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EPIC - Season 2 Part 1
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| knockout |
Posted on 04-05-2015 11:45
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Kittel vs the Calzone again 
Movistar has brought their power team for the flat and we all have seen what they are capable when they try so let's hope they attempt something !
Nice preview.
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 04-05-2015 12:07
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Nice preview, I'm banking on a hard race, although bringing Mezgec or Boeckmans as well would have been smart.  |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 04-05-2015 12:18
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Ollfardh wrote:
Good preview, now let's have the final race of the season 
The games stopping? 
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 04-05-2015 12:34
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Season part
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Posted on 04-05-2015 19:28
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The teams have arrived in Eijsden for the start of the Volta Limburg Classic. Almost 200 kilometers awaits the riders. The conditions are horrible, as it is raining quite heavily.
180 km to go
Straight from the start 7 riders attacked, but the peloton is not letting them go. The bad weather is already taking its first victims, with several riders crashing. Especially Lotto is hit hard with both Wellens and Vanendert going down.
160 km to go
With 5 riders remaining in the breakaway, the peloton finally slows down. This gives Wellens and Vanendert a chance to get back to the peloton. The riders in the breakaway are Lapthorne (Drapac), Miles (CCC), Grabsch (NetApp), Bulgac (Lotto) and Ludvigsson (Giant). They got a 3 minute lead.
125 km to go
The break has reached their maximum lead of 6'45. In the peloton Movistar, FDJ and Belkin start to increase the pace a little.
With 100 km to go the gap is 5'30.
With 80 km to go the gap is 4'20.
With 60 km to go the gap is 3'10
50 km to go
On one of the final hills of the stage Visconti (Vacansoleil) attacks from the peloton. The breakaway is only 2 minutes ahead.
30 km to go
Bulgac and Lapthorne attack from the breakaway, but the others catch back up to them almost instantly. Visconti is 50 seconds behind them, while the peloton is 45 seconds behind the Vacansoleil rider, with still the same teams chasing.
25 km to go
Visconti has almost reached the 5 riders up front, while the Peloton split in 3 groups. 60 riders remain in the peloton. Van Hummel and Appollonio are the biggest names caught behind.
15 km to go
Visconti is caught by the peloton. The pace is really high now, with several riders struggling to keep up. The breakaway is still ahead, but they only have a lead of 45 seconds.
10 km to go
Paolini (Vacansoleil) attacks. He profits from a decrease of pace in the peloton. Just as he reaches the front group, Miles puts in an acceleration, but he can't get away.
5 km to go
The break only has a 20 second lead left on the peloton, where FDJ has 2 riders in front of Bouhanni. He has Calzone on his wheel. Kittel is behind Calzone, with Van Poppel on his wheel. One kilometer later the break is caught.
2.5 km to go
Bouhanni feels very confident and goes for the long sprint. It might not be a wise decision though with Calzone and Kittel on his wheel.
1 km to go
Calzone bursts past Bouhanni who is getting tired now. Kittel is still looking strong and it looks like these 2 will fight for the victory.
500 meters to go
Kittel is just a class above the rest and leaves Calzone behind. Fighting for 3rd are Modolo and Van Poppel, while Bouhanni is falling back fast.
Finish
Easy victory for Marcel Kittel. Nothing more has to be said. Calzone gets a good 2nd, while Van Poppel rounds off the podium in 3rd. Matt Leigh gets a great 6th place for the small Australian team Drapac, beating Bouhanni who finishes 7th.
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Marcel Kittel | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 4h40'33 | | 2 | Carlo Calzone | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 3 | Danny Van Poppel | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 4 | Sacha Modolo | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 5 | Barry Markus | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 6 | Matt Leigh | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 7 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 8 | Sep Vanmarcke | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | Yannick Martinez | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 11 | Lars Boom | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | Carlos Bonilla | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 13 | Yohan Offredo | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 14 | Tom Veelers | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 15 | Ramon Sinkeldam | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 16 | Samuel Dumoulin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 17 | Robert Hunter | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 18 | Anthony Geslin | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 19 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 20 | Julian Alaphilippe | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. |
Spoiler | 21 | Luca Paolini | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 22 | Romain Hardy | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 23 | Daniel Navarro | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 24 | Plusvite De La Lumiere | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 25 | Abasi Abundi | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 26 | Nikias Arndt | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 27 | Nicky Van Drenthe | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 28 | Gaël Malacarne | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 29 | Yauheni Hutarovich | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 30 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Sojasun | s.t. | | 31 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 32 | Rüdiger Selig | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 33 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 34 | Wesley Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 35 | Julien El Fares | Sojasun | s.t. | | 36 | Salvatore Puccio | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 37 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 38 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 39 | Theo Bos | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 40 | Drago Di Silvestro | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 41 | Anthony Ravard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 42 | Marco Marcato | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 43 | Jetse Bol | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 44 | Jan Kaas | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 45 | Stig Broeckx | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 46 | Bert Grabsch | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 47 | Darren Lapthorne | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 48 | Brian Bulgac | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 49 | Giovanni Visconti | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 50 | Nattrapon Miles | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 51 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 52 | Tom Leezer | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 53 | Thomas Peterson | Team Giant - Shimano | + 1'42 | | 54 | Johan Le Bon | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 55 | Quentin Jauregui | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 56 | Raymond Kreder | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 57 | Alexis Gougeard | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 58 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 59 | Paul Poux | Sojasun | s.t. | | 60 | Aquali Feunard | FDJ.fr | + 2'39 | | 61 | Songezo Jim | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 62 | Antonio Santoro | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 3'45 | | 63 | Jordan Kerby | Drapac Cycling | + 4'45 | | 64 | Wouter Wippert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 65 | Kristian Sbaragli | Movistar Team | + 5'26 | | 66 | Jesús Del Pino | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 67 | Jérémie Galland | Sojasun | + 16'00 | | 68 | Nick Van der Lijke | Rabobank Development Team | s.t. | | 69 | Davide Appollonio | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 70 | Sebastian Lander | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 71 | Bartlomiej Matysiak | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 72 | Marco Minnaard | Rabobank Development Team | s.t. | | 73 | Meron Russom | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 74 | Graeme Brown | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 75 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Rabobank Development Team | s.t. | | 76 | Maciej Paterski | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 77 | Daniel Schorn | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 78 | Youcef Reguigui | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 79 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 80 | Tomasz Kiendyś | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 81 | Sander Cordeel | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 82 | Matteo Bono | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 83 | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 84 | Floris Goesinnen | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 85 | Heimdal Hägg | Team NetApp - Endura | + 17'51 | | 86 | Benjamin Giraud | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 87 | Boy Van Poppel | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 88 | Daan Olivier | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 89 | Jean-Luc Delpech | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 90 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 91 | Tom O'Callaghan | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 92 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 93 | Rick Zabel | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 94 | Zakkari Dempster | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 95 | Gert Dockx | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 96 | Maarten Tjallingii | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 97 | Renaud Dion | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 98 | Luca Wackermann | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 99 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 100 | Charlie Charneux | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 101 | Albert Timmer | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 102 | Andrea Di Corrado | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 103 | Cristian Delle Stelle | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 104 | Martin Kohler | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 105 | Michael Hepburn | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 106 | Simone Stortoni | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 107 | Christophe Laborie | Sojasun | s.t. | | 108 | Cyril Lemoine | Sojasun | s.t. | | 109 | Mateusz Nowak | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 110 | David Tanner | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 111 | Félix Cárdenas | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 112 | Yonas Tekeste | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 113 | Benoit Jarrier | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 114 | Kenny Van Hummel | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 115 | Bernard Sulzberger | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 116 | Ilja Kusnezov | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 117 | Guillaume Levarlet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 118 | Arnaud Gérard | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 119 | Luca Dodi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 120 | Michel Kreder | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 121 | Jani Tewelde | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 122 | Husani Mashaba | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 123 | Adam Phelan | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 124 | Roger Kluge | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 04-05-2015 19:34
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Kittel 
And we're done!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 04-05-2015 19:54
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I will take a 10th place for Cofidis.
Looking forward to Part 2 
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 04-05-2015 19:55
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A Top10 is ok but it should have been better. Moving onto Part 2 please
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Posted on 04-05-2015 19:57
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Strong finish by Calzone. I hope this was the last race in which kittel is superior to him.
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 04-05-2015 20:07
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Too many second places this season part, that's all that needs to change
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| nacho63 |
Posted on 04-05-2015 20:20
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Do you have a picture of the break mvhoogdalem?
Good podium for Danny as well |
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 04-05-2015 20:31
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Ugh, horrible race. Glad this season part is over, time for some useful upgrades on my riders!
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 04-05-2015 20:35
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nacho63 wrote:
Do you have a picture of the break mvhoogdalem?
Good podium for Danny as well
I do not. Only got a picture of the finish. |
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Posted on 04-05-2015 21:22
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Sprint trio? Carlos did some good work in the lead-out and also gained a respectable twelfth!
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11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 04-05-2015 22:27
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Why the hell did Lampre even bother turning up at the Volta Limburg Classic |
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| Paul23 |
Posted on 04-05-2015 22:47
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hm....i wonder what the rankings are now...CCC should be leading by far with around 176273818193991 2nd places.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 05-05-2015 13:12
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Team Ranking after Part 1
Sky is still in the lead, although their margin has shrunk a lot. A good season start was not followed up, but with 3 GT's to go, they're already 1 spot above where they were last year, and we all know how that ended. Belkin confirms after last season, claimnig second for now. With Ronde and Roubaix coming up, they may even have a shot at the lead before the Giro. Movistar follows, but they need to start thinking about how to close that gap with Sky. They scored 45 points total in the WT classics so far, it's not hard to see where the problem is.
Just short of the podium is Cannondale, Team Sagan did really well, but their leader used quite some racedays already. They need to find a solution for that, but they may have scored enough lready to be safe. BMC can't be happy with their 5th place, they had some ups but even more downs. Omega Pharma took an easy start, but they're 6th, a few point ahead of Orica, which faded a bit after a strong start. Decent results for Astana as well, though Nibali has some work to do.
The we have our first CT team on place 9, well done FDJ! Solid point scoring gives them a good chance for promotion. Garmin has to be disappointed, no points in San Remo or Tour Down Under, and not the best results on the cobbles either. Trek is also having a grey season, but on 12 we already have another CT team with AG2R. Their manager has done some great work, but what will remain after he quit? Europcar follows, they had a decent season, but no big result. Euskaltel is next, ups, but also huge downs, unable to score points in 4 WT races, that's a problem. On 15 we have, very surprising, Katusha. A good season start got no followup, and well, the you enter the danger zone. It's all very close though, 6th place isn't even 400 points away, so they need to look at points rather than positions. Tinkoff is safe, for now, but they can't be too happy about that with their team. They have some GTs left, but still, not good enough.
On place 17 we have a tie, can you believe it after so many races? Caja Rural and Lotto are just outside of the WT positions but will no doubt give quite a fight. Giant is next, as last of the WT teams. NetApp follows, another team that went down a lot after a great season start. Sprinter team Bardiani has some nice results, but I think the manager wishes he had done a few things differently in the transfer season. Cofidis and Vacansoleil follow, decent season for both teams. Androni is next, and we did expect a lot more from them. Colombia follows, a few nice stage wins they had, but also a lot of wasted race days. What ever were they planning to do in Omloop and Nokere?
MTN is on place 27, a lot worse then last year. The cause can be found with their leader, somehow Ciolek can't get into his 2013 flow. CCC improved a lot from last year, claiming a lot of podium finishes. IAM is next, thier focus on WT doesn't seem to pay off yet. New team Drapc does decently enough on 37, with a few nice results, but also a lot of pain. Lampre is last, but finaly deploying Plant seemed to have been a move in the right direction
Spoiler | 1 | Sky | 3476 | | 2 | Belkin | 3206 | | 3 | Movistar | 2763 | | 4 | Cannondale | 2193 | | 5 | BMC | 1647 | | 6 | Omega Pharma | 1304 | | 7 | Orica-GreenEdge | 1299 | | 8 | Astana | 1262 | | 9 | FDJ | 1174 | | 10 | Garmin | 1153 | | 11 | Trek | 1095 | | 12 | AG2R | 1051 | | 13 | Europcar | 963 | | 14 | Euskaltel | 962 | | 15 | Katusha | 941 | | 16 | Tinkoff | 893 | | 17 | Caja Rural | 795 | | Lotto | 795 | | 19 | Champion System | 787 | | 20 | Giant | 682 | | 21 | NetApp | 584 | | 22 | Bardiani | 560 | | 23 | Cofidis | 470 | | 24 | Vacansoleil | 405 | | 25 | Androni | 389 | | 26 | Colombia | 386 | | 27 | MTN | 369 | | 28 | CCC | 323 | | 29 | IAM | 248 | | 30 | Crelan | 205 | | 31 | Bretagne | 204 | | 32 | Topsport | 139 | | 33 | RusVelo | 137 | | 34 | Wanty | 121 | | 35 | Sojasun | 115 | | 36 | UHC | 104 | | 37 | Drapac | 67 | | 38 | Novo Nordisk | 39 | | 39 | Neri Sottoli | 36 | | 40 | Lampre | 1 |
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Posted on 05-05-2015 13:48
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YAY, We have 1 point |
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Posted on 05-05-2015 13:51
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They scored 45 points total in the WT classics so far, it's not hard to see where the problem is.
45 points are few but then we only really had MSR where we disappointed. All others are cobbled races and having no rider for the cobbles this can't hardly surprise anybody.
I'm happy with the rankings so far. We have limited the losses and can now attack in the Ardennes and the GTs.
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 05-05-2015 14:15
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Satisfied with the rankings so far even though the last month have been disappointing. Out of teh WT zero-pointers only Catalunya was disappointing. The other three brought us nothing last year as well...
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