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Posted on 18-09-2020 12:28
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Paris - Roubaix! I never thought I will ever ride this race after so successful times in the mountains. I'm feeling good today. I don't think top 20 (goal from my team management) is possible to achieve, but who knows? It's my first time here.
We are on the first cobble section!
116 km - Cobbles are already making this race hard. A lot of riders dropped.
This is probably the most famous cobble section in the world - Trouee d'Arenberg!
Wow. I'm already dropped - 76 kms to go.
That's a big group of riders that caught me. Oh my.
It doesn't look like it's going to be my favourite race of the year.
10 km - I don't even know how much behind I'm. Definitely not in the top 20.
Velodrome! Right behind the top 20. This wasn't my best race. I'll definitely try to improve my place next year, but I need to be in much better shape. It wasn't bad, but also not good enough.
Top 15:
| 1 | Kasper Asgreen | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | 6h54'15 | | 2 | Wout Van Aert | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 47 | | 3 | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education First | + 2'41 | | 4 | Greg Van Avermaet | CCC Pro Team | s.t. | | 5 | Yves Lampaert | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | + 3'57 | | 6 | Ivan Garcia Cortina | Bahrain - Merida | + 6'01 | | 7 | Jasper Stuyven | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 8 | Nils Politt | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 9 | Oliver Naesen | Corendon - Circus | s.t. | | 10 | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 11 | Dylan Van Baarle | EF Education First | + 6'47 | | 12 | Philippe Gilbert | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 13 | Zdenek Stybar | UAE Team Emirates | + 7'17 | | 14 | Sep Vanmarcke | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 15 | Mike Teunissen | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 22 | Claudio Rusconi | Team Arkéa - Samsic | + 9'04 |
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Posted on 19-09-2020 10:21
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Now something easier. A hilly classic, but definitely not that hard as Paris-Roubaix.
No more breakaway - 41 kms to go.
10 km - Still a big group of riders in the peloton.
Attack by J. Keukeleire! Can he do it?
No! It was looking good for me for the first few seconds after I launched my sprint. But then I was outsprinted by few faster riders.
Top 15:
| 1 | Anthony Roux | Groupama - FDJ | 4h57'41 | | 2 | Henri Dumez | St Michel - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 3 | Bernt Charton | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 5 | Chris Hamilton | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 6 | Benoît Cosnefroy | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 7 | Claudio Rusconi | Team Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. | | 8 | Marco Haller | Team Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. | | 9 | Ryan Gibbons | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 10 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 11 | Chad Haga | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 12 | Zico Waeytens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 13 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 14 | Yacine Hamza | Eovimcd | s.t. | | 15 | Sam Oomen | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
Another hilly classic, but this time with a bit of cobbles. It looks interesting! Especially since I'm one of the main favourites here!
We are on the first cobble section. That harder part of the race...
30 km - I made the pace much higher on the cobble sections. Because of that only 22 riders are in the front group. The breakaway still up front.
Breakaway is now caught - 18 km.
7 km - Last two cobble sections. Everything will decide right here!
3 km - I have a small lead! Can I finally win a cobbles classic?
It's still not over yet. Me vs Sagan vs Matthews.
Peter Sagan! That was a really hard sprint, but he was a better rider here.
Top 15:
| 1 | Peter Sagan | CCC Pro Team | 5h16'33 | | 2 | Claudio Rusconi | Team Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. | | 3 | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 4 | Gianni Vermeersch | Corendon - Circus | + 21 | | 5 | Tom Devriendt | Team Dimension Data | + 39 | | 6 | Zico Waeytens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 7 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Timo Roosen | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 9 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | CCC Pro Team | + 58 | | 10 | Julien Vermote | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 11 | Jérôme Baugnies | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1'20 | | 12 | Jelle Wallays | Corendon - Circus | + 1'44 | | 13 | Max Walscheid | Team Dimension Data | + 2'09 | | 14 | James Knox | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | + 2'41 | | 15 | Quinten Hermans | Telenet Fidea Lions | + 3'04 |
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Posted on 20-09-2020 09:34
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We are done with cobbles - for now - but not done with hills! Ardennes! That means Amstel Gold Race! Sadly no Liege-Bastogne-Liege since our team didn't have an invitation for that race.
This isn't really selective classic so far. 38 kms to go and the front group is still pretty big.
Cauberg - 21 km.
The breakaway is over now - 11 kms to go. I'm pretty well placed.
3.4 km! It's close now!
That last Cauberg attempt was really hard. I was well positioned, but when many riders started to attack I couldn't do much. I can be satisfied with that place. My team was hoping I can finish in the top 50. 12th place is much better than that!
Top 15:
| 1 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team INEOS | 6h59'29 | | 2 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 3 | Maximilian Schachmann | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 4 | Mathieu Van Der Poel | Corendon - Circus | s.t. | | 5 | Peter Sagan | CCC Pro Team | s.t. | | 6 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 7 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 8 | Michael Woods | EF Education First | s.t. | | 9 | David Gaudu | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 10 | Bernt Charton | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 11 | Davide Formolo | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 12 | Claudio Rusconi | Team Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. | | 13 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14 | Jakob Fuglsang | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 15 | Michael Valgren | Team Dimension Data | s.t. |
Now a very similar classic to Amstel. La Fleche Wallonne! Except Cauberg - Mur de Huy. Everything will decide right there!
After one of the short climbs, only 21 riders were in the front group - 25 km.
2nd group is really close as we catch the last breakaway rider - 20 km.
Ah crap! I'm really blocked now!
Mur de Huy! Who can win it?
I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I'm either too weak, or they are too strong. Again I can be happy with my performance. My team again expected me to finish inside top 50. I finished this classic right behind the top 10. It's good enough I guess?
Top 15:
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | 5h26'01 | | 2 | Maximilian Schachmann | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 3 | Jakob Fuglsang | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 4 | Mathieu Van Der Poel | Corendon - Circus | s.t. | | 5 | David Gaudu | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 6 | Egan Bernal | Team INEOS | + 17 | | 7 | Lennard Kämna | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 8 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 9 | Michael Woods | EF Education First | s.t. | | 10 | Michael Valgren | Team Dimension Data | + 26 | | 11 | Claudio Rusconi | Team Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. | | 12 | Jack Haig | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 13 | Alexey Lutsenko | CCC Pro Team | s.t. | | 14 | Marc Hirschi | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 15 | Davide Formolo | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. |
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Posted on 23-09-2020 10:22
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We are ending a classic season for some time. Are you happy? The last one before few stage races is another WT classic. Something for sprinters, but with few interesting climbs.
12.5 km - On those climbs - which you can see on the profile - I decided to setup a strong pace. The peloton includes only 70 riders after my work.
Many riders tried their luck with an attack. This is looking actually interesting with 1.5 km to go. And that happened completely out of nowhere.
Oh my! What a victory right here! Not many sprinters were able to take part in the sprint because of my work on those climbs. Just look at the results! I'm really happy with that win.
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Team Arkéa - Samsic | 4h53'41 | | 2 | Jasper Philipsen | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 3 | Nikias Arndt | EF Education First | s.t. | | 4 | Victor Campenaerts | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 5 | Jan-Willem Van Schip | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 6 | Gianni Moscon | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 7 | Michael Valgren | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 8 | Jasha Sütterlin | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 9 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 10 | Amund Grøndahl Jansen | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 11 | Boris Vallée | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | Michael Woods | EF Education First | s.t. | | 13 | Taco Van Der Hoorn | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 14 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 15 | Benoît Cosnefroy | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
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Posted on 24-09-2020 18:28
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We are in Yorkshire - flat stage to open this race.
I wasn't feeling well today so my final sprint also wasn't best.
Top 15:
| 1 | Hugo Hofstetter | Team INEOS | 4h23'42 | | 2 | Kaden Groves | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 3 | Baptiste Planckaert | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 4 | Matteo Malucelli | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 5 | Oliver Naesen | Corendon - Circus | s.t. | | 6 | Alberto Dainese | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 7 | Ulises Alfredo Castillo | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 8 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Wiggins | s.t. | | 9 | Gert-Jan Bosman | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 11 | Abdul Gani | W52 / FC Porto | s.t. | | 12 | Willi Willwohl | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 13 | Claudio Rusconi | Team Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. | | 14 | Esteban Cháves | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 15 | Ben Swift | SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling | s.t. |
The route in Yorkshire isn't very challenging, but those hills can create some gaps in GC. First out of two hilly stages ends with an uphill finish.
I'm one of the outsiders for today. We are on the bottom of the final climb.
They all have started that climb on the very high note. I tried my best, but I wasn't able to deliver. I finished 6th.
Top 15:
| 1 | Esteban Cháves | Mitchelton - SCOTT | 3h39'21 | | 2 | Krists Neilands | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. | | 3 | Stephen Williams | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 4 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Ruben Guerreiro | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 6 | Claudio Rusconi | Team Arkéa - Samsic | + 11 | | 7 | Ben Swift | SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 8 | Oliver Naesen | Corendon - Circus | s.t. | | 9 | Sergio Luis Henao | Team Sapura Cycling | s.t. | | 10 | Mikel Bizkarra | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 11 | Carlos Paulo Braz | W52 / FC Porto | s.t. | | 12 | Joshua Edmondson | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 13 | Mark Padun | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 14 | Christopher Lawless | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 15 | Jhonatan Restrepo | W52 / FC Porto | s.t. |
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Posted on 26-09-2020 11:50
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Another flat stage in Yorkshire. I'm currently 7th in GC, and since my goal for this race is top 10, I'm probably safe.
M. Padun completely shocked every sprinter in this race. His briiliant move in the final 2 km gave him a victory.
Top 15:
| 1 | Mark Padun | Bahrain - Merida | 4h14'00 | | 2 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Wiggins | s.t. | | 3 | Kaden Groves | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 4 | Ulises Alfredo Castillo | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 5 | Oliver Naesen | Corendon - Circus | s.t. | | 6 | Alberto Dainese | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 7 | Hugo Hofstetter | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 8 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Connor Swift | Team Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. | | 10 | Matteo Malucelli | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 11 | Willi Willwohl | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 12 | Baptiste Planckaert | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 13 | Jens Vanoverberghe | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14 | Claudio Rusconi | Team Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. | | 15 | Will Stephenson | Team INEOS | s.t. |
Last stage of this race is again hilly, but with an easier finish than on stage 2. I'm 8th in GC so still holding my top 10.
10 km - My team-mate is managing the tempo for me.
Only those 9 riders will be fighting for the stage win here.
I'm not that fast in those types of finishes.
Top 15:
| 1 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Wiggins | 4h53'16 | | 2 | Oliver Naesen | Corendon - Circus | s.t. | | 3 | Ben Swift | SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 4 | Carlos Paulo Braz | W52 / FC Porto | s.t. | | 5 | Sergio Luis Henao | Team Sapura Cycling | s.t. | | 6 | Krists Neilands | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. | | 7 | Claudio Rusconi | Team Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. | | 8 | Esteban Cháves | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 9 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Luka Mezgec | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 11 | Ruben Guerreiro | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 12 | Filippo Ganna | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 13 | Stephen Williams | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 14 | James Knox | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 15 | Lawson Craddock | Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
It wasn't a bad race for me, but also not very good. I finished 10th in GC. Something my team was expecting me to achieve.
Final general classification:
| 1 | Esteban Cháves | Mitchelton - SCOTT | 17h10'09 | | 2 | Krists Neilands | Israel Cycling Academy | + 4 | | 3 | Stephen Williams | Bahrain - Merida | + 6 | | 4 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | + 10 | | 5 | Ruben Guerreiro | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 6 | Mark Padun | Bahrain - Merida | + 11 | | 7 | Oliver Naesen | Corendon - Circus | + 15 | | 8 | Ben Swift | SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling | + 17 | | 9 | Simon Spilak | Team Katusha Alpecin | + 18 | | 10 | Claudio Rusconi | Team Arkéa - Samsic | + 20 | | 11 | Carlos Paulo Braz | W52 / FC Porto | + 21 | | 12 | Sergio Luis Henao | Team Sapura Cycling | s.t. | | 13 | Jhonatan Restrepo | W52 / FC Porto | s.t. | | 14 | Joshua Edmondson | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 15 | James Knox | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. |
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Posted on 28-09-2020 16:24
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After a pretty long break between stage races, we are coming back to mountains. Short race but with two really hard mountain stages. We start with a flat terrain for who ever is the fastest from the peloton.
The peloton made a stupid mistake of giving me a bit of space right before I launched my sprint. I'm not the fastest in the world but I'll use every chance they will give me to win.
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Team Arkéa - Samsic | 3h37'11 | | 2 | Hugo Hofstetter | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 3 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 4 | Yacine Hamza | Eovimcd | s.t. | | 5 | Bernt Charton | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Jürgen Roelandts | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | Natnael Berhane | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 8 | Luis Mas Bonet | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 9 | Lukas Pöstlberger | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 10 | Gianni Moscon | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 11 | Christophe Noppe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 12 | Michael Storer | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 13 | Tammo Knoll | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 14 | Tony Gallopin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 15 | David Menut | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
Finally some mountains! I have W. Barguil to help me so we should be safe to retain our GC leader jersey.
We are on the bottom of the Col de Menthieres.
W. Barguil managing the tempo.
4 km - Few riders decided to attack but we both are still right behind them. I need to go alone now.
Sadly we weren't able to catch those two. W. Barguil did an awesome job and because there weren't any time differences, I'm still a leader in GC.
Top 15:
| 1 | Jesus Herrada | Movistar Team | 4h10'48 | | 2 | Tammo Knoll | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 3 | Tony Gallopin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 4 | Sam Oomen | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 5 | Claudio Rusconi | Team Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. | | 6 | Rémy Rochas | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 7 | Joshua Edmondson | Team INEOS | + 36 | | 8 | Victor Lafay | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 9 | Warren Barguil | Team Arkéa - Samsic | + 1'06 | | 10 | Bernt Charton | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 11 | Pierre Rolland | Vital Concept - B&B Hotels | + 1'59 | | 12 | Natnael Berhane | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 13 | Gianni Moscon | Team INEOS | + 2'26 | | 14 | Niklas Eg | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 15 | Victor Campenaerts | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | + 3'59 |
Short stage that ends on Grand Colombier.
Grand Colombier - the average of 7.2% - 17 km. My team-mates are managing the tempo.
5 km - We are a bit tired and I don't feel so good today.
The breakaway will fight for the stage victory.
I can be really happy with my performance with how I was feeling today. I finished 4th on stage but 1st from the main favourites.
Top 15:
| 1 | Mikael Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | 3h33'11 | | 2 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 3 | Henri Dumez | St Michel - Auber 93 | + 27 | | 4 | Claudio Rusconi | Team Arkéa - Samsic | + 1'02 | | 5 | Jesus Herrada | Movistar Team | + 1'16 | | 6 | Joshua Edmondson | Team INEOS | + 1'50 | | 7 | Lukas Pöstlberger | BORA - hansgrohe | + 1'59 | | 8 | Louis Vervaeke | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 9 | Mark Christian | Team Wiggins | s.t. | | 10 | Sylvester Leroyer | Delko Marseille Provence | s.t. | | 11 | Jhonatan Restrepo | W52 / FC Porto | s.t. | | 12 | Tammo Knoll | BORA - hansgrohe | + 2'23 | | 13 | Tony Gallopin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 14 | Warren Barguil | Team Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. | | 15 | Victor Lafay | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. |
I'm in the good shape, but my form is out of my calendar probably. I wasn't feeling well in those mountain stages and even that I actually won this race and grab a stage win, I need to hope that in my next start I'll be feeling better.
Final general classification:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Team Arkéa - Samsic | 11h22'02 | | 2 | Jesus Herrada | Movistar Team | + 14 | | 3 | Tammo Knoll | BORA - hansgrohe | + 1'25 | | 4 | Tony Gallopin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'27 | | 5 | Joshua Edmondson | Team INEOS | + 1'34 | | 6 | Sam Oomen | Team Sunweb | + 2'06 | | 7 | Victor Lafay | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 2'07 | | 8 | Warren Barguil | Team Arkéa - Samsic | + 2'37 | | 9 | Rémy Rochas | Team Total Direct Energie | + 3'29 | | 10 | Bernt Charton | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | + 5'14 | | 11 | Natnael Berhane | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 6'45 | | 12 | Pierre Rolland | Vital Concept - B&B Hotels | s.t. | | 13 | Óscar Rodriguez | Movistar Team | + 6'57 | | 14 | Gianni Moscon | Team INEOS | + 7'03 | | 15 | Mikael Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | + 7'10 |
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Posted on 29-09-2020 16:12
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Our team obtained an invitation for Dauphine! Since I'm going to France for le Tour I decided that my presence at Dauphine might be a good training. We start this race with a short ITT.
It was a decent performance. It wasn't pure flat terrain so I didn't lose much time here.
Top 15:
| 1 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team INEOS | 6'36 | | 2 | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 7 | | 3 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | + 8 | | 4 | Jan Tratnik | CCC Pro Team | + 9 | | 5 | Dušan Rajovic | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 6 | Søren Kragh Andersen | UAE Team Emirates | + 10 | | 7 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | + 11 | | 8 | Chris Froome | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 9 | Nathan Van Hooydonck | CCC Pro Team | + 12 | | 10 | Michael Hepburn | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 13 | | 11 | Marco Mathis | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 14 | | 12 | Alexis Gougeard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 13 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 14 | Tom Bohli | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 15 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 34 | Claudio Rusconi | Team Arkéa - Samsic | + 21 |
2nd stage ends with a hilly finish. Whole race except stage 5 is going to be a fight in the GC.
5 km - This is the moment we start the final climb for today. I crashed on the early kms and it costed me a lot of energy to comeback to the peloton.
Like I thought. I didn't have enough energy for final sprint and I finished 10th.
Top 15:
| 1 | Richard Carapaz | Bahrain - Merida | 3h21'04 | | 2 | Simon Yates | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 3 | Pierre Latour | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 4 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 5 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 6 | Warren Barguil | Team Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. | | 7 | Chris Froome | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 8 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 9 | Emanuel Buchmann | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | Claudio Rusconi | Team Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. | | 11 | Gregor Mühlberger | BORA - hansgrohe | + 25 | | 12 | Jack Haig | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 13 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team INEOS | + 43 | | 14 | Fausto Masnada | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 15 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | + 1'26 |
So far it's looking pretty decent for me. My goal is to finish in the top 15. So far so good.
General classification - 2 out of 8 stages:
| 1 | Richard Carapaz | Bahrain - Merida | 3h27'46 | | 2 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | + 2 | | 3 | Simon Yates | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 4 | | 4 | Chris Froome | Team INEOS | + 5 | | 5 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | + 8 | | 6 | Pierre Latour | AG2R La Mondiale | + 10 | | 7 | Emanuel Buchmann | Movistar Team | + 13 | | 8 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 15 | | 9 | Claudio Rusconi | Team Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. | | 10 | Warren Barguil | Team Arkéa - Samsic | + 26 | | 11 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team INEOS | + 37 | | 12 | Jack Haig | Team Dimension Data | + 44 | | 13 | Gregor Mühlberger | BORA - hansgrohe | + 48 | | 14 | Fausto Masnada | BORA - hansgrohe | + 1'03 | | 15 | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 1'27 |
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Posted on 30-09-2020 14:10
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This stage looks like a sprint for sprinters, but that final uphill to the finish can be a factor of who is going to win this stage.
I was really surprised of how fast I was on the final sprint. I finished on the very good 2nd place and now I'm 6th in GC.
Top 15:
| 1 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | 4h19'02 | | 2 | Claudio Rusconi | Team Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. | | 3 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 4 | Mathieu Van Der Poel | Corendon - Circus | s.t. | | 5 | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 6 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 7 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 8 | Alberto Dainese | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 9 | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 10 | Richard Carapaz | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 11 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 12 | Matteo Trentin | Team Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. | | 13 | Chris Froome | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 14 | Simon Yates | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 15 | Bryan Coquard | Vital Concept - B&B Hotels | s.t. |
Another ITT. This time it's much longer and harder than the first one. I'm really afraid of how much time I'll lose. Either way my team goal for this stage is the top 30.
I was caught my C. Froome.
That was a very big amount of time that I lost today.
Top 15:
| 1 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | 54'26 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Team INEOS | + 53 | | 3 | Pierre Latour | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'00 | | 4 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | + 1'11 | | 5 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 1'12 | | 6 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | + 1'14 | | 7 | Richard Carapaz | Bahrain - Merida | + 1'20 | | 8 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team INEOS | + 1'41 | | 9 | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 1'42 | | 10 | Søren Kragh Andersen | UAE Team Emirates | + 1'57 | | 11 | Jack Haig | Team Dimension Data | + 2'05 | | 12 | Marc Hirschi | Team Sunweb | + 2'16 | | 13 | Tammo Knoll | BORA - hansgrohe | + 2'19 | | 14 | Tony Gallopin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2'24 | | 15 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team INEOS | + 2'29 | | 38 | Claudio Rusconi | Team Arkéa - Samsic | + 4'05 |
The most difficult part of trying to finish in the top 15 is now over. I lost a lot of time but I know that on the next stages I can gain some of it. Maybe a top 10 is still possible but a podium is completely out now.
General classification - 4 out of 8 stages:
| 1 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | 8h41'16 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Team INEOS | + 56 | | 3 | Pierre Latour | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'08 | | 4 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | + 1'13 | | 5 | Richard Carapaz | Bahrain - Merida | + 1'18 | | 6 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 1'25 | | 7 | Simon Yates | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 2'37 | | 8 | Jack Haig | Team Dimension Data | + 2'47 | | 9 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team INEOS | + 3'04 | | 10 | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 3'07 | | 11 | Emanuel Buchmann | Movistar Team | + 3'13 | | 12 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | + 3'14 | | 13 | Søren Kragh Andersen | UAE Team Emirates | + 3'46 | | 14 | Gregor Mühlberger | BORA - hansgrohe | + 4'02 | | 15 | Claudio Rusconi | Team Arkéa - Samsic | + 4'12 |
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This is the only stage for pure sprinters.
Top 15:
| 1 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | 4h03'07 | | 2 | Bryan Coquard | Vital Concept - B&B Hotels | s.t. | | 3 | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 4 | Mathieu Van Der Poel | Corendon - Circus | s.t. | | 5 | Bram Welten | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 6 | Luka Mezgec | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 7 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 8 | Alberto Dainese | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 9 | Matteo Trentin | Team Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. | | 10 | Jetse Bol | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 11 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 12 | Willi Willwohl | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 13 | Claudio Rusconi | Team Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. | | 14 | Marc Hirschi | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 15 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
We are now starting some sort of mountains here. Stage categorized as hilly, but with a decent summit finish.
13 km - We almost are on the bottom of Les Gets - 10 km with the average of 5%.
J. Alaphilippe with a powerful attack with less than 4 kms to go!
The situation is very interesting. I'm right behind Alaphilippe. P. Perichon is the only rider from the breakaway still going first. And I have a small lead over next group behind. Who is going to win it?
J. Alaphilippe is king of those finishes, but I was really close to grab a stage win.
Top 15:
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | 5h17'43 | | 2 | Claudio Rusconi | Team Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. | | 3 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 12 | | 4 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | + 21 | | 5 | Richard Carapaz | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 6 | Chris Froome | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 7 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 8 | Pierre Latour | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9 | Søren Kragh Andersen | UAE Team Emirates | + 41 | | 10 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team INEOS | + 58 | | 11 | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 1'19 | | 12 | Gregor Mühlberger | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 13 | Jack Haig | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 14 | Fausto Masnada | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 15 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | + 1'51 |
The situation in GC right before two mountain stages. I'm now 8th. Who knows? Maybe I was wrong? Maybe I can still gain some places?
General classification - 6 out of 8 stages:
| 1 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | 18h02'27 | | 2 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | + 42 | | 3 | Chris Froome | Team INEOS | + 56 | | 4 | Pierre Latour | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'08 | | 5 | Richard Carapaz | Bahrain - Merida | + 1'18 | | 6 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 1'25 | | 7 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team INEOS | + 3'41 | | 8 | Claudio Rusconi | Team Arkéa - Samsic | + 3'45 | | 9 | Jack Haig | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 10 | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 4'05 | | 11 | Søren Kragh Andersen | UAE Team Emirates | + 4'06 | | 12 | Gregor Mühlberger | BORA - hansgrohe | + 5'00 | | 13 | Simon Yates | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 6'17 | | 14 | Fausto Masnada | BORA - hansgrohe | + 6'24 | | 15 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | EF Education First | + 6'54 |
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