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One in a Billion | Rise to the Summit
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 16-08-2017 11:17
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Already like the team choice! Guess the no beer policy didn't last too long. 
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 16-08-2017 11:27
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Good luck with the new season, GREAT START !
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 16-08-2017 13:17
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@Ripley: Thanks. Yes our squad is very good 
@Aquarius: You bet!
@Kiserlovski: When there is beer on the line, the wins will (hopefully) keep on coming 
@Tamijo: Thanks. Hopefully just the start of bigger things!
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| Ollie23 |
Posted on 18-08-2017 17:07
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Couldn't have asked for a better start than that! Congratulations! Careful with the beer
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 18-08-2017 17:56
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'Official' two beer policy from the team management
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 18-08-2017 18:31
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The second month on the calendar brings about the second race on my schedule. I'm still on a high () following my GC win, only the second ever, in San Luis.
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My second ever outing in this race. Our team was strong once again, with Barguil, Ulissi, Degenkolb, Craddock and Oliviera among the starters. Could we see a repeat? Let's find out...
Stage 1 was flat with two of our riders among the favourites. However, there would be no joy for them as they finished just outside the top 10. Gaviria won.
Stage 2 was again mostly flat with with a small climb before the finish. The early three break stayed away till just 9 km to go. At the decisive moment, I got boxed in the middle of the pack as a fourteen man group went away. Eleven of them were caught on the downhill. The three who stayed away included Barguil and the trio got half a minute over the pack. Barguil finished 3rd and also moved up to 3rd in the GC.
Stage 3 was another flat stage where a four rider break built up an eight minute lead. They were caught with a mere 7 km left and Gaviria won again.
Stage 4
This stage was touted to be the decider. I was one of the favourites for the stage win but I had promised Barguil to look after his GC position. After the effort he had piut in for me in San Luis, I owed him this much. The early break were kept on a short leash and were caught with 19 km to go. We set the pace in the approach to the climb to the finish with Ulissi, Degenkolb and Oliveira. I ensured that I kept Barguil out of the wind for as much as possible. At the base of the climb, with 6 km left, Gallopin and Barguil attacked. Formolo and Pinot followed and caught up to them. They were caught by Robert Power before the finish and the sprint was won by Pinot. Barguil finished 2nd and took the lead in the GC! I finished 8th on the stage and moved into 8th in the GC.
Stage 5
This stage was not supposed to cause too many problems for the peloton. As it turned out, the pack split behind the break on the first climb. 3 more riders attacked in the hope of joining up with the break. The lead group down to just forty five riders on the second climb. The break was now five riders strong. Barguil was dropped on this climb. Degenkolb, Ulissi and Craddock dropped back to pace him into the group as I tried desperately to slow down the peloton. By the top of the third climb, the lead group had sixteen riders and Barguil had just made his way back. Gallopin and Dunbar attacked immediately, followed by Bardet. I chased them with all my strength but could only catch Dunbar. Serry survived from the break to win the stage followed by Gallopin, who took the lead in the GC. Barguil and I finished in the larger group, nearly a minute behind. Barguil lost a place in the GC.
Stage 6 was flat but the sprinters were outfoxed by the early break. I tried to gain some seconds by attacking at the end, but it did not succeed. I did finish 7th in the sprint.
| 1 | Tony Gallopin | Tinkoff-Saxo | 21h02'32 | | 2 | Warren Barguil | Duvel | + 1'00 | | 3 | Thibaut Pinot | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1'29 | | 4 | Robert Power | Istanbul | + 1'35 | | 5 | Merhawi Kudus | TEAM Kodak | + 2'24 | | 6 | Eddie Dunbar | TEAM Kodak | + 2'43 | | 7 | Abhishek Sinha | Duvel | s.t. | | 8 | Dominik Nerz | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 3'13 | | 9 | Romain Bardet | Huawei | + 3'26 | | 10 | Tejay Van Garderen | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 5'37 |
Spoiler | 11 | Arvid Melchiot | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 6'50 | | 12 | Jay McCarthy | Huawei | + 6'56 | | 13 | Davide Formolo | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 7'13 | | 14 | Pieter Serry | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 7'39 | | 15 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 7'42 | | 16 | Lawson Craddock | Duvel | + 7'47 | | 17 | Mikel Landa | TEAM Kodak | + 8'00 | | 18 | Fernando Gaviria | TEAM Cepsa | + 8'08 | | 19 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 11'25 | | 20 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Huawei | + 12'25 | | 21 | Matej Mohoric | De Koninck | + 12'36 | | 22 | Valerio Conti | TEAM Kodak | s.t. | | 23 | Miguel Angel Benito | TEAM Cepsa | + 12'39 | | 24 | Caleb Ewan | De Koninck | + 12'44 | | 25 | Syarif Hashim | Istanbul | + 13'10 | | 26 | Eduardo Sepulveda | TEAM Kodak | + 13'16 | | 27 | Kristijan Durasek | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 13'19 | | 28 | Alexey Lutsenko | TEAM Kodak | + 13'43 | | 29 | Markus Freiberger | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 13'55 | | 30 | Silvio Herklotz | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 14'01 | | 31 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | De Koninck | + 14'12 | | 32 | Hugh Carthy | Huawei | + 14'37 | | 33 | Odd Christian Eiking | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 14'55 | | 34 | Patrick Bevin | MTN-Qhubeka | + 14'57 | | 35 | Diego Ulissi | Duvel | + 15'05 | | 36 | Sonny Colbrelli | Huawei | s.t. | | 37 | Anastasio Ania | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 38 | Alexander Foliforov | TEAM Kodak | + 15'37 | | 39 | Alton McArther | TEAM Kodak | + 15'41 | | 40 | Jérémy Maison | Lapierre | + 16'11 | | 41 | Nelson Oliveira | Duvel | + 16'16 | | 42 | José Ramella | Huawei | + 16'33 | | 43 | Giovanni Pedretti | Istanbul | + 16'38 | | 44 | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 16'39 | | 45 | Björn Thurau | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 16'56 | | 46 | José Agustín Martínez Torrén | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 16'58 | | 47 | Koen Bouwman | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 17'26 | | 48 | Arnaud Demare | Lapierre | + 17'40 | | 49 | Nacer Bouhanni | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 17'42 | | 50 | Diego Rubio | TEAM Cepsa | + 17'45 | | 51 | Rafael Valls | Huawei | + 17'47 | | 52 | Pedro Bras | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 18'15 | | 53 | Dylan Teuns | De Koninck | + 18'35 | | 54 | Samir Jabrayilov | MTN-Qhubeka | + 18'37 | | 55 | Rudy Molard | Lapierre | + 18'40 | | 56 | Hugo Vaz | Kofola | + 19'21 | | 57 | Taylor Phinney | MTN-Qhubeka | + 19'24 | | 58 | Jens Keukeleire | De Koninck | s.t. | | 59 | Yves Lampaert | De Koninck | s.t. | | 60 | Federico Zurlo | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 61 | John Degenkolb | Duvel | + 19'34 | | 62 | Johan Le Bon | Huawei | + 19'51 | | 63 | Alex Kirsch | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 20'14 | | 64 | Franz Nentwich | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 65 | Jarno Gmelich | Kofola | s.t. | | 66 | Barry Markus | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 20'23 | | 67 | Sjoerd Bax | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 20'38 | | 68 | Jesús Herrero | Lapierre | s.t. | | 69 | Alessandro Mazzi | SIDI | + 20'51 | | 70 | Wouter Wippert | MTN-Qhubeka | + 21'04 | | 71 | Edward Theuns | De Koninck | + 21'10 | | 72 | Ryan Mullen | TEAM Cepsa | + 21'22 | | 73 | Michael Kolar | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 21'25 | | 74 | Dzidoslaw Grodecki | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 75 | Thomas Bergeret | Lapierre | + 21'35 | | 76 | Jon Ander Insausti | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 77 | Elmar Reinders | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 21'56 | | 78 | Daniel Hoelgaard | MTN-Qhubeka | + 21'57 | | 79 | Andrew Dill | An Post - Chainreaction | + 22'17 | | 80 | André Looij | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 22'20 | | 81 | Frederik Plesner | Istanbul | + 22'31 | | 82 | Lorenzo Manzin | MTN-Qhubeka | + 23'20 | | 83 | Corrado Lampa | SIDI | + 23'36 | | 84 | Martin Hunal | Kofola | + 23'54 | | 85 | Jeffrey Romero | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 23'55 | | 86 | Joe Evans | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 23'56 | | 87 | Harris Quispel | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 24'02 | | 88 | Enrique Sanz | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 24'08 | | 89 | Luke Keough | Istanbul | s.t. | | 90 | Michal Vesely | Kofola | + 24'10 | | 91 | Dejan Kokot | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 24'11 | | 92 | Ivar Slik | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 24'47 | | 93 | Lars Van Der Haar | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 24'53 | | 94 | Oczan Henrichs | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 25'21 | | 95 | Anton Vorobyev | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 25'25 | | 96 | Antonio Nibali | TEAM Cepsa | + 25'40 | | 97 | Florian Senechal | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 25'43 | | 98 | Alexander Geuens | Duvel | + 25'53 | | 99 | Gert-Jan Bosman | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 100 | Andrew Tennant | An Post - Chainreaction | + 26'14 | | 101 | Brenton Jones | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 26'15 | | 102 | Mitchell Lovelock-Fay | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 26'16 | | 103 | Louis Rohde | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 26'43 | | 104 | Woldu Monzal | TEAM Cepsa | + 27'08 | | 105 | Adriano Brogi | SIDI | + 27'48 | | 106 | Nicola Poletti | SIDI | + 27'52 | | 107 | Michael Mørkøv | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 28'00 | | 108 | Titte van Laer | An Post - Chainreaction | s.t. | | 109 | Olaf Buekens | De Koninck | + 28'56 | | 110 | Aydar Zakarin | An Post - Chainreaction | + 29'01 | | 111 | Stefan Kreder | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 29'12 | | 112 | Joaquím Durant | Lapierre | s.t. | | 113 | Juan Jacob Mújika | TEAM Cepsa | + 29'42 | | 114 | Harry Tanfield | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 29'53 | | 115 | Etienne Van Empel | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 30'01 | | 116 | Yannis Yssaad | Lapierre | + 30'08 | | 117 | Moreno De Pauw | Kofola | s.t. | | 118 | Martin Grøn | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 30'14 | | 119 | Araik Storozhuk | Istanbul | + 30'55 | | 120 | Oscar Gatto | MTN-Qhubeka | + 30'57 | | 121 | Maxime Anciaux | SIDI | s.t. | | 122 | Etienne Tortelier | Lapierre | + 31'13 | | 123 | Sam Bassetti | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 124 | Lucas Gaday | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 125 | Alessandro Pettiti | SIDI | + 31'33 | | 126 | Robert Bush | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 31'42 | | 127 | Anders Egsvang | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 32'00 | | 128 | Anthony Maldonado | Duvel | + 32'09 | | 129 | Lee Richmond | Kofola | s.t. | | 130 | Edmund Bradbury | An Post - Chainreaction | + 32'56 | | 131 | Jaap De Man | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 33'13 | | 132 | Karim Benachour | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 35'15 | | 133 | Jordan Stannus | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 37'09 | | 134 | Krister Hagen | An Post - Chainreaction | + 37'18 | | 135 | Pyotr Cheresh | Kofola | + 38'20 | | 136 | Fahd Brunswijk | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 39'39 | | 137 | Ross Barraclough | An Post - Chainreaction | + 44'07 | | 138 | Bobby Spence | An Post - Chainreaction | + 45'24 | | 139 | Aidis Kruopis | SIDI | + 45'34 | | 140 | John Tune Høyer | SIDI | + 46'15 | | 141 | Alexandre Geniez | Istanbul | + 59'50 | | 142 | Andrejs Miholap | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 59'57 | | 143 | Jiri Zapomel | Kofola | + 1h01'49 |
| 1 | Fernando Gaviria | TEAM Cepsa | 88 | | 2 | Tony Gallopin | Tinkoff-Saxo | 65 | | 3 | Arnaud Demare | Lapierre | 63 | | 4 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Huawei | 46 | | 5 | Wouter Wippert | MTN-Qhubeka | 44 |
| 1 | Warren Barguil | Duvel | 18 | | 2 | Pieter Serry | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 18 | | 3 | Thibaut Pinot | Tinkoff-Saxo | 16 | | 4 | Tony Gallopin | Tinkoff-Saxo | 10 | | 5 | Davide Formolo | Tinkoff-Saxo | 10 |
Young Riders Classification
| 1 | Eddie Dunbar | TEAM Kodak | 21h05'15 | | 2 | Abhishek Sinha | Duvel | + 0 | | 3 | Anastasio Ania | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 12'22 | | 4 | Alton McArther | TEAM Kodak | + 12'58 | | 5 | Giovanni Pedretti | Istanbul | + 13'55 |
| 1 | Tinkoff-Saxo | 63h11'06 | | 2 | TEAM Kodak | + 7'36 | | 3 | Duvel | + 8'10 | | 4 | Huawei | + 15'54 | | 5 | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 24'22 |
One thing's for sure, Barguil is a much better domestique than I am! Stage 5 turned out to be our undoing as I wasn't able to sufficiently support my teammate in those last few kilometers. The minute lost on that stage was the difference between first and second place in the GC for my French teammate. He did pick up the KOM title, a consolation prize. I managed 7th place in the GC, which continues my good start to the season. The obverall performance from the team was quite good except for the failure of our sprint trains to be effective.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 22-08-2017 09:19
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All in all a good race for the team, 2nd is always bittersweet but it beats 3rd dosent it.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 22-08-2017 11:13
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Off course it does 
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 23-08-2017 02:22
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I hoped to continue my early season form with the first big race of the season. I would be leading the team in the Tirreno-Adriatico while Barguil and Alaphilippe led in Paris - Nice.
The management once again sent a strong team capable of competing for top honours to this race. Dumoulin, Uran and Ulissi were the leading names among my teammates. This would be my first ride alongside Uran, who would be my super-domestique! I'm starting to feel a little awkward with the caliber of support the team is providing me.
Stage 1 featured a few climbs on the profile. The early break had three riders. the peloton was down to less than a hundred riders after the fourth climb. The break had four minutes to us at this point. Two riders from the break were caught on the fifth climb before Dan Martin, Aru and another rider attacked. They were before the top of the climb. The solo break had a minute's lead as the pack was down to fifty. The break was cuaght at the base of the last climb. The peloton stabilized as a group of twenty on the climb with Dumoulin and Ulissi my only teammates. The group swelled in size on the descent and a reduced bunch sprint decided the stage. Dumoulin finished 10th.
Stage 2 was flat with Geuens one of the favourites. The early break were caught with over 10 km to go. Geuens managed 8th at the finish.
Stage 3
I was one of the favourites for the stage win here. The five man break was down to two one the first category climb. The peloton was down to fifty at the top of that climb, and caught the break going down. I attacked at the base of the climb to the finish. Others followed and we formed a select group of eleven riders 5 km from the finish. Nairo Quintana and Aru attacked with only me and Jungels chasing. The others were dropped. Jungels got away with Aru eventually while I caught up to Quintana. I finished 4th on the stage and moved up to 7th in the GC. I became the leader in U25s classification.
The alternation of mountains and flat stages continued on Stage 4. The six man break had a ten minute lead at a time but were reeled in eventually. The peloton was reduced to just sixty riders at the line, where Geuens took 5th while Degenkolb's lead-out rewarded him with 10th place.
(Wearing the U25s jersey)
Stage 5
Mogni joined the early break for us, along with six others. The pack split up after a couple of falls but came together before the second climb. The break split up into four groups on that same climb. Mogni led the field along with another rider. The peloton was down to forty riders on the third climb, with three riders in the break. Mogni was dropped from the head of the race with 20 km to go. Pinot attacked with 15 km to go. I followed Kwiatkowski's counter and we got a gap to the pack. The pack finally caught up to us with around 7 km to go but Pinot still had a gap. I attacked with 3 km to go with Jungels and Mohoric following. We got thirty seconds to Quintana and forty-five to Aru as the pack disintegrated behind us. I finished 4th once again, unable to get some bonus seconds. I moved up to 5th in the GC. Ulissi was forced to retire from the race after a late crash.
Stage 6
A total of ten climbs littered the landscape on this stage. Mogni joined the break once again and was engrossed in a battle with Wyss for the KOM. The pack split on the fifth climb. On the category 2 climb, the pack split again, with the number reduced to around seventy in the peloton. Mogni got the KOM lead after reaching the top of the seventh climb. The break now had two and a half minutes over us with 60 km to go. Mogni was caught on the ninth climb. The peloton was now fifty riders strong. Zardini was the lone surviving break at this point, still holding a two minute lead. He was finally caught with 12 km to go. When the decisive attack came from seven riders, I found myself too far back in the pack to respond in time. I chased but it wasn't useful. I finished 10th on the stage, in the fourth group on the road and slipped to 8th in the GC.
The ITT on Stage 7 was a final chance to improve. Dumoulin started out as top favourite but burned himself out too early. I couldn't do very well either, managing 34th more than a minute down on the stage winner.
| 1 | Thibaut Pinot | Tinkoff-Saxo | 29h21'45 | | 2 | Fabio Aru | Huawei | + 33 | | 3 | Bob Jungels | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 39 | | 4 | Nairo Quintana | De Koninck | s.t. | | 5 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1'31 | | 6 | Wilco Kelderman | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 2'01 | | 7 | Louis Meintjes | Swissair | + 2'59 | | 8 | Abhishek Sinha | Duvel | + 3'18 | | 9 | Fabio Felline | Alcatel | + 3'39 | | 10 | Moreno Moser | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3'42 |
Spoiler | 11 | Tony Gallopin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 3'46 | | 12 | Andrey Amador | MTN-Qhubeka | + 5'49 | | 13 | Mathieu van der Poel | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 6'05 | | 14 | Bauke Mollema | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 6'33 | | 15 | Geraint Thomas | Huawei | + 8'30 | | 16 | Tom Dumoulin | Duvel | + 9'44 | | 17 | Matej Mohoric | De Koninck | + 10'06 | | 18 | Tanel Kangert | Iberdrola | + 11'04 | | 19 | Mattia Cattaneo | TEAM Cepsa | + 11'23 | | 20 | Caleb Ewan | De Koninck | + 11'32 | | 21 | Tejay Van Garderen | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 12'58 | | 22 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 13'24 | | 23 | Alexey Lutsenko | TEAM Kodak | + 13'54 | | 24 | José Ramella | Huawei | + 14'13 | | 25 | Petr Vakoč | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 16'42 | | 26 | Graham Traino | Roth - Skoda | + 18'02 | | 27 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | + 19'05 | | 28 | Chris Froome | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 19'13 | | 29 | Nacer Bouhanni | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 20'31 | | 30 | Tim Wellens | De Koninck | + 20'46 | | 31 | Edoardo Zardini | TEAM Kodak | + 22'34 | | 32 | Rohan Dennis | Huawei | + 22'47 | | 33 | Rui Costa | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 23'09 | | 34 | Rubén Fernández | TEAM Cepsa | + 24'50 | | 35 | Patrick Müller | Roth - Skoda | + 26'12 | | 36 | Davide Cimolai | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 26'32 | | 37 | Rigoberto Urán | Duvel | + 26'39 | | 38 | Sam Bennett | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 27'16 | | 39 | Davide Ballerini | Huawei | + 28'02 | | 40 | Riccardo Zoidl | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 28'04 | | 41 | Luca Chirico | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 28'46 | | 42 | Sindre Lunke | Swissair | + 28'51 | | 43 | Lars Van Der Haar | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 30'00 | | 44 | Massimo Mogni | Duvel | + 30'38 | | 45 | Jasper Stuyven | De Koninck | + 31'02 | | 46 | Philip O'Donnell | Swissair | + 31'06 | | 47 | Diego Ochoa | Iberdrola | + 31'15 | | 48 | Simon Raffin | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 31'47 | | 49 | Matteo Trentin | Huawei | + 32'11 | | 50 | Marcel Wyss | Nike | + 32'19 | | 51 | Danny Van Poppel | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 32'20 | | 52 | François Bidard | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 33'10 | | 53 | Rubén Zepuntke | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 33'14 | | 54 | John Degenkolb | Duvel | + 33'28 | | 55 | Taylor Phinney | MTN-Qhubeka | + 34'46 | | 56 | Anthony Maldonado | Duvel | + 36'49 | | 57 | Dylan Groenewegen | MTN-Qhubeka | + 37'02 | | 58 | Gennadiy Tatarinov | Swissair | + 37'22 | | 59 | Stefan Küng | MTN-Qhubeka | + 38'24 | | 60 | Alex Peters | MTN-Qhubeka | + 38'32 | | 61 | Arthur Vichot | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 38'36 | | 62 | Gini Turano | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 38'39 | | 63 | Patrick Bosman | Alcatel | + 39'09 | | 64 | Moreno Hofland | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 39'41 | | 65 | Alexander Geuens | Duvel | + 40'53 | | 66 | Dan Downey | Swissair | + 42'00 | | 67 | Rudy Kowalski | Team Europcar | + 42'07 | | 68 | Daniel Oss | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 42'25 | | 69 | Flavio Sotera | Team Europcar | + 42'58 | | 70 | Pio Scarpato | TEAM Kodak | + 43'43 | | 71 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Huawei | + 44'05 | | 72 | Arnaud Courteille | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 44'40 | | 73 | Joey Rosskopf | Nike | + 44'54 | | 74 | Jordi van Dingenen | De Koninck | + 46'04 | | 75 | Lorenzo Rota | TEAM Kodak | + 46'06 | | 76 | Kim Magnusson | Martini | + 46'25 | | 77 | Anatoliy Budyak | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 46'45 | | 78 | Florian Maître | Team Europcar | + 46'48 | | 79 | Stanislaw Dianzenza | Alcatel | + 47'24 | | 80 | Patrick Gretsch | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 47'35 | | 81 | David Colle | Swissair | + 47'41 | | 82 | Sebastian Lander | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 47'46 | | 83 | Michael Goolaerts | Nike | + 47'47 | | 84 | Pim Ligthart | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 85 | Matteo Busato | Martini | + 47'51 | | 86 | Yoann Bagot | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 47'54 | | 87 | Donny Schrijvers | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 47'57 | | 88 | Francesco Lasca | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 48'26 | | 89 | José Gonçalves | Iberdrola | + 48'42 | | 90 | Luke Rowe | Huawei | + 48'52 | | 91 | Bernard Thiel | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 49'09 | | 92 | Marcel Aregger | Nike | + 49'24 | | 93 | Florian Senechal | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 49'47 | | 94 | Andrea Zordan | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 50'05 | | 95 | Clément Venturini | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 50'25 | | 96 | Alfredo Balloni | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 50'49 | | 97 | Marcel Heitz | Alcatel | + 51'28 | | 98 | Laurens De Vreese | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 51'31 | | 99 | Daniel Eaton | Nike | + 52'13 | | 100 | Alexander Krieger | TEAM Cepsa | + 52'53 | | 101 | Omar Bertazzo | TEAM Cepsa | + 53'04 | | 102 | Alton McArther | TEAM Kodak | + 53'07 | | 103 | Adriano Malori | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 53'49 | | 104 | Phil Bauhaus | MTN-Qhubeka | + 54'26 | | 105 | Luca Wackermann | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 54'42 | | 106 | Josh Berry | Martini | + 54'52 | | 107 | Patrick Facchini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 54'57 | | 108 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 55'01 | | 109 | Andy Atkinson | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 55'05 | | 110 | Giangesuino Ongaro | Team Europcar | + 55'24 | | 111 | Eduard-Michael Grosu | Team Europcar | + 55'28 | | 112 | Angelo Tulik | Alcatel | + 55'40 | | 113 | Jonas Bokeloh | Swissair | + 55'54 | | 114 | Amauri Capiot | Iberdrola | + 56'21 | | 115 | Fredrik Ludvigsson | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 57'26 | | 116 | Dylan van Baarle | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 57'41 | | 117 | Adrian Tekliński | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 57'57 | | 118 | David Rodrigues | Iberdrola | + 58'04 | | 119 | Lars Boom | Iberdrola | + 58'19 | | 120 | Manuele Boaro | TEAM Kodak | + 1h00'12 | | 121 | Chad Haga | Nike | + 1h00'22 | | 122 | Jeremy Lorant | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h00'46 | | 123 | Stig Broeckx | De Koninck | + 1h01'32 | | 124 | Davide Appollonio | Team Europcar | + 1h02'04 | | 125 | Gertjan De Vos | Nike | + 1h02'30 | | 126 | Matteo Malucelli | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h02'59 | | 127 | Aser Estévez | Iberdrola | + 1h03'11 | | 128 | Raffaele Radice | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 1h03'13 | | 129 | Jakob Rathe | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 1h03'15 | | 130 | Moreno Giampaolo | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 1h03'54 | | 131 | Gabriele Pizzaballa | Martini | + 1h04'32 | | 132 | Antonio Nibali | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h05'29 | | 133 | Davide Martinelli | TEAM Kodak | + 1h05'36 | | 134 | Miguel Mínguez | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 135 | Valerio Agnoli | Martini | + 1h06'32 | | 136 | Oscar Gatto | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h06'49 | | 137 | Romeo Pisciotta | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h07'04 | | 138 | Adrian Kurek | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 1h07'22 | | 139 | Arvid De Kleijn | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h08'15 | | 140 | Johannes Windischbauer | Roth - Skoda | + 1h10'07 | | 141 | Ángel Madrazo | Iberdrola | + 1h10'55 | | 142 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team Europcar | + 1h11'04 | | 143 | Luka Mezgec | Roth - Skoda | + 1h13'21 | | 144 | Idalécio Ferreira Sousa | Swissair | + 1h13'48 | | 145 | August Jensen | Roth - Skoda | + 1h14'26 | | 146 | Marc Goos | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h15'26 | | 147 | Jan Dieteren | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 1h19'15 | | 148 | David Cherbonnet | Alcatel | + 1h19'56 | | 149 | Simone Sterbini | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 1h20'07 | | 150 | Jens Debusschere | De Koninck | + 1h21'46 | | 151 | Brenton Jones | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h21'48 | | 152 | Giampierto Di Stasio | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 1h24'52 | | 153 | Nino Honigh | Roth - Skoda | + 1h25'25 | | 154 | Mark Cavendish | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1h27'29 | | 155 | Jurgen van Diemen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h28'34 | | 156 | Jempy Drucker | Martini | + 1h31'00 | | 157 | Innocenzo Rossignoli | Martini | + 1h32'45 | | 158 | Matteo Pelucchi | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 1h32'59 | | 159 | Victor Alves | Alcatel | + 1h33'34 | | 160 | Andrea Guardini | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h33'53 | | 161 | Julio Álvarez | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h34'22 | | 162 | Milán Biró | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 1h35'51 | | 163 | Nordin Krijgsman | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h36'55 | | 164 | Liborio Maschiovecchio | Martini | + 1h37'29 | | 165 | Giovanni Carboni | TEAM Kodak | + 1h39'57 | | 166 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 1h40'26 | | 167 | Giorgio Giacomazzo | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 1h44'47 | | 168 | Juan Sebastian Molano | Roth - Skoda | + 1h46'25 | | 169 | Dimitri Guerre | Alcatel | + 1h49'45 | | 170 | Niki Terpstra | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h58'52 | | 171 | Ludovico Perlotto | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 2h03'34 | | 172 | Aírton Pavão | Roth - Skoda | + 2h10'11 |
| 1 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | 30 | | 2 | Fabio Aru | Huawei | 29 | | 3 | Bob Jungels | Tinkoff-Saxo | 27 | | 4 | Thibaut Pinot | Tinkoff-Saxo | 26 | | 5 | Caleb Ewan | De Koninck | 25 |
| 1 | Massimo Mogni | Duvel | 38 | | 2 | Marcel Wyss | Nike | 33 | | 3 | Bernard Thiel | Drapac Professional Cycling | 20 | | 4 | Matteo Busato | Martini | 17 | | 5 | Clément Venturini | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | 15 |
Young Riders Classification
| 1 | Abhishek Sinha | Duvel | 29h25'03 | | 2 | Graham Traino | Roth - Skoda | + 14'44 | | 3 | Patrick Müller | Roth - Skoda | + 22'54 | | 4 | Philip O'Donnell | Swissair | + 27'48 | | 5 | Simon Raffin | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 28'29 |
| 1 | Tinkoff-Saxo | 88h09'22 | | 2 | De Koninck | + 15'04 | | 3 | Huawei | + 15'51 | | 4 | Duvel | + 17'15 | | 5 | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 34'26 |
Bad positioning on Stage 6 cost me the chance of a top 5 in this race, and maybe even a shot at the podium. It wasn't a bad race for me overall as I did quite well on the other two mountain stages. The ITT was a bit of a disappointment, but I was too tired from my efforts earlier in the week. The U25s win is something I'm used to by now and I secured that here too. On to the next race then.
The good news from Paris - Nice is that Alaphilippe finished 2nd in the GC!
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 27-08-2017 06:46
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| Tamijo |
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Not the best race, was looking good mid way, but lost a bit too muck on the last few stages. Good new with Alap in Paris Nice.
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Disappointing result in the end, taking into account how things went down. You simply don't stop learning at the top level.
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T-A can be the most difficult race of the year, lots of strong riders, everybody's still fresh... 8th isn't a bad result. |
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Slowing down a bit, but maybe is better if you want to be at 100% for Giro
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@Tamijo: I thought I had it till before the last mountain stage. That's where it went downhill, literally!
@Kiserlovski: No we don't, and I hope I don't stop learning for my own good.
@Ripley: It could have been better though...
@Aquarius: Yeah, I hope that works out!
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I wouldn't be too disappointed though. You won another jersey in a very difficult race and only one stage messed up a top 5 finish for you. Good job!
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@Ollie: Yeah the jersey win was good but there's always a disappointment associated with dropping down the GC.
A correction to the earlier reply to Aquarius, I'm not going to the Giro this season. The Tour-Vuelta combo for me this year.
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AbhishekLFC wrote:
@ Ollie: Yeah the jersey win was good but there's always a disappointment associated with dropping down the GC.
A correction to the earlier reply to Aquarius, I'm not going to the Giro this season. The Tour-Vuelta combo for me this year.
Yeah, that was a bold statement by me, as you didn't reveal this season calendar
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My run of a single race every month continues in April. I'm off to Spain for the first time this year in the next race. My early season is incomplete without racing in my favourite country.
Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco
The team management did not hold back with the startlist! Alaphilippe, Barguil, Dumoulin and Uran were all in the team. Not to mention Craddock and Van Avermaet! I hoped that this was more as a prep for the Tour than the Giro. No word on either startlist yet. Except the last ITT stage, all stages had a lot of climbs.
Stage 1
The early seven man break survived the first climb but was down to four after the descent. Uran and Hardouin both fell in a multi-rider crash. Both were dropped from the peloton, but while Uran continued, Hardouin had to retire because of injuries. The peloton was down to just twenty riders following the second climb. Good news for us was that we still had four riders there. The break was caught on the third climb, with 45 km left. There were no attacks of consequence till the base of the last climb. I attacked with 3 km left, 1.5 km from the top of the last climb. I had 15 seconds to the chasing group of six riders at the top. I held my lead through the descent and crossed the line 1st! My first stage win of the season. I led in all calssifications following this stage.
Stage 2 saw all of our riders assigned free roles.
(Here I am with the yellow jersey)
The strong three man early break was joined by another on the first climb. The peloton was reduced to seventy riders on the fourth climb while the break was down to two. The peloton was further reduced to fifty on the next climb, Dumoulin also dropped here. Amador was the lone surviving break. The ever reducing peloton were a minute behind Amador on the sixt climb. Amador was finally caught with 12 km to go. With 8 km left, Dan Martin and Kwiatkowski attacked. There were a few who could follow and a six man group reached the finish together. I lost a minute to them, finishing in 7th on the stage in the next group and moving down to 6th in the GC. Alaphilippe was the next best teammate, finishing 12th, more than two minutes down.
Stage 3 and more climbing later, I found myself in a sixty rider peloton after the forst climb. Four riders broke from the pack but three were caught soon. Wellens was the lone break who built up a two minute gap. Pinot was dropped a long way back on the first climb itself but he slowly made his way back. The seventy rider peloton caught Wellens with 30 km to go. Incredibly, Wellens attacked again. I went away from the pack on a high gear with Aru in tow. We were joined by Kwiatkowski and Oomen. On top of the last climb, Aru was out ahead by a minute to my group of six. I attacked again but it wasn't successful this time. I settled for 7th at the finish, while Aru won. I moved up to 4th in the GC.
Stage 4 was flat for the first half and crazy in the second. The early break saw some strong riders join in with Pinot, Amador and Craddock to name a few. The peloton was down to fifty riders on the second climb. Pinot, dropped from the break, was back in the pack. A group of GC contenders went away from the pack. I missed the move and had to chase with Dumoulin and Craddock, who we caught up to. Barguil was in the group out ahead initially, but he too was dropped. I could not make it back and lost a lot of time, almost six minutes! Amazingly, I just lost two places in the GC.
The break on Stage 5 included Dunabr, Amador and Betancur join. We picked up the pace on third climb to put some pressure on our rivals. The peloton reduced in size to about thirty five riders. Kwiatkowski was the only significant casualty from the exercise. The peloton was back to sixty riders strong on the next climb with a five man break still out ahead. With 2 km to go, Kwiatkowski, who had recovered launched a late attack, with Gallopin following. The Pole was caught but the Frenchman leapfrogged the break in the final kilometer to take the win and 30 seconds to the pack. I stayed safe, finished in the larger group and held on my GC position.
Stage 6
I have become quite good at tackling hilly ITTs and this one was right down my alley. I reached the first intermediate 20 seconds ahead on Van Garderen, who had set the fastest till then. I lost a few seconds in the second sector but still managed to cross the line nine seconds better than the American.
(Riding the ITT)
It ended as such, after everyone had finished. I'd won again! But it wasn't enough to make up any places in the GC.
| 1 | Fabio Aru | Huawei | 21h15'41 | | 2 | Tony Gallopin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2'49 | | 3 | Louis Meintjes | Swissair | + 3'01 | | 4 | Adam Yates | Swissair | + 4'59 | | 5 | Sam Oomen | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 5'41 | | 6 | Abhishek Sinha | Duvel | + 6'10 | | 7 | Nairo Quintana | De Koninck | + 8'10 | | 8 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 10'46 | | 9 | Daniel Martin | Liqui Moly | + 11'09 | | 10 | Tejay Van Garderen | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Ion Izagirre | TEAM Cepsa | + 11'45 | | 12 | Eddie Dunbar | TEAM Kodak | + 15'06 | | 13 | Bob Jungels | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 17'16 | | 14 | Andrey Amador | MTN-Qhubeka | + 18'39 | | 15 | Mathieu van der Poel | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 18'48 | | 16 | Valerio Conti | TEAM Kodak | + 19'01 | | 17 | Tim Wellens | De Koninck | + 19'26 | | 18 | Gregorio Ibañez | TEAM Kodak | + 20'51 | | 19 | Warren Barguil | Duvel | + 20'54 | | 20 | Graham Traino | Roth - Skoda | + 21'57 | | 21 | Jan Polanc | MTN-Qhubeka | + 22'35 | | 22 | Julian Alaphilippe | Duvel | + 23'02 | | 23 | Merhawi Kudus | TEAM Kodak | + 24'34 | | 24 | Rohan Dennis | Huawei | + 24'42 | | 25 | Rui Costa | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 25'16 | | 26 | Jay McCarthy | Huawei | + 25'45 | | 27 | Davide Villella | Swissair | + 26'39 | | 28 | Lawson Craddock | Duvel | + 28'09 | | 29 | Carlos Betancur | De Koninck | + 28'15 | | 30 | Sebastian Henao | Huawei | + 28'24 | | 31 | Sérgio Henao | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 28'32 | | 32 | Gennadiy Tatarinov | Swissair | + 29'08 | | 33 | Tom Dumoulin | Duvel | + 30'34 | | 34 | Eduardo Sepulveda | TEAM Kodak | + 31'11 | | 35 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 32'41 | | 36 | Anatoliy Budyak | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 34'42 | | 37 | Moreno Moser | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 35'02 | | 38 | Anastasio Ania | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 35'33 | | 39 | Tanel Kangert | Iberdrola | + 38'41 | | 40 | François Bidard | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 39'59 | | 41 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Huawei | + 41'03 | | 42 | Alexander Foliforov | TEAM Kodak | + 41'18 | | 43 | Julian Arredondo | Swissair | + 42'09 | | 44 | Jordi Simón | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 45'21 | | 45 | Matej Mohoric | De Koninck | + 46'29 | | 46 | Silvio Herklotz | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 49'29 | | 47 | Clement Penven | Team Europcar | + 50'59 | | 48 | Petr Vakoč | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 51'39 | | 49 | Bauke Mollema | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 53'06 | | 50 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 53'27 | | 51 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Huawei | + 54'49 | | 52 | Diego Rosa | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 55'56 | | 53 | Vincenzo Nibali | TEAM Kodak | + 56'38 | | 54 | Lukas Pöstlberger | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h00'19 | | 55 | Jesús Herrada | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h00'32 | | 56 | Thomas Boudat | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 1h00'39 | | 57 | Lachlan Morton | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 1h00'55 | | 58 | Simon Spilak | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 1h01'54 | | 59 | Kenichi Kondo | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h02'42 | | 60 | William Barta | Nike | + 1h03'44 | | 61 | Alex Peters | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h03'47 | | 62 | Garikoitz Bravo | Iberdrola | + 1h04'13 | | 63 | Brian Bulgac | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h05'45 | | 64 | Arnaud Courteille | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h05'48 | | 65 | Miles Scotson | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h06'00 | | 66 | Elia Favilli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h06'19 | | 67 | Miguel Mínguez | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 1h07'20 | | 68 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 1h08'00 | | 69 | Santos Barbero | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h08'05 | | 70 | Christian Mager | Liqui Moly | + 1h08'50 | | 71 | Eduard Beltran | Team Europcar | + 1h09'18 | | 72 | Ander Arranz | Iberdrola | + 1h09'42 | | 73 | Tilegen Maidos | TEAM Kodak | + 1h09'51 | | 74 | Mario González | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h10'05 | | 75 | Dirk Jan Rijsbergen | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h10'10 | | 76 | Arnau Sole | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h11'17 | | 77 | Alexis Guerin | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 1h14'11 | | 78 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Iberdrola | + 1h14'21 | | 79 | Gustav Hoog | Swissair | + 1h14'24 | | 80 | Jesús Ezquerra | Iberdrola | + 1h14'31 | | 81 | Allessio Bottura | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h14'33 | | 82 | Rubén Zepuntke | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h19'22 | | 83 | Greg Van Avermaet | Duvel | + 1h19'41 | | 84 | Sidio Mezzini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h20'02 | | 85 | Alexander Krieger | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h20'42 | | 86 | Maximilian Werda | Liqui Moly | + 1h20'48 | | 87 | Juan Carlos Orueta Ibarrola | Iberdrola | + 1h21'02 | | 88 | Jens Geerinck | De Koninck | + 1h21'19 | | 89 | Antoine Duchesne | Roth - Skoda | + 1h21'52 | | 90 | Barry Markus | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h22'23 | | 91 | Manuel Senni | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h22'39 | | 92 | Alessio Lanzano | Liqui Moly | + 1h22'40 | | 93 | Aldin Carlman | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 1h23'03 | | 94 | Luca Sterbini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h23'44 | | 95 | Leigh Howard | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h23'48 | | 96 | Flavien Dassonville | Team Europcar | + 1h24'06 | | 97 | Patryk Komisarek | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 1h24'15 | | 98 | Romain Guyot | Team Europcar | + 1h24'34 | | 99 | Logan Owen | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h26'01 | | 100 | Oreste Scotta | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h26'09 | | 101 | Joey Rosskopf | Nike | + 1h28'08 | | 102 | Andreas Vangstad | Iberdrola | + 1h28'15 | | 103 | Joshua Huppertz | Liqui Moly | + 1h28'32 | | 104 | Ahmet Örken | Alcatel | + 1h28'45 | | 105 | Andrew Fenn | Huawei | + 1h29'18 | | 106 | Thibaut Pinot | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1h29'36 | | 107 | Jasper Frahm | Liqui Moly | + 1h30'08 | | 108 | David Lefort | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 1h30'28 | | 109 | Armindo Fonseca | Team Europcar | + 1h30'52 | | 110 | Thomas Moses | Iberdrola | + 1h33'13 | | 111 | Damien Howson | Huawei | + 1h33'19 | | 112 | Kamil Gradek | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 1h34'30 | | 113 | Robert-Jon McCarthy | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 1h34'44 | | 114 | Arvid De Kleijn | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h36'03 | | 115 | Gorka Izagirre | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h38'51 | | 116 | Inaxio Arcega | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h39'09 | | 117 | Michael Van Staeyen | De Koninck | + 1h40'14 | | 118 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h40'43 | | 119 | Daniel Schorn | Liqui Moly | + 1h40'56 | | 120 | Wouter Wippert | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h42'04 | | 121 | Johannes Windischbauer | Roth - Skoda | + 1h45'20 | | 122 | Marcel Aregger | Nike | + 1h47'26 | | 123 | Ji Ming Jung | Roth - Skoda | + 1h49'38 | | 124 | David Menut | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h49'58 | | 125 | Jan Dieteren | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 1h50'33 | | 126 | Maxime Daniel | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h50'46 | | 127 | Onur Balkan | Alcatel | + 1h53'04 | | 128 | Christian Koch | Liqui Moly | + 1h53'14 | | 129 | Hervé Branger | Alcatel | + 1h54'41 | | 130 | André Greipel | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h54'56 | | 131 | Steff Hermans | Nike | + 1h56'38 | | 132 | Léonard Quentin | Swissair | + 1h56'45 | | 133 | Thomas Gibbons | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h57'56 | | 134 | Jens Wallays | De Koninck | + 1h59'18 | | 135 | José Herrada | TEAM Cepsa | + 2h01'48 | | 136 | Clément Venturini | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 2h04'07 | | 137 | Oscar Gatto | MTN-Qhubeka | + 2h04'16 | | 138 | Juan Sebastian Molano | Roth - Skoda | + 2h07'18 | | 139 | Grégoire Cazes | Alcatel | + 2h11'33 | | 140 | Jimmy Raibaud | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2h11'52 | | 141 | Benoit Foket | Nike | + 2h12'21 | | 142 | Aurélien Conte | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2h15'26 | | 143 | Lawrence Naesen | Alcatel | + 2h16'51 | | 144 | Taoufik Benzarti | De Koninck | + 2h17'00 | | 145 | Rigoberto Urán | Duvel | + 2h21'37 | | 146 | Nino Honigh | Roth - Skoda | + 2h23'07 | | 147 | Aírton Pavão | Roth - Skoda | + 2h27'27 | | 148 | Dimitri Guerre | Alcatel | + 2h40'38 | | 149 | Enea Cambianica | Nike | + 2h46'26 | | 150 | Ashot Dugin | Team Europcar | + 2h50'54 | | 151 | Kenneth Van Compernolle | Nike | + 3h01'19 |
| 1 | Tony Gallopin | Tinkoff-Saxo | 76 | | 2 | Fabio Aru | Huawei | 73 | | 3 | Abhishek Sinha | Duvel | 63 | | 4 | Louis Meintjes | Swissair | 63 | | 5 | Sam Oomen | Team Giant-Alpecin | 57 |
| 1 | Andrey Amador | MTN-Qhubeka | 94 | | 2 | Eddie Dunbar | TEAM Kodak | 46 | | 3 | Tim Wellens | De Koninck | 20 | | 4 | Louis Meintjes | Swissair | 15 | | 5 | Fabio Aru | Huawei | 14 |
Young Riders Classification
| 1 | Abhishek Sinha | Duvel | 21h21'51 | | 2 | Eddie Dunbar | TEAM Kodak | + 8'56 | | 3 | Gregorio Ibañez | TEAM Kodak | + 14'41 | | 4 | Graham Traino | Roth - Skoda | + 15'47 | | 5 | Anastasio Ania | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 29'23 |
| 1 | Tinkoff-Saxo | 64h02'59 | | 2 | Swissair | + 8'43 | | 3 | Duvel | + 19'27 | | 4 | TEAM Kodak | + 27'11 | | 5 | Huawei | + 31'30 |
Two stage wins and the U25 jersey, not a bad return from the week in the Basque country. Another case of 'one bad stage' too unfortunately. My gap to the top of the standings is just slightly more than what I lost on stage 4. I have to work on my consistency and learn how to grind out results even when I'm not at my best. The solid start to 2021 continues but it could've been so much better already. I'm off racing for a couple of months but it's not a complete holiday for me. In addition to training, there is a sensitive issue that I need to take care of. Not sure how that will turn out at the moment. See you in June.
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 27-08-2017 08:48
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Wow! 2 stage wins! Sinha is killer mode. Again a bad day preventing you from a mucn better GC. That's something he needs to stop if he wants to fight for a GT
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 28-08-2017 09:43
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Great race with two stage wins.
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