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| tpinot |
Posted on 30-12-2013 13:28
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During the second week of December, the whole team was present in Brittany for the Pre-Season Training Camp, It was the time to meet our new team-mates, and to re-ride in groups. We also had a meeting with the sponsor delegates, we talked (we listen is better there  ) about the objectives of the firm, what were expected from us in terms of Image.
We had a very interesting meeting with a french journalist who taught us who to behave with the press. I learned a lot from there and I'm sure that it will be very useful in the future.
Now less writing, here comes the pictures:
And a little bonus, picture of my training with Thibaut, Arthur, Francis and Laurent the day after christmas:
I will come back to race in late January so see you there
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 30-12-2013 15:44
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The training looked a bit misreable in the last picture  |
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Posted on 05-01-2014 09:31
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Before Starting the 2014 season, I wanted to tell that two of my best friend finally got a spot in a World Tour Team. I know then since when we were in Junior Team together. I had a lot of pleasure riding with them and when they told me the news I was really happy for them. I'm talking about Simon and Adam Yates the future British Stars, I met them when I was 16, they were 17. Since that time, we remain friends and every time this was possible we went riding together.
They sign a two-year contract with Orica - GreenEdge but I hope I'll see them on the roads this season.
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| tpinot |
Posted on 08-01-2014 13:06
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Here we are, the start of the 2014 season, I had a great time training with my friends during the winter but now it's time to go back to racing. During the Winter Francis won, for the 8th time, the French Cyclo Cross National Championship. With Sven Nys injured, he is one of the main favorites for the CC World Championship.
National Championships
 Australian Championship (ITT) | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling |  New Zealand Championship (ITT) | Jack Bauer | Garmin-Sharp | | Australian Championship | Simon Gerrans | Orica GreenEdge | | New Zealand Championship | Alex Carver | Formesan - Bogota Humana |
Santos Tour Down Under
| 1 |  | Benoit Vaugrenard | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | 21h13'48 | | 2 | | Lloyd Mondory | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 6 | | 3 | | Matthew Harley Goss | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 1'09 | | 4 |  | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | + 1'19 | | 5 |  | Geraint Thomas | Sky ProCycling | + 1'21 |
The Squad:
P.Fédrigo
A.Geniez
A.Geslin
M.Ladagnous
P.Lecuisinier
A.Louveille
T.Pinot
A.Vichot
Pre-Race:
The first race of the European Circuit and it is already a race counting for the PMU French Cup. I will do my best to defend my title but the season is long and this is just the beginning.
Race Report:
The race was very active in it's first part, during almost half of it, attacks were non stop. Alexandre was the one who had to control all those attacks.
During the last climb, Arthur tried to go solo but the guys from Movistar were not giving him the right to go.
The only one who threatened the pack was Fredrik Kessiakoff (AST) who had 30" with 7 kilometers to go.
Finally, the end came to a sprint, I was at the front waiting for the right moment but I got blocked in the fences. The surprise came from Anthony Geslin who came out of nowhere and he was already challenging Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel (COF) and Kevyn Ista (IAM) for the victory.
The race would have lasted 20 more meters and the victory would have been for Anthony. Unfortunately Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel (COF) was the fastest. I came down to a great fourth position with Arthur taking five.
Race Ranking:
| 1 |  | Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel | Cofidis Solutions Crédits | 3h30'07 | | 2 | | Anthony Geslin | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 3 |  | Kevyn Ista | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 4 | | Anthony Louveille | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 5 | | Arthur Vichot | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 6 |  | Miyataka Shimizu | Bridgestone - Anchor | s.t. | | 7 | | Gorka Izagirre Insausti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9 | | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 10 |  | Tom Jelte Slagter | Garmin-Sharp | s.t. | | 11 | | Thibaut Pinot | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 12 |  | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 13 |  | Gustav Erik Larsson | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 14 | | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 15 |  | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | s.t. |
Spoiler | 16 | | Martin Elmiger | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 17 | | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 18 | | Ángel Vicioso Arcos | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 19 | | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 20 | | Rubén Plaza Molina | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 21 | | Pierrick Fédrigo | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 22 | | Stig Broeckx | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 23 | | Daniele Ratto | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 24 | | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 25 | | Samuel Dumoulin | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 26 | | Pablo Lastras Garcia | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 27 | | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin-Sharp | s.t. | | 28 | | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 29 | | Simon Geschke | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 30 | | Jérôme Coppel | Cofidis Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 31 | | Thomas Löfkvist | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 32 | | Jésus Herrada Lopez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 33 | | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 34 | | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 35 | | Matthieu Ladagnous | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 36 | | Yann Huguet | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 37 | | Amets Txurruka Ansola | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 38 | | Angel Madrazo Ruiz | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 39 | | Nathan Brown | Garmin-Sharp | s.t. | | 40 | | Clément Koretzky | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 41 | | Romain Hardy | Cofidis Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 42 | | André Fernando S.Martins Cardoso | Garmin-Sharp | s.t. | | 43 | | Raymond Kreder | Garmin-Sharp | s.t. | | 44 | | Matteo Montaguti | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 45 | | Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle | Garmin-Sharp | s.t. | | 46 | | Sérgio Miguel Vieira Ribeiro | Louletano - Dunas Douradas | s.t. | | 47 | | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 48 | | Sebastian Lander | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 49 | | Antonio Piedra Perez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 50 | | Michel Kreder | Accent.Jobs - Wanty | s.t. | | 51 | | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 52 | | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 53 | | Thierry Hupond | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 54 | | Thomas Lebas | Bridgestone - Anchor | s.t. | | 55 | | Chad Haga | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 56 | | Alexandre Geniez | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 57 | | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 58 | | Enrique Sanz Unzue | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 59 | | Philip Gaimon | Garmin-Sharp | s.t. | | 60 | | Dayer Quintana Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 61 | | Pim Ligthart | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 62 | | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento Tunarrosa | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 63 | | Francesco Lasca | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 64 | | Kristijan Koren | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 65 | | Jean-Marc Marino | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 66 | | Damiano Caruso | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 67 | | José Iván Gutierrez Palacios | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 68 | | Alessandro De Marchi | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 69 | | Warren Barguil | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 70 | | Matteo Pelucchi | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 71 | | Damien Monier | Bridgestone - Anchor | s.t. | | 72 | | Antoine Lavieu | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 73 | | Dmitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 74 | | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 75 | | Luis Angel Mate Mardones | Cofidis Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 76 | | Jérôme Pineau | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 77 | | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 78 | | Bart De Clercq | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 79 | | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 80 | | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Accent.Jobs - Wanty | s.t. | | 81 | | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 82 | | Ben Gastauer | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 83 | | Matthias Brandle | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 84 | | Davide Appollonio | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 85 | | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 86 | | Gatis Smukulis | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 87 | | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 88 | | Mikael Chérel | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 89 | | Daniil Fominykh | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 90 | | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 91 | | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 92 | | Clément Venturini | Cofidis Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 93 | | Rudy Molard | Cofidis Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 94 | | Pierre Henri Lecuisinier | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 95 | | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 96 | | Volodymyr Bileka | TEAM Ventilair - Chimay | s.t. | | 97 | | George Bennett | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 98 | | Stéphane Poulhies | Cofidis Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 99 | | Matej Mohoric | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 100 | | Jimmy Engoulvent | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 101 | | Florian Guillou | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 102 | | Benoît Jarrier | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 103 | | Pierre-Luc Perichon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 104 | | Erwann Corbel | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 105 | | Daan Olivier | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 106 | | Grégory Habeaux | Accent.Jobs - Wanty | s.t. | | 107 | | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 108 | | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 109 | | Aron Kremer | Colba - Superano Ham | s.t. | | 110 | | Nikias Arndt | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 111 | | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 112 | | Koen De Kort | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 113 | | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 114 | | Steven Tronet | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 115 | | Marco Minnaard | Accent.Jobs - Wanty | s.t. | | 116 | | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 117 | | Laurens De Vreese | Accent.Jobs - Wanty | s.t. | | 118 | | Damien Gaudin | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 119 | | Nico Sijmens | Accent.Jobs - Wanty | s.t. | | 120 | | Tim Wellens | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 121 | | Théo Vimpère | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 122 | | Mathieu Drujon | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 123 | | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 124 | | Tomoyuki Iino | Louletano - Dunas Douradas | s.t. | | 125 | | Darijus Dzervus | Doltcini - Flanders | s.t. | | 126 | | Fernando Grijalba | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 127 | | Kuranosuke Yonemura | Bridgestone - Anchor | s.t. | | 128 | | Baden Cooke | Colba - Superano Ham | s.t. | | 129 | | Timothy Dupont | TEAM Ventilair - Chimay | s.t. | | 130 | | Antonio Molina | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 131 | | Benjamin Sydlik | Doltcini - Flanders | s.t. | | 132 | | Marcos Garcia Fernandez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 133 | | Dylan Teuns | TEAM Ventilair - Chimay | s.t. | | 134 | | Florian Vachon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 135 | | Boris Zimine | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 136 | | Sebastien Reichenbach | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 137 | | Jim Vercruyce | Colba - Superano Ham | s.t. | | 138 | | Ruben Fernandez Andujar | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 139 | | Koldo Fernandez De Larrea | Garmin-Sharp | + 2'49 | | 140 | | Niels Van Dorsselaer | Colba - Superano Ham | + 3'37 | | 141 | | Benjamin Le Montagner | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 142 | | Steve Schets | Doltcini - Flanders | s.t. | | 143 | | Christophe Laborie | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 144 | | Vincent Canard | Bridgestone - Anchor | s.t. | | 145 | | Jimmy Raibaud | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 146 | | Vegard Breen | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 147 | | Fatih Harmanci | Bridgestone - Anchor | s.t. | | 148 | | Kévin Suarez Martinez | Doltcini - Flanders | s.t. | | 149 | | Antonio Olmo Menacho | Louletano - Dunas Douradas | s.t. | | 150 | | Romain Bacon | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 4'47 | | 151 | | Ronan Racault | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 152 | | Roy Jans | Accent.Jobs - Wanty | s.t. | | 153 | | Luis Filipe Albino Silva | Louletano - Dunas Douradas | s.t. | | 154 | | Emiel Wastyn | TEAM Ventilair - Chimay | s.t. | | 155 | | Boris Vallée | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 156 | | Ruben Pols | TEAM Ventilair - Chimay | s.t. | | 157 | | Frederick Veuchelen | Accent.Jobs - Wanty | s.t. | | 158 | | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 159 | | Dominic Pereira Mestre | Louletano - Dunas Douradas | s.t. | | 160 | | Romain Zingle | Cofidis Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 161 | | Mathias Van Holderbeecke | Doltcini - Flanders | + 5'39 | | 162 | | Takenouchi Yu | Colba - Superano Ham | s.t. | | 163 | | Jake Tanner | Doltcini - Flanders | s.t. | | 164 | | Christopher Jennings | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 165 | | Max Bayle | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 166 | | Tom Stamsnijder | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 167 | | Quentin Tanis | Colba - Superano Ham | s.t. | | 168 | | Fabien Bacquet | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 169 | | Tim Van Speybroeck | TEAM Ventilair - Chimay | s.t. | | 170 | | Fabio Ruben Rafael Leaça | Louletano - Dunas Douradas | s.t. | | 171 | | Nick Mertens | Doltcini - Flanders | + 6'24 | | 172 | | Domenico Fantini | La Pomme Marseille | + 7'05 | | 173 | | Jean-Michel Minard | Louletano - Dunas Douradas | + 11'02 | | 174 | | Foppe Peppinck | Louletano - Dunas Douradas | s.t. | | 175 | | Maksym Voznyuk | Doltcini - Flanders | s.t. | | 176 | | Serse Lapedota | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. |
PMU French Cup Ranking after Grand Prix La Marseillaise
Rider Ranking:
| Rank | Nat | Rider | Team | Points | | 1 | | Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel | Cofidis Solutions Crédits | 50 | | 2 | | Anthony Geslin | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | 35 | | 3 | | Anthony Louveille | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | 20 | | 4 | | Arthur Vichot | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | 18 | | 5 | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r - La Mondiale | 12 | | 6 | | Thibaut Pinot | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | 6 | | 7 | | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r - La Mondiale | 3 |
Team Ranking:
| Rank | Nat | Team | Points | | 1 | | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | 12 | | 2 | | Ag2r - La Mondiale | 9 | | 3 | | Cofidis Solutions Crédits | 8 | | 4 | | Team Europcar | 7 | | 5 | | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | 6 | | 6 | | BigMat - Auber 93 | 5 | | 7 | | La Pomme Marseille | 4 |
I was missing that kind of feelings of riding in a pack, now that the season had really started for me, I can't wait to take a victory again
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-01-2014 13:08
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I like the banner for the new season
Good to see Anthony back in action  |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 08-01-2014 13:10
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Jeez, I read Benoit Vaugrenard and thought that I missed the introduction of Henry (Vergnaud)'s brother. 
FDJ are almost right there where they left off: At the top. New banner looks great by the way!
Edited by Shonak on 08-01-2014 13:19
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 08-01-2014 13:18
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Great result for Benoit
Anthony already at the top of the French Cup standings 
Gig 'em Aggies
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| tpinot |
Posted on 08-01-2014 14:40
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@Ian Butler: The banner is a reference to my first post in that story
@Shonak: There is a difference between Vaugrenard and Vergnaud
@welker3257: Thanks, there are only 7 riders who scored points for the french cup in that first race, but I think this season will be a great one. |
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| tpinot |
Posted on 08-01-2014 16:03
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Tour Méditerranéen
The Squad:
A.Courteille
A.Geniez
A.Geslin
A.Louveille
T.Pinot
A.Roux
J.Roy
A.Vichot
Pre-Race:
This is not a race were I will be the leader, first because they are better riders than me in our squad and secondly because I'm just starting to build my shape for the cobbled classics.
Stage 1
Big Sprinters are taking part of this race, so it was not our job to chase the breakaway, we did not send someone at the front either as we knew the stage would end in a sprint.
When we get to the finish, we did not anticipate the movement of all the sprinters' teams. we ended up in the middle of the pack unable to launch Anthony Roux who took the 19th position.
José Joaquin Rojas Gil (MOV) won the stage in front of Mark Cavendish (OPQ) and Sacha Modolo (LAM).
Stage 2
Like in stage 1, we did not work this day, we let the other team do the chase and we just came to the front of the pack when the finish was getting closer.
This time we did no mistakes and Anthony managed to grab Degenkolb's wheel, Anthony did a great sprint taking the 6th position.
The stage was won by André Greipel (LTB) in front of Mark Cavendish (OPQ) and Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (MOV).
Stage 3
That stage was a very messy one, first Alexandre tried to go in the breakaway but he failed and then no breakaway really managed to get formed.
The pace was so high that they were many tension in the pack, which ended in a mass crash 8 kilometers before the end. 4 riders withdrew from the race.
At the front the crash had no important, it was the stage win that matters.
At that game John Degenkolb (ARG) was the fastest. He arrive in front of Mark Cavendish (OPQ) and Sacha Modolo (LAM). Anthony Roux made 5th and Anthony Geslin 6th.
Ranking Stage 1:
| 1 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | 3h16'25 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | OmegaPharma - Quick Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Sacha Modolo | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 4 | André Greipel | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 5 | Oscar Gatto | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 6 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 7 | Pirmin Lang | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 8 | Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 9 | Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel | Cofidis Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 10 | Gediminas Bagdonas | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | --- | | 25 | Anthony Louveille | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. |
Ranking Stage 2:
| 1 | André Greipel | Lotto - Belisol | 3h08'21 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | OmegaPharma - Quick Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 4 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 5 | Louis Verhelst | Cofidis Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 6 | Anthony Roux | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 7 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | Pirmin Lang | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | Juan José Lobato Del Valle | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | Sacha Modolo | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | --- | | 60 | Anthony Louveille | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. |
Ranking Stage 3:
| 1 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos-Shimano | 2h58'49 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | OmegaPharma - Quick Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Sacha Modolo | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 4 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 5 | Anthony Roux | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 6 | Anthony Geslin | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 7 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | André Greipel | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 9 | Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel | Cofidis Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 10 | Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi | Movistar Team | s.t. | | --- | | 15 | Anthony Louveille | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. |
This first 3 stages went quite well regarding the sprinting fields present here, Anthony managed to take two top 10 and I did not lose time yet.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 08-01-2014 17:05
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What a Great win for Vaugrenard at the Tour Down Under |
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| tpinot |
Posted on 08-01-2014 17:27
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Tour Méditerranéen
Pre-Race:
The real race start now for us. First with the finish n top of the Mont Faron and then the stage to Grasse. We will focus our ride on Thibaut or Arthur.
Stage 4
This stage was the most suited to Thibaut, no technical downhill and a climbing Finish. The races was controlled by team mates of Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (KAT) and by Alexandre too.
The fight began with 18 kilometers to go with the acceleration of Christophe Le Mével (COF)
But the man of the day was certainly the Spanish from Katusha, he attacked with 4 kilometers left and no one saw him after that he was gone for the victory. Behind him Thibaut also accelerated bringing Johnny Hoogerland (AND) with him.
What must happen happened, Rodriguez took the win with a lead of 1'18 on Hoogerland. Thibaut complete the podium, he ended in the same time as Hoogerland.
Stage 5
This was the last stage of the race, a breakaway of 14 men quickly get created, Anthony Geslin did not missed it. There biggest gap was up to 11'00.
Before getting to big climb of the day, with 38 kilometers remaining, Romain Bardet (ALM) went onto the attack.
It's when those three guys attacked that the pack really started to up the pace, Katusha had already lost Simon Spilak because of a flat tire, Rodriguez was starting to be isolated.
-  Tejay Van Garderen (BMC)
- Jurgen Van Den Broeck (LTB)
- Franco Pellizotti (AND)
Despite being alone, instead of keeping his lead like it was, Rodriguez attacked at the summit of the climb, the chase was not organized, Thibaut was struggling to keep in touch of the group but thanks to Anthony who managed to hang on after his breakaway, he stayed in the main group.
Not happy of his lead, Rodriguez decided to increased it, he ended the stage 2'19 before the chasing group where Thibaut and Anthony were.
In the end, Thibaut took the third position in the GC and he won the Young Ranking.
Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver took the overall victory, while Johnny Hoogerland took the second position.
Ranking Stage 4:
| 1 | Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver | Katusha Team | 3h13'16 | | 2 | Johnny Hoogerland | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | + 1'18 | | 3 | Thibaut Pinot | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 4 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 1'34 | | 5 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 6 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 7 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 1'54 | | 8 | Rigoberto Uran Uran | OmegaPharma - Quick Step Cycling Team | + 2'05 | | 9 | Robert Kiserlovski | Radioshack - Leopard | s.t. | | 10 | Arthur Vichot | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. | | -- | | 27 | Anthony Louveille | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | + 3'34 |
Ranking Stage 5:
| 1 | Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver | Katusha Team | 4h58'03 | | 2 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 2'19 | | 3 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 4 | Franco Pellizotti | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | s.t. | | 5 | Robert Kiserlovski | Radioshack - Leopard | s.t. | | 6 | Johnny Hoogerland | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | s.t. | | 7 | Rigoberto Uran Uran | OmegaPharma - Quick Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 9 | Jarlinson Pantano Gomez | Colombia | s.t. | | 10 | Serge Pauwels | OmegaPharma - Quick Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | -- | | 71 | Anthony Louveille | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | + 11'42 |
General Ranking:
| 1 | | Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver | Katusha Team | 17h34'14 | | 2 | | Johnny Hoogerland | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | + 4'05 | | 3 | | Thibaut Pinot | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | + 4'09 | | 4 | | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 4'25 | | 5 | | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 4'33 | | 6 | | Domenico Pozzovivo | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 4'53 | | 7 |  | Rigoberto Uran Uran | OmegaPharma - Quick Step Cycling Team | + 5'04 | | 8 | | Franco Pellizotti | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | s.t. | | 9 |  | Robert Kiserlovski | Radioshack - Leopard | s.t. | | 10 | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | -- | | 43 | | Anthony Louveille | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | + 15'56 |
Points Ranking:
Mark Cavendish | OmegaPharma - Quick Step Cycling Team
Mountain Ranking:
Jarlinson Pantano Gomez | Colombia
Young Ranking:
Thibaut Pinot | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr
Team Ranking:
Ag2r - La Mondiale
This conclude the Tour Méditerranéen, I will now have a week before going to the Tour du Haut Var.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 08-01-2014 23:33
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Pinot did well to grab a podium place and be the Best young rider |
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 09-01-2014 00:10
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Good race for Thibaut and for Vichot
Gig 'em Aggies
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 09-01-2014 06:54
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The team performing decently, but I expected a bit more in those French races, though! |
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| tpinot |
Posted on 09-01-2014 08:44
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@sutty68: He did his best but Rodriguez was way too strong there
@welker3257: Thanks
@Ian Butler: This can easily be explain bye the fact that Thibaut is targetting the Giro and Arthur the Ardennes, this race was more a way for them to get day raced |
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| tpinot |
Posted on 09-01-2014 09:13
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Tour Cycliste du Haut Var
The Squad:
P.Fédrigo
A.Geniez
A.Geslin
A.Louveille
T.Pinot
A.Roux
J.Roy
A.Vichot
Pre-Race:
This two day race will be a god training for Paris - Nice which coming soon now, The two days finish on top of a small hill, Our main guys here are Arthur and Anthony Roux. And this will also be the first time I will ride against my Friend Simon Yates (OGE)
Stage 1
The first part of the race was at the advantage of the attackers, many up and downs, it was very hard for the pack to organized itself.
The pace was higher when all those hill were passed, but it did not avoid attacks from leaders, the first one to try was Yann Huguet (BIG).
Our team was very strong and we managed to shut down all the attacks, Which led us to be all at the front when we crossed the 1 kilometer banner.
The stage had to be for us, and despite having all the riders at the front only one of us managed to stay on the podium. Arthur, with his National Champion Shirt managed to resist to the strong come back of Stefan Denifl (IAM) and took the victory. 4 riders of FDJ.fr ended in the top 10 and I took the 14th position.
Stage 2
In that stage the pressure was on us, we had to protect the leader jersey of Arthur no matter what.
The pace of the pack was control by Alexandre but we were all at the front to support our leader.
With 20 kilometers left, I took my turn. I simply destroyed the pack, the gap with the breakaway was melting and I was eventually still fresh so I continue to accelerate, the pack was now a group of 20 riders.
Unfortunately all our efforts did not served much, as Lars Petter Nordhaug (BEL) accelarated so hard that it was almost impossible for anyone to follow him, he took the win with a lead of 12" on Romain Bardet (ALM) and 20" on the chasing group where Arthur won the sprint. I arrive 17th, 53" after the winner.
Ranking Stage 1:
| 1 | Arthur Vichot | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | 5h01'36 | | 2 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 3 | Dries Devenyns | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 4 | Thibaut Pinot | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 5 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 6 | Anthony Geslin | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 7 | Anthony Roux | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 8 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Belkin Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | Blel Kadri | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 10 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | -- | | 14 | Anthony Louveille | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. |
Ranking Stage 2:
| 1 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Belkin Pro Cycling | 5h26'50 | | 2 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 12 | | 3 | Arthur Vichot | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | + 20 | | 4 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 5 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | Dries Devenyns | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 8 | Thibaut Pinot | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 9 | Blel Kadri | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 10 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | -- | | 17 | Anthony Louveille | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | + 53 |
General Ranking:
| 1 |  | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Belkin Pro Cycling | 10h28'06 | | 2 | | Arthur Vichot | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | + 12 | | 3 | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 20 | | 4 | | Dries Devenyns | Team Argos-Shimano | + 32 | | 5 | | Thibaut Pinot | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | + 40 | | 6 | | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 8 | | Blel Kadri | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9 | | Anthony Roux | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 10 | | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | -- | | 18 | | Anthony Louveille | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | + 1'13 |
Points Ranking:
Arthur Vichot | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr
Mountain Ranking:
Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar
Young Ranking:
Romain Bardet | Ag2r - La Mondiale
Team Ranking:
Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr
This race did not go as well as we expected, the victory here was an objective, of course 2nd is great too but this is not 1st.
On another subject, I will race the Belgian Opening Week End and this will be my firsts Cobbled races of the year. Let's hope the team will perform well there.
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| tpinot |
Posted on 09-01-2014 14:54
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Belgium Opening Weekend
The Squad:
W.Bonnet
D.Boucher
A.Démare
M.Ladagnous
J.Le Bon
A.Louveille
Y.Offredo
 D.Rollin
Pre-Race:
Those are the first two cobbled classics of the season, Matthieu is not yet in shape so we will work for Yoann in the Omloop and for Arnaud in K-B-K.
- Omloop Het Nieuwsblab
The race started fast and it was impossible to leave the pack. When the pack slow down some riders managed to leave including my team mates David Boucher.
To my surprise, the race was a waiting race, only one rider tried something alone and it was Fabian Cancellara (RLT), he tried to leave the pack when there were still 25 kilometers.
With 10 kilometers left, a bunch of about 30 riders was riding toward the finish. They were still 4 FDJ.fr in that group including Matthieu, Dominique, Yoann and I.
The pace was made by Cancellara (RLT), Boonen (OPQ) and Gilbert (BMC)
The race ended in a sprint were Tom Boonen was the best. As we had lost Arnaud, we were not able to compete for victory. Yoann ended at the gate of top 10 taking 11th. I arrived 26th in the same time as Boonen.
- Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne
This was a pretty boring race, the pack let 3 riders escaped and then they played with them, they never got a more than a 4' gap.
Our main hope here was Arnaud, my job was, if I could survive until then, to launch Arnaud in the sprint.
Surprisingly, Niki Terpstra (OPQ) attacked in the last 5 kilometers. BMC made a major part the chase alongside us.
Finally I launched Arnaud, he was really fast but Tom Boonen was faster and stronger, he caught his team mate but Arnaud did not.
In the end Boonen took the victory in front of his team mate Terpstra and Arnaud completed the podium at a very good 3rd position.
I took the 19th position.
Ranking Omloop Het Nieuwsblab:
| 1 | | Tom Boonen | OmegaPharma - Quick Step Cycling Team | 4h45'15 | | 2 | | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 3 | | Heinrich Haussler | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 4 | | Filippo Pozzato | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 5 | | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 6 | | Niki Terpstra | OmegaPharma - Quick Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 8 |  | Fabian Cancellara | Radioshack - Leopard | s.t. | | 9 | | Sep Vanmarcke | Belkin Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 10 | | Sebastian Langeveld | Garmin-Sharp | s.t. | | 11 | | Yoann Offredo | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. | | -- | | 26 | | Anthony Louveille | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. |
Ranking Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne:
| 1 | | Tom Boonen | OmegaPharma - Quick Step Cycling Team | 4h17'14 | | 2 | | Niki Terpstra | OmegaPharma - Quick Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | | Arnaud Démare | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 4 | | Louis Verhelst | Cofidis Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 5 | | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 6 | | Fabian Cancellara | Radioshack - Leopard | s.t. | | 7 | | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 8 | | Björn Leukemans | Accent.Jobs - Wanty | s.t. | | 9 | | Lars Boom | Belkin Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 10 | | Sep Vanmarcke | Belkin Pro Cycling | s.t. | | -- | | 19 | | Anthony Louveille | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. |
I was very pleased to get back to those cobbled races.
In my next race I will defend my title, I will be leading the team in LE Samyn. They I will go back to France for Paris - Nice
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| tpinot |
Posted on 10-01-2014 16:35
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Le Samyn
The Squad:
W.Bonnet
D.Boucher
M.Delage
A.Geslin
J.Le Bon
A.Louveille
F.Mourey
L.Pichon
Pre-Race:
Last year here I was taking my first Professional victory. The second position was taken by Arnaud Demare my team mate.
This year I'll be there as absolute leader, the team will work for me and it would be great that the race end in a sprint so I will be able to show my power.
Race Reports:
The startlist was very impressive, guys like Maarten Wynants (BEL), Stijn Vandenbergh (OPQ) and Grégory Rast (RLT) decided to ride there, the race would be harder than I thought but it avoid my team mates working too much in the chase.
When we reach the last kilometers the favorites started to attack, Johan made his job perfectly jumping from wheels to wheels aboarding all the attacks.
With few kilometers left, the pace slow down I dropped to the middle of the pack. David did an amazing job to brought me to the front with Anthony.
When the sprint started, we were not as well positioned as we hoped for.
But Anthony was so strong that we were at the front after 500 meters. Then I launched my sprint and no one managed to dispute me the victory.
This is my first victory this season but I really hope this is not the last. Of course I could not have done that without Francis who protected me all day long from the wind, then Johan who really put himself at 200% in the chase and finally David and Anthony who made my sprints train perfectly.
Race Ranking:
| 1 | | Anthony Louveille | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | 4h31'22 | | 2 | | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 3 | | Sean De Bie | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 4 | | Tom Veelers | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 5 |  | Danilo Hondo | Radioshack - Leopard | s.t. | | 6 | | Jonas Vangenechten | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 7 | | Antoine Demoitié | Wallonie-Bruxelles-Crédit Agricole | s.t. | | 8 | | Maarten Wynants | Belkin Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | | Dries Devenyns | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 10 | | Anthony Geslin | Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr | s.t. |
Winning here one year after my first pro victory is an amazing feeling, Belgium Fans are really great with the pack and we felt they were with us during the whole race.
Next race is Paris - Nice, I will support Nacer in the sprints and I may have my chances in the hillier stages.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 10-01-2014 17:03
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First victory of the season I don't think we'll have to wait long for n°2! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 10-01-2014 18:41
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Nice to see Vichot winning in the French NC |
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