Stage 2 Pais Vasco. One of the easiest in the race. We were on the front, setting the pace.
There were an early escape.
Peleton with us on the front.
Gilbert Pinot and Matheews went clear on the penultimate climb.
Peleton catch them and Paterski tried another attack with 3km to the top of the last climb.
But he was catched by Alaphilippe, Gilbert and Henao.
I was unable to stay with them, but I helped peleton to reduce the gap.
Alaphilippe won, Paterski s.t.
1 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step 3h54'32
2 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha s.t.
3 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t.
4 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
5 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
6 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
7 Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal s.t.
8 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida s.t.
9 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky s.t.
10 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
11 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
12 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team s.t.
13 Simon Gerrans Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
14 Simon Geschke Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
15 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
16 Magnus Cort Nielsen Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
17 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky s.t.
18 Carlos Barbero Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t. 19 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
3rd stage, IMO the toughest and they show Paterski who is the sherrif.
40km to go Quintana attacked and I couldn't response. Team is to weak.
Then a group of favorites formed with Paterski too, but he was in trouble. Yellow bar getting worse.
Paterski lost contact with them with 15km to go and many riders from another group catch him and left behind. Finally he gets 8 minutes (!) from Nairo and went back to 15th in GC. :/
1 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 3h58'25
2 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 3'15
3 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team s.t.
4 Jocelyn Mussard Team Giant-Alpecin + 3'40
5 Vincenzo Nibali Astana Pro Team + 3'56
6 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
7 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
8 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
9 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
10 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing s.t.
11 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team + 4'27
12 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha s.t.
13 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
14 Chris Froome Team Sky s.t.
15 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 4'59
16 Simon Spilak Team Katusha s.t.
17 José Herrada Movistar Team + 5'24
18 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 6'06
19 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 6'16
20 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
21 Andrew Talansky Etixx - Quick-step + 6'52
22 Tony Martin Etixx - Quick-step + 7'01
23 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team s.t. 24 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 7'31
GC
1 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 11h30'11
2 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 3'15
3 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 3'56
4 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
5 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
6 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing s.t.
7 Vincenzo Nibali Astana Pro Team s.t.
8 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
9 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha + 4'27
10 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
11 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team s.t.
12 Chris Froome Team Sky s.t.
13 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 4'59
14 Simon Spilak Team Katusha s.t. 15 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 5'53
We started Sarthe too. I have a really good team for sprints. On the first stage we made a great leadout, but 10km to go Latoń fell down and the peleton was in total chaos. Only Bouhanni was able to take a ticket to my train and beat Gaviria in the final.
1 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 3h48'41 2 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
3 Cristian Delle Stelle CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
4 Jakub Kaczmarek CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 44
5 Romain Guyot Team Europcar + 1'30 6 Patryk Stosz CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
7 Eduard-Michael Grosu Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
8 Julien Simon Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
9 Flavien Dassonville Auber 93 s.t.
10 Dennis Vanendert Lotto Soudal s.t.
Again on the second stage very good leadout, but a guy from Romania took win from us. At least before the ITT Gaviria is leader.
1 Eduard-Michael Grosu Roubaix Lille Métropole 2h04'09 2 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
3 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team s.t.
4 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 5 Eryk Latoń CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t. 6 Cristian Delle Stelle CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
7 David Tanner IAM Cycling s.t.
8 Patrick Olesen Luxair s.t.
9 Lorenzo Manzin FDJ s.t.
10 Julien Simon Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 11 Jakub Kaczmarek CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
12 Jan Bakelants Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
13 Jasper De Buyst Lotto Soudal s.t.
14 Dries Devenyns IAM Cycling s.t. 15 Adrian Kurek CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
16 Enrique Sanz Movistar Team s.t. 17 Nikolay Mihaylov CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
GC
1 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice 5h52'38
2 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 2 3 Cristian Delle Stelle CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 8
4 Jakub Kaczmarek CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 56
5 Eduard-Michael Grosu Roubaix Lille Métropole + 1'32
6 Romain Guyot Team Europcar + 1'37
7 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team + 1'38
8 Dennis Vanendert Lotto Soudal s.t.
9 Flavien Dassonville Auber 93 + 1'39 10 Eryk Latoń CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'42
11 Patrick Olesen Luxair s.t.
12 Lorenzo Manzin FDJ s.t.
13 Julien Simon Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
14 Jan Bakelants Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
15 Jasper De Buyst Lotto Soudal s.t.
16 Dries Devenyns IAM Cycling s.t. 17 Adrian Kurek CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
18 Nikolay Mihaylov CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
There was an escape, but peleton didn't have them a chance to made it.
Before the last climb Paterski was alone and quite tired. The goal was to minimalize gap at the end.
We have a lot of luck, because at the end of climb Paterski lost the contact, but last kilometer has a very tight rode, so the first group became longer and Paterski finished with 11 seconds to winner while actually cross the line with about minute and a half after. I gain one place in GC, while Mollema withdrawn.
1 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 3h37'17
2 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team s.t.
3 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 11
4 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
5 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
6 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky s.t.
7 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
8 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
9 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
10 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
11 Simon Spilak Team Katusha s.t.
12 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
13 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
14 Chris Froome Team Sky s.t.
15 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
16 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
17 Andrew Talansky Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
18 Kristjan Koren Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
19 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky s.t.
20 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha s.t.
21 Davide Villella Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
22 Ryder Hesjedal Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
23 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida s.t.
24 Rubén Fernández Movistar Team s.t.
25 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
26 Jocelyn Mussard Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
27 Jelle Vanendert Lotto Soudal s.t.
28 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
29 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team s.t.
30 Andrey Amador Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
31 Vincenzo Nibali Astana Pro Team s.t.
32 Simon Geschke Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
33 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
34 Kingsley Peacock Trek Factory Racing s.t.
35 Vasil Kiryienka Team Sky s.t.
36 Hugh Carthy Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
37 Leopold König Team Katusha s.t.
38 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
39 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
40 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing s.t.
41 Jan Polanc Lampre-Merida s.t. 42 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
Fifth stage and we decided to try go in escape with Paterski. I send Delaplace too. There were also Hermans, Rolland and Valls.
At first peleton didn't let us more than 3 minutes, but soon with Delaplace hard work we reached more. Maximum was 7 minutes, 80km to go. On climbs I didn't follow Rolland, who was fighting for KOM.
Delaplace lost contact and the 4 riders had more than 2 minutes with 20km to go.
I made a tempo and only Hermans could follow, and then he counter attack me.
He was better on the line and almost Alaphilippe pass us at the line. So close to 2nd win on this race, but this time Hermans was better.
Results:
1 Ben Hermans BMC Racing Team 4h19'30 2 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
3 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
4 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 22
5 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team s.t.
6 Jelle Vanendert Lotto Soudal s.t.
7 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal s.t.
8 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha s.t.
9 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
10 Enrico Battaglin Astana Pro Team s.t.
ITT on Sarthe and Gaviria lost lead to Bouhanni.
1 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team 7'35
2 Adriano Malori BMC Racing Team + 5
3 Maxime Monfort Lotto Soudal + 6
4 Alexis Gougeard Ag2r La Mondiale + 7
5 Moreno Moser Team Cannondale - Garmin + 8
6 Joey Rosskopf BMC Racing Team + 9
7 Javier Moreno Movistar Team + 10
8 Heinrich Haussler IAM Cycling + 11
9 Tom Wirtgen Luxair + 14
10 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
GC:
1 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 6h00'29 2 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1
3 Cristian Delle Stelle CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 19
4 Jakub Kaczmarek CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'15
5 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team + 1'26
6 Adriano Malori BMC Racing Team + 1'31
7 Maxime Monfort Lotto Soudal + 1'32
8 Eduard-Michael Grosu Roubaix Lille Métropole + 1'33
9 Alexis Gougeard Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
10 Moreno Moser Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'34
LAst stage of Pais Vasco - ITT, Kiriyenka won. GC for Quintana who destroy rivals on 3rd stage.
1 Vasil Kiryienka Team Sky 26'02
2 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 7
3 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 11
4 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin + 16
5 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 19
6 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 22
7 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 25
8 Vincenzo Nibali Astana Pro Team s.t.
9 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 30
10 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 32
GC:
1 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 19h53'44
2 Vincenzo Nibali Astana Pro Team + 4'10
3 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 4'14
4 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 4'17
5 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 4'32
6 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 4'52
7 Chris Froome Team Sky + 5'02
8 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 5'07
9 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha + 5'17
10 Simon Spilak Team Katusha + 5'25
11 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 5'28
12 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team + 5'29
13 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 6'02
14 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin + 6'21 15 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 6'29
Points:
1 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step 0 70
2 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 5 58 3 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0 47
4 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team 10 46
5 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE 0 38
KOM:
1 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale 0 68
2 Jocelyn Mussard Team Giant-Alpecin 0 39
3 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 0 28
4 José Herrada Movistar Team 0 20
5 Yannick Eijssen Team LottoNL - Jumbo 0 20
1 Team Katusha 1h19'53 59h56'51 (1)
6 Movistar Team + 29 + 58 (2)
2 Team Sky + 2 + 2'07 (3)
12 Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'18 + 6'09 (4)
7 Team Giant-Alpecin + 30 + 11'20 (5)
On Sarthe last two stages were hilly, so Gaviria lost his 2nd place and finished 4th.
1 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team 4h13'45
2 Julien Simon Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
3 Maxime Monfort Lotto Soudal s.t.
4 Adriano Malori BMC Racing Team s.t.
5 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team s.t.
6 Sylvain Chavanel FDJ s.t.
7 Yoann Bagot Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
8 Bart De Clercq Lotto Soudal s.t.
9 Arthur Vichot FDJ s.t.
10 Jan Bakelants Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
11 Tony Hurel Team Europcar s.t.
12 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
13 Rudy Molard Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
14 Riccardo Zoidl Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
15 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
16 Heinrich Haussler IAM Cycling s.t.
17 Dries Devenyns IAM Cycling s.t.
18 Kevin Ledanois Bretagne - Séché Environnement s.t.
19 Florian Vachon FDJ + 44
20 Alexis Gougeard Ag2r La Mondiale + 1'01 21 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
Last stage:
1 Julien Simon Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 3h54'53
2 Dennis Vanendert Lotto Soudal s.t.
3 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team + 45
4 Jan Bakelants Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
5 Jempy Drucker BMC Racing Team + 1'23
6 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
7 Guillaume Thevenot Team Europcar s.t.
8 Riccardo Zoidl Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
9 Arthur Vichot FDJ s.t.
10 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
11 Kevin Ledanois Bretagne - Séché Environnement s.t.
12 Sylvain Chavanel FDJ s.t.
13 Dries Devenyns IAM Cycling s.t.
14 Bart De Clercq Lotto Soudal s.t.
15 Maxime Monfort Lotto Soudal s.t.
16 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team s.t.
17 Heinrich Haussler IAM Cycling s.t.
18 Fabrice Jeandesboz Bretagne - Séché Environnement s.t. 19 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
GC:
1 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 14h10'30
2 Julien Simon Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 10
3 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team + 58 4 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'02
5 Jan Bakelants Ag2r La Mondiale + 1'04
6 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team + 1'16
7 Maxime Monfort Lotto Soudal + 1'28
8 Dennis Vanendert Lotto Soudal s.t.
9 Heinrich Haussler IAM Cycling + 1'37
10 Dries Devenyns IAM Cycling + 1'40
Gaviria won u25 and was 5th in points classification.
Two not important races: Tro bro Leon
1 Alan Marangoni Team Cannondale - Garmin 4h41'31
2 Loïc Chetout Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
3 Louis Verhelst Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 49
4 Rudy Barbier Team Europcar s.t.
5 Romain Cardis FDJ s.t.
6 Daniel McLay Bretagne - Séché Environnement s.t.
7 Matti Breschel Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
8 Ben Swift Team Sky s.t.
9 Jasper De Buyst Lotto Soudal s.t.
10 Marco Marcato Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t.
11 Simon Geschke Team Giant-Alpecin s.t. 12 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
Tour de Finistre:
1 Igor Antón Movistar Team 4h10'57
2 Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling s.t.
3 Floris De Tier Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t.
4 Moreno Moser Team Cannondale - Garmin + 21
5 Davide Villella Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t. 6 Grega Bole CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
7 Sébastien Turgot Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
8 Kristjan Koren Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
9 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
10 Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling s.t.
11 Riccardo Zoidl Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
12 Davide Cimolai Lampre-Merida s.t.
13 Stanislau Bazhkou Radio Popular - Boavista s.t. 14 Cristian Delle Stelle CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
Amstel Gold Race. First from Ardennes trio and I think best chance for Paterski to be in TOP 10. In the end 5 riders attacks and Paterski just stay in second group. It was Gilbert, Kwiatkowski, Valverde, Alaphilippe and Costa. Costa was out of fuel soon and second group catch him. Paterski was +3 and really had some luck because he was always in the front and didn't waste his energy. He put great result for us - 5th place. Screens and results:
startlist
30 to go Paterski relaxed
Paterski second group
Situation 12 k to go
Finish
1 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team 6h05'54
2 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team + 2
3 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team + 4
4 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 47 5 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 58
6 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 1'00
7 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal + 1'02
8 Lars Boom Astana Pro Team + 1'07
9 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky s.t.
10 Wout Poels MTN-Qhubeka + 1'09
11 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal + 1'13
12 Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal s.t.
13 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
14 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 1'58
15 Enrico Gasparotto Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 2'49
16 Jay McCarthy Orica-GreenEDGE + 2'52
17 Greg Van Avermaet Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 3'14
18 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 3'17
19 Bart De Clercq Lotto Soudal + 3'19
20 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
Fleche Walonne wasn't so good. Paterski was -1 and I think it will be worst in LBL. There were attacks in last 25 km, but Paterski another time stay in second group. In finale I wasn't as good as on Cauberg and I finished outside top 10 - on 12th place, but I'm still satisfied.
Situation 13 km to go. Van Gestel was a guy from early breakaway.
Situation before Mur
Finish
1 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida 4h48'23
2 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team s.t.
3 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
4 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team + 26
5 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha + 49
6 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky s.t.
7 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t.
8 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 1'07
9 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'14
10 Ben Swift Team Sky s.t.
11 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal + 1'56 12 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 2'02
13 Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling s.t.
14 Nathan Haas Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
15 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'22
16 Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal s.t.
17 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
18 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
19 Wout Poels MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
20 Jelle Vanendert Lotto Soudal s.t.
Giro del Trentino we went with not a team for mountains, just to get some race days. Results:
1stage
1 Team Sky 16'19 16'19 (1)
2 Astana Pro Team + 8 + 8 (2)
3 Team Cannondale - Garmin + 12 + 12 (3)
4 Orica-GreenEDGE s.t. + 12 (4)
5 Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec + 31 + 31 (5)
6 Etixx - Quick-step s.t. + 31 (6)
7 IAM Cycling + 42 + 42 (7)
8 Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani s.t. + 42 (8)
9 Ag2r La Mondiale + 49 + 49 (9)
10 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t. + 49 (10)
11 Team Katusha + 1'03 + 1'03 (11)
12 Bardiani CSF + 1'05 + 1'05 (12)
13 NIPPO - Vini Fantini s.t. + 1'05 (13) 14 CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'17 + 1'17 (14)
15 Southeast s.t. + 1'17 (15)
16 Lampre-Merida + 1'23 + 1'23 (16)
17 Team Idea 2010 ASD + 1'33 + 1'33 (17)
18 D’Amico - Bottecchia s.t. + 1'33 (18)
2nd stage
1 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step 4h00'02
2 Richie Porte Team Sky + 10
3 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky + 26
4 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 41
5 Francesco Bongiorno Bardiani CSF s.t.
6 Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team + 1'56
7 Nicolas Roche Team Sky + 2'15
8 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
9 Riccardo Zoidl Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
10 Serghei Tvetcov Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec + 2'49
3rd stage
1 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE 5h24'11
2 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 25
3 Richie Porte Team Sky s.t.
4 Sebastian Henao Team Sky + 47
5 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team s.t.
6 Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team + 1'00
7 Eros Capecchi Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
8 Matteo Rabottini Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
9 Giampaolo Caruso Team Katusha s.t.
10 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky s.t.
4th stage
1 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE 5h28'57
2 Richie Porte Team Sky + 27
3 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 42
4 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky + 57
5 Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team + 1'12
6 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team s.t.
7 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
8 Michele Scarponi Astana Pro Team s.t.
9 Riccardo Zoidl Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
10 Serghei Tvetcov Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec + 1'20
GC:
1 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE 15h10'01
2 Richie Porte Team Sky + 13
3 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 45
4 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky + 1'46
5 Francesco Bongiorno Bardiani CSF + 3'33
6 Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team + 3'43
7 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 4'28
8 Riccardo Zoidl Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
9 Nicolas Roche Team Sky + 4'45
10 Serghei Tvetcov Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec + 5'07
Meanwhile my 4 guys - Hirt, Micolucci, Szmyd and Samoilau are back from training camp. Good job there. Now Hirt can fight for top 5, Micolucci will be very important rider there.
Liege Bastogne Liege was a joke. I don't know is it a bug, or what.
15km to go, Paterski look like he could made a top 20, but for sure no top 5. But there was a problem - escape with 1:40 15 to go.
I decided to try do something. I put a strong tempo on St. Nicolas climb, and I went clear, the peleton didn't chase. On another the best of peleton went out, but 5 km to it's looked like escape will make it.
Power won
Paterski fifth in this silly race....
1 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin 6h12'50
2 Ilya Koshevoy Lampre-Merida s.t.
3 Laurens De Plus Lotto Soudal s.t.
4 Francesco Lasca Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 40 5 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'43
6 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team s.t.
7 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
8 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team s.t.
9 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
10 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team + 2'07
11 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal + 2'14
12 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky s.t.
13 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
14 Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling s.t.
15 Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal s.t.
16 Robert Kiserlovski Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
17 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida s.t.
18 Arthur Vichot FDJ s.t.
19 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
20 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
Yeah, can't complain . The next races are Romandie, Turkey and Rund um Finanzplatz.
Maybe I will start with the last. We decided to make Paterski a leader. There were some climbs on the race, but last end at 45km to go. There were just 44 riders in the peleton 10km to the finish and Paterski has full bar of power. Lutsenko attacked with one guy at 5km to go. I went behind them and counter them 3km to go. Nobody was able to catch me.
1 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice 4h40'25
2 Tosh Van der Sande Lotto Soudal s.t.
3 Leigh Howard MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
4 Ben Swift Team Sky s.t.
5 Arthur Vichot FDJ s.t.
6 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team s.t.
7 Kevin Reza FDJ s.t.
8 Björn Thurau Bora - Argon 18 s.t.
9 Silvio Herklotz Team Stölting s.t.
10 Pieter Jacobs Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t.
Turkey (stages 1-5). Leader for sprints Gaviria, leader for GC Szmyd.
1st stage. Leadout was great, so the result was great too. I was surprised with the lack of performance from Kittel, but he is probably in poor condition.
1 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice 3h01'51
2 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
3 Ahmet Örken Istanbul s.t.
4 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin s.t. 5 Patryk Stosz CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
6 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze Lampre-Merida s.t.
7 Matthew Goss Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
8 Matthieu Ladagnous IAM Cycling s.t.
9 Brenton Jones Drapac Professional Cycling s.t.
10 Pim Ligthart Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
Second stage was tougher. Gaviria was blocked, and while leadout - Kurek and Stosz were on the front, Fernando had to sat at Hofland wheel. Thankfully he was the strongest again.
Rank Name Team Time 1 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice 3h13'42
2 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze Lampre-Merida s.t.
3 Ahmet Örken Istanbul s.t.
4 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
5 Matthew Goss Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
6 Brenton Jones Drapac Professional Cycling s.t.
7 Matthieu Ladagnous IAM Cycling s.t.
8 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
9 Pim Ligthart Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
10 Vicente Reynès IAM Cycling s.t.
3rd stage was crucial for GC. Unfortunately Szmyd was -2 and with his Flat 59 he lost some energy before the last climb, so was unable to make more than a 5th place.
1 Carter Jones Team Giant-Alpecin 4h00'31
2 Marcel Wyss IAM Cycling + 23
3 Kevin Seeldraeyers Istanbul s.t.
4 Michael Woods Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies + 56 5 Sylwester Szmyd CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
6 Vitaliy Buts Istanbul + 1'47
7 Bert-Jan Lindeman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 2'24
8 Thierry Hupond Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
9 Frank Lines Drapac Professional Cycling s.t.
10 Marc Goos Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
4rd stages was classified as a hilly, but we knew that if Gaviria will be strong, he may win. He was +5 and Stosz too. We did a great job on a last climb where it was 8km to go. This time Kittel was very close, but Gaviria finish the job nicely.
1 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice 3h03'06
2 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin s.t. 3 Patryk Stosz CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
4 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
5 Ahmet Örken Istanbul s.t.
6 David Tanner IAM Cycling s.t.
7 Matthieu Ladagnous IAM Cycling s.t.
8 Patrick Müller IAM Cycling s.t.
9 Marc Goos Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
10 Vicente Reynès IAM Cycling s.t.
5th stage and another Gaviria win. Even closer than a 4th stage. 4 guys was almost equal on the line.
1 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice 4h39'11
2 Ahmet Örken Istanbul s.t.
3 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
4 Pim Ligthart Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t. 5 Adrian Kurek CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
6 Vicente Reynès IAM Cycling s.t.
7 Matthew Goss Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
8 Martin Kohler Drapac Professional Cycling s.t.
9 Andrea Vaccher Lampre-Merida s.t.
10 Brenton Jones Drapac Professional Cycling s.t.
Tour de Romandie is a very important race before Giro. I decided to take Hirt and Micolucci there. Jan to fight for top 5 in GC, Ranieri to help him and save some energy for the last ITT. Unfortunaetly Hirt was just good before the race. I have problem with this shit. I hope he will be excellent in terms of rest before Giro.
1st stage was a prologue. Nothing to write... wait, Hirt lost 56 second with this average rest.
1 Alex Dowsett Movistar Team 5'44
2 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin + 1
3 Ilnur Zakarin Tinkoff-Saxo + 3
4 Jesse Sergent Trek Factory Racing + 5
5 Luke Durbridge Orica-GreenEDGE + 7
6 Damien Gaudin Ag2r La Mondiale + 9
7 Simon Spilak Team Katusha + 12
8 Cameron Meyer Orica-GreenEDGE + 14
9 Chris Froome Team Sky + 16
10 Martin Elmiger BMC Racing Team + 19
2nd stage flat one, but some hills on there. We hope for Brateng, but he was too tired before the sprint, so Latoń fight and he did good job, finishing 3rd.
1 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 3h01'47
2 Marc Sarreau FDJ s.t. 3 Eryk Latoń CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
4 Heinrich Haussler IAM Cycling s.t.
5 Carlos Barbero Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
6 Ramon Sinkeldam Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
7 Gianni Meersman Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
8 Davide Cimolai Lampre-Merida s.t.
9 Arnaud Courteille FDJ s.t.
10 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team s.t.
3rd stage, hilly, but really tough. Everything decided on the last climb, which was ending 10km to go with descent.
Hirt was very comfotable even with strong tempo 120km to go.
60km to go and just 50 riders in 1st group.
Before last climb Jan still had Micolucci.
We decided to push up the tempo with Formolo left in front from early breakaway.
At the top of the hill there were Quintana and Nibali in front. Then was Hirt and a 4-riders group which catched me on the descent and almost left back at the finish. At the end I was 7th and jumped to top 10 in GC.
1 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 4h15'35
2 Vincenzo Nibali Astana Pro Team s.t.
3 Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling + 30
4 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha s.t.
5 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team s.t.
6 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t. 7 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
8 Simon Spilak Team Katusha + 1'13
9 Chris Froome Team Sky s.t.
10 Ilnur Zakarin Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
11 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team s.t.
12 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
13 Matthias Frank Trek Factory Racing s.t.
14 Robert Kiserlovski Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
15 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky s.t.
16 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky s.t.
17 Luis Ángel Maté Movistar Team s.t.
18 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 3'42
19 Andrey Amador Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
20 Ryder Hesjedal Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
4th stage, a mountain one, but 20km of descents after the final climb. Unfortunately I forget to made screenshots. On the final climb I was third behind Quintana and Spilak. Nibali catched me on the descent and then pass. Same with this big group which catched me. Now I think it was bad to use as much energy on the climb, because at the end I didn't gain seconds. It will be crucial on the next stage. Now 7th in GC.
1 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 4h52'41
2 Vincenzo Nibali Astana Pro Team s.t.
3 Simon Spilak Team Katusha s.t. 4 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 43
5 Ilnur Zakarin Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
6 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha s.t.
7 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
8 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team s.t.
9 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
10 Chris Froome Team Sky s.t.
11 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
12 Jan Polanc Lampre-Merida s.t.
13 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
14 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
15 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky + 2'03
16 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team s.t.
17 Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling s.t.
18 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky s.t.
19 Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team s.t.
20 Andrey Amador Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 3'36
Tour de Romandie last 2 stages.
Penultimate stage was a queen one. Three really tough climbs and Hirt gets 2 stars in favourite ranking.
On the first climb there was a quite good selection with 50 riders left in first group. Hirt, Micolucci and Samoilau were there.
On the start of the second climb, Astana and Movistar made a fast pace, and Hirt left in the second group. We had to chase them and lose some energy.
I catched them and 2km to the top I was in group with Quintana, Nibali and Aru, but I had to let them go, because there was still a one climb.
Before the last climb a group of 4 riders join me, while Spilak join Aru. Few moments later Aru and Spilak were in Hirt group back again.
I made a 65% tempo because I knew I have to try gain as much as I can, looking for tomorrow TT. Quintana and Nibali were out of reach.
I managed finaly to finish 3rd, but Meintjens was close.
I jumped into 4th position, but I knew that probably Froome and Zakarin will pass me on ITT. Results:
1 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 4h27'31
2 Vincenzo Nibali Astana Pro Team + 2'14 3 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 3'05
4 Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling s.t.
5 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team s.t.
6 Simon Spilak Team Katusha + 3'29
7 Chris Froome Team Sky + 3'37
8 Ilnur Zakarin Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
9 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 5'25
10 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
11 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 5'41
12 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale + 6'36
13 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
14 Ryder Hesjedal Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
15 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
16 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 7'01
17 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 7'31
18 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky + 8'16
19 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team + 8'35
20 Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team + 9'07
ITT:
1 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin 30'33
2 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha + 7
3 Simon Spilak Team Katusha + 8
4 Vincenzo Nibali Astana Pro Team s.t.
5 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 14
6 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 28
7 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
8 Patrick Gretsch Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 32
9 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 36 10 Ranieri Micolucci CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 37
GC:
1 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 17h14'59
2 Vincenzo Nibali Astana Pro Team + 1'17
3 Simon Spilak Team Katusha + 3'50
4 Ilnur Zakarin Tinkoff-Saxo + 5'09
5 Chris Froome Team Sky + 5'37 6 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 6'16
7 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 6'48
8 Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling s.t.
9 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 7'28
10 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 8'35
11 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 8'39
12 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha + 10'01
13 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 10'45
14 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 10'55
15 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 11'22
16 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky + 12'27
17 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin + 15'14
18 Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team + 15'29
19 Ryder Hesjedal Tinkoff-Saxo + 17'39
20 Alberto Contador Team Katusha + 18'10
Points:
1 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 0 65
2 Vincenzo Nibali Astana Pro Team 9 65
3 Simon Spilak Team Katusha 10 47
4 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha 12 37
5 Ilnur Zakarin Tinkoff-Saxo 1 33 6 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0 32
KOM:
1 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 0 42
2 Jan Polanc Lampre-Merida 0 40
3 Brice Feillu Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 0 38
4 Quentin Pacher Ag2r La Mondiale 0 29
5 Sven Erik Bystrøm Team Katusha 0 29
6 Vincenzo Nibali Astana Pro Team 0 24 7 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0 18
YR: Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 32'47 17h21'15 (1)
Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling + 32'21 + 32 (2)
Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 31'42 + 1'12 (3)
Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t. + 4'39 (4)
Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin s.t. + 8'58 (5)
Teams:
Astana Pro Team + 2'07 52h08'00 (1)
Movistar Team + 2'20 + 1'27 (2)
Team Katusha 1h32'08 + 1'51 (3)
Team Sky + 2'36 + 3'25 (4)
Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'24 + 15'37 (5)
WT before Giro:
Ind. Paterski 5th
Teams CCC 8th (actualy 7th, with Lotto Soudal not including). I think we will easily stay in WT.
On Turkey we destroy rivals. Winning 7 of 8 stages and GC. With Szmyd, which is last season for him. Nice job.
6th stage and Szmyd was +3. Great help from the team and he was unstopable on last climb. 1 Sylwester Szmyd CCC Sprandi Polkowice 4h20'38
2 Kevin Seeldraeyers Istanbul + 56
3 Matthieu Ladagnous IAM Cycling s.t.
4 Gerrie Woortman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 1'19
5 Michael Woods Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies s.t.
6 Riccardo Chiarini Lampre-Merida s.t.
7 Bert-Jan Lindeman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 1'38
8 Marc Goos Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
9 Pim Ligthart Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 1'49
10 Vitaliy Buts Istanbul s.t.
7th stage and 5th victory for Gaviria. How you can't win with leadout like this:
it was one - two for us this time
1 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice 2h39'50 2 Patryk Stosz CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
3 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
4 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
5 Ahmet Örken Istanbul s.t.
6 Brenton Jones Drapac Professional Cycling s.t. 7 Adrian Kurek CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
8 Matthew Goss Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
9 Pim Ligthart Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
10 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze Lampre-Merida s.t.
Last stage and another Gaviria win. Nihil novi in Turkey. I don't know who take to the Giro Brateng or him, maybe both?
1 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice 2h31'32
2 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t. 3 Patryk Stosz CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
4 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
5 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze Lampre-Merida s.t.
6 Pim Ligthart Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
7 Ahmet Örken Istanbul s.t.
8 Brenton Jones Drapac Professional Cycling s.t. 9 Adrian Kurek CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
10 Matthew Goss Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
GC:
1 Sylwester Szmyd CCC Sprandi Polkowice 27h31'17
2 Kevin Seeldraeyers Istanbul + 23
3 Carter Jones Team Giant-Alpecin + 53
4 Marcel Wyss IAM Cycling + 1'16
5 Michael Woods Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies + 1'19
6 Matthieu Ladagnous IAM Cycling + 2'24
7 Vitaliy Buts Istanbul + 2'40
8 Bert-Jan Lindeman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 3'06
9 Marc Goos Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
10 Riccardo Chiarini Lampre-Merida + 3'10
Now Giro and some other stage races like Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich, Azerbeijan and California.
Team was weak. We were focus to win the second stage with Gaviria and we done it.
1 stage
1 Moreno Moser Team Cannondale - Garmin 4h33'36
2 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team s.t.
3 Davide Villella Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
4 Emanuel Buchmann Bora - Argon 18 s.t.
5 Kingsley Peacock Trek Factory Racing s.t.
6 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team s.t.
7 Vladislav Gorbunov Vérandas Willems s.t.
8 José Herrada Movistar Team s.t.
9 Javier Moreno Movistar Team s.t.
10 Cyril Gautier Team Europcar s.t.
11 Loïc Bouchereau Team Europcar s.t.
12 Gregory Brenes Jamis - Hagens Berman + 29
13 Jakob Rathe UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t.
14 Nathan Haas Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t. 15 Piotr Brożyna CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
2 stage 1 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice 3h52'59
2 Moreno Moser Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
3 Marcel Meisen Bora - Argon 18 s.t.
4 Armindo Fonseca Bretagne - Séché Environnement s.t.
5 Ivan Santaromita Astana Pro Team s.t.
6 Davide Villella Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
7 Arman Kamyshev Astana Pro Team s.t.
8 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team s.t.
9 Javier Moreno Movistar Team s.t.
10 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team s.t.
3rd stage:
1 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team 28'33
2 Moreno Moser Team Cannondale - Garmin + 3
3 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team + 7
4 Jos Van Emden Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
5 Lasse Norman Hansen Team Cannondale - Garmin + 10
6 Kingsley Peacock Trek Factory Racing + 12
7 Javier Moreno Movistar Team + 13
8 Arnaud Gérard Bretagne - Séché Environnement + 16
9 Maxat Ayazbayev Astana Pro Team + 19
10 Davide Martinelli FDJ + 20
GC:
1 Moreno Moser Team Cannondale - Garmin 8h54'55
2 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team + 13
3 Kingsley Peacock Trek Factory Racing + 25
4 Javier Moreno Movistar Team + 26
5 Emanuel Buchmann Bora - Argon 18 + 38
6 Vladislav Gorbunov Vérandas Willems + 39
7 Davide Villella Team Cannondale - Garmin + 44
8 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team + 1'00
9 José Herrada Movistar Team + 1'01
10 Cyril Gautier Team Europcar s.t.
11 Nathan Haas Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'04
12 Fabio Tuzi Bardiani CSF + 1'11
13 Jakob Rathe UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 1'25
14 Javier Francisco Aramendia Movistar Team + 1'30
15 Kenny Elissonde Team Europcar + 1'43
16 Gregory Brenes Jamis - Hagens Berman + 1'59
17 Pierrick Fédrigo FDJ + 2'00
18 Armindo Fonseca Bretagne - Séché Environnement + 2'16
19 Loïc Bouchereau Team Europcar + 2'48 20 Piotr Brożyna CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 2'52
GIRO D' ITALIA
Our goal before the race was top 5 with Jan Hirt and stage win with Brateng. After I saw a start list, I had to change my goals and top 10 will be satisfied for me. There are riders which in my opinion are out of reach for Jan like Landa, Aru, Pinot and Porte. There are a few guys with less MO, but better TT and REC like brothers Yates, Bardet, Majka, Zakarin, Keldermann, Konig, Talansky and Pozzovivo. I listed 13 riders there, so in the pesimistic view I can even finish on 14th .
This is our team for the race.
Hirt leader - Micolucci, Szmyd and Samoilau to help him in MO. Brateng leader for flat stages - Latoń and Gradek to help him in sprints. Mihaylov and Taciak fill the roster, with quite good TT, they will help team in prologue and can make the tempo on flat stages.
1st stage
Flat stage with chance for Brateng. Unfortunately Latoń fell in the half of the stage and was really tired, maybe he is injured, we will know next day. If yes, that will be a crucial for our leadout. Now I will have to looking for other trains, as Gradek is to slow to be last leadout man. I tried to do my best and situation in the last 4km looked good.
Unfotunately Gradek was to slow, and guys behind were faster at the start of the sprint. Brateng did everything, but it allowed him to grab 3rd place.
1 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team 4h42'50
2 Andrea Guardini Astana Pro Team s.t. 3 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
4 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
5 Mark Cavendish Team Katusha s.t.
6 Kenneth Vanbilsen Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
7 Sacha Modolo Lampre-Merida s.t.
8 Rick Zabel BMC Racing Team s.t.
9 Tosh Van der Sande Lotto Soudal s.t.
10 Tom Van Asbroeck Lotto Soudal s.t.
11 Rüdiger Selig Team Katusha s.t. 12 Kamil Gradek CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
13 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing s.t.
14 Nikias Arndt Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
15 Adam Blythe Team Sky s.t.
16 Sonny Colbrelli Bardiani CSF s.t.
17 Nicolas Marini NIPPO - Vini Fantini s.t.
18 Fabio Sabatini Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
19 Marco Haller Team Katusha s.t.
20 Danny Van Poppel Trek Factory Racing s.t.
Drayer Quintana and Richie Porte fell down 30km to go and they lost over 4 minutes. It's probably over for Porte in terms of winning this race. IMO it will be Aru or Landa.
Meanwhile 1st stage in California and yes, Gaviria did it after great leadout . Stage winning is everything what we can do, because we don't have a GC guy there. 1 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice 4h31'29
2 Nathan Haas Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t. 3 Cristian Delle Stelle CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
4 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
5 Magnus Cort Nielsen Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
6 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t. 7 Bartłomiej Matysiak CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
8 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar s.t.
9 André Greipel Team Katusha s.t.
10 Benoit Drujon Team Europcar s.t.
Tour d Azerbeijan. Paterski as a leader. 1 st stage, flat but without sprinters on the start list Paterski finished 2nd. Funny situation that Bodnar thought he will win from escape, but he finished 4th.
1 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg MTN-Qhubeka 3h10'09 2 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
3 Kristoffer Skjerping Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
4 Maciej Bodnar Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
5 Salvatore Puccio Team Sky s.t.
6 Elgun Alizada Synergy Baku Cycling Project s.t. 7 Łukasz Owsian CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
8 Igor Boev RusVelo s.t.
9 Paolo Lunardon Amore & Vita - Selle SMP s.t.
10 Mike Teunissen Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
2nd stage hilly one. I hope Paterski will win, but he was -5, maybe because he will not ride in Giro and he is pissed of. He was second but lost a lot of time to winner.
3rd stage, hilly but very tough. Unfortunately Paterski another time -5 and we lost a chance for victory.
4th stage was mountain and with day form +1 we were able to be higher than in second tenth.
1 Matvei Mamykin RusVelo 3h55'44
2 Jarlinson Pantano MTN-Qhubeka + 16
3 Philip Deignan Team Sky s.t.
4 Alberto Losada Team Katusha + 47
5 Evgeny Shalunov Whirlpool - Author + 1'04 6 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
7 Paweł Poljański Tinkoff-Saxo + 1'26
8 Jasper Ockeloen Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
9 Eduard Beltran Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
10 Hugh Carthy Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
Last stage was a flat and Paterski won. He was better there on the flat, than in his natural enviroment - hills.
1 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice 2h34'05
2 Paolo Lunardon Amore & Vita - Selle SMP s.t.
3 Andrea Vaccher Lampre-Merida s.t.
4 Salvatore Puccio Team Sky s.t.
5 Jiri Polnicky Whirlpool - Author s.t.
6 Elgun Alizada Synergy Baku Cycling Project s.t.
7 Igor Boev RusVelo s.t.
8 Fabricio Ferrari Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t. 9 Josef Cerny CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
10 Jarlinson Pantano MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
Tour of California stage 2nd. Very tough. Without a GC leader we focus to score some KOM points. Rutkiewicz is in the lead now with comfotable advantage.
1 Cameron Meyer Orica-GreenEDGE 4h39'52
2 Alberto Contador Team Katusha s.t.
3 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
4 Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing + 17
5 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'13
6 Lennard Kämna BMC Racing Team + 1'21
7 Robert Gesink Team Europcar s.t.
8 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
9 Damiano Caruso BMC Racing Team s.t.
10 Matthew Busche BMC Racing Team + 1'38
11 Nathan Haas Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'03
12 Davide Villella Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
13 Moreno Moser Team Cannondale - Garmin + 3'15
14 Jeffrey Perrin Jamis - Hagens Berman + 3'35
15 Loïc Bouchereau Team Europcar s.t.
16 Daniele Ratto UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t.
17 Laurent Didier Trek Factory Racing + 3'52
18 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
19 Kingsley Peacock Trek Factory Racing s.t.
20 Peter Hashagen Team Katusha s.t.
21 Magnus Cort Nielsen Orica-GreenEDGE + 4'09
22 Ruben Guerreiro Axeon Cycling Team s.t.
23 Kristof Vandewalle Trek Factory Racing s.t. 24 Kamil Małecki CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 4'40
3rd stage was flat, but despite very good leadout Gaviria hasn't any chance with Kittel.
On third stage situation was the same as on 2nd. Latoń lost energy very quick despite he hasn't an injury. I decided to withdrawn him. Brateng was all alone in finish, try to do best, but couldn't grab a good wheel, was blocked and 9th was maximum. In his prime he was very fast, but was to far to fight with the best sprinters.
1 Tom Van Asbroeck Lotto Soudal 3h51'17
2 Mark Cavendish Team Katusha s.t.
3 Sacha Modolo Lampre-Merida s.t.
4 Rick Zabel BMC Racing Team s.t.
5 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team s.t.
6 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
7 Andrea Guardini Astana Pro Team s.t.
8 Fabio Sabatini Etixx - Quick-step s.t. 9 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
10 Adam Blythe Team Sky s.t.
4th stage was a flat and short, just 122km. There was a strong wind from the start, so I decided to put Hirt in front - 20-25 position with 90%. Sometimes peleton was in few section with 50-60 riders. Brateng was looking for Cavendish wheel, using some elbows and he fell down taking a lot of riders with him, including Micolucci. Thankfully Hirt stay in 1st group.
Hirt was 29th in 30 riders group. I will paste full results for you to check who lost how much time. From favourites in the first group were: Landa, Pinot, Aru, Keldermann, Bardet, Zakarin and Hirt.
1 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step 2h35'48
2 Andrea Guardini Astana Pro Team s.t.
3 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing s.t.
4 Sacha Modolo Lampre-Merida s.t.
5 Fabio Sabatini Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
6 Mark Cavendish Team Katusha s.t.
7 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team s.t.
8 Sonny Colbrelli Bardiani CSF s.t.
9 Adam Blythe Team Sky s.t.
10 Filippo Fortin Movistar Team s.t.
11 Rüdiger Selig Team Katusha s.t.
12 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team s.t.
13 Mathieu van der Poel Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
14 Tom Van Asbroeck Lotto Soudal s.t.
15 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team s.t.
16 Mathew Hayman Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
17 Kenneth Vanbilsen Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
18 Marco Haller Team Katusha s.t.
19 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
20 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
21 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team s.t.
22 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
23 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
24 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
25 Ilnur Zakarin Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
26 Theo Bos FDJ s.t.
27 Alexey Tsatevitch Team Katusha s.t.
28 Rick Zabel BMC Racing Team s.t. 29 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
30 Julien Vermote Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
31 Anton Vorobyev Team Katusha + 1'35
32 Laurens De Vreese Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
33 Alex Dowsett Movistar Team s.t.
34 Jonas Ahlstrand Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
35 Alexandre Geniez Movistar Team s.t.
36 Iuri Filosi NIPPO - Vini Fantini s.t.
37 Andrew Talansky Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
38 Zico Waeytens Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
39 Tosh Van der Sande Lotto Soudal s.t.
40 Gianluca Brambilla Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
41 Leopold König Team Katusha s.t.
42 Luke Rowe Team Sky s.t.
43 Davide Cimolai Lampre-Merida s.t.
44 Barry Markus Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
45 Manuel Belletti Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
46 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
47 Jasper De Buyst Lotto Soudal s.t.
48 Paul Voss Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
49 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
50 Enrico Battaglin Astana Pro Team s.t.
51 Jonas Van Genechten Lotto Soudal s.t.
52 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
53 Andrew Fenn Team Sky s.t.
54 Richie Porte Team Sky s.t.
55 Kamil Gradek CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
56 Andrea Piechele Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec s.t.
57 Johan Vansummeren Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
58 Sébastien Turgot Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
59 Silvan Dillier BMC Racing Team s.t.
60 Alexander Porsev Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
61 Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team s.t.
62 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
63 Bart De Clercq Lotto Soudal s.t.
64 Mauro Finetto Astana Pro Team s.t.
65 David De la Cruz Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
66 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
67 Martin Elmiger BMC Racing Team s.t.
68 Robert Kiserlovski Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
69 Jean-Christophe Peraud Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
70 Paul Martens Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
71 Christophe Laporte Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
72 Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Pro Team s.t.
73 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing s.t.
74 Haimar Zubeldia Trek Factory Racing s.t.
75 Danilo Napolitano NIPPO - Vini Fantini s.t.
76 Danny Van Poppel Trek Factory Racing s.t.
77 Matthias Frank Trek Factory Racing s.t.
78 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing s.t.
79 Lawson Craddock Trek Factory Racing s.t.
80 Eugenio Alafaci NIPPO - Vini Fantini s.t.
81 Nicolas Marini NIPPO - Vini Fantini s.t.
82 Fabio Felline Trek Factory Racing s.t.
83 Francesco Gavazzi Southeast s.t.
84 Liam Bertazzo Southeast s.t.
85 Andrea Palini Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
86 Luka Pibernik Lampre-Merida s.t.
87 Mark Renshaw Team Sky s.t.
88 Julien Simon Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
89 Kevin Reza FDJ s.t.
90 Guillaume Bonnafond Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
91 Matti Breschel Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
92 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky s.t.
93 Andrea Zordan Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec s.t.
94 Ben Swift Team Sky s.t.
95 Johan Le Bon FDJ s.t.
96 Clément Venturini Southeast s.t.
97 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t.
98 Ranieri Micolucci CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
99 Luke Durbridge Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
100 Florian Vachon FDJ s.t.
101 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
102 Nikolay Mihaylov CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
103 Tom Scully Southeast s.t.
104 Andrea Pasqualon Southeast s.t.
105 Dylan van Baarle Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
106 Oscar Gatto Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec s.t.
107 Jay McCarthy Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
108 Pieter Weening Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
109 Brett Lancaster Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
110 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
111 Sergey Chernetskiy Team Katusha s.t.
112 Arnold Jeannesson Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
113 Patrick Gretsch Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
114 Robert Wagner Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
115 Romain Hardy Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
116 Jan Bakelants Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
117 Sebastian Henao Team Sky s.t.
118 Matthew Goss Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
119 Branislau Samoilau CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
120 Jérémy Roy Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
121 Tiago Machado Team Katusha s.t.
122 Martijn Keizer Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
123 Mattia Gavazzi NIPPO - Vini Fantini s.t.
124 Gianfranco Zilioli Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec s.t.
125 Shiki Kuroeda NIPPO - Vini Fantini s.t.
126 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team s.t.
127 Rafael Andriato Southeast s.t.
128 Eros Capecchi Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
129 Sylwester Szmyd CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
130 George Bennett Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
131 Stéphane Rossetto Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
132 Matteo Rabottini Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
133 Serghei Tvetcov Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec s.t.
134 Mateusz Taciak CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
135 Matteo Busato Southeast s.t.
136 Nathan Brown Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
137 Stefano Pirazzi Southeast s.t.
138 Jonathan Monsalve Southeast s.t.
139 Damien Howson Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
140 Damiano Cunego NIPPO - Vini Fantini s.t.
141 Maxime Monfort Lotto Soudal s.t.
142 Igor Antón Movistar Team s.t.
143 Tobias Ludvigsson Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
144 Yohan Offredo FDJ s.t.
145 Ignatas Konovalovas Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec s.t.
146 Francisco José Ventoso Team Katusha s.t.
147 Steve Chainel Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
148 Donato De Ieso NIPPO - Vini Fantini s.t.
149 Sergey Lagutin Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
150 Maarten Wynants Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
151 Jack Haig Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec s.t.
152 Simone Stortoni Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec s.t.
153 John Gadret FDJ s.t.
154 Jesse Sergent Trek Factory Racing s.t.
155 Chris Anker Sørensen Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
156 Benoît Vaugrenard FDJ s.t.
157 Oliver Zaugg Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec s.t.
158 Nelson Oliveira Lampre-Merida + 5'40
159 Kenny Dehaes Lotto Soudal s.t.
160 Kristijan Durasek Lampre-Merida s.t.
161 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal s.t.
162 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze Lampre-Merida s.t.
163 Ben Hermans BMC Racing Team s.t.
164 Andrea Fedi Bardiani CSF s.t.
165 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team s.t.
166 Edoardo Zardini Bardiani CSF s.t.
167 Luis León Sánchez Astana Pro Team s.t.
168 Peter Velits BMC Racing Team s.t.
169 Sean De Bie Lotto Soudal s.t.
170 Romain Cardis FDJ s.t.
171 Francesco Bongiorno Bardiani CSF s.t.
172 Bram Tankink Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
173 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team s.t.
174 Rafael Valls Lampre-Merida s.t.
175 Yannick Eijssen Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
176 Michele Scarponi Astana Pro Team s.t.
177 Daniele Colli NIPPO - Vini Fantini s.t.
178 Rudy Molard Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
179 Riccardo Zoidl Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
180 Nicola Ruffoni Bardiani CSF s.t.
181 Bert De Backer Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
182 Christophe Riblon Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
183 Luca Chirico Bardiani CSF s.t.
184 Luca Sterbini Bardiani CSF s.t.
185 Jacopo Guarnieri Bardiani CSF s.t.
186 Michael Valgren Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
187 Bart Aernouts Movistar Team s.t.
188 Fabio Taborre Bardiani CSF s.t.
189 Michael Rogers Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
190 Marcus Burghardt Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
191 Ilya Koshevoy Lampre-Merida s.t.
192 Mauro da Dalto Lampre-Merida s.t.
193 Michael Albasini BMC Racing Team + 7'22
194 Nikias Arndt Team Giant-Alpecin + 8'13
4th stage
Few hills on the stage, but Fernando was +4 (generally he always is at least +1/+2 ) Coquard was close, he even pass me in one moment, but he probably lost red bar and I was able to raise hands up again. 1 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice 3h03'32
2 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar s.t.
3 Daniele Ratto UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t.
4 André Greipel Team Katusha s.t.
5 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
6 Boy Van Poppel Trek Factory Racing s.t.
7 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
8 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
9 Nathan Haas Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
10 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
5th stage
Great leadout and again Fernando. I love this guy . We really dominates this race, except GC.
1 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice 4h13'53
2 Daniele Ratto UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t.
3 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
4 Boy Van Poppel Trek Factory Racing s.t.
5 Gianni Meersman Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
6 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar s.t.
7 André Greipel Team Katusha s.t.
8 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t. 9 Cristian Delle Stelle CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
10 Nikolas Maes Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
6th stage ITT
1 Cameron Meyer Orica-GreenEDGE 49'05
2 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 18
3 Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing + 25
4 Lennard Kämna BMC Racing Team + 37
5 Alberto Contador Team Katusha + 41
6 Kingsley Peacock Trek Factory Racing + 53
7 Robert Gesink Team Europcar + 1'01
8 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin + 1'12
9 Damiano Caruso BMC Racing Team + 1'18
10 Kristof Vandewalle Trek Factory Racing + 1'31
7th stage
This was a mountain one and I decided that everybody will rest, but Małecki will try to go in the escape. He did and peleton wasn't interested in chasing us. I tried my power on climbs and I saw that Małecki is strong. He was +3 and I went clear on the last climb. Nobody could follow, and yes again victory. 7 stages and 4 win for CCC The bigest succes for Kamil in career.
1 Kamil Małecki CCC Sprandi Polkowice 4h01'15
2 William Barta Axeon Cycling Team + 55
3 Chris Barton Hincapie Racing Team + 3'35
4 Giovanni Bernaudeau Team Europcar s.t.
5 Stefan Küng BMC Racing Team s.t.
6 Calvin Watson Trek Factory Racing + 6'06
7 Robert Gesink Team Europcar + 6'17
8 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
9 Stijn Vandenbergh Etixx - Quick-step + 7'00
10 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
11 Michał Gołaś UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t.
12 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
13 Jeffrey Perrin Jamis - Hagens Berman s.t.
14 Alberto Contador Team Katusha s.t.
15 Damiano Caruso BMC Racing Team s.t.
16 Moreno Moser Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
17 Davide Villella Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
18 Nathan Haas Team Cannondale - Garmin + 7'28
19 Daniele Ratto UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t.
20 Cameron Meyer Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
Last stage 8th
Gorilla wake up in the end and I couldn't response to his sprint.
1 André Greipel Team Katusha 3h01'54 2 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
3 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
4 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar s.t.
5 Daniele Ratto UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t.
6 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
7 Boy Van Poppel Trek Factory Racing s.t.
8 Peter Hashagen Team Katusha s.t.
9 Nathan Haas Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
10 Nikolas Maes Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
GC:
1 Cameron Meyer Orica-GreenEDGE 28h30'01
2 Alberto Contador Team Katusha + 13
3 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 20
4 Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing + 42
5 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin + 44
6 Robert Gesink Team Europcar + 1'11
7 Damiano Caruso BMC Racing Team + 2'11
8 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'31
9 Davide Villella Team Cannondale - Garmin + 3'18
10 Nathan Haas Team Cannondale - Garmin + 3'49
11 Lennard Kämna BMC Racing Team + 3'57
12 Moreno Moser Team Cannondale - Garmin + 4'46
13 Daniele Ratto UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 5'21
14 Jeffrey Perrin Jamis - Hagens Berman + 5'32 15 Kamil Małecki CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 7'25
We are very satisfied. 8 stages, 4 win, 2 2nd places. KOM for Rutkiewicz and 15th place for Małecki.
Giro stages 5-8
First hilly stage. Hirt was -4 and I was focused fully on the race, trying not to lose time. I forget to made screenshots. Unfortunately I couldn't stay with 1st group. Results:
1 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin 4h33'27
2 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing s.t.
3 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
4 Ilnur Zakarin Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
5 Richie Porte Team Sky s.t.
6 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
7 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
8 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
9 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
10 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t.
11 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team s.t.
12 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
13 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team s.t.
14 Sonny Colbrelli Bardiani CSF s.t.
15 Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team s.t.
16 Leopold König Team Katusha s.t.
17 Bart De Clercq Lotto Soudal s.t.
18 Paul Voss Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
19 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
20 Fabio Felline Trek Factory Racing s.t.
21 Andrew Talansky Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
22 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing s.t.
23 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team s.t.
24 Francesco Bongiorno Bardiani CSF s.t.
25 Jay McCarthy Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
26 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky s.t.
27 Michael Valgren Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
28 Matthias Frank Trek Factory Racing s.t.
29 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team s.t.
30 Fabio Sabatini Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
31 Eros Capecchi Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
32 Yohan Offredo FDJ s.t.
33 Zico Waeytens Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
34 Robert Kiserlovski Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
35 Jan Bakelants Ag2r La Mondiale s.t. 36 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'02
6th stage. Another hilly stage with finish on polish mountain Montecassino
This day Hirt felt better.
11 km to go and we made some fast tempo, because wind was strong and some of the leaders were back. Hirt was all alone on the last climb, but quite fresh.
4,5 km to go, Hirt was in front and felt way better than yesterday.
Jan finished 4th, chapeau to brothers Yates!
1 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE 5h52'38
2 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 1'01
3 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step s.t. 4 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
5 Bart De Clercq Lotto Soudal s.t.
6 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 1'18
7 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team + 1'34
8 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky s.t.
9 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing s.t.
10 Ilnur Zakarin Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
11 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing s.t.
12 Francesco Bongiorno Bardiani CSF s.t.
13 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team + 2'11
14 Tiago Machado Team Katusha s.t.
15 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
16 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t.
17 Fabio Felline Trek Factory Racing s.t.
18 Leopold König Team Katusha s.t.
19 Andrew Talansky Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
20 Ben Swift Team Sky s.t.
GC:
1 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing 22h04'13
2 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 26
3 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team + 47
4 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 56
5 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 1'02
6 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 1'24
7 Ilnur Zakarin Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
8 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team + 1'31
9 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'32 10 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
7th stage
Flat stage. No history at all, but Brateng get a Cavendish wheel, everything went well. There was some blocking from guys who finish their job and I lost some energy 2km to go to get back to Cav wheel.
I wasn't able to do more. I finished just 9th. I have to look at next stages, maybe I will withdrawn Brateng if he may finish 6-10.
1 Adam Blythe Team Sky 5h04'06
2 Mark Cavendish Team Katusha s.t.
3 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
4 Andrea Guardini Astana Pro Team s.t.
5 Rick Zabel BMC Racing Team s.t.
6 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team s.t.
7 Tom Van Asbroeck Lotto Soudal s.t.
8 Davide Cimolai Lampre-Merida s.t. 9 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
10 Sonny Colbrelli Bardiani CSF s.t.
No change in GC.
8 stage
Yes, finally first mountain stage.
60km to go there was a crash, including Talansky.
After first climb there were just 24 riders including Hirt, Micolucci, Szmyd and Samoilau. Second group - there were some good riders like Pinot and it's look like they will catch us on the descent.
And they catched. We were very careful on the next climb, all the time in front, controling the siutation.
Last climb starts and 1,5 km to go Hirt still had some power in legs, can he win the stage?
Not this time, but he showed that he can do much on this Giro.
1 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team 4h30'38 2 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 8
3 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 20
4 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing s.t.
5 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
6 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
7 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky s.t.
8 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
9 Richie Porte Team Sky s.t.
10 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team s.t.
11 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
12 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 1'06
13 Rafael Valls Lampre-Merida + 1'15
14 Matthias Frank Trek Factory Racing + 1'26
15 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'45
16 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 2'10
17 Bart De Clercq Lotto Soudal s.t.
18 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'27
19 Paul Voss Team Giant-Alpecin + 2'40
20 Stefano Pirazzi Southeast + 2'52
GC:
1 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE 31h39'43
2 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team + 21
3 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 28
4 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 30 5 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 48
6 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'06
7 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing + 1'07
8 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 1'26
9 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 1'35
10 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 2'26
11 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky + 3'11
12 Bart De Clercq Lotto Soudal + 3'55
13 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale + 5'29
14 Paul Voss Team Giant-Alpecin + 5'46
15 Ilnur Zakarin Tinkoff-Saxo + 6'07
16 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team + 6'38
17 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 7'01
18 Tiago Machado Team Katusha + 7'17
19 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 7'52
20 Richie Porte Team Sky + 8'02
Giro d' Italia stage 9
Mountain stage with finish on Sestola. I had to withdrawn Taciak due to injury.
Hirt wasn't feel good again and was -2. With 22km to go he was in front with a Micolucci, Szmyd and Samoilau still there.
10km to go and still over 40 riders there. Hirt had Ranieri, but start to suffer a bit.
Majka was very strong, try to attack few times. I put Jan on 85% and setting my own tempo I was able to stay in the mix.
I knew that I can't fight for victory, but hopefully I didn't lose time today. Majka won, Aru lost few seconds. I can't wait till Hirt will have +3-5 on MO stage.
1 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin 4h07'09
2 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing s.t.
3 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
4 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
5 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team s.t. 6 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
7 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 13
8 Richie Porte Team Sky + 28
9 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 39
10 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 1'28
11 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
12 Rafael Valls Lampre-Merida s.t.
13 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'39
14 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky + 2'26
15 Bart De Clercq Lotto Soudal + 2'44
16 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale + 3'11
17 Jan Bakelants Ag2r La Mondiale + 3'47
18 Matthias Frank Trek Factory Racing + 3'56
19 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
20 Jean-Christophe Peraud Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
GC:
1 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE 35h46'48
2 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team + 25
3 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 34
4 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 45 5 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 52
6 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'00
7 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing + 1'05
8 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 2'18
9 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 2'58
10 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 3'58
11 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky + 5'41
12 Bart De Clercq Lotto Soudal + 6'43
13 Richie Porte Team Sky + 8'34
14 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale + 8'44
15 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
16 Ilnur Zakarin Tinkoff-Saxo + 10'07
17 Paul Voss Team Giant-Alpecin + 10'24
18 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team + 10'38
19 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 11'52
20 Haimar Zubeldia Trek Factory Racing + 13'19
Vuelta a Castilla y Leon.
Last year Bole won, but this year he was able just to finish on 7th position.
1 Kristoffer Skjerping Team Cannondale - Garmin 4h09'53
2 Daniel Hoelgaard Team Joker s.t.
3 Daniele Bennati Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
4 Phil Bauhaus Bora - Argon 18 s.t.
5 Alexandr Komin RusVelo s.t.
6 Boris Vallée Lotto Soudal s.t.
7 Marco Benfatto Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec s.t. 8 Grega Bole CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
9 Edwin Ávila Colombia s.t. 10 Eryk Latoń CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
2nd stage
1 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo 3h38'29
2 Edward Theuns Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t.
3 Daniele Bennati Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
4 Daniel Hoelgaard Team Joker s.t.
5 Phil Bauhaus Bora - Argon 18 s.t.
6 Boris Vallée Lotto Soudal s.t. 7 Grega Bole CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
8 Edwin Ávila Colombia s.t.
9 Marco Benfatto Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec s.t.
10 Kristoffer Skjerping Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
3rd stage
1 Jesús Herrada Movistar Team 4h25'00
2 Muhamad Othman Radio Popular - Boavista s.t.
3 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team s.t.
4 Omar Fraile Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
5 Odd Christian Eiking Team Joker s.t.
6 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
7 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team s.t.
8 Daniel Hoelgaard Team Joker s.t.
9 Alexander Foliforov RusVelo s.t.
10 Hugo Houle Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
11 Antonello Gemignani Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
12 Yury Trofimov Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
13 Alexsandr Dyachenko Astana Pro Team s.t.
14 Sindre Lunke Team Joker s.t.
15 Fredrik Galta Radio Popular - Boavista s.t.
16 Alexander Kamp Team Joker s.t.
17 Otto Iessnig Movistar Team s.t. 18 Grega Bole CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
GC
1 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo 12h13'12
2 Jesús Herrada Movistar Team s.t.
3 Daniel Hoelgaard Team Joker + 4
4 Muhamad Othman Radio Popular - Boavista s.t.
5 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team + 6
6 Odd Christian Eiking Team Joker + 10 7 Grega Bole CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
8 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team s.t.
9 Emanuel Buchmann Bora - Argon 18 s.t.
10 Sindre Lunke Team Joker s.t.
Giro d' Italia stage 10
It was one of not many flat stages left, so we hope Brateng will get some good result. There were a quite strong crosswind.
I had to use Brateng, as he lost some energy and I think he couldn't finish well, so i use him to protect Hirt.
Demare won, 60 riders in first group, all favourites including.
1 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step 3h51'14
2 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team s.t.
3 Kenneth Vanbilsen Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
4 Sacha Modolo Lampre-Merida s.t.
5 Mark Cavendish Team Katusha s.t.
6 Tom Van Asbroeck Lotto Soudal s.t.
7 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing s.t.
8 Tom Scully Southeast s.t.
9 Adam Blythe Team Sky s.t.
10 Sonny Colbrelli Bardiani CSF s.t.
Giro d'Italia stage 11
Longest stage, 242km. On paper hilly, but last climb can make a difference, because there is a 30km downhill. And finally Hirt had +5. Not a perfect stage for it, but we had to use it.
We put a strong tempo before last climb and on it. Not everyone for ready for it and some of the leaders lose some time.
Only Landa and Pozzovivo were able to follow. Yates brothers group with Aru, Formolo and Van der Poel was losing more than a half minute at the top of the climb. Now I was wondering is there a rider who will led us on the descent, because I was quite tired.
Pozzovivo did it, as I was tired and Landa had Aru in second group. We were gaining second by second.
6km to go I went to Landa wheel and decided to fight for the stage win, even if we lost some seconds due to focus on fight and not to make a tempo.
I started sprint first with 1,5 to go.
Yes, we did it But to be honest Pozzovivo was the strongest there.
Results: 1 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 5h44'45
2 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
3 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team s.t.
4 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 2'12
5 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t.
6 Fabio Felline Trek Factory Racing s.t.
7 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing s.t.
8 Mathieu van der Poel Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
9 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
10 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing s.t.
11 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team s.t.
12 Paul Voss Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
13 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
14 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
15 Sonny Colbrelli Bardiani CSF s.t.
16 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
17 Kristijan Durasek Lampre-Merida s.t.
18 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
19 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal s.t.
20 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
21 Andrew Talansky Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
22 Tiago Machado Team Katusha s.t.
23 Francesco Bongiorno Bardiani CSF s.t.
24 Bart De Clercq Lotto Soudal s.t.
25 Leopold König Team Katusha s.t.
26 Michele Scarponi Astana Pro Team s.t.
27 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky s.t.
28 Matthias Frank Trek Factory Racing s.t.
29 Matteo Rabottini Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
30 Edoardo Zardini Bardiani CSF s.t.
31 Sebastian Henao Team Sky s.t.
GC:
1 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team 45h23'08 2 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 21
3 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 1'51
4 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 2'25
5 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 2'31
6 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 2'36
7 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'51
8 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing + 2'56
9 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 4'09
10 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 5'49
11 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky + 7'32
12 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale + 10'35
13 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
14 Bart De Clercq Lotto Soudal + 10'54
15 Paul Voss Team Giant-Alpecin + 12'15
16 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team + 15'34
17 Fabio Felline Trek Factory Racing + 17'21
18 Tiago Machado Team Katusha + 17'35
19 Sonny Colbrelli Bardiani CSF + 18'41
20 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing + 19'08
12 stage of the Giro d'Italia was a ITT. I was a bit afraid of it, but actually Landa and Yates was as poor in TT as Hirt. Micolucci get 3 stars and was second from main favoites behind Dennis.
Micolucci was very fast. When he was on the finish, he was definetly the best. Zoidl lost 51 second. It looks like saving Ranieri for this ITT on monutain stages give a results. I put it very fast on climbs and resting on descent and flat.
Hirt was on the road with +2
On the penultimate climb I'm almost catch Yates.
I did it on the final climb. Great performance by Jan and 19th place on the finish. Will be a maglia rosa?
1 Ranieri Micolucci CCC Sprandi Polkowice 1h04'42
2 Leopold König Team Katusha + 3
3 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team + 48
4 Riccardo Zoidl Team Cannondale - Garmin + 52
5 Fabio Felline Trek Factory Racing + 58
6 Matthias Frank Trek Factory Racing + 1'03
7 Maxime Monfort Lotto Soudal + 1'04
8 Serghei Tvetcov Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec + 1'06
9 Nathan Brown Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'08
10 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 1'11
11 Alex Dowsett Movistar Team + 1'12
12 Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team + 1'16
13 Luke Durbridge Orica-GreenEDGE + 1'17
14 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 1'20
15 Tobias Ludvigsson Team Giant-Alpecin + 1'22
16 Michael Valgren Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
17 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 1'23
18 Ilnur Zakarin Tinkoff-Saxo + 1'24 19 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'26
20 Stéphane Rossetto Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 1'29
21 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team s.t.
22 Patrick Gretsch Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 1'30
23 Michael Rogers Tinkoff-Saxo + 1'32
24 Julien Vermote Etixx - Quick-step + 1'39 25 Branislau Samoilau CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
Maglia rosa for sure! Now we will fight for win but Aru and Landa or Yates brothers can make the race difficult for us. We have a plague of injuries and now have just Mihailov, Samoilau, Szmyd, Micolucci and Hirt. GC:
1 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 46h29'37
2 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 1'55
3 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 1'58
4 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 2'32
5 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team + 2'59
6 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 3'10
7 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 3'46
8 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing + 4'23
9 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
10 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 5'25
11 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky + 8'48
12 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale + 10'59
13 Bart De Clercq Lotto Soudal + 12'02
14 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 12'22
15 Paul Voss Team Giant-Alpecin + 12'53
16 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team + 15'16
17 Fabio Felline Trek Factory Racing + 16'32
18 Matthias Frank Trek Factory Racing + 18'27
19 Tiago Machado Team Katusha + 18'45
20 Ilnur Zakarin Tinkoff-Saxo + 20'54
13 stage
Lobato won in close sprint fight. No change in GC.
1 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team 3h16'24
2 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
3 Sacha Modolo Lampre-Merida s.t.
4 Sonny Colbrelli Bardiani CSF s.t.
5 Andrea Guardini Astana Pro Team s.t.
6 Kenneth Vanbilsen Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
7 Adam Blythe Team Sky s.t.
8 Rick Zabel BMC Racing Team s.t.
9 Tom Van Asbroeck Lotto Soudal s.t.
10 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing s.t.
Edited by pokwa on 22-08-2015 19:32
14 stage Giro d'Italia Finish in sanctuario Oropa
Niki was the guy who set the pace from start.
A.Yates and Pinot attacked on penultimate climb. I was afraid of it.
Thankfully due to Astana work, peleton catched them.
On the final climb, Hirt with impressive +4 made a pace with Micolucii still with him.
Pace was very strong, just Aru before.
2km to go I was in front of leaders group setting the pace. Hardy from the escape still in front. Can we make a 3rd win for CCC in Giro?
Of course we can. It's amazing. But I'm still very careful. Still 5 MO stages to go and with -4/-5 I can lost even 3 minutes. With podium I will be overjoyed.
1 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 4h12'45
2 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 18
3 Romain Hardy Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
4 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
5 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 37
6 Andrew Talansky Etixx - Quick-step + 53
7 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
8 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'05
9 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
10 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing + 1'19
11 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale + 1'27
12 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'47
13 Haimar Zubeldia Trek Factory Racing + 2'02
14 Sergey Chernetskiy Team Katusha s.t.
15 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky s.t.
16 Leopold König Team Katusha s.t.
17 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team s.t.
18 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
19 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
20 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
GC: 1 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 53h58'36
2 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 2'54
3 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 2'58
4 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 4'10
5 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 4'14
6 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team + 5'11
7 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 5'22
8 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 5'38
9 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing + 5'52
10 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 6'12
Edited by pokwa on 22-08-2015 19:32
Kristoff won and Lotto Soudal was definetely the best team.
. The next races are Romandie, Turkey and Rund um Finanzplatz.
