Another nice hilly race. Hopefully I can continue my good form.

5 riders went in the break this time.


With 18km to go the favourites started attacking, and naturally I followed.


I ended up in the main group with 5km to go, but Fuglsang was ahead by 36" and I was very tired after the attacks.


Unfortunately I was dropped with 2.3km to go. I was just trying to hold on.


Fuglsang took a very good win.


I was caught by the next couple of riders as well and finished lucky 13th.

A few more results here, as we count down the days until the end of the season, and Alec continues his great form.





Unfortunately after my previous race, I wasn't feeling great so I went to see the doctor. However, this time it wasn't over-exhaustion. He said I had a temporary vitamin deficiency, which made me quite worried, but he made it clear to me that I would be fine quite soon. Fortunately I'm in a nice break before the Chrono des Nations, and I should recover by then.

Sure I'm not looking for a great result, but hopefully I can be up towards the right end of the field.

Waiting for the beep, I was thinking about my race tactics. Steady pace all the way through.


I was the second on the team to go. All healthy and ready for a big day.


In front of me, Thibaut finished a provisional 1st by 36 seconds.


Meanwhile, I was doing well in terms of energy, so I set myself up for a good run to the finish.


Unfortunately I was overtaken by Le Bon, which shot my confidence a bit, but I'm never one to give up. I kept on going as normal.


And I'm glad I did. I actually managed to finish in what was 4th at the time. Le Bon had taken the lead by 1'55... Somehow...


Newly crowned World Champion Virgilijus Grazhys was keen to do well, and he finished provisional 3rd.


Rohan was our best hope for a win, but with whatever the hell Argos were doing, he rode a provisional third and a final position of 4th.


Meanwhile, I finished an eventual 27th at 3'27.

The last day of the season. It's a good course, so let's end this great season on a high!

5 riders went in the break, including Cadel Evans, who seems to like attacking in this race.


Virgilijus attacked 22km out in his Continental Division Leader's Jersey. I was content to just hang behind.


With 11.5km to go the real selection happened. Virgilijus was ahead with Taaramae, while I was just a little bit behind.


The Lithuanian got away on the last real downhill, and was looking pretty solid.


3km to go and Taaramae had almost got back, but he was evidently exhausted from his efforts.


I reached that point not long after, in the group fighting for third. I tried following Leopold Konig.


It was Virgilijus who capped a phenomenal season with another win. The World Champion everybody.


Unfortunately my lack of sprinting prowess saw me end in 12th. But the focus was on the end of another year, and looking forward to Season 4 of my professional career. We are back in the World Tour, and we intend to stay there.

With the reigning Tour de France Champion and the current World Champion on our side, there's no telling what we can do, and on a personal level, this season has been encouraging too.
More to come soon, but until then,

Well, the season's over now, and here are all the rankings.


In the World Tour rankings, we actually managed to beat quite a few of the World Tour teams, mainly thanks to Thibaut's Tour de France win.


We showed in the Continental rankings that we're too good to stay down, beating NetApp by almost 1000 points.


This is the one that really matters, and we also showed our strength in the CQ ranking. Back into the World Tour we go!


We also came 8th in the ranking for most victories, with Thibaut, Virgilijus and me doing most of the theoretical heavy lifting.


In fact, I also had the 17th most World Tour points out of everyone. Not bad.


In fact I actually managed 4th in a very close Continental ranking. No surprise that Virgilijus came in top, but his dominance was really huge.


And finally, in the CQ, I also came in 17th. That technically means that I'm the 17th best rider in the world... Not bad. I was also equal 31st in the victory charts with 4.