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| Batista15 |
Posted on 18-04-2012 16:18
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@sutty, Hope we can do it 
Our plan to send Hunt into the breakaway of today´s race, was very successful after some attacks. Simon Gerrans joined the group later and they had a nice advantage of 6 minutes. Team Sky had a pretty nice race in the pack, as many other teams had to work.
With about 50 kilometres to go, Jeremy Hunt was by far the strongest rider on the cobblestone sections. Simon Gerrans had no chance to stay with him. It´s a long way to go but the pack was quite fast, indeed. Even Cancellara lost the connection for some moments, but his team mates brought him back quickly.
The pack was almost there to catch Jeremy Hunt after an amazing ride. Well, done by him. Our whole squad in the pack was still full of energy while other teams had to work a lot to bring the escapes back. Now, the real race begins!
A bigger group was still together, when the last 15 kilometres were reached. Exactly this scenario was not our wish for the finish. Because of this, we took all in this card. Juan Antonio Flecha starts an attack with 7000 metres left. Hayman, Eisel and Geraint Thomas were also in this group.
It wasn´t enough! Flecha was caught unfortunately by Boonen and Leukemans. They sprinted very fast and for the moment, nobody could follow. Hayman was our last hope to get a nice result.
But then came thor Hushovd with a smashing speed. Boonen had no chance to keep it up with him while Flecha completely lost his speed. It was for sure, Hayman is our best rider today, just because of his great shape so far.
Hushovd takes an impressive win over Tom Boonen and Leukemans. Heinrich Haussler sprints on the fourth position and Matthew Hayman gets an awesome 6th place. Flecha, Thomas and Eisel are also finishing in the Top 20.
| 1 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | 5h19'52 | | 2 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 5 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 7 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 8 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 10 | Nick Nuyens | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 11 | Danilo Hondo | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 12 | Frédéric Amorison | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 13 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 14 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 15 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 1 | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 15h59'36 (1) | | 2 | Sky Procycling | + 0 (2) | | 3 | Garmin - Barracuda | + 1'27 (3) | | 4 | BMC Racing Team | + 2'06 (4) | | 5 | FDJ - BigMat | + 8'46 (5) | | 6 | RadioShack - Nissan | + 9'05 (6) | | 7 | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 9'42 (7) | | 8 | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 11'27 (8) | | 9 | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 17'32 (9) | | 10 | Team Saxo Bank | + 18'08 (10) | | 11 | Movistar Team | + 18'28 (11) | | 12 | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 21'46 (12) | | 13 | Katusha Team | + 22'59 (13) | | 14 | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 23'21 (14) | | 15 | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 25'48 (15) | | 16 | Project 1t4i | + 25'48 (16) | | 17 | Astana Pro Team | + 26'18 (17) | | 18 | Lotto Belisol Team | + 27'18 (18) | | 19 | Lampre - ISD | + 35'42 (19) | | 20 | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 40'45 (20) | | 21 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 51'06 (21) | | 22 | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 51'06 (22) |
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 18-04-2012 16:26
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Good result for Hayman, everytimeI tried this in the past Hayman was well of 
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| Absintlover |
Posted on 18-04-2012 16:26
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Bad luck for flecha ! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 18-04-2012 18:23
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6th place is a great result by Hayman
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| baia |
Posted on 18-04-2012 18:39
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Maybe that attack from Flecha with 7kms to go was too early....but very good result from Hayman.
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 18-04-2012 21:57
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@All, indeed, this was a great ride by Matthew Hayman. He´s just in a pretty good shape already. Hope he can keep it until Vlaanderen and Roubaix.
Flecha´s move wasn´t good enough but it was just the first race on cobblestones so there´s still a long way to go.  |
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| hazzy |
Posted on 18-04-2012 22:14
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Nice ride for Hayman. Flecha didn't succeeded, but he tried.
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| mattie524 |
Posted on 19-04-2012 04:24
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not a bad race.. maybe an attack on the cobbles and try to hold it for the rest of the way? :S just a suggestion but I'm not sure cause i aint good with the cobbles!! i guess you already had two in the breakaway tho! 
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 19-04-2012 06:23
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mattie524 wrote:
not a bad race.. maybe an attack on the cobbles and try to hold it for the rest of the way? :S just a suggestion but I'm not sure cause i aint good with the cobbles!! i guess you already had two in the breakaway tho!
Thanks! The last section was just too far away from the finish line so the big group had caught Flecha for sure. We had only Hunt in the breakaway. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 19-04-2012 06:34
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Pretty great result for Hayman. He shouldn't be up that high
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-04-2012 14:12
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Thanks valverde
The second one day classic in Belgium is waiting for our team with some more cobblestone sections. But there are only three of them today, so I think there won´t be a decision with 50 kilometres to go. The chances are pretty good, that we see a nice bunch sprint today.
Mark Cavendish won this race in real life this season, but his shape was not good enough for that race. Because of this, we took another great sprinter with Edvald Boasson Hagen, who had a great month so far in Oman.
His team mates are pretty good at sprints, too. Geraint Thomas and Bernhard Eisel are going to lead him out on the final metres. Juan Antonio Flecha will try to improve his shape a bit for the big races in April, we don´t think there´s a serious chance for him today.
The competition is almost the same like yesterday in Gent. Cancellara, Boonen and maybe Marcel Kittel might be the biggest danger, especially the better sprinters.
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| hazzy |
Posted on 20-04-2012 14:26
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EBH will win this. Believe me.
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-04-2012 15:48
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As I already told you, a real chance for a decent puncheur isn´t very big today as the last cobblestones are far away from the finish. Our squad is ready for a bunch sprint and we´re hoping for a big end.
First of all, we´ve sent Ian Stannard to the front in today´s break. On the first section he was already alone, while no one of his mates could follow him. Poor guys! Back in the peloton, it was Omega Pharma and BMC, making the pace with still more than 60 kilometres left.
Our plan worked brilliantly so far. Everything was put together by the pacemakers in the peloton. This was exactly the moment, we were waiting for. Our team was placed well at the front with Hunt, Flecha, Eisel, Thomas and of course Boasson Hagen.
Last corner for the pack and Fabian Cancellara starts a short attack but our team is just too strong today. Eisel takes the front position of Flecha for the final lead out. Thomas and especially Hagen were looking amazing right now.
After a perfect preperation, Edvald Boasson Hagen takes the lead from Thomas while Boonen and Haussler came from behind.
Yeaaah buddy! Hagen gets the win in front of Tom Boonen and Heinrich Haussler. What a great team performance on the final kilometres. With an amazing lead out, we were able to get that great classic win.
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | 4h54'34 | | 2 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 4 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 6 | Tom Veelers | Project 1t4i | s.t. | | 7 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 9 | Danilo Hondo | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 10 | Frédéric Amorison | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 11 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | Nick Nuyens | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 13 | Yohan Offredo | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 14 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 15 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 1 | Sky Procycling | 14h43'42 (1) | | 2 | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 0 (2) | | 3 | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 0 (3) | | 4 | RadioShack - Nissan | + 0 (4) | | 5 | Garmin - Barracuda | + 0 (5) | | 6 | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 0 (6) | | 7 | Project 1t4i | + 0 (7) | | 8 | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 0 (8) | | 9 | Team Saxo Bank | + 0 (9) | | 10 | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 7'29 (10) | | 11 | Katusha Team | + 8'13 (11) | | 12 | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 8'13 (12) | | 13 | Lampre - ISD | + 13'04 (13) | | 14 | FDJ - BigMat | + 14'01 (14) | | 15 | Lotto Belisol Team | + 14'45 (15) | | 16 | Astana Pro Team | + 14'45 (16) | | 17 | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | + 17'08 (17) | | 18 | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 18'05 (18) | | 19 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 18'49 (19) | | 20 | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 19'51 (20) | | 21 | Movistar Team | + 21'17 (21) | | 22 | CCC Polkowice | + 21'19 (22) |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 20-04-2012 15:50
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Great tactical racing, great win!!!!
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 20-04-2012 16:00
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Great win and compensates for unluckiness at Omloop. Usually it's tough to beat Boonen here but EBH showed him who's the boss
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 20-04-2012 17:53
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Brilliant victory for Boasson Hagen
And nice to see Geraint Thomas in the top ten as well
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| hazzy |
Posted on 20-04-2012 18:46
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I told you. Great win by EBH, well done.
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| mattie524 |
Posted on 21-04-2012 13:52
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nice race man! good choice to take a sprinter!
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| baia |
Posted on 21-04-2012 14:29
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Great sprint finish, great win...congrats.
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| Alberto Contador28 |
Posted on 21-04-2012 14:40
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Your stories are allways great!! Thanks for sharing whit us, and by the way congrats |
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