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Shonak |
Posted on 20-02-2014 19:21
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Very good race by Chavanel and Larsson as well. GC looks quite decent for the team and with 3 hilly stages yet to come the team has lots of opportunities to turn the tide in their favor.
Mohoric is amazing btw.
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Adamb |
Posted on 20-02-2014 21:48
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Sylvain Chavanel is looking promising for the GC |
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Posted on 20-02-2014 22:36
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Nice start to the story. Best of luck with it
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Posted on 21-02-2014 10:06
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Sylvain looking good at the Méditerranéen and Great news that you have been selected for Le Tour |
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Posted on 21-02-2014 11:57
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Tour Méditerranéen - Stage 3
10th February / 2.1
After the time-trial yesterday, stage 3 is the first of a trio of tough stages which will help to further shape the GC. Chavanel's advantageous overall position could be under threat, but it could also be improved with the correct tactics so we'll try our best today to stick with riders like Gerrans and Contador and see what happens to weaker climbers like GC-leader Phinney.
We skip straight to the final five kilometres, where Pinot and Gerrans are trying to break away from the leading group of about 20 riders, which is catching them thanks to a Belkin chase. The duo attacked three kilomeres ago, in the pouring rain, but seem to be running out of steam.
Chavanel is safely in that group along with Haussler, but Phinney isn't! That means we have a chance to move up into second overall tonight, with the American over a minute down.
As the sprint begins the two attackers have almost been pulled back, with Voeckler launching a move to try and cross the gap! Meanwhile, both of our riders are tired and don't look like being able to grab a top ten. At least they've made it into what looks like the front group.
It's a three-way battle for the win between Gallopin, Gerrans and Kristoff in the sprint. Kristoff is carrying the most speed, but is a bit behind going into the final hundred metres.
Gallopin raises his arms, he takes stage 3 and the bonus seconds on offer at the finish. Kristoff has to settle for second ahead of Gerrans.
It is good and bad news for us at the finish. Chavanel finishes on the same time as the winner in nineteenth, 59 seconds ahead of Phinney, meaning he moves ahead of him, and Kelderman moves into the GC lead.
Gallopin's 20 second bonus though moves him up into second overall, ahead of Sylvain. That means we remain as we were in third overall overnight, ahead of the queen stage tomorrow up to Mont Faron, where we'll have a summit finish.
1 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto Belisol | 3h26'14 | 2 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | s.t. | 3 | Simon Gerrans | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 4 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 5 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 6 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 7 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 8 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | s.t. | 9 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar Team | s.t. | 10 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | s.t. | 12 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 13 | Alberto Contador | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 14 | Heinrich Haussler | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 15 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 16 | Petr Ignatenko | Team Katusha | s.t. | 17 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | 18 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 19 | Sylvain Chavanel | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 20 | Laurens Ten Dam | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 21 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 22 | Warren Barguil | Team Giant - Shimano | + 59 | 23 | Davide Rebellin | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 24 | Alessandro De Marchi | Cannondale | s.t. | 25 | Axel Domont | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 26 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 27 | Nicki Sørensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 28 | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 29 | Ángel Vicioso | Team Katusha | s.t. | 30 | Dries Devenyns | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 31 | Blel Kadri | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 32 | Julien El Fares | Team La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | 33 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 34 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 35 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 36 | Sérgio Paulinho | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 37 | Cameron Meyer | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 38 | Oliver Zaugg | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 39 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 40 | Jay McCarthy | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 41 | Brett Lancaster | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 42 | Gustav Erik Larsson | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 43 | Amets Txurruka | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 44 | Alexandre Geniez | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 45 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 46 | Simon Clarke | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 47 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | s.t. | 48 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 49 | Tomasz Marczynski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 50 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 51 | Pavel Brutt | Team Katusha | s.t. | 52 | Thomas Damuseau | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 53 | Sergey Firsanov | RusVelo | s.t. | 54 | Eduard Vorganov | Team Katusha | + 1'37 | 55 | David Arroyo | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 2'08 | 56 | Daniel Navarro | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 57 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 58 | Juan José Lobato | Movistar Team | s.t. | 59 | Florian Vachon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 60 | Gatis Smukulis | Team Katusha | s.t. | 61 | Matej Mohorič | Cannondale | s.t. | 62 | Ángel Madrazo | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 63 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | 64 | Chad Haga | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 65 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | s.t. | 66 | Daan Olivier | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 67 | Christophe Le Mével | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 68 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 69 | John Gadret | Movistar Team | s.t. | 70 | Sylwester Szmyd | Movistar Team | s.t. | 71 | Christian Meier | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 72 | Diego Milán | Team Differdange - Losch | s.t. | 73 | Simon Yates | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 74 | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 75 | Marek Rutkiewicz | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 76 | Francis Mourey | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 77 | Sébastien Delfosse | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | 78 | Marcos García | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 79 | José Gonçalves | Team La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | 80 | Davide Appollonio | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2'39 | 81 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 82 | Sep Vanmarcke | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 83 | Davide Formolo | Cannondale | s.t. | 84 | Gianfranco Zilioli | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 85 | Jonathan Fumeaux | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 86 | Olivier Chevalier | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | 87 | Bram Tankink | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 88 | Reto Hollenstein | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 89 | Alexander Rybakov | Team Katusha | s.t. | 90 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 91 | Guillaume Boivin | Cannondale | + 3'18 | 92 | Fabio Sabatini | Cannondale | s.t. | 93 | Omar Bertazzo | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 94 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 95 | Murilo Fischer | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 96 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 97 | Marco Marcato | Cannondale | s.t. | 98 | Omar Fraile | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 99 | Vicente Reynès | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 100 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | s.t. | 101 | Sebastian Lander | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 102 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 103 | Maarten Tjallingii | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 104 | Serguei Klimov | RusVelo | s.t. | 105 | Thierry Hupond | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 106 | Artem Ovechkin | RusVelo | s.t. | 107 | Yoann Paillot | Team La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | 108 | Pavel Kochetkov | Team Katusha | s.t. | 109 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 110 | Marko Kump | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 111 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 112 | Sergei Pomoshnikov | RusVelo | s.t. | 113 | Domingos Gonçalves | Team La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | 114 | Perrig Quemeneur | Team Europcar | s.t. | 115 | Bryan Nauleau | Team Europcar | s.t. | 116 | Frederik Willems | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 117 | Giovanni Bernaudeau | Team Europcar | s.t. | 118 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | s.t. | 119 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 120 | Jérémy Bescond | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 121 | Heiner Parra | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 122 | Marc Goos | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 123 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 124 | Romain Feillu | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 5'47 | 125 | Kenny Van Hummel | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 126 | Sea Keong Loh | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 127 | Ben Gastauer | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 128 | Arnaud Gérard | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 129 | Tom Dernies | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | 130 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 131 | Romain Lemarchand | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 132 | Jonas Vangenechten | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 133 | Thomas Vaubourzeix | Team La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | 134 | Timothy Dupont | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | 135 | Nikolay Mihaylov | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 136 | Karel Hník | Etixx | s.t. | 137 | Jean-Marc Bideau | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 138 | Frédéric Amorison | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | 139 | Tomasz Kiendyś | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 140 | Stéphane Rossetto | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 141 | Davide Viganò | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 142 | Gennadiy Tatarinov | RusVelo | s.t. | 143 | Johan Coenen | Team Differdange - Losch | s.t. | 144 | Lukasz Wisniowski | Etixx | s.t. | 145 | Alberto Bettiol | Cannondale | s.t. | 146 | Baptiste Planckaert | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | 147 | Roman Maikin | RusVelo | s.t. | 148 | Dennis Van Winden | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 149 | Benoit Jarrier | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 150 | Antoine Lavieu | Team La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | 151 | Armindo Fonseca | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 152 | Quentin Jauregui | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | 153 | Julien Stassen | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | 154 | Josef Cerny | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 155 | Laurent Evrard | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | 156 | Jacek Morajko | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 157 | Mateusz Taciak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 158 | Emilien Viennet | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 159 | Gert Joeaar | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 160 | Gediminas Kaupas | Team Differdange - Losch | s.t. | 161 | Markus Hoelgaard | Etixx | + 7'10 | 162 | Artur Ershov | RusVelo | s.t. | 163 | Marco Frapporti | Androni Giocattoli | + 9'05 | 164 | Ramón Domene | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 165 | Manuel Belletti | Androni Giocattoli | + 9'42 | 166 | Justin Jules | Team La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | 167 | Daniel Hoelgaard | Etixx | + 11'17 | 168 | Pierre Gouault | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 169 | Grégoire Tarride | Team La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | 170 | Jean-Marc Marino | Cannondale | s.t. | 171 | Paco Ghistelinck | Etixx | s.t. | 172 | Steven Tronet | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 173 | Florent Mottet | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | 174 | Rudy Kowalski | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | 175 | Janis Dakteris | Team Differdange - Losch | s.t. | 176 | Quentin Bertholet | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | 177 | Josip Rumac | Etixx | s.t. | 178 | Jimmy Turgis | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | 179 | Nicola Testi | Androni Giocattoli | + 13'31 | 180 | Yannis Yssaad | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 181 | Erwann Corbel | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 182 | Flavien Dassonville | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 183 | Ivan Balykin | RusVelo | s.t. | 184 | Augusto Sanchez | Team Differdange - Losch | + 14'43 | 185 | César Bihel | Team Differdange - Losch | + 15'38 | 186 | Luboš Pelánek | Team Differdange - Losch | + 16'00 | 187 | Maxime Renault | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 188 | Benjamin Le Montagner | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 189 | Romain Pillon | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | 190 | Sven Fritsch | Team Differdange - Losch | s.t. |
GC
1 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 7h27'05 | 2 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto Belisol | + 3 | 3 | Sylvain Chavanel | IAM Cycling | + 4 | 4 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | + 12 | 5 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto Belisol | + 13 |
Spoiler 6 | Simon Gerrans | Orica GreenEdge | + 19 | 7 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | + 25 | 8 | Alberto Contador | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 26 | 9 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | + 28 | 10 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 30 | 11 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ.fr | + 38 | 12 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 43 | 13 | Laurens Ten Dam | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 45 | 14 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | + 48 | 15 | Petr Ignatenko | Team Katusha | s.t. | 16 | Heinrich Haussler | IAM Cycling | + 51 | 17 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar Team | + 53 | 18 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 1'04 | 19 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'16 | 20 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto Belisol | + 1'19 | 21 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | + 1'20 | 22 | Gustav Erik Larsson | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 23 | Brett Lancaster | Orica GreenEdge | + 1'22 | 24 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | + 1'26 | 25 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli | + 1'28 | 26 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol | + 1'30 | 27 | Alexandre Geniez | FDJ.fr | + 1'32 | 28 | Cameron Meyer | Orica GreenEdge | + 1'33 | 29 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'34 | 30 | Sérgio Paulinho | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1'38 | 31 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 32 | Tomasz Marczynski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 1'40 | 33 | Pavel Brutt | Team Katusha | + 1'44 | 34 | Sergey Firsanov | RusVelo | + 1'49 | 35 | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | + 1'58 | 36 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | + 2'02 | 37 | Dries Devenyns | Team Giant - Shimano | + 2'05 | 38 | Jay McCarthy | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 2'06 | 39 | Oliver Zaugg | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 2'12 | 40 | Warren Barguil | Team Giant - Shimano | + 2'14 | 41 | Alessandro De Marchi | Cannondale | + 2'16 | 42 | Simon Clarke | Orica GreenEdge | + 2'20 | 43 | Blel Kadri | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2'25 | 44 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 45 | Julien El Fares | Team La Pomme Marseille | + 2'31 | 46 | Nicki Sørensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 2'32 | 47 | Axel Domont | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2'34 | 48 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | + 2'35 | 49 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | + 2'36 | 50 | Davide Rebellin | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 2'39 |
Points | Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) | 45 | Mountain | Marcos Garcia (Caja Rural) | 28 | U25 | Wilco Kelderman (Belkin) | 7h27'05 | Teams | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 22h22'47 |
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Batista15 |
Posted on 21-02-2014 12:02
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Third overall is still a nice position. Good luck for the queen stage! |
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FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 21-02-2014 13:08
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Tour Méditerranéen - Stage 4
10th February / 2.1
Here we are, probably the most important stage of the race in terms of the overall. Mont Faron promises to create gaps, with a steep summit finish that should leave the stronger climbers with the opportunity to drop the weaker ones. Should be interesting to see who comes out on top, with climbers like Contador and Pinot on the startlist, and whether Chavanel can keep his third in the GC.
It's thankfully a lot sunnier today, after yesterday's horrible weather. Soone enough a seven-man breakaway goes up the road, and it's a strong one too with decent climbers like Arroyo and Smyzd in there. Luckily though all are very far back on the GC.
Moving into the final 20 kilometres the peloton is still all together and the break is still up the road, with a 2 minute lead. It looks like they will contest the stage unless the pace can really pick up behind.
Belkin, FDJ and Katusha set the pace while Chavanel sits protected behind Denifl in the wheels. No signs of any attacks yet, so things could be coming down to the showdown on Mont Faron for today.
That looks to be the case, with Belkin setting the pace as we hit the final climb. At the moment, Hivert is setting a high pace with Kelderman and Ten Dam both in the wheels, pressuring the rest of the contenders. Chavanel is in about tenth position.
Then we see Contador going on the offensive, distancing the Belkin train and the rest of the front group!
Meanwhile, up at the front, Smyzd has attacked away from his tired fellow breakaway members and has a 45 second gap to the favourites, so should take the stage solo if he doesn't crack on the steep slopes.
Back in the GC battle, Ten Dam has managed to pull back Contador and has taken nine others with him, including Chavanel who is just about clinging on with 2 kilometres left! Gallopin isn't there, so there is a possibility for improvement in the GC if he can hold on.
Smyzd raises his arms at the front, taking the stage from the break for Movistar comfortably in the end.
Entering the final 500 metres, Chavanel is doing very well by sticking in this front group with the big climbers. When Kelderman kicks though, he can't respond and neither can anyone else so it looks like the young Dutchman will grow his GC-lead!
Meanwhile a group of 11 riders including Gallopin is closing behind, lead by Riblon. It's going to be close if they can catch this group before the finish.
Kelderman finishes second, and gains ten seconds on this group with that late attack. Chavanel holds on for sixth, a good ride which keeps him ahead of Contador and Pinot in the overall, among others. It's just a question of whether the Gallopin group will be given a gap, which would move him up into second.
Unluckily though, the 11-strong group Gallopin is given the same time, despite appearing to finish a few seconds back. Chavanel remains in third overall overnight, still just a second behind the Lotto rider. Despite this, today was a pretty good today. Tomorrow could end up being a big final battleground among the favourites after all with a rather anticlimatic day today.
In other news, Haussler and Pelucchi bid farewell to the team today to jet off to Oman ahead of the Tour of Oman. They weren't needed anymore here with just hilly stages to go, so we hope they can do well on the flat over in Asia.
1 | Sylwester Szmyd | Movistar Team | 3h29'49 | 2 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 52 | 3 | Alberto Contador | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1'02 | 4 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 5 | Laurens Ten Dam | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 6 | Sylvain Chavanel | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 7 | Oliver Zaugg | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 8 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 9 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | 10 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | David Arroyo | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 12 | Dries Devenyns | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 13 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 14 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | s.t. | 15 | Alexandre Geniez | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 16 | Alessandro De Marchi | Cannondale | s.t. | 17 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. | 18 | Simon Clarke | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 19 | Eduard Vorganov | Team Katusha | s.t. | 20 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'53 | 21 | Simon Gerrans | Orica GreenEdge | + 2'01 | 22 | Tomasz Marczynski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 23 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar Team | s.t. | 24 | John Gadret | Movistar Team | s.t. | 25 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 26 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 27 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 28 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2'17 | 29 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 30 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto Belisol | + 2'27 | 31 | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 32 | Cameron Meyer | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 33 | Warren Barguil | Team Giant - Shimano | + 2'42 | 34 | Petr Ignatenko | Team Katusha | + 3'06 | 35 | Davide Rebellin | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 3'28 | 36 | Nicki Sørensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 37 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | s.t. | 38 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 3'51 | 39 | Gianfranco Zilioli | Androni Giocattoli | + 4'01 | 40 | Amets Txurruka | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 41 | Daniel Navarro | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 4'19 | 42 | Francis Mourey | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 43 | Ángel Madrazo | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 44 | Gustav Erik Larsson | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 45 | Sérgio Paulinho | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 46 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 47 | Sergey Firsanov | RusVelo | s.t. | 48 | Daan Olivier | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 49 | Thomas Damuseau | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 50 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 51 | Marcos García | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 52 | José Gonçalves | Team La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | 53 | Julien El Fares | Team La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | 54 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 55 | Blel Kadri | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4'51 | 56 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | s.t. | 57 | Christophe Le Mével | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 58 | Axel Domont | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 59 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 60 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 61 | Marco Marcato | Cannondale | s.t. | 62 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 63 | Christian Meier | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 64 | Jonathan Fumeaux | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 65 | Ángel Vicioso | Team Katusha | s.t. | 66 | Chad Haga | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 67 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 68 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | 69 | Jay McCarthy | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 70 | Matej Mohorič | Cannondale | s.t. | 71 | Pavel Brutt | Team Katusha | s.t. | 72 | Bram Tankink | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 73 | Artem Ovechkin | RusVelo | s.t. | 74 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 75 | Marek Rutkiewicz | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 76 | Gatis Smukulis | Team Katusha | s.t. | 77 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 78 | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 79 | Sébastien Delfosse | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | 80 | Ben Gastauer | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 81 | Stéphane Rossetto | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 82 | Reto Hollenstein | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 83 | Laurent Evrard | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | 84 | Florian Vachon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 85 | Sep Vanmarcke | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 86 | Thierry Hupond | Team Giant - Shimano | + 5'51 | 87 | Alexander Rybakov | Team Katusha | s.t. | 88 | Perrig Quemeneur | Team Europcar | s.t. | 89 | Serguei Klimov | RusVelo | s.t. | 90 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | s.t. | 91 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | s.t. | 92 | Marc Goos | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 93 | Murilo Fischer | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 94 | Sergei Pomoshnikov | RusVelo | s.t. | 95 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 96 | Brett Lancaster | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 97 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 98 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 99 | Heiner Parra | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 100 | Emilien Viennet | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 101 | Maarten Tjallingii | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 102 | Giovanni Bernaudeau | Team Europcar | s.t. | 103 | Bryan Nauleau | Team Europcar | s.t. | 104 | Antoine Lavieu | Team La Pomme Marseille | + 7'01 | 105 | Sea Keong Loh | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 106 | Olivier Chevalier | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | 107 | Omar Fraile | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 108 | Simon Yates | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | 109 | Gennadiy Tatarinov | RusVelo | s.t. | 110 | Manuel Belletti | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 111 | Armindo Fonseca | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 112 | Fabio Sabatini | Cannondale | s.t. | 113 | Diego Milán | Team Differdange - Losch | s.t. | 114 | Marco Frapporti | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 115 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | 116 | Johan Coenen | Team Differdange - Losch | s.t. | 117 | Davide Formolo | Cannondale | + 7'56 | 118 | Nikolay Mihaylov | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 119 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 120 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 121 | Frederik Willems | Lotto Belisol | + 8'29 | 122 | Omar Bertazzo | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 123 | Guillaume Boivin | Cannondale | s.t. | 124 | Pavel Kochetkov | Team Katusha | + 8'58 | 125 | Jonas Vangenechten | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 126 | Dennis Van Winden | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 127 | Arnaud Gérard | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 10'01 | 128 | Pierre Gouault | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 129 | Jean-Marc Marino | Cannondale | s.t. | 130 | Domingos Gonçalves | Team La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | 131 | Thomas Vaubourzeix | Team La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | 132 | Juan José Lobato | Movistar Team | s.t. | 133 | Yoann Paillot | Team La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | 134 | Romain Feillu | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 135 | Tomasz Kiendyś | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 136 | Josef Cerny | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 137 | Jacek Morajko | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 138 | Sebastian Lander | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 139 | Gert Joeaar | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 140 | Davide Appollonio | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 141 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | s.t. | 142 | Quentin Jauregui | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | 143 | Tom Dernies | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | 144 | Vicente Reynès | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 145 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 146 | Grégoire Tarride | Team La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | 147 | Alberto Bettiol | Cannondale | s.t. | 148 | Romain Lemarchand | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 149 | Marko Kump | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 150 | Justin Jules | Team La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | 151 | Lukasz Wisniowski | Etixx | s.t. | 152 | Jérémy Bescond | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 153 | Nicola Testi | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 154 | Kenny Van Hummel | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | 155 | Frédéric Amorison | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | 156 | Gediminas Kaupas | Team Differdange - Losch | + 11'56 | 157 | Ivan Balykin | RusVelo | s.t. | 158 | Mateusz Taciak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 159 | Timothy Dupont | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | 160 | Florent Mottet | Wallonie - Bruxelles | + 12'38 | 161 | Erwann Corbel | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 162 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | s.t. | 163 | Jean-Marc Bideau | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 164 | Josip Rumac | Etixx | s.t. | 165 | Davide Viganò | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 166 | Baptiste Planckaert | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | 167 | Flavien Dassonville | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 168 | Jimmy Turgis | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | 169 | Paco Ghistelinck | Etixx | s.t. | 170 | Maxime Renault | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 171 | Janis Dakteris | Team Differdange - Losch | s.t. | 172 | Rudy Kowalski | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | 173 | Daniel Hoelgaard | Etixx | s.t. | 174 | Julien Stassen | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | 175 | Quentin Bertholet | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | 176 | Yannis Yssaad | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 177 | Karel Hník | Etixx | s.t. | 178 | Artur Ershov | RusVelo | s.t. | 179 | Markus Hoelgaard | Etixx | s.t. | 180 | Steven Tronet | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 181 | Benjamin Le Montagner | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 182 | Roman Maikin | RusVelo | s.t. | 183 | Augusto Sanchez | Team Differdange - Losch | + 13'45 | 184 | Ramón Domene | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 14'33 | 185 | César Bihel | Team Differdange - Losch | s.t. | 186 | Luboš Pelánek | Team Differdange - Losch | s.t. | 187 | Benoit Jarrier | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 16'52 | 188 | Romain Pillon | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | 189 | Sven Fritsch | Team Differdange - Losch | + 17'11 |
GC
1 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 10h57'34 | 2 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto Belisol | + 25 | 3 | Sylvain Chavanel | IAM Cycling | + 26 | 4 | Alberto Contador | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 40 | 5 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | + 47 |
Spoiler 6 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | + 50 | 7 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ.fr | + 1'00 | 8 | Laurens Ten Dam | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 1'07 | 9 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | + 1'10 | 10 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 1'26 | 11 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto Belisol | + 1'34 | 12 | Simon Gerrans | Orica GreenEdge | + 1'40 | 13 | Alexandre Geniez | FDJ.fr | + 1'54 | 14 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 2'04 | 15 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar Team | + 2'14 | 16 | Sylwester Szmyd | Movistar Team | + 2'25 | 17 | Dries Devenyns | Team Giant - Shimano | + 2'27 | 18 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2'29 | 19 | Oliver Zaugg | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 2'34 | 20 | Alessandro De Marchi | Cannondale | + 2'38 | 21 | Simon Clarke | Orica GreenEdge | + 2'42 | 22 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | + 3'00 | 23 | Tomasz Marczynski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 3'01 | 24 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli | + 3'05 | 25 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto Belisol | + 3'06 | 26 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | + 3'11 | 27 | Petr Ignatenko | Team Katusha | + 3'14 | 28 | Cameron Meyer | Orica GreenEdge | + 3'20 | 29 | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | + 3'45 | 30 | Eduard Vorganov | Team Katusha | + 3'59 | 31 | Warren Barguil | Team Giant - Shimano | + 4'16 | 32 | David Arroyo | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 4'26 | 33 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4'28 | 34 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 4'41 | 35 | Gustav Erik Larsson | IAM Cycling | + 4'59 | 36 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol | + 5'09 | 37 | John Gadret | Movistar Team | + 5'11 | 38 | Sérgio Paulinho | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 5'17 | 39 | Nicki Sørensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 5'20 | 40 | Davide Rebellin | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 5'27 | 41 | Sergey Firsanov | RusVelo | + 5'28 | 42 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 5'36 | 43 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | + 5'37 | 44 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | + 5'49 | 45 | Pavel Brutt | Team Katusha | + 5'55 | 46 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | + 6'09 | 47 | Julien El Fares | Team La Pomme Marseille | + 6'10 | 48 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | + 6'13 | 49 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | + 6'14 | 50 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | + 6'15 |
Points | Wilco Kelderman (Belkin) | 54 | Mountain | Marcos Garcia (Caja Rural) | 28 | U25 | Wilco Kelderman (Belkin) | 10h57'34 | Teams | Movistar Team | 32h54'57 |
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Batista15 |
Posted on 21-02-2014 13:13
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Good job. That was indeed a hard finish and you managed to keep the third place. Well done! |
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Adamb |
Posted on 21-02-2014 13:21
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3rd is a great finish well done. |
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FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 21-02-2014 13:30
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Thanks again Batista
@Adamb It's not finished yet! One stage to go. |
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sutty68 |
Posted on 21-02-2014 15:25
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Come on Sylvain, give it one last push |
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the_hoyle |
Posted on 21-02-2014 18:07
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Great riding for Sylvain
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FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 22-02-2014 19:01
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Thanks for the support! Sorry I keep changing the layout btw, just experimenting with different ones. I'll start sticking to one now, I think.
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Tour Méditerranéen - Stage 5
14th February, 2014 / 2.1
The final stage is also the longest stage, which also brings the last chance to do something in the overall standings. Chavanel has done well to hold onto his overall podium in previous days, and needs just one more good day to hold off the better climbers. It could be tough though with riders as big as Contador hunting him down.
It's a five-man breakaway today, which contains King of the Mountains leader Garcia, Rebellin and Paulinho, who should all be strong on today's hills.
Skipping to the final climb for the favourites, a 12 strong group has together. It contains all of the big overall contenders, including Chavanel. (Gorka) Izagirre pushes a high tempo on the front for Movistar.
The breakaway still has a 2 minute advantage, and will contest the stage, like yesterday.
It is Paulinho who has the legs to win the stage from the break, out-kicking Rebellin to take the final stage of the race.
The favourites group behind is torn up by Contador as the race nears the finish, seeing race leader Kelderman already going out the back. Entering the final kilometre, Chavanel is next to crack!
Contador is just beaten by Garcia in the fight for the final podium spot today, but he's surely helped himself move up the overall by tearing up the race on the final climb. Only Voeckler and Gallopin could stay with him.
Chavanel sprints home, trying to keep his losses to a minimum. He loses 27 seconds today on the already finished favourites but manages to finish on the same time as Visconti and Gerrans. We'll see where that leaves him.
A minute later, Kelderman leads home a group that loses 2'49" on the winner today. That means, unfortunately for him, that he loses his yellow jersey on the final day.
At the finish it's confirmed that Gallopin takes the overall, after sticking with Contador today. The experienced Spaniard moves up to second overall for his troubles, to get his season off to a good start.
Chavanel's ninth place today was enough to keep on the overall podium, holding off Voeckler quite comfortably in the end. A great result considering it's our first race of the year, long may these kind of results continue!
1 | Sérgio Paulinho | Tinkoff - Saxo | 4h54'45 | 2 | Davide Rebellin | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 26 | 3 | Marcos García | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 1'30 | 4 | Alberto Contador | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | 5 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | s.t. | 6 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 7 | Simon Gerrans | Orica GreenEdge | + 1'57 | 8 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | 9 | Sylvain Chavanel | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 10 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 2'49 |
Final GC
1 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto Belisol | 15h54'14 | 2 | Alberto Contador | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 15 | 3 | Sylvain Chavanel | IAM Cycling | + 28 | 4 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | + 45 | 5 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 54 | 6 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 1'28 | 7 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'41 | 8 | Simon Gerrans | Orica GreenEdge | + 1'42 | 9 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | + 1'44 | 10 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ.fr | + 1'54 |
Spoiler 11 | Sérgio Paulinho | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 3'02 | 12 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar Team | + 3'08 | 13 | Davide Rebellin | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 3'46 | 14 | Marcos García | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 6'39 | 15 | Pavel Brutt | Team Katusha | + 6'49 | 16 | Blel Kadri | AG2R La Mondiale | + 7'30 | 17 | Alexandre Geniez | FDJ.fr | + 9'17 | 18 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | + 9'50 | 19 | Laurens Ten Dam | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 15'32 | 20 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto Belisol | + 15'59 | 21 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 16'29 | 22 | Dries Devenyns | Team Giant - Shimano | + 16'52 | 23 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | + 16'54 | 24 | Oliver Zaugg | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 16'59 | 25 | Alessandro De Marchi | Cannondale | + 17'03 | 26 | Simon Clarke | Orica GreenEdge | + 17'07 | 27 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli | + 17'30 | 28 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto Belisol | + 17'31 | 29 | Sylwester Szmyd | Movistar Team | + 17'32 | 30 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | + 17'36 | 31 | Petr Ignatenko | Team Katusha | + 17'39 | 32 | Cameron Meyer | Orica GreenEdge | + 17'45 | 33 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | + 18'07 | 34 | Tomasz Marczynski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 18'08 | 35 | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | + 18'10 | 36 | Warren Barguil | Team Giant - Shimano | + 18'41 | 37 | David Arroyo | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 18'51 | 38 | Eduard Vorganov | Team Katusha | + 19'06 | 39 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol | + 19'34 | 40 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | + 19'35 | 41 | John Gadret | Movistar Team | + 19'36 | 42 | Nicki Sørensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 19'45 | 43 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 19'48 | 44 | Sergey Firsanov | RusVelo | + 19'53 | 45 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 20'01 | 46 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | + 20'02 | 47 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | + 20'14 | 48 | Julien El Fares | Team La Pomme Marseille | + 20'35 | 49 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | + 20'39 | 50 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | + 20'40 |
Points | Wilco Kelderman (Belkin) | 60 | Mountain | Marcos Garcia (Caja Rural) | 50 | U25 | Wilco Kelderman (Belkin) | 15h55'08 | Teams | Movistar Team | 47h46'47 |
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Batista15 |
Posted on 22-02-2014 19:08
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I know that thing with experimenting
Great stage again, still on the podium. Didn´t expect Kelderman loosing the jersey at all. Well done! |
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Posted on 22-02-2014 19:58
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Thanks again Batista It was a strange last stage, I thought most of the action would come on Mont Faron. I was still happy with the outcome though.
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Tour of Oman Preview
11th - 16th February, 2014 / 2.HC
Next up for us is the Tour of Oman, a step up from our last race. Six stages make up the race, which see stages ranging from flat ones to the tough mountainous stage four finishing atop the Green Mountain, where the main GC battle should take place.
The .HC status means the startlist is full of quality riders preparing for bigger races ahead, with the spring classics beginning soon. With the warm climate here in Oman attracting some top European riders, there should be plenty of competition here to keep things interesting!
Our eight-man squad brings leaders on two fronts; Haussler left France early in order to contest the sprints here, to lead us along with Frank, who makes his first appearance of the season here and will be targeting the GC despite not having the best fitness coming into the race.
As for competition, for the GC a big favourite in Froome should provide a stiff challenge on the Green Mountain. Evans and Wiggins could also do something if they have the right form. In the flatter/hillier stages, Viviani and Gilbert will both be tough to stop.
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Good reports. Chavanel did great to hold on his 3rd, well done. Haussler had already the chance to warm up his legs, this might be an advantage for Oman. Good luck.
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sutty68 |
Posted on 23-02-2014 14:08
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Ah well, the win wasn't to be for Sylvain in France, but third place was a really great performance from him
And Good Luck in Oman |
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Jesleyh |
Posted on 23-02-2014 14:09
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Shame that Kelderman couldn't keep his GC lead...
Good job by Chava though!
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juliob |
Posted on 23-02-2014 19:58
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How did u get the new equiment and accesories pack? |
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FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 23-02-2014 19:59
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juliob wrote:
How did u get the new equiment and accesories pack?
I downloaded the PCM.Daily 2014 DB
Thanks guys! |
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