jandal7 wrote:
Not quite into gear for Bangota (love that short name ) yet, but already a success in January as you bring your amazing ICL preview and HQ skills into MG. Yes Yes Yes
If not our riders, at least I'll try to do something
01.02 - 07.02 Tour de Langkawi C2HC
It's time for the first stage race this season and in our team history. What we were expecting? Something! At least. How did it go? Acceptable.
"On flat stages we tried our best, but we have to accept that our sprinters aren't the fastest in CT. King is our leader in those type of races. We are giving him big credit of trust. We just are expecting to see some sort of results in future."
Stage 1
12th
Adrian Richeze
Stage 4
10th
Ben King
Stage 6
11th
Ben King
Stage 7
12th
Ben King
Losch in the breakaway on stage 4. Our debut is on!
On stage 3 Anacona produced our best single result so far. It is still the beginning for us.
1
Jaime Suaza
Compal-Merida
3h51'32
2
Thibaut Pinot
GCN ProTeam
+ 43
3
Sergei Pomoshnikov
ENI-MOL
s.t.
4
George Alexandru Stancu
ENI-MOL
s.t.
5
Leopold König
Valio - DeLaval
s.t.
6
Teodoro Costagli
Team Cerveceria Costa Rica
s.t.
7
Ole Hirschlein
Andorra Project - InGamba
s.t.
8
Winner Anacona
Banco de Bogota
+ 2'03
9
Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay
Team Cerveceria Costa Rica
s.t.
10
Charles Anguilet
GCN ProTeam
s.t.
But! Stage 5 was slighly better! Who would expect not 8th, but 7th place by Rodrigues!
Vitor fighting for the best possible place.
Stage 5 result:
1
Costa Seibeb
Swisslion Cycling Team
3h10'30
2
Daniel Hoelgaard
Team Cerveceria Costa Rica
s.t.
3
Jaime Suaza
Compal-Merida
+ 13
4
Thibaut Pinot
GCN ProTeam
s.t.
5
Leopold König
Valio - DeLaval
+ 1'11
6
Teodoro Costagli
Team Cerveceria Costa Rica
+ 1'29
7
Vitor Rodrigues
Banco de Bogota
+ 2'15
8
Petar Panayotov
Adastra - Argon 18
s.t.
9
Pavel Potocki
GCN ProTeam
s.t.
10
Gökhan Hasta
Valio - DeLaval
+ 2'45
"We are satisfied with Rodrigues still being able to fight with the best. 8th place in the debut in stage racing is very optimistic start. We are really looking forward for next races. We are also hoping to finally get some top 5's! Anacona with (un)lucky 13th spot."
First fully focused flat stage race this season. We didn't have expectations at all after looking at the startlist. And our riders were struggling to do anything. Only three stages, but no breakaway for our team, and the best performance was from our sprint leader, Ben King on last stage - he was classified on 24th place. Which is showing how many great sprinters - better than ours - were in that race. We are hoping for better results next time tho!
Final general classification:
1
Matthew Goss
Indosat Ooredoo - ANZ
8h45'07
2
Caleb Ewan
Podium Ambition
+ 5
3
Ivano Lo Cicero
Carrefour - ESPN
+ 8
4
Mark Cavendish
Kraftwerk Man Machine
+ 10
5
Jacopo Guarnieri
Delvaux
+ 12
6
Erik Mohs
Fablok - Bank BGZ
+ 13
7
Andreas Stauff
cycleYorkshire
+ 21
8
Ricki Nelson
Podium Ambition
s.t.
9
Jurgen Roelandts
Repsol - Netflix
+ 23
10
Maxime Vantomme
Netia - Vonin
+ 24
...
...
...
...
35
Ben King
Banco de Bogota
+ 39
44
Max Losch
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
45
Marvin Orlando Angarita
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
54
Adrian Richeze
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
64
Leszek Plucinski
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
67
Jelle Wallays
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
78
Csaba Palyi
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
96
Sergio Godoy
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
"Sadly we didn't score any points in the rankings which is hurting us a lot. At least we gained a lot of experience thanks to this race. We will try to do something more in the next occasions." - dominox said in the interview.
18.02 - 23.02 Volta a Catalunya C1
This was the race where we actually were expecting to see some real nice results. We knew that the race will be tough. We knew that Sepulveda wasn't the biggest favourite. Heck, Rodrigues was! But! How was the race?
The first stages weren't that selective as you could expect. On first mountain stage and that hilly one we had the same scenario. One rider crossing the line to win it, and then a whole bunch of favourites crossing the line together. Of course, some riders were losing time. Like Rodrigues who lost some time on hilly stage and wasn't able to come back from it after all. Either way, the situation was looking very good for us. Eduardo Sepulveda started his season here, and, oh man, how great that debut could be! He started the race pretty well. 12th place at the opening prologue with only 8 seconds losing to the leader. On the next two stages he didn't lose any time to other favourites. Before ITT it was looking really promising!
Stage 2
Close to the mountaintop, several climbers attacked from the peloton. Rodrigues was one of them.
1
Stefan Denifl
SPAR - Shimano - SCG
4h35'55
2
Rigoberto Úran
Minions
+ 36
3
Chen Shikai
Meiji - JR East
s.t.
4
Robert Kiserlovski
Andorra Project - InGamba
s.t.
5
Carlos Baltazar
Andorra Project - InGamba
s.t.
...
...
...
...
13
Heiner Rodrigo Parra Bustamente
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
23
Vitor Rodrigues
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
26
Eduardo Sepulveda
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
Stage 3
This stage produced many attacks. Even one including our rider. Craddock tried to go clear with two other cyclists with 37km left in the stage. Sadly, it was just another empty handed attempt as they were caught really quickly.
1
Davide Villella
Nordstrom - BioWare
4h13'14
2
George Bennett
Xero Racing p/b Octagon
+ 31
3
Ki Ho Choi
Meiji - JR East
s.t.
4
Rafael Valls
Kulczyk - DMTEX
s.t.
5
Louis Meintjes
cycleYorkshire
s.t.
...
...
...
...
12
Heiner Rodrigo Parra Bustamente
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
13
Eduardo Sepulveda
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
16
Lawson Craddock
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
Before an ITT there was the only one flat stage for pure sprinters. Max Losch tried his chances here. He finished on 11th place. Just after top 10. Then on the ITT we had two riders that didn't lost time against other favourites. Our leader Sepulveda, and Parra Bustamente. Eduardo was 6th in GC having only 48" more than leader. Heiner Rodrigo was +1'03" behind. Still ready good performance.
Sepulveda produced really good TT, which we were hoping for. 11th place was awesome. He was 3rd in GC and there was only one stage to follow. Parra Bustamente with decent performance - 44th, but 10th in GC.
Stage 5 results
1
Matthias Brändle
SPAR - Shimano - SCG
56'28
2
Martijn Keizer
Indosat Ooredoo - ANZ
+ 21
3
Chad Haga
Minions
+ 53
4
Ryan Mullen
Kulczyk - DMTEX
+ 56
5
Andrew Tennant
cycleYorkshire
+ 1'15
6
Chen Shikai
Meiji - JR East
+ 1'21
7
Ki Ho Choi
Meiji - JR East
+ 1'23
8
Oleksandr Golovash
Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff
+ 1'28
9
Hugues Mottin
Andorra Project - InGamba
+ 1'31
10
Lukas Postlberger
SPAR - Shimano - SCG
+ 1'36
11
Eduardo Sepulveda
Banco de Bogota
+ 1'37
Last stage was bitter sweet day for us. Parra Bustamente clearly had the legs for an amazing performance as he was holding himself with the first group of favourites for a long time. While Sepulveda was struggling to hold himself behind that group. Just before the finish it was the other way. It was Bustamente who was struggling to hold and Sepulveda who tried to save some time and not lose more than he already did.
Stage 6 results
1
Peter Velits
Xero Racing p/b Octagon
3h34'21
2
Louis Meintjes
cycleYorkshire
s.t.
3
Ki Ho Choi
Meiji - JR East
s.t.
4
Stefan Denifl
SPAR - Shimano - SCG
+ 13
5
Robert Kiserlovski
Andorra Project - InGamba
+ 21
6
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff
s.t.
7
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Philips - Continental
s.t.
8
Magno Nazaret
Euskaltel - Elior
s.t.
9
George Bennett
Xero Racing p/b Octagon
+ 49
10
Pierre Paolo Penasa
Kulczyk - DMTEX
s.t.
11
Rafael Valls
Kulczyk - DMTEX
s.t.
12
Romain Bardet
Adastra - Argon 18
s.t.
13
Rigoberto Úran
Minions
s.t.
14
Ryan Eastman
Azteca-NBCSN
+ 1'22
15
Heiner Rodrigo Parra Bustamente
Banco de Bogota
+ 1'30
16
Eduardo Sepulveda
Banco de Bogota
+ 1'48
17
Vitor Rodrigues
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
18
Chen Shikai
Meiji - JR East
s.t.
19
Serghei Tvetcov
cycleYorkshire
s.t.
20
Gyung Gu Jang
SPAR - Shimano - SCG
+ 2'09
General classification:
1
Ki Ho Choi
Meiji - JR East
18h08'23
2
Peter Velits
Xero Racing p/b Octagon
+ 27
3
Martijn Keizer
Indosat Ooredoo - ANZ
+ 1'11
4
Stefan Denifl
SPAR - Shimano - SCG
+ 1'13
5
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff
+ 1'23
6
Robert Kiserlovski
Andorra Project - InGamba
+ 1'40
7
Louis Meintjes
cycleYorkshire
+ 2'04
8
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Philips - Continental
+ 2'05
9
Rafael Valls
Kulczyk - DMTEX
+ 2'09
10
Eduardo Sepulveda
Banco de Bogota
+ 2'14
...
...
...
...
13
Heiner Rodrigo Parra Bustamente
Banco de Bogota
+ 3'02
19
Jorge Abreu
Banco de Bogota
+ 6'04
20
Lawson Craddock
Banco de Bogota
+ 6'15
27
Vitor Rodrigues
Banco de Bogota
+ 8'15
71
Sergio Godoy
Banco de Bogota
+ 23'45
146
Jordan Cheyne
Banco de Bogota
+1h08'36
162
Max Losch
Banco de Bogota
+1h21'35
"I can't say we aren't satisfied how the race went, but there are some thoughts "what if?". It could have been our breakout race. Especially with all those amazing riders that were in Catalonya this year. Sepulveda was 3rd in GC and that was already huge achievement. He wasn't one of the favourites, but we knew of what he is capable of. That's why we signed him. It was a really good race for us, as a CT team. We are still waiting for some great stage results, but at least we have won something. Team classification. It isn't something really good, but our depth in team paid of for the first time. I cannot wait for more races!"Edited by dominox on 05-10-2018 11:49
Just found your HQ! Losch probably one of my favourite riders!! (Might have to try and borrow him permanently next season )
But seriously you have a nice squad that could definitely do some damage in the CT!! A nice start to the season for you and I look forward to our battles this season!
A shame Sepulveda was some collateral to Velits on Stage 6 - obviously wanted to beat him but was also cheering for him in Catalunya, magnificent effort from you guys against some top names! 10th, 13th, 19th and 27th all scoring GC points, as well as a couple elsewhere, is an awesome effort and so close to even better.
Hope you give Sepulveda some more C1 outings in this and coming seasons in suiting races, he belongs there If not, I can take him
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Yellow Jersey wrote:
Awesome result right there! The depth of your team is amazing, and how can someone not love Sepulveda
Yeah, I really wanted him in my team on the first place. I hope it will pay off at the end
redordead wrote:
Langkawi was nice, but the stage racing depth really came to the for in Catalunya. Way to compete with PCT!
I was really surprised because of no time difference in the first stages. That helped us a lot with an ITT. Could have been better, but I won't complain about 10th place with someone who wasn't even on the favourites list
Jakstar22 wrote:
Just found your HQ! Losch probably one of my favourite riders!! (Might have to try and borrow him permanently next season )
But seriously you have a nice squad that could definitely do some damage in the CT!! A nice start to the season for you and I look forward to our battles this season!
Better now than never, welcome mate! If Losch will not be good addiction to my team, you can take him . And I'm looking forward too!
jandal7 wrote:
A shame Sepulveda was some collateral to Velits on Stage 6 - obviously wanted to beat him but was also cheering for him in Catalunya, magnificent effort from you guys against some top names! 10th, 13th, 19th and 27th all scoring GC points, as well as a couple elsewhere, is an awesome effort and so close to even better.
Hope you give Sepulveda some more C1 outings in this and coming seasons in suiting races, he belongs there If not, I can take him
Yeah, being 3rd in GC before last stage was a big surprise. And I was hoping for something better than 10th spot, especially after ITT. But like I said above, I won't be complaining about that!
About C1 races... I tried to send Sepulveda where there are some ITT or TTT stages. With only 75 in MO and 76 HI he is not the biggest threat against PCT teams. Heck, even in CT. So sending him to only mountainous races would be stupid. I've taken the risk and he will start when his TT ability will be main key of success. That's why he is starting in Vilnius GP and Herald Sun Tour. He will help us in those races.
Sadly (or not) only other C1 race he is participating in is... Tour of America
22.02 Gisborne GP C2HC
We end pretty decent February with this one day classic. Sadly our team isn't that good in those types of races. So race wasn't good at all. We are waiting for March!
All classic sprint stages. Massive chance for our riders to score some points. If not from final sprints, then from breakaway.
Our surprise result.
Results Stage 1
1
Jacopo Guarnieri
Delvaux
3h49'03
2
Juan Van Heerden
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
3
Matti Manninen
Valio - DeLaval
s.t.
4
Matt Rowe
cycleYorkshire
s.t.
5
Ben King
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
6
Anuar Manan
Sauber Petronas Racing
s.t.
7
Aidis Kruopis
DK Zalgiris
s.t.
8
Marvin Orlando Angarita
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
9
Jake Keough
Oberfranken
s.t.
10
Roger Kluge
Team Cerveceria Costa Rica
s.t.
On the next stages it wasn't that good anymore. Those were the highest clasified riders from our team:
Stage 2
15th
Csaba Palyi
Stage 3
40th
Ben King
Stage 4
18th
Ben King
Stage 5
22nd
Marvin Orlando Angarita
Final General Classification
1
Mohamed Harrif Salleh
Sauber Petronas Racing
16h48'30
2
Juan Van Heerden
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 8
3
Michael Vanderaerden
Adastra - Argon 18
+ 15
4
Kobe Vanoverschelde
ENI-MOL
s.t.
5
Matti Manninen
Valio - DeLaval
+ 18
6
Steele Von Hoff
BNZ Cycling Team
+ 19
7
Sascha Modolo
Equinor Pro Cycling
+ 24
8
Jens Keukeleire
GCN ProTeam
+ 25
9
Daniel Thorsen
Eddie Stobart
+ 29
10
Jacopo Guarnieri
Delvaux
+ 35
...
...
...
...
14
Ben King
Banco de Bogota
+ 50
22
Marvin Orlando Angarita
Banco de Bogota
+ 56
51
Julian David Arredondo
Banco de Bogota
+ 1'00
56
Csaba Palyi
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
63
Max Losch
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
72
Adrian Richeze
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
94
Leszek Plucinski
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
99
Luis Enrique Lemus Davila
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
"At the end it wasn't the best race for us. Pluciński tried his chances with breakaway on all stages except the first one. He just couldn't find that successful one. And sadly it was the only positive coming from those four stages. At least on stage 1 duo King/Angarita ended in the top 10 which at the end gave them few bonus seconds. If not that, the race would have been a total disaster. Nothing from sprints, nothing from breakaways. Let's hope it will be better in future."
14.03 - 15.03 Tour of East Java C1
Our team had no sprinters for the first stage, but all great mountain train for 2nd. How it went?
Pretty good. Wallays tried to join an early breakaway on 1st stage, but it wasn't successful try. On 2nd one, Arredondo joined an early break. They were sadly caught pretty fast. 42km to go and the group has already been swallowed by the peloton.
At least at the end we again proved we have an amazing depth in our team. Again we weren't the favourites and again we made the previews wrong!
Results Stage 2
1
Adam Yates
Ayubowan!
3h09'14
2
Pierre Paolo Penasa
Kulczyk - DMTEX
+ 1'09
3
Robert Kiserlovski
Andorra Project - InGamba
+ 1'47
4
Natnael Berhane
World Cycling Center
s.t.
5
Ki Ho Choi
Meiji - JR East
+ 3'02
6
Vitor Rodrigues
Banco de Bogota
+ 3'19
7
Ole Hirschlein
Andorra Project - InGamba
+ 3'39
8
Carlos Baltazar
Andorra Project - InGamba
s.t.
9
Gregory Brenes
Indosat Ooredoo - ANZ
s.t.
10
George Bennett
Xero Racing p/b Octagon
s.t.
...
...
...
...
12
Heiner Rodrigo Parra Bustamente
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
15
Winner Anacona
Banco de Bogota
+ 3'54
29
Sergio Godoy
Banco de Bogota
+ 7'26
48
Jonathan Camargo
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
51
Julian David Arredondo
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
62
Enzo Moyano
Banco de Bogota
+ 9'16
74
Jelle Wallays
Banco de Bogota
+ 10'35
Final General Classification
1
Adam Yates
Ayubowan!
5h53'30
2
Pierre Paolo Penasa
Kulczyk - DMTEX
+ 1'17
3
Robert Kiserlovski
Andorra Project - InGamba
+ 1'59
4
Natnael Berhane
World Cycling Center
+ 2'07
5
Ki Ho Choi
Meiji - JR East
+ 3'22
6
Vitor Rodrigues
Banco de Bogota
+ 3'39
7
George Bennett
Xero Racing p/b Octagon
+ 3'59
8
Gregory Brenes
Indosat Ooredoo - ANZ
s.t.
9
Lawrence Warbasse
Andorra Project - InGamba
s.t.
10
Heiner Rodrigo Parra Bustamente
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
...
...
...
...
14
Winner Anacona
Banco de Bogota
+ 4'14
36
Julian David Arredondo
Banco de Bogota
+ 7'46
37
Sergio Godoy
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
38
Jonathan Camargo
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
63
Enzo Moyano
Banco de Bogota
+ 9'36
71
Jelle Wallays
Banco de Bogota
+ 10'55
"It was a good idea to go here. Another good GC performance by our leaders. It looks really promising for the rest of the season. This time not a victory, but 2nd place in team classification is a good result."
Hills aren't the strongest part of our team. Either are cobbles. We weren't expecting anything good from this race. We have to focus more on those types of terrain in the next transfers season. So, we have just to participate in those races.
Another race with our riders actually getting mentioned before. We had Rodrigues, Anacona and our sprinters who had troubles before with some good results.
First stage was more than a surprise for us. We knew King was capable of doing a great results, but we surely wasn't expecting this! 2nd place! It is our first podium this season for an individual rider as we previously won team classification already. It was an amazing sprint since Ben was so far behind. He had a long sprint but in the end the needed pace.
Stage 1:
1
Lionel Coutinho
Rothaus - Aegon
4h31'45
2
Ben King
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
3
Kobe Vanoverschelde
ENI-MOL
s.t.
4
Simon Geschke
Oberfranken
s.t.
5
Emils Liepins
Valio - DeLaval
s.t.
6
Anuar Manan
Sauber Petronas Racing
s.t.
7
Chris Opie
GCN ProTeam
s.t.
8
Sascha Modolo
Equinor Pro Cycling
s.t.
9
Michel Kreder
Delvaux
s.t.
10
Steele Von Hoff
BNZ Cycling Team
s.t.
Second stage was an another brilliant performance. We didn't saw it coming. We surely were expecting Rodrigues to not lose time on this stage, but 4th place?! Not a podium, but first 1st place from a sprint from a peloton is really good result.
Kadri with a victory.
Stage 2:
1
Blel Kadri
Delvaux
5h08'27
2
Dylan Teuns
Team Cerveceria Costa Rica
s.t.
3
Gasore Hategeka
GCN ProTeam
+ 33
4
Vitor Rodrigues
Banco de Bogota
+ 52
5
Josue Gonzalez Cortes
Team Cerveceria Costa Rica
s.t.
6
Miguel Angel Lopez
DK Zalgiris
s.t.
7
Sandis Eislers
Oberfranken
s.t.
8
Estifanos Kebede
Campari - Super Dry
s.t.
9
Daniel Hoelgaard
Team Cerveceria Costa Rica
s.t.
10
Romain Bardet
Adastra - Argon 18
s.t.
Another two stages weren't that successful as you might look at it. Yes, Rodrigues was 10th on stage 3 and Anacona 13th, which are nice results, but could be better. Stage 4 was a disaster. Nothing special, but...
King was 3rd this time! That was again really unexpected. It seems if he is in form he can score some good looking amount of points.
Stage 5:
1
Lionel Coutinho
Rothaus - Aegon
3h07'49
2
Sascha Modolo
Equinor Pro Cycling
s.t.
3
Ben King
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
4
Simon Geschke
Oberfranken
s.t.
5
Martin Weiss
Sauber Petronas Racing
s.t.
6
Blel Kadri
Delvaux
s.t.
7
Adrian Richeze
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
8
Maris Bogdanovics
Campari - Super Dry
s.t.
9
Emils Liepins
Valio - DeLaval
s.t.
10
Steele Von Hoff
BNZ Cycling Team
s.t.
Stage 6 was the most important one. Lemus Davila joined an early breakaway, which wasn't really successful at the end. Last members of an escapees were caught 7km before the finish, but our rider was already struggling in the main group. The remaining kilometres were really excited. Anacona was able to hold to the best wheel he could choose. Kiserlovski was the strongest one, but Winner finished on 3rd place! We didn't have a podium before this race, and now we have three of them! The only thing we don't have is a stage win, or something similar. Soon...
Again the race we weren't expecting nothing exciting to happen. At least all our riders finished in the top 100. And King scored few points. Not much, but every point is important in those classics.
Results:
1
Ivano Lo Cicero
Carrefour - ESPN
3h49'41
2
Erik Mohs
Fablok - Bank BGZ
s.t.
3
Caleb Ewan
Podium Ambition
s.t.
4
Mark Cavendish
Kraftwerk Man Machine
s.t.
5
John Degenkolb
Iberia - Team Degenkolb
s.t.
6
Willi Willwohl
Kraftwerk Man Machine
s.t.
7
Matti Manninen
Valio - DeLaval
s.t.
8
Nacer Bouhanni
Euskaltel - Elior
s.t.
9
Sebastian Lander
Ayubowan!
s.t.
10
Lahcen Saber
Philips - Continental
s.t.
...
...
...
...
19
Ben King
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
38
Max Losch
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
43
Csaba Palyi
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
51
Marvin Orlando Angarita
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
73
Jonathan Camargo
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
79
Adrian Richeze
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
83
Julian David Arredondo
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
96
Leszek Plucinski
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
04.04 - 10.04 Grand Prix du Midi Libre C2HC
We started the race with an opening prologue. We were hoping for Sepulveda to not lose a lot of time or even gain some versus riders that would definitely fight for high GC place. We know Sepulveda isn't the best climber, but that's why he is here, in the race where we have two ITT's.
Suprise, surpise! Lawson Craddock with a win! We would never expect a win from a ITT, especially like that! Absolutely impressive performance and what is most important, our first stage win in our team history! We are proud!
Craddock on the podium!
Stage 1:
1
Lawson Craddock
Banco de Bogota
8'32
2
Ivan Kovalev
Swisslion Cycling Team
+ 2
3
Janez Brajkovic
Swisslion Cycling Team
+ 5
4
Gabriel Chavanne
Sauber Petronas Racing
+ 6
5
Timothy Roe
BNZ Cycling Team
+ 7
6
Michael Cuming
GCN ProTeam
+ 8
7
Mark Christian
Campari - Super Dry
+ 9
8
Miles Olman
Sauber Petronas Racing
s.t.
9
Rasmus Sterobo
Compal-Merida
+ 11
10
Samuel Pökälä
Valio - DeLaval
+ 12
...
...
...
...
24
Eduardo Sepulveda
Banco de Bogota
+ 17
26
Jorge Abreu
Banco de Bogota
+ 18
60
Vitor Rodrigues
Banco de Bogota
+ 31
61
Jordan Cheyne
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
70
Heiner Rodrigo Parra Bustamente
Banco de Bogota
+ 33
72
Sergio Godoy
Banco de Bogota
+ 34
146
Enzo Moyano
Banco de Bogota
+ 58
2nd stage wasn't really important for us. We just wanted to save our leaders jersey... Unfortunately, we failed as Hochmann was one of the two riders that were able to take the lead from Craddock.
Stage 2:
1
Jíri Hochmann
Rothaus - Aegon
4h26'11
2
Leonid Krasnov
ENI-MOL
s.t.
3
Francisco Lasca
Campari - Super Dry
s.t.
4
Kobe Vanoverschelde
ENI-MOL
s.t.
5
Hakon Frengstad Berger
Telia-Brussels Airlines
s.t.
6
Lionel Coutinho
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
7
Jake Keough
Oberfranken
s.t.
8
Maris Bogdanovics
Campari - Super Dry
s.t.
9
Davide Cimolai
Eddie Stobart
s.t.
10
Troels Vinther
Valio - DeLaval
s.t.
...
...
...
...
13
Lawson Craddock
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
29
Sergio Godoy
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
30
Eduardo Sepulveda
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
33
Vitor Rodrigues
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
40
Enzo Moyano
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
47
Jorge Abreu
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
52
Heiner Rodrigo Parra Bustamente
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
105
Jordan Cheyne
Banco de Bogota
+ 1'50
Moyano in the break!
Important stage for us. One of the two mountainous ones. Sadly both Rodrigues/Parra Bustamente way below their best. Moyano at the end with a really good ride with KOM lead. And Sepulveda. Great ride for his abilities. Also 7th place as a good result too.
Stage 3:
1
Thibaut Pinot
GCN ProTeam
5h28'32
2
Darwin Atapuma
Compal-Merida
+ 25
3
Janez Brajkovic
Swisslion Cycling Team
+ 46
4
Robert Kiserlovski
Andorra Project - InGamba
s.t.
5
Martin Hacecký
Telia-Brussels Airlines
+ 2'09
6
Romain Bardet
Adastra - Argon 18
s.t.
7
Eduardo Sepulveda
Banco de Bogota
+ 2'42
8
Bjorn Tore Hoem
Equinor Pro Cycling
s.t.
9
Sergei Pomoshnikov
ENI-MOL
+ 3'06
10
Teodoro Costagli
Team Cerveceria Costa Rica
s.t.
11
Enzo Moyano
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
...
...
...
...
26
Heiner Rodrigo Parra Bustamente
Banco de Bogota
+ 4'30
32
Vitor Rodrigues
Banco de Bogota
+ 7'21
41
Jorge Abreu
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
55
Sergio Godoy
Banco de Bogota
+ 14'02
58
Lawson Craddock
Banco de Bogota
+ 14'09
127
Jordan Cheyne
Banco de Bogota
+ 40'56
Really important ITT. Sepulveda a bit weaker than Craddock. Not a bad tries, but I think we were hoping for a bit better performance from Eduardo. GC was looking great by the way. Final podium was more than possible! But we all know what happened in Sepulveda first race this season - Volta a Catalunya.
Stage 4:
1
Miles Olman
Sauber Petronas Racing
1h05'41
2
Kai Reus
Swisslion Cycling Team
+ 41
3
Tony Martin
Swisslion Cycling Team
+ 48
4
Vojtech Hacecký
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 57
5
Hugues Mottin
Andorra Project - InGamba
+ 1'01
6
Richard Laningo Laizer
Andorra Project - InGamba
+ 1'29
7
Rasmus Sterobo
Compal-Merida
+ 1'40
8
Steven Burke
GCN ProTeam
s.t.
9
Leopold König
Valio - DeLaval
+ 1'48
10
Janez Brajkovic
Swisslion Cycling Team
+ 1'51
...
...
...
...
16
Lawson Craddock
Banco de Bogota
+ 2'07
19
Eduardo Sepulveda
Banco de Bogota
+ 2'15
21
Jordan Cheyne
Banco de Bogota
+ 2'19
30
Jorge Abreu
Banco de Bogota
+ 2'43
58
Heiner Rodrigo Parra Bustamente
Banco de Bogota
+ 4'59
66
Vitor Rodrigues
Banco de Bogota
+ 5'22
89
Sergio Godoy
Banco de Bogota
+ 6'06
127
Enzo Moyano
Banco de Bogota
+ 7'26
Not really important stage. The only plan we had was to not lose time in some stupid way.
Stage 5:
1
Olli Kulppi
Valio - DeLaval
4h27'33
2
Roger Kluge
Team Cerveceria Costa Rica
s.t.
3
Hakon Frengstad Berger
Telia-Brussels Airlines
s.t.
4
Maris Bogdanovics
Campari - Super Dry
s.t.
5
Kobe Vanoverschelde
ENI-MOL
s.t.
6
Jake Keough
Oberfranken
s.t.
7
Anuar Manan
Sauber Petronas Racing
s.t.
8
Lionel Coutinho
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
9
Gabriel Chavanne
Sauber Petronas Racing
s.t.
10
Pavel Korzh
Delvaux
s.t.
...
...
...
...
16
Eduardo Sepulveda
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
19
Jordan Cheyne
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
22
Lawson Craddock
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
53
Enzo Moyano
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
65
Vitor Rodrigues
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
114
Sergio Godoy
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
115
Heiner Rodrigo Parra Bustamente
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
122
Jorge Abreu
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
Abreu in the early break. Sadly, they were caught pretty early.
Another break, another rider from our team. This time Godoy time. Again, not really successful try.
We were hoping for a bit better performance, but we were happy with not losing a second to other favourites.
Stage 6:
1
Hossein Alizadeh
Oberfranken
5h40'47
2
Lorents Ola Aasvold
BNZ Cycling Team
s.t.
3
Zachary Hughes
Adastra - Argon 18
s.t.
4
Vegard Robinson Bugge
Equinor Pro Cycling
s.t.
5
Hussein Manfred
DK Zalgiris
+ 24
6
Sakari Lehtinen
Valio - DeLaval
+ 57
7
Darwin Atapuma
Compal-Merida
s.t.
8
Thibaut Pinot
GCN ProTeam
s.t.
9
Jake Keough
Oberfranken
s.t.
10
Robert Kiserlovski
Andorra Project - InGamba
s.t.
...
...
...
...
13
Eduardo Sepulveda
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
37
Jorge Abreu
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
43
Vitor Rodrigues
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
49
Sergio Godoy
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
53
Lawson Craddock
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
60
Heiner Rodrigo Parra Bustamente
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
65
Enzo Moyano
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
66
Jordan Cheyne
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
Now, that was a great stage for us! We were absolutely suprised and happy!
Firstly, Moyano in the early break trying to fight for final KOM win. It wasn't his day as he wasn't able to score a lot of points. At the end, we were very happy for some TV time in the break!
Parra Bustamente with an impressive and surprising attack! That was more than unexpected...
Unexpected to the point, that he finished 2nd!
Sepulveda fighting to the end for a podium! He lost by 17 seconds!
Stage 7:
1
Robert Kiserlovski
Andorra Project - InGamba
4h55'56
2
Heiner Rodrigo Parra Bustamente
Banco de Bogota
+ 27
3
Leopold König
Valio - DeLaval
+ 51
4
Vadim Ratiy
Oberfranken
+ 1'33
5
Darwin Atapuma
Compal-Merida
s.t.
6
Vitor Rodrigues
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
7
Eduardo Sepulveda
Banco de Bogota
+ 2'17
8
Timothy Roe
BNZ Cycling Team
+ 2'45
9
Lawrence Warbasse
Andorra Project - InGamba
s.t.
10
Bjorn Tore Hoem
Equinor Pro Cycling
+ 3'00
...
...
...
...
25
Sergio Godoy
Banco de Bogota
+ 4'27
28
Jorge Abreu
Banco de Bogota
s.t.
47
Lawson Craddock
Banco de Bogota
+ 6'20
71
Enzo Moyano
Banco de Bogota
+ 12'13
136
Jordan Cheyne
Banco de Bogota
+ 27'01
That was an awesome stage! Another 2nd place in this season, Sepulveda strong enough to hold a 4th place in final GC. We only are a bit unhappy with a Rodrigues/Parra Bustamente GC performance. Sure, Heiner Rodrigo was 2nd, but their both ITT times were really bad. So GC place is also not really impressive. 11th position is acceptable since - like I said - Parra Bustamente finished 2nd on one stage. We also won Team classification. That is a 2nd time this season we achieved that. Team depth is really paying off right now!
) yet, but already a success in January as you bring your amazing ICL preview and HQ skills into MG. Yes Yes Yes 
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Circulo de Juarez C2
Tour of East Java C1
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Tour of Turkey C2HC
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Grand Prix du Midi Libre C2HC
