[PCT] Minions '17
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Marcovdw |
Posted on 08-02-2018 21:36
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Going into the month of July it's about time we turn our fortunes around, hopefully, please, I beg you.
Profile:
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. | Rider | Team | Time | 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Grieg - Eftel | 4h46'58 | 2 | Blel Kadri | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | + 1'25 | 3 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Ferrero - Samruk | s.t. | 4 | Damiano Caruso | Euskaltel | s.t. | 5 | Enrico Barbin | Ferrero - Samruk | s.t. | 29 | Carlos Betancourt | Minions | s.t. | 49 | Bjorn Selander | Minions | s.t. | 57 | Nick Kinney | Minions | s.t. | 71 | Diego Milan | Minions | s.t. | 102 | Leandro Marcos | Minions | + 5'23 | 125 | Salah Eddine Mraouni | Minions | s.t. | 148 | Jay Major | Minions | + 9'06 | 169 | Ahmed Albourdainy | Minions | + 15'54 |
Rider rankings:
Pos. | Rider | Points | 1 | Rigoberto Úran | 337 | 2 | Damion Drapac | 149 | 3 | Carlos Betancourt | 67 | 4 | Kenny De Haes | 64 | 5 | Yasmani Martinez | 55 | 6 | Niels Albert | 53 | 6 | Bjorn Selander | 53 | 8 | Jarlinson Pantano Gómez | 44 | 9 | Chad Haga | 37 | 10 | Nick Kinney | 25 | 11 | Salah Eddine Mraouni | 15 | 12 | Edwin Avila | 14 | 12 | Jay Major | 14 | 14 | Ethan Weiss | 12 | 15 | Leandro Marcos | 11 | 16 | Oliver Naesen | 7 | 16 | Carlos Alexandre Manarelli | 7 | 18 | Diego Milan | 4 | 19 | Goodnews Clifford | 3 | 19 | Chris Barton | 3 |
Rating:
(1/5)
I'm this close to being admitted to a mental hospital.
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tsmoha |
Posted on 08-02-2018 21:42
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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.
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Marcovdw |
Posted on 08-02-2018 22:08
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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.
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Marcovdw |
Posted on 19-02-2018 20:38
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A name which describes the race perfectly makes my job a lot easier.
Profile:
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.
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.
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. | Rider | Team | Time | 1 | Sergio Luis Henao Montoya | Ferrero - Samruk | 4h45'35 | 2 | Fabio Duarte | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | + 58 | 3 | Florentino Marquez | Berg Cycles | s.t. | 4 | Merhawi Kudus | Eritel - Sonatrach | s.t. | 5 | Stefan Denifl | SPAR - Shimano - SCG | s.t. | 15 | Jarlinson Pantano Gómez | Minions | + 2'05 | 62 | Chris Barton | Minions | + 5'53 | 73 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Minions | + 7'24 | 90 | Goodnews Clifford | Minions | + 9'19 | 115 | Salah Eddine Mraouni | Minions | + 13'25 | 120 | Chad Haga | Minions | + 14'29 | 128 | Yasmani Martinez | Minions | s.t. | 166 | Jay Major | Minions | + 44'12 |
Rider rankings:
Pos. | Rider | Points | 1 | Rigoberto Úran | 337 | 2 | Damion Drapac | 149 | 3 | Carlos Betancourt | 67 | 4 | Kenny De Haes | 64 | 5 | Jarlinson Pantano Gómez | 55 | 5 | Yasmani Martinez | 55 | 7 | Niels Albert | 53 | 7 | Bjorn Selander | 53 | 9 | Chad Haga | 37 | 10 | Nick Kinney | 25 | 11 | Salah Eddine Mraouni | 15 | 12 | Edwin Avila | 14 | 12 | Jay Major | 14 | 14 | Ethan Weiss | 12 | 15 | Leandro Marcos | 11 | 16 | Oliver Naesen | 7 | 16 | Carlos Alexandre Manarelli | 7 | 18 | Diego Milan | 4 | 19 | Goodnews Clifford | 3 | 19 | Chris Barton | 3 |
Rating:
(3/5)
Scoring points without Úran seems to be possible.
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Marcovdw |
Posted on 21-02-2018 21:14
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Underneath the smog we ride in China!
Profile:
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.
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.
Betancourt lost 95 seconds to the winner on stage one to take tenth place. But on stage three, out of nowhere, he attacked!
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. | Rider | Team | Time | 1 | Diego Ulissi | Generali - EDF | 20h29'02 | 2 | Tomohiro Kinoshita | Meiji - JR East | + 5 | 3 | Chris Froome | Fablok - Bank BGZ | + 1'43 | 4 | Cesare Di Maggio | MOL-OMV Petrom | + 2'24 | 5 | Mohamed Shawal Anuar Aziz | Indosat Ooredoo - ANZ | + 2'26 | 7 | Carlos Betancourt | Minions | + 4'02 | 32 | Bjorn Selander | Minions | + 16'32 | 39 | Nick Kinney | Minions | + 17'31 | 46 | Diego Milan | Minions | + 18'59 | 85 | Tareq Esmaeli | Minions | + 39'57 | 107 | Goodnews Clifford | Minions | + 51'01 | 129 | Jay Major | Minions | + 1h15'25 | 135 | Damion Drapac | Minions | + 1h42'02 |
Rider rankings:
Pos. | Rider | Points | 1 | Rigoberto Úran | 337 | 2 | Damion Drapac | 149 | 3 | Carlos Betancourt | 142 | 4 | Kenny De Haes | 64 | 4 | Bjorn Selander | 64 | 6 | Jarlinson Pantano Gómez | 55 | 6 | Yasmani Martinez | 55 | 8 | Niels Albert | 53 | 9 | Chad Haga | 37 | 10 | Nick Kinney | 31 | 11 | Salah Eddine Mraouni | 15 | 12 | Edwin Avila | 14 | 12 | Jay Major | 14 | 14 | Ethan Weiss | 12 | 15 | Leandro Marcos | 11 | 16 | Diego Milan | 10 | 17 | Oliver Naesen | 7 | 17 | Carlos Alexandre Manarelli | 7 | 19 | Goodnews Clifford | 3 | 19 | Chris Barton | 3 | 21 | Tareq Esmaeli | 1 |
Rating:
(3/5)
Betancourt can ride a bike!
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Marcovdw |
Posted on 22-02-2018 20:21
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AUGUST
Deutschland Tour
Details:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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
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Posted on 04-03-2018 22:03
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Posted on 04-03-2018 22:20
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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 It's held in Basque Country, Spain.
The race was awful for you anyway
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Marcovdw |
Posted on 04-03-2018 22:35
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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 It's held in Basque Country, Spain.
The race was awful for you anyway
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
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Posted on 04-03-2018 22:35
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The first of two consecutive PTHC events. Oh, and we have a top five goal here.
Profile:
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Úran finished second and Olivier did what he was supposed to do, then it was up to the clock. 30 seconds.
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!
Classification:
Pos. | Rider | Team | Time | 1 | Rigoberto Úran | Minions | 33h29'38 | 2 | Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Festina - Dexia | + 23 | 3 | Tim Wellens | Spotify - Haglöfs | + 1'19 | 4 | Silvio Herklotz | Team Puma - SAP | + 1'46 | 5 | Daan Olivier | Aegon - Lavazza | + 1'57 | 27 | Yasmani Martinez | Minions | + 10'54 | 36 | Jarlinson Pantano Gómez | Minions | + 15'46 | 38 | Chad Haga | Minions | + 16'47 | 95 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Minions | + 39'41 | 105 | Salah Eddine Mraouni | Minions | + 46'54 | 165 | Shaquille Sinclair | Minions | + 1h38'56 | 173 | Carlos Alexandre Manarelli | Minions | + 1h46'46 |
Rider rankings:
Pos. | Rider | Points | 1 | Rigoberto Úran | 582 | 2 | Damion Drapac | 149 | 3 | Carlos Betancourt | 142 | 4 | Yasmani Martinez | 69 | 5 | Kenny De Haes | 64 | 5 | Bjorn Selander | 64 | 7 | Jarlinson Pantano Gómez | 63 | 8 | Niels Albert | 53 | 9 | Chad Haga | 45 | 10 | Carlos Alexandre Manarelli | 37 | 11 | Nick Kinney | 31 | 12 | Salah Eddine Mraouni | 15 | 13 | Edwin Avila | 14 | 13 | Jay Major | 14 | 15 | Ethan Weiss | 12 | 16 | Leandro Marcos | 11 | 17 | Diego Milan | 10 | 18 | Oliver Naesen | 7 | 19 | Goodnews Clifford | 3 | 19 | Chris Barton | 3 | 21 | Cayetano Sarmiento | 2 | 22 | Tareq Esmaeli | 1 |
Rating:
(10/5)
This rating isn't even possible but we don't care, we're too drunk from the party anyway!
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AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 05-03-2018 09:20
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Great to see Uran and the Minions winning Well done!
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Marcovdw |
Posted on 05-03-2018 10:06
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Thanks, you can't imagine how happy I am with this victory!
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Marcovdw |
Posted on 05-03-2018 10:20
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This race is not hosted by the manager of Podium Ambition, it's just the local name for the Isle of Man.
Profile:
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!
On the ground: Milan, who was wearing his Dominican Republican NC.
Betancourt finished 16th, which isn't even that bad comparing to previous results. Still not where we expect him to be though.
Classification:
Pos. | Rider | Team | Time | 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Grieg - Eftel | 4h23'46 | 2 | Enrico Barbin | Ferrero - Samruk | + 40 | 3 | Matej Mohoric | Isostar - Adriatic | s.t. | 4 | Xavier Quevedo | Isostar - Adriatic | s.t. | 5 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Carlsberg - Danske Bank | s.t. | 16 | Carlos Betancourt | Minions | s.t. | 29 | Nick Kinney | Minions | s.t. | 41 | Bjorn Selander | Minions | + 2'01 | 45 | Goodnews Clifford | Minions | s.t. | 86 | Tareq Esmaeli | Minions | + 4'29 | 113 | Ahmed Albourdainy | Minions | + 9'12 | 125 | Jay Major | Minions | + 11'20 | 142 | Diego Milan | Minions | + 20'41 |
Rider rankings:
Pos. | Rider | Points | 1 | Rigoberto Úran | 582 | 2 | Carlos Betancourt | 149 | 2 | Damion Drapac | 149 | 4 | Yasmani Martinez | 69 | 5 | Kenny De Haes | 64 | 5 | Bjorn Selander | 64 | 7 | Jarlinson Pantano Gómez | 63 | 8 | Niels Albert | 53 | 9 | Chad Haga | 45 | 10 | Carlos Alexandre Manarelli | 37 | 11 | Nick Kinney | 31 | 12 | Salah Eddine Mraouni | 15 | 13 | Edwin Avila | 14 | 13 | Jay Major | 14 | 15 | Ethan Weiss | 12 | 16 | Leandro Marcos | 11 | 17 | Diego Milan | 10 | 18 | Oliver Naesen | 7 | 19 | Goodnews Clifford | 3 | 19 | Chris Barton | 3 | 21 | Cayetano Sarmiento | 2 | 22 | Tareq Esmaeli | 1 |
Rating:
(2/5)
We've had worse races.
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Posted on 08-03-2018 12:58
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Congratulations with the win in Deutschland Tour
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Marcovdw |
Posted on 08-03-2018 21:16
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Thanks
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Posted on 08-03-2018 21:40
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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:
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!
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.
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!
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.
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.
Classification:
Pos. | Rider | Team | Time | 1 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | 15h59'51 | 2 | Lukasz Wisniowski | Grieg - Eftel | + 15 | 3 | Mark Cavendish | Kraftwerk Man Machine | + 17 | 4 | Ivano Lo Cicero | Valio - DeLaval | + 25 | 5 | Dan Holloway | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | + 29 | 6 | Kenny De Haes | Minions | + 30 | 14 | Leandro Marcos | Minions | + 45 | 34 | Niels Albert | Minions | + 52 | 70 | Ethan Weiss | Minions | + 58 | 93 | Edwin Avila | Minions | + 1'02 | 94 | Carlos Alexandre Manarelli | Minions | + 1'03 | 100 | Oliver Naesen | Minions | + 4'14 | 131 | Fabrice Jeandesbosz | Minions | + 7'26 |
Rider rankings:
Pos. | Rider | Points | 1 | Rigoberto Úran | 582 | 2 | Carlos Betancourt | 149 | 2 | Damion Drapac | 149 | 4 | Kenny De Haes | 131 | 5 | Yasmani Martinez | 69 | 6 | Bjorn Selander | 64 | 7 | Jarlinson Pantano Gómez | 63 | 8 | Niels Albert | 53 | 9 | Chad Haga | 45 | 10 | Carlos Alexandre Manarelli | 37 | 11 | Nick Kinney | 31 | 12 | Leandro Marcos | 27 | 13 | Salah Eddine Mraouni | 15 | 14 | Edwin Avila | 14 | 14 | Jay Major | 14 | 16 | Ethan Weiss | 12 | 17 | Diego Milan | 10 | 18 | Oliver Naesen | 7 | 19 | Goodnews Clifford | 3 | 19 | Chris Barton | 3 | 21 | Cayetano Sarmiento | 2 | 22 | Tareq Esmaeli | 1 |
Rating:
(5/5)
Party time ain't over yet
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Marcovdw |
Posted on 08-03-2018 22:11
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Another PTHC event, and after winning the last one we want to win again.
Profile:
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.
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.
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.
But on the same stage, we had Sarmiento in the breakaway. He stepped up to overtake Haga in the KoM classification, moving to fourth.
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.
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!
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. | Rider | Team | Time | 1 | Robert Gesink | eBuddy | 39h40'21 | 2 | Silvio Herklotz | Team Puma - SAP | + 2'41 | 3 | Nico Keinath | Vesuvio - Accumalux | + 4'51 | 4 | Adam Yates | Ayubowan! | + 5'23 | 5 | Ki Ho Choi | Compal-Merida | + 7'52 | 63 | Chad Haga | Minions | + 46'34 | 68 | Yasmani Martinez | Minions | + 48'22 | 79 | Jarlinson Pantano Gómez | Minions | + 56'56 | 110 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Minions | + 1h29'56 | 121 | Salah Eddine Mraouni | Minions | + 1h37'04 | 138 | Chris Barton | Minions | + 1h50'32 | 167 | Shaquille Sinclair | Minions | + 3h03'43 | DNF | Damion Drapac | Minions | DNF |
Rider rankings:
Pos. | Rider | Points | 1 | Rigoberto Úran | 582 | 2 | Carlos Betancourt | 149 | 2 | Damion Drapac | 149 | 4 | Kenny De Haes | 131 | 5 | Yasmani Martinez | 71 | 6 | Chad Haga | 67 | 7 | Jarlinson Pantano Gómez | 65 | 8 | Bjorn Selander | 64 | 9 | Niels Albert | 53 | 10 | Cayetano Sarmiento | 42 | 11 | Carlos Alexandre Manarelli | 37 | 12 | Nick Kinney | 31 | 13 | Leandro Marcos | 27 | 14 | Salah Eddine Mraouni | 15 | 15 | Edwin Avila | 14 | 15 | Jay Major | 14 | 17 | Ethan Weiss | 12 | 18 | Diego Milan | 10 | 19 | Chris Barton | 8 | 20 | Oliver Naesen | 7 | 21 | Goodnews Clifford | 3 | 22 | Tareq Esmaeli | 1 |
Rating:
(4/5)
Some very good stage results, but lacking that big GC score.
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Ollfardh |
Posted on 08-03-2018 22:17
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Didn't really follow Deutschland, but what a win you got there, congrats!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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Marcovdw |
Posted on 09-03-2018 08:27
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Ollfardh wrote:
Didn't really follow Deutschland, but what a win you got there, congrats!
Thanks!
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Marcovdw |
Posted on 09-03-2018 10:03
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SEPTEMBER
Vuelta a Colombia
Details:
Colombia
HC
5 stages
September 18th - 22nd
Squad:
Edwin Avila
Goodnews Clifford
Jay Major
Carlos Alexandre Manarelli
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
Cayetano Sarmiento
Rigoberto Úran
Ethan Weiss
GP Rheden
Details:
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:
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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