One in a Billion | Rise to the Summit
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Raziz |
Posted on 24-04-2017 09:11
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Great Giro for his first GT. |
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AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 24-04-2017 09:34
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Ripley |
Posted on 24-04-2017 13:56
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What a gap between the top two riders and the rest. Landa was too tough an opponent for the KOM jersey, sometimes it can be (too) easy to win the jersey, but sometimes you're up against strong competition, even more so at the Giro than the Tour, in my experience. Certainly a good chance of winning it in Spain if you go for it. |
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AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 24-04-2017 18:54
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Landa had lost a lot of time in the first week and half so he was allowed to be in all those breaks. He ended up winning three stages in the last week from the break and finished 11th in the GC!
The KOM in the Vuelta will definitely be a target. It depends finally on what role the team give me.
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 24-04-2017 20:35
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A successful first GT I reckon, though I haven't caught up with it entirely (going anti-chronological, though). Second in KoM is great, but the gap was big enough.
GC-wise, a strong showing from Meintjes. But two guys way better than the rest, obviously |
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AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 25-04-2017 05:07
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I got to wear the KOM leader's jersey, which was brilliant . Unfortunately, it was Landa who I was up agianst! (Silly AI wouldn't allow me to get into the breaks on stages 19 and 20)
Meintjes might have challenged for a podium had he not lost so much time in the first week. Jungels took it by virtue of his superior time-trialling, while Aru was the more consistent climber. Uran got to wear the Maglia Rosa for a couple of stages in the first week too.
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AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 03-05-2017 06:10
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After the excitement of the Giro, I was off to Switzerland for my first outing in the Tour de Suisse.
Meintjes was the designated leader again here. I was given a free role and I was eager to test my legs once more.
Stage 1 was the prologue where I was the best of Lotto, finishing 26 seconds behind stage winner Tony Martin.
Gilbert joined the break for us on Stage 2, so I decided to hang back in the pack. The gap to the break was controlled by the peloton who reeled them in on the flat before the last climb. I attacked on that same climb, pulling away from the pack. There was a counter and soon there were six of us out in front. Eventually, Rui Costa and Peter Sagan distanced the rest of us and the former claimed the stage. I finished 6th while Meintjes took 10th, part of the next group on the road. I was up to 5th in the GC and 1st in the U25s! Gilbert was leading the KOM standings.
Stage 3
I started (and ended) this stage wearing the White jersey. I was being protected on this stage, being the highest placed in our team! Gilbert was once again in the break, which, once again, was caught some way before the finish. The finish was uphill and I found myself in an excellent position in the final straight. I went for the win but was outsprinted to the line by Sagan.
(Me in the White Jersey)
(So close at the finish)
Stage 4 was flat. Beukens joined the break but it did not succeed. Gilbert sprinted to 10th place.
Stage 5 was similar to the last one. van Hoecke joined the break but they were pulled back. I was dropped with 10 km to go, losing nearly 7 minutes and falling to 9th in the GC. Meintjes finished 2nd on the stage and moved up to 2nd in the GC behind Pinot.
Stages 6, 7 and 8 were majorly flat and mostly uneventful for us. I stayed in the pack and out of trouble throughout.
Stage 9 was the 38km ITT which would decide the GC. I put in a decent time, finishing 15th on the day, but fell a place in the GC to 10th. Meintjes had a poor day, losing 4 minutes to stage winner Tony Martin, 2 minutes to Pinot and 90 seconds to eventual 2nd place Tony Gallopin. Our team leader would settle for 3rd in the GC. I won the U25 classification.
1 | Thibaut Pinot | Ag2r La Mondiale | 30h57'31 | 2 | Tony Gallopin | Stella Artois | + 1'36 | 3 | Louis Meintjes | Lotto Soudal | + 2'49 | 4 | Simon Yates | Astana Pro Team | + 3'23 | 5 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 3'25 | 6 | Ilnur Zakarin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 4'20 | 7 | Rui Costa | IAM Cycling | + 4'34 | 8 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 5'24 | 9 | Geraint Thomas | Astana Pro Team | + 5'39 | 10 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 6'10 |
Spoiler 11 | Tony Martin | Stella Artois | + 6'39 | 12 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 6'56 | 13 | Simon Spilak | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 7'53 | 14 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Europcar | + 8'23 | 15 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 8'45 | 16 | Mikel Landa | Team Katusha | + 8'49 | 17 | Alberto Contador | Astana Pro Team | + 10'02 | 18 | Wout Poels | Astana Pro Team | + 10'14 | 19 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Stella Artois | + 11'44 | 20 | Michael Matthews | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 12'36 | 21 | Peter Velits | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 14'24 | 22 | Andrew Talansky | Team Sky | + 14'39 | 23 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | + 14'46 | 24 | Warren Barguil | Stella Artois | + 14'54 | 25 | Tim Wellens | ESPN | + 16'03 | 26 | Davide Formolo | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 17'53 | 27 | Quentin Jauregui | Team Europcar | + 18'12 | 28 | Scott Ambrose | IAM Cycling | + 18'36 | 29 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 18'47 | 30 | Lars Boom | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 19'24 | 31 | Diego Ochoa | Colombia | + 21'02 | 32 | Anastasio Ania | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 21'29 | 33 | Jérémy Maison | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 22'05 | 34 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 22'12 | 35 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 22'26 | 36 | Tom Slagter | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 23'51 | 37 | Jordi Simón | Team Katusha | + 24'30 | 38 | Jonathan Castroviejo | TEAM Cepsa | + 24'58 | 39 | Serghei Tvetcov | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 25'09 | 40 | Carlos Barbero | TEAM Cepsa | + 25'12 | 41 | Yves Lampaert | Team Sky | + 26'02 | 42 | Zdenek Stybar | IAM Cycling | + 27'24 | 43 | Matteo Trentin | Team Sky | + 28'28 | 44 | Enrico Battaglin | IAM Cycling | + 28'50 | 45 | Joaquín Cacho | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | 46 | Sonny Colbrelli | Team Katusha | + 29'26 | 47 | Ben Hermans | Stella Artois | + 30'14 | 48 | Ian Stannard | Team Sky | + 30'20 | 49 | Patrick Müller | IAM Cycling | + 30'39 | 50 | Danny Van Poppel | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 30'48 | 51 | Luka Mezgec | MTN-Qhubeka | + 30'51 | 52 | Alexander Kristoff | MTN-Qhubeka | + 31'27 | 53 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 32'17 | 54 | Michael Woods | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 33'33 | 55 | Kevin Ledanois | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 34'03 | 56 | Michael Gogl | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 34'50 | 57 | Sebastian Langeveld | Team Katusha | + 35'21 | 58 | Bryan Coquard | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 35'35 | 59 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 35'40 | 60 | Nikias Arndt | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 35'44 | 61 | Laurens De Vreese | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 36'09 | 62 | Matteo Busato | TEAM Pirelli | + 36'15 | 63 | Fabio Duarte | Colombia | + 36'50 | 64 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Soudal | + 37'12 | 65 | Luke Rowe | Astana Pro Team | + 37'22 | 66 | Angelo Tulik | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 37'24 | 67 | Moreno Hofland | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 37'40 | 68 | Jasper Stuyven | Stella Artois | + 37'45 | 69 | Zamrat Bachurin | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 38'35 | 70 | Alessandro Tonelli | TEAM Pirelli | + 38'56 | 71 | Marc Sarreau | Team Europcar | + 39'22 | 72 | Mateusz Nowak | Colombia | + 39'28 | 73 | Juan José Lobato | TEAM Cepsa | + 39'34 | 74 | Joey Rosskopf | ESPN | + 40'59 | 75 | Edoardo Zardini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 41'35 | 76 | Niki Terpstra | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 41'45 | 77 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 78 | Ben Dyball | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 42'22 | 79 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 43'05 | 80 | Marco Haller | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 43'06 | 81 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Sky | + 43'24 | 82 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | + 43'50 | 83 | Edward Theuns | Lotto Soudal | + 44'02 | 84 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | + 44'55 | 85 | Damien Howson | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 46'16 | 86 | Paul Voss | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 46'20 | 87 | Allessio Bottura | TEAM Pirelli | + 46'47 | 88 | Wouter Wippert | IAM Cycling | + 47'44 | 89 | Maximilian Schachmann | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 48'09 | 90 | Adrien Petit | Team Europcar | + 48'27 | 91 | Philippe Gilbert | Lotto Soudal | + 48'32 | 92 | André Looij | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 48'43 | 93 | Luis Ángel Maté | Astana Pro Team | + 49'21 | 94 | Romain Combaud | Team Europcar | + 49'32 | 95 | Igor Antón | TEAM Cepsa | + 49'58 | 96 | Davide Martinelli | ESPN | + 50'17 | 97 | Fabio Sabatini | TEAM Pirelli | + 50'24 | 98 | Marco Coledan | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 50'55 | 99 | Davide Plebani | TEAM Pirelli | + 51'03 | 100 | Lucas Destang | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 52'11 | 101 | Jack Bobridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 52'38 | 102 | Victor Campenaerts | Stella Artois | + 52'50 | 103 | Francisco José Ventoso | Team Katusha | + 53'30 | 104 | Antonio Molina | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 53'58 | 105 | Rüdiger Selig | MTN-Qhubeka | + 54'10 | 106 | Adam Phelan | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 54'33 | 107 | Leonardo Pajuelo | IAM Cycling | + 54'44 | 108 | Simone Stortoni | TEAM Pirelli | + 54'46 | 109 | Lukas Spengler | ESPN | + 54'49 | 110 | Gaël Malacarne | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 54'52 | 111 | Campbell Zoricich | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 54'58 | 112 | Juan Sebastian Molano | Colombia | + 56'28 | 113 | Gianfranco Zilioli | TEAM Pirelli | + 56'40 | 114 | Hugo Houle | TEAM Cepsa | + 56'49 | 115 | Federico Pozzetto | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 57'27 | 116 | Sébastien Turgot | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 58'05 | 117 | William Barta | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 58'11 | 118 | Alexey Vermeulen | ESPN | + 58'16 | 119 | Calvin Watson | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 58'26 | 120 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | + 58'50 | 121 | Hayato Yoshida | Colombia | s.t. | 122 | Olaf Buekens | Lotto Soudal | + 58'52 | 123 | Elia Viviani | Team Sky | + 1h00'08 | 124 | Nikolay Mihaylov | TEAM Pirelli | + 1h00'21 | 125 | Patrick Gretsch | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h00'25 | 126 | Wesley Kreder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h01'06 | 127 | Stef Clement | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h01'07 | 128 | Gregorio Ibañez | Stella Artois | + 1h01'34 | 129 | Tom Bohli | ESPN | + 1h03'17 | 130 | Sieben Wouters | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h03'47 | 131 | Romain Bacon | Team Europcar | + 1h03'49 | 132 | Timo Roosen | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h04'10 | 133 | Jefferson Reátegui | Colombia | + 1h04'40 | 134 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Lotto Soudal | + 1h05'02 | 135 | Mark Sehested Pedersen | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 1h06'10 | 136 | Gert Joeaar | IAM Cycling | + 1h06'38 | 137 | Jasper De Buyst | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 1h07'23 | 138 | Mamyr Stash | Team Katusha | + 1h11'22 | 139 | Joseph Lewis | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 1h12'28 | 140 | Damien Gaudin | Team Sky | + 1h13'53 | 141 | Christopher Sutton | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h17'07 | 142 | Marco Tizza | Colombia | + 1h17'59 | 143 | Justin Oien | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h18'37 | 144 | Jay Thomson | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h21'08 | 145 | Marco Zanotti | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h23'02 | 146 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | + 1h28'29 | 147 | Milán Biró | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h28'51 | 148 | Alexey Lutsenko | Team Katusha | + 1h30'02 | 149 | Bryan Alaphilippe | Colombia | + 1h30'17 | 150 | Michael Freiberg | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h30'32 | 151 | Yelko Gomez | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h30'35 | 152 | Sebastian Mascaro | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h32'08 | 153 | Charles Herbert | Team Europcar | + 1h33'53 | 154 | Fariji Tahar | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h35'36 | 155 | Idalécio Ferreira Sousa | Astana Pro Team | + 1h42'09 | 156 | Kevyn Ista | ESPN | + 1h47'23 | 157 | Martin Velits | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h48'52 | 158 | Carl Jermail | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 2h05'12 | 159 | Riccardo Tito | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 2h09'42 | 160 | Mateo Popovic | ESPN | + 2h16'13 |
1 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | 44 | 2 | Tom Slagter | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 29 | 3 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | 27 | 4 | Tony Martin | Stella Artois | 20 | 5 | Danny Van Poppel | Orica-GreenEDGE | 20 |
1 | Thibaut Pinot | Ag2r La Mondiale | 0 | 32 | 2 | Tom Slagter | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 0 | 29 | 3 | Laurens De Vreese | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 0 | 26 | 4 | Philippe Gilbert | Lotto Soudal | 0 | 26 | 5 | Marco Haller | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 0 | 23 |
Young Riders Classification
1 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 31h03'41 | 2 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Stella Artois | + 5'34 | 3 | Quentin Jauregui | Team Europcar | + 12'02 | 4 | Scott Ambrose | IAM Cycling | + 12'26 | 5 | Diego Ochoa | Colombia | + 14'52 |
1 | Tinkoff-Saxo | 93h01'18 | 2 | Astana Pro Team | + 7'13 | 3 | Stella Artois | + 7'27 | 4 | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 21'27 | 5 | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 29'48 |
A good race for me picking up the U25s classification win and a top 10 in the GC. An even better race for Meintjes to build on a good Giro. Gilbert impressed too with his attacks into and from the break. The ITTs were a bit of a disappointment. That's something I'll need to work on in the days ahead. Signing off. We'll meet again in Austria...
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Raziz |
Posted on 03-05-2017 13:46
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That is a solid result! |
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AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 04-05-2017 05:17
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AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 06-05-2017 08:32
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Half the year's over! Wow, how time flies!
July will see me head off to Austria and then back to Spain for one stage race and a classic. First up, it was the Int. Osterreich Rundfahrt.
Internationale Osterreich Rundfahrt
I was chosen as the leader of the team for this race. With the field not as strong here, I sensed this could be a big opportunity for a high finish.
Stage 1
The first of two consecutive MTFs right off the blocks. I was being touted as one of the favourites for this stage! I stayed in the pack, keeping a close eye on stage and GC favourite Dan Martin throughout. When we reached the climb to the finish, the break had already been caught, I had one helper in Vliegen while Martin had two. The size of the group kept reducing till there were only 13 riders left with 4 km to go. At 2 km to go, I attacked out of the group along with six others but could not keep pace till the end. I ended up 6th, while Riccardo Zoidl won the stage. Martin had a bad day and lost more than two minutes.
Another MTF awaited us at the end of Stage 2. The story of the first part of the stage was similar to stage 1. Martin attacked at the base of the climb while Zoidl was dropped in the early kilometres. Martin was never sighted again till the finish. I was able to get away from the pack with Berhane and Mamykin in tow. We dropped Mamykin and then Berhane dropped me. I finished 3rd on the stage and moved up to 2nd in the GC!
1 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | 3h58'03 | 2 | Natnael Berhane | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 1'55 | 3 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 2'03 | 4 | Matvei Mamykin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 3'01 | 5 | Bart De Clercq | Stella Artois | + 3'13 |
Stage 3 was a reprieve from the climbing being mostly flat. Jesse Kerrison took 2nd place for us.
Stage 4 saw me lose time to the GC contenders as I was dropped on the final climb by the Martin group. Berhane overtook me in the GC, while Zoidl was back within touching distance.
Stage 5 was flat to begin with but my legs were bad by the time the climb to the finish came around. Both me and Berhane lost time as Zoidl moved up to 2nd, while I dropped to 3rd in the GC.
Stage 6 was one for the sprinters again. This time there would be no major result for us.
Stage 7 was the ITT which would decide the final standings. Martin had a substantial lead and despite losing more than 2 minutes to stage winner Zoidl, still maganed to keep the lead by over a minute. I finished 12th, lost a minute to Zoidl, but hung on to 3rd place in the GC.
Stage 8 was flat again and without incident. There was no change in the GC.
1 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | 28h17'25 | 2 | Riccardo Zoidl | A1 Telekom | + 1'03 | 3 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 5'09 | 4 | Lachlan Morton | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 5'31 | 5 | Natnael Berhane | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 7'31 | 6 | Brian Bulgac | IAM Cycling | + 7'51 | 7 | Alfredo Balloni | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 9'36 | 8 | Matvei Mamykin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 9'38 | 9 | Aidan van Niekerk | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 11'11 | 10 | Bart De Clercq | Stella Artois | + 11'26 |
Spoiler 11 | Benjamin Brkic | TEAM Pirelli | + 12'09 | 12 | Patrick Konrad | Bora - Argon 18 | + 13'03 | 13 | Gianni Meersman | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 17'09 | 14 | Pierre-Roger Latour | ESPN | + 18'13 | 15 | Sindre Lunke | Bora - Argon 18 | + 19'35 | 16 | Isaac Bolívar | Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | + 19'45 | 17 | Björn Thurau | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 21'09 | 18 | Alexey Vermeulen | ESPN | + 23'08 | 19 | Andrea Manfredi | Astana Pro Team | + 23'43 | 20 | George Preidler | IAM Cycling | + 24'31 | 21 | Jesper Hansen | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 24'59 | 22 | Luis Ángel Maté | Astana Pro Team | + 25'37 | 23 | Lorenzo Rota | Astana Pro Team | + 27'23 | 24 | Manuel Senni | Astana Pro Team | + 28'17 | 25 | Jack Bobridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 29'35 | 26 | Martin Schöffmann | Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | s.t. | 27 | Michael Schär | IAM Cycling | + 30'28 | 28 | Bastian Bürgel | Team Vorarlberg | + 31'52 | 29 | Nick Van Der Lijke | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 32'22 | 30 | Simon Geschke | Bora - Argon 18 | + 32'29 | 31 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 32'50 | 32 | Serge Pauwels | Stella Artois | + 33'33 | 33 | Martijn Keizer | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 33'42 | 34 | Gregor Mühlberger | Bora - Argon 18 | + 34'20 | 35 | Loïc Vliegen | Lotto Soudal | + 34'57 | 36 | Lennard Kämna | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 35'58 | 37 | Matteo Busato | TEAM Pirelli | + 36'05 | 38 | James Oram | Team Vorarlberg | + 37'01 | 39 | Samir Jabrayilov | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 37'07 | 40 | Kristof Vandewalle | Stella Artois | + 37'55 | 41 | Stanislau Bazhkou | Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | + 38'28 | 42 | Ivan Balykin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 40'23 | 43 | Davide Martinelli | ESPN | + 40'29 | 44 | Rayane Bouhanni | Stella Artois | + 41'28 | 45 | Michael Gogl | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 41'53 | 46 | Samuel Spokes | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 42'55 | 47 | Daryl Impey | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 43'08 | 48 | Antonino Parrinello | TEAM Pirelli | + 43'27 | 49 | Andrea Pasqualon | TEAM Pirelli | + 44'31 | 50 | Timo Roosen | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 44'46 | 51 | Marlon Gaillard | Alcatel | + 45'08 | 52 | Artem Nych | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 45'22 | 53 | Maximilian Schachmann | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 45'43 | 54 | Michael Woods | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 45'50 | 55 | Andrei Krasilnikau | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 46'12 | 56 | Pim Ligthart | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 46'18 | 57 | Shan Shuang | Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | + 46'52 | 58 | Luca Cappelli | A1 Telekom | + 47'33 | 59 | Jonas Bokeloh | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 48'10 | 60 | Logan Owen | ESPN | + 49'07 | 61 | Mauro Finetto | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 49'14 | 62 | Mieszko Bulik | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 49'32 | 63 | Julien Vermote | Stella Artois | + 50'26 | 64 | Zamrat Bachurin | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 50'42 | 65 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 50'43 | 66 | Jonas Koch | Bora - Argon 18 | + 52'21 | 67 | Gert Joeaar | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 68 | Magnus Bak Klaris | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 53'08 | 69 | Johannes Windischbauer | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 53'12 | 70 | Yoeri Havik | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 53'30 | 71 | Davide Plebani | TEAM Pirelli | + 54'19 | 72 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 54'43 | 73 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 54'57 | 74 | Marco Canola | Astana Pro Team | + 55'07 | 75 | Tesfom Okbamariam | A1 Telekom | + 55'15 | 76 | Giovanni Carboni | Astana Pro Team | + 55'19 | 77 | Damien Howson | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 55'59 | 78 | Jelle Mannaerts | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 56'00 | 79 | Maurits Lammertink | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 56'20 | 80 | Nils Politt | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 56'52 | 81 | William Barta | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 57'42 | 82 | Albert Timmer | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 57'58 | 83 | Nico Denz | A1 Telekom | + 58'02 | 84 | Niki Terpstra | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 58'12 | 85 | Jesse Kerrison | Lotto Soudal | + 58'19 | 86 | Campbell Flakemore | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 58'53 | 87 | Jasha Sütterlin | Stella Artois | + 59'05 | 88 | Matthias Krizek | A1 Telekom | + 59'07 | 89 | Til Schuster | Bora - Argon 18 | + 59'08 | 90 | Max Walscheid | Bora - Argon 18 | + 59'40 | 91 | James Shaw | TEAM Pirelli | + 59'49 | 92 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | + 1h00'39 | 93 | Emil Wang | Alcatel | + 1h00'49 | 94 | Frederik Dombrowski | A1 Telekom | + 1h01'48 | 95 | Nicolas Marini | Alcatel | + 1h01'56 | 96 | Emiel Planckaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1h02'15 | 97 | Tony Hurel | IAM Cycling | + 1h02'54 | 98 | Manuel Porzner | Bora - Argon 18 | + 1h03'14 | 99 | Danilo Wyss | IAM Cycling | + 1h03'30 | 100 | Peter Koning | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 101 | Jimmy Raibaud | Alcatel | + 1h03'38 | 102 | Patrick Müller | IAM Cycling | + 1h03'51 | 103 | Mitchell Docker | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h03'57 | 104 | Sébastien Turgot | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h04'08 | 105 | Olivier Naesen | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1h04'42 | 106 | Simone Consonni | TEAM Pirelli | + 1h05'22 | 107 | Lucas Gaday | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1h05'29 | 108 | Simone Andreetta | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 1h05'50 | 109 | Andreas Walzel | Team Vorarlberg | + 1h06'04 | 110 | Wesley Kreder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h06'05 | 111 | Sieben Wouters | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h06'30 | 112 | Gamal Jespersen | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 1h06'52 | 113 | Magnus Faglum | Astana Pro Team | + 1h07'04 | 114 | Maarten Wynants | ESPN | + 1h07'19 | 115 | Tom Devriendt | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1h07'48 | 116 | Felix Großschartner | Team Vorarlberg | + 1h07'50 | 117 | Flávio Cipriano | IAM Cycling | + 1h07'52 | 118 | Kevin Pauwels | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1h08'07 | 119 | Kristian Haugaard | Team Vorarlberg | + 1h08'15 | 120 | Jérôme Cousin | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 1h08'19 | 121 | Simone Stortoni | TEAM Pirelli | + 1h08'26 | 122 | Andreas Hyldgaard | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 1h09'08 | 123 | Jakub Mareczko | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 1h09'47 | 124 | Tom Boonen | Lotto Soudal | + 1h10'19 | 125 | Michel Koch | Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | + 1h10'23 | 126 | Clemens Fankhauser | Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | + 1h10'33 | 127 | Carl Soballa | Team Vorarlberg | + 1h10'47 | 128 | Federico Pozzetto | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 1h10'57 | 129 | Andreas Schillinger | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h11'05 | 130 | Bert De Backer | Stella Artois | + 1h11'41 | 131 | Feritcam Samli | Alcatel | + 1h12'00 | 132 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Lotto Soudal | + 1h12'05 | 133 | Julien El Fares | Alcatel | + 1h12'14 | 134 | Mario Stock | Team Vorarlberg | + 1h12'22 | 135 | Joaquím Durant | Alcatel | + 1h13'23 | 136 | Jordan Levasseur | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 1h14'06 | 137 | Aimé Moro | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 1h14'12 | 138 | Fabien Schmidt | Alcatel | + 1h15'20 | 139 | Marco Zanotti | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h15'57 | 140 | Maxime Vantomme | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1h16'40 | 141 | Roy Jans | Stella Artois | + 1h19'48 | 142 | Jan Ghyselinck | ESPN | + 1h20'06 | 143 | Thomas Moses | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h21'03 | 144 | Koen De Kort | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h21'25 | 145 | Roland Thalmann | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 1h23'16 | 146 | Marcel Huber | Team Vorarlberg | + 1h23'42 | 147 | Gianni Moscon | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h25'00 | 148 | Kobus Hereijgers | Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | + 1h25'20 | 149 | Dennis Vanendert | ESPN | + 1h28'18 | 150 | Louis Convens | ESPN | + 1h28'53 | 151 | Johannes Schinnagel | Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | + 1h30'00 | 152 | Steven Tronet | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 1h31'04 | 153 | Olaf Buekens | Lotto Soudal | + 1h31'41 | 154 | Michael Carbel | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 1h33'15 | 155 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Soudal | + 1h35'30 | 156 | Joaquín Cacho | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 1h35'33 | 157 | Kevin Peeters | Lotto Soudal | + 1h36'35 | 158 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 1h42'19 |
1 | Riccardo Zoidl | A1 Telekom | 56 | 2 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | 44 | 3 | Gianni Meersman | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 31 | 4 | Lachlan Morton | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 29 | 5 | Stanislau Bazhkou | Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | 26 |
1 | Aidan van Niekerk | Team Giant-Alpecin | 35 | 2 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | 32 | 3 | Riccardo Zoidl | A1 Telekom | 27 | 4 | Stanislau Bazhkou | Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | 22 | 5 | Lachlan Morton | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 17 |
Young Riders Classification
1 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 28h22'34 | 2 | Matvei Mamykin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 4'29 | 3 | Aidan van Niekerk | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 6'02 | 4 | Benjamin Brkic | TEAM Pirelli | + 7'00 | 5 | Pierre-Roger Latour | ESPN | + 13'04 |
1 | Tinkoff-Saxo | 85h25'25 | 2 | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 26'00 | 3 | Bora - Argon 18 | + 29'28 | 4 | IAM Cycling | + 29'31 | 5 | Astana Pro Team | + 36'19 |
A very good race for me personally, getting onto the GC podium for only the second time this season. I won the U25s competition again, which has become a happy habit off late. The team struggled with just one 2nd place to show for on stage 3. But they did a fine job protecting me in the mountains, so I can't complain at all.
Preuba Villafranca-Ordiziako Klasika
A have a bad history with this race, with the injury here two years ago. Yet, the profile suits me and I can't seem to stay away. How would it play out this time?
I was chosen as the leader for Lotto and was one the bookies' favourite for the overall win. I stayed int he pack till the break got caught and launched an attack on the last climb with Intxausti and Pello Bilbao, with 10 km to ride. We were caught with 6 km to go. I wasn't dropped in the run-in and I did have the legs to sprint at the end. But it wouldn't be enough. Incredibly, Bilbao, despite his previous effort rode off the front in the uphill finish and took the victory. Simon Clarke finished 6th for Lotto while I finished 9th.
1 | Pello Bilbao | Tinkoff-Saxo | 4h00'38 | 2 | Lachlan Morton | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 3 | Rubén Fernández | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 4 | Fabio Duarte | Colombia | s.t. | 5 | Romain Hardy | Cyanide | s.t. | 6 | Simon Clarke | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 7 | Beñat Intxausti | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | 8 | Julien Simon | Cyanide | s.t. | 9 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 10 | Haritz Orbe | Iberdrola | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Alfredo Balloni | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 12 | Hector Saez | Iberdrola | s.t. | 13 | Peter Stetina | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 14 | Marcos García | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | 15 | Håvard Blikra | Kaiku | s.t. | 16 | Sander Armee | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | 17 | José Gonçalves | LA Aluminios - Antarte | s.t. | 18 | Daniel Jaramillo | Colombia | s.t. | 19 | José Ramella | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 20 | Alexandre Geniez | ESPN | s.t. | 21 | Jesús Del Pino | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | 22 | Lars Van Der Haar | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | 23 | Marko Díaz | Colombia | s.t. | 24 | Alexander Krieger | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | 25 | David De la Cruz | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 26 | Rafael Valls | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | 27 | Jesús Ezquerra | Burgos - BH | s.t. | 28 | Marco Zanotti | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 29 | Daryl Impey | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 30 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Cyanide | s.t. | 31 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Kaiku | s.t. | 32 | Jan Polanc | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 33 | Juan Ignacio Perez | LA Aluminios - Antarte | s.t. | 34 | Miguel Angel Benito | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | 35 | José Vicente Toribio | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | 36 | Carlos Ribeiro | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 37 | Joey Rosskopf | ESPN | s.t. | 38 | José Mendes | Iberdrola | s.t. | 39 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | 40 | Daniel Eaton | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 41 | Sebastian Schönberger | Cyanide | s.t. | 42 | Alexandre Pliuschin | Kaiku | s.t. | 43 | Eugenio Moreno Rosillo | Iberdrola | s.t. | 44 | Matvei Mamykin | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 45 | Diego Rubio | Iberdrola | s.t. | 46 | Cristiano Salerno | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | 47 | Sérgio Pardilla | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 48 | Jesper Hansen | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 49 | Arnaud Gérard | ESPN | + 1'25 | 50 | Víctor de la Parte | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | 51 | Dennis Vanendert | ESPN | + 2'27 | 52 | Louis Convens | ESPN | s.t. | 53 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 54 | Cheng Ji | Kaiku | s.t. | 55 | Sylvain Chavanel | Cyanide | s.t. | 56 | Pierre Moncorge | Cyanide | s.t. | 57 | Peter Lenderink | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | 58 | Lukas Spengler | ESPN | s.t. | 59 | Logan Owen | ESPN | s.t. | 60 | Frederico Figueiredo | Iberdrola | s.t. | 61 | Salvador Moreno | Colombia | s.t. | 62 | Carlos Quintero | Colombia | s.t. | 63 | Jelle Wallays | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 64 | David Belda | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | 65 | Charly Petelin | Colombia | s.t. | 66 | Alberto Gallego | Iberdrola | s.t. | 67 | Jimmi Briceño | Burgos - BH | s.t. | 68 | Ricardo Pichetta | LA Aluminios - Antarte | s.t. | 69 | Rafael Infantino | Colombia | s.t. | 70 | Unai Intziarte | Kaiku | s.t. | 71 | David Rodrigues | LA Aluminios - Antarte | s.t. | 72 | Anthony Vandrepotte | Cyanide | + 4'22 | 73 | Manuel Sola | Burgos - BH | s.t. | 74 | Jefferson Reátegui | Colombia | s.t. | 75 | Alexander Geuens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 76 | Francisco Manuel Antón | Burgos - BH | s.t. | 77 | Juan Pablo Suarez | LA Aluminios - Antarte | s.t. | 78 | Christos Dimitriadis | LA Aluminios - Antarte | s.t. | 79 | Aitor Gurruchaga | Kaiku | + 5'36 | 80 | Jesse Kerrison | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 81 | Jasper Lindenbergh | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 6'37 | 82 | Gert-Jan Bosman | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | 83 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 84 | Juan José Iturraspe | Burgos - BH | s.t. | 85 | Martin Velits | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 86 | Hugo Pigeon | Cyanide | + 7'07 | 87 | Mario González | Burgos - BH | + 8'13 | 88 | Imanol Erviti | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 89 | Delio Fernández | Burgos - BH | s.t. | 90 | Anxo Gibanel | Kaiku | + 10'35 | 91 | Ibai Gorostidi | Kaiku | + 11'56 | 92 | Alexey Vermeulen | ESPN | + 12'38 | 93 | Gorka Ceballos | Iberdrola | s.t. | 94 | Denis Vasiliev | Burgos - BH | + 15'25 |
Another fine result for me and a better showing for the team with two top 10s. July has been a month to remember but not going to the Tour still is an irritation. Hopefully, next year this time, I'll be on the roads of France, leaving people in the dust in my first TDF outing.
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More excellent results. What was Lotto thinking not taking you to the TdF? Though being the leader in the Austria Tour is not too shabby and the podium finish looks good on the palmares. I wonder if they showed some highlights on Indian television, tough to compete with cricket! |
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Great racing in Austria
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@Ripley: Yup I agree. Riding the Tour would've been great. But I can't complain right now with the support the team has provided. Well the TDF is the only race shown live back home. I made the sports pages though. A miniscule article in the corner but atleast it's a start
@Tamijo: Thanks and I hope I can keep this up
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"Do you believe you can become the GC leader for Lotto in GTs?"
I was caught off-guard by the sudden question. I had just finished writing my latest entry into my journal. I turned around to see the team manager sitting in the next seat. We were on the plane to Poland. The Tour de Pologne would be starting in three days.
"Pardon me", I said. I wanted to make sure I had heard him correctly.
"How soon can you become GC leader for Lotto in GTs?"
I contemplated an answer as I thought of the right thing to say. If I jumped at the chance, maybe he would tell me that I was being greedy and needed to be better prepared than I was currently. If I said that it would be ready in the future, he might think I was backing away from the challenge.
The team manager seemed to realize my conundrum.
"The team management believes that we've seen enough good things from your riding to back you as our GT leader in the not too distant future. However, there are some things we'd like you to work on."
"I understand...", is all I could reply.
"We'll be changing your training methods following our visit to Poland. We want you to start concentrating on skills needed to excel in three week races. We are satisfied with the progress we've seen so far and believe that Abhishek Sinha and Lotto Soudal are a perfect fit to mount a GC challenge in GTs."
"I'll do my best", I said. "I won't let the team down."
"I'm glad. Now show us that we've made a correct decision with you. We'd like a little taste of the future in Poland." He smiled warmly and left to go back to his seat. I was literally beaming.
It was decided then, Lotto were going to push me as their GT leader in the not too distant future (hopefully). It was a wonderful feeling to know that the team had so much confidence in me and investing heavily towards my progression.
When I started the race in Poland, I felt like I had wings!
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Nice to see that the management have this much confidence, time to "claim" Poland
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A big month for me, probably the biggest for me since joining Lotto. The race in Poland is followed by the Vuelta later on in the month. Two huge chances for me to repay the faith shown in me by the team management.
I would lead Lotto in the GC here. The team wasn't very strong and I knew I would been my own mostly on the climbs.
Stage 1 was flat and for the sprinters. Geuens finished 10th for us.
Stage 2 was more of the same. A better result for Lotto with Stallaert finishing 6th and Geuens in 7th.
Stage 3 was a flat one too but there was disaster waiting for some riders. A huge crash half a dozen kilometres before the finish meant that half the field lost nearly two minutes to stage winner Gaviria. I stayed out of trouble while all favourites except Simon Yates and Leopold Konig lost time. Geuens finished 6th.
Stage 4 and the early break nearly caught out the peloton. We had to dig really deep and fly down the road to catch the break with just 2.5 km to go. The pack seemed to slow down for a few moments. I took my chance and attacked out of the peloton. With less than 2 km to go, I put everything into it and it paid off! My first win in a World Tour race!! I was up to 3rd in the GC.
The bookies put me down as one of the favourites for Stage 5. Buekens joined the break for us. This time the break was caught a long way from the finish. I followed the attacks of the other GC contenders but lost some time in the end. I finished 9th on the stage and moved down to 9th in the GC.
Stage 6 was another flat one with an undulating finish. The peloton were not able to catch the break, who won comfortably. The GC leaders finished in the main group and no there was no change.
Stage 7 was flatter still and the break won again.
1 | Gorka Izagirre | IAM Cycling | 28h47'48 | 2 | Simon Yates | Astana Pro Team | + 17 | 3 | Rigoberto Urán | TEAM Cepsa | + 36 | 4 | Leopold König | Astana Pro Team | + 40 | 5 | Kristijan Durasek | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 6 | Tanel Kangert | ESPN | s.t. | 7 | Adam Yates | Team Sky | s.t. | 8 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Stella Artois | + 54 | 9 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 1'14 | 10 | Jonathan Castroviejo | TEAM Cepsa | + 1'42 |
Spoiler 11 | Natnael Berhane | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 1'50 | 12 | Jan Barta | ESPN | + 2'20 | 13 | Pello Bilbao | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2'28 | 14 | Karel Hník | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 15 | Michał Paluta | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 3'04 | 16 | Vincenzo Nibali | Team Sky | + 3'38 | 17 | Lawson Craddock | ESPN | + 4'03 | 18 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 4'08 | 19 | Evgeny Shalunov | Team Katusha | s.t. | 20 | Bauke Mollema | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 21 | Rafał Majka | Team Sky | s.t. | 22 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Team Sky | s.t. | 23 | Carlos Ribeiro | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 4'42 | 24 | Jérémy Cornu | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 4'48 | 25 | Jesús Herrada | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | 26 | Thomas Moses | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 4'55 | 27 | Marcos García | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | 28 | Simon Spilak | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 29 | Maxim Belkov | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 5'06 | 30 | José Joaquín Rojas | Team Katusha | + 5'40 | 31 | Fernando Gaviria | MTN-Qhubeka | + 5'51 | 32 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | ESPN | + 6'29 | 33 | Adrien Petit | Team Europcar | + 6'39 | 34 | Rudy Kowalski | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 6'51 | 35 | Victor Lafay | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 6'52 | 36 | Julien Roux | Alcatel | + 6'53 | 37 | Elia Favilli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 7'20 | 38 | Bjørn Tore Nielsen Hoem | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 9'08 | 39 | Artem Nych | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 9'23 | 40 | Yelko Gomez | MTN-Qhubeka | + 9'25 | 41 | Kamil Małecki | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 9'41 | 42 | Jonas Gregaard | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 9'54 | 43 | Andrew Talansky | Team Sky | + 10'15 | 44 | Romain Guyot | Team Europcar | + 10'53 | 45 | Anthony Turgis | IAM Cycling | + 11'03 | 46 | Wesley Kreder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 11'11 | 47 | Gustav Hoog | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 11'22 | 48 | Ivan Balykin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 11'24 | 49 | Victor Campenaerts | Stella Artois | + 11'29 | 50 | Alexey Lutsenko | Team Katusha | + 11'33 | 51 | Rafael Valls | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | 52 | Manuel Senni | Astana Pro Team | + 11'46 | 53 | Jan Kovar | TEAM Pirelli | + 12'11 | 54 | Samuel Spokes | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 12'15 | 55 | Patrick Gretsch | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | 56 | Arnaud Gérard | ESPN | + 12'22 | 57 | Mohammed Mat Senan | TEAM Pirelli | + 13'01 | 58 | Nicolas Marini | Alcatel | + 13'02 | 59 | Nikias Arndt | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 13'10 | 60 | Maciej Paterski | MTN-Qhubeka | + 13'13 | 61 | Troels Ronning Vinther | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 13'44 | 62 | Flávio Cipriano | IAM Cycling | + 13'47 | 63 | Sebastian Lander | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 14'12 | 64 | Christopher Sutton | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 14'21 | 65 | Brenton Jones | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 14'25 | 66 | Francisco José Ventoso | Team Katusha | + 14'54 | 67 | Stefano Agostini | TEAM Pirelli | + 15'00 | 68 | Romain Combaud | Team Europcar | + 15'46 | 69 | Youcef Reguigui | Alcatel | + 15'52 | 70 | Raymond Kreder | MTN-Qhubeka | + 15'55 | 71 | Matthias Plarre | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 16'00 | 72 | Federico Zurlo | Team Katusha | + 16'16 | 73 | Lucas Destang | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 74 | Federico Pozzetto | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 16'46 | 75 | Jonas Bokeloh | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 16'54 | 76 | Antonino Parrinello | TEAM Pirelli | + 16'57 | 77 | Elia Viviani | Team Sky | + 17'12 | 78 | Zakkari Dempster | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 17'56 | 79 | Magnus Bak Klaris | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 18'18 | 80 | Alexander Geuens | Lotto Soudal | + 18'24 | 81 | Giovanni Carboni | Astana Pro Team | + 18'59 | 82 | Mads Würtz Schmidt | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 19'18 | 83 | Christophe Laporte | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 19'25 | 84 | Jonas Ahlstrand | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | 85 | Antoine Duchesne | Team Europcar | + 20'11 | 86 | Stef Clement | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 20'25 | 87 | Jasha Sütterlin | Stella Artois | + 20'27 | 88 | Ryan Mullen | Stella Artois | + 21'13 | 89 | Stig Broeckx | Lotto Soudal | + 21'34 | 90 | Joeri Stallaert | Lotto Soudal | + 21'54 | 91 | Jesper Asselman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 22'01 | 92 | Olaf Buekens | Lotto Soudal | + 22'29 | 93 | Adrian Aas Stien | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 23'20 | 94 | Tony Martin | Stella Artois | + 25'05 | 95 | Andrei Krasilnikau | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 25'09 | 96 | Jurgen van Diemen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 25'18 | 97 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | + 25'22 | 98 | Maciej Bodnar | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 25'31 | 99 | Jesse Kerrison | Lotto Soudal | + 26'50 | 100 | Davide Plebani | TEAM Pirelli | + 28'47 | 101 | Matteo Collodel | Astana Pro Team | + 29'05 | 102 | Christian Livieri | TEAM Pirelli | + 29'32 | 103 | Boris Vallée | Stella Artois | + 30'14 | 104 | Albert Timmer | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 30'17 | 105 | Matthew Goss | IAM Cycling | + 30'55 | 106 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Alcatel | + 31'17 | 107 | Marco Zanotti | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 32'39 | 108 | Jean-Lou Paiani | Team Europcar | + 33'19 | 109 | Cameron Wurf | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 35'22 | 110 | Rasmus Quaade | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 37'06 | 111 | Davide Martinelli | ESPN | + 37'45 | 112 | Jack Anderson | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 38'08 | 113 | Oczan Henrichs | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 39'41 | 114 | Fariji Tahar | MTN-Qhubeka | + 39'49 | 115 | Mitchell Docker | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 41'22 | 116 | Jonas Van Genechten | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 42'23 | 117 | Jakub Kaczmarek | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 42'35 | 118 | Andrea Piechele | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 43'48 | 119 | Carl Jermail | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 45'45 | 120 | Lorenzo Rota | Astana Pro Team | + 46'29 | 121 | Iltjan Nika | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 48'04 | 122 | Michael Carbel | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 52'06 | 123 | Emil Wang | Alcatel | + 58'21 | 124 | Marco Coledan | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 1h13'55 | 125 | Roger Kluge | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h14'59 | 126 | Martin Velits | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h19'22 | 127 | Cyril Lemoine | Alcatel | + 1h31'13 | 128 | Damien Monier | Team Europcar | + 1h31'57 |
1 | Gustav Hoog | Drapac Professional Cycling | 81 | 2 | Fernando Gaviria | MTN-Qhubeka | 74 | 3 | Elia Viviani | Team Sky | 72 | 4 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | ESPN | 66 | 5 | Simon Yates | Astana Pro Team | 61 |
1 | Julien Roux | Alcatel | 90 | 2 | Kamil Małecki | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | 74 | 3 | Romain Guyot | Team Europcar | 68 | 4 | Yelko Gomez | MTN-Qhubeka | 58 | 5 | Victor Campenaerts | Stella Artois | 48 |
Young Riders Classification
1 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Stella Artois | 28h48'42 | 2 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 20 | 3 | Michał Paluta | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 2'10 | 4 | Fernando Gaviria | MTN-Qhubeka | + 4'57 | 5 | Victor Lafay | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 5'58 |
1 | TEAM Cepsa | 86h28'54 | 2 | Team Sky | + 1'16 | 3 | ESPN | + 1'33 | 4 | Astana Pro Team | + 4'18 | 5 | IAM Cycling | + 4'42 |
Another high finish in the GC but no white jersey this time, Lopez pipping me to it by a mere 20 seconds. A huge first for me with my first win in a World Tour. A huge boost of confidence as I head on to the Vuelta. I hope I can do even better there.
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AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 13-05-2017 06:21
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Tamijo wrote:
Nice to see that the management have this much confidence, time to "claim" Poland
I couldn't 'claim' the entire race, but at least I claimed a stage win
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Ripley |
Posted on 13-05-2017 09:02
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Congrats on that first WT win. Looking forward to the Vuelta, I epect a podium finish at least. |
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Tamijo |
Posted on 13-05-2017 09:44
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first World Tour win ! Im sure not the last
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AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 13-05-2017 10:04
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@Ripley: Thanks and I hope I can live up to expectations in the Vuelta. The field is medium strength with a lot of riders having targeted the Giro and the Tour.
@Tamijo: That's exactly what I hope too
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