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EPIC - Season 2 Part 1
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| JoeArmstrong13 |
Posted on 18-02-2015 10:14
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Gabon seems to of been a bit of a blip as both teams in Down Under and San Luis are getting good results so far, keep it up guys!
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| Paul23 |
Posted on 18-02-2015 11:57
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Silvio Herklotz wrote:
So many races with so good reports at the moment. Yay! 
One by one now:
- Qatar is going as planned. I'd like to see somebody from the team in a breakaway (maybe Voltali?), but as long as Grawunder stays safely in the pack so he can win the race in the TT, I'm fine 
I hope so, too.
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| Paul23 |
Posted on 18-02-2015 11:58
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Marcovdw wrote:
Don't feel very motivated right now to convert everything to PCM11 just to report on Strade Bianche, so if anyone wants to take over the race that would be nice 
Strade? since I got no wildcard, I would be perfect to do this!(+high graphics as fuck) Please let me do it. It's one of my favourite races in the calender. 
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 18-02-2015 12:46
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Paul23 wrote:
Marcovdw wrote:
Don't feel very motivated right now to convert everything to PCM11 just to report on Strade Bianche, so if anyone wants to take over the race that would be nice
Strade? since I got no wildcard, I would be perfect to do this!(+high graphics as fuck) Please let me do it. It's one of my favourite races in the calender.
Since Silvio and Cycleman both have a goal there, I'll happily pass it on to you (if Ollfradh is ok with this?)
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 18-02-2015 12:49
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Sure
And I can agree converting for 1 PCM11 reporter is a bit stupid
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Paul23 |
Posted on 18-02-2015 13:11
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Marcovdw wrote:
Paul23 wrote:
Marcovdw wrote:
Don't feel very motivated right now to convert everything to PCM11 just to report on Strade Bianche, so if anyone wants to take over the race that would be nice
Strade? since I got no wildcard, I would be perfect to do this!(+high graphics as fuck) Please let me do it. It's one of my favourite races in the calender.
Since Silvio and Cycleman both have a goal there, I'll happily pass it on to you (if Ollfradh is ok with this?)
Thank you very much. Do I have to do a preview first?(I guess so ) And since Strade has almost the same course through the years, can I take the variant with the best graphics?
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 18-02-2015 13:33
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Paul23 wrote:
Thank you very much. Do I have to do a preview first?(I guess so ) And since Strade has almost the same course through the years, can I take the variant with the best graphics?
Yes and you can moan about how much Kwiatek and La Bestia would have dominated
Nothing wrong with the standard one, route is more important than graphics.
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 18-02-2015 19:58
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Welcome back to the highlights of day two here in Qatar. Will it be another stage for Demare, can Cavendish get his leadout right or will the breakaway steal the show? Today, the break was made up of Brändle (IAM), Förster (UHC), Roulston (AND) and Pomoshnikov (RVL).
With 90km to go, the gap was at nearly 10 minutes, but the peleton continued to take it easy...
...but the peleton started working shortly after, and looked like catching them.
But with 3000 metres left, Roulston was still the solo leader. The crosswinds made it too hard to catch him! He had a gap of roughly a minute on the severely decimated pack, with Förster and Pomoshnikov somewhere inbetween, whilst Brändle had been caught.
In an unbelievably chaotic sprint, the same guys who were at the front yesterday eventually managed to catch Pomoshnikov and Förster...
...but Roulston, too tired to even celebrate, had already taken the win. Fantastic effort from him! Cavendish and Demare also make the podium, but will there be a time gap? There won't, say the officials. It didn't really matter anyway, since Roulston had lost too much time yesterday already. Demare stays in yellow, whilst he and Cavendish are now tied for points.
Results
| 1 | Hayden Roulston | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | 3h35'22 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 3 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 4 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 5 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 6 | Leigh Howard | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 7 | Fabian Brookes | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 8 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 9 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 10 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | Ryu Kawasaki | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 13 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 14 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 15 | Svein Tuft | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 16 | Gediminas Bagdonas | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 17 | Johan Le Bon | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 18 | Ian Stannard | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 19 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 20 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 21 | Voltali Feunard | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 22 | Filippo Pozzato | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 23 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 24 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 25 | Lars Grawunder | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 26 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 27 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 28 | Pierre Lipawsky | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 29 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 30 | Sergei Pomoshnikov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 31 | Marco Pinotti | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 32 | Jasha Sütterlin | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 33 | Mattia Gavazzi | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 34 | Marouane Shaqif | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 35 | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 36 | Erik Bousche | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 37 | Marco Frapporti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 38 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 39 | Gustav Erik Larsson | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 40 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 41 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 42 | Matthias Brändle | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 43 | Danny Pate | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 44 | Sébastien Hinault | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 45 | Fabrizio Harrini | Colombia | + 2'27 | | 46 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 47 | Allan Davis | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 48 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 49 | Matteo Pelucchi | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 50 | Andreas Stauff | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 51 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 52 | Matt Leigh | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 53 | Jonathan Cantwell | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 54 | Artur Ershov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 55 | Ben Day | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 56 | Jens Voigt | Colombia | s.t. | | 57 | Alexander Rybakov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 58 | Igor Boev | RusVelo | s.t. | | 59 | Iván Gutiérrez | Colombia | s.t. | | 60 | Alexander Wetterhall | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 61 | Hugo Houle | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 62 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | s.t. | | 63 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 64 | Ignatas Konovalovas | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 65 | Caleb Ewan | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 66 | Dominique Cornu | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 67 | Sam Bewley | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 68 | Soren Berg | Colombia | s.t. | | 69 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 70 | Steven Caethoven | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | + 3'56 | | 71 | Marco Bandiera | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 72 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 73 | Davide Viganò | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 74 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 75 | Alessandro Petacchi | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 76 | Graeme Brown | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 77 | Yukiya Arashiro | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 78 | Sebastian Lander | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 79 | Sondre Holst Enger | Colombia | s.t. | | 80 | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia | s.t. | | 81 | Sébastien Delfosse | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 82 | Carlos Barbero | Colombia | + 4'58 | | 83 | Kevin Peeters | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 84 | John Murphy | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 85 | Sven Nys | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 86 | Massimo Graziato | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 87 | Kurt Hovelynck | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 88 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 89 | Jay Thomson | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 90 | Giorgio Brambilla | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 91 | Kevin Claeys | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 92 | Ruben Companioni | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 93 | Kevin Pauwels | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | s.t. | | 94 | Roy Jans | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | s.t. | | 95 | Laurens De Vreese | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 96 | Delio Fernández | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 97 | Dominic Klemme | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 98 | Stephen Clancy | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 99 | Pavel Kochetkov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 100 | Youcef Reguigui | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 101 | Alexander Mironov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 102 | Frédéric Amorison | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 103 | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 104 | Jurgen Van Goolen | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | s.t. | | 105 | Thomas Raeymaekers | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 106 | Jimmi Briceño | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 107 | Christopher Jones | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 108 | Aquali Feunard | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 109 | Martin Reimer | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 110 | Glenn O'Shea | An Post - Chainreaction | s.t. | | 111 | Malcom Rudolph | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 112 | Thomas Degand | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | s.t. | | 113 | Jack Anderson | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 114 | Andrea Peron | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 115 | Martijn Verschoor | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 116 | Luke Davison | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 117 | Alfredo Balloni | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 118 | Jeff Louder | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 119 | Jordan Kerby | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 120 | Dalivier Ospina | Colombia | s.t. | | 121 | Sean Downey | An Post - Chainreaction | s.t. | | 122 | Sander Armee | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 123 | Jack Wilson | An Post - Chainreaction | s.t. | | 124 | Martin Wesemann | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 125 | Zico Waeytens | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 126 | Joe Eldridge | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 127 | Ahmed Al-Mohney | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 128 | Zachary Bell | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 129 | Justin Morris | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 130 | Kin San Wu | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 131 | Ben Grieve-Johnson | Drapac Cycling | + 7'51 | | 132 | Shane Archbold | An Post - Chainreaction | s.t. | | 133 | Kieran Frend | An Post - Chainreaction | s.t. | | 134 | Mark McNally | An Post - Chainreaction | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ.fr | 6h38'44 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Procycling | + 2 | | 3 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEdge | + 10 | | 4 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | + 14 | | 5 | Fabian Brookes | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 6 | Leigh Howard | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 7 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 8 | Ryu Kawasaki | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 9 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 10 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ.fr | 24 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Procycling | 24 | | 3 | Hayden Roulston | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | 20 | | 4 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEdge | 16 | | 5 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | 13 |
Team
| 1 | Team Champion System | 19h56'54 |
Youth
| 1 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ.fr | 6h38'44 |
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| Paul23 |
Posted on 18-02-2015 20:00
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Grawunder still in the field and Cav can not win. Great
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 18-02-2015 20:07
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Once again not really any coverage of the sprint. Pretty sure only LLS cares about Roulston and there was no real mention of how well the sprint was going for anybody. Not trying to put you down, just some constructive criticism
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 18-02-2015 20:14
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3rd, 5 in the Top25 and 6 in the Top26 We are certainly having a strong race so far in Qatar and i'm loving it. Also a fan of the short reports, the style works well. But on a close stage like that a bit more info would have been hugely boosting the quality
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 18-02-2015 20:27
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I am geniunely surprised anyone gives a single flying fuck for Qatar. 
But yeah, criticism noted. Played most stages already, but will try and do so on the remaining stages.
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 18-02-2015 20:37
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Well it's a race and it's worth points. Not to mention we're a sprinters' team. So yeah, obviously I care
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 18-02-2015 22:11
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Good to see Brändle in the break, but another no-show from Pelucchi isn't good 
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| Silvio Herklotz |
Posted on 18-02-2015 23:35
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Voltali Feunard in 21st finishing best of the team looks good, but most importantly Grawunder is up there.
Oh and Team Classification is also nice
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| OZrocker |
Posted on 19-02-2015 04:37
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trekbmc wrote:
@OZrocker
Thanks, but that's not my first report, or do you mean specifically of this race?
Oops! 
I meant both because I haven't seen your reports before, sorry if you were offended. Great report nonetheless
Now if only Drapac would do something in Qatar. It's dead flat which should suit us and yet everyone got dropped. Grieve-Johnson needs to redeem himself in the time-trial after finishing behind all of every team except An Post, while Anderson and Kerby also need to shine or else they'll find it tough getting race days later in the year.
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 19-02-2015 05:41
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A great stage win for Roulston making it number 2 for the team. Don't mind Kawasaki's performance considering we won the stage.
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 19-02-2015 06:57
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OZrocker wrote:
trekbmc wrote:
@OZrocker
Thanks, but that's not my first report, or do you mean specifically of this race?
Oops!
I meant both because I haven't seen your reports before, sorry if you were offended. Great report nonetheless
No problem and thanks for the compliment, I only did 3 1 day races last year, so you probably just didn't see it.
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 19-02-2015 10:15
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 Volta ao Algarve
Well, the 2014 season is in full swing, with Heimdal Hagg taking the first win of the year in the Tour of Gabon. Soon, it will be time to set our sites on Portugal, for the 40th edition of the Volta ao Algarve. Jose Manuel Marques won the race's inaugral edition in 1960 and Antonio Pisco won in '61, before the UCI enforced a break on the Volta until 1977, when Belmiro Silva won. Cassio Freitas was the first non-Portuguese winner in 1993, and in 1998, we had the first non-Portuguese-speaking winner through Czech Tomas Konecny.
Kim Po-Ding won last year's edition, and now it's time for 2014.
Astana
GC Leader: Fredrik Kessiakoff
Sprint Leader: Francesco Gavazzi
EPIC Riders: Mamyr Stash, Dylan Teuns
Movistar
GC Leader: Rui Costa
Sprint Leader: None
EPIC Riders: David de la Cruz
Tinkoff
GC Leader: None
Sprint Leader: Sam Bennett
EPIC Riders: None
Androni
GC Leader: Rein Taaramae
Sprint Leader: Andrea Zordan
EPIC Riders: Ahmed al-Mohney, Delfi Cervero, Pierre Lipawsky, Krista Marcus
Bardiani
GC Leader: None
Sprint Leader: Gediminas Bagdonas
EPIC Riders: None
Caja Rural
GC Leader: Julian Arredondo
Sprint Leader: Manuel Cordozo
EPIC Riders: None
CCC
GC Leader: Davide Rebellin
Sprint Leader: Bartlomiej Matysiak
EPIC Riders: None
Champion System
GC Leader: Po-ding Kim
Sprint Leader: Naveed Alinejad
EPIC Riders: Naveed Alinejad, Lars Grawunder, Po-ding Kim, Firmansyah Sinaga
Cofidis
GC Leader: Daniel Navarro
Sprint Leader: None
EPIC Riders: Anders Myrvold
Colombia
GC Leader: Gorka Nieve
Sprint Leader: Marcel Meisen
EPIC Riders: Gorka Nieve
IAM
GC Leader: Thomas Lofkvist
Sprint Leader: Kevyn Ista
EPIC Riders: None
Lampre
GC Leader: None
Sprint Leader: Roberto Ferrari
EPIC Riders: None
NetApp
GC Leader: Thomas Schwabe
Sprint Leader: Nikias Arndt
EPIC Riders: Jose Alberto Juarez
Novo Nordisk
GC Leader: None
Sprint Leader: None
EPIC Riders: None
UHC
GC Leader: None
Sprint Leader: None
EPIC Riders: None
Vacansoleil
GC Leader: Tomasz Marczynski
Sprint Leader: Kris Boeckmans
EPIC Riders: Kristjan Palmarsson
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| Shonak |
Posted on 19-02-2015 10:20
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EPIC Riders: Jose Alberto Juarez, Michael Schwarzmann, mathieu van der Poel
Both VDP and Schwarzmann are real riders.
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