Le Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux - Stage 1
Chateaux d'Estaimbourg - Quevaucamps
Ok, first race. First time i had to look at the startlist this morning, and it only made me smile. Its a very small field, of only 46 riders. That doesn't make life that much easier at it puts more emphasis on the team. Our main rivals will be Itera-Katusha who have a good team of 8.
179km to go
Race underway, lets make sure we stay near the front. Dont want to get caught out by those cobbles
143km
Ok double attack, its JVC and VBG. Clarke prepare to chase anyone else, want to keep it at 2 men
126km
Vandromme wins the KoM ahead of Brandle. Gap is fine, and growing
113km
Break looks even as Brandle has hit back at KoM 2. Gap is 6'30, prepare to start slow chase
103km
Vandromme ontop at KoM3. Clarke begin slow chase.
91km
Vandromme KoM4. Gap 5'20 good distance. Splits forming on cobbles, keep up pace see who drops
88km
Vandromme again KoM5. Definite split, only 13ish gone. No big names. Keep working, gap 4'45
73km
Vandromme IS1. Keep working, things in hand. When on cobbles stop chase take rest.
44km
Vandromme IS2. Gap 2'30. Clarke your perfect.
22km
Vandromme IS3. Gap 1'40. Mindset sprint, ok? Luke you good? Nice to hear.
15km
Gap 35". Itera taking over, no resistance. Start forming line.
3km
Falling back, Williams need to kick up front!
1000m
Rowe! Punch now, Itera has advantage!
FINISH
So close, another 100m would have done it... We need to wait to push, went too early and swamped. Nice sprint though. Well done, good start.
Stage Result
1
Ladin Livshits
Itera - Katusha
4h27'57
2
Luke Rowe
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
3
Eric Young
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
4
Joaquim Durant
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
5
Michał Kwiatkowski
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
6
Matt Cronshaw
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
7
Michael Friedman
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
8
Florian Bissinger
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
9
Yves Lampaert
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
10
Joeri Calleeuw
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Filippo Baggio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
12
Bjorn Selander
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
13
Tom Zirbel
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
14
Antonio Barbio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
15
Maxim Pokidov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
16
Filippo Savini
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
17
Rafael Reis
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
18
Peter Williams
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
19
Amaro Antunes
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
20
Rutger Roelandts
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
21
Thomas Soladay
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
22
Jeremy Durrin
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
23
Patrick Jäger
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
24
Michael Creed
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
25
Pedro Paulinho
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
26
Andrea Fedi
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
27
Alexey Ryabkin
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
28
Denis Zhuykov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
29
David Clarke
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
30
Maksim Razumov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
31
Andrew Magnier
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
32
Evert Vandromme
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 2'40
33
Dominik Brändle
Team Vorarlberg
+ 3'22
34
Marsh Cooper
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 17'15
35
Ruben Pols
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
36
Antonio Santoro
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
37
Sergey Nikolaev
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
38
Bert Van Lerberghe
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
39
Daniel Biedermann
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
40
Christoph Springer
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
41
Bostjan Rezman
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
42
Tobias Jenny
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
43
Dennis Wauch
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
44
Jeroen Lepla
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
45
Matvey Zubov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
46
Emiel Wastyn
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
Points
1 Ladin Livshits Itera - Katusha 25
2 Luke Rowe Node 4 - Rexona 20
3 Evert Vandromme Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team 18
4 Eric Young Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 18
5 Joaquim Durant Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team 14
Spoiler
6
Dominik Brändle
Team Vorarlberg
12
7
Michał Kwiatkowski
Node 4 - Rexona
12
8
Matt Cronshaw
Node 4 - Rexona
10
9
Florian Bissinger
Team Vorarlberg
10
10
Michael Friedman
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
9
11
Yves Lampaert
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
7
12
Joeri Calleeuw
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
6
13
Filippo Baggio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
5
14
Bjorn Selander
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
4
15
Tom Zirbel
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
3
16
Andrea Fedi
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
2
17
Antonio Barbio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
2
18
Maxim Pokidov
Itera - Katusha
1
KoM
1
Evert Vandromme
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
24
2
Dominik Brändle
Team Vorarlberg
18
3
David Clarke
Node 4 - Rexona
3
4
Maksim Razumov
Itera - Katusha
2
5
Rutger Roelandts
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
1
Youth
1
Ladin Livshits
Itera - Katusha
4h27'37 (1)
2
Luke Rowe
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 8 (2)
3
Eric Young
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 10 (3)
Team
1
Node 4 - Rexona
13h23'51 (1)
2
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 0 (2)
3
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 0 (3)
4
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 0 (4)
5
Itera - Katusha
+ 0 (5)
6
Team Vorarlberg
+ 3'22 (6)
General Classification
1
Ladin Livshits
Itera - Katusha
4h27'37
2
Luke Rowe
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 8
3
Eric Young
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 10
4
Florian Bissinger
Team Vorarlberg
+ 18
5
Andrea Fedi
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
6
Joaquim Durant
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 20
7
Michał Kwiatkowski
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
8
Matt Cronshaw
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
9
Michael Friedman
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
10
Yves Lampaert
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Joeri Calleeuw
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
12
Filippo Baggio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
13
Bjorn Selander
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
14
Tom Zirbel
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
15
Antonio Barbio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
16
Maxim Pokidov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
17
Filippo Savini
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
18
Rafael Reis
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
19
Peter Williams
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
20
Amaro Antunes
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
21
Rutger Roelandts
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
22
Thomas Soladay
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
23
Jeremy Durrin
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
24
Patrick Jäger
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
25
Michael Creed
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
26
Pedro Paulinho
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
27
Alexey Ryabkin
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
28
Denis Zhuykov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
29
David Clarke
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
30
Maksim Razumov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
31
Andrew Magnier
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
32
Evert Vandromme
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 2'42
33
Dominik Brändle
Team Vorarlberg
+ 3'30
34
Marsh Cooper
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 17'35
35
Ruben Pols
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
36
Antonio Santoro
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
37
Sergey Nikolaev
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
38
Bert Van Lerberghe
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
39
Daniel Biedermann
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
40
Christoph Springer
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
41
Bostjan Rezman
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
42
Tobias Jenny
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
43
Dennis Wauch
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
44
Jeroen Lepla
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
45
Matvey Zubov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
46
Emiel Wastyn
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
Comment
Frankly thats a disappointing result. Luke is the best sprinter here by some distance. We hit the front far too early and got swamped with 3k to go. His sprint was fantastic, but that Russian kid is pretty fast as well. Still got 3 stages to go though, so things are still ok overall.
@Jesl
He won't be the only recognizable name over the next few years
Mikel Hammarling
Le Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux - Stage 2
Mont de l'Enclus
Ok, a short 9.3km time trial. I would say that Kwiatkowski is favorite, but i know he is not packing much form, so we'll see what happens. And he is the only rider i am able to follow today, with the others relying on neutral support.
9.3km
GOGOGO!!
5km
Check, down by 5". Raise pace
2km
Hit these low slopes hard! Time to be made here.
FINISH
I can see you blew in the final 500m. Thats fine, its a tough course today. Decent time, 2nd place +3" provisional.
Stage Result
1
Michael Friedman
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
13'27
2
Michał Kwiatkowski
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 4
3
Tom Zirbel
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 8
4
Matvey Zubov
Itera - Katusha
+ 16
5
Yves Lampaert
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 17
6
Luke Rowe
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 19
7
Ladin Livshits
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
8
Pedro Paulinho
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 20
9
Michael Creed
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
10
Sergey Nikolaev
Itera - Katusha
+ 23
Spoiler
11
Eric Young
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
12
Rafael Reis
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 25
13
Matt Cronshaw
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
14
Antonio Santoro
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 26
15
Antonio Barbio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
16
Dennis Wauch
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
17
Andrew Magnier
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 27
18
Maxim Pokidov
Itera - Katusha
+ 28
19
Bjorn Selander
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
20
Filippo Baggio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 29
21
Marsh Cooper
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 30
22
Thomas Soladay
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
23
Joeri Calleeuw
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
24
Florian Bissinger
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
25
Jeroen Lepla
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
26
Alexey Ryabkin
Itera - Katusha
+ 31
27
Filippo Savini
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 32
28
Bostjan Rezman
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
29
Amaro Antunes
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 33
30
Bert Van Lerberghe
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 34
31
Andrea Fedi
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 35
32
Daniel Biedermann
Team Vorarlberg
+ 36
33
Joaquim Durant
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
34
Tobias Jenny
Team Vorarlberg
+ 38
35
Ruben Pols
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 39
36
Emiel Wastyn
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 40
37
Christoph Springer
Team Vorarlberg
+ 41
38
Rutger Roelandts
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 42
39
Denis Zhuykov
Itera - Katusha
+ 43
40
Maksim Razumov
Itera - Katusha
+ 44
41
Patrick Jäger
Team Vorarlberg
+ 46
42
Peter Williams
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
43
Evert Vandromme
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
44
Dominik Brändle
Team Vorarlberg
+ 53
45
Jeremy Durrin
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 55
46
David Clarke
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 1'05
Points
1
Ladin Livshits
Itera - Katusha
34
2
Michael Friedman
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
34
3
Michał Kwiatkowski
Node 4 - Rexona
32
4
Luke Rowe
Node 4 - Rexona
30
5
Eric Young
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
23
Spoiler
6
Yves Lampaert
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
19
7
Tom Zirbel
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
19
8
Evert Vandromme
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
18
9
Joaquim Durant
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
14
10
Matvey Zubov
Itera - Katusha
14
11
Matt Cronshaw
Node 4 - Rexona
13
12
Dominik Brändle
Team Vorarlberg
12
13
Florian Bissinger
Team Vorarlberg
10
14
Pedro Paulinho
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
8
15
Michael Creed
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
7
16
Joeri Calleeuw
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
6
17
Sergey Nikolaev
Itera - Katusha
6
18
Filippo Baggio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
5
19
Bjorn Selander
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
4
20
Rafael Reis
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
4
21
Antonio Barbio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
3
22
Andrea Fedi
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
2
23
Antonio Santoro
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
2
24
Maxim Pokidov
Itera - Katusha
1
KoM
No Change
Youth
1
Ladin Livshits
Itera - Katusha
4h41'23 (1)
2
Michał Kwiatkowski
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 5 (2)
3
Luke Rowe
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 8 (3)
4
Eric Young
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 14 (4)
5
Yves Lampaert
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 18 (5)
Team
1
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
14h04'40 (1)
2
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 20 (2)
3
Itera - Katusha
+ 30 (3)
4
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 43 (4)
5
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 1'06 (5)
6
Team Vorarlberg
+ 4'22 (6)
General Classification
1
Ladin Livshits
Itera - Katusha
4h41'23
2
Michael Friedman
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 1
3
Michał Kwiatkowski
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 5
4
Luke Rowe
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 8
5
Tom Zirbel
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 9
6
Eric Young
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 14
7
Yves Lampaert
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 18
8
Michael Creed
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 21
9
Pedro Paulinho
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
10
Matt Cronshaw
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 26
Spoiler
11
Rafael Reis
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
12
Antonio Barbio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 27
13
Andrew Magnier
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 28
14
Bjorn Selander
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 29
15
Florian Bissinger
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
16
Maxim Pokidov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
17
Filippo Baggio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 30
18
Joeri Calleeuw
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 31
19
Thomas Soladay
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
20
Alexey Ryabkin
Itera - Katusha
+ 32
21
Filippo Savini
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 33
22
Amaro Antunes
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 34
23
Andrea Fedi
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
24
Joaquim Durant
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 37
25
Rutger Roelandts
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 43
26
Denis Zhuykov
Itera - Katusha
+ 44
27
Maksim Razumov
Itera - Katusha
+ 45
28
Peter Williams
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 47
29
Patrick Jäger
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
30
Jeremy Durrin
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 56
31
David Clarke
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 1'06
32
Evert Vandromme
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 3'09
33
Dominik Brändle
Team Vorarlberg
+ 4'04
34
Matvey Zubov
Itera - Katusha
+ 17'32
35
Sergey Nikolaev
Itera - Katusha
+ 17'39
36
Antonio Santoro
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 17'42
37
Dennis Wauch
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
38
Marsh Cooper
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 17'46
39
Jeroen Lepla
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
40
Bostjan Rezman
Team Vorarlberg
+ 17'48
41
Bert Van Lerberghe
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 17'50
42
Daniel Biedermann
Team Vorarlberg
+ 17'52
43
Tobias Jenny
Team Vorarlberg
+ 17'54
44
Ruben Pols
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 17'55
45
Emiel Wastyn
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 17'56
46
Christoph Springer
Team Vorarlberg
+ 17'57
Comment
Again its hard to be disappointed. Michal did well to get 2nd, and perhaps should have won with some better pacing. The rest of the team did what was expected and should have saved some energy for the final 2 stages. Livshits looks like the guy to beat, and it could be tough if Itera stay organized.
Node4: 7/10
Edited by TheManxMissile on 25-02-2013 14:46
Well i'm back. Had a nice bit of a break since the Alentejo. Sorry i didn't write anything then, but it was just a form builder and not a lot else had happened.
But with the start of the UK races, and the opening round of the Premier Calendar, i had to write something. This is the first big race for Node4. Last season Lavery rode to 2nd in a great race. I remember this race well. I had to put some huge turns on the front in the finale to bring it back to a sprint. I couldnt move for days afterwards!
It is a tough route, with lots of dirt roads and cobbles to sap the strength from your legs. But to counter that we have a good team. Lavery will return and hope to go one better. Thwaites, Barker, Bialoblicki, Rogers, Sampson and Davis are the full team. Its a good team, and i hope we can get a top result and kick start the UK season.
I don't really have anything else to say. Life still good overall, especially sharing a flat with Phil. Certainly is fun! If we get a good result tomorrow, then when the team gets back in from Belgium we will be out in London for a party.
So until then
Le Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux - Stage 3
Mont de l'Enclus - Vieux Conde
An 85km dash today. We are going with a change of tactics. Itera have the numbers and form advantage so we can't just sit back and then sprint. So a lot more aggressive today and try and force Itera to work more, put them on back foot.
84km
Lets not attack too early guys, stay near the front, quick KoM
81km
Andy, you got that. Luke in 2nd, so well done.
69km
Luke go take it out! Well done, easy points.
63km
Roelandts(JVC) broke for that KoM, no issues.
60km
Go Clarke! Attack now, small rise coming up to aid. Roelandts(JVC) countering, thats good.
58km
Naturally you were fist over that climb Clarke. Advantage growing, keep pulling.
36km
Wow that was a great fight for the climb! Perfectly timed in the end Clarke, congrats for that!
29km
Let Roelandts take the sprint, save energy to keep pulling. Need to force Itera to push harder.
15km
Gaps 35", time to sit up Clarke. Luke get them set up how you want. Don't, DONT, move up yet.
13km
Right thats the catch! Time to move forwards, but don't take the front yet.
5km
Punch it now! Tight turns in final few k's, want to be ahead if posible. Itera and VGB pushing as well, its gonna be tight, just stay upright!
1000m
Luke go! Flamina fading, Ladin coming strong, this is gonna be close!
Motherf***er! Damn that was close! 2 more meters, 2 more meters... Christ... Good race boys, you did everything right guys, but sometimes its just not supposed to happen. Heads up there is still one more chance.
Stage Result
1
Ladin Livshits
Itera - Katusha
2h00'22
2
Luke Rowe
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
3
Eric Young
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
4
Florian Bissinger
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
5
Michael Friedman
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
6
Filippo Baggio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
7
Matt Cronshaw
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
8
Michał Kwiatkowski
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
9
Yves Lampaert
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
10
Matvey Zubov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Bjorn Selander
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
12
Maxim Pokidov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
13
Marsh Cooper
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
14
Joeri Calleeuw
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
15
Sergey Nikolaev
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
16
Daniel Biedermann
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
17
Joaquim Durant
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
18
Peter Williams
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
19
Filippo Savini
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
20
Bert Van Lerberghe
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
21
Ruben Pols
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
22
Antonio Barbio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
23
Thomas Soladay
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
24
Emiel Wastyn
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
25
Christoph Springer
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
26
Tom Zirbel
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
27
Michael Creed
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
28
Antonio Santoro
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
29
Alexey Ryabkin
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
30
Denis Zhuykov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
31
Evert Vandromme
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
32
Andrea Fedi
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
33
Rafael Reis
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
34
Pedro Paulinho
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
35
Jeremy Durrin
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
36
Jeroen Lepla
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
37
Andrew Magnier
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
38
Dominik Brändle
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
39
Amaro Antunes
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
40
Patrick Jäger
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
41
Dennis Wauch
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
42
Bostjan Rezman
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
43
Tobias Jenny
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
44
David Clarke
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 1'28
45
Rutger Roelandts
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
46
Maksim Razumov
Itera - Katusha
+ 2'48
Points
1
Ladin Livshits
Itera - Katusha
59
2
Luke Rowe
Node 4 - Rexona
56
3
Michael Friedman
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
46
4
Michał Kwiatkowski
Node 4 - Rexona
40
5
Eric Young
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
39
Spoiler
6
Yves Lampaert
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
26
7
Florian Bissinger
Team Vorarlberg
24
8
Matt Cronshaw
Node 4 - Rexona
22
9
Evert Vandromme
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
22
10
Matvey Zubov
Itera - Katusha
20
11
Tom Zirbel
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
19
12
Filippo Baggio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
15
13
Joaquim Durant
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
14
14
Rutger Roelandts
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
12
15
Dominik Brändle
Team Vorarlberg
12
16
Bjorn Selander
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
9
17
Pedro Paulinho
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
8
18
Joeri Calleeuw
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
8
19
David Clarke
Node 4 - Rexona
8
20
Michael Creed
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
7
21
Sergey Nikolaev
Itera - Katusha
7
22
Maxim Pokidov
Itera - Katusha
5
23
Rafael Reis
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
4
24
Maksim Razumov
Itera - Katusha
4
25
Antonio Barbio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
3
26
Marsh Cooper
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
3
27
Amaro Antunes
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
2
28
Andrea Fedi
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
2
29
Antonio Santoro
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
2
KoM
1
Evert Vandromme
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
24
2
Dominik Brändle
Team Vorarlberg
18
3
David Clarke
Node 4 - Rexona
16
4
Rutger Roelandts
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
14
5
Andrew Magnier
Node 4 - Rexona
6
Spoiler
6
Luke Rowe
Node 4 - Rexona
4
7
Maksim Razumov
Itera - Katusha
3
8
Andrea Fedi
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
1
9
Tobias Jenny
Team Vorarlberg
1
Youth
1
Ladin Livshits
Itera - Katusha
6h41'25 (1)
2
Luke Rowe
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 10 (2)
3
Michał Kwiatkowski
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 25 (3)
4
Eric Young
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 26 (4)
5
Yves Lampaert
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 38 (5)
Team
1
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
20h05'46 (1)
2
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 20 (2)
3
Itera - Katusha
+ 30 (3)
4
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 43 (4)
5
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 1'06 (5)
6
Team Vorarlberg
+ 4'22 (6)
General Classification
1
Ladin Livshits
Itera - Katusha
6h41'25
2
Luke Rowe
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 10
3
Michael Friedman
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 21
4
Michał Kwiatkowski
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 25
5
Eric Young
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 26
6
Tom Zirbel
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 29
7
Yves Lampaert
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 38
8
Michael Creed
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 41
9
Pedro Paulinho
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
10
Matt Cronshaw
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 46
Spoiler
11
Rafael Reis
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
12
Antonio Barbio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 47
13
Andrew Magnier
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 48
14
Florian Bissinger
Team Vorarlberg
+ 49
15
Bjorn Selander
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
16
Maxim Pokidov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
17
Filippo Baggio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 50
18
Joeri Calleeuw
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 51
19
Thomas Soladay
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
20
Alexey Ryabkin
Itera - Katusha
+ 52
21
Amaro Antunes
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
22
Filippo Savini
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 53
23
Andrea Fedi
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 54
24
Joaquim Durant
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 57
25
Denis Zhuykov
Itera - Katusha
+ 1'04
26
Peter Williams
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 1'07
27
Patrick Jäger
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
28
Jeremy Durrin
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 1'16
29
Rutger Roelandts
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 2'19
30
David Clarke
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 2'46
31
Evert Vandromme
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 3'25
32
Maksim Razumov
Itera - Katusha
+ 3'49
33
Dominik Brändle
Team Vorarlberg
+ 4'24
34
Matvey Zubov
Itera - Katusha
+ 17'52
35
Sergey Nikolaev
Itera - Katusha
+ 17'59
36
Antonio Santoro
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 18'02
37
Dennis Wauch
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
38
Marsh Cooper
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 18'06
39
Jeroen Lepla
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
40
Bostjan Rezman
Team Vorarlberg
+ 18'08
41
Bert Van Lerberghe
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 18'10
42
Daniel Biedermann
Team Vorarlberg
+ 18'12
43
Tobias Jenny
Team Vorarlberg
+ 18'14
44
Ruben Pols
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 18'15
45
Emiel Wastyn
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 18'16
46
Christoph Springer
Team Vorarlberg
+ 18'17
Comment
This is a tough race. Itera and Ladin are on fire. The guys rode a great stage today. Clarke force Itera into working, perfect. The rest came to the front a tad too late and got a bit caught in the tight turns at the end. Then Luke missed out by the smallest of margins. But i feel good about tomorrow!
Team: Lavery and Thwaites as joint leaders. Who ever feels better at the time will take control. Bialoblocki, Hammarling, Barker, Sampson, Rogers and Davis round out a full team
162km to go - Hagman(JBC), Andersson(VPC) and Pereira(PRT) are the first attackers
157km - Its all together. There is a flurry more attacks but none create any sort of gap
145km - Sampson makes a move, and is aided by Bulik(BGZ) and Boily(AMO)
132km - That trio is pulled in. And instantly Holmes(RAL), Winter(ARH), Pfingsten(RIJ) and Davis jump away. Quickly they build an 2'00 advantage, thanks to the cobbles.
35km - Trussov(RIJ) is the first of the favorites to suffer problems. He fall hard at the head of the race, but everyone threads around him.
22km - Winter and Davis return to the peloton. Pfingsten is solo by 43" over Homes, and the Peloton is a further 41" back.
20km - Holmes is swallowed up. Pfingsten has only 33" to go
16km - Hammarling attacks, just as Pfingsten is caught.
14km - But it doesn't stick, and Hammarling returns to work for the sprint
13km - Until Lavery goes, and goes hard! He grabs 30" over the dirt roads and pushes onwards!
6km - Klostergaard(VPC) attacks now. He may just have time to catch Lavery
1000m - Klostergaard catches Lavery under the 1km Kite! But both men are fading fast.
FINISH - Klostergaard just manages to get past and win by a few lengths. Lavery claims second for the second year in a row! Zaballa wins a close sprint behind. Most riders are given Klostergaards time but they were easily spread out over 5-6km!
Race Result
1
Kasper Klostergaard
Concordia Forsikring - Riwal
4h23'43
2
Philip Lavery
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
3
Constantino Zaballa
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
4
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
5
Dylan van Baarle
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
6
Scott Thwaites
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
7
Vytautas Kaupas
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
8
Ian Wilkinson
Team UK Youth
s.t.
9
Marcin Bialoblocki
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
10
Yanto Barker
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Frantisek Padour
Bauknecht - Author
s.t.
12
Tom Scully
Team Raleigh
s.t.
13
Robert Veldhuizen
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
14
Michael Berling
Concordia Forsikring - Riwal
s.t.
15
Philip Mooney
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
16
Rick Ottema
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
17
Patryk Komisarek
Bank BGZ
s.t.
18
Karl Hammarling
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
19
Ricardo Van der Velde
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
20
Richard Lang
Team Raleigh
s.t.
21
Daan Olivier
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
22
Mike Teunissen
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
23
Jasper Stuyven
Bontrager Cycling Team
s.t.
24
Stan Godrie
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
25
Shawn Milne
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
26
Angelo Furlan
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
27
Sebastian Balck
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
28
Nick Van der Lijke
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
29
Marc Hester
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
30
Richard Handley
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
31
Mitchell Hoke
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
32
Maksym Averin
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
33
Martin Lind
Concordia Forsikring - Riwal
s.t.
34
Ian Bibby
Madison Genesis
s.t.
35
Jasper Bovenhuis
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
36
Stefan Schumacher
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
37
Frank Dressler
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
38
Tobyn Horton
Team UK Youth
s.t.
39
Martin Pedersen
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
40
Rico Dene Rogers
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
41
Simon Holt
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
42
Eugert Zhupa
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
43
Bob Schoonbroodt
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
44
Mark Christian
Team Raleigh
s.t.
45
James Sampson
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
46
Nikolai Trussov
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
47
Mateusz Nowaczek
Bank BGZ
s.t.
48
Christofer Stevenson
Concordia Forsikring - Riwal
s.t.
49
Dean Downing
Madison Genesis
s.t.
50
Andrew Tennant
Madison Genesis
s.t.
51
Andzs Flaksis
Bontrager Cycling Team
s.t.
52
Chris Opie
Team UK Youth
s.t.
53
Jonathan Mould
Team UK Youth
s.t.
54
Floris Goesinnen
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
55
Lucas Persson
Concordia Forsikring - Riwal
s.t.
56
Michael Stevenson
Concordia Forsikring - Riwal
s.t.
57
Bas Stamsnijder
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
58
Gediminas Kaupas
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
59
Robert Partridge
Team UK Youth
s.t.
60
Christoph Pfingsten
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
61
James McCallum
Rapha Condor - JLT
+ 3'29
62
Lars Andersson
Concordia Forsikring - Riwal
s.t.
63
Sjoerd Kouwenhoven
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
64
Mats Andersson
Concordia Forsikring - Riwal
s.t.
65
Lee Davis
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 3'53
66
Mariusz Witecki
Bank BGZ
s.t.
67
Thomas Moses
Team Raleigh
s.t.
68
Ross Edgar
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
69
James Stemper
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
70
Rob Britton
Team Raleigh
s.t.
71
Matthew Jones
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
72
Eugenio Bani
Amore & Vita
s.t.
73
Daniel Mestre
Carmim - Tavira
s.t.
74
Luis Alberto Romero
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
75
Joey Rosskopf
Hincapie Sportswear Development Team
s.t.
76
Simon Bigum
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
77
Michael Cuming
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
78
Ryan Mullen
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
79
Mieszko Bulik
Bank BGZ
s.t.
80
David Boily
Amore & Vita
s.t.
81
Tomas Swift Metcalfe
Carmim - Tavira
s.t.
82
Hossein Alizadeh
Amore & Vita
s.t.
83
Ruben Companioni
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
84
Janier Acevedo
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
85
Michael Sherer
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
86
Francisco Mancebo
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
87
David Dvorsky
Bauknecht - Author
s.t.
88
Jeremy Powers
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
89
Eric Berthou
Team Raleigh
s.t.
90
Kristian House
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
91
Felix Baur
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
92
Andrew Griffiths
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
93
Matthew Holmes
Team Raleigh
s.t.
94
Manuel Stocker
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
95
Sascha Weber
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
96
Konrad Czajkowski
Bank BGZ
s.t.
97
Tyler Magner
Hincapie Sportswear Development Team
s.t.
98
Nathan Brown
Bontrager Cycling Team
s.t.
99
Robbie Hucker
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
100
Max Losch
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
101
Carson Miller
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
102
Nicolas Lüthi
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
103
Edison Blair Turner
Hincapie Sportswear Development Team
s.t.
104
Alex Hagman
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
105
Aritz Bagües
Euskadi
s.t.
106
Illart Zuazubiskar
Euskadi
s.t.
107
Joshua Hunt
Team UK Youth
s.t.
108
Sean Mazich
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
109
Mikel Bizkarra
Euskadi
s.t.
110
Elliott Porter
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
111
Taylor Shelden
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
112
Brennan Townshend
Madison Genesis
s.t.
113
Sven Fritsch
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
114
James Oram
Bontrager Cycling Team
s.t.
115
João Pereira
Carmim - Tavira
s.t.
116
Adam Stachowiak
Bank BGZ
s.t.
117
Chris Snook
Madison Genesis
s.t.
118
Niels Wubben
Rabobank Development Team
s.t.
119
Kai Reus
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
120
Amir Rusli
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
121
Joseph Perrett
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
122
Luke Davison
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
123
Pawel Brylowski
Bank BGZ
s.t.
124
Nicolas Winter
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
125
Matt Lipscomb
Hincapie Sportswear Development Team
+ 6'43
126
Emerson Oronte
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
127
Greg Brandt
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
128
Carlos Barbero
Euskadi
s.t.
129
Nathan Wilson
Bontrager Cycling Team
s.t.
130
Benjamin Hill
Hincapie Sportswear Development Team
s.t.
131
Adam Phelan
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
132
David Livramento
Carmim - Tavira
s.t.
133
Jon Larrinaga
Euskadi
s.t.
134
Paavo Paajanen
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
135
Anton Mikailov
Amore & Vita
s.t.
136
Igor Merino
Euskadi
s.t.
137
Luis Silva
Carmim - Tavira
s.t.
138
Tyler Wren
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
139
Jakub Danačík
Bauknecht - Author
s.t.
140
Tizian Rausch
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
141
Jack Pullar
Madison Genesis
s.t.
142
Diogo Nunes
Carmim - Tavira
s.t.
143
Temesgen Teklehaimanot
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
144
Robert Sweeting
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
145
Josef Maňousek
Bauknecht - Author
s.t.
146
Niv Libner
Amore & Vita
s.t.
147
Tomas Kalojiros
Bauknecht - Author
s.t.
148
Anton Storchous
Amore & Vita
s.t.
149
Mark O'Brien
Team Raleigh
s.t.
150
Joseph Lewis
Hincapie Sportswear Development Team
s.t.
151
Aaron Buggle
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
152
Thomas Palmer
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
153
Connor O'Leary
Bontrager Cycling Team
+ 12'18
154
Morgan Schmitt
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
Comment
I've just watched the finale back! Man it was close! Phil and Kloster were level with 500m to go, but he couldn't find that extra energy... I was happy with my dig at the end. It put the peloton under pressure and provided a perfect situation for Phil to launch. I even managed to pilot the sprint train until 5km as well! Very very happy with my performance today, and its an improvement on 2012! While we were painfully close for a 2nd year, there are clearly a lot of positives to take from today.
@rest
thanks for all comments, really really helps
Mikel Hammarling
Ok, final stage of the race. Aggressive isn't quite enough, so today we are going to throw everything at this race, and i mean everything! There are two hills in the final 25km and we are going to wreck this race on them. Either we win, or we don't finish!
159km
Ok lads. Lets do this. Stay near the front. Clarke, keep any eye out.
143km
Thats enough of a wait, Clarke you can go now! No-one even looking to follow, its going to be a long day im afraid.
100km
Clarke your gap is 8'30, but VGB and OPT are starting to hold it there. On the plus side you have just secured the KoM Jersey, well done!
77km
Andy! How did you fall going up hill! Do you want stabilizers? Just try and survive the stage now.
25km
Gap is 2'06. Pete, lets turn it on full!
23km
Michal and Luke, time to move! The peloton is in disarray nicely done. Keep that pace high as possible! You've got 25" already.
20km
Clarke, i need to you to pull these two 5000% for as long as possible! Keep diggin, keep digging, keep digging... aaaannnnddd..... GOGOGO!
9km
GOGOGOGOGO MICHAL!!!! PUSH PUSH PUSH PUSH!!!! 12" to Luke, and then 35" more to peloton!!!
5km
Luke is back in pack. You have 40"!! Head down and drive it on!
3km
You're doing it! You're doing it! Itera down to 1!! You're doing it!!!
1000m
27" and falling fast. The sprint is on behind, but you have got this sealed! Head down, we need that gap!!!!
FINISH
YYEESSSSS!!!!! YOU UTTER BEAUTY YOU!! Clear gap behind as well! That will be the win!! YYYYESSSSS!!!! And Matt you star as well, great finish!
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Hang on? What!! Those cheaters!
Oi! OOII!!! WHAT DO YOU MEAN SAME TIME!!!! HOW MUCH MORE OF A GAP DO YOU WANT!!!
NO! NONONONO WE ARE GOING TO SORT THIS NOW!!!!
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Stage Result
1
Michał Kwiatkowski
Node 4 - Rexona
4h10'00
2
Filippo Baggio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
3
Michael Friedman
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
4
Ladin Livshits
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
5
Matt Cronshaw
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
6
Florian Bissinger
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
7
Yves Lampaert
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
s.t.
8
Bjorn Selander
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
9
Peter Williams
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
10
Michael Creed
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Eric Young
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
12
Tom Zirbel
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
13
Luke Rowe
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
14
Maxim Pokidov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
15
Pedro Paulinho
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
16
Rafael Reis
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
17
Joeri Calleeuw
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
18
Joaquim Durant
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
19
Filippo Savini
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
20
Antonio Barbio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
21
Patrick Jäger
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
22
Thomas Soladay
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 2'14
23
Rutger Roelandts
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 2'51
24
Evert Vandromme
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
25
Andrea Fedi
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
26
Ruben Pols
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
27
Tobias Jenny
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
28
Dennis Wauch
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
29
Amaro Antunes
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
30
Jeroen Lepla
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
31
Jeremy Durrin
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
32
Maksim Razumov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
33
David Clarke
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 3'38
34
Christoph Springer
Team Vorarlberg
+ 5'31
35
Emiel Wastyn
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
36
Sergey Nikolaev
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
37
Matvey Zubov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
38
Antonio Santoro
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
39
Marsh Cooper
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
40
Alexey Ryabkin
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
41
Bert Van Lerberghe
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
s.t.
42
Denis Zhuykov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
43
Dominik Brändle
Team Vorarlberg
+ 6'33
44
Daniel Biedermann
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
45
Bostjan Rezman
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
46
Andrew Magnier
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 12'32
Points
1 Ladin Livshits Itera - Katusha 73
2 Luke Rowe Node 4 - Rexona 69
3 Michał Kwiatkowski Node 4 - Rexona 69
4 Michael Friedman Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 62
5 Eric Young Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 46
Spoiler
6
Yves Lampaert
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
35
7
Filippo Baggio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
35
8
Matt Cronshaw
Node 4 - Rexona
34
9
Florian Bissinger
Team Vorarlberg
34
10
Tom Zirbel
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
23
11
Evert Vandromme
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
22
12
David Clarke
Node 4 - Rexona
20
13
Matvey Zubov
Itera - Katusha
20
14
Bjorn Selander
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
17
15
Joaquim Durant
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
14
16
Michael Creed
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
13
17
Rutger Roelandts
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
12
18
Dominik Brändle
Team Vorarlberg
12
19
Pedro Paulinho
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
9
20
Joeri Calleeuw
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
8
21
Maxim Pokidov
Itera - Katusha
7
22
Peter Williams
Node 4 - Rexona
7
23
Sergey Nikolaev
Itera - Katusha
7
24
Rafael Reis
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
4
25
Thomas Soladay
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
4
26
Filippo Savini
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
4
27
Maksim Razumov
Itera - Katusha
4
28
Antonio Barbio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
3
29
Marsh Cooper
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
3
30
Amaro Antunes
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
2
31
Andrea Fedi
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
2
32
Antonio Santoro
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
2
KoM
1 David Clarke Node 4 - Rexona 69
2 Evert Vandromme Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team 24
3 Rutger Roelandts Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team 22
4 Dominik Brändle Team Vorarlberg 18
5 Thomas Soladay Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 16
Spoiler
6
Luke Rowe
Node 4 - Rexona
12
7
Michał Kwiatkowski
Node 4 - Rexona
8
8
Andrew Magnier
Node 4 - Rexona
8
9
Jeremy Durrin
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
7
10
Tobias Jenny
Team Vorarlberg
6
11
Andrea Fedi
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
5
12
Amaro Antunes
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
4
13
Maksim Razumov
Itera - Katusha
3
14
Michael Creed
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
2
Youth
1
Ladin Livshits
Itera - Katusha
10h51'25 (1)
2
Luke Rowe
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 0 (2)
3
Michał Kwiatkowski
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 1 (3)
Team
1
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
32h35'46 (1)
2
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 20 (2)
3
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 43 (3)
4
Itera - Katusha
+ 3'21 (4)
5
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 3'57 (5)
6
Team Vorarlberg
+ 7'13 (6)
General Classification
1
Ladin Livshits
Itera - Katusha
10h51'25
2
Luke Rowe
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
3
Michał Kwiatkowski
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 1
4
Michael Friedman
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 13
5
Eric Young
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 24
6
Tom Zirbel
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 29
7
Yves Lampaert
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 38
8
Filippo Baggio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
9
Michael Creed
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 41
10
Pedro Paulinho
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Matt Cronshaw
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 46
12
Rafael Reis
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
13
Antonio Barbio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 47
14
Florian Bissinger
Team Vorarlberg
+ 49
15
Bjorn Selander
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
16
Maxim Pokidov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
17
Filippo Savini
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
18
Joeri Calleeuw
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 51
19
Joaquim Durant
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 57
20
Peter Williams
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 1'07
21
Patrick Jäger
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
22
Thomas Soladay
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 3'01
23
Amaro Antunes
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 3'43
24
Andrea Fedi
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 3'45
25
Jeremy Durrin
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 4'07
26
Rutger Roelandts
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 5'10
27
David Clarke
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 6'12
28
Evert Vandromme
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 6'16
29
Alexey Ryabkin
Itera - Katusha
+ 6'23
30
Denis Zhuykov
Itera - Katusha
+ 6'35
31
Maksim Razumov
Itera - Katusha
+ 6'40
32
Dominik Brändle
Team Vorarlberg
+ 10'57
33
Andrew Magnier
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 13'20
34
Dennis Wauch
Team Vorarlberg
+ 20'53
35
Jeroen Lepla
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 20'57
36
Tobias Jenny
Team Vorarlberg
+ 21'05
37
Ruben Pols
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 21'06
38
Matvey Zubov
Itera - Katusha
+ 23'23
39
Sergey Nikolaev
Itera - Katusha
+ 23'30
40
Antonio Santoro
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 23'33
41
Marsh Cooper
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 23'37
42
Bert Van Lerberghe
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 23'41
43
Emiel Wastyn
Ventilair - Steria Cycling Team
+ 23'47
44
Christoph Springer
Team Vorarlberg
+ 23'48
45
Bostjan Rezman
Team Vorarlberg
+ 24'41
46
Daniel Biedermann
Team Vorarlberg
+ 24'45
Comment
After about 6hours i've finally got some time to write.... Those hours have been spent arguing with the race officials, contacting Malcolm, Itera's management and some people at the UCI.
I am extremely angry about the time gaps awarded, or in this case not awarded, at the finish. Michal did not get a gap given, yet with 200m to go it was registering 20" on the official screens. In a race that has come down to less than one second this is disgrace!
We rode a perfect stage, putting Itera on the backfoot from the 143km attack by Clarke. We shed all but 3 of them on the cobbled climbs. We reduced that further with those final attacks. We were perfect! Even Matt was able to just shadow him with ease. We will not let this be taken away from us by unfair rulings.
Whats more the Official results took longer than ever to come out, about 2 hours over the usual! That cannot be right. And without wishing to start anything there are rumors that some Itera management was seen in talking to the Officials in that time...
I will of course keep you updated as we event unfold. I am raging and on a mission to get this sorted. Malcolm is reviewing the tapes of the day at the moment, and will get back to me with his decision. I am pushing to take this to the UCI, and beyond if necessary.
Node4: 12/10 ___ Race officials: 1/10 ___ Itera: -10/10
Edited by TheManxMissile on 25-02-2013 18:10
Yes, was really annoying no gaps were given... But at least we got a stage win. And if you go look at Mikel and Teams Palmares then the race was a huge success.
Karl Hammarling
7th April
"Return to former glories"
Its been a week since the Maldon Dengie Tour. And i am feeling nice and recovered from it. Form is starting to build up, my abilities are improving, fitness is high, so things are pretty good for this race.
This race being a grand return to a place i have fond memories for. Tour Doon Hame! Last year i bagged 5th in the GC thanks to bonus seconds collected on stage 2. I would hope i can do the same, but this year with a different team i may not be allowed to attack like that. It all depends on the startlist. Our own team will be a good one, as this is a perfect race for us. There is a fair gap until the Rutland Classic so we won't be in the UK soon, so we have to leave with success behind us.
To get that success the team includes myself, Rowe, Sampson, Cronshaw, Barker, Bialoblocki, Davis and Lavery. A very strong team indeed! Always nice to go racing with Phil and Marcin. They always find away to chat away the hours in the peloton.
I said we would go out partying when the guys got back from Belgium. That was swiftly put on hold after Stage 4, while the management decided what to do. Malcolm took the decision to let the result stand as it was. He was already very happy with what they achieved and didn't think it was worth risking any further issues. Mikel was not happy but he is professional enough to let it go, thankfully. I went to see him yesterday before we left. He had calmed down fortunately. Spent a good few hours chatting, was nice to catch up with my Uncle and not worry about cycling.
Anyway, i should be off the bed so i'm properly rested for the race. See you later.
124km to go - Heinrichsen(TRS) is first to attack, along with Niewold(CJP), Hamilton(JBC), Anciaux(WBC), Walker(DPC) and Holmes(RAL). They are all brought back
117km - Creed(OPM), Dron(WBC), Galta(OHR), Heinrichsen(TRS) and Rossetto(BIG) are next to try, but are brought back.
Lots of attacks over the next few k's
98km - KoM 1 at New Galloway goes to Monreal(TRS) ahead of Roosen(CJP) and Baffi(LET). A few k's later Partridge(UKY) and Carthey(RCS) join up to create the BOTD
75km - IS 1 at Minnigaff goes to Partridge
42km - KoM 2 at Tairlaw Summit goes to Partridge as well
26km - IS 2 at Straiton goes to Monreal
20km - The gap is only 48" to the peloton
15km - All members of the break are finally reeled in
5km - Node4 finally gets to the front, lead by Hammarling. But SKT are very strong and retake the lead heading into the sprint
1000m - Rowe launches, but is behind Eeckhout. Its a fairly open sprint to begin with.
FINISH - But Eeckhout wins by a few lengths. Rowe holds second from a hard charging Havik
Stage Result
1
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Chainreaction
2h50'44
2
Luke Rowe
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
3
Yoeri Havik
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
4
Ladin Livshits
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
5
Roy Sentjens
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
6
Ian Wilkinson
Team UK Youth
s.t.
7
Matt Cronshaw
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
8
Shawn Milne
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
9
Rob Britton
Team Raleigh
s.t.
10
Ross Edgar
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Charles Bradley Huff
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
12
Nikolai Trussov
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
13
Tommy Nankervis
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
14
Frank Pipp
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
15
Pieter Ghyllebert
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
16
Steven Tronet
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
17
Karl Hammarling
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
18
Liam Holohan
Madison Genesis
s.t.
19
Michael Friedman
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
20
Eric Young
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
21
Shane Archbold
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
22
Matvey Zubov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
23
Johim Ariesen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
24
Wouter Wippert
Team 3M
s.t.
25
Philip Lavery
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
26
Philip Mooney
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
27
Ed Clancy
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
28
Aaron Gate
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
29
Niels Wytinck
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
30
Alexey Ryabkin
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
31
Maxim Pokidov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
32
Tom Scully
Team Raleigh
s.t.
33
Rick Ottema
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
34
Alphonse Vermote
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
35
Marcin Bialoblocki
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
36
Paavo Paajanen
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
37
Sean De Bie
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
38
Maxwell Durtschi
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
39
Boris Dron
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
40
Yanto Barker
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
41
Théo Vimpere
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
42
Fabio Polazzi
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
43
Simon Holt
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
44
Nicolas Vereecken
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
45
Andrew Tennant
Madison Genesis
s.t.
46
Thomas Soladay
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
47
Sergey Nikolaev
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
48
James Sampson
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
49
Jack Pullar
Madison Genesis
s.t.
50
Steven Lammertink
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
51
Fabio Silvestre
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
52
Bob Schoonbroodt
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
53
Dominic Jelfs
Madison Genesis
s.t.
54
Chris Snook
Madison Genesis
s.t.
55
Denis Zhuykov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
56
Ricardo Van der Velde
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
57
Wouter Sybrandy
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
58
Jack Wilson
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
59
James Moss
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
60
David Williams
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
61
Lee Davis
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
62
Greg Mansell
Team UK Youth
s.t.
63
Maksim Razumov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
64
Viktor Shmalko
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
65
Jeremy Durrin
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
66
Dimitri Le Boulch
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
67
Gediminas Kaupas
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
68
Max Jenkins
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
69
Richard Tanguy
Team UK Youth
s.t.
70
Aaron Buggle
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
71
Evan Oliphant
Team Raleigh
s.t.
72
Jake Hales
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
73
Benjamin Wolfe
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
74
Stéphane Rossetto
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
75
Felix English
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
76
Maxime Anciaux
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
77
Patrick Bevin
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
78
Yannick Martinez
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
79
Matthew Jones
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
80
Brennan Townshend
Madison Genesis
s.t.
81
Jack Wiles
Team UK Youth
s.t.
82
Tom Thill
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
83
Nicolas Bazin
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
84
Nic Hamilton
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
85
Oliver Hofstetter
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
86
Eugenio Alafaci
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
87
Christian Patron
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
88
Nathaniel English
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
89
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
90
Kai Reus
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
91
Michael Cuming
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
92
Jan Hirt
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
93
Frank Dressler
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
94
Janier Acevedo
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
95
James Stemper
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
96
Eric Schildge
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
97
Richard Lang
Team Raleigh
s.t.
98
Luis Alberto Romero
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
99
Kevin Kohlvelter
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
100
Christiaan Kriek
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
101
Russell Hampton
Team Raleigh
s.t.
102
Edward Laverack
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
103
Christoph Pfingsten
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
104
Jeremy Powers
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
105
Janis Dakteris
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
106
Tom Dernies
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
107
Andrew Griffiths
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
108
Yoann Paillot
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
109
José Gonçalves
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
110
Bernard Sulzberger
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
111
Sven Fritsch
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
112
James Lowsley-Williams
Team UK Youth
s.t.
113
Robert Sweeting
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
114
Nuno Bico
Rádio Popular - Onda
s.t.
115
Luke Davison
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
116
Daniel Jarstø
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
117
Bram De Kort
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
118
Mark Christian
Team Raleigh
s.t.
119
Joop De Gans
Team 3M
s.t.
120
William Walker
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
121
Floris Goesinnen
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
122
Ricardo Vale
Rádio Popular - Onda
s.t.
123
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
124
Michael Creed
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
125
Demis Aleman
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
126
Laurent Evrard
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
127
Tom Zirbel
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
128
Christopher Baldwin
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
129
Célio Sousa
Rádio Popular - Onda
s.t.
130
Jason McCartney
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
131
Piero Baffi
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
132
Domingos Gonçalves
Rádio Popular - Onda
s.t.
133
Hugh Carthy
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
134
Frederik Verkinderen
Team 3M
s.t.
135
Andrew Dahlheim
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
136
Daniel Westmattelmann
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
137
Thomas Vanhaecke
Team 3M
s.t.
138
Johnnie Walker
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
139
Matthias Bertling
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
140
Stefan Poutsma
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
141
Matthew Holmes
Team Raleigh
s.t.
142
Jens Schuermans
Team 3M
s.t.
143
Robert Partridge
Team UK Youth
s.t.
144
Bjorn Selander
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
145
Daan Meijers
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
146
Jason Bakke
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
147
Marius Bernatonis
Team 3M
s.t.
148
August Jensen
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
149
Antoine Lavieu
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
150
Tormod Jacobsen
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
151
Frank Niewold
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
152
Alexander Nordhoff
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
153
Luc Loozen
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
154
Berden De Vries
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
155
Alister Ratcliff
Team 3M
s.t.
156
Chase Pinkham
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
157
Fredrik Galta
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
158
Adrián López
Rádio Popular - Onda
s.t.
159
Carlos Carneiro
Rádio Popular - Onda
s.t.
160
Thomas Rostollan
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
161
Scott Zwizanski
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
162
Gerold Henrichsen
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
163
Thomas Moses
Team Raleigh
s.t.
164
Robbie Hucker
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
165
Lewis Rigaux
Team 3M
s.t.
166
Kristian Dyrnes
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
167
Florian Monreal
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
168
Sjors Roosen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
169
Sjef De Wilde
Team Differdange - Losch
+ 4'03
Points
1
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Chainreaction
25
2
Luke Rowe
Node 4 - Rexona
20
3
Yoeri Havik
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
16
4
Ladin Livshits
Itera - Katusha
14
5
Robert Partridge
Team UK Youth
12
Spoiler
6
Roy Sentjens
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
12
7
Ian Wilkinson
Team UK Youth
10
8
Matt Cronshaw
Node 4 - Rexona
9
9
Florian Monreal
Team Quantec - Indeland
8
10
Shawn Milne
5-Hour Energy
8
11
Rob Britton
Team Raleigh
7
12
Ross Edgar
Team IG - Sigma Sport
6
13
Charles Bradley Huff
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
5
14
Nikolai Trussov
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
4
15
Tommy Nankervis
Bissell Cycling
3
16
Hugh Carthy
Rapha Condor - JLT
2
17
Sjors Roosen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
2
18
Frank Pipp
Bissell Cycling
2
19
Pieter Ghyllebert
An Post - Chainreaction
1
KoM
1
Sjors Roosen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
12
2
Robert Partridge
Team UK Youth
10
3
Florian Monreal
Team Quantec - Indeland
8
4
Hugh Carthy
Rapha Condor - JLT
6
5
Piero Baffi
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
6
Youth
1
Luke Rowe
Node 4 - Rexona
2h50'32 (1)
2
Yoeri Havik
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
+ 4 (2)
3
Hugh Carthy
Rapha Condor - JLT
+ 10 (3)
4
Sjors Roosen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
+ 10 (4)
5
Ladin Livshits
Itera - Katusha
+ 12 (5)
Team
1
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
8h32'12 (1)
2
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 0 (2)
3
An Post - Chainreaction
+ 0 (3)
General Classification
1
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Chainreaction
2h50'24
2
Luke Rowe
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 8
3
Robert Partridge
Team UK Youth
s.t.
4
Yoeri Havik
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
+ 12
5
Florian Monreal
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
6
Hugh Carthy
Rapha Condor - JLT
+ 18
7
Sjors Roosen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
8
Ladin Livshits
Itera - Katusha
+ 20
9
Roy Sentjens
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
10
Ian Wilkinson
Team UK Youth
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Matt Cronshaw
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
12
Shawn Milne
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
13
Rob Britton
Team Raleigh
s.t.
14
Ross Edgar
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
15
Charles Bradley Huff
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
16
Nikolai Trussov
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
17
Tommy Nankervis
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
18
Frank Pipp
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
19
Pieter Ghyllebert
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
20
Steven Tronet
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
21
Karl Hammarling
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
22
Liam Holohan
Madison Genesis
s.t.
23
Michael Friedman
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
24
Eric Young
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
25
Shane Archbold
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
26
Matvey Zubov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
27
Johim Ariesen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
28
Wouter Wippert
Team 3M
s.t.
29
Philip Lavery
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
30
Philip Mooney
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
31
Ed Clancy
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
32
Aaron Gate
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
33
Niels Wytinck
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
34
Alexey Ryabkin
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
35
Maxim Pokidov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
36
Tom Scully
Team Raleigh
s.t.
37
Rick Ottema
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
38
Alphonse Vermote
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
39
Marcin Bialoblocki
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
40
Paavo Paajanen
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
41
Sean De Bie
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
42
Maxwell Durtschi
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
43
Boris Dron
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
44
Yanto Barker
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
45
Théo Vimpere
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
46
Fabio Polazzi
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
47
Simon Holt
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
48
Nicolas Vereecken
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
49
Andrew Tennant
Madison Genesis
s.t.
50
Thomas Soladay
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
51
Sergey Nikolaev
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
52
James Sampson
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
53
Jack Pullar
Madison Genesis
s.t.
54
Steven Lammertink
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
55
Fabio Silvestre
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
56
Bob Schoonbroodt
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
57
Dominic Jelfs
Madison Genesis
s.t.
58
Chris Snook
Madison Genesis
s.t.
59
Denis Zhuykov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
60
Ricardo Van der Velde
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
61
Wouter Sybrandy
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
62
Jack Wilson
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
63
James Moss
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
64
David Williams
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
65
Lee Davis
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
66
Greg Mansell
Team UK Youth
s.t.
67
Maksim Razumov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
68
Viktor Shmalko
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
69
Jeremy Durrin
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
70
Dimitri Le Boulch
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
71
Gediminas Kaupas
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
72
Max Jenkins
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
73
Richard Tanguy
Team UK Youth
s.t.
74
Aaron Buggle
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
75
Evan Oliphant
Team Raleigh
s.t.
76
Jake Hales
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
77
Benjamin Wolfe
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
78
Stéphane Rossetto
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
79
Felix English
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
80
Maxime Anciaux
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
81
Patrick Bevin
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
82
Yannick Martinez
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
83
Matthew Jones
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
84
Brennan Townshend
Madison Genesis
s.t.
85
Jack Wiles
Team UK Youth
s.t.
86
Tom Thill
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
87
Nicolas Bazin
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
88
Nic Hamilton
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
89
Oliver Hofstetter
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
90
Eugenio Alafaci
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
91
Christian Patron
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
92
Nathaniel English
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
93
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
94
Kai Reus
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
95
Michael Cuming
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
96
Jan Hirt
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
97
Frank Dressler
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
98
Janier Acevedo
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
99
James Stemper
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
100
Eric Schildge
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
101
Richard Lang
Team Raleigh
s.t.
102
Luis Alberto Romero
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
103
Kevin Kohlvelter
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
104
Christiaan Kriek
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
105
Russell Hampton
Team Raleigh
s.t.
106
Edward Laverack
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
107
Christoph Pfingsten
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
108
Jeremy Powers
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
109
Janis Dakteris
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
110
Tom Dernies
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
111
Andrew Griffiths
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
112
Yoann Paillot
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
113
José Gonçalves
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
114
Bernard Sulzberger
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
115
Sven Fritsch
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
116
James Lowsley-Williams
Team UK Youth
s.t.
117
Robert Sweeting
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
118
Nuno Bico
Rádio Popular - Onda
s.t.
119
Luke Davison
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
120
Daniel Jarstø
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
121
Bram De Kort
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
122
Mark Christian
Team Raleigh
s.t.
123
Joop De Gans
Team 3M
s.t.
124
William Walker
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
125
Floris Goesinnen
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
126
Ricardo Vale
Rádio Popular - Onda
s.t.
127
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
128
Michael Creed
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
129
Demis Aleman
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
130
Laurent Evrard
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
131
Tom Zirbel
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
132
Christopher Baldwin
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
133
Célio Sousa
Rádio Popular - Onda
s.t.
134
Jason McCartney
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
135
Piero Baffi
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
136
Domingos Gonçalves
Rádio Popular - Onda
s.t.
137
Frederik Verkinderen
Team 3M
s.t.
138
Andrew Dahlheim
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
139
Daniel Westmattelmann
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
140
Thomas Vanhaecke
Team 3M
s.t.
141
Johnnie Walker
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
142
Matthias Bertling
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
143
Stefan Poutsma
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
144
Matthew Holmes
Team Raleigh
s.t.
145
Jens Schuermans
Team 3M
s.t.
146
Bjorn Selander
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
147
Daan Meijers
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
148
Jason Bakke
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
149
Marius Bernatonis
Team 3M
s.t.
150
August Jensen
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
151
Antoine Lavieu
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
152
Tormod Jacobsen
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
153
Frank Niewold
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
154
Alexander Nordhoff
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
155
Luc Loozen
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
156
Berden De Vries
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
157
Alister Ratcliff
Team 3M
s.t.
158
Chase Pinkham
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
159
Fredrik Galta
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
160
Adrián López
Rádio Popular - Onda
s.t.
161
Carlos Carneiro
Rádio Popular - Onda
s.t.
162
Thomas Rostollan
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
163
Scott Zwizanski
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
164
Gerold Henrichsen
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
165
Thomas Moses
Team Raleigh
s.t.
166
Robbie Hucker
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
167
Lewis Rigaux
Team 3M
s.t.
168
Kristian Dyrnes
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
169
Sjef De Wilde
Team Differdange - Losch
+ 4'23
Comment
A good first day. I survived the rain, as did the team. Lead-out was good, but SKT's was better. Its that simple. Not a lot to say as it was a quiet day. Happy with my pull near the end. Didn't have to dig too deep for too long. Hopefully that will pay off tomorrow...
177km to go - Attacks straight off from various riders. Node4 pull on the front to keep the race together over the coming k's
163km - And now we see why. Hammarling attacks on the climb! Romero(JSH), McCartey(BPC) and Goesinnen(DPC) follow him a few meters back
151km - Hammarling takes the IS, and the bonus seconds.
136km - Romero takes the second KoM
126km - The leading quartet are joined by Rossetto(BIG)
107km - Jensen(OHR) eventually hauls himself across to the leaders
102km - Romero takes the third climb, and with it the KoM Jersey
23km - Romero breaks solo through the second IS. Hammarling comes through in second
14km - The main break is caught, except Romero who holds 41"
12km - SKT and TIK waste no time in wiping out Romeros advantage. But as soon as they do Node4 take control!
5km - Node4 are in the zone! They are going so fast there is a split behind them!
1000m - The gap has reduced, but all the sprinters are already in full flow. Cronshaw started at 1.2km. Rowe is sticking in his slipstream.
500m - Rowe swings past Cronshaw, as the late sprinters are coming fast!
FINISH - Not that it matters! Node4 finish 1-2!!! With Wippert 3rd.
Stage Result
1
Luke Rowe
Node 4 - Rexona
4h13'33
2
Matt Cronshaw
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
3
Wouter Wippert
Team 3M
s.t.
4
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
5
Steven Tronet
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
6
Liam Holohan
Madison Genesis
s.t.
7
Ian Wilkinson
Team UK Youth
s.t.
8
Eric Young
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
9
Shawn Milne
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
10
Ed Clancy
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Rob Britton
Team Raleigh
s.t.
12
Frank Pipp
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
13
Ross Edgar
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
14
Yoeri Havik
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
15
Roy Sentjens
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
16
Ladin Livshits
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
17
Michael Friedman
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
18
Nikolai Trussov
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
19
Sjef De Wilde
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
20
Pieter Ghyllebert
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
21
Tommy Nankervis
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
22
Charles Bradley Huff
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
23
Philip Lavery
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
24
Marcin Bialoblocki
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
25
Sean De Bie
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
26
Matvey Zubov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
27
Tom Scully
Team Raleigh
s.t.
28
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
29
Philip Mooney
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
30
Fabio Polazzi
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
31
Aaron Gate
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
32
Simon Holt
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
33
Florian Monreal
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
34
Shane Archbold
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
35
Tom Zirbel
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
36
Michael Creed
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
37
José Gonçalves
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
38
Alphonse Vermote
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
39
Théo Vimpere
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
40
Célio Sousa
Rádio Popular - Onda
s.t.
41
Thomas Vanhaecke
Team 3M
s.t.
42
Bjorn Selander
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
43
Frank Dressler
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
44
Boris Dron
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
45
Marius Bernatonis
Team 3M
s.t.
46
Joop De Gans
Team 3M
s.t.
47
Thomas Soladay
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
48
Sergey Nikolaev
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
49
Yoann Paillot
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
50
Hugh Carthy
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
51
Richard Tanguy
Team UK Youth
s.t.
52
Richard Lang
Team Raleigh
s.t.
53
Lee Davis
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
54
Mark Christian
Team Raleigh
s.t.
55
Yanto Barker
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
56
Frederik Verkinderen
Team 3M
s.t.
57
James Sampson
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
58
Christoph Pfingsten
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
59
Jens Schuermans
Team 3M
s.t.
60
Steven Lammertink
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
61
Fabio Silvestre
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
62
Rick Ottema
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
63
Wouter Sybrandy
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
64
Evan Oliphant
Team Raleigh
s.t.
65
James Moss
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
66
Jeremy Durrin
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
67
Eugenio Alafaci
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
68
Janis Dakteris
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
69
Christian Patron
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
70
Demis Aleman
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
71
Matthew Holmes
Team Raleigh
s.t.
72
Andrew Griffiths
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
73
Robert Partridge
Team UK Youth
s.t.
74
Paavo Paajanen
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
75
David Williams
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
76
Lewis Rigaux
Team 3M
s.t.
77
Michael Cuming
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
78
Greg Mansell
Team UK Youth
s.t.
79
Bob Schoonbroodt
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
80
Andrew Tennant
Madison Genesis
s.t.
81
James Stemper
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
82
Yannick Martinez
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
83
Russell Hampton
Team Raleigh
s.t.
84
Janier Acevedo
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
85
Christiaan Kriek
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
86
Scott Zwizanski
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
87
Bernard Sulzberger
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
88
Matthew Jones
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
89
Ricardo Van der Velde
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
90
Domingos Gonçalves
Rádio Popular - Onda
s.t.
91
Alexey Ryabkin
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
92
Jack Wiles
Team UK Youth
s.t.
93
Jake Hales
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
94
Kai Reus
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
95
Matthias Bertling
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
96
Patrick Bevin
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
97
Brennan Townshend
Madison Genesis
s.t.
98
Jeremy Powers
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
99
Niels Wytinck
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
100
Robbie Hucker
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
101
Edward Laverack
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
102
Nic Hamilton
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
103
Viktor Shmalko
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
104
Denis Zhuykov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
105
Nathaniel English
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
106
Maxim Pokidov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
107
Maksim Razumov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
108
James Lowsley-Williams
Team UK Youth
s.t.
109
Karl Hammarling
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
110
Thomas Moses
Team Raleigh
s.t.
111
Max Jenkins
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
112
Johim Ariesen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
113
Bram De Kort
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
114
Sjors Roosen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
115
Maxwell Durtschi
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
116
Dominic Jelfs
Madison Genesis
s.t.
117
Jack Pullar
Madison Genesis
s.t.
118
Benjamin Wolfe
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
119
Piero Baffi
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
120
Felix English
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
121
Fredrik Galta
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
122
Nicolas Bazin
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
123
Aaron Buggle
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
124
Oliver Hofstetter
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
125
Berden De Vries
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
126
Daniel Jarstø
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
127
Eric Schildge
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
128
Laurent Evrard
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
129
Luis Alberto Romero
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
130
Jan Hirt
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
131
Sven Fritsch
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
132
Johnnie Walker
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
133
Alister Ratcliff
Team 3M
s.t.
134
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
135
Daniel Westmattelmann
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
136
Christopher Baldwin
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
137
William Walker
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
138
Tom Thill
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
139
Nicolas Vereecken
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
140
Kevin Kohlvelter
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
141
Stefan Poutsma
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
142
Gerold Henrichsen
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
143
Gediminas Kaupas
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
144
Ricardo Vale
Rádio Popular - Onda
s.t.
145
Alexander Nordhoff
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
146
Kristian Dyrnes
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
147
Andrew Dahlheim
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
148
Chase Pinkham
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
149
Tormod Jacobsen
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
150
Chris Snook
Madison Genesis
s.t.
151
Floris Goesinnen
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
152
Maxime Anciaux
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
153
Adrián López
Rádio Popular - Onda
s.t.
154
Jason McCartney
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
155
Tom Dernies
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
156
Luc Loozen
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
157
Dimitri Le Boulch
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
158
Nuno Bico
Rádio Popular - Onda
s.t.
159
Stéphane Rossetto
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
160
Daan Meijers
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
161
Robert Sweeting
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
162
Luke Davison
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
163
Thomas Rostollan
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
164
Antoine Lavieu
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
165
Frank Niewold
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
166
Carlos Carneiro
Rádio Popular - Onda
s.t.
167
Jack Wilson
An Post - Chainreaction
+ 3'33
168
Jason Bakke
La Pomme Marseille
+ 4'03
169
August Jensen
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
+ 5'34
Points
1
Luke Rowe
Node 4 - Rexona
45
2
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Chainreaction
39
3
Matt Cronshaw
Node 4 - Rexona
29
4
Ian Wilkinson
Team UK Youth
19
5
Yoeri Havik
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
18
Spoiler
6
Wouter Wippert
Team 3M
16
7
Shawn Milne
5-Hour Energy
15
8
Ladin Livshits
Itera - Katusha
14
9
Roy Sentjens
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
13
10
Robert Partridge
Team UK Youth
12
11
Rob Britton
Team Raleigh
12
12
Steven Tronet
BigMat - Auber 93
12
13
Karl Hammarling
Node 4 - Rexona
10
14
Liam Holohan
Madison Genesis
10
15
Ross Edgar
Team IG - Sigma Sport
9
16
Florian Monreal
Team Quantec - Indeland
8
17
Eric Young
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
8
18
Frank Pipp
Bissell Cycling
6
19
Ed Clancy
Rapha Condor - JLT
6
20
Luis Alberto Romero
Jamis - Hagens Berman
6
21
Charles Bradley Huff
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
5
22
Nikolai Trussov
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
4
23
Floris Goesinnen
Drapac Cycling
4
24
Jason McCartney
Bissell Cycling
4
25
Tommy Nankervis
Bissell Cycling
3
26
Hugh Carthy
Rapha Condor - JLT
2
27
Sjors Roosen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
2
28
Pieter Ghyllebert
An Post - Chainreaction
1
KoM
1
Luis Alberto Romero
Jamis - Hagens Berman
26
2
Floris Goesinnen
Drapac Cycling
26
3
Jason McCartney
Bissell Cycling
24
4
Karl Hammarling
Node 4 - Rexona
20
5
Sjors Roosen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
16
Spoiler
6
Robert Partridge
Team UK Youth
10
7
Stéphane Rossetto
BigMat - Auber 93
10
8
Florian Monreal
Team Quantec - Indeland
8
9
Hugh Carthy
Rapha Condor - JLT
6
10
Piero Baffi
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
6
11
August Jensen
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
4
12
Jack Wilson
An Post - Chainreaction
2
13
Christian Patron
Wallonie - Bruxelles
2
Youth
1
Luke Rowe
Node 4 - Rexona
7h03'45 (1)
2
Matt Cronshaw
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 20 (2)
3
Karl Hammarling
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 22 (3)
4
Yoeri Havik
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
+ 24 (4)
5
Wouter Wippert
Team 3M
+ 24 (5)
Team
1
Node 4 - Rexona
21h12'51 (1)
2
Rádio Popular - Onda
+ 0 (2)
3
Drapac Cycling
+ 0 (3)
General Classification
1
Luke Rowe
Node 4 - Rexona
7h03'45
2
Nico Eeckhout
An Post - Chainreaction
+ 12
3
Matt Cronshaw
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 20
4
Robert Partridge
Team UK Youth
s.t.
5
Karl Hammarling
Node 4 - Rexona
+ 22
6
Yoeri Havik
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
+ 24
7
Wouter Wippert
Team 3M
s.t.
8
Florian Monreal
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
9
Luis Alberto Romero
Jamis - Hagens Berman
+ 26
10
Floris Goesinnen
Drapac Cycling
+ 28
Spoiler
11
Jason McCartney
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
12
Hugh Carthy
Rapha Condor - JLT
+ 30
13
Sjors Roosen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
14
Ian Wilkinson
Team UK Youth
+ 32
15
Shawn Milne
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
16
Ladin Livshits
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
17
Roy Sentjens
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
18
Rob Britton
Team Raleigh
s.t.
19
Steven Tronet
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
20
Ross Edgar
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
21
Liam Holohan
Madison Genesis
s.t.
22
Frank Pipp
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
23
Eric Young
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
24
Nikolai Trussov
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
25
Charles Bradley Huff
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
26
Tommy Nankervis
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
27
Pieter Ghyllebert
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
28
Michael Friedman
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
29
Ed Clancy
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
30
Matvey Zubov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
31
Philip Lavery
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
32
Shane Archbold
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
33
Philip Mooney
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
34
Aaron Gate
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
35
Tom Scully
Team Raleigh
s.t.
36
Marcin Bialoblocki
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
37
Sean De Bie
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
38
Alphonse Vermote
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
39
Fabio Polazzi
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
40
Simon Holt
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
41
Théo Vimpere
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
42
Boris Dron
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
43
Thomas Soladay
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
44
Rick Ottema
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
45
Yanto Barker
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
46
Sergey Nikolaev
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
47
James Sampson
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
48
Paavo Paajanen
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
49
Steven Lammertink
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
50
Fabio Silvestre
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
51
Lee Davis
Node 4 - Rexona
s.t.
52
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
53
Wouter Sybrandy
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
54
Richard Tanguy
Team UK Youth
s.t.
55
Alexey Ryabkin
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
56
James Moss
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
57
Andrew Tennant
Madison Genesis
s.t.
58
Niels Wytinck
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
59
Bob Schoonbroodt
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
60
Jeremy Durrin
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
61
Johim Ariesen
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
62
David Williams
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
63
Evan Oliphant
Team Raleigh
s.t.
64
Frank Dressler
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
65
Maxim Pokidov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
66
Greg Mansell
Team UK Youth
s.t.
67
Ricardo Van der Velde
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
68
José Gonçalves
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
69
Richard Lang
Team Raleigh
s.t.
70
Maxwell Durtschi
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
71
Eugenio Alafaci
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
72
Christian Patron
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
73
Yoann Paillot
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
74
Denis Zhuykov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
75
Yannick Martinez
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
76
Michael Creed
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
77
Christoph Pfingsten
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
78
Tom Zirbel
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
79
Jake Hales
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
80
Joop De Gans
Team 3M
s.t.
81
Jack Pullar
Madison Genesis
s.t.
82
Viktor Shmalko
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
83
Matthew Jones
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
84
Michael Cuming
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
85
Dominic Jelfs
Madison Genesis
s.t.
86
Célio Sousa
Rádio Popular - Onda
s.t.
87
Maksim Razumov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
88
Mark Christian
Team Raleigh
s.t.
89
Patrick Bevin
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
90
Jack Wiles
Team UK Youth
s.t.
91
Janis Dakteris
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
92
James Stemper
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
93
Brennan Townshend
Madison Genesis
s.t.
94
Janier Acevedo
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
95
Thomas Vanhaecke
Team 3M
s.t.
96
Max Jenkins
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
97
Andrew Griffiths
Team IG - Sigma Sport
s.t.
98
Nicolas Vereecken
An Post - Chainreaction
s.t.
99
Kai Reus
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
100
Russell Hampton
Team Raleigh
s.t.
101
Christiaan Kriek
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
102
Nic Hamilton
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
103
Bjorn Selander
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
104
Frederik Verkinderen
Team 3M
s.t.
105
Benjamin Wolfe
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
106
Marius Bernatonis
Team 3M
s.t.
107
Aaron Buggle
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
108
Nathaniel English
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
109
Felix English
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
110
Demis Aleman
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
111
Bernard Sulzberger
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
112
Jens Schuermans
Team 3M
s.t.
113
Jeremy Powers
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
s.t.
114
Edward Laverack
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
115
Chris Snook
Madison Genesis
s.t.
116
Nicolas Bazin
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
117
Oliver Hofstetter
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
118
Gediminas Kaupas
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
119
Matthew Holmes
Team Raleigh
s.t.
120
Tom Thill
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
121
James Lowsley-Williams
Team UK Youth
s.t.
122
Jan Hirt
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
123
Domingos Gonçalves
Rádio Popular - Onda
s.t.
124
Dimitri Le Boulch
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
125
Eric Schildge
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
126
Maxime Anciaux
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
127
Bram De Kort
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
128
Stéphane Rossetto
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
129
Matthias Bertling
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
130
Kevin Kohlvelter
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
131
Lewis Rigaux
Team 3M
s.t.
132
Sven Fritsch
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
133
Daniel Jarstø
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
134
Scott Zwizanski
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
135
Piero Baffi
Leopard - Trek Continental Team
s.t.
136
Laurent Evrard
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
137
William Walker
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
138
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
139
Tom Dernies
Wallonie - Bruxelles
s.t.
140
Christopher Baldwin
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
141
Robbie Hucker
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
142
Ricardo Vale
Rádio Popular - Onda
s.t.
143
Johnnie Walker
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
144
Daniel Westmattelmann
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
145
Nuno Bico
Rádio Popular - Onda
s.t.
146
Thomas Moses
Team Raleigh
s.t.
147
Robert Sweeting
5-Hour Energy
s.t.
148
Luke Davison
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
149
Fredrik Galta
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
150
Berden De Vries
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
151
Stefan Poutsma
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
152
Andrew Dahlheim
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
153
Alister Ratcliff
Team 3M
s.t.
154
Alexander Nordhoff
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
155
Tormod Jacobsen
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
156
Chase Pinkham
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
157
Gerold Henrichsen
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
158
Daan Meijers
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
159
Luc Loozen
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
160
Adrián López
Rádio Popular - Onda
s.t.
161
Kristian Dyrnes
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
162
Antoine Lavieu
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
163
Frank Niewold
Cyclingteam Jo Piels
s.t.
164
Thomas Rostollan
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
165
Carlos Carneiro
Rádio Popular - Onda
s.t.
166
Jack Wilson
An Post - Chainreaction
+ 4'05
167
Sjef De Wilde
Team Differdange - Losch
+ 4'35
168
Jason Bakke
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
169
August Jensen
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
+ 6'06
Comment
Well.... Yes.... Party time i think!
Great work by the team to get me away today. Then they really pulled that out of nowhere in the sprint!! That was pure domination! If you'll excuse me for keeping this short, i have to go get drunk and celebrate!
@SSJ
More happy about beating Itera And the 5th means he reaches a goal
Mikel Hammarling
20th April 2013
"You get better the second time round"
Right i'm back in action. Karl told me he'd already written the result of the Triptyque fiasco. Malcolm decided it was not worth the risk and effort to challenge the decision. He was very happy with the result we got anyway, which is nice.
As a first race that was a nice introduction. Small, no pressure. I've already learnt fair bit about how to run the race from the team car. The main thing is to start the race with a clear plan, and then be very precise in your instructions over the radio. So i'll take that and try and develop my skills here in Denmark. Its going to be a long race at nearly 200km. But its flat and we are expecting a sprint. So we have Cronshaw, Kwiatkowski, Williams, Barker, Rogers and Hammarling.
Yep Karl. First time i get to work with my nephew in a race situation. It will be great to watch him first hand. Just as long as he behaves himself that is. But if he doesn't i 1)know where he lives, and 2)know his dad well. Hahaha.
Anyway last blog i told you a bit about scouting. This time is logistics. Sounds boring, but is key to getting a good season. I started about a week ago. I had to put in the order to SiS for our race nutrition. Lots of gels, bars and drinks have to be shipped in and checked. With about 5 days to go its time to sort cars. I pick up the one of the teams Subaru's and start checking it over. Roof bar, racks, space, seat positions etc. Then its transport. Make sure the riders know where they have to be and when. We are taking a ferry over to Denmark. So the night before we travel, its packing all the equipment away. The car is filled up with food, drinks, radios, tools and some spares. The bikes and rest of the spares are loaded into a van, along with the team and personal kit. Quick trip over to Denmark. Check in to a nice enough hotel, 3*. That first night is handing out kit, radios and food. Every rider now has to pretty much take care of themselves up to race day. Tomorrow morning its final checks of the bikes and equipment. That is a very basic run down of logistics. The whole season is meticulously planned out by a group of guys at Base in January/February, so all i have to do is follow a checklist.
Anyway, i have to go makes sure they have all eaten properly, and then go off to their rooms to rest up fully.
Signing off.