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History
Team History
2007/Slipstream-Chipotle
Spoiler:
Stage Wins: 2
Tour Wins: 0
2008/Garmin-Chipotle
Spoiler:
Stage Wins: 6
National Championships:
- Road: Julian Dean (New Zeeland), Daniel Martin (Ireland)
- TT: David Zabriskie (USA)
Tour Wins: 4
Tour of Missouri (Christian Vande Velde)
Route du Sud (Daniel Martin)
Delta Tour Zeeland (Christophe Sutton)
Tour of Bahamas (Tyler Farrar)
2009/Garmin-Slipstream
Spoiler:
Stage Wins: 20
National Championships:
- TT: Svein Tuft (Canada), David Zabriskie (USA), Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain)
Tour Wins: 5
Vattenfall Cyclassics (Tyler Farrar)
Tour of Missouri (David Zabriskie)
Delta Tour Zeeland (Tyler Farrar)
Circuit Franco-Belge (Tyler Farrar)
Jayco Herald Sun Tour (Bradley Wiggins)
2010/Garmin-Transitions
Spoiler:
Stage Wins: 13
World Championships:
- Road: Martijn Maaskant
National Championships:
- Road: Ryder Hesjedal (Canada)
- TT: Svein Tuft (Canada)
Tour Wins: 0
2011/Garmin-Cervélo
Spoiler:
Stage Wins: 24
World Championships:
- Road:
National Championships:
- Road: Ryder Hesjedal (Canada)
- TT: Ryder Hesjedal (Canada), David Millar (Great Britain)
Tour Wins:
Vattenfall Cyclassics (Tyler Farrar)
Ronde van Vlaanderen (Thor Hushovd)
Norsk Mesterskap (Thor Hushovd)
KBC-Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde (Thor Hushovd)
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (Thor Hushovd)
Skoda-Tour of Luxembourg (Heinrich Haussler)
Scheldeprijs (Heinrich Haussler)
2010
Spoiler:
Welcome everyone to the 2010 Cycling Award Show. It has been a very eventfully year, so lets get started right away. The first award of the night goes to the man who won the most stages throughout the year.
Most Wins - Individual
And no surprise here, its the Manx Missile - Mark Cavendish.
Who finished the year with 20 stage wins.
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Mark Cavendish also played a big part in our next award.
Most Wins - Team
Team HTC-Columbia tallies 43 wins this season,
they beat out Saxo Bank and EA-Sony Ericsson who finished with 31.
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We go from wins, to an all around best performance riders of the year.
CT Rankings - Individual
EA-Sony Ericsson climber, Thomas Lovkvist takes this award beating
Kenny Van Hummel from Skil-Shimano by 6 points.
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But Kenny Van Hummel and his teammates did enough to earn our next award.
CT Rankings - Team
Skil-Shimano had a great year,
and will be joined by Vacansoleil in the ProTour next season.
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Now onto the top dogs of the cycling world.
PT Rankings - Individual
Alberto Contador had no problems winning this award,
2nd place Damiano Cunego was over 200 points back.
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As for the best team this year,
it's the Schleck brothers plus Cancellara who brought their team to the top.
PT Rankings - Team
Team Saxo Bank are official the team to beat next year,
now with this target on their back.
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Now we would like to give some credit to the riders that won some of the biggest races of the year, before we hand out Velo d'Or.
Or better know is the best cyclist of the year award.
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
Franco Pellizotti
Tour de France
Alberto Contador
Vuelta a Espana
Alberto Contador
Monuments
Milan – San Remo
Mark Cavendish
Paris–Roubaix
Tom Boonen
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Damiano Cunego
Giro di Lombardia
Damiano Cunego
Other Classics
Ronde van Vlaanderen
Tom Boonen
Gent–Wevelgem
Stijn Devolder
Amstel Gold Race
Joaquin Rodriguez
La Flèche Wallonne
Damiano Cunego
World Championships
Individual Time Trial
Gustav Erik Larsson
Road Race
Martijn Maaskant
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It's now time to present the award you have been waiting for,
the best cyclist of the year award.
Velo d'Or
Alberto Contador
This man was on a different level all year and his results can't be beat by any other cyclist this year. And with a high price tag, Contador will be taking his talents to Saxo Bank next season as they reload after the Schleck brothers formed their new team Leopard-Trek.
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Thank You for sticking around all season,
and we hope to provide another great year in 2011.
2011
Spoiler:
After a hard fought season the only thing we have left to do is present
and reward the outstanding achievements that were accomplished
over the last ten months. We will start at the top,
as I would like to give you your 2011 Pro Tour Champions ...
Leopard-Trek is the best team in the peloton for the second straight year
if you count Saxo Bank winning the title the last year.
Lead by the Schleck brothers, who collected 46% of their 1406 points,
Leopard can leave the cycling on the highest terms.
With the team dissolving and combinating with RadioShack for next season,
the will be one last celebration of the team.
Final Pro Tour standing can be found below.
1
Leopard Trek
1404
2
Euskaltel-Euskadi
1222
3
Katusha
1199
4
Garmin-Cervelo
1172
5
Saxo Bank
947
6
RadioShack
817
7
Lampre-ISD
773
8
Quick-Step
769
9
Sky
739
10
Liquigas-Cannondale
662
11
Vacansoleil
645
12
Omega Pharma
591
13
Astana
574
14
Rabobank
507
15
HTC-Highroad
485
16
Movistar
484
17
AG2R
201
18
Skil-Shimano
45
From the PT to the CT, the battle to be the best in the lower division really wasn't a contest at all. EA-Sony Ericsson rode away right from the start of the season and never looked back. Lead by the Swedish duo of Larsson and Lofkvist, they beat 2nd place Landbouwkrediet by over a 1,000 points.
Full CT Standings Found Below.
1
EA-Sony Ericsson
4150
2
Landbouwkrediet
3086
3
Team Type 1
2948
4
BMC
2774
5
Cofidis
2435
6
Acqua & Sapone
2433
7
FDJ
2406
8
Miche-Guerciotti
2392
9
Caja Rural
2183
10
Saur-Sojasun
2177
11
Androni Giocattoli
1850
12
Europcar
1816
13
Team NetApp
1645
14
CCC Polsat Polkowice
1529
15
Geox-TMC
1439
16
Colnago-CSF Inox
1348
17
Topsport Vlaanderen
1334
18
Farnese Vini
1305
19
Veranda's Willems
1124
20
D'Angelo & Antenucci
801
21
Christina Watches
741
22
UnitedHealthCare
727
23
SpiderTech
701
24
Endura
679
25
Bretagne-Schuller
669
26
Robobank CT
667
27
Andalucia Caja
646
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Colombia es Pasion
623
29
Team NSP
623
30
Bank BGZ
543
The make up of the Pro Tour always goes through major changes from year to year with promotion and regulation along with sponsor changes.
So to clear things up here is a quick overview of the 2012 PT peloton.
Astana
Lampre-ISD
Robobank
Euskaltel-Euskadi
Liquigas-Cannondale
Saxo Bank
Garmin-Barracuda
Lotto Belisol
Sky ProCycling
GreenEdge
Movistar
Sony Ericsson
Katusha
Omega Pharma
Vacansoleil
Landbouwkrediet
RadioShack-Nissan
Xbox-Mircosoft
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Victory count is always interesting to look at, and this year is no different
with 3 riders will share this award with 12 wins each to their names - Alessandro Petacchi, Fabian Cancellara, Alberto Contador
Team wins was just as close with Garmin-Cervelo beating out
Lampre-ISD by just a single a victory. Their new manager
will hopefully continue their winning ways into the 2012 season.
Sure victories are great but the really measuring stick in cycling are the ranking points. Here are your best PT and CT cyclist of the year. Samuel Sanchez (PT) and Jure Kocjan (CT)
Pro Tour
1
Samuel Sanchez
Euskaltel-Euskadi
818
2
Alberto Contador
Saxo Bank
695
3
Joaquim Rodriguez
Katusha
593
4
Andy Schleck
Leopard Trek
486
5
Tom Boonen
Quick-Step
451
6
Fabian Cancellara
Leopard Trek
398
7
Thor Hushovd
Garmin-Cervelo
386
8
Philippe Gilbert
Omega Pharma
369
9
Vincenzo Nibali
Liquigas
363
10
Tyler Farrar
Garmin-Cervelo
292
Continental Tour
1
Jure Kocjan
Team Type 1
702
2
Bert De Waele
Landbouwkrediet
634
3
Daniele Callegarin
Team Type 1
567
4
Gustav Erik Larsson
EA-Sony Ericsson
560
5
Stefano Garzelli
Acqua & Sapone
538
6
Thomas Lofkvist
EA-Sony Ericsson
478
7
Staf Scheirlincx
Veranda's Willems
442
8
Daryl Impey
Team NetApp
416
9
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
415
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Davide Rebellin
Miche-Guerciotti
415
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I would now like to bring out the winners of the major races this year.
Giro d'Italia
Vincenzo Nibali
Tour de France
Andy Schleck
Vuelta a Espana
Samuel Sanchez
Milan – San Remo
Alessandro Petacchi
Paris–Roubaix
Tom Boonen
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Joaquim Rodriguez
Giro di Lombardia
Xavier Florencio
Ronde van Vlaanderen
Thor Hushovd
Gent–Wevelgem
Fabian Cancellara
Amstel Gold Race
Alberto Contador
La Flèche Wallonne
Samuel Sanchez
World Championships (ITT)
Gustav Erik Larsson
World Championships (RR)
Phillipe Gilbert
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And now for the the final award of the night, the Velo d'Or.
Award to the best cyclist of the year, it's every riders dream to win this award.
This year, for the first time in a few years, their was no clear favourite. There really wasn't a dominating rider that won several big races.
The Nominees
The Winner of The Velo d'Or
Samuel Sanchez
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Thank You for joining us, that will conclude your 2011 Awards.
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Squad
Leaders
Tyler Farrar, 28 years old, from the United States of America. Farrar has developed into one of the fastest sprinters in the world. He has racked up plenty of stage wins in his career and even won the points competition during last years Tour de France. As for this year we hope to send Farrar back to the TdF and then the Vuelta a Espana later in the season to battle for stage wins and point jerseys.
Spoiler:
Ryder Hesjedal, 31 years old, from Canada. Hesjedal is the best climber on the team and will lead the team through both the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France. Ryder has a shake past and has been off and on throughout his career. We are hoping this will be his breakout season even though he is well into his prime being 31.
Spoiler:
David Millar, 35 years old, from Great Britain. Millar is best known for he can do the time trial bike. But now into the last part of his career that is starting to deplete as well. So what makes Millar a leader? His experience and how he motivates the team on a day to day basis. And he will probably find a way to get a few wins along the way as well, which is always nice.
Posts: 3017 Joined: 22.06.09 Location: USA, Michigan PCM$: 10.50
Update Section
Last Updated: November 29, 2012
Spoiler:
In-Game Date: February 1, 2012
Current Race: End of January
Stage Wins: 2
Tour Wins: 1
Santos Tour Down Under (H. Haussler)
Last Stage Win: Santos Tour Down Under - Stage 6
Mountain Jersey's (Tour) Wins: 1
Sprint Jersey's (Tour) Win's: 1
Young Rider (Tour) Wins: 0
Team Competition (Tour) Wins: 0
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So now I have to follow 3 threads?
And how did Farrar win the points with 77 sprint?
Edited by baseballlover312 on 04-08-2012 04:10
Winner of American Championship races which I can't remember since my sig was deleted :L
Posts: 4369 Joined: 27.07.11 Location: Connecticut, USA PCM$: 224.55
Of course I have to follow all of them!
But I think you just broke Valverde's record with 4 stories now going on! Winner of American Championship races which I can't remember since my sig was deleted :L
Posts: 3017 Joined: 22.06.09 Location: USA, Michigan PCM$: 10.50
Thanks everybody, and it really won't be to hard to follow because all three teams are on the same save so each story will just give you a different perspective of the same season. So I would like to think I still only have two stories
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Australia RR National Championship
January 8, 2012
The first race of the season! Garmin have two Australians and both of them make the trip, Heinrich Haussler and Nathan Haas.
After a few attempts a 6 man breakaway forms including Haas.
Extremely bad luck for Nathan as he flats, and our mechanics start their season. It takes a few kilometers but he does manage to rejoin the breakaway.
It's XBox, Orica, and BMC doing the chasing in the peloton but it doesn't seem to be working as the breakaway hovers around 10 minutes!
And the breakaway makes it all the way to the finish!
Allan Davis is your Australian National RR Champion.
Nathan Haas had nothing left in his tank after battling back from that flat
as he has to settle for 6th in a valiant effort.
Posts: 3017 Joined: 22.06.09 Location: USA, Michigan PCM$: 10.50
Teddy The Creator wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
Destroyed by 7 seconds.
Yeah, give Jackie Bob som respect!
Nice reports, I love the PCM12 graphics, far smoother and nicer than 11.
Bobridge really wasn't competition until the finish as Evans beat him by at least 30 seconds at every checkpoint. The only reason he came close was because of Evans slowing down to celebrate
And yes the graphics look amazing especially with Jacky Durands sponsorkits. I'm just hoping my cpu can handle the high graphics when I move to races with 180-190 riders as it usually runs slower with more riders.
Posts: 4369 Joined: 27.07.11 Location: Connecticut, USA PCM$: 224.55
make sure to click display roadsides though, I don't see any fans. Winner of American Championship races which I can't remember since my sig was deleted :L
