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Fabio Melani | Road to Le Tour | End of Season
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 31-12-2013 03:47
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Sutty: Thanks 
Hobbit: The guys weren't strong enough. Looking forward to the transfer period 
Ian: Thanks
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 31-12-2013 03:48
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With many riders using the race as their final warmup for the Giro, Esteban did very well in the Tour de Romandie.
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 31-12-2013 06:19
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 Vuelta a la Communidad de Madrid 
It may be a bit steep, but I can definitely impress here. Leader
Fabio Melani
Sprinter
Jeffry Johan Romero
Main Teammate
Esteban Chaves
Teammate
Juan Pablo Valencia
Domestique
Alexis Camacho
Domestique
Duber Quintero  Mikel Nieve
Petr Ignatenko
Fabio Melani
Daniel Navarro
Kelly Version: Fabio. Just go out there and do your best. Although it may be too steep for you, but you can give it a good go.
My Version: I need to step it up on the mountains, and with the World's eye on the Giro, this is the perfect time for me to relax and do my thing.
Edited by Cycleman123 on 31-12-2013 07:56
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 31-12-2013 07:55
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| The Hobbit |
Posted on 31-12-2013 08:46
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Nice result, what are his stats like now then?
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 31-12-2013 09:06
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Hobbit: Thanks mate No change from the start of the year according to the staff.
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 31-12-2013 12:15
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 Glava Tour of Norway Leader
Fabio Melani
Sprinter
Jagoba Aurrekoetxea
Main Teammate
Esteban Chaves
Leadout Man
Juan Esteban Arango
Leadout Man
Jeffry Johan Romero
Domestique
Juan Pablo Valencia
Domestique
Alexis Camacho Sprinters
Jurgen Roelandts
Michael Matthews
Daryl Impey
GC
Cameron Meyer
Fabio Melani
Luca Paolini
The 2 (if not 1) GC stage(s) suit me well, and I'll hope to improve my already good form.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 31-12-2013 12:26
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Good luck (double post btw)
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 31-12-2013 15:20
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Good ride from Fabio in Madrid
And Good Luck in Norway
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 31-12-2013 20:11
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Ian: Thanks, changed.
Sutty: Thanks again
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 31-12-2013 20:48
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Edited by Cycleman123 on 31-12-2013 20:48
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 31-12-2013 21:56
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Glava Tour of Norway 
Another sprint stage. Hopefully our fortunes will be better. 
The break today consisted of 3 riders. Alexis tried to join them but for some reason unknown to us he was not allowed to stay away. Stevenson and Quaade were there again, this time joined by Saxo's Anders Lund.
Our sprint preparations had started BUT NO! CRASH! Luca Paolini of all people went down near the front, and I was down. This was bad, very bad. The GC was slipping away.
I was the first back on my bike and I immediately started to give it my all to try and catch up. Alexis dropped back and tried to help but honestly he was useless. I overtook him straight away and continued towards the peloton.
We worked extremely hard, but it didn't seem like we would make it.
We had to turn our attention to the sprint train. Again Romero was terrible and blocked the whole train. He and Juan Esteban were already empty.
Roelandts took a very easy win, while we couldn't even break the Top 10.
Terrible, terrible day. I lost 2'49" in the end. The GC is probably over, but hopefully Esteban can be strong enough to lead our charge for a decent result.  
| 1 |  Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol | 3h29'37 | | 2 |  Daryl Impey | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 3 |  Egidijus Juodvalkis | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 4 |  Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 5 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. |
Spoiler | 7 | Gaëtan Bille | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 8 | Jure Kocjan | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 9 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 10 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 11 | Kevin Claeys | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 12 | Fridtjof Røinas | Team Plussbank | s.t. | | 13 | Juan Pablo Valencia | Colombia | s.t. | | 14 | Jeffry Johan Romero | Colombia | s.t. | | 15 | Matti Breschel | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 16 | Jagoba Aurrekoetxea | Colombia | s.t. | | 17 | Alexei Tsatevich | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 18 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 19 | Mathew Hayman | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 20 | Juan Esteban Arango | Colombia | s.t. | | 21 | Marko Kump | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 22 | Bob Jungels | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 23 | Andreas Erland | Team Plussbank | s.t. | | 24 | Martin Mortensen | Team Concordia Forsikring - Riwal | s.t. | | 25 | Sébastien Delfosse | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 26 | Reinier Honig | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 27 | Cameron Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 28 | Adrian Gjølberg | Joker Merida | s.t. | | 29 | Vegard Stake Laengen | Joker Merida | s.t. | | 30 | Michael Valgren | Team CULT Energy | s.t. | | 31 | Fabien Bacquet | BigMat - Auber93 | s.t. | | 32 | Troels Vinther | Team CULT Energy | s.t. | | 33 | Jan Sokol | BigMat - Auber93 | s.t. | | 34 | Jens-Erik Madsen | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 35 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 36 | Javier Moreno | Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 37 | Sander Oostlander | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 38 | Jesus Del Nero | Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 39 | Amets Txurruka | Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 40 | Joaquin Sobrino | Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 41 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 42 | Rasmus Sterebo | Team CULT Energy | s.t. | | 43 | Gert Dockx | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 44 | Stéphane Rossetto | BigMat - Auber93 | s.t. | | 45 | Omar Fraile | Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 46 | Sören Nissen | Joker Merida | s.t. | | 47 | Jens Mouris | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 48 | Jonas Aaen Jörgensen | Team CULT Energy | s.t. | | 49 | Rasmus Schjønning | Joker Merida | s.t. | | 50 | Karol Domagalski | Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 51 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 52 | Svein Tuft | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 53 | Arnaud Molmy | BigMat - Auber93 | s.t. | | 54 | Niki Byrgesen | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 55 | Lorents Aasvold | Team Plussbank | s.t. | | 56 | Mads Würtz Schmidt | Team CULT Energy | s.t. | | 57 | Daniel Foder | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 58 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 59 | Edvin Wilson | Joker Merida | s.t. | | 60 | Michael Reihs | Team CULT Energy | s.t. | | 61 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 62 | Aitor Galdós | Team Plussbank | s.t. | | 63 | Mathias Gade | Team Concordia Forsikring - Riwal | s.t. | | 64 | Esteban Cháves | Colombia | s.t. | | 65 | Sébastien Duret | BigMat - Auber93 | s.t. | | 66 | Frederik Willems | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 67 | Thomas Larsen | Team Plussbank | s.t. | | 68 | Jürgen Van De Walle | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 69 | Stijn Vandepoel | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 70 | Rudy Kowalski | BigMat - Auber93 | s.t. | | 71 | Martin Lind | Team Concordia Forsikring - Riwal | s.t. | | 72 | Kristian Myrestøl Johansson | Team Plussbank | s.t. | | 73 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 74 | Stijn Thibaut | Katusha Team | + 2'49 | | 75 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Concordia Forsikring - Riwal | s.t. | | 76 | Daniele Aldegheri | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 77 | Manuel Cardoso | Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 78 | Rasmus Christian Quaade | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 79 | Fabio Melani | Colombia | s.t. | | 80 | Alexis Camacho | Colombia | s.t. | | 81 | Jon Brenna | Team CULT Energy | s.t. | | 82 | Christopher Stevenson | Team Concordia Forsikring - Riwal | s.t. | | 83 | Jesper Hansen | Joker Merida | + 4'24 | | 84 | Lasse Bøchman | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 85 | Thomas Rostollan | BigMat - Auber93 | s.t. | | 86 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | + 5'50 | | 87 | Rasmus Lohre | Joker Merida | s.t. | | 88 | Constantino Zaballa | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 89 | Michael Stevenson | Team Concordia Forsikring - Riwal | s.t. |
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 31-12-2013 23:02
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Edited by Cycleman123 on 31-12-2013 23:30
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 31-12-2013 23:49
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Glava Tour of Norway 
The Queen Stage. Hopefully I can take back some time and put myself in position for a Top 10 in the final GC. 
A 6 man break formed today, but surely the GC men wouldn't let them stay away.
The first attacks of the favourites came from Fraile, Meyer and Moreno on the penultimate climb.
Esteban and I got away, as usual, without an attack. The pacing was going well, but of course he was tiring.
I joined the 3 leaders in what looked like the selected group, but we were caught at the base of the final climb.
Meyer was very strong today, while I was also fighting to stay clear of the pack, but to no avail.
The Australian held a big lead going into the final gap. With me out of energy, the gap with 5km left was 1 minute.
I started the sprint up front, but was soon swamped by much better sprinters.
The fight was always for 2nd, as Cameron Meyer took a fantastic solo win.
Again no Top 10 for us.
An alright day. I feel that if I didn't spend my energy on Day 2, it would've been a different story today. Oh well, what can you do?
| 1 | Cameron Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | 5h26'18 | | 2 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Belisol | + 47 | | 3 |  Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 4 |  Bob Jungels | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 5 |  Michael Valgren | Team CULT Energy | s.t. | | 14 | Fabio Melani | Colombia | s.t. |
| 1 | Cameron Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | 17h01'25 | | 2 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol | + 27 | | 3 | Daryl Impey | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 35 | | 4 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 47 | | 5 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Belisol | + 55 | | 23 | Esteban Cháves | Colombia | + 2'21 | | 27 | Fabio Melani | Colombia | + 3'56 |
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 01-01-2014 00:18
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Edited by Cycleman123 on 01-01-2014 00:21
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| kadtagenero |
Posted on 01-01-2014 01:47
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Terrible experience in Norway but hey, losing is also part of the game and that can make you stronger, better luck in France
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 01-01-2014 02:53
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Kadtagenero: Thanks for the words, haven't seen you since my tryouts!
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 01-01-2014 10:09
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I met with Sean Kelly again to determine my schedule for the rest of the year, so, here it is.
 Criterium du Dauphine, 2 June - 9 June
My final preparation race for the Tour. All about getting my fitness up, but a good result would be nice too
Le Tour de France, 29 June - 21 July
This is it! The Grand Boucle. My life's dream is to win it, and while that won't be happening this year, I am leading!
Classica San Sebastian, 27 July
Hopefully this race will be selective enough for me to compete for the win.
Circuit de Getxo, 29 July
Here to defend my title. I actually haven't won anything this year, but hopefully that will have changed by this point and if not then I could look for 2 in a row.
Vuelta a Burgos, 7 August - 11 August
I'll probably look for the win here - as the course is almost perfectly suited to me.
 Tre Valli Varesine, 23 August
A nice race for me to take a good result.
 GP Cycliste de Quebec, 13 September
A very, very nice race for me. The perfect course.
Chrono des Nations, 20 October
Again I will wind down my season the same way. Hopefully this time trial can provide me with some good fortune.
 Japan Cup, 21 October
With my improvements, I'll be looking to win this one.
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 01-01-2014 10:16
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Bad news for most riders in the camp today, as Sean Kelly delivered the list of riders whose contracts would not be renewed and those who would be released after the Japan Cup.
Jeffry Johan Romero
Juan Pablo Suarez
Alexis Camacho
Edwin Avila
Michael Rodriguez Galindo
Carlos Quintero
Juan Pablo Valencia
Juan Esteban Arango
Dalivier Ospina
Wilson Marentes
Meanwhile, in other news, despite being injured, Virgilijus Grazhys has continued to improve and is close to becoming one of the best punchers in the world. According to the Official Team Nerds and their stats index, he has 79 hill, 73 sprint, 70 acceleration and 79 stamina. Not bad bud
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 01-01-2014 10:17
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Quite a list that will be leaving the team 
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Petr Ignatenko
Johann Tschopp
Jure Kocjan
