Season 14

[Vos]

stage 9 Giro ;
20º  Daniljev ( free role )
69º  Samsonov  on 1:15"

The 20º place of Daniljev is not good enough, also because of the 1A ranking ;
CaptainOrange ( 5º ), TeamRHB ( 4º + 10º ) and Valderend ( 2º ) scored many more points in this stage.

Samsonov did not bad and his helper did a good job in s1, s2, and s3, but he did not help in s4 due to a bad tactic / due to the storm.
With the upcoming final stage 10 in mind, Samsonov had to ride an amazing stage 9 and he did not.
It is positive that he moved up one place to place 7 GC, and gets closer in time, now on 1:22"
But with a cobble skill of 14 and again a stage with storm, I'm prepared for a dissapointing, too big drop in the final GC.

[kirin]

The flat hills stage was terrible for Sven as he couldn't manage to stay with the group on the first section. The pure hilla stage wasn't good either, but he snatched some seconds and tied the time difference with Aeschliman. For the last stage, I don't know what will happen. Never raced this one for the general clasification, and also with wind.
The chance of winning the Maglia Rossa is very small, but maybe it's still there.

[Sjiz]

It will be very interesting tonight. The GC can look completely different. I hope to gain some places with Cabanas but he could just as well drop out of the top 10. We will try our best.

[Sjiz]

It will be very interesting tonight. The GC can look completely different. I hope to gain some places with Cabanas but he could just as well drop out of the top 10. We will try our best.

Well, 2 places. From 9 to 7. Thats a good result. All in all a good Giro for me. Also a unique moment: TeamRHB is now the leader in the first division at the teams and individual. We have been at the top before but not this late in the season. We are also 1000 points clear from the #4 Valderend and thats the most important. Now to keep this up for the second half of the season.

[Vos]

TeamRHB is now the leader in the first division at the teams and individual.

Nice ! 

stage 10 Giro ;
80º  Samsonov  on 2:07"
A good race considering his very low cobble stat.
He had help in all flat sections of 3 teammates, and helper Daniljev even stayed with him till the finish line.
A less bigger drop as expected, just 3 places. Samsonov ended up as 10º GC on 1:54" behind Giro winner Rosario ( KunTeam ).

[Vos]

 
stage winners :
stage 1 =  Neeme Põder  ( 32, ZBT )
stage 2 =  Nicola Miorlin ( 32, SPORTLIFE )
stage 3 =  Arthur Bezotosnyi  ( 30, KunTeam )
stage 4 =  Christian Bordeneuve  ( 29, Rekutxuteam )
stage 5 =  Seppo Merisalu  ( 30, Aspigarri )
stage 6 =  Gerhart Wächter  ( 31, galegospolabici )
stage 7 =  Pascal Cruyff  ( 29, TilburgTerriërs )
stage 8 =  András Valter  ( 25, Quickstepbronx )
stage 9 =  András Valter  ( 25, Quickstepbronx )
stage 10 =   Ismel Kaloev  ( 30, Luka_Warriors )

TOP 20 FINAL GC :
1 Romeu Rosario   32   KunTeam   0: 00"
2    John Footman   30   CC_Porco_Jones   0: 42"   
3    Sandis Stabulnieks   29   FaltososDeChigre   0: 45"   
- - - - - - - - - -
4    Sven WinklerPrins   31   azerite   1: 05"   
5    Murat Aeschliman   27   FrançaiseDesJeux   1: 20"   
6    Espen Valgren   27   SentinelChickens   1: 31"   
7    Tom Cabanas   32   TeamRHB   1: 35"   
8    Alessandro Figueras   31   RemcoEvenpoelckx   1: 41"   
9    Daniel Mulikov   28   IKIBASQUE   1: 45"   
10    Dinar Samsonov   32   SPORTLIFE   1: 54"   
- - - - - - - - - -
11    Jaime Roman   30   QuintoYtapa   2: 04"   
12    Allan Frøyland   31   Periquitos   2: 10"   
13    Dario Fernandez   32   Luka_Warriors   2: 20"   
14    Sam Lee   32   $Tourmalet   2: 22"   
15    Yvo VanStraalen   25   Combuijs   2: 29"   
16    Afonso Rio   25   OphiukoCT   3: 12"   
17    Oliver Bru   32   BorinotTeam   3: 24"   
18    Pedro Kranz   32   Oloteam   3: 42"   
19    Alexander Rusakov   32   Facha_Bartolo   3: 52"   
20    Anthony Hilton   32   CaptainOrange   4: 10"

[Vos]

   selection SPORTLIFE

Just one change compared to the Giro selection ; TT specialist Bell is replaced by cobble specialist Szarvas.
Unfortunately this is not an impressive Dauphiné selection.
Cobble stage 4 makes this little tour not suited for both tour riders, so the goal of this selection is to score points where ever they can.
Not many points are expected, what is not good for the 1A ranking. Most likely the 3 rival teams score many points more in this Dauphiné.

Samsonov his Giro goal was to finish on the podium, but he finished 10º GC.
Miorlin saved the Giro with his amazing stage victory and a great 2º place in the other mountain stage, both stages even in free roles.
Therefore, ánd out of respect to this Sardinian climb legend, Miorlin gets the backnumber that ends on 1.
Although the expectations are low for this silver climber without TC bonus.
In fact, he should have retired by now. But his manager was not active enough on the transfermarket, so again, Miorlin is needed.

021 Miorlin ( 32 ), climb
022 Beck ( 27 ), tour
023 Samsonov ( 32 ), tour
024 Daniljev ( 31 ), hills
025 Szarvas ( 32 ), cobble

Good luck everyone ! 

[Vos]

stage 1 Dauphiné ;
3º  Daniljev
A more than excellent result, despite ( and as planned ) he had no support in the whole race.
The first time ever in his career that Daniljev finished on the podium. 

[Vos]

Also nice to see after race 53 of this season ; my 23yo training project gets his golden climb icon.
Denis Macannazi ( ITA )
Officially this young climb talent is now better than his mentor-teammate Nicolai Miorlin ( also ITA ).
He enters the golden ranking as nr 384, but I have to mention that there are a lot of much better 23yo- ánd 24yo top climbers.

More promising should be my other training project, the 22yo hills specialist Egoitz Rubiera ( ESP ).

And maybe my focus should be on the 1A ranking instead of on training projects. So, not smart, but fun to train a few good talents aside.

[Sjiz]

Also nice to see after race 53 of this season ; my 23yo training project gets his golden climb icon.
Denis Macannazi ( ITA )
Officially this young climb talent is now better than his mentor-teammate Nicolai Miorlin ( also ITA ).
He enters the golden ranking as nr 384, but I have to mention that there are a lot of much better 23yo- ánd 24yo top climbers.

More promising should be my other training project, the 22yo hills specialist Egoitz Rubiera ( ESP ).

And maybe my focus should be on the 1A ranking instead of on training projects. So, not smart, but fun to train a few good talents aside.

The most important thing is to have fun, plus: it seems to go well in the 1a ranking for you. It seems like its working for you.

For my team we had a slightly dissapointing 7th place for Verbeek. He started too slow. Still his 10th top 10 of the season. Thats nice. Only one more race for him left this season. Ablett and Cook stayed together for 3 sections which was good. Not sure what the impact is on the GC but we will see.

[Vos]

Indeed, fun is the most important.
So far it seems it will be an exciting battle between 4 teams for 3 podiumplaces.

And talking about fun ; having cycling legend Arno Verbeek in your team is a lot of fun.
I assume he is very happy with next season 15 calendar. Some even write about him in the Spanish topic. In case you missed it ;

Ya lo comenté por discord, pero con tanta GV "rara" y tan colinas y sprint-colinas. ¿Cuántas opciones le dais a Verbeek, el Barbacoa, para la bici de oro?

Molaría que un no hv ganase el premio más prestigioso individual de cff, y sería un colofón increíble para el final de la carrera de uno de los más grandes corredores de este CFF3.

And some more reactions to this post.
My comment ; if Verbeek would be Australian, his nickname would have been even better.

[Sjiz]

Indeed, fun is the most important.
So far it seems it will be an exciting battle between 4 teams for 3 podiumplaces.

And talking about fun ; having cycling legend Arno Verbeek in your team is a lot of fun.
I assume he is very happy with next season 15 calendar. Some even write about him in the Spanish topic. In case you missed it ;

Ya lo comenté por discord, pero con tanta GV "rara" y tan colinas y sprint-colinas. ¿Cuántas opciones le dais a Verbeek, el Barbacoa, para la bici de oro?

Molaría que un no hv ganase el premio más prestigioso individual de cff, y sería un colofón increíble para el final de la carrera de uno de los más grandes corredores de este CFF3.

And some more reactions to this post.
My comment ; if Verbeek would be Australian, his nickname would have been even better.

Haha, i didnt see it. Didnt know he had a nickname now. I like it But yes, next season everyone in my team will leave except for Verbeek and anyone i need as a domestique. The last competitive season of TeamRHB will be fully for Verbeek as a thanks for what he did in his career.

[carlesss]

Hello everyone!

This Giro leaves me a bitter aftertaste beacuase Alessandro Figueras ended only 1:41 despite not beeing concentrated and my horrible tactics in both mountain stages. So I think Alessandro could have fought for the win with decent tactics and concentrated. I thought Pires was going for the Giro so I decided to go for an almsost secure win in Itzulia. Now I feel like I've lost a great opportunity of winning a Grand Tour and I think won't have another chance in the near future .

But the season is not ended yet so i hope my young climbers get me a big amount of wins in the rest of this mountainous season .

[Sjiz]

You did great in Itzulia yes. I guess for all of us there is always some time to gain. Still, it was a very close Giro. Thats for sure!

[kirin]

The expectatives were not met as Sven only got the fourth place on the final classification. The hills stage demolished all the chances he had, and the last stage wasn't good for him either, as he lost the podium place.
Now, we don't have many expectatives until Le Tour De France, where we hope Piñeiro can fight for the win