Vuelta a España 9: Gilbert scores in Barcelona
Gilbert snatched the win from race-leader Rodriguez (Photopress.be)
This article was originally published on on Cyclingnews.com.After a year of frustration, Philippe Gilbert finally opened his account as a BMC rider when he won stage 9 of the Vuelta a España in Barcelona, outsprinting red jersey Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha). The pair slipped clear on the climb of Montjuic in the finale, belatedly illuminating a stage that had taken the best part of 200 kilometres to ignite.
Rodriguez, a native of Barcelona, was eager to impress on home roads and he shut down an attack from Alessandro Ballan (BMC) before bounding clear of the main peloton with disarming ease on the day’s main strategic difficulty, the 3rd category Montjuic, which came just four kilometres from the finish.
The response from his rivals for overall victory was a sluggish one. Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) had attempted a speculative effort on the approach to the climb but the Spaniard – who returned from suspension in early August – didn’t have the legs to follow that effort up on Montjuic. Chris Froome (Sky) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) were similarly marked absent as Rodriguez stretched out his lead.
It was left to Gilbert and Nicolas Roche (Ag2r-La Mondiale) to try and make up the deficit, with the Belgian eventually leaving Roche behind and inching his way across to Rodriguez’s rear wheel shortly before the summit of the one-kilometre climb. After a brief discussion on the pace-making duties at the beginning of the descent, the pair collaborated smoothly thereafter to carve up the spoils between them.
“The team’s plan was for Alessandro Ballan to attack on the steep climb and I was to wait for the sprint,” Gilbert explained afterwards. “But I realised that the climb was longer than it seemed in the roadbook. Ballan went a bit early and exploded a little, so when I saw Rodriguez up there, I knew I had to follow him. On the last 50 metres of the climb I went full gas and made it across.”
The picturesque descent from the Alto de Montjuic evoked images of the destructive discord between Freddy Maertens and Eddy Merckx at the 1973 world championships, but Gilbert and Rodriguez seemed to quickly understand that they both stood to gain from working together. “I knew he was riding more for the seconds than the win and I knew I would be faster than him in the sprint,” said Gilbert succinctly.
While Rodriguez may harbour some disappointment that he did not triumph on home roads, he had the considerable consolation of buttressing his overall lead still further. A disorganised pursuit behind meant that Froome and Contador both came home 12 seconds down, while the second-placed Rodriguez also picked up an 8-second time bonus for his troubles.
As the Vuelta enters its first rest day, Rodriguez has extended his advantage over Froome to 53 seconds, while he has a minute in hand on Contador, with Valverde a further 7 seconds back in 4th. Rodriguez may be set to struggle in Wednesday’s Pontevedra time trial, but he has prepared accordingly by diligently accumulating seconds over the course of the opening week.
Valkenburg calling
Sandwiched in between the Vuelta’s foray into the Pyrenees and the lengthy rest day transfer across northern Spain, stage 9 seemed destined from the outset to be decided wholly on the streets of Barcelona.
Inside the first kilometre of racing in Andorra, a four-man group featuring Mickael Buffaz (Cofidis), Bert-Jan Lindeman (Vacansoleil-DCM), Javier Chacon (Andalucia) and Martijn Maaskant (Garmin-Sharp) was allowed to go clear, and the quartet dutifully built up a maximum lead of around five minutes without ever threatening to stay clear for the duration.
The break was duly swept up inside the final 25 kilometres thanks to the efforts of a coalition of teams, including Rabobank, Argos-Shimano and BMC, before Katusha began to flex their collective muscle in support of Joaquim Rodriguez in the finale.
As was the case in Andorra on Saturday, and indeed, for much of the 2012 season, Team Sky attempted to take over as the road began to climb on the approach to Montjuic, but their rhythm was upset by Contador’s surprise attack. Although Richie Porte snuffed that move out, the scene was set for aggression on Montjuic, and it was Rodriguez and Gilbert who emerged as the strongest.
For Gilbert, the win comes as something of a liberation after a torrid campaign. Winner of 18 races last season, there has been an inexplicably large gulf between Gilbert’s levels of performance in 2011 and 2012.
“It’s been one year since I last won and I’m very happy to win with BMC,” he said. “It’s a special victory because I had a hard season and I had a lot of criticism from the Belgian press. I never answered but I kept fighting from the beginning of the season to bring the shape back.”
After finding a spark of form on Montjuic, Gilbert will hope to stoke the flames still further as he builds to the world championships in Valkenburg in four weeks’ time. He may yet find Joaquim Rodriguez among his rivals there, although for now, the Catalan has more immediately pressing matters at hand.
Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing TeamJoaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha TeamPaolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro TeamTomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling TeamDaniele Bennati (Ita) Radioshack-NissanAlejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar TeamNacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ-Big MatGorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiGianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol TeamIgor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiRinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La MondialePrzemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISDBauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling TeamAlberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha TeamLloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La MondialeDaniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha TeamRob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling TeamEros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-CannondaleAndre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso (Por) Caja RuralLars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling TeamJose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar TeamAlberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff BankBart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol TeamKevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickstepBenat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar TeamMaxime Monfort (Bel) Radioshack-NissanMatti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling TeamAndrew Talansky (USA) Garmin - SharpSteve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing TeamRobert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling TeamDario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma-QuickstepNicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La MondialeIvan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiJuan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar TeamSerge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickstepSergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling TeamJan Bakelants (Bel) Radioshack-NissanLaurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling TeamMaxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La MondialeMarcos Garcia (Spa) Caja RuralLuis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneKoen De Kort (Ned) Argos-ShimanoChristophe Le Mevel (Fra) Garmin - SharpWinner Anacona Gomez (Col) Lampre - ISDBenoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ-Big MatChristopher Froome (GBr) Sky ProcyclingSergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky ProcyclingPablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar TeamJurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol TeamMichel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - SharpAlessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing TeamKevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro TeamMikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiAmets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiDavid De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Caja RuralJuan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiGrégory Rast (Swi) Radioshack-NissanRémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ-Big MatRuben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiDamiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISDJuan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling TeamAssan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro TeamEgoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneAllan Davis (Aus) Orica - GreenEdgeZdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma-QuickstepFredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro TeamAndrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro TeamPim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling TeamJuan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky ProcyclingAndrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro TeamJavier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar TeamLeonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneTiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Liquigas-CannondaleBrent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing TeamMaciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-CannondaleMauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing TeamNairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar TeamCayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Liquigas-CannondaleNico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneFlorent Barle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneMarkel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Radioshack-NissanDenys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISDCristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-CannondaleBenjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff BankRafal Majka (Pol) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff BankEgor Silin (Rus) Astana Pro TeamKlaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing TeamGustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) AndaluciaElia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-CannondaleSimon Geschke (Ger) Argos-ShimanoXabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky ProcyclingGabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-Big MatMatteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La MondialeDaniel Teklehaymanot (Eri) Orica - GreenEdgeGert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickstepDavide Vigano (Ita) Lampre - ISDWilliam Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big MatJohn Degenkolb (Ger) Argos-ShimanoJohan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - SharpKristof Vandewalle (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickstepAlexandre Geniez (Fra) Argos-ShimanoRomain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel - EuskadiHernani Broco (Por) Caja RuralMickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneThomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling TeamMartijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling TeamArnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ-Big MatNiki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-QuickstepManuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Caja RuralSergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff BankMauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-CannondaleMaciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-CannondaleLaurent Didier (Lux) Radioshack-NissanJohannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Argos-ShimanoAngel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha TeamDenis Menchov (Rus) Katusha TeamJulian Dean (NZl) Orica - GreenEdgeAdam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol TeamVicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol TeamWouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling TeamArnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ-Big MatXavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Katusha TeamBen Swift (GBr) Sky ProcyclingSimon Clarke (Aus) Orica - GreenEdgeChristophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La MondialeMitchell Docker (Aus) Orica - GreenEdgeTony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-QuickstepGrischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling TeamLinus Gerdemann (Ger) Radioshack-NissanHayden Roulston (NZl) Radioshack-NissanImanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar TeamAmaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing TeamRichie Porte (Aus) Sky ProcyclingPavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha TeamGatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha TeamRafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling TeamRaymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin - SharpThomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin - SharpBen Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La MondialeThomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - SharpKoldo Fernandez (Spa) Garmin - SharpAlexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro TeamDanny Pate (USA) Sky ProcyclingThierry Hupond (Fra) Argos-ShimanoDominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Big MatFrantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma-QuickstepBruno Pires (Por) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff BankPieter Weening (Ned) Orica - GreenEdgeJens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol TeamFrederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol TeamMatteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff BankWesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica - GreenEdgeIan Stannard (GBr) Sky ProcyclingTiago Machado (Por) Radioshack-NissanAitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Caja RuralAntonio Piedra Perez (Spa) Caja RuralDennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling TeamStef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling TeamDavide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - ISDNicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff BankMikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiBlel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La MondialeDavid Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneMikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha TeamRigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky ProcyclingDaniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff BankJesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff BankAdrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) AndaluciaJavier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) AndaluciaJose Vicente Toribio Alcolea (Spa) AndaluciaRudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneYukihiro Doi (Jpn) Argos-ShimanoJohn Gadret (Fra) AG2R La MondialeSergio Carrasco Garcia (Spa) AndaluciaStephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing TeamCameron Meyer (Aus) Orica - GreenEdgeYannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing TeamMarco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISDJonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar TeamJoost Van Leijen (Ned) Lotto Belisol TeamJesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) AndaluciaOlivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol TeamPablo Lechuga Rodriguez (Spa) AndaluciaBertjan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling TeamOleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISDMorris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - ISDDanail Andonov Petrov (Bul) Caja RuralJavier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Caja RuralJuan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) AndaluciaTravis Meyer (Aus) Orica - GreenEdgeMartijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - SharpDaniele Ratto (Ita) Liquigas-CannondalePoints Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing TeamJoaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha TeamPaolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro TeamTomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling TeamDaniele Bennati (Ita) Radioshack-NissanAlejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar TeamNacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ-Big MatGorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiGianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol TeamIgor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiRinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La MondialePrzemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISDBauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling TeamAlberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha TeamSprint 1 - Cardona, km. 96Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneBertjan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling TeamSprint 2 - Martorell, km. 162Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneBertjan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling TeamMountain 1 - Alto de la Collada de Clarà (Cat. 3) km. 71 Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling TeamMickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneMountain 2 - Alto de Montjuic (Cat. 3) km. 193Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing TeamJoaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha TeamNicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La MondialeTeamsVacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling TeamGeneral classification after stage 9Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha TeamChristopher Froome (GBr) Sky ProcyclingAlberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff BankAlejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar TeamRobert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling TeamDaniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha TeamNicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La MondialeIgor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiLaurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling TeamBauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling TeamPrzemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISDEros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-CannondaleTomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling TeamSergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky ProcyclingWinner Anacona Gomez (Col) Lampre - ISDAndrew Talansky (USA) Garmin - SharpRinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La MondialeSteve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing TeamMaxime Monfort (Bel) Radioshack-NissanBart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol TeamKevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro TeamGorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiBenat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar TeamMarcos Garcia (Spa) Caja RuralAndre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso (Por) Caja RuralMaxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La MondialeJuan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar TeamSerge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickstepRob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling TeamAmets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiAndrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro TeamJan Bakelants (Bel) Radioshack-NissanRémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ-Big MatMikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiAlberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha TeamSergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling TeamIvan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiChristophe Le Mevel (Fra) Garmin - SharpJuan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiAndrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro TeamRigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky ProcyclingLuis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneRomain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel - EuskadiTiago Machado (Por) Radioshack-NissanMickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneRafal Majka (Pol) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff BankLaurent Didier (Lux) Radioshack-NissanDaniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff BankFredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro TeamDamiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISDCayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Liquigas-CannondaleHernani Broco (Por) Caja RuralJohn Gadret (Fra) AG2R La MondialeMauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing TeamAlessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing TeamPaolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro TeamBrent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing TeamJuan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling TeamKevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickstepJurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol TeamMarco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISDZdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma-QuickstepJohannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Argos-ShimanoDenis Menchov (Rus) Katusha TeamKoen De Kort (Ned) Argos-ShimanoCristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-CannondaleNairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar TeamDario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma-QuickstepMorris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - ISDThomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling TeamPhilippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing TeamLinus Gerdemann (Ger) Radioshack-NissanDenys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISDGianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol TeamVicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol TeamMichel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - SharpJohan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - SharpDavid De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Caja RuralKristof Vandewalle (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickstepJavier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar TeamAmaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing TeamMatteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La MondialeJesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff BankAlexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro TeamSimon Clarke (Aus) Orica - GreenEdgeRichie Porte (Aus) Sky ProcyclingMikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiSergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff BankPablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar TeamAlexandre Geniez (Fra) Argos-ShimanoRuben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiTony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-QuickstepGrischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling TeamJose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar TeamEgor Silin (Rus) Astana Pro TeamThierry Hupond (Fra) Argos-ShimanoAdrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) AndaluciaBruno Pires (Por) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff BankGrégory Rast (Swi) Radioshack-NissanMaciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-CannondaleArnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ-Big MatBen Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La MondialeMarkel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Radioshack-NissanJose Vicente Toribio Alcolea (Spa) AndaluciaRafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling TeamCameron Meyer (Aus) Orica - GreenEdgeJavier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) AndaluciaArnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ-Big MatMauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-CannondaleJuan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky ProcyclingBenjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff BankSimon Geschke (Ger) Argos-ShimanoAntonio Piedra Perez (Spa) Caja RuralXabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky ProcyclingGabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-Big MatDaniel Teklehaymanot (Eri) Orica - GreenEdgeLeonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneNico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneRudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneSergio Carrasco Garcia (Spa) AndaluciaJesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) AndaluciaNiki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-QuickstepPim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling TeamFlorent Barle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneLars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling TeamKlaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing TeamPieter Weening (Ned) Orica - GreenEdgeAssan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro TeamGert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickstepMatteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff BankYukihiro Doi (Jpn) Argos-ShimanoGustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) AndaluciaAngel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha TeamPavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha TeamChristophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La MondialeYannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing TeamMartijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling TeamXavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Katusha TeamJohn Degenkolb (Ger) Argos-ShimanoThomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin - SharpGatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha TeamDavid Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneBenoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ-Big MatKoldo Fernandez (Spa) Garmin - SharpDominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Big MatPablo Lechuga Rodriguez (Spa) AndaluciaLloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La MondialeAdam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol TeamDaniele Bennati (Ita) Radioshack-NissanElia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-CannondaleDavide Vigano (Ita) Lampre - ISDEgoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneWouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling TeamWilliam Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big MatAllan Davis (Aus) Orica - GreenEdgeOleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISDDanny Pate (USA) Sky ProcyclingStef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling TeamMaciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-CannondaleFrederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol TeamThomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - SharpFrantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma-QuickstepHayden Roulston (NZl) Radioshack-NissanBlel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La MondialeIan Stannard (GBr) Sky ProcyclingJonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar TeamImanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar TeamTravis Meyer (Aus) Orica - 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Paralympian cyclist Simon Richardson lights cauldron in Cardiff
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View Thumbnail GallerySimon Richardson MBE lit the final paralympic cauldron outside City Hall in Cardiff on Monday. It was part of a series of flamecelebrations that have happened around the UK in the lead up to the 2012 Paralympic Games.Related articlesSimon Richardson back on the bike after crashMan charged over Simon Richardson's crashParalympic cyclist Simon Richardson back in the saddleSimon Richardson vows to get back on the bikeParalympic cyclist Simon Richardson out of comaParalympic cyclist Simon Richardson critical after hit-and-run"I was so proudto light the cauldron and get nominated to do it because there are so many morepeople more worthy than me," Simon told BikeRadar. "I got specified by John Morgan and the team atDisability Sports Wales to do that. I'd just like to thankfriends such a Magnus Backstedt and his family and my family and the manypeople who just turned up out of nowhere in the pouring rain for being part ofthe special day.”
The multi-Paralympic medalist's ownpreparations for London 2012 were dashed when he was knocked off his bike andleft for dead during an early morning training session just over a year ago by drunk and partially sighted farmer Edward Howell Adams, driving a van onthe A48 near Bridgend.
Talking about the court case which comes toa conclusion with sentencing for Adams this Thursday, he said: “It will be nice to getfull closure from the accident. Whatever happens, happens to him but the CPS haspushed hard so a precedent will hopefully be set so that drunk driving withadverse outcomes like this now automatically becomes dangerous driving.Hopefully my misfortune has helped the roads be slightly safer and to makeprocedure slightly easier for those involved in future incidents.”
“I would have loved tohave been there in London to compete but now I'm setting my goals on Rio," said a determined Richardson. "Ihave a really good team behind me and I'm looking forward to the (back)operation in mid-to-late September.” Whether he will be on a two wheeled bikeor in a hand-cycle remains to be seen as the procedure he will undergo willlikely reduce his ability to bend his spine.
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What not to eat when you're training
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Deny your body the right foods and you won't be keeping up with the competition on your bike (Seb Rogers/Future Publishing)
View Thumbnail GalleryMany cyclists don’t realise what a huge part their diets play in their training and racing. It’s a cliché, but when it comes to sports you are what you eat. And if you’re out there cycling every day, you really can’t afford to get it wrong. We show you how to spot and avoid the top 10 most common diet mistakes… Before you get started, make sure you've got a BikeRadar Training account. This free online resource enables you to record and analyse all aspects of your training, log your training routes, get yourself tailored training plans, see how you're doing on our leaderboards, set goals and plan your season with a comprehensive events guide.
A good diet is about more than just staying slim. Yes, body composition is important in cycling, but it’s also about fuelling yourself correctly and eating the right blend of nutrients so your body can recover and grow stronger after training. If you make too many mistakes with your diet then you’ll undermine all the hard work you’ve been putting in.
Maybe you think that you’re eating well already, or you know that you’re getting it wrong, but you don’t know how to fix it. Either way, now is the time to find out with this list of the top 10 common diet mistakes that athletes make. The more of them that you ditch, the faster and stronger you’ll be.
No pre-ride breakfast
Your body has been without food for several hours overnight, so you can’t expect to get the best out of it in your training or racing if you are under-fuelling the session.
Eat enough carbohydrates the day before and find things that are easy to eat or drink and that sit well in your stomach in the morning. This could be a yoghurt smoothie, half a banana sandwich or a slice of toast with peanut butter and a glass of fresh juice mixed with water.
Too long between meals
This sets up a starve-binge eating pattern. By the time you get your food you’re ravenous and more likely to overeat the wrong things. This creates an insulin surge, which sends fat storage into overdrive.
Plan your snacks so you never go without food or drink for longer than four hours. Good snacks include a pot of low fat yoghurt, a small handful of mixed nuts, fruit smoothies, fruit salad, good-quality bars such as Eat Natural or Nature Valley Chewy bars, malt loaf or Ryvita with cottage cheese and tomato.
Good-quality cereal bars make for excellent snacks between meals
Too much fibre
Here we’re talking essentially about ‘runner’s trots’. This is a really common problem in runners but it can also affect cyclists; in fact it can happen during any exercise when blood is diverted from the digestive system to the working muscles.
Eat bland, non-spicy, non-fibrous foods the night and hours before training and any big ride. Stick to meals such as white pasta with plain tomato sauce the night before, and in the morning have something like a small bowl of porridge or easily digestible cereal or some white toast with peanut butter.
Not refuelling on rides
You might think you can get away without gels or bars on shorter training rides, but if you’re out for a couple of hours then you need to keep your engine topped up. Work out how much carbohydrate and fluid you need and know how much is in the drinks and foods you’re consuming.
You should aim for 30-60g of carbohydrate per hour (the smaller you are, the less you will need).
Post-ride bingeing
Sometimes the last thing you want to do after a long session is to eat, but if you don’t, then subsequent training sessions will suffer and you’ll feel tired with heavy muscles. However, the other side of the coin is people who eat everything in sight, using the fact that they have done a hard session as an excuse to hoover up anything that falls in their path!
Plan your post-training and racing eating and make sure you have the right nutrition to hand at the finish. Chocolate milk is superb and slips down very nicely; have about 300ml with some salted nuts or a peanut butter sandwich and that should see you through until the next meal. If you sit straight down to a meal then have something like spaghetti bolognese made with lean beef or Quorn mince.
Eating too late
When you train in the evening you might not get home until after 8pm. A big meal afterwards will still be churning away when you go to bed and can affect your sleep and increase fat storage.
Have your main meal at lunch, then a small post-training meal in the evening. This could be beans or eggs on toast, homemade bean and vegetable soup with bread, sushi with a fruit smoothie or one of the good one-pot ready meals such as Innocent Veg Pots or a pot of Stewed!.
Overeating carbs
Many athletes overestimate their food needs and eat vast amounts of cereal, pasta, rice, potatoes and bread. Bread is a particular problem because it is made with fat and the gluten can cause bloating.
Calculate your daily calorie requirement, taking your training and normal daily activity into account. There are several tools on the internet for this. Looking specifically at bread, try to eat fewer than four slices a day because it has more calories than other starchy carbs.
Pasta is a good high GI option, but don’t overdo it
Drinking coffee randomly
While caffeine has a proven positive effect on performance, it needs careful management. It can act as a gut stimulant and cause stomach issues.
Work out your exact caffeine needs and take it before the session; its effects last for a few hours. Test in training and ease back on caffeinated drinks for a couple of weeks before a key race to increase its effects when you take it on race day.
Eating too much fat
Giving the body fat makes it very happy – it doesn’t have to do much to it apart from hide it away in the fat cells for storage. Fat is easy money for your body. It’s not quite as happy to spend that money though – the body is quite reluctant to let go of it.
Melt your spread or butter a little before spreading it so it spreads more thinly. Eat hard cheese only once or twice a week and even then only about a small matchbox-size piece. Don’t glug olive oil over everything. Stay away from things like crisps and biscuits.
Measuring BMI not fat
Related articlesTeam Sky's training dietThe best carbs to eat for cyclingGuide to cycling supplementsFat percentage is a better indicator of how lean you are than weight or Body Mass Index. Measure your fat weekly, when you’re at your most hydrated, using a body composition monitor (bear in mind it takes several months for fat percentage to show any realistic change).
You can get these from any chemist (Boots has a selection). Figures to compare yours with are 15-18 percent for the average UK male, eight percent for the well trained rider, and four to six percent for an elite racer.
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AidanRPosted Sun 26 Aug, 4:49 pm BST Flag as inappropriateDon't eat any fat, snack on cereal bars between meals to avoid insulin spikes (really?!), keep yourself continuously topped up with carbs... Rubbish.
If you're putting in a lot of miles on the bike you can get away with eating like this. If you're aiming for out-and-out performance and are backing that up with the necessary quantity and quality of training then it might (might!) be beneficial. But for many others it won't be.
Particularly for those who have taken to cycling to lose weight this is poor advice. Ultimately if you're losing weight you want to burn fat, and you aren't going to do this if you're constantly topping yourself up with carbs - your body will preferentially burn those instead. Moreover, the longer you go without food the more your body switches from glycogen to fat to fuel itself, so the advice to eat every four hours is counterproductive. Yes, you will get a big insulin spike if you don't eat for ages and then chow down on carbohydrates... so eat things that don't create such an insulin surge! For example, fat.
Fat (of the right type and quality) is not some great evil to be spurned. Yes, you don't want to go crazy on it because it has a high caloric density, but in actual fact it is more satiating per calorie than carbohydrate. And it's actually rather necessary for a properly functioning body. The ridiculous myth that all fat you eat finds its way directly into your fat cells is highly misleading. Yes, it can if you just eat a stick of butter and sit on your arse. But any excess calories will do the same (albeit in a slightly more circuitous fashion) - eat too much pasta and you'll get fat in exactly the same way.
Macronutrients are fairly simple, really. Eat a healthy, good quality mix of them, with a few more carbs on training days and fewer on rest days. And bear in mind the current paradigm (as espoused by this article) is quite heavily skewed in favour of carbs, so chances are you don't need more of them. The most important thing is quality - avoiding processed foods that have been engineered to be deliberately moreish, and this includes highly processed "sports" products in the form of bars, powders and gels.
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Eurobike 2012: New Continental tires
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New for 2013 from Continental is a tubular version of the rear and front-specific Force and Attack - simply called Force Comp and Attack Comp. Like the clincher versions, the tubulars feature a 22mm-wide casing up front but a more generous 24mm-wide rear casing for claimed better handling, lower rolling resistance and improved wear as compared to matched 23mm tires (James Huang/Future Publishing)
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Continental's successful Attack and Force clincher tires will be joined in 2013 by a set of tubulars with similar front- and rear-specific designs, called Attack Comp and Force Comp.
Just as with the tube-type version, the new tubulars feature a 22mm width up front and a more generous 24mm out back. Continental says this provides better handling, more efficient power transfer, decreased rolling resistance and better wear.
Both tires are built with the company's outstanding Black Chili rubber compounds and are reinforced with Vectran breaker belts. Claimed weight is 500g for the matched tubular set.
On the clincher side there's a new Grand Prix GT, which offers a smoother ride with its sole 700x25mm size option. It also boasts enhanced puncture protection with three layers of bead-to-bead belting.
The Continental Grand Prix GT road tire, new for 2013
The original Attack and Force clinchers remain largely the same for 2013 but lose about 20g for the pair through revised tread shaping.
New MTB treads for racing
Continental also debuted a radical Speed King tire that's solely aimed for racing on hardpacked (or paved) conditions. The new semi-slick is said to produce 18 percent less rolling resistance than the already-fast Race King, while the modest shoulder knobs and (very) subtle center tread still supposedly provide reasonable grip at appropriately low air pressures.
Despite the barely-there tread, Continental product manager Christian Wurmbäck claims the Speed King will still last most riders about 1,500km. Claimed weight is just 430g in the lone 26x2.2in size.
Downhillers, on the other hand, will get the new Der Kaiser Rammstein Projekt (US$84.95) with pared-down center knobs for reduced rolling resistance but the same trapezoidal-shaped shoulder knobs as the standard Der Kaiser for tenacious and progressive cornering grip.
The new Der Kaiser Rammstein Projekt
Additionally, two-ply construction and a new Apex sidewall reinforcement ward off flats while also lending extra casing support under high load. Claimed weight is 1,150g.
Elsewhere in the MTB sector it's mostly a story of expanded size ranges. For example, the Mountain King and X-King will now both come in a giant 29x2.4in to address the growing 29er trail bike market.
Meanwhile, the Race King will be offered in new 29x2.2in Sport, 29x2.0in RaceSport and 26x2.0in RaceSport variants.
And yes, Continental will offer 27.5in mountain bike tires, but for now only in the X-King tread and 2.2in and 2.4in widths. Both are built on the ProTection Revolution tubeless ready casing and with Black Chili rubber.
Conti debuts production of cyclocross tubulars
We've been playing with prototype Continental cyclocross tubulars for more than three seasons now but the German company is finally ready to launch production versions. They will be using their own casings (previous ones were made by Challenge) and new tread designs adapted from the Continental mountain bike range.
At least for now, the new CycloXKing (US$124.95, UK pricing TBC) will be the sole tubular offering with a 700x32mm, 180tpi casing and a fast rolling, versatile tread derived from the mountain bike X-King.
The CycloXKing tubular tyre
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A corresponding clincher version – simply called CycloXKing – will be available in both 32mm and 35mm-wide sizes with claimed weights ranging from 320-450g. Suggested retail price is US$54.95 (UK pricing TBC).
Muddy courses will instead call for the new Mountain King CX, built with a tube-type clincher casing but a more aggressive and open tread designed to cut through the slop into the firmer ground underneath.
As with the CycloXKing, the Mountain King CX will be available only in a 32mm width. Claimed weight is 320g.
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Sea Otter 2012 component round-up: Continental to WTB User CommentsThere is 1 comment on this postShowing 1 - 1 of 1 comment
BG2000Posted Tue 28 Aug, 4:52 pm BST Flag as inappropriate" And yes, Continental will offer 27.5in mountain bike tires "
eh ? do you mean 650c ?
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