you know what I mean: winning sprints and achiving a top10 or top5 which are your specialities

but with Rogers there you can do better than you think

anyway you're much more successful than I so you dont need that much of luck

Cyanide thankfully gets a lot of inspiration from past Grand Tours for race routes.

That's the route of the 1993 Tour's queen stage, except it's the Agnello instead of the Izoard

Rominger hammered the pack on that stage, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't drop Induráin, although he made Induráin suffer like a dog. Still, even though he couldn't drop Induráin, the rest of the peloton was being thrashed day after day by Rominger.

Anyway, history lesson over. Back to the story

Tour of Qatar Stage 5


Again a lot of wind and the pack was split


But this time we were aware of that and all our rider are in the front group


With 10km to go Hincapie attacks


Only Pollack and Contrini have the power to go with him


They caught the last escape...


Not a good position for Hincapie in the final sprint


So Pollack gets the stage win


Hincapie is third but at the end of the day he will recive the leader jersey


Stage
1. Olaf Pollack Lampre 3h54'36
2. Daniele Contrini Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
3. George Hincapie Team Columbia s.t.
4. Jan Hruska Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli + 49
5. Nicolas Crosbie Bouygues Télécom + 1'30
6. Yauheni Hutarovich Française des Jeux + 2'08
7. Maarten Tjallingii Silence - Lotto s.t.
8. Rick Flens Rabobank s.t.
9. Denys Kostyuk Cycle Collstrop s.t.
10. Bas Giling Cycle Collstrop s.t.

Overall
1. George Hincapie Team Columbia 13h24'34
2. Olaf Pollack Lampre + 10
3. Daniele Contrini Tinkoff Credit Systems + 12
4. Cândido Barbosa Rabobank + 1'58
5. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia + 2'04
6. Yauheni Hutarovich Française des Jeux + 2'10
7. Carlos Torrent Bouygues Télécom + 2'17
8. Sébastien Turgot Bouygues Télécom s.t.
9. Rick Flens Rabobank + 2'18
10. Bram De Groot Rabobank s.t.

Points
1. Olaf Pollack Lampre 76
2. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia 46
3. Murilo Fischer Liquigas 39

WOOHOO!

Tour of Qatar Final Stage


Hincapie is leading the sprint


Pollack is behind, which means that he has very small chances to get into top 3 this stage. So Hincapie will win the overall rankings


Hagen sprint awfull there and the others are in better position than Cavendish


Kopp gets the win


While Hincapie wins Tour of Qatar!


Stage
1. David Kopp Cycle Collstrop 2h39'35
2. Cândido Barbosa Rabobank s.t.
3. Fred Rodriguez Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli s.t.
4. Yauheni Hutarovich Française des Jeux s.t.
5. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia s.t.
6. Alberto Loddo Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
7. Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Columbia s.t.
8. Manuel Belletti Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli s.t.
9. Murilo Fischer Liquigas s.t.
10. Carlos Torrent Bouygues Télécom s.t.

Overall
1. George Hincapie Team Columbia 16h04'09
2. Olaf Pollack Lampre + 10
3. Daniele Contrini Tinkoff Credit Systems + 12
4. Cândido Barbosa Rabobank + 1'46
5. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia + 2'04
6. Yauheni Hutarovich Française des Jeux + 2'10
7. Carlos Torrent Bouygues Télécom + 2'17
8. Sébastien Turgot Bouygues Télécom s.t.
9. Bram De Groot Rabobank + 2'18
10. Rick Flens Rabobank s.t.

Points: Olaf Pollack Lampre
Young: Mark Cavendish Team Columbia
Teams: Tinkoff Credit Systems

Let's hope it was bad form that made Cavendish get decent results. Which race is the next?

Congratulations with the win!

let me post the calendar.

and thanks

So here it is the February Calendar

Grand Prix Cycliste La Marseillaise


A big breakaway group. Reynes is there


Hincapie attacks on Col de la Gineste


He is first on the downhill


Boom attacks too...


He catches Hincapie


Oh no! Hincapie crashed


Has anyone the power to catch Boom?


The answer is no. Boom gets his first win of the season


Hincapie finished behind the pack, but at least he wasn't injured


Results
1. Lars Boom Team Columbia 3h21'06
2. Jimmy Engoulvent Crédit Agricole s.t.
3. Mikaël Chérel Française des Jeux s.t.
4. Anthony Geslin Bouygues Télécom s.t.
5. John Gadret AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
6. William Bonnet Crédit Agricole s.t.
7. Clément Lhotellerie Skil - Shimano s.t.
8. Florian Vachon Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
9. Stefan Van Dijk Française des Jeux s.t.
10. Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.

Great with Boom, unlucky with Hincapie

Wow, many frenchies!

Nice win by Boom

Tour de Langkawi Stage 1


Ignatiev attacks on the last hill


He is in front


But the pack is coming


Though he was caught with only a few metres to go


And Zanotti takes the win


Stage
1. Marco Zanotti Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe 3h54'16
2. Mikhail Ignatiev Team Columbia s.t.
3. Mirko Allegrini Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
4. Grega Bole Adria Mobil s.t.
5. Olivier Pardini Extremadura - Ciclismo Soldario s.t.
6. Johan Coenen Topsport Vlaanderen s.t.
7. Jure Kocjan Perutnina Ptuj s.t.
8. Steve Schets Topsport Vlaanderen s.t.
9. Stefano Usai Miche - Silver Cross s.t.
10. John Degenkolb Thüringer Energie Team s.t.

Overall
1. Marco Zanotti Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe 3h53'56
2. Mikhail Ignatiev Team Columbia + 8
3. Mirko Allegrini Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe + 12
4. Steven Cozza Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
5. Michele Gobbi Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe + 14
6. Matthias Brändle Team Volksbank + 16
7. Andoni Aranaga Adria Mobil s.t.
8. Nikolas Maes Topsport Vlaanderen + 18
9. Grega Bole Adria Mobil + 20
10. Olivier Pardini Extremadura - Ciclismo Soldario s.t.

Points
1. Marco Zanotti Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe 25
2. Mikhail Ignatiev Team Columbia 20
3. Mirko Allegrini Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe 16

Mountain
1. Luca Solari Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 28
2. Stefan Denifl ELK Haus - Simplon 16
3. Michele Gobbi Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe 12

eeww that was close

Tour de Langkawi Stage 2


Ignatiev brought us in front once more


Van Heerden is in front of the pack at his first sprint for Columbia


1km to go and good news for Team Columbia, Ciolek is leading


Hunter is coming from right very fast, just like a real hunter


Cavendish accelerates...


It's going to be very close...


But it seems that Cavendish was the really hunter and he takes the stage win


Stage
1. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia 3h36'29
2. Robert Hunter Barloworld s.t.
3. Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia s.t.
4. Marco Zanotti Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
5. John Degenkolb Thüringer Energie Team s.t.
6. Mikhaylo Khalilov Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
7. Steve Schets Topsport Vlaanderen s.t.
8. Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
9. André Schulze Team Volksbank s.t.
10. Juan Van Heerden Team Columbia s.t.

Overall
1. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia 7h30'25
2. Marco Zanotti Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
3. Robert Hunter Barloworld + 8
4. Mikhail Ignatiev Team Columbia s.t.
5. Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia + 12
6. Steven Cozza Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
7. Mirko Allegrini Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
8. Andoni Aranaga Adria Mobil + 16
9. Matthias Brändle Team Volksbank s.t.
10. Nikolas Maes Topsport Vlaanderen + 18

Points
1. Marco Zanotti Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe 39
2. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia 25
3. Robert Hunter Barloworld 23

yeah, nice win! That's how to do it!

Doin' your train trick with Quickstep ATM, works almost every time!

and from what I saw the last sprinter should have a very good acceleration so he can took over his team-mates quickly and then sprint for the victory

yeah, like now last stage

yep. I think that if Cav had less acceleration he couldn't win today. And of course stamina, resistence or flat count a lot too.

Tour de Langkawi Stage 3


We are there as always


Just that in a corner Ignatiev loses some speed and we are a little bit behind


So Cavendish decides to leave Ciolek's wheel and to follow Hunter


Bad idea! An Barloworld rider is leading the sprint but it's not Hunter, it's Sabido


And another reason is that Ignatiev was finally faster than Hunter so Ciolek is now our hope for victory


They caught Sabido. Ciolek and Ignatiev are in good positions but Paolini is the fastest


And he takes the win. 2nd and 3rd for Columbia but at least we kept the leader jersey.


An another good news is that because of the dangerous corners in the last kilometres of the race the pack was split into 2 groups and a lot of big names were caught in the second group for now we know that Luis Leon Sanchez, the new AG2R rider and the big favourite, and Zanotti, the green jersey, lost time. While our leaders were in the first group, of course we are talking about Ignatiev, 3rd in the stage, and Michael Roger, that now become the big favourite to win in Malaisya. The second group lost 1 minute and 10 seconds


Stage
1. Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 4h45'04
2. Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia s.t.
3. Mikhail Ignatiev Team Columbia s.t.
4. Steve Schets Topsport Vlaanderen s.t.
5. Hugo Sabido Barloworld s.t.
6. Juan Van Heerden Team Columbia s.t.
7. Robert Hunter Barloworld s.t.
8. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia s.t.
9. Jochen Summer ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
10. Kurt Hovelynck Topsport Vlaanderen s.t.

Overall
1. Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia 12h15'29
2. Mikhail Ignatiev Team Columbia s.t.
3. Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
4. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia s.t.
5. Robert Hunter Barloworld + 8
6. Steven Cozza Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 + 12
7. Mirko Allegrini Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
8. Nikolas Maes Topsport Vlaanderen + 18
9. Steve Schets Topsport Vlaanderen + 20
10. John Degenkolb Thüringer Energie Team s.t.

Points
1. Marco Zanotti Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe 39
2. Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 37
3. Mikhail Ignatiev Team Columbia 36

Wow, narrow roads! Great by Ciolek


Now a question:
How do you manage to keep your motivation that good ? I mean, I managed to do two months, you've done more than a season!?