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| sutty68 |
Posted on 28-02-2012 22:59
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Cadel does the double as expected
But two nice finishes for Team Sky with Porte and Rogers |
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| chris01 |
Posted on 29-02-2012 00:39
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I really thought Porte could pull it off in the TT. Oh well still a nice finish with Porte and Rogers!
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| Neillster |
Posted on 29-02-2012 01:00
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Shame you couldn't take the TT jersey.  All the same, 2nd and 3rd is an imposing podium.  |
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| Jeronen |
Posted on 29-02-2012 11:43
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It would had been nicer if Porte of Rogers finished in 1st place. But with 2 riders on the podium after Evans, is still a great result.
Looking forward to read more reports later on ! |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 29-02-2012 16:48
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@all, you´re right would have been amazing to wear this jersey for the whole season but Cadel was just too strong this time. But with two men on the podium we´re still quite happy so far.
Next will be Tour Down Under and I´m going to play the first stage in a few moments, so the report can be expected the next hours |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 29-02-2012 19:25
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The first two races were very nice for Sky, finishing on the podium in both National Championships. We´re still in Australia to ride the first Pro Tour Event in 2012. This year´s route in Down Under is pretty interesting with two hilly stages. So it might be a hard thing to win this race as a pure sprinter. Because of this we´ve sent Boasson Hagen as team captain. With his nice potential on hilly sections he could be able to do well there. Anyway the most stages are flat with chances for a sprint final. Bernhard Eisel, Chris Sutton are the most important men for our Sky train. They´re able to bring Boasson Hagen in a position he need to sprint successfully against the great opponents.
Greipel, Farrar, Goss, Petacchi, Boonen, Ciolek, Haussler, Bennati and Hushovd also take part in this Tour Down Under, so the competition is quite strong.
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Talking about favourites for the overall win is not that easy in the beginning of a season. No one knows something about the shape of other opponents until the race starts. So the only thing we can say, is that Boasson Hagen has the skills to reach something great here. Our goal is at least one stage win and maybe an overall podium. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 29-02-2012 19:46
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The first stage is totally made for sprinters. We´ve got some great pace setter with Eisel, Stannard, Knees and Hayman. There are many teams with good sprinters, so I´m sure we´ll see a bunch sprint today.
After a quite turbulent start with many moves, a group of 6 riders had the chance to control the stage. Sanz, Buffaz, Flens, Morkov, Corioni and Urtasun kept a nice pace in front of the pack, which brought an advantage of almost 5 minutes.
It was harder than expected to bring the breakaway back today. Especially Garmin, Lotto and Sky had to do a lot of pace in the pack. The gap became smaller and with 13 kilometres, the group was finally caught up.
With only 5000 metres left, our team had built a nice sprint train for Boasson Hagen. Everything looked great so far.
What a great situation! Lotto, Garmin and Team Sky were able to bring 3 riders to the front when the final sprint began. Lotto for Greipel, Garmin for Farrar and Sky for Boasson Hagen.
Unfortunately our captain hadn´t the legs to keep it up with all those fast guys. His basic position was pretty good but it seemed he was too late with his move.
The bunch sprint was very close in the end with Greipel as winner. As always, Greipel wins in Down Under. Goss and Paolini finished behind him with Boasson Hagen on position 9. To be honest this is the first disappointing result.
Stage results
| 1 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | 3h30'00 | | 2 | Matthew Goss | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 4 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 5 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 6 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 7 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 8 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 10 | Daniele Bennati | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 11 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 12 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 13 | Greg Henderson | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 14 | William Bonnet | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 15 | Julian Dean | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | 3h29'50 | | 2 | Matthew Goss | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 4 | | 3 | Claudio Corioni | Acqua & Sapone | + 5 | | 4 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | + 6 | | 5 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 6 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | + 8 | | 7 | Mickaël Buffaz | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 9 | | 8 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Barracuda | + 10 | | 9 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 10 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 11 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 12 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 13 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 14 | Daniele Bennati | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 15 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Claudio Corioni | Acqua & Sapone | 10 | | 2 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo Bank | 8 | | 3 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | 8 |
KoM
| 1 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo Bank | 16 | | 2 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | 12 | | 3 | Mickaël Buffaz | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 8 |
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| Jeronen |
Posted on 29-02-2012 20:08
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I also expected more from Boasson Hagen...
Hopefully he had better shape in the next stage. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 29-02-2012 21:42
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Shame Porte couldn't win. But Evans had proven to be very strong, though. Good luck Down Under.
Rest in Peace Wouter Weylandt and Xavi Tondo
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 29-02-2012 21:44
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It could only go better now, this race is far from over |
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| chris01 |
Posted on 29-02-2012 21:52
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I think you should of brought Cav but Boasson Hagen has to be a favorite for stage 2.
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 29-02-2012 22:38
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@Freitas Thank you!
Cavendish will start his season in Qatar in February. Just played the second stage, should be able to post it later. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 01-03-2012 12:08
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A nice start in the Tour Down Under for Team Sky
And it is really nice to see Boasson-Hagen taking part as well
The Team looks pretty strong, so a good overall looks pretty achievable |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 01-03-2012 12:33
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sutty68 wrote:
A nice start in the Tour Down Under for Team Sky
And it is really nice to see Boasson-Hagen taking part as well
The Team looks pretty strong, so a good overall looks pretty achievable
Thanks a lot sutty Stage 2 is coming up in a few moments. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 01-03-2012 12:56
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Today´s stage is one of the most decisive in this week. Especially the second half might be hard for some riders. Not every sprinter has the skills to keep it up in the final sprint. Boasson Hagen is one, who´s definitely able, sprinting in a hilly stage finish.
After some crazy action the first parts of the race, the final uphill section was reached by the pack. There were some riders, pushing the pace with Monfort, Sutherland and Langeveld. Boasson Hagen had to answer that while Knees stayed in the pack, controlling the pace. Unfortunately we lost Sutton, Hayman and Eisel after a bad crash in the beginning. They were not able to come back into the pack, so they lost many minutes today.
The last kilometre was opened up with a nice sprint by Maxime Monfort. Boasson Hagen had some problems to accelerate, maybe he´s still searching for his shape. Brutt was passing him with easy on the left side.
That´s it for Monfort! Impressive last kilometre by him, finishing in front of Brutt and Pineau. Another unlucky stage for Boasson Hagen with the 6th position today. Tomorrow is another chance for our team with a very flat stage.
Stage results
| 1 | Maxime Monfort | RadioShack - Nissan | 3h53'11 | | 2 | Pavel Brutt | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 3 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Sebastian Langeveld | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 6 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 7 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 8 | David Millar | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 9 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 10 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 11 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 13 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 15 | Yohan Offredo | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | 7h23'01 | | 2 | Maxime Monfort | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 3 | Pavel Brutt | Katusha Team | + 4 | | 4 | Matthew Goss | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 6 | | 6 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 7 | Kevin Van Impe | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Simone Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 7 | | 9 | Miguel Ubeto | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 8 | | 10 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 11 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | + 9 | | 12 | Mickaël Buffaz | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 13 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | + 10 | | 14 | Sebastian Langeveld | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 15 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Claudio Corioni | Acqua & Sapone | 10 | | 2 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | 8 | | 3 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo Bank | 8 |
KoM
| 1 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo Bank | 16 | | 2 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | 16 | | 3 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | 12 |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 01-03-2012 15:02
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Another top ten for Eddy Bos |
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| Jeronen |
Posted on 01-03-2012 18:04
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9th place, 6th place... Podium next time? Will be great  |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 01-03-2012 20:00
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A little bit better now.
Rest in Peace Wouter Weylandt and Xavi Tondo
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 01-03-2012 20:20
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You´re right, it´s getting better from stage to stage
Stage 3 is coming soon... |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 01-03-2012 20:43
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Third stage in Australia is another one with very flat terrain. Boasson Hagen didn´t show the strength we expected in the beginning but his shape is getting better. The pack won´t allow a successful break, so we´re all waiting for another bunch sprint.
Matthew Hayman was in today´s break in the middle of this stage, after many riders attacked. Bodnar joined them with a nice solo ride.
With only 4 kilometres to go, it the Liquigas rider was still in front by some seconds after an amazing ride. His the most courageous guy for sure today.
Our preperation worked good so far with Knees, pushing a lot in front. Boasson Hagen felt good with Sutton and Eisel on his side. On the left side was Garmin represented with Tyler Farrar. Andre Greipel wasn´t looking very good, as he had only one team mate left.
The sprint was in progress and Bodnar was almost standing in front of us with only a few metres to the finish line. Boasson Hagen had a great position next to Greipel. Farrar was some metres in front of them with the best acceleration so far.
Bodnar had no chance to stay in front, he only finished as 18th. Unlucky, pretty unlucky! Farrar took an impressive sprint in front of Andre Greipel and Boasson Hagen. The next podium for Team Sky in 2012. The first victory is still missing. Anyway we´re quite happy with that stage because it was clearly better.
| 1 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Barracuda | 3h11'21 | | 2 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 3 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 4 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 5 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 6 | Matthew Goss | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 8 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 10 | Daniele Bennati | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 11 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 12 | Greg Henderson | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 13 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 14 | Elia Viviani | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 15 | Yohan Offredo | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. |
| 1 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | 10h34'16 | | 2 | Maxime Monfort | RadioShack - Nissan | + 6 | | 3 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 4 | Matthew Goss | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 10 | | 5 | Pavel Brutt | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 6 | Anthony Ravard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 7 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | + 12 | | 8 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 9 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Kevin Van Impe | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 11 | Simone Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 13 | | 12 | Miguel Ubeto | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 14 | | 13 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 14 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | + 15 | | 15 | Mickaël Buffaz | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. |
| 1 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | 14 | | 2 | Anthony Ravard | AG2R La Mondiale | 12 | | 3 | Claudio Corioni | Acqua & Sapone | 10 |
| 1 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | 16 | | 2 | Giairo Ermeti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | 16 | | 3 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo Bank | 16 |
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