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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 30-04-2018 16:18
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The World Championships were once again held in Doha this year. As a result, the flat course is a sprinter's paradise and I was selected only for the ITT.
Incredibly, Dumoulin had decided not to ride the Worlds at all, so despite there being four riders representing Netherlands in the ITT, there was no top favourite.
I had a very good run on a course which wasn't the best suited for me. I like ITTs with some elevation as it plays into my climbing strength. I set the fastest time when I crossed the line but there were faster men coming up later.
As it would turn out, my time was beaten by eight riders, which meant I finished 9th. My teammate Palik won the Gold for Poland!
| 1 | Rafal Palik | Bonsucro | 55'04 | | 2 | Dzidoslaw Grodecki | Gazprom | + 36 | | 3 | Victor Campenaerts | De Koninck | + 1'02 | | 4 | Adrien Costa | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1'06 | | 5 | Jeff New | Continental | + 1'10 | | 6 | Alvaro Cuadros | Bonsucro | + 1'16 | | 7 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Gazprom | + 1'35 | | 8 | Rohan Dennis | TEAM Netia | + 1'36 | | 9 | Abhishek Sinha | Bonsucro | + 1'39 | | 10 | Gervais Hardouin | Gatorade | + 1'40 |
Spoiler | 11 | Lennard Kämna | TEAM Cepsa | + 1'46 | | 12 | Léonard Quentin | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1'49 | | 13 | Mads Würtz Schmidt | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 1'51 | | 14 | Ryan Mullen | Team Europcar | + 1'55 | | 15 | Luke Durbridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1'58 | | 16 | Rubén Pols | Metinvest | + 1'59 | | 17 | Idalécio Ferreira Sousa | Gazprom | + 2'04 | | 18 | Bjørn Vidar Riseth | Team Joker | + 2'06 | | 19 | Nick Forrest | Fly Emirates | + 2'12 | | 20 | Lukas Löer | Swissair | s.t. | | 21 | Charly Wickliff | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 22 | Gregorio Ibañez | Swissair | + 2'13 | | 23 | Ilnur Zakarin | Gazprom | + 2'14 | | 24 | Nairo Quintana | De Koninck | s.t. | | 25 | Michael Hepburn | Gatorade | + 2'18 | | 26 | Luigi Lorenzon | Soleco | + 2'19 | | 27 | Florian Maître | Team Europcar | + 2'22 | | 28 | Davide Formolo | Bonsucro | + 2'23 | | 29 | Simon Raffin | Orange | + 2'24 | | 30 | Mathias Krigbaum | Team Europcar | + 2'27 | | 31 | Grégory Ambroise | Continental | + 2'38 | | 32 | Anton Vorobyev | Gazprom | + 2'40 | | 33 | Renato Agapito | Fly Emirates | s.t. | | 34 | Albert Dürstel | Continental | + 2'41 | | 35 | Paolo Roques | Swissair | + 2'42 | | 36 | Avelino López Gil | JLT Condor | + 2'55 | | 37 | Jasper Lindenbergh | Fly Emirates | + 2'57 | | 38 | Ivan Lutsenko | Qantas | + 3'00 | | 39 | Chande Danger | Fly Emirates | s.t. | | 40 | Igor Shevchenko | Wales | + 3'12 | | 41 | Bob Jungels | Fly Emirates | s.t. | | 42 | Andrija Vozabal | Bonsucro | + 3'18 | | 43 | Dzoni Pregelj | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | + 3'24 | | 44 | Luca Taschin | Gewiss | + 3'37 | | 45 | Nils Politt | Gerolsteiner | + 3'40 | | 46 | Carlos Ribeiro | MTN-Qhubeka | + 3'54 | | 47 | Clinton Mackey | Befimmo | s.t. | | 48 | Matthias Brändle | Metinvest | + 4'11 | | 49 | Alexey Lutsenko | Gatorade | + 4'13 | | 50 | Jon Bozic | ERDF | + 4'14 | | 51 | Alexander Evtushenko | Team Katusha | + 4'15 | | 52 | Alexander Cataford | British Academy | + 4'32 | | 53 | Andrija Janecek | Riwal Platform Cycling Team | + 4'33 | | 54 | Tony Van Landeghem | TEAM Netia | + 4'44 | | 55 | Jon Andoni MartÃnez Ruiz | Iberdrola | + 4'54 | | 56 | Steven Lammertink | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 4'58 | | 57 | Jörg Ramsauer | Trek Factory Racing | + 5'01 | | 58 | Miguel Juárez | Smartstop | + 5'07 | | 59 | Pavel Gorenc | Telekom Slovenije | + 5'09 | | 60 | Michael Kucher | Swarovski | + 5'14 | | 61 | Pio Scarpato | Gatorade | + 5'40 | | 62 | Josef Hosek | British Academy | + 6'06 | | 63 | Peter Petras | Sporza | + 6'09 | | 64 | Andrei Acker | Hrvatski Telekom | + 7'07 |
Mads Pedersen completed a fantastic season to win the Road Race.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 01-05-2018 07:04
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Nice one from Mads there 
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 03-05-2018 10:15
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Mads really went mad this season 
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 03-05-2018 10:28
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Can't wait to come back stronger to a more difficult WC ITT next season !
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 04-05-2018 06:02
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Hope to have such a course next year!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 04-05-2018 16:40
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My prep race for Il Lombardia. I was deemed to be top favourite for this one and I wanted to make a mark. I had never felt this good at this time of the year, even considering the year I won Il Lombardia!
Three riders formed the break of the day. Ulissi crashed early for us, but he recovered. The team started pacing the pack with 50 km to go. The break was caught with 20 km to go. I waited for someone to launch the first attack, feeling rather confident that I could chase it down. I missed the decisive moment as I was boxed in behind seven or eight riders at the front. My attack was too late. I caught and passed a couple of riders but only managed 6th, in what a disappointing result.
| 1 | Mikel Landa | Gatorade | 4h50'24 | | 2 | Gracjan Gregorek | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 3 | Scott Ambrose | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 4 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 5 | Kenichi Kondo | Swissair | s.t. | | 6 | Abhishek Sinha | Bonsucro | + 23 | | 7 | Michael Gogl | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 40 | | 8 | Samir Jabrayilov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 9 | Silvio Herklotz | Gazprom | s.t. | | 10 | Sindre Lunke | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Daniel Martin | Gazprom | + 1'11 | | 12 | Mario Pastor | Orange | s.t. | | 13 | Emanuel Buchmann | Swissair | s.t. | | 14 | Sergey Shulga | Gazprom | s.t. | | 15 | MichaÅ‚ Paluta | De Koninck | s.t. | | 16 | Gennadiy Tatarinov | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 17 | Yingbo Zhou | Swissair | s.t. | | 18 | Andreas Leska | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 1'29 | | 19 | Evgeny Shalunov | Gazprom | s.t. | | 20 | Davide Villella | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 21 | Trevor Praticò | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 22 | Vladislav Gorbunov | Gatorade | s.t. | | 23 | Jack Haig | De Koninck | s.t. | | 24 | Rafal Palik | Bonsucro | s.t. | | 25 | Jean Küpper | Swissair | s.t. | | 26 | Daniele Dall'Oste | Gatorade | s.t. | | 27 | Dieter Bouvry | De Koninck | s.t. | | 28 | James Oram | De Koninck | s.t. | | 29 | Tanel Kangert | Gazprom | s.t. | | 30 | Luca Wackermann | Gatorade | s.t. | | 31 | Allessio Bottura | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 32 | Egiziano Petito | Gatorade | s.t. | | 33 | Antoine Azema | TEAM Netia | s.t. | | 34 | Enrico Barbin | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 35 | Davide Gabburo | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 36 | Hector Saez | TEAM Netia | s.t. | | 37 | Tim Declercq | De Koninck | s.t. | | 38 | Davide Ballerini | TEAM Netia | s.t. | | 39 | Simone Sterbini | Telecom Italia | s.t. | | 40 | Alessandro Tonelli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 41 | Ludovico Perlotto | Martini | s.t. | | 42 | Matteo Occhialini | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | | 43 | Ulf Hausweiler | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 44 | Luca Sterbini | Gatorade | s.t. | | 45 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Bonsucro | s.t. | | 46 | Mirko Pratelli | Marcello Bergamo | s.t. | | 47 | Calvin Beneke | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 48 | Nariman Volokh | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 49 | Chris Mortier | Orange | s.t. | | 50 | Yuri Chibrikov | Gazprom | s.t. | | 51 | Quentin Pacher | Orange | s.t. | | 52 | Luca Cappelli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 53 | Elia Favilli | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 54 | Riccardo Stacchiotti | Scarpa | s.t. | | 55 | Salvatore Puccio | Bonsucro | s.t. | | 56 | Matteo Monti | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 57 | Ildar Arslanov | Gazprom | s.t. | | 58 | Sergey Chernetskiy | De Koninck | s.t. | | 59 | François Bidard | Orange | s.t. | | 60 | Gervais Larrieu | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 61 | Carlos Gimenez | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 62 | Alfredo Balloni | Gatorade | s.t. | | 63 | Riccardo Donato | Marcello Bergamo | s.t. | | 64 | José AgustÃn MartÃnez Torrén | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 65 | Alexandre Geniez | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 66 | PaweÅ‚ PoljaÅ„ski | TEAM Netia | s.t. | | 67 | Aidan van Niekerk | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 68 | Michael Bresciani | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 69 | Rudy Dasovic | TEAM Netia | s.t. | | 70 | Alex Peters | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 71 | Davide Malacarne | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 72 | Jovan Hamidovic | Swissair | s.t. | | 73 | Agatino De Angeli | Martini | s.t. | | 74 | Dominik Nerz | Swissair | s.t. | | 75 | Christian Liverani | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 76 | Mathias Rask Jeppessen | Orange | s.t. | | 77 | Serge Beaufort | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 3'26 | | 78 | Jelle Mannaerts | De Koninck | s.t. | | 79 | Joseph Dombrowski | Bonsucro | s.t. | | 80 | Aymeric Caille | TEAM Netia | s.t. | | 81 | Matteo Gozzi | Marcello Bergamo | s.t. | | 82 | Andrija Vozabal | Bonsucro | s.t. | | 83 | Giacomo Peretto | Martini | s.t. | | 84 | Alessandro Mazzi | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 85 | Andrea Fedi | Orange | s.t. | | 86 | Joshua Huppertz | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 87 | Sabato Francabandiera | Marcello Bergamo | s.t. | | 88 | Davide Pacchiardo | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 89 | Rosolino Ricci | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 90 | Giacomo Tomio | Telecom Italia | s.t. | | 91 | Samuele Conti | Marcello Bergamo | s.t. | | 92 | Beniamino Ermini | Scarpa | s.t. | | 93 | Matteo Pelucchi | Gazprom | s.t. | | 94 | Flavio Sotera | Swissair | + 3'58 | | 95 | Guillaume Thevenot | Orange | s.t. | | 96 | Andrea Lomonaco | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 97 | Donato De Ieso | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 98 | Steff Hermans | Bonsucro | s.t. | | 99 | Xabier MartÃnez Madrigal | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 100 | Lim Sidek | Marcello Bergamo | s.t. | | 101 | Tomaso Cherubin | Marcello Bergamo | s.t. | | 102 | Yannick Mayer | Scarpa | s.t. | | 103 | José Crespini | Gewiss | s.t. | | 104 | Dylan Page | Swissair | s.t. | | 105 | Dmitri Vessenberg | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | | 106 | Giacomo Forconi | Scarpa | s.t. | | 107 | Josué Moyano | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | | 108 | Enio Cuoghi | Scarpa | s.t. | | 109 | José Molinari | Telecom Italia | s.t. | | 110 | Diego Ulissi | Bonsucro | s.t. | | 111 | Oleg Balayan | Telecom Italia | s.t. | | 112 | Natanael Miguel | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | | 113 | Tarcisio Lurini | Martini | s.t. | | 114 | Vincenzo Tavano | Telecom Italia | s.t. | | 115 | Alfredo Lo Duca | Martini | s.t. | | 116 | Eros Cassese | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 117 | Gherardo Locatelli | Marcello Bergamo | s.t. | | 118 | Francesco Chesi | Scarpa | s.t. | | 119 | Emanuele Miola | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 120 | Steven Lammertink | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 121 | Riccardo Tito | Team Katusha | + 5'05 | | 122 | Michael Vicelich | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | | 123 | Gianluca Mengardo | Telecom Italia | s.t. | | 124 | Matteo Spreafico | Terna | s.t. | | 125 | Luca Taschin | Gewiss | s.t. | | 126 | Valerio Asta | Gewiss | s.t. | | 127 | Moreno Giampaolo | Terna | s.t. | | 128 | Travis Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 129 | Aldo Di Somma | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | | 130 | Jordan Stannus | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 6'07 | | 131 | Mwanyisa Ben Ali | Gewiss | + 7'13 | | 132 | Hüseyin Karadag | Gewiss | s.t. | | 133 | Nazario Petito | Terna | + 8'49 | | 134 | Toni Fochi | Martini | s.t. | | 135 | Walter Schräder | De Koninck | s.t. | | 136 | Paco Ghistelinck | Terna | + 10'27 | | 137 | Kristian Sbaragli | TEAM Netia | s.t. | | 138 | Adel Khelifa | Scarpa | s.t. | | 139 | Palle Hesselund | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | | 140 | Ander Gordillo | Martini | s.t. | | 141 | Giorgio Flamigni | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 142 | Kunio Hasegawa | Terna | + 11'11 | | 143 | Jonathan Strange | Telecom Italia | s.t. | | 144 | Filippo Fortin | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 145 | Raffaello Bonusi | Gewiss | s.t. | | 146 | Franz Schiewer | Gewiss | + 11'35 | | 147 | Mirko Manco | Terna | + 12'47 | | 148 | Audrus Lukshys | Telecom Italia | s.t. | | 149 | Tony Van Landeghem | TEAM Netia | + 13'10 | | 150 | Alex Paoli | Gewiss | + 13'45 | | 151 | Andrea Vendrame | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 152 | Lorenzo Nardi | Scarpa | s.t. | | 153 | Gianluca Brambilla | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 14'27 | | 154 | Simone Rosset | Martini | s.t. | | 155 | Mattia Cattaneo | Gatorade | s.t. | | 156 | Jon Aberasturi | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | + 19'35 |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 12-05-2018 05:00
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After the disappointment of Tre Valli Varesine, I was determined to improve in my last race of the season. I have had arguably my best season till, winning La Fleche Wallone and the Vuelta. I was hoping to improve on it.
We had a strong line-up for the race, with Formolo, Barguil and Van Garderen, all starting alongside me. Not surprisingly, Formolo was our team's designated leader, my continuing contract dispute not helping my cause for leadership responsibilities. I didn't mind really, as this meant the pressure was off me to perform.
Four riders formed the day's break. Duteil crashed early but recovered. The team started pacing at the front. Adam Yates attacked on the first climb, with Van Garderen in tow. They were caught by the pack. They didn't survive for long. Jungels and Formole launched the next dual attack. One of the breakaway was caught. I was a part of a six rider group that went away from the peloton at the top of the climb, and had Barguil for company. We caught Formolo soon after. Yates and Jungels now had a 48 second lead. We were caught by the peloton at the bottom of the descent. The leading duo had doubled their lead! Barguil took up the chasing duties, splitting the pack to just 35 riders left in the peloton now. Barguil's massive effort reeled in Yates and Jungels on the second climb. Barguil attacked himself. A group of four riders were on his tail, but couldn't catch him. I was in the third group of six riders. At the base of the final climb, Barguil's lead was up to nearly 90 seconds. I was in the second group with just Yates and Jungels. The gap decreased slightly as we climbed, but Barguil still had more than a minute's lead with 3 km left. Barguil took it easy in the final kilometers and still won by a comfortable margin. I was too tired to sprint and had to settle for 4th place. Formolo finished 9th in the group behind mine.
| 1 | Warren Barguil | Bonsucro | 6h44'46 | | 2 | Bob Jungels | Fly Emirates | + 47 | | 3 | Adam Yates | Swissair | s.t. | | 4 | Abhishek Sinha | Bonsucro | s.t. | | 5 | Jan Polanc | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 3'26 | | 6 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Fly Emirates | s.t. | | 7 | Dayer Quintana | Basler Zeitung | s.t. | | 8 | Louis Vervaeke | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 9 | Davide Formolo | Bonsucro | s.t. | | 10 | Simon Yates | Swissair | s.t. |
This was my best performance in this race since I won it in 2018. It's taken five years, but I've finally got close to challenging for the win again. I was delighted win Barguil's win in all honesty, because he's been a constant presence at my side through most of my GT aspirations with this team. This was easily his best result with Duvel/Bonsucro. The question is whether this is the last time we'll ride together as teammates for the time being?...
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| Ripley |
Posted on 12-05-2018 07:20
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Not if you both sign with the same new team.  |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 14-05-2018 09:11
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Barguil has signed an extension with Bonsucro. So the only way we ride together is if I sign too...
Edit: Actually signed with Gatorade which I missed earlier. They did not offer me a contract.
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 24-05-2018 17:22
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 14-05-2018 09:41
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Many congratulations on that second GT win! Hopefully the contract issue will be resolved soon, with either a reconciliation or a move to a 'warmer' team.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 15-05-2018 17:00
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Great race in Il Lombardia, especially for the team but also Abhishek did fine.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 16-05-2018 09:55
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@Kiserlovski: Thanks That's the only thing left to do this season...
@Tamijo: Yeah I think I did well. Much better than recent results there.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 17-05-2018 06:24
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All good things come to an end! After a couple of months of uncertainty, it is finalized today, with certainty, that I wouldn't be riding in Bonsucro's colours next season. Too much water has flown under the bridge and the differences in the expectations for both parties were not reconcilable anymore.
I did sit down with the team management for a final round of discussions the day after Il Lombardia. The meeting didn't look to be heading towards a positive outcome from the first few exchanges itself. The team were sticking to their stance of having Formolo riding two GTs for them as leader, including the Tour, while I would ride the other as the leader, albeit with a full mountain line-up in support. I didn't want to start concentrating on just a single GT at this stage of my career. It was too early to start conserving energy. I can't say I didn't see this coming. The signing of Formolo after the sponsor changed from Duvel was an indication about the long-term plans. I felt I had done enough this season to prove them wrong.
The management did not want to meet my wage demands either, which I felt were fair. They were offering me less than what other teams were willing to offer; off course there has been contact from elsewhere! They felt that I was their second leader in the team and their offer was befitting that.
Two strikes against my terms meant I was out. It wasn't easy leaving the team, with its setup and staff, after three years. My exploits at Lotto had made people take notice but Duvel/Bonsucro has made me a star. But a star must continue on it's set journey and that journey now takes me away from this familiarity...
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Posted on 17-05-2018 07:00
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It's a sad thing obviously, but it also opens new opportunities. Maybe another team recognizes the potential you offer in a better manner, which can take you on a way you may ride to the ultimate top: Beating Formolo to win Le Tour? I'm excited to follow your next step!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 18-05-2018 07:44
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Beating Formolo to win le Tour, just winning it, would be amazing. Contract negotiations are currently on in full swing...
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 18-05-2018 14:07
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I wonder where you will end up  |
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Posted on 18-05-2018 14:48
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What's your guess? 
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 24-05-2018 08:09
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I have no idea - but as I see it you are going for a team to give you a full leadership.
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Posted on 24-05-2018 17:21
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Having decided to leave Bonsucro and it's familiarity behind, it was time to accompany my agent and sit down with the other teams to discuss where I could possibly ride next season. There were offers, as I'd already mentioned. However, given how late it was in the season, it there weren't many teams still looking for GT leaders. There were two which we narrowed down to.
Fly Emirates came in with a very good offer, but they have the likes of Adam Yates and Miguel Angel Lopez in their ranks. I was worried that this would likely turn out to be a similar situation to what I was walking away from Bonsucro.
The other offer came in from Continental, who had the likes of Duteil, Danny Van Poppel and Mohoric in their ranks. Their strength is not as strong as Emirates, and their offer was slightly lower than the former, but they were offering me exactly what I was after, outright leadership in two Grand Tours and a mountain support train to help me reach my goals.
There was a catch though. Continental would not be continuing as the team's sponsor for the coming season. The new sponsor had a new recruitment team who would be finalizing the deal with me. I'm not very comfortable in these situations as it is, and prefer my client to do my talking for me, but there was no getting away from this one. The team's new Head of Recruitment, who would also be my future Team Manager, was a guy named Kurt Owens, popularly known only by initials. He is reknowned for being a hard task-master, and an ace negotiator. Good thing I wasn't coming off the back of a bad season!
Oh and the new sponsor is...
P.S.: I escaped unscathed 
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 24-05-2018 17:33
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Posted on 24-05-2018 20:28
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Knew it as soon as you said KO Awesome deal!
No more NCs though 
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