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| OZrocker |
Posted on 25-08-2014 03:46
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Probably a smart move to not go all out for the GC with such little support left. Too many stronger climbers on the mountain stages but the hills seem to suit Arcier just fine 
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| Re Leone |
Posted on 25-08-2014 22:19
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That's true  , here's hoping we can get the points jersey.
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They surely seem to!
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| Re Leone |
Posted on 25-08-2014 22:26
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Stage 7 | Campobasso › Chieti, 189 km
There was an eerie atmosphere in the team bus ahead of the 7th stage. With only 4 of us left the place felt desolated and depressing. The only bright spot my red points jersey which we wanted to defend at all costs (although Francesco his Italian NC jersey was a beaut as well), and today’s stage would be perfect for that.
With zero sections of flat road today’s hilly course suited me perfect especially with the final steep section into Chieti which would create an explosive final among the puncheurs.
Another result of losing 5 teammates (more specifically Thomas Dekker) meant that with my 25 years I was the oldest rider within our team. My role as example meaning I had keep from scratching the itch I rode around with all day to attack on one of the early climbs before the final.
Luckly the men at Sky where more than willing to keep me quite by keeping up a tight pace all day. Helped by the rain this led to us crossing the final hill before Chieti with a drastically reduced peloton of only 31 riders. My biggest rivals for the win Purito, Moser and Majka.
The young Majka proving he hadn’t learned anything from our race in the Algarve earlier this season, by attacking on the waving section just after the top. The Pole was quickly caught back thanks to Astana’s Kangert and our own Bob Jungels. The young Luxembourgian upping the pace enough to launch us onto the final climb.
Taking the lead I kept the pace high enough to cut of everyone their breath, but still making sure I didn’t blow myself up. That darned Purito still had oxygen to spare as he dashed away from the pack, without a second of doubt I reacted with Moser in my wheel. For a moment we danced up the narrow steep wall side by side, but it was the Italian who cracked first with Purito once again pulling away but I followed surprisingly easy. With about 150m left I placed my deciding attack overtaking Purito right in the final corner, making him and the rest of my pack eat my dust as I comfortably rode to my second stage win!
| 1 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | 4h59'10 | | 2 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 3 | Moreno Moser | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 4 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 5 | Franco Pellizotti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 6 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 7 | Mikel Nieve | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 8 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 9 | Rafal Majka | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 10 | Steven Kruijswijk | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 1 | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | 30h38'36 | | 2 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 17 | | 3 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 44 | | 4 | Aziz Kastell | Lampre - Merida | + 50 | | 5 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | + 1'20 |
Spoiler | 6 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1'50 | | 7 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 2'03 | | 8 | Rafal Majka | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 2'04 | | 9 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 2'07 | | 10 | Mikel Nieve | Sky Procycling | + 2'15 | | 11 | Moreno Moser | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3'48 | | 12 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | + 3'53 | | 13 | Tim Wellens | BMC Racing Team | + 4'08 | | 14 | Matthew Busche | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 4'12 | | 15 | Steven Kruijswijk | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 4'13 | | 16 | Bob Jungels | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 4'22 | | 17 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | + 5'21 | | 18 | Matteo Rabottini | BMC Racing Team | + 5'41 | | 19 | Ivan Santaromita | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 6'57 | | 20 | Warren Barguil | Giant - Shimano | + 7'01 | | 21 | Diego Rosa | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 9'21 | | 22 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 10'29 | | 23 | Lachlan Morton | Garmin - Sharp | + 11'09 | | 24 | Peter Kennaugh | Sky Procycling | + 11'30 | | 25 | Lawson Craddock | Giant - Shimano | + 11'38 |
| 1 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | 116 | | 2 | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | 84 | | 3 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | 73 |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 25-08-2014 23:00
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Nicholas is on fire at the moment  |
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| dark_x2012 |
Posted on 26-08-2014 11:29
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| baia |
Posted on 26-08-2014 18:24
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Doing great at the Giro.. keep it up. 
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 28-08-2014 23:16
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Another fantastic win in the hills
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| Re Leone |
Posted on 29-08-2014 00:18
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@sutty68, @dark_x2012, @baia, @the_hoyle
Thanks for the support guys!
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| Re Leone |
Posted on 29-08-2014 00:21
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Stage 8 | Teramo › Terni, 201 km
With 3 stage wins in the first week our Giro had been a great success so far. Even with the loss of 5 teammates there was reason enough for us to start the 8th stage relaxed. Me in particular trying to save my legs for tomorrow’s stage which would be a mini Strade Bianchi. As the media liked to call it.
Everyone knew that today would be a day for the sprinters, but that didn’t keep the final from being hectic. Leading to half a dozen of crashes in the descent towards Terni in the final 10km. Major victims were Chris Horner and Wilco Kelderman, both climbers able to continue, but losing major time in the process.
Even though I was firmly placed in the points jersey it still didn’t make me a sprinter. I managed to pick up 2 points in the final as I lost a small portion of my lead on Porte as the Australian finished ahead of me. Nobody proved to be a match for Viviani though, who took another win ahead of Guarnieri and Meersman. Making one wonder what Cavendish and Kittel were doing here?
| 1 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | 4h42'43 | | 2 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 3 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 4 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 5 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 6 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 7 | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 8 | Mikel Nieve | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 9 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 10 | Marcel Kittel | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | - | | 14 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
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Posted on 29-08-2014 00:35
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Glad that Nicholas avoided those crashes |
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Posted on 30-08-2014 20:28
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@sutty68
Luck seems to be the most important thing to survive with GC ambitions nowadays.
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Stage 9 | Orvieto › Monte Sante Marie, 165 km
With a 165km long route through hilly Tuscany with plenty of gravel sections today’s stage could bring some changes to the general classification. In our case there wasn’t much we could do with a sick Roussey hanging at the back of the peloton for most of the day. Nonetheless without surprises today was a good opportunity for a stage win.
Thankfully the men at Sky went with their standard procedure and controlled the stage from the start, allowing Damuseau, Pinizzotto, Cousin and Lagutin to get early screen time as they broke away their adventure lasting for most of the day.
It was with 30km left in the stage when the young Pole Majka opened the final with a surprise acceleration in the downhill towards Buenconvento with Porte and Hoogerland immediately following.
The attack was quickly neutralized by a strong Bob Jungels, his efforts quickly left meaningless when Majka once again stood on the pedals the same Porte and Hoogerland following, but this time joined by Aru, Rabottini, Kastell and Pozzovivo.
Once again it was Jungels who quickly caught up to the group, minus Pozzovivo who went after the early escapees by himself. The high pace we stormed across the gravel with did provide for victims as it were Poels and Rodriguez who struggled to keep up with the pack and slowly dropped out off now to 24 riders reduced peloton.
As we raced through the town of Buenconvento it was Moser who launched his attack out of the reduced peloton. With a clearly fading Jungels there was nobody willing to respond to the Italian his attack (including myself in the hope of countering someone else.) Moser was allowed to set up a solo chase towards the early breakaway. Forcing our hand by placing Bongiorno at the head of the peloton.
With 10km to go the situation in the race had turned into;
<Moser> 16” <Escapees + Pozzovivo> 1’21” <Group Favourites> 1’12” <Group Poels> 1’08” <Group Rodriguez>
With 5km left we finally had the escapees in sight which was my cue to launch my first and final acceleration of the day, luckily enough letting the group behind me as nobody had the power to respond.
I quickly took over certain victims from the early break, as I passed the bow for the final 2km I could see Pozzovivo ahead of me and Moser in turn ahead of him. The situation seemed within hand, but the bird had already escaped the cage as Moser was about to pass the flamme rouge to solo his way to the stage win.
I was still able to overtake Pozzovivo as I gave my all towards my third 2nd place of this Giro. I knew I would not take the flowers, but my efforts made me finish over a minute ahead of Porte and his companions. Meaning I would enjoy the rest-day while wearing pink!
| 1 | Moreno Moser | Cannondale Pro Cycling | 3h58'47 | | 2 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 37 | | 3 | Ivan Santaromita | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 1'12 | | 4 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 5 | Rafal Majka | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1'32 | | 6 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 1'46 | | 7 | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 8 | Warren Barguil | Giant - Shimano | + 2'03 | | 9 | Steven Kruijswijk | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Aziz Kastell | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | - | | 101 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 7'02 | | - | | 111 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | + 8'11 |
| 1 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | 39h20'48 | | 2 | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | + 1'04 | | 3 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 1'48 | | 4 | Aziz Kastell | Lampre - Merida | + 2'11 | | 5 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 2'33 | | 6 | Moreno Moser | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2'46 | | 7 | Rafal Majka | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 2'54 | | 8 | Mikel Nieve | Sky Procycling | + 3'36 | | 9 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 3'53 | | 10 | Steven Kruijswijk | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 5'34 |
Spoiler | 11 | Matthew Busche | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 5'58 | | 12 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | + 6'10 | | 13 | Tim Wellens | BMC Racing Team | + 6'25 | | 14 | Bob Jungels | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 6'39 | | 15 | Ivan Santaromita | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 7'19 | | 16 | Matteo Rabottini | BMC Racing Team | + 7'27 | | 17 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 8'10 | | 18 | Warren Barguil | Giant - Shimano | + 8'22 | | 19 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | + 8'31 | | 20 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | + 12'08 | | 21 | Diego Rosa | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 12'19 | | 22 | Peter Kennaugh | Sky Procycling | + 13'16 | | 23 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 13'50 | | 24 | Lachlan Morton | Garmin - Sharp | + 14'46 | | 25 | Thomas De Gendt | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 15'39 | | 26 | Franco Pellizotti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 15'41 | | 27 | Dario Cataldo | Sky Procycling | + 16'27 | | 28 | Francesco Bongiorno | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 17'02 | | 29 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Giant - Shimano | + 17'14 | | 30 | Lieuwe Westra | Astana Pro Team | + 17'18 | | 31 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | + 17'21 | | 32 | Kristijan Durasek | Lampre - Merida | + 17'26 | | 33 | Alessandro De Marchi | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 17'41 | | 34 | Johnny Hoogerland | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 18'37 | | 35 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky Procycling | + 21'45 | | 36 | Lawson Craddock | Giant - Shimano | + 22'26 | | 37 | Paul Voss | Giant - Shimano | + 22'36 | | 38 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar Team | + 23'30 | | 39 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | + 24'03 | | 40 | Enrico Battaglin | Bardiani - CSF | + 26'05 | | 41 | Nathan Haas | Garmin - Sharp | + 26'32 | | 42 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 26'57 | | 43 | Maxime Bouet | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 26'58 | | 44 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | + 27'17 | | 45 | Chris Horner | Lampre - Merida | + 28'41 | | 46 | Wilco Kelderman | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 29'36 | | 47 | Johann Tschopp | IAM Cycling | + 29'39 | | 48 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 30'10 | | 49 | Sergey Lagutin | RusVelo | + 30'24 | | 50 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | + 31'04 | | 51 | Daan Olivier | Giant - Shimano | + 31'51 | | 52 | Matej Mohoric | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 35'14 | | 53 | Alexis Gougeard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 35'38 | | 54 | Elia Favilli | Lampre - Merida | + 35'51 | | 55 | Fabio Taborre | Neri Sottoli - YellowFluo | + 35'54 | | 56 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Astana Pro Team | + 37'04 | | 57 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | + 37'30 | | 58 | Ben Hermans | BMC Racing Team | + 38'44 | | 59 | Simon Clarke | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 39'24 | | 60 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | + 39'35 | | 61 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 40'10 | | 62 | Ilnur Zakarin | RusVelo | + 40'25 | | 63 | David López García | Sky Procycling | + 40'26 | | 64 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 40'30 | | 65 | Francesco Reda | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 41'30 | | 66 | Luke Rowe | Sky Procycling | + 42'07 | | 67 | Dries Devenyns | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 42'48 | | 68 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | + 43'23 | | 69 | David Tanner | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 43'49 | | 70 | Yonathan Monsalve | Neri Sottoli - YellowFluo | + 44'27 | | 71 | Leigh Howard | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 44'38 | | 72 | Petr Ignatenko | RusVelo | + 45'04 | | 73 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | + 46'10 | | 74 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Katusha Team | + 46'35 | | 75 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky Procycling | + 48'11 | | 76 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 48'46 | | 77 | Hugo Houle | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 49'04 | | 78 | Michael Rogers | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 49'14 | | 79 | Vegard Breen | Lotto - Belisol | + 49'33 | | 80 | Thomas Damuseau | Giant - Shimano | + 50'03 | | 81 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 82 | Alan Marangoni | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 50'06 | | 83 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 51'15 | | 84 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | + 54'56 | | 85 | Alessio Taliani | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 55'12 | | 86 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 56'46 | | 87 | Simone Ponzi | Neri Sottoli - YellowFluo | + 56'55 | | 88 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Team Europcar | + 58'27 | | 89 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto - Belisol | + 59'22 | | 90 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | + 59'31 | | 91 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | + 59'46 | | 92 | Stefano Locatelli | Bardiani - CSF | + 1h00'29 | | 93 | Nikias Arndt | Giant - Shimano | + 1h01'13 | | 94 | Mauro Finetto | Neri Sottoli - YellowFluo | + 1h01'15 | | 95 | Dominique Cornu | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1h02'10 | | 96 | Perrig Quemeneur | Team Europcar | + 1h02'13 | | 97 | Matthias Brändle | IAM Cycling | + 1h02'55 | | 98 | Petr Vakoč | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1h03'32 | | 99 | Jetse Bol | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 1h04'00 | | 100 | Matteo Bono | Lampre - Merida | + 1h04'02 | | 101 | Riccardo Chiarini | Neri Sottoli - YellowFluo | + 1h04'11 | | 102 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre - Merida | + 1h04'13 | | 103 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | + 1h04'33 | | 104 | Daniele Bennati | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1h04'43 | | 105 | Cristiano Salerno | Bardiani - CSF | + 1h05'50 | | 106 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | + 1h07'06 | | 107 | José Iván Gutierrez | Movistar Team | + 1h07'18 | | 108 | Nikolai Trussov | RusVelo | + 1h07'20 | | 109 | Dylan van Baarle | Garmin - 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GreenEDGE | + 1h17'37 | | 129 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | + 1h17'49 | | 130 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | + 1h18'01 | | 131 | Sylvain Chavanel | IAM Cycling | + 1h18'12 | | 132 | Matteo Tosatto | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1h19'01 | | 133 | Rüdiger Selig | Katusha Team | + 1h20'47 | | 134 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Katusha Team | + 1h20'49 | | 135 | Martin Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1h20'54 | | 136 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | + 1h21'06 | | 137 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Giant - Shimano | + 1h21'11 | | 138 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | + 1h21'16 | | 139 | Michal Kolar | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1h21'17 | | 140 | Yauheni Hutarovich | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 1h21'52 | | 141 | Pirmin Lang | IAM Cycling | + 1h22'14 | | 142 | Manuele Boaro | Bardiani - CSF | + 1h22'15 | | 143 | Silvan Dillier | BMC Racing Team | + 1h22'20 | | 144 | Gatis Smukulis | Katusha Team | + 1h22'27 | | 145 | Sebastian Lander | BMC Racing Team | + 1h25'30 | | 146 | Raymond Kreder | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h26'10 | | 147 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani - CSF | + 1h26'22 | | 148 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | + 1h27'24 | | 149 | Jérôme Pineau | IAM Cycling | + 1h28'07 | | 150 | Nelson Oliveira | Lampre - Merida | + 1h28'16 | | 151 | Stig Broeckx | Lotto - Belisol | + 1h28'48 | | 152 | Sébastien Turgot | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 1h29'14 | | 153 | Nathan Brown | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h30'51 | | 154 | Yannick Martinez | Team Europcar | + 1h31'21 | | 155 | Damien Howson | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 1h31'29 | | 156 | Sonny Colbrelli | Bardiani - CSF | + 1h31'59 | | 157 | Jack Bauer | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h33'00 | | 158 | Leonardo Pinizzotto | Bardiani - CSF | + 1h33'27 | | 159 | Andrea Fedi | Neri Sottoli - YellowFluo | + 1h33'35 | | 160 | Damien Gaudin | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 1h34'42 | | 161 | Mattia Pozzo | Neri Sottoli - YellowFluo | + 1h35'35 | | 162 | Patrick Schelling | IAM Cycling | + 1h37'20 | | 163 | Danilo Napolitano | Team Europcar | + 1h37'36 | | 164 | Kevyn Ista | IAM Cycling | + 1h38'01 | | 165 | Gert Dockx | Lotto - Belisol | + 1h40'03 | | 166 | Jonas Vangenechten | Lotto - Belisol | + 1h41'19 | | 167 | Nico Sijmens | Lotto - Belisol | + 1h41'26 | | 168 | Jos Van Emden | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h42'31 | | 169 | Guillaume Boivin | Katusha Team | + 1h42'50 | | 170 | Andrea Piechele | Bardiani - CSF | + 1h45'08 | | 171 | Boris Vallée | Lotto - Belisol | + 1h45'53 | | 172 | Mathew Hayman | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 1h46'15 | | 173 | Nicola Ruffoni | Neri Sottoli - YellowFluo | + 1h46'57 | | 174 | Gianluca Brambilla | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1h49'13 | | 175 | Roman Maikin | RusVelo | + 1h49'52 | | 176 | Jake Keough | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 1h51'13 | | 177 | Francesco Chicchi | Neri Sottoli - YellowFluo | + 1h54'11 | | 178 | David Arroyo | Movistar Team | + 1h54'44 | | 179 | Igor Boev | RusVelo | + 1h55'20 | | 180 | Sebastien Hinault | IAM Cycling | + 2h01'26 | | 181 | Brett Lancaster | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 2h03'04 | | 182 | Kenny Van Hummel | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 2h04'01 | | 183 | Alexander Serov | RusVelo | + 2h04'29 | | 184 | Orazio Farnedi | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2h07'08 | | 185 | Ivan Balykin | RusVelo | + 2h13'13 | | 186 | Steven Caethoven | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 2h31'20 | | 187 | Leonid Krasnov | RusVelo | + 2h35'47 | | 188 | Marco Canola | Bardiani - CSF | + 3h04'56 |
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Posted on 30-08-2014 23:32
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Great day out in the countryside for Nicholas and he shows Porte that he means business |
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Posted on 31-08-2014 07:07
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Good stage.
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Posted on 31-08-2014 07:26
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Looking good for Nicholas. It's great to take time on his rivals before the big mountains. |
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Wow, what a great effort! The rest day should do the team some good too with all the withdrawals surely having taken a toll on Jungels and Arcier already. Good luck!
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Wow!Missed a lot.
First taking the maglia rosa
Then winning a stage on it
Then losing it.
Then winning another stage.
Then re-taking the maglia rosa
As well as a comfortable lead on the points ranking
What a race for Arcier
The user formerly known as 'The Schleck Fan'
Gracias Alberto.
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| Re Leone |
Posted on 10-09-2014 21:13
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Neo-Pro
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Thanks for all the great comments guys!
Due to uni starting again I have been too busy to come and post here, but this story will be back up and running come weekend.
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| Wild Dog |
Posted on 10-09-2014 21:30
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Domestique
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Sounds good! Looking forward for that moment
Vincenzo Nibali - Rui Costa - Nairo Quintana - Alberto Contador - Peter Sagan
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The Last of the Real
- Story about Dries Deckers - racing against Merckx, de Vlaeminck etc. |
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| Wild Dog |
Posted on 16-09-2014 15:55
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Domestique
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Congratulations on story of the month! But you better start updating this if you want to win again in September 
Vincenzo Nibali - Rui Costa - Nairo Quintana - Alberto Contador - Peter Sagan
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The Last of the Real
- Story about Dries Deckers - racing against Merckx, de Vlaeminck etc. |
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