192 riders have lined up for the 2015 East Midlands Cicle Classic. It's quite cloudy, but luckily for the riders rain seems unlikely.
It takes a while to form a break today, but in the cobbled area we have a break. It consists of no less than 18 riders: Isaychev, Serry, Hugentobler, Janorschke, Timofeev, Appollonio, Feiereisen, Dzamastagic, Goddaert, Lietaer, Lund, Scully, Kastrantas, Ahlstrand, Sandakelum and Hepburn. The group is decimated sometimes as well, with Hepburn seemingly the weakest.
With about 100km to go the break, which had been cut to 14, is joined by Walsleben and Cominelli.
While Tsatevich is the next to attack with 90km to go, several sprinters have been dropped already. Main name is Aberasturi.
The break is torn apart even further, but with 65km to go the favourites themselves take matters into their own hands. Burghardt, Bewley and Franzoi decide to set off. The others remain close though.
Nevertheless, the group continues and, after being joined by Cancellara, Blythe and surprisingly Van Keirsbulck, quickly gain a minute on the pack. That said, there are still 4 riders ahead of them, by almost 2 minutes.
With 44km to go, the two front groups merge. A duo of Gusev and Sénéchal is 44s behind them, with the pack, which has been decimated to 22 riders, another 20s further.
Gusev and Sénéchal manage to make the jump to the front, as well as Zepuntke.
With 30km to go the group has increased to 19 riders. The pace in front had dropped a lot. The names of the riders are: Cancellara, Cominelli Burghardt Bewley Blythe Zepuntke Sénéchal Kamyshev Nolf Franzoi Teunissen Gusev Gaudin Kristoff Vanbilsen Kluge Van Keirsbulck Walsleben Isaychev
The pace drops even further afterwards. Another 14 riders manage to rejoin.
At the next cobbles we get attacks though. Bewley, Cancellara, Burghardt, Kluge, Blythe and Franzoi all attack from the pack. Bewley and Cancellara immediately push on.
Just before the final cobbled section, 10km from the line, Bewley decides to attack again. Cancellara can't follow, but keeps the gap very small. Behind them, all others are caught by a pack, which has shrunk to 26 riders again.
While Cancellara catches up again, Gusev goes again. He gets away on his own, and looks safe for third unless he collapses.
Cancellara and Bewley are preparing for a sprint-a-deux, and surprisingly it's Gusev appearing from the back. Could he make a stunt?
The battle for 4th seems likely to be decided by a sprint of a pack of 18 riders.
Cancellara fails to get rid of the lead. He therefore tries to surprise Bewley. The New Zealander doesn't let the wheel go. Gusev is too far now.
With 1km to go Bewley decides to go. Cancellara does not stand a chance.
In the battle for 4th Blythe and Sinkeldam seem the strongest.
Up front it's Bewley who takes the win! Cancellara comes 2nd.
Gusev hardly has trouble hanging on for third.
An unleashed Sinkeldam easily wins the sprint for 4th, ahead of Kristoff. Burghardt and Blythe totally collapsed. The Brit even finishes outside of the top10.
Results
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Sam Bewley
Becherovka - Petrof
4h53'41
2
Fabian Cancellara
Red Bull - Huawei
s.t.
3
Vladimir Gusev
Tinkoff Bank - Tinkoff Insurance
+ 1'03
4
Ramon Sinkeldam
Project 1t4i
+ 1'31
5
Alexander Kristoff
Aker - MOT
s.t.
6
Arman Kamyshev
Orange - KLM Cycling
s.t.
7
Remco Broers
Project 1t4i
s.t.
8
Frederik Nolf
Metinvest-Dacia
s.t.
9
Marcus Burghardt
Oz Cycling Project
s.t.
10
Enrico Franzoi
Meiji - JR East
s.t.
11
Florian Senechal
Pendleton's
s.t.
12
Kenneth Vanbilsen
Quickstep
s.t.
13
Adam Blythe
Good Energy
s.t.
14
Christoph Taubel
VolksWagen - Andritz
s.t.
15
Philipp Walsleben
Project 1t4i
s.t.
16
Robert Bush
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
17
Marcos Altur
Movistar - US Postal
s.t.
18
Roger Kluge
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
19
Damien Gaudin
Ayubowan!
s.t.
20
Ruben Zepuntke
VolksWagen - Andritz
s.t.
21
Andrew Fenn
Good Energy
s.t.
22
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Festina-Canal+
+ 3'12
23
Pieter Jacobs
Swisscom - UBS
s.t.
24
Mike Teunissen
Venchi
s.t.
25
Jo Kogstad Ringheim
Aker - MOT
s.t.
26
Danilo Wyss
Swisscom - UBS
s.t.
27
Gianni Meersman
Quickstep
s.t.
28
Steven Kruijswijk
Venchi
s.t.
29
Sam Harrison
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 11'08
30
Tom David
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
31
Eric Young
Movistar - US Postal
s.t.
32
Michel Sibilla
Metinvest-Dacia
s.t.
33
Vegard Breen
Aker - MOT
s.t.
34
Giovanni Visconti
Oz Cycling Project
s.t.
35
Adrien Petit
Ayubowan!
s.t.
36
Clément Lhotellerie
Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
37
Vladimir Isaychev
Bacardi Limited
s.t.
38
Jon Ander Insausti
Movistar - US Postal
s.t.
39
Jiri Polnicky
Becherovka - Petrof
s.t.
40
Tom Van Asbroeck
Quickstep
s.t.
41
Pit Schlechter
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
42
Yves Lampaert
Project 1t4i
s.t.
43
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Aker - MOT
s.t.
44
Salvatore Puccio
Orange - KLM Cycling
s.t.
45
Ricardo Van der Velde
Project 1t4i
s.t.
46
Cristian Cominelli
Red Bull - Huawei
s.t.
47
Gregory Hugentobler
Swisscom - UBS
s.t.
48
Fumiyuki Beppu
Meiji - JR East
+ 12'16
49
Jan Oelerich
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
50
Tesfay Abraha
Pendleton's
s.t.
51
Alexander Sulimov
Tinkoff Bank - Tinkoff Insurance
s.t.
52
Oumaru Minoungou
Pendleton's
s.t.
53
Luke Rowe
Good Energy
s.t.
54
Yoeri Havik
Project 1t4i
s.t.
55
Scott Thwaites
Good Energy
s.t.
56
Alexey Tsatevich
Movistar - US Postal
s.t.
57
George Atkins
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
58
Tom Leezer
Project 1t4i
s.t.
59
Yannick Martinez
Ayubowan!
s.t.
60
Timothy Vangheel
Red Bull - Huawei
s.t.
61
Tobyn Horton
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
62
Vincent Jérôme
Orange - KLM Cycling
s.t.
63
José Joaquin Rojas Gil
Movistar - US Postal
+ 13'13
64
Andzs Flaksis
Evonik - ELKO
s.t.
65
Stefan Hristov
Red Bull - Huawei
s.t.
66
Marcel Sieberg
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
67
Thomas De Gendt
Quickstep
s.t.
68
Zdenek Stybar
Becherovka - Petrof
s.t.
69
Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev
Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
70
Matvey Zubov
Tinkoff Bank - Tinkoff Insurance
s.t.
71
Karel Hnik
Becherovka - Petrof
+ 13'48
72
Silvan Dillier
Swisscom - UBS
+ 16'06
73
Janis Dakteris
Evonik - ELKO
+ 17'04
74
Grischa Janorschke
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
75
Tom Scully
Oz Cycling Project
+ 17'37
76
Jonas Ahlstrand
Swedbank-PEAB
+ 18'14
77
Davide Appollonio
Meiji - JR East
s.t.
78
Ludovic Bret
Ayubowan!
s.t.
79
Anders Lund
Aker - MOT
s.t.
80
Elias Afewerki
Oz Cycling Project
s.t.
81
Thomas Degand
Quickstep
s.t.
82
Kristof Goddaert
Metinvest-Dacia
s.t.
83
Artjom Timofeev
Tinkoff Bank - Tinkoff Insurance
s.t.
84
Eugert Zhupa
Becherovka - Petrof
s.t.
85
Ishan Sandakelum
Ayubowan!
s.t.
86
Charalampas Kastrantas
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
87
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
88
Mark Dzamastagic
Evonik - ELKO
s.t.
89
Koen De Kort
Project 1t4i
s.t.
90
Pieter Serry
Quickstep
s.t.
91
Eliot Lietaer
Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
92
Josh Atkins
Becherovka - Petrof
+ 19'52
93
Paolo Locatelli
Good Energy
+ 21'13
94
Zico Waeytens
Quickstep
s.t.
95
Kevin Feiereisen
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 21'44
96
Andrei Grivko
Oz Cycling Project
s.t.
97
Francisco Lasca
Bacardi Limited
+ 22'29
98
Igor Boev
Tinkoff Bank - Tinkoff Insurance
s.t.
99
Egoitz Garcia
Movistar - US Postal
s.t.
100
Martijn Maaskant
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
101
Philip Lavery
Metinvest-Dacia
s.t.
102
Adrian Gjølberg
Aker - MOT
s.t.
103
Johnny Hoogerland
Swedbank-PEAB
s.t.
104
Estifanos Kebede
Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
105
Francisco Javier Echarri
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
106
Hugo Houle
Quickstep
s.t.
107
Vegard Robinson Bugge
Aker - MOT
s.t.
108
Sergiy Lagkuti
Metinvest-Dacia
s.t.
109
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
Evonik - ELKO
+ 24'39
Many DNFs. I can't be bothered to list them all, that's way too much useless work.
