L'olandese Groenewegen si è imposto nella prima tappa del Tour de Yorkshire pubblicato il 29/04/2016



Groenewegen wins first stage in the Tour de Yorkshire

Dylan GroenewegenDylan Groenewegen rewarded the support of his team-mates with victory in the first stage of the Tour de Yorkshire. Team LottoNL-Jumbo’s sprinter started the bunch sprint in the right position and beat Caleb Ewan (Orica - GreenEDGE) and Nikias Arndt (Team Giant - Alpecin) convincingly.

 

“The way our riders approached this race was strong,” Sports Director Merijn Zeeman said. “I can’t say anything else than that this victory was a beautiful team performance. We took the lead with two kilometres to go. That was a key moment in the stage. The last hundred metres went slightly downhill and were tortuous. Dylan Groenewegen was lead out perfectly and finished it off with a strong sprint.”

 

Compliment

Groenewegen gave his teammates a big compliment, as well. “They all fulfilled their tasks perfectly,” he said. “I didn’t have to fight for my position one single moment. This was a lead-out like it should be. When I started to sprint, I actually knew already that I was going to win. I saw Ewan on my wheel, but he neven came up next to me. I just finished a short period of rest. I’ve trained well and it’s wonderful to start this new period immediately with a victory.”

 

Zeeman sees that Team LottoNL-Jumbo’s sprint lead-out is improving. “We were one today,” he concluded. “Everyone did his part of the job. Tomorrow, we’re going for it another time. The second stage seems to be the easiest one, but the weather is going to be bad. We should enjoy this victory first, though.”
 

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ESORDIO VINCENTE PER GROENEWEGEN

AL TOUR OF YORKSHIRE

L'olandese del Team LottoNL-Jumbo si impone con Oltre XR.2 a Settle davanti a Ewan e Arndt

Dylan Groenewegen

Treviglio (Bergamo), 29 aprile 2016 - Dylan Groenewegen del Team LottoNL-Jumbo ha festeggiato alla perfezione il rientro in gara, centrando il successo con Oltre XR.2 nella frazione inaugurale del Tour de Yorkshire, 184 km da Beverley a Settle (Regno Unito) venerdì 29 aprile. L'atleta di Amsterdam si è aggiudicato la volata di gruppo davanti a Caleb Ewan e Nikias Arndt, conquistando anche la maglia di leader.

In precedenza, quest'anno, Groenewegen aveva vinto la terza tappa della Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, ad Alzira (Spagna) e la prima della Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen ad Harelbeke(Belgio). Il 22enne olandese è inoltre salito sul podio come secondo classificato nell'ultima tappa della Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana e nella Handzame Classic, e come terzo nella Nokere Koerse-Danilith Classic e nella Energiewacht Ronde van Drenthe.

LE BICI DEL TEAM LOTTO.NL-JUMBO
Groenewegen gareggia con Bianchi Oltre XR.2, una bicicletta extreme racing che combina leggerezza, aerodinamica e rigidità. Bianchi fornisce al Team LottoNL-Jumbo anche altri tre modelli: SpecialissimaInfinito CV e il telaio da crono Aquila CV.

 
Foto: lo sprint vincente di Dylan Groenewegen al Tour of Yorkshire. 


 



Tour de Yorkshire #1: Cummings tries late escape, Pauwels 6th on GC

Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka show positive intent on stage 1 in Yorkshire

Dylan Groenwegen (LottoNL-Jumbo) won the opening stage of the Tour de Yorkshire from a mass sprint. Caleb Ewan (Orica-Greenedge) placed 2nd and 3rd place went the way of Nikias Arndt (Giant-Alpecin).

It was a cold and gloomy start to the Tour de Yorkshire as riders left Beverley with the temperature not that much more than a few degrees above zero. 6 riders got into the early move of the day and Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka, along with Team Sky, took control of the peloton.

Bernie Eisel, our African Team's road captain, martialled the troops well and spent a large amount of time on the front of the peloton controlling the gap to the break. As the race ploughed straight into a headwind for most of the day, there was always this sense of nervousness as with a slight change of wind direction the crosswinds had the potential to decimate the peloton. This would not materialise though and the break was caught with a little over 20km to go, thanks to a great job by our African Team.

Most teams were then focused on a sprint finish but Steve Cummings was not going to make it that easy for them. In what is becoming trademark fashion now, Cummings jumped away with around 5km to go just moments after 2 other riders tried their luck too. Cummings quickly caught and passed the duo that were ahead and went in pursuit of the finish line, solo. LottoNL-Jumbo and Orica-Greenedge had to commit fully to the chase as Cummings put down the power.

While this tactic has worked for Cummings a number of times in the past, today he would be caught with 1.5km to go. The sprint then followed and LottoNL-Jumbo's work paid off as their sprinter took the win in Settle. While our African Team didn't have a rider finish in the top 10 on the stage, Serge Pauwels showed great awareness to take a bonus second at an intermediate sprint with 10km to go. This meant our Belgian ended the stage in 6th place on the General Classification. Unfortunately, Nic Dougall wasn't able to finish today's stage due to an Achilles tendon strain.  

Serge Pauwels - Rider
The weather made it a hard race today. It was very cold and rainy, and there was a headwind all day. Steve played his card in the final to try and win the stage but unfortunately he did not succeed. I was able to take a bonus second at an intermediate sprint near the finish, so we look forward to this weekend's stages.

Team Dimension Data For Qhubeka
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka was founded in 2007, steadily working its way up from a regional team to now being a World Tour team with bases in South Africa and Italy. It’s also known as Africa’s Team due to its focus on helping African talents to the world stage of cycling. The team races to raise funds for the Qhubeka Charity to mobilise people on bicycles in Africa. To contribute to the #BicyclesChangeLives Campaign, click
 here.

Qhubeka is an Nguni word that means “to progress”“to move forward”. Qhubeka (qhubeka.org) is part of World Bicycle Relief (worldbicyclerelief.org), a global non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing education, health and economic opportunities by providing simple, sustainable transportation through the power of bicycles.  

Dimension Data (dimensiondata.com) uses the power of technology to help organisations achieve great things in the digital era. As a member of the NTT Group, we accelerate our clients’ ambitions through digital infrastructure, hybrid cloud, workspaces for tomorrow, and cybersecurity. With a turnover of USD 7.5 billion, offices in 58 countries, and 31,000 employees, we deliver wherever our clients are, at every stage of their technology journey. We’re proud to be the Official Technology Partner of Amaury Sport Organisation, organiser of the Tour de France, and the title partner of the cycling team, Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka.

Learn more about the team at www.africasteam.com

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Ordine d’arrivo prima tappa Tour de Yorkshire 2016 29 Aprile Beverly-Settle di 184 km
1    Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo    5:09:11     
2    Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge          
3    Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin          
4    Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie          
5    Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky          
6    Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team          
7    Christopher Lawless (GBr) JLT Condor          
8    Karol Domagalski (Pol) ONE Pro Cycling          
9    Dion Smith (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling          
10    Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise          
11    Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise          
12    Magnus Cort (Den) Orica-GreenEdge          
13    Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge          
14    Tom Stewart (GBr) Madison Genesis          
15    Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Team Raleigh–GAC          
16    Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky          
17    Huub Duijn (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton          
18    Russell Downing (GBr) JLT Condor          
19    Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie          
20    Loïc Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits          
21    Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data          
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