A nice Classic, an oportunity for sprinters, so, JP Forero did 7th place, a good result for my team.

This classic was different, a circuit with some hills, the breakaway wasn't caught by the peloton, so, i attacked with Duarte, arrived to that breakaway group and later i attacked again, only J. Simon followed Duarte and in the final sprint, Simon was faster than me. A victory that got away, but 2nd isn't a bad result. Also, JP Suarez did 5th place, a good one for him.

Another nice french classic, but this time, there were several strong rivals. I tryed to attack with Duarte, but he was caught in the final km. So, nothing good to show you. He arrived 13th.

An interesting spanish classics, a profile with several hills. Movistar came with the strongest team.

So, i needed to be aggressive, Duarte and Atapuma attacked at 7 kms to finishing line. They arrived to the last km but Movistar worked so hard to caught them.



And that was all, three Movistar beat me. Duarte 4th and Atapuma 5th. Well, i think it was a good result against some strongest riders.

Another spanish classic, with several hills and strong rivals. I attacked with Atapuma and Duarte at 7 kms to finish. Martens and Spilak followed them.



I lounch another attack with Duarte, at the last km, he led the group. The peloton was so close.



But in the uphill-sprint, Martens and Spilak were stronger.



Victory for the German rider, Spilak 2nd and Duarte 3rd. A good result.

With the same profile than Cholet, I already knowed where i needed to attack, so, Duarte attacked and nobody could follow him.



He won the race and will wear the leader jersey continental.



But, that wasn't all, Atapuma did 2nd place with a minimal gap on the peloton. 1-2 for my team, great result!!

To be honest, I asked invitation for this race without knowing that this profile had cobbled sections (cyanide fault ). Obviously the race wasn't good for my team and nobody interesting to show you.

An interesting 3 days stage race in spanish territory and with several strong rivals.

Chalapud was in the breakaway but the peloton caught him in the last km. Failli won.

A hilly profile, with some important climbs. I put JP Suarez into the breakaway and got the best KOM points.

Atapuma arrived with the main group.

Same than last day. JP Suarez got the best KOM points. Atapuma attacked in the last kms, but he couldn't widened the gap. Again, he arrived with main group.

it was a shame that Atapuma was unable to obtain differences in him favor. He finished 14th in GC.

Yes, another KOM jersey

So close!!! Marcato was so faster and caught Duarte at the final 100 meters. A 2nd place for my rider.

A nice Italian stage race. Sponsor asked me for Top 5 in GC, but there were several strong rivals like Andy, Scarponi, Peraud, Rujano, Henao, Fuglsang, Pozzovivo, Menchov, Garzelli and others... maybe it will be so difficult..or not? Also, the first stage was a TTT... so bad... We must have to recover the gap in the mountains.

First hard profile with finish in Sant'Orsola terme. Andy attacks, Scarponi followed him. Atapuma kept with a secondary group, but Duarte had trouble to keep the pace.



Andy won with authority. Nobody could followed him.



Scarponi and Kessiakof arrived 2nd and 3rd.



Atapuma 5th and Duarte 6th. Nevertheless, I think it was a great result.

The hardest stage. With the finishing line in Punta Veleno, the place where my team did an interesting test in January, so, my riders were prepared.

4 kms to the finish, Andy attacks and he goes away. Duarte and Atapuma kept in the secondary group.



Andy crossed first at the climb.



And One minute later, Duarte and Scarponi. They attacked.



Andy won, again.



And Duarte was 2nd!!!! a great result. Atapuma did the 4th place.

Well, the same story, Andy attacks, nobody could followed him, and got another victory, his third



Duarte arrived 4th and E. Chaves 5th that was into the breakaway but Andy caught him at 1.5 kms to the finishing line.

I did the sponsor objective , Duarte 4th and Atapuma 5th.

Well, this time was imposible to beat Andy in the KOM classification, I tryed with Chalapud, put him in all breakaways but it was imposible. However, I won another secondary classification , the best team!!!

To be honest, it was disappointing. I attacked at 5 kms to the finishing line with JP Suarez, he got a good gap, but in the last 100 meters Kroon and lastras caught him.

A Hilly profile, but at the end the peloton was reorganized and Picho won. JP Suarez arrived with this group.

Day saved, Hivert won and JP Suarez arrived with the main group.

A Time Trial, Suarez did a good time, he finished 6th.



Hivert lost the jersey leader.

The hardest day, finishing line in Alto del Naranco, Suarez could obtain good points for KOM, but the last 2 kms he couldn't did it better and finished 4 min behind.

Cobo won to easy.

Suarez did top 15.

And again, he won another KOM jersey

A stage race of just two days. In the prologue, Suarez only lost 22 secs.

A hardest finish, Spilak won with autorithy.



And Suarez did the 8th place and he managed to finish top ten.

The sponsor asked me for Top 5 in GC.

Sprinters day, Sagan won.

The breakaway arrived. JP Suarez got enough KOM points to retain the KOM jersey. And he finished 4th. A good day for him. The bad news of the day, Duarte fell and lost 2 min.

With more freedom, Duarte wants his stage, so, I attacked in the final climb.



5 kms to the finishing line, Marino kept at the front, but Duarte was so strong.



He caught Marino at the last km.



And he won the stage!!! The peloton arrived so closed.

Another sprinters day, another victory by Sagan.

25 kms Time Trial. Duarte did a decent time.



Sagan lost the jersey leader against T Martin

Well, this stage was different and so annoying, I put JP Suarez into the breakaway, he got 4 min at 6 km to the finishing line, he would win in solitary (and got a lot of KOM points), but PCM crashed to the desktop , oh my goodness!!!

OK, i played again and put JP Suarez into the breakaway, got the best KOM points, but this time was caught at 2 kms to the finishing line. Kolobnev won and Atapuma arrived 2nd. Duarte 5th.

The queen stage, but, it was so weird. Rujano attacked in the first climb (he was 2 or 3 minutes in the GC), so I put Duarte, Atapuma, JP Suarez, Chalapud and Chaves. We obtained a gap of 6 minutes.



Behind, the peloton took quietly the stage. I don't understand.



Rujano again attacked in the last climb. Duarte couldn't followed him.



Rujano won easily and got more than 4 min against the peloton... incredible. The peloton didn't do anything against a breakaway with dangerous rivals for GC.



Duarte arrived 2nd.



Atapuma 3rd and the peloton so closed.

Final stage, Bennati beat Sagan

It was hard to do the top 5, that fall in stage 2 ... well, i think 7th isn't good.

Atapuma the best young