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EPIC - Season 2 Part 2
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| Selwink |
Posted on 15-06-2015 10:10
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2014 will have the 54th edition of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco, also known as the Tour of the Basque Country.
The Vuelta al Pais Vasco is one of the oldest races of the calendar. Its first edition already took place in 1924, making it the second oldest one week stage race in the calendar, after the Volta a Catalunya, and older than the Vuelta a España. Back in 1924, Francis Pélissier, brother of the legendary Charles and Henri, won the first edition.
Of the 53 editions held so far, only 23 were actually won by Spanish riders. 8 times, it was a Basque rider taking the honors (not including Samuel Sanchez). Last year, Alberto Contador managed to take the overall win after taking a decisive gap in the time trial.
As usual, the organisation has selected a very tough route for the riders. With many steep and not even very short hills the race seems perfect for those who can get up a mountain or a few more.
The first stage is quite 'easy'. The riders only have to ascend eight categorized climbs. The core climb of the race is to the village of Gaintza, at an altitude of 470 meters. Its summit lies 7km from the finish.
Stage 2 is the second stage without an uphill finish. The main difficulties of this stage are in the first half of the route. Standout is the Alto da Lizaieta with a length of almost 9 kilometers. Also worth noticing is that this is the only stage hitting the French part of the Basque Country.
Stage 3 should be the least interesting stage of this race. The Alto de Gasteiz and the Alto de Zaldiaran are the most interesting climbs, being late in the stage. However, the rest of the stage is quite easy. Chances of this ending in a sprint are quite high.
The organisation has been kind to make such an easy stage before stage 4. Stage 4 can safely be described as the queen stage. The almost traditional finish at the Alto de Arrate will be the decider of this stage, which will surely shake up the GC. Also worth noting is that this is the only uphill finish of the entire race.
The penultimate stage, stage 5, may not have an uphill finish, it surely isn't an uninteresting stage. 5 categorized climbs, including the Alto de Izua, should make a very interesting stage. It's a bit of a pity that the last summit lies about 15 km from the finish though.
The GC will not be decided until the very last day! The route will end with a relatively short individual time trial. Despite its length of under 23 km it offers a serious uphill challenge. The Alto de Gontzagaigana and the Alto de Santa Eufemia will be seriously difficult climbs, and the winner will have to be able to climb well.
Last year's winner, Alberto Contador is absent, meaning we will have a different winner than last year. However, three other former winners are present. To what extent Samuel Sanchez, Juan José Cobo and Andreas Klöden will stand a chance this year is doubtful. All three seem to be domestiques for their respective leaders.
In Contador's absence last year's runner up could well become the winner this year. Rui Costa can climb very well, and has a strong TT to add to that. Last year's edition he lacked the climbing power and his time trial got him to second. This year, the route is easier and Costa has become better. Don't be surprised to see him take the win.
His main rival may very well be the next Basque winner of the race. Ion Izagirre has made an incredible progress last year, and is unquestioned leader in this race for Euskaltel. He's not only great in the hillier terrain, he can also do time trials, which is exceptional for Basques.
The third favourite we can add is Rigoberto Urán. The Colombian already beat Costa a few times last year, and is hoping to do the same this year. He's however a much weaker time trialist, which may cost him the win.
To prevent this preview from becoming too long, I'll just add the stars.
| ***** | | Rui Costa | | **** | | Ion Izagirre, Rigoberto Urán | | *** | | Christian Schröder, Bauke Mollema, Leopold König | | ** | | Philippe Gilbert, Simon Spilak, Julian Arredondo, Luis Leon Sanchez | | * | | Beñat Intxausti, Jurgen van den Broeck, Pieter Weening, Moreno Moser, Igor Antón |
A few sprinters have come here to contest the sprint stage, and possibly some other stages if they survive the hills.
| *** | Ricardo Martinez Machado | | ** | Tom Boonen, Jorge Cristobal Riquelme | | * | Borut Bozic, Kenny Dehaes, Tom Veelers |
| *** | | Fabian Cancellara | | ** | | Rui Costa, Luke Durbridge | | * | | Jonathan Castroviejo, Lieuwe Westra, Tom Dumoulin |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 15-06-2015 11:13
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Selwink, very nice preview mate  |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 15-06-2015 12:06
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Good preview, hope we get some racing soon! 
I'll also make Ardennes + other races at the same time and even the Giro startlist later this week, so for the teams that have yet to send in startlist (Garmin, Giant, Tinkoff and Vacansoleil), it's now or never. For those that have only send in partial startlist or are still missing the raceday total, they have some work to do as well
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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Posted on 15-06-2015 12:08
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Costa is the man to beat so I have huge expectations once again.
A rather weak startlist makes me say that a GC win is as close as it can get to a "must". A few stages on the way would be cool as well...
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 15-06-2015 12:11
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I smell a Uran vs. Costa here.You guys look like underestimating Uran. |
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| Silvio Herklotz |
Posted on 15-06-2015 13:34
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It seems like people have another PCM than I have, because mine never had cobbles in Scheldeprijs 
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 15-06-2015 15:26
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Nice preview Selwink
Let's see if Van den Broeck and Dehaes can achieve something...
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 15-06-2015 16:31
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Silvio Herklotz wrote:
It seems like people have another PCM than I have, because mine never had cobbles in Scheldeprijs
I sent my cobblers because they are also the best guys i have for supporting my sprinters. Plus they are in top form being right in the middle of flanders season
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 15-06-2015 17:11
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I'm hoping Leo can do what he did in Catalunya here too.
But with a stage win from Phil thrown in this time as well. 
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| Shonak |
Posted on 15-06-2015 18:44
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Van der Poel for stage win!
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 15-06-2015 19:03
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Hopefully Moser will be up there with the best. |
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| Selwink |
Posted on 16-06-2015 08:55
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Time for the first stage of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco. The climbs should have their effects today, but a sprint of a relatively small group seems quite likely nevertheless.
After a hectic opening phase the race calms down with a break of three riders. Mourey (EUC), winner of a stage last year, is accompanied by Vorganov and Kolobnev (both KAT). They acquire a maximum lead of almost 9 minutes.
With 40km to go Kolobnev is the first escapee to be dropped. The two leaders left hold a lead of about 3 minutes.
The KoM goes to Mourey, after being the strongest at the Orendain. Kolobnev is finally caught here.
| 1 (Cat.2) | Vorganov | Mourey | Kolobnev | | 2 (Cat.2) | Mourey | Vorganov | Kolobnev | | 3 (Cat.3) | Kolobnev | Mourey | Vorganov | | Int Sprint | Kolobnev | Mourey | Vorganov | | 4 (Cat.2) | Mourey | Vorganov | Kolobnev | | 5 (Cat.3) | Vorganov | Mourey | Kolobnev | | 6 (Cat.3) | Vorganov | Mourey | Kolobnev | | Int Sprint | Mourey | Vorganov | Kolobnev | | 7 (Cat.2) | Mourey | Vorganov | Kolobnev |
Mourey and Vorganov reach the foot of the Alto de Gaintza with just over a minute lead. Will this be enough for them, with 9km in total left to go?
Movistar and Euskaltel finally set a high pace. Their leaders surely feel strong.
In the middle of the climb it's Feillu (SOJ) who surprisingly attacks, and gets a good gap on the pack!
Although he reaches the break, it's not enough, as just 800m from the summit the three riders in front are caught by the pack.
A pack, with a total of 128 riders in it, reaches the summit united, lead by Landa. A mass sprint seems inevitable. Riquelme and Martinez Machado are both spotted in the front of the pack already.
The downhill offers very few chances of repositioning. A chaotic sprint is launched by Euskaltel duo Landa and Antón. However, the rest of the pack is coming quickly from behind.
Landa still leads going into the final km. The others are coming closer, but the good news for the non-sprinters is that Quintana has successfully been blocking the two sprinters.
And with 500m to go still Landa. Surprisingly it's Cardoso who's coming close now, with Riquelme on his wheel!
It's becoming extremely close with 200m left, it'll be very close at the finish.
It's Cardoso who wins though! A surprise for sure, and it's great to see Caja Rural already showing why it deserves a wildcard. Riquelme and Zoidl complete the podium. Landa has to settle for 5th, just behind Quintana.
Stage Results+GC
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | André Cardoso | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 3h53'06 | | 2 | Jorge Cristobal Riquelme | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Riccardo Zoidl | Team Sky | s.t. | | 4 | Dayer Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 5 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 6 | Ricardo Martinez Machado | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 7 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 8 | Simon Spilak | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 9 | Juan José Cobo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | Beñat Intxausti | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Juan José Oroz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 12 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 13 | Alberto Losada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 14 | Julian Arredondo | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 15 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 16 | Rigoberto Urán | Team Sky | s.t. | | 17 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 18 | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 19 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 20 | Samuel Sánchez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 21 | Haimar Zubeldia | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 22 | Luis León Sánchez | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 23 | Christian Schroder | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 24 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 25 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 26 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 27 | Christian Knees | Team Sky | s.t. | | 28 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 29 | Warren Barguil | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 30 | Joshua Edmonson | Team Sky | s.t. | | 31 | Zdenek Stybar | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 32 | Eduard Vorganov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 33 | Leopold König | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 34 | Adam Yates | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 35 | Joseph Dombrowski | Team Sky | s.t. | | 36 | Austin Ferrari | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 37 | Jonathan Fumeaux | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 38 | Jakob Fuglsang | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 39 | Moreno Moser | Cannondale | s.t. | | 40 | Maxime Monfort | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 41 | Rafael Valls | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 42 | Lieuwe Westra | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 43 | Laurens Ten Dam | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 44 | Jesper Hansen | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 45 | Fabian Cancellara | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 46 | Francis Mourey | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 47 | Paul Voss | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 48 | Enrico Battaglin | Cannondale | s.t. | | 49 | Thomas Löfkvist | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 50 | Brice Feillu | Sojasun | s.t. | | 51 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 52 | Simon Yates | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 53 | Ben Hermans | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 54 | Sebastian Henao | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 55 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 56 | Julien El Fares | Sojasun | s.t. | | 57 | Pieter Weening | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 58 | Johann Tschopp | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 59 | Michael Valgren | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 60 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 61 | Jonathan Hivert | Sojasun | s.t. | | 62 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 63 | Jack Bauer | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 64 | José Mendes | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 65 | Mathieu van der Poel | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 66 | Cristiano Salerno | Cannondale | s.t. | | 67 | Gorka Verdugo | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 68 | Pablo Urtasun | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 69 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 70 | Jesse Sergent | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 71 | Alessandro Vanotti | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 72 | Kevin De Weert | Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 73 | Alessandro De Marchi | Cannondale | s.t. | | 74 | Kristof Vandewalle | Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 75 | Danny Pate | Team Sky | s.t. | | 76 | Anthony Charteau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 77 | Luis Ángel Maté | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 78 | George Preidler | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 79 | Serghei Tvetcov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 80 | Rémi Pauriol | Sojasun | s.t. | | 81 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 82 | Simon Clarke | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 83 | Pieter Serry | Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 84 | David Le Lay | Sojasun | s.t. | | 85 | Daniele Ratto | Cannondale | s.t. | | 86 | Ivan Rovny | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 87 | Mitchell Docker | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 88 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 89 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 90 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 91 | Silvio Herklotz | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 92 | Stefano Pirazzi | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 93 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 94 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 95 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 96 | Fabricio Ferrari | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 97 | Michel Koch | Cannondale | s.t. | | 98 | Alexandre Pliuschin | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 99 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 100 | David Millar | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 101 | Davide Villella | Cannondale | s.t. | | 102 | Michael Mørkøv | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 103 | Ioannis Dimitriou | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 104 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 105 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 106 | Florian Vachon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 107 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 108 | Andreas Klöden | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 109 | Dries Devenyns | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 110 | Omar Fraile | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 111 | Nicki Sørensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 112 | Roy Curvers | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 113 | Stijn Devolder | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 114 | Chad Haga | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 115 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 116 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 117 | Philip Deignan | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 118 | Nathan Haas | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 119 | Anthony Delaplace | Sojasun | s.t. | | 120 | Luke Durbridge | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 121 | Nick Nuyens | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 122 | Edoardo Zardini | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 123 | Leonardo Duque | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 124 | Rasmus Quaade | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 125 | David Zabriskie | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 126 | Florian Guillou | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 127 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 128 | Jérôme Pineau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 129 | Richard Löwenherz | Team Katusha | + 4'17 | | 130 | Rémy Cusin | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 131 | Nikolas Maes | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 132 | Matti Breschel | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 133 | Cyril Lemoine | Sojasun | s.t. | | 134 | Pavel Kochetkov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 135 | Sergei Pomoshnikov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 136 | Bert De Backer | Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Cycling Team | + 5'27 | | 137 | Blaz Jarc | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 138 | Ben Day | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 139 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 140 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 141 | Yaroslav Popovych | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 142 | Marcel Aregger | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 143 | Winner Anacona | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 144 | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 145 | Alexander Rybakov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 146 | Sander Cordeel | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 147 | Brett Lancaster | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 148 | Albert Timmer | Team Giant - Shimano | + 6'08 | | 149 | Tom Veelers | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 150 | Thomas Dekker | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 151 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Cycling Team | + 7'12 | | 152 | Federico Canuti | Cannondale | s.t. | | 153 | Jeff Louder | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 154 | Cesare Benedetti | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 155 | Alessandro Bazzana | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 156 | Sébastien Turgot | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 157 | Klaas Lodewyck | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 158 | Grégory Rast | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 159 | Alexander Mironov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 160 | Bert Grabsch | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 161 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Sojasun | s.t. | | 162 | Igor Boev | RusVelo | s.t. | | 163 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 164 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 165 | Renaud Dion | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 166 | Artur Ershov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 167 | Ibai Salas | Euskadi | s.t. | | 168 | Mikel Iturria | Euskadi | s.t. | | 169 | Jean-Luc Delpech | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 170 | Anton Vorobyev | Team Katusha | + 8'16 | | 171 | Pirmin Lang | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 172 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 173 | Wouter Wippert | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 174 | Jean-Marc Bideau | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 10'35 | | 175 | Tom Stamsnijder | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 176 | Olivier Kaisen | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 177 | Martyn Irvine | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 178 | Fabio Calabria | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 179 | Jonas Vangenechten | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 180 | Sam Bewley | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 181 | Adrian Honkisz | Team Sky | s.t. | | 182 | John Murphy | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 183 | Arnaud Gérard | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 184 | Ivan Kovalev | RusVelo | s.t. | | 185 | Víctor Etxeberria | Euskadi | s.t. | | 186 | Mikel Aristi | Euskadi | s.t. | | 187 | David Lozano | Team Novo Nordisk | + 13'28 | | 188 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 189 | Stephen Clancy | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 190 | Evgeniy Kovalev | RusVelo | s.t. | | 191 | Martijn Verschoor | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 192 | Ed Clancy | Team Sky | s.t. | | 193 | Christopher Williams | Team Novo Nordisk | + 15'30 | | 194 | Kevin De Mesmaeker | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 195 | Beñat Txoperena | Euskadi | s.t. | | 196 | Joe Eldridge | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 197 | Andrea Peron | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 198 | Jon Larrinaga | Euskadi | s.t. | | 199 | Illart Zuazubiskar | Euskadi | s.t. | | 200 | Xabier Zabalo | Euskadi | s.t. |
Points
| Rank | Name | Team | Points | | 1 | André Cardoso | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 25 | | 2 | Jorge Cristobal Riquelme | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | 20 | | 3 | Riccardo Zoidl | Team Sky | 16 | | 4 | Dayer Quintana | Movistar Team | 14 | | 5 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 12 |
Spoiler | 6 | Ricardo Martinez Machado | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 10 | | 7 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 9 | | 8 | Simon Spilak | Team Katusha | 8 | | 9 | Juan José Cobo | Movistar Team | 7 | | 10 | Beñat Intxausti | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 6 | | 11 | Francis Mourey | Team Europcar | 5 | | 12 | Juan José Oroz | Movistar Team | 5 | | 13 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Team Katusha | 4 | | 14 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4 | | 15 | Eduard Vorganov | Team Katusha | 3 | | 16 | Alberto Losada | Movistar Team | 3 | | 17 | Julian Arredondo | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 2 | | 18 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1 |
KoM
| Rank | Name | Team | Mountain | | 1 | Francis Mourey | Team Europcar | 30 | | 2 | Eduard Vorganov | Team Katusha | 28 | | 3 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Team Katusha | 14 | | 4 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 6 | | 5 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4 |
Spoiler | 6 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2 | | 7 | Alberto Losada | Movistar Team | 2 | | 8 | Joshua Edmonson | Team Sky | 1 | | 9 | Ricardo Martinez Machado | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 1 | | 10 | Samuel Sánchez | Movistar Team | 1 | | 11 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1 |
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| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Jorge Cristobal Riquelme | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | 3h53'06 | | 2 | Dayer Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 3 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 4 | Ricardo Martinez Machado | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 5 | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. |
Spoiler | 6 | Christian Schroder | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 7 | Warren Barguil | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Joshua Edmonson | Team Sky | s.t. | | 9 | Adam Yates | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 10 | Joseph Dombrowski | Team Sky | s.t. | | 11 | Austin Ferrari | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 12 | Moreno Moser | Cannondale | s.t. | | 13 | Jesper Hansen | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 14 | Enrico Battaglin | Cannondale | s.t. | | 15 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 16 | Simon Yates | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 17 | Sebastian Henao | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 18 | Michael Valgren | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 19 | Mathieu van der Poel | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 20 | George Preidler | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 21 | Daniele Ratto | Cannondale | s.t. | | 22 | Silvio Herklotz | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 23 | Michel Koch | Cannondale | s.t. | | 24 | Davide Villella | Cannondale | s.t. | | 25 | Ioannis Dimitriou | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 26 | Omar Fraile | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 27 | Nathan Haas | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 28 | Anthony Delaplace | Sojasun | s.t. | | 29 | Luke Durbridge | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 30 | Edoardo Zardini | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 31 | Rasmus Quaade | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 32 | Richard Löwenherz | Team Katusha | + 4'17 | | 33 | Sergei Pomoshnikov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 34 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 5'27 | | 35 | Marcel Aregger | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 36 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Cycling Team | + 7'12 | | 37 | Igor Boev | RusVelo | s.t. | | 38 | Artur Ershov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 39 | Ibai Salas | Euskadi | s.t. | | 40 | Mikel Iturria | Euskadi | s.t. | | 41 | Anton Vorobyev | Team Katusha | + 8'16 | | 42 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 43 | Wouter Wippert | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 44 | Víctor Etxeberria | Euskadi | + 10'35 | | 45 | Mikel Aristi | Euskadi | s.t. | | 46 | Stephen Clancy | Team Novo Nordisk | + 13'28 | | 47 | Evgeniy Kovalev | RusVelo | s.t. | | 48 | Kevin De Mesmaeker | Team Novo Nordisk | + 15'30 | | 49 | Beñat Txoperena | Euskadi | s.t. | | 50 | Jon Larrinaga | Euskadi | s.t. | | 51 | Illart Zuazubiskar | Euskadi | s.t. |
Teams
| Rank | Team | Time | | 1 | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 11h39'18 | | 2 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 3 | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 4 | Team Sky | s.t. | | 5 | Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
Spoiler | 6 | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 7 | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 8 | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 10 | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 11 | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 12 | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 13 | Cannondale | s.t. | | 14 | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 15 | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 16 | Sojasun | s.t. | | 17 | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 18 | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 19 | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 20 | Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 21 | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 22 | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 10'54 | | 23 | RusVelo | + 14'01 | | 24 | Euskadi | + 24'59 | | 25 | Team Novo Nordisk | + 37'31 |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 16-06-2015 09:00
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Ah Riquelme, Mr. 2nd place does it again. One day he'll win a real race! One day..
Nice win for Caja, they take another step towards promotion.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 16-06-2015 09:13
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Nice to see young Austin out of trouble on his first day with the big boys.
Also, racing back with a great report there Selwink! No current eta on Scheldeprijs but maybe race on Sunday evening with report next weekend. Real busy currently so yeah, wait and see  that's the last I'll say
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
[ICL] Santos-Euskadi | [PT]  Xero Racing
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 16-06-2015 12:28
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FFS.The AI is ridicolous
128 riders coming on s.t. in PCM when big gaps appear on IRL |
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 16-06-2015 12:37
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VdB at the front, sign of things to come perhaps?
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 16-06-2015 12:46
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Okay little shout out to those who needs to deliver startlists From next week I hope to get started preparing for the Giro, but if I don't get started soon, lots of my planned extra features will not be added.
So please hurry up and deliver those, so we can have the best Giro or GT in EPIC
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 16-06-2015 13:58
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Great stage. Had really hoped for more seeing how many of my guys were sprinting but this is a good bunch of points as well.
This is the race Ion have been training for since I took over management so it's nice to see him among the favourites as well as seeing the team strong enough to give him good support.
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| Bikex |
Posted on 16-06-2015 14:13
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Great job Kolobnev and Vorganov loosing out for the KoM jersey also being together in the break only against Mourey.
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 16-06-2015 14:27
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sgdanny wrote:
so we can have the best Giro or GT in EPIC
that's a bold claim to make, matey 
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