GROENEWEGEN FA SUBITO LA VOCE GROSSA

La prima tappa del Tour of Yorkshire va all’olandese Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo) che precede di pochi centimetri l’australiano Caleb Ewan (Orica-Scott) ed il britannico Christian Opie (Bike Channel Canyon).

Primo successo stagionale per Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo), talentino olandese delle volate e campione nazionale, che ha riassaporato il gusto della vittoria dopo tanti mesi, elemento indispensabile per un velocista. Si è trattato di un successo sofferto fino alla fine a causa della rimonta di Caleb Ewan (Orica-Scot), finito davvero a pochi centimetri dalla ruota anteriore dell’olandese. Il più deluso non sarà sicuramente Ewan, a cui andrà comunque stretto questo secondo posto, bensì Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis), partito in ottima posizione, dopo un buon lavoro della suqa squadra, ma saltato quasi immediatamente dagli altri concorrenti.
I 174 chilometri di gara tra Bridlington e Scarborough non contemplavano grandi salite, ma era piuttosto un percorso nervoso e comprendeva tre “côtes”, l’ultima con pendenza sopra il 10% a 25 chilometri dal traguardo, che non potevano spaventare troppo le ruote veloci.
La solita fuga partita poco dopo il via è stata portata avanti da tre atleti – Conor Dunne (Aqua Blue Sport), Perrig Quéméneur (Direct Énergie) ed Etienne van Empel (Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij) – che godono di un vantaggio massimo di cinque minuti.
Sull’ultima côte restano davanti Dunne e Quéméneur, mentre il gruppo accelera ulteriormente riducendo il distacco sotto al minuto grazie al lavoro di Dimension Data, Cofidis e LottoNL-Jumbo.
La coppia di testa alza bandiera bianca a dieci chilometri dal traguardo lasciando la scena ai preparativi per la volata finale.
Nell’ultimo chilometro è la Cofidis a mettere tutti in fila, cercando di tenere davanti Bouhanni, ma al momento di partire il francese non ne ha e viene superato prima da Groenewegen e poi da Ewan, che ingaggiano un duello in velocità vinto dal campione d’Olanda. Secondo è Caleb Ewan, terzo la sorpresa Chris Opie (Bike Channel Canyon), mentre Bouhanni giunge quarto. Da segnalare la presenza italiana in top ten dell’italiano Kristian Sbaragli (Dimension Data), piazzato al sesto posto.
Domani la seconda tappa, più pianeggiante di quella odierna, che a maggior ragione difficilmente sfuggirà agli sprinter.

Paolo Terzi

ORDINE D’ARRIVO

1 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 4:09:38
2 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott
3 Chris Opie (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon
4 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
5 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) One Pro Cycling
6 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data
7 Andre Looij (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
8 Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
9 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
10 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Team Raleigh GAC
11 Jacob Hennessy (GBr) Great Britain
12 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
13 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb
14 Tony Hurel (Fra) Direct Energie
15 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky
16 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team
17 Jonathan McEvoy (GBr) Madison Genesis
18 Steven Lammertink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
19 Alex Frame (NZl) JLT Condor
20 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
21 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
22 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
23 Larry Warbasse (USA) Aqua Blue Sport
24 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
25 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
26 Amael Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
27 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
28 Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data
29 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie
30 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin
31 Ryan Perry (GBr) Team Raleigh GAC
32 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky
33 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
34 Amund Grondahl Jansen (Nor) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
35 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Dimension Data
36 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
37 Steve Lampier (GBr) JLT Condor
38 Adam Kenway (GBr) Team Raleigh GAC
39 Peter Williams (GBr) One Pro Cycling
40 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Great Britain
41 Robert Partridge (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon
42 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Madison Genesis
43 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie
44 Romain Guillemois (Fra) Direct Energie
45 Adam Hartley (GBr) Great Britain
46 Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
47 Angel Madrazo (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
48 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
49 Delio Fernandez (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
50 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
51 James Gullen (GBr) JLT Condor
52 Connor Swift (GBr) Madison Genesis
53 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
54 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky
55 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
56 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Katusha-Alpecin
57 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
58 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
59 Tristan Robbins (GBr) Team Raleigh GAC
60 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data
61 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Team Sunweb
62 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
63 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
64 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie
65 Max Stedman (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon
66 Adria Moreno Sala (Spa) Team Raleigh GAC
67 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
68 Jeremy Cornu (Fra) Direct Energie
69 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
70 Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
71 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
72 Dexter Gardias (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon
73 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie
74 Joey Walker (GBr) Great Britain
75 Alistair Slater (GBr) JLT Condor
76 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:01:14
77 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
78 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky
79 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-Scott 0:01:27
80 Mitch Docker (Aus) Orica-Scott 0:01:28
81 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
82 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
83 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
84 Jack Pullar (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon 0:01:39
85 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Great Britain
86 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:51
87 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team
88 Thomas Stewart (GBr) One Pro Cycling
89 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:02:03
90 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb
91 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:02:08
92 Taylor Karl Gunman (NZl) Madison Genesis 0:02:09
93 Brenton Jones (Aus) JLT Condor
94 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott 0:02:12
95 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky
96 Richard Handley (GBr) Madison Genesis
97 Karol Domagalski (Pol) One Pro Cycling
98 Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:52
99 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin
100 Rory Townsend (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon
101 Russell Downing (GBr) JLT Condor
102 Stef Clement (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:03:17
103 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
104 Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 0:03:47
105 Ian Bibby (GBr) JLT Condor
106 James Knox (GBr) Great Britain
107 Hayden McCormick (NZl) One Pro Cycling
108 Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:05:01
109 James Lowsley-Williams (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon 0:05:10
110 Harry Tanfield (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon
111 Roger Kluge (Ger) Orica-Scott
112 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:05:12
113 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Team LottNl-Jumbo
114 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
115 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Madison Genesis
116 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-Scott
117 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 0:06:16
118 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin
119 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 0:07:43
120 Kristian House (GBr) One Pro Cycling
121 Frazer Martin (GBr) Team Raleigh GAC
122 Thomas Moses (GBr) JLT Condor
123 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team
124 Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Team Raleigh GAC
125 Kamil Gradek (Pol) One Pro Cycling 0:07:43
126 Clement Venturini (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
127 Joshua Hunt (GBr) One Pro Cycling
128 Mark Mc Nally (GBr) Great Britain
129 Matthew Cronshaw (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:09:14
130 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin
131 Matthew Bostock (GBr) Great Britain

CLASSIFICA GENERALE

1 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 4:09:28
2 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott 0:00:04
3 Chris Opie (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon 0:00:06
4 Angel Madrazo (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:00:08
5 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:10
6 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) One Pro Cycling
7 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data
8 Andre Looij (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
9 Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
10 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
11 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Team Raleigh GAC
12 Jacob Hennessy (GBr) Great Britain
13 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
14 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb
15 Tony Hurel (Fra) Direct Energie
16 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky
17 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team
18 Jonathan McEvoy (GBr) Madison Genesis
19 Steven Lammertink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
20 Alex Frame (NZl) JLT Condor
21 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
22 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
23 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
24 Larry Warbasse (USA) Aqua Blue Sport
25 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
26 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
27 Amael Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
28 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
29 Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data
30 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie
31 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin
32 Ryan Perry (GBr) Team Raleigh GAC
33 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky
34 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
35 Amund Grondahl Jansen (Nor) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
36 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Dimension Data
37 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
38 Steve Lampier (GBr) JLT Condor
39 Adam Kenway (GBr) Team Raleigh GAC
40 Peter Williams (GBr) One Pro Cycling
41 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Great Britain
42 Robert Partridge (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon
43 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Madison Genesis
44 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie
45 Romain Guillemois (Fra) Direct Energie
46 Adam Hartley (GBr) Great Britain
47 Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
48 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
49 Delio Fernandez (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
50 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
51 James Gullen (GBr) JLT Condor
52 Connor Swift (GBr) Madison Genesis
53 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
54 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky
55 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
56 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Katusha-Alpecin
57 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
58 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
59 Tristan Robbins (GBr) Team Raleigh GAC
60 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data
61 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Team Sunweb
62 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
63 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
64 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie
65 Max Stedman (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon
66 Adria Moreno Sala (Spa) Team Raleigh GAC
67 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
68 Jeremy Cornu (Fra) Direct Energie
69 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
70 Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
71 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
72 Dexter Gardias (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon
73 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie
74 Joey Walker (GBr) Great Britain
75 Alistair Slater (GBr) JLT Condor
76 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
77 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky
78 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
79 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Great Britain
80 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team
81 Thomas Stewart (GBr) One Pro Cycling
82 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb
83 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky
84 Richard Handley (GBr) Madison Genesis
85 Karol Domagalski (Pol) One Pro Cycling
86 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin
87 Rory Townsend (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon
88 Russell Downing (GBr) JLT Condor
89 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
90 Ian Bibby (GBr) JLT Condor
91 James Knox (GBr) Great Britain
92 Hayden McCormick (NZl) One Pro Cycling
93 Harry Tanfield (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon
94 Roger Kluge (Ger) Orica-Scott
95 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
96 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Madison Genesis
97 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-Scott
98 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin
99 Thomas Moses (GBr) JLT Condor
100 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team
101 Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Team Raleigh GAC
102 Joshua Hunt (GBr) One Pro Cycling
103 Mark Mc Nally (GBr) Great Britain
104 Matthew Bostock (GBr) Great Britain
105 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:01:24
106 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-Scott 0:01:37
107 Mitch Docker (Aus) Orica-Scott 0:01:38
108 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
109 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
110 Jack Pullar (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon 0:01:49
111 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie 0:02:01
112 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:02:13
113 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:02:18
114 Taylor Karl Gunman (NZl) Madison Genesis 0:02:19
115 Brenton Jones (Aus) JLT Condor
116 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott 0:02:22
117 Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:02
118 Stef Clement (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:03:27
119 Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 0:03:57
120 Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:05:11
121 James Lowsley-Williams (GBr) Bike Channel Canyon 0:05:17
122 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:05:22
123 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Team LottNl-Jumbo
124 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 0:06:26
125 Kamil Gradek (Pol) One Pro Cycling 0:07:47
126 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 0:07:53
127 Kristian House (GBr) One Pro Cycling
128 Frazer Martin (GBr) Team Raleigh GAC
129 Clement Venturini (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
130 Matthew Cronshaw (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:09:24
131 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin