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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 07-05-2014 13:41
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Great Tour!! 3rd for Porte is a bit disappointing but then agian I don't know the stats of Costa and Kwiat.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-05-2014 15:46
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VoetsT - Very true. Though Sagan won 3 on his first attempt  I'm also happy Kwiatek won, although I would've prefered Porte 
sutty68 - That they had
knockout - Nobody's stopping you yeah, I love that stage in PCM 13, especially since it's always evening, that's just great.
Dippofix - Yeah, my bad. I always mistake Strasbourg for Germany I agree, he did the tricolore proud!
TimoCycling - Costa and Kwiatek have impressive stats in 2016 Let's just say I hoped Porte could do top 5 with this field, so he did good! |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 07-05-2014 16:17
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Great Tour the team! Question though... How many points are available for stage wins? Cav finished with over 800points!!!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-05-2014 16:26
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Problem was that the stages were for older rules, so there were almost always 3 intermediate sprints for 20 points and winning the stage was 45 |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-05-2014 16:26
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 San Sébastian 2016
It's been exactly one week after the finish of the Tour de France. I must admit I'm not 100% recovered from the effort yet. A Grand Tour really takes it out of you. But I was at the start of my first San Sébastian with a good feeling, I was really happy to race today.
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 Not the easiest race on the calendar. We have some guys in top form from the Tour and we have some fresh guys. Who will make it today?
We had our man in the breakaway, Charlie Pearce. He's been riding a fantastic season and he'll be one of our main men for next season. Experts tip him as a future Tour de France winner, even!
Sagan is always in front of me! Today was no exception. We had to watch out for him today, he was fresh since he skipped the Tour.
Simon Yates, our British champion, opened up the race today! When he went, I was too far back and so I missed the decisive cut.
Things got together at the front. Yates was able to count on Pearce for some support, after being in the break all day! What a guy.
Kwiatkowski, the Tour de France winner, decided to avoid a sprint and attacked! Everyone looked at each other and so nobody reacted.
Another win for his palmares. It's never-ending!
In the background, I felt sort of frustrated that I had missed my chance. In order to try and save what was left of my race, I attacked out of the bunch, they were riding too slow to my liking!
But it was for a very, very distant place. I finished 29th. Too bad I missed the break, since I definitely had good legs today.
| 1 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 5h46'06 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | s.t. | | 3 | Simon Yates | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 4 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 6 | Peter Sagan | Cannondale | s.t. | | 7 | Rigoberto Urán | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 8 | Thibaut Pinot | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9 | Tim Wellens | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 10 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | (...) | | 29 | Matthias Vleminckx | Orica GreenEdge | + 9'46 |
Spoiler | 11 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 12 | Carlos Betancur | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 13 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 14 | Ion Izagirre | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 15 | Alexis Vuillermoz | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 16 | Laurent Evrard | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 17 | Jelle Vanendert | ASUS | s.t. | | 18 | Charlie Pearce | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 19 | Romain Feillu | Team Sky | + 2'43 | | 20 | Arman Kamyshev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 21 | Mikel Nieve | Team Sky | s.t. | | 22 | Brian Bulgac | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 23 | Marcos García | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 24 | Jordi Simón | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 25 | Petr Ignatenko | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 26 | Simon Gerrans | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 27 | Arnaud Courteille | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 28 | Tsgabu Grmay | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 29 | Matthias Vleminckx | Orica GreenEdge | + 9'46 | | 30 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 31 | Sergio Henao | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 32 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 33 | Marco Marcato | Cannondale | s.t. | | 34 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 35 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 36 | Dominik Nerz | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 37 | Rohan Dennis | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 38 | Andrew Talansky | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 39 | Robert Gesink | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 40 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 41 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 42 | Alberto Contador | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 43 | Nicolas Roche | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 44 | Rui Costa | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 45 | Pieter Serry | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 46 | Roman Kreuziger | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 47 | Mattia Cattaneo | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 48 | Natnael Berhane | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 49 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 50 | Moreno Moser | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 51 | Tom Slagter | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 52 | Daniel Martin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 53 | Daniel Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 54 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 55 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | RusVelo | s.t. | | 56 | Tony Martin | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 57 | Larry Warbasse | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 58 | Salvatore Puccio | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 59 | Stefano Pirazzi | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 60 | Dylan van Baarle | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 61 | David López | Team Sky | s.t. | | 62 | Ian Boswell | Team Sky | s.t. | | 63 | Leopold König | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 64 | Luca Wackermann | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 65 | Alessandro De Marchi | Cannondale | s.t. | | 66 | Rafael Valls | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 67 | Yury Trofimov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 68 | George Preidler | ASUS | s.t. | | 69 | Cameron Meyer | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 70 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team Sky | s.t. | | 71 | Andy Schleck | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 72 | Ivan Rovny | RusVelo | s.t. | | 73 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 74 | Jasper Stuyven | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 75 | Simon Clarke | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 76 | Richie Porte | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 77 | Marc Goos | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 78 | José Luis Roldán | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 79 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 80 | Caleb Fairly | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 81 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 82 | Bram Tankink | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 83 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 84 | Steven Kruijswijk | ASUS | s.t. | | 85 | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 86 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 87 | Esteban Chaves | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 88 | Sea Keong Loh | ASUS | s.t. | | 89 | Thomas Damuseau | ASUS | s.t. | | 90 | Joseph Dombrowski | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 91 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 92 | Alex Howes | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 93 | Thor Hushovd | Cannondale | s.t. | | 94 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 95 | Valerio Agnoli | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 96 | Sergey Chernetskiy | RusVelo | s.t. | | 97 | Sander Armee | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 98 | Kristof Vandewalle | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 99 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 100 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 101 | Vladimir Gusev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 102 | Riccardo Zoidl | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 103 | John Darwin Atapuma | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 104 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 105 | Yoann Bagot | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 106 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Cannondale | s.t. | | 107 | Tom Dumoulin | ASUS | s.t. | | 108 | Alberto Losada | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 109 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 110 | Laurens Ten Dam | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 111 | Noa de Jager | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 112 | Kenny Elissonde | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 113 | Cyril Gautier | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 114 | Vasil Kiryienka | Team Sky | s.t. | | 115 | Gavin Mannion | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 116 | Wout Poels | ASUS | s.t. | | 117 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 118 | Alexander Rybakov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 119 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 120 | Gianluca Brambilla | Cannondale | s.t. | | 121 | Eduard Vorganov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 122 | Alexandre Geniez | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 123 | Gerry Druyts | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 124 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 125 | Kristjan Koren | Cannondale | s.t. | | 126 | Vladislav Gorbunov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 127 | Dylan Teuns | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 128 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 129 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 130 | Dieter Bouvry | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 131 | Davy Commeyne | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 132 | Bruno Pires | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 133 | Yves Lampaert | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 134 | Giampaolo Caruso | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 135 | Paul Brousse | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 136 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 137 | Thomas Bonnin | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 138 | Egor Silin | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 139 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 140 | Antoine Duchesne | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 141 | Timofey Kritskiy | RusVelo | s.t. | | 142 | Edward King | Cannondale | s.t. | | 143 | Óscar Pujol | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 144 | Hubert Dupont | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 145 | Ghader Mizbani | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 146 | Lars van der Linden | ASUS | s.t. | | 147 | Óscar Sevilla | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 148 | Xabier Zandio | Team Sky | + 13'46 | | 149 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Team Katusha | + 14'17 | | 150 | Kevin De Weert | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 151 | Haimar Zubeldia | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 15'42 | | 152 | Francis Mourey | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 153 | Artem Ovechkin | RusVelo | s.t. | | 154 | Perrig Quemeneur | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 155 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 156 | Roman Maikin | RusVelo | s.t. | | 157 | Dmitri Korzhakov | RusVelo | + 21'58 | | 158 | Markel Irizar | Trek Factory Racing | + 22'22 |
And here ends the seconds part of my season.
Part I was a big success, winning de Ronde van Vlaanderen.
Part II was a success, too, with a Tour de France stage win and the 2nd National Jersey in 2 years.
Part III will start in America and has only 1 big goal: The World Championships!
See you in America,
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Posted on 07-05-2014 16:29
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Great Tour for Orica-Greenedge, GC podium and stage victory! Years enough rest to win on the Champs-Élysee and I guess a 4th place doesn't ruin the taste of a well deserved glass of champaign! I'm curious if Matt is willing to skip one of his favorite stage-races: Poland 
EDIT: ahum, my reflexes aren't that quick,obviously you skipped Poland, which is problably for the best Next years San Sebastian should be a possibility for Matt as I won it with Gianni Meersman and I'm not that good with the hilly stuff Obviously Matt is better than Meersman btw, looking forward to your 'Murican races!
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Posted on 07-05-2014 18:18
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Good luck in part III, it's probably the most important part
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 07-05-2014 23:54
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Unlucky at San Sebastian, but fantastic result for Yates!
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 08-05-2014 01:03
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Hope part three ends up with Matthias becoming the World Champion |
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Posted on 08-05-2014 01:39
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Pumped for part III!!!  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-05-2014 09:18
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jona500 - Hmm yes skipping Poland wasn't easy but after the Tour it would've been too much. But I have a feeling Matt isn't ready with Poland yet. He'll definitely want to go there again. Too bad Poland (stage 1) and Sebastian fall on the same day, he'll always have to choose.
The Tour was quite good for Orica indeed. We hoped for more than 1 stage win, with one of the strongest punchers in the world (Yates) on board, but he worked his ass off for Porte. Matt will definitely hope to win on the Champs one day. Thanks!
VoetsT - Arguably. But with the WC, I'd say so
the_hoyle - Yeah, he's developing into a world puncher. He just needs to develop some more secondary stats.
sutty68 - That would be great
Martial1 - Me, too
Thanks guys! Today I'll see how much I can do. I'm away during the afternoon, but I should be home with not that much to do before and after that.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-05-2014 11:23
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 GP Plouay 2016
This race is important for our team to pick up some more WT points. It's an old French classic and it's a vital race in the build up towards the World Championships for me.
Oh, just so you know, For the rest of the season, you won't see me post another update without mentioning the World Championships. Just a little warning.
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 I totally love this profile. It can come down to a mass sprint as well as an escape. I'm ready for both scenarios!
The race only really started when the breakaway of the day was caught. I moved to the front as I suspected attacks.
Simon and Nibali attacked out of the bunch! Me and Hayman answered to their attack and immediately relayed. We were here now, no way back!
Neither Simon nor Nibali wanted to take me to the finish. I can understand that, but that doesn't make it less frustrating. Hayman was a goner pretty soon and with 20 km left to go, I was the only one riding in the group.
I decided to just ride my own race. If they didn't want to ride with me, let them try and follow me! I went into some crazy-monk mode and went full gas.
I knew they were having trouble hanging on. The wind was blowing from the side relentlessly.
And then, finally, four kilometers from the finish line, I managed to crack them. I took a turn quite smoothly, Nibali had to go wide and lost my wheel. No way I would wait for him!
And so I kept my gap to the line! What a day! It's always amazing to win in such a manner.
| 1 | Matthias Vleminckx | Orica GreenEdge | 5h35'27 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Julien Simon | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 4 | Andrew Fenn | Garmin Sharp | + 2'11 | | 5 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 6 | Nacer Bouhanni | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | Jempy Drucker | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 8 | Alberto Contador | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 9 | Ramunas Navardauskas | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 10 | Leigh Howard | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Theo Bos | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | Florian Vachon | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 13 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14 | Ion Izagirre | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 15 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 16 | Matteo Pelucchi | Cannondale | s.t. | | 17 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 18 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | s.t. | | 19 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 20 | Andrea Guardini | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 21 | Sébastien Turgot | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 22 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 23 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Exergy Development Group | s.t. | | 24 | Davide Appollonio | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 25 | Rafal Majka | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 26 | Caleb Ewan | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 27 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 28 | Anthony Roux | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 29 | Dario Cataldo | Team Sky | s.t. | | 30 | Egoitz García | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 31 | Luca Paolini | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. | | 32 | Preben Van Hecke | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 33 | Roman Kreuziger | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 34 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 35 | Oliver Zaugg | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 36 | Bob Jungels | ASUS | s.t. | | 37 | Filippo Pozzato | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 38 | Gert Dockx | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 39 | Rüdiger Selig | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. | | 40 | Jonathan Bertrand | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 41 | Robert Gesink | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 42 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 43 | Julian Alaphilippe | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 44 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 45 | Kenny Van Hummel | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 46 | Jonas Vangenechten | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 47 | Thor Hushovd | Cannondale | s.t. | | 48 | Albert Timmer | ASUS | s.t. | | 49 | Arnaud Courteille | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 50 | Valerio Conti | Lampre - Merida | + 3'23 | | 51 | Florian Guillou | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 52 | Michael Albasini | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 53 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 15'15 | | 54 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | s.t. | | 55 | Romain Feillu | Team Sky | s.t. | | 56 | Guillaume Boivin | Exergy Development Group | s.t. | | 57 | Paul Voss | ASUS | s.t. | | 58 | Sergio Henao | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 59 | Silvan Dillier | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 60 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 61 | Tom Leezer | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 62 | Davy Commeyne | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 63 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 64 | Steve Chainel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 65 | Marco Haller | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 66 | Peter Velits | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 67 | Robert Kiserlovski | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 68 | Calvin Watson | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 69 | Axel Domont | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 70 | Kevin Denis | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 71 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 72 | David Tanner | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 73 | Joey Rosskopf | Exergy Development Group | s.t. | | 74 | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 75 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 76 | Alexander Rybakov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 77 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 78 | Andy Schleck | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 79 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 80 | Cristiano Salerno | Cannondale | s.t. | | 81 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 82 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 83 | Gianluca Brambilla | Cannondale | + 17'27 | | 84 | Alexander Serov | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 85 | Marco Coledan | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 86 | Cyril Gautier | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 87 | Michael Kolar | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 88 | Nikolas Maes | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 89 | Vincent Jérôme | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 90 | Elia Favilli | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 91 | Nicola Ruffoni | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 92 | Mirko Selvaggi | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 93 | Peter Stetina | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 94 | Zsolt Der | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 95 | Matthew Hayman | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 96 | Chad Haga | Exergy Development Group | s.t. | | 97 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 98 | Jean-Marc Marino | Cannondale | s.t. | | 99 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 100 | Antonino Parrinello | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 101 | Simon Spilak | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 102 | Christopher Sutton | Team Sky | s.t. | | 103 | Yoann Paillot | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 104 | Jay McCarthy | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 105 | Armindo Fonseca | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 106 | Damien Howson | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 107 | Evgeniy Kovalev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 108 | Sergio Hernandez | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 109 | Bradley Carroll | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 110 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 111 | Dennis Wagner | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 112 | Romain Bardet | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 113 | Niels Albert | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 114 | Nicolas Rousseau | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 115 | Davide Bruno | Cannondale | s.t. | | 116 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 117 | Damien Monier | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 118 | Anthony Geslin | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 119 | Frederique Robert | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 120 | Paolo Colonna | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 121 | Joseph Dombrowski | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 122 | Yuriy Krivtsov | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 123 | Dieter Cappelle | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 124 | Michel Koch | Cannondale | s.t. | | 125 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 126 | Cristiano Fumagalli | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 127 | Thomas Peterson | Exergy Development Group | s.t. | | 128 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 129 | Kristjan Koren | Cannondale | s.t. | | 130 | Sebastian Henao | Team Sky | s.t. | | 131 | Jacob Martinez | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 132 | Erick Rowsell | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. | | 133 | Luke Rowe | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 134 | René Weissinger | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. | | 135 | Sven Nys | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 136 | Stef Clement | ASUS | s.t. | | 137 | Alexandre Lemair | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 138 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 139 | Henri Biard | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 140 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 141 | Johan Mombaerts | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 142 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 143 | Matteo Bono | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 144 | Michele Merlo | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 145 | Alexander Mironov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 146 | Cesare Benedetti | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. | | 147 | Gang Xu | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 148 | Lucas Marteau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 149 | Blaz Jarc | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 150 | Alex Dowsett | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 151 | Vincent Jackson | Exergy Development Group | s.t. | | 152 | Sergey Ospanov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 153 | Tony Hurel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 154 | Bram Santon | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 155 | Nick Van der Lijke | ASUS | s.t. | | 156 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 157 | Brett Lancaster | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 158 | Ivan Kovalev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 159 | Caleb Fairly | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 160 | Philip Vereecken | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 161 | Sander van Leeuwen | ASUS | s.t. | | 162 | Eros Capecchi | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 163 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 164 | Franck Mayet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 165 | Daniel Navarro | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 166 | James Vanlandschoot | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 167 | Mitsuhiro Matsumura | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 168 | David Le Lay | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 169 | Clément Koretzky | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 170 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 171 | Johannes Fröhlinger | ASUS | s.t. | | 172 | Florenz Knauer | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. | | 173 | Bryan Dewitte | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 174 | Graham Briggs | Team Sky | s.t. | | 175 | Titouan Marc | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 176 | Laurent Beuret | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 177 | Julien Loubet | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 178 | Vegard Stake Laengen | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 179 | Daniil Fominykh | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 180 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 181 | Damiano Nobili | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 182 | Frantisek Padour | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. | | 183 | Unai Madrazo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 184 | Rolando Ferrari | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 185 | Gabriel Rasch | Team Sky | s.t. | | 186 | Noa de Jager | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 187 | Loïc Lamotte | AG2R La Mondiale | + 20'52 | | 188 | Jared Nguyen | Exergy Development Group | s.t. | | 189 | Nicolas Pinet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 190 | Sven M. Schuster | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. | | 191 | Nathan Perron | Exergy Development Group | s.t. |
It felt real great to be on the road today, I felt super strong, like nobody could ever hurt me. How did I get to be in such a good shape? By going to the USA Pro Cycling Challenge earlier, here's what happened there:
 USA Pro Cycling Challenge | 1 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 20h19'59 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 52 | | 3 | Nicolas Roche | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 2'26 | | 4 | Andrew Talansky | Trek Factory Racing | + 2'36 | | 5 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2'52 | | 6 | Sergio Henao | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 3'12 | | 7 | Robert Kiserlovski | BMC Racing Team | + 5'06 | | 8 | Giovanni Visconti | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 5'20 | | 9 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC Racing Team | + 7'02 | | 10 | Nathan Haas | Garmin Sharp | + 9'00 |
In the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, I came back into competition not as smoothly as I had hoped. the many mountain stages did toughen me up quickly. Only in the final stage, I managed to win a sprint stage in a relatively weak sprinting field.
Nik Bozic - A Fairy Story
Nik Bozic. Do you remember him? He was the winner of the Tour de l'Avenir and the World Championships at the U23. That's two years ago. Last year, he rode a solid debut season for our team.
This year, he's 23 and already world famous in the cycling milieu.
He started his amazing season with a stage victory in Paris - Nice. He went quiet for a while after that but now, after winning the NC TT, he is taking victory after victory. After the Tour of Poland, he's started in the Vuelta a España, where he is taking stage after stage after stage!
Everyone is totally amazed and shocked by his performances and talent. Some already call him the greatest climber of the last 20 years. Only 23, he's leading the Vuelta GC with minutes on the second one. With 11 stages left, will he keep it up to Madrid?
 Tour of Poland | 1 | Nik Bozic | Orica GreenEdge | 30h37'59 | | 2 | Sylvain Chavanel | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4'54 | | 3 | Pierre Rolland | Astana Pro Team | + 5'10 | | 4 | Sergey Firsanov | Team Katusha | + 5'28 | | 5 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto Belisol | + 7'16 | | 6 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | + 7'52 | | 7 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | + 8'20 | | 8 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ.fr | + 10'12 | | 9 | Giovanni Visconti | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 13'02 | | 10 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 13'05 |
I guess we'll find out soon. As for me, I have about three races and a couple of recon training rides left on my schedule, besides the usual training schedule, of course. I have done nothing else this year but train on strength and power. In Plouay, I proved I'm one of the toughest flat riders in the peloton if I get some help from the weather and the wind.
I'm almost 100% ready for the World Championships!
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Posted on 08-05-2014 11:39
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Wow, that Nik Bozic sure looks like a future great, even rivalling Matt's ascent to the top. 
Great win at Plouay, looks like Matt is coming into great shape for the World Championships.
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Posted on 08-05-2014 11:47
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How many great talents are there at Orica? Vleminchx, Bozic, Carroll, Pearce and the already established talents like Yates or leaders like Porte.
Watch out world. Orica really starts to dominate now.
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Posted on 08-05-2014 12:13
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Hope Bozic wins the Vuelta! |
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Posted on 08-05-2014 12:30
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Awesome win in Plouay! |
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Posted on 08-05-2014 13:21
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Posted on 08-05-2014 13:57
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Matthias is certainly a man in form at the moment, bring on the Worlds now |
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Posted on 08-05-2014 17:58
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Nice win in Plouay! Bovic looks like a great rider for the near future
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Posted on 08-05-2014 18:03
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Gret win at Plouey.. .. imo, it´s great to see some (possible) future rivality in the team between Bozic & Matthias ..
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