18 July 2016
IAM Cycling
THE STATEMENT
As given by Larry Warbasse: When I had to abandon the Giro d’Italia, I then made getting a top-10 in the Tour de Pologne a goal. It was a challenging goal, but now I am 7th overall, and I did it. Last week I would have happily taken this result, but today I was initially a little disappointed. I would have loved to have moved up to the top-5. But unfortunately, it didnt work out that way in the time trial today. So then, I have to be satisfied with my performance, especially when considering the circumstances. I am very happy with my 6th place on Saturday because I rode very well in that difficult stage. I trained very hard in the last two months, and came to this race with good legs. I knew that I would be able to have a good performance. Now I am looking with optimism to the future. I will look ahead to the Tour of Utah and the Vuelta, which is really my main goal for the rest of the season.
THE ANALYSIS
Eddy Seigneur, who was acting as a directeur sportif at the Tour de Pologne along with Thierry Marichal, came to a positive conclusion regarding the teams performance at the race: It was a very difficult tour, but the guys performed very well. Heinrich Haussler was at the front in three of the sprints, and Larry Warbasse managed to ride very well on Saturday in order to take a 6th place, which formed the foundation for his top-10 result in the overall standings.
THE NUMBER
86 – That is the number of riders who abandoned the fifth stage on Saturday. Various reasons contributed to this exodus, including the fact it was the third day in a row over 200 kilometers long, and the weather conditions were very demanding with heavy rain and temperature hovering around 10°C. Then the queen stage on Sunday was cancelled due to terrible weather conditions that afflicted the race shortly after the start of the stage. That was a good decision, so they were able to preserve the safety and security of us riders, Larry Warbasse confirmed.
Race Pictures – BettiniPhoto
