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Race Results 2018 - Men
| Event | First | Second | Third | Forth | Fifth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omloop Het Nieublad Elite | Valgren | Wisniowski | Vanmarcke | Stuyven | Gilbert |
| Strade Bianche | Benoot | Bardet | Van Aert | Valverde | Visconti |
| Milan San Remo | Nibali | Ewan | Demare | Kristoff | Roelandts |
| E3 Harelbeke | Terpstra | Gilbert | van Avermaet | Naesen | Benoot |
| Ghent Wevelgen | Sagan | Viviani | Demare | Laporte | Debusschere |
| Ronde van Vlaanderen | Terpstra | Pedersen | Gilbert | Andersen | van Avermaet |
| Paris Roubaix | Sagan | Dillier | Terpstra | van Avermaet | Stuyven |
| Amstel Gold | Valgren | Kreuzinger | Gasarotto | Sagan | Valverde |
| Fleche Wallonne | Alaphilippe | Valverde | Vanendert | Kreuziger | Matthews |
| Liege-B-Liege | Jungels | Woods | Bardet | Alaphilippe | Pozzovivo |
| Tour de Romandie | Roglic | Bernal | Porte | Fuglsang | Costa |
| Giro d'Italia | Froome | Dumoulin | Lopez | Carapaz | Pozzovivo |
| Criterium Daupine | Thomas | Adam Yates | Bardet | Dan Martin | Caruso |
| Tour de Suisse | Porte | Fuglsang | Quintana | Mas | Kelderman |
| Tour de France | Thomas | Dumoulin | Froome | Roglic | Kruijswijk |
| San Sebastian | Alaphilippe | Mollema | Roux | van Avermaet | Simon |
| Vuelta a Espana | S Yates | Mas | Lopez | Kruijswijk | Valverde |
| Tour of Britain | |||||
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal | |||||
| The Worlds ITT Men | R Dennis | Dumoulin | Campenaerts | Kwiatkowski | Oliveira |
| The Worlds RR Men | Valverde | Bardet | Woods | Dumoulin | Moscon |
| Giro de Lombardia | Pinot | Nibali | Teuns | Uran | Wellens |
Race Results 2018 - Women
| Event | First | Second | Third | Forth | Fifth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omloop het Nieuwsblad | |||||
| Strade Bianche | van der Breggen | Niewiadoma | Longo Borghini | Blaak | Kennedy |
| Ronde van Drenthe | Pieters | Ryan | Hosking | Bastianelli | Vos |
| Trofeo Alfredo Binda | Niewiadoma | Blaak | Vos | Spratt | Amialiusik |
| Driedaagse Brugge - de Panne | D'Hoore | Hosking | Majerus | Wiebs | Brennauer |
| Ghent Wevelgen | Bastianelli | D'Hoore | Klein | Sierra | Pieters |
| Ronde van Vlaanderen | van der Breggen | Pieters | van Vleuten | Moolman-Pasio | Blaak |
| Amstel Gold | Blaak | Brand | Spratt | Markus | Ryan |
| Fleche Wallonne | van der Breggen | Moolman-Pasio | Guarnier | van Vleuten | Spratt |
| Liege-B-Liege | van der Breggen | Spratt | van Vleuten | Moolman-Pasio | van Dijk |
| OVO Energy Tour | Rivera | Vos | Rowe | Majerus | Pieters |
| Giro Rosa | van Vleuten | Moolman-Pasio | Spratt | Brand | Guarnier |
| La Course | |||||
| GP de Plouay | |||||
| The Worlds ITT Women | van Vleuten | van der Breggen | van Dijk | Kirchmann | Thomas |
| The Worlds RR Women | van der Breggen | Spratt | Guderzo | Fahlin | Jasinska |
Race Results 2019 - Men
| Event | First | Second | Third | Forth | Fifth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omloop Het Nieublad Elite | Stybar | van Avermaet | Wellens | Lutsenko | Teuns |
| Kuurne Brussels Kuurne | Jungles | Doull | Terpstra | Groenewegen | Lampaert |
| Strade Bianche | Alaphilippe | Fuglsang | van Aert | Stybar | Benoot |
| Paris - Nice (8d) | Bernal | Quintana | Kwiatkowski | Haig | Bardet |
| Tirreno Adriatico (7d) | Roglic | A Yates | Fuglsang | Dumoulin | Pinot |
| Milan San Remo | Alaphilippe | Naesen | Kwiatkowski | Sagan | Mohoric |
| Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (7d) | Lopez | Yates | Bernal | Quintana | Kruijswijk |
| E3 Harelbeke | Stybar | van Aert | van Avermaet | Bettiol | Jungels |
| Gent - Wevelgem | Kristoff | Degenkolb | Naesen | van der Poel | van Poppel |
| Tour of Flanders | Bettiol | Asgreen | Kristoff | van der Poel | Politt |
| Paris-Roubaix | Gilbert | Pollit | Lampaert | Vanmarke | Sagan |
| Amstel Gold Race | |||||
| La Fleche Wallonne | |||||
| Liege - Bastogne - Liege | |||||
| Tour de Romandie | |||||
| Giro d'Italia | |||||
| Criterium du Dauphine | |||||
| Tour de Suisse | |||||
| Le Tour de France | |||||
| Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian | |||||
| Vuelta a Espana | |||||
| Tour of Britain | |||||
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal | |||||
| UCI Road World Championships | |||||
| Giro di Lombardia |
Race Results 2019 - Women
| Event | First | Second | Third | Forth | Fifth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omloop het Nieuwsblad | Blaak | Bastianelli | van den Bos | van Vleuten | Ryan |
| Strade Bianche | van Vleuten | Langvad | Niewiadoma | Bastianelli | Ludwig |
| Ronde van Drenthe | Bastianelli | Blaak | van Dijk | Pieters | Kopecky |
| Trofeo Alfredo Binda Women | Vos | Spratt | Ludwig | Chursina | Cecchini |
| Driedaagse Brugge - de Panne Women | Wild | Wiebers | Kopecky | Lepisto | Anderson |
| Gent-Wevelgem | Wild | Wiebes | Paternoster | Bastianelli | Pieters |
| Tour of Flanders | Bastianelli | van Vleuten | Ludwik | Bertizzolo | van Dijk |
| Amstel Gold Race | |||||
| La Fleche Wallonne | |||||
| Liege-Bastogne-Liege Femmes | |||||
| OVO Energy Women's Tour | |||||
| Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile | |||||
| La Course by Le Tour de France Women | |||||
| GP de Plouay | |||||
| UCI Road World Championships |
No Dumoulin. That leaves some “experienced” GT riders (Thomas and Nibali) up against some young guns. Should be interesting. Be more interesting is there was more TT kms though.
Though with fewer TT Kms that also plays towards Pinot and Bardet too.
I know. I’d be very happy for a French win.Bardet or Pinot, not fussed which one. Of course, should one of them win, the cry will be “well, they wouldn’t have won if Froome or Dumoulin had been riding!” Yeah well, you know what, Zoetemelk likely wouldn’t have won his Tour had Hinault stayed fit in 1980. You can only race against whomever shows up and has good luck to get through three weeks.
As the say “To win, first you have to show up”.
Dumoulin will not be at the TdF.
This is just disgraceful. F*ck ASO. They have enough money to do this. Almost makes me want to boycott watching TdF this year. The only reason TdF might actually be interesting this year is that Dumoulin has no choice but to focus on it and might be able to challenge Sky/Ineos. https://www.bicycling.com/racing/a27532359/battle-of-the-north/ … races must meet criteria set out by the UCI, which starting in 2020 will include at least 45 minutes of live TV coverage … The news of a fresh race on the Women’s World Tour comes as two high-profile events will leave the series next season. Flèche-Wallone… Read more »
Agreed. ASO are a disgrace.
Really?! What a pile of crap is ASO?! Just let dudes ride bikes to their bestest!
A great set of photos………
Look so like Roglic’s Giro to lose after TT today. Great ride by Nibs to try and stay within striking distance. But he will have to take huge chunks of time out of Roglic in the mountains. Just can’t see him doing that. But Roglic has to prove he can hold it together over the course of a 3 week GT. A jour sans or Kruswieck (sp?) episode is all the Shark needs.
I remain to be convinced Nibali still has it in the mountains, but we will obviously see. Yates is going to have to go for it if he has the form. Hopefully he has and we will see some fireworks. Lopez also needs to put time in in the mountains. Though Roglic really only needs to wheel suck to the finish.
I have the same doubts about Nibali’s ability to gain time in the high mountains at this stage of his career. The big question in my mind is whether Roglic can pace himself through the high mountains to avoid doing what Yates did last year. I hadn’t thought of Roglic as being a pure high mountain climber, but he seems to have transformed himself over the past year or so. It should be fun. I am hoping that Yates and Lopez can make it interesting.
On the face of it, a strange decision by Tour of California officials to give TJvG the same time as the main finishers yesterday. He crashed twice outside the 3Km zone and yet had his time preserved. Seems from the first crash that he and his team were at the back of the peloton and he touched wheels with another rider and went down. Then when chasing back on with his team they steamed into a second crash and he went down again. Didn’t see it but it sounds somewhat self inflicted. Seems he is a lucky guy in this… Read more »
Lefevre sounds apoplectic about it, and rightly so.
If every rider who had an unfortunate incident was allowed to retain their placing then the record books would be a hell of a lot different
I watched the replay of the race. TJ’s first crash was result of broken chain. Then he shot through a turn ( but didn’t go down) because he was on Lachlan Morton’s bike that has the brake lever routing reversed. The last incident was riding into a group that had gone down at the back of the peloton just as they were about to make contact. I don’t think TJ went down but had to stop/slow to thread through the carnage. This was just outside the 3km mark but clearly outside. By the rules as I know them ( and… Read more »
Looks like it will be academic to the final result anyway after yesterday.
Kittel taking a break from cycling and terminating his contract with Katusha……..
https://teamkatushaalpecin.com/news/team-katusha-alpecin-and-marcel-kittel-have-agreed-terminate-their-contractual-relationship-its?fbclid=IwAR3Mg6hR-ByqYcsN5abKeGRxW2fuz1fl–NxoXrr32v_tpHNxIPBnhAXQz8
Always strange to see something like that. But considering how Tony Martin seemed to be escaping Katusha at any cost just last year I cannot help but think that team may not have the healthiest atmosphere.
Bernal breaks collar bone in training accident ahead of the Giro. He’s got to be gutted. Really unfortunate.
Team Movistar have announced that Alejandro Valverde will not be able to take in the Giro d’Italia after failing to recover from a bone edema in his sacrum.
Plus he had a bee fly into his mouth!
The pedant in me wants to know how they know it was a bee as the report I saw said he swallowed a bee. Actually that can be darned dangerous if you get stung in the throat.
That happened to someone on a charity ride I helped organize and run decades ago. Luckily, we had paramedics as part of the “support caravan” and on the scene very quickly.
Yikes. I do remember Chris’ tale from the other place about his mate getting stung on #1 appendage…………painful……….
The real question is how the bee got there!
Victor Campenaerts raises Wiggins’ Hour mark from 54.526 Km to 55.098 Km. Chapeau.
That is just spectacular. I doubt I could ride a track bike at 55 km/h for a minute, let alone an hour.
Jarlinson Pantano suspended by Trek Segafredo after adverse EPO sample. https://www.facebook.com/cyclingnews/photos/a.408420284491/10156381445714492/?type=3&theater
In other news Nibali has apparently failed to renew with Bahrain Merida for 2020 and rumoured to have an agreement with Trek Segafredo.
Also Victor Campenaerts is having his go at the UCI Hour record this evening 18:00 CET. Have to see if it is on Eurosport.
Ferrand-Prevot is to return to training after iliac artery surgery. Aru has undergone the same so hopefully both will be back to their best soon. Best wishes to both for a successful outcome.
Hmm – none of Jungels, Bettiol nor van der Poel riding PR. Shame as van der Poel would appear to be well suited to PR. Maybe next year. Apparently, Terpstra not riding due to head injury from last weekend – mend well Niki. van der Poel is actually riding Circuit Cycliste Sarthe – Pays de la Loire this week and won the opening stage from a bunch sprint. His last road race for the season will be Amstel Gold and then he goes to mtb racing and focus on the Olympics. Some talent across CX, Road and mtb. Have to… Read more »
Posted in Banter, but probably more appropriate here.
Great article about MSR: https://www.podiumcafe.com/2019/3/20/18272218/milano-sanremo-the-stuff-of-legends And because Coppi is my all-time favorite rider, I loved this bit. As Nia Vardalos said in “My Life in Ruins” … And now we dance! It was a mismatch though, and Coppi reached the Ligurian Sea with a five minute advantage, en route to a 151-km solo ride that saw him win by 14 minutes over Teisseire (who also deserves props for his own amazing solo) and 18 over the peloton, led home by Ricci ahead of Bartali. After Coppi crossed the line, the radio commentator Niccolo Carosio announces to fans, “First is Fausto… Read more »
Oops! Meant to post in Gazzetta for the MSR column.
I see Vaughters is “off on one” about Ineos’ sponsorship of Sky. Hell hath no fury like a sour grape? The thing is that most of these people who complain that it’s a continuance of Sky’s domination basically only seem to see the TdF. Sky can hardly be considered as dominating cycling. I believe that Astana are way ahead in the winning stakes at the moment this year, no-one seems to be calling that odd and last year QuickStep were way ahead of the next winner. Back to what I’ve said before that most of these critics can’t see beyond… Read more »
Fair enough, but … At least for me, Sky (and now Ineos) has made the TdF “boring” to watch from an overall winner perspective. It’s really not that competitive. I now just watch to see who wins stages. At least the Giro and Vuelta are more competitive (even with Sky winning). And truth in advertising: the Lance years made the TdF boring for me too. Again, because the outcome was more or less a foregone conclusion. Cycling is different from other professional sports because spectators don’t have to pay to watch, but I’m not sure the current business model (which… Read more »
I think the TdF has been pretty boring for quite a while – not sure Sky are responsible for that. They have just finessed what the TdF presents in the route choices.
I blame Postal. Sky has basically done the same thing they did … but supposedly cleaner.
Seems that the recent discovery of Nordic Skiers involved in Blood Doping may not be confined to Nordic Skiing. Sad.
As I understand it any form of Blood Doping or artificial Blood Boosting could be detected via the balance of old and new Blood Cells in a sample. The issue though, is that measuring that is both expensive and time consuming, meaning that it’s not likely to be available in any sports testing anywhere soon.
Urghh………
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/preidler-admits-to-blood-extraction-as-doping-investigation-widens/?fbclid=IwAR0SspuxKhC0p_f4yOcvU5b69kucdGvPXOMOz1-XakXO7BnaRrEX3ch7IRE
Kuurne – Brussels – Kuurne. Great ride by Bob Jungels to get away from the breakaway with 15 Km to go and hold off the Peloton at the end. Some effort. Owain Doull managed to get away just enough in the final straight to get second with Niki Terpstra third.
At least a couple of DQs for riders taking to the pavements or bike paths which personally I think is good to see. It makes me cringe when I see riders deliberately going inside spectators on the side of the road.
Besides which it’s just really dangerous. If you’re a spectator watching the road, you might well be unaware of a rider doing 25-30 mph down the pavement. By the time your eyes see it, the brain computes it, and the body responds (which way to move) the rider is right there.
I fixed your typos! Such power I have as Ed.
No idea how to post photies, but has anyone else noticed that Quintana seems to have gotten really skinny this year? He’s always been small, but damn, it looks like he lost a lot of weight.
Click on the Camera icon over on the right just above “Post Comment” or the Video Camera for video. Then click on one of the photo boxes that pops up to select a photo to upload.
Best wishes to Ben Swift for a rapid and complete recovery after suffering some serious injuries in a training crash.
https://www.teamsky.com/article/swift-crashes-in-tenerife
Stay safe out there.
Ben Swift discharged from hospital.
For those that can access it this is an interesting piece on the BBC web site on suffering in cycling.
I enjoyed the bit about Jens. He’s a proper lunatic. My favourite Jens moment was after a stage when someone asked him a question and he started going on about Conan the Barbarian.
Actually, on reflection, I’m remembering that from The Hardmen. Ah, the book that killed Velominati.com…
Yeah, I saw it in the bookstore but just couldn’t bring myself to buy it given the sordidness behind its production.
Le Tour de la Provence leaders jersey is to revive the style of La Vie Claire. Call me a sentimentalist but I quite like it.
In preparation for the OTR League and general interest, I have created Results Tables for 2018 (and 2019 to be updated) on the Peloton page.
Chapeau! @Teocalli, looking forward to the 2019 season!
So many retires, so many newbies!
Changing of the guard, let’s roll the dice for 2019!
This is a nice, lively read from Phil Anderson, via Cycling Tips.
Sky sound more like USPS every day!
Didn’t they say that originally anyway?
Geez! If testosterone were for the officials, what do the riders take for supplements?!
I thought we would have answers to the SKY questions in a jiffy, but it has taken much longer.
It amazes me that some individuals can be critical of anyone who mistakenly defended USPS but are unabashed SKY apologists. It will be interesting to see how the SKY riders fare when they are left unprotected by the team’s substantial legal and financial resources.
“answers to the SKY questions in a jiffy” – was that pun intended? Happen they forgot to put the address on said jiffy……. I do think that testing is way, way, better than in USPS days and that it is highly unlikely that such an orchestrated doping scheme could exist now. I mean how likely now is it that a bunch of riders would suddenly set the pace for, say, the Giro, out of nowhere and then move on to other teams with great expectations and deliver little. Oh wait………….. Having said (implied) that, I do think that there is… Read more »
I don’t always agree. Quickstep had the most wins by a country kilometre (Rule #24) last season, but I can’t remember the last time I heard anyone bemoan that. I think it’s not just that Sky are dominant, it’s how they are dominant.
And FWIW, I thought the jiffy pun was fantastic.
Layer onto that that most internet “fans” seem to know zip about The Classics or anything beyond the GTs. That is assuming they even know that the Giro and Vuelta exist.
I agree @GrumpyGrimpeur, it is the way they win. The arrogance that they display is reminiscent of that shown by USPS when they broke all the rules. I can’t say that SKY are dirty but the circumstantial evidence certainly makes an interesting read. The circumstances include but are not limited to: Failure to join MPCC when almost all other world tour teams did so. This seems to indicate that Sky are above the rules. The jiffy bag case would be comical if it weren’t so disgusting. Lost computers, wiped cell phones, lack of record keeping all appear to be part… Read more »
I don’t have an axe to grind either way re Sky but to balance things a bit….. 1. The way British Cycling (and for e.g. British Athletics) funding works is that the cash is distributed mainly on Olympic Medals basis. So the whole funding is set up to target a 4 year cycle for the athletes to peak at that time to ensure funding continues. The Worlds have not previously been in their main target as a peak. 2. There was an interesting article published by the guy who came up with the Salbutamol levels for athletes. The limits were… Read more »
I have no axe to grind. My previous post clearly states that I am not accusing anyone of anything as I have no hard evidence. I am merely pointing out a series of events that when taken together become curiouser and curiouser. As much as I like and respect you, @Teocalli, I respectfully point out that each of your points misses the point: 1. Every other country pays their athletes for Olympic medals. Athletes from other countries also win races in non Olympiad years. To put it in perspective, Usain Bolt won a few races in years not divisible by… Read more »
I was only trying to muddy the waters not pour fuel on a fire! Maybe I should enable emoticons……….I too respect your opinion and I was not trying to contradict what you are saying. Apologies if my wording made it seem so!
Anyway, did Landa do a great deal after he left Astana? Though a quick check shows he was maybe a bit unfortunate with illness and the motorbike incident that took out most of Sky.
Though in doing that check it seems Astana may be interested in trying to get him back though perhaps not for 2019.
No need to apologize. I enjoy the debate and sorry if I seemed too harsh, it wasn’t intended. I can be a tad too analytical at times.
To jump in to the debate on point 2: You are not correct. Froome was treated in an identical manner to a lot of other riders. The Salbutamol was an AAF, not a banned substance, and so he was allowed to continue racing until the case was resolved. This has happened to other athletes. The difference is that the AAF was made public by the media, which has not happened in other cases (we don’t know who they are). I’d also suggest that the reason Froome’s case was dropped is that Sky had the budget and resources to vigorously challenge… Read more »
@RobSandy, I have re read my post several times and it is unclear how it is incorrect. It states that Froome’s case was dismissed a week before the TdF. What it should also say is that this was after the ASO was threatening to ban Frrome from the race. The case, which had dragged on for months, was immediately dismissed and Froome took the start line. My post also states that a casual objective observer could easily conclude that SKY used its substantial resources to intimidate the governing bodies. On this last point you agree so I am not sure… Read more »
The only bit I was disputing was ‘The point is that Froome broke rules for which other riders had served significant suspensions while Froome went unpunished.’
I’m not sure that’s correct. Other riders have also returned AAFs (in confidence) and been allowed to race.
Plenty of other riders have also taken TUEs which allows them to exceed the salbutamol limit (Adam Yates, for one) and I haven’t seen anyone screaming ‘doper!’ at them.
Tom Dumoulin was competitive at consecutive Grand Tours, didn’t have a single bad day (that I can recall).
@RobSandy Fair point. I was not trying to imply that Froome was actually guilty as I have no way of knowing. I was simply trying to point out that it was a breach of rules for which others have served bans. The Froome case’s sudden dismissal and the timing are what I find suspect. Given the leak and the high profile of the case, it would have been good for the sport if an actual explanation had been given for the case’s sudden dismissal. Sans this transparency it appears that the case was dismissed suddenly and that SKY bought the… Read more »
Ulissi and Petachi both have a case for feeling hard done by, due to not having the clout that Sky have to challenge the testing regime. I have a feeling one of them has been quoted since saying something similar. And my point was that those two are the ones we know about; others have been cleared and we know nothing about it. Froome’s case should also have remained confidential. I agree it does seem as if Froome got off just because of Sky’s financial capacity; but what if he did no wrong? If they were gaming the system on… Read more »
@RobSandy
You and I have differing ideas of clean cyclists. I have trouble considering any cyclist who tested positive for a banned or controlled substance without a TUE as clean.
A certain Texan NEVER tested positive so it is difficult to see how someone who tested nearly twice the legal limit of a substance can be considered clean by any reasonable person.
This was the source of my very mixed emotions about G’s TdF win last year. Love G, really not so much Sky (because, you know… Sky.)