More Polish succes in China. Gradek wins a shortened stage in China. The stage featured only one major climb as the first one was excluded due to bad weather. He finished solo in front of a reduced peloton of 36 riders. He also takes the leader's jersey from his teammate Bernas. Edited by Wilier on 01-09-2014 19:21
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More Polish succes in China. Gradek wins a shortened stage in China. The stage featured only one major climb as the first one was excluded due to bad weather. He finished solo in front of a reduced peloton of 36 riders. He also takes the leader's jersey from his teammate Bernas.
First climb and descent were neutralized but the speed was still high. About 10-20 were nearly dropped on the neutralized climb and there were some falls on the descent.
Buts wins the next stage in China. The stage featured some hills and the sprint was uphill as well, judging from the profile. The peloton was reduced to around 50 riders.
Dumoulin with the expected win. But Tvetcov did it again. Never heard of him before the USA PCC to be honest but he is really goign well this season beating a lot of strong riders in several races. Must be Romanians new cycling star.
Also nice to see Villella that high. Hope he will go to Garmin Cannondale next season.
And Gaimon with the first good results since San Luis, where he really impressed me.
As German it`s nice to see Zepuntke with another solid performance on uphill terrain just outside of the top10. Not sure about his contract but I'd like to see him with Bora or Stölting in PCT next season to make the next step.
Edited by roturn on 03-09-2014 08:54
Another sprint in China. Around 60 riders made it in the peloton today, due to a 5km climb halfway the race. It's Janorschke's first pro win (pro as in .1 or higher category). Edited by Wilier on 03-09-2014 19:05
The next German winning in China. One of my favourite teams even though Krieger left it for NetApp now.
Time that I also win the first stage with Thömel in my PCM career.