The last French winner of this race was Bernard Hinault in 1985, today, Thibaut Pinot ( FDJ) made the history by finally offering a new victory to France.
Concerning the Team, they did very well, they won 5 stages, they won all the classifications except "best team" and they show a great potential for the future years concerning the GC.
General Ranking
1
Thibaut Pinot
Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr
72h36'03
2
Thomas De Gendt
Telenet Pro Cycling Team
+ 2'58
3
Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
Movistar Team
+ 3'24
4
Alberto Contador Velasco
Pepsi Pro Cycling
+ 6'30
5
Warren Barguil
Team Giant - Allianz
+ 7'05
6
Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
Movistar Team
+ 7'36
7
Rein Taaramae
Pepsi Pro Cycling
+ 9'13
8
Ryder Hesjedal
Garmin-Sharp
+ 12'12
9
Bart De Clercq
Lotto - Belisol
+ 14'22
10
Chad Haga
Pepsi Pro Cycling
+ 17'30
Points Ranking
John Degenkolb | Team Giant - Allianz
Mountain Ranking
Tom Dumoulin | Team Giant - Allianz
Young Ranking
Warren Barguil | Team Giant - Allianz
Team Ranking
Pepsi Pro Cycling
Tomorrow I'm taking the plane to Poland, the team will bring 3 out of their 4 National Champion (Degenkolb won't be there).
@Ian Butler: All the objectives of the team where realized, the sponsors wanted a top 5 and the Points Classification
@SSJ2Luigi: it's always great to see my friend and former team mate at the top of such a race.
Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian
1
Thibaut Pinot
Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr
5h41'46
2
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Sky ProCycling
+ 30
3
Warren Barguil
Team Giant - Allianz
s.t.
4
Alberto Contador Velasco
Pepsi Pro Cycling
+ 56
5
Romain Bardet
Ag2r - La Mondiale
+ 1'25
6
Chad Haga
Pepsi Pro Cycling
+ 1'48
7
Bart De Clercq
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
8
Ryder Hesjedal
Garmin-Sharp
s.t.
9
Arnold Jeannesson
Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr
s.t.
10
Wout Poels
Telenet Pro Cycling Team
+ 2'10
Tour de Pologne
The Squad:
Jakub FOLTYN Silvio HERKLOTZ Wilco KELDERMAN Anthony LOUVEILLE Luca MEZGEC Georg PREIDLER Rick ZABEL
Sum Up:
Since I had troubles with my internet connection in Poland, I will give you the results all at once. I know this is not the best lay-out but I need this to be done.
This is also a good occasion to show my new jersey and the jersey of Luca. Jonas should have been here but he got ill two days before the race so he did not started it.
The first stage was won by Alexey Lutsenko ( AST), the profile was quite hilly but a sprint was the final outcome. I took an interesting 7th position in that stage.
The second stage was a flat stage, and a sprint was inevitable. Heinrich Haussler ( IAM) was the fastest and in the mean time in was taking the leader jersey out of the shoulders of Alexey Lutsenko ( AST).
The third stage was again flat but the finish was more difficult as there was some uphill section that blew up the legs of the sprinters. Edvald Boasson Hagen ( SKY) won this stage quite easily while I was taking the 9th position. We lost Georg in that stage, he crashed badly and he had to withdrew from the race.
Another flat stage for the 4th time, this time it was Matthew Harley Goss ( OGE) who was the fastest. Luka Mezgec ( GIA) ended at the 11th position.
The fifth stage was with the sixth one the main stage of the race, everything for the GC happened in those two stages.
During Stage 5, I was feeling good, I asked my team mates to keep the breakaway not to far as I knew the stage could be mine. In the last kilometers I asked Wilco (who is getting ready for the Vuelta) to ride behind Zdenek Stybar ( TEL). In the last kilometers I used Sagan's splitstream ( PEP) and I won my first stage with the French Champion Jersey \o/.
I was then in the top 3 and Heinrich Haussler ( IAM) was not supposed to survive Stage 6. I accelerated in the last hill but Alejandro Valverde Belmonte ( MOV) was way stronger than me. I ended up in a chasing group with Daniel Martin ( GRS), Jelle Vanendert ( LTB) and Philippe Gilbert ( BMC).
I ended at the last position of the group.
And finally, I was second in the GC and leader of the young classification.
I just had to survive the last flat stage which was won by Edvald Boasson Hagen ( SKY).
@SSJ2Luigi: Pinot was in strong shape lately, and I'm sure that if he took part in the Vuelta he could achieve something too.
And of course I am really happy to win so quickly with that French Champion Jersey
Eneco Tour
The Squad:
Koen DE KORT John DEGENKOLB Dries DEVENYNS Marcel KITTEL Johan LE BON Anthony LOUVEILLE Ramon SINKELDAM Tom STAMSNIJDER
Pre-Race:
Last season I was the winner here, I have good feelings about the race but the time trials and the lack of stage for attacks might be a problem to defend my title.
The first prologue shouldn't be a problem as we will climb the Kemmelberg. Then it will mostly be sprint stages where I will have to work for John or Marcel.
Stage 1
I started the stage early, the weather was really bad and the road wasn't good either.
I gave all I had in the Kemmelberg which gave me the best time at the intermediate time check.
I was not going as fast as I wanted in the downhill and in the end I failed at a temporary second positon, 5" behind the specialist Tony Martin ( IAM).
The French Champion, Johan Le Bon ( GIA) made the same time as me at the intermediate time check, we were both first at that time.
But he is better than me in time trials and he managed to take 7" on Tony Martin ( IAM). This pushed me to the third position.
In the end, no one managed to beat Johan and only Fabian Cancellara ( TFR), Luke Durbridge ( OGE) and Edvald Boasson Hagen ( SKY) managed to do a better time than me.
Stage Ranking:
1
Johan Le Bon
Team Giant - Allianz
9'00
2
Tony Martin
IAM Cycling
+ 7
3
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sky ProCycling
+ 8
4
Luke Durbridge
Orica - GreenEDGE
+ 11
5
Fabian Cancellara
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
6
Anthony Louveille
Team Giant - Allianz
+ 13
7
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Telenet Pro Cycling Team
+ 15
8
Lars Boom
Belkin Pro Cycling
s.t.
9
Taylor Phinney
BMC Racing Team
+ 16
10
Sylvain Chavanel
IAM Cycling
+ 17
Stage 2
The plan then was to keep the leader jersey of Johan and bring John and Marcel to the sprint in the best conditions.
Our plan was quickly harder than we expected as a group of 13 riders got off the pack. Riders like Niki Terpstra ( TEL), Matti Breschel ( TCS), Sébastien Turgot ( ALM), Nick Nuyens ( GRS) and Marcus Burghardt ( BMC) worked hard to make this breakaway successful and behind them we were struggling to keep them to an acceptable distance.
Thanks to the help of Team Sky, we managed to bring them back in the pack and we were getting ready for the sprint.
I was supposed to lead out Marcel but as he was not feeling that good I led the German Champion John Degenkolb.
And despite the strength of John, he failed to the second position behind an impressive Heinrich Haussler ( IAM). Marcel ended at the 4th position and I took the 7th.
Stage Ranking:
1
Heinrich Haussler
IAM Cycling
4h48'08
2
John Degenkolb
Team Giant - Allianz
s.t.
3
Arnaud Démare
Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr
s.t.
4
Marcel Kittel
Team Giant - Allianz
s.t.
5
Jürgen Roelandts
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
6
Giacomo Nizzolo
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
7
Anthony Louveille
Team Giant - Allianz
s.t.
8
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
9
Filippo Pozzato
Lampre - Colombia
s.t.
10
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Telenet Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
The race started well for the team, we are already in possession of the leader jersey and we are on top of the team ranking. I'm not far from the top of Young classification and I'm second in the points classification too.
The next stages will be importants because if Heinrich Haussler keeps winning he will take the jersey off Johan.
Anthony Louveille.Edited by tpinot on 30-04-2014 09:54
@Ian Butler: It would be great but with John and Marcel in the team, it will be their aim
Eneco Tour
Stage 3
Anonther flat stage we had to control. The breakaway was not as dangerous as the one of the second stage but there was still Matti Breschel ( TCS) in it and he took all the maximum time bonuses in the intermediates sprints. This time, we had the help of Astana and FDJ to bring them back.
AS in the second stage there was only one sprint train and it was ours.
This time, no one managed to beat our team, Marcel took a great victory away from John and I completed the podium, that was the triple for the team.
Stage Ranking:
1
Marcel Kittel
Team Giant - Allianz
5h00'19
2
John Degenkolb
Team Giant - Allianz
s.t.
3
Anthony Louveille
Team Giant - Allianz
s.t.
4
Elia Viviani
Pepsi Pro Cycling
s.t.
5
Tyler Farrar
Garmin-Sharp
s.t.
6
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
7
Sacha Modolo
Lampre - Colombia
s.t.
8
Andrew Fenn
Telenet Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
9
Johan Le Bon
Team Giant - Allianz
s.t.
10
Giacomo Nizzolo
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
Stage 4
Another flat stage where we were the center of attention, everyone was waiting for us to move, nobody worked with us today and luckily for us, the breakaway did not fought that hard.
We were again the only sprint train in the final of the race and the power of Tom Stamsnijder created small gaps and many groups were now chasing our main group.
As Marcel was the one in really good shape we led him out and he rewarded us with another victory. John took the third position and I ended at the fifth position. This is my 4th top 10 in 4 stages.
Stage Ranking:
1
Marcel Kittel
Team Giant - Allianz
4h37'24
2
Giacomo Nizzolo
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
3
John Degenkolb
Team Giant - Allianz
s.t.
4
Wesley Kreder
Accent.Jobs - Wanty
s.t.
5
Anthony Louveille
Team Giant - Allianz
s.t.
6
Sacha Modolo
Lampre - Colombia
s.t.
7
Heinrich Haussler
IAM Cycling
s.t.
8
Andrew Fenn
Telenet Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
9
Tyler Farrar
Garmin-Sharp
s.t.
10
Jürgen Roelandts
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
I could not resist posting the top 10 after these 4 stages, the top 3 is full of Giant - Allianz and I'm 9" from the leadership.
1
Johan Le Bon
Team Giant - Allianz
14h34'51
2
Marcel Kittel
Team Giant - Allianz
+ 2
3
John Degenkolb
Team Giant - Allianz
+ 6
4
Tony Martin
IAM Cycling
+ 7
5
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sky ProCycling
+ 8
6
Matti Breschel
Tinkoff Credits System
s.t.
7
Anthony Louveille
Team Giant - Allianz
+ 9
8
Fabian Cancellara
Trek Factory Racing
+ 11
9
Maarten Wynants
Belkin Pro Cycling
+ 13
10
Heinrich Haussler
IAM Cycling
+ 14
The points Ranking is also led by Giant - Allianz with Marcel at the top.
1
Marcel Kittel
Team Giant - Allianz
73
2
John Degenkolb
Team Giant - Allianz
68
3
Anthony Louveille
Team Giant - Allianz
65
And finally I'm currently leading the Young Classification which means that all jerseys are in the team right now.
@Ian Butler: The field here is not the best we could have as opponents, but this is still a WT race so every points are welcomed
@SSJ2Luigi: I'm playing on easy "joke". The game difficulty is on extreme, but my riders are all in perfect shape
Eneco Tour
Stage 5
The fifth stage was the Queen Stage, a hilly profile and a finish on top of the Cauberg in Valkenburg. The team goal here was to bring Johan in the best condition so he could keep the jersey and defend it in the time trial of tomorrow.
Unwisely, we let a group of 9 riders including Niki Terpstra ( TEL), Yoann Offredo ( FDJ) and Andrey Amador Bikkazakova ( MOV) at the front and we had to do the chase all by ourselves.
Thanks to the help of Sky and IAM, we had brought back the breakaway to a reasonable distance when Alexandr Kolobnev ( KAT) attacked. There was still 28 kilometers to go but considering the rider we could not let him go.
Many other riders tried to attack after the acceleration of Kolobnev but none really managed to leave the group. All they managed to do was to bring the breakaway in the group quicker than expected.
But when we hit the 18 kilometers to go, two riders decided to unite their strength. Edvald Boasson Hagen ( SKY) and Robert Gesink ( BEL) gave us a really hard time. And on top of that came the flat tire of Johan in the last climb, he was in the middle of the pack, we Ramon Sinkeldam, Dries Devenyns and Tom Stamsnijder to bring him back while I was staying at the front with John and Marcel.
With 12 kilometers left I had the authorization of going away, Johan's group would make it and we had to play another card. I accelerated as soon as I saw a decrease of the pace in our group and thanks to my team mates I managed to create a small gap quickly.
I had good legs and I did not do too much efforts during the stage. The entente in the chasing group was not at its best and this led to a great victory for me, the fourth of this season. And since 2014 I won at list one stage of the Eneco Tour.
Stage Ranking:
What's not good is that Tony Martin ( IAM) took the second position of the stage in front of John a,d Marcel. He is still second in the GC and with a time trial left, keeping the leadership I've just took will be a very hard job.
1
Anthony Louveille
Team Giant - Allianz
4h54'28
2
Tony Martin
IAM Cycling
+ 33
3
John Degenkolb
Team Giant - Allianz
s.t.
4
Marcel Kittel
Team Giant - Allianz
s.t.
5
Mikhail Ignatiev
Katusha Team
s.t.
6
Alexandr Kolobnev
Katusha Team
s.t.
7
Lars Boom
Belkin Pro Cycling
s.t.
8
Robert Gesink
Belkin Pro Cycling
+ 53
9
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
10
Zdenek Stybar
Telenet Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
General Ranking after Stage 5:
1
Anthony Louveille
Team Giant - Allianz
19h29'18
2
Tony Martin
IAM Cycling
+ 35
3
Marcel Kittel
Team Giant - Allianz
+ 36
4
John Degenkolb
Team Giant - Allianz
s.t.
5
Lars Boom
Belkin Pro Cycling
+ 49
6
Mikhail Ignatiev
Katusha Team
+ 53
7
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sky ProCycling
+ 1'02
8
Fabian Cancellara
Trek Factory Racing
+ 1'05
9
Alexandr Kolobnev
Katusha Team
+ 1'06
10
Jürgen Roelandts
Lotto - Belisol
+ 1'11
As I said, keeping the jersey will be very hard against a guy like Tony Martin, but the last stage which includes difficult cobbled sections might my last chance to keep the trophy at home.
I'm sorry for Johan who could have keep his jersey if he had not a flat tire but that's cycling and things like that happened every time.
@sutty68: Thanks, and if I had to lose the jersey after the time trial, you can be sure that the team would do everything to get it back
@SSJ2Luigi: Thanks
Eneco Tour
Stage 6
The sixth stage was a 16 kilometer Time Trial with a cobbled section at the end, I was well determined to keep my jersey and this to any cost.
But first lets talk of Johan's performance. After taking the second best time at the intermediate time check, the man was the temporary leader of the stage classification.
Concerning myself, I was the last to get off and at the intermediate time check I was 11th 23" behind Tony Martin ( IAM) who had signed the best time.
I fought hard on the cobblestones to lose the less time possible but in the end I was finishing 41" late, I still took the 10 th position of the stage while Johan was 4th but I had lost the jersey for 6".
Stage Ranking:
1
Tony Martin
IAM Cycling
21'00
2
Taylor Phinney
BMC Racing Team
+ 6
3
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sky ProCycling
+ 21
4
Johan Le Bon
Team Giant - Allianz
+ 22
5
Fabian Cancellara
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
6
Luke Durbridge
Orica - GreenEDGE
+ 26
7
Lars Boom
Belkin Pro Cycling
+ 32
8
Jos Van Emden
Belkin Pro Cycling
+ 40
9
Rohan Dennis
Garmin-Sharp
+ 41
10
Anthony Louveille
Team Giant - Allianz
s.t.
General Ranking after Stage 6:
1
Tony Martin
IAM Cycling
19h50'53
2
Anthony Louveille
Team Giant - Allianz
+ 6
3
Lars Boom
Belkin Pro Cycling
+ 46
4
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sky ProCycling
+ 48
5
Fabian Cancellara
Trek Factory Racing
+ 52
6
Marcel Kittel
Team Giant - Allianz
+ 1'09
7
Mikhail Ignatiev
Katusha Team
+ 1'21
8
Jürgen Roelandts
Lotto - Belisol
+ 1'25
9
Rohan Dennis
Garmin-Sharp
s.t.
10
John Degenkolb
Team Giant - Allianz
+ 1'26
Well I wore the leader jersey only for one stage, 6" is nothing if I look well at the profile of tomorrow but again, Tony Martin seems strong and I will need a whole team to defeat him.
In other news, I'm leading the Points Classification and the Young Classification too.
Anthony LouveilleEdited by tpinot on 30-04-2014 18:14
@SSJ2Luigi: I know I can do it and if you have trust too it's great
@sutty68: I will just have to push him to his limits on cobblestones.
Eneco Tour
Stage 7
This was my last chance, last year I used the last stage to get the GC victory, this time going in the breakaway would be ruining my chances. This is why I had the whole team dedicated to me.
The plan was to impose a fast pace during the whole race so we would avoid a mass sprint finish.
We let a group of 14 riders going at the front. Koen De Kort and Dries Devenyns was helping in the chase the IAM riders. They were already imposing a strong pace and with 150 kilometers to go the pack was reduced to 90 riders.
Tom Stamsnijder was the one who imposed a very fast pace in the first lap. And in the second lap, the acceleration of Ramon Sinkeldam blew up the pack. There was still five of us in the group and Tony Martin ( IAM) was still hanging on.
Johan Le Bon was the last one to put an acceleration on the cobblestones, no one was at the front and no one had the strength to attack. When I realized that Tony Martin was beginning to crack, I accelerate myself, it was the last cobblestones and I had to test his limits.
In the last flat part, Johan was leading a group of 8 riders where Tony Martin wasn't. I still had John with me so it was three Giant - Allianz for a group of 8 riders. We started to consider the stage win too as the GC was almost mine.
Johan did an amazing work to keep us at the front and with John we decided to fight for the victory. I used Edvald Boasson Hagen ( SKY) split stream while John was leading with Sep Vanmarcke ( BEL) in his wheel.
I pulled a last acceleration on an uphill section and I was going for a second stage win.
I was the strongest in the group and I my second stage win here. Jürgen Roelandts ( LTB) took the second position and John Degenkolb ( GIA) took the third position.
Tony Martin ( IAM) arrived 2'08 after me which mean that I won the General Classification \o/.
Stage Ranking:
1
Anthony Louveille
Team Giant - Allianz
4h54'00
2
Jürgen Roelandts
Lotto - Belisol
+ 13
3
John Degenkolb
Team Giant - Allianz
s.t.
4
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
5
Sebastian Langeveld
Garmin-Sharp
s.t.
6
Lars Boom
Belkin Pro Cycling
s.t.
7
Sébastien Turgot
Ag2r - La Mondiale
s.t.
8
Johan Le Bon
Team Giant - Allianz
+ 40
9
Fabian Cancellara
Trek Factory Racing
+ 1'26
10
Marcel Kittel
Team Giant - Allianz
+ 2'08
General Ranking
1
Anthony Louveille
Team Giant - Allianz
24h44'49
2
Lars Boom
Belkin Pro Cycling
+ 1'03
3
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sky ProCycling
+ 1'05
4
Jürgen Roelandts
Lotto - Belisol
+ 1'36
5
John Degenkolb
Team Giant - Allianz
+ 1'39
6
Sebastian Langeveld
Garmin-Sharp
+ 1'53
7
Tony Martin
IAM Cycling
+ 2'12
8
Fabian Cancellara
Trek Factory Racing
+ 2'22
9
Marcel Kittel
Team Giant - Allianz
+ 3'21
10
Mikhail Ignatiev
Katusha Team
+ 3'33
Spoiler
11
Sylvain Chavanel
IAM Cycling
+ 7'41
12
Matthieu Ladagnous
Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr
+ 7'42
13
Zdenek Stybar
Telenet Pro Cycling Team
+ 8'04
14
Alexandr Kolobnev
Katusha Team
s.t.
15
Taylor Phinney
BMC Racing Team
+ 8'20
16
Rohan Dennis
Garmin-Sharp
+ 8'22
17
Geraint Thomas
Sky ProCycling
+ 8'35
18
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Telenet Pro Cycling Team
+ 8'56
19
Gediminas Bagdonas
Ag2r - La Mondiale
+ 9'18
20
Niki Terpstra
Telenet Pro Cycling Team
+ 9'32
21
Filippo Pozzato
Lampre - Colombia
+ 9'38
22
Tom Boonen
Telenet Pro Cycling Team
+ 9'46
23
Thomas Löfkvist
IAM Cycling
s.t.
24
Gatis Smukulis
Katusha Team
+ 9'50
25
Hugo Houle
Ag2r - La Mondiale
+ 10'11
26
Brent Bookwalter
BMC Racing Team
+ 10'26
27
Fabio Felline
Trek Factory Racing
+ 12'01
28
Johan Le Bon
Team Giant - Allianz
+ 12'15
29
Robert Gesink
Belkin Pro Cycling
+ 13'43
30
Anthony Delaplace
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
+ 13'56
31
Kevin Seeldraeyers
Accent.Jobs - Wanty
+ 14'13
32
Sébastien Turgot
Ag2r - La Mondiale
+ 14'19
33
Arnold Jeannesson
Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr
s.t.
34
Lachlan Morton
Garmin-Sharp
+ 14'47
35
Yoann Offredo
Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr
+ 15'52
36
Arnaud Démare
Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr
+ 16'19
37
Sep Vanmarcke
Belkin Pro Cycling
+ 16'44
38
Marcus Burghardt
BMC Racing Team
+ 16'45
39
Petr Ignatenko
Katusha Team
+ 17'19
40
Moreno Moser
Pepsi Pro Cycling
+ 18'02
41
Ivan Santaromita
Orica - GreenEDGE
s.t.
42
Antoine Demoitié
Telenet Pro Cycling Team
+ 18'44
43
Ramon Sinkeldam
Team Giant - Allianz
+ 18'58
44
Kilian Frankiny
IAM Cycling
+ 19'08
45
Matti Breschel
Tinkoff Credits System
+ 19'12
46
Philip Deignan
Sky ProCycling
+ 19'25
47
Giacomo Nizzolo
Trek Factory Racing
+ 19'59
48
Tom Stamsnijder
Team Giant - Allianz
+ 20'48
49
Nick Nuyens
Garmin-Sharp
+ 21'05
50
Andrey Amador Bikkazakova
Movistar Team
+ 21'21
51
Tosh Van Der Sande
Lotto - Belisol
+ 21'37
52
Stijn Vandenbergh
Telenet Pro Cycling Team
+ 21'55
53
José Herrada Lopez
Movistar Team
+ 22'04
54
Aleksejs Saramotins
IAM Cycling
+ 22'13
55
Maarten Wynants
Belkin Pro Cycling
+ 22'45
56
Francis De Greef
Accent.Jobs - Wanty
+ 22'46
57
Luke Durbridge
Orica - GreenEDGE
+ 22'48
58
Heinrich Haussler
IAM Cycling
+ 22'50
59
Ruslan Tleubayev
Astana Pro Team
+ 23'06
60
Martin Kohler
BMC Racing Team
+ 23'18
61
Andrew Fenn
Telenet Pro Cycling Team
+ 23'23
62
Preben Van Hecke
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 23'35
63
Axel Domont
Ag2r - La Mondiale
+ 23'49
64
Joshua Edmondson
Sky ProCycling
+ 23'57
65
Michael Mørkøv Christensen
Tinkoff Credits System
+ 24'11
66
Tom Jelte Slagter
Garmin-Sharp
+ 24'38
67
Pavel Kochetkov
Katusha Team
+ 25'02
68
Ian Boswell
Sky ProCycling
+ 25'12
69
Ivan Rovny
Tinkoff Credits System
+ 25'27
70
Dries Devenyns
Team Giant - Allianz
+ 25'33
71
Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo
Lampre - Colombia
+ 25'38
72
Elia Viviani
Pepsi Pro Cycling
+ 25'43
73
Natnael Berhane Teweldemedhin
Team Europcar
+ 25'49
74
Tyler Farrar
Garmin-Sharp
+ 25'50
75
Brett Lancaster
Orica - GreenEDGE
s.t.
76
Jean-Christophe Péraud
Ag2r - La Mondiale
+ 25'58
77
Manuele Boaro
Tinkoff Credits System
+ 26'04
78
Julian David Arredondo Moreno
Trek Factory Racing
+ 26'05
79
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Sky ProCycling
+ 26'06
80
Nathan Earle
Sky ProCycling
+ 26'15
81
Sacha Modolo
Lampre - Colombia
+ 26'29
82
Jesús Ezquerra Muela
Movistar Team
+ 26'31
83
Florian Vachon
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
+ 26'35
84
Kevin Van Melsen
Accent.Jobs - Wanty
+ 26'43
85
Maxime Monfort
Lotto - Belisol
+ 26'46
86
Johan Vansummeren
Garmin-Sharp
+ 26'49
87
Elroy Elpers
Lotto - Belisol
+ 26'55
88
Kristof Vandewalle
Trek Factory Racing
+ 27'02
89
Ricardo Augusto Afonso Vilela
Sky ProCycling
+ 27'20
90
Olivier Kaisen
Lotto - Belisol
+ 27'32
91
Jack Bauer
Garmin-Sharp
+ 27'42
92
Edward Theuns
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 27'51
93
Ilia Koshevoy
Lampre - Colombia
+ 27'56
94
Sander Helven
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 27'58
95
Alex Wohler
Orica - GreenEDGE
+ 27'59
96
Lieuwe Westra
Astana Pro Team
+ 28'05
97
Marc Goos
Belkin Pro Cycling
s.t.
98
Winner Andrew Anacona Gomez
Lampre - Colombia
s.t.
99
Michael Hepburn
Orica - GreenEDGE
+ 28'07
100
Gregory Daniel
Orica - GreenEDGE
+ 28'13
101
Wesley Kreder
Accent.Jobs - Wanty
+ 28'28
102
Klaas Lodewyck
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
103
Benoit Vaugrenard
Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr
+ 28'30
104
Andrea Guardini
Astana Pro Team
+ 28'39
105
Lloyd Mondory
Ag2r - La Mondiale
s.t.
106
Enrico Barbin
Pepsi Pro Cycling
+ 28'43
107
Jonas Vangenechten
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
108
William Bonnet
Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr
+ 28'47
109
Alberto Losada Alguacil
Katusha Team
+ 29'20
110
Dimitry Kozontchuk
Katusha Team
+ 29'25
111
Matthew Busche
Trek Factory Racing
+ 29'26
112
Michael Valgren Andersen
Tinkoff Credits System
+ 29'29
113
Jésus Herrada Lopez
Movistar Team
+ 29'33
114
Kirill Sveshnikov
Tinkoff Credits System
+ 29'37
115
Roman Kreuziger
Tinkoff Credits System
+ 29'42
116
Brice Feillu
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
+ 29'47
117
Mathias Frank
IAM Cycling
+ 29'50
118
Daniel Moreno Fernandez
Katusha Team
+ 29'53
119
Sander Armée
Lotto - Belisol
+ 30'12
120
Kristijan Durasek
Lampre - Colombia
+ 30'18
121
Yves Lampaert
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 30'33
122
Cayetano Jose Sarmiento Tunarrosa
Pepsi Pro Cycling
+ 30'40
123
Matteo Pelucchi
IAM Cycling
+ 30'53
124
Ben Hermans
BMC Racing Team
+ 30'54
125
Dario Hernandez Illana
Movistar Team
+ 31'01
126
Giovanni Bernaudeau
Team Europcar
+ 31'10
127
Robrecht Molnar
Telenet Pro Cycling Team
+ 31'16
128
Christian Meier
Orica - GreenEDGE
+ 31'19
129
Thomas Sprengers
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 31'24
130
Vincent Jérôme
Team Europcar
+ 31'25
131
Koen De Kort
Team Giant - Allianz
+ 31'29
132
Jasper Stuyven
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
133
Benoît Jarrier
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
+ 31'34
134
Yoeri Havik
Belkin Pro Cycling
+ 31'35
135
Pablo Torres Muiño
Movistar Team
+ 31'42
136
Jasper De Buyst
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 31'44
137
Grégory Habeaux
Accent.Jobs - Wanty
+ 31'48
138
Edward Diaz
Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr
+ 32'01
139
Perrig Quemeneur
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
+ 32'18
140
Amir Kolahdouz Hagh
Pepsi Pro Cycling
+ 32'27
141
José Rodolfo Serpa Perez
Lampre - Colombia
+ 32'38
142
Davide Malacarne
Team Europcar
+ 32'44
143
Enrico Gasparotto
Astana Pro Team
+ 32'48
144
Fabrice Jeandesboz
Team Europcar
+ 32'59
145
Rafael Valls Ferri
Lampre - Colombia
+ 33'00
146
Juan Ernesto Chamorro Chitan
Trek Factory Racing
+ 33'04
147
Frederik Backaert
Accent.Jobs - Wanty
+ 33'13
148
Shalkar Shirshov
Astana Pro Team
+ 33'15
149
Yannick Eijssen
BMC Racing Team
+ 33'24
150
Jérôme Gilbert
Accent.Jobs - Wanty
+ 33'26
151
Mikel Landa Meana
Astana Pro Team
+ 33'27
152
Guillaume Bonnafond
Ag2r - La Mondiale
+ 33'28
153
Clément Koretzky
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
+ 33'32
154
Craig Barker
Pepsi Pro Cycling
+ 33'38
155
Zico Waeytens
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
156
Fabio Aru
Astana Pro Team
+ 35'14
157
Eduardo Sepulveda
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
+ 35'47
158
Valentin Baillifard
BMC Racing Team
+ 36'11
159
Dominique Rollin
Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr
+ 36'57
160
Christophe Laborie
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
+ 36'58
161
Jens Keukeleire
Orica - GreenEDGE
+ 38'28
162
Frederik Willems
Accent.Jobs - Wanty
+ 39'08
163
Eliot Lietaer
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 39'27
164
Andrei Strelkov
Tinkoff Credits System
+ 39'30
165
Jos Van Emden
Belkin Pro Cycling
+ 40'56
166
Kevin De Jonghe
Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
+ 43'08
167
Robert Wagner
Belkin Pro Cycling
+ 43'43
168
Cyril Gautier
Team Europcar
+ 44'49
169
Stéphane Walter
Team Europcar
+ 49'38
170
Yohann Gène
Team Europcar
+ 53'42
171
Giovanni Visconti
Movistar Team
+ 56'37
172
Paolo Tiralongo
Astana Pro Team
+ 58'04
173
Eros Capecchi
Movistar Team
+ 1h02'16
174
Julien Bérard
Ag2r - La Mondiale
+ 1h10'33
Points Ranking
Anthony Louveille | Team Giant - Allianz
Young Ranking
Anthony Louveille | Team Giant - Allianz
Team Ranking
Team Giant - Allianz
I made it, I keep the trophy home I had an extremely strong team with me today and I can not thanks them enough for all the job they did in the stage and in the race in general.
Winning the three classification is quite an achievement for me and this show people that I can be good in every fields (Time Trials, Cobbles, Hills,...)
My next race is the German race Vattenfal Cyclassics. Again John and Marcel will be there but if I can make the same as last year (a late attack) I will try to do it.
What a Great stage win for Anthony and a Brilliant way to win back the Race
With the Points, Youth and Team Rankings as well it was a Great Team Performance too
@sutty68: I came to Belgium for that purpose. If I had came back without anything I would Have been disappointed. And I must say that the team played a big part in my victory.
Vattenfall Cyclassics
The Squad:
Koen DE KORT John DEGENKOLB Marcel KITTEL Johan LE BON Anthony LOUVEILLE Dominic NERZ Ramon SINKELDAM Tom STAMSNIJDER
Pre-Race:
After my victory in the Eneco Tour, the team decided to give me the leadership of the team. If I can go away in the last kilometers, I have the authorization. If it comes to a sprint, then Marcel and John will be our main priorities.
Race Report:
A group of 6 good riders escaped from the pack very quickly, and it looked like no team would do the job for us today, we were the main team of the event.
Thor Hushovd ( BMC), Sergey Firsanov ( RUS), Yoann Paillot ( FDJ), Peter Kennaugh ( SKY), Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo ( LAM) and Alexis Vuillermoz ( ALM) had a maximum gap of 14' when there was 100 kilometers to go.
This is when we launched the machine, Koen De Kort ( GIA) was the first one to lead the chase, he brought the breakaway to 5', 40 kilometers from the finish line. He also hurt many organism as the pack was reduced to 120 people.
When Johan Le Bon took his turn, the breakaway was getting closer and closer. He did a really good work and it looked like he could do even more.
Johan was really strong and after a steep climb, he had put the pack in a line. John and I were hanging on but the Telenet rider behind John could not follow the extremely fat pace imposed by my team mate.
A small gap was created, as we had a lead of 20" on the pack. The breakaway was not far from us and Johan continue to ride really fast. I started to help him as I though we could make it even if there was still 20 kilometers to go.
We were working well together without worrying about the pack behind us. All that mattered was the riders in front of us who were still resisted to our come back. We were not gaining time on them and neither was the pack.
After a last effort from myself, we lost Johan but John was still in contact. We finally joined the breakaway when there was only 9 kilometers to go. They had giving up when we arrived and they did not want to cooperate with us.
When we realized that the pack was coming closer, John told me to go for the victory, no one had the legs to follow my acceleration and the pack was still few meters behind them.
All I had to do now was to ride for my life, I was alone against a whole pack launched at full gas, Mark Cavendish ( TEL)'s team mates were riding behind me but they were struggling to get meters on me.
I resisted until the end and I won for the second time in a row the Vattenfall Cyclassics. Marcel took the second position and the Italian Sacha Modolo ( LAM) ended at the third position.
Race Ranking
Anthony Louveille | Team Giant - Allianz Marcel Kittel | Team Giant - Allianz Sacha Modolo | Lampre - Colombia
1
Anthony Louveille
Team Giant - Allianz
5h20'52
2
Marcel Kittel
Team Giant - Allianz
s.t.
3
Sacha Modolo
Lampre - Colombia
s.t.
4
Matteo Pelucchi
IAM Cycling
s.t.
5
John Degenkolb
Team Giant - Allianz
s.t.
6
Lars Boom
Belkin Pro Cycling
s.t.
7
Mark Cavendish
Telenet Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
8
Igor Boev
Tinkoff Credits System
s.t.
9
Edwig Cammaerts
Cofidis Solutions Crédits
s.t.
10
Andrea Guardini
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Tom Boonen
Telenet Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
12
Moreno Moser
Pepsi Pro Cycling
s.t.
13
Alexander Kristoff
Katusha Team
s.t.
14
Niki Terpstra
Telenet Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
15
Grega Bole
RusVelo
s.t.
16
Mathias Krizek
Pepsi Pro Cycling
s.t.
17
Kris Boeckmans
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
18
Tony Martin
IAM Cycling
s.t.
19
Olivier Kaisen
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
20
Thomas Löfkvist
IAM Cycling
s.t.
21
Lasse Norman Hansen
Garmin-Sharp
s.t.
22
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
23
Jan Barta
Team NetApp - Endura
s.t.
24
Sander Armée
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
25
Dominic Klemme
IAM Cycling
s.t.
26
Marko Kump
Tinkoff Credits System
s.t.
27
Ramon Sinkeldam
Team Giant - Allianz
s.t.
28
Alexis Vuillermoz
Ag2r - La Mondiale
s.t.
29
Riccardo Zoidl
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
30
Michael Schär
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
31
Tom Stamsnijder
Team Giant - Allianz
s.t.
32
Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
Movistar Team
s.t.
33
Dominik Nerz
Team Giant - Allianz
s.t.
34
Daniel Navarro Garcia
Cofidis Solutions Crédits
s.t.
35
Peter Kennaugh
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
36
Sergey Firsanov
RusVelo
s.t.
37
Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo
Lampre - Colombia
s.t.
38
Steve Bekaert
Telenet Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
39
Yoann Paillot
Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr
s.t.
40
Nikolai Trussov
Tinkoff Credits System
s.t.
41
Thor Hushovd
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
42
Alexey Lutsenko
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
43
Matteo Trentin
Telenet Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
44
Francesco Gavazzi
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
45
Johan Le Bon
Team Giant - Allianz
s.t.
46
Rüdiger Selig
Katusha Team
s.t.
47
Stijn Vandenbergh
Telenet Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
48
Cédric Pineau
Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr
s.t.
49
Ruslan Tleubayev
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
50
Andrei Solomennikov
RusVelo
s.t.
51
Blaz Jarc
Team NetApp - Endura
s.t.
52
Sam Bennett
Team NetApp - Endura
s.t.
53
Sean De Bie
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
54
Yauheni Hutarovich
Ag2r - La Mondiale
s.t.
55
Nicolas Edet
Cofidis Solutions Crédits
s.t.
56
Nikolas Maes
Telenet Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
57
Tom Leezer
Belkin Pro Cycling
s.t.
58
Marcel Sieberg
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
59
Julien Simon
Cofidis Solutions Crédits
s.t.
60
Florian Senechal
Cofidis Solutions Crédits
+ 3'22
61
Jeremy Bescond
Cofidis Solutions Crédits
s.t.
62
Ángel Vicioso Arcos
Katusha Team
s.t.
63
Klaas Lodewyck
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
64
Mark Renshaw
Telenet Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
65
Koen De Kort
Team Giant - Allianz
s.t.
66
Robert Wagner
Belkin Pro Cycling
+ 5'53
67
Rudy Molard
Cofidis Solutions Crédits
s.t.
68
Vicente Reynès Mimo
IAM Cycling
s.t.
69
Nikita Umerbekov
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
70
Mikhail Ignatiev
Katusha Team
s.t.
71
Robin Chaigneau
Belkin Pro Cycling
s.t.
72
Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi
Movistar Team
s.t.
73
Roman Maikin
RusVelo
s.t.
74
Guillaume Boivin
Pepsi Pro Cycling
s.t.
75
Luke Rowe
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
76
Zakkari Dempster
Team NetApp - Endura
s.t.
77
Pavel Kochetkov
Katusha Team
s.t.
78
Dimitry Kozontchuk
Katusha Team
s.t.
79
Jonathan McEvoy
Team NetApp - Endura
s.t.
80
Christophe Laporte
Cofidis Solutions Crédits
s.t.
81
Leonardo Fabio Duque
Lampre - Colombia
s.t.
82
Jack Beckinsale
Orica - GreenEDGE
+ 7'15
83
Danny Van Poppel
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
84
Davide Villella
Ag2r - La Mondiale
s.t.
85
Juan José Lobato Del Valle
Movistar Team
s.t.
86
Scott Thwaites
Team NetApp - Endura
s.t.
87
Michel Koch
Pepsi Pro Cycling
s.t.
88
Alexander Serov
RusVelo
s.t.
89
Kirill Sveshnikov
Tinkoff Credits System
s.t.
90
Kevyn Ista
IAM Cycling
s.t.
91
Daniele Ratto
Pepsi Pro Cycling
s.t.
92
Rohan Dennis
Garmin-Sharp
s.t.
93
Arthur Ershov
RusVelo
s.t.
94
Alexander Kamp Egested
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
95
Ruben Zepuntke
Team NetApp - Endura
s.t.
96
Jack Bauer
Garmin-Sharp
s.t.
97
Juan Esteban Arango Carvajal
Lampre - Colombia
s.t.
98
Evan Huffman
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
99
Tyler Williams
Garmin-Sharp
s.t.
100
Jésus Herrada Lopez
Movistar Team
s.t.
101
Dayer Quintana Rojas
Movistar Team
s.t.
102
Jasper Stuyven
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
103
Ian Boswell
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
104
Caleb Ewan
Orica - GreenEDGE
s.t.
105
Jos Van Emden
Belkin Pro Cycling
s.t.
106
Daniel Hoelgaard
Tinkoff Credits System
s.t.
107
Ryan Eastman
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
108
Stefan Denifl
IAM Cycling
s.t.
109
Michael Schwarzmann
Team NetApp - Endura
s.t.
110
Valentin Baillifard
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
111
Paul Martens
Belkin Pro Cycling
s.t.
112
Rudy MacDonald
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
113
Dennis Vanendert
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
114
Elia Favilli
Lampre - Colombia
s.t.
115
Kirill Pozdnyakov
RusVelo
s.t.
116
Roman Kreuziger
Tinkoff Credits System
s.t.
117
Koldo Fernandez De Larrea
Garmin-Sharp
s.t.
118
Lawson Craddock
Pepsi Pro Cycling
s.t.
119
Stef Clement
Belkin Pro Cycling
s.t.
120
Andrey Amador Bikkazakova
Movistar Team
s.t.
121
Tom Jelte Slagter
Garmin-Sharp
s.t.
122
Gavin Mannion
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
123
Blel Kadri
Ag2r - La Mondiale
s.t.
124
Manuele Boaro
Tinkoff Credits System
s.t.
125
Axel Domont
Ag2r - La Mondiale
s.t.
126
Martin Kohler
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
127
Elroy Elpers
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
128
André Fernando S.Martins Cardoso
Garmin-Sharp
s.t.
129
Brent Bookwalter
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
130
Jean-Christophe Péraud
Ag2r - La Mondiale
s.t.
131
Reto Hollenstein
IAM Cycling
s.t.
132
Laurent Didier
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
133
Damien Howson
Orica - GreenEDGE
s.t.
134
Juan Ernesto Chamorro Chitan
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
135
Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga
Movistar Team
s.t.
136
Ilia Koshevoy
Lampre - Colombia
s.t.
137
Christian Knees
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
138
Ivan Santaromita
Orica - GreenEDGE
s.t.
139
Tanner Putt
Orica - GreenEDGE
s.t.
140
Joshua Edmondson
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
141
Patrick Gretsch
Ag2r - La Mondiale
s.t.
142
Artem Ovechkin
RusVelo
s.t.
143
Nick Nuyens
Garmin-Sharp
s.t.
144
Kenny Elissonde
Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr
s.t.
145
Jesse Sergent
Trek Factory Racing
s.t.
146
Francis Mourey
Équipe Cycliste FDJ.fr
s.t.
147
Winner Andrew Anacona Gomez
Lampre - Colombia
s.t.
148
Alex Wohler
Orica - GreenEDGE
+ 11'03
149
Lieuwe Westra
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
Anther great victory for me and I can tell you that every time I raise my arms to the sky I enjoy it . I'm starting to enter the books now, I am with Tyler Farrar and Arnaud Demare the owner of the victory records on that race.
Once again the team did a great job to offer me the victory and a special thanks to John who gave me the final motivation boost 8 kilometers from the finish.
Tour de France 
John Degenkolb | Team Giant - Allianz
Tom Dumoulin | Team Giant - Allianz
Tour de Pologne 
Luca MEZGEC
Georg PREIDLER
AST), the profile was quite hilly but a sprint was the final outcome. I took an interesting 7th position in that stage.
IAM) was the fastest and in the mean time in was taking the leader jersey out of the shoulders of Alexey Lutsenko (
SKY) won this stage quite easily while I was taking the 9th position. We lost Georg in that stage, he crashed badly and he had to withdrew from the race.
TEL). In the last kilometers I used Sagan's splitstream (
PEP) and I won my first stage with the French Champion Jersey \o/.
GRS), Jelle Vanendert (
TFR), Luke Durbridge (
TCS), Sébastien Turgot (
What results for the team here!
MOV) at the front and we had to do the chase all by ourselves.
KAT) attacked. There was still 28 kilometers to go but considering the rider we could not let him go.
SKY), Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (
LAM) ended at the third position.
