aCross the road: Mud, Sweat & Gears
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The Last Days of Racing, 2015
Ahead of the World Championships, Citigroup - Cannondale's finest were racing in Great Britain with much success. Stage wins for Oscar Gatto, Tejay Van Garderen and Elia Viviani (3!) at the Tour of Britain were a great success; and on top of that, Gatto even accomplished the feat of winning the overall! Certainly great signs for the team and the upcoming World Championships.
World Championships - Berne - Time Trial
The Time Trial was won by Tony Martin. The German, who was injured last year, took back his jersey with a stunning performance in his homecountry Germany.
Rank | Name | Team | Time | 1 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 45'22 | 2 | Rohan Dennis | Garmin Sharp | + 32 | 3 | Fabian Cancellara | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 4 | Stef Clement | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 46 | 5 | Bradley Wiggins | Team Sky | + 47 | 6 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 54 | 7 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Giant - Shimano | + 57 | 8 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | + 1'03 | 9 | Geraint Thomas | Team Sky | + 1'20 | 10 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin Sharp | + 1'31 |
Spoiler 11 | Lieuwe Westra | Astana Pro Team | + 1'38 | 12 | Tejay Van Garderen | Citigroup - Cannondale | + 1'39 | 13 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | + 1'53 | 14 | Simon Spilak | Team Katusha | + 1'54 | 15 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 1'59 | 16 | Luke Durbridge | Orica GreenEdge | + 2'07 | 17 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ.fr | + 2'15 | 18 | Anton Vorobyev | Team Katusha | + 2'19 | 19 | Luis León Sánchez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 2'31 | 20 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Lampre - Merida | + 2'32 | 21 | Jan Barta | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 22 | Adriano Malori | Movistar Team | + 2'34 | 23 | Dario Cataldo | Team Sky | + 2'46 | 24 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto Belisol | + 2'50 | 25 | Maciej Bodnar | Citigroup - Cannondale | + 2'51 | 26 | Andreas Hofer | Team Vorarlberg | + 3'03 | 27 | Johan Le Bon | FDJ.fr | + 3'14 | 28 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 3'22 | 29 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | + 3'30 | 30 | Peter Velits | BMC Racing Team | + 3'38 | 31 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 3'46 | 32 | Svein Tuft | Orica GreenEdge | + 3'49 | 33 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | + 3'59 | 34 | Kristjan Koren | Citigroup - Cannondale | + 4'08 | 35 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Team Giant - Shimano | + 4'09 | 36 | Patrick Gretsch | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4'17 | 37 | Ion Izagirre | Movistar Team | + 4'22 | 38 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | + 4'36 | 39 | Rasmus Quaade | Team TreFor - Blue Water | + 4'48 | 40 | Damien Howson | Orica GreenEdge | + 4'52 | 41 | Thomas De Gendt | Citigroup - Cannondale | + 5'04 | 42 | Nelson Oliveira | Lampre - Merida | + 5'05 | 43 | José Serpa | Lampre - Merida | + 5'08 | 44 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 5'17 | 45 | Mateusz Taciak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 5'22 | 46 | Yoann Paillot | Team La Pomme Marseille | + 5'26 | 47 | Sergio Henao | Team Sky | + 5'29 | 48 | Daryl Impey | Orica GreenEdge | + 5'31 | 49 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | + 5'34 | 50 | Leopold König | Team NetApp - Endura | + 5'35 | 51 | Matthias Brändle | IAM Cycling | + 5'38 | 52 | Roman Kreuziger | Movistar Team | + 5'42 | 53 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto Belisol | + 5'52 | 54 | Matthias Frank | IAM Cycling | + 5'56 | 55 | Rui Costa | Team Katusha | + 6'05 | 56 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar Team | + 6'06 | 57 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | + 6'12 | 58 | Christian Meier | Orica GreenEdge | + 6'22 | 59 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | + 6'26 | 60 | Bob Jungels | Trek Factory Racing | + 6'33 | 61 | Nicolas Roche | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 6'42 | 62 | Martin Elmiger | IAM Cycling | + 6'49 | 63 | Marcel Wyss | IAM Cycling | + 6'56 | 64 | Carlos Betancur | AG2R La Mondiale | + 6'59 | 65 | Riccardo Zoidl | Trek Factory Racing | + 7'04 | 66 | Manuele Boaro | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 7'08 | 67 | Martin Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 7'11 | 68 | Tomasz Marczynski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 7'15 | 69 | Vegard Stake Laengen | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 7'27 | 70 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Team Giant - Shimano | + 7'29 | 71 | Hugo Houle | AG2R La Mondiale | + 7'34 | 72 | Ryan Mullen | An Post - Chain Reaction | s.t. | 73 | Olav Olstad | Team Øster Hus - Ridley | + 7'36 | 74 | Pit Schlechter | Leopard Development Team | + 7'48 | 75 | Michael Hutchinson | - | + 7'58 | 76 | Jaime Suaza | - | + 8'10 | 77 | Martin Mahdar | - | + 8'14 |
World Championships - Berne - Road Race
A parcour with the chance of a breakaway win, but also overwhelming odds for the sprinters. In particular, Germany was eager to make a bunch sprint happen. Unfortunately a legend of cycling decided to get another one of those rainbow stripped jerseys...
Which Belgian may that be who attacks
5 kilometers from the finish?!
It's Tommeke who takes the solo win in Berne!
Visconti: “Congratulations to Tom Boonen, what a stunning finish. It will be exciting to ride against the World Champion next year in Flanders.”
Rank | Name | Team | Time | 1 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 6h17'06 | 2 | Peter Sagan | Team Sky | s.t. | 3 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 4 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 5 | Alexander Kristoff | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 6 | Matthew Goss | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 7 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 8 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 9 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 10 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Sky | s.t. | 12 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 13 | Sep Vanmarcke | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 14 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 15 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 16 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 17 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 18 | Michael Mørkøv | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 19 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 20 | Yohan Offredo | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 21 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 22 | Gianni Meersman | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 23 | Mark Renshaw | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 24 | Bryan Coquard | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 25 | Moreno Moser | Citigroup - Cannondale | s.t. | 26 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 27 | Matti Breschel | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 28 | Luis León Sánchez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 29 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 30 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | 31 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | 32 | Lars Boom | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 33 | Geraint Thomas | Team Sky | s.t. | 34 | Rui Costa | Team Katusha | s.t. | 35 | Sébastien Turgot | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 36 | Scott Thwaites | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 37 | Sebastian Langeveld | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 38 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 39 | Theo Bos | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 40 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | 41 | Julien Simon | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 42 | Simon Gerrans | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 43 | Julian Arredondo | Team Alonso - Ferrari | s.t. | 44 | Ion Izagirre | Movistar Team | s.t. | 45 | Bob Jungels | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 46 | David Millar | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 47 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 48 | Daniel Martin | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 49 | Jan Barta | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 50 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 51 | Luka Mezgec | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 52 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 53 | Filippo Pozzato | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 54 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 55 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 56 | Roman Kreuziger | Movistar Team | s.t. | 57 | Matthias Brändle | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 58 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 59 | Peter Velits | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 60 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | 61 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | 62 | Daniel Moreno | Team Alonso - Ferrari | s.t. | 63 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 64 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Riwal Cycling Team | s.t. | 65 | Grégory Rast | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 66 | Paul Martens | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 67 | Maciej Bodnar | Citigroup - Cannondale | s.t. | 68 | Adriano Malori | Movistar Team | s.t. | 69 | Alexandr Kolobnev | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 70 | Michael Albasini | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 71 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 72 | Matthias Frank | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 73 | Kristjan Koren | Citigroup - Cannondale | s.t. | 74 | Svein Tuft | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 75 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | 76 | Tom Slagter | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 77 | Fabian Cancellara | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 78 | Marek Rutkiewicz | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 79 | Martin Elmiger | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 80 | Danny Van Poppel | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 81 | Kiel Reijnen | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 82 | Tom Veelers | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 83 | Luke Rowe | Team Sky | s.t. | 84 | Jakob Rathe | Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | s.t. | 85 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 86 | Adam Blythe | NFTO | s.t. | 87 | Lukas Pöstlberger | Tirol Cycling Team | s.t. | 88 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 89 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 90 | Ben Swift | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 91 | Matej Mohorič | Citigroup - Cannondale | s.t. | 92 | Heinrich Haussler | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 93 | Edwin Ávila | Colombia | s.t. | 94 | John Darwin Atapuma | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 95 | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia | s.t. | 96 | Miguel Rubiano | Colombia | s.t. | 97 | Daryl Impey | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 98 | Christopher Sutton | Team Sky | s.t. | 99 | Sébastien Reichenbach | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 100 | Ian Stannard | Team Sky | s.t. | 101 | Egoitz García | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 102 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 103 | Sean Downey | An Post - Chain Reaction | s.t. | 104 | Grega Bole | - | s.t. | 105 | Leonardo Duque | Colombia | s.t. | 106 | Ken Hanson | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 4'01 | 107 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | + 5'07 | 108 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 109 | Tomasz Marczynski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 110 | Christian Meier | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 111 | Petr Vakoč | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 112 | Jake Keough | 5-Hour Energy | s.t. | 113 | Juan José Lobato | Movistar Team | s.t. | 114 | Jonathan Cantwell | Drapac Pro Cycling | s.t. | 115 | Arman Kamyshev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 116 | Tomáš Bucháček | Bauknecht - Author | s.t. | 117 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 118 | Robert Wagner | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 119 | Dario Cataldo | Team Sky | s.t. | 120 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | + 5'55 | 121 | George Preidler | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 122 | Michael Matthews | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 123 | Jonas Ahlstrand | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 124 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Katusha | s.t. | 125 | Guillaume Boivin | Citigroup - Cannondale | s.t. | 126 | Bernhard Eisel | Team Sky | s.t. | 127 | Ryan Anderson | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | 128 | Ruslan Tleubayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 129 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 130 | Sam Bennett | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 131 | Fabio Silvestre | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 132 | Joel Zangerle | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | 133 | Thomas Löfkvist | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 134 | Juraj Sagan | Team Sky | s.t. | 135 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Team Alonso - Ferrari | s.t. | 136 | Diego Ochoa | 4-72 - Colombia | s.t. | 137 | Louis Meintjes | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | 138 | Dominique Rollin | - | s.t. | 139 | Hugo Houle | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 140 | Zakkari Dempster | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 141 | Marko Kump | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 142 | Matthew Brammeier | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | s.t. | 143 | Leigh Howard | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 144 | Martin Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 145 | Daniel Schorn | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 146 | Philip Lavery | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | s.t. | 147 | Jempy Drucker | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | 148 | Bartlomiej Matysiak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 7'32 | 149 | Jeffry Romero | Colombia | s.t. | 150 | Marcin Bialoblocki | Velosure - Giordana Racing Team | s.t. | 151 | Alexander Porsev | Team Katusha | s.t. | 152 | Frantisek Padour | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 153 | Pawel Poljanski | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 154 | Michael Kolar | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 155 | Mateusz Nowak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 8'21 | 156 | Filipe Cardoso | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | 157 | Martin Hunal | Bauknecht - Author | s.t. | 158 | Erik Baska | - | s.t. | 159 | Ryan Mullen | An Post - Chain Reaction | + 15'03 | 160 | Fabio Sabatini | Citigroup - Cannondale | s.t. |
Giro di Lombardia
The Race of Fallen Leaves was a tough fight but once again the Spaniards prevailed, even without Vuelta winner Purito around. Contador and Valverde set themselves apart over the final climb, and Contador distanced his rival in the descent. This year's Tour de France winner adds thus his first monument to his impressive list of victories.
Rank | Name | Team | Time | 1 | Alberto Contador | Tinkoff - Saxo | 6h41'37 | 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | 3 | Daniel Martin | Garmin Sharp | + 58 | 4 | Moreno Moser | Citigroup - Cannondale | s.t. | 5 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 6 | Luis León Sánchez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 7 | Carlos Betancur | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 8 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 9 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Lampre - Merida | + 1'48 | 10 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Simon Spilak | Team Katusha | s.t. | 12 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | s.t. | 13 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 14 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 15 | Julian Arredondo | Team Alonso - Ferrari | s.t. | 16 | Dario Cataldo | Team Sky | s.t. | 17 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 18 | Simon Gerrans | Orica GreenEdge | + 3'10 | 19 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 4'42 | 20 | Roman Kreuziger | Movistar Team | s.t. | 21 | Rui Costa | Team Katusha | + 5'04 | 22 | Daniel Moreno | Team Alonso - Ferrari | + 6'44 | 23 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 24 | Eros Capecchi | Movistar Team | s.t. | 25 | Nicolas Roche | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 26 | Robert Kiserlovski | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 27 | Sergio Henao | Team Sky | s.t. | 28 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 29 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 30 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar Team | s.t. | 31 | Michele Scarponi | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 32 | Jesús Hernández | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 33 | Mikel Nieve | Movistar Team | s.t. | 34 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. | 35 | Laurens Ten Dam | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 36 | Rigoberto Urán | Team Katusha | s.t. | 37 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 38 | Simon Clarke | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 39 | Tanel Kangert | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 40 | Ivan Rovny | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 41 | Alberto Losada | Team Katusha | s.t. | 42 | Haimar Zubeldia | Team Alonso - Ferrari | s.t. | 43 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 44 | Domenico Pozzovivo | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 45 | Pieter Weening | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 46 | Chris Horner | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 47 | Rafal Majka | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 48 | Bradley Wiggins | Team Sky | s.t. | 49 | Stef Clement | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 50 | Rohan Dennis | Garmin Sharp | + 7'42 | 51 | Michael Albasini | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 52 | Franco Pellizotti | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 53 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 54 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 55 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 56 | Ben Hermans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 57 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | s.t. | 58 | Samuel Sánchez | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 59 | Andy Schleck | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 60 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 61 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | s.t. | 62 | Cristiano Salerno | Citigroup - Cannondale | s.t. | 63 | Alexis Vuillermoz | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 64 | Rory Sutherland | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 65 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 66 | Fränk Schleck | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 67 | Davide Villella | Team Alonso - Ferrari | s.t. | 68 | Tom Danielson | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 69 | Maxim Belkov | Team Katusha | s.t. | 70 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 71 | Simon Yates | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 72 | Tejay Van Garderen | Citigroup - Cannondale | s.t. | 73 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 74 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 75 | Ivan Santaromita | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 76 | Daryl Impey | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 77 | Stefano Locatelli | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 78 | Sylwester Szmyd | Movistar Team | s.t. | 79 | Matthias Frank | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 80 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 81 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | s.t. | 82 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 83 | Davide Rebellin | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 84 | Branislau Samoilau | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 85 | Steven Kruijswijk | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 86 | David Arroyo | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 87 | Robert Gesink | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 88 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 89 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 90 | Janier Acevedo | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 91 | Marco Marcato | Citigroup - Cannondale | s.t. | 92 | Mattia Cattaneo | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 93 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | 94 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team Sky | s.t. | 95 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 96 | Warren Barguil | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 97 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 98 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 99 | Peter Velits | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 100 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Sky | s.t. | 101 | Tiago Machado | Team Alonso - Ferrari | s.t. | 102 | Gianluca Brambilla | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 103 | Matteo Rabottini | YellowFluo | s.t. | 104 | Tomasz Marczynski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 105 | Lachlan Morton | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 106 | Kenny Elissonde | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 107 | Enrico Battaglin | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 108 | Joseph Dombrowski | Team Sky | s.t. | 109 | Mikel Landa | Team Alonso - Ferrari | s.t. | 110 | Valerio Agnoli | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 111 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 112 | John Gadret | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 113 | Hubert Dupont | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 114 | Rafael Valls | Team Alonso - Ferrari | s.t. | 115 | Stefano Pirazzi | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 116 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 117 | Eduard Vorganov | Team Katusha | s.t. | 118 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Team Giant - Shimano | + 9'35 | 119 | Alexandre Geniez | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 120 | Daan Olivier | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 121 | Matthias Brändle | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 122 | Pieter Serry | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 123 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 124 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 125 | Angelo Pagani | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 126 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 127 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 128 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 129 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | + 10'06 | 130 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 131 | Sean De Bie | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 132 | Marcos García | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 133 | Mario Carella | Lampre - Merida | + 10'37 | 134 | Riccardo Zoidl | Trek Factory Racing | + 11'21 | 135 | Rubén Fernández | Team Alonso - Ferrari | s.t. | 136 | Koen De Kort | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 137 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | + 11'55 | 138 | Andrea Manfredi | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 139 | Jonathan Fumeaux | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 140 | Diego Rosa | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 141 | Gatis Smukulis | Team Katusha | + 12'32 | 142 | Manuele Boaro | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 143 | Adam Yates | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 144 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 145 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Team Giant - Shimano | + 13'18 | 146 | Matteo Pelucchi | IAM Cycling | + 13'48 | 147 | Andrea Zordan | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 148 | Antonio Piedra | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 14'20 | 149 | Dennis Vanendert | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 150 | Alessandro Vanotti | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 151 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 152 | Kristjan Koren | Citigroup - Cannondale | s.t. | 153 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 154 | Thierry Hupond | Team Giant - Shimano | + 14'57 | 155 | Reto Hollenstein | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 156 | Calvin Watson | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 157 | Patrick Schelling | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 158 | Chad Haga | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 159 | Natnael Berhane | Team Europcar | s.t. | 160 | Oscar Gatto | Citigroup - Cannondale | s.t. | 161 | Jonathan Monsalve | YellowFluo | + 15'37 | 162 | Maciej Paterski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 16'39 | 163 | Gianfranco Zilioli | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 164 | Tomás Gil | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 165 | Fabio Silvestre | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 166 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 167 | Perrig Quemeneur | Team Europcar | s.t. | 168 | Łukasz Owsian | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 169 | Dominic Klemme | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 170 | Björn Thurau | Team Europcar | + 17'28 | 171 | Marco Canola | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 172 | Francesco Lasca | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 173 | Robert Andrews | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 174 | Nick Van der Lijke | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 175 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | s.t. | 176 | Gianni Bellini | YellowFluo | s.t. | 177 | Vincenzo Fabris | Team Sky | s.t. | 178 | Mirko Tedeschi | YellowFluo | s.t. | 179 | Fabio Sabatini | Citigroup - Cannondale | s.t. | 180 | Jean-Marc Marino | Citigroup - Cannondale | s.t. | 181 | Emilien Viennet | FDJ.fr | + 18'51 | 182 | Giorgio Cecchinel | YellowFluo | + 19'27 | 183 | Jussi Veikkanen | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 184 | Luigi Miletta | YellowFluo | s.t. | 185 | Iván Velasco | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 186 | Nicola Testi | Androni Giocattoli | + 21'07 | 187 | David Boucher | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 188 | Josef Cerny | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 189 | Davide Viganò | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 190 | Samuele Conti | YellowFluo | s.t. | 191 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Androni Giocattoli | + 22'29 | 192 | Yonder Godoy | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 193 | Pasquale Beltrami | Team Katusha | + 24'19 | 194 | Romain Guillemois | Team Europcar | s.t. | 195 | Adrian Honkisz | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 25'14 | 196 | Lluis Guillermo Mas | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 197 | Rick Flens | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 25'53 | 198 | Andrea Dal Col | YellowFluo | + 29'10 | 199 | Waldemar Maciejewski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 33'01 |
Tour of Beijing
The Chinese Race is being defuncted by Brian Cookson at the end of the year. Citigroup's Tejay Van Garderen put in a solid ride for this last time, whilst Benat Intxausti repeated his win from 2013 and is now the sole record holder, for now and probably for a very long time. In Beijing, Daniele Ratto also took the last win for the team on stage 4.
Rank | Name | Team | Time | 1 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar Team | 16h54'01 | 2 | Tejay Van Garderen | Citigroup - Cannondale | + 12 | 3 | Robert Gesink | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 16 | 4 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'05 | 5 | Giampaolo Caruso | Team Katusha | + 1'06 |
Spoiler 6 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 1'12 | 7 | Geraint Thomas | Team Sky | + 1'26 | 8 | Yury Trofimov | Team Katusha | s.t. | 9 | Ivan Rovny | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1'33 | 10 | Heinrich Haussler | IAM Cycling | + 1'53 | 11 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar Team | + 1'54 | 12 | Matthias Frank | IAM Cycling | + 2'01 | 13 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2'05 | 14 | Sylvain Chavanel | IAM Cycling | + 2'20 | 15 | Bob Jungels | Trek Factory Racing | + 2'21 | 16 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | + 2'28 | 17 | Ion Izagirre | Movistar Team | s.t. | 18 | Richie Porte | Team Sky | s.t. | 19 | Dario Cataldo | Team Sky | + 2'40 | 20 | Rohan Dennis | Garmin Sharp | + 2'41 | 21 | Peter Velits | BMC Racing Team | + 2'59 | 22 | John Darwin Atapuma | BMC Racing Team | + 3'19 | 23 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 3'26 | 24 | Yannick Martinez | Team Europcar | + 3'29 | 25 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 26 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 27 | Sebastian Langeveld | Garmin Sharp | + 3'37 | 28 | Rafal Majka | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 3'46 | 29 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | + 3'51 | 30 | Aleksejs Saramotins | IAM Cycling | + 3'58 | 31 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 32 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 5'02 | 33 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 34 | George Bennett | Citigroup - Cannondale | + 5'20 | 35 | Adriano Malori | Movistar Team | + 5'30 | 36 | Stef Clement | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 5'31 | 37 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Sky | + 5'41 | 38 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ.fr | + 5'58 | 39 | Ivan Santaromita | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 40 | Bradley Wiggins | Team Sky | + 6'38 | 41 | Maarten Wynants | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 6'46 | 42 | Jack Bauer | Garmin Sharp | + 6'55 | 43 | Daryl Impey | Orica GreenEdge | + 7'00 | 44 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | 45 | Cameron Meyer | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 46 | Matthew Goss | Orica GreenEdge | + 7'11 | 47 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto Belisol | + 7'15 | 48 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 7'19 | 49 | Sep Vanmarcke | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 7'29 | 50 | Patrick Gretsch | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 51 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 7'55 | 52 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | + 8'02 | 53 | Emilien Viennet | FDJ.fr | + 8'05 | 54 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | Lampre - Merida | + 8'06 | 55 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 8'08 | 56 | Sea Keong Loh | Team Giant - Shimano | + 8'19 | 57 | Brett Lancaster | Orica GreenEdge | + 8'49 | 58 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | + 9'04 | 59 | Nathan Haas | Garmin Sharp | + 9'06 | 60 | Samuel Dumoulin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 9'15 | 61 | Marcel Wyss | IAM Cycling | + 9'18 | 62 | Michael Mørkøv | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 9'19 | 63 | Daniele Ratto | Citigroup - Cannondale | + 9'25 | 64 | Romain Sicard | Team Europcar | + 9'39 | 65 | Björn Thurau | Team Europcar | + 9'44 | 66 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Belisol | + 9'55 | 67 | Matteo Pelucchi | IAM Cycling | + 10'55 | 68 | Kristjan Koren | Citigroup - Cannondale | + 11'02 | 69 | Sean De Bie | Lotto Belisol | + 11'05 | 70 | Laurent Pichon | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 71 | Julian Kern | AG2R La Mondiale | + 11'38 | 72 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 11'47 | 73 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | + 11'49 | 74 | Mickaël Delage | FDJ.fr | + 12'13 | 75 | Edward King | Citigroup - Cannondale | + 12'19 | 76 | Jay McCarthy | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 12'42 | 77 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Team Katusha | + 12'50 | 78 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | + 12'56 | 79 | Jasha Sütterlin | Movistar Team | + 13'05 | 80 | Bryan Coquard | Astana Pro Team | + 13'13 | 81 | Thomas Peterson | Team Giant - Shimano | + 13'19 | 82 | Warren Barguil | Team Giant - Shimano | + 13'33 | 83 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol | + 14'02 | 84 | Vicente Reynès | IAM Cycling | + 14'08 | 85 | Ian Stannard | Team Sky | s.t. | 86 | Fabio Silvestre | Trek Factory Racing | + 14'22 | 87 | Fabio Sabatini | Citigroup - Cannondale | + 14'24 | 88 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ.fr | + 14'31 | 89 | Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | FDJ.fr | + 14'34 | 90 | Luke Rowe | Team Sky | + 14'38 | 91 | Rüdiger Selig | Team Katusha | + 14'42 | 92 | Petr Vakoč | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 14'43 | 93 | Raymond Kreder | Garmin Sharp | + 14'55 | 94 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant - Shimano | + 15'11 | 95 | Grégory Rast | Trek Factory Racing | + 15'33 | 96 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | + 15'51 | 97 | Bert De Backer | Team Giant - Shimano | + 15'54 | 98 | Ruslan Tleubayev | Astana Pro Team | + 15'58 | 99 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | + 16'29 | 100 | Hayden Roulston | Trek Factory Racing | + 17'47 | 101 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin Sharp | + 18'00 | 102 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Garmin Sharp | + 18'28 | 103 | Matti Breschel | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 18'54 | 104 | Hugo Houle | AG2R La Mondiale | + 19'29 | 105 | Gert Dockx | Lotto Belisol | + 19'52 | 106 | Elia Viviani | Citigroup - Cannondale | + 20'10 | 107 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Katusha | s.t. | 108 | Steele Von Hoff | Garmin Sharp | + 20'30 | 109 | Luca Dodi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 110 | Rick Zabel | BMC Racing Team | + 21'01 | 111 | Óscar Guevarra | Movistar Team | s.t. | 112 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre - Merida | + 21'05 | 113 | Jasper Stuyven | Trek Factory Racing | + 21'07 | 114 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | + 21'27 | 115 | Yauheni Hutarovich | AG2R La Mondiale | + 21'34 | 116 | Gatis Smukulis | Team Katusha | + 21'37 | 117 | Jonas Ahlstrand | Team Giant - Shimano | + 21'38 | 118 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | s.t. | 119 | Arman Kamyshev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 120 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Belisol | + 21'48 | 121 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 21'49 | 122 | Rick Flens | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 21'50 | 123 | Frederik Willems | Lotto Belisol | + 21'54 | 124 | Cheng Ji | Team Giant - Shimano | + 22'17 | 125 | Christopher Sutton | Team Sky | + 22'18 | 126 | Jesper Hansen | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 22'23 | 127 | Yaroslav Popovych | Trek Factory Racing | + 22'29 | 128 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | + 22'37 | 129 | Davide Formolo | Citigroup - Cannondale | + 22'45 | 130 | Leigh Howard | Orica GreenEdge | + 22'47 | 131 | Greg Henderson | Lotto Belisol | + 22'57 | 132 | Vladimir Isaychev | Team Katusha | s.t. | 133 | Danny Van Poppel | Trek Factory Racing | + 23'03 | 134 | Graeme Brown | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 135 | Sebastian Lander | BMC Racing Team | + 23'09 | 136 | Gang Xu | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 137 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Lampre - Merida | + 23'27 | 138 | Johan Vansummeren | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 23'34 | 139 | Moreno Hofland | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 23'36 | 140 | Romain Guillemois | Team Europcar | s.t. | 141 | Mario Carella | Lampre - Merida | + 23'38 | 142 | Pawel Poljanski | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 23'48 | 143 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | + 23'56 | 144 | Roger Kluge | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 145 | Evan Huffman | Astana Pro Team | + 24'15 | 146 | Morgan Lamoisson | Team Europcar | + 24'32 | 147 | Robert Andrews | Trek Factory Racing | + 24'44 | 148 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Giant - Shimano | + 25'00 | 149 | Mael Gentil | AG2R La Mondiale | + 25'51 | 150 | Pasquale Beltrami | Team Katusha | s.t. | 151 | Ashton Davies | Orica GreenEdge | + 26'10 |
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"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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A nice way for Tejay to finish his season |
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Posted on 20-06-2014 22:15
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@Ian Butler: I though you'd like that.
@Sutty68: Yup, another nice finish. Of course Citigroup has to show Tejay off in all parts of the world.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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Season Review 2015
Whilst I missed large parts of the second half of the season, I can still look back on a successful second year. At age 23, I have won two classics this year, Brabantse Pijl and Clásica San Sebastian, adding to my Door Vlaanderen victory. At Eneco Tour I have achieved a 2nd place behind my future teammate Philippe Gilbert.
It was going great, but the Italian media attention, the imagined public imagine and my own discrepancies brought me to a quick downfall. I didn’t expect to become suspended but it happened anyway.
I decided to turn my back on my nation for the World Championships, and instead focused on the pit and mud. It was Cyclo-Cross time soon again, and I wanted to be ready.
Road Season 2015 Country | Cat | Race | Result | Detail | | 1.HC | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | 29th | CBS | | 1.1 | Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne | 27th | CBS | | 1.1 | Strade Bianche | 2nd | Gravel | | UWT | Paris-Nice | 37th | 8 stages | | UWT | Milano - San Remo | 24th | Monument | | 1.HC | Dwars door Vlaanderen | 11th | CBS | | UWT | E3 Prijs Harelbeke | 4th | CBS | | UWT | Gent-Wevelgem | 26th | CBS | | 2.HC | Driedsaage de Panne | 25th | 4 stages / 1 Stage win | | UWT | Ronde van Vlaanderen | 10th | Monument | | UWT | Paris-Roubaix | 33rd | Monument | | 1.HC | De Brabantse Pijl | 1st | CBS/Hill | | UWT | Amstel Gold Race | 17th | Hill | | UWT | La Fléche Waloone | 8th | Hill | | UWT | Liége-Bastogne-Liége | 11th | Hill | | 2.HC | Amgen Tour of California | 11th | 8 stages | | 2.HC | Bayern-Rundfahrt | 27th | 5 stages | | UWT | Clasica San Sebastian | 1st | Hill | | 1.1 | Trofeo Matteoti | 112th | Flat | | 1.1 | Ride London | 64th | Flat | | 2.1 | Artic Race of Norway | 10th | 4 stages | | UWT | Eneco Tour | 2nd | 7 stages | | UWT | Vattenfall Cyclassics | SUSPENDED | Flat | | 1.1 | Giro del Veneto | SUSPENDED | Hill | | UWT | GP Ouest-Plouay | SUSPENDED | Hill | | 2.HC | Tour of Alberta | SUSPENDED | 6 stages | | UWT | Gran Prix Cycliste de Quebec | SUSPENDED | Pseudo-Hilly | | UWT | Gran Prix Cycliste de Montreal | SUSPENDED | Pseudo-Hilly | | 1.HC | Milano - Torino | SUSPENDED | MT | | UWT | Giro di Lombardia | SUSPENDED | Monument | | 1.1 | Coppa Sabatini | SUSPENDED | Flat | | 1.1 | Giro dell'Emilia | SUSPENDED | Hill |
The World Rankings 2015
I finished my season on a great 22nd place overall in the UCI rankings. Thanks to some massive points in San Sebastian and in Belgium I might add. In turn, my CQ ranking placing profited largely from the spring classics, and I ended up on 27 place there with a total of over 1000 points.
The UCI Ranking was leaded by Alberto Contador, winner of le Tour and Il Lombardia. Joaquim Rodriguez, who finally won his long-wanted Grand Tour, came second, whilst last year dominator Alejandro Valverde finished third. Froome and Nibali completed the Top 5.
On the Team perspective, Team Alonso – Ferrari and IAM Cycling managed to get into the UCI World Tour. In return, Europcar and Orica GreenEdge get relegated. Team SKY won the team classification ahead of Team Katusha and BMC.
Two Britons top the list of victories, Adam Blythe and Mark Cavendish. On third place then follows my teammate Elia Viviani who a stellar season of 15 wins, unfortunately not a Grand Tour stage win included.
List of Team Victories 2015
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Team Victories 2015
Race | Rider | Type | Tour Down Under | Marco Marcato | Stage 1, FL | Tour Down Under | Elia Viviani | Stage 2, FL | Tour Mediterraen | T.J. Van Garderen | Stage 2, TT | Kuurne- BX - Kr. | Marco Marcato | One Day, CBS | GP di Lugano | Elia Viviani | One Day, FL | 3 Days of De Panne | Raphael Visconti | Stage 1, CBS/HL | 3 Days of De Panne | Elia Viviani | Stage 2, FL | 3 Days of De Panne | Elia Viviani | Stage 3, FL | De Brabantse Pijl | Raphael Visconti | CBS, HL | Tour of California | Tejay Van Garderen | Stage 6, TT | Tour of California | Tejay Van Garderen | Overall | Tour of California | Raphael Visconti | Young Rider | Bayern Rundfahrt | Daniele Ratto | Stage 1, FL | Tour of Estonia | Elia Viviani | Stage 1, FL | Tour of Estonia | Elia Viviani | Stage 3, FL | Tour of Estonia | Elia Viviani | Stage 4, FL | Tour of Estonia | Elia Viviani | Overall | Tour of Estonia | Elia Viviani | Points | Tour de Suisse | Moreno Moser | Stage 2, MT | Tour de Suisse | Moreno Moser | KoM Clas. | National Championship | Tejay Van Garderen | USA RR | National Championship | Tejay Van Garderen | USA TT | National Championship | Moreno Moser | ITA RR | National Championship | Guillaume Boivin | CAN RR | National Championship | Maciej Bodnar | POL TT | Tour de France | Moreno Moser | Stage 16, MT | Clasica San Sebastian | Raphael Visconti | Classic | Artic Race of Norway | Elia Viviani | Stage 4, FL | Eneco Tour | Raphael Visconti | Young Rider | USA Pro Cycling Challenge | Elia Viviani | Stage 5, FL | USA Pro Cycling Challenge | Elia Viviani | Stage 7, FL | Tour of Alberta | Elia Viviani | Stage 6, FL | Monviso - Venezia | Tejay Van Garderen | Stage 4, MT | Tour of Britain | Elia Viviani | Stage 1, FL | Tour of Britain | Tejay Van Garderen | Stage 3, TT | Tour of Britain | Oscar Gatto | Stage 5, HL | Tour of Britain | Elia Viviani | Stage 6, FL | Tour of Britain | Elia Viviani | Stage 7, FL | Tour of Britain | Oscar Gatto | GC | Tour of Beijing | Daniele Ratto | Stage 4, FL |
Next stop: Some bike shop to fix up the bike.
See you in Ruddervoorde for the CX opening!
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The Team victory list looks pretty impressive indeed |
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Didn't look like the most animated World champ RR, baring the last 5 KM. I'm sure Raphael might have caused some fireworks if he was there!
It will be good to see him competing against the world champ in the classics ... and even more interesting to see if Raphael can match him or even surpass him on the cobbles and other terrains.
-- Was it just me or were Viviani's victories always shoehorned into small paragraphs! (Though I didn't miss them and it is understandable as he was mainly winning in the smaller races)
Looking forward to the CX races, has Raphael improved there? We shall see. Then we can look forward to 2016 and the team preview, I will be sure to make some predications. |
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Ruddervoorde, back in business!
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@sutty68: Yes, a long list but so many small races. Goal for next season is to get some more World Tour wins.
@The Rider: Ha, yes indeed. Is it already a running gag? Elia Viviani's wins really always got mentioned on the side and those were many.
I'm also sure that Raphael would have liked the route. Next time full attack!
I see you have a new thing going on, need to catch up on that.
@Ian Butler: Hehe, I played it yesterday and it was a good race. No time to write report though today.
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I am sure that more World Tour wins will be achieved |
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sutty68 wrote:
I am sure that more World Tour wins will be achieved
I agree with sutty here, the time looks right for some real big wins next season. The looming start of 2016 is set to be the most exciting part of this story yet for me.
-- I forgot to say, but maybe it was a harsh getting rid of the Tour of Beijing completely! Having said that I reckon anyone who has a long career removes Beijing from the WT or gets rid of it completely.
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Well guys we'll see. With Gilbert joining the team, Raphael might have to return to domestique duties more than he'd wish. In any case, I hope you guys enjoy it.
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Niels Albert retires
You have probably heard it by now, Niels Albert had to retire from the sport due to heart problems. A truly great champion and one of the best CX riders in the bunch, he will be sorely missed. I’ve come to know him as a fierce, fair and cunning athlete and a great person.
As a reaction, his team BKCP – Powerplus has founded the GP Niels Albert in Bonheiden. Maybe this will also be a place where Albert’s young replacement Wout Van Aert, one of the greatest prospects in the sport, have the chance to lay his claim?
CX 2015- 2016
In any case: Welcome to a new season of Cyclo-Cross. Unused to me, I kick off the season a week earlier in Ruddervoorde.
I have focused my training for the mud and I’m eager to show my talents for good this season. The past seasons have been all about consistency and learning the ropes, I feel it’s time for me to step up my game. Thus my aim is to compete amongst the best of the world for good this season.
Superprestige | Ruddervoorde | | Bpost | Ronse | | World Cup | Tabor | | World Cup | Plzen | | Bpost | Koppenberg | | Superprestige | Zonhoven | | Superprestige | Hamme-Zogge | | Bpost | Hasselt | | Superprestige | Gavere | | World Cup | Koksijde | | Superprestige | Gieten | | World Cup | Roubaix | | Bpost | Essen | - | World Cup | Valkenburg | | World Cup | Heusden-Zolder | | Bpost | Loenhout | | Superprestige | Diegem | | Bpost | Baal - GP Sven Nys | | World Cup | Rome | | National Championship | | | World Cup | Hoogerheide | | World Championship | Namur | | Bpost | Bonheiden - GP Albert | | Bpost | Lille | | Superprestige | Hoogstraten | | Superprestige | Middelkerke | | Bpost | Oostmalle | |
This is my raw schedule for the season. Following how my form and my race ambitions develop, I may cut some out. I surely won’t participate in the all Bpost races of the season.
Superprestige Ruddervoorde
When I was finally back at the startline of a race, it felt great to be back. At least for now.
The suspension hasn’t been easy. I felt useless and oftentimes didn’t know why I’d race anymore. I loved cycling and for the time, I felt like people wanted to take it away from me. Getting back in the CX scene, gave me much needed confidence and self-awareness. I cherished those moments at the startline, and maybe I developed a new insight at that point.
There lay some fog early in the morning over the route. We took it surprisingly easy due to the heavy fog. Some crashes still happened. Kevin Pauwels had a terrible one and lostquite some places. Soon thereafter, Walsleben took initivative and spearheaded through the fog. I was catching his wheel and my legs felt great.
Keeping some other riders in check, Walsleben and I had a good thing going on and I felt more and more confident to ride for the victory. At the short cobblestone-section, I attacked then, a few laps out. People were cheering, not caring who I was. But for what I did, they cheered. I was racing.
Unfortunately, my legs didn’t quite held up to their end of the deal. I pretty much gave in on the last two laps, missing still race practice. In return, Walsleben chased me down, followed by Aeronauts. Apparently it was down to me and Walsleben, when the German Natioanl Champion reached me. But oh my – we really did underestimate Bart Aeronauts when he attacked in an idle moment and raced past us. I got nervous and wanted to chase him, Walsleben went past me in the final hairpin. And as I was looking back, I suddenly saw Sven Nys coming from behind. I just made it cross the line ahead of Nys, securing at least my third place in the race. It felt great to be back in racing action, and – boy, what an opening and “comeback” for me. This was just about the right kick of motivation to keep things going.
Superprestige Ruddervoorde, Results
Rank | Name | Team | Time | 1 | Bart Aernouts | AA Drink - Leontien.nl | 2h34'04 | 2 | Philipp Walsleben | BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | + 33 | 3 | Raphael Visconti | Cannondale Cyclocross World | s.t. | 4 | Sven Nys | Crelan- Euphony | s.t. | 5 | Lars Van Der Haar | Argos Shimano | + 45 | 6 | Francis Mourey | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 7 | Rob Peeters | Telenet - Fidea | + 1'45 | 8 | Julien Taramarcz | BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | + 1'59 | 9 | Wietse Bosmans | BKCP - Powerplus | + 2'51 | 10 | Sven Vanthourenhout | Crelan- Euphony | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Petr Dlask | Omega Pharma | s.t. | 12 | Martin Zlamalik | Crelan- Euphony | + 4'47 | 13 | Steve Chainel | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 14 | Bart Verschueren | Crelan- Euphony | s.t. | 15 | Wout Van Aert | BKCP - Powerplus | + 5'50 | 16 | Klaas Vantornout | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | s.t. | 17 | Bart Wellens | Telenet - Fidea | s.t. | 18 | Sascha Weber | Stevens Racing Team | + 6'13 | 19 | Aurélien Duval | Argos Shimano | s.t. | 20 | Robert Gavenda | Argos Shimano | + 6'57 | 21 | Paul Voss | Argos Shimano | s.t. | 22 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 23 | Tom Meeusen | Telenet - Fidea | + 10'36 | 24 | Thijs Van Amerongen | AA Drink - Leontien.nl | + 13'48 | 25 | Dieter Vanthourenhout | BKCP - Powerplus | s.t. | 26 | Mariusz Gil | Kwadro - Stannah | s.t. | 27 | Mathieu Van Der Poel | Rabobank Giant Offroad | s.t. | 28 | Julien Alaphilppe | Omega Pharma | s.t. | 29 | Kevin Pauwels | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | s.t. | 30 | Radomir Simunek | Kwadro - Stannah | s.t. | 31 | Eddy Van Ijzerdoorn | Orange Babies | s.t. | 32 | Marcel Meisen | Kwadro - Stannah | s.t. | 33 | Kenneth Van Compernolle | Style & Concept | s.t. | 34 | Ian Field | Hargroves | s.t. | 35 | Gerben De Knegt | Orange Babies | s.t. | 36 | Tom Van Den Bosch | Hargroves | s.t. | 37 | Jonathan Page | Planet Bike | + 14'37 | 38 | Marco Aurelio Fontana | Selle Italia - Guercotti | + 14'46 | 39 | Gianni Vermeersch | BKCP - Powerplus | s.t. | 40 | Tomas Novy | Cycklo Team Tabor | s.t. | 41 | Vladimir Kyzivat | Czech | s.t. | 42 | Mathieu Boulo | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 15'02 | 43 | Patrick Van Leeuwen | Orange Babies | s.t. | 44 | Micki Van Empel | Crelan- Euphony | s.t. | 45 | Michael Vanthourenhout | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | s.t. | 46 | Rafael Visinelli | Selle Italia - Guercotti | s.t. | 47 | Mike Teunissen | Rabobank Giant Offroad | s.t. | 48 | Roy Van Heeswijk | Orange Babies | s.t. | 49 | Mathias Fluckiger | Omega Pharma | s.t. | 50 | Ondrej Bambula | Cycklo Team Tabor | s.t. | 51 | Boris Zimine | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | 52 | Quentin Jauregie | Enertherm - BKCP | s.t. | 53 | Lukas Fluckiger | BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | s.t. | 54 | Niels Wubben | Rabobank Giant Offroad | s.t. | 55 | Gert-Jan Bosman | Rabobank Giant Offroad | s.t. | 56 | Jiri Polnicky | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | s.t. | 57 | Angelo De Clerq | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | s.t. | 58 | Martin Bina | Cycklo Team Tabor | + 16'03 | 59 | Joeri Adams | Telenet - Fidea | s.t. | 60 | Enrico Franzoi | Selle Italia - Guercotti | + 16'49 | 61 | Filip Eberl | Czech | s.t. | 62 | Maxim Debusschere | Style & Concept | + 17'14 | 63 | Matthias Van Den Keybus | Enertherm - BKCP | s.t. | 64 | Matt Mcdonald | Hargroves | s.t. | 65 | Mark Lalonde | Planet Bike | s.t. | 66 | Sascha Wagner | Stevens Racing Team | s.t. | 67 | Tomas Paprstka | Czech | s.t. | 68 | Julien Nys | BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | + 17'50 |
Superprestige Classification After 1 out 8 Races
1 | Bart Aernouts | 15 | 2 | Philipp Walsleben | 14 | 3 | Raphael Visconti | 13 | 4 | Sven Nys | 12 | 5 | Lars Van Der Haar | 11 | 6 | Francis Mourey | 10 | 7 | Rob Peeters | 9 | 8 | Julien Taramarcz | 8 | 9 | Wietse Bosmans | 7 | 10 | Sven Vanthourenhout | 6 | 11 | Petr Dlask | 5 | 12 | Martin Zlamalik | 4 | 13 | Steve Chainel | 3 | 14 | Bart Verschueren | 2 | 15 | Wout Van Aert | 1 |
Edited by Shonak on 23-06-2014 10:36
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-06-2014 11:28
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A strong start from Raphael, but Albert is just so sad
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sutty68 |
Posted on 23-06-2014 13:19
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A Great start to the season for Raphael and a nice podium |
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Posted on 25-06-2014 11:57
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Some daunting/epic/ mysterious weather at the start of the CX season. A great start for Raphael, he looks to be helped from Albert's retirement and Nys perhaps not in his stellar form (although he looked good in that race).
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Shonak |
Posted on 01-07-2014 00:36
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Thanks guys, season started off well - and is on hold for now. Can't be bothered to play the game.
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Posted on 01-07-2014 07:57
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Shonak wrote:
Thanks guys, season started off well - and is on hold for now. Can't be bothered to play the game.
Anorher story dead?
The user formerly known as 'The Schleck Fan'
Gracias Alberto.
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sutty68 |
Posted on 01-07-2014 13:37
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The Schleck Fan wrote:
Shonak wrote:
Thanks guys, season started off well - and is on hold for now. Can't be bothered to play the game.
Anorher story dead?
Just on hold......................for now |
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Posted on 01-07-2014 16:04
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Like I said, it's not dead. It's on hold for now since I havn't updated for more than a week. The post was meant more as an explanation rather than a notification. Might start again soon or later, we'll see.
Edited by Shonak on 01-07-2014 16:04
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