Besides three local wildcards only 44 riders will take part in this race, 14 CT teams with 3 riders, and two riders from PCT team Eritel - Sonatrach
It is quite clouded with little wind, rain is not impossible near the end of the stage, but we hope for dry roads all day.
Roe is amongst the very first starters, setting a pretty good 1 sector time, 15’56” should be a good reference to where you need to be, to get a respectable result in this race.
Vandewalle first to beat it with 15’55”.
Van Zandbeek also a little faster 15’53”.
Zoidl pushing the boundary even further down 15’46”, and soon after Kreuziger 1 second slower.
The first sector leaderboard at this point:
1th Sec.
Zoidl
15'46
Kreuziger
1"
Van Zandbeek
6"
Vandewalle
8"
Roe
10"
Hollenstein
18"
Offredo
19"
Jacobsen
23"
Meersman
32"
Van der Ploeg
36"
Riccardo Zoidl
The first full time results are coming in, Roe just 10's of seconds faster than Vandewalle in 55’27”
At 2nd sector Zoidl is leading in 39’50” 2” faster than Kreuziger and 14” faster than Vandewalle as Van Zandbeek had a bad 2nd sector now also slower than Roe.
At 1 sector we now had a very impressive time from Tennant 26” faster than Zoidl, we have also seen a good time from Laizer now 3rd in 1st sector.
Full leaderboard
1th Sec.
2nd Sec.
Full
Tennant
15'20"
Zoidl
39'50"
Roe
55'27"
Zoidl
26"
Kreuziger
2"
Vandewalle
st
Laizer
27"
Vandewalle
14"
Van der Ploeg
1'30
Kreuziger
27"
Roe
15"
Van Zandbeek
32"
Van Zandbeek
20"
Vandewalle
34"
Hollenstein
45"
Roe
36"
Offredo
51"
Reijnen
37"
Jacobsen
1'01"
Petrus
39"
Meersman
1'20"
Hollenstein
44"
Van der Ploeg
1'24"
Richard Laningo Laizer
Tennant makes the best 2nd sector time 38’46 impressive 1’04” faster than Zoidl.
Laizer 4th at 2nd sector 1’10” slower than Tennant
Reijnen with a fast 2nd sector, 5th 1’17 slower than Tennant.
Meanwhile at 1 sector, 2014 winner Stannard with a disappointing 5th, 32” slower than teammate Tennant
Full time, Van Zandbeek 4” slower than Roe.
Then Zoidl with new best 55’01
Kreuziger 7” slower than Zoidl
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Tennant comes in with another impressive new best full time 53’41, 1’19 faster than Zoidl.
Full leaderboard
1th Sec.
2nd Sec.
Full
Tennant
15'20"
Tennant
38'46"
Tennant
53'41"
Zoidl
26"
Zoidl
1'04"
Zoidl
1'19"
Laizer
27"
Kreuziger
1'06"
Kreuziger
1'26"
Kreuziger
27"
Laizer
1'10"
Roe
1'45"
Stannard
32"
Reijnen
1'17"
Vandewalle
1'45"
Van Zandbeek
32"
Vandewalle
1'18"
Van Zandbeek
1'49"
Vandewalle
34"
Roe
1'19"
Hollenstein
2'19"
Roe
36"
Van Zandbeek
1'24"
Offredo
2'30"
Reijnen
37"
Petrus
1'30"
Jacobsen
2'43"
Petrus
39"
Hollenstein
1'49"
Meersman
3'09"
Andrew Tennant
Hacecký with a bad 1st sector 17th losing 58” this early.
Laizer getting in at full time 4th losing 1’38
Reijnen full time 7th at 1’48
Cuming has started outside the cameras eyes with a bad first sector outside top 10, 46” behind Tennant, but a bit better 2nd sector 10th at 1’27, coming in at full time 9th at 1’58”
Daniel also with a bad first sector, but the camera catches him passing the 2nd sector in rather impressive 7th best time, he loses some momentum, but a full time 9th at 1’50 is more than we could expect from him.
We now get a few important 1st sector times
Martin 2nd at 24”
Bookwalter 6th at 27” and Mullen 7th in the same time.
In the meantime Stannard have improved a lot on 2nd sector, passing the Time Check 2nd at 48”
Full leaderboard
1th Sec.
2nd Sec.
Full
Tennant
15'20"
Tennant
38'46"
Tennant
53'41"
Martin
24"
Stannard
48"
Zoidl
1'19"
Zoidl
26"
Zoidl
1'04"
Kreuziger
1'26"
Laizer
27"
Kreuziger
1'06"
Laizer
1'38"
Kreuziger
27"
Laizer
1'10"
Roe
1'45"
Bookwalter
27"
Reijnen
1'17"
Vandewalle
1'45"
Mullen
31"
Daniel
1'18"
Reijnen
1'48"
Stannard
32"
Vandewalle
1'18"
Van Zandbeek
1'49"
Van Zandbeek
32"
Roe
1'19"
Daniel
1'50"
Vandewalle
34"
Bouet
1'20"
Cuming
1'58"
Gregory Daniel
At first sector we get some good times Reus 2nd at 12” and Robert 3rd at 18”
Stannard with 2nd best full time 1’15” behind Tennant
Bookwalter 6th at 2nd sector at 49”
Mullen somewhat slower than Bookwalter in 2nd sector, 7th at 1’01
Grabovski with a rather disappointing 2nd sector time, 12th at 1’13”
Martin 2nd sector 2nd best at 44”
Disregarded from the cameras to begin with Christian have improved, racing faster on the last two sections, after 10th on 2nd sector now coming in with full time 6th at 1’45”.
Reus good 2nd sector, taking a little time on Tennant, 2nd at 11”
Robert 2nd sector 3rd at 30”
Disregarded at first sector Mottin with a better 2nd sector, 8th at 1’02
Bookwalter comes in with full time 4th at 1’22”
Full leaderboard
1th Sec.
2nd Sec.
Full
Tennant
15'20"
Tennant
38'46"
Tennant
53'41"
Reus
12"
Reus
11"
Stannard
1'15"
Robert
18"
Robert
30"
Zoidl
1'19"
Martin
24"
Martin
44"
Bookwalter
1'22"
Zoidl
26"
Stannard
48"
Kreuziger
1'26"
Laizer
27"
Bookwalter
49"
Laizer
1'38"
Kreuziger
27"
Mullen
1'01"
Christian
1'45"
Bookwalter
27"
Mottin
1'02
Roe
1'45"
Mullen
31"
Zoidl
1'04"
Vandewalle
1'45"
Stannard
32"
Kreuziger
1'06"
Reijnen
1'48"
Ian Stannard
Hofer with a disappointing start of the race 1st sector 17th at 37” and 2nd sector 15th at 1’18”
Mullen full time 7th at 1’38”
Martin full time 3rd, 10’s of seconds slower than Stannard, 1’15”
Tony Martin
Reus 2nd best full time at 31”
Kai Reus
Robert 3rd best full time at 1’02”
Stelly Robert
Mottin 11th at 1’43”
Hofer is the last rider to cross the line, disappointing 21th at 2’02”
Full leaderboard (as always may be adjusted slightly in the official result)