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Fabio Melani | Road to Le Tour | End of Season
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 30-11-2013 10:25
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Fabian? Too much EPIC 
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| The Hobbit |
Posted on 30-11-2013 10:40
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 Darwin,
Schoolboy error, my bad.
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 30-11-2013 19:23
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 Tour of Britain 
Time's running out if we want to advance in the GC, so we need to make something happen here. 
I was the best out of the peloton over the Cat. 1 - in 4th.
Finally! A break got away, with 4 attendees.
They would avtually win it, too, with 7'21" on the peloton with 30km to go.
We caught Kocjan on the last climb, with Puccio just behind.
De Troyer of Accent-Jobs took the win.
Atapuma was dead, so it looked like it would be me vs Kocjan for 5th.
But! Puccio came in and stole it from me.
Again yellow changes hands.
Edited by Cycleman123 on 30-11-2013 21:32
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 30-11-2013 20:31
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Great win from Jure Kocjan on stage 4 
And the team are riding really well in Britain too 
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 30-11-2013 21:43
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Sutty: We're riding decently, and Kocjan is on form.
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 30-11-2013 23:31
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Tour of Britain 
The last chance to change the GC. Stamina and recovery will show here. 
The break today consisted of 6 riders, appropriate to the stage number.
Tiernan-Locke
Arashiro
Gorka Izagirre
were the first favourites to attack.
We tried to ride away from the peloton, but weren't strong enough.
So, we attacked - Darwin in my wheel. We caught up to the favourites and kept going.
However we couldn't make a gap to them. Tiernan-Locke tried his luck in the closing kilometres, trying to avoid a sprint.
We were caught just as we started sprinting. The break was also in sight now, but they would win.
It was Degand who won it. Our best rider was Chaves, in 10th. I was 12, and Atapuma 13th.
I think that they gave the interns a try at snapping the pics today. At least Arashiro's flowers match the tree.
The best snap though, was at the Youth Rankings.
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Posted on 30-11-2013 23:37
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Those photos at the end. Wow haha
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 30-11-2013 23:59
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I'm pretty sure those guys won't be getting many job offers .
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 01-12-2013 00:42
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Tour of Britain 
The sprinting starts. The first of 2 stages for the fast men to justify their inclusion here. 
5 riders probably didn't see the profile. They formed the break of the day.
With a horrific pace, ALL of our riders were behind 13km from the finish line.
Out of all the people to be dropped! Atapuma!
It looked like it would be a fairytale for Lobzen (TRS), but his long sprint just fell short of a miracle. Arashiro and van Staeyen were coming fast.
And it was the in-form Japanese who would take it! Duque only managed 8th - but not too bad considering the circumstances.
But good news! Despite there being a definite gap, John Darwin didn't lose any time. Thank god for flat stages!
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 01-12-2013 01:25
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Tour of Britain 
The last stage of this exciting race. Today shouldn't be as thrilling as previously, but it remains to be seen who the best will be. 
Unsurprisingly, only 2 men broke. However it did become 3 soon after.
Duque took van Staeyen's wheel. This was due to Romero being left behind. He only just got up for the sprint.
Inside 200m, Duque still had energy. Could he win this?
Oh no! So close! Van Staeyen took the win.
 dominated this race. I'm happy with my and the team's performance. Argentina aren't putting up a team for the World Championships, but I'll give you the results .
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 01-12-2013 02:42
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ITT
1.  Tejay van Garderen
2.  Tony Martin
3.  Bob Jungels
Road Race
1.  Phillipe Gilbert
2.  Rigoberto Uran
3. Carlos Alberto Betancur
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 01-12-2013 02:48
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Results Update and Team News  Virgilijus Grazhys was the team's best performer in:
 GP Pantaloni | 49th @2'44"
GP Industria di Prato | 31st @ 1'06"
Carlos Quinero and Marco Corti are ill. The Italian will likely play no more part in the Colombia team, as he is leaving next year.
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 01-12-2013 03:34
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Milano-Torino 1.HC
Country: Italy
This is a very hard race. Hopefully our we can get a good result, although we are not bringing a very strong squad. Leader
Fabio Melani
Main Teammate
Esteban Chaves
Teammate
Juan Pablo Suarez
Teammate
Juan Pablo Valencia
Domestique
Dalivier Ospina
Domestique
Alexis Camacho
We're not looking for a great result here. I just want Fabio to get some race experience.
My Version: Since I'm leading, I can finally have that freedom that I like on the road, instead of having to wait for others. Hopefully I can impress the boss.
DS: Top 10
Sponsors: Top 5
Me: Top 3
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 01-12-2013 05:28
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Milano-Torino 
We had 7 riders trying to escape today.
Valencia and I were the first to make gaps from the peloton. We rode away, with him taking the wind for me.
Chiarini (AND) had survived from the break. He was now joined at the front by World Champion Gilbert.
With 4.5km to go, I was chasing, along with Tony Gallopin. Behind us was a star-studded group of favourites. Including Nibali, Rodriguez and Rodgers.
Now this is unfair. I was blocked by Chiarini just as the favourites started attacking. I had energy and could've kept up with them, but now my race was over.
Rodriguez took the win ahead of Nibali.
I finished 9th. A good result in this star-studded field,but it could've been oh so different.
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 01-12-2013 06:20
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I'm not going to do a preview for Chrono des Nations, for obvious reasons.
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Posted on 01-12-2013 06:29
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Leonardo Duque was our best rider in the:
Munsterland Giro | 58th s.t.
 Tour de Vendee | 74th s.t.
Virgilijus Grazhys was our best performer in the Giro della Romagna, 50th @ 2'57".
Fabio Duarte somewhat disappointed in the Coppa del Piemonte, but still got a decent-ish result.
Grazhys continued to impress, getting 11th in the GP Bruno Baghelli.
Michael Rodriguez has fallen ill.
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 01-12-2013 06:40
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It's that time of year again. The nominees for the Velo d'Or have been announced. It would've been good to have someone on our team nominated, but realistically that was never going to happen. The nominees are:
 Alejandro Valverde --- Movistar
Bradley Wiggins --- SKY
Phillipe Gilbert --- BMC
Alberto Contador --- Team Saxo-Tinkoff
 Edvald Boasson Hagen --- SKY
Vincenzo Nibali --- Astana
Mark Cavendish --- Omega-Pharma Quickstep
Chris Froome --- SKY
Joaquim Rodriguez --- Katusha
Carlos Alberto Betancur --- AG2R la Mondiale
Before I finish with this report, let me introduce something here. After the Chrono des Nations, then again after the Japan Cup, I will take 2 riders off the list of possible winners. Then, after the start of the season review, I will take off one more - leaving 5. The podium will then be announced.
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 01-12-2013 08:08
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The Profile
Relatively flat, but with undulations everywhere. Should be tough. 
I was the first on the team to go. I had no reference as to where to go hard or how hard to go. This could be tough.
I was feeling on top form. I passed Bardiani's Christian Delle Stelle after just 27km.
However I soon realised I started off too fast. I had to sit back a bit, but was still dead 2.5km from the finish.
I still managed to finish in front of Christian, and somehow managed to come in provisional 7th! I was 3'11" down to GreenEDGE's Cameron Meyer.
Grazhys started off very well, gaining 500m on the man in front of him and still staying within his energy limits. However, it all came unstuck on the 2nd climb. He completely lost it there, and we were left wondering what could've been.
Meyer ended up taking it, ahead of teammate and compatriot Luke Durbridge. Unfortunately we did not get anyone in the Top 10.
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| The Hobbit |
Posted on 01-12-2013 08:10
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Nice WC for Columbia (the country).
Unlucky in Britain and Milan-Torino.
Nice idea for the velo dor, so it won't be in game results, but your ones, never thought of that. That's quite a pace you went at!
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 01-12-2013 08:11
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I can confirm that neither Alberto Contador nor Phillipe Gilbert will be in the Top 3 of the Velo d'Or. The World Champion Gilbert wasn't able to do much else besides the Worlds, while Contador faltered in the Grand Tours and other big races.
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