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| Re Leone |
Posted on 09-08-2014 16:59
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| Re Leone |
Posted on 09-08-2014 17:00
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Stage 4 | De Panne › De Panne, 14.7 km
An unpleasant wink was Grimshaw his biggest feat of arms today as he passed by the team bus on his way to the hotel. I couldn’t say I would miss the Australian.
“Just stay on your darned bike.” Was the message The Mole send me out with. Not much I could disagree with there. Didn’t mean I would just cruise through this stage though. With Taylor Phinney I would have an excellent reference point to see how I held up against a real specialist on the flat. With a mostly straight roads I could go all out without taking too much risks.
Prospect weren’t too good when I crossed the halfway point as 10th on the day 35 seconds behind Taylor Phinney. (Although 7 seconds behind Kristof Vandewalle so it was mostly the American who was blowing the field away.)
With the final 5km completely straight I picked the biggest gear I could pick and hammered away. It would proof of little use as I crossed the finish as 19th a good 1’02 behind Phinney. (21 seconds behind second placed Cornu though and 9 seconds behind Vandewalle.) The young American today showed us the difference between class and world class, which was good enough to overtake Boy in the GC, but he would still finish second to me in both the general and youth classifications. Another two jerseys to add to my collection!
| 1 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | 14'35 | | 2 | Dominique Cornu | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 41 | | 3 | Ion Izagirre | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 4 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 43 | | 5 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | + 45 | | 6 | Paul Voss | Giant - Shimano | + 47 | | 7 | Peter Velits | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 8 | Daan Olivier | Giant - Shimano | + 53 | | 9 | Johan Le Bon | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 10 | Kristof Vandewalle | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | - | | 19 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 1'02 |
| 1 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | 10h44'02 | | 2 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 1'30 | | 3 | Boy Van Poppel | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 2'34 | | 4 | Ion Izagirre | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 2'57 | | 5 | Dominique Cornu | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 6 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 2'59 | | 7 | Peter Velits | BMC Racing Team | + 3'03 | | 8 | Kristof Vandewalle | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 3'09 | | 9 | Johan Le Bon | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 10 | Tim Wellens | BMC Racing Team | + 3'17 |
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Posted on 09-08-2014 17:41
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Brugge › Oudenaarde, 259.1 km
With our great spring campaign on Belgian grounds so far, morale was sky high within the team for Flanders Finest. We would be aiming for the win with Fabian Cancellara, but personally I was confident about improving on my 17th place from last year as well.
As per usual the first half of the race moved along peacefully, even our first passing of the Oude Kwaremont went by relatively calm. It was on the 3rd hill of the day the Eikenberg that all hell broke loose as BMC suddenly placed themselves at the head of the peloton and upping the pace. By sheer luck we had our entire team in the first half of the peloton as the pack was split in two. Biggest victim in the form of Omega Pharma as both Boonen and Terpstra missed the shift. Reason enough for Fabian to command us to join BMC push the pace even more.
With Elmiger, Boy van Poppel and Rast emptying their legs over the next few K’s, another major shifting took place as the peloton was reduced to a mere 30 men. Biggest victims this time were Stybar, Boom, Langeveld, Gatto, Roelandts and Sagan! Cue for Danny van Poppel and I to join the front and finish off the world champion with still over 120km left.
We managed to keep up our effort until the second passing of the Oude Kwaremont with about 55km left to go in the race. Our lead on Sagan and the other chasers grown to just over 3 minutes. This didn’t keep Stijn Devolder from upping the pace even more on the Kwaremont which would proof too much for many as Stijn, Fabian and Jesper Stuyven left the rest of the field behind as they caught on to the early breakaway! Leaving me in a group with the likes of Degenkolb, Van Avermeat, Vanmarcke and Thomas.
It was after the Paterberg that Degenkolb attacked in search of the leading group with Van Avermaet quickly following. I had to show some real grit to follow the two at a distance with Vanmarcke and Roelandts in my wheel as we turned up the Koppenberg. The five of us joining Fabian and the others after passing the nasty hill.
With the exception of Sagan the 8 best riders of the day where at the front of the race and I was one of them! With the five of us joining the pace in the group dropped right away as an empty Stijn had to drop off. Without waiting for any orders I went on the attack!
Which was probably the shortest lived attack in Flanders history as the group right away caught up with me and straight away dropped me. Not before Fabian made use of the situation and countered his way out of the group. (Which was totally how I planned things to go!)
The rest tried to follow the Swiss Spartacus, but one by one would have to give in and let Fabian go. With Degenkolb last to crack. Allowing Fabian to solo his way to the win!
A bunch of minutes behind him on the finale passing of the Oude Kwaremont I was passed by a furious man in the rainbow jersey. Peter Sagan was working his way to the front of the race, as he dropped me like a brick stone on the steep cobbles. His disadvantage had been too big though as he would finished 8th just one place ahead of yours truly.
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | 6h11'22 | | 2 | John Degenkolb | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'01 | | 3 | Sep Vanmarcke | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 2'15 | | 4 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto - Belisol | + 2'21 | | 5 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | + 2'28 | | 6 | Jasper Stuyven | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 2'53 | | 7 | Bert De Backer | Giant - Shimano | + 4'11 | | 8 | Peter Sagan | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 4'38 | | 9 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 5'56 | | 10 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 6'35 |
Spoiler | 11 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Procycling | + 6'53 | | 12 | Oscar Gatto | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 8'00 | | 13 | Sebastian Langeveld | Giant - Shimano | + 8'03 | | 14 | Ian Stannard | Sky Procycling | + 8'06 | | 15 | Björn Leukemans | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 8'27 | | 16 | Stijn Devolder | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 8'38 | | 17 | Lloyd Mondory | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 18 | Heinrich Haussler | IAM Cycling | + 8'43 | | 19 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 10'38 | | 20 | Johan Le Bon | Giant - Shimano | + 10'53 | | 21 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 11'17 | | 22 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | + 11'41 | | 23 | Filippo Pozzato | Lampre - Merida | + 12'21 | | 24 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 13'48 | | 25 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 13'55 | | 26 | Dayer Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 27 | Lars Boom | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 14'06 | | 28 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | + 14'21 | | 29 | Matti Breschel | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 15'01 | | 30 | Steve Chainel | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 15'09 | | 31 | Moreno Moser | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 15'14 | | 32 | Gert Dockx | Lotto - Belisol | + 15'20 | | 33 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Cycling Team De Rijke | s.t. | | 34 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | + 15'53 | | 35 | Marco Marcato | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 16'00 | | 36 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | + 16'41 | | 37 | Tom Leezer | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 16'53 | | 38 | Tom Veelers | Giant - Shimano | + 16'57 | | 39 | Boy Van Poppel | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 17'02 | | 40 | Johnny Hoogerland | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 41 | Martin Elmiger | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 42 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 17'10 | | 43 | Dries Devenyns | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 18'25 | | 44 | Thierry Hupond | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 45 | Grégory Rast | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 46 | Stef Clement | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 47 | Tim Wellens | BMC Racing Team | + 19'12 | | 48 | Darwin Atapuma | BMC Racing Team | + 19'53 | | 49 | Victor Campenaerts | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 20'42 | | 50 | Roger Kluge | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 51 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto - Belisol | + 21'00 | | 52 | Arnaud Démare | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 21'04 | | 53 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 54 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 21'11 | | 55 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | + 21'55 | | 56 | Frederique Robert | Garmin - Sharp | + 22'06 | | 57 | Ben Hermans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 58 | Gianni Bellini | Neri Sottoli - YellowFluo | s.t. | | 59 | Peter Velits | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 60 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 61 | Bryan Nauleau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 62 | Rick Ottema | Veranclassic - Doltcini | s.t. | | 63 | Bradley Wiggins | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 22'23 | | 64 | Danny Van Poppel | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 65 | Kevyn Ista | IAM Cycling | + 22'35 | | 66 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 67 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 68 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 69 | Kris Boeckmans | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 70 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 71 | Nick Nuyens | Garmin - Sharp | + 22'46 | | 72 | Maarten Tjallingii | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 73 | Jos Van Emden | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 74 | Evan Huffman | Astana Pro Team | + 23'11 | | 75 | Danny Pate | Sky Procycling | + 23'20 | | 76 | Sacha Modolo | Lampre - Merida | + 23'27 | | 77 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | + 23'32 | | 78 | Simon Gerrans | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 25'45 | | 79 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 80 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 25'56 | | 81 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Team Europcar | + 25'59 | | 82 | Jens Debusschere | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 83 | Fabio Sabatini | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 84 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 85 | Matej Mohoric | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 86 | Sean De Bie | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 87 | Paul Voss | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 88 | Floris Goesinnen | Cycling Team De Rijke | s.t. | | 89 | Alexei Tsatevich | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 90 | Andy Schleck | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 91 | Gustav Larsson | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 92 | Alexis Gougeard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 93 | Sebastien Hinault | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 94 | Gorik Gardeyn | Veranclassic - Doltcini | s.t. | | 95 | Manuele Boaro | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 96 | Eduardo Godoy | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 97 | Elia Favilli | Lampre - Merida | + 26'18 | | 98 | Luke Durbridge | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 99 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Veranclassic - Doltcini | s.t. | | 100 | Tim De Troyer | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 26'27 | | 101 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | + 26'30 | | 102 | Steven Caethoven | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 27'06 | | 103 | Koldo Fernandez | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 104 | Kenny Van Hummel | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 105 | Rafael Valls | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 106 | Wouter Mol | Veranclassic - Doltcini | s.t. | | 107 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 108 | Dieter Bouvry | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 109 | Huub Duyn | Cycling Team De Rijke | s.t. | | 110 | Sonny Colbrelli | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 111 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 112 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 113 | Leonardo Pinizzotto | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 114 | Francesco Chicchi | Neri Sottoli - YellowFluo | s.t. | | 115 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 116 | Pieter Serry | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 117 | Laurens De Vreese | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 118 | Michaël Meeus | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 119 | Sebastian Henao | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 120 | Mats Boeve | Cycling Team De Rijke | s.t. | | 121 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 122 | Kurt Geysen | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 123 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | + 27'21 | | 124 | Michael Hepburn | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 27'24 | | 125 | Arthur Van Overberghe | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 28'20 | | 126 | Steven Kruijswijk | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 127 | Vasil Kiryienka | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 128 | Yannick Martinez | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 129 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 130 | Caleb Fairly | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 131 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 132 | Daan Olivier | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 133 | Winner Anacona | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 134 | Mirko Tedeschi | Neri Sottoli - YellowFluo | s.t. | | 135 | Thomas Peterson | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 136 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 137 | Bart van Haaren | Cycling Team De Rijke | s.t. | | 138 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 139 | Zico Waeytens | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 140 | Natnael Berhane | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 141 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 142 | Sander Helven | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 143 | Nicola Testi | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 144 | Yoeri Havik | Cycling Team De Rijke | s.t. | | 145 | Lieuwe Westra | Astana Pro Team | + 29'20 | | 146 | Jan Polanc | Lampre - Merida | + 29'30 | | 147 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 148 | Nico Sijmens | Lotto - 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Doltcini | s.t. | | 168 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 169 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 170 | Jarl Salomein | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 171 | Ian Boswell | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 172 | Edward Beltran | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 173 | Ivan Basso | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 174 | Alberto Losada | Katusha Team | + 30'55 | | 175 | David Jai Crawford | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 176 | Joeri Stallaert | Veranclassic - Doltcini | + 31'18 | | 177 | Simon Yates | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 178 | David Vitoria | IAM Cycling | + 31'54 | | 179 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 180 | Cameron Karwowski | Veranclassic - Doltcini | + 32'12 | | 181 | Yonathan Monsalve | Neri Sottoli - YellowFluo | s.t. | | 182 | Sylvester Szmyd | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 183 | Massimo Graziato | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 184 | Patrick Facchini | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 32'21 | | 185 | Maarten De Jonge | Cycling Team De Rijke | s.t. | | 186 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani - CSF | + 33'37 | | 187 | Marcel Aregger | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 188 | Etienne Alen | Katusha Team | + 33'42 | | 189 | Matteo Fedi | Veranclassic - Doltcini | s.t. | | 190 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 191 | Hugo Houle | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. |
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Posted on 10-08-2014 14:18
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Another win for the Tissot team and yet another great performance from Nicholas  |
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@sutty68, @dark_x2012
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Stage 1 | Lekeito › San Sebastian, 171 km
It seems that after my performance in the Vuelta a España of 2014, I had made somewhat of a name for myself in Spain. As for today’s stage I was considered one of the favorites. Unfortunately I would have to disappoint the prognostics as with yesterday’s Tour of Flanders in my legs I wasn’t feeling too fresh. And the heavy rain didn’t help for my motivation either. In all honestly I didn’t even want to start this race, but Gianluca pretty much forced me as part of my preparation for the Giro d’Italia. Luckily our directeur sportif for the week was Josu and he understood my predicament and had me lounge at the back of the peloton for most of the day.
The race itself ended up being filled with surprises as on the first passing of the Jaizquibel it was Fuglsang who accelerated out of the peloton. The Dane who was searching for some early season form was quickly joined by Olivier, Rojas, Talansky, Madrazo, Contador and Van Den Broeck.
A strong group which quickly gained 5 minutes as the peloton seemed unwilling to put up chase. The day wasn’t complete sunshine for the break through as Rojas fell in the descent while placed behind Fuglsang and Contador. Allowing the duo to ride away from the rest of the group.
It wasn’t until the final passing of the Jaizquibel that a strong Van Den Broeck managed to rejoin the duo. As the three fought it out with a lead of over 3 minutes on the peloton it was Contador who took the flowers ahead of the Belgian and Fuglsang.
I would end the day far behind the peloton as I lost over 10 minutes on Fuglsang and his companions.
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | 4h21'04 | | 2 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 3 | Jakob Fuglsang | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Angel Madrazo | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 1'07 | | 5 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | + 2'14 | | 6 | Daan Olivier | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 7 | Julian Arredondo | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 3'31 | | 8 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 9 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 10 | Julian Alaphilippe | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | - | | 136 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 11'56 |
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Posted on 10-08-2014 21:06
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A day of struggle for Nicholas today  , but a Great ride from Jakob
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Good job by Fuglsang and Arredondo.  Too bad for Nicholas though  Hopefully he can win a stage or go for the KOM |
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@Wild Dog, @sutty68
Thanks for the comments guys. So far this is the first time Fuglsang has actually done something decent. The signing hasn't worked out so far.
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Nicholas definitely will be trying something later in the week.
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Stage 2 | Usurbil › Arroiabe, 187 km
With extremely poor weather made it a quiet day, lucky me. Only event of note being that Kišerlovski and Boaro spent half the day in the breakaway before being caught back.
| 1 | Arnaud Démare | Ag2r - La Mondiale | 4h17'31 | | 2 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 3 | Francesco Lasca | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 4 | Sacha Modolo | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 5 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | - | | 93 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
Stage 3 | Vitoria-Gasteiz › Osma (Repetidor TV), 172 km
With Jakob Fuglsang, Riccardo Zoidl, Julian Arredondo and Robert Kiserlovski we had what might be the strongest team on paper here in Spain, but it was only Julian who had actually managed to come here with some kind of form.
Reason enough for the Colombian pocket climber to get carte blanche as he right away commanded us (including me) to set the pace on the first climb of the day, a pace we would keep up until the penultimate climb of the day.
There it was Nibali who jumped out of the pack right ahead of the top of the climb. The Italian throwing himself into the descent in the hope of opening up a lead. As the only help of our team left, I had to lead the chase after the Italian Shark myself.
Without much energy left I still managed to catch up to Nibali on pure technique, right at the foot of the final climb. Perfectly timed as I got dropped like a rock by the peloton as they launched themselves to the finish-line.
Arredondo would end up locked in the belly of the peloton as Kwiatkowski ran away with the flowers.
| 1 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 4h02'51 | | 2 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 12 | | 3 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 32 | | 4 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 48 | | 5 | Julian Arredondo | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 1'02 | | 7 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 8 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 9 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 10 | Rui Costa | Lampre - Merida | + 1'25 | | - | | 25 | Jakob Fuglsang | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 2'11 | | - | | 28 | Riccardo Zoidl | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 2'41 | | - | | 104 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 8'04 |
Spoiler | 11 | Robert Gesink | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | Roman Kreuziger | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 13 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 14 | Angel Madrazo | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 15 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 16 | Ivan Santaromita | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 17 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 18 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 19 | Andy Schleck | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 20 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2'11 | | 21 | Cadel Evans | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 22 | Mikel Nieve | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 23 | Rigoberto Uran | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 24 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 25 | Jakob Fuglsang | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 26 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 2'41 | | 27 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 28 | Riccardo Zoidl | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 29 | Simon Spilak | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 30 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 31 | Julian Alaphilippe | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 3'00 | | 32 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 33 | Daan Olivier | Giant - Shimano | + 3'16 | | 34 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 3'24 | | 35 | Joe Dombrowski | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 36 | Tim Wellens | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 37 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 38 | Ruben Fernandez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 39 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 40 | Wilco Kelderman | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 41 | Lawson Craddock | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 42 | Simon Yates | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 43 | Franco Pellizotti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 44 | Rafael Valls | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 45 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 46 | Davide Villella | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 47 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 48 | Francesco Reda | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 49 | David López García | Sky Procycling | + 4'06 | | 50 | Janez Brajkovic | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 51 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | + 4'25 | | 52 | Rohan Dennis | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 53 | Adam Yates | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 4'42 | | 54 | Bauke Mollema | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 55 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 5'11 | | 56 | Vasil Kiryienka | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 57 | Diego Rosa | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 5'37 | | 58 | Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 59 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 60 | Francisco Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 61 | Arnaud Démare | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 62 | Darwin Atapuma | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 63 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 64 | Thomas Damuseau | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 65 | Salvatore Puccio | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 66 | Paul Voss | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 67 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 68 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 69 | Alberto Losada | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 70 | Kristijan Koren | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 71 | Dylan van Baarle | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 72 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 73 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 74 | Robert Kiserlovski | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 75 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 76 | Francesco Lasca | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 77 | Elia Favilli | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 78 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 79 | Alan Marangoni | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 80 | Jesus Hernandez Blazquez | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 81 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 82 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 83 | Vegard Breen | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 84 | Jetse Bol | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 85 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 86 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 87 | Ivan Rovny | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 6'55 | | 88 | Enrico Battaglin | Bardiani - CSF | + 7'32 | | 89 | Thomas Peterson | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 90 | Sacha Modolo | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 91 | Mathias Frank | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 92 | Alejandro Marque | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 93 | Carlos Verona | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 94 | David Arroyo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 95 | Gatis Smukulis | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 96 | Damien Kermans | Lotto - Belisol | + 8'04 | | 97 | Nick Van der Lijke | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 98 | Saverio Gasperoni | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 99 | Jack Bauer | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 100 | Valerio Conti | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 101 | Kris Boeckmans | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 102 | Samuele Giorgini | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 103 | Christopher Juul Jensen | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 104 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 105 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 106 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | + 8'41 | | 107 | Alexis Gougeard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 108 | Luke Durbridge | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 109 | Vicente Reynès | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 110 | Antonio Molina | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 111 | Alexander Porsev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 112 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Team Europcar | + 9'06 | | 113 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 114 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 115 | Manuele Boaro | Bardiani - CSF | + 9'34 | | 116 | Sonny Colbrelli | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 117 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 118 | Danny Pate | Sky Procycling | + 11'01 | | 119 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | + 11'09 | | 120 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | + 11'17 | | 121 | Chad Haga | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 122 | Graeme Brown | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 13'01 | | 123 | Romain Guillemois | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 124 | Matthias Krizek | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 125 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 126 | Geoffrey Curran | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 127 | Koldo Fernandez | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 128 | Alexei Tsatevich | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 129 | Rick Flens | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 13'30 | | 130 | Simone Masciarelli | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 13'41 | | 131 | Damien Gaudin | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 132 | Cristiano Monguzzi | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 133 | Paolo Colonna | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 134 | Joshua Edmondson | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 135 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 136 | Alexey Yermakov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 137 | Michal Kolar | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 14'10 | | 138 | Marko Kump | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 139 | Gianfranco Zilioli | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 140 | Leonardo Pinizzotto | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 141 | Samir Roussey | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 142 | Raymond Kreder | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 143 | Maxime Daniel | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 144 | Jonas Ahlstrand | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 145 | Angelo Pagani | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 146 | Rasmus Christian Quaade | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 147 | Steele Von Hoff | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 14'43 | | 148 | Marco Frapporti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 149 | Nelson Oliveira | Lampre - Merida | + 15'39 | | 150 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 17'41 | | 151 | Jens Voigt | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 19'17 | | 152 | Kenny Van Hummel | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 153 | Giuseppe Fonzi | Bardiani - CSF | + 24'00 | | 154 | Yannick Martinez | Team Europcar | + 24'21 | | 155 | Javier Aramendia | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 24'39 | | 156 | Danilo Napolitano | Team Europcar | + 29'15 | | 157 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | + 29'30 | | 158 | Robbie Jones | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 159 | Antoine Duchesne | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 160 | Orazio Farnedi | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 33'53 |
| 1 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | 12h42'28 | | 2 | Jakob Fuglsang | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 1'09 | | 3 | Angel Madrazo | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 1'30 | | 4 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1'39 | | 5 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2'29 | | 6 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | + 2'37 | | 7 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 2'41 | | 8 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 3'01 | | 9 | Julian Arredondo | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 3'17 | | 10 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | - | | 130 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 18'58 |
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| sutty68 |
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Nicholas is really struggling here in Spain unfortunately |
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| Re Leone |
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@sutty68
The team might be pushing him a bit much.
Edited by Re Leone on 12-08-2014 12:21
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Stage 4 | Basauri › Arrate (Eibar), 182.7 km
With three climbs of the 1st category and two of the 2nd category it was Kiserlovski who went out on a break early in the morning. The Croat on a mission to collect as many points for the mountain jersey as possible.
On the penultimate climb of the day it were the Colombians; Uran and Quintana who made their presence known. As with a stabbing acceleration they quickly reduced the peloton to an elite group of 20 riders. Arredondo, Zoidl and I as final help were able to follow. Talansky, Rodriguez, van Garderen, Gesink, Kelderman and a far from good feeling Fuglsang where less lucky.
Just when we caught up to Kiserlovski on the final climb it was Nibali who placed the deciding acceleration of the day. The Italian right away taking a lead on the rest of us as he solo’d his way to the victory.
Our group split into two groups, the major group with Arredondo chasing Nibali. And a second group with Zoidl, Kreuziger, Mollema, Uran, Nieve and I. With Zoidl not feeling too great, I did most of the work in the group. My legs feeling much better than at the start of this week.
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | 5h02'24 | | 2 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 50 | | 3 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 4 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | Julian Arredondo | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 7 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 8 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 9 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | | - | | 13 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 1'34 | | - | | 35 | Jakob Fuglsang | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 5'55 |
| 1 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | 17h45'42 | | 2 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1'39 | | 3 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2'29 | | 4 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 2'41 | | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 6 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 3'01 | | 7 | Julian Arredondo | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 3'17 | | 8 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | + 3'31 | | 10 | Andy Schleck | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 3'54 | | - | | 77 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 19'42 |
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Stage 5 | Zumaia › Bilbao, 174.7 km
After various attempts in the early morning by Zoidl to get away, it became clear quite quickly that the men of Lotto weren’t willing to let the Austrian go. Van den Broeck had a rare chance in his career at winning something here, and his nervousness was felt all through the race.
Due to Lotto their work the gap with the early breakaway (of which Kiserlovski was a member as he secured his mountains jersey) was never bigger than 5 minute. Reason enough for Josu to send me and Roussey after them at the halfway point in the stage. The two of us catching up with the break on the second of the final six climbs of the day.
With Roussey and I working for Kiserlovski on the various climbs dropping most of the break by the team we reached the top of the penultimate climb. Leaving Fernandez from Caja Rujal, Kiserlovski and I with a lead of just over 3 minutes of the peloton.
A lead which would quickly be closed by Astana on the final climb. Giving Nibali the chance to make the jump 1km from the top as the peloton was now chasing by only 10 seconds.
Fernandez got dropped right away by the Italian, but Kiserlovski and I managed to hold on as we passed the top. Our efforts for naught though as Nibali easily beat us to the line. Kiserlovski finishing 2nd and I a pleasant 3rd ahead of a chasing peloton.
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | 4h49'27 | | 2 | Robert Kiserlovski | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 6 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 7 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 9 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 10 | Julian Arredondo | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
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