cause the championships profile is hilly and Albasini is the best puncheur

Paris - Tours


The breakaway.


Arvesen and Schleck tried a team strategy there...


Gerdemann attacks on those small hills


He and Schleck are now in front of the race


But the pack is going to catch them. It will be a mass sprint finish


Hincapie makes a mistake there and our train is behind. I don't think we had many chances though


This was the good train to follow today. Made by Lampre


Bennati and Freire are looking like favourites there


And the 3 times World Champion takes the win


Results
1. Óscar Freire Rabobank 5h57'01
2. Daniele Bennati Liquigas s.t.
3. Danilo Napolitano Lampre s.t.
4. Gert Steegmans Quick·Step s.t.
5. Steven De Jongh Quick·Step s.t.
6. Erik Zabel Team Milram s.t.
7. Tom Boonen Quick·Step s.t.
8. Mirko Lorenzetto Lampre s.t.
9. Alessandro Ballan Lampre s.t.
10. Lars Boom Team Columbia s.t.

Okay you didn't win, but when Lars get's top 10 I'm happy anyway

Chrono des Nations Les Herbiers


Hagen was the first rider with a decent time today


Boom beats Edvald's time and he is the new leader


Lang is now second, behind Boom


What a time for Gutierrez. He beats everyone that finished the race and takes the lead


Lovkvist beats his team-mate, Lars Boom, but is slower than Gutierrez


Rogers is close but not close enough


Poor time for Grabsch today


Hincapie is very close, just 8 seconds slower than the Spanish ITT Champion


A mediocre performance for Linus Gerdemann


Pinotti does it! He has the same time as Gutierrez but he gets the win!


Results
1. Marco Pinotti Team Columbia 1h07'57
2. José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
3. George Hincapie Team Columbia + 8
4. Michael Rogers Team Columbia + 17
5. Thomas Lövkvist Team Columbia + 25
6. Bert Grabsch Team Columbia + 26
7. Linus Gerdemann Team Columbia s.t.
8. Lars Boom Team Columbia + 46
9. Sebastian Lang Gerolsteiner + 51
10. Damien Monier Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 57

Team Columbia will race the last race of the season, Tour of Lombardy, in a special jersey which will be used only for this race as Columbia has a big points differnce in the Pro Tour Teams competition and they can't lose the title.
Rasm and LAge made a beautifull jersey and the team managers are very happy that they can fount best designers as them. So the credits for making this jersey go to rasm and LAge.

Here is a picture with the famous jersey

Pinotti so close!

Giro di Lombardia


Team-mates? No, one is from Saunier and the other has the special jersey of Columbia


Schleck attacks


Kirchen, Valverde and much others are after him


Lovkvist tries his luck too.


Di Luca is first on Civiglio


But on Fermo della Battaglia Schleck catches him


Di Luca is even left behind!


Kim is in the chasing group


Schleck wins the last classic of the season


Kirchen is 7th in the last race of the season for us


And Lovkvist finishes with only a few metres in front of the pack, 23rd


Results
1. Fränk Schleck Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6h26'46
2. Danilo Di Luca LPR Brakes - Ballan + 22
3. Thomas Dekker Rabobank + 1'08
4. Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
5. Luca Mazzanti Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
6. Franco Pellizotti Liquigas s.t.
7. Kim Kirchen Team Columbia s.t.
8. Martin Elmiger AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
9. Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
10. Paolo Bettini Quick·Step s.t.

wtf??

how many of your riders were outof the top10?

and nice idea with the jersey!! I think it'd be awesome if you updated the team names and jerseys for the next season

As I said this was the only race with the 09 jersey version. I will still race in the blue one.
And I had there my best TT riders except Wiggins
Only Hagen was out of top 10, 13th

all the team in the top15 just great!

but are you updating the other teams?

not. What is wrong with 08?

nothing just thought it would be a good idea!

but the story is yours if prefer leaving it that way that's what you should do obviously

2008 Final Rankings

Pro Tour



Credit Agricole and Cofidis will ride in the Continental Division next year

Continental Tour



While LPR and Agritubel will ride in all the competitions from the Pro Tour circuit

CQ Rankings




Victories



83 it's a pretty good number I would say

Riders that left the team

M. Barry -> Astana
G. Henderson -> Garmin Chipotle
A. Klier -> Lampre
R. Hammond -> retired
S. Knaven -> Cofidis
S. Davis (sacked) -> Drapac Porsche
M. Possoni (sacked) -> Serramenti PVC

We had a lot of offers for Lovkvist of 2.300.000 euros, his estimade value is 1.600.000, from Barloworld, Tinkoff and Quick Step but we decided to keep him in our team and even give him a new contract

Can you post screens of the ProTour teams with stats 1st January?

Have you signed anyone?

Yep. I could do that . I could post the first 10 riders (average) for every team.

And yes Maggot. Look at this:

AG2R

Important signs: L. L. Sanchez, S. Wesemann

Agritubel

Important signs: A. Kloden

Astana

Important signs: G.Simoni, T. Hamilton, M. Beltran, O. Sevilla

Bouygues Telecom

No important signs

Caisse d'Epargne

Important signs: L. Mazzanti

Euskaltel

Important signs: S. Garzelli, Max Richeze

Francaise Des Jeux

No important signs

Gerolsteiner

Important signs: S. Ivanov, K. Kroon, C. Horner, D. Hondo

LPR Brakes

Important signs: D. Rebellin, C. Sastre

Lampre

Important signs: O. Pollack, A. Klier

Liquigas

Important signs: P. Lastras

Quick Step

Important signs: S. O'Grady, J. Voigt, T. Valjavec, C. Moreau, D. Moncoutie

Rabobank

Important signs: K. A. Arvesen

Saunier Duval

*Ruben Lobat... is Jose Angel Gomez Marchante, it always happen that thing to him*
Important signs: I. Astarloa

Silence Lotto

Important signs: E. Gasparotto, E. Zabel, P. Halgand

CSC Saxo Bank

Important signs: D. Di Luca, F. Wegmann, P. Savoldelli

Milram

Important signs: P. Bettini


Levi Leipheimer, the winer of the Tour de France has no contract for the 2009 season and he can't defet his title

AGAIN WHY DO EUSKALTEL ALWAYS SIGN FORIEGN RIDERS I THOUGHT THEY WERE HAVE MEANT TO FIX THAT!!! ITS REALLY FRUSTRATING