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| valverde321 |
Posted on 02-04-2019 01:21
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@ tsmoha - I knew you were going to mention him  Mas has been quite strong, a podium is starting to look good.
@ The hoyle - Yeah, Sky were just too OP. As for Binckbank, I think I brought a more cobbled style team, and it really had no benefit as I guess there werent enough cobbles to really do anything. Gilbert rode there iirc, who would have normally suited it quite well.
And for the Nat. Champs, I honestly kind of forgot, and then I was thinking people probably wouldn't care that much, but I can post them, and make it a regular thing for future seasons as well. I have to say this was the first time I tried playing them in many years and it was just an awful experience. Basically every one a break is allowed to get clear and win it all, unless it includes one of my riders, so I have to chase down breaks with 1 or 2 riders max in most of them or somehow get in the break.
@ sutty - Yeah, Viviani really did well there, and he's been a great late add to the Vuelta too!
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 02-04-2019 02:19
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National Champions as of June 2019
Road Race
Spoiler | Albania | Ylber Sefa | Tarteletto - Isorex | | Algeria | Youcef Reguigui | Terengganu Cycling Team | | Argentina | Daniel Diaz | Equipo Continental Municipalidad de Pocito | | Australia | Cameron Meyer | Mitchelton - Scott | | Austria | Georg Preidler | Groupama - FDJ | | Azerbaijan | Elchin Asadov | Lviv Cycling Team | | Belarus | Stanislau Bazhkou | Minsk Cycling Club | | Belgium | Ben Hermans | Israel Cycling Academy | | Bolivia | Carlos Montellano | Start Team Gusto | | Brazil | Rodrigo Nascimento | São Francisco Saùde / Klabin / SME Ribeirão Preto | | Burkina-Faso | Souleymane Kone | - | | Canada | Émile Jean | Floyd's Pro Cycling | | Chile | Cristopher Mansilla | Start Team Gusto | | China | Liu Manduo | Giant Cycling Team | | Colombia | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | | Costa-Rica | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | | Croatia | Radoslav Rogina | Adria Mobil | | Czech-Republic | Jan Hirt | Astana Pro Team | | Denmark | Mads Pedersen | Trek - Segafredo | | Eritrea | Merhawi Kudus | Astana Pro Team | | Estonia | Siim Kiskonen | - | | France | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama - FDJ | | Gabon | Geoffrey Ngandamba | - | | Germany | Nils Schomber | Heizomat Rad-Net | | Greece | Georgios Bouglas | Ningxia Sports Lottery - Livall Cycling Team | | Hong-Kong | Siu Wai Ko | HKSI Pro Cycling Team | | Hungary | Barnabás Peák | SEG Racing Academy | | Iceland | Ingvar Omarsson | - | | Indonesia | Bernard Van Aert | Brunei Continental Team | | Iran | Saeeid Safarzadeh | Tabriz Shahrdary Team | | Ireland | Sam Bennett | BORA - hansgrohe | | Israel | Roy Goldstein | Israel Cycling Academy | | Italy | Mattia Cattaneo | Androni - Sidermec - Bottecchia | | Japan | Fumiyuki Beppu | Trek - Segafredo | | Kazakhstan | Yuriy Chsherbinin | Apple Team | | Kuwait | Saied Jafer Alali | Massi - Vivo Team | | Latvia | Toms Skujins | Trek - Segafredo | | Lithuania | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama - FDJ | | Luxembourg | Arthur Kluckers | Leopard Pro Cycling | | Macedonia | Andrej Petrovski | - | | Malaysia | Muhammad Zulhilmie Afif Ahmad Zamri | Terengganu Cycling Team | | Mauritius | Gregory Rougier-Lagane | - | | Moldova | Maxim Rusnac | Team Differdange - GeBa | | Mongolia | Maral Erdene Batmunkh | Terengganu Cycling Team | | Namibia | Martin Freyer | - | | Namibia | Alex Miller | - | | Netherlands | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | | New-Zealand | Patrick Bevin | CCC Team | | Norway | Odd Christian Eiking | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | | Poland | Rafal Majka | BORA - hansgrohe | | Portugal | José Gonçalves | Team Katusha - Alpecin | | Romania | Eduard Michael Grosu | Delko Marseille Provence KTM | | Russia | Alexander Porsev | Gazprom - RusVelo | | Rwanda | Didier Munyaneza | Benediction Cycling Team | | Serbia | Aleksandar Roman | Java Partizan Pro Cycling Team | | Slovakia | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | | Slovenia | Matej Mohoric | Team Bahrain Merida | | South-Africa | Daryl Impey | Mitchelton - Scott | | South-Korea | Sang-Hoon Park | LX Cycling Team | | Spain | Pello Bilbao | Astana Pro Team | | Sweden | Lucas Eriksson | Riwal Readynez Cycling Team | | Switzerland | Sébastien Reichenbach | Groupama - FDJ | | Taiwan | Shao Hsuan Lu | Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum | | Tunisia | Ali Nouisri | VIB Sports | | Turkey | Onur Balkan | Salcano Sakarya | | Ukraine | Oleksandr Prevar | Team Novak | | United-Arab-Emirates | Yousef Mirza | UAE - Team Emirates | | United-Kingdom | Mark Cavendish | Team Dimension Data | | United-States | Taylor Phinney | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | | Uruguay | Fabricio Ferrari | Efapel | | Venezuela | Yonathan Monsalve | Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team |
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Spoiler | Albania | Eugert Zhupa | EvoPro Racing | | Algeria | Azzedine Lagab | VIB Sports | | Andorra | Julio Pintado Madrigal | - | | Angola | Dario António | BAI-Sicasal-Petro de Luanda | | Argentina | Emiliano Ibarra | Sindicato Empleados Públicos of San Juan | | Australia | Rohan Dennis | Team Bahrain Merida | | Austria | Georg Preidler | Groupama - FDJ | | Azerbaijan | Elchin Asadov | Lviv Cycling Team | | Belarus | Vasil Kiryienka | Team Sky | | Belgium | Wout Van Aert | Team Jumbo - Visma | | Bolivia | Freddy Gonzalez | Start Team Gusto | | Bulgaria | Radoslav Valentinov Konstantinov | - | | Canada | Svein Tuft | Rally UHC Cycling | | Chile | Marco Arriagada | Equipo Continental Municipalidad de Pocito | | China | Hang Shi | Giant Cycling Team | | Colombia | Daniel Martinez | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | | Costa-Rica | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | | Croatia | Kristijan Durasek | UAE - Team Emirates | | Czech-Republic | Josef Cerný | CCC Team | | Denmark | Emil Vinjebo | Riwal Readynez Cycling Team | | Eritrea | Zemenfes Solomon | Interpro Stradalli Cycling | | Estonia | Tanel Kangert | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | | Ethiopia | Tsgabu Grmay | Mitchelton - Scott | | France | Pierre Latour | AG2R La Mondiale | | Gabon | Glenn Morgan Moulingui | - | | Germany | Maximilian Schachmann | BORA - hansgrohe | | Greece | Charalampos Kastrantas | Brunei Continental Team | | Hong-Kong | Burr Ho | HKSI Pro Cycling Team | | Hungary | Barnabás Peák | SEG Racing Academy | | Iceland | Runar Orn Agustsson | - | | Indonesia | Teten Rohendi | PGN Road Cycling Team | | Iran | Mirsamad Poorseyedi Golakhour | - | | Ireland | Ryan Mullen | Trek - Segafredo | | Israel | Omer Goldstein | Israel Cycling Academy | | Italy | Filippo Ganna | Team Sky | | Japan | Kazushige Kuboki | Bridgestone Anchor Cycling Team | | Kazakhstan | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | | Kuwait | Saied Jafer Alali | Massi - Vivo Team | | Latvia | Toms Skujins | Trek - Segafredo | | Lithuania | Gediminas Bagdonas | AG2R La Mondiale | | Luxembourg | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck - Quick Step | | Macedonia | Andrej Petrovski | - | | Malaysia | Amir Mustafa Rusli | Forca Amskins Racing | | Mauritius | Christopher Rougier-Lagane | - | | Mexico | Luis Villalobos | Aevolo | | Moldova | Nicolae Tanovitchii | Team Novak | | Mongolia | Tuulkhangai Tuguldur | RTS Racing Team | | Netherlands | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | | New-Zealand | Patrick Bevin | CCC Team | | Norway | Vegard Stake Laengen | UAE - Team Emirates | | Panama | Franklin Archibold | UCI World Cycling Centre Mens Team | | Philippines | Mark John Lexer Galedo | 7 Eleven - Cliqq Roadbike Philippines | | Poland | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team Sky | | Portugal | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar Team | | Romania | Eduard Michael Grosu | Delko Marseille Provence KTM | | Russia | Pavel Sivakov | Team Sky | | Rwanda | Joseph Areruya | Delko Marseille Provence KTM | | Serbia | Dušan Rajóvic | Adria Mobil | | Slovakia | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | | Slovenia | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo - Visma | | South-Africa | Jaco Venter | Team Dimension Data | | South-Korea | Ji-Hun Kim | KSPO Bianchi Asia Procycling | | Spain | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team Sky | | Sweden | Hannes Bergström Frisk | Memil - CCN Pro Cycling | | Switzerland | Stefan Küng | Groupama - FDJ | | Taiwan | Yuan Tang Peng | Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum | | Tunisia | Ali Nouisri | VIB Sports | | Turkey | Feritcam Samli | Salcano Sakarya | | Ukraine | Mykhaylo Kononenko | Beijing XDS - Innova Cycling Team | | United-Arab-Emirates | Yousef Mirza | UAE - Team Emirates | | United-Kingdom | Geraint Thomas | Team Sky | | United-States | Taylor Phinney | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | | Uruguay | Mauricio Moreira | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | | Venezuela | Yonathan Monsalve | Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team |
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| Timmsoski |
Posted on 02-04-2019 11:26
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What a performance from Mas! To pull away from the other contenders like that is impressive, what a season for him! Hopefully Froome struggles in week 3, it's still very close and a lot of riders have a chance at the GC. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 02-04-2019 16:48
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 02-04-2019 21:57
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@ Timmsoski - Thanks, he really was strong on that stage! He was so close to cracking himself. I hope Froome struggles as well 
@ sutty - Yeah, it was frustrating, I love trying to win as many as possible.
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 02-04-2019 22:11
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Mas starting to shape up ready to tackle Froome’s lead. Interesting battle between the strongest GT riders.  |
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Posted on 03-04-2019 14:58
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FreitasPCM wrote:
Mas starting to shape up ready to tackle Froome’s lead. Interesting battle between the strongest GT riders.
Indeed, and as you'll see shortly, it was a great battle
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 03-04-2019 15:52
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 La Vuelta a Espana (2.UWT) 2019
Stage 15
Mas and Porte come in ahead of the race leader, Froome
| 1 | Davide Formolo | BORA - hansgrohe | +00:00 | | 2 | Pierre Latour | AG2R La Mondiale | +00:00 | | 3 | Adam Yates | Mitchelton - Scott | +00:00 | | 4 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +00:12 | | 5 | Tim Wellens | Lotto - Soudal | +00:34 | | 6 | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo - Visma | +01:03 | | 7 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +01:14 | | 8 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +01:14 | | 9 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | +01:50 | | 10 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | +01:50 |
Stage 16
Mas and Froome come in together, no time gaps today
| 1 | Gorka Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | +00:00 | | 2 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama - FDJ | +00:17 | | 3 | Davide Formolo | BORA - hansgrohe | +00:17 | | 4 | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:47 | | 5 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | +00:47 | | 6 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:47 | | 7 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | +01:20 | | 8 | Daniel Martin | UAE - Team Emirates | +01:20 | | 9 | Vincenzo Nibali | Team Bahrain Merida | +01:42 | | 10 | Louis Meintjes | Team Dimension Data | +02:25 |
Stage 17 (ITT)
Jungels, celebrating on the podium after his stage win
| 1 | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | +00:17 | | 3 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | +00:17 | | 4 | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:20 | | 5 | Victor Campenaerts | Lotto - Soudal | +00:21 | | 6 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | +00:40 | | 7 | Pierre Latour | AG2R La Mondiale | +00:53 | | 8 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:53 | | 9 | Georg Preidler | Groupama - FDJ | +01:04 | | 10 | Marc Soler | Movistar Team | +01:11 |
Mas is now 59 Seconds behind Froome, heading into the final crucial stages
Stage 18
Mas attacks on the climb, and holds his lead on the descent to take two in a row for DQT
| 1 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Daryl Impey | Mitchelton - Scott | +00:18 | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | +00:18 | | 4 | Bauke Mollema | Trek - Segafredo | +00:18 | | 5 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | +00:18 | | 6 | Omar Fraile | Astana Pro Team | +00:18 | | 7 | Michael Woods | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +00:18 | | 8 | Vincenzo Nibali | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:18 | | 9 | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | +00:18 | | 10 | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:18 |
Stage 19
*Light Cobble Stage*
Mas, Jungels and Roglic trying to gain as much time as possible
After setting an insane pace on the climb about 15km from the finish, Jugnels and Mas go clear of the Red jersey who looked to be struggling on the climb. Roglic joins the trio, but on the descent the chasers, Froome and Valverde are closing down the gap every km.
Valverde takes the win
After Froome, Valverde and Porte bridge the gap on the descent, Mas and Valverde put the pressure on and Froome gets dropped again! Valverde takes the win but what is the gap to Froome?....
Spoiler He's down 1:11, so Mas moves into the lead! 
Now Mas has only one stage to defend his lead, but its a massive one!
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | +00:00 | | 2 | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:00 | | 3 | Bauke Mollema | Trek - Segafredo | +00:00 | | 4 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 5 | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:53 | | 6 | Gorka Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | +01:11 | | 7 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | +01:11 | | 8 | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | +01:11 | | 9 | Enrico Gasparotto | Team Dimension Data | +01:11 | | 10 | Omar Fraile | Astana Pro Team | +01:11 |
Stage 20
The situation heading into the final stage. Roglic is also dangerous to Mas' lead as well, so not just Froome that Mas has to watch out for.
And just like that, Roglic crashes out on the penultimate day, terrible luck as he was in a podium position
After nearly 3 weeks, one of the toughest stages mostly ends in one big group
| 1 | Louis Meintjes | Team Dimension Data | +00:00 | | 2 | Tim Wellens | Lotto - Soudal | +00:48 | | 3 | Adam Yates | Mitchelton - Scott | +00:48 | | 4 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +02:31 | | 5 | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Katusha - Alpecin | +04:58 | | 6 | Lachlan Morton | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +07:48 | | 7 | Valentin Madouas | Groupama - FDJ | +12:23 | | 8 | Michael Schär | CCC Team | +12:23 | | 9 | Daniel Martin | UAE - Team Emirates | +12:23 | | 10 | Davide Formolo | BORA - hansgrohe | +12:54 | | ... | | 13 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | +12:54 | | ... | | 20 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +12:54 |
Stage 21
| 1 | Alexander Kristoff | UAE - Team Emirates | +00:00 | | 2 | Álvaro José Hodeg | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 3 | Elia Viviani | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 4 | Davide Ballerini | Astana Pro Team | +00:00 | | 5 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 |
Final GC
| 1 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | +00:29 | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | +04:03 | | 4 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | +10:03 | | 5 | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | +10:28 | | 6 | Daniel Martin | UAE - Team Emirates | +12:08 | | 7 | Vincenzo Nibali | Team Bahrain Merida | +12:41 | | 8 | Bauke Mollema | Trek - Segafredo | +12:57 | | 9 | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +16:50 | | 10 | Davide Formolo | BORA - hansgrohe | +18:40 | | 11 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +18:51 | | 12 | Gorka Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | +18:52 | | 13 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | +20:14 | | 14 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama - FDJ | +21:17 | | 15 | Adam Yates | Mitchelton - Scott | +25:03 | | 16 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | +26:02 | | 17 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | +26:30 | | 18 | Pierre Latour | AG2R La Mondiale | +30:52 | | 19 | Omar Fraile | Astana Pro Team | +31:33 | | 20 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +34:58 |
Final Points
| 1 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | 196 | | 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 192 | | 3 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | 182 | | 4 | Elia Vivini | Deceuninck - Quick Step | 108 | | 5 | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck - Quick Step | 104 |
Final KOM
| 1 | Louis Meintjes | Team Dimension Data | 49 | | 2 | Gorka Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | 37 | | 3 | Omar Fraile | Astana Pro Team | 36 | | 4 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | 29 | | 5 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 29 |
Final Youth
| 1 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | +26:02 | | 3 | Sepp Kuss | Team Jumbo - Visma | +59:24 | | 4 | Antwan Tolhoek | Team Jumbo - Visma | +01:03:18 | | 5 | Giulio Ciccone | Trek - Segafredo | +01:04:33 |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 03-04-2019 16:21
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Yes man! Congrats. I knew you would make it to the top. |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 03-04-2019 20:41
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Froome just got outclassed when it mattered. Congrats!
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 03-04-2019 21:44
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What a beauty! Great racing from Mas, congratulations. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 03-04-2019 23:31
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What a great third week for the team i bet Froomey is kicking himself for losing this race |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 04-04-2019 16:26
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@ Batista - Thanks, I didn't think I would do it, I wasn't expecting him to crack on the hilly stage.
@ Baseball - Thanks, yeah, he was probably just tired of winning or something
@ Freitas - Thanks, he really was great! Got +4 on most of the important days in the last week
@ sutty - Thanks, the whole team rode great! Especially Jungels who was a great team-mate to Mas, and still finished 9th himself which is a good result too!
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 04-04-2019 21:24
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 EuroEyes Cyclassics Hamburg (1.UWT) 2019
| 1 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE - Team Emirates | +00:00 | | 2 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:00 | | 3 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto - Soudal | +00:00 | | 4 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Team Dimension Data | +00:00 | | 5 | Mark Cavendish | Team Dimension Data | +00:00 |
 Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France (1.UWT) 2019
Alaphilippe wins in the sprint
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Matej Mohoric | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:00 | | 3 | Sacha Modolo | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +00:00 | | 4 | Lukas Pöstlberger | BORA - hansgrohe | +00:00 | | 5 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | +00:00 |
 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec (1.UWT) 2019
| 1 | Diego Rosa | Team Sky | +00:00 | | 2 | Guillaume Martin | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | +00:00 | | 3 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA - hansgrohe | +00:00 | | 4 | Tony Gallopin | AG2R La Mondiale | +00:00 | | 5 | Warren Barguil | Team Arkéa - Samsic | +00:00 |
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal (1.UWT) 2019
| 1 | Roman Kreuziger | Team Dimension Data | +00:00 | | 2 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA - hansgrohe | +00:00 | | 3 | Greg Van Avermaet | CCC Team | +00:23 | | 4 | Jesús Herrada | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | +00:23 | | 5 | Michael Valgren | Team Dimension Data | +00:23 |
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Three of the biggest favourites for the ITT WC, Tom Dumoulin, Primoz Roglic and Rohan Dennis are missing. Bob Jungels is seen as one of the favourites, as he is in great form!
The hills on the course could prove to be too much for Campenaerts, but a rider like Kwiatkowski could also be a good bet to win. Despite Dumoulin being absent, the Dutch have two very strong challengers in Jos Van Emden and Wilco Kelderman. Dennis not defending his title is an odd choice though, so we will see a new rainbow stripes wearer, atleast for the Time Trial...
For the road race, the organizers decided to use the same route as last year. Valverde was the winner last year, one of the only illustrious races missing from his Palmares, so can he win back to back, given his success on the route last year!
However Froome is seen as the favourite for this route, and after his great year, the WC would be a great closer! On the contrary, Dumoulin has had a very poor year, and perhaps a win at the world championships would justify the rest of the season!
Jungels is an outsider, but to win would be a huge feat! Dan Martin and Richie Porte would also be good riders to bet on, and for many here, a win would really turn their season around.
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 07-04-2019 13:09
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I am looking forward to the results |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 07-04-2019 19:04
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Thanks! Both the TT and RR were quite close
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 08-04-2019 03:21
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Time trial
For much of the day Pierre Latour was the leader at the finish, but many of the favourites were still to come.
The weather was worsening as the day went on though, so perhaps Latour would hold on to his lead.
Oliveira (POR) sets new bests at the time checks
It wasn't until Nelson Oliveira of Portugal, that Latours time was beaten. Oliveiras time would be a tough one to beat, with only about 15 riders left to finish, although most of them were the favourites for the day!
The closest time was Soren Kragh Andersen of Denmark who came 30 seconds off his time.
Jungels (LUX) sets a new time check best!
That was until Bob Jungels! He beats Oliveiras time by just 3 seconds. Now only 5 riders left to finish, including Campenaerts and Froome, so it will be a close finish.
But Campenaerts is 30 seconds down at the last time check, and Froome is already a minute off, its looking good for Jungels! Campenaerts is the closest of the late finishers to Jungels, but its not enough! Jungels is your new ITT World Champion!
Jungels (LUX) about to receive his Rainbow jersey
| 1 | Bob Jungels | +00:00 | | 2 | Nelson Oliveira | +00:03 | | 3 | Søren Kragh Andersen | +00:33 | | 4 | Jos Van Emden | +00:56 | | 5 | Victor Campenaerts | +01:02 | | 6 | Stefan Küng | +01:08 | | 7 | Chris Froome | +01:12 | | 8 | Tony Martin | +01:14 | | 9 | Wilco Kelderman | +01:16 | | 10 | Michal Kwiatkowski | +01:18 | | 11 | Gianni Moscon | +01:22 | | 12 | Pierre Latour | +01:29 | | 13 | Jonathan Castroviejo | +01:35 | | 14 | Michael Matthews | +01:37 | | 15 | Jan Barta | +01:41 |
Road Race
Alaphilippe (FRA) attacks, with 25km to go
For much of the race, a break of 2 were ahead of the peloton. The peloton would be reduced to a group of 42, by the time they reached the 3rd last climb, where Julian Alaphilippe attacked. Perhaps inspired by his name painted on the road, he reaches a gap of 45 seconds, as he goes over the top!
More attacks on the last climb
The peloton catch back up to Alaphilippe at the foot of the last climb! Jungels attacks, with Valverde and Froome closely following him. Konrad, the only home-hope left in the front group also tries to follow!
The lead trio go over the top, with two chasers from Belgium
Froome gets dropped by the now lead trio. Tom Dumoulin was able to reach the front group after a great acceleration on the climb, bridging the gap of about 30 seconds. Two Belgians, Lambrecht and Wellens followed Dumoulins move, but couldnt hang on. With the descent into the finish though, perhaps they can get back on with the leaders.
Valverde wins again!
The two chaser from Belgium could never catch the front 3, so in the sprint Valverde was always going to be the favourite, and he wins the Rainbow jersey back to back! Jungels takes 3rd, so close to being double champion, which will sting for sure! Dumoulin narrowly edges Jungels in the sprint for 2nd.
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | +00:00 | | 2 | Tom Dumoulin | +00:04 | | 3 | Bob Jungels | +00:06 | | 4 | Tim Wellens | +00:46 | | 5 | Bjorg Lambrecht | +01:07 | | 6 | Romain Bardet | +01:07 | | 7 | Jakob Fuglsang | +01:07 | | 8 | Chris Froome | +01:27 | | 9 | Michal Kwiatkowski | +01:49 | | 10 | Patrick Konrad | +01:49 | | 11 | Ion Izagirre | +01:49 | | 12 | Michael Valgren | +01:49 | | 13 | Roman Kreuziger | +01:49 | | 14 | Richie Porte | +02:17 | | 15 | Miguel Angel Lopez | +02:29 | | 16 | Julian Alaphilippe | +03:01 | | 17 | Davide Formolo | +03:01 | | 18 | Michael Woods | +03:01 | | 19 | Ben Hermans | +03:01 | | 20 | Daniel Martin | +05:07 |
Deceuninck nearly take all steps of the podium in the final monument of the season!
Lombardia came down to a bunch sprint from a group of 30 riders, and Gilbert takes his 2nd monument win of the season! Alaphilippe was on his wheel, but didnt have the speed to come around him. Jungels and Alaphilippe both could have taken 2nd and 3rd if they hadn't started celebrating, and because of that Thomas just moved into 2nd, to atleast minimize Deceuninck's domination!
| 1 | Philippe Gilbert | +00:00 | | 2 | Geraint Thomas | +00:00 | | 3 | Julian Alaphilippe | +00:00 | | 4 | Bob Jungels | +00:00 | | 5 | Alejandro Valverde | +00:00 | | 6 | Michal Kwiatkowski | +00:00 | | 7 | Daniel Martin | +00:00 | | 8 | Davide Formolo | +00:00 | | 9 | Maximilian Schachmann | +00:00 | | 10 | Patrick Konrad | +00:00 |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 08-04-2019 03:46
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That was just too easy. I mean, congrats, but what the actual hell was that Lombardia? 
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 08-04-2019 17:38
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Been a while and post comes fast:
Vuelta week 2: Viviani with another bull eye and also Hodeg doing good. Mas taking time on Roglic at Stage 14 was great.
Vuelta week 3: Bob taking the ITT was great but a little bitter sweet with Mas losing to revivals. then 18 – 19 and…..GC WIN
Post Vuelta….well don’t seem as if anything can stop Quick Step.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 08-04-2019 20:11
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@ baseball - Thanks! I tried to lead out with Gilbert with 5km to go or so, but I guess because of the descent he just kept gaining energy, so no one could really go around him. Believe me, I didnt even want to get a 1-2-3
@ Tamijo - Thanks! The GC win was great, and the Worlds went really well for Bob too, and Lombardia was just too easy
BTW for anyone curious, I was Belgium for the Worlds, so Jungels results were purely AI.
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