It was quite hilly so I try to do something in the end with Hirt, but couldn't win.
1 Carlos Barbero Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 4h16'21
2 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal s.t.
3 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
4 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t.
5 Fabio Silvestre Trek Factory Racing s.t.
6 Boy Van Poppel Trek Factory Racing s.t.
7 Simon Geschke Team Giant-Alpecin s.t. 8 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
9 Lawson Craddock Trek Factory Racing s.t.
10 José Mendes Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
stage 8
Hirt lost 40 seconds in the end, but he stay in yellow jersey.
stage 9
queen one
stage 10 itt
1 Lawson Craddock Trek Factory Racing 38'46
2 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 22
3 Kingsley Peacock Trek Factory Racing + 40
4 Jesse Sergent Trek Factory Racing + 47
5 Nelson Oliveira Lampre-Merida + 1'01
6 Rubén Plaza Lampre-Merida + 1'15
7 Simon Geschke Team Giant-Alpecin + 1'19
8 Victor Campenaerts Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 1'30
9 Casper Folsach Riwal Platform Cycling Team + 1'38 10 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'40
stage 11
1 Jonathon McEvoy Veranclassic - Ekoi 3h30'15
2 Sander Helven Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t.
3 Reinier Honig Cyclingteam Jo Piels + 3'58
4 Lennard Hofstede Rabobank Development Team s.t.
5 Giovanni Carboni Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani s.t.
6 Carlos Barbero Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 4'52
7 Luka Pibernik Lampre-Merida s.t.
8 Kenny Dehaes Lotto Soudal s.t.
9 Enzo Wouters Lotto Soudal s.t.
10 Robert-Jon McCarthy SEG Racing s.t.
GC
1 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 38h22'01
2 Lawson Craddock Trek Factory Racing + 2'20
3 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 3'15
4 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin + 5'07
5 José Mendes Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 13'54
6 Carlos Barbero Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 14'09
7 Pello Bilbao Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 14'16
8 Kingsley Peacock Trek Factory Racing + 14'33
9 Ilya Koshevoy Lampre-Merida + 18'17
10 John Darwin Atapuma Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 19'05
Now rest for Jan and preparing for Vuleta. I was considering to ride him in Czech cycling tour, but it ends 5 days before VaE, so we probably didn't race there.
We start another race which is one of my favourites in the calendar - ENECO TOUR.
Just 6 riders we can take, so we choose two sprinters - Gaviria and Brateng, out leader looking that penultimate stage is ITT - Micolucci, and 3 quite good ITT riders, because second stage is a TTT - Gradek, Mihaylov and Taciak. I like this race, because there are always strong crosswinds, which make racing different than in other races. We were close in front to not losing any second.
Peloton was splitting
Micolucci and Brateng tried to help Gaviria fight for the win in the end.
But Cofidis had the fastest TGV today, with Bouhanni at the end of it.
Nacer won, Gaviria 5th and Brateng was 7th.
46-riders in first group, others have probably no chance to win GC.
1 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 4h33'58
2 Niccolo Bonifazio Lampre-Merida s.t.
3 Zico Waeytens Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
4 Kenneth Vanbilsen Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 5 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
6 Taylor Phinney Astana Pro Team s.t. 7 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
8 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
9 Edward Theuns Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t.
10 Louis Verhelst Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
11 Edvald Boasson Hagen Trek Factory Racing s.t.
12 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
13 Lars Boom Astana Pro Team s.t.
14 Daniel Oss BMC Racing Team s.t.
15 Zdenek Stybar Team Sky s.t.
16 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar s.t.
17 Sean De Bie Lotto Soudal s.t.
18 Ion Izagirre Movistar Team s.t.
19 Greg Van Avermaet Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
20 Tobias Ludvigsson Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
21 André Greipel Team Katusha s.t.
22 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing s.t.
23 Simon Spilak Team Katusha s.t.
24 Luke Durbridge Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
25 Michael Hepburn Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
26 Maciej Bodnar Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
27 Michael Van Staeyen Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
28 Manuel Belletti Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
29 Christophe Laporte Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
30 Elia Viviani Team Sky s.t.
31 Jay McCarthy Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
32 Salvatore Puccio Team Sky s.t.
33 Jelle Wallays Trek Factory Racing s.t.
34 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE s.t. 35 Ranieri Micolucci CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
36 Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing s.t.
37 Jürgen Roelandts Lotto Soudal s.t.
38 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team s.t.
39 Sacha Modolo Lampre-Merida s.t.
40 Sebastian Langeveld Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
41 Kristjan Koren Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
42 Dylan van Baarle Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
43 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing s.t.
44 Dylan Teuns BMC Racing Team s.t.
45 Klaas Lodewyck BMC Racing Team s.t.
46 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
2nd stage TTT
Very good results - 3rd place. Micolucci will be in the mix, if he will not lose time on flat stages. We will do everything to avoid this.
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen Trek Factory Racing 4h55'22
2 Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing s.t.
3 Jelle Wallays Trek Factory Racing s.t.
4 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing s.t.
5 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing s.t.
6 André Greipel Team Katusha + 3
7 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
8 Simon Spilak Team Katusha s.t. 9 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 12
10 Ranieri Micolucci CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
11 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
12 Lars Boom Astana Pro Team s.t.
13 Taylor Phinney Astana Pro Team s.t.
14 Daniel Oss BMC Racing Team + 36
15 Klaas Lodewyck BMC Racing Team s.t.
16 Dylan Teuns BMC Racing Team s.t.
17 Manuel Belletti Team Cannondale - Garmin + 43
18 Kristjan Koren Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
19 Dylan van Baarle Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
20 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
21 Maciej Bodnar Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
22 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team + 54
23 Ion Izagirre Movistar Team s.t.
ENECO TOUR stages 3-7
3rd stage another flat. Team was prepare to help Fernando in the end.
Leadout was absolutely amazing.
Can anyone beat Gaviria, as he has Brateng still with 1,6km to go?
Nobody, so finally first world tour win since Giro d'Italia.
1 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice 4h04'27
2 Edward Theuns Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t.
3 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
4 Zico Waeytens Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
5 Niccolo Bonifazio Lampre-Merida s.t. 6 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
7 Michael Van Staeyen Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
8 Kenneth Vanbilsen Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
9 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing s.t.
10 Louis Verhelst Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
11 Elia Viviani Team Sky s.t.
12 Davide Appollonio Bora - Argon 18 s.t.
13 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar s.t.
14 André Greipel Team Katusha s.t.
15 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
16 Rayane Bouhanni Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
17 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
18 Simon Spilak Team Katusha s.t. 19 Kamil Gradek CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
20 Ion Izagirre Movistar Team s.t.
4 stage
Once again flat, once again without wind. This time leadout wasn't so good, riders were more tired.
Bouhanni had a very fast Vanbilsen as last leadout man. We decided to put our train on the left.
But this time Nacer was too strong. Fernando was second and it gives him a leader jersey.
1 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 4h29'53 2 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
3 Niccolo Bonifazio Lampre-Merida s.t.
4 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing s.t.
5 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
6 Davide Appollonio Bora - Argon 18 s.t.
7 Zico Waeytens Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
8 Elia Viviani Team Sky s.t.
9 Edward Theuns Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t.
10 Kenneth Vanbilsen Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 11 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
12 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar s.t.
13 André Greipel Team Katusha s.t.
14 Daniel Oss BMC Racing Team s.t.
15 Björn Leukemans Lotto Soudal s.t.
16 Louis Verhelst Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 17 Kamil Gradek CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
18 Sean De Bie Lotto Soudal s.t.
19 Sacha Modolo Lampre-Merida s.t.
20 Michael Van Staeyen Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
GC
1 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice 13h29'38
2 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing + 4
3 Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing s.t.
4 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing s.t.
5 Jelle Wallays Trek Factory Racing s.t.
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen Trek Factory Racing s.t.
7 André Greipel Team Katusha + 7
8 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
9 Simon Spilak Team Katusha s.t. 10 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 16
11 Lars Boom Astana Pro Team s.t.
12 Taylor Phinney Astana Pro Team s.t. 13 Ranieri Micolucci CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
stage 5, last flat, but this time it was windy. We decided to put Micolucci even in the train, but it wasn't a normal leadout, as riders blocking each other many times.
3km to go and we are to far from the head of the peleton, to think about win.
Demare won ahead of Bouhanni, Gaviria 5th, but keep leader jersey.
1 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step 4h13'26
2 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
3 Kenneth Vanbilsen Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
4 Niccolo Bonifazio Lampre-Merida s.t. 5 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
6 Elia Viviani Team Sky s.t.
7 Michael Van Staeyen Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 8 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
9 Zico Waeytens Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
10 André Greipel Team Katusha s.t.
11 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar s.t.
12 Sacha Modolo Lampre-Merida s.t.
13 Taylor Phinney Astana Pro Team s.t.
14 Edward Theuns Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t.
15 Jérôme Baugnies Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t.
16 Lars Boom Astana Pro Team s.t.
17 Greg Van Avermaet Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
18 Edvald Boasson Hagen Trek Factory Racing s.t.
19 Björn Leukemans Lotto Soudal s.t.
20 Simon Spilak Team Katusha s.t.
GC
1 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice 17h43'04
2 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing + 4
3 Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing s.t.
4 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing s.t.
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen Trek Factory Racing s.t.
6 Jelle Wallays Trek Factory Racing s.t.
7 André Greipel Team Katusha + 7
8 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
9 Simon Spilak Team Katusha s.t. 10 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 16
11 Lars Boom Astana Pro Team s.t.
12 Taylor Phinney Astana Pro Team s.t. 13 Ranieri Micolucci CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
Now key stage 6 IMO, ITT. It might be longer, because it's 17km and Micolucci is great time trialist, but just good prologue rider. Ludvigsson won, as Ranieri was 15th. Now he is 8th in GC.
1 Tobias Ludvigsson Team Giant-Alpecin 22'32
2 Maciej Bodnar Tinkoff-Saxo + 22
3 Taylor Phinney Astana Pro Team + 24
4 Luke Durbridge Orica-GreenEDGE + 35
5 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 36
6 Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing + 37
7 Simon Spilak Team Katusha + 39
8 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing + 41
9 Manuel Quinziato BMC Racing Team + 46
10 Ion Izagirre Movistar Team + 49
11 Michael Hepburn Orica-GreenEDGE + 50
12 Sebastian Langeveld Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 53
13 Greg Van Avermaet Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 57
14 Lars Boom Astana Pro Team + 1'00 15 Ranieri Micolucci CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'02
16 Zdenek Stybar Team Sky + 1'06
17 Kristjan Koren Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'10
18 Michael Rogers Tinkoff-Saxo + 1'13
19 Kristof Vandewalle Trek Factory Racing + 1'14
20 Alex Dowsett Movistar Team + 1'15
GC
1 Taylor Phinney Astana Pro Team 18h06'16
2 Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing + 1
3 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 3
4 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing + 5
5 Simon Spilak Team Katusha + 6
6 Maciej Bodnar Tinkoff-Saxo + 29
7 Lars Boom Astana Pro Team + 36 8 Ranieri Micolucci CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 38
9 Edvald Boasson Hagen Trek Factory Racing + 41
10 Tobias Ludvigsson Team Giant-Alpecin + 42
11 Jelle Wallays Trek Factory Racing + 48
12 Luke Durbridge Orica-GreenEDGE + 59
13 Ion Izagirre Movistar Team + 1'07
14 Michael Hepburn Orica-GreenEDGE + 1'14
15 Sebastian Langeveld Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 1'17
16 Kristjan Koren Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
17 Daniel Oss BMC Racing Team + 1'19
18 Greg Van Avermaet Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 1'21 19 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'28
20 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'45
21 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team + 1'47
22 Zdenek Stybar Team Sky + 1'48
23 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing + 1'49
24 André Greipel Team Katusha + 1'50
25 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 1'51
26 Dylan van Baarle Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'54 27 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 2'04
7 stage - hilly with cobbledstones
We put Brateng in breakaway with 2minutes in GC to the leader he was a threat.
Peleton was splitting, breakaway still had 3 minutes.
As I saw that escape will not make it, Brateng wait for group to help Gaviria, but then I saw that he is too strong, and Gaviria was helping him. Group was really small, but still 2 pave climbs.
Situation 13km to go
There were attacks in the end. Brateng was really strong, but he was blocked on narrow pave sections. Izagirre won
Boom was second, as our Norweagian viking took third. Micolucci and Gaviria were in main group.
REsults:
1 Ion Izagirre Movistar Team 4h39'42
2 Lars Boom Astana Pro Team s.t. 3 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 23
4 Greg Van Avermaet Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
5 Zdenek Stybar Team Sky s.t.
6 Taylor Phinney Astana Pro Team s.t.
7 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
8 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing s.t. 9 Kamil Gradek CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'48
10 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida s.t.
11 Petr Vakoč Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
12 Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing + 2'17
13 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step + 2'28
14 Sven Erik Bystrøm Team Katusha s.t.
15 Daniel Oss BMC Racing Team s.t.
16 Jürgen Roelandts Lotto Soudal s.t.
17 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing s.t.
18 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
19 Marc Soler Movistar Team + 2'50 20 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
21 Olivier Le Gac FDJ s.t.
22 Salvatore Puccio Team Sky s.t.
23 Tim De Troyer Wanty - Groupe Gobert s.t. 24 Ranieri Micolucci CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
25 Michael Rogers Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
GC
1 Taylor Phinney Astana Pro Team 22h46'21
2 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 3
3 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing + 5
4 Lars Boom Astana Pro Team + 7
5 Ion Izagirre Movistar Team + 34
6 Greg Van Avermaet Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 1'21
7 Zdenek Stybar Team Sky + 1'48
8 Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing + 1'55 9 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'58
10 Ranieri Micolucci CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 3'05
11 Simon Spilak Team Katusha + 3'12
12 Daniel Oss BMC Racing Team + 3'24
13 Maciej Bodnar Tinkoff-Saxo + 3'35
14 Edvald Boasson Hagen Trek Factory Racing + 3'47
15 Tobias Ludvigsson Team Giant-Alpecin + 3'48
16 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing + 3'54 17 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 3'55
18 Sebastian Langeveld Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 4'23
19 Salvatore Puccio Team Sky s.t.
20 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team + 4'53
21 André Greipel Team Katusha + 4'56
22 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 5'06
23 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step + 5'12
24 Jay McCarthy Orica-GreenEDGE + 5'13
25 Dylan Teuns BMC Racing Team + 5'17
26 Jürgen Roelandts Lotto Soudal + 5'39 27 Kamil Gradek CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 5'45
Let's start second most important race in this season for us VUELTA A ESPANA
We took quite strong team:
Ranieri Micolucci
Nikolay Mihaylov
Branislau Samoilau
Sylwester Szmyd
Jarosław Marycz
Mateusz Taciak
Jan Hirt
Eryk Latoń
Fernando Gaviria
Of course our leader is Hirt, who will have Micolucci, Szmyd and Samoilau in MO. This time we didn't go for a training camp. Micolucci is quite tired so I don't know if I withdraw him. I took him because first stage is TTT, so he is important. Gaviria have Latoń and Marycz in sprint finish. There are 6 flat stages.
I took a look on start list, and there are riders which can be in the mix for the win: Jan Hirt, Tejay van Garderen, Bauke Mollema, Daniel Martin, Diego Ulissi, Julian Alaphilippe, Joaquim Rodriguez. That's all. Hirt look very good in the mix, shame that we don't have a good enough team. Rider like Poljański who will join us next year, will be good addition. What is important all the Jan rivals were riding in Tour de France just month ago (don't know if Ulissi, but other for sure). Jan is fresh, from Giro he was racing only in Portugal when he won.
Vuelta a Espana stage 2
The start of the race and first mountain stage, but this final climb is more like hill, not a mountain. There was an escape, but not a threat.
Alaphilippe hit the ground
Pace on the flat was really high and Jan lost some yellow bar
Moreno, Sagan and Dan Martin attacked. Hirt isn't so dynamic, so I decided to catch them going with my own tempo.
When I catched them, Sagan and Martin attacked again
I had to slow down a bit, and other riders pass me like Mollema.
Sagan won, so it's a prove that it was more hilly than mountain stage. Dan Martin second.
Hirt was 7th
1 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo 3h54'23
2 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
3 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 53
4 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing s.t.
5 Daniel Moreno Team Katusha s.t.
6 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale s.t. 7 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'11
8 Alessandro De Marchi BMC Racing Team s.t.
9 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team s.t.
10 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin + 1'47
11 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida s.t.
12 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE + 2'29
13 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal s.t.
14 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky s.t.
15 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team + 2'45
16 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
17 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal s.t.
18 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
19 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
20 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky s.t.
GC
1 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin 4h23'54
2 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 17
3 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 47
4 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 1'02
5 Alessandro De Marchi BMC Racing Team s.t. 6 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'31
7 Daniel Moreno Team Katusha + 1'37
8 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 1'56
9 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 2'04
10 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 2'09
11 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 2'30
12 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team + 2'36
13 Peter Velits BMC Racing Team s.t.
14 Damiano Caruso BMC Racing Team s.t.
15 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team s.t.
16 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing + 2'39
17 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal + 2'46
18 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin + 2'49
19 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'51
20 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
Jan could do great at the Vuelta, he has been immense for the team so far. Also great thing for Gaviria winning that stage and taking the leaders jersey for a couple of days at the Eneco Tour!
Thanks for comment But it look like the more good results to come
Vatenfall Cyclassics
Pace was really hot, but we were staying in front. Brateng, Delle Stelle, Gradek and Bole were protected as Norwegian was a leader. We were hoping for TOP 5 finish.
20 km to go and main group was quite small, but our leaders still in front
We made a train 10km to go, but riders were already tired.
Van Avermeat attacked and I was thinking that it's all gone, but he was tired and sit back on the saddle few moments later.
3km to go, Brateng with Delle Stelle on the front!
Delle Stelle made a perfect job, can Carl grab a win!?
Hell yeah, what a job by CCC riders for Brateng.
Results:
1 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice 5h00'59
2 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
3 Björn Thurau Bora - Argon 18 s.t.
4 Daniel Oss BMC Racing Team s.t.
5 Elia Viviani Team Sky s.t.
6 Tom Van Asbroeck Lotto Soudal s.t.
7 Fabio Felline Trek Factory Racing s.t.
8 Stefan Küng BMC Racing Team s.t.
9 Magnus Cort Nielsen Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
10 Edward Theuns Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t.
11 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
12 Gerald Ciolek Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
13 Matteo Pelucchi IAM Cycling s.t.
14 Michael Mørkøv IAM Cycling s.t.
15 Sacha Modolo Lampre-Merida s.t.
16 Alexey Tsatevitch Team Katusha s.t.
17 Barry Markus Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
18 Sébastien Turgot Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
19 Taylor Phinney Astana Pro Team s.t.
20 Björn Leukemans Lotto Soudal s.t.
21 Greg Van Avermaet Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
22 Matthieu Ladagnous IAM Cycling s.t. 23 Cristian Delle Stelle CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
24 Alexis Gougeard Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
25 Quentin Jauregui Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
3rd stage
It was a hilly stage, not the best for Jan who is weak in flat terrain and he is a good but not a very good puncher. Before final, Jan was already quite tired.
When attacks start, Jan was riding with his own pace.
He catched leaders in finale, but couldn't fight with them.
Suprisingly De Gendt won, Hirt was 9th.
4th stage
Another hilly stage. Peloton splitted at the very steep climb. Hirt was in front group.
It was 10 riders group.
But the pack join us. There was Gaviria with +5 and I didn't know how the finish look like and who will be better there, Jan or Fernando.
I decided that Hirt is a overall leader, so Gaviria will help him in the end.
And it was a good decision, as Hirt took 2nd place.
Results:
1 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida 4h09'40 2 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
3 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t.
4 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
5 Daniel Moreno Team Katusha s.t.
6 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal s.t.
7 Moreno Moser Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
8 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
9 Igor Antón Movistar Team s.t.
10 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale s.t. 11 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
12 Ben Swift Team Sky s.t.
13 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky s.t.
14 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing s.t.
15 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal s.t.
16 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing s.t.
17 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 51
18 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky s.t.
19 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
20 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 1'23
GC
1 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin 12h16'03
2 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 33
3 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 47
4 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 1'35
5 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 1'39
6 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'57
7 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 2'07
8 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team + 2'32
9 Daniel Moreno Team Katusha + 2'38
10 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 3'14
11 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky + 3'55
12 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing + 4'00
13 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal + 4'07
14 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin + 5'03
15 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 5'29
16 Alessandro De Marchi BMC Racing Team + 5'31
17 Igor Antón Movistar Team + 5'38
18 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 5'51
19 Moreno Moser Team Cannondale - Garmin + 6'06
20 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal + 6'16
5th stage
Yet another hilly stage. Hirt was all alone in the finale. Not good situation, few riders like Mollema and Betancur tried to attack.
But it was bunch sprint from 30 riders group, when Sagan was the fastet. Jan didn't lose any second.
1 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo 3h55'31
2 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky s.t.
3 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal s.t.
4 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida s.t.
5 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
6 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
7 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
8 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
9 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky s.t.
10 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
11 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing s.t.
12 Matteo Trentin Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
13 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team s.t.
14 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t.
15 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal s.t.
16 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar s.t.
17 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal s.t.
18 Daniel Moreno Team Katusha s.t. 19 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
20 Zico Waeytens Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
6th stage
First flat stage, so we count for Gaviria who won once in WT - Tour de Suisse. We tried to build a leadout, but riders were very tired.
Latoń put Fernando in good position.
Has he power to hold other riders till the finish?
Unfortunately not, Fernando was 5th, Sagan won second in a row.
1 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo 3h47'42
2 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
3 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal s.t.
4 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar s.t. 5 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
6 Ramon Sinkeldam Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
7 Adam Blythe Team Sky s.t.
8 Matteo Trentin Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
9 Kris Boeckmans Lotto Soudal s.t.
10 Pim Ligthart Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
11 Alexander Porsev Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
12 Mark Renshaw Team Sky s.t. 13 Eryk Latoń CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
14 Louis Verhelst Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
15 Andrea Palini Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
16 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
17 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida s.t.
18 Jempy Drucker BMC Racing Team s.t.
19 Jos Van Emden Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
20 Raymond Kreder Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
No change in GC.
7th stage
Once again flat, second chance for Gaviria. Our leadout was worse than day before. I decided to put Gaviria as high as I could and then try to grab a wheel of Sagan. But Palini made amazing job and left everyone back.
Sagan was waiting too long on Palini wheel and suprisingly didn't win. 2,5 km to go I jumped on Hofland wheel who had leadout from Lotto Jumbo. Victory was close, but this time 2nd place. There will be still a few chances for Gaviria.
1 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo 4h16'47 2 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
3 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal s.t.
4 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar s.t.
5 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
6 Adam Blythe Team Sky s.t.
7 Louis Verhelst Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
8 Andrea Palini Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
9 Pim Ligthart Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
10 Matteo Trentin Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
11 Ramon Sinkeldam Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
12 Alexander Porsev Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
13 Raymond Kreder Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
14 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
15 Jempy Drucker BMC Racing Team s.t. 16 Eryk Latoń CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
17 André Greipel Team Katusha s.t.
18 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida s.t.
19 Marco Haller Team Katusha s.t.
20 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal s.t.
no change in GC
8th stage
Hirt had Micolucci before last climb, but was -3, so we were hoping to not lose much time. I remember that at Giro I lost 3 minutes when I was -3.
Group was still quite big, Hirt was there, as Micolucci had to left him.
In the end there were attacks, but Hirt was quite good as a rider with -3 condition.
Van Garderen won ahead of Mollema and Hirt. Jan jumped to 3rd in GC.
1 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team 4h21'37
2 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing s.t. 3 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 18
4 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 28
5 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky s.t.
6 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
7 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
8 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 55
9 George Bennett Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 1'03
10 Mattia Cattaneo Lampre-Merida s.t.
11 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 1'33
12 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida s.t.
13 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal s.t.
14 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky + 1'51
15 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 2'09
16 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'36
17 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'45
18 Sergey Chernetskiy Team Katusha + 3'05
19 Tiago Machado Team Katusha s.t.
20 Jelle Vanendert Lotto Soudal s.t.
GC
1 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing 28h38'21
2 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 1'26 3 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'30
4 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 1'41
5 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'00
6 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 2'23
7 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 2'27
8 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 2'59
9 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal + 4'55
10 Daniel Moreno Team Katusha + 5'02
11 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky + 5'05
12 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 5'16
13 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 5'32
14 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team + 7'03
15 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team + 8'13
16 George Bennett Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 8'53
17 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 9'32
18 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing + 9'36
19 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin + 9'42
20 Igor Antón Movistar Team + 9'55
9th stage
Hilly stage which was nervous. Peloton was splitting and Hirt didn't had any gregario in the last 40 km.
Situation before last short but very steep climb:
Very good job by Hirt, finishing 2nd. Lost some time to Betancur, but gain on the others.
1 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale 4h08'34 2 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 45
3 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 58
4 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team s.t.
5 Daniel Moreno Team Katusha s.t.
6 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky s.t.
7 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
8 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
9 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky s.t.
10 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 1'43
11 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal s.t.
12 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team + 1'53
13 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
14 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'40
15 Arthur Vichot FDJ + 2'52
16 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 3'02
17 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
18 Moreno Moser Team Cannondale - Garmin + 3'13
19 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 3'26
20 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
GC
1 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale 32h48'11
2 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 27
3 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 53
4 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 1'23
5 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 2'05
6 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team s.t.
7 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'37
8 Daniel Moreno Team Katusha + 4'44
9 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky + 4'47
10 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 5'09
11 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 5'14
12 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal + 5'22
13 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 7'26
14 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team + 7'40
15 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 9'14
16 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team + 9'59
17 George Bennett Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 11'36
18 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing + 12'19
19 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin + 12'25
20 Igor Antón Movistar Team + 12'38
Squad was good and Brateng was our leader. In the end we were able to made a beautifull orange TGV
When Paterski set a fast pace on the hill before the finish, only Stuyven grab a Brateng wheel. There was a Diego Rosa still in front, but he was already tired.
Brateng starts sprint 1km to go, Stuyven was still there. If Belgian beat us, it will be a big shame for our team.
Damn it...
1 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing 5h32'12 2 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
3 Cristian Delle Stelle CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
4 Jakub Kaczmarek CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
5 Diego Rosa Astana Pro Team s.t. 6 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
7 Gerald Ciolek Etixx - Quick-step + 1'08
8 Nikias Arndt Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
9 Michael Mørkøv IAM Cycling s.t.
10 Filippo Fortin Movistar Team s.t.
11 Simon Spilak Team Katusha s.t.
12 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
13 Florian Senechal Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
14 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
15 Rory Sutherland Movistar Team s.t.
16 Elia Favilli Southeast s.t.
17 Ion Izagirre Movistar Team s.t.
18 Lars Boom Astana Pro Team s.t.
19 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t.
20 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
21 Jesse Kerrison BMC Racing Team s.t.
22 Lorenzo Manzin FDJ s.t.
23 Jef Van Meirhaeghe Trek Factory Racing s.t.
24 Marco Coledan Southeast + 1'52
25 Enrique Sanz Movistar Team s.t.
Vuelta a Espana two very important stages 10 and 11
stage 10
Peloton let go two riders - Vermote and Rollin. They didn't chase them so I tried to go with Micolucci and Mihaylov. They let me go too and we even made a 10 minutes gap. Micolucci wasn't working as Niki was doing all the job.
On the penultimate climb Micolucci went clear, as in main group Chaves and Betancur tried to attack.
Jan was with Mollema and TVG. Meanwhile Chaves was only 2 minutes behind Ranieri and we knew that Italian won't win a stage. Ranieri was send back to help Jan in the end, as he was -3 again.
Micolucci left Hirt 5km to go and Hirt set a strong tempo and was chasing Chaves alone.
Again second place for Hirt, as he couldn't chase Esteban, but we have a leader jersey! And all this with -3 condition. Waiting for some +3/5 condition.
1 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE 4h55'34 2 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 24
3 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 1'12
4 George Bennett Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 1'20
5 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
6 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing s.t.
7 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 1'47
8 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal + 2'23
9 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team + 2'35
10 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
11 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal s.t.
12 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
13 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky + 4'09 14 Ranieri Micolucci CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 4'56
15 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 5'13
16 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin + 5'23
17 Jelle Vanendert Lotto Soudal s.t.
18 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida s.t.
19 Sérgio Pardilla Astana Pro Team s.t.
20 Igor Antón Movistar Team s.t.
GC
1 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 37h44'56
2 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 36
3 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
4 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 2'02
5 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 4'01
6 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 5'59
7 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 6'05
8 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 6'17
9 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 6'33
10 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal + 6'34
11 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky + 7'45
12 Daniel Moreno Team Katusha + 9'50
13 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky s.t.
14 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team + 11'23
15 George Bennett Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 11'45
16 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 13'16
17 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin + 13'49
18 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 16'37
19 Igor Antón Movistar Team + 16'50
20 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing + 16'55
11th stage was a hilly ITT. We made great effort there, as Jan keep his jersey.
1 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team 55'32
2 George Bennett Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 21
3 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida s.t.
4 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Sky + 27
5 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 32
6 Moreno Moser Team Cannondale - Garmin + 33
7 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t. 8 Ranieri Micolucci CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 34
9 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 36 10 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
11 Vasil Kiryienka Team Sky + 38
12 Patrick Gretsch Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 53 13 Nikolay Mihaylov CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 56
14 Simon Geschke Team Giant-Alpecin + 58
15 Johan Le Bon FDJ + 1'13
16 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal + 1'14
17 Nelson Oliveira Lampre-Merida + 1'15
18 Tobias Ludvigsson Team Giant-Alpecin + 1'16
19 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing s.t.
20 Tiago Machado Team Katusha + 1'20
GC
1 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 38h41'04
2 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 36
3 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 1'28
4 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 1'58
5 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 5'20
6 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 6'02
7 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 6'51
8 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 7'20
9 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 7'23
10 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal + 8'02
11 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky + 8'37
12 George Bennett Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 11'30
13 Daniel Moreno Team Katusha + 11'37
14 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 11'50
15 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team + 12'17
16 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 14'39
17 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin + 14'54
18 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 16'34
19 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing + 17'35
20 Igor Antón Movistar Team + 18'06
It looks like there are only 4 riders in fight for the win. I hope we will keep red jersey till the end.
Flat stage chance for Gaviria, but there was an escape, will pack catch them?
We will probably not catch them. I hope Gaviria won't be first from the bunch
Who won? Guy who won yesterday in real Vuelta, Alessandro Demarchi. Gaviria was involved in fight for position in final and couldn't pass Latoń as he was blocked.
1 Alessandro De Marchi BMC Racing Team 3h20'53
2 Simon Geschke Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
3 Laurens De Vreese Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
4 Johan Le Bon FDJ s.t.
5 Sven Erik Bystrøm Team Katusha s.t.
6 Alex Dowsett Movistar Team s.t.
7 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar s.t.
8 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
9 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
10 Adam Blythe Team Sky s.t.
11 Andrew Fenn Team Sky s.t.
12 Matteo Trentin Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
13 André Greipel Team Katusha s.t.
14 Alexander Porsev Tinkoff-Saxo s.t. 15 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
16 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team s.t. 17 Eryk Latoń CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
18 Rüdiger Selig Team Katusha s.t.
19 Ramon Sinkeldam Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
20 Mark Renshaw Team Sky s.t.
no change in GC
stage 13
On paper flat stage, but very steep climb in the final part. We decided to put Micolucci in the breakaway and try to left breakaway companions on the hill and go for the stage win.
Ranieri was +5 and everything looks fine as he left back his companions on the climb.
40km to go 5 minutes, can he stay ahead of the bunch?
Lotto Soudal guys were working for Kristoff.
20km to go and over 2 minutes, I see it in dark colours.
12km to go still 2 minutes and they stop chasing. WTF ?
Unfortunately they speed up tempo again and Lutsenko attacked jumping to Micolucci. I was frustrated and tried long finish with Hirt.
Micolucci was catched. Can Hirt catch Lutsenko?
No, Astana rider won in nice style, Hirt 5th.
1 Alexey Lutsenko Astana Pro Team 4h07'17
2 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 30
3 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
4 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar s.t. 5 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
6 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
7 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal s.t.
8 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team s.t.
9 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
10 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
11 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t.
12 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal s.t.
13 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal s.t.
14 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida s.t.
15 Arthur Vichot FDJ s.t.
16 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky s.t.
17 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky s.t.
18 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
19 Daniel Moreno Team Katusha s.t.
20 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal s.t.
GC
1 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 46h09'44
2 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 36
3 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 1'24
4 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 1'58
5 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 5'20
6 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 6'02
7 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 6'51
8 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 7'20
9 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 7'23
10 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal + 8'02
11 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky + 8'37
12 Daniel Moreno Team Katusha + 11'37
13 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 11'50
14 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team + 12'17
15 George Bennett Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 12'51
16 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 14'39
17 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin + 14'54
18 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing + 17'35
19 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 17'55
20 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team + 18'21
stage 14
Big escape with good riders. There might be a stage winner, as we don't have good team to chase them. I forget but few days ago first Samoilau and then Mihaylov had to withdrawn as they were injured.
Szmyd was working hard.
Penultimate climb, attack starts, Hirt had Micolucci ahead.
Situation before last climb. Betancur, Rodriguez and Dan Martin ahead. We knew that the last climb will be crucial so didn't chasing them at 100%.
Jan change gear and catch all his rivals. Still some power in legs and 3km to go.
Janier Acevedo won, good job.
Hirt 3rd gaining a lot of time on his rivals. Great job!
1 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin 4h28'45
2 Yury Trofimov Tinkoff-Saxo + 4'38 3 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 5'28
4 Kenny Elissonde Team Europcar + 6'25
5 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 7'18
6 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
7 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 7'35
8 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 7'44
9 Damiano Caruso BMC Racing Team + 8'10
10 Simon Clarke Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
11 Giovanni Visconti Movistar Team + 8'45
12 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal s.t.
13 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
14 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing s.t.
15 George Bennett Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
16 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal + 9'43
17 Sergey Chernetskiy Team Katusha s.t.
18 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
19 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
20 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
GC
1 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 50h43'53
2 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 3'18
3 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 3'57
4 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 4'09
5 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 7'40
6 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 10'12
7 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 10'44
8 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 11'36
9 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 12'02
10 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal + 12'21
11 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky + 13'19
12 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 13'44
13 George Bennett Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 16'12
14 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team + 16'36
15 Daniel Moreno Team Katusha + 17'11
16 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 18'22
17 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 18'58
18 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin + 19'13
19 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 22'37
20 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin + 25'52
stage 15
What a tough stage it is. Again a big escape, but we can't do nothing about this.
Attacks start very early, so Jan went after them.
Dayer Quintana and Dan Martin showed they are very strong today.
Before penultimate climb, favourites was together again. Not all, because this duo was still in front with quite nice gap.
Hirt catched them 500m before the top of the climb, but was out of fuel already.
Demarchi won again, nice
Hirt finished with Betnacur, lose some seconds to Dan Martin.
1 Alessandro De Marchi BMC Racing Team 6h10'54
2 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team + 12
3 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
4 Kenny Elissonde Team Europcar + 24
5 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 50
6 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky + 59
7 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 1'08 8 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'15
9 Sérgio Pardilla Astana Pro Team s.t.
10 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 1'57
11 Rein Taaramäe Orica-GreenEDGE + 2'33
12 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal + 3'12
13 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
14 George Bennett Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
15 Chris Anker Sørensen Tinkoff-Saxo + 3'24
16 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
17 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 3'42
18 Rafael Valls Lampre-Merida + 4'15
19 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team + 4'41
20 Tiago Machado Team Katusha + 5'03
GC
1 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 56h56'02
2 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 3'11
3 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 6'24
4 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 6'33
5 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 8'56
6 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 11'11
7 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky + 13'03
8 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 13'59
9 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 14'59
10 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 15'19
11 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team + 15'27
12 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal + 16'56
13 George Bennett Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 18'09
14 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 18'31
15 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 19'40
16 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin + 21'22
17 Daniel Moreno Team Katusha + 25'01
18 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 27'13
19 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 27'24
20 Sérgio Pardilla Astana Pro Team + 28'21
stage 16
Another mountain stage, but not as tough as previous. There was an escape with 8th in GC Chaves.
We were working on the front
Hirt wasn't feel good today, as attacks start
Dan Martin and TVG went clear. Thankfully their gap to me in GC is quite big.
Second in GC Betancur attacks too
Martin won ahead of Betancur
Hirt was trying to minimalize gap and finish well, less than a minute behind winner, despite -4 condition.
1 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin 3h36'07
2 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
3 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 21
4 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky + 43
5 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing s.t.
6 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida s.t.
7 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team s.t.
8 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t. 9 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
10 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
11 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
12 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal s.t.
13 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team + 1'04
14 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
15 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'39
16 Yury Trofimov Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
17 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal s.t.
18 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky s.t.
19 Kenny Elissonde Team Europcar + 2'14
20 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
GC
1 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 60h32'52
2 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 2'22
3 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 5'40
4 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 6'24
5 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 8'30
6 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 11'11
7 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky + 13'03
8 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 14'20
9 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team + 15'48
10 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 16'15
11 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 16'30
12 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal + 16'56
13 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 19'27
14 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 19'40
15 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin + 21'22
16 George Bennett Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 24'58
17 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 27'13
18 Daniel Moreno Team Katusha + 27'16
19 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 28'20
20 Sérgio Pardilla Astana Pro Team + 32'17
Vuelta a Espana stages 17-19
Still without a stage win there. A flat stage I don't know if sprinter teams will chase escape so I put there a Micolucci.
Peloton was chasing us. Micolucci was feeling good but has poor ability of sprinting so I attacked 5km to go. Can Ranieri bring us a first win? (Meanwhile he improves his MO skill during this race from 74 to 76 ).
Gaviria was fighting with sprinters, but Micolucci probably will win by a minimal margin!
Yes, first win in this race. After he was catched 4km to go few days before, now he won a stage at Vuelta. Remember that he won one at Giro too.
1 Ranieri Micolucci CCC Sprandi Polkowice 4h14'52
2 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal s.t.
3 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t. 4 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
5 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
6 Julien Vermote Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
7 Arthur Vichot FDJ s.t.
8 Mark Renshaw Team Sky s.t.
9 Rüdiger Selig Team Katusha s.t.
10 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar s.t.
11 Ramon Sinkeldam Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
12 Louis Verhelst Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
13 Benoit Drujon Team Europcar s.t.
14 Omar Bertazzo Astana Pro Team s.t.
15 Michael Van Staeyen Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t. 16 Eryk Latoń CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
17 Alexander Porsev Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
18 Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Pro Team s.t.
19 Matteo Trentin Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
20 Jens Debusschere Lotto Soudal s.t.
No change in GC.
stage 18
Finish at Pena Cabarga will not be for punchers IMO, but for climbers. But Ettix (Alaphilippe) and BMC was thinking that they can fight for win and were chasing breakaway.
Then a Micolucci made a great effort to reduce a gap, while Hirt felt very good.
From the start of the final climb, Hirt made a strong pace.
4km to go and he was in the lead with Martin on his wheel
Irish rider attacked
But Hirt who was very strong today, catched him and start a final sprint, can he finaly win a stage there?
Yes! Back to back win for CCC as Hirt shows his rivals that he won't let slip from his hands a red jersey.
1 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 4h32'43
2 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
3 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 40
4 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky + 55
5 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 1'15
6 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 1'42
7 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 1'59
8 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky s.t.
9 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 2'10
10 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 2'32
11 Nicolas Roche Team Sky s.t.
12 Igor Antón Movistar Team s.t.
13 Sérgio Pardilla Astana Pro Team + 3'29
14 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal s.t.
15 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal + 3'38
16 Mattia Cattaneo Lampre-Merida s.t.
17 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 4'20
18 Rafael Valls Lampre-Merida s.t.
19 Kenny Elissonde Team Europcar + 4'54
20 Yury Trofimov Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
GC
1 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 69h20'17
2 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 3'08
3 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 5'44
4 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 8'33
5 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 9'55
6 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky + 14'08
7 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 17'02
8 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 17'46
9 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 18'46
10 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal + 20'35
11 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 20'45
12 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 21'32
13 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 21'36
14 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team + 22'49
15 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin + 34'06
16 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 35'30
17 Sérgio Pardilla Astana Pro Team + 35'56
18 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 36'56
19 Daniel Moreno Team Katusha + 37'23
20 George Bennett Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 39'08
stage 19
Another hilly stage. We have to watch for Betancur, as others shouldn't be threat for Hirt. There was a breakaway in front - as always in this race - which we couldn't manage to catch. Hirt had Micolucci next to him.
And another time Hirt used his favourite tactic to put strong tempo from the start of the climb.
Betancur was trying to gain some seconds.
but Hirt was next to him at the line, as Ten Dam won the stage.
3 minutes before last two stages. Now Angliru. Only a disaster can stop Hirt in win this race.
1 Laurens Ten Dam Team Giant-Alpecin 4h13'01
2 Kenny Elissonde Team Europcar + 46
3 Jelle Vanendert Lotto Soudal s.t.
4 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team + 1'35
5 Giampaolo Caruso Team Katusha + 2'41
6 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 3'40
7 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale s.t. 8 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
9 Lars Petter Nordhaug Tinkoff-Saxo + 3'56
10 Vasil Kiryienka Team Sky + 4'34
11 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
12 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team s.t.
13 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky s.t.
14 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing s.t.
15 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
16 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal s.t.
17 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team + 4'51
18 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
19 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t.
20 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
GC
1 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 73h36'58
2 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 3'08
3 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 6'55
4 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 9'27
5 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 10'49
6 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky + 15'02
7 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 17'46
8 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 17'56
9 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 19'57
10 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal + 21'29
11 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 22'43
12 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 22'47
13 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 23'58
14 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team + 24'00
15 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin + 37'19
16 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 38'07
17 Daniel Moreno Team Katusha + 40'00
18 Sérgio Pardilla Astana Pro Team + 40'21
19 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 41'21
20 George Bennett Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 41'45
Now races in Canada. Any top 10 finish will be good for us. On paper hilly, but strong rider with good sprint can make a good result, so in Quebec our leader was a Carl Brateng, winner of Hamburg and second rider in Plouay.
Brateng was very strong as he was +5
Kelderman and Wellens attacked, while Brateng was waiting for final 10km
Our viking set a strong pace on last 4km. Keldermann was still in front, and he was very strong. (I was a cyclist in juniors and I remember when in Poland in one race I made a breakaway with Wilco. We get the finish 1minute ahead of the bunch. There was 4 of us, I was 4th and Wilco won. Now I supporting him when he is racing . BTW. He was a leader till the last stage, Owsian - now in CCC was second and I was third, but on last stage there was a breakaway and Wiśniowski - now ettix won in GC )
Wilco won
Brateng took amazing 3rd place behind Aru
1 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo 4h59'44
2 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 30 3 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
4 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky s.t.
5 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 57
6 Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal + 1'06
7 Andrew Talansky Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
8 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team s.t.
9 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha s.t.
10 Petr Vakoč Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
11 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
12 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
13 Julian Arredondo Trek Factory Racing s.t.
14 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
15 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
16 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
17 Cameron Meyer Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
18 Jack Bauer Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
19 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
20 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale + 1'44
In Montreal team was much weaker as riders from Quebec were tired due lack of racing. We didn't play important role, as Henao won.
1 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha 5h13'16
2 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky s.t.
3 Leopold König Team Katusha s.t.
4 Robert Kiserlovski Tinkoff-Saxo + 22
5 Jan Barta Bora - Argon 18 + 52
6 Marc Goos Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
7 Eros Capecchi Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
8 Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal s.t.
9 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team s.t.
10 Gianluca Brambilla Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
11 Pieter Weening Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
12 Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling s.t.
13 Winner Anacona IAM Cycling s.t.
14 Lawson Craddock Trek Factory Racing s.t.
15 Silvan Dillier BMC Racing Team + 1'15
16 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
17 Loïc Vliegen BMC Racing Team s.t.
18 Rudy Molard Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
19 Nathan Brown Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
20 Alberto Contador Team Katusha s.t.
20 stage
Final on Angliru, amazing mountain. I hope that escape won't make it and Jan will fight there for the win. Escape was strong again. We were working to minimalize gap, but they were good climbers. On penultimate climb Purito and Chaves try to go clear.
Hirt was strong and start chase after Purito and Esteban.
He catched them, but Elissonde was 3 minutes in front 2km to go, so win is unexpected.
Kenny won, but Hirt was second, just a little ahead of TVG. Jan showed again that he was the strongest rider there and he deserve to win this race!
1 Kenny Elissonde Team Europcar 4h01'49 2 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 2'06
3 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team s.t.
4 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 2'14
5 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky s.t.
6 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 2'58
7 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team + 3'29
8 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 5'22
9 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
10 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 6'11
11 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 6'23
12 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal + 7'24
13 Tiago Machado Team Katusha s.t. 14 Ranieri Micolucci CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 7'41
15 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
16 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 7'52
17 Michele Scarponi Astana Pro Team s.t.
18 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 9'24
19 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Sky s.t.
20 Yury Trofimov Tinkoff-Saxo + 9'46
GC
1 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 77h40'47
2 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 3'22
3 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 10'17
4 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 10'51
5 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 12'49
6 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky + 15'16
7 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 18'54
8 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 21'57
9 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team + 25'29
10 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal + 26'53
11 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 27'10
12 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 27'21
13 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 29'50
14 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 31'49
15 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 43'48
16 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin + 46'25
17 Daniel Moreno Team Katusha + 49'06
18 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 49'22
19 Sérgio Pardilla Astana Pro Team + 49'27
20 George Bennett Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 50'51
Last, 21st stage of Vuelta a Espana
Short flat stage. Bunch sprint or escape. We formed a train, but probably once again, escape will make it.
Even Hirt was working for Gaviria today.
Bystrom won a stage, Gaviria was second from the bunch - thankfully, because if he was first I will be frustrated that we didn't catch the break.
But the news is that the CCC Sprandi rider - Jan Hirt won the whole race. I forget to export results, but nothing change there, so I will paste GC results from 20 stage.
GC
1 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 77h40'47
2 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 3'22
3 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 10'17
4 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 10'51
5 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing + 12'49
6 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky + 15'16
7 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 18'54
8 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida + 21'57
9 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team + 25'29
10 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal + 26'53
11 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 27'10
12 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 27'21
13 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 29'50
14 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 31'49
15 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 43'48
16 Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin + 46'25
17 Daniel Moreno Team Katusha + 49'06
18 Joseph Dombrowski Team Cannondale - Garmin + 49'22
19 Sérgio Pardilla Astana Pro Team + 49'27
20 George Bennett Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 50'51
Points
1 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 20 194
2 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale 14 186
3 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo 0 163
4 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin 7 143
5 Diego Ulissi Lampre-Merida 6 140
KOM
1 Kenny Elissonde Team Europcar 33 96
2 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin 0 38
3 Alessandro De Marchi BMC Racing Team 6 38 4 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 10 35
5 Ranieri Micolucci CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0 29
u25
Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 4h03'55 77h40'47 (1)
Dayer Quintana Movistar Team + 4h05'18 + 25'29 (2)
Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal + 4h09'13 + 26'53 (3)
Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t. + 31'49 (4)
Robert Power Team Giant-Alpecin + 4h12'55 + 46'25 (5)
teams
Team Cannondale - Garmin + 5'03 233h24'12 (1)
Team Sky 12h23'28 + 11'01 (2)
Lotto Soudal + 9'43 + 11'16 (3)
BMC Racing Team + 4'07 + 13'25 (4)
Tinkoff-Saxo + 11'10 + 50'36 (5)
Let's end this season in good style. Goal for the last part is Lombardia. But first some classics:
Coppa Bernocchi
1 Moreno Moser Team Cannondale - Garmin 4h17'25
2 Jan Bakelants Ag2r La Mondiale + 1'06
3 Simone Petilli Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani s.t. 4 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
5 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
6 Giampaolo Caruso Team Katusha s.t.
7 Cameron Meyer Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
8 Tiago Machado Team Katusha s.t.
9 Simon Clarke Orica-GreenEDGE s.t. 10 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
GP Pantaloni
1 Antonio Santoro Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec 4h17'29
2 Valerio Agnoli Astana Pro Team s.t.
3 Matteo Pelucchi IAM Cycling s.t.
4 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team s.t.
5 Davide Mucelli Lampre-Merida s.t.
6 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
7 Merhawi Kudus MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
8 Winner Anacona IAM Cycling s.t.
9 Simon Clarke Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
10 Ilya Koshevoy Lampre-Merida s.t.
GP d'Isbergues
1 Ben Swift Team Sky 4h31'40
2 Nikias Arndt Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
3 Andrew Fenn Team Sky s.t.
4 Ramunas Navardauskas UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t.
5 Leigh Howard MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
6 Kirk Nash MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
7 Mark Renshaw Team Sky s.t.
8 Sondre Holst Enger IAM Cycling s.t.
9 Heinrich Haussler IAM Cycling s.t.
10 Edward Theuns Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t.
And now WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
I was a manager of Poland. TOP 10 place in even ITT or RR will be amazing.
ITT and victory for Panzerwagen. There was Hirt and Micolucci, but they didn't well. From Poland Majka was 24th.
1 Tony Martin Etixx - Quick-step 47'02
2 Rohan Dennis BMC Racing Team + 18
3 Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing + 24
4 Jan Barta Bora - Argon 18 + 55
5 Lars Boom Astana Pro Team + 1'04
6 Taylor Phinney Astana Pro Team + 1'12
7 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin + 1'14
8 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team + 1'33
9 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing + 1'34
10 Artem Ovechkin RusVelo + 1'39
11 Cameron Meyer Orica-GreenEDGE + 1'41
12 Alex Dowsett Movistar Team + 1'44
13 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha + 1'51
14 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal + 1'53
15 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 1'57
16 Nelson Oliveira Lampre-Merida + 2'02
17 Julien Vermote Etixx - Quick-step + 2'03
18 Daryl Impey MTN-Qhubeka + 2'05
19 Matthias Brändle IAM Cycling + 2'07
20 Ion Izagirre Movistar Team + 2'08
21 Zdenek Stybar Team Sky + 2'09
22 Maximilian Schachmann Bora - Argon 18 + 2'12
23 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal s.t.
24 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'14
25 Andrew Talansky Etixx - Quick-step + 2'15
26 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 2'17
27 Tiago Machado Team Katusha + 2'18
28 Sergey Chernetskiy Team Katusha s.t.
29 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 2'19
30 Anton Vorobyev Team Katusha + 2'21
31 Ramunas Navardauskas UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 2'23
32 Niki Terpstra Etixx - Quick-step + 2'24
33 Alberto Contador Team Katusha s.t.
34 Kristof Vandewalle Trek Factory Racing + 2'25
35 Ranieri Micolucci CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 2'27
36 Florian Maître Marseille-13-KTM + 2'28
37 Yoann Paillot Marseille-13-KTM + 2'32
38 Ryan Mullen An Post - Chainreaction + 2'33
39 Simon Spilak Team Katusha s.t.
40 Luis León Sánchez Astana Pro Team + 2'34
41 Rasmus Quaade CULT Energy Pro Cycling + 2'35
42 Davide Martinelli FDJ + 2'37
43 Patrick Gretsch Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
44 Silvan Dillier BMC Racing Team + 2'45
45 Maciej Bodnar Tinkoff-Saxo + 2'46
46 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 2'47
47 Lasse Norman Hansen Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'51
48 Peter Velits BMC Racing Team + 2'54
49 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha + 2'57
50 Mikhail Ignatiev Team Katusha + 3'06
51 Fabio Felline Trek Factory Racing + 3'07
52 Maxat Ayazbayev Astana Pro Team + 3'12
53 Rubén Pols Lotto U23 + 3'21
54 Campbell Flakemore BMC Racing Team + 3'28
55 Lennard Kämna BMC Racing Team + 3'34
56 Andreas Hofer ActiveJet Team + 3'37
57 Daniel Felipe Martinez Colombia + 3'42
58 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
59 Klemen Stimulak Adria Mobil + 3'44
60 Dietmar Witkowski - + 3'47
61 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
62 Travis Meyer Drapac Professional Cycling + 3'56
63 Johan Le Bon FDJ + 3'59
64 Kristjan Koren Team Cannondale - Garmin + 4'07
65 Hugo Houle Tinkoff-Saxo + 4'12
66 Daniil Fominykh Astana Pro Team + 4'44
ROAD RACE
We have team good for flat races. Latoń should be a leader but we will see. Wind will play the main role.
Cavendish hit the ground at the start of the race.
Valgren, Vakoc and Castroviejo were in the escape of the day
Wind was quite strong
Kittel had a flat tire
Meanwhile 50km to go Domoulin try to go alone.
Pace was really hot and peloton start to split
Then Stybar attacked
20km to go, still 3 our riders in front, but no power in legs. Unfortunately our rider Gaviria left back.
15km to go, 24 riders and Kaczmarek still there. Great effort by young Pole
6km to go Kaczmarek was out of fuel
Bonifazio starts sprint first, Kittel and Demare fell asleep. Will Italian win!?
What a surprise. Not Kittel, not Cavendish or even Demare, Sagan or Kristoff. It's Niccolo Bonifazio who will wear rainbow yersey next year.
1 Niccolo Bonifazio Lampre-Merida 5h51'11
2 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
3 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
4 Luka Mezgec Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
5 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
6 Mark Cavendish Team Katusha s.t.
7 Sam Bennett Bora - Argon 18 s.t.
8 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal s.t.
9 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing s.t.
10 Niki Terpstra Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
11 Lars Boom Astana Pro Team s.t.
12 Edvald Boasson Hagen Trek Factory Racing s.t.
13 Greg Van Avermaet Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
14 Sep Vanmarcke BMC Racing Team s.t.
15 Taylor Phinney Astana Pro Team s.t.
16 Zdenek Stybar Team Sky s.t.
17 Ramunas Navardauskas UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t.
18 Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing s.t.
19 Alexey Lutsenko Astana Pro Team s.t.
20 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t. 21 Jakub Kaczmarek CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 2'06
22 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal s.t.
23 Ramon Sinkeldam Team Giant-Alpecin + 2'45
24 Caleb Ewan Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
25 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar s.t.
But it look like the more good results to come 
. BTW. He was a leader till the last stage, Owsian - now in CCC was second and I was third, but on last stage there was a breakaway and Wiśniowski - now ettix won in GC )
