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Qatar Optics - Duvel 2021: Story Completed
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| duxili |
Posted on 22-12-2013 08:07
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I gues you're right.
But I was so hopeful for the Vuelta 
Winning WC ITT is great so not only the start of the season was good 
Nice signing. Could you provide with the full list of your riders? With all these movements, it is becoming hard to remembers 
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| The Rider |
Posted on 22-12-2013 14:08
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Just some pieces of information surrounding the team in some way...
- The 'All Moldovan' team will not be formed. Before I mentioned that our former rider, Truhanov, would be setting up an all Moldovan team after winning the Moldovan lottery, this is no longer the case. The UCI have blocked the move and rumours suggest the lottery winnings have already run out! Sad news as the team were provisionally invited to the tour of Qatar and they already had a strip.
- After a disappointing season we have parted company with Brice Feillu, who had one year left on his contract.
- Al Sulimani will be riding for us next season after we bought him out of his contract with Nippo. Team Nippo are already investing in their team by hiring some renown scouts/ coaches to help the team progress.
- The team currently stands at around 24 riders including some recent Belgian/Qatar free agent additions to the squad. We are seeking at least 3 more riders to join the squad to cope with the demands of a WT schedule.
- 2021 will be the first time we have no Spanish riders on the Qatar Optics squad.
- Finally.... I have been spending a lot of time with Jun Lee and Jelly-Sun (now 2 years old) back in Antwerp. Speaking of housekeeping, it is killing me!
@ Ian Butler - If only we could get rid of that pasty looking neck!
@ Shonak - We are glad to have him. An icon in Belgium and revered by some in Qatar, I doubt he can win another Flanders, but his addition to the team is huge! 
@ duxili - Thanks. On Christmas Eve, season 5 will start up. As with every season start the whole team will be introduced. |
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| The Rider |
Posted on 23-12-2013 13:14
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Welcome to the new season!
Compared to when I started my endeavours into management in 2012 it really is a different world now. Aside from the technological breakthroughs the cycling world is vastly different, many different races occupy the calendar and hardly any faces from 2012 survive.
I am really excited about how this Qatar project is progressing. Each generation of riders coming out of Qatar seems to be more gifted than the next. Though we are just starting season 5 I have never been more excited to be a part of this project.
The Big Goal:
Qatar Optics have confirmed that, at the end of the season, they will be withdrawing from being the dominant sponsor of the team. Duvel, our new co-sponsors, may well be tempted to take the reigns of the team next season if we achieve our target of avoiding relegation.
We started this journey with three main goals.....
.........after completing two of these goals we aim to complete this quest this season by achieving the big daddy of the goals 'to start a GT with at least 7 Qataris'.
Our new jersey for the season:
This jersey will be the temporary jersey to start us off for the season, afterwards you are right to expect a new jersey for Qatar Optics - Duvel.
As I say I can't wait for the season to begin. Classics in Wales and England and multiple races in New Zealand, USA, Scandinavia and Greece have been added to the bulging calender. We start off on the 13th January at the 'GP Hawkes Bay' and I can't wait!
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| The Rider |
Posted on 23-12-2013 13:14
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We can expect a season which is in stark contrast to last season when we topped the WT rankings. We will be scraping to avoid relegation by the looks of it, chiefly because we don't have any established GC men and the races in which Kritskiy competes for victory don't offer up many WT points.
The Andorran, Cartillo, needs to put in a good classics campaign for us. He worked for Gallopin last year and now it is his time to shine.
The New additions:
Tom Boonen:
After retiring in 2019 and managing a Belgian continental team in 2020 we are glad to bring the record 5* winner of Paris Roubaix and the tour of Flanders out of retirement. He may not be able to win another big classic but his presence both in the spotlight and around the team is invaluable.
Y Al Ghanim:
The younger brother of Ahmed Al Ghanim sure looks to be some rider. A fantastic person with a knack for steep hills is a great combination.
A Al Mehalel:
This Omani rider resembles the traditional hardman flat rider. Keep and eye on this guy.
A Al Muwalid:
The older broth of Ali Sanad. Good for some domestique duties.
A Al Sulimani:
Without doubt Al Sulimani is the most successful rider Qatar has produced yet. He has taken multiple wins at continental level and has shown well in Italian semi classics and, of course, showed very well in the 2020 world champs.
V de Ridder:
This Belgian will be a solid domestique for us. He has previously ridden for Youtube and has some Cyclocross under his belt.
Other additions include the 2013 WTT champion, Rosseler, and the 2015 WRR champion, Impey. Not forgetting several Belgian domestiques whom we acquired from the free agency and Marzouki, who was at our continental team last season. We didn't intend to sign the Tunisian but we are glad he fills up another space in the squad.
Staff:
All of the coaches are the same, but we have a new doctor and scouts.
Coaches:
Scouts:
Doctor:
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| The Rider |
Posted on 23-12-2013 13:15
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The main regions in which we will be racing this year are: Qatar, Belgium, New Zealand and USA. The reason for this is chiefly the requirements of Qatar Optics and Duvel Bier. The sponsor goals are quite challenging but by no means impossible, even though some goals are in races we weren't planning to race we will do as we need to keep a good relationship with the sponsors and Duvel in particular this year.
Edited by The Rider on 23-12-2013 13:42
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| The Rider |
Posted on 23-12-2013 13:15
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Results for 2021:
Spoiler
Jan:
GP Hawkes Bay: Durant 14th
Tour of Qatar: Sulimani 11th
Tour Down Under: Impey 20th
Race of the Dolphin: Al Sulimani 1st
GP Tunis: Yildiz 2nd
Feb:
Tour of the Vineyards: Al Sulimani 11th
Tour of Oman: Impey 18th + 1 stage win
Le Classique Sahara: Impey 3rd
Omloop het Nieuwsblad: Boonen 13th
Kuurne Brussel Kuurne: Yildiz 1st
Le Samyn: Al Mehalel 18th
March:
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen: Baeyens 4th
Paris Nice: C.S Long 48th + 1 stage win (Kritskiy)
Tirreno Adriatico: Kishi 69th
Milan San Remo: Cartillo 9th
Volta a Catalunya: Kishi 25th
E3 Harelbeke: Cartillo 9th
Gent Wevelgem: Cartillo 21st
Criterium International: A Al Ghanim 30th
April
4 days of de Panne: Cartillo 4th + 1 stage win (Yildiz)
Tour of Flanders: Cartillo 8th
Tour of the Basque country: Kishi 5th
Grand Prix Cerami: Al Mehalel 12th
Paris Roubaix: Cartillo 6th
De Brabantse Pijl: Kishi 3rd
GP London: Al Sulimani 1st
Amstel Gold: Al Sulimani 16th
Criterium Hainleite: van Overberghe 5th
Fleche Wallone: Kishi 17th
Liege Bastogne Liege: Kishi 24th
Tour de Romandie: Kishi 24th + 2 stage wins (Kritskiy)
May:
Giro d'Italia: Kishi 60th + 3 stage wins (2*Kritskiy/ 1*Vandyck)
Ronde van Belge: Boonen 52nd
June:
Dauphine Libere: C.S Long 86th
Tour de Suisse: A Al Ghanim 21st
Tour of South China: Al Sulimani 3rd
Tour du Haut Var: A Al Ghanim 31st
Tour de France: A Al Ghanim 25th
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Posted on 23-12-2013 13:23
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Posted on 23-12-2013 16:08
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Australian RR: Haas TT: Durbridge
Omani RR: Al Hamdani
Spoiler
| 1 | Usama Al Hamdani | Japan Airlines | 3h34'56 | | 2 | Imtiyaz Sulimani | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 3 | Rashid Al Shahrani | Optics Continental | s.t. | | 4 | Ashraf Al Mehalel | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. |
Qatari RR: Ali Al Muwalid
Spoiler
| 1 | Ali Sanad Al Muwalid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | 3h45'09 | | 2 | Abdulaziz Al Sahaf | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 3 | Abdulatif Al Zaid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 4 | Abdurahman Al Sulimani | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 5 | Abdurahman Al Sahaf | Optics Continental | s.t. | | 6 | Abdurahman Al Muwalid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 7 | Ali Sanad Al Hardi | Optics Continental | s.t. | | 8 | Maaz Al Hardi | Optics Continental | s.t. | | 9 | Masood Al Mukhtar | Optics Continental | s.t. | | 10 | Ali Al Asmari | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 11 | Rajab Al Hardi | Optics Continental | s.t. | | 12 | Yousef Al Ghanim | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 13 | Abdulatif Al Yazeedi | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 14 | Hassan Al Temiyat | Optics Continental | s.t. |
Race: Hawkes Bay - Hawkes Bay 106 KM's
Spoiler Lampre
1. D.Appollonio
2. E.Alafaci
3. L.Beuret
4. G.Catania
5. L.Dodi
6. H.Frusto
7. D.Malacarne
8. M.Pelucchi
Alitalia
11. R.Peyre
12. M.Coledan
13. L.Della Torre
14. M.Petrone
15. L.Raimondo
16. A.Santoni
UnitedHealthcare
21. S.Ponzi
22. J.Berry
23. J.Bobridge
24. C.Ewan
25. F.Gavazzi
26. T.Meyer
27. C.Sutton
28. N.Walker
Wiggle
31. A.Fenn
32. S.Adams
33. J.Edmonson
34. S.Lampier
35. M.McNally
36. D.Moore
37. E.Rowsell
38. D.Whyte
Meiji
41. M.Zanotti
42. Y.Agarkov
43. V.Buts
44. J.Kahra
45. D.Karnulin
46. A.Rybalko
47. T.Skujins
48. J.del Bosque
Cantabria Infinita
51. J.J.Lobato
52. M.Aválos
53. R.Barrios
54. A.Contador
55. P.Merino
56. R.Osuna
57. R.Serrano
58. J.Torres Rodriguez
Domina Vacanze
61. S.Modolo
62. L.Barla
63. N.Boem
64. P.De Negri
65. E.Magazzini
66. A.Malori
67. N.Risi
68. L.Rocchetti
Luxair
71. J.Burmeister
72. M.Belka
73. T.Bontenackels
74. S.Fuchs
75. F.Günther
76. M.Plarre
77. T.Thömel
78. S.Wiegand
Ridley
81. H.Pettersen
82. P.Konrad
83. P.Machona
84. F.Markaskard
85. S.Nymoen
86. F.Wilmann
Oakley
91. J.Roelandts
92. F.Canuti
93. S.Fanelli
94. A.López Gómez
95. M.Puddu
96. F.Rossi
Alpro
101. J.Rausch
102. S.Firsanov
103. P.Kochetkov
104. L.Krasnov
105. R.Vasilyev
106. T.Walter
Armavia
111. L.Thierry
112. D.Amiel
113. A.Molmy
114. G.Paulet
115. O.Perron
116. J.Wright
Viru
121. O.Poom
122. E.Juodvalkis
123. J.Kütt
124. R.Mandri
125. I.Markovic
126. A.Saramotins
127. G.Smukulis
128. M.Toruste
Panathinaikos
131. R.Vilela
132. R.Carlton
133. J.Cernoch
134. K.Klimiankou
135. D.Mhlanga
136. C.Opie
137. S.Thwaites
138. J.Venter
Eurosport
141. A.Lemair
142. S.Baudin
143. A.Geniez
144. J.Lemarchand
145. R.Thevenet
146. T.Van Gheem
Qatar Optics
151. J.Durant
152. J.Baeyens
153. G.Bille
154. V.De Ridder
155. S.Rosseler
156. N.Vandyck
Sporza
161. B.Furdi
162. A.Ilesic
163. J.Knez
164. N.Kosir
165. S.Pavlin
166. L.Van Broeck
Kaai Kari
171. C.Richards
172. K.Abe
173. S.Bewley
174. E.Chapman
175. S.Papok
176. A.M.Richeze
Banco de Chile
181. V.Valynin
182. D.Ignatiev
183. A.Kalinin
184. R.Klimov
185. V.Manakov
186. S.Sokolov
Nippo
191. K.Lacombe
192. G.Brenes
193. T.Hayakawa
194. T.Murray
195. H.Shimizu
196. R.Valls
KazMunayGas
201. R.Kiserlovski
202. S.Isteleyov
203. J.Moyano
204. A.Negodyayev
205. I.Parygin
206. S.Renev
207. D.Stoichkov
208. A.Zeits
Milka
211. T.Farnham
212. J.Antomarchi
213. J.El Fares
214. C.Grant
215. V.Riquelme
216. B.Silva
I wasn't able to attend this race in New Zealand as it stared on the same date as the start of the tour of Qatar, 13th Jan. Many riders are either in Qatar on training camps so we could only send 6 of our domestiques... Ponzi continued where he left off last season and wins the first non NC race of the season.
RESULTS:
| 1 | Simone Ponzi | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | 2h35'07 | | 2 | Sacha Modolo | Domina Vacanze | s.t. | | 3 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Domina Vacanze | s.t. | | 4 | Matteo Pelucchi | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 5 | Juan José Lobato | Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 6 | Jan Burmeister | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 7 | Andrew Fenn | Wiggle - Rexona | s.t. | | 8 | Rudolphe Peyre | Alitalia - Generali | s.t. | | 9 | Jürgen Roelandts | Oakley | s.t. | | 10 | Adrian Rybalko | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Haakon Pettersen | Ridley | s.t. | | 12 | Frans-Leonard Markaskard | Ridley | s.t. | | 13 | Francesco Gavazzi | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 14 | Joaquim Durant | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 15 | Davide Appollonio | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 16 | Sergej Fuchs | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 17 | Stephen Adams | Wiggle - Rexona | s.t. | | 18 | Christopher Sutton | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 19 | Mathias Belka | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 20 | Blaz Furdi | Sporza | s.t. | | 21 | Robert Kiserlovski | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 22 | Leonardo Raimondo | Alitalia - Generali | s.t. | | 23 | Cameron Richards | Kaai Kari | s.t. | | 24 | Simon Pavlin | Sporza | s.t. | | 25 | Ilya Parygin | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 26 | Valerey Valynin | Banco de Chile | s.t. | | 27 | Giuseppe Catania | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 28 | Siarhei Papok | Kaai Kari | s.t. | | 29 | Jack Bobridge | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 30 | Olivier Perron | Armavia - Provamel | s.t. | | 31 | Davide Malacarne | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 32 | Roman Klimov | Banco de Chile | s.t. | | 33 | Peter Machona | Ridley | s.t. | | 34 | Manuele Petrone | Alitalia - Generali | s.t. | | 35 | Stanislav Sokolov | Banco de Chile | s.t. | | 36 | Alexandre Lemair | Eurosport | s.t. | | 37 | Steven Lampier | Wiggle - Rexona | s.t. | | 38 | Gaetan Bille | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 39 | Joe Wright | Armavia - Provamel | s.t. | | 40 | Travis Meyer | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 41 | Caleb Ewan | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 42 | Luca Dodi | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 43 | Henry Frusto | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 44 | Marco Zanotti | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 45 | Joshua Edmonson | Wiggle - Rexona | s.t. | | 46 | Erick Rowsell | Wiggle - Rexona | s.t. | | 47 | Eugenio Alafaci | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 48 | Aleksei Kalinin | Banco de Chile | s.t. | | 49 | Gatis Smukulis | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 50 | Luca Barla | Domina Vacanze | s.t. | | 51 | Tino Thömel | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 52 | Jonas Rausch | Alpro | s.t. | | 53 | Niels Vandyck | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 54 | Dan Moore | Wiggle - Rexona | s.t. | | 55 | Enrico Magazzini | Domina Vacanze | s.t. | | 56 | Rafael Barrios | Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 57 | Sergey Isteleyov | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 58 | Laurent Beuret | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 59 | Keven Lacombe | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 60 | Joshua Berry | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 61 | Sander Nymoen | Ridley | s.t. | | 62 | Chad Grant | TEAM Milka - Sanofi | s.t. | | 63 | Rafael Serrano | Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 64 | Nicholas Walker | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 65 | Matthias Plarre | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 66 | Pedro Merino | Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 67 | Yuriy Agarkov | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 68 | Mario Aválos | Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 69 | Alvaro López Gómez | Oakley | s.t. | | 70 | Joan del Bosque | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 71 | Frank Günther | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 72 | Dave Whyte | Wiggle - Rexona | s.t. | | 73 | Denys Karnulin | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 74 | Josué Moyano | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 75 | Román Osuna | Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 76 | Victor Riquelme | TEAM Milka - Sanofi | s.t. | | 77 | Andrey Zeits | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 78 | Johannes Kahra | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 79 | Nico Risi | Domina Vacanze | s.t. | | 80 | Mark McNally | Wiggle - Rexona | s.t. | | 81 | Denis Stoichkov | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 82 | Tomohiro Hayakawa | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 83 | Luca Della Torre | Alitalia - Generali | s.t. | | 84 | Stefan Wiegand | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 85 | Abzal Negodyayev | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 86 | Sergey Renev | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 87 | Rémi Thevenet | Eurosport | s.t. | | 88 | Joseba Torres Rodriguez | Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 89 | Nicola Boem | Domina Vacanze | s.t. | | 90 | Thibaut Van Gheem | Eurosport | + 1'32 | | 91 | Egidijus Juodvalkis | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 92 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | Kaai Kari | s.t. | | 93 | Jules Lemarchand | Eurosport | s.t. | | 94 | Dimitry Ignatiev | Banco de Chile | s.t. | | 95 | Adriano Malori | Domina Vacanze | s.t. | | 96 | Sébastien Rosseler | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 97 | Thomas Bontenackels | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 98 | Ethan Chapman | Kaai Kari | s.t. | | 99 | Juri Kütt | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 100 | Pavel Kochetkov | Alpro | s.t. | | 101 | Oliver Poom | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 102 | Alexandre Geniez | Eurosport | s.t. | | 103 | Jacobus Venter | Panathinaikos | s.t. | | 104 | Ivan Markovic | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 105 | Leopoldo Rocchetti | Domina Vacanze | s.t. | | 106 | Katsura Abe | Kaai Kari | s.t. | | 107 | Tom Walter | Alpro | s.t. | | 108 | Thomas Murray | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 109 | Sergey Firsanov | Alpro | s.t. | | 110 | René Mandri | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 111 | Vitaliy Buts | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 112 | Dorian Amiel | Armavia - Provamel | s.t. | | 113 | Scott Thwaites | Panathinaikos | s.t. | | 114 | Denver Mhlanga | Panathinaikos | s.t. | | 115 | Marco Coledan | Alitalia - Generali | s.t. | | 116 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 117 | Sylvestre Baudin | Eurosport | s.t. | | 118 | Rafael Valls | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 119 | Leonid Krasnov | Alpro | s.t. | | 120 | Ryan Carlton | Panathinaikos | s.t. | | 121 | Sam Bewley | Kaai Kari | s.t. | | 122 | Gregory Brenes | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 123 | Matteo Puddu | Oakley | s.t. | | 124 | Julien El Fares | TEAM Milka - Sanofi | s.t. | | 125 | Victor Manakov | Banco de Chile | s.t. | | 126 | Andrea Santoni | Alitalia - Generali | s.t. | | 127 | Tim Farnham | TEAM Milka - Sanofi | s.t. | | 128 | Stiven Fanelli | Oakley | s.t. | | 129 | Fabio Rossi | Oakley | s.t. | | 130 | Julien Antomarchi | TEAM Milka - Sanofi | s.t. | | 131 | Mikk Toruste | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 132 | Nejc Kosir | Sporza | s.t. | | 133 | Frederik Wilmann | Ridley | s.t. | | 134 | Guillaume Paulet | Armavia - Provamel | s.t. | | 135 | Lorenzo Thierry | Armavia - Provamel | s.t. | | 136 | Toms Skujins | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 137 | Hiranuma Shimizu | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 138 | Chris Opie | Panathinaikos | s.t. | | 139 | Renat Vasilyev | Alpro | s.t. | | 140 | Aldo Ino Ilesic | Sporza | s.t. | | 141 | Federico Canuti | Oakley | s.t. | | 142 | Ricardo Vilela | Panathinaikos | s.t. | | 143 | Patrick Konrad | Ridley | s.t. | | 144 | Arnau Contador | Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 145 | Jarne Baeyens | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 146 | Jure Knez | Sporza | s.t. | | 147 | Bruno Silva | TEAM Milka - Sanofi | s.t. | | 148 | Arnaud Molmy | Armavia - Provamel | s.t. | | 149 | Loïc Van Broeck | Sporza | s.t. | | 150 | Jaroslav Cernoch | Panathinaikos | s.t. | | 151 | Konstantin Klimiankou | Panathinaikos | s.t. | | 152 | Valentin De Ridder | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 5'20 |
@ sutty - The young Belgians and cobblers like Baeyens will really grow now.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-12-2013 16:08
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Awesome to see Boonen as a mascotte  |
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| krisa |
Posted on 23-12-2013 16:09
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Ian Butler wrote:
Awesome to see Boonen as a mascotte This is just bad news. I hate Boonen
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| The Rider |
Posted on 23-12-2013 16:31
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Startlist:
Spoiler DONG Energy
1. M.Andersen
2. A.Frisch
3. V.S.Laengen
4. M.Lind
5. M.Mortensen
6. J.Mørkøv
Argos Oil
11. P.Rolland
12. T.Dekker
13. J.Kern
14. R.Kreder
15. S.Meyer
16. A.Piedra
17. R.Sinkeldam
18. D.Van Poppel
UnitedHealthcare
21. B.King
22. A.Dubois
23. A.Howes
24. L.Lapointe
25. T.Lowe
26. E.Tremblay
27. J.Vachon
28. L.Villeneuve
BinckBank
31. Y.Offredo
32. G.Bagdonas
33. T.Mol
34. K.Sobota
35. J.van Eijk
36. A.van Wijk
Caja Rural
41. J.Aramendia
42. I.Fernandez
43. H.González
44. S.Guardiola
45. R.Muñiz Fernández
46. A.Sáez de Arregi
Rockwell Collins
51. L.Krog
52. M.Høberg
53. C.Jørgensen
54. R.Jørgensen
55. M.Rydicher
56. N.Østergaard
Banco de Chile
61. S.Shcherbakov
62. V.Abramovich
63. A.Durchenko
64. M.Mikhaylov
65. A.Polovtsev
66. D.Zavyalov
Nippo
71. J.A.Jørgensen
72. Y.Hatanaka
73. S.Ohira
74. Y.Suzuki
Accent Jobs
81. J.Vermote
82. J.Adams
83. R.Janssens
84. J.Janssens
85. P.Serry
86. P.Timmermans
87. O.Van Daele
88. K.Vanbilsen
Qatar Optics
91. I.Sulimani
92. A.Al Asmari
93. A.Al Muwalid
94. A.Al Muwalid
95. A.Al Sahaf
96. A.Al Zaid
97. T.Boonen
98. S.Yildiz
Meiji
101. I.Konovalovas
102. D.Arkhynos
103. T.Hasegawa
104. Y.Hashimoto
105. K.Ishikawa
106. D.Litynskyi
107. O.Opryshko
108. E.Vázquez
Topsport Vlaanderen
111. S.Vandenbergh
112. F.Geerts
113. S.Joseph
114. S.Meintjies
115. S.Minne
116. R.Van Belle
Kalev
121. M.A.Richeze
122. B.Borges
123. S.Lebre
124. J.Pantano
125. E.Pinto
126. F.Silvestre
127. J.Soares
128. P.Torres
KazMunayGas
131. R.Kireyev
132. A.Chelyakov
133. Y.Glovatsky
134. R.Kazanin
135. B.Kupeshov
136. A.Pereyra
137. A.Smirnov
138. M.Vysna
Alstom
141. K.Denis
142. S.Brule
143. V.Coudray
144. S.Heyman
145. M.Ladagnous
146. V.Monnier
147. L.Pichon
148. J.Thiré
Luxair
151. P.Voss
152. S.Brandl
153. V.Brauer
154. F.Dörr
155. M.Fischer
156. F.Hoffmann
157. T.Stein
158. K.Thiele
Kaai Kari
161. V.Basualdo
162. A.Adrei
163. J.D.MartÃnez
164. G.Palma
165. M.Renshaw
Armavia
171. B.Sinner
172. M.Cartillo
173. S.Libert
174. E.Mirov
175. A.Passeron
176. M.Peré
Viru
181. S.Honkala
182. A.Kukk
183. T.Langemets
184. R.Lobanovs
185. S.Maasing
186. R.Sokk
187. P.Truuvali
188. T.Vaitkus
Oakley
191. F.Failli
192. L.Luciano
This year the January temperatures in Qatar have been through the roof. This has pre-empted many FIFA officials to call off the world cup in the winter of 2022. But us guys are made of much sterner stuff so the tour of Qatar goes ahead.
However, the overwhelming heat has been a bit too much for some so a reduced start list is present. With the extreme heat, Sven Nys (who manages our continental team), thought it best not to bring our continental team to the start line.
Aside from the opening stage prologue (where Sulimani should be a favourite) we have very hopes for the flat stages. I don't really see any competition to phase the our Turkish champ, Yildiz, for stages 2-6.
@ Ian Butler - I agree. How can the five time winner of Paris Roubaix and Flanders be a bad thing for the team?
@ Krisa - He is fitting in well at the moment. Let's hope he doesn't get power hungry and take over the management of the team himself!!! |
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Posted on 23-12-2013 23:56
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Posted on 24-12-2013 02:56
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Awesome team & season presentation. Quite excited for some riders, on top of all Boonen of course, but also Al Sulimani. Valentin de Ridder - lulz, great name. That guy has some massive capabilities in terms on flat stages, can't wait to see him tear up the peloton on windy stages.
Bring it on, The Rider! 
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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Posted on 24-12-2013 10:54
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Waoo, might not have 7 Qatari riders for a Grand Tour, bu hving a Qatari leader, that is an achievement
Very consistent team, winning will be very hard though...
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STAGE 1: Mesaieed - Mesaieed 6 KM's
Stage Favourites:
***Andersen(DON) **King(UNH) *Sulimani(QOS)
Sulimani in the heat.
The heat really through up some strange results on the prologue. Including surprise decent results for Al Zaid and non time trial man, Piedra. The winner was the rider from continental team DONG Energy, not a surprise as that team competes heavily on the track in the winter.
STAGE RESULTS:
| 1 | Jesper Mørkøv | DONG Energy | 9'31 | | 2 | Niki Østergaard | Rockwell Collins | + 1 | | 3 | Ben King | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 5 | | 4 | Michael Valgren Andersen | DONG Energy | + 8 | | 5 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | Caja Rural | + 10 | | 6 | Marcel Fischer | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 11 | | 7 | Pieter Serry | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 8 | Antonio Piedra | Argos Oil - Wii | + 12 | | 9 | Imtiyaz Sulimani | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 13 | | 10 | Edgar Pinto | Kalev - Laško | + 14 |
Spoiler | 11 | Sebastiaan Meyer | Argos Oil - Wii | + 15 | | 12 | Berik Kupeshov | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 17 | | 13 | Mads Rydicher | Rockwell Collins | s.t. | | 14 | Ramón Muñiz Fernández | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 15 | Lucas Krog | Rockwell Collins | s.t. | | 16 | Vegard Stake Laengen | DONG Energy | + 18 | | 17 | Yohan Offredo | BinckBank - Rucanor | s.t. | | 18 | Martin Mortensen | DONG Energy | + 19 | | 19 | Anatoli Polovtsev | Banco de Chile | s.t. | | 20 | Sergey Shcherbakov | Banco de Chile | s.t. | | 21 | Evgeni Mirov | Armavia - Provamel | + 20 | | 22 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Alstom | + 21 | | 23 | Kiyoura Ishikawa | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 24 | Adrián Sáez de Arregi | Caja Rural | + 22 | | 25 | Jarlinson Pantano | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 26 | Roman Kireyev | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 27 | Fabian H. Dörr | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 28 | Florian Hoffmann | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 23 | | 29 | Etienne Tremblay | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 30 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 31 | Mark Renshaw | Kaai Kari | + 24 | | 32 | Abdulaziz Al Sahaf | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 33 | Joost van Eijk | BinckBank - Rucanor | s.t. | | 34 | Marat Mikhaylov | Banco de Chile | s.t. | | 35 | Sander Maasing | Viru Beer | + 26 | | 36 | Aurélien Passeron | Armavia - Provamel | s.t. | | 37 | Stijn Minne | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 38 | Aaron van Wijk | BinckBank - Rucanor | + 27 | | 39 | Denis Zavyalov | Banco de Chile | + 28 | | 40 | Trent Lowe | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 41 | Vincent Coudray | Alstom | s.t. | | 42 | Stijn Joseph | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 43 | Gediminas Bagdonas | BinckBank - Rucanor | s.t. | | 44 | Paul Voss | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 45 | Preben Timmermans | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 29 | | 46 | Sander Meintjies | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 47 | Thomas Dekker | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 48 | Pierre Rolland | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 49 | Guido Palma | Kaai Kari | s.t. | | 50 | Abdulatif Al Zaid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 30 | | 51 | Kristian Sobota | BinckBank - Rucanor | s.t. | | 52 | Martin Lind | DONG Energy | s.t. | | 53 | Tetsuya Hasegawa | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 54 | Ruslan Kazanin | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 55 | Rolands Lobanovs | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 56 | Rik Van Belle | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 31 | | 57 | Yevgeny Glovatsky | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 58 | Alex Howes | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 32 | | 59 | Samuel Honkala | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 60 | Salvador Guardiola | Caja Rural | + 33 | | 61 | Raymond Kreder | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 62 | Fabio Silvestre | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | + 34 | | 63 | Danylo Litynskyi | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 64 | Morten Høberg | Rockwell Collins | s.t. | | 65 | Ignacio Fernandez | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 66 | Julien Vermote | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 67 | Aleksei Durchenko | Banco de Chile | + 35 | | 68 | Stefan M. Brandl | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 69 | Ricky Jørgensen | Rockwell Collins | + 36 | | 70 | Tanel Langemets | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 71 | Ali Al Asmari | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 72 | Benoît Sinner | Armavia - Provamel | s.t. | | 73 | Matej Vysna | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 74 | Andrei Smirnov | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 37 | | 75 | Volker Brauer | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 76 | Christian Moberg Jørgensen | Rockwell Collins | s.t. | | 77 | Héctor González | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 78 | Sebastien Heyman | Alstom | s.t. | | 79 | Yoshinori Hashimoto | Meiji - Lampre CT | + 38 | | 80 | Jasper Janssens | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 81 | Yuzuru Suzuki | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 82 | Luca Lapointe | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 83 | Stéphane Libert | Armavia - Provamel | s.t. | | 84 | José David MartÃnez | Kaai Kari | s.t. | | 85 | Kevin Denis | Alstom | s.t. | | 86 | Tomas Vaitkus | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 87 | Sérgio Lebre | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | + 39 | | 88 | Stephane Brule | Alstom | s.t. | | 89 | Bruno Manuel Borges | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 90 | Mauro Abel Richeze | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 91 | Laurent Pichon | Alstom | + 40 | | 92 | Andres Pereyra | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 93 | Abdurahman Al Muwalid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 94 | Raphaël Janssens | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 95 | Alexandre Dubois | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 96 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 97 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 98 | Danny Van Poppel | Argos Oil - Wii | + 41 | | 99 | Ali Sanad Al Muwalid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 100 | Frederik Geerts | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 42 | | 101 | Victór Basualdo | Kaai Kari | s.t. | | 102 | Priit Truuvali | Viru Beer | + 43 | | 103 | Joeri Adams | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 104 | Andreas Frisch | DONG Energy | s.t. | | 105 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 106 | Oleg Opryshko | Meiji - Lampre CT | + 44 | | 107 | Soichiro Ohira | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 108 | Jonathan Thiré | Alstom | s.t. | | 109 | Tom Boonen | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 45 | | 110 | Victor Monnier | Alstom | s.t. | | 111 | Julian Kern | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 112 | Kersten Thiele | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 113 | Andreas Kukk | Viru Beer | + 46 | | 114 | Tijmen Mol | BinckBank - Rucanor | + 47 | | 115 | Luca Luciano | Oakley | s.t. | | 116 | Manolo Cartillo | Armavia - Provamel | s.t. | | 117 | Avi Adrei | Kaai Kari | s.t. | | 118 | Dmytro Arkhynos | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 119 | Yusuke Hatanaka | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 120 | Vladislav Abramovich | Banco de Chile | s.t. | | 121 | Francesco Failli | Oakley | s.t. | | 122 | Azamat Chelyakov | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 48 | | 123 | Pedro Torres | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 124 | Mickaël Peré | Armavia - Provamel | + 49 | | 125 | Elliott Vázquez | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 126 | Luca Villeneuve | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 50 | | 127 | Timm Stein | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 128 | João Pedro Soares | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 129 | Olivier Van Daele | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 130 | Julien Vachon | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 131 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 132 | Roland Sokk | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 133 | Samet Yildiz | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. |
STAGE 2: Barzan - Doha 142 KM's
Stage (Stages 2-6) Favourites:
***Yildiz(QOS) **Monnier(ATM) *Pichon(ATM)
Yildiz, out of form and complaining after a long season in 2020, did not have the legs to contest for the win in stages 2-4. Al Zaid got into the break in stages 2 and 4 and looks like one of the men in form here!
STAGE RESULTS:
| 1 | Niki Østergaard | Rockwell Collins | 3h12'32 | | 2 | Berik Kupeshov | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 3 | Jesper Mørkøv | DONG Energy | s.t. | | 4 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 5 | Bruno Manuel Borges | Kalev - Laško | s.t. | | 6 | Samet Yildiz | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 7 | Edgar Pinto | Kalev - Laško | s.t. | | 8 | Victor Monnier | Alstom | s.t. | | 9 | Yohan Offredo | BinckBank - Rucanor | s.t. | | 10 | Laurent Pichon | Alstom | s.t. |
STAGE 3: Sealine Beach - Doha 120 KM's
Monnier
The Frenchman ground his way to victory with a strong sprint, yet another Frenchman starting to deliver good results. Yildiz was on the wheel put faded in the end behind the weighty Frenchman. A large crash and crosswinds cause dismay.
STAGE RESULTS:
| 1 | Victor Monnier | Alstom | 2h50'13 | | 2 | Yohan Offredo | BinckBank - Rucanor | s.t. | | 3 | Mickaël Peré | Armavia - Provamel | s.t. | | 4 | Jesper Mørkøv | DONG Energy | s.t. | | 5 | Laurent Pichon | Alstom | s.t. | | 6 | Edgar Pinto | Kalev - Laško | s.t. | | 7 | Samet Yildiz | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 8 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 9 | Stijn Joseph | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 10 | Julian Kern | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Vincent Coudray | Alstom | s.t. | | 12 | Niki Østergaard | Rockwell Collins | s.t. | | 13 | Berik Kupeshov | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 14 | Bruno Manuel Borges | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 15 | Marcel Fischer | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 16 | Ali Sanad Al Muwalid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 17 | Benoît Sinner | Armavia - Provamel | s.t. | | 18 | Aurélien Passeron | Armavia - Provamel | s.t. | | 19 | Michael Valgren Andersen | DONG Energy | s.t. | | 20 | Pieter Serry | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 21 | Sergey Shcherbakov | Banco de Chile | s.t. | | 22 | Antonio Piedra | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 23 | Tomas Vaitkus | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 24 | Andrei Smirnov | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 25 | Olivier Van Daele | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 26 | Imtiyaz Sulimani | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 27 | Raphaël Janssens | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 28 | Tom Boonen | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 29 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 30 | Aleksei Durchenko | Banco de Chile | s.t. | | 31 | Preben Timmermans | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 32 | Tijmen Mol | BinckBank - Rucanor | s.t. | | 33 | Roman Kireyev | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 34 | Paul Voss | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 35 | Ignacio Fernandez | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 36 | Vegard Stake Laengen | DONG Energy | s.t. | | 37 | Volker Brauer | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 1'04 | | 38 | Jonathan Thiré | Alstom | s.t. | | 39 | Ricky Jørgensen | Rockwell Collins | s.t. | | 40 | Alexandre Dubois | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 41 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Alstom | s.t. | | 42 | Andres Pereyra | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 43 | Adrián Sáez de Arregi | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 44 | Azamat Chelyakov | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 45 | Andreas Kukk | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 46 | Pedro Torres | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 47 | Sebastien Heyman | Alstom | s.t. | | 48 | Rik Van Belle | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 49 | Marat Mikhaylov | Banco de Chile | s.t. | | 50 | Stijn Minne | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 1'33 | | 51 | Stephane Brule | Alstom | s.t. | | 52 | Sérgio Lebre | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 53 | Mads Rydicher | Rockwell Collins | s.t. | | 54 | Kevin Denis | Alstom | s.t. | | 55 | Guido Palma | Kaai Kari | + 2'27 | | 56 | Gediminas Bagdonas | BinckBank - Rucanor | s.t. | | 57 | Jasper Janssens | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 58 | Mauro Abel Richeze | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 59 | Morten Høberg | Rockwell Collins | s.t. | | 60 | Joeri Adams | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 61 | Rolands Lobanovs | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 62 | Frederik Geerts | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 63 | Anatoli Polovtsev | Banco de Chile | s.t. | | 64 | Francesco Failli | Oakley | s.t. | | 65 | Danylo Litynskyi | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 66 | Samuel Honkala | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 67 | Oleg Opryshko | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 68 | João Pedro Soares | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 69 | Yusuke Hatanaka | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 70 | Elliott Vázquez | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 71 | Avi Adrei | Kaai Kari | s.t. | | 72 | Ruslan Kazanin | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 73 | Victór Basualdo | Kaai Kari | s.t. | | 74 | Luca Villeneuve | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 75 | Ramón Muñiz Fernández | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 76 | Trent Lowe | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 77 | Dmytro Arkhynos | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 78 | Stéphane Libert | Armavia - Provamel | s.t. | | 79 | Raymond Kreder | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 80 | Yoshinori Hashimoto | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 81 | Luca Lapointe | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 82 | Soichiro Ohira | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 83 | Tetsuya Hasegawa | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 84 | Luca Luciano | Oakley | s.t. | | 85 | Christian Moberg Jørgensen | Rockwell Collins | s.t. | | 86 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 87 | Mark Renshaw | Kaai Kari | s.t. | | 88 | Julien Vachon | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 89 | Julien Vermote | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 90 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 91 | Pierre Rolland | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 92 | Kiyoura Ishikawa | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 93 | Aaron van Wijk | BinckBank - Rucanor | s.t. | | 94 | Danny Van Poppel | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 95 | Etienne Tremblay | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 96 | Kersten Thiele | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 97 | Kristian Sobota | BinckBank - Rucanor | s.t. | | 98 | Jarlinson Pantano | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 99 | Ben King | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 100 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 101 | Martin Mortensen | DONG Energy | s.t. | | 102 | Alex Howes | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 103 | Fabian H. Dörr | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 104 | Vladislav Abramovich | Banco de Chile | s.t. | | 105 | Denis Zavyalov | Banco de Chile | s.t. | | 106 | Thomas Dekker | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 107 | Evgeni Mirov | Armavia - Provamel | s.t. | | 108 | Yuzuru Suzuki | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 109 | Héctor González | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 110 | Salvador Guardiola | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 111 | José David MartÃnez | Kaai Kari | s.t. | | 112 | Sander Maasing | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 113 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 114 | Lucas Krog | Rockwell Collins | + 3'51 | | 115 | Roland Sokk | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 116 | Yevgeny Glovatsky | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 117 | Sebastiaan Meyer | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 118 | Tanel Langemets | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 119 | Andreas Frisch | DONG Energy | s.t. | | 120 | Florian Hoffmann | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 121 | Priit Truuvali | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 122 | Joost van Eijk | BinckBank - Rucanor | s.t. | | 123 | Timm Stein | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 124 | Stefan M. Brandl | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 125 | Manolo Cartillo | Armavia - Provamel | s.t. | | 126 | Abdurahman Al Muwalid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 127 | Sander Meintjies | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 128 | Abdulaziz Al Sahaf | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 129 | Abdulatif Al Zaid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 130 | Ali Al Asmari | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 131 | Matej Vysna | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 5'05 | | 132 | Fabio Silvestre | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 133 | Martin Lind | DONG Energy | s.t. |
GC AFTER STAGE:
| 1 | Niki Østergaard | Rockwell Collins | 6h11'57 | | 2 | Jesper Mørkøv | DONG Energy | + 11 | | 3 | Berik Kupeshov | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 24 | | 4 | Yohan Offredo | BinckBank - Rucanor | + 25 | | 5 | Michael Valgren Andersen | DONG Energy | + 27 |
STAGE 4: Dukhan - Al Gharafa 145 KM's
Our former rider from way back in 2017, Kupeshov. Takes victory. The GC becomes ever tighter. Despite late attacks from Sulimani and Boonen we have to settle for another top 10.
STAGE RESULTS:
| 1 | Berik Kupeshov | TEAM KazMunayGas | 3h27'13 | | 2 | Jesper Mørkøv | DONG Energy | s.t. | | 3 | Victor Monnier | Alstom | s.t. | | 4 | Laurent Pichon | Alstom | s.t. | | 5 | Morten Høberg | Rockwell Collins | s.t. | | 6 | Mickaël Peré | Armavia - Provamel | s.t. | | 7 | Gediminas Bagdonas | BinckBank - Rucanor | s.t. | | 8 | Joeri Adams | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 9 | Samet Yildiz | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 10 | Christian Moberg Jørgensen | Rockwell Collins | s.t. |
GC AFTER STAGE:
| 1 | Jesper Mørkøv | DONG Energy | 9h39'09 | | 2 | Niki Østergaard | Rockwell Collins | + 1 | | 3 | Berik Kupeshov | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 5 | | 4 | Yohan Offredo | BinckBank - Rucanor | + 26 | | 5 | Michael Valgren Andersen | DONG Energy | + 28 | | 6 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | Caja Rural | + 30 | | 7 | Marcel Fischer | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 31 | | 8 | Pieter Serry | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 9 | Antonio Piedra | Argos Oil - Wii | + 32 | | 10 | Imtiyaz Sulimani | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 33 |
We are not even 2 weeks into the season and one of our domestiques is openingly criticizing us....really? The guy should be thankful for us, if it would not be for our late offer he wouldn't even have a contract.
@ duxili = I hope we can scrape 7 up for a GT, it would be great if our Qatari leaders could challenge for some races!
@ Shonak - It will be a hard season. Other than Kritskiy, it will be interesting to see how shines.
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| The Rider |
Posted on 24-12-2013 16:49
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STAGE 5: Al Thakira - Madinat Al Shamal 144 KM's
In a hard man finish we have another different winner, this time it is Offredo! The GC becomes ever tighter with one stage to go.
STAGE RESULTS:
| 1 | Yohan Offredo | BinckBank - Rucanor | 3h07'57 | | 2 | Morten Høberg | Rockwell Collins | s.t. | | 3 | Victor Monnier | Alstom | s.t. | | 4 | Samet Yildiz | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 5 | Gediminas Bagdonas | BinckBank - Rucanor | s.t. | | 6 | Niki Østergaard | Rockwell Collins | s.t. | | 7 | Laurent Pichon | Alstom | s.t. | | 8 | Jesper Mørkøv | DONG Energy | s.t. | | 9 | Edgar Pinto | Kalev - Laško | s.t. | | 10 | Stijn Joseph | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. |
GC: (With one stage to go)
| 1 | Jesper Mørkøv | DONG Energy | 12h47'06 | | 2 | Niki Østergaard | Rockwell Collins | + 1 | | 3 | Berik Kupeshov | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 5 | | 4 | Yohan Offredo | BinckBank - Rucanor | + 6 | | 5 | Michael Valgren Andersen | DONG Energy | + 28 |
STAGE 6: Camel race track - Al Khor 160 KM's
Monnier takes win no.2!
Yildiz finishes our home tour with his best finish, as ever coming into form at the wrong time. On the final day the severe heat finally abated and the heavens opened. Yildiz should be in better form when we are back in Qatar when we return here for 'Le Classique Sahara'. Morkov takes the overall.
STAGE RESULTS:
| 1 | Victor Monnier | Alstom | 3h37'24 | | 2 | Samet Yildiz | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 3 | Gediminas Bagdonas | BinckBank - Rucanor | s.t. | | 4 | Jesper Mørkøv | DONG Energy | s.t. | | 5 | Edgar Pinto | Kalev - Laško | s.t. | | 6 | Laurent Pichon | Alstom | s.t. | | 7 | Morten Høberg | Rockwell Collins | s.t. | | 8 | Berik Kupeshov | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 9 | Bruno Manuel Borges | Kalev - Laško | s.t. | | 10 | Niki Østergaard | Rockwell Collins | s.t. | | 11 | Ali Sanad Al Muwalid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 12 | Marcel Fischer | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 13 | Joeri Adams | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 14 | Vincent Coudray | Alstom | s.t. | | 15 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. |
FINAL GC:
| 1 | Jesper Mørkøv | DONG Energy | 16h24'30 | | 2 | Niki Østergaard | Rockwell Collins | + 1 | | 3 | Berik Kupeshov | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 5 | | 4 | Yohan Offredo | BinckBank - Rucanor | + 6 | | 5 | Victor Monnier | Alstom | + 9 | | 6 | Michael Valgren Andersen | DONG Energy | + 28 | | 7 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | Caja Rural | + 30 | | 8 | Marcel Fischer | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 31 | | 9 | Pieter Serry | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 10 | Antonio Piedra | Argos Oil - Wii | + 32 | | 11 | Imtiyaz Sulimani | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 33 | | 12 | Edgar Pinto | Kalev - Laško | + 34 | | 13 | Vegard Stake Laengen | DONG Energy | + 38 | | 14 | Sergey Shcherbakov | Banco de Chile | + 39 | | 15 | Roman Kireyev | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 42 |
Spoiler | 16 | Aurélien Passeron | Armavia - Provamel | + 46 | | 17 | Vincent Coudray | Alstom | + 48 | | 18 | Stijn Joseph | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 19 | Paul Voss | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 20 | Preben Timmermans | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 49 | | 21 | Ignacio Fernandez | Caja Rural | + 54 | | 22 | Bruno Manuel Borges | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | + 55 | | 23 | Aleksei Durchenko | Banco de Chile | s.t. | | 24 | Benoît Sinner | Armavia - Provamel | + 56 | | 25 | Tomas Vaitkus | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 26 | Andrei Smirnov | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 57 | | 27 | Samet Yildiz | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 58 | | 28 | Mickaël Peré | Armavia - Provamel | + 59 | | 29 | Laurent Pichon | Alstom | + 1'00 | | 30 | Raphaël Janssens | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 31 | Ali Sanad Al Muwalid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 1'01 | | 32 | Tom Boonen | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 1'05 | | 33 | Julian Kern | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 34 | Tijmen Mol | BinckBank - Rucanor | + 1'07 | | 35 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Argos Oil - Wii | + 1'10 | | 36 | Olivier Van Daele | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 37 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Alstom | + 1'45 | | 38 | Adrián Sáez de Arregi | Caja Rural | + 1'46 | | 39 | Marat Mikhaylov | Banco de Chile | + 1'48 | | 40 | Andreas Kukk | Viru Beer | + 1'52 | | 41 | Rik Van Belle | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 1'55 | | 42 | Ricky Jørgensen | Rockwell Collins | + 2'00 | | 43 | Sebastien Heyman | Alstom | + 2'01 | | 44 | Volker Brauer | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 45 | Alexandre Dubois | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 2'04 | | 46 | Andres Pereyra | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 47 | Jonathan Thiré | Alstom | + 2'08 | | 48 | Mads Rydicher | Rockwell Collins | + 2'10 | | 49 | Pedro Torres | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | + 2'12 | | 50 | Azamat Chelyakov | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 51 | Stijn Minne | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 2'19 | | 52 | Kevin Denis | Alstom | + 2'31 | | 53 | Sérgio Lebre | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | + 2'32 | | 54 | Stephane Brule | Alstom | s.t. | | 55 | Ben King | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 2'52 | | 56 | Ramón Muñiz Fernández | Caja Rural | + 3'02 | | 57 | Julien Vermote | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 3'03 | | 58 | Anatoli Polovtsev | Banco de Chile | + 3'04 | | 59 | Martin Mortensen | DONG Energy | + 3'06 | | 60 | Gediminas Bagdonas | BinckBank - Rucanor | + 3'07 | | 61 | Evgeni Mirov | Armavia - Provamel | s.t. | | 62 | Kiyoura Ishikawa | Meiji - Lampre CT | + 3'08 | | 63 | Morten Høberg | Rockwell Collins | + 3'09 | | 64 | Mark Renshaw | Kaai Kari | s.t. | | 65 | Jarlinson Pantano | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 66 | Fabian H. Dörr | Luxair - Vattenfall | s.t. | | 67 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Meiji - Lampre CT | + 3'10 | | 68 | Etienne Tremblay | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 69 | Guido Palma | Kaai Kari | + 3'12 | | 70 | Sander Maasing | Viru Beer | + 3'13 | | 71 | Aaron van Wijk | BinckBank - Rucanor | + 3'14 | | 72 | Thomas Dekker | Argos Oil - Wii | + 3'16 | | 73 | Pierre Rolland | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 74 | Kristian Sobota | BinckBank - Rucanor | + 3'17 | | 75 | Ruslan Kazanin | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 76 | Rolands Lobanovs | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 77 | Tetsuya Hasegawa | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 78 | Alex Howes | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 3'19 | | 79 | Samuel Honkala | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 80 | Raymond Kreder | Argos Oil - Wii | + 3'20 | | 81 | Francesco Failli | Oakley | s.t. | | 82 | Salvador Guardiola | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 83 | Danylo Litynskyi | Meiji - Lampre CT | + 3'21 | | 84 | Christian Moberg Jørgensen | Rockwell Collins | + 3'24 | | 85 | Héctor González | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 86 | Stéphane Libert | Armavia - Provamel | + 3'25 | | 87 | Jasper Janssens | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 88 | Yuzuru Suzuki | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 89 | Yoshinori Hashimoto | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 90 | Mauro Abel Richeze | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | + 3'26 | | 91 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 3'27 | | 92 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 93 | Oleg Opryshko | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 94 | Danny Van Poppel | Argos Oil - Wii | + 3'28 | | 95 | Yusuke Hatanaka | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 96 | Avi Adrei | Kaai Kari | s.t. | | 97 | Victór Basualdo | Kaai Kari | + 3'29 | | 98 | Joeri Adams | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 3'30 | | 99 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 100 | Dmytro Arkhynos | Meiji - Lampre CT | s.t. | | 101 | Soichiro Ohira | Team Nippo | + 3'31 | | 102 | Kersten Thiele | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 3'32 | | 103 | Luca Luciano | Oakley | + 3'34 | | 104 | Vladislav Abramovich | Banco de Chile | s.t. | | 105 | Elliott Vázquez | Meiji - Lampre CT | + 3'36 | | 106 | João Pedro Soares | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | + 3'37 | | 107 | Julien Vachon | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 108 | Sebastiaan Meyer | Argos Oil - Wii | + 4'26 | | 109 | Lucas Krog | Rockwell Collins | + 4'28 | | 110 | Florian Hoffmann | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 4'34 | | 111 | Abdulatif Al Zaid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 4'35 | | 112 | Abdulaziz Al Sahaf | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 113 | Joost van Eijk | BinckBank - Rucanor | s.t. | | 114 | Sander Meintjies | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 4'40 | | 115 | Yevgeny Glovatsky | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 4'42 | | 116 | Stefan M. Brandl | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 4'46 | | 117 | Ali Al Asmari | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 4'47 | | 118 | Tanel Langemets | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 119 | Andreas Frisch | DONG Energy | + 4'54 | | 120 | Priit Truuvali | Viru Beer | s.t. | | 121 | Timm Stein | Luxair - Vattenfall | + 4'57 | | 122 | Manolo Cartillo | Armavia - Provamel | + 4'58 | | 123 | Roland Sokk | Viru Beer | + 5'01 | | 124 | Martin Lind | DONG Energy | + 5'51 | | 125 | Fabio Silvestre | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | + 5'59 | | 126 | Trent Lowe | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 6'01 | | 127 | Matej Vysna | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 128 | Denis Zavyalov | Banco de Chile | s.t. | | 129 | José David MartÃnez | Kaai Kari | + 6'05 | | 130 | Luca Lapointe | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 6'11 | | 131 | Luca Villeneuve | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 6'23 | | 132 | Frederik Geerts | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 12'12 | | 133 | Abdurahman Al Muwalid | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 17'44 |
FINAL POINTS:
Spoiler | 1 | Jesper Mørkøv | DONG Energy | 97 | | 2 | Victor Monnier | Alstom | 90 | | 3 | Niki Østergaard | Rockwell Collins | 67 | | 4 | Berik Kupeshov | TEAM KazMunayGas | 62 | | 5 | Samet Yildiz | Qatar Optics - Duvel | 60 |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 25-12-2013 00:53
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Tour de France Champion
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as ever coming into form at the wrong time.
At least, Qatar Optics showed itself at the home race and tried everything to gain a victory. I'm sure the qatari people will be way more proud of Qatar Optics anyway as soon as their riders flood the Grand Tours.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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Posted on 25-12-2013 16:12
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That is not the start we were expecting. 
But the season is long and there will be other opportunities
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| The Rider |
Posted on 25-12-2013 16:51
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Grand Tour Specialist
Posts: 4543
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Spoiler Argos Oil
1. G.Ciolek
2. L.Boom
3. T.Dumoulin
4. J.Kocjan
5. A.Stauff
6. C.Van Ooijen
7. R.Van Zandbeek
YouTube
11. C.Froome
12. D.Beatse
13. A.Guardini
14. M.Van Staeyen
15. S.Vandousselaere
16. D.Vanendert
17. J.Vangenechten
Kalev
21. A.Phelan
22. A.Brito
23. S.Caldeira
24. R.Cusin
25. J.Kalnins
26. R.Mata
27. A.Morgado
KazMunayGas
31. R.Kiserlovski
32. S.Isteleyov
33. J.Moyano
34. I.Parygin
35. S.Renev
36. Z.Smirnov
37. A.Zeits
Farnese Vini
41. F.Felline
42. D.Cimolai
43. F.Fortin
44. G.Frau
45. G.Nizzolo
46. F.Rocchetti
47. A.Zaleski
B&O
51. M.Kump
52. E.GarcÃa
53. C.Iversen
54. R.Mikkelsen
55. B.Olesen
56. T.Riber-Sellebjerg
57. M.Zubov
FDJ
61. A.Tulik
62. M.Delaroziere
63. R.Feillu
64. R.Guyot
65. Y.Huguet
66. M.Larpe
67. R.Molard
Lampre
71. M.Goss
72. D.Appollonio
73. M.Belletti
74. L.Beuret
75. F.Lucciola
76. D.Oss
77. M.Pelucchi
Bank BGZ
81. M.Bouet
82. M.Crespin
83. O.Dubreuil
84. R.Dupuy
85. M.Halleguen
86. B.Kadri
87. J.Moret
RIM
91. J.Williams
92. K.Boeckmans
93. K.Ista
94. B.Jarrier
95. G.Joseph
96. M.Velits
97. R.Zingle
E.ON
101. V.Nibali
102. J.Bellis
103. L.Holohan
104. A.Kruopis
105. Y.Lyasin
106. R.Partridge
107. M.Rudling
Ribena
111. S.Houanard
112. J.Bonnet
113. A.Demare
114. Y.Fouche
115. B.Leonard
116. G.Malacarne
117. N.Thuillier
Herbalife
121. J.Iriarte
122. N.Albert
123. M.Fitzgerald
124. G.Morel
125. K.Sanchez
126. A.Steensen
127. G.Svab
Euskaltel
131. M.Kittel
132. J.Aberasturi
133. R.Carmona
134. D.Gutiérrez Palacios
135. J.Larralde
136. N.MartÃn
137. H.Orbe
Qatar Optics
141. B.Cartillo
142. A.Al Mehalel
143. A.Al Sulimani
144. G.Bille
145. D.Impey
146. C.Long
147. M.Marzouki
Cessna
151. J.Salomein
152. N.Bouhanni
153. D.Cotte
154. M.Delage
155. R.Duquesne
156. G.Duran
157. C.Laborie
John Deere
161. F.Aru
162. G.Allard
163. M.Frapporti
164. D.Ratto
165. F.Sabatini
166. R.Vaughn
167. L.Wackermann
UnitedHealthcare
171. S.Ponzi
172. J.Bobridge
173. C.Ewan
174. F.Gavazzi
175. J.Keough
176. T.Meyer
177. N.Walker
ExxonMobil
181. L.Howard
182. S.Bierchen
183. L.Didier
184. A.Kristoff
185. D.Montgomery
186. A.Pliuschin
187. P.Rose
Rabobank
191. T.Relou
192. T.Achterberg
193. L.Hagenaars
194. J.Keukeleire
195. B.Markus
196. H.Penning
197. L.van de Boer
Colnago
201. O.Gatto
202. S.Agostini
203. C.D'Antonio
204. M.Fedi
205. M.Gavazzi
206. G.Palazzo
207. A.Piechele
Alstom
211. D.Gonin
212. A.Courteille
213. T.Damuseau
214. V.Delamare
215. A.Delaplace
216. F.Morand
217. P.Pion
The first WT race of the season. We have Impey here for the sprints and Al Sulimani for the GC, however these riders are by no means favourites so we will gun for the breaks.
STAGE 1: Geeps Cross - Clare 149 KM's
| 1 | Matthew Goss | Lampre - UniCredit | 3h33'48 | | 2 | Twan Achterberg | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Gerald Ciolek | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 4 | Justin Williams | RIM | s.t. | | 5 | Jens Keukeleire | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Daryl Impey | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 7 | Joseba Larralde | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 8 | Michael Van Staeyen | YouTube | s.t. | | 9 | Giacomo Nizzolo | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 10 | Aidis Kruopis | E.ON | s.t. |
POINTS:
| 1 | Mickaël Delage | Cessna - Specialized | 10 | | 2 | Chan Siu Long | Qatar Optics - Duvel | 10 | | 3 | Matthew Goss | Lampre - UniCredit | 8 |
KOM:
| 1 | Chan Siu Long | Qatar Optics - Duvel | 16 | | 2 | Mickaël Delage | Cessna - Specialized | 12 | | 3 | Laurent Didier | ExxonMobil | 8 |
STAGE 2: Lobethal - Stirling 148 KM's
A late surge by Al Sulimani secures us our first WT point of the season with his fifth place finish in the punchy finale.
RESULTS:
| 1 | Robert Kiserlovski | TEAM KazMunayGas | 4h03'11 | | 2 | Adam Phelan | Kalev - Laško | s.t. | | 3 | Bjørn Olesen | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 4 | Ronnie Mikkelsen | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 5 | Abdurahman Al Sulimani | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 6 | Giorgio Frau | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 7 | Chris Froome | YouTube | s.t. | | 8 | Sven Vandousselaere | YouTube | s.t. | | 9 | Vincenzo Nibali | E.ON | s.t. | | 10 | Matteo Pelucchi | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Rudy Molard | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 12 | Ilya Parygin | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 13 | Tom Dumoulin | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 14 | Thomas Riber-Sellebjerg | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 15 | Rémy Cusin | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 16 | Matthew Goss | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 17 | Egoitz GarcÃa | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 18 | Daniel Oss | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 19 | David Gonin | Alstom | s.t. | | 20 | Oscar Gatto | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | s.t. | | 21 | Marko Kump | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 22 | Steve Houanard | Ribena - France Télécom | s.t. | | 23 | Angelo Tulik | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 24 | Yohan Fouche | Ribena - France Télécom | s.t. | | 25 | Dries Beatse | YouTube | s.t. | | 26 | Mike Rudling | E.ON | s.t. | | 27 | Romain Zingle | RIM | s.t. | | 28 | Carlo D'Antonio | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | s.t. | | 29 | Fabio Aru | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 30 | Maxime Bouet | Bank BGZ - Schuller | s.t. | | 31 | Lukas van de Boer | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 32 | Manuel Belletti | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 33 | André Morgado | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 34 | Lars Boom | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 35 | Dennis Vanendert | YouTube | s.t. | | 36 | Sergey Isteleyov | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 37 | Matteo Fedi | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | s.t. | | 38 | Leigh Howard | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 39 | Patrice Pion | Alstom | s.t. | | 40 | André Steensen | Herbalife | s.t. | | 41 | Jure Kocjan | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 42 | David Gutiérrez Palacios | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 43 | Jonathan Bellis | E.ON | s.t. | | 44 | Olivier Dubreuil | Bank BGZ - Schuller | s.t. | | 45 | Josué Moyano | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 46 | Fabio Felline | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 47 | Stefano Agostini | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | s.t. | | 48 | Simone Ponzi | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 49 | Jon Aberasturi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 50 | Michael Fitzgerald | Herbalife | s.t. | | 51 | Marco Frapporti | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 52 | Benoit Jarrier | RIM | s.t. | | 53 | Gaël Malacarne | Ribena - France Télécom | s.t. | | 54 | Jack Bobridge | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 55 | Sergey Renev | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 56 | Javier Iriarte | Herbalife | s.t. | | 57 | Niels Albert | Herbalife | s.t. | | 58 | Laurent Beuret | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 59 | Gerald Ciolek | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 60 | Marcel Kittel | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 61 | Andrey Zeits | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 62 | Marouen Marzouki | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 63 | Gasper Svab | Herbalife | s.t. | | 64 | Alexandre Pliuschin | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 65 | Afonso Brito | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 66 | Steve Bierchen | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 67 | Daryl Impey | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 68 | Cornelius Van Ooijen | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 69 | Justin Williams | RIM | s.t. | | 70 | Giacomo Nizzolo | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 71 | Davide Appollonio | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 72 | Anthony Delaplace | Alstom | s.t. | | 73 | Matvey Zubov | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 74 | Francesco Gavazzi | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 75 | Blel Kadri | Bank BGZ - Schuller | s.t. | | 76 | Yann Huguet | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 77 | Gaël Duran | Cessna - Specialized | + 2'12 | | 78 | Daniele Ratto | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 79 | Arnaud Demare | Ribena - France Télécom | s.t. | | 80 | Jarl Salomein | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 81 | Fabio Sabatini | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 82 | Romain Duquesne | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 83 | Kevyn Ista | RIM | s.t. | | 84 | Andrea Guardini | YouTube | s.t. | | 85 | Luca Wackermann | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 86 | Alexander Kristoff | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 87 | Laurent Didier | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 88 | Samuel Caldeira | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 89 | Mickaël Delage | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 90 | Zhambyl Smirnov | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 91 | Nacer Bouhanni | Cessna - Specialized | + 3'05 | | 92 | Kris Boeckmans | RIM | s.t. | | 93 | Joseba Larralde | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 94 | Caleb Ewan | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 95 | Robert Partridge | E.ON | s.t. | | 96 | Filippo Fortin | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 97 | Mattéo Crespin | Bank BGZ - Schuller | s.t. | | 98 | Thomas Damuseau | Alstom | s.t. | | 99 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 100 | Raphaël Guyot | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 101 | Damien Cotte | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 102 | Romain Feillu | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 103 | Michael Van Staeyen | YouTube | s.t. | | 104 | Andreas Stauff | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 105 | Travis Meyer | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 106 | Gaetan Bille | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 107 | Davide Cimolai | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 108 | Nicholas Walker | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 109 | Jevgenijs Kalnins | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 110 | Aidis Kruopis | E.ON | s.t. | | 111 | Rafael Mata | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 112 | Grégory Joseph | RIM | s.t. | | 113 | Haritz Orbe | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 114 | Arnaud Courteille | Alstom | s.t. | | 115 | Chan Siu Long | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 116 | Christophe Laborie | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 117 | Martin Velits | RIM | s.t. | | 118 | Mickael Larpe | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 119 | Noel MartÃn | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 120 | Federico Rocchetti | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 121 | Christian Iversen | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 122 | Liam Holohan | E.ON | s.t. | | 123 | Phil Rose | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 124 | Bruno Cartillo | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 125 | Mathieu Delaroziere | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 126 | Artem Zaleski | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 127 | Andrea Piechele | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | s.t. | | 128 | Ashraf Al Mehalel | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 129 | Johan Moret | Bank BGZ - Schuller | s.t. | | 130 | Valentin Delamare | Alstom | s.t. | | 131 | Gianfranco Palazzo | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | s.t. | | 132 | Matthieu Halleguen | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 4'08 | | 133 | Guillaume Morel | Herbalife | s.t. | | 134 | Tom Relou | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 135 | Luc Hagenaars | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 136 | Robert Vaughn | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 137 | Gabriel Allard | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 138 | Daniel Montgomery | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 139 | Jens Keukeleire | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 140 | Barry Markus | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 141 | Twan Achterberg | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 142 | Hugo Penning | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4'50 | | 143 | Nolan Thuillier | Ribena - France Télécom | + 5'02 | | 144 | Killian Sanchez | Herbalife | s.t. | | 145 | Jake Keough | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 146 | Jonas Vangenechten | YouTube | + 8'40 | | 147 | Roger Dupuy | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 9'19 | | 148 | Mattia Gavazzi | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 9'35 | | 149 | Jonathan Bonnet | Ribena - France Télécom | + 9'58 | | 150 | Yegor Lyasin | E.ON | + 11'32 | | 151 | Bryan Leonard | Ribena - France Télécom | s.t. | | 152 | Floréal Morand | Alstom | s.t. | | 153 | Ramon Carmona | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. |
GC:
| 1 | Robert Kiserlovski | TEAM KazMunayGas | 7h36'49 | | 2 | Matthew Goss | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 3 | Adam Phelan | Kalev - Laško | + 4 | | 4 | Bjørn Olesen | B&O - Red Bull | + 6 | | 5 | Gerald Ciolek | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 6 | Dennis Vanendert | YouTube | + 7 | | 7 | Benoit Jarrier | RIM | s.t. | | 8 | Jonathan Bellis | E.ON | + 8 | | 9 | Ronnie Mikkelsen | B&O - Red Bull | + 10 | | 10 | Abdurahman Al Sulimani | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. |
STAGE 3: Unley - Victor Harbour 120 KM's
C.S.Long makes it into the break for the second time.
| 1 | Marcel Kittel | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 3h27'32 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | E.ON | s.t. | | 3 | Leigh Howard | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 4 | Ronnie Mikkelsen | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 5 | Andrea Guardini | YouTube | s.t. | | 6 | Jens Keukeleire | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Aidis Kruopis | E.ON | s.t. | | 8 | Daryl Impey | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 9 | Joseba Larralde | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 10 | Daniel Oss | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. |
POINTS:
| 1 | Chan Siu Long | Qatar Optics - Duvel | 20 | | 2 | Mickaël Delage | Cessna - Specialized | 10 | | 3 | Andrea Piechele | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | 10 | | 4 | Robert Kiserlovski | TEAM KazMunayGas | 8 | | 5 | Matthew Goss | Lampre - UniCredit | 8 |
KOM:
| 1 | Chan Siu Long | Qatar Optics - Duvel | 28 | | 2 | Dennis Vanendert | YouTube | 16 | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | E.ON | 16 | | 4 | Mickaël Delage | Cessna - Specialized | 12 | | 5 | Gaël Duran | Cessna - Specialized | 12 |
STAGE 4: Norwood - Tanuda 130 KM's
Al Sulimani put in a big attack on the last climb with 25 kilometres to go, Olesen of B&O countered and then chaos ensued as the peloton was broken up into many groups. All the groups conjoined in the last few kilometres and the classics specialist, Kump, takes the win.
RESULTS:
| 1 | Marko Kump | B&O - Red Bull | 3h23'16 | | 2 | Fabio Felline | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 3 | Sven Vandousselaere | YouTube | s.t. | | 4 | Daniel Oss | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 5 | Ilya Parygin | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 6 | Egoitz GarcÃa | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 7 | Tom Relou | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Aidis Kruopis | E.ON | s.t. | | 9 | Jonas Vangenechten | YouTube | s.t. | | 10 | Travis Meyer | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. |
GC AFTER STAGE:
| 1 | Marko Kump | B&O - Red Bull | 14h27'37 | | 2 | Robert Kiserlovski | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 3 | Marcel Kittel | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 4 | Adam Phelan | Kalev - Laško | + 4 | | 5 | Fabio Felline | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 6 | Gerald Ciolek | Argos Oil - Wii | + 5 | | 7 | Sven Vandousselaere | YouTube | + 6 | | 8 | Leigh Howard | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 9 | Bjørn Olesen | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 10 | Benoit Jarrier | RIM | + 7 |
@ Shonak - I have some news about 'flooding a GT with Qataris in the next post'!
@ duxili - Well, it is good for surprises at this time of year.
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STAGE 5: McLaren Vale - Old Wilunga Hill 151 KM's
Long made the break for the third time on stage 5! Kump put in a late attack on the final time up old Wilunga before home favourite, Phelan attacked, riding for the Estonian team, Kalev, and takes the win.
RESULTS:
| 1 | Adam Phelan | Kalev - Laško | 3h41'54 | | 2 | Marko Kump | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 3 | Travis Meyer | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 26 | | 4 | André Steensen | Herbalife | s.t. | | 5 | Daniel Oss | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 6 | Justin Williams | RIM | s.t. | | 7 | Rémy Cusin | Kalev - Laško | s.t. | | 8 | Matteo Fedi | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | s.t. | | 9 | Steve Houanard | Ribena - France Télécom | s.t. | | 10 | Jonas Vangenechten | YouTube | s.t. |
Spoiler | 24 | Abdurahman Al Sulimani | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. |
GC AFTER STAGE:
| 1 | Marko Kump | B&O - Red Bull | 18h09'25 | | 2 | Adam Phelan | Kalev - Laško | s.t. | | 3 | Robert Kiserlovski | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 32 | | 4 | Marcel Kittel | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 5 | Fabio Felline | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 36 |
Spoiler | 6 | Gerald Ciolek | Argos Oil - Wii | + 37 | | 7 | Sven Vandousselaere | YouTube | + 38 | | 8 | Leigh Howard | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 9 | Bjørn Olesen | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 10 | Benoit Jarrier | RIM | + 39 | | 11 | Jonathan Bellis | E.ON | + 40 | | 12 | Daniel Oss | Lampre - UniCredit | + 42 | | 13 | Steve Houanard | Ribena - France Télécom | s.t. | | 14 | Tom Dumoulin | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 15 | Thomas Riber-Sellebjerg | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 16 | Chris Froome | YouTube | s.t. | | 17 | Abdurahman Al Sulimani | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 18 | Matteo Pelucchi | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 19 | Dries Beatse | YouTube | s.t. | | 20 | Fabio Aru | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. |
STAGE 6: Adelaide - Adelaide 93 KM's
Boom attacked late on and, after a huge crash which took out many including Al Sulimani, held on for the win. classics man, Salomein, couldn't quite pass his rival as the fighters were allowed to get away. Kump holds on for the GC win.
Impey was our best finisher (20th) and Al Sulimani scored our only WT point here but our best rider had to be C.S.Long, who went out into the break on stages 1,3 and 5.
He didn't win every intermediate sprint but he did consistently finish in the top 3 at the sprints and his reward is the points jersey, helped by having no dominant force winning stages! His big target this year is Milan San Remo.
STAGE RESULTS:
| 1 | Lars Boom | Argos Oil - Wii | 2h04'51 | | 2 | Jarl Salomein | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 3 | Barry Markus | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 30 | | 4 | Matteo Pelucchi | Lampre - UniCredit | + 59 | | 5 | Andrea Guardini | YouTube | s.t. | | 6 | Justin Williams | RIM | s.t. | | 7 | Jonathan Bellis | E.ON | s.t. | | 8 | Marcel Kittel | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 9 | Damien Cotte | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 10 | Romain Zingle | RIM | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Joseba Larralde | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 12 | Jon Aberasturi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 13 | Lukas van de Boer | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14 | Chris Froome | YouTube | s.t. | | 15 | Jens Keukeleire | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 16 | Dennis Vanendert | YouTube | s.t. | | 17 | Noel MartÃn | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 18 | Davide Appollonio | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 19 | Andreas Stauff | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 20 | Nacer Bouhanni | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 21 | Caleb Ewan | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 22 | David Gutiérrez Palacios | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 23 | Haritz Orbe | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 24 | Daniel Oss | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 25 | Twan Achterberg | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 26 | Simone Ponzi | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 27 | Martin Velits | RIM | s.t. | | 28 | Matthew Goss | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 29 | Filippo Fortin | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 30 | Gerald Ciolek | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 31 | Dries Beatse | YouTube | s.t. | | 32 | Daryl Impey | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 33 | Leigh Howard | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 34 | Aidis Kruopis | E.ON | s.t. | | 35 | Matteo Fedi | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | s.t. | | 36 | Bruno Cartillo | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 37 | Liam Holohan | E.ON | s.t. | | 38 | Alexandre Pliuschin | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 39 | Carlo D'Antonio | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | s.t. | | 40 | Ramon Carmona | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 41 | Alexander Kristoff | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 42 | Benoit Jarrier | RIM | s.t. | | 43 | Hugo Penning | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 44 | Steve Houanard | Ribena - France Télécom | s.t. | | 45 | Jake Keough | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 46 | Sven Vandousselaere | YouTube | s.t. | | 47 | Jack Bobridge | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 48 | Jonas Vangenechten | YouTube | s.t. | | 49 | Laurent Didier | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 50 | Kevyn Ista | RIM | s.t. | | 51 | Mattéo Crespin | Bank BGZ - Schuller | s.t. | | 52 | Yohan Fouche | Ribena - France Télécom | s.t. | | 53 | Robert Kiserlovski | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 54 | Fabio Aru | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 55 | Sergey Isteleyov | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 56 | Travis Meyer | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 57 | Olivier Dubreuil | Bank BGZ - Schuller | s.t. | | 58 | Davide Cimolai | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 59 | Chan Siu Long | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 60 | Gabriel Allard | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 61 | Rémy Cusin | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 62 | Adam Phelan | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 63 | Giacomo Nizzolo | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 64 | Patrice Pion | Alstom | s.t. | | 65 | Fabio Felline | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 66 | Mattia Gavazzi | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | s.t. | | 67 | Jure Kocjan | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 68 | Anthony Delaplace | Alstom | s.t. | | 69 | Zhambyl Smirnov | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 70 | Marko Kump | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 71 | Manuel Belletti | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 72 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 73 | Stefano Agostini | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | s.t. | | 74 | Matvey Zubov | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 75 | Thomas Riber-Sellebjerg | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 76 | Artem Zaleski | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 77 | Bryan Leonard | Ribena - France Télécom | s.t. | | 78 | Jevgenijs Kalnins | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 79 | Christian Iversen | B&O - Red Bull | + 2'45 | | 80 | Marouen Marzouki | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 3'10 | | 81 | Michael Fitzgerald | Herbalife | s.t. | | 82 | Mathieu Delaroziere | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 83 | Guillaume Morel | Herbalife | s.t. | | 84 | Javier Iriarte | Herbalife | s.t. | | 85 | Fabio Sabatini | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 86 | Rudy Molard | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 87 | Raphaël Guyot | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 88 | Gasper Svab | Herbalife | s.t. | | 89 | Christophe Laborie | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 90 | Gaël Duran | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 91 | David Gonin | Alstom | s.t. | | 92 | Romain Feillu | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 93 | Mickael Larpe | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 94 | Johan Moret | Bank BGZ - Schuller | s.t. | | 95 | Killian Sanchez | Herbalife | s.t. | | 96 | Romain Duquesne | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 97 | Luca Wackermann | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 98 | Daniele Ratto | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 99 | Abdurahman Al Sulimani | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 100 | Yann Huguet | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 101 | Nolan Thuillier | Ribena - France Télécom | s.t. | | 102 | Marco Frapporti | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 103 | Gaetan Bille | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 104 | Laurent Beuret | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 105 | Ashraf Al Mehalel | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 106 | Andrea Piechele | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | s.t. | | 107 | Oscar Gatto | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | s.t. | | 108 | Tom Relou | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 109 | André Steensen | Herbalife | s.t. | | 110 | Arnaud Courteille | Alstom | s.t. | | 111 | Vincenzo Nibali | E.ON | s.t. | | 112 | Thomas Damuseau | Alstom | s.t. | | 113 | Steve Bierchen | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 114 | Francesco Gavazzi | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 115 | Michael Van Staeyen | YouTube | s.t. | | 116 | Arnaud Demare | Ribena - France Télécom | s.t. | | 117 | Nicholas Walker | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 118 | Kris Boeckmans | RIM | s.t. | | 119 | Gianfranco Palazzo | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | s.t. | | 120 | Federico Rocchetti | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 121 | Angelo Tulik | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 122 | Blel Kadri | Bank BGZ - Schuller | s.t. | | 123 | Mike Rudling | E.ON | s.t. | | 124 | Roger Dupuy | Bank BGZ - Schuller | s.t. | | 125 | Matthieu Halleguen | Bank BGZ - Schuller | s.t. | | 126 | Maxime Bouet | Bank BGZ - Schuller | s.t. | | 127 | Samuel Caldeira | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 128 | Egoitz GarcÃa | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 129 | Tom Dumoulin | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 130 | Niels Albert | Herbalife | s.t. | | 131 | Luc Hagenaars | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 132 | Grégory Joseph | RIM | s.t. | | 133 | Rafael Mata | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 134 | Giorgio Frau | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 135 | Ronnie Mikkelsen | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 136 | Gaël Malacarne | Ribena - France Télécom | s.t. | | 137 | Mickaël Delage | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 138 | Bjørn Olesen | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 139 | Cornelius Van Ooijen | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 140 | Jonathan Bonnet | Ribena - France Télécom | s.t. | | 141 | Robert Partridge | E.ON | s.t. | | 142 | Sergey Renev | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 143 | Valentin Delamare | Alstom | s.t. | | 144 | Yegor Lyasin | E.ON | s.t. | | 145 | Robert Vaughn | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 146 | Floréal Morand | Alstom | s.t. | | 147 | Afonso Brito | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 148 | Phil Rose | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 149 | Daniel Montgomery | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 150 | Josué Moyano | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 5'24 | | 151 | André Morgado | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. |
FINAL GC:
| 1 | Marko Kump | B&O - Red Bull | 20h15'15 | | 2 | Adam Phelan | Kalev - Laško | s.t. | | 3 | Robert Kiserlovski | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 32 | | 4 | Marcel Kittel | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 5 | Fabio Felline | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | + 36 | | 6 | Gerald Ciolek | Argos Oil - Wii | + 37 | | 7 | Sven Vandousselaere | YouTube | + 38 | | 8 | Leigh Howard | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 9 | Benoit Jarrier | RIM | + 39 | | 10 | Jonathan Bellis | E.ON | + 40 |
Spoiler | 11 | Daniel Oss | Lampre - UniCredit | + 42 | | 12 | Chris Froome | YouTube | s.t. | | 13 | Steve Houanard | Ribena - France Télécom | s.t. | | 14 | Matteo Pelucchi | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 15 | Dries Beatse | YouTube | s.t. | | 16 | Romain Zingle | RIM | s.t. | | 17 | Thomas Riber-Sellebjerg | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 18 | Fabio Aru | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 19 | Lukas van de Boer | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 20 | Daryl Impey | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 21 | Jack Bobridge | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 22 | Carlo D'Antonio | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | s.t. | | 23 | Sergey Isteleyov | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 24 | Yohan Fouche | Ribena - France Télécom | s.t. | | 25 | David Gutiérrez Palacios | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 26 | Davide Appollonio | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 27 | Jure Kocjan | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 28 | Giacomo Nizzolo | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 29 | Manuel Belletti | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 30 | Anthony Delaplace | Alstom | s.t. | | 31 | Matvey Zubov | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 32 | Jarl Salomein | Cessna - Specialized | + 1'49 | | 33 | Lars Boom | Argos Oil - Wii | + 1'58 | | 34 | Bjørn Olesen | B&O - Red Bull | + 2'49 | | 35 | Abdurahman Al Sulimani | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 2'53 | | 36 | Tom Dumoulin | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 37 | Angelo Tulik | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 38 | Mike Rudling | E.ON | s.t. | | 39 | Niels Albert | Herbalife | s.t. | | 40 | Blel Kadri | Bank BGZ - Schuller | s.t. | | 41 | Ronnie Mikkelsen | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 42 | David Gonin | Alstom | s.t. | | 43 | Egoitz GarcÃa | B&O - Red Bull | s.t. | | 44 | Francesco Gavazzi | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 45 | Giorgio Frau | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 46 | Cornelius Van Ooijen | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 47 | Sergey Renev | TEAM KazMunayGas | s.t. | | 48 | Andrea Guardini | YouTube | + 2'54 | | 49 | Alexander Kristoff | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 50 | Matthew Goss | Lampre - UniCredit | + 2'59 | | 51 | Matteo Fedi | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 3'02 | | 52 | Dennis Vanendert | YouTube | + 3'06 | | 53 | Rémy Cusin | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | + 3'09 | | 54 | Justin Williams | RIM | s.t. | | 55 | Simone Ponzi | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 56 | Alexandre Pliuschin | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 57 | Jon Aberasturi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 58 | Olivier Dubreuil | Bank BGZ - Schuller | s.t. | | 59 | Patrice Pion | Alstom | s.t. | | 60 | Stefano Agostini | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | s.t. | | 61 | Travis Meyer | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 3'40 | | 62 | Caleb Ewan | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 3'46 | | 63 | Aidis Kruopis | E.ON | + 3'47 | | 64 | Filippo Fortin | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 65 | Joseba Larralde | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 66 | Damien Cotte | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 67 | Andreas Stauff | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 68 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Argos Oil - Wii | s.t. | | 69 | Nacer Bouhanni | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 70 | Noel MartÃn | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 71 | Martin Velits | RIM | s.t. | | 72 | Davide Cimolai | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 73 | Haritz Orbe | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 74 | Artem Zaleski | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 75 | Barry Markus | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4'14 | | 76 | Jens Keukeleire | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4'50 | | 77 | Gaël Duran | Cessna - Specialized | + 5'01 | | 78 | Fabio Sabatini | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 5'02 | | 79 | Josué Moyano | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 5'07 | | 80 | Javier Iriarte | Herbalife | + 5'15 | | 81 | Yann Huguet | FDJ - BigMat | + 5'17 | | 82 | André Steensen | Herbalife | + 5'18 | | 83 | Laurent Didier | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 84 | Maxime Bouet | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 5'20 | | 85 | Marco Frapporti | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 86 | Michael Fitzgerald | Herbalife | s.t. | | 87 | Gasper Svab | Herbalife | s.t. | | 88 | Oscar Gatto | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | s.t. | | 89 | Rudy Molard | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 90 | Laurent Beuret | Lampre - UniCredit | s.t. | | 91 | Marouen Marzouki | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 92 | Gaël Malacarne | Ribena - France Télécom | s.t. | | 93 | Steve Bierchen | ExxonMobil | s.t. | | 94 | Afonso Brito | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | s.t. | | 95 | Kevyn Ista | RIM | + 5'21 | | 96 | Andrea Piechele | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 5'53 | | 97 | Romain Feillu | FDJ - BigMat | + 5'58 | | 98 | Kris Boeckmans | RIM | s.t. | | 99 | Michael Van Staeyen | YouTube | s.t. | | 100 | Nicholas Walker | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | s.t. | | 101 | Gaetan Bille | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 102 | Grégory Joseph | RIM | s.t. | | 103 | Chan Siu Long | Qatar Optics - Duvel | + 6'01 | | 104 | Mattéo Crespin | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 6'14 | | 105 | Bruno Cartillo | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 106 | Tom Relou | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 7'01 | | 107 | Twan Achterberg | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 7'09 | | 108 | Mickaël Delage | Cessna - Specialized | + 7'27 | | 109 | Romain Duquesne | Cessna - Specialized | + 7'32 | | 110 | Daniele Ratto | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 111 | Luca Wackermann | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 112 | Arnaud Demare | Ribena - France Télécom | s.t. | | 113 | André Morgado | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | + 7'34 | | 114 | Jake Keough | TEAM UnitedHealthcare - M&M's | + 8'11 | | 115 | Robert Partridge | E.ON | + 8'25 | | 116 | Raphaël Guyot | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 117 | Christophe Laborie | Cessna - Specialized | s.t. | | 118 | Thomas Damuseau | Alstom | s.t. | | 119 | Arnaud Courteille | Alstom | s.t. | | 120 | Mickael Larpe | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 121 | Federico Rocchetti | TEAM Farnese Vini - Martini | s.t. | | 122 | Vincenzo Nibali | E.ON | + 9'04 | | 123 | Jonas Vangenechten | YouTube | + 9'22 | | 124 | Samuel Caldeira | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | + 9'24 | | 125 | Luc Hagenaars | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 9'28 | | 126 | Matthieu Halleguen | Bank BGZ - Schuller | s.t. | | 127 | Zhambyl Smirnov | TEAM KazMunayGas | + 10'27 | | 128 | Liam Holohan | E.ON | + 10'50 | | 129 | Roger Dupuy | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 12'12 | | 130 | Rafael Mata | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | + 12'15 | | 131 | Hugo Penning | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 12'35 | | 132 | Mathieu Delaroziere | FDJ - BigMat | + 13'01 | | 133 | Gianfranco Palazzo | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | s.t. | | 134 | Ashraf Al Mehalel | Qatar Optics - Duvel | s.t. | | 135 | Valentin Delamare | Alstom | s.t. | | 136 | Jevgenijs Kalnins | Kalev - LaÅ¡ko | + 13'48 | | 137 | Johan Moret | Bank BGZ - Schuller | + 14'23 | | 138 | Bryan Leonard | Ribena - France Télécom | + 14'41 | | 139 | Mattia Gavazzi | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | + 14'53 | | 140 | Daniel Montgomery | ExxonMobil | + 18'06 | | 141 | Christian Iversen | B&O - Red Bull | + 18'34 | | 142 | Guillaume Morel | Herbalife | + 20'02 | | 143 | Robert Vaughn | John Deere - Electronic Arts | s.t. | | 144 | Gabriel Allard | John Deere - Electronic Arts | + 20'04 | | 145 | Ramon Carmona | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 23'02 | | 146 | Phil Rose | ExxonMobil | + 25'03 | | 147 | Killian Sanchez | Herbalife | + 26'07 | | 148 | Nolan Thuillier | Ribena - France Télécom | + 27'09 | | 149 | Yegor Lyasin | E.ON | + 30'03 | | 150 | Floréal Morand | Alstom | + 30'24 | | 151 | Jonathan Bonnet | Ribena - France Télécom | + 31'47 |
FINAL POINTS:
| 1 | Chan Siu Long | Qatar Optics - Duvel | 26 | | 2 | Marko Kump | B&O - Red Bull | 14 | | 3 | Adam Phelan | Kalev - Laško | 14 | | 4 | Matteo Fedi | TEAM Colnago - Fakta | 14 | | 5 | Lars Boom | Argos Oil - Wii | 12 |
FINAL KOM:
| 1 | Tom Relou | Rabobank Cycling Team | 40 | | 2 | Dennis Vanendert | YouTube | 32 | | 3 | Lars Boom | Argos Oil - Wii | 28 | | 4 | Chan Siu Long | Qatar Optics - Duvel | 28 | | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | E.ON | 28 |
The routes of all the major races in the year have been realised and the TDF route..... is a cake walk! Well it is compared to last year's edition that is. The Giro has the Stelvio and the Vuelta has the I'Angliru and the TDF has noted/ fabled climbs. With Pinot and Elissonde not taking part this TDF could indeed through up a real surprise winner from left field.
Potentially this is great news for our team. As the Qataris may not deem the route to be t00 challenging. Will Qatar invade the 2021 TDF? Quite possible!
Edited by The Rider on 25-12-2013 16:53
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