Lesser known races results 2014

[Dazed and Confused]

They couldn't find a more dangerous finish line?

I see no problem. Riders need to read the road book and adjust for it.
Many crashes happen on flat, straight open roads.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

La Drôme Classic 2014 (1.1)

1 Romain Bardet (AG2R)
2 Sébastien Delfosse (Wallonie-Bruxelles)
3 Gianni Meersman (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
4 Michel Kreder (Wanty)
5 Armindo Fonseca (Bretagne-Séché)
6 Mikael Chérel (AG2R)
7 Jan Bakelants (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
8 Warren Barguil (Giant-Shimano)
9 Philippe Gilbert (BMC)
10 Pierick Fédrigo (FDJ)
11 Riccardo Zoidl (Trek)
12 Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)

Race action seemed very dynamic.

Break won.

Would be interested in highlight package if found.

 

[trevim]

Classica de Almeria 1.1

1º Bennet 4:21:33
2º Lobato m.t.
3º Vigano m.t.
4º Ventoso m.t.
5º Poulhies m.t.
6º Rojas m.t.
7º Matysiak
8º Maté
9º Machado
10º Rebellin

Machado is on fire...lead out man for Bennet?

 

[trevim]

1 Romain Bardet (AG2R)
2 Sébastien Delfosse (Wallonie-Bruxelles)
3 Gianni Meersman (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
4 Michel Kreder (Wanty)
5 Armindo Fonseca (Bretagne-Séché)
6 Mikael Chérel (AG2R)
7 Jan Bakelants (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
8 Warren Barguil (Giant-Shimano)
9 Philippe Gilbert (BMC)
10 Pierick Fédrigo (FDJ)
11 Riccardo Zoidl (Trek)
12 Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)

Race action seemed very dynamic.

Break won.

Would be interested in highlight package if found.

Maaskant in the top20 as well. His best result since 2011. Will UHC ride some of the cobbled classics?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Maaskant in the top20 as well. His best result since 2011. Will UHC ride some of the cobbled classics?

I can see DDV, E3, Panne, Schelde on their schedule.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Classica de Almeria 1.1

1º Bennet 4:21:33
2º Lobato m.t.
3º Vigano m.t.
4º Ventoso m.t.
5º Poulhies m.t.
6º Rojas m.t.
7º Matysiak
8º Maté
9º Machado
10º Rebellin

Machado is on fire...lead out man for Bennet?

As I was saying yesterday, Net App have to be feeling pretty good about their new signings so far. Great to see Bennett get the win.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

I can see DDV, E3, Panne, Schelde on their schedule.

They have an invite for Paris Roubaix

 

[trevim]

They have an invite for Paris Roubaix

I can see DDV, E3, Panne, Schelde on their schedule.

Then I guess Masskant will be their leader although a top 20 in those will probably be too much considering the horrendous past seasons.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Bennett's Almeria win was from a selection of roughly 20 riders, and he had a big margin in the sprint. Being able to handle hills is a big advantage for a sprinter.

Edited to add: mow that I think about it, I wonder where the group went away. It was made up of guys who can climb, but I thought that Almeria's climbing ends with about 50km to go. Odd.

 

[roundabout]

the wind broke it up according to the biciciclismo ticker

had a giggle at movistar's finest finishers ending up 2-4-6, but maybe Bennett was simply faster

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

the wind broke it up according to the biciciclismo ticker

had a giggle at movistar's finest finishers ending up 2-4-6, but maybe Bennett was simply faster

It's quite an odd selection to end up in front in the wind, in fact it looks like a hilly lead group, but I suppose it wasn't exactly a field full of big lumps from the Low Countries.

I wouldn't be too hard on Movistar, after all, Net App also had four riders in the group and from photos it looks like Bennett had a big winning margin. That said, if you are one of Movistar's sprinters and you had Quintana and Valverde doing pulls for you, it has to be a little embarrassing to get beaten.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Then I guess Masskant will be their leader although a top 20 in those will probably be too much considering the horrendous past seasons.

Personally don't think they should go for a placement. Hit the breaks instead.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

1 Romain Bardet (AG2R)
2 Sébastien Delfosse (Wallonie-Bruxelles)
3 Gianni Meersman (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
4 Michel Kreder (Wanty)
5 Armindo Fonseca (Bretagne-Séché)
6 Mikael Chérel (AG2R)
7 Jan Bakelants (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
8 Warren Barguil (Giant-Shimano)
9 Philippe Gilbert (BMC)
10 Pierick Fédrigo (FDJ)
11 Riccardo Zoidl (Trek)
12 Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)

Race action seemed very dynamic.

Break won.

Would be interested in highlight package if found.

15 minutes of highlights.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1e67dt_boucles-drome-ardeche-2014-etape-2_sport

Very strong performance by Bardet.

 

[Rui Quinta]

Movistar had 4 men at 400m to go and lost. How not to do:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAyMeI0ePg

 

[roundabout]

Dodgy coverage with the camera switch, but it seems that Ventoso didn't go all out after Rojas pulled off which allowed Bennett to get a jump.

Thank you for the link.

Edit: Ventoso may also have blocked Lobato.

 

[trevim]

Personally don't think they should go for a placement. Hit the breaks instead.

Oh well sometimes those things come hand by hand.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Oh well sometimes those things come hand by hand.

Rarely on the cobbles, but I get you point:
9 GARCíA ETXEGIBEL Egoitz Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 9 26 ,,

 

[search]

that result is not a fluke though, he was 10th in Het Nieuwsblad as well last year, which was way harder than this year's edition, he clearly is the best spanish cobbles rider now that Flecha has retired

 

[Dazed and Confused]

that result is not a fluke though, he was 10th in Het Nieuwsblad as well last year, which was way harder than this year's edition, he clearly is the best spanish cobbles rider now that Flecha has retired

Don't think he was a fluke either, just pointing out its possible to get a good placement while being in the break all day...

 

[trevim]

that result is not a fluke though, he was 10th in Het Nieuwsblad as well last year, which was way harder than this year's edition, he clearly is the best spanish cobbles rider now that Flecha has retired

I think that Jon Izaguirre would be the best spanish cobbles rider if he focused on it. At this moment maybe Egoitz is though.

 

[search]

Don't think he was a fluke either, just pointing out its possible to get a good placement while being in the break all day...

ah, okay, was he? I thought he attacked later on, with Terpstra and so on

 

[Dazed and Confused]

ah, okay, was he? I thought he attacked later on, with Terpstra and so on

Could be the later move. Not sure.
Anyway no fluke.

 

[happytramp]

Really strong start to the Season by Bennett. I suspect he's going to be winning a lot in future. Sprinters who can climb always do.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Movistar had 4 men at 400m to go and lost. How not to do:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAyMeI0ePg

Yes, there was a really terrible moment as Bennett was just starting to come around where the three remaining Movistars bunched up entirely. A terrible end to a race they had dominated until then, setting a strong pace up the climbs and then ripping the remnants of the field apart in the wind. That said, Bennett won by two bike lengths, so none of them probably had the speed anyway.

Bennett said afterwards that he muscled in on their train well before he kicked because he was afraid they were going to deliberately let a wheel go.

 

[VeloHuman]

I'm hoping Bennett gets some more opportunities to take on the bigger names. He's had a great start to the year.