Lesser known races results 2013

[Michele]

The CCN team has some 40s guys on its roster.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

The Tour de Brétagne-Trophée des Granitiers is going on this week, and is one of the best of the 2.2 races in Europe, drawing a solid field and providing some good racing. The key stages will be stages 3 and 4, which both finish on hilly circuits with an uphill rise to the finish, stage 6, a rolling 16km ITT, and stage 7, which features a final kilometre divided into 500m of steep ascent and 500m flat.

There are two ProContinental teams (Sojasun and, rather predictably, Brétagne-Séché Environment), and then an extensive list of foreign Continental teams (Dukla Praha and Etixx-Ihned from Czech Republic, Burgos-BH from Spain, Colombia es Pasión, Joker-Merida, Gourmetfein-Simplon, Raleigh, Ventilair-Steria, Thüringer Energie Team, and the development teams of Astana, Rabobank (yea, I know), Leopard Trek and Itera-Katyusha), along with a Venezuelan national team, and a selection of French amateur teams, mostly from Brétagne itself since the region is a very strong hub of French cycling (Brest-Iroise 2000, CC Nogent-sur-Oise, CC Étupes, Entente Sud-Gascogne, Armée de Terre, U-Nantes Atlantique, Vendée-U and a Bréton regional selection).

The first stage (over 166km from Sainte-Anne-d'Auray to Pluvignier) ended in a sprint, which was won by Louis Verhelst of Etixx-Ihned, the young Belgian managing a clear victory.

1 Louis Verhelst (Etixx-Ihned) 4'03'29
2 Jan Sokol (Gourmetfein-Simplon) +st
3 Timothy Dupont (Ventilair-Steria) +st
4 Juan Pablo Villegas (Colombia es Pasión) +st
5 Christophe Laborie (Sojasun) +st
6 Pablo Torres Muiño (Burgos-BH Castilla y León) +st
7 Eugenio Alafaci (Leopard Trek) +st
8 Marco Benfatto (Continental Team Astana) +st
9 Rick Zabel (Rabobank) +st
10 Lorenzo Manzin (U-Nantes Atlantique) +st

The second stage, from Ploemel to La Turballe over 174km, was a bit more active, with the bunch miscalculating and allowing the 2-man breakaway to duke out the stage. Nevertheless the bunch still had 100 riders in it so plenty of points on offer, and the gap isn't so huge it can't be taken back in a race like this. Rick Zabel was dropped and lost 5 minutes, however.

1 Riccardo Zoidl (Gourmetfein-Simplon) 3'50'14
2 Nicky van der Lijke (Rabobank) +5"
3 Marco Benfatto (Continental Team Astana) +53"
4 Lluís Mas Bonet (Burgos-BH Castilla y León) +st
5 Timothy Dupont (Ventilair-Steria) +st
6 Lorenzo Manzin (U-Nantes Atlantique) +st
7 Jan Sokol (Gourmetfein-Simplon) +st
8 Louis Verhelst (Etixx-Ihned) +st
9 Yoann Verardo (Entente Sud Gascogne) +st
10 Romain Cardis (Vendée-U) +st

Zoidl is quietly having a very fine year. He had some good performances in the medium mountains of Coppi e Bartali and was 5th in the GC, followed by victory in the Circuit des Ardennes, although the TTT did frame that. Gourmetfein have been picking up quite useful results all through the scene in northern Italy, Slovenia and the surrounding area.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

The CCN team has some 40s guys on its roster.

according to uci 12?

 

[Pentacycle]

according to uci 12?

He meant riders who are older than 40years

 

[Ruudz0r]

Does someone know a liveticker or where I can get some kind of updates about GP Industria & Artigianato?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Does someone know a liveticker or where I can get some kind of updates about GP Industria & Artigianato?

http://www.coveritlive.com/index2.php/option=com_altcaster/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=1381fe90b3/height=600/width=600

Race seems pretty lively, but all together right now.

about 75km to go so.

 

[Lupetto]

Riccardo Zoidl is the JTL of Austria.

 

[Ruudz0r]

http://www.coveritlive.com/index2.php/option=com_altcaster/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=1381fe90b3/height=600/width=600

Race seems pretty lively, but all together right now.

about 75km to go so.

Thanks a lot !

 

[roundabout]

Riccardo Zoidl is the JTL of Austria.

Hey.

Let's wait until he starts ridiculing more talented riders in good races before making such rash judgments.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Seems like a nice race: Situation with 15K to go

Santambrogio-Sinkewitz
Cummings+0.18
Di Luca+Gatto+Duarte+Pelizotti 0.28
Gruppo+1.00

 

[Netserk]

Di Luca showing his awesomeness immediately!

 

[TeoSheva]

10k to go, 12 sec for Santa e Sinke over Cummings

 

[Ruudz0r]

Sinkewitz has crashed so Santa is going to win it solo.

Di Luca and Pelizzoti are going for 2nd and 3rd it seems.

 

[Afrank]

Sinkewitz has crashed so Santa is going to win it solo.

Di Luca and Pelizzoti are going for 2nd and 3rd it seems.

Shame Sinkewitz wasn't able to contend, but it's about time Santambrogio got himself a win. He deserves one.

 

[will10]

A Sinkewitz Di Luca Pellizotti podium sure would've been something.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Somehow Sinkewitz still got in 2nd. Gatto 3rd.

 

[Afrank]

1. Mauro Santambrogio
2. Patrik Sinkewitz
3. Oscar Gatto
4. Ivan Rovny
5. Andrea Fedi
6. Franco Pellizotti
7. Quintero
8. Manuel Francesco Bongiorno
9. Jackson Rodriguez
10. Danilo Di Luca

Not too bad for Di Luca considering this is his first race of the year.

 

[Ferminal]

Farnese trifecta!

 

[Netserk]

Vini Fantini ready for Il Giro

 

[Dazed and Confused]

1. Mauro Santambrogio
2. Patrik Sinkewitz
3. Oscar Gatto
4. Ivan Rovny
5. Andrea Fedi
6. Franco Pellizotti
7. Quintero
8. Manuel Francesco Bongiorno
9. Jackson Rodriguez
10. Danilo Di Luca

Not too bad for Di Luca considering this is his first race of the year.

lets just say the Italians appear to be ready for the Giro.

Fedi grabbing a nice placement.

 

[Pentacycle]

Farnese trifecta!

Sinke rides at Meridiana.

 

[jens_attacks]

vini fantini storming. as expecte danilo is in good form, he did the pace for santa on the last climb

mauro was lucky i think that sinkewitz crashed otherwise he would have been second again. delfino there too,great level

 

[Pentacycle]

lets just say the Italians appear to be ready for the Giro.

Fedi grabbing a nice placement.

And a Colombia rider in the top 10

 

[Ruudz0r]

vini fantini storming. as expecte danilo is in good form, he did the pace for santa on the last climb

mauro was lucky i think that sinkewitz crashed otherwise he would have been second again. delfino there too,great level

Dont think so, Santa is faster then Sinki normally and I dont think Sinki could ride away from him.

 

[RHRH19861986]

Dont think so, Santa is faster then Sinki normally and I dont think Sinki could ride away from him.

That would have been extremely tight between Santambrogio and Sinkewitz... Autumn 2010, in Romagna, Pozzovivo had no chance against Sinke.
Santambrogio is a lot faster in sprints than Pozzo...

I think, not regarding tiredness and race development, Sinkewitz would have had realistic chances to win this today.

Good to see him having secured second, at least, though.

Di Luca tenth is, ofc, a good sign.

Tomorrow Giro Toscana 1.1, then Giro for him. A Giro with two race days in his legs, that´s not much, but OK. Did he do some other racing this spring, amateur/elite level?