Tour Mediterraneen stage 5

Ignore, was looking at wrong competition, doh.

Non starters today-
Antoine Lavieu
Guillaume Faucon
Yoann Bagot

My team
Nicolas Roche
Lars Boom
Peraud
Arthur Vichot
Rory Sutherland
Jeremy Roy
Reda
Thomas Lofkvist
Maxine Monfort

not been the best tour....but shit happens

Jurgen Roelandts to win please! So my purist team can stay top

my normal team is

Vimpere
Jungels
Ten Dam
Boom
Roelandts
Lofkvist
Monfort
Peraud
izagirre

my purist team

Voeckler
Izagirre
Peraud
Roux
Roelandts
Boom
Nizzolo
Pellizotti
Dekker (out)

The problem is that its so tight and the teams behind have the guys i have but also Monfort, Lofkvist and Roche

So I cant see it happening for me

http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/6995
Theres the finish into Grasse

8 non starters I believe

Yoann Bagot (Cofidis), Steve Morabito (BMC), Olivier Zaugg (Saxo Tinkoff), Moreno Hofland (Blanco), Lukasz Owsian (CCC Polsat), Antoine Lavieu, Yoann Paillot (La Pomme Marseille), Guillaume Faucon (BigMat Auber 93)

Thats my purist team screwed

Come on Roelandts or Voeckler

Edet and Roux have climbed off now

I think this group may be a minute ahead of the peleton

Voeckler, Malacarne (Europcar), Montaguti, Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale), Molard (Cofidis), Hondo (Radioshack Leopard), Greipel (Lotto Belisol), Pires (Saxo Tinkoff), Jeandesboz (Sojasun), Chavez Rubio (Colombia), Chiarini, Rosa (Androni) et Roy (FDJ)

Need a solo breakaway win for Voeckler to win the purist, come to Tommy V

Can you give us the link to your information?

Live ticker is at :-

http://direct.directvelo.com/live-course/1531/tour-mediterraneen-5e-etap...

(in French)

3 min 10 seconds now the gap

1 min 50 now after 58km I believe

Dodgy google translate but it looks like this at the front,
Location of the course:

In mind: a group of 17 riders with Jerome Kern (Europcar), Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale), Roy, Pinot (FDJ), Zingle (Cofidis), Wyss (BMC), Jungels (Radioshack Leopard), Greipel (Lotto) Petrov (Saxo Tinkoff), Izaguirre (Euskaltel) Keizer (Vacansoleil), Marino (Sojasun) Perichon (Bretagn

this group

Jérôme, Kern (Europcar), Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale), Roy, Pinot (FDJ), Zingle (Cofidis), Wyss (BMC), Jungels (Radioshack Leopard), Greipel (Lotto), Petrov (Saxo Tinkoff), Izaguirre (Euskatel), Keizer (Vacansoleil), Marino (Sojasun), Perichon (Bretagne Séché), Vimpère (BigMat Auber 93), Sella, Facchini (Androni)

has 2 mins 10 after 65km

Not looking good for my purist team now

Too many in the group now for any breakaway points

Why? we get KOM and sprint points, not breakaway points

10 Points for each rider in a breakaway of under 10 I think, thats what it says in the rules I think

"Being in a breakaway
10 points for each rider in a breakaway of ten riders or less that's more than one minute ahead of the peloton at the halfway stage in a race"

Read this

http://fantasy.road.cc/stages?sid=5605

Breakaway points only really apply to classics where there aren't any sprint or KoM points on offer.

Ah I see
Jérémy Roy (FDJ) yellow jersey is "virtual". He is 1'30'' Monfort overall. (See for the bad translation)

I took Roy out

I have 3 in the break from my normal team, hoping Vimpere has got some more mountain points, but its my purist team I need to do well with

Still hoping it comes together for a Roelandts win!

Hope he doesn't need a bike change today - his spare got nicked yesterday, too...

At least 10 points for my normal team with Vimpere He has toped the 1st mountain and that should wrap up him the mountains Jersey

Résultat de la côte des Tullières (1ère catégorie) :
1 Théo Vimpère (BigMat-Auber 93)
2 Jérémy Roy (FDJ)
3 Thibaut Pinot (FDJ)
4 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Bretagne-Séché Environnement)
5 Blel Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale)

Roy going well for me

Vimpere and Greipel dropped from the break, but Vimpere did his job

Gap just 1.30 now, thinking it will all come back together before the end

Both riders are dropped from the breakaway Theo Vimpère (BigMat-Auber 93) and André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol).

Pierre-Luc Perichon is dropped!

Its all kicking off at the front, "Puncture in the breakaway Jean-Marc Marino (Sojasun).
4:11 p.m.
Giacomo Nizzolo (RadioShack Leopard) abandons."

Nizzolo has abandoned

Pinot Hits top of the climb with the points, the rest still not there yet!

1 Thibaut Pinot (FDJ)
2 Blel Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale)
3 Vincent Jérôme (Europcar)
2,20 is the gap now?
!!!!

Vimpère (BigMat-Auber 93) was caught by the peloton.

Ok so the breakaway is down to ony 11/12 now, heres how it looks:
Location of the course:
Jerome (Europcar), Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale), Roy, Pinot (FDJ), Zingle (Cofidis), D. Wyss (BMC), Jungels (Radioshack Leopard), Petrov (Saxo Tinkoff), Izaguirre (Euskaltel) Keizer (Vacansoleil-DCM), Sella and Facchini (Androni Giocattoli)

40'': Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) and Perichon (Brittany Séché)

44'': Marino (Sojasun)

1 ': Kern (Europcar)

at 2'20'': Squad

2nd mountain results

Passage au col du Tanneron (2e catégorie) :
1 Thibaut Pinot (FDJ)
2 Blel Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale)
3 Vincent Jérôme (Europcar)

Looks like the breakaway has broken up, that last climb really stretching now:
Roy (FDJ-BigMat), Kadri (AG2R-La Mondiale) and J. Izaguirre (Euskaltel) are in the leading group here, just the 3 of them now!

Roy (FDJ), Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale) and Izaguirre (Euskaltel)

10'': Jerome (Europcar)

35'': Zingle (Cofidis), Sella (Androni), Pinot (FDJ) and Keizer (Vacansoleil)

Peleton 2.50 away now

Roy has a 17 second lead of Izaguirre in GC

This is not coming back together, there goes my hopes in the purist!

Actually the guy that has Roy does not have izagirre I dont think

Hope this stays away

9km to go come on Izagirre! and Roelandts win through from the Peleton please

Its not gonna happen

6km to go

Pinot, Roy (FDJ), Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale), Izaguirre (Euskaltel), Keizer (Vacansoleil) et Petrov (Saxo Tinkoff).

Peloton only 36 seconds back

Hope Roelandts can do it instead, or Voeckler

kadri is on his own and everyone seems lost as to how long left to go

MY SEVERS DOWN HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

What happened to Izaguirre?

Its not just you

everyone is lost

Ok it looks like its going tio be a catch here

Roelandts wins!!!

Ok mines back now thank goodness

NOOOOOOOOO! Bunch sprint?

Ok im really lost now

Yup seemingly so, not sure his win will be enough for me, depends where others come

Seems monfort has won the overall

Think Reda was 2nd on the stage

Seems Boom may not have kept up

Think Peraud 2nd and Lofkvist 3rd on GC

So there was a bunch sprint? and so that means the breakway men will have been to puffed out to contest it i suppose

Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto-Belisol) wins Stage 5 of the Tour Med. Thomas Lövkvist (IAM Cycling) wins the overall

Lofkvist won the GC!!!!

Seems Monfort actually may have got lost!

Where your info Gkam84? Mines such down

Lofkvist
Peraud
Reda
Monfort
Roche

thats the top 5 on GC

Thats gonna cost me the Purist title

Twitter for my info

And the finishers on the day?

Don't know anything as yet other than Roelandts 1st and Reda 2nd

That info is also on Procyclingstats

Yeah still nothing it seems

3)Nieve
4)Malacarne
5)Mollema

Nieve 3rd on the stage I believe

Nooo not Mollema 5th

haha, I had nothing to lose, this has been the tour from hell for me!

I suggest dropping this one next year?

You know what, I couldnt agree more, its been a joke if you ask me!

Oh no it's been fun, but thats assuming it even goes ahead next year?

Well it might have been fun for you, but my scores read: 63,21,23 and probably about 20 today

Thats part of it though, If I said that I didnt want certain events or that its been a rubbish whenever I had a bad stage or race there wouldnt be a game

Ive enjoyed this one, but I have done well and last year there was coverage and it was a decent watch

But we will see what happens in the future

haha thats not why I want to rid of the stage, this isnt the firat time the stage has been cancelled

Stage result

1 ROELANDTS Jurgen Lotto Belisol Team 20 4:54:49
2 REDA Francesco Androni - Venezuela 12 0:04
3 NIEVE ITURALDE Mikel Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 0:13
4 PANTANO Jarlinson Team Colombia 5 ,,
5 MALACARNE Davide Europcar 4 0:15
6 MOLLEMA Bauke Blanco Pro Cycling Team 3 ,,
7 LöFKVIST Thomas IAM Cycling 2 0:17
8 CHIARINI Riccardo Androni - Venezuela 1 ,,
9 LARSSON Gustav Erik IAM Cycling ,,
10 VICHOT Arthur Equipe Cycliste FDJ ,,
11 PERAUD Jean-christophe AG2R La Mondiale ,,
12 SANTAROMITA Ivan BMC Racing Team ,,
13 ROCHE Nicolas Team Saxo-Tinkoff ,,
14 SIMON Julien Sojasun ,,
15 ROSA Diego Androni - Venezuela 0:31
16 GENIEZ Alexandre Equipe Cycliste FDJ ,,
17 MONFORT Maxime RadioShack - Leopard 0:35
18 DENIFL Stefan IAM Cycling ,,
19 MOLARD Rudy Cofidis Solutions Crédits ,,
20 MOINARD Amaël BMC Racing Team ,

GC

1 LöFKVIST Thomas IAM Cycling 100 12:27:24
2 PERAUD Jean-christophe AG2R La Mondiale 70 ,,
3 REDA Francesco Androni - Venezuela 50 0:11
4 MONFORT Maxime RadioShack - Leopard 36 0:16
5 ROCHE Nicolas Team Saxo-Tinkoff 28 0:20
6 MOLLEMA Bauke Blanco Pro Cycling Team 24 0:30
7 ROELANDTS Jurgen Lotto Belisol Team 20 0:41
8 LARSSON Gustav Erik IAM Cycling 18 0:50
9 GENIEZ Alexandre Equipe Cycliste FDJ 16 ,,
10 VICHOT Arthur Equipe Cycliste FDJ 14 1:06

mountains

1 VIMPERE Theo Big Mat - Auber 93 26
2 PINOT Thibaut Equipe Cycliste FDJ 12
3 PERAUD Jean-christophe AG2R La Mondiale 10
4 ROUTLEY Will Accent.jobs – Wanty 10
5 ROY Jérémy Equipe Cycliste FDJ 8

Points

1 ROELANDTS Jurgen Lotto Belisol Team 44
2 REDA Francesco Androni - Venezuela 40
3 LöFKVIST Thomas IAM Cycling 37
4 PERAUD Jean-christophe AG2R La Mondiale 32
5 MOLLEMA Bauke Blanco Pro Cycling Team 26

Im gonna loose out on the purist title by about 20ish points i reckon

Youth

1 ROSA Diego Androni - Venezuela 12:29:28
2 MOLARD Rudy Cofidis Solutions Crédits 0:47
3 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Jon Euskaltel - Euskadi 5:22
4 KING Benjamin RadioShack - Leopard 6:18
5 PINOT Thibaut Equipe Cycliste FDJ 6:24

I lost by 15 points

Sorry but there's going to be a slight delay putting the scores up tonight as I appear to be locked out of the Tour Med and can't update them

I'm looking into.

I should be looking at between 130 &140 (depending on in stage mountain points?),
much better performance

The in stage mountain position are further up in this thread. The only thing I have not seen are sprint points

However based on the overall points I think Bob Jungels won one sprint and was 2nd in the other

I don't think there was a sprint today but may be wrong. There wasn't one listed on the parcours pdf.

No there wasn't may mistake I thought Jungels had no points before today but I missed him when I looked before

Fairly average stage for me (98 points) but just enough to keep me in the top ten for the competition - and leaving me with just the three points accumulation badges to achieve! Now to try to win an actual prize...

Well that tour pretty much nailed the coffin for me, ive gone from 2nd overall, to 84th

verry good pick bij veelers wheel and akzune to take roelands
cost me my first spot but tht has got nothing to do with bad luck
next up is oman looking forward to that race

It shrunk my lead in the purist to only 25 points. But I'm still going strong in 1st place

Nooooo, I need to defend my title . I was unsure about going premium at the beginning of the year, but I'm really glad I did now.

Congratulations on winning the purist competition TER.

Cheers Wig, Congrats to you too, I thought I had come 2nd, having just got in, I didnt realise that the Guy who would have overtaken me had kept his normal team purist until before todays stage, and he must have made transfers last night

TER, I love that website. Their layout and the goobs of info on it for the race and the riders is awesome! Thanks!