Schlagwort-Archive: Stephen Williams

Fleche Wallone 2024 199km Männer

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Stephen Williams (Israel – Premier Tech) took victory in the 2024 La Flèche Wallonne, making history by becoming the first British winner of the race, with a brilliantly timed finish on the fourth climb of the Mur de Huy. After a race which saw sunshine, torrential rain and even snow, Kévin Vauquelin (Arkea – B&B Hotels) and Maxim Van Gils (Lotto Dstny) were also on the podium, after crossing the finish line in second and third respectively, closely behind the victorious Williams.

A 30th start in Charleroi
174 riders took the start of the 88th edition of the Flèche Wallonne, as Charleroi hosted the start of the race for the 30th time. The 2024 midweek Ardennes classic marked the 40th finish of La Flèche Wallonne atop the Mur de Huy, with the peloton taking on the brutal climb of the famous Chemin des Chapelles on four occasions for the first time ever. Ben Hermans (Cofidis) was finally unable to take the start, in what would have been his 12th participation at Flèche Wallonne, having achieved his best result of 14th on his debut in 2009.

Six riders clear at the front
At km 11 Igor Chzhan (Astana) and Johan Meens (Bingoal WB) joined the four riders already at the front, Lilian Calmejane (Intermarché-Wanty), Alan Jousseaume (TotalEnergies), James Whelan (Q.365) and Txomin Juaristi (Euskaltel-Euskadi), who had been the first attacker in the first kilometre. Aaron Van der Beken (Bingoal WB) tried to go with Meens in the chase to the front group but finally dropped back. Juaristi was also the first rider to reach the summit of Côte d’Yvoir at km 42.7 and the six man breakaway had established an advantage of 4’30“ over the peloton after 50 km of racing.

Difficult weather conditions
The breakaway riders were absolutely drenched by torrential rain as they rode into Huy for the first time and there was even some snowfall. Whelan struggled for several minutes to get his jacket on correctly, but finally managed to do so before the Mur de Huy, although he briefly lost some ground on the other five in the break. As the peloton reached the top of the Mur de Huy for the first of four climbs of this famous ascent, they reduced the gap to the breakaway to 2’. That first ascent of the Mur saw a group of several riders dropped by the peloton, including Aleksandr Vlasov (BORA – hansgrohe) and Mauri Vansevenant (Soudal Quick-Step). After the first Mur de Huy climb Jousseaume was back in the peloton after more than 100km in the breakaway, whilst Dylan Teuns (Israel – Premier Tech), the winner of the 2022 edition, was dropped by the peloton with 75km to go.

Mur de Huy takes its toll
A reduced breakaway of Calmejane, Meens and Juaristi were swallowed up by the bunch, before the riders tackled the Mur de Huuy for the second time. This time it was the big favourites who lost contact with the main peloton: Marc Hirschi, Tom Pidcock, Mattias Skjelmose and David Gaudu were excluded from the group. Valentin Madouas, who took the lead at the Mur summit (km 135.3), was one of the most aggressive, but Soren Kragh Andersen (Alpecin – Deceuninck) launched into a solo attack 60 km from the finish. With 46km of racing to go there were only around 30 riders left in the peloton and they were 1’ behind the solo race leader Kragh Andersen. Meanwhile Markus Hoelgaard (Uno-X Mobility) briefly got 20″ in front of the bunch trying to chase down Kragh Andersen, but his attempt to do so did not last long.

Amazing effort by Kragh Andersen
On the penultimate climb of the Mur Kragh Andersen crossed the summit 1’ ahead of Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain – Victorious) and Richard Carapaz (EF Education – EasyPost), 1’05“ ahead of the peloton led by Kevin Vauquelin (Arkéa – B&B Hotels). Israel – Premier Tech’s Stephen Williams went on the offensive with 28km to go, chasing Kragh Andersen, then a quartet composed of Maxim Van Gils (Lotto Dstny), Vauquelin, Buitrago and Carapaz joined Williams in the chase. Those five chasers were caught by the peloton 17 km from the finish. Kragh Andersen was in turn caught by the peloton on the final Côte d’Ereffe climb with just under 15 km to go, having spent 46 km solo at the front of the race.

Williams is the winner
The 2024 winner Williams timed a late attack perfectly and ultimately shot across the finish line at the top one of the hardest climbs in pro cycling after 198.6km of racing with his historic performance, getting the better of a strong group of 31 riders who battled it out on the Mur de Huy. Vauquelin was so close to the victory, as Williams was just too strong for him in the final metres, with Van Gils in third, followed over the line by Benoit Cosnefroy in fourth and Buitrago in fifth.


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1 STEPHEN WILLIAMS 37 ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH 04h 40′ 24“
2 KÉVIN VAUQUELIN 81 ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 04h 40′ 24“
3 MAXIM VAN GILS 61 LOTTO DSTNY 04h 40′ 27“ + 00h 00′ 03“
4 BENOIT COSNEFROY 191 DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM 04h 40′ 27“ + 00h 00′ 03“
5 SANTIAGO BUITRAGO 103 BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 04h 40′ 27“ + 00h 00′ 03“
6 TOBIAS HALLAND JOHANNESSEN 111 UNO-X MOBILITY 04h 40′ 34“ + 00h 00′ 10“
7 ROMAIN GREGOIRE 163 GROUPAMA-FDJ 04h 40′ 34“ + 00h 00′ 10“
9 TIESJ BENOOT 51 TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE 04h 40′ 34“ + 00h 00′ 10“
10 GUILLAUME MARTIN 46 COFIDIS 04h 40′ 34“ + 00h 00′ 10“
11 CLÉMENT CHAMPOUSSIN 83 ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 04h 40′ 40“ + 00h 00′ 16“
12 TOMS SKUJINS 17 LIDL-TREK 04h 40′ 42“ + 00h 00′ 18“
13 RICHARD CARAPAZ 141 EF EDUCATION – EASYPOST 04h 40′ 44“ + 00h 00′ 20“
14 JORDAN JEGAT 185 TOTALENERGIES 04h 40′ 47“ + 00h 00′ 23“
15 VALENTIN MADOUAS 164 GROUPAMA-FDJ 04h 40′ 48“ + 00h 00′ 24“
16 ILAN VAN WILDER 26 SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 04h 40′ 48“ + 00h 00′ 24“
17 ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING 113 UNO-X MOBILITY 04h 40′ 48“ + 00h 00′ 24“
18 AXEL LAURANCE 131 ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 04h 40′ 48“ + 00h 00′ 24“
19 QUINTEN HERMANS 132 ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 04h 40′ 54“ + 00h 00′ 30“
20 TIM VAN DIJKE 56 TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE 04h 40′ 56“ + 00h 00′ 32“
21 ENZO LEIJNSE 74 TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL 04h 40′ 56“ + 00h 00′ 32“
22 BRUNO ARMIRAIL 192 DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM 04h 40′ 56“ + 00h 00′ 32“
23 ANDREAS LEKNESSUND 117 UNO-X MOBILITY 04h 46′ 31“ + 00h 06′ 07“
24 DAVIDE FORMOLO 95 MOVISTAR TEAM 04h 41′ 00“ + 00h 00′ 36“
25 FABIEN DOUBEY 182 TOTALENERGIES 04h 41′ 05“ + 00h 00′ 41“
26 ROGER ADRIA OLIVERAS 212 BORA – HANSGROHE 04h 41′ 07“ + 00h 00′ 43“

Santos Tour Down Under 2024 Etappe 6

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6. Etappe: Unley – Mount Loftyy – 128 Km

Endstand:

1 WILLIAMS Stephen GBR Israel-Premier Tech 19:13:34
2 NARVAEZ Jhonnatan ECU INEOS Grenadiers 00:09
3 DEL TORO Isaac MEX UAE Team Emirates 00:11
4 ONLEY Oscar GBR Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:20
5 LEMMEN Bart NED Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:23
6 ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA Soudal Quick-Step 00:33
7 YATES Simon GBR Team Jayco-AlUla 00:33
8 PARET-PEINTRE Valentin FRA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 00:36
9 HOWSON Damien AUS Australia 00:42
10 HAIG Jack AUS Bahrain Victorious 00:50
11 SCHULTZ Nick AUS Israel-Premier Tech 00:50
12 ZIMMERMANN Georg GER Intermarché-Wanty 00:57
13 ZWIEHOFF Ben GER BORA-hansgrohe 00:57
14 GUERREIRO Ruben POR Movistar Team 01:02
15 MOLLEMA Bauke NED Lidl-Trek 01:02
16 LOPEZ Juan Pedro ESP Lidl-Trek 01:02
17 VERGALLITO Luca ITA Alpecin-Deceuninck 01:02
18 ADRIÀ Roger ESP BORA-hansgrohe 01:07
19 ULISSI Diego ITA UAE Team Emirates 01:08
20 STORER Michael AUS Australia 01:09

Santos Tour Down Under 2024 Etappe 5

Ergebnisse, Etappenrennen, Strassenrennen, , , , ,

Christies Beach – Willunga Hill – 130 Km

1 ONLEY Oscar GBR Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 02:52:53
2 WILLIAMS Stephen GBR Israel-Premier Tech 00:00
3 NARVAEZ Jhonnatan ECU INEOS Grenadiers 00:00
4 ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA Soudal Quick-Step 00:03
5 LEMMEN Bart NED Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:03
6 YATES Simon GBR Team Jayco-AlUla 00:03
7 PARET-PEINTRE Valentin FRA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 00:06
8 DEL TORO Isaac MEX UAE Team Emirates 00:06
9 HOWSON Damien AUS Australia 00:12
10 FISHER-BLACK Finn NZL UAE Team Emirates 00:20
11 MARIAULT Axel FRA Cofidis 00:20
12 HAIG Jack AUS Bahrain Victorious 00:20
13 SCHULTZ Nick AUS Israel-Premier Tech 00:20
14 ZWIEHOFF Ben GER BORA-hansgrohe 00:27
15 BERTHET Clément FRA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 00:30
16 ZIMMERMANN Georg GER Intermarché-Wanty 00:30
17 HAMILTON Chris AUS Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:32
18 ULISSI Diego ITA UAE Team Emirates 00:32
19 MOLLEMA Bauke NED Lidl-Trek 00:32
20 VERGALLITO Luca ITA Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:32

Gesamt:

Aufgrund der Addition der Etappenplatzierungen bei Zeitgleichheit ergab sich folgendes Gesamtergebnis, Etappensiege zählen hier in Australien nicht zur Ermittlung des Gesamtführenden:

1 WILLIAMS Stephen GBR Israel-Premier Tech 16:08:48
2 ONLEY Oscar GBR Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:00
3 NARVAEZ Jhonnatan ECU INEOS Grenadiers 00:05
4 DEL TORO Isaac MEX UAE Team Emirates 00:05
5 ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA Soudal Quick-Step 00:13
6 LEMMEN Bart NED Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:13
7 YATES Simon GBR Team Jayco-AlUla 00:13
8 PARET-PEINTRE Valentin FRA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 00:16
9 HOWSON Damien AUS Australia 00:22
10 MARIAULT Axel FRA Cofidis 00:24
11 FISHER-BLACK Finn NZL UAE Team Emirates 00:27
12 HAIG Jack AUS Bahrain Victorious 00:30
13 SCHULTZ Nick AUS Israel-Premier Tech 00:30
14 ZIMMERMANN Georg GER Intermarché-Wanty 00:37
15 ZWIEHOFF Ben GER BORA-hansgrohe 00:37

Arctic Race of Norway – 4. Etappe und Endstand:

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Kvalsund – Nordkapp – 171Km

1 CHAMPOUSSIN Clément FRA Team Arkéa-Samsic 04:00:38
2 EIKING Odd Christian NOR Norway 00:00
3 GAZZOLI Michele ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:00
4 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 00:00
5 DINHAM Matthew AUS Team dsm-firmenich 00:00
6 SCARONI Cristian ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:00
7 BONNEU Kamiel BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:00
8 TEUNS Dylan BEL Israel-Premier Tech 00:00
9 VERMAERKE Kevin USA Team dsm-firmenich 00:00
10 WILLIAMS Stephen GBR Israel-Premier Tech 00:00
11 ADRIÁ Roger ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 00:00
12 MARTIN Guillaume FRA Cofidis 00:00
13 BARRÉ Louis FRA Team Arkéa-Samsic 00:00
14 CHRISTOPHERSEN Cedrik Bakke NOR Team Coop-Repsol 00:00
15 MARIS Elias BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:00

Endstand:

1 WILLIAMS Stephen GBR Israel-Premier Tech 15:38:06
2 SCARONI Cristian ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:01
3 VERMAERKE Kevin USA Team dsm-firmenich 00:09
4 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 00:09
5 TEUNS Dylan BEL Israel-Premier Tech 00:11
6 DINHAM Matthew AUS Team dsm-firmenich 00:12
7 MARTIN Guillaume FRA Cofidis 00:12
8 ADRIÁ Roger ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 00:12
9 BONNEU Kamiel BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:19
10 CHRISTOPHERSEN Cedrik Bakke NOR Team Coop-Repsol 00:20
11 JOHNSTON Liam AUS Trinity Racing 00:23
12 LASTRA Jonathan ESP Cofidis 00:24
13 HELLEMOSE Asbjørn DEN Lidl-Trek 00:27
14 BARRÉ Louis FRA Team Arkéa-Samsic 00:28
15 MARIS Elias BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:31

Williams conquers the Arctic

Israel-Premier Tech’s Stephen Williams won the 2023 Arctic Race of Norway by only one second over Astana Qazaqstan’s Christian Scaroni, emulating the minimal gap that allowed Alexey Lutsenko to claim the 2019 title with Warren Barguil as the runner-up. Team dsm-firmenich’s Kevin Vermaerke stood third on the final podium, taking advantage of the bonus seconds he scored at the beginning of this beautiful final stage that finished in the breath-taking North Cape, one of the northernmost spots in Europe. Arkea-Samsic’s Clement Champoussin was the fastest in the uphill sprint that settled the day, defeating Norwegian National Team’s Odd Christian Eiking and Astana Qazaqstan’s Michele Gazzoli.

106 riders took the start in the fourth and final stage of the 2023 Arctic Race of Norway, held between Kvalsund and the North Cape over 171,4 kilometres, at 13:40. There was some fast racing to begin, as none of the attackers was able to go clear ahead of the Skaidi (IS, km 21,1) intermediate sprint on which Noah Hobbs (Groupama-FDJ Continental) took three bonus seconds ahead of Kevin Vermaerke (Team dsm-firmenich) and Dylan Teuns (Israel-Premier Tech), who in turn collected two and one. A few minutes later, Human Powered Health’s Sebastian Schonberger was first atop Skaidi Summit (KOM, km 23,4).

A big breakaway day

A 19-strong group tried to escape from the peloton after 31 kilometres, with Dylan Teuns (Israel-Premier Tech), Guillaume Martin (Cofidis), Igor Arrieta (Equipo Kern Pharma) or Andre Drege (Coop-Repsol) amongst many others. They were not given much leeway, though, and their attempt got shut down after an intense chase. 68 kilometres into the race, a group of 15 managed to really establish itself at the head of the race. Jonas Hvideberg (Team dsm-firmenich), Hugo Toumire (Cofidis), Ludvik Holstad, Iver Knotten (Norwegian National Team), August Jensen, Kristian Aasvold (Human Powered Health), Alessandro Verre (Arkea-Samsic), Walter Calzoni (Q36.5), Frederik Dversnes (Uno-X), Kevin Colleoni (Jayco-AlUla), Pablo Carrascosa (Equipo Kern Pharma), Lennert Teugels (Bingoal WB), Rodrigo Alvarez (Burgos BH), Tobias Nakken (Trinity Racing) and the aforementioned Hobbs were the ones to put some daylight between themselves and the peloton led by Israel-Premier Tech and Astana Qazaqstan, opening a gap that peaked at 2’45” with 70 kilometres left to race.

Hobbs claims all the intermediate sprints

Midnight Sun jersey wearer during stage 3 Noah Hobbs led the way through Hjelness (IS, km 109,1) as Nakken got dropped from the break. The Groupama-FDJ Continental rider was also first across Storbukt (IS, km 139,9), at which point the gap had dropped down to 1’45”. The riders thus entered the final thirty kilometres of the race, on which three classified climbs including the summit finish at the Nordkapp (the iconic North Cape) were to decide this 10th edition of the Arctic Race of Norway.

Calzoni nearly makes it

As soon as the peloton hit the first slopes of the climb to Skipsfjord Summit (KOM, km 150,2), Cofidis and Arkea-Samsic took the helm of the peloton, reducing it to 50 riders as the break was whittled down to just six members: Hvideberg, Calzoni, Knotten, Jensen, Dversnes and Teugels. The Human Powered Health rider was first across the summit, where the peloton trialled behind the front of the race by 1’20”. The race heated up during the climb to Vestfjlordfjellet Summit (KOM, km 165), with Calzoni cresting it first as he was the last of the men of the breakaway not to be reeled in by the main group. The Italian rider kept his solo effort and managed to reach the last kilometre with a slight gap over the favourites, who were attacking left and right behind. There was no happy ending for Calzoni, though, as he was caught in the final ramp with 200 meters to go. The Israel-Premier Tech team launched the sprint, yet Arkea-Samsic’s Clement Champoussin was quicker than the other contenders and managed to claim his first victory of the season. The Israeli team still had a reason to smile as their Stephen Williams kept the Midnight Sun jersey and was crowned as overall winner of the event.

Arctic Race of Norway – 3. Etappe:

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Hammerfest – Havøysund – 167 Km

1 WILLIAMS Stephen GBR Israel-Premier Tech 04:02:58
2 CHAMPOUSSIN Clément FRA Team Arkéa-Samsic 00:00
3 SCARONI Cristian ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:00
4 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 00:00
5 TEUNS Dylan BEL Israel-Premier Tech 00:00
6 ADRIÁ Roger ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 00:00
7 DINHAM Matthew AUS Team dsm-firmenich 00:00
8 MARTIN Guillaume FRA Cofidis 00:00
9 VERMAERKE Kevin USA Team dsm-firmenich 00:00
10 BONNEU Kamiel BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:07
11 EIKING Odd Christian NOR Norway 00:08
12 CHRISTOPHERSEN Cedrik Bakke NOR Team Coop-Repsol 00:08
13 JOHNSTON Liam AUS Trinity Racing 00:11
14 HELLEMOSE Asbjørn DEN Lidl-Trek 00:16
15 BARRÉ Louis FRA Team Arkéa-Samsic 00:16

Gesamt:

1 WILLIAMS Stephen GBR Israel-Premier Tech 11:37:28
2 SCARONI Cristian ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:01
3 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 00:09
4 VERMAERKE Kevin USA Team dsm-firmenich 00:11
5 TEUNS Dylan BEL Israel-Premier Tech 00:12
6 DINHAM Matthew AUS Team dsm-firmenich 00:12
7 MARTIN Guillaume FRA Cofidis 00:12
8 ADRIÁ Roger ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 00:12
9 CHRISTOPHERSEN Cedrik Bakke NOR Team Coop-Repsol 00:20
10 JOHNSTON Liam AUS Trinity Racing 00:23
11 LASTRA Jonathan ESP Cofidis 00:24
12 HELLEMOSE Asbjørn DEN Lidl-Trek 00:27
13 BARRÉ Louis FRA Team Arkéa-Samsic 00:28
14 MARIS Elias BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:31

Williams claims the win in Havoysund after ferocious race

The grueling weather conditions didn’t keep the peloton of the Arctic Race of Norway from putting quite a show on in the third stage of the 10th edition of this beautiful event. Several long-range attacks took place, with an excellent breakaway led by Peacock jersey wearer Vincent Van Hemelen (Flanders-Baloise) as the highlight. It all came down to an uphill sprint in the final climb to Havoysund, though. Great Britain’s Stephen Williams took both the stage win and the Midnight Sun jersey, overtaking Astana Qazaqstan’s Christian Scaroni (3rd at the finish line) in the provisional GC by just one second. Runner-up to Williams in the fight for the stage was Arkea-Samsic’s Clement Champoussin. The overall victory is still up for grabs in the fourth and last stage to Nordkapp – the iconic North Cape.

106 riders took the start in the third stage of the 2023 Arctic Race of Norway, held between Hammerfest and Havoysund over 167 kilometres, at 14:00. After a few attacks, six riders went clear 5 kilometres into the race: Ulrik Tvedt (Norwegian National Team), Paul Double (Human Powered Health), Michel Ries (Arkea-Samsic), KOM classification leader Vincent Van Hemelen (Flanders-Baloise), Karsten Larsen Feldmann and Anton Stensby (Coop-Repsol). At kilometre 28, they clocked an advantage of 4’00” over a peaceful bunch that rode at a steady pace, marshalled by Groupama-FDJ Continental.

Van Hemelen secures his Peacock jersey

Stensby led the way through both Skaidi (IS, km 52,5) and Lillefjord (IS, km 110,5), while Van Hemelen secured his Peacock jersey by being first atop Skaidi Summit (KOM, km 54,6). The advantage of the front group had increased up to 5’00” with 72 kilometres to go. With 65 remaining, Israel-Premier Tech, Astana Qazaqstan and Uno-X joined race leader Noah Hobbs’ teammates at the helm of the peloton and tried to launch echelons taking advantage of a crosswinds section. Their first efforts were fruitless, yet their second attempt with 40 kilometres to go did indeed whittle the main group down to 35 riders. Many of them unsuccessfully tried to power away from this reduced bunch in the following kilometres. Meanwhile, Double was dropped from the break as Van Hemelen passed first through Kirkedalen Summit (KOM, km 134,5), where the gap for the five remaining men at the front was down to just 1’35”.

Israel-Premier Tech went for it

An unfortunate crash with 28 to go took Astana Qazaqstan’s Gianmarco Garofoli out of contention while riding in the main group. Stensby was once again first in the last intermediate sprint of the day at Selvika (IS, km 148,4). The climb to Selvika Summit (KOM, km 153,1) left Van Hemelen alone in the lead with just 10” over the 30-strong favourites group. The Belgian rider was a caught at the base of the 2,2-kilometre race-defining climb to Havoysund by the chasing group, led by Israel-Premier Tech and Uno-X. Israel’s Dylan Teuns hit the afterburners with 350 meters to go, opening the sprint for his teammate Stephen Williams to power past everyone from the second row of the group and claim both his first victory of the season and the Midnight Sun jersey.

Tour de Suisse – 1. Etappe: Küsnacht – 178 Km

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1 WILLIAMS Stephen GBR BAHRAIN – VICTORIOUS 04:16:51
2 SCHACHMANN Maximilian GER BORA – HANSGROHE 00:00
3 KRON Andreas DEN LOTTO SOUDAL 00:00
4 HIRSCHI Marc SUI UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:00
5 LUTSENKO Alexey KAZ ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM 00:00
6 VAN WILDER Ilan BEL QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL TEAM 00:00
7 KÜNG Stefan SUI GROUPAMA – FDJ 00:00
8 HIGUITA Sergio COL BORA – HANSGROHE 00:00
9 KUSS Sepp USA JUMBO-VISMA 00:00
10 POZZOVIVO Domenico ITA INTERMARCHÉ – WANTY – GOBERT MATÉRIAUX 00:00
11 YATES Adam GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 00:00
12 VLASOV Aleksandr RUS BORA – HANSGROHE 00:00
13 FUGLSANG Jakob DEN ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH 00:00
14 THOMAS Geraint GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 00:00
15 EVENEPOEL Remco BEL QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL TEAM 00:00

Gesamt:

1 WILLIAMS Stephen GBR BAHRAIN – VICTORIOUS 04:16:41
2 SCHACHMANN Maximilian GER BORA – HANSGROHE 00:04
3 KRON Andreas DEN LOTTO SOUDAL 00:06
4 HIRSCHI Marc SUI UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:10
5 LUTSENKO Alexey KAZ ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM 00:10
6 VAN WILDER Ilan BEL QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL TEAM 00:10
7 KÜNG Stefan SUI GROUPAMA – FDJ 00:10
8 HIGUITA Sergio COL BORA – HANSGROHE 00:10
9 KUSS Sepp USA JUMBO-VISMA 00:10
10 POZZOVIVO Domenico ITA INTERMARCHÉ – WANTY – GOBERT MATÉRIAUX 00:10
11 YATES Adam GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 00:10
12 VLASOV Aleksandr RUS BORA – HANSGROHE 00:10
13 FUGLSANG Jakob DEN ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH 00:10
14 THOMAS Geraint GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 00:10
15 EVENEPOEL Remco BEL QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL TEAM 00:10

Enge Sprintentscheidung bringt zweiten Platz für Maximilian Schachmann zum Auftakt der Tour de Suisse

Gleich zum Auftakt der Tour de Suisse ging es über eine 176 km lange hügelige Strecke rund um Küsnacht, die insgesamt acht Anstiege aufwies, der letzte nur 4,5 km vor dem Ziel. Einige Kilometer nachdem eine Spitzengruppe wieder eingefangen war, gelang es 5 km vor dem Ziel einer kleinen Gruppe, unter ihr Maximilian Schachmann, Sergio Higuita und Aleksandr Vlasov sich vom ausgedünnten Feld erfolgreich abzusetzen. Mit noch rund 1,5 km bis zum Ziel attackierte Aleks aus der Spitze heraus, konnte aber letztendlich nicht wegkommen und zum Schluss kam es zu einem Sprint, den van Wilder zuerst eröffnete. Dem deutschen Meister gelang es jedoch mit noch 100 m außen an ihm vorbeizuziehen, musste sich aber letztlich von S. Williams, der ihn noch auf den letzten Metern überholte, knapp geschlagen geben und erreichte einen starken 2. Platz. Teamkollege Sergio Higuita überquerte die Ziellinie als Achter, während Aleks auch zeitgleich mit dem Sieger den 12. Platz errang.

Reaktionen im Ziel
„Es war heute eine ziemlich harte Etappe. Anfangs fühlte ich mich wegen der Hitze nicht so gut, aber ich sah, dass viele andere Fahrer auch darunter litten. Im letzten Anstieg wurde das Tempo richtig angezogen und dort wurde eine Selektion vorgenommen. Alle gaben Vollgas und so konnte sich keiner richtig absetzen. Am Ende hat jeder ein bisschen gepokert, aber als Team haben wir gut gespielt. Es ist immer schön, als Teil eines erfolgreichen Teams zu fahren, und die Stimmung im Team diese Woche ist wirklich toll. Was das Endergebnis angeht, war es am Ende sehr knapp, aber Williams war heute einfach stärker.“ – Maximilian Schachmann

„Wir versuchen den positiven Vibe vom Giro rüberzubringen. Die sieben Fahrer, die wir hier am Start haben, kommen zum großen Teil aus dem Höhentraining und es ist die erste Standortbestimmung und etliche haben Ambitionen auf die Tour. Unser Ziel war heute, die Etappe zu gewinnen und auch im GC ein Wörtchen mitzureden. Das ist uns auch mit dem zweiten Platz von Max sehr gut gelungen. Außerdem waren Sergio und Aleks auch in der ersten kleinen Gruppe vertreten. Alles in allem war das ein sehr guter Tag für uns und wir können mit dem zweiten Platz, auch wenn es sehr knapp war, zufrieden sein. Wichtig ist, dass Max wieder zu seiner alten Stärke zurückgefunden hat.“ – Jens Zemke, Sportlicher Leiter

7th Cro Race – Etappe 6

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Samobor – Zagreb – 156,5 Km

1 VAN DIJKE Tim NED TEAM JUMBO-VISMA 03:23:03
2 WILLIAMS Stephen GBR BAHRAIN – VICTORIOUS 00:00
3 HOELGAARD Markus NOR UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:00
4 GROVES Kaden AUS TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE 00:05
5 ABERASTURI Jon ESP CAJA RURAL – SEGUROS RGA 00:05
6 MENTEN Milan BLL BINGOAL PAUWELS SAUCES WB 00:05
7 KOOIJ Olav NED TEAM JUMBO-VISMA 00:05
8 PERON Andrea ITA TEAM NOVO NORDISK 00:05
9 MARTÍN Gotzon ESP EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI 00:05
10 KACZMAREK Jakub POL HRE MAZOWSZE SERCE POLSKI 00:05

Endstand:

1 WILLIAMS Stephen GBR BAHRAIN – VICTORIOUS 25:45:17
2 HOELGAARD Markus NOR UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:17
3 VAN DIJKE Mick NED TEAM JUMBO-VISMA 00:28
4 YATES Simon GBR TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE 00:34
5 BERRADE Urko ESP EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 00:35
6 MARTÍN Gotzon ESP EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI 00:36
7 THALMANN Roland SUI TEAM VORARLBERG 00:38
8 NICOLAU Joel ESP CAJA RURAL – SEGUROS RGA 00:38
9 PARRA José Félix ESP EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 00:38
10 GUERIN Alexis FRA TEAM VORARLBERG 00:38
11 HAGEN Carl Fredrik NOR ISRAEL START-UP NATION 00:38
12 OOMEN Sam NED TEAM JUMBO-VISMA 00:48
13 PERNSTEINER Hermann AUT BAHRAIN – VICTORIOUS 00:53
14 ZOIDL Riccardo AUT TEAM FELBERMAYR – SIMPLON WELS 01:01
15 ZEITS Andrey KAZ TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE 01:06

Sensationeller Vierter Gesamtrang in der Team-Wertung der Rundfahrt! Roland Thalmann und Alexis Guerin in den Top Ten im Gesamt-Einzelklassement!

Den Sprint des Tages gewinnt der Niederländer Tim van Dijke (Jumbo-Visma) vor Stephen Williams (Bahrain – Victorious) und Markus Hoelgaard (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team). Roland Thalmann wird ausgezeichneter elfter.
Im Gesamteinzelklassement platzieren sich Roland Thalmann und Alexis Guerin auf den Plätzen acht und zehn.

In Mitten der World Tour Teams platziert sich die Ländle Equipe auf Rang vier.

1. Bahrain – Victorious
2. Team BikeExchange
3. Team Jumbo-Visma
4. Team Vorarlberg

Etappenübersicht
28/09 Stage 1 | Osijek – Varaždin (237k)
29/09 Stage 2 | Slunj – Otočac (187k)
30/09 Stage 3 | Primošten – Makarska(167k)
01/10 Stage 4 | Zadar – Crikvenica (197k)
02/10 Stage 5 | Rabac/Labin – Opatija (137.5k)
03/10 Stage 6 | Samobor – Zagreb (156.5k)

Kader: Maximilian Kuen, Lukas Meiler, Martin Meiler, Alexis Guerin, Felix Meo, Roland Thalmann, Colin Stüssi
Resultat: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-of-croatia/2021/stage-6
Veranstalter: www.crorace.com

Kommende Woche geht es zum Saisonabschluss nochmals nach Frankreich. Hier stehen zwei Herbstklassiker auf dem Programm.
Next Race: 07.10.2021 Paris – Bourges UCI 1.1 // www.parisbourges.fr
09.10.2021 Tour de Vendée UCI 1.1 // www.tourdevendee.fr

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7th Cro Race – Etappe 5

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Rabac/Labin – Opatija (138km)

1. Stephen Williams (GBR, Bahrain Victorious) 3:20:35
2. Markus Hoelgaard (NOR, Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) 0:10
3. Mick van Dijke (NED, Jumbo-Visma) 0:10
4. Gotzon Martin Sanz (ESP, Euskaltel-Euskadi) 0:10
5. Alexis Guerin (FRA, Team Vorarlberg) 0:10
6. Joel Nicolau Beltran (ESP, Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) 0:10
7. Urko Berrade Fernandez (ESP, Equipo Kern Pharma) 0:10
8. Roland Thalmann (SUI, Team Vorarlberg) 0:10
9. Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (ESP, Equipo Kern Pharma) 0:10
10. Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (COL, Bahrain Victorious) 0:10
11. Oier Lazkano Lopez (ESP, Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) 0:10
12. Carl Fredrik Hagen (NOR, Israel Start-up Nation) 0:10
13. Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT, Bahrain Victorious) 0:10
14. Simon Yates (GBR, Team BikeExchange) 0:10
15. Riccardo Zoidl (AUT, Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels) 0:16
16. Andrey Zeits (KAZ, Team BikeExchange) 0:20
17. Sam Oomen (NED, Jumbo-Visma) 0:20
18. Torstein Træen (NOR, Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) 2:04
19. Dominik Röber (GER, P & S Metalltechnik) 4:06

Gesamt:
1. Stephen Williams (GBR, Bahrain Victorious) 22:22:20
2. Mick van Dijke (NED, Jumbo-Visma) 0:17
3. Markus Hoelgaard (NOR, Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) 0:18
4. Simon Yates (GBR, Team BikeExchange) 0:23
5. Urko Berrade Fernandez (ESP, Equipo Kern Pharma) 0:24
6. Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT, Bahrain Victorious) 0:24
7. Gotzon Martin Sanz (ESP, Euskaltel-Euskadi) 0:27
8. Roland Thalmann (SUI, Team Vorarlberg) 0:27
9. Joel Nicolau Beltran (ESP, Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) 0:27
10. Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (ESP, Equipo Kern Pharma) 0:27
11. Alexis Guerin (FRA, Team Vorarlberg) 0:27
12. Carl Fredrik Hagen (NOR, Israel Start-up Nation) 0:27
13. Riccardo Zoidl (AUT, Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels) 0:32
14. Sam Oomen (NED, Jumbo-Visma) 0:37
15. Andrey Zeits (KAZ, Team BikeExchange) 0:37

Weitere Top Ten Platzierung für Alexis Guerin (5.) und Roland Thalmann (8.) beim CRO-Race UCI 2.1!

Die heutige fünfte Etappe von Rabac/Labin nach Opatija über 137.5 km war die Königsetappe der sechstägigen Rundfahrt in Croatien. Fünf Bergwertung der verschiedenen Kategorien standen auf dem Programm.
Zu Beginn des zweiten und längsten Anstieges des Tages wurde das Feld Selektioniert und die Berg- und Klassementfahrer waren unter sich. In dieser Gruppe mit dabei die beiden Team Vorarlberg Profis Alexis Guerin und Roland Thalmann.
In der Team Wertung liegt das Team Vorarlberg auf Rang zwei hinter Bahrain – Victorious!
Am letzten Anstieg des Tages konnte sich der spätere Sieger Stephen Williams (Bahrain – Victorious) von der Gruppe absetzen und gewann mit einem Vorsprung von 10 Sekunden auf Markus Hoelgaard (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) und Mick van Dijke (Team Jumbo-Visma).
Alexis Guerin und Roland Thalmann überqueren die Ziellinie als fünfter und achter im Tagesklassement. Lukas Meiler kommt mit der nächsten größeren Gruppe ins Ziel.

In der Team Wertung liegt das Team Vorarlberg auf dem sensationellen zweiten Rang hinter der World Tour Mannschaft Bahrain – Victorious.
Gesamt und Mannschaftlich ein super starkes Saisonfinale – das macht Lust auf mehr!

Etappenübersicht

28/09 Stage 1 | Osijek – Varaždin (237k)
29/09 Stage 2 | Slunj – Otočac (187k)
30/09 Stage 3 | Primošten – Makarska(167k)
01/10 Stage 4 | Zadar – Crikvenica (197k)
02/10 Stage 5 | Rabac/Labin – Opatija (137.5k)
03/10 Stage 6 | Samobor – Zagreb (156.5k)

Kader: Maximilian Kuen, Lukas Meiler, Martin Meiler, Alexis Guerin, Felix Meo, Roland Thalmann, Colin Stüssi
Resultat: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-of-croatia/2021/stage-5
Veranstalter: www.crorace.com

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