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| Tamijo |
Posted on 30-01-2017 07:50
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 30-01-2017 09:19
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I wonder if Burger King's riders can only eat burgers. It looks like it works
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 30-01-2017 09:42
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Aquarius97 wrote:
I wonder if Burger King's riders can only eat burgers. It looks like it works
Just imagine that life  (they are erstwhile BMC)
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 04-02-2017 07:12
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I was back to my favourite cycling nation after a considerable gap. The warm climate has always suited my riding style. No wonder, having grown up in such weather. This would be my first start in this race and I was looking towards making an impact at the top of the GC. I was picked as the leader of the team.
Stage 1 was a flat start. No major incidents took place as the favourites preferred to ride in the group. I stayed safe while teammate Fabio Silvestre came home in 5th place.
Stage 2 was an almost carbon copy of the first and the result was similar. A bunch sprint decided the winner with Egor Silin taking the stage. We stayed in the pack.
Stage 3 was where the race started to get exciting. The favourites rode in the peloton till the last climb, where the breakaway was caught, I was able to pull away from the pack for a brief while in the lower slopes. I was caught by the chasing pack of about 30 riders and settled in to finish mid-pack. Lilian Calmejane took 6th place for us as Gorkha Izagirre took the win.
Stage 4 saw me try another cheeky attack, this time with 6 km to go. I was unsuccessful once again as almost the entire pack finished together. Fabio Silvestre finished 4th to continue the good race for us.
The queen stage on Stage 5 lived up the excitement that was expected of it. Jesus Del Pino got into the break for us. The break was caught with 15 km to go as a group of 17 formed containing most the favourites. I built up a lead again, with 5 km to go. Unfortunately, once again, I could not keep the lead, as three riders caught and overtook me. I hung on to 4th place, finishing in the same spot in the final GC as well. Ruben Fernandez took the stage but second place Castroviejo took the GC on count-back.
| 1 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team Katusha | 17h56'48 | | 2 | Rubén Fernández | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 3 | José Ramella | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 43 | | 4 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 1'11 | | 5 | Gorka Izagirre | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1'22 | | 6 | Peter Kennaugh | Team Sky | s.t. | | 7 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 8 | Wout Poels | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 9 | José Herrada | Team Sky | s.t. | | 10 | Egor Silin | Team Katusha | + 1'42 |
Spoiler | 11 | Dylan Girdlestone | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 3'51 | | 12 | David De la Cruz | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 4'06 | | 13 | Beñat Intxausti | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 4'32 | | 14 | François Bidard | Burgos - BH | + 4'50 | | 15 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 4'51 | | 16 | Arvid Melchiot | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 17 | Sam Oomen | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 4'52 | | 18 | Luis Ángel Maté | Team Sky | + 5'36 | | 19 | Peter Velits | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 7'33 | | 20 | Serghei Tvetcov | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 9'41 | | 21 | Hector Saez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 22 | Samuel Sánchez | Team Katusha | + 9'53 | | 23 | Alfredo Balloni | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 11'42 | | 24 | Damiano Caruso | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 12'10 | | 25 | Sebastian Lander | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 12'19 | | 26 | Francisco José Ventoso | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 27 | Pello Bilbao | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 28 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | s.t. | | 29 | Matteo Pelucchi | Team Sky | s.t. | | 30 | Jack Haig | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 31 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 32 | Igor Antón | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 13'41 | | 33 | Marc Goos | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 13'59 | | 34 | Aser Estévez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 14'55 | | 35 | Dries Van Gestel | Lotto Soudal | + 15'29 | | 36 | Philip Lindau | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 15'33 | | 37 | Sonny Colbrelli | Team Katusha | + 15'39 | | 38 | Egoitz García | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 39 | Marcel Meisen | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 40 | Anthony Maldonado | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 15'58 | | 41 | Fabio Silvestre | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 16'53 | | 42 | Mark Sehested Pedersen | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 43 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 44 | Florian Vachon | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 45 | Federico Zurlo | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 46 | Rudy Barbier | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 47 | Víctor de la Parte | Movistar Team | + 17'13 | | 48 | Christian Koch | Bora - Argon 18 | + 18'28 | | 49 | Max Walscheid | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 50 | Enrique Sanz | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 51 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Movistar Team | + 18'29 | | 52 | Maxim Belkov | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 53 | Luke Durbridge | Team Sky | s.t. | | 54 | Tosh Van der Sande | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 19'17 | | 55 | Robert Wagner | Bora - Argon 18 | + 19'23 | | 56 | Frederique Robert | Lotto Soudal | + 20'03 | | 57 | Marc De Maar | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 58 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 59 | Fredrik Galta | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 20'07 | | 60 | Sindre Lunke | Bora - Argon 18 | + 20'13 | | 61 | Yoeri Havik | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 20'57 | | 62 | Jos Van Emden | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 63 | Thierry Hupond | Kaiku | + 21'00 | | 64 | Robert Bush | Kaiku | + 21'17 | | 65 | Vadim Galeyev | Kaiku | s.t. | | 66 | Stig Broeckx | Lotto Soudal | + 21'38 | | 67 | Romain Combaud | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 21'55 | | 68 | Alton McArther | Team Sky | s.t. | | 69 | Garikoitz Bravo | Kaiku | + 22'11 | | 70 | Eugenio Moreno Rosillo | Burgos - BH | + 22'21 | | 71 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora - Argon 18 | + 22'29 | | 72 | Alexis Gougeard | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 73 | Mateusz Nowaczek | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 74 | Ahmet Örken | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 22'37 | | 75 | Andreas Hofer | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 23'30 | | 76 | Andrés Vigil | Burgos - BH | + 24'05 | | 77 | Jasper Lindenbergh | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 24'36 | | 78 | Marco Bandiera | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 24'46 | | 79 | Wesley Kreder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 24'54 | | 80 | Jon Larrinaga | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 81 | Jon Aberasturi | Kaiku | + 25'01 | | 82 | Ricardo García | Movistar Team | + 25'32 | | 83 | Manuel Porzner | Bora - Argon 18 | + 25'39 | | 84 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 85 | Pascal Ackermann | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 86 | Martin Velits | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 87 | Jan Ghyselinck | Lotto Soudal | + 26'09 | | 88 | Guiseppe Lottaroli | Team Sky | + 26'52 | | 89 | Tim Kerkhof | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 27'03 | | 90 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | + 27'08 | | 91 | Vicente Reynès | Movistar Team | + 28'09 | | 92 | Jesús Del Pino | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 28'42 | | 93 | Anthony Vandrepotte | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 94 | Igor Merino | Kaiku | s.t. | | 95 | Antonio Molina | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 29'36 | | 96 | David Tanner | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 29'52 | | 97 | Diego Rubio | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 32'10 | | 98 | Mario González | Kaiku | + 32'38 | | 99 | Simone Stortoni | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 33'16 | | 100 | Jimmy Duquennoy | Lotto Soudal | + 35'09 | | 101 | Sylvain Georges | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 37'16 | | 102 | Marco Haller | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 37'59 | | 103 | Kevin Peeters | Lotto Soudal | + 39'46 | | 104 | Moreno Moser | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 42'21 | | 105 | Ryan Roth | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 43'46 | | 106 | Peter Coulon | Burgos - BH | + 45'21 | | 107 | David Mack | Kaiku | + 49'06 | | 108 | Sebastian Mascaro | Movistar Team | + 49'29 | | 109 | Dylan Van Zijl | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 53'51 | | 110 | Ghislain Thebault | Burgos - BH | + 1h02'05 | | 111 | Brent Bookwalter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h09'40 | | 112 | Juan José Iturraspe | Burgos - BH | + 1h10'19 |
| 1 | Sebastian Lander | Drapac Professional Cycling | 58 | | 2 | Anthony Maldonado | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 46 | | 3 | Gorka Izagirre | Tinkoff-Saxo | 46 | | 4 | Francisco José Ventoso | Team Katusha | 42 | | 5 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | 39 |
| 1 | Aser Estévez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 53 | | 2 | Rubén Fernández | Tinkoff-Saxo | 32 | | 3 | Garikoitz Bravo | Kaiku | 31 | | 4 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team Katusha | 27 | | 5 | Gorka Izagirre | Tinkoff-Saxo | 26 |
Young Riders Classification
| 1 | José Ramella | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 17h57'31 | | 2 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 28 | | 3 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 39 | | 4 | François Bidard | Burgos - BH | + 4'07 | | 5 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 4'08 |
| 1 | Tinkoff-Saxo | 53h53'08 (1) | | 2 | Team Katusha | + 3'49 (2) | | 3 | Team Sky | + 5'28 (3) | | 4 | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 15'00 (4) | | 5 | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 15'37 |
Despite my best efforts on stages 3 and 4, the GC was decided on stage 5 and I wasn't quite able to hang on at the front. However, 4th in the GC and a podium in the U25s is a decent result from this race. I head to the colder climes of Norway in my next race. Hope to see you there...
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 04-02-2017 10:00
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Nice race - a GC top 5 is always worth the effort.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 10-02-2017 07:04
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Yes it is Tamijo and it is with that good feeling that I head into the Arctic Race of Norway, a race absolutely not suited to my strengths.
I will not bore you with details of this race, as basically, from my point of view, nothing much happened! Krieger took 4th place on the sprint in stage 1 while I got myself a 5th place finish on the slightly uphill finish of the last stage, stage 4. Besides this, I rode in the pack throughout and enjoyed the view.
| 1 | Phil Bauhaus | Orica-GreenEDGE | 16h10'57 | | 2 | Zico Waeytens | Etixx - Quick-step | + 2 | | 3 | Dayer Quintana | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 6 | | 4 | Stig Broeckx | Lotto Soudal | + 10 | | 5 | Odd Christian Eiking | Team Joker | s.t. | | 6 | Marco Canola | Astana Pro Team | + 11 | | 7 | Matteo Pelucchi | Team Sky | + 12 | | 8 | Sergey Shilov | Team Katusha | + 13 | | 9 | Magnus Børresen | Team Coop - Øster Hus | s.t. | | 10 | Lars Ytting Bak | Team Sparebanken Sør | + 15 |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 11-02-2017 10:26
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 16-02-2017 06:25
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Coming up soon
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 19-02-2017 09:27
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Just two race days in September, but in different continents. First up, I was jetting off to Canada as a late replacement.
Coming in as a last minute replacement, I wasn't fully prepared for this race. I was given a free role and advised to ride my own race without worrying much about what was happening around me. Van der Heijden joined the break for us asI stayed in the pack, waiting for opportunities later. I attacked out of the pack with 95 km to go and caught the break soon after. At this point we had a four minute lead over the peloton. I attacked again with less than 30 km to go and went away solo as the others got caught. I had a minute and a half lead with 20 km to go. I was finally caught by the largely diminished peloton with 12 km to go. I got dropped from the lead group but till managed a top 20. Chris Froome won with a late attack out of the front group.
| 1 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | 5h02'32 | | 2 | Mathieu van der Poel | Astana Pro Team | + 21 | | 3 | Julian Arredondo | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 4 | Andrey Amador | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 5 | Greg Van Avermaet | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 6 | Roman Kreuziger | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 7 | Luis León Sánchez | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 8 | Rigoberto Urán | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 9 | Jay McCarthy | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 10 | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Dayer Quintana | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 12 | Tejay Van Garderen | Burger King | s.t. | | 13 | Geraint Thomas | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 14 | Carlos Betancur | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 15 | Simon Clarke | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 16 | Zamrat Bachurin | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 57 | | 17 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 18 | Jelle Vanendert | Trek Factory Racing | + 1'34 | | 19 | Antoine Duchesne | Team Europcar | + 1'46 | | 20 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 2'13 | | 21 | Dries Van Gestel | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 22 | Richie Porte | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 23 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 24 | Andrew Talansky | Team Sky | s.t. | | 25 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 2'35 | | 26 | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 27 | Enrico Battaglin | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 28 | Jan Polanc | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 29 | Philippe Gilbert | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 30 | Alberto Contador | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 31 | Ian Boswell | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 32 | Davide Formolo | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 33 | Ion Izagirre | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 34 | Gregor Mühlberger | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 35 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 36 | Pierre Rolland | Burger King | s.t. | | 37 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Sky | s.t. | | 38 | Jordi Simón | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 39 | Andrea Manfredi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 40 | Lars Boom | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 41 | Tanel Kangert | Burger King | s.t. | | 42 | Pieter Jacobs | Lotto Soudal | + 3'11 | | 43 | Cameron Meyer | Team Sky | s.t. | | 44 | Silvio Herklotz | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 45 | Ricardo García | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 46 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 47 | Luke Rowe | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 48 | John Darwin Atapuma | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 49 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 50 | Yury Trofimov | Alcatel | s.t. | | 51 | Mathias Frank | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 52 | Andrea Palini | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 53 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 54 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 55 | Bob Jungels | Team Sky | s.t. | | 56 | Rodolfo Torres | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 57 | Rein Taaramäe | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 58 | Boris Vallée | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 59 | Fabio Tuzi | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 60 | Andrea Pasqualon | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 61 | Daryl Impey | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 62 | Chad Haga | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 63 | Marco Zamparella | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 64 | Ryder Hesjedal | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 65 | Marko Díaz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 66 | Paweł Poljański | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 67 | Simon Spilak | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 68 | Stefano Agostini | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 69 | Rafael Valls | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 70 | Théry Schir | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 71 | Josip Rumac | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 72 | Yohan Offredo | Burger King | s.t. | | 73 | Davide Martinelli | Burger King | s.t. | | 74 | Eddie Dunbar | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 75 | Cyril Gautier | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 76 | Simone Stortoni | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 77 | Steven Lammertink | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 78 | Clément Chevrier | Alcatel | s.t. | | 79 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 80 | Artem Nych | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 81 | Fränk Schleck | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 82 | Rohan Dennis | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 4'53 | | 83 | Bob Schoonbroodt | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 84 | Michael Rogers | MTN-Qhubeka | + 5'26 | | 85 | Luca Cappelli | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 86 | Martin Elmiger | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 87 | Jan Barta | Burger King | s.t. | | 88 | Kenny Elissonde | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 89 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 90 | Gavin Mannion | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 91 | Jan Dieteren | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 92 | Jesús Del Pino | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 93 | Alexey Vermeulen | Burger King | s.t. | | 94 | Daniel Oss | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 95 | Merhawi Kudus | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 96 | Dusan Rajovic | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 97 | Mischa Van der Heijden | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 98 | Allessio Bottura | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 99 | Kristian Sbaragli | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 100 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 101 | Tony Martin | Etixx - Quick-step | + 5'56 | | 102 | Yoann Bagot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 103 | Pierre-Roger Latour | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 104 | Youcef Reguigui | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 105 | Geoffrey Curran | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 106 | Steven Kruijswijk | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 107 | Samuel Sánchez | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 108 | Sergey Firsanov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 109 | Fabien Grellier | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 110 | Mattia Cattaneo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 111 | Jasper Lindenbergh | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 112 | Matthew Busche | Team Sky | s.t. | | 113 | Oleg Zemlyakov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 114 | Francis De Greef | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 115 | Tom Slagter | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 116 | Martijn Keizer | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 117 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 118 | Tim Kerkhof | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 119 | Campbell Flakemore | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 120 | Warren Barguil | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 121 | Dario Cataldo | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 122 | Lucas Euser | Burger King | s.t. | | 123 | Koen Bouwman | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 124 | Michael Mørkøv | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 125 | Marc Goos | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 126 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 127 | Jan Kovar | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 128 | Tom Stamsnijder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 129 | Fernando Gaviria | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 130 | Jasper Ockeloen | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 131 | Serge Pauwels | Etixx - Quick-step | + 6'59 | | 132 | Gaël Malacarne | Alcatel | s.t. | | 133 | Byron Guama | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 134 | Enrico Gasparotto | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 135 | Rémy Rochas | Alcatel | s.t. | | 136 | Rafał Majka | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 137 | Yelko Gomez | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 138 | Robert Power | Team Sky | s.t. | | 139 | Justin Jules | Alcatel | s.t. | | 140 | Hugo Houle | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 141 | André Looij | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 142 | Jack Bobridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 143 | Simon Raffin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 144 | Edward Ravasi | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 145 | Dylan van Baarle | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 146 | Ben Hermans | Etixx - Quick-step | + 8'41 | | 147 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 9'17 | | 148 | Leigh Howard | MTN-Qhubeka | + 9'43 | | 149 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 150 | Laurens Ten Dam | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 151 | Ulf Hausweiler | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 152 | Julien Roux | Alcatel | s.t. | | 153 | Christian Knees | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 154 | Marco Zanotti | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 155 | Patrick Müller | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 156 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 157 | Enzo Wouters | Lotto Soudal | + 10'06 | | 158 | Gert-Jan Bosman | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 10'28 | | 159 | Michael Woods | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 10'56 | | 160 | Jan Brockhoff | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 161 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 162 | Larry Warbasse | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 163 | Leonardo Pajuelo | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 164 | José Ramella | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 165 | Christian Koch | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 166 | Mikaël Chérel | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 167 | Florian Maître | Team Europcar | + 12'20 | | 168 | Jean Küpper | Team Europcar | + 13'26 | | 169 | Arvid Melchiot | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 170 | Damien Monier | Alcatel | + 13'37 | | 171 | Filadelfio Soriano | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 14'00 | | 172 | Jérémy Cornu | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 173 | Jimmy Raibaud | Alcatel | + 14'35 | | 174 | Marek Rutkiewicz | IAM Cycling | + 18'46 |
I was back in Belgium a week, starting at Wallonia. I was surprisingly given a free role but I had made up my mind to target a win in this race. I stayed in the pack through most of the race and was protected by a couple of teammates. This gave me further confidence to go for it at the end. I went away from the front of the peloton just as the break was caught on the second climb, with 10 km left. The lead group caught up to me soon after. A group of nine riders, including me, went away from the others with 4 km to go. We reached the finishing straight together and it came down to a sprint. I finished in 3rd place to cap off an excellent race. Tim Declerq was the fastest in the sprint.
(Close, but not close enough to challenge the top 2)
| 1 | Tim Declercq | Trek Factory Racing | 4h37'40 | | 2 | Loïc Vliegen | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 3 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 4 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 5 | Tom Slagter | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 6 | Fabio Felline | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 7 | Dominik Nerz | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 8 | Koen Bouwman | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 9 | Jan Bakelants | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 10 | Yannick Eijssen | Ventilair | + 31 |
Spoiler | 11 | Fränk Schleck | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 12 | Ben Hermans | Etixx - Quick-step | + 44 | | 13 | Jelle Wallays | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 14 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 15 | Kenny Elissonde | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 16 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 17 | Björn Thurau | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 18 | Joshua Edmondson | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 19 | Gavin Mannion | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 20 | Silvan Dillier | Trek Factory Racing | + 58 | | 21 | Julien Vermote | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 22 | Wout van Aert | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 23 | Daan Myngheer | Cibel | s.t. | | 24 | Pieter Jacobs | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 25 | Thomas Degand | Ventilair | s.t. | | 26 | Matthijs Eversdijk | Rabobank Development Team | s.t. | | 27 | Fabio Silvestre | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 28 | Marc Goos | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 29 | Ingvar Omarsson | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 30 | Sibrecht Pieters | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 31 | George Tansley | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 32 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 33 | Luka Pibernik | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 34 | Mischa Van der Heijden | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 35 | Jonas Van Genechten | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1'21 | | 36 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 37 | Gaetan Bille | Vérandas Willems | + 1'29 | | 38 | Niels Wytinck | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | s.t. | | 39 | Boris Vallée | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 40 | Jesper Asselman | Metec - TKH | s.t. | | 41 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 42 | Federico Canuti | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 43 | Rémy Mertz | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 44 | Louis Vervaeke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 45 | Takero Terasaki | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 46 | Roy Jans | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 47 | Loïc Pestiaux | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 48 | Marcello Pavarin | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 49 | Hartthijs De Vries | Metec - TKH | s.t. | | 50 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 51 | Gertjan De Vos | Team 3M | s.t. | | 52 | Martin Hunal | Metec - TKH | s.t. | | 53 | Johannes Christofel Nel | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 54 | Alessio Lanzano | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 55 | Floris Gerts | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 56 | Scott Davies | An Post - Chainreaction | s.t. | | 57 | Kristof Vandewalle | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 58 | Laurens Ten Dam | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 59 | Klaas Lodewyck | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 60 | Dimitri Peyskens | Cibel | s.t. | | 61 | Xandro Meurisse | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 62 | Jens Wallays | Team 3M | s.t. | | 63 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 64 | Sjoerd Bax | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 65 | Serge Pauwels | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 66 | Caleb Fairly | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 67 | Gaëtan Pons | Ventilair | s.t. | | 68 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 69 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Team 3M | s.t. | | 70 | Jonathan Dufrasne | Ventilair | s.t. | | 71 | Laurent Evrard | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 72 | Gerry Druyts | Team 3M | s.t. | | 73 | Sjors Roosen | Metec - TKH | s.t. | | 74 | Jarno Gmelich | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 75 | Tom Stamsnijder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 76 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Ventilair | s.t. | | 77 | Tim Merlier | Team 3M | s.t. | | 78 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 79 | Jasper Lindenbergh | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 80 | Jan Ghyselinck | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 81 | Jasper Hamelink | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 82 | Elden Boateng | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 83 | Dieter Bouvry | Cibel | s.t. | | 84 | Matti Manninen | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 85 | Kevin Pauwels | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 86 | Luigi Miletta | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 87 | Antwan Tolhoek | Metec - TKH | + 3'47 | | 88 | Arvid Melchiot | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 89 | Steff Hermans | Ventilair | s.t. | | 90 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 91 | Julien Stassen | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 92 | Mats Boeve | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 93 | Alberto Losada | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 94 | Meik Hermanski | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 95 | Kevin Callebaut | Colruyt | s.t. | | 96 | Timothy Stevens | Colruyt | s.t. | | 97 | Kenny Terweduwe | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 98 | Leonid Krasnov | An Post - Chainreaction | s.t. | | 99 | Arthur van Overberghe | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | s.t. | | 100 | Kenny De Ketele | Team 3M | s.t. | | 101 | Maxat Ayazbayev | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 102 | Matthew Brammeier | An Post - Chainreaction | s.t. | | 103 | Artem Ovechkin | Vérandas Willems | + 4'21 | | 104 | Floris Smeyers | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | s.t. | | 105 | Truls Korsaeth | Vérandas Willems | + 4'44 | | 106 | Oczan Henrichs | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 107 | Julien Kaise | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | s.t. | | 108 | Boris Dron | Colruyt | s.t. | | 109 | Gregorio Ibañez | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 110 | Blel Kadri | Ventilair | s.t. | | 111 | Gert Dockx | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 112 | Joao Benta | An Post - Chainreaction | s.t. | | 113 | Timothy Dupont | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 114 | Matthias Plarre | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 115 | Eoin McCarthy | An Post - Chainreaction | + 5'42 | | 116 | Oleksandr Kvachuk | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 117 | Loïc Hennaux | Cibel | s.t. | | 118 | Clemens Fankhauser | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 119 | Mirsamad Poorseyedi | Rabobank Development Team | s.t. | | 120 | James McLaughlin | An Post - Chainreaction | s.t. | | 121 | Bernd Curto | Cibel | s.t. | | 122 | Olivier Pardini | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 123 | Jaap De Man | Metec - TKH | s.t. | | 124 | Joeri Adams | Cibel | s.t. | | 125 | Christophe Premont | Cibel | s.t. | | 126 | Dennis Coenen | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | s.t. | | 127 | Maarten Craeghs | Colruyt | s.t. | | 128 | Rick Ottema | Rabobank Development Team | s.t. | | 129 | Christian Patron | Cibel | s.t. | | 130 | Kevin van Staeyen | Colruyt | s.t. | | 131 | Stef Krul | Rabobank Development Team | s.t. | | 132 | Michael Goolaerts | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | s.t. | | 133 | Thijs van Beusichem | Rabobank Development Team | s.t. | | 134 | Emiel Dolfsma | Metec - TKH | s.t. | | 135 | Kevin Deltombe | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | s.t. | | 136 | Mattia Frapporti | Leopard Development Team | + 6'23 | | 137 | Ying Hon Yeung | Wallonie - Bruxelles | + 7'56 | | 138 | Vegard Bugge | Ventilair | s.t. | | 139 | Luka Kotur | Vérandas Willems | + 8'11 | | 140 | Jordi Talen | Rabobank Development Team | s.t. | | 141 | Joaquím Durant | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 142 | Robin Stenuit | Team 3M | s.t. | | 143 | Nicklas Bøje Pedersen | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 144 | Steve Morabito | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 145 | Marcus Christie | An Post - Chainreaction | s.t. | | 146 | Alois Kankovsky | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 147 | Rubén Pols | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 8'27 | | 148 | Sven Jodts | An Post - Chainreaction | + 9'37 | | 149 | Johan Van Hoogten | Colruyt | s.t. | | 150 | Maarten Neyens | Team 3M | s.t. | | 151 | Karim Benachour | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 152 | Glenn Kemper | Metec - TKH | s.t. | | 153 | Maxime Anciaux | Veranclassic - Ekoi | + 10'56 | | 154 | Brian Ligneel | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | + 13'49 | | 155 | Johan Dugardeyn | Veranclassic - Ekoi | + 13'56 | | 156 | Mathias Krigbaum | Leopard Development Team | + 14'47 | | 157 | Roch Sersté | Colruyt | + 14'59 | | 158 | Aaron Azmera | Colruyt | + 15'40 |
A good month heading into the last one for me representing Roompot. A good podium finish in Belgium keeps my spirits high as I try to finish off the year on a high. Meet you again in a couple of weeks.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 19-02-2017 10:50
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Two great results
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Posted on 21-02-2017 05:00
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Thanks. A good month indeed 
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And so starts my last month with Roompot. Three one day races will finish off my stint with this wonderful team. First up, we went to Germany and signed off with two back to back races in France.
Sparkassen Munsterland Giro
A free role was alotted to me in this race and I decided to have some fun. After not being allowed to go away into the break at the start, I attacked out of the pack with 140 km still to ride and caught up to the 5 man break. We built up a maximum lead of five and a half minutes as the peloton seemed determined to keep our lead in check. Three riders attacked out of the break with 45 km to go, when our lead had dropped to less than three minutes. I chased them with help from Bonnafond while the other rider sat up and waited for the pack. We couldn't catch the three up ahead and were caught by the pack with 8 km to go, and then dropped. The peloton caught up with the rest of the break before the finish. The sprint finish was won by Jakub Mareczko while Fabio Silvestre got 8th place for us.
| 1 | Jakub Mareczko | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | 4h17'31 | | 2 | Fabio Felline | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 3 | Alexander Kristoff | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 4 | André Looij | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 5 | Gustav Hoog | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 6 | Rick Zabel | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 7 | Nacer Bouhanni | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 8 | Fabio Silvestre | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 9 | Pascal Ackermann | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 10 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Eduard-Michael Grosu | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 12 | Matthias Plarre | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 13 | Leigh Howard | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 14 | Paul Voss | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 15 | Stig Broeckx | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 16 | Mathieu van der Poel | Astana Pro Team | + 38 | | 17 | Michael Mørkøv | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 18 | Moreno Moser | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 19 | Nick Van Der Lijke | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 20 | Loïc Vliegen | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 21 | Quentin Jauregui | Alcatel | s.t. | | 22 | Alessandro De Marchi | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 23 | Meik Hermanski | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 24 | Rohan Dennis | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 25 | Gregory Brenes | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 26 | Francesco Bongiorno | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 27 | Daniele Ratto | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 28 | Marco Haller | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 29 | Max Walscheid | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 30 | Bob Schoonbroodt | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 31 | Chad Haga | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 32 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 33 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 34 | Jenthe Biermans | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 35 | Steve Chainel | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 36 | Frederik Backaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 37 | Robert Power | Team Sky | s.t. | | 38 | Andrea Manfredi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 39 | Matteo Busato | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 40 | Cameron Meyer | Team Sky | s.t. | | 41 | Mateusz Nowak | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 42 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 43 | Kristian Haugaard | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 44 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 45 | Christophe Laborie | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 46 | Marc Goos | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 47 | Sébastien Turgot | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 48 | Andreas Schillinger | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 49 | Kenny Elissonde | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 50 | Daniel Navarro | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 51 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 52 | Kevin Pauwels | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 53 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 54 | Allessio Bottura | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 55 | Justin Jules | Alcatel | s.t. | | 56 | William Barta | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 57 | Kristijan Durasek | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 58 | Sander Armee | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 59 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 60 | Angelo Tulik | Alcatel | s.t. | | 61 | Marcel Meisen | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 62 | Davide Viganò | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 63 | José Herrada | Team Sky | s.t. | | 64 | Enrico Gasparotto | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 65 | Til Schuster | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 66 | Martijn Keizer | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 67 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 68 | Lawson Craddock | Team Sky | s.t. | | 69 | Pieter Jacobs | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 70 | Jimmy Duquennoy | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 71 | Alton McArther | Team Sky | s.t. | | 72 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 73 | Björn Thurau | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 74 | Yonas Tekeste | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 75 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Team Sky | s.t. | | 76 | Jan Kovar | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 77 | Clément Saint-Martin | Alcatel | s.t. | | 78 | Peter Koning | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 79 | Davide Malacarne | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 80 | Dieter Markaï | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 81 | Simon Geschke | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 82 | Manuel Porzner | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 83 | Rodolfo Torres | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 84 | Nikolas Maes | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 85 | Fariji Tahar | MTN-Qhubeka | + 2'06 | | 86 | Davide Plebani | TEAM Pirelli | s.t. | | 87 | Alexis Bodiot | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 88 | Guiseppe Lottaroli | Team Sky | s.t. | | 89 | Jan Dieteren | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 90 | Lorenzo Rota | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 91 | Eugenio Alafaci | Southeast | s.t. | | 92 | Lucas Gaday | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 93 | Maxime Daniel | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 94 | Mauro Abel Richeze | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 95 | Dmytro Krivtsov | Team Kuota - Lotto | s.t. | | 96 | Dominik Roels | Team Kuota - Lotto | s.t. | | 97 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Southeast | s.t. | | 98 | Gert-Jan Bosman | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 99 | Martin Velits | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 100 | Giacomo Berlato | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 101 | Bernhard Eisel | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 102 | Sylvain Chavanel | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 103 | Charly Petelin | Southeast | s.t. | | 104 | Paul Martens | Southeast | s.t. | | 105 | Benoît Vaugrenard | Alcatel | s.t. | | 106 | Timon Seubert | Team Kuota - Lotto | s.t. | | 107 | Daniel McLay | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 108 | Grischa Janorschke | Alpina | s.t. | | 109 | Ji Ming Jung | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 110 | Sven Erik Bystrøm | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 111 | Rémy Rochas | Alcatel | s.t. | | 112 | Matteo Collodel | Southeast | s.t. | | 113 | Luca Barla | Southeast | s.t. | | 114 | Sebastian Deckert | Team Kuota - Lotto | s.t. | | 115 | Joe Evans | Team Sky | s.t. | | 116 | David Bartl | Team Kuota - Lotto | s.t. | | 117 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 118 | Nikodemus Holler | Alpina | s.t. | | 119 | Jérôme Cousin | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 120 | Jordan Levasseur | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 121 | Jelle Mannaerts | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 122 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 123 | Heiner Parra | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 124 | Rubén Pols | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 125 | Andrew Tennant | Team Kuota - Lotto | s.t. | | 126 | Wilfried Sohrweide | Alpina | + 3'23 | | 127 | Pedro Sequera | Alpina | s.t. | | 128 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 129 | Julian Schulze | Alpina | + 4'07 | | 130 | Jasper De Buyst | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 131 | Jan Polanc | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 132 | Matvei Mamykin | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 133 | Theo Bos | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 134 | Mathias Rask Jeppessen | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 135 | Yury Trofimov | Alcatel | s.t. | | 136 | Jack Haig | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 137 | Dylan Page | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 138 | Ahmet Örken | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 139 | Anthony Turgis | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 140 | Jasper Ockeloen | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 141 | Paweł Franczak | Southeast | s.t. | | 142 | John Ebsen | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 143 | Yoann Paillot | Alcatel | s.t. | | 144 | Kilian Frankiny | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 145 | Regan Gough | Team Kuota - Lotto | s.t. | | 146 | Anthony Vandrepotte | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 4'55 | | 147 | Guillaume Boivin | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 7'02 | | 148 | Harry Carpenter | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 149 | Gero Walbrül | Alpina | + 7'36 | | 150 | Silvio Giorni | Team Kuota - Lotto | + 10'21 | | 151 | Simone Antonini | Southeast | s.t. | | 152 | Gianni Moscon | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 153 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 154 | Simone Stortoni | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 155 | Hayden Roulston | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 156 | Louis Rohde | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 157 | Pierre Moncorge | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. |
Cobbles awaited us on the route. I was given a free role again but this time I stayed in the pack. I wasn't very confident of being able to sustain my legs till the end in the break on cobbles. The cobbled sections came well beyond the halfway mark> the first section itself saw the decisive move. The break was already caught before this point and a group of 14 riders went away from the pack. Dylan van Zijl was Roompot's only representative. I kept going backward as the race progressed, finishing almost 8 minutes behind the eventual winner. Further attacks in the lead group saw a group of five sprint to the line to decide the winner. Olivier Naesen took home the prize. Dylan van Zijl came 9th for us.
| 1 | Olivier Naesen | Trek Factory Racing | 4h48'18 | | 2 | Fabio Felline | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 3 | Dylan van Baarle | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 4 | Joren Touquet | Ventilair | s.t. | | 5 | Jenthe Biermans | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 6 | Tim Merlier | Team 3M | + 52 | | 7 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 8 | Roy Jans | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1'16 | | 9 | Dylan Van Zijl | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 1'28 | | 10 | Nino Honigh | SEG Racing | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Marco Haller | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 12 | Daan Myngheer | Cibel | + 1'43 | | 13 | Jori van Steenberghen | Colruyt | s.t. | | 14 | Tom Slagter | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 15 | Xandro Meurisse | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1'58 | | 16 | Pieter Jacobs | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 17 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Etixx - Quick-step | + 2'30 | | 18 | Jordi van Dingenen | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 19 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Etixx - Quick-step | + 2'53 | | 20 | Gediminas Bagdonas | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | + 3'12 | | 21 | Luka Mezgec | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 22 | Klaas Lodewyck | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 23 | Wout van Aert | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 24 | Dieter Bouvry | Cibel | s.t. | | 25 | Luka Pibernik | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 26 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 27 | Andris Smirnovs | Cibel | s.t. | | 28 | Wesley Kreder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 29 | Mike Teunissen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 30 | Fabio Silvestre | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 31 | Jaco Venter | Team 3M | s.t. | | 32 | Michael Matthews | Lotto Soudal | + 4'33 | | 33 | Bert De Backer | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 4'57 | | 34 | Boris Vallée | Trek Factory Racing | + 5'30 | | 35 | Barry Markus | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 36 | Christophe Laporte | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 37 | Martijn Degreve | Ventilair | s.t. | | 38 | Kevin Peeters | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 39 | Tom Dernies | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 40 | Antoine Demoitie | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 41 | George Tansley | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 42 | Jonas Van Genechten | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 43 | Jack Bauer | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 44 | Berden De Vries | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 45 | Floris Gerts | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 46 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 47 | Enzo Wouters | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 48 | Brian Bulgac | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 49 | Kevin Callebaut | Colruyt | s.t. | | 50 | Alessio Lanzano | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 51 | Joaquím Durant | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 52 | Nikolas Maes | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 53 | Dennis Coenen | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | s.t. | | 54 | Benjamin Verraes | Cibel | s.t. | | 55 | Julien Stassen | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 56 | Roman Maikin | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 57 | Robin Stenuit | Team 3M | s.t. | | 58 | Timothy Stevens | Colruyt | s.t. | | 59 | Kevin van Staeyen | Colruyt | s.t. | | 60 | Jelle Donders | Colruyt | s.t. | | 61 | Stijn Ennekens | Ventilair | s.t. | | 62 | Andrea Zordan | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 63 | Tom Stamsnijder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 64 | André Looij | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 65 | Boris Dron | Colruyt | s.t. | | 66 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Team 3M | s.t. | | 67 | Arman Kamyshev | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 68 | Joris Dertin | Ventilair | s.t. | | 69 | Björn Thurau | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 70 | Joeri Adams | Cibel | s.t. | | 71 | Oczan Henrichs | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 72 | Glenn O'Shea | Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke | s.t. | | 73 | Frederik Frison | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 74 | Joren Segers | Ventilair | s.t. | | 75 | Mattia Frapporti | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 76 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 77 | Jan-Harm van den Braken | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 78 | Marc Goos | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 79 | Jarl Salomein | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 80 | Marcello Pavarin | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 81 | Sjoerd Bax | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 82 | Jens Adams | Team 3M | s.t. | | 83 | Kenny De Ketele | Team 3M | s.t. | | 84 | Martijn Keizer | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 7'04 | | 85 | Mike Terpstra | Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke | + 7'55 | | 86 | Dries De Bondt | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 87 | Jasper Hamelink | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 88 | Kristian Sobota | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 89 | Rémy Mertz | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 90 | Tijmen Eising | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 91 | Simone Consonni | Ventilair | s.t. | | 92 | Gerry Druyts | Team 3M | s.t. | | 93 | Kevin Thome | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 94 | Joshua Edmondson | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 95 | Olivier Pardini | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 96 | Adrian Kurek | Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke | s.t. | | 97 | Stijn Steels | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 98 | Meik Hermanski | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 99 | Kenny Terweduwe | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 100 | Luka Kotur | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 101 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 102 | Jaap De Man | Metec - TKH | s.t. | | 103 | Charlie Arimont | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 104 | Niels Vandyck | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | s.t. | | 105 | Walt de Winter | Colruyt | s.t. | | 106 | Timothy Dupont | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 107 | Martin Hunal | Metec - TKH | s.t. | | 108 | Jochem Hoekstra | Metec - TKH | s.t. | | 109 | Matthias Plarre | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 110 | Vitali Kondrut | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 111 | Lionel Taminiaux | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 112 | Brent Luyckx | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | s.t. | | 113 | Jonathan Dufrasne | Ventilair | s.t. | | 114 | Emiel Planckaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 115 | Jaap De Jong | Metec - TKH | s.t. | | 116 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cibel | s.t. | | 117 | Sjoerd Kouwenhoven | Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke | s.t. | | 118 | Maximilian Schachmann | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 119 | Oscar Riesebeek | Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke | s.t. | | 120 | Christian Patron | Cibel | s.t. | | 121 | Kasper Linde Jørgensen | Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke | s.t. | | 122 | Florent Delfosse | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 123 | René Hooghiemster | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 124 | Sjors Roosen | Metec - TKH | s.t. | | 125 | Timo Roosen | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 126 | Anuar Manan | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 127 | Carter Jones | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 128 | Christophe Premont | Cibel | s.t. | | 129 | Marcel Aregger | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 130 | Dominique Cornu | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 131 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 132 | Alex Kirsch | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 133 | Sander Helven | Colruyt | s.t. | | 134 | Nicolas Mertz | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 135 | Brian Ligneel | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | s.t. | | 136 | Maarten Neyens | Team 3M | s.t. | | 137 | Libero Zinnari | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 138 | Danilo Wyss | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 139 | Emiel Dolfsma | Metec - TKH | s.t. | | 140 | Amauri Capiot | Ventilair | s.t. | | 141 | Kristof Vandewalle | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 142 | Wouter Haan | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | + 11'34 | | 143 | Tom Vermeer | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 144 | Maxat Ayazbayev | Veranclassic - Ekoi | s.t. | | 145 | Johan Hemroulle | Wallonie - Bruxelles | + 11'49 | | 146 | Fabio Polazzi | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | s.t. | | 147 | Markus Eibegger | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 148 | Oleksandr Kvachuk | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 149 | Robin Aandewiel | Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke | s.t. | | 150 | Hartthijs De Vries | Metec - TKH | s.t. | | 151 | Karim Benachour | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 152 | Rick Goeree | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 153 | Paco Ghistelinck | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | s.t. | | 154 | Floris Smeyers | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | + 13'57 | | 155 | Riccardo Donato | Leopard Development Team | + 15'00 | | 156 | Sam Bassetti | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | s.t. | | 157 | Glenn Kemper | Metec - TKH | + 18'54 | | 158 | Dieter Markaï | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 159 | Edward Maatman | Cyclingteam Join-S - De Rijke | + 20'22 | | 160 | Ben Hermans | Etixx - Quick-step | + 20'54 |
My last race for Roompot brought me my first experience of finishing at the Champs Elysses! Perhaps, this is symbolic of the impending step up that I'm about to make into the World Tour...
It was quite ironic that I was assigned as a helper on my last outing after having led the team in quite a few important races. Nevertheless, I was happy just seeing out this race and moving on rather than throw a tantrum. Maybe this was a way of the team showing their displeasure at my leaving or maybe this was the team telling me that I'll have to get used to this role a bit more after I make my move.
The race turned out to be a dull affair for me and the team. The bunch sprint saw none of my teammates able to challenge for the win, Reguigui's 31st being our best position. Wouter Wippert won at the hallowed finish on Champs Elysses with Demare and Manzin finishing in 2nd and 3rd places respectively.
| 1 | Wouter Wippert | IAM Cycling | 6h45'03 | | 2 | Arnaud Demare | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 3 | Lorenzo Manzin | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 4 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 5 | Sam Bennett | Alcatel | s.t. | | 6 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | Alexander Kristoff | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 8 | Milán Biró | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 9 | Luke Rowe | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 10 | Quentin Jauregui | Alcatel | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Nacer Bouhanni | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 12 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Alcatel | s.t. | | 13 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 14 | Moreno Hofland | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 15 | Jonathan Hivert | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 16 | Caleb Ewan | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 17 | Danny Van Poppel | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 18 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 19 | André Looij | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 20 | Rudy Barbier | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 21 | Marc Sarreau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 22 | Justin Jules | Alcatel | s.t. | | 23 | Arthur Vichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 24 | Andrea Zordan | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 25 | Jack Bobridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 26 | Egor Silin | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 27 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 28 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 29 | Angelo Tulik | Alcatel | s.t. | | 30 | Benoît Vaugrenard | Alcatel | s.t. | | 31 | Youcef Reguigui | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 32 | Zamrat Bachurin | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 33 | Mateusz Nowak | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 34 | Jay Thomson | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 35 | Jasha Sütterlin | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 36 | Antonio Dubois | Auber 93 | s.t. | | 37 | Yannick Martinez | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 38 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 39 | Jeremy Leveau | Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre | s.t. | | 40 | Fabien Canal | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 41 | Gert-Jan Bosman | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 42 | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 43 | Yamato Shirota | Alcatel | s.t. | | 44 | Nicolas Baldo | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 45 | Olivier Le Gac | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 46 | Tyler Farrar | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 47 | Carl Jermail | Auber 93 | s.t. | | 48 | Blel Kadri | Ventilair | s.t. | | 49 | Federico Zurlo | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 50 | Rudy Kowalski | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 51 | Thomas Vaubourzeix | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 52 | Romain Guyot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 53 | Sonny Colbrelli | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 54 | Christophe Laborie | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 55 | Matthias Plarre | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 56 | Samuel Spokes | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 57 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 58 | Jakub Mareczko | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 59 | Nans Peters | Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre | s.t. | | 60 | Jérémy Roy | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 61 | Philip Lavery | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 62 | Lasse Norman Hansen | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 63 | Fabien Grellier | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 64 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 65 | Phil Bauhaus | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 66 | Dylan Page | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 67 | Lander Seynaeve | Ventilair | s.t. | | 68 | Hugo Houle | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 69 | Mathieu Perget | Auber 93 | s.t. | | 70 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 71 | Grégoire Tarride | Auber 93 | s.t. | | 72 | Anton Vorobyev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 73 | Egoitz García | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 74 | Andrea Peron | Auber 93 | s.t. | | 75 | Stijn Ennekens | Ventilair | s.t. | | 76 | Eduard-Michael Grosu | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 77 | Martijn Degreve | Ventilair | s.t. | | 78 | Timo Roosen | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 79 | Hayden Roulston | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 80 | Steven Tronet | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 81 | Campbell Flakemore | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 82 | Robbe Casier | Auber 93 | s.t. | | 83 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 84 | Bernhard Eisel | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 85 | Julius van den Berg | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 86 | Konrad Dabkowski | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 87 | Maurits Lammertink | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 88 | Romain Feillu | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 89 | Samir Jabrayilov | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 90 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 91 | Julien Van Den Brande | Ventilair | s.t. | | 92 | Romain Combaud | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 93 | Davide Appollonio | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 94 | Jingbiao Zhao | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 95 | Peter Koning | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 96 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 97 | Romain Matheou | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 98 | Clement Penven | Team Marseille 13 KTM | s.t. | | 99 | Julien Fouchard | Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre | s.t. | | 100 | Asbjørn Kragh Andersen | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 101 | Tom Veelers | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 102 | Simon Sellier | Team Marseille 13 KTM | s.t. | | 103 | Yonas Tekeste | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 104 | Maxime Daniel | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 105 | Lucas Destang | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 106 | Simon Gerrans | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 107 | Romain Cardis | Team Marseille 13 KTM | s.t. | | 108 | Alvaro Cuadros | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 109 | Joren Segers | Ventilair | s.t. | | 110 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 111 | Vicente Reynès | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 112 | Morgan Lamoisson | Team Marseille 13 KTM | s.t. | | 113 | Jonathan Dufrasne | Ventilair | s.t. | | 114 | Alexandre Lemair | Team Marseille 13 KTM | s.t. | | 115 | Romain Guillemois | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 116 | Michael Carbel | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 117 | Sergey Shilov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 118 | Benoit Drujon | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 119 | Emil Wang | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 120 | Alexis Bodiot | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 121 | Fabien Schmidt | Alcatel | s.t. | | 122 | Sieben Wouters | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 123 | James Shaw | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 124 | Anthony Turgis | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 125 | Sven Erik Bystrøm | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 126 | Cheng Ji | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 127 | Michael Schär | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 128 | Charles Herbert | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 129 | Ryan Anderson | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 130 | Jelle Mannaerts | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 131 | Pieter van Herck | Ventilair | s.t. | | 132 | Marcello Pavarin | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 133 | Alessio Lanzano | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 134 | Brian Bulgac | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 135 | Julien Antomarchi | Team Marseille 13 KTM | s.t. | | 136 | Jean-Lou Paiani | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 137 | Bryan Nauleau | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 138 | Loris Roca | Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre | s.t. | | 139 | Jérôme Cousin | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 140 | David Lefort | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 141 | Melvin Rulliere | Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre | s.t. | | 142 | Matthieu Halleguen | Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre | s.t. | | 143 | Luca Wackermann | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 144 | Roman Shevchuk | Auber 93 | s.t. | | 145 | Jimmi Sørensen | Leopard Development Team | s.t. | | 146 | Tobias Kongstad | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 4'54 | | 147 | Aimé Moro | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 148 | Romain Bacon | Team Marseille 13 KTM | s.t. | | 149 | Louis Rohde | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 150 | Yann Guyot | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 151 | Kevin Lalouette | Auber 93 | s.t. | | 152 | Gilles Cazes | Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre | s.t. | | 153 | Mathias Krigbaum | Leopard Development Team | + 6'47 | | 154 | Zhi Hui Jiang | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 155 | Benjamin Thomas | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 7'22 | | 156 | Patrick Gretsch | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 157 | Victor Tournieroux | Team Marseille 13 KTM | s.t. | | 158 | Egon Rottensteiner | Leopard Development Team | + 8'39 | | 159 | Nicolas Capdepuy | Equipe Cycliste de l'Armée de Terre | s.t. | | 160 | Fabio Silvestre | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. |
A poor set of results to finish off my stint with Roompot. The races were not to my liking and I wasn't expecting a whole lot better. Stay tuned as I will come back in a couple of days to look back on my two years here and to look forward to my impending switch to Lotto. Till then, enjoy the off-season...
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 12-03-2017 05:55
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My second year in the PCT was an eventful one. The biggest story of the year was my first stage win achieved on Stage 5 of the Vuelta a Andalucia! The best birthday gift that I've ever given myself. The rest of the year featured a couple of podiums and a couple of wins in the U25s.
The year also saw me debut in legendary races like the Amstel Gold Race, La Fleche Wallone, Romandie and Quebec. As a reward for my consistency and good performance, Lotto Soudal came calling and my dream of riding in the World Tour will be realised next year. Also, and by no means a small thing, I stayed injury free for the whole year. A relief after two horrendous injuries in the past two years.
And now for a well deserved rest...
| Continental Rankings | CQ Rankings | | Me | 14th - 306 points | 58th - 721 points | | Roompot Oranje | 9th - 919 points | 25th - 1591 points |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 12-03-2017 14:29
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As expected some bad results in the flat races.
Looking forward to some WT racing
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 12-03-2017 17:40
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It's been a fruitful season, hopefully you can develop further in the WT next year
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 13-03-2017 05:28
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Should be a an exciting season in the WT. Fingers crossed 
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 23-03-2017 17:14
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WITH THE WORLD (TOUR) AT MY PEDALS
Not Quite a World Beater (Yet...)
It is two weeks now since the press conference announcing the new team that will represent Lotto Soudal for the 2018 season. It is hence two weeks that I've been living the dream on a daily basis...
The first week of training for the team was on flat roads, where we gently got back to race pace after the year end break. Things were looking good. I'd had my initiation with the team. I had to sing a local song as part of the process. I'm sure those who were present on that particular occasion can still hear a ringing in their ears! It felt too good to be true. Here I was, living my teenage dream, riding shoulder to shoulder and joking around off the bikes with World Tour bike riders.
Then week two came around and we headed to the mountains for altitude training. As always, I was determined to make a good first impression, after all, this was my preferred terrain. Like my move up from CT to PCT, the difference in training methods and the difference in rider abilities were stark. It took me some time to get used to the team's combined rhythm. How they attacked certain portions of the road, how they manoeuvred fast descents and how they bid their time in preparation for the perfect moment. The whole exercise was a masterclass in itself. And I felt like the luckiest boy alive!
I was riding with some of the best riders in the world at Lotto Soudal, as you can see for yourself here:
Me being me, the constant nagging doubt of whether I'm good enough to ride at my current level never ceases. As you can see, I've improved a fair bit over the past year:
However, I'm not a world beater just yet. Lotto Soudal should be a great platform to get me there. This feels like the start something great...
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 23-03-2017 18:10
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Great to see Gilbert back in the Lotto team. WTF is Boonen doing there? 
Are you editing your stats in order to not develop so fast as everyone does in Pro Cyclist?
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 24-03-2017 04:10
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Aquarius97 wrote:
Are you editing your stats in order to not develop so fast as everyone does in Pro Cyclist?
Nope, no editing. Just slowing down training intensity. I'm not sure how others do it, but I like how this is going tbh.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 25-03-2017 09:54
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Directeur Sportif
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Joined: 27-07-2015
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The first month of racing with the new team and in the World Tour. And where do you think I start off? That's right! Spain. It's good to be able to start on roads I especially like, given the situation. Only one race in January, and that's in the island of Mallorca.
I was chosen for a free role in this race. Louis Meintjes, Vuelta a Espana runner-up, was our team leader. This was his first race for Lotto too. It was a great learning experience, getting to know one of the best in the peloton from such close quarters. Our team had decent expectations from this race, going in with a strong team.
Stage 1 - This was a flat stage and I decided to stick to the peloton for this one. The early break was caught before the finish as the sprinters slugged it out for the win. Sam Bennett edged out Sagan for the win while former teammate Krieger picked up an impressive 3rd place for Roompot.
Stage 2 - I formed the breakaway with one other rider just after the early first climb of the day. We pulled out to a 5 minute lead but never had a free reign. We were caught quite early, with 55 km left. I managed to stay in the pack till 15 km to go. It all went downhill from there. I struggled with the race pace and ended up losing a massive 9 minutes on this medium difficulty stage. Davide Cimolai got 6th place for us while Sagan won the stage.
Stage 3 - Having seen the chance for a high finish evaporate on the previous stage, I decided to join the break once. This time there were a couple of other riders with me to start with but I managed to drop them all going up the first climb. From that time, I rode a lonely race at the front, picking up all the KOM points. The peloton never really chased hard, aware that I was no threat to the GC. They kept reducing the gap as the finish line approached. As I passed below the red kite, I had around 45 seconds over the peloton. I knew I had it in the bag now. This race had gone from extremely disappointing to incredible in the span of 24 hours for me! I won!! In my first race as a part of the Worl Tour peloton. It was an incredible feeling. What's more, I now had the KOM jersey too!
Stage 4 - The last stage was all about self-preservation for me. There wasn't enough KOM points available on the road for anyone surpass my tally. de Gendt joined the break for us while I stayed in the pack. I managed to stay with the group of leaers as the peloton kept reducing in numbers. de Gendt was the last surviving member of the break, caught by the leaders' group of 9, which included me. I got dropped in the last kilometre and lost 2 minutes. But I wasn't bothered. I finished 10th on the stage, which was won by Conti. de Gendt finished 9th.
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | 13h39'53 | | 2 | Ion Izagirre | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 16 | | 3 | Anastasio Ania | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1'16 | | 4 | Tim Wellens | ESPN | + 1'22 | | 5 | Diego Ulissi | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2'18 | | 6 | Fabio Duarte | Colombia | + 3'44 | | 7 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 8 | Tom Slagter | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 4'44 | | 9 | Valerio Conti | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 10 | Stefano Pirazzi | ESPN | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Davide Formolo | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 5'20 | | 12 | Arvid Melchiot | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 5'42 | | 13 | Lachlan Morton | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 5'46 | | 14 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 5'48 | | 15 | Beñat Intxausti | TEAM Cepsa | + 6'10 | | 16 | Edward Ravasi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 6'32 | | 17 | Mattia Cattaneo | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 18 | Petr Vakoč | Iberdrola | + 7'02 | | 19 | Louis Meintjes | Lotto Soudal | + 7'08 | | 20 | Ever Rivera | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 21 | Pello Bilbao | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 8'05 | | 22 | Simon Geschke | Bora - Argon 18 | + 8'10 | | 23 | Javier Moreno | TEAM Cepsa | + 8'16 | | 24 | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 25 | Eros Capecchi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 26 | Diego Rosa | TEAM Cepsa | + 8'34 | | 27 | Serghei Tvetcov | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 28 | Jan Barta | ESPN | + 9'10 | | 29 | Matteo Rabottini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 9'31 | | 30 | Alessandro De Marchi | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 31 | Alvaro Cuadros | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 32 | Beñat Txoperena | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 33 | François Bidard | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 9'47 | | 34 | David De la Cruz | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 10'18 | | 35 | Cyril Gautier | Alcatel | s.t. | | 36 | Tanel Kangert | ESPN | + 10'24 | | 37 | Juan Chamorro | Colombia | s.t. | | 38 | Jordi Simón | Team Katusha | + 10'28 | | 39 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 10'51 | | 40 | Patrick Bevin | Bora - Argon 18 | + 11'09 | | 41 | Daniel Moreno | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 42 | Marc Soler | ActiveJet Team | + 11'33 | | 43 | Mikaël Chérel | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 11'35 | | 44 | Gregor Mühlberger | Bora - Argon 18 | + 11'36 | | 45 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 12'08 | | 46 | Alexis Gougeard | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 47 | Luca Chirico | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 48 | Fredrik Galta | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 49 | Yoann Bagot | Team Europcar | + 12'47 | | 50 | Quentin Jauregui | Team Europcar | + 13'25 | | 51 | Sondre Holst Enger | Team Joker | + 13'30 | | 52 | Yonas Tekeste | Colombia | + 14'37 | | 53 | Sam Bennett | Alcatel | + 14'47 | | 54 | Alex Peters | Team Joker | + 14'59 | | 55 | Jesús Ezquerra | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 56 | Haritz Orbe | Iberdrola | + 15'24 | | 57 | Daniele Ratto | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 15'31 | | 58 | Clément Saint-Martin | Alcatel | + 15'32 | | 59 | Stéphane Rossetto | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 16'12 | | 60 | Anatoliy Budyak | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 16'39 | | 61 | Leonardo Pinizzotto | Team Joker | + 16'46 | | 62 | Jesper Asselman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 17'01 | | 63 | Davide Pacchiardo | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 64 | Jan Dieteren | Bora - Argon 18 | + 17'07 | | 65 | Mads Pedersen | ESPN | + 17'09 | | 66 | Håvard Blikra | Kaiku | + 17'11 | | 67 | Salvatore Puccio | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 68 | Kristian Aasvold | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 69 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 17'32 | | 70 | Jelle Wallays | Lotto Soudal | + 18'15 | | 71 | William Guzman | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 72 | Francisco José Ventoso | Team Katusha | + 18'33 | | 73 | Magnus Børresen | Team Joker | s.t. | | 74 | Jaime Castañeda | Colombia | s.t. | | 75 | Fabio Tuzi | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 76 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Kaiku | s.t. | | 77 | Gianni Moscon | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 78 | Yelko Gomez | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 79 | Marco Haller | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 19'13 | | 80 | Daniel Eaton | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 20'00 | | 81 | Francesco Ginanni | Team Europcar | + 20'02 | | 82 | Fredrik Ludvigsson | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 83 | Mirko Selvaggi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 84 | Marc De Maar | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 85 | Aitor Gurruchaga | Kaiku | s.t. | | 86 | Eduard-Michael Grosu | MTN-Qhubeka | + 20'12 | | 87 | Quentin Pacher | Alcatel | s.t. | | 88 | Juan José Lobato | TEAM Cepsa | + 20'27 | | 89 | Jan Ghyselinck | ESPN | s.t. | | 90 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 91 | Michael Hümbert | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 92 | Eduard Beltran | Colombia | + 20'31 | | 93 | Travis Meyer | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 20'51 | | 94 | Milán Biró | TEAM Cepsa | + 22'11 | | 95 | Yoeri Havik | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 22'12 | | 96 | Hayato Yoshida | Colombia | + 22'14 | | 97 | Jon Aberasturi | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 98 | José Vicente Toribio | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 99 | Matteo Collodel | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 100 | Barry Markus | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 101 | Gustav Hoog | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 102 | Sebastian Trillini | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 103 | Tim Kerkhof | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 104 | Markus Hoelgaard | Team Joker | s.t. | | 105 | Meik Hermanski | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 106 | Mamyr Stash | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 107 | Antonio Molina | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 108 | Clément Venturini | Team Europcar | + 23'28 | | 109 | Romain Guyot | Team Europcar | + 23'35 | | 110 | Cameron Wurf | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 111 | Garikoitz Bravo | Iberdrola | + 23'42 | | 112 | Eugenio Moreno Rosillo | Iberdrola | + 24'39 | | 113 | Johan Le Bon | ESPN | + 24'52 | | 114 | Kevin Peeters | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 115 | Davide Cimolai | Lotto Soudal | + 25'04 | | 116 | Frederique Robert | Lotto Soudal | + 25'15 | | 117 | Federico Zurlo | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 118 | Mateusz Nowaczek | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 119 | Kenny Elissonde | Team Europcar | + 26'07 | | 120 | Philip Lavery | MTN-Qhubeka | + 26'39 | | 121 | Andrea Piechele | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 122 | Johann Van Zyl | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 123 | Aljaz Hocevar | Team Joker | + 27'12 | | 124 | Benjamin Giraud | Team Europcar | + 27'16 | | 125 | Angelo Tulik | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 126 | Clément Chevrier | Alcatel | s.t. | | 127 | Ji Ming Jung | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 128 | Christian Koch | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 129 | Emiel Dolfsma | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 130 | Aner Echegaray | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 131 | Pablo Lechuga | Kaiku | s.t. | | 132 | Harry Carpenter | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 133 | Floris Gerts | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 27'27 | | 134 | Egoitz García | Kaiku | + 27'53 | | 135 | Alexander Krieger | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 28'14 | | 136 | Constantino Campuzano | Iberdrola | + 28'23 | | 137 | Romain Guillemois | Alcatel | + 29'11 | | 138 | Jimmy Raibaud | Alcatel | + 29'52 | | 139 | Joey Rosskopf | ESPN | + 30'17 | | 140 | Rafael Infantino | Colombia | s.t. | | 141 | Justin Oien | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 142 | Carl Jermail | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 143 | Jesús Herrero | Kaiku | s.t. | | 144 | Luigi Miletta | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 30'47 | | 145 | Michael Woods | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 30'59 | | 146 | Mario González | Burgos - BH | + 31'25 | | 147 | Aser Estévez | Iberdrola | + 31'36 | | 148 | Luka Grubic | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 149 | Tom Leezer | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 31'41 | | 150 | Rüdiger Selig | MTN-Qhubeka | + 33'50 | | 151 | Vadim Galeyev | Kaiku | + 33'58 | | 152 | Vincent Jérôme | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 153 | Roman Kubik | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 154 | Oliver Karjalainen | Team Joker | s.t. | | 155 | Ralf Matzka | Bora - Argon 18 | + 34'19 | | 156 | Dylan Van Zijl | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 36'38 | | 157 | Thomas Damuseau | Alcatel | + 36'47 | | 158 | Antonio Dubois | Colombia | + 36'59 | | 159 | Manuel Sola | Burgos - BH | + 37'24 | | 160 | Jimmy Duquennoy | Lotto Soudal | + 38'13 | | 161 | Rasmus Quaade | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 39'44 | | 162 | Peter Koning | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 163 | Damien Monier | Team Europcar | + 40'02 | | 164 | Arnau Sole | Burgos - BH | + 41'15 | | 165 | Konrad Dabkowski | ActiveJet Team | + 42'01 | | 166 | Stef Clement | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 42'11 | | 167 | Sieben Wouters | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 46'03 | | 168 | Andreas Hofer | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 47'35 | | 169 | Bjørn Vidar Riseth | Team Joker | + 50'18 | | 170 | Francisco Manuel Antón | Burgos - BH | + 56'28 | | 171 | Igor Romero | ActiveJet Team | + 59'36 | | 172 | Amets Balencegui | Kaiku | + 1h02'26 |
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | 77 | | 2 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 47 | | 3 | Sam Bennett | Alcatel | 39 | | 4 | Ion Izagirre | Tinkoff-Saxo | 30 | | 5 | Jan Dieteren | Bora - Argon 18 | 28 |
| 1 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 64 | | 2 | Travis Meyer | Drapac Professional Cycling | 58 | | 3 | Quentin Pacher | Alcatel | 38 | | 4 | Floris Gerts | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | 36 | | 5 | Lachlan Morton | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 26 |
Young Riders' Classification
| 1 | Anastasio Ania | Tinkoff-Saxo | 13h41'09 | | 2 | Valerio Conti | Astana Pro Team | + 3'28 | | 3 | Arvid Melchiot | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 4'26 | | 4 | Edward Ravasi | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 5'16 | | 5 | Alvaro Cuadros | Team Katusha | + 8'15 |
| 1 | Tinkoff-Saxo | 41h01'39 | | 2 | ESPN | + 11'14 | | 3 | Lotto Soudal | + 12'33 | | 4 | Colombia | + 13'24 | | 5 | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 17'04 |
I didn't care about my GC position (which was 39th, ok I did care a little). I had won a stage and that's all that mattered. Spain, once again is my good luck charm. A bad race for Meintjes as he struggled to find his rhythm. But I' on cloud nine right now. A stage win, the KOM jersey and second place in the Points. Winning the lottery indeed!
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