Archiv für den Tag: 17. April 2022

Paris – Roubaix 257 Km

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1 VAN BAARLE Dylan NED INEOS GRENADIERS 05:37:00
2 VAN AERT Wout BEL JUMBO – VISMA 01:47
3 KÜNG Stefan SUI GROUPAMA – FDJ 01:47
4 DEVRIENDT Tom BEL INTERMARCHE – WANTY – GOBERT MATERIAUX 01:47
5 MOHORIC Matej SLO BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 01:47
6 PETIT Adrien FRA INTERMARCHE – WANTY – GOBERT MATERIAUX 02:27
7 STUYVEN Jasper BEL TREK – SEGAFREDO 02:27
8 PICHON Laurent FRA TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC 02:27
9 VAN DER POEL Mathieu NED ALPECIN – FENIX 02:34
10 LAMPAERT Yves BEL QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL TEAM 02:59
11 TURNER Ben GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 04:30
12 KRISTOFF Alexander NOR INTERMARCHE – WANTY – GOBERT MATERIAUX 04:33
13 SENECHAL Florian FRA QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL TEAM 04:36
14 MEEUS Jordi BEL BORA – HANSGROHE 04:47
15 LOUVEL Matis FRA TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC 04:47
16 VAN DER HOORN Taco NED INTERMARCHE – WANTY – GOBERT MATERIAUX 04:47
17 VAN AVERMAET Greg BEL AG2R CITROEN TEAM 04:47
18 DEGENKOLB John GER TEAM DSM 04:47
19 PASQUALON Andrea ITA INTERMARCHE – WANTY – GOBERT MATERIAUX 04:47
20 TEUNISSEN Mike NED JUMBO – VISMA 04:47
21 BISSEGGER Stefan SUI EF EDUCATION – EASYPOST 04:47
22 POLITT Nils GER BORA – HANSGROHE 04:47
23 PLANCKAERT Baptiste BEL INTERMARCHE – WANTY – GOBERT MATERIAUX 04:47
24 VAN GESTEL Dries BEL TOTALENERGIES 04:47
25 GARCIA CORTINA Ivan ESP MOVISTAR TEAM 04:47
26 VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume BEL ALPECIN – FENIX 04:47
27 SKAARSETH Anders NOR UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 04:47
28 LE GAC Olivier FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 04:47
29 JØRGENSEN Mathias DEN MOVISTAR TEAM 04:47
30 GILBERT Philippe BEL LOTTO SOUDAL 04:47
31 SWIFT Connor GBR TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC 04:47
32 ROBEET Ludovic BEL BINGOAL PAUWELS SAUCES WB 04:47
33 VANHOOF Ward BEL SPORT VLAANDEREN – BALOISE 04:47
34 MADOUAS Valentin FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 04:47
35 GANNA Filippo ITA INEOS GRENADIERS 04:47
36 BIERMANS Jenthe BEL ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH 04:47
37 VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan BEL JUMBO – VISMA 06:58
38 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald NOR TOTALENERGIES 07:00
39 NIEUWENHUIS Joris NED TEAM DSM 07:00
40 MERLIER Tim BEL ALPECIN – FENIX 07:02

14. Rang für Jordi Meeus im Velodrom von Roubaix

Auch in diesem Jahr sorgte Paris-Roubaix bei seiner 119. Auflage für die erwartete Dramatik. Nachdem sich zu Beginn trotz vieler Angriffe keine Gruppe absetzen konnte, teilte sich das Feld nach etwa 50 Kilometer in zwei Teile, wobei Nils Politt, Marco Haller und Jordi Meeus den Sprung in die erste Gruppe schafften. Mit 1:20 Vorsprung ging es auf die ersten Pavé-Abschnitte, wo sich auch die ersten Stürze ereigneten. Als sich zuerst fünf Fahrer aus der Spitze etwa 120 km vor dem Ziel lösen konnten, setzte Nils Politt mit C. Swift noch vor dem Sektor Arenberg zur Verfolgung an. Während dahinter die Gruppen wieder zusammenliefen, wurde wenig später auch Nils wieder eingeholt. Nach einem weiteren Split im Feld waren Nils und Jordi zunächst noch bei den Favoriten dabei, eine Tempoverschärfung später fielen aber beide zurück. Während vorne D. Van Baarle die entscheidende Attacke setzte, konnten Jordi und Nils gegen Ende des Rennes noch einige Fahrer einholen. Am Ende holte Jordi den Sieg im Sprint seiner Gruppe und landete damit auf Rang 14.
Von der Ziellinie
„Es war eigentlich immer Vollgas und gab kaum Zeit nachzudenken. Es war gut in der Gruppe vorne zu sein, aber ich muss ehrlich sein, als Van Aert und Van der Poel wieder zu uns aufschlossen und danach attackiert haben, hatte ich einfach nicht die Beine zu folgen. Nach den ganzen Krankheiten bin ich mit dem Rennen aber zufrieden, es war solide. Natürlich wollten wir als Team mehr, aber am Ende haben wir noch das Beste rausgeholt. Der Sprint war sehr speziell hier im Velodrom. Ich war zwar etwas eingebaut, aber dann trotzdem noch vorne. Mit dem 14. Rang bin ich zufrieden.“ – Jordi Meeus

„Am Anfang haben wir alles richtig gemacht und waren zu dritt in der großen Gruppe. Ich hatte eigentlich auch ganz gute Beine. Vor Arenberg bin ich losgefahren, um dem Stress aus dem Weg zu gehen. Danach war ich bei den Favoriten. Leider hat vor mir Van Avermaet ein Loch gelassen, als Van Aert losfährt. Dann haben wir kurz gezögert und die Lücke war da. Das ist ärgerlich, denn es wäre schon etwas mehr drin gewesen.“ – Nils Politt

„Wenn man sieht, wie wir die Klassiker begonnen haben, dann war das heute ordentlich. Wir haben zu Beginn alles richtig gemacht und waren mit den richtigen Leuten vorne dabei. Leider waren wir dann schnell mal nach einem Sturz hinten dran und mussten ein Loch zufahren, das hat schon mal ein paar Körner gekostet. Die Gruppe mit Mohoric haben wir leider verpasst, allerdings ist Nils danach losgefahren. Als die Favoriten dann Ernst gemacht haben, waren wir nicht aufmerksam genug. Zum Ende hin haben wir noch gut gekämpft und der 14. Rang von Jordi ist ok. Er ist ein junger Fahrer und kann bei diesem Rennen in Zukunft viel erreichen. Unser Rennen heute war sicher nicht perfekt, aber die Leistung der Jungs geht in Ordnung.“ – Torsten Schmidt, sportlicher Leiter

Van Baarle seals first Roubaix victory for Ineos Grenadiers

Ineos Grenadiers triumphed today at Paris-Roubaix after completing an excellent team race that was sealed by its Classics leader Dylan van Baarle with an impressive solo effort.
The Dutchman launched his winning move with 19 kilometres to go, at the Camphin-en-Pévèle cobbled sector, overpowering his breakaway companions Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious), Tom Devriendt (Intermarché-Wanty Gobert) and Yves Lampaert (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl). Second and third into the finish line came Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ), who rode the whole day on the back foot after Ineos had split the race before the cobbles were even in sight.

The frantic racing favored an incredible average speed of 45,8 km/h in what turned out to be the fastest-ever edition of Paris-Roubaix – and the maiden victory for Ineos Grenadiers (and its previous incarnation, Team Sky) at the Hell of the North.

169 riders took the start on the 119th edition of Paris-Roubaix at 11:15, off to ride 257,2 kilometres between Compiègne and the Vélodrome André Pétrieux in Roubaix. It was a hectic start, with no less than 48,8 kilometres covered in the first hour of racing, during which many riders tried (and failed) to establish a breakaway. It was at kilometre 47 that the bunch got split in two groups. Ineos Grenadiers led the charge at the front, along with EF Education-EasyPost, Bora-Hansgrohe, Bahrain Victorious and Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, while many favourites were caught off guard and forced to chase. Amongst them, two out of the three podium finishers from 2021, Florian Vermeersch (Lotto-Soudal) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix), along with marquee riders like Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo), Kasper Asgreen (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl), Alexander Kristoff (Intermarché-Wanty Gobert), Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) and Jumbo-Visma duo Christophe Laporte and Wout van Aert.

Enter the cobbles
The gap between the two groups reached 1’15” after 60 kilometres of racing, and was held around that mark until the first cobbled sector, 36 kilometres later. With cobbles came chaos: Pedersen and Asgreen crashed behind right before sector 30 (Troisvilles to Inchy, km 96,3), while at the front it was Ineos Grenadiers’ Filippo Ganna who punctured at sector 29 (Viesly to Quiévy, km 102,8), hampering his team’s efforts to dominate the race. The real carnage, though, came at sector 27 (Saint-Python, km 110,1), when a huge crash took down most of the front group, leaving Niki Terpstra (TotalEnergies) alone in the lead. The Dutchman was brought back at sector 25 (Haussy, km 123,7) by most of his former breakaway companions. The gap between the two main groups was still around one minute.

La fuga de la fuga
A courageous solo attack by Jens Reynders (Sport Vlaanderen) at sector 24 (Saulzoir to Verchain-Maugré, km 130,6) was shut down by a puncture. Soon after, at kilometer 146, five riders broke away from the breakaway: Davide Ballerini (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl), Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious), Casper Pedersen (Team DSM), Tom Devriendt (Intermarché-Wanty Gobert) and Laurent Pichon (Arkéa-Samsic). This led to disagreements that spelt the end for the initial skirmish. After a breathless 105-kilometer long chase, the first bunch was brought back by the second one at kilometer 152, just ahead of sector 20 (Haveluy to Wallers, km 153,7).

A favorites group is established
The Trouée d’Arenberg (km 161,9 – 2,3 km), cobbled sector number 19, took its toll on Ballerini and Pedersen, who got dropped from the front group as the gap for Mohoric, Devriendt and Pichon increased beyond the two minutes. Only 50 riders survived in the main bunch at sector 14 (Beuvry-la-Forêt to Orchies, km 192). Into sector 13 (Orchies, km 197), Jumbo-Visma’s Nathan Van Hooydonck sped things up with his leader Wout van Aert on his wheel. Out of this move came the 12-strong favorites group that would play out for victory along with the three cyclists who were up the road. The favorites group contained: Mathieu van der Poel, Guillaume van Keirsbulck (Alpecin-Fenix), Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ), Ben Turner, Dylan van Baarle (Ineos Grenadiers), Yves Lampaert, Florian Sénéchal (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl), Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo), Adrien Petit, Taco Van der Hoorn (Intermarché-Wanty Gobert) and Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates).

Impressive display of resilience by Matej Mohoric
At sector 12 (Auchy-lez-Orchies to Bersée, km 203,1), an acceleration by Van Baarle took Trentin, Van der Hoorn and Van Keirsbulck out of contention. Into sector 11 (Mons-en-Pévèle, km 208,6), Pichon got dropped from the break due to a puncture and Sénéchal lost contact to the favorites group. Right out of sector 9 (Pont-Thibault to Ennevelin, km 218), Mohoric suffered a puncture and left Devriendt alone in the lead. After many attacks, Mohoric broke clear from the favorites again, along with Lampaert, with 29 kilometers to go. Behind, Van Baarle gradually brought himself back to their wheel. The three, along with Devriendt, conformed a 4-strong group at the head of the race, while Van Aert and Küng undertook a duo chase behind.

The moment the race was won
Van Baarle waited until sector 5 (Camphin-en-Pévèle, km 237,3) to launch what would become his winning move. Mohoric and Lampaert initially tried to counter, but failed to regain his wheel. Furthermore, the Belgian crashed at sector 2 (Willems to Hem, km 249) after touching a spectator and losing his balance. Meanwhile, Mohoric was caught by Van Aert, Küng and Devriendt, who had managed to keep up with the pace of both powerhouses. On the velodrome, they sprinted for the remaining places of the podium. The main one was Van Baarle’s, and Ineos Grenadiers’, by his and their own right.

Türkei-Rundfahrt 8. Etappe

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Die Schlußetappe wurde wegen heftigem Regen auf Wunsch der Fahrer abgebrochen.

Endstand:

1 BEVIN Patrick NZL ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH 27:33:10
2 VINE Jay AUS ALPECIN-FENIX 00:20
3 SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo ARG DRONE HOPPER – ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI 00:40
4 EDET Nicolas FRA TEAM ARKÉA SAMSIC 00:52
5 VANHOUCKE Harm BEL LOTTO SOUDAL 01:17
6 JOHANNESSEN Anders Halland NOR UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 01:26
7 YEMANE Dawit ERI BIKE AID 01:33
8 BENNETT Sean USA CHINA GLORY CONTINENTAL CYCLING TEAM 01:37
9 SAYAR Mustafa TUR SAKARYA BB PRO TEAM 01:50
10 VANDENABEELE Henri BEL TEAM DSM 01:52
11 COLLEONI Kevin ITA TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE – JAYCO 01:56
12 GAVAZZI Francesco ITA EOLO-KOMETA 02:22
13 APARICIO Mario ESP BURGOS-BH 02:24
14 SUNDERLAND Dylan AUS GLOBAL 6 CYCLING 02:52
15 STRONG Corbin NZL ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH 03:17
16 ŘEPA Vojtěch CZE EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 03:17
17 JUARISTI Txomin ESP EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI 03:26
18 CHIRICO Luca ITA DRONE HOPPER – ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI 04:22
19 ZOCCARATO Samuele ITA BARDIANI-CSF-FAIZANÈ 04:43
20 PRADES Eduard ESP CAJA RURAL – SEGUROS RGA 05:34

Champions, ihr seid dran: Morgen startet die Tour of the Alps

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Die Protagonisten der Alpenrundfahrt 2022 wurden auf der „Piazza Granda“ in Cles vorgestellt: Landa, Lopez, Sivakov, Froome und die Franzosen Pinot und Bardet sind bereit sich auf den Straßen der Euregio Tirol-Südtirol-Trentino zu messen. Morgen findet die erste Etappe von Cles nach Primiero/S. Martino di Castrozza statt, live ab 14 Uhr.

In Cles wird Ostern im Zeichen des großen Radsports erlebt. In der Heimatstadt von Maurizio Fondriest, dem historischen Sitz der „Melinda-Trophäe“, dort wo die Leidenschaft für den Radsport zu Hause ist, fand die Eröffnungsfeier der Tour of the Alps 2022 (18.-22. April) mit der offiziellen Vorstellung der Teams auf der zentralen „Piazza Granda“ statt.
Alle Protagonisten der 45. Ausgabe des Euro-Regionalen Etappenrennens waren im Herzen der Stadt im Nonstal, der Heimat der Melinda-Äpfel, präsent. Es war ein Abend voller Spannung, der durch den Abschluss der Vorbereitungsarbeiten geprägt war, denn morgen, am Montag, den 18. April, startet die erste Etappe von der „Piazza Granda“ aus. Der Auftakt wird die Karawane von Cles (offizieller Start um 11.20 Uhr) nach Primiero / S. Martino Castrozza über 160,9 km führen.
Die Eröffnungsetappe verspricht im ersten Teil ein schnelles Rennen und wird mit dem Anstieg des Brocon-Passes, dem Gobbera-Pass und dem Molaren-Anstieg, der zweimal wiederholt wird, den Athleten bereits zu Beginn alles abverlangen.

Zahlreiche Fans werden nach dem von der Pandemie geprägten Jahr 2021 endlich wieder beim vom GS Alto Garda organisierten Rennen mit am Start sein. Nun wurden die Protagonisten der Alpenrundfahrt 2022 vorgestellt, unter anderem sind mit Mikel Landa (Bahrain-Victorious), Sieger des Giro del Trentino 2016, und Miguel Angel Lopez (Team Astana-Qazaqstan), zwei der großen Favoriten mit dabei. Der Spanier vom Team Bahrain-Victorious wird auf die Unterstützung seines Landsmannes Pello Bilbao zählen können, der im letzten Jahr in Pieve di Bono gewonnen hat und in der Gesamtwertung Zweiter wurde. „Wir sind bereit! Die Tour of the Alps ist ein hartes Rennen, jeden Tag gibt es einen Anstieg und die Möglichkeit zu attackieren. Jede Etappe ist entscheidend für den Gesamtsieg“, erklären die Spanier von Bahrain-Victorious.

Zwei der Sieger der letzten Ausgaben, Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) und Pavel Sivakov (INEOS-Grenadiers), die auch auf ihren Teamkollegen Richie Porte zählen können, der bereits 2015 den Giro del Trentino gewonnen hat, kehren ebenfalls auf die Straßen der Euregio zurück. „Die Tour of the Alps ist immer ein besonderes Rennen für mich, denn ich habe 2019 mein ersten professionellen Sieg gefeiert“, sagt Sivakov.
Am Start in Cles wird zum vierten Mal in Folge auch Chris Froome (Israel – Premier Tech) sein. Er befindet sich seit einigen Tagen in guter Form und kann auf die Unterstützung zweier beim Publikum beliebter Italiener zählen: Alessandro De Marchi, Gewinner des blauen Trikots der Gruppo Cassa Centrale für die GPM-Wertung im letzten Jahr, und auf den Europameister von 2020, Giacomo Nizzolo, der bereit ist, im Hinblick auf den Giro d’Italia seine Form wiederzufinden.

Nicht zu unterschätzen wenn es um das finale grüne Trikot geht, sind auch Romain Bardet (Team DSM), der Engländer Hugh Carthy und der Kolumbianer Esteban Chaves (EF Education – Easypost). „Vor 12 Jahren habe ich hier zum ersten Mal teilgenommen, die Zeit vergeht so schnell aber ich bin immer noch so glücklich und aufgeregt hier teilzunehmen“, meint der Kolumbianer. Das Team BORA-hansgrohe wird ebenfalls angreifen, wobei Matteo Fabbro, der im letzten Jahr eine Schlüsselrolle spielte, das Team zusammen mit Lennard Kamna und dem jungen belgischen Talent Cian Uijtdebroeks anführt.
Bei den einheimischen Athleten ruhen die Hoffnungen auf Edoardo Zambanini (Bahrain-Victorious), Davide Bais (Eolo-Kometa), Mattia Bais (Drone Hopper-Androni), Felix Gall (Ag2r La Mondiale), Hermann Pernsteiner (Bahrain-Victorious), Patrick Gamper (Bora-Hansgrohe) und den Youngsters des Tirol KTM Cycling Teams, dem einzigen „Continental-Team“, das Tirol vertritt.

Während der Präsentation gab es auch Raum für DEBRA Onlus, dem Verein, der die Forschung gegen Epidermolysis bullosa unterstützt, eine seltene Krankheit, die das Leben von Schmetterlingskindern beeinträchtigt. Hierfür war die Botschafterin Anna Mei vor Ort.
Die Rennen sind in mehr als 100 Ländern weltweit zu sehen, dank einer täglichen Live-Übertragung von 90 Minuten, die von PMG Sport produziert und verbreitet wird.

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TOUR DER ALPEN LIVE

Etappe 1 – Montag, 18. April (14.00-15.30 Uhr MEZ)
Etappe 2 – Dienstag, 19. April (14.00-15.30 Uhr MEZ)
Etappe 3 – Mittwoch, 20. April (13.00-14.30 Uhr MEZ)
Etappe 4 – Donnerstag, 21. April (14.00-15.30 Uhr MEZ)
Etappe 5 – Freitag, 22. April (14:00-15:30 Uhr MEZ)

Türkei-Rundfahrt 7. Etappe

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Gelibolu – Tekirdag – 136 Km

1 BEVIN Patrick NZL ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH 03:21:02
2 VINE Jay AUS ALPECIN-FENIX 00:02
3 EDET Nicolas FRA TEAM ARKÉA SAMSIC 00:04
4 PHILIPSEN Jasper BEL ALPECIN-FENIX 00:41
5 DE BUYST Jasper BEL LOTTO SOUDAL 00:41
6 VAN POPPEL Danny NED BORA – HANSGROHE 00:41
7 GAVAZZI Francesco ITA EOLO-KOMETA 00:41
8 SUNDERLAND Dylan AUS GLOBAL 6 CYCLING 00:41
9 STRONG Corbin NZL ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH 00:41
10 VANDENABEELE Henri BEL TEAM DSM 00:41
11 GROVES Kaden AUS TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE – JAYCO 00:41
12 JOHANNESSEN Anders Halland NOR UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:41
13 MANNION Gavin USA HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 00:41
14 YEMANE Dawit ERI BIKE AID 00:41
15 BENNETT Sean USA CHINA GLORY CONTINENTAL CYCLING TEAM 00:41

Gesamt:

1 BEVIN Patrick NZL ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH 27:33:10
2 VINE Jay AUS ALPECIN-FENIX 00:20
3 SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo ARG DRONE HOPPER – ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI 00:40
4 EDET Nicolas FRA TEAM ARKÉA SAMSIC 00:52
5 VANHOUCKE Harm BEL LOTTO SOUDAL 01:17
6 JOHANNESSEN Anders Halland NOR UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 01:26
7 YEMANE Dawit ERI BIKE AID 01:33
8 BENNETT Sean USA CHINA GLORY CONTINENTAL CYCLING TEAM 01:37
9 SAYAR Mustafa TUR SAKARYA BB PRO TEAM 01:50
10 VANDENABEELE Henri BEL TEAM DSM 01:52

Paris-Roubaix Féminin – 125 Km

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1 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa ITA TREK-SEGAFREDO 03:10:54
2 KOPECKY Lotte BEL TEAM SD WORX 00:23
3 BRAND Lucinda NED TREK-SEGAFREDO 00:23
4 CHABBEY Elise SUI CANYON//SRAM RACING 00:23
5 CAVALLI Marta ITA FDJ-NOUVELLE AQUITAINE-FUTUROSCOPE 00:23
6 MACKAIJ Floortje NED TEAM DSM 00:23
7 VAN DIJK Ellen NED TREK-SEGAFREDO 00:23
8 VAN DEN BROEK-BLAAK Chantal NED TEAM SD WORX 00:32
9 GEORGI Pfeiffer GBR TEAM DSM 02:22
10 ALONSO DOMINGUEZ Sandra ESP CERATIZIT-WNT PRO CYCLING 02:22
11 NORSGAARD Emma DEN MOVISTAR TEAM 02:22
12 BROWN Grace AUS FDJ-NOUVELLE AQUITAINE-FUTUROSCOPE 02:22
13 JACKSON Alison CAN LIV RACING XSTRA 02:54
14 BEEKHUIS Teuntje NED TEAM JUMBO-VISMA 02:54
15 BASTIANELLI Marta ITA UAE TEAM ADQ 02:54

Longo Borghini and Trek-Segafredo rule the cobbles

After Lizzie Deignan’s inaugural one-woman-show, Trek-Segafredo imposed their collective strength in the 2nd edition of Paris-Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift until Elisa Longo Borghini went solo to claim victory in the André Pétrieux velodrome.

Ellen van Dijk and Lucinda Brand lit the first matches on the cobbles for the American squad before the Italian Champion launched her decisive move with 34km to go, to claim another major success in the classics, after the Ronde van Vlaanderen, Trofeo Alfredo Binda, Strade Bianche, GP de Plouay… Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) dominated the sprint for 2nd, ahead of Lucinda Brand, and Ellen van Dijk joined her Trek-Segafredo partners in the top 10 (7th).

The 139-woman peloton roll from Denain with beautiful weather conditions but without Meava Squiban (Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime) and the Dutch icon Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma), who returned a positive test to Covid-19 hours before the start.

Attacks and tension ahead of the cobbles
The opening circuit in Denain, with 4 laps to cover, sees early attackers launch an intense battle for the breakaway. Gaia Masetti (AG Insurance-NXTG Team), Leonie Bos (Parkhotel Valkenburg), Amalie Lutro (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) and Katie Clouse (Human Powered Health) are the first riders to manage to get away. Tanja Erath (EF Education-Tibco-SVB) makes it a 5-woman group at the front at km 6.
More riders try to join them but the peloton control the counter-attacks. The attackers exit Denain with a lead of 1’40’’. The gap increases to a maximum of 1’55’’ at km 32. But Trek-Segafredo up the pace as they get closer to the cobbles.

First skirmishes
The gap is done to 1’10’’ as the peloton hit the sector from Hornaing to Wandignies (4*). At the front, Bos and Klouse are dropped by their breakaway companions. The bunch explodes with Ellen van Dijk (Trek-Segafredo) setting a strong pace on the cobbles.
The race of attrition is on, and Trek-Segafredo are willing to make the selection, but they quickly lose two cards on the third sector of the day. Van Dijk suffers a puncture. Then Chloe Hosking crashes on the side of the cobbles. Meanwhile, Erath goes solo at the front, with a gap of 20’’ to the bunch with 69km to go.
The German attacker is eventually reeled in with 61km to go, just ahead of the Orchies sector, where Chantal van den Broek-Blaak ups the pace for Team SD Worx, whose leader Lotte Kopecky won the Ronde van Vlaanderen a couple of weeks ago.

Kopecky goes from far
Van Dijk returns to the bunch just ahead of sector 12, from Auchy-lez-Orchies to Bersée (4*). But Kopecky immediately attacks. Marta Bastianelli (UAE Team ADQ) is the first to react, and Lucinda Brand joins them at the front, while her Trek-Segafredo partner Elisa Balsamo suffers a mechanical. She is then disqualified as the jury of commissaires rules the World Champion had an irregular return after her mechanical.
The three leaders increase their lead to 20’’ on the first 5* sector of the day, Mons-en-Pévèle, with 46km to go. Emma Norsgaard’s Movistar lead the chase, and the attackers are reeled with 33km to go, on the cobbles of Templeuve (sector 8).
Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) immediately launches a counter-attack. She enters the last 30km with a lead of 30’’. She survives a near miss on the cobbles of Camphin-en-Pévèle and enters Carrefour de l’Arbre (17km to go) with a gap of 25’’.

Another 1-3 for Trek-Segafredo
Kopecky puts the hammer down in pursuit. Only Marta Cavalli (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) and two riders from Trek-Segafredo, Brand and Van Dijk. The Belgian champion doesn’t manage to get closer than 20’’ behind Longo Borghini, who keeps setting a strong pace at the front.
The gap is back up to 40’’ when the chasers are joined by Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (SD Worx), Floorte Mackaij (Team DSM) and Elise Chabbey (Canyon//Sram Racing) with 12km to go. This support is not enough to get back to Elisa Longo Borghini.
The Italian champion savours her triumph in the velodrome, eventually claiming victory 23’’ ahead of Kopecky. Brand finishes 3rd, repeating Trek-Segafredo’s 1-3 from 2021.
@ASO

Tour du Jura Cycliste – 170 Km

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Photo by Plomi

1 O’CONNOR Ben AUS AG2R CITROËN TEAM 04:04:31
2 HERRADA Jesús ESP COFIDIS 00:00
3 ZINGLE Axel FRA COFIDIS 00:19
4 SIMON Julien FRA TOTALENERGIES 00:22
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PARIS-ROUBAIX 2022: INFO WITH ONE DAY TO GO

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Key points:
 170 riders will start the 119th edition of Paris-Roubaix tomorrow, right in front of the Château de Compiègne, three years after the race’s last Spring edition. The sun is expected to greet the riders as they head for a 257,2-kilometer ride that includes 54,8 km worth of cobblestones.

 The much-anticipated duel between Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert might catch some eyes tomorrow, even though the Belgian rider’s build-up for the Hell of the North has been hindered by Covid-19.
 Ineos Grenadiers have arguably been the most powerful team of the Classics season and is lining up quite a packed squad, with ITT world champion Filippo Ganna as the leader on paper … and many cards to play like Dylan van Baarle, Michal Kwiatkowski and American young gun Magnus Sheffield, who comes to Roubaix fresh off winning De Brabantse Pijl.
 Many outsiders will try to upset the favorites by making it into the break, as several underdogs did indeed manage to do over the last few editions. Amongst them we find Groupama-FDJ’s Stefan Küng and Valentin Madouas, and also Trek-Segafredo’s Mads Pedersen, who will try to emulate what his female teammate Elisa Longo Borghini did at Paris-Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift on the eve of the men’s race.

WARM WEATHER … AND SOME WIND
Over at the team presentation held on Saturday, the weather forecast for tomorrow’s race was by far the most widely discussed topic. After last year’s cold, rainy edition, sunshine is expected to cast over the peloton all the way from Compiègne to Roubaix. The temperatures, however, will remain around the 20ºC and won’t reach those 27ºC we experienced back in 2007, when Stuart O’Grady triumphed on Summer-like conditions. Most riders are happy with the promise of a blue sky, but some aren’t. Par example, Bahrain Victorious’ Matej Mohoric. “I would have preferred some rain in order for the race to be more demanding skills-wise,” he asserts, while Greg van Avermaet echoes the peloton’s general feeling that it will be “nice” to race on warm weather: “It’s the one there was when I won in 2017 so yeah, I love this weather.” Another factor that will come into play is the wind, which will blow from the east. According to race director Thierry Gouvenou, this will favor the attackers. “There will be tailwind at the exit of the hardest cobbled sectors. Therefore, it will be harder for the groups to come back together. Riders shall not miss the cuts.”

WVA vs MVDP: an anticipated duel
The rivalry between Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel has long become a fixture to some of the most exciting races of the cycling season, both on the road and on the fields – but it is yet to be staged to its bigger extend on Northern France’s cobblestones. It’s only last year that we first saw both riders starting Paris-Roubaix. The Dutchman managed to sprint for the win and cross the finish line on 3rd place, while the Belgian fell out of contention due to some bad luck with 70 kilometers to go and had to settle with 7th. As for this year, Van Aert is on the back foot after catching Covid-19 as recently as two weeks ago. “I’m here with a big question mark over my shoulders,” says the Jumbo-Visma rider. “I feel good right now, but it’s hard to say what my current level is. I’m just happy to be on the start line, as I didn’t want to miss this beautiful race. But this year it will be more difficult than ever for me.” On the other side, Van der Poel shows a remarkable confidence on his possibilities. “I’ve felt in good shape these last few weeks,” asserts Alpecin-Fenix’s leader. “My goal is to win, as it always is.” Will this much-anticipated duel on the Hell of the North take place tomorrow?

Strength in numbers for Ineos Grenadiers
Ineos Grenadiers has long been deemed as a stage-race team, yet this season it has proven its prowess on one-day races time and again. Last Sunday, Poland’s Michael Kwiatkowski won his second Amstel Gold Race, while on Wednesday it was USA’s Magnus Sheffield who raised his arms in victory at De Brabantse Pijl. Both of them will take the start tomorrow along with Netherland’s Dylan van Baarle, who stood second at the podium of the Tour de Flanders two weekends ago. “I love all the Classics, but Roubaix is the most special one for me,” says the Dutchman. “We are in a good place, as we have shown these last few weeks that we are able to play a major role on these races.” Italy’s Filippo Ganna is touted as the team’s leader, yet the promising Magnus Sheffield does also catch some eyes too. And not only because the American is just 19 years old and thus the youngest rider of this year’s race – also because of his power and his recent victory in Belgium. “I am still on shock after that,” he admits. “It’s crazy to think I’m already racing the professional Paris-Roubaix, only three years after participating on the junior version. Sometimes I have to remember myself where I am in order to enjoy the moment I’m living. This race is not a playground, though. It separates men from boys. My role will be to remain in contention for as long as possible, supporting our leaders. We want to have strength in numbers on the final kilometres.”

Stefan Küng: “I dream of victory”
Groupama-FDJ has long relied on Arnaud Démare as its leader for Paris-Roubaix. This year, though, there is a new kid on the block to carry the French hopes on his shoulders: Valentin Madouas, who scored an excellent 3rd place on the Tour of Flanders and will debut tomorrow in the Hell of the North. “I feel very good, duly recovered from Amstel Gold Race,” says Madouas. “I asked to line up in Roubaix right after my podium in Flanders because I felt my legs were relatively fresh. I’ve been granted a free role by my team, which has some other cards to play.” Amongst those, Switzerland’s Stefan Küng, who has also delivered some remarkable results this year (5th at Tour of Flanders, 8th at Amstel Gold Race) and approaches tomorrow’s appointment with optimism. “This is the climax of the Classics season,” he affirms. “I dream of victory. I hope for my legs to be up to the task while my eyes follow the moves of the two biggest favorites, Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel.”

Secrets and successes of the Roubaix break
“Paris-Roubaix is the most beautiful race to go on the breakaway,” said Silvan Dillier on an interview with L’Équipe. Alpecin-Fenix’s Swiss national champion did indeed feature on the break of the 2018 edition and that enabled him to cross the finish line second… as Bora-Hansgrohe’s Nils Politt did on the following edition, and as Lotto-Soudal’s Florian Vermeersch did last year. Furthermore, in 2016, Australia’s Matthew Hayman set the foundations for his win by making it into the day’s breakaway. “This might sound too obvious, but Paris-Roubaix does not start on the cobbled sectors,” asserts Sebastian Langeveld, road captain for EF Education-EasyPost, who has taken part on 13 editions of the race. “Depending on the wind, the breakaway group that might go away on the tarmac has a great chance of getting pretty far into the race. As for tomorrow, I expect the first two hours of racing to be very fast and for a relatively big group to get up the road, as there will be tailwinds that sometimes will blow from the sides.” Another rider with some expertise to share on this domain is Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl’s Tim Declercq, a powerhouse that has featured in the breakaways of four out of the last six editions of the event. “My role at the races is usually to be at the front of the bunch, trying to let go a break that is easy to control,” explains ‘El Tractor’. “This task is way more difficult at Paris-Roubaix, because the roads we ride at the start are very wide and there are attacks right and left – and also from the back of the bunch. I try to follow as many guys possible, as that way it is easier to make it into the front group… But usually, by the time the break is established, I have spent so much energy that I devote myself to working for a teammate that is up there too and has better legs than me.”

Double act for Trek-Segafredo ?
Trek-Segafredo women’s team put on an excellent show on Saturday at Paris-Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift, with Elisa Longo Borghini taking the win from a solo break while her teammates Ellen Van Dijk and Lucinda Brand frustrated every attempt from their rivals to counter the Italian national champion’s long-range attack. Brand even landed a podium placing to buckle up the act. Now it’s time for their male counterparts to try and emulate their feats. “This is not just ‘one of the objectives’ of my season – it is ‘the’ key objective of my season,” says Denmark’s Mads Pedersen, spearhead of Trek-Segafredo’s bid. “My shape has been very good these past few weeks, so I hope to be on the mix and racing for the win tomorrow. I don’t think I’m the biggest favorite at the start line – just one of the them. I want to do my own race while watching out for the strong guys, but I am aware that this is a tough, open race, where surprise contenders usually come along.”