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Dominik Nerz: The Next Level
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| rorzcp |
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| laidbackmarc |
Posted on 30-09-2011 15:28
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What are you guys doing? Posting 100 bananas when Dominik wins Tour of Langkawai!? How many will you post when he wins Tour de France?
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 30-09-2011 15:33
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laidbackmarc wrote:
What are you guys doing? Posting 100 bananas when Dominik wins Tour of Langkawai!? How many will you post when he wins Tour de France?
So true 
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laidbackmarc wrote:
What are you guys doing? Posting 100 bananas when Dominik wins Tour of Langkawai!? How many will you post when he wins Tour de France?
100 of your size ones.
its his first big win, hes gotta celebrate it good!
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| cunego59 |
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Thanks a lot for the congratulations guys! I really appreciate the bananas, although laidbackmarc has a point, they should worship really important events/success, otherwise they lose a bit of their value. Anyway, I hope that I'll earn some more during the season.
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 January 28, 2012 - Giro della Calabria
In its long history since 1920, the Giro della Calabria has been both a one day classic and a stage race over 2 – 4 days. The race is dominated by the Italian teams and not surprisingly, the record winner is Italian as well: Michele Dancelli won the race three times in a row from 1966.
The course of this year leads the riders over three rather hilly stages. The first two ones will probably be decisive with one hilly ascent finish and one hill close to the finish, while the final climb on stage three is probably too far away from the goal to make much of a difference.
| 1 |  Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | | 2 |  Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ | | 3 | Thomas Voeckler | Europcar | | 4 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | | 5 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil - DCM |
 Wout Poels (Vacansoleil) ,  Simon Spilak (Lampre)
Pietro Caucchioli (Acqua&Sapone) Complete Startlist
Spoiler Liquigas
1. D.Cunego
2. M.Bodnar
3. A.Marangoni
4. T.Peterson
5. J.Sagan
6. C.Wurf
Lampre
11. T.Valjavec
12. A.Balloni
13. V.Buts
14. A.Kashechkin
15. E.Magazzini
16. A.Pérez Arrieta
17. D.Righi
18. S.Spilak
Acqua & Sapone
21. G.Bosisio
22. J.Bertrand
23. P.Caucchioli
24. F.Di Paolo
25. A.Masciarelli
26. M.Pinotti
27. A.Proni
28. F.Taborre
Colnago
31. M.Carrara
32. A.Contoli
33. M.Frapporti
34. P.Locatelli
35. A.Loddo
36. M.Marzano
37. S.Modolo
38. A.Pasqualon
Tabriz
41. M.Eibegger
42. V.Karpets
43. A.Kazemi
44. B.Khalilikhosroshani
45. A.Khatuntsev
46. S.Kolesnikov
47. B.Shpilevsky
48. M.Sohrabi
Vacansoleil
51. W.Poels
52. S.Anza
53. M.Belkov
54. J.Hoogerland
55. A.Ongarato
56. M.Pace
57. J.Van Leijen
58. F.Veuchelen
Christina Watches
61. H.Guerra
62. A.Furlan
63. M.Hester
64. J.E.Madsen
65. M.Mortensen
66. M.Rasmussen
67. K.Sobota
68. M.Steen
Geox
71. D.De la Fuente
72. T.Alberio
73. G.Cheula
74. D.Colli
75. D.Kozontchuk
76. D.Ratto
77. R.Valls
78. M.Wyss
TV3
81. E.Gonzalo
82. D.De la Cruz
83. S.Escobar
84. J.Jufré
85. A.Losada
86. E.Prades
Amore & Vita
91. M.Gentili
92. V.Borisov
93. B.Colex
94. K.Forbord
95. A.Klyuev
96. V.Kogut
Pisanellastoria
101. A.Tonti
102. P.Bailetti
103. F.Bellotti
104. C.Benenati
105. S.Borchi
106. G.De Maria
107. F.Rocchetti
108. P.Vila
Adria Mobil
111. U.Murn
112. M.Alfieri
113. M.Haller
114. A.Ilesic
115. B.Jarc
116. G.Stangelj
Miche
121. M.Gaia
122. D.Cannone
123. C.Fumagalli
124. C.Murro
125. L.Pierfelici
126. E.Rigotto
127. K.Szczawinski
128. V.Zagorodny
Katusha
131. L.Mazzanti
132. G.Sartori
PSK Whirlpool
141. F.Padour
142. T.Buchácek
143. V.Dlouhý
144. D.Dvorsky
145. J.Hosek
146. J.Vecera
Bank BGZ
151. P.Cieslik
152. K.Jezowski
153. T.Lisowicz
154. J.Rebiewski
155. P.Schubert
156. Pi.Sztobryn
Farnese Vini
161. D.Baranowski
162. O.Bulgarelli
163. P.De Negri
164. G.Di Salvo
165. W.Halejak
166. A.Kamp
Itera
171. N.Novikov
172. K.Baranov
173. R.Kozlov
Type 1
181. F.Calabria
182. W.Dugan
183. J.Eldridge
184. R.Sarti
Also, the newly created Catalonian team TV3 gives their debut in this race. Let's see how they'll do.
With Damiano Cunego, we have the top favorite for the overall and that's what we aim for. Although Juraj Sagan and Thomas Peterson are not quite the best support, we're confident to do very well.
As they face the last, really steep 4 kilometers, the advance shrinks down to 1'30. Cameron Wurf, knowing he has the top favorite in his team back in the pack, relaxes and doesn't make much pace. And it is exactly that favorite, Damiano Cunego, who makes the first move from the pack with 3,5 km to go. With a couple of strong kicks, he catches up with the escapees and soon overtakes them. No response from the other teams.
As the escapees are finally caught, Bosisio (Acqua) and Tonti (Pisanellastoria) attackes, but Cunego is already way ahead and takes an easy win.
Damiano Cunego was the favorite and he did as expected.
| 1 | Damiano Cunego | Liquigas - Cannondale | 3h47'36 | | 2 | Gabriele Bosisio | Acqua & Sapone | + 1'52 | | 3 | Andrea Tonti | Team Pisanellastoria | + 2'12 | | 4 | Andrea Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 2'22 | | 5 | Pietro Caucchioli | Acqua & Sapone | + 2'28 |
Two kilometers from the top of that ascent, Damiano Cunego again makes his move. He enters the last 10 flat kilometers with an advance of 1'20 in front of yesterday's runner-ups Bosisio and Tonti. His second stage win in a row is safe. Until the finish line, he extends his lead to more than 2 minutes, when Andrea Tonti outsprints Gabriele Bosisio for place two.
Complete domination – Damiano Cunego is unstoppable.
| 1 | Damiano Cunego | Liquigas - Cannondale | 5h00'33 | | 2 | Andrea Tonti | Team Pisanellastoria | + 2'10 | | 3 | Gabriele Bosisio | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 4 | Andrea Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 2'27 | | 5 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2'48 |
Damiano Cunego sets a late attack and creates a small gap. Although he doesn't get a time gap, he saves some meters and finishes eigth, again being the first of the favorites.
No Cunego triple but still an Italian win – Santo Anza is the fastest escapee.
| 1 | Santo Anza | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 4h28'47 | | 2 |  Tomasz Lisowicz | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 3 |  Michael Rasmussen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | ... | | 6 |  Thomas Peterson | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | ... | | 8 | Damiano Cunego | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 4'15 |
Overall
| 1 | Damiano Cunego | Liquigas - Cannondale | 13h20'31 | | 2 | Gabriele Bosisio | Acqua & Sapone | + 4'22 | | 3 | Andrea Tonti | Team Pisanellastoria | + 4'42 | | 4 | Andrea Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 5'29 | | 5 | Tomasz Lisowicz | Bank BGZ | + 5'30 |
Spoiler | 6 | Michael Rasmussen | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 5'42 | | 7 | Pietro Caucchioli | Acqua & Sapone | + 5'56 | | 8 | Alessandro Proni | Acqua & Sapone | + 6'14 | | 9 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Christian Murro | Miche - Guerciotti | + 6'40 | | 11 | Boris Shpilevski | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | + 6'53 | | 12 | Massimiliano Gentili | Amore & Vita | + 7'10 | | 13 | Héctor Guerra | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 7'22 | | 14 | Marcel Wyss | Geox - TMC | + 7'28 | | 15 | Andrey Kashechkin | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 16 | Santo Anza | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 7'45 | | 17 | David De la Fuente | Geox - TMC | + 7'51 | | 18 | Thomas Peterson | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 8'35 | | 19 | Alan Marangoni | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 8'40 | | 20 | Enrico Magazzini | Lampre - ISD | + 8'44 | | 21 | Juraj Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 8'58 | | 22 | Cameron Wurf | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 9'12 | | 23 | Markus Eibegger | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | + 9'16 | | 24 | Fabio Taborre | Acqua & Sapone | + 9'26 | | 25 | Joost Van Leijen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 9'52 | | 26 | Francesco Bellotti | Team Pisanellastoria | s.t. | | 27 | Cristiano Benenati | Team Pisanellastoria | s.t. | | 28 | Patrick Schubert | Bank BGZ | + 9'53 | | 29 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 10'05 | | 30 | Paolo Bailetti | Team Pisanellastoria | s.t. | | 31 | Eduardo Gonzalo | TV3 - Caixa Catalunya | s.t. | | 32 | Vladimir Karpets | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | + 10'19 | | 33 | Tadej Valjavec | Lampre - ISD | + 10'42 | | 34 | Marco Pinotti | Acqua & Sapone | + 10'43 | | 35 | Rafael Valls | Geox - TMC | s.t. | | 36 | Giuseppe De Maria | Team Pisanellastoria | s.t. | | 37 | Ahad Kazemi | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | + 10'44 | | 38 | Vladislav Borisov | Amore & Vita | + 11'20 | | 39 | Jonathan Bertrand | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 40 | Eduard Prades | TV3 - Caixa Catalunya | + 11'32 | | 41 | Marco Marzano | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 11'36 | | 42 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Geox - TMC | s.t. | | 43 | Matteo Carrara | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 11'42 | | 44 | Elia Rigotto | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 45 | Blaz Jarc | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 46 | Luca Pierfelici | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 47 | Daniele Ratto | Geox - TMC | + 11'58 | | 48 | Cristiano Fumagalli | Miche - Guerciotti | + 12'10 | | 49 | Michele Gaia | Miche - Guerciotti | + 12'20 | | 50 | Marco Frapporti | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 51 | Volodymyr Zagorodny | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 52 | Bernardo Colex | Amore & Vita | + 12'45 | | 53 | Donato Cannone | Miche - Guerciotti | + 12'59 | | 54 | Alberto Losada | TV3 - Caixa Catalunya | s.t. | | 55 | Kristian Sobota | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 13'16 | | 56 | Uros Murn | Adria Mobil | + 13'25 | | 57 | Paolo Locatelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 13'28 | | 58 | Luca Mazzanti | Katusha Team | + 14'31 | | 59 | Patxi Vila | Team Pisanellastoria | s.t. | | 60 | Krzysztof Jeżowski | Bank BGZ | + 14'33 | | 61 | Pawel Cieslik | Bank BGZ | + 14'53 | | 62 | Giampaolo Cheula | Geox - TMC | + 15'31 | | 63 | Sacha Modolo | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 64 | Frantisek Padour | PSK Whirlpool - Author | + 15'59 | | 65 | Krzysztof Szczawinski | Miche - Guerciotti | + 16'10 | | 66 | Andrey Klyuev | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 67 | Daniele Righi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 68 | Alexander Khatuntsev | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | + 16'16 | | 69 | Vitaliy Buts | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 70 | Tomáš Bucháček | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 71 | Jens Erik Madsen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 72 | Sergi Escobar | TV3 - Caixa Catalunya | s.t. | | 73 | Volodymyr Kogut | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 74 | Francesco Di Paolo | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 75 | Federico Rocchetti | Team Pisanellastoria | s.t. | | 76 | Angelo Furlan | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 16'39 | | 77 | Frederik Veuchelen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 16'49 | | 78 | Alberto Ongarato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 16'51 | | 79 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - ISD | + 16'55 | | 80 | Stefano Borchi | Team Pisanellastoria | + 17'18 | | 81 | Martin Mortensen | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 17'36 | | 82 | Josep Jufré | TV3 - Caixa Catalunya | s.t. | | 83 | Maxim Belkov | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 84 | Alberto Contoli | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 85 | Mads Moltke Steen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 86 | Kristian Forbord | Amore & Vita | + 17'58 | | 87 | Marc Hester | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 18'10 | | 88 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 18'12 | | 89 | Aitor Pérez Arrieta | Lampre - ISD | + 18'42 | | 90 | Wojcieck Halejak | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 18'49 | | 91 | Jarosław Rębiewski | Bank BGZ | + 19'17 | | 92 | Otavio Didier Bulgarelli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 19'27 | | 93 | Dariusz Baranowski | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 94 | Marco Haller | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 95 | David Dvorsky | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 96 | Alfredo Balloni | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 97 | Piotr Sztobryn | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 98 | Giuseppe Sartori | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 99 | Daniele Colli | Geox - TMC | + 19'50 | | 100 | Alberto Loddo | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 20'06 | | 101 | Sergey Kolesnikov | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | + 20'35 | | 102 | Mahdi Sohrabi | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | + 20'47 | | 103 | Gorazd Stangelj | Adria Mobil | + 23'04 | | 104 | Giuseppe Di Salvo | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 23'17 | | 105 | Nikita Novikov | Itera - Katusha | + 23'42 | | 106 | Maciej Bodnar | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 31'52 | | 107 | Aldo Ino Ilesic | Adria Mobil | + 35'03 | | 108 | Vojtěch Dlouhý | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 109 | Josef Hosek | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 110 | Michele Pace | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 111 | Alexander Kamp | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 112 | Andrea Pasqualon | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 35'42 | | 113 | Behnam Khalilikhosroshani | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | s.t. | | 114 | Fabio Calabria | Team Type 1 | + 36'23 | | 115 | David De la Cruz | TV3 - Caixa Catalunya | s.t. | | 116 | Tomas Alberio | Geox - TMC | s.t. | | 117 | Jakub Vecera | PSK Whirlpool - Author | + 38'23 | | 118 | Mario Alfieri | Adria Mobil | + 39'04 | | 119 | Kirill Baranov | Itera - Katusha | + 43'05 | | 120 | Rustam Kozlov | Itera - Katusha | + 43'44 | | 121 | William Dugan | Team Type 1 | + 44'25 | | 122 | Joe Eldridge | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 123 | Raffaele Sarti | Team Type 1 | + 44'59 |
Points
| 1 | Damiano Cunego | Liquigas - Cannondale | 58 | | 2 | Gabriele Bosisio | Acqua & Sapone | 37 | | 3 | Andrea Tonti | Team Pisanellastoria | 36 | | 4 | Andrea Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | 28 | | 5 | Tomasz Lisowicz | Bank BGZ | 28 |
Mountain
| 1 | Damiano Cunego | Liquigas - Cannondale | 26 | | 2 | Andrea Tonti | Team Pisanellastoria | 18 | | 3 | Gabriele Bosisio | Acqua & Sapone | 16 | | 4 | Andrea Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | 10 | | 5 |  Juraj Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | 10 |
Young Riders
| 1 | Enrico Magazzini | Lampre - ISD | 13h29'15 | | 2 | Juraj Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 14 | | 3 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'21 | | 4 |  Rafael Valls | Geox - TMC | + 1'59 | | 5 |  Jonathan Bertrand | Acqua & Sapone | + 2'36 |
Teams
| 1 | Liquigas - Cannondale | | 40h14'10 | | 2 | Acqua & Sapone | | + 3'30 | | 3 | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | | + 9'19 |
After his good performances during the Tour Down Under, Damiano Cunego really lives up to the expectations and continues his good early season for his new team Liquigas.
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Posted on 30-09-2011 18:40
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Wow! Cunego-domination! 
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Posted on 30-09-2011 19:05
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What a great start to the new thread with those wins!
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Posted on 30-09-2011 20:09
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Cunego seems to be in a very good form! Congrats on the victory's.
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Posted on 01-10-2011 01:50
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Are you sure you aren't playing on easy because he dominated!
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 01-10-2011 02:40
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In hopes of future domination from D Nerz, I say good job in the Tour of Langkawai
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| cunego59 |
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Thank you all for the nice feedback. On the one hand, it was indeed a complete domination by Cunego (@ rorzcp: I even checked the difficulty because it went so good, I can assure you it's hard ). But on the other hand, you have to see that Cunego was by far the best puncheur (81 vs 76 of Bosisio etc) and he is in a pretty good shape after the Tour Down Under. So I sort of expected these results.
Anyway, here's the first monthly review of 2012:
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February 2, 2012
The most important win was scored by Franco Pellizotti (Katusha) in Australia. Dominik Nerz achieved his first professional win ever and thus probably the most surprising result of this month.
The World Tour ranking is shaped by the Tour Down Under. Pellizotti, Cunego and Bakelandts were on the podium in Australia and lead here. Due to Mauro Finetto's contribution, Liquigas begins the new season as they finishes the previous: On top!
The Liquigas domination is even stronger in the CQ Ranking. With Langkawi winner Dominik Nerz on 3, the Italian team provides 3 out of the top 4 riders here. Katusha and Lampre are the best of the rest at the moment, they also started very well.
In the fight for promotion, the French equipe Saur had a great kick-off. Geox and Ag2r, two of the top favorites, also fill high places from the start. NetApp will have problems to keep that Top 5 spot.
At the risk of repeating myself – Liquigas' start in 2012 was just impressive. Already seven wins, among them three overall, within one month speak for themselves. The newly formed team GreenEdge also had a more than decent first month of existence. Still, we have to consider that all those rankings can and will change a lot in the upcoming nine months.
Usually, the Tour Down Under winner gets this award. But with his dominance in Calabria, TdU runner-up Damiano Cunego outshines Pellizotti and takes this well deserved award. Cameron Meyer won the young riders classification in Australia and came in fourth in the Australian ITT championship. Nevertheless, I think a certain German youngster would have deserved this award as well.
| 06. - 11.02. |  Tour of Qatar | | | 15. - 20.02. |  Tour of Oman | | | 16. - 20.02. |  Volta ao Algarve | Nerz participating | | 22. - 26.02. | Giro di Sardegna | Nerz participating | | 26.02. | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | | | 27.02. | Kuurne – Bruxelles – Kuurne | | | 27.02. | Classica Sarda Sassari | |
Roman Kreuziger, who will give his comeback for Liquigas, and Damiano Cunego are going to use this month as a preparation for the bigger races in March. Paolo Longo Borghini and Daniel Oss start the cobblestone season. Dominik Nerz will assist his leaders Cunego and Kreuziger and might get a chance to ride on his one once or twice.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 01-10-2011 14:01
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" Nevertheless, I think a certain German youngster would have deserved this award as well. "
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Btw: Class 2.6-races? 
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 01-10-2011 14:10
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tsmoha wrote:
" Nevertheless, I think a certain German youngster would have deserved this award as well. "
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Btw: Class 2.6-races?
It's a pity that the Tour de Langkawi ended on February 1st and not in January, otherwise I think Dominik would have taken the award. And yeah, I don't know what's up with the categories, it's like that since I installed the PCMDaily DB. But I really don't mind about that
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 01-10-2011 14:34
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Hopefuly Dominik will show his level from Malasia in the following races. And be a useful helper for the leaders.
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| baia |
Posted on 01-10-2011 19:19
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Really too much bananas...i like bananas but too much bananas are not good....better one banana as lots of bananas and get sick...for this,i´ll give you one small banana...
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 02-10-2011 13:03
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@ FreitasPCM: The upcoming races are more hilly than mountainous so it's not Dominik's favourite terrain, but as he's in a nice shape, he should be able to do something.
@ baia: I agree. As I said before, bananas are for special occasions (although I'm of course a bit flattered looking at the massive amount of fruits around here ). But thanks for your special rock banana 
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 02-10-2011 13:13
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February 4, 2012
Sponsor negotiations in full play – Liquigas and Ag2r expiring
Expiring Contracts
After seven pretty successful years, the Italian company Liquigas is still unsure wether or not to extend their sponsorship. A spokesman announced that they are in a dilemma here, as in the circumstances of the international financial crisis, they couldn't afford the money any longer. Still, if they would receive a certain amount of favorable comments from the team's fans, they might be willing to invest the money anyway. In this unique case, the fans get to decide the future sponsor of their team!
The American bike manufacturer Cannondale used pretty much the same words to explain their withdrawal after only one year. Nevertheless, they announced to follow Liquigas for another period in case they continue their sponsorship, as Cannondale announced that they always appreciated the professional and friendly cooperation.
Regardless of Liquigas and Cannondale, the team's future is certain – the team and its management will stay together and the World Tour license will be kept. Employees are already looking for new sponsors in both Italy and the United States, just in case.
The biggest certain sponsor change that has been announced in the previous days concerns the French team Ag2r – La Mondiale. The assurance company won't extend the contract with the team that got relegated into Continental Tour last season. A new sponsor is yet to be announced.
Renewed Contracts
The biggest team that could recently announce its sponsor to extend the contract is the Russian team Katusha.
The Russian conglomerate is obviously serious in their goal to support Russian cycling. They signed a new contract until the year 2014. Also, their development team Itera Katusha will continue to exist.
Here's an overview about all renewed sponsorship contracts so far:
Edited by cunego59 on 02-10-2011 13:16
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