Season 29

[Vos]

After the excellent stage 4 victory in Paris Nice of climb-TT specialist Emil Osland ( 28 ),
his 4 PN-teammates were extra motivated in the next stage 5 :


SPORTLIFE dominated this stage ! 
All 4 outsprinted the other 17 rivals of the front group.
1 Ferenc Estélyi ( 33 )
2 Silvino Afonso ( 33 )
3 Maria Vasconcelos ( 32 )
4 Deviko Fetisov ( 29 )


All 4 are also riding the Tirreno Adriatico.
Only Osland is replaced by 4 times American champion David Beckham ( 33 ).
To give teamcaptain Fetisov extra support in the mountains, because he is going for a top GC result.
Despite that Fetisov does not even have a sprint icon ; he has just bronze on tours, silver on climb, and bronze on climb-TT.
But he is not bad in sprinting, what his 4th place in a free role showed in climbsprint stage 5 PN ( see picture ).

Best wishes for 2023 everyone ! 

[Vos]

FINAL TOP 10 GC =

1    Deviko Fetisov   29   SPORTLIFE   0: 00"   
2    Silvino Afonso   33   SPORTLIFE   0: 51"   
3    Ferenc Estélyi   33   SPORTLIFE   1: 26"   
4    Lucio Corioni   33   Kelme4ever   1: 45"   
5    Jean Jacques De Greef   30   SentinelChickens   2: 02"   
6    Maria Vasconcelos   32   SPORTLIFE   2: 14"   
7    Adrian Martin   27   TeamEuroscalt   2: 15"   
8    Axel Benzinger   26   KunTeam   3: 08"   
9    Jonathan Herland   27   Aspigarri   3: 11"   
10    Tor Steine   32   ValeronIdolo   3: 17"   

Probably it is unique in a tour of division 1A,  that one team finishes on the entire final GC podium.     

[agtxla]

very nice Vos... congrats

for me its very difficult win against the cyclist with TC bonus... and especialy because I made a lot of tactic mistakes... that was a really advantages for your cyclists

[Vos]

Grazie amico 

At least you won the challenge ( Martin versus Fetisov ) in the final stage 5, so, that gives hope for your future races ! Good luck !

[Vos]

  Which CFF manager will be victorious in New Zealand ? 
https://www.worldcyclingstats.com/nl/spel/new-zealand-cycle-classic/2023

[Vos]

Itzulia Basque Country, final GC =  1º  Litenko ( SPORTLIFE ) 
Litenko won also stages 1 and 2. 
Most likely he will be sold in two hours, because he has a few bids.
The asking price of the Itzulia victor is 500k --> https://www.cyclingforfun.org/cff/vision.php?ciclistaid=126620

[Vos]

After winning the time trial in Romandie ( in a CFF record ) of Gilbert Johnston, he was also successful in the Giro :
stage 2 TT 29 km = victory ! ( again in a CFF record )
stage 3 TT 31 km = victory !

Gilbert Johnston ( 31yo, Australia, nr 4 CFF ranking ) is for sale for just 6 million.
Extra notes ; active weather icon in Suisse, also suited for the WC TT, and his technique is 98,99 due to today's drop from 99.
https://www.cyclingforfun.org/cff/vision.php?ciclistaid=140932

[Vos]

Vuelta stage 10 ;

1º  Elvis Lewis ( helper )  0:00" 
4º  Deviko Fetisov ( teamcaptain, 8-star silver climber without TC bonus )  0:08"

[Vos]

And this stage 10 victory gave me this unique achievement ;

Trofeo Alessandro Pettachi como ganador de al menos 50 etapas en Vueltas Grandes --> Equipos = 1 = SPORTLIFE