I finished my first season in new PCM with CCC Sprandi. Bole won Continental Tour, Hirt was second, Paterski fourth and Rebellin fifth. I easily managed to advance World Tour Teams, outscored all CTT with Cofidis second claim WT too. In World Championship I was a manager of Poland. Cancellara won with Sagan and Kwiatkowski on podium. Here you are a summary:
Bole results:
1st Slovenia championship
1st Tour de Langkawi + 3 stages
1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
1st GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
1st Vuelta Castillia y Leon + 2 stages
1st Vuelta Ciclista a la Rioja
1st Tour du Finestre
1st Boucles de l'Avine
2nd Gran Prix Plumelec
2nd Coppa Sabatini
4th Tour of Britian + 2 stages
5th Herald Sun Tour + 1 stage
8th Volta a Portugal + 1 stage
9th Tour of Turkey + 3 stages
Hirt results:
1st Czech Republic Championship
1st Tour of Turkey + 2 stages
1st Tour of Austria
1st Milano Torino
1st Tour du Slovenie + stage
1st Tour of Alberta + stage
1st Vuelta a Murcia
2nd Tour du Azerbejian + stage
5th USA Pro Cycling Challenge + 2 stages
7th Vuelta a Andalucia
Paterski:
1st on stage at Tour de Pologne
1st Settimana Coppi e Bartali + 2 stages
1st Gran Premio Miguel Indurain
1st Tour of Malopolska + stage
2nd Giro dell Apenino
2nd Boucles de l'Aulne
2nd GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
2nd Baltyk Karkonosze Tour + stage
3rd Trofeo di Laigueglia
4th Vuelta a Mallorca
4th Milano Torino
Rebellin:
Many good results, but I don't remember, started next season and he ends carrer so I can't check it.
Delle Stelle:
3rd Rund um den Finanplatz
Latoń:
Stage at Tour of Quinghai Lake
2 stages at Course de Solidarnosc
Matysiak:
3 stages at Baltyk Karkonosze Tour
Kaczmarek:
1st Polish championship
stage at Tour of Austria
Szmyd:
3rd Tour of Turkey
4th Criterium Internatzional
Samoilau:
3rd Baltyk Karkonosze Tour
Schumacher:
1st German Championship
I was playing on hard. I had problems with contract any good rider. I made a topic about it, but nobody respond. I try to do it with Kwiatkowski, Majka, Zakarin, Van Garderen, Talansky. I offered them more that they want, but they didn't came to me. This is my team for 2016 (image under). Goal is to stay in World Tour. I will look for the route of 1week races and try to get some points using Paterski and my new riders including this Italian TT specialist. With Hirt I will try to do my best on Giro and Vuelta. Shame that I don't have any good gregario in MO to help Hirt till the last climb. Of course I will try to gain some points with Gaviria and this norwegian sprinter.
So we started the season with totally 13 days in Lucca and then first start in WT, very important race in Australia, where if you are in good form, you can achieve a good results, because star riders are waiting for April and Ardennes. I was hoping that Paterski will fight for TOP 5 or 10 and Brateng to be in top 5 on flat stages.
First stage we try leadout for Brateng, but Matysiak was out of fuel at 2km and Brateng lost speed and the end. Anyway he gets a good result - 4 place, losing with Demare, Hofland and Bouhanni, on paper definetly better sprinters than him.
Second stage, first hilly one. Paterski with Delaplace helping him made a good tempo from the start of the final hill. Favorites stay a bit back so he manage to go solo. At the top Alaphilippe catch him so I went on his wheel. 3 k to go Matheews join to this duo. Paterski was out of fuel on the finish, and had to watch the back of Frenchman and Aussie. Anyway that was a great result, because he was now 3rd in GC with some seconds on next rider.
Third stage and same situation. Julian 1st, Michael 2nd and Maciej 3rd. I was try to go behind Matheews but I couldn't pass him and Alaphilippe was the strongest at the end. Situation in GC was more than good with a big chance for TOP 3 and some points to WT classification.
Stage 4 was for sprinters... or a breakaway, which I don't think may go till the end, so I didn't put there any rider. Jauregui, Reynes and Conti were actually catched at the line. Brateng was 6th from the peloton. Shame that I started sprint too late, because just 10m after the line, Brateng was 4th. Finally 9th place.
5 - queen stage on Wilunga Hill. Paterski was in good form (4+), so I was hoping for really good result, maybe a stage win. Another time Matheews and Alaphilippe showed that they are now too good for Paterski. 3rd time 3rd place and every sign on the sky, tells us that Maciek will end race on 3rd position.
Then the last dangerous stage on Adelaide streets. 20km to go, full speed in peleton because breakaway have 1 minute and a half. Alaphilippe touch the ground and lost 4 minutes at the end. That put Paterski on 2nd overall just 10 seconds behind winner Matthews. Brateng finished 6th beaten by Bouhanni, Hofland, Cavendish and 2 riders from breakaway - Sutterlin and Silvestre. He could be higher, but I couldn't lead out him, and he was a bit blocked on 1,5 to go. Results:
1 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team 1h50'15
2 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
3 Fabio Silvestre Trek Factory Racing s.t.
4 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
5 Mark Cavendish Team Katusha s.t. 6 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
7 John Degenkolb Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
8 Danny Van Poppel Trek Factory Racing s.t.
9 Elia Viviani Team Sky s.t.
10 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
Overall:
1 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE 17h03'04 2 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 10
3 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 48
4 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 1'04
5 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
6 Ion Izagirre Movistar Team s.t.
7 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
8 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 2'05
9 Arthur Vichot FDJ + 2'41
10 Simon Clarke Orica-GreenEDGE + 2'44
First goal in the season was to finish top 5 in Mallorca. We go with Paterski as a leader for GC and Gaviria for sprints.
First stage, bunch sprint. Gaviria with good leadout was 4th, can't do more against Greipel, Guardini and Bennett. Unfortunately when I saw results Gaviria was abandoned with diagnosed broken collarbone. It's second time when I have something like this, when my rider finish the race, but he is not in results and have an injury.
1 André Greipel Team Katusha 1h58'40
2 Andrea Guardini Astana Pro Team s.t.
3 Sam Bennett Bora - Argon 18 s.t.
5 Taylor Phinney Astana Pro Team s.t.
6 Adrien Petit Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
7 Alexey Tsatevitch Team Katusha s.t.
8 Tom Boonen Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
9 Sondre Holst Enger IAM Cycling s.t. 10 Cristian Delle Stelle CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
Second stage. Was thinking it will be a mass sprint, but there were crosswinds 45kph. We were in front and decided to try leadout Paterski who had almost still full power in legs. We did great leadout going with Gradek, Bole, Delle Stelle and Paterski at 7km to go. Nobody could follow us, and Paterski won the first race for CCC this season. I thougt he will gain about 15-20 seconds, but jury decided to give s.t. to all riders in 1st big group.
Third stage was crucial. It was mountain, but the only one big hill was ending at 20km to go. Kelderman was unstopabble, Quintana try to catch him, but was unable. Then was duo Froome and Aru, and a group of 5 with Paterski. I left something in tank and attacked at 4 km to go. Paterski was on full speed - last 3km was descent, and pass under the flame rouge Froome and Aru. They can't fight back so Paterski was now 3rd in GC.
1 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo 4h04'07
2 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 1'10 3 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 2'36
4 Chris Froome Team Sky s.t.
5 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team s.t.
6 Igor Antón Movistar Team + 3'10
7 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team s.t.
8 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
9 Robert Kiserlovski Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
10 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 5'23
Last stage was a hilly one, but last 50km was flat. Anyway some riders try to attack and trio Lopez, Majka and Slagter attacked on the last climb. Slagter and Majka were 3 minutes down to me, so I didin't care about them, but Lopez just 48s. I have still Bernas with Paterski and I try to catch them. I go clear and the 40 riders group with main favourites didn't chase me. When I had one minute and a half over yellow jersey group and just 30sec to Lopez at 15km to go, Astana made a big push. 5km to go, everybody were together with Fraile last from escape one minute before. Funny that he was thinking he won, but Bennett was faster at the line.
1 Sam Bennett Bora - Argon 18 4h12'27
2 Omar Fraile Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
3 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team s.t.
4 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
5 Rubén Fernández Movistar Team s.t.
6 Jonathan Hivert Bretagne - Séché Environnement s.t.
7 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
8 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
9 Igor Antón Movistar Team s.t.
10 Chris Froome Team Sky s.t.
11 Cyril Gautier Team Europcar s.t.
12 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
13 Mathieu van der Poel Etixx - Quick-step s.t. 14 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
GC:
1 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo 13h35'40
2 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 1'14 3 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 2'32
4 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 2'42
5 Chris Froome Team Sky + 2'46
6 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 3'20
7 Robert Kiserlovski Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
8 Igor Antón Movistar Team s.t.
9 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team s.t.
10 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 5'33
11 Tom Slagter Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
12 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky s.t.
13 Damiano Caruso BMC Racing Team s.t.
14 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team s.t.
15 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
16 Jurgen Van den Broeck Lotto Soudal s.t.
17 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 6'46
18 Davide Villella Team Cannondale - Garmin + 7'18
19 Ian Boswell Team Sky + 7'44
20 Vincenzo Nibali Astana Pro Team s.t.
So we made first goal. Now Herald Sun Tour. I have to give a little rest to Paterski. I will need him in march.
Edited by pokwa on 03-08-2015 09:11
I was hoping for top 10 for Micolucci, but he was only 28th on prologue and lost time on crazy stage 2, where Felline was the best. I withdrawn Micolucci on stage 3.
Stage 2:
1 Fabio Felline Trek Factory Racing 2h40'30
2 Mathieu van der Poel Etixx - Quick-step + 51
3 Mauro Finetto Astana Pro Team s.t.
4 Loïc Vliegen BMC Racing Team s.t.
5 Davide Villella Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
6 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
7 Jay McCarthy Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
8 Pello Bilbao Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
9 Alexey Lutsenko Astana Pro Team s.t.
10 Sylvain Chavanel FDJ s.t.
11 Pieter Jacobs Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t.
12 Maxim Belkov Team Katusha + 1'24
13 Nathan Haas Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
14 Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling s.t.
15 Gianluca Brambilla Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
16 Julien Vermote Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
17 Eros Capecchi Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
18 Anthony Roux FDJ s.t.
19 Sean De Bie Lotto Soudal + 1'51
20 Florian Vachon FDJ s.t. 21 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
Stage 3 was very tough too. Tough? It was actually flat, but not many riders could fight at the front for the win. I didn't have anyone to leadout Brateng so I sat on van der Sande wheel and go 1,3 km to go. Hofland was close, but he hasn't enough room to pass me, so second victory for CCC this season.
4th stage I tried to go in breakaway, but unsuccesful. Tanner, Magner and van Rensburg - trio from 7riders escape were before Brateng. Another tough stage and sprint. Brateng was out of fuel 700m to go. 9th place and couldn't do much more.
1 David Tanner IAM Cycling 3h30'19
2 Tyler Magner Hincapie Racing Team s.t.
3 Leigh Howard MTN-Qhubeka + 32
4 Tosh Van der Sande Lotto Soudal s.t.
5 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
6 Mathieu van der Poel Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
7 Mauro Finetto Astana Pro Team s.t.
8 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg MTN-Qhubeka s.t. 9 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
Last hilly stage. I didn't have any puncher so I tried to put Brateng (hill 66) as much as I can to finish in second 10. I couldn't do it. Vliegen won, with Felline secure GC victory.
1 Loïc Vliegen BMC Racing Team 2h58'48
2 Mathieu van der Poel Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
3 Jay McCarthy Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
4 Davide Villella Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
5 Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling + 11
6 Mauro Finetto Astana Pro Team + 30
7 Bart De Clercq Lotto Soudal s.t.
8 Fabio Felline Trek Factory Racing s.t.
9 Pieter Jacobs Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 39
10 Sylvain Chavanel FDJ s.t.
GC:
1 Fabio Felline Trek Factory Racing 13h02'30
2 Mathieu van der Poel Etixx - Quick-step + 40
3 Jay McCarthy Orica-GreenEDGE + 45
4 Davide Villella Team Cannondale - Garmin + 54
5 Loïc Vliegen BMC Racing Team + 58
6 Sylvain Chavanel FDJ + 1'04
7 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 1'14
8 Mauro Finetto Astana Pro Team + 1'17
9 Alexey Lutsenko Astana Pro Team s.t.
10 Pieter Jacobs Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 1'23
11 Pello Bilbao Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 1'26
12 Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling + 1'31
13 Anthony Roux FDJ + 1'50
14 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 2'11
15 Marco Haller Team Katusha + 2'26
16 Gianluca Brambilla Etixx - Quick-step + 3'08
17 Taylor Phinney Astana Pro Team + 3'09
18 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 3'18
19 Kenny Dehaes Lotto Soudal + 3'33
20 Nathan Haas Team Cannondale - Garmin + 3'48 21 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 3'50
After that one day classic. GP Costa Etrushi. Two leaders - Delle Stelle and Kaczmarek. Jakub was +3 and Christian -2, co we tried to lead out Kaczmarek for the sprint. It wasn't easy, a bit chaotic because of the crosswind. At the end of the day Kaczmarek was 4th, losing to better sprinters, so we can be happy.
1 Davide Cimolai Lampre-Merida 2h50'25
2 Peter Hashagen Team Katusha s.t.
3 Omar Bertazzo Astana Pro Team s.t. 4 Jakub Kaczmarek CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
5 Sondre Holst Enger IAM Cycling s.t.
6 Gianni Meersman Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
7 Alexey Tsatevitch Team Katusha s.t.
8 Nicolas Marini NIPPO - Vini Fantini s.t.
9 Manuel Belletti Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
10 Lieuwe Westra Astana Pro Team s.t.
11 Valerio Agnoli Astana Pro Team s.t.
12 Moreno Moser Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t. 13 Cristian Delle Stelle CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.Edited by pokwa on 03-08-2015 09:10
Two classics in Spain. First - on paper - mountain Vuelta a Murcia. Quite tough hill ending 35km before the line and 3,5 km hill to the finish. It was first race in season for Hirt and he was +5, so I started to think that he can win, even if he is just 40% condition now. I tried legs on this big climb and just Dan Martin and Meitjens could follow. Although on the final climb Louis was better by a wheel.
1 Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling 4h15'30 2 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
3 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
4 Nicolas Roche Team Sky s.t.
5 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 14
6 Hugh Carthy Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
7 Yury Trofimov Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
8 Mikel Nieve Team Sky s.t.
9 Robert Kiserlovski Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
10 Jesús Herrada Movistar Team s.t.
Second one, was Almeria. Hilly, but last 40km flat. I took Brateng and a two good riders to leadout him Kurek and Kaczmarek. Kaczmarek was +5. Unfortunately Kurek was out of fuel 6km to go, so I go with Kaczmarek and Brateng on his will. 3km to go Kaczmarek started sprint and was 1st, but Brateng had to start his attack at 1,8km to go. He couldn't keep the pace till the line, and 2 riders passed him. Shame, because if I will start sprint 1,5km to go, I could win.
1 Carlos Barbero Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 4h18'55
2 Filippo Fortin Movistar Team s.t. 3 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
4 Rüdiger Selig Team Katusha s.t.
5 Barry Markus Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
6 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing s.t.
7 Magnus Cort Nielsen Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
8 Edward Theuns Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise s.t.
9 Jonas Ahlstrand Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
10 Manuel Belletti Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
Ruta del Sol. Goal is for Hirt top 10 in GC and top 10 on flat stages for Latoń. Get some race days and compare to riders like Quintana, Contador and Kwiatkowski. The last one won the prologue:
1 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team 6'37
2 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team + 4
3 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 6
4 Alberto Contador Team Katusha + 8
5 Mikhail Ignatiev Team Katusha + 10
6 Lennard Kämna BMC Racing Team + 12
7 Jurgen Van den Broeck Lotto Soudal + 13
8 Sean De Bie Lotto Soudal + 14
9 Andrew Talansky Etixx - Quick-step + 15
10 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 17 22 Nikolay Mihaylov CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
66 Grega Bole CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
71 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
82 Eryk Latoń CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
88 Grzegorz Stępniak CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 38
92 Jakub Kaczmarek CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 39
112 Marek Rutkiewicz CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 44
Second stage, hilly one. We tried not to lose with Hirt, and we did it. He was in first 20-riders group, but without any chance of victory.
1 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE 4h36'09
2 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team s.t.
3 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
4 Romain Sicard Team Europcar s.t.
5 Andrew Talansky Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
6 Alberto Contador Team Katusha s.t.
7 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
8 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
9 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
10 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal s.t.
11 John Darwin Atapuma Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
12 Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal s.t.
13 Daniel Moreno Team Katusha s.t.
14 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
15 Carlos Barbero Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
16 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t. 17 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
18 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal s.t.
19 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
20 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team s.t.
Third stage was a mountain one. I was hoping for top 5 at least top 10 for Hirt, but he was unable to fight for this places. He finished 14th and now he is 12th in GC. The last 3 stages are flat, so nothing will change for him.
1 Alberto Contador Team Katusha 4h30'36
2 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team + 8
3 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 25
4 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 1'28
5 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal s.t.
6 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
7 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
8 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 1'48
9 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
10 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal + 1'57
11 Jay McCarthy Orica-GreenEDGE + 2'08
12 Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal s.t.
13 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE s.t. 14 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
15 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'24
16 Andrew Talansky Etixx - Quick-step + 2'35
17 Carlos Barbero Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 3'16
18 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
19 John Darwin Atapuma Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 3'27
20 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team s.t.
Meanwhile we go to Italy, where 21.02 was a GP Laigueglia. We put everything for Paterski, and he attacks on the second to last climb with Bernas as protector. Only Herrada follow him, but didn't want to cooperate. He just sat on Paterski's wheel. I couldn't wait for the next group because there were faster guys. Finally, Herrada couldn't beat me and Paterski gave CCC third victory this season.
1 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice 4h52'22
2 Jesús Herrada Movistar Team s.t.
3 Magnus Cort Nielsen Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
4 Enrico Barbin Bardiani CSF s.t.
5 Fabio Felline Trek Factory Racing s.t.
6 Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling s.t.
7 Giampaolo Caruso Team Katusha s.t.
8 Jasper De Buyst Lotto Soudal + 1'06
9 Taylor Phinney Astana Pro Team s.t.
10 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing s.t.
Next stages of Ruta del Sol were flat. We decided to try go in the breakaways and fight in sprint with Latoń. 4th stage Mihailov was able to go in the break, and peleton wasn't really intrested in chase. I decided to work a bit, because one member of the break was 6 minutes behind Hird and it was looking like peleton will let them go with 6 or more minutes. 10km to go and it was 2 minutes so I knew that the bunch will not catch them. Niki was the worst in sprint, so I attacked 5km to go, but they all catch me and then pass. Latoń lose only to Bennett in sprint.
1 Simon Clarke Orica-GreenEDGE 3h59'11
2 Garikoitz Bravo Burgos - BH s.t.
3 Bernard Sulzberger Drapac Professional Cycling s.t. 4 Nikolay Mihaylov CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
5 Sam Bennett Bora - Argon 18 + 1'05 6 Eryk Latoń CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
7 Tosh Van der Sande Lotto Soudal s.t.
8 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
9 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen ActiveJet Team s.t.
10 Carlos Barbero Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
If peleton let breakaway a win, why can't they do it again? This time I put Bole in breakaway. Peleton was chasing us, but Bole was +5 so on uphills I did the tempo. In the end Ezquera attacks, so I catched his wheel and counter him 2km to go. Stage easily won by Bole. Latoń again only worse than Bennett.
1 Grega Bole CCC Sprandi Polkowice 3h08'44
2 Jesús Ezquerra ActiveJet Team s.t.
3 Dario Hernández Burgos - BH + 34
4 Christian Meier Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
5 Peter Velits BMC Racing Team s.t.
6 Adam Phelan Drapac Professional Cycling s.t.
7 Sam Bennett Bora - Argon 18 s.t. 8 Eryk Latoń CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
9 Carlos Barbero Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
10 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
Last stage was flat and short - 96km, so I thought that peleton will control the situation. I didn't put anyone in the break and that was a mistake. Two guys from 6men breakaway was able to finish before the bunch. Latoń was worse than Bennett again, losing to Hofland too.
1 Sander Armee Lotto Soudal 1h57'55
2 Maarten Neyens Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
3 Sam Bennett Bora - Argon 18 s.t.
4 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t. 5 Eryk Latoń CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
6 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
7 Christian Meier Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
8 Pablo Lechuga Burgos - BH s.t.
9 Jesús Ezquerra ActiveJet Team s.t.
10 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
GC:
1 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team 18h20'59
2 Alberto Contador Team Katusha s.t.
3 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 53
4 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal + 1'38
5 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 1'41
6 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 1'46
7 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 1'49
8 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 1'56
9 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal + 2'19
10 Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal + 2'25
11 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 2'32 12 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 2'33
13 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'34
14 Andrew Talansky Etixx - Quick-step + 2'42
15 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 2'45
16 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team + 3'23
17 Romain Sicard Team Europcar + 3'41
18 Carlos Barbero Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 3'48
19 Jay McCarthy Orica-GreenEDGE + 3'51
20 John Darwin Atapuma Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 4'02
Nect race was Classic sud Ardeche. I went with few guys with 70-71 hill. Brożyna was the best, but unable to go with best 3. I attacked 3km to go from the bunch, and finally finish on 5th. Good effort by young guy.
1 Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling 4h42'59
2 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
3 Davide Villella Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
4 Anthony Roux FDJ + 1'00 5 Piotr Brożyna CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
6 Jay McCarthy Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
7 Yukiya Arashiro IAM Cycling s.t.
8 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
9 Antonello Gemignani Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
10 Cameron Meyer Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
GP Citta di Lugano. Firstly I thought that Paterski will lead the team, but he was -3 and Hirt was +3. In the last 15km there were still 2 hills and just 30 riders. Hirt attacked on the last. Mattheews tried to go with me, but can't. Another victory for CCC.
1 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice 4h55'23
2 Magnus Cort Nielsen Orica-GreenEDGE + 56
3 Jay McCarthy Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
4 Kristijan Durasek Lampre-Merida s.t.
5 Sacha Modolo Lampre-Merida s.t.
6 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team s.t.
7 Rubén Fernández Movistar Team s.t.
8 Matteo Montaguti Bora - Argon 18 s.t.
9 Jan Polanc Lampre-Merida s.t.
10 Petr Vakoč Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
Valence Drome Classic. On paper flat, but two quite steep 3km hills in the end, last one ending 9km before the line. Gautier was to strong and I put everything on Brateng. Norwegian was 3rd, because Barbero is way better puncher so had more power in the end.
1 Cyril Gautier Team Europcar 4h30'10
2 Carlos Barbero Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 38 3 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
4 Luke Rowe Team Sky s.t.
5 Omar Fraile Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
6 Yannick Martinez Team Europcar s.t.
7 Yukiya Arashiro IAM Cycling s.t.
8 Sebastian Henao Team Sky s.t.
9 Jérémy Roy Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
10 Adrien Petit Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
Strade Bianche. Paterski -5, so no chance for good result. Just 21st. Alaphilippe won.
1 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step 4h13'47
2 Miguel Angel Lopez Astana Pro Team + 8
3 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 23
4 Petr Vakoč Etixx - Quick-step + 1'52
5 Jan Polanc Lampre-Merida s.t.
6 Enrico Barbin Bardiani CSF s.t.
7 Antonello Gemignani Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
8 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
9 Kristijan Durasek Lampre-Merida s.t.
10 Yukiya Arashiro IAM Cycling s.t.
11 Andrea Palini Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
12 Loïc Vliegen BMC Racing Team s.t.
13 Moreno Moser Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'28
14 Davide Villella Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
15 Yury Trofimov Tinkoff-Saxo + 2'44
16 Blel Kadri Ag2r La Mondiale + 2'52
17 Sonny Colbrelli Bardiani CSF s.t.
18 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team s.t.
19 Sacha Modolo Lampre-Merida s.t.
20 Bruno Pires Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec s.t. 21 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
Now Paris - Nice. Hirt as a leader. Hilly stages are mostly flat in the last 20-30 km, so it will be sprint from 30-40. I think Jan will stay there easily. Key stages - one mountain and mountain ITT. Hope he can fight for top 10, even if he still is about 50% of condition. Hope Brateng will score some WT points on flat stages. I simulate the 3km prologue and it was a mistake. How the hell Hirt could lost 37 seconds?
1 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha 3'26
2 Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing + 4
3 Taylor Phinney Astana Pro Team + 5
4 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing + 6
5 Fabio Felline Trek Factory Racing + 8
6 Simon Spilak Team Katusha + 9
7 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team + 11
8 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 12
9 Tobias Ludvigsson Team Giant-Alpecin + 13
10 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 15
69 Anthony Delaplace CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
94 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
97 Adrian Kurek CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
103 Eryk Latoń CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 40
113 Adrian Honkisz CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 42
117 Bartłomiej Matysiak CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
129 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
139 Sylwester Szmyd CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
Second stage. Best chance for Brateng, because third is a bit tougher. The leadout was perfect, by Kurek, Matysiak and Latoń. Carl was first 10m before the line, but Demare said "not in my house". 1st win in World Tour (this season, because last year Paterski won a stage at Tour de Pologne) still not checked.
1 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step 4h13'37 2 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
3 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
4 Mark Cavendish Team Katusha s.t.
5 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
6 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar s.t.
7 Adam Blythe Team Sky s.t.
8 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
9 Gerald Ciolek Etixx - Quick-step s.t. 10 Eryk Latoń CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
11 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t.
12 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
13 Zdenek Stybar Team Sky s.t. 14 Bartłomiej Matysiak CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
15 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida s.t.
Third stage and another good leadout, but there were few trains of sprinters teams and unfortunately we catched a breakaway 5km to go, which slows down Brateng. 5th place and nothing more.
1 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo 4h16'41
2 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
3 Luka Mezgec Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
4 Bryan Coquard Team Europcar s.t. 5 Carl Bråteng CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
6 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
7 Adam Blythe Team Sky s.t. 8 Eryk Latoń CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
9 Manuel Belletti Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
10 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
Fourth stage was definetely too hard for sprinters and actually next stages too, so I decided to withdraw Brateng and Latoń. Pace was very fast and just 19 riders in first group. Thankfully Hirt was there, but few more kilometeres and he will lose time.
Fifth stage 46 riders in first group. Another Demare victory.
1 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step 4h44'35
2 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky s.t.
3 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
4 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
5 Sep Vanmarcke BMC Racing Team s.t.
6 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
7 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha s.t.
8 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky s.t.
9 Fabio Felline Trek Factory Racing s.t.
10 Zdenek Stybar Team Sky s.t.
11 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t.
12 Simon Gerrans Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
13 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team s.t.
14 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
15 Greg Van Avermaet Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
16 Matthieu Ladagnous IAM Cycling s.t. 17 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
Sixth stage - queen one . I hope Hirt could do top 5, because he has 79 MO, and there weren't any 80 or more guy. Unfortunately crosswinds and high tempo by guys like Cancellara and Gilbert did that before the last climb there were a 8-riders favourite group without Hirt, who was in second group and lost already 65% of yellow bar. I tried to do everything on the last climb, but only 9th position and 11th in GC.
1 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky 4h20'37
2 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha + 1'04
3 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team + 1'12
4 Simon Spilak Team Katusha + 1'22
5 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 1'35
6 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
7 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale + 1'45
8 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 2'28 9 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 3'18
10 Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling s.t.
11 Yury Trofimov Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
12 Rein Taaramäe Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
13 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team s.t.
14 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
15 Robert Gesink Team Europcar s.t.
16 Ion Izagirre Movistar Team s.t.
17 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky + 3'57
18 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin + 4'35
19 Mattia Cattaneo Lampre-Merida + 4'57
20 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team s.t.
Next stage, looks like easy one, but Geraint Thomas crashed and he was unable to catch the group, so I jumped into top 10. First group was 65 riders, but they really struggling so I attacked Hirt with 4km to go. Only Trofimov with Sagan on his will followed me. Sagan beat me easily, but I managed to be second, second time this PN.
1 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo 5h03'49 2 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
3 Yury Trofimov Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
4 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
5 Simon Spilak Team Katusha s.t.
6 Luka Mezgec Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
7 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky s.t.
8 Javier Francisco Aramendia Movistar Team s.t.
9 Ion Izagirre Movistar Team s.t.
10 Simon Gerrans Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
Last stage, Col d'Eze. Only 26th time, and finally 10 overall and first in young rider classification. Sponsor goal was top5, but not with this condition. Now he will rest. Before Giro we go for Trentino and Romandie probably. I don't if I should send him to a training camp. Still consider it.
1 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida 20'59
2 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky + 12
3 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale + 15
4 Robert Gesink Team Europcar + 16
5 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha + 20
6 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 21
7 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky + 23
8 Simon Spilak Team Katusha + 25
9 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin + 28
10 Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling + 33
11 Yury Trofimov Tinkoff-Saxo + 36
12 Arnold Jeannesson Ag2r La Mondiale + 38
13 Ion Izagirre Movistar Team + 41
14 Maxime Bouet Etixx - Quick-step + 42
15 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
16 Jesús Herrada Movistar Team + 43
17 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 47
18 Michael Rogers Tinkoff-Saxo + 51
19 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team s.t.
20 Dario Cataldo Astana Pro Team + 53
21 Chris Anker Sørensen Tinkoff-Saxo + 56
22 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky + 1'01
23 Paul Voss Team Giant-Alpecin + 1'03
24 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team + 1'06
25 Yoann Bagot Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 1'07 26 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1'09
GC:
1 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky 26h53'19
2 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha + 1'22
3 Simon Spilak Team Katusha + 1'38
4 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale + 2'14
5 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 2'53
6 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 2'56
7 Robert Gesink Team Europcar + 3'42
8 Ion Izagirre Movistar Team + 3'56
9 Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling + 4'02 10 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 4'42
Points:
1 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo 6 134
2 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step 0 115
3 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky 22 87
4 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha 0 86
5 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha 16 75
6 Simon Spilak Team Katusha 13 74
7 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team 0 68
8 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE 0 65
9 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Sky 14 63
10 Rui Costa Lampre-Merida 25 58
Mountain:
1 Yohan Offredo FDJ 0 35
2 Marcel Wyss IAM Cycling 0 34
3 Matej Mohoric Team Cannondale - Garmin 0 26
4 Simon Gerrans Orica-GreenEDGE 0 22
5 Tobias Ludvigsson Team Giant-Alpecin 0 17
6 Dries Devenyns IAM Cycling 0 14
7 Sérgio Henao Team Katusha 0 13
8 Lieuwe Westra Astana Pro Team 0 12
9 Jakob Fuglsang Team Sky 0 11
10 Rudy Molard Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 0 10
U25:
1 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 22'08 26h58'01 (1)
2 Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing + 22'27 + 4'29 (2)
3 Dylan Teuns BMC Racing Team + 22'15 + 7'04 (3)
4 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin + 26'10 + 12'01 (4)
5 Arnaud Demare Etixx - Quick-step + 26'25 + 12'15 (5)
Team:
1 Team Katusha + 1'25 80h46'32 (1)
2 Team Sky 1h04'33 + 5'15 (2)
3 Movistar Team + 35 + 9'56 (3)
4 Tinkoff-Saxo + 33 + 14'18 (4)
5 IAM Cycling + 2'19 + 16'12 (5)
YEah, he improved from 75 to 79 MO. Ok Tirreno Adriatico and I'm piss of. Paterski was just average - I mean his rest was average and he didn't go in any race in last week. I took quite good TT guys because prologue was a TTT. We did well.
Second stage, I didn't have any sprinter, so I just go in peleton, because I didn't belive that they will let escape go till the finish.
1 Elia Viviani Team Sky 5h05'36
2 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
3 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal s.t.
4 Niccolo Bonifazio Lampre-Merida s.t.
5 Juan José Lobato Movistar Team s.t.
6 Andrea Guardini Astana Pro Team s.t.
7 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing s.t.
8 Kenneth Vanbilsen Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
9 Heinrich Haussler IAM Cycling s.t.
10 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
Third stage, same situation.
Fourth stage was a really hard one. It was mountain and with Paterski at average, I couldn't do more.
1 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team 4h15'32
2 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
3 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team + 46
4 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
5 Vincenzo Nibali Astana Pro Team + 56
6 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 1'56
7 Chris Froome Team Sky + 2'05
8 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 2'31
9 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 3'11
10 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
11 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 3'29
12 Bauke Mollema Trek Factory Racing s.t.
13 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team s.t.
14 Giovanni Visconti Movistar Team + 3'52
15 Damiano Caruso BMC Racing Team + 4'08
16 Nicolas Roche Team Sky + 4'40
17 Sebastian Henao Team Sky + 4'49
18 Pierre-Roger Latour Ag2r La Mondiale s.t. 19 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 5'25
20 Lawson Craddock Trek Factory Racing + 5'43
I decided that on a 5th another mountain stage I will try go to escape with Paterski, for stage win or gain some time in GC. And it was a disaster. Peleton didn't let us go for more than 4 minutes. Kwiatkowski was a beast and had a great team. I was 21st in GC now.
1 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team 5h48'11
2 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 2'18
3 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal s.t.
4 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team s.t.
5 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 2'55
6 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 4'09
7 Vincenzo Nibali Astana Pro Team + 4'39
8 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
9 Nicolas Roche Team Sky + 5'00
10 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 5'14
11 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 5'33
12 Lawson Craddock Trek Factory Racing + 6'38
13 Beñat Intxausti Team Sky + 6'57
14 Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 7'05
15 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
16 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team + 7'52
17 Giovanni Visconti Movistar Team + 8'45
18 Alessandro De Marchi BMC Racing Team s.t.
19 Chris Froome Team Sky + 8'58
20 Robert Kiserlovski Tinkoff-Saxo + 9'46
21 Kristijan Durasek Lampre-Merida + 9'55
22 Damiano Caruso BMC Racing Team s.t.
23 Rafael Valls Lampre-Merida s.t. 24 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 10'21
25 Edvald Boasson Hagen Trek Factory Racing + 13'04
PEnultimate stage and it's hilly so, why not to try another one. Paterski in escape and another hard work for KWiatkowski by Movistar. We were catched 20km to go, and I managed to get top 10 on stage and 14 in GC. Kwiatkowski won. I was first from breakaway, so shame that peleton didn't let us.
1 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team 5h32'05
2 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
3 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 46
4 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 1'22
5 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal s.t.
6 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
7 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team s.t.
8 Vincenzo Nibali Astana Pro Team + 3'22
9 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team s.t. 10 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
11 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal s.t.
ITT for the end, and Paterski lost almost a minute, but finish 14th in GC. Looking at names before him, not a bad result, but I'm piss that he was just average. It was actually like 25% of yellow and red bar gone before the race.
1 Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin 10'52
2 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team + 4
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen Trek Factory Racing + 7
4 Adriano Malori BMC Racing Team s.t.
5 Tony Martin Etixx - Quick-step + 10
6 Lars Boom Astana Pro Team + 11
7 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal + 12
8 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal + 15
9 Vincenzo Nibali Astana Pro Team + 18
10 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 20
GC:
1 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team 25h29'07
2 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team + 4'29
3 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 4'33
4 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin + 6'20
5 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 6'34
6 Vincenzo Nibali Astana Pro Team + 9'51
7 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 10'34
8 Tony Gallopin Lotto Soudal + 12'16
9 Carlos Betancur Ag2r La Mondiale + 13'13
10 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 15'26
11 Esteban Chaves Orica-GreenEDGE + 15'36
12 Nicolas Roche Team Sky + 16'49
13 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team + 17'51 14 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 19'57
Points:
1 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team 10 51
2 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal 4 35
3 Thibaut Pinot FDJ 1 34
4 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team 0 29
5 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 0 26
6 Elia Viviani Team Sky 0 20
7 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin 0 20
8 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step 0 18
9 Vincenzo Nibali Astana Pro Team 2 15
10 Niccolo Bonifazio Lampre-Merida 0 14
Mountain:
1 Thibaut Pinot FDJ 0 23
2 Luca Sterbini Bardiani CSF 0 23
3 Fabio Aru Astana Pro Team 0 21
4 Nicolas Roche Team Sky 0 20
5 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team 0 19
6 Sebastian Langeveld Team LottoNL - Jumbo 0 9
7 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin 0 8
8 Ivan Santaromita Astana Pro Team 0 8
9 Ángel Madrazo Team LottoNL - Jumbo 0 7
10 Ian Boswell Team Sky 0 5
U25:
1 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step + 11'14 25h35'41 (1)
2 Lawson Craddock Trek Factory Racing s.t. + 15'32 (2)
3 Sebastian Henao Team Sky + 11'24 + 19'51 (3)
4 Ian Boswell Team Sky + 11'22 + 24'20 (4)
5 Petr Vakoč Etixx - Quick-step + 11'35 + 24'57 (5)
Teams:
1 Movistar Team s.t. 76h19'43 (1)
2 Astana Pro Team + 5 + 16'14 (2)
3 Team Sky + 14 + 18'56 (3)
4 Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t. + 26'30 (4)
5 BMC Racing Team 33'26 + 29'51 (5)
In San Remo we were hoping for Brateng, that he will be able to stay in first group. He wasn't. Only 29 riders in first group including Paterski, but without power in legs, he wasn't able to finish in TOP 10, even in top 20. I can't paste excel results, something it's wrong. Paterski was 25th. Demare won again this year.
Then Cholet pays de loire. Weak team for this race, weak result:
1 Nicola Ruffoni Bardiani CSF 5h33'45
2 Magnus Cort Nielsen Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
3 Eduard-Michael Grosu Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
4 Salvatore Puccio Team Sky s.t.
5 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal s.t.
6 Luke Durbridge Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
7 Maciej Bodnar Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
8 Kevin Reza FDJ s.t.
9 Yury Trofimov Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
10 Jay McCarthy Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
11 Sébastien Minard Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
12 Matti Breschel Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
13 Vincent Jérôme Team Europcar s.t.
14 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team s.t.
15 Igor Antón Movistar Team s.t.
16 Maxime Vantomme Lotto Soudal s.t.
17 Alexis Gougeard Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
18 Pierre-Luc Périchon Bretagne - Séché Environnement s.t.
19 Rubén Fernández Movistar Team s.t.
20 Maxime Daniel Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
21 Christophe Laporte Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
22 Kevin Ledanois Bretagne - Séché Environnement s.t.
23 Dylan van Baarle Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
24 Francesco Bongiorno Bardiani CSF s.t.
25 Sergey Lagutin Tinkoff-Saxo s.t. 26 Cristian Delle Stelle CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
Now many races in one time. Catalunya, Coppi e Bartali (last year Paterski won, Rebellin 4th), Criterium Internazional (Szmyd was 4 last year) and E3/G-W. For Catalunya we will send Paterski to score some WT points, Coppi e Bartali probably Micolucci and Delaplace who is in top form. Maybe I will send to CI Hirt, it's only 3 stages. Cobbled classics for us are just an adventure, I don't have a guy even with 70 COB, so I will just watch the race.
First stage in Catalunya, quite high tempo and Quintana try to attack in the end. Paterski followed him and was able to hold on 3rd position. Kittel won, Mattheews second.
Then Volta a Catalunya, one of fav races for Paterski and indeed he showed that he like it. Sprint from quite big group, but I managed to be 3rd, as only two sprinters could keep in 1st group.
Second stage, I made a good tempo and only Majka took my wheel. On the descent Matheews and Bardet came to us and finaly I was 3rd again. 5th Quintana lost 2 minutes, which means I can finish this race really high.
1 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE 3h32'10
2 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t. 3 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
4 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
5 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 2'04
6 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
7 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team s.t.
8 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin + 2'42
9 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
10 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
Third stage, only one mountain in this race, which I was afraid of, because Paterski is only 72 MO. I tried to do my best and finish 9th. After this stage I was 6th in GC and it's satisfied me actually.
1 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team 5h23'54
2 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 53
3 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
4 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 1'54
5 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 3'07
6 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
7 Richie Porte Team Sky s.t.
8 Simon Spilak Team Katusha s.t. 9 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 4'22
10 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 4'54
4th stage hilly as first two, but a bit tougher. I managed to stay in first 10-riders group and jump in 5th in GC, because Pozzovivo lost 2 minutes.
1 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE 4h35'07
2 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
3 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
4 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
5 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
6 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team s.t.
7 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
8 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
9 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t. 10 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
Fifth stage was an easy one, but still classified as hilly. 60 riders in first group and Paterski was 9th. Still 5th in GC.
1 Thibaut Pinot FDJ 4h52'55
2 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
3 Riccardo Zoidl Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
4 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
5 Petr Vakoč Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
6 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
7 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
8 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin s.t. 9 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
10 Pierre Rolland Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
Sixth stage was a happy surprise for me. On paper not a hard stage, but there were a bit of chaos I push the tempo on the hill and there were a 26-riders group on the finish with De Gendt winning it from escape. Majka, Quintana and Bardet lost 1 minute and 34 second which allowed me to go into 2nd place, behind Landa.
1 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal 4h06'51
2 Fabio Duarte Colombia s.t.
3 Mikel Nieve Team Sky s.t.
4 Lars Petter Nordhaug Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
5 Dominik Nerz Bora - Argon 18 s.t.
6 John Darwin Atapuma Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
7 Lawson Craddock Trek Factory Racing s.t.
8 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
9 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team s.t.
10 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
11 Marcel Kittel Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
12 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
13 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
14 Richie Porte Team Sky s.t.
15 Rubén Fernández Movistar Team s.t.
16 Tobias Ludvigsson Team Giant-Alpecin s.t. 17 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
18 Simon Spilak Team Katusha s.t.
19 Sergey Chernetskiy Team Katusha s.t.
20 Julien Simon Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
21 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky s.t.
22 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team s.t.
23 Simon Yates Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
24 Mauro Finetto Astana Pro Team s.t.
25 Maxime Bouet Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
26 Daniel Navarro Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
Now last stage, not tough on paper, but Paterski was -3 and I was afraid that I will lose my place. Indeed, Majka and his Garmin team made a big tempo in the last kilometers, so I have to stay in the third group including Quintana. Matheews won again, and I fell to 4th in GC. Before the race I will take that without a question, but being 2nd before last stage growed my apetite. Still some good points to WT classification.
1 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE 2h53'28
2 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
3 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
4 Dominik Nerz Bora - Argon 18 s.t.
5 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 30
6 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team s.t.
7 Simon Spilak Team Katusha s.t.
8 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 1'08
9 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
10 Thibaut Pinot FDJ s.t.
11 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
12 Richie Porte Team Sky s.t. 13 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
14 Mikel Nieve Team Sky s.t.
GC:
1 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team 28h39'33
2 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin + 2'05
3 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step + 2'29 4 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 2'58
5 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 3'09
6 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE + 3'25
7 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 4'44
8 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale + 4'51
9 Simon Spilak Team Katusha + 6'32
10 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 7'02
Points:
1 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE 25 122
2 Rafał Majka Team Cannondale - Garmin 20 75
3 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team 10 71
4 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 8 66
5 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step 16 56
6 Thibaut Pinot FDJ 6 55 7 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice 3 55
8 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale 0 45
9 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal 0 35
10 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo 7 34
Mountain:
1 Daniel Navarro Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 12 145
2 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal 0 65
3 Mikel Landa Astana Pro Team 0 58 4 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0 52
5 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 0 40
6 John Darwin Atapuma Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 0 34
7 Dominik Nerz Bora - Argon 18 22 32
8 Domenico Pozzovivo Etixx - Quick-step 4 31
9 Sergey Chernetskiy Team Katusha 0 31
10 Janier Acevedo Team Cannondale - Garmin 0 31
U25
2 Wilco Kelderman Team LottoNL - Jumbo + 2h54'36 28h46'35 (1)
1 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEDGE + 2h53'58 + 1'09 (2)
3 Davide Formolo Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t. + 4'15 (3)
10 Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin s.t. + 4'22 (4)
4 Dayer Quintana Movistar Team + 2h55'40 + 4'33 (5)
More World Tour in march - E3 and G-W. I put Bole as a leader but without a hope for more than top 30 with 67 COB. In E3 he was 50 .
1 Ian Stannard Team Sky 4h43'30
2 Lars Boom Astana Pro Team s.t.
3 Jürgen Roelandts Lotto Soudal s.t.
4 Greg Van Avermaet Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
5 Zdenek Stybar Team Sky s.t.
6 Sep Vanmarcke BMC Racing Team s.t.
7 Michał Kwiatkowski Movistar Team s.t.
8 Tom Boonen Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
9 Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing s.t.
10 Louis Verhelst Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
Gent Wewelgem. Bole was +4 and managed to take very good 11th place. Shame that he couldn't be in top 10. Anyway great effort. Suprisingly Bennett (COB 70) won.
After march races World Tour classification:
Ind. PAterski 4th
Teams: 10th CCC, but actually 9th because Lotto Soudal is in PCT.
In the end of march we go for a 2 non WT races too. Criterium International with Hirt as a last race before training camp. I decided to send him to Ajaccio for 10 days before Romandie with Miccolucci, Szmyd and Samoilau, whose will have to help him at Giro. 1st stage, crosswinds made a quite big damage, but finally almost everyone had a time of a winner:
Second was a time trial. Hirt lost 25 seconds:
1 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team 8'57
2 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise + 4
3 Manuele Boaro Movistar Team + 5
4 Johan Le Bon FDJ + 8
5 Javier Moreno Movistar Team s.t.
6 Benoit Jarrier Bretagne - Séché Environnement s.t.
7 Bruno Armirail Equipe de l'Armée de Terre + 11
8 Julien Duval Equipe de l'Armée de Terre + 12
9 Davide Martinelli FDJ + 15
10 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 16
Last stage and the most important with the Col d'Ospedale climb. I hope than Hirt can win, but Sicard was probably in top condition and was unbeatable this day. Second place for Jan and third overall.
1 Romain Sicard Team Europcar 4h43'40 2 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 38
3 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team s.t.
4 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 1'00
5 Clément Chevrier IAM Cycling + 1'57
6 Francesco Bongiorno Bardiani CSF + 2'29
7 Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling s.t.
8 Arnold Jeannesson Ag2r La Mondiale + 3'12
9 Diego Rubio Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
10 Carlos Barbero Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 4'20
GC:
1 Romain Sicard Team Europcar 6h21'10
2 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team + 27 3 Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 50
4 Rigoberto Urán Movistar Team + 1'09
5 Clément Chevrier IAM Cycling + 2'29
6 Francesco Bongiorno Bardiani CSF + 2'44
7 Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling + 2'50
8 Arnold Jeannesson Ag2r La Mondiale + 3'22
9 Diego Rubio Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 3'33
10 Carlos Barbero Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 4'29
Second race was a Coppi - Bartali where I had quite good team, but without a clear leader. On the first stage there were a crosswind and everyone was exhasuted. But no Marycz and Samoilau. This duo went for 100% on the last 5km and they were able to catch last rider from escape - Van Baarle. Marycz won, Bronislau third and both gain some time.
1 Jarosław Marycz CCC Sprandi Polkowice 2h23'20
2 Dylan van Baarle Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t. 3 Branislau Samoilau CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
4 Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling + 41
5 Peter Hashagen Team Katusha s.t.
6 Wout Poels MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
7 Enrico Barbin Bardiani CSF s.t.
8 Bernhard Eisel IAM Cycling s.t.
9 Nicola Boem Bardiani CSF s.t.
10 Luis León Sánchez Astana Pro Team s.t.
Second stage TTT - I simulate, but good team, made good job.
1 CCC Sprandi Polkowice 12'43
2 Astana Pro Team + 15
3 IAM Cycling + 27
4 Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani s.t.
5 Team Katusha + 35
6 Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton s.t.
7 MTN-Qhubeka + 43
8 D’Amico - Bottecchia + 48
9 Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec s.t.
10 Bardiani CSF + 52
11 Southeast s.t.
12 NIPPO - Vini Fantini + 1'05
13 Amore & Vita - Selle SMP + 1'11
14 Team Vorarlberg s.t.
15 Team Cannondale - Garmin + 1'14
16 Colombia s.t.
17 Adria Mobil + 1'23
18 Team Idea 2010 ASD s.t.
19 Nankang - Dynatek + 1'35
20 Orica-GreenEDGE + 1'42
21 Meridiana Kamen Team + 1'47
22 Lampre-Merida + 6'53
We decided to go for Samoilau who was +5 on 3rd stage. Only Colbrelli was able to follow him on a climb, and he beat Belarusian on the finish.
1 Sonny Colbrelli Bardiani CSF 4h14'08 2 Branislau Samoilau CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
3 Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling + 1'43
4 Marc De Maar Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton s.t.
5 Wout Poels MTN-Qhubeka + 3'05
6 Dylan van Baarle Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
7 Miguel Rubiano Colombia s.t.
8 Jarlinson Pantano MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
9 Matteo Busato Southeast s.t.
10 Jurgen van Diemen Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton s.t.
4th stage was a mountain one. Samoilau lost the leader yersey, but only 4 seconds behind Colbrelli.
1 Luis León Sánchez Astana Pro Team 4h01'09
2 Primož Roglič Adria Mobil + 11
3 Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling s.t.
4 Sonny Colbrelli Bardiani CSF s.t.
5 Winner Anacona IAM Cycling + 30
6 Wout Poels MTN-Qhubeka + 1'04
7 Jarlinson Pantano MTN-Qhubeka + 1'25
8 Matteo Busato Southeast s.t.
9 Miguel Rubiano Colombia + 1'40
10 Mauro Santambrogio Amore & Vita - Selle SMP + 1'48 11 Branislau Samoilau CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
Fifth was a ITT and I hope to be back in the 1st in GC, but I gain only 1 second on Sonny, so still 3 seconds behind him and only last hilly stage to go. Hansen won.
Last stage and it was to much for Samoilau. He is just 70 hill so 3rd in GC is a still good result for him.
1 Sonny Colbrelli Bardiani CSF 3h12'39
2 Enrico Barbin Bardiani CSF + 27
3 Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling s.t.
4 Peter Hashagen Team Katusha s.t.
5 Wout Poels MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
6 Davide Ballerini Team Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani s.t.
7 Federico Canuti Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec s.t.
8 Marc De Maar Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton s.t.
9 Alessandro Bisolti NIPPO - Vini Fantini s.t.
10 Mike Terpstra Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton s.t.
11 Winner Anacona IAM Cycling s.t.
12 Egor Silin Team Katusha s.t.
13 Oleksandr Polivoda Adria Mobil s.t.
14 Matthias Brändle IAM Cycling s.t.
15 Jarlinson Pantano MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
16 Matthew Goss Orica-GreenEDGE + 1'52
17 Miguel Rubiano Colombia s.t.
18 Primož Roglič Adria Mobil s.t.
19 Michele Scarponi Astana Pro Team + 2'57
20 Jurgen van Diemen Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton s.t.
21 Nicola Boem Bardiani CSF s.t.
22 Edoardo Zardini Bardiani CSF s.t.
23 Luis León Sánchez Astana Pro Team s.t. 24 Branislau Samoilau CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
GC:
1 Sonny Colbrelli Bardiani CSF 14h25'25
2 Louis Meintjes IAM Cycling + 2'01 3 Branislau Samoilau CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 3'10
4 Wout Poels MTN-Qhubeka + 3'50
5 Marc De Maar Team Roompot-Oranje Peloton s.t.
6 Winner Anacona IAM Cycling + 4'02
7 Jarlinson Pantano MTN-Qhubeka + 5'10
8 Luis León Sánchez Astana Pro Team + 5'20
9 Egor Silin Team Katusha + 5'41
10 Enrico Barbin Bardiani CSF + 6'24
Btw, it would look better if you posted your images in the IMG tags, like:
And perhaps include more in-race screenshots?
Right. Paterski and Hirt are great for PCT, in WT they are just good riders, but Hirt with training camp before the Giro may finish in TOP 5. Question is how he will recover from stage to stage because he has only 70 REC.
I can paste more screenshots, just tell me how to do it in the game, without using PrintScreen all the time?
BTW. I'm playing this game since Cycling Manager 2, but this my first story here.
And Ronde van Vlanderen. I have nothing to say with my riders. Bole was about 50 place and that's all. Cancellara almost won in his rainbow yersey, but Alexandre was better this time.
1 Alexander Kristoff Lotto Soudal 6h20'41
2 Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing s.t.
3 Tom Boonen Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
4 Stijn Vandenbergh Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen Trek Factory Racing + 23
6 Jürgen Roelandts Lotto Soudal s.t.
7 Sep Vanmarcke BMC Racing Team s.t.
8 Greg Van Avermaet Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
9 Luke Rowe Team Sky s.t.
10 Filippo Pozzato Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
11 Sebastian Langeveld Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
12 Florian Senechal Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
13 Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 1'03
14 Jens Debusschere Lotto Soudal s.t.
15 Taylor Phinney Astana Pro Team s.t.
16 Yves Lampaert Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
17 Jens Keukeleire Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
18 Matti Breschel Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
19 Zdenek Stybar Team Sky s.t.
20 Lars Boom Astana Pro Team s.t.
OK I will do, but it will take more time and I like to play, not to share screens, but I will try do it more often. I have few days off, and then after RVV we have Vuelta ciclista a la Rioja. Just second race for Gaviria this season, because of his broken collarbone. He did good, was 4th. Could be better, he started bit to early, because our leadout was out of fuel. Fernando was 1st still 0.2 to finish, but lost red bar and 3 riders overtook him.
1 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team 3h29'15
2 Mike Teunissen Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
3 Tosh Van der Sande Lotto Soudal s.t. 4 Fernando Gaviria CCC Sprandi Polkowice s.t.
5 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze Lampre-Merida s.t.
6 Moreno Hofland Team LottoNL - Jumbo s.t.
7 Andrea Palini Tinkoff-Saxo s.t.
8 Phil Bauhaus Bora - Argon 18 s.t.
9 Kristian Sbaragli MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
10 Carlos Barbero Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
Then Vuleta a Pais Vasco with Paterski as a leader, who is in top condition during all April. He will be totally empty after this month. I decided that I will try to do everything to be in Top 10. If there will not be chance for this, I will try to win a stage, as on Tirreno. 5 hilly stage - 2 of them with uphill finish and a hilly TT. First stage.
Startlist quite impressive.
First escape with Rolland in there.
Paterski was in front of the peleton with Delaplace as a main gregario.
Meanwhile Alaphilippe with his teammates went clear, but they wait for peleton.
Riders like Hesjedal and van Garderen lost contact with main group.
I was predicting that favorites will attack since the bottom of the final climb, I put Paterski on 85% to put up the tempo.
And you know what? Nobody care about Paterski and he gain more than a minute easily.
Finaly first win in WT this year. Very strange stage, but result nice for us.
We will try to hold lead as long as we can.
1 Maciej Paterski CCC Sprandi Polkowice 3h35'36
2 Michael Matthews Orica-GreenEDGE + 1'38
3 Lars Van Der Haar Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
4 Simon Geschke Team Giant-Alpecin s.t.
5 Pello Bilbao Caja Rural - Seguros RGA s.t.
6 Geraint Thomas Team Katusha s.t.
7 Daniel Martin Team Cannondale - Garmin s.t.
8 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t.
9 Magnus Cort Nielsen Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
10 Julian Alaphilippe Etixx - Quick-step s.t.
You can always take the screenshots during replays so it won't interfere with your play. Or you can just save the replays and take the screenshots at a later time if you want to play a few stages/races and not take pauses for screenshots.
Oh, and nice win!
But are you sure it's a good idea to have everyone on 99?
. I hope Hirt could do top 5, because he has 79 MO, and there weren't any 80 or more guy. Unfortunately crosswinds and high tempo by guys like Cancellara and Gilbert did that before the last climb there were a 8-riders favourite group without Hirt, who was in second group and lost already 65% of yellow bar. I tried to do everything on the last climb, but only 9th position and 11th in GC.
