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EPIC - Season 2 Part 2
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 29-08-2015 14:35
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| Bikex |
Posted on 29-08-2015 15:04
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Nice to see some reports being posted again, I'll do my Frankfurt report also tomorrow.  |
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 29-08-2015 15:18
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Also, not sure if it was mentioned before, but Nokkvason is from Armenia in the DB.  |
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 29-08-2015 15:53
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 Presidential Tour of Turkey
GC favourites:
*** C. Meyer (OGE) M. Nieve (EUS)
** J. Nokkvason (CCC) J. Acevedo (CSS) J. Gadret (ALM)
* F. Pellizotti (COF) W. Barguil (BEL) M. Landa (EUS)
Sprint favourites:
*** M. Kittel (BEL)
** F. Brookes (BAR) M. Guido (COL)
* L. Howard (OGE) M. Matthews (OGE) G. Ciolek (MTN)
Startlist:
Welcome to the first stage of this year's Tour of Turkey. Today's flat stage will start and finish in Alanya. Expect the sprinters to battle it out at the finish line.
110 km to go
After a fast pace in the first 25 kilometers of the race, a breakaway of two riders has a 2 minute gap over the peloton. The two escapees are Calabria (TNN) and Feunard (CSS).
85 km to go
The only intermediate sprint of the day is won by Feunard. The peloton had increased the speed just before the sprint and had almost closed the gap. However, Kittel has to settle for just 1 point. After the sprint, the peloton slows down immediately. Calabria and Feunard quickly increase their lead again and with 70 kilometers to go they reach their maximum lead of just over 7 minutes.
Sprint:
1. V. Feunard (CSS) - 5 points
2. F. Calabria (TNN) - 3 points
3. M. Kittel (BEL) - 1 point
60 km to go - lead of 4'30
45 km to go - lead of 2'45
30 km to go - lead of 1'45
20 km to go
20 kilometers left for the leaders, but with Bardiani, Belkin and Orica chasing them, it will be an almost impossible job to stay away. The gap to the peloton is just over a minute.
10 km to go
The gap to the breakaway is only 25 seconds and all the sprinters are at the front of the peloton, except for Ciolek. He is in around 30th position and he will have to waste a lot of energy to get to the front.
8 km to go
Voltali is fed up with his useless companion at the front and goes solo. The French tourists are going absolutely crazy at the finish line. It is unlikely Voltali can pull this off though. The complete 'Green Machine' of Bardiani is at the front of the peloton now, followed by Belkin.
5 km to go
Voltali is caught and the French tourists pack up their stuff disappointed. Back to the beach for them. A lot of green is at the front of the peloton now, with both Belkin and Bardiani making their push to put their sprinter in pole position.
2 km to go
Brookes is in pole position, but his lead-out has spend a lot of energy already. Renshaw starts his sprint now. Ciolek is nowhere to be seen and is out for the stage win.
1 km to go
An amazing lead-out from Renshaw, moving Belkin in the lead. This will be an easy victory for Kittel. Leigh and Guido are on his wheel, while Brookes has dropped back a bit. A gap has opened up behind Richeze, so these 10 riders look to be fighting for the points.
Finish
Victory for Marcel Kittel! He just powered away from everyone and takes an easy stage win. Guido could have done better if he had been on Kittel's wheel at 1 kilometer to go, but he still did a great job for the 2nd place. Brookes still got 3rd place, after a mistimed lead-out.
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Marcel Kittel | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | 2h59'10 | | 2 | Mario Guido | Colombia | s.t. | | 3 | Fabian Brookes | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 4 | Matt Leigh | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | Leigh Howard | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 6 | Mark Renshaw | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Rüdiger Selig | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 8 | Maui Kalatoa | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 9 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 10 | Filippo Fortin | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Franco Pellizotti | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 12 | Warren Barguil | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 13 | Romain Hardy | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 14 | Anthony Ravard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 15 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 16 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 17 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 18 | Tom Leezer | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 19 | Haritz Orbe | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 20 | Mateusz Nowak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 21 | Cameron Meyer | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 22 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 23 | Janier Acevedo | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 24 | Kin San Wu | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 25 | Johann Nokkvason | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 26 | Husani Mashaba | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 27 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 28 | Firmansyah Sinaga | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 29 | Jonathan Hivert | Sojasun | s.t. | | 30 | Pirmin Lang | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 31 | Emanuele Sella | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 32 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 33 | Jean-Luc Delpech | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 34 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 35 | Biao Liu | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 36 | Jetse Bol | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 37 | Yoann Bagot | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 38 | Antonio Santoro | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 39 | Hilton Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 40 | Arda Akdeniz | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 41 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 42 | Christophe Le Mével | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 43 | Anthony Delaplace | Sojasun | s.t. | | 44 | Stéphane Rossetto | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 45 | Julien Simon | Sojasun | s.t. | | 46 | Philip Deignan | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 47 | Jan Polanc | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 48 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 49 | Heimdal Hägg | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 50 | Rémi Pauriol | Sojasun | s.t. | | 51 | Richard Plant | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 52 | Delio Fernández | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 53 | Martin Kohler | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 54 | Julio Camacho | Colombia | s.t. | | 55 | Iker Camaño | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 56 | Bruno Pires | Colombia | s.t. | | 57 | Kristijan Durasek | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 58 | Thomas Damuseau | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 59 | Cyril Lemoine | Sojasun | s.t. | | 60 | Yonas Tekeste | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 61 | Yannick Talabardon | Sojasun | s.t. | | 62 | Jacobus Venter | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 63 | Jimmi Briceño | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 64 | Voltali Feunard | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 65 | Caleb Ewan | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 66 | Hugo Houle | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 67 | Youcef Reguigui | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 68 | Martin Reimer | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 69 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 70 | Michael Matthews | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 71 | Ben Day | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 1'53 | | 72 | Ilnur Zakarin | RusVelo | s.t. | | 73 | Marek Rutkiewicz | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 74 | Heiner Parra | Colombia | s.t. | | 75 | Blel Kadri | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 76 | Pyroli Feunard | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 77 | Jeff Louder | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 78 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 79 | Rick Zabel | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 80 | Matthias Friedemann | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 81 | Daniel Schorn | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 82 | Drago Di Silvestro | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 83 | Arnaud Gérard | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 84 | Renaud Dion | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 85 | Mirac Kal | Torku Seker Spor | s.t. | | 86 | Łukasz Owsian | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 87 | Alexander Wetterhall | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 88 | Juan Pablo Suarez | Colombia | s.t. | | 89 | Stig Broeckx | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 90 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 91 | Alfredo Balloni | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 92 | Rasim Reis | Torku Seker Spor | s.t. | | 93 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 94 | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 95 | Marcel Meisen | Colombia | s.t. | | 96 | Feritcam Samli | Torku Seker Spor | s.t. | | 97 | Enrique Sanz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 98 | Dominic Klemme | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 99 | Garikoitz Bravo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 100 | Kevyn Ista | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 101 | Gennadiy Tatarinov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 102 | Florian Vachon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 103 | Silvio Herklotz | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 104 | Benjamin Giraud | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 105 | Jonathon McEvoy | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 106 | Martijn Verschoor | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 107 | Robert Hunter | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 108 | Fethullah Köse | Torku Seker Spor | s.t. | | 109 | Serguei Klimov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 110 | Dermot Walker | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 111 | Alexander Mironov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 112 | Yelko Gomez | Colombia | s.t. | | 113 | Javier Megías | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 114 | Fatih Keles | Torku Seker Spor | s.t. | | 115 | Tomohori Hatanaka | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 116 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 117 | Jan Kaas | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 118 | Ralf Matzka | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 119 | Jack Bobridge | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 120 | Juan Esteban Arango | Colombia | s.t. | | 121 | Leonid Krasnov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 122 | Alexander Serov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 123 | Matteo Pelucchi | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 124 | Stephen Clancy | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 125 | Andrea Peron | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 126 | Kevin De Mesmaeker | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 127 | Fabio Calabria | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 128 | Nazim Bakirci | Torku Seker Spor | + 4'58 |
Points: Kittel
Youth: Guido
Team: Belkin |
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 29-08-2015 15:56
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Feunard <3
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 29-08-2015 16:37
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Yay, Kittel 
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Selwink |
Posted on 29-08-2015 17:01
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Scheldeprijs: Rubbish. Would not have raced here if I had known about the cobbles though 
Turkey: Rubbish. How on earth did the two best lead-outs get dropped?
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| PeterRyder |
Posted on 29-08-2015 18:53
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Expected better from Clazone at Schelderprijs 
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 29-08-2015 19:06
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Racing
Really looking forward to seeing how Nieve will do here. He have been generally disappointing for me and he needs a GC podium here if he wants to ever be a leader for the team again. That means that it has direct influence on my Tour de France selection.
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 29-08-2015 20:04
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Good sprint from Leigh, hoping for good things from him and maybe Pelucchi here.
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 29-08-2015 20:19
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Nice to see some action even if its 11th place in Scheldeprijs.
Great to see youngster Maui Kalatoa in the top 10 in Turkey. I hope Pellizotti can carry his Trentino form to Turkey.
Thanks to the reporters for getting us moving again 
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 30-08-2015 15:10
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The second stage is again a flat stage of 150 kilometers around the city of Alanya. Kittel proved to be the strongest sprinter here on the previous stage, but maybe the others can surprise him today.
100 km to go
At 5 kilometers from the sprint and after 50 kilometers of racing it looks like the breakaway has given the green light. They are only 1 minute and 20 seconds ahead of the peloton though, so Friedemann (CSS), Tekeste (MTN), Megias (TNN) and Zakarin (RVL) are not clear yet. 25 seconds behind the leaders is Gerard (BSE) trying to reach the front of the race.
The sprint is won by Friedemann, in front of Tekeste and Zakarin. The gap to the peloton has increased to 1 and a half minute. Gerard reaches the front shortly after the intermediate sprint.
Sprint:
1. M. Friedemann (CSS) - 5 points
2. Y. Tekeste (MTN) - 3 points
3. I. Zakarin (RVL) - 1 point
55 km to go
Bardiani kept chasing the breakaway after the sprint and with still 55 kilometers to go everyone is back together.
20 km to go
Absolutely nothing has happened in the last 35 kilometers. Bardiani and Belkin are leading everyone towards a bunch sprint.
6 km to go
With 10 kilometers left Bardiani had set up a great sprint train for Brookes, but they have some trouble now and dropped back. Kittel was on Brookes' wheel, so they both have to spend some energy to get back to the front.
3 km to go
Kittel has found his way back to the front, but he only has Leezer to lead him out. Selig, Leigh and Guido are on his wheel. Brookes is a bit further back, while Ciolek once again is nowhere to be seen.
2 km to go
Leezer is gone from the front, so Kittel is in the wind already. Fortin is doing a great job on the inside and he has brought Brookes back in contention for the win.
1 km to go
No one is able to get closer to Kittel yet and he even opened up a small gap to Leigh. This will be an exciting final kilometer.
500 meters to go
Kittel is still in front, but Brookes looks to be closing the gap. The win will go to one of these two. The others are fighting for the third place.
Finish
Brookes just overtakes Kittel in the final meters and wins the 2nd stage of the Tour of Turkey. An amazing sprint from Kittel, but being in the wind for so long was too much for him.
Orica's Howard takes the final podium spot, while the jury does not count the gaps. A big disappointment for Meyer, who could have done a great job in the General Classification.
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Fabian Brookes | Bardiani CSF | 3h00'59 | | 2 | Marcel Kittel | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Leigh Howard | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 4 | Rüdiger Selig | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 5 | Matt Leigh | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 6 | Mario Guido | Colombia | s.t. | | 7 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 8 | Maui Kalatoa | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 9 | Cameron Meyer | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 10 | Warren Barguil | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Filippo Fortin | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 12 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 13 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 14 | Mark Renshaw | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 15 | Tom Leezer | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 16 | Franco Pellizotti | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 17 | Janier Acevedo | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 18 | Emanuele Sella | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 19 | Johann Nokkvason | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 20 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 21 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 22 | Hugo Houle | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 23 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 24 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 25 | Julien Simon | Sojasun | s.t. | | 26 | Łukasz Owsian | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 27 | Pirmin Lang | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 28 | Firmansyah Sinaga | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 29 | Jonathan Hivert | Sojasun | s.t. | | 30 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 31 | Biao Liu | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 32 | Mirac Kal | Torku Seker Spor | s.t. | | 33 | Kin San Wu | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 34 | Anthony Ravard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 35 | Philip Deignan | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 36 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 37 | Heimdal Hägg | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 38 | Yelko Gomez | Colombia | s.t. | | 39 | Youcef Reguigui | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 40 | Ralf Matzka | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 41 | Richard Plant | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 42 | Bruno Pires | Colombia | s.t. | | 43 | Yoann Bagot | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 44 | Michael Matthews | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 45 | Stéphane Rossetto | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 46 | Daniel Schorn | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 47 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 48 | Rick Zabel | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 49 | Delio Fernández | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 50 | Arda Akdeniz | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 51 | Enrique Sanz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 52 | Florian Vachon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 53 | Jan Polanc | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 54 | Christophe Le Mével | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 55 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 56 | Caleb Ewan | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 57 | Jacobus Venter | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 58 | Thomas Damuseau | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 59 | Benjamin Giraud | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 60 | Anthony Delaplace | Sojasun | s.t. | | 61 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 62 | Yannick Talabardon | Sojasun | s.t. | | 63 | Rémi Pauriol | Sojasun | s.t. | | 64 | Garikoitz Bravo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 65 | Marek Rutkiewicz | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 66 | Kristijan Durasek | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 67 | Kevyn Ista | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 68 | Haritz Orbe | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 69 | Arnaud Gérard | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 70 | Voltali Feunard | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 71 | Jimmi Briceño | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 72 | Cyril Lemoine | Sojasun | s.t. | | 73 | Nazim Bakirci | Torku Seker Spor | s.t. | | 74 | Blel Kadri | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 75 | Husani Mashaba | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 76 | Stig Broeckx | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 77 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 78 | Alexander Wetterhall | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 79 | Martin Kohler | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 80 | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 81 | Jean-Luc Delpech | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 82 | Fatih Keles | Torku Seker Spor | s.t. | | 83 | Rasim Reis | Torku Seker Spor | s.t. | | 84 | Renaud Dion | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 85 | Martin Reimer | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 86 | Feritcam Samli | Torku Seker Spor | s.t. | | 87 | Dermot Walker | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 88 | Marcel Meisen | Colombia | s.t. | | 89 | Mateusz Nowak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 90 | Iker Camaño | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 91 | Julio Camacho | Colombia | s.t. | | 92 | Leonid Krasnov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 93 | Jack Bobridge | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 94 | Ben Day | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 95 | Jonathon McEvoy | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 96 | Robert Hunter | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 97 | Jeff Louder | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 98 | Hilton Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 99 | Matthias Friedemann | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 100 | Drago Di Silvestro | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 101 | Matteo Pelucchi | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 102 | Juan Esteban Arango | Colombia | s.t. | | 103 | Gennadiy Tatarinov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 104 | Alexander Serov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 105 | Pyroli Feunard | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 106 | Heiner Parra | Colombia | s.t. | | 107 | Dominic Klemme | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 108 | Serguei Klimov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 109 | Alexander Mironov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 110 | Jetse Bol | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 111 | Ilnur Zakarin | RusVelo | s.t. | | 112 | Yonas Tekeste | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 113 | Kevin De Mesmaeker | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 114 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 115 | Martijn Verschoor | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 116 | Andrea Peron | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 117 | Stephen Clancy | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 118 | Fabio Calabria | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 119 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 120 | Alfredo Balloni | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 121 | Javier Megías | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 122 | Romain Hardy | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 5'14 | | 123 | Jan Kaas | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 124 | Juan Pablo Suarez | Colombia | s.t. | | 125 | Tomohori Hatanaka | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 126 | Silvio Herklotz | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 127 | Antonio Santoro | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 128 | Fethullah Köse | Torku Seker Spor | s.t. |
General: Kittel
Points: Kittel
Youth: Brookes
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 30-08-2015 17:06
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Nor harm done so far. That's enough for me.
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 30-08-2015 17:07
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no feunardi, me no likely
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| Bikex |
Posted on 30-08-2015 18:45
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Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt
Spoiler My first PCM15 report 
Welcome to the 2014 Rund um den Finanzplatz race in Germans financial mentropolis Frankfurt. In this summary we will shortly show you what happened today in the race.
The startlist is very strong, one could think this is a world tour race. The three top sprinters Cavendish, Kittel and Greipel are all here. Especially the two Germans will fancy the win today in their home race. They both brought a strong backup from their Dutch teams. Add to that other strong sprinters like Carlo Calzone or Bryan Coquard and we will surely have an entertaining race.
Plenty of hills in the first parts of the race could favour more punchier sprinters like Adrien Hanzen or Thor Hushovd, both BMC.
The race is right on in the bad weather right at the beginning basically all major sprinters are involved in a crash and see themselves in a group two minutes behind the peloton already after 20k. Riders involved: Greipel, Cavendish, Kittel, Fenn, Hushovd, Coquard, Calzone, Henderson.
Noone is forced to give up though and soon later everything calms down, making it possible for everyone to join back the peloton. The days early break consists of Fraile(Caja Rural), Teklehaimanot(Lampre) and Bernaudeau (Europcar).
Just when we thought the hills wouldn't be used for attacks Julien Simon (Saur) uses the last bump for an attack with around 50k to go. The break is just about 2 minutes ahead.
But as it was to be expected the bi sprinter teams weren't going to let a break win and so everything is back together with already 30kilometres to go. Of the better sprinters only Richeze(Lampre) couldn't keep up over the last hills when the pace was upped.
With three kilometres to go there was one last desperate try to make an attack for the win by Bak(Vacansoleil) and Kusnezov(Movistar)
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Kittel then launched his sprint very early (top of the picture which I forgot to take..) on his wheel Martinez Machado and Modolo. Cavendish also well placed and Greipel further down.
In the end he ran a little out of steam, but still enough to hold of Cavendish and taking the win just behind lapped Zachary Bell. Felline a surprising 3rd and Greipel not even in the top 10 after it looked for a moment that he would get close.
| 1 | Marcel Kittel | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | 4h52'51 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | Team Sky | s.t. | | 3 | Fabio Felline | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 4 | Carlo Calzone | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 5 | Sacha Modolo | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 6 | Julien Simon | Sojasun | s.t. | | 7 | Adrien Hanzen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 8 | Matteo Trentin | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 9 | Florian Vachon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 10 | Lars Ytting Bak | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 12 | Ilja Kusnezov | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 13 | Ricardo Martinez Machado | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 14 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 15 | Maarten Tjallingii | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 16 | Laurent Pichon | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 17 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 18 | Pablo Urtasun | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 19 | Cyril Lemoine | Sojasun | s.t. | | 20 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 21 | Fabian Schnaidt | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 22 | Jonathan Hivert | Sojasun | s.t. | | 23 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 24 | Mark Renshaw | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 25 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 26 | Kristian Sbaragli | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 27 | Fränk Schleck | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 28 | Luke Rowe | Team Sky | s.t. | | 29 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 30 | Bram Tankink | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 31 | Paul Martens | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 32 | Silvio Herklotz | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 33 | Matthew Brammeier | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 34 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 35 | Mathias Von Triesenberg | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 36 | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 37 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 38 | Giovanni Bernaudeau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 39 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | Lampre - Merida | + 2'26 | | 40 | Larry Warbasse | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 41 | Bert Grabsch | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 42 | Manuel Belletti | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 43 | Greg Henderson | Lotto Belisol | + 3'16 | | 44 | Andrew Fenn | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 45 | Salvatore Puccio | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 46 | Alf Pedersen | Team Sky | s.t. | | 47 | Omar Fraile | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 48 | Antonio Piedra | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 49 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 50 | Stefan Küng | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 51 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | + 4'30 | | 52 | Iljo Keisse | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 53 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 54 | Scott Thwaites | Team Sky | + 5'04 | | 55 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | + 5'47 | | 56 | Sander Cordeel | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 57 | Tom Leezer | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 58 | Rubén Fernández | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 59 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 60 | Robert Wagner | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 61 | Louis Verhelst | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 62 | Tomasz Kiendyś | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 63 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 64 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 65 | Marco Canola | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 66 | Massimo Graziato | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 67 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 68 | Filippo Baggio | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 69 | Christopher Sutton | Team Sky | s.t. | | 70 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 71 | Gert Dockx | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 72 | Tomasz Smolen | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 73 | Anthony Delaplace | Sojasun | s.t. | | 74 | José Serpa | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 75 | Edoardo Zardini | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 76 | Francisco Javier Moreno | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 77 | Kristijan Durasek | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 78 | Jonas Vangenechten | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 79 | Xabier Zandio | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 80 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 81 | Rémi Pauriol | Sojasun | s.t. | | 82 | Lars Grawunder | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 83 | Piotr Gawroński | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 84 | Andrea Di Corrado | Bardiani CSF | + 6'55 | | 85 | Mart Ojavee | Team Champion System | + 7'23 | | 86 | Yannick Talabardon | Sojasun | s.t. | | 87 | Russell Downing | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 88 | Arnaud Gérard | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 89 | Nicola Boem | Bardiani CSF | + 8'36 | | 90 | Adrian Honkisz | Team Sky | + 9'12 | | 91 | Renaud Dion | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 10'12 | | 92 | Michael Schwarzmann | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 93 | Ruben Companioni | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 94 | José Mendes | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 95 | Gang Xu | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 96 | Zakkari Dempster | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 97 | Cristian Delle Stelle | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 98 | Josué Moyano | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 99 | Fabricio Ferrari | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 100 | Jean-Luc Delpech | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 101 | Giorgio Brambilla | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 102 | Jesús Del Pino | Movistar Team | + 15'37 | | 103 | Nattrapon Miles | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 17'49 | | 104 | Nikolay Mihaylov | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 22'01 | | 105 | Zachary Bell | Team Champion System | + 24'24 |
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 30-08-2015 18:57
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wtf Coquard, only 20th? that damn crash
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 30-08-2015 18:59
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Gratz with your first PCM15 Report
Trentin good to see
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 30-08-2015 19:32
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Strange to see Fabio ahead of Adrien but a podium's a podium. Nice to see us back in action again.
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 30-08-2015 20:29
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Damn you crashes!
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| Selwink |
Posted on 30-08-2015 20:40
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When did Ciolek decide to not sprint anymore?
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