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| tpinot |
Posted on 17-04-2013 10:55
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Race Report : Etoile de Bessège
Stage 02
Today’s race was still flat, but this morning Stéphane told me he was not feeling good. We had to find someone else for the stage, Tony was our first choice but the profile scared him a bit. So we decided to protect Jan and Stéphane. Mickaël had to be in the breakaway today.
As we ask him, Mickaël attacked in the early hours of the race, he was in the breakaway with three other riders.
After the first mountain sprint, Tom Slagter joined the group.
Tom was riding fastly and Mickaël suffered a lot from the acceleration for the intermediate sprint. When he realized that it was over for him, he slow down waiting for the pack.
The pack took him at 17km from the end.
At 13km from the end, there was no breakaway anymore.
Jan asked Mickaël to bring him at the front of the pack, and right after passing by the last 10 km banner, Jan attacked.
The pack did not react but some other riders went off the pack.
At 3km from the end, Jan is joined by 9 riders, he rest a little for the sprint coming.
But in the last kilometer, Lieuwe Westra and Michael Matthews attacked , and the victory was for Westra. 12 sec later came the 7 others riders, Jan ended 5th.
First top 10 for the team, Jan thanks is team-mates and especially Mickaël for the work he did in the last kilometers.
The pack arrived 4min after the group so we can hope for a top 10 in the GC.
Edited by tpinot on 18-04-2013 06:01
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 17-04-2013 12:38
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Nice to see the team get that first top ten finish, the first of many we hope  |
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Posted on 17-04-2013 12:44
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You should extract results and put it in table (100%). Great top10 place,btw!
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| tpinot |
Posted on 17-04-2013 13:26
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Race Report : Etoile de Bessège
Stage 03
There is not much to say about this day, it ended in a mass sprint, Tony took the wheel of Davide Appollonio with Stéphane behind him. Boonen took first place, Stéphane is 5th.
Tony really worked hard to stay in the wheel of Appollonio and his work was rewarded with a 5th place for his sprinter.
Mickaël was tired because of his breakaway of yesterday so he stayed in the middle of the pack and he finished in the same time as Boonen
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 3h58'25 | | | 2 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 3 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 4 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 5 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | tpinot | | 6 | Davide Appollonio | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 7 | Alexander Serebryakov | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 8 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | | 9 | Kenny Van Hummel | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 10 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | |
Stage 04
Today was an active stage for the team,
First, Nico Sijmens was in the breakaway which had been caught back only three kilometers before the line.
Secondly, Mickaël was felling good today and he decided to attack in the ten last kilometers, he soon joined Nico and he gave a new breath to the breakaway.
To end this great day, Tony was an incredible lead out man, Stéphane finished third behind Lloyd Mondory (1st) and Francisco José Ventoso (2nd). Tony also do great with a beautiful 15th place.
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | 4h07'56 | | | 2 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 3 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | tpinot | | 4 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | | 5 | Ian Stannard | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | | 6 | Kenny Van Hummel | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Alexander Serebryakov | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 8 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 9 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | | 10 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | |
The team congratulates Tony for his work, and Mickaël for his combativeness.
By the way, Jan is still 7th of the GC.
TTspecialist : thanks for the tip
Edited by tpinot on 18-04-2013 06:08
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Posted on 17-04-2013 16:09
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Stéphane Poulhiès getting some good finishes under his belt |
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Posted on 17-04-2013 18:02
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Race Report : Etoile de Bessège
Stage 05
Today is short flat stage (69.2km). A short stage means a lot of agitation and after 20 km of race, Mickaël went done, nothing bad but he was a bit disoriented. After his fall, Mickaël did not have the same feelings than before the start.
At the end of the stage Stéphane was in bad position, Nico brought Tony and Stéphane to the front a bit late, and when the sprint started, Stéphane was already far from the first riders, he managed to take the 10th place, with, again, a great work of Tony.
Boonen won his second stage on this Tour.
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 1h33'03 | | | 2 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 3 | Marcel Kittel | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 4 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ | s.t. | | | 5 | William Bonnet | FDJ | s.t. | | | 6 | Gaetan Bille | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | | 7 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | | 8 | Mark Renshaw | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 9 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 10 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | tpinot |
Stage 06
The last stage was a short Time Trial,
It was the occasion for Jan to improve his place in the GC and for Mickaël to show the team what he can do alone on his bike.
Mickaël was the 4th rider of the team to start and Tony the 5th.
As soon as Yoann Bagot arrived in St Raby, he called the manager who stayed in Ales to tell him that the final climb was very important.
The Idea was to save energy during the flat part to give everything in the last climb.
When Mickaël arrived in St Raby, he was first in the temporary ranking.
Tony who started soon after Mickaël finished 8sec late, he was 7th.
The first one to beat Mickaël was Yohan Offredo. After the last rider to arrive, Mickaël was 6th so he signed is first top 10 in a pro race.
In parallel, Jan ended the Time Trial in 4th position. He offered the team it’s first top 5 in a stage race this year.
We took some pictures for the website so I give you the one of Mickaël and Tony.
Here is Mickaël Downhilling
Tony is very watchful on a bike
Stage Ranking
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 16'27 | | | 2 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 3 | | | 3 | Yohan Offredo | FDJ | + 5 | | | 4 | Jan Ghyselinck | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 7 | tpinot | | 5 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 6 | Mickaël Nuilen | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 8 | tpinot | | 7 | Sébastien Minard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 11 | | | 8 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | + 12 | | | 9 | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 13 | | | 10 | Ian Stannard | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | | 15 | Tony Douay | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | +17 | tpinot |
General Ranking
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 17h03'49 | | | 2 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 27 | | | 3 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEdge | + 32 | | | 4 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 39 | | | 5 | Jan Ghyselinck | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | tpinot | | 6 | Ian Stannard | Sky Procycling | + 45 | | | 7 | Evan Huffman | Astana Pro Team | + 49 | | | 8 | Vasil Kiryienka | Sky Procycling | + 50 | | | 9 | Sebastian Langeveld | Orica - GreenEdge | + 51 | | | 10 | Eloy Teruel | Movistar Team | + 3'12 | | | 14 | Mickaël Nuilen | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 4'53 | tpinot | | 23 | Tony Douay | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 5'02 | tpinot |
The debriefing will come soon with the other results.
Edited by tpinot on 18-04-2013 06:17
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Posted on 17-04-2013 18:03
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Pretty good finishing time trial! |
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Posted on 17-04-2013 18:10
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Ian Butler : yeah it's true, even if the result of Mickaël and Jan are not quite surprising, the one of Tony bluffed me because he is not supposed to be great in Time Trial  |
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Race Report : Etoile de Bessège
The debriefing:
After 6 days of race it was time for me to have a discussion with Tony and Mickaël.
Tony was here to help Stéphane in getting some good results. Perhaps he did not win but with the names aligned on this race, a third, a fifth and a tenth place are good for a sprinter like Stéphane. Of course the two 15th place of Tony (4th stage and Time trial) are motivating for the future of this rider. He told me he was happy with his condition of lead out man and he does not really want to change of status right now. As his trainer I agreed that he does not fit in being the lead sprinter in race like that but perhaps in a lower category like .2 races. He will be part of “GP Ville de Lillers – Souvenir Bruno Comini” and “Paris-Troyes” both of these races are 1.2 Races. But before that he has some other races planed like “Volta Ao Algarve”.
Mickaël was here in order to prepare his form for the cobbled races coming soon. As a good rider on flat, he had been part of some lead out train. During the second stage he was in the breakaway and in the fourth one he attacked the sprinters in the last 10 kilometers. He also had an astonishing Time trial rewarded with a 6th place at the end of the day. Thanks to his great result in the Time trial, he managed to be 14th in the General Ranking. His future is planed also as a preparation for the cobbled race so he will ride with Tony la “Volta Ao Algarve” with a Time Trial in the last stage of the race.
The team in General did well in this race. Except for the first stage, in each stage we had a rider in the Top 10. The 5th place of Jan was not planed but very welcomed because we will need some good result in the aim of getting a World Tour Licence Next Year.
I give you the final Ranking:
General Ranking:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 17h03'49 | | | 2 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 27 | | | 3 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEdge | + 32 | | | 4 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 39 | | | 5 | Jan Ghyselinck | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | tpinot | | 6 | Ian Stannard | Sky Procycling | + 45 | | | 7 | Evan Huffman | Astana Pro Team | + 49 | | | 8 | Vasil Kiryienka | Sky Procycling | + 50 | | | 9 | Sebastian Langeveld | Orica - GreenEdge | + 51 | | | 10 | Eloy Teruel | Movistar Team | + 3'12 |
Spoiler | 11 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 4'22 | | | 12 | Marcel Kittel | Team Argos - Shimano | + 4'40 | | | 13 | Yohan Offredo | FDJ | + 4'50 | | | 14 | Mickaël Nuilen | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 4'53 | tpinot | | 15 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4'57 | | | 16 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4'58 | | | 17 | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 18 | Gaetan Bille | Lotto Belisol | + 4'59 | | | 19 | Kristof Vandewalle | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 20 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 5'00 | | | 21 | Damien Gaudin | Team Europcar | + 5'01 | | | 22 | William Bonnet | FDJ | + 5'02 | | | 23 | Tony Douay | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | tpinot | | 24 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 25 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 5'03 | | | 26 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | + 5'04 | | | 27 | Tom Slagter | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | + 5'05 | | | 28 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 5'07 | | | 29 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 30 | David Boucher | FDJ | s.t. | | | 31 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | + 5'08 | | | 32 | Julien Simon | Sojasun | + 5'09 | | | 33 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 34 | Jonas Ahlstrand | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 35 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 36 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | | 37 | Romain Lemarchand | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 5'10 | tpinot | | 38 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | + 5'11 | | | 39 | José Gonçalves | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | | 40 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 41 | Mitchell Docker | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | | 42 | Josué Moyano | Caja Rural | s.t. | | | 43 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 5'12 | tpinot | | 44 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ | + 5'13 | | | 45 | Michael Hepburn | Orica - GreenEdge | + 5'14 | | | 46 | Eric Berthou | Team Raleigh | s.t. | | | 47 | Davide Appollonio | AG2R La Mondiale | + 5'15 | | | 48 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ | s.t. | | | 49 | Rick Flens | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 50 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 5'16 | | | 51 | Franck Vermeulen | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | | 52 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Procycling | + 5'17 | | | 53 | Tom Stamsnijder | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 54 | Julien El Fares | Sojasun | s.t. | | | 55 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | + 5'18 | | | 56 | Kenny Van Hummel | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 57 | Filippo Fortin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | | 58 | Egoi Martínez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 59 | Nico Sijmens | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 5'19 | tpinot | | 60 | David Tanner | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 61 | Alexander Serebryakov | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5'20 | | | 62 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 63 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | | 64 | Jonathan Hivert | Sojasun | s.t. | | | 65 | Mark Renshaw | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | + 5'21 | | | 66 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | | 67 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 68 | François Parisien | Team Argos - Shimano | + 5'22 | | | 69 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 70 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 71 | Yoann Bagot | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | tpinot | | 72 | Fabio Duarte | Colombia | s.t. | | | 73 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | + 5'23 | | | 74 | Greg Henderson | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | | 75 | Dennis Van Winden | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 76 | David López | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | | 77 | Jetse Bol | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 78 | Evaldas Siskevicius | Sojasun | s.t. | | | 79 | Grega Bole | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 5'24 | | | 80 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 81 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 82 | Florian Guillou | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | | 83 | Philip Deignan | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 84 | Xabier Zandio | Sky Procycling | + 5'25 | | | 85 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 86 | Cyril Lemoine | Sojasun | s.t. | | | 87 | Sonny Colbrelli | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 5'26 | | | 88 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 89 | Sep Vanmarcke | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 90 | Joshua Edmonson | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | | 91 | Thomas Degand | Accent Jobs - Wanty | s.t. | | | 92 | Roy Curvers | Team Argos - Shimano | + 5'27 | | | 93 | Jérémy Bescond | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | tpinot | | 94 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 95 | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia | s.t. | | | 96 | Jean-Marc Bideau | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 5'28 | | | 97 | Thierry Hupond | Team Argos - Shimano | + 5'29 | | | 98 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 99 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 100 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 101 | Christophe Laborie | Sojasun | s.t. | | | 102 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - GreenEdge | + 5'30 | | | 103 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | | 104 | Baden Cooke | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | | 105 | Christopher Jones | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 106 | Wesley Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 5'32 | | | 107 | Jurgen Van Goolen | Accent Jobs - Wanty | s.t. | | | 108 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 5'33 | | | 109 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ | + 5'34 | | | 110 | Dennis Vanendert | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | | 111 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 5'35 | | | 112 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 113 | Julien Antomarchi | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | | 114 | Kevin Lalouette | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | | 115 | Yelko Gomez | Caja Rural | s.t. | | | 116 | Benoit Drujon | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 5'36 | | | 117 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | | 118 | Andy Cappelle | Accent Jobs - Wanty | s.t. | | | 119 | Alexandre Blain | Team Raleigh | s.t. | | | 120 | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | + 5'37 | | | 121 | Julien Bérard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 122 | Samuel Dumoulin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 123 | Aldo Ino Ilesic | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 124 | Jonas Vangenechten | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | | 125 | Jeff Louder | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 126 | Laurent Pichon | FDJ | + 5'38 | | | 127 | André Schulze | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 128 | Frederique Robert | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | | 129 | Stefano Locatelli | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 5'39 | | | 130 | Iván Velasco | Caja Rural | s.t. | | | 131 | Esteban Chaves | Colombia | s.t. | | | 132 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5'40 | | | 133 | Dalivier Ospina | Colombia | s.t. | | | 134 | Sacha Modolo | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 5'41 | | | 135 | Juan Pablo Valencia | Colombia | s.t. | | | 136 | Rob Britton | Team Raleigh | s.t. | | | 137 | Marcos García | Caja Rural | s.t. | | | 138 | Benjamin Giraud | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | | 139 | Carlos Quintero | Colombia | s.t. | | | 140 | Matthew Holmes | Team Raleigh | s.t. | | | 141 | Justin Jules | La Pomme Marseille | + 5'42 | | | 142 | Benjamin Le Montagner | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | | 143 | Amets Txurruka | Caja Rural | s.t. | | | 144 | Mickaël Delage | FDJ | + 5'43 | | | 145 | Fabien Bacquet | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 146 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | + 5'44 | | | 147 | Jean-Lou Paiani | Sojasun | s.t. | | | 148 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 5'45 | | | 149 | Russell Hampton | Team Raleigh | s.t. | | | 150 | Julien Duval | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | | 151 | Mathieu Drujon | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 5'46 | | | 152 | Graeme Brown | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 153 | Florian Vachon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | | 154 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 155 | Yannick Martinez | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | | 156 | Miguel Mínguez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 157 | Grégory Habeaux | Accent Jobs - Wanty | s.t. | | | 158 | Antonio Piedra | Caja Rural | + 5'47 | | | 159 | Arnaud Gérard | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 5'48 | | | 160 | Ruslan Tleubayev | Astana Pro Team | + 5'50 | | | 161 | Manuel Cardoso | Caja Rural | s.t. | | | 162 | Christopher Jennings | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | | 163 | Marco Canola | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 5'51 | | | 164 | Steven Caethoven | Accent Jobs - Wanty | + 5'52 | | | 165 | Nicolas Bazin | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 166 | Stefan Radochla | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5'57 | | | 167 | Renaud Dion | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 5'59 | | | 168 | Yoann Paillot | La Pomme Marseille | + 8'45 | | | 169 | Théo Vimpere | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 9'00 | | | 170 | Michael Rodriguez | Colombia | + 9'04 | | | 171 | Romain Bacon | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 9'43 | | | 172 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 9'49 | | | 173 | Adrián Sáez de Arregi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 9'50 | | | 174 | Jempy Drucker | Accent Jobs - Wanty | + 9'58 | | | 175 | Richard Lang | Team Raleigh | + 10'01 | | | 176 | Morgan Kneisky | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 10'02 | | | 177 | Thomas Moses | Team Raleigh | + 10'04 | | | 178 | Thomas Vaubourzeix | La Pomme Marseille | + 10'06 | | | 179 | Steve Chainel | AG2R La Mondiale | + 10'27 | | | 180 | Maxime Le Montagner | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 10'31 | | | 181 | Giovanni Bernaudeau | Team Europcar | + 10'40 | | | 182 | Kevin Van Melsen | Accent Jobs - Wanty | + 11'07 | | | 183 | Cyrille Patoux | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 11'14 | | | 184 | Gabriel Rasch | Sky Procycling | + 11'56 | | | 185 | Edwin Ávila | Colombia | + 11'58 | | | 186 | Stefan Van Dijk | Accent Jobs - Wanty | + 12'00 | | | 187 | Joost Van Leijen | Lotto Belisol | + 12'43 | | | 188 | Karol Domagalski | Caja Rural | + 13'07 | | | 189 | Karl Menzies | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 14'12 | | | 190 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 16'22 | | | 191 | Sébastien Minard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 16'29 | | | 192 | Maxime Daniel | Sojasun | + 16'51 | | | 193 | Daniel Summerhill | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 17'41 | | | 194 | Juan José Lobato | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 26'25 | | | 195 | Tom Scully | Team Raleigh | + 30'12 | |
Point:
| Rank | Name | Team | General | Player | | 1 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | 70 | | | 2 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | 62 | | | 3 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 51 | | | 4 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEdge | 51 | | | 5 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 50 | | | 6 | Marcel Kittel | Team Argos - Shimano | 42 | | | 7 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 42 | | | 8 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 38 | tpinot | | 9 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 31 | | | 10 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | 30 | |
Mountain:
| Rank | Name | Team | General | Player | | 1 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ | 44 | | | 2 | Filippo Fortin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | 36 | | | 3 | Mitchell Docker | Orica - GreenEdge | 30 | | | 4 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol | 28 | | | 5 | Julien El Fares | Sojasun | 26 | | | 6 | Tom Slagter | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 20 | | | 7 | Eric Berthou | Team Raleigh | 18 | | | 8 | Sonny Colbrelli | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | 10 | | | 9 | Nico Sijmens | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 10 | tpinot | | 10 | Mickaël Nuilen | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 10 | tpinot |
Young:
Michael Matthews Orica - GreenEdge
Team:
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
This ends the first race, next report is "Volta Ao Algarve".
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| krisa |
Posted on 17-04-2013 19:26
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Totally not bad by Jan
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 17-04-2013 19:58
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Ghyselinck is just a great rider 
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 17-04-2013 23:56
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Oh no all your pictures have been stolen  |
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Posted on 18-04-2013 06:20
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I'm sorry for the disappearance of the pictures, I don't know why it happened but now it's fix. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-04-2013 09:11
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sutty68 wrote:
Oh no all your pictures have been stolen
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Race Report : Volta ao Algarve 
After a good “Tour Mediterranéen” with the 7th place of Jérome Coppel and the Mountain jersey for Romain Hardy, here start the second race for Tony and Mickaël.
Stage 01
Today’s stage was a hilly one. Our team did not really want to work because some other teams have stronger squad than ours. The problem is that nobody really worked in the pack so we decided to help in the chase. We never caught the breakaway and during the last 10km, some riders of the pack tried to join them but without success.
Today’s winner is Leonardo Duque. With the work of our team, he finished in the same time as everyone. Adrien Petit is 16th in the final ranking of the stage.
Stage Ranking:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Leonardo Duque | Colombia | 4h14'52 | | | 2 | Samuel Dumoulin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 3 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 4 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 5 | Michel Kreder | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | | 6 | Elia Favilli | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | | 7 | Gaetan Bille | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | | 8 | Jure Kocjan | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 9 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | | 10 | Alexander Serebryakov | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | ... | | 16 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | tpinot |
Stage 02
It was a very hard stage today, the pack was fast and the wind was, most of the time, coming from the left.
In the early hours of the stage Mickaël decided to attacked, he won the two intermediate sprints. He did not stay alone long because he was soon join by Vincenzo Nibali Astana), Edgar Pinto (LA Aluminios – Antarte) and Jonas Ahlstrand (Argos).
When Nibali attacked the group to take some mountain points, Mickaël was too weak to follow. When he understood that he would not join them again he slow down waiting for the pack.
Marco Marcato took the win today even if Romain Zingle tried to attack in the end of the stage.
After the fall of a rider after the line because of some journalists, I don’t have any pictures of the finish for today.
And By the way, Adrien will wear the young jersey tomorrow
Stage Ranking:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 4h33'53 | | | 2 | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 3 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 4 | Jure Kocjan | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 5 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 6 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | | 8 | Leonardo Duque | Colombia | s.t. | | | 9 | Davide Rebellin | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | | 10 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | ... | | 16 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | tpinot |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-04-2013 09:16
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Great effort from Mickaël today. And wise decision to drop back! |
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Posted on 18-04-2013 10:19
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Race Report : Volta ao Algarve
Stage 03
Very cold stage : 4°C
Today, Tony and Mickaël wanted to be in the breakaway.
Tony attacked first but too early, the pack did not let him go and after all the energy he spent in trying to escape, he just gave up his idea.
Mickaël, as yesterday, was again successful. After some try he managed to go off the pack with two other riders.
The pack did not seem really interested in chasing the breakaway, they had 5’15” at 30km from the finish line, but in the 15 last kilometers, the pack increased its speed and the breakaway were paying their earlier effort, only Sébastien Minard resist the pack and cross the line 34” before the pack. Romain Zingle and Rein Taaramäe are at 28” from Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil).
Stage Ranking:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Sébastien Minard | AG2R La Mondiale | 4h58'41 | | | 2 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 34 | | | 3 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 4 | Lars Boom | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 5 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | | 6 | Mikel Astarloza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 7 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 8 | Marek Rutkiewicz | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | | 9 | Leonardo Duque | Colombia | s.t. | | | 10 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | ... | | 18 | Rein Taaramäe | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | tpinot | | ... | | 20 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | tpinot |
General Ranking:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 13h47'32 | | | 2 | Leonardo Duque | Colombia | + 8 | | | 3 | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | + 16 | | | 4 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 5 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 20 | | | 6 | Jackson Rodríguez | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 22 | | | 7 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 26 | | | 8 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | + 28 | | | 9 | Marek Rutkiewicz | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | | 10 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | | ... | | 13 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | tpinot | | 14 | Rein Taaramäe | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | tpinot |
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Posted on 18-04-2013 12:33
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The team put in a good performance at the Etoile de Bessège
Lets hope for the same here in Portugal |
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Posted on 18-04-2013 13:47
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Race Report : Volta ao Algarve
Stage 04
Today was a plan to be rest day before the time trial but sprinter’s team decided otherway.
Edwig Cammaerts managed to be in the first breakaway of the day but because of too many attacks, the pack decided to end all breakaway. The second try was successful but no rider of the team managed to leave.
It was a normal flat race, the pack caught the breakaway few kilometers before the line. Adrien had good legs today for the sprint but after a collision with a lotto rider, he was back in the middle of the pack, Tony tried everything to brought Adrien back at the front, but he only get a 26th place. While Adrien was strugguling, Mickaël was protecting Romain Zingle (he finished 14th).
The stage goes to Leonardo Duque, it is his second win in this race.
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Leonardo Duque | Colombia | 4h48'04 | | | 2 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 3 | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 4 | Jure Kocjan | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 5 | Elia Favilli | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | | 6 | Jonas Ahlstrand | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 7 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 8 | Sep Vanmarcke | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 9 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | | 10 | Ioannis Tamouridis | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | ... | | 14 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | tpinot | | ... | | 25 | Rein Taaramäe | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | tpinot | | 26 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | tpinot |
Tomorrow is a time trial, he hope for a good performance by Rein and why not by Mickaël.
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Posted on 18-04-2013 14:50
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News from France:
Christophe Le Mevel gave its first win to the team. Earlier today he won the second stage of “Tour du Haut Var”, He also won the General Ranking and the Point jersey.
Spoiler Stage Ranking
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Christophe Le Mével | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 3h29'57 | tpinot | | 2 | Daniele Ratto | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 3 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | |
General Ranking
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Christophe Le Mével | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 6h41'14 | tpinot | | 2 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 3 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | + 4 | |
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