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One in a Billion | Rise to the Summit
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 22-01-2018 05:19
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Let's see if I can pull a fast one on the others from my 'lower level' 
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 22-01-2018 11:39
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Race 2 of Ardennes week. The climb up the legendary Mur de Huy awaited us at the finish!
I was assigned the free role once again with Ania leading and top favourite for the win. The five man break was allowed to get away to a 5 minutes advantage. The pack started chasing and caught two of them with 25 km to go. Duteil and Oomen attacked. With 15 km to go, Oomen was with one of the surviving break riders in front, with another rider 30 seconds behind, Duteil another 10 seconds behind and the break of 45, including me, chasing them all, 55" behind the Oomen duo. Duteil and the trailing break rider were caight with 12 km to go. Everyone was caugth with 6 km to go. The peloton was down to 25 riders on the approach to the Mur. I attacked at the base of the Mur, with 1.5 km to go. No one else got away from the pack and I soloed to victory. My first ever World Tour classic win, and that too at the Ardennes!
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| Raziz |
Posted on 22-01-2018 11:43
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Yes, come on!
Great victory. |
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 22-01-2018 11:50
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out of the blue a victory on "home" soil 
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 22-01-2018 20:55
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@Raziz: Thanks 
@Croatia: Close to home anyway
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 26-01-2018 13:05
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After the surprising win at La Fleche Wallone, I was fired up to get a good result in this race. That would be the perfect way to end this already successful week. I haven't done well in this race in the past, in the three editions that I've participated. I was hoping to improve that record too.
I was in a free role again with Ania as leader and the top favpurite fpor the win, again. The break of the day was a solo rider, who was allowed a gap of seven minutes. The pack split with the pace of the chase with 130 km to go but came back together 20 km later. I got dropped from the peloton with 35 km to go, mostly because I had slipped too far back in the pack. I got back to the group with 25 km to go. The attacks among the favourites started with 18 km left. I found myself in the fourth group on the road inside the last 15 km. And that's pretty much how it remained till the end. The groups in front splintered, with Alaphilippe beating Simon Yates in a two-way sprint at the finish. I finished 13th, coming third in the sprint for eleventh in our group.
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Gazprom | 6h45'38 | | 2 | Simon Yates | Swissair | s.t. | | 3 | Matej Mohoric | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1'11 | | 4 | Robert Power | Fly Emirates | s.t. | | 5 | Fabio Aru | Gazprom | s.t. | | 6 | Sam Oomen | Swissair | + 1'39 | | 7 | Arnaud Duteil | Continental | + 2'28 | | 8 | Michał Paluta | De Koninck | + 2'43 | | 9 | Scott Ambrose | MTN-Qhubeka | + 2'55 | | 10 | Rui Costa | De Koninck | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Jay McCarthy | Fly Emirates | + 3'05 | | 12 | Tim Wellens | De Koninck | s.t. | | 13 | Abhishek Sinha | Bonsucro | s.t. | | 14 | Moreno Moser | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 15 | Peter Sagan | Swissair | s.t. | | 16 | MichaÅ‚ Kwiatkowski | Gazprom | + 3'33 | | 17 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Swissair | + 3'56 | | 18 | Wilco Kelderman | Gazprom | s.t. | | 19 | Miguel Manuel CÃa | Colruyt | s.t. | | 20 | Sébastien Engel | Orange | + 5'44 | | 21 | Kenny Elissonde | Lacoste | s.t. | | 22 | Michael Valgren | Swissair | s.t. | | 23 | Lilian Calmejane | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 24 | Milton Wallop | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 25 | RafaÅ‚ Majka | MTN-Qhubeka | + 6'02 | | 26 | Jan Polanc | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 27 | Gracjan Gregorek | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 28 | Odd Christian Eiking | Fly Emirates | s.t. | | 29 | Dries Van Gestel | Bonsucro | s.t. | | 30 | Warren Barguil | Bonsucro | s.t. | | 31 | Baptista Mendez | Metinvest | s.t. | | 32 | Tony Gallopin | Gazprom | s.t. | | 33 | Jacques Mevel | Lacoste | s.t. | | 34 | Thibaut Pinot | Gazprom | s.t. | | 35 | Mathieu van der Poel | Swissair | s.t. | | 36 | Romain Bardet | Gazprom | s.t. | | 37 | Sven-Jörg Aust | Continental | s.t. | | 38 | Björn Thurau | Continental | + 8'11 | | 39 | Benjamin Brkic | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 40 | Ulf Hausweiler | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 41 | Arvydas Kartchemarskas | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 42 | Avelino Braguês | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 43 | Anastasio Ania | Bonsucro | s.t. | | 44 | José Ramella | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 45 | Eddie Dunbar | Gatorade | s.t. | | 46 | Bart De Clercq | De Koninck | s.t. | | 47 | Dylan Teuns | De Koninck | s.t. | | 48 | Tom Dumoulin | Gazprom | s.t. | | 49 | Paul Bosvelt | Continental | s.t. | | 50 | Tim Declercq | De Koninck | + 8'49 | | 51 | William Barta | De Koninck | s.t. | | 52 | Sebastian Henao | Qantas | + 9'12 | | 53 | Lawson Craddock | MTN-Qhubeka | + 10'14 | | 54 | Louis Vervaeke | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 55 | Mario Pastor | Orange | s.t. | | 56 | Burkhardt Grace | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 10'29 | | 57 | Dayer Quintana | Basler Zeitung | s.t. | | 58 | Ian Boswell | Fly Emirates | s.t. | | 59 | Andy Atkinson | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 60 | Gavin Mannion | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 61 | Patxi Verde | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 62 | Maxime Le Lavandier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 63 | Simone Petilli | Gatorade | s.t. | | 64 | Adrien Costa | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 65 | Mikel Landa | Gatorade | s.t. | | 66 | Alfredo Balloni | Gatorade | s.t. | | 67 | Sérgio Henao | Swissair | s.t. | | 68 | Tommy McCoosh | Boyaca | s.t. | | 69 | David Boily | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 70 | Diego Rosa | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 71 | Tom Slagter | Continental | s.t. | | 72 | Oliver Karjalainen | Qantas | s.t. | | 73 | Floris Gerts | Philips | s.t. | | 74 | Esteban Chaves | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 75 | Lachlan Morton | Fly Emirates | s.t. | | 76 | Rob Leemans | Colruyt | s.t. | | 77 | Jon Carlos Cerezo | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 78 | Tejay Van Garderen | Bonsucro | s.t. | | 79 | Grégory Ambroise | Continental | s.t. | | 80 | Nathan Haas | Qantas | + 12'19 | | 81 | Thomas Sprengers | De Koninck | s.t. | | 82 | Josh Berry | Qantas | + 12'34 | | 83 | Quentin Pacher | Orange | s.t. | | 84 | Gervais Hardouin | Gatorade | s.t. | | 85 | Andrea Manfredi | Metinvest | s.t. | | 86 | Carlos Verona | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 87 | Steven Kruijswijk | Fly Emirates | s.t. | | 88 | Filadelfio Soriano | Gatorade | s.t. | | 89 | Takero Terasaki | Metinvest | s.t. | | 90 | Gregely Varro | Metinvest | s.t. | | 91 | Albano Platero | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 92 | Rigoberto Urán | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 93 | Lorenzo Rota | Gatorade | s.t. | | 94 | Jeffrey Perrin | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 95 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 96 | Lennard Kämna | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 97 | Manuel Antunes Amaro | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 98 | Thomas Bonnin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 99 | Christopher Mosquera | Boyaca | + 14'30 | | 100 | Giovanni Pedretti | Boyaca | s.t. | | 101 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 102 | Davide Amacker | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 103 | Kristian Aasvold | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 104 | Sohol Oppliger | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 105 | Jonas Rapp | Philips | s.t. | | 106 | Calvin Beneke | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 107 | Andrew Pardew | Colruyt | s.t. | | 108 | Peter Kennaugh | Fly Emirates | s.t. | | 109 | Florent Delfosse | Bonsucro | s.t. | | 110 | Remy Janot | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 111 | Franz Nentwich | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 112 | Thetis Gianopulos | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 113 | Hugo Houle | Colruyt | s.t. | | 114 | Alberto Gallego | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 115 | Kristijan Durasek | Basler Zeitung | s.t. | | 116 | João Silva | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 117 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 118 | Konrad Pister | Continental | s.t. | | 119 | Adam Yates | Swissair | s.t. | | 120 | Jelle Hernandez | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 121 | Rok Oslaj | Philips | s.t. | | 122 | Roy Jans | Orange | s.t. | | 123 | Flávio Cipriano | Boyaca | s.t. | | 124 | Dejan Kokot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 125 | Eugene Kemper | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 126 | Tim Banks | Qantas | s.t. | | 127 | Terence Dejean | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 128 | Maxime Roulet | Basler Zeitung | s.t. | | 129 | José AgustÃn MartÃnez Torrén | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 130 | Yamato Shirota | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 131 | Matvei Mamykin | Qantas | s.t. | | 132 | Malte Hoersen | Continental | s.t. | | 133 | Bernard Thiel | Basler Zeitung | s.t. | | 134 | Gustavo Enrique Carrillo | Metinvest | s.t. | | 135 | Adolfo Garfagnini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 16'19 | | 136 | Tao Zhou | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 137 | Marc Soler | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 138 | Thijs van Beusichem | Philips | s.t. | | 139 | Fabio Duarte | Basler Zeitung | s.t. | | 140 | Hernán Aguirre | Boyaca | s.t. | | 141 | Awazbek Georgiev | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 142 | Clark Brown | Fly Emirates | s.t. | | 143 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Orange | s.t. | | 144 | Frank Karemaker | Metinvest | s.t. | | 145 | Eduard Beltran | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 146 | Jesús Del Pino | Lacoste | s.t. | | 147 | Franco Leon | Boyaca | + 18'03 | | 148 | Leonardo Pajuelo | Basler Zeitung | s.t. | | 149 | Edward Diaz | Boyaca | s.t. | | 150 | Jurgen van Diemen | Philips | s.t. | | 151 | Lander Balencegui | TEAM Cepsa | s.t. | | 152 | Mischa Van der Heijden | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 153 | Oliverio Aliaga | Metinvest | s.t. | | 154 | Rubén Pols | Metinvest | s.t. | | 155 | Derk Abel Beckeringh | Philips | s.t. | | 156 | Pierre Naudin | Lacoste | s.t. | | 157 | Sebastian Wilkinson | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | s.t. | | 158 | Genaro Cañadas | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 159 | Frederik Plesner | Lacoste | s.t. | | 160 | Jelle Wallays | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 161 | Hyeoung Min Choe | Qantas | s.t. | | 162 | Omar Fraile | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 163 | Pierre Gouault | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 164 | Marcos GarcÃa | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 165 | Romain Hardy | Orange | s.t. | | 166 | Tim Merlier | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 167 | David Bjørklund | Gatorade | s.t. | | 168 | Shiki Kuroeda | Basler Zeitung | s.t. | | 169 | Yannick Peeters | Trek Factory Racing | + 20'35 | | 170 | Gertjan De Vos | Colruyt | s.t. | | 171 | Constantino Campuzano | Lacoste | s.t. | | 172 | Juan Carlos Orueta Ibarrola | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 173 | Arthur Perrier | Lacoste | s.t. | | 174 | Milan Veltman | Philips | s.t. | | 175 | Bat Batkhuyag | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 176 | Loïc Chetout | Orange | + 22'31 | | 177 | Alexandr Popkov | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 178 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Bonsucro | + 23'49 | | 179 | Geoffrey Curran | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 180 | Jabulani Khune | Basler Zeitung | s.t. | | 181 | Robert Pölder | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 182 | Gad Azoulay | Iberdrola | + 24'45 | | 183 | Gervais Larrieu | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 184 | Markus Freiberger | Iberdrola | s.t. | | 185 | Charles Herbert | Orange | s.t. | | 186 | Ron Aalbers | Philips | + 26'17 | | 187 | Ilya Davidenok | Vérandas Willems | s.t. | | 188 | Emil Mura | Colruyt | s.t. | | 189 | Stanley Galliot | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 190 | Alexander Ivanov | Boyaca | s.t. | | 191 | Bertrand Pradel | Lacoste | + 27'05 | | 192 | Jeremy Lorant | Vérandas Willems | + 29'02 | | 193 | Julien Kaise | Colruyt | s.t. | | 194 | Kevin Peeters | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 195 | Joseph Roemer | Bonsucro | s.t. | | 196 | Frederik Frison | Qantas | + 29'42 | | 197 | Banga Masakadza | Vérandas Willems | + 29'53 | | 198 | Massimo Vanderaerden | Colruyt | + 30'33 | | 199 | Arthur van Overberghe | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. |
To be honest, Ardennes week hasn't been bad at all. A top 20, a top 15 and a win! My best ever performance in this part of the calendar! Maybe I should've been coming here regularly in the past.
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 26-01-2018 13:39
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After your win in FV, 13th doesn't look like a great result, but overall the Ardennes Week has been quite succesfull for you
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 27-01-2018 04:19
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Yes it has been. A nice confidence boost for sure. Now a bit of a break before Dauphine. Time to enjoy the Giro and see how Formolo goes there
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| Ripley |
Posted on 27-01-2018 08:56
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Great win on the Mur de Huy! In LBL you just have to dig deep and stay with the front group, everybody's suffering. Probably impossible to beat Alaphilippe and Yates in any case. |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 29-01-2018 05:07
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Thanks .
Haven't quite cracked the code for LBL yet, although this is my best result yet. So hopefully, it gets better in the future!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 13-02-2018 01:30
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Spoiler I was on a self-imposed exile from this story for the past couple of weeks. Now I'm back 
The month of May was very good for us. Formolo finished 3rd in the Giro in a competitive field. I was back on the bike for races in June with the Dauphine as my preparation for the Tour.
We had a strong team lining up at the Dauphine with Barguil, Ania and Phinney among the starters.
I was one of the favourites for the Stage 1 Prologue along with Phinney. I was 1 second down on the fastest time at the first time check. I improved to beat the best time by 4 seconds at the finish. I held on till the end and won the stage by mere miliseconds. I would be the GC leader overnight!
Stage 2 was one for the sprinters. I enjoyed my day in the Yellow Jersey.
The four man break was caught 5 km from the line. I finished in the pack but lost the GC lead on countback!
Stage 3 had a similar profile to the previous one. Another four man break was caught just 3 km from the line this time. A bunch sprint decided the stage.
Stage 4 was another ITT! I was among the favourites again, along with Phinney. I was fastest through the first split but kept losing time in the next two sectors. I was 2nd after the second time check, 10 seconds down. I ended up 3rd, 43" slower than stage winner Ibanez, who also took the lead in the GC.
I was one of the favourites on Stage 5. The break was caught with 20 km to go, just before the second intermediate sprint point. I could not follow the decisive move, whereas [b]Barguil[/b] did. He would finish 6th on the stage while I managed 9th. I dropped to 5th in the GC.
Hermanski joined the break on Stage 6. They were caught on the second climb. The peloton was down to 60 riders after the fourth climb. Two riders attacked on the fifth climb but were caught. Power attacked on the last climb. I followed the move along with three others but couldn't catch up to him. I attacked again 1 km from the top of the climb, distancing the others in my group. I was 15 seconds behind Power at the top, with the next group 20 seconds behind. I was caught by the group behind 5 km from the finish. Power went on to win the stage while we were caught on the line by the pack.
Stage 7 saw Hermanski join a ten man break who pulled a thirteen minute lead. The break was down to 7 riders on the fourth climb. Hermanski was back in the pack. Barguil and two others attacked 8 km from the top of the climb. Nairo Quintana and Power were the next to attack, 5 km from the summit. Barguil was back in the pack soon after but the Nairo and Power were not caught. The break won and the latter duo gained some time in the GC.
Ania, Barguil and I were all among the favourites for the Stage 8. The break consisted of four riders. Quintana was involved in a crash but he recovered. The peloton was down to 60 riders at the top of the fourth climb. One rider from the break was caught on the next climb. Two riders attacked from the rbeak, but they weren't of any danger to the GC. One of them was caught on the seventh climb. Everyone in the break was caught on the eighth climb. One rider attacked. The pack was down to 30 riders. I attacked 2 km from the summit of the last climb. Vuillermoz, Polanc and Ambroise followed. Nairo was chasing and caught us at the top of the climb. Ibanez and Power were in the next group on the group. 21 " behind. We were caught by the pack before the finish. I sprinted to 6th with Barguil 8th. There was no change in the GC.
| 1 | Gregorio Ibañez | Swissair | 27h01'10 | | 2 | Nairo Quintana | De Koninck | + 10 | | 3 | Robert Power | Fly Emirates | + 53 | | 4 | Grégory Ambroise | Continental | + 1'49 | | 5 | Abhishek Sinha | Bonsucro | + 3'28 | | 6 | Lawson Craddock | MTN-Qhubeka | + 4'26 | | 7 | Simon Raffin | Orange | + 6'11 | | 8 | Jan Polanc | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 6'35 | | 9 | Warren Barguil | Bonsucro | + 7'19 | | 10 | Romain Bardet | Gazprom | + 7'55 |
Spoiler | 11 | José Ramella | TEAM Cepsa | + 9'44 | | 12 | Victor Lafay | Continental | + 9'58 | | 13 | Andrew Talansky | Swissair | + 10'21 | | 14 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 10'48 | | 15 | Antoine Lavieu | Orange | + 11'02 | | 16 | Jelle Hernandez | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 11'17 | | 17 | Tony Gallopin | Gazprom | + 12'59 | | 18 | Eduard Beltran | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 13'22 | | 19 | Rafał Majka | MTN-Qhubeka | + 17'13 | | 20 | Calvin Beneke | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 17'28 | | 21 | George Preidler | MTN-Qhubeka | + 17'32 | | 22 | Arnaud Duteil | Continental | + 19'14 | | 23 | Ion Izagirre | Gazprom | + 19'23 | | 24 | Ulf Hausweiler | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 19'47 | | 25 | Jesús Herrada | Gazprom | + 19'57 | | 26 | Mattia Cattaneo | Gatorade | + 20'17 | | 27 | Remy Janot | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 20'58 | | 28 | Gennadiy Tatarinov | MTN-Qhubeka | + 21'21 | | 29 | Chris Mortier | Orange | + 22'59 | | 30 | Matej Mohoric | MTN-Qhubeka | + 24'50 | | 31 | Burkhardt Grace | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 24'59 | | 32 | Alexis Guerin | TEAM Netia | + 25'17 | | 33 | Marcel Heitz | TEAM Cepsa | + 26'42 | | 34 | David Per | Lyonnaise des Eaux | + 26'48 | | 35 | Gracjan Gregorek | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 27'01 | | 36 | Tim Wellens | De Koninck | + 27'02 | | 37 | Anastasio Ania | Bonsucro | + 28'48 | | 38 | Davide Villella | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 29'03 | | 39 | Rafaël Le Breton | Swissair | + 33'13 | | 40 | Alexey Lutsenko | Gatorade | + 34'19 | | 41 | Vladislav Gorbunov | Gatorade | + 34'37 | | 42 | Jean-Pierre Desert | Alcatel | + 35'37 | | 43 | Alexandre Geniez | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 35'55 | | 44 | Aleksandar Reeb | Lyonnaise des Eaux | + 36'01 | | 45 | Gérald Chery | TEAM Netia | + 36'43 | | 46 | Franz Nentwich | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 37'22 | | 47 | Daudi Akintola | Alcatel | + 37'51 | | 48 | Kokayi Chatar | Fly Emirates | + 38'49 | | 49 | Gervais Larrieu | MTN-Qhubeka | + 41'35 | | 50 | Thomas Bonnin | Team Europcar | + 42'34 | | 51 | Clark Brown | Fly Emirates | + 43'18 | | 52 | Laydu Bernardino | Trek Factory Racing | + 43'58 | | 53 | Mikel Iturria | TEAM Cepsa | + 44'03 | | 54 | Sven-Jörg Aust | Continental | + 44'55 | | 55 | Jeffrey Perrin | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 46'16 | | 56 | Unai Intziarte | TEAM Cepsa | + 48'10 | | 57 | Philip O'Donnell | Swissair | + 48'53 | | 58 | Bautista Gallego | ERDF | + 49'12 | | 59 | Mitchell Lovelock-Fay | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 49'54 | | 60 | Raymond Bourhis | Alcatel | + 49'59 | | 61 | Serge Beaufort | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 50'12 | | 62 | Jon Carlos Cerezo | TEAM Cepsa | + 51'05 | | 63 | Pello Bilbao | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | + 52'10 | | 64 | Meik Hermanski | Bonsucro | + 52'59 | | 65 | Cyril Gautier | Bonsucro | + 53'36 | | 66 | Marlon Gaillard | Orange | + 53'49 | | 67 | Jan Tratnik | Alcatel | + 54'16 | | 68 | Tim Declercq | De Koninck | + 54'57 | | 69 | Thomas Sprengers | De Koninck | + 54'58 | | 70 | Quentin Pacher | Orange | + 55'53 | | 71 | Ivar Slik | Continental | + 56'45 | | 72 | Victor Campenaerts | De Koninck | + 57'33 | | 73 | Dominik Nerz | Swissair | + 58'51 | | 74 | Marco Tecchio | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 59'24 | | 75 | Dimitriy Lukyanov | Gatorade | + 59'52 | | 76 | Kevin Ledanois | TEAM Netia | + 1h01'31 | | 77 | Jure Celofiga | Team Europcar | + 1h01'55 | | 78 | Luca Wackermann | Gatorade | + 1h03'34 | | 79 | Luca Sterbini | Gatorade | + 1h03'45 | | 80 | Théo Vimpere | Lacoste | + 1h05'14 | | 81 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Gazprom | + 1h05'28 | | 82 | Antoine Azema | TEAM Netia | + 1h05'47 | | 83 | Paweł Franczak | Lyonnaise des Eaux | + 1h05'55 | | 84 | Andrey Lukonin | Gazprom | + 1h06'01 | | 85 | Ryan Sutton | Fly Emirates | + 1h06'11 | | 86 | Idalécio Ferreira Sousa | Gazprom | + 1h06'13 | | 87 | Yannick Peeters | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h08'13 | | 88 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | De Koninck | + 1h08'42 | | 89 | Kristoffer Skjerping | Lyonnaise des Eaux | + 1h08'59 | | 90 | Sven Erik Bystrøm | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h09'41 | | 91 | Maxat Ayazbayev | Gatorade | + 1h09'46 | | 92 | Moreno Hofland | Gazprom | + 1h09'50 | | 93 | Arnau Sole | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h10'32 | | 94 | Harris Quispel | ERDF | + 1h13'27 | | 95 | Gert-Jan Bosman | Philips | + 1h13'28 | | 96 | Benjamin Zimmermann | De Koninck | + 1h13'41 | | 97 | Sylvester Laine | ERDF | + 1h13'52 | | 98 | Ernesto Celada | Team Europcar | + 1h14'42 | | 99 | Sonny Colbrelli | Fly Emirates | + 1h15'04 | | 100 | Michael Kolar | Team Europcar | + 1h15'34 | | 101 | Guillaume Thevenot | Orange | + 1h16'23 | | 102 | Florian Maître | Team Europcar | + 1h16'35 | | 103 | Barry Markus | Philips | + 1h16'41 | | 104 | Dawid Dziubinski | ERDF | + 1h17'30 | | 105 | Chande Danger | Fly Emirates | + 1h17'46 | | 106 | Iltjan Nika | Alcatel | + 1h18'38 | | 107 | Christophe Laporte | Swissair | + 1h19'22 | | 108 | Mario González | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h19'40 | | 109 | Jakob Rathe | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h19'43 | | 110 | Antoine Leplingard | TEAM Netia | s.t. | | 111 | Dylan Groenewegen | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h19'51 | | 112 | Arnauld Cotton | Lacoste | + 1h20'08 | | 113 | Timo Roosen | Philips | + 1h21'09 | | 114 | Alessio Taliani | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h21'26 | | 115 | Terence Dejean | Team Europcar | + 1h21'57 | | 116 | Jaap De Man | Philips | + 1h22'26 | | 117 | Mike Teunissen | Continental | + 1h22'33 | | 118 | Taylor Phinney | Bonsucro | + 1h23'39 | | 119 | Rudolph Adam | ERDF | + 1h24'13 | | 120 | Garikoitz Bravo | TEAM Cepsa | + 1h24'53 | | 121 | Adrien Petit | Team Europcar | + 1h25'06 | | 122 | Logan Owen | Lyonnaise des Eaux | + 1h26'56 | | 123 | Simon Sellier | Orange | + 1h27'58 | | 124 | Jimmy Duquennoy | Bonsucro | + 1h29'03 | | 125 | Jurgen van Diemen | Philips | + 1h29'14 | | 126 | Benjamin Thomas | TEAM Netia | + 1h29'19 | | 127 | Alex Clements | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h29'34 | | 128 | Aimé Moro | Alcatel | + 1h30'44 | | 129 | Gérard Jacoby | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h33'10 | | 130 | Benoît Cosnefroy | Lacoste | s.t. | | 130 | Inaxio Arcega | Fly Emirates | + 1h33'19 | | 131 | Emil Vinjebo | Lyonnaise des Eaux | + 1h33'20 | | 132 | Tosh Van der Sande | De Koninck | + 1h34'11 | | 133 | Bryan Nauleau | Lacoste | + 1h34'50 | | 134 | Lukas Spengler | Swissair | + 1h35'06 | | 135 | Kirk Woodcock | Fly Emirates | + 1h35'11 | | 136 | Luis Tixier | Alcatel | + 1h35'13 | | 137 | Damien Gaudin | Continental | + 1h37'03 | | 138 | Aymeric Caille | TEAM Netia | + 1h37'56 | | 139 | Justin Oien | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h39'16 | | 140 | Phillippe Perone | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h39'23 | | 141 | Oleg Savchenko | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h40'29 | | 142 | Flavien Dassonville | Lacoste | + 1h41'05 | | 143 | Jon Bozic | ERDF | + 1h41'24 | | 144 | Emanuele Miola | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h42'23 | | 145 | Nicolas Mertz | Lacoste | + 1h43'12 | | 146 | Anthony Roux | Orange | + 1h44'00 | | 147 | Lucas Liss | Philips | + 1h44'35 | | 148 | Mats Boeve | Philips | + 1h45'58 | | 149 | Aurélien Conte | Team Europcar | + 1h48'25 | | 150 | Ersilio Oliverio | Gatorade | + 1h49'23 | | 151 | Bryan Alaphilippe | Lyonnaise des Eaux | + 1h52'48 | | 152 | Daniel Oss | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h54'19 | | 153 | Dennis Van Winden | ERDF | + 1h59'02 | | 154 | Michael Freiberg | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2h02'05 | | 155 | Arthur van Overberghe | Trek Factory Racing | + 2h07'28 | | 156 | David Cherbonnet | TEAM Netia | + 2h08'27 | | 157 | Dabid Lightbody | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 2h10'18 | | 158 | Colbert Morisseau | Lacoste | + 2h12'57 | | 159 | Olivier Naesen | Trek Factory Racing | + 2h12'59 | | 160 | Kévin Cheval | Bonsucro | + 2h13'07 | | 161 | Jordi Talen | Philips | + 2h13'40 | | 162 | Yves Estrade | ERDF | + 2h17'37 | | 163 | Vadim Galeyev | Alcatel | + 2h39'42 |
| 1 | Nairo Quintana | De Koninck | 78 | | 2 | Robert Power | Fly Emirates | 65 | | 3 | Gregorio Ibañez | Swissair | 61 | | 4 | Abhishek Sinha | Bonsucro | 55 | | 5 | Lawson Craddock | MTN-Qhubeka | 50 |
| 1 | José Ramella | TEAM Cepsa | 83 | | 2 | Jelle Hernandez | Orica-GreenEDGE | 59 | | 3 | Jean-Pierre Desert | Alcatel | 58 | | 4 | George Preidler | MTN-Qhubeka | 54 | | 5 | Chris Mortier | Orange | 47 |
| 1 | Orica-GreenEDGE | 81h30'32 | | 2 | Continental | + 33 | | 3 | MTN-Qhubeka | + 47 | | 4 | Gazprom | + 5'16 | | 5 | Swissair | + 10'09 |
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 13-02-2018 13:51
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A Top5 + a stage win isn't a bad result at all. Now onto Le Tour to finally get a great result there 
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 14-02-2018 04:59
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Thanks . A small matter of the NCs before I head off to the Tour but they aren't a priority this year. Also, I do have a podium at the Tour but the aim is to improve that
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 20-02-2018 16:18
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This time of the year last year was incredible. In my first year participating in the Dutch national championships, I won the Road Race! I'd never imagined switching nationalities would turn out like this. I haven't put much emphasis on these races this year, but I think my form is good enough to again be competitive.
My performance in the time trial last was quite disappointing. Having already won two ITTs this season, I was sure of a much better result. I was the second top favourite after Dumoulin. I was not feeling very well but I gave it my all on the road. I ended up meeting the expectations of the bookies - 2nd place at the finish, 24 seconds slower than Dumoulin. A huge improvement from last year.
| 1 | Tom Dumoulin | Gazprom | 46'40 | | 2 | Abhishek Sinha | Bonsucro | + 24 | | 3 | Wilco Kelderman | Gazprom | + 27 | | 4 | Sam Oomen | Swissair | + 33 | | 5 | Paolo Roques | Swissair | + 44 | | 6 | Timo Roosen | Philips | + 46 | | 7 | Koen Bouwman | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 47 | | 8 | Dylan van Baarle | Swissair | + 51 | | 9 | Ivar Slik | Continental | + 56 | | 10 | Mathieu van der Poel | Swissair | + 1'04 |
Spoiler | 11 | Georges Nijhuis | Team Europcar | + 1'10 | | 12 | Paul Bosvelt | Continental | + 1'17 | | 13 | Nick Van Der Lijke | Team Europcar | + 1'22 | | 14 | Jasper Lindenbergh | Fly Emirates | + 1'29 | | 15 | Floris Gerts | Philips | s.t. | | 16 | Mike Teunissen | Continental | + 1'32 | | 17 | Danny Van Poppel | Continental | + 1'33 | | 18 | Jelle Hernandez | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1'39 | | 19 | Tim Rodenburg | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 1'46 | | 20 | Cees Bol | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 1'48 | | 21 | Elmar Reinders | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 1'49 | | 22 | Steven Kruijswijk | Fly Emirates | + 1'50 | | 23 | Lennard Hofstede | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 1'52 | | 24 | Gert-Jan Tahya | Philips | + 1'56 | | 25 | Martijn Tusveld | New Zealand | + 1'58 | | 26 | William Derks | Continental | + 2'02 | | 27 | Stef Larossi | SEG Racing | + 2'10 | | 28 | Milan Veltman | Philips | + 2'18 | | 29 | Arturo Mensah | TEAM ASN Bank | + 2'26 | | 30 | Bas Tietema | Continental | s.t. | | 31 | Niels Goeree | JLT Condor | + 2'28 | | 32 | Ruud Cremers | TEAM LukOil | + 2'30 | | 33 | Dean Van Staa | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | + 2'38 | | 34 | Eelco Doeleman | TEAM LukOil | + 2'42 | | 35 | Nordin Krijgsman | Basler Zeitung | + 2'43 | | 36 | Mischa Van der Heijden | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 2'51 | | 37 | Carlos Geneste | De Jonge Renner | + 2'54 | | 38 | Yoeri Havik | Basler Zeitung | + 3'01 | | 39 | Jesper Schipper | La Bota | + 3'06 | | 40 | Robin Aandewiel | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | + 3'09 | | 41 | Moreno Hofland | Gazprom | + 3'10 | | 42 | Julius van den Berg | Philips | + 3'11 | | 43 | Arvid De Kleijn | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 3'15 | | 44 | Serge Hiensch | New Zealand | + 3'16 | | 45 | Hartthijs De Vries | SEG Racing | + 3'17 | | 46 | Jochem Hoekstra | SEG Racing | + 3'24 | | 47 | Dylan Groenewegen | MTN-Qhubeka | + 3'31 | | 48 | Barry Markus | Philips | + 3'37 | | 49 | Jan Willem van Lanen | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | + 3'45 | | 50 | Alje Joordens | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | + 3'51 | | 51 | Nick Van Der Meer | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 3'54 | | 52 | Jesper Asselman | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 4'02 | | 53 | Stephan Bakker | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | + 4'07 | | 54 | Adriaan Janssen | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | + 4'15 | | 55 | Etienne Van Empel | Willy Naessens | + 4'17 | | 56 | Mats Boeve | Philips | + 4'20 | | 57 | Dirk Jan Rijsbergen | JLT Condor | + 4'27 | | 58 | Rick Ottema | SEG Racing | + 4'33 | | 59 | Marc Goos | NAB | + 4'40 | | 60 | Toine Kolijn | Continental | + 4'45 | | 61 | Lars Van Der Haar | Team Europcar | + 4'47 | | 62 | Patrick Van Der Duin | De Jonge Renner | + 4'49 | | 63 | Jurgen van Diemen | Philips | + 4'52 | | 64 | Randy Hofman | De Jonge Renner | + 4'53 | | 65 | Maurits Lammertink | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | + 4'54 | | 66 | Joey Van Rhee | SEG Racing | + 4'59 | | 67 | Frank Karemaker | Metinvest | + 5'00 | | 68 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | + 5'05 | | 69 | Davy Gunst | TEAM ASN Bank | + 5'12 | | 70 | Max Eijkelkamp | SEG Racing | + 5'18 | | 71 | André Looij | MTN-Qhubeka | + 5'22 | | 72 | Jan Maas | Continental | + 5'24 | | 73 | Ernest Ferrier | De Jonge Renner | + 5'26 | | 74 | Jasper Hamelink | NAB | + 5'30 | | 75 | Regillio Borojevic | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 5'31 | | 76 | Jarno Gmelich | De Jonge Renner | + 5'40 | | 77 | Timon Van Reek | TEAM ASN Bank | + 5'49 | | 78 | Han Monkou | Noordlease | + 5'58 | | 79 | Justin Elliot | De Jonge Renner | + 6'06 | | 80 | Mitchell Cornelisse | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 6'14 | | 81 | Willem Plet | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 6'18 | | 82 | Dolf Berghahn | TEAM ASN Bank | + 6'20 | | 83 | Lars Boom | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 6'23 | | 84 | Gert de Keijzer | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 85 | Melvin Boskamp | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | + 6'30 | | 86 | Daan Meijers | Willy Naessens | + 6'38 | | 87 | Arthur Bruurmijn | Noordlease | + 6'46 | | 88 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 6'52 | | 89 | Frans Rongen | Noordlease | + 7'00 | | 90 | Mark Schreurs | Willy Naessens | s.t. | | 91 | Rudy Laamers | TEAM ASN Bank | + 7'07 | | 92 | Alpha van de Berg | Metinvest | s.t. | | 93 | Wouter Wippert | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 7'09 | | 94 | Bobby Reiziger | De Jonge Renner | + 7'14 | | 95 | Revy Amhaouch | Swissair | + 7'22 | | 96 | Jeroen Korsten | Noordlease | + 7'25 | | 97 | Chris Cornelia | La Bota | + 7'32 | | 98 | Piotr Havik | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 7'35 | | 99 | Ernie Smulders | La Bota | + 7'38 | | 100 | Oscar Tuinstra | SEG Racing | + 7'43 | | 101 | Alpha Tahya | SEG Racing | + 7'44 | | 102 | Aldo Ooijer | Noordlease | + 7'51 | | 103 | Ilja Santing | La Bota | + 7'56 | | 104 | Gino Vierhouten | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 8'01 | | 105 | Nino Honigh | JLT Condor | + 8'02 | | 106 | Brian Van Goethem | De Jonge Renner | + 8'09 | | 107 | Peter Koning | La Bota | + 8'12 | | 108 | Marco Minnaard | TEAM ASN Bank | + 8'13 | | 109 | Johim Ariesen | La Bota | + 8'20 | | 110 | Diederik van Praag | TEAM ASN Bank | + 8'25 | | 111 | Huib Bak | La Bota | + 8'30 | | 112 | Kobus Hereijgers | Noordlease | + 8'39 | | 113 | Fahd Brunswijk | La Bota | + 8'41 | | 114 | Rico Reekers | New Zealand | + 8'45 | | 115 | Daniel Galjé | Noordlease | + 8'51 | | 116 | Glenn Kemper | TEAM LukOil | + 8'54 | | 117 | Rune van der Meijden | Noordlease | + 8'56 |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 23-02-2018 01:40
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I started this race wearing the National Champions jersey which I have worn proudly for the past year. The day's break was caught with just a couple of kilometers to go. I did not have good positioning to try a similar attack as last year. I missed the winning move and finished with the first cashing group behind two riders. I ended up 12th, handing over my Jersey to the new Dutch National Champion Mathieu van der Poel.
| 1 | Mathieu van der Poel | Swissair | 4h41'33 | | 2 | Wilco Kelderman | Gazprom | + 16 | | 3 | Tom Dumoulin | Gazprom | + 34 | | 4 | Floris Gerts | Philips | s.t. | | 5 | Sjoerd Van Ginneken | Philips | s.t. | | 6 | Ricky Timmer | Continental | s.t. | | 7 | Koen Bouwman | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 8 | Elden Boateng | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 9 | Tom Slagter | Continental | s.t. | | 10 | Paul Bosvelt | Continental | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Sam Oomen | Swissair | s.t. | | 12 | Abhishek Sinha | Bonsucro | s.t. | | 13 | Eelco Doeleman | TEAM LukOil | s.t. | | 14 | Steven Kruijswijk | Fly Emirates | s.t. | | 15 | Danny Van Poppel | Continental | + 49 | | 16 | Barry Markus | Philips | s.t. | | 17 | Ivar Slik | Continental | s.t. | | 18 | Jesper Asselman | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 19 | Stef Larossi | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 20 | Georges Nijhuis | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 21 | Jelle Hernandez | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 22 | Frans Rongen | Noordlease | s.t. | | 23 | Dirk Jan Rijsbergen | JLT Condor | s.t. | | 24 | Serge Hiensch | New Zealand | s.t. | | 25 | Yoeri Havik | Basler Zeitung | + 1'07 | | 26 | Dylan Groenewegen | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 27 | Nick Van Der Lijke | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 28 | Dolf Berghahn | TEAM ASN Bank | s.t. | | 29 | Nick Van Der Meer | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 30 | Robin Aandewiel | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | s.t. | | 31 | Max Eijkelkamp | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 32 | Thomas Hoogland | Philips | s.t. | | 33 | Timo Roosen | Philips | s.t. | | 34 | Hartthijs De Vries | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 35 | Carlos Geneste | De Jonge Renner | s.t. | | 36 | Moreno Hofland | Gazprom | + 1'21 | | 37 | Nordin Krijgsman | Basler Zeitung | s.t. | | 38 | Mike Teunissen | Continental | s.t. | | 39 | Lars Van Der Haar | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 40 | Pim Ligthart | Continental | s.t. | | 41 | Jasper Ockeloen | Philips | s.t. | | 42 | Gert-Jan Tahya | Philips | s.t. | | 43 | Rick Ottema | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 44 | Paolo Roques | Swissair | s.t. | | 45 | Michael Vingerling | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 1'36 | | 46 | Jan Maas | Continental | s.t. | | 47 | Jesper Schipper | La Bota | s.t. | | 48 | Marc Goos | NAB | s.t. | | 49 | Jochem Hoekstra | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 50 | Pearl Van Eijs | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | s.t. | | 51 | Patrick Van Der Duin | De Jonge Renner | + 1'58 | | 52 | Niels Goeree | JLT Condor | + 3'33 | | 53 | Elmar Reinders | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 54 | Dylan van Baarle | Swissair | s.t. | | 55 | Misha Van De Mije | Philips | s.t. | | 56 | Mischa Van der Heijden | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 57 | Eugene Kemper | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 58 | Dean Van Staa | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | s.t. | | 59 | Lennard Hofstede | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 3'48 | | 60 | Jeroen Meijers | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | s.t. | | 61 | Maurits Lammertink | CULT Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 62 | Etienne Van Empel | Willy Naessens | s.t. | | 63 | Davy Gunst | TEAM ASN Bank | + 4'07 | | 64 | Cees Bol | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 65 | Jasper Hamelink | NAB | s.t. | | 66 | Geert Van Der Weijst | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 4'21 | | 67 | Revy Amhaouch | Swissair | s.t. | | 68 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | s.t. | | 69 | Mark Schreurs | Willy Naessens | s.t. | | 70 | Alpha van de Berg | Metinvest | s.t. | | 71 | André Looij | MTN-Qhubeka | + 7'26 | | 72 | Wouter Wippert | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 7'46 | | 73 | Martijn Tusveld | New Zealand | s.t. | | 74 | Arturo Mensah | TEAM ASN Bank | + 7'59 | | 75 | Jasper Lindenbergh | Fly Emirates | s.t. | | 76 | Bobby Reiziger | De Jonge Renner | + 8'14 | | 77 | Nino Honigh | JLT Condor | s.t. | | 78 | Ernest Ferrier | De Jonge Renner | s.t. | | 79 | Huib Bak | La Bota | + 8'35 | | 80 | Justin Elliot | De Jonge Renner | s.t. | | 81 | Mike Terpstra | La Bota | s.t. | | 82 | Adriaan Janssen | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | + 10'03 | | 83 | Jarno Gmelich | De Jonge Renner | s.t. | | 84 | Gino Vierhouten | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 10'20 | | 85 | Jelle Wolsink | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | s.t. | | 86 | Regillio Borojevic | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 87 | Frank Karemaker | Metinvest | s.t. | | 88 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 89 | Alje Joordens | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | s.t. | | 90 | Arvid De Kleijn | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 10'40 | | 91 | Han Monkou | Noordlease | s.t. | | 92 | Timon Van Reek | TEAM ASN Bank | s.t. | | 93 | Johim Ariesen | La Bota | s.t. | | 94 | Wouter Haan | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 95 | Arthur Bruurmijn | Noordlease | s.t. | | 96 | Tijmen Eising | La Bota | s.t. | | 97 | Wilco Goudswaard | SEG Racing | s.t. | | 98 | Chris Cornelia | La Bota | s.t. | | 99 | Diederik van Praag | TEAM ASN Bank | + 10'52 | | 100 | Aldo Ooijer | Noordlease | s.t. | | 101 | Daan Meijers | Willy Naessens | s.t. | | 102 | Randy Hofman | De Jonge Renner | s.t. | | 103 | Jeroen Korsten | Noordlease | s.t. | | 104 | Ilja Santing | La Bota | s.t. | | 105 | Piotr Havik | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 106 | Ernie Smulders | La Bota | s.t. | | 107 | Joey Van Rhee | SEG Racing | + 11'12 | | 108 | Ruud Cremers | TEAM LukOil | s.t. | | 109 | Kobus Hereijgers | Noordlease | s.t. | | 110 | Rudy Laamers | TEAM ASN Bank 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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 23-02-2018 08:26
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A silver medal in the TT is a good result as Dumoulin was always going to be hard to crack
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 23-02-2018 08:35
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I hate it when those tracked treads dissapear. WHY !! 
Now i'w got some catching up.
Nice silver in TT,
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 23-02-2018 12:19
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Thanks guys Very happy with the ITT result. The best I could hope for!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 26-02-2018 17:05
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The hallowed month for cycling is upon us again. No surprises with where I'm heading for my next race.
The team was mainly focused around climbing. Both Formolo and I were co-leaders for this race. We had no sprinter lining up despite there being 12 stages rated as flat!
Stage 1 was a medium length Prologue. Palik and Phinney were among the favourites here. I started off well but had a bad second sector to be down in 40th place at the end of it. I recovered to finish in 21st, 1'13" behind stage winner Dumoulin, who wore the Maillot Jaune for the day. Palik was 3rd, Phinney was 4th.
Stage 2 was the first one for the sprinters. The break were caught with 10 km to go and the stage was decided in a bunch sprint.
Stage 3 saw Uran being dropped early. High winds caused splits in the pack behind the break. The latter were caught with 3 km left. Once again, the sprinters took the win. I moved up to 18th in the GC.
Stage 4 was the Team Time Trial. We were one the favourites for this stage and finished 2nd, 19" down on winners Gazprom (Kwiatkowski, Dumoulin, Aru, Kelderman). Swissair (S.Yates, Miguel Angel Lopez) were 3rd, losing 46". De Koninck lost 2'33" to put Nairo Quintana onto the back-foot early on. I moved up to 7th in the GC.
Stage 5 was yet another flat stage and the sprinters did their thing. We had a new KOM leader in Vangstad, who took the points on this stage.
| 1 | Tom Dumoulin | Gazprom | 13h30'06 | | 2 | Dzidoslaw Grodecki | Gazprom | + 28 | | 3 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Gazprom | + 55 | | 4 | Rafal Palik | Bonsucro | + 57 | | 5 | Taylor Phinney | Bonsucro | + 1'01 | | 6 | Wilco Kelderman | Gazprom | + 1'08 | | 7 | Abhishek Sinha | Bonsucro | + 1'33 | | 8 | Julian Alaphilippe | Gazprom | + 1'51 | | 9 | Tiesj Benoot | Gazprom | + 1'52 | | 10 | Tejay Van Garderen | Bonsucro | + 2'00 |
The TTT still is the decisive stage in the GC so far...
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 27-02-2018 08:46
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Nice start with a good TTT despite the sub-par prologue. A bit worrying the current fitness when starting Le Tour, but hopefully that means he won't be tired at the end of the race.
Also, unless it's a fantasy route that i don't remember now, i'm sure you are racing in the 2009 route, right?
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