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Amstel Gold Race
trekbmc
Posted on 19-10-2016 10:44
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Welcome to Maastricht for the 2016 Amstel Gold Race. The riders will be pleased to see the beautiful sun today but many not so pleased about the heavy winds that could batter them today, as they traverse the 252km course around Limburg.
It takes almost 50 kilometres for a small break to establish itself. When it does it’s the teams of three favourites trying to excuse themselves from the chasing who are involved:
Thomson
Kozhatayev
Dyball
Very quiet day in the pack with each of the favourites teams putting a few riders in the chase, this all changes with about 50km to go though as Aker and Tinkoff begin to set the pace, quickly pulling the break’s lead back to 2’30.
That said, Gazelle takes over the pace and with 17km remaining Thomson is caught, while the other 2 break members only have a lead of 1 minute with still 2 major climbs remaining.
Ponzi lights things up on the Keutenberg, attacking past the break! But nobody lets the reigning champion go just like that, Hagen is behind him in an instant, before you know it Spilak, Bakelants, Trofimov and Van Garderen get behind him and a move like that is never going to free, as Gastauer and Van Avermaet make sure they don’t escape, keeping the situation at status quo with 10km left.
We reach the bottom of the Cauberg! Trofimov moves to the front, confidently setting the pace but Ponzi, Ginanni and a small group of Aker riders line up next to him. Directly behind them are Skujins, Kwiatkowski, Bakelants, Spilak and Koretzky, while plenty of riders are in the next lines, waiting for the first attack!
Nobody can make an attack though, the Cauberg is raced as a fight for pole position, where nobody escapes, leaving Trofimov still leading now with Skujins on his wheel as the climb begins to flatten out. Bakelants, Spilak and Hagen spread themselves across the right of the road. The real benefactor of the lack of attacks though is Gazelle who puts 5 riders in the top 15, especially Ginanni behind Skujins and Monfort leading Konrad next to the Latvian. Ponzi now has fallen back behind Ginanni but has his teammate Kwiatkowski for support.
No change as they enter the final kilometre but the group bunches up in anticipation for the sprint, the best sprinter at the front here is Ponzi who’s now sliding up alongside Ginanni on the left.
The sprint kicks off! Trofimov and Ponzi come neck and neck with 500 metres remaining while Skujins, Ginanni and Konrad desperately try to keep up with the pace!
200 metres later and there’s still almost no gap between the two last winners of this race but for now Trofimov is still very slightly ahead. Same situation now for Skujins and Ginanni who take a wheel of the leader’s each!
So close the line they are neck and neck, the question is, who wants it more?!
Ponzi dives forward and wins the Amstel Gold Race for the second time in a row! Shame for Trofimov though, who sits up and sees Ginanni 6-inch it to take 2nd place from right under his nose. Skujins keeps 4th and Konrad holds onto 5th in a much unexpected result. Sagan comes from nowhere to steal 6th off Spilak. Bobridge and Kelderman also come from behind to beat Bakelants and Hagen who really wasted their chance this race by not attacking.
1 Simone Ponzi Kenya Airways - Dimension Data 6h32'31 2 Francesco Ginanni Gazelle s.t. 3 Yuri Trofimov Tinkoff Sport Academy s.t. 4 Toms Skujins Evonik - ELKO s.t. 5 Patrick Konrad Gazelle s.t. 6 Peter Sagan Becherovka - Petrof s.t. 7 Simon Spilak Team I-Gen - Festina s.t. 8 Jack Bobridge Jayco'z Cycling Project s.t. 9 Wilco Kelderman Team Puma - SAP s.t. 10 Jan Bakelants Bouygues Telecom s.t. 11 Edvald Boasson Hagen Aker - MOT s.t. 12 Jan Tratnik Gazelle s.t. 13 Maurice Schreurs Orange - KLM Cycling s.t. 14 Tejay Van Garderen Movistar - US Postal s.t. 15 Ben Gastauer Vesuvio - Accumalux s.t. 16 Sean De Bie Aegon - Lavazza s.t. 17 Moreno Hofland Gazelle s.t. 18 Maxime Monfort Gazelle s.t. 19 Alexey Lutsenko Pendleton's s.t. 20 Jerome Coppel Team I-Gen - Festina s.t. 21 Laurent Pichon RBC Pro Cycling s.t. 22 Daniel Hoelgaard Aker - MOT s.t. 23 Blaz Furdi Gazelle s.t. 24 Christopher Juul-Jensen Grieg - Eftel s.t. 25 Michał Kwiatkowski Kenya Airways - Dimension Data s.t. 26 Bjorn Selander Movistar - US Postal s.t. 27 Joshua Edmondson Pendleton's s.t. 28 Bob Schoonbroodt BPost-Vlaanderen s.t. 29 Robin van der Hugenhaben In-n-Out p/b Carrefour s.t. 30 Nick Van der Lijke Vesuvio - Accumalux s.t. 31 Dimitri Claeys BPost-Vlaanderen s.t. 32 Pello Bilbao Hugo Boss s.t. 33 Guillaume Levarlet Grieg - Eftel s.t. 34 Marko Kump Hugo Boss s.t. 35 Rui Costa Hugo Boss s.t. 36 Davide Villella Aegon - Lavazza s.t. 37 Ion Izagirre Pokerstars.com s.t. 38 Fabio Felline Team Puma - SAP s.t. 39 Clement Koretzky Team I-Gen - Festina s.t. 40 Adam Phelan Jayco'z Cycling Project + 1'00 41 Andrii Bratashcuk Metinvest-Dacia s.t. 42 George Bennett Aegon - Lavazza s.t. 43 Nathan Haas Jayco'z Cycling Project s.t. 44 Björn Thurau Aegon - Lavazza s.t. 45 Jan Polanc RBC Pro Cycling s.t. 46 Ilnur Zakarin Tinkoff Sport Academy s.t. 47 Jonathan Castroviejo eBuddy s.t. 48 Ivan Rovny Tinkoff Sport Academy s.t. 49 Kristian Dyrnes Aker - MOT s.t. 50 Benjamin Dyball Jayco'z Cycling Project s.t. 51 Greg Van Avermaet Evonik - ELKO s.t. 52 Petr Vakoc Becherovka - Petrof s.t. 53 Matej Mohoric Red Bull - Huawei s.t. 54 Patrick Bevin Team Puma - SAP s.t. 55 Ramon Sinkeldam eBuddy s.t. 56 Marcelo Felipe Red Bull - Huawei s.t. 57 Maciej Paterski Vesuvio - Accumalux s.t. 58 Travis Meyer Grieg - Eftel s.t. 59 Estifanos Kebede Kenya Airways - Dimension Data s.t. 60 Evaldas Siskevicius Evonik - ELKO s.t. 61 Andris Smirnovs Evonik - ELKO s.t. 62 Eduard Grosu Metinvest-Dacia s.t. 63 Tom Jelte Slagter Hugo Boss s.t. 64 Nicolae Tanovitchii Metinvest-Dacia s.t. 65 Tom David Team I-Gen - Festina s.t. 66 Willie Smit Grieg - Eftel s.t. 67 Ian Boswell eBuddy s.t. 68 Jaco Venter Kenya Airways - Dimension Data s.t. 69 Maximillian Schachmann Aegon - Lavazza s.t. 70 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev Bouygues Telecom s.t. 71 Vladimir Gusev Tinkoff Sport Academy s.t. 72 Sergey Chernetskiy Tinkoff Sport Academy s.t. 73 Sergey Shilov Tinkoff Sport Academy s.t. 74 Pieter Serry BPost-Vlaanderen s.t. 75 David Boily RBC Pro Cycling s.t. 76 Jay Thomson Kenya Airways - Dimension Data s.t. 77 Miguel Minguez Ayala Hugo Boss s.t. 78 Kenny Elissonde RBC Pro Cycling + 2'35 79 Eliot Lietaer BPost-Vlaanderen s.t. 80 Maurits Lammertink eBuddy s.t. 81 Andris Vosekalns Evonik - ELKO s.t. 82 Alexander Rybakov Tinkoff Sport Academy s.t. 83 Jelle Wallays BPost-Vlaanderen + 3'31 84 Daniel Oss Aker - MOT + 4'54 85 Lars Boom Aegon - Lavazza s.t. 86 Jan Oelerich Pokerstars.com s.t. 87 Wesley Kreder eBuddy s.t. 88 Jarlinson Pantano Gómez RBC Pro Cycling s.t. 89 Kai Reus In-n-Out p/b Carrefour s.t. 90 Indulis Bekmanis Evonik - ELKO s.t. 91 Stefano Agostini Bouygues Telecom s.t. 92 Xavier Quevedo Movistar - US Postal s.t. 93 Silvio Herklotz Team Puma - SAP s.t. 94 Frank Schleck Vesuvio - Accumalux s.t. 95 Marco Minnard Gazelle s.t. 96 Mikhail Ignatiev Metinvest-Dacia s.t. 97 Vegard Robinson Bugge Aker - MOT + 7'19 98 Jesus Del Nero Pokerstars.com + 7'35 99 William Chiarello Movistar - US Postal s.t. 100 Pit Schlechter Vesuvio - Accumalux s.t. 101 Stijn Vandenbergh Kenya Airways - Dimension Data s.t. 102 Pablo Mudarra Hugo Boss s.t. 103 Jetse Bol Team Puma - SAP s.t. 104 Florian Scheit Aegon - Lavazza s.t. 105 Chad Haga Movistar - US Postal s.t. 106 Matthieu Ladagnous Pendleton's s.t. 107 Romain Hardy In-n-Out p/b Carrefour s.t. 108 Roman Senyenov Gazelle s.t. 109 Maxim Pokidov Tinkoff Sport Academy s.t. 110 Carlos Barbero Hugo Boss s.t. 111 Michael Kolar Becherovka - Petrof s.t. 112 Kristian Haugaard Jensen RBC Pro Cycling s.t. 113 Pawel Poljanski Evonik - ELKO s.t. 114 Jesper Hansen Red Bull - Huawei + 8'56 115 Pierre Paolo Penasa Jayco'z Cycling Project s.t. 116 Janvier Hadi Bouygues Telecom s.t. 117 Antoine Duchesne RBC Pro Cycling s.t. 118 Jaroslaw Marycz Pendleton's s.t. 119 Niels Albert Metinvest-Dacia s.t. 120 Kleber Silva Pendleton's s.t. 121 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck BPost-Vlaanderen s.t. 122 Josef Hosek Becherovka - Petrof s.t. 123 Irakli Bablidze Bouygues Telecom s.t. 124 Florian Morizot RBC Pro Cycling s.t. 125 Tony Martin Bouygues Telecom s.t. 126 Costa Seibeb Kenya Airways - Dimension Data s.t. 127 Kristijan Durasek In-n-Out p/b Carrefour s.t. 128 Jesús Herrada Pokerstars.com s.t. 129 Matej Vysna Becherovka - Petrof s.t. 130 Arvin Moazemi Red Bull - Huawei s.t. 131 Valens Ndayisenga Vesuvio - Accumalux s.t. 132 Philip Lindau Evonik - ELKO s.t. 133 Cristian Raileanu Becherovka - Petrof s.t. 134 Jorge Abreu Movistar - US Postal s.t. 135 Simon Pellaud Vesuvio - Accumalux s.t. 136 Mikel Landa Hugo Boss s.t. 137 Jacob Salcone Jayco'z Cycling Project s.t. 138 Kristoffer Skjerping Grieg - Eftel s.t. 139 Christian Mager Team Puma - SAP s.t. 140 Yves Ngock Ngue Pendleton's s.t. 141 Hillary Kiprotich Kenya Airways - Dimension Data s.t. 142 Mathieu La Lavandier BPost-Vlaanderen s.t. 143 Emilien Viennet Orange - KLM Cycling s.t. 144 Panagiotis Vlatos Team I-Gen - Festina s.t. 145 Michael Vink Grieg - Eftel s.t. 146 Oleksandr Grygorenko Metinvest-Dacia s.t. 147 Bauke Mollema eBuddy s.t. 148 Sven Fritsch BPost-Vlaanderen s.t. 149 Nandra Eko Wahyudi Vesuvio - Accumalux s.t. 150 Jakub Kratochvila In-n-Out p/b Carrefour s.t. 151 Marcos Altur Movistar - 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Huawei s.t. 177 Alexander Edmondson Red Bull - Huawei s.t. 178 Stanislau Bazhkou Aker - MOT s.t. 179 Francisco Javier Echarri Pokerstars.com s.t. 180 Nawuti Liphongyu Red Bull - Huawei s.t. 181 Mathieu Bernaudeau Team I-Gen - Festina s.t. 182 Mustafa Carsi In-n-Out p/b Carrefour s.t. 183 Daniel Ruiz Movistar - US Postal s.t. 184 Hugues Mottin Bouygues Telecom s.t. 185 Yake Hou Red Bull - Huawei + 22'30 186 Truls Engen Korsaeth Grieg - Eftel + 25'37 DNF Calvin Watson Grieg - Eftel
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