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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 26-01-2015 15:42
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| | | | Winner |  | Australia NC RR | NC | | Simon Gerrans | | Australia NC ITT | NC | | Rohan Dennis |  | New Zealand NC RR | NC | | Jack Bauer | | New Zealand NC ITT | NC | | Jack Bauer |  | La Tropicale Amissa Bongo | 2.1 |  | José Joaquín Rojas |  | Tour de San Luis | 2.1 |  | Christophe Riblon | | Santos Tour Down Under | WT |  | Diego Ulissi | | New Zealand Cycling Classic | 2.2 |  | Bobbie Traksel | | GP La Marseillaise | 1.1 |  | Simon Geschke |
| Stage wins: | 0 | | Jerseys won: | 1 |
Only one race during our first month, but we did fine. The Young Rider Classification Marco won in New Zealand was a very pleasant reward to finish January.
We hope to see you all again in Mexico, for the Vuelta a Chiapas. The race preview and team roster will be up soon.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 26-01-2015 17:00
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Looking forward to Mexico  |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 26-01-2015 17:04
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sutty68 wrote:
Looking forward to Mexico
So are the guys, though they know they will be facing very tough competition 
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 26-01-2015 17:28
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RACE PREVIEW:  VUELTA A CHIAPAS
 | | Patrick Konrad | | | Lloyd Mondory |  | | José Mendes |  | | Baptiste Planckaert |  | | Maxim Belkov |  | | Evan Huffman | | | André Filipe Belmonte | | | Ignacio Arregui |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 26-01-2015 17:39
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Nice selection of Nationalities in the team |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 26-01-2015 17:48
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'This will be a completely different race. We have HC climbs, cobbles and of course we are up against WT riders here. Amongst others Cancellara, Kittel and Nibali will start their season here. A stage win, the KoM jersey or a nice breakaway can be considered as possible / attainable goals in Mexico.
Konrad and Mendes will try to get a good result in the mountainous stage and we're also very eager to sea how youngster Belmonte will perform in the time trial.'
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 26-01-2015 17:51
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sutty68 wrote:
Nice selection of Nationalities in the team
Hopefully they'll understand each other on the bike
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 26-01-2015 18:31
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Great story so far! Loved the reports and good ride from Marco for a Top 10 and U25 Jersey in NZ
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 26-01-2015 18:55
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the_hoyle wrote:
Great story so far! Loved the reports and good ride from Marco for a Top 10 and U25 Jersey in NZ
Thanks! Appreciate that it's coming from one of the masters of story writing
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 26-01-2015 19:31
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CHIAPAS | PRE-RACE DAY
Not only training for us on the last day before the race. A few days ago, this plane had taken us from Lisbon and via Mexico City to the Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport in Chiapa de Corzo.
We had a short last training ride this morning, during which we had a great view on the natural beauty in this region in Southern Mexico
After a group lunch in a local restaurant...,
we crossed the Puente de Chiapas or Chiapas Bridge by bus. This bridge is over a kilometer in length and spans the beautiful Río Grijalva or Grijalva River.
A few hours later, we arrived at the beautiful Mayan ruins of Palenque. The city flourished in the 7th century and became known in Europe after the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century. We had a great walk through the ancient palaces and past several tombs.
The bus took us to the lovely city of Tapachula, where tomorrow's stage will start and finish. See you guys then!
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 26-01-2015 23:25
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Looks like the riders will enjoy there time in Mexico |
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 27-01-2015 08:48
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Some beautiful scenes, this is an amazing start to the season and more importantly, story!
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 27-01-2015 09:48
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sutty: they are really looking forward to the race
jandal: thanks!
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 27-01-2015 13:16
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STAGE 1 | TAPACHULA - TAPACHULA | 96 KM
Today brings us an on paper boring flat stage. Under a bright sun, Stepniak and Dernies attack together to form the BOTD.
The intermediate sprint is easily won by Stepniak, but neither him nor Dernies will even come close to the stage win.
As expected, Kittel is way too strong for the other sprinters. Rowe and Markus finish on the podium, Lloyd finishes in 10th place.
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 27-01-2015 13:20
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| 1 | | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Shimano | 2h05'34" | | 2 |  | Luke Rowe | Team Sky | s.t. | | 3 | | Barry Markus | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | | Daniele Bennati | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 5 | | Nikias Arndt | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 6 |  | Matti Breschel | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 7 | | Robert Wagner | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 9 | | Steve Chainel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 10 | | Lloyd Mondory | RTP Internacional | s.t. |
| 1 | | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Shimano | 2h05'12" | | 2 | | Luke Rowe | Team Sky | + 10" | | 3 | | Barry Markus | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 14" | | 4 |  | Grzegorz Stepniak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 16" | | 5 | | Tom Dernies | Wallonie - Bruxelles | + 18" | | 6 | | Daniele Bennati | Team Tinkoff-Saxo | + 22" | | 7 | | Nikias Arndt | Team Giant - Shimano | + 22" | | 8 | | Matti Breschel | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 22" | | 9 | | Robert Wagner | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 22" | | 10 | | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 22" |
| 1 | | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Shimano | 27 | | 2 | | Luke Rowe | Team Sky | 20 | | 3 | | Barry Markus | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 16 |
| 1 | | Luke Rowe | Team Sky | 2h05'22" | | 2 | | Barry Markus | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 4" | | 3 | | Nikias Arndt | Team Giant - Shimano | + 12" |
| 1 | | Team Giant - Shimano | | 6h16'42" | | 2 | | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | | s.t. | | 3 | | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | | s.t. |
| 10 | | Lloyd Mondory | RTP Internacional | s.t. |
Lloyd did great to grab a top 10 finish against all those strong riders. We also had Baptiste in 12th so we should really be happy with today’s performance.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 27-01-2015 14:11
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Not a bad start from Mondory |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 27-01-2015 20:46
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sutty68 wrote:
Not a bad start from Mondory
It's even a good start
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 27-01-2015 22:51
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STAGE 2 | TONALÁ - TUXTLA | 158 KM
Maxim is the first to attack,..
... and he is soon joined by Gérard and Bandiera.
Maxim also wins the first two KoM sprints, which earns him the right to wear the matching jersey tomorrow!
Still before the cobbled section, the original BOTD is reinforced by Ballan, Rast, Cancellara, Scarponi and Hoogerland.
We still have Maxim in this group.
The cobbled section and the last hill turn out to be meaningless as the whole group is reeled in in the descent towards the finish.
Kittel is once again the best, but we're delighted to see he's immediately followed by Lloyd!
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 27-01-2015 22:57
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Kittel won that stage...  Good 2nd from Mondory and nice day in the break by Maxime
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 27-01-2015 23:06
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| 1 | | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant - Shimano | 3h48'30" | | 2 | | Lloyd Mondory | RTP Internacional | s.t. | | 3 | | Daniele Bennati | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 4 | | Bernhard Eisel | Team Sky | s.t. | | 5 | | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | | Simon Geschke | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 7 | | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 8 | | Danny Van Poppel | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 9 |  | Hugo Houle | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 10 | | Nikias Arndt | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. |
| 1 | | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant - Shimano | 5h53'22" | | 2 | | Marco Bandiera | Androni Giocattoli | + 26" | | 3 | | Arnaud Gérard | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 28" | | 4 | | Lloyd Mondory | RTP Internacional | + 30" | | 5 | | Luke Rowe | Team Sky | + 30" | | 6 | | Daniele Bennati | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 34" | | 7 | | Barry Markus | Belking Pro Cycling Team | + 34" | | 8 | | Maxim Belkov | RTP Internacional | + 36" | | 9 | | Grzegorz Stepniak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 36" | | 10 | | Tom Dernies | Wallonie - Bruxelles | + 38" |
| 1 | | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant - Shimano | 52 | | 2 | | Daniele Bennati | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | 30 | | 3 | | Lloyd Mondory | RTP Internacional | 26 |
| 1 | | Maxim Belkov | RTP Internacional | 26 | | 2 | | Arnaud Gérard | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | 18 | | 3 | | Marco Bandiera | Androni Giocattoli | 18 |
| 1 | | Luke Rowe | Team Sky | 5h53'52" | | 2 | | Barry Markus | Team Giant - Shimano | + 4" | | 3 | | Grzegorz Stepniak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 6" |
| 1 |  | 4-72 Colombia | | 17h42'12" | | 2 |  | Vini Fantini - Nippo | | s.t. | | 3 | | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | | s.t. |
| 2 | | Lloyd Mondory | RTP Internacional | s.t. |
Probably our most beautiful stage so far. Maxim earned himself the KoM jersey for now and Lloyd got a 2nd place, yesss!
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