September 15, 2014

Keizer Wins Vuelta’s 2014 Point d’Appui

Martijn Keizer of Belkin Pro Cycling moved up one place to earn the Point d’Appui for the 2014 Vuelta a España.

Keizer joined Belkin at the last moment this season and rode to higher placement this year than in his two previous Vueltas (153rd in 2011 and 103rd in 2012), but a slight drop from his 63rd place showing in the Giro.

Alberto Contador Velasco of Tinkoff-Saxo won the race and Andrea Guardini of Astana Pro Team wound up with the Lanterne Rouge.

Stage-by-stage results:

Stage 1 – No fulcrum
Stage 2 – No fulcrum
Stage 3 – No fulcrum
Stage 4 – No fulcrum
Stage 5 – No fulcrum
Stage 6 – No fulcrum
Stage 7 – Daniele Bennati of Tinkoff-Saxo
Stage 8 – Nikolas Maes of Omega Pharma-Quick-Step
Stage 9 – No fulcrum
Stage 10 – No fulcrum
Stage 11 – No fulcrum
Stage 12 – No fulcrum
Stage 13 – No fulcrum
Stage 14 – Simon Clarke of Orica GreenEdge
Stage 15 – No fulcrum
Stage 16 – Kristof Vandewalle of Trek Factory Racing
Stage 17 – Tom Boonen of Omega Pharma
Stage 18 – No fulcrum
Stage 19 – Kristof Vandewalle of Trek Factory Racing
Stage 20 – Johan Le Bon of FDJ.fr
Stage 21 – Martijn Keizer of Belkin Pro Cycling

April 8, 2012

Hincapie Again on Cusp at Paris-Roubaix

George Hincapie at the 2008 Tour of California, photographed by Thomas Fanghaenel. Hincapie has finished on the cusp of the point d’appui twice in 2012.

In the 2012 Paris-Roubaix, 86 riders finished the race, meaning no Point d’Appui was awarded; however, the cuspides on the day were George Hincapie, who finished 7.46 adrift, and Johan Le Bon at 7.48. Hincapie also finished on the cusp at the Tour of Flanders.

Tom Boonen of Belgium won the day for Omega Pharma-Quick Step with a time of 5:55.22.

The Lanterne Rouge went to Austrian Bernard Eisel of Sky Procycling finishing with Belgian Gert Steegmans of Omega Pharma-Quickstep, both of them 17.17 behind the leader.

March 25, 2012

No Fulcrum for 2012 Gent Wevelgem

Belgian Tom Van Asbroeck of Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator and Italian Luca Mazzanti of Farnese Vini-Selle Italia split the seam as the cuspides for the Gent Wevelgem, finishing 79th and 80th, respectively, among the 158 finishers.

Asbroeck and Mazzanti finished 10 minutes and 1 second back of leader Tom Boonen along with 70 other riders. They were only about 2:30 ahead of the final riders.