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Posted on 25-03-2020 09:19
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Decent finish for GB, very nice to see!  Hopefully he can hold on to the Top10.
I also love the layout of your results!
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Posted on 25-03-2020 09:40
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Thanks. I worked quite a bit on the format at the start. Good to see it's appreciated
As for the race, 3 riders in 11 seconds. It won't be easy to keep that top 10 spot.
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Posted on 25-03-2020 12:57
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| | | | | |  | C. Froome |  | M. A. Lopez |  | B. O'Connor |  | M. A. Lopez |
Plenty of climbing on today's route but with so many tired legs in the pack we did not see the fireworks some might have expected. Buchmann and Lopez who seemed to be in great shape this final week were once again on the attack, but their moves failed to materialize. The Colombian will definitely be disappointed by not being able to shake Froome off his wheel in his last chance to do so
Another one of this third week of racing performers, Ben O'Connor managed not only to successfully defend his polka dots jersey, but get a stage win to his name as well as he was the only survivor of the day's massive breakaway. Grand Tour of his career so far for the Australian
Bennett didn't have one of his best days today and was not able to stay with the main group today. As his closest rival, Rigoberto Uran, managed to stay with the likes of Lopez and Froome, it meant that the Jumbo rider would have lost his place in the top 10
Stage | 1. |  | Ben O'Connor | Team Dimension Data | 6h27'04 | | 2. |  | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | + 12 | | 3. |  | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 4. | | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 5. |  | Chris Froome | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 6. | | Adam Yates | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 7. |  | Sander Armée | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 8. |  | Michael Woods | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 33 | | 9. |  | Richard Carapaz | Movistar Team | + 49 | | 10. |  | Marc Soler | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 11. |  | Ian Boswell | Team Katusha- Alpecin | s.t. | | 12. |  | Domenico Pozzovivo | Bahrain - Merida | + 1'02 | | 13. |  | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 14. | | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | + 1'22 | | 15. |  | George Bennett | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
General Classification | 1. | | Chris Froome | Team INEOS | 89h21'07 | | 2. | | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | + 1'18 | | 3. | | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | + 4'44 | | 4. | | Adam Yates | Mitchelton-Scott | + 10'03 | | 5. | | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA - hansgrohe | + 10'37 | | 6. | | Richard Carapaz | Movistar Team | + 14'01 | | 7. | | Michael Woods | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 8. |  | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | + 15'44 | | 9. | | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 16'43 | | 10. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 16'47 | | 11. | | George Bennett | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 17'51 | | 12. | | Vincenzo Nibali | Bahrain - Merida | + 19'06 | | 13. |  | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Katusha- Alpecin | + 20'41 | | 14. | | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | + 22'16 | | 15. | | Egan Bernal | Team INEOS | + 24'01 |
| | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | 218 | | | Ben O'Connor | Team Dimension Data | 162 | | | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | 89h22'25 |  | | Movistar Team | | 267h29'19 |
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Posted on 25-03-2020 13:40
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| | | | | | | C. Froome | | M. A. Lopez | | B. O'Connor | | M. A. Lopez |
The Jumbo train was at the front of the pack ready to launch Danny Van Poppel, but once again the Dutch Champion failed to complete the perfect work done by his team - mates with a stage win. It was UAE's Fernando Gaviria who crossed the line in first place (with some help from the Shimano cars)
It was not a traditional final Grand Tour stage with the pack shattered into many groups in the last kilometers of the stage! George Bennett was best place from the GC riders and won time on everyone else, but it was not enough to move him back in the top 10, despite having the same time as Geraint Thomas!
Froome and Lopez finished together so no drama in the red jersey battle as Chris Froome achieves a fantastic Tour-Vuelta double. We didn't see much of him this season but he definitely delivered when it mattered the most: in the Grand Tours.
Stage | 1. | | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | 2h10'59 | | 2. | | Edward Theuns | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 3. | | Matteo Trentin | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 4. | | Sacha Modolo | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 5. | | Mark Cavendish | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 6. | | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 7. | | André Greipel | Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. | | 8. | | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 9. | | Fabio Jakobsen | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 10. | | Timo Roosen | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 18 | | 11. | | George Bennett | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 12. |  | Maximiliano Ariel Richeze | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 13. | | Pascal Ackermann | BORA - hansgrohe | + 36 | | 14. | | Juan Sebastián Molano | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 15. |  | Christophe Laporte | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. |
General Classification | 1. | | Chris Froome | Team INEOS | 91h32'42 | | 2. | | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | + 1'18 | | 3. | | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | + 4'44 | | 4. | | Adam Yates | Mitchelton-Scott | + 10'03 | | 5. | | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA - hansgrohe | + 10'37 | | 6. | | Michael Woods | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 14'01 | | 7. | | Richard Carapaz | Movistar Team | + 14'46 | | 8. | | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | + 16'29 | | 9. | | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 16'43 | | 10. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 17'32 | | 11. | | George Bennett | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 12. | | Vincenzo Nibali | Bahrain - Merida | + 19'51 | | 13. | | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Katusha- Alpecin | + 20'41 | | 14. | | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | + 23'46 | | 15. | | Egan Bernal | Team INEOS | + 24'46 | | 16. | | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | + 27'38 | | 17. | | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | + 34'19 | | 18. | | Marc Soler | Movistar Team | + 36'44 | | 19. | | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 46'25 | | 20. | | Daniel Felipe Martínez | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 53'33 | | 21. | | Pavel Sivakov | Team INEOS | + 55'35 | | 22. | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h02'29 | | 23. | | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Movistar Team | + 1h07'16 | | 24. | | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama - FDJ | + 1h08'38 | | 25. | | Serge Pauwels | CCC Team | + 1h09'13 |
Points Classification | 1. | | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | 218 | | 2. | | Chris Froome | Team INEOS | 158 | | 3. | | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA - hansgrohe | 125 |
KoM Classification | 1. | | Ben O'Connor | Team Dimension Data | 162 | | 2. |  | Daniel Martin | UAE Team Emirates | 100 | | 3. | | Daniel Felipe Martínez | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | 82 |
U25 Classification | 1. | | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | 91h34'00 | | 2. | | Egan Bernal | Team INEOS | + 23'28 | | 3. | | Daniel Felipe Martínez | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 52'15 |
Teams Classification | 1. | | Movistar Team | | 274h05'34 | | 2. | | Team INEOS | | + 4'58 | | 3. | | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | | + 10'19 |
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Posted on 25-03-2020 14:06
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Every time I read this title, I get this song stuck in my head 
Unfortunate that George Bennett missed out on the Top 10 so narrowly. I'm going to have to go back to do some reading, I think I missed this story previously.
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Posted on 25-03-2020 14:31
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I actually had that song in mind when I picked the name of the story.
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Posted on 25-03-2020 17:57
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A Belgian quartet of Wellens, Teuns, Meurisse and Lambrecht tried to take the others by surprised after the last climb of the route and even though their move stretched the pack quite a bit, it was not a decisive one.
Everything went down in a sprint where it was Quebec's performer, Xandro Meurisse who proved to be the fastest. A fantastic weekend for the Wanty rider as he claims the victory in both Canadian races.
Results | 1. | | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | 5h37'08 | | 2. |  | Patrick Konrad | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 3. | | Dylan Teuns | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 4. | | Michael Valgren Andersen | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 5. | | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 6. | | Bjorg Lambrecht | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 7. | | David Gaudu | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 8. | | José Joaquin Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 9. |  | Ruben Guerreiro | Team Katusha- Alpecin | s.t. | | 10. | | Jonathan Hivert | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 11. | | Dion Smith | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 12. | | Loic Vliegen | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 13. | | Gianni Moscon | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 14. | | Maurits Lammertink | Roompot-Charles | s.t. | | 15. | | Giulio Ciccone | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 16. |  | Tanel Kangert | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 17. |  | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 18. | | Sam Oomen | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 19. | | Warren Barguil | Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. | | 20. | | Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
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Posted on 25-03-2020 17:57
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It was the race of Alan Banaszek's life in Britain as the Pole managed to win four of the race's 7 stages. All of his victories came down in mass sprints, only missing out on two occasions, in the stages won by Edward Planckaert and Alexander Kamp.
Everybody expected the race to be decided in fifth stage's time - trial. In a way it was decided as that stage shaped most of the GC, but not in terms of first place. Even though Filippo Ganna won the stage, he was not able to clench the overall win as well, as his team - mate, Kwiatkowski did very well to get some bonus seconds in several of the flat stages, which placed him at the very top of the rankings.
Ganna did well in the time - trial but it was not enough
Stage by stage breakdown | | | Winner | | Leader |  | Stage 1 | | Edward Planckaert | | Edward Planckaert | | Stage 2 |  | Alan Banaszek | | Alan Banaszek | | Stage 3 | | Alan Banaszek | | Alan Banaszek | | Stage 4 | | Alan Banaszek | | Alan Banaszek |  | Stage 5 | | Filippo Ganna | | Filippo Ganna | | Stage 6 | | Alexander Kamp | | Michal Kwiatkowski | | Stage 7 | | Alan Banaszek | | Michal Kwiatkowski |
Results | 1. | | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team INEOS | 28h25'34 | | 2. | | Filippo Ganna | Team INEOS | + 1 | | 3. | | Lennard Kämna | Team Sunweb | + 18 | | 4. |  | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 21 | | 5. | | Mathias Norsgaard | Riwal - Readynez Cycling Team | + 28 | | 6. | | Jos Van Emden | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 31 | | 7. |  | Vasil Kiryienka | Team INEOS | + 32 | | 8. | | Sergey Chernetckii | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 48 | | 9. |  | Mauricio Moreira | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 10. | | Nicolas Roche | Team Sunweb | + 49 | | 11. | | Alan Banaszek | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 1'02 | | 12. | | Christian Knees | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 13. | | David González | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 1'08 | | 14. |  | Kristoffer Halvorsen | Team INEOS | + 1'09 | | 15. | | Silvio Herklotz | Burgos - BH | + 1'15 | | 16. | | Angel Madrazo | Burgos - BH | + 1'20 | | 17. | | Rasmus Bøgh Wallin | Riwal - Readynez Cycling Team | + 1'22 | | 18. | | Mark Christian | Team Wiggins - Le Col | s.t. | | 19. | | Chris Hamilton | Team Sunweb | + 1'23 | | 20. | | Sasha Weemaes | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1'24 |
 | | Kristoffer Halvorsen | Team INEOS | 103 |  | | Mario González Salas | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | 44 |  | | Filippo Ganna | Team INEOS | 28h25'35 | | | Team INEOS | | 85h17'31 |
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Posted on 25-03-2020 23:50
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Too bad you just missed out of the top 10 in Vuelta
Interesting to see Roglic racong in Britain as well
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Posted on 26-03-2020 08:32
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I thought it would be good ahead of the Worlds and the Italian classics. And I figured it would be an easy win for him too. I was wrong.
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Posted on 26-03-2020 09:18
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Lampaert, Benoot and Van Baarle tried a late move today, but Jumbo were determined not to let them go. And it was a good decision as it resulted in a double for the team, with Teunissen taking the win ahead of Hofstede.
Results | 1. | | Mike Teunissen | Team Jumbo-Visma | 5h07'47 | | 2. | | Lennard Hofstede | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 3. | | Florian Senechal | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 4. | | Dylan Van Baarle | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 5. | | Loic Vliegen | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6. | | Yves Lampaert | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 7. | | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 8. | | Jérémy Lecroq | Vital Concept - B&B Hotels | s.t. | | 9. | | Floris Gerts | Tarteletto - Isorex | s.t. | | 10. | | Julien Vermote | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 11. | | Milan Menten | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 12. | | Justin Jules | Cycling Team Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. | | 13. | | Sean De Bie | Roompot-Charles | s.t. | | 14. | | Roy Jans | Corendon - Circus | s.t. | | 15. | | Mark Renshaw | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 16. | | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 17. | | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 18. | | Wout Van Aert | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 19. | | Dries De Bondt | Corendon - Circus | s.t. | | 20. | | Michael Mørkøv | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
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Posted on 26-03-2020 09:32
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Three other World Tour teams were present here, Trek, Bora and CCC. But neither seemed as interested as Jumbo were, who dominated the race claiming all the stage wins. Danny Van Poppel won all the mass sprints as well as the GC, while Tolhoek was first across the finish line in the only hilly rated stage of the race.
After the first stage, Van Poppel exchanged
the national shirt for the leader's one
Stage by stage breakdown | | | Winner | | Leader | | Stage 1 | | Danny Van Poppel | | Danny Van Poppel |  | Stage 2 | | Antwan Tolhoek | | Danny Van Poppel | | Stage 3 | | Danny Van Poppel | | Danny Van Poppel | | Stage 4 | | Danny Van Poppel | | Danny Van Poppel | | Stage 5 | | Danny Van Poppel | | Danny Van Poppel |
Results | 1. | | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo-Visma | 16h55'10 | | 2. | | Antwan Tolhoek | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 30 | | 3. |  | Alois Kaňkovský | Elkov - Author | + 31 | | 4. | | Timo Roosen | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 34 | | 5. | | Michael Schwarzmann | BORA - hansgrohe | + 38 | | 6. | | Jay McCarthy | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 7. | | Fabio Felline | Trek - Segafredo | + 44 | | 8. |  | Vitaliy Buts | Kyiv Capital Team | s.t. | | 9. | | Frantisek Sisr | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 10. | | Gregor Mühlberger | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 11. | | Roman Maikin | Minsk Cycling Club | s.t. | | 12. | | Michael Gogl | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 13. | | Jakub Kaczmarek | Team Hurom | s.t. | | 14. |  | Krists Neilands | Israël - Cycling Academy | + 2'01 | | 15. | | Pawel Cieślik | Wibatech Merx 7R | s.t. | | 16. | | Serge Pauwels | CCC Team | s.t. | | 17. | | Dimtry Sokolov | Lokosphinx | s.t. | | 18. | | Nathan Van Hooydonck | CCC Team | s.t. | | 19. | | Marek Rutkiewicz | Wibatech Merx 7R | s.t. | | 20. | | Eduard Vorganov | Minsk Cycling Club | s.t. |
 | | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo-Visma | 116 |  | | Karel Tyrpekl | Tufo - Pardus Prostejov | 32 | | | Antwan Tolhoek | Team Jumbo-Visma | 16h55'40 | | | Trek - Segafredo | | 50h47'42 |
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Posted on 26-03-2020 21:04
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A rather interesting profile for this year's World Championships time - trial race as we climb up the Mount Ventoux. The pure climbers will definitely have the upper hand against the usual suspects in a race against the clock.
Geraint Thomas managed to finish in the top 10 at the Vuelta, while helping Froome win the race for the second time in his career. Today he had no one to work for but himself, just like at the Giro where he finished on the podium. Thomas smashed all the intermediate check points to take the leader's seat as he finished the race
With 3 Grand Tours under his belt this year, the fatigue really felt in Dumoulin's legs today as even though he was easily one of the favorites before the race, he failed to reach the podium
Froome was the last man on the road today and he would have loved to add a rainbow jersey to his Tour-Vuelta double. But only a third place will have to do today behind his compatriot and team-mate, Geraint Thomas and a surprising Marc Soler, who takes second place today.
Results | 1. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | 1h18'09 | | 2. | | Marc Soler | Movistar Team | + 39 | | 3. | | Chris Froome | Team INEOS | + 1'02 | | 4. | | Vincenzo Nibali | Bahrain - Merida | + 1'51 | | 5. | | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | + 2'33 | | 6. | | David De la Cruz | Team INEOS | + 2'44 | | 7. | | Maxime Monfort | Lotto Soudal | + 3'39 | | 8. | | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 4'01 | | 9. | | Rohan Dennis | Bahrain - Merida | + 4'15 | | 10. | | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain - Merida | + 4'22 | | 11. | | Sergio Luis Henao | UAE Team Emirates | + 4'23 | | 12. | | Maximilian Schachmann | BORA - hansgrohe | + 4'50 | | 13. | | Esteban Cháves | Mitchelton-Scott | + 4'56 | | 14. | | Nicolas Roche | Team Sunweb | + 5'13 | | 15. | | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Movistar Team | + 5'20 | | 16. | | Artem Ovechkin | Terengganu Inc - TSG Cycling Team | + 5'24 | | 17. |  | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | + 5'25 | | 18. | | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team INEOS | + 5'31 | | 19. | | Fabio Felline | Trek - Segafredo | + 5'41 | | 20. | | Rui Alberto Costa | UAE Team Emirates | + 6'17 |
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Posted on 26-03-2020 22:14
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A group of five riders broke free on the last climb of the day consisting of Cort Nielsen, Mollema, Schachmann, Kwiatkowski and Alaphilippe. But with only the first two willing to cooperate, the move was neutralized in the flat section leading to the finish line.
Dumoulin and Tolhoek were leading the pack as we were approaching the finish line, but with neither of them being too good in a sprint it was clear they would be hoping for a podium at the very best. Schachmann and Valverde were right behind them, ready to profit from their work
And while Valverde didn't have anything left in the tank, Schachmann did and and showed some great power in his legs as he sprinted to take the World title in front of Magnus Cort Nielsen and Edvald Boasson Hagen
Results | 1. | | Maximilian Schachmann | BORA - hansgrohe | 6h49'13 | | 2. | | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 3. | | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 4. | | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 5. | | Antwan Tolhoek | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 6. | | Matteo Trentin | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 7. | | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 8. | | Oliver Naesen | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9. | | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 10. | | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 11. |  | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 12. | | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 13. | | Enrico Gasparotto | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 14. | | Ben Swift | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 15. | | Gorka Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 16. |  | Silvan Dillier | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 17. | | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 18. | | Jan Tratnik | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 19. | | Rui Alberto Costa | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 20. | | Patrick Konrad | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. |
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A perfect race for sprinters in Germany and the Jumbo train was at their very best today to set up Danny Van Poppel in a perfect position and the Dutch Champion did not disappoint as he crossed the finish line with his hands above his head as he was celebrating the victory.
Results | 1. | | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo-Visma | 4h48'09 | | 2. | | Amaury Capiot | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 3. | | Daniel McLay | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 4. | | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 5. | | Arnaud Démare | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 6. | | Niccolo Bonifazio | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 7. | | Kristoffer Halvorsen | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 8. | | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 9. | | Joris Nieuwenhuis | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 10. | | Ian Stannard | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 11. | | Jelle Wallays | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 12. | | Jasha Sütterlin | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 13. | | Luke Durbridge | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 14. | | Mark Renshaw | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 15. | | Rick Zabel | Team Katusha- Alpecin | s.t. | | 16. | | Alvaro Hodeg | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 17. | | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 18. | | Timo Roosen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 19. | | Søren Kragh Andersen | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 20. | | Julien Vermote | Team Dimension Data | s.t. |
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Posted on 27-03-2020 11:53
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Tom Skuijns and Wout Poels started the final climb to Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Luca with a small advantage over a strong chasing group consisting of four riders. The duo managed to barely hang against their fresher opponents, with the Latvian being first across the finish line.
Results | 1. | | Toms Skujins | Trek - Segafredo | 5h11'30 | | 2. | | Wout Poels | Team INEOS | + 8 | | 3. | | Mark Padun | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 4. | | Rui Alberto Costa | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 5. | | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 6. | | Daniel Felipe Martínez | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 1'00 | | 7. | | Simon Spilak | Team Katusha- Alpecin | + 1'12 | | 8. | | Ivan Ramiro Sosa | Team INEOS | + 1'29 | | 9. | | Marco Canola | Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizanè | s.t. | | 10. | | Floris De Tier | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 1'43 | | 11. | | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2'13 | | 12. | | Sergio Andres Higuita | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 3'18 | | 13. | | Lucas Hamilton | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 14. | | Davide Villella | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 15. | | Quentin Jauregui | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 16. | | Daniel Martin | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 17. | | Egan Bernal | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 18. | | Kenny Elissonde | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 19. | | Domenico Pozzovivo | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 20. | | Giulio Ciccone | Trek - Segafredo | + 3'55 |
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Posted on 27-03-2020 11:58
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The race was decided in a sprint on the climb leading up to the finish line. Ivan Sosa emerged as the winner, with Pogacar and Gaudu taking the other spots on the podium.
Results | 1. | | Ivan Ramiro Sosa | Team INEOS | 5h18'54 | | 2. | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 3. | | David Gaudu | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 4. | | Rohan Dennis | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 5. | | Gorka Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 6. | | Floris De Tier | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 7. | | Manuele Boaro | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 8. | | Valentin Madouas | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 9. | | Lucas Hamilton | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 10. | | Fabio Felline | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 11. | | Giulio Ciccone | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 12. | | Salvatore Puccio | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 13. | | Felix Grosschartner | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 14. | | Sergio Luis Henao | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 15. | | Simone Velasco | Neri Sottoli - Selle Italia - KTM | s.t. | | 16. | | Simone Petilli | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 17. | | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 18. | | Kenny Elissonde | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 19. | | Simon Spilak | Team Katusha- Alpecin | s.t. | | 20. | | Mikel Nieve | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
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Posted on 27-03-2020 12:07
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Five riders went clear on the last climb of the day: Poels, Kuss, Alaphilippe, Fuglsang and the fresh World Champion, Max Schachmann
The cooperation was not there though and as soon as Kuss realized he was the only one working, he stopped doing so, allowing another 3 riders to join the group: Mollema, Kwiatkowski and Gasparotto. The Italian even tried a surprise attack right after the junction
It seemed to work at first but he did not have enough energy left in his legs to hang in front of the speed of his much younger rivals and he would be caught dramatically in the last hundreds of meters.
It was Alaphilippe who took the win in a very close finish with Schachmann, Kwiatkowski and Mollema. This should make up in a way for the Frechman's rather disappointing season
Results | 1. | | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 6h45'47 | | 2. | | Maximilian Schachmann | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 3. | | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 4. | | Bauke Mollema | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 5. | | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 6. | | Wout Poels | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 7. | | Enrico Gasparotto | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 8. | | Sepp Kuss | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 9. | | Rui Alberto Costa | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 10. | | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 11. | | David Gaudu | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 12. | | Adam Yates | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 13. | | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 14. | | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 15. | | Vincenzo Nibali | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 16. | | Michael Woods | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 17. | | Michael Valgren Andersen | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 18. | | Mark Padun | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 19. | | Sam Oomen | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 20. | | Tony Gallopin | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
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Posted on 27-03-2020 14:13
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A race full of crashes and splits in the pack was decided by a sprint. Jumbo set up Van Poppel in a very good position, but Justin Jules was in the shape of his life today to deny Danny the win with a perfectly timed bike throw on the finish line.
Results | 1. | | Justin Jules | Cycling Team Wallonie-Bruxelles | 3h49'18 | | 2. | | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 3. | | Sean De Bie | Roompot-Charles | s.t. | | 4. | | Alvaro Hodeg | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 5. | | Mike Teunissen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 6. | | Tim Merlier | Pauwels sauzen - Vastgoedservice Continental Team | s.t. | | 7. | | Timo Roosen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 8. | | Amund Grøndahl Jansen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 9. | | Søren Kragh Andersen | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 10. | | Robert Power | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 11. | | Floris Gerts | Tarteletto - Isorex | s.t. | | 12. | | Anthony Turgis | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 13. | | Lukas Pöstlberger | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 14. | | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 15. | | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 16. | | Maciej Bodnar | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 17. | | Gorka Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 18. | | Sander Armée | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 19. | | Shane Archbold | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 20. | | Casper Pedersen | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
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Posted on 27-03-2020 14:21
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Canola, Santaromita and Hirt tried to make a break of it after the last climb of the day, but with both Van Poppel and Roosen still in the main group, there was no way Jumbo was letting them go. Thanks to a fantastic work from Sep Kuss the move was neutralized and we headed to a sprint with a group of about 30 riders.
Roosen looked very strong as he lead out Van Poppel, but there was no time for Danny to gift him the stage win as the finale was very close, with Canola still having a lot left in his tank after the earlier attack. Still, the Jumbo riders were the first two across the finish line, with the Dutch Champion taking the win.
Results | 1. | | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo-Visma | 4h17'25 | | 2. | | Timo Roosen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 3. | | Marco Canola | Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizanè | s.t. | | 4. | | Floris De Tier | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 5. | | Ivan Santaromita | Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizanè | s.t. | | 6. | | Davide Ballerini | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 7. |  | Metkel Eyob | Terengganu Inc - TSG Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8. | | Thomas Lebas | Kinan Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9. | | Sam Crome | Team Ukyo | s.t. | | 10. | | Raymond Kreder | Team Ukyo | s.t. | | 11. | | Benjamin Dyball | Team Sapura Cycling | s.t. | | 12. | | Hernán Aguirre | Interpro Cycling Academy | s.t. | | 13. | | Marcos Garcia | Kinan Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14. | | Mykhaylo Kononenko | Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team | s.t. | | 15. | | Lennard Hofstede | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 16. | | Vadim Pronskiy | Vino - Astana Motors | s.t. | | 17. | | Dylan Sunderland | Team BridgeLane | s.t. | | 18. |  | Mohamed Shahrul Mat Amin | Terengganu Inc - TSG Cycling Team | s.t. | | 19. | | Nikita Stalnov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 20. | | Oleksandr Polivoda | Ningxia Sports Lottery - Livall Cycling team | s.t. |
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