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| sutty68 |
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Posted on 12-01-2014 16:20
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 Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco: Stage 3
April 3rd, 2014
Vitoria is becoming somewhat of a traditional place for a stage finish in this race, with an appearance for a third consecutive year. Just like in past editions, the finish is reached from the fairly gentle slopes of Alto de Zaldiaran. Sprinters have tended to survive it in the past, but perhaps this is the year the GC contenders figure it's time to change that?
In an attempt to continue the task he embarked on during stage 1, Cazaux jumps with the breakaway. His companions - Marcus Burghardt and Michal Golas - easily overpower him, but an advantage of nine points going into the day still puts Cazaux in a provisional KoM lead after the first two climbs.
Thanks to good cooperation, the trio are still up front by a solid three minutes when entering the last 25 km of the stage. A stage win could be up for grabs, but it soon starts to come down when Costa goes crazy on the hill preceding Zaldiaran, trying to get back at Quintana.
His efforts are in vain, since the Colombian is among those responding. Koretzky brings everyone back a little while later.
More attacks follow when the actual climb is reached. Ulissi and Vandenbroeck in particular, make big pushes - but the peloton is kept intact all the way to the summit.
A dropped Cazaux gets shut down just before the top; preventing him from taking any final points. Unfortunate for him, since Golas takes another six points and climbs to first in the KoM classification.
On the descent, the peloton becomes a big mess of teams trying to organize themselves for a sprint finish. In the chaos, many forget that Golas and Burghardt are still up the road.
Their advantage remains as they close in on the final kilometer, but Ulissi is determined to bring them back and sets off again - this time with Kwiatkowski.
The two are clearly faster than the rest, and the gap starts to fall...
But it's way too late. Golas takes it for OPQS!
Kwiatkowski is a very superior third, with Ulissi running out of steam in the final meters. Neither Peter Sagan (46th) nor Philippe Gilbert (49th) were able to contend the sprint, surprisingly.
| 1 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | 3h52'52 | | 2 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 3 | Michał Kwiatkowski | La Pomme Marseille | + 14 | | 4 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 5 | Samuel Sánchez | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 11h07'21 | | 2 | Rui Costa | Lampre - Merida | + 31 | | 3 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Sharp | + 33 | | 4 | Michał Kwiatkowski | La Pomme Marseille | + 40 | | 5 | Roman Kreuziger | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | + 41 |
Points
| 1 | Michał Kwiatkowski | La Pomme Marseille | 44 | | 2 | Rui Costa | Lampre - Merida | 37 | | 3 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 32 |
King of the Mountains
| 1 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | 18 | | 2 | Pierre Cazaux | La Pomme Marseille | 13 | | 3 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | 12 |
U25
| 1 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 11h07'21 (1) | | 2 | Michał Kwiatkowski | La Pomme Marseille | + 40 (2) | | 3 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | + 50 (3) |
Team
| 1 | Lampre - Merida | 33h29'27 (1) | | 2 | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | + 30 (2) | | 3 | La Pomme Marseille | + 4'48 (3) |
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Posted on 12-01-2014 16:36
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Posted on 12-01-2014 20:15
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Kwiatek showing off his all-around ability
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Posted on 12-01-2014 20:40
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Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco: Stage 4
April 4th, 2014
No changes were made between the favourites yesterday, so they must be saving themselves for these final days. First up is this typical Pais Vasco-stage, with a bunch of steep hills - topped with an uphill finish in Altsasu.
A reduced group contesting the stage win is likely what we'll see. The category 1 'La Cadena' might look close enough to the final ramp to instigate attacks, but it is in fact more than 20 km on flat terrain. Any attempts from long range are likely to be swept up by a chasing peloton.
The - among the Basque fans - increasingly popular Pierre Cazaux once again features in the group that escapes right from the start of the stage. Just like previously, he picks up a few points here and there - despite being unable to compete with the other members of the breakaway.
On the fourth climb of the day, he is forced to let go for good and drops back to the peloton, while Igor Antón (16th GC!), Ben Hermans and Enrico Barbin race away.
Shortly afterwards, Antón goes on to drop Hermans and Barbin as well - placing him in a solo lead with 40 km to the finish. It's unfortunate for Cazaux, since the OPQS rider also claims the next climb and pulls on the KoM jersey with 40 points, against Cazaux's 29 and Barbin's 28.
That competition is surely far from over, though!
The favourites have done nothing up to this point, but Gilbert looks keen to change that with an attack halfway up La Cadena. The former world champion is no threat to Quintana's GC lead, but the Colombian is forced to follow when Nibali also makes a move.
They sit up, so Sagan and Ulissi try instead. Barbin is caught in the meantime; leaving Antón as the only remaining breakaway member.
Sagan has been almost invisible thus far in the race, but it seems like that's set to change today. Ulissi pops before the summit, while the Slovakian sets off in pursuit of Antón by himself.
The main field isn't exactly going slow either. La Cadena reduced the group to a mere 45 riders - with 3rd overall Hesjedal and 9th Vandenbroeck caught in a second peloton, a minute behind!
Back at the front, Sagan catches up with Antón - only to be run down by a chasing Movistar train. Unwilling to recover and wait for the final dash, he immediately stomps on the pedals with a new attack.
Simon Gerrans, Samuel Sánchez and Aleksandr Kolobnev tag along, and Quintana's domestiques are struggling to contain them!
With the gap still stuck at 30+ seconds at the bottom of the final hill, Kwiatkowski takes the matter into his own hands. With Hesjedal way down the road, the Polish rider could be looking at a podium spot in the overall tonight!
Or maybe even more than that - Kwiatkowski is gone!
Sagan leads into the final kilometer, stressed by an approaching Kwiatkowski. Gerrans is meanwhile losing contact with the other three.
It looked like his form was completely off ahead of the Ardennes, but it appears that Peter Sagan is right where he wants to be. Victory for Cannondale!
A total of 16 riders finish 10 seconds back. Kwiatkowski made his strike a bit early, which allows Nibali to lead the other favourites back in the final kilometer.
The day's losers - Hesjedal and Vandenbroeck - finish at two minutes, causing them to tumble down the overall standings.
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Cannondale Pro Cycling | 4h03'19 | | 2 | Samuel Sánchez | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | + 10 | | 3 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 4 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 5 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 6 | Rui Costa | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 7 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 8 | Roman Kreuziger | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 9 | Michał Kwiatkowski | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 10 | Simon Gerrans | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 12 | Andy Schleck | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 13 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 14 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 15 | Carlos Betancur | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 16 | Simone Ponzi | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 17 | Pieter Weening | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 18 | Robert Gesink | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 36 | | 19 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 20 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 44 | | 21 | Simon Spilak | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 22 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 23 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 24 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre - Merida | + 54 | | 25 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 26 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 27 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 28 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 29 | Esteban Chaves | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 30 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 31 | Igor Antón | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | s.t. | | 32 | David López | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 33 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 34 | Mikel Nieve | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 35 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 36 | Pablo Urtasun | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 37 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 38 | Darwin Atapuma | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 39 | Bob Jungels | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 40 | Ian Stannard | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 41 | Luis León Sánchez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 42 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 43 | Haimar Zubeldia | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 44 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 1'16 | | 45 | Lachlan Morton | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 46 | Clément Koretzky | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 47 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 48 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Sharp | + 2'14 | | 49 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 2'20 | | 50 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 15h10'50 | | 2 | Rui Costa | Lampre - Merida | + 31 | | 3 | Michał Kwiatkowski | La Pomme Marseille | + 40 | | 4 | Roman Kreuziger | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | + 41 | | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 50 | | 6 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 7 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 8 | Carlos Betancur | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'14 | | 9 | Andy Schleck | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 10 | Pieter Weening | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1'28 |
Points
| 1 | Michał Kwiatkowski | La Pomme Marseille | 51 | | 2 | Rui Costa | Lampre - Merida | 47 | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | 41 |
KoM
| 1 | Igor Antón | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | 40 | | 2 | Pierre Cazaux | La Pomme Marseille | 29 | | 3 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | 28 |
U25
| 1 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 15h10'50 (1) | | 2 | Michał Kwiatkowski | La Pomme Marseille | + 40 (2) | | 3 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | + 50 (3) |
Team
| 1 | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | 45h40'24 (1) | | 2 | Lampre - Merida | + 14 (2) | | 3 | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 6'53 (3) |
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Posted on 13-01-2014 16:00
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Exciting race. Sagan really deserved the win, though |
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Posted on 13-01-2014 16:33
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Another nice top ten finish from Michal |
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Posted on 13-01-2014 22:01
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Why is Belkin highlighted in blue? Did I miss something? 
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Posted on 13-01-2014 22:51
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What an intense race. Brave effort by Antón, Sagan and Kwiatkowski. At least Kwiatkowski got rewarded with a place on the podium for now.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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Posted on 19-01-2014 20:14
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Pais Vasco is going really well! Kwiat is really doing so well this year and of course its partly due to the master tactician controlling him in the races
La Pomme has long been one of my favourite stories on the site, and its probably the story I take the most inspiration from, thanks for keeping it going all this time! Hopefully it can continue for a long while still!
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Posted on 19-01-2014 21:15
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A tough week at school plus a short trip away from my PCM computer over the weekend has prevented me from reporting for a few days. After that little delay, here's finally the final mountain stage!
547984 - We've been third in the team ranking every day since the start, so I accidently coloured them - thinking that we were still 3rd 
valv321 - Thanks man, it's always good to hear from you! I'm hoping to keep this going for at least this season. After that, it's going to depend on how much free time school allows me
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Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco: Stage 5
April 5th, 2014
With the exception of Hesjedal and Vandenbroeck falling out of the overall top 10 yesterday, not much has changed since Quintana claimed the race lead on the second stage.
For the other pre-race favourites, it is currently looking like a race for 2nd, but a good day today could easily see strong timetriallists like Kwiatkowski and Nibali spring back into contention - given that Quintana tends to lose quite a bit of time on flat time trial courses.
One man has really won the hearts of the Basque fans during the events of this race: Pierre Cazaux. After struggling in breakaway after breakaway, the French-Basque rider is hoping to finally get his hands on the polkadot jersey today.
Unfortunately, his dream is shattered right from the start of the stage. A starting position at the very back of the peloton causes him to miss the first attacks, and subsequently - the day's breakaway. He initially tries to bridge across to the 8-man group, but eventually realises it's not going to happen, and drops back to the main field.
Those responsible for spoiling the party for him are: Lachlan Morton, Paolo Tiralongo, Alberto Losada, Xabier Zandio, Thomas De Gendt, Pierrick Fédrigo and Marcus Burghardt.
After that early drama, the stage cools down and goes slow until just before the summit of the day's second climb - where Nibali puts pressure on Quintana with a surprising attack.
Even though the finish is more than 30 km away and Movistar still have their entire squad around, the yellow jersey decides to take the bait and follow.
Kreuziger, Schleck and Niemiec join the action too; creating an escape group that actually pulls away from a chasing peloton.
However even for a powerhouse like that, it's just not possible to go at the same speed as the main field when the descent flattens out. The question now is: will those 15 km of intense effort impact them on the final climb?
Apparently not. Kreuziger immediately attacks on the 10% gradient that marks the start of Alto de Arantzazu, and Quintana is among those responding.
Or did I speak too soon? 4th overall Kreuziger pulls away with 2nd placed Costa, and it's Betancur - not Quintana - who seems most keen to chase!
Possibly just tactics between the two Colombians. Betancur takes the rest of the favourites, including Quintana, across to Kreuziger and Costa - who have caught all breakaway members except Zandio and Losada.
Into the final 3 km, and Betancur goes again - this time with Quintana.
They get nowhere, so Kwiatkowski jumps on the pedals instead.
This acceleration is far more concentrated, and gaps start to appear all over the place! Quintana, Betancur and Nibali are the only ones that seem capable of following, as Kreuziger pops after trying to tag along too.
A few hundred meters up ahead, Losada beats Zandio for the stage win. The two attacked at just the right moment - when Betancur closed Kreuziger and Costa's gap - and managed to hold their advantage all the way.
22 seconds later, Kwiatkowski crosses the line - having detached everyone except Quintana from his wheel. The other favourites are scattered over small groups with non-major gaps between them.
| 1 | Alberto Losada | Katusha Team | 2h20'24 | | 2 | Xabier Zandio | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 3 | Michał Kwiatkowski | La Pomme Marseille | + 22 | | 4 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 5 | Rui Costa | Lampre - Merida | + 33 | | 6 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 7 | Carlos Betancur | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 8 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 9 | Roman Kreuziger | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 10 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | + 44 | | 12 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 13 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | | 14 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 15 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 16 | Andy Schleck | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 17 | Lachlan Morton | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 18 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 19 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | + 59 | | 20 | Simon Spilak | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 21 | Samuel Sánchez | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 22 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 23 | Thomas De Gendt | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | s.t. | | 24 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 25 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 26 | Darwin Atapuma | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 27 | Pieter Weening | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 28 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 29 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 30 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 31 | Igor Antón | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | s.t. | | 32 | David López | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 33 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 34 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 35 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 36 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | s.t. | | 37 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | + 1'25 | | 38 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 39 | Luis León Sánchez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 40 | Jesús Hernández | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 41 | Ivan Basso | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 42 | Bob Jungels | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 43 | Clément Koretzky | La Pomme Marseille | + 2'00 | | 44 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 2'08 | | 45 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 2'53 | | 46 | Robert Gesink | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 47 | Peter Sagan | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 48 | Mikel Nieve | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 49 | Haimar Zubeldia | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 50 | Esteban Chaves | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 17h31'36 | | 2 | Michał Kwiatkowski | La Pomme Marseille | + 40 | | 3 | Rui Costa | Lampre - Merida | + 42 | | 4 | Roman Kreuziger | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | + 52 | | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 1'01 | | 6 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1'12 | | 7 | Carlos Betancur | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'25 | | 8 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | + 1'27 | | 9 | Andy Schleck | Trek Factory Racing | + 1'36 | | 10 | Pieter Weening | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2'05 |
Points
| 1 | Michał Kwiatkowski | La Pomme Marseille | 67 | | 2 | Rui Costa | Lampre - Merida | 59 | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | 51 |
KoM
| 1 | Igor Antón | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | 40 | | 2 | Pierre Cazaux | La Pomme Marseille | 29 | | 3 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | 28 |
U25
| 1 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 17h31'36 (1) | | 2 | Michał Kwiatkowski | La Pomme Marseille | + 40 (2) | | 3 | Carlos Betancur | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'25 (3) |
Team
| 1 | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | 52h43'52 (1) | | 2 | Lampre - Merida | + 14 (2) | | 3 | Astana Pro Team | + 7'10 (3) |
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Posted on 19-01-2014 21:30
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Kwiatek might get this in the TT.  |
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Posted on 19-01-2014 21:51
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Great stuff from Kwiatek there in the Basque Country. A top ten on every stage so far, so his high overall and points positions are very deserved! Hopefully he can finish off the good work and win the race. Depends whether he can keep within touching distance of Quintana on the next stage.
Kudos for the great reports as always Pelli, brilliant quality. Can't wait to see how the team does moving forward, first in the Ardennes and then the Giro. |
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Posted on 19-01-2014 22:36
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Just 40s from winning the race, Good Luck in the final stage |
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Posted on 19-01-2014 22:44
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Nice work utilizing the gap!
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Posted on 19-01-2014 22:49
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Kwiatowski once more impressive, just couldn't drop Quintana. Alas, here's to another try tomorrow.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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Posted on 20-01-2014 16:20
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Thank you very much, everyone!
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Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco: Stage 6
April 6th, 2014
9 kilometers against the clock is all that remains here in the Basque Country. Most of them are flat, but there are a few hundred meters of uphill shortly after the intermediate time check halfway through.
That part of the course will definitely play into the hands of the climbers, but will it be enough for Quintana to defend the jersey he has been wearing for the past days?
Early in the day, it looked like we were up for an interesting run for the stage win - with those anticipated to be among the fastest all posting times of more or less the same strength.
One man would eventually kill the suspense completely, however. Clocking a time that would eventually put him a ludicrous 20 seconds clear of runner-up Tejay Van Garderen, Tony Martin added yet another win to his palmares.
As we approach the top of the general classification and the final remaining riders, it is surprisingly one disappointing performance after another. Along with the aforementioned Van Garderen; Ryder Hesjedal is the only rider who started in the top 20 overall that sits in a provisional top 10 spot with only two riders left to complete the race.
In other words, a disappointing stage from all those who could theoretically have made it onto the podium today. Costa therefore secures a podium, making Ulissi's move past Betancur the only change among the top 10 so far.
But enough of that, as Kwiatkowski gets to the finish. Fouth place so far, 23 seconds slower than Martin. Really nothing special, but much better than all of his closest rivals. Now, what will Quintana do?
The timer keeps ticking, and it's a fairly weak time from Quintana. He's not even in the top 50 on the stage, but with a deficit of 52 seconds to Martin - the Colombian has done what he needed to.
With a margin of 11 seconds, Nairo Quintana is the overall winner!
| 1 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | 11'41 | | 2 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 20 | | 3 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Team Giant - Shimano | + 21 | | 4 | Michał Kwiatkowski | La Pomme Marseille | + 23 | | 5 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | + 26 | | 6 | Bob Jungels | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 7 | Adriano Malori | Movistar Team | + 28 | | 8 | Peter Sagan | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 29 | | 9 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Sharp | + 30 | | 10 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 31 |
Spoiler | 11 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 12 | Simon Spilak | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 13 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 14 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 15 | Roman Kreuziger | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 16 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Sharp | + 32 | | 17 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | + 34 | | 18 | Rui Costa | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 19 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Katusha Team | + 35 | | 20 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 21 | Luke Durbridge | Orica - GreenEdge | + 36 | | 22 | Robert Gesink | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 23 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | | 24 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre - Merida | + 37 | | 25 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 26 | Ian Stannard | Sky Procycling | + 38 | | 27 | Simon Gerrans | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 28 | Pieter Weening | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 29 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ.fr | + 39 | | 30 | Moreno Moser | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 40 | | 31 | Thomas De Gendt | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | s.t. | | 32 | Johan Le Bon | FDJ.fr | + 41 | | 33 | Brett Lancaster | Orica - GreenEdge | + 42 | | 34 | Luis León Sánchez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 35 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | + 43 | | 36 | David López | Sky Procycling | + 44 | | 37 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 38 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | s.t. | | 39 | Nick Van der Lijke | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 45 | | 40 | Michael Valgren Andersen | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 41 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 42 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Team Giant - Shimano | + 46 | | 43 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 44 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 45 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | + 47 | | 46 | Ben Hermans | BMC Racing Team | + 48 | | 47 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | + 50 | | 48 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | + 51 | | 49 | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | + 52 | | 50 | Lachlan Morton | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 51 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 52 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 17h44'09 | | 2 | Michał Kwiatkowski | La Pomme Marseille | + 11 | | 3 | Rui Costa | Lampre - Merida | + 24 | | 4 | Roman Kreuziger | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | + 31 | | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 40 | | 6 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | + 57 | | 7 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | + 1'21 | | 8 | Carlos Betancur | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'28 | | 9 | Andy Schleck | Trek Factory Racing | + 1'43 | | 10 | Pieter Weening | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1'51 |
Spoiler | 11 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Sharp | + 2'52 | | 12 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 3'03 | | 13 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | + 3'06 | | 14 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | + 3'18 | | 15 | Igor Antón | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | + 4'11 | | 16 | Robert Gesink | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 5'30 | | 17 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | + 5'59 | | 18 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 6'10 | | 19 | Clément Koretzky | La Pomme Marseille | + 6'34 | | 20 | Simon Spilak | Katusha Team | + 6'53 | | 21 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre - Merida | + 6'54 | | 22 | Samuel Sánchez | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | + 7'01 | | 23 | Ivan Basso | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 7'06 | | 24 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | + 7'17 | | 25 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ.fr | + 7'56 | | 26 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | + 7'57 | | 27 | David López | Sky Procycling | + 8'05 | | 28 | Bob Jungels | Trek Factory Racing | + 8'13 | | 29 | Darwin Atapuma | BMC Racing Team | + 8'16 | | 30 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | + 8'18 | | 31 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | + 8'21 | | 32 | Luis León Sánchez | Movistar Team | + 8'29 | | 33 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | + 8'39 | | 34 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 8'47 | | 35 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Team Giant - Shimano | + 9'06 | | 36 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | + 9'41 | | 37 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 9'43 | | 38 | Alberto Losada | Katusha Team | + 9'44 | | 39 | Peter Sagan | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 9'48 | | 40 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | + 10'01 | | 41 | Esteban Chaves | Orica - GreenEdge | + 10'18 | | 42 | Jesús Hernández | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | + 10'45 | | 43 | Xabier Zandio | Sky Procycling | + 11'02 | | 44 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 11'06 | | 45 | Haimar Zubeldia | Trek Factory Racing | + 11'08 | | 46 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Sharp | + 11'23 | | 47 | Simon Gerrans | Orica - GreenEdge | + 11'24 | | 48 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ.fr | + 11'29 | | 49 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Katusha Team | + 12'04 | | 50 | Alexandre Geniez | FDJ.fr | + 12'11 | | 51 | Thomas De Gendt | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | + 12'18 | | 52 | Francis Mourey | FDJ.fr | + 12'21 | | 53 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | + 12'23 | | 54 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | + 12'42 | | 55 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | + 12'44 | | 56 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | + 12'46 | | 57 | Rafael Valls | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 58 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Katusha Team | + 12'47 | | 59 | Moreno Moser | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 12'57 | | 60 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 12'59 | | 61 | Lachlan Morton | Garmin - Sharp | + 13'29 | | 62 | Adriano Malori | Movistar Team | + 13'59 | | 63 | Maciej Paterski | Lampre - Merida | + 14'00 | | 64 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto-Belisol | + 14'19 | | 65 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | + 14'26 |
Points
| 1 | Michał Kwiatkowski | La Pomme Marseille | 75 | | 2 | Rui Costa | Lampre - Merida | 59 | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | 51 | | 4 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 49 | | 5 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | 37 |
KoM
| 1 | Igor Antón | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | 40 | | 2 | Pierre Cazaux | La Pomme Marseille | 29 | | 3 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | 28 | | 4 | Ben Hermans | BMC Racing Team | 20 | | 5 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | 19 |
U25
| 1 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 17h44'09 (1) | | 2 | Michał Kwiatkowski | La Pomme Marseille | + 11 (2) | | 3 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | + 1'21 (3) | | 4 | Carlos Betancur | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'28 (4) | | 5 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 3'03 (5) |
Team
| 1 | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | 53h20'48 (1) | | 2 | Lampre - Merida | + 18 (2) | | 3 | Astana Pro Team | + 6'57 (3) | | 4 | Movistar Team | + 8'05 (4) | | 5 | Garmin - Sharp | + 8'46 (5) |
Edited by Pellizotti2 on 21-01-2014 15:14
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 20-01-2014 16:48
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Michal put in a Great TT to guarantee himself the Runners up spot on the GC |
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| 547984 |
Posted on 20-01-2014 22:13
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11 seconds, that's a shame, but at least he took home to points jersey!
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