One in a Billion | Rise to the Summit
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AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 10-08-2018 07:54
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@Aquarius: Yes, it is my first ever WT stage race win. It is also my first non-GT stage race win since 2021! Weird things happen
@Tamijo: Thanks
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AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 15-08-2018 04:39
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Coming off the back of my first ever World Tour stage race win, I raring to go at the next race in the Basque Country.
I was looking forward to this race from the start of the season, as the profiles suited me excellently.
Stage 1
The lone break increased to five after the first climb. The climbs were deceptively hard on this stage and the peloton was down to just 69 riders after the third climb. One from the break was caught by now. Kwiatkowski got dropped on the fourth descent, which wasn't something anyone was expecting. Another breakaway rider was caught here and eventually all of them caught on the fifth climb. The peloton was down to 50, and the bunch sprint following the downhill section saw me just miss out on the stage win, and coming 2nd.
Stage 2 was supposed to be 'easier' but it wasn't without incident. Tigether with teammate Ligthart and also Loer, I got away from the pack on the fifth climb and eventually dropped Ligthart. We caught and passed the break, but were caught by the 99 man peloton with 2.5 km to go. I finished safely in the pack, with Mohoric sprinting to 5th, starting from a long way back. I moved down a spot in the GC, while Mohoric moved up to 4th.
The four man break lasted till the third climb on Stage 3, with about 40 km still to go. I won the KOM sprint on the fourth climb, moving to the front of the peloton in the final stages of the same. Adam Yates attacked on the climb to the finish, with 5 km remaining. I got away from the peloton in chase but left it a bit too late and couldn't catch Yates. I finished 2nd on the stage and moved up to 2nd in the GC behind Yates.
Stage 4
The peloton nearly halved in size on the first climb itself, chasing the eight man break. It halved in size agian on the second climb, leaving just 52 riders in it. Two from the rbeak were caught. Jeff New set a brutal pace for us up the third climb and I stuck to him like glue. Three more from the break were reeled in as the pack whittled down to 33 riders. I did still have four teammates in the group. Two more from the break were caught befroe the fourth climb, where New continued to push the tempo. Duteil took over with 15 km to go. New's effort had dropped all of Kwiatkowski, Moser, Polanc, Van der Poel and even our teammate Mohoric! The peloton was now down to 23 with only New and Duteil left to support me. The last rider from the break was caught with 10 km to go. All the stage favourites left in the front group were at the front with Duteil leading us on. I attacked with 3 km to go, with Yates and Dunbar chasing. Yates caught up with 1500 meters to go. I slowed down, and waited for the sprint, but he held on to my wheel throughout. I did get the better of him in the sprint and took the stage win!
Stage 5
This stage was expected to be tough, with so many climbs littered across the profile. And it was! The early break had six riders, while the peloton was already down to 78 riders after the second climb. Simon Yates, 4th in GC, was among those in trouble, but he recovered after the climb. One rider from the break was cuaght on the fourth climb, and two more caught on the fifth climb started. Mohoric and New were bossing it at the front, in a repeat ofthe previous stage. Riders from the break kept getting picked and all were caught on the seventh climb. The peloton was down to 36. Duteil, New and five others were caught up in a crash at the base of the eight climb, which left me short of helpers. I got away from the pack on the climb, seeing that the team would not be able to control the pack now. I was chased by Aru, Yatesx2, Dumoulin, Bosvelt and Wellens. Aru left the others behind and caught up to me on top of the eighth climb while Nairo Quintana and Oomen had joined th echasing group. Me and Aru were caught on the descent. Four riders - Aru, Wellens, Oomen and Dumoulin, attacked on the final climb. On top of the final climb, Aru was out ahead on his own, with Dumoulion the closest to him, with me down in the fourth group on the road with Simon Yates. We caught the group ahead of us before the finish, which was important and meant I did not lose time to Adam Yates, who was in the said group. Aru won from the impressive attack, while I finished 7th. New lost some time on this stage but still held on to his U25 jersey.
Stage 6
The reason catching up to the Adam Yates group was so important on the previous stage was because of this one. I knew I should be faster than him against the clock, but losing time on stage 7 would've meant him going out of reach. I still had 38 seconds to make up.
I was among the favourites for the stage win and started off well, going past the intermediate time check in second place. Yates was already down 33 seconds by this point and it was looking really good now. I stopped the clock just milliseconds down on the best time set by Dumoulin, meaning it was 2nd place on the stage. Now it was a wait to see how far down Yates would be. He came in a 1'16" off my time, which meant I had just picked up back-to-back wins in World Tour stage races!
1 | Abhishek Sinha | Evonik | 20h46'28 | 2 | Adam Yates | Red Bull | + 39 | 3 | Tom Dumoulin | Gazprom | + 1'06 | 4 | Fabio Aru | Sauber | + 1'11 | 5 | Tim Wellens | Bonsucro | + 2'55 | 6 | Simon Yates | Sauber | + 3'18 | 7 | Sam Oomen | MTN-Qhubeka | + 3'53 | 8 | Eddie Dunbar | Gatorade | + 4'27 | 9 | Nairo Quintana | Firefox | + 4'29 | 10 | Davide Formolo | Bonsucro | + 5'04 |
Spoiler 11 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Red Bull | + 6'55 | 12 | Alvaro Cuadros | Bonsucro | + 6'59 | 13 | Robert Power | Sauber | + 8'31 | 14 | Matvei Mamykin | Qantas | + 9'02 | 15 | Moreno Moser | TEAM Cepsa | + 10'41 | 16 | Mathieu van der Poel | Sauber | + 10'57 | 17 | Jan Polanc | Westpac | + 11'44 | 18 | Julian Alaphilippe | Gazprom | + 12'01 | 19 | Wilco Kelderman | Gazprom | + 13'38 | 20 | Gervais Hardouin | Sauber | + 13'58 | 21 | Matej Mohoric | Evonik | + 14'15 | 22 | Arnaud Duteil | Evonik | + 15'39 | 23 | Jeff New | Evonik | + 16'04 | 24 | Thibaut Pinot | Gazprom | + 16'36 | 25 | Ezequiel Grandi | Gatorade | + 17'21 | 26 | Paul Bosvelt | Evonik | + 18'46 | 27 | Simon Raffin | MTN-Qhubeka | + 19'08 | 28 | Gregorio Ibañez | Gazprom | + 19'59 | 29 | Victor Lafay | Evonik | + 20'37 | 30 | Valerio Conti | Red Bull | + 20'46 | 31 | Sebastian Henao | Qantas | + 21'13 | 32 | Tony Gallopin | Gazprom | + 21'38 | 33 | Tejay Van Garderen | Bonsucro | + 22'00 | 34 | Anastasio Ania | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 23'27 | 35 | Dzidoslaw Grodecki | MTN-Qhubeka | + 24'06 | 36 | Jay McCarthy | Red Bull | + 24'19 | 37 | Lukas Löer | Sauber | + 25'34 | 38 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Gazprom | + 26'09 | 39 | Jesús Herrada | Ubisoft | + 26'14 | 40 | Elden Boateng | Firefox | + 27'23 | 41 | Grégory Ambroise | Gazprom | + 28'11 | 42 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Qantas | + 28'48 | 43 | Renato Agapito | Red Bull | + 29'25 | 44 | Remy Janot | Team Europcar | + 30'34 | 45 | Rafal Palik | Bonsucro | + 31'05 | 46 | Ruben Guerreiro | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 31'24 | 47 | Hector Saez | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 32'32 | 48 | Constantino Campuzano | Lacoste | + 33'02 | 49 | Tony Garrigues | Qantas | + 33'22 | 50 | Brad Malkinson | Red Bull | + 33'54 | 51 | Goredema Dabengwa | Quilicot | + 35'59 | 52 | Esteban Chaves | TEAM Cepsa | + 36'37 | 53 | Mikel Iturria | Ubisoft | + 37'21 | 54 | Tilegen Maidos | Gatorade | + 37'24 | 55 | Michael Gogl | MTN-Qhubeka | + 38'29 | 56 | Maximilian Schachmann | Westpac | + 39'30 | 57 | Manuel Senni | Gatorade | + 39'41 | 58 | Rudi Milic | Westpac | + 40'28 | 59 | Michael Valgren | Firefox | + 40'43 | 60 | Miles Scotson | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 41'01 | 61 | Gerardo Moral | Quilicot | + 41'15 | 62 | Anatoliy Budyak | TEAM Cepsa | + 41'33 | 63 | Brett Hein | Iberdrola | + 42'19 | 64 | Petr Vakoč | Boyaca | + 42'20 | 65 | Florian Maître | Team Europcar | + 42'40 | 66 | Juan Chamorro | TEAM Cepsa | + 43'00 | 67 | Antwan Tolhoek | Qantas | + 43'06 | 68 | Marco Tecchio | Boyaca | + 43'31 | 69 | Jens Wallays | Bonsucro | + 44'13 | 70 | Dayer Quintana | Lacoste | + 44'57 | 71 | Marc Soler | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 48'16 | 72 | Carlos Verona | MTN-Qhubeka | + 48'53 | 73 | Cameron Meyer | Westpac | + 49'55 | 74 | Jon Carlos Cerezo | TEAM Cepsa | + 50'06 | 75 | Pim Ligthart | Evonik | + 50'42 | 76 | James Oram | Firefox | + 50'46 | 77 | Gennadiy Tatarinov | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 51'23 | 78 | José Agustín Martínez Torrén | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 51'30 | 79 | Daniel Hoelgaard | Sauber | + 52'18 | 80 | Markus Hoelgaard | Red Bull | + 52'42 | 81 | Pello Bilbao | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 53'17 | 82 | Mannase Laud | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 53'35 | 83 | Dave Addy | Team Europcar | + 55'02 | 84 | Thomas Sprengers | Boyaca | + 55'31 | 85 | Aleksandar Reeb | Gatorade | + 55'36 | 86 | Toms Skujins | MTN-Qhubeka | + 56'03 | 87 | David Per | Quilicot | + 56'07 | 88 | Gini Turano | Qantas | + 57'13 | 89 | Mickael Amar | Boyaca | + 57'47 | 90 | Joshua Huppertz | Boyaca | + 59'30 | 91 | Ahmet Örken | Team Europcar | + 59'32 | 92 | Arnau Sole | TEAM Cepsa | + 59'53 | 93 | Nicolas Dietrich | Lacoste | + 1h01'32 | 94 | Michael Kolar | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h01'37 | 95 | Stef Krul | Qantas | + 1h01'38 | 96 | William Derks | Evonik | + 1h02'31 | 97 | Unai Intziarte | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h03'50 | 98 | Otman Hanouna | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h05'25 | 99 | Riccardo Tito | Gatorade | + 1h05'35 | 100 | Yannick Peeters | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h05'37 | 101 | Jimmy Raibaud | Team Europcar | + 1h06'03 | 102 | Marco Barrero | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h06'39 | 103 | Marcel Aregger | Team Europcar | + 1h07'30 | 104 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Iberdrola | + 1h07'47 | 105 | Manuel Antunes Amaro | Iberdrola | + 1h07'57 | 106 | Maxime Daniel | Lacoste | + 1h08'07 | 107 | Michał Paluta | Firefox | + 1h08'16 | 108 | Gert-Jan Bosman | Westpac | + 1h08'23 | 109 | Felip Fontecha | Iberdrola | + 1h08'25 | 110 | Enrique Sanz | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 1h08'50 | 111 | Yoann Paillot | Bonsucro | + 1h08'51 | 112 | Thomas Nybo Riis | Iberdrola | + 1h09'35 | 113 | Nathan Brown | Bonsucro | + 1h09'42 | 114 | Pierrick Naud | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h10'14 | 115 | Mathias Krigbaum | Team Europcar | + 1h10'17 | 116 | Jurgen van Diemen | Ubisoft | + 1h10'43 | 117 | Antoine Duchesne | Lacoste | + 1h10'51 | 118 | Roland Thalmann | Sauber | + 1h11'52 | 119 | Mario González | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h13'28 | 120 | Shiki Kuroeda | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h15'02 | 121 | Michael Schwarzmann | Firefox | + 1h17'24 | 122 | Steve Pira | Ubisoft | + 1h17'25 | 123 | Florian Maillot | Team Europcar | + 1h18'33 | 124 | Edward Heinen | Ubisoft | + 1h19'36 | 125 | Samuel Salmerón | Iberdrola | + 1h20'55 | 126 | Ricardo van Dongen | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 1h21'10 | 127 | Joeri Stallaert | Lacoste | + 1h21'15 | 128 | Jokin Reverte | Lacoste | + 1h22'12 | 129 | Michael Carbel | Quilicot | + 1h23'12 | 130 | Etienne Fabre | Ubisoft | + 1h25'31 | 131 | Giorgio Flamigni | Boyaca | + 1h26'13 | 132 | Morais Candeias | Iberdrola | + 1h28'01 | 133 | Julien Vermote | Qantas | + 1h31'05 | 134 | Andrew Pardew | Iberdrola | + 1h34'04 | 135 | Rodolfo Infantino | Boyaca | + 1h36'30 | 136 | Leonel Coutinho | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h40'32 | 137 | Sam Happaerts | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h41'02 | 138 | Walter Schräder | Firefox | + 1h49'02 |
1 | Abhishek Sinha | Evonik | 89 | 2 | Tom Dumoulin | Gazprom | | 77 | 3 | Fabio Aru | Sauber | 59 | 4 | Adam Yates | Red Bull | 55 | 5 | Tim Wellens | Bonsucro | 51 |
1 | Ezequiel Grandi | Gatorade | 39 | 2 | Jesús Herrada | Ubisoft | 35 | 3 | Abhishek Sinha | Evonik | 27 | 4 | Marco Tecchio | Boyaca | 27 | 5 | Miles Scotson | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 21 |
1 | Sauber | 62h28'16 | 2 | Bonsucro | + 4'49 | 3 | Evonik | + 9'33 | 4 | Gazprom | + 12'34 | 5 | Red Bull | + 13'26 |
How good the team were in this race is evident from the clutch of finishers in the 20s, which was a big part in both my stage win and the final GC success. I even picked up the Points jersey and was 3rd in the KOM standings.
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 12-09-2018 18:13
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jandal7 |
Posted on 15-08-2018 05:48
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A very well played yet aggressive race from you, and it resulted in another win, amazing
Coming off the back of my first ever Grand Tour stage win
Que?
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 15-08-2018 07:18
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jandal7 wrote:
A very well played yet aggressive race from you, and it resulted in another win, amazing
Coming off the back of my first ever Grand Tour stage win
Que?
Thanks Was always in control except for some time on the fifth stage when the attackers got away and I had to chase.
I have won multiple Grand Tour stage wins before! Was just in a hurry to write it and didn't proof-read what I wrote. Corrected now. Wonder why I was thinking about that ?
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Vostok |
Posted on 15-08-2018 17:56
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Good job, that was very well ridden!
Also, I hope I can comment here, I am new to the site... |
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AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 15-08-2018 18:24
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Thanks
Off course you can comment here. Welcome to the site
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Posted on 15-08-2018 18:31
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Ok, good to know. I will be sure to follow the story then! |
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What a great season so far, winning those two races which are never easy to win. Tour-Vuelta double coming up?
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AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 17-08-2018 06:22
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@Vostok: Thanks
@Ripley: There's some time for the GTs and let's not get too carried away yet My early season form has crashed down at the Tour before!
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 18-08-2018 17:21
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AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 25-08-2018 10:08
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After a great start to the season, I head to Ardennes week high on confidence, in a trio of races which is slowly rising higher in my priority list.
I was in a free role for the race with Bosvelt the designated leader. The break of the day had 5 riders. I was involved in a crash with 60 km to go, which brought down 15 riders in all. I recovered back to the pack. This was soon followed by me being caught on the wrong side of a split in the pack. I did get back to the peloton. With 20 km to go, the break had just over a minute's lead. The peloton was down to 39 riders. A breakaway rider was caught with 8 km to go, and another with 6 km to go. Wellens attacked from the pack and went in chase of the break. He caught two of them but Maitre took the win from the break as the pack left it too late. Duteil finished 5th, Mohoric 7th and Bosvelt was 9th for us. I lost out towards the end, running out of energy to hang with the front of the pack, after having spent energy unnecessarily earlier. I finished 24th.
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Posted on 12-09-2018 18:04
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I was in a free role again for the second part of Ardennes week. I was the defending champion in this race and was hoping to achieve something similar this time too. The team was quite similar to the one that started Amstel Gold Race and achieved three Top 10 results.
Two riders formed the break of the day. The peloton had a quiet day except for slowly reducing the gap to the break. Only 46 riders remained in the pack with 20 km to go. Kwiatkowski, Ania and Simon Yates attacked with 10 km to go. The break was caught 3 km later. I was in the next group chasing the three attackers with a minute's deficit. We tried our best but couldn't catch the riders out in front. I won the sprint for 4th, which was a very good result once again in this race. Bosvelt finished 8th to continue the team's fine results this week.
1 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Gazprom | 4h50'15 | 2 | Anastasio Ania | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 45 | 3 | Simon Yates | Sauber | + 1'00 | 4 | Abhishek Sinha | Evonik | + 1'35 | 5 | Valerio Conti | Red Bull | + 1'43 | 6 | Gracjan Gregorek | Westpac | s.t. | 7 | Nairo Quintana | Firefox | s.t. | 8 | Paul Bosvelt | Evonik | s.t. | 9 | Sam Oomen | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 10 | Mathieu van der Poel | Sauber | + 2'07 |
Spoiler 11 | Ian Boswell | Red Bull | s.t. | 12 | Arnaud Duteil | Evonik | s.t. | 13 | Tim Wellens | Bonsucro | + 2'22 | 14 | Jay McCarthy | Red Bull | s.t. | 15 | Matej Mohoric | Evonik | s.t. | 16 | Julian Alaphilippe | Gazprom | s.t. | 17 | Daniel Martin | Westpac | + 3'18 | 18 | Odd Christian Eiking | RMF | s.t. | 19 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Red Bull | + 4'04 | 20 | Tom Dumoulin | Gazprom | + 4'12 | 21 | Arvydas Kartchemarskas | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | 22 | Sébastien Reichenbach | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 23 | Kenny Elissonde | Westpac | + 4'26 | 24 | Albano Platero | Westpac | s.t. | 25 | Dzidoslaw Grodecki | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 26 | Michael Gogl | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 27 | Zico Waeytens | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 28 | Mathias Rask Jeppessen | Firefox | + 5'18 | 29 | Mads Theodorsen | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 30 | Michael Valgren | Firefox | s.t. | 31 | Michael Peter | Sauber | s.t. | 32 | James Oram | Firefox | s.t. | 33 | Ulf Hausweiler | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | 34 | Dayer Quintana | Lacoste | s.t. | 35 | Edward Diaz | Boyaca | s.t. | 36 | Petr Vakoč | Boyaca | s.t. | 37 | Sebastian Henao | Qantas | s.t. | 38 | Michał Paluta | Firefox | s.t. | 39 | Maxime Le Lavandier | Team Europcar | s.t. | 40 | Steff Cras | Firefox | + 6'11 | 41 | Bernardo Pedone | Gazprom | s.t. | 42 | Vladislav Gorbunov | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 43 | Diego Ochoa | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | 44 | Emilien Viennet | Red Bull | + 6'34 | 45 | Erik Baska | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | 46 | Rafal Palik | Bonsucro | + 7'24 | 47 | Emanuel Buchmann | RMF | s.t. | 48 | Oreste Scotta | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | 49 | Aleksandar Reeb | Gatorade | s.t. | 50 | Sean De Bie | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | 51 | Rudi Milic | Westpac | s.t. | 52 | Jacques Mevel | Westpac | s.t. | 53 | Dries Van Gestel | Sauber | + 7'57 | 54 | Jelle Mannaerts | Firefox | s.t. | 55 | Elden Boateng | Firefox | s.t. | 56 | Koen Bouwman | RMF | s.t. | 57 | Romain Bardet | Gatorade | s.t. | 58 | Bat Batkhuyag | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | 59 | Pieter Karaali | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | 60 | Goredema Dabengwa | Quilicot | s.t. | 61 | Brad Malkinson | Red Bull | s.t. | 62 | Remy Janot | Team Europcar | s.t. | 63 | Lewis Venables | Quilicot | s.t. | 64 | Kevin Ledanois | Sauber | s.t. | 65 | Gijs De Berlanger | Sauber | s.t. | 66 | Benjamin Brkic | RMF | s.t. | 67 | Hervé Toutain | Team Europcar | s.t. | 68 | Jeff New | Evonik | s.t. | 69 | Floris De Tier | Bonsucro | s.t. | 70 | Marko Díaz | Sauber | s.t. | 71 | Alexander Kamp | Iberdrola | s.t. | 72 | Tejay Van Garderen | Bonsucro | s.t. | 73 | Sérgio Henao | Sauber | s.t. | 74 | Constantino Campuzano | Lacoste | s.t. | 75 | Jeffrey Perrin | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 76 | Heiner Parra | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | 77 | Thomas Sprengers | Boyaca | s.t. | 78 | André Looij | Philips | + 9'04 | 79 | Joshua Edmondson | Red Bull | s.t. | 80 | Christian Querter | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 81 | Jhonatan Restrepo | Qantas | s.t. | 82 | Loïc Bouchereau | RMF | s.t. | 83 | Arie Santl | Westpac | s.t. | 84 | Matvei Mamykin | Qantas | s.t. | 85 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Bonsucro | s.t. | 86 | Joseph Dombrowski | Qantas | s.t. | 87 | Ion Izagirre | Gazprom | s.t. | 88 | Pierre-Roger Latour | Lacoste | s.t. | 89 | Alexandre Routier | Evonik | s.t. | 90 | Simone Petilli | Gatorade | s.t. | 91 | Warren Barguil | Bonsucro | s.t. | 92 | José Agustín Martínez Torrén | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | 93 | Fredrik Galta | Philips | s.t. | 94 | Filadelfio Soriano | Gatorade | s.t. | 95 | Sultan Oyenusi | RMF | s.t. | 96 | David Per | Quilicot | s.t. | 97 | Louis Vervaeke | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 98 | Gennadiy Tatarinov | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | 99 | Alvaro Cuadros | Bonsucro | s.t. | 100 | Rafał Majka | Gatorade | s.t. | 101 | Edward Ravasi | Gatorade | s.t. | 102 | Sandros Mather | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | 103 | Darren Heighton | Red Bull | s.t. | 104 | Kiante Choge | Boyaca | s.t. | 105 | Thibaut Pinot | Gazprom | s.t. | 106 | Ilnur Zakarin | Gazprom | s.t. | 107 | Jasper Ockeloen | Philips | s.t. | 108 | Joseph Furer | Boyaca | s.t. | 109 | Leonardo Pajuelo | Boyaca | s.t. | 110 | Vince Harrod | Lacoste | s.t. | 111 | Serghei Tvetcov | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | 112 | Edmeo Menghini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 113 | Sven-Jörg Aust | Evonik | s.t. | 114 | Dave Addy | Team Europcar | s.t. | 115 | Konrad Pister | Evonik | s.t. | 116 | Woldu Monzal | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 117 | Terence Saliou | Team Europcar | s.t. | 118 | Léo Vincent | Ubisoft | s.t. | 119 | Tim De Troyer | Ubisoft | s.t. | 120 | Rubén Fernández | Iberdrola | s.t. | 121 | Michael Hümbert | Iberdrola | s.t. | 122 | Juan Ángel Gil | Quilicot | s.t. | 123 | Peter Kotula | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | 124 | Jimmy Turgis | 3M | s.t. | 125 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Boyaca | s.t. | 126 | Sander Helven | Belfius | s.t. | 127 | Manuel Antunes Amaro | Iberdrola | s.t. | 128 | Léonard Izard | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | 129 | Torben Mark Oceipa | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 10'47 | 130 | Rob Leemans | 3M | s.t. | 131 | Thijs van Beusichem | Philips | s.t. | 132 | Wilco Kelderman | Gazprom | s.t. | 133 | Argiro Ospina | Belfius | s.t. | 134 | Enrico Battaglin | Bonsucro | s.t. | 135 | Tony Van Landeghem | RMF | s.t. | 136 | Thierrry Berthault | Team Europcar | s.t. | 137 | Thomas Bonnin | Team Europcar | s.t. | 138 | Rudy Barbier | Quilicot | s.t. | 139 | Thomas Nybo Riis | Iberdrola | s.t. | 140 | Joeri Stallaert | Lacoste | s.t. | 141 | Estefânio Lino | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | 142 | Hyeoung Min Choe | Qantas | s.t. | 143 | Roman Kreuziger | Iberdrola | s.t. | 144 | Ricardo Canabal | Boyaca | s.t. | 145 | Maarten Queeckers | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 146 | Guillaume Martin | Lacoste | s.t. | 147 | Charly Wickliff | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 148 | Luca Sterbini | Gatorade | s.t. | 149 | Tom Wirtgen | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | 150 | Jelle Donders | 3M | s.t. | 151 | Kevin van Staeyen | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 152 | Gaëtan Pons | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 153 | Bjørn Tore Nielsen Hoem | 3M | s.t. | 154 | Burkhardt Grace | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 155 | Gerardo Moral | Quilicot | s.t. | 156 | Yannick Peeters | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 157 | Adolfo Garfagnini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 158 | Milan Menten | Lacoste | s.t. | 159 | Anthony Vandrepotte | Philips | s.t. | 160 | Finn E. Rosenkilde | Ubisoft | s.t. | 161 | Tony Garrigues | Qantas | s.t. | 162 | Lars Ø. Dalsted | Belfius | s.t. | 163 | Daming Lin | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | 164 | Riccardo Tito | Gatorade | s.t. | 165 | Fabio Jakobsen | Philips | s.t. | 166 | Gurhan Volkan | Qantas | s.t. | 167 | Andreas Trpisovsky | 3M | s.t. | 168 | Oczan Henrichs | Philips | s.t. | 169 | Leonel Coutinho | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 170 | Steff Hermans | Ubisoft | s.t. | 171 | Wynton Fallon | Westpac | s.t. | 172 | Hugo Van Heusden | Philips | s.t. | 173 | Dennis Coenen | RMF | s.t. | 174 | Louis Demont | Team Europcar | + 13'10 | 175 | Karim Hensen | Belfius | s.t. | 176 | Thomas Croonen | 3M | s.t. | 177 | Luca Taschin | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 178 | Mert Çelik | Quilicot | s.t. | 179 | Federico Pozzetto | 3M | s.t. | 180 | Jeremy Lorant | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | 181 | Brecht Wachel | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | 182 | Oliver González Albiol | Belfius | s.t. | 183 | Edward Heinen | Ubisoft | s.t. | 184 | Jeroen Goeleven | Belfius | s.t. | 185 | Florian Vernay | Ubisoft | + 14'33 | 186 | Joren Segers | Belfius | s.t. | 187 | Kevin De Jonghe | Belfius | s.t. | 188 | Nicolas Mertz | Lacoste | s.t. | 189 | Sam Happaerts | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 190 | Massimo Davidts | 3M | s.t. | 191 | Pello Bilbao | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 192 | Charlie Arimont | Ubisoft | s.t. | 193 | Rudy Dasovic | Iberdrola | + 15'26 | 194 | Geoffrey Duteil | Quilicot | s.t. | 195 | Phillippe Perone | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 196 | Betserai Mpofu | Vérandas Willems | + 18'20 | 197 | Denis Shulga | Qantas | + 19'14 | 198 | David De la Cruz | Iberdrola | s.t. |
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Aquarius97 |
Posted on 12-09-2018 18:06
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Great result in Fleche, which is quickly turning to be one of Sinha's favourites races with his latest results there
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Vostok |
Posted on 12-09-2018 21:54
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Former Sky-rider... No, I am just kidding
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AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 13-09-2018 06:44
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@Aquarius: Following in the footsteps of Val... No, too much pressure! This race is fun though
@Vostok: Thanks. It is. And Sky-bots continue to dominate unfortunately
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Tamijo |
Posted on 13-09-2018 07:10
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Suprem Pais Vasco (a late) congratulations on that and fine race in La Fleche too.
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AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 17-09-2018 11:19
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Thanks Really enjoyed those myself!
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AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 22-09-2018 14:37
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The culmination of Ardennes week and a race where I've done well a couple of times but have never been able to fight for the win. I head into this race with a good result in La Fleche under my belt and hoping to put in a good show.
Bosvelt remained the team's chosen puncher leader as I was given a free role again. The first nine man break didn't last long. Eventually it was seven riders who got away including Gregaard for us. Four off them were caught, including Gregaard. The pack split up with 115 km to go, with Conti being caught up on the wrong side of it for us. He and the rest of the grupetto did make it back. There was a major split with 70 km to go. M>A. Lopez, McCarthy, Dumoulin, Sagan and Ion Izagirre were the big names caught up on the wrong side of it. They did eventually make it back.
One rider from the break was caught with 55 km to go, with the rest caught with 37 km left. Duteil and Bosvelt attacked with 35 km to go, followed by seven others - Parra, Oomen, Van der Poel, Nairo Quintana, Ania, Kondo and Ion Izagirre. I found myself still in the third group on the road with 20 km to go, with not much change in the situation of the riders ahead of me. In the mean time, Mohoric had made his way to the second larger group chasing the two leaders. Bosvelt and Duteil were still in the front group. It was looking unlikely that I would be able to make to a stab at the win now.
I caught up to Mohoric with 9 km remaining, while the group he was in earlier had broken up into smaller groups. It was Duteil who was still in the front group, with Bosvelt dropping down to the group just in front of me on the road. I made my way past half a dozen riders or so in the final couple of kilometers, having paced myself better. I got into the top 10, with a 9th place finish. Duteil finished 2nd, losing out in the sprint to Ania. Bosvelt finished 8th, just ahead of me on the road. This was a great outing for the team with Mohoric also claiming 13th. In fact, the whole Ardennes campaign has been a big success!
1 | Anastasio Ania | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | 6h11'18 | 2 | Arnaud Duteil | Evonik | s.t. | 3 | Mathieu van der Poel | Sauber | s.t. | 4 | Sam Oomen | MTN-Qhubeka | + 50 | 5 | Tim Wellens | Bonsucro | + 1'11 | 6 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Gazprom | s.t. | 7 | Julian Alaphilippe | Gazprom | + 2'02 | 8 | Paul Bosvelt | Evonik | + 2'18 | 9 | Abhishek Sinha | Evonik | + 3'02 | 10 | Nairo Quintana | Firefox | + 3'23 |
Spoiler 11 | Simon Yates | Sauber | + 4'21 | 12 | Albano Platero | Westpac | s.t. | 13 | Matej Mohoric | Evonik | + 4'37 | 14 | Odd Christian Eiking | RMF | s.t. | 15 | Ion Izagirre | Gazprom | s.t. | 16 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Red Bull | s.t. | 17 | Heiner Parra | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | 18 | Jan Polanc | Westpac | + 5'59 | 19 | Kenny Elissonde | Westpac | s.t. | 20 | Mattia Cattaneo | Bonsucro | s.t. | 21 | Kenichi Kondo | Sauber | s.t. | 22 | Warren Barguil | Bonsucro | + 7'02 | 23 | Robert Power | Sauber | + 7'09 | 24 | Carlos Ribeiro | RMF | s.t. | 25 | José Agustín Martínez Torrén | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | 26 | Léo Vincent | Ubisoft | s.t. | 27 | Tom Dumoulin | Gazprom | s.t. | 28 | Alexander Foliforov | Philips | s.t. | 29 | Michael Valgren | Firefox | s.t. | 30 | Pierre-Roger Latour | Lacoste | s.t. | 31 | Eduard Beltran | Ubisoft | s.t. | 32 | Matvei Mamykin | Qantas | s.t. | 33 | Mikel Landa | Gazprom | + 7'33 | 34 | Romain Bardet | Gatorade | s.t. | 35 | Jacques Mevel | Westpac | s.t. | 36 | Loïc Bouchereau | RMF | s.t. | 37 | Sébastien Reichenbach | MTN-Qhubeka | + 8'00 | 38 | Brett Hein | Iberdrola | s.t. | 39 | Michael Gogl | MTN-Qhubeka | + 9'00 | 40 | Carlos Verona | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 41 | Edward Ravasi | Gatorade | s.t. | 42 | Juan Chamorro | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | 43 | Manuel Antunes Amaro | Iberdrola | s.t. | 44 | Antoine Lavieu | Ubisoft | + 9'12 | 45 | Rafaël Le Breton | Bonsucro | + 10'35 | 46 | Takero Terasaki | Raleigh Gac | + 10'54 | 47 | Gijs De Berlanger | Sauber | s.t. | 48 | Dylan Teuns | Firefox | s.t. | 49 | Sebastian Henao | Qantas | s.t. | 50 | Sébastien Engel | Ubisoft | s.t. | 51 | Jordi van Dingenen | Raleigh Gac | s.t. | 52 | Wilco Kelderman | Gazprom | s.t. | 53 | Steff Hermans | Ubisoft | s.t. | 54 | Jonas Gregaard | Evonik | s.t. | 55 | Jan Hirt | MTN-Qhubeka | + 12'10 | 56 | Alvaro Cuadros | Bonsucro | s.t. | 57 | Pavel Talipov | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 58 | Sven-Jörg Aust | Evonik | s.t. | 59 | Massimo Mogni | Gatorade | + 13'11 | 60 | Ulf Hausweiler | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | 61 | Steff Cras | Firefox | s.t. | 62 | Moreno Moser | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | 63 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | 64 | Terence Saliou | Team Europcar | s.t. | 65 | Baptiste Beranger | Quilicot | s.t. | 66 | Avelino Braguês | Team Europcar | s.t. | 67 | Peter Sagan | Gazprom | s.t. | 68 | Lorenzo Rota | Gatorade | + 14'30 | 69 | Valerio Conti | Red Bull | s.t. | 70 | Tejay Van Garderen | Bonsucro | s.t. | 71 | Peter Kotula | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | 72 | Larry Warbasse | Evonik | s.t. | 73 | Lukas Pöstlberger | Firefox | s.t. | 74 | Dries Van Gestel | Sauber | + 15'23 | 75 | Marcus Faglum Karlsson | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 76 | Lachlan Morton | Red Bull | s.t. | 77 | Fabio Tuzi | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | 78 | Daniel Martin | Westpac | s.t. | 79 | Koen Bouwman | RMF | s.t. | 80 | Christian Livieri | Gatorade | s.t. | 81 | Laurens De Plus | Sauber | s.t. | 82 | Rudi Milic | Westpac | s.t. | 83 | Manuel Senni | Gatorade | s.t. | 84 | Edoardo Zardini | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | 85 | Gerd Mølvadgaard | Evonik | s.t. | 86 | Floris De Tier | Bonsucro | s.t. | 87 | Remy Janot | Team Europcar | s.t. | 88 | Louis Vervaeke | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 89 | Léonard Izard | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 16'34 | 90 | Thomas Croonen | 3M | s.t. | 91 | Dzidoslaw Grodecki | MTN-Qhubeka | + 17'06 | 92 | William Barta | Firefox | s.t. | 93 | Chris Mortier | Philips | s.t. | 94 | Nelso Polini | MTN-Qhubeka | + 17'42 | 95 | Tilegen Maidos | Gatorade | s.t. | 96 | Christian Querter | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 97 | Dieter Bouvry | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | 98 | Gini Turano | Qantas | s.t. | 99 | Ian Boswell | Red Bull | s.t. | 100 | Constantino Campuzano | Lacoste | s.t. | 101 | Sultan Oyenusi | RMF | s.t. | 102 | Onur Balkan | Westpac | s.t. | 103 | Antoine Azema | Raleigh Gac | s.t. | 104 | Jay McCarthy | Red Bull | s.t. | 105 | Edmeo Menghini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 18'51 | 106 | Clark Brown | Red Bull | s.t. | 107 | Markus Freiberger | Team Europcar | s.t. | 108 | Andy Atkinson | Westpac | s.t. | 109 | Miroslav Skokol | RMF | s.t. | 110 | Goredema Dabengwa | Quilicot | s.t. | 111 | Gérald Chery | Ubisoft | s.t. | 112 | Finn E. Rosenkilde | Ubisoft | + 19'11 | 113 | Michael Hümbert | Iberdrola | s.t. | 114 | Syarif Hashim | Team Europcar | + 20'14 | 115 | Richard Weinzheimer | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | 116 | Rafał Majka | Gatorade | s.t. | 117 | Burkhardt Grace | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 118 | Thijs van Beusichem | Philips | s.t. | 119 | Allan Ravn Thorninger | Raleigh Gac | s.t. | 120 | Florent Delfosse | Bonsucro | s.t. | 121 | Joseph Dombrowski | Qantas | + 20'42 | 122 | Kokayi Chatar | Red Bull | s.t. | 123 | Philip O'Donnell | Sauber | + 21'00 | 124 | Hervé Toutain | Team Europcar | s.t. | 125 | Tony Garrigues | Qantas | s.t. | 126 | Ander Arranz | Iberdrola | s.t. | 127 | Oleg Zemlyakov | RMF | s.t. | 128 | Lawson Craddock | Red Bull | s.t. | 129 | Sean De Bie | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | 130 | Arnau Sole | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | 131 | Juan Manuel Puntas | Iberdrola | s.t. | 132 | David Per | Quilicot | + 22'55 | 133 | Thomas Nybo Riis | Iberdrola | s.t. | 134 | Claude Lafargue | Lacoste | s.t. | 135 | Romeo Pisciotta | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 136 | Elden Boateng | Firefox | + 23'22 | 137 | Dirk Jan Rijsbergen | Raleigh Gac | + 23'38 | 138 | Rostyslav Zhukovskyy | Team Europcar | s.t. | 139 | Lieven Geurts | Trek Factory Racing | + 24'12 | 140 | Denis Shulga | Qantas | s.t. | 141 | Davide Pacchiardo | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 142 | Gert-Jan Tahya | Philips | + 24'48 | 143 | Robbe Casier | Belfius | + 25'54 | 144 | Hugo Van Heusden | Philips | s.t. | 145 | Mikel Bizkarra | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | 146 | Louis Demont | Team Europcar | s.t. | 147 | Argiro Ospina | Belfius | s.t. | 148 | Genaro Cañadas | Iberdrola | s.t. | 149 | Kristian Gogorzena | 3M | s.t. | 150 | Regillio Borojevic | Philips | s.t. | 151 | Estefânio Lino | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | 152 | Gerardo Moral | Quilicot | s.t. | 153 | Oliver González Albiol | Belfius | s.t. | 154 | Mikael Salonen | Qantas | s.t. | 155 | John Baker | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 26'23 | 156 | Abel Kenyeres | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | 157 | Arthur Perrier | Lacoste | s.t. | 158 | Alexis Guerin | Ubisoft | s.t. | 159 | Thomas Hoogland | Philips | s.t. | 160 | Ravil Sinyaev | Vérandas Willems | + 26'59 | 161 | Milan Menten | Lacoste | s.t. | 162 | Joeri Stallaert | Lacoste | + 27'41 | 163 | Andreas Trpisovsky | 3M | s.t. | 164 | Rémy Mertz | RMF | + 27'58 | 165 | Beñat Txoperena | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | 166 | Michael Carbel | Quilicot | s.t. | 167 | Tibor Kozak | Raleigh Gac | s.t. | 168 | Sander Helven | Belfius | s.t. | 169 | Hugo Houle | 3M | + 28'22 | 170 | Gerry Druyts | Raleigh Gac | + 28'30 | 171 | Glenn Van de Maele | Belfius | + 28'56 | 172 | Anthony Vandrepotte | Philips | s.t. | 173 | Jeremy Lorant | Vérandas Willems | + 30'06 | 174 | Brecht Wachel | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | 175 | Yannick Peeters | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 176 | Geoffrey Duteil | Quilicot | s.t. | 177 | Antonio Bickel | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 178 | Anders Egsvang | Raleigh Gac | s.t. | 179 | Nikolay Zhurkin | 3M | + 32'05 | 180 | Adolfo Garfagnini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 181 | Phillippe Perone | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 182 | Karim Hensen | Belfius | + 32'50 | 183 | Joren Segers | Belfius | s.t. | 184 | Nicolas Mertz | Lacoste | + 33'40 | 185 | Betserai Mpofu | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | 186 | Vinnie Braet | Belfius | + 34'04 | 187 | Gert Aimont | 3M | s.t. | 188 | Emiel Vermeulen | Lacoste | s.t. | 189 | Leonel Coutinho | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 34'59 | 190 | Louis Convens | Qantas | s.t. | 191 | Yaroslav Parhomenco | Quilicot | + 35'54 | 192 | Massimo Davidts | 3M | s.t. | 193 | Federico Pozzetto | 3M | + 36'57 | 194 | Thibaut Pinot | Gazprom | + 38'03 | 195 | David De la Cruz | Iberdrola | s.t. | 196 | Franklin Six | Trek Factory Racing | + 38'56 | 197 | Lionel Taminiaux | Trek Factory Racing | + 39'18 |
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Aquarius97 |
Posted on 22-09-2018 14:46
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Well, a Top10 for you isn't a bad result, given that it's your first time in LBL Top10.
Impressive performance for the team, though lacking that win that could have made it perfect
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Tamijo |
Posted on 22-09-2018 19:25
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A great result with 3 rider in top 10
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AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 23-09-2018 06:59
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@Aquarius: Yes getting the win would've been the perfect finish to the week! Quite happy with my own performance too.
@Tamijo: Yeah great consistency from everyone.
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