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| sutty68 |
Posted on 12-08-2014 14:37
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Nicholas certainly improved on the last two stages, which resulted in a Great third place on stage five  |
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One of the few podium finishes he can't complain about. 
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With my rediscovered legs I was feeling good ahead of the 25km long time trial around Bilbao to finish this year’s Tour around the Basque Country.
By the time I started as 52th ranked it were Taylor Phinney and Tony Martin who had clocked down the two fastest times. Excellent reference material.
It was straight away on the first climb that the German Dominic Nerz showed up in my vision ahead of me on the road. The talented German clearly not having one of his better days. Or maybe I was having a great day? The 2 seconds I had been faster than Tony Martin at the first checkpoint certainly indicated that.
Maybe I focused too much on the German Nerz who I caught up to right at the second checkpoint where I clocked the exact same time as Martin, but right after that climb my cadence completely collapsed as I became unable to hammer on the high gear anymore.
Completely emptied out I crossed the finish 55 seconds slower than Tony Martin and 40 seconds behind Phinney. Certainly not a bad effort, but I was disappointment in my own overenthusiasm.
All these times didn’t matter though as by the end of the day Polish time trial champion Michael Kwiatkowski blew the field away. Diving a full 47 seconds below the time of der Panzerwagen as the Pole took the stage win. Falling just short of a GC win as Jurgen van den Broeck stayed 22 seconds ahead to take his first WT title home with him.
| 1 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 37'21 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 32 | | 3 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 47 | | 4 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 1'02 | | 5 | Simon Spilak | Astana Pro Team | + 1'16 | | 6 | Robert Gesink | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 1'27 | | 7 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 1'28 | | 8 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 9 | Riccardo Zoidl | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 1'31 | | 10 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | + 1'33 | | - | | 14 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 1'43 |
| 1 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | 23h14'37 | | 2 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 22 | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 1'06 | | 4 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1'22 | | 5 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 2'33 | | 6 | Julian Arredondo | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 2'52 | | 7 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | + 3'07 | | 8 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 3'20 | | 9 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3'28 | | 10 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | + 3'35 | | - | | 45 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 19'18 |
Spoiler | 11 | Andy Schleck | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 4'04 | | 12 | Roman Kreuziger | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 4'07 | | 13 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto - Belisol | + 5'38 | | 14 | Mikel Nieve | Sky Procycling | + 5'47 | | 15 | Robert Gesink | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 6'31 | | 16 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 7'08 | | 17 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | + 7'20 | | 18 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 7'54 | | 19 | Bauke Mollema | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 8'59 | | 20 | Jakob Fuglsang | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 9'00 | | 21 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | + 9'10 | | 22 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 9'45 | | 23 | Riccardo Zoidl | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 9'50 | | 24 | Ivan Santaromita | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 10'36 | | 25 | Simon Spilak | Astana Pro Team | + 10'47 | | 26 | Rigoberto Uran | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 11'04 | | 27 | Robert Kiserlovski | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 11'48 | | 28 | Angel Madrazo | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 12'55 | | 29 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 12'56 | | 30 | Ruben Fernandez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 13'29 | | 31 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 14'58 | | 32 | Wilco Kelderman | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 15'22 | | 33 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | + 16'13 | | 34 | Franco Pellizotti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 16'20 | | 35 | Tim Wellens | BMC Racing Team | + 16'54 | | 36 | Cadel Evans | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 17'18 | | 37 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | + 17'44 | | 38 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 17'57 | | 39 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant - Shimano | + 18'06 | | 40 | Vasil Kiryienka | Sky Procycling | + 18'17 | | 41 | Joe Dombrowski | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 18'22 | | 42 | Adam Yates | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 18'43 | | 43 | Lawson Craddock | Giant - Shimano | + 18'47 | | 44 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky Procycling | + 18'50 | | 45 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 19'18 | | 46 | Diego Rosa | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 19'34 | | 47 | Janez Brajkovic | Lotto - Belisol | + 19'35 | | 48 | Daan Olivier | Giant - Shimano | + 19'53 | | 49 | Rafael Valls | Lampre - Merida | + 19'54 | | 50 | Simon Yates | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 19'55 | | 51 | David López García | Sky Procycling | + 20'24 | | 52 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | + 20'26 | | 53 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | + 20'59 | | 54 | Rohan Dennis | Sky Procycling | + 21'50 | | 55 | Paul Voss | Giant - Shimano | + 21'52 | | 56 | Mathias Frank | BMC Racing Team | + 21'54 | | 57 | Davide Villella | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 22'01 | | 58 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 22'17 | | 59 | Thomas Damuseau | Giant - Shimano | + 22'28 | | 60 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 23'58 | | 61 | Alberto Losada | Katusha Team | + 24'02 | | 62 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | + 24'10 | | 63 | Kristijan Koren | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 24'13 | | 64 | Francesco Reda | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 24'33 | | 65 | Darwin Atapuma | BMC Racing Team | + 24'45 | | 66 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | + 25'41 | | 67 | Julian Alaphilippe | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 26'25 | | 68 | Francisco Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 26'44 | | 69 | Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 26'58 | | 70 | Rui Costa | Lampre - Merida | + 27'44 | | 71 | Alejandro Marque | Movistar Team | + 27'49 | | 72 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | + 28'26 | | 73 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 29'09 | | 74 | Jesus Hernandez Blazquez | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 29'15 | | 75 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | + 30'35 | | 76 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Garmin - Sharp | + 30'45 | | 77 | David Arroyo | Movistar Team | + 30'53 | | 78 | Alan Marangoni | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 30'59 | | 79 | Thomas Peterson | Giant - Shimano | + 31'17 | | 80 | Carlos Verona | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 31'30 | | 81 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | + 32'14 | | 82 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | + 34'49 | | 83 | Valerio Conti | Lampre - Merida | + 35'10 | | 84 | Antonio Molina | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 35'22 | | 85 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | + 35'42 | | 86 | Elia Favilli | Lampre - Merida | + 35'44 | | 87 | Ivan Rovny | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 35'53 | | 88 | Gatis Smukulis | Katusha Team | + 37'00 | | 89 | Sacha Modolo | Lampre - Merida | + 37'48 | | 90 | Arnaud Démare | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 38'30 | | 91 | Salvatore Puccio | Sky Procycling | + 38'39 | | 92 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 38'56 | | 93 | Damien Kermans | Lotto - Belisol | + 39'34 | | 94 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | + 41'01 | | 95 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | + 41'18 | | 96 | Alexis Gougeard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 43'40 | | 97 | Vegard Breen | Lotto - Belisol | + 44'12 | | 98 | Kris Boeckmans | Lotto - Belisol | + 45'21 | | 99 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 45'35 | | 100 | Jack Bauer | Garmin - Sharp | + 46'44 | | 101 | Enrico Battaglin | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 102 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Team Europcar | + 48'44 | | 103 | Christopher Juul Jensen | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 48'54 | | 104 | Jetse Bol | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 49'41 | | 105 | Dylan van Baarle | Garmin - Sharp | + 51'19 | | 106 | Jens Voigt | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 52'52 | | 107 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 53'03 | | 108 | Manuele Boaro | Bardiani - CSF | + 53'22 | | 109 | Francesco Lasca | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 54'00 | | 110 | Saverio Gasperoni | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 55'22 | | 111 | Samir Roussey | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 56'13 | | 112 | Danny Pate | Sky Procycling | + 57'00 | | 113 | Graeme Brown | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 57'21 | | 114 | Alexander Porsev | Katusha Team | + 58'23 | | 115 | Luke Durbridge | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 59'23 | | 116 | Sonny Colbrelli | Bardiani - CSF | + 59'39 | | 117 | Nick Van der Lijke | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 59'40 | | 118 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | + 59'41 | | 119 | Samuele Giorgini | Astana Pro Team | + 59'53 | | 120 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | + 1h00'15 | | 121 | Chad Haga | Giant - Shimano | + 1h00'25 | | 122 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | + 1h00'41 | | 123 | Vicente Reynès | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 1h03'55 | | 124 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1h04'05 | | 125 | Romain Guillemois | Team Europcar | + 1h05'02 | | 126 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | + 1h05'35 | | 127 | Alexei Tsatevich | Katusha Team | + 1h07'23 | | 128 | Geoffrey Curran | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 1h07'24 | | 129 | Matthias Krizek | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 1h07'29 | | 130 | Damien Gaudin | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 1h07'45 | | 131 | Joshua Edmondson | Sky Procycling | + 1h10'08 | | 132 | Gianfranco Zilioli | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1h11'21 | | 133 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1h13'46 | | 134 | Koldo Fernandez | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h16'20 | | 135 | Nelson Oliveira | Lampre - Merida | + 1h17'52 | | 136 | Cristiano Monguzzi | Bardiani - CSF | + 1h19'51 | | 137 | Leonardo Pinizzotto | Bardiani - CSF | + 1h20'29 | | 138 | Rick Flens | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 1h21'07 | | 139 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | + 1h21'11 | | 140 | Angelo Pagani | Bardiani - CSF | + 1h22'09 | | 141 | Steele Von Hoff | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 1h22'18 | | 142 | Paolo Colonna | Bardiani - CSF | + 1h23'30 | | 143 | Jonas Ahlstrand | Giant - Shimano | + 1h28'25 | | 144 | Maxime Daniel | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 1h32'24 | | 145 | Michal Kolar | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1h33'35 | | 146 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 1h34'36 | | 147 | Marko Kump | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1h36'00 | | 148 | Giuseppe Fonzi | Bardiani - CSF | + 1h41'34 | | 149 | Marco Frapporti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1h42'06 |
| 1 | Robert Kiserlovski | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | 82 | | 2 | Diego Rosa | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | 31 | | 3 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 28 |
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Posted on 12-08-2014 22:48
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Posted on 12-08-2014 22:54
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Nicholas rode a very decent TT there
And Geraint Thomas finished second in Roubaix  |
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| Re Leone |
Posted on 13-08-2014 01:28
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sutty68 wrote:
Nicholas rode a very decent TT there
And Geraint Thomas finished second in Roubaix
Hopefully Thomas can win it some day both ingame and in real life. One of the few riders I still follow back from that epic Barloworld team. 
Edited by Re Leone on 13-08-2014 01:32
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Posted on 13-08-2014 10:44
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Total domination in Flanders
Very good from Arredondo in Fleche and Liege
Amazing from Bongiorno in Amstel
Btw,what are Bongiorno's stats?
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Posted on 13-08-2014 14:26
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@The Schleck Fan
This spring is pretty good for the team.
This are Bongiorno his stats in July 2015.
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Posted on 13-08-2014 14:27
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After the Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Gianluca had come to the decision to not send me to the one week long trainingcamp in preparation for the Giro. Instead having me rest before the Tour de Romandie, the big last test before the Giro would start.
In Switzerland I would be joined by Jungels, Dekker, Bongiorno and Roussey who all would go to the Giro. The five of us the best climbers of our Giro squad, as the other half would be focused around sprinter Danny van Poppel.
As you might remember someone at Tissot their headquarters had decided that they expect a GC win in Romandie. Meaning I would have to beat men like Porte and Froome, something that would be completely impossible unless someone was going to mess around with the time keeping. (Which was done Tissot, so I might just be in luck!)
Personally I would already be happy with a Top-10 finish in the strong field here, hell beating Aziz Kastell would already be hard enough. Aziz was one of the better climbers here who also would be competing in the Giro. The other two names being Richie Porte and Tanel Kangert.
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How many potential has Bongiorno left?
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And just saw Andy 5th in Fleche
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Posted on 13-08-2014 16:03
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Good Luck with trying to beat Froomey in Romandie |
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Andy almost scored his first win at the Strade Bianche, but he got beaten by Moser. 
Bongiorno his potential is here;
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Good Luck with trying to beat Froomey in Romandie
Thanks for your support, we can do this!
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Stage 1 | Le Châble › Bruson, 7.45 km
The 7km long time trial up to Buson would right away give me a proper indication on where I was in comparison with the other climbers in the peloton.
Wearing number 131 I started as one of the last riders, just as Aziz who had started 3 minutes ahead of me.
By the time I started Richie Porte had already blown away the entire competition, Froome looking like the only one left who might be able to challenge the Australian his time.
At the one and only checkpoint after 4km I was chasing Aziz by 10 seconds and Porte already had gained 29 seconds on me.
I had hoped to stay within 20 seconds in the final 3km, but the longer the climb lasted the harder it got to keep a smooth cadence going. By the time I crossed the finish I had lost 24 seconds on Kastell and 5 seconds on my teammate Bob Jungels. I could already imagine questions being asked whether he shouldn’t be our leader at the Giro d’Italia instead of yours truly. Cherry on my miserable pie was that I had to see how Aziz could work his way onto the podium and wear the first white jersey of this Tour.
| 1 | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | 13'20 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 11 | | 3 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | + 14 | | 4 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 18 | | 5 | Roman Kreuziger | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 20 | | 6 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 7 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | + 23 | | 8 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 29 | | 9 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto - Belisol | + 32 | | 10 | Aziz Kastell | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | - | | 32 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 56 |
Spoiler | 11 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | + 33 | | 12 | Cadel Evans | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 34 | | 13 | Thomas De Gendt | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 14 | Mathias Frank | BMC Racing Team | + 35 | | 15 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 37 | | 16 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | + 38 | | 17 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 18 | Johann Tschopp | IAM Cycling | + 40 | | 19 | Rohan Dennis | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 20 | Lawson Craddock | Giant - Shimano | + 41 | | 21 | Laurens Ten Dam | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 42 | | 22 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | + 44 | | 23 | Diego Rosa | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 48 | | 24 | Matteo Rabottini | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 25 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 49 | | 26 | Bob Jungels | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 51 | | 27 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 28 | Edward Beltran | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 52 | | 29 | Lieuwe Westra | Astana Pro Team | + 53 | | 30 | Matthew Busche | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 55 | | 31 | Tim Wellens | BMC Racing Team | + 56 | | 32 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 33 | Julian Kern | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 1'00 | | 34 | Bayung Grimshaw | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 35 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 36 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | + 1'02 | | 37 | Peter Sagan | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1'03 | | 38 | Francesco Bongiorno | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 1'04 | | 39 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky Procycling | + 1'05 | | 40 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky Procycling | + 1'07 | | 41 | David López García | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 42 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | + 1'10 | | 43 | Dries Devenyns | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1'11 | | 44 | Kristijan Durasek | Lampre - Merida | + 1'12 | | 45 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 46 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | + 1'13 | | 47 | Stefano Locatelli | Bardiani - CSF | + 1'14 | | 48 | Joe Dombrowski | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 49 | Maciej Bodnar | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 50 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | + 1'15 | | 51 | Matteo Montaguti | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 1'16 | | 52 | Kristijan Koren | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 53 | Alejandro Marque | Movistar Team | + 1'17 | | 54 | Sylvain Chavanel | IAM Cycling | + 1'18 | | 55 | Annino Gazzi | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 56 | Manuele Boaro | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 57 | Rasmus Christian Quaade | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1'19 | | 58 | Vegard Breen | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 59 | Jocelyn Six | Team Europcar | + 1'20 | | 60 | Thomas Dekker | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 61 | Danny Pate | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 62 | Salvatore Puccio | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 63 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 1'21 | | 64 | Alexis Gougeard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 1'22 | | 65 | Francesco Reda | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1'23 | | 66 | Davide Villella | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 67 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 68 | Thomas Peterson | Giant - Shimano | + 1'24 | | 69 | Juan Jose Oroz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 70 | Rick Flens | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 71 | Thomas Damuseau | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 72 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | + 1'25 | | 73 | Jasper Hamelink | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 74 | Gediminas Bagdonas | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 75 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 76 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'26 | | 77 | Samir Roussey | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 78 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 79 | Saverio Gasperoni | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 80 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | + 1'27 | | 81 | Sonny Colbrelli | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 82 | Nick Van der Lijke | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 1'28 | | 83 | Alan Marangoni | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 84 | Jetse Bol | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 85 | Damien Gaudin | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 86 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 87 | Damien Kermans | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 88 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'29 | | 89 | Gaëtan Bille | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 90 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 91 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 92 | Marcel Kittel | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 93 | Damian Neitzel | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 94 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1'30 | | 95 | Sergio Paulinho | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 96 | Kobus Hereijgers | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 97 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 98 | Geoffrey Curran | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 99 | Graeme Brown | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 100 | Jens Voigt | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 1'31 | | 101 | Roger Kluge | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 102 | Silvan Dillier | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 103 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 104 | Guillaume Boivin | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 105 | Bryan Coquard | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 106 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 107 | Fabio Taborre | Neri Sottoli - YellowFluo | + 1'32 | | 108 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 109 | Gianfranco Zilioli | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 110 | Benjamin King | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 111 | Jonathan Fumeaux | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 112 | Maxime Daniel | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 113 | Koldo Fernandez | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 114 | Gianni Bellini | Neri Sottoli - YellowFluo | s.t. | | 115 | Theo Bos | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 116 | Rüdiger Selig | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 117 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 118 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | + 1'33 | | 119 | Alexei Tsatevich | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 120 | Tony Hurel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 121 | Paolo Colonna | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 122 | Valerio Conti | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 123 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 124 | Juraj Sagan | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 125 | Raymond Kreder | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'34 | | 126 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 127 | Marko Kump | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 128 | Elia Favilli | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 129 | André Greipel | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 130 | Jonas Ahlstrand | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 131 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 132 | Ariel Richeze | Lampre - Merida | + 1'35 | | 133 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 134 | Tom Veelers | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 135 | Simone Ponzi | Neri Sottoli - YellowFluo | s.t. | | 136 | Evan Huffman | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 137 | Jens Debusschere | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 138 | Michal Kolar | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 139 | Luka Mezgec | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 140 | Viktor Okishev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 141 | Fabio Sabatini | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 1'36 | | 142 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 143 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 144 | Antonino Parrinello | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 145 | Boris Vallée | Lotto - Belisol | + 1'37 | | 146 | Mauro Finetto | Neri Sottoli - YellowFluo | s.t. | | 147 | Nicola Ruffoni | Neri Sottoli - YellowFluo | + 1'38 | | 148 | Francesco Failli | Neri Sottoli - YellowFluo | s.t. | | 149 | Andrea Piechele | Bardiani - CSF | + 1'39 | | 150 | Kenny Van Hummel | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1'40 | | 151 | Leonardo Pinizzotto | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 152 | Noe Gianetti | IAM Cycling | + 1'41 | | 153 | Manuel Belletti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 154 | Pablo Urtasun | Movistar Team | + 1'42 | | 155 | Matteo Pelucchi | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 156 | Cristiano Monguzzi | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 157 | Francesco Chicchi | Neri Sottoli - YellowFluo | s.t. | | 158 | Mattia Pozzo | Neri Sottoli - YellowFluo | + 1'43 | | 159 | Paride Grillo | Bardiani - CSF | + 1'44 | | 160 | Gorka Morant | Movistar Team | + 1'46 |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 13-08-2014 20:49
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Well, that wasn't a good start for Nicholas unfortunately.  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 14-08-2014 00:05
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Not a bad start from Nicholas and Great pic of Clarkson |
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Posted on 14-08-2014 00:55
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@fernando97
With only one mountain top finish, Nicholas should be able to make up some places.
@sutty68
Thanks!
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| Re Leone |
Posted on 14-08-2014 01:00
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Stage 2 | Saint-Maurice › Renens/Ouest lausannois, 176.4 km
The tale of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde sprung to mind as I observed Bayung Grimshaw during the first half of stage 2. The young Australian carrying out his orders dutifully and even trying to make some small talk with me. (I simply stayed silent and moved up the peloton to get away from the little man.) Maybe because we were in a WT race he knew he had no chance of winning anything, and he was just looking for an opportunity to ride for himself during de De Panne?
I didn’t get a lot of time to conceptualize on the case ‘Bayung Grimshaw’ as it was after the second climb of the day that Garmin leader Talansky hit the asphalt together with Greipel. Reason enough for Team Sky and Team Giant to up the pace, rapidly gaining on the early breakaway (where we had Thomas Dekker) while at the same time killing any GC ambitions Talansky had. (Something I did not mind at all, as the result meant one less rival for the GC win. 1 down, 30 left to go!)
Good fortune seemed to be on my side today. After we caught the break it were the Russian trains of Katusha and Tinkoff who took over the peloton and took us in high speed to the final sprint. Not without leaving behind casualties though as the final 20km would proof hectic, with various falls. Among the victims where Evans, Craddock, Busche and Froome! I did not know what the man at Tissot headquarters was up to, but he certainly was proving he’s worth his paycheck. (Another 4 down!) Sky did not wait for their leader in pink though, instead right away switching to the card Porte.
As if to conclude a pleasant day (for me at least, and our team as we did zero work today) the rainbow appeared in front of our eyes. Though this rainbow was 183 centimeters long, weighted 75 kilograms and went by the name of Peter Sagan. The Slovak adding another WT stage win to his palmares.
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | 3h47'14 | | 2 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 3 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 4 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 5 | Fabio Taborre | Neri Sottoli - YellowFluo | s.t. | | 6 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 8 | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 9 | Francesco Bongiorno | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Ariel Richeze | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | - | | 36 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | - | | 83 | Rohan Dennis | Sky Procycling | + 2'57 | | 85 | Lawson Craddock | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 87 | Cadel Evans | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | - | | 107 | Matthew Busche | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3'54 | | 110 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | - | | 142 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | + 12'04 |
| 1 | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | 4h00'34 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 11 | | 3 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 18 | | 4 | Roman Kreuziger | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 20 | | 5 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | + 23 | | 6 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 29 | | 7 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto - Belisol | + 32 | | 8 | Aziz Kastell | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 9 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | + 33 | | 10 | Thomas De Gendt | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 34 | | - | | 21 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 50 |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 14-08-2014 02:34
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Nicholas still within touching distance on the GC |
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Froome fails
1st stage wasn't very good but in 2nd stage some riders fall of the GC game.
And Andy developed into a puncher,right?
And Bongiorno could be a very useful rider.
The user formerly known as 'The Schleck Fan'
Gracias Alberto.
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