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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 07-09-2016 11:46
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Starting Out as Pro - Road to Recovery and a Helping Hand
I have been quite lucky with injuries in my amateur racing days. Sure, there have been falls, but I had never suffered anything worse than a sprained wrist, a twisted ankle or a deep gash. This was the first time I ended up off the bike for a lengthy spell.
After a successful surgery, I was shifted to the Leopard Dev HQ to speed up my recovery process under the watchful eyes of team physios and doctors. It's been three weeks now since the crash and I'm back on my feet, walking with a stick. Although I can get on the training bikes, I don't have any strength to push the pedals with my left leg yet. I've been told that it'll be two more weeks before I start getting the strength back. In the mean time, most of the day goes into strength and conditioning training as I try to put more and more weight on to the injured leg. I can just about fold it half-way now.
In the mean-time, I realized in all this free time away from the riding that my contract with Leopard was going to be up at the end of the season. I also realized that I did not have them necessary evil - an Agent - either! I had received a few calls with agents promising me rides with 'top' teams but I ignored most of them. Even the ones who sounded more realistic, I was thoroughly confused as to how to decide whom to trust. Incidentally, a couple of my teammates, Alex and Tom, were paying me a visit the next time a call came in from another agent. They overheard most of the conversation and were a bit shocked that I'd not signed an agent yet! They shared an agent at that time, and assured me that he was a stand-up guy. I took their advice and got in touch. I soon realized that this fellow had already got in touch with me a couple of days before. At that time, I'd said that i'd get back to him after making up my mind. This recommendation made it easy for me.
So here I am, in the middle of August, waiting patiently to get back to the racing, hoping against hope what Ripley predicted about this being the end of the season for me does not turn out to be true. Also, I have an agent now, who's trying to conjure up the best deal for me, or so I hope. Let's see what the next few weeks have in store...
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 16-09-2016 03:48
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 08-09-2016 06:21
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Good luck with the recovery. Unlucky but maybe I good break from the action, getting organized.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 08-09-2016 15:36
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Yeah so much I'd ignored so far. This injury has given me a lot of free time. The pain and the sleepless nights are a downer though...
I want to get back on the bike ASAP 
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 11-09-2016 07:12
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Starting Out as Pro - Hoping against Hope
It's been a month now since I last wrote. I've been quite busy with a few things so I haven't got around to writing much.
I've moved back to Amsterdam to continue my recovery from here. I've been walking freely, without support for the past couple of weeks now. I've also got back on the bike, but riding is still not painless. The doctors have told me that the earlier return date of late September is out of the question. My only shot at racing again this season is in the Giro dell Emilia, for which I'm still registered. That will be possible only if I'm fit by the end of September. My recovery is targeted to that particular goal only right now.
On the other hand, my agent has been busy getting in touch with teams for a possible contract for next season. The first few teams were a bust. There were either no free seats there or they were unwilling to take on a one-year rookie. As September rolled in, Leopard Dev came in with an offer to retain me. They were offering me a co-leader role but this would mean staying in the Continental Tour for another season. I was keen on keeping my options open. Finally, just last week, another offer came in. Roompot Orange, who are in the PCT, had a spot open in their team for a minimum budget rider, focused towards climbing, and less than 23 years old. My agent did the necessary wine and dine and set me up. All that was left was to discuss details.
A couple of days later, I got a call from my agent. He sounded more excited than I'd ever heard him before. He mentioned that an offer had come in from an American team, asking me to join them. They were going PCT the following season. The money would be the same but this would mean shifting base once again. My agent asked to think it through. This was a day before the scheduled signing with Roompot. I had a decision to make and very little time to weigh my options...
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 11-09-2016 16:50
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Hard choice, but a win win, Pro Continental either way.
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| DiCyc |
Posted on 11-09-2016 16:57
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Agreed, staying in Leopard or changing to Roompot or this American team sound hard, but I may have a feeling where he will go...
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 11-09-2016 17:06
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The "logical" decision should be signing with Roompot, so you don't have to move on, but if you sign for a PCT American team, you can ride races which suits you more than Northern-Europe races |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 12-09-2016 14:07
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Starting Out as Pro - New Home
It's lovely to get correspondence. Thank you all for writing in. I have to agree with Tamijo. Although the decision is a tough one, unless I extend with Leopard, which was unlikely, I get Pro-Continental either way. However, what Aquarius said also played a big role in my choice. Do I stay in Europe, to sign for Roompot, or head over to America to ride in races which perhaps suit me better. At the end of the day, my final decision came down to something I'd written in one of my first entries...
I thought long and hard all day after the offer from the Americans came in. I slept on it. The next morning, my decision was made. It was as if the last day had enforced what I'd always dreamed. That of being a part of the tour in cycling's heartland - Europe. I made the call to my agent and explained that I would not be shifting out of Europe yet. He asked if I was sure, sounding a bit down, I felt. It did not strike me at the time but now I get the feeling that my choice took away a hefty pay-day for him. Oh well!
 Roompot–Oranje Peloton is a Dutch UCI Professional Continental men's cycling team. The team's principal sponsor is Roompot Vakanties, a Dutch holiday company. The team's first season was the 2015 cycling season. The team has only hired Dutch cyclists so far, a trend I was about to change!
I made the journey to Nijkerk in central Netherlands for the contract signing. It was a short journey from home and the day went without hassle. I signed a contract for 2 years at 2500 Euros per month. I was just glad I had found a respectable team to ride for.
So DiCyc, did my decision match your gut-feeling? 
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At the end of October, the Leopard team physios told me there was no way I would be ready to ride in dell Emilia. My season came to an end at the physios table.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 13-09-2016 15:45
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Satrting Out as Pro - Making the Transition
In the last week of October, I said goodbye to my Leopard teammates and staff, and headed to Nijkerk to join up with the Roompot Team. The riders were off on vacation already, the season having officially ended a couple of days before.
The first people I was introduced to were the trainers and the physios. They took stock of my recovery from the injury. They asked extra questions about why my return was delayed, having originally been scheduled to return in the first week of October. I told them the reasons. It was hard to read from their expressions as to what they made of the explanations. A full fledged medical followed, after which I was told to get comfortable. I wouldn't be going away on holiday just yet. They wanted me hang around for a couple of weeks to assess how best to make me ready for the upcoming season.
My training regime was changed from one focusing on Barouder skills to one where I focused on explosive climbing skills in short bursts (basically to help me start fighting for stage wins). They told me it this would be the first step towards building muscle strength and stamina for the long arduous climbs in tougher races. I started following their instructions to the T. Finally, as fall set in and the air turned distinctively chilly, I went back home in Amsterdam for six weeks of rest and relaxation. I wasn't going back to India. My family would be visiting me here. I can't wait 
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| DiCyc |
Posted on 13-09-2016 16:37
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Great signing (yes, it was actually what I thought  )!
I hope that he will recover and next season will be even better (without injuries!)
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 14-09-2016 09:02
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Thanks DiCyc 
Here's hoping what you said turns out to be true and next season is better with no injuries.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 15-09-2016 16:31
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Well, what do I say...
I've been living a dream over the past year. From the Asian Junior Championships Silver medal to signing for Leopard Development to finishing 10th in my first race to finishing in career high 5th place in Ronde l'Isard to gritting through seven months of hard racing to the agony of injury to signing for a PCT team for the coming season to completing my first season as a professional, albeit injured. Phew!
Statistically, I scored no points this season. I did not win any race. I did not win any stage. I did not even climb onto the podium even once. But this past year has been absolutely brilliant. I'm already looking forward to the next season. I'll be based a lot closer home for the next couple of years, and that's how I prefer it for now. Roompot Oranje have their focus on the right things and I think I couldn't have asked for a better team to sign for. The team presentation will be held in the first week of January once all the riders return. Should be exciting!
Now if you'll excuse me. I have a flight to catch; I'm off for my vacation. Cheers
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 16-09-2016 04:01
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Roompot Oranje Team Presentation
Date: 2nd January, 2016
Ocassion: Roompot Oranje Press Conference
Venue: Roompot Oranje HQ Media Center
"... and with that we come to the team presentation. Roompot Oranje has made an exception to its Dutch riders only rule for the first time. We have brought in two talented young riders, one from France and the other from India. The core set up remains the same, but we felt that the chance to sign these two unique talents was too good to pass up. So here they are, the team that will be wearing the Roompot colours for the year 2015."
| Theo Bos | Sprinter | | Barry Markus | Sprinter | | Raymond Kreder | Sprinter | | Maurits Lammertink | Puncher |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 16-09-2016 10:37
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Good luck in 2016
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 17-09-2016 09:39
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Thanks Tamijo
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 17-09-2016 15:31
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The first race for Roompot comes around. We were off to Spain. My first experience in the second tier of the cycling tour was about to begin.
Stage 1 saw me being given a free role. The stage was tailor made for sprinters so I took it easy and got used to being around my new teammates in a race situation. Kreder and Markus, both among favourites for the stage, finished at the fag end of the top 10. We led the team classification after this stage.
Stage 2 was a quiet one for me as I stayed in the pack and helped out the sprinters. Wesley Kreder finished 4th while Barry Markus finished 7th. A good stage for us.
Stage 3 and again I was in a free role. I stayed with the pack for half distance before trying my hand at an attack with 80 km. I caught up to the break quite soon. However, we were caught as early as 60 km to go. I stayed with the lead group, which was down to about 30 riders till 25 km to go. I couldn't hang on to the front of the race and finished in E5, climbing up to 4th in the U25s classification.
Stage 4 saw the lead group whittled down on each climb. I dropped down to the fourth group on the road after all the climbs were crossed, running on empty as I crossed the line, 4 minutes down on stage winner Alaphilippe. I still managed a top 5 in the U25 classification.
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Etixx - Quick-step | 13h32'32 | | 2 | Andrew Talansky | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 14 | | 3 | Beñat Intxausti | Team Katusha | + 2'12 | | 4 | Alberto Contador | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2'38 | | 5 | Robert Gesink | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 6 | Carlos Betancur | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 4'38 | | 7 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 4'44 | | 8 | Jan Bakelants | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9 | Edoardo Zardini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 10 | Roman Kreuziger | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Valerio Agnoli | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 6'36 | | 12 | Cyril Gautier | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 6'37 | | 13 | Rafał Majka | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 14 | Dominik Nerz | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 15 | Ryder Hesjedal | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 16 | Jay McCarthy | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 17 | Janier Acevedo | Colombia | s.t. | | 18 | John Darwin Atapuma | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 7'42 | | 19 | Valerio Conti | Bora - Argon 18 | + 8'30 | | 20 | Thomas Voeckler | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 8'38 | | 21 | Alexandre Geniez | FDJ | + 8'58 | | 22 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | + 9'16 | | 23 | David De la Cruz | Etixx - Quick-step | + 9'35 | | 24 | Pello Bilbao | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 25 | Daniel Moreno | Team Sky | s.t. | | 26 | Nick Van Der Lijke | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 27 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ | s.t. | | 28 | Egor Silin | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 29 | Miguel Rubiano | Colombia | s.t. | | 30 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | + 9'45 | | 31 | Luis Ángel Maté | Team Sky | + 11'32 | | 32 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 12'00 | | 33 | Matteo Montaguti | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 12'08 | | 34 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 35 | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 12'41 | | 36 | Matthew Busche | Team Sky | + 12'43 | | 37 | Michael Albasini | Bora - Argon 18 | + 12'50 | | 38 | Sérgio Pardilla | Team Sky | s.t. | | 39 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | + 14'00 | | 40 | Samuel Sánchez | BMC Racing Team | + 14'01 | | 41 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Sky | s.t. | | 42 | Anastasio Ania | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 43 | Rohan Dennis | Team Sky | + 14'46 | | 44 | Christophe Laporte | Etixx - Quick-step | + 15'44 | | 45 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | + 15'54 | | 46 | Jonathan Fumeaux | IAM Cycling | + 16'08 | | 47 | Sérgio Sousa | LA Aluminios - Antarte | + 16'10 | | 48 | Pieter Jacobs | Lotto Soudal | + 16'26 | | 49 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 50 | Stephen Cummings | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 51 | Jordi Simón | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 52 | Dries Devenyns | IAM Cycling | + 17'09 | | 53 | Arnaud Courteille | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 54 | Carlos Verona | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 55 | Matthias Brändle | IAM Cycling | + 18'00 | | 56 | François Bidard | Burgos - BH | + 18'02 | | 57 | Heiner Parra | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 58 | Chris Horner | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 59 | Fabio Sabatini | Etixx - Quick-step | + 18'04 | | 60 | Nathan Brown | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 18'13 | | 61 | Manuele Boaro | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 62 | Sérgio Paulinho | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 19'11 | | 63 | Damiano Caruso | BMC Racing Team | + 19'13 | | 64 | Cristiano Salerno | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 65 | Brent Bookwalter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 66 | David Arroyo | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 67 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 68 | Paweł Franczak | ActiveJet Team | + 19'27 | | 69 | Andreas Schillinger | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 20'12 | | 70 | Alex Howes | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 20'17 | | 71 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Soudal | + 20'28 | | 72 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 20'38 | | 73 | Christian Knees | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 74 | Ángel Vicioso | Team Katusha | + 22'16 | | 75 | Alberto Losada | Team Katusha | + 22'22 | | 76 | Edward Diaz | Colombia | + 22'48 | | 77 | Maciej Bodnar | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 22'49 | | 78 | Juan Pablo Valencia | Colombia | + 22'50 | | 79 | Francisco José Ventoso | Team Katusha | + 23'16 | | 80 | Jos Van Emden | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 81 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 82 | Frederico Figueiredo | LA Aluminios - Antarte | s.t. | | 83 | Manuel Antunes Amaro | LA Aluminios - Antarte | s.t. | | 84 | Klemen Stimulak | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 85 | Maurits Lammertink | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 23'36 | | 86 | Yannick Martinez | IAM Cycling | + 24'01 | | 87 | Oscar Gatto | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 24'13 | | 88 | Romain Cardis | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 24'41 | | 89 | Raymond Kreder | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 24'50 | | 90 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto Soudal | + 25'57 | | 91 | Davide Appollonio | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 26'50 | | 92 | Edwin Ávila | Colombia | + 26'53 | | 93 | Luke Rowe | IAM Cycling | + 26'54 | | 94 | Imanol Erviti | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 95 | Marco Frapporti | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 96 | Alessio Taliani | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 97 | Jesús Ezquerra | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 98 | Miguel Angel Benito | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 99 | Lloyd Mondory | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 28'25 | | 100 | Jempy Drucker | BMC Racing Team | + 29'05 | | 101 | Davide Viganò | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 29'25 | | 102 | Tom Boonen | Team Sky | s.t. | | 103 | Loïc Vliegen | BMC Racing Team | + 29'44 | | 104 | Jhonatan Restrepo | Colombia | + 30'00 | | 105 | Sondre Holst Enger | IAM Cycling | + 30'09 | | 106 | Maarten Wynants | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 107 | Robert Wagner | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 30'31 | | 108 | Marcus Burghardt | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 109 | Brayan Ramírez | Colombia | s.t. | | 110 | Campbell Flakemore | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 111 | Carlos Mario Ramírez | Colombia | s.t. | | 112 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Team Katusha | + 31'09 | | 113 | Maxime Daniel | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 114 | Louis Verhelst | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 115 | Egoitz García | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 116 | Johnny Hoogerland | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 117 | Jean-Lou Paiani | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 118 | Frederik Backaert | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 119 | Justin Jules | FDJ | s.t. | | 120 | Timo Roosen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 121 | Hugo Houle | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 31'13 | | 122 | Sjoerd Van Ginneken | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 31'27 | | 123 | Tosh Van der Sande | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 32'34 | | 124 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 125 | Filippo Fortin | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 126 | Shane Archbold | Bora - Argon 18 | + 32'39 | | 127 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 128 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | + 33'02 | | 129 | Michaël Baer | IAM Cycling | + 34'46 | | 130 | Bernardo Colex | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 131 | Adrian Gonzalez | Murias Taldea | s.t. | | 132 | Mathew Hayman | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 35'24 | | 133 | Preben Van Hecke | BMC Racing Team | + 36'08 | | 134 | Tim Kerkhof | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 36'16 | | 135 | Cyril Lemoine | FDJ | s.t. | | 136 | Robert Bush | Murias Taldea | s.t. | | 137 | Yamato Shirota | FDJ | + 37'18 | | 138 | Łukasz Bodnar | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 139 | Miguel Mínguez | Murias Taldea | + 37'20 | | 140 | Juan José Cobo | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 38'11 | | 141 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ | + 38'14 | | 142 | Eryk Latoń | ActiveJet Team | + 38'20 | | 143 | Yohann Gène | FDJ | s.t. | | 144 | Jan Ghyselinck | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 145 | Daniel Freitas | LA Aluminios - Antarte | s.t. | | 146 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Etixx - Quick-step | + 38'45 | | 147 | Vicente Reynès | Movistar Team | + 38'48 | | 148 | Jon Aberasturi | Murias Taldea | + 40'47 | | 149 | Barry Markus | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 40'52 | | 150 | Olivier Le Gac | FDJ | + 40'54 | | 151 | Marco Bandiera | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 40'57 | | 152 | Abel Kenyeres | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 41'45 | | 153 | Boy Van Poppel | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 41'53 | | 154 | Aidis Kruopis | IAM Cycling | + 42'59 | | 155 | Mario Costa | LA Aluminios - Antarte | s.t. | | 156 | Ibai Salas | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 157 | Leonel Coutinho | LA Aluminios - Antarte | s.t. | | 158 | Marcin Białobłocki | ActiveJet Team | + 43'05 | | 159 | Konrad Dabkowski | ActiveJet Team | + 44'00 | | 160 | José Luis Roldán | Burgos - BH | + 44'21 | | 161 | Unai Intziarte | Murias Taldea | s.t. | | 162 | Jesse Kerrison | BMC Racing Team | + 45'19 | | 163 | Juan Carlos Riutort | Burgos - BH | + 48'06 | | 164 | Óscar Pujol | Burgos - BH | + 48'20 | | 165 | Jingbiao Zhao | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 50'22 | | 166 | Víctor Martín | Burgos - BH | + 53'04 | | 167 | Igor Merino | Burgos - BH | + 53'47 | | 168 | Aritz Bagües | Murias Taldea | + 54'27 | | 169 | Iljo Keisse | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1h03'08 | | 170 | Peter Coulon | Burgos - BH | + 1h05'57 |
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Etixx - Quick-step | 70 | | 2 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | 51 | | 3 | Yannick Martinez | IAM Cycling | 38 | | 4 | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Orica-GreenEDGE | 32 | | 5 | Valerio Conti | Bora - Argon 18 | 30 |
| 1 | Sérgio Sousa | LA Aluminios - Antarte | 70 | | 2 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | 60 | | 3 | Valerio Conti | Bora - Argon 18 | 30 | | 4 | Thomas Voeckler | Ag2r La Mondiale | 28 | | 5 | Loïc Vliegen | BMC Racing Team | 28 |
Young Rider Classification
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Etixx - Quick-step | 13h32'32 | | 2 | Jay McCarthy | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 6'37 | | 3 | Valerio Conti | Bora - Argon 18 | + 8'30 | | 4 | Nick Van Der Lijke | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 9'35 | | 5 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 12'00 |
| 1 | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 40h47'24 | | 2 | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 4'24 | | 3 | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 6'04 | | 4 | Etixx - Quick-step | + 12'15 | | 5 | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 16'26 |
A fairly good start for me at Roompot, Top 5 in the U25s in a stronger field is nothing to be too unhappy about. A couple more races in Spain in February will be another opportunity to impress. Looking forward to it.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 17-09-2016 19:44
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Best in your team, quite a brave effort from a new rider in the first race for the team.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 18-09-2016 04:34
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Tamijo wrote:
Best in your team, quite a brave effort from a new rider in the first race for the team.
Both Calmejane and Lammertink lost considerable time on one stage or the other, and ended up way down in the GC. I can't complain though. Better than expected start to my Roompot adventure.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 18-09-2016 17:22
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February. Birthday month. And more Spanish races for me. I was still finding my place in the new team and was looking to impress at every opportunity. The combination of a one day race and the stage race in Andalucia should be a good combination to show my overall abilities.
Murcia, and I was in a free role again. I was starting to enjoy this freedom being given to me. At such an early stage of any cyclist's career, it is a luxury to be able to concentrate only on your own riding, rather than protecting your leaders.
I joined the seven man breakaway which included the likes of Maartens, Ventoso and Ligthart. I was well and truly mixing it up with the top brass now! We pulled away to a 5 minute lead. I attacked on top of the only climb of note. I got away to a 90 second lead over my fellow breakaway riders. I was caught by the peloton with 20 km to go. Although I missed the decisive attack, I managed to get away from the peloton again. Fabio Aru took the win, while I finished in 18th, a minute down on him.
| 1 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | 4h11'28 | | 2 | Dominik Nerz | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 3 | Beñat Intxausti | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 4 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 5 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 6 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 7 | Ian Boswell | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 46 | | 8 | Samuel Sánchez | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 9 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 10 | Dario Cataldo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | David De la Cruz | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 12 | Daniel Navarro | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 13 | Chris Horner | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 14 | Joseph Dombrowski | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 15 | Paul Martens | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1'08 | | 16 | Fabio Duarte | Colombia | s.t. | | 17 | Fabio Felline | Lotto Soudal | + 1'22 | | 18 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 19 | Carlos Verona | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1'43 | | 20 | Francisco José Ventoso | Team Katusha | + 1'53 | | 21 | Robert Kiserlovski | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2'25 | | 22 | Adam Yates | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 23 | George Bennett | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 3'11 | | 24 | Edoardo Zardini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 25 | Sérgio Paulinho | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 3'27 | | 26 | José Mendes | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 27 | Michael Rogers | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 28 | Serge Pauwels | Lotto Soudal | + 3'59 | | 29 | Jay McCarthy | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 30 | Alex Howes | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 31 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 32 | Emanuel Buchmann | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 33 | Esteban Chaves | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 34 | Ben Hermans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 35 | Marc De Maar | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 36 | André Cardoso | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 37 | Arnaud Courteille | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 38 | Rafael Valls | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 39 | Serghei Tvetcov | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 40 | Winner Anacona | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 41 | Egor Silin | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 42 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 43 | Anastasio Ania | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 44 | Mikel Nieve | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 45 | Daryl Impey | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 46 | Maxime Monfort | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 47 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 48 | Mikel Bizkarra | Murias Taldea | s.t. | | 49 | Daniel Jaramillo | Colombia | s.t. | | 50 | Diego Rosa | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 51 | Hector Saez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 52 | Louis Vervaeke | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 53 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 54 | Delio Fernández | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 55 | Daniele Dall'Oste | Colombia | s.t. | | 56 | Davide Villella | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 57 | Janier Acevedo | Colombia | s.t. | | 58 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | Colombia | s.t. | | 59 | Víctor de la Parte | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 60 | Pim Ligthart | Lotto Soudal | + 5'09 | | 61 | Paweł Franczak | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 62 | Maciej Paterski | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 63 | Kristof Vandewalle | Etixx - Quick-step | + 6'10 | | 64 | Tomasz Marczyński | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 65 | Brice Feillu | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 66 | Marc Goos | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 67 | Ivan Basso | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 68 | Valerio Conti | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 69 | Marcos García | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 70 | Damiano Caruso | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 71 | Paolo Tiralongo | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 72 | Lucas Euser | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 73 | Cristiano Salerno | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 74 | Pieter Weening | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 75 | Tiago Machado | Team Katusha | + 7'08 | | 76 | Pello Bilbao | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 77 | Ander Arranz | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 78 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 7'30 | | 79 | Dan Craven | Team Europcar | + 7'50 | | 80 | Ricardo Mestre | Team Tavira | s.t. | | 81 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 8'16 | | 82 | Alejandro Marque | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 83 | Johnny Hoogerland | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 84 | Oliver Zaugg | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 85 | David Belda | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 86 | Chad Haga | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 87 | Lieuwe Westra | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 88 | Unai Arranz | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 89 | Garikoitz Bravo | Murias Taldea | s.t. | | 90 | Maxime Bouet | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 91 | Haritz Orbe | Murias Taldea | s.t. | | 92 | Manuele Boaro | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 93 | Barry Markus | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 94 | Edgar Pinto | Team Tavira | s.t. | | 95 | Sergey Lagutin | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 96 | Paweł Cieślik | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 97 | Dylan Teuns | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 98 | Jesús Del Pino | Burgos - BH | + 9'02 | | 99 | Lachlan Norris | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 100 | Anatoliy Budyak | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 101 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 102 | Damien Howson | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 103 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 104 | Antonio Molina | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 105 | José Vicente Toribio | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 106 | Óscar Pujol | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 107 | Unai Intziarte | Murias Taldea | s.t. | | 108 | Giampaolo Caruso | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 109 | Floris Gerts | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 110 | Romain Guillemois | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 111 | Ken Hanson | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 112 | Ryan Mullen | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 113 | Michel Kreder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 114 | Simon Clarke | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 115 | Marcus Burghardt | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 116 | Guillaume Thevenot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 117 | Imanol Erviti | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 118 | Darwin Pantoja | Colombia | + 9'43 | | 119 | Christian Knees | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 120 | Dries Van Gestel | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 121 | Brent Bookwalter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | | 122 | Jhonatan Restrepo | Colombia | s.t. | | 123 | Nikolas Maes | Lotto Soudal | + 11'47 | | 124 | Jesús Ezquerra | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 125 | Kamil Małecki | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 126 | Piotr Brożyna | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 127 | Joao Pereira | Team Tavira | s.t. | | 128 | Ricardo Vilela | Team Tavira | s.t. | | 129 | Jon Ander Insausti | Murias Taldea | s.t. | | 130 | Bram Tankink | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 131 | Miguel Angel Benito | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 132 | Bernardo Colex | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 133 | Srecko Suljic | Team Tavira | s.t. | | 134 | Stanislau Bazhkou | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 135 | Branislau Samoilau | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 136 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | | 137 | Phil Bauhaus | Bora - Argon 18 | s.t. | | 138 | Roman Kubik | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. | | 139 | Tomasz Mickiewicz | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 140 | Raymond Kreder | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | s.t. | | 141 | Diego León Cuervo | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 142 | Sebastian Mascaro | Burgos - BH | + 12'43 | | 143 | Adrian Gonzalez | Murias Taldea | s.t. | | 144 | Reinier Honig | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 12'57 | | 145 | Dimitri Le Boulch | Team Europcar | + 15'15 | | 146 | Stanislaw Dianzenza | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 147 | Giovanni Bernaudeau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 148 | Tom Leezer | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 17'54 | | 149 | Manuel Cardoso | Team Tavira | s.t. | | 150 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | | 151 | Mats Boeve | Team Tavira | s.t. | | 152 | Carlos Mario Ramírez | Colombia | s.t. | | 153 | Frederik Backaert | Lotto Soudal | + 19'01 | | 154 | Álvaro Robredo | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 155 | Marcin Białobłocki | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 156 | Paweł Brylowski | ActiveJet Team | s.t. | | 157 | Arkadiusz Owsian | ActiveJet Team | + 21'03 | | 158 | Daniel Borrás | Team Tavira | s.t. |
I was feeling very good going into Andalucia. Two good outings in the past month had instilled a new-found confidence in me. To top that off, I was chosen to lead the team in race, which was a big surprise to me. Perhaps another birthday present from the team
Stage 1 was a short time-trial. I didn't lose a lot of time, but finished mid-pack in the classifications. 52nd place, losing 25 seconds.
Stage 2's climbs had the effect of rapidly narrowing down the pack to the cream of the crop. The group was down to about 40 riders after the second climb. I crossed the line almost 3 minutes down on stage winner Purito Rodriguez, shoulder to shoulder with Benat Intxausti, one of my heroes in the sport of cycling in the past couple of years. Another fanboy moment for me!
Stage 3 didn't go very well, as I lost contact to the leading group on the only climb of the day. I laboured to the finish line, five and a half minutes behind stage winner Nairo Quintana.
Stage 4 was one for the sprinters. I stayed well protected in the pack, out of trouble.
Stage 5 fell on my birthday and I was determined to try something. I stayed with the pack till 25 km to go before launching an attack. It was unsuccessful though, and I got caught with 15 km to go. The effort had drained me and I was dropped before the finish by the leaders.
Stage 6 was mostly uneventful, barring the last 10 km. I fell at that point, and did not make it back to the peloton. The breakaway stayed away to claim victory while I lost two and a half minutes on the peloton. I was surprised to find after the stage that I had still secured 3rd place in the U25 classification in this race, my best ever result in that classification in any race so far!
| 1 | Andrew Talansky | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 19h56'16 | | 2 | Nicolas Roche | Team Sky | + 23 | | 3 | Mikel Landa | Team Katusha | + 56 | | 4 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 58 | | 5 | Dries Devenyns | IAM Cycling | + 1'06 | | 6 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | + 1'10 | | 7 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 1'31 | | 8 | Daniel Martin | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2'17 | | 9 | Pello Bilbao | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 2'20 | | 10 | Jan Barta | Bora - Argon 18 | + 2'27 |
Spoiler | 11 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Team Europcar | + 2'30 | | 12 | Alberto Contador | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2'39 | | 13 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 14 | Daniel Moreno | Team Sky | + 2'45 | | 15 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Team Katusha | + 3'19 | | 16 | Dominik Nerz | Bora - Argon 18 | + 3'29 | | 17 | Jarlinson Pantano | IAM Cycling | + 3'35 | | 18 | Beñat Intxausti | Team Katusha | + 4'06 | | 19 | Luis Ángel Maté | Team Sky | + 4'31 | | 20 | Mikel Nieve | Movistar Team | + 5'00 | | 21 | Ryder Hesjedal | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 5'24 | | 22 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 5'36 | | 23 | David López | Team Sky | + 5'42 | | 24 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | + 6'56 | | 25 | Sérgio Pardilla | Team Sky | + 7'03 | | 26 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 7'50 | | 27 | Álex Cano Ardila | Colombia | + 7'51 | | 28 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Soudal | + 8'16 | | 29 | Alex Howes | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 8'23 | | 30 | José Herrada | Team Sky | + 8'24 | | 31 | Diego Rosa | Astana Pro Team | + 9'06 | | 32 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 9'47 | | 33 | Cristiano Salerno | Bora - Argon 18 | + 10'28 | | 34 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 10'51 | | 35 | Garikoitz Bravo | Murias Taldea | + 11'26 | | 36 | Haritz Orbe | Murias Taldea | + 12'14 | | 37 | Daniel Navarro | Astana Pro Team | + 12'17 | | 38 | Pieter Jacobs | Lotto Soudal | + 12'25 | | 39 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 12'41 | | 40 | Michael Schär | Trek Factory Racing | + 13'07 | | 41 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 13'22 | | 42 | Daniel Jaramillo | Colombia | + 13'54 | | 43 | Ricardo García | IAM Cycling | + 14'51 | | 44 | Francisco José Ventoso | Team Katusha | + 14'59 | | 45 | Miguel Angel Benito | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 15'01 | | 46 | Luka Mezgec | Trek Factory Racing | + 15'06 | | 47 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | + 15'12 | | 48 | Edoardo Zardini | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 15'31 | | 49 | Mikel Bizkarra | Murias Taldea | + 15'58 | | 50 | Kilian Frankiny | IAM Cycling | + 16'47 | | 51 | Alberto Losada | Team Katusha | + 17'38 | | 52 | Louis Vervaeke | Lotto Soudal | + 18'05 | | 53 | Marcus Burghardt | Bora - Argon 18 | + 18'06 | | 54 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Sky | + 18'11 | | 55 | Anatoliy Budyak | Team Europcar | + 18'18 | | 56 | Dimitri Le Boulch | Team Europcar | + 18'33 | | 57 | Stefan Schumacher | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 18'35 | | 58 | Tosh Van der Sande | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 18'53 | | 59 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | Colombia | + 19'28 | | 60 | Juan Pablo Valencia | Colombia | + 19'34 | | 61 | Joris Boillat | IAM Cycling | + 19'41 | | 62 | Jesús Del Pino | Burgos - BH | + 19'51 | | 63 | Scott Thwaites | Bora - Argon 18 | + 20'45 | | 64 | Matteo Rabottini | Astana Pro Team | + 21'01 | | 65 | Jesse Sergent | Astana Pro Team | + 21'43 | | 66 | Michael Valgren | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 22'00 | | 67 | Arnau Sole | Burgos - BH | + 22'13 | | 68 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | + 22'25 | | 69 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Team Katusha | + 22'28 | | 70 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 22'37 | | 71 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 23'11 | | 72 | Stanislau Bazhkou | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 23'27 | | 73 | Damiano Cunego | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 23'28 | | 74 | Paolo Tiralongo | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 23'39 | | 75 | Leszek Pluciński | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 24'05 | | 76 | Marc De Maar | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 24'09 | | 77 | Eduard Vorganov | Team Katusha | + 24'11 | | 78 | Jérôme Francois | IAM Cycling | + 24'22 | | 79 | Perrig Quemeneur | Team Europcar | + 24'26 | | 80 | Maxim Belkov | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 25'10 | | 81 | Dan Craven | Team Europcar | + 25'16 | | 82 | Jordi Simón | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 25'20 | | 83 | Víctor de la Parte | Movistar Team | + 26'09 | | 84 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Soudal | + 26'29 | | 85 | Johnny Hoogerland | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 27'05 | | 86 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora - Argon 18 | + 28'08 | | 87 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Bora - Argon 18 | + 28'42 | | 88 | Adrian Kurek | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 29'47 | | 89 | Laurent Beuret | IAM Cycling | + 29'56 | | 90 | Edwin Ávila | Colombia | + 30'30 | | 91 | Heinrich Haussler | Trek Factory Racing | + 32'15 | | 92 | Ibai Salas | Burgos - BH | + 34'11 | | 93 | Ander Arranz | Burgos - BH | + 34'45 | | 94 | Ruslan Tleubayev | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 35'48 | | 95 | Darwin Pantoja | Colombia | + 36'27 | | 96 | Onur Balkan | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 39'16 | | 97 | Stig Broeckx | Lotto Soudal | + 39'38 | | 98 | Jasha Sütterlin | Movistar Team | + 39'55 | | 99 | Jon Aberasturi | Murias Taldea | + 40'41 | | 100 | Luke Keough | Trek Factory Racing | + 42'08 | | 101 | André Looij | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 42'09 | | 102 | Asbjørn Kragh Andersen | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 44'20 | | 103 | Juan Sebastian Molano | Colombia | + 45'16 | | 104 | Eneko Lizarralde | Murias Taldea | + 46'45 | | 105 | Diego León Cuervo | Burgos - BH | + 49'41 | | 106 | Jon Ander Insausti | Murias Taldea | + 49'56 | | 107 | Michał Paluta | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | + 51'20 | | 108 | Thomas Boudat | Team Europcar | + 52'35 | | 109 | Sebastian Mascaro | Burgos - BH | + 52'53 | | 110 | Tim Kerkhof | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 53'05 | | 111 | Brian Van Goethem | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 59'00 | | 112 | Pascal Ackermann | Lotto Soudal | + 1h05'45 | | 113 | Juan Carlos Riutort | Burgos - BH | + 1h05'50 | | 114 | Marco Coledan | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h16'34 | | 115 | Sjoerd Van Ginneken | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 1h17'07 | | 116 | Markel Irizar | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h18'15 |
| 1 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 52 | | 2 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Tinkoff-Saxo | 50 | | 3 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 43 | | 4 | Alberto Contador | Tinkoff-Saxo | 42 | | 5 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Team Cannondale - Garmin | 38 |
| 1 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 30 | | 2 | Sérgio Pardilla | Team Sky | 26 | | 3 | Arnau Sole | Burgos - BH | 22 | | 4 | Cristiano Salerno | Bora - Argon 18 | 11 | | 5 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 10 |
Young Rider Classification
| 1 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | 19h57'26 | | 2 | Haritz Orbe | Murias Taldea | + 11'04 | | 3 | Abhishek Sinha | Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton | + 11'31 (3) | | 4 | Daniel Jaramillo | Colombia | + 12'44 | | 5 | Miguel Angel Benito | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 13'51 |
| 1 | Team Katusha | 59h52'36 | | 2 | Team Sky | + 30 | | 3 | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 2'13 | | 4 | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 3'31 | | 5 | Bora - Argon 18 | + 4'54 |
Two very good results and one good race in February. Andalucia wasn't a particularly good race for me as it exposed my weaknesses a fair bit. It was a bad race for the team in general. Murcia is definitely a race I can build on. March sees three more races coming up and it should be an interesting month. Those races don't suit me particularly well though.
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Posted on 19-09-2016 06:01
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Fine result in Murcia, a top 20 is perfect in a race with that kind of competition.
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