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| Stromeon |
Posted on 03-01-2014 17:59
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sutty - Yep things can only get more exciting 
Shonak - Indeed I'm sure he'll see his fair share of action over his career
Ian - Yep nothing went wrong!
Ollfardh - Hopefully as the story goes on you'll see some satirical pokes at Sky and the way the team is run  Thank you 
Have a bit of free time today so I'll upload another report - don't expect it to go this quick most of the time though.
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 03-01-2014 18:00
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 Vuelta a Mallorca | Stage 2: Campos - Ses Salines | 2.1 |
Today's profile is very similar to yesterday's, so collectively we decided to take it easy again and wait for the important hilly stage tomorrow. I found a nice rhythm in about the second quarter of the peloton and pedalled away.
A slightly slower pace gave me a chance to admire some of Mallorca's scenic landscapes
With 10km to go there was a nasty pile-up at the back of the peloton, fortunately I was riding near enough to the front to avoid it!
David Lopez, too, was another victim of not looking quite where he was going - he sustained some nasty injuries and unfortunately had to abandon.
This time it was the Spanish champion Ventoso who claimed victory in a chaotic sprint, with Salvatore proving he has a great kick at the end to finish 5th.
Stage Results
| 1 | | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | 3h26'48 | | 2 |  | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 3 | | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 4 |  | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 5 |  | Salvatore Puccio | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 6 | | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 7 |  | Carlos Betancur | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 8 | | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 9 | | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | ... | | 79 |  | Chambula Dorji | Sky Procycling | s.t |
General Classification
| 1 | | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol | 5h28'49 | | 2 | | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | + 6 | | 3 | | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 4 |  | Moreno Hofland | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 10 | | 5 | | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | + 12 |
Points: André Greipel (Lotto Belisol)
KoM:  Stijn Vandenbergh (OPQS)
Lopez doesn’t look in great shape and the doctors told us that he’d be out for a month or so, here’s wishing for a speedy recovery!
Looking forward to tomorrow's stage, although it will be tough with just 5 riders left on the team.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 04-01-2014 00:05
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Great shot of Lopez crashing |
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 04-01-2014 12:11
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sutty - Thanks - not sure he'd see it that way though!
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 04-01-2014 12:12
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| Vuelta a Mallorca | Stage 3: Deia - Lluc | 2.1 |
Today is the queen stage of the Vuelta a Mallorca, and all eyes will be towards Nibali, Contador, Betancur et al to see what possible fireworks they can provide on the day’s major obstacle, the aptly named Coll de Puig Major.
As soon as we were underway and out of the start town of Deia, the climbing started! With just five men in the team we’re not looking to do anything adventurous and won’t have much hope of controlling the race, we’ll just see how it goes.
The opening few kilometres were chaotic as some good climbers tried to get in the break - even Luis Leon Sanchez had a go! The pace was high, but a couple of descents were there to alleviate worry, I found myself near the front due to my decent downhilling ability.
Scenery!
A break of six pretty strong climbers formed, including people like Vorganov and Brambilla, and the peloton was united in its efforts to keep the break within about two minutes’ reach. This meant the pace was once again incredibly high throughout the day and I felt like I was struggling to hold on.
On the 2nd category Coll de Soller small groups of pseudo-favourites started to make some moves so we put our man Ian Stannard at the front of the group to set a rigid tempo.
The downhill section was my time to shine - I must say I got quite a thrill from leading the pack with great champions like Alberto Contador lurking somewhere behind my shoulder.
As we hit the foot of the climb I dropped back into the pack and the attacks started coming. Here you can see Cadel Evans being shadowed by Richie Porte.
Soon the group fractured and I found myself going quite well, embedded in the middle of the second group. Porte and Siutsou were going really well tapping out a pace at the front of the lead group though.
Carlos Betancur made a big attack at the summit of the climb, searching for a solo win.
Following a short descent, a lead group of 5 riders formed, containing Betancur, Nibali, Dan Martin, Kwiatkowski and Siutsou, who was feeling better than Porte and chose to venture on ahead. This quintet had an advantage of just under a minute to the next group of favourites.
Nibali proved to have the most left in the tank as he beat off Betancur and Kwiatek for top spot. You can see Kosta just behind this trio, he finished 4th with no time gap given, a pleasing result.
I came across the line just under four minutes later, happy with my efforts and pleased to be reflecting on a good day's work.
Stage Results
| 1 | | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | 3h36'37 | | 2 | | Carlos Betancur | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 3 |  | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 |  | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 5 |  | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 6 |  | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | + 52 | | 7 | | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'18 | | 8 | | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 9 |  | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 10 | | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | ... | | 23 | | Chambula Dorji | Sky Procycling | + 3'43 |
General Classification
| 1 | | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | 9h05'32 | | 2 | | Carlos Betancur | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4 | | 3 | | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 6 | | 4 | | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 10 | | 5 | | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 6 | | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | + 1'02 | | 7 | | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 1'28 | | 8 | | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 9 | | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | ... | | 36 | | Chambula Dorji | Sky Procycling | + 3'53 |
Points: Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol)
KoM:  Eduard Vorganov (Katusha)
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Posted on 04-01-2014 15:49
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Posted on 04-01-2014 15:56
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Woah, some amazing images in that stage. Especially screenshot 1 & 3 are awesome.
Good race by the Champ who performed well for himself despite the helper duties, and he had a chance to show off his downhilling too. Not particulary saddened that Porte didn't finish with the first riders though.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 04-01-2014 16:21
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He's already a good team mate and a strong rider |
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Posted on 05-01-2014 09:59
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sutty, Ian - Yep the management must be pleased to have him onboard
Shonak - Thanks The management might give him a bit of a freer role in later races in the season, but then again it is Sky... Well, he can't always be on the dope, can he?
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| Vuelta a Mallorca | Stage 4: Alcudia - Playa de Muro | 2.1 |
Today's profile looks quite tough, but a long flat section after the hills will most likely negate any gaps that might have been built up earlier.
I wanted to go on the attack today and join the break but I was ordered not to by the DS, he told me I was needed to help protect Kosta’s 5th place in the GC and do some work on the front again. So I had a nice chat with Salvatore (the one with the purple shades) about what it was like to live in Italy - such a beautiful country I’m told!
This stage sees us complete the latter part of yesterday’s stage in reverse - a long descent down the Coll de Puig Major which we climbed yesterday, before an ascent of the other, more difficult side of the Coll de Soller. It was at the foot of this climb that Kosta told us he was feeling pretty good today, perhaps we could try and do something to gain him some time.
I led the charge, with the others just behind me - we were flying up this hill! The gap to the break, which had stabilised at around the 6 minute mark, was down to 4 minutes in no time at all.
In the end, nothing came of it - we decided it was too far out to try an attack, with still over 40km to go until the finish, but we had reduced the group down to about 70 riders, although no doubt some would recover before the finish.
Luis Leon Sanchez launched an ambitious attack on the flat still with 30km to go, but since he'd had a disastrous day yesterday and lost nearly ten minutes we decided to let him go. He didn't make it to the finish, though.
The break recovered strongly, and although Katusha and Lotto set a fast pace towards the end, Pieter Vanspeybrouck hung on to steal the stage win from the sprinters, despite a field-demolishing effort from Greipel the Gorilla!
Feeling tired after doing quite a bit of work on the front today, I drifted out the back of the peloton at the finish, my legs having decided to give up
Overall, Siutsou and Porte retain their respective 5th and 6th places, and I finish 41st, with a time loss of just 5’14. Safe to say I’m pleased with my efforts, but I’ll have to step it up for the World Tour races ahead!
Stage Results
| 1 | | Pieter Vanspeybrouck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 3h58'46 | | 2 | | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 3 | | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 4 | | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 5 | | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 7 | | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 8 |  | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 9 | | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | ... | | 69 | | Chambula Dorji | Sky Procycling | + 1'21 |
Final General Classification
| 1 | | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | 13h04'18 | | 2 | | Carlos Betancur | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4 | | 3 | | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 6 | | 4 | | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 10 | | 5 | | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 6 | | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | + 1'02 | | 7 | | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 1'28 | | 8 | | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 9 | | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 10 | | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 12 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 13 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 14 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 15 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 2'12 | | 16 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | + 2'50 | | 17 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 18 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | + 3'39 | | 19 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 3'43 | | 20 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | + 3'49 | | 21 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | + 3'50 | | 22 | Mikel Astarloza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3'51 | | 23 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | + 3'53 | | 24 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 25 | Julian Kern | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 26 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 27 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 28 | Domenico Pozzovivo | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 29 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 30 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 31 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 32 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 33 | Gianluca Brambilla | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 34 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 35 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 36 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 37 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 38 | Alberto Losada | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 39 | Arkaitz Durán | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 40 | Francesco Failli | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 41 | Chambula Dorji | Sky Procycling | + 5'14 | | 42 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol | + 5'20 | | 43 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 5'38 | | 44 | Evgeni Petrov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 5'39 | | 45 | Egoi Martínez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5'41 | | 46 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol | + 5'42 | | 47 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 48 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | + 5'45 | | 49 | Paul Voss | Team NetApp - Endura | + 7'25 | | 50 | Gediminas Bagdonas | AG2R La Mondiale | + 7'26 | | 51 | Salvatore Puccio | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 52 | Ian Stannard | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 53 | Luis Ángel Maté | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 54 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | + 8'02 | | 55 | Pavel Brutt | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 56 | Egoitz García | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 8'56 | | 57 | Greg Henderson | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 58 | Luis León Sánchez | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 10'00 | | 59 | Leopold König | Team NetApp - Endura | + 10'07 | | 60 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | + 10'20 | | 61 | Thomas Löfkvist | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 62 | Antonio Piedra | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 63 | Jack Bauer | Garmin - Sharp | + 11'08 | | 64 | Jesús Hernández | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 12'09 | | 65 | Peter Stetina | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 66 | Timothy Duggan | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 67 | David De la Cruz | Team NetApp - Endura | + 12'10 | | 68 | John Darwin Atapuma | Colombia | + 12'52 | | 69 | Eros Capecchi | Movistar Team | + 12'55 | | 70 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 12'56 | | 71 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 13'14 | | 72 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 73 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | + 13'53 | | 74 | Sergio Pardilla | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 75 | Jorge Azanza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 76 | Garikoitz Bravo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 77 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 78 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 79 | Anthony Charteau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 80 | Gustav Erik Larsson | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 81 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 14'12 | | 82 | Sérgio Sousa | Efapel - Glassdrive | + 14'36 | | 83 | Carlos Barbero | Euskadi | + 14'39 | | 84 | Manuel Cardoso | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 15'23 | | 85 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 86 | Sébastien Rosseler | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 87 | Laurens De Vreese | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 88 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 89 | Sep Vanmarcke | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 15'30 | | 90 | David Arroyo | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 15'46 | | 91 | André Cardoso | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 92 | Guillaume Bonnafond | AG2R La Mondiale | + 15'56 | | 93 | Yoann Bagot | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 17'35 | | 94 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 17'40 | | 95 | Carlos Verona | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 96 | Yves Lampaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 18'36 | | 97 | Jean-Marc Marino | Sojasun | + 19'02 | | 98 | Rémi Pauriol | Sojasun | + 19'10 | | 99 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | + 19'19 | | 100 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 101 | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia | s.t. | | 102 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol | + 19'41 | | 103 | Fabio Taborre | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | + 20'05 | | 104 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 105 | Fabricio Ferrari | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 20'26 | | 106 | Nico Sijmens | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 20'56 | | 107 | Jay Thomson | MTN - Qhubeka | + 21'06 | | 108 | David Belda | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 109 | Moisés Dueñas | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 110 | Leonardo Giordani | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 111 | Meron Russom | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 112 | Moreno Hofland | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 21'51 | | 113 | Efren Carazo | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | + 21'53 | | 114 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | + 21'57 | | 115 | Kevyn Ista | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 116 | Rüdiger Selig | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 117 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 118 | Evaldas Siskevicius | Sojasun | s.t. | | 119 | Kristof Goddaert | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 120 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 121 | Raymond Kreder | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 122 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 123 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 124 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 125 | Jonathon McEvoy | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 126 | Jarl Salomein | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 127 | Cristiano Monguzzi | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 128 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 129 | Iker Camaño | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 130 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 24'17 | | 131 | Marc Goos | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 24'32 | | 132 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 25'09 | | 133 | Marco Cunha | Efapel - Glassdrive | + 25'43 | | 134 | Matteo Tosatto | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 25'44 | | 135 | Cyril Lemoine | Sojasun | s.t. | | 136 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 137 | Robert Wagner | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 138 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 139 | Youcef Reguigui | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 140 | Sven Vandousselaere | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 141 | Michael Schwarzmann | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 142 | Jetse Bol | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 143 | Patrick Schelling | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 144 | Cyril Bessy | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 145 | Cesare Benedetti | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 146 | Mattia Pozzo | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 147 | Roberto De Patre | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 148 | Etienne Tortelier | Sojasun | s.t. | | 149 | Luigi Miletta | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 150 | Martijn Maaskant | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 151 | Mikel Bizkarra | Euskadi | s.t. | | 152 | Martin Wesemann | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 153 | Sandro Pinto | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 154 | Jean-Lou Paiani | Sojasun | s.t. | | 155 | Aritz Bagües | Euskadi | s.t. | | 156 | Robinson Chalapud | Colombia | + 26'32 | | 157 | Michael Rodriguez | Colombia | + 27'21 | | 158 | Vicente Reynès | Lotto Belisol | + 27'23 | | 159 | Rémy Cusin | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 160 | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 161 | Danail Petrov | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 162 | Wilson Marentes | Colombia | s.t. | | 163 | Juan Pablo Suarez | Colombia | s.t. | | 164 | Jani Tewelde | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 165 | Duber Quintero | Colombia | s.t. | | 166 | Eloy Teruel | Movistar Team | + 27'33 | | 167 | Sander Helven | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 168 | Romain Lemarchand | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 169 | Johann Van Zyl | MTN - Qhubeka | + 28'27 | | 170 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 28'30 | | 171 | Lluis Guillermo Mas | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 172 | Maxime Méderel | Sojasun | s.t. | | 173 | Haritz Orbe | Euskadi | + 30'34 | | 174 | Kevin De Jonghe | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 31'20 | | 175 | Dario Hernández | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 176 | Steve Bekaert | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 177 | Filipe Cardoso | Efapel - Glassdrive | + 32'27 | | 178 | Dominic Klemme | IAM Cycling | + 33'34 | | 179 | Francisco Javier Moreno | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 34'49 | | 180 | Mikel Aristi | Euskadi | + 34'52 | | 181 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 35'10 | | 182 | Cesar Fonte | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 183 | Unai Iparragirre | Euskadi | + 36'17 | | 184 | Stefano Borchi | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | + 38'21 | | 185 | Ricardo García | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 44'18 | | 186 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Sharp | + 44'53 | | 187 | Rick Flens | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 46'07 | | 188 | Mads Christensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 48'45 | | 189 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 190 | Julio Camacho | Colombia | + 50'57 |
Points Classification
| 1 | | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol | | 65 | | 2 | | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | | 52 | | 3 | | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | | 51 | | 4 | | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | | 40 | | 5 | | Carlos Betancur | AG2R La Mondiale | | 36 |
Mountains Classification
| 1 | | Egoi Martínez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | 32 | | 2 | | Paul Voss | Team NetApp - Endura | | 28 | | 3 | | John Darwin Atapuma | Colombia | | 28 | | 4 | | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | | 24 | | 5 | | Mikel Astarloza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | 24 |
Young Rider: Carlos Betancur (Ag2r La Mondiale)
Team: Ag2r La Mondiale
Very pleased to have finished my first race intact with no injuries to report, apart from several aches and pains. The fact that the team got a good result in a race we came into with low expectations also helps, I guess.
Now I have a long lay-off before my next race, about a month or so, so when I'm not training I'll have to find something to do, be it socialising, womanising etc.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 05-01-2014 14:21
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The last pic says it all about how hard the day was as the peleton rides away in to the distance  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 05-01-2014 14:24
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Well it was a good start at Sky. Things are looking up |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 05-01-2014 14:25
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The champ proved that he can be of good use for the team.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 05-01-2014 14:25
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You're really having great story here. Keep it up!
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 05-01-2014 14:26
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This story looks really well, I must say
Feyenoord(football) and Kelderman fanboy
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| andy222c |
Posted on 05-01-2014 14:47
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Great to see Chambula working for the team, and nice that he had a good talk with Salvatore - heard somewhere he should be a great guy Good luck with the womanising
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 06-01-2014 12:41
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Thank you all again for positive comments, I'm pleasantly surprised at the number of people following so far!
sutty - Indeed, rather sums the tour up - good practice but hard work
andy222c - I heard that somewhere as well I'm sure he'll get on just fine...
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 06-01-2014 12:42
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After we’d finished racing in Mallorca I decided I would go and meet my aunt and uncle in Italy. I telephoned my parents, back in Bhutan, who gave me their address, they lived in the town of Cortina d’Ampezzo, in northern Italy. I would take a plane from Mallorca to Treviso-Sant’Angelo Airport, from there it was a scenic two-hour journey by rental car to Cortina, nestled deep in the Dolomites. Staying here for a couple of weeks, I would be able to get some great training done, with the Giau, Falzarego and Tre Croci passes all literally on my doorstep.
Edited by Stromeon on 06-01-2014 12:43
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-01-2014 12:48
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 06-01-2014 13:00
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Important Race Results
 | Tour of Qatar |  | Mark Cavendish |  | Tour of Oman |  | Ryder Hesjedal |  | Volta ao Algarve |  | Simon Spilak | | Vuelta a Andalucia | | Joaquim Rodriguez | | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad |  | Fabian Cancellara | | Clasica de Almeria | | Jonathan Hivert | | GP di Lugano |  | Peter Sagan | | Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne | | Tom Boonen |
February was an extremely disappointing month for Team Sky. Kosta’s 5th place in Mallorca was easily the best result we achieved in the month; he also performed well in Oman, taking 2nd place on the Green Mountain stage behind eventual winner Ryder Hesjedal, but then losing time in a silly fashion on the next stage, which meant he ended up 12th.
Elsewhere, in the Volta ao Algarve, we had a good time-trial, with Geraint Thomas, Dario Cataldo and Bradley Wiggins all finishing inside the top 10, but that was not enough to rescue the tour after a disastrous third stage. Wiggins the highest placed rider 10th overall.
The Omloop was cataclysmically awful - Geraint Thomas salvaged a 15th place from somewhere but Boasson Hagen and Stannard at 5 minutes down outside the top 50 is just not acceptable. The other news from the Omloop, apart from that Fabian Cancellara has got his season proper off to a cracking start, was that Sylvain Chavanel suffered a horrific crash, and will be out until the end of May with a fractured skull, so no more cobbles for him this year.
On the home injury front, Chris Froome suffered a freak broken neck accident after looking abruptly down at his power meter. He will not recover until the end of March so will miss Tirreno-Adriatico, an important warm-up race for him.
On the rankings side of things, I’ll only look at the CQ ranking, as that’s the best indication of what’s been going on this month.
CQ Ranking - Individual
| 1 | | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick-Step | 606 | | 2 | | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma - Quick-Step | 338 | | 3 |  | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | 288 | | 4 | | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack-Leopard | 287 | | 5 | | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | 272 |
CQ Ranking - Team
| 1 | | Omega Pharma - Quick-Step | 1650 | | 2 | | Movistar Team | 1340 | | 3 |  | RadioShack - Leopard | 1036 | | 4 |  | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 919 | | 5 | | Garmin - Sharp | 727 |
Chris Froome's injury throws his preparation for the Tour de France right off course - hopefully he'll recover sooner rather than later.
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