Schlagwort-Archive: Mark Cavendish

Tour de France #21: Boasson Hagen & Janse van Rensburg finish top 10

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Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka conclude dream Tour de France
Andre Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) won the final stage of the Tour de France, sprinting to victory on the Champs-Elysees ahead of Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) and Alexander Kristoff (Katusha). The overall victory went to Chris Froome (Team Sky), his 3rd Tour de France career win.

After an incredible 3 weeks of racing, Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka put in one final fantastic performance during today’s last stage. Daniel Teklehaimanot made sure our African Team was represented in the famous Champs-Elysees breakaway and when it was certain that they would be caught, Steve Cummings closed down any further attacks to ensure a sprint finish.

Edvald Boasson Hagen was our man for the final and he had Bernie Eisel and Reinardt Janse van Rensburg for support in the final 5km. Eisel, our road captain, did an exceptional job to deliver Boasson Hagen to the last kilometer in an excellent position. It was always going to be difficult to get one over on the big names, but Boasson Hagen did superbly to cross the line in 4th place with a fast finish. Janse van Rensburg also secured another top 10 result for our African Team, placing 10th.

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Jarlinson Pantano stark durch den Wallis

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Etape qui s’est déroulée 100% en Suisse avec une première partie très favorable. Il a fallu 150 km pour qu’une échappée puisse prendre forme et creuser l’écart pour se mettre à l’abri d’un retour du peloton.
C’était prévisible et c’est ce qui est arrivé avant d’aborder les deux montées finales, le Col de la Forclaz et la montée vers Finhaut -Emosson.
Belle bataille à l’avant entre Majka, Pantano et le vainqueur du jour Ilnur Zakarin, jeune coureur Russe.
A l’arrière, comme toujours les Sky ont contrôlé à distance leurs adversaires en faisant un rythme soutenu et peu de coureurs, voire personne, n’a été capable d’attaquer.

Le maillot jaune :
Christopher Froome conserve son maillot jaune et prend même un peu d’avance sur tout le monde. Mollema a craqué. On est dans la dernière ligne droite avant Paris et les Alpes sont là mais les grimpeurs sont trop fatigués pour faire quelque chose. Ils nous ont promis des attaques dans la dernière semaine mais je crois qu’ils nous ont raconté des bobards !

Les autres maillots :

Maillot vert du meilleur sprinteur :
Peter Sagan a fait le break. Définitivement il ne peut plus être battu, il faut juste qu’il arrive à Paris.
Mark Cavendish a abandonné, il n’est pas parti ce matin donc il est maintenant mathématiquement hors de portée.

Maillot à pois du meilleur grimpeur :
Majka a fait l’essentiel aujourd’hui en se glissant dans l’échappée, en passant en tête dans l’avant dernier col et en faisant troisième de l’étape. Il a 84 points d’avance sur son poursuivant. Normalement il ne peut pas être battu lui non plus, il reste 111 points à distribuer.

Maillot blanc du meilleur jeune :
Adam Yates semble le plus solide dans ce classement.

Le meilleur combatif :
Jarlinson Pantano, encore présent dans l’échappée termine deuxième et il est le plus combatif du jour.

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Tour de France #14: Cavendish sprints to his 30th career Tour win

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Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka secure incredible 5th Le Tour win during #Qhubeka5000 challenge
Mark Cavendish made it another incredible day for Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka as he won stage 14 of the Tour de France. It was Cavendish’s 4th win of the Tour and our African Team’s 5th of the race this year. Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) finished 2nd and Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) placed 3rd.

The 208km from Montelimar to Villars-les-Dombes Parc des Oiseaux was always looked at as being a stage for the sprinters. It was a stage our sprint ace, Cavendish had targeted weeks ago and so our African Team’s plan was clear from early on in the stage. When 4 riders went clear in a breakaway attempt, Natnael Berhane went to the front of the peloton to control the gap.

The threat of crosswinds was constant throughout the day and so our African Team made sure to keep the gap under 4-minutes for the entire day while also keeping Cavendish protected at the head of the peloton. With 25km to go, Daniel Teklehaimanot and Serge Pauwels took over from Berhane and began upping the tempo with a precarious crosswind section coming up. The faster pace meant the breakaway was caught just inside 10km to go and a few riders then lost contact with the head of the race.

Cavendish and our Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka troops were perfectly positioned to execute our plan for the finale. Bernhard Eisel was flawless in piloting the boys up until 6km to go and then our South African, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg took over. For the final kilometer Cavendish had Boasson Hagen as his guardian right up until our Manxman fixed himself to the wheel of Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quickstep).

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Samedi 16 juillet – Étape 14 – 208.5km

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Montélimar / Villars-les-Dombes Parc des Oiseaux
Cette étape normalement réservée aux sprinteurs a été marquée par un très fort vent de face qui a bien sûr empêché la progression des courageux des échappées. Au final c’est un sprint qui se dessine au fil des kilomètres comme prévu. Il se dispute sur la ligne d’arrivée, sprint de face et légèrement houleux.

Le vainqueur de l’étape du jour :
C’est Mark Cavendish qui l’emporte avec beaucoup de lucidité. Il a su attendre vraiment les 150 derniers mètres pour faire son effort. Il devance facilement Alexander Christophe et Peter Sagan.

Le maillot jaune :
Christopher Froome a passé une journée tranquille, il est toujours en jaune.

Les autres maillots :
Maillot vert du meilleur sprinteur :
Peter Sagan conserve son maillot vert même si Cavendish a marqué des points précieux.

Maillot à pois du meilleur grimpeur :
Il est toujours sur les épaules de Thomas De Gent qui a marqué un point en début d’étape en passant en tête au sommet d’une côte de quatrième catégorie.

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Dimanche 10 juillet – Étape 9 – 184.5km: Vielha Val d’Aran / Andorre Arcalis

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Troisième et dernière étape pyrénéenne qui s’est couru entre l’Espagne et la principauté d’Andorre avec une arrivée au sommet d’Andorre Arcalis.
Ce fut une étape très difficile, marquée par la chaleur et par l’orage de grêle en fin d’étape sur l’ultime ascension.

Le vainqueur de l’étape du jour :
Il est issu de l’échappée du jour, Tom Dumoulin. Une échappée parti dans le premier col. Tom Dumoulin était loin au classement général et a su profiter de cette situation pour remporter une victoire de prestige.

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Tour de France #7: Cummings wins after masterclass solo performance

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A dream 4th stage win for Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka at 2016 Le Tour de France
Steve Cummings won stage 7 of the Tour de France in typical Steve Cummings fashion, attacking from the original break of the day, to win solo in Lac de Payolle. Daryl Impey (Orica-BikeExchange) made it an even better day for African cycling as the South African finished in 2nd place. Daniel Navarro (Cofidis) was 3rd.

The 7th stage got off to a fast start with Mark Cavendish and Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) attacking from kilometer zero. 10 other riders joined the Green Jersey contenders but the peloton weren’t content on letting Sagan and Cavendish get away. As soon as their group was caught, the counter attacks started and Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka were fully switched on as Edvald Boasson Hagen made a new break with 3 others. Once again, a few kilometers down the road this break was also caught. The third escape would be the defining move of the day and 29 riders rode clear after 40km of racing, including Cummings.

Due to the constant attacking, nearly 50km were covered in the first hour and so when the break went clear, the peloton sat up for moment to regain composure which allowed the break to go 5 minutes clear. There were some big names in the escape group, with the yellow jersey race leader, Greg van Avermaet (BMC Racing) also present. With the stage ending after an ascent of the Col d’Aspin, the climbers in the breakaway like Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and Navarro were definitely the favourites for the stage.

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Tour de France #6: Mark Cavendish blasts to 3rd victory for Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka

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#Qhubeka5000 receives another boost from Mark Cavendish victory
The fairy tale Tour de France continued on stage 6 for Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka as Mark Cavendish sprinted to his 3rd victory at this year’s race. Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quickstep) was 2nd in the lunge for the line and Dan Mclay (Fortuneo-Vital Concept) placed 3rd.

At 190km from Arpajon-sur-Cere to Montauban, the terrain took in a few undulations but nothing significant enough to stop a big bunch sprint from deciding the final stage outcome. Only 2 riders made the early break of the day and this all but assured that the sprinters would have their day, as Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka, Etixx-Quickstep and Lotto-Soudal had no trouble at keeping the escapees at around 3 minutes for the majority of the day.

The inevitable catch took place just inside of 15km to go, and this is where things would get really interesting. The road was rather narrow and it meant that the peloton was densely packed, with almost no room for teams to move up. Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka were in the front 3rd of the peloton but there just didn’t seem to be a way through for our leadout team to get to the front.

The narrow road continued right up until 3km to go and it was clear that a long leadout train was not going to work today. Cavendish just wanted to be taken to the wheel of Kittel, from where he would then freelance to the finish. Our African Team were able to get Cavendish locked on to the German’s wheel after some clever work by Mark Renshaw, and from there our Manxman showed his class. Jumping with around 300m to go, Cavendish came from behind Kittel to forge ahead on the slightly downhill sprint and took another incredible win for Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka.

While the entire team were working toward the common goal of delivering Cavendish to the finale, Daniel Teklehaimanot, played a huge part in today’s victory as the Eritrean national champion spent close on 150km working at the front of the peloton. This victory comes at the perfect time for our African Team as we begin the big push to get people to sign up for our Qhubeka5000.org challenge. Tomorrow the race will head into the Pyrenees and Mark Cavendish will do so as the leader of the Green Jersey points competition once again.

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Lundi 4 juillet – Étape 3 – 223.5km: Granville / Angers

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Ce fut une étape longue, sans difficulté. Il n’y avait pas de vent donc nous avons suivi une étape très ennuyeuse où, on s’en doutait dès les premiers kilomètres, le peloton voulait favoriser un sprint.

Le vainqueur de l’étape du jour :
Comme le premier jour, c’est Mark Cavendish. Cette fois il remporte in extremis l’étape en battant sur le fil André Greipel le champion d’Allemagne pour un petit boyau.

Le maillot jaune :
Peter Sagan reste en jaune. Il termine 4e de l’étape.

Les autres maillots :
Maillot vert du meilleur sprinteur :
Le maillot vert change d’épaules. Mark Cavendish est en vert avec 6 points d’avance sur Peter Sagan.

Maillot à pois du meilleur grimpeur :
Pas de changement pour le maillot à pois qui est Jasper Stuyven.

Maillot blanc du meilleur jeune :
C’est toujours Julian Alaphilippe.

Le meilleur combatif :
Le classement a été un peu discuté entre Thomas Voeckler qui a été désigné le plus combatif et Armindo Fonseca qui avait fait beaucoup plus de kilomètres devant mais à une allure très réduite sans vraiment peser sur la course. Le peloton était à ce moment-là vraiment endormi et nous aussi d’ailleurs !

Et du côté des français ?
Excellent résultat de Bryan Coquard qui confirme ses talents de sprinteur. Il montre qu’il a le niveau pour gagner une étape au sprint sur le Tour.

Mon coup de cour :
Pour l’équipe Fortuneo Vital Concept, pour l’énergie qu’elle met jour après jour à être toujours présente dans l’échappée. J’espère pour elle que ça paiera un jour !

Et demain.
Ce sera l’étape la plus longue du Tour : 237,5 km entre Saumur et Limoges avec certainement un sprint à l’arrivée.

Classement de l’étape :
1. CAVENDISH Mark 101 TEAM DIMENSION DATA 05h 59′ 54“
2. GREIPEL André 161 LOTTO SOUDAL 05h 59′ 54“ + 00′ 00“
3. COQUARD Bryan 171 DIRECT ENERGIE 05h 59′ 54“ + 00′ 00“
4. SAGAN Peter 32 TINKOFF 05h 59′ 54“ + 00′ 00“
5. THEUNS Edward 68 TREK – SEGAFREDO 05h 59′ 54“ + 00′ 00“
6. ENGER Sondre Holst 75 IAM CYCLING 05h 59′ 54“ + 00′ 00“
7. KITTEL Marcel 181 ETIXX-QUICK STEP 05h 59′ 54“ + 00′ 00“
8. LAPORTE Christophe 196 COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 05h 59′ 54“ + 00′ 00“
9. MC LAY DANIEL 216 FORTUNEO – VITAL CONCEPT 05h 59′ 54“ + 00′ 00“
10. GROENEWEGEN Dylan 53 TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 05h 59′ 54“ + 00′ 00“

Classement général :
1. SAGAN Peter 32 TINKOFF 14h 34′ 36“
2. ALAPHILIPPE Julian 182 ETIXX-QUICK STEP 14h 34′ 44“ + 00′ 08“
3. VALVERDE Alejandro 12 MOVISTAR TEAM 14h 34′ 46“ + 00′ 10“
4. FROOME Christopher 1 TEAM SKY 14h 34′ 50“ + 00′ 14“
5. BARGUIL WARREN 111 TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN 14h 34′ 50“ + 00′ 14“
6. QUINTANA Nairo 11 MOVISTAR TEAM 14h 34′ 50“ + 00′ 14“
7. KREUZIGER Roman 36 TINKOFF 14h 34′ 50“ + 00′ 14“
8. GALLOPIN Tony 165 LOTTO SOUDAL 14h 34′ 50“ + 00′ 14“
9. ARU Fabio 21 ASTANA PRO TEAM 14h 34′ 50“ + 00′ 14“
10. MARTIN Daniel 184 ETIXX-QUICK STEP 14h 34′ 50“ + 00′ 14“

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A demain !

Tour de France #3: Mark Cavendish powers to Le Tour stage win

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2nd stage win for Mark Cavendish and Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka at 2016 Tour de France
Mark Cavendish stole the show during stage 3 of the Tour de France by powering to an incredible photo finish sprint victory over Andre Greipel (Lotto-Soudal). It would be the 28th Tour de France stage win of the Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka sprinters career, and his 2nd victory at this year’s edition of the race after his stage 1 triumph.

It was a long 223km haul from Granville to Angers, and when only Armindo Fonseca (Fortuneo Vital Concept) tried his luck in the early break, it resulted in a rather pedestrian like stage. Fonseca was allowed a maximum lead of just over 9 minutes as the peloton knew they could bring the lone Frenchman back at will. Thomas Voeckler (Direct Energie) decided to join the lone escapee with 80km to go but being a flat stage, the writing was on the wall, it was going to be a sprint finish.

Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka were again looking to deliver Cavendish to prime position for the finale in Angers, after extensive research went into the final kilometers of the stage by our African Team. With 8km to go and the break caught, our African Team started putting its plan into action as Bernhard Eisel lined Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Mark Renshaw up in front of Mark Cavendish.

The young South African, Janse van Rensburg, was instrumental in determining the final result as he put in a huge turn from 6.5km to go until 2.5km to go. Boasson Hagen was then in control as the pelotot went under the kilometer to go banner, before Renshaw piloted Cavendish to prime position from where to launch his sprint. The Manxman came off the wheel of the German champion in the final 150m, as both riders lunged for the line. The finish-line photo showed that Cavendish had won by a mere tyres width over Greipel and Bryan Coquard (Direct Energie) took 3rd place.

Another incredible win for Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka and Mark Cavendish, who is now, with 28 stage wins, tie 2nd with Bernard Hinault for the most number of stage wins at the Tour de France ever. After today’s magnificent team effort, Cavendish moved into the lead in the Green Jersey points competition with 123 points and Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) 2nd, on 116 points.

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Tour de France #1: Mark Cavendish sprints to stage victory and yellow jersey

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Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka sprinter places Qhubeka under world stage spotlight
The opening stage of the 103rd Tour de France came down to a bunch sprint in Utah Beach and Mark Cavendish gave Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka an incredible stage victory and also secured his, and our African Team’s, first ever yellow jersey of the Tour de France.

Starting in Mont-Saint-Michel, Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka had a clear plan of delivering Cavendish to the sprint finale with the hope of taking the stage victory and the yellow jersey. The 188km stage to Utah Beach suited the sprinters perfectly and so the 5 rider breakaway that did go clear early on, had zero chance of making it to the finish first.

Etixx-Quickstep and Lotto-Soudal did the lion’s share of the pace making from the peloton while Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka rode near the front, out of trouble, during a nervy stage which saw a number of crashes and splits in the peloton caused by crosswinds. With 5km to go, the race was all together and our African Team started to put our stage plan into action.

Moving up the left side of the peloton, Bernhard Eisel led Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Mark Renshaw and Mark Cavendish to the head of the bunch. Our African Team was shoulder to shoulder with the Belgian Etixx squad, as they had the stage favourite, Marcel Kittel, at the rear of their train.

After two powerful turns by Janse van Rensburg and Boasson Hagen respectively, our African Team edged ahead as Renshaw led under the 1 kilometer to go sign. Cavendish waited in the wheel of Kittel who had to start sprinting early, before our Manxman burst out of the German’s slipstream with 200m to go, to take a historical victory.

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Mark Cavendish – Rider
This is a very special win. It is the first time I have had the honour of wearing the yellow jersey. What a special moment to do it, with such special people. Three of my last guys, Edvald, Mark and Bernie were guys that have been with me my whole career and to have Reinardt Janse van Rensburg pulling full on for me in the final, it was super emotional for me. In this team, we race for more than just our sponsors, we race to raise the profile of the Qhubeka charity and to put 5000 kids on bicycles. There is no better way to do that than to wear the most iconic symbol in cycling and that’s the yellow jersey. I am very, very happy.

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Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka presents Tour de France team

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5000 bicycles the driving force behind Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka’s Tour de France ambitions
After naming a 13 rider long list for the Tour de France less than a week ago, Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka is extremely happy to announce its final selection of 9 riders that will take on the 103rd edition of the Le Grand Boucle – the first ever for an African World Tour team.

3 African riders form part of the team. Newly crowned Eritrean Road and TT champion Daniel Teklehaimanot will once again be on the start of the race. After a strong month of racing, that also saw him winning the KOM classification for a second time at the Criterium du Dauphiné, he will again try to make the fans of our African team proud. He will be joined by his fellow countryman Natnael Berhane, who will race his first Tour de France, and South African Reinardt Janse van Rensburg.

Steve Cummings, who won our African team’s first ever stage at the Tour de France on Mandela Day 2015, will spearhead the rest of the line-up together with Mark Cavendish, who will seek to add a 27th stage win to his illustrious palmares. The Manx Missile will be able to count on his lieutenants Mark Cavendish,, with the latter one also being our team’s road captain. Serge Pauwels and Norwegian Road and TT champion Edvald Boasson Hagen will round out our 9 rider line-up for the Le Grand Boucle.

Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka – Tour de France team
Natnael Berhane [Link];
Edvald Boasson Hagen [Link];
Mark Cavendish [Link];
Steve Cummings [Link];
Bernhard Eisel [Link];
Reinardt Janse van Rensburg [Link];
Serge Pauwels [Link];
Mark Renshaw [Link];
Daniel Teklehaimanot [Link];

Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka will race to raise funds towards the #BicyclesChangeLives campaign and is proud to invite fans and partners alike to join through the Qhubeka 5000 challenge during the Tour de France. The Qhubeka 5000 is an international 48-hour interactive fundraising initiative by our African team with the aim to get supporters around the world to take part and make an impact that matters in Africa. Find out how you can join this challenge at qhubeka5000.org.

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