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Claudio Rusconi | S3 | Criterium du Dauphine
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Posted on 26-10-2019 14:45
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Another hard race and first one from few 1.HC races until the very end of the year. Many great WT teams and very good riders. It will be hard, but as always I'm trying my best.
20 km to go - front group with 37 riders.
11 km! Only 20 riders. Tempo is really high. I can barely catch a breath.
5 km to go. Only 19 riders are fighting for the final victory.
Attacks! 1.5 km!
What a hard and steep climb that was. I finish in the top 10, which (looking at what riders are in the top 10) is awesome result.
Top 15:
| 1 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | 5h16'16 | | 2 | Adam Yates | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 3 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 4 | Fabio Aru | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 5 | Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 6 | Simon Yates | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 7 | Remco Evenepoel | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | + 23 | | 8 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 9 | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | + 39 | | 10 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 11 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 12 | Enrico Battaglin | Team Katusha Alpecin | + 55 | | 13 | Gianluca Brambilla | Trek - Segafredo | + 1'16 | | 14 | Mikkel Frølich Honoré | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 15 | Dries Devenyns | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. |
Mini Lombardia! What more to add. Great chance to check the route and roads so I might have a bit of an idea how Il Lombardia looks like. Not that hard as real monument, but it's still very difficult race. I think I might have a decent chance for good place.
I'm being one of the outsiders for final win right here. So I try some moves to make this more difficult for my rivals - 19 km.
I'm riding alone - 11.5 km.
5 km - only +39" lead.
3 km - 1 minute lead! I've got this in the bag!
I have just won Piccolo Lombardia! Wow, I'm absolutely speechless right now. What a performance on last 12 km. Incredible!
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | 4h37'09 | | 2 | Andrea Bagioli | Team Colpack | + 1'01 | | 3 | Yakob Debesay | Equipe Continentale Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 4 | Matteo Sobrero | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | s.t. | | 5 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Lizarte | s.t. | | 6 | Gianni Pugi | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 7 | Julian Mertens | Lotto Soudal U23 | s.t. | | 8 | Attila Valter | CCC Development Team | s.t. | | 9 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal U23 | s.t. | | 10 | Roger Adriá | Equipo Lizarte | s.t. | | 11 | Samuele Battistella | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | s.t. | | 12 | Piotr Pekala | CCC Development Team | s.t. | | 13 | Felix Gall | Development Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 14 | Carmelo Urbano | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA Amateur | s.t. | | 15 | Szymon Tracz | CCC Development Team | s.t. |
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Posted on 28-10-2019 12:21
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With a really high tempo this classic can be really selective. I have to be careful to not drop accidentally from the main group.
Riders are attacking. With 27 km left we have seen many moves, no one escaped. 38 riders in the front group.
10 km to the finish - 26 riders in the front.
Attacks! I'm too tired to follow.
I was out of energy with 5 km to the finish. Couldn't do more than that.
Top 15:
| 1 | Omar Fraile | Astana Pro Team | 5h18'55 | | 2 | Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 3 | Toms Skujins | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 4 | Luka Mezgec | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 5 | Ivan Garcia Cortina | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 6 | Nicola Bagioli | NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè | s.t. | | 7 | Pieter Serry | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 8 | Andrea Vendrame | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 9 | Nathan Haas | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 10 | Gianluca Brambilla | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 11 | Enrico Battaglin | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 12 | Matteo Moschetti | Trek - Segafredo | + 1'21 | | 13 | José Gonçalves | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 14 | Joey Rosskopf | CCC Pro Team | s.t. | | 15 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. |
One of the most well known races that isn't WT classic. Two very difficult attempts at one climb after very long flat section. Many great puncheurs will make this race very difficult for me.
In 15 km we will turn left for the final 2 km.
We start the final short climb!
3 km - I'm still in the competition for the final win.
Last one km!
It was really really close. But look at the all the great riders I beat. I'm really satisfied with my performance. Podium place was so close.
Top 15:
| 1 | Adam Yates | Mitchelton - SCOTT | 4h39'29 | | 2 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 3 | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 4 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | + 20 | | 5 | Rohan Dennis | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 6 | Remco Evenepoel | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 7 | Vincenzo Nibali | Bahrain - Merida | + 36 | | 8 | Dion Smith | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 58 | | 9 | Andrea Vendrame | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 10 | Valerio Conti | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 11 | Gianluca Brambilla | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 12 | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | + 1'20 | | 13 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain - Merida | + 1'46 | | 14 | Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | + 1'55 | | 15 | Wout Poels | Team INEOS | s.t. |
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Posted on 29-10-2019 19:31
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One last classic of the year. Last difficult race in this season. I'll do my best to perform good here.
It's probably the longest race in my career so far. Probably even in my life. I have to manage my energy very well.
One last attempt on La Serra - 20 km to the finish. Still a lot of riders in the front group.
More than 20 riders were fighting for the victory right here. Some of them tried to attack on final 5 km but nothing serious happened. Final sprint was good. I saved some energy for it and finished 2nd. Really good race to finish my last difficult and not flat part of this season.
Top 15:
| 1 | Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | 6h10'16 | | 2 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 3 | Nicola Bagioli | NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè | s.t. | | 4 | Enrico Battaglin | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 5 | Giovanni Visconti | Neri Sottoli - Selle Italia - KTM | s.t. | | 6 | Valerio Conti | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 7 | Andrea Vendrame | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 8 | Josef Cerny | CCC Pro Team | s.t. | | 9 | Ruben Guerreiro | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 10 | Pieter Serry | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 11 | Ivan Garcia Cortina | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 12 | Davide Villella | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 13 | Christopher Juul Jensen | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 14 | Michael Albasini | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 15 | Petr Vakoc | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. |
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Posted on 30-10-2019 15:10
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My last race of the year. Completely flat one. All 5 stages are flat. Nothing serious, nothing dangerous. Even tho on few occasions, few final km aren't looking completely flat, it should all ends with a mass sprint. Unless some breakaway riders will be able to deliver big time. I might try few breakaways hoping I can grab few bonus seconds so I can finish a bit higher in final GC.
I went into an early breakaway. I did win first two intermediate sprint to secure few bonus seconds. Then I decided to slow down so I could be caught by the peloton and save some energy to not lose that bonus seconds. I did still finish on 10th place. Currently 3rd in GC.
Top 15:
| 1 | Maciej Paterski | Wibatech Merx 7R | 2h12'04 | | 2 | Paolo Totò | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 3 | Rohan Du Plooy | ProTouch | s.t. | | 4 | Dylan Page | IAM Excelsior | s.t. | | 5 | Eugenio Alafaci | EvoPro Racing | s.t. | | 6 | Yauheni Karaliok | Minsk Cycling Club | s.t. | | 7 | Federico Zurlo | Giotti Victoria - Palomar | s.t. | | 8 | Thomas Joseph | Tarteletto - Isorex | s.t. | | 9 | Simon Pellaud | IAM Excelsior | s.t. | | 10 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 11 | Alois Kankovsky | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 12 | Gregorio Ferri | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 13 | Leigh Howard | Pro Racing Sunshine Coast | s.t. | | 14 | Eduardo Francesco Faresin | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 15 | Clint Hendricks | ProTouch | s.t. |
Stage that finished via mass sprint. I again did top 10.
Top 15:
| 1 | Federico Zurlo | Giotti Victoria - Palomar | 3h59'14 | | 2 | Maciej Paterski | Wibatech Merx 7R | s.t. | | 3 | Rohan Du Plooy | ProTouch | s.t. | | 4 | Dylan Page | IAM Excelsior | s.t. | | 5 | Alois Kankovsky | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 6 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 7 | Piotr Konwa | Wibatech Merx 7R | s.t. | | 8 | Dominik Neumann | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 9 | Wouter Wippert | EvoPro Racing | s.t. | | 10 | Riccardo Stacchiotti | Giotti Victoria - Palomar | s.t. | | 11 | Eduardo Francesco Faresin | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 12 | Gregorio Ferri | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 13 | Aaron Gate | EvoPro Racing | s.t. | | 14 | Simon Pellaud | IAM Excelsior | s.t. | | 15 | Marco Negrente | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. |
Another flat stage that ended with mass sprint. I'm not the fastest here, but with those routes that aren't fully flat I managed to almost grab a win. Almost!
Top 15:
| 1 | Eugenio Alafaci | EvoPro Racing | 3h36'43 | | 2 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 3 | Rohan Du Plooy | ProTouch | s.t. | | 4 | Dylan Page | IAM Excelsior | s.t. | | 5 | Alois Kankovsky | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 6 | Yauheni Karaliok | Minsk Cycling Club | s.t. | | 7 | Frantisek Sisr | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 8 | Marek Rutkiewicz | Wibatech Merx 7R | s.t. | | 9 | Wouter Wippert | EvoPro Racing | s.t. | | 10 | Gregorio Ferri | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 11 | Paolo Totò | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 12 | Marco Negrente | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 13 | Eduardo Francesco Faresin | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 14 | Aaron Gate | EvoPro Racing | s.t. | | 15 | Riccardo Stacchiotti | Giotti Victoria - Palomar | s.t. |
That was absolutely amazing. I didn't expect that with those terrain inequalities I'll be able to escape with around 4 km to go. And it seems the peloton wasn't able to follow me either. What a win. Now I'm also GC leader. Who would have thought about that?
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | 3h15'53 | | 2 | Frantisek Sisr | Elkov - Author | + 36 | | 3 | Paolo Totò | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 4 | Simon Pellaud | IAM Excelsior | s.t. | | 5 | Wouter Wippert | EvoPro Racing | s.t. | | 6 | Rohan Du Plooy | ProTouch | s.t. | | 7 | Alois Kankovsky | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 8 | Maciej Paterski | Wibatech Merx 7R | s.t. | | 9 | Dylan Page | IAM Excelsior | s.t. | | 10 | Eugenio Alafaci | EvoPro Racing | s.t. | | 11 | Clint Hendricks | ProTouch | s.t. | | 12 | Aaron Gate | EvoPro Racing | s.t. | | 13 | Federico Zurlo | Giotti Victoria - Palomar | s.t. | | 14 | Yauheni Karaliok | Minsk Cycling Club | s.t. | | 15 | Leigh Howard | Pro Racing Sunshine Coast | s.t. |
On this stage the only thing we cared about was to not give breakaway to much space so I could grab a final GC win. What a fantastic first season I had. And this victory on flat stage race is awesome too.
Top 15:
| 1 | Eugenio Alafaci | EvoPro Racing | 4h09'52 | | 2 | Federico Zurlo | Giotti Victoria - Palomar | s.t. | | 3 | Yauheni Karaliok | Minsk Cycling Club | s.t. | | 4 | Rohan Du Plooy | ProTouch | s.t. | | 5 | Dylan Page | IAM Excelsior | s.t. | | 6 | Paolo Totò | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 7 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 8 | Clint Hendricks | ProTouch | s.t. | | 9 | Wouter Wippert | EvoPro Racing | s.t. | | 10 | Frantisek Sisr | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 11 | Leonardo Bonifazio | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 12 | Maciej Paterski | Wibatech Merx 7R | s.t. | | 13 | Alois Kankovsky | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 14 | Gregorio Ferri | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 15 | Jonas Goeman | Tarteletto - Isorex | s.t. |
Final general classification:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | 17h13'24 | | 2 | Federico Zurlo | Giotti Victoria - Palomar | + 42 | | 3 | Maciej Paterski | Wibatech Merx 7R | s.t. | | 4 | Rohan Du Plooy | ProTouch | + 46 | | 5 | Paolo Totò | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | + 48 | | 6 | Jonas Goeman | Tarteletto - Isorex | + 55 | | 7 | Bonaventure Uwizeyimana | Benediction Excel Energy | s.t. | | 8 | Jean Bosco Nsengimana | Benediction Excel Energy | + 56 | | 9 | Niccolò Salvietti | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 10 | Niklas Larsen | Team ColoQuick | s.t. | | 11 | Marco Negrente | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | + 57 | | 12 | Gianni Pugi | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 13 | Guillaume De Almeida | BAI - Sicasal - Petro de Luanda | s.t. | | 14 | Dylan Page | IAM Excelsior | + 58 | | 15 | Alois Kankovsky | Elkov - Author | s.t. |
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Posted on 01-11-2019 11:46
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Few words from Claudio Rusconi: I'm absolutely in shock how good my results in first season were. I wasn't expecting much, but the amount of wins I secured is an amazing achievement. I never thought I'll be so successful in my first year. I had hard time deciding whether I want to stay in my team or change it. I decided to change that. I want new goals and races. I finished 2nd in individual continental ranking which I'm really proud of. I think those results can be a great thing for my new team. All I can say now that silently I'm hoping we can get a wild card for one of the Grand Tours next year. I won't tell your which. But you'll see from what country my next team is... you might have an easy guess then. See you in January I guess!
Top riders by:
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Top renewals/transfers (take in mind I still didn't see all the stats; they are blocked for almost all peloton except those the best at the beginning of "Be a Pro" ):
What are the most interesting transfers?
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Season stats:
Vincenzo Nibali became one of the four riders that won La Vuelta 3 times during their careers.
WT teams in 2019:
 AG2R La Mondiale
 Astana Pro Team
 Bahrain - Merida
 BORA - hansgrohe
 CCC Pro Team
 Deceuninck - Quick-Step
 EF Education First
Groupama - FDJ
Lotto Soudal
 Mitchelton - SCOTT
 Movistar Team
 Team Dimension Data
 Team INEOS
 Team Jumbo - Visma
 Team Katusha Alpecin
Team Sunweb
Trek - Segafredo
 UAE-Team Emirates
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Corendon - Circus
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Posted on 03-11-2019 16:41
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Time to start 2020! What is my team for this year? Euskadi Basque Country - Murias. I'm really looking forward to work with them! First months of the new season are really busy. I hope we can get invitation for Catalunya, because it's my first goal for the year:
First race to start new season. I'm very exciting for it. First one is categorized as hilly, but the only hard part is the final climb to the finish.
I'm actually very out of form so I don't expect my first races this season to end positive for me. We start the final climb.
2 km to go!
Like I thought. Even tho I finished 10th (which is nice), with a bit better form I could be fighting for the top 5. Or even podium.
Top 15:
| 1 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Movistar Team | 4h18'25 | | 2 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | EF Education First | s.t. | | 3 | Tanel Kangert | EF Education First | s.t. | | 4 | Gregor Mühlberger | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 5 | Pieter Serry | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 6 | Raul Alarcon | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | Thomas De Gendt | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 8 | Cesare Benedetti | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 9 | Gianluca Brambilla | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 10 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 11 | Merhawi Kudus | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 12 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 13 | Omar Fraile | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 14 | Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 15 | Andrey Amador | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. |
This classic is actually much harder than the previous one and will be much more selective. I have to be careful. Being out of form at the beginning of the season makes everything more difficult.
In the race itself I wasn't feeling quite well. I decided to work for my team-mates at the front, but I don't hope for much here.
I'm already staying behind - 38 km to go.
Things are looking a bit better now. I'm almost empty, but still somehow holding in the first group - 20 km.
Attacks! I can't follow them.
5 km left. Many riders attacked and I'm empty. Can't do anything at all.
The group which I was in for the final sprint wasn't working at all. I launched my sprint and finished in front of them all. Another top 10. Surprisingly, place is higher than in previous race.
Top 15:
| 1 | Gregor Mühlberger | BORA - hansgrohe | 4h20'49 | | 2 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 3 | Jonathan Lastra | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 4 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | EF Education First | + 56 | | 5 | Valentin Madouas | Groupama - FDJ | + 1'37 | | 6 | Giulio Ciccone | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 7 | Gianluca Brambilla | Team INEOS | + 2'31 | | 8 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 2'58 | | 9 | Arnaldo da Costa | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 10 | Mattia Cattaneo | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 11 | Ben Swift | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 12 | Gino Mäder | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 13 | Gorka Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 14 | Cesare Benedetti | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 15 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Team INEOS | s.t. |
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Posted on 04-11-2019 13:28
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Third day and third classic. Again a bit harder than the previous one. If in those two I could finish in the top 10... Maybe I can here too?
I barely survived Coll de Puig Maior - 21 km to the finish and a long downhill now. I can save some energy for final sprint.
Attacks with 6 km left.
I was completely outsprinted by that group. No top 10 this time.
Top 15:
| 1 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | 3h47'43 | | 2 | Mattia Cattaneo | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 3 | Tanel Kangert | EF Education First | s.t. | | 4 | Ruben Guerreiro | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 5 | Omar Fraile | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 6 | Andrey Amador | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 7 | Gianni Moscon | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 8 | Jonathan Hivert | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 9 | Gregor Mühlberger | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 10 | Carlos Verona | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 11 | Gino Mäder | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 12 | Giulio Ciccone | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 13 | Jonathan Lastra | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 14 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 15 | Antwan Tolhoek | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. |
Last classic from a four days route around Spain. Probably the easiest from all four. So it should ends with a sprint from a group with many riders.
Many riders decided to attack on that small climb and descent.
Top 20:
| 1 | Michael Valgren | Team Dimension Data | 3h23'19 | | 2 | Gregor Mühlberger | BORA - hansgrohe | + 27 | | 3 | Valentin Madouas | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 4 | Enrico Battaglin | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 5 | Alex Aranburu | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 6 | Giulio Ciccone | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 7 | Alexander Kamp | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 8 | Dmitry Strakhov | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 9 | Christopher Lawless | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 10 | Anthony Roux | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 11 | Jempy Drucker | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 12 | Aimé De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 13 | Matthew Walls | EF Education First | s.t. | | 14 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 15 | Geoffrey Soupe | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 16 | Logan Owen | EF Education First | s.t. | | 17 | Benjamin King | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 18 | Jonathan Lastra | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 19 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 20 | James Whelan | EF Education First | s.t. |
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Posted on 05-11-2019 18:03
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My first stage race in 2020 starts right now. I mostly train and race in Spain now due to my current team. That long TTT is going to destroy our chances at high GC place. I was dropped right before the finish. And we lost a lot of time here. My time was even worse than my team; + 3'36.
Top 10:
| 1 | Mitchelton - SCOTT | 45'14 | | 2 | EF Education First | + 47 | | 3 | Movistar Team | + 54 | | 4 | Groupama - FDJ | + 1'08 | | 5 | Astana Pro Team | + 1'11 | | 6 | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 1'20 | | 7 | Israel Cycling Academy | + 1'40 | | 8 | Lotto Soudal | + 1'48 | | 9 | BORA - hansgrohe | + 1'49 | | 10 | Team Katusha Alpecin | + 2'04 | | 16 | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 3'11 |
Our only chances are breakaways and since we lost quite some time in the opening TTT we might get a chance to grab a win via breakaway. I decided to give it a go today.
I was first on the first climb today.
On 2nd climb I was also first.
And third climb. I might wear a best climber jersey tomorrow if it ends like that now.
I guess it's over. My fellow breakaway rider is out and peloton is right behind us on another 3rd category climb. I think I'll rest in the peloton now.
6 km - like I said, I'm staying behind.
I can be really satisfied. The most important thing is that I was 1st on 4 climbs today and I'll wear best climber jersey tomorrow.
Top 15:
| 1 | Elia Viviani | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | 4h58'43 | | 2 | Natnael Berhane | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 3 | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 4 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 5 | Alexander Kamp | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 6 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | Stan Dewulf | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 8 | José Gonçalves | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. | | 9 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | EF Education First | s.t. | | 10 | Davide Formolo | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 11 | Richard Carapaz | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 12 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 13 | Dion Smith | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 14 | Gregor Mühlberger | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 15 | Valentin Madouas | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 39 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. |
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This stage was flat for sprinters. I wasn't taking part in final sprint. I was saving the energy for the next stage so I can defend my best climber jersey.
Top 15:
| 1 | Elia Viviani | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | 3h48'31 | | 2 | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 3 | Rüdiger Selig | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 4 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 5 | Amund Grøndahl Jansen | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 6 | Jens Keukeleire | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 7 | Nacer Bouhanni | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 8 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 9 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | Daryl Impey | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 11 | Thomas De Gendt | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 12 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 13 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 14 | Davide Formolo | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 15 | Sergio Samitier | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 22 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. |
Few of the best climbers in the world vs. me. I'm going for a breakaway today! I need to defend my jersey.
It's big and strong breakaway. We can't really escape now.
I won the first mountain sprint today. Damn trees blocking the view!
I think I'm safe in mountain classification.
I'm out of energy. I guess that's all for today. I think I can still win best climber jersey.
We start the final climb of the day with 7.5 km to go.
I'm surprised. I decided to setup a pace perfect for me yet I still managed to finish in the top 10. Really hard but impressive day for me and my team. I'm still best climber in the race.
Top 15:
| 1 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama - FDJ | 4h55'44 | | 2 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 12 | | 3 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA - hansgrohe | + 1'20 | | 4 | Richard Carapaz | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | Davide Formolo | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 2'47 | | 7 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | EF Education First | + 3'02 | | 8 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 3'28 | | 9 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 3'51 | | 10 | Zdenek Stybar | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | + 4'34 | | 11 | Dion Smith | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 4'52 | | 12 | Carlos Verona | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 13 | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 14 | Mikkel Frølich Honoré | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | + 5'36 | | 15 | Thomas De Gendt | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 5'56 |
Last stage is another flat for sprinters with only one 3rd category climb. I guess I won best climber classification in this race and finished in the final top 15 too.
Top 15:
| 1 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain - Merida | 2h51'10 | | 2 | Elia Viviani | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 3 | Amund Grøndahl Jansen | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 4 | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 5 | Nacer Bouhanni | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 6 | Jens Keukeleire | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 7 | Rüdiger Selig | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 8 | Dion Smith | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 9 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 10 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 11 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 12 | Patrick Clausen | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. | | 13 | Thomas De Gendt | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 14 | Mickael Delage | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 15 | Davide Cimolai | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
Final general classification:
| 1 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama - FDJ | 17h20'23 | | 2 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 25 | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Movistar Team | + 1'13 | | 4 | Davide Formolo | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 1'46 | | 5 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA - hansgrohe | + 2'04 | | 6 | Richard Carapaz | Bahrain - Merida | + 2'49 | | 7 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | EF Education First | + 2'52 | | 8 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 3'22 | | 9 | Dion Smith | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 3'52 | | 10 | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Astana Pro Team | + 4'52 | | 11 | Thomas De Gendt | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 4'55 | | 12 | Zdenek Stybar | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | + 6'04 | | 13 | Tanel Kangert | EF Education First | + 6'14 | | 14 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 6'25 | | 15 | Valentin Madouas | Groupama - FDJ | + 7'02 |
Mountain classification:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | 50 | | 2 | José Gonçalves | Israel Cycling Academy | 36 | | 3 | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | 34 | | 4 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama - FDJ | 22 | | 5 | Simon Spilak | Team Katusha Alpecin | 18 |
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Short, only 2 stage race in Spain. First stage is flat for sprinters.
Top 15:
| 1 | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo - Visma | 4h06'23 | | 2 | Patrick Bevin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 3 | Rüdiger Selig | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 4 | Alberto Dainese | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 5 | Jens Debusschere | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 6 | Amaury Capiot | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 7 | Max Kanter | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 8 | Andreas Stokbro | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 9 | Jon Aberasturi | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 10 | James Whelan | EF Education First | s.t. | | 11 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 12 | José Daniel Viejo | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 13 | Arnaldo da Costa | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 14 | Albert Torres | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 15 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. |
That is a very interesting stage. If I somehow survive that one big climb I can have a chance for decent place.
Now downhill, flat section and finish. I survived that climb while not feeling that good.
5 km to the finish!
Short steep climbs are not my main terrain where I can fight with the best in the world. Somehow I end this race as 9th in GC.
Top 16:
| 1 | Richard Carapaz | Bahrain - Merida | 5h06'42 | | 2 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 3 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 4 | Arnaldo da Costa | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 5 | Joe Dombrowski | EF Education First | s.t. | | 6 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | EF Education First | s.t. | | 7 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 8 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 9 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 10 | Carlos Verona | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 11 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 12 | Gianluca Brambilla | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 13 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 14 | Timo Roosen | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 15 | Andrey Amador | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 16 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. |
Final general classification:
| 1 | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo - Visma | 9h12'55 | | 2 | Richard Carapaz | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 3 | Patrick Bevin | Astana Pro Team | + 4 | | 4 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 5 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 6 | | 6 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | + 7 | | 7 | Michael Kukrle | Elkov - Author | + 9 | | 8 | Arnaldo da Costa | Elkov - Author | + 10 | | 9 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 10 | Timo Roosen | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 11 | Sergio Samitier | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 12 | Javier Moreno | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 13 | Mikel Iturria | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 14 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 15 | Peter Stetina | EF Education First | s.t. |
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Flat classic for sprinters. It was a really weird sprint. Luke Rowe tried to attack, no one followed him. Many started their sprint pretty late... I was able to finish this classic pretty high placed and I like that.
Top 15:
| 1 | Sacha Modolo | EF Education First | 4h44'34 | | 2 | Amaury Capiot | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 3 | Frederik Backaert | CCC Pro Team | s.t. | | 4 | Rüdiger Selig | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 5 | Luke Rowe | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 6 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 7 | Roger Kluge | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 8 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 9 | Luka Mezgec | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 10 | Max Walscheid | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 11 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 12 | Nacer Bouhanni | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 13 | Sean De Bie | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14 | Jon Aberasturi | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 15 | Tom Leezer | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. |
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We start another stage race in Spain with a mass sprint on flat stage.
Top 15:
| 1 | Sam Bennett | BORA - hansgrohe | 2h41'34 | | 2 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 3 | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 4 | Trond Trondsen | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Andrea Vendrame | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 6 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 7 | Vincenzo Albanese | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 8 | Herman Dahl | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. | | 9 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 10 | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 11 | Marco Haller | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 12 | Omar Fraile | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 13 | Nikias Arndt | EF Education First | s.t. | | 14 | Rüdiger Selig | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 15 | Sacha Modolo | EF Education First | s.t. |
Now an ITT which I'm not the best in. I was just trying to not lose too much time.
Top 15:
| 1 | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo - Visma | 10'14 | | 2 | Josef Cerny | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 15 | | 3 | Nikias Arndt | EF Education First | s.t. | | 4 | Jos Van Emden | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 18 | | 5 | Maciej Bodnar | BORA - hansgrohe | + 19 | | 6 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First | + 20 | | 7 | Rafal Majka | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 23 | | 8 | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 9 | Tony Martin | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 24 | | 10 | Brent Bookwalter | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 11 | Bernt Charton | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | + 25 | | 12 | Óscar Rodriguez | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 26 | | 13 | Nathan Haas | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 14 | Loïc Vliegen | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | + 27 | | 15 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 28 | | 73 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 46 |
A bit harder stage now. With all those great WT riders I hope I didn't lose much time here. Or who knows, maybe later I can try something for a stage win?
We start that one short, but steep climb with only 10 km to the finish.
Like I said. I decided to attack and I have small gap.
5 km - the peloton and S. Enger are chasing.
We were sadly caught... But you can't win if you don't try it.
Top 15:
| 1 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | 4h46'19 | | 2 | Sam Bennett | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 3 | Andrea Vendrame | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 4 | Sondre Holst Enger | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. | | 5 | Sergio Andres Higuita | EF Education First | s.t. | | 6 | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 7 | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 8 | Krists Neilands | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. | | 9 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | Jack Haig | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 11 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First | s.t. | | 12 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 13 | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 14 | Josef Cerny | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 15 | Rein Taaramäe | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
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Posted on 11-11-2019 15:39
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That one mountain stage will determine everything in this race.
That final climb looks incredible and really hard.
I decided I should ride that climb with my own pace - 4 km to go.
Oh wow. What a ride and great final push. I didn't expect to finish this stage so high amongst those great climbers. Awesome.
Top 15:
| 1 | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo - Visma | 4h29'27 | | 2 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First | s.t. | | 3 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 27 | | 4 | Rafal Majka | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 5 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | Bernt Charton | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | + 1'29 | | 7 | Sergio Andres Higuita | EF Education First | + 1'40 | | 8 | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Katusha Alpecin | + 1'47 | | 9 | Omar Fraile | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 10 | Andrey Amador | BORA - hansgrohe | + 2'46 | | 11 | Raul Alarcon | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 12 | Andrea Vendrame | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 3'22 | | 13 | Jack Haig | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 3'32 | | 14 | Rémy Rochas | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 15 | Fernando Barcelo | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 3'48 |
Last stage is again really hard and long. 200 km of pure hills. Let's hope I can defend my very good 5th place in GC.
5 km to go. Now that short and steep climb!
Again very impressive performance here. Many riders were riding faster those first few kms but after I found my pace I did a really great job on finish 5th.
Top 15:
| 1 | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo - Visma | 5h04'54 | | 2 | Rafal Majka | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 12 | | 3 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | + 33 | | 4 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First | + 57 | | 5 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 1'15 | | 6 | Sergio Andres Higuita | EF Education First | s.t. | | 7 | Jack Haig | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 1'40 | | 8 | Andrea Vendrame | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 2'18 | | 9 | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Katusha Alpecin | + 2'30 | | 10 | Andrey Amador | BORA - hansgrohe | + 2'56 | | 11 | Omar Fraile | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 12 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | + 3'24 | | 13 | Bernt Charton | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | + 3'42 | | 14 | Delio Fernández | Delko Marseille Provence | + 3'55 | | 15 | Kosta Konerding | Team Katusha Alpecin | + 4'19 |
It was more than I could expect before the race. Two very good stage results and 5th place overall is great for me and my team. I actually also won youth classification.
Final general classification:
| 1 | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo - Visma | 17h12'08 | | 2 | Rafal Majka | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 1'16 | | 3 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First | + 1'31 | | 4 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | + 1'48 | | 5 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 2'44 | | 6 | Sergio Andres Higuita | EF Education First | + 3'45 | | 7 | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Katusha Alpecin | + 5'00 | | 8 | Omar Fraile | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 5'33 | | 9 | Bernt Charton | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | + 5'56 | | 10 | Jack Haig | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 6'04 | | 11 | Andrea Vendrame | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 6'29 | | 12 | Andrey Amador | BORA - hansgrohe | + 6'35 | | 13 | Raul Alarcon | Movistar Team | + 8'42 | | 14 | Delio Fernández | Delko Marseille Provence | + 8'47 | | 15 | Carl Fredrik Hagen | Lotto Soudal | + 9'03 |
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Even though it's categorized as flat, those climbs might cause the peloton to split.
Like I thought - 15 km to go and not many riders will be fighting for the victory.
Splits - 6 km to the finish.
Ahh. I was so close. I decided I should setup a pace even though no one really wanted to do so. But I knew it's the best for me as I don't really have a chance versus big peloton.
Top 15:
| 1 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Team Total Direct Energie | 5h21'34 | | 2 | Thomas Pidcock | Team Wiggins | s.t. | | 3 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 4 | Nicolas Edet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 5 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | Geoffrey Soupe | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 7 | Marco Haller | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 8 | Henri Dumez | St Michel - Auber 93 | + 24 | | 9 | Nikodemus Holler | Bike Aid | + 1'16 | | 10 | Jonathan Hivert | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 11 | Benoît Cosnefroy | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 12 | Romain Combaud | Delko Marseille Provence | s.t. | | 13 | Kristian Sbaragli | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. | | 14 | Jaakko Hänninen | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 15 | Simon Spilak | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
It's a well known classic. First from many cobble races in early part of the year. I'll do my best to fight against all those WT riders.
I'm all wet and dirty, but what a fun race this was. Whole peloton took part in the final sprint. I was trying to follow Viviani's wheel for the last 15 km, but couldn't do so with less than 5 km to the finish. I'm satisfied with my final sprint. It's another top 10.
Top 15:
| 1 | Sam Bennett | BORA - hansgrohe | 5h01'50 | | 2 | Elia Viviani | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 3 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 4 | Stelly Levavasseur | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 5 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 6 | Christophe Laporte | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 7 | Dries Van Gestel | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 8 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 9 | Marco Haller | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 10 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 11 | Roy Jans | Corendon - Circus | s.t. | | 12 | Nico Denz | CCC Pro Team | s.t. | | 13 | Pascal Ackermann | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 14 | Jens Debusschere | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 15 | Fabio Jakobsen | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. |
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After almost 3 weeks break it's yet another classic right before my first main goal for this year. I can't wait for that race to finally start! My current classic is as you can see flat. I expect nothing else than a sprint from almost full peloton.
Another very good sprint and yet another top 10.
Top 15:
| 1 | Sean De Bie | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | 4h48'44 | | 2 | Jempy Drucker | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 3 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 4 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 5 | Michael Valgren | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 6 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 7 | Michael Mørkøv | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 8 | Jonas Vangenechten | Vital Concept - B&B Hotels | s.t. | | 9 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Mihkel Räim | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 11 | Jan-Willem Van Schip | Roompot - Charles | s.t. | | 12 | Tom Leezer | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 13 | Owain Doull | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 14 | Jens Debusschere | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 15 | Milan Menten | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. |
Last classic for now. Including cobbles! There are more cobbles than in previous few races so I'm interested to see how I can perform here.
Cobbles made the peloton to split - 20 km to go.
With 15 km to the finish front group had only 22 riders in it.
Oh my! What a fantastic finish that was! The peloton wasn't really trying and they were slowing down the pace after every rider that tried to attack was caught. I decided to setup a pace with 1.5 km to go and started sprint pretty early. Look how good it ended! Who would have thought I can win flat cobble races?
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | 4h35'20 | | 2 | Dries Van Gestel | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 3 | Edward Theuns | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 4 | Adrien Petit | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 5 | Stelly Levavasseur | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 6 | Daniel Oss | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 7 | Michael Valgren | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 8 | Piet Allegaert | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 9 | Tom Wirtgen | Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. | | 10 | Clément Russo | Team Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. | | 11 | Evaldas Siskevicius | Delko Marseille Provence | s.t. | | 12 | Jasha Sütterlin | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 13 | Stijn Vandenbergh | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 14 | Dorian Godon | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 15 | Kristian Sbaragli | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
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Yes! There is no break! We actually get an invitation to WT race in Catalunya. I'm so excited to come here. It's my first ever WT race so I want to ride that race well. I don't know how I'm going to do it, but I want to finish this race as high in GC as possible. Wish me luck!
First stage is "flat". My team decided that my goal for this race should be final top 30. I think it's pretty accurate and possible to achieve.
Since it was a "flat" stage, it was a mass sprint for a victory.
Top 15:
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | 4h09'43 | | 2 | Jon Aberasturi | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 3 | Eduard Prades | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 4 | Jempy Drucker | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 5 | Moreno Hofland | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 6 | Jens Keukeleire | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 7 | Toms Skujins | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 8 | Arnaldo da Costa | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 9 | Nelson Andres Soto | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 10 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 11 | Florent Pereira | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 12 | Valentin Madouas | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 13 | Luis León Sánchez | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 14 | Rohan Dennis | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 15 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. |
2nd stage is also not that hard enough to make a big gaps in GC. Another mass sprint.
We decided to create a train for me for final sprint and my team did a great job. I finished 4th.
Top 15:
| 1 | Jempy Drucker | BORA - hansgrohe | 4h01'31 | | 2 | Jens Keukeleire | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 3 | Nelson Andres Soto | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 4 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 5 | Florent Pereira | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 6 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 7 | Trond Trondsen | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Arnaldo da Costa | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 9 | Moreno Hofland | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 10 | Jon Aberasturi | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 11 | Mikel Bizkarra | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 12 | Fabian Lienhard | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 13 | Eduard Prades | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 14 | Maximiliano Richeze | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 15 | Fernando Barcelo | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. |
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Posted on 16-11-2019 17:20
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First of two the most important stages in this race. If I want to finish inside final top 30 I have to be well placed and ride that final climb on my own tempo.
We start the final climb for today - 10 km to go.
3 km to the finish!
What a hard finish it was. I didn't expect to ride that so well. I couldn't catch the first two, but I'm really happy with that. Currently I'm 3rd in GC too.
Top 15:
| 1 | Egan Bernal | Team INEOS | 4h58'59 | | 2 | Pierre Latour | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 3 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 4 | Richard Carapaz | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 5 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 6 | Sergio Andres Higuita | EF Education First | + 22 | | 7 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 8 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 9 | Guillaume Martin | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Chris Froome | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 11 | Jack Haig | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 12 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 13 | Lennard Kämna | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 14 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 15 | Marc Soler | Movistar Team | s.t. |
This is that 2nd stage that will decide almost everything. Again I have to be careful and hope I'll deliver today the result as good as yesterday.
And now we go - 13 km to the line.
No more breakaway and immediately attacks occurred!
4 more km!
It was yet another very good performance by me. I finished 6th with all those great climbers. Actually I'm now 5th in GC.
Top 15:
| 1 | Egan Bernal | Team INEOS | 4h53'35 | | 2 | Richard Carapaz | Bahrain - Merida | + 22 | | 3 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama - FDJ | + 1'13 | | 4 | Ivan Sosa | Team INEOS | + 1'34 | | 5 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 6 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 7 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | Pierre Latour | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9 | Lennard Kämna | Team Sunweb | + 2'03 | | 10 | Sergio Andres Higuita | EF Education First | + 2'12 | | 11 | Jack Haig | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 12 | Guillaume Martin | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | + 2'44 | | 13 | Chris Froome | Team INEOS | + 4'06 | | 14 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | + 4'17 | | 15 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | + 4'26 |
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Posted on 18-11-2019 16:03
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This hilly stage can create some gaps, but they shouldn't be that big.
We start the final short climb. Breakaway is still up front.
I decided to attack! I feel well, so why not?
We caught 17 riders from breakaway! What a mess right now right before the summit.
5 km to go. P. Bilbao 57" up front.
P. Bilbao had too much time. We couldn't catch him. Again I finished in the top 10.
Top 15:
| 1 | Pello Bilbao | Astana Pro Team | 5h39'09 | | 2 | Sergio Andres Higuita | EF Education First | + 21 | | 3 | Valentin Madouas | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 4 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 5 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 6 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 7 | Egan Bernal | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 8 | Jempy Drucker | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 9 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 10 | Jon Aberasturi | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 11 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 12 | Marc Hirschi | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 13 | Ivan Sosa | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 14 | Rafal Majka | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 15 | Jack Haig | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. |
Flat stage for sprinters. I'm still 5th in GC.
Top 15:
| 1 | Jempy Drucker | BORA - hansgrohe | 3h59'34 | | 2 | Jens Keukeleire | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 3 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 4 | Florent Pereira | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 5 | Moreno Hofland | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 6 | Trond Trondsen | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Jon Aberasturi | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 8 | Nelson Andres Soto | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 9 | Ivan Sosa | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 10 | David De la Cruz | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 11 | Arnaldo da Costa | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 12 | Christopher Juul Jensen | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 13 | Egan Bernal | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 14 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 15 | Eduard Prades | Movistar Team | s.t. |
The very last stage of this very successful race. It's still dangerous because those laps on 2nd half today can create some interesting things.
2 more laps. Problem is there is still massive breakaway up front - 17 riders with 1'15" lead.
Last lap! 8 km to the finish.
I decided to attack!
I finished 2nd! From the peloton. There were still some riders from the breakaway before me at the finish line. It was strange there was no gaps.
Top 15:
| 1 | Toms Skujins | Trek - Segafredo | 3h00'06 | | 2 | Joe Dombrowski | EF Education First | s.t. | | 3 | Koen Bouwman | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 4 | Rein Taaramäe | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 5 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 6 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 7 | Egan Bernal | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 8 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 9 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 10 | Pierre Latour | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 11 | Jesus Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 12 | Ivan Sosa | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 13 | Richard Carapaz | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 14 | Sergio Andres Higuita | EF Education First | s.t. | | 15 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
That was a really good race for me and my team. My goal was final top 30. I wasn't expecting being 5th! I had also few decent stage results. That was my WT race debut.
Final general classification:
| 1 | Egan Bernal | Team INEOS | 30h42'38 | | 2 | Richard Carapaz | Bahrain - Merida | + 36 | | 3 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama - FDJ | + 1'29 | | 4 | Pierre Latour | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'48 | | 5 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 1'50 | | 6 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | + 2'16 | | 7 | Ivan Sosa | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 8 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 9 | Sergio Andres Higuita | EF Education First | + 2'48 | | 10 | Jack Haig | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 2'54 | | 11 | Guillaume Martin | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | + 3'26 | | 12 | Lennard Kämna | Team Sunweb | + 4'06 | | 13 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | + 4'45 | | 14 | Chris Froome | Team INEOS | + 4'48 | | 15 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | + 6'29 |
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Posted on 20-11-2019 15:17
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April/May part of the year:
We are back to another hilly classic. Actually, I'm even one of the outsiders for today. Our goal is to finish inside top 10.
With 30 km to go, this is what was left from the front group.
10 km to go - only 16 riders are in front group.
3 km - this is what awaits us.
What an another awesome victory right there. Last short climb was really hard and I wasn't expecting this to happen. I was completely out with those last few pushes, but somehow I managed to win. Impressive.
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | 4h57'11 | | 2 | David De la Cruz | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 3 | Andrey Amador | BORA - hansgrohe | + 18 | | 4 | George Bennett | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 43 | | 5 | Joao Rodrigues | W52 / FC Porto | + 51 | | 6 | Omar Fraile | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 7 | Jesus Herrada | Movistar Team | + 1'08 | | 8 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | EF Education First | s.t. | | 9 | Ben Hermans | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | + 1'30 | | 10 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA - hansgrohe | + 1'38 | | 11 | Carlos Verona | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 12 | Jonas Vingegaard | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 13 | Odd Christian Eiking | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | + 1'56 | | 14 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 15 | Jay McCarthy | BORA - hansgrohe | + 2'25 |
This was scheduled for sprinters. I tried to fight for high place as always, but I tried also to save as much energy as possible. Because on the very next day... there is yet another race I want in to perform on the very high note.
I tried to surprise other sprinters by starting my sprint a bit earlier. And I think they were seriously in shock because I again did an amazing sprint. This time to finish 2nd.
Top 15:
| 1 | Enrique Sanz | Burgos - BH | 4h01'26 | | 2 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 3 | Szymon Sajnok | CCC Pro Team | s.t. | | 4 | Stan Dewulf | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 5 | Nikias Arndt | EF Education First | s.t. | | 6 | Sjoerd Van Ginneken | Roompot - Charles | s.t. | | 7 | Luka Mezgec | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 8 | Jan-Willem Van Schip | Roompot - Charles | s.t. | | 9 | Maximiliano Richeze | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 10 | Nick Van Der Lijke | Roompot - Charles | s.t. | | 11 | Jens Keukeleire | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 12 | Jempy Drucker | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 13 | Andrey Amador | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 14 | Toms Skujins | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 15 | José Gonçalves | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
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Posted on 21-11-2019 19:20
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Another WT invitation! After successful Catalunya, this time my team have a chance to ride in Basque Country. All 6 stages are important, but the problem is, even though I'm still in form, I did not feel well. I hope it's just for today and not something serious.
It's actually one of the easiest stages in Basque Country, but the front group right before the final climb have only 49 riders in it.
Even less than that participated in the final sprint.
Top 15:
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | 3h52'03 | | 2 | Sergio Andres Higuita | EF Education First | s.t. | | 3 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 4 | Richard Carapaz | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 5 | Jonas Vingegaard | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 6 | Egan Bernal | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 7 | Davide Formolo | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 8 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 9 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 10 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First | s.t. | | 11 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 12 | Rafal Majka | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 13 | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 14 | Rohan Dennis | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 15 | Patrick Konrad | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. |
Decent start. Now a bit harder stage. Especially for me. It might be a flu. I just hope it won't influance me much.
We start the final climb for today.
8 km to the finish. I'm with Alaphilippe and Jungels. The group is right behind us.
We caught the front two! And we have 30" gap over the peloton.
Jungels is out! Alaphilippe a bit blocked. Can I win it?
Wow... not against Alaphilippe. That sprint was so fast. Look at the gap at the finish!
Top 15:
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | 4h18'47 | | 2 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 3 | Toms Skujins | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 4 | Stan Dewulf | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 5 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 6 | Sebastian Molano | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 7 | Patrick Bevin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 8 | Mathieu Van Der Poel | Corendon - Circus | s.t. | | 9 | Jonas Koch | CCC Pro Team | s.t. | | 10 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 11 | Egan Bernal | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 12 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 13 | Sacha Modolo | EF Education First | s.t. | | 14 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 15 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
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