Win for Endura in Cinturon Ciclista

Win for Endura in Cinturon Ciclista with Iker Camano winning the overall and Endura being the top team.

The final stage of the 2011 Cinturon Ciclista has been won in a bunch kick by a German rider and in the group was Endura Racing’s Iker Camano who won the second UCI stage race for the team in 2011.

The stage began with a break of eight  riders but with no-one in the lead group a danger to the overall, they were given some leeway by the Endura controlled peloton. The teams in control of the overall were not going to let the lead of the break get out of control and with 40k to go, the lead was coming down and with 20k to go, the lead of the break was less than 20 seconds.

The writing was on the wall for the break and with five kilometres to go, the race was together for a bunch kick.  Speaking to Endura’s director sportif Julian Winn afterwards, he explained “with the other teams on GC helping, that worked in our favour today but Endura did the majority of the stage until about 3k to go, keeping everything under control.”

“It was a pretty standard run in and the Endura boys did a really good job. We stayed out of it for the sprint and weren’t even contemplating a stage win. The goal was to get Iker from start to finish in the yellow jersey. That was the most important thing.”

The stage race was the team’s second stage race victory in 2011, the other being the Tour of Normandy with Alex Blain. Asked about this, Julian explained “we have had two different stage race wins with two sets of different riders and that shows the strength in depth. We’ve bonded really well this season and when you start winning ,you grow as a team and gain in confidence.”

The yellow jersey, Iker Camano said afterwards “the team worked really really fantastic today. There was a break of eight of riders and the team had to control the race. For me, this is a good victory and for the team it is important. Majorca has been good for us with a stage and now the yellow. The most important moment was yesterday after the king of the grande (Soler) and the leader was behind us. I caught Rob (Partridge) and he worked very hard for me and the GC. This for sure was the most important moment for the race.”

It has been Iker explained, a good season so far which started in Argentina and included a lot of top pro races including the Tour of the Med, Haut Var, Coppi e Bartali and Tour of Mercia. It has been hard he said because all these have been good races and that has helped him have the form to win in Majorca. Congratulations to all the British teams who competed in Majorca and helped make the race.

In other news from the race, Ed Clancy was 7th on the stage for Rapha Condor Sharp who were feeling tired after a hard race. They now head for a stage race in Korea. Raleigh’s Richard Handly meanwhile has won the King of the Mountains jersey, Motorpoints Ian Bibby the Points jersey and Pendragon were 1-2 in the Under 23 Competition. My thanks to John Herety for the update. Motorpoint meanwhile report that in a chaotic finish, Points winner Ian Bibby and Tobyn Horton were about in or around the top 10. Approaching the finish line, there were two ways to go around a central reservation and the Motorpoint riders went right, but as luck would have it, it was quicker going left which left them a little further back with 500 to go than they would have liked.  Ian Bibby finished the race in 3rd overall and Points winner. It was according to director sportif Chris Truett, a great way to kick off their Tour programme of racing.

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RESULTS

STAGE 4
1  SCHAFER, Stefan GER 25 LKT TEAM BRANDENBURG 3:14:30
2  PACHECO TORRES, Francisco J ESP 29 GUEROLA – VALENCIA TERRA I MAR 3:14:30 m.t.
3  TOLLES, Joachim GER 25 TT RAIKO ARGON 18 3:14:30 m.t.
4  VERMEULEN, Jeff NED 23 CYCLINGTEAM DE RIJKE 3:14:30 m.t.
5  OPIE, Chris GBR 24 PENDRAGON – LE COL – COLNAGO 3:14:30 m.t.
6  MARKASKARD, Leonard NOR 21 RINGERIKS – KRAFT 3:14:30 m.t.
7  CLANCY, Edward GBR 26 RAPHA CONDOR – SHARP 3:14:30 m.t.
8  AREGGER, Marcel SUI 21 PRICE – CUSTOM BIKES 3:14:30 m.t.
9  TOBYN, Horton GBR 25 MOTORPOINT 3:14:30 m.t.
10  MUELLER, Phillip GER 20 SC WIEDENBRÜCK 2000 3:14:30 m.t.

16  DEMPSTER, Zakkari AUS 24 RAPHA CONDOR – SHARP 3:14:30 m.t.
18  BIBBY, Ian GBR 25 MOTORPOINT 3:14:30 m.t.
22  MOZLEY, Jonathan GBR 24 PENDRAGON – LE COL – COLNAGO 3:14:30 m.t.
25  HOLOHAN, Liam GBR 23 TEAM RALEIGH 3:14:30 m.t.
26  PARNES, Ryan USA 27 TEAM RALEIGH 3:14:30 m.t.
29  CAMAÑO ORTUZAR, Iker ESP 32 ENDURA RACING 3:14:30 m.t.
30  BIALOBLOCKI, Marcin POL 28 MOTORPOINT 3:14:30 m.t.
31  CRONSHAW, Mathew GBR 23 TEAM RALEIGH 3:14:30 m.t.
33  MCEVOY, Jonathan GBR 22 MOTORPOINT 3:14:30 m.t.
38  BARKER, Yanto GBR 31 PENDRAGON – LE COL – COLNAGO 3:14:30 m.t.
62  KIPLING, Matthew GBR 29 TEAM RALEIGH 3:14:40 +10
64  CLARKE, David GBR 32 ENDURA RACING 3:14:40 +10
73  ELLIOTT, Malcolm GBR 50 MOTORPOINT 3:14:40 +10
78  THWAITES, Scott GBR 21 ENDURA RACING 3:14:40 +10
80  MCLAUGHLIN, James GBR 21 PENDRAGON – LE COL – COLNAGO 3:14:40 +10
95  WILKINSON, Callum GBR 23 ENDURA RACING 3:14:47 +17
98  SAMPSON, James GBR 25 MOTORPOINT 3:14:47 +17
104  LLOYD, Rhys GBR 22 PENDRAGON – LE COL – COLNAGO 3:14:47 +17
106  HAYLES, Robert GBR 38 ENDURA RACING 3:14:47 +17
117  TENNANT, Andrew GBR 24 RAPHA CONDOR – SHARP 3:14:47 +17
119  HAILE, Dawit ERI 24 PENDRAGON – LE COL – COLNAGO 3:14:47 +17
121  HANDLEY, Richard GBR 21 TEAM RALEIGH 3:14:47 +17
124 7 CRAVEN, Dan NAM 28 RAPHA CONDOR – SHARP 3:14:47 +17
137  JONES, Matthew GBR 22 TEAM RALEIGH 3:14:47 +17
154  SPARLING, James CAN 27 TEAM RALEIGH 3:16:15 +01:45
157  WINDSOR, Dean AUS 25 RAPHA CONDOR – SHARP 3:16:35 +02:05

ABN  HOUSE, Kristian GBR 32 RAPHA CONDOR – SHARP
ABN  TIERNAN-LOCK, Jonathan GBR 27 RAPHA CONDOR – SHARP

OVBERALL
1 CAMAÑO ORTUZAR, Iker ESP 32 ENDURA RACING 10:21:21 97
2 0VALJAVEC, Tadej SLO 34 MANISASPOR CYCLING TEAM 10:21:53 +32 54
3 BIBBY, Ian GBR 25 MOTORPOINT 10:22:19 +58 83
4 KUENZLI, Raymond SUI 27 EKZ RACING TEAM 10:22:47 +01:26 10
5 MCLAUGHLIN, James GBR 21 PENDRAGON – LE COL – COLNAGO 10:23:00 +01:39 66
6 BELDA MIRA, Jose ESP 36 GUEROLA – VALENCIA TERRA I MAR 10:24:17 +02:56 98
7 WILMANN, Frederik NOR 26 JOKER MERIDA 10:24:42 +03:21 24
8 BIALOBLOCKI, Marcin POL 28 MOTORPOINT 10:25:28 +04:07 29
9 PARTRIDGE, Robert GBR 26 ENDURA RACING 10:25:40 +04:19 40
10 HOFFMAN, Erik NAM 30 ACTIVITY RACING TEAM 10:25:43 +04:22 37

14 CLARKE, David GBR 32 ENDURA RACING 10:25:58 +04:37 44
17 LLOYD, Rhys GBR 22 PENDRAGON – LE COL – COLNAGO 10:26:43 +05:22 68
20 MCEVOY, Jonathan GBR 22 MOTORPOINT 10:28:37 +07:16 76
30 HOLOHAN, Liam GBR 23 TEAM RALEIGH 10:29:21 +08:00 44
32 SAMPSON, James GBR 25 MOTORPOINT 10:29:34 +08:13 84
35 TOBYN, Horton GBR 25 MOTORPOINT 10:36:05 +14:44 5
54 SPARLING, James CAN 27 TEAM RALEIGH 10:37:53 +16:32 75
56 THWAITES, Scott GBR 21 ENDURA RACING 10:39:00 +17:39 3
58 DEMPSTER, Zakkari AUS 24 RAPHA CONDOR – SHARP 10:40:05 +18:44 20
59 HANDLEY, Richard GBR 21 TEAM RALEIGH 10:40:25 +19:04 16
61 BARKER, Yanto GBR 31 PENDRAGON – LE COL – COLNAGO 10:43:31 +22:10 35
67 CRAVEN, Dan NAM 28 RAPHA CONDOR – SHARP 10:44:23 +23:02 49
69 HAILE, Dawit ERI 24 PENDRAGON – LE COL – COLNAGO 10:44:46 +23:25 32
85 CLANCY, Edward GBR 26 RAPHA CONDOR – SHARP 10:47:21 +26:00 15
86  TENNANT, Andrew GBR 24 RAPHA CONDOR – SHARP 10:47:32 +26:11 72
87 JONES, Matthew GBR 22 TEAM RALEIGH 10:47:42 +26:21 59
95 WINDSOR, Dean AUS 25 RAPHA CONDOR – SHARP 10:49:50 +28:29 92
96 CRONSHAW, Mathew GBR 23 TEAM RALEIGH 10:49:55 +28:34 82
98 ELLIOTT, Malcolm GBR 50 MOTORPOINT 10:50:00 +28:39 37
100 WILKINSON, Callum GBR 23 ENDURA RACING 10:50:17 +28:56 19
135 OPIE, Chris GBR 24 PENDRAGON – LE COL – COLNAGO 10:57:49 +36:28 17
136 PARNES, Ryan USA 27 TEAM RALEIGH 10:58:23 +37:02 55
137 HAYLES, Robert GBR 38 ENDURA RACING 10:59:05 +37:44 20
143 KIPLING, Matthew GBR 29 TEAM RALEIGH 10:59:34 +38:13 65
152 MOZLEY, Jonathan GBR 24 PENDRAGON – LE COL – COLNAGO 11:04:17 +42:56 67

TEAMS
1 ENDURA RACING GBR 31:12:44
2 MOTORPOINT GBR 31:16:24 03:40
3 MANISASPOR CYCLING TEAM TUR 31:16:42 03:58

7 PENDRAGON – LE COL – COLNAGO GBR 31:25:16 12:32
9 RAPHA CONDOR – SHARP GBR 31:33:19 20:35
15 TEAM RALEIGH GBR 31:44:38 31:54

POINTS
1 BIBBY, Ian GBR MOTORPOINT 55
2 CAMAÑO ORTUZAR, Iker ESP ENDURA RACING 48
3 SCHAFER, Stefan GER LKT TEAM BRANDENBURG 41

6 BIALOBLOCKI, Marcin POL MOTORPOINT 25

MOUNTAINS
1 HANDLEY, Richard TEAM RALEIGH 20
2 BELDA MIRA, Jose GUEROLA – VALENCIA TERRA I MAR 17
3 KASA, Gabor MANISASPOR CYCLING TEAM 12

6 CAMAÑO ORTUZAR, Iker ENDURA RACING 8
7 MCLAUGHLIN, James PENDRAGON – LE COL – COLNAGO 8
8 PARTRIDGE, Robert ENDURA RACING 8
9 LLOYD, Rhys PENDRAGON – LE COL – COLNAGO 8