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| atlanta |
Posted on 28-03-2019 15:11
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Im happy good result imo You were basically 5th overall in apart from TTT so you climbed good.
Seemed tough competion, crazy how Froome seems to get even better most dominant TDF in his carear aged 33. Please do not let him be alone on the TDF archive page please .
Bit dissapointing TDF for Alaphillipe as i thought he would of got a stage win but he is showing some nice promise for a GT bid one day perhaps. Does worlds parcours suit him? Does he head to La Vuelta |
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| Timmsoski |
Posted on 28-03-2019 16:15
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My word that gap to Froome! I think you had the older parcours which is of course stacked with time-trialing. Anyhow, certainly a decent TDF for Jungels, putting himself in the mix with some really good climbers. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 28-03-2019 20:26
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@ Sutty - Thanks, yeah it was nice to atleast get that!
@ atlanta - Yeah, thanks! Ill try  As for Ala, I did try on several stages, which probably hurt Jungels support, but I think the game just wouldn't let him go for whatever reason. Riders like Landa and MAL were allowed to join the breaks, but Alaphilippe wasn't, even though they were further up the GC and more often than not stronger favourites for the stage win.
@ Timmsoski - Yeah, I think it was the 1994 Tour I think, and thanks! I think Jungels if not for 2 stages could have finished 4th, but he's still young and Mas will be a strong GC rider too, so overall the teams looking strong!
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 28-03-2019 21:29
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 Tour de Pologne (2.UWT) 2019
Stage 1
| 1 | Elia Viviani | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Phil Bauhaus | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:00 | | 3 | Sacha Modolo | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +00:00 |
Stage 2
| 1 | Elia Viviani | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Sacha Modolo | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +00:00 | | 3 | Matteo Moschetti | Trek - Segafredo | +00:00 |
Stage 3
| 1 | Elia Viviani | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Nikias Arndt | Team Sunweb | +00:00 | | 3 | Matteo Moschetti | Trek - Segafredo | +00:00 |
Stage 4
| 1 | Elia Viviani | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Juan Sebastian Molano | UAE - Team Emirates | +00:00 | | 3 | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Astana Pro Team | +00:00 |
Stage 5
| 1 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | +00:00 | | 2 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:00 | | 3 | Simon Yates | Mitchelton - Scott | +00:11 | | 4 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | +00:11 | | 5 | Jack Haig | Mitchelton - Scott | +00:11 |
Stage 6
| 1 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | +00:00 | | 2 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:10 | | 3 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | +00:10 | | 4 | Simon Yates | Mitchelton - Scott | +00:10 | | 5 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +00:22 |
Stage 7
| 1 | Elia Viviani | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Fabio Felline | Trek - Segafredo | +00:00 | | 3 | Max Kanter | Team Sunweb | +00:00 |
Final GC
| 1 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:00 | | 2 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | +00:14 | | 3 | Simon Yates | Mitchelton - Scott | +00:19 | | 4 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | +00:26 | | 5 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | +00:28 | | 6 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | +00:44 | | 7 | Jack Haig | Mitchelton - Scott | +00:44 | | 8 | Jan Polanc | UAE - Team Emirates | +00:53 | | 9 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +00:53 | | 10 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +00:58 |
 Clasica San Sebastian (1.UWT) 2019
| 1 | Geraint Thomas | Team Sky | +00:00 | | 2 | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | +00:24 | | 3 | Daniel Martin | UAE - Team Emirates | +00:24 | | 4 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:24 | | 5 | Pello Bilbao | Astana Pro Team | +00:47 | | 6 | Tanel Kangert | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +00:47 | | 7 | Sam Oomen | Team Sunweb | +00:47 | | 8 | Oliver Naesen | AG2R La Mondiale | +01:16 | | 9 | Michael Valgren | Team Dimension Data | +01:16 | | 10 | Tony Gallopin | AG2R La Mondiale | +01:16 |
 BinckBank Tour (2.UWT) 2019
Stage 1
| 1 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:00 | | 2 | Alexander Kristoff | UAE - Team Emirates | +00:00 | | 3 | Mark Cavendish | Team Dimension Data | +00:00 |
Stage 2
| Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:00 | | Team Sky | +00:01 | | Groupama - FDJ | +00:06 |
Stage 3
| 1 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:00 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | Team Dimension Data | +00:00 | | 3 | Sam Bennett | BORA - hansgrohe | +00:00 |
Stage 4
| 1 | Sam Bennett | BORA - hansgrohe | +00:00 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | Team Dimension Data | +00:00 | | 3 | Jasper Philipsen | UAE - Team Emirates | +00:00 |
Stage 5
| 1 | Arnaud Démare | Groupama - FDJ | +00:00 | | 2 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:00 | | 3 | Jasper Stuyven | Trek - Segafredo | +00:00 |
Stage 6
| 1 | Victor Campenaerts | Lotto - Soudal | +00:00 | | 2 | Jos Van Emden | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:03 | | 3 | Tejay Van Garderen | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +00:04 | | 4 | Mads Würtz Schmidt | Team Katusha - Alpecin | +00:04 | | 5 | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:05 |
Stage 7
| 1 | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:00 | | 2 | Robert Power | Team Sunweb | +00:00 | | 3 | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto - Soudal | +00:00 | | 4 | Victor Campenaerts | Lotto - Soudal | +00:00 | | 5 | Tanel Kangert | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +00:00 |
Final GC
| 1 | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:00 | | 2 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama - FDJ | +00:30 | | 3 | Tanel Kangert | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +00:40 | | 4 | Tony Martin | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:47 | | 5 | Fabio Felline | Trek - Segafredo | +01:03 | | 6 | Mads Würtz Schmidt | Team Katusha - Alpecin | +01:06 | | 7 | Victor Campenaerts | Lotto - Soudal | +01:08 | | 8 | Silvan Dillier | AG2R La Mondiale | +01:22 | | 9 | Jasper Stuyven | Trek - Segafredo | +01:24 | | 10 | Tejay Van Garderen | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +01:25 |
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Kruijswijk, Bernal, Landa, Kelderman, Pinot, Quintana, Bardet, Uran
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Quick Step | | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | | Elia Viviani | Deceuninck - Quick Step | | Yves Lampaert | Deceuninck - Quick Step | | Álvaro José Hodeg | Deceuninck - Quick Step | | Kasper Asgreen | Deceuninck - Quick Step | | Mikkel Frølich Honoré | Deceuninck - Quick Step | | Pieter Serry | Deceuninck - Quick Step | | Michael Woods | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | | James Whelan | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | | Sean Bennett | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | | Lawson Craddock | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | | Lachlan Morton | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | | Julius Van den Berg | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | | Hugh Carthy | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | | Sébastien Reichenbach | Groupama - FDJ | | Georg Preidler | Groupama - FDJ | | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama - FDJ | | David Gaudu | Groupama - FDJ | | Léo Vincent | Groupama - FDJ | | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama - FDJ | | Valentin Madouas | Groupama - 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Segafredo | | Koen De Kort | Trek - Segafredo | | Kiel Reijnen | Trek - Segafredo | | Peter Stetina | Trek - Segafredo | | Giulio Ciccone | Trek - Segafredo | | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | | Fabio Felline | Trek - Segafredo | | Bauke Mollema | Trek - Segafredo | | Alexander Kristoff | UAE - Team Emirates | | Rui Costa | UAE - Team Emirates | | Fabio Aru | UAE - Team Emirates | | Oliviero Troia | UAE - Team Emirates | | Kristijan Durasek | UAE - Team Emirates | | Rory Sutherland | UAE - Team Emirates | | Daniel Martin | UAE - Team Emirates | | Ivo Oliveira | UAE - Team Emirates |
We're riding the 2015 Vuelta route, which will suit the puncheurs as there are many hill stages including Stage 2 and 4, so a rider like Woods or Valverde could be targeting the Red Jersey in the first week of the race.
There is also a lot of climbing in this tour, with minimal time trialing needed, so Chris Froomes advantage may be lessened to some extent, although there is still a Team Time Trial to open the race, which could see Sky open up a big advantage like they did at the Tour de France, however that was a much longer TTT than the one here!
The startlist is very strong, with pretty much all of the top GC riders present, and even in terms of our own team, Deceuninck have both Mas and Jungels here. Jungels was a late addition to the team, but some of our support riders were looking a little tired, and Jungels was feeling light on race days, so he will be here in support of Mas, who will be looking to reach the podium again, after last years 2nd place!
Viviani was also a late addition to the squad, but he was also in good form, and still feeling fresh, so we felt it would be better to bring him here, than have an out of form weaker rider.
The biggest question is, how will the riders from the Tour de France fare? Usually a rider can hold their form across both races, but will usually be a little weaker at La Vuelta, so Mas may be one of the freshest in the race.
On the other hand, Mikel Landa will probably be one of the least fresh of the riders, as he is set to ride all 3 Grand Tours this season, after completing the Giro and Tour already, albeit not as strongly as he wouldve been expected, so perhaps targeting all 3 has hurt his form.
With that being said, the race should be very exciting, and hopefully, a lot closer than the Tour de France too!
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 28-03-2019 21:37
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If Viviani does, what he did in Pologne, it will be a great Vuelta  Mas/Jungels make for a nice duo, too. Top-5 should be the goal then, I guess.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 28-03-2019 21:40
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I'd say Viviani seems ready for Spain.
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 28-03-2019 23:09
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Tough competition but a podium is possible for Mas. |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 29-03-2019 13:30
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Good luck in Vuelta
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 29-03-2019 14:32
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@ tsmoha - True, he really dominated in Poland! Indeed it will be a good duo, although Jungels is only on low 90's form. I just figured with his stats and the fact he has no tiredness he would be a better teammate than someone with lots of tiredness.
@ baseball - It seems that way doesnt it 
@ Freitas - Thanks, I think so too, as long as his daily form helps him out!
@ Tamijo - Cheers!
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| atlanta |
Posted on 29-03-2019 14:38
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Very strong field lower step of poidum would be a big succes |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 30-03-2019 01:10
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atlanta wrote:
Very strong field lower step of poidum would be a big succes
Thanks, I tend to agree!
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 30-03-2019 01:24
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La Vuelta a Espana (2.UWT) 2019
Stage 1
| Team Sky | +00:00 | | Team Sunweb | +00:03 | | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:06 |
Stage 2
| 1 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | +00:00 | | 2 | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 3 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | +00:00 | | 4 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | +00:00 | | 5 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | +00:00 |
Stage 3
Deceuninck do the double
| 1 | Elia Viviani | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Álvaro José Hodeg | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 3 | Phil Bauhaus | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:00 | | 4 | Adam Blythe | Lotto - Soudal | +00:00 | | 5 | Alexander Kristoff | UAE - Team Emirates | +00:00 |
Stage 4
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | +00:00 | | 2 | Daniel Martin | UAE - Team Emirates | +00:00 | | 3 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 4 | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 5 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | +00:00 |
Stage 5
Deceuninck do the double, again!
| 1 | Elia Viviani | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Álvaro José Hodeg | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 3 | Daryl Impey | Mitchelton - Scott | +00:00 | | 4 | Phil Bauhaus | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:00 | | 5 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 |
Stage 6
| 1 | Geraint Thomas | Team Sky | +00:00 | | 2 | Daniel Martin | UAE - Team Emirates | +00:00 | | 3 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | +00:00 | | 4 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 5 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | +00:00 |
Stage 7
| 1 | Benjamin King | Team Dimension Data | +00:00 | | 2 | Larry Warbasse | AG2R La Mondiale | +00:00 | | 3 | Valentin Madouas | Groupama - FDJ | +00:00 | | 4 | Pavel Kochetkov | Team Katusha - Alpecin | +00:00 | | 5 | Gino Mäder | Team Dimension Data | +00:00 | | 6 | Sepp Kuss | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:00 | | 7 | Tom Jelte Slagter | Team Dimension Data | +00:00 | | 8 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +00:00 | | 9 | Lachlan Morton | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +00:18 | | 10 | Ian Boswell | Team Katusha - Alpecin | +00:18 | | 11 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama - FDJ | +00:46 | | 12 | Pawel Poljanski | BORA - hansgrohe | +01:32 | | 13 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | +01:48 | | 14 | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo - Visma | +01:48 | | 15 | Julien Vermote | Team Dimension Data | +02:17 | | 16 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +02:37 |
GC After 1 Week
| 1 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | +00:00 | | 2 | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:22 | | 3 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +01:01 | | 4 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | +01:02 | | 5 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | +01:03 | | 6 | Geraint Thomas | Team Sky | +01:07 | | 7 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | +01:20 | | 8 | Daniel Martin | UAE - Team Emirates | +01:26 | | 9 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | +01:44 | | 10 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | +01:50 | | 11 | Simon Yates | Mitchelton - Scott | +01:51 | | 12 | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +02:18 | | 13 | Vincenzo Nibali | Team Bahrain Merida | +02:26 | | 14 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama - FDJ | +02:28 | | 15 | Davide Formolo | BORA - hansgrohe | +02:39 | | 16 | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | +02:43 | | 17 | Tom Jelte Slagter | Team Dimension Data | +02:46 | | 18 | Benjamin King | Team Dimension Data | +02:55 | | 19 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +02:58 | | 20 | Sepp Kuss | Team Jumbo - Visma | +03:02 |
Points after 1 Week
| 1 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | 54 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | 52 | | 3 | Elia Viviani | Deceuninck - Quick Step | 50 | | 4 | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck - Quick Step | 44 | | 5 | Daniel Martin | UAE - Team Emirates | 44 |
KOM after 1 Week
| 1 | Benjamin King | Team Dimension Data | 11 | | 2 | Larry Warbasse | AG2R La Mondiale | 10 | | 3 | Julien Vermote | Team Dimension Data | 10 |
Week One, Thoughts
The TTT went fairly well for us, only losing seconds to Team Sky. Stage 3 and 5 went exceptionally well for the sprinters as Hodeg and Viviani finished first and second on both stages, a great result for us!
Jungels and Mas were both climbing well in the first week, perhaps Jungels even being slightly better than Mas, but overall a great week. Froome and Roglic look like the two to beat for Mas, who seemed a little weak on the lone mountain stage so far, but he is very familiar with the second week climbs, so look for him to improve as the race goes on!
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 30-03-2019 06:56
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Pretty with an early stage win for Viviani
Froomey and Roglic was strong on that mountain, as I expect the others comming from a breakaway. With just 25" from 3rd to 8th next week will be crucial.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 30-03-2019 22:26
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Tamijo wrote:
Pretty with an early stage win for Viviani
Froomey and Roglic was strong on that mountain, as I expect the others comming from a breakaway. With just 25" from 3rd to 8th next week will be crucial.
Yeah, bringing Viviani was clearly a good choice!
Froome and Roglic both look good, but Jungels and Mas may be able to both challenge for a Top 5, something I didn't think would be possible heading into the race, so for now I will try to keep both riders well placed.
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| Timmsoski |
Posted on 31-03-2019 10:44
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Certainly a good start to the Vuelta! Vivi seems to have really peaked in recent weeks. Hopefully Mas can cling onto Roglic and Froome going into week three, will be tough though as definitely a strong startlist! |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 31-03-2019 19:09
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Timmsoski wrote:
Certainly a good start to the Vuelta! Vivi seems to have really peaked in recent weeks. Hopefully Mas can cling onto Roglic and Froome going into week three, will be tough though as definitely a strong startlist!
Thanks, I think Mas looks strong, however Roglic and Froome are simply better so it will always be difficult, but in PCM most AI always seem to have atleast one bad day in a GT so im hoping to capitalize on that.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 01-04-2019 18:41
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La Vuelta a Espana (2.UWT) 2019
Stage 8
Simon Yates crashes out, his brother Adam becomes the new leader
| 1 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | +00:00 | | 2 | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo - Visma | +00:00 | | 3 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | +00:00 | | 4 | Davide Formolo | BORA - hansgrohe | +00:00 | | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:00 |
Stage 9
| 1 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | +00:00 | | 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | +00:00 | | 3 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 4 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | +00:00 | | 5 | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | +00:00 |
Stage 10
| 1 | Elia Viviani | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 2 | Alexander Kristoff | UAE - Team Emirates | +00:00 | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | +00:00 | | 4 | Yves Lampaert | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 5 | Pascal Ackermann | BORA - hansgrohe | +00:00 |
Stage 11
Froome wins the queen stage of the Vuelta
| 1 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | +00:00 | | 2 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | +00:41 | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | +00:49 | | 4 | Daniel Martin | UAE - Team Emirates | +00:49 | | 5 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:49 | | 6 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | +01:12 | | 7 | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | +01:24 | | 8 | Vincenzo Nibali | Team Bahrain Merida | +01:24 | | 9 | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo - Visma | +01:24 | | 10 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | +01:34 |
Stage 12
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | +00:00 | | 2 | Álvaro José Hodeg | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 | | 3 | Alexander Kristoff | UAE - Team Emirates | +00:00 | | 4 | Benjamin King | Team Dimension Data | +00:00 | | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:00 |
Stage 13
| 1 | Benjamin King | Team Dimension Data | +00:00 | | 2 | Mads Würtz Schmidt | Team Katusha - Alpecin | +00:00 | | 3 | Victor Campenaerts | Lotto - Soudal | +00:00 | | 4 | Valerio Agnoli | Team Bahrain Merida | +00:00 | | 5 | Álvaro José Hodeg | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +00:00 |
Stage 14
Mas is the strongest of the contenders on Stage 14!
| 1 | Gorka Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | +00:00 | | 2 | Jack Haig | Mitchelton - Scott | +02:00 | | 3 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +03:11 | | 4 | Damiano Caruso | Team Bahrain Merida | +03:28 | | 5 | Bauke Mollema | Trek - Segafredo | +04:11 | | 6 | Tim Wellens | Lotto - Soudal | +04:34 | | 7 | Mikel Nieve | Mitchelton - Scott | +04:34 | | 8 | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Katusha - Alpecin | +04:34 | | 9 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +05:18 | | 10 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | +06:01 | | 11 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | +06:01 | | 12 | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo - Visma | +06:29 | | 13 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | +06:41 | | 14 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | +06:41 | | 15 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | +06:41 |
GC After Stage 14
| 1 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | +00:00 | | 2 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +01:33 | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | +01:57 | | 4 | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo - Visma | +02:38 | | 5 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | +03:25 | | 6 | Daniel Martin | UAE - Team Emirates | +03:47 | | 7 | Geraint Thomas | Team Sky | +04:13 | | 8 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | +04:19 | | 9 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | +04:30 | | 10 | Vincenzo Nibali | Team Bahrain Merida | +05:22 | | 11 | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | +05:39 | | 12 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama - FDJ | +09:05 | | 13 | Bauke Mollema | Trek - Segafredo | +09:06 | | 14 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | +10:31 | | 15 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | +11:11 | | 16 | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck - Quick Step | +11:53 | | 17 | Gorka Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | +12:22 | | 18 | Davide Formolo | BORA - hansgrohe | +14:25 | | 19 | Adam Yates | Mitchelton - Scott | +15:30 | | 20 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First Pro Cycling Team | +15:35 |
Points After Stage 14
| 1 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | 134 | | 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 130 | | 3 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick Step | 105 | | 4 | Elia Viviani | Deceuninck - Quick Step | 92 | | 5 | Benjamin King | Team Dimension Data | 90 |
KOM After Stage 14
| 1 | Omar Fraile | Astana Pro Team | 33 | | 2 | Benjamin King | Team Dimension Data | 24 | | 3 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | 23 | | 4 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 21 | | 5 | Pawel Poljanski | BORA - hansgrohe | 20 |
Thoughts After Stage 14
Stage 8 and 9 were won by Froome which helped him move into the lead in the Points classification. Valverde was also up there on the hilly and flat stages, showing just how good he still is.
Viviani got back to his winning ways on stage 10, another great result for the team, and now him and Mas will look to fight for the points jersey, a 4 man race between them, Froome and Valverde.
Stage 11 was the main spectacle of the week, with several climbs on the day, it would be the toughest stage of the entire 3 weeks. Froome as the favourite did not disappoint, and took the win. Mas lost time to Froome, but only 49 seconds, which can still be brought back, and with how tough the day was, 49 seconds isn't too bad!
Stage 12 was a flat stage, bu Valverde managed to win, ahead of Hodeg who is starting to outperform Viviani now! The decision for who will be the sprint leader in the 3rd week could be a tougher decision than you'd think, as he also finished ahead of him on Stage 13, albeit behind the breakaway winners.
Stage 14 also went to the breakaway, but of the contenders, Mas was the strongest! Jungels pulled him half way up the climb, where he made an attack which only a few could follow! He kept up a strong pace and slowly riders started dropping off his wheel. He took back nearly a minute on Froome, who perhaps peaked too early? This should make the last week quite exciting with several riders still in contention!
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 01-04-2019 19:02
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Unlucky Jack Haig...
Strong ride from Mas though! Podium looks very possible. And another stage stage bagged!
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 01-04-2019 22:27
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Wow I have some catching up to do! So let's go...
Tour - looked great at the end of week 2 but sadly Jungels just faded towards the end and missed out on that Top 5. Sky just ridiculous and that winning margin for Froome is insane!
Poland - what a race for Viviani and the mass of wins for him. Shame there was no DQS in the GC race
San Seb - Thomas clearly taking Tour form into San Sebastian but a good Top 5 from Mas in the race
Binckbank - looks like a nothing race for the team. Was it underperformance or weakened squad?
Vuelta - strong riding from Mas and Jungels so far. Viviani taking Poland confidence into the race has given him some fine victories!
Have I missed the nat champs? What happened in them?
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 01-04-2019 23:21
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