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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-03-2019 19:37
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Wow, it has been some years for sure! But anyway, it´s great to see one of those guys back in the story section. Back where it all began several years ago. Good to see you back valverde 
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 20-03-2019 20:45
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Batista is around? Why not go totally mad and make a new Batista story?
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 20-03-2019 21:51
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@ tsmoha - Indeed, its been great, although I think its almost been more that the challengers all keep dropping out or stepping on each others toes.
@ Batista - Wow, really cool to see you here again! Im glad my story could bring you back from your break of posting of 4 years! Happy to have you here, and thanks a lot!
@ tsmoha (again) - Indeed, great suggestion imo 
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 20-03-2019 22:23
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What a Giro so far for you! Mas is hitting great form after his Romandie win and Viviani is finding top form in the second week! Looking forward to the final week and hopefully you can add to the gap and not be caught
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 20-03-2019 22:29
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 Giro d'Italia 2019 Week Three
Stage 15 ITT
| 1 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Katusha - Alpecin | +00:07 | | 3 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | +00:15 | | 4 | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:15 | | 5 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +00:49 | | 6 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | +00:54 | | 7 | Fabio Aru | UAE - Team Emirates | +00:57 | | 8 | José Gonçalves | Team Katusha - Alpecin | +01:05 | | 9 | Tony Gallopin | AG2R La Mondiale | +01:06 | | 10 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar Team | +01:10 |
Stage 16
| 1 | Gijs Van Hoecke | CCC Team | +00:00 | | 2 | Lluís Guillermo Mas Bonet | Movistar Team | +00:00 | | 3 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani - CSF | +00:00 | | 4 | Mattia Cattaneo | Androni - Sidermec - Bottecchia | +00:00 | | 5 | Filippo Ganna | Team Sky | +00:00 |
Stage 17
| 1 | Mattia Cattaneo | Androni - Sidermec - Bottecchia | +00:00 | | 2 | Imerio Cima | NIPPO Vini Fantini - Europa Ovini | +00:00 | | 3 | Damien Howson | Mitchelton - Scott | +00:00 | | 4 | Taylor Phinney | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +00:00 | | 5 | Filippo Ganna | Team Sky | +00:00 |
Stage 18
| 1 | Diego Ulissi | UAE - Team Emirates | +00:00 | | 2 | Tim Wellens | Lotto - Soudal | +00:55 | | 3 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Movistar Team | +02:21 | | 4 | Alessandro De Marchi | CCC Team | +02:21 | | 5 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani - CSF | +02:32 | | 6 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +03:44 | | 7 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | +03:44 | | 8 | Fabio Aru | UAE - Team Emirates | +03:44 | | 9 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | +03:44 | | 10 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | +04:02 |
Stage 19
| 1 | Alessandro De Marchi | CCC Team | +00:00 | | 2 | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Katusha - Alpecin | +00:19 | | 3 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | +00:28 | | 4 | Davide Formolo | BORA - hansgrohe | +00:28 | | 5 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | +00:28 | | 6 | Sam Oomen | Team Sunweb | +00:28 | | 7 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | +00:59 | | 8 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +01:15 | | 9 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +01:23 | | 10 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Team Bahrain Merida | +01:23 |
Stage 20
| 1 | George Bennett | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:00 | | 2 | José Joaquin Rojas | Movistar Team | +00:30 | | 3 | Alessandro De Marchi | CCC Team | +00:30 | | 4 | Lluís Guillermo Mas Bonet | Movistar Team | +00:30 | | 5 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno | Neri Sottoli - Selle Italia - KTM | +00:30 |
Stage 21 ITT
| 1 | Stefan Küng | Groupama - FDJ | +00:00 | | 2 | Patrick Bevin | CCC Team | +00:01 | | 3 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:01 | | 4 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar Team | +00:08 | | 5 | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Katusha - Alpecin | +00:08 | | 6 | Alex Dowsett | Team Katusha - Alpecin | +00:11 | | 7 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | +00:15 | | 8 | Ryan Mullen | Trek - Segafredo | +00:20 | | 9 | Filippo Ganna | Team Sky | +00:21 | | 10 | Diego Ulissi | UAE - Team Emirates | +00:41 |
Final General Classification
| 1 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | +03:09 | | 3 | Davide Formolo | BORA - hansgrohe | +07:15 | | 4 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +08:23 | | 5 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | +08:53 | | 6 | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo - Visma | +10:02 | | 7 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Team Bahrain Merida | +11:12 | | 8 | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Katusha - Alpecin | +13:03 | | 9 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | +13:18 | | 10 | Sam Oomen | Team Sunweb | +13:19 | | 11 | Roman Kreuziger | Team Dimension Data | +13:46 | | 12 | Fabio Aru | UAE - Team Emirates | +14:45 | | 13 | Diego Ulissi | UAE - Team Emirates | +15:55 | | 14 | Egan Bernal | Team Sky | +16:18 | | 15 | Tony Gallopin | AG2R La Mondiale | +16:48 | | 16 | George Bennett | Team Jumbo - Visma | +16:49 | | 17 | Tim Wellens | Lotto - Soudal | +21:30 | | 18 | Alessandro De Marchi | CCC Team | +29:32 | | 19 | José Gonçalves | Team Katusha - Alpecin | +42:54 | | 20 | Louis Meintjes | Team Dimension Data | +44:05 |
Final Points Classification
| 1 | Elia Viviani | Deceuninck - Quick Step | 235 | | 2 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto - Soudal | 185 | | 3 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | 175 | | 4 | Sam Bennett | BORA - hansgrohe | 125 | | 5 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | 106 |
Final KOM Classification
| 1 | George Bennett | Team Jumbo - Visma | 175 | | 2 | Diego Ulissi | UAE - Team Emirates | 170 | | 3 | Fausto Masnada | Androni - Sidermec - Bottecchia | 133 | | 4 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | 97 | | 5 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | 85 |
Final Youth Classification
| 1 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Sam Oomen | Team Sunweb | +13:19 | | 3 | Egan Bernal | Team Sky | +16:18 | | 4 | Mark Padun | Team Bahrain Merida | +53:49 | | 5 | Ivan Ramiro Sosa | Team Sky | +59:05 |
Final Thoughts
WOW! Looks like the Contador comparisons for Enric Mas are not all that far off! He was expected to lose time to other contenders in the two ITTs in the final week, and he didn't lose time to any other GC riders in either, as well as winning the more hilly TT on Stage 15 a massive result!
Stage 16, 17 and 18 went to the break, although 18 was also a GC battle, where Mas won the sprint to the line as a larger group of favorites reached the line together. At this point it was obvious Roglic and Porte are not in top form as even lesser riders are outperforming them.
Stage 19 was the only stage Mas lost time to other contenders, Fuglsang looked like the only real threat, but with only the final TT to gain time on Mas his lead looked safe.
In the final TT, Mas once again had a great day and was only 1 second off from the win again! This performance should solidify him as one of the top GC riders in the world and only 24 years old, he could be near the top for many years to come!
Viviani sealed the points jersey as well, in the final week, but Ewan keep things interesting.
Bennett really took charge of the KOM race in the final 1/3 of the race and with 2 more breakaways and another stage win, he was able to haul in a lot of KoM points.
Overall it was a great race for the team, we pretty much dominated it from start to finish! Mas really rode well with limited support, although the field was a bit weaker than in previous years, so perhaps the later start date made it hard for riders who rode the classics to extend their shape into the end of May for the Giro.
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 20-03-2019 22:34
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Well I think that Giro performance can only mean one thing... 
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 20-03-2019 22:40
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Looks like Mas sealed the deal in the ITTs then. At least in his fight against Fuglsang, who had this one strong stage eventually. Never won a GT in my whole PCM life, so if course I have to congratulate for this huge Giro! (still slightly disappointed by the rather weak competition though)
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 20-03-2019 22:50
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A Great performance from Mas to bring home the Maglia Rosa  , and he stormed the youth classification too and Viviani bringing home the sprint jersey too, happy days |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-03-2019 23:35
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tsmoha wrote:
Batista is around? Why not go totally mad and make a new Batista story?
Hey tsmoha, another famous name of the story section.
Thanks for the nice suggestion. I was thinking about it several times but there wasn´t enough time in the past. But how knows...what the future brings...
@valverde321
I had to leave a comment here today. As all the great memories came up again...man that was a crazy time back in 2009 with all those incredible stories.
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 20-03-2019 23:55
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Batista! You were the one with that HTC/Team High Road story where Maxime Monfort actually won the Tour, right?
Anyway, amazing stuff from Mas. Snatched it on the time trial after a less positive mountain stage, the true Spanish Tour contender for years to come. |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 21-03-2019 05:27
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Congrats with the giro.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 21-03-2019 13:40
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Wow. 
Mas and Elia just too OP for Italy. What a performance. Those results sure look like Contador reincarnate!
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 21-03-2019 18:59
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FreitasPCM wrote:
Batista! You were the one with that HTC/Team High Road story where Maxime Monfort actually won the Tour, right?
Yeah, that was me. I remember you aswell. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 21-03-2019 19:01
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Congrats on your amazing Giro!
Those were some hot three weeks for your team. Well done! |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 21-03-2019 20:05
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@ the hoyle - Thanks
@ tsmoha - Thanks! I did the triple with Nibali on PCM 15, but 15 is probably the easiest edition of the game Ive ever played, gameplay wise and fitness wise.
@ sutty - Indeed it is, thanks!
@ batista - Indeed 2009 was an incredible time Thanks!
@ Freitas - Yeah, I think hes spanish cyclings future as well. Thanks!
@ tamijo - Thx
@ baseball - Yeah, I think a lot of the crashes hurt the quality of the contenders
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 22-03-2019 03:53
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 Criterium du Dauphine (2.UWT) 2019
Stage 1
| 1 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | +00:00 | | 2 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | +00:05 | | 3 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:07 | | 4 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team Sky | +00:08 | | 5 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto - Soudal | +00:08 |
Stage 2
| 1 | Sam Oomen | Team Sunweb | +00:00 | | 2 | Jesús Herrada | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | +00:00 | | 3 | Tony Martin | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:00 | | 4 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | +00:00 | | 5 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 |
Stage 3
| 1 | Tony Martin | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:00 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | +00:00 | | 3 | Adam Yates | Mitchelton - Scott | +00:00 | | 4 | Mikel Nieve | Mitchelton - Scott | +00:00 | | 5 | Giulio Ciccone | Trek - Segafredo | +00:00 |
Stage 4
| 1 | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar Team | +00:52 | | 3 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | +01:12 | | 4 | Tony Martin | Team Jumbo - Visma | +01:12 | | 5 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team Sky | +01:22 |
Stage 5
| 1 | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | +00:21 | | 3 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto - Soudal | +00:43 | | 4 | Simon Geschke | CCC Team | +02:34 | | 5 | Tony Martin | Team Jumbo - Visma | +03:00 |
Jungels winning his 2nd in a row at the Dauphine
Stage 6
| 1 | Sam Oomen | Team Sunweb | +00:00 | | 2 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 3 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | +00:00 | | 4 | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 5 | Jesús Herrada | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | +01:20 |
Stage 7
| 1 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | +00:00 | | 2 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | +02:35 | | 3 | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +02:35 | | 4 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +02:35 | | 5 | Omar Fraile | Astana Pro Team | +02:35 |
Stage 8
| 1 | Jesús Herrada | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | +00:00 | | 2 | Matej Mohoric | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:00 | | 3 | Sam Oomen | Team Sunweb | +00:00 | | 4 | Natnael Berhane | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | +00:00 | | 5 | Omar Fraile | Astana Pro Team | +00:00 |
Final GC
| 1 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | +00:00 | | 2 | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +05:03 | | 3 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto - Soudal | +08:34 | | 4 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +08:39 | | 5 | Jesús Herrada | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | +09:46 | | 6 | Sam Oomen | Team Sunweb | +10:51 | | 7 | Pello Bilbao | Astana Pro Team | +12:15 | | 8 | Simon Geschke | CCC Team | +13:54 | | 9 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | +15:26 | | 10 | Pierre Latour | AG2R La Mondiale | +15:38 |
Final Points
| 1 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | 116 | | 2 | Tony Martin | Team Jumbo - Visma | 74 | | 3 | Jesús Herrada | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 71 |
Chris Froome showed he will be heading into the Tour de France as the top favourite once again. He was beaten by Bob Jungels twice on the mountain stages, but he absolutely obliterated the field on Stage 7, which was enough to take the GC win. On stage 8 Jungels lost another 3 minutes to Froome after a crash before the decisive moment, but his 2nd place was safe, and first to Froome was already out of reach so no real pressure to chase super hard to get back on. Essentially Jungels only lost the race on Stage 7. Still a great tune up for Jungels though, who will look to get onto the podium at the Tour.
 Tour de Suisse (2.UWT) 2019
Stage 1
| 1 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | +00:00 | | 2 | Joey Rosskopf | CCC Team | +00:01 | | 3 | Miles Scotson | Groupama - FDJ | +00:04 | | 4 | Rohan Dennis | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:05 | | 5 | Jan Tratnik | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:05 |
Stage 2
| 1 | George Bennett | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:00 | | 2 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +00:23 | | 3 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | +00:35 | | 4 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | +00:35 | | 5 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:35 |
Stage 3
| 1 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | +00:00 | | 2 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | +00:00 | | 3 | David Gaudu | Groupama - FDJ | +00:00 | | 4 | George Bennett | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:00 | | 5 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:00 |
Stage 4
| 1 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto - Soudal | +00:00 | | 2 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:00 | | 3 | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | +00:00 | | 4 | Arnaud Démare | Groupama - FDJ | +00:00 | | 5 | Pascal Ackermann | BORA - hansgrohe | +00:00 |
Stage 5
| 1 | Jens Debusschere | Team Katusha - Alpecin | +00:00 | | 2 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo - Visma | +04:53 | | 3 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto - Soudal | +04:53 | | 4 | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | +04:53 | | 5 | Alexander Kristoff | UAE - Team Emirates | +04:53 |
Stage 6
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team Sky | +00:00 | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | +00:00 | | 4 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | +00:00 | | 5 | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto - Soudal | +00:00 |
Stage 7
| 1 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | +00:00 | | 2 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | +00:00 | | 3 | George Bennett | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:00 | | 4 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:00 | | 5 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +00:00 |
Stage 8
| 1 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | +00:00 | | 2 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | +00:00 | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | +00:00 | | 4 | Richard Carapaz | Movistar Team | +00:00 | | 5 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | +00:00 |
Stage 9
| 1 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | +00:00 | | 2 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | +00:14 | | 3 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:14 | | 4 | George Bennett | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:20 | | 5 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:24 |
Final GC
| 1 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | +00:00 | | 2 | George Bennett | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:03 | | 3 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | +00:10 | | 4 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +00:58 | | 5 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Team Bahrain Merida | +01:13 | | 6 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | +02:26 | | 7 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo - Visma | +02:34 | | 8 | David Gaudu | Groupama - FDJ | +02:35 | | 9 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | +03:06 | | 10 | Daniel Martin | UAE - Team Emirates | +03:57 | | ... | | 16 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +05:25 |
Final Points
| 1 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | 95 | | 2 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | 84 | | 3 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto - Soudal | 60 |
We came into the Tour de Suisse with no real GC threat, so it was stage hunting for us, and Alaphilippe won Stage 6 for us, which was exactly what we had hoped. Dumoulin won the race and will also be looking to win the Tour as he is on good form atm. George Bennett is have an amazing year after his strong Giro, now 2nd here which is a great result for him.
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Spoiler | Oliver Naesen | AG2R La Mondiale | | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | | Alexis Vuillermoz | AG2R La Mondiale | | Mathias Frank | AG2R La Mondiale | | Hubert Dupont | AG2R La Mondiale | | Nico Denz | AG2R La Mondiale | | Alexandre Geniez | AG2R La Mondiale | | Pierre Latour | AG2R La Mondiale | | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | | Pello Bilbao | Astana Pro Team | | Rodrigo Contreras | Astana Pro Team | | Jan Hirt | Astana Pro Team | | Davide Villella | Astana Pro Team | | Hugo Houle | Astana Pro Team | | Nikita Stalnov | Astana Pro Team | | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | | Rafal Majka | BORA - hansgrohe | | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | | Patrick Konrad | BORA - hansgrohe | | Maciej Bodnar | BORA - hansgrohe | | Pascal Ackermann | BORA - hansgrohe | | Jean-Pierre Drucker | BORA - hansgrohe | | Marcus Burghardt | BORA - hansgrohe | | Maximilian Schachmann | BORA - hansgrohe | | Nathan Van Hooydonck | CCC Team | | Gijs Van Hoecke | CCC Team | | Pawel Bernas | CCC Team | | Jonas Koch | CCC Team | | Szymon Sajnok | CCC Team | | Francisco Ventoso | CCC Team | | Lukasz Wisniowski | CCC Team | | Greg Van Avermaet | CCC Team | | Anthony Perez | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | | Geoffrey Soupe | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | | Hugo Hofstetter | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | | Nacer Bouhanni | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | | Dimitri Claeys | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | | Pierre-Luc Perichon | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | | Christophe Laporte | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck - 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The Favourites
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Froome, Bardet, Thomas, Dumoulin
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Nibali, Porte, Lopez, Landa, S.Yates
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Pinot, Jungels, Quintana, Uran, A.Yates, Kelderman, Bernal, Carapaz
Team Sky have probably the two best GC riders in the race, and Bernal who could probably fight for a Top 5 if he was on another team. The Tour hasn't seen a French winner in a few decades now, and Bardet is the best hope again this year, but with so many TT kms it will be a tough ask. Jungels is Deceunincks GC hope here, and he showed that he can beat Froome in the Dauphine, so with the slight TT advantage to Froome he could be quite the dark horse in this race, as well as Dumoulin who could be the biggest threat to Froome of a rider that isn't his teammate. Thomas is the previous winner and will want to defend his title though, so who knows what Sky will do.
The First Week
The first week has almost no climbing, but that doesn't mean the GC fight cant be lost already. Stage 1 is a prologue where only seconds will be lost, but stage 2 is a cobble stage which could give a rider like Nibali or Jungels an advantage over someone like Froome. Thomas would likely have the advantage over his teammate on the stage as well.
Stage 4 is a Team Time Trial, where Sky will want to be the favourites, but a weaker TTT team could have their GC rider fall out of the race with a poor ride, as 62km could be a time loss of over 3mins if its a bad day.
The last few stages to end out the week should suit the sprinters, but as always the favoruite for the Green Jersey will be Peter Sagan
The Second Week
"Only" one TT in the 2nd week of the Tour, a 67km ride which should suit riders like Dumoulin, Jungels and Froome. We also finally hit the mountains after almost 2 weeks of riding as the riders will climb to Hautacam. Stage 13 could be a long day for some if they arent feeling well.
The Final Week
If you were wondering why it might look like a weaker sprinters startlist, well here is your answer. The last week of this race could be hell for many riders, as there are only 1 day without climbing. The other 6 stages will be days filled with climbing, so this could be where sprinters dont make the time limit. The Mountain TT will be the final day to battle for the GC and it will be a thrilling end to the race, but there will be fireworks on many of the stages beforehand as well. Stay here for coverage of the race, in the coming days!
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 22-03-2019 06:30
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Mas has hit a new level, wow what a statement that Giro is, absolutely outstanding He and Jungels look like a dangerous duo after that Dauphine performance - time for a well earned break for Mas though, I guess he'll go to the Vuelta and make the Spanish fans go crazy for the new Contador?
Great to see George Bennett doing well taking another stage and the KoM and then coming so close in Tour de Suisse - shame Paddy Bevin couldn't quite make it 3 Kiwi stage wins in a GT! Must say I hope Bennett can go back to challenging for GT Top 5s soon, but he sure did come back from early losses at the Giro well!
That Luz-Ardiden stage is a cracker Cool DQS lineup there with Jungels going for his first TDF top 10 after last year's 11th, and both Gilbert and Alaphilippe too as well as Styby and two young sprinters!
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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| Infernoss |
Posted on 22-03-2019 10:33
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Some nice results! What are the stats of Mas currently?
Looks like a strong field for the Tour, which is always nice! (I just finished a tour which was won by Kwiatkowski...). Looks like mitchelton scott also has a great team with them with the likes of the brothers Yates. chaves and Haig. Wondering if they go for stage wins or the GC.
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 22-03-2019 10:54
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Stunning performances of Mas, winning the Giro and a great follow-up result in France too. Good to see Vivani claim a few stages and the points jersey after missing out on a win in that first week.
Great prep race for Jungels in France, and Le Tour should quite suit him this year. Best of luck!
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 22-03-2019 12:54
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I'm sure the Tour de France will bring more success for the team |
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