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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 30-03-2020 21:42
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It was a crazy race in France. The named race to the sun was forgotten due to the awful weather in most stage of the race. Hope was revived as the sunny days came back as soon as we reached Nice in the last stage. The amount of falls in the pack in key moments of the race, quickly made it a survival race.
The only Jumbo rider who managed to avoid all traps in the race was Dylan Groenewegen. The Dutch rider managed to take advantage of the chaos in the pack to find the legs to stay with the favorites group for most stages to get himself a top 10 finish in the general classification, as well as two stage wins along the way, including a very unlikely one in the last stage in Nice.
Jansan and Grosu working for Groenewegen in the first stage
Before the race, after checking out the route, one name was on everybody's lips: Michael Matthews. The Aussie champion was clearly the only rider able to fight for bonus seconds with the sprinters as well as the puncheurs.
And he did not only gain bonus seconds, but got stage wins in both flat and hilly stages. As soon as he got the yellow jersey, it was clear that only a miss fortune would see him lose the race, but his team protected him very well and no such thing happened in a very crazy race.
The yellow jersey had Bling's name written all over it
One of the many victims of the averse weather was last year's winner, Rui Costa. The Portuguese saw his GC hopes shattered in a mass crash in the fourth stage, but managed to bounce back to win the polka dots classification and a stage win after a successful breakaway in the seventh stage.
Stage by stage breakdown | | | Winner | | | Leader | |  | S1 |  | Dylan Groenewegen |  | | Dylan Groenewegen | | | S2 |  | Niccolo Bonifazio |  | | Dylan Groenewegen | | | S3 |  | Michael Matthews |  | | Niccolo Bonifazio | |  | S4 | | Michael Matthews | | | Michael Matthews | | | S5 | | Elia Viviani |  | | Michael Matthews | | | S6 | | Michael Matthews | | | Michael Matthews | | | S7 |  | Rui Alberto Costa |  | | Michael Matthews | | | S8 | | Dylan Groenewegen | | | Michael Matthews | |
Results | 1. | | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | 34h59'47 | | 2. |  | Sergio Luis Henao | Trek - Segafredo | + 24 | | 3. | | Ruben Guerreiro | Team Katusha- Alpecin | + 37 | | 4. | | Davide Formolo | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 5. |  | Maximilian Schachmann | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 6. |  | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 7. |  | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 8. | | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 45 | | 9. |  | Patrick Konrad | BORA - hansgrohe | + 1'07 | | 10. |  | David Gaudu | Groupama - FDJ | + 1'18 | | 11. | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 12. | | Wout Poels | Team INEOS | + 1'54 | | 13. |  | Bjorg Lambrecht | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 14. | | Niccolo Bonifazio | Astana Pro Team | + 2'50 | | 15. |  | Jan Tratnik | Astana Pro Team | + 2'55 | | 16. | | Sergio Andres Higuita | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 3'41 | | 17. | | Dario Cataldo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 18. | | Esteban Cháves | Mitchelton-Scott | + 3'50 | | 19. | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3'51 | | 20. | | Luke Durbridge | Israël - Cycling Academy | + 3'57 |
 | | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | 158 |  | | Rui Alberto Costa | Team Dimension Data | 38 |  | | David Gaudu | Groupama - FDJ | 35h01'05 |  | | BORA - hansgrohe | | 105h01'44 |
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| rogvi97 |
Posted on 30-03-2020 22:52
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Crazy start to the season! Looks like an internal battle between Van Poppel and Groenewegen now
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Posted on 31-03-2020 07:34
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Groenewegen showed his good form once again
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Posted on 31-03-2020 08:27
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rogvi97 wrote:
Crazy start to the season! Looks like an internal battle between Van Poppel and Groenewegen now
Indeed. And it might turn out into a battle for who will take on the green jersey at the Tour. This year it's still Groenewegen for the Tour and Van Poppel for Giro and Vuelta. But if things keep going like this, Van Poppel might deserve his shot at the green jersey next year.
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Danny Van Poppel was back to defend his 2019 title and was successful in doing so after a great team work and a brilliant lead-out from Mike Teunissen. An early celebration almost spoiled the party though. It didn't spoil Van Poppel's win, but it sure did cost Teunissen a place on the podium.
Final rehearsal for Van Poppel ahead of Milano - Sanremo
Results | 1. | | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo-Visma | 4h55'02 | | 2. | | Stan Dewulf | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3. | | Baptiste Planckaert | Cycling Team Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. | | 4. | | Mike Teunissen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 5. | | Gianni Vermeersch | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 6. | | Taco Van Der Hoorn | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 7. | | Ian Stannard | SEG Racing Academy | s.t. | | 8. |  | Taylor Phinney | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 9. | | Nils Eekhoff | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 10. | | Dylan Van Baarle | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 11. | | Milan Menten | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 12. | | Wouter Wippert | EvoPro Racing | s.t. | | 13. | | Moreno Hofland | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 14. | | Roy Jans | Corendon - Circus | s.t. | | 15. | | Mark Cavendish | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 16. | | Sean De Bie | Roompot-Charles | s.t. | | 17. | | Kenneth Van Rooy | Duvel | s.t. | | 18. | | Bas Van Der Kooij | Monkey Town – à Bloc CT | s.t. | | 19. | | Adam Blythe | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 20. | | Rémy Mertz | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. |
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Posted on 31-03-2020 15:20
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Van Poppel seems ready for Milano - Sanremo 
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Posted on 31-03-2020 15:50
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He sure does. Hopefully he will be on the podium, at the very least.
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Posted on 31-03-2020 17:24
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Ineos brought a stellar team here with Kwiatkowski, Froome, Bernal, Sivakov and Vanmarcke and this was reflected in a dominant win the opening team time - trial, 16 seconds faster than Jumbo.
Black and yellow... and a few other colors
The race started quite well for Jumbo with a second place in the opening stage, but things would quickly fall apart as Roglic fell ill in the fourth stage which saw him out of contention for the podium. He recovered for the two stages and came very close to winning the final stage, only 2 seconds slower than the stage winner, Matthias Brändle. It was De Plus who stepped up to take over the leader's duties and he did quite well with a 7th place overall.
The fourth stage of was ridden very hard and the pack broke into pieces with a lot of gaps being created between the riders. Simon Yates came out on top, crossing the line 23 seconds in front of Alaphilippe. Only 5 riders finished within of 1 minute of him.
Simon's first win for his new team
The race broke apart again the very next stage. This time it was Lopez' time to impress. The Colombian won the stage with an advantage of 2 minutes over the duo of S. Yates and Dumoulin. The gap was nowhere close to threaten the Brit's lead though as Lopez had lost over 3 minutes in the previous stage.
Lopez enjoying the first real mountain stage of the season
The remaining hilly stage and the final time - trial didn't pose any threat to Simon Yates and the Bahrain rider had no problem defending the leader's jersey to claim the overall win.
Stage by stage breakdown | | | Winner | | | Leader | |  | S1 | | Team INEOS |  |  | Jonathan Castroviejo | | | S2 | | Cees Bol | |  | Michal Kwiatkowski | | | S3 | | Edward Theuns |  | | Egan Bernal | | | S4 | | Simon Yates |  | | Simon Yates | |  | S5 | | Miguel Angel Lopez |  | | Simon Yates | | | S6 | | Tim Wellens | | | Simon Yates | |  | S7 | | Matthias Brändle |  | | Simon Yates | |
Results | 1. | | Simon Yates | Bahrain - Merida | 29h37'55 | | 2. | | Chris Froome | Team INEOS | + 49 | | 3. | | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 1'05 | | 4. | | Egan Bernal | Team INEOS | + 1'12 | | 5. | | Miguel Angel Lopez | Lotto Soudal | + 1'29 | | 6. | | Tony Gallopin | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1'54 | | 7. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 2'35 | | 8. |  | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | + 3'27 | | 9. | | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team INEOS | + 4'00 | | 10. | | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | + 4'17 | | 11. | | Vincenzo Nibali | Mitchelton-Scott | + 5'28 | | 12. | | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 5'31 | | 13. | | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 6'18 | | 14. | | Rohan Dennis | Bahrain - Merida | + 6'21 | | 15. |  | Alexey Lutsenko | Team Dimension Data | + 7'15 | | 16. | | Bauke Mollema | Team Dimension Data | + 8'11 | | 17. | | Nairo Quintana | Mitchelton-Scott | + 8'44 | | 18. | | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team INEOS | + 9'12 | | 19. | | Hugh Carthy | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 9'45 | | 20. | | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | + 9'56 |
 | | Edward Theuns | Trek - Segafredo | 22 |  | | Benoît Cosnefroy | Ag2r La Mondiale | 20 |  | | Egan Bernal | Team INEOS | 29h39'07 | | | Team INEOS | | 88h23'26 |
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Posted on 31-03-2020 18:10
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Some rather pale moves made by the attackers today. Only one rider was able to get a gap on Poggio. It was Michelton's Greg Van Avermaet, but his move didn't last long as Bora lead the chase for Sagan after him.
Van Avermaet on the move
With no one in front at the top of the Poggio, it was clear everything will be decided after a sprint. Two domestiques were first at the top of the climb: Tratnik and Van Baarle, with Van Poppel in the third position.
On the downhill, Van Aert took control of the pack as the Jumbo train entered the via Roma in the first position. Van Aert was leading, followed by Grosu and Van Poppel, with Demare, Sagan and Matthews closely following them
After Grosu made his launch, it was still anybody's game. Demare seemed to have a small edge over Van Poppel, but Sagan and Matthews were not out of the game either
Demare wouldn't be Van Poppel's main concern in the closing meters though as the Frechman appeared to have made his move a bit early. It was Michale Matthews who made one last final amazing push, but it was too late to deny Van Poppel the win of his career!
Four way finish for La Primavera
Roosen celebrates after he sees his team-mate put his hands up
Results | 1. | | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo-Visma | 7h17'43 | | 2. | | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 3. | | Arnaud Démare | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 4. |  | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 5. |  | Eduard Michael Grosu | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 6. |  | Alexander Kristoff | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 7. | | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 8. | | Christophe Laporte | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 9. | | Sonny Colbrelli | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 10. | | Wout Van Aert | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 11. | | Matej Mohoric | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 12. | | Timo Roosen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 13. | | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 14. | | John Degenkolb | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 15. | | Dylan Teuns | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 16. | | Dylan Van Baarle | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 17. | | Matteo Trentin | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 18. | | Greg Van Avermaet | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 19. |  | Zdeněk Štybar | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 20. | | Jasper Stuyven | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. |
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Posted on 01-04-2020 01:07
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Groenewegen will surely not like that from his position on the couch at home
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Posted on 01-04-2020 07:26
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Van Poppel was well protected on the poggio and had a strong lead out from his team mates resulting in a fantastic victory!!
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Posted on 01-04-2020 18:16
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Turgis, Oss and S. Kragh Andersen put a very strong move late on in the race, but with Van Baarle and Van Aert in charge of the chase behind them their move had very little chance of making it to the line. Still, they were caught only as the race was about to reach its last kilometer
With the attackers caught, it was Jansen's time to shine as he launched Danny Van Poppel to yet another win, while getting himself a place on the podium in the meantime as well
Results | 1. | | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo-Visma | 5h04'19 | | 2. | | Andrea Vendrame | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 3. | | Amund Grøndahl Jansen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 4. | | Nikias Arndt | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 5. | | Marcel Kittel | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 6. | | Søren Kragh Andersen | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 7. | | Moreno Hofland | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 8. | | Sondre Holst Enger | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9. | | Daniel Oss | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 10. | | Wout Van Aert | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 11. | | Anthony Turgis | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 12. | | Mikel Aristi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 13. | | Timothy Dupont | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 14. | | Sean De Bie | Roompot-Charles | s.t. | | 15. | | Oliver Naesen | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 16. | | Jesus Herrada | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 17. | | Dylan Van Baarle | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 18. | | Dimitri Claeys | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 19. | | Yves Lampaert | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 20. | | Hugo Hofstetter | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
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Posted on 01-04-2020 18:24
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A very strong breakaway today and after all the cobblestones sectors and hills have been passed it was clear they had a real shot at actually making it to the finish line. With all the other big teams represented in the breakaway, it was up to EF and Jumbo to bring them back, but despite Van Aert, Jansen, Teunissen, Naesen and Bettiol's best efforts it was clear today it will be the breakaway's day.
None of the escapees managed to put in an strong enough attack to make the difference in the final kilometers so all was settled down in a sprint. It was Trek's Edward Theuns who crossed the line in first place, followed by Valverde and Le Gac. What a win could it have been for Valv!
Theuns denying Valverde a historical win
Results | 1. | | Edward Theuns | Trek - Segafredo | 5h03'13 | | 2. | | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 3. | | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 4. | | Davide Ballerini | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 5. | | Lukasz Wisniowski | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 6. | | Jurgen Roelandts | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7. | | Ivan Garcia Cortina | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 8. | | Laurent Pichon | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9. | | Daniel Oss | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 10. | | Dries Van Gestel | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 11. | | Frederik Backaert | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12. | | Oliver Naesen | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 1'01 | | 13. | | Jasper Stuyven | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 14. | | Nils Politt | Team Katusha- Alpecin | s.t. | | 15. | | John Degenkolb | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 16. | | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 17. | | Mike Teunissen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 18. | | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 19. | | Zdeněk Štybar | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 20. | | Greg Van Avermaet | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
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Posted on 01-04-2020 23:10
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Van Poppel's current form has definitely not gone by unobserved by his rivals and today they did their best to isolate him from his team - mates. And it worked as once the final flat part of the race, only Van Baarle and Van Aert were left with him in the main group.
As we were getting closer to the finish line the attacks started. All were successfully neutralized by Van Baarle and Van Aert, but once the final sprint started they had nothing left in their legs to help Van Poppel.
Danny seemed lost without his team - mates and didn't have the best starting position for the sprint, which result in him only finishing in fifth place. Ackermann, Kristoff and Matthews battled for the win in a very close finish, where Matthews barely edged Kristoff to claim a second important win this season after Paris - Nice.
It was a close one
Results | 1. | | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | 6h18'11 | | 2. | | Alexander Kristoff | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 3. | | Pascal Ackermann | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 4. | | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 5. | | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 6. | | Jasper Stuyven | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 7. | | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 8. | | Arnaud Démare | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 9. | | John Degenkolb | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 10. | | Zdeněk Štybar | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 11. | | Sonny Colbrelli | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 12. | | Greg Van Avermaet | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 13. | | Nils Politt | Team Katusha- Alpecin | s.t. | | 14. | | Sep Vanmarcke | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 15. | | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 16. | | Niki Terpstra | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 17. | | Wout Van Aert | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 18. |  | Stefan Küng | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 19. | | Mads Pedersen | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 20. | | Oliver Naesen | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. |
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Posted on 01-04-2020 23:50
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What is Groenewegen racing now Van Poppel gets the World Tour races?
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3 daagse was a result as expected  But a classy breakaway at E3  Would have been great to see Valverde at the top spot there.
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Posted on 02-04-2020 09:37
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rogvi97 wrote:
What is Groenewegen racing now Van Poppel gets the World Tour races?
Some stage races and flat classics are still his. It didn't make sense to still send him in these races now that Van Poppel is a good enough sprinter to contest for victories. It would be pretty hard to look after two leaders at the same time. So he hasn't lost much, just a couple of cobbled classics
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 02-04-2020 12:06
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2019: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/09zuO8c.png[/img-r] | C. Froome | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/ZmdywKZ.png[/img-r] | M. A. Lopez | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/gfILHqf.png[/img-r] | R. Bardet |
The races started with two flat stages that ended in mass sprints. There was nothing easy about those stages though as multiple crashes in the pack saw a lot of riders getting out of contention for the GC or even abandoning the race due to injuries.
As a result of this all bar one of the remaining 5 stages were won by breakaways. Jumbo were present in three of the breakaways and after Vingegaard failed short by a few centimeters in the fifth stage, a stage win finally came in the last one. Grosu and Zakarin were the last survivors of a large and strong breakaway and when it came down to a sprint between of them there was no question who would be the winner. With this win and some good placings in the first two stages, Grosu also won the points classification.
Grosu celebrating his first win for Jumbo
The only stage after the first two that wasn't won by a escapee was actually the queen stage of the race. None of the favorites was strong enough to put in an decisive attack though and we saw a sprint for the stage win. Geoghegan Hart was the first across the finish line in a photofinish with Lopez, Bardet and Buchmann. Another win for Geoghegan Hart after UAE. Did INEOS find the new British Tour de France winner?
A mountain sprint decided the GC
Stage by stage breakdown | | | Winner | | | Leader | | | S1 | | Fernando Gaviria |  | | Fernando Gaviria | | | S2 | | Elia Viviani | | | Elia Viviani | | | S3 | | Wilco Kelderman | |  | Dmitriy Strakhov |  | | S4 | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | | | S5 | | Dennis Van Winden |  | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | | | S6 | | Manuele Boaro | | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | | | S7 | | Eduard Michael Grosu | | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | |
Results | 1. | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Team INEOS | 30h36'46 | | 2. | | Miguel Angel Lopez | Lotto Soudal | + 4 | | 3. | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 6 | | 4. | | Vincenzo Nibali | Mitchelton-Scott | + 10 | | 5. | | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 6. | | David Gaudu | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 7. | | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 27 | | 8. |  | Louis Meintjes | Hagens Berman - Axeon | s.t. | | 9. | | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 39 | | 10. | | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 11. | | Sam Oomen | Movistar Team | + 1'04 | | 12. | | Fabio Aru | UAE Team Emirates | + 1'13 | | 13. | | Maximilian Schachmann | BORA - hansgrohe | + 2'04 | | 14. | | Egan Bernal | Team INEOS | + 3'29 | | 15. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 4'07 | | 16. | | Nairo Quintana | Mitchelton-Scott | + 4'23 | | 17. | | Thibaut Pinot | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 18. | | Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 4'40 | | 19. |  | Daniel Martin | UAE Team Emirates | + 4'51 | | 20. | | Giulio Ciccone | Trek - Segafredo | + 5'44 |
 | | Eduard Michael Grosu | Team Jumbo-Visma | 64 |  | | Gianluca Brambilla | Trek - Segafredo | 89 |  | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Team INEOS | 30h36'46 | | | Lotto Soudal | | 91h56'39 |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 02-04-2020 17:13
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2019: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/LZug8fd.png[/img-r] | J. Stuyven | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/gfILHqf.png[/img-r] | O. Naesen | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/s7CsjGM.png[/img-r] | S. Vanmarcke |
Falls, punctures and splits in the pack on the many cobbled sections saw a lot of natural selection being done before the decisive moments of the race. Last year's winner Jasper Stuyven was one of those affected as well as Sep Vanmarcke and Danny Van Poppel.
Jumbo was well represented in the main group
What was left from the pack after such a hard race split into two groups as the strongest 7 riders in the race would make up the final group that would fight for the win: Van Aert, Sagan, Lampaert, Van der Poel, Van Avermaet, Benoot and Terpstra. Going together with Sagan to the finish line would be a suicide mission and Van Aert knew this. As a result he tried to open the sprint early to surprise the others, but there was no surprising Peter Sagan today and the Slovakian champion took home the win.
A muddy Sagan takes the win
Results | 1. | | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | 5h38'08 | | 2. | | Yves Lampaert | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 3. | | Greg Van Avermaet | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 4. | | Mathieu Van der Poel | Corendon - Circus | s.t. | | 5. | | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 6. | | Niki Terpstra | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 7. | | Wout Van Aert | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 8. | | Zdeněk Štybar | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 29 | | 9. | | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 10. | | Nils Politt | Team Katusha- Alpecin | s.t. | | 11. | | Oliver Naesen | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 12. | | Mike Teunissen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 13. | | Philippe Gilbert | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 1'22 | | 14. | | Jelle Wallays | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 15. | | Dylan Van Baarle | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 16. | | Jens Debusschere | Team Katusha- Alpecin | + 3'03 | | 17. | | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 3'31 | | 18. | | Jonas Rickaert | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 19. | | Timo Roosen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 20. | | Damien Gaudin | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
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