Thüringen-Rundfahrt U23 (08.06.-15.06.)

[Phil13]

Thats the mountain sprint.

Its gonna be a very close finish.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Why should he lose time tomorrow? Its an relatively easy stage.

Sorry, I mean the ITT.

The stage is not over yet, that was the last KOM.

 

[Phil13]

1. 71 Alaphilippe, Julian ETI
2. 81 Yates, Simon GBR
3. 51 Herklotz, Silvio * TST

They caught him in the final kilometer.

But Herklotz takes the yellow jersey

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Three great riders.

Kudos to CrazyCall. He... called it.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Julian Alaphilippe for the win today

It sounded crazy, but it was a solid call.

 

[CraZyCaLL]

Three great riders.

Kudos to CrazyCall. He... called it.

It was easy actually. This stage suits him perfectly

 

[theyoungest]

Silvio Herklotz really seems to 'have it', including a great name. If BMC finally want to sign a good talent, rather than an overrated one, maybe they should pick him.

 

[WKA311]

Silvio Herklotz really seems to 'have it', including a great name. If BMC finally want to sign a good talent, rather than an overrated one, maybe they should pick him.

Completely agree with you, but i hope he will not go to BMC when he decides to step up.
Few days ago he extended his contract with Stöltig till the end of 2015.

 

[Ruudz0r]

1. 71 Alaphilippe, Julian ETI
2. 81 Yates, Simon GBR
3. 51 Herklotz, Silvio * TST

They caught him in the final kilometer.

But Herklotz takes the yellow jersey

3 really talented guys Alaphille comming from the cross and he has been strong all year long. Yates comming from the track he also is having a good season. And Herklotz just no words.

 

[theyoungest]

Stage

1 71 FRA19920611 Alaphilippe, Julian ETI Et
ixx-
Ihned 03.44.51 00.00
2 81 GBR19920807 Yates, Simon GBR Nati
onalt.G 03.44.55 00.04
3 51 GER19940506 *Herklotz, Silvio STG St
ölting Ru 03
.44.57 00.06
4 93 NED19920615 van der Poel, David BKP BK
CP-
Powerp 03.45.05 00.14
5 31 DEN19920211 Hansen, Lasse Norman DEN Nati
onaltea 03.45.05 00.14
6 75 AUS19920416 Spokes, Samuel ETI Et
ixx-
Ihned 03.45.05 00.14
7 14 NED19910923 van der Lijke, Nick RB3 Rabo
bank De 03.45.05 00.14
8 55 GER19920408 Mager, Christian STG Stöl
ting Ru 03.45.05 00.14
9 53 GER19911005 Werda, Maximilian STG Stöl
ting Ru 03.45.05 00.14
10 133 AUT19931223 *Großschartner, Felix AUT Nat
ionalt.Ö 03.45.05 00.14

GC

1 51 GER19940506 *Herklotz, Silvio STG St
ölting Ru 13.03.57 00.00.00
2 31 DEN19920211 Hansen, Lasse Norman DEN Na
tionaltea 13.04.04 00.00.07
3 71 FRA19920611 Alaphilippe, Julian ETI Et
ixx-Ihned 13.04.05 00.00.08
4 81 GBR19920807 Yates, Simon GBR Na
tionalt.G 13.04.06 00.00.09
5 111 NZL19911122 Vink, Michael NZL Na
tionaltea 13.04.10 00.00.13
6 4 AUS19910823 Phelan, Adam AUS Na
tionaltea 13.04.13 00.00.16
7 161 USA19940614 *Eisenhart, Taylor USA Na
tionaltea 13.04.14 00.00.17
8 11 NED19920521 van Baarle, Dylan RB3 Ra
bobank De 13.04.16 00.00.19
9 53 GER19911005 Werda, Maximilian STG St
ölting Ru 13.04.17 00.00.20
10 32 DEN19920207 Andersen, Michael Va DEN Na
tionaltea 13.04.20 00.00.23

The OP's big favourite seems to be out of it. Van Baarle certainly seems to have the legs: flatted in the final, and returned to the front.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Yeah, not a great day for Sütterlin.

But hey, what a great sprint finish.

 

[theyoungest]

Yeah, not a great day for Sütterlin.

But hey, what a great sprint finish.

Yeah, 35 riders finishing within a minute in crap weather certainly constitutes a super hard queen stage...

 

[Dazed and Confused]

1. 71 Alaphilippe, Julian ETI
2. 81 Yates, Simon GBR
3. 51 Herklotz, Silvio * TST

They caught him in the final kilometer.

But Herklotz takes the yellow jersey

now we need a little bit of highlights of the stage.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

so what about stage 4:

Ewan time or too hard (or still not 100%)?

 

[WKA311]

now we need a little bit of highlights of the stage.

Highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aUek_18HDLY

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aUek_18HDLY

Thanks.

Nice win in miserable conditions.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Riders will be tired today, so a group of outsiders from the lower ranks of the GC will go for the win today.

Btw, why is this thread not sticky?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 4 in progress...

Strong break established after about 50km or so and with 95km left to race the gap is about 3 minutes:

4 Phelan, Adam AUS
6 Linfield, Bradley * AUS
12 Teunissen, Mike RB3
16 Tusveld, Martijn * RB3
32 Andersen, Michael Valgren DEN
52 Dieteren, Jan * TST
55 Mager, Christian TST
62 Koch, Jonas * LKT
73 Senechal, Florian * ETI
83 Dibben, Jonathan * GBR
85 Doull, Owain * GBR
91 Bosmans, Wietse BKP
115 Schreurs, Hamish * NZL

Phelan best placed rider with +17s. It will be a tough day.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 4 in progress...

Strong break established after about 50km or so and with 95km left to race the gap is about 3 minutes:

4 Phelan, Adam AUS
6 Linfield, Bradley * AUS
12 Teunissen, Mike RB3
16 Tusveld, Martijn * RB3
32 Andersen, Michael Valgren DEN
52 Dieteren, Jan * TST
55 Mager, Christian TST
62 Koch, Jonas * LKT
73 Senechal, Florian * ETI
83 Dibben, Jonathan * GBR
85 Doull, Owain * GBR
91 Bosmans, Wietse BKP
115 Schreurs, Hamish * NZL

Phelan best placed rider with +17s. It will be a tough day.

After 97km, gap down to 30s or so.

Average speed for the first two hours: 45 km/h
Lazy dogs.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

After 97km, gap down to 30s or so.

Average speed for the first two hours: 45 km/h
Lazy dogs.

That break got pulled back, it was too dangerous.

Several attacks later we have a new break.

124km down, gap about 30s

12 Teunissen, Mike RB3
95 Jauregui, Quentin * BKP
115 Schreurs, Hamish * NZL
64 Soballa, Carl * LKT
123 Nappa, Fabio TBJ

 

[Dazed and Confused]

That break got pulled back, it was too dangerous.

Several attacks later we have a new break.

124km down, gap about 30s

12 Teunissen, Mike RB3
95 Jauregui, Quentin * BKP
115 Schreurs, Hamish * NZL
64 Soballa, Carl * LKT
123 Nappa, Fabio TBJ

That break got neutralized also.

2 riders in front now with 18km to go, gap 1:45:

1. 25 Schachmann, Maximilian * TET
2. 42 Pölder, Robert SWE

Business end approaching.

edit: Maxi only +52s in GC.

Edit2: 6km, gap 45s. Wire stuff again.

edit3: Polder dropped, 3km to go

edit4: Ewan wins.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Sorry for Schachmann, TET badly needed a success here. The team sponsor is on the verge of pulling the plug. So the pressure on Sütterlin tomorrow to save the home race is immense.

Finally Ewan, quick recovery from his bad form.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Sorry for Schachmann, TET badly needed a success here. The team sponsor is on the verge of pulling the plug. So the pressure on Sütterlin tomorrow to save the home race is immense.

Finally Ewan, quick recovery from his bad form.

well, there appear to be lots of people out watching the race, so that should help the sponsor make decisions.

Anyway some unfinished business from stage 4. Result:

1 EWAN Caleb 3:59:58
2 GEERINCKX Ruben
3 ALAPHILIPPE Julian (Etixx -Ihned)
4 ZABEL Rick (Rabobank Development Team)
5 FRAME Alex (Thuringer Energie Team)
6 WISNIOWSKI Lukasz (Etixx -Ihned)
7 DIETEREN Jan (Team Stölting)
8 MAGER Christian (Team Stölting)
9 STASH Mamyr (Helicopters)
10 HOFER Andreas (Team Vorarlberg)

GC:
1 HERKLOTZ Silvio (Team Stölting) 17:03:55
2 NORMANN HANSEN Lasse (Blue Water Cycling) 0:07
3 ALAPHILIPPE Julian (Etixx -Ihned) 0:08
4 YATES Simon 0:09
5 VINK Michael 0:13
6 PHELAN Adam (Drapac Cycling Team) 0:16
7 EISENHART Taylor 0:17
8 VAN BAARLE Dylan (Rabobank Development Team) 0:19
9 WERDA Maximilian (Team Stölting) 0:20
10 VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael (Team Cult Energy) 0:23

 

[theyoungest]

well, there appear to be lots of people out watching the race, so that should help the sponsor make decisions

It's the team that brought us Tony Martin, Degenkolb, Kittel, Gretsch... at least they can't say the system isn't working.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Looks like things will boil down to the TT performance:

stage started about 60 minutes ago.

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