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| Batista15 |
Posted on 13-04-2012 22:08
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Alakagom wrote:
Great way to end Oman with a blast. Great train and victory and you scoop points at the end too. Well done batista 
Thanks a lot mate.  This train success was just for you, haha. No serious, I had a lot of fun, playing this stage. Never had such a great train before with Team Sky. |
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Posted on 13-04-2012 22:13
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Batista15 wrote:
Alakagom wrote:
Great way to end Oman with a blast. Great train and victory and you scoop points at the end too. Well done batista
Thanks a lot mate. This train success was just for you, haha. No serious, I had a lot of fun, playing this stage. Never had such a great train before with Team Sky.
Heh  It was perfect, with time you'll probably create even better trains than you did at HTC Choosing train for Tour is a tricky though with that amount of choice And the Cavendish comes to play as well. EBH would do well as main sprinter, but we unfortunately have Cav Usually Qatar sucks and Oman is much better. You proved it yet again Now let's get podium with Siutsou in Algarve
P.S. Sorry for over-extensive use of smilies ;P
Edited by Alakagom on 13-04-2012 22:14
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 13-04-2012 22:16
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sam1196 wrote:
WHOOOOO  That's the real Sky Sprint-train Perfect in Oman only a pitty that you couldn't snap the GC
Thanks Maybe we would have won the overall, when Boasson Hagen would have been the main leader on the mountain stage. Now we´ve got a 2-3, which is also amazing. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 13-04-2012 22:22
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Alakagom wrote:
Batista15 wrote:
Alakagom wrote:
Great way to end Oman with a blast. Great train and victory and you scoop points at the end too. Well done batista
Thanks a lot mate. This train success was just for you, haha. No serious, I had a lot of fun, playing this stage. Never had such a great train before with Team Sky.
Heh It was perfect, with time you'll probably create even better trains than you did at HTC Choosing train for Tour is a tricky though with that amount of choice And the Cavendish comes to play as well. EBH would do well as main sprinter, but we unfortunately have Cav Usually Qatar sucks and Oman is much better. You proved it yet again Now let's get podium with Siutsou in Algarve
P.S. Sorry for over-extensive use of smilies ;P
Let´s use some more of them.
Well, thanks again for your kind words. You´re right, we´ve got a big sprinter problem! What a happy problem. Surely Cavendish is the one for France but Boasson Hagen might be the best leadout choice then. With Flecha as a decent puncheur and one more good sprinter. We´ll see, it will be a difficult choice for sure.
Yes, Siutsou might be ready for the podium, let´s see tomorrow evening after a long day of work.  |
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| TomC |
Posted on 13-04-2012 22:25
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Great race in Oman a bit unlucky you didn't won the GC too
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 14-04-2012 12:30
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2 Great wins by Boasson Hagen
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| mattie524 |
Posted on 15-04-2012 11:19
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for the Tour, I think you have to go with Cavendish. In my mind he is the king of sprinting!
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 15-04-2012 18:59
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Thanks all for the great support. I have a lot of fun at the moment and a big motivation.
There only 3 weeks to work, before I go to school for 4 weeks, which brings much more time for Team Sky .
I´m going to post the last stage of Algarve in a few moments! |
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| Absintlover |
Posted on 15-04-2012 19:02
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Looking forward to it !
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 15-04-2012 19:21
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The decisive last time trial is the last challenge for Siutsou after some good days for him and his team. We want to defend his great overall position. Tony Martin is the big favourite for the stage and of course he will keep his yellow jersey.
Bradley Wiggins was just improving his shape a big these days and the last stage brought him a nice result. He was the first in the pack with a very good time so far. 27´26
A great effort came by Ruben Plaza. His time was completely smashing at this moment. Even Wiggins´ time was destroyed clearly by the Spaniard. 26´54
David Millar was on fire, too. This course was just brilliant for the British man, so it was no surprise, that he was setting a new provisional best time, when he finally crossed the finish line. 26´27
For some reason, there was no screenshot of Siutsou taken, I´m sorry for that! His time was by the way a great one. He took the third place for the moment behind Millar and Plaza. 27´12 Unfortunately, we lost too much seconds to Millar and Plaza, so they were passing him in the overall. Kiryienka was the next after Siutsou with a great time. We had a little hope, that he was maybe loosing some seconds today for the second overall position, but he didn´t! He even got the better time, getting between Plaza and Siutsou in the end. 26´59
It was again the day of the German. Tony Martin was riding a great race with his leader´s jersey. He crossed the line with an amazing time, which brought him the second stage and the overall success. 26´14
| 1 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 26'14 | | 2 | David Millar | Garmin - Barracuda | + 13 | | 3 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | + 40 | | 4 | Vasil Kiryienka | Movistar Team | + 45 | | 5 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky Procycling | + 58 | | 6 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | + 1'02 | | 7 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | + 1'03 | | 8 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Barracuda | + 1'04 | | 9 | Hugo Sabido | LA - Antarte | + 1'07 | | 10 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 1'10 | | 11 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Procycling | + 1'12 | | 12 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ - BigMat | + 1'15 | | 13 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 1'17 | | 14 | Marcel Kittel | Project 1t4i | + 1'22 | | 15 | Mikel Astarloza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. |
| 1 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 17h46'56 | | 2 | David Millar | Garmin - Barracuda | + 1'03 | | 3 | Vasil Kiryienka | Movistar Team | + 1'15 | | 4 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | + 1'30 | | 5 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky Procycling | + 1'32 | | 6 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 1'54 | | 7 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 8 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | + 2'15 | | 9 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 2'20 | | 10 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 11 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2'25 | | 12 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ - BigMat | + 2'49 | | 13 | Mikel Astarloza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'56 | | 14 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | + 3'06 | | 15 | Julien Antomarchi | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 3'17 |
| 1 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 62 | | 2 | David Millar | Garmin - Barracuda | 42 | | 3 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 36 | | 4 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky Procycling | 35 | | 5 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 35 |
| 1 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | 18 | | 2 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 16 | | 3 | David De la Fuente | Caja Rural | 16 | | 4 | Julián Sánchez Pimienta | Caja Rural | 14 | | 5 | Vasil Kiryienka | Movistar Team | 12 |
| 1 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 17h49'16 (1) | | 2 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | + 3'50 (2) | | 3 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4'17 (3) | | 4 | Winner Anacona | Lampre - ISD | + 6'38 (4) | | 5 | Jordi Simón | AndalucÃa | + 7'01 (5) |
| 1 | Movistar Team | 53h25'22 (1) | | 2 | Garmin - Barracuda | + 38 (2) | | 3 | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3'37 (3) | | 4 | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 5'02 (4) | | 5 | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 6'00 (5) | | ..... | | 11 | Sky Procycling | + 9'52 (11) |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 16-04-2012 12:41
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5th place for Siutsou in Portugal is still a very creditable result, Well Done
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 16-04-2012 13:29
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sutty68 wrote:
5th place for Siutsou in Portugal is still a very creditable result, Well Done
Thanks I really agree with you sutty! |
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| baia |
Posted on 16-04-2012 13:30
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Very good TT from Siutsou...top5 for me is one great result...well done.
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 17-04-2012 19:40
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Thanks baia, glad you liked it
I´m very happy to continue with the first cobblestone classic of the season for our team. It´s one of our best terrain, as we´ve got a great squad for that. Juan Antonio is leading the team not only today, but also in every big one day classic on cobblestones later on. It´s more than a big test today, because almost everyone of those favourites for the big titles is participating. Tom Boonen, Fabian Cancellara, Thor Hushovd, Heinrich Haussler, Juan Antonio Flecha, Langeveld, Ballan, Breschel, Nuyens, Steegmans, Chavanel, Vansummeren and many more!
This is almost the strongest squad, we could send today. Except Boasson Hagen and Stannard, there is every rider with some skills on cobblestone. Of course it´s Flecha, leading the team but just to note. Hayman is the one, with the best shape so far. Eisel and Geraint Thomas are going to support their captain as good as possible. I´m looking forward to this race not only because of the great competition, but especially because of our great team squad.
In the beginning, there might be a nice chance for some escapes. We hope to see Jeremy Hunt there, too. In this case, the pace in the pack would be up to them.
The real racing starts with 60 kilometres left from the finish. The cobblestone sections become more and they will be definitely harder with a good pace by the helpers. If there´s a bigger group in the end with Boonen, Hushovd, Haussler and some other good sprinters, we might have no chance today. Because of that, our tactic must be a smashing attack before the last 5 kilometres. Let´s start the sprint classics with this wonderful race in Belgium! |
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| Absintlover |
Posted on 17-04-2012 19:42
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Good luck with Flecha ! |
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| baia |
Posted on 17-04-2012 20:44
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 J.A.Flecha for the win
Edited by baia on 17-04-2012 20:45
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| hazzy |
Posted on 17-04-2012 21:36
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Flecha go go go. |
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| mattie524 |
Posted on 18-04-2012 06:36
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go Flecha! This race will be good!!
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 18-04-2012 06:45
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Great support guys The Team will need it.
The race report is online in about 6-7 hours, after work. Stay tuned |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 18-04-2012 12:27
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Pretty decent team for Omloop, nothing but a win will do
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