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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 01-07-2020 17:04
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Season 2021 in retrospect  | Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta |  | Laurens De Plus |  | Vuelta a Andalucia - Ruta Ciclista del Sol |  | Wilco Kelderman | | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | | Wout Van Aert | | Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne | | Danny Van Poppel |  | UAE Tour |  | Pavel Sivakov |  | Tirreno - Adriatico | | Laurens De Plus | | Milano - Sanremo | | Danny Van Poppel | | Dwars door Vlaanderen | | Wout Van Aert | | Volta Limburg Classic | | Dylan Groenewegen | | Ronde van Vlaanderen | | Mike Teunissen | | Scheldeprijs | | Danny Van Poppel | | Itzulia Basque Country | | Wilco Kelderman |  | Tour of Norway | | Wout Van Aert | | Ster ZLM Toer GP Jan van Heeswijk | | Danny Van Poppel |  | Tour de France | | Laurens De Plus | | Clásica Ciclista San Sebastián | | Dylan Van Baarle |  | Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic | | Dylan Groenewegen |  | Tour de Pologne | | Laurens De Plus | | Binck Bank Tour | | Wout Van Aert | | Arctic Race of Norway |  | Eduard Grosu | | Dutch Valley Classic | | Dylan Groenewegen | | Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France | | Eduard Grosu |  | Deutschland Tour | | Wout Van Aert |  | GP Cycliste de Quebec | | Eduard Grosu | | Turul Romaniei | | Eduard Grosu |  | World Championships - Time trial | | Laurens De Plus | | Il Lombardia | | Pavel Sivakov |  | Gree-Tour of Guangxi | | Dylan Groenewegen |
Giro d'Italia | Best placed rider: | | Steven Kruijswijk | 6th | | Stage wins: | | Danny Van Poppel | | | | Team time - trial | | | Distinctive jerseys: |  | George Bennett |  |
Tour de France | Best placed rider: | | Laurens De Plus | 1st | | Stage wins: | | Laurens De Plus | | |  | Neilson Powless | x2 | | | Wout Van Aert | | | | Dylan Groenewegen | | | | Team time - trial | | | Distinctive jerseys: | | Laurens De Plus |  | | | Dylan Groenewegen |  | | | Neilson Powless |  |
Vuelta a Espana | Best placed rider: | | Pavel Sivakov | 3rd | | Stage wins: | | Pavel Sivakov | | | Distinctive jerseys: | | George Bennett |  |
Season 2021 in retrospect World Tour | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | Laurens De Plus (3441 pts) | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | Team Jumbo-Visma (23279 pts) |
Continental Tour | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/6mDkZRH.png[/img-r] | Ghirmay Biniyam (1291 pts) | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/moHt5CE.png[/img-r] | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits (4638 pts) |
Superprestige | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/gfILHqf.png[/img-r] | Tao Geoghegan Hart (2860 pts) | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | Team Jumbo-Visma (13375 pts) |
Victories | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/6mDkZRH.png[/img-r] | Ghirmay Biniyam (46) | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | Team Jumbo-Visma (83) |
Velo d'Or winner | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | Laurens De Plus |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 02-07-2020 18:20
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Interesting stat development by the Eritrean riders. As for the team, not many changes, core stays intact and good addition with Felline.  |
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| MrUfo87 |
Posted on 03-07-2020 00:39
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Great season! Looking forward to 2022. Interesting that De Plus isn't the best grand tour cyclist but he still won the tour.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 03-07-2020 14:52
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FreitasPCM wrote:
Interesting stat development by the Eritrean riders. As for the team, not many changes, core stays intact and good addition with Felline.
Yeah, the Eritrean really had a boom there. No reason to change the core for now and probably not for the next few years either.
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Great season! Looking forward to 2022. Interesting that De Plus isn't the best grand tour cyclist but he still won the tour.
Thanks. I know. And even crazier is that it was an ageing Froome who he was battling with.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 03-07-2020 15:09
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Inspired by some of other story writers who update their teams jerseys at the end of the season, I decided to do something similar. But instead with updating with the real jerseys, I decided to do with fantasy jerseys for the teams since I like this as a what if so fantasy jerseys seemed like a better fit.
Credits go to the creators from Le Gruppetto community: tg779, YaëlT, Hansovic, LibertySeguros, CoucouMichel, Evil, Petersagan22, Froomeyy, Akela26, Luckynot. I downloaded more jerseys for each team before deciding which ones to use so sorry if I missed anyone or added someone whose jersey I did not use in the end.
Anyway, here are the new colors we will be seeing the pack starting with the 2022 season, including a Rabobank inspired Jumbo jersey.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 03-07-2020 16:22
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Looks good. I love doing the same after a few years. The Jumbo one is awesome, as I think Rabobank is one the best cycling jerseys of all time. I believe LeGruppetto make those jerseys because they have a MG-like forum game, but use real teams, so its great for stories and long careers as well.
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 03-07-2020 19:04
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Love the jersey, think it's my favourite from the collection you showed. |
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| rogvi97 |
Posted on 05-07-2020 16:25
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Absolutely famntastic end of season, De Plus is really kicking on!! Teh jerseys look nice and refreshing as well
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 05-07-2020 18:49
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Wonderful detail to change not only the player team jersey, but also several other teams.
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Posted on 14-09-2020 13:32
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| [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/VIck8sE.png[/img-l] | | N.C. New Zealand | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/VIck8sE.png[/img-r] |
| | | | Road Race | | Time - trial | | | 2019: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | George Bennett | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/zj8FCS2.png[/img-r] | Patrick Bevin | | | 2020: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | George Bennett | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/zj8FCS2.png[/img-r] | Patrick Bevin | | | 2021: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | George Bennett | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | George Bennett | |
Bennett was not able to repeat last year's surprise in the time - trial, with Patrick Bevin taking back his title, but our Kiwi went on to make it four in a row in the road race with an attack on the last climb of the day from a group of 5 escapees.
Goergie showing off the new jersey
RR Results | 1. | | George Bennett | Team Jumbo-Visma | 4h27'27 | | 2. | | Shane Archbold | Terengganu Inc - TSG Cycling Team | + 23 | | 3. | | Thomas Scully | Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
ITT Results | 1. | | Patrick Bevin | UAE Team Emirates | 59'59 | | 2. | | George Bennett | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 23 | | 3. | | Jason Christie | Aisan Racing Team | + 1'32 |
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Posted on 14-09-2020 13:45
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| [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/xAVGvsA.png[/img-l] | Santos Tour Down Under | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/xAVGvsA.png[/img-r] |
| | | | | | |  | |  | |  | | 2019: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | G. Bennett | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/gfILHqf.png[/img-r] | T. Gallopin | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/LZug8fd.png[/img-r] | J. Stuyven | | 2020: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | D. Van Poppel | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/bNkx6NT.png[/img-r] | E. Viviani | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/csVyzgG.png[/img-r] | M. Matthews | | 2021: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/bNkx6NT.png[/img-r] | J. Alaphilippe | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | G. Bennett | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/csVyzgG.png[/img-r] | M. Matthews |
Danny Van Poppel and Michael Matthews shared the orange jersey between themselves in the first four stages, with each winning one mass sprint, with Bling also taking a stage win after a late attack with Davide Formolo in the second stage.
Matthews beats Van Poppel to take the orange jersey
Not a lot of attacks on the queens stage up to the Willung Hill, with Simon Yates creating a gap to the others only in the last kilometre. He got a gap of 14 seconds but it was 1 second short of what he needed to beat Michael Matthews. They were matched in the GC after the stage, but the Aussie had the upper hand with two stage wins.
Simon winning for his new team
Due to poor positioning at the start of the Willunga climb, George Bennett was not able to do better than 5th in the GC, which means this is the first year in the last four that we do not have a rider on the podium in Australia. Danny Van Poppel started the race as it started with a stage win, but due to time loses in the Willunga Hill he was only 10th overall.
Stage by stage breakdown | | | Winner | | | Leader | |  | Stage 1 | | Danny Van Poppel |  | | Danny Van Poppel | |  | Stage 2 |  | Michael Matthews |  | | Danny Van Poppel | | | Stage 3 | | Michael Matthews | | | Michael Matthews | | | Stage 4 | | Jasper Philipsen |  | | Danny Van Poppel | | | Stage 5 | | Simon Yates |  | | Michael Matthews | | | Stage 6 | | Danny Van Poppel | | | Michael Matthews | |
Results | 1. | | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | 19h29'02 | | 2. | | Simon Yates | CCC Team | s.t. | | 3. | | Davide Formolo | Bahrain - Merida | + 12 | | 4. | | Bjorg Lambrecht | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 24 | | 5. | | George Bennett | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 6. | | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 7. | | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 8. |  | Edward Dunbar | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 9. | | Ilnur Zakarin | TEAM Aeroflot | s.t. | | 10. | | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 51 | | 11. | | Leonardo Basso | Team INEOS | + 52 | | 12. | | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education First | s.t. | | 13. | | Fabio Felline | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 1'06 | | 14. | | Andrea Pasqualon | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 15. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 1'22 | | 16. | | Robert Power | Team Sunweb | + 1'25 | | 17. | | Michael Woods | Team Sunweb | + 1'40 | | 18. |  | Mark Padun | Bahrain - Merida | + 1'44 | | 19. | | Timo Roosen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 20. |  | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Team Dimension Data | + 2'22 |
 | | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo-Visma | 70 |  | | Dries Van Gestel | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 46 | | | Bjorg Lambrecht | Ag2r La Mondiale | 19h29'26 |  | | Team INEOS | | 58h29'44 |
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Posted on 14-09-2020 13:52
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| [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/xAVGvsA.png[/img-l] | Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/xAVGvsA.png[/img-r] |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2019: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/4lJ0iKB.png[/img-r] | S. Consonni | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/Ht2gUCD.png[/img-r] | L. Mezgec | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/bNkx6NT.png[/img-r] | A. Hodeg | | 2020: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | D. Van Poppel | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/3kSQJ4o.png[/img-r] | H. Hofstetter | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/LZug8fd.png[/img-r] | F. Felline | | 2021: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/ahDipQu.png[/img-r] | R. Zabel | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/gfILHqf.png[/img-r] | C. Venturini | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/LZug8fd.png[/img-r] | M. Pedersen |
A much more mountainous profile than what we are used to Down Under. Plenty of attacks on the last climb of the day, with Herrada, Majka and Gesink proving to be the strongest riders of the day. Herrada took it one step further to leave the other two behind an enjoy a early season solo win.
Results | 1. | | Jesus Herrada | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 5h12'38 | | 2. | | Rafal Majka | BORA - hansgrohe | + 12 | | 3. | | Robert Gesink | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 22 | | 4. | | Remco Evenepoel | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 5. | | Chris Harper | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 6. | | Jay McCarthy | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 7. |  | Michael Gogl | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 8. |  | Krists Neilands | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 9. | | Ilnur Zakarin | TEAM Aeroflot | s.t. | | 10. | | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 57 | | 11. |  | Jan Polanc | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 12. | | Marco Canola | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 13. | | Damien Howson | Israël - Cycling Academy | s.t. | | 14. | | Kasper Asgreen | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 15. | | Mads Würtz | TEAM Aeroflot | s.t. | | 16. | | Gasanbek Kipov | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 17. | | Ben O'Connor | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 18. | | Julien Bernard | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 19. | | Fabio Felline | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 20. | | Jai Hindley | Team Sunweb | + 1'19 |
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Posted on 15-09-2020 12:05
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| | | | | | | | | | |  | | 2019: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/09zuO8c.png[/img-r] | W. Poels | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/09zuO8c.png[/img-r] | G. Thomas | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/s7CsjGM.png[/img-r] | R. Uran | | 2020: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | G. Bennett | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/GesZAMC.png[/img-r] | P. Konrad | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/s7CsjGM.png[/img-r] | R. Uran | | 2021: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/Ht2gUCD.png[/img-r] | V. Nibali | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | G. Bennett | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/bNkx6NT.png[/img-r] | P. Roglic |
Christoph Berguige played the perfect strategy in the last kilometres of the finishing climb in the second stage as he sat and watched the favorites attacking each other before making his final acceleration in the last corner to get a gap and the stage win with it.
Berguige sprints past Herrada and Pogacar to take the win
A massive crash at the foot of the Xorret de Cati gifted Berguige the overall win as his main rival for the overall, Tadej Pogacar being taken out of contention as well as the entire Jumbo-Visma squad. A group of 3 riders led by Dan Martin managed to drop the young Belgian on the brutal climb, but all of them were quite behind in the GC at that point and were to threat's to his leader's jersey.
Jumbo's rather disappointing race was saved in the last by Eduard Grosu. The Romanian sprinter took the victory after a brilliant lead out from Wout Van Aert.
Stage by stage breakdown | | | Winner | | | Leader | |  | S1 |  | Andrey Amador |  | | Andrey Amador | |  | S2 | | Christoph Berguige |  | | Christoph Berguige | | | S3 |  | Alexandr Riabushenko |  | | Christoph Berguige | | | S4 | | Daniel Martin | | | Christoph Berguige | | | S5 | | Eduard Grosu | | | Christoph Berguige | |
Results | 1. | | Christoph Berguige | Radio Popular - Boavista | 15h11'46 | | 2. | | Jesus Herrada | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 25 | | 3. | | Chris Froome | Lotto Soudal | + 28 | | 4. | | Daniel Martin | UAE Team Emirates | + 50 | | 5. | | Jack Haig | Mitchelton-Scott | + 1'00 | | 6. | | Gregor Mühlberger | EF Education First | + 1'06 | | 7. | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | + 2'10 | | 8. | | George Bennett | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 2'47 | | 9. | | Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide | Euskadi - Murias | + 3'33 | | 10. | | Vicente García De Mateos | Burgos - BH | + 4'01 | | 11. | | David De la Cruz | Mitchelton-Scott | + 4'04 | | 12. | | Lander Japón Sevilla | Euskadi - Murias | + 4'11 | | 13. | | Ruben Fernandez | Movistar Team | + 4'22 | | 14. | | Jóni Silva Brandão | W52 - FC Porto | + 4'44 | | 15. | | Tomasz Marczynski | Lotto Soudal | + 4'46 | | 16. | | Julen Amezqueta | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 5'03 | | 17. | | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar Team | + 5'05 | | 18. | | Héctor Sáez | Burgos - BH | + 5'07 | | 19. | | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | + 5'09 | | 20. | | Ivan Garcia Cortina | Euskadi - Murias | + 5'13 |
 | | Christoph Berguige | Radio Popular - Boavista | 45 |  | | Christoph Berguige | Radio Popular - Boavista | 28 |  | | Christoph Berguige | Radio Popular - Boavista | 15h11'46 | | | UAE Team Emirates | | 45h41'44 |
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| rogvi97 |
Posted on 15-09-2020 22:22
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Great to see you abck again in action!  But a rather unlucky start of the season, hopefully the team catches up 
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Posted on 16-09-2020 11:44
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Thanks. It definitely has been a slower start than usual, but I'm sure we will pick up the pace again fairly soon.
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Posted on 16-09-2020 18:46
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Groenewegen and Banaszek shared the sprint victories between themselves, with the Jumbo rider taking 2 out of the 3, which also allowed him to top the points classification despite having the same number of points as the Pole.
 Groenewegen strikes in his first try of the season
Bob Jungels won the only uphill finish of the race in front of Laurens De Plus, but the Belgian would put quite some distance between himself and everyone else in the fourth stage time - trial to defend his title.
De Plus reminded everyone that getting the rainbow jersey wasn't a fluke
Stage by stage breakdown | | | Winner | | | Leader | | | Stage 1 | | Dylan Groenewegen | | | Alan Banaszek |  | | Stage 2 | | Alan Banaszek | | | Alan Banaszek | | | Stage 3 |  | Bob Jungels |  | | Bob Jungels | | | Stage 4 | | Laurens De Plus | | | Laurens De Plus | | | Stage 5 | | Dylan Groenewegen | | | Laurens De Plus | |
Results | 1. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | 18h09'57 | | 2. | | Felix Grosschartner | BORA - hansgrohe | + 51 | | 3. | | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar Team | + 56 | | 4. | | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 57 | | 5. |  | Alexey Lutsenko | Team Dimension Data | + 1'49 | | 6. | | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education First | + 1'56 | | 7. | | Tejay Van Garderen | EF Education First | + 2'15 | | 8. | | Fabio Felline | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 2'24 | | 9. | | Tony Martin | Euskadi - Murias | + 2'27 | | 10. | | Ruben Guerreiro | TEAM Aeroflot | + 2'32 | | 11. | | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | + 2'45 | | 12. | | Mads Würtz | TEAM Aeroflot | + 2'56 | | 13. | | Enric Mas | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 3'04 | | 14. | | Gianni Moscon | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 3'16 | | 15. | | Dries Van Gestel | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 3'28 | | 16. | | Edward Dunbar | Team INEOS | + 3'29 | | 17. |  | Richard Carapaz | Movistar Team | + 3'37 | | 18. | | Daniel Martin | UAE Team Emirates | + 3'40 | | 19. | | Mathieu Van der Poel | SEG Racing Academy | + 3'42 | | 20. | | Nikias Arndt | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. |
 | | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo-Visma | 70 |  | | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar Team | 14 |  | | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Team Jumbo-Visma | 18h15'37 | | | Deceuninck-Quick Step | | 54h34'38 |
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Posted on 16-09-2020 18:59
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A soft paced first stage allowed Caleb Ewan to take a very unexpected win. The next uphill finish in the next stage would prove to be decisive for the general classification , with Adam Yates taking advantage of a brilliant team work to leave his closest rivals one minute behind.
Adam was untouchable in the decisive stage
The race ended very well for Jumbo with 2 stage wins. First, Van Baarle took advantage of the cobbles at the end of stage four to win the sprint of what was left of the pack after a difficult day, before Kelderman finished off the race with a win in the time - trial. It won't be last year's overall victory, but a stage win and second overall is still a great race for the Dutchman.
Van Baarle showing off his versatility on Spanish cobbles
Stage by stage breakdown | | | Winner | | | Leader | | | Stage 1 | | Caleb Ewan |  | | Caleb Ewan | | | Stage 2 | | Adam Yates |  | | Adam Yates | | | Stage 3 | | Jesus Ezquerra |  | | Adam Yates | | | Stage 4 | | Dylan Van Baarle | | | Adam Yates | | | Stage 5 | | Wilco Kelderman | | | Adam Yates | |
Results | 1. | | Adam Yates | Team INEOS | 18h40'47 | | 2. | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 28 | | 3. | | Jesus Herrada | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 54 | | 4. |  | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First | + 59 | | 5. | | Rafal Majka | BORA - hansgrohe | + 1'00 | | 6. | | Edward Ravasi | UAE Team Emirates | + 1'53 | | 7. | | Ivan Ramiro Sosa | Team INEOS | + 2'02 | | 8. | | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | + 2'21 | | 9. | | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 2'36 | | 10. | | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | + 2'59 | | 11. | | Lawson Craddock | EF Education First | + 3'06 | | 12. | | Maxime Monfort | Lotto Soudal | + 3'09 | | 13. | | Matteo Fabbro | TEAM Aeroflot | + 3'50 | | 14. | | David De la Cruz | Mitchelton-Scott | + 3'59 | | 15. | | Tobias Foss | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 4'21 | | 16. | | Dylan Van Baarle | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 4'23 | | 17. | | Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide | Euskadi - Murias | + 4'57 | | 18. | | Juan Pedro López | Atresmedia | + 5'12 | | 19. | | Pavel Kochetkov | TEAM Aeroflot | + 5'19 | | 20. | | Lander Japón Sevilla | Euskadi - Murias | + 5'28 |
 | | Dylan Van Baarle | Team Jumbo-Visma | 61 |  | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Jumbo-Visma | 35 | | | Ivan Ramiro Sosa | Team INEOS | 18h42'49 | | | Team Jumbo-Visma | | 56h07'49 |
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Posted on 17-09-2020 22:49
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| | | | | | |  | | | | | | 2019: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/moHt5CE.png[/img-r] | Je. Herrada | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/Ht2gUCD.png[/img-r] | E. Cháves | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | P. Roglic | | 2020: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/09zuO8c.png[/img-r] | T. Geoghegan Hart | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/csVyzgG.png[/img-r] | M. Matthews | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/ZgD1KCR.png[/img-r] | J. Dombrowski | | 2021: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | P. Sivakov | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/ZgD1KCR.png[/img-r] | A. Lutsenko | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/csVyzgG.png[/img-r] | M. Hirschi |
After losing the opening team time - trial to Ineos, Jumbo made out the most of the two decisive uphill finishes. In the third stage, Sivakov sprinted away from the strongest riders group inside the last kilometre, with Powless following his move a few moments later when he saw everyone in that group was empty to give Jumbo a 1-2. The same tactics was repeated in the penultimate stage.
Sivakov retains the title
Stage by stage breakdown | | | Winner | | | Leader | |  | Stage 1 | | Team INEOS | |  | Jean de Dieu Mugisha | | | Stage 2 | | Rick Zabel |  | | Rick Zabel | | | Stage 3 | | Pavel Sivakov | | | Pavel Sivakov | | | Stage 4 | | Anthony Turgis |  | | Pavel Sivakov | | | Stage 5 | | Fernando Gaviria | | | Pavel Sivakov | | | Stage 6 | | Pavel Sivakov | | | Pavel Sivakov | | | Stage 7 | | Simone Consonni |  | | Pavel Sivakov | |
Results | 1. | | Pavel Sivakov | Team Jumbo-Visma | 25h07'57 | | 2. | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 29 | | 3. | | Gregor Mühlberger | EF Education First | + 58 | | 4. | | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama - FDJ | + 1'16 | | 5. | | Sergio Andres Higuita | Wanty - Gobert | + 1'28 | | 6. | | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | + 1'30 | | 7. | | Edward Dunbar | Team INEOS | + 1'46 | | 8. | | Ruben Fernandez | Movistar Team | + 2'37 | | 9. | | Damien Howson | Israël - Cycling Academy | + 2'43 | | 10. | | Ben Swift | Team Dimension Data | + 2'46 | | 11. | | Nans Peters | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2'54 | | 12. | | Remco Evenepoel | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 3'02 | | 13. | | Jai Hindley | Team Sunweb | + 3'06 | | 14. | | Robert Gesink | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 3'07 | | 15. | | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Movistar Team | + 3'12 | | 16. | | Héctor Carretero | Movistar Team | + 3'19 | | 17. | | Mattia Petrucci | Rally UHC Cycling | + 3'21 | | 18. | | Ben O'Connor | Lotto Soudal | + 3'24 | | 19. | | Amaro Antunes | CCC Team | + 3'31 | | 20. | | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Team Dimension Data | + 3'45 |
 | | Pavel Sivakov | Team Jumbo-Visma | 67 |  | | Pavel Sivakov | Team Jumbo-Visma | 25h07'57 | | | Team Jumbo-Visma | | 74h47'09 |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 17-09-2020 23:02
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2019: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/zj8FCS2.png[/img-r] | M. Schär | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | D. Van Poppel | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/0KMmjQx.png[/img-r] | N. Oliveira | | 2020: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/bNkx6NT.png[/img-r] | I. Keisse | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/09zuO8c.png[/img-r] | O. Doull | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/GesZAMC.png[/img-r] | D. Oss | | 2021: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | W. Van Aert | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/09zuO8c.png[/img-r] | L. Wisniowski | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/nDVARdQ.png[/img-r] | J. Roelandts |
The last cobbled climb saw 4 Jumbo riders making it to a group of 18. Van Aert and Teunissen were quick to give up their own ambitions to set up Danny Van Poppel for the win and the former Dutch champion did not disappoint.
Jumbo controlling the finale
Results | 1. | | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo-Visma | 4h50'42 | | 2. | | Damien Touze | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 3. | | Alvaro Hodeg | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 4. | | Sacha Modolo | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 5. | | Mike Teunissen | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 14 | | 6. | | Jan Polanc | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 7. | | Nils Eekhoff | EF Education First | s.t. | | 8. | | Daniel Oss | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 9. | | Wout Van Aert | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 10. | | Owain Doull | Team INEOS | + 35 | | 11. | | Jelle Wallays | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 12. |  | Mihkel Räim | SEG Racing Academy | + 50 | | 13. | | Aaron Verwilst | Cycling Team Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. | | 14. | | Timothy Dupont | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 15. | | Jan Bakelants | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 16. | | Timo Roosen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 17. | | Rémy Mertz | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 18. | | Jens Keukeleire | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 19. | | Amund Grøndahl Jansen | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 2'27 | | 20. | | Taco Van Der Hoorn | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
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Posted on 17-09-2020 23:07
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2019: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/VupKHQx.png[/img-r] | C. Ewan | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | D. Groenewegen | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/3kSQJ4o.png[/img-r] | N. Bonifazio | | 2020: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | D. Van Poppel | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/0Lm1uGl.png[/img-r] | S. Modolo | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/QXJuoEJ.png[/img-r] | B. Coquard | | 2021: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | D. Van Poppel | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/3kSQJ4o.png[/img-r] | H. Hofstetter | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/0Lm1uGl.png[/img-r] | B. V D Kooij |
Danny Van Poppel looked set for a third consecutive stage win, but he did not adapt to the awful weather conditions as well as Ewan who managed to beat him to the finish line. Ewan looking very impressive so far, having survived some very difficult stages in Andalucia as well.
Results | 1. | | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | 5h06'48 | | 2. | | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 3. | | Kristoffer Halvorsen | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 4. | | Alvaro Hodeg | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 5. | | Amund Grøndahl Jansen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 6. | | Andreas Stokbro | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 7. | | Quinten Hermans | Cycling Team Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. | | 8. |  | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 9. | | Wout Van Aert | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 10. | | Damien Touze | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 11. | | Sacha Modolo | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 12. | | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 13. | | Luke Rowe | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 14. | | Yves Lampaert | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 15. | | Stan Dewulf | Corendon - Circus | s.t. | | 16. | | Dries Van Gestel | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 17. | | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 18. | | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 19. | | Lukasz Wisniowski | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 20. | | Mathieu Van der Poel | SEG Racing Academy | s.t. |
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