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Ian Bibby - 2013: The Year of Reckoning
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 22-04-2012 10:16
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Relly good results from Endura. Good luck for the next races with Bibby, and get at least, one victory!  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 22-04-2012 15:09
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Nice 3rd place for Wilko  |
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 22-04-2012 20:04
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Thanks for the comments guys. 
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 23-04-2012 01:05
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April 13, 2012 - Vuelta a Castilla y Leon Stage 1
Race Preview
Ian: "This five stage race starts with a flat-ish stage which is interrupted by a short, steep climb that must be tackled three times. It looks good for a breakaway here unless strong teams really want a bunch sprint."
Ian: "Our team has no out and out leader here but the time trial on stage four makes Iker the best shot realistically. Today it will be up to me or Andy Tennant to get in to the break, while Rene will wait for a potential bunch sprint."
Ian: "This is a very important race for me as I need to build my fitness up for the races to come. I will be going for the break today and if I do make it, I'll have to see how well I'm climbing on the first hill before making a decision on what to do next."
Full Startlist
Spoiler UnitedHealthcare
1. R.Sutherland
2. B.Day
3. M.De Maar
4. P.Deignan
5. D.Frattini
6. R.Förster
7. J.Keough
8. K.Menzies
Carmim - Prio
11. D.Blanco
12. D.Livramento
13. D.Mestre
14. J.Pereira
15. A.Porto
16. N.Vitorino
LA - Antarte
21. H.Sabido
22. M.Barbosa
23. J.Mendes
24. E.Pinto
25. J.Pinto
26. B.Sancho
Glud & Marstrand
31. L.Bøchman
32. J.Hansen
33. S.Lander
34. A.Steensen
35. R.Sterebo
36. N.Østergaard
AG2R
41. M.Chérel
42. B.Gastauer
43. G.Gazvoda
44. K.Goddaert
45. R.Lemarchand
46. A.Ravard
47. B.Shpilevsky
48. A.Zargari
Accent Jobs
51. O.Chuzhda
52. S.De Wilde
53. T.Degand
54. J.Drucker
55. K.Ista
56. A.Van Groen
57. K.Van Melsen
58. E.Verbist
Landbouwkrediet
61. B.De Waele
62. K.Barbé
63. D.Bellemakers
64. D.Commeyne
65. S.Delfosse
66. G.Devillers
67. M.Helminen
68. S.Vanthourenhout
Endura Racing
71. I.Camaño
72. I.Bibby
73. T.Faiers
74. D.Fleeman
75. R.Mandri
76. J.McEvoy
77. E.Rowsell
78. A.Tennant
RusVelo
81. A.Markov
82. A.Arguelyes
83. A.Ershov
84. N.Eskov
85. V.Kaykov
86. S.Klimov
87. A.Ovechkin
88. I.Savitsky
CCC
91. M.Rutkiewicz
92. D.Batek
93. P.Charucki
94. P.Gawronski
95. T.Kiendys
96. B.Matysiak
SpiderTech
101. K.Lacombe
102. Z.Bell
103. G.Boivin
104. M.Gilbert
105. J.P.McCarty
106. W.Routley
107. B.Selander
108. C.Vives
Efapel
111. N.Ribeiro
112. R.Alarcón
113. F.Cardoso
114. D.Freitas
115. S.Ribeiro
116. R.Vilela
Utensilnord
121. P.Vila
122. J.Augustyn
123. F.Baggio
124. O.Berdos
125. S.Fanelli
126. A.Kurek
127. C.Monguzzi
128. M.Zanotti
Topsport
131. P.Jacobs
132. L.De Vreese
133. E.Lietaer
134. P.Serry
135. T.Van Asbroeck
136. P.Van Hecke
137. G.Van Hoecke
138. Z.Waeytens
Caja Rural
141. D.Petrov
142. G.Bravo
143. H.Brôco
144. M.GarcÃa
145. J.Moyano
146. I.Romero
147. A.Ryabkin
148. J.Sanchez Pimienta
Onda
151. H.Oliveira
152. D.Fernández
153. D.Gonçalves
154. B.Lima
155. D.Silva
156. C.Sousa
AndalucÃa
161. A.Palomares
162. J.Aguilar
163. J.Cano
164. S.Carrasco
165. R.Osuna
166. J.L.Roldán
167. E.Ruiz
168. J.Simón
Orbea
171. O.Fraile
172. J.Aberasturi
173. A.Bagües
174. C.Barbero
175. I.Merino
176. I.Zuazubiskar
Burgos
181. D.Belda
182. J.Brandão
183. R.Jimenez
184. P.Orengo
185. O.Santamaria
186. C.Verona
Big Mat
191. R.Racault
192. F.Dassonville
193. M.Drujon
194. G.Faucon
195. D.Le Boulch
196. S.Tronet
Ian: "AG2R are the only big team here but United Healthcare should have a good shot if Sutherland has the form. The Portuguese teams look dangerous and I think Chuzhda at Accent could be worth a bet. With no stand out favourites, this should be a great, close race, even if the route may not allow for it."
Race Report
On the team's first day in Spain this season, the weather was very typical and Bibby was keen to make the most of it as he was the third man to attack on the stage. He was keen to make up for lost time after missing the race in France last week.
Every man and his dog wanted to get into the break though and as it swelled to seventeen riders, Bibby sat at the back conserving energy as he knew that the massive group would be brought back.
This sensible riding allowed Bibby to be the source of the successful breakaway with five other riders. They built up an advantage of six minutes over the peloton before the three climbs at the end.
Great work over the climbs made it certain that this group would make it to the end. With ten kilometres to go, they had a gap of two minutes to the peloton. Bibby had done a lot of work on the climb and needed to recover.
Into the sprint and it was Bagues in the worst position with Van Hecke, Cano, Bibby, Romero and Orengo queued behind him. Now it was about timing and with 1.2km to go, the sprint really started as everyone went round Bagues.
It was the Belgian Van Hecke who cruised to the win for Topsport with Bibby in a solid but unlucky second place. Cano took third whilst the peloton was led home by Petrov 1'23 later. All riders except one finished in this group.
| 1 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 4h01'08 | | 2 | Ian Bibby | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 3 | José Luis Cano | AndalucÃa | s.t. | | 4 | Igor Romero | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 5 | Pascual Orengo | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 6 | Aritz Bagües | Orbea Continental | s.t. | | 7 | Danail Petrov | Caja Rural | + 1'23 | | 8 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Kristof Goddaert | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 10 | Kevyn Ista | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Filippo Baggio | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 12 | Guillaume Boivin | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 13 | Mathieu Drujon | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 14 | Sébastien Delfosse | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 15 | Alexei Markov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 16 | Artur Ershov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 17 | Davy Commeyne | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 18 | Koen Barbé | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 19 | Sven Vanthourenhout | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 20 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 21 | Matti Helminen | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 22 | Gilles Devillers | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 23 | Ivan Savitsky | RusVelo | s.t. | | 24 | René Mandri | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 25 | Arkimedes Arguelyes | RusVelo | s.t. | | 26 | Pieter Serry | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 27 | Carlos Barbero | Orbea Continental | s.t. | | 28 | Omar Fraile | Orbea Continental | s.t. | | 29 | Dirk Bellemakers | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 30 | Jonathon McEvoy | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 31 | Oscar Santamaria | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 32 | Romain Lemarchand | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 33 | Andrew Tennant | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 34 | Hugo Sabido | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 35 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 36 | Daniel Fleeman | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 37 | Alejandro Marque Porto | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 38 | Thomas Faiers | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 39 | Marek Rutkiewicz | CCC Polkowice | s.t. | | 40 | Erick Rowsell | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 41 | Román Osuna | AndalucÃa | s.t. | | 42 | Bruno Sancho | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 43 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 44 | Iker Camaño | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 45 | Bert De Waele | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 46 | Nikita Eskov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 47 | Jesper Hansen | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 48 | Pieter Jacobs | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 49 | Carlos Verona | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 50 | Jordi Simón | AndalucÃa | s.t. | | 51 | Marcos GarcÃa | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 52 | Jose Mendes | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 53 | Jon Aberasturi | Orbea Continental | s.t. | | 54 | Dariusz Batek | CCC Polkowice | s.t. | | 55 | Lasse Bøchman | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 56 | Artem Ovechkin | RusVelo | s.t. | | 57 | Zico Waeytens | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 58 | David Livramento | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 59 | Joao Pinto | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 60 | Keven Lacombe | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 61 | Sebastian Lander | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 62 | Filipe Cardoso | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 63 | Gregor Gazvoda | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 64 | Bartlomiej Matysiak | CCC Polkowice | s.t. | | 65 | Martin Gilbert | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 66 | Sjef De Wilde | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 67 | Stiven Fanelli | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 68 | Boris Shpilevski | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 69 | Karl Menzies | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 70 | Bjorn Selander | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 71 | Davide Frattini | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 72 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 73 | Jempy Drucker | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 74 | Alexander Ryabkin | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 75 | Flavien Dassonville | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 76 | Edgar Pinto | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 77 | Adrian Kurek | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 78 | Ronan Racault | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 79 | Arnoud Van Groen | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 80 | Dimitri Le Boulch | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 81 | Daniel Mestre | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 82 | Steven Tronet | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 83 | Guillaume Faucon | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 84 | Cristiano Monguzzi | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 85 | David Blanco | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 86 | Jonathan Patrick McCarty | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 87 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 88 | Josué Moyano | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 89 | Kevin Van Melsen | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 90 | Julián Sánchez Pimienta | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 91 | Hernâni Brôco | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 92 | Oleg Berdos | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 93 | Garikoitz Bravo | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 94 | Anthony Ravard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 95 | Sergio Carrasco | AndalucÃa | s.t. | | 96 | Will Routley | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 97 | Eloy Ruiz | AndalucÃa | s.t. | | 98 | Ben Gastauer | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 99 | Thomas Degand | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 100 | David Belda | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 101 | Charly Vives | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 102 | Evert Verbist | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 103 | Patxi Vila | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 104 | Igor Merino | Orbea Continental | s.t. | | 105 | Niki Østergaard | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 106 | José Luis Roldán | AndalucÃa | s.t. | | 107 | Piotr Gawroński | CCC Polkowice | s.t. | | 108 | Marco Zanotti | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 109 | Valery Kaykov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 110 | Adrián Palomares | AndalucÃa | s.t. | | 111 | Serguei Klimov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 112 | Rasmus Sterebo | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 113 | Zachary Bell | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 114 | Nelson Vitorino | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 115 | Daniel Freitas | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 116 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 117 | Tomasz Kiendyś | CCC Polkowice | s.t. | | 118 | Sérgio Ribeiro | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 119 | Márcio Barbosa | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 120 | Laurens De Vreese | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 121 | André Steensen | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 122 | Jóni Brandão | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 123 | Hélder Oliveira | Onda | s.t. | | 124 | Jose Aguilar | AndalucÃa | s.t. | | 125 | Ruben Jimenez | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 126 | Ricardo Vilela | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 127 | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 128 | Illart Zuazubiskar | Orbea Continental | s.t. | | 129 | Célio Sousa | Onda | s.t. | | 130 | John-Lee Augustyn | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 131 | Pawel Charucki | CCC Polkowice | s.t. | | 132 | Philip Deignan | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 133 | Ben Day | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 134 | João Pereira | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 135 | Nuno Ribeiro | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 136 | Oleg Chuzhda | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 137 | Bruno Lima | Onda | s.t. | | 138 | Daniel Silva | Onda | s.t. | | 139 | Raúl Alarcón | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 140 | Domingos Gonçalves | Onda | s.t. | | 141 | Delio Fernández | Onda | s.t. | | 142 | Amid Zargari | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4'57 |
GC
| 1 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 4h00'48 | | 2 | Ian Bibby | Endura Racing | + 2 | | 3 | José Luis Cano | AndalucÃa | + 4 | | 4 | Aritz Bagües | Orbea Continental | + 18 | | 5 | Igor Romero | Caja Rural | + 20 | | 6 | Pascual Orengo | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 7 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 1'37 | | 8 | Rasmus Sterebo | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | + 1'41 | | 9 | Danail Petrov | Caja Rural | + 1'43 | | 10 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Ian Bibby | Endura Racing | | 26 | | 2 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | | 25 | | 3 | José Luis Cano | AndalucÃa | | 24 | | 4 | Igor Romero | Caja Rural | | 14 | | 5 | Pascual Orengo | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | | 12 |
KoM
| 1 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | | 18 | | 2 | Ian Bibby | Endura Racing | | 6 | | 3 | Igor Romero | Caja Rural | | 6 | | 4 | Aritz Bagües | Orbea Continental | | 4 | | 5 | Pascual Orengo | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | | 2 |
"Damn... Well that wasn't too bad I suppose, but it's always gutting to finish second. I was struggling a bit up those climbs and I was really blowing at the end but luckily I was able to sit in the wheels on the final descent and run-in and I recovered enough to have a proper sprint. It was nice to be given the freedom to attack and now I have the points jersey to show for it. I'm two seconds down on the GC, so if I can somehow win a sprint tomorrow, I could be in yellow! Tomorrow looks a lot easier but it is over 200kms so it will be about stamina, which could be a problem for me. Hopefully, the team will look after me "
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 23-04-2012 11:16
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Great start in Spain for Mr Bibby, let's hope it gets better for him |
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 23-04-2012 15:10
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Unlikely to get better than that, but he'll give it a go! 
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 23-04-2012 16:48
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It was a nice start, nevertheless. |
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| franki28 |
Posted on 23-04-2012 16:54
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Interesting story. Have you touched up Bibby's potential so he can become a GT Leader, because i don't think he has a lot of potential from what i remember. |
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 23-04-2012 17:12
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Thanks Freitas.
@franki, he probably won't become a GT leader, but you'll have to wait and see how good he becomes
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April 14, 2012 - Vuelta a Castilla y Leon Stage 2
Race Preview
Ian: "The main challenge of this stage is the distance. It's over 200kms and there are some steep rises near the end which will hurt the legs. However, it should still end in a bunch sprint."
Ian: "We have no real hope of getting a top result today so we'll be trying to save energy and make sure I get to the end still in second. Mandri will be free to go for the sprint but he won't have much of a chance against the quick men here."
Ian: "Obviously, after yesterday, I am now a protected rider and I will simply be trying to get to the end of the stage in the peloton. That is all."
Race Report
It may be the only time this season that Ian Bibby gets to wear the sprinter's jersey but the Brit was enjoying himself, spending a lot of time chatting to the guy who beat him yesterday, Van Hecke.
A difficult day was made easier by a very small breakaway. Just four riders, none of whom were particularly strong, went on the attack. Their only goal was surely to get some exposure for the sponsors.
And over the short climbs at the end of the stage, the peloton, driven on by AG2R and Landbouwkrediet had the escapees in sight. The four leaders were clearly running on empty after a long day out front.
AG2R showed everybody why they're a World Tour team as Ravard edged out Commeyne and Drujon with three other riders from the French team in the top ten. Mandri finished 13th with Bibby finishing safely inside the bunch.
| 1 | Anthony Ravard | AG2R La Mondiale | 5h00'40 | | 2 | Davy Commeyne | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 3 | Mathieu Drujon | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 4 | Guillaume Boivin | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 5 | Kristof Goddaert | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 6 | Kevyn Ista | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 7 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 8 | Hugo Sabido | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 9 | Filippo Baggio | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 10 | Boris Shpilevski | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | ... | | 36 | Ian Bibby | Endura Racing | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 13 | René Mandri | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 14 | Martin Gilbert | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 15 | Ricardo Vilela | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 16 | Bert De Waele | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 17 | Marco Zanotti | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 18 | Gregor Gazvoda | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 19 | Célio Sousa | Onda | s.t. | | 20 | Sebastian Lander | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 21 | Edgar Pinto | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 22 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 23 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 24 | Danail Petrov | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 25 | Zico Waeytens | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 26 | Pieter Serry | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 27 | Lasse Bøchman | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 28 | Oleg Chuzhda | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 29 | Jose Mendes | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 30 | Stiven Fanelli | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 31 | Artem Ovechkin | RusVelo | s.t. | | 32 | José Luis Cano | AndalucÃa | s.t. | | 33 | Sérgio Ribeiro | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 34 | Thomas Faiers | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 35 | Pieter Jacobs | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 36 | Ian Bibby | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 37 | Keven Lacombe | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 38 | David Blanco | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 39 | Patxi Vila | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 40 | Davide Frattini | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 41 | Tomasz Kiendyś | CCC Polkowice | s.t. | | 42 | André Steensen | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 43 | Alejandro Marque Porto | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 44 | Alexei Markov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 45 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 46 | Andrew Tennant | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 47 | Dirk Bellemakers | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 48 | Bartlomiej Matysiak | CCC Polkowice | s.t. | | 49 | Marek Rutkiewicz | CCC Polkowice | s.t. | | 50 | Bruno Sancho | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 51 | Sven Vanthourenhout | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 52 | Sjef De Wilde | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 53 | Will Routley | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 54 | Romain Lemarchand | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 55 | Igor Romero | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 56 | Nuno Ribeiro | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 57 | Koen Barbé | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 58 | Artur Ershov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 59 | José Luis Roldán | AndalucÃa | s.t. | | 60 | Oleg Berdos | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 61 | Arnoud Van Groen | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 62 | Sébastien Delfosse | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 63 | Bruno Lima | Onda | s.t. | | 64 | Iker Camaño | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 65 | Raúl Alarcón | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 66 | Márcio Barbosa | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 67 | Omar Fraile | Orbea Continental | s.t. | | 68 | Marcos GarcÃa | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 69 | Steven Tronet | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 70 | Amid Zargari | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 71 | Niki Østergaard | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 72 | John-Lee Augustyn | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 73 | Jonathan Patrick McCarty | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 74 | Ben Gastauer | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 75 | Cristiano Monguzzi | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 76 | Ben Day | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 77 | Jesper Hansen | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 78 | Julián Sánchez Pimienta | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 79 | Gilles Devillers | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 80 | Filipe Cardoso | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 81 | Bjorn Selander | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 82 | Ronan Racault | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 83 | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 84 | Serguei Klimov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 85 | Philip Deignan | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 86 | Pascual Orengo | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 87 | Alexander Ryabkin | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 88 | Adrian Kurek | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 89 | Daniel Fleeman | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 90 | Matti Helminen | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 91 | Nelson Vitorino | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 92 | Aritz Bagües | Orbea Continental | s.t. | | 93 | Flavien Dassonville | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 94 | Josué Moyano | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 95 | Guillaume Faucon | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 96 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 97 | Erick Rowsell | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 98 | Oscar Santamaria | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 99 | Dimitri Le Boulch | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 100 | Hélder Oliveira | Onda | s.t. | | 101 | Karl Menzies | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 102 | Domingos Gonçalves | Onda | s.t. | | 103 | Thomas Degand | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 104 | Evert Verbist | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 105 | Jempy Drucker | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 106 | Jonathon McEvoy | Endura Racing | + 3'06 | | 107 | Laurens De Vreese | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 3'27 | | 108 | Román Osuna | AndalucÃa | s.t. | | 109 | Jose Aguilar | AndalucÃa | + 4'31 | | 110 | Rasmus Sterebo | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 111 | Daniel Freitas | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 112 | Piotr Gawroński | CCC Polkowice | s.t. | | 113 | Kevin Van Melsen | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 114 | Dariusz Batek | CCC Polkowice | s.t. | | 115 | Daniel Silva | Onda | s.t. | | 116 | Delio Fernández | Onda | s.t. | | 117 | Pawel Charucki | CCC Polkowice | s.t. | | 118 | Charly Vives | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 119 | Zachary Bell | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 120 | Joao Pinto | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 121 | Eloy Ruiz | AndalucÃa | + 5'56 | | 122 | Carlos Verona | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 123 | João Pereira | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 124 | Hernâni Brôco | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 125 | Arkimedes Arguelyes | RusVelo | s.t. | | 126 | Igor Merino | Orbea Continental | s.t. | | 127 | Nikita Eskov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 128 | Garikoitz Bravo | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 129 | Jordi Simón | AndalucÃa | s.t. | | 130 | David Livramento | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 131 | Daniel Mestre | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 132 | Ivan Savitsky | RusVelo | s.t. | | 133 | David Belda | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 134 | Sergio Carrasco | AndalucÃa | s.t. | | 135 | Jon Aberasturi | Orbea Continental | s.t. | | 136 | Illart Zuazubiskar | Orbea Continental | s.t. | | 137 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 138 | Jóni Brandão | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 139 | Valery Kaykov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 140 | Ruben Jimenez | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | + 8'34 | | 141 | Adrián Palomares | AndalucÃa | s.t. | | 142 | Carlos Barbero | Orbea Continental | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 4h00'48 | | 2 | Ian Bibby | Endura Racing | + 2 | | 3 | José Luis Cano | AndalucÃa | + 4 | | 4 | Aritz Bagües | Orbea Continental | + 18 | | 5 | Igor Romero | Caja Rural | + 20 | | 6 | Pascual Orengo | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 7 | Anthony Ravard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'23 | | 8 | Davy Commeyne | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 1'31 | | 9 | Jempy Drucker | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 10 | Mathieu Drujon | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 1'35 |
Points
| 1 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | | 29 | | 2 | Ian Bibby | Endura Racing | | 26 | | 3 | Anthony Ravard | AG2R La Mondiale | | 25 | | 4 | José Luis Cano | AndalucÃa | | 24 | | 5 | Davy Commeyne | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | | 20 |
KoM
| 1 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | | 18 | | 2 | Ian Bibby | Endura Racing | | 6 | | 3 | Igor Romero | Caja Rural | | 6 | | 4 | Aritz Bagües | Orbea Continental | | 4 | | 5 | Pascual Orengo | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | | 2 |
"That was easier than it should have been with such a small breakaway but had it been any harder I could have kissed goodbye to second place. I was struggling like hell over those little climbs at the end and I'm very thankful to JMac, Erick and Faiers for looking after me and keeping me up at the front. My fitness isn't good enough right now and tomorrow's hilly stage and summit finish will almost certainly see me retire my green jersey and start working for the team again."
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| baia |
Posted on 23-04-2012 19:11
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Bibby is in great position...hope he can take something from it..
(could you try to have one rider with bike from UnitedHealthCare in one screen when you take from Endura? )
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Posted on 23-04-2012 19:26
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Bibby still holding his 2nd place for a good overall finish (hopefully) |
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Posted on 23-04-2012 20:37
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That's an odd request baia (do you have a fetish ). I'll try
I don't think Bibby will be able to hang on but let's see.
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| baia |
Posted on 23-04-2012 21:18
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Maybe..
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Posted on 23-04-2012 22:26
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That's some good result in the 1st stage and wil bring Bibby a good place in the GC!!
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Posted on 23-04-2012 23:37
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April 15, 2012 - Vuelta a Castilla y Leon Stage 3
Race Preview
Ian: "The Queen stage of the race has two climbs including one up to the finish. Positioning and timing your attack/sprint will be key here. For us it could be a very long stage"
Ian: "We're going to have to play it by ear today. The guys will be looking after me but it comes down to whoever is strongest on the final climb out of Camano and Mandri as to who goes ahead and leads our charge today."
Ian: "Yesterday's difficult stage has taken its toll on me and I should really struggle today. I just need to go at my own pace on the final climb and limit my losses. My goal is a top ten overall and I believe I can still do it."
Race Report
The break took a while to form and when it did, it contained seven riders. Frattini of UnitedHealthcare was the best climber in there amongst a host of small Spanish and Portuguese teams.
The breakaway was brought back easily and as we hit the final ascent, Sutherland was the first to attack and the favourite for the race built up a reasonable lead but the pace in the very small peloton was very high and he was soon caught.
With three kilometres to go, Sanchez Pimienta of Caja Rural was the next to give it a go. This attack looked much better and all he could do now was keep pedalling with the flamme rouge in sight.
And the rest of the peloton caught him too late and the Spaniard could celebrate a great win on home soil. Ovechkin, Rutkiewicz and Deignan were next over, with Camano Endura's highest finisher in 19th. Bibby battled like crazy to a solid 29th.
| 1 | Julián Sánchez Pimienta | Caja Rural | 3h59'26 | | 2 | Artem Ovechkin | RusVelo | + 11 | | 3 | Marek Rutkiewicz | CCC Polkowice | + 19 | | 4 | Philip Deignan | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Alejandro Marque Porto | Carmim - Prio | + 24 | | 6 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Hugo Sabido | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 9 | David Blanco | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 10 | John-Lee Augustyn | Utensilnord Named | + 46 | | ... | | 29 | Ian Bibby | Endura Racing | + 2'29 |
Spoiler | 11 | Patxi Vila | Utensilnord Named | + 59 | | 12 | Edgar Pinto | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 13 | Anthony Ravard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'08 | | 14 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 15 | Jose Mendes | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 16 | Lasse Bøchman | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | + 1'26 | | 17 | Danail Petrov | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 18 | Marcos GarcÃa | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 19 | Iker Camaño | Endura Racing | + 1'34 | | 20 | Jesper Hansen | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 21 | Igor Romero | Caja Rural | + 2'06 | | 22 | Bert De Waele | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 2'13 | | 23 | Nelson Vitorino | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 24 | Hernâni Brôco | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 25 | Davide Frattini | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 26 | Serguei Klimov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 27 | Nuno Ribeiro | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 28 | Davy Commeyne | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 29 | Ian Bibby | Endura Racing | + 2'29 | | 30 | Gregor Gazvoda | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 31 | René Mandri | Endura Racing | + 2'35 | | 32 | Ricardo Vilela | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 33 | Pieter Jacobs | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 3'19 | | 34 | Josué Moyano | Caja Rural | + 3'44 | | 35 | André Steensen | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | + 3'49 | | 36 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 37 | Boris Shpilevski | AG2R La Mondiale | + 5'11 | | 38 | David Belda | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | + 5'16 | | 39 | Thomas Faiers | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 40 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 41 | Sjef De Wilde | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 42 | Omar Fraile | Orbea Continental | s.t. | | 43 | Sérgio Ribeiro | Efapel - Glassdrive | + 5'30 | | 44 | Jordi Simón | AndalucÃa | s.t. | | 45 | Kristof Goddaert | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 46 | Erick Rowsell | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 47 | Niki Østergaard | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 48 | Zico Waeytens | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 49 | Pascual Orengo | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 50 | Amid Zargari | AG2R La Mondiale | + 6'12 | | 51 | Célio Sousa | Onda | + 6'25 | | 52 | Stiven Fanelli | Utensilnord Named | + 6'31 | | 53 | Will Routley | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 7'06 | | 54 | Sébastien Delfosse | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 7'15 | | 55 | Alexei Markov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 56 | Oleg Chuzhda | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 7'36 | | 57 | Gilles Devillers | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 7'56 | | 58 | Daniel Fleeman | Endura Racing | + 8'08 | | 59 | Márcio Barbosa | LA - Antarte | + 8'14 | | 60 | Kevyn Ista | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 8'19 | | 61 | Jose Aguilar | AndalucÃa | + 8'27 | | 62 | José Luis Roldán | AndalucÃa | + 8'33 | | 63 | Jonathan Patrick McCarty | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 8'38 | | 64 | Tomasz Kiendyś | CCC Polkowice | + 8'46 | | 65 | Keven Lacombe | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 8'51 | | 66 | José Luis Cano | AndalucÃa | s.t. | | 67 | Guillaume Boivin | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 68 | Andrew Tennant | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 69 | Alexander Ryabkin | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 70 | Garikoitz Bravo | Caja Rural | + 9'08 | | 71 | Martin Gilbert | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 9'13 | | 72 | Igor Merino | Orbea Continental | + 9'37 | | 73 | Raúl Alarcón | Efapel - Glassdrive | + 9'43 | | 74 | Nikita Eskov | RusVelo | + 9'49 | | 75 | Aritz Bagües | Orbea Continental | s.t. | | 76 | Dimitri Le Boulch | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 11'13 | | 77 | Flavien Dassonville | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 11'18 | | 78 | Daniel Silva | Onda | + 11'23 | | 79 | Ben Gastauer | AG2R La Mondiale | + 11'28 | | 80 | Hélder Oliveira | Onda | s.t. | | 81 | Sergio Carrasco | AndalucÃa | s.t. | | 82 | Dirk Bellemakers | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 83 | Karl Menzies | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 84 | Guillaume Faucon | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 85 | Cristiano Monguzzi | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 86 | Eloy Ruiz | AndalucÃa | s.t. | | 87 | Koen Barbé | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 88 | Mathieu Drujon | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 89 | Sven Vanthourenhout | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 90 | Bartlomiej Matysiak | CCC Polkowice | s.t. | | 91 | Sebastian Lander | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 92 | Oleg Berdos | Utensilnord Named | + 12'00 | | 93 | Pieter Serry | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 94 | Domingos Gonçalves | Onda | s.t. | | 95 | Romain Lemarchand | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 96 | Delio Fernández | Onda | s.t. | | 97 | Thomas Degand | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 98 | Oscar Santamaria | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 99 | Bjorn Selander | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 12'12 | | 100 | Steven Tronet | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 101 | Ben Day | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 102 | Ronan Racault | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 103 | Carlos Verona | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | + 12'19 | | 104 | Marco Zanotti | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 105 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 106 | Filippo Baggio | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 107 | Arkimedes Arguelyes | RusVelo | s.t. | | 108 | Jonathon McEvoy | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 109 | Román Osuna | AndalucÃa | + 12'49 | | 110 | Matti Helminen | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 111 | João Pereira | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 112 | Joao Pinto | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 113 | Illart Zuazubiskar | Orbea Continental | s.t. | | 114 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 13'05 | | 115 | Adrian Kurek | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 116 | Dariusz Batek | CCC Polkowice | s.t. | | 117 | Piotr Gawroński | CCC Polkowice | s.t. | | 118 | Daniel Mestre | Carmim - Prio | + 13'20 | | 119 | Valery Kaykov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 120 | Bruno Sancho | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 121 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 122 | Pawel Charucki | CCC Polkowice | s.t. | | 123 | Charly Vives | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 13'33 | | 124 | David Livramento | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 125 | Rasmus Sterebo | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | + 13'39 | | 126 | Jon Aberasturi | Orbea Continental | + 13'44 | | 127 | Filipe Cardoso | Efapel - Glassdrive | + 13'49 | | 128 | Laurens De Vreese | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 129 | Zachary Bell | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 14'17 | | 130 | Adrián Palomares | AndalucÃa | + 17'32 | | 131 | Artur Ershov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 132 | Jóni Brandão | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 133 | Carlos Barbero | Orbea Continental | s.t. | | 134 | Daniel Freitas | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 135 | Arnoud Van Groen | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 136 | Evert Verbist | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 137 | Ivan Savitsky | RusVelo | + 17'55 | | 138 | Jempy Drucker | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 139 | Kevin Van Melsen | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 140 | Ruben Jimenez | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | + 18'08 | | 141 | Bruno Lima | Onda | + 19'30 | | 142 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 19'42 |
GC
| 1 | Julián Sánchez Pimienta | Caja Rural | 13h02'17 | | 2 | Artem Ovechkin | RusVelo | + 19 | | 3 | Marek Rutkiewicz | CCC Polkowice | + 31 | | 4 | Philip Deignan | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 39 | | 5 | Hugo Sabido | LA - Antarte | + 44 | | 6 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Alejandro Marque Porto | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 8 | David Blanco | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 9 | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Igor Romero | Caja Rural | + 1'03 | | 11 | John-Lee Augustyn | Utensilnord Named | + 1'06 | | 12 | Ian Bibby | Endura Racing | + 1'08 |
Points
| 1 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | | 29 | | 2 | Anthony Ravard | AG2R La Mondiale | | 28 | | 3 | Ian Bibby | Endura Racing | | 26 | | 4 | Julián Sánchez Pimienta | Caja Rural | | 25 | | 5 | José Luis Cano | AndalucÃa | | 24 |
KoM
| 1 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | | 18 | | 2 | Davide Frattini | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | | 16 | | 3 | Julián Sánchez Pimienta | Caja Rural | | 16 | | 4 | Artem Ovechkin | RusVelo | | 12 | | 5 | Omar Fraile | Orbea Continental | | 12 |
"OUCH.
I'm going to bed and I may be some time! I need to recover for the TT tomorrow but I'm satisfied with my performance today. Hope the pictures are good for you baia. Always happy to help. "
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Posted on 24-04-2012 01:06
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Downing Shows Consistency in France
Despite not getting any top five finishes, Endura had a reasonably successful week as the team took part in three one day races in France. The first was Paris-Camembert Lepetit and Russ Downing sprinted to a solid sixth place as the breakaway made it to the end, Vichot beating Delfosse and Huzarski to take the win. Two days later in the GP de Denain, it was a bunch finish with Vachon taking the win for Bretagne ahead of exciting talent Demare and veteran Schulze. Downing came home seventh. Finally in the Tour du Finistere, a superb solo ride by Spanish climber Jesus Hernandez gave Saxo Bank the win. Bichot escaped the peloton to finish second, with Downing taking seventh again on the uphill sprint. JTL couldn't replicate his form from earlier in the season but led out Russ and faded to 17th.
Paris - Camembert Lepetit - Result
| 1 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ - BigMat | 4h49'33 | | 2 | Sébastien Delfosse | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 3 | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp | s.t. | | 4 | Bobbie Traksel | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 32 | | 5 | Michael Reihs | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 6 | Russell Downing | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 7 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 8 | Kristof Goddaert | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 10 | Bert De Waele | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | ... | | 19 | Erick Rowsell | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 20 | Paul Voss | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 22 | Andrew Tennant | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 47 | Scott Thwaites | Endura Racing | + 2'02 | | 49 | Dean Windsor | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 52 | Alexander Wetterhall | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 88 | Jack Anderson | Endura Racing | + 4'08 |
GP de Denain Porte du Hainaut - Result
| 1 | Florian Vachon | Bretagne - Schuller | 4h30'56 | | 2 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 3 | André Schulze | Team NetApp | s.t. | | 4 | Bobbie Traksel | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 5 | Denis Flahaut | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 6 | Bert De Backer | Project 1t4i | s.t. | | 7 | Russell Downing | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 8 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 9 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 10 | William Bonnet | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | ... | | 16 | Ian Wilkinson | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 89 | Dean Windsor | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 127 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 130 | Paul Voss | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 131 | Jack Anderson | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 136 | Alexander Wetterhall | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 145 | Scott Thwaites | Endura Racing | + 50 |
Tour du Finistere - Result
| 1 | Jesús Hernández | Team Saxo Bank | 4h46'14 | | 2 | Freddy Bichot | Veranda Rideau - Super U | + 42 | | 3 | Brice Feillu | Saur - Sojasun | + 57 | | 4 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 5 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 6 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 7 | Russell Downing | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 8 | Yann Huguet | Project 1t4i | s.t. | | 9 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 10 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | ... | | 17 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 47 | Paul Voss | Endura Racing | + 2'11 | | 85 | Dean Windsor | Endura Racing | + 3'15 | | 88 | Alexander Wetterhall | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 102 | Scott Thwaites | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 117 | Alexandre Blain | Endura Racing | + 5'09 | | 125 | Jack Anderson | Endura Racing | + 6'47 |
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| dienblad |
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Too bad you're out of the top 10 with just a few seconds, but your TT-skills could bring you back in.
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Not a good day in Spain for Mr Bibby, but he will bounce back  |
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April 16, 2012 - Vuelta a Castilla y Leon Stage 4
Race Preview
Ian: "The all-important time trial. It's only ten kilometres so the gaps won't be that big but a little climb in the middle will hurt anyone whose legs are on the wane."
Ian: "Our best shot today is Andy Tennant as he is in some great shape at the moment. He'll definitely be looking for at least a top ten. I'm hoping for a top fifteen but my position doesn't really matter, it's about time."
Ian: "My ever improving shape is contrasting with my ever decreasing energy levels after the horrific three days I've had. Nevertheless, I just need to beat Romero and Augustyn, neither of whom are noted TT'ers, to reach the top ten."
Race Report
The first competitive time was set by Filipe Cardoso of the Efapel team. He beat the early pacesetters by ten seconds and stayed there for quite a while.
The first one to beat him was Tennant, who knocked a whole seven seconds off the Portuguese rider. That certainly gave Andy a shot at a top ten today.
But Andy's time lasted barely five minutes as the Belgian all-rounder Kevyn Ista of Accent Jobs lowered the benchmark by six seconds. The former Cofidis man would be hard to beat now.
The Russian RusVelo team had a couple of chances to get a good result today. The first was sprinter Alexei Markov, who was quickest at the checkpoint, but slipped behind Ista at the finish by just one second.
Surprisingly, it was AG2R's Slovenian rider, Gregor Gazvoda who eventually knocked Ista off his perch with a time of 14'33, two seconds quicker than the Belgian.
The Portuguese teams have been everywhere in this race and today was no different. LA's Jose Mendes was following Gazvoda and ended up going one second slower than him. Second place.
Now it was Endura's best GC hope, Ian Bibby out on the course. He was quick up the climb to the checkpoint, but faded slightly to a 14'48, which was well inside the top twenty. More importantly, he easily beat Romero and Augustyn and a top ten awaited him tonight.
The pre-race favourite, Rory Sutherland has been largely disappointing so far after his weak attack failed yesterday. The UnitedHealthcare man continued that today with a 14'38, only good enough for a provisional sixth place.
The Portuguese hadn't finished yet and this time it was Hugo Sabido, also of LA Antarte, who was at it. He nipped undrneath Gazvoda's time by two seconds and it looked like he'd stolen victory at the last.
But the Russian TT specialist Artem Ovechkin had the last word. The penultimate rider on the course blazed round in a scintillating 14'29 to take the stage win by two seconds. He also smashed Sanchez Pimienta to take the lead of the race and, barring accidents, he will take the win here.
The game crashed before I could export the results unfortunately, so you'll have to make do with screenshots for now. I'm afraid you will have to wait until after the final stage for the overall classifications but Bibby is in tenth now.
 
"Well, I was a bit slower than I was hoping for but a top twenty is not bad at all. Also, I did enough to move back into the top ten which is all I could really hope to achieve after yesterday. I just want this race to finish now though as my legs have just about had enough of the punishment. Congrats to Andy today with a ninth place. Good effort mate."
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