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yeah 
shame about the leadout though.
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If couldn't win it, at least it was someone from Lotto - Jumbo who took it 
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Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca: Stage 2
Another day for sprinters in Mallorca. Van Asbroeck won yesterday but given how close the final sprint was, it is really hard to say who will be the favorite today, with the Belgian surely looking to keep the leader's jersey at the very least.
Vanderbergh and Kwiatkowski switch places in the Etixx train following yesterday's lead out problems, hoping that this time it will work out better for Matteo Trentin.
And it did as this time the last man in front of Trentin in the Etixx train, Yves Lampaert managed to put Trentin in a perfect position for the final sprint.
Under the flamme rouge, Trentin was leading the sprint quite comfortably, with only Edward Theuns looking to be strong enough to match the Italian's sprint.
Could it be the second victory of the season for Trentin?
But the final kilometer proved that both Trentin and Theuns launched their sprints way too early as they drowned in the sea of sprinters that came behind them.
Giacomo Nizzolo proved to be the fastest in the end and took the stage win in front of Daniele Bennati and yesterday's runner - up, Sam Bennett. Van Asbroeck missed out on the top 10 today, allowing Nizolo to take the lead in the general classification.
No one was able to match Nizzolo's speed in the final meters
Stage | 1 |  | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek Factory Racing | 3h20'29 | | 2 | | Daniele Bennati | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 3 |  | Sam Bennett | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 4 |  | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 5 | | Niccolo Bonifazio | Lampre-Merida | s.t. |
General Classification | 1 | | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek Factory Racing | 5h16'01 | | 2 | | Sam Bennett | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 3 |  | Tom Van Asbroeck | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 4 | | Daniele Bennati | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 4 | | 5 | | Niccolo Bonifazio | Lampre-Merida | + 6 |
Spoiler Stage
| 1 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek Factory Racing | 3h20'29 | | 2 | Daniele Bennati | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 3 | Sam Bennett | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 4 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 5 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 6 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 7 | Matteo Trentin | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 8 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | s.t. | | 9 | Edward Theuns | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 10 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 11 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 12 | Yves Lampaert | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 13 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 14 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 15 | Marco Haller | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 16 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 17 | Shane Archbold | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 18 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 19 | Luka Pibernik | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 20 | Leopold König | Team Sky | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek Factory Racing | 5h16'01 | | 2 | Sam Bennett | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 3 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 4 | Daniele Bennati | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 4 | | 5 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Lampre-Merida | + 6 | | 6 | Matej Mohoric | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 7 | Ivan Balykin | RusVelo | + 7 | | 8 | Sean De Bie | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 8 | Igor Boev | RusVelo | + 7 | | 9 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 10 | Dylan van Baarle | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 8 | | 11 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 12 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 10 | | 13 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 14 | Matteo Trentin | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 15 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | s.t. | | 16 | Edward Theuns | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 17 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 18 | Yves Lampaert | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 19 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 20 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek Factory Racing | 37 | | 2 | Sam Bennett | Bora - Argon 18 | 36 | | 3 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 30 |
KoM
| 1 | Matej Mohoric | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 28 | | 2 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | 28 | | 3 | André Looij | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | 22 |
U25
| 1 | Sam Bennett | Bora - Argon 18 | 5h16'01 | | 2 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 0 | | 3 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Lampre-Merida | + 6 |
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Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca: Stage 3
It's time for the queen stage of the race in Mallorca, with a very hard climb that ends with less than 20 kilometers before the finish line. Given the profile of the last kilometers, this stage seems to be perfect for someone like Vincenzo Nibali.
Sky did an amazing job controlling the race on the final climb, with Swift, Roche and Porte actually distancing themselves from the rest of the pack at some point. Astana were careful though and quickly brought the British trio back.
Still, when it was time for the attacks, no one had a match to Richie Porte's acceleration, who seems to be in some good form after his win in the Aussie Championships. The Sky rider was first at the top of the climb.
Richie Porte preparing to descent
Kwiatek felt good on the last climbs and he was the third best rider at the top of the climb, behind Porte and Laurens Ten Dam, with a deficit of almost one minute to the Aussie Champion.
The World Champion is a better descender than Ten Dam and he soon caught the Dutch rider. But with Ten Dam clearly not enjoying today's final kilometers, Kwiatkowski was soon force to take the chase on his own.
Kwiatkowski wasn't the fasters rider on the descent though. That award went to Thomas De Gendt, who seems to have recovered very fast from his trip back from Argentina. The Lotto rider caught Kwiatek in the closing kilometers of the stage.
Mad descend skills for De Gendt
Richie Porte didn't descend too bad either and he managed to keep some of the lead that he had at the top of the climb to claim the stage victory and the leader's jersey.
No time to celebrate for Porte!
Stage | 1 |  | Richie Porte | Team Sky | 4h10'58 | | 2 | | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 32 | | 3 |  | Michał Kwiatkowski | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 4 |  | Leopold König | Team Sky | + 1'29 | | 5 |  | Julian Arredondo | Trek Factory Racing | + 1'53 |
General Classification | 1 | | Richie Porte | Team Sky | 9h26'59 | | 2 | | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 36 | | 3 | | Michał Kwiatkowski | Etixx - Quick-step | + 38 | | 4 | | Leopold König | Team Sky | + 1'39 | | 5 | | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 2'03 |
Spoiler Stage
| 1 | Richie Porte | Team Sky | 4h10'58 | | 2 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 32 | | 3 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 4 | Leopold König | Team Sky | + 1'29 | | 5 | Julian Arredondo | Trek Factory Racing | + 1'53 | | 6 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 7 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 8 | Dario Cataldo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 9 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 10 | Nicolas Roche | Team Sky | s.t. | | 11 | Alberto Losada | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 12 | Rafael Valls | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 13 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 14 | Laurens Ten Dam | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 15 | Luis León Sánchez | Astana Pro Team | + 3'51 | | 16 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 17 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 18 | Marcos García | Louletano - Ray Just Energy | s.t. | | 19 | Dominik Nerz | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 20 | David Arroyo | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Richie Porte | Team Sky | 9h26'59 | | 2 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 36 | | 3 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Etixx - Quick-step | + 38 | | 4 | Leopold König | Team Sky | + 1'39 | | 5 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 2'03 | | 6 | Julian Arredondo | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 7 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 8 | Sean De Bie | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 8 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 2'03 | | 9 | Dario Cataldo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 10 | Laurens Ten Dam | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 11 | Nicolas Roche | Team Sky | s.t. | | 12 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 13 | Alberto Losada | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 14 | Rafael Valls | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 15 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | + 4'01 | | 16 | Luis León Sánchez | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 17 | Dominik Nerz | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 18 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 19 | David Arroyo | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 20 | Marcos García | Louletano - Ray Just Energy | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek Factory Racing | 43 | | 2 | Sam Bennett | Bora - Argon 18 | 36 | | 3 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 30 |
KoM
| 1 | Matej Mohoric | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 56 | | 2 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | 28 | | 3 | Pavel Brutt | Tinkoff-Saxo | 26 |
U25
| 1 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Etixx - Quick-step | 9h27'37 | | 2 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 1'25 | | 3 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | + 1'25 |
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Posted on 02-08-2015 13:58
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Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca: Stage 4
Plenty climbing in the last day of racing in Mallorca, but with the last climb being place at more than 50 kilometers from the finish line, it is very unlikely we will see any moves from the GC contenders, which is more than great news for the current leader, Richie Porte.
Despite putting up a great fight, the breakaway was caught in the closing kilometers of the stage, leaving the stage win to be decided between the approximately 30 riders who survived in the pack the hilly terrains of today's stage.
Kwiatkowsi and Trentin were among them so it was the Pole who tried to but Matteo in the best position possible for the final sprint. Kwiatek had such a strong rhythm that only LL Sanchez, Swift and Nizzolo were able to keep up with.
This was great news for the World Champion as it meant that not only he was not only fighting for Trentin's stage win but for himself as well, with the overall win now very much in his reach.
Five riders to sprint for today's win
The trip back from Argentina seems to have affected Trentin's legs, who wasn't able to get the speed that was needed for the stage win, which was going to be decided between Ben Swift and Nizzolo.
Stage win number two for Nizzolo or for Sky?
Despite a strong effort from Nizzolo in the closing meters it was Ben Swift who was celebrating the victory on the finish line, with both Etixx riders missing out on the stage's podium behind him.
Swift proving that Sky are not all about the mountains
The gap between the leading five riders and leader's group was only 31 seconds, which meant that Kwiatkowski came 7 seconds short of winning the overall. Would have been a lovely start of the season for the current World Champion.
Richie Porte looking at his team - mates, who were celebrating in the crowd
Stage | 1 |  | Ben Swift | Team Sky | 4h10'34 | | 2 | | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 3 | | Luis León Sánchez | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 4 | | Matteo Trentin | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 5 | | Michał Kwiatkowski | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. |
General Classification | 1 | | Richie Porte | Team Sky | 13h38'04 | | 2 | | Michał Kwiatkowski | Etixx - Quick-step | + 7 | | 3 | | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 36 | | 4 | | Julian Arredondo | Trek Factory Racing | + 2'03 | | 5 | | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
Spoiler Stage
| 1 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | 4h10'34 | | 2 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 3 | Luis León Sánchez | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 4 | Matteo Trentin | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 5 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 6 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | + 31 | | 7 | Nicolas Roche | Team Sky | s.t. | | 8 | Richie Porte | Team Sky | s.t. | | 9 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 10 | Jay McCarthy | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 11 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 12 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 13 | Valerio Conti | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 14 | Dominik Nerz | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 15 | Rafael Valls | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 16 | Laurens Ten Dam | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 17 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 18 | Julian Arredondo | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 19 | Sebastian Langeveld | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 20 | Luis Ángel Maté | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Richie Porte | Team Sky | 13h38'04 | | 2 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Etixx - Quick-step | + 7 | | 3 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 36 | | 4 | Julian Arredondo | Trek Factory Racing | + 2'03 | | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 6 | Laurens Ten Dam | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 7 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 8 | Sean De Bie | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 8 | Nicolas Roche | Team Sky | + 2'03 | | 9 | Rafael Valls | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 10 | Leopold König | Team Sky | + 2'34 | | 11 | Luis León Sánchez | Astana Pro Team | + 3'26 | | 12 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 3'43 | | 13 | Dario Cataldo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 14 | Dominik Nerz | Bora - Argon 18 | + 4'01 | | 15 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 16 | Marcos García | Louletano - Ray Just Energy | s.t. | | 17 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 4'47 | | 18 | Alberto Losada | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 19 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | + 4'49 | | 20 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | + 4'56 |
Points
| 1 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek Factory Racing | 63 | | 2 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | 47 | | 3 | Sam Bennett | Bora - Argon 18 | 36 |
KoM
| 1 | Matej Mohoric | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 56 | | 2 | Pavel Brutt | Tinkoff-Saxo | 36 | | 3 | Sebastian Langeveld | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 32 |
U25
| 1 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Etixx - Quick-step | 13h38'11 | | 2 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | + 1'56 | | 3 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 3'36 |
Teams
| 1 | Team Sky | 12h32'44 | 40h57'33 | | 2 | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | + 3'12 | | 3 | Lotto Soudal | + 31 | + 4'54 |
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Posted on 02-08-2015 16:23
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| Race |  GP La Marseillaise | | Category | 1.1 | | Info | After failing to win the opening World Tour race in his home country, Michael Matthews is back in Europe and he looks like a huge favorite to win this year's GP La Marseillaise. The Etixx line-up reminds us that it won't be long until we will kick off the northern classics season with Terpstra, Boonen and Stybar all riding here. | | Etixx | 1. Zdenek Stybar | | 2. Tom Boonen | | 3. Maxime Bouet | | 4. Gianluca Brambilla | | 5. Iljo Keisse | | 6. Nikolas Maes | | 7.  Niki Terpstra | | 8.  Martin Velits |
| Race | Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race | | Category | 1.1 | | Info | Our Tour Down Under squad is still in Australia for this one day race, which doesn't have a lot of important names at the start, giving us a good chance to put another win in our basket. | | Etixx | 1. Mark Renshaw | | 2. Julian Alaphilippe | | 3. Michal Golas | | 4. Gianni Meersman | | 5. Fabio Sabatini | | 6. Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | | 7. Lukasz Wisniowski |
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Posted on 03-08-2015 09:40
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With the road constantly going up and down, it was quite a nervous race in France which brought the inevitable crashes in the pack. The most important victim was the race's biggest favorite, Michael Matthews, who hit the tarmac with 20 kilometers to go.
Matthews' race was ruined by a crash
On the last uphill section of the day, a group of 5 riders got clear of the pack: Meintjes, Vuillermoz, Pinot, Navardauskas and Terpstra. Behind them, Stybar, Adam Yates and Boonen were also making a break for it.
The strongest men of the race, led by Meintjes
Navardauskas was clearly the best sprinter in the group and he knew that. Knowing that he is so much faster than the others, he even put himself in the most dangerous position - leading the group as they approached the last kilometer.
Navardauskas leading the sprint, with Terpstra in his wheel
Terpstra tried to follow Navardauskas, but the former Dutch champion had no chance to match Navardauskas' acceleration, who claimed his first win of the season.
A comfortable winning margin for Navardauskas
Results | 1 |  | Ramunas Navardauskas | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 3h22'30 | | 2 | | Niki Terpstra | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 3 | | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 4 |  | Louis Meintjes | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 5 | | Zdenek Stybar | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. |
Spoiler | 1 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 3h22'30 | | 2 | Niki Terpstra | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 3 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 4 | Louis Meintjes | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 5 | Zdenek Stybar | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 6 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ | s.t. | | 7 | Tom Boonen | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 8 | Adam Yates | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 9 | Nikias Arndt | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 10 | John Gadret | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 11 | Rory Sutherland | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 12 | Dries Devenyns | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 13 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 14 | Warren Barguil | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 15 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 16 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 17 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 18 | Oscar Gatto | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 19 | Albert Timmer | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 20 | Kristoffer Skjerping | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. |
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Posted on 03-08-2015 10:01
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Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
At flat race at the first sight, but the sprinters won't be very pleased when they will see the very short climbs, but steep on the route.
It was on one of those climbs where Alaphilippe managed to get a gap to the rest of the pack, despite not making an acceleration and just climbing at his own pace.
Orica trying to bring Alaphilippe back
As he was about to enter the last 5 kilometers of the race, the Frenchman caught Tiesj Benoot, who had attacked previously. Benoot didn't seem to have a lot of energy left as it was only Alaphilippe who was working for the next kilometers.
Still, with the flamme rouge in sight, Alaphilippe let Benoot take the lead of the group, while the Etixx rider patiently waiting in the second position.
Let the games begin!
Benoot sensed the danger though and he slowed down as he dragged Alaphillipe to the right side of the road, near the barriers. This proved to be bad game of cat and mouse as it allowed the guys behind them to gain back the deficit they had.
Movistar's Fran Ventoso was flying in the closing meters of the race
A very bad move indeed as Ventoso had a fantastic sprint in the last kilometer and had no problem in catching and overtaking the leading duo to claim yet another win for Movistar in Australia, following Valverde's success in Tour Down Under.
Results | 1 | | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | 3h59'04 | | 2 | | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 3 | | Julian Alaphilippe | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 4 | | Caleb Ewan | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 5 | | Manuele Mori | Lampre-Merida | s.t. |
Spoiler | 1 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | 3h59'04 | | 2 | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 3 | Julian Alaphilippe | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 4 | Caleb Ewan | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 5 | Manuele Mori | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 6 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 7 | Paul Martens | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 8 | Gianni Meersman | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 9 | Mark Renshaw | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 10 | Rohan Dennis | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 11 | Adriano Malori | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 12 | Alexis Gougeard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 13 | Stefan Küng | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 14 | Koen De Kort | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 15 | Fabio Sabatini | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 16 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 17 | Paul Voss | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 18 | Michał Gołaś | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 19 | Grega Bole | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 20 | Eros Capecchi | Movistar Team | s.t. |
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Posted on 03-08-2015 19:00
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| Race |  Dubai Tour | | Category | 2.HC | | Info | Kittel, Cavendish, Sagan and Hofland are the biggest names on the startlist, which means that we are in for some very interesting sprints. Despite not having Tony Martin here, Cavendish will have a very strong train with Renshaw, Boonen, Terpstra and Stybar. | | Etixx | 11. Mark Cavendish | | 12. Tom Boonen | | 13. Mark Renshaw | | 14. Fabio Sabatini | | 15. Zdenek Stybar | | 16. Niki Terpstra | | 17. Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | | 18. Julien Vermonte |
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Posted on 03-08-2015 19:23
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As it turns out, I still have no idea how to play team time - trials. And instead of having my team break apart during the stage and finishing last 2 minutes behind the winner or so, I'd rather simulate these stages.
And it worked out quite well for Etixx in Dubai, who won the stage and with some quite big time gaps to the other teams.
Stage | 1 | | Etixx - Quick-step | 16'19 | | 2 | | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 12 | | 3 | | Team Sky | s.t. | | 4 |  | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 5 |  | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 25 |
General Classification | 1 | | Tom Boonen | Etixx - Quick-step | 16'18 | | 2 | | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 3 | | Niki Terpstra | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 4 | | Mark Renshaw | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 5 | | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. |
Spoiler Stage
| 1 | Etixx - Quick-step | 16'19 | | 2 | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 12 | | 3 | Team Sky | s.t. | | 4 | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 5 | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 25 | | 6 | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 7 | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 34 | | 8 | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 9 | Bora - Argon 18 | + 46 | | 10 | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 11 | MTN-Qhubeka | + 57 | | 12 | An Post - Chainreaction | + 59 | | 13 | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 14 | Team Europcar | + 1'13 | | 15 | Sky Dive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 16 | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 1'24 | | 17 | Whirlpool - Author | + 1'32 | | 18 | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Etixx - Quick-step | 16'18 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 3 | Niki Terpstra | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 4 | Mark Renshaw | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 5 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 6 | Julien Vermote | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 7 | Zdenek Stybar | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 8 | Fabio Sabatini | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 9 | Mitchell Docker | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 12 | | 10 | Jens Mouris | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 11 | Brett Lancaster | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 12 | Leigh Howard | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 13 | Adam Blythe | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 14 | Luke Durbridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 15 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 16 | Damien Howson | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 17 | Leopold König | Team Sky | s.t. | | 18 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team Sky | s.t. | | 19 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | s.t. | | 20 | Danny Pate | Team Sky | s.t. |
U25
| 1 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Etixx - Quick-step | 16'19 | | 2 | Luke Durbridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 12 | | 3 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. |
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A mass sprint finish was inevitable in the second stage of the Dubai Tour and everybody was keen to see the battle between Marcel Kittel and Mark Cavendish, the fastest guys in the pack at the moment.
After Van Keirsbulck and Terpstra's effort, it was time for Stybar to do his job and the Czech national champion did not disappoint putting our train in a perfect position, despite Giant's Koen De Kort trying mess around.
When Tom Boonen started the sprint with 3 kilometers to go, only Ben Swift was able to stay in Cavendish wheel, with the Giant train caught a meters behind.
Sinkeldam did an amazing job making up the lost ground. It came with a price though as Marcel Kittel lost his wheel, putting Mark Renshaw and Mark Cavendish in a great position under the flamme rouge.
Kittel was desperately trying to get back in contention and eventually he did, but it was too late for him to beat the Etixx duo who were storming towards the finish line.
And it was a fantastic double for Etixx, with Cavendish first and Renshaw second, with the Brit also taking over the race lead from his team - mate, Tom Boonen.
Just like in the good old days
Stage | 1 | | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | 2h57'19 | | 2 | | Mark Renshaw | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 3 |  | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 4 | | Ben Swift | Team Sky | s.t. | | 5 |  | Tyler Farrar | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. |
General Classification | 1 | | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | 3h13'27 | | 2 | | Mark Renshaw | Etixx - Quick-step | + 4 | | 3 | | Tom Boonen | Etixx - Quick-step | + 10 | | 4 | | Zdenek Stybar | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 5 | | Fabio Sabatini | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. |
Spoiler Stage
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | 2h57'19 | | 2 | Mark Renshaw | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 3 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 4 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | s.t. | | 5 | Tyler Farrar | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 6 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 7 | Daniele Bennati | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 8 | Tom Boonen | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 9 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 10 | Tom Veelers | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 11 | Sonny Colbrelli | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 12 | Lars Boom | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 13 | Albert Timmer | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 14 | Michael Mørkøv | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 15 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 16 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 17 | Zdenek Stybar | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 18 | Fabio Sabatini | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 19 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 20 | Leigh Howard | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | 3h13'27 | | 2 | Mark Renshaw | Etixx - Quick-step | + 4 | | 3 | Tom Boonen | Etixx - Quick-step | + 10 | | 4 | Zdenek Stybar | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 5 | Fabio Sabatini | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 6 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 7 | Niki Terpstra | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 8 | Julien Vermote | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 9 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | + 22 | | 10 | Lars Boom | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 11 | Leigh Howard | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 12 | Andrew Fenn | Team Sky | s.t. | | 13 | Luis León Sánchez | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 14 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 15 | Maxat Ayazbayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 16 | Adam Blythe | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 17 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 18 | Damien Howson | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 19 | Brett Lancaster | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 20 | Danny Pate | Team Sky | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | 20 | | 2 | Mark Renshaw | Etixx - Quick-step | 16 | | 3 | Cesare Benedetti | Bora - Argon 18 | 16 |
U25
| 1 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Etixx - Quick-step | 3h13'37 | | 2 | Andrew Fenn | Team Sky | + 12 | | 3 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | + 12 |
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Today's stage seems to be the hardest one of the race with uphill sections along the way, including one at the finish, which means Mark Cavendish might have a much tougher time winning that he did yesterday.
At the top of the only categorized climb of the day (and of the race) an interesting group of riders got clear off the pack. It included names such as Sagan, Kittel, Vanmarcke and Swift.
Kittel was able to follow the strongest riders in the race on the third category climb
With such a long way until the finish, it wasn't a hard task for the peloton led by Etixx to bring them back and have the stage end in the much expected mass sprint.
But the race proved to be very hard to control in the final kilometers and despite having control of the pack, only Stybar and Boonen were there with Cavendish inside the final 5 kilometers of the stage.
This was definitely not good news for Etixx more so as neither Cavendish nor Boonen seem to have a good day, which allowed Giant to put Kittel in the leading seat with 1 kilometer left.
Sagan loves this kind of finishes though and he managed to gain back the meters he had lost due to bad positioning inside the last kilometer giving Kittel a real sweat for the stage win.
Kittel trying to hold on for the stage win
But it was more than just a sweat as the Slovakian managed to grab the stage win, overtaking Kittel right on the finish line. They were't awarded a time gap though, which means that Etixx retain the first 8 places in the GC going into the final stage.
Sagan winning, something you don't see happening a lot lately
Stage | 1 | | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | 4h17'13 | | 2 | | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 3 | | Sonny Colbrelli | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 4 | | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 5 | | Ben Swift | Team Sky | s.t. |
General Classification | 1 | | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | 7h30'40 | | 2 | | Mark Renshaw | Etixx - Quick-step | + 4 | | 3 | | Tom Boonen | Etixx - Quick-step | + 10 | | 4 | | Zdenek Stybar | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 5 | | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. |
Spoiler Stage
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | 4h17'13 | | 2 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 3 | Sonny Colbrelli | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 4 | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 5 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | s.t. | | 6 | Tom Veelers | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 7 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 8 | Adam Blythe | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 9 | Tom Boonen | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 10 | Zdenek Stybar | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 11 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 12 | Tyler Farrar | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 13 | Luke Rowe | Team Sky | s.t. | | 14 | Hilton Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 15 | Matti Breschel | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 16 | Cesare Benedetti | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 17 | Luis León Sánchez | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 18 | Daniele Bennati | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 19 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 20 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | 7h30'40 | | 2 | Mark Renshaw | Etixx - Quick-step | + 4 | | 3 | Tom Boonen | Etixx - Quick-step | + 10 | | 4 | Zdenek Stybar | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 5 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 6 | Niki Terpstra | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 7 | Fabio Sabatini | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 8 | Julien Vermote | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 9 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team Sky | + 21 | | 10 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | + 22 | | 11 | Lars Boom | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 12 | Luis León Sánchez | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 13 | Adam Blythe | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 14 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 15 | Laurens De Vreese | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 16 | Brett Lancaster | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 17 | Danny Pate | Team Sky | s.t. | | 18 | Luke Durbridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 19 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 20 | Luke Rowe | Team Sky | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | 29 | | 2 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | 28 | | 3 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | 25 |
KoM
| 1 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team Sky | 8 | | 2 | Alessandro Bazzana | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 5 | | 3 | Martin Hunal | Whirlpool - Author | 3 |
U25
| 1 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Etixx - Quick-step | 7h30'50 | | 2 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | + 12 | | 3 | Luke Durbridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 12 |
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Posted on 04-08-2015 16:34
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The Dubai Tour will end with a short flat stage, which should be heaven for sprinters such as Marcel Kittel and Mark Cavendish. While the later has already got a stage win and holds the leader's jersey, the German is still in search for a stage win, having finished third in the second stage and second yesterday.
With such a short distance (slightly over 100km) it was a very nervous race and it was not easy to find a good position in the pack. This was perhaps best shown by the fact that Renshaw and Cavendish were caught behind, while their team - mates were trying to set up the train at the front of the pack.
Stybar pulling for... well, no one, apparently
Stybar, Terpstra and Boonen had to drop back and regroup, which allowed Kittel's strain to take over the pack and give the German the first option for the stage win.
Inside the last kilometer, it was clear that Cavendish will not be able to contest the stage win as we has caught too far behind from Kittel who seemed to have no opposition today.
And Kittel finally got his stage win, followed by Blythe and Farrar. Despite being on the podium in all three stages except the opening TTT, Kittel failed to break into the top 20, taking home the points jersey as a consolation prize though.
Cavendish was only 10th today, but that obviously didn't stop him from winning the general classification. In fact, it's a fantastic result for Etixx, who take the first 6 places in the GC due to their TTT performance. After 3 days of hard working at the front of the pack, Sabatini and Vermote weren't able to keep up the pace in the final kilometers today and dropped way down in the overall rankings.
Stage | 1 | | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | 2h07'09 | | 2 | | Adam Blythe | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 3 | | Tyler Farrar | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 4 |  | Yauheni Hutarovich | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 5 | | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. |
General Classification | 1 | | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | 9h37'49 | | 2 | | Mark Renshaw | Etixx - Quick-step | + 4 | | 3 | | Tom Boonen | Etixx - Quick-step | + 10 | | 4 | | Zdenek Stybar | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 5 | | Niki Terpstra | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. |
Spoiler Stage
| 1 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | 2h07'09 | | 2 | Adam Blythe | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 3 | Tyler Farrar | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 4 | Yauheni Hutarovich | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 5 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 6 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | s.t. | | 7 | Sonny Colbrelli | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 8 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 9 | Luke Rowe | Team Sky | s.t. | | 10 | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 11 | Daniele Bennati | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 12 | Mark Renshaw | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 13 | Cesare Benedetti | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 14 | Shane Archbold | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 15 | Sébastien Turgot | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 16 | Niki Terpstra | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 17 | Tom Boonen | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 18 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 19 | Lars Boom | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 20 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | 9h37'49 | | 2 | Mark Renshaw | Etixx - Quick-step | + 4 | | 3 | Tom Boonen | Etixx - Quick-step | + 10 | | 4 | Zdenek Stybar | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 5 | Niki Terpstra | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 6 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 7 | Adam Blythe | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 16 | | 8 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team Sky | + 21 | | 9 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | + 22 | | 10 | Lars Boom | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 11 | Luis León Sánchez | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 12 | Laurens De Vreese | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 13 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 14 | Luke Rowe | Team Sky | s.t. | | 15 | Brett Lancaster | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 16 | Danny Pate | Team Sky | s.t. | | 17 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 18 | Luke Durbridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 19 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 20 | Arman Kamyshev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | 48 | | 2 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | 32 | | 3 | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | 30 |
KoM
| 1 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team Sky | 8 | | 2 | Alessandro Bazzana | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 5 | | 3 | Martin Hunal | Whirlpool - Author | 3 |
U25
| 1 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Etixx - Quick-step | 9h37'59 | | 2 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | + 12 | | 3 | Luke Rowe | Team Sky | + 12 |
Teams
| 1 | Etixx - Quick-step | 28h21'21 | | 2 | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 12 | | 3 | Astana Pro Team | + 12 |
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Posted on 04-08-2015 16:39
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a TTT decide stage race, imagine if you actually played the damn thing 
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Posted on 04-08-2015 16:47
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SSJ2Luigi wrote:
a TTT decide stage race, imagine if you actually played the damn thing
Kittel would have won, Cavendish would have struggled to enter the top 100
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| Race |  Tour of Qatar | | Category | 2.HC | | Info | Kittel, Cavendish and Hofland stay in Asia for another race filled with sprint opportunities. A few more quality sprinter joined them for this in Van Poppel, Nizzolo, Demare and Kittel's team - mate John Degenkolb. | | Etixx | 21. Mark Cavendish | | 22. Tom Boonen | | 23. Mark Renshaw | | 24. Fabio Sabatini | | 25. Zdenek Stybar | | 26. Niki Terpstra | | 27. Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | | 28. Stijn Vandenbergh |
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The first of many completely flat stages in Qatar. It won't be easy for the sprinters as the wind is known for causing trouble in this part of the World.
Terpstra did an amazing job pulling the Etixx train and with 5 kilometers to go, a gap was created between a group of 8 riders and the rest of the pack. The group was made by Terpstra, Stybar, Boonen, Renshaw, Cavendish, Bennati, Farrar and Hofland.
Having Terpstra and Stybar in the front with such a short distance before the finish line, allowed Boonen to start his sprint later than originally planned.
This meant that Renshaw started his work only in the last kilometer and the Aussie had a fantastic sprint, being hard even for Cavendish to overtake him.
And in fact, Cavendish did not overtake him. Not strong enough or just gifting the stage win? Doesn't matter, what matter is that Renshaw takes the stage and the leader's jersey. No time gap was registered between the front group and the pack though.
Cavendish celebrating Renshaw's success
Stage | 1 | | Mark Renshaw | Etixx - Quick-step | 2h53'13 | | 2 | | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 3 | | Tyler Farrar | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 4 | | Daniele Bennati | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 5 | | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. |
General Classification | 1 | | Mark Renshaw | Etixx - Quick-step | 2h53'03 | | 2 | | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | + 4 | | 3 | | Tomasz Kiendyś | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 4 | | Tyler Farrar | MTN-Qhubeka | + 6 | | 5 | | Daniele Bennati | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 10 |
Spoiler Stage
| 1 | Mark Renshaw | Etixx - Quick-step | 2h53'13 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 3 | Tyler Farrar | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 4 | Daniele Bennati | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 5 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 6 | Tom Boonen | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 7 | Zdenek Stybar | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 8 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ | s.t. | | 9 | Raymond Kreder | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 10 | Kristian Sbaragli | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 11 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 12 | Andrew Fenn | Team Sky | s.t. | | 13 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 14 | Matti Breschel | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 15 | Sven Erik Bystrøm | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 16 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 17 | Luke Rowe | Team Sky | s.t. | | 18 | Michel Kreder | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 19 | Jasper Stuyven | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 20 | Marco Canola | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Mark Renshaw | Etixx - Quick-step | 2h53'03 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | + 4 | | 3 | Tomasz Kiendyś | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 4 | Tyler Farrar | MTN-Qhubeka | + 6 | | 5 | Daniele Bennati | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 10 | | 6 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 7 | Tom Boonen | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 8 | Zdenek Stybar | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 9 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ | s.t. | | 10 | Raymond Kreder | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 11 | Kristian Sbaragli | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 12 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 13 | Andrew Fenn | Team Sky | s.t. | | 14 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 15 | Matti Breschel | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 16 | Sven Erik Bystrøm | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 17 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 18 | Luke Rowe | Team Sky | s.t. | | 19 | Michel Kreder | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 20 | Jasper Stuyven | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Mark Renshaw | Etixx - Quick-step | 25 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick-step | 20 | | 3 | Tyler Farrar | MTN-Qhubeka | 16 |
U25
| 1 | Moreno Hofland | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 2h53'13 | | 2 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ | s.t. | | 3 | Kristian Sbaragli | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. |
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Posted on 05-08-2015 13:51
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Just read all of the reports and I thoroughly enjoyed it.Keep up the good work and the fantastic pace 
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jihardy wrote:
Just read all of the reports and I thoroughly enjoyed it.Keep up the good work and the fantastic pace
Great 1, 2 from the team there as well
Hii Jihardy DDDDDDDD !!! Long time no see.
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