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One in a Billion | Rise to the Summit
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| Ripley |
Posted on 08-08-2017 11:10
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Don't I feel foolish now for my earlier critcism. Go, Sinha, go! |
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 08-08-2017 13:28
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Come on! That podium place is yours and nobody will get you out of there
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 08-08-2017 17:26
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@Ripley: Well...
@Aquarius: Except maybe myself!
Stage 16
The nine man early break included Sergio Henao, who was now forty eight minutes down in the GC. They were not allowed to build a gap of more than three minutes as Lotto and Zakarin's Swissair led the chase. The peloton was down to sixty riders on top of the second climb. I had lost all my teammates! Three members of the break were caught on the third climb but five new riders, none of them GC contenders, attacked soon after. The pace of the fifty odd strong peloton was slow at this point. With 18 km left, Dan Martin and Rolland attacked. They built up a gap slowly. With 9 km left, Verona and Ania attacked. At this stage the former duo had built up a two minute lead. Sepulveda attacked next. With 6 km to go, the gap to Martin and Rolland was still two minutes, with Sepulveda thirty seconds behind them. Zakarin, Dayer Quintana and Vuillermoz were the next to attack as I faded. I did my best to keep my rhythm. I lost all the time I had made up on stage 15 and more and went back to 7th in the GC.
Stage 17
The last of the four consecutive high mountain stages. de Gendt the eight man break, which built up a six minute lead at the most. The pace of the pack, tired from the recent efforts, was slow on the second climb. I realized very early that my legs wouldn't be able to take the effort of an attack. I concentrated on the staying with the pack. Two from the break survived, with Zakarin taking even more time to the rest of us. The rest of the top 10 finished together.
Stage 18 was a flat and the entire peloton breathed a sigh of relief. van Gestel, who joined the break, finished 4th for us as the break survived.
Stage 19 saw another six man break survive, despite having only ninety seconds over the pack with 20 km to go.
Stage 20 was the 'Do or Die' stage for me. Two flat stages had allowed me to recover. The break was ten riders strong and built up a six minute lead. The peloton was down to around seventy five riders on the third climb. I only had Theuns left in support. The even further reduced peloton caught three riders from the break on teh fourth climb. Theuns was dropped. With the break now five minutes ahead, and looking certain of taking the stage, Dayer Quintana and Rolland attacked with 17 km to go. They were caught after 4 km. Ion Izagirre was dropped as Sepulveda, Dan Martin and Dayer, once again, sped away. I managed to stay on Zakarin's wheel till the finish, losing a few seconds to my rivals. Izagirre made his way back befoer the line, finishing on my wheel. The break took the stage.
Stage 21 was the flat ride into Milan. van Gestel joined the eight man break. Although they never had more than three minutes to the pack, they survived with van Gestel crossing the line in 2nd place. The GC toppers were safely escorted to the line by their respective teammates.
| 1 | Ilnur Zakarin | Swissair | 77h11'28 | | 2 | Ion Izagirre | TEAM Cepsa | + 10'40 | | 3 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 15'37 | | 4 | Dayer Quintana | Colombia | + 17'06 | | 5 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 17'11 | | 6 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 18'46 | | 7 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | + 19'37 | | 8 | Arnaud Duteil | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 21'06 | | 9 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 23'59 | | 10 | Rafał Majka | TEAM Cepsa | + 24'39 |
Spoiler | 11 | Pierre Rolland | Team Sky | + 29'58 | | 12 | Carlos Verona | Team Sky | + 31'09 | | 13 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 31'49 | | 14 | Clement Penven | Team Europcar | + 33'15 | | 15 | Sam Oomen | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 35'28 | | 16 | Anastasio Ania | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 35'40 | | 17 | Cameron Meyer | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 40'05 | | 18 | Mathieu van der Poel | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 41'35 | | 19 | Francesco Bongiorno | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 44'00 | | 20 | Peter Kennaugh | Team Sky | + 44'26 | | 21 | Laurens De Plus | Point Chaud | + 45'39 | | 22 | Rubén Fernández | TEAM Cepsa | + 45'49 | | 23 | Alexander Foliforov | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 46'25 | | 24 | Jay McCarthy | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 48'34 | | 25 | Alvaro Cuadros | Astana Pro Team | + 52'21 | | 26 | Esteban Chaves | Swissair | + 53'56 | | 27 | Moreno Moser | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 54'41 | | 28 | Lachlan Morton | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 57'39 | | 29 | Hector Saez | Team Katusha | + 58'35 | | 30 | Sébastien Reichenbach | Nike | + 1h00'27 | | 31 | Sebastian Henao | Team Sky | + 1h00'50 | | 32 | Davide Malacarne | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h02'19 | | 33 | Edoardo Zardini | Astana Pro Team | + 1h03'40 | | 34 | Merhawi Kudus | Astana Pro Team | + 1h05'16 | | 35 | Léo Vincent | Team Europcar | + 1h06'22 | | 36 | Jan Hirt | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h11'40 | | 37 | Grégory Ambroise | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h12'22 | | 38 | Bernard Thiel | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 1h14'09 | | 39 | José Ramella | Astana Pro Team | + 1h15'35 | | 40 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | Colombia | + 1h16'02 | | 41 | Silvio Herklotz | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h21'26 | | 42 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Swissair | + 1h21'32 | | 43 | Daniele Dall'Oste | Team Sky | + 1h22'21 | | 44 | Eugenio Moreno Rosillo | Team Katusha | + 1h27'05 | | 45 | Sonny Colbrelli | Swissair | + 1h30'02 | | 46 | Jesús Herrada | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h31'19 | | 47 | Alberto Contador | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h32'16 | | 48 | Davide Villella | Swissair | + 1h34'11 | | 49 | Sérgio Henao | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h36'35 | | 50 | Lennard Kämna | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h36'38 | | 51 | Nelson Oliveira | Stella Artois | + 1h36'42 | | 52 | Matteo Rabottini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h41'01 | | 53 | Petr Vakoč | Swissair | + 1h42'00 | | 54 | Daniele Ratto | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 1h43'52 | | 55 | Jérémy Cornu | Decathlon | + 1h44'35 | | 56 | Gavin Mannion | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h46'54 | | 57 | Jan Bakelants | Point Chaud | + 1h47'18 | | 58 | Robert Gesink | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h47'51 | | 59 | Lukas Löer | Team Sky | + 1h47'52 | | 60 | Bernardo Suaza | Colombia | + 1h48'19 | | 61 | Filadelfio Soriano | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h49'03 | | 62 | Amir Kolahdozhagh | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 1h49'09 | | 63 | Michael Matthews | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1h51'50 | | 64 | Adriano Malori | Stella Artois | + 1h53'21 | | 65 | Nathan Brown | Nike | + 1h53'49 | | 66 | Michael Hepburn | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1h56'13 | | 67 | Geoffrey Duteil | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h57'56 | | 68 | Davide Cimolai | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h58'17 | | 69 | Stefan Denifl | Liqui Moly | + 1h59'33 | | 70 | Rayane Bouhanni | Decathlon | + 2h00'14 | | 71 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Team Europcar | + 2h03'19 | | 72 | Kenichi Kondo | Swissair | + 2h06'14 | | 73 | Edward Theuns | Lotto Soudal | + 2h08'06 | | 74 | Luke Durbridge | Team Sky | + 2h10'29 | | 75 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 2h10'53 | | 76 | Valerio Conti | Astana Pro Team | + 2h11'13 | | 77 | Danny Van Poppel | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2h12'21 | | 78 | Marko Díaz | Colombia | + 2h12'58 | | 79 | Juan José Lobato | Team Katusha | + 2h13'26 | | 80 | Luis León Sánchez | TEAM Cepsa | + 2h15'17 | | 81 | Ildar Arslanov | Team Katusha | + 2h15'41 | | 82 | Thomas Bonnin | Team Europcar | + 2h17'16 | | 83 | Nico Denz | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 2h17'47 | | 84 | Stefan Küng | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2h17'55 | | 85 | Karel Hník | Liqui Moly | + 2h18'10 | | 86 | Simone Carantoni | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 2h19'09 | | 87 | Arnaud Demare | Team Europcar | + 2h21'25 | | 88 | Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Decathlon | + 2h21'32 | | 89 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 2h22'16 | | 90 | Luca Chirico | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 2h22'27 | | 91 | Jacques Mevel | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2h25'14 | | 92 | Salvatore Puccio | Astana Pro Team | + 2h25'41 | | 93 | Steff Hermans | Nike | + 2h26'02 | | 94 | Yuber Conteras | Colombia | + 2h28'22 | | 95 | Jelle Wallays | Stella Artois | + 2h29'39 | | 96 | Kevin Ledanois | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2h29'49 | | 97 | Pim Ligthart | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 2h30'53 | | 98 | Alexis Gougeard | Team Europcar | + 2h31'06 | | 99 | Dries Van Gestel | Lotto Soudal | + 2h31'47 | | 100 | Moreno Hofland | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 2h33'14 | | 101 | Dylan van Baarle | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 2h34'28 | | 102 | Geoffrey Curran | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 2h34'36 | | 103 | Florian Maître | Team Europcar | + 2h36'14 | | 104 | Mikel Iturria | Team Katusha | + 2h36'20 | | 105 | Tim Declercq | Point Chaud | + 2h36'56 | | 106 | Alton McArther | Astana Pro Team | + 2h37'17 | | 107 | Miles Scotson | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2h37'26 | | 108 | Johan Le Bon | Nike | + 2h37'32 | | 109 | Gustav Hoog | Swissair | + 2h39'53 | | 110 | Michael Hümbert | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 2h41'45 | | 111 | Markus Freiberger | Liqui Moly | + 2h42'16 | | 112 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 2h42'28 | | 113 | Mads Theodorsen | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 2h44'33 | | 114 | Christophe Laporte | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 2h44'59 | | 115 | Artem Nych | Team Katusha | + 2h45'32 | | 116 | Davide Ballerini | Nike | + 2h46'20 | | 117 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 2h46'24 | | 118 | Ryan Mullen | TEAM Cepsa | + 2h47'25 | | 119 | Ricardo García | Team Katusha | + 2h49'49 | | 120 | Alexander Geuens | Stella Artois | + 2h51'16 | | 121 | Ricardo van Dongen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 2h51'57 | | 122 | Sjors Roosen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 2h52'40 | | 123 | Sean De Bie | Lotto Soudal | + 2h53'44 | | 124 | Quentin Pacher | Colombia | + 2h54'09 | | 125 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Nike | + 2h55'06 | | 126 | Nawaf Albalooshi | Team Katusha | + 2h55'50 | | 127 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 2h56'29 | | 128 | Axel Domont | Decathlon | + 2h57'13 | | 129 | Enzo Wouters | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 3h00'08 | | 130 | Jonas Bokeloh | MTN-Qhubeka | + 3h01'02 | | 131 | Andrea Guardini | TEAM Cepsa | + 3h03'28 | | 132 | Joshua Huppertz | Liqui Moly | + 3h04'00 | | 133 | Dylan Groenewegen | MTN-Qhubeka | + 3h04'09 | | 134 | Julien Vermote | Point Chaud | + 3h04'52 | | 135 | Leigh Howard | Lotto Soudal | + 3h05'01 | | 136 | Stefano Pirazzi | Nike | + 3h05'50 | | 137 | Damien Gaudin | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3h06'09 | | 138 | Elia Viviani | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 3h06'18 | | 139 | Michał Paluta | MTN-Qhubeka | + 3h07'16 | | 140 | Taylor Phinney | MTN-Qhubeka | + 3h09'35 | | 141 | Matteo Pelucchi | Team Sky | + 3h09'51 | | 142 | George Bennett | Colombia | + 3h10'45 | | 143 | Roman Shevchuk | Colombia | + 3h10'59 | | 144 | Frederik Backaert | Point Chaud | + 3h11'20 | | 145 | Alexander Kristoff | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 3h15'16 | | 146 | Jonas Rapp | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 3h17'43 | | 147 | Fabio Sabatini | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 3h17'49 | | 148 | Eduard-Michael Grosu | Lotto Soudal | + 3h17'58 | | 149 | Lucas Liss | Liqui Moly | s.t. | | 150 | Simone Antonini | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 3h19'02 | | 151 | Alex Dowsett | Stella Artois | + 3h20'04 | | 152 | Kristian Haugaard | Colombia | + 3h24'20 | | 153 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 3h25'18 | | 154 | Olivier Naesen | Point Chaud | + 3h25'22 | | 155 | Edward Serroels | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3h25'36 | | 156 | Miguel Bryon | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 3h26'19 | | 157 | Zico Waeytens | Lotto Soudal | + 3h28'05 | | 158 | Eduard Prades | Team Katusha | + 3h30'02 | | 159 | Thomas Bergeret | Decathlon | + 3h34'02 | | 160 | Jimmy Raibaud | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3h36'02 | | 161 | Gerry Druyts | Point Chaud | + 3h37'45 | | 162 | Simone Sterbini | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 3h38'49 | | 163 | Romain Combaud | Team Europcar | + 3h39'43 | | 164 | Raffaele Radice | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 3h40'19 | | 165 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Decathlon | + 3h41'20 | | 166 | Tobias Wauch | Liqui Moly | + 3h43'19 | | 167 | Lukas Spengler | Nike | + 3h43'48 | | 168 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Stella Artois | + 3h48'15 | | 169 | Brenton Jones | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 3h48'38 | | 170 | Michael Vingerling | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 3h52'09 | | 171 | Nathan Van Hooydonck | Stella Artois | + 3h53'55 | | 172 | Kevin Reza | Decathlon | + 3h55'43 | | 173 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 3h55'49 | | 174 | Daniel Hoelgaard | MTN-Qhubeka | + 4h02'11 | | 175 | Michael Schwarzmann | Swissair | + 4h07'27 | | 176 | Feritcam Samli | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 4h10'37 | | 177 | Fabian Cancellara | Nike | + 4h13'09 | | 178 | Marcus Christie | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 4h16'07 | | 179 | Davy Gunst | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 4h22'07 | | 180 | Frederik Frison | Point Chaud | + 4h23'07 | | 181 | Filippo Fortin | Liqui Moly | + 4h25'27 | | 182 | Pascal Ackermann | Liqui Moly | + 4h39'05 | | 183 | Vincent Jérôme | Decathlon | + 4h46'09 | | 184 | Nino Honigh | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 4h55'02 |
| 1 | Ilnur Zakarin | Swissair | 202 | | 2 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff-Saxo | 184 | | 3 | Ion Izagirre | TEAM Cepsa | 132 | | 4 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | 131 | | 5 | Sérgio Henao | Orica-GreenEDGE | 114 |
| 1 | Peter Kennaugh | Team Sky | 67 | | 2 | Clement Penven | Team Europcar | 58 | | 3 | Ilnur Zakarin | Swissair | 47 | | 4 | Alexander Foliforov | Tinkoff-Saxo | 35 | | 5 | Eugenio Moreno Rosillo | Team Katusha | 30 |
Young Riders Classification
| 1 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 77h31'05 | | 2 | Sam Oomen | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 15'51 | | 3 | Anastasio Ania | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 16'03 | | 4 | Mathieu van der Poel | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 21'58 | | 5 | Laurens De Plus | Point Chaud | + 26'02 |
| 1 | Tinkoff-Saxo | 231h35'58 | | 2 | TEAM Cepsa | + 39'50 | | 3 | Team Sky | + 45'17 | | 4 | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 49'01 | | 5 | Team Europcar | + 1h05'31 |
I managed to tie my best ever result in a Grand Tour. Week two was perfect and it looked like I might get close to the podium, if not climb on to it. But the day after the rest day caught me off guard and I paid a heavy price. I have to say that despite their weakness in the mountains (the team finished 16th in the classification, three and a half hours in arrears), my teammates performed admirably to support me as much as they could. I've never really had a bad relationship with any of them. Just that bad management came in the way.
If anyone had any doubt, this Vuelta is a reminder that just one bad day on the bike is enough to ruin a year's preparation and three weeks of hard toil.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 09-08-2017 08:13
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Such an existing rollercoaster ride this Vuelta a Espana was for Abhishek and anyone following him. Not too bad the result either, even though we were all suddenly whispering podium after stage 15.
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 09-08-2017 10:13
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Oh men... 
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 09-08-2017 12:54
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@Tamijo: How I wish I was shouting PODIUM at the end of stage 21!
@Aquarius: I couldn't have put it any better
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 09-08-2017 18:25
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Mixed feelings seem to be the common thread in every GT Abhishek races. At least you've proved that you're still able to get decent results in this kind of races.
Also, must have been one hell of a last stage to Milan. 
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 10-08-2017 02:28
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@Kiserlovski: You are right unfortunately. It's become a case of one step forward, one step back in every GT I start. I need to start proving I can get better than decent results soon, else the offers for GT leadership in WT teams will start to dry up!
Just two races in my calendar in the last two months, not considering half the Vuelta happening in September. I would be in Italy for both races.
The last week of September saw me turn out in Prato for a one day race.
GP Industria and Commercio di Prato
Surprisingly, I was given a free role for this race, but to be honest, I wasn't surprised about any management decision anymore! I stayed in the pack as four different breakaway attempts were chased down before the first climb. A lone rider consisted of the day's break, who managed to establish a three and a half minute lead over the pack. I lost support of two teammates at the base of the last climb, as they failed to catch up to the pack after a fall. On top of that climb, and with 25 km to go, Mohoric attacked with another rider in tow. They were caught with 15 km to go. The peloton did not allow any other attackers to get a gap. With 2 km to go and the pack down to less than a hundred, I attacked! With another kilometer gone, I had 12 seconds to the pack. The hesitation in the pack played to my advantage and I pulled away in the closing kilometer. I got my win, my third one-day race victory of the year. Mohoric claimed 2nd with Vliegen 5th to round out a great race for Lotto.
| 1 | Abhishek Sinha | Lotto Soudal | 4h19'59 | | 2 | Matej Mohoric | Lotto Soudal | + 26 | | 3 | Marco Tecchio | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | | 4 | Adriano Malori | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 5 | Loïc Vliegen | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 6 | Willy Willwohl | Hrvatski Telekom | s.t. | | 7 | Victor Campenaerts | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 8 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 9 | Gian Marco Di Francesco | TEAM Pisa University | s.t. | | 10 | Jef Van Meirhaeghe | Stella Artois | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Kristijan Durasek | Swissair | s.t. | | 12 | Diego Rosa | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 13 | Adamo Vespa | Southeast | s.t. | | 14 | Muhamad Othman | Telekom Slovenije | s.t. | | 15 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 16 | Tom Slagter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 17 | Francesco Bongiorno | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 18 | Dimitri Le Boulch | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 19 | Scott Ambrose | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 20 | Michele Scartezzini | Southeast | s.t. | | 21 | Michał Paluta | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 22 | Fredrik Galta | Martini | s.t. | | 23 | Charly Wickliff | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 24 | Oreste Scotta | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 25 | Andrea Vaccher | Southeast | s.t. | | 26 | Alessio Lanzano | Southeast | s.t. | | 27 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 28 | Samir Jabrayilov | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 29 | Rudi Milic | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 30 | Dylan Teuns | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 31 | Rafaël Le Breton | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 32 | Hernán Aguirre | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | | 33 | Odd Christian Eiking | Swissair | s.t. | | 34 | Giovanni Pedretti | Martini | s.t. | | 35 | Jan Hirt | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 36 | Eugenio Alafaci | Team Sky | s.t. | | 37 | Nicola Gaffurini | Marcello Bergamo | s.t. | | 38 | Salvatore Puccio | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 39 | Pierre Rolland | Team Sky | s.t. | | 40 | Beñat Intxausti | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 41 | Davide Malacarne | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 42 | Massimo Mogni | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 43 | Andrea Manfredi | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 44 | Andrea Tomassini | Gewiss | s.t. | | 45 | Bernardo Pedone | Stella Artois | s.t. | | 46 | Ildar Arslanov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 47 | Enrico Battaglin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 48 | Antonio Nibali | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 49 | Christian Livieri | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 50 | Alexis Guerin | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 51 | Fredy Antonio Reátegui | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 52 | Matteo Occhialini | TEAM Pisa University | s.t. | | 53 | Manuel Senni | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 54 | Lorenzo Rota | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 55 | Sergey Shulga | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 56 | Carlos Verona | Team Sky | s.t. | | 57 | Jérémy Maison | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 58 | Nathan Haas | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 59 | Goredema Dabengwa | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 60 | Anthony Roux | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 61 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 62 | Antonio Dubois | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 63 | Kenny Elissonde | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 64 | Tony Pozniak | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 65 | Patrick Konrad | Swissair | s.t. | | 66 | Alfredo Balloni | Martini | s.t. | | 67 | Robert Gesink | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 68 | Simone Andreetta | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 69 | Samuele Conti | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 70 | Grégory Ambroise | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 71 | Fabio Tuzi | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 72 | Nico Denz | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 73 | Manuele Boaro | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 74 | Davide Villella | Swissair | s.t. | | 75 | Moreno Giampaolo | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 76 | Riccardo Donato | Martini | s.t. | | 77 | José Ramella | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 78 | Franco Leon | Swissair | s.t. | | 79 | Luca Cappelli | Martini | s.t. | | 80 | Daniele Dall'Oste | Team Sky | s.t. | | 81 | Mitchell Lovelock-Fay | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 82 | Arnaud Courteille | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 83 | Théo Vimpere | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 84 | Stefano Nardelli | Martini | s.t. | | 85 | Edoardo Saviolo | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 86 | Tibor Kozak | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 87 | Dario Cataldo | Team Sky | s.t. | | 88 | Javier Moreno | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 89 | Pedro Merino | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 90 | Kim Magnusson | Telekom Slovenije | s.t. | | 91 | Eugenio Moreno Rosillo | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 92 | Gini Turano | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 93 | Piergiuseppe Zago | Marcello Bergamo | s.t. | | 94 | Mirko Torta | Marcello Bergamo | s.t. | | 95 | Brian Bulgac | Swissair | s.t. | | 96 | Franz Nentwich | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 97 | Francesco Chesi | Southeast | s.t. | | 98 | Andrea Lomonaco | Marcello Bergamo | s.t. | | 99 | Ryan Sutton | Team Sky | s.t. | | 100 | Giacomo Berlato | Gewiss | s.t. | | 101 | Mathias Frank | Swissair | s.t. | | 102 | Riccardo Tito | Martini | s.t. | | 103 | Josué Moyano | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | | 104 | Hyeoung Min Choe | Marcello Bergamo | s.t. | | 105 | Esteban Chaves | Swissair | s.t. | | 106 | Matteo Gozzi | Gewiss | s.t. | | 107 | Campbell Flakemore | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 108 | Joshua Edmondson | Team Sky | s.t. | | 109 | Raffaello Bonusi | Gewiss | s.t. | | 110 | Willie Smit | Telekom Slovenije | s.t. | | 111 | Alessandro Mazzi | SIDI | s.t. | | 112 | Riccardo Stacchiotti | SIDI | s.t. | | 113 | Francesco Bonistalli | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | | 114 | Richie Porte | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 115 | Giacomo Tomio | TEAM Pisa University | s.t. | | 116 | Omar Lombardi | SIDI | s.t. | | 117 | Sérgio Godoy | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | | 118 | Jörg Welling | SIDI | s.t. | | 119 | Pavel Gorenc | Telekom Slovenije | s.t. | | 120 | Antonio Bickel | Hrvatski Telekom | s.t. | | 121 | Sergey Nikolaev | SIDI | s.t. | | 122 | Nick Forrest | Team Sky | s.t. | | 123 | Pietro Sposito | Gewiss | s.t. | | 124 | Jordan Stannus | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 125 | Agatino De Angeli | SIDI | s.t. | | 126 | Nazario Petito | SIDI | s.t. | | 127 | Rein Taaramäe | TEAM Pisa University | s.t. | | 128 | Pier Antonio Tagliente | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | | 129 | Endi Sirol | Hrvatski Telekom | + 3'01 | | 130 | Aureliano Rea | Southeast | s.t. | | 131 | Georgi Khvostunov | TEAM Pisa University | + 3'26 | | 132 | Fabiano Papa | Marcello Bergamo | s.t. | | 133 | Chad Haga | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 134 | Serge Pauwels | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 135 | Paweł Cieślik | Southeast | s.t. | | 136 | Saverio Balduino | Southeast | s.t. | | 137 | Andrea Luxich | Marcello Bergamo | s.t. | | 138 | Alessio Taliani | Martini | s.t. | | 139 | Sebastiano Frassetto | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | + 4'27 | | 140 | Mirco Mainetto | Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani | s.t. | | 141 | Mattia Frapporti | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 142 | Luka Grubic | Hrvatski Telekom | + 5'08 | | 143 | Maarten Brinkman | Telekom Slovenije | s.t. | | 144 | Juraj Plass | Telekom Slovenije | s.t. | | 145 | Vuk Hrustic | Gewiss | s.t. | | 146 | Rainer Obrecht | Hrvatski Telekom | + 6'55 | | 147 | Luka Jovanovic | Gewiss | + 9'53 | | 148 | Antongiulio Capone | TEAM Pisa University | s.t. | | 149 | Roberto Cesaro | Gewiss | + 11'12 | | 150 | Federico Rocchetti | SIDI | + 12'12 | | 151 | Eduard Vorganov | Hrvatski Telekom | + 13'52 |
Only one race in October this year, and it's the Autumn Monument. The preapration for this race was hampered as I suffered a bruised forearm in training. Still, there was no way I was letting this chance go.
I was the designated leader for Lotto here. The three man break were left on a long leash as the pack meandered up the first climb. Immediately afterwards, the pack sped up and the gap started reducing drastically. The break was caught halfway up the third climb. At the top, a four man group - Landa, Bardet, Foliforov and Adam Yates - led the field. I found myself alone in the third group on the road, but not many seconds behind. After the descent, there was a short truce of sorts as the lead group swelled in size to around twenty riders. Three riders attacked at the base of the fourth climb. I was in the group of eleven riders chasing. By the time we had gone up and down that climb, I was out contention, in the fifth group on the road, more than three minutes down on the leaders. Merwahi Kudus created a massive surprise by winning the race, becoming the first African winner in the race's illustrious history!
Spoiler Game crashed after the podium. Could not export results.
It was an up and down fortnight, my last in Lotto colours. Although I would've liked the results in the last two races to be reversed, I think I leave the team with my head held high.
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 10-08-2017 05:47
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 10-08-2017 11:36
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Nice final win for Lotto, in Prato
Spoiler Regarding game crash can recommend this tool, and unbelievable great tool that can help you in so many ways with story writing, very easy to use too.:
Amongst other good things it has the results in a spreadsheet, when the auto generated is not there for some reason.
https://pcmdaily.c...p?did=1053
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 10-08-2017 14:24
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Thanks Tamijo  .
Spoiler I have used Career Explorer before. After a particular version, whenever I try to update, it crashes. Can't use it anymore.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 11-08-2017 06:34
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I managed to come back strong from the disappointments of last season. The policy of not setting concrete goals but taking each race as it comes paid off. I have to say I was not expecting to come away with three one day race victories this year, even though they weren't the top races. I finished inside the top 10 in all but 4 races!
Did I establish my Grand Tour credentials? Not absolutely. But I did enough for another top World Team to put their faith in me. I know I can get close to the top of the podium with just a bit more consistency. That should come with experience, something I gathered plenty of this year. I round off my time at Lotto with my best ever season in the cycling peloton.
| World Tour Rankings | CQ Rankings | | Me | 14th - 287 points | 11th - 1670 points | | Lotto Soudal | 5th - 1055 points | 5th - 6210 points |
 Vuelta Ciclista a la Region de Murcia | One Day Race |  Int. Osterreich Rundfahrt | GC and One Stage | | Prueba Villafranca Ordiziako Klasika | One Day Race |  GP Industria and Commercio di Prato | One Day Race |
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| Ripley |
Posted on 11-08-2017 08:30
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Shame about the Vuelta. But altogether a very good season, great final positions in the individual rankings.
Spoiler As for PCMCE, I didn't quite understand the problem but if the update feature is broken you can turn off the auto updater by editing the autoupdater.config, set <Enabled>false</Enabled>. |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 11-08-2017 12:34
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Thanks . A definite improvement over last season.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 14-08-2017 06:47
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I step into my seventh season in professional cycling and the fourth team in my career. 2020 was both a breakthrough and an eye-opening season for me. I got my first GC win and I messed up in the final week of the Vuelta. I showed that I can challenge for the top spot on the podium and also realized the amount of hard work that still needed to be done to get there. A big responsibility has been placed on me for the new season, leading my new team in two Grand Tours. I approach the year with both nervousness and anticipation.
Duvel's team looks well balanced to challenge in all types of races. I am still getting to know my new teammates and getting familiar with how the team works. So far, it's been a good ride. After the turbulent conditions under which I signed, I am glad to finally have this sense of stability back.
Some more improvement for me over the past year but the rate has definitely flattened out. I wonder how much further I can push myself to improve. You know I won't keep trying!
Oh, and Lotto Soudal are now Dr Koninck.
Spoiler Tour Down Under is not my next race though 
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 14-08-2017 18:50
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Interesting team, although as a stage racer i've never liked to go to those Belgium teams, because they are full of early-60 climbers.
And for those 2 last levels, let's hope you can improve a bit on MON and TT. The other stats looks fine for GT runs
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| Ollie23 |
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Despite being a Belgian team it looks like you'll have plenty of support in stage races. Just be careful about the beer intake. Duvel is delicious...
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| AbhishekLFC |
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@Aquarius: Duvel do have good mountain support, which was one the reasons I picked them over the others who offered me a contract. With Lotto, I was almost always fighting a lonely battle up climbs. There's only so many attacks I can follow on my own.
@Ollie: Nice to hear from you. And like I said above, the climbing support is what swung the deal in favour of Duvel. And there's a strict no beer policy till we win something 
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| AbhishekLFC |
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I always get nervous at the start of a new season. The nervousness doubles when I start a season with a new team. There are so many unknowns to figure out. Starting off 2021 was no different.
Duvel announced a very strong team for this race. It was a get to know session among the best climbers in the team. Both Barguil and Dumoulin were penned in to feature and I was hoping get a feel of how well we gelled, even at this early stage.
We were favourites going into the 21 km Team Time Trial on Stage 1. We lived up top our top billing, finishing seventeen seconds ahead of Orica. I got the race leader's jersey by virtue of crossing the line first.
Stage 2 was one for the sprinters and I held on for a smooth ride. The early break was caught with 7 km left. Jasper Stuyven, former teammate at Lotto, took the win.
Stage 3
The first of the stages with climbs. The early three man break was joined by another after the first climb. I launched the first attack from the peloton, 2 km from the top of the third climb, and with 14 km to go. I was followed by Aru alone. We caught and passed the break and had 50 seconds to the pack at the top of the climb. Four others attacked out of the peloton with 10 km to go and caught up to me. By this time, Aru had got a 20 second lead. The others got away, while I was caught by the charging peloton. Only Aru and Kwiatkowski survived till the finish as the rest were swept up. Kwiatkowski took the lead in the GC.
Stage 4
The first real test of the season going uphill. The four man early break were not allowed to get a big lead. Elissonde was the first to attack, just after the second intermediate sprint. The GC favourites got their act together and followed suit. With 7 km to go, Aru was alone out in front with a nine man group, with me and Barguil in it, chasing. I understood what a 'super-domestique' does in a mountain stage as Barguil closed the gap to Aru. The lead group was now down to seven with race leader Kwiatkowski dropped. I couldn't follow Aru's next attack as Barguil finally faded. I managed to drop everyone else to finish 2nd on the stage and move up to 2nd in the GC. Barguil's 9th place on the stage moved him into the top 5 in the GC.
| 1 | Fabio Aru | Huawei | 10h12'25 | | 2 | Abhishek Sinha | Duvel | + 26 | | 3 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1'14 | | 4 | Rohan Dennis | Huawei | + 3'32 | | 5 | Warren Barguil | Duvel | + 3'48 |
Stage 5 was one for the sprinters. The break was caught with 3 km to go and the stage was decided in a bunch sprint.
Stage 6
The decider. The early break of six was caught before the ridge leading up to the second intermediate sprint. 50 km still remained. Once again, it was Elissonde who attacked out of the pack first, on the third category climb. Gregory Ambroise attacked next and left Elissonde in his wake. With 11 km to go, Ambroise was the lone leader with Elissonde chasing. I was alone, chasing a group of 11 with Barguil and Craddock, and the rest of the GC hotshots. With 7 km to go, Ambroise was still leading with Barguil the lone chaser followed by Duteil. I was in the GC leaders' group with Craddock. I dropped Aru, followed by the rest of the GC contenders, as I made my way forward. I caught up to Duteil, while Aru recovered to drop the rest of the challengers. We caught up to Barguil and then I proceeded to drop both of them as I raced ahead in search of the stage win. I could not make up the distance, claiming 2nd. I did manage to put enough time into Aru to take the lead in the GC! Barguil finished 3rd on the stage but remained in 5th in the GC.
| 1 | Grégory Ambroise | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | 3h42'38 | | 2 | Abhishek Sinha | Duvel | + 39 | | 3 | Warren Barguil | Duvel | + 2'12 | | 4 | Arnaud Duteil | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 2'17 | | 5 | Fabio Aru | Huawei | + 2'26 |
Stage 7 was another flat stage and I enjoyed my day in the sun. The pack split into three in the closing kilometers because of the fast pace. I sprinted to an unlikely 9th place at the finish.
(My day out in the sun!)
| 1 | Abhishek Sinha | Duvel | 17h35'23 | | 2 | Fabio Aru | Huawei | + 1'27 | | 3 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 3'32 | | 4 | Grégory Ambroise | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 4'00 | | 5 | Warren Barguil | Duvel | + 4'57 | | 6 | Arnaud Duteil | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 5'42 | | 7 | Rohan Dennis | Huawei | + 7'20 | | 8 | Xabier Martínez Madrigal | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 7'45 | | 9 | Kenny Elissonde | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 8'42 | | 10 | Rafał Majka | TEAM Cepsa | + 8'46 |
Spoiler 11 Juan Chamorro Colombia + 8'49
12 Lennard Kämna Team Giant-Alpecin + 9'03
13 Rubén Fernández TEAM Cepsa + 10'55
14 Aidan van Niekerk Old Spice + 12'32
15 Lawson Craddock Duvel + 12'48
16 Rok Oslaj Colombia + 12'52
17 Tom Dumoulin Duvel + 13'53
18 Dayer Quintana Colombia + 14'39
19 Natnael Berhane Orica-GreenEDGE + 15'11
20 Diego Rubio TEAM Cepsa + 15'35
21 Thierrry Berthault Ag2r La Mondiale + 17'02
22 Mao Zhang ERDF + 18'13
23 Pedro Marín Orica-GreenEDGE + 18'37
24 Jay McCarthy Huawei + 18'40
25 Simone Carantoni Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec + 18'48
26 Felix Großschartner ERDF + 19'38
27 Antonio Nibali TEAM Cepsa + 19'40
28 Axel Domont Ag2r La Mondiale + 20'10
29 Jarl Salomein De Koninck + 20'42
30 Lukas Spengler Trek Factory Racing + 20'58
31 Elmar Reinders CULT Energy Pro Cycling + 21'11
32 Scott Davies ERDF s.t.
33 Jelle Wallays Duvel + 21'21
34 Travis Meyer Orica-GreenEDGE + 21'36
35 Pedro Sequera Old Spice + 21'47
36 Bert-Jan Lindeman Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton + 22'00
37 Jérôme Francois Trek Factory Racing + 22'29
38 Matteo Pelucchi Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec + 22'39
39 Nicolas Edet Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
40 Richard Handley Old Spice + 22'45
41 Dario Hernández New Zealand + 22'51
42 Dylan Page Trek Factory Racing + 22'52
43 Benjamin Zimmermann Orica-GreenEDGE + 22'54
44 Thomas Sprengers De Koninck + 23'02
45 Luca Chirico Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec + 23'17
46 Jasper Stuyven De Koninck + 23'47
47 Mathias Rask Jeppessen Team Cannondale - Garmin + 23'49
48 Nacer Bouhanni Team Giant-Alpecin + 23'59
49 Quentin Pacher Colombia + 24'02
50 Dimitri Le Boulch Duvel + 24'19
51 Tim Declercq De Koninck + 24'33
52 Troels Ronning Vinther CULT Energy Pro Cycling + 24'53
53 Michael Mørkøv CULT Energy Pro Cycling + 24'54
54 Ramon Sinkeldam Team Giant-Alpecin + 25'05
55 Alexander Edmondson New Zealand s.t.
56 Steven Lammertink Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton + 25'46
57 Luke Rowe Huawei + 26'00
58 Nick Van Der Meer ERDF + 26'21
59 Nassor Akpabio Old Spice s.t.
60 Ben King Trek Factory Racing s.t.
61 Tim Kerkhof Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton + 26'25
62 Davide Pacchiardo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
63 Yoeri Havik Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton + 26'28
64 Matteo Malucelli TEAM Cepsa s.t.
65 Stef Krul Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton s.t.
66 Rudy Barbier ERDF + 26'29
67 Martijn Degreve CULT Energy Pro Cycling + 26'41
68 Nicolas Marini Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec + 26'54
69 Emiel Planckaert Trek Factory Racing + 27'43
70 Filadelfio Soriano Team Cannondale - Garmin + 27'45
71 Yves Lampaert De Koninck + 27'58
72 Simone Antonini Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec s.t.
73 Giacomo Nizzolo Huawei + 28'43
74 Taco Van Der Hoorn Team Giant-Alpecin + 28'50
75 Gerald Ciolek Colombia + 29'42
76 Allessio Bottura Team Cannondale - Garmin + 29'59
77 Thomas Wrona Old Spice + 30'20
78 Dmitry Mokrov New Zealand + 30'24
79 Muchaneta Cremer Team Cannondale - Garmin + 30'55
80 Fariji Tahar Trek Factory Racing + 30'57
81 Jiri Polnicky New Zealand + 31'44
82 Mohamed Kok Keong Colombia + 32'07
83 Olaf Buekens De Koninck + 33'14
84 Andrejs Miholap CULT Energy Pro Cycling + 33'15
85 Saare Gabra Old Spice + 34'47
86 Jan Maas Team Giant-Alpecin + 34'48
87 Fabien Canal Ag2r La Mondiale + 35'19
88 Gamal Jespersen CULT Energy Pro Cycling + 35'33
89 Aaron Gate New Zealand + 36'20
90 Nicolas Dietrich Ag2r La Mondiale + 36'21
91 Omar Bertazzo TEAM Cepsa + 36'56
92 Maxim Pokidov New Zealand + 37'54
93 Aimé Moro ERDF + 39'11
94 Diego Rosa Team Cannondale - Garmin + 39'58
95 Enrico Barbin Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec + 40'48
96 George Tansley Huawei + 43'03
| 1 | Simone Carantoni | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | 8 | | 2 | Michael Mørkøv | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | 8 | | 3 | Lukas Spengler | Trek Factory Racing | 5 | | 4 | Troels Ronning Vinther | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | 5 | | 5 | Steven Lammertink | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | 5 |
| 1 | Grégory Ambroise | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | 22 | | 2 | Abhishek Sinha | Duvel | 20 | | 3 | Fabio Aru | Huawei | 19 | | 4 | Warren Barguil | Duvel | 15 | | 5 | Arnaud Duteil | Team Giant-Alpecin | 10 |
Young Riders Classification
| 1 | Abhishek Sinha | Duvel | 17h35'23 | | 2 | Grégory Ambroise | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 4'00 | | 3 | Xabier Martínez Madrigal | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 7'45 | | 4 | Lennard Kämna | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 9'03 | | 5 | Aidan van Niekerk | Old Spice | + 12'32 |
| 1 | Duvel | 52h12'10 | | 2 | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 8'25 | | 3 | Huawei | + 9'18 | | 4 | Colombia | + 15'54 | | 5 | TEAM Cepsa | + 16'15 |
Off to a superb start once again! I won a stage in my first race with Lotto, now I've won the race at San Luis with Duvel. A lot of credit for this win goes to the work done by Barguil on stage four and six. I was right in choosing Duvel for it's climbing team. Not so good a race for Dumoulin but am sure he'll improve as the season progresses. A lot of accolades all around for us. You can be sure that the Duvel will be passed around quite a bit tonight!
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| Ripley |
Posted on 16-08-2017 07:00
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Well done! A really good squad around you, too. |
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 16-08-2017 10:58
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There is no better way to start a season
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