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Nairo Quintana - 2016
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 17-06-2015 04:13
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Thanks Guys! Nairo is dominating!!!
He is just far too strong for everyone else!
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 19-06-2015 00:02
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The rest day yesterday was really good. I was starting to hurt and getting that rest day was great! Now I have to look to the next few days and stay our of trouble.
The 16th stage is a 146.9km mountain stage. I am the very best climber here and I'm on great form. I really hope I can keep this form till the World Championships.
No race
The race just got skipped....Really weird. No changes to GC at all. And No one won the stage.
A flat stage. Rojas Gil is trying for stage win #2.
| 1 | Arnaud Démare | Garmin - Sharp | 3h56'20 | | 2 | John Degenkolb | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Boy Van Poppel | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 4 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ | s.t. | | 5 | Tom Veelers | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 6 | Matteo Trentin | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 7 | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 8 | Matthew Goss | BNP Paribas Fortis | s.t. | | 9 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 10 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | s.t. |
A 187.3km hilly stage. I am a long way in front. I don't think there is any way, unless a crash, that I can lose the GC.
| 1 | Nairo Quintana | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | 4h39'20 | | 2 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Robert Kiserlovski | Radioshack Leopard | + 34 | | 5 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | + 1'05 | | 6 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 7 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 1'32 | | 8 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1'44 | | 9 | Rui Costa | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Beñat Intxausti | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | s.t. |
3 days left of the Vuelta! Can't believe its almost over. I am leading by a lot. Valverde is 5th and Intxausti 10th (I am simulating the last 3 due to the game crashing heaps).
One final hilly stage
| 1 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol | 4h14'31 | | 2 | Bauke Mollema | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 3 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 4 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 37 | | 5 | Giovanni Visconti | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Nairo Quintana | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | + 47 | | 7 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 8 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9 | Alejandro Valverde | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | + 1'02 | | 10 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
The 20th stage is by far the biggest! Today we climb the Angliru. This is where the Vuelta can be won or lost. (YAY!! I got this one working!)
The breakaway of 5 include Tuft, Sprick, Pietropolli, Sorenson and Moinard who have all had their fair share of breakaways. They have 2.53 on the peloton.
Thibaut Pinot (9th GC) crashed with 110km to go. He quickly got up however and rejoined the peloton.
Attacks started on the 2nd last climb. Costa got straight on the front with Valverde, Intxausti and me on his wheel.
All of the favourites started attacking at the bottom of the Angliru. Intxausti took over from Costa there.
With 5km to go Intxausti had almost brought us up to the leaders.
1km to go. I had just caught up with the leading 3.
I WIN ON THE ANGLIRU!!!!
2nd is Betancur and 3rd Rodriguez. Intxausti comes 5th and Valverde 6th.
| 1 | Nairo Quintana | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | 3h54'55 | | 2 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 13 | | 3 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | + 27 | | 4 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 35 | | 5 | Beñat Intxausti | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | + 56 | | 6 | Alejandro Valverde | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 1'23 | | 8 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol | + 1'33 | | 9 | Bauke Mollema | Team Europcar | + 1'57 | | 10 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 3'38 |
Spoiler | 11 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | + 4'26 | | 12 | David De la Cruz | Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 4'47 | | 13 | Robert Kiserlovski | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | | 14 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 15 | Rui Costa | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | + 6'26 | | 16 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | BNP Paribas Fortis | + 7'20 | | 17 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto Belisol | + 7'32 | | 18 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | BNP Paribas Fortis | s.t. | | 19 | Thibaut Pinot | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 20 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | + 7'59 | | 21 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 8'34 | | 22 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 23 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | + 8'47 | | 24 | Steven Kruijswijk | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 25 | Robert Vrecer | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 9'27 | | 26 | Aritz Pajarón | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | s.t. | | 27 | Enrique De Sanjosé | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 10'38 | | 28 | Sandy Casar | FDJ | s.t. | | 29 | Maxime Bouet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 30 | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 31 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 32 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | + 10'52 | | 33 | Fabian Wegmann | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 34 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 35 | Jan Bakelants | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | | 36 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 37 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 38 | Winner Andrew Anacona | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 39 | Amets Txurruka | Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 11'23 | | 40 | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 41 | Giovanni Visconti | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | s.t. | | 42 | Tony Gallopin | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | | 43 | José Iván Gutierrez | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | + 11'39 | | 44 | Laurens Ten Dam | Blanco Pro Cycling | + 12'27 | | 45 | Simone Stortoni | Lampre-Merida | + 13'45 | | 46 | David Arroyo | Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 47 | Bruno Pires | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 14'41 | | 48 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 49 | Trent Lowe | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 50 | Mathias Frank | BMC Racing Team | + 15'03 | | 51 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 15'12 | | 52 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | + 15'32 | | 53 | Denis Menchov | Katusha Team | + 15'49 | | 54 | Tomasz Marczynski | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 55 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | + 16'04 | | 56 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 57 | Yonnatta Monsalve | Vini Fantini | s.t. | | 58 | Ricardo Mestre | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 59 | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre-Merida | + 17'12 | | 60 | Cristiano Salerno | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 61 | Jürgen Van De Walle | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 62 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 17'24 | | 63 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ | s.t. | | 64 | Rohan Dennis | Garmin - Sharp | + 17'48 | | 65 | Natnael Berhane | Team Europcar | + 18'00 | | 66 | Svein Tuft | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 67 | Kristijan Durasek | Lampre-Merida | + 18'22 | | 68 | Paul Voss | Team NetApp - Endura | + 18'49 | | 69 | Ben Swift | BNP Paribas Fortis | s.t. | | 70 | Mathieu Sprick | FDJ | + 19'13 | | 71 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | BNP Paribas Fortis | s.t. | | 72 | Marcos Garcia | Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 73 | Gianni Meersman | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 74 | George Bennett | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | | 75 | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 76 | Omar Fraile | Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 77 | Daniele Ratto | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 19'37 | | 78 | Bob Jungels | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | | 79 | Leigh Ridenton | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | s.t. | | 80 | Evgueni Petrov | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 81 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | s.t. | | 82 | Dries Devenyns | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 83 | Jussi Veikkanen | FDJ | s.t. | | 84 | David De la Fuente | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 85 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | + 20'40 | | 86 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 87 | Xavier Florencio | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 88 | Simon Clarke | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 89 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 90 | Michael Albasini | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 21'28 | | 91 | Antonio Piedra | Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 23'14 | | 92 | Matthew Goss | BNP Paribas Fortis | s.t. | | 93 | Yaroslav Popovych | Radioshack Leopard | + 23'55 | | 94 | Cristiano Monguzzi | Vini Fantini | + 24'04 | | 95 | Leonardo Giordani | Vini Fantini | s.t. | | 96 | Julian Kern | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 97 | Jonathan Clarke | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 98 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ | s.t. | | 99 | Mikael Chérel | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 100 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 101 | Matteo Tosatto | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 102 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 103 | Christian Knees | BNP Paribas Fortis | s.t. | | 104 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 105 | Juan Jose Lobato | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 106 | Stijn Devolder | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | | 107 | Andreas Schillinger | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 108 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 109 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Radioshack Leopard | + 25'06 | | 110 | José Alberto BenÃtez | Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 27'50 | | 111 | Junya Sano | Vini Fantini | s.t. | | 112 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 113 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 114 | Jure Kocjan | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 115 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 116 | Olivier Kaisen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 117 | Mitchell Docker | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 118 | Cesare Benedetti | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 119 | Grega Bole | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 28'20 | | 120 | Benoit Vaugrenard | FDJ | s.t. | | 121 | Kristof Vandewalle | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 28'32 | | 122 | Matteo Trentin | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 123 | Koldo Fernandez | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 124 | Davide Cimolai | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 125 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 126 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 127 | Mauro Finetto | Vini Fantini | s.t. | | 128 | Ian Bibby | BNP Paribas Fortis | s.t. | | 129 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 130 | Anthony Roux | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 131 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 132 | Vicente Reynès | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 133 | Hayden Roulston | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | | 134 | Laurent Pichon | FDJ | + 29'11 | | 135 | Marcello Pavarin | Vini Fantini | s.t. | | 136 | Francesco Lasca | Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 137 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ | s.t. | | 138 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 139 | Kris Boeckmans | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 140 | Samuel Dumoulin | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 141 | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 142 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 143 | Guillaume Boivin | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 30'13 | | 144 | Lloyd Mondory | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 145 | Manuel Belletti | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 146 | Robert Wagner | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 147 | Sebastian Lander | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 148 | John Degenkolb | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 149 | Arnaud Démare | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 150 | Mads Christensen | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 31'24 | | 151 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 152 | Daniel Schorn | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 153 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 154 | Boy Van Poppel | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 155 | Ruslan Tleubayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 156 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 157 | Maarten Wynants | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 158 | Bernhard Eisel | BNP Paribas Fortis | s.t. | | 159 | Moreno Hofland | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 160 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 161 | Lucas Sebastian Haedo | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 162 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 32'51 | | 163 | Steele Von Hoff | BNP Paribas Fortis | + 33'58 | | 164 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ | s.t. | | 165 | Scott Thwaites | Team NetApp - Endura | + 34'37 | | 166 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 167 | Sébastien Rosseler | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 168 | Gregory Henderson | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 169 | Marcel Sieberg | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 170 | Frederique Robert | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 171 | Graeme Brown | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 172 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 173 | Tom Leezer | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 174 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 175 | Andrea Palini | Lampre-Merida | + 37'13 | | 176 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 177 | Markus Eichler | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 178 | Francesco Ginanni | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 179 | Alexei Tsatevich | Katusha Team | + 38'19 | | 180 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Vini Fantini | s.t. | | 181 | Jens-Erik Madsen | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 39'07 | | 182 | Mattia Pozzo | Vini Fantini | s.t. | | 183 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 184 | Rüdiger Selig | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 185 | Rafael de Mattos Andriato | Vini Fantini | s.t. | | 186 | Anthony Ravard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 187 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 188 | Davide Vigano | Lampre-Merida | + 43'42 |
| 1 | Nairo Quintana | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | 74h04'19 | | 2 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 11'21 | | 3 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 12'02 | | 4 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | + 13'23 | | 5 | Alejandro Valverde | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | + 16'43 | | 6 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol | + 17'57 | | 7 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 27'44 | | 8 | Bauke Mollema | Team Europcar | + 28'26 | | 9 | Beñat Intxausti | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | + 29'32 | | 10 | Thibaut Pinot | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 34'06 |
Spoiler | 11 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre-Merida | + 34'59 | | 12 | Robert Kiserlovski | Radioshack Leopard | + 41'29 | | 13 | Steven Kruijswijk | Blanco Pro Cycling | + 45'00 | | 14 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | BNP Paribas Fortis | + 47'16 | | 15 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | BNP Paribas Fortis | + 52'08 | | 16 | David De la Cruz | Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 52'59 | | 17 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 54'46 | | 18 | Rui Costa | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | + 1h02'05 | | 19 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Blanco Pro Cycling | + 1h05'12 | | 20 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | + 1h07'23 | | 21 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto Belisol | + 1h14'22 | | 22 | Giovanni Visconti | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | + 1h16'04 | | 23 | Jan Bakelants | Radioshack Leopard | + 1h18'36 | | 24 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | + 1h19'34 | | 25 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | + 1h20'56 | | 26 | Maxime Bouet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h21'52 | | 27 | Tony Gallopin | Radioshack Leopard | + 1h24'44 | | 28 | Sandy Casar | FDJ | + 1h26'34 | | 29 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 1h26'40 | | 30 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | + 1h27'19 | | 31 | Enrique De Sanjosé | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 1h27'53 | | 32 | Winner Andrew Anacona | Lampre-Merida | + 1h30'42 | | 33 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | BNP Paribas Fortis | + 1h30'46 | | 34 | Robert Vrecer | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 1h30'50 | | 35 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | + 1h32'10 | | 36 | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp - Endura | + 1h32'30 | | 37 | Amets Txurruka | Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 1h34'02 | | 38 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | + 1h35'02 | | 39 | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 1h36'29 | | 40 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 1h37'02 | | 41 | Ricardo Mestre | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 1h41'19 | | 42 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 1h43'08 | | 43 | Fabian Wegmann | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 1h43'38 | | 44 | Simone Stortoni | Lampre-Merida | + 1h45'01 | | 45 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | + 1h46'05 | | 46 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 1h46'34 | | 47 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ | + 1h46'54 | | 48 | Laurens Ten Dam | Blanco Pro Cycling | + 1h47'07 | | 49 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | + 1h49'44 | | 50 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre-Merida | + 1h51'23 | | 51 | Bob Jungels | Radioshack Leopard | + 1h53'49 | | 52 | Aritz Pajarón | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | + 1h54'53 | | 53 | David Arroyo | Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 1h55'52 | | 54 | José Iván Gutierrez | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | + 1h56'13 | | 55 | Jürgen Van De Walle | Lotto Belisol | + 1h56'48 | | 56 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | + 1h58'10 | | 57 | Rohan Dennis | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h58'11 | | 58 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 2h00'48 | | 59 | Omar Fraile | Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 2h01'33 | | 60 | Michael Albasini | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2h02'01 | | 61 | Bruno Pires | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 2h02'13 | | 62 | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre-Merida | + 2h02'20 | | 63 | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | + 2h03'39 | | 64 | Dries Devenyns | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 2h05'22 | | 65 | Mathias Frank | BMC Racing Team | + 2h06'12 | | 66 | Daniele Ratto | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2h09'41 | | 67 | Ben Swift | BNP Paribas Fortis | + 2h10'49 | | 68 | Cristiano Salerno | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2h11'07 | | 69 | Jussi Veikkanen | FDJ | + 2h11'11 | | 70 | David De la Fuente | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 2h12'46 | | 71 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | + 2h12'53 | | 72 | George Bennett | Radioshack Leopard | + 2h13'28 | | 73 | Trent Lowe | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2h13'50 | | 74 | Kristijan Durasek | Lampre-Merida | + 2h15'16 | | 75 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 2h15'29 | | 76 | Evgueni Petrov | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 2h18'06 | | 77 | Natnael Berhane | Team Europcar | + 2h18'33 | | 78 | Matthew Goss | BNP Paribas Fortis | + 2h20'42 | | 79 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | + 2h21'03 | | 80 | Tomasz Marczynski | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h22'20 | | 81 | Mitchell Docker | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2h22'28 | | 82 | Denis Menchov | Katusha Team | + 2h22'54 | | 83 | Yaroslav Popovych | Radioshack Leopard | + 2h22'57 | | 84 | Yonnatta Monsalve | Vini Fantini | + 2h23'15 | | 85 | Xavier Florencio | Katusha Team | + 2h24'35 | | 86 | Paul Voss | Team NetApp - Endura | + 2h25'00 | | 87 | Christian Knees | BNP Paribas Fortis | + 2h25'25 | | 88 | Gianni Meersman | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h25'45 | | 89 | Svein Tuft | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2h28'34 | | 90 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | + 2h28'51 | | 91 | Marcos Garcia | Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 2h30'00 | | 92 | Simon Clarke | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2h30'19 | | 93 | Mathieu Sprick | FDJ | + 2h32'38 | | 94 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h39'29 | | 95 | Stijn Devolder | Radioshack Leopard | + 2h39'30 | | 96 | Leigh Ridenton | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | + 2h40'59 | | 97 | Benoit Vaugrenard | FDJ | + 2h43'45 | | 98 | Andreas Schillinger | Team NetApp - Endura | + 2h43'52 | | 99 | Leonardo Giordani | Vini Fantini | + 2h45'28 | | 100 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | + 2h46'10 | | 101 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ | + 2h46'17 | | 102 | Jure Kocjan | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 2h47'21 | | 103 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | + 2h49'42 | | 104 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | + 2h49'56 | | 105 | Matteo Tosatto | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 2h51'38 | | 106 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2h52'30 | | 107 | Jonathan Clarke | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2h52'56 | | 108 | Grega Bole | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h54'01 | | 109 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Radioshack Leopard | + 2h55'11 | | 110 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | + 2h55'37 | | 111 | Samuel Dumoulin | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2h56'25 | | 112 | Cristiano Monguzzi | Vini Fantini | + 2h57'08 | | 113 | Antonio Piedra | Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 2h58'21 | | 114 | Juan Jose Lobato | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 3h01'55 | | 115 | Olivier Kaisen | BMC Racing Team | + 3h04'29 | | 116 | Hayden Roulston | Radioshack Leopard | + 3h06'15 | | 117 | Mikael Chérel | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3h07'02 | | 118 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | + 3h08'24 | | 119 | Koldo Fernandez | Garmin - Sharp | + 3h10'23 | | 120 | Davide Cimolai | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3h12'39 | | 121 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3h13'50 | | 122 | Cesare Benedetti | Team NetApp - Endura | + 3h18'38 | | 123 | Kristof Vandewalle | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 3h20'32 | | 124 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre-Merida | + 3h20'41 | | 125 | Julian Kern | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3h21'29 | | 126 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Belisol | + 3h22'08 | | 127 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | + 3h23'03 | | 128 | Vicente Reynès | Lotto Belisol | + 3h23'45 | | 129 | John Degenkolb | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3h24'32 | | 130 | Junya Sano | Vini Fantini | + 3h26'33 | | 131 | Ian Bibby | BNP Paribas Fortis | + 3h26'44 | | 132 | Guillaume Boivin | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3h29'14 | | 133 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | + 3h29'16 | | 134 | José Alberto BenÃtez | Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 3h30'04 | | 135 | Anthony Roux | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 3h31'15 | | 136 | Manuel Belletti | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3h31'45 | | 137 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 3h32'13 | | 138 | Matteo Trentin | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3h32'22 | | 139 | Kris Boeckmans | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3h34'43 | | 140 | Ruslan Tleubayev | Astana Pro Team | + 3h36'16 | | 141 | Mauro Finetto | Vini Fantini | + 3h36'21 | | 142 | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | + 3h41'52 | | 143 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 3h45'25 | | 144 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ | + 3h46'04 | | 145 | Mads Christensen | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 3h47'23 | | 146 | Laurent Pichon | FDJ | + 3h47'35 | | 147 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto Belisol | + 3h48'01 | | 148 | Marcello Pavarin | Vini Fantini | + 3h50'26 | | 149 | Daniel Schorn | Team NetApp - Endura | + 3h50'44 | | 150 | Arnaud Démare | Garmin - Sharp | + 3h50'49 | | 151 | Sebastian Lander | BMC Racing Team | + 3h51'30 | | 152 | Francesco Ginanni | Team Europcar | + 3h52'57 | | 153 | Markus Eichler | Team NetApp - Endura | + 3h54'53 | | 154 | Lloyd Mondory | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3h56'40 | | 155 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3h59'06 | | 156 | Boy Van Poppel | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 4h00'15 | | 157 | Tom Leezer | Blanco Pro Cycling | + 4h02'31 | | 158 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol | + 4h03'11 | | 159 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 4h06'07 | | 160 | Bernhard Eisel | BNP Paribas Fortis | + 4h07'09 | | 161 | Moreno Hofland | Blanco Pro Cycling | + 4h07'40 | | 162 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 4h08'48 | | 163 | Maarten Wynants | Blanco Pro Cycling | + 4h08'49 | | 164 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 4h13'38 | | 165 | Sébastien Rosseler | Garmin - Sharp | + 4h14'41 | | 166 | Gregory Henderson | Lotto Belisol | + 4h16'17 | | 167 | Robert Wagner | Blanco Pro Cycling | + 4h16'52 | | 168 | Rüdiger Selig | Katusha Team | + 4h17'09 | | 169 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ | + 4h18'07 | | 170 | Steele Von Hoff | BNP Paribas Fortis | + 4h19'19 | | 171 | Marcel Sieberg | Team NetApp - Endura | + 4h19'42 | | 172 | Graeme Brown | Blanco Pro Cycling | + 4h20'59 | | 173 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | + 4h21'51 | | 174 | Alexei Tsatevich | Katusha Team | + 4h23'10 | | 175 | Francesco Lasca | Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 4h23'36 | | 176 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 4h24'23 | | 177 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | + 4h25'33 | | 178 | Scott Thwaites | Team NetApp - Endura | + 4h31'11 | | 179 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 4h32'11 | | 180 | Davide Vigano | Lampre-Merida | + 4h32'38 | | 181 | Rafael de Mattos Andriato | Vini Fantini | + 4h34'38 | | 182 | Lucas Sebastian Haedo | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 4h37'58 | | 183 | Jens-Erik Madsen | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 4h40'20 | | 184 | Frederique Robert | Lotto Belisol | + 4h41'14 | | 185 | Andrea Palini | Lampre-Merida | + 4h43'32 | | 186 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Vini Fantini | + 4h58'12 | | 187 | Mattia Pozzo | Vini Fantini | + 5h00'31 | | 188 | Anthony Ravard | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 5h00'40 |
What a stage! I'm so happy with that. My 6th win and most likely the GC is mine! One flat stage to go and we will try to get Rojas Gil his 2nd win.
Seeya then
Nairo
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Posted on 19-06-2015 17:24
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Posted on 19-06-2015 17:34
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Another stage win
Only the ride to Madrid left
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The final day. I call it the celebration day. Rojas Gil has one more stage to try and get his 2nd win of the Vuelta. I am going to try and help him achieve that.
The final day! A 96km flat stage into Madrid. Rojas Gil wants to be 1st there.
With 11km to go the leadout was worked out for Rojas Gil. It was Gutierrez leading, then Visconti, then I would do the final leadout and Rojas will try to finish it off.
The final leadout had begun for everyone. Orica-GreenEdge was leading with Garmin-Sharp right behind then us.
1km to go Rojas Gil was pulling out of my leadout.
Rojas wasn't strong enough and it is Degonkolb who takes the win.
2nd is Oss and 3rd Demare. Rojas Gil could only manage 7th which is still a great result.
Well I did it!! I mean we did it!! I don't know who did it!!! I have just achieved the Giro-Vuelta DOUBLE!!! I won every classification in the Vuelta too which is a record in itself! We had 3 riders in the top 10 as well! I was in 1st, Valverde 5th and Intxausti came in an awesome 8th place! What a great Vuelta we had! It was amazing! We are going out to celebrate now!
Seeya later
Nairo
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12th September 2014
Well today I was mostly getting ready for tomorrow. It is the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal which is the first of 2 Canadian classics. I have just come of winning the Vuelta and doing the Giro-Vuelta double. I wanted to continue my winning streak all the way up to the World Championships. I had gotten back from my final training ride and I was all ready to race tomorrow.
I started cooking dinner which consisted of.....well, dry pasta. I got distracted by a knock on my hotel room door. My mum walked in...she was in tears. I had no idea what happened. She came in and we started talking. What she told me was like a bomb going off in my head. It was like the whole world stopped in a split second. She pulled out a frame that she made. It said
R.I.P
Javier Quintana
1965 – 2014
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13th September 2014
I was at the start line. I didn't want to race today but mum told me that I had too. There was no option. She said dad would want me to race today and she was right. So I was at the start line ready to go.
As the race began I was mainly thinking about my dad. I hadn't seen him since the start of the Tour of Elk Grove. I stayed in America for the Elk Grove and Tour of Utah and then I went straight to Spain for the Vuelta. I travelled straight here a few days after the Vuelta to ride the circuit of the 2 Canadian Classics. I was going to see them after these races as I prepared for the World Championships but I guess I was too late. Dad's gone, Mum's here but not herself and I haven't even seen my little brother yet! After these races I want to see my brother!
I had a supportive team during the race. They kept me up the front and worked for me keeping the breakaway close.
It was really hard for me to race the day after I found out my father died. It was a really hard day for me. Not physically but mentally. I told the management about it and they made a late change. I am really good friends with Leigh Ridenton and Giovanni Visconti. The pair weren't going to race but they put them in to support me. Visconti protected me all day long which I really appreciated. Ridenton was working hard all day until he got dropped.
Eventually I realised. If I'm here racing I better make dad proud. If I win or lose...this race is for him! So when Frank Schleck attacked with 26km to go. Visconti got on his wheel and I followed Visconti.
The team was amazing today. Visconti was working hard after the first attack and we got caught. So on the next hill Lastras decided that he should attack. I followed and so did the other favourites.
That's when I realised that I didn't need the team to help me attack. I have won 2 Grand Tours. This is my terrain. I attacked straight out of Lastras' wheel.
Lastras caught back up after the attacks and got straight on the front of the leading group of 8 favourites. He was amazing today.
1km to go. I was hurting so bad but I kept going for my dad!
I raced my arms into the air...this one was for my dad!
| 1 | Nairo Quintana | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | 4h52'49 | | 2 | Rigoberto Uran | BNP Paribas Fortis | + 17 | | 3 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | | 4 | Wout Poels | Blanco Pro Cycling | + 28 | | 5 | Bradley Wiggins | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 7 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 43 | | 8 | Roman Kreuziger | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 53 | | 9 | Pablo Lastras | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Simon Spilak | BNP Paribas Fortis | + 1'55 |
Spoiler | 11 | Robert Kiserlovski | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | | 12 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 13 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 14 | Luis León Sánchez | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 15 | Robert Gesink | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 16 | Tejay Van Garderen | FDJ | s.t. | | 17 | Pierre Rolland | FDJ | + 7'14 | | 18 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | BNP Paribas Fortis | s.t. | | 19 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 20 | Giovanni Visconti | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | + 7'29 | | 21 | Eros Capecchi | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | + 7'42 | | 22 | Paul Martens | Blanco Pro Cycling | + 8'53 | | 23 | Chris Froome | BNP Paribas Fortis | s.t. | | 24 | Rohan Dennis | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 25 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 26 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ | s.t. | | 27 | Steven Kruijswijk | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 28 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 29 | Simone Stortoni | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 30 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 31 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 32 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 33 | Jürgen Van De Walle | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 34 | John Gadret | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 35 | Steve Chainel | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 36 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 37 | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia | s.t. | | 38 | Manfred Reeker | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | s.t. | | 39 | Peter Stetina | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 40 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 41 | Christophe Riblon | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 42 | Ryder Hesjedal | BNP Paribas Fortis | s.t. | | 43 | Tyler Farrar | BNP Paribas Fortis | s.t. | | 44 | Trent Lowe | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 45 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | BNP Paribas Fortis | s.t. | | 46 | Gaëtan Bille | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 47 | Jussi Veikkanen | FDJ | s.t. | | 48 | Paul Voss | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 49 | Allan Davis | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 50 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 51 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 52 | Leonardo Duque | Colombia | s.t. | | 53 | Sergey Chernetckii | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 54 | Angel Madrazo | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | s.t. | | 55 | Matteo Montaguti | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 56 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 57 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 58 | Sander Cordeel | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 59 | Sebastian Langeveld | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 60 | Matti Breschel | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 61 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 62 | Andreas Klöden | Radioshack Leopard | + 9'42 | | 63 | Wesley Sulzberger | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 64 | Kristijan Koren | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 65 | Winner Andrew Anacona | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 66 | Leigh Ridenton | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | s.t. | | 67 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 68 | Michael Rogers | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 69 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 70 | Salvatore Puccio | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 71 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 72 | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 73 | Brian Vandborg | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 74 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 75 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 76 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 77 | José Herrada | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | s.t. | | 78 | Murilo Fischer | FDJ | s.t. | | 79 | Manuele Mori | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 80 | Darwin Atapuma | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 81 | Christophe Kern | Colombia | s.t. | | 82 | Maxime Bouet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 83 | Xavier Florencio | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 84 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 85 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 86 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ | s.t. | | 87 | Bob Jungels | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | | 88 | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 89 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 90 | Enrique De Sanjosé | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 91 | Jean-Christophe Péraud | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 92 | Gatis Smukulis | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 93 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 94 | Jan Barta | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 95 | Pieter Serry | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 96 | Francis De Greef | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | | 97 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 98 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 99 | Maxime Monfort | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | | 100 | Hubert Dupont | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 101 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 102 | Natnael Berhane | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 103 | Tony Gallopin | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | | 104 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 105 | Francesco Failli | Colombia | s.t. | | 106 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 107 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 108 | Chris Horner | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | | 109 | Gianluca Brambilla | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 110 | Benoit Vaugrenard | FDJ | s.t. | | 111 | Matteo Rabottini | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 112 | Hugo Houle | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 113 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 114 | Wilco Kelderman | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 115 | Eraldo Iaconi | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 116 | José Mendes | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 117 | Mattia Cattaneo | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 118 | Gert Dockx | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 119 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 120 | Karsten Kroon | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 121 | Lars Boom | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 122 | Evgueni Petrov | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 123 | Matteo Pelucchi | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 124 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 125 | Branislau Samoilau | Colombia | s.t. | | 126 | Emile Meeuwsse | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 127 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 128 | Stijn Neirynck | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 129 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 130 | Maurits Lammertink | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 131 | Stefano Agostini | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 132 | Francesco Masciarelli | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 133 | Adam Blythe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 134 | Dmitry Kozontchuk | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 135 | Rafael Valls | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 136 | Kenny Elissonde | FDJ | s.t. | | 137 | Ian Boswell | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 138 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 139 | Miguel Minguez | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 140 | Juan Jose Oroz | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 141 | Luca Barla | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 142 | Daniel Musiol | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 143 | Alex Cano | Colombia | s.t. | | 144 | Martijn Maaskant | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 145 | Cristiano Salerno | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 146 | Joshua Edmondson | BNP Paribas Fortis | s.t. | | 147 | Ivan Santaromita | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 148 | Morgan Lamoisson | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 149 | Travis Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 150 | Marcellino Forneris | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 151 | Yauheni Hutarovich | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 152 | Juan Pablo Valencia | Colombia | s.t. | | 153 | Jon Aberasturi | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 154 | Daniel Schorn | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 155 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 156 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 157 | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 158 | Bruno Pires | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 159 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 160 | Perrig Quemeneur | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 161 | Pacifico De Bernardinis | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 162 | Michel Koch | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 163 | André Schulze | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 164 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 165 | Brian Bulgac | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 166 | Alexander Wetterhall | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 167 | Romain Sicard | Colombia | s.t. | | 168 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 169 | Patrick Facchini | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 170 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 171 | Erick Rowsell | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 172 | Lachlan Morton | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 173 | Christopher Juul Jensen | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 13'45 | | 174 | Furio Galante | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 175 | Svein Tuft | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 14'31 | | 176 | MartÃn Oliva | Androni Giocattoli | + 34'08 |
I really have to thank the team today. They supported me the whole way and I wouldn't have been able to win without that. This race was for my dad. I think the races for the rest of the season will be for my dad.
Seeya soon
Nairo
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Posted on 23-06-2015 13:08
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A thoroughly deserved victory for Nairo at the Vuelta |
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Posted on 23-06-2015 13:25
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An emotional win for Nairo! |
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15th September 2015
The Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal basically went the same. I had the same team here to support me and the same goal.
My first attack came in a reaction to the first favourite. Once again Visconti got on his wheel and I followed right behind. Spilak had a gap of 26 seconds with 8.6km to go. I was catching him with 1km to go but I was running out of energy. Spilak was too strong though and he took the win. I came in 2nd with Luis Leon Sanchez coming home in 3rd. (Pictures Below)
| 1 | Simon Spilak | BNP Paribas Fortis | 5h10'04 | | 2 | Nairo Quintana | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | + 21 | | 3 | Luis León Sánchez | Blanco Pro Cycling | + 44 | | 4 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 1'15 | | 5 | Giovanni Visconti | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Michael Rogers | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 7 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | | 8 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 9 | Bradley Wiggins | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 2'17 | | 10 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 12 | Enrico Battaglin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 13 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 14 | Tejay Van Garderen | FDJ | s.t. | | 15 | Roman Kreuziger | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 6'13 | | 16 | Rigoberto Uran | BNP Paribas Fortis | + 8'10 | | 17 | Robert Gesink | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 18 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | + 9'36 | | 19 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 20 | Leigh Ridenton | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | s.t. | | 21 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 22 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 23 | Matti Breschel | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 24 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 25 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | BNP Paribas Fortis | s.t. | | 26 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 27 | Eros Capecchi | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | s.t. | | 28 | Peter Kennaugh | BNP Paribas Fortis | s.t. | | 29 | Ryder Hesjedal | BNP Paribas Fortis | s.t. | | 30 | Chris Froome | BNP Paribas Fortis | s.t. | | 31 | Pablo Lastras | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | s.t. | | 32 | Angel Madrazo | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | s.t. | | 33 | José Herrada | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | + 10'11 | | 34 | Steven Kruijswijk | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 35 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 36 | Michael Albasini | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 37 | Juan Jose Lobato | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 38 | Tyler Farrar | BNP Paribas Fortis | s.t. | | 39 | Murilo Fischer | FDJ | s.t. | | 40 | Grega Bole | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 41 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 42 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 43 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 44 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 45 | Kristijan Koren | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 46 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 47 | Francis De Greef | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | | 48 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ | s.t. | | 49 | Hubert Dupont | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 50 | Sebastian Langeveld | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 51 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 52 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 53 | Tony Hurel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 54 | Jean-Christophe Péraud | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 55 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 56 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 57 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 58 | Jérôme Baugnies | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 59 | Lars Boom | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 60 | Jose Rujano | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 61 | Wilco Kelderman | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 62 | Pierre Rolland | FDJ | s.t. | | 63 | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 64 | Pieter Weening | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 65 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 66 | Borut Bozic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 67 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 68 | Jussi Veikkanen | FDJ | s.t. | | 69 | Koldo Fernandez | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 70 | Peter Stetina | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 71 | Andreas Klöden | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | | 72 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 73 | Blel Kadri | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 74 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 75 | Jürgen Van De Walle | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 76 | Maxime Monfort | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | | 77 | Jan Barta | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 78 | Luca Ascani | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 79 | José Mendes | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 80 | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 81 | Stijn Devolder | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | | 82 | Stephen Rowe | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 83 | Yauheni Hutarovich | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 84 | Allan Davis | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 85 | Valerio Agnoli | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 86 | Guillaume Boivin | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 87 | Daniel Schorn | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 88 | Fabio Duarte | Colombia | s.t. | | 89 | Adam Blythe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 90 | Wesley Sulzberger | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 91 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 92 | Stefano Pirazzi | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 93 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 94 | Branislau Samoilau | Colombia | s.t. | | 95 | Giovanni Bernaudeau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 96 | Tomas Alberio | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 97 | Enrique De Sanjosé | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 98 | Francesco Failli | Colombia | s.t. | | 99 | Chris Horner | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | | 100 | Romain Sicard | Colombia | s.t. | | 101 | Daniel Musiol | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 102 | Zakkari Dempster | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 103 | Rémi Cusin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 104 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 105 | Andreas Schillinger | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 106 | Pieter Serry | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 107 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 108 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ | s.t. | | 109 | Natnael Berhane | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 110 | Veiko Rotter | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 111 | Simone Stortoni | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 112 | George Bennett | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | | 113 | Marc Goos | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 114 | Joshua Edmondson | BNP Paribas Fortis | s.t. | | 115 | Matteo Tosatto | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 116 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 117 | Gert Dockx | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 118 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 119 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 120 | Mads Christensen | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 121 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 122 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 123 | Juan Pablo Suarez | Colombia | s.t. | | 124 | Joost Van Leijen | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 125 | Alex Cano | Colombia | s.t. | | 126 | Nicola Boem | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 127 | Maurits Lammertink | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 128 | Denis Menchov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 129 | Benjamin Noval | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 130 | Robert Vrecer | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 131 | Giordano Crivello | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 132 | Winner Andrew Anacona | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 133 | David De la Fuente | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 134 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 135 | Jonathan Clarke | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 136 | Carlos Andres Ibañez | Colombia | s.t. | | 137 | Kenny Elissonde | FDJ | s.t. | | 138 | Martijn Maaskant | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 139 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 140 | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 141 | Svein Tuft | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 142 | Cristiano Salerno | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 143 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 144 | Cameron Wurf | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 145 | Mattia Cattaneo | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 146 | Sander Cordeel | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 147 | William Clarke | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 148 | Mikel Astarloza | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 149 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 150 | Dmitry Kozontchuk | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 151 | Laurens Ten Dam | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 152 | Donato De Ieso | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 153 | Luca Pierfelici | Colombia | s.t. | | 154 | Perrig Quemeneur | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 155 | Mathias Frank | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 156 | Brian Bulgac | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 157 | Frédéric Van Beylen | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 158 | Timofey Kritskiy | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 159 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 160 | Petr Ignatenko | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 161 | Maxime Bouet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 162 | Panfilo Quercioli | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 14'25 | | 163 | Scott Thwaites | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 164 | Edward King | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 165 | Lachlan Morton | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 166 | Erminio Dallari | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 16'39 | | 167 | Manfred Reeker | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | + 17'03 | | 168 | Prparin Rohmann | Radioshack Leopard | + 20'55 | | 169 | Mickael Delage | FDJ | + 29'26 | | 170 | Raimondo Malavolta | Astana Pro Team | + 30'59 | | 171 | Oscar Vallejo | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 172 | Boris Guignard | Team Europcar | + 33'45 | | 173 | Igor Pankov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 174 | Miguel Granados | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 37'58 |
2nd is a great result. I am feeling better. I am racing to make my dad happy now. Next up I race the World Championships in Spain.
Seeya
Nairo
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25th September 2014
The World ITT Championships have arrived. Last years winner Fabian Cancellara is expected to win the title but with a rather large hill/mountain to finish off anything can happen.
| 1 | Bradley Wiggins | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 50'26 | | 2 | Geraint Thomas | BNP Paribas Fortis | + 7 | | 3 | Fabian Cancellara | Radioshack Leopard | + 20 | | 4 | Tiago Machado | Katusha Team | + 28 | | 5 | Bob Jungels | Radioshack Leopard | + 31 | | 6 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 44 | | 7 | Luke Durbridge | BNP Paribas Fortis | + 1'01 | | 8 | Gustav Larsson | IAM Cycling | + 1'12 | | 9 | Luis León Sánchez | Blanco Pro Cycling | + 1'19 | | 10 | Richie Porte | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 1'20 |
Spoiler | 11 | Rohan Dennis | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'24 | | 12 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'31 | | 13 | Nelson Oliveira | Radioshack Leopard | + 1'41 | | 14 | Ignatas Konovalovas | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1'45 | | 15 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ | + 1'47 | | 16 | Svein Tuft | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1'49 | | 17 | Jasha Sütterlin | Tirol Cycling Team | + 1'54 | | 18 | Peter Velits | Colombia | + 2'01 | | 19 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 2'07 | | 20 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 2'18 | | 21 | Lieuwe Westra | Team Argos-Shimano | + 2'29 | | 22 | Lars Boom | Blanco Pro Cycling | + 2'37 | | 23 | Maxime Monfort | Radioshack Leopard | + 2'48 | | 24 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | + 2'49 | | 25 | Simon Spilak | BNP Paribas Fortis | + 2'51 | | 26 | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | + 2'57 | | 27 | Andreas Klöden | Radioshack Leopard | + 3'08 | | 28 | Dominique Cornu | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 3'15 | | 29 | Patrick Gretsch | Team Argos-Shimano | + 3'25 | | 30 | José Iván Gutierrez | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | + 3'35 | | 31 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | + 3'46 | | 32 | Evan Huffman | Astana Pro Team | + 3'51 | | 33 | Sébastien Rosseler | Garmin - Sharp | + 4'01 | | 34 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 4'09 | | 35 | Artem Ovechkin | Bauknecht - Author | + 4'12 | | 36 | Stef Clement | Team Argos-Shimano | + 4'20 | | 37 | Sebastian Langeveld | Garmin - Sharp | + 4'27 | | 38 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 4'29 | | 39 | Kristijan Koren | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 4'39 | | 40 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | + 4'49 | | 41 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | + 4'51 | | 42 | Adriano Malori | Vini Fantini | + 4'52 | | 43 | Yaroslav Popovych | Radioshack Leopard | + 5'00 | | 44 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | BNP Paribas Fortis | + 5'06 | | 45 | Dmytro Grabovskyy | Carmim - Tavira | + 5'14 | | 46 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre-Merida | + 5'21 | | 47 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | + 5'32 | | 48 | Danny Pate | BNP Paribas Fortis | + 5'37 | | 49 | Anton Vorobyev | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 5'43 | | 50 | Christophe Kern | Colombia | + 5'53 | | 51 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Team Argos-Shimano | + 6'00 | | 52 | Matthias Brandle | IAM Cycling | + 6'08 | | 53 | Maciej Bodnar | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 6'16 | | 54 | Anthony Roux | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 6'22 | | 55 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | + 6'23 | | 56 | Riccardo Zoidl | Team Gourmetfein - Simplon | + 6'27 | | 57 | Maxime Bouet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 6'30 | | 58 | Dimitri Chuzhda | Rapha Condor - Sharp | + 6'40 | | 59 | Rasmus Christian Quaade | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 6'50 | | 60 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | + 7'02 | | 61 | Wilson Marentes | Colombia | + 7'09 | | 62 | Haimar Zubeldia | Radioshack Leopard | + 7'18 | | 63 | Andrej Omulec | Adria Mobil | + 7'31 | | 64 | Andrey Kashechkin | Astana Pro Team | + 7'42 | | 65 | José Serpa | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 66 | Fabio Duarte | Colombia | + 7'54 |
Bradley Wiggins takes the title ahead of Geraint Thomas. The favourites finishes 3rd.
Road Race next.
Seeya there
Nairo
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Posted on 26-06-2015 15:27
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Geraint 2nd, oh so close  |
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Posted on 26-06-2015 23:07
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Hey guys so I am going on holiday for a week so this will be paused for a week 
It will continue when I get back from Melbourne
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Posted on 07-07-2015 11:46
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29th September 2014
Some people would say that this is the day the war ends. It is the day we find out who really is the best cyclist in the world and where they give 1 rider the right to wear the Rainbow Stripes for the whole year! This race is every cyclists dream to win. This year though, I have a great chance. I have just on the Vuelta and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec and came 2nd in the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal. This is my year. I can feel it!
This year we are in Ponferrada which is in Spain. To me the favourite is Alejandro Valverde. He is fantastic in the hills and is on home soil. I think I can win it too though. I am in great form and I have rode this circuit a lot when travelling to Spain with my wife but I have one thing that they don't have. I am being driven. My dad died a few weeks ago and that is driving me to win the biggest race of the year in his honour! Well let's get started.
A lot of attacks coming from the peloton. All the riders want to get into the breakaway. We send out Chaves.
The BOTD. Early on they have a gap of 4.33.
100km to go. The breakaway has 6.09. The peloton started chasing once the gap got to 10 minutes.
Visconti and I attacked trying to catch up to Valverde and Gilbert who just attacked.
With 13km to go it was a 4 horse race between Gilbert, Valverde, Visconti and me.
So it will either be out of Gilbert or Valverde. Valverde has Gilbert's wheel with 3km to go.
Well Gilbert wins it for the 3rd year in a row. He is a deserving World Champion.
Valverde takes 2nd and Visconti 3rd. I take a disappointing 4th place.
| 1 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | 6h47'44 | | 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Giovanni Visconti | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | + 31 | | 4 | Nairo Quintana | Bancolombia - Movistar Cycling Team | + 1'13 | | 5 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol | + 3'31 | | 6 | Simon Spilak | BNP Paribas Fortis | s.t. | | 7 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Bauke Mollema | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 9 | Ivan Rovny | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | + 4'29 | | 10 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Team Argos-Shimano | + 4'49 |
I'm not happy with my race...I'm just not happy.
Seeya
Nairo
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 08-07-2015 15:10
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Shame that Nairo missed out on a medal  , but the team will be very happy though |
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Posted on 12-07-2015 03:18
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Nairo Quintana has ended his season early. He is not racing the Il Lombardia which was suppose to be his last race of the season. We will have to wait to see what he does next season...Let's hope he doesn't go missing completely like Sir Bradley Wiggins at the start of 2014.
Quintana was last seen getting of a plane in Colombia. He has gone home and we don't expect him back till next year. We will keep you updated!
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25th October 2014
Hey Guys
So as you know...my brother has gone missing. I don't even know where he has gone. I thought I should do Nairo's job and run his blog for a little while. So let me introduce myself. I am Dayer Quintana. I am 2 years younger then Nairo but a lot of people say that I am better. I guess we will see. I have just signed to join Bancolombia – Movistar. He doesn't actually know that cause he has disappeared off the face of the Earth.
So a few things that I need to post today. Firstly the new signings and the riders that are leaving.
Looks like Alberto Contador is here to replace Alejandro Valverde. Oh and if you didn't know Valverde is retiring. At the age of 34 he decided that enough is enough. He has just come of his 2 most successful seasons and he decides to retire....not sure what's going through that dudes head but still. So the 4 time winner of the Tour de France has joined the team to replace him as co-leader with Nairo. Pretty good signing I have to say.
Marcos Burghardt has joined the team as the Cobbles Leader. Last year the team had an impossible goal of top 10 at Paris Roubaix. This year if we get that goal again we might actually be able to complete it. Nathan Haas, Rohan Dennis, George Bennett and Thomas Palmer are all here to help out throughout the year. Oh and me too. I am a young rider this season. Although I heard Nairo talking on the phone one time about grooming 3 riders to take over the team in a few years. Obviously Nairo will be one of them cause he is only 24. I bet Rohan Dennis is another cause he is a pretty great rider. I don't know who the other is though...Probably Leigh Ridenton. He is a pretty great sprinter.
A few big names have also left the team too though. Rui Costa has signed as a leader at Cofidis and taken Pablo Lastras with him. Francisco Ventoso is a sprint leader/helper at United Health Care. Robert Arlon did something pretty bad cause the team released him just before the Vuelta. I don't think he signed a new contract either.
Sergio Henao – BNP Paribas Fortis –> Astana Pro Team
Giacomo Nizzolo – Radioshack Leopard –> BMC Racing Team
Chris Froome – BNP Paribas Fortis –> Blanco Pro Cycling
Marcel Kittel – Team Netapp-Endura –> Blanco Pro Cycling
Philippe Gilbert – BMC Racing Team –> Omega Pharma – Quickstep Cycling Team
Andy Schleck – Radioshack Leopard –> Team Saxo-Tinkoff
Daniel Martin – Garmin-Sharp –> Team Saxo-Tinkoff
Alright that's enough. Tony Martin transferred but he isn't that good right???
Now team's that have been promoted and demoted.
Orica-GreenEdge and Lampre-Merida (Saeco)
Pro Continental Promotions
Argos-Shimano and Accent.jobs Wanty
So some big teams got demoted. Orica-GreenEdge and Lampre-Merida. Wow. Argos-Shimano manages to find their way back into the Pro Tour without any sort of GC Rider and signs John Degonkolb again. Accent.jobs Wanty are another team that doesn't know what GC means. They managed to find their way into the Pro Tour with Ramon Sinkeldam and Pim Ligthart. So sprinters...okay then.
I think that's it from me. I'll let you know when I find my brother. If I don't then I will just pretend to be him and win the Tour de France this year
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Posted on 13-07-2015 10:35
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Mmmmm Nairo > Colombia > Drugs >Win win win  |
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Posted on 13-07-2015 10:56
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sutty68 wrote:
Mmmmm Nairo > Colombia > Drugs >Win win win
Nairo on the roids
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