Lesser known race results 2012

[Zam_Olyas]

 

[dlwssonic]

Adam blythe wins the first stage in paris-corrèze!

Result
1 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team 4:03:51
2 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
3 Kevyn Ista (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda
4 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1-Sanofi
5 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) RusVelo
6 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) La Pomme Marseille
7 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Endura Racing
8 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
9 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1-Sanofi
10 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat

 

[roundabout]

I see that Elissonde has won the second stage of Paris-Corrèze

Egoitz Garcia finished second and wins the overall.

 

[will10]

Adam blythe wins the first stage in paris-corrèze!

Result
1 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team 4:03:51
2 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
3 Kevyn Ista (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda
4 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1-Sanofi
5 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) RusVelo
6 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) La Pomme Marseille
7 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Endura Racing
8 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
9 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1-Sanofi
10 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat

Obviously inspired by Lizzie

 

[Flamin]

Paris-Corrèze (2.1)

Classement de la 2e étape :
1 ELISSONDE Kenny FDJ-Big Mat FRA les 170.2 km en 04h22'23'' (moy. 38.92 km/h)
2 GARCIA Egoitz Cofidis Le Crédit en Ligne ESP '
3 TSCHOPP Johann BMC Racing Team SUI 09''
4 BONNAFOND Guillaume AG2R la Mondiale FRA '
5 KLOSTERGAARD Larsen Kasper Team Saxo Bank DEN 15''
6 LEMOINE Cyril Saur-Sojasun FRA 20''
7 JEROME Vincent Team Europcar FRA 01'25''
8 HABEAUX Grégory Accent Jobs-Willems Veranda` BEL '
9 VACHON Florian Bretagne-Schuller FRA 01'53''
10 JOERGENSEN Jonas Aaen Team Saxo Bank DEN '

First professional victory for the youngster.


Classement général final :
1 GARCIA Egoitz COF ESP 08h26'14''
2 BONNAFOND Guillaume ALM FRA 08h26'23'' 09''
3 TSCHOPP Johann BMC SUI 08h26'23'' '
4 KLOSTERGAARD Larsen Kasper SAX DEN 08h26'29'' 15''
5 LEMOINE Cyril SAU FRA 08h26'34'' 20''
6 JEROME Vincent EUC FRA 08h27'39'' 01'25''
7 HABEAUX Grégory ACC BEL 08h27'39'' '
8 JOERGENSEN Jonas Aaen SAX DEN 08h28'07'' 01'53''
9 VACHON Florian BSC FRA 08h28'07'' '
10 BODROGI Laszlo TT1 FRA 08h28'13'' 01'59''

Elissonde lost 10 minutes yesterday, so nowhere in gc.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Elissonde obviously likes the start of August. I remember he performed quite well at Burgos last year.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Mi-Aôut en Bretagne (2.2)
stage 1:

1. David Veilleux (Europcar)
2. Björn Thurau (Europcar)
3. Alexandre Blain (Endura)

 

[Ferminal]

Europcar'd ?

 

[Wigwan]

Mi-Aôut en Bretagne (2.2)
stage 1:

1. David Veilleux (Europcar)
2. Björn Thurau (Europcar)
3. Alexandre Blain (Endura)

Veilleux will manage at least one top 10 in the two Canadian races in september.

 

[Arnout]

Giro delle Valli Cuneesi
stage 4:

No big changes at the final MTF.

1 69 ITA19910627 577844S VILLELLA Davide U 91 ITA COL TEAM COLPACK 3:31'30 0
2 6 ITA19880622 480217Z BENEDETTI Luca E 88 ITA BED BEDOGNI/ANICO/NATA 3:31'30 0
3 36 ITA1900901 639963F BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel U 90 ITA HOP HOPPLA'-VEGA-TRUCK 3:31'30 0
4 74 ITA19871217 469949P TEDESCHI Mirko E 87 ITA IDE TEAM IDEA 2010 ASD 3:31'30 0
5 48 ITA19890802 613669N DI FRANCESCO Gian Marco E 89 ITA MOT MONTURANO-CIVITANO 3:31'30 0
6 77 ITA19880128 587229U FACCHINI Patrick E 88 ITA CAS TEAM M.I. IMPIANTI 3:31'30 0
7 41 ITA19930330 892969U CONTI Valerio U2 93 ITA MAS MASTROMARCO CHIANT 3:31'30 0
8 64 ITA19880828 594263V MARCHETTI Alessio E 88 ITA CER TEAM CERONE RODMAN 3:31'30 0
9 70 ITA19891102 813338T ZARDINI Edoardo E 89 ITA COL TEAM COLPACK 3:31'30 0
10 19 ITA19901011 617062V TALIANI Alessio U 90 ITA MAT FUTURA TEAM MATRIC 3:31'30 0

Final GC:

1 70 ITA19891102 813338T ZARDINI Edoardo E 89 ITA COL TEAM COLPACK 11:08'15 0
2 6 ITA19880622 480217Z BENEDETTI Luca E 88 ITA BED BEDOGNI/ANICO/NATA 11:08'31 16
3 36 ITA1900901 639963F BONGIORNO Francesco Manuele U 90 ITA HOP HOPPLA'-VEGA-TRUCK 11:08'32 17
4 69 ITA19910627 577844S VILLELLA Davide U 91 ITA COL TEAM COLPACK 11:08'59 44
5 77 ITA19880128 587229U FACCHINI Patrick E 88 ITA CAS TEAM M.I. IMPIANTI 11:09'05 50
6 19 ITA19901011 617062V TALIANI Alessio U 90 ITA MAT FUTURA TEAM MATRIC 11:09'39 1'24
7 40 ITA19920210 773308V MANFREDI Andrea U 92 ITA HOP HOPPLA'-VEGA-TRUCK 11:10'22 2'07
8 48 ITA19890802 613669N DI FRANCESCO Gian Marco E 89 ITA MOT MONTURANO-CIVITANO 11:10'40 2'25
9 53 ITA19870421 681257E PICHETTA Ricardo E 87 ITA MON MONVISO - VENEZIA 11:10'58 2'43
10 74 ITA19871217 469949P TEDESCHI Mirko E 87 ITA IDE TEAM IDEA 2010 ASD 11:11'24 3'09

What level is this? I don't recognize any of the names, apart form Zardini whom I came across in another result a while ago. But looking at the website of the race, the course was quite interesting.

 

[jens_attacks]

didn't see it here:

4ª etapa de la Vuelta a León,finish on Pajares

1º 32 DUEÑAS, Moises ESP BURGOS BH-Castilla y 4:36:16 10"
2º 23 VALLEJO, Angel ESP Supermercados FROIZ a 18 6"
3º 96 DURAN, Arkaitz ESP AZYSA TELCO'M-CONOR a 18 4"
4º 81 BELYKH, Sergei RUS LOKOSPHINX a 18
5º 13 TIERNAN, Jonathan GBR ENDURA RACING a 19
6º 61 BELDA, Jose ESP GSPORT-VAL.TERRA Y M a 19
7º 55 MERINO, Pedro ESP GIOS-DEYSER LEON a 26
8º 161 CHUZDHA, Oleg UKR Mutua LEVANTE-Cafe M a 40
9º 42 GALTA, Fredrik NOR OSTERHUS-RIDLEY a 47
10º 142 LILL, Darren RSA TEAM BONITAS a 47

General

1º 61 BELDA, Jose ESP GSPORT-VAL.TERRA Y M 16:46:03
2º 23 VALLEJO, Angel ESP Supermercados FROIZ a 01:14
3º 81 BELYKH, Sergei RUS LOKOSPHINX a 01:18
4º 32 DUEÑAS, Moises ESP BURGOS BH-Castilla y a 02:14
5º 73 JANSSENS, Jimmy BEL LOTTO-BELISOL a 02:32
6º 13 TIERNAN, Jonathan GBR ENDURA RACING a 02:43
7º 161 CHUZDHA, Oleg UKR Mutua LEVANTE-Cafe M a 02:46
8º 52 ROVIRA, Jaume ESP GIOS-DEYSER LEON a 03:16
9º 96 DURAN, Arkaitz ESP AZYSA TELCO'M-CONOR a 03:18
10º 24 GARCIA, Raul ESP Supermercados FROIZ a 04:02

first victory for duenas after coming back at pros...
JTL tired i guess

 

[Arnout]

Duran is having a storming season as well, really deserves a second chance in at least a ProContinental team. Still only 26.

 

[janraaskalt]

What level is this? I don't recognize any of the names, apart form Zardini whom I came across in another result a while ago. But looking at the website of the race, the course was quite interesting.

Highest Italian non-pro level. Actually this is one of the races just below the Giro Bio and Valle d'Aosta.
Guys like Villella and Bongiorno will go pro eventually. Facchini and Tedeschi have been stagiaire last year. The youngsters Manfredi and Conti you'll get to know soon.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

GP Camaiore (1.1)

1. Johan Esteban Chaves (Colombia Coldeportes)
2. Sergei Chernetckii (Itera Katusha)
3. Franco Pellizotti (Androni-Venezuela)
4. Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago CSF)
5. Emanuele Sella (Androni-Venezuela)
6. Danilo Di Luca (Acqua & Sapone) 15"
7. Jure Kocjan (Team Type 1)
8. Alexander Rybakov (Itera Katusha)
9. Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Androni-Venezuela)
10. Davide Mucelli (Utensilnord)

 

[Michele]

Personally not a big fan of Androni but they are ever present.
Kudos to them.

 

[daveinzambia]

Been off the grid for a while but some updates from some 2.2 races last week

in Vuelta Ciclista Leon, the JTL train has finally come to a stop. missing a crucial break early in the race he is now 2 minutes down overall

on stage 4 most of the big players seem to have come to the fore. the stage was won by Duenas and moved him up to 4th overall. then we had a group of 5 at 18 seconds including Vallejo, Belykh, Belda and JTL. so no real changes on GC with JTL sitting in 5th but over 2 minutes down.

In Romanias Szeklerland tour we have had 2 stages. the first was a team time trial which was won by RC Arbo Wels Gourmetfein by 1 second over Brandenburg. more familiar names with ISD Lampre, SP Tableware and Tusnad filling the next 3 slots but all losing 40-50 seconds.

second stage was an interesting one with ISD making a massive breakaway that it appears no one else could chase down. going to try and find a report as all i know is we had 3 riders come in 5 minutes up on the rest of the field. 2 ISD riders, Pakhtusov and Popkov finishing just ahead of Marin from Gourmetfein. Now Gourmetfeins win in the previous TTT means Marin has a 41 second lead overall with no one else in sight.

Finally in Brittany we have the Mi-Août a Brittany. Again Endura are taking part along with Europcar

The french team dominated the first stage with David Veilleux winning by 57 seconds from team mate Thurau. Blain from Endura got 3rd. only 6 riders finished within 3 minutes of Veilleux who may well have GC sewn up already

Stage 2 was a closer affair and saw Ian Bibby from Endura take the win.

 

[daveinzambia]

in Romania, two stage wins for Kvasina gets him best of the rest, but still nearly 4 minutes down on the top 3 that had GC wrapped up after stage 2.

in that separate little battle it was the ISD guys who came out on top with Popkov taking the overall by 22 seconds ahead of team mate Pakhtusov and 46 ahead of Marin.

no final result for stage 5 and the overall in Leon. however have seen that a break of 12 contested the stage. none affected the overall. Louis Meintjes was in there but unfortunately came 12th. Richard Handley from Rapha took the win. Overall went to Belda.

stage 3 in Brittany was Fabien Schmidt from Ian Bibby. Stage 4 no full result but confirmation Veilleux took the overall win. After some digging have seen that Marcel Meisen took the sprint on the final stage from Downing.

 

[will10]

Kristof Vandewalle new Belgian champion TT. Ben Hermans 2nd, Philippe Gilbert 3th, Thomas De Gendt 4th and Bille 5th

 

[CasperVg]

Kristof Vandewalle new Belgian champion TT. Ben Hermans 2nd, Philippe Gilbert 3th, Thomas De Gendt 4th and Bille 5th

First reaction to Kristof Vandewalle winning it. "Lol, where'd he come from". He isn't that bad of at ITT though, upon closer inspection of his CQ points, but normally I'd expect Monfort and/or De Gendt to finish ahead of him anytime. Maybe the wind or rain conditions changed during the race? No good way of knowing, since for some reason the Nats ITT isn't broadcasted anywhere in Belgium afaik

5th in Romandie prologue 2012 (ahead of Wiggins, Zabriskie, Froome, Larsson, etc)
139th Vuelta ITT (Salamanca) 2011
11th Belgian ITT 2011 (not that they mean much)
58th TdSuisse ITT 2011
13th Giro ITT (Milano) 2011
6th Belgian ITT 2010
11th Bayern Rundfarth ITT 2010 (not that that means much, Anton was 13th, for example)

 

[Ruudz0r]

Dont think Monfort was participating, and De Gendt in 1 day races isnt really a sure bet, he can be good but he can also easely disappoint.

 

[CasperVg]

Dont think Monfort was participating, and De Gendt in 1 day races isnt really a sure bet, he can be good but he can also easely disappoint.

Monfort was definitely participating (but apparently finished out of top 5 then?). Translated quote from Sporza interview:

"I doubted my participation at first. I want to do well at la Vuelta, that starts on Saturday. There is not much time in between. But when I saw the parcours, I decided to go. It should suit me quite well".

 

[CasperVg]

Official results are in. Kristof VdW had quite the advantage in the end. Rosseler (20th at 6min) with a really bad time, not sure if he had technical problems or crashed, but if not I don't think he'll be selected for the Worlds TTT like he wants to be/Vaughters hired him for. Devolder DNF, apparently gave up mid-race, at this rate his 2012 season will be worse than 2011. Also Monfort saving himself for the Vuelta? If not his performance was not exactly good

1. Kristof Vandewalle 41,4 km in 56'07"
2. Ben Hermans op 48"
3. Philippe Gilbert 1'09"
4. Thomas De Gendt 1'50"
5. Gaëtan Bille 1'56"
6. Maxime Monfort 2'16"
7. Kevin De Jonghe 2'53"
8. Jan Ghyselinck 2'56" .
9. Jelle Wallays 2'59"
10. Julien Vermote 3'23"
11. Olivier Kaisen 3'34"
12. Arthur Vanoverberghe 3'47"
13. Tim Wellens 3'52"
14. Pieter Jacobs 4'15"
15. Dominique Cornu 4'38"
16. Guillaume Van Keirsbulck 4'49"
17. Quentin Bertholet 5'33"
18. Jonathan Breyne 6'06"
19. Jonathan Dufrasne 6'34"
20. Sébastien Rosseler 6'36"
DNF Stijn Devolder

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

lol @ devolder

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Dutch Food Valley Classic (1.1)

1. Theo Bos (Rabobank)
2. Peter Sagan (Liquigas Cannondale)
3. Mark Renshaw (Rabobank)

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Châteauroux Classic de l´Indre Trophée Fenioux (1.1)

1 Rafael Andriato (Farnese Vini-Selle Italia)
2 Yauheni Hutarovich (FDJ BigMat)
3 Yohann Gene (Team Europcar)
4 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Saxo Bank-Bank Tinkoff)
5 Evaldas Siskevicius ( La Pomme Marseille)

First time since 2007 that Anthony Ravard hasn't been on the podium.