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Rabobank Wins 2 at Vuelta a Burgos!
August 5, 2012
Matti Breschel and Paul Martens each won a stage of the Vuelta a Bergos, giving Rabobank two of five stage wins in the August 1-5 stage race in Spain.
Breschel struck first, winning the 159km Stage 3 race from Santo Domingo De Silos to Lerma on his TCR Advanced SL. It was the Danish rider’s first win since he joined the Rabobank team last year. The stage featured an uphill finish, which Breschel and his teammates had scouted out before the start. The 27-year-old Dane made it through the final corner at the front of the group, then outprinted Nacer Bouhanni and Ben Swift to take the win.
The following day’s Stage 4 followed a tough 170km route from Dona Santos to Cuidad Romana De Clunia. Strong crosswinds broke up the peloton in the final 20km, and Martens, along with teammates Breschel and Robert Gesink, made the front group of about 20 riders.
In the closing kilometers Spanish rider Juan Antonio Flecha attempted a breakaway but Martens bridged up, then launched his own solo attack. The German held it to the line, taking his first win in nearly two years.
Sunday's final stage went into the mountains, and the team's GC man Gesink rode well, finishing in the top-10 to secure a sixth-place overall finish.
Breschel struck first, winning the 159km Stage 3 race from Santo Domingo De Silos to Lerma on his TCR Advanced SL. It was the Danish rider’s first win since he joined the Rabobank team last year. The stage featured an uphill finish, which Breschel and his teammates had scouted out before the start. The 27-year-old Dane made it through the final corner at the front of the group, then outprinted Nacer Bouhanni and Ben Swift to take the win.
The following day’s Stage 4 followed a tough 170km route from Dona Santos to Cuidad Romana De Clunia. Strong crosswinds broke up the peloton in the final 20km, and Martens, along with teammates Breschel and Robert Gesink, made the front group of about 20 riders.
In the closing kilometers Spanish rider Juan Antonio Flecha attempted a breakaway but Martens bridged up, then launched his own solo attack. The German held it to the line, taking his first win in nearly two years.
Sunday's final stage went into the mountains, and the team's GC man Gesink rode well, finishing in the top-10 to secure a sixth-place overall finish.
