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aCross the road: Mud, Sweat & Gears
Shonak
Posted on 05-04-2014 20:27
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Eneco Tour
Visconti – Who’s that guy?!
Eneco Tour was probably the stage race I was most interested in contesting this year. Right now, I feel like it suits me the best and the after effects of the two Grand Tours may be felt for many riders. But my legs, they feel fresh and they are ready and I was eager to impress. It’s another beautiful race in Belgium for what it’s worth and it soon ended up becoming a dream of mine.
With bonus seconds at the finish line (10,6,4 sec) and intermediate sprints (6,4,2 sec) and my bluntly obvious weakness in Time Trials, I had a bit of a daring plan to have a decent GC position ahead of the finale stage, which featured the infamous Muur van Geraardsbergen.
Stage 1 was a short prologue and I ended up losing already time. 27 seconds on the stage’s winner Taylor Phinney. Certainly neither Prologue nor Time Trials, or as a matter of fact anything involving me fighting against clocks, is not particularly my strength. I may have to work on that in the future, but for now… let’s race.
An utterly flat stage was featured as the second one and Cannondale delivered quite a surprise there. We were alert and ready in the finale and I had massive great legs. As a result, I had to watch out for Sabatini’s backwheel, to protect it. There were some cobblestones early on but none of them was a factor for the stage’s finale. There Gatto leaded the bunch after Kristoff and Boasson Hagen made surprisingly attacks 5 kms from the race. We kept ourselves up there, but Sabatini was already suffering in the wind. When he headed into the finale corner, Cannondale seemed to go clear and I was right there behind Sabatini, and then I just moved passed him. I kept myself in front of everyone. And I passed Fabio there and just felt unstoppable for a moment there. I was trying to go fast and I was going damn fast.
And I won the stage! A massive day I thought. A quick joy overcame me, but when I looked back, I felt incredible bad: Sabatini finished 2nd. I felt like I just stole him his victory. I was at a loss for words and was saying sorry and sorry over again. I couldn’t be happy anymore at the table. I’m young and I was always proud to be teamplayer. Now I just felt like a guy with a knife, ready to stab his teammates… I slept badly that night; did you ever do that after a victory?
There were no goose bumps, no joy, not the feeling I appreciated so much in my young years. I refused to do an interview after the stage, it didn't feel like this was my stage win. It should have been Fabios.
But when I woke up, and looked out of the window, that odd feeling, that regret was gone and I could smile as I realized I had won a World Tour stage the previous day.
Stage 2 Results
Rank Name Team Time 1 Raphael Visconti Cannondale 4h37'07 2 Fabio Sabatini Cannondale s.t. 3 Klaas Lodewyck BMC Racing Team s.t.
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4 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Sky s.t. 5 Tyler Farrar Garmin Sharp s.t. 6 Andrey Amador Movistar Team s.t. 7 Oscar Gatto Cannondale s.t. 8 Matti Breschel Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 9 Luke Durbridge Orica GreenEdge s.t. 10 André Greipel Lotto Belisol s.t. 11 Taylor Phinney BMC Racing Team s.t. 12 Alexander Kristoff Team Katusha s.t. 13 Luca Paolini Team Katusha s.t. 14 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar s.t. 15 MichaÅ‚ Kwiatkowski Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 16 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team s.t. 17 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t. 18 Thomas De Gendt Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 19 Anton Vorobyev Team Katusha s.t. 20 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t. 21 Joshua Edmondson Team Sky s.t. 22 Chris Froome Team Sky s.t. 23 Tom Boonen Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 24 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team s.t. 25 Leigh Howard Orica GreenEdge s.t. 26 Adriano Malori Movistar Team s.t. 27 Sebastian Lander BMC Racing Team s.t. 28 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 29 Jens Keukeleire Orica GreenEdge s.t. 30 Jurgen Van den Broeck Lotto Belisol s.t. 31 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing s.t. 32 Mitchell Docker Orica GreenEdge s.t. 33 Koldo Fernández Garmin Sharp s.t. 34 Borut Božic Astana Pro Team s.t. 35 Maarten Wynants Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 36 Pieter Weening Orica GreenEdge s.t. 37 Theo Bos Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 38 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team s.t. 39 Andrea Guardini Astana Pro Team s.t. 40 Ben King Garmin Sharp s.t. 41 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 42 Zdenek Stybar Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 43 Simon Yates Orica GreenEdge s.t. 44 Johan Vansummeren Garmin Sharp s.t. 45 Ion Izagirre Movistar Team s.t. 46 Jack Bauer Garmin Sharp s.t. 47 Sebastian Langeveld Garmin Sharp s.t. 48 Sea Keong Loh Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 49 Moreno Hofland Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 50 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team s.t. 51 Alex Howes Garmin Sharp s.t. 52 Andriy Grivko Astana Pro Team s.t. 53 Evan Huffman Astana Pro Team s.t. 54 Adam Yates Orica GreenEdge s.t. 55 Markel Irizar Trek Factory Racing s.t. 56 Niki Terpstra Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 57 Kristof Vandewalle Trek Factory Racing s.t. 58 Ruslan Tleubayev Astana Pro Team s.t. 59 Hayden Roulston Trek Factory Racing s.t. 60 Andy Schleck Trek Factory Racing s.t. 61 Daniel Martin Garmin Sharp s.t. 62 Steven Kruijswijk Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 63 Lars Boom Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 64 Geraint Thomas Team Sky s.t. 65 Daniele Bennati Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 66 Jacopo Guarnieri Astana Pro Team s.t. 67 Stijn Vandenbergh Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 68 Alberto Bettiol Cannondale s.t. 69 Lawson Craddock Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 70 Gediminas Bagdonas AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 71 Grégory Rast Trek Factory Racing s.t. 72 Christian Knees Team Sky s.t. 73 Jesse Sergent Trek Factory Racing s.t. 74 Arthur Vichot FDJ.fr s.t. 75 Michael Schär BMC Racing Team s.t. 76 Rory Sutherland Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 77 Salvatore Puccio Team Sky s.t. 78 Maciej Bodnar Cannondale s.t. 79 Paolo Longo Borghini Cannondale s.t. 80 Marc Goos Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 81 Simon Geschke Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 82 Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Pro Team s.t. 83 Benoît Vaugrenard FDJ.fr s.t. 84 Ivan Rovny Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 85 Sébastien Minard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 86 Marcel Kittel Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 87 Matteo Montaguti AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 88 Stijn Devolder Trek Factory Racing s.t. 89 Thibaut Pinot FDJ.fr s.t. 90 Alexis Vuillermoz AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 91 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team s.t. 92 Peter Stetina BMC Racing Team s.t. 93 Jens Mouris Orica GreenEdge s.t. 94 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team s.t. 95 Sep Vanmarcke Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 96 Tim Wellens Lotto Belisol s.t. 97 Jempy Drucker Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 98 Matthieu Ladagnous FDJ.fr s.t. 99 David Boucher FDJ.fr s.t. 100 Sander Armee Lotto Belisol s.t. 101 Davide Cimolai Lampre - Merida s.t. 102 Yannick Eijssen BMC Racing Team s.t. 103 Edwig Cammaerts Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 104 Tim Declercq Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 105 Manuele Boaro Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 106 Nicolas Edet Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 107 Björn Leukemans Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 108 Michel Koch Cannondale s.t. 109 Dries Devenyns Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 110 Filippo Pozzato Lampre - Merida s.t. 111 Christophe Kern Team Europcar s.t. 112 Diego Ulissi Lampre - Merida s.t. 113 Aleksandr Kuschynski Team Katusha s.t. 114 Marko Kump Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 115 Thomas Degand Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 116 Elia Favilli Lampre - Merida s.t. 117 Stig Broeckx Lotto Belisol s.t. 118 Olivier Kaisen Lotto Belisol s.t. 119 Arnaud Demare FDJ.fr s.t. 120 Jürgen Roelandts Lotto Belisol s.t. 121 Zico Waeytens Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 122 Nacer Bouhanni FDJ.fr s.t. 123 Chad Haga Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 124 Jan Polanc Lampre - Merida s.t. 125 Morgan Lamoisson Team Europcar s.t. 126 Gijs Van Hoecke Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 127 Frederik Veuchelen Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 128 Cyril Gautier Team Europcar s.t. 129 Alexis Gougeard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 130 Mark Renshaw Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 131 Alan Marangoni Cannondale s.t. 132 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 133 Nathan Earle Team Sky s.t. 134 Adrien Petit Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 135 Gert Joeaar Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 136 Mirko Selvaggi Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 137 Alessandro Petacchi Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 138 Bert De Backer Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 139 Eduard Vorganov Team Katusha s.t. 140 Nikolai Trussov Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 141 Kenny Dehaes Lotto Belisol s.t. 142 Pieter Vanspeybrouck Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 143 Alexandre Pichot Team Europcar s.t. 144 Tony Hurel Team Europcar s.t. 145 Romain Lemarchand Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 146 Frederique Robert Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 147 Luca Dodi Lampre - Merida s.t. 148 Guillaume Bonnafond AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 149 Eliot Lietaer Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 150 Perrig Quemeneur Team Europcar s.t. 151 Louis Verhelst Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 152 Preben Van Hecke Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 153 Sacha Modolo Lampre - Merida s.t. 154 James Vanlandschoot Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 155 Christophe Laporte Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 156 Jasper De Buyst Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 157 Patrick Gretsch AG2R La Mondiale + 3'56 158 Barry Markus Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 4'34 159 Jérôme Cousin Team Europcar s.t. 160 Yury Trofimov Team Katusha s.t. 161 Anthony Roux FDJ.fr s.t. 162 Sergey Chernetskiy Team Katusha s.t. 163 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Team Sky s.t. 164 Alexander Rybakov Team Katusha s.t. 165 Mattia Cattaneo Lampre - Merida + 6'03 166 Laurens De Vreese Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 167 Romain Zingle Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 168 Yves Lampaert Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t.
With this great feeling, I proclaimed a bit of a free role at the team briefing in the morning. The DS and my teammates agreed and so I was free to attack on stage 3 and I took advantage of that. I wanted to grab as many bonus seconds as possible since I knew that it was unlikely we would make it to the finish anyway. With Leukemans and Iglinksiy I was in the break of the day on a horrible, rainy day. I managed to get 12 bonus seconds, and after the many small hills I put behind me, the peloton catched us eventually. I had invested quite some energy and effort for those few bonus seconds in the moody weather of Belgium, but it was a hard day’s work and I was satisfied with it. Greipel ended up winning stage 3.
The moment I got caught.
Another stage with a few slight and small hills was featured the next day, but honestly it was a rather flat one again. I had to go again for some bonus seconds as there was an intermediate early on in the race and I powered myself really out for 6 seconds because Greipel’s Lotto Belisol team chased me hard each time I made a push for it. In fact, I did way too much for some lousy bonus seconds. I could have used that energy easily later on. But done was done, and maybe it was a lesson that I needed to learn.
I wasn’t part of the break later on, but they got caught 10 kilometers from the finish. Another german wins the stage this time, Marcel Kittel. Meanwhile, Edvald Boasson Hagen collected enough bonus seconds himself to take over the leader’s jersey from Phinney.
Stage Name Team Leader’s Jersey 1, PRL Taylor Phinney BMC Taylor Phinney 2, FL Raphael Visconti Cannondale Taylor Phinney 3, FL Andre Greipel Lotto Belisol Taylor Phinney 4, FL Marcel Kittel Giant - Shimano Edvald Boasson Hagen
Classification After 4 Stages
Rank Name Team Time 1 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Sky 13h52'36 2 Taylor Phinney BMC Racing Team + 1 3 André Greipel Lotto Belisol s.t. 4 Andrey Amador Movistar Team + 4 5 Michał Kwiatkowski Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 7 6 Luke Durbridge Orica GreenEdge s.t. 7 Adriano Malori Movistar Team s.t. 8 Marcel Kittel Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 9 Alexander Kristoff Team Katusha + 10 10 Lars Boom Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t.
Spoiler
11 Geraint Thomas Team Sky s.t. 12 Chris Froome Team Sky + 11 13 Raphael Visconti Cannondale s.t. 14 Kristof Vandewalle Trek Factory Racing + 12 15 Stijn Devolder Trek Factory Racing s.t. 16 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff - Saxo + 13 17 Andriy Grivko Astana Pro Team s.t. 18 Manuele Boaro Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 19 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team + 14 20 Jesse Sergent Trek Factory Racing s.t. 21 Niki Terpstra Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 22 Tom Boonen Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 15 23 Sebastian Langeveld Garmin Sharp s.t. 24 Maciej Bodnar Cannondale s.t. 25 Daniele Bennati Tinkoff - Saxo + 17 26 Christian Knees Team Sky s.t. 27 Tyler Farrar Garmin Sharp + 18 28 Ion Izagirre Movistar Team s.t. 29 Thomas De Gendt Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 30 Jurgen Van den Broeck Lotto Belisol + 19 31 Pieter Weening Orica GreenEdge s.t. 32 Gert Joeaar Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 33 Jack Bauer Garmin Sharp + 20 34 Benoît Vaugrenard FDJ.fr + 21 35 Leigh Howard Orica GreenEdge + 22 36 David Boucher FDJ.fr s.t. 37 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 23 38 Zdenek Stybar Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 39 Christophe Kern Team Europcar s.t. 40 Hayden Roulston Trek Factory Racing + 24 41 Thibaut Pinot FDJ.fr s.t. 42 Salvatore Puccio Team Sky s.t. 43 Rory Sutherland Tinkoff - Saxo + 25 44 Sep Vanmarcke Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 45 Matthieu Ladagnous FDJ.fr + 26 46 Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Pro Team s.t. 47 Jürgen Roelandts Lotto Belisol + 27 48 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team s.t. 49 Stig Broeckx Lotto Belisol s.t. 50 Fabio Sabatini Cannondale + 28 51 Michael Schär BMC Racing Team s.t. 52 Arnaud Demare FDJ.fr s.t. 53 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar + 30 54 Daniel Martin Garmin Sharp s.t. 55 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team s.t. 56 Tim Wellens Lotto Belisol s.t. 57 Olivier Kaisen Lotto Belisol s.t. 58 Steven Kruijswijk Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 31 59 Nicolas Edet Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 60 Diego Ulissi Lampre - Merida s.t. 61 Jens Keukeleire Orica GreenEdge + 32 62 Matti Breschel Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 63 Adrien Petit Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 64 Klaas Lodewyck BMC Racing Team s.t. 65 Peter Stetina BMC Racing Team s.t. 66 Nacer Bouhanni FDJ.fr + 33 67 Nathan Earle Team Sky s.t. 68 Oscar Gatto Cannondale + 34 69 Mark Renshaw Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 70 Arthur Vichot FDJ.fr s.t. 71 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team s.t. 72 Ivan Rovny Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 73 Marc Goos Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 74 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team + 35 75 Tim Declercq Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 76 Kenny Dehaes Lotto Belisol + 36 77 Björn Leukemans Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 78 Adam Yates Orica GreenEdge + 38 79 Sander Armee Lotto Belisol s.t. 80 Andrea Guardini Astana Pro Team + 39 81 Yannick Eijssen BMC Racing Team + 41 82 Ruslan Tleubayev Astana Pro Team s.t. 83 Bert De Backer Team Giant - Shimano + 42 84 Sebastian Lander BMC Racing Team + 43 85 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale + 46 86 Grégory Rast Trek Factory Racing + 3'09 87 Markel Irizar Trek Factory Racing + 3'11 88 Borut Božic Astana Pro Team + 3'14 89 Davide Cimolai Lampre - Merida s.t. 90 Nikolai Trussov Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 91 Filippo Pozzato Lampre - Merida + 3'15 92 Pieter Vanspeybrouck Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 3'16 93 Jan Polanc Lampre - Merida + 3'20 94 Gijs Van Hoecke Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 95 Mirko Selvaggi Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 3'21 96 Andy Schleck Trek Factory Racing + 3'22 97 Zico Waeytens Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 98 Stijn Vandenbergh Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 3'23 99 Thomas Degand Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 100 Frederik Veuchelen Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 101 Elia Favilli Lampre - Merida + 3'25 102 Alberto Bettiol Cannondale + 3'27 103 Theo Bos Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 3'59 104 Romain Lemarchand Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 4'06 105 Frederique Robert Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 4'07 106 Luca Dodi Lampre - Merida + 4'08 107 Marko Kump Tinkoff - Saxo + 4'09 108 Edwig Cammaerts Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 4'11 109 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing + 4'13 110 Anton Vorobyev Team Katusha + 4'16 111 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 112 Lawson Craddock Team Giant - Shimano + 4'24 113 Simon Geschke Team Giant - Shimano + 4'27 114 Jempy Drucker Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 4'38 115 Aleksandr Kuschynski Team Katusha s.t. 116 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team + 4'39 117 Alessandro Petacchi Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 118 Luca Paolini Team Katusha + 4'45 119 Eduard Vorganov Team Katusha + 4'48 120 Anthony Roux FDJ.fr + 4'53 121 Evan Huffman Astana Pro Team s.t. 122 Moreno Hofland Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 5'00 123 Ben King Garmin Sharp + 5'01 124 Maarten Wynants Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 5'02 125 Barry Markus Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 5'05 126 Alex Howes Garmin Sharp s.t. 127 Christophe Laporte Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 128 Sacha Modolo Lampre - Merida + 5'12 129 Preben Van Hecke Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 130 Jacopo Guarnieri Astana Pro Team + 5'13 131 Jasper De Buyst Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 5'15 132 Louis Verhelst Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 5'16 133 Eliot Lietaer Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 5'25 134 James Vanlandschoot Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 5'28 135 Romain Zingle Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 6'37 136 Michel Koch Cannondale + 8'49 137 Gediminas Bagdonas AG2R La Mondiale + 8'54 138 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team + 8'58 139 Matteo Montaguti AG2R La Mondiale + 9'06 140 Dries Devenyns Team Giant - Shimano + 9'07 141 Alexis Gougeard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 142 Jens Mouris Orica GreenEdge + 9'09 143 Chad Haga Team Giant - Shimano + 9'12 144 Mitchell Docker Orica GreenEdge + 9'13 145 Simon Yates Orica GreenEdge s.t. 146 Tony Hurel Team Europcar s.t. 147 Cyril Gautier Team Europcar + 9'14 148 Koldo Fernández Garmin Sharp + 9'15 149 Joshua Edmondson Team Sky s.t. 150 Guillaume Bonnafond AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 151 Sébastien Minard AG2R La Mondiale + 9'16 152 Johan Vansummeren Garmin Sharp + 9'17 153 Morgan Lamoisson Team Europcar s.t. 154 Perrig Quemeneur Team Europcar s.t. 155 Alexis Vuillermoz AG2R La Mondiale + 9'23 156 Alexandre Pichot Team Europcar + 9'26 157 Sea Keong Loh Team Giant - Shimano + 9'30 158 Alan Marangoni Cannondale + 9'54 159 Laurens De Vreese Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 10'41 160 Yves Lampaert Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 10'58 161 Mattia Cattaneo Lampre - Merida + 11'10 162 Paolo Longo Borghini Cannondale + 11'34 163 Patrick Gretsch AG2R La Mondiale + 12'53 164 Sergey Chernetskiy Team Katusha + 13'38 165 Jérôme Cousin Team Europcar + 13'47 166 Yury Trofimov Team Katusha + 13'49 167 Alexander Rybakov Team Katusha + 13'53 168 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Team Sky + 13'56
Edited by Shonak on 05-04-2014 23:08
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No surprise to see Sagan winning San Sebastian ( he is built for that race in PCM terms!). Good to see 'other' Cannondale riders such as Marcato showing well and winning.
Great start to the Eneco tour by Raphael, I hope it wasn't down to passive AI! He may have an outside shot at the GC with the harder days to come in the last few stages.
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Posted on 05-04-2014 21:02
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It was a bit of a weird sprint (after all, Raphael won it with 64 SP) but the AI was in fact very active. I just think that attacks by Kristoff, EBH and Phinney messed up the usual sprint trains a bit. I must admit I was really surprised.
Edited by Shonak on 05-04-2014 21:02
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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Posted on 05-04-2014 23:05
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a lot of surprising things in Eneco
1. who is this Visconti guy I keep hearing so much about?
2. why did he steal Fabio's victory?
3. were did EBH take over the leaders jersey?
4. were did Kittel take over the leaders jersey?
5. how did they managed to do 4 stages in 4 hours?
so many questions, so little knowledge. hence the questions
Shonak
Posted on 05-04-2014 23:07
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Oh that's a mistake of course with Kittel. Posted stage results instead of GC. I fix it right away.
Edited by Shonak on 05-04-2014 23:08
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
Shonak
Posted on 06-04-2014 16:55
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Eneco Tour
Up & Down
After my victory and the efforts so far at the Eneco Tour, I was sure that I was good to go, ready to race. That my legs were definitely good, they felt easy again. I felt ominous sensations and that was a good sign.
We had a stage 5 to Valkenburg on a sunny day. The last 70 kilometers consisted of very hilly terrain and I had hoped for some racing that may have suited me, meaning early splits and that I could keep upfront. At least they first thing worked out, when there were only about 45 riders left in the peloton at the 20 kilometers mark. However soon thereafter Froome paced for race leader Boasson Hagen and they followed the attacks by Bennatti and Quintana. They were caught though by Tinkoff Saxo and Omega Pharma and I thought there may be a bit of a pause, but just at the next hill, Froome, Kreuziger, Kwiatkowski and Boasson Hagen tried it again. With so much quality upfront, I had to push through the ranks and made a move myself. Grivko and Phinney joined in, but surprisingly only Grivko wanted to help me get to Group Boasson Hagen. I couldn’t believe Phinney honestly since he’d been a rider that would have profited the most from catching Edvald. But nevermind him, I was riding for victories and I was riding hard. The reason why Phinney didn’t work must have been Gilbert, and the Belgian eventually caught me with his group, consisting of guys like Van den Broeck, Martin and Vanmarcke, but that cost them too.
With 5 kilometers left, it was too little for them to recover fully, although Gilbert attacked, but I followed Martin’s wheel then and the sprint up to Valkenburg turned out be easy for me with a such lead-out. I just overtook him when I went faster than him and went past him and I was flying. There were Froome, Boasson Hagen and everybody upfront and the closer I got to them, the faster I was going. I reached them and came in 3rd behind Froome, whon won, and Kwiatkowski. I looked back and they were still fighting up there way. I wanted to kiss my legs at that point. They felt tired, but I felt fabulous and soon thereafter, my legs could have easily stayed on a cloud.
Stage 5, Results
Rank Name Team Time 1 Chris Froome Team Sky 4h55'19 2 Michał Kwiatkowski Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 3 Raphael Visconti Cannondale s.t.
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4 Lars Boom Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 5 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Sky s.t. 6 Daniel Martin Garmin Sharp + 17 7 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t. 8 Daniele Bennati Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 9 Andrey Amador Movistar Team s.t. 10 Andriy Grivko Astana Pro Team s.t. 11 Jurgen Van den Broeck Lotto Belisol + 41 12 Taylor Phinney BMC Racing Team s.t. 13 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 57 14 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team + 1'20 15 Oscar Gatto Cannondale s.t. 16 Ion Izagirre Movistar Team s.t. 17 Pieter Weening Orica GreenEdge s.t. 18 Thomas De Gendt Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 19 Adriano Malori Movistar Team s.t. 20 Geraint Thomas Team Sky s.t. 21 Niki Terpstra Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 22 Tom Boonen Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 23 Salvatore Puccio Team Sky s.t. 24 Sebastian Langeveld Garmin Sharp s.t. 25 Luke Durbridge Orica GreenEdge s.t. 26 Jürgen Roelandts Lotto Belisol s.t. 27 Jens Keukeleire Orica GreenEdge s.t. 28 Simon Yates Orica GreenEdge s.t. 29 Diego Ulissi Lampre - Merida s.t. 30 Thibaut Pinot FDJ.fr s.t. 31 Benoît Vaugrenard FDJ.fr s.t. 32 Kristof Vandewalle Trek Factory Racing s.t. 33 Arthur Vichot FDJ.fr s.t. 34 Grégory Rast Trek Factory Racing s.t. 35 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team s.t. 36 Hayden Roulston Trek Factory Racing s.t. 37 Marko Kump Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 38 Adam Yates Orica GreenEdge s.t. 39 Sander Armee Lotto Belisol s.t. 40 Leigh Howard Orica GreenEdge s.t. 41 Matthieu Ladagnous FDJ.fr s.t. 42 Christophe Kern Team Europcar s.t. 43 Ivan Rovny Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 44 Sergey Chernetskiy Team Katusha s.t. 45 Mattia Cattaneo Lampre - Merida + 2'40 46 Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Pro Team + 6'14 47 Yannick Eijssen BMC Racing Team + 6'28 48 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar s.t. 49 Romain Zingle Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 50 Nicolas Edet Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 51 Peter Stetina BMC Racing Team s.t. 52 Theo Bos Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 53 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team s.t. 54 Adrien Petit Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 55 Jan Polanc Lampre - Merida s.t. 56 Nathan Earle Team Sky s.t. 57 Alessandro Petacchi Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 58 Davide Cimolai Lampre - Merida s.t. 59 Gert Joeaar Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 60 Jesse Sergent Trek Factory Racing s.t. 61 Alexandre Pichot Team Europcar s.t. 62 Pieter Vanspeybrouck Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 63 Mark Renshaw Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 64 Zico Waeytens Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 65 Marc Goos Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 66 Steven Kruijswijk Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 67 Stijn Vandenbergh Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 68 Jérôme Cousin Team Europcar s.t. 69 Sea Keong Loh Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 70 Jacopo Guarnieri Astana Pro Team s.t. 71 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 72 Rory Sutherland Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 73 Matti Breschel Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 74 Frederik Veuchelen Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 75 Tyler Farrar Garmin Sharp s.t. 76 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team s.t. 77 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 78 Olivier Kaisen Lotto Belisol s.t. 79 Tim Wellens Lotto Belisol s.t. 80 Laurens De Vreese Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 81 Zdenek Stybar Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 82 Manuele Boaro Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 83 Gijs Van Hoecke Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 84 Maciej Bodnar Cannondale s.t. 85 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 86 Gediminas Bagdonas AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 87 Andrea Guardini Astana Pro Team s.t. 88 Luca Paolini Team Katusha s.t. 89 Edwig Cammaerts Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 90 Marcel Kittel Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 91 Nikolai Trussov Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 92 Romain Lemarchand Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 93 Guillaume Bonnafond AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 94 Alexander Rybakov Team Katusha s.t. 95 Thomas Degand Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 96 Yury Trofimov Team Katusha s.t. 97 Alan Marangoni Cannondale s.t. 98 Aleksandr Kuschynski Team Katusha s.t. 99 Filippo Pozzato Lampre - Merida s.t. 100 Eduard Vorganov Team Katusha s.t. 101 Louis Verhelst Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 102 Frederique Robert Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 103 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing s.t. 104 Tim Declercq Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 105 Michael Schär BMC Racing Team s.t. 106 André Greipel Lotto Belisol s.t. 107 Elia Favilli Lampre - Merida s.t. 108 Stig Broeckx Lotto Belisol s.t. 109 Arnaud Demare FDJ.fr s.t. 110 Cyril Gautier Team Europcar s.t. 111 Simon Geschke Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 112 Kenny Dehaes Lotto Belisol s.t. 113 Preben Van Hecke Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 114 Alex Howes Garmin Sharp s.t. 115 Klaas Lodewyck BMC Racing Team s.t. 116 Bert De Backer Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 117 Mirko Selvaggi Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 118 Jack Bauer Garmin Sharp s.t. 119 David Boucher FDJ.fr s.t. 120 Joshua Edmondson Team Sky s.t. 121 Alexis Vuillermoz AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 122 Chad Haga Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 123 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Team Sky s.t. 124 Maarten Wynants Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 125 Moreno Hofland Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 126 Luca Dodi Lampre - Merida s.t. 127 Sébastien Minard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 128 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team s.t. 129 Lawson Craddock Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 130 Eliot Lietaer Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 131 Dries Devenyns Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 132 Barry Markus Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 133 James Vanlandschoot Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 134 Jempy Drucker Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 135 Anthony Roux FDJ.fr s.t. 136 Stijn Devolder Trek Factory Racing s.t. 137 Koldo Fernández Garmin Sharp s.t. 138 Paolo Longo Borghini Cannondale s.t. 139 Alberto Bettiol Cannondale s.t. 140 Ruslan Tleubayev Astana Pro Team s.t. 141 Michel Koch Cannondale s.t. 142 Anton Vorobyev Team Katusha s.t. 143 Evan Huffman Astana Pro Team s.t. 144 Yves Lampaert Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 145 Alexis Gougeard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 146 Jens Mouris Orica GreenEdge s.t. 147 Nacer Bouhanni FDJ.fr s.t. 148 Björn Leukemans Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 149 Sebastian Lander BMC Racing Team s.t. 150 Morgan Lamoisson Team Europcar s.t. 151 Christophe Laporte Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 152 Johan Vansummeren Garmin Sharp s.t. 153 Tony Hurel Team Europcar s.t. 154 Jasper De Buyst Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 155 Ben King Garmin Sharp s.t. 156 Perrig Quemeneur Team Europcar s.t. 157 Markel Irizar Trek Factory Racing s.t. 158 Patrick Gretsch AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 159 Andy Schleck Trek Factory Racing s.t. 160 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team s.t. 161 Matteo Montaguti AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 162 Sep Vanmarcke Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 163 Christian Knees Team Sky s.t. 164 Borut Božic Astana Pro Team s.t. 165 Fabio Sabatini Cannondale s.t. 166 Mitchell Docker Orica GreenEdge s.t. 167 Sacha Modolo Lampre - Merida s.t. 168 Alexander Kristoff Team Katusha s.t.
The next day, stage 6 , my legs though were heavy and useless. The time trial around Roermond turned into a disaster. However, I didn’t expect much. I still got even less though. I was fighting there, but lost a minute and twenty seconds onto Phinney. The worst thing: I would have nearly got caught by Froome in the end. Those 14 kilometers were just enough to save me from an embarrassment. No more good sensations left for the Muur.
Stage 6, Results
Rank Name Team Time 1 Taylor Phinney BMC Racing Team 20'23 2 Luke Durbridge Orica GreenEdge + 9 3 Chris Froome Team Sky + 12
Spoiler
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Sky + 13 5 MichaÅ‚ Kwiatkowski Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 17 6 Anton Vorobyev Team Katusha + 21 7 Niki Terpstra Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 22 8 Geraint Thomas Team Sky s.t. 9 Andriy Grivko Astana Pro Team s.t. 10 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant - Shimano + 23 11 Manuele Boaro Tinkoff - Saxo + 24 12 Pieter Weening Orica GreenEdge s.t. 13 Kristof Vandewalle Trek Factory Racing s.t. 14 Adriano Malori Movistar Team s.t. 15 Jesse Sergent Trek Factory Racing + 25 16 Andrey Amador Movistar Team s.t. 17 Alexander Kristoff Team Katusha + 27 18 Gediminas Bagdonas AG2R La Mondiale + 29 19 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team + 30 20 Lars Boom Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 21 Jurgen Van den Broeck Lotto Belisol + 33 22 Thomas De Gendt Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 34 23 Sebastian Langeveld Garmin Sharp s.t. 24 Maciej Bodnar Cannondale + 35 25 Simon Geschke Team Giant - Shimano + 36 26 Daniele Bennati Tinkoff - Saxo + 38 27 Jack Bauer Garmin Sharp s.t. 28 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 29 Lawson Craddock Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 30 Anthony Roux FDJ.fr + 39 31 Ion Izagirre Movistar Team s.t. 32 Tom Boonen Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 40 33 Christian Knees Team Sky s.t. 34 Stijn Devolder Trek Factory Racing s.t. 35 Marcel Kittel Team Giant - Shimano + 43 36 Zdenek Stybar Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 45 37 Salvatore Puccio Team Sky s.t. 38 Christophe Kern Team Europcar s.t. 39 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 47 40 Hayden Roulston Trek Factory Racing + 49 41 Arthur Vichot FDJ.fr + 51 42 Matthieu Ladagnous FDJ.fr s.t. 43 Patrick Gretsch AG2R La Mondiale + 52 44 David Boucher FDJ.fr + 53 45 Alexis Gougeard AG2R La Mondiale + 54 46 Rory Sutherland Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 47 Leigh Howard Orica GreenEdge s.t. 48 André Greipel Lotto Belisol + 55 49 Yves Lampaert Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 57 50 Tyler Farrar Garmin Sharp s.t. 51 Thibaut Pinot FDJ.fr s.t. 52 Benoît Vaugrenard FDJ.fr s.t. 53 Evan Huffman Astana Pro Team + 58 54 Matteo Montaguti AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 55 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team + 1'00 56 Borut Božic Astana Pro Team + 1'01 57 Michael Schär BMC Racing Team s.t. 58 Sep Vanmarcke Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 59 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team + 1'02 60 Davide Cimolai Lampre - Merida + 1'03 61 Markel Irizar Trek Factory Racing s.t. 62 Jürgen Roelandts Lotto Belisol s.t. 63 Sergey Chernetskiy Team Katusha + 1'04 64 Olivier Kaisen Lotto Belisol s.t. 65 Aleksandr Kuschynski Team Katusha s.t. 66 Nikolai Trussov Tinkoff - Saxo + 1'05 67 Ivan Rovny Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 68 Jérôme Cousin Team Europcar + 1'06 69 Barry Markus Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 70 Steven Kruijswijk Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 71 Peter Stetina BMC Racing Team s.t. 72 Daniel Martin Garmin Sharp s.t. 73 Moreno Hofland Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 1'08 74 Johan Vansummeren Garmin Sharp s.t. 75 Joshua Edmondson Team Sky s.t. 76 Maarten Wynants Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 77 Ben King Garmin Sharp s.t. 78 Theo Bos Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 79 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team s.t. 80 Michel Koch Cannondale + 1'09 81 Stijn Vandenbergh Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 82 Gijs Van Hoecke Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 83 Adrien Petit Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 84 Frederik Veuchelen Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 1'10 85 Filippo Pozzato Lampre - Merida s.t. 86 Matti Breschel Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 87 Stig Broeckx Lotto Belisol s.t. 88 Gert Joeaar Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 89 Marko Kump Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 90 Grégory Rast Trek Factory Racing s.t. 91 Jens Mouris Orica GreenEdge + 1'11 92 Marc Goos Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 93 Nacer Bouhanni FDJ.fr s.t. 94 Romain Lemarchand Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 1'12 95 Thomas Degand Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 96 Nathan Earle Team Sky s.t. 97 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar s.t. 98 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team s.t. 99 Jempy Drucker Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 100 Chad Haga Team Giant - Shimano + 1'13 101 Dries Devenyns Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 102 Alex Howes Garmin Sharp s.t. 103 Simon Yates Orica GreenEdge s.t. 104 Tim Declercq Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 105 Tim Wellens Lotto Belisol s.t. 106 Jens Keukeleire Orica GreenEdge s.t. 107 Mattia Cattaneo Lampre - Merida + 1'14 108 Romain Zingle Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 109 Alberto Bettiol Cannondale s.t. 110 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team s.t. 111 Oscar Gatto Cannondale s.t. 112 Elia Favilli Lampre - Merida + 1'15 113 Diego Ulissi Lampre - Merida s.t. 114 Alessandro Petacchi Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 115 Arnaud Demare FDJ.fr + 1'16 116 Edwig Cammaerts Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 117 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing s.t. 118 Christophe Laporte Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 1'17 119 Kenny Dehaes Lotto Belisol s.t. 120 Mark Renshaw Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 121 Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Pro Team s.t. 122 Luca Dodi Lampre - Merida s.t. 123 Yury Trofimov Team Katusha + 1'18 124 Sander Armee Lotto Belisol s.t. 125 Frederique Robert Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 126 Perrig Quemeneur Team Europcar + 1'19 127 Nicolas Edet Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 128 Luca Paolini Team Katusha s.t. 129 Koldo Fernández Garmin Sharp + 1'20 130 Jan Polanc Lampre - Merida s.t. 131 Adam Yates Orica GreenEdge s.t. 132 Eduard Vorganov Team Katusha s.t. 133 Yannick Eijssen BMC Racing Team + 1'21 134 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team s.t. 135 Raphael Visconti Cannondale s.t. 136 Sébastien Minard AG2R La Mondiale + 1'22 137 Zico Waeytens Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 138 Bert De Backer Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 139 Fabio Sabatini Cannondale s.t. 140 Alan Marangoni Cannondale + 1'23 141 Alexis Vuillermoz AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 142 Mitchell Docker Orica GreenEdge s.t. 143 Jacopo Guarnieri Astana Pro Team s.t. 144 Andy Schleck Trek Factory Racing s.t. 145 Klaas Lodewyck BMC Racing Team s.t. 146 Alexander Rybakov Team Katusha + 1'24 147 Guillaume Bonnafond AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 148 Louis Verhelst Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 1'25 149 Cyril Gautier Team Europcar + 1'26 150 Tony Hurel Team Europcar s.t. 151 Andrea Guardini Astana Pro Team + 1'27 152 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Team Sky s.t. 153 Morgan Lamoisson Team Europcar + 1'28 154 Pieter Vanspeybrouck Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 155 Sebastian Lander BMC Racing Team + 1'30 156 Björn Leukemans Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 1'31 157 Laurens De Vreese Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 1'34 158 Alexandre Pichot Team Europcar s.t. 159 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 160 Mirko Selvaggi Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 1'35 161 Ruslan Tleubayev Astana Pro Team s.t. 162 Sacha Modolo Lampre - Merida + 1'37 163 Jasper De Buyst Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 1'43 164 Eliot Lietaer Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 1'45 165 Preben Van Hecke Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 166 Sea Keong Loh Team Giant - Shimano + 1'47 167 Paolo Longo Borghini Cannondale + 1'55 168 James Vanlandschoot Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 1'56
General Classification After 6 out of 7 Stages
Rank Name Team Time 1 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Sky 19h08'31 2 Chris Froome Team Sky s.t. 3 Michał Kwiatkowski Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 5 4 Lars Boom Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 27 5 Taylor Phinney BMC Racing Team + 29 6 Andrey Amador Movistar Team + 33 7 Andriy Grivko Astana Pro Team + 39 8 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team + 48 9 Daniele Bennati Tinkoff - Saxo + 59 10 Raphael Visconti Cannondale + 1'15
Spoiler
11 Jurgen Van den Broeck Lotto Belisol + 1'20 12 Luke Durbridge Orica GreenEdge + 1'23 13 Adriano Malori Movistar Team + 1'38 14 Geraint Thomas Team Sky + 1'39 15 Daniel Martin Garmin Sharp + 1'40 16 Kristof Vandewalle Trek Factory Racing + 1'43 17 Niki Terpstra Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 18 Pieter Weening Orica GreenEdge + 1'50 19 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 1'54 20 Sebastian Langeveld Garmin Sharp + 1'56 21 Thomas De Gendt Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 1'59 22 Tom Boonen Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 2'02 23 Ion Izagirre Movistar Team + 2'04 24 Christophe Kern Team Europcar + 2'15 25 Salvatore Puccio Team Sky + 2'16 26 Hayden Roulston Trek Factory Racing + 2'20 27 Leigh Howard Orica GreenEdge + 2'23 28 Matthieu Ladagnous FDJ.fr + 2'24 29 Benoît Vaugrenard FDJ.fr + 2'25 30 Thibaut Pinot FDJ.fr + 2'28 31 Arthur Vichot FDJ.fr + 2'32 32 Jürgen Roelandts Lotto Belisol + 2'37 33 Ivan Rovny Tinkoff - Saxo + 2'46 34 Jens Keukeleire Orica GreenEdge + 2'52 35 Diego Ulissi Lampre - Merida + 2'53 36 Oscar Gatto Cannondale + 2'55 37 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team + 2'56 38 Sander Armee Lotto Belisol + 3'03 39 Adam Yates Orica GreenEdge + 3'05 40 Grégory Rast Trek Factory Racing + 5'26 41 Marko Kump Tinkoff - Saxo + 6'26 42 Alexander Kristoff Team Katusha + 6'52 43 Manuele Boaro Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 44 Jesse Sergent Trek Factory Racing + 6'54 45 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team + 6'58 46 Marcel Kittel Team Giant - Shimano + 7'05 47 Maciej Bodnar Cannondale s.t. 48 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff - Saxo + 7'06 49 Stijn Devolder Trek Factory Racing + 7'07 50 André Greipel Lotto Belisol + 7'11 51 Christian Knees Team Sky + 7'12 52 Jack Bauer Garmin Sharp + 7'13 53 Zdenek Stybar Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 7'23 54 Rory Sutherland Tinkoff - Saxo + 7'24 55 Tyler Farrar Garmin Sharp + 7'30 56 David Boucher FDJ.fr s.t. 57 Peter Stetina BMC Racing Team + 7'35 58 Sep Vanmarcke Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 7'41 59 Michael Schär BMC Racing Team + 7'44 60 Gert Joeaar Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 61 Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Pro Team s.t. 62 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team + 7'45 63 Olivier Kaisen Lotto Belisol + 7'49 64 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team + 7'50 65 Steven Kruijswijk Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 7'52 66 Stig Broeckx Lotto Belisol s.t. 67 Adrien Petit Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 7'56 68 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar + 7'57 69 Matti Breschel Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 70 Tim Wellens Lotto Belisol + 7'58 71 Arnaud Demare FDJ.fr + 7'59 72 Nacer Bouhanni FDJ.fr s.t. 73 Marc Goos Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 8'00 74 Nathan Earle Team Sky s.t. 75 Tim Declercq Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 8'03 76 Fabio Sabatini Cannondale + 8'05 77 Nicolas Edet Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 78 Mark Renshaw Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 8'06 79 Kenny Dehaes Lotto Belisol + 8'08 80 Klaas Lodewyck BMC Racing Team + 8'10 81 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team s.t. 82 Yannick Eijssen BMC Racing Team + 8'17 83 Bert De Backer Team Giant - Shimano + 8'19 84 Andrea Guardini Astana Pro Team + 8'21 85 Björn Leukemans Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 8'22 86 Sebastian Lander BMC Racing Team + 8'28 87 Ruslan Tleubayev Astana Pro Team + 8'31 88 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale + 8'35 89 Markel Irizar Trek Factory Racing + 10'29 90 Borut Božic Astana Pro Team + 10'30 91 Davide Cimolai Lampre - Merida + 10'32 92 Nikolai Trussov Tinkoff - Saxo + 10'34 93 Filippo Pozzato Lampre - Merida + 10'40 94 Gijs Van Hoecke Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 10'44 95 Stijn Vandenbergh Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 10'47 96 Frederik Veuchelen Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 10'48 97 Thomas Degand Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 10'50 98 Zico Waeytens Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 10'51 99 Anton Vorobyev Team Katusha + 10'52 100 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant - Shimano + 10'54 101 Jan Polanc Lampre - Merida + 10'55 102 Elia Favilli Lampre - Merida s.t. 103 Alberto Bettiol Cannondale + 10'56 104 Pieter Vanspeybrouck Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 10'59 105 Andy Schleck Trek Factory Racing + 11'00 106 Mirko Selvaggi Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 11'11 107 Lawson Craddock Team Giant - Shimano + 11'17 108 Simon Geschke Team Giant - Shimano + 11'18 109 Theo Bos Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 11'22 110 Simon Yates Orica GreenEdge + 11'33 111 Romain Lemarchand Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 112 Frederique Robert Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 11'40 113 Luca Dodi Lampre - Merida s.t. 114 Edwig Cammaerts Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 11'42 115 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing + 11'44 116 Anthony Roux FDJ.fr + 11'47 117 Aleksandr Kuschynski Team Katusha + 11'57 118 Jempy Drucker Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 12'05 119 Evan Huffman Astana Pro Team + 12'06 120 Alessandro Petacchi Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 12'09 121 Luca Paolini Team Katusha + 12'19 122 Moreno Hofland Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 12'23 123 Eduard Vorganov Team Katusha s.t. 124 Ben King Garmin Sharp + 12'24 125 Maarten Wynants Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 12'25 126 Barry Markus Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 12'26 127 Alex Howes Garmin Sharp + 12'33 128 Christophe Laporte Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 12'37 129 Jacopo Guarnieri Astana Pro Team + 12'51 130 Louis Verhelst Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 12'56 131 Sacha Modolo Lampre - Merida + 13'04 132 Preben Van Hecke Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 13'12 133 Jasper De Buyst Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 13'13 134 Eliot Lietaer Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 13'25 135 James Vanlandschoot Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 13'39 136 Romain Zingle Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 14'06 137 Mattia Cattaneo Lampre - Merida + 14'51 138 Gediminas Bagdonas AG2R La Mondiale + 15'38 139 Sergey Chernetskiy Team Katusha + 15'49 140 Michel Koch Cannondale + 16'13 141 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team + 16'15 142 Alexis Gougeard AG2R La Mondiale + 16'16 143 Matteo Montaguti AG2R La Mondiale + 16'19 144 Dries Devenyns Team Giant - Shimano + 16'35 145 Jens Mouris Orica GreenEdge s.t. 146 Joshua Edmondson Team Sky + 16'38 147 Johan Vansummeren Garmin Sharp + 16'40 148 Chad Haga Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 149 Koldo Fernández Garmin Sharp + 16'50 150 Mitchell Docker Orica GreenEdge + 16'51 151 Perrig Quemeneur Team Europcar s.t. 152 Sébastien Minard AG2R La Mondiale + 16'53 153 Guillaume Bonnafond AG2R La Mondiale + 16'54 154 Tony Hurel Team Europcar s.t. 155 Cyril Gautier Team Europcar + 16'55 156 Morgan Lamoisson Team Europcar + 17'00 157 Alexis Vuillermoz AG2R La Mondiale + 17'01 158 Alexandre Pichot Team Europcar + 17'15 159 Sea Keong Loh Team Giant - Shimano + 17'32 160 Alan Marangoni Cannondale s.t. 161 Yves Lampaert Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 18'10 162 Laurens De Vreese Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 18'30 163 Paolo Longo Borghini Cannondale + 19'44 164 Patrick Gretsch AG2R La Mondiale + 20'00 165 Jérôme Cousin Team Europcar + 21'08 166 Yury Trofimov Team Katusha + 21'22 167 Alexander Rybakov Team Katusha + 21'32 168 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Team Sky + 21'38
baia
Posted on 06-04-2014 20:38
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Just what i thought, Raphael is doing great, can almost make me to forgett Sagan...
admirschleck
Posted on 06-04-2014 20:40
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Great win and 3rd place for Raphael. I'm quite surprised he's on 10th place, good job! Hope he can managed to stay there after the last stage, aswell.
sutty68
Posted on 06-04-2014 23:17
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Great win for Raphael on stage 2 and looking good for an Overall top ten finish
Shonak
Posted on 07-04-2014 11:41
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Thank you guys.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
Ian Butler
Posted on 07-04-2014 11:43
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Raphael didn't seem too happy with his victory there
Shonak
Posted on 07-04-2014 11:48
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Ah, he'll get over it.
Edited by Shonak on 07-04-2014 11:49
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
krisa
Posted on 07-04-2014 18:30
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Nice victory some days ago
YvesStevens
Posted on 07-04-2014 18:42
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Great 10th GC place + a stage victory. Well deserved!
Shonak
Posted on 07-04-2014 19:10
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Thanks guys. Final stage will be up in a moment's notice.
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Shonak
Posted on 07-04-2014 19:39
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Eneco Tour
Muur van Geraardsbergen
On the last stage from Teeinen to Geraardsbergen, I was particuarlaly motivated again. My legs were getting a bit heavy and surely the Time Trial on the previous day had mostly destroyed all my GC hopes. However, I had still a good position thanks to the trip to Valkenburg, and when I proclaimed that I wanted to go full-throttle today, I was surprised when the team said, they’d support me.
So we did our usual thing: Like in the spring classics, we pushed hard as soon as we hit the cobblestones of Geraardsbergen at around 75 kilometers. On this circuit, we had to conquer three times the Muur van Geraardsbergern.
While we sent Bodnar upfront, Cannondale had Sabatini and Gatto take turns at the second time riding Muur van Geraardsbergen. With their pace, the peloton really suffered big-time. Like a yo-yo many riders dropped and had to fight to get back. Later on, Bodnar let himself deliberately drop from the break of the day to help us out further back. Cannondale managed at some point to form a group of merely 19 riders, where riders like Froome and Boonen were dropped. However, Boasson Hagen and Kwiatkowski were still in my group. Terpstra eventually ended up working for Kwiatkowski and thus helped in our pacing. From time to time, there were heavy crosswinds, which of course suited us and allowed for some echelons and unexpected splits after the tough cobblestone passages.
When we hit the last time the Muur, I had to attack eventually. You can’t have your team working all day long and don’t do nothing. The first time, I didn’t get far and Omega Pharma and Sky caught me again, but after the Muur, on a second try, I got out of their fangs and out of their reach, and was ready to push. Edvald Boasson Hagen, the leader of the race, was on my wheel. I thought that this was my chance and I pushed over the last segment of cobblestones, 20 kilometers of flat road ahead of me.
Surprisingly, and much to my dismay, Edvald Boasson Hagen, although being the leader, wasn’t interested in helping my effort. Instead, he just stayed at my wheel, while I was doing all of the work. I couldn’t believe him, really. I told him that his opponents are very close in the Classification and that he shouldn’t rely on a sprint. But he denied any work still. And then I just shaked my head and instead kept riding and riding… That's what you do in such a situation: You ride anway.
I wasn’t strong enough to keep the peloton at bay. They came closer again, since Omega Pharma and BMC were pushing strong and they knew how to handle such stages. But that turned out to be my luck. I had already invested so much into this race when there were only 10, 8, 7 kilometers left. They nearly caught us and Boasson Hagen decided to drop back in the peloton, but I kept pushing. I didn’t care for the classification. I had invested so much at that point, I wanted to keep going until they had me for sure. As long as I had more than three meters lead, I wouldn’t stop at any cost.
So I was nearly caught with 5 kilometers to go as we entered Geraardsbergen for the finale. However, when I looked back, there was suddenly no one there. My chasing group must have had different opinions and there may have been some issues between the riders, and they gave me too much lead and when the road was downhill, I suddenly gained meter on meter and second and second on them. I didn’t see them anymore for a while and I felt like flying.
That was until Philippe Gilbert came up to me on the last 2 kilometers and bridged the gap. He was riding strong but was lacking the strength to really overtake me in the finale uphill sprint up to the finish. I kept myself surprisingly easily ahead of him, and I looked back and suddenly there was Edvald Boasson Hagen rushing towards us. Again him. I thought, no, that can’t be it right now. He was coming so fast, and the finish line drew close so slow and I felt like I was standing there and striking my pedals and not moving a single inch forward at all. Gilbert’s heavy breathing behind me, the fans all around me cheering for him or me, and some wanted to see my reward. And then there were only 100 meters left and Boasson Hagen was right next to me, and I just kept the speed up somehow. And the Norwegian… I wanted to kick him off the bike, when there were only 10 meters left, and I had a lead of merely centimeters left when I crossed the line. I immediately knew it though. Without much energy left, I pushed my body over the finish.
Right on the line there.
Grande!
For the first few minutes I was just lying in the gutter, breathing heavily. I was empty, and proud. Some helpers were around and wanted to help me on my feet, I just said, that they should leave me alone. Just for a moment.
Impressions
Later, the race reporters asked me traditionally some questions. It’s nice to share your thoughts after such a race.
Interviewer: Mister Visconti, so – how does it feel?
This is’a just incredible. To win duo stages here in Belgium, and when one of them ends here in Geraardsbergo after taking on the Muur, it’s a-a-a… it’s incredible for me. I want to thank my team, they did an incredible job for me today. I really wanted to ride here today and erm… ride good here. So I attacked, and when Edvald didn’t want to cooperate, I just thought that I need to keep riding. I had no lead, I had nothing in my hands. Otherwise all the work would have been for nothing, and I don’t want to ride for nothing. So I kept going. I thought they had caught me at one point, but they didn’t. They must have thought so too. And then, yeah… I was lucky it was enough in the end.
Interviewer: Merely centimeters between you and Edvald. You said he didn’t want to work with you, do you know why? What did you talk about at Kilometer 20?
Yes, yes. I think, he relied on his sprint and his acceleration. He knew he had a good team and only had to wheelsuck today, so yes… I understand that he didn’t want to invest more energy than necessary. If he worked with me and Kwiatkowski dropped us in the finale, than he’d be the stupid one. But, well… I would have preferred it if he just dropped from my wheel entirely then if he’s not going to do any work. I don’t need such people on my wheel.
And if he would have taken the win from me today, either by riding with me or outsprinting me there, than I would have… I don’t know, probably punched a wall or something [laughs]. He still wins Eneco Tour, so I think he doesn’t mind too much. But I wasn’t really scared of him in the sprint. I feared Gilbert when he rushing towards me, because Gilbert is a rider to be afraid of, he is crazy strong. But Edvald… well, he just turned up there. I had no time to worry, and when I noticed Edvald, I was so close to the line, I didn’t think so much anymore.
Interviewer: Winning Dwars door Vlaanderen and now two stages at Eneco Tour, both with pave. You most certainly enjoy riding here in Belgium.
Ah, yes. Belgium is’a very kind to me. It’s a wonderful country with amazing fans and a great, great cycling culture. Italy and Belgium. I could travel between both countries all my life and it woulda be a wonderful life for any cyclists.
Interviewer: With your recent success in the Road racing, will there be a focus-shift. You are quite a CX talent and have recently signed a new contract with Cannondale. What’s your plans for the upcoming seasons?
I want to ride of course many, many road races. I know that riders don’t like to ride all spring classics, that riders either choose Flanders Classics or Ardennes classics. But I want to ride all of them, and my wish is to be competitive there at some point. Those are the races that suit me and that impress me. And those are the races that turn you into a great rider. [takes a nip of the water bottle] But honestly, Cyclo-Cross is a deep, very deep passion. I’d like to ride both disciplines and do well in both. You could say, road racing, it’s for my sanity, you know. CX adds that insane, unpredictable part that life needs to have for me. You can’t control CX, it’s muddy madness sometimes. Road racing is my life, but… Cyclo-Cross is my love.
Interviewer: Looks like we’ll be seeing you in Belgium again come Autumn & Winter then. Thank you for your time!
Stage 7, Results
Rank Name Team Time 1 Raphael Visconti Cannondale 4h34'50 2 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Sky s.t. 3 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t. 4 Lars Boom Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 15 5 Taylor Phinney BMC Racing Team + 34 6 Björn Leukemans Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 51 7 Andrey Amador Movistar Team s.t. 8 Michał Kwiatkowski Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 9 Jürgen Roelandts Lotto Belisol + 1'10 10 André Greipel Lotto Belisol s.t.
Spoiler
11 Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Pro Team + 1'24 12 Geraint Thomas Team Sky s.t. 13 Niki Terpstra Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 14 Salvatore Puccio Team Sky + 2'01 15 Preben Van Hecke Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 16 Oscar Gatto Cannondale s.t. 17 Daniele Bennati Tinkoff - Saxo + 2'29 18 Fabio Sabatini Cannondale s.t. 19 Andriy Grivko Astana Pro Team + 3'21 20 Romain Zingle Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 21 Maciej Bodnar Cannondale + 3'34 22 Paolo Longo Borghini Cannondale s.t. 23 Arnaud Demare FDJ.fr + 5'05 24 Marcel Kittel Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 25 Tom Boonen Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 26 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team s.t. 27 Alexander Kristoff Team Katusha s.t. 28 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 29 Maarten Wynants Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 30 Sep Vanmarcke Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 31 Borut Božic Astana Pro Team s.t. 32 Adrien Petit Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 33 Chris Froome Team Sky s.t. 34 Sebastian Langeveld Garmin Sharp s.t. 35 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team s.t. 36 Nacer Bouhanni FDJ.fr s.t. 37 Luca Paolini Team Katusha s.t. 38 Marko Kump Tinkoff - Saxo + 5'47 39 Jurgen Van den Broeck Lotto Belisol s.t. 40 Kristof Vandewalle Trek Factory Racing s.t. 41 Matthieu Ladagnous FDJ.fr s.t. 42 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 43 Hayden Roulston Trek Factory Racing s.t. 44 Adriano Malori Movistar Team s.t. 45 Ion Izagirre Movistar Team s.t. 46 Luke Durbridge Orica GreenEdge s.t. 47 Kenny Dehaes Lotto Belisol s.t. 48 Mitchell Docker Orica GreenEdge s.t. 49 Thomas De Gendt Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 50 Arthur Vichot FDJ.fr s.t. 51 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team s.t. 52 Daniel Martin Garmin Sharp s.t. 53 Jens Keukeleire Orica GreenEdge s.t. 54 Nathan Earle Team Sky s.t. 55 Matteo Montaguti AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 56 Leigh Howard Orica GreenEdge s.t. 57 Nicolas Edet Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 58 Sander Armee Lotto Belisol s.t. 59 Gediminas Bagdonas AG2R La Mondiale + 6'12 60 Matti Breschel Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 61 Zdenek Stybar Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 62 Filippo Pozzato Lampre - Merida s.t. 63 Tyler Farrar Garmin Sharp s.t. 64 Grégory Rast Trek Factory Racing + 6'33 65 Alexandre Pichot Team Europcar s.t. 66 Stijn Vandenbergh Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 67 Stijn Devolder Trek Factory Racing s.t. 68 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar s.t. 69 Michael Schär BMC Racing Team s.t. 70 Thibaut Pinot FDJ.fr + 7'08 71 Benoît Vaugrenard FDJ.fr s.t. 72 Tim Wellens Lotto Belisol s.t. 73 Mark Renshaw Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 74 Davide Cimolai Lampre - Merida s.t. 75 Christophe Kern Team Europcar s.t. 76 Stig Broeckx Lotto Belisol s.t. 77 Johan Vansummeren Garmin Sharp s.t. 78 Diego Ulissi Lampre - Merida s.t. 79 Alan Marangoni Cannondale s.t. 80 Alberto Bettiol Cannondale s.t. 81 Jacopo Guarnieri Astana Pro Team + 8'15 82 Theo Bos Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 8'56 83 Alessandro Petacchi Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 84 Moreno Hofland Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 85 Andrea Guardini Astana Pro Team s.t. 86 Yves Lampaert Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 87 Pieter Vanspeybrouck Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 88 Barry Markus Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 89 Elia Favilli Lampre - Merida s.t. 90 Mirko Selvaggi Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 91 Simon Geschke Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 92 Gijs Van Hoecke Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 93 Zico Waeytens Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 94 Koldo Fernández Garmin Sharp s.t. 95 Anton Vorobyev Team Katusha s.t. 96 Sébastien Minard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 97 Tim Declercq Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 98 Jempy Drucker Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 99 Klaas Lodewyck BMC Racing Team s.t. 100 Simon Yates Orica GreenEdge s.t. 101 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 102 Laurens De Vreese Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 103 Jack Bauer Garmin Sharp s.t. 104 Jesse Sergent Trek Factory Racing s.t. 105 Sebastian Lander BMC Racing Team s.t. 106 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing s.t. 107 David Boucher FDJ.fr s.t. 108 Aleksandr Kuschynski Team Katusha s.t. 109 James Vanlandschoot Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 110 Bert De Backer Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 111 Eliot Lietaer Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 112 Nikolai Trussov Tinkoff - Saxo + 10'15 113 Peter Stetina BMC Racing Team s.t. 114 Anthony Roux FDJ.fr s.t. 115 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t. 116 Manuele Boaro Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 117 Sacha Modolo Lampre - Merida s.t. 118 Rory Sutherland Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 119 Christian Knees Team Sky s.t. 120 Adam Yates Orica GreenEdge s.t. 121 Ruslan Tleubayev Astana Pro Team s.t. 122 Dries Devenyns Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 123 Thomas Degand Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 124 Pieter Weening Orica GreenEdge s.t. 125 Frederik Veuchelen Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 126 Tony Hurel Team Europcar s.t. 127 Markel Irizar Trek Factory Racing s.t. 128 Romain Lemarchand Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 129 Frederique Robert Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 130 Edwig Cammaerts Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 131 Michel Koch Cannondale s.t. 132 Louis Verhelst Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 133 Jérôme Cousin Team Europcar + 11'16 134 Ben King Garmin Sharp s.t. 135 Steven Kruijswijk Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 136 Patrick Gretsch AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 137 Alexis Gougeard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 138 Marc Goos Belkin Pro Cycling Team s.t. 139 Ivan Rovny Tinkoff - Saxo s.t. 140 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team s.t. 141 Evan Huffman Astana Pro Team s.t. 142 Yannick Eijssen BMC Racing Team s.t. 143 Gert Joeaar Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 144 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team s.t. 145 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team s.t. 146 Yury Trofimov Team Katusha s.t. 147 Olivier Kaisen Lotto Belisol s.t. 148 Joshua Edmondson Team Sky s.t. 149 Alex Howes Garmin Sharp + 12'26 150 Mattia Cattaneo Lampre - Merida + 12'34 151 Jasper De Buyst Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t. 152 Lawson Craddock Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 153 Cyril Gautier Team Europcar s.t. 154 Andy Schleck Trek Factory Racing s.t. 155 Morgan Lamoisson Team Europcar s.t. 156 Jan Polanc Lampre - Merida s.t. 157 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Team Sky s.t. 158 Luca Dodi Lampre - Merida s.t. 159 Alexis Vuillermoz AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 160 Alexander Rybakov Team Katusha s.t. 161 Chad Haga Team Giant - Shimano s.t. 162 Sergey Chernetskiy Team Katusha s.t. 163 Christophe Laporte Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 15'33 164 Guillaume Bonnafond AG2R La Mondiale + 15'43 165 Jens Mouris Orica GreenEdge s.t. 166 Perrig Quemeneur Team Europcar s.t. 167 Eduard Vorganov Team Katusha s.t. 168 Sea Keong Loh Team Giant - Shimano s.t.
Final Classification
Rank Name Team Time 1 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Sky 23h43'15 2 Lars Boom Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 48 3 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team + 50 4 Michał Kwiatkowski Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 1'02 5 Taylor Phinney BMC Racing Team + 1'09 6 Raphael Visconti Cannondale s.t. 7 Andrey Amador Movistar Team + 1'30 8 Geraint Thomas Team Sky + 3'09 9 Niki Terpstra Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 10 Daniele Bennati Tinkoff - Saxo + 3'34
Spoiler
11 Jürgen Roelandts Lotto Belisol + 3'53 12 Andriy Grivko Astana Pro Team + 4'06 13 Salvatore Puccio Team Sky + 4'23 14 Oscar Gatto Cannondale + 5'02 15 Chris Froome Team Sky + 5'11 16 Sebastian Langeveld Garmin Sharp + 7'07 17 Tom Boonen Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 7'13 18 Jurgen Van den Broeck Lotto Belisol s.t. 19 Luke Durbridge Orica GreenEdge + 7'16 20 Adriano Malori Movistar Team + 7'31 21 Daniel Martin Garmin Sharp + 7'33 22 Kristof Vandewalle Trek Factory Racing + 7'36 23 Thomas De Gendt Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 7'52 24 Ion Izagirre Movistar Team + 7'57 25 Hayden Roulston Trek Factory Racing + 8'13 26 Leigh Howard Orica GreenEdge + 8'16 27 Matthieu Ladagnous FDJ.fr + 8'17 28 André Greipel Lotto Belisol + 8'21 29 Arthur Vichot FDJ.fr + 8'25 30 Jens Keukeleire Orica GreenEdge + 8'45 31 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team + 8'49 32 Sander Armee Lotto Belisol + 8'56 33 Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Pro Team + 9'06 34 Björn Leukemans Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 9'13 35 Christophe Kern Team Europcar + 9'29 36 Benoît Vaugrenard FDJ.fr + 9'39 37 Thibaut Pinot FDJ.fr + 9'42 38 Diego Ulissi Lampre - Merida + 10'07 39 Fabio Sabatini Cannondale + 10'40 40 Maciej Bodnar Cannondale + 10'45 41 Alexander Kristoff Team Katusha + 12'03 42 Grégory Rast Trek Factory Racing + 12'05 43 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team + 12'09 44 Pieter Weening Orica GreenEdge + 12'11 45 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 12'15 46 Marcel Kittel Team Giant - Shimano + 12'16 47 Marko Kump Tinkoff - Saxo + 12'19 48 Sep Vanmarcke Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 12'52 49 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team + 12'56 50 Adrien Petit Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 13'07 51 Arnaud Demare FDJ.fr + 13'10 52 Nacer Bouhanni FDJ.fr s.t. 53 Adam Yates Orica GreenEdge + 13'26 54 Zdenek Stybar Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 13'41 55 Stijn Devolder Trek Factory Racing + 13'46 56 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 57 Tyler Farrar Garmin Sharp + 13'48 58 Nathan Earle Team Sky + 13'53 59 Nicolas Edet Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 13'58 60 Kenny Dehaes Lotto Belisol + 14'01 61 Ivan Rovny Tinkoff - Saxo + 14'08 62 Matti Breschel Tinkoff - Saxo + 14'15 63 Michael Schär BMC Racing Team + 14'23 64 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar + 14'36 65 Stig Broeckx Lotto Belisol + 15'06 66 Tim Wellens Lotto Belisol + 15'12 67 Preben Van Hecke Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 15'15 68 Mark Renshaw Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 15'20 69 Borut Božic Astana Pro Team + 15'41 70 Jesse Sergent Trek Factory Racing + 15'56 71 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff - Saxo + 16'08 72 Jack Bauer Garmin Sharp + 16'15 73 David Boucher FDJ.fr + 16'32 74 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant - Shimano + 16'47 75 Filippo Pozzato Lampre - Merida + 16'58 76 Tim Declercq Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 17'05 77 Klaas Lodewyck BMC Racing Team + 17'12 78 Manuele Boaro Tinkoff - Saxo + 17'13 79 Bert De Backer Team Giant - Shimano + 17'21 80 Andrea Guardini Astana Pro Team + 17'23 81 Stijn Vandenbergh Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 17'26 82 Romain Zingle Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 17'27 83 Luca Paolini Team Katusha + 17'30 84 Sebastian Lander BMC Racing Team s.t. 85 Christian Knees Team Sky + 17'33 86 Maarten Wynants Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 17'36 87 Rory Sutherland Tinkoff - Saxo + 17'45 88 Davide Cimolai Lampre - Merida + 17'46 89 Peter Stetina BMC Racing Team + 17'56 90 Alberto Bettiol Cannondale + 18'10 91 Ruslan Tleubayev Astana Pro Team + 18'52 92 Gert Joeaar Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 19'06 93 Olivier Kaisen Lotto Belisol + 19'11 94 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team + 19'12 95 Steven Kruijswijk Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 19'14 96 Marc Goos Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 19'22 97 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team + 19'32 98 Yannick Eijssen BMC Racing Team + 19'39 99 Gijs Van Hoecke Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 19'46 100 Zico Waeytens Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 19'53 101 Anton Vorobyev Team Katusha + 19'54 102 Elia Favilli Lampre - Merida + 19'57 103 Pieter Vanspeybrouck Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 20'01 104 Mirko Selvaggi Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 20'13 105 Simon Geschke Team Giant - Shimano + 20'20 106 Theo Bos Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 20'24 107 Simon Yates Orica GreenEdge + 20'35 108 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing + 20'46 109 Markel Irizar Trek Factory Racing + 20'50 110 Nikolai Trussov Tinkoff - Saxo + 20'55 111 Aleksandr Kuschynski Team Katusha + 20'59 112 Jempy Drucker Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 21'07 113 Frederik Veuchelen Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 21'09 114 Alessandro Petacchi Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 21'11 115 Thomas Degand Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 116 Jacopo Guarnieri Astana Pro Team + 21'12 117 Moreno Hofland Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 21'25 118 Barry Markus Belkin Pro Cycling Team + 21'28 119 Romain Lemarchand Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 21'54 120 Gediminas Bagdonas AG2R La Mondiale + 21'56 121 Frederique Robert Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 22'01 122 Edwig Cammaerts Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 22'03 123 Anthony Roux FDJ.fr + 22'08 124 Matteo Montaguti AG2R La Mondiale + 22'12 125 Eliot Lietaer Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 22'27 126 James Vanlandschoot Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 22'41 127 Mitchell Docker Orica GreenEdge + 22'44 128 Louis Verhelst Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 23'17 129 Paolo Longo Borghini Cannondale + 23'24 130 Sacha Modolo Lampre - Merida + 23'25 131 Evan Huffman Astana Pro Team + 23'28 132 Jan Polanc Lampre - Merida + 23'35 133 Andy Schleck Trek Factory Racing + 23'40 134 Ben King Garmin Sharp + 23'46 135 Johan Vansummeren Garmin Sharp + 23'54 136 Alexandre Pichot Team Europcar s.t. 137 Lawson Craddock Team Giant - Shimano + 23'57 138 Luca Dodi Lampre - Merida + 24'20 139 Alan Marangoni Cannondale + 24'46 140 Alex Howes Garmin Sharp + 25'05 141 Koldo Fernández Garmin Sharp + 25'52 142 Jasper De Buyst Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 25'53 143 Sébastien Minard AG2R La Mondiale + 25'55 144 Michel Koch Cannondale + 26'34 145 Dries Devenyns Team Giant - Shimano + 26'56 146 Yves Lampaert Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 27'12 147 Tony Hurel Team Europcar + 27'15 148 Mattia Cattaneo Lampre - Merida + 27'31 149 Laurens De Vreese Wanty - Groupe Gobert + 27'32 150 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team + 27'37 151 Alexis Gougeard AG2R La Mondiale + 27'38 152 Joshua Edmondson Team Sky + 28'00 153 Eduard Vorganov Team Katusha + 28'12 154 Christophe Laporte Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 28'16 155 Sergey Chernetskiy Team Katusha + 28'29 156 Chad Haga Team Giant - Shimano + 29'20 157 Cyril Gautier Team Europcar + 29'35 158 Morgan Lamoisson Team Europcar + 29'40 159 Alexis Vuillermoz AG2R La Mondiale + 29'41 160 Patrick Gretsch AG2R La Mondiale + 31'22 161 Jens Mouris Orica GreenEdge + 32'24 162 Jérôme Cousin Team Europcar + 32'30 163 Perrig Quemeneur Team Europcar + 32'40 164 Guillaume Bonnafond AG2R La Mondiale + 32'43 165 Yury Trofimov Team Katusha + 32'44 166 Sea Keong Loh Team Giant - Shimano + 33'21 167 Alexander Rybakov Team Katusha + 34'12 168 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Team Sky + 34'18
baia
Posted on 07-04-2014 22:56
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Great stage win.. this is a hell of a report..
Ian Butler
Posted on 07-04-2014 23:01
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Now this is a victory! Well done and bloody brilliant reporting
sutty68
Posted on 07-04-2014 23:34
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Totally Brilliant result for Raphael Visconti
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Nice win
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