The
proved we can compete in mountaineous tours as well. In the GC Noah Gesink finished just outside the podium on 1:27 from winner Tom Averkamp. Wieslaw Beckmann ends up on place 15 as a helper. The time trial was won by Gilles Nerval and Adam Hoogvliet wins the last stage.
In
it became clear that Rein Verspuij is a good rider but not a specialist sprinter, he finished 9th.
Hernan Santander wins the
. We had 5 riders in the top 16, we really dominate the cobble hill classics so far.
In the
Wieslaw Beckmann managed to win the tour in last stage, beating Hero Cycling Gianni Mori with 47 seconds. He also was third in the 3rd stage to Lo Port. In the time trial on the Montjuich Mauro Alves became third. That final stage was also a great success because Rein Verspuij won his third victory this season.
Hernan Santander wins his 4th victory in
. Not that difficult with 3 team mates in the first group of 12.
Pro Continental Tour standings:
1º
Combuijs 9138 9 2 2
2º Hero_cycling 7845 2 3 3
3º LOSRAYOSDELARRY 5372 4 2 4
4º AleAle 4672 1 1 2
5º Lugnanese 4654 0 4 2
6º SanJose 4410 0 1 0
It seems we are on our way to the World Tour. But first we will do the
where our Claudio Passacantilli is favourite and then we will be up in the rain in the
with:
1. Liam Fletcher (GC, 3rd and 5th stage)
2. Mauro Alves (general helper)
3. Gilles Nerval (4th stage)
4. Claudio Passacantilli (1st and 2nd stage, perhaps the GC)
5. Tigo Seedorf (helper for hills)