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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 05-02-2018 20:04
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 Vuelta a España (GT.UWT)  Stage 18/21, 167.8 kms
The peloton did not let go anyone but the above six: Buchmann, Vliegen, Je. Hansen, Küng, Gallego and a simply imperishable Alejandro Valverde. While maintaining a steady-but-not-brutal pace, the pack was startled by a crash. Among those involved were Chávarri, Dan Martin and Coquard, but all would soon make it back approaching the first intermediate sprint. After Tomio managed, Valverde kicked it up a notch. Only the former and KoM jersey Buchmann kept up on the first of two Monte Castrove climbs. Tomio and Valverde eventually reached the top with a small gap on three chasers. A still big pack had slowed down, allowing the gap to grow to 5'. In the pack Chávarri had to let go, probably feeling the afterpains of his earlier fall. Vandenborre counted on the support of Klever and Cortes. Tomio and Valverde both saw their chance to take this 18th stage home, yet Meintjes decided otherwise. With only three left, Sam and Kelderman sat just one corner back. Apparently the leader was having a rough time. Turned out that the red jersey had succesfully tried to pull wool over the others' eyes. Sam wanted to counter, but he could not get past Gallopin. Meintjes held on for his first win in two years, once more it is a GT stage. Kelderman concluded today in second, extending his GC lead even more. Vandenborre grabbed third limiting the time loss to around 25 seconds. Vuelta a España 2019 Stage 18 | 1 |  | Louis Meintjes | IAM Cycling | 4h00'13" | | 2 |  | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | + 54" | | 3 |  | Sam Vandenborre  | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 1'14" | | 4 |  | Tony Gallopin | Tinkoff | s.t. | | 5 | | Wout Poels | Team Sky | s.t. | | 6 | | Rubén Fernández | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | | Julian Alaphilippe | Tinkoff | s.t. | | 8 |  | Daniel Martin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9 | | Alejandro Valverde | Team Sky | + 1'48" | | 10 |  | Giacomo Tomio | Cannondale Pro Team | + 2'43" |
Vuelta a España 2019 Overall standings | 1 | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | 68h49'40" | | 2 | | Sam Vandenborre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 2'50" | | 3 |  | Merhawi Kudus | Team Dimension Data | + 5'26" | | 4 | | Wout Poels | Team Sky | + 6'12" | | 5 | | Daniel Martin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 7'33" | | 6 | | Julian Alaphilippe | Tinkoff | + 7'51" | | 7 | | Louis Meintjes | IAM Cycling | + 9'30" | | 8 | | Rubén Fernández | Movistar Team | + 14'48" | | 9 |  | Jan Hirt | Quick-Step Floors | + 17'24" | | 10 |  | Robert Kiserlovski | IAM Cycling | + 17'29" |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 05-02-2018 23:27
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Kelderman sneaking a few more seconds  |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 06-02-2018 09:24
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Things haven't really gone our way over the last few days. But really, damn you Gallopin. 
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 07-02-2018 19:10
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Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 2019 (1.UWT)
 Québec, 203.8 kms Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec Latest editions | | 2018 | | | 2017 | | | 2016 | | 1. | | I. Izagirre | 1. | | F. Aru | 1. |  | M. Kwiatkowski | | 2. | | R. Bardet | 2. | | J. Alaphilippe | 2. |  | S. Spilak | | 3. |  | S. Yates | 3. | | S. Yates | 3. |  | S. Geschke |
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 2019 Race profile Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 2019 Top riders | A. Bottura | | A. Demare | | V. Galtier |  | D. Helling | | M. Kwiatkowski | | M. Landa | | R. Nguyen | | P. Vakoc |
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 2019 Team lineup | B. Intxausti |  | A. Mendigain |  | D. Ochoa | | N. Padilla |  | V. Pinheiral | | H. Saez | | D. Sagasta | | E. Zardini |
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 07-02-2018 21:58
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It's a shame to lose the chance to win a Grand Tour because of a crash, but at least Sam is still second and maybe, just maybe, if he has the day of his life in Ancares... 
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 09-02-2018 10:57
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Aquarius97 wrote:
It's a shame to lose the chance to win a Grand Tour because of a crash, but at least Sam is still second and maybe, just maybe, if he has the day of his life in Ancares...
Definitely not the way one wants to see a real chance vanish indeed. But yes, who knows... 
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 09-02-2018 10:59
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GP Cycliste de Québec (1.UWT) Québec, 203.8 kms
The bunch spent the first 4 laps chasing down an 8-man breakaway. Due to the frantic pace, it was reduced to Stef Hermans, Van Den Broeck and Dowe. Their gap was less than 2 minutes with over 150 kilometers to go. After the pace had dropped, one rider of the initial breakaway came back in Matteo Occhialini. Over the next 50km, the gap got to max. 7 minutes. Fast forward to the final lap for the next moment of action. Mikel Landa's earlier attacked had created a 15 riders strong leading group. Andrónico Mendigain and Diego Ochoa managed to secure a spot amongst them. Danilo Ghilardi sneaked away at the last uphill sector. Petr Vakoc was the one who tried to get him back. Before the final km, the leader gained 5". Giving his all was not enough for the Czech chaser, as Ghilardi triumphed in Québec. Team leader Diego Ochoa finished just off the day's podium. GP Cycliste de Québec 2019 Race results | 1 |  | Danilo Ghilardi | IAM Cycling | 4h53'13" | | 2 | | Petr Vakoc | Orica - Scott | s.t. | | 3 | | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 4 | | Diego Ochoa | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 5 | | Rodrigue Nguyen | Team Sunweb | + 24" | | 6 | | Lilian Calmejane | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 7 | | Valérien Galtier | Team Sky | s.t. | | 8 | | Rafal Majka | Tinkoff | s.t. | | 9 | | Michal Kwiatkowski | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 10 | | Dylan Teuns | Lotto - Soudal | + 42" |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 09-02-2018 14:23
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Great effort from Ochoa  |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 10-02-2018 09:00
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Good to see him shine in absence of Ion Izagirre. 
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 10-02-2018 09:01
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Vuelta a España (GT.UWT) Stage 19/21, 173.1 kms
Around 20 kms in, Jonathan Klever would catch up with Küng, Lietaer, Rabottini, Buchmann, Vanmarcke, Busato. Tomio later became the last to join the eventual 8-man break on the final transitory stage of this Vuelta. Buchmann bagged the maximum of 10 points atop the first climb, Alto do Monte da Groba. The eight had 4'30", but over 100 km left from the top. On the steeper [url=]Alto Monte Faro[/url], Klever quickly came to know he did not belong with the strongest on his group. Buchmann and Rabottini steadily rode away but the bunch, which picked up the pace, only sat 1'30" down. With 3 kms to the top, Sam took the initiative to do something about the comforting time gap of Kelderman. His move immediately caused unrest. Buchmann took 10 more points on the top, but he hadn't managed to get rid of Rabottini. It did look good for the win with 3'10" for the last 18km. Vandenborre caught up with Klever, who then towed along the former. Kudus was fighting to keep up while Kelderman rode half a hairpin down. Both couldn't catch or follow Sam's group. A quartet, led by Sagan, even managed to reel in the two leaders. Alaphilippe, Fernández sat there too. The quick Frenchman easily bended the sprint to his will, and won ahead of Fernández. Sam's third spot gave him a bonus on top of the time gap. Vuelta a España 2019 Stage 19 | 1 | | Julian Alaphilippe | Tinkoff | 4h09'43" | | 2 | | Rubén Fernández | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 3 | | Sam Vandenborre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 4 | | Matteo Rabottini | Team Katusha - Alpecin | s.t. | | 5 | | Emanuel Buchmann | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. | | 6 |  | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff | s.t. | | 7 | | Stefan Küng | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 8 | | Wout Poels | Team Sky | + 1'25" | | 9 | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 10 | | Merhawi Kudus | Team Dimension Data | s.t. |
Vuelta a España 2019 Overall standings | 1 | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | 73h00'48" | | 2 | | Sam Vandenborre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 1'21" | | 3 | | Merhawi Kudus | Team Dimension Data | + 5'26" | | 4 | | Wout Poels | Team Sky | + 6'12" | | 5 | | Julian Alaphilippe | Tinkoff | + 6'16" | | 6 | | Daniel Martin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 7'33" | | 7 | | Louis Meintjes | IAM Cycling | + 9'30" | | 8 | | Rubén Fernández | Movistar Team | + 13'17" | | 9 | | Juan Andrés Pardo | Team Sky | + 17'30" | | 10 | | Tony Gallopin | Tinkoff | + 17'54" |
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| Raziz |
Posted on 10-02-2018 10:00
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Nice, now you need to get the same gap on the next stage too. Great race nonetheless for Sam. |
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 10-02-2018 10:49
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Come on Sam, big attack on stage 20!
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 11-02-2018 09:39
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Raziz wrote:
Nice, now you need to get the same gap on the next stage too. Great race nonetheless for Sam.
This is still alive!
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 11-02-2018 09:42
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Vuelta a España (GT.UWT)  Stage 20/21, 161.3 kms
At the back of a nervous and wet start, 8 men were allowed some space. The group, to which Eder Chávarri had been denied access, consisted of Emanuel Buchmann, Maxime Le Lavandier, El Imbatido Valverde, Robert Power, Edward Ravasi, Matteo Busato, Be-Jan Lindeman, Kévin Ledanois. Buchmann came first on the second climb, leaving no doubt about who is going to take home the mountain jersey. The gap halfway through: 6'10". Climbing Alto de Folgueiras de Aiga, the penultimate difficulty, Power and Ravasi left the others behind. With 7', they went looking for a stage win. More heartbreak for Team Sky at the foot of that same climb. After Peter Kennaugh had already lost contact with the peloton after a crash, GC 4th Poels suffered one too. He barely rejoined the pack as the road started to rise. All he could hope for were fellow contenders picking a modest pace. So did they, up to the point where his own teammate Juan Pardo tried to turn his team's bad luck around. Jan Hirt, sitting in 11th overall, reacted. Already over the summit, Power attacked Rasavi while nearing Puerto de Ancares. In the bunch, Gesink upped the pace for red jersey Kelderman. As soon as he was done the overall leader attacked. Nobody but Meintjes reacted right away, Kelderman was reeled in on the first Ancares slopes. Sam did have the legs to counter the next acceleration, yet he got stuck behind Fernández, Geoghan Hart, Alaphilippe. As the three didn't go out of the way, Wilco Kelderman easily kept gaining time; up to one minute. It took three kilometers for the others to move aside. By then Kelderman had more than two minutes but Vandenborre still appeared determined. The beast was loose, and Sam bridged to Merhawi Kudus in no time. An ultra strong Jonathan Klever supported him until the last 1500 meters. Robert Power's second victory made him breach the top 10 in the overall. A strong sprint limited the time lost to Kelderman to 15 seconds, but the GC fight is over. Tomorrow's time trial will decide about the green jersey. Vuelta a España 2019 Stage 20 | 1 |  | Robert Power | Lotto - Soudal | 4h46'27" | | 2 | | Edward Ravasi | Astana Pro Team | + 2'17" | | 3 | | Alejandro Valverde | Team Sky | + 4'17" | | 4 | | Maxime Le Lavandier | AG2R La Mondiale | + 5'03" | | 5 | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | + 6'51" | | 6 | | Jan Hirt | Quick-Step Floors | + 7'05" | | 7 | | Sam Vandenborre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 8 | | Juan Andrés Pardo | Team Sky | + 7'24" | | 9 | | Merhawi Kudus | Team Dimension Data | + 8'34" | | 10 | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Lampre - Merida | s.t. |
Vuelta a España 2019 Overall standings | 1 | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | 77h54'06" | | 2 | | Sam Vandenborre | RuralvÃa - Seguros RGA | + 1'35" | | 3 | | Merhawi Kudus | Team Dimension Data | + 7'09" | | 4 | | Julian Alaphilippe | Tinkoff | + 9'09" | | 5 | | Louis Meintjes | IAM Cycling | + 12'34" | | 6 | | Daniel Martin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 12'50" | | 7 | | Rubén Fernández | Movistar Team | + 15'45" | | 8 | | Wout Poels | Team Sky | + 17'32" | | 9 | | Juan Andrés Pardo | Team Sky | + 18'03" | | 10 | | Robert Power | Lotto - Soudal | + 19'05" |
| W. Kelderman | | S. Vandenborre | | E. Buchmann | | S. Vandenborre |
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 11-02-2018 09:47
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What a shame that Sam was blocked when Kelderman made his move Still a GC podium is a great achievement for Sam
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| Ripley |
Posted on 11-02-2018 21:53
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Getting stuck behind other riders... don't we love it when that happens! Fantastic performance in any case. |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 12-02-2018 07:44
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Aquarius97 wrote:
What a shame that Sam was blocked when Kelderman made his move Still a GC podium is a great achievement for Sam Ripley wrote:
Getting stuck behind other riders... don't we love it when that happens! Fantastic performance in any case.
Nothing can be done about that sadly, let's try to make it up a tiny bit by securing the points jersey on the final TT. Many thanks for the support throughout the race.
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 12-02-2018 07:45
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GP Cycliste de Montréal 2019 (1.UWT)
Montréal, 205.8 kms GP Cycliste de Montréal Latest editions | | 2018 | | | 2017 | | | 2016 | | 1. | | J. Haig | 1. |  | G. Mühlberger | 1. |  | E. Silin | | 2. | | R. Bardet | 2. | | Si. Yates | 2. | | G. Izagirre | | 3. | | S. Kruijswijk | 3. | | J. Vanendert | 3. | | I. Santaromita |
GP Cycliste de Montréal 2019 Race profile GP Cycliste de Montréal 2019 Top riders | V. Galtier | | D. Helling | | M. Kwiatkowski | | M. Landa | | R. Nguyen | | P. Vakoc | | D. Van Gestel | | A. Vuillermoz |
GP Cycliste de Montréal 2019 Team lineup | P. Bilbao | | S. Henao | | B. Intxausti | | D. Ochoa |  | F. Palmero | | V. Pinheiral | | D. Sagasta | | E. Zardini |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 12-02-2018 08:59
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At least Sam has put up a fight at the Vuelta  and good luck in Canada |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 12-02-2018 20:47
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sutty68 wrote:
At least Sam has put up a fight at the Vuelta and good luck in Canada
Kept the Vuelta alive until the last mountain stage, that's more than anyone else has done. Thank you.
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