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Giro d’Italia – Etappe 17

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Daniel Martin noch in Quickstep Farben TdF 2017
Photo by Plomi

Canazei – Sega di Ala (193 km)

1 Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-Up Nation 4:54:38
2 João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck – Quick-Step 0:00:13
3 Simon Yates (GBr) Team BikeExchange 0:00:30
4 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:20
5 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:20
6 Daniel Felipe Martinez Poveda (Col) INEOS Grenadiers 0:01:23
7 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) INEOS Grenadiers 0:01:23
8 Antonio Pedrero López (Esp) Movistar Team 0:01:38
9 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Esp) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:43
10 George Bennett (NZl) Jumbo – Visma 0:02:21
11 Tobias Svendsen Foss (Nor) Jumbo – Visma 0:02:21
12 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Eolo – Kometa Cycling Team 0:02:47
13 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:02:49
14 Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM 0:02:52
15 Gianni Moscon (Ita) INEOS Grenadiers 0:02:52

Gesamtwertung
1 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) INEOS Grenadiers 71:32:05
2 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:02:21
3 Simon Yates (GBr) Team BikeExchange 0:03:23
4 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana – Premier Tech 0:06:03
5 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education – Nippo 0:06:09
6 Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM 0:06:31
7 Daniel Felipe Martinez Poveda (Col) INEOS Grenadiers 0:07:17
8 João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck – Quick-Step 0:08:45
9 Tobias Svendsen Foss (Nor) Jumbo – Visma 0:09:18
10 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek – Segafredo 0:11:26
11 Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:13:37
12 George Bennett (NZl) Jumbo – Visma 0:19:08
13 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Esp) Bahrain Victorious 0:27:30
14 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jumbo – Visma 0:27:43
15 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:29:17

Matteo Fabbro und Felix Großschartner versuchen abermals ihr Glück auf schwerer Bergetappe des Giro d’Italia

Nach dem zweiten Ruhetag wurde die Rundfahrt mit einer weiteren Kletterpartie fortgesetzt. Auf der 193 km langen Bergetappe von Canazei nach Sega di Ala mussten im letzten Teil der Etappe zwei sehr anspruchsvolle Steigungen bewältigt werden. Der Kampf um die Ausreißergruppe des Tages dauerte lange ehe sich eine 19-Mann starke Gruppe um Felix Großschartner erfolgreich absetzen konnte. Nachdem die Spitzengruppe zerfiel und Felix zum Feld zurückkehrte, war BORA-hansgrohe mit Matteo Fabbro in der Favoritengruppe repräsentiert. Als die Attacken im letzten Anstieg begannen konnte der Italiener allerdings nicht mehr mithalten und fiel etwas zurück. Vorne im Renngeschehen kam es zum Schlagabtausch der Leader in der Gesamtwertung, während der Etappensieg letztendlich an D. Martin aus der Spitzengruppe ging.

Reaktionen im Ziel
„Es war eine wirklich harte Etappe. Wir haben versucht, in die Spitzengruppe zu kommen und Felix hat es geschafft. Im vorletzten Anstieg kam er zurück in die Gruppe der Favoriten und versuchte mitzuhalten. Ich habe alles gegeben, um der GC-Gruppe so weit wie möglich zu folgen, aber im letzten Anstieg, etwa 8 km vor dem Ziel, konnte ich das Tempo nicht mehr mitgehen. Es war äußerst schwer.“ – Matteo Fabbro

„Heute war unser erstes Ziel, das Sprinttrikot von Peter zu verteidigen. Das ist uns auch gelungen, die Jungs haben ihn gut beschützt, also wir können damit sehr zufrieden sein. Unser zweites Ziel war es, einen Fahrer in der Ausreißergruppe zu haben. Es hat viel Kraft gekostet und es war ohne Frage harte Arbeit, aber wir haben es mit Felix geschafft. Nach dem Anstieg zum Passo San Valentino zerfiel diese Gruppe, und so verlor er seine Chancen auf einen Etappensieg und ist zum Feld zurückgekehrt. Dann haben wir mit Matteo versucht so lange wie möglich bei den GC-Favoriten zu bleiben. Er gab sein absolut Bestes und war zur Hälfte des letzten Anstiegs noch im Rennen, konnte aber auf den letzten Kilometern nicht mehr mithalten. Diese Bergetappe war wirklich hart und es war von Anfang an ein äußerst hartes Rennen. Dan Martin war sehr stark und am Ende hat sogar Bernal ziemlich gelitten. Wir waren alle extrem motiviert und die Jungs haben unseren Plan ausgeführt, aber heute waren wir nicht auf dem notwendigen Niveau, um wirklich mitmischen zu können.“ – Jens Zemke, Sportlicher Leiter

Internationale LOTTO Thüringen Ladies Tour – Etappe 2

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Gera – Gera – 125 Km

1 WIEBES Lorena NED TEAM DSM 03:24:12 36,75
2 NORSGAARD Emma Cecilie DEN MOVISTAR TEAM WOMEN 00:01
3 MAJERUS Christine LUX TEAM SD WORX 00:01
4 RYAN Alexis USA CANYON//SRAM RACING 00:01
5 KOPECKY Lotte BEL BELGIUM 00:01
6 HENDERSON Anna GBR JUMBO-VISMA WOMEN TEAM 00:01
7 BRAND Lucinda NED TREK – SEGAFREDO 00:01
8 ANDERSEN Susanne NOR TEAM DSM 00:01
9 VERHULST Gladys FRA ARKEA PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:01
10 COPPONI Clara FRA FDJ NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE FUTUROSCOPE 00:01
11 BRENNAUER Lisa GER CERATIZIT – WNT PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:01
12 LIPPERT Liane GER TEAM DSM 00:01
13 DEMEY Valerie BEL BELGIUM 00:01
14 KLEIN Lisa GER CANYON//SRAM RACING 00:01

Gesamt:
1 NORSGAARD Emma Cecilie DEN MOVISTAR TEAM WOMEN 05:41:36
2 KOPECKY Lotte BEL BELGIUM 00:10
3 BRAND Lucinda NED TREK – SEGAFREDO 00:12
4 HENDERSON Anna GBR JUMBO-VISMA WOMEN TEAM 00:16
5 PIETERS Amy NED TEAM SD WORX 00:16
6 LIPPERT Liane GER TEAM DSM 00:17
7 CROMWELL Tiffany AUS CANYON//SRAM RACING 00:19
8 DEIGNAN Elizabeth GBR TREK – SEGAFREDO 00:21
9 FAULKNER Kristen USA TEAM TIBCO – SILICON VALLEY BANK 00:23
10 HAMMES Kathrin GER CERATIZIT – WNT PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:23

LA VUELTA 22 WILL DEPART FROM THE NETHERLANDS

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Holland will once again embark on the journey towards fulfilling its great project – to host the official departure of La Vuelta 22. The Dutch city and province of Utrecht and its neighbouring North Brabant will be the protagonists of the start of La Vuelta’s 77th edition. The Netherlands were already prepared to host the first three stages of the 2020 edition but the COVID-19 health crisis forced the organisation to cancel any stages held outside Spanish territory.
The preparations that were in place for the 75th edition of the Spanish tour will, therefore, be carried out in the 77th. Utrecht will be the star of the team presentation, the initial time trial and the finish-line for the second stage, that will begin in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, capital of the Province of North Brabant. The third stage will cover said province with the departure and finish-line both located in the city of Breda.

A NEW OFFICIAL DEPARTURE FROM THE NETHERLANDS, 13 YEARS LATER

The Dutch municipalities of Breda, ‘s-Hertogenbosch and Utrecht, as well as the province of the same name and neighbouring North Brabant, are thrilled to take up this project again. La Vuelta thus celebrates an official departure from The Netherlands again, thirteen years after the last time the race’s peloton passed through Dutch territory.
The Director of La Vuelta, Javier Guillén, expressed his enthusiasm for the official departure of La Vuelta 22. “To return to The Netherlands, which is the quintessential cycling nation, is something we’ve been wanting to do for a very long time. Holland is a guarantee for success in terms of organisation and I have no doubt that, despite the complexity of the current situation, we will be able to carry out the event safely and successfully”. “In 2020 we were forced to make a decision that we never wanted to make, but which we were compelled to make given the circumstances. Despite everything, the Netherlands’ commitment and wish to host La Vuelta hasn’t changed a bit since then. It’s a pleasure for us to work with institutions that are so committed and that love cycling as much as they do”, he explained.
The 2022 edition will be the second edition of La Vuelta to take off from The Netherlands, after Assen 2009, and the fourth to take off from abroad, after Lisbon 1987, Assen 2009 and Nîmes 2017. The city of Utrecht will act as the local coordinator. Both Utrecht and the Province of North Brabant have vast experience hosting large sporting events in general, and cycling events in particular.

The official departure of La Vuelta 22 is even more special, if that’s possible, due to the close historical links between Spain and The Netherlands, and the current common projection they both have in terms of environmental protection and sustainability policies. Both of these criteria are, undoubtedly, decisive when it comes to organising the official departure in Holland.

A COMMON PROJECT
The official departure of La Vuelta 22 is the fruit of an intense and continuous process carried out by all the relevant institutions. Besides guaranteeing the reception and organisation of an elite sporting event, such as the launch of the Spanish tour’s 77th edition, the organising committee of ‘La Vuelta Holanda’ and all its partners work together to create an extensive festive and sports activity program that will surround the peloton of La Vuelta 22 in its official departure from The Netherlands.
The five municipalities and provincial institutions involved have joined forces to fulfil this project and will continue to work together in order to bring it to life. The private sector will also be closely linked to the event’s financing and will formally request a state subsidy from the Dutch Government’s Ministry of Health, Wellbeing and Sports.

Critérium du Dauphiné 2021

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Geraint Thomas and Plomi (2014 Bayern-Rundfahrt)

THOMAS IN THE CROSSHAIRS

Key points:

Ø For the 73rd edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné, which starts on Sunday 30 May with the first stage in Issoire, some of the favourites are in the ranks of the Ineos Grenadiers team, which is entering 2018 winner Geraint Thomas, along with Tao Geoghegan Hart and Richie Porte.

Ø The battle for the win in the resort of Les Gets at the end of a confrontation over eight stages promises to be daunting with opponents from Colombia (Miguel Ángel López, Nairo Quintana), Spain (Ion Izagirre, Alejandro Valverde) and France (David Gaudu, Guillaume Martin), all of them able to come from nowhere in the mountains.

The cycling world is not quite the same when Slovenia leaves it for a while. It might have seemed incongruous two years ago, but it is obvious when you realise that the winners of the last two Grand Tours have chosen unusual routes to prepare for the race of all races, the Tour de France. As mountains and pelotons hate emptiness, there will be several contenders for the title in the final weekend, first in Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse and then in La Plagne and Les Gets. The 2021 entry list shows that the Ineos Grenadiers team intends to get this race that it last won in 2018. That summer, Geraint Thomas won both the Dauphiné and the Tour. The recent winner of the Tour de Romandie comes into this year’s edition with the same desire as his teammates, Tao Geoghegan Hart and Richie Porte.

The strong position of the dark blue jerseys on the start line should not stifle the temperament of their rivals, on the contrary. A lot of attention will also be paid to the Spanish-speaking riders, whether they come from Colombia like Miguel Ángel López and Nairo Quintana or from Spain like Ion Izagirre, Enric Mas, the indestructible Alejandro Valverde and up and comer Alex Arranburu. The context is also favourable for the breakthrough of a star in the making, like the Americans Brandon McNulty and Sepp Kuss, winner of the last stage in Megève in 2020. The French clan can’t be overlooked either: David Gaudu was on top form in the Tour of the Basque Country as well as in his Ardennes campaign, Guillaume Martin’s regularity paid off with the win in the Mercantour Classic, where he was followed in the general classification by Aurélien Paret-Peintre, whereas Warren Barguil has made a speciality of creating a surprise when he is least expected to do so. An even bigger surprise could come from the only three-time winner of the Dauphiné present in the peloton, now sporting the jersey of Israel Start-Up Nation. Chris Froome still has a score to settle with this race. This is the moment.

21 teams, the main contenders (on 26 May)
Australia
Team BikeExchange: Bookwalter (Aus), Grmay (Eth)
Bahrain
Bahrain Victorious: Poels (Ned), Colbrelli (Ita), Teuns (Bel)
Belgium
Deceuninck – Quick-Step: Sénéchal (Fra), Asgreen (Den), Jakobsen (Ned)
Lotto Soudal: Wellens, Gilbert (Bel)
Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert : Meintjes (Zaf), Vliegen, Bakelants (Bel)
France
AG2R Citroën Team : Paret-Peintre (Fra), Van Avermaet (Bel), O’Connor (Aus)
Groupama-FDJ: Gaudu, Madouas (Fra)
Cofidis : G.Martin, Perez (Fra), Geschke (Ger)
Team Arkea-Samsic: Barguil (Fra), N.Quintana, Anacona (Col)
B&B Hotels P/B KTM : Rolland, Gautier, Pacher (Fra)
Germany
Bora-Hansgrohe: Kelderman (Hol), Kämna (Ger)
Team DSM: Haga (Usa)
Great Britain
Ineos Grenadiers: Thomas, Geoghegan Hart (Gbr), Porte, Dennis (Aus), Kwiatkowski (Pol)
Israel
Israel Start-Up Nation: Froome (Gbr), Impey (Zaf)
Kazakhstan
Astana Premier Tech: I.Izagirre, Aranburu (Spa), Lutsenko (Kaz)
Netherlands
Jumbo-Visma: Kruijswijk (Ned), Vingegaard (Den), Kuss (Usa)
South Africa
Team Qhubeka-Assos: Aru (Ita), Gogl (Aut)
Spain
Movistar Team: Lopez (Col), Mas, Valverde (Spa)
United Arab Emirates
UAE Team Emirates: McNulty (Usa), Kristoff (Nor)
United States
EF Education – Nippo : Craddock (Usa), El Fares (Fra)
Trek-Segafredo: Pedersen (Den), Stuyven (Bel), Elissonde (Fra)
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