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Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 2014
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the_hoyle
Top  #181 Print Post
Posted on 18-04-2014 23:27
you still have to be pleased with a podium finish, although 1st would have tasted sweeter than 3rd on GC
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sutty68
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Posted on 19-04-2014 00:37
Not a bad stage for Rigoberto Wink
 
baia
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Posted on 19-04-2014 09:47
Not bad, this is only a secondary race.
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Ian Butler
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Posted on 20-04-2014 09:21
Too bad Martin couldn't keep the lead on the climb. But his time will come in the bigger races Smile
 
Batista15
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Posted on 20-04-2014 17:50
admirschleck Right, wasn´t the best overall result but still a nice stage for us.

the_hoyle Agree, I´m happy with that podium finish. You can´t always be at the top. Wink

sutty68 He´s getting better and better for the big races. Smile

baia You´re right baia, there are bigger races in the future. Wink

Ian Butler Hope you´re right with that. By the way, it´s great to see you here. Smile
 
Ian Butler
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Posted on 20-04-2014 17:57
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Ian Butler Hope you´re right with that. By the way, it´s great to see you here. Smile


Yeah I followed it before but lost track until I saw it in your signature Wink
 
Batista15
Top  #187 Print Post
Posted on 20-04-2014 18:53
Tour Méditerranéen Last Stage


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This is the last stage in France and we´re going to see another battle between the overall contenders. Not sure, if there is a chance for Martin or Uran to improve a lot here but we´ll try our best.

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Another breakaway group and again our King of Mountains Pauwels was in it with success. He took both sprints and of course the KoM jersey. Congrats to him!

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Pauwels was pretty empty after that and he had no chance to keep it up with Atapuma and Simon. They worked together perfectly and when the last big climb was reached, they were still in front.

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The pack was chasing them with high speed. Our team made the pace there, trying to push some overall opponents to their limits.

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Rigoberto Uran made his move when Pauwels was brought back. Tony Martin was still in the pack with Stybar on his side.

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Now the final was in progress. Froome and Pinot came with some moves, catching Uran easily! They looked pretty strong today.

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Bauke Mollema started an attack as well. Can he reach Froome, Pinot and Uran?

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Well, Uran didn´t have the legs today as he lost the contact to Froome and Pinot quickly. Mollema caught him as well.

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Only one kilometres to go for the leading group with Froome, Pinot, Mollema, Atapuma and Simon. Mollema had a great day especially on the downhill. Froome and Pinot looked strong, too. Atapuma and Simon were quite exhausted after their long breakaway ride.

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Here came the first chasing group with Martin, Uran and even Stybar. The situation here was pretty interesting since Peraud was the one, chasing the leading group. His advantage to Froome (+53sec) and Mollema (1m01sec) wasn´t the smallest but he knew, they would get some bonus seconds in a sprint finish.

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Indeed! The stage win goes to Mollema. Pinot finished second ahead of Froome. Atapuma and Simon were just behind. Was that enough for Mollema to take the leader´s jersey as well?

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This group was led by Hivert and Stybar, who had the best legs of our team in the end. The gap to Mollema was 40 seconds which means Peraud defended his jersey by only 1 second! Martin and Uran finished in this group but they lost some overall positions again.

Stage results

1 Bauke MollemaBelkin Pro Cycling Team4h57'41
2 Thibaut PinotFDJ.frs.t.
3 Chris FroomeTeam Skys.t.
4 John Darwin AtapumaBMC Racing Teams.t.
5 Julien SimonCofidis, Solutions Crédits+ 21
6 Jonathan HivertBelkin Pro Cycling Team+ 40
7 Zdenek StybarOmega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling s.t.
8 John GadretMovistar Teams.t.
9 Dario CataldoTeam Skys.t.
10 Peter KennaughTeam Skys.t.


Overall

1 Jean-Christophe PeraudAG2R La Mondiale16h27'05
2 Bauke MollemaBelkin Pro Cycling Team+ 1
3 Chris FroomeTeam Sky+ 5
4 Thibaut PinotFDJ.fr+ 24
5 Dario CataldoTeam Sky+ 27
6 Tony MartinOmega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling + 46
7 Rigoberto UránOmega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling + 1'11
8 Jonathan CastroviejoMovistar Team+ 1'15
9 Fabian CancellaraTrek Factory Racing+ 1'17
10 Dominik NerzBMC Racing Team+ 2'18

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Points

1 Tony GallopinLotto Belisol50
2 Chris FroomeTeam Sky47
3 Bauke MollemaBelkin Pro Cycling Team44
4 Jonathan HivertBelkin Pro Cycling Team44
5 Jean-Christophe PeraudAG2R La Mondiale42


Mountain

1 Serge PauwelsOmega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling 94
2pcmdaily.com/images//flags/DO.png Diego MilánTeam Differdange - Losch44
3 Yukiya ArashiroTeam Europcar24
4 Thibaut PinotFDJ.fr20
5 Bauke MollemaBelkin Pro Cycling Team18


U-25

1 Thibaut PinotFDJ.fr16h27'29
2 Dominik NerzBMC Racing Team+ 1'54
3 Kenny ElissondeFDJ.fr+ 3'05
4 Bob JungelsTrek Factory Racing+ 3'34
5 Jesús HerradaMovistar Team+ 4'06


Teams

1 Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling 49h25'40
2 Team Sky+ 47
3 Movistar Team+ 53
4 Belkin Pro Cycling Team+ 1'02
5 Trek Factory Racing+ 4'09
 
Batista15
Top  #188 Print Post
Posted on 20-04-2014 18:55
Ian Butler wrote:
Batista15 wrote:

Ian Butler Hope you´re right with that. By the way, it´s great to see you here. Smile


Yeah I followed it before but lost track until I saw it in your signature Wink


Well, thanks to the good old signature Grin
 
sutty68
Top  #189 Print Post
Posted on 20-04-2014 23:09
All in all not a bad time for the team in the Méditerranéen Smile
 
the_hoyle
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Posted on 20-04-2014 23:21
Unlucky to lose the top 5 placement on that last stage. KoM jersey is good result though Smile
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VoetsT
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Posted on 21-04-2014 08:18
2 riders in the top 10 isn't bad at all Wink
 
Batista15
Top  #192 Print Post
Posted on 21-04-2014 16:52
sutty68 Thanks mate, we should be happy with our performance there. Wink

the_hoyle Quite unlucky in the end but there are coming more important races for us. The KoM jersey was a nice thing. Smile

VoetsT Thanks, I agree.
 
admirschleck
Top  #193 Print Post
Posted on 21-04-2014 16:54
Not the best result for the team, but as a race that isn't really main priority for OPQS, KoM and 2 in Top 10 are more than enough on Tour Méditerranéen , I guess. Wink
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Batista15
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Posted on 21-04-2014 17:25
@admirschleck Like you said, we´re happy with that, nothing special for sure but still a good performance. We´ll try to improve in Portugal.


Volta ao Algarve


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Another smaller stage race for our team is in Portugal. We´ve sent a pretty good squad to this beautiful area, with two flat stages for the sprinters, one hilly stage including a little mountain arrival and a nice time trial about 34,8 kilometres. I really like this stages and I´m sure that our leader can do great here.

First of all we´re talking about the sprint stages. Those might be controlled by our possible sprint train with Van Keirsbulck, Steegmans and Mark Renshaw. Mark is going to sprint for some nice results there. There could be another man in this sprint train with our team captain.

Michal Kwiatkowski should be able to finish at least in the Top 5 in the end. Really looking forward to his performances on stage 3 and of course in the final time trial, which looks perfect for him. De Weert, Brambilla, Poels and Alaphilippe will be a strong support for him, that´s for sure.

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Talking about our main opponents in Portugal, I really have to say, that there are some big names! Rodriguez, Nibali and Rui Costa might be the strongest competition for us. But also Hesjedal, Cunego, A. Schleck, Rogers and Wilco Kelderman could do very well here as well. Especially Kelderman showed some pretty good shape in San Luis, you might remember that!

Also some big sprinting guys are here with Chichi, Boasson Hagen, Kristoff and finally a Giant guy with Degenkolb. I know those Giant sprinters are pretty famous in this story section at the moment. NOT. Wink

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Let´s get this one started, hope you´ll have some fun, reading the stage reports.
 
admirschleck
Top  #195 Print Post
Posted on 21-04-2014 17:31
Just wait Paris - Nice and see how "popular" they are... Angry

Anyways, good luck in Portugal. I feel safe to say that anything less than win for Kwiat would be disappoiting here. He can hold on with best climbers and puncheurs on that hilly stage and then just crush the competition in TT. At least that's how I imagined it. Pfft
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sutty68
Top  #196 Print Post
Posted on 21-04-2014 17:49
Lets hope for a good race in Portugal Wink
 
VoetsT
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Posted on 21-04-2014 18:01
Strong team here. Interesting to see what Renshaw can do in the sprints and Kwiato in the GC.
 
the_hoyle
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Posted on 21-04-2014 22:49
Good luck in Portugal
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baia
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Posted on 21-04-2014 23:26
Pretty satisfied with Med results.. Smile .. hope to see better results in Algarve, not easy but possible.. you talked about Giant sprinters? damn... you´re done. :lol:
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Batista15
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Posted on 30-04-2014 10:36
Hey guys, thanks for all the support and wishes for Portugal. Also I´m very sorry for the last days since there wasn´t any update. I was quite busy with stuff that wasn´t really planned before. Wink
 
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