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Fleche Wallone
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Posted on 25-10-2016 11:24
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We leave Charleroi this morning to head out onto a hilly parcours here in Wallonia. Everyone here is happy to leave Charleroi of course, with it being like the tenth circle of hell, and instead we get to explore a region that has nothing notable about it except hating the free trade of meat. Yes, really.
Of course in a race such as this, the first few kilometres see multiple breakaway attempts. Therefore it takes us 30km to get a settled race situation, with the break of the day featuring Geniez, Kozhatayev, Dyball and Declerq - nobody in the group likely to be seen as a threat by the teams of the big names.
When we hit the Mur for the first time with 125km to go, the break has an advantage of 6’30. The 15% ramps slow the riders down to almost walking speed, and they have another two climbs of this horrible, awful (but nicer than Charleroi) climb to go.
Literally nothing of note happens until we reach the penultimate ascent of the Mur with 35km to go, with the break fragmenting and about to get caught. Dyball has dropped the others, but the pace on the climb has forced a split and an elite group of 8 has escaped! Rovny, Trofimov, Rybakov, Ponzi, Hagen, Bakelants, Ginanni and Skujins the names present here, immediately bridging to Geniez and Declerq. The other favourites are scattered behind, but trying to chase.
However, with 20km to everything comes back together to create a 162 rider peloton. It looks like we’ll be headed for a showdown on the final ascent of the Mur, but then an attack on the descent!
An elite group of 13 forms, the names present are:
Skujins
Trofimov
Ponzi
Hagen
Bakelants
Ginanni
Gastauer
Claeys
Kelderman
Sagan
Bobridge
Van Garderen
Kozhatayev
However, no one is willing to give this group a chance and everything comes back together again on the penultimate climb. But then the pace goes up again, and a group of 22 forms featuring the previous attackers bar Kozhatayev plus new names:
De Bie
Koretzky
Schreurs
Lutsenko
Pichon
Sanchez Gil
Mohoric
Juul-Jensen
Ignatiev
Prevar
As we hit the bottom of the Mur for the final time it’s clear this group will contest the win as they have 1’44 in advantage. Kelderman accelerates first and stretches out the group with 1.5km to go, but can’t get a gap. Prevar, Ignatiev, Sanchez Gil and Schreurs are dropped as a result.
With 600m to go, Bakelants launches his sprint! Can any of the others respond?
It appears that Kelderman and Trofimov can at least, while Ponzi loiters dangerously behind. 300m to go, who will take this slow motion sprint?
It’s a three way battle to the line, but Ponzi looks to be out of it and fighting only for the minor places. Kelderman looks like the favourite, if he can just hold on…
And so he does! Too exhausted to celebrate, but a fantastic win after hitting the front with 1.5km to go! Trofimov takes second ahead of Bakelants, with Ginanni in 4th.
Van Garderen takes 5th ahead of Ponzi, Bobridge, Lutsenko, Skujins and Gastauer.
Today’s biggest disappointment though? Hagen in 18th. A horrible performance from the pre-race favourite.
Results:
Rank Name Team Time 1 Wilco Kelderman Team Puma - SAP 4h40'37 2 Yuri Trofimov Tinkoff Sport Academy s.t. 3 Jan Bakelants Bouygues Telecom s.t. 4 Francesco Ginanni Gazelle + 10 5 Tejay Van Garderen Movistar - US Postal + 15 6 Simone Ponzi Kenya Airways - Dimension Data s.t. 7 Jack Bobridge Jayco'z Cycling Project + 26 8 Alexey Lutsenko Pendleton's s.t. 9 Toms Skujins Evonik - ELKO s.t. 10 Ben Gastauer Vesuvio - Accumalux s.t. 11 Clement Koretzky Team I-Gen - Festina + 52 12 Peter Sagan Becherovka - Petrof s.t. 13 Matej Mohoric Red Bull - Huawei s.t. 14 Christopher Juul-Jensen Grieg - Eftel + 1'01 15 Dimitri Claeys BPost-Vlaanderen s.t. 16 Laurent Pichon RBC Pro Cycling s.t. 17 Sean De Bie Aegon - Lavazza s.t. 18 Edvald Boasson Hagen Aker - MOT s.t. 19 Mikhail Ignatiev Metinvest-Dacia + 1'48 20 Maurice Schreurs Orange - KLM Cycling + 2'10 21 Oleksandr Prevar VisitUkraine p/b Nemiroff + 2'25 22 Damiano Cunego VisitUkraine p/b Nemiroff + 2'56 23 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil Netia - Norske Skog s.t. 24 David Boily RBC Pro Cycling s.t. 25 Jaco Venter Kenya Airways - Dimension Data s.t. 26 Silvio Herklotz Team Puma - SAP s.t. 27 Daniel Hoelgaard Aker - MOT + 3'28 28 William Chiarello Movistar - US Postal s.t. 29 Nick Van der Lijke Vesuvio - Accumalux s.t. 30 Kristian Dyrnes Aker - MOT s.t. 31 Adam Stachowiak Netia - Norske Skog s.t. 32 Davide Villella Aegon - Lavazza s.t. 33 Ilnur Zakarin Tinkoff Sport Academy + 4'07 34 Nicolas Edet Orange - KLM Cycling s.t. 35 Maurits Lammertink eBuddy + 5'09 36 Kristian Haugaard Jensen RBC Pro Cycling s.t. 37 Philip Lindau Evonik - ELKO s.t. 38 Maximillian Schachmann Aegon - Lavazza s.t. 39 Patrick Bevin Team Puma - SAP s.t. 40 Egor Silin VisitUkraine p/b Nemiroff s.t. 41 Sergey Chernetskiy Tinkoff Sport Academy s.t. 42 Adam Phelan Jayco'z Cycling Project s.t. 43 Maxime Monfort Gazelle s.t. 44 Travis Meyer Grieg - Eftel s.t. 45 Pieter Serry BPost-Vlaanderen s.t. 46 Ion Izagirre Pokerstars.com s.t. 47 Tim Declerq Team Puma - SAP s.t. 48 Andrea Palini Netia - Norske Skog s.t. 49 Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy VisitUkraine p/b Nemiroff s.t. 50 Jurgen Van den Broeck BPost-Vlaanderen s.t. 51 Blaz Furdi Gazelle s.t. 52 Ivan Rovny Tinkoff Sport Academy s.t. 53 Adrian Honkisz Netia - Norske Skog s.t. 54 Ignas Konovalovas VisitUkraine p/b Nemiroff s.t. 55 Estifanos Kebede Kenya Airways - Dimension Data s.t. 56 Muhamma Afif Ahmad Zamri Aegon - Lavazza s.t. 57 Ian Boswell eBuddy s.t. 58 Joshua Edmondson Pendleton's s.t. 59 Michael Vink Grieg - Eftel s.t. 60 Alexander Rybakov Tinkoff Sport Academy s.t. 61 Pierre Paolo Penasa Jayco'z Cycling Project s.t. 62 Alexandre Geniez Orange - KLM Cycling s.t. 63 Bauke Mollema eBuddy s.t. 64 Evaldas Siskevicius Evonik - ELKO s.t. 65 Andrii Bratashcuk Metinvest-Dacia s.t. 66 Fabio Felline Team Puma - SAP s.t. 67 Charalampas Kastrantas Team I-Gen - Festina s.t. 68 Arthur Vichot Orange - KLM Cycling s.t. 69 Mykhaylo Kononenko VisitUkraine p/b Nemiroff s.t. 70 Calvin Watson Grieg - Eftel s.t. 71 Petr Vakoc Becherovka - Petrof s.t. 72 Moreno Hofland Gazelle s.t. 73 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev Bouygues Telecom s.t. 74 Matej Vysna Becherovka - Petrof s.t. 75 Frank Schleck Vesuvio - Accumalux s.t. 76 Benjamin Dyball Jayco'z Cycling Project s.t. 77 Björn Thurau Aegon - Lavazza s.t. 78 Markus Fahnert Netia - Norske Skog s.t. 79 Ryan Anderson RBC Pro Cycling s.t. 80 Michael Mørkøv Netia - Norske Skog s.t. 81 Andris Smirnovs Evonik - ELKO s.t. 82 Christian Mager Team Puma - SAP s.t. 83 Wesley Kreder eBuddy s.t. 84 Eliot Lietaer BPost-Vlaanderen s.t. 85 Kristoffer Skjerping Grieg - Eftel s.t. 86 Olivier Le Gac Team I-Gen - Festina s.t. 87 Tom David Team I-Gen - Festina s.t. 88 Jonathan Castroviejo eBuddy s.t. 89 Paolo Scarponi VisitUkraine p/b Nemiroff s.t. 90 Bjorn Selander Movistar - US Postal s.t. 91 Pavel Potocki Team I-Gen - Festina s.t. 92 Jesper Hansen Red Bull - Huawei s.t. 93 Hillary Kiprotich Kenya Airways - Dimension Data s.t. 94 Guillaume Levarlet Grieg - Eftel s.t. 95 Chad Haga Movistar - US Postal s.t. 96 Costa Seibeb Kenya Airways - Dimension Data s.t. 97 Jack Haig Jayco'z Cycling Project s.t. 98 Michał Kwiatkowski Kenya Airways - Dimension Data s.t. 99 Matthieu Ladagnous Pendleton's s.t. 100 Bob Schoonbroodt BPost-Vlaanderen s.t. 101 Patrick Konrad Gazelle s.t. 102 Lars Petter Nordhaug Aker - MOT s.t. 103 Matteo Rabottini Netia - Norske Skog s.t. 104 Cristian Raileanu Becherovka - Petrof s.t. 105 Willie Smit Grieg - Eftel s.t. 106 Andreas Hofer Team I-Gen - Festina + 6'35 107 Robbie Squire Metinvest-Dacia + 7'35 108 Jan Tratnik Gazelle s.t. 109 Pawel Poljanski Evonik - ELKO s.t. 110 Valens Ndayisenga Vesuvio - Accumalux s.t. 111 Simon Pellaud Vesuvio - Accumalux s.t. 112 Jelle Wallays BPost-Vlaanderen s.t. 113 Jetse Bol Team Puma - SAP s.t. 114 João Gaspar Bouygues Telecom s.t. 115 Mathieu La Lavandier BPost-Vlaanderen s.t. 116 Irakli Bablidze Bouygues Telecom s.t. 117 Oleksandr Grygorenko Metinvest-Dacia s.t. 118 Michael Kolar Becherovka - Petrof s.t. 119 Kleber Silva Pendleton's s.t. 120 Tony Martin Bouygues Telecom s.t. 121 Josef Hosek Becherovka - Petrof s.t. 122 Konstantin Klimiankou Metinvest-Dacia s.t. 123 Yves Ngock Ngue Pendleton's s.t. 124 Vegard Robinson Bugge Aker - MOT s.t. 125 Zsolt Der Netia - Norske Skog s.t. 126 Arvin Moazemi Red Bull - Huawei s.t. 127 Maxim Pokidov Tinkoff Sport Academy s.t. 128 Jay Thomson Kenya Airways - Dimension Data s.t. 129 Xavier Quevedo Movistar - US Postal s.t. 130 Charles Matte RBC Pro Cycling s.t. 131 Miguel Angel Benito Pokerstars.com s.t. 132 Anthony Delaplace Bouygues Telecom s.t. 133 Maciej Paterski Vesuvio - Accumalux s.t. 134 Pit Schlechter Vesuvio - Accumalux s.t. 135 Florian Scheit Aegon - Lavazza s.t. 136 Jacob Salcone Jayco'z Cycling Project s.t. 137 Marcelo Felipe Red Bull - Huawei s.t. 138 Ramon Sinkeldam eBuddy s.t. 139 Stefano Agostini Bouygues Telecom s.t. 140 Sven Fritsch BPost-Vlaanderen s.t. 141 Vladimir Gusev Tinkoff Sport Academy s.t. 142 Jorge Abreu Movistar - US Postal s.t. 143 Marcus Burghardt Jayco'z Cycling Project s.t. 144 Thomas Bonnin RBC Pro Cycling s.t. 145 Andres Ignacio Pereyra Pendleton's s.t. 146 Thomas Lebas Orange - KLM Cycling s.t. 147 Sergey Shilov Tinkoff Sport Academy s.t. 148 Jaroslaw Marycz Pendleton's s.t. 149 Arnaud Grand Evonik - ELKO s.t. 150 Nandra Eko Wahyudi Vesuvio - Accumalux s.t. 151 Stefan Petrovski Metinvest-Dacia s.t. 152 Moreno Moser Red Bull - Huawei s.t. 153 Clement Chevrier Team Puma - SAP s.t. 154 Brendan Canty Jayco'z Cycling Project s.t. 155 Antoine Duchesne RBC Pro Cycling s.t. 156 Stanislau Bazhkou Aker - MOT + 8'47 157 Floris Gerts eBuddy s.t. 158 Indulis Bekmanis Evonik - ELKO s.t. 159 Marco Minnard Gazelle + 8'57 160 Paul Martens eBuddy s.t. 161 Maxime La Lavandier Bouygues Telecom + 9'34 162 Dmitri Grabovski Metinvest-Dacia s.t. 163 Jan Oelerich Pokerstars.com s.t. 164 Michael Boroš Becherovka - Petrof + 10'46 165 Jesus Del Nero Pokerstars.com s.t. 166 Faycal Hamza Aegon - Lavazza s.t. 167 Andreas Vangstad Aker - MOT s.t. 168 Christian Bertilsson RBC Pro Cycling s.t. 169 King Lok Cheung Pendleton's s.t. 170 Jesús Herrada Pokerstars.com + 11'19 171 Stijn Vandenbergh Kenya Airways - Dimension Data s.t. 172 Yake Hou Red Bull - Huawei + 11'27 173 Niels Albert Metinvest-Dacia s.t. 174 Nawuti Liphongyu Red Bull - Huawei + 12'48 175 Alexander Edmondson Red Bull - Huawei + 12'52 176 Adrian Gjølberg Aker - MOT + 13'03 177 Frederik Frison Aegon - Lavazza + 13'11 178 Daniel Eaton Becherovka - Petrof + 13'15 179 Arman Kamyshev Orange - KLM Cycling + 15'03 180 Gabriel Chavanne Evonik - ELKO s.t. 181 Francisco Javier Echarri Pokerstars.com + 15'11 182 Truls Engen Korsaeth Grieg - Eftel s.t. 183 Denis Kostyuk Control Team s.t. 184 Marcel Sieberg Pokerstars.com s.t. 185 Adrian Nitu VisitUkraine p/b Nemiroff + 15'26 186 Michael Valgren Andersen Orange - KLM Cycling + 15'52 187 Mathieu Bernaudeau Team I-Gen - Festina s.t. 188 Daniel Ruiz Movistar - US Postal s.t. 189 Serafin José Blanco Movistar - US Postal + 16'28 190 Mauricio Sanz Pokerstars.com + 18'30 191 Mikhail Kochetkov Orange - KLM Cycling s.t. 192 Micael Isidoro Control Team + 32'17 193 Juan Pablo Wilches Control Team + 32'24
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