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@mvh: It has been edited to say RaphaCondor-JTL instead now... I read it and got confused myself

Yates was on a good daily form, and in hindsight should have worked for him instead of Bellis. Sprint starts are now every similar between the two

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PostDanmark Rundt
Hillerød-Frederiksberg -- 166.7km

The final stage of the PostDanmark Rundt, and our final chance to get that stage win that we are craving so much.

With no KoM sprints on the stage, Fredrik can have a nice easy day in the sadlle and savour his moment in the jersey. Rene will be the man for the sprints again, but the plan is head for the breakaway and remove the pressure of the chase from the rest of the team.

Race Report

Pardilla (MTN) and Murevyev (AST) attacked from the start of the stage, with Doull and Slagter (BEL) in chase behind.

Orica took the control of the peleton, as they protected the Overall GC lead of Impey. The break was working well and a 4 minute gap quickly opened up.

Intermediate Sprint -- 53km
1. S. Pardilla // T. Slagter // 3. O. Doull

Disaster for AG2R! Lead out man Belletti hits the deck, and none of this teammates come back to help him. After a long chase, the Italian is back in the peleton, but how would the fall affect him.

Orica continued to push the pace on the front, and soon the gap was tumbling.

Intermediate Sprint -- 123km
1. O. Doull // T. Slagter // 3. S. Pardilla

The break was pulled back with 23km to go, and it was clear that the stage was going to end in a mass sprint again.

In the battle of the lead outs, it as Orica vs Rapha-Bianchi again...

Impey is unstoppable! The South African takes another stage win, and confirms he is worthy of the Overall Victory. Matti Breschel (TST) comes home second, with Rene finishing strong to complete the podium.

Stage Result

1	Daryl Impey	Orica - GreenEdge	3h36'21
2	Matti Breschel	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
3	René Mandri	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
4	Kevyn Ista	IAM Cycling	s.t.
5	Adam Blythe	BMC Racing Team	s.t.

Spoiler

6	Allan Davis	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
7	Gert Steegmans	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
8	Matteo Trentin	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Philip Lavery	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
10	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
11	Daniel Lloyd	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
12	Ben Swift	Sky Procycling	s.t.
13	Jens Keukeleire	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
14	Rafael Andriato	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
15	Gediminas Bagdonas	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
16	Dennis Van Winden	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
17	Gaetan Bille	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
18	Peter Velits	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
19	Vasil Kiryienka	Sky Procycling	s.t.
20	Jack Bobridge	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
22	Gianni Meersman	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
23	Sébastien Hinault	IAM Cycling	s.t.
24	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
25	Kristof Goddaert	IAM Cycling	s.t.
26	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
27	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
28	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
29	Alexsandr Dyachenko	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
30	Brett Lancaster	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
31	Iván Gutiérrez	Movistar Team	s.t.
32	Alessandro Ballan	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
33	Steven Caethoven	Accent Jobs - Wanty	s.t.
34	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
35	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
36	Benjamin Verraes	Accent Jobs - Wanty	s.t.
37	Eloy Teruel	Movistar Team	s.t.
38	Maxim Belkov	Katusha Team	s.t.
39	Brent Bookwalter	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
40	Rubén Plaza	Movistar Team	s.t.
41	Martin Elmiger	IAM Cycling	s.t.
42	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
43	Matthew Hayman	Sky Procycling	s.t.
44	Frantisek Rabon	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
45	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team	s.t.
46	Peter Kennaugh	Sky Procycling	s.t.
47	Vladimir Isaychev	Katusha Team	s.t.
48	Michael Schär	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
49	Damien Howson	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
50	Aleksejs Saramotins	IAM Cycling	s.t.
51	Jetse Bol	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
52	Olivier Kaisen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
53	Kevin Seeldraeyers	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
54	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	s.t.
55	Sérgio Paulinho	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
56	Dominic Klemme	IAM Cycling	s.t.
57	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
58	Timofey Kritskiy	Katusha Team	s.t.
59	Rasmus Quaade	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
60	Owain Doull	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
61	Fredrik Ludvigsson	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
62	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov	Katusha Team	s.t.
63	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
64	Trent Lowe	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
65	Dennis Vanendert	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
66	Mads Christensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
67	David Tanner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
68	Christopher Sutton	Sky Procycling	s.t.
69	Salvatore Puccio	Sky Procycling	s.t.
70	Hugo Houle	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
71	Anthony Ravard	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
72	Steve Chainel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
73	Sam Bewley	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
74	Gatis Smukulis	Katusha Team	s.t.
75	Dimitry Kozontchuk	Katusha Team	s.t.
76	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
77	Jérôme Pineau	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
78	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
79	Dimitriy Muravyev	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
80	Reto Hollenstein	IAM Cycling	s.t.
81	Nicolas Vogondy	Accent Jobs - Wanty	s.t.
82	Frederik Willems	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
83	Tom Slagter	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
84	Vladimir Gusev	Katusha Team	s.t.
85	Julien Bérard	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
86	Joshua Edmondson	Sky Procycling	s.t.
87	Assan Bazayev	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
88	Klaas Lodewyck	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
89	Jay Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
90	Manuel Belletti	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
91	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
92	James Vanlandschoot	Accent Jobs - Wanty	s.t.
93	Danilo Napolitano	Accent Jobs - Wanty	s.t.
94	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
95	Fumiyuki Beppu	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
96	Imanol Erviti	Movistar Team	s.t.
97	Staf Scheirlinckx	Accent Jobs - Wanty	s.t.
98	Bradley Potgieter	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
99	Youcef Reguigui	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
100	Yannick Eijssen	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
101	Francis De Greef	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
102	Nicki Sørensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
103	Egor Silin	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
104	Matteo Tosatto	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
105	Cristiano Monguzzi	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
106	Jurgen Van Goolen	Accent Jobs - Wanty	s.t.
107	Mauro Finetto	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
108	Andreas Stauff	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
109	Axel Domont	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
110	Mitchell Docker	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
111	Luke Rowe	Sky Procycling	s.t.
112	Daniele Colli	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
113	Johann Van Zyl	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
114	Alessandro Proni	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
115	Jay McCarthy	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
116	Stefano Borchi	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
117	Daniel Teklehaimanot	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
118	Luca Mazzanti	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
119	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling	s.t.
120	Timothy Duggan	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
121	Ramon Carretero	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	+ 3'06
122	Tom Leezer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 4'04
123	Meron Russom	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
124	Roy Jans	Accent Jobs - Wanty	+ 5'10

Overall Classification

1	Daryl Impey	Orica - GreenEdge	18h05'49
2	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 45
3	Peter Velits	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	+ 47
4	Brett Lancaster	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 51
5	Vasil Kiryienka	Sky Procycling	+ 52

Spoiler

6	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Astana Pro Team	+ 53
7	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
8	Jack Bobridge	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Gaetan Bille	Lotto Belisol	+ 55
10	Rubén Plaza	Movistar Team	s.t.
11	Iván Gutiérrez	Movistar Team	+ 58
12	Eloy Teruel	Movistar Team	+ 1'00
13	Frantisek Rabon	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
14	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto Belisol	+ 1'02
15	Brent Bookwalter	BMC Racing Team	+ 1'03
16	Gatis Smukulis	Katusha Team	s.t.
17	Gediminas Bagdonas	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1'05
18	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
19	Vladimir Gusev	Katusha Team	s.t.
20	Timofey Kritskiy	Katusha Team	+ 1'06
21	Kevyn Ista	IAM Cycling	+ 1'07
22	Maxim Belkov	Katusha Team	s.t.
23	Vladimir Isaychev	Katusha Team	+ 1'08
24	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
25	Aleksejs Saramotins	IAM Cycling	+ 1'09
26	Damien Howson	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	+ 1'10
27	Sam Bewley	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
28	Sérgio Paulinho	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 1'11
29	Alexsandr Dyachenko	Astana Pro Team	+ 1'13
30	Alessandro Ballan	BMC Racing Team	+ 1'14
31	Salvatore Puccio	Sky Procycling	s.t.
32	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
33	Martin Elmiger	IAM Cycling	+ 1'15
34	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team	s.t.
35	Gert Steegmans	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	+ 1'16
36	Matti Breschel	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 1'17
37	Peter Kennaugh	Sky Procycling	s.t.
38	Danilo Napolitano	Accent Jobs - Wanty	+ 1'18
39	Michael Schär	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
40	Mads Christensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
41	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	+ 1'20
42	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	+ 1'22
43	Dennis Van Winden	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1'23
44	Nicolas Vogondy	Accent Jobs - Wanty	+ 1'24
45	Hugo Houle	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1'26
46	Gianni Meersman	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	+ 1'27
47	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
48	Matthew Hayman	Sky Procycling	+ 1'29
49	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	+ 1'31
50	Matteo Trentin	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	+ 1'33
51	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov	Katusha Team	+ 1'34
52	Jetse Bol	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
53	Tom Slagter	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1'35
54	Jens Keukeleire	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 1'37
55	Fumiyuki Beppu	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
56	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team	+ 1'38
57	Luke Rowe	Sky Procycling	s.t.
58	Dimitry Kozontchuk	Katusha Team	s.t.
59	Adam Blythe	BMC Racing Team	+ 1'39
60	Allan Davis	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
61	Steve Chainel	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1'40
62	Benjamin Verraes	Accent Jobs - Wanty	+ 1'41
63	Joshua Edmondson	Sky Procycling	s.t.
64	David Tanner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1'44
65	Rafael Andriato	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	+ 1'48
66	Axel Domont	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1'51
67	Staf Scheirlinckx	Accent Jobs - Wanty	+ 1'52
68	Jérôme Pineau	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
69	René Mandri	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	+ 1'54
70	Julien Bérard	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1'59
71	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	+ 2'00
72	Manuel Belletti	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 2'02
73	Owain Doull	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	+ 2'08
74	Frederik Willems	Lotto Belisol	+ 2'12
75	Daniel Lloyd	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	+ 2'20
76	Steven Caethoven	Accent Jobs - Wanty	+ 2'30
77	Anthony Ravard	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 2'41
78	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	+ 3'36
79	Jay Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 3'47
80	Kristof Goddaert	IAM Cycling	+ 4'27
81	Daniel Teklehaimanot	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 4'45
82	Mitchell Docker	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 4'56
83	Rasmus Quaade	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	+ 4'58
84	Dimitriy Muravyev	Astana Pro Team	+ 5'03
85	Trent Lowe	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	+ 5'05
86	Jurgen Van Goolen	Accent Jobs - Wanty	+ 5'11
87	Nicki Sørensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 5'19
88	Timothy Duggan	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 5'21
89	Olivier Kaisen	Lotto Belisol	+ 5'22
90	Christopher Sutton	Sky Procycling	+ 5'24
91	Kevin Seeldraeyers	Astana Pro Team	+ 5'25
92	Francis De Greef	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
93	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 5'26
94	Yannick Eijssen	BMC Racing Team	+ 5'27
95	Ben Swift	Sky Procycling	+ 5'28
96	Jay McCarthy	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
97	Matteo Tosatto	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
98	Meron Russom	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 5'36
99	Philip Lavery	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	+ 5'40
100	Tom Leezer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 5'41
101	Andreas Stauff	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 5'59
102	James Vanlandschoot	Accent Jobs - Wanty	+ 6'18
103	Reto Hollenstein	IAM Cycling	+ 7'33
104	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling	+ 7'38
105	Sébastien Hinault	IAM Cycling	+ 8'05
106	Egor Silin	Astana Pro Team	+ 8'18
107	Mauro Finetto	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	+ 8'19
108	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	+ 8'20
109	Assan Bazayev	Astana Pro Team	+ 8'27
110	Cristiano Monguzzi	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
111	Daniele Colli	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	+ 8'33
112	Klaas Lodewyck	BMC Racing Team	+ 8'34
113	Imanol Erviti	Movistar Team	+ 8'37
114	Dennis Vanendert	Lotto Belisol	+ 8'51
115	Fredrik Ludvigsson	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	+ 9'40
116	Roy Jans	Accent Jobs - Wanty	+ 10'57
117	Dominic Klemme	IAM Cycling	+ 11'25
118	Stefano Borchi	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
119	Youcef Reguigui	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 12'26
120	Johann Van Zyl	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 12'27
121	Bradley Potgieter	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 12'41
122	Alessandro Proni	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	+ 15'22
123	Luca Mazzanti	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	+ 15'31
124	Ramon Carretero	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	+ 19'44

Points Classification

1	Daryl Impey	Orica - GreenEdge	80
2	Kevyn Ista	IAM Cycling	66
3	Danilo Napolitano	Accent Jobs - Wanty	63
4	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale	55
5	Adam Blythe	BMC Racing Team	52

Mountain Classification

1	Fredrik Ludvigsson	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	13
2	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	12
3	Matteo Tosatto	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	9
4	Dennis Vanendert	Lotto Belisol	8
5	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	5

Under 25 Classification

1	Jack Bobridge	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	18h06'42
2	Gaetan Bille	Lotto Belisol	+ 2
3	Damien Howson	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	+ 17
4	Salvatore Puccio	Sky Procycling	+ 21
5	Peter Kennaugh	Sky Procycling	+ 28

Team Classification

1	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	54h20'10
2	Movistar Team	+ 10
3	Astana Pro Team	+ 16
4	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 18
5	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	+ 20

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#603

Posted on 28-04-2014 16:56

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Bianchi Headquarters, Milan, Italy
18th August 2013

*** TRANSFER NEWS ***

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Hoyle: The squad is now complete

Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team today announced their final signings for the 2014 season, with Luke Rowe and Nelson Oliveira the men who complete the Anglo-Italian squad.

British sprinter Rowe will come into the team as a protected rider, but will be one of the squad's big fast men, along with Caleb Ewan and Sonny Colbrelli.

Portuguese rider Oliveira signs for Rapha-Bianchi as a teammate, where he will add to the team's lead out trains, as well as improving the squad's Time Trialling abilities.

Team Manager Phil Hoyle is delighted to finalise his team with the duo, and is excited for the forthcoming season, where big race invitations and promotion will no doubt be priority number 1.

The New Signings

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Posted on 28-04-2014 18:33

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Coppa Agostoni
21st August 2013

We end a quiet August calendar with 3 races in Italy, starting at the Coppa Agostoni. Classified as flat by the organisers, the mountainous final third of the race could be enough to cancel out the pure sprinters.

Given that, we still come to the race with a team tailored towards a bunch sprint. Rene will be the main man at the end, with Lavery and Owain offering lead out duties.

Damien Monier and Howson will work in the early parts of the lead out, whilst Rasmus will work as domestique early in the race.

Linus and Villella complete the squad and will ride in a free role as they build on their form ahead of September goals.

Sponsor Goal: N/A
Team Goal: Top 5 finish

Race Profile

Race Report

It was a group of 9 who managed to get away at the start of the stage. Linus was present, along with big names like Caruso (CAN), Wyss (IAM) and Brutt (KAT).

Having missed the break, Saxo and BMC took control of the chase of the breakaway, allowing them a maximum of 6 minutes off the front.

As they approached the mountainous section of the race, the gap was down to 3'22, as the break continued to work well together.

OmegaPharma joined Saxo at the front of the peleton, as the high pace began to cause some difficulty for many riders.

The break was pulled back with 4km to go, and it was set for a bunch sprint, as we took control of the lead out.

OmegaPharma came from nowhere to take an excellent 1-2 on the line, as Trentino outsprinted Kwiatkowski for the win. Daniele Ratto just finished third ahead of a fast finishing Mandri.

Stage Result

1	Matteo Trentin	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	4h51'50
2	Michał Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
3	Daniele Ratto	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
4	René Mandri	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
5	Daniel Oss	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
6	Philip Lavery	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
7	Ángel Vicioso	Katusha Team	s.t.
8	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox	s.t.
9	Gianni Meersman	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana Pro Team	s.t.

Spoiler

11	Daniele Pietropolli	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
12	Bob Jungels	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
13	Alessandro Ballan	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
14	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox	s.t.
15	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
16	Cristiano Monguzzi	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
17	Mauro Finetto	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
18	Adriano Malori	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
19	Damien Howson	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
20	Damien Monier	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
21	Davide Villella	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
22	Rigoberto Urán	Sky Procycling	s.t.
23	Matteo Pelucchi	IAM Cycling	s.t.
24	Marcel Wyss	IAM Cycling	s.t.
25	Jonathan Cantwell	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
26	Linus Gerdemann	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
27	Angelo Pagani	Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox	s.t.
28	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Fortunato Baliani	Team Nippo - De Rosa	s.t.
30	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team	s.t.
31	Ben Hermans	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
32	Julian Arredondo	Team Nippo - De Rosa	s.t.
33	Yannick Eijssen	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
34	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
35	Vasil Kiryienka	Sky Procycling	s.t.
36	Matteo Rabottini	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
37	Haimar Zubeldia	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
38	Joaquím Rodríguez	Katusha Team	s.t.
39	Nicolas Baldo	Atlas Personal - Jakroo	s.t.
40	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
41	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
42	Romain Bardet	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
43	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
44	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
45	Aleksejs Saramotins	IAM Cycling	s.t.
46	Bradley Wiggins	Sky Procycling	s.t.
47	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
48	Michael Rogers	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
49	Giampaolo Caruso	Katusha Team	s.t.
50	Brent Bookwalter	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
51	Danny Pate	Sky Procycling	s.t.
52	Rubén Plaza	Movistar Team	s.t.
53	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
54	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Sky Procycling	s.t.
55	Hossein Alizadeh	Amore & Vita	s.t.
56	David López	Sky Procycling	+ 3'34
57	Christopher Sutton	Sky Procycling	s.t.
58	Andrea Fedi	Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest	s.t.
59	Marco Bandiera	IAM Cycling	+ 6'46
60	Jérôme Pineau	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
62	Sergey Lagutin	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
63	Nicki Sørensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
64	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
65	Marco Frapporti	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
66	Kristof Vandewalle	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
67	Riccardo Chiarini	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
68	Matthias Brändle	IAM Cycling	s.t.
69	Iván Gutiérrez	Movistar Team	s.t.
70	Rob Ruijgh	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
71	Mads Christensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
72	Wout Poels	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
73	Frederik Veuchelen	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
74	Rafael Valls	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
75	Tomasz Marczynski	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
76	Sérgio Paulinho	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
77	Gustav Erik Larsson	IAM Cycling	s.t.
78	Alan Marangoni	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
79	Rasmus Quaade	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
80	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
81	Brian Vandborg	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
82	Manuele Boaro	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
83	Laurent Didier	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
84	Owain Doull	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
85	José Rujano	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
86	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
87	Jesús Hernández	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
88	Patrick Facchini	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
89	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	+ 8'03
90	Ivan Santaromita	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
91	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	s.t.
92	Carlos Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
93	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
94	Chris Anker Sørensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
95	Radoslav Rogina	Adria Mobil	s.t.
96	Francesco Failli	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
97	Vladimir Isaychev	Katusha Team	s.t.
98	Ivan Rovny	Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest	s.t.
99	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	s.t.
100	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
101	Markel Irizar	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
102	Alberto Cecchin	Team Nippo - De Rosa	s.t.
103	Andrea Pasqualon	Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox	s.t.
104	Matej Mugerli	Adria Mobil	s.t.
105	Carlos Quintero	Colombia	s.t.
106	Fabio Duarte	Colombia	s.t.
107	Egor Silin	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
108	Petr Ignatenko	Katusha Team	s.t.
109	Anton Vorobyev	Katusha Team	s.t.
110	Nicola Dal Santo	Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest	s.t.
111	Fränk Schleck	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
112	Jan Polanc	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
113	Donato De Ieso	Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox	s.t.
114	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
115	Alexsandr Dyachenko	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
116	Matthew Busche	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
117	Luca Wackermann	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
118	Davide Mucelli	Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest	s.t.
119	Esteban Chaves	Colombia	s.t.
120	Kevin Seeldraeyers	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
121	Reto Hollenstein	IAM Cycling	s.t.
122	Andrea Manfredi	Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest	s.t.
123	John Darwin Atapuma	Colombia	s.t.
124	Simone Campagnaro	Team Nippo - De Rosa	s.t.
125	Mattia Pozzo	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
126	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox	s.t.
127	Luca Mazzanti	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
128	Ben Gastauer	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
129	Kohei Uchima	Team Nippo - De Rosa	s.t.
130	Roberto De Patre	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
131	Oleksandr Polivoda	Atlas Personal - Jakroo	s.t.
132	Matteo Fedi	Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest	s.t.
133	Winner Anacona	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
134	Mauro Da Dalto	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
135	Matvey Zubov	Itera - Katusha	s.t.
136	Juan Pablo Valencia	Colombia	s.t.
137	Joseph Dombrowski	Sky Procycling	s.t.
138	Jarlinson Pantano	Colombia	s.t.
139	Peter Kusztor	Utensilnord - Ora24.eu	s.t.
140	Alberto Losada	Katusha Team	s.t.
141	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	s.t.
142	Jonathan Monsalve	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
143	Alessandro Vanotti	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
144	Andrea Masciarelli	Utensilnord - Ora24.eu	s.t.
145	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
146	Pavel Gorenc	Adria Mobil	s.t.
147	Axel Domont	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
148	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox	s.t.
149	Cristiano Salerno	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
150	Thomas Rohregger	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
151	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
152	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
153	Botond Hollo	Utensilnord - Ora24.eu	s.t.
154	Argiro Ospina	Movistar Team	s.t.
155	Giairo Ermeti	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
156	Carlos José Ochoa	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
157	Andrea Piechele	Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest	s.t.
158	Vladimir Karpets	Movistar Team	s.t.
159	Sylwester Szmyd	Movistar Team	s.t.
160	Tomasz Nose	Adria Mobil	s.t.
161	Juan Pablo Suarez	Colombia	s.t.
162	Michael Rodriguez	Colombia	s.t.
163	Szilard Buruczki	Utensilnord - Ora24.eu	s.t.
164	Konstantin Klimiankou	Atlas Personal - Jakroo	s.t.
165	Simone Stortoni	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
166	Alessandro Malaguti	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
167	Alessio Camilli	Team Nippo - De Rosa	s.t.
168	Mathieu Chiocca	Atlas Personal - Jakroo	s.t.
169	Florian Salzinger	Atlas Personal - Jakroo	s.t.
170	Amaro Antunes	Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest	s.t.
171	Aleksandr Rotyakov	Itera - Katusha	s.t.
172	Aljaz Hocevar	Adria Mobil	s.t.
173	Kristjan Fajt	Adria Mobil	s.t.
174	Krisztian Lovassy	Utensilnord - Ora24.eu	s.t.
175	Daniel Holloway	Amore & Vita	s.t.
176	Daniele Scampamorte	Utensilnord - Ora24.eu	s.t.
177	Uri Martins	Amore & Vita	s.t.
178	Leonardo Pinizzotto	Team Nippo - De Rosa	s.t.
179	Niv Libner	Amore & Vita	s.t.
180	Federico Rocchetti	Utensilnord - Ora24.eu	s.t.
181	Anton Storchous	Amore & Vita	s.t.
182	Robbie Squire	Amore & Vita	s.t.
183	Abel Kenyeres	Utensilnord - Ora24.eu	s.t.
184	Evgeny Zverkov	Itera - Katusha	s.t.
185	Temesgen Teklehaimanot	Atlas Personal - Jakroo	s.t.
186	Hideto Nakane	Team Nippo - De Rosa	s.t.
187	Aleksandr Shakmakov	Itera - Katusha	s.t.
188	Artem Topchanyuk	Amore & Vita	s.t.
189	Maxim Pokidov	Itera - Katusha	s.t.
190	Tizian Rausch	Atlas Personal - Jakroo	+ 13'14
191	Alexander Berezkin	Itera - Katusha	s.t.
192	Raul Marquez	Movistar Team	s.t.
193	Konstantin Kuperasov	Itera - Katusha	+ 14'40
194	Tomas Heiden	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 15'57
195	Eugenio Bani	Amore & Vita	+ 16'55
196	Arsen Melnikov	Itera - Katusha	s.t.

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VoetsT

#605

Posted on 28-04-2014 18:50

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Nice 1-2 for OPQS

But your riders did a great job too

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mvhoogdalem

#606

Posted on 28-04-2014 19:01

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Nice 3rd for Ratto.

A good 4th for Mandri and Lavery with a great performance.

Also a nice podium for Mandri in Denmark, but Impey was just way too strong there.

Good signings for the future. Lets hope they develop into great riders.

the_hoyle

#607

Posted on 28-04-2014 19:06

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@voets: I thought you would be happy with that OPQS result

@mvh: It was less than a wheel that got Ratto 3rd. Future Rapha-Bianchi man Colbrelli 7th as well

Mandri finally got a good sprint in, but yes, Impey was far too strong. Happy with the signings, and the 2014 squad

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#608

Posted on 28-04-2014 20:11

Grand Tour Champion

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Tre Valli Varesine
23rd August 2013

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Our second Italian race at the end of the August, and small changes needed, as this prefers a puncheur style hilly rider.

Adam Yates and Davide Villella will lead the team, with Simon Richardson, Rene Mandri and Dan Lloyd working as domestiques to them.

Damien Howson and Trent Lowe will work as general team domestiques, whilst Henri St-Pierre will just ride to build up fitness ahead of the Tour de l'Avenir with Canada.

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Team Goal: Top 10 finish

Race Profile

Race Review

Like at Coppa Agostoni, it was another large group that would attack from the off in Italy. Sadly, Rapha were unable to get a man in the break, as seemed to be asleep at the start. Even the smaller groups chasing the lead group were missed.

A number of teams took control of the peleton, as the break's lead extended to just over 8 minutes.

The break swelled to 12 riders as all the chase groups got together over the numerous climbs.

More teams joined in the chase of the larger breakaway group, and it was clear that it would be caught before the climb to the finish.

At the foot of the climb, the last members of the break were caught. Rodriguez (KAT) was the first to attack, with Nibali (AST) and Villella trying to bridge to him.

Victory goes to Rodriguez, as the Spaniard soloes to the win. Nibali comes home second, with Carlos Betancur (ALM) outsprinting the bunch for third. Sadly, Davide lacked race fitness, finishing in the peleton in 18th.

Race Result

1	Joaquím Rodríguez	Katusha Team	5h15'39
2	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	+ 16
3	Carlos Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 47
4	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
5	Rigoberto Urán	Sky Procycling	s.t.
6	Michał Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
7	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
8	Ivan Rovny	Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest	s.t.
9	Ivan Santaromita	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
10	Diego Ulissi	Lampre - Merida	s.t.

Spoiler

11	Ben Hermans	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
12	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
13	Peter Velits	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
14	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling	s.t.
15	Romain Bardet	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
16	Peter Kennaugh	Sky Procycling	s.t.
17	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar	s.t.
18	Davide Villella	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
19	Daniele Pietropolli	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
20	Matteo Rabottini	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
21	René Mandri	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
22	Simon Clarke	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
23	Vladimir Gusev	Katusha Team	s.t.
24	Alberto Losada	Katusha Team	s.t.
25	Bradley Wiggins	Sky Procycling	s.t.
26	Egor Silin	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
27	Michael Rogers	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
28	Sergey Lagutin	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Sky Procycling	s.t.
30	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
31	Nathan Haas	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
32	Kevin Seeldraeyers	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
33	Andrey Kashechkin	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
34	Gianni Meersman	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
35	Adam Yates	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
36	Nicki Sørensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
37	Mauro Finetto	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
38	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
39	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
40	Alexey Tsatevitch	Katusha Team	s.t.
41	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team	s.t.
42	Adriano Malori	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
43	Vladimir Isaychev	Katusha Team	s.t.
44	Bartosz Huzarski	Team NetApp - Endura	s.t.
45	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox	s.t.
46	Simon Richardson	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
47	Rafael Valls	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
48	Jan Bakelants	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
49	Riccardo Chiarini	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
50	Alfredo Balloni	Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest	s.t.
51	Timofey Kritskiy	Katusha Team	s.t.
52	Christophe Riblon	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
53	Tomasz Marczynski	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
54	Cameron Meyer	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
55	Natnael Berhane	Team Europcar	s.t.
56	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
57	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
58	David López	Sky Procycling	s.t.
59	Kristof Vandewalle	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
60	Christian Knees	Sky Procycling	s.t.
61	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
63	Joseph Dombrowski	Sky Procycling	s.t.
64	Julian Kern	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
65	Trent Lowe	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
66	Alessandro Vanotti	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
67	Matti Breschel	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
68	Matteo Bono	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
69	Laurent Didier	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
70	Haimar Zubeldia	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
71	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov	Katusha Team	s.t.
72	Boy Van Poppel	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
73	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
74	Aleksejs Saramotins	IAM Cycling	s.t.
75	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
76	Rafael Andriato	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
77	Cesare Benedetti	Team NetApp - Endura	s.t.
78	Matteo Tosatto	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
79	Dalivier Ospina	Colombia	s.t.
80	Fumiyuki Beppu	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
81	John Gadret	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
82	Antonino Parrinello	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
83	Frantisek Rabon	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
84	Axel Domont	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
85	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
86	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
87	Jarlinson Pantano	Colombia	+ 4'29
88	John Darwin Atapuma	Colombia	s.t.
89	Robinson Chalapud	Colombia	s.t.
90	Fabio Duarte	Colombia	s.t.
91	Tom Dumoulin	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
92	Tony Gallopin	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
93	Juan Pablo Suarez	Colombia	s.t.
94	Lieuwe Westra	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
95	Gustav Erik Larsson	IAM Cycling	s.t.
96	Grega Bole	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
97	Warren Barguil	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
98	Fabio Taborre	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
99	Marco Frapporti	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
100	Matthias Brändle	IAM Cycling	s.t.
101	Johnny Hoogerland	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
102	Miguel Rubiano	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
103	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
104	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
105	Matthew Busche	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
106	Amaël Moinard	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
107	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox	s.t.
108	Thomas Rohregger	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
109	Davide Mucelli	Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest	s.t.
110	Jan Polanc	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
111	Oscar Gatto	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
112	Danilo Hondo	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
113	Yannick Eijssen	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
114	Anthony Charteau	Team Europcar	s.t.
115	Jan Barta	Team NetApp - Endura	s.t.
116	Jay McCarthy	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
117	Paul Voss	Team NetApp - Endura	s.t.
118	Simone Stortoni	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
119	José Mendes	Team NetApp - Endura	s.t.
120	Thomas Löfkvist	IAM Cycling	s.t.
121	Winner Anacona	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
122	Lachlan Morton	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
123	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
124	Andrea Fedi	Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest	s.t.
125	Andrea Manfredi	Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest	s.t.
126	Rory Sutherland	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
127	Stefan Denifl	IAM Cycling	s.t.
128	Alex Howes	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
129	Alan Marangoni	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
130	Mads Christensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
131	Alessandro Proni	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
132	Peter Stetina	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
133	Omar Bertazzo	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
134	Damien Howson	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
135	Louis Meintjes	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
136	Manuele Boaro	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
137	Cyril Gautier	Team Europcar	s.t.
138	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
139	Cristiano Monguzzi	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
140	Jack Bauer	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
141	Tomas Vaitkus	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
142	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	s.t.
143	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox	s.t.
144	Angelo Pagani	Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox	s.t.
145	Christian Vande Velde	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
146	Jacques Janse Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
147	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
148	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
149	Thomas Peterson	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
150	Thomas Dekker	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
151	Donato De Ieso	Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox	s.t.
152	Thomas Damuseau	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
153	Patrick Gretsch	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
154	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox	s.t.
155	Cristiano Salerno	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 5'49
156	Wilson Marentes	Colombia	s.t.
157	Marco Bandiera	IAM Cycling	s.t.
158	Caleb Fairly	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
159	Giairo Ermeti	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
160	Lucas Sebastián Haedo	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
161	Svein Tuft	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
162	Maciej Bodnar	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
163	Daniel Lloyd	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
164	Marco Corti	Colombia	s.t.
165	Maurits Lammertink	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
166	Andrea Pasqualon	Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox	s.t.
167	Mauro Da Dalto	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
168	Jonas Vangenechten	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
169	Filippo Baggio	Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest	s.t.
170	Travis Meyer	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
171	Jani Tewelde	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
172	Blaz Jarc	Team NetApp - Endura	s.t.
173	Joost Van Leijen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
174	Freqalsi Debesay	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
175	Jürgen Van de Walle	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
176	Maarten Neyens	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
177	Henri St-Pierre	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
178	George Preidler	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 7'26
179	Christian Meier	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
180	Carlos José Ochoa	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 8'04
181	Bryan Nauleau	Team Europcar	s.t.
182	Ralf Matzka	Team NetApp - Endura	s.t.
183	Thierry Hupond	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
184	Yan Dong Xing	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
185	Giovanni Bernaudeau	Team Europcar	s.t.
186	Antonio Santoro	Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest	s.t.
187	Johann Van Zyl	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
188	Ilya Gorodnichev	Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest	s.t.
189	Manuel Quinziato	BMC Racing Team	+ 8'34
190	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	+ 8'42
191	Martin Wesemann	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 11'14
192	Morgan Lamoisson	Team Europcar	s.t.
193	Iker Camaño	Team NetApp - Endura	+ 11'39
194	Michele Merlo	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	+ 12'40
195	Nathan Martin	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 16'47

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Posted on 28-04-2014 20:59

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National Cycling Centre, Manchester, UK
29th August 2013

*** BREAKING NEWS ***

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World Championships Team GB Pre-Selection Announced

With only one month to the World Championships in Tuscany in Italy, Team GB have released details of their Pre-Selection for the Road Race and Time Trial.

With both Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins concentrating on the Time Trial rather than the Road Race, the pressure looks like it will fall to Peter Kennaugh to provide results.

Geraint Thomas and Ian Stannard are also present, along with many others who are expected to be named. However, Thomas has ruled himself out of the Time Trial to help as much in the Road Race.

The shock names come in the forms of Adam Yates, Simon Yates and Josh Edmondson.

Team GB World Championship Pre-Selection

	Road Race	Time Trial
	Adam Blythe	Alex Dowsett
	Stephen Cummings	Chris Froome
	Alex Dowsett	David Millar
	Joshua Edmondson	Ian Stannard
........	Andrew Fenn	Bradley Wiggins
	Peter Kennaugh
	David Millar
	Ian Stannard
	Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
	Geraint Thomas
	Adam Yates
	Simon Yates

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Posted on 28-04-2014 21:11

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Varesine didn't went to good

GB has a strong team there, let's hope that Adam and/or Simon makes the final cut

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#611

Posted on 28-04-2014 21:55

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@voets: Villella and A. Yates are building towards September goals, so there isn't too much of a worry

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Posted on 28-04-2014 22:30

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Giro del Veneto
31st August 2013

The final race of August, and on paper it looks for a very boring day, with a finish made for the sprinters. Yes, there are the two climbs within the last 20km of the stage, but they do not look to difficult to the fast men of the peleton.

Rene will again be the man for the sprints, with Lavery, Howson and Quaade providing his lead out.

Ludvigsson will be given a free role during the race, whilst Dan Lloyd and Simon Richardson will work as domestiques.

Villella will complete the squad, adding miles to his legs, but he will try something on the short climbs to try and mix it up at the end.

Sponsor Goal: N/A
Team Goal: Top 10

Race Profile

Race Report

A group of 4 consisted of the break of the day, with Fredrik stretching his legs off the front of the peleton.

Astana and Atlas took control of the peleton, on what was a very uneventful day in the saddle.

Even the views of the local surroundings could not improve the entertainment of the race, as the peleton's lead peaked at 8'33".

The break was caught after the descent of the first climb near the finish, and looked set to be a bunch sprint finish to the race.

Despite Rene preparing his lead out train, Villella attacked over the crest of the final climb, and just had 5km of descending to take the win.

It was not to be for Villella as he is caught with 2km to go. Brambilla (ARH) takes the win, ahead of Bozic (AST) and Sabatini (CAN). Rene finished 9th, after being blocked during his sprint and losing his momentum.

Stage Result

1	Giorgio Brambilla	Atlas Personal - Jakroo	5h16'18
2	Borut Božic	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
3	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
4	Marco Frapporti	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
5	Maksym Averin	Atlas Personal - Jakroo	s.t.
6	Filippo Baggio	Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest	s.t.
7	Marco Bandiera	IAM Cycling	s.t.
8	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox	s.t.
9	René Mandri	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
10	Moreno Moser	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.

Spoiler

11	Alessandro Vanotti	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
12	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
13	Philip Lavery	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
14	Damien Howson	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
15	Matteo Fedi	Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest	s.t.
16	Stijn Devolder	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
17	Daniel Lloyd	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
18	Dominic Klemme	IAM Cycling	s.t.
19	Mathieu Chiocca	Atlas Personal - Jakroo	s.t.
20	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Kevin Seeldraeyers	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
22	Haimar Zubeldia	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
23	Luca Dodi	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
24	Alberto Cecchin	Team Nippo - De Rosa	s.t.
25	Laurent Didier	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
26	Jonathan Monsalve	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
27	Matteo Rabottini	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
28	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Katusha Team	s.t.
29	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
30	Julian Arredondo	Team Nippo - De Rosa	s.t.
31	Dario Cataldo	Sky Procycling	s.t.
32	Gabriel Rasch	Sky Procycling	s.t.
33	Simon Richardson	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
34	Mikhail Ignatiev	Katusha Team	s.t.
35	Stephen Cummings	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
36	Shinichi Fukushima	Team Nippo - De Rosa	s.t.
37	Vitaliy Popkov	ISD Continental Team	s.t.
38	Anton Vorobyev	Katusha Team	s.t.
39	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
40	Diego Rosa	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
41	Andrea Fedi	Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest	s.t.
42	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
43	Leonardo Giordani	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
44	Frantisek Rabon	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
45	Nicola Dal Santo	Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest	s.t.
46	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team	s.t.
47	Simone Campagnaro	Team Nippo - De Rosa	s.t.
48	Stefano Garzelli	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
49	Radoslav Rogina	Adria Mobil	s.t.
50	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox	s.t.
51	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
52	Cayetano Sarmiento	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
53	Andrey Kashechkin	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
54	Alberto Losada	Katusha Team	s.t.
55	Davide Villella	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
56	Fortunato Baliani	Team Nippo - De Rosa	s.t.
57	Petr Ignatenko	Katusha Team	s.t.
58	Kohei Uchima	Team Nippo - De Rosa	s.t.
59	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
60	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov	Katusha Team	s.t.
61	Davide Mucelli	Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest	s.t.
62	Oleksandr Polivoda	Atlas Personal - Jakroo	s.t.
63	Gabriele Bosisio	Utensilnord - Ora24.eu	s.t.
64	Timofey Kritskiy	Katusha Team	s.t.
65	Sebastian Lander	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
66	Rasmus Quaade	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
67	Bruno Maltar	Adria Mobil	s.t.
68	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
69	Matej Mugerli	Adria Mobil	s.t.
70	Andrea Masciarelli	Utensilnord - Ora24.eu	s.t.
71	Angelo Pagani	Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox	s.t.
72	Viesturs Luksevics	Amore & Vita	s.t.
73	Stefano Borchi	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
74	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling	s.t.
75	Gianfranco Visconti	Utensilnord - Ora24.eu	s.t.
76	Fredrik Ludvigsson	Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team	s.t.
77	Ben King	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
78	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
79	Peter Kusztor	Utensilnord - Ora24.eu	s.t.
80	Tomasz Nose	Adria Mobil	s.t.
81	Simon Pavlin	Adria Mobil	s.t.
82	Antonio Di Battista	Amore & Vita	s.t.
83	Hossein Alizadeh	Amore & Vita	s.t.
84	Nicola Boem	Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox	s.t.
85	Andrea Pasqualon	Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox	s.t.
86	Alexandre Pliuschin	IAM Cycling	s.t.
87	Leonardo Pinizzotto	Team Nippo - De Rosa	s.t.
88	Konstantin Klimiankou	Atlas Personal - Jakroo	s.t.
89	Yuriy Agarkov	ISD Continental Team	s.t.
90	Marco Pinotti	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
91	Robbie Squire	Amore & Vita	s.t.
92	Luca Mazzanti	Vini Fantini - Selle Italia	s.t.
93	Klemen Stimulak	Adria Mobil	s.t.
94	Riccardo Chiarini	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
95	Xabier Zandio	Sky Procycling	s.t.
96	Nariyuki Masuda	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
97	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
98	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox	s.t.
99	Evan Huffman	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
100	Jaroslaw Dabrowski	Amore & Vita	s.t.
101	Szilard Buruczki	Utensilnord - Ora24.eu	s.t.
102	Daniele Scampamorte	Utensilnord - Ora24.eu	s.t.
103	Thomas Löfkvist	IAM Cycling	s.t.
104	Peter Simon	Utensilnord - Ora24.eu	s.t.
105	Andrea Di Corrado	Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox	s.t.
106	Antonino Parrinello	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
107	Oleksandr Sheydyk	ISD Continental Team	s.t.
108	Adrien Chenaux	Atlas Personal - Jakroo	s.t.
109	Donato De Ieso	Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox	s.t.
110	Uri Martins	Amore & Vita	s.t.
111	Amaël Moinard	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
112	Tanzo Tokuda	Team Nippo - De Rosa	s.t.
113	Dmytro Volovod	ISD Continental Team	s.t.
114	Alfredo Balloni	Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest	s.t.
115	Yannick Eijssen	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
116	Rémy Cusin	IAM Cycling	s.t.
117	Oleksandr Martynenko	ISD Continental Team	s.t.
118	Michel Koch	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
119	Carlos Verona	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
120	Stefano Agostini	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
121	Francesco Reda	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
122	Rida Cador	Utensilnord - Ora24.eu	s.t.
123	Reto Hollenstein	IAM Cycling	s.t.
124	Claudio Imhof	Atlas Personal - Jakroo	s.t.
125	Mauro Da Dalto	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
126	Federico Canuti	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
127	Larry Warbasse	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
128	Nicolas Baldo	Atlas Personal - Jakroo	s.t.
129	Matteo Di Serafino	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
130	Alessandro Malaguti	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	s.t.
131	Denys Karnulin	ISD Continental Team	+ 2'32
132	Ilya Gorodnichev	Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest	s.t.
133	Andrea Piechele	Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest	s.t.
134	Anton Mikailov	Amore & Vita	+ 7'05
135	Daniel Holloway	Amore & Vita	s.t.
136	Fabio Barillon	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
137	Lukas Clerc	IAM Cycling	+ 7'42
138	Gabriele Porta	Sky Procycling	+ 8'26

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Posted on 28-04-2014 22:48

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Nice try at the end and nice top 10

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#614

Posted on 28-04-2014 22:49

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Not the best results for the team, but not a shame due to lack of form.

Not a surprise to see that the Yates brothers made the pre-selection. They got some great results this season.

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#615

Posted on 28-04-2014 23:25

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August Review - WorldTour Results

August sees the transition between the end of the Tour de France and the start of the Vuelta a Espana on 25th August. As with the other Grand Tours, the Vuelta updates will be posted separately, but as always, I bring you the round up of the other WorldTour Races.

Tour de Pologne

Andrey Amador (MOV) caused a shock in Poland, taking the win in the final ITT, ahead of the Colombian pair of Rigoberto Uran (SKY) and Carlos Betancur (ALM). Thor Hushovd (BMC) also strangely walked away with the KoM jersey, as the GC men dominated the Points classification.

.	Name	Team	Time
1	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	31h12'56"
2	Rigoberto Uran	Sky ProCycling	+ 20
3	Carlos Betancur	AG2R-La Mondiale	+ 4'41
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Pts	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team
KoM	Thor Hushovd	BMC Racing Team
U25	Carlos Betancur	AG2R-La Mondiale
Team	Movistar Team

Eneco Tour

The quality of his Time Trialling and Cobbles ability was enough for Fabian Cancellara to take the win at the Eneco Tour. The Swiss rider took the win ahead of Tom Boonen (OPQ) and Lars Boom (BEL). Andre Greipel (LTB) won the post-Tour battle with Marcel Kittel (ARG), whilst Taylor Phinney (BMC) showed he is a future winner with a final display to take the U25 classification.

.	Name	Team	Time
1	Fabian Cancellara	RadioShack-Leopard	25h00'05"
2	Tom Boonen	OmegaPharma-Quickstep	+ 1'01
3	Lars Boom	Belkin ProCycling	+ 1'20
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Pts	Andre Greipel	Lotto-Belisol
KoM	Bjorn Leukemans	Vacansoleil-DCM ProCycling
U25	Taylor Phinney	BMC Racing Team
Team	BMC Racing Team

Vattenfall Cyclassics

A late attack from Ramon Sinkeldam (ARG) was enough to take the win in Germany, ahead fellow breakaway companion Lars Bak (LTB). Nacir Bouhanni (FDJ) took the bunch of the peleton to complete the podium.

.	Name	Team	Time
1	Ramon Sinkeldam	Team Argos-Shimano	4h56'10
2	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto-Belisol	s.t.
3	Nacir Bouhanni	FDJ.fr	+ 1'18

August Review - Rankings

WorldTour

Individual	Team
1. T. Boonen (OPQ)	1. Sky ProCycling
2. C. Froome (SKY)	2. Movistar Team
3. A. Valverde (MOV)	3. OmegaPharma-Quickstep

Continental

Individual	Team
1. R. Zoidl (RWS)	1. Accent Jobs-Wanty
2. Giorgio Brambilla (ARH)	2. Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team
3. Estaban Chaves (COL)	3. Colombia

CQ Ranking

Individual	Team
1. C. Froome (SKY)	1. Sky ProCycling
2. V. Nibali (AST)	2. OmegaPharma-Quickstep
3. A. Valverde (MOV)	3. Movistar Team

August Review - Transfer Signings

	From	> To
Tom van Asbroeck	Topsport Vlaanderen	> AnPost
Jonathan Bellis	Rapha-Bianchi	> Madison-Genesis
Chris Sutton	Sky ProCycling	> Orica-GreenEdge
Alberto Contador	Saxo-Tinkoff	> OmegaPharma
Niki Terpstra	OmegaPharma	> BMC Racing Team
Mathieu Ladagnous	FDJ.fr	> Team NetApp-Endura
Patrick Gretsch	Argos-Shimano	> Team NetApp-Endura
Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team	> OmegaPharma
Filippo Pozzato	Lampre-Merida	> Saxo-Tinkoff
Elia Viviani	Cannondale	> Belkin ProCycling

Rapha-Bianchi Racing Team Schedule - September

2-4 Sep	Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda	Italy
8 Sep	GP de Fourmies	France
9-13 Sep	Monviso-Venezia - Il Padania	Italy
15-22 Sep	Tour of Britain	Great Britain

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Posted on 28-04-2014 23:29

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@voets: The Villella attack was hoped to be like the one you can do at Tour Down Under on the corkscrew climb. But there is a big difference between January form and August form. It is a lot hard to pull off.

@mvh: The form for Mandri should be peaking, so I was hoping for me. He may ride in France before ToB, but I was hoping for better result in Veneto. The Worlds selection is wide open really! I selected the best riders based on stats and what they could do. I may have a look in fast editor at the fitness stats of the other riders for an idea on who to pick in final selection.

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Posted on 29-04-2014 00:09

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Wow, i have only been gone for a day and a hell of a lot has happened

, Mandri put in a good finish in Denmark, Villela rode well at the Tre Valli Varesine, Great signing in Luke Rowe, Mandri continued his good form at the Coppa Agostoni and Giro del Veneto and nice to see the team doing so well in the rankings

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#618

Posted on 29-04-2014 00:13

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@sutty: yeah... I get the flu, miss a day off work and suddenly I turn into Ian

It was a quiet month of racing so easy to post. I think you got it all covered in that comment though

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Posted on 29-04-2014 13:29

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Vuelta a Espana - Rest Day 1
3rd September 2013

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The final week of August saw the start of the third Grand Tour of the season - la Vuelta a Espana!

The 2013 edition is a Climber's dream, with 12 summit finishes long its route. The mountainous course, coupled with the high number of summit finishes, means that for the first time in a long time, the Overall GC winner could also walk away with the Points, KoM and Under 25 jerseys on their shoulders.

Here is how the racing has panned out so far...

Stage	Type	Winner	Race Leader
Vilanova de Arousa-Sanxenxo		RadioShack	T. Gallopin
Pontevreda-Monte da Groba		S. Henao	D. Martin
Vigo-Mirador de Lobeira		D. Martin	D. Martin
Lalin-Finisterra		R. Kreuziger	R. Kreuziger
Sober-Lago de Sanabria		J. Voigt	R. Kreuziger
Guijeulo-Caraces		M. Kittel	R. Kreuziger
Almendralejo-Mariena de Aljarafe		M.Cavendish	R. Kreuziger
Jerez de la Frontera-Alto Penas Blancas		D. Martin	R. Kreuziger
Antequera-Valdepenas de Jaen		M. Nieve	R. Kreuziger
Torredelcampo-Alto de Haza Llana		W. Anacona	R. Kreuziger

Roman Kreuziger (TST) lead the GC on the first rest day, with Mikel Nieve (EUS) in Second, 2'37" behind the Czech Stage Racer. Early leader Dan Martin (GRS) is in Third 3'25 down on the Saxo-Tinkoff man.

The Mountainous start to the race means that Kreuziger leads the Points Classification, with Martin leading the way in the KoM standings. Tejay van Garderen (BMC) leads a closely fought Under 25 Classification, with Wilco Kelderman (BEL) just 51" behind him.

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Posted on 29-04-2014 13:40

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Kreuziger has a decent lead on the first rest day, but can he hold on to it

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