SEARCH ON THIS SITE: Type a word and submit(please do not use capitals) 88th Grand-prix François Faber - 30.05.2010 Report: Christian Poos, at the head of the race from start to finish Christian Poos has won the 88th edition of the Grand-prix François Faber while being at the front of the race from the beginning to the end. The defending champion took some risks by breaking away early with two junior riders, but Alex Kirsch and Bob Jungels were very strong until the end and the second of the European time-trial championships even was able to take the second place at the finish, one minute and a half behind dominating Christian Poos. 58 riders lined up in Contern for the 88th edition of the Grand-prix François Faber, the 34th organized by the ACC Contern. The peloton of the 88ème GP Faber Eventually, they were not so many riders at the start and especially less foreign riders than expected, with a very busy race schedule in all the neighbourhood countries. The course wasn't the same any more like the previous years with the dangerous downhill to Syren being taken away. There wasn't any major climbs in the route, except a small rise in Itzig, but the permanent up an down with no flat portion made it difficult after all. A tough race was expected because the weather conditions were not perfect at all with some rain and lots of wind. But the action started right from the beginning and after a few neutralized kilometres, there were lots of attacks. 5 riders broke away including Alex Kirsch, Julien Jaillard, Ralph Diseviscourt, Daniel Bintz and Enzo Mezzapesa and created a small gap to the peloton. But with the National Masters champion as only representative of the team from Differdange, they had no chance of going very far since the riders in blue and white quickly started to chase behind them. After several more attemps from Tjarco Cuppens, 3rd in the Faber in 2009, from Gusty Bausch or from the Predictor-Lotto-VC Ardennes rider Sebastien Carabin, it was defending champion Christian Poos who launched a very promising attack. Two junior riders dared to follow the man from Differdange in his long escape: Alex Kirsch, again him, and National champion Bob Jungels. The two riders from UC Dippach are young, but on form since Jungels has won a stage race in Germany recently and Break of the day: Jungels, Poos, Kirsch 15 chasers led by Gressnich and Kirsch, winner of the Futur Géant de la Route in Hollerich early this season, finished in second place in a race in Merdingen, Germany, last week. Behind the leading trio, Dominik Eberle and then Benjamin Höber from Team Schwalbe Trier tried to bridge up alone to the leaders but they didn't succeed against the two time-trial specialists. Poos and Jungels were riding very strongly at the head of the race and the gap was over two minutes now on the peloton. A peloton where lots of riders suffered due to the weather conditions and a course that showed every weakness. Only the strongest survived and 9 riders broke away behind the three leaders in lap 6: Benjamin Hober, Robin Jose and Andreas Fliessgarten (Schwalbe Trier), Ralph Diseviscourt and Thibault di Fabio (LC Kayl), Patrick Gressnich and Tjarco Cuppens (CC Differdange), Claude Degano (LC Tétange) as well as Kevin Feiereisen (Cycling Team M Pinte), while the main pack with Triebel, Nilsson and the others was formed by only 30 riders now. Hakan Nilsson didn't have his last word spoken yet and, together with Benn Wurth and André Benoit, he bridged up to the group of nine, just like one lap later Julien Jaillard, Sebastien Carabin and Richard de la Schiava. They were now 15 riders chasing behind the three leaders, 4 from Schwalbe Trier, 3 from Differdange, 3 from LC Kayl one rider from Dippach, Tétange, Pinte, VC Ardennes and CS Thionville. But they did not decrease the gap to the leaders, where Christian Poos continued to take very strong turns, while Alex Kirsch showed the first signs of weakness. The young rider had already lost some strength since the beginning of the race where he rode very offensively, he was dropped once, twice, came back again, but then lost the wheels for good in lap number 9, with 25 kilometres to go. Christian Poos, winner of the 88th GP Faber Of course, the distance was long for the junior riders, who are not used to have more than 100 kilometres in their races, but they continued to be very strong: Jungels at the front, Kirsch who battled alone for another lap before being caught by the next group, in which there were also present Feiereisen and Della Schiava. The decision was meant to fall during the last lap: Bob Jungels seemed tired while Chrisitan Poos still had his usual, fluid and apparently easy pedalling style and dropped the rider from Dippach on the uphill in Itzig. The former U23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner flew away to the victory, while his teammate Tjarco Cuppens attacked in the chasing group and broke away with German rider Benjamin Hober, who had been very active throughout the whole race. Christian Poos crossed the finish line of the 88th Grand-prix François Faber as undoubtfull winner, one minute and 35 seconds ahead of the best junior rider Bob Jungels. Cuppens took third position at 3 minutes ahead of Hober, while his teammate Hakan Nilson took the sprint of the first group for fifth position. 33 riders only finished the race, among them 9 brave Juniors and one Masters rider, former pro Enzo Mezzapesa in 22nd place. Back Grand-prix François Faber 2010 >>
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88th Grand-prix François Faber - 30.05.2010
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Christian Poos, at the head of the race from start to finish
Christian Poos has won the 88th edition of the Grand-prix François Faber while being at the front of the race from the beginning to the end. The defending champion took some risks by breaking away early with two junior riders, but Alex Kirsch and Bob Jungels were very strong until the end and the second of the European time-trial championships even was able to take the second place at the finish, one minute and a half behind dominating Christian Poos.
58 riders lined up in Contern for the 88th edition of the Grand-prix François Faber, the 34th organized by the ACC Contern. The peloton of the 88ème GP Faber Eventually, they were not so many riders at the start and especially less foreign riders than expected, with a very busy race schedule in all the neighbourhood countries. The course wasn't the same any more like the previous years with the dangerous downhill to Syren being taken away. There wasn't any major climbs in the route, except a small rise in Itzig, but the permanent up an down with no flat portion made it difficult after all. A tough race was expected because the weather conditions were not perfect at all with some rain and lots of wind. But the action started right from the beginning and after a few neutralized kilometres, there were lots of attacks. 5 riders broke away including Alex Kirsch, Julien Jaillard, Ralph Diseviscourt, Daniel Bintz and Enzo Mezzapesa and created a small gap to the peloton. But with the National Masters champion as only representative of the team from Differdange, they had no chance of going very far since the riders in blue and white quickly started to chase behind them. After several more attemps from Tjarco Cuppens, 3rd in the Faber in 2009, from Gusty Bausch or from the Predictor-Lotto-VC Ardennes rider Sebastien Carabin, it was defending champion Christian Poos who launched a very promising attack. Two junior riders dared to follow the man from Differdange in his long escape: Alex Kirsch, again him, and National champion Bob Jungels. The two riders from UC Dippach are young, but on form since Jungels has won a stage race in Germany recently and Break of the day: Jungels, Poos, Kirsch 15 chasers led by Gressnich and Kirsch, winner of the Futur Géant de la Route in Hollerich early this season, finished in second place in a race in Merdingen, Germany, last week. Behind the leading trio, Dominik Eberle and then Benjamin Höber from Team Schwalbe Trier tried to bridge up alone to the leaders but they didn't succeed against the two time-trial specialists. Poos and Jungels were riding very strongly at the head of the race and the gap was over two minutes now on the peloton. A peloton where lots of riders suffered due to the weather conditions and a course that showed every weakness. Only the strongest survived and 9 riders broke away behind the three leaders in lap 6: Benjamin Hober, Robin Jose and Andreas Fliessgarten (Schwalbe Trier), Ralph Diseviscourt and Thibault di Fabio (LC Kayl), Patrick Gressnich and Tjarco Cuppens (CC Differdange), Claude Degano (LC Tétange) as well as Kevin Feiereisen (Cycling Team M Pinte), while the main pack with Triebel, Nilsson and the others was formed by only 30 riders now. Hakan Nilsson didn't have his last word spoken yet and, together with Benn Wurth and André Benoit, he bridged up to the group of nine, just like one lap later Julien Jaillard, Sebastien Carabin and Richard de la Schiava. They were now 15 riders chasing behind the three leaders, 4 from Schwalbe Trier, 3 from Differdange, 3 from LC Kayl one rider from Dippach, Tétange, Pinte, VC Ardennes and CS Thionville. But they did not decrease the gap to the leaders, where Christian Poos continued to take very strong turns, while Alex Kirsch showed the first signs of weakness. The young rider had already lost some strength since the beginning of the race where he rode very offensively, he was dropped once, twice, came back again, but then lost the wheels for good in lap number 9, with 25 kilometres to go. Christian Poos, winner of the 88th GP Faber Of course, the distance was long for the junior riders, who are not used to have more than 100 kilometres in their races, but they continued to be very strong: Jungels at the front, Kirsch who battled alone for another lap before being caught by the next group, in which there were also present Feiereisen and Della Schiava. The decision was meant to fall during the last lap: Bob Jungels seemed tired while Chrisitan Poos still had his usual, fluid and apparently easy pedalling style and dropped the rider from Dippach on the uphill in Itzig. The former U23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner flew away to the victory, while his teammate Tjarco Cuppens attacked in the chasing group and broke away with German rider Benjamin Hober, who had been very active throughout the whole race. Christian Poos crossed the finish line of the 88th Grand-prix François Faber as undoubtfull winner, one minute and 35 seconds ahead of the best junior rider Bob Jungels. Cuppens took third position at 3 minutes ahead of Hober, while his teammate Hakan Nilson took the sprint of the first group for fifth position. 33 riders only finished the race, among them 9 brave Juniors and one Masters rider, former pro Enzo Mezzapesa in 22nd place. Back Grand-prix François Faber 2010 >>
The peloton of the 88ème GP Faber
But the action started right from the beginning and after a few neutralized kilometres, there were lots of attacks. 5 riders broke away including Alex Kirsch, Julien Jaillard, Ralph Diseviscourt, Daniel Bintz and Enzo Mezzapesa and created a small gap to the peloton. But with the National Masters champion as only representative of the team from Differdange, they had no chance of going very far since the riders in blue and white quickly started to chase behind them. After several more attemps from Tjarco Cuppens, 3rd in the Faber in 2009, from Gusty Bausch or from the Predictor-Lotto-VC Ardennes rider Sebastien Carabin, it was defending champion Christian Poos who launched a very promising attack. Two junior riders dared to follow the man from Differdange in his long escape: Alex Kirsch, again him, and National champion Bob Jungels. The two riders from UC Dippach are young, but on form since Jungels has won a stage race in Germany recently and Break of the day: Jungels, Poos, Kirsch 15 chasers led by Gressnich and Kirsch, winner of the Futur Géant de la Route in Hollerich early this season, finished in second place in a race in Merdingen, Germany, last week. Behind the leading trio, Dominik Eberle and then Benjamin Höber from Team Schwalbe Trier tried to bridge up alone to the leaders but they didn't succeed against the two time-trial specialists. Poos and Jungels were riding very strongly at the head of the race and the gap was over two minutes now on the peloton. A peloton where lots of riders suffered due to the weather conditions and a course that showed every weakness. Only the strongest survived and 9 riders broke away behind the three leaders in lap 6: Benjamin Hober, Robin Jose and Andreas Fliessgarten (Schwalbe Trier), Ralph Diseviscourt and Thibault di Fabio (LC Kayl), Patrick Gressnich and Tjarco Cuppens (CC Differdange), Claude Degano (LC Tétange) as well as Kevin Feiereisen (Cycling Team M Pinte), while the main pack with Triebel, Nilsson and the others was formed by only 30 riders now. Hakan Nilsson didn't have his last word spoken yet and, together with Benn Wurth and André Benoit, he bridged up to the group of nine, just like one lap later Julien Jaillard, Sebastien Carabin and Richard de la Schiava. They were now 15 riders chasing behind the three leaders, 4 from Schwalbe Trier, 3 from Differdange, 3 from LC Kayl one rider from Dippach, Tétange, Pinte, VC Ardennes and CS Thionville. But they did not decrease the gap to the leaders, where Christian Poos continued to take very strong turns, while Alex Kirsch showed the first signs of weakness. The young rider had already lost some strength since the beginning of the race where he rode very offensively, he was dropped once, twice, came back again, but then lost the wheels for good in lap number 9, with 25 kilometres to go. Christian Poos, winner of the 88th GP Faber Of course, the distance was long for the junior riders, who are not used to have more than 100 kilometres in their races, but they continued to be very strong: Jungels at the front, Kirsch who battled alone for another lap before being caught by the next group, in which there were also present Feiereisen and Della Schiava. The decision was meant to fall during the last lap: Bob Jungels seemed tired while Chrisitan Poos still had his usual, fluid and apparently easy pedalling style and dropped the rider from Dippach on the uphill in Itzig. The former U23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner flew away to the victory, while his teammate Tjarco Cuppens attacked in the chasing group and broke away with German rider Benjamin Hober, who had been very active throughout the whole race. Christian Poos crossed the finish line of the 88th Grand-prix François Faber as undoubtfull winner, one minute and 35 seconds ahead of the best junior rider Bob Jungels. Cuppens took third position at 3 minutes ahead of Hober, while his teammate Hakan Nilson took the sprint of the first group for fifth position. 33 riders only finished the race, among them 9 brave Juniors and one Masters rider, former pro Enzo Mezzapesa in 22nd place. Back Grand-prix François Faber 2010 >>
After several more attemps from Tjarco Cuppens, 3rd in the Faber in 2009, from Gusty Bausch or from the Predictor-Lotto-VC Ardennes rider Sebastien Carabin, it was defending champion Christian Poos who launched a very promising attack. Two junior riders dared to follow the man from Differdange in his long escape: Alex Kirsch, again him, and National champion Bob Jungels. The two riders from UC Dippach are young, but on form since Jungels has won a stage race in Germany recently and Break of the day: Jungels, Poos, Kirsch 15 chasers led by Gressnich and Kirsch, winner of the Futur Géant de la Route in Hollerich early this season, finished in second place in a race in Merdingen, Germany, last week. Behind the leading trio, Dominik Eberle and then Benjamin Höber from Team Schwalbe Trier tried to bridge up alone to the leaders but they didn't succeed against the two time-trial specialists. Poos and Jungels were riding very strongly at the head of the race and the gap was over two minutes now on the peloton. A peloton where lots of riders suffered due to the weather conditions and a course that showed every weakness. Only the strongest survived and 9 riders broke away behind the three leaders in lap 6: Benjamin Hober, Robin Jose and Andreas Fliessgarten (Schwalbe Trier), Ralph Diseviscourt and Thibault di Fabio (LC Kayl), Patrick Gressnich and Tjarco Cuppens (CC Differdange), Claude Degano (LC Tétange) as well as Kevin Feiereisen (Cycling Team M Pinte), while the main pack with Triebel, Nilsson and the others was formed by only 30 riders now. Hakan Nilsson didn't have his last word spoken yet and, together with Benn Wurth and André Benoit, he bridged up to the group of nine, just like one lap later Julien Jaillard, Sebastien Carabin and Richard de la Schiava. They were now 15 riders chasing behind the three leaders, 4 from Schwalbe Trier, 3 from Differdange, 3 from LC Kayl one rider from Dippach, Tétange, Pinte, VC Ardennes and CS Thionville. But they did not decrease the gap to the leaders, where Christian Poos continued to take very strong turns, while Alex Kirsch showed the first signs of weakness. The young rider had already lost some strength since the beginning of the race where he rode very offensively, he was dropped once, twice, came back again, but then lost the wheels for good in lap number 9, with 25 kilometres to go. Christian Poos, winner of the 88th GP Faber Of course, the distance was long for the junior riders, who are not used to have more than 100 kilometres in their races, but they continued to be very strong: Jungels at the front, Kirsch who battled alone for another lap before being caught by the next group, in which there were also present Feiereisen and Della Schiava. The decision was meant to fall during the last lap: Bob Jungels seemed tired while Chrisitan Poos still had his usual, fluid and apparently easy pedalling style and dropped the rider from Dippach on the uphill in Itzig. The former U23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner flew away to the victory, while his teammate Tjarco Cuppens attacked in the chasing group and broke away with German rider Benjamin Hober, who had been very active throughout the whole race. Christian Poos crossed the finish line of the 88th Grand-prix François Faber as undoubtfull winner, one minute and 35 seconds ahead of the best junior rider Bob Jungels. Cuppens took third position at 3 minutes ahead of Hober, while his teammate Hakan Nilson took the sprint of the first group for fifth position. 33 riders only finished the race, among them 9 brave Juniors and one Masters rider, former pro Enzo Mezzapesa in 22nd place. Back Grand-prix François Faber 2010 >>
Break of the day: Jungels, Poos, Kirsch
15 chasers led by Gressnich
Poos and Jungels were riding very strongly at the head of the race and the gap was over two minutes now on the peloton. A peloton where lots of riders suffered due to the weather conditions and a course that showed every weakness. Only the strongest survived and 9 riders broke away behind the three leaders in lap 6: Benjamin Hober, Robin Jose and Andreas Fliessgarten (Schwalbe Trier), Ralph Diseviscourt and Thibault di Fabio (LC Kayl), Patrick Gressnich and Tjarco Cuppens (CC Differdange), Claude Degano (LC Tétange) as well as Kevin Feiereisen (Cycling Team M Pinte), while the main pack with Triebel, Nilsson and the others was formed by only 30 riders now. Hakan Nilsson didn't have his last word spoken yet and, together with Benn Wurth and André Benoit, he bridged up to the group of nine, just like one lap later Julien Jaillard, Sebastien Carabin and Richard de la Schiava. They were now 15 riders chasing behind the three leaders, 4 from Schwalbe Trier, 3 from Differdange, 3 from LC Kayl one rider from Dippach, Tétange, Pinte, VC Ardennes and CS Thionville. But they did not decrease the gap to the leaders, where Christian Poos continued to take very strong turns, while Alex Kirsch showed the first signs of weakness. The young rider had already lost some strength since the beginning of the race where he rode very offensively, he was dropped once, twice, came back again, but then lost the wheels for good in lap number 9, with 25 kilometres to go. Christian Poos, winner of the 88th GP Faber Of course, the distance was long for the junior riders, who are not used to have more than 100 kilometres in their races, but they continued to be very strong: Jungels at the front, Kirsch who battled alone for another lap before being caught by the next group, in which there were also present Feiereisen and Della Schiava. The decision was meant to fall during the last lap: Bob Jungels seemed tired while Chrisitan Poos still had his usual, fluid and apparently easy pedalling style and dropped the rider from Dippach on the uphill in Itzig. The former U23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner flew away to the victory, while his teammate Tjarco Cuppens attacked in the chasing group and broke away with German rider Benjamin Hober, who had been very active throughout the whole race. Christian Poos crossed the finish line of the 88th Grand-prix François Faber as undoubtfull winner, one minute and 35 seconds ahead of the best junior rider Bob Jungels. Cuppens took third position at 3 minutes ahead of Hober, while his teammate Hakan Nilson took the sprint of the first group for fifth position. 33 riders only finished the race, among them 9 brave Juniors and one Masters rider, former pro Enzo Mezzapesa in 22nd place. Back Grand-prix François Faber 2010 >>
Hakan Nilsson didn't have his last word spoken yet and, together with Benn Wurth and André Benoit, he bridged up to the group of nine, just like one lap later Julien Jaillard, Sebastien Carabin and Richard de la Schiava. They were now 15 riders chasing behind the three leaders, 4 from Schwalbe Trier, 3 from Differdange, 3 from LC Kayl one rider from Dippach, Tétange, Pinte, VC Ardennes and CS Thionville. But they did not decrease the gap to the leaders, where Christian Poos continued to take very strong turns, while Alex Kirsch showed the first signs of weakness. The young rider had already lost some strength since the beginning of the race where he rode very offensively, he was dropped once, twice, came back again, but then lost the wheels for good in lap number 9, with 25 kilometres to go. Christian Poos, winner of the 88th GP Faber Of course, the distance was long for the junior riders, who are not used to have more than 100 kilometres in their races, but they continued to be very strong: Jungels at the front, Kirsch who battled alone for another lap before being caught by the next group, in which there were also present Feiereisen and Della Schiava. The decision was meant to fall during the last lap: Bob Jungels seemed tired while Chrisitan Poos still had his usual, fluid and apparently easy pedalling style and dropped the rider from Dippach on the uphill in Itzig. The former U23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner flew away to the victory, while his teammate Tjarco Cuppens attacked in the chasing group and broke away with German rider Benjamin Hober, who had been very active throughout the whole race. Christian Poos crossed the finish line of the 88th Grand-prix François Faber as undoubtfull winner, one minute and 35 seconds ahead of the best junior rider Bob Jungels. Cuppens took third position at 3 minutes ahead of Hober, while his teammate Hakan Nilson took the sprint of the first group for fifth position. 33 riders only finished the race, among them 9 brave Juniors and one Masters rider, former pro Enzo Mezzapesa in 22nd place. Back Grand-prix François Faber 2010 >>
The young rider had already lost some strength since the beginning of the race where he rode very offensively, he was dropped once, twice, came back again, but then lost the wheels for good in lap number 9, with 25 kilometres to go. Christian Poos, winner of the 88th GP Faber Of course, the distance was long for the junior riders, who are not used to have more than 100 kilometres in their races, but they continued to be very strong: Jungels at the front, Kirsch who battled alone for another lap before being caught by the next group, in which there were also present Feiereisen and Della Schiava. The decision was meant to fall during the last lap: Bob Jungels seemed tired while Chrisitan Poos still had his usual, fluid and apparently easy pedalling style and dropped the rider from Dippach on the uphill in Itzig. The former U23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner flew away to the victory, while his teammate Tjarco Cuppens attacked in the chasing group and broke away with German rider Benjamin Hober, who had been very active throughout the whole race. Christian Poos crossed the finish line of the 88th Grand-prix François Faber as undoubtfull winner, one minute and 35 seconds ahead of the best junior rider Bob Jungels. Cuppens took third position at 3 minutes ahead of Hober, while his teammate Hakan Nilson took the sprint of the first group for fifth position. 33 riders only finished the race, among them 9 brave Juniors and one Masters rider, former pro Enzo Mezzapesa in 22nd place. Back Grand-prix François Faber 2010 >>
Christian Poos, winner of the 88th GP Faber
The decision was meant to fall during the last lap: Bob Jungels seemed tired while Chrisitan Poos still had his usual, fluid and apparently easy pedalling style and dropped the rider from Dippach on the uphill in Itzig. The former U23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner flew away to the victory, while his teammate Tjarco Cuppens attacked in the chasing group and broke away with German rider Benjamin Hober, who had been very active throughout the whole race. Christian Poos crossed the finish line of the 88th Grand-prix François Faber as undoubtfull winner, one minute and 35 seconds ahead of the best junior rider Bob Jungels. Cuppens took third position at 3 minutes ahead of Hober, while his teammate Hakan Nilson took the sprint of the first group for fifth position. 33 riders only finished the race, among them 9 brave Juniors and one Masters rider, former pro Enzo Mezzapesa in 22nd place. Back Grand-prix François Faber 2010 >>
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