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| Shonak |
Posted on 08-05-2014 18:05
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baia wrote:
Gret win at Plouey..  .. imo, it´s great to see some (possible) future rivality in the team between Bozic & Matthias .. 
Yeah, it'll be interesting whom OGE wants to support more. I guess there's only so much room for top-tier domestiques, hm.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-05-2014 19:07
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Shonak - Nik is a beast. Suddenly developed into a world beater. I think it'll be a matter of years before he takes the Tour. Matt is doing all right, too, though and he's in top shape
knockout - Yeah, we're spoiled this season. Though I'm afraid the team won't be able to keep all the talents. Choices will be made. Pearce and Porte seem safe, as Australian riders. I'm afraid it'll come down to Matthias or Bozic...
Martial1 - Hope so, too! I think he can do it!
TimoCycling - Thanks!
Marcovdw - 
sutty68 - Yeah, don't let him wait too long or he'll lose his form now
the_hoyle - Definitely. Within 2 years, he'll be the best stage racer around, I guess.
baia - Definitely. Though both a very different riders, Orica might not have room for both in the future...
Shonak (2) - Spot on. The contracts of Bozic, Pearce, Matthias and Porte all end in 2017. It'll be impossible to resign them all, or to find the support they need for all. And we also have Caleb Ewan and Matthews as super sprinters, also running out in 2017. Damn 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-05-2014 19:47
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 Vuelta à España 2016
Oh man! Oh man oh man!
I don't know enough superlatives to descrive this Vuelta I have been following. Nik Bozic reminds us all of ancient times, Eddy Merckx comes to mind. Nik went on to win no less than 6 stages, which were all the uphill mountain finishes! What a domination! Here's the final result:
| 1 | Nik Bozic | Orica GreenEdge | 78h42'05 | | 2 | Charlie Pearce | Orica GreenEdge | + 5'27 | | 3 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 5'52 | | 4 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | + 9'02 | | 5 | Richie Porte | Orica GreenEdge | + 11'45 | | 6 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | + 13'27 | | 7 | Carlos Betancur | Movistar Team | + 20'14 | | 8 | Jelle Vanendert | ASUS | + 21'15 | | 9 | Igor Antón | Movistar Team | + 30'38 | | 10 | Daniel Moreno | Movistar Team | + 36'48 |
I don't know what to say here. Nik and Charlie have put in the effort of a lifetime. It was amazing to watch, Nik was leader for 17 stages. Charlie took place 2 on the 20th stage, which was just the icing on the cake.
But let there be no doubt: there was no competition for Nik Bozic. He rode everyone on minutes in the mountains. Perhaps the new master in Grand Tours. Contador, Froome, Kwiatkowski, watch out, there's a new kid on the block!
Meanwhile, all eyes turn towards the World Championships. Total focus is necessary now.
I will see you there!!
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| jona500 |
Posted on 08-05-2014 19:52
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Orica-Greenedge seems to have an absolutely crazy good scouting staff!! If those 'new Merckx'es' are really that good you might have to fear your own teammates in the WC! But probably not an uphill finish there? Cobbles wasn't it? More likely a Flemish rider will win, maybe the one whose second name starts with a 'V'! Obviously I mean Sep Vanmarcke, muhahaha
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| Shonak |
Posted on 08-05-2014 19:57
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Congratz, and three OGE guys in Top 5! However... wait, three OGE guys in Top 5... hm.
But honestly, I'm not on the hype train yet for Nik Bozic - or maybe I'm off the hype train? I suppose Kwiatkowski must have been tired from le Tour and the classics and besides him, the competiton was rather weak. Still, a great result for Nik, Charlie and the entire OGE squad. Merckx certainly doesn't come to my mind though, sorry Ian.
I shall remain loyal to the King of Flanders.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-05-2014 20:28
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jona500 - Our scouting staff should get a present indeed The WC is no uphill finish, but they'll have to be taken into account for future World Championships. Vanmarcke could be a good bet
Shonak - He's far from Merckx, of course, but I meant in the way he won the Vuelta. Taking 6 stages, totally crushing the competition Of course, let's see how he does in the Tour next year!
Just raced the WC. I'll start writing the report shortly. Expect one hell of a race. Guaranteed! |
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Posted on 08-05-2014 20:48
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Ian Butler wrote:
Just raced the WC. I'll start writing the report shortly. Expect one hell of a race. Guaranteed!
You know how to build up the tension 
A Big Thank You To All MG Reporters! |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 08-05-2014 20:50
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Bring it on!
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| VoetsT |
Posted on 08-05-2014 21:02
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Orica domination in Spain
Now, on to the States
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 08-05-2014 21:05
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The Vuelta... WOW! Great GT for the team! Can't wait for the WC race
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 08-05-2014 21:21
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Man I want to see them stats... What a Vuelta for the team! Looks like Froome V2 |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-05-2014 21:23
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Shonak - Hope you like it
VoetsT - Well, the WC is in Belgium, so I'm not going to the States
the_hoyle - Then here it is!
TimoCycling - All I can reveal is that Bozic is already on of the best climbers of the game and he'll soon be n°1 |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-05-2014 21:23
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World Championships 2016 - Time Trial | 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 57'43 | | 2 | Charlie Pearce | Orica GreenEdge | + 29 | | 3 | Lasse Norman Hansen | TEAM Fakta | + 52 | | 4 | Adriano Malori | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 1'18 | | 5 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 1'22 | | 6 | Maciej Bodnar | Astana Pro Team | + 1'34 | | 7 | Rohan Dennis | Garmin Sharp | + 1'48 | | 8 | Bob Jungels | ASUS | + 1'54 | | 9 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 2'06 | | 10 | Johan Le Bon | Team Europcar | + 2'15 |
Spoiler | 11 | Damien Howson | Orica GreenEdge | + 2'26 | | 12 | Dario Cataldo | Team Sky | + 2'28 | | 13 | Jos Van Emden | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 2'37 | | 14 | Peter Velits | BMC Racing Team | + 2'49 | | 15 | Patrick Gretsch | Team Stölting | + 2'50 | | 16 | Rui Costa | Lampre - Merida | + 2'51 | | 17 | Kristof Vandewalle | Lotto Belisol | + 3'02 | | 18 | Yoann Paillot | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 3'09 | | 19 | Ian Stannard | Team Sky | + 3'21 | | 20 | Andrew Talansky | Trek Factory Racing | + 3'27 | | 21 | Simon Spilak | Astana Pro Team | + 3'35 | | 22 | Nelson Oliveira | Garmin Sharp | + 3'45 | | 23 | Richie Porte | Orica GreenEdge | + 3'59 | | 24 | Lieuwe Westra | Astana Pro Team | + 4'11 | | 25 | Roman Kreuziger | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 4'25 | | 26 | Geraint Thomas | Team Sky | + 4'31 | | 27 | Jasha Sütterlin | Team Kuota | + 4'46 | | 28 | Matthias Brändle | IAM Cycling | + 4'51 | | 29 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 4'52 | | 30 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ.fr | + 4'57 | | 31 | Ion Izagirre | Movistar Team | + 5'08 | | 32 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | + 5'10 | | 33 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | + 5'17 | | 34 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 5'19 | | 35 | Rasmus Quaade | Team TreFor - Blue Water | + 5'21 | | 36 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 5'22 | | 37 | Marcel Wyss | IAM Cycling | + 5'28 | | 38 | Yves Lampaert | Lotto Belisol | + 5'32 | | 39 | Stefan Küng | Team Vorarlberg | + 5'37 | | 40 | Alexey Lutsenko | Velosure - Giordana Racing Team | + 5'53 | | 41 | Victor Campenaerts | TEAM Soleco | + 6'05 | | 42 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Tirol Cycling Team | + 6'12 | | 43 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 6'24 | | 44 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Belisol | + 6'29 | | 45 | Lars Boom | AG2R La Mondiale | + 6'40 | | 46 | Samuel Harrison | NFTO | + 6'46 | | 47 | Anthony Roux | AG2R La Mondiale | + 6'54 | | 48 | Stef Clement | ASUS | + 7'05 | | 49 | Kristjan Koren | Cannondale | + 7'21 | | 50 | Jan Barta | Etixx | + 7'28 | | 51 | Andreas Hofer | RC Gourmetfein Wels | + 7'40 | | 52 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | IAM Cycling | + 7'50 | | 53 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar Team | + 8'01 | | 54 | Krister Hagen | Team Øster Hus - Ridley | + 8'03 | | 55 | James Piccoli | - | + 8'13 | | 56 | Jaime Suaza | - | + 8'27 | | 57 | Nicola Dal Santo | Androni Giocattoli | + 8'37 | | 58 | Fredrik Ludvigsson | Development Team Giant - Shimano | + 8'44 | | 59 | Jacobus Venter | MTN - Qhubeka | + 8'49 | | 60 | Martin Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 61 | Hugo Houle | Exergy Development Group | + 9'02 | | 62 | Mauricio Ascoy | Colombia | + 9'13 | | 63 | Michael Schär | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 64 | John-Lee Augustyn | MTN - Qhubeka | + 9'17 | | 65 | Anton Vorobyev | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | + 9'18 | | 66 | Christian Meier | LA Alumínios - Antarte | + 9'24 | | 67 | Martin Mahdar | - | + 9'38 | | 68 | Esteban Chaves | Orica GreenEdge | + 9'50 | | 69 | Germán Escudero | - | + 10'00 | | 70 | Martin Elmiger | Team Vorarlberg | + 10'04 | | 71 | Philip Deignan | Team Sky | + 10'15 | | 72 | Matthew Brammeier | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | + 10'19 | | 73 | Mateusz Taciak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 10'32 | | 74 | Daniel Goldberger | RC Gourmetfein Wels | + 10'43 | | 75 | Massimo Morabito | - | + 10'55 | | 76 | Martyn Irvine | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 10'57 | | 77 | Jan Hirt | Etixx | + 11'00 |
Charlie Pearce, two years after his U23 WC TT victory, almost did it over on the pro level. He was outbested by Boasson Hagen, who has found a second life in his career as a time trialist. It was a nice time trial to follow, obviously beheaded by the absence of Tony Martin, though, who is at home with a broken arm.
Now time for the main event!
World Championships 2016 - Road Race
Profile
 I've been here before. I counted it this year, and from January 1st, 2016, I've done the local circuit of the finale 63 times. There's nothing more I can do. I'm ready for the World Championship Road Race!
LIVE Coverage
Commentary by Michel Wuyts and José De Cauwer
Good morning and welcome everyone! Welcome in Frameries, where this year's World Championships Road Cycling take place. We've got a Belgian profile, a Belgian superteam and Belgian weather today. Much has been written and said about this day, and we're finally here. Let's list some of the favorites.
Matthias Vleminckx is the first name that comes to mind. Winner of the Ronde, the Omloop, Kuurne, E3 - Harelbeke this year, he's been talking about this race since I can remember. He's impressed friend and foe this season and will be leading the Belgian squad.
Sep Vanmarcke is another good pick, co-leader next to Vleminckx, Vanmarcke is our strongest classic specialist we have at the moment.
Niki Terpstra has shown a lot of ambition lately. But can he fight against his team mates at Quickstep, who have Van Avermaet, Boonen, Vandenbergh here?
Peter Sagan has had a rough season, but delivered nonetheless. He's keen on the one jersey he dreams of the most. Don't count him out today.
Other names popping up on most lists include Alexander Kristoff, John Degenkolb, Matti Breschel, Zdenek Stybar, Heinrich Haussler, Kenneth Vanbilsen...
It's 12 o' clock and we're about ready for the start of this 2016 World Championship Road Race. Are you ready, José?
I think we're as ready as we'll ever be!
And we're off! We see eager riders, they all want to get in that breakaway! If you can make the final circuit, you can be of much use to your leader on those smaller roads in the end. Maybe even stay away, you never know.
What are those cars doing there? Get out of the way!
Obivously, we see Belgium take control of the race. They have to, right? They have the big favorites and it's on Belgium soil. Do you miss being National Coach at a time like this, José?
I wouldn't want the job for all the money in the world today, Michel.
How's that?
A squad with this talent, all these natural born leaders. Try to get the team to cooperate properly. Can you make a Vanbilsen work for a Vanmarcke? We can't have 9 leaders. I think the National Coach made a mistake in bringing all these leaders here.
There's something to it. But can you leave a Vanbilsen at home?
Anyway, it's nice to see ex-World Champion Tom Boonen lead the pack on these Belgian roads. He's riding for the team today.
We also see Vandenbergh and Van Keirsbulck move in.
We've arrived at the first passage at the finish. The breakaway is large, but the peloton is right behind it. Everything under control so far!
First time over the main street of this WC. And Van Avermaet has a flat tire! Oh this is bad timing!
Things get ripped apart here, the roads are too narrow for a big group to pass quickly. The remaining Belgians are chasing the break now.
And a second time over the hill. Vanmarcke, Vleminckx, Roelandts and Vanbilsen have reached the first breakaway group. There are still a few up front, though. Do they know that?
Of course they do, Michel. Don't panic.
Matthias Vleminckx attacks, this is a crucial stage in the race! We've only got 19 km left to go now!
Oh and what's this?
You just don't do that. You just don't do it, you don't.
Vanmarcke makes the jump to Vleminckx and brings along two companions. What was he thinking? Vleminckx was gone!
They have to ride now, no other way. Third time over the hill and they've caught the head of the race. This is a thrilling finale, with the expected names at the front, but not in the way we hoped for!
Ding ding ding, one lap to go! We've got Sep Vanmarcke, Matthias Vleminckx and Zdenek Stybar at the front. Do they know they've got Stybar there, José?
I don't think so. They only have eyes for each other. This is just terrible to watch, they're fighting each other.
The final climb. This is important. Will we s--- AND VLEMINCKX ATTACKS, OH WHAT A DEMARAGE, WHO CAN FOLLOW THIS? GO, MATTHIAS, GO, GO!
Stybar is not letting go, he's not cracking! This is bad!
He didn't manage to shake him, who would've expected this? I don't think Vleminckx anticipated this. What does he have to do now?
Ride, he has to ride now. He shot off one bullet, let's hope he's got one left.
They're hesitating. And Vanmarcke joins them again. Will the Belgians finally work together now? They have to!
This is just terrible. They're not giving each other anything. Breschel joins them now, too. They have to act fast if they want to win this!
But the problem is neither wants the other to win. Are they both counting on their sprint?
And we're going to a four man sprint! What a finale of this World Championship! Two Belgians up front. And Vanmarcke doesn't have the legs anymore. Breschel is not fast enough. It's between Stybar and Vleminckx!!!
STYBAR OR VLEMINCKX?
IT'S VLEMINCKX, VLEMINCKX, HE'S GOING TO W--
O NO, STYBAR!
STYBAR
IT'S STYBAR!!
Oh Matthias, poor, poor Matthias. He'll be heartbroken. What a missed chance here. No Belgian winner today, what a disappointment.
We have Renaat with the vice World Champion. Let's listen to him.
Matthias Vleminckx. You must be disappointed.
It's... I really thought I could win when we headed into the final kilometer.
If Vanmarcke doesn't come behind you, do you win the race?
I don't know. I thought I had super legs so I didn't care who was with me or who wasn't. It felt like it wouldn't matter, I could beat anyone. But in the end...
Understandably an emotional Vleminckx. We'll give him some space to recover from the effort today.
Let's look at the result here.
| 1 | Zdenek Stybar | ASUS | 4h08'33 | | 2 | Matthias Vleminckx | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 3 | Matti Breschel | Cult Energy Vital Water | s.t. | | 4 | Sep Vanmarcke | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Alexander Kristoff | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 7 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 1'23 | | 8 | Sébastien Turgot | Movistar Team | + 2'07 | | 9 | Nicolas Roche | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 3'03 | | 10 | Peter Sagan | Cannondale | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 3'25 | | 12 | Sacha Modolo | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 13 | Mark Renshaw | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 14 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 7'36 | | 15 | Jempy Drucker | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 16 | John Degenkolb | Team Sky | s.t. | | 17 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 18 | Rick Zabel | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. | | 19 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale | s.t. | | 20 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 21 | Michael Mørkøv | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 22 | Oscar Gatto | Cannondale | s.t. | | 23 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 24 | Greg Van Avermaet | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 25 | Heinrich Haussler | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 26 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Exergy Development Group | s.t. | | 27 | Filippo Pozzato | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 28 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 29 | Sebastian Langeveld | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 30 | Barry Markus | ASUS | s.t. | | 31 | Jürgen Roelandts | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 32 | Mark Cavendish | Team Sky | s.t. | | 33 | Leigh Howard | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 34 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 35 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 36 | Silvan Dillier | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 37 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 38 | Michael Matthews | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 39 | Caleb Ewan | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 40 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 41 | Marco Marcato | Cannondale | s.t. | | 42 | Sam Bennett | Velosure - Giordana Racing Team | s.t. | | 43 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 44 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 45 | Bernhard Eisel | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 46 | Marko Kump | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 47 | Matthew Goss | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 48 | Sondre Holst Enger | Team Øster Hus - Ridley | s.t. | | 49 | Nacer Bouhanni | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 50 | Danny Van Poppel | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 51 | Dominique Rollin | Cyclingteam De Rijke | s.t. | | 52 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | + 8'46 | | 53 | Daryl Impey | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 54 | Sebastian Lander | Cult Energy Vital Water | s.t. | | 55 | Michael Kolar | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 56 | Danilo Wyss | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 57 | Francisco José Ventoso | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 58 | Erik Baska | - | s.t. | | 59 | Marcel Kittel | ASUS | s.t. | | 60 | Sonny Colbrelli | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 61 | Rüdiger Selig | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. | | 62 | Jonas Ahlstrand | ASUS | s.t. | | 63 | Luka Mezgec | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 64 | Alexander Porsev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 65 | Pim Ligthart | Oscaro - Air Corsica | s.t. | | 66 | Fabio Silvestre | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 67 | Philip Lavery | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | s.t. | | 68 | Juan José Lobato | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 69 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 70 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | s.t. | | 71 | Andrew Fenn | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 72 | Geoffrey Soupe | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 73 | Scott Thwaites | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. | | 74 | Marco Haller | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 75 | Simon Yates | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 76 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 77 | Luis León Sánchez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 78 | Ruslan Tleubayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 79 | Tom Dumoulin | ASUS | s.t. | | 80 | Carlos Betancur | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 81 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 82 | Martin Hebik | Etixx | s.t. | | 83 | Jeffry Romero | Colombia | + 11'07 | | 84 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 85 | Eric Young | Exergy Development Group | s.t. | | 86 | Michal Golas | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 87 | Sergio Henao | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 88 | Jakob Rathe | Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | s.t. | | 89 | Ryan Anderson | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 90 | Denis Galimzyanov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 91 | Matej Mohorič | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 92 | Daniel Biedermann | RC Gourmetfein Wels | s.t. | | 93 | Guillaume Boivin | Exergy Development Group | s.t. | | 94 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 95 | Blaz Jarc | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 96 | Bartlomiej Matysiak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 97 | Marcel Aregger | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 98 | Rob Britton | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 99 | Dayer Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 100 | Kamil Zielinski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 101 | Michael Albasini | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 102 | Jiri Hochmann | Bauknecht - Author | s.t. | | 103 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 104 | Mateusz Nowak | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 105 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 106 | Lukas Pöstlberger | Tirol Cycling Team | s.t. | | 107 | Grega Bole | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 108 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 109 | Tyler Magner | Team 3M | s.t. | | 110 | Daniel Schorn | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. | | 111 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 112 | Rigoberto Urán | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 113 | Leopold König | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 114 | Jens Keukeleire | NFTO | s.t. | | 115 | Larry Warbasse | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 116 | Sébastien Reichenbach | Euskadi | s.t. | | 117 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 118 | Petr Vakoč | Etixx | s.t. | | 119 | Daniel Martin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 120 | Thomas Löfkvist | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 121 | Matej Vysna | - | s.t. | | 122 | Alex Kirsch | TEAM Spuerkeess | s.t. | | 123 | Martin Gilbert | NFTO | s.t. | | 124 | Colin Doherty | - | s.t. | | 125 | George Preidler | ASUS | s.t. | | 126 | Patrick Schelling | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 127 | Rafal Majka | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 128 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 129 | Steele Von Hoff | Garmin Sharp | + 12'31 | | 130 | André Gonçalves | Banco BIC - Carmim | s.t. | | 131 | Nolan Hoffman | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 132 | Diego Ochoa | Colombia | s.t. | | 133 | Matthias Frank | IAM Cycling | + 13'06 | | 134 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 135 | Edwin Ávila | Colombia | s.t. | | 136 | Peter Erdin | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 137 | Artur Detko | Bauknecht - Author | + 13'53 |
Well, José. We've seen a strange race today. Beautiful to watch, but too bad we didn't get that Belgian winner.
A terrible shame, Michel. A terrible shame.
Edited by Ian Butler on 29-05-2014 10:43
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| Sam1 |
Posted on 08-05-2014 21:29
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| VoetsT |
Posted on 08-05-2014 21:32
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How close can you get 
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| Shonak |
Posted on 08-05-2014 21:39
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... he had it. Bitter.
But José was right: Too many leaders. National coach's fault. He can't expect someone like Vanmarcke to just idle by while Vleminckx rides off to rainbow glory and gets everything he wants. If Vanmarcke had attacked before, what whould have Matt done? I doubt he would have just sit on Stybi's wheel.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 08-05-2014 21:40
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Posted on 08-05-2014 21:52
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I am heartbroken by that! I thought he had it won... 
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| Martial1 |
Posted on 08-05-2014 21:57
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Posted on 08-05-2014 22:00
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'Potverdorie!' Such a chance to get a Belgian World Champion again after Gilbert! Belgium shouldn't be losing on it's own ground! Matt did all he could, Vanmarcke should be ashamed! But at least it was a tense final! AWESOME
PS: José should be picked up as national coach again! Doesn't mean Carlo Bomans should start commentating though
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