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One in a Billion | Rise to the Summit
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-07-2017 17:35
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A very wise decision to not set the bar too high this season. Just go with the flow and see what happens. Good start already! |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 08-07-2017 19:13
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Fine early season start, with a solid top 5.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 09-07-2017 06:14
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And the start just got better!
The first of two races in February is in Murcia. This is followed by the Tour of Oman at the end of the month.
Vuelta Ciclista a la Region de Murcia
Valentine's Day!! The day of love! But there will be no love lost at the end when it comes down to the race win. I was given a free role with van Dingenen the assigned leader. Interestingly, the bookies had placed me as one of the top favourites. With 30 km to go, I took advantage of a lull in the pack to go after the break. I got away, but so did a couple others, including Shulga. I had support and I was happy to lessen the pace. WIth 25 km to go, the group had swelled to around 30 riders and there was only one rider in the break. The break was caught with 10 km to go. We came to the front immediately afterwards to push the pace. With 2.5 km to go, and van Dingenen not in our group, my teammates dropped off the pace and I attacked. I kept the pace high, and despite the chase being being red hot, they couldn't catch me. I won!! My first victory in a one day race.
Spoiler Forgot to export results, so just the winning picture for this post.
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 09-07-2017 09:14
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Yes! Great win in Murcia
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 09-07-2017 09:14
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Yes! Great win in Murcia
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 10-07-2017 05:18
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 10-07-2017 08:27
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Building up form nicely
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 10-07-2017 11:39
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A win is always welcome! A long way to go this season though...
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 11-07-2017 16:47
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Just three days after Murcia, and stil basking in its glory, I lined up to start the Tour of Oman as leader of Lotto.
Stage 1 saw three of my teammates being tagged among the favourites. van Avermaet retired halfway through the stage, the consequences of a fall early on. I stayed out of trouble and the stage came down to a bunch sprint. Theuns and van Staeyen finished 7th and 8th for us, respectively.
Stage 2
I stayed in the pack again. Theuns fell midway through the stage and never recovered back to the peloton. I attacked at the base of the climb to the finish, with just 5 km to go. I was caught and beaten by Alaphilippe, so close to a stage win! I held off the rest of the pack. There should have been some time differences but none were awarded by the jury. I was happy with the 2nd place and the fact that I was now in 4th place in the GC.
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Stella Artois | 3h15'14 | | 2 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 3 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 4 | Wout van Aert | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 5 | Sebastian Lander | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
Stage 3 was tougher than it appears in the profile. I struggled to keep pace with the peloton and just about managed to hang on to the tail of the pack. I dropped a place in the GC, but avoided any major damage.
(I love this pic of me on Stage 3 with the White Jersey)
I was considered among the favourites on Stage 4. I stayed in the pack initially. Four riders, including me, attacked out of the peloton at the base of the climb. Barguil and Alaphilippe were out ahead, followed by Atapuma and then me. Tao Geoghegan Hart attacked next, caugth and passed both me and Atapuma. I was caught and dropped by two more riders and finished 7th on the stage and moved down to 8th in the GC.
Stage 5
Billed to be a decisive stage and it didn't disappoint. A group of 10 riders, all GC contenders, went away on the base of the second climb. I caught back to them with the help of furios chasing by my teammates. The team dropped off soon after and I saw myself being distanced again. Tao Geoghegan Hart was also dropped. I teamed up with him, and soon we clawed ourselves back again. Tao was fried, while I attacked at the top of the climb. I went away with Barguil and Alaphilippe, being chased by four others. The two groups merged on the desecnt, but soon it split up again. This time, I was in the lead group of four with Alaphilippe, Oomen and McCarthy. I was dropped on the flat before the third climb. Alaphilippe was also dropped on the climb, and I managed to pip him to the line for 3rd place. I moved up to 3rd in the GC too!
Stage 6 fell on my birthday! I stayed in the pack throughout as MTN, Stella Artois and my teammates did most of the work chasing down the eleven man break. They could not catch the break. I attacked on top of the last small climb and gained time on all GC contenders besides the top two, who were alert and followed my attack will the finish.
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Stella Artois | 20h54'46 | | 2 | Jay McCarthy | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 27 | | 3 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 1'44 | | 4 | Warren Barguil | Swissair | + 4'34 | | 5 | Tony Gallopin | Stella Artois | + 4'36 | | 6 | Sam Oomen | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 5'06 | | 7 | Dominik Nerz | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 5'15 | | 8 | Davide Formolo | Astana Pro Team | + 5'22 | | 9 | John Darwin Atapuma | Team Joker | + 5'49 | | 10 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 6'15 |
Spoiler | 11 | Odd Christian Eiking | Swissair | + 6'34 | | 12 | Thibaut Pinot | Stella Artois | + 6'42 | | 13 | Riccardo Zoidl | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 7'30 | | 14 | Michael Gogl | Iberdrola | + 7'59 | | 15 | Paweł Poljański | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 8'06 | | 16 | Carlos Barbero | MTN-Qhubeka | + 9'04 | | 17 | Simon Spilak | Istanbul | + 9'44 | | 18 | Mathieu van der Poel | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 10'53 | | 19 | Ilnur Zakarin | Swissair | + 11'00 | | 20 | Moreno Hofland | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 11'05 | | 21 | Jasper Ockeloen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 11'06 | | 22 | Sonny Colbrelli | Swissair | + 11'09 | | 23 | Manuele Boaro | Astana Pro Team | + 11'16 | | 24 | Peter Velits | Iberdrola | + 12'04 | | 25 | Tilegen Maidos | Astana Pro Team | + 12'33 | | 26 | Brian Bulgac | Swissair | + 14'02 | | 27 | Jan Barta | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 14'09 | | 28 | Jonathan Monsalve | Iberdrola | + 15'17 | | 29 | Dzidoslaw Grodecki | MTN-Qhubeka | + 15'33 | | 30 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 15'46 | | 31 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 16'23 | | 32 | João Silva | Iberdrola | + 16'55 | | 33 | Jasper Stuyven | Lotto Soudal | + 17'33 | | 34 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | + 18'18 | | 35 | Alexander Edmondson | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 36 | Phil Bauhaus | MTN-Qhubeka | + 18'27 | | 37 | Jelle Wallays | Stella Artois | + 18'38 | | 38 | Alexander Kristoff | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 18'39 | | 39 | Sebastian Lander | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 40 | Wout van Aert | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 41 | Zdenek Stybar | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 42 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 43 | Pim Ligthart | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 44 | Lars Boom | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 18'57 | | 45 | Travis Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 19'09 | | 46 | Ricardo van Dongen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 19'58 | | 47 | Alvaro Cuadros | Astana Pro Team | + 20'10 | | 48 | Kenichi Kondo | Swissair | + 20'17 | | 49 | Elia Viviani | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 20'34 | | 50 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 20'53 | | 51 | Ivar Slik | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 21'13 | | 52 | Daniil Fominykh | Istanbul | + 21'32 | | 53 | Victor Valinho | Iberdrola | + 22'01 | | 54 | Ian Stannard | Lotto Soudal | + 22'39 | | 55 | Ivan Santaromita | Astana Pro Team | + 22'55 | | 56 | Florian Senechal | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 23'02 | | 57 | Vegard Stake Laengen | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 23'03 | | 58 | Joaquín Cacho | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 23'15 | | 59 | Geoffrey Soupe | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 23'23 | | 60 | Lukas Pöstlberger | Team Joker | + 23'43 | | 61 | Marc Goos | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 23'54 | | 62 | Fabio Chinello | SIDI | + 23'56 | | 63 | Adrian Aas Stien | Team Joker | + 23'59 | | 64 | Matthijs Eversdijk | Team Joker | + 24'02 | | 65 | Ennex Sebright | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 24'13 | | 66 | Federico Zurlo | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 24'24 | | 67 | Sjoerd Kouwenhoven | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 24'33 | | 68 | Marco Canola | SIDI | + 24'57 | | 69 | Anders Newbury | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 25'40 | | 70 | Léonard Quentin | Swissair | + 25'44 | | 71 | Charles Herbert | Iberdrola | + 26'16 | | 72 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Soudal | + 26'27 | | 73 | Aldin Carlman | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 26'32 | | 74 | Daniel Hoelgaard | MTN-Qhubeka | + 26'38 | | 75 | Alex Kirsch | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 26'51 | | 76 | Fatih Keles | Istanbul | s.t. | | 77 | Sjors Roosen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 27'11 | | 78 | Daryl Impey | MTN-Qhubeka | + 27'26 | | 79 | Edward Diaz | Iberdrola | + 27'37 | | 80 | Luc Loozen | Istanbul | + 27'42 | | 81 | Carlos Gálviz | Whirlpool - Author | + 27'49 | | 82 | Maurits Lammertink | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 28'03 | | 83 | Tim Mikelj | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 28'24 | | 84 | Gianfranco Rossell | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 85 | Maxat Ayazbayev | Astana Pro Team | + 28'45 | | 86 | Frederik Plesner | Istanbul | + 28'46 | | 87 | Yves Lampaert | Stella Artois | + 28'56 | | 88 | Edward Theuns | Lotto Soudal | + 29'36 | | 89 | Daniel Whitehouse | SIDI | + 30'15 | | 90 | Marco Filisetti | SIDI | s.t. | | 91 | Hans-Wilhelm Scharping | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 92 | Valeri Kovalciuk | Istanbul | + 32'15 | | 93 | Aldo Di Somma | Team Joker | + 33'03 | | 94 | Kenneth Hansen | Swissair | + 33'23 | | 95 | Magnus Børresen | Team Joker | s.t. | | 96 | Jaco Venter | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 97 | Magnus Faglum | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 33'33 | | 98 | Ashot Dugin | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 33'36 | | 99 | Corrado Lampa | SIDI | + 33'59 | | 100 | Adrian Tekliński | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 34'14 | | 101 | Patryk Stosz | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 34'24 | | 102 | Bjørn Vidar Riseth | Team Joker | + 34'27 | | 103 | David Lefort | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 35'20 | | 104 | Michael Carbel | Team Joker | + 35'35 | | 105 | Denis Galimzyanov | Istanbul | + 35'52 | | 106 | Dawid Dziubinski | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 37'40 | | 107 | Ian Moir | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 38'58 | | 108 | Kamil Małecki | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 39'07 | | 109 | Rui Rodrigues | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 39'15 | | 110 | Oleg Savchenko | Astana Pro Team | + 39'32 | | 111 | Dylan Teuns | Lotto Soudal | + 40'06 | | 112 | Matteo Monti | SIDI | + 40'22 | | 113 | Josef Hosek | Whirlpool - Author | + 41'45 | | 114 | Caleb Fairly | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 42'19 | | 115 | Sergey Nikolaev | SIDI | + 42'29 | | 116 | Janos Pelikan | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 42'41 | | 117 | Volodimir Fredyuk | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 118 | Aydar Zakarin | An Post - Chainreaction | + 45'43 | | 119 | Sergey Rozin | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 45'49 | | 120 | Moreno De Pauw | Whirlpool - Author | + 46'41 | | 121 | Rudi Milic | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 122 | Jeremy Lorant | MTN-Qhubeka | + 47'42 | | 123 | Elden Boateng | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 47'45 | | 124 | Alexandre Pliuschin | An Post - Chainreaction | + 48'00 | | 125 | Thomas Degand | An Post - Chainreaction | + 48'24 | | 126 | Jonathan Bellis | An Post - Chainreaction | + 48'32 | | 127 | Nicolas Mertz | An Post - Chainreaction | + 48'34 | | 128 | Jakub Kratochvila | SIDI | + 50'39 | | 129 | Saare Zula | Istanbul | + 51'20 | | 130 | Cees Bol | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 52'36 | | 131 | Bedrich Brzezina | Whirlpool - Author | + 53'04 | | 132 | Sven-Arne Sävestad | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 53'12 | | 133 | Clinton Mackey | An Post - Chainreaction | + 55'13 | | 134 | Jordi Talen | Iberdrola | + 56'22 | | 135 | Patrick Klein | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 57'07 | | 136 | Dimitri Claeys | An Post - Chainreaction | + 1h01'50 | | 137 | Ross Barraclough | An Post - Chainreaction | + 1h08'07 | | 138 | Yohann Olive | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 1h08'10 | | 139 | Jose García | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 1h10'58 |
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Stella Artois | 103 | | 2 | Tony Gallopin | Stella Artois | 60 | | 3 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 53 | | 4 | Warren Barguil | Swissair | 49 | | 5 | Phil Bauhaus | MTN-Qhubeka | 45 |
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Stella Artois | 26 | | 2 | Warren Barguil | Swissair | 14 | | 3 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 12 | | 4 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | 12 | | 5 | Paweł Poljański | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | 8 |
Young Riders Classification
| 1 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 20h56'30 | | 2 | Sam Oomen | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 3'22 | | 3 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 4'31 | | 4 | Mathieu van der Poel | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 9'09 | | 5 | Dzidoslaw Grodecki | MTN-Qhubeka | + 13'49 |
| 1 | Stella Artois | 62h56'22 | | 2 | Swissair | + 9'04 | | 3 | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 9'10 | | 4 | Astana Pro Team | + 14'54 | | 5 | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 16'50 |
Another good race to start the season. Another U25s classification win, which has almost became par for the course now. The course wasn't the easiest and I think I did well to finish on the podium here. I was really close to another stage win on Stage 2, but it wasn't to be. Once again, it remains to be seen if I can take my early season form into the business end of the season.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 14-07-2017 09:58
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Good podium in a race that did not suite a stage racer that well.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 14-07-2017 14:54
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We'll there were quite a few climbs, so that did help my case. I'm better at medium hills anyway with my current progress level.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 14-07-2017 18:08
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Another two race month in March. The first, and second, World Tour race on my schedule.
Back in Europe, I headed off to France in what was the first step in my preparation for the Giro. As expected, a relatively strong field turned up. Would I be able to keep up my good form?
Stage 1 was a short prologue. I ended up 24th, losing 36 seconds to stage winner Dumoulin. Betancur was four seconds slower than me.
Stage 2 was flat and I stayed safely in the pack. Theuns finished 6th for us.
Stage 3 was a carbon copy of the last in terms of the profile, my role and Theuns's finishing position!
Stage 4 started and ended with horrible weather. Another mostly flat stage so little interest among the GC contenders. Theuns finished 10th.
Stage 5 again saw horrible weather at the start. Both Betancur and I were among the favourites. At the base of the last climb, Bardet attacked, while the rest of us chased. When a gap built up, Barguil, Dan Martin and I attacked. I couldn't keep up with them, Simon Yates went past and I fell back to the pack. Betancur was pacing me. I clawed my way back to Martin and finished 7th, losing some time. I went up to 9th in the GC.
I attacked on top of the last climb on Stage 6, having stayed in the pack till then. I had a 20 second lead with 7 km to go, but couldn't hang on till the end. I finished in the pack, with the rest of the GC favourites.
Stage 7
Betancur fell early but recovered back soon enough. I attacked at the top of the last climb. I was caught on the descent by a group of 14 and soon we caught the break too. Barguil and Dan Martin then attacked. Only the former was able to get some time on his rivals, while Martin was caught. I finished in a group of 14 riders, in 7th place on the stage and moved up to 8th in the GC.
Stage 8 was an ITT and I was one of the favourites. I didn't exactly live up to that billing, finishing 13th on the stage, but lost only 29 seconds to stage winner Simon Yates. I did move up a place in the GC to end up 7th.
| 1 | Warren Barguil | Swissair | 26h01'16 | | 2 | Romain Bardet | Team Sky | + 10 | | 3 | Simon Yates | Team Sky | + 41 | | 4 | Sérgio Henao | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2'08 | | 5 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2'20 | | 6 | Tom Dumoulin | Stella Artois | + 2'28 | | 7 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 2'33 | | 8 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2'38 | | 9 | Andrey Amador | Team Sky | + 3'00 | | 10 | Ilnur Zakarin | Swissair | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Tim Wellens | Nike | + 3'10 | | 12 | Davide Formolo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 13 | Jay McCarthy | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 3'20 | | 14 | Jan Polanc | MTN-Qhubeka | + 3'34 | | 15 | Steven Kruijswijk | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 3'44 | | 16 | Andrew Talansky | Team Sky | + 3'53 | | 17 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 4'13 | | 18 | Lilian Calmejane | Swissair | + 4'20 | | 19 | Heiner Parra | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 5'10 | | 20 | Odd Christian Eiking | Swissair | + 5'11 | | 21 | Diego Ulissi | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 5'24 | | 22 | Arnaud Duteil | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 5'41 | | 23 | Arnaud Courteille | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 5'45 | | 24 | Christian Livieri | Astana Pro Team | + 6'08 | | 25 | Francesco Bongiorno | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 6'16 | | 26 | Roman Kreuziger | Iberdrola | + 6'25 | | 27 | Jérémy Maison | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 6'37 | | 28 | Lennard Kämna | MTN-Qhubeka | + 7'30 | | 29 | Mattia Cattaneo | TEAM Cepsa | + 7'48 | | 30 | Tejay Van Garderen | Astana Pro Team | + 7'55 | | 31 | Nick Van Der Lijke | Iberdrola | + 7'56 | | 32 | Tom Slagter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 8'03 | | 33 | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 8'06 | | 34 | Egor Silin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 8'48 | | 35 | Michael Matthews | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 9'41 | | 36 | José Ramella | Astana Pro Team | + 9'53 | | 37 | George Preidler | Iberdrola | + 10'32 | | 38 | Luka Pibernik | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 10'44 | | 39 | Antoine Lavieu | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 10'46 | | 40 | Valerio Conti | Astana Pro Team | + 10'48 | | 41 | Diego Rosa | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 11'12 | | 42 | Marcos García | TEAM Cepsa | + 11'31 | | 43 | Alvaro Cuadros | Astana Pro Team | + 11'48 | | 44 | Garikoitz Bravo | Iberdrola | + 12'01 | | 45 | Carlos Betancur | Lotto Soudal | + 12'05 | | 46 | Dzidoslaw Grodecki | MTN-Qhubeka | + 12'08 | | 47 | Johan Le Bon | Nike | + 12'28 | | 48 | Miles Scotson | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 12'29 | | 49 | Rafal Palik | Astana Pro Team | + 12'31 | | 50 | Chad Haga | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 12'42 | | 51 | Toms Skujins | Iberdrola | + 13'03 | | 52 | Nikias Arndt | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 13'08 | | 53 | Bryan Coquard | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 13'21 | | 54 | Mathias Rask Jeppessen | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 13'25 | | 55 | Wout van Aert | Stella Artois | + 13'31 | | 56 | Nacer Bouhanni | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 13'41 | | 57 | Quentin Jauregui | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 14'25 | | 58 | Campbell Flakemore | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 15'06 | | 59 | Erik Drevik | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 15'48 | | 60 | Jesús Del Pino | Iberdrola | + 16'13 | | 61 | Yoann Bagot | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 16'14 | | 62 | Jérémy Cornu | Decathlon | + 16'18 | | 63 | Matteo Trentin | Team Sky | + 16'26 | | 64 | Jan Barta | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 16'48 | | 65 | Maxime Roulet | MTN-Qhubeka | + 17'05 | | 66 | Rafaël Le Breton | MTN-Qhubeka | + 17'07 | | 67 | Dimitri Le Boulch | Stella Artois | + 17'21 | | 68 | Michael Hümbert | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 17'28 | | 69 | Till Drobisch | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 17'31 | | 70 | Kenneth Hansen | Swissair | + 17'41 | | 71 | Lorenzo Manzin | Decathlon | + 17'50 | | 72 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 18'14 | | 73 | Pieter Serry | Stella Artois | + 19'16 | | 74 | Marcel Aregger | Nike | + 19'44 | | 75 | Silvan Dillier | Swissair | + 19'49 | | 76 | Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Decathlon | + 19'54 | | 77 | Anthony Maldonado | Stella Artois | + 20'00 | | 78 | Arnaud Demare | Team Europcar | + 20'08 | | 79 | Edward Theuns | Lotto Soudal | + 20'14 | | 80 | Jens Keukeleire | Team Sky | s.t. | | 81 | Elden Boateng | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 82 | Ryan Mullen | TEAM Cepsa | + 20'25 | | 83 | Lars Boom | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 84 | Maxime Bouet | Alcatel | + 20'26 | | 85 | Vitaliy Buts | TEAM Cepsa | + 20'31 | | 86 | Rick Zabel | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 20'35 | | 87 | Miguel Angel Benito | TEAM Cepsa | + 21'03 | | 88 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto Soudal | + 21'33 | | 89 | Thomas Moses | Iberdrola | + 21'50 | | 90 | Fabien Grellier | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 21'52 | | 91 | Angelo Tulik | Alcatel | + 21'57 | | 92 | Sean De Bie | Lotto Soudal | + 21'58 | | 93 | Sacha Modolo | MTN-Qhubeka | + 22'14 | | 94 | Rudy Kowalski | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 95 | Romain Cardis | Team Europcar | + 22'19 | | 96 | Harry Carpenter | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 22'31 | | 97 | Ian Stannard | Lotto Soudal | + 22'37 | | 98 | Thierrry Berthault | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 99 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 22'41 | | 100 | André Looij | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 23'05 | | 101 | Chris Mortier | Decathlon | + 23'48 | | 102 | Boris Vallée | Stella Artois | + 23'55 | | 103 | Alexander Geuens | Stella Artois | + 24'11 | | 104 | Charles Herbert | Iberdrola | + 24'24 | | 105 | Elia Viviani | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 24'37 | | 106 | Petr Vakoč | Swissair | + 24'50 | | 107 | Mathias Van Gompel | Nike | + 25'28 | | 108 | Joeri Stallaert | Lotto Soudal | + 25'34 | | 109 | Yonas Tekeste | Alcatel | + 26'00 | | 110 | Lukas Spengler | Nike | + 26'01 | | 111 | Thomas Damuseau | Decathlon | + 26'22 | | 112 | Phil Bauhaus | MTN-Qhubeka | + 26'43 | | 113 | Marlon Gaillard | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 27'07 | | 114 | Luis Largo | TEAM Cepsa | + 27'33 | | 115 | Joseph Perrett | Team Sky | + 28'56 | | 116 | Simone Andreetta | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 29'21 | | 117 | Tyler Williams | Nike | + 29'24 | | 118 | Enzo Wouters | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 29'28 | | 119 | Matteo Malucelli | Astana Pro Team | + 29'30 | | 120 | Moomba Zachary | Nike | s.t. | | 121 | Thomas Bergeret | Decathlon | + 29'37 | | 122 | Igor Antón | TEAM Cepsa | + 29'55 | | 123 | Alexis Gougeard | Team Europcar | + 29'56 | | 124 | Marc Goos | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 30'26 | | 125 | Timo Roosen | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 30'42 | | 126 | Jimmy Raibaud | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 31'19 | | 127 | George Pym | Swissair | + 31'33 | | 128 | Jan Dieteren | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 31'42 | | 129 | Derk Abel Beckeringh | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 32'44 | | 130 | Justin Oien | Nike | + 34'49 | | 131 | Magnus Faglum | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 35'11 | | 132 | Fabien Canal | Team Europcar | + 35'14 | | 133 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Stella Artois | + 35'19 | | 134 | Niki Terpstra | Team Sky | + 36'04 | | 135 | Andy Atkinson | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 36'27 | | 136 | Miguel Bryon | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 36'44 | | 137 | Hervé Branger | Alcatel | + 36'45 | | 138 | Robert-Jon McCarthy | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 36'47 | | 139 | Jeremy Leveau | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 37'08 | | 140 | Sjors Roosen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 37'31 | | 141 | Sef Vullings | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 39'09 | | 142 | Nick Van Der Meer | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 40'03 | | 143 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 41'17 | | 144 | Michael Van Staeyen | Lotto Soudal | + 41'22 | | 145 | Barry Markus | Alcatel | + 41'33 | | 146 | Bernard Thiel | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 42'37 | | 147 | Justin Jules | Alcatel | + 43'13 | | 148 | Claude Thevenon | TEAM Cepsa | + 43'41 | | 149 | Renaud Teixeira | Decathlon | + 46'22 | | 150 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Team Europcar | + 47'17 | | 151 | Aimé Moro | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 51'38 | | 152 | Julien Simon | Decathlon | + 51'42 | | 153 | Oleg Balayan | Alcatel | + 55'25 | | 154 | Jeremy Lorant | MTN-Qhubeka | + 56'01 | | 155 | Sjoerd Van Ginneken | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 58'18 | | 156 | Benoit Dubrulle | Team Europcar | + 59'02 | | 157 | Patrick Klein | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 1h00'45 | | 158 | Victor Thirion | Alcatel | + 1h02'22 | | 159 | Dmytro Krivtsov | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 1h06'52 | | 160 | Marcus Christie | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 1h11'49 |
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | 91 | | 2 | Arnaud Demare | Team Europcar | 78 | | 3 | Nacer Bouhanni | Team Giant-Alpecin | 74 | | 4 | Lorenzo Manzin | Decathlon | 73 | | 5 | Wout van Aert | Stella Artois | 70 |
| 1 | Christian Livieri | Astana Pro Team | 103 | | 2 | Mathias Rask Jeppessen | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 38 | | 3 | Garikoitz Bravo | Iberdrola | 32 | | 4 | Miguel Angel Benito | TEAM Cepsa | 25 | | 5 | Marcel Aregger | Nike | 23 |
Young Riders Classification
| 1 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 26h03'49 | | 2 | Christian Livieri | Astana Pro Team | + 3'35 | | 3 | Lennard Kämna | MTN-Qhubeka | + 4'57 | | 4 | Alvaro Cuadros | Astana Pro Team | + 9'15 | | 5 | Dzidoslaw Grodecki | MTN-Qhubeka | + 9'35 |
| 1 | Team Sky | 78h06'50 | | 2 | Swissair | + 4'06 | | 3 | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 4'13 | | 4 | Astana Pro Team | + 12'01 | | 5 | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 14'54 |
Another top 10 finish in a race which didn't offer a lot of chances to attack the GC leaders. I was one step behind the top 3 throughout and never really challenged for the win. The next seven were separated by less than a minute and we could've finished in any order. In the end, I was happy with my top 10 and another U25 classification win.
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 14-07-2017 18:17
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A more than solid start to the year! Already looking forward to the upcoming Giro. 
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 15-07-2017 01:55
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So am I. I've been pacing myself in the early season to prevent the tiredness which creeps in later. Hopefully this works!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 15-07-2017 09:22
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Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
Back to sunny Spain after a month and a half away. My last visit to this country resulted in a win, at Murcia. Will this race prove equally lucky? The competition will be fierce once again as the GC specialists have well and truly started their season by now.
Stage 1 started with Van Garderen joining the break! This was not something anyone had been expecting. I stayed in the pack with a ring-side seat to the collective shock in the peloton. Soon, everyone settled down and the chase was on. The lead was reduced gradually. At 35 km to go, Robert Power attacked out of the pack and joined what was left of the break - van Garderen and Julien Simon. The break was finally caught on the last climb. The peloton had shed some stragglers but were still a large bunch. Diego Ulissi's late attack defied the bunch and got him the stage win. The sprinters were left to rue a missed opportunity.
Stage 2 saw a long chase of the breakaway. On the second, and last climb of the day, I found myself in the third group on the road. Out ahead was the break followed by a two man attack of Dan Martin and Tao Goeghegan Hart. The break didn't survive but the other two did, giving Martin the lead in the GC. Betancur finished 4th while I managed 6th place. I was up to 10th in the GC.
I attempted to join the break on Stage 3, but was always going to be unlikely. Both the break and peloton kept shrinking as we reached the second climb. The break was down to just two riders on the third climb. Adam Yates attacked 1 km from the top of the climb but the peloton caught him and the break on the descent. I got dropped in the undulating finish by half a dozen riders. I did finish 10th, but lost time in the GC race.
Stage 4 started slow for the peloton. I attacked on top of the second climb and was followed by Kruijswijk and Martin. We were caught on the descent. The group was down to about twenty riders on the last climb. Aru mounted a late attack and won the stage. I lost some seconds again.
Stage 5
Bad weather greeted us on this important stage. On top of the second climb, a lone break held fort ahead of a four man group - Me, Aru, Dan and Ulissi). Me and Ulissi were dropped by Aru and Martin. We got passed by Eiking with 10 km to go. I took advantage of the flats at the end to catch up to the others. I finished 5th. And that was my position in the GC after this stage.
Stage 6 was without incident till three of my teammates was involved in a late crash, along with others. Zakarin and Eiking were involved too but they recovered. The stage was decided in a bunch sprint.
(That's me on Stage 6)
Stage 7
I attacked on top of the third climb, countered by only Landa. We were caught with 15 km to go. Aru attacked on the last climb and broke clear, not to be caught. I finished in the next group of around twenty riders.
| 1 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | 28h54'08 | | 2 | Adam Yates | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3'53 | | 3 | Ilnur Zakarin | Swissair | + 4'17 | | 4 | Clement Penven | Team Europcar | + 4'57 | | 5 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 5'06 | | 6 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | + 5'11 | | 7 | Fabio Aru | Team Sky | + 6'59 | | 8 | Eddie Dunbar | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 7'55 | | 9 | Kenny Elissonde | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 8'33 | | 10 | Bauke Mollema | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 8'34 |
Spoiler | 11 | Tejay Van Garderen | Astana Pro Team | + 9'55 | | 12 | Davide Formolo | Astana Pro Team | + 11'10 | | 13 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 11'15 | | 14 | Rafał Majka | TEAM Cepsa | + 11'33 | | 15 | Steven Kruijswijk | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 11'57 | | 16 | Romain Bardet | Team Sky | + 11'58 | | 17 | Jan Hirt | MTN-Qhubeka | + 13'18 | | 18 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Swissair | s.t. | | 19 | Michael Gogl | Iberdrola | + 14'08 | | 20 | Andrew Talansky | Team Sky | + 14'58 | | 21 | Robert Power | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 15'37 | | 22 | Gervais Hardouin | Stella Artois | + 16'40 | | 23 | Geoffrey Duteil | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 16'49 | | 24 | Jesús Herrada | TEAM Cepsa | + 17'07 | | 25 | Odd Christian Eiking | Swissair | + 17'39 | | 26 | Jarlinson Pantano | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 17'59 | | 27 | Kristijan Durasek | Swissair | + 18'02 | | 28 | Merhawi Kudus | Astana Pro Team | + 18'31 | | 29 | Simon Clarke | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 19'04 | | 30 | Peter Kennaugh | Team Sky | + 19'49 | | 31 | Carlos Betancur | Lotto Soudal | + 20'00 | | 32 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 20'52 | | 33 | Arvid Melchiot | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 21'11 | | 34 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Stella Artois | + 21'18 | | 35 | Davide Villella | Swissair | + 21'28 | | 36 | Silvio Herklotz | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 21'43 | | 37 | Diego Rosa | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 21'49 | | 38 | Leopold König | Team Sky | + 21'59 | | 39 | Rigoberto Urán | Stella Artois | + 22'54 | | 40 | Diego Ulissi | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 23'50 | | 41 | Pierre Rolland | Team Sky | + 23'52 | | 42 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 23'54 | | 43 | Cameron Meyer | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 24'02 | | 44 | Mathias Frank | Swissair | + 24'26 | | 45 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 25'01 | | 46 | Alexander Foliforov | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 25'15 | | 47 | Ruben Guerreiro | TEAM Cepsa | + 25'21 | | 48 | Simone Petilli | Astana Pro Team | + 27'23 | | 49 | Grégory Ambroise | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 28'08 | | 50 | Michael Matthews | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 28'28 | | 51 | Jean Küpper | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 28'32 | | 52 | Mattia Cattaneo | TEAM Cepsa | + 29'20 | | 53 | Antoine Lavieu | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 30'05 | | 54 | Samir Jabrayilov | MTN-Qhubeka | + 32'28 | | 55 | Alvaro Cuadros | Astana Pro Team | + 32'45 | | 56 | Patrick Konrad | Swissair | + 32'46 | | 57 | Jérémy Maison | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 33'49 | | 58 | Francesco Bongiorno | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 34'17 | | 59 | Jordi Simón | Decathlon | + 34'29 | | 60 | Hugh Carthy | Team Sky | + 34'42 | | 61 | Matvei Mamykin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 35'15 | | 62 | Carlos Verona | Team Sky | + 36'09 | | 63 | Richie Porte | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 37'06 | | 64 | Clément Chevrier | Team Europcar | + 40'10 | | 65 | Nacer Bouhanni | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 41'12 | | 66 | Ben Gastauer | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 43'23 | | 67 | Arthur Vichot | Team Europcar | + 43'48 | | 68 | François Bidard | Decathlon | + 45'48 | | 69 | Marcos García | TEAM Cepsa | + 45'53 | | 70 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto Soudal | + 47'33 | | 71 | Rudi Milic | MTN-Qhubeka | + 47'35 | | 72 | Miguel Angel Benito | TEAM Cepsa | + 48'03 | | 73 | Michał Paluta | MTN-Qhubeka | + 48'47 | | 74 | Bernard Thiel | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 49'29 | | 75 | Marcel Wyss | Nike | + 50'17 | | 76 | Brad Malkinson | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 77 | Jack Haig | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 50'29 | | 78 | Nathan Brown | Nike | + 51'16 | | 79 | Jeffrey Perrin | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 51'17 | | 80 | Peter Stetina | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 51'25 | | 81 | Gavin Mannion | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 52'13 | | 82 | Dylan Teuns | Lotto Soudal | + 52'20 | | 83 | Goredema Dabengwa | MTN-Qhubeka | + 52'54 | | 84 | Alberto Contador | TEAM Cepsa | + 53'04 | | 85 | Heiner Parra | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 53'12 | | 86 | Tommy McCoosh | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 53'25 | | 87 | Óscar González | Iberdrola | + 54'07 | | 88 | Jesús Del Pino | Iberdrola | + 54'27 | | 89 | Quentin Jauregui | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 55'50 | | 90 | Finn E. Rosenkilde | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 57'07 | | 91 | Wout van Aert | Stella Artois | + 57'26 | | 92 | George Preidler | Iberdrola | + 57'58 | | 93 | Carter Jones | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 58'17 | | 94 | Karel Hník | Liqui Moly | + 59'21 | | 95 | Alexis Gougeard | Team Europcar | + 59'26 | | 96 | Gijs De Berlanger | Lotto Soudal | + 1h00'30 | | 97 | Luca Sterbini | Astana Pro Team | + 1h00'53 | | 98 | Gorka Ceballos | Iberdrola | + 1h01'00 | | 99 | Alexis Guerin | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h01'08 | | 100 | Paul Bosvelt | Stella Artois | + 1h03'55 | | 101 | Stefan Denifl | Liqui Moly | + 1h04'21 | | 102 | Damiano Caruso | Liqui Moly | + 1h05'29 | | 103 | Moreno Hofland | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h07'08 | | 104 | Rudy Molard | Decathlon | + 1h07'48 | | 105 | Sébastien Engel | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h08'01 | | 106 | Romain Hardy | Team Europcar | + 1h09'09 | | 107 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Soudal | + 1h09'39 | | 108 | Daryl Impey | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h10'09 | | 109 | Joaquín Cacho | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 1h11'28 | | 110 | Adriano Malori | Stella Artois | + 1h11'51 | | 111 | Jérémy Cornu | Decathlon | + 1h11'58 | | 112 | Loïc Vliegen | Lotto Soudal | + 1h12'11 | | 113 | Travis Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h13'24 | | 114 | Davide Martinelli | Nike | + 1h13'41 | | 115 | Rick Zabel | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h13'48 | | 116 | Nolberto López | Liqui Moly | + 1h15'38 | | 117 | Gianfranco Rossell | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 1h15'46 | | 118 | Andy Atkinson | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 1h16'44 | | 119 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Lotto Soudal | + 1h18'15 | | 120 | Toms Skujins | Iberdrola | + 1h20'25 | | 121 | Anthony Delaplace | Decathlon | + 1h21'03 | | 122 | Miles Scotson | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h21'12 | | 123 | Garikoitz Bravo | Iberdrola | + 1h21'36 | | 124 | Milan Veltman | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 1h21'50 | | 125 | Gini Turano | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h22'20 | | 126 | Daniel Díaz | Team Europcar | + 1h23'15 | | 127 | Jan Dieteren | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h25'59 | | 128 | Thomas Nybo Riis | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 1h26'55 | | 129 | Stefano Pirazzi | Nike | + 1h27'29 | | 130 | Roland Thalmann | Swissair | + 1h27'50 | | 131 | Bernardo Pedone | Stella Artois | + 1h29'01 | | 132 | Guillaume Levarlet | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 1h29'59 | | 133 | Kiante Choge | Nike | + 1h31'43 | | 134 | Sjors Roosen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h32'37 | | 135 | Rafaël Le Breton | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h32'43 | | 136 | Luis Largo | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h33'03 | | 137 | Mads Theodorsen | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 1h33'27 | | 138 | Thomas Bergeret | Decathlon | + 1h34'07 | | 139 | Maxime Cam | Decathlon | s.t. | | 140 | Konrad Pister | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 1h34'41 | | 141 | Ike Groen | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 1h34'57 | | 142 | Jasper Lindenbergh | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h35'35 | | 143 | Wesley Kreder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h35'43 | | 144 | Alex Carmichael | Nike | + 1h36'04 | | 145 | Aldin Carlman | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 1h36'26 | | 146 | Lucian Oprea | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 1h37'39 | | 147 | Rémy Rochas | Team Europcar | + 1h37'46 | | 148 | Moritz Backofen | Liqui Moly | + 1h38'26 | | 149 | Geoffrey Curran | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h39'52 | | 150 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h42'48 | | 151 | Mickaël Rouge | Team Europcar | + 1h43'11 | | 152 | Dirk Jan Rijsbergen | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 1h44'37 | | 153 | Pascal Ackermann | Liqui Moly | + 1h48'12 | | 154 | Arvid De Kleijn | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h52'34 | | 155 | Luca Wackermann | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h54'37 | | 156 | Moomba Zachary | Nike | + 1h55'22 | | 157 | Eelco Doeleman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h56'50 | | 158 | Giancarlo Luján | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 1h56'55 | | 159 | Tobias Knaup | Liqui Moly | + 1h58'25 | | 160 | Jurgen van Diemen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h59'20 | | 161 | Huib Bak | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 2h03'46 | | 162 | Tobias Wauch | Liqui Moly | + 2h07'30 | | 163 | Nelson Oliveira | Stella Artois | + 2h08'55 | | 164 | Julio Álvarez | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 2h15'27 | | 165 | Renaud Teixeira | Decathlon | + 2h25'18 | | 166 | Kenneth Van Compernolle | Nike | + 2h31'08 |
| 1 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | 16 | 96 | | 2 | Fabio Aru | Team Sky | 25 | 82 | | 3 | Nacer Bouhanni | Team Giant-Alpecin | 20 | 67 | | 4 | Michael Matthews | Tinkoff-Saxo | 0 | 56 | | 5 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | 5 | 52 |
| 1 | Arvid Melchiot | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | 23 | 80 | | 2 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | 0 | 68 | | 3 | Adam Yates | Ag2r La Mondiale | 0 | 51 | | 4 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 0 | 45 | | 5 | Simone Petilli | Astana Pro Team | 0 | 40 |
Young Riders Classification
| 1 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 28h59'14 | | 2 | Eddie Dunbar | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 2'49 | | 3 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 6'09 | | 4 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Swissair | + 8'12 | | 5 | Robert Power | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 10'31 |
| 1 | Tinkoff-Saxo | 87h00'34 | | 2 | Astana Pro Team | + 3'10 | | 3 | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 6'28 | | 4 | Swissair | + 8'22 | | 5 | Team Sky | + 14'30 (5) |
Mr. Consistent, that's what you can call me! Another solid result, without being exceptional. Another U25s win and a high placing in the KOM classification. Strangely, none of the races so far this season have had a really high mountain stage, or have the team been keeping me away from those?
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| Ripley |
Posted on 16-07-2017 10:25
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Very good and consistent results. Maybe more of an advantage currently to not face high mountain stages. |
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 16-07-2017 10:41
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Top7 + both U25 jerseys in 2 WT stage races is really good. Even more if we remember that he will be peaking in 1,5 months, for the Giro
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 16-07-2017 14:50
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@Ripley: Thanks . Looking at the schedule and the profiles, I think I'll be tackling the really high mountains only in the GTs this season. Interesting scheduling from the team I must say...
@Aquarius: Thanks again . Concentrating more on higher placings in the GTs now. So controlling my instincts somewhat in the early season. Hopefully, this plan works out.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 17-07-2017 06:58
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Seems like Sinha is turning into a specialist in Hilly stage races and classics, like a type Valverde rider
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 18-07-2017 02:37
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Amidst growing murmurs likening my racing style to the legendary Alejandro Valverde, I quietly approached April, trying to stay away from the limelight.
Was I flattered with the comparison? Absolutely! Valverde is my cycling idol. He is the guy I used to follow races for. In my childhood, the only race shown live on TV was the Tour de France. In the age of slow internet speeds and no interest in cycling from the media in my country, it took a lot of effort to keep up with this man's exploits. I was shattered when he was handed the two year ban for his role in Operation Puerto. I still have my reservations against the verdict, but will not go as far to say he was totally innocent. But then, cycling is a murky world and I can't say I haven't received such overtures in the past. With a strong management backing everywhere I've been, I have kept a clean slate throughout. I was overjoyed when Valverde came back and he continued as if he never left. His recent retirement was an emotional event for me, having got the chance to ride in the same peloton with him in a handful of races.
My build-up to the Giro d'Italia includes two of the three Ardennes classics. I was quick to dismiss any comparisons with my idol everytime the media quizzed me on the topic. Personally, I don't think I come even close to him in the classics. I have not achieved anything in the Ardennes yet. Moreover, my targets from the beginning of the career have always been the Grand Tours. I did not want to lose focus of my target. Did I want to impress my idol in the Ardennes classics? Sure. But I never set out to be the next Valverde.
Nairo, Betancur and I were all starting this race. Nairo was the team leader and one the favourites for the win. Me and Betancur were both given a free role. We set the pace through most of the race, even I helped with the same in the middle stages. As in most of the past Ardennes races, I missed the decisive break and was out of contention with about 15 km to go. The favourites started attacking each other. When the dust settled, it was down to four riders to fight it out for the finish. Alaphilippe used his sprinting abilities to claim the win. Lotto's best was Quintana in 21st.
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Stella Artois | 6h31'18 | | 2 | Fabio Aru | Team Sky | s.t. | | 3 | Ion Izagirre | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 4 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 5 | Sérgio Henao | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 28 | | 6 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 41 | | 7 | Dayer Quintana | Colombia | s.t. | | 8 | Valerio Conti | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 9 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1'11 | | 10 | Jay McCarthy | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2'06 |
Spoiler | 11 | Mathieu van der Poel | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 12 | Diego Ulissi | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 13 | Sam Oomen | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 14 | Moreno Moser | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 15 | Anastasio Ania | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2'27 | | 16 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2'46 | | 17 | Tony Gallopin | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 18 | Tim Wellens | Nike | s.t. | | 19 | Simon Yates | Team Sky | s.t. | | 20 | Silvio Herklotz | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 21 | Nairo Quintana | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 22 | Robert Power | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 4'18 | | 23 | Samir Jabrayilov | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 24 | Arnaud Duteil | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 25 | Paul Bosvelt | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 26 | Sindre Lunke | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 27 | Marcel Wyss | Nike | s.t. | | 28 | Tejay Van Garderen | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 29 | Peter Kennaugh | Team Sky | s.t. | | 30 | Geraint Thomas | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 31 | Jordi van Dingenen | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 32 | Jan Hirt | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 33 | Yingbo Zhou | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 34 | Julian Arredondo | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 35 | Thibaut Pinot | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 36 | Warren Barguil | Swissair | s.t. | | 37 | Carlos Betancur | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 38 | Jonas Rapp | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 5'11 | | 39 | Rudy Molard | Decathlon | s.t. | | 40 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto Soudal | + 6'02 | | 41 | Maurits Lammertink | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 42 | Ilnur Zakarin | Swissair | + 6'32 | | 43 | Riccardo Zoidl | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 44 | Arvid Melchiot | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 45 | Peter Stetina | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 46 | Søren Kragh Andersen | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 47 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 48 | Daniele Dall'Oste | Team Sky | + 7'10 | | 49 | Hugh Carthy | Team Sky | + 7'56 | | 50 | Robert Gesink | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 51 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 52 | Rubén Fernández | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 53 | Rohan Dennis | Team Sky | s.t. | | 54 | Kenny Elissonde | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 55 | Sebastian Henao | Team Sky | s.t. | | 56 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 57 | Davide Formolo | Astana Pro Team | + 9'01 | | 58 | Youcef Reguigui | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 59 | Nelson Oliveira | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 60 | Nicolas Roche | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 61 | Edward Ravasi | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 62 | Clement Penven | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 63 | Mathias Rask Jeppessen | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 64 | Arvydas Kartchemarskas | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 65 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 66 | Elden Boateng | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 67 | Dries Van Gestel | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 68 | Mattia Cattaneo | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 69 | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 70 | Léo Vincent | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 71 | Victor Lafay | Alcatel | s.t. | | 72 | Wout Poels | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 73 | Edoardo Zardini | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 74 | Lennard Kämna | MTN-Qhubeka | + 9'59 | | 75 | Ulf Hausweiler | Liqui Moly | + 10'40 | | 76 | Goredema Dabengwa | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 77 | Maxime Le Lavandier | Decathlon | s.t. | | 78 | Patrick Konrad | Swissair | s.t. | | 79 | Thomas Bonnin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 80 | Clément Chevrier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 81 | Esteban Chaves | Swissair | s.t. | | 82 | Marcos García | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 83 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 11'23 | | 84 | Elmar Reinders | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 85 | Finn E. Rosenkilde | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 86 | Mads Theodorsen | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 87 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | Colombia | s.t. | | 88 | François Bidard | Decathlon | s.t. | | 89 | José Ramella | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 90 | Tilegen Maidos | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 91 | Tommy McCoosh | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 92 | Serghei Tvetcov | Liqui Moly | s.t. | | 93 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 94 | Evgeny Shalunov | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 95 | Simone Andreetta | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 96 | Richie Porte | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 97 | Terence Saliou | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 98 | Luka Pibernik | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 99 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Colombia | s.t. | | 100 | Daniel Díaz | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 101 | Rasmus Guldhammer | Alcatel | s.t. | | 102 | Chad Haga | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 12'46 | | 103 | Andy Atkinson | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 13'18 | | 104 | Yonas Tekeste | Alcatel | s.t. | | 105 | Ricky Timmer | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 106 | Patrick Gretsch | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | | 107 | David De la Cruz | Team Sky | s.t. | | 108 | Dirk Jan Rijsbergen | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 109 | Jimmy Turgis | Alcatel | s.t. | | 110 | Sidio Mezzini | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 111 | Lachlan Morton | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 112 | Rafael Valls | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 113 | Steff Hermans | Nike | s.t. | | 114 | Alexey Vermeulen | Nike | s.t. | | 115 | Meik Hermanski | Liqui Moly | s.t. | | 116 | Guillaume Levarlet | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 117 | Beñat Intxausti | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 118 | Sergey Shulga | Lotto Soudal | + 14'07 | | 119 | Julien Simon | Decathlon | s.t. | | 120 | Stefano Pirazzi | Nike | s.t. | | 121 | Eelco Doeleman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 14'42 | | 122 | Rudi Milic | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 123 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 124 | Ben Gastauer | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 125 | Renato Agapito | Colombia | s.t. | | 126 | Bernardo Suaza | Colombia | s.t. | | 127 | Kamil Małecki | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 128 | Carter Jones | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 129 | Tom Dumoulin | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 130 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 15'41 | | 131 | Aleksandar Reeb | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 132 | Amir Kolahdozhagh | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 133 | Ricardo van Dongen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 134 | Sieben Wouters | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 135 | Bas Tietema | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 136 | Arthur van Overberghe | Nike | + 16'21 | | 137 | Mikel Bizkarra | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 138 | Bat Batkhuyag | Nike | s.t. | | 139 | Niels Goeree | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 17'47 | | 140 | Afram Iwu | Decathlon | s.t. | | 141 | Clement Chehabi | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 142 | Iltjan Nika | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 143 | Gianfranco Rossell | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 144 | Derk Abel Beckeringh | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 145 | Roman Maikin | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 146 | Rémy di Gregorio | Decathlon | s.t. | | 147 | Simon Raffin | Alcatel | s.t. | | 148 | Bernard Thiel | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 149 | Barry Markus | Alcatel | s.t. | | 150 | Timo Roosen | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 151 | Clément Saint-Martin | Alcatel | s.t. | | 152 | Marco Minnaard | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 153 | Mathias Frank | Swissair | s.t. | | 154 | Filadelfio Soriano | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 155 | Jesús Herrero | Decathlon | s.t. | | 156 | Nicolas Edet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 157 | Alexis Dulin | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 158 | Romain Sicard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 159 | Jeppe Lykke Hartvig Nielsen | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 20'17 | | 160 | Michael Vingerling | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 161 | Igor Antón | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 162 | Víctor de la Parte | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 163 | Romeo Pisciotta | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 164 | Alexandre Geniez | Liqui Moly | s.t. | | 165 | Bernardo Pedone | Stella Artois | + 22'13 | | 166 | Nordin Krijgsman | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 167 | Yoann Paillot | Team Europcar | + 22'57 | | 168 | Kersten Thiele | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 169 | Rodolfo Torres | Colombia | s.t. | | 170 | Sébastien Reichenbach | Nike | + 23'38 | | 171 | Geoffrey Duteil | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 24'14 | | 172 | Rafaël Le Breton | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 173 | Hugo Pigeon | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 174 | Rubén Zepuntke | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 24'32 | | 175 | Dejan Kokot | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 25'42 | | 176 | Grégory Ambroise | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 177 | Adrien Costa | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 178 | Franco Cantaluppi | Swissair | + 26'18 | | 179 | Nikodemus Holler | Liqui Moly | s.t. | | 180 | Franco Leon | Swissair | s.t. | | 181 | Dither Gamarra | Colombia | + 27'01 | | 182 | Tobias Knaup | Liqui Moly | + 27'24 | | 183 | Gini Turano | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 184 | Loïc Bouchereau | Alcatel | + 29'00 | | 185 | Wilfried Gallo | Decathlon | s.t. | | 186 | Nolberto López | Liqui Moly | s.t. | | 187 | Anders Egsvang | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 33'33 | | 188 | Dawid Dziubinski | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 189 | Ludovico Perlotto | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 35'06 | | 190 | Claudio Watson | Colombia | + 36'48 | | 191 | Moritz Backofen | Liqui Moly | + 39'02 |
No Betancur here as Nairo and my roles remained the same. The rest of the team was relatively weak after a couple of minor injuries earlier in the week. I was dropped for a bit from the pack halfway through the race but made it back soon enough. 17 riders went away with 25 kilometers to go. I was once again in the peloton with attackers split into three groups up ahead. Nairo found himself in the second group. With 12 kilometers to go, there were three riders leading in solo rides with a 15 man group chasing. I was in the fifth group on the road, chasing a lost cause. I finished mid-pack while Nairo lost his way at the end to barely manage a top 20.
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I think these results show that I'm nowhere near ready to take up Valverde's mantle. I hadn't prepared to peak in these races and my performance reflected the same. I need to quickly forget this week and move on to my first target this year, the Giro. It starts in less than 2 weeks' time!
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