Schlagwort-Archive: Ruben Guerreiro

Saudi Tour – 5. Etappe

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AlUla Old Town – Maraya – 143 Km

1 CONSONNI Simone ITA COFIDIS 03:10:13
2 MALUCELLI Matteo ITA BINGOAL WB 00:00
3 ACKERMANN Pascal GER UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:00
4 GROENEWEGEN Dylan NED TEAM JAYCO-ALULA 00:00
5 KANTER Max GER MOVISTAR TEAM 00:00
6 BOL Cees NED ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM 00:00
7 LOBATO Juan Jose ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 00:00
8 TIZZA Marco ITA BINGOAL WB 00:00
9 SAJNOK Szymon POL Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:00
10 MILAN Jonathan ITA BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 00:00

Endstand:

1 GUERREIRO Ruben POR MOVISTAR TEAM 20:20:04
2 FORMOLO Davide ITA UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:08
3 BUITRAGO Santiago COL BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 00:09
4 GROSSSCHARTNER Felix AUT UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:18
5 MILAN Jonathan ITA BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 00:24
6 BOL Cees NED ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM 00:32
7 CONSONNI Simone ITA COFIDIS 00:33
8 BARTA William USA MOVISTAR TEAM 00:37
9 AZPARREN Xabier ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 00:38
10 TIZZA Marco ITA BINGOAL WB 00:43

Last stage for Consonni, Guerreiro wins the Saudi Tour

After visiting some of the most spectacular sites of AlUla including the UNESCO world heritage site of Hegra, the final stage of the Saudi Tour came down to a bunched sprint. Just above the mirrored Maraya concert hall, Simone Consonni (Cofidis) made the best of his punchy sprint to beat Matteo Malucelli (Bingoal WB) and Pascal Ackermann (UAE Team Emirates). The final general classification and this 2023 Saudi Tour was won by Portugal’s Ruben Guerreiro who finished safely in the bunch.

It was time for the final showdown. Before the start of the fifth and last stage of the Saudi Tour the first three of the general classification were within ten seconds, Ruben Guerreiro (MOV) leading the way with a slim 8” advantage over Formolo (UAE) and 9” over Buitrago (TBV). In other words anything could still happen especially with a gravel section through the UNESCO World heritage site of Hegra on the menu of the day’s 143-km race where a puncture could occur at any time. There would indeed be quite a possibility for some drama.

BATTLE FOR BREAKAWAY
For this final day of the event, the 102 remaining riders all gathered together at the start in the old town of AlUla. With still a lot at stake in all the different standings, the battle was intense to get into the day’s breakaway. Desal (BWB) was the first man to go clear of the pack at km 15. The Belgian was soon caught by five other men: blue jersey Hansen (UXT), Malecki (Q36), Juaristi (EUS), Iacchi and Van Empel (both COR). At the first intermediate active sprint (km 21) won by Hansen ahead of Juaristi and Malecki, the front six could enjoy a 2’25’’ advantage.

HANSEN CLOSES IN ON BLUE JERSEY
Eager to try and win a second stage on this Saudi Tour, team Jayco AlUla started chasing down the escapees. At the second Intermediate active sprint (km 71) Hansen moved a step closer to the final blue jersey by again beating Juaristi and Malecki. Meanwhile the pack remained 1’50’’ adrift. With UAE team Emirates and Movistar helping out at the front of the pack, the gap carried on dropping as the riders went through the gravel section of the spectacular Hegra site. As the pack excited the UNESCO world heritage site, Donovan (Q36) took off on a counter-attack. With 25kms to go, the front 6 had a 25’’ lead over the British rider and 55’’ over the pack. Just before the bonus sprint, Donovan stopped his vain solo effort. That all important sprint (km 122) was to be claimed by Juaristi ahead of Hansen, guaranteed of winning the blue jersey.

THIRD PRO WIN FOR CONSONNI
With 15kms to go, the gap has dropped down to 35’’. Seeing the pack move dangerously closer, Malecki gave it a final go on his own. He would be the last man standing of the breakaway but was caught with just under 2 kilometres to go. The pack remained bunched for the final uphill straight just by the Maraya concert hall. On this punchy type finish, Simone Consonni (COF) flew to victory, beating Malucelli (BWB) and Ackermann (UAE). The Italian Olympic and World team pursuit champion conquers his third professional win, his first of 2023.

FIRST STAGE RACE WIN FOR GUERREIRO
Finishing safely among the peloton in 16th position, Ruben Guerreiro (MOV) wins this third edition of the Saudi Tour ahead of Davide Formolo (UAE) and Santiago Buitrago (TBV). The Portuguese conquers his first ever stage win. Thanks to his fourth position on the final stage, Dylan Groenewegen (JAY) wins the points classification (red jersey) while Buitrago finishes best young rider (white jersey) and UAE is crowned best team.

Saudi Tour – 4. Etappe

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Maraya – Skyviews of Harrat Uwayrid – 164 Km


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1 GUERREIRO Ruben POR MOVISTAR TEAM 03:45:01
2 FORMOLO Davide ITA UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:00
3 BUITRAGO Santiago COL BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 00:00
4 GROSSSCHARTNER Felix AUT UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:04
5 BARTA William USA MOVISTAR TEAM 00:22
6 MUHLBERGER Gregor AUT MOVISTAR TEAM 00:23
7 MARIAULT Axel FRA COFIDIS 00:23
8 AZPARREN Xabier ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 00:23
9 MEZGEC Luka SLO TEAM JAYCO-ALULA 00:28
10 CONSONNI Simone ITA COFIDIS 00:28
11 HINDSGAUL MADSEN Jacob DEN UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:28
12 EDMONDSON Alex AUS TEAM DSM 00:28
13 GIBBONS Ryan RSA UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:28
14 BOL Cees NED ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM 00:28
15 TIZZA Marco ITA BINGOAL WB 00:28
16 SAINBAYAR Jambaljamts MGL TERENGGANU POLYGON CT 00:28
17 MILAN Jonathan ITA BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 00:28
18 PEYSKENS Dimitri BEL BINGOAL WB 00:28
19 DONOVAN Mark GBR Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:28
20 JUARISTI Txomin ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 00:28

Gesamt:

1 GUERREIRO Ruben POR MOVISTAR TEAM 17:09:51
2 FORMOLO Davide ITA UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:08
3 BUITRAGO Santiago COL BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 00:09
4 GROSSSCHARTNER Felix AUT UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:18
5 MILAN Jonathan ITA BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 00:24
6 BOL Cees NED ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM 00:32
7 BARTA William USA MOVISTAR TEAM 00:37
8 AZPARREN Xabier ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 00:38
9 CONSONNI Simone ITA COFIDIS 00:43
10 MEZGEC Luka SLO TEAM JAYCO-ALULA 00:43
11 TIZZA Marco ITA BINGOAL WB 00:43
12 HINDSGAUL MADSEN Jacob DEN UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:43
13 DONOVAN Mark GBR Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:43
14 PEYSKENS Dimitri BEL BINGOAL WB 00:43
15 SVESTAD-BÅRDSENG Embret NOR HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 00:48

Stage 4 of the Saudi Tour was promised to a climber or at least a man with GC ambitions and it delivered. The decisive and extremely steep climb to the Skyviews of Harrad Uwayrid saw four strong men pull away: Buitrago (TBV), Formolo, Grossschartner (UAE) and Guerreiro (MOV). They managed to keep a decent enough gap on the green jersey group to make it clear to the line and battle for the overall lead. Ruben Guerreiro proved to be the fastest beating Formolo and Buitrago to the line. The Portuguese who joined Movistar from EF during the winter break wins his fourth ever pro win and captures the green jersey with one day to go.
A clear sky, very little wind and mild temperatures. The scene was perfectly set for what promised to be the queen stage of this third edition of the Saudi Tour. After what seemed to be an appetizer yesterday with the final climb up to Abu Rakah crowning young Norwegian prince Soren Wearenskjold and Italian king Jonathan Milan, the new green jersey, stage 4 was designed for the GC contenders. With the demanding finish to the Skyviews of Harrat Uwayrid where Maxim Van Gils conquered the 2022 title last year, all eyes were on the climbers. The superb Maraya Concert Hall designed in the Ashar Valley to blend into the surrounding landscape was the host of a picturesque start for the 105 remaining riders. On the menu : 163.4kms including two large loops before a final climb and a long straight towards Harrat Uwayrid.

4 ESCAPEES
After a visit of the splendid Banyon Tree resort during the neutralised start, a fierce battle started straight from the gun. Despite quite a few attempts, it wasn’t before km 24 that three men managed to break away: Engelhardt (JAY), Zukowsky (Q36) and Barac (COR). These three were rapidly caught by Mohd Zariff (TSG) and the gap reached 2’10’’ at km 30. The first Intermediate active sprint was claimed by Barac while the pack started chasing led by team Bahrain Victorious of green jersey Milan and title contender Buitrago. Shortly after, white jersey wearer and 9th overall, Andoni Lopez de Abetzuko (EUS) was forced to retire after an incident with another rider that saw him crash out.

ZUKOWSKY LAST TO BE CAUGHT
The second intermediate active sprint (km 106) was again claimed by Barac while the pack had the escapees under control (1’45’’). At the end of the second of two big loops around AlUla, the pack led by UnoX pushed hard. With 15kms to go, Zukowsky was the last man at the front while his companions were caught. The Canadian was finally caught after 150kms.

FOUR MEN POWER AWAY
As soon as the first kilometres of the final climb the heavy sprinters were dropped: Groenewegen (JAY), Ackermann (UAE), Waerenskjold (UXT). At the front four men managed to power away: Buitrago (TBV), Formolo, Grossschartner (both UAE) and Guerreiro (MOV). At the summit where Guerreiro won the bonus sprint and its precious 3 seconds, the front group had an advantage of 20’’ over the first chasers and 1’ over the green jersey group of Jonathan Milan. There were still eight kilometres to cover until the finish line but the front four managed to remain clear. The stage win eventually went to Ruben Guerreiro ahead of Formolo and Buitrago. The Portuguese who won a stage of the Giro back in 2020 as well as the KOM jersey that same year claims his first win of the season under his new Movistar colours.

GUERREIRO IN GREEN
Thanks to the 13 bonus seconds he captured on the day (10” at the finish + 3” at the bonus sprint), Guerreiro takes command of the general classification with an 8” lead over Formolo and 9” over Buitrago. The 28-year-old will be wearing the green jersey on the final day of the event with the hope of keeping it for good. Meanwhile Buitrago becomes the best young rider (white jersey) and Milan keeps the lead of the points classification (red jersey). Marcus Hansen (UXT) also keep the blue jersey of the most active rider.

Giro d’Italia – Etappe 9

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San Salvo – Roccaraso (208,0 km)
1 GUERREIRO Ruben (POR) EF PRO CYCLING 5:41:20
2 CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan (ESP) INEOS GRENADIERS 0:00:08
3 BJERG Mikkel (DEN) UAE TEAM EMIRATES 0:00:58
4 FRANKINY Kilian (SUI) GROUPAMA – FDJ 0:01:16
5 WARBASSE Lawrence (USA) AG2R LA MONDIALE 0:01:16
6 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao (GBR) INEOS GRENADIERS 0:01:19
7 HAMILTON Lucas (AUS) MITCHELTON – SCOTT 0:01:32
8 KELDERMAN Wilco (NED) TEAM SUNWEB 0:01:38
9 FUGLSANG Jakob (DEN) ASTANA PRO TEAM 0:01:38
10 HINDLEY Jai (AUS) TEAM SUNWEB 0:01:38
11 MAJKA Rafal (POL) BORA – HANSGROHE 0:01:41
12 KONRAD Patrick (AUT) BORA – HANSGROHE 0:01:41
13 MCNULTY Brandon (USA) UAE TEAM EMIRATES 0:01:44
14 POZZOVIVO Domenico (ITA) NTT PRO CYCLING 0:01:44
15 MASNADA Fausto (ITA) DECEUNINCK – QUICK – STEP 0:01:50
16 NIBALI Vincenzo (ITA) TREK – SEGAFREDO 0:01:52
17 BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello (ESP) BAHRAIN – MCLAREN 0:01:52
18 VALTER Attila (HUN) CCC TEAM 0:01:55
19 ALMEIDA João (POR) DECEUNINCK – QUICK – STEP 0:01:56
20 PERNSTEINER Hermann (AUT) BAHRAIN – MCLAREN 0:01:56

Gesamtwertung
1 ALMEIDA João (POR) DECEUNINCK – QUICK – STEP 11:35:50
2 KELDERMAN Wilco (NED) TEAM SUNWEB 0:00:30
3 BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello (ESP) BAHRAIN – MCLAREN 0:00:39
4 POZZOVIVO Domenico (ITA) NTT PRO CYCLING 0:00:53
5 NIBALI Vincenzo (ITA) TREK – SEGAFREDO 0:00:57
6 FUGLSANG Jakob (DEN) ASTANA PRO TEAM 0:01:01
7 VANHOUCKE Harm (BEL) LOTTO SOUDAL 0:01:02
8 KONRAD Patrick (AUT) BORA – HANSGROHE 0:01:11
9 HINDLEY Jai (AUS) TEAM SUNWEB 0:01:15
10 MAJKA Rafal (POL) BORA – HANSGROHE 0:01:17

Starke Leistung von Patrick Konrad und Rafal Majka auf der 9. Etappe des Giro d’Italia

Nach der gestrigen flachen Etappe ging es heute wieder in die Berge. Die 208 km lange Strecke von San Salvo nach Roccaraso ging über vier kategorisierte Anstiege und umfasste mehr als 4,000 Höhenmeter, also eine Etappe wo man mit Verschiebungen im Gesamtklassement rechnen konnte. Alle frühen Attacken wurden neutralisiert bis sich letztlich acht Fahrer vom Peloton lösen konnten. Das Feld ließ die Spitzenreiter gewähren und der Abstand blieb über lange Zeit bei rund sechs Minuten konstant. Als Trek-Segafredo 26 km bis zum Ziel im vorletzten Anstieg das Tempo erhöhte, fielen viele Fahrer zurück, doch es gelang Patrick Konrad und Rafal Majka im reduzierten Feld zu bleiben. Die Gruppe der Führenden fiel auf dem letzten steilen Anstieg auseinander und nur noch R. Guerreiro und J. Castroviejo blieben an der Spitze des Renngeschehens. Als Guerreiro auf den letzten 200m attackierte konnte sein spanischer Kontrahent nicht kontern und er holte den Sieg. Rafal Majka und Patrick Konrad überquerten die Ziellinie auf dem 11. bzw. 12. Platz. Es gelang dem Österreicher damit einen Platz auf den 8. Rang in der Gesamtwertung aufzurücken, während sein polnischer Teamkollege auf dem 10. Platz verbleibt.

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„Es war eine sehr harte Etappe und auch sehr kalt. Unser Plan war es, sicher ins Ziel zu kommen und keine Zeit in der Gesamtwertung zu verlieren. Rafal und ich überquerten die Ziellinie zusammen in einer guten Position, und wir können mit unserem Tag sehr zufrieden sein.“ – Patrick Konrad
„Patrick und Rafal haben nicht nur die sehr schwierigen Bedingungen bezwungen, sondern es auch geschafft, einige Sekunden in der Gesamtwertung gut zu machen. Es hat fast den ganzen Tag geregnet und im Ziel waren es nur 9 Grad. Das verbleibende Spitzenduo bestand aus starken Kletterern und konnte so bis zum Ende die Führung beibehalten. Wir haben heute keine besondere Initiative ergriffen, denn unser eigenes Ziel war es, unsere GC-Fahrer zu schützen und sie gut ins Ziel zu bringen. Wir werden morgen einen wohlverdienten Ruhetag haben, und ich glaube, dass wir nach diesem ersten Teil des Giros unsere Ziele noch erreichen können. Wir sind mit unseren GC-Fahrern auf dem richtigen Weg, beide sind nach neun Etappen unter den Top 10. Peter erzielte drei zweite Plätze, und wir hoffen, dass ein Etappensieg in greifbare Nähe rückt. Der Kampf um das Punktetrikot ist auch noch nicht zu Ende. Die letzte Woche wird sehr schwer, und wir werden alles versuchen, dass wir diese gut überstehen. Es ist schade, dass Patrick Gamper, ein junger und motivierter Fahrer, diese Woche den Giro verlassen musste und wir wünschen ihm gute Besserung.“ – Jens Zemke, Sportlicher Leiter

KATUSHA ALPECIN adds Ruben Guerreiro to 2019 roster

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A one-year contract has been signed with Portuguese rider Ruben Guerreiro, as KATUSHA ALPECIN continue to build the roster for 2019.
Ruben Guerreiro: “KATUSHA ALPECIN has always been one of my favorite teams. Former KATUSHA rider Purito Rodríguez always has been one of my idols. There is also a substantial Portuguese connection in the team which makes it easier for me of course, though I am used to speaking English after having spent four years in American teams. I really look forward to the next step in my career and I feel that KATUSHA ALPECIN is the right choice.”
Guerreiro, 24, comes to the team from Trek-Segafredo and prior to that, the team of Axel Merckx, who is known to nurture young talent. Ruben, 5th in the WorldTour Bretagne Classic – Ouest-France last Sunday, has chalked up many wins in his career, including the Portuguese National Road championships in 2017. Further he earned a top ten place in the Tour Down Under and 4th in the Herald Sun Tour, both in 2018.
General Manager José Azevedo, also Portuguese, is enthusiastic about the signing of Guerreiro: “I’ve followed Ruben’s career for a long time, starting four years ago when he signed with the team of Axel Merckx. He did good years with Axel, especially in the Tour of California. I like his style of racing. He’s aggressive and always trying to go in the breakaways. In the hard moments he is not someone who tries to hide or to sit in the wheels; he always takes his chance. He’s had some good results, like finishing top ten in the WorldTour Tour Down Under (9th, 2018).”
Guerreiro continued: “Ardennes classics, one-day races and also stage races of one week are my ‘thing’. Due to some health problems I could not always show what I am capable of, but I will next year. I want to be a good teammate as well as to win. KATUSHA ALPECIN offers me this opportunity.”

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