Antonio Andolini | Il Lombardia
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 27-06-2017 11:29
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Selwink - Challenge accepted
Tamijo - Yes!
sutty68 - Well, yes. But the road race takes priority I think
FonsDeSpons - Moscon was definitely needed for that win! Maybe he could've done it without, but not in that style, it'd have been risky to go to the final climb with Wellens there. (crazy ACC and HILL stat)
rogvi97 - Thank you!
AbhishekLFC - Hmmm.
VoetsT - Thanks a lot! You just came in at the climax
Ripley - They sure are. This has certainly been THE breakthrough season. Even if he won San Remo in his debut year and a Tour stage last year.
Love the support! Had a headache yesterday so no computer for me. Hope to have a report this evening, but I can't be sure.
Last week of school (I'm a teacher now, though, not as a student) so it's very, very busy with parent-teacher meetings, writing reports, cleaning the classroom etc etc, so this week I'll do what I can. On the other hand, as of Saturday I have 2 months holiday |
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 27-06-2017 16:33
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Can someone help me? I want to change the date of Tre Valli Varisene. How do you do that with the PCM Fast Editor?
I want to do it starting next season, so the race is the day before Agostoni, like it's supposed to, a three-day three classics race. with Varese, Agostoni and Bernochi |
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Selwink |
Posted on 27-06-2017 16:34
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STA_Stage, and I recommend changing it between Oct.25 and Jan.1 so that the computed date does not give issues
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krisa |
Posted on 27-06-2017 16:50
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GP pantaloni
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 27-06-2017 17:05
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Selwink wrote:
STA_Stage, and I recommend changing it between Oct.25 and Jan.1 so that the computed date does not give issues
Thanks!
Believe me, I've been there |
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 27-06-2017 17:05
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Welcome, sports fans. We're still basking in Italy's glory of Antonio Andolini winning the World Championships cycling, riding for the strongest Italian team we've had in a while. But the racing continues and this is the last season where the third race of the Trittico Lombardia is raced the day after the Worlds. From next year onward, it'll turn into a real Trittico with three races in consecutive days. We've already heard Andolini say he felt sorry to miss the race twice already due to the World Championships in the USA and in Doha.
But to everyone's big surprise, there he was. On the first row of the start line, albeit looking somewhat tired, fresh World Champion Antonio Andolini. He's coming home!
His victory dates from not even 24 hours ago, yet here he is, in his one and only home race. He said this before the start this morning:
Antonio Andolini: I really wanted to be here today. This is my home town and I've just achieved the biggest thing in my career. Varese deserves it to see its very own World Champion first. And what is better than the very next day?
How long I slept tonight? [laughs] Ask me again after I've gone to sleep.
The World Champion obviously traveled the distance in the early morning. Today was never meant to be competitively for him, but as a sign of loyalty to his biggest fans. The race practically passes his home and his fan club.
The race itself had a happy ending for Cattelan Italia with Bongiorno coming from a lost position in the final 50 meters to take the win ahead of Simon Clarke. A perfect day for Cattelan!
But that wouldn't matter much to this man. He's already won here in the Giro and he's conquered the World yesterday. Varese would be his haven of peace for today.
He finished 57th but ask him and he'll say it's been one of the best races of his life!
Tre Valli Varesine :: Result 1 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno | Cattelan Italia | 4h53'11 | 2 | Simon Clarke | Team Sky | s.t. | 3 | Enrico Battaglin | Bardiani CSF | + 11 | 4 | Jakob Fuglsang | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 37 | 5 | George Bennett | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 6 | Esteban Cháves | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 7 | Rein Taaramae | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 8 | Giampaolo Caruso | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 9 | Julian Arredondo | Team Sky | s.t. | 10 | Damiano Caruso | Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Sebastián Henao | Team Sky | s.t. | 12 | Manuele Boaro | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 13 | Ivano Schicchi | Team Sky | s.t. | 14 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 15 | Rafael Valls | Team Katusha | s.t. | 16 | Sidio Concari | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | s.t. | 17 | Jay McCarthy | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 18 | Floris De Tier | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 19 | Dries Van Gestel | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 20 | Sergey Chernetckii | Team Katusha | s.t. | 21 | Davide Malacarne | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 22 | Sam Oomen | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 23 | Gianluca Brambilla | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 24 | Luca Chirico | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 25 | Cyril Gautier | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 26 | Winner Andrew Anacona | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 27 | Boris Dron | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 28 | Alex Kirsch | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 29 | Ian Boswell | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 30 | Philip Deignan | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 31 | Marco Tizza | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 32 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Team Katusha | s.t. | 33 | Vasil Kiryienka | Team Sky | s.t. | 34 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 35 | Tsgabu Grmay | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 36 | Anthony Roux | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 37 | Stefano Nardelli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 38 | Stefan Vengust | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 39 | Marcel Wyss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 40 | Matthew Busche | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 41 | Kenny Elissonde | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 42 | Youcef Reguigui | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 43 | Michael Schär | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 44 | Patrick Konrad | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | 45 | Stefano Pirazzi | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 46 | Gianfranco Zilioli | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | 47 | Pieter Jacobs | Trek Factory Racing | + 1'46 | 48 | Tiago Machado | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | 49 | Andrea Manfredi | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 50 | Stefan Denifl | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | 51 | Frederik Backaert | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 52 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 53 | Fabio Duarte | Colombia | s.t. | 54 | Matej Mohoric | Colombia | s.t. | 55 | Pierangelo Percich | Southeast | s.t. | 56 | Kristijan Durasek | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 57 | Antonio Andolini | Cattelan Italia | + 2'19 | 58 | Brayan Ramirez | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 59 | Uri Martins | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | 60 | David Decaux | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 61 | Lucas Euser | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 62 | Lanfranco Ferocino | Team Idea 2010 ASD | s.t. | 63 | Massimo Guido | Astana Pro Team | + 2'42 | 64 | Darwin Atapuma | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 65 | Carlos Galviz | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 66 | Robinson Chalapud | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 67 | Taylor Eisenhart | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 68 | Jordan Kerby | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 69 | Lee Precious | Team Sky | s.t. | 70 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | 71 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 72 | Richard Zanette | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 73 | Shakhin Sirkhaev | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 74 | Ryan Anderson | Southeast | s.t. | 75 | Pavel Jara | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 76 | Andrea Pasqualon | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 77 | Daniel Martinez | Colombia | s.t. | 78 | Rodolfo Fagnoni | Team Katusha | s.t. | 79 | Dario Cataldo | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 80 | Mattia Cattaneo | Team Sky | s.t. | 81 | Fabio Taborre | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 82 | Joey Rosskopf | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 83 | Sebastian van Steeden | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 84 | Carlos Quintero | Colombia | s.t. | 85 | Maurizio Colonnese | Southeast | s.t. | 86 | Christopher Putt | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 87 | Ivan Santaromita | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 88 | Sergey Firsanov | Team Katusha | s.t. | 89 | Alexander Kamp | Southeast | s.t. | 90 | Shiki Kuroeda | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | s.t. | 91 | Danilo Illario | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 92 | Dmitry Kozontchuk | Team Katusha | s.t. | 93 | Francesco Reda | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 94 | Donato De Ieso | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 95 | Cesare Benedetti | D’Amico - Bottecchia | s.t. | 96 | Iurgi Martín Gómez | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 97 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team Sky | s.t. | 98 | Vinnie Braet | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 99 | Oliver Zaugg | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 100 | Ruben Zepunkte | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | 101 | Luca Agliottone | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 102 | Javier Moreno | Team Katusha | s.t. | 103 | Alessandro Pettiti | Southeast | s.t. | 104 | Vladimir Gusev | Team Katusha | s.t. | 105 | Brendan Canty | D’Amico - Bottecchia | s.t. | 106 | Vincent De Boeck | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 107 | Zuka Vermeulen | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | 108 | Hans-Peter Ballon | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 109 | Marco Bandiera | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 110 | Davide Vigano | Southeast | s.t. | 111 | Yann Guyot | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 112 | Juan Pablo Valencia | Colombia | + 4'10 | 113 | Fernando Gaviria | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 114 | Quincy Vens | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 115 | Fabio Chinello | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 116 | Álex Novella | Bardiani CSF | + 5'17 | 117 | Matteo Spreafico | Colombia | s.t. | 118 | Adriano Brogi | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | + 5'46 | 119 | Konstantin Klimiankou | Team Idea 2010 ASD | s.t. | 120 | Manuele Mori | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 121 | Andrea Zordan | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | s.t. | 122 | Luka Pibernik | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | s.t. | 123 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Southeast | s.t. | 124 | Adriano Malori | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 125 | Bruno Maltar | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 126 | Hynek Macko | Bora - Argon 18 | + 7'25 | 127 | Seiichi Maeda | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | + 7'59 | 128 | Anselmo Melillo | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | 129 | Kevin Van Hoovels | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 130 | Christoph Pfingsten | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 131 | Maximilian Schachmann | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | s.t. | 132 | Colin Buzali | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | + 8'40 | 133 | Andrea Palini | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | 134 | Guillaume Levarlet | Colombia | s.t. | 135 | Rayane Bouhanni | Colombia | + 9'00 | 136 | Fabio Sabatini | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | 137 | Andrea Piazzalunga | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 9'25 | 138 | Charly Petelin | D’Amico - Bottecchia | s.t. | 139 | David López García | Team Idea 2010 ASD | s.t. | 140 | Ennio Garaffoni | Team Idea 2010 ASD | s.t. | 141 | Francesco Chicchi | BMC Racing Team | + 9'40 | 142 | Paolo Ciavatta | Team Idea 2010 ASD | + 11'15 | 143 | Radoslav Rogina | Southeast | s.t. | 144 | Edvin Wilson | Team Idea 2010 ASD | + 11'33 | 145 | Elia Gloor | IAM Cycling | + 12'25 | 146 | Davide Villella | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 147 | Marcello Posio | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 148 | Alessandro Mariani | D’Amico - Bottecchia | + 13'50 | 149 | Jussi Veikkanen | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 150 | Ranieri Pedrocchi | D’Amico - Bottecchia | s.t. | 151 | Siro Borruto | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | + 14'13 | 152 | Andrea Dal Col | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | + 15'15 | 153 | Mattia Frapporti | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | 154 | Francesco Baldi | D’Amico - Bottecchia | s.t. |
After the race, Andolini took a quick stop at the fanclub headquarters for a small meet-and-greet with the fans, and then turned home for a very deserved, good night's sleep. We'll see him and his beautiful jersey again in Il Lombardia. |
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krisa |
Posted on 27-06-2017 17:09
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Haha! BTW in the post with vuelta results you somewhere mention a pink jersey. Didn't know Vuelta was that cool Congrats with the title though
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Tamijo |
Posted on 28-06-2017 08:59
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Cattelan Italia took another vic. in Varese and the crowd got a glimpse of the world champ, to some known just as “The Varesini”
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Ollfardh |
Posted on 28-06-2017 09:20
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Yay, world champion!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 28-06-2017 11:32
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krisa - thanks, corrected
tamijo -
ollfardh - thanks! |
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Posted on 28-06-2017 11:43
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His present at this race was already a victory for the fans
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 28-06-2017 12:20
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VoetsT wrote:
His present at this race was already a victory for the fans
Exactly! Still a few races left where he can fight for the win |
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 28-06-2017 12:20
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This is your captain speaking. Today we are aboard the Golden Eagle and we'll fly over a recent war zone in Lombardy. We've already got many reports on the situation there, so let's go straight into the action!
Above we see the war zone. This is where the soldiers have fought and most bravely died. In the end, it appeared there was only one man left standing.
The lakes in Lombardy are beautiful, but the ruthless war will end that for good. A rainbow is an omen of doom today.
When a group of kamikaze soldiers tried to break their ranks, there was panic among the troops. Among these were Colonel Adam Yates, Private Rohan Dennis and General Fabio Aru.
However, it was a premature strike, and the troops of Movistar restored order to the front line.
In wide fields, some 20 km from the city where decisive battle would be won, a lone soldier shot his way through the enemy lines! It was General Ando himself, fighting for Italia!
The General kept his troops motivated and successfully diverted the enemy troops.
The long distance, the rough terrain, nothing, it seemed, slowed General Ando down. With a one track mind, he headed purposfully towards his goal. Total annihilation of the enemy.
The casualties were growing, under the continued fire of General Ando. The troops of Movistar and Team Sky were thinning out and growing desperate. Not trusting each other, there was no one left to bring General Ando back to the battlefield.
And so General Ando prevailed. The war was won by a brave General.
There was someone screaming "HANDS UP". General Ando acted as if he would give himself up, only to take out the enemy with one swift move. No one beats the Rainbow General!
He had time to lay a trap for the lone survivors left in the field. They all came in, unaware of their fate, unaware of the traps that would lead them to certain doom.
Some of these unsuspecting victims were Private Uran, General Aru, First Lieutenant Arredondo and Colonel Yates.
1 | Antonio Andolini | Cattelan Italia | 6h52'41 | 2 | Rigoberto Uran | Movistar Team | + 3'04 | 3 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 4 | Julian Arredondo | Team Sky | s.t. | 5 | Adam Yates | Team Sky | s.t. | 6 | Daniel Martin | Etixx - Quick-step | + 3'50 | 7 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | s.t. | 8 | Julian Alaphilippe | Team Katusha | s.t. | 9 | Davide Formolo | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | 10 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Sergio Luis Henao | Movistar Team | s.t. | 12 | Andrey Amador | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 13 | Michael Matthews | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 14 | Simon Yates | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 15 | Moreno Moser | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | 16 | Richie Porte | Team Sky | s.t. | 17 | Dylan Teuns | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 18 | Sébastien Reichenbach | Team Katusha | s.t. | 19 | Rein Taaramae | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 20 | Gianluca Brambilla | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 21 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 22 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 23 | Richard Zanette | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 24 | Rafal Majka | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 25 | Manuel Senni | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 26 | Warren Barguil | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 27 | Leão Palacios | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | 28 | Tiesj Benoot | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | 29 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 30 | Leopold König | Team Sky | s.t. | 31 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team Sky | s.t. | 32 | Björn Thurau | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | 33 | Faig Azimov | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 34 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | 35 | Esteban Cháves | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 36 | Philippe Gilbert | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 37 | Gianfranco Zilioli | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | 38 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 39 | Luca Agliottone | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 40 | Romain Sicard | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | 41 | Rafael Valls | Team Katusha | s.t. | 42 | Louis Vervaeke | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 43 | Pierre-Roger Latour | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 44 | Edoardo Zardini | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 45 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 46 | Tony Martin | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | 47 | Lawson Craddock | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | 48 | Luca Chirico | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 49 | Rohan Dennis | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 50 | Jakob Fuglsang | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 51 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 52 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 53 | Robert Gesink | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 54 | Yury Trofimov | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 55 | Laurens De Plus | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 56 | Riccardo Zoidl | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 57 | Daniel Navarro | Movistar Team | s.t. | 58 | Diego Ulissi | Movistar Team | s.t. | 59 | Mikel Nieve | Movistar Team | s.t. | 60 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 61 | Jan Bakelants | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 62 | Pierre Rolland | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 63 | Enrico Battaglin | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 64 | Dario Cataldo | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 65 | Charly Theodore | Movistar Team | s.t. | 66 | Dominik Nerz | Team Katusha | s.t. | 67 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 68 | Stefano Nardelli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 69 | Patrick Konrad | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | 70 | Tom Jelte Slagter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 71 | Massimo Guido | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 72 | Eros Capecchi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 73 | George Bennett | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 74 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | 75 | Andrea Manfredi | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 76 | Giele Vandonck | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | 77 | Bob Jungels | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 78 | Darwin Atapuma | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 79 | Simon Gerrans | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 80 | Stefan Denifl | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | 81 | Joaquim Rodriguez | Team Katusha | s.t. | 82 | Wouter Benavides | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | 83 | Boris Dron | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 84 | Romain Hardy | FDJ | s.t. | 85 | Peter Kennaugh | Team Sky | s.t. | 86 | Eduardo Sepulveda | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 87 | Pieter Serry | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | 88 | Clément Chevrier | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 89 | Jesus Del Pino | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 90 | Beñat Intxausti | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 91 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 92 | Yoann Bagot | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 8'29 | 93 | Stefano Pirazzi | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 94 | Sondre Holst Enger | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 95 | Samuel Sánchez | Movistar Team | s.t. | 96 | Winner Andrew Anacona | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 97 | Tiago Machado | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | 98 | Valerio Conti | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 99 | Philip Deignan | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 100 | Joe Dombrowski | BMC Racing Team | + 9'21 | 101 | Taoufik Ghezal | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 102 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 103 | Ivano Schicchi | Team Sky | + 9'50 | 104 | Jan Hirt | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | 105 | Carlos Galviz | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 106 | Adriano Malori | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 107 | Matteo Busato | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 11'44 | 108 | Silvio Herklotz | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | 109 | Enrico Barbin | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 110 | Jesper Hansen | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 111 | Luke Durbridge | FDJ | s.t. | 112 | Per Ole Slatlem | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | 113 | Dmitry Kozontchuk | Team Katusha | s.t. | 114 | Andrea Fedi | Team Katusha | s.t. | 115 | Michael Schär | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 116 | Nuno Bico | FDJ | s.t. | 117 | Amaël Moinard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 118 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | 119 | Matvey Mamykin | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 120 | Dennis Knight | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 121 | Maurizio Colonnese | Southeast | s.t. | 122 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 123 | Marcel Wyss | BMC Racing Team | + 12'23 | 124 | Francesco Reda | Bardiani CSF | + 13'51 | 125 | Mauro Finetto | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 14'59 | 126 | Giacomo Berlato | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 127 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 128 | Egoitz Garcia | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 129 | Charlie Arimont | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | 130 | Marco Zamparella | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 131 | Lorenzo Rota | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 132 | Taylor Eisenhart | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 133 | Ryan Anderson | Southeast | s.t. | 134 | Lennard Kämna | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 135 | Chad Haga | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 136 | Jack Wilson | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | 137 | Michael Valgren | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 138 | Hynek Macko | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | 139 | Axel Domont | FDJ | s.t. | 140 | Javier Moreno | Team Katusha | s.t. | 141 | Kevin Van Hoovels | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 142 | Jelle Wallays | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 143 | Donato De Ieso | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 144 | Reto Hollenstein | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 145 | Elia Gloor | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 146 | Michael Olsson | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 147 | Gaizko Ramón | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 148 | José Mendes | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 149 | Oliver Zaugg | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 150 | Primoz Roglic | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | 151 | David Dvorsky | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | 152 | Ricardo Perrod | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | 153 | Álex Novella | Bardiani CSF | + 16'11 | 154 | Sebastian van Steeden | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 155 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Bora - Argon 18 | + 16'36 | 156 | Martijn Keizer | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | 157 | Pierangelo Percich | Southeast | + 17'22 | 158 | Willy Crowe | Vérandas Willems | + 18'07 | 159 | Niels Vandyck | Vérandas Willems | + 19'03 | 160 | Lukas Spengler | IAM Cycling | + 21'32 | 161 | Alexander Kamp | Southeast | s.t. | 162 | Thery Schir | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 163 | Danilo Illario | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 164 | Fabio Chinello | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 165 | Matteo Pelucchi | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 166 | Michel Kreder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | 167 | Juan Jacob Parri | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 168 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | 169 | Flavien Dassonville | FDJ | s.t. | 170 | Albert Timmer | FDJ | s.t. | 171 | Jordan Kerby | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 172 | Marcello Posio | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 173 | Dario Hernandez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 174 | Alessandro Pettiti | Southeast | s.t. | 175 | John-Lee Augustyn | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 176 | Luis Angel Mate | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 177 | Radoslav Rogina | Southeast | s.t. | 178 | Stef Clement | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 179 | Camilo Castiblanco | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | 180 | Alexander Grad | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | 181 | Joey Rosskopf | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 182 | Ricardo Mestre | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | 183 | Roman Kreuziger | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | 184 | Matteo Bono | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 185 | Andrea Piazzalunga | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 186 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ | + 26'38 | 187 | Christophe Laborie | FDJ | s.t. | 188 | Nicola Dal Santo | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 189 | Mike Teunissen | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | 190 | Jussi Veikkanen | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 191 | Bruno Maltar | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 192 | Florent Bonnel | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 29'39 | 193 | Andrea Pasqualon | Lampre-Merida | + 30'46 | 194 | Marco Frapporti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 195 | Silver Meet | Southeast | s.t. | 196 | Linus Gerdemann | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 34'12 | 197 | Jochem Hoekstra | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 35'16 | 198 | Timo Roosen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 35'56 | 199 | Carlos Martín Gómez | Southeast | + 42'09 |
Captain Bike Racer, broadcasting from the Golden Eagle, over and out. |
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 28-06-2017 12:28
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Tour de France Champion
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Hey
Wow, just Wow. These past few days have been unreal. For the first time I've found some time to get back to the blog. You have been among my most loyal fans since the beginning, so I can't turn my back on you.
I have to keep it short, because the season isn't over yet. Tomorrow I'm heading towards France for Paris - Tours, where I finished 2nd last year. It was that or some late Italian classics, but this jersey deserves to be shown in one of the greatest races on the calender. Yes, Paris - Tours is a historic race and I love its soul.
World Championships
Anyway, as you may or may not have seen, I actually won the World Championships! It was an incredible experience. Moscon piloted me perfectly towards the final climb, where I had Alaphilippe to keep at bay. On the top of the hill, I managed to ride away and come in solo. Talk about pushing your career through the roof! I'm having an amazing season and I wish it'd never end.
Tre Valli
And so I was ready to go to Lombardia. I already raced, or rather rode, Tre Valli. I wasn't really competitive there, but it was nice just to make the race and show this new jersey to my neighbours. It was an amazing experience but, man oh man, I was tired.
Il Lombardia
And so Il Lombardia was next. The profile was rather mountainous. I had a feeling it would be too heavy for me. The climbs itself were a pain in the legs, but to my own surprise I was still with the leading group when we had crossed the biggest climbs.
I knew I was no match for the real climbers up those final bumps, and so I had to resort to a different plan. I tried a long range attack. Coppi-style! The peloton hesitated, I didn't.
And it paid off.
A fantastic result, timed perfectly to make this season even more magical!
Now only Paris - Tours is left, and then I can start getting ready for next season. I solemnly vow to make this jersey be seen as much as possible. I don't believe in curses, only in making your own luck.
I'll see you next time!
Ciao
Antonio |
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sutty68 |
Posted on 28-06-2017 12:50
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Tour de France Champion
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An absolutely Great solo win for Antonio |
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Selwink |
Posted on 28-06-2017 12:52
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Grand Tour Champion
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What an Andolini show! Seems like the mountaineous character of the race did not hurt too much, and the curse of the rainbow seems to not have been placed (yet? )
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Masterblaster01 |
Posted on 28-06-2017 14:40
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Wow! What a champion!
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VoetsT |
Posted on 28-06-2017 17:03
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Breakaway Specialist
Posts: 851
Joined: 29-06-2013
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Fan-tas-tic
Funny way to report a race.
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Tamijo |
Posted on 28-06-2017 19:20
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Team Leader
Posts: 7406
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Fun battlefield report, such a true mater on many different race profiles.
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 29-06-2017 16:34
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Tour de France Champion
Posts: 21854
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sutty68 - Yes
Selwink - Not yet or never indeed yeah I expected the mountains to really hurt him, but the peloton didn't quite react properly when he went. Maybe because he wasn't listed as a favorite with his MO
Masterblaster01 - I love WC - Lombardia combo
VoetsT - Thanks a lot, appreciate it
Tamijo - He sure loves to mate thanks, changed it up for once. And, yes, he can handle so many terrains well, it makes it interesting to race with him all year round. Every time the finish isn't a top a mountain we can say: he has a chance! |
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