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| valverde321 |
Posted on 15-05-2020 20:01
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Amazing win. It looks like you employed the strategy I tried to do in MSR, but execute it to perfection.
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| rogvi97 |
Posted on 15-05-2020 22:19
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Really proving every doubter wrong with that performance
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 16-05-2020 00:18
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I was a doubter myself. Like Freitas says, I was pretty ecstatic seeing him actually win in the race. And in that fashion. I'm usually used to my team being in control of the sprint.
The strategy was like this because Van Poppel had a headache (but fit to race) and was on a 0 on the daily form, so I decided I could perhaps make good use of Van Aert's stats combo and have him in the run for 3 monuments. Obviously, it didn't play out like I hoped it would, but Danny was there to save the day 
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Posted on 16-05-2020 19:02
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| | | | | | |  | |  | |  | | 2019: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | D. Groenewegen | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yashAdh.png[/img-r] | A. Démare | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/moHt5CE.png[/img-r] | C. Laporte | | 2020: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | D. Van Poppel | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/Ev3JTiA.png[/img-r] | A. Vendrame | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | A. M. Jansen |
A crash followed by a split in the pack put Van Poppel in a position were it was impossible for him to contest for today's victory and losing the chance to make it 3 in a row here for Jumbo.
Roosen and Jansen tried to keep the flag up but they just didn't have the speed of other sprinters in the main group. Ackermann triumphed after a very good team work by Deceuninck, followed by Van der Poel and Bol.
Results | 1. |  | Pascal Ackermann | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 4h35'39 | | 2. |  | Mathieu Van der Poel | Corendon - Circus | s.t. | | 3. | | Cees Bol | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 4. |  | Christophe Laporte | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 5. | | Timo Roosen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 6. |  | Amund Grøndahl Jansen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 7. |  | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 8. |  | Jhonatan Narváez | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 9. |  | Jurgen Roelandts | Cycling Team Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. | | 10. |  | Silvan Dillier | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 11. |  | Daniel Oss | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 12. | | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 13. | | Marc Hirschi | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 14. |  | Lukas Pöstlberger | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 15. | | Alexis Gougeard | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 16. |  | Mihkel Räim | SEG Racing Academy | s.t. | | 17. |  | Petr Vakoc | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 18. | | Timothy Dupont | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 19. | | Mike Teunissen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 20. |  | Owain Doull | Team INEOS | s.t. |
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Posted on 16-05-2020 19:07
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Van Aert tried an attack on the last climb of the day but it was neutralized by Deceuninck led pack. A strong got away shortly afterwards formed by: Van der Poel, Kung, Benoot, Van Avermaet, Naesen and Eenkhoorn. The group soon had a one minute advantage, but the collaboration wasn't great with the last 2 not taking any turns.
Still, Deceuninck would not chase behind Naesen and the group managed to stay away. Van der Poel was the strongest sprinter in the group but some late attempts of going solo before the finish line cost him and Van Avermaet grabbed the win in what was a very close sprint between the two.
Results | 1. | | Greg Van Avermaet | Mitchelton-Scott | 5h12'48 | | 2. | | Mathieu Van der Poel | Corendon - Circus | s.t. | | 3. | | Oliver Naesen | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 4. | | Stefan Küng | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 5. | | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 6. | | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 7. | | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 38 | | 8. | | Mike Teunissen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 9. |  | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 10. |  | Lukasz Wisniowski | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 11. | | Timo Roosen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 12. | | Simone Consonni | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 13. | | Arnaud Démare | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 14. | | Nils Politt | TEAM Aeroflot | s.t. | | 15. | | Jasper Philipsen | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 16. | | Matteo Trentin | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 17. | | Wout Van Aert | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 18. | | Jurgen Roelandts | Cycling Team Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. | | 19. | | Jasper Stuyven | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 20. | | Jens Keukeleire | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
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Posted on 17-05-2020 11:57
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Groenewegen returns to the race that he won in 2019. The breakaway got a huge advantage today and could have actually posted a threat for the pack if not for a very aggressive pace by Jumbo on the cobbles. Teunnisen, Phinney and Jansen set up a very high pace which left the pack to under 30 riders, but also dropped one of our leaders: Danny Van Poppel.
Gronewegen was still there but he wasn't quite able to challenge for the win today despite a very close finish. It was the German Champion Ackermann who put another one next to his name, with Bol and Haller completing the podium.
Results | 1. | | Pascal Ackermann | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 6h02'32 | | 2. | | Cees Bol | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 3. | | Marco Haller | TEAM Aeroflot | s.t. | | 4. | | Elia Viviani | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 5. | | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 6. | | Alexander Kristoff | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 7. | | Florian Senechal | CCC Team | s.t. | | 8. | | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 9. |  | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 10. |  | Sam Bennett | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 11. | | Christophe Laporte | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 12. | | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 13. | | Oliver Naesen | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 14. | | Wout Van Aert | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 15. | | Jens Debusschere | TEAM Aeroflot | s.t. | | 16. |  | Mads Pedersen | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 17. | | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 18. | | Nils Politt | TEAM Aeroflot | s.t. | | 19. | | Stefan Küng | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 20. | | Tim Declercq | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. |
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Posted on 17-05-2020 12:08
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2019: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/09zuO8c.png[/img-r] | C. Froome | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/ZmdywKZ.png[/img-r] | M. A. Lopez | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/gfILHqf.png[/img-r] | R. Bardet | | 2020: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/09zuO8c.png[/img-r] | T. Geoghegan Hart | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/VupKHQx.png[/img-r] | M. A. Lopez | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/gfILHqf.png[/img-r] | R. Bardet |
Plenty of climbing in this year's Volta a Catalunya. This meant very few sprinters showed up which allowed Grosu to take a stage win, despite losing a sprint to Simon Yates in the fifth stage.
Grosu celebrating his first win of the season
Gesink came to the race with a brilliant form and in the third stage, he took a very unlikely win. He sat in the favorites group for most of the final climb before breakaway away in the final kilometre to sprint past Lopez and Geoghegan Hart to grab the win.
Gesink makes the biggest surprise of the race
Gesink would manage to defend his lead in the next stages, but once we reached the final brutal mountain stage everything changed. Despite having Kruijswijk with him, the Dutch rider just didn't have the same pace as Geoghegan Hart, Bernal and Lopez, who tore the favorites group apart.
Geoghegan Hart would go on to take the stage win and repeat last year's overall win, while Gesink would drop out of the podium places. It was a real shame as this was probably one of Gesink's last great races and a podium would have been the cherry on the cake.
Stage by stage breakdown | | | Winner | | | Leader | |  | S1 | | Callum Scotson |  | | Callum Scotson | |  | S2 |  | Eduard Michael Grosu |  | | Eduard Michael Grosu | | | S3 | | Robert Gesink | | | Robert Gesink | | | S4 | | Miguel Angel Lopez |  | | Robert Gesink | | | S5 | | Simon Yates |  | | Robert Gesink | | | S6 | | Richie Porte |  | | Robert Gesink | |  | S7 | | Tao Geoghegan Hart |  | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | |
Results | 1. | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Ag2r La Mondiale | 32h10'44 | | 2. | | Miguel Angel Lopez | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 43 | | 3. | | Egan Bernal | Team INEOS | + 2'05 | | 4. | | Robert Gesink | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 2'18 | | 5. | | Chris Froome | Lotto Soudal | + 3'01 | | 6. | | Simon Yates | Bahrain - Merida | + 3'22 | | 7. | | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA - hansgrohe | + 4'44 | | 8. |  | Marc Soler | Mitchelton-Scott | + 4'47 | | 9. | | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 5'09 | | 10. | | Richard Carapaz | Movistar Team | + 5'36 | | 11. | | Nairo Quintana | Team INEOS | + 6'00 | | 12. | | Giulio Ciccone | Trek - Segafredo | + 7'07 | | 13. | | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | + 8'06 | | 14. | | Léo Vincent | Groupama - FDJ | + 8'19 | | 15. | | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 8'27 | | 16. | | Esteban Cháves | Astana Pro Team | + 8'31 | | 17. | | Ivan Ramiro Sosa | Team INEOS | + 9'36 | | 18. | | Tom Dumoulin | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 10'31 | | 19. |  | Alexey Lutsenko | Team Dimension Data | + 11'12 | | 20. | | Pierre Latour | Lotto Soudal | + 12'14 |
 | | Simon Yates | Bahrain - Merida | 88 |  |  | Ilnur Zakarin | TEAM Aeroflot | 76 |  | | Egan Bernal | Team INEOS | 32h12'49 |  | | Team INEOS | | 96h48'07 |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 17-05-2020 13:01
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After many splits and regroups we arrived we a group of about 15 riders in front of the race as we reached the last cobbles of the day. Van Aert and Teunissen took control of the group in an attempt to thin it.
Van Aert and Bettiol went clear at the end of the climb but they didn't quite manage to build a gap and were soon caught by the chasing group, with more and more riders coming back as they slowed down awaiting the final sprint
Van Aert and Van Avermaet seemed to be the riders with most fuel left in the tank and they battled out for the victory, with the Jumbo rider taking what should be an important morale win ahead the Tour of Flanders
Results | 1. | | Wout Van Aert | Team Jumbo-Visma | 5h28'08 | | 2. | | Greg Van Avermaet | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 3. | | Niki Terpstra | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 4. | | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 5. | | Stefan Küng | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 6. | | Anthony Turgis | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 7. | | Oliver Naesen | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 8. | | Mike Teunissen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 9. | | Mads Pedersen | Trek - Segafredo | + 42 | | 10. | | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 11. | | Dylan Van Baarle | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 12. | | Yves Lampaert | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 13. | | Heinrich Haussler | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 14. | | Lukasz Wisniowski | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 15. | | Florian Senechal | CCC Team | s.t. | | 16. | | Luke Rowe | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 17. | | Jasper Stuyven | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 18. | | Daniel Oss | BORA - hansgrohe | + 1'40 | | 19. | | Johan Jacobs | Israël - Cycling Academy | s.t. | | 20. | | Jurgen Roelandts | Cycling Team Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. |
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Posted on 17-05-2020 13:06
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Eenkhoorn and Van der Horn did a fantastic job in making sure we didn't see a repeat of last year's scenario where a sprint finish was avoided by the attackers. It was then up to the sprint train, which also delivered at high intensity, including Groenewegen who defeat Alvaro Hodeg to take the victory, in a repeat of 2019 1-2.
Results | 1. | | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo-Visma | 4h55'47 | | 2. | | Alvaro Hodeg | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 3. | | Mihkel Räim | SEG Racing Academy | s.t. | | 4. | | Floris Gerts | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 5. | | Marijn Van den Berg | Metec - TKH Continental Cyclingteam p/b Mantel | s.t. | | 6. | | Lennard Hofstede | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 7. |  | Reinardt Janse V. Rensburg | Vlasman Track/Road Continental Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8. | | Sondre Holst Enger | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9. | | Simone Velasco | Monkey Town – à Bloc CT | s.t. | | 10. | | Dimitri Claeys | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 11. | | Jelle Wallays | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 12. | | Joris Nieuwenhuis | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 13. | | Martijn Budding | BEAT Cycling Club | s.t. | | 14. | | Lasse Norman Hansen | Corendon - Circus | s.t. | | 15. | | Lars Boom | SEG Racing Academy | s.t. | | 16. | | Sebastian Langeveld | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 17. | | Maarten Van Trijp | Corendon - Circus | s.t. | | 18. | | Pieter Vanspeybrouck | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 19. | | Jonas Rickaert | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 20. | | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
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Posted on 17-05-2020 18:18
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After the last pass of Oude Kwaremont, 5 riders went clear, including 3 (!) Jumbo riders: Van Baarle, Bettiol, Van Aert, Sagan and Teunissen
The other were definitely not happy to work in a group which contained 3 riders from a rival team and after Paterberg 3 more riders joined the group: Van Avermaet, Terpstra and Naesen.
Naesen, Sagan, Terpstra and Bettiol and Van Aert opened up a gap to the others in the flat section. While the other 4 stopped after opening up the gap, Van Aert continued his attack and went for a solo win, while Teunissen and Van Baarle joined the chasing group
He didn't manage to build a large gap, but it was enough to keep him in the lead under the last kilometre banner. Sagan was leading the sprint behind, but Teunissen was right in his wheel.
Van Aert was caught right before the finish line, but only one rider had the speed to go past him. And it was Mike Teunissen! It's a fantastic 1-2 for Jumbo who make it 2 out of 2 in Monuments this year
Results | 1. | | Mike Teunissen | Team Jumbo-Visma | 6h20'17 | | 2. | | Wout Van Aert | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 3. | | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 4. | | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 5. | | Niki Terpstra | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 6. | | Oliver Naesen | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 7. | | Dylan Van Baarle | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 8. | | Greg Van Avermaet | Mitchelton-Scott | + 1'23 | | 9. | | Mads Pedersen | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 10. | | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | + 2'04 | | 11. | | Stefan Küng | Groupama - FDJ | + 2'36 | | 12. | | Florian Senechal | CCC Team | s.t. | | 13. | | Alexander Kristoff | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 14. | | Arnaud Démare | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 15. | | Lukasz Wisniowski | Team INEOS | + 3'31 | | 16. | | Mathieu Van der Poel | Corendon - Circus | + 3'55 | | 17. | | Daniel Oss | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 18. | | Jurgen Roelandts | Cycling Team Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. | | 19. | | Amund Grøndahl Jansen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 20. |  | Taylor Phinney | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 17-05-2020 18:25
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Wow, Van Aert probably pretty pissed at Mike. Imagine going solo and thinking you're gonna win and then youre teammate just sprints past you in the final 20 metres 
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Posted on 17-05-2020 18:51
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I thought about stopping Teunissen, but I think Van Aert will have other opportunities as well, which is not really the case with Teunissen.
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Posted on 18-05-2020 16:39
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Despite not being the best of cobblers, Ackermann has done well this year in soft cobbled races, winning in Wevelgem or De Panne. That and his win in this race from 2019 made it him the big favorite for today.
As a result, Jumbo tried to make the race as hard as possible on the last cobbled sector, with Roosen and fresh Tour of Flanders winner, Mike Teunissen setting up an insane pace in the peloton. And it worked! Only one rider caught the Jumbo train: Christophe Laporte. They soon joined four riders who had attacked before the sector (Senechal, Hagen, Rowe and Kragh Andersen) to make up the winning group of today
This was a huge opportunity for Laporte, but especially for Hagen who couldn't have dreamed of a podium in a normal sprint here. They put up a very good fight, but in the end it was Van Poppel who was the fastest to retain last year's title.
Results | 1. | | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo-Visma | 4h50'20 | | 2. | | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 3. | | Christophe Laporte | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 4. | | Wout Van Aert | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 5. | | Luke Rowe | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 6. | | Florian Senechal | CCC Team | s.t. | | 7. | | Søren Kragh Andersen | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 8. | | Dylan Van Baarle | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 9. | | Mike Teunissen | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 1'20 | | 10. | | Timo Roosen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 11. | | Nathan Van Hooydonck | CCC Team | + 2'18 | | 12. | | Cees Bol | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 13. | | Christopher Lawless | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 14. | | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 15. | | Sam Bennett | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 16. | | Robert Power | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 17. | | Pascal Ackermann | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 18. | | Oliver Naesen | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 19. | | Jakub Mareczko | CCC Team | s.t. | | 20. | | Owain Doull | Team INEOS | s.t. |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 18-05-2020 18:03
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| | | | | | | | | | |  | | 2019: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/gfILHqf.png[/img-r] | R. Bardet | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/ZmdywKZ.png[/img-r] | J. Fuglsang | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/Ht2gUCD.png[/img-r] | S. Yates | | 2020: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/bNkx6NT.png[/img-r] | J. Alaphilippe | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/VupKHQx.png[/img-r] | M. A. Lopez | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/98pQSkS.png[/img-r] | S. Yates |
Despite not showing last year's dominance and only winning two stages and despite no bonus seconds being awarded at the end of the stages, Alaphilippe would still enter the final time - trial in quite a commanding lead. He was 39 seconds ahead of his team - mate, Dumoulin and 49 seconds ahead of Kelderman, who were completing the overall podium.
Alaphilippe only wore rainbow in the first stage
But then came the final time - trial. The stage started with a downhill followed by two climbs. Despite a route that favored Alaphilippe, everything would be turned around. The Frenchman was clearly in an off day and by the first first intermediate check point, it was clear that it would take a miracle for him to recover and held onto the overall win.
Dumoulin and Kelderman were pretty much matched at the first 2 check points, but Tom didn't have enough left in the tank for the last climb where he lost considerable time to Kelderman, who could go on to take the stage win and the overall win as well!
Kelderman was flying in the time - trial
Stage by stage breakdown | | | Winner | | | Leader | | | Stage 1 | | Julian Alaphilippe | | | Julian Alaphilippe | | | Stage 2 | | Tony Gallopin |  | | Julian Alaphilippe | | | Stage 3 | | Julian Alaphilippe | | | Julian Alaphilippe | | | Stage 4 | | Tom Dumoulin | | | Julian Alaphilippe | | | Stage 5 | | Patrick Konrad |  | | Julian Alaphilippe | |  | Stage 6 | | Wilco Kelderman | | | Wilco Kelderman | |
Results | 1. | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Jumbo-Visma | 22h01'14 | | 2. | | Tom Dumoulin | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 37 | | 3. | | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 1'05 | | 4. | | Fabio Aru | UAE Team Emirates | + 2'11 | | 5. | | Patrick Konrad | BORA - hansgrohe | + 2'16 | | 6. |  | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | + 2'27 | | 7. | | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | + 2'49 | | 8. | | Marc Soler | Mitchelton-Scott | + 3'43 | | 9. | | Davide Formolo | BORA - hansgrohe | + 3'50 | | 10. | | Maximilian Schachmann | Team Sunweb | + 4'14 | | 11. | | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | + 4'44 | | 12. | | Ivan Ramiro Sosa | Team INEOS | + 5'44 | | 13. | | Ion Izagirre | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 5'48 | | 14. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 6'40 | | 15. | | Jakob Fuglsang | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 8'15 | | 16. | | Chris Froome | Lotto Soudal | + 8'28 | | 17. | | Bjorg Lambrecht | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 9'43 | | 18. |  | Ruben Guerreiro | TEAM Aeroflot | + 10'17 | | 19. | | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | + 10'28 | | 20. | | Odd Christian Eiking | Mitchelton-Scott | + 10'30 |
 | | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 86 |  | | Diego Rosa | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | 69 |  | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | 22h03'41 | | | Deceuninck-Quick Step | | 66h11'26 |
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Posted on 19-05-2020 18:32
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Teunissen and Van Aert made it a hell of a race for the others on Carrefour de l'Arbre. And Van Aert is the first to make it out of the sector and even though the favorites group imploded, the gaps are not big at all
Bettiol, Terpstra and Van Avermaet are his main chasers. They all seem just as spent as Wout, but two Education First riders in this group can't be good news for the Belgian
Van Aert is the first to enter the velodrome for the second year in a row. Can he hold on this time?
Terpstra and Van Avermaet are just 10 seconds behind him. It's going to a really close one but everyone seem to have their tanks empty at this point.
Van Avermaet was indeed done, but Terpstra managed to save something for the end. He first sprints past Van Avermaet and then he does the same thing with Van Aert. It's going to be another heartbreaking defeat for Wout
Moving to Education First and getting a good team behind him seems to have been a great win for Terpstra. The Dutchman wins the Hell of the North!
Results | 1. | | Niki Terpstra | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | 6h28'33 | | 2. | | Wout Van Aert | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 3. | | Greg Van Avermaet | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 4. | | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 5. | | Oliver Naesen | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 6. | | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 7. | | Stefan Küng | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 8. | | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 9. | | Mathieu Van der Poel | Corendon - Circus | s.t. | | 10. | | Alexander Kristoff | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 11. | | Matteo Trentin | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 12. | | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 13. | | Florian Senechal | CCC Team | s.t. | | 14. | | Mads Pedersen | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 15. | | Nils Politt | TEAM Aeroflot | s.t. | | 16. | | Jasper Stuyven | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 17. | | Mike Teunissen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 18. | | Dylan Van Baarle | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 19. | | Amund Grøndahl Jansen | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 2'56 | | 20. | | Sebastian Langeveld | Team Sunweb | + 3'43 |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 19-05-2020 18:38
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Your team has been in amazing form lately. Hurts to get 2nd at PR, but still a good result, and the form of the team recently makes up for it.
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Posted on 21-05-2020 18:42
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Can't really be upset given how well things have been going lately. But I feel like I'm disappointing Van Aert. He was to get one of the big two sooner rather than later. Maybe I will just sit an let the others waste their energy instead of attacking from far away.
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Posted on 21-05-2020 18:48
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A surprising move by Alaphilippe who decides to attack with about 20 kilometres to go. Lambrecht, Formolo and Konrad join him. The move is neutralized about 10 kilometres though and it will be interesting to see how it will affect Alaphilippe, who had no reason to attack form so far away
Fuglsang is on domestique duties today as he leads the way for Alaphilippe on Caugerg. The black and yellow riders, led by Kelderman are right behind the Frenchman, watching his every move
Alaphilippe slowed down a bit after the top of the climb and Kelderman saw this as an opportunity to surprise the Deceuninck rider and started the sprint instead of waiting in the Frenchman's wheel
The World Champion was still the fastest though and had no problem countering Kelderman's move and beating him to take the title of kind of the Cauberg for the second year in a row. Van Aert had a very fast sprint in the final kilometre to take third.
Results | 1. | | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 6h42'23 | | 2. | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 3. | | Wout Van Aert | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 4. | | Michael Valgren Andersen | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 5. | | Patrick Konrad | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 6. | | Davide Formolo | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 7. | | Bjorg Lambrecht | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 8. | | Ruben Guerreiro | TEAM Aeroflot | s.t. | | 9. | | Gianni Moscon | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 10. | | Jack Haig | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 11. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 12. | | Dylan Teuns | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 13. | | David Gaudu | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 14. | | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 15. | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 16. | | Diego Ulissi | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 17. | | Roman Kreuziger | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 18. |  | Michael Woods | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 19. | | Odd Christian Eiking | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 20. | | Antwan Tolhoek | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
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Posted on 21-05-2020 21:02
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Strong classics season, but it must hurt for Van Aert to get so close to victory three times in the big classics
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