Great ending of the Tour of California!!!

Congrats alex

thanks guys and wacko I think that I got that

wasnt even intended

ok. Then... wacko I think that we got that

teamwork... or something like that

Tour du Haut Var


A lot of French team had riders today in the breakaway.


Kirchen tried an attack on the last hill but there wasn't the right place and after just a few seconds the pack catches him


So we are now in the last 10km. A lot of serious attacks, some of them are made by big names like Chavanel, Pineau, Valverde and Rebellin


Ignatiev is our only rider that tries somethin there


But nobody could keep up with Valverde today


Pineau and Rebellin start the sprint behind Valverde but it could be only for the second spot


And it was. Valverde gets a great win


Pineau wins the fight for the second place


Ignatiev finishes fourth


Results
1. Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne 4h58'55
2. Jérôme Pineau Bouygues Télécom s.t.
3. Davide Rebellin LPR Brakes - Ballan s.t.
4. Mikhail Ignatiev Team Columbia + 40
5. Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 55
6. Benoit Vaugrenard Française des Jeux s.t.
7. Christian Pfannberger Barloworld s.t.
8. Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
9. Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux s.t.
10. Eduardo Gonzalo Agritubel s.t.

Good effort by Ignatiev

Race calendar for March

Omloop Het Volk


4 strong riders where in the breakaway. Burghardt, Baldato, Rast and Hushovd


Ballan made an early move. He caught the escapes and only Baldato can continue with him, the others are left behind


But soon Baldato craks and Ballan will go alone from now. His advantage over his bigest rivalls is more than 3 minutes !


And all his rivalls are in the same group. A strong chasing group lead by Silence Lotto, Quick Step and CSC


Our leader, George Hincapie is there in a pretty good position


While Eisel fights to hand on at the back of the group


Gilbert tried to go alone after Ballan


Devolder attacked later and tried to help Gilbert but Ballan is too far


And Ballan wins the first cobbled race of the 2009 season. Perfect start for him as nobody could compete with him today


Gilbert beats with Devolder and takes the second place


A nice 10th place for Hincapie I would say


Results
1. Alessandro Ballan Lampre 5h16'12
2. Philippe Gilbert Française des Jeux + 2'44
3. Stijn Devolder Quick·Step + 3'08
4. Stuart O'Grady Quick·Step + 3'42
5. Vladimir Gusev Astana Cycling Team s.t.
6. Fabian Cancellara Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
7. Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank s.t.
8. Juan Antonio Flecha Rabobank s.t.
9. Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
10. George Hincapie Team Columbia s.t.

That's the only thing that Hincapie is missing... A victory in the cobbles!

Did you try anything with him or was he just to weak?

I tried to with him after Gilber and Devolder but didn't have enough energy left after those cobbled hills

I see...

I predict it's gona be harder than last year for Hincapie since the younger ones have progressed and he didn't...

anyway good luck

hope that Flecha, Devolder, Ballan, Boonen or Cancellara won't renew their contracts so can get them

OMG! Who would've thought that this will happen

Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne


No breakaway today, and the pack is slowly lead by CSC and Quick Step


After the last cobbled hill Eisel, De Waele, Breschel, Klier and Ljungqvist gaines some metres over the rest of the pack


But they don't look very good as the first big name makes his move, is Gilbert


Then Flecha


O'Grady attacks, Hincapie is right after him


And finally the rest of the big names with Cancellara in front


Breschel and Klier are still in front but their adventure is going to end soon.


And it does when a group of favourites lead by Gilbert and Hincapie catches them


The final battle is between O'Grady, Cancellara and Devolder, who was very fast in the last kilometres of the race


And the winner is... Cancellara!


A better position now for Hincapie, 6th


Results
1. Fabian Cancellara Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5h02'10
2. Stuart O'Grady Quick·Step s.t.
3. Stijn Devolder Quick·Step s.t.
4. Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto s.t.
5. Philippe Gilbert Française des Jeux s.t.
6. George Hincapie Team Columbia s.t.
7. Vladimir Gusev Astana Cycling Team s.t.
8. Johan Vansummeren Silence - Lotto s.t.
9. Grégory Rast Astana Cycling Team s.t.
10. Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto s.t.

Vuelta a Murcia Stage 1


The breakaway. Nothing important about them except the battle for the KOM jersey


With 7.5km to go the pack is split into two groups. Pereiro, Cobo, Gomez Marchante, Van Goolen, Barredo, Danielson, Lastras, Plaza, Beltran, Kreuziger are the big names caught in a trap in the second group


While in front Ignatiev is doing a great job as always


Only Del Nero can keep it up with Boom and our train in the first phase


Van Emden takes the lead. Now our rivall is Popovych?!


The Dutch stop sprinting and he lets Cavendish in front


Good win for Cavendish and podium for Van Emden though that we had an unexpected opponent


The second group came after 1 minute and 39 seconds


Stage
1. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia 3h39'53
2. Yaroslav Popovych Silence - Lotto s.t.
3. Jos Van Emden Team Columbia s.t.
4. Lars Boom Team Columbia s.t.
5. Marcin Sapa Team Volksbank s.t.
6. Mikhail Ignatiev Team Columbia s.t.
7. Evaldas Siskevicius Garmin - Chipotle PowerPC by H30 s.t.
8. Matteo Tosatto Quick·Step s.t.
9. Wim De Vocht Silence - Lotto s.t.
10. Michael Albasini Liquigas s.t.

Overall
1. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia 3h39'33
2. Yaroslav Popovych Silence - Lotto + 8
3. Jos Van Emden Team Columbia + 12
4. Lars Boom Team Columbia + 20
5. Marcin Sapa Team Volksbank s.t.
6. Mikhail Ignatiev Team Columbia s.t.
7. Evaldas Siskevicius Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
8. Matteo Tosatto Quick·Step s.t.
9. Wim De Vocht Silence - Lotto s.t.
10. Michael Albasini Liquigas s.t.

Points
1. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia 25
2. Yaroslav Popovych Silence - Lotto 20
3. Jos Van Emden Team Columbia 16

Mountain
1. Christian Murro Lampre 12
2. Huub Duyn Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 8
3. Alberto Rodríguez Contentpolis - Murcia 4

Are Cavendish in bad shape. Looked like a very close win.
But good and nice to see some screenshots, as you always use. Very nice.

Keep them updates coming

he is something between 60 and 70 fitness points. The finish was close because when Cavendish took the lead from Van Emden he had no energy left in the yellow and red bars, that's why I stopped sprinting with Van Emnden. Probably that happend because of the fast pace that was after the pack was split

Ahh... makes sense, good luck keeping the leaderjersey

hehe thanks maybe I will do it today