Podium places for Stefan Denifl and IAM Cycling at Tour Med

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16 February 2014

IAM Cycling

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IAM Cycling can look with satisfaction on another race well done in the kickoff of its 2014 season. After Sylvain Chavanel succeeded in securing the teams first podium place in a race this season by taking 3^rd in the time trial on Saturday, Stefan Denifl earned himself an impressive 3^rd place behind stage winner Jean-Christophe Peraud (AG2R-La Mondiale) on Sundays climb up Mont-Faron.

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The final overall victory went to Steve Cummings (BMC). IAM Cyclings Sylvain Chavanel, who started the day in 3^rd place overall, took a strong 7^th place in the final tally, recognizing that his main objectives are a little further into the season. In addition to these individual successes, IAM Cycling ended the race in 2^nd place in the team standings since it had riders placed well in 3^rd, 16^th and 20^th places on the stage, Stefan Denifl, Sébastien Reichenbach and Sylvain Chavanel, respectively.

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Before returning to his native Tyrol, the 26 year old Austrian was smiling again after having endured a week where his legs were not feeling great.

Finally I am reassured in my condition because I had a lot of doubts after the first stage when I found myself flat on the street. I did not have enough strength during the long stage of 223 kilometers with the wind and echelons. But I am not discouraged. The directors have encouraged me to continue with my efforts to progress.

And today, even after a properly hard time trial, everything went well. I attacked the climb in 30^th position. And I stayed with our leader Sylvain Chavanel to help as much as possible. It was he who told me to take my chance, so I managed to hang with the best riders. And then it all exploded at the top. My mistake was that I attacked too early. I found myself behind a Bretagne-Séché rider but in front of Peraud and Cummings.

They then came back to me and I couldnt hold Perauds wheel when he made his final attack. But I managed to stay ahead of Cummings. That is a great satisfaction that will help me build confidence for the Tour du Haut-Var.

listen to Sur La Ligne – Stefan Denifl – Tour Méditerranéen – stage 5 on Audioboo

listen to Sur La Ligne – Sylvain Chavanel – Tour Méditerranéen – étape 5 on Audioboo

listen to Sur La Ligne – Sébastien Reichenbach – Tour Méditerranéen – étape 5 on Audioboo

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