Giro d' Italia stages 15-20
Six stages with 5 montain crucial for GC stages.
Stage 15 with finish on Montecampione
We had only 5 riders left. Latoń, Gradek and Taciak were injured so I had to withdraw them and Brateng withdraw due to not many stages for sprinters. In this situation as a leader we should make a tempo in peleton. Mihaylov did it alone, Szmyd protected Jan and Samoilau protected Ranieri.
We started last climb and Ranieri was still with Jan. Riders started to attack including one of Yates and Pinot. Hirt was -1 so the goal was to not lose a time.
Group of 12 riders went clear, we had to chase them.
Aru counterattack and went clear. I was leading the chasing group. Situation at 5,6km to go.
Hirt made a big push and catched Aru 1,6 km to go.
Hirt was unable to beat Aru on the finish, but still not lose time to him and improve gap on others.
1 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team 5h19'37 2 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
3 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 36
4 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
5 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 1'01
6 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team + 1'10
7 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing s.t.
8 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
9 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
10 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
11 Matthias Frank Trek Factory Racing s.t.
12 Andrew Talansky Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
13 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky s.t.
14 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
15 Leopold König Team Katusha s.t.
16 Jean-Christophe Peraud Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
17 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
18 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team s.t. 19 Ranieri Micolucci CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
20 Tiago Machado Team Katusha s.t.
GC:
1 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 59h18'07
2 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 2'50
3 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 3'40
4 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 4'48
5 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 5'21
6 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team + 6'27
7 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 6'38
8 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 6'54
9 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing + 7'08
10 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 7'28
Stage 16. Val Martello
Same scenario as last stage, but this time stage was definetly tougher.
Szmyd made a tempo on the final climb.
There were attacks by guy like Aru but Szmyd didn't let them go.
11km to go Hirt was alone already in 20riders group.
Some riders went clear, but I didn't panic, I had to save some energy. Still long way to go. Unfortunately Aru was again very strong and let me behind.
I was second losing about minute 1,5 km to go.
Finally I lost to Aru almost one and a half. Sicilian is getting stronger from stage to stage and has a strong team.
1 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team 4h20'45 2 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'22
3 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale + 2'00
4 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 2'24
5 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
6 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
7 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
8 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing s.t.
9 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 2'50
10 Ilnur Zakarin Tinkoff-Saxo + 3'30
11 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 4'28
12 Andrew Talansky Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
13 Sergey Chernetskiy Team Katusha + 4'42
14 Arnold Jeannesson Ag2r La Mondiale + 5'31
15 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal s.t.
16 Stéphane Rossetto Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 5'41
17 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team s.t.
18 Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team + 5'53
19 Matteo Busato Southeast + 6'10
20 Haimar Zubeldia Trek Factory Racing + 7'14
1 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 63h40'08
2 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 1'24
3 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 4'48
4 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 5'56
5 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 6'29
6 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing + 8'16
7 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 8'28
8 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 8'36
9 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team + 10'52
10 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 12'36
11 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale + 14'32
12 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 20'51
13 Ilnur Zakarin Tinkoff-Saxo + 27'31
14 Tiago Machado Team Katusha + 29'06
15 Bart De Clercq Lotto Soudal + 31'33
16 Leopold König Team Katusha + 32'53
17 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky + 33'27
18 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 33'30
19 Andrew Talansky Etixx - Quick-step + 34'42
20 Haimar Zubeldia Trek Factory Racing + 35'11
Stage 17. Second to last for sprinters.
I decided to put Mihaylov in escape. I hope that peleton will let breakaway go to finish. unfortunately nobody was intrested to go with him
Niki was catched 10km to go.
Demare won ahead of Van Asbroeck.
1 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step 4h21'01
2 Tom Van Asbroeck Lotto Soudal s.t.
3 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team s.t.
4 Sonny Colbrelli Bardiani CSF s.t.
5 Mark Cavendish Team Katusha s.t.
6 Andrea Palini Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
7 Andrea Guardini Astana Pro Team s.t.
8 Sacha Modolo Lampre-Merida s.t.
9 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing s.t.
10 Kevin Reza FDJ s.t.
GC:
1 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 68h01'09
2 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 1'24
3 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 4'48
4 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 5'56
5 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 6'29
6 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing + 8'16
7 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 8'28
8 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 8'36
9 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team + 10'52
10 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 12'36
Stage 18 with finish on Valsugana.
We made a big tempo before last climb, which was actually a mistake, due to Jan -3. I didn't know he will react like that.
There were many attacks, I couldn't response waiting for what Aru will did.
Aru attacks! 12,5 km to go and I was quite tired. As I said earlier, one poor day condition and I can lose the Giro. I think even after a patch it still has to big influence on game. But to be honest, I had +4 +5 earlier, so I'm even with this game
5km to go and I was out of fuel
On the line 5 minutes after winner, almost 3 behind Aru. We still will fight. One +5 performance can change everything, but mafioso show us that it's his terrain.
1 Arnold Jeannesson Ag2r La Mondiale 5h09'44
2 Martijn Keizer Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
3 Sergey Chernetskiy Team Katusha + 1'10
4 Jonathan Monsalve Southeast + 1'18
5 Ben Hermans BMC Racing Team + 2'17
6 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team + 2'29
7 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 2'45
8 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
9 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 2'58
10 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing s.t.
11 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
12 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
13 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
14 Ilnur Zakarin Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
15 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
16 Stéphane Rossetto Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 3'27
17 Andrew Talansky Etixx - Quick-step + 3'40
18 Richie Porte Team Sky + 4'00 19 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 5'38
20 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 6'41
GC:
1 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team 73h15'02 2 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'29
3 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 3'37
4 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 5'18
5 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing + 7'05
6 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 7'17
7 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 7'25
8 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 8'28
9 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team + 9'12
10 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale + 13'08
11 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 17'06
12 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 19'40
13 Ilnur Zakarin Tinkoff-Saxo + 26'20
14 Andrew Talansky Etixx - Quick-step + 34'13
15 Tiago Machado Team Katusha + 36'00
16 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 36'15
17 Leopold König Team Katusha + 36'33
18 Ben Hermans BMC Racing Team + 39'27
19 Matthias Frank Trek Factory Racing + 40'25
20 Haimar Zubeldia Trek Factory Racing + 42'05
Stage 19 was a mountain TT on Cima Grappa.
I decided that my riders will start slower and then put everything in the end. When Szmyd finish he was 2nd.
Micolucci pass Pirazzi.
On the line he was 1st. Honestly, if he will be a leader, he could finish this race in top 10 easily. Maybe next year, because he is till 22 years old.
Due to slow start, Hirt was passed by Aru, but 3km to go he made a big push, pass Italian and go to the line.
On the finish Jan was second, losing 19 seconds to Adam Yates.
Aru won again. He beat Hirt by a 30 seconds improving gap to 1,59. We will try to do everything on Zoncolan.
1 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team 1h02'57
2 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 11 3 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 30
4 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 32
5 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 42
6 Andrew Talansky Etixx - Quick-step + 53
7 Richie Porte Team Sky + 1'20
8 Leopold König Team Katusha + 1'23
9 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team + 1'30
10 Ilnur Zakarin Tinkoff-Saxo + 1'34
11 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 1'35
12 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team + 1'44
13 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t. 14 Ranieri Micolucci CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 2'02
15 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'03
16 Matthias Frank Trek Factory Racing + 2'06
17 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 2'16
18 Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team + 2'31
19 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing + 3'01 20 Sylwester Szmyd CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 3'03
GC:
1 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team 74h17'59 2 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'59
3 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 4'19
4 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 5'29
5 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 7'49
6 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 9'41
7 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 10'03
8 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing + 10'06
9 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team + 10'42
10 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale + 16'31
11 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 18'50
12 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 21'43
13 Ilnur Zakarin Tinkoff-Saxo + 27'54
14 Andrew Talansky Etixx - Quick-step + 35'06
15 Leopold König Team Katusha + 37'56
16 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 39'19
17 Tiago Machado Team Katusha + 41'37
18 Matthias Frank Trek Factory Racing + 42'31
19 Ben Hermans BMC Racing Team + 43'54
20 Haimar Zubeldia Trek Factory Racing + 45'27
Last mountain stage and penultimate in whole Giro. Stage 20 with finish on Zoncolan.
Before the last climb, still 4 our riders in leaders group. Hirt +1, not bad but without fireworks.
We put a very fast tempo, but 5km to go there were still 3 Astana riders: Aru, Landa and Kangert and Yates too.
3,3 km to go still Aru and Landa with Hirt, but Jan is very tired already. We can't win this Giro. Still a breakaway in front, so the stage on Zoncolan is out of reach too.
Aru and Landa left me behind, showing who is the boss.
Jan lost 23 seconds to Astana duo, but secure 2nd place in Giro. Great result for him and our team!
1 Jonathan Monsalve Southeast 4h36'26
2 Stéphane Rossetto Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 1'32
3 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team + 2'13
4 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team s.t. 5 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 2'36
6 Michael Rogers Tinkoff-Saxo + 3'21
7 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 4'41
8 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 4'53
9 Paul Voss Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
10 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 5'07
11 Andrew Talansky Etixx - Quick-step + 6'02
12 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing s.t.
13 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 6'38
14 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 7'04
15 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
16 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
17 Matthias Frank Trek Factory Racing s.t.
18 Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team s.t.
19 Leopold König Team Katusha s.t.
20 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
GC:
1 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team 78h56'38 2 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 2'22
3 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 7'57
4 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 8'44
5 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team + 10'38
6 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 12'35
7 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 12'40
8 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 12'43
9 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing + 13'55
10 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale + 21'22
11 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 23'41
12 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 27'38
13 Ilnur Zakarin Tinkoff-Saxo + 33'14
14 Andrew Talansky Etixx - Quick-step + 38'55
15 Leopold König Team Katusha + 42'47
16 Matthias Frank Trek Factory Racing + 47'22
17 Tiago Machado Team Katusha + 52'05
18 Ben Hermans BMC Racing Team + 54'22
19 Michele Scarponi Astana Pro Team + 59'44
20 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1h00'37
Last stage of this succefull Giro for us. 2nd place general, 1st place in U25 and 3 stages win. One mountain by Hirt, one hilly by Hirt and surprising victory on ITT by Micolucci.
We were all in the front to be sure of avoiding some crashes in the end.
We made even a train, having hope that maybe Aru will lost something in the end.
And indeed there were few crashes. In one almost Aru fell down - Guardini riding next to him hit the ground taking Pinot, Zakarin, Porte and few others too. Pinot in result lost 7th place and finish 9th.
Jan was fighting till the end...
... but it was Fedi from breakaway winning in Trieste.
Results:
1 Andrea Fedi Bardiani CSF 3h33'14
2 Matteo Busato Southeast s.t.
3 Jan Bakelants Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
4 Michael Valgren Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
5 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky s.t.
6 Paul Martens Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
7 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team s.t.
8 Adam Blythe Team Sky s.t.
9 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
10 Sonny Colbrelli Bardiani CSF s.t.
11 Mark Cavendish Team Katusha s.t.
12 Oscar Gatto Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec s.t.
13 Tom Van Asbroeck Lotto Soudal s.t.
14 Manuel Belletti Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
15 Andrea Palini Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
16 Rick Zabel BMC Racing Team s.t.
17 Martijn Keizer Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
18 Zico Waeytens Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
19 Danny Van Poppel Trek Factory Racing s.t. 20 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
GC:
1 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team 82h29'52 2 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 2'22
3 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 7'57
4 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 8'44
5 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team + 10'38
6 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 12'35
7 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 12'43
8 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing + 13'55
9 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 17'15
10 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale + 21'22
11 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 23'41
12 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 27'38
13 Ilnur Zakarin Tinkoff-Saxo + 37'49
14 Andrew Talansky Etixx - Quick-step + 38'55
15 Leopold König Team Katusha + 42'47
16 Matthias Frank Trek Factory Racing + 47'22
17 Tiago Machado Team Katusha + 52'05
18 Ben Hermans BMC Racing Team + 54'22
19 Michele Scarponi Astana Pro Team + 59'44
20 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team + 1h02'02
Points:
1 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step 16 287
2 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team 20 256
3 Mark Cavendish Team Katusha 12 172
4 Tom Van Asbroeck Lotto Soudal 8 169
5 Sacha Modolo Lampre-Merida 0 167
6 Andrea Guardini Astana Pro Team 0 165
7 Sonny Colbrelli Bardiani CSF 14 118
8 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing 0 117
9 Adam Blythe Team Sky 18 116 10 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 1 115
KOM:
1 Sergey Chernetskiy Team Katusha 0 161
2 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team 0 136
3 Jonathan Monsalve Southeast 0 109
4 Arnold Jeannesson Ag2r La Mondiale 0 100 5 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0 98
6 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal 0 81
7 Stéphane Rossetto Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 0 75
8 Ben Hermans BMC Racing Team 0 70
9 Romain Hardy Ag2r La Mondiale 0 70
10 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE 0 63
Young rider:
Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t. 82h32'14 (1)
Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t. + 5'35 (2)
Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t. + 10'13 (3)
Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t. + 10'21 (4)
Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t. + 25'16 (5)
Teams:
Astana Pro Team s.t. 247h21'07 (1)
Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t. + 37'45 (2)
Orica-GreenEDGE s.t. + 49'07 (3)
Trek Factory Racing s.t. + 54'06 (4)
Etixx - Quick-step 10h39'42 + 1h00'02 (5)
Ag2r La Mondiale s.t. + 1h05'43 (6) CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t. + 1h34'46 (7)
And the World Tour classification after the Giro. We can be sure staying in WT in my opinion as we are 4th team.
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Now some rest for the guys. Actually in june nobody should be in top condition and do some good result. Unfortunately same on TDF. In France we will try to win some stage, but will be hard. Now we are looking for August when Paterski and Micolucci will try do something in Poland and ENECO, and after that Hirt will try to make another podium in GT on spanish roads. I'm focus now on renew contract with Hirt which will be available since 21 june. 4 riders retired: Kiendyś, Rutkiewicz, Schumacher and Szmyd so I will try make a 4 new riders in team. Our goals are Pinot and Bouhanni as my sponsor want French riders in team. Maybe we will try to sign Degenkolb or Kristoff. We will see, but the most important is to hold Hirt in team.
Meanwhile small races in the end of june.
Gran Prix de Plumelec 4 riders in top 20, but 8th was a maximum for us with this squad.
1 Cameron Meyer Orica-GreenEDGE 4h15'53
2 Matej Mohoric Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
3 Moreno Moser Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
4 Simon Clarke Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
5 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
6 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
7 Markos Georgatos Ag2r La Mondiale s.t. 8 Patryk Stosz CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
9 Kristoffer Skjerping Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
10 Pierre-Roger Latour Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
11 Davide Villella Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t. 12 Paweł Bernas CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
13 Nathan Haas Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
14 Edwin Ollivier Orica-GreenEDGE s.t. 15 Michał Paluta CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
16 Blel Kadri Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
17 Cyril Gautier Team Europcar s.t.
18 Matthieu Boulo Bretagne - Séché Environnement s.t.
19 Jesús Herrada Movistar Team s.t. 20 Jarosław Marycz CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
We were better in Garmin Velothon Berlin where we took our fastest guys without Braten, Gaviria and Latoń. With a perfect leadout on the crosswind, Kaczmarek grab a win.
1 Jakub Kaczmarek CCC Sprandi Polkowice 5h15'16
2 Willy Willwohl LKT-Team-Brandenburg s.t.
3 Sergey Pashinin Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton s.t.
4 Nicola Ruffoni Bardiani CSF s.t.
5 Nikias Arndt Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
6 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen ActiveJet Team s.t.
7 Shane Archbold Bora - Argon 18 s.t.
8 Ivan Savitskiy RusVelo s.t.
9 Owain Doull UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t.
10 Maximilian Werda Team Stölting s.t.
11 Stef Krul Metec - TKH s.t. 12 Cristian Delle Stelle CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
13 Moreno Moser Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
14 Ramunas Navardauskas UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t.
15 Heinrich Haussler IAM Cycling s.t.
16 Yukiya Arashiro IAM Cycling s.t.
17 Bernhard Eisel IAM Cycling s.t.
18 Sjoerd Van Ginneken Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton s.t.
19 Louis Rohde LKT-Team-Brandenburg s.t.
20 Marc De Maar Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton s.t.
There was a Slovenian ITT champ too. Brajkovic won:
1 Janez Brajkovic UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 52'56
2 Klemen Stimulak Adria Mobil + 1'20
3 Simon Spilak Team Katusha + 2'38
4 Primož Roglič Adria Mobil + 4'01
5 Kristjan Koren Team Cannondale - Garmin + 4'34
6 Jure Kocjan Sky Dive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club + 4'37
7 Jon Bozic Adria Mobil + 4'49 8 Grega Bole CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 5'45
9 Domen Novak Adria Mobil + 6'21
10 Luka Mezgec Team Giant-Alpecin + 6'52
11 Robert Vrecer Adria Mobil + 7'27
12 David Per Adria Mobil + 8'15
13 Milos Kovacevic Team Smartstop + 8'35
14 Marko Kump Adria Mobil + 9'27
15 Uros Repse Meridiana Kamen Team + 10'21
16 Borut Božic IAM Cycling + 11'06
17 Luka Pibernik Lampre-Merida + 11'14
Criterium du Dauphine Stage 1
Our squad is absolutely focus on going into breakaways and try to win a stage, so on the 1st stage we decided to lost as much time as it allowed. As we say, we do. There was a 19 riders group on the final.
And my favorite rider won Alberto
1 Alberto Contador Team Katusha 3h10'05
2 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
3 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team s.t.
4 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida s.t.
5 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
6 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
7 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
8 Larry Warbasse IAM Cycling s.t.
9 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida s.t.
10 John Darwin Atapuma Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
11 Jay McCarthy Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
12 Laurent Didier Trek Factory Racing s.t.
13 Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling s.t.
14 Mikel Nieve Team Sky s.t.
15 Chris Froome Team Sky s.t.
16 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
17 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team s.t.
18 Julien Loubet Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
19 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
2nd stage
Brożyna go into a breakaway with Madrazo, Ferrari and Oliveira.
But the pack, had no mercy and catch them 46 km to go.
Molard and Dennis attacked on the last climb...
And suprisingly they finished before main group
1 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team 4h07'17
2 Rudy Molard Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
3 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 40
4 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
5 Pello Bilbao Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
6 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha + 1'16
7 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida s.t.
8 Ian Boswell Team Sky s.t.
9 Arthur Vichot FDJ s.t.
10 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
11 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
12 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky s.t.
13 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team s.t.
14 Alberto Contador Team Katusha s.t.
15 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
16 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
17 Chris Froome Team Sky s.t.
18 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team s.t.
19 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
20 Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling s.t.
GC:
1 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida 7h17'58
2 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin + 4
3 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin + 38
4 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 40
5 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
6 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team s.t.
7 Alberto Contador Team Katusha s.t.
8 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
9 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
10 Chris Froome Team Sky s.t.
11 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team s.t.
12 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
13 Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling s.t.
14 John Darwin Atapuma Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 1'46
15 Laurent Didier Trek Factory Racing s.t.
16 Larry Warbasse IAM Cycling s.t.
17 Julien Loubet Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
18 Mikel Nieve Team Sky s.t.
19 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha + 2'24
20 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team + 2'58
3rd stage
This time we send Paluta to the escape alongside with Craven and Rosskopf.
29km to go and they were catched
Ulissi (I don't like him ) and Barguil were the best on the last climb, but Sagan was close.
And Peter show his power on the descent leaving behind Italian and Frenchman.
Peter won
1 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo 3h40'58
2 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 36
3 Magnus Cort Nielsen Orica-GreenEDGE + 1'20
4 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha s.t.
5 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team s.t.
6 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
7 Peter Velits BMC Racing Team s.t.
8 Arthur Vichot FDJ s.t.
9 Alberto Contador Team Katusha s.t.
10 Chris Froome Team Sky s.t.
11 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing s.t.
12 Matteo Rabottini Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
13 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
14 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
15 Riccardo Zoidl Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
16 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team s.t.
17 Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling s.t.
18 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
19 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale + 2'32
20 Andrea Palini Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
GC:
1 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo 10h59'26
2 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 40
3 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin + 54
4 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'24
5 Alberto Contador Team Katusha + 1'30
6 Chris Froome Team Sky s.t.
7 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
8 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team s.t.
9 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
10 Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling s.t.
11 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 2'02
12 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team + 2'42
13 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
14 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha + 3'14
15 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team + 3'48
16 John Darwin Atapuma Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
17 Laurent Didier Trek Factory Racing s.t.
18 Julien Loubet Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
19 Larry Warbasse IAM Cycling s.t.
20 Rudy Molard Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 5'04
4 stage was a ITT
1 Alberto Contador Team Katusha 37'59
2 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team + 9
3 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 14
4 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing + 23
5 Chris Froome Team Sky + 25
6 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha + 31
7 Daniil Fominykh Astana Pro Team + 38
8 Yves Lampaert Etixx - Quick-step + 43
9 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team + 52
10 Sylvain Chavanel FDJ + 57
11 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 1'00
12 Davide Martinelli FDJ + 1'02
13 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
14 Nelson Oliveira Lampre-Merida + 1'07
15 Peter Velits BMC Racing Team + 1'12
16 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 1'13
17 Edwin Ollivier Orica-GreenEDGE + 1'16
18 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team + 1'20
19 José Gonçalves Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
20 Riccardo Zoidl Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'24
GC:
1 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida 11h38'19
2 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 19
3 Alberto Contador Team Katusha + 36
4 Chris Froome Team Sky + 1'01
5 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin + 1'02
6 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team + 1'28
7 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 2'08
8 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 2'23
9 Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling + 2'39
10 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha + 2'51
11 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 2'53
12 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team + 3'03
13 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin + 3'19
14 Larry Warbasse IAM Cycling + 5'17
15 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale + 5'18
16 Laurent Didier Trek Factory Racing + 5'33
17 Riccardo Zoidl Team Cannondale - Garmin + 5'44
18 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing + 5'49
19 Arthur Vichot FDJ + 5'56
20 John Darwin Atapuma Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 6'30
5 stage
First truly mountain stage, so we send Szmyd in the escape, which was quite big.
But peleton was unfriendly again. 2 and a half minute gap 17km to go with not much power wasn't optimistic.
4,5 km to go there were trio in the front. Froome, Quintana and surprisingly Barguil.
Contador joined them and attacked immediately.
But it was Barguil who raise his hands up.
1 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin 3h19'19
2 Chris Froome Team Sky s.t.
3 Alberto Contador Team Katusha s.t.
4 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
5 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 32
6 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 1'26
7 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team s.t.
8 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team + 2'08
9 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha s.t.
10 John Darwin Atapuma Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 2'27
11 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team s.t.
12 Jocelyn Mussard Team Giant-Alpecin + 3'13
13 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida s.t.
14 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
15 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
16 Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling + 3'24
17 Laurent Didier Trek Factory Racing + 3'39
18 Riccardo Zoidl Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
19 Edwin Ollivier Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
20 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky s.t.
GC:
1 Alberto Contador Team Katusha 14h58'14
2 Chris Froome Team Sky + 25
3 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin + 26
4 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 50
5 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 2'17
6 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 2'19
7 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 2'56
8 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team + 3'19
9 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team + 3'53
10 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha + 4'23
11 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 4'45
12 Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling + 5'27
13 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale + 7'55
14 Larry Warbasse IAM Cycling + 8'20
15 John Darwin Atapuma Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 8'21
16 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin + 8'24
17 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team + 8'27
18 Laurent Didier Trek Factory Racing + 8'36
19 Riccardo Zoidl Team Cannondale - Garmin + 8'47
20 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing + 11'28
6 stage
Again we tried our chances in escape. Paluta was out selection and he was in 6 riders group.
But Chavanel and Molard were too strong for Michał.
50km to go he was third
Chavanel won
Paluta was 3rd, riding all alone those 50 km. First quite good result for us in this race.
1 Sylvain Chavanel FDJ 3h17'00
2 Rudy Molard Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 2'02 3 Michał Paluta CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 4'34
4 Riccardo Chiarini Lampre-Merida + 5'16
5 Dan Craven Team Europcar s.t.
6 Manuel Belletti Team Cannondale - Garmin + 6'10
7 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
8 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
9 Ian Stannard Team Sky s.t.
10 Tomasz Smoleń Movistar Team s.t.
11 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
12 Magnus Cort Nielsen Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
13 Paweł Poljański Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
14 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida s.t.
15 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
16 Omar Bertazzo Astana Pro Team s.t.
17 Chris Froome Team Sky s.t.
18 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team s.t.
19 Klaas Lodewyck BMC Racing Team s.t.
20 Alberto Contador Team Katusha s.t.
GC
1 Alberto Contador Team Katusha 18h21'24
2 Chris Froome Team Sky + 25
3 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin + 26
4 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 50
5 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 2'17
6 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 2'19
7 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 2'56
8 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team + 3'19
9 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team + 3'53
10 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha + 4'23
11 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 4'45
12 Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling + 5'27
13 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale + 7'55
14 Larry Warbasse IAM Cycling + 8'20
15 John Darwin Atapuma Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 8'21
16 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin + 8'24
17 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team + 8'27
18 Laurent Didier Trek Factory Racing + 8'36
19 Riccardo Zoidl Team Cannondale - Garmin + 8'47
20 Rudy Molard Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 9'57
7 stage
Hard mountain stage with Alpe d Huez. Szmyd in escape of 13 riders.
After first 3 climbs, Sylwester was with Astana rider in 1st group, winning all KOM today.
Bilbao and McCarthy joined us. We were sure, that escape will make it today. Can Szmyd win a stage in his last season?
Unfortunately Koznahatayev was too strong.
Szmyd was losing almost a minute 10km to go
Second place on the stage, but claim a KOM yersey. We will defend it on the last stage.
1 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev Astana Pro Team 5h08'36 2 Sylwester Szmyd CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'32
3 Pello Bilbao Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 2'59
4 Jay McCarthy Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
5 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 3'35
6 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team + 4'04
7 Alberto Contador Team Katusha + 5'02
8 Chris Froome Team Sky s.t.
9 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team + 6'43
10 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
11 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
12 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida s.t.
13 Jocelyn Mussard Team Giant-Alpecin + 7'25
14 Ian Boswell Team Sky s.t.
15 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team s.t.
16 John Darwin Atapuma Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
17 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
18 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
19 Przemysław Niemiec Lampre-Merida + 8'29
20 Riccardo Zoidl Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
GC
1 Alberto Contador Team Katusha 23h35'02
2 Chris Froome Team Sky + 25
3 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 50
4 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin + 2'07
5 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 2'31
6 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 4'00
7 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team + 5'00
8 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 5'19
9 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team + 6'16
10 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team + 7'29
11 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha + 7'50
12 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 8'12
13 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale + 10'18
14 John Darwin Atapuma Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 10'44
15 Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling + 11'05
16 Larry Warbasse IAM Cycling + 11'47
17 Riccardo Zoidl Team Cannondale - Garmin + 12'14
18 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin + 12'42
19 Pello Bilbao Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 13'06
20 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev Astana Pro Team + 13'38
KOM
1 Sylwester Szmyd CCC Sprandi Polkowice 51 51
2 Sylvain Chavanel FDJ 0 50
3 Pello Bilbao Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 39 50
4 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev Astana Pro Team 48 48
5 Rudy Molard Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 0 45
6 Joey Rosskopf BMC Racing Team 14 39
7 Alberto Contador Team Katusha 0 38
8 Dan Craven Team Europcar 0 36
9 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 0 35
10 Ángel Madrazo Team LottoNL - Jumbo 25 34
8 stage
Szmyd attacked from the start and was alone in escape with 3 minutes gap.
Then Dan Craven join him. Sylwester took points on 3rd cat. climb.
Unfortunately peleton was chasing us, I wanted to win on the 1st cat. climb, but was unable. Hopefully I score some points, and it looks like I will secure KOM.
AC, Froome and Quintana were together before last climb to Risoul.
Froome made a pace and only Contador response.
Froome won, Contador finish 3rd, but claim a overall win.
stage result:
1 Chris Froome Team Sky 4h19'54
2 John Darwin Atapuma Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
3 Alberto Contador Team Katusha s.t.
4 Matteo Rabottini Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'28
5 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team + 1'57
6 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 2'58
7 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team + 3'43
8 Maxime Le Lavandier FDJ + 3'54
9 Larry Warbasse IAM Cycling s.t.
10 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
11 Diego Rubio Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 4'37
12 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
13 Jocelyn Mussard Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
14 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
15 Ian Boswell Team Sky s.t.
16 Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling s.t.
17 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha + 5'37
18 Alexandre Geniez Movistar Team + 5'58
19 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida s.t.
20 Peter Velits BMC Racing Team s.t.
GC:
1 Alberto Contador Team Katusha 27h54'56
2 Chris Froome Team Sky + 25
3 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 3'48
4 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin + 6'01
5 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 8'37
6 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team + 8'43
7 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 8'59
8 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team + 9'26
9 John Darwin Atapuma Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 10'44
10 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 11'17
11 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha + 13'27
12 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 14'10
13 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale + 14'55
14 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team + 15'12
15 Larry Warbasse IAM Cycling + 15'41
16 Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling + 15'42
17 Riccardo Zoidl Team Cannondale - Garmin + 18'42
18 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin + 19'10
19 Ian Boswell Team Sky + 19'29
20 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev Astana Pro Team + 20'29
KOM:
1 Sylwester Szmyd CCC Sprandi Polkowice 9 60
2 Pello Bilbao Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 0 50
3 Sylvain Chavanel FDJ 0 50
4 Alberto Contador Team Katusha 11 49
5 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev Astana Pro Team 0 48
6 Chris Froome Team Sky 15 46
7 Rudy Molard Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 0 45
8 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 7 42
9 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin 6 39
10 Joey Rosskopf BMC Racing Team 0 39
Points:
1 Alberto Contador Team Katusha 15 88
2 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin 6 73
3 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida 0 64
4 Chris Froome Team Sky 20 63
5 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team 0 58
6 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team 11 47
7 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo 0 45
8 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 10 45
9 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha 0 40
10 Rudy Molard Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 2 40
U25
Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin s.t. 28h00'57 (1)
Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team 4h21'51 + 3'25 (2)
Ian Boswell Team Sky s.t. + 13'28 (3)
Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev Astana Pro Team + 4'54 + 14'28 (4)
Jocelyn Mussard Team Giant-Alpecin s.t. + 14'46 (5)
Teams:
Astana Pro Team + 1'26 84h16'21 (1)
Team Sky 13h10'47 + 5'03 (2)
Team Katusha + 2'31 + 12'29 (3)
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 5'16 + 21'55 (4)
Lampre-Merida + 10'17 + 22'08 (5)
Overall pity that we couldn't win a stage. 2nd and 3rd aren't bad and KOM is a quite nice result. With this squad we couldn't do more.
GP Gippigen
Paterski get back in the bussines, but with this condition unable to do a good result.
1 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky 4h59'42
2 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 47
3 Loïc Vliegen BMC Racing Team s.t.
4 Moreno Moser Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
5 Wout Poels MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
6 Mathieu van der Poel Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
7 Fabio Felline Trek Factory Racing s.t.
8 Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling s.t.
9 Rafael Valls Lampre-Merida s.t.
10 Pierre-Roger Latour Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
11 Petr Vakoč Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
12 Dries Devenyns IAM Cycling s.t.
13 Patrick Schelling IAM Cycling s.t. 14 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
15 Matteo Pelucchi IAM Cycling s.t.
Rund um Koln
Brateng as a leader, but as Paterski not in top condition, actually just 60%. Race was very tough, but at least we made great leadout.
Brateng was quite tired and I didn't think he can win.
Indeed, he was 3rd
1 Phil Bauhaus Bora - Argon 18 4h57'42
2 Roman Maikin RusVelo s.t. 3 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
4 Enrico Battaglin Astana Pro Team s.t.
5 Luke Durbridge Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
6 Matthew Goss Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
7 Maximilian Werda Team Stölting s.t. 8 Paweł Bernas CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
9 Mads Pedersen CULT Energy Pro Cycling s.t.
10 Igor Boev RusVelo s.t.
11 Barry Markus Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
12 Maximilian Schachmann Bora - Argon 18 s.t.
13 Marco Haller Team Katusha s.t.
14 Shiki Kuroeda NIPPO - Vini Fantini s.t.
15 Pim Ligthart Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
It was a prologue. I took Micolucci there hope he can fight for victory on stage 5 (or 4 ) which is a 23 km ITT. On prologue (he has PRL 72 ITT 79) he was 8th.
1 Vincenzo Nibali Astana Pro Team 14'53
2 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 1
3 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 4
4 Vasil Kiryienka Team Sky + 7
5 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 8
6 Jean-Christophe Peraud Ag2r La Mondiale + 10
7 Tony Martin Etixx - Quick-step + 16 8 Ranieri Micolucci CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
9 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 17
10 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin + 18
11 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 20
12 Jurgen Van den Broeck Lotto Soudal + 21
13 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 24
14 Adriano Malori BMC Racing Team s.t.
15 Simon Spilak Team Katusha + 25
16 Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team + 26
17 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal + 27
18 Fabio Felline Trek Factory Racing s.t.
19 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 28
20 Ryder Hesjedal Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
2nd stage
Quite hard stage. We decided to do the same as on Dauphine. Get some time in the "ass" and then try escapes. Majka was setting the pace on the last climb.
Pole was very strong and left Uran nad Kangert behind.
Long way to go for Rafał, can he make it?
Yes, Rafał was the best, and another Pole Kwiatkowski was second jumping to second group on the last 5km with Valverde.
Results:
1 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin 4h48'06
2 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team + 25
3 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
4 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
5 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal s.t.
6 Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team s.t.
7 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team s.t.
8 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing s.t.
9 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky s.t.
10 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
11 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team s.t.
12 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE + 1'04
13 Vincenzo Nibali Astana Pro Team s.t.
14 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal s.t.
15 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
16 Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal s.t.
17 Jan Polanc Lampre-Merida s.t.
18 Antonello Gemignani Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
19 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky s.t.
20 Matthias Frank Trek Factory Racing s.t.
21 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team s.t.
22 Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling s.t.
23 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
24 Simon Spilak Team Katusha s.t.
25 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky s.t.
26 Jurgen Van den Broeck Lotto Soudal s.t.
GC:
1 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin 5h02'53
2 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 48
3 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 51
4 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 55
5 Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team + 57
6 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal + 58
7 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 59
8 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team + 1'02
9 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'05
10 Vincenzo Nibali Astana Pro Team + 1'10
11 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 1'11
12 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team + 1'18
13 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
14 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 1'29
15 Jurgen Van den Broeck Lotto Soudal + 1'31
16 Simon Spilak Team Katusha + 1'35
17 Matthias Frank Trek Factory Racing + 1'38
18 Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal + 1'42
19 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky + 1'44
20 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal + 1'50
stage 3
We put Delaplace in the breakaway. But peleton didn't allowed us go till the finish.
There were attacks on the finale...
... but Kwiatkowski showed them who is the boss
1 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team 4h34'49
2 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
3 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
4 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal s.t.
5 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
6 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
7 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team s.t.
8 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
9 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 27
10 Jan Polanc Lampre-Merida s.t.
11 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
12 Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal s.t.
13 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team s.t.
14 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team s.t.
15 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
16 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky s.t.
17 Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team s.t.
18 Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling s.t.
19 Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing s.t.
20 Lars Boom Astana Pro Team s.t.
stage 4
We did everything to lead out Gaviria for the finish.
But our leader was too tired today
Kurek finished 6th
1 Danny Van Poppel Trek Factory Racing 3h27'25
2 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal s.t.
3 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team s.t.
4 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
5 Peter Hashagen Team Katusha s.t. 6 Adrian Kurek CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
7 Julien Simon Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
8 Rubén Zepuntke Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
9 Fabio Felline Trek Factory Racing s.t.
10 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
5 stage
We made a TGV this time, and Gaviria was quite rest
Kurek and Kaczmarek were the last to leadout Colombian
Many trains on the right side and they blocked each other which allowed us to go alone.
Yes! Gaviria won his first race in World Tour!
1 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice 4h08'53
2 André Greipel Team Katusha s.t.
3 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal s.t.
4 Danny Van Poppel Trek Factory Racing s.t. 5 Jakub Kaczmarek CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
6 Gerald Ciolek Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
7 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
8 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal s.t.
9 Luka Mezgec Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
10 Adam Blythe Team Sky s.t.
11 Andrea Guardini Astana Pro Team + 24
12 Nikias Arndt Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
13 Tom Veelers Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
14 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t. 15 Adrian Kurek CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
16 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
17 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov Team Katusha s.t.
18 Kris Boeckmans Lotto Soudal s.t.
19 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
20 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team s.t.
6 stage
It was a hilly stage. No more flat, so I withrdawn many riders, leaving just Stępniak, Micolucci and Delaplace. The last from them was in escape.
But again peleton was unfriendly for us. Only Cancelarra could stay in frony after final climb but not much gap for him. He was chasing by Dan Martin.
Martin and Alaphilippe join him in the finale. Who will win?
Chapeau Dan!
1 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin 4h12'33
2 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 16
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen Trek Factory Racing s.t.
4 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
5 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal s.t.
6 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team s.t.
7 Fabio Felline Trek Factory Racing s.t.
8 Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing s.t.
9 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky s.t.
10 Antonello Gemignani Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
GC
1 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin 21h27'13
2 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 44
3 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team + 48
4 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal + 58
5 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 1'11
6 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 1'18
7 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team s.t.
8 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 1'22
9 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 1'23
10 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 1'26
stage 7
It was an ITT. Ranieri was one of the favs.
Ranieri starts
He saved some energy for the end
But it wasn't a good tactic. There was something left in the tank at the end and we finished 9th.
1 Adriano Malori BMC Racing Team 33'55
2 Tony Martin Etixx - Quick-step + 15
3 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin + 21
4 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team + 26
5 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 34
6 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 43
7 Fabio Felline Trek Factory Racing + 45
8 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 52 9 Ranieri Micolucci CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 56
10 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal + 57
GC
1 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin 22h02'06
2 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team + 16
3 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 54
4 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal + 57
5 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 1'05
6 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 1'07
7 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 1'29
8 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 1'31
9 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 1'32
10 Simon Spilak Team Katusha + 2'02
8 stage
Last two stage were mountain. We decided to put Ranieri in escape in both.
But he wasn't feel good today. Escape was catcher before final climb.
MArtin was setting the pace for Majka
Kwiato attack!
Alaphilippe and Kennaugh joined to him
British rider leave behind former Ettix duo...
... and win the stage
1 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky 5h02'02
2 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 44
3 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team s.t.
4 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 1'53
5 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
6 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing s.t.
7 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team s.t.
8 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin + 2'23
9 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
10 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'56
11 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
12 Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal + 3'46
13 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
14 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
15 Pierre-Roger Latour Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
16 Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling s.t.
17 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
18 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team s.t.
19 Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team s.t.
20 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky s.t.
GC
1 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team 27h05'04
2 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 1'11
3 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky + 1'44
4 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 1'51
5 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'00
6 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 2'02
7 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 2'29
8 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 3'02
9 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal + 3'47
10 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 3'57
11 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE + 4'16
12 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 4'21
13 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team + 5'08
14 Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal + 5'27
15 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 5'36
16 Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling + 6'17
17 Simon Spilak Team Katusha + 6'41
18 Matthias Frank Trek Factory Racing + 6'44
19 Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team + 7'09
20 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin + 7'15
last, 9 stage
We tried another time with Micolucci.
But peleton didn't give us a chance and they catched us. Attacks start. Van Gardern and Kreuziger in front.
Situation 7km to go, can Kwiatkowski hold the lead?
He probably can't. Mollema won the stahe, but TVG probably the whole race.
1 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing 4h10'40
2 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team s.t.
3 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 58
4 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
5 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team + 2'39
6 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 3'07
7 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky s.t.
8 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
9 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
10 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 3'37
GC
1 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team 31h17'40
2 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team + 43
3 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 53
4 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 56
5 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 1'27
6 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 2'22
7 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky + 3'35
8 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 3'41
9 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 5'08
10 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 6'23
KOM
1 Tsgabu Grmay Lampre-Merida 8 76
2 Simon Spilak Team Katusha 32 52
3 Romain Zingle Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 0 50
4 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team 20 26
5 Marcel Aregger IAM Cycling 0 22
Points:
1 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team 2 36
2 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step 0 24
3 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin 0 22
4 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin 0 16
5 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team 8 16
u25
Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 4h13'47 31h20'02 (1)
Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling s.t. + 5'57 (2)
Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin + 4h14'38 + 6'55 (3)
Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal + 4h17'33 + 8'02 (4)
Jan Polanc Lampre-Merida + 4h15'11 + 13'10 (5)
Teams
Movistar Team + 16 94h07'56 (1)
Team Sky 12h42'52 + 2'03 (2)
Lotto Soudal + 9'35 + 15'33 (3)
Team Cannondale - Garmin + 7'47 + 16'59 (4)
Trek Factory Racing + 4'44 + 17'59 (5)
We made our goal - win the stage. THere was a lucky stage, because leadouts of our opponents blocked each other, which help Fernando win. It will be interesting to watch fight in TDF. Can TVG win race?
Tour de Slovenia. We took there Szmyd and Samoilau, hoping for top 10 result, but they were unable to do it.
1st stage
1 Chad Haga Team Giant-Alpecin 13'55
2 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team + 4
3 William Clarke Drapac Professional Cycling + 6
4 Cameron Meyer Orica-GreenEDGE s.t. 5 Nikolay Mihaylov CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 8
6 Adam Phelan Drapac Professional Cycling + 10
7 Fredrik Ludvigsson Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
8 Matthieu Ladagnous IAM Cycling + 14
9 Bekir Baki Akirsan Istanbul + 17
10 Rein Taaramäe Orica-GreenEDGE + 19
2nd stage
3rd stage
1 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE 4h58'02
2 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
3 Yury Trofimov Tinkoff-Saxo + 34
4 Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling s.t.
5 Clément Chevrier IAM Cycling + 1'09
6 Paweł Poljański Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
7 John Darwin Atapuma Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 1'46
8 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team + 1'55
9 Damiano Caruso BMC Racing Team + 2'45
10 Heiner Parra Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 3'38
GC
1 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin 9h05'22
2 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 6
3 Yury Trofimov Tinkoff-Saxo + 26
4 Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling + 48
5 Clément Chevrier IAM Cycling + 1'14
6 Paweł Poljański Tinkoff-Saxo + 1'20
7 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team + 1'26
8 John Darwin Atapuma Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 2'36
9 Damiano Caruso BMC Racing Team + 2'37
10 Pieter Weening Orica-GreenEDGE + 4'05
4 stage
1 Ahmet Örken Istanbul 3h19'07
2 Lars Van Der Haar Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
3 Evaldas Siskevicius Istanbul s.t.
4 Matthieu Ladagnous IAM Cycling s.t.
5 Jay McCarthy Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
6 Michael Albasini BMC Racing Team s.t.
7 Maksym Averin Synergy Baku Cycling Project s.t.
8 Michael Valgren Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
9 Heiner Parra Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t. 10 Eryk Latoń CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
GC
1 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin 12h24'29
2 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 6
3 Yury Trofimov Tinkoff-Saxo + 26
4 Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling + 48
5 Clément Chevrier IAM Cycling + 1'14
6 Paweł Poljański Tinkoff-Saxo + 1'20
7 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team + 1'26
8 John Darwin Atapuma Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 2'36
9 Damiano Caruso BMC Racing Team + 2'37
10 Pieter Weening Orica-GreenEDGE + 4'05
Meanwhile we start negotiate with few riders: Thibaut Pinot, Jan Hirt, Clement Chevrier, Paweł Poljański and John Degenkolb. So far only Polański agreed to our deal.
There are bugs always in national champs if there are not to many riders on the start list. It allowed us to make a breakaway in few (Poland, Czech, Norway) and take an easy win.
ITT:
Poland:
1 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team 1h06'22
2 Maciej Bodnar Tinkoff-Saxo + 1'35
3 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'46
4 Tomasz Marczyński IAM Cycling + 2'05 5 Kamil Gradek CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 2'26
6 Jarosław Marycz CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 2'34
7 Paweł Brylowski ActiveJet Team + 3'12
8 Michał Gołaś UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 3'29
9 Arkadiusz Owsian ActiveJet Team + 3'36
10 Łukasz Bodnar ActiveJet Team + 3'43
Norway:
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen Trek Factory Racing 54'51
2 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal + 1'12
3 Anders Skaarseth Team Joker + 2'34
4 Truls Korsaeth Team Joker + 3'42
5 Willie Smit Team Joker + 3'56
6 Vegard Breen Lotto Soudal + 4'05
7 Odd Christian Eiking Team Joker + 4'41
8 Andreas Vangstad Team Sparebanken Sør + 4'47
9 Vegard Stake Laengen CULT Energy Pro Cycling + 4'59
10 Amund Jansen Team Joker + 5'35
Germany
1 Tony Martin Etixx - Quick-step 18'51
2 Nils Politt Team Stölting + 7
3 Patrick Gretsch Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
4 Dominik Nerz Bora - Argon 18 + 9
5 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team + 12
6 Lennard Kämna BMC Racing Team + 15
7 Matthias Plarre Luxair + 18
8 Lukas Meiler Efapel + 19
9 Sven Reutter Team Stölting + 20
10 Christoph Pfingsten Bora - Argon 18 + 22
ITaly
1 Adriano Malori BMC Racing Team 1h27'16 2 Ranieri Micolucci CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 20
3 Fabio Felline Trek Factory Racing + 54
4 Gianluca Brambilla Etixx - Quick-step + 59
5 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team + 1'28
6 Manuele Boaro Movistar Team + 1'40
7 Moreno Moser Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'00
8 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 2'08
9 Salvatore Puccio Team Sky + 2'09
10 Manuel Todaro Team Idea 2010 ASD + 2'54
France
1 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale 51'32
2 Johan Le Bon FDJ + 20
3 Jérôme Coppel IAM Cycling + 26
4 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 27
5 Florian Maître Marseille-13-KTM + 30
6 Alexandre Geniez Movistar Team + 41
7 Sylvain Chavanel FDJ + 51
8 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal + 55
9 Jérémy Roy Ag2r La Mondiale + 1'07
10 Damien Gaudin Ag2r La Mondiale + 1'17
Cech Republic
1 Jan Barta Bora - Argon 18 42'28
2 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 1'25
3 Leopold König Team Katusha + 1'26
4 Zdenek Stybar Team Sky + 1'44
5 Josef Hosek Whirlpool - Author + 2'19 6 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 2'58
7 David Dvorsky Whirlpool - Author + 3'01
8 Josef Cerny CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 3'52
9 Tomáš Bucháček Whirlpool - Author + 4'38
10 Roman Lehky AWT GreenWay + 5'37
Road races
Colombia
1 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 4h32'38
2 Jarlinson Pantano MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
3 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha + 7
4 Sebastian Henao Team Sky s.t.
5 Juan Chamorro Colombia s.t.
6 Winner Anacona IAM Cycling s.t.
7 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 18
8 John Darwin Atapuma Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
9 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
10 Cayetano Sarmiento Colombia s.t.
ITaly
1 Enrico Gasparotto Wanty - Groupe Gobert 6h38'53
2 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida s.t.
3 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team s.t.
4 Giovanni Visconti Movistar Team s.t.
5 Gianluca Brambilla Etixx - Quick-step + 52
6 Edoardo Zardini Bardiani CSF s.t.
7 Moreno Moser Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'20
8 Davide Villella Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
9 Fabio Felline Trek Factory Racing + 1'56
10 Enrico Battaglin Astana Pro Team s.t.
France
1 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 5h57'15
2 Yannick Martinez Team Europcar s.t.
3 Marc Sarreau FDJ s.t.
4 Sébastien Turgot Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
5 Matthieu Ladagnous IAM Cycling s.t.
6 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
7 Yohan Offredo FDJ s.t.
8 Jonathan Hivert Bretagne - Séché Environnement s.t.
9 Jérémy Cornu Marseille-13-KTM s.t.
10 Julien Duval Equipe de l'Armée de Terre s.t.
Germany
1 Tony Martin Etixx - Quick-step 4h07'07
2 Dominik Nerz Bora - Argon 18 s.t.
3 Emanuel Buchmann Bora - Argon 18 + 9
4 Fabian Wegmann CULT Energy Pro Cycling s.t.
5 Gerald Ciolek Etixx - Quick-step + 19
6 Silvio Herklotz Team Stölting s.t.
7 John Degenkolb Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
8 Björn Thurau Bora - Argon 18 s.t.
9 Lennard Kämna BMC Racing Team s.t.
10 Maximilian Werda Team Stölting s.t.
Slovenia
1 Luka Mezgec Team Giant-Alpecin 3h38'23
2 Luka Pibernik Lampre-Merida s.t.
3 Marko Kump Adria Mobil s.t.
4 Jure Kocjan Sky Dive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club s.t.
5 Jan Polanc Lampre-Merida s.t. 6 Grega Bole CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
7 Kristjan Koren Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
8 Jon Bozic Adria Mobil s.t.
9 Borut Božic IAM Cycling s.t.
10 Primož Roglič Adria Mobil s.t.
Poland
1 Michał Paluta CCC Sprandi Polkowice 5h35'04
2 Przemysław Kasperkiewicz Etixx - Quick-step + 6'51
3 Konrad Dabkowski ActiveJet Team + 15'18
4 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team + 26'03
5 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
6 Paweł Poljański Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
7 Przemysław Niemiec Lampre-Merida s.t. 8 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
9 Tomasz Marczyński IAM Cycling + 27'18
10 Paweł Franczak Sky Dive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club + 29'50
Norwegian
1 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice 4h14'10 PatrykPokwicki
Carl made as big gap, that everybody were withdrawn
I hope Hirt will renew contract with us, but so far he want to wait. I hope it will not end as last season that I will not sign any good rider...
I'm pissed of with this contract shit. I even made a topic few weeks ago after my first season when I couldn't sign no good riders. Now I sign only Poljański, still waiting for final decision of Hirt, Pinot, Degenkolb and Chevrier. If they won't join me, I will not have a big choice now. In previous version of PCM there wasn't this kind of problem.
Favourites: Quintana, Contador, Froome, Nibali, Kreuziger, Pinot, Van Garderen, Majka, Aru, Kwiatkowski.
Our squad:
Goal is to win the stage. We don't have a climber there, we have Paterski who will loook for a oportunity to escape on hilly stages. Goal for Latoń is to finish in top 10 on flat stages. I don't expect a fireworks from my team there.
First stage and there was an escape without our rider. We decide to not stay in peleton. We want to save as much energy as possible to use it in breakaways in future.
Latoń was trying to get good position in finale.
He was behind Demare.
Lotto Soudal and Katusha work well - russian team has Cavendish and Greipel too.
But it was Marcel Kittel who won first stage and became a leader!
1 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin 4h31'33
2 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
3 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
4 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal s.t.
5 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team s.t.
6 Mark Cavendish Team Katusha s.t.
7 Elia Viviani Team Sky s.t.
8 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
9 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
10 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team s.t.
11 Kris Boeckmans Lotto Soudal s.t.
12 Marc Sarreau FDJ s.t.
13 John Degenkolb Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
14 Caleb Ewan Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
15 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
16 Barry Markus Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
17 Rubén Zepuntke Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t. 18 Eryk Latoń CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
19 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
20 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
1st stage and 1st favourite out - Christopher Froome hit the ground and couldn't continue.
stage 2
We put Delaplace in escape, hoping he can take a polka do yersey. But Langeveld was there and he was stronger than Anthony.
Peloton gave us no chance, getting us with still more than 60 km to go.
There was a strong crosswind. It was a threat for some riders to left behind.
Indeed peloton was splited. Kwiatkowski had great leadout by Uran in the end.
But he started sprint to late and couldn't pass Boasson Hagen, who won the 2nd stage!
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen Trek Factory Racing 3h45'12
2 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team s.t.
3 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal s.t.
4 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
5 Mark Cavendish Team Katusha s.t.
6 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
7 Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing s.t.
8 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
9 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team s.t.
10 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
11 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
12 Alberto Contador Team Katusha s.t.
13 John Degenkolb Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
14 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
15 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing s.t.
16 Maxime Le Lavandier FDJ s.t.
17 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
18 Greg Van Avermaet Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
19 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky s.t.
20 Tom Boonen Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
Many riders lost a time on this stage, but not favorites.
stage 3
Another hilly stage, but there should be a quite big group at the finish.
Delaplace tried again, but once again there was a Langeveld who grab most points KOM.
Peloton catched us 43km to go.
Meanwhile another crashes. Including Contador, who had to chase. Nibali had less luck and was forced to withdraw.
5km to go Pinot, van Garderen and Mollema hit the ground.
Bouhanni won in french champion yersey, while Contador, Pinot, TVG and Mollema were able to finish without losing a second.
1 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 3h33'52
2 Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing s.t.
3 Greg Van Avermaet Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
4 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
5 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
6 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
7 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team s.t.
8 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
9 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida s.t.
10 Gerald Ciolek Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
11 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky s.t.
12 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
13 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
14 Jens Keukeleire Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
15 Jan Bakelants Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
16 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team s.t.
17 Julien Simon Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
18 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
19 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky s.t.
20 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
stage 4
It was a TTT. BMC won giving a TVG a yellow yersey.
1 BMC Racing Team 26'35
2 Trek Factory Racing + 16
3 Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
4 Team Katusha + 29
5 Team Cannondale - Garmin + 39
6 Movistar Team + 48
7 Tinkoff-Saxo + 55
8 Orica-GreenEDGE + 1'04
9 Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 1'08
10 Lotto Soudal + 1'16
11 FDJ + 1'26
12 Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
13 IAM Cycling s.t.
14 MTN-Qhubeka + 1'31 15 CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'39
16 Lampre-Merida + 1'47
17 Team Sky + 1'49
18 Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
19 Astana Pro Team + 2'00
20 Team Europcar + 2'04
21 Team Giant-Alpecin + 2'07
22 Bretagne - Séché Environnement s.t.
Stage 5
Delaplace tried again, but no, this Langeveld guy is annoying
This time we thought that we have a chance to make the breakaway succesfull.
But 12km to go, we had to forget about it.
Kittel and Demare had the best trains in the end
But Kittel he was leaded out by Degenkolb, won for the 2nd time this Tour
Meanwhile Aru lost more than 4 minutes today.
1 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin 4h59'36
2 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
3 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
4 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
5 Gerald Ciolek Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
6 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
7 Jens Debusschere Lotto Soudal s.t.
8 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team s.t.
9 Luka Mezgec Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
10 John Degenkolb Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
11 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team s.t.
12 Mark Cavendish Team Katusha s.t.
13 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
14 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
15 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
16 Peter Hashagen Team Katusha s.t.
17 Alberto Contador Team Katusha s.t.
18 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
19 Caleb Ewan Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
20 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
stage 6
Another sprint finish and Latoń was trying to be in top 10 for the first time.
Matysiak did everything to give him the best position. Again Ettix and Giant made the best leadout.
Degenkolb again made great effort for Marcel, while Latoń try to go behind Bouhanni in slipstream.
Kittel for the 3rd time, ahead of local guys - Bouhanni and Demare, while Latoń took impressive 4th place.
1 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin 3h42'43
2 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
3 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step s.t. 4 Eryk Latoń CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
5 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team s.t.
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen Trek Factory Racing s.t.
7 Magnus Cort Nielsen Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
8 Elia Viviani Team Sky s.t.
9 Barry Markus Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
10 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
11 Gerald Ciolek Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
12 John Degenkolb Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
13 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team s.t.
14 Jens Debusschere Lotto Soudal s.t.
15 Luka Mezgec Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
16 Caleb Ewan Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
17 Tom Boonen Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
18 Danny Van Poppel Trek Factory Racing s.t.
19 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
20 Mark Renshaw Team Sky s.t.
stage 7
Delaplace again in the escape, and there is no Langeveld. If we win every KOM on this stage we will take a polka dot yersey.
We had over 7 minutes, but Arashiro grab some points, and I was 1 point down to Langeveld.
It was another sprint finish. We made quite good leadout, but Latoń was forced to start sprint 2km to go.
In result he finished 7th. Surprising Degenkolb won, as Kittel was blocked, as Bouhanni too.
1 John Degenkolb Team Giant-Alpecin 4h42'05
2 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
3 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
4 Mark Cavendish Team Katusha s.t.
5 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
6 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 7 Eryk Latoń CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
8 Elia Viviani Team Sky s.t.
9 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team s.t.
10 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
11 Magnus Cort Nielsen Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
12 Caleb Ewan Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
13 Jens Debusschere Lotto Soudal s.t.
14 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team s.t.
15 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team s.t.
16 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing s.t.
17 Enrique Sanz Movistar Team s.t.
18 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
19 Kamil Gradek CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
20 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha s.t.
stage 8, we start the mountains on AX 3 Domaines
Peleton didn't let escape win this stage. Before penultimate climb, everybody were together.
Attacks started more than 30km to go. Costa and Mollema were first.
Leader - van Garderen and Contadot trying to join them.
They did as Contador attacked another time. Mollema followed him.
Quintana was out of saddle too.
Situation at the top of the climb.
Trio had comfotable gap, but Mollema didn't work in this group. Contador and Quintana made the pace.
Contador was the best on ax 3 domaines!
Majka was first from the chasing group.
1 Alberto Contador Team Katusha 5h05'26
2 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
3 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing s.t.
4 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'40
5 Robert Gesink Team Europcar s.t.
6 Wout Poels MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
7 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team s.t.
8 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
9 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team s.t.
10 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky s.t.
11 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida s.t.
12 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team s.t.
13 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
14 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
15 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
16 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
17 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 2'40
18 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 4'29
19 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 4'39
20 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
GC
1 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing 30h47'17
2 Alberto Contador Team Katusha + 13
3 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 33
4 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 1'24
5 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'03
6 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team + 2'13
7 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 2'20
8 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 2'32
9 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 2'41
10 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 2'50
11 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale + 2'51
12 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
13 Wout Poels MTN-Qhubeka + 2'56
14 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 3'11
15 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 3'13
16 Robert Gesink Team Europcar + 3'28
17 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 4'52
18 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
19 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 5'12
20 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 7'25
stage 9
Another mountain stage, but with long descent in the finale.
Paterski was trying to join breakawy, but was unable and just lost a energy.
He was catched before last climb, as Dombrowski was going for a stage win and maybe a yellow yersey.
Amercian was first at the top of the climb.
Peloton was a still quite big group - 31 riders.
Dombrowski won and became a new leader.
as Kwiatkowski bring the peleton with 6 minutes late.
1 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin 4h31'40
2 Nicolas Edet Team Europcar + 5'48
3 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team s.t.
4 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
5 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
6 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
7 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
8 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
9 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing s.t.
10 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
11 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida s.t.
12 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team s.t.
13 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
14 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team s.t.
15 Alberto Contador Team Katusha s.t.
16 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
17 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
18 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal s.t.
19 Jurgen Van den Broeck Lotto Soudal s.t.
20 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
GC
1 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin 35h23'49
2 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 56
3 Alberto Contador Team Katusha + 1'09
4 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 1'29
5 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 2'20
6 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'59
7 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team + 3'09
8 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 3'16
9 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 3'28
10 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 3'37
11 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 3'46
12 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 3'47
13 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
14 Wout Poels MTN-Qhubeka + 3'52
15 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 4'07
16 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 4'09
17 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 5'48
18 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 8'21
19 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 8'41
20 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 10'08
We had to withdraw Bernas - sick and Honkisz run over the limit time.
stage 10
Will the peleton catch escape?
Kreuzgier fell down 8km to go
Who will win this time? Kittel for the 4th time, Bouhanni for the 2nd or maybe a Cav?
Kittel started to late and couldn't pass Bouhanni even if he was 7km/h faster in the end. French champion win in Bastille day!
1 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 3h59'29
2 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
3 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team s.t.
4 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
5 Mark Cavendish Team Katusha s.t.
6 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
7 Edvald Boasson Hagen Trek Factory Racing s.t.
8 Elia Viviani Team Sky s.t.
9 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
10 Luka Mezgec Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
11 Jens Debusschere Lotto Soudal s.t.
12 Caleb Ewan Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
13 John Degenkolb Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
14 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team s.t.
15 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
16 Danny Van Poppel Trek Factory Racing s.t.
17 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
18 Gerald Ciolek Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
19 Marc Sarreau FDJ s.t.
20 Alberto Contador Team Katusha s.t.
Kreuzgier lost almost 6 minutes.
stage 11
ITT and another victory for Giant, as Dumoulin won. Contador the new leader.
1 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin 33'43
2 Tony Martin Etixx - Quick-step + 2
3 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team + 3
4 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 6
5 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 8
6 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida s.t.
7 Alberto Contador Team Katusha + 10
8 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 12
9 Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing + 14
10 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky s.t.
11 Maciej Bodnar Tinkoff-Saxo + 16
12 Adriano Malori BMC Racing Team s.t.
13 Lars Boom Astana Pro Team + 17
14 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
15 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 18
16 Edvald Boasson Hagen Trek Factory Racing + 19
17 Sebastian Langeveld Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 20
18 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 21
19 Cameron Meyer Orica-GreenEDGE + 22
20 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 24
GC
1 Alberto Contador Team Katusha 39h58'20
2 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 9
3 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 22
4 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 26
5 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 1'09
6 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team + 1'53
7 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'01
8 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 2'26
9 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 2'56
10 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 3'04
11 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
12 Wout Poels MTN-Qhubeka + 3'09
13 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 3'34
14 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 3'41
15 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale + 3'45
16 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 4'35
17 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 7'36
18 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 7'46
19 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 8'27
20 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 10'25
stage 12
Flat stage, we decided to not put any rider in breakaway... and it was a mistake.
6km to go and the escape still has a one minute
Latoń was trying to finish in top 10
Fonseca from Bretagne won this stage. Big succes for this guy. Kittel was first from the peloton, Giant should be upset that they didn't catch the break.
1 Armindo Fonseca Bretagne - Séché Environnement 4h25'43
2 Matthieu Ladagnous IAM Cycling s.t.
3 Andreas Stauff MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
4 Yves Lampaert Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
5 Omar Bertazzo Astana Pro Team s.t.
6 Luke Rowe Team Sky s.t.
7 Pim Ligthart Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
8 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
9 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal s.t.
10 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
11 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team s.t.
12 Mark Cavendish Team Katusha s.t.
13 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team s.t.
14 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
15 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
16 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t. 17 Eryk Latoń CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
18 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
19 Jens Debusschere Lotto Soudal s.t. 20 Bartłomiej Matysiak CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
No change in GC.
stage 13
To not made another mistake, we put a Paterski in escape.
Have we any chance?
Over a minute and still over 17km to go. Paterski decided to try attack.
Unfortunately my breakaway companions jumped to my wheel and Maciej couldn't went clear. We decided to leadout Latoń in the end.
Bunch sprint and finaly a 1st win for Cavendish. LAtoń 7th
1 Mark Cavendish Team Katusha 3h52'29
2 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
3 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal s.t.
4 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
5 Elia Viviani Team Sky s.t.
6 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step s.t. 7 Eryk Latoń CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
8 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team s.t.
9 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
10 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
11 Luka Mezgec Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
12 Simon Gerrans Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
13 Peter Hashagen Team Katusha s.t. 14 Kamil Gradek CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
15 Bartłomiej Matysiak CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
16 André Greipel Team Katusha s.t.
17 Michael Valgren Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
18 Jens Debusschere Lotto Soudal s.t.
19 Kris Boeckmans Lotto Soudal s.t.
20 John Degenkolb Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
GC
1 Alberto Contador Team Katusha 48h16'32
2 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 9
3 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 22
4 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 26
5 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 1'09
6 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team + 1'53
7 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'01
8 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 2'26
9 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 2'56
10 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 3'04
11 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
12 Wout Poels MTN-Qhubeka + 3'09
13 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 3'34
14 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 3'41
15 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale + 3'45
16 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 4'35
17 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 7'36
18 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 7'46
19 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 8'27
20 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 10'25
KOM
1 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin 0 55
2 Alberto Contador Team Katusha 0 45
3 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 0 36
4 Nicolas Edet Team Europcar 0 33
5 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing 0 32
6 Jurgen Van den Broeck Lotto Soudal 0 27
7 Sebastian Langeveld Team LottoNL - Jumbo 0 17
8 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin 0 16
9 Anthony Delaplace CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0 16
10 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team 0 15
Points
1 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin 42 349
2 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 14 284
3 Mark Cavendish Team Katusha 51 200
4 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team 16 177
5 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step 25 160
6 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal 34 150
7 Elia Viviani Team Sky 25 135
8 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team 0 130
9 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo 27 113
U25
Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t. 48h16'58 (1)
Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t. + 3'15 (2)
Lawson Craddock Trek Factory Racing s.t. + 11'28 (3)
Maxime Le Lavandier FDJ s.t. + 11'30 (4)
Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin s.t. + 16'50 (5)
Stage 14
There was a quite strong breakaway with Paterski
But 30km to go, there was just a minute gap
We were catched 23 km to go
Kwiatkowski attacked, can he win?
Probably not, Contador grab his wheel back
So another French victory in Tour de France. Kwiatkowski made a mistake attacking to early.
1 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step 4h03'22
2 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team s.t.
3 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing s.t.
4 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
5 Wout Poels MTN-Qhubeka + 21
6 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky s.t.
7 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
8 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team s.t.
9 Mark Cavendish Team Katusha s.t.
10 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
11 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal s.t.
12 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida s.t.
13 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha s.t.
14 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
15 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
16 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t. 17 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
18 Alberto Contador Team Katusha s.t.
19 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
20 Gerald Ciolek Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
Mollema fight back a leader jersey
1 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing 52h20'03
2 Alberto Contador Team Katusha + 12
3 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 34
4 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 38
5 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 1'21
6 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team + 1'44
7 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'52
8 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 2'38
9 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 3'08
10 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 3'16
11 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
12 Wout Poels MTN-Qhubeka + 3'21
13 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 3'32
14 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 3'46
15 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale + 3'57
16 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 4'47
17 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 7'58
18 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 8'39
19 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 8'42
20 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 10'37
stage 15
Mont Ventoux - two words describing this stage. There was an escape as always, but will leaders let them win on the Provence Giant?
Probably not. Just Purito and Panzerwagen were still in front of the bunch on the climb.
Attack by Nairo and others try to follow
But he is absolutely too strong.
Situation 7km to go. Quintana KO the rivals
Colombian won!
Contador lost over 2 minutes
Pinot over 3
And leader Mollema almost 4 minutes, finishing with Majka and surprisingly good Alaphilippe
1 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 6h02'53
2 Alberto Contador Team Katusha + 2'29
3 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 3'02
4 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 3'28
5 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
6 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
7 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 4'58
8 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 5'20
9 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 5'27
10 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
11 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale + 5'40
12 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 6'19
13 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team + 6'30
14 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 7'13
15 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
16 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
17 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin + 7'38
18 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal + 8'25
19 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida s.t.
20 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha + 8'42
GC
1 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 58h23'30
2 Alberto Contador Team Katusha + 2'07
3 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 2'54
4 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 4'46
5 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 5'45
6 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 6'14
7 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 6'26
8 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 7'17
9 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 7'31
10 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team + 7'40
11 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale + 9'03
12 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 10'59
13 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 11'26
14 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 11'34
15 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 12'30
16 Wout Poels MTN-Qhubeka + 12'35
17 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 14'37
18 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 15'23
19 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 17'07
20 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 17'52
16 stage
Stage to Pau, so escape can make it. Probably last stage, when we can look for a stage victory. Unfortunately Paterski get sicked and we had withdraw him. Now he will prepare at home for Tour de Pologne.
We put Delaplace in the escape, but even if peleton will let them go till the finish, I couldn't beat guy like Purito.
Purito attacked from the start of the last climb.
VdB try to follow
Pinot and Kwiatkowski attacked from the leader group
Alaphilippe joined the duo, and they catched at the top of the climb Rodriguez. Unfortunately they didn't cooperate.
Sagan was a guy who know how to use it, and he join Kwiatkowski group
Slovakian won a stage in Pau
1 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo 3h49'17
2 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
3 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team s.t.
4 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
5 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
6 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida s.t.
7 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky s.t.
8 Alberto Contador Team Katusha + 28
9 Jurgen Van den Broeck Lotto Soudal + 50
10 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
11 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing s.t.
12 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
13 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
14 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
15 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky s.t.
16 Zdenek Stybar Team Sky s.t.
17 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team s.t.
18 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team s.t.
19 Damiano Caruso BMC Racing Team s.t.
20 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
GC
1 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 62h13'37
2 Alberto Contador Team Katusha + 1'45
3 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 2'54
4 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 4'46
5 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 4'55
6 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 5'36
7 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 6'14
8 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team + 6'50
9 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 7'17
10 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 8'45
11 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 10'09
12 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale + 10'17
13 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 11'26
14 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 11'34
15 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 11'40
16 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 13'47
17 Wout Poels MTN-Qhubeka + 13'49
18 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 14'33
19 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 17'07
20 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 17'52
stage 17 hilly ITT
Little surprise as Quintana won. He is super strong. I don't think that anybody can beat him.
1 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 46'52
2 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 14
3 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin + 19
4 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team + 23
5 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 30
6 Tony Martin Etixx - Quick-step + 35
7 Alberto Contador Team Katusha + 42
8 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 48
9 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
10 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 54
11 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team s.t.
12 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 57
13 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 1'00
14 Wout Poels MTN-Qhubeka + 1'01
15 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 1'05
16 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 1'07
17 Cameron Meyer Orica-GreenEDGE + 1'08
18 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha + 1'10
19 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 1'15
20 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 1'20
GC
1 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 63h00'29
2 Alberto Contador Team Katusha + 2'27
3 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 3'59
4 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 5'25
5 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 5'43
6 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 6'28
7 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team + 7'13
8 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 7'46
9 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 9'09
10 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 9'52
11 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 11'03
12 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale + 11'52
13 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 12'14
14 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 12'34
15 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 13'23
16 Wout Poels MTN-Qhubeka + 14'50
17 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 15'07
18 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 17'01
19 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 17'55
20 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 18'46
Purito again in the escape, he is fighting for polka dot jersey.
He left everyone back on the 1st d'Huez climb
Meanwhile Aru attacked from leaders group
He joined Cataldo, who now help him on the descent
Peloton still quite big
Aru left Cataldo and with T. Martin start to chase Rodriguez
Situation before final climb. Can anyone catch Purito and Aru? Who will win Spaniard or Italian?
First attack from yellow jersey group. It's Pinot.
Is Quintana weak or just don't react?
Still 10km to go, but Pinot improving his gap
Aru catched Purito
Quintana, Contador, Majka and Mollema fight back. Few others with them.
Situation 6km to go. Who will win? Aru, Purito or maybe Pinot?
Quintana out of the saddle, Contador to follow
Pinot just minute behind leaders, but he feel Quintana breath on his back
Colombian joined to brave Frenchman ...
as Contador, Mollema and Majka too
Aru, the winner of Giro won on Alpe d'Huez!
1 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team 4h50'51
2 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 11
3 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 21
4 Alberto Contador Team Katusha + 30
5 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
6 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
7 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 1'13
8 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 2'37
9 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
10 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
11 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 2'58
12 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 3'11
13 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 3'33
14 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 4'01
15 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 4'43
16 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 4'53
17 Lawson Craddock Trek Factory Racing + 5'17
18 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
19 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha s.t.
20 Kenny Elissonde Team Europcar s.t.
GC
1 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 67h51'41
2 Alberto Contador Team Katusha + 2'36
3 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 4'51
4 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 5'34
5 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 5'52
6 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 9'05
7 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 10'58
8 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 11'25
9 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 13'19
10 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale + 14'08
11 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 14'48
12 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 16'51
13 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 16'56
14 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 17'29
15 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 17'34
16 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 18'38
17 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 18'47
18 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 21'36
19 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 27'12
20 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin + 29'33
Very tough 2 climbs in the first half of the stage. Then 3 easier climbs and finish after descent. Good ocasion for breakaway. This time, there were 4 riders in breakaway: Aru, Fuglsang, Kreuziger and Wellens. Good squad, but peleton didn't let them go with a big gap.
Meanwhile on the second climb, we had attack by Pinot, who still want to fight for podium or even overall victory.
He joined Aru group, but still 80km to go. Can he do something similiar like Landis few years ago ?
Quintana took bussines in his own hands.
More riders followed leader and then we had 11 riders group on the front. There wasn't Majka.
Aru attacked again
Pinot attacked again too on the last climb
Contador also tried to left Quintana, but Colombian has eye on him
Pinot was losing time to Mollema, which was crucial in podium fight. [img=https://s22.postimg.org/nro3m86r1/PCM0070.jpg]
Majka was losing much more, and he was definetely out of podium fight
ARu won second straight
Finaly Contador was with Quintana and Mollema with Pinot so the fight for 1st and 3rd still not over.
1 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team 5h39'11
2 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida s.t.
3 Alberto Contador Team Katusha + 1'00
4 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
5 Kenny Elissonde Team Europcar + 2'07
6 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
7 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing s.t.
8 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
9 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 3'34
10 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 4'05
11 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
12 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
13 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale + 5'07
14 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky s.t.
15 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
16 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 6'26
17 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
18 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team s.t.
19 Damiano Caruso BMC Racing Team s.t.
20 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team s.t.
GC
1 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 73h31'52
2 Alberto Contador Team Katusha + 2'36
3 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 5'58
4 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 6'41
5 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 11'18
6 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 12'19
7 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 14'30
8 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 14'31
9 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 16'24
10 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 16'34
11 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale + 18'15
12 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 19'25
13 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 19'54
14 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 20'34
15 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 21'03
16 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 23'26
17 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 25'54
18 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 30'14
19 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 31'19
20 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 33'42
We made a big mistake. I want to save energy for last stage in Paris and only Stępniak finished inside the time limit....
20 stage
Aru was attacking again, but he was now 10th in GC, so the peleton didn't let him go. Due to high pace, main group was splitted.
There was a 40 riders group at the head of the race
50km to go, Aru and Kreuzgier try again on penultimate climb
9th in GC Alaphilippe was down
Before last climb the favourites were together.
Group of 10 riders went clear, but without favourites. Then Contador, Pinot and Mollema attacked 10 km to go.
Pinot look like he is the strongest
He was chasing by Contador and Majka, former teammates
Quintana went to work
Mollema was losing time, riding with Costa, can Dutchman stay in top 3?
3,3 km to go and trio Quintana, Contador and Majka were very close to Pinot, who was scared with this devil guy
Quintana attacked for the stage and the race. Only Alberto react.
But Spaniard was unable to beat Nairo.
Pinot 3rd on the stage and 3rd overall
Mollema lost minute and a half to Pinot.
1 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 3h26'02
2 Alberto Contador Team Katusha + 22
3 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 1'19
4 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
5 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 1'47
6 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 2'26
7 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 2'49
8 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing s.t.
9 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 3'45
10 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 4'01
11 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 4'57
12 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 5'06
13 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 5'33
14 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
15 Winner Anacona IAM Cycling + 6'00
16 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 6'57
17 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
18 Yury Trofimov Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
19 Kenny Elissonde Team Europcar + 7'45
20 Robert Kiserlovski Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
gc
1 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 76h57'54
2 Alberto Contador Team Katusha + 2'58
3 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 8'00
4 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 8'47
5 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 12'37
6 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 14'45
7 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 17'20
8 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 18'31
9 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 21'12
10 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 22'07
11 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 23'39
12 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale + 23'48
13 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 25'31
14 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
15 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 32'51
16 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 32'56
17 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 35'20
18 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 36'40
19 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 38'16
20 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin + 45'09
last stage - 21
As usually, there was a mass sprint at the Champ Elysses. Kittel having Mezgec and Degenkolb before was a favourite.
Kristoff, Cavendish and Kittel had best trains
But it was Bouhanni who start the sprint first and it was a good decision
His rivals were faster in the end, but they couldn't fill the gap, so win for Bouhanni. Maybe he didn't win green yersey, but won on 14.07 and on champs elysses!
Results:
1 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 2h20'43
2 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
3 Elia Viviani Team Sky s.t.
4 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal s.t.
5 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
6 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team s.t.
7 Caleb Ewan Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
8 Peter Hashagen Team Katusha s.t.
9 Mark Cavendish Team Katusha s.t.
10 Jens Debusschere Lotto Soudal s.t.
11 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
12 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
13 Gerald Ciolek Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
14 Alberto Contador Team Katusha s.t.
15 Luka Mezgec Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
16 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
17 Kris Boeckmans Lotto Soudal s.t.
18 Greg Van Avermaet Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
19 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
20 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
FINAL GC
1 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 79h18'37
2 Alberto Contador Team Katusha + 2'58
3 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 8'00
4 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 8'47
5 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 12'37
6 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 14'45
7 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 17'20
8 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 18'31
9 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 21'12
10 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 22'07
11 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 23'39
12 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale + 23'48
13 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 25'31
14 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
15 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 32'51
16 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 35'20
17 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 37'00
18 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 40'44
19 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 42'20
20 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin + 45'09
FINAL POINTS
1 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin 52 430
2 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 65 365
3 Mark Cavendish Team Katusha 27 244
4 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team 35 217
5 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal 37 210
6 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo 22 192
7 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 1 175
8 Elia Viviani Team Sky 40 175
9 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step 10 170
10 Thibaut Pinot FDJ 0 136
11 Alberto Contador Team Katusha 4 135
12 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky 0 132
13 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo 17 130
14 Sebastian Langeveld Team LottoNL - Jumbo 0 128
15 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step 0 121
16 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE 0 121
17 Edvald Boasson Hagen Trek Factory Racing 0 116
18 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team 0 110
19 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing 0 106
20 John Degenkolb Team Giant-Alpecin 6 98
FINAL KOM
1 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 0 177
2 Alberto Contador Team Katusha 0 159
3 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team 0 144
4 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky 0 133
5 Thibaut Pinot FDJ 0 113
6 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin 0 92
7 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing 0 90
8 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin 0 63
9 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky 0 55
10 Nicolas Edet Team Europcar 0 53
11 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida 0 52
12 Jurgen Van den Broeck Lotto Soudal 0 52
13 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo 0 49
14 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team 0 39
15 Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal 0 34
16 Tony Martin Etixx - Quick-step 0 23
17 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step 0 20
18 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team 0 20
19 Sebastian Langeveld Team LottoNL - Jumbo 0 17
20 Robert Kiserlovski Tinkoff-Saxo 0 16
FINAL u25
Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t. 79h37'08 (1)
Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t. + 7'00 (2)
Lawson Craddock Trek Factory Racing s.t. + 32'45 (3)
Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin s.t. + 33'25 (4)
Kenny Elissonde Team Europcar s.t. + 37'36 (5)
Maxime Le Lavandier FDJ s.t. + 45'45 (6)
Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal s.t. + 47'53 (7)
Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team s.t. + 52'24 (8)
Davide Villella Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t. + 1h08'49 (9)
Clément Chevrier IAM Cycling s.t. + 1h24'03 (10)
TEAMS
Team Katusha s.t. 238h14'42 (1)
Movistar Team s.t. + 4'30 (2)
Team Sky s.t. + 31'15 (3)
Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t. + 31'24 (4)
Tinkoff-Saxo + 8'08 + 35'23 (5)
So the win for Quintana as I think it will be. Contador did everything, but Nairo was to good in mountains. It's probably over for Spaniard, he might be 79MO in next season and I don't think he can still win a GT. We are now focus on the Vuelta, when Hirt will fight for his second GT podium. Meanwhile Paterski will fight for top 10 in Poland and Micolucci in ENECO. We will see.
Transffers, transffers!
I have mixed feelings. I am very happy, because we renew contract with our leader - Jan Hirt. We hire also a very good rider to help him in mountains, which is Pole Paweł Poljański. But the biggest bomb is that Thibaut Pinot will ride for CCC Sprandi in the next season! I think that Hirt will try to go in Giro and fight for the win. Then he will help Pinot to win in France, and finish in top 10. Pinot will go to the Vuelta at the end.
I am quite sad too, because we lost many riders from the second suit, as I am saying. Good riders who were very good gregario. I thought that I will get a mail, when some team will offer a contract to my rider. Something like "XXX give a contract offer to Latoń". But I didn't and when I was waiting for Pinot and Hirt decision I lost riders like: Latoń, Matysiak, Kaczmarek, Małecki, Pluciński, Paluta, Gradek, Bernas and Marycz. Schumacher, Kiendyś, Rutkiewicz and Szmyd finished their careers. I had to react fast and I sign some polish and french riders to fill the roster, but unfortunately they aren't as good as Latoń, Kaczmarek, Paluta, Gradek or Bernas.
I sign two young riders too, giving them a neo pro contracts (since August). First is a polish Konrad Radler. Not a champion, just to fill the roster and bring some water during the race.
Second guy will be our leader in northern classics and probably will start in ENECO. It's Jenthe Biermans.
Classica San Sebastian
We had quite poor team for this race, without a true leader. Mihaylov was in breakaway of the day.
Samoilau was our best rider there as he had +5. He was in front 10km to go.
But three riders just from TDF were the best - Alaphilippe, Aru and Pinot.
Howes and Mollema were chasing leading trio.
Alaphilippe won, ahead of Aru and Pinot.
Results:
1 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step 5h16'03
2 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team s.t.
3 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 17
4 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 41
5 Alex Howes Trek Factory Racing + 1'06
6 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky s.t.
7 Winner Anacona IAM Cycling s.t.
8 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
9 Rubén Fernández Movistar Team s.t.
10 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
11 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
12 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
13 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
14 Alberto Contador Team Katusha s.t.
15 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team s.t.
16 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
17 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
18 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team s.t.
19 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
20 Gianni Meersman Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
21 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin s.t. 22 Branislau Samoilau CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 2'11
23 Kiel Reijnen Trek Factory Racing s.t.
Tour de Pologne stage 1
I hope Paterski will be in top 10 in general and we will be able to win a stage. We took Gaviria too, as he is not yet in top condition, but maybe he will win some stage. Leadout for Colombian couldn't be better.
Just Nielsen, Ruffoni and Howard were able to get into our train.
Howard started his sprint first and Gaviria couldn't finish great job of his team mates.
Fernando was third.
1 Magnus Cort Nielsen Orica-GreenEDGE 4h45'39
2 Leigh Howard MTN-Qhubeka s.t. 3 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
4 Eryk Latoń CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
5 Nicola Ruffoni Bardiani CSF s.t.
6 Kenneth Vanbilsen Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
7 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
8 Matteo Trentin Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
9 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
10 Klaas Lodewyck BMC Racing Team s.t.
11 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing s.t.
12 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t.
13 Alessandro Ballan Team Sky s.t.
14 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida s.t.
15 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
16 Marco Haller Team Katusha s.t.
17 Louis Verhelst Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
18 Paweł Poljański Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
19 Florian Senechal Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
20 Raymond Kreder Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
Prudential Ride London & Surrey classic
1 Kristian Sbaragli MTN-Qhubeka 4h33'53 2 Bartłomiej Matysiak CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
3 Elia Viviani Team Sky s.t.
4 Johan Le Bon FDJ s.t.
5 Michael Mørkøv IAM Cycling s.t. 6 Paweł Bernas CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
7 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
8 Ramunas Navardauskas UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t.
9 Luke Durbridge Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
10 Romain Cardis FDJ s.t.
11 Neil Urlovic UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t.
12 Thomas Moses Jlt Condor s.t.
13 Alexey Lutsenko Astana Pro Team s.t.
14 Luke Keough UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t.
15 Peter Hashagen Team Katusha s.t.
16 Owain Doull UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t.
17 Shane Archbold Bora - Argon 18 s.t.
18 Arnaud Courteille FDJ s.t.
19 Taylor Phinney Astana Pro Team + 1'59
20 Jérôme Coppel IAM Cycling s.t.
Volta a Portugal
This race is the last and actualy only, which will be prepare for Hirt before Vuleta. Start list isn't amazing, so he can win this race too.
1 stage
It was ITT.
1 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal 2'16
2 José Mendes Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 2
3 Casper Folsach Riwal Platform Cycling Team + 5
4 Nelson Oliveira Lampre-Merida s.t.
5 Victor Campenaerts Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 6
6 Giovanni Carboni Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani s.t.
7 Lennard Hofstede Rabobank Development Team + 9
8 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
9 Gert Steegmans Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 12
10 Jochem Hoekstra Cyclingteam Jo Piels + 14
2 stage
1 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 4h49'32
2 Carlos Barbero Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 41
3 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
4 Pello Bilbao Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
5 Simon Geschke Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
6 Ilya Koshevoy Lampre-Merida s.t.
7 José Mendes Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
8 Lawson Craddock Trek Factory Racing s.t.
9 Hector Saez Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
10 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal s.t.
11 John Darwin Atapuma Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
12 Sam Oomen Rabobank Development Team + 1'21 13 Michał Paluta CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
14 Laurens De Plus Lotto Soudal s.t.
15 Alex Peters SEG Racing + 1'56
16 Koen Bouwman SEG Racing + 2'09
17 Lorenzo Rota Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani + 2'53 18 Piotr Brożyna CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
19 Kevin Pauwels Lotto Soudal s.t.
20 Joeri Stallaert Trek Factory Racing s.t.
Hirt won and became a leader.
stage 3
Flat stages we can win too
1 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice 3h43'54
2 Carlos Barbero Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
3 Robert-Jon McCarthy SEG Racing s.t.
4 Kenny Dehaes Lotto Soudal s.t.
5 Luka Pibernik Lampre-Merida s.t. 6 Jakub Kaczmarek CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
7 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal s.t.
8 Enzo Wouters Lotto Soudal s.t.
9 Jef Van Meirhaeghe Trek Factory Racing s.t.
10 Lawson Craddock Trek Factory Racing s.t. 11 Michał Paluta CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
4 stage
1 Carlos Barbero Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 3h49'56
2 Simon Geschke Team Giant-Alpecin s.t. 3 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
4 Lawson Craddock Trek Factory Racing s.t.
5 Alex Peters SEG Racing + 33
6 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal s.t.
7 Sam Oomen Rabobank Development Team s.t.
8 Luka Pibernik Lampre-Merida + 1'37
9 Pello Bilbao Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
10 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
11 José Mendes Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
12 Kingsley Peacock Trek Factory Racing s.t.
13 Ilya Koshevoy Lampre-Merida s.t. 14 Michał Paluta CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 3'06
15 Stefano Nardelli Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani s.t. 16 Piotr Brożyna CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 3'44
5 stage
1 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 3h46'47
2 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 16
3 Lawson Craddock Trek Factory Racing + 1'00
4 José Mendes Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 2'20
5 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
6 Laurens De Plus Lotto Soudal + 3'33
7 Carlos Barbero Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 3'41
8 Ilya Koshevoy Lampre-Merida + 4'03
9 Pello Bilbao Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 4'17
10 John Darwin Atapuma Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 5'00
We made a good leadout again. Can Gaviria win this time?
This time he start sprint perfectly. Moreover Kittel, a main threat was blocked for a while.
But on the right side, belgian champion Vanbilsen made a great effort, and win the stage.
1 Kenneth Vanbilsen Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 4h56'43 2 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
3 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
4 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing s.t.
5 Nicola Ruffoni Bardiani CSF s.t.
6 Leigh Howard MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
7 Matteo Trentin Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
8 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
9 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
10 Marco Haller Team Katusha s.t.
11 Magnus Cort Nielsen Orica-GreenEDGE s.t. 12 Eryk Latoń CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
13 Silvan Dillier BMC Racing Team s.t.
14 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida s.t.
15 Paweł Poljański Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
16 Klaas Lodewyck BMC Racing Team s.t.
17 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t. 18 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
19 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
20 Louis Verhelst Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
6 stage Volta a Portugal
Hirt was strong, but we didn't manage to catch breakaway.
1 Mads Christensen Riwal Platform Cycling Team 4h25'17 2 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'36
3 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal s.t.
4 Simon Geschke Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
5 Carlos Barbero Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
6 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
7 Laurens De Plus Lotto Soudal s.t.
8 José Mendes Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
9 Lawson Craddock Trek Factory Racing s.t.
10 Kingsley Peacock Trek Factory Racing s.t.
11 Sam Oomen Rabobank Development Team s.t.
12 Pello Bilbao Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
13 John Darwin Atapuma Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
14 Ilya Koshevoy Lampre-Merida s.t.
15 Sebastian Trillini Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani s.t.
16 Thomas Vaubourzeix Veranclassic - Ekoi s.t.
17 Peter Lenderink Rabobank Development Team s.t.
18 Sea Keong Loh SEG Racing s.t.
19 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t.
20 Stefano Nardelli Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani + 2'15
Our train as also belong to the fastest, but Gaviria was -4, so I didn't expected fireworks.
1,1km to go and Gaviria was on perfect position, but he was losing his power quickly
Just 8th place for Colombian, Vanbilsen is in tip top condition now.
1 Kenneth Vanbilsen Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 3h47'06
2 Nicola Ruffoni Bardiani CSF s.t.
3 Leigh Howard MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
4 Matteo Trentin Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
5 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
6 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing s.t.
7 Magnus Cort Nielsen Orica-GreenEDGE s.t. 8 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
9 Marco Haller Team Katusha s.t. 10 Eryk Latoń CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
11 Louis Verhelst Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
12 Tom Van Asbroeck Lotto Soudal s.t.
13 Alex Rasmussen Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
14 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
15 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t.
16 Klaas Lodewyck BMC Racing Team s.t. 17 Grega Bole CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
18 Arman Kamyshev Astana Pro Team s.t.
19 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
20 Cameron Meyer Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
stage 4
Last chance for Gaviria. I will withdraw him alongside with Latoń on the next stage. As always Bole and Latoń place him perfectly.
Can he finally give us a win!? Probably not, because Reza made it from the escape.
Damn you Vanbilsen, again he was too fast, so 3rd for Fernando.
First hilly stage from two in TDP. Actually no history till the last climb. Paterski felt good, so he tried to force his own tempo.
Chaves attacked, can anyone catch him. Paterski still has lot of power.
Colombian won, ahead of Kangert. For the 4th time in this race we have a podium finish, while Maciej was 3rd. 24 riders group in front.
1 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE 4h06'06
2 Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team s.t. 3 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
4 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
5 Javier Moreno Movistar Team s.t.
6 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida s.t.
7 Carter Jones Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
8 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
9 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
10 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky s.t.
11 Richie Porte Team Sky s.t.
12 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t.
13 Robert Gesink Team Europcar s.t.
14 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
15 Tony Martin Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
16 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team s.t.
17 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team s.t.
18 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
19 Bart De Clercq Lotto Soudal s.t.
20 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
21 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
22 Cameron Meyer Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
23 Christopher Juul-Jensen Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
24 Leopold König Team Katusha s.t.
GC
1 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE 22h36'18
2 Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team + 4 3 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 6
4 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 10
5 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida s.t.
6 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t.
7 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
8 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
9 Cameron Meyer Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
10 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky s.t.
11 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
12 Javier Moreno Movistar Team s.t.
13 Tony Martin Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
14 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
15 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
16 Bart De Clercq Lotto Soudal s.t.
17 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team s.t.
18 Robert Gesink Team Europcar s.t.
19 Leopold König Team Katusha s.t.
20 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team s.t.
21 Christopher Juul-Jensen Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
22 Carter Jones Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
stage 6
Another hilly stage, last one before final ITT. If we want to finish in top 5, we had to gain time today, because other favourites, are definetely better TT than Paterski. 38km to go, no attacks, Paterski still had a one domestique.
Paterski made a tempo on penultimate climb.
He was first at the top, but the 4-riders group was close.
I didn't know if I should go or wait for this 4 riders group. I didn't know how they will react if they catch me. Maybe they didn't want to cooperate and I had to gain as much as I could, because I will lose time on ITT. 4km to go and Paterski still was solo on the front.
But he lost power and was unable to response for attack by Fuglsang, Costa and Sagan.
Costa won
Paterski 5th
1 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida 4h31'34
2 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
3 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky s.t.
4 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale + 27 5 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'05
6 Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team + 1'21
7 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team + 1'47
8 Robert Gesink Team Europcar s.t.
9 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
10 Leopold König Team Katusha s.t.
11 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
12 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team + 2'08
13 Bart De Clercq Lotto Soudal + 3'33
14 Blel Kadri Ag2r La Mondiale + 3'44
15 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 4'54
16 Carter Jones Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
17 Alexsandr Dyachenko Astana Pro Team s.t.
18 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
19 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
20 Paweł Poljański Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
GC
1 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida 27h07'52
2 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 4
3 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 6
4 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale + 37 5 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'11
6 Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team + 1'25
7 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team + 1'57
8 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
9 Robert Gesink Team Europcar s.t.
10 Leopold König Team Katusha s.t.
11 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team + 2'18
12 Bart De Clercq Lotto Soudal + 3'43
13 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 4'54
14 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 5'04
15 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
16 Carter Jones Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
17 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 6'00
18 Sérgio Pardilla Astana Pro Team + 6'12
19 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 7'17
20 Tsgabu Grmay Lampre-Merida + 8'18
Final ITT.
Paterski lost a lot of time, but managed to stay in top 10. We couldn't do more there.
1 Tony Martin Etixx - Quick-step 31'47
2 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin + 14
3 Adriano Malori BMC Racing Team + 30
4 Tobias Ludvigsson Team Giant-Alpecin + 57
5 Maciej Bodnar Tinkoff-Saxo + 1'08
6 Kristof Vandewalle Trek Factory Racing + 1'10
7 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 1'26
8 Robert Gesink Team Europcar + 1'30
9 Salvatore Puccio Team Sky + 1'36
10 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team + 1'38
GC
1 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida 27h41'05
2 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 25
3 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 28
4 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin + 45
5 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale + 1'11
6 Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team + 1'41
7 Robert Gesink Team Europcar + 2'01
8 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team + 2'30
9 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team + 2'36 10 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 2'42
11 Leopold König Team Katusha + 2'57
12 Bart De Clercq Lotto Soudal + 4'46
13 Carter Jones Team Giant-Alpecin + 6'15
14 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 6'38
15 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 7'02
16 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 7'23
17 Sérgio Pardilla Astana Pro Team + 7'56
18 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 8'04
19 Tony Martin Etixx - Quick-step + 8'10
20 Silvan Dillier BMC Racing Team + 9'41
Points:
1 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo 8 82
2 Kenneth Vanbilsen Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 0 74
3 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida 14 71
4 Leigh Howard MTN-Qhubeka 0 68
5 Nicola Ruffoni Bardiani CSF 0 68
6 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin 19 62
7 Matteo Trentin Etixx - Quick-step 0 58
8 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin 0 56
9 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing 0 54
10 Magnus Cort Nielsen Orica-GreenEDGE 0 53
KOM
1 Luca Chirico Bardiani CSF 0 73
2 Paweł Poljański Tinkoff-Saxo 0 72
3 Kristof Vandewalle Trek Factory Racing 0 50
4 Blel Kadri Ag2r La Mondiale 0 30
5 Adriano Malori BMC Racing Team 0 26
6 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0 20
7 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo 0 18
8 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida 0 16
9 Floris Gerts Wanty - Groupe Gobert 0 15
10 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky 0 14
Alberto
) which is a 23 km ITT. On prologue (he has PRL 72 ITT 79) he was 8th.
