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EPIC - Season 2 Part 1
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| PeterRyder |
Posted on 28-03-2015 02:00
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Chavanel, you're an asshole 
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 28-03-2015 06:37
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Nice to see Debusschere in a different role 
Shame Roelandts couldn't follow the rest, but 12th is still a good result in spite of failing our top 3 goal 
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 28-03-2015 07:28
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Not a great race from Sagan, but a top 10 is not so bad.  |
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 28-03-2015 08:03
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Brilliant report as usual.
Good to see McDermott with such an active race, though annoying to finish 11th after having done all the work. Guess he would have finished even further down had he refused to work seeing the lack of time gaps.
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| nacho63 |
Posted on 28-03-2015 10:32
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 28-03-2015 12:59
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two in the top 6, I'm content with that
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Chavanel, you're an asshole
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| Roextro |
Posted on 28-03-2015 13:48
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Happy with the podium from Cance, hopefully he can climb on to the top step in P-R and R-W |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 28-03-2015 20:09
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Don't have time for the report tomorrow likely, so... yeah.
 Gent - Wevelgem
The third classic in a row of the flemish spring campaign is here. Gent-Wevelgem isn’t too hard and is usually up for grabs for some fast men but we hope we get an entertaining race either way. Decisive Hellingen will be the Casselberg and the Kemmelberg. From the last climb, the Temmeberg, it’s roughly 40 kms to the finish. Again some clouds on the sky, will we see rain? Some might hope for it in order to get an exciting race but we should be glad if the crashes keep at a minimum today.
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Euskaltel – Euskadi have heavily invested in their cobblez squad during off-season and Iriziar is the first rider to attack. Felline is quick on his wheel, followed by Amorison who has been active already in E3. Boivin from Cannondale is another name to join up from behind.
Different to E3 prior, the BOTD establishes itself quickly and without any hassle. Traksel and Van Dijk are other names to join up, as is Kaas for AG2R La Mondiale. Löwenherz tried a move from the peloton out but quickly realized that this was an ungrateful move he was planning to make and pulled back. After just 20 kilometers, the lead is already over 4 minutes.
We enjoy a event full of nothing happening. Grab a beer and tune in when the action starts we’d say, or go out for a ride yourself. With little rain dropping down ahead of the Casselberg, it could have gotten dangerous but no – the rain has stopped just in time. Maybe the roads are still slightly wet. About 100 kilometers left to race, and the break heads into the Casselberg with a lead of roughly 5 minutes.
Good action up this first Hellingen. SKY, Omega Pharma and Trek are already increasing the pace, much to the joy of the bystanders.
Bit of a weird move of Demare but we are not the ones to judge here. The sprinter with a faible for the pavé attacks here on this narrow road, taking full swing into the turn. Maybe he doesn’t have faith in his own sprinter legs today. There’s hardly another explanation for this. Still, good to see FDJ remain active in the spring campaign.
Breschel has been successful, kinda, with the tactic at E3. Now he makes another similar move compared to Harelbeke. Far out attack and hoping he’ll make it to the finish. Some splits in the peloton have meanwhile found out some riders, including Rudy Veboven but he’ll likely return to the big bunch of 50 riders. Stybar, Farrar, Greipel, Roelandts, Boasson Hagen, Flecha are further down. Likely about two minutes we estimate.
70 kilometers out, Demare and Breschel have joined up with the break. Both of them do some solid work. And both their moves might be key to success, this way they can maybe survive the onslaught back in the peloton, where SKY, Omega Pharma and Trek are trenching the field.
Apparently the pace isn’t high enough for Boonen. Tommeke comes flying past the car and many other riders to join up with leading man Vandewalle. Cancellara is behind Boonen and likely has seen what Boonen is planning to do. Indeed, we see a quick exchange of words between the two Quicksteppers and – off they go! Vandewalle picks up the pace here at the Kemmelberg, Tommeke and Cance on his wheel.
Pedersen & Pal are quick to react. For now, they can’t bridge the gap though. Curious how this move will pan out. Stuvyven is doing here some work for Vanmarcke, who is quite a bit further down. A big cluster of SKY riders heads back to the front to help their captain but they can’t reach him and soon look at other teams to do the work.
Attack by Sagan out of the peloton. Likely going to plan to catch up to Pedersen & Pal. Behind him the group is roughly 27 riders strong. We also receive word that Group Boonen/Cancellara has caught up with the BOTD. Immediately Vandewalle takes charge of the pacing.
Here we see now Sagan catching up with the front group as well. Pedersen and Pal have made the connection just a few seconds earlier. Cancellara is already planning his next move but rethinks it. He may not like Sagan and wants to make life tough on him but that’s no reason to throw out your energy just yet.
Andrew Fenn is confirming his selection by bringing back the next group to the front group. In it are Kristoff, Van Avermaet, Vanmarcke, Khamphan, McDermott, Boom and several domestiques. No Degenkolb. He is back in the big bunch, roughly 2 minutes down. As the two groups are together now, Belkin and Omega Pharma take over pacing ahead of the last Hellingen.
The second time Temmelberg is fun just like the first one. Boom has been leading up ahead of Thwaties and Eisel, then Cancellara makes a move and flies by those boys. The peloton reconnected to the front group just for a second before thousand minor splits occur in the peloton. Hard to keep overview obviously but we try to pinpoint Boonen who is with Pedersen and Boom in a five man group just 15 seconds down on Cance. Stannard and Eisel are doing the chasing there. Strong SKY performance today.
Sagan a bit ahead, and then GVA and Kristoff attack in order to bridge the gap. Hondo is somehow finished with today, at least for now at the side here. Vanmarcke and McDermott, two of the most active riders back in E3, sit surprisingly calm back in the group behind. However Vanmarcke has Boom upfront.
This group looks solid for now. But the SKY riders have to do all the work and this clearly plays in Cancellara’s favour, who is putting in a huge gear. He put in 30 seconds in the last kilometers or so. Surely the moments of organization in the break helped him, but if the top favourites here combine forces, even he might face some serious problem. 40 km to go as we have the Monteberg behind us. From here on, it’s flat time. Boom, Sagan, Kristoff and even GVA are good sprinters or at least can hold their own in a sprint. We don’t have to talk about Boonen’s talents in such a race. Pedersen and SKY are actually at a bit of a disadvantage. They have to chase but Pedersen isn’t as fast as Eisel, not by far. SKY management understands this as well and we see Pedersen chasing, whilst Eisel falls back a bit to enjoy slipstream.
Another quick rundown of the chasers: Peter Pal is a bit in no man’s land with roughly a minute down onthem. Then follow McDermott and Demare. The Danish cobbler ends up dragging Demare again. This has happened just prior in E3 where he got outsprinted by the likes of Breschel and Jacobs. Again he is racing but well. Vanmarcke is following a bit down, roughly 15 seconds on McDermott and he soon catches up to him for good. Khamphan is the last rider who might play a role here today. The bunch further back has practically given up chasing. In total, Vanmarcke is 1’20 down on Group Boonen.
Ex-World Champion Boonen doesn’t play an easy game here for SKY. He attacks. Pedersen follows as Eisel is immediately dropped. Sagan and Boom look fit too. Kristoff and Van Avermaet have problems following the initial move.
20 kilometers out, Cancellara still has about 30 seconds lead. And well, will you look at that: In a few more kilometers, he increases it to a minute. Is it a second lung? No. Because Boonen couldn’t drop the others, he decided to look at them. This is flat road now. They should work together but with so many fast men in the group (Kristoff, Sagan, Boonen, Van Avermaet) they all prefer to let the other do the work. Except no one is willing to do it. So Ian Stannard has to take over again. Of course, seeing as Stannard catches up to them again, is a clear sign that they have basically fucked it up.
Great ride by Pal who is close to bridging the gap for good here on his own! After this effort, he’ll likely get dropped at the next attack but it’s worth a shout-out all the same.
Those guys are racing for second place now. Cancellara is gone for good, there’s no getting him back. Boom and Sagan make a move, GVA is quick to follow. When they feel like they have done enough, they sit back to watch, and what they see: Boonen blasts past them, clearly annoyed at this race situation. With a string of accelerations, Van Avermaet & Co. try to follow but there’s a gap already established.
As we near the 10 kilometers, Sagan has done the same as Boonen and managed to drop the pretenders. Kristoff was the last one hanging one, but enough was enough there. Sagan is riding really strong. Boonen has already reduced the gap to Cancellara but they won’t catch Cance anymore. It’s now a fight for second place. Boonen doesn’t give up chasing though, so Sagan practically gets a free ride to the finish here until 5 kilometers out, when Boonen decides to reduce the speed and save energy for the final. But watch out, Pedersen, Boom and Kristoff aren’t too far off… and here we go, the group is back together:
Meanwhile, Cancellara can celebrate his impressive solo victory of Gent - Wevelgem, in fact it's his debut victory here and in what a magnificient way only Cance knows how to pull off.
Sagan is outsprinting - outdominating - everybody in the final and takes a huge gap on the others. Lars Boom overtakes Boonen just by the line and claims third.
Gent - Wevelgem, Results
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Trek Factory Racing | 5h27'27 | | 2 | Peter Sagan | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2'29 | | 3 | Lars Boom | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 3'05 | | 4 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 6 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 7 | Alf Pedersen | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 8 | Peter Pal | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 9 | Ian Stannard | Sky Procycling | + 3'51 | | 10 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | + 4'29 | | 11 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ.fr | + 5'39 | | 12 | Sep Vanmarcke | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 6'02 | | 13 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 14 | Erik McDermott | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 15 | Sebastian Langeveld | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 16 | Lue Khamse Khamphan | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 17 | Yohan Offredo | FDJ.fr | + 11'17 | | 18 | Stefan Van Dijk | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | + 11'50 | | 19 | Stijn Devolder | Trek Factory Racing | + 12'10 | | 20 | Matti Breschel | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 21 | Alexander Porsev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 22 | Andrew Fenn | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 23 | Nikolas Maes | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 24 | Tony Gallopin | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 25 | Enrico Battaglin | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. |
Spoiler | 26 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 27 | Danilo Hondo | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 28 | Sébastien Turgot | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 29 | Kristof Vandewalle | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 30 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 31 | Tom Leezer | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 32 | Jasper Stuyven | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 33 | Scott Thwaites | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 34 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 35 | Yannick Eijssen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 36 | Kevin De Weert | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 37 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol | + 17'13 | | 38 | Fabio Felline | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 39 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 40 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 41 | Damien Gaudin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 42 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 43 | Guillaume Boivin | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 44 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 45 | Gaetan Bille | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 46 | Steve Chainel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 47 | Zdenek Stybar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 48 | Markel Irizar | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 49 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 50 | Frédéric Amorison | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 51 | Martijn Maaskant | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 52 | Jan Kaas | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 53 | Loïc Vliegen | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 54 | Ben Hermans | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 55 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 56 | Morgan Lamoisson | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 57 | Quentin Jauregui | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 58 | John Degenkolb | Astana Pro Team | + 20'04 | | 59 | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 60 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 61 | Yannick Martinez | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 62 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 63 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 64 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 65 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 66 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 67 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 68 | Alex Rasmussen | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 69 | Maxime Vantomme | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 70 | Johan Le Bon | FDJ.fr | + 21'59 | | 71 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 72 | Yauheni Hutarovich | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 73 | Jan Ghyselinck | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 74 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 75 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 76 | Wesley Sulzberger | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 77 | Luca Paolini | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 78 | Kristjan Koren | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 79 | Sébastien Minard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 80 | Nick Nuyens | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 81 | Albert Timmer | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 82 | Mickaël Delage | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 83 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 84 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 85 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 86 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 87 | Xavier Florencio | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 88 | William Bonnet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 89 | Jon Aberasturi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 90 | Kevin Pauwels | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | s.t. | | 91 | Jonathan Cantwell | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 92 | Koldo Fernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 93 | Michael Van Staeyen | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 94 | Johnnie Walker | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 95 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 96 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 97 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 98 | Daniele Bennati | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 99 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 100 | Charlie Charneux | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 101 | Ben Gastauer | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 102 | Kevin Peeters | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 103 | Bernard Sulzberger | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 104 | Marko Kump | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 105 | Lars Ytting Bak | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 106 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 107 | Kevin Claeys | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 108 | Michael Valgren | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 109 | Maciej Bodnar | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 110 | Stijn Neirynck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 111 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | s.t. | | 112 | Joeri Stallaert | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 113 | Grégory Rast | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 114 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 115 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 116 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 117 | Fabio Sabatini | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 118 | Kurt Hovelynck | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 119 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 120 | Grega Bole | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 121 | Ruslan Tleubayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 122 | Maarten Tjallingii | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 123 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 124 | Pieter Jacobs | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 125 | Sam Bewley | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 126 | Danilo Napolitano | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | s.t. | | 127 | Maarten Wynants | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 128 | Florian Senechal | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 129 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 130 | Sven Vandousselaere | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 131 | Rudy Verboven | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 132 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 133 | Juan José Oroz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 134 | Jempy Drucker | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | s.t. | | 135 | Roy Jans | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | s.t. | | 136 | Graeme Brown | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 137 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 138 | Steven Caethoven | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | s.t. | | 139 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 140 | Rory Sutherland | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 141 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 142 | Davy Commeye | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | s.t. | | 143 | Gatis Smukulis | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 144 | Juan José Cobo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 145 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 146 | Thomas Dekker | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 147 | Mitchell Docker | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 148 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 149 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 150 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 151 | Cheng Ji | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 152 | Laurent Didier | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 153 | William Walker | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 154 | Carlos Bonilla | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 155 | Richard Löwenherz | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 156 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 157 | Mauro Da Dalto | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 158 | Jonathan Dibben | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 159 | Iljo Keisse | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 160 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 161 | Klaas Lodewyck | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 162 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 163 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 164 | Nelson Oliveira | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 165 | Roy Curvers | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 166 | Nicky Van Drenthe | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 167 | Magnus Cort | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 168 | Anthony Ravard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 169 | Aquali Feunard | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 170 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 171 | Tom Stamsnijder | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 172 | Baptiste Planckaert | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 173 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 174 | Sven Nys | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 175 | Floris Goesinnen | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 176 | Egoitz GarcÃa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 177 | Svein Tuft | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 178 | Imanol Erviti | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 179 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 180 | Björn Thurau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 181 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 182 | Jos Van Emden | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 183 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 184 | Rubén Fernández | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 185 | Gordon McCauley | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 186 | Jesús Del Pino | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 187 | David De la Cruz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 188 | Andrew Tennant | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 189 | Vladimir Gusev | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 190 | Tom Veelers | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 191 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
Edited by Shonak on 28-03-2015 20:12
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 28-03-2015 20:16
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That was a mental race! And didn't i say keep an eye on Demare Top10 would have been nice but Three in the Top20 ain't half bad and best of the PCT teams yet again 
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| PeterRyder |
Posted on 28-03-2015 20:17
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7th again
I want to thank to all my Sky team-mates for the huge help they gave and I'm sorry for not reaching a better result for them.
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 28-03-2015 20:31
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| 37 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol | + 17'13 |
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 28-03-2015 20:35
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That's more like it. Goal completed and looking a bit better for the big races now. Fenn extremely impressive. Disappointed with the performance of some of my team but it's not their fault that the game tells them to completely stop riding I guess.
Also, Quinziato in a solid last place. I believe that's the first last place I've ever had. 
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 28-03-2015 20:37
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Thanks for another great report.
Somewhat disappointed with McDermott while these two probably indicates that Euskaltel should stop trying to take the cobbles seriously...
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| Shonak |
Posted on 28-03-2015 21:01
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Yeah, abandon Project Cobbles and sign Gorka Nieve.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Paul23 |
Posted on 28-03-2015 21:50
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4th...a big disappointment. At least a podium would've been great. 
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 28-03-2015 22:43
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Seems like Sagan's RL form has also found its way into EPIC.
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 28-03-2015 22:47
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first Boonen and now Cancellara, think your game is set to the "ancient history" mode
edit: nostalgia mode is better, what's next Evans winning the Tour?
Edited by SSJ2Luigi on 28-03-2015 22:49
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 28-03-2015 23:44
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Slightly less performance by Vanmarcke today, but great to see Lars Boom stepping up. The Hammer and the Anvil combine for a 2nd and a 3rd place in these 2 very important races.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Bikex |
Posted on 28-03-2015 23:59
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Kristoff in 5th is his best classics result so that's okay, even though he could've done way better in the final sprint.
But look on 21st, the first position where no points are awarded. Of course it's a Katusha rider. Really just totally suck but don't always miss points by such a tiny margin. |
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Posted on 29-03-2015 03:38
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SSJ2Luigi wrote:
edit: nostalgia mode is better, what's next Evans winning the Tour?
Sssh, don't get Cycleman's hopes up.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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