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Posted on 22-11-2019 17:24
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I'm not the favourite for today. But I'm somehow 2nd in GC now and I'm the leader of youth classification.
Three climbs to go. 37 km left and 54 riders in the front group.
Those roads are so narrow! I'm behind somehow.
I can't believe that I was dropped on that stupid climb. What a rookie mistake!
I'm so angry at myself now...
Top 15:
| 1 | Egan Bernal | Team INEOS | 4h20'09 | | 2 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 3 | Richard Carapaz | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 4 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 5 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | Jack Haig | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 7 | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 22 | | 8 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 9 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 10 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 11 | Ivan Sosa | Team INEOS | + 2'13 | | 12 | Warren Barguil | Team Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. | | 13 | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 2'47 | | 14 | Rafal Majka | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 15 | Adam Yates | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 26 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 6'07 |
So. I guess it's over for me. Can't do much right now. I'll just try to grab some points at the finish and try to get a podium again.
It's time to start the final climb for today.
I'm trying to attack. Can't win it sadly since there is one rider almost 3 minutes up front.
I did catch him!
Almost! But it's another 2nd place in this race. I did gain some seconds, but I was so much behind in GC that no one followed my attack.
Top 15:
| 1 | Michael Woods | EF Education First | 4h01'45 | | 2 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 3 | Egan Bernal | Team INEOS | + 43 | | 4 | Ivan Sosa | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 5 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 6 | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 7 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 8 | Rafal Majka | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 9 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 10 | Davide Formolo | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 11 | Richard Carapaz | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 12 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First | s.t. | | 13 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 14 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 15 | Sergio Andres Higuita | EF Education First | s.t. |
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Posted on 23-11-2019 15:48
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That stage isn't that hard, so I just tried to finish on the highest place possible.
I did attack again. There is nothing I can lose right now. I joined an early break now with 24 km to go.
8 km to go! I'm going for the solo win right here!
That was an awesome attack! I dropped everyone from the break and no one in the peloton followed me. I'm really happy that at least I grab a stage win with no chance in GC now.
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | 4h42'42 | | 2 | Toms Skujins | Trek - Segafredo | + 1'51 | | 3 | Ion Izagirre | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 4 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 5 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 6 | Sergio Andres Higuita | EF Education First | s.t. | | 7 | Kasper Asgreen | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 8 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 9 | Dylan Teuns | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 10 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 11 | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 12 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 13 | Rohan Dennis | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 14 | Richard Carapaz | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 15 | Davide Formolo | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. |
An ITT to finish this race. I can't lose anything again, so I'll just ride that safely.
B. Jungels caught me.
Top 15:
| 1 | Remco Evenepoel | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | 25'41 | | 2 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | + 3 | | 3 | Rohan Dennis | Bahrain - Merida | + 6 | | 4 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team INEOS | + 7 | | 5 | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 16 | | 6 | Marc Soler | Movistar Team | + 18 | | 7 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | + 31 | | 8 | Egan Bernal | Team INEOS | + 33 | | 9 | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | + 35 | | 10 | Pavel Sivakov | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 11 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First | s.t. | | 12 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | + 38 | | 13 | Kasper Asgreen | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | + 40 | | 14 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | + 46 | | 15 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 113 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 2'58 |
I'm not happy with my GC performance since I made some stupid rookie mistake. But I can be satisfied with my stage results. Because of my GC place I could grab my first WT stage win and two 2nd places. I finished 2nd in points classification. At the end, I'm positive about this race in future.
Final general classification:
| 1 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | 21h44'06 | | 2 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | + 6 | | 3 | Egan Bernal | Team INEOS | + 8 | | 4 | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 13 | | 5 | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | + 28 | | 6 | Richard Carapaz | Bahrain - Merida | + 36 | | 7 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | + 42 | | 8 | Jack Haig | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 46 | | 9 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team INEOS | + 1'06 | | 10 | Rafal Majka | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 3'08 | | 11 | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 3'16 | | 12 | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | + 3'30 | | 13 | Adam Yates | BORA - hansgrohe | + 3'37 | | 14 | Davide Formolo | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 4'47 | | 15 | Remco Evenepoel | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | + 5'16 | | 19 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 6'06 |
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Posted on 25-11-2019 14:50
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Quick hilly classic right after I finished Basque Country. And this is the last one day classic for some time. Five stage races with three stages each coming, and then 6 stages in Norway if I'm not mistaken.
20 km to the finish right before the final attempts at those climbs. Only 19 riders in the front group.
Attacks!
I did join the four riders that tried to attack. We dropped everyone.
They attacked again! I have no power to follow them.
They were too good for me. But I did my job well and finished 4th while being completely out of energy.
Top 15:
| 1 | Eduard Prades | Movistar Team | 4h18'30 | | 2 | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 3 | Alexey Lutsenko | CCC Pro Team | s.t. | | 4 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 31 | | 5 | Jonathan Lastra | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 6 | Mikel Bizkarra | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 3'06 | | 7 | Merhawi Kudus | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 4'04 | | 8 | Enrique Sanz | Burgos - BH | + 4'41 | | 9 | Antwan Tolhoek | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 5'24 | | 10 | Timo Roosen | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 11 | Jan Tratnik | CCC Pro Team | s.t. | | 12 | Jonas Vingegaard | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 13 | Raul Alarcon | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 14 | Lucas Hamilton | CCC Pro Team | s.t. | | 15 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar Team | s.t. |
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Posted on 26-11-2019 15:40
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First out of five stage races with the same amount of days - 3. What a fun time this is going to be. First stage here in Spain is flat for sprinters.
Decent start of this race.
Top 15:
| 1 | Edward Theuns | Elkov - Author | 4h30'16 | | 2 | Giovanni Lonardi | NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè | s.t. | | 3 | Eryk Laton | Hagens Berman Axeon | s.t. | | 4 | Jon Aberasturi | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 5 | Carlos Barbero | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 7 | Arnaldo da Costa | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 8 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 9 | Jay McCarthy | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 10 | Andrey Amador | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 11 | Antoine Duchesne | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 12 | Miles Scotson | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 13 | Mikel Bizkarra | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 14 | Garikoitz Bravo | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 15 | George Bennett | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. |
Another flat stage for sprinters.
I'm actually surprised here. FDJ had a big train for their leader, but since I started my sprint a bit early, no one was able to catch me before the finish. Group was also surprisingly not that big so that also made an impact in the final sprint. But, I won the stage!
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | 3h59'01 | | 2 | Pierre Rolland | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 3 | Edward Theuns | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 4 | Arnaldo da Costa | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 5 | Andrey Amador | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 6 | Jay McCarthy | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 7 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 8 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 9 | Miles Scotson | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 10 | Romain Seigle | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 11 | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 12 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 13 | Rudy Molard | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 14 | Antoine Duchesne | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 15 | Eryk Laton | Hagens Berman Axeon | s.t. |
This stage will decide everything. This won't be that selective but I might have a chance for top 10 and in final GC too. Especially after yesterday stage.
10 km to the finish; the group is not that big.
M. Iturria with an amazing job - 5 km to the finish we might get away!
What an increcible day! Double victory! I won the 3rd stage and final GC too. Brilliant job by my team. Especially Mikel Iturria did a fantastic job right before the final climb for today. Thank You.
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | 4h54'51 | | 2 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | EF Education First | s.t. | | 3 | Antwan Tolhoek | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 14 | | 4 | Floris De Tier | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 5 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 6 | Andrey Amador | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 7 | Jonas Vingegaard | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 8 | Gregor Mühlberger | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 9 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 10 | Jelle Vanendert | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 11 | Roman Kreuziger | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 12 | Rudy Molard | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 13 | Pierre Rolland | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 14 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 15 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. |
Final general classification:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | 13h23'48 | | 2 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | EF Education First | + 14 | | 3 | Edward Theuns | Elkov - Author | + 20 | | 4 | Pierre Rolland | Groupama - FDJ | + 28 | | 5 | Antwan Tolhoek | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 30 | | 6 | Andrey Amador | BORA - hansgrohe | + 34 | | 7 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 8 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 9 | Jelle Vanendert | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 10 | Kevin Geniets | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 11 | Rudy Molard | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 12 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 13 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 14 | Mikel Iturria | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 15 | Gregor Mühlberger | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. |
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Posted on 28-11-2019 16:03
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Another 3 stages in Spain. We open this race with mountain ITT. This race is much more difficult than the previous one.
I actually had to sim this stage. I couldn't actually play it because no one really "started" an ITT. Just no one rode from the ramp, and if actually someone did, in few seconds he was "brought back". Lame...
Simulated Top 15:
| 1 | Lennard Kämna | Team Sunweb | 15'39 | | 2 | Eduard Prades | Movistar Team | + 5 | | 3 | Merhawi Kudus | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 9 | | 4 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA - hansgrohe | + 10 | | 5 | Tejay Van Garderen | EF Education First | + 14 | | 6 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 18 | | 7 | Jesús Angel Nanclares | Fundación Euskadi | + 21 | | 8 | Giulio Ciccone | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 24 | | 9 | Andrey Amador | BORA - hansgrohe | + 26 | | 10 | Omar Fraile | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 31 | | 11 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | EF Education First | s.t. | | 12 | Tanel Kangert | EF Education First | s.t. | | 13 | Gregor Mühlberger | BORA - hansgrohe | + 36 | | 14 | Mathias Frank | Team Vorarlberg Santic | + 38 | | 15 | José Manuel DÃaz | Team Vorarlberg Santic | + 42 |
2nd stage is categorized as hilly. Few difficulties and the downhill to the finish. It can be interesting.
14 km to go - I'm trying to get away with a high tempo.
Not many riders at the top of the climb - 9.2 km to the line.
Very good sprint, but someone was just a bit faster. Really close.
Top 15:
| 1 | Loïc Vliegen | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | 4h02'18 | | 2 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 3 | Andrey Amador | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 4 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 5 | Eduard Prades | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | Jonas Vingegaard | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 7 | Lennard Kämna | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 8 | Giulio Ciccone | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 9 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 10 | Omar Fraile | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 11 | Tejay Van Garderen | EF Education First | s.t. | | 12 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | EF Education First | s.t. | | 13 | Gregor Mühlberger | BORA - hansgrohe | + 1'49 | | 14 | Florian Stork | Team Sunweb | + 2'12 | | 15 | Luis Mas Bonet | Movistar Team | s.t. |
Last stage of this race ends with a short, but really steep Pena Cabarga. More than 150 km of relatively flat terrain and then 5.9 km climb with an average of 9.1%. Ouch.
6 km to go. We start the final climb for today.
1.5 km to go.
What a hell of the finish that was. I managed to grab a 3rd place, but I couldn't do more than that.
Top 15:
| 1 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA - hansgrohe | 4h09'03 | | 2 | Lennard Kämna | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 3 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 4 | Merhawi Kudus | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 5 | Tejay Van Garderen | EF Education First | s.t. | | 6 | Jonas Vingegaard | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 7 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | + 26 | | 8 | Omar Fraile | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 37 | | 9 | Eduard Prades | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | Giulio Ciccone | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 11 | Jelle Vanendert | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 52 | | 12 | Andrey Amador | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 13 | Jonathan Caicedo | EF Education First | s.t. | | 14 | Loïc Vliegen | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 15 | Floris De Tier | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. |
I can say that this race was a fun experience. I finshed 3rd in GC which I can be happy about. More points scored for me and my team in continental ranking.
Final general classification:
| 1 | Lennard Kämna | Team Sunweb | 8h26'54 | | 2 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA - hansgrohe | + 6 | | 3 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 14 | | 4 | Tejay Van Garderen | EF Education First | + 20 | | 5 | Eduard Prades | Movistar Team | + 48 | | 6 | Giulio Ciccone | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 1'07 | | 7 | Omar Fraile | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 1'14 | | 8 | Jonas Vingegaard | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 1'15 | | 9 | Andrey Amador | BORA - hansgrohe | + 1'20 | | 10 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | + 1'24 | | 11 | Merhawi Kudus | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 2'27 | | 12 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | EF Education First | + 3'37 | | 13 | Loïc Vliegen | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | + 3'40 | | 14 | Floris De Tier | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 4'23 | | 15 | Mathias Frank | Team Vorarlberg Santic | + 4'25 |
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Posted on 30-11-2019 14:07
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Again three stages in Spain. This time we open this race in a hilly terrain.
32 km to the finish. I made a lot of riders drop on that long climb. They will probably catch us on flat, but still.
12 km to go. Actually my work was good enough to hold our lead. Only 8 riders will probably fight for a stage win.
I was not that fast on the finish, but that 7 riders with me will fight for a final GC victory, probably.
Top 15:
| 1 | Loïc Vliegen | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | 4h29'23 | | 2 | Gorka Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 3 | Jens Keukeleire | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 4 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | EF Education First | s.t. | | 5 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 6 | Omar Fraile | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 7 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 8 | Floris De Tier | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 9 | Luka Mezgec | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 52 | | 10 | Anthony Maldonado | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 11 | Luis Mas Bonet | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 12 | Gregor Mühlberger | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 13 | Kosta Konerding | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 14 | Simon Clarke | EF Education First | s.t. | | 15 | Nathan Haas | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
That stage is a bit easier. Flat for the sprinters. I'm also a leader of the best climber of the race. But only for today since the breakaway took that jersey from me.
Our train for the final sprint made a split in the peloton.
I couldn't finish their job. I finished inside top 10, but there weren't any gaps at the finish.
Top 15:
| 1 | Jonas Koch | CCC Pro Team | 3h19'56 | | 2 | Luka Mezgec | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 3 | Rick Zabel | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 4 | Herman Dahl | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. | | 5 | Loïc Vliegen | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Milan Menten | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 7 | Erik Baska | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 8 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 9 | Gorka Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 10 | Omar Fraile | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 11 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 12 | James Whelan | EF Education First | s.t. | | 13 | Jens Keukeleire | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 14 | Floris De Tier | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 15 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | EF Education First | s.t. |
Last stage is again flat. This time on some small route in Madrid. I hope I can defend my 4th place in GC.
8 km to go - look at our train.
It seems like the peloton wasn't interested in the final sprint. The breakaway won it.
Top 15:
| 1 | Jorge Cubero | Burgos - BH | 2h28'57 | | 2 | Javier Moreno | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 3 | Stef Krul | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 4 | José Joaquin Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 5 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 45 | | 6 | Benjamin Prades | Team UKYO | s.t. | | 7 | Juan Leandro Bosque | Fundación Euskadi | s.t. | | 8 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | CCC Pro Team | s.t. | | 9 | Gotzon Udondo | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 10 | James Whelan | EF Education First | s.t. | | 11 | Sander Armée | CCC Pro Team | s.t. | | 12 | Jens Keukeleire | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 13 | Gorka Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 14 | Loïc Vliegen | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 15 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. |
It was yet another decent race from our team. I was able to finish all three stages inside the top 10 and I finished the whole race as 4th in GC.
Final general classification:
| 1 | Loïc Vliegen | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | 10h18'49 | | 2 | Gorka Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | + 5 | | 3 | Jens Keukeleire | Lotto Soudal | + 8 | | 4 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 9 | | 5 | Omar Fraile | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 12 | | 6 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 7 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | EF Education First | s.t. | | 8 | Floris De Tier | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 9 | Jonas Koch | CCC Pro Team | + 54 | | 10 | Luka Mezgec | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 58 | | 11 | Nathan Haas | Team Katusha Alpecin | + 1'04 | | 12 | Kosta Konerding | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 13 | Simon Clarke | EF Education First | s.t. | | 14 | Luis Mas Bonet | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 15 | Gregor Mühlberger | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. |
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| dominox |
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Now we are in Aragon. Flat stage with a bit of a "twist" at the finish.
What a powerful sprint! Lotto Soudal was looking like they are going to win it. They have been controlling the race for the last 20 km, but that difficulties for the finish made it a bit harder. It was an explosive sprint by me and I cannot be happier, because I won again!
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | 4h30'13 | | 2 | Andreas Stokbro | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 3 | Jens Keukeleire | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 4 | Marco Haller | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 5 | Omar Fraile | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 6 | Daryl Impey | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 7 | Joao Rodrigues | W52 / FC Porto | s.t. | | 8 | Sebastian Molano | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 9 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 10 | Carlos Barbero | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 11 | Jonas Koch | CCC Pro Team | s.t. | | 12 | Merhawi Kudus | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 13 | Gino Mäder | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 14 | Lucas Hamilton | CCC Pro Team | s.t. | | 15 | Roman Kreuziger | Elkov - Author | s.t. |
Pure flat stage for sprinters. Can I again outsprint them?
Not really. I was too far to even hope for something similar to stage 1. And those sprinters were too fast today.
Top 16:
| 1 | Jonas Koch | CCC Pro Team | 4h30'37 | | 2 | Sebastian Molano | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 3 | Alex Frame | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 4 | Carlos Barbero | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 5 | Jon Aberasturi | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 6 | Marco Haller | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 7 | Andreas Stokbro | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 8 | Omar Fraile | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 9 | Daryl Impey | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 10 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 11 | Merhawi Kudus | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 12 | Gino Mäder | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 13 | Luis León Sánchez | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 14 | Adam Blythe | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 15 | Roman Kreuziger | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 16 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. |
I'm currently 2nd in GC so I'm in really good position before this stage. I don't actually like that type of climbs that are not regular. We'll see.
We are on the bottom of the final climb.
5 km to go. Not many are following my tempo.
Last one! Who out those three will win it?
I can't believe it! I did it again. I saved a bit of energy for the final push and it was enough to grab another stage win!
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | 3h42'21 | | 2 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | + 10 | | 3 | Omar Fraile | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 30 | | 4 | Roman Kreuziger | Elkov - Author | + 54 | | 5 | Merhawi Kudus | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 1'34 | | 6 | Fabio Felline | Trek - Segafredo | + 2'04 | | 7 | Hernan Aguirre | Team UKYO | + 2'33 | | 8 | Lucas Hamilton | CCC Pro Team | + 3'48 | | 9 | Gino Mäder | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | Oscar Gonzalez | Fundación Euskadi | + 4'18 | | 11 | Valerio Conti | UAE Team Emirates | + 5'16 | | 12 | Nans Peters | Movistar Team | + 5'24 | | 13 | Jóni Brandão | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 14 | Jesus Del Pino | Vito-Feirense-Pnb | + 6'08 | | 15 | Joao Rodrigues | W52 / FC Porto | + 6'35 |
It was an incredible performance. I won 2 stages, final GC, points classification, and I was the best climber too. I can only thanks my team-mates for an awesome job they did.
Final general classification:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | 12h42'50 | | 2 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | + 25 | | 3 | Omar Fraile | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 47 | | 4 | Roman Kreuziger | Elkov - Author | + 1'15 | | 5 | Merhawi Kudus | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 1'55 | | 6 | Fabio Felline | Trek - Segafredo | + 2'25 | | 7 | Hernan Aguirre | Team UKYO | + 2'54 | | 8 | Gino Mäder | Movistar Team | + 4'09 | | 9 | Lucas Hamilton | CCC Pro Team | s.t. | | 10 | Oscar Gonzalez | Fundación Euskadi | + 4'39 | | 11 | Valerio Conti | UAE Team Emirates | + 5'37 | | 12 | Jóni Brandão | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 5'45 | | 13 | Nans Peters | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 14 | Jesus Del Pino | Vito-Feirense-Pnb | + 6'29 | | 15 | Jelle Vanendert | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 6'54 |
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Are you tired of those races? Yes? I'm sorry, there is one more to go. This time we open this race with a short ITT.
It was a decent start. I thought I'll lose more time on that short ITT so I'm satisfied.
Top 15:
| 1 | Alex Dowsett | Team Katusha Alpecin | 5'56 | | 2 | Josef Cerny | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 2 | | 3 | Rudy Molard | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 4 | Cameron Meyer | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 3 | | 5 | JoaquÃn Mateo | Minsk Cycling Club | s.t. | | 6 | Riccardo Zoidl | CCC Pro Team | s.t. | | 7 | Owain Doull | Team INEOS | + 4 | | 8 | Martijn Tusveld | Team Sunweb | + 5 | | 9 | Amaro Antunes | CCC Pro Team | s.t. | | 10 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 11 | Thomas De Gendt | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 12 | Nicolae Tanovitchii | Team Novak | + 6 | | 13 | Jetse Bol | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 14 | Artem Nych | Amore & Vita - Prodir | s.t. | | 15 | Vegard Stake Laengen | Dukla Banská Bystrica | s.t. | | 26 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 8 |
Both remaining stages are flat, so I don't think I can grab a decent GC place now. Unless I can outsmart those sprinters again.
Top 15:
| 1 | Sean De Bie | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | 4h24'07 | | 2 | Luka Mezgec | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 3 | Andreas Stokbro | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 4 | Mihkel Räim | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 5 | Rick Zabel | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 6 | Kristoffer Halvorsen | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 7 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | JoaquÃn Mateo | Minsk Cycling Club | s.t. | | 9 | Marco Haller | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 10 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 11 | Jetse Bol | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 12 | Kamil Gradek | CCC Pro Team | s.t. | | 13 | Riccardo Zoidl | CCC Pro Team | s.t. | | 14 | Rudy Molard | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 15 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | CCC Pro Team | s.t. |
I wasn't able yesterday to get neither into a break or high stage place. Maybe today?
I actually did get into a today's break, but it costed me a lot of energy. I won first intermediate sprint. And second actually too. That gave me 6" bonus seconds. I was caught with 27 km to the finish. I now need to hold my place in the peloton so I don't lose time at the finish.
I barely did it.
Top 15:
| 1 | Luka Mezgec | Mitchelton - SCOTT | 4h04'14 | | 2 | Kristoffer Halvorsen | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 3 | JoaquÃn Mateo | Minsk Cycling Club | s.t. | | 4 | Andreas Stokbro | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 5 | Sean De Bie | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Mihkel Räim | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 7 | Jonas Koch | CCC Pro Team | s.t. | | 8 | Martijn Tusveld | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 9 | Jetse Bol | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 10 | Marco Haller | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 11 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 12 | Fabian Lienhard | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 13 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14 | Steven Lammertink | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 15 | Josef Cerny | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 20 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. |
Those bonus seconds give me a chance to finish this race on 7th place. I think it's good place considering an opening ITT and 2 flat stages.
Final general classification:
| 1 | Luka Mezgec | Mitchelton - SCOTT | 8h34'15 | | 2 | JoaquÃn Mateo | Minsk Cycling Club | + 1 | | 3 | Sean De Bie | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Alex Dowsett | Team Katusha Alpecin | + 2 | | 5 | Josef Cerny | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 4 | | 6 | Rudy Molard | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 7 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 8 | Riccardo Zoidl | CCC Pro Team | + 5 | | 9 | Cameron Meyer | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 10 | Owain Doull | Team INEOS | + 6 | | 11 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | + 7 | | 12 | Martijn Tusveld | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 13 | Amaro Antunes | CCC Pro Team | s.t. | | 14 | Kristoffer Halvorsen | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 15 | Thomas De Gendt | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. |
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Now it is a time for something different. Stage race in Norway. Route isn't very challenging so I don't expect to finish this race on high GC place. First stage is relatively flat, for sprinters.
Decent sprint to finish inside top 10.
Top 15:
| 1 | Alberto Dainese | Bahrain - Merida | 4h08'46 | | 2 | Sacha Modolo | EF Education First | s.t. | | 3 | Fridtjof Røinas | Joker Fuel of Norway | s.t. | | 4 | Jonathan Hivert | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 5 | Timothy Dupont | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | August Jensen | Team Coop | s.t. | | 7 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 8 | Rudy Molard | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 9 | Michael Kukrle | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 10 | Arthur Vichot | Vital Concept - B&B Hotels | s.t. | | 11 | Colin Joyce | TEAM Schreiber | s.t. | | 12 | Boy Van Poppel | Roompot - Charles | s.t. | | 13 | Kristoffer Skjerping | Uno-X Norwegian Development Team | s.t. | | 14 | Michael Gogl | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 15 | Elmar Reinders | Roompot - Charles | s.t. |
Another flat stage, but this time a bit different. Those really short "climbs" taken on fast pace might split the peloton.
I said the splits might happen. My high pace made me escape a bit from the peloton - 3.5 km to go!
I did it! It's yet another prove that on flat terrain I can fight for a stage win.
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | 4h29'07 | | 2 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 3 | Alberto Dainese | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 4 | Kristoffer Skjerping | Uno-X Norwegian Development Team | s.t. | | 5 | Joao Rodrigues | W52 / FC Porto | s.t. | | 6 | Rudy Molard | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 7 | Fabian Lienhard | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 8 | Alexander Edmondson | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 9 | Alexis Vuillermoz | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 10 | Mads Würtz Schmidt | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 11 | Mikael Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 12 | Fridtjof Røinas | Joker Fuel of Norway | s.t. | | 13 | Jonathan Hivert | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 14 | Markus Hoelgaard | Uno-X Norwegian Development Team | s.t. | | 15 | Odd Christian Eiking | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. |
Yet one more flat stage which is not fully flat. I'm currently 2nd in GC and the goal for Tour of Norway is me finishing in the top 30. I think I can do it.
We are on the final short climb for today - 6.7 km to the finish.
L. Calmejane in the move!
It was really close to a podium place. I was blocked right before the finish and I think that costed me some bonus seconds in the GC.
Top 15:
| 1 | Timothy Dupont | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | 4h58'19 | | 2 | Fridtjof Røinas | Joker Fuel of Norway | s.t. | | 3 | Ivan Garcia Cortina | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 4 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 5 | Rudy Molard | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 6 | Sacha Modolo | EF Education First | s.t. | | 7 | Jonathan Hivert | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 8 | Kristoffer Skjerping | Uno-X Norwegian Development Team | s.t. | | 9 | Fabian Lienhard | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 10 | Joao Rodrigues | W52 / FC Porto | s.t. | | 11 | Rohan Dennis | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 12 | August Jensen | Team Coop | s.t. | | 13 | Elmar Reinders | Roompot - Charles | s.t. | | 14 | Michael Gogl | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 15 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
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With 20 km to go, the breakaway still have around a minute lead.
The breakaway is caught - 14 km to go.
O.C. Eiking is attacking.
T. Dupont was so fast at the finish you cannot even see him! I finished on very good 5th place.
Top 15:
| 1 | Timothy Dupont | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | 5h37'36 | | 2 | Alberto Dainese | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 3 | Sacha Modolo | EF Education First | s.t. | | 4 | Kristoffer Skjerping | Uno-X Norwegian Development Team | s.t. | | 5 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 6 | Rudy Molard | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 7 | Silvan Dillier | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 9 | Jonathan Hivert | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 10 | August Jensen | Team Coop | s.t. | | 11 | Alexis Vuillermoz | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 12 | Damien Gaudin | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 13 | Michael Gogl | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 14 | Odd Christian Eiking | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 15 | Rohan Dennis | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. |
The last two stages will decide everything. A lot of short climbs. I have to be careful here.
20 km to the finish. Still big group of riders in the peloton.
The breakaway is over - 7.8 km
4 km to go. Can I win yet another stage?
Yes! Yes! Yes! 2nd stage win in Norway and now I'm GC leader.
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | 4h16'15 | | 2 | Jonathan Hivert | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 3 | Michael Gogl | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 4 | Rudy Molard | Elkov - Author | s.t. | | 5 | Colin Joyce | TEAM Schreiber | s.t. | | 6 | Tony Gallopin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 7 | Kristoffer Skjerping | Uno-X Norwegian Development Team | s.t. | | 8 | Lilian Calmejane | Team Total Direct Energie | s.t. | | 9 | Odd Christian Eiking | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Kévin Le Cunff | Vital Concept - B&B Hotels | s.t. | | 11 | Jonathan Caicedo | EF Education First | s.t. | | 12 | Joao Rodrigues | W52 / FC Porto | s.t. | | 13 | Rohan Dennis | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 14 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 15 | Andreas Leknessund | Uno-X Norwegian Development Team | s.t. |
The most important stage. If I want to win it all, I can't give anyone a gap at the end. Sure, someone can win, but no gaps are allowed!
We are on the final short climb for today - 8.4 km to the finish.
5 km to go. I think I'm safe. I think I'm going to win yet another GC in this season!
What a tight finish it was.
Top 15:
Another final GC win in this season. What a wonderful story. The amount the points I'm scoring now is insane. I can't wait to see what next races will bring to me.
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Posted on 09-12-2019 15:04
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Calendar for June/July and a bit of August part:
I can't be expecting much from this race. Two ITTs and only one mountain stage. I can't do much here, but I'll try to grab a stage win. We open this race with a completely flat ITT.
I didn't lose that much time actually. Decent place too.
Top 15:
| 1 | Lawson Craddock | EF Education First | 14'08 | | 2 | José Gonçalves | Israel Cycling Academy | + 20 | | 3 | Tejay Van Garderen | EF Education First | + 22 | | 4 | Dario Cataldo | Astana Pro Team | + 24 | | 5 | Mikael Salo | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 27 | | 6 | Fabio Aru | UAE Team Emirates | + 32 | | 7 | Petr Rikunov | Gazprom - RusVelo | + 33 | | 8 | Beñat Intxausti | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 9 | Jason Lea | Israel Cycling Academy | + 35 | | 10 | James Whelan | EF Education First | + 36 | | 11 | Alexander Evtushenko | Gazprom - RusVelo | + 37 | | 12 | Sean Bennett | EF Education First | s.t. | | 13 | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 14 | Alexander Vlasov | Gazprom - RusVelo | + 38 | | 15 | Rasim Reis | TEAM Schreiber | s.t. | | 21 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 45 |
This is a hilly stage. That one climb in the 2nd half of the stage will be the most important. If we want to create some gaps, we have to use that climb properly. If not, stage might end with a finish from a small peloton and no gaps.
We are on the bottom of that 1st category climb.
The group is really small at the top of that climb.
5 km to the finish. Main group with only 20 riders in it.
Another good stage. We dropped many riders on that climb so I'm currently 11th in GC.
Top 15:
| 1 | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Astana Pro Team | 4h04'25 | | 2 | Gorka Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 3 | Fabio Aru | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 4 | Sergio Luis Henao | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 5 | Omar Fraile | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 6 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 7 | Esteban Cháves | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 8 | Tsgabu Grmay | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 9 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 10 | Merhawi Kudus | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 11 | Dario Cataldo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 12 | Brandon McNulty | TEAM Schreiber | s.t. | | 13 | Alexander Vlasov | Gazprom - RusVelo | s.t. | | 14 | Einer Augusto Rubio | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 15 | Sean Bennett | EF Education First | s.t. |
The only stage in this race that I actually can win. If I want to gain some time after and before an ITT, I have to attack big time.
67 km to the finish. Top of the 2nd category climb.
30 km to go - only 14 riders in the first group.
We start the final climb for today.
Attacks!
6 km to the finish.
2.5 km to go. Aru and Chaves are way too far.
They are completely out! I can still win it!
I actually did win! That was one hell of a climb with many attacks. But I managed to had some energy for the finish and that gave me a victory!
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | 5h28'20 | | 2 | Esteban Cháves | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 47 | | 3 | Fabio Aru | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 4 | Einer Augusto Rubio | Adria Mobil | + 1'30 | | 5 | Merhawi Kudus | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 6 | Alexander Vlasov | Gazprom - RusVelo | + 1'45 | | 7 | Brandon McNulty | TEAM Schreiber | s.t. | | 8 | Tejay Van Garderen | EF Education First | + 2'17 | | 9 | Dario Cataldo | Astana Pro Team | + 3'39 | | 10 | Tsgabu Grmay | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 3'53 | | 11 | Lawson Craddock | EF Education First | + 5'43 | | 12 | Omar Fraile | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 6'15 | | 13 | Sergio Luis Henao | UAE Team Emirates | + 6'24 | | 14 | Gorka Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 15 | Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 7'27 |
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Flat stage for sprinters with a bit uphill finish.
Top 15:
| 1 | Luka Mezgec | Mitchelton - SCOTT | 3h57'53 | | 2 | Luke Keough | EF Education First | s.t. | | 3 | Mihkel Räim | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 4 | Ethan Hayter | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. | | 5 | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 6 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 7 | Sean Bennett | EF Education First | s.t. | | 8 | Fabio Aru | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 9 | Sergio Luis Henao | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 10 | Esteban Cháves | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 11 | Brandon McNulty | TEAM Schreiber | s.t. | | 12 | James Whelan | EF Education First | s.t. | | 13 | Alexandr Riabushenko | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 14 | Merhawi Kudus | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 15 | Nicolas Dalla Valle | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
We opened this race with an ITT, and we end this race with an ITT too. A bit hilly, but I don't think that one climb will make a difference for me. Question is, can Fabio Aru gain 36" on me?
Here we go!
Oh no. I'm tired and a bit angry because I lost the race! Chaves and Aru were out of my league today.
Top 15:
| 1 | Esteban Cháves | Mitchelton - SCOTT | 30'54 | | 2 | José Gonçalves | Israel Cycling Academy | + 5 | | 3 | Fabio Aru | UAE Team Emirates | + 10 | | 4 | Brandon McNulty | TEAM Schreiber | + 31 | | 5 | Donato Sibio | Neri Sottoli - Selle Italia - KTM | + 44 | | 6 | Gorka Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | + 46 | | 7 | Alexander Vlasov | Gazprom - RusVelo | + 48 | | 8 | Edward Ravasi | UAE Team Emirates | + 49 | | 9 | Lawson Craddock | EF Education First | + 50 | | 10 | Dario Cataldo | Astana Pro Team | + 51 | | 11 | Tsgabu Grmay | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 56 | | 12 | Tejay Van Garderen | EF Education First | + 57 | | 13 | Beñat Intxausti | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 14 | Sergio Luis Henao | UAE Team Emirates | + 59 | | 15 | Sean Bennett | EF Education First | + 1'03 | | 22 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 1'16 |
That was yet another very good race for me and my team. I won mountain and youth classification. I was 3rd in points classification. Sadly my TT ability is on so low lvl I finished this race on 3rd place. Maybe next time.
Final general classification:
| 1 | Fabio Aru | UAE Team Emirates | 14h17'01 | | 2 | Esteban Cháves | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 8 | | 3 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 30 | | 4 | Brandon McNulty | TEAM Schreiber | + 1'40 | | 5 | Alexander Vlasov | Gazprom - RusVelo | + 1'50 | | 6 | Tejay Van Garderen | EF Education First | + 2'15 | | 7 | Merhawi Kudus | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 2'35 | | 8 | Dario Cataldo | Astana Pro Team | + 3'33 | | 9 | Einer Augusto Rubio | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 10 | Tsgabu Grmay | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 4'11 | | 11 | Lawson Craddock | EF Education First | + 5'12 | | 12 | Gorka Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | + 6'26 | | 13 | Sergio Luis Henao | UAE Team Emirates | + 6'51 | | 14 | Omar Fraile | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 7'09 | | 15 | Sean Bennett | EF Education First | + 8'23 |
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It's time for the National Championships in Italy. Long and flat ITT is not exactly what I like. Let's count how many riders will catch me on the road.
Actually, no one. But that doesn't mean I had an amazing time.
Top 15:
| 1 | Filippo Ganna | Team INEOS | 40'38 | | 2 | Matteo Sobrero | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | + 30 | | 3 | Gianni Moscon | Team INEOS | + 31 | | 4 | Mattia Cattaneo | Trek - Segafredo | + 35 | | 5 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain - Merida | + 51 | | 6 | Alessandro De Marchi | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 1'13 | | 7 | Matteo Trentin | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 1'18 | | 8 | Silvio Pacifico | Trek - Segafredo | + 1'25 | | 9 | Danilo Moscetta | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | + 1'36 | | 10 | Alvaro Galeota Lanza | NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè | s.t. | | 11 | Fausto Masnada | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 1'37 | | 12 | Davide Formolo | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 1'42 | | 13 | Gianluca Brambilla | Team INEOS | + 1'44 | | 14 | Fabio Aru | UAE Team Emirates | + 1'55 | | 15 | Davide Martinelli | Neri Sottoli - Selle Italia - KTM | + 1'56 | | 102 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 4'52 |
Road Race for the National Championship. I still remember the race from last year and that crash. I was fighting maybe even for a victory and after that... Eh, let's hope it will end better this year. One big problem. I'm alone. I have to do everything by myself.
5 laps to go.
3 laps to go - only 41 riders in the peloton.
Last lap - 15 km to the finish. Only 15 riders are fighting for the victory.
5 km to go. Together with D. Formolo we are trying to hold our lead.
We actually did it. We completely went away on last time we were climbing and we did hold our lead. I can't win against someone much faster than me. It was close and I'm "hungry" to come back next year and finally win my national jersey.
Top 15:
| 1 | Davide Formolo | Mitchelton - SCOTT | 7h02'59 | | 2 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 3 | Sonny Colbrelli | Bahrain - Merida | + 52 | | 4 | Daniel Oss | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'14 | | 5 | Valerio Conti | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 6 | Nicola Bagioli | NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè | s.t. | | 7 | Davide Ballerini | Astana Pro Team | + 1'48 | | 8 | Mattia Cattaneo | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 9 | Andrea Vendrame | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 10 | Fabio Aru | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 11 | Fausto Masnada | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 12 | Gianni Moscon | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 13 | Donato Sibio | Neri Sottoli - Selle Italia - KTM | + 2'40 | | 14 | Marco Canola | NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè | s.t. | | 15 | Matteo Trentin | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 3'55 |
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| dominox |
Posted on 18-12-2019 21:11
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Hilly classic in Spain right before a long race in Portugal.
40 km to the finish. Front group with only 30 riders in it.
Less than 20 km to the line and only 25 riders in the peloton.
7.3 km to go. Only one last climb left. Right to the finish.
Here we go. Who is going to win this?
It was really close to win it but others were too fast.
Top 15:
| 1 | Rudy Molard | Elkov - Author | 4h57'41 | | 2 | George Bennett | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 3 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | EF Education First | s.t. | | 4 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 5 | Merhawi Kudus | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 6 | Jonathan Lastra | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 7 | José Fernandes | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 8 | James Knox | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. | | 9 | Lucas Hamilton | CCC Pro Team | s.t. | | 10 | Héctor Carretero | Movistar Team | + 28 | | 11 | Antwan Tolhoek | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 1'08 | | 12 | Gino Mäder | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 13 | Jai Hindley | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 14 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Movistar Team | + 2'38 | | 15 | Louis Vervaeke | Deceuninck - Quick-Step | s.t. |
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| dominox |
Posted on 19-12-2019 16:29
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Really short ITT to start this long race in Portugal. I can't lose much time here so I'm not worried about my result.
Top 15:
| 1 | Dylan Kennett | BORA - hansgrohe | 3'16 | | 2 | Mark Padun | Bahrain - Merida | + 1 | | 3 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 4 | Dorian Godon | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2 | | 5 | David De la Cruz | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 6 | Rui Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 7 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Corendon - Circus | s.t. | | 8 | John Archibald | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 9 | Davide Martinelli | Neri Sottoli - Selle Italia - KTM | s.t. | | 10 | Filippo Ganna | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 11 | Lennard Kämna | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 12 | Ben Swift | Team INEOS | + 3 | | 13 | Daniel Oss | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 14 | Martijn Tusveld | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 15 | Jay McCarthy | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 105 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | + 9 |
Hilly stage to open a rivalry in the GC.
We are 36 km from the finish and the front group is including only 34 riders.
12 km to go. Only 32 riders in the front group.
5 km to the finish.
I was blocked right after I started to sprint. I couldn't finish higher, but I'm satisfied with this 5th place.
Top 15:
| 1 | Mark Padun | Bahrain - Merida | 5h23'08 | | 2 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 3 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 4 | José Gonçalves | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. | | 5 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 6 | Rui Costa | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 7 | Donato Sibio | Neri Sottoli - Selle Italia - KTM | s.t. | | 8 | Lennard Kämna | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 9 | David De la Cruz | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 10 | Andrea Vendrame | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 11 | Amund Grøndahl Jansen | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 12 | Brandon McNulty | TEAM Schreiber | s.t. | | 13 | George Bennett | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 14 | Alejandro Osorio | NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè | s.t. | | 15 | Tony Gallopin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
Flat stage for sprinters with a bit uphill finish.
We barely caught a breakaway. Actually, we caught them on the finishing line. R. Jans won the stage from the peloton, but between him and me, there were 3 riders from the break.
Top 15:
| 1 | Roy Jans | Corendon - Circus | 4h06'43 | | 2 | Vincenzo Albanese | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 3 | Mark Padun | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 4 | Max Walscheid | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 5 | Arturo Oosterhof | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 6 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 7 | Mirco Maestri | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 8 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 9 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 10 | Alexander Vlasov | Gazprom - RusVelo | s.t. | | 11 | Rui Costa | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 12 | Lennard Kämna | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 13 | Brandon McNulty | TEAM Schreiber | s.t. | | 14 | David De la Cruz | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 15 | Christoph Pfingsten | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. |
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Posted on 20-12-2019 17:50
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Another hilly stage. Seems a bit easier than stage 2 so more riders should fight for a stage victory here.
Few photos from the stage.
A lot of attacks in the final kms. Nothing successful thankfully. At one point D. De la Cruz decided to attack and I followed him. We gain few seconds lead and that was enough to hold a gap until the very last km. But then the magic happen and from 6 riders who were fighting for the win, I was the fastest!
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | 4h29'15 | | 2 | José Gonçalves | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. | | 3 | Brandon McNulty | TEAM Schreiber | s.t. | | 4 | David De la Cruz | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 5 | Andrea Vendrame | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 6 | Rui Costa | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 7 | Amund Grøndahl Jansen | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 37 | | 8 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9 | Mark Padun | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 10 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 11 | Tony Gallopin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 12 | Alexander Vlasov | Gazprom - RusVelo | s.t. | | 13 | Donato Sibio | Neri Sottoli - Selle Italia - KTM | s.t. | | 14 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 15 | George Bennett | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. |
The shortest stage in this race except ITTs. It ends with a summit finish so I have a chance to gain some time here. I don't feel actually well. I have a headache so I hope it won't inflict my performance.
I actually feel really weak. I'm struggling to hold my position in the peloton.
We start the final climb for today. 6 km and I don't feel so good.
I was really weak on that climb. I still finished in the top 10, but I lost 2 minutes. And that's a lot of time.
Top 15:
| 1 | David De la Cruz | Team INEOS | 4h02'23 | | 2 | Tony Gallopin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 3 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | AG2R La Mondiale | + 28 | | 4 | José Gonçalves | Israel Cycling Academy | + 56 | | 5 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 6 | Lennard Kämna | Team Sunweb | + 1'30 | | 7 | Alexander Vlasov | Gazprom - RusVelo | + 2'06 | | 8 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 9 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA - hansgrohe | + 2'22 | | 10 | George Bennett | Team Jumbo - Visma | + 2'45 | | 11 | Mark Padun | Bahrain - Merida | + 2'58 | | 12 | Hermann Pernsteiner | Bahrain - Merida | + 3'43 | | 13 | Rui Costa | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 14 | Andrea Vendrame | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 3'54 | | 15 | Andrey Amador | BORA - hansgrohe | + 4'32 |
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Posted on 21-12-2019 19:07
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I wanted to wish You all Merry Christmas! I won't be updating this for a week due to Christmas. I'm coming back next Saturday probably. Info for whoever still reads that, if there is still someone, lol
Even more hills. Last kms are really interesting to try some offensive moves. Thankfully I feel better today.
Stage was more selective than you could possibly imagine. 44 km to go and this is the main group of favourites.
20 km to the finish - 21 riders with more than 4 minutes lead over another group.
3.4 km to the line!
It was a really high tempo on the final short climb. Last km was on the downhill and I saved more energy than others. I won another stage!
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | 4h31'36 | | 2 | Tony Gallopin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 3 | Mark Padun | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 4 | David De la Cruz | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 5 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 6 | George Bennett | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 7 | Lennard Kämna | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 8 | Rui Costa | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 9 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 10 | José Gonçalves | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. | | 11 | Nicolas Edet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 12 | Donato Sibio | Neri Sottoli - Selle Italia - KTM | s.t. | | 13 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 14 | Alexander Vlasov | Gazprom - RusVelo | s.t. | | 15 | Andrea Vendrame | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. |
A bit of the break from those hilly stages. This one is a bit easier but with another uphill finish. Yesterday many riders lost a lot of time. 22nd G. Brambilla lost almost +7'30"!
2 km to go. Can I get a third win in this race?
No. M. Walscheid sat on my wheel and completely outsprinted me. I finished 4th.
Top 15:
| 1 | Max Walscheid | Team Sunweb | 4h44'42 | | 2 | Amund Grøndahl Jansen | Team Jumbo - Visma | s.t. | | 3 | Alberto Dainese | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 4 | Claudio Rusconi | Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | s.t. | | 5 | Simone Consonni | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 6 | Donato Sibio | Neri Sottoli - Selle Italia - KTM | s.t. | | 7 | Tony Gallopin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 8 | David De la Cruz | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 9 | José Gonçalves | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. | | 10 | Filippo Ganna | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 11 | Ben Swift | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 12 | Vincenzo Albanese | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 13 | Andrea Vendrame | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 14 | Davide Martinelli | Neri Sottoli - Selle Italia - KTM | s.t. | | 15 | Jay McCarthy | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. |
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Posted on 23-12-2019 08:55
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Posted on 23-01-2020 16:41
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Just a quick catch up. Story is NOT DEAD yet. I always struggle with any cycling content in the winter so probably when cycling season goes underway in Europe... I'll probably be back. Maybe sooner, lol
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Posted on 23-01-2020 22:37
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that's good to hear your silent readers are still here 
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