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Tropicale Amissa Bongo - Stage 4
Sykkel_Freak
Posted on 22-09-2014 19:06
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We might only be halfway into the race, but we are already facing the third and final hilly stage. This may very well be the punchers last chance to get a good result. Alex Dowsett struggled yesterday and will be eager to fight back today. The bookmakers holds the Brit as favorite today alongside Hassen Ben Nasser.
Perhaps inspired by his teammate who won yesterday, Johannes Frohlinger is the first to attack. He is soon joined by Christian Kriek and Jan Oelerich.
They reach the first intermediate sprint of the day in the lead. It's Frohlinger who takes it ahead of Oelerich and Kriek. In the distance we can see Costa Seibeb and Essaid Abelouache trying to bridge, something Quickstep, Metinvest and La Vie Claire clearly aren't happy with as they pick up the pace in the peloton.
The rain now starts to fall as Seibeb and Abelouache comes up to the trio in the lead. Oelerich wins the next intermediate sprint ahead of Abelouache and Kriek.
The peleton seems happy enough to let the five riders go after the second intermediate sprint, despite trying to close the gap earlier. The break of the day looks to be established!
It's another short stage today and 50 kilometers into the racing, we're already halfway to the finishline! The gap is at 3'37" with La Vie Claire leading the peloton.
Puncture for Pieter Serry. Quickstep sent 5 riders down to help him when Serry lost contact with the peloton on the last stage, but seems to have changed leadership to Marc De Maar now as Serry has to fend for himself today. He quickly rejoins the group.
Abelouache takes the first KoM sprint ahead of Kriek and Seibeb.
It's not nearly the same interest for the intermediate sprints as the KoM sprints. Oelerich is first over the line, Frohlinger second and Kriek third. It's 37 kilometers to go and they have a four minute lead. Both Frohlinger and Kriek are 3'39" behind Mandri in the GC, and are therefore currently leading Tropicale Amissa Bongo.
Kriek wins the final KoM sprint, followed by Frohlinger and Abelouache. Good news for Gazelle, as Forero will keep his KoM jersey also after this stage.
Frantisek Rabon has been fairly anonymous so far in this race. That is about to change, as he launches an attack with 30 kilometers to go! Jonathan Bellis follows!
René Mandri clearly believes attack is the best defense and tries to bridge the gap.
Ben Nasser is also attacking, while Jaguar takes the commando in the peloton!
20 kilometers to go and we have this situation:
E1
Frohlinger
Kriek
Oelerich
Abelouache
Seibeb
+ 46"
E2
Rabon
Bellis
+ 25"
E3
Mandri
+ 18"
E4
Ben Nasser
+ 46"
Peleton
76 riders
Bellis and Rabon joins the break, while Mandri and Ben Nasser are struggling to do the same.
Ben Nasser is reeled in by an organized peloton where many teams have joined forces to chase down the escapees. The gap to the leading group is at one minute with 13 kilometers to go.
The peloton has 10 kilometers to go when Mandri also is caught.
The escapees are gradually losing time to the peloton. Five kilometers left and the clock is showing just 30 seconds. Ventoso think's it's time to attack! Van Stayen and Vastaranta is right on his wheel!
They get nothing out of it, as everything comes back together with 2,5 kilometers to go. Also the escapees, including Bellis and Rabon, are caught. Who has the most juice left?
It's Ventoso who launches the sprint first! Vastaranta and Van Stayen tries to go for his wheel but is blocked by the caught escapies.
Rabon and Bellis are the ones closest to Ventoso.
Vastaranta and Van Stayen are passing Rabon and Bellis. Meanwhile, De Maar is coming in a storming tempo from behind!
Ventoso is fading. Vastaranta, Van Stayen and De Maar are all catching him!
It's a close one between De Maar and Vastaranta! Dowsett and Anderson are also getting closer, while Van Stayen seems to be out of power.
De Maar takes it in front of Dowsett and Vastaranta!
There are no gaps today amongst the favorites, except for Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver who somehow loses 4'33" today. A shame for the rider who was placed 6th in the GC before this stage.
Stage Results
1 Marc De Maar Quickstep 2h35'29 2 Alex Dowsett Jaguar - Eritel s.t. 3 Jukka Vastaranta Magna - Ryanair s.t. 4 Ryan Anderson RBC Pro Cycling s.t. 5 Michael Van Stayen Venchi - Ferranti s.t. 6 Alexandre Shushemoin Kazzinc Procycling s.t. 7 Gasore Hategeka Project: Africa s.t. 8 Francisco Ventoso Team CSC-Orbea s.t. 9 Jonathan McEvoy Karcher-Adira Racing s.t. 10 Julien Simon Magna - Ryanair s.t. 11 Frantisek Rabon Metinvest-Emirates s.t. 12 Janier Alexis Acevedo Repsol-Cativen s.t. 13 Jonathan Bellis RBC Pro Cycling s.t. 14 Christiaan Kriek Gazelle s.t. 15 Alessandro Proni La Vie Claire s.t. 16 Jan Oelerich Team Hornbach s.t. 17 Hassen Ben Nasser Team Kenya Airways s.t. 18 Perikles Ilias Magna - Ryanair s.t. 19 Johannes Frohlinger Karcher-Adira Racing s.t. 20 Ole Haavardsholm Venchi - Ferranti s.t. 21 Essaid Abelouache Jaguar - Eritel s.t. 22 Daniel Oss Gazelle s.t. 23 Hugo Houle RBC Pro Cycling s.t. 24 Bassirou Konte Jaguar - Eritel s.t. 25 René Mandri La Vie Claire s.t. 26 Pavel Kochetkov Magna - Ryanair s.t. 27 Oscar Gatto Kappa-ENI s.t. 28 Sander Armee Quickstep s.t. 29 Santo Anza Kappa-ENI s.t. 30 Fabian Wegmann Team Kenya Airways s.t. 31 Costa Seibeb Project: Africa s.t. 32 Michael Rodriguez Galindo Repsol-Cativen s.t. 33 Azzeddine Lagab Jaguar - Eritel s.t. 34 Mauricio Soler Repsol-Cativen s.t. 35 Thiago Duarte Nardin Gazelle s.t. 36 Jorge Azanza Karcher-Adira Racing s.t. 37 Honorio Machado Repsol-Cativen s.t. 38 Heinrich Haussler La Vie Claire s.t. 39 Mauro Facci Kappa-ENI s.t. 40 Mouhssine Lahsaini Jaguar - Eritel s.t. 41 Marco Minnard Gazelle s.t. 42 Luka Mezgec Kazzinc Procycling s.t. 43 Nolan Hoffman Metinvest-Emirates s.t. 44 Andoni Blazquez Quickstep s.t. 45 Sergio Barrio Team CSC-Orbea s.t. 46 Diego Milan Repsol-Cativen s.t. 47 Yves Ngock Ngue Project: Africa s.t. 48 Valens Ndayisenga Project: Africa s.t. 49 Hervé Raoul Mba Team Kenya Airways s.t. 50 Pieter Serry Quickstep s.t. 51 Natnael Berhane Jaguar - Eritel s.t. 52 Enrico Barbin Quickstep s.t. 53 Kristoffer Skjerping Quickstep s.t. 54 Alexander Schrangl Magna - Ryanair s.t. 55 Maani Altanzul La Vie Claire s.t. 56 Jiri Hudecek Kazzinc Procycling s.t. 57 Héctor Hugo Rangel Project: Africa s.t. 58 Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay Jaguar - Eritel s.t. 59 Davide Formolo Gazelle s.t. 60 Francisco Lasca Kappa-ENI s.t. 61 Marcel Aregger Venchi - Ferranti s.t. 62 Gert Dockx Venchi - Ferranti s.t. 63 Wei Cheng Lee Kazzinc Procycling s.t. 64 Daniel Eduardo Silva Karcher-Adira Racing + 1'46 65 Redouane Chaabane Team Kenya Airways s.t. 66 Sebastian Salas RBC Pro Cycling s.t. 67 Moris Possoni Kazzinc Procycling s.t. 68 Sergio Ghisalberti Metinvest-Emirates s.t. 69 Tarik Chaoufi Team Kenya Airways s.t. 70 Boy Van Poppel Team Hornbach s.t. 71 Francesco Gavazzi Team Hornbach s.t. 72 Gyung Gu Jang Team Kenya Airways s.t. 73 Heiko Redecker Project: Africa s.t. 74 Michael Boroš La Vie Claire s.t. 75 Edoardo Girardi Kazzinc Procycling s.t. 76 Pavel Potocki Quickstep s.t. 77 Maarten Wynants Team Hornbach s.t. 78 Louis Vervaeke Venchi - Ferranti s.t. 79 Matej Mohoric Team Hornbach s.t. 80 Andrea Zordan Gazelle s.t. 81 Antoine Duchesne RBC Pro Cycling + 3'36 82 Roberto Ferrari Repsol-Cativen s.t. 83 Davide Appollonio Kappa-ENI s.t. 84 Greg Van Avermaet Venchi - Ferranti s.t. 85 Sébastien Turgot La Vie Claire + 4'33 86 David Livramento Team CSC-Orbea s.t. 87 Hector Duenas Nevado Team CSC-Orbea s.t. 88 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver Team CSC-Orbea s.t. 89 Omar Fraile Team CSC-Orbea s.t. 90 Francisco Anton Martin Team CSC-Orbea s.t. 91 Federico Rocchetti Karcher-Adira Racing s.t. 92 Andrii Bratashcuk Metinvest-Emirates s.t. 93 Nicolae Tanovitchii Metinvest-Emirates s.t. 94 Sérgio Sousa Karcher-Adira Racing s.t. 95 Pedro Miguel Paulinho Karcher-Adira Racing s.t. 96 Suleiman Kangangi Team Kenya Airways s.t. 97 Daniel Paulus Magna - Ryanair s.t. 98 Alexandor Cataford RBC Pro Cycling s.t. 99 Willie Smit Project: Africa s.t. 100 Giorgio Brambilla Metinvest-Emirates s.t. 101 Andriy Vasylyuk Metinvest-Emirates s.t. 102 Geert Van der Sanden Team Hornbach s.t. 103 Davide Viganò Kappa-ENI s.t. 104 Charles Matte RBC Pro Cycling + 6'27 105 Marco Corti Venchi - Ferranti s.t. 106 Mustafa Carsi La Vie Claire + 6'47 107 Giuseppe Fonzi Kappa-ENI s.t. 108 Ronan Racault Magna - Ryanair + 7'46 109 Nejc Kosic Gazelle s.t. 110 Eugert Zhupa Team Hornbach + 15'06 111 Ivor Bruin Control Team + 15'11 112 Tomasz Zywer Control Team s.t. 113 Dainius Kairelis Control Team s.t.
General Classification
1 René Mandri La Vie Claire 11h45'29 2 Jukka Vastaranta Magna - Ryanair + 7 3 Santo Anza Kappa-ENI + 25 4 Mauricio Soler Repsol-Cativen + 29 5 Hassen Ben Nasser Team Kenya Airways + 35 6 Michael Van Stayen Venchi - Ferranti + 40 7 Alexandre Shushemoin Kazzinc Procycling + 1'04 8 Alex Dowsett Jaguar - Eritel + 1'09 9 Gasore Hategeka Project: Africa + 1'21 10 Jonathan Bellis RBC Pro Cycling + 1'36 11 Jonathan McEvoy Karcher-Adira Racing + 1'58 12 Francisco Ventoso Team CSC-Orbea + 2'02 13 Marc De Maar Quickstep + 2'11 14 Alessandro Proni La Vie Claire + 2'31 15 Ryan Anderson RBC Pro Cycling s.t. 16 Julien Simon Magna - Ryanair s.t. 17 Frantisek Rabon Metinvest-Emirates s.t. 18 Sergio Barrio Team CSC-Orbea s.t. 19 Fabian Wegmann Team Kenya Airways s.t. 20 Janier Alexis Acevedo Repsol-Cativen s.t. 21 Daniel Oss Gazelle s.t. 22 Oscar Gatto Kappa-ENI s.t. 23 Sander Armee Quickstep s.t. 24 Hugo Houle RBC Pro Cycling s.t. 25 Bassirou Konte Jaguar - Eritel s.t. 26 Perikles Ilias Magna - Ryanair s.t. 27 Mauro Facci Kappa-ENI s.t. 28 Natnael Berhane Jaguar - Eritel s.t. 29 Thiago Duarte Nardin Gazelle s.t. 30 Mouhssine Lahsaini Jaguar - Eritel s.t. 31 Azzeddine Lagab Jaguar - Eritel s.t. 32 Ole Haavardsholm Venchi - Ferranti s.t. 33 Marco Minnard Gazelle s.t. 34 Michael Rodriguez Galindo Repsol-Cativen s.t. 35 Yves Ngock Ngue Project: Africa s.t. 36 Pieter Serry Quickstep s.t. 37 Andoni Blazquez Quickstep s.t. 38 Jiri Hudecek Kazzinc Procycling s.t. 39 Davide Formolo Gazelle + 3'15 40 Johannes Frohlinger Karcher-Adira Racing + 3'29 41 Christiaan Kriek Gazelle + 3'33 42 Hervé Raoul Mba Team Kenya Airways + 3'39 43 Enrico Barbin Quickstep s.t. 44 Jorge Azanza Karcher-Adira Racing s.t. 45 Marcel Aregger Venchi - Ferranti s.t. 46 Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay Jaguar - Eritel s.t. 47 Moris Possoni Kazzinc Procycling + 4'17 48 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver Team CSC-Orbea + 5'10 49 Francesco Gavazzi Team Hornbach + 5'25 50 Tarik Chaoufi Team Kenya Airways s.t. 51 Gyung Gu Jang Team Kenya Airways s.t. 52 Héctor Hugo Rangel Project: Africa + 6'14 53 Wei Cheng Lee Kazzinc Procycling + 6'22 54 Redouane Chaabane Team Kenya Airways + 6'28 55 Louis Vervaeke Venchi - Ferranti s.t. 56 Diego Milan Repsol-Cativen + 6'42 57 Hector Duenas Nevado Team CSC-Orbea + 7'04 58 David Livramento Team CSC-Orbea s.t. 59 Costa Seibeb Project: Africa + 7'17 60 Honorio Machado Repsol-Cativen + 7'22 61 Pavel Kochetkov Magna - Ryanair s.t. 62 Alexander Schrangl Magna - Ryanair s.t. 63 Nicolae Tanovitchii Metinvest-Emirates + 8'00 64 Edoardo Girardi Kazzinc Procycling + 8'06 65 Boy Van Poppel Team Hornbach + 8'08 66 Daniel Eduardo Silva Karcher-Adira Racing + 9'08 67 Matej Mohoric Team Hornbach s.t. 68 Sergio Ghisalberti Metinvest-Emirates s.t. 69 Daniel Paulus Magna - Ryanair + 9'15 70 Essaid Abelouache Jaguar - Eritel + 9'33 71 Nolan Hoffman Metinvest-Emirates + 9'35 72 Heinrich Haussler La Vie Claire + 9'37 73 Luka Mezgec Kazzinc Procycling s.t. 74 Francisco Lasca Kappa-ENI s.t. 75 Maani Altanzul La Vie Claire s.t. 76 Gert Dockx Venchi - Ferranti s.t. 77 Valens Ndayisenga Project: Africa + 10'00 78 Federico Rocchetti Karcher-Adira Racing + 10'05 79 Kristoffer Skjerping Quickstep s.t. 80 Sebastian Salas RBC Pro Cycling + 10'51 81 Omar Fraile Team CSC-Orbea + 10'53 82 Francisco Anton Martin Team CSC-Orbea + 10'55 83 Andrii Bratashcuk Metinvest-Emirates s.t. 84 Alexandor Cataford RBC Pro Cycling s.t. 85 Sérgio Sousa Karcher-Adira Racing + 11'55 86 Pedro Miguel Paulinho Karcher-Adira Racing s.t. 87 Suleiman Kangangi Team Kenya Airways + 12'51 88 Jan Oelerich Team Hornbach + 13'04 89 Pavel Potocki Quickstep + 14'16 90 Andrea Zordan Gazelle s.t. 91 Marco Corti Venchi - Ferranti + 14'43 92 Greg Van Avermaet Venchi - Ferranti + 15'30 93 Maarten Wynants Team Hornbach + 15'59 94 Andriy Vasylyuk Metinvest-Emirates + 16'06 95 Willie Smit Project: Africa + 16'27 96 Antoine Duchesne RBC Pro Cycling + 16'52 97 Heiko Redecker Project: Africa + 17'23 98 Giorgio Brambilla Metinvest-Emirates + 18'23 99 Michael Boroš La Vie Claire + 18'43 100 Geert Van der Sanden Team Hornbach + 19'36 101 Ronan Racault Magna - Ryanair + 22'01 102 Roberto Ferrari Repsol-Cativen + 23'02 103 Sébastien Turgot La Vie Claire + 23'26 104 Davide Appollonio Kappa-ENI + 24'16 105 Davide Viganò Kappa-ENI + 27'09 106 Nejc Kosic Gazelle + 33'19 107 Mustafa Carsi La Vie Claire + 35'16 108 Charles Matte RBC Pro Cycling + 37'32 109 Eugert Zhupa Team Hornbach + 39'26 110 Giuseppe Fonzi Kappa-ENI + 45'51 111 Dainius Kairelis Control Team + 46'52 112 Ivor Bruin Control Team + 56'02 113 Tomasz Zywer Control Team + 56'34
Points Classification
1 Jukka Vastaranta Magna - Ryanair 60 2 Michael Van Stayen Venchi - Ferranti 44 3 René Mandri La Vie Claire 40 4 Francisco Ventoso Team CSC-Orbea 38 5 Federico Rocchetti Karcher-Adira Racing 35 6 Alex Dowsett Jaguar - Eritel 35 7 Diego Milan Repsol-Cativen 34 8 Hassen Ben Nasser Team Kenya Airways 33 9 Alexandre Shushemoin Kazzinc Procycling 29 10 Omar Fraile Team CSC-Orbea 28
KoM Classification
1 Davide Formolo Gazelle 14 2 Ronan Racault Magna - Ryanair 11 3 Christiaan Kriek Gazelle 8 4 Omar Fraile Team CSC-Orbea 8 5 Diego Milan Repsol-Cativen 8 6 Maarten Wynants Team Hornbach 7 7 Essaid Abelouache Jaguar - Eritel 6 8 Valens Ndayisenga Project: Africa 5 9 Nicolae Tanovitchii Metinvest-Emirates 3 10 Johannes Frohlinger Karcher-Adira Racing 3
Youth Classification
1 Jonathan McEvoy Karcher-Adira Racing 11h47'27 (1) 2 Hugo Houle RBC Pro Cycling + 33 (2) 3 Natnael Berhane Jaguar - Eritel + 33 (3) 4 Ole Haavardsholm Venchi - Ferranti + 33 (4) 5 Marco Minnard Gazelle + 33 (5) 6 Michael Rodriguez Galindo Repsol-Cativen + 33 (6) 7 Yves Ngock Ngue Project: Africa + 33 (7) 8 Davide Formolo Gazelle + 1'17 (8) 9 Christiaan Kriek Gazelle + 1'35 (9) 10 Enrico Barbin Quickstep + 1'41 (10)
Team Classification
1 Repsol-Cativen 35h20'17 (1) 2 Karcher-Adira Racing + 1'23 (2) 3 Magna - Ryanair + 1'47 (3) 4 Kappa-ENI + 1'49 (4) 5 Kazzinc Procycling + 2'16 (5) 6 Project: Africa + 2'33 (6) 7 Jaguar - Eritel + 2'33 (7) 8 RBC Pro Cycling + 2'48 (8) 9 Team Kenya Airways + 2'55 (9) 10 Venchi - Ferranti + 3'08 (10)
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