aCross the road: Mud, Sweat & Gears
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Shonak |
Posted on 17-03-2014 23:34
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I had no idea that was the case. Thanks Ian, I'll consider it in the next season and guys like Mourey and Van der Haar won't participate next season. As for Raphael: I loved reporting some of the Bpost Bank Trofee races so he'll definitely return at least for some if not all races. Calcutating the time gaps is a bit of a hassle though
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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sutty68 |
Posted on 18-03-2014 01:11
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Have to say that the crash at Hoogerheide looked painful |
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Posted on 18-03-2014 13:20
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sutty68 wrote:
Have to say that the crash at Hoogerheide looked painful
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Posted on 18-03-2014 13:27
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Shonak wrote:
I had no idea that was the case. Thanks Ian, I'll consider it in the next season and guys like Mourey and Van der Haar won't participate next season. As for Raphael: I loved reporting some of the Bpost Bank Trofee races so he'll definitely return at least for some if not all races. Calcutating the time gaps is a bit of a hassle though
You can just let Raphael race a few of the Bpost Bank Trofee races but not all. That way he doesn't go for the overall trofee and you can just make an overall classification at the end of the season, just inventing some stuff Just say: this guy won, with this much time difference on that guy... etc etc |
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Shonak |
Posted on 18-03-2014 14:56
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@sutty68: They rode over him like he was some poor crash dummy.
@Ian: I'm shocked you expect such laziness from me. (I'll probably do something along those lines. I'll also reduce World Cup points in future season because taking care of 50 riders is just too much^^).
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GP Costa degli Etruschi
Daniel Oss and David Millar snatch victory away from Cannondale
Daniel Oss wins in Donoratico after a brave attack in the final lap. His push on the hill, alongside David Millar (GRS), was too much for the favourites teams of Peter Sagan (CAN), Steegmans (OPQ) and Rojas (MOV). Especially Cannondale and Omega Pharma were hard at work during the entire race but were also missing the few extra percentages in the final kilometers of the race.
I was nominated for the race alongside our captain Peter Sagan. Marco Marcato was his lead-out man, while Guillaume Boivin was a potentially second one. George Bennett and Davide Formolo were here to help me with much of the chasing.
Daniel Oss (BMC) and David Millar (GRS) clearly outplayed us on the final lap of GP Costa degli Etruschi. Throughout the day I was working hard, getting bottles, doing relay work, at times even looking out for Peter. Not much time to enjoy the wonderful scenery, but you can still catch many shots of course in the Impressios section.
It was our fault that eventually Oss and Millar attacked at the last climb and got away. I didn’t have anything left to give but managed to hang on the front of the peloton. I saw how we didn’t have the juice anymore and Marcato came in too late for help. Sagan came close in the final sprint towards Oss and Millar but at that point there was no way of catching Oss ever. My fellow Italian Oss truly deserved this win though as his attack was just incredibly strong, while a 3rd place isn’t too shabby. However, Sagan was the clear-cut favourite and not winning here can only be described as failure…
We may think that this is a result of missing race practice for many, but truthfully, we powered ourselves out too early to keep control over the peloton. This left us without the necessary punch in the final lap. We have thus failed to complete our first sponsor goal and didn’t take our first win of the season. There are surely worse things to happen. But it doesn’t feel good either. While I’m sure we will have success later on, I’d have liked to celebrate a victory by my teammate Sagan in my first official road race.
Impressions
GP Costa degli Etruschi, Results
Rank | Name | Team | Time | 1 | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | 4h17'14 | 2 | David Millar | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 3 | Peter Sagan | Cannondale | s.t. | 4 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | 5 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Katusha | s.t. | 6 | Matteo Pelucchi | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 7 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 8 | Francesco Chicchi | YellowFluo | s.t. | 9 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 10 | Michael Mørkøv | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Raymond Kreder | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 12 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 13 | Rafael Andriato | YellowFluo | s.t. | 14 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | 15 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 16 | Marco Marcato | Cannondale | s.t. | 17 | Nicki Sørensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 18 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 19 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 20 | Mattia Cattaneo | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 21 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 22 | Andrea Piechele | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 23 | Axel Domont | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 24 | Rohan Dennis | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 25 | Vicente Reynès | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 26 | Michael Kolar | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 27 | Kevyn Ista | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 28 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 29 | Eros Capecchi | Movistar Team | s.t. | 30 | Laurens De Vreese | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | 31 | Maxime Daniel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 32 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 33 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 34 | Jesús Hernández | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 35 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 36 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 37 | Jasper Stuyven | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 38 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | 39 | Christopher Sutton | Team Sky | s.t. | 40 | Roger Kluge | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 41 | Francis De Greef | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | 42 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 43 | Danny Pate | Team Sky | s.t. | 44 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 45 | Matteo Tosatto | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 46 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 47 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 48 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 49 | Alexis Gougeard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 50 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | s.t. | 51 | Hugo Houle | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 52 | Eugenio Alafaci | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 53 | Ben King | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 54 | Christian Knees | Team Sky | s.t. | 55 | Raphael Visconti | Cannondale | s.t. | 56 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 57 | George Bennett | Cannondale | s.t. | 58 | Mirko Selvaggi | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | 59 | Jasha Sütterlin | Movistar Team | s.t. | 60 | Jan Ghyselinck | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | 61 | Oliver Zaugg | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 62 | Giampaolo Caruso | Team Katusha | s.t. | 63 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 64 | José Serpa | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 65 | Frederik Veuchelen | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | 66 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 67 | Pavel Brutt | Team Katusha | s.t. | 68 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 69 | Daniele Colli | YellowFluo | s.t. | 70 | Dario Cataldo | Team Sky | s.t. | 71 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 72 | Ben Hermans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 73 | Jonathan Monsalve | YellowFluo | s.t. | 74 | Gustav Erik Larsson | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 75 | Joshua Edmondson | Team Sky | s.t. | 76 | Ivan Rovny | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 77 | Yury Trofimov | Team Katusha | s.t. | 78 | Davide Formolo | Cannondale | s.t. | 79 | Anton Vorobyev | Team Katusha | s.t. | 80 | Mauro Finetto | YellowFluo | s.t. | 81 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 82 | Nathan Earle | Team Sky | s.t. | 83 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. | 84 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 85 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 86 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 87 | Riccardo Zoidl | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 88 | Jesse Sergent | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 89 | Jonathan Fumeaux | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 90 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 91 | Jérôme Baugnies | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | 92 | Vitaliy Popkov | ISD Continental Team | s.t. | 93 | Johnny Hoogerland | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 94 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar Team | s.t. | 95 | Jan Polanc | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 96 | Caleb Fairly | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 97 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Team Katusha | s.t. | 98 | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 99 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | s.t. | 100 | Andrea Fedi | YellowFluo | s.t. | 101 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 102 | Marco Frapporti | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 103 | Gianluca Brambilla | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 104 | Donato De Ieso | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 105 | Mikhail Akimov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | 106 | Marco Bandiera | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 107 | Alberto Losada | Team Katusha | s.t. | 108 | Luca Wackermann | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 109 | Patrik Sinkewitz | Meridiana Kamen Team | s.t. | 110 | Laurent Didier | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 111 | Alessandro Malaguti | Vini Fantini Nippo | s.t. | 112 | Oleksandr Sheydyk | ISD Continental Team | s.t. | 113 | Andrea Zordan | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 114 | Willie Smit | Vini Fantini Nippo | s.t. | 115 | Leonardo Pinizzotto | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | s.t. | 116 | Antonio Di Battista | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | + 3'37 | 117 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 118 | Filippo Baggio | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | s.t. | 119 | Marco Coledan | Bardiani CSF | + 7'26 | 120 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 121 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 122 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 123 | Dominic Klemme | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 124 | Filippo Fortin | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 125 | Luigi Miletta | YellowFluo | s.t. | 126 | Nicola Testi | Androni Giocattoli | + 9'16 | 127 | Valerio Agnoli | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 128 | Gianfranco Zilioli | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 129 | Alessio Taliani | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 130 | Matej Mugerli | Adria Mobil | s.t. | 131 | Joseph Dombrowski | Team Sky | s.t. | 132 | Stefano Locatelli | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 133 | Davide Mucelli | Meridiana Kamen Team | s.t. | 134 | Alessandro Bisolti | Vini Fantini Nippo | s.t. | 135 | Sebastian Henao | Team Sky | s.t. | 136 | Marco Canola | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 137 | Anatoliy Pakhtusov | ISD Continental Team | s.t. | 138 | Zsolt Der | Utensilnord | s.t. | 139 | Massimo Demarin | Meridiana Kamen Team | s.t. | 140 | Alfonso Fiorenza | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | s.t. | 141 | Manabu Ishibashi | Vini Fantini Nippo | s.t. | 142 | Nicola Dal Santo | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | s.t. | 143 | Gianfranco Visconti | Utensilnord | s.t. | 144 | Julian Arredondo | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 145 | Alexander Foliforov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | 146 | Maksim Razumov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | 147 | Dmitry Kosyakov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | 148 | Alessandro Vanotti | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 149 | Bernard Bendeguz | Utensilnord | s.t. | 150 | Luca Taschin | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | s.t. | 151 | Kirill Yatsevich | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | 152 | Denys Karnulin | ISD Continental Team | s.t. | 153 | Konstantin Klimiankou | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | s.t. | 154 | Igor Frolov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | 155 | Federico Rocchetti | Utensilnord | s.t. | 156 | Grégory Habeaux | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | 157 | Domen Novak | Adria Mobil | s.t. | 158 | Peter Kozlovic | Meridiana Kamen Team | s.t. | 159 | Volodymyr Dzhus | ISD Continental Team | s.t. | 160 | Davide Gabburo | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | s.t. | 161 | Uri Martins | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | s.t. | 162 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 163 | Antonio Santoro | Meridiana Kamen Team | s.t. | 164 | Viesturs Luksevics | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | s.t. | 165 | Evgeny Zverkov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | 166 | Mariano Giallorenzo | Meridiana Kamen Team | s.t. | 167 | Matteo Belli | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | s.t. | 168 | Logan Loader | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | s.t. | 169 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 170 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Vini Fantini Nippo | s.t. | 171 | James Piccoli | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | s.t. | 172 | Evgenii Manko | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | s.t. | 173 | Riccardo Stacchiotti | Vini Fantini Nippo | s.t. | 174 | Daniele Scampamorte | Utensilnord | s.t. | 175 | Giacomo Forconi | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | s.t. | 176 | Thomas Degand | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | 177 | Balazs Rozsa | Utensilnord | s.t. | 178 | Maksym Vasilyev | ISD Continental Team | s.t. | 179 | Mirko Tedeschi | YellowFluo | s.t. | 180 | Jure Berk | Adria Mobil | s.t. | 181 | Alessandro Mazzi | Utensilnord | s.t. | 182 | Tomasz Nose | Adria Mobil | s.t. | 183 | Klemen Stimulak | Adria Mobil | s.t. | 184 | Kristjan Fajt | Adria Mobil | s.t. | 185 | Antonio Viola | Vini Fantini Nippo | s.t. | 186 | Alex Paoli | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | s.t. | 187 | Fränk Schleck | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 188 | Eduard-Michael Grosu | Vini Fantini Nippo | s.t. | 189 | Dimitry Ignatiev | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | 190 | Abel Kenyeres | Utensilnord | s.t. | 191 | Guillaume Boivin | Cannondale | s.t. |
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sutty68 |
Posted on 18-03-2014 15:31
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Raphael did well to grab a 55th place finish |
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Shonak |
Posted on 18-03-2014 15:34
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Hahaha, totally.
Edited by Shonak on 18-03-2014 15:35
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-03-2014 15:57
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He'll help Sagan to victory one of these days but Raphael has to steal with his eyes now, watch Sagan and learn a lot.
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Shonak |
Posted on 18-03-2014 16:20
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Of course this season will be mostly about learning the ropes and so forth. And Sagan surely is bit of an inspiration to him. There'll be some great Sagan/Raphael-Moments along the way, I can promise you that.
Also, I know I might be going quite fast at times with this story but I'll like to keep it going because too much waiting... well, it kills the fun and momentum of stories. Since the updates are rather short and compact I think it should be easy to catch up any time, or am I wrong with that presumption?
Edited by Shonak on 18-03-2014 16:20
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-03-2014 16:22
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Hey, no complaints from me. Love the pace and the action!
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Shonak |
Posted on 18-03-2014 16:35
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Fantastic. Well, there you go then...
The Preparations: Report
Vuelta a Mallorca, Volta ao Algarve & Trofeo Laiguelia
A quick heads-up of some preparations races that Cannondale took part in. I didn't watch any of them but read up the articles on the websites and Gazzetta.
Vuelta a Mallorca
Maarten Tjallinigi (BEL) took the leader’s jersey after winning the first stage out of a 3-men breakaway 29 seconds ahead of the peloton, leaded by Mark Cavendish (OPQ).
The Manx Missile took stage 2 ahead of Greipel though.
Belkin kept the leader’s jersey on the third day as well, but it wasn’t the same man: Sep Vanmarcke won the hilly route from Deia to Lluc and thereby also claimed the leader’s jersey with quite some margin on second placed Michal Kwiatkowski (OPQ). So far it was truly a duel between dutch team Belkin and Belgian team Omega Pharma. Valverde came in third.
The last stage was again won by Mark Cavendish and thus apparently both teams drew 2-2 in terms of wins.
Cannondale’s riders were Davide Villella as captain, young supertalent Matej Mohoric and Sagan’s brother Juraj. Also featured where George Bennett and Alberto Bettiol. Jean-Marc Marino withdrew on the last stage.
Stage | Name | Team | Leader’s Jersey | 1, FL | Maarten Tjallinigi | Belkin | Maarten Tjallinigi | 2, FL | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma | Maarten Tjallingi | 3, HL | Sep Vanmarcke | Belkin | Sep Vanmarcke | 4, FL | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma | Sep Vanmarcke |
Vuelta a Mallorca Final Classification
Rank | Name | Team | Time | 1 | Sep Vanmarcke | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 12h22'05 | 2 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 55 | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 1'32 |
Spoiler 4 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin Sharp | + 1'40 | 5 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 6 | Richie Porte | Team Sky | s.t. | 7 | Xabier Zandio | Team Sky | s.t. | 8 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 1'54 | 9 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 10 | Roman Kreuziger | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 11 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 2'04 | 12 | Sergio Henao | Team Sky | s.t. | 13 | Matthew Busche | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 14 | Marcos García | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 15 | Jérôme Coppel | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 16 | Dario Cataldo | Team Sky | + 2'17 | 17 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 18 | Michael Rogers | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 19 | Alberto Losada | Team Katusha | s.t. | 20 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin Sharp | + 2'34 | 21 | Sebastian Langeveld | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 22 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 23 | Robert Gesink | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 24 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | s.t. | 25 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Team Katusha | s.t. | 26 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 27 | Joshua Edmondson | Team Sky | s.t. | 28 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 29 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | 30 | Rui Sousa | Rádio Popular - Onda | s.t. | 31 | Ben Hermans | BMC Racing Team | + 3'07 | 32 | Davide Villella | Cannondale | s.t. | 33 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 3'22 | 34 | Geraint Thomas | Team Sky | + 3'28 | 35 | Yury Trofimov | Team Katusha | s.t. | 36 | Matthias Brändle | IAM Cycling | + 3'48 | 37 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | + 3'57 | 38 | Romain Hardy | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 39 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 4'12 | 40 | André Cardoso | Garmin Sharp | + 4'47 | 41 | Antonio Piedra | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 4'53 | 42 | Eduard Vorganov | Team Katusha | + 8'33 | 43 | Toms Skujins | Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | + 8'53 | 44 | Jérôme Baugnies | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | 45 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar Team | + 9'15 | 46 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | 47 | Juan José Lobato | Movistar Team | + 9'29 | 48 | Michael Valgren | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 49 | Sebastian Henao | Team Sky | s.t. | 50 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 51 | Rubén Fernández | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 9'40 | 52 | Rudy Molard | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 9'51 | 53 | Joey Rosskopf | Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | + 10'10 | 54 | Carlos Barbero | Euskadi | + 10'18 | 55 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 56 | Pello Bilbao | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 57 | Alexander Foliforov | Itera - Katusha | + 10'59 | 58 | Rohan Dennis | Garmin Sharp | + 12'05 | 59 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 60 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 12'22 | 61 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 12'38 | 62 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | + 12'44 | 63 | Igor Antón | Movistar Team | s.t. | 64 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 65 | Jesús Hernández | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 66 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol | + 13'02 | 67 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | 68 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 69 | Kristof Vandewalle | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 70 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 71 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek Factory Racing | + 13'14 | 72 | Robert Wagner | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 13'30 | 73 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | s.t. | 74 | Rory Sutherland | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 75 | Yaroslav Popovych | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 76 | Oliver Zaugg | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 77 | David Belda | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | 78 | Jackson Rodríguez | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 79 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 80 | Johnny Hoogerland | Androni Giocattoli | + 13'34 | 81 | Maarten Tjallingii | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 13'38 | 82 | Luis Ángel Maté | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 83 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol | + 13'41 | 84 | Kevyn Ista | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 85 | Cyril Lemoine | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 86 | Maciej Paterski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 87 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 88 | Jonathan Fumeaux | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 89 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 90 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 91 | Robert Kiserlovski | Trek Factory Racing | + 13'50 | 92 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 13'53 | 93 | Bartlomiej Matysiak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 94 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 95 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 96 | Larry Warbasse | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 97 | Christopher Butler | Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | s.t. | 98 | Haritz Orbe | Euskadi | + 14'19 | 99 | Tomasz Kiendyś | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 100 | Miguel Mínguez | Euskadi | + 14'24 | 101 | Fabricio Ferrari | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 14'26 | 102 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 103 | Frederik Veuchelen | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | 104 | Tomás Gil | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 105 | Frederik Willems | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 106 | Daniel Navarro | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 107 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Katusha | + 14'41 | 108 | Maxim Pokidov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | 109 | Joseph Lewis | Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | s.t. | 110 | Pablo Lechuga | Euskadi | s.t. | 111 | Laurens De Vreese | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | 112 | Marcel Aregger | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 113 | Pirmin Lang | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 114 | Dimitry Ignatiev | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | 115 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Belisol | + 14'51 | 116 | Ibai Salas | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | 117 | Jesse Sergent | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 118 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 119 | Adrian Kurek | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 120 | Ildar Arslanov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | 121 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol | + 14'52 | 122 | Igor Silva | Banco BIC - Carmim | s.t. | 123 | Matej Mohorič | Cannondale | + 14'54 | 124 | Carlos José Ochoa | Androni Giocattoli | + 15'02 | 125 | Egoitz García | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 15'06 | 126 | Evan Huffman | Astana Pro Team | + 15'07 | 127 | Sean De Bie | Lotto Belisol | + 15'08 | 128 | Alexander Ray | Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | s.t. | 129 | Carlos Verona | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 130 | Steven Kruijswijk | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 131 | Rick Flens | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 132 | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 133 | Edson Calderon | 4-72 - Colombia | + 15'17 | 134 | Pablo Torres | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | + 15'19 | 135 | Matteo Pelucchi | IAM Cycling | + 15'20 | 136 | Kenny Van Hummel | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 137 | Roy Jans | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | 138 | Michael Kolar | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 139 | César Fonte | Rádio Popular - Onda | s.t. | 140 | Mirko Selvaggi | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | 141 | Igor Frolov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | 142 | Daniel Silva | Rádio Popular - Onda | s.t. | 143 | George Bennett | Cannondale | s.t. | 144 | David Livramento | Banco BIC - Carmim | + 15'27 | 145 | Ángel Vicioso | Team Katusha | + 15'36 | 146 | Jasper Stuyven | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 147 | Alberto Bettiol | Cannondale | s.t. | 148 | Juraj Sagan | Cannondale | s.t. | 149 | Matteo Di Serafino | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 150 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | + 15'55 | 151 | Fábio Mansilhas | Rádio Popular - Onda | + 15'58 | 152 | Mateusz Nowak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 15'59 | 153 | Joseph Schmalz | Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | s.t. | 154 | Anton Vorobyev | Team Katusha | s.t. | 155 | Tim De Troyer | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | 156 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 157 | Diego Ochoa | 4-72 - Colombia | s.t. | 158 | Ramón Domene | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 159 | Jon Larrinaga | Euskadi | s.t. | 160 | Dmitry Kosyakov | Itera - Katusha | + 16'01 | 161 | Davide Viganò | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 16'14 | 162 | Juan Quintero | 4-72 - Colombia | s.t. | 163 | João Benta | Rádio Popular - Onda | s.t. | 164 | Víctor Martín | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | + 16'15 | 165 | Frederico Figueiredo | Rádio Popular - Onda | + 16'17 | 166 | Vicente Reynès | IAM Cycling | + 16'37 | 167 | Daniel Mestre | Banco BIC - Carmim | + 16'40 | 168 | Mikel Iturria | Euskadi | + 16'53 | 169 | Robin Carpenter | Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | + 17'01 | 170 | Pawel Charucki | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 17'06 | 171 | Yors Santofimio | 4-72 - Colombia | + 17'19 | 172 | Valter Pereira | Banco BIC - Carmim | + 17'25 | 173 | Camilo Suárez | 4-72 - Colombia | s.t. | 174 | Piotr Gawroński | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 17'42 | 175 | Hernán Aguirre | 4-72 - Colombia | + 17'43 | 176 | Nikolay Mihaylov | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 18'48 | 177 | Henrique Casimiro | Banco BIC - Carmim | + 18'51 | 178 | Roman Katyrin | Itera - Katusha | + 18'59 | 179 | Juan Carlos Riutort | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | + 19'08 | 180 | Jan Ghyselinck | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 19'15 | 181 | Carlos Uran | 4-72 - Colombia | + 20'05 | 182 | Artur Kovsh | Itera - Katusha | + 20'42 | 183 | Jose Cruz | Banco BIC - Carmim | + 20'44 | 184 | Jacob King | Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | + 20'54 | 185 | Bernardo Suaza | 4-72 - Colombia | + 22'07 | 186 | Dario Antonio | Banco BIC - Carmim | + 22'27 | 187 | Marco Bandiera | Androni Giocattoli | + 22'30 | 188 | Federico Butto | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | + 23'01 |
Volta ao Algarve
We sent in our Jack of All Trades into this race: Peter Sagan. Hopes lay not so much on stage wins but more on building up some form for Tirreno-Adriatico, Mailand San Remo and the Flanders races. Alongside him were featured his brother Juraj as well as Fabio Sabatini as his lead-out man. Krizek, Bettiol and Mohoric were the men for breakaways or occasional relay work.
While Mark Cavendish profited from some great lead-out duties by Tom Boonen on stage 1 and took a clear win, Marco Bandiera in turn was the lucky rider in the breakaway on stage 2 as he took the stage win as well as the leader’s jersey. His team Androni couldn’t hold on it for long though.
Peter Sagan showed that his form is slowly coming together and seemingly easy impressed at Stage 3 of Volta ao Algarve. His win put him at quite an advantage to the other guys. Who but Sagan should have provided our first win of the season anyway?
His form didn’t let the team down in the Time Trial either, which was featured as stage 4. Though Bradley Wiggins took the victory, Peter Sagan came in 17 seconds later. His lead was all too comfortable at that point that he could make a wheelie as he crossed the finish line of the Time Trial as last rider, and as the winner.
Stage | Name | Team | Leader’s Jersey | 1, FL | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma | Mark Cavendish | 2, FL | Marco Bandiera | Androni | Marco Bandiera | 3, HL | Peter Sagan | Cannondale | Peter Sagan | 4, TT – FL | Bradley Wiggins | SKY | Peter Sagan |
Volta ao Algarve Final Classification
Rank | Name | Team | Time | 1 | Peter Sagan | Cannondale | 13h43'47 | 2 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | + 55 | 3 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | + 1'03 | 4 | Rigoberto Urán | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 1'04 | 5 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 1'57 | 6 | Bradley Wiggins | Team Sky | + 2'07 | 7 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto Belisol | + 2'09 | 8 | Esteban Chaves | Orica GreenEdge | + 2'43 | 9 | Dario Cataldo | Team Sky | + 2'46 | 10 | Richie Porte | Team Sky | + 2'51 |
Spoiler 11 | Peter Velits | BMC Racing Team | + 2'55 | 12 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 2'56 | 13 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 14 | Ilnur Zakarin | RusVelo | + 3'01 | 15 | Rui Costa | Lampre - Merida | + 3'10 | 16 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 3'18 | 17 | Hugo Sabido | LA Alumínios - Antarte | + 4'02 | 18 | Kristijan Durasek | Lampre - Merida | + 4'08 | 19 | Guillaume Bonnafond | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4'13 | 20 | Sergey Firsanov | RusVelo | + 4'32 | 21 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar Team | + 4'53 | 22 | Robert Kiserlovski | Trek Factory Racing | + 4'59 | 23 | Riccardo Zoidl | Trek Factory Racing | + 5'10 | 24 | Adam Yates | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 25 | Yoann Bagot | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 5'14 | 26 | Marcos García | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 5'19 | 27 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | + 5'39 | 28 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ.fr | + 6'03 | 29 | Samuel Dumoulin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 6'17 | 30 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | + 6'31 | 31 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | + 7'05 | 32 | Julian Kern | AG2R La Mondiale | + 7'48 | 33 | Fabio Sabatini | Cannondale | + 8'20 | 34 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Sky | + 8'29 | 35 | Sacha Modolo | Lampre - Merida | + 8'38 | 36 | Guillaume Levarlet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 9'00 | 37 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 9'16 | 38 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 9'26 | 39 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ.fr | + 9'38 | 40 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 9'45 | 41 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ.fr | + 10'00 | 42 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | + 10'08 | 43 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol | + 10'14 | 44 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 45 | Christian Knees | Team Sky | + 10'16 | 46 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek Factory Racing | + 10'20 | 47 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 10'23 | 48 | Daryl Impey | Orica GreenEdge | + 10'42 | 49 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ.fr | + 10'45 | 50 | Artem Ovechkin | RusVelo | + 10'48 | 51 | Olivier Kaisen | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 52 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 10'49 | 53 | Hayden Roulston | Trek Factory Racing | + 10'52 | 54 | Sébastien Minard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 10'54 | 55 | José Serpa | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 56 | Jérôme Coppel | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 57 | Yves Lampaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 11'00 | 58 | Mario Costa | OFM - Quinta da Lixa | + 11'04 | 59 | Julian Arredondo | Trek Factory Racing | + 11'08 | 60 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 11'18 | 61 | Rafael Reis | Banco BIC - Carmim | + 11'21 | 62 | Sander Armee | Lotto Belisol | + 11'34 | 63 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 11'53 | 64 | Víctor De la Parte | Efapel - Glassdrive | + 12'02 | 65 | Karol Domagalski | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 12'06 | 66 | Sébastien Turgot | AG2R La Mondiale | + 12'09 | 67 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | + 12'11 | 68 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 12'15 | 69 | Pieter Jacobs | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 12'16 | 70 | Hubert Dupont | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 71 | Sergey Lagutin | RusVelo | + 12'23 | 72 | Romain Sicard | Team Europcar | + 12'24 | 73 | Fränk Schleck | Trek Factory Racing | + 12'36 | 74 | César Fonte | Rádio Popular - Onda | + 12'48 | 75 | Elia Favilli | Lampre - Merida | + 12'51 | 76 | Marco Coledan | Bardiani CSF | + 12'52 | 77 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | + 13'01 | 78 | Amaro Antunes | Banco BIC - Carmim | + 13'03 | 79 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | + 13'07 | 80 | Frederik Willems | Lotto Belisol | + 13'11 | 81 | Jarl Salomein | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 13'12 | 82 | António Carvalho | LA Alumínios - Antarte | + 13'14 | 83 | Florian Vachon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 13'17 | 84 | Ricardo Vilela | OFM - Quinta da Lixa | + 13'19 | 85 | Gert Joeaar | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 13'21 | 86 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 13'24 | 87 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 13'26 | 88 | Célio Sousa | Rádio Popular - Onda | s.t. | 89 | Davide Appollonio | AG2R La Mondiale | + 13'28 | 90 | Matthew Hayman | Orica GreenEdge | + 13'42 | 91 | Fabricio Ferrari | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 13'49 | 92 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 13'53 | 93 | Mitchell Docker | Orica GreenEdge | + 14'00 | 94 | Benoit Jarrier | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 14'01 | 95 | Timofey Kritskiy | RusVelo | + 14'08 | 96 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 14'19 | 97 | Jóni Brandão | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | 98 | Laurent Pichon | FDJ.fr | + 14'32 | 99 | Zico Waeytens | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | 100 | Matej Mohorič | Cannondale | + 14'33 | 101 | Pello Bilbao | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 14'35 | 102 | John Darwin Atapuma | BMC Racing Team | + 14'36 | 103 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 14'37 | 104 | Jesús Rosendo | OFM - Quinta da Lixa | + 14'40 | 105 | Garikoitz Bravo | Efapel - Glassdrive | + 14'42 | 106 | Leigh Howard | Orica GreenEdge | + 14'43 | 107 | Christophe Laborie | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 14'56 | 108 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | + 14'58 | 109 | Fabio Silvestre | Trek Factory Racing | + 15'00 | 110 | Manuel Belletti | Androni Giocattoli | + 15'06 | 111 | Andrea Manfredi | Bardiani CSF | + 15'17 | 112 | Alberto Bettiol | Cannondale | + 15'19 | 113 | Arnaud Courteille | FDJ.fr | + 15'20 | 114 | Juraj Sagan | Cannondale | + 15'26 | 115 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Team Europcar | + 15'31 | 116 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Belisol | + 15'32 | 117 | Christopher Sutton | Team Sky | + 15'34 | 118 | Eduard Prades | OFM - Quinta da Lixa | + 15'35 | 119 | Matthew Goss | Orica GreenEdge | + 15'38 | 120 | Kris Boeckmans | Lotto Belisol | + 15'39 | 121 | Kirill Pozdnyakov | RusVelo | s.t. | 122 | Luis Ángel Maté | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 15'47 | 123 | Jasha Sütterlin | Movistar Team | + 15'53 | 124 | Filippo Fortin | Bardiani CSF | + 16'00 | 125 | Valerio Conti | Lampre - Merida | + 16'15 | 126 | Anthony Delaplace | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 16'19 | 127 | Heiner Parra | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 16'24 | 128 | Tomás Gil | Androni Giocattoli | + 16'33 | 129 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 16'34 | 130 | Marco Frapporti | Androni Giocattoli | + 16'36 | 131 | Romain Hardy | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 16'37 | 132 | Andrea Zordan | Androni Giocattoli | + 16'51 | 133 | Samuel Caldeira | OFM - Quinta da Lixa | + 16'52 | 134 | Eugenio Alafaci | Trek Factory Racing | + 16'56 | 135 | Filipe Cardoso | Efapel - Glassdrive | + 16'58 | 136 | Hélder Oliveira | OFM - Quinta da Lixa | + 17'03 | 137 | Sérgio Sousa | Efapel - Glassdrive | + 17'04 | 138 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica GreenEdge | + 17'10 | 139 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Lampre - Merida | + 17'13 | 140 | Luke Rowe | Team Sky | + 17'19 | 141 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 17'20 | 142 | Andrea Piechele | Bardiani CSF | + 17'25 | 143 | Paolo Colonna | Bardiani CSF | + 17'39 | 144 | Maxime Méderel | Team Europcar | + 17'42 | 145 | Antoine Duchesne | Team Europcar | + 17'45 | 146 | Igor Silva | Banco BIC - Carmim | + 17'49 | 147 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | + 17'51 | 148 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 18'00 | 149 | Nicola Testi | Androni Giocattoli | + 18'08 | 150 | Michael Woods | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | s.t. | 151 | Leonardo Pinizzotto | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | + 18'17 | 152 | Luis Filipe Afonso | LA Alumínios - Antarte | + 18'28 | 153 | Gert Dockx | Lotto Belisol | + 18'31 | 154 | Matthias Krizek | Cannondale | + 18'36 | 155 | Kenny De Ketele | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 18'39 | 156 | Roman Maikin | RusVelo | + 18'48 | 157 | Vergílio Santos | Rádio Popular - Onda | + 19'08 | 158 | Donato De Ieso | Bardiani CSF | + 19'13 | 159 | Bryan Nauleau | Team Europcar | s.t. | 160 | Anatoliy Sosnitskiy | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | + 19'36 | 161 | Yonder Godoy | Androni Giocattoli | + 19'38 | 162 | Tony Hurel | Team Europcar | + 19'47 | 163 | Edgar Pinto | LA Alumínios - Antarte | + 19'50 | 164 | Antonio Piedra | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 20'00 | 165 | Oleksandr Grygorenko | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | + 20'01 | 166 | João Pereira | Efapel - Glassdrive | + 20'09 | 167 | Arnaud Gérard | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 20'35 | 168 | Valter Pereira | Banco BIC - Carmim | + 20'48 | 169 | Ramón Domene | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 20'50 | 170 | Erwann Corbel | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 20'58 | 171 | Diogo Nunes | Banco BIC - Carmim | + 21'06 | 172 | Marco Bandiera | Androni Giocattoli | + 21'24 | 173 | Lluis Guillermo Mas | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 21'39 | 174 | Uri Martins | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | s.t. | 175 | Kenny Van Hummel | Androni Giocattoli | + 21'43 | 176 | Ivan Balykin | RusVelo | + 22'05 | 177 | Ricardo Vale | Rádio Popular - Onda | + 22'06 | 178 | Bruno Sancho | Banco BIC - Carmim | + 22'36 | 179 | André Mourato | LA Alumínios - Antarte | + 22'54 | 180 | Logan Loader | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | + 24'30 | 181 | Pedro Paulinho | LA Alumínios - Antarte | + 26'21 | 182 | Niv Libner | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | + 27'07 | 183 | Dario Antonio | Banco BIC - Carmim | + 27'59 | 184 | Antonio Di Battista | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | + 28'09 | 185 | Marco Canola | Bardiani CSF | + 29'20 | 186 | João Pedro Rodrigues | Banco BIC - Carmim | + 29'37 | 187 | Carlos Carneiro | Rádio Popular - Onda | + 30'58 | 188 | Gonçalo Amado | Rádio Popular - Onda | + 32'04 |
Trofeo Laiguelia
Ivan Basso returned to racing for this season at Trofeo Laiguelia but couldn’t impress. The winner Jan Bakelants put in quite some time into our Italian Superstar in the last climbs. Too much to compete for the win but this is a typical build-up race for Basso obviously. He came into the finish, ranked 14th, with a group consisting of such riders as Diego Ulissi, Matthias Frank, Bart de Clerq or Austrian Georg Preidler.
Trofeo Laiguelia, Results
Rank | Name | Team | Time | 1 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 4h40'58 | 2 | Enrico Battaglin | Bardiani CSF | + 29 | 3 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Belisol | + 57 |
Spoiler 4 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 5 | Jonathan Fumeaux | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 6 | Alberto Losada | Team Katusha | s.t. | 7 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | + 1'25 | 8 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 9 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 10 | George Preidler | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 11 | Stefano Pirazzi | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 12 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 13 | Matthias Frank | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 14 | Ivan Basso | Cannondale | s.t. | 15 | Matti Breschel | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 2'13 | 16 | Juan José Lobato | Movistar Team | s.t. | 17 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 18 | Sonny Colbrelli | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 19 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 20 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Team Sky | s.t. | 21 | Sérgio Paulinho | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 22 | Martin Elmiger | IAM Cycling | + 2'41 | 23 | Yury Trofimov | Team Katusha | s.t. | 24 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Team Katusha | s.t. | 25 | Philip Deignan | Team Sky | s.t. | 26 | David López | Team Sky | s.t. | 27 | Marco Marcato | Cannondale | + 3'04 | 28 | Simone Ponzi | YellowFluo | s.t. | 29 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 30 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Sky | s.t. | 31 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 32 | Matteo Rabottini | YellowFluo | s.t. | 33 | Alessandro Vanotti | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 34 | Valerio Agnoli | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 35 | Danny Pate | Team Sky | s.t. | 36 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 3'43 | 37 | Miguel Rubiano | Colombia | s.t. | 38 | Jonathan Monsalve | YellowFluo | s.t. | 39 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani CSF | + 4'17 | 40 | Johnny Hoogerland | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 41 | Marcel Wyss | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 42 | Emanuel Kiserlovski | Meridiana Kamen Team | s.t. | 43 | Kevin De Weert | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 44 | Thomas Peterson | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 45 | Manuele Boaro | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 4'41 | 46 | Eduard Vorganov | Team Katusha | s.t. | 47 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | 48 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | Lampre - Merida | + 5'01 | 49 | Kevyn Ista | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 50 | Reto Hollenstein | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 51 | George Bennett | Cannondale | s.t. | 52 | Pim Ligthart | Lotto Belisol | + 5'30 | 53 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 8'48 | 54 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | 55 | Gianfranco Zilioli | Androni Giocattoli | + 9'19 | 56 | Dries Devenyns | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 57 | Mattia Cattaneo | Lampre - Merida | + 9'45 | 58 | Anatoliy Pakhtusov | ISD Continental Team | s.t. | 59 | Federico Rocchetti | Utensilnord | + 10'07 | 60 | Joseph Dombrowski | Team Sky | s.t. | 61 | Patrick Facchini | Androni Giocattoli | + 10'48 | 62 | Arman Kamyshev | Astana Pro Team | + 11'17 | 63 | Anton Vorobyev | Team Katusha | s.t. | 64 | Aljaz Hocevar | Adria Mobil | s.t. | 65 | Jonathan Paredes | Colombia | + 12'02 | 66 | Adriano Malori | Movistar Team | + 15'41 | 67 | Haimar Zubeldia | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 68 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 16'09 | 69 | Rafael Valls | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 70 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Katusha | + 16'34 | 71 | Sylwester Szmyd | Movistar Team | s.t. | 72 | Cristiano Salerno | Cannondale | s.t. | 73 | Alexander Porsev | Team Katusha | + 17'08 | 74 | Vladimir Isaychev | Team Katusha | s.t. | 75 | Grégory Rast | Trek Factory Racing | + 17'34 | 76 | Nicola Dal Santo | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | s.t. | 77 | Edward King | Cannondale | + 17'58 | 78 | Jesper Hansen | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 79 | Albert Timmer | Team Giant - Shimano | + 18'24 | 80 | Mikhail Akimov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | 81 | Dayer Quintana | Movistar Team | + 18'58 | 82 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | + 21'33 | 83 | Vitaliy Popkov | ISD Continental Team | + 21'55 | 84 | Angelo Pagani | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 85 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 86 | Bruno Pires | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 87 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 22'37 | 88 | Matteo Tosatto | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 89 | Andrea Fedi | YellowFluo | s.t. | 90 | Silvan Dillier | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 91 | Jackson Rodríguez | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 92 | Robinson Chalapud | Colombia | s.t. | 93 | Diego Rosa | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 94 | Edwin Ávila | Colombia | + 23'01 | 95 | Filippo Baggio | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | s.t. | 96 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 97 | Stig Broeckx | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 98 | Alfredo Balloni | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | s.t. | 99 | Carlos Verona | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 100 | Sea Keong Loh | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 101 | Daan Olivier | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 102 | Kristof Vandewalle | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 103 | Danny Van Poppel | Trek Factory Racing | + 23'32 | 104 | Vicente Reynès | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 105 | Maxim Pokidov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | 106 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 107 | Bruno Maltar | Adria Mobil | s.t. | 108 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 23'52 | 109 | Jonas Ahlstrand | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 110 | Nicola Boem | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 111 | Artem Topchanyuk | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | s.t. | 112 | Matteo Di Serafino | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 113 | Kristjan Fajt | Adria Mobil | s.t. | 114 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team Sky | s.t. | 115 | Denys Karnulin | ISD Continental Team | s.t. | 116 | Roger Kluge | IAM Cycling | + 24'24 | 117 | Marko Kump | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 118 | Alessandro Malaguti | Vini Fantini Nippo | s.t. | 119 | Jasper Stuyven | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 120 | Sebastian Lander | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 121 | Zsolt Der | Utensilnord | s.t. | 122 | Viesturs Luksevics | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | s.t. | 123 | Luka Grubic | Meridiana Kamen Team | s.t. | 124 | Carlos Quintero | Colombia | s.t. | 125 | Gianni Bellini | YellowFluo | s.t. | 126 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | + 25'11 | 127 | Francesco Chicchi | YellowFluo | s.t. | 128 | Danilo Hondo | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 129 | Jay McCarthy | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 130 | Mattia Pozzo | YellowFluo | s.t. | 131 | Joshua Edmondson | Team Sky | s.t. | 132 | Antonio Santoro | Meridiana Kamen Team | s.t. | 133 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | s.t. | 134 | Alessandro Mazzi | Utensilnord | s.t. | 135 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 136 | Vegard Breen | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 137 | Stefano Locatelli | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 138 | Larry Warbasse | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 139 | Gennaro Maddaluno | Utensilnord | s.t. | 140 | Daniil Fominykh | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 141 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 25'34 | 142 | Jonas Vangenechten | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 143 | Jesse Sergent | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 144 | Kirill Yatsevich | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | 145 | Matteo Belli | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | s.t. | 146 | Botond Hollo | Utensilnord | s.t. | 147 | Davide Mucelli | Meridiana Kamen Team | s.t. | 148 | Sergey Nikolaev | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | 149 | Gianfranco Visconti | Utensilnord | s.t. | 150 | Gang Xu | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 151 | Dmitry Kosyakov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | 152 | Massimo Demarin | Meridiana Kamen Team | s.t. | 153 | Daniel Paulus | Vini Fantini Nippo | s.t. | 154 | Alexander Foliforov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | 155 | Jure Berk | Adria Mobil | s.t. | 156 | Alexander Cataford | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | s.t. | 157 | Omar Bertazzo | Androni Giocattoli | + 26'00 | 158 | Matej Mugerli | Adria Mobil | s.t. | 159 | Primož Roglič | Adria Mobil | s.t. | 160 | Alessandro De Marchi | Cannondale | s.t. | 161 | Mirko Tedeschi | YellowFluo | s.t. | 162 | Yuya Akimaru | Vini Fantini Nippo | s.t. | 163 | Lorenzo Trabucco | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | s.t. | 164 | Konstantin Klimiankou | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | s.t. | 165 | Endi Sirol | Meridiana Kamen Team | s.t. | 166 | Luis Largo | Colombia | s.t. | 167 | Alex Paoli | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | + 26'29 | 168 | Yuma Koishi | Vini Fantini Nippo | s.t. | 169 | Gianfelice Fonte | Utensilnord | s.t. | 170 | Bruno Carvalho Sá | ISD Continental Team | s.t. | 171 | Antonio Viola | Vini Fantini Nippo | + 26'56 | 172 | Victor Manakov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | 173 | Volodymyr Dzhus | ISD Continental Team | s.t. | 174 | Genki Yamamoto | Vini Fantini Nippo | s.t. | 175 | Willie Smit | Vini Fantini Nippo | s.t. | 176 | Giacomo Forconi | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | s.t. | 177 | Darwin Pantoja | Colombia | s.t. | 178 | Pavel Ptashkin | Itera - Katusha | + 27'25 | 179 | Yukinori Hishinuma | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | s.t. | 180 | Zoltan Lengyel | Utensilnord | + 27'51 | 181 | Kim Magnusson | Vini Fantini Nippo | s.t. | 182 | James Piccoli | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | s.t. | 183 | Edward Diaz | Colombia | s.t. | 184 | Maksym Vasilyev | ISD Continental Team | + 28'39 | 185 | Loris Paoli | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | + 29'25 | 186 | Evgenii Manko | Amore & Vita - Selle SMP | + 29'52 |
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baia |
Posted on 18-03-2014 18:24
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What i meant with seing Visconti in 2014 was is debut..
Bad crash, hope Visconti´s rips are ok..
Maybe Visconti will have the chance to shine in small classics, who knows.
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Posted on 18-03-2014 18:33
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Wiggins lost lots of time in Algarve, could've won there because of that TT |
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Posted on 18-03-2014 19:01
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@baia: It's the typical race schedule for a young rider. Aim for small races, helper duties in big classics. Unfortunately, with Gatto, Marcato and on top of all Sagan, there are plenty of riders ahead of him in the ranking order. Ribs are molto bene though.
@YvesStevens: Wiggins only gained 17 seconds on Sagan. You have to bring a bit more to the table for winning a stage race than a decent TT performance. Well, except if you're Tony Martin I guess.
I'll post Omloop later on. Spring classics ftw!
I'm currently playing a bit Giro d'Italia here and there. Startlist is out of this world: Froome, Contador, Wiggins, Nibali, Uran, Purito, Betancur... and Basso the Assassin Who's left for TdF?
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Posted on 18-03-2014 19:36
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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Spartacus sets the mood
Fabian Cancellara wins the opening classic of the Belgian spring season ahead of Tom Boonen. Both of them showed an impeccable early form and dueled each other throughout the race. Eventually Spartacus had much more left in the final sprint and – maybe a bit surprisingly – outsprinted Tom Boonen. Peter Sagan finished way beyond.
Omloop Het Niuewsblad is the opening classic for the Belgian spring season. This also means the start signal for some of the most exciting races I will attend this year. For today’s stage I’ll protect Peter Sagan from wind, crashes and other misfortunate incidents. With us are also Kristja Koren, Oscar Gatto, Marco Marcato and Fabio Sabatini. A fantastic squad, however many of us either lacking form or are bit exhausted. Our tactic was to try to keep the race together so that Peter may have easy game in the final meters. It has failed.
In the early part of the race I had some time to talk to Peter. He’s a truly fun guy and we shared a few laughs. He also gave me some tips on how to move up the team hierarchy. You know, right now, I’m protecting him, getting bottles… all that stuff. Obviously I want to have more in the future. But for now, looking out for our captain, it’s alright.
I can tell you though: It’s something entirely different from riding on your own in a good old race of Cyclo Cross.
Pure hectic in the finale!
There was a rather large breakaway up front. About 11 riders, amongst them riders such as Devolder, Bak, Schär or Veelers. That’s why we couldn’t take it easy all the time. When we hit the cobbles I was on familiar terrain and I felt like I was doing well. The pace was quite high but doable throughout. Peter and I kept ourselves always upfront. Unfortunately many of our teammates weren’t as aware as they missed crucial splits. Only Marco Marcato managed to get back eventually. No sign of Gatto though.
When Boonen and Spartacus attacked, that’s when things really took shape. Of course Peter wanted to follow them. That was for me the command to pace a bit but only for some seconds. Peter may have thought that they were getting away too far. He put me besides and thus I felt like I could call it day. Rest a bit for the remaining stage. Sagan attacked and with him some other riders. I was just sitting back and enjoying the show.
However, despite his victory at Volta ao Algarve, Sagan wasn’t in his best shape yet. He finished a bit behind as he couldn’t hold onto the intense racing upfront and then he even lost ground in the sprint. At least Marcato helped him along the way as I wasn't worth much once the finale was picking up its pace. Thus I finished way behind. My legs hurting from the cobbles. I am missing some endurance yet but I feel how it gets better. These races really improve you in that regard.
Impressions
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Results
Rank | Name | Team | Time | 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Trek Factory Racing | 4h37'36 | 2 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 3 | Sep Vanmarcke | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 4 | Tom Veelers | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 5 | Sylvain Chavanel | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 6 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 7 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 8 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 9 | Heinrich Haussler | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 10 | Luca Paolini | Team Katusha | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Lars Boom | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 12 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 13 | Peter Sagan | Cannondale | s.t. | 14 | Maarten Tjallingii | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 15 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 16 | Marco Marcato | Cannondale | s.t. | 17 | Damien Gaudin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 18 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 19 | Sébastien Turgot | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 20 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 21 | Yohan Offredo | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 22 | Stijn Devolder | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 23 | Geraint Thomas | Team Sky | + 2'46 | 24 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 25 | Sebastian Langeveld | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 26 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 27 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 28 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 29 | Matthew Hayman | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 30 | Maarten Wynants | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 31 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 32 | Björn Leukemans | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | 33 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Sky | s.t. | 34 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | s.t. | 35 | Steve Chainel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 36 | Hayden Roulston | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 37 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 38 | Nick Nuyens | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 39 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica GreenEdge | + 3'28 | 40 | Raphael Visconti | Cannondale | s.t. | 41 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ.fr | + 4'59 | 42 | Joeri Stallaert | Veranclassic - Doltcini | s.t. | 43 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 44 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 45 | Joren Segers | Team 3M | s.t. | 46 | Christian Knees | Team Sky | s.t. | 47 | Jan Ghyselinck | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 5'45 | 48 | Stijn Steels | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | 49 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 6'41 | 50 | Greg Henderson | Lotto Belisol | + 7'14 | 51 | Matthew Goss | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 52 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | s.t. | 53 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | s.t. | 54 | Mickaël Delage | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 55 | Markel Irizar | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 56 | Jack Bauer | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 57 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 8'52 | 58 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 10'09 | 59 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | + 11'26 | 60 | Daniele Bennati | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 61 | Pieter Jacobs | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | 62 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | 63 | Dominic Klemme | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 64 | Dylan van Baarle | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 65 | Paul Martens | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 66 | Vicente Reynès | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 67 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 68 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 69 | Mitchell Docker | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 70 | Pieter Serry | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 71 | Martin Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 72 | Martin Elmiger | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 73 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | 74 | Lieuwe Westra | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 75 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 76 | Frédéric Amorison | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | 77 | Cyril Lemoine | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 78 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 79 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 80 | Luke Durbridge | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 81 | Yury Trofimov | Team Katusha | s.t. | 82 | Patrick Gretsch | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 83 | Mirko Selvaggi | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 13'58 | 84 | Gabriel Rasch | Team Sky | s.t. | 85 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 86 | Dries Devenyns | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 87 | Vladimir Gusev | Team Katusha | s.t. | 88 | Karsten Kroon | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 89 | Egoitz García | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 90 | Frederik Veuchelen | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | 91 | Kevyn Ista | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 92 | Petr Vakoč | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 93 | David Boucher | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 94 | Jasper Stuyven | Trek Factory Racing | + 14'38 | 95 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | 96 | Sébastien Rosseler | Veranclassic - Doltcini | s.t. | 97 | Olivier Kaisen | Lotto Belisol | + 15'39 | 98 | Sébastien Delfosse | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | 99 | Scott Thwaites | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 100 | Andreas Stauff | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | 101 | Kristof Vandewalle | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 102 | Louis Verhelst | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 16'10 | 103 | Paul Voss | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 104 | Bert De Backer | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 105 | Marko Kump | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 16'52 | 106 | Tim Declercq | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | 107 | Gatis Smukulis | Team Katusha | s.t. | 108 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 109 | Kenny De Ketele | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | 110 | Sander Armee | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 111 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 112 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 113 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 114 | Giorgio Brambilla | Veranclassic - Doltcini | s.t. | 115 | Fabien Bacquet | Veranclassic - Doltcini | s.t. | 116 | Roy Jans | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | 117 | Antoine Demoitie | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | 118 | Kevin Van Melsen | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | 119 | Michael Kolar | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 120 | Jérôme Baugnies | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | 121 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 122 | Robin Stenuit | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | 123 | Arthur Van Overberghe | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | 124 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | s.t. | 125 | Michael Valgren | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 126 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 127 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 128 | Edward Theuns | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | 129 | Warren Barguil | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 130 | David De la Cruz | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 131 | Nathan Earle | Team Sky | s.t. | 132 | Dennis Vanendert | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 133 | Jonathan Fumeaux | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 134 | Cesare Benedetti | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 135 | Fabio Sabatini | Cannondale | s.t. | 136 | Ivan Santaromita | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 137 | Oscar Gatto | Cannondale | s.t. | 138 | Laurent Evrard | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | 139 | Jonathan Dufrasne | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | 140 | Kristian Sbaragli | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | 141 | Francis De Greef | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | 142 | Florian Senechal | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 143 | Adam Yates | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 144 | Emilien Viennet | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 145 | Axel Domont | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 146 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 147 | Eduard Vorganov | Team Katusha | s.t. | 148 | Daan Olivier | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 149 | Fränk Schleck | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 150 | Alex Howes | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 151 | Nicki Sørensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 152 | Martin Wesemann | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | 153 | Sam Bewley | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 154 | Natnael Berhane | Team Europcar | s.t. | 155 | Thomas Damuseau | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 156 | Vegard Breen | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 157 | Joshua Edmondson | Team Sky | s.t. | 158 | Dennis Van Niekerk | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | 159 | Patrick Schelling | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 160 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 161 | Jacobus Venter | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | 162 | Caleb Fairly | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | 163 | Kristjan Koren | Cannondale | s.t. | 164 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Team Sky | s.t. | 165 | Alberto Losada | Team Katusha | s.t. | 166 | Gilles Devillers | Veranclassic - Doltcini | s.t. | 167 | Kevin Van Hoovels | Team 3M | s.t. | 168 | Frantisek Padour | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 169 | Francesco Van Coppernolle | Veranclassic - Doltcini | s.t. | 170 | Kenny Elissonde | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 171 | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 172 | Hamish Schreurs | Veranclassic - Doltcini | s.t. | 173 | Evgeni Petrov | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 174 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 175 | Michael Schwarzmann | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 176 | Quentin Bertholet | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | 177 | Luis Ángel Maté | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 178 | Stef Van Zummeren | Team 3M | s.t. | 179 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 180 | Emiel Vermeulen | Team 3M | s.t. | 181 | Johann Van Zyl | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | 182 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 183 | Alexander Rybakov | Team Katusha | s.t. | 184 | Gregory Franckaert | Team 3M | s.t. | 185 | Daniel Navarro | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 186 | Gertjan De Vos | Team 3M | + 19'12 | 187 | Christophe Sleurs | Team 3M | s.t. | 188 | Sergio Pardilla | MTN - Qhubeka | + 20'05 | 189 | Florent Mottet | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | 190 | Maxime Méderel | Team Europcar | + 20'31 | 191 | Daniil Fominykh | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 192 | Erick Rowsell | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 193 | Jens Schuermans | Team 3M | s.t. | 194 | Romain Sicard | Team Europcar | s.t. | 195 | José Mendes | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 196 | Sebastian Henao | Team Sky | s.t. | 197 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 198 | Serge De Wortelaer | Veranclassic - Doltcini | + 27'40 |
See you at K-B-K. It’s tomorrow and it’s going to be exciting. |
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-03-2014 19:54
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If you don't know what to do exactly in your first spring classic: Well, just keep at Sagan's side. That's what they told me.
The difficulty is keeping next to his side until the finish, I reckon |
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Shonak |
Posted on 18-03-2014 20:34
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Exactly, mate. But Raphael did his fair share of work this time around, so all's cool.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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sutty68 |
Posted on 18-03-2014 22:41
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Raphael has improved from Etruschi and looks like he is enjoying himself |
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Shonak |
Posted on 19-03-2014 08:03
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bump
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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