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| sutty68 |
Posted on 23-01-2015 15:46
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Now its time for the real racing to begin now that the TT is out of the way  |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 23-01-2015 15:49
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sutty68 wrote:
Now its time for the real racing to begin now that the TT is out of the way
Please bring these sprints
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 23-01-2015 22:11
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STAGE 2 | PALMERSTON NORTH - APITI - PALMERSTON NORTH | 144 KM
Despite the rainy circumstances, 4 riders are willing to battle for the KoM jersey, or even more... They are:
 Zuazubiskar | Euskadi
 Bertling | Team Quantec - Indeland
 Sehested | Team Tre-For - Blue Water
 Bosman | Rabobank Development Team
Bertling wins the only intermediate sprint. Afterwards, the Kom jersey is heavily battled for:
KOM 1 Bertling
KOM 2 Bertling
KOM 3 Sehested
KOM 4 Bertling
The whole team survives the last climb of the race, Valley Road. Gap is 2'10", 34 KM to go. The breakaway is caught with only 10 KM left.
Though with the red kite within sight, Marco is the only one who seems to be able to maintain his position at the front, holding Rasmussen's wheel.
Suddenly, he's forced to leave his ideal position due to a bad gear change. Luckily, his chain doesn't slip of and Marco can still play out his sprint.
Marco gets a bit locked in but still finishes in 7th. Traksel | An Post-Chainreaction beats Rasmussen for the win, but the Dane does extend his lead in the GC.
Edited by Kiserlovski01 on 23-01-2015 23:30
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 23-01-2015 23:28
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| 1 | | Bobbie Traksel | An Post - Chainreaction | 3h14'38 | | 2 | | Alex Rasmussen | Concordia Forsikring-Riwal | s.t. | | 3 |  | Jake Keough | 5-Hour Energy | s.t. | | 4 |  | Evaldas Siskevicius | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 5 |  | Rico Dene Rogers | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | s.t. | | 6 |  | Justin Jules | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 7 |  | Marco Haller | RTP Internacional | s.t. | | 8 | | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Concordia Forsikring-Riwal | s.t. | | 9 | | Coen Vermeltfoort | Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks | s.t. | | 10 | | Carlos Barbero | Euskadi | s.t. |
| 1 | | Alex Rasmussen | Concordia Forsikring-Riwal | 3h22'52 | | 2 | | Bobbie Traksel | An Post - Chainreaction | + 6 | | 3 | | Tom Zirbel | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 17 |
| 1 | | Alex Rasmussen | Concordia Forsikring-Riwal | 45 | | 2 | | Bobbie Traksel | An Post - Chainreaction | 31 | | 3 | | Tom Zirbel | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 20 |
| 1 | | Matthias Bertling | Team Quantec - Indeland | 16 | | 2 | | Illart Zuazubiskar | Euskadi | 11 | | 3 | | Mark Sehested | Team Tre-For - Blue Water | 9 |
| 1 | | Dion Beukeboom | Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks | 3h23'19 | | 2 | | Shane Archbold | An Post - Chainreaction | + 0 | | 3 | | Evan Huffman | RTP Internacional | + 1 |
| 1 | | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 10h09'51 | | 2 | | Concordia Forsikring-Riwal | + 4 | | 3 | | 5-Hour Energy | + 6 |
| 7 | | Marco Haller | RTP Internacional | s.t. |
For us, everything but the finish went fine. It's a pity Marco couldn't stay with Rasmussen as he would certainly have been close to a victory. Let's all have a good rest and prepare for the next stage.
Edited by Kiserlovski01 on 25-01-2015 17:09
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 25-01-2015 16:50
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STAGE 3 | PALMERSTON NORTH – KIMBOLTON – PALMERSTON NORTH | 163 KM
Today’s stage once again takes us from Palmerston North via a detour back to the starting location. Just like yesterday, it’s a rainy day here at the North Island. Four riders don’t mind the rainy conditions and get in the breakaway:
Teunissen Rabobank Development Team
 Janiaczyk Bank BGZ
 Sybrandy Team IG
 Nakane Vini Fantini – Nippo
On the way, the first thing that is battled for is the KoM jersey, with the following result:
KOM 1 Sybrandy
KOM 2 Sybrandy
KOM 3 Nakane
On top of the last climb, the breakaway still has a 3’44” gap.
Janiaczyk wins the intermediate sprint, which earns him a bonus of 6”. The gap is closed, but with 24 KM to go, we lose Maxim due to a crash. Luckily, he doesn’t pick up any injuries. He will never be able to catch up with the back of the bunch again though.
Under the red kite, Marco just fought his way back to the wheel of Enrico Rossi, which seems a promising position. But this effort has cost him too much energy to sprint full-speed.
It’s Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Riwal who takes the win in front of Justin Jules | La Pomme. Rasmussen comes in 3rd.
Edited by Kiserlovski01 on 25-01-2015 19:09
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 25-01-2015 16:58
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| 1 | | Jonas A. Jørgensen | Concordia Forsikring-Riwal | 3h43'25 | | 2 | | Justin Jules | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 3 | | Alex Rasmussen | Concordia Forsikring-Riwal | s.t. | | 4 | | Tomasz Smolen | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 5 | | Alex Candelario | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 6 |  | Mattia Gavazzi | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 7 | | Jake Keough | 5-Hour Energy | s.t. | | 8 | | Marco Haller | RTP Internacional | s.t. | | 9 | | Evaldas Siskevicius | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 10 |  | Edgar Pinto | LA Alumínios - Antarte | s.t. |
| 1 | | Alex Rasmussen | Concordia Forsikring-Riwal | 7h06'09 | | 2 | | Bobbie Traksel | An Post - Chainreaction | + 14 | | 3 | | Jonas A. Jørgensen | Concordia Forsikring-Riwal | + 24 | | 4 | | Tom Zirbel | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 25 | | 5 | | Francisco Mancebo | 5-Hour Energy | + 27 | | 6 | | Hugo Sabido | LA Alumínios - Antarte | s.t. | | 7 | | Wouter Sybrandy | Team IG - Sigma Sport | + 28 | | 8 | | Coen Vermeltfoort | Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks | + 30 | | 9 | | Justin Jules | La Pomme Marseille | + 31 | | 10 | | Edgar Pinto | LA Alumínios - Antarte | s.t. |
| 1 | | Alex Rasmussen | Concordia Forsikring-Riwal | 61 | | 2 | | Bobbie Traksel | An Post - Chainreaction | 36 | | 3 | | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Concordia Forsikring-Riwal | 33 |
| 1 | | Matthias Bertling | Team Quantec - Indeland | 16 | | 2 | | Wouter Sybrandy | Team IG - Sigma Sport | 13 | | 3 | | Hideto Nakane | Vini Fantini - Nippo - De Rosa | 11 |
| 1 | | Dion Beukeboom | Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks | 7h06'44 | | 2 | | Shane Archbold | An Post - Chainreaction | + 0 | | 3 | | Evan Huffman | RTP Internacional | + 1 |
| 1 | | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 21h20'06 | | 2 | | Concordia Forsikring-Riwal | + 4 | | 3 | | 5-Hour Energy | + 6 |
| 8 | | Marco Haller | RTP Internacional | s.t. |
Marco could have been closer but a top 10 finish is not that bad. Let’s have good rest tonight and fight back tomorrow.
Edited by Kiserlovski01 on 25-01-2015 20:32
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 25-01-2015 17:50
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Haller putting in some good rides |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 25-01-2015 18:07
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sutty68 wrote:
Haller putting in some good rides
Hopefully there will be a win soon 
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 25-01-2015 20:56
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STAGE 4 | PALMERSTON NORTH| 112 KM
Today is a shorter stage. The breakaway consists of the following 6 riders:
| Barry | | Node4 Giordana | | Bagües | | Euskadi | | Nielsen | | Tre-For | | Hayakawa | | Vini Fantini - Nippo | | Benoit | | Quantec - Indeland |  | Bucháček | | Bauknecht - Author |
Hayakawa wins the frist KoM sprint…,
… Barry wins a very close intermediate sprint…
… and on the last climb, Nielsen has distanced the rest to take the KoM points.
Marco manages to grab the wheel of Gavazzi | Amore & Vita. Finally a top 5 finish?
But in his current form, the Austrian still just lacks that little bit of power. Siskevius | La Pomme wins in front of Traksel | An Post – Chainreaction, who moves closer to Rasmussen in the GC.
Edited by Kiserlovski01 on 25-01-2015 21:13
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 25-01-2015 21:18
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| 1 | | Evaldas Siskevicius | La Pomme Marseille | 2h18'10 | | 2 | | Bobbie Traksel | An Post - Chainreaction | s.t. | | 3 | | Jake Keough | 5-Hour Energy | s.t. | | 4 | | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Concordia Forsikring-Riwal | s.t. | | 5 | | Benjamin Giraud | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 6 | | Tomasz Smolen | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 7 | | Marco Haller | RTP Internacional | s.t. | | 8 |  | Grega Bole | Vini Fantini - Nippo - De Rosa | s.t. | | 9 | | Alex Rasmussen | Concordia Forsikring-Riwal | s.t. | | 10 | | Mattia Gavazzi | Amore & Vita | s.t. |
| 1 | | Alex Rasmussen | Concordia Forsikring-Riwal | 9h24'19 | | 2 | | Bobbie Traksel | An Post - Chainreaction | + 2 | | 3 | | Evaldas Siskevicius | La Pomme Marseille | + 19 | | 4 | | Jonas A. Jørgensen | Concordia Forsikring-Riwal | + 24 | | 5 | | Tom Zirbel | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 25 | | 6 | | Jake Keough | 5-Hour Energy | + 26 | | 7 | | Francisco Mancebo | 5-Hour Energy | + 27 | | 8 | | Hugo Sabido | LA Alumínios - Antarte | s.t. | | 9 | | Wouter Sybrandy | Team IG - Sigma Sport | + 28 | | 10 | | Coen Vermeltfoort | Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks | + 30 |
| 1 | | Alex Rasmussen | Concordia Forsikring-Riwal | 68 | | 2 | | Bobbie Traksel | An Post - Chainreaction | 56 | | 3 | | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Concordia Forsikring-Riwal | 47 |
| 1 | | Matthias Bertling | Team Quantec - Indeland | 16 | | 2 | | Wouter Sybrandy | Team IG - Sigma Sport | 13 | | 3 | | Hideto Nakane | Vini Fantini - Nippo - De Rosa | 11 |
| 1 | | Dion Beukeboom | Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks | 9h24'54 | | 2 | | Shane Archbold | An Post - Chainreaction | + 0 | | 3 | | Evan Huffman | RTP Internacional | + 1 |
| 1 | | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 28h14'36 | | 2 | | Concordia Forsikring-Riwal | + 4 | | 3 | | 5-Hour Energy | + 6 |
| 7 | | Marco Haller | RTP Internacional | s.t. |
Another solid finish. Maybe we shouldn’t have expected a win immediately. We’re really happy with Marco’s results so far.
Edited by Kiserlovski01 on 25-01-2015 21:29
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 25-01-2015 21:19
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Haller is very good at coming 7th.
"What done is, is one." - Benji Naesen
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 25-01-2015 21:27
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trekbmc wrote:
Haller is very good at coming 7th.
7th is a fine result
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 25-01-2015 21:29
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Kiserlovski01 wrote:
trekbmc wrote:
Haller is very good at coming 7th.
7th is a fine result
Anything in the top 10 is.
"What done is, is one." - Benji Naesen
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 25-01-2015 21:48
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trekbmc wrote:
Kiserlovski01 wrote:
trekbmc wrote:
Haller is very good at coming 7th.
7th is a fine result
Anything in the top 10 is.
Though a top 5 result in the last stage would give us a good feeling when leaving New Zealand
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 25-01-2015 23:21
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Another fine finish for Marco and i agree that win cannot be too far away now |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 25-01-2015 23:29
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sutty68 wrote:
Another fine finish for Marco and i agree that win cannot be too far away now
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 26-01-2015 14:39
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STAGE 5 | PALMERSTON NORTH CIRCUIT | 110 KM
Although there are 11 riders in today's BOTD, it never seems like they'll stand a chance against the bunch. All eleven of them are reeledi in with 15 KM to go.
Marco once again manages to approach the fnish in a promising position...
... but the advantage of the La Pomme duo was too big as Siskevicius easily wins. Traksel finishes 2nd and grabs both the GC win the points classification.
Marco earns the team it's first podium finishing 3rd and even brings the white jersey back home!
Edited by Kiserlovski01 on 26-01-2015 15:09
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Posted on 26-01-2015 14:48
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| 1 | | Evaldas Siskevicius | La Pomme Marseille | 2h12'08" | | 2 | | Bobbie Traksel | An Post - Chainreaction | s.t. | | 3 | | Marco Haller | RTP Internacional | s.t. | | 4 | | Benjamin Giraud | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 5 | | Rico Dene Rogers | Synergy Baku Cycling | s.t. | | 6 | | Justin Jules | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 7 | | Mattia Gavazzi | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 8 | | Grega Bole | Vini Fantini - Nippo | s.t. | | 9 | | Alex Rasmussen | Riwal Cyling Team | s.t. | | 10 | | Coen Vertmeltfoort | De Rijke - Shanks | s.t. |
FINAL GENERAL CLASSIFICATION:
| 1 | | Bobbie Traksel | An Post - Chainreaction | 11h36'17" | | 2 | | Evaldas Siskevicius | La Pomme Marseille | + 9" | | 3 | | Alex Rasmussen | Riwal Cyling Team | + 10" | | 4 | | Jonas A. Jørgensen | Riwal Cyling Team | + 34" | | 5 | | Tom Zirbel | Team Optum | + 35" | | 6 | | Jake Keough | 5-Hour Energy | + 36" | | 7 | | Francisco Mancebo | 5-Hour Energy | + 37" | | 8 | | Hugo Sabido | LA Alumínios - Antarte | + 37" | | 9 | | Wouter Sybrandy | Team IG | + 38" | | 10 | | Marco Haller | RTP Internacional | + 40" |
FINAL POINTS CLASSIFICATION:
| 1 | | Bobbie Traksel | An Post - Chainreaction | 76 | | 2 | | Alex Rasmussen | Riwal Cycling Team | 75 | | 3 | | Evaldas Siskevicius | La Pomme Marseille | 71 |
FINAL KoM CLASSIFICATION:
| 1 | | Matthias Bertling | Quantec - Indeland | 16 | | 2 | | Wouter Sybrandy | Team IG | 13 | | 3 | | Hideto Nakane | Vini Fantini - Nippo | 11 |
FINAL -25 CLASSIFICATION:
| 1 | | Marco Haller | RTP Internacional | 11h36'57" | | 2 | | Dion Beukeboom | De Rijke - Shanks | + 5" | | 3 | | Shane Archbold | An Post - Chainreaction | + 5" |
FINAL TEAMS CLASSIFICATION:
| 1 | | Team Optum | | 34h51'00" | | 2 | | Riwal Cycling Team | | + 4" | | 3 | | 5-Hour Energy | | + 6" |
| 3 | | Marco Haller | RTP Internacional | s.t. |
Of course we’re very happy with a podium finish and the white jersey coming back with us to the HQ. Thanks Marco!
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 26-01-2015 15:01
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Another Great effort from Marco in securing a podium finish on the stage
And really good that he brings home the Best Young rider Classification too |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 26-01-2015 15:20
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sutty68 wrote:
Another Great effort from Marco in securing a podium finish on the stage
And really good that he brings home the Best Young rider Classification too
We certainly can be happy with how things ended here in New Zealand
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