Lesser known races results 2014

[Libertine Seguros]

Vuelta a la Rioja (1.1):

Something of an easier parcours than previous years, which is reflected in the final result being something of a sprint. Both of the notable climbs are in the Rioja Álavesa, a part of Araba (País Vasco). Startlist very similar to that for the GP Miguelón.

1 Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge) AUS 3'54'34
2 Francesco Lasca (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) ITA
3 Carlos Barbero (Euskadi) ESP
4 Vicente García de Mateos Rubio (Louletano-Dunas Douradas) ESP
5 Sergey Shilov (LokoSphinx) RUS
6 Jorge Martín Montenegro (Louletano-Dunas Douradas) ARG
7 Evgeny Shalunov (LokoSphinx) RUS
8 Brett Lancaster (Orica-GreenEdge) AUS
9 Pablo Lastras (Movistar) ESP
10 Ion Aberasturi (Euskadi) ESP

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Circuit Cycliste Sarthe - Pays de la Loire 2014 (2.1)

Stage 1 in progress now:

Some of the riders involved:
BOUHANNI Nacer
FRANK Mathias.
COQUARD Bryan
NIZZOLO Giacomo
VOECKLER Thomas
LOBATO Juan Jose
SIMON Julien
VENTOSO Fran
VANDEWALLE Kristof
GESLIN Anthony
NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas
DENNIS Rohan
TSATEVICH Alexey
MACHADO Tiago
HAAS Nathan

Startlist: http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Circuit_Cycliste_Sarthe_Pays_de_la_Loire_2014-Startlist

Official race site: http://circuitcycliste.sarthe.com/
Ticker: http://circuitcycliste.sarthe.com/mobile/directSite.php

After 80km, gap about 5 minutes

D. QUINTERO (114 - COL)
T. SPRENGERS (154 - TSV)
M. MINNAARD (162 - WGG)

 

[Dazed and Confused]

46km to go, 2:35-ish

Bounhanni vs Coquard on the cards

 

[Dazed and Confused]

46km to go, 2:35-ish

Bounhanni vs Coquard on the cards

Nacer takes the win.

1 BOUHANNI Nacer [www.procyclingstats.com] FDJ.fr 16 20
2 NIZZOLO Giacomo Trek Factory Racing 11 12
3 LOBATO Juan Jose Movistar Team 6 7
4 COQUARD Bryan Team Europcar 5 5
5 HAAS Nathan [www.procyclingstats.com] Garmin Sharp 4 4

More pictures here: http://circuitcycliste.sarthe.com/Actus.asp?seg=100&rub=190&id=3677&CodeLangue=1#

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Sarthe.....

Stage 2:

Morning stage before TT in the afternoon. 9:40am (CEST).

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Jonas Ahlstrand (Giant) wins the bunch sprint on stage 2a. Great for the young Swede!

 

[trevim]

Jonas Ahlstrand (Giant) wins the bunch sprint on stage 2a. Great for the young Swede!

I love the fact that everyone in Giant can win bunch sprints. They're like another version of HTC where 6/7 riders can win bunch sprints

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Jonas Ahlstrand (Giant) wins the bunch sprint on stage 2a. Great for the young Swede!

Top 5:

1 Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Team Giant-Shimano
2 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Esp) Movistar Team
3 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr
4 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement

TT starts around 15:00 today.

The sprint:

 

[classicomano]

Is JJ Lobato gonna be the successor of JJ Rojas?

 

[De Snelle Duif]

Is JJ Lobato gonna be the successor of JJ Rojas?

I always consider both of them as the same cyclist

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Sarthe.....

Stage 3, the TT

1 DOWSETT Alex [www.procyclingstats.com] Movistar Team 20 -
2 DENNIS Rohan Garmin Sharp 12 ,,
3 GERARD Arnaud Bretagne - Séché Environnement 7 ,,

Awaiting GC situation....

 

[Cyivel]

Stage 3, the TT

1 DOWSETT Alex [www.procyclingstats.com] Movistar Team 20 -
2 DENNIS Rohan Garmin Sharp 12 ,,
3 GERARD Arnaud Bretagne - Séché Environnement 7 ,,

Awaiting GC situation....

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Good ride by Dowsett:

GC is wide open. All to play for.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Sarthe...

Stage 4, probably decisive:

Will start 10:50 (CEST), Thursday.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 4, probably decisive:

Will start 10:50 (CEST), Thursday.

About 50km to go, gap 2:40

Daniel OSS (86 – BMC), M. MINNAARD (162 - Wanty- Groupe Gobert) et M. SCHWARZMANN (136 - Netapp Endura)

On the circuit now, this break will come to an end shortly.

Frank or Voeckler FTW.

Ticker: http://circuitcycliste.sarthe.com/mobile/directSite.php

 

[Cyivel]

Sarthe - 4th stage


1 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas
2 SIMON Julien
3 ROUX Anthony

Navardauskas takes GC lead as well

 

[De Snelle Duif]

MTN-Qhubeka, as the only Procontinental team to compete, are almost completely owning the Mzansi Tour:

Team Prologue (5km):
1. Rapha Condor 06:37 45.340
2. MTN-Qhubeka 0:04 44.888
3. Synergy Baku 0:05 44.776
4. Africa Mixed Team 0:10 44.226
5. Rad-Net Rose Team 0:13 43.902

Stage 1: Golden Gate-Clarens (140,3km of hilly terrain with a steepish finish)
1 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques MTN - Qhubeka 3:11:11
2 HANDLEY Richard Rapha Condor JLT 0:13
3 PASIO Carl South Africa ,,
4 KUDUS Merhawi MTN - Qhubeka 1:33
5 TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel MTN - Qhubeka 1:40
6 EYOB Metkel Africa Mixed Team 1:42
7 OKUBAMARIAM Issak Tesfom Africa Mixed Team ,,
8 GIRDLESTONE Dylan Team Bonitas ,,
9 MEINTJES Louis MTN - Qhubeka ,,
10 BUCHMANN Emanuel Rad-Net Rose Team ,,

Stage 2: Clarens-Golden Gate (159km with a MTF)
1 MEINTJES Louis MTN - Qhubeka 3:46:08
2 KUDUS Merhawi MTN - Qhubeka 0:45
3 TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel MTN - Qhubeka 0:50
4 CARTHY Hugh Rapha Condor JLT 0:52
5 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques MTN - Qhubeka 0:59

 

[pastronef]

Sarthe - 4th stage


1 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas
2 SIMON Julien
3 ROUX Anthony

Navardauskas takes GC lead as well

oh yesss! after Haas and Dennis with 2 second places, the honey badger brings home a win for Garmin

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Sarthe - 4th stage


1 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas
2 SIMON Julien
3 ROUX Anthony

Navardauskas takes GC lead as well

The winner:

More pictures here: http://circuitcycliste.sarthe.com/Actus.asp?Annee=2014&seg=100&rub=130&id=3942#

 

[Wallenquist]

One of the most underrated guys in peleton. Great win!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Sarthe.....

One of the most underrated guys in peleton. Great win!

Who is underrating him? Anyway he should wrap up the GC here.

Current GC:

1 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin Sharp 11:55:54
2 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin Sharp 0:00:17
3 Anthony Roux (Fra) Fdj.fr 0:00:18
4 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
5 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement 0:00:22
6 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement
7 Mathias Frank (SUI) IAM Cycling 0:00:27
8 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 0:00:30
9 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Esp) Movistar Team
10 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing 0:00:32
11 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:00:36
12 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:00:40
13 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp - Endura 0:00:43

Last stage, number 5:

Can anybody get away from Garmin on this stage? Time will tell.

 

[del1962]

Who is underrating him? Anyway he should wrap up the GC here.

Current GC:

1 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin Sharp 11:55:54
2 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin Sharp 0:00:17
3 Anthony Roux (Fra) Fdj.fr 0:00:18
4 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
5 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement 0:00:22
6 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement
7 Mathias Frank (SUI) IAM Cycling 0:00:27
8 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 0:00:30
9 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Esp) Movistar Team
10 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing 0:00:32
11 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:00:36
12 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:00:40
13 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp - Endura 0:00:43

Last stage, number 5:

Can anybody get away from Garmin on this stage? Time will tell.

Nice to see Axel Domont win todays stage.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Nice to see Axel Domont win todays stage.

I just can't get used to seeing Ag2r actually win regularly.

 

[del1962]

I just can't get used to seeing Ag2r actually win regularly.

I have a vested interest, he is in my CQ team, so I look out for his results

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Who is underrating him? Anyway he should wrap up the GC here.

Current GC:

1 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin Sharp 11:55:54
2 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin Sharp 0:00:17
3 Anthony Roux (Fra) Fdj.fr 0:00:18
4 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
5 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement 0:00:22
6 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement
7 Mathias Frank (SUI) IAM Cycling 0:00:27
8 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 0:00:30
9 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Esp) Movistar Team
10 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing 0:00:32
11 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:00:36
12 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:00:40
13 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp - Endura 0:00:43

Last stage, number 5:

Can anybody get away from Garmin on this stage? Time will tell.

Expanding a bit.

Stage result:
1 DOMONT Axel [www.procyclingstats.com] AG2R La Mondiale 16 20 4:32:01
2 TULIK Angelo Team Europcar 11 12 0:03
3 GESLIN Anthony FDJ.fr 6 7 ,,
4 LARSSON Gustav Erik IAM Cycling 5 5 ,,
5 LAENGEN Vegard Stake [www.procyclingstats.com] Bretagne - Séché Environnement 4 4 ,,
6 BOUHANNI Nacer FDJ.fr 2 3 0:08

A solo win for Dumont. He was part of a break but accelerated away. Nacer won the bunch sprint.

Final GC:
1 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas [www.procyclingstats.com] Garmin Sharp 80 100 16:28:03
2 DENNIS Rohan Garmin Sharp 56 70 0:14
3 SIMON Julien Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 32 50 0:17
4 ROUX Anthony FDJ.fr 24 36 0:18
5 DELAPLACE Anthony [www.procyclingstats.com] Bretagne - Séché Environnement 20 28 0:22
6 GERARD Arnaud Bretagne - Séché Environnement 16 24 ,,
7 FRANK Mathias IAM Cycling 12 20 0:27
8 CUMMINGS Stephen BMC Racing Team 8 18 0:30
9 HERRADA Jesús Movistar Team 7 16 ,,
10 FELLINE Fabio [www.procyclingstats.com] Trek Factory Racing 6 14 0:32

The boys from Garmin dominated.