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[EPIC] BMC Racing Team
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Stage 1


The Volta a Catalunya kicked off with a typical undulating stage with a flat finish. The likelihood was a bunch sprint but with five categorised climbs, including one first category peak, to tackle, it wouldn't be easy. BMC had a quiet day, sitting patiently in the peloton all day as the breakaway was reeled back in.

In the bunch sprint, Blythe was on his own as Wyss couldn't help him. But most of the others were the same aswell, with no organised leadouts. Bennati took the win for Saxo, just ahead of Riquelme with Blythe taking a decent sixth position to kick BMC's race off alright.


Results - Stage 1
Full Results Unknown
1 Daniele Bennati Saxo 3h42'49"
2 Jorge Cristobal Riquelme Belkin s.t.
3 Aidis Kruopis Orica GreenEdge s.t.
4 Francesco Gavazzi Astana s.t.
5 Nicklas Stromberg Garmin-Sharp s.t.
6 Adam Blythe BMC s.t.
7 Sebastian Langeveld Orica GreenEdge s.t.
8 Takashi Miyazawa Saxo s.t.
9 Davide Cimolai Lampre s.t.
10 Daniele Pietropolli Lampre s.t.


Stage 2


The second stage was a flat stage with a tough finishing circuit ending on an uphill slope. Today was an even quieter day than yesterday with no BMC rider spotted in the entire report. The uphill sprint didn't suit any of our riders and we didn't score a top ten, with the remaining results unknown.

Results - Stage 2
Full Results Unknown
1 Daniele Bennati Saxo
2 Andrea Palini Lampre
3 Sebastian Langeveld Orica GreenEdge
4 Richie Porte Sky
5 Ruben Perez Euskaltel-Euskadi
6 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin-Sharp
7 Nicklas Stromberg Garmin-Sharp
8 Samuel Sanchez Euskaltel-Euskadi
9 Benat Intxausti Movistar
10 Davide Cimolai Lampre


Stage 3


The third stage in Catalunya took us into the Pyrenees with a finish at the top of Vallter 2000. Once again, BMC weren't interested in the early break with our attention focused on Lewis and Nerz.

The young German was the first to give it a go, before he even reached the final slope, countering attacks by Costa and Dan Martin as he tried to get an advantage before the big guns started firing. Unfortunately, with the Sky train going at full speed, Dominik was back in the bunch soon to give everything he had left to Lewis.

As Porte flew off up the mountain to take the stage win ahead of Contador and Hesjedal, Lewis did not look overawed by his company and set about limiting his and the group's losses, by leading them across in eleventh. Nerz was also in this group that finished 1'27 behind the leaders but for such a young rider to be beating the likes of Moreno and Anton is certainly a good sign, especially as he remained calm throughout and maintained a consistent rhythm up the climb.


Results - Stage 3
1 Richie PorteSky Procycling4h53'02
2 Alberto ContadorTeam Saxo - Tinkoffs.t.
3 Ryder HesjedalGarmin - Sharps.t.
4 Samuel SánchezEuskaltel - Euskadis.t.
5 Beñat IntxaustiMovistar Teams.t.
6 Tanel KangertAstana Pro Team+ 30
7 Michele ScarponiLampre - Merida+ 44
8 Andrew TalanskyGarmin - Sharps.t.
9 Domenico PozzovivoAG2R La Mondiale+ 56
10 Maxime MonfortRadioShack - Leopards.t.
11 Jordan LewisBMC Racing Team+ 1'27
...
31 Dominik NerzBMC Racing Teams.t.
85 Marco PinottiBMC Racing Team+ 12'09
99 Larry WarbasseBMC Racing Team+ 12'50
100 Stephen CummingsBMC Racing Teams.t.
109 Danilo WyssBMC Racing Team+ 16'06
168 Jeremy PowersBMC Racing Team+ 26'45
177 Adam BlytheBMC Racing Team+ 28'13


Stage 4


The second and final stage in the mountains was a really nasty stage with two hard climbs of the Port de Canto and Port-Ainé, at the top of which was the finish line.

In complete contrast to yesterday, BMC were absolutely anonymous on this stage, a very disappointing day for the team. Neither Lewis nor Nerz were seen or mentioned throughout the final two climbs and the whole team, particularly road captain Pinotti, have to ask questions about why they aren't showing their face in this prestigious race.

As it was, Contador took his revenge for the day before by narrowly beating Porte to the line, with the rest miles behind. Sanchez was the best of the rest, with BMC's best being Nerz in 21st. Good from Dominik but poor from Lewis, who finished over five minutes behind the lead duo. We simply have to do more in the coming days.


Results - Stage 4
1 Alberto ContadorTeam Saxo - Tinkoff5h44'53
2 Richie PorteSky Procyclings.t.
3 Samuel SánchezEuskaltel - Euskadi+ 1'35
4 Rui CostaMovistar Teams.t.
5 Laurens Ten DamBelkin Pro Cycling Teams.t.
6 Andrew TalanskyGarmin - Sharp+ 1'52
7 Fabio DuarteColombias.t.
8 Daniel MartinGarmin - Sharp+ 2'19
9 Michele ScarponiLampre - Meridas.t.
10 Tanel KangertAstana Pro Teams.t.
...
21 Dominik NerzBMC Racing Team+ 4'15
24 Jordan LewisBMC Racing Team+ 5'11
72 Stephen CummingsBMC Racing Team+ 14'31
89 Larry WarbasseBMC Racing Team+ 19'57
94 Marco PinottiBMC Racing Teams.t.
110 Danilo WyssBMC Racing Team+ 24'40
150 Adam BlytheBMC Racing Team+ 30'26
172 Jeremy PowersBMC Racing Team+ 34'14



Stage 5


The fifth stage was another one destined to end in a sprint but there was a big second category climb near the start of the stage. After a difficult evening at the BMC HQ, the riders went out with their ears still ringing and Cummings was keen to put things right.

The Brit was in a breakaway group of six riders and this sextet got down to the business of trying to stay away from the peloton. At one point, it looked like they might just do it, especially when Cummings, Huzarski and Chaves went on the attack near the end to drop the other three escapees.

But Orica-GreenEdge and Garmin were just too quick in the final few kilometres and Cummings was back in the bunch with just two kilometres to go. So unlucky! Blythe, meanwhile, was poor in the sprint and went backwards to finish 15th. Lewis and Nerz finished safely in the bunch.


Results - Stage 5
1 Daniele BennatiTeam Saxo - Tinkoff3h30'39
2 Luka MezgecTeam Argos - Shimanos.t.
3 Nicklas StrombergGarmin - Sharps.t.
4 Aidis KruopisOrica - GreenEdges.t.
5 Francesco GavazziAstana Pro Teams.t.
6 Jorge Cristobal RiquelmeBelkin Pro Cycling Teams.t.
7 Andrea PaliniLampre - Meridas.t.
8 Fabio AruAstana Pro Teams.t.
9 Geoffrey SoupeFDJ.frs.t.
10 Andrew FennOmega Pharma - Quick·Steps.t.
...
15 Adam BlytheBMC Racing Teams.t.
25 Stephen CummingsBMC Racing Teams.t.
52 Dominik NerzBMC Racing Teams.t.
91 Jordan LewisBMC Racing Teams.t.
150 Danilo WyssBMC Racing Teams.t.
163 Marco PinottiBMC Racing Teams.t.
166 Larry WarbasseBMC Racing Teams.t.
189 Jeremy PowersBMC Racing Teams.t.



Stage 6


The penultimate stage featured two tough climbs, one of which was a first category, to decide the GC once and for all. With no real chance on the overall, the aim for BMC had to be to get in the breakaway again but the riders missed out. Again.

And to make things worse, Lewis crashed hard, hurting himself, and ruined what GC ambitions he may have had left. Nerz finished way down in the main bunch but stayed 21st overall, with Moreno winning the stage ahead of Voigt and Casar. Contador took the leader's jersey off Porte.

Not good enough. Again.


Results - Stage 6
1 Daniel MorenoKatusha Team4h12'14
2 Jens VoigtRadioShack - Leopards.t.
3 Sandy CasarFDJ.frs.t.
4 Hubert DupontAG2R La Mondiales.t.
5 Paolo TiralongoAstana Pro Teams.t.
6 Alberto ContadorTeam Saxo - Tinkoffs.t.
7 Ángel MadrazoMovistar Teams.t.
8 Samuel SánchezEuskaltel - Euskadi+ 57
9 Jorge Cristobal RiquelmeBelkin Pro Cycling Teams.t.
10 Daniel MartinGarmin - Sharps.t.
...
61 Dominik NerzBMC Racing Teams.t.
149 Larry WarbasseBMC Racing Team+ 6'05
150 Danilo WyssBMC Racing Teams.t.
152 Stephen CummingsBMC Racing Teams.t.
153 Jordan LewisBMC Racing Teams.t.
159 Adam BlytheBMC Racing Teams.t.
161 Marco PinottiBMC Racing Teams.t.
182 Jeremy PowersBMC Racing Team+ 7'21



Stage 7


The final stage in Catalunya took place on a tough hilly stage but it might as well have not taken place as far as BMC were concerned. The team had one of their quietest days since the Tour Down Under in January as Nerz brought the team home in 24th place, confirming his 21st place finish on GC.

Once again, the rest of the team refused to show their faces. Not a great race for the team.


Results - Stage 7
1 Matteo MontagutiAG2R La Mondiale3h04'08
2 Fredrik KessiakoffAstana Pro Teams.t.
3 Daniel MartinGarmin - Sharps.t.
4 Michele ScarponiLampre - Meridas.t.
5 Peter VelitsOmega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Teams.t.
6 Daniel MorenoKatusha Teams.t.
7 Pieter WeeningOrica - GreenEdges.t.
8 Juan José CoboMovistar Teams.t.
9 Samuel SánchezEuskaltel - Euskadis.t.
10 Andrew TalanskyGarmin - Sharps.t.
...
24 Dominik NerzBMC Racing Teams.t.
38 Jordan LewisBMC Racing Teams.t.
82 Stephen CummingsBMC Racing Team+ 2'40
100 Danilo WyssBMC Racing Team+ 4'02
128 Larry WarbasseBMC Racing Teams.t.
143 Marco PinottiBMC Racing Teams.t.
158 Adam BlytheBMC Racing Team+ 6'45
182 Jeremy PowersBMC Racing Teams.t.



Final GC
1 Alberto ContadorTeam Saxo - Tinkoff28h37'59
2 Richie PorteSky Procycling+ 57
3 Samuel SánchezEuskaltel - Euskadi+ 2'44
4 Beñat IntxaustiMovistar Team+ 3'44
5 Andrew TalanskyGarmin - Sharp+ 3'49
6 Tanel KangertAstana Pro Team+ 4'02
7 Rui CostaMovistar Team+ 4'15
8 Laurens Ten DamBelkin Pro Cycling Teams.t.
9 Michele ScarponiLampre - Merida+ 4'16
10 Ryder HesjedalGarmin - Sharp+ 4'22
...
21 Dominik NerzBMC Racing Team+ 6'55
33 Jordan LewisBMC Racing Team+ 12'59
83 Stephen CummingsBMC Racing Team+ 36'22
96 Marco PinottiBMC Racing Team+ 42'29
97 Larry WarbasseBMC Racing Team+ 43'10
123 Danilo WyssBMC Racing Team+ 56'39
158 Adam BlytheBMC Racing Team+ 1h11'45
176 Jeremy PowersBMC Racing Team+ 1h20'51

Edited by brewers90 on 24-01-2014 22:09
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Stage 1


The race kicked off with the hardest stage of the race, with multiple hills and three cobbled sections. With that in mind, Danish champion Lander took the pressure off the team by getting in the early break. Despite this group being brought back quite early, Lander had done his job well.

Then it was the turn of Hushovd to go on the attack as he followed numerous attacks, though none of them would ultimately prove successful. With Thor reeled in five kilometres from the end, it was left to Van Avermaet and Phinney to try to mix it in the bunch sprint.

Greg was strong once again to take third, just behind Chavanel but Phinney wasn't interested in these minor placings and flew past everyone to take BMC's first win of the season, finally, at the very end of March. It has been a long time coming but the young American certainly made it worthwhile.


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Results - Stage 1
Full Results Unknown
1 Taylor PhinneyBMC Racing Team
2 Sylvain ChavanelOmega Pharma - Quick Steps.t.
3 Greg Van AvermaetBMC Racing Teams.t.
4 Rudy VerbovenEuskaltel - Euskadis.t.
5 Sep VanmarckeBelkin Pro Cycling Teams.t.
6 Lars BoomBelkin Pro Cycling Teams.t.
7 Jurgen RoelandtsLotto Belisols.t.
8 Juan Antonio FlechaVacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Teams.t.
9 Niki TerpstraOmega Pharma - Quick Steps.t.
10 Maxime VantommeCrelan - Euphonys.t.
...
15 Thor HushovdBMC Racing Teams.t.
21 Klaas LodewyckBMC Racing Teams.t.
24 Sebastian LanderBMC Racing Teams.t.



Stage 2


BMC started the second stage with a leader's jersey to defend after Phinney's fantastic win on the opening day. The second stage was easier than the first but there were still some cobbles so vigilance would be important to stop our rivals from gaining an advantage.

And sure enough, all of the big names attacked near the end but Phinney was never far from them as he stuck to the wheels easily. He came round the final corner in second position but unfortunately couldn't quite overhaul Vantomme, who took the stage win. Nevertheless, Phinney extends his lead over the likes of Boom, Chavanel and Gaudin, who should be the American's main rivals in the ITT.


Results - Stage 2
1 Maxime VantommeCrelan - Euphony4h21'14
2 Taylor PhinneyBMC Racing Teams.t.
3 Lars Ytting BakLotto Belisols.t.
4 Lars BoomBelkin Pro Cycling Teams.t.
5 Sylvain ChavanelOmega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Teams.t.
6 Damien GaudinTeam Europcars.t.
7 Niki TerpstraOmega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Teams.t.
8 Vladimir GusevKatusha Teams.t.
9 Drago Di SilvestroTeam Europcars.t.
10 Juan Antonio FlechaVacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Teams.t.
...
15 Thor HushovdBMC Racing Team+ 1'31
16 Klaas LodewyckBMC Racing Teams.t.
20 Greg Van AvermaetBMC Racing Teams.t.
38 Sebastian LanderBMC Racing Teams.t.
65 Jeremy PowersBMC Racing Teams.t.



Stage 3


A nice simple, short, flat stage that would end in a bunch sprint, so BMC kept things under control all day. At the end, both Phinney and Hushovd went for the sprint, following different trains, with very similar results; fourth and fifth.

Just the ITT to come, with Phinney defending a lead of six seconds over Vantomme but more importantly ten seconds over Chavanel, who is likely to be his closest rival.


Results - Stage 3
1 André GreipelLotto Belisol2h15'23
2 Andrea GuardiniAstana Pro Teams.t.
3 Theo BosBelkin Pro Cycling Teams.t.
4 Taylor PhinneyBMC Racing Teams.t.
5 Thor HushovdBMC Racing Teams.t.
6 Jacopo GuarnieriAstana Pro Teams.t.
7 Lue Khamse KhamphanTeam Europcars.t.
8 Bryan CoquardTeam Europcars.t.
9 Maxime VantommeCrelan - Euphonys.t.
10 Jürgen RoelandtsLotto Belisols.t.
...
27 Klaas LodewyckBMC Racing Teams.t.
32 Sebastian LanderBMC Racing Teams.t.
47 Greg Van AvermaetBMC Racing Teams.t.
72 Jeremy PowersBMC Racing Teams.t.



Stage 4


The final time trial would decide the winner of the Driedaagse De Panne. It was only short and Phinney already had a handy advantage over the others, so he knew he just had to be within nine seconds of Chavanel to take the overall.

But Taylor continued his sensational form of the week and beat everyone, only Chavanel being within fifteen seconds of him, to take the overall victory in Belgium. He also won the points jersey and the young riders' classification of course. What a performance by the young American! Hushovd also went well, claiming 11th in the ITT and 13th overall. A great week for the team.


Results - Stage 4
1 Taylor PhinneyBMC Racing Team14'36
2 Sylvain ChavanelOmega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team+ 4
3 Lars BoomBelkin Pro Cycling Team+ 15
4 Kristof VandewalleOmega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team+ 19
5 Damien GaudinTeam Europcar+ 20
6 Niki TerpstraOmega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Teams.t.
7 Julien VermoteOmega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team+ 23
8 Jaxton McNuttOmega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team+ 30
9 Lars Ytting BakLotto Belisol+ 33
10 Vladimir GusevKatusha Teams.t.
11 Thor HushovdBMC Racing Team+ 34
...
37 Greg Van AvermaetBMC Racing Team+ 54
65 Klaas LodewyckBMC Racing Team+ 1'08
86 Sebastian LanderBMC Racing Team+ 1'15
92 Jeremy PowersBMC Racing Team+ 1'16


Final GC
1 Taylor PhinneyBMC Racing Team11h31'36
2 Sylvain ChavanelOmega Pharma - Quick·Step+ 14
3 Lars BoomBelkin Pro Cycling Team+ 31
4 Niki TerpstraOmega Pharma - Quick·Step+ 36
5 Damien GaudinTeam Europcars.t.
6 Maxime VantommeCrelan - Euphony+ 41
7 Lars Ytting BakLotto Belisol+ 45
8 Vladimir GusevKatusha Team+ 49
9 Drago Di SilvestroTeam Europcar+ 51
10 Juan Antonio FlechaVacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team+ 53
...
13 Thor HushovdBMC Racing Team+ 2'21
20 Greg Van AvermaetBMC Racing Team+ 2'37
28 Klaas LodewyckBMC Racing Team+ 2'55
33 Sebastian LanderBMC Racing Team+ 2'58
56 Jeremy PowersBMC Racing Team+ 4'17

Edited by brewers90 on 27-01-2014 16:30
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Team News


As the first part of the season comes to an end, attention switches to the Continental Championships, with one rider having the chance to be crowned the best rider in the Continent, or multiple Continents as may be the case! BMC Racing Team have a presence in all six races and we can now reveal our teams to you.

Europe

Road Race

Alessandro Ballan
Stephen Cummings
Matthias Frank
Philippe Gilbert
Thor Hushovd
Dominik Nerz
Daniel Oss
Ivan Santaromita
Greg Van Avermaet

ITT

Stephen Cummings
Philippe Gilbert
Dominik Nerz
Marco Pinotti

Pan-America

Road Race

Brent Bookwalter
Jordan Lewis
Taylor Phinney
Jeremy Powers
Tejay Van Garderen
Larry Warbasse

ITT

Brent Bookwalter
Jordan Lewis
Taylor Phinney
Tejay Van Garderen

Australia/Asia/Africa

Road Race

Cadel Evans

ITT

Cadel Evans


Of course, the team has a big ambition to perform well in the US and the ITT looks like a great opportunity for us with both Phinney and Van Garderen having a great shot at a double podium finish and, of course, the win. In the road race, Van Garderen will be the leader with helpful support from the likes of Lewis, Bookwalter and Phinney.

In Europe, World Champion Gilbert will be our leader, ably supported by a mix of climbers and rouleurs that should be perfect on the undulating route. Van Avermaet will hope to stay with him until the end. In the ITT, Pinotti is our only real hope of a good result and he will aim to finish as close to the top ten as possible.

In the third region, Evans is on his own and will have to have a very good day to get near the podium in both events but his experience and stamina could come in handy against the likes of Orica, MTN and Europcar, who all have strong representation in this race.

Good luck to all our entrants.
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Goals


BMC Racing Team have announced their goals for the second part of the season. They are as follows:

Easy Goal: Top 5 Tour of California
Medium Goal: Stage Win Tour de Suisse
Hard Goal: Win Liege - Bastogne - Liege

With this being such a busy part of the season, it certainly hasn't been easy to narrow it down to three races but with the team having its home race in Switzerland, plus the biggest race in America, those two were obvious picks. The third goal is to win L-B-L, a very tough task, but one that Gilbert will give everything to achieve.

Of course, there are other races BMC are interested in in this part, with the Tour de Romandie, Giro d'Italia and, of course, the two cobbled monuments, Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris - Roubaix high on the agenda for the team boss.

Our full schedule will be announced shortly.
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RadioShack wishes the best of luck for BMC in achieving its goals for Part 2. After a very expensive presentation thrown together by RadioShack we also hope to be taking part in the tour of California. The organisers are already drooling over the prospect of van Garderen vs Horner up Mount Baldy!

Who knows, when the transfers come around maybe we can swap some of our bigger names.
 
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That message tells me one thing:

Cancellara wishes to return home to ride for his favourite team in Switzerland. Grin

You may have Powers in return.
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Don't forget Po-Ding, who will prove that communism is stronger than capitalism in California!
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I thought Mount Baldy was just Horner's nickname. Just need Ollfardh to sort out Horner's decline in attributes. Banana
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I thought Mount Baldy was just Horner's nickname. Just need Ollfardh to sort out Horner's decline in attributes. Banana

:lol:
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Jesleyh wrote:
brewers90 wrote:
I thought Mount Baldy was just Horner's nickname. Just need Ollfardh to sort out Horner's decline in attributes. Banana

:lol:


But..... but......He is still developing! Wink

That would be fine by me if Schleck gets a huge boost. Wink

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Easy Goal: Top 5 Tour of California
Medium Goal: Stage Win Tour de Suisse
Hard Goal: Win Liege - Bastogne - Liege



Countered goals:
Easy goal: Top 10 Ronde
Medium goal: Stage win Trentino
Hard goal: Top 5 GC Giro
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Oh, I wanted you to give me a Romandie goal Sad

Top 5 in the Giro?! Where's that dope? Why? Oh... no reason. Cadel just wants to know what it, erm, tastes like.
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Grin You watch us start winning everything now. Pfft

Everyone loves Taylor Phinney.
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Schedule


BMC Racing Team have finalised their schedule for the second part of the season after receiving confirmation that all of our race applications have been accepted. This part of the season, from April to the end of June, is a very busy time in the World Tour, so BMC have chosen a fairly light Continental Tour program. Here are all of the races we will take part in in the next three months:

Ronde van Vlaanderen
Vuelta al Pais Vasco
Paris - Roubaix
De Brabantse Pijl
Amstel Gold Race
Giro del Trentino
La Fleche Wallonne
Liege - Bastogne - Liege
Tour de Romandie
Quatre Jours de Dunkerque
Giro d'Italia
Tour of California
Ronde van Belgie
Critérium du Dauphiné
Tour de Suisse


With three "home" races in this section of the season (Romandie, California, Suisse), as well as the big Spring Classics, BMC must improve on their early season form if we are to have what you would class as a successful season. There is also the Giro, of course, the first Grand Tour of the year, with Nibali as the early favourite.
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Season Part One Review


With April upon us, we can now take a look back at the first three months of the season, one which got gradually better for BMC as time went by, with some exceptions. Here is our review:

Best Performances


3. Philippe Gilbert, Milano - San Remo

The World Champion hasn't had the greatest start to the season (maybe the infamous curse has hit him!), but he certainly had a great day at the first monument of the season in Italy.

Once Cancellara had put in his attack and disappeared, everyone in the peloton gave up and settled for a battle for second, but not Philippe. He put in an incredible pace over the last two climbs to try to bring Fabian back but as many riders have found out before, chasing Spartacus is pointless.

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Despite all of the work he had put in, Gilbert was still able to mix it in the sprint to claim a great sixth place, beating some much quicker sprinters on the way, including Hanzen and Degenkolb.


2. The Whole Team, Gent - Wevelgem

After a decent start to the cobbled classics at E3, with Van Avermaet picking up fourth, the team lined up on the start line at Gent - Wevelgem, with everyone expecting Boonen to pick up another routine victory.

But BMC were unbelievable on the day, using all their experience to cause huge splits in the peloton in the crosswinds. The likes of Phinney, Oss and Hushovd took control of the race, leaving a trail of pain and destruction in their wake.

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And their work did not go unrewarded as Van Avermaet finished the race second, not too far behind Sagan who, unfortunately for us, but maybe not unexpected, survived the chaos.


1. Taylor Phinney, Driedaagse De Panne - Koksijde

We entered our final race of this segment, a four-stage race in Belgium, still without a single victory to our name; and to be honest, when we saw the startlist, with strong teams from Belkin, Europcar and OPQS amongst others, we were expecting more near misses and crushing disappointment.

But young American Taylor Phinney hadn't read the script that the rest of our riders had been using up to now, and he went out and destroyed the field. So comprehensive was his victory, that a fourth place finish on stage 3, behind three very quick sprinters, was seen as a disappointment by him and the team!

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He finished it all off with a comfortable win in the time trial, where he was of course expected to win, but nevertheless, with the exception of Chavanel, he made the rest look like amateurs. Chapeau Taylor, chapeau.


Goals


We succeeded in only two of our six goals in this part, which is not good enough, but one of these was a hard goal, which makes it better; the top three at GW, so well done Van Avermaet for that. The other goal we passed was at MSR, where Gilbert brought home the bacon. We very narrowly missed out on our other hard goal at E3, with another near miss in the TTT in Qatar. The other two were further away, though Oss nearly got us our stage win in Tirreno Adriatico with a third place on stage six.

Rankings


The EPIC management have released the final rankings for this part of the season. Here they are:

Teams

1Omega Pharma3107
2Belkin2695
3Sky2445
4Movistar2247
5RadioShack2082
6BMC1532
7Cannondale1382
8Europcar1346
9Argos1300
10Lotto1254

Spoiler
11Saxo-Tinkoff1247
12Garmin1100
13Euskaltel1059
14Astana677
15Orica-GreenEdge675
16Katusha671
17FDJ645
18AG2R571
19Androni535
20MTN506
21Lampre428
22Colombia412
23Cofidis409
24Bretagne334
25Sojasun280
26Vini Fantini263
27Bardiani217
28IAM199
29Topsport178
30Crelan175
31RusVelo178
32Accent Jobs108
33NetApp104
34CCC47
35Novo Nordisk26
36UHC-7
37Caja Rural-10
38Champion System-230
39Vacansoleil-441


No real surprise to see OPQS at the top of the rankings with their incredible classics team, though Belkin in second is more of a surprise. We are in sixth, way adrift of the top five, with Radioshack being the only one of those that we can realistically catch, only if Cancellara has a bad season from here though. Vacansoleil are doomed to relegation, with Europcar almost certain to be promoted. The rest are pretty close in the middle.

Riders

1 P. Sagan1220
2 F. Cancellara980
3 T. Boonen874
4 N. Quintana755
5 A. Greipel709
6 W. Brouwer695
7 A. Valverde662
8 J. Rodriguez535
9 J. Degenkolb518
10 A. Contador517
11 M. Cavendish505
12 R. Porte504
13 S. Vanmarcke487
14 C. Froome484
15 P. Kim442
16 G. Meersman426
17 G. Van Avermaet416
18 M. Kittel397
19 S. Sanchez357
20 T.Phinney357


Spoiler
P. Gilbert204
T. Van Garderen161
T. Hushovd134
A. Ballan86
C. Evans57
D. Oss40
D. Wyss24
I. Santaromita10
A. Blythe8


The rider rankings show that our stage racing department is not good enough. Van Garderen picked up a fair few points in Paris - Nice but really, Evans is not doing enough. Van Avermaet is unsurprisingly our best rider in 17th, but over 800 points behind Sagan! Phinney just squeezes into the top twenty after his superb performance in De Panne, with Gilbert not too far behind.

Awards


BMC will be awarding several very prestigious* trophies at the end of each part of the season. Here are the inaugural BMC EPIC Awards:

*Honestly, very prestigious.

BMC Awards

BMC Best Rider - Greg Van Avermaet

BMC Best Young Rider - Taylor Phinney

BMC Best Individual Performance - Taylor Phinney, Driedaagse De Panne

BMC Most Consistent Rider - Thor Hushovd

BMC Best Domestique - Daniel Oss

BMC "Oh, He's Racing?" Anonymity Award - Larry Warbasse

BMC "Must Try Harder" Award - Jeremy Powers (1st of many)

EPIC Awards

Best Rider - Tom Boonen

Best Young Rider - Peter Sagan

Best Team - Belkin

Best Individual Performance - Shared: Peter Sagan, Strade Bianche + Fabian Cancellara, Milano - San Remo

Best EPIC Young Rider - Willem Brouwer

Best EPIC Manager - Atlantius, for his fighting spirit and Basque Series initiative

Biggest Surprise - Dermot Walker, Oman

The "Whoops" Award - Jordan Birtles, for taking out half of his team on the first stage of Paris - Nice. Whilst wearing the white jersey. Embarassed

The "WTF" Award - Marc De Maar. Just Marc De Maar. And that race in Langkawi.

Fan Vote

Most EPIC Performance

Here's your chance to have a say on the awards (if you've read this far, you deserve to have a say, right?). The fan award is for the most EPIC performance. Only EPIC (custom) riders are eligible for this award. You can vote for 3 performances by EPIC riders, with your number 1 getting 3 points, down to 1 point for your third favourite. You can't vote for your own rider, nor can you vote for an EPIC rider in your team.

So, what was the best individual performance by a young EPIC rider in this opening segment of the season? PM me with your three favourite individual performances by an EPIC rider. If you can't think of three, then one or two will do.



Manager of Bunzl - Centrica
ICL's World Tour Champions and Talented Bottlers



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mvhoogdalem
Go Team Peter. Pfft Have to say I'm thrilled to see his Strade Bianche win up there next to Cancellara. Still going to make fun of you when your riders fail though. I need to be the top USA team. Hushovd consistent in the background. :lol:

Too bad I can't vote for my own riders, would've voted for De las Campos, Crit Int. stage 3 then. Hinault it is then. Smile
 
Shonak
Love these awards. Not sure about most EPIC performance by a custom rider though. Probably Hinault as well, followed by McDermott.

EDIT: Wait, is the EPIC performance award mainly reduced on the result & racing (EPIC performance of a race), or does the overall seaosn part as well as personal blogs etc play a role too (EPIC performance of early season)?
Edited by Shonak on 27-01-2014 21:42
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