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Lefevere's Blue Army | S3 | Tour de France
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 05-06-2019 20:22
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 Le Tour de France (2.UWT) 2020 Stages 8-14
Stage 8
Alaphilippe wins on Plance des Belles Filles
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Geraint Thomas | Team Ineos | +00:00 | | 3 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +00:12 | | 4 | Rohan Dennis | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:12 | | 5 | Chris Froome | Team Ineos | +00:41 | | 6 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:41 | | 7 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | +00:57 | | 8 | Philippe Gilbert | Trek - Segafredo | +00:57 | | 9 | Egan Bernal | Team Ineos | +01:20 | | 10 | Rafal Majka | Team Sunweb | +01:20 |
Stage 9
Alaphilippe wins his 2nd
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Geraint Thomas | Team Ineos | +00:00 | | 3 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | +00:00 | | 4 | Egan Bernal | Team Ineos | +00:00 | | 5 | Chris Froome | Team Ineos | +00:00 | | 6 | Wout Poels | Team Ineos | +00:00 | | 7 | Philippe Gilbert | Trek - Segafredo | +00:00 | | 8 | Rohan Dennis | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:00 | | 9 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | +00:00 | | 10 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +00:00 |
Stage 10
| 1 | Rohan Dennis | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:00 | | 2 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:34 | | 3 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:52 | | 4 | Yves Lampaert | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:54 | | 5 | Chris Froome | Team Ineos | +00:57 | | 6 | Nelson Oliveira | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:59 | | 7 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +01:02 | | 8 | Daniel Martinez | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +01:08 | | 9 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Dimension Data | +01:25 | | 10 | Egan Bernal | Team Ineos | +01:36 | | 11 | Pierre Latour | AG2R La Mondiale | +01:39 | | 12 | Wout Poels | Team Ineos | +01:42 | | 13 | Maximilian Schachmann | Team Sunweb | +01:44 | | 14 | Damiano Caruso | Team Bahrain Merida | +01:50 | | 15 | Pello Bilbao | Astana Pro Team | +01:51 | | 16 | Geraint Thomas | Team Ineos | +01:52 | | 17 | Lennard Kämna | Team Sunweb | +02:00 | | 18 | Mads Pedersen | Team Sunweb | +02:00 | | 19 | Filippo Ganna | CCC Team | +02:03 | | 20 | Michael Matthews | Trek - Segafredo | +02:05 |
Stage 11
Alaphilippe takes his 3rd, and most impressive win, on a mountain stage
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Warren Barguil | Team Arkéa - Samsic | +00:12 | | 3 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:12 | | 4 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +00:12 | | 5 | Simon Yates | Mitchelton - Scott | +00:12 | | 6 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | +00:12 | | 7 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | +00:12 | | 8 | Bjorg Lambrecht | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:12 | | 9 | Geraint Thomas | Team Ineos | +00:12 | | 10 | Rohan Dennis | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:12 | | 11 | Alexandre Geniez | AG2R La Mondiale | +00:12 | | 12 | David Gaudu | Groupama - FDJ | +00:12 | | 13 | Rafal Majka | Team Sunweb | +00:12 | | 14 | Pello Bilbao | Astana Pro Team | +00:12 | | 15 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +00:12 | | 16 | Greg Van Avermaet | CCC Team | +00:38 | | 17 | Wout Poels | Team Ineos | +00:38 | | 18 | Chris Froome | Team Ineos | +00:38 | | 19 | Jonathan Hivert | Total Direct Energie | +00:38 | | 20 | Nelson Oliveira | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:38 |
Stage 12
Yates wins from the break
| 1 | Adam Yates | Mitchelton - Scott | +00:00 | | 2 | Warren Barguil | Team Arkéa - Samsic | +00:17 | | 3 | Damiano Caruso | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:17 | | 4 | Geraint Thomas | Team Ineos | +00:29 | | 5 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +00:29 | | 6 | Chris Froome | Team Ineos | +00:47 | | 7 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | +00:47 | | 8 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:47 | | 9 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:47 | | 10 | Egan Bernal | Team Ineos | +01:04 | | 11 | Simon Yates | Mitchelton - Scott | +01:04 | | 12 | Rohan Dennis | Team Bahrain Merida | +01:51 | | 13 | Bjorg Lambrecht | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +01:51 | | 14 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | +02:22 | | 15 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | +02:22 | | 16 | Wout Poels | Team Ineos | +02:22 | | 17 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Team Ineos | +02:22 | | 18 | Alexandre Geniez | AG2R La Mondiale | +03:35 | | 19 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +03:35 | | 20 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo - Visma | +03:57 |
Stage 13
Alaphilippe wins his 4th
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | +00:00 | | 3 | Philippe Gilbert | Trek - Segafredo | +00:00 | | 4 | Chris Froome | Team Ineos | +00:00 | | 5 | Oliver Naesen | AG2R La Mondiale | +00:00 | | 6 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +00:00 | | 7 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 8 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | +00:00 | | 9 | Rohan Dennis | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:00 | | 10 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Dimension Data | +00:00 |
Stage 14
Echelons cause a split, with a group of 30 in front containing all DQT riders
Groenewegen wins the sprint
| 1 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:00 | | 2 | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | +00:00 | | 3 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 4 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE - Team Emirates | +00:00 | | 5 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 6 | Philippe Gilbert | Trek - Segafredo | +00:00 | | 7 | André Greipel | Trek - Segafredo | +00:00 | | 8 | Matteo Moschetti | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +00:00 | | 9 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +00:00 | | 10 | Arnaud Démare | Groupama - FDJ | +00:00 | | ... | | 25 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | +01:25 |
Classifications after Stage 14
GC
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick Step | 60h30'28 | | 2 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | + 1'23 | | 3 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | + 1'43 | | 4 | Rohan Dennis | Team Bahrain Merida | + 1'46 | | 5 | Chris Froome | Team Ineos | + 2'43 | | 6 | Geraint Thomas | Team Ineos | + 5'30 | | 7 | Egan Bernal | Team Ineos | + 6'27 | | 8 | Simon Yates | Mitchelton - Scott | + 7'06 | | 9 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | + 7'11 | | 10 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | + 9'02 | | 11 | Wout Poels | Team Ineos | + 11'01 | | 12 | Pello Bilbao | Astana Pro Team | + 12'24 | | 13 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | + 14'39 | | 14 | Rafal Majka | Team Sunweb | + 15'11 | | 15 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | + 17'25 | | 16 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 18'31 | | 17 | Adam Yates | Mitchelton - Scott | + 19'26 | | 18 | Bjorg Lambrecht | Deceuninck - Quick Step | + 20'07 | | 19 | David Gaudu | Groupama - FDJ | + 20'55 | | 20 | Valentin Madouas | Groupama - FDJ | + 21'26 |
Points
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick Step | 254 | | 2 | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | 224 | | 3 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE - Team Emirates | 215 | | 4 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo - Visma | 209 | | 5 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | 132 |
KOM
| 1 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto - Soudal | 42 | | 2 | Warren Barguil | Team Arkéa - Samsic | 41 | | 3 | Michael Valgren | Team Dimension Data | 39 | | 4 | Adam Yates | Mitchelton - Scott | 33 | | 5 | Damiano Caruso | Team Bahrain Merida | 30 |
Youth
| 1 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | 60h31'51 (1) | | 2 | Egan Bernal | Team Ineos | + 5'04 (2) | | 3 | Bjorg Lambrecht | Deceuninck - Quick Step | + 18'44 (3) |
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| Timmsoski |
Posted on 05-06-2019 22:47
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My word what a week for Alaph! Forget the stage wins, I'm starting to dream that he can win Le Tour! |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 05-06-2019 22:53
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Biggest question is ir Alaphilippe can handle the final week, but he’s looking to write history here. 
(Reminds me of the old PCM09 times when I once almost won the Tour with Chavanel  ) |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 06-06-2019 12:52
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Alaphilippe is on fire !!!!!! |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 06-06-2019 19:51
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@ Timmsoski - Thanks, I am thinking he has a chance too
@ Freitas - It got 2 mountain stages and a TT, so hard for him to gain any time before the ITT, under 2min lead so its not safe imo
@ sutty - Indeed he is, he's just unbeatable really.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 06-06-2019 20:19
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No way he can pull it off... right?
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 07-06-2019 00:27
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At this point anything is possible
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 07-06-2019 00:48
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Tough Decision Ahead for Lefevere
With just one week to go in the Tour de France, Patrick Lefevere is in a position to win his first ever Tour de France as a manager (or rider). Coming into the race, the consensus was that Enric Mas was his teams best chance at a podium. Thus far, Mas has been waiting in the shadows for his opportunity which has yet to come. Thats because his teammate, Julian Alaphilippe who by all accounts has been the best rider in the world over the last 365 days, has been on a roll with 4 wins in the Tour, one even coming on a mountain stage, and sits in 1st overall. Not typically known as a high mountains rider, Alaphilippe has been in the form of his life and has limited his losses when needed. At this stage in the race it certainly looks doable for Alaphilippe to win, but Dennis, Froome and Porte are all within range of him, and will likely be able to claw back time in the time trial, even if they fail to do so in the remaining mountain stages, so his lead is not safe.
Mas on the other hand has looked like the strongest climber in the race, but it appears as though his team manager is trying his best to bring the French its first Yellow Jersey winner since Bernard Hinault in 1985. To just abandon Alaphilippe's chances going into the final week would cause just short of a riot in France, but at the end of the day Lefevere has riders in 1st and 2nd, and will need to decide his best plan of action.
To add more fuel to the fire, Mas and Alaphilippe are both without contracts next season and perhaps favouring a certain rider is a hint at who is returning for next season and who is moving on to a new team. Its too early to know for sure if thats why, but neglecting one or the other could hurt their chances of re-signing when negotiations start in August, so there are various levels to Lefevere's decision.
Of course its always easy to analyze/criticize when you aren't the one that has to make the decisions, but with both riders in a great position, to lose the Tour de France at this stage, no matter which rider he chooses to go with, would be a huge disappointment.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 07-06-2019 17:17
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decisions, decisions  |
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Posted on 08-06-2019 06:44
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Julian is amazing on those hilly stages already a great TDF no matter what happens from here.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 10-06-2019 20:15
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Tamijo wrote:
Julian is amazing on those hilly stages already a great TDF no matter what happens from here.
Thanks. I suppose you're right, but always nice to be the best team from start to finish and win the TDF with an underdog, which we are in a position to do atm.
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| VoetsT |
Posted on 12-06-2019 08:18
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Alaphilippe really is on fire!! Would be great to see a rider of this team winning the Tour. Good luck in the final week.
Btw. I really love this story. I didn't comment for a long time, but followed it nevertheless.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 12-06-2019 20:18
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VoetsT wrote:
Alaphilippe really is on fire!! Would be great to see a rider of this team winning the Tour. Good luck in the final week.
Btw. I really love this story. I didn't comment for a long time, but followed it nevertheless.
Thanks, I really appreciate getting comments like these!
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The long anticipated final week should hopefully be up tonight/tomorrow morning in europe, as I should have time to play the final few stages finally tonight
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 13-06-2019 03:50
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Le Tour de France (2.UWT) 2020 Stages 5-21
Stage 15
Teuns takes the stage, GC riders cancel each other out
| 1 | Dylan Teuns | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:00 | | 2 | David Gaudu | Groupama - FDJ | +00:00 | | 3 | Serge Pauwels | CCC Team | +00:00 | | 4 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | +00:00 | | 5 | Adam Yates | Mitchelton - Scott | +00:00 | | 6 | Rafal Majka | Team Sunweb | +00:00 | | 7 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +01:53 | | 8 | Chris Froome | Team Ineos | +01:53 | | 9 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | +01:53 | | 10 | Tiesj Benoot | Team Ineos | +01:53 |
Stage 16
Gaviria wins, closing the gap for Green
Only 23 riders finish in the front group, the others lose 1:05. In the front include, Froome, Porte, Bernal, Lopez, Mas and Dennis.
| 1 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE - Team Emirates | +00:00 | | 2 | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | +00:00 | | 3 | Álvaro José Hodeg | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 4 | Yves Lampaert | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 5 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 6 | Philippe Gilbert | Trek - Segafredo | +00:00 | | 7 | Chris Froome | Team Ineos | +00:00 | | 8 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +00:00 | | 9 | Egan Bernal | Team Ineos | +00:00 | | 10 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | +00:00 |
Stage 17
Alaphilippe is dropped just as they reach the summit
Mas helps Alaph limit his loses, but the judges are very generous as he gets the s.t.
| 1 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | +00:00 | | 2 | Warren Barguil | Team Arkéa - Samsic | +00:00 | | 3 | Damiano Caruso | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:00 | | 4 | Patrick Konrad | Astana Pro Team | +01:31 | | 5 | Daniel Martinez | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +03:58 | | 6 | David Gaudu | Groupama - FDJ | +06:32 | | 7 | Greg Van Avermaet | CCC Team | +07:08 | | 8 | Léo Vincent | Groupama - FDJ | +07:08 | | 9 | Simon Yates | Mitchelton - Scott | +07:44 | | 10 | Chris Froome | Team Ineos | +07:44 | | 11 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +07:44 | | 12 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +07:44 | | 13 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +07:44 | | 14 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | +08:22 | | 15 | Egan Bernal | Team Ineos | +09:16 |
Stage 18
Porte wins, closing his gap to Alaphilippe, heading into the TT
Deceuninck controlled the peloton for much of the day, with only 30 riders in the front group after the first climb of the day. Alaphilippe dropped at the top of the Port de Bales but got back on the descent and the final climb became a slow crawl to the finish, with Porte up by nearly 2 minutes until he cracked with 2km to go, allowing Alaphilippe to slowly pull him back in, with the others behind all cracking as well.
| 1 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +00:00 | | 2 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:08 | | 3 | Chris Froome | Team Ineos | +01:10 | | 4 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +01:10 | | 5 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | +01:10 | | 6 | Warren Barguil | Team Arkéa - Samsic | +02:00 | | 7 | Rohan Dennis | Team Bahrain Merida | +03:24 | | 8 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | +05:09 | | 9 | Damiano Caruso | Team Bahrain Merida | +05:20 | | 10 | Pello Bilbao | Astana Pro Team | +05:20 | | 11 | Pierre Latour | AG2R La Mondiale | +05:20 | | 12 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | +05:20 | | 13 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo - Visma | +05:20 | | 14 | Bjorg Lambrecht | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +05:20 | | 15 | Alexis Vuillermoz | AG2R La Mondiale | +05:20 |
Stage 19
Quicksteps 2nd 1-2-3 of the race....
After Quickstep put on the pressure to try and force echelons, most of the sprinters were drained or dropped for the sprint, helping Alaphilippes chances for the Green jersey win as well
| 1 | Álvaro José Hodeg | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Jasper Stuyven | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 3 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 4 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:00 | | 5 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 6 | André Greipel | Trek - Segafredo | +00:00 | | 7 | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | +00:00 | | 8 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE - Team Emirates | +00:00 | | 9 | Phil Bauhaus | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:00 | | 10 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +00:00 |
Stage 20 ITT
Oliveira sets the early best time, which would last until the last 15 riders come in
Alaphilippes biggest day of his life
Ala is only 1 minute down on Porte at the 3rd and final time check before the finish, meaning he will likely hold onto his yellow, but 30 seconds could still change in the final kilometers.
In the end Alaphilippe gets 13 seconds on Porte, and limits his losses to Dennis and Froome, which means he will win the Tour de France, the first Frenchman in 35 years.
| 1 | Rohan Dennis | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:00 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Team Ineos | +02:04 | | 3 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +02:26 | | 4 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +02:31 | | 5 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +02:44 | | 6 | Nelson Oliveira | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +02:54 | | 7 | Philippe Gilbert | Trek - Segafredo | +04:39 | | 8 | Pello Bilbao | Astana Pro Team | +05:01 | | 9 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo - Visma | +05:20 | | 10 | Damiano Caruso | Team Bahrain Merida | +05:22 | | 11 | Daniel Martinez | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +05:44 | | 12 | Michael Matthews | Trek - Segafredo | +05:52 | | 13 | Wout Poels | Team Ineos | +06:00 | | 14 | Pierre Latour | AG2R La Mondiale | +06:06 | | 15 | Maximilian Schachmann | Team Sunweb | +06:10 |
Stage 21
The jersey winners from Left to Right, Alaphilippe (Yellow and Green), Barguil (Polka Dots), Gaviria (2nd in Green), Mas (White)
Alaphilippe takes the front as they hit the Champs Elysees
Greipel wins in front of Sagan! His 3rd win on the Champs Elysees
| 1 | André Greipel | Trek - Segafredo | +00:00 | | 2 | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | +00:00 | | 3 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Dimension Data | +00:00 | | 4 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE - Team Emirates | +00:00 | | 5 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 6 | Nacer Bouhanni | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | +00:00 | | 7 | Marcel Kittel | Astana Pro Team | +00:00 | | 8 | Matteo Moschetti | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +00:00 | | 9 | Álvaro José Hodeg | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 10 | Greg Van Avermaet | CCC Team | +00:00 |
Final Classifications
GC
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +01:48 | | 3 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +02:30 | | 4 | Chris Froome | Team Ineos | +03:24 | | 5 | Rohan Dennis | Team Bahrain Merida | +04:13 | | 6 | Egan Bernal | Team Ineos | +18:55 | | 7 | Simon Yates | Mitchelton - Scott | +21:55 | | 8 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | +22:08 | | 9 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | +26:33 | | 10 | Damiano Caruso | Team Bahrain Merida | +26:45 | | 11 | Pello Bilbao | Astana Pro Team | +29:01 | | 12 | Wout Poels | Team Ineos | +32:13 | | 13 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | +32:56 | | 14 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo - Visma | +33:38 | | 15 | Adam Yates | Mitchelton - Scott | +37:45 | | 16 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +37:46 | | 17 | Warren Barguil | Team Arkéa - Samsic | +39:12 | | 18 | Greg Van Avermaet | CCC Team | +46:06 | | 19 | Rafal Majka | Team Sunweb | +46:21 | | 20 | Michael Valgren | Team Dimension Data | +47:21 |
Points
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick Step | 367 | | 2 | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | 322 | | 3 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE - Team Emirates | 313 | | 4 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo - Visma | 249 | | 5 | Álvaro José Hodeg | Deceuninck - Quick Step | 194 | | 6 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | 184 | | 7 | André Greipel | Trek - Segafredo | 157 | | 8 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | 151 | | 9 | Chris Froome | Team Ineos | 149 | | 10 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | 132 |
KOM
| 1 | Warren Barguil | Team Arkéa - Samsic | 121 | | 2 | Damiano Caruso | Team Bahrain Merida | 78 | | 3 | Adam Yates | Mitchelton - Scott | 78 | | 4 | Michael Valgren | Team Dimension Data | 59 | | 5 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | 42 | | 6 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto - Soudal | 42 | | 7 | Greg Van Avermaet | CCC Team | 34 | | 8 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick Step | 29 | | 9 | Delio Fernández | Delko Marseille Provence KTM | 29 | | 10 | Patrick Konrad | Astana Pro Team | 28 |
Youth
| 1 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Egan Bernal | Team Ineos | +16:25 | | 3 | Bjorg Lambrecht | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +45:34 | | 4 | David Gaudu | Groupama - FDJ | +46:39 | | 5 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Team Ineos | +56:45 | | 6 | Valentin Madouas | Groupama - FDJ | +01:00:56 | | 7 | Daniel Martinez | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +01:07:44 | | 8 | Léo Vincent | Groupama - FDJ | +01:18:16 | | 9 | Marc Hirschi | Team Sunweb | +01:49:16 | | 10 | Mads Pedersen | Team Sunweb | +01:49:28 |
Final Thoughts
Well, Alaphilippe showed he could kick it with the best climbers in the world, not sure where he got that ability from, but he was crafty, gaining lots of time on flat stages as well. Without those gains, he likely wouldn't have won. The fact he also won the Green just puts the icing on the cake, as we didnt expect to win either jersey heading into the race.
The number of stage wins was also crazy. Alaphilippe with 4 himself, and Mas and Hodeg with one each, but also several other stages in the top 3, so we were consistently the strongest. Alaphilippe will be commanding a big payday in a few days time, after his Ardennes Triple and Tour de France win in the same season. He can also put a cap on this historic season as he targets the world championships, in France, which it now looks like he has a chance to win despite its Mountainous terrain.
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 13-06-2019 06:51
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Small Tour Specialist
Posts: 2704
Joined: 29-04-2007
PCM$: 900.00
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 I am speechless man! That was incredible stuff in the mountains. Congratulations on this amazing win. Mas taking the third as well. Great stuff! |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 13-06-2019 07:33
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Grand Tour Champion
Posts: 8389
Joined: 08-09-2009
PCM$: 200.00
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Amazing job! Alaphilippe is a PCM GOAT.  Really good three weeks overall and Mas in third also shows the dominance of the team.  Well done! |
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| Timmsoski |
Posted on 13-06-2019 17:46
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Under 23
Posts: 82
Joined: 15-01-2019
PCM$: 200.00
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Amazing man! Unbelievable to pull that off with Alaph! Also crazy to see Bernal in 6th, yet almost 20 mins down! |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 13-06-2019 19:15
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Team Leader
Posts: 7406
Joined: 14-07-2015
PCM$: 599.00
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Fantastic Tour, not only winning the most important race of the season, but also with two rider on the podium. Point and Youth Jersey.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 14-06-2019 05:37
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World Champion
Posts: 12986
Joined: 20-05-2009
PCM$: 530.00
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@ Batista - Thank you, Mas really did well to support Alaph and probably would have won if I hadn't used him to save Alaphs race on multiple occasions.
@ Freitas - He really is. I think if he can win the World and Lombardia he will have done a season no one can ever repeat, starting with Down under, then Strade, the Triple and now this.
@ Timm - Yeah, everyone but the Top 5 were really crap tbh. Not sure why Bardet f.e. is always so bad in GTs. I knew Froome and Dennis were the only ones I needed time on heading into the TT, and Dennis has 74 MO and somehow hung in there on most stages, yet multiple 80+ guys couldnt...
@ Tamijo - Thanks, getting the Yellow and Green with the same rider has been a lifelong goal of mine, and I never thought I'd do it with a real life rider in PCM. The fact Alaph isn't even a top climber or sprinter makes it even more surprising. After the 2nd week, I had a real belief Alaphilippe could do it, as he even gained time on one mountain stage.
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| VoetsT |
Posted on 14-06-2019 08:18
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Breakaway Specialist
Posts: 851
Joined: 29-06-2013
PCM$: 200.00
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Best TdF I have ever seen Alaphilippe was so strong on the flat and the mountains. Mas made the party complete with his 3rd podium spot.
Next goal: keep the Tour de France winner and best young rider in your team for next year
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