+ 51'01
129Jay MajorMinions+ 1h15'25
135Damion DrapacMinions+ 1h42'02


Rider rankings:

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Rigoberto Úran337
2 Damion Drapac149
3 Carlos Betancourt142
4 Kenny De Haes64
4 Bjorn Selander64
6 Jarlinson Pantano Gómez55
6 Yasmani Martinez55
8 Niels Albert53
9 Chad Haga37
10 Nick Kinney31
11 Salah Eddine Mraouni15
12 Edwin Avila14
12 Jay Major14
14 Ethan Weiss12
15 Leandro Marcos11
16 Diego Milan10
17 Oliver Naesen7
17 Carlos Alexandre Manarelli7
19 Goodnews Clifford3
19 Chris Barton3
21 Tareq Esmaeli1


Rating:

BananaBananaBanana
(3/5)

Betancourt can ride a bike!

Manager of Minions
 
Marcovdw
AUGUST


Deutschland Tour

Details:

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Germany
PTHC
8 stages
August 1st - 8th

Squad:

Chad Haga
Carlos Alexandre Manarelli
Yasmani Martinez
Salah Eddine Mraouni
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
Cayetano Sarmiento
Shaquille Sinclair
Rigoberto Úran

Clasica San Sebastian

Details:

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Spain
HC
One day race
August 5th

Squad:

Ahmed Albourdainy
Carlos Betancourt
Tareq Esmaeli
Nick Kinney
Jay Major
Leandro Marcos
Diego Milan
Bjorn Selander

Volta a Portugal

Details:

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Portugal
PTHC
11 stages
August 10th - 20th

Squad:

Chris Barton
Damion Drapac
Chad Haga
Yasmani Martinez
Salah Eddine Mraouni
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
Cayetano Sarmiento
Shaquille Sinclair

Baltic Chain Tour

Details:

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Estonia / Finland / Lithuania / Russia / Sweden
C1
5 stages
August 14th - 18th

Squad:

Niels Albert
Edwin Avila
Kenny De Haes
Fabrice Jeandesbosz
Carlos Alexandre Manarelli
Leandro Marcos
Oliver Naesen
Ethan Weiss

Manx International

Details:

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United Kingdom
C1
One day race
August 16th

Squad:

Ahmed Albourdainy
Carlos Betancourt
Goodnews Clifford
Tareq Esmaeli
Nick Kinney
Jay Major
Diego Milan
Bjorn Selander

Edited by Marcovdw on 05-03-2018 18:59
Manager of Minions
 
Marcovdw


I will get lynched if I said this race is in Spain, I will get lynched if I said this race is in Basque Country. So I'll just say this race is held somewhere.

Profile:

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Most important feature on the profile is the Jaizkibel climb.

Team:

Ahmed Albourdainy
Carlos Betancourt
Tareq Esmaeli
Nick Kinney
Jay Major
Leandro Marcos
Diego Milan
Bjorn Selander

The all familiar puncheur squad comes to our disappointment again! Led by fatso Betancourt, spreading his negative energy over decent lads like Selander, Kinney and Milan. Also riding for their bananas are Albourdainy, Esmaeli, Major and Marcos.

Race:

Let's not try and cheer things up, this race was a total f*cking disaster. Kinney our best rider in 39th. No points for the rankings. We need a good race to climb in the rankings. That's what our fortune teller said.

Classification:

Pos.RiderTeamTime
1Edvald Boasson HagenGrieg - Eftel5h27'26
2Tejay Van GarderenNewton Foundations.t.
3Tomohiro KinoshitaMeiji - JR East+ 48
4Maurice SchreursOrange Pro Cyclings.t.
5Michal KwiatkowskiNetia - Vónin+ 1'23
39Nick KinneyMinions+ 2'34
40Bjorn SelanderMinionss.t.
51Diego MilanMinionss.t.
52Carlos BetancourtMinionss.t.
60Tareq EsmaeliMinionss.t.
84Ahmed AlbourdainyMinions+ 4'01
95Leandro MarcosMinionss.t.
139Jay MajorMinions+ 12'30


Rider rankings:

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Rigoberto Úran337
2 Damion Drapac149
3 Carlos Betancourt142
4 Kenny De Haes64
4 Bjorn Selander64
6 Jarlinson Pantano Gómez55
6 Yasmani Martinez55
8 Niels Albert53
9 Chad Haga37
10 Nick Kinney31
11 Salah Eddine Mraouni15
12 Edwin Avila14
12 Jay Major14
14 Ethan Weiss12
15 Leandro Marcos11
16 Diego Milan10
17 Oliver Naesen7
17 Carlos Alexandre Manarelli7
19 Goodnews Clifford3
19 Chris Barton3
21 Tareq Esmaeli1


Rating:

Banana
(1/5)

Reiterating: total f*cking disaster.

Manager of Minions
 
Aquarius97
I will get lynched if I said this race is in Spain, I will get lynched if I said this race is in Basque Country. So I'll just say this race is held somewhere.


I'll help you with this Pfft It's held in Basque Country, Spain.

The race was awful for you anyway Rolling Eyes
Manager of [MG] Repsol - Netflix


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Marcovdw
Aquarius97 wrote:
I will get lynched if I said this race is in Spain, I will get lynched if I said this race is in Basque Country. So I'll just say this race is held somewhere.


I'll help you with this Pfft It's held in Basque Country, Spain.

The race was awful for you anyway Rolling Eyes


That's the most political correct answer. Maybe should've mentioned the name Donostia somewhere for full safety.

Luckily the next race went a bit better Wink
Manager of Minions
 
Marcovdw


The first of two consecutive PTHC events. Oh, and we have a top five goal here.

Profile:

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Flat, hilly and mountain stages. Unfortunately no time trial.

Team:

Chad Haga
Carlos Alexandre Manarelli
Yasmani Martinez
Salah Eddine Mraouni
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
Cayetano Sarmiento
Shaquille Sinclair
Rigoberto Úran

He spend his summer break preparing for the most important race of the season: this is the moment where we need Úran to shine. After his fellow Colombian was not good (sic) we need him to gain points on our rivals. Pantano Gómez, Sarmiento, Martinez and Haga support him on the mountains. Manarelli has a free role, Mraouni and Sinclair will get water bottle training.

Race:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

He hasn't been that amazing this season, but Manarelli found an extra gear this race. He finished tenth on stage one, but then he pushed his way to an amazing second place on the second stage!

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Then it's time for Úran. He had to limit his time loss on the first hilly stage compared to his rivals who are slightly better in this area. He did great and even finished sixth on the stage, only losing 35 seconds to the winner.

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The fourth stage was the first of the two mountain stages this race. Haga, Pantano Gómez and Sarmiento were of great help to Úran in bringing back attacks from rivals. In the end the four strongest riders of the day finished next to each other with Úran in third. It would become him vs Herklotz vs Lecuisinier vs Wellens for the rest of the race.

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Back to Manarelli on the flat stage five, and he once again did great. He was in contention for a stage podium but just came short, nevertheless fourth is another good result.

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Stage six was another hilly and Lecuisinier used this opportunity to gain 30 seconds. Before stage seven, the queen stage, Wellens was still leading but only by seven seconds over Lecuisinier, with Úran in third at 49 seconds and Herklotz close behind.

It was clear early on that Wellens and Herklotz weren't in top shape. First Haga and Martinez set a fast pace which caused some troubles for them, and when Úran took over they were done and dusted. Lecuisinier could barely follow his wheel.

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It wasn't long before Lecuisinier cracked though. Now it was just a matter of gaining enough time on him. Nazaret was winning the stage and Úran still had Olivier in his wheel to take the remaining bonus seconds.

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Úran finished second and Olivier did what he was supposed to do, then it was up to the clock. 30 seconds.

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And exactly 30 seconds later a rider crossed the line, but it wasn't Lecuisinier. Which means the new leader of the Deutschland Tour with one stage to go is Rigoberto Úran!

The last stage was set to be a formality, but the wind had other ideas. Luckily we had Sinclair to guide Úran to safety and his jersey was never really in danger. Unfortunately Manarelli lost touch with the front group but we couldn't be to angry. We have just won a PTHC stage race!

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Classification:

Pos.RiderTeamTime
1Rigoberto ÚranMinions33h29'38
2Pierre-Henri LecuisinierFestina - Dexia+ 23
3Tim WellensSpotify - Haglöfs+ 1'19
4Silvio HerklotzTeam Puma - SAP+ 1'46
5Daan OlivierAegon - Lavazza+ 1'57
27Yasmani MartinezMinions+ 10'54
36Jarlinson Pantano GómezMinions+ 15'46
38Chad HagaMinions+ 16'47
95Cayetano SarmientoMinions+ 39'41
105Salah Eddine MraouniMinions+ 46'54
165Shaquille SinclairMinions+ 1h38'56
173Carlos Alexandre ManarelliMinions+ 1h46'46


Rider rankings:

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Rigoberto Úran582
2 Damion Drapac149
3 Carlos Betancourt142
4 Yasmani Martinez69
5 Kenny De Haes64
5 Bjorn Selander64
7 Jarlinson Pantano Gómez63
8 Niels Albert53
9 Chad Haga45
10 Carlos Alexandre Manarelli37
11 Nick Kinney31
12 Salah Eddine Mraouni15
13 Edwin Avila14
13 Jay Major14
15 Ethan Weiss12
16 Leandro Marcos11
17 Diego Milan10
18 Oliver Naesen7
19 Goodnews Clifford3
19 Chris Barton3
21 Cayetano Sarmiento2
22 Tareq Esmaeli1


Rating:

BananaBananaBananaBananaBananaBananaBananaBananaBananaBanana
(10/5)

This rating isn't even possible but we don't care, we're too drunk from the party anyway!

Edited by Marcovdw on 05-03-2018 09:50
Manager of Minions
 
AbhishekLFC
Great to see Uran and the Minions winning Grin Well done!
 
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Marcovdw
AbhishekLFC wrote:
Great to see Uran and the Minions winning Grin Well done!


Thanks, you can't imagine how happy I am with this victory! Grin
Manager of Minions
 
Marcovdw


This race is not hosted by the manager of Podium Ambition, it's just the local name for the Isle of Man.

Profile:

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Following the twisty mountain roads used by the Isle of Man TT.

Team:

Ahmed Albourdainy
Carlos Betancourt
Goodnews Clifford
Tareq Esmaeli
Nick Kinney
Jay Major
Diego Milan
Bjorn Selander

It's a hilly classic, so you know who to expect: Betancourt, Kinney, Milan, Selander. Adding to the squad are Albourdainy, Clifford, Esmaeli and Major.

Race:

We had Clifford in the break, as a saving grace for forgetting to bring his Nigerian NC. Once again, sorry Goodnews!

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On the ground: Milan, who was wearing his Dominican Republican NC.

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Betancourt finished 16th, which isn't even that bad comparing to previous results. Still not where we expect him to be though.

Classification:

Pos.RiderTeamTime
1Edvald Boasson HagenGrieg - Eftel4h23'46
2Enrico BarbinFerrero - Samruk+ 40
3Matej MohoricIsostar - Adriatics.t.
4Xavier QuevedoIsostar - Adriatics.t.
5Christopher Juul-JensenCarlsberg - Danske Banks.t.
16Carlos BetancourtMinionss.t.
29Nick KinneyMinionss.t.
41Bjorn SelanderMinions+ 2'01
45Goodnews CliffordMinionss.t.
86Tareq EsmaeliMinions+ 4'29
113Ahmed AlbourdainyMinions+ 9'12
125Jay MajorMinions+ 11'20
142Diego MilanMinions+ 20'41


Rider rankings:

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Rigoberto Úran582
2 Carlos Betancourt149
2 Damion Drapac149
4 Yasmani Martinez69
5 Kenny De Haes64
5 Bjorn Selander64
7 Jarlinson Pantano Gómez63
8 Niels Albert53
9 Chad Haga45
10 Carlos Alexandre Manarelli37
11 Nick Kinney31
12 Salah Eddine Mraouni15
13 Edwin Avila14
13 Jay Major14
15 Ethan Weiss12
16 Leandro Marcos11
17 Diego Milan10
18 Oliver Naesen7
19 Goodnews Clifford3
19 Chris Barton3
21 Cayetano Sarmiento2
22 Tareq Esmaeli1


Rating:

BananaBanana
(2/5)

We've had worse races.

Manager of Minions
 
Tamijo
Congratulations with the win in Deutschland Tour
 
Marcovdw
Tamijo wrote:
Congratulations with the win in Deutschland Tour


Thanks Wink
Manager of Minions
 
Marcovdw


Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania are the Baltic countries, but for some reason this race doesn't take place in Latvia but it does in the other two. And in Finland, Sweden and Russia. Putin approves!

Profile:

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An unconvential cobbled prologue followed by four flat stages.

Team:

Niels Albert
Edwin Avila
Kenny De Haes
Fabrice Jeandesbosz
Carlos Alexandre Manarelli
Leandro Marcos
Oliver Naesen
Ethan Weiss

Since it's a tripleheader with two other races, this squad has been devaluated a bit. Given the cobbled prologue we take our five cobbles here: Albert, De Haes, Jeandesbosz, Marcos and Naesen. Manarelli will go as lead sprinter with Avila as lead out. Completing the squad is Weiss who was left out of the Volta a Portugal squad at the last minute.

Race:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Even though the opening stage depended more on time trial than cobble skills, Marcos outperformed and finished fourth! Fourth!

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Manarelli was feeling a bit ill, so he wasn't played out. Instead Naesen went into the break on stage two, to no avail, and Marcos tried to sprint for boni seconds, to no avail.

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Stage three it was another Belgian's turn: De Haes. He has already won two stages from the breakaway this season. The peloton was too late to catch the break, and De Haes had the strongest sprint of them all. Stage win number three!

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Naesen tried again on stage four but his group was caught again. De Haes tried to sprint but also couldn't gain time, dropping from second to fifth in the GC.

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On the final stage, Naesen again in the break, but third time's not charm for him. De Haes dropped a further place in the GC, but that could've been a lot more had it not been for crashes and GC leader Nelson dropping from the peloton. Marcos finished fourteenth.

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Classification:

Pos.RiderTeamTime
1Tom Van AsbroeckLierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam15h59'51
2Lukasz WisniowskiGrieg - Eftel+ 15
3Mark CavendishKraftwerk Man Machine+ 17
4Ivano Lo CiceroValio - DeLaval+ 25
5Dan HollowayNovatek-Panarmenian.net+ 29
6Kenny De HaesMinions+ 30
14Leandro MarcosMinions+ 45
34Niels AlbertMinions+ 52
70Ethan WeissMinions+ 58
93Edwin AvilaMinions+ 1'02
94Carlos Alexandre ManarelliMinions+ 1'03
100Oliver NaesenMinions+ 4'14
131Fabrice JeandesboszMinions+ 7'26


Rider rankings:

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Rigoberto Úran582
2 Carlos Betancourt149
2 Damion Drapac149
4 Kenny De Haes131
5 Yasmani Martinez69
6 Bjorn Selander64
7 Jarlinson Pantano Gómez63
8 Niels Albert53
9 Chad Haga45
10 Carlos Alexandre Manarelli37
11 Nick Kinney31
12 Leandro Marcos27
13 Salah Eddine Mraouni15
14 Edwin Avila14
14 Jay Major14
16 Ethan Weiss12
17 Diego Milan10
18 Oliver Naesen7
19 Goodnews Clifford3
19 Chris Barton3
21 Cayetano Sarmiento2
22 Tareq Esmaeli1


Rating:

BananaBananaBananaBananaBanana
(5/5)

Party time ain't over yet

Manager of Minions
 
Marcovdw


Another PTHC event, and after winning the last one we want to win again.

Profile:

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Our longest event on the calendar at eleven racedays, with a bit of everything.

Team:

Chris Barton
Damion Drapac
Chad Haga
Yasmani Martinez
Salah Eddine Mraouni
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
Cayetano Sarmiento
Shaquille Sinclair

Our supreme leader had no room in his schedule to ride this race, so Pantano Gómez gets a chance to lead. Martinez and Sarmiento support him in the mountains. With two time trials on the menu Barton and Haga are also present. There are few sprinting opportunities but we bring Drapac nevertheless. Mraouni and Sinclair mathmatically needed to ride this ride for development.

Race:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11

The race started with 2 kilometer and 100 meters. Barton finished fifth, only two seconds away from the big favourite Gesink.

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On the second stage, the entire team lost ten minutes. It became clear that we wouldn't be challenging for a top GC placement, so instead we switched focus to stage and KoM results.

The first rider in the breakaway was Haga on the fourth stage, immediately taking points for the KoM classification. After the stage he was in fourth place. He went into the break again on the next stage but couldn't improve, even losing a two places since others overtook him.

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Moving to stage nine, where Drapac was involved in a crash and had to abandon. He hadn't been able to show himself in the previous flatter stages, but with the final stage being as flat as a pancake we had some hope left in our hearts. That hope was now shattered.

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But on the same stage, we had Sarmiento in the breakaway. He stepped up to overtake Haga in the KoM classification, moving to fourth.

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On the final climb, the peloton was nowhere near catching the break, so the stage win was on the cards for him. He attacked with 14 kilometers to go and the others never saw his wheel again. He won by nearly a minute and showed our colours on the podium.

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The second-a-last stage was a time trial. Where it was Barton in the prologue, today it was Haga with an amazing ride. When he crossed the line he was the fastest at the time at 42 minutes and 34 seconds. Rider after rider failed to beat his time, but then the final rider to start did manage to beat him: Gesink. Nevertheless, second place is an amazing result in such a field!

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Pantano Gómez would finish the race in 79th, nearly an hour down. Haga beat him by sixteen places and ten minutes. Not the GC results we wanted but individual effort made up for it.

Classification:

Pos.RiderTeamTime
1Robert GesinkeBuddy39h40'21
2Silvio HerklotzTeam Puma - SAP+ 2'41
3Nico KeinathVesuvio - Accumalux+ 4'51
4Adam YatesAyubowan!+ 5'23
5Ki Ho ChoiCompal-Merida+ 7'52
63Chad HagaMinions+ 46'34
68Yasmani MartinezMinions+ 48'22
79Jarlinson Pantano GómezMinions+ 56'56
110Cayetano SarmientoMinions+ 1h29'56
121Salah Eddine MraouniMinions+ 1h37'04
138Chris BartonMinions+ 1h50'32
167Shaquille SinclairMinions+ 3h03'43
DNFDamion DrapacMinionsDNF


Rider rankings:

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Rigoberto Úran582
2 Carlos Betancourt149
2 Damion Drapac149
4 Kenny De Haes131
5 Yasmani Martinez71
6 Chad Haga67
7 Jarlinson Pantano Gómez65
8 Bjorn Selander64
9 Niels Albert53
10 Cayetano Sarmiento42
11 Carlos Alexandre Manarelli37
12 Nick Kinney31
13 Leandro Marcos27
14 Salah Eddine Mraouni15
15 Edwin Avila14
15 Jay Major14
17 Ethan Weiss12
18 Diego Milan10
19 Chris Barton8
20 Oliver Naesen7
21 Goodnews Clifford3
22 Tareq Esmaeli1


Rating:

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(4/5)

Some very good stage results, but lacking that big GC score.

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Didn't really follow Deutschland, but what a win you got there, congrats!
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Ollfardh wrote:
Didn't really follow Deutschland, but what a win you got there, congrats!


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Colombia
HC
5 stages
September 18th - 22nd

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Edwin Avila
Goodnews Clifford
Jay Major
Carlos Alexandre Manarelli
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
Cayetano Sarmiento
Rigoberto Úran
Ethan Weiss

GP Rheden

Details:

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Netherlands
PTHC
One day race
September 24th

Squad:

Niels Albert
Kenny De Haes
Tareq Esmaeli
Fabrice Jeandesbosz
Leandro Marcos
Salah Eddine Mraouni
Oliver Naesen
Shaquille Sinclair

Milano - Torino

Details:

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Italy
C1
One day race
September 30th

Squad:

Carlos Betancourt
Tareq Esmaeli
Nick Kinney
Jay Major
Leandro Marcos
Diego Milan
Salah Eddine Mraouni
Bjorn Selander

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