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| alexkr00 |
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Santos Tour Down Under: Stage 1
The first stage in Australia is designed for sprinters so it's very likely we will see a battle between the two German power horses, Marcel Kittel and Andre Greipel, at the finish line.
The breakaway did a fine job today and even though they were caught only inside the last 10 kilometers, it was always clear that the stage will end in a mass sprint.
Etixx setting up their train
Despite having some GC aspirations, Alaphilippe had no problem working for Renshaw and he did quite a good job putting our train in front with less than 10 kilometers before the finish line.
It wasn't until Sabatini took over that the real racing started though. The Italian is in top shape and under his pace, there was almost a gap created between our train and Lotto's train.
Lotto managed to make up the lost ground though. But that turned out to be bad news for both us and them. Greipel lost the wheel of his lead - out, while Meersman failed to properly launch Renshaw.
On the other side of the road things were looking way better for Greipel's main rival, Marcel Kittel, who even though was left out in the wind by Degenkolb with more than 1 kilometer to go, he looked to be in a perfect position.
And the German took quite a comfortable win, in the end. The poorly positioned Greipel took the second place, in front of Arnaud Demare.
Kittel starting his season in style
Stage | 1 |  | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | 2h55'19 | | 2 | | André Greipel | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 3 |  | Arnaud Demare | FDJ | s.t. | | 4 |  | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 5 |  | Juan José Lobato | Movistar Team | s.t. |
General Classification | 1 | | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | 2h55'09 | | 2 | | André Greipel | Lotto Soudal | + 4 | | 3 |  | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | + 5 | | 4 |  | Grégory Rast | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 5 | | Arnaud Demare | FDJ | + 6 |
Spoiler Stage
| 1 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | 2h55'19 | | 2 | André Greipel | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 3 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ | s.t. | | 4 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 5 | Juan José Lobato | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | Mark Renshaw | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 7 | Sacha Modolo | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 8 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 9 | Gianni Meersman | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 10 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 11 | Fabio Sabatini | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 12 | Kris Boeckmans | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 13 | Elia Viviani | Team Sky | s.t. | | 14 | Matteo Pelucchi | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 15 | Daniele Bennati | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 16 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 17 | Jasper Stuyven | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 18 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 19 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 20 | Julian Alaphilippe | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | 2h55'09 | | 2 | André Greipel | Lotto Soudal | + 4 | | 3 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | + 5 | | 4 | Grégory Rast | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 5 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ | + 6 | | 6 | Aleksejs Saramotins | IAM Cycling | + 8 | | 7 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 10 | | 8 | Juan José Lobato | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 9 | Mark Renshaw | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 10 | Sacha Modolo | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 11 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 12 | Gianni Meersman | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 13 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 14 | Fabio Sabatini | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 15 | Kris Boeckmans | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 16 | Elia Viviani | Team Sky | s.t. | | 17 | Matteo Pelucchi | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 18 | Daniele Bennati | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 19 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 20 | Jasper Stuyven | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | 15 | | 2 | André Greipel | Lotto Soudal | 14 | | 3 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ | 13 |
KoM
| 1 | Grégory Rast | Trek Factory Racing | 10 | | 2 | Aleksejs Saramotins | IAM Cycling | 6 | | 3 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | 4 |
U25
| 1 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ | 2h55'15 | | 2 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 4 | | 3 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 4 |
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Tour de San Luis: Stage 3
A stage that looks made for sprinters at first sight but in the final kilometers the road starts going uphill, so we might see some interesting moves there.
A breakaway of three made it through today, but as soon as their advantage reached 6 minutes, Etixx started chasing in the back and the escapees were eventually brought back.
Bouet and Maes chasing the breakaway
Inside the final 10 kilometers, it was time for our sprint train to make its move. And Martin was pulling so hard that only Appollonio was able to hang on and a gap opened up between our train, the Italian and the rest of the pack.
Tony Martin had a great day
Appollonio made quite a strange move though and instead of following Cavendish' wheel he tried to take the race on his own.
But he failed as he even had problems overtaking Tom Boonen in the final sprint and with the final kilometer banner in sight Cavendish seemed to be in the perfect position with Trentin ready to lead him to the finish line.
Cavendish didn't seem bothered with the stage win though and decided to gift Trentin the stage win, a move which even took the Italian by surprise.
Etixx missing out on a perfect celebration photo
Stage | 1 | | Matteo Trentin | Etixx - Quick-step | 4h08'08 | | 2 |  | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 3 |  | Tom Boonen | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 4 | | Davide Appollonio | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 5 | | Tony Martin | Etixx - Quick-step | + 38 |
General Classification | 1 | | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | 12h21'50 | | 2 | | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | + 25 | | 3 |  | Bauke Mollema | Trek Factory Racing | + 45 | | 4 |  | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. |
Spoiler Stage
| 1 | Matteo Trentin | Etixx - Quick-step | 4h08'08 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 3 | Tom Boonen | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 4 | Davide Appollonio | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 5 | Tony Martin | Etixx - Quick-step | + 38 | | 6 | Fabian Cancellara | Trek Factory Racing | + 1'00 | | 7 | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | + 1'22 | | 8 | Manuel Belletti | Southeast | s.t. | | 9 | Sonny Colbrelli | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 10 | Leonardo Duque | Colombia | s.t. | | 11 | Oscar Gatto | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 12 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 13 | Danilo Napolitano | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 14 | Yauheni Hutarovich | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 15 | Roger Kluge | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 16 | Matthias Brändle | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 17 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 18 | Nikolas Maes | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 19 | Samuel Sánchez | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 20 | Bauke Mollema | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | 12h21'50 | | 2 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | + 25 | | 3 | Bauke Mollema | Trek Factory Racing | + 45 | | 4 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 6 | Pierrick Fédrigo | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 7 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 9 | Jonathan Hivert | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 10 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 11 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 12 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 13 | Rein Taaramäe | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 14 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 15 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 16 | Moreno Moser | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 17 | Matteo Trentin | Etixx - Quick-step | + 57 | | 18 | Davide Appollonio | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 19 | Tom Boonen | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 20 | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Youcef Reguigui | MTN-Qhubeka | 6 | | 2 | Juan Pablo Valencia | Colombia | 6 | | 3 | Gert Dockx | Lotto Soudal | 6 |
KoM
| 1 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | 10 | | 2 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | 8 | | 3 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | 6 |
U25
| 1 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | 12h22'35 | | 2 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 0 | | 3 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani CSF | + 0 |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 30-07-2015 11:17
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Decent start in Australia
But wonderful racing in San Luis! Always nice to start the season this way! |
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Santos Tour Down Under: Stage 2
Today's stage in Australia resembles the one from Argentina. But the finish from this stage seems even harder than the one we had in Tour de San Luis.
Once again the breakaway stood no chance in from of a pack eager to fight for the stage win.
With a harder finish than yesterday, some changes were made in the Etixx train with Van Keirsbulck and Alaphilippe set to lead out Gianni Meersman.
Van Keirsbulck heading towards the front of the pack
And once again the train seemed to be working perfectly with Alaphilippe and Meersman with the perfect position as the final sprint started. Only Kristoff's train seemed able to match Alaphilippe's speed.
Katusha weren't strong enough to hold, but under the 1 kilometer banner a new train emerged to battle ours and it was a very strong one set up by Orica for Michael Matthews.
Meersman wasn't strong enough to fight for the win today and could only watch as Matthews and Moreno Hofland were sprinting away from him for the stage win. Hofland put up a very strong fight as he and Matthews went on to the finish line wheel to wheel.
Hofland and Matthews digging deep
It was a very close finish, but in the end it was Bling who got the stage win and the leader's jersey to go with it. A fantastic day for Orica, whose team work paid off.
Double for Bling Matthews, who takes the stage win and the leader's jersey
Stage | 1 |  | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | 3h33'05 | | 2 | | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 3 | | Sacha Modolo | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 4 | | Gianni Meersman | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 5 |  | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | s.t. |
General Classification | 1 | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | 6h28'14 | | 2 | | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 3 | | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 4 | | 4 | | André Greipel | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 5 | | Grégory Rast | Trek Factory Racing | + 5 |
Spoiler Stage
| 1 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | 3h33'05 | | 2 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 3 | Sacha Modolo | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 4 | Gianni Meersman | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 5 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 6 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 7 | André Greipel | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 8 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 9 | Jasper Stuyven | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 10 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ | s.t. | | 11 | Julian Alaphilippe | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 12 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 13 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 14 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 15 | Luis León Sánchez | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 16 | Daniel Martin | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 17 | Tom Slagter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 18 | Juan José Lobato | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 19 | Rui Costa | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 20 | Michael Albasini | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | 6h28'14 | | 2 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 3 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 4 | | 4 | André Greipel | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 5 | Grégory Rast | Trek Factory Racing | + 5 | | 6 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 7 | Sacha Modolo | Lampre-Merida | + 6 | | 8 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ | s.t. | | 9 | Aleksejs Saramotins | IAM Cycling | + 8 | | 10 | Gianni Meersman | Etixx - Quick-step | + 10 | | 11 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 12 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 13 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 14 | Jasper Stuyven | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 15 | Julian Alaphilippe | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 16 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 17 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 18 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 19 | Luis León Sánchez | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 20 | Daniel Martin | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | André Greipel | Lotto Soudal | 23 | | 2 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | 22 | | 3 | Sacha Modolo | Lampre-Merida | 22 |
KoM
| 1 | Grégory Rast | Trek Factory Racing | 10 | | 2 | Jérôme Pineau | IAM Cycling | 10 | | 3 | Aleksejs Saramotins | IAM Cycling | 8 |
U25
| 1 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | 6h28'14 | | 2 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 4 | | 3 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ | + 6 |
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Tour de San Luis: Stage 4
The first mountain stage in this year's Tour de San Luis. Philippe Gilbert will definitely struggle to keep the leader's jersey, with Michele Scarponi just 25 seconds behind him, ready to take over.
The breakaways have had no success so far and today was no different, which means that as we hit the first slopes of the final climb the riders were all together.
But it didn't stay like that for too long as Hesjedal made an early move. Having lost more than one minute in the previous uphill finish there was no reason for the Canadian to sit around and wait for the others to make their moves.
Still, Scarponi and Mollema followed his wheel closely as the Canadian opened a gap to the rest of the pack.
A little game of cat and mouse
But they refused to work with Hesjedal, both probably sensing how strong the Canadian was today. After catching his breath, the Garmin rider attacked again and this time neither Mollema nor Scarponi had a response.
No one is able to match Hesjedal's acceleration
The Canadian put in a huge effort, riding for 9 kilometers alone. But he had no time to look back as he knew his deficit to the others was quite big follow the bad day he had in the hilly stage.
Still, as reached the finish line, he knew that not only that the stage win was his, but also the leader's jersey. A huge day for Ryder Hesjedal!
Sky is the limit, some would say
Stage | 1 |  | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 3h30'08 | | 2 | | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | + 1'52 | | 3 | | Bauke Mollema | Trek Factory Racing | + 2'03 | | 4 | | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 2'41 | | 5 | | Pierrick Fédrigo | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 3'06 |
General Classification | 1 | | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 15h53'22 | | 2 | | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | + 53 | | 3 | | Bauke Mollema | Trek Factory Racing | + 1'24 | | 4 | | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 2'02 | | 5 | | Pierrick Fédrigo | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 2'27 |
Spoiler Stage| 1 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 3h30'08 | | 2 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | + 1'52 | | 3 | Bauke Mollema | Trek Factory Racing | + 2'03 | | 4 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 2'41 | | 5 | Pierrick Fédrigo | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 3'06 | | 6 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | + 3'51 | | 7 | Rein Taaramäe | Astana Pro Team | + 4'14 | | 8 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | + 4'23 | | 9 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 11 | Alessandro De Marchi | BMC Racing Team | + 4'48 | | 12 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Soudal | + 5'30 | | 13 | Matthew Busche | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 14 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 15 | Diego Rosa | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 16 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 17 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 18 | Mauro Finetto | Southeast | s.t. | | 19 | Moreno Moser | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 20 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani CSF | + 6'19 |
GC
| 1 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 15h53'22 | | 2 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | + 53 | | 3 | Bauke Mollema | Trek Factory Racing | + 1'24 | | 4 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 2'02 | | 5 | Pierrick Fédrigo | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 2'27 | | 6 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | + 3'12 | | 7 | Rein Taaramäe | Astana Pro Team | + 3'35 | | 8 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Soudal | + 3'44 | | 9 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 11 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | + 4'51 | | 12 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 13 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 14 | Moreno Moser | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 15 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 4'55 | | 16 | Jonathan Hivert | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 5'40 | | 17 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 18 | Alessandro De Marchi | BMC Racing Team | + 5'43 | | 19 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | + 6'25 | | 20 | Mauro Finetto | Southeast | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Youcef Reguigui | MTN-Qhubeka | 6 | | 2 | Juan Pablo Valencia | Colombia | 6 | | 3 | Anthony Delaplace | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | 6 |
KoM
| 1 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | 16 | | 2 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | 10 | | 3 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | 10 |
U25
| 1 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | 15h56'34 | | 2 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 1'39 | | 3 | Moreno Moser | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1'39 |
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Santos Tour Down Under: Stage 3
Another tricky finish for today's stage. Michael Matthews' fantastic sprint from yesterday makes him the big favorite for today, while Moreno Hofland surely looks to improve on yesterday's second place.
Orica set up a good pace in front of the pack throughout the entire day and the breakaway was history under the 10 kilometers banner.
The race was very hard to control once we hit the slopes of the final hill and Matthews was left all alone in front by Orica. Etixx were also nowhere to be seen.
No team was strong enough to control the race on the final uphill section
Tom Jelte Slagter was the first rider to make a move in the pack and as we reached the flamme rouge, he was leading the way.
But it proved to be a bad move by the Dutch man who went into the red a few hundred meters later and was forced to move out of the way, leaving Bardet, Izagirre, Matthews and Valverde to contest the stage win.
Romain Bardet proved to be the strongest in the end and the took the win in front of Izagirre and Slagter, who regained his strength in the closing meters of the stage. Michael Matthews finished fifth and despite not gaining any bonus seconds will keep the leader's jersey for another day.
A surprising win for Romain Bardet
Stage | 1 | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | 3h14'28 | | 2 | | Ion Izagirre | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 3 | | Tom Slagter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 4 | | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 5 | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. |
General Classification | 1 | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | 9h42'42 | | 2 | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 3 | | Ion Izagirre | Movistar Team | + 4 | | 4 | | Tom Slagter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 6 | | 5 | | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 10 |
Spoiler Stage
| 1 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | 3h14'28 | | 2 | Ion Izagirre | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 3 | Tom Slagter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 4 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 5 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 6 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 7 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 8 | Daniel Martin | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 9 | Luis León Sánchez | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 10 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Soudal | + 35 | | 11 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 12 | Rui Costa | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 13 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 14 | Vasil Kiryienka | Team Sky | s.t. | | 15 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 16 | Lieuwe Westra | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 17 | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 18 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 19 | Robert Gesink | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 20 | Sacha Modolo | Lampre-Merida | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | 9h42'42 | | 2 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 3 | Ion Izagirre | Movistar Team | + 4 | | 4 | Tom Slagter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 6 | | 5 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 10 | | 6 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 7 | Luis León Sánchez | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 8 | Daniel Martin | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 9 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 10 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 39 | | 11 | André Greipel | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 12 | Sacha Modolo | Lampre-Merida | + 41 | | 13 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ | s.t. | | 14 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 45 | | 15 | Rui Costa | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 16 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 17 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 18 | Julian Alaphilippe | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 19 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 20 | Juan José Lobato | Movistar Team | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | 32 | | 2 | André Greipel | Lotto Soudal | 23 | | 3 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 22 |
KoM
| 1 | Grégory Rast | Trek Factory Racing | 10 | | 2 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | 10 | | 3 | Jérôme Pineau | IAM Cycling | 10 |
U25
| 1 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | 9h42'42 | | 2 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 0 | | 3 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 39 |
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Tour de San Luis: Stage 5
We've had mountains, we've had sprints, we've had hills, now it's time for a time - trial.
Despite taking it easy in the first part of the race, Tony Martin still set the best intermediate times at both check points. By the time he reached the finish line it was clear that his time 23 minutes and 10 seconds will be very hard to beat.
After working for Cavendish, Tony Martin finally had his time to shine
Cancellara beat Martin's time at both check points, but failed to match the Etixx rider's speed in the last section and finished 7 seconds short of the stage win.
The Swiss Champion was slower than the German Champion
Ryder Hesjedal had a rather mediocre day, failing to finish in the top 10 of the stage. Still, his main rivals, Scarponi and Mollema are both worse in the race against the clock which allowed the Canadian to earn a few more seconds in the battle for the GC.
Hesjedal extended his lead
Stage | 1 | | Tony Martin | Etixx - Quick-step | 23'10 | | 2 | | Fabian Cancellara | Trek Factory Racing | + 7 | | 3 | | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | + 23 | | 4 | | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 37 | | 5 | | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | + 38 |
General Classification | 1 | | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 16h17'34 | | 2 | | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | + 1'00 | | 3 | | Bauke Mollema | Trek Factory Racing | + 1'32 | | 4 | | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 1'37 | | 5 | | Pierrick Fédrigo | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 2'43 |
Spoiler Stage
| 1 | Tony Martin | Etixx - Quick-step | 23'10 | | 2 | Fabian Cancellara | Trek Factory Racing | + 7 | | 3 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | + 23 | | 4 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 37 | | 5 | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | + 38 | | 6 | Matthias Brändle | IAM Cycling | + 39 | | 7 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 40 | | 9 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 44 | | 10 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 45 | | 11 | Moreno Moser | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 53 | | 12 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | + 56 | | 13 | Serghei Tvetcov | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 1'00 | | 14 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | + 1'01 | | 15 | Jonathan Hivert | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 1'02 | | 16 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 17 | Tom Boonen | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1'04 | | 18 | Jérôme Coppel | IAM Cycling | + 1'05 | | 19 | Nathan Brown | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1'06 | | 20 | Yaroslav Popovych | Trek Factory Racing | + 1'08 |
GC
| 1 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 16h17'34 | | 2 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | + 1'00 | | 3 | Bauke Mollema | Trek Factory Racing | + 1'32 | | 4 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 1'37 | | 5 | Pierrick Fédrigo | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 2'43 | | 6 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | + 3'21 | | 7 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | + 3'23 | | 8 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 3'51 | | 9 | Rein Taaramäe | Astana Pro Team | + 3'58 | | 10 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 4'33 | | 11 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 12 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Soudal | + 4'34 | | 13 | Moreno Moser | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 4'42 | | 14 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Soudal | + 5'00 | | 15 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | + 5'14 | | 16 | Jonathan Hivert | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 5'40 | | 17 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | + 5'46 | | 18 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani CSF | + 6'32 | | 19 | Alessandro De Marchi | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 20 | Diego Rosa | Astana Pro Team | + 6'54 |
Points
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Trek Factory Racing | 9 | | 2 | Juan Pablo Valencia | Colombia | 6 | | 3 | Anthony Delaplace | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | 6 |
KoM
| 1 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | 16 | | 2 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 10 | | 3 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | 10 |
U25
| 1 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | 16h20'57 | | 2 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 1'10 | | 3 | Moreno Moser | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1'19 |
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nice win of The Panzerwagen \o/ Mochema also high in the GC
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Santos Tour Down Under: Stage 4
Despite some uphill sections in the last part of the stage, the final kilometers seem to be flat which means we might see Mark Renshaw back in action today.
There was a lot of nervosity in the pack in the closing kilometers of the stage as the breakaway had not been reeled in yet with less than 10 kilometers to go.
And that proved to be very bad news for Etixx as Van Keirsbulck crashed, bringing Alaphilippe and Sabatini down with him as well. Peter Sagan, Andre Greipel, Purito Rodriguez and Tom Dumoulin were also involved in the crash.
Van Keirsbulck hitting the tarmac quite hard
The strongest two out of a eight men breakaway group, Trusov and Turgot, were still in front of the pack, still hanging onto an advantage of few seconds, with the flamme rouge in sight.
Trusov and Turgot could almost sense the smell of victory
But their hopes were shredded inside the final kilometer, when an unleashed Elia Viviani looked set to take his first victory of the season.
Viviani seemed to have made his too early though as Hofland, Kristoff and Modolo were all looking faster and fresher than him in the final meters of the stage.
A very close finish announced itself...
Kristoff proved to be the man with the most power left in his legs in the end as the Norwegian claimed Katusha's first win of the season. Something to look forward for the Russian team following Purito's crash.
Alexander Kristoff - the fourth winner in four days of racing in Australia
The entire team bar Mark Renshaw dropped to help Alaphilippe get back in the pack but it turned out to be mission impossible as the Frenchman saw his GC hopes ruined, finishing more than 3 minutes down to the stage winner.
Stage | 1 | | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | 3h22'39 | | 2 | | Elia Viviani | Team Sky | s.t. | | 3 | | Sacha Modolo | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 4 | | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 5 | | John Degenkolb | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
General Classification | 1 | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | 13h05'21 | | 2 | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 3 | | Ion Izagirre | Movistar Team | + 4 | | 4 | | Tom Slagter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 6 | | 5 | | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 10 |
Spoiler Stage
| 1 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | 3h22'39 | | 2 | Elia Viviani | Team Sky | s.t. | | 3 | Sacha Modolo | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 4 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 5 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 6 | Sébastien Turgot | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 7 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 8 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 9 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 10 | Samuel Dumoulin | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 11 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 12 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ | s.t. | | 13 | Tom Slagter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 14 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 15 | Jérôme Pineau | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 16 | Luis León Sánchez | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 17 | Grégory Rast | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 18 | Heinrich Haussler | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 19 | Adam Blythe | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 20 | Ion Izagirre | Movistar Team | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | 13h05'21 | | 2 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 3 | Ion Izagirre | Movistar Team | + 4 | | 4 | Tom Slagter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 6 | | 5 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 10 | | 6 | Luis León Sánchez | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 7 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 8 | Sacha Modolo | Lampre-Merida | + 37 | | 9 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 39 | | 10 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ | + 41 | | 11 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN-Qhubeka | + 45 | | 12 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 13 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 14 | Rui Costa | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 15 | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 16 | Lieuwe Westra | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 17 | Daniel Moreno | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 18 | Filippo Pozzato | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 19 | Stephen Cummings | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 20 | Vasil Kiryienka | Team Sky | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | 41 | | 2 | Sacha Modolo | Lampre-Merida | 35 | | 3 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 34 |
KoM
| 1 | Aleksejs Saramotins | IAM Cycling | 18 | | 2 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | 10 | | 3 | Grégory Rast | Trek Factory Racing | 10 |
U25
| 1 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | 13h05'21 | | 2 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 0 | | 3 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 39 |
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Tour de San Luis: Stage 6
The last mountain stage in Argentina. Everything will be decided today. Can Hesjedal hold on to his one minute lead or will Scarponi, or perhaps, Bauke Mollema take the bacon home?
Today might be quite a special day. Why? We might see the first breakaway making it to the finish line. Maxime Boet was part of a strong 8 men breakaway group, which included Samuel Sanchez, Philippe Gilbert (10th in the GC?!), Enrico Gasparotto and Ruben Fernandez.
As the breakaway hit the early slopes of the final climb, their lead to the pack was over 4 minutes. Surely, some of the escapees might be able to hang on to that lead till the very end.
Bouet thought so and he took no time in making his move. Surprisingly though, no one seems to be interested to join him. Perhaps they felt it was a bit early.
Maxime Bouet opening up a gap
Bouet paced himself beautifully on the climb and despite having some problems in the final kilometers he still held a good lead with 5 kilometers to go: over two minutes in front of Ruben Fernandez who had attacked from the breakaway group, who also had over one minute in front of the pack.
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Speaking of the pack, they managed to catch the remaining escapes and as soon as that happened Hesjedal's rivals attacked him and the Canadian didn't seem to have a response. Another off day for the Garmin rider.
De Gendt, Mollema and Scarponi quickly got a gap, with Diego Rosa also joining Scarponi in the group.
Even though the attack's timing looked perfect for their GC aspirations, it was too late for the stage win as they had no chance in bringing back Maxime Bouet.
The Frenchman took a fantastic win, the 4th Etixx stage win in 6 stages in San Luis. Definitely a performance to remember!
Bouet had time to enjoy his victory
Behind him, both Mollema and Scarponi gained enough time on Hesjedal to overtake the Canadian in the GC, with Scarponi looking set for the overall win now.
The favorites looked exhausted as they crossed the finish line
Stage | 1 | | Maxime Bouet | Etixx - Quick-step | 3h10'53 | | 2 | | Bauke Mollema | Trek Factory Racing | + 1'19 | | 3 | | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | + 1'27 | | 4 | | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 5 | | Diego Rosa | Astana Pro Team | + 1'42 |
General Classification | 1 | | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | 19h30'54 | | 2 | | Bauke Mollema | Trek Factory Racing | + 24 | | 3 | | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 25 | | 4 | | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 37 | | 5 | | Pierrick Fédrigo | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 3'08 |
Spoiler Stage
| 1 | Maxime Bouet | Etixx - Quick-step | 3h10'53 | | 2 | Bauke Mollema | Trek Factory Racing | + 1'19 | | 3 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | + 1'27 | | 4 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 5 | Diego Rosa | Astana Pro Team | + 1'42 | | 6 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Soudal | + 2'04 | | 7 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | + 2'28 | | 9 | Matthew Busche | Trek Factory Racing | + 2'52 | | 10 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 11 | Tony Martin | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 12 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 13 | Mauro Finetto | Southeast | s.t. | | 14 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 15 | Alessandro De Marchi | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 16 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 17 | Rubén Fernández | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 18 | Pierrick Fédrigo | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 19 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 20 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 4'44 |
GC
| 1 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | 19h30'54 | | 2 | Bauke Mollema | Trek Factory Racing | + 24 | | 3 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 25 | | 4 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 37 | | 5 | Pierrick Fédrigo | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 3'08 | | 6 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | + 3'22 | | 7 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 3'28 | | 8 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | + 3'48 | | 9 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Soudal | + 4'37 | | 10 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Soudal | + 4'59 | | 11 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | + 5'39 | | 12 | Diego Rosa | Astana Pro Team | + 6'09 | | 13 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 6'50 | | 14 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 15 | Alessandro De Marchi | BMC Racing Team | + 6'57 | | 16 | Mauro Finetto | Southeast | + 7'20 | | 17 | Rein Taaramäe | Astana Pro Team | + 8'03 | | 18 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani CSF | + 8'09 | | 19 | Jonathan Hivert | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 8'38 | | 20 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | + 8'44 |
Points
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Trek Factory Racing | 9 | | 2 | Juan Pablo Valencia | Colombia | 6 | | 3 | Anthony Delaplace | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | 6 |
KoM
| 1 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | 22 | | 2 | Bauke Mollema | Trek Factory Racing | 16 | | 3 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | 14 |
U25
| 1 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | 19h34'42 | | 2 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 3'02 | | 3 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani CSF | + 4'21 |
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a bad and a good stage in australia and argentina respectively 
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Posted on 01-08-2015 11:13
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So far, this pretty much sums up the way both races have gone 
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Santos Tour Down Under: Stage 5
It's time for the queen stage in the Tour Down Under, the classic stage ending at the top of the Willunga Hill. Matthews has been leading the race since the second stage and this will be the final, but also the hardest test that he will have to pass before winning his home race. And with the first 7 riders in the GC withing 10 seconds, the race for the orange jersey should be quite open.
Aleksejs Saramotins was part of a two men breakaway group today, a group which survived the first pass of the Willunga Hill, allowing the Latvian rider to extend his lead in the KoM classification, a classification he should now win if nothing unexpected happens in the final stage.
A strong group of 10 riders, which included Valverde, Slagter, Matthews and Purito got away at the top of the first pass of the Willunga Hill, but with neither Hofland or Gesink making the cut, LottoNL made sure their action won't be a successful one.
LottoNL working hard at the front of the pack
We reached the second and final pass of the Willunga Hill with the favorites all together and with Izagirre pacing the pack for Alejandro Valverde, who followed his wheel closely.
And a few moments later we saw Valverde making his move. Matthews was quick to give the Spaniard a response, but that didn't prove to be the best of ideas as the Aussie went into the red trying to follow Piti
Valverde gets away
No one was able to match Valverde's acceleration in the end and at the finish line, the Movistar rider was not only celebrating the stage win, but the general classification win as well.
Valverde knows this has been a great day for him
Stage | 1 | | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 3h24'11 | | 2 | | Daniel Moreno | Team Katusha | + 24 | | 3 | | Tom Slagter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 4 | | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 5 | | Filippo Pozzato | Lampre-Merida | s.t. |
General Classification | 1 | | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 16h29'32 | | 2 | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 24 | | 3 | | Tom Slagter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 26 | | 4 | | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | + 34 | | 5 | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 49 |
Spoiler Stage
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 3h24'11 | | 2 | Daniel Moreno | Team Katusha | + 24 | | 3 | Tom Slagter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 4 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 5 | Filippo Pozzato | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 6 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 7 | Luis León Sánchez | Astana Pro Team | + 41 | | 8 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Team Katusha | + 49 | | 9 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 10 | Ion Izagirre | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 11 | Julian Alaphilippe | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 12 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1'15 | | 13 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 14 | Vasil Kiryienka | Team Sky | s.t. | | 15 | Robert Gesink | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 16 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 17 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 18 | Rui Costa | Lampre-Merida | + 1'47 | | 19 | Michał Gołaś | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 20 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 2'42 |
GC
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 16h29'32 | | 2 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 24 | | 3 | Tom Slagter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 26 | | 4 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | + 34 | | 5 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 49 | | 6 | Luis León Sánchez | Astana Pro Team | + 51 | | 7 | Ion Izagirre | Movistar Team | + 53 | | 8 | Daniel Moreno | Team Katusha | + 1'03 | | 9 | Filippo Pozzato | Lampre-Merida | + 1'09 | | 10 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN-Qhubeka | + 2'00 | | 11 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 12 | Vasil Kiryienka | Team Sky | s.t. | | 13 | Rui Costa | Lampre-Merida | + 2'32 | | 14 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 3'27 | | 15 | Sacha Modolo | Lampre-Merida | + 3'28 | | 16 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 3'30 | | 17 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ | + 3'32 | | 18 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 3'36 | | 19 | Pieter Weening | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 20 | Manuele Mori | Lampre-Merida | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | 48 | | 2 | Sacha Modolo | Lampre-Merida | 35 | | 3 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 34 |
KoM
| 1 | Aleksejs Saramotins | IAM Cycling | 24 | | 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 16 | | 3 | Maxim Belkov | Team Katusha | 12 |
U25
| 1 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | 16h29'56 | | 2 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 25 | | 3 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 3'06 |
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Great reports for Australia and Argentina - contrasting fortunes but the team are still riding well
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Tour de San Luis: Stage 7
Despite not having exactly a flat route, the last stage in San Luis should end in a mass sprint, which could be an opportunity for Etixx for yet another stage win.
And things sure looked that way when with 3 kilometers to go, the pack led by the Etixx train caught a group of escapees. It wasn't all good news for the sprinters though as 3 riders were yet to be caught and they seemed to be the favorites to take the stage win.
As he reached the flamme rouge, Marco Benfatto was leading the race with quite an important gap in front of Nicola Boem and Enrico Gasparotto. It looked to be the perfect day for Italy.
The Androni rider hold on to his advantage and brought his team their first win of the season in a stage which saw no major changes to the GC, with Michele Scarponi holding onto his overall lead.
Stage | 1 | | Marco Benfatto | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | 2h44'44 | | 2 | | Nicola Boem | Bardiani CSF | + 23 | | 3 | | Enrico Gasparotto | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 4 | | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 5 | | Matteo Trentin | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. |
General Classification | 1 | | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | 22h16'01 | | 2 | | Bauke Mollema | Trek Factory Racing | + 24 | | 3 | | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 25 | | 4 | | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 37 | | 5 | | Pierrick Fédrigo | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 3'08 |
Spoiler Stage
| 1 | Marco Benfatto | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | 2h44'44 | | 2 | Nicola Boem | Bardiani CSF | + 23 | | 3 | Enrico Gasparotto | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 4 | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 5 | Matteo Trentin | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 6 | Manuel Belletti | Southeast | s.t. | | 7 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 8 | Tom Boonen | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 9 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 10 | Daniel Jaramillo | Jamis - Hagens Berman | s.t. | | 11 | Sonny Colbrelli | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 12 | Oscar Gatto | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 13 | Youcef Reguigui | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 14 | Marco Bandiera | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 15 | Davide Appollonio | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 16 | Tyler Farrar | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 17 | Matthew Busche | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 18 | Tony Martin | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 19 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 20 | Brayan Ramírez | Colombia | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | 22h16'01 | | 2 | Bauke Mollema | Trek Factory Racing | + 24 | | 3 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 25 | | 4 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 37 | | 5 | Pierrick Fédrigo | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 3'08 | | 6 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | + 3'22 | | 7 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 3'28 | | 8 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | + 3'48 | | 9 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Soudal | + 4'37 | | 10 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Soudal | + 4'59 | | 11 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | + 5'39 | | 12 | Diego Rosa | Astana Pro Team | + 6'09 | | 13 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 6'50 | | 14 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 15 | Alessandro De Marchi | BMC Racing Team | + 6'57 | | 16 | Mauro Finetto | Southeast | + 7'20 | | 17 | Rein Taaramäe | Astana Pro Team | + 8'03 | | 18 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani CSF | + 8'09 | | 19 | Jonathan Hivert | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 8'38 | | 20 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | + 8'44 |
Points
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Trek Factory Racing | 9 | | 2 | Juan Pablo Valencia | Colombia | 6 | | 3 | Anthony Delaplace | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | 6 |
KoM
| 1 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | 22 | | 2 | Bauke Mollema | Trek Factory Racing | 16 | | 3 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | 14 |
U25
| 1 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | 22h19'49 | | 2 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 3'02 | | 3 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani CSF | + 4'21 |
Teams
| 1 | Trek Factory Racing | 66h56'09 | | 2 | Lotto Soudal | + 1'51 | | 3 | Movistar Team | + 2'56 |
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Santos Tour Down Under: Stage 6
As always the Tour Down Under ends with a few laps in the city of Adelaide. Kittel will look to add this stage to his win from the opening day, on a route designed for sprinters.
After missing the stage win by only just a couple of days ago, Turgot and Trusov were once again amongst the attackers of the day. And this time it also proved to be a close one behind the breakaway and the pack.
Sensing the opportunity, Sebastien Turgot attacked his fellow escapes with 4 kilometers to go, a move to which no one had a response.
Turgot taking the race on his own
And it proved to be a brilliant move by the Frenchman as the pack caught the breakaway group, he was still going strong with the finish line now in his sight.
And this time he made it! A great win for Turgot who has fought pretty hard this week to get here. A few seconds behind me, Valverde safely finished in the pack to claim the overall glory.
AG2R will be leaving Australia with their pockets full
Stage | 1 | | Sébastien Turgot | Ag2r La Mondiale | 1h43'46 | | 2 | | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | + 26 | | 3 | | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 4 | | André Greipel | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 5 | | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
General Classification | 1 | | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 18h13'44 | | 2 | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 24 | | 3 | | Tom Slagter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 26 | | 4 | | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | + 34 | | 5 | | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 49 |
Spoiler Stage
| 1 | Sébastien Turgot | Ag2r La Mondiale | 1h43'46 | | 2 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | + 26 | | 3 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 4 | André Greipel | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 5 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 6 | Elia Viviani | Team Sky | s.t. | | 7 | Nathan Earle | Team Sky | s.t. | | 8 | Mark Renshaw | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 9 | Sacha Modolo | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 10 | Juan José Lobato | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 11 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ | s.t. | | 12 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 13 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 14 | Marco Haller | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 15 | Fabio Sabatini | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 16 | Nikolai Trusov | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 17 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 18 | Jérôme Pineau | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 19 | Matthew Brammeier | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 20 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 18h13'44 | | 2 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 24 | | 3 | Tom Slagter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 26 | | 4 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | + 34 | | 5 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 49 | | 6 | Luis León Sánchez | Astana Pro Team | + 51 | | 7 | Ion Izagirre | Movistar Team | + 53 | | 8 | Daniel Moreno | Team Katusha | + 1'03 | | 9 | Filippo Pozzato | Lampre-Merida | + 1'09 | | 10 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN-Qhubeka | + 2'00 | | 11 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 12 | Vasil Kiryienka | Team Sky | s.t. | | 13 | Rui Costa | Lampre-Merida | + 2'32 | | 14 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 3'26 | | 15 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 3'27 | | 16 | Sacha Modolo | Lampre-Merida | + 3'28 | | 17 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ | + 3'32 | | 18 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 3'36 | | 19 | Pieter Weening | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 20 | Adriano Malori | Movistar Team | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | 48 | | 2 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 47 | | 3 | Sacha Modolo | Lampre-Merida | 42 |
KoM
| 1 | Aleksejs Saramotins | IAM Cycling | 24 | | 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 16 | | 3 | Maxim Belkov | Team Katusha | 12 |
U25
| 1 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | 18h14'08 | | 2 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 25 | | 3 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 3'02 |
Teams
| 1 | Movistar Team | 54h45'57 (1) | | 2 | Team Katusha | + 59 (2) | | 3 | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 2'17 (3) |
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| Race | Vuelta ciclista a Mallorca | | Category | 2.1 | | Info | The Spanish race will see the first big battle of the year between Astana and Sky. Both teams have brought some of their best riders here meaning Nibali, Aru, LL Sanchez, Cataldo, Fuglsang, Boom, Porte, Wiggins, Roche, Konig and Swift are all present on the start list. Kwiatek will be leading Etixx here, with Trentin looking to get some decent results in the sprints, with no big sprinters riding here. | | Etixx | 11.  Michal Kwiatkowski | | 12. David De La Cruz | | 13. Yves Lampaert | | 14. Matteo Trentin | | 15.  Petr Vakov | | 16. Stijn Vandenbergh | | 17. Julien Vermonte | | 18. Carlos Verona |
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Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca: Stage 1
The racing in Mallorca will start with a flat stage, designed for sprinters. And with no plenty of guys on the same level, it is really hard to point to a major favorite.
Kwiatkowski did an amazing job positioning our train to the from of the pack as the last 10 kilometers of the race were reached.
The World Champion working for his team - mates
Sadly though, Vandenbergh wasn't as strong as the Pole rider and he left Lampaert and Trentin alone at the front of the pack with quite some distance before the finish line.
Lampaert was forced to work more than he was supposed to
Eventually Lampaert lost the leading position in the pack and as a result, Trentin was not able to be one of the riders that contested the stage win today, despite the very close finish, with 5 riders very close to each other with only a few meters of the stage left.
Van Asbroeck and Bennett ready for one last push
A very close finish for the first day of racing in Mallorca, but in the end, it's Tom Van Asbroeck who takes the stage win in front of Sam Bennett, by only just.
Stage | 1 | | Tom Van Asbroeck | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 1h55'42 | | 2 |  | Sam Bennett | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 3 | | Niccolo Bonifazio | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 4 | | Ben Swift | Team Sky | s.t. | | 5 | | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. |
General Classification | 1 | | Tom Van Asbroeck | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 1h55'32 | | 2 | | Sam Bennett | Bora - Argon 18 | + 4 | | 3 | | Niccolo Bonifazio | Lampre-Merida | + 6 | | 4 |  | Igor Boev | RusVelo | + 7 | | 5 | | Ivan Balykin | RusVelo | s.t. |
Spoiler Stage
| 1 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 1h55'42 | | 2 | Sam Bennett | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 3 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 4 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | s.t. | | 5 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 6 | Marco Haller | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 7 | Daniele Bennati | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 8 | Matteo Trentin | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 9 | Edward Theuns | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 10 | Yannick Martinez | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 11 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 12 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 13 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 14 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 15 | Michel Kreder | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 16 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 17 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 18 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 19 | Dominik Nerz | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 20 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 1h55'32 | | 2 | Sam Bennett | Bora - Argon 18 | + 4 | | 3 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Lampre-Merida | + 6 | | 4 | Igor Boev | RusVelo | + 7 | | 5 | Ivan Balykin | RusVelo | s.t. | | 6 | Dylan van Baarle | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 8 | | 7 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | Sean De Bie | Lotto Soudal | + 9 | | 9 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | + 10 | | 10 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 11 | Marco Haller | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 12 | Daniele Bennati | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 13 | Matteo Trentin | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 14 | Edward Theuns | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 15 | Yannick Martinez | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 16 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 17 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 18 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 19 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 20 | Michel Kreder | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 25 | | 2 | Sam Bennett | Bora - Argon 18 | 20 | | 3 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Lampre-Merida | 16 |
U25
| 1 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 1h55'32 | | 2 | Sam Bennett | Bora - Argon 18 | + 4 | | 3 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Lampre-Merida | + 6 |
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