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Rio es Carnival/Seara/Vivo Story
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 05-02-2011 19:48
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roturn wrote:
Good job winning the jersey.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 05-02-2011 20:42
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+2 At last the sponsors can be happy |
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| baia |
Posted on 05-02-2011 21:56
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+3..well done..great effort from Rio. |
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 06-02-2011 01:29
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@all
Thanks for the comments and the bananas 
Just before our month review, we have Tour de Romandie results.
May 2nd: Other Results
Tour de Romandie
| 1 | John Gadret | 17h05'12 | | 2 | Maxime Monfort | + 12 | | 3 | Kevin De Weert | + 41 | | 4 | Janez Brajkovic | + 44 | | 5 | Nicki Sorensen | + 1'07 | | 6 | Marco Pinotti | + 1'17 | | 7 | Tony Martin | + 1'24 | | 8 | Pierrick Fédrigo | + 1'32 | | 9 | Rigoberto Urán | + 2'01 | | 10 | Jakob Fuglsang | + 2'22 |
Spoiler Stage 1
| 1 | Sébastien Rosseler | 4'54 | | 2 | Bradley Wiggins | + 5 | | 3 | Gustav Erik Larsson | + 6 |
Stage 2
| 1 | Mauro Santambrogio | 4h09'26 | | 2 | Emanuele Sella | s.t. | | 3 | Nicki Sorensen | s.t. |
Stage 3
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | 3h29'13 | | 2 | Gert Steegmans | s.t. | | 3 | Danilo Napolitano | s.t. |
Stage 4
| 1 | Gustav Erik Larsson | 32'05 | | 2 | Tony Martin | s.t. | | 3 | Michael Rogers | + 2 |
Stage 5
| 1 | Rigoberto Urán | 4h50'20 | | 2 | John Gadret | s.t. | | 3 | Bradley Wiggins | s.t. |
Stage 6
| 1 | Nicholas Roche | 3h55'45 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | s.t. | | 3 | Simon Spilak | s.t. |
| Points | John Gadret | | Mountain | Laurent Beret | | Young | Tony Martin | | Team | Team HTC - Columbia |
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| baia |
Posted on 06-02-2011 02:00
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Seeing the stage results...how come Gadret as a winner? |
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 06-02-2011 02:22
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baia wrote:
Seeing the stage results...how come Gadret as a winner?
Well, there was the strange Stage 2, where he was 5th and and got 30" on Monfort, De Weert and Brajkovic (strange for some riders losing a lot of time, such as Basso losing 5'27, Pinotti, 3'24 and Nibali 14'18);
Lost 1'42 on stage 3 TT to stage winner;
And finished great on both mountain stages (2nd and 4th), putting time on almost everybody if you join those two (Monfort 2nd GC - 34" - De Weert 3rd GC - 1'35 - Brajkovic 4th GC - 2'00)
This is PCM  although it's nice to see GT contenders not winning every race they enter, it isn't realistic when that happens =) although the Giro contenders should be in top form.. |
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 06-02-2011 11:16
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May 2nd: Month Review
We’ll now see what our team has done in April. You’re reading our month review.
We took part in several races this month as our best riders were preparing for the late month goals. Tanel Kangert got us the mountain jersey in [img-r]https://img638.imageshack.us/img638/4406/legenda1.jpg[/img-r]Vuelta a Castilla y León, a nice result considering his shape at that moment. He couldn’t repeat the good performances on Giro del Trentino, though, where we aimed for a nice GC. Until the 25th, we weren’t doing well on classics: even on Tro-Bro Léon, where our leader Nilceu dos Santos was peaking, he couldn’t finish with the peloton. But on the classic where we were least expecting a nice result, East Midlands Cicle Classic - a cobble race - we felt how it was to be in the Top 10 again, a thing hadn’t happened for almost a month.
[img-l]https://img135.imageshack.us/img135/402/legenda2.jpg[/img-l]As our leaders were now reaching perfection in their fitness, we have the races in Asturias. We were not successful in the classic Subida al Naranco, but it’s completely the opposite for Vuelta a Asturias. We had the goal to wear the sprinters jersey, and after a bad performance by both Walker and Pagliarini on stage 1, we attacked and battled through 3 more stages before finally seeing Walker fulfill the goal. We also had a Top 10 with Kangert on stage 3. Summing up, it was a nice month, with 2 jersey wins, one classic Top 10 and one stage Top 10.
The Pro Tour rankings are pretty much the same. [img-r]https://img577.imageshack.us/img577/5462/legenda3.jpg[/img-r]Kirchen and Vinokourov keep dominating it following their 1st and 2nd on Pais Vasco and nice performances on the Ardennes. Katusha is great positioned on teams rankings thanks not only to Kirchen but also Rodríguez’ podium on Flèche Wallone and 4th on Pais Vasco. It’s not enough to beat Astana, though. The main cobble classics put Tom Boonen and Quick-Step good on the rankings, while John Gadret flew on the CQ Ranking after his Romandie win and a nice performance in Flèche Wallone.
Rankings
UCI Pro Tour
Individual
| 1 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana | 382 | | 2 | Kim Kirchen | Katusha | 319 | | 3 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre | 218 | | 4 | Tom Boonen | Quick-Step | 210 | | 5 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha | 202 |
Team
| 1 | Astana | 743 | | 2 | Katusha | 639 | | 3 | Quick-Step | 466 | | 4 | Saxo Bank | 395 | | 5 | HTC - Columbia | 387 |
Continental Tour
Spoiler Individual
| 1 | Bert De Waele | Landbrouwkrediet | 419 | | 2 | Michele Scarponi | Androni Giocattoli | 407 | | 3 | Christophe Kern | Cofidis | 394 | | 4 | Pierrick Fédrigo | Bouygues Télécom | 298 | | 5 | Tom Veelers | Skil - Shimano | 284 |
Team
| 1 | Bouygues Télécom | 1087 | | 2 | Cofidis | 936 | | 3 | Landbrouwkrediet | 927 | | 4 | Skil - Shimano | 649 | | 5 | Androni Giocattoli | 644 |
CQ Ranking
Spoiler Individual
| 1 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana | 1572 | | 2 | Kim Kirchen | Katusha | 1106 | | 3 | Tom Boonen | Quick-Step | 971 | | 4 | John Gadret | AG2R | 804 | | 5 | Fabian Cancellara | Saxo Bank | 777 |
Team
| 1 | Astana | 3955 | | 2 | Katusha | 2637 | | 3 | Liquigas | 2180 | | 4 | Quick-Step | 2177 | | 5 | Saxo Bank | 2167 |
Victories
Spoiler Individual
| 1 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana | 10 | | 2 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre | 7 | | 3 | Kim Kirchen | Katusha | 6 | | 4 | Daniel Navarro | Astana | 6 | | 5 | Christophe Kern | Cofidis | 5 |
Team
| 1 | Astana | 20 | | 2 | AG2R | 14 | | 3 | Liquigas | 12 | | 4 | Katusha | 10 | | 5 | Lampre | 10 |
Other races results
Pro Tour
| Ronde Van Vlaanderen (#110) | Frédéric Amorison | | Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco (#110) | Alexandre Vinokourov | | Paris - Roubaix (#110) | Tom Boonen | | Amstel Gold Race (#173) | Michael Albasini | | La Flèche Wallone (#173) | Samuel Sánchez | | Liège - Bastogne - Liège (#173) | Samuel Sánchez | | Tour de Romandie (#204) | John Gadret |
Continental Tour
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Magazine Monthly Awards
Rider of the Month:
Tom Boonen
Victories: 2 (Races)/1 (Stages)
2nd places: 0/1
3rd places: 0/1
Races: KBC-Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde, Paris - Roubaix
Young rider of the month:
Yohan Offredo
Victories: 0 (Races)/0 (Stages)
2nd places: 0/0
3rd places: 1/0
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Seara/Vivo Rider of the Month presented by Donut&Donut
 
Tanel Kangert
Congratulations to Tanel Kangert, he is April's rider of the month! The final choice was between Kangert and Walker, but after remembering Walker's performance on stage 1 of Asturias, which was the most important stage, and seeing that without Kangert our Australian wouldn't be able to reach the goal, we decided to choose Kangert, as he also good other nice results! Well done!
Edited by lluuiiggii on 19-02-2011 17:38
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| baia |
Posted on 06-02-2011 11:52
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Nice review...and Kangert deserve the donuts.....but i give a to Walker...he fought well.. |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 06-02-2011 13:49
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+1 Hope the good form contimues  |
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 06-02-2011 21:26
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May 2nd
Giro di Toscana
Well, I couldn’t find anything about Giro di Toscana: flag, poster, logo, website… so you get the image of Tuscany’s falg, the region of Italy where the race happens. Weird I couldn’t find anything given it’s an old race, created in 1983 nad having 82 editions so far. It’s rated as 1.1 nowadays, although I found some source showing a stage race Toscana. Anyway, in PCM it’s a classic.
But for us, it’s not any classic: it’s the classic, as one of our season goals. There is another classic among our goals, but this is the first one. The race isn’t tough at all when compared to the other hilly classics. The first half of the race is quite flat, with some small ascents. The biggest ascent, Valico della Scheggia, comes on the transition from first to second half when then the riders enter a criterium where they will climb Anghiari four times.. The flat finish migh very well see a medium-sized peloton sprinting for the win.
Startlist
Spoiler Androni Giocattoli
1. L.Bertagnolli
2. T.Bertolini
3. A.Bertolini
4. L.Á.Maté
5. M.Scarponi
6. J.Serpa
7. L.Solari
8. F.Taborre
Vacansoleil
11. R.Riccò
12. M.Carrara
13. R.Feillu
14. M.Golas
15. M.Marcato
16. B.Traksel
17. A.Van Groen
18. J.Van Leijen
AG2R
21. V.Efimkin
22. J.Arrieta
23. M.Bouet
24. J.Bérard
25. A.Efimkin
26. J.Loubet
27. R.Mandri
28. C.Riblon
Katusha
31. L.Mazzanti
32. M.Bandiera
33. P.Brutt
34. G.Caruso
35. M.Ignatiev
36. M.Khalilov
37. T.Kritskiy
38. E.Vorganov
Lampre
41. G.Bole
42. A.Balloni
43. L.Bernucci
44. D.Hondo
45. M.Marzano
46. G.Simoni
47. A.Spezialetti
48. D.Ulissi
Miche
51. P.Niemiec
52. F.Baliani
53. S.Campagnaro
54. E.Carvajal
55. L.Gitto
56. P.Muto
CDC - Cavaliere
61. D.Callegarin
62. D.Agosta
63. D.Andrenacci
64. M.Dimic
65. G.Muraglia
66. D.Stankovic
67. D.Torosantucci
68. L.Zanasca
Liquigas
71. F.Bellotti
72. V.Agnoli
73. R.Kiserlovski
74. K.Koren
75. D.Oss
76. M.Paterski
77. I.Santaromita
78. B.Vandborg
Acqua & Sapone
81. F.Failli
82. M.Codol
83. A.Fantini
84. A.Masciarelli
85. F.Masciarelli
86. D.Ortega
87. G.Palumbo
88. L.Pierfelici
Ceramica Flaminia
91. M.Gentili
92. S.Anza
93. R.Belohvosciks
94. C.Fumagalli
95. E.Girardi
96. F.Lucciola
97. A.Maserati
98. A.Noè
CarmioOro
101. A.Tonti
102. R.Ferrara
103. D.Genovesi
104. S.Pardilla
105. E.Peruffo
106. A.Quadranti
107. D.Ratto
108. F.Terrenzio
Colnago - CSF
111. D.Pozzovivo
112. A.Bisolti
113. F.Canuti
114. M.Gaia
115. M.Pavarin
116. S.Pirazzi
117. F.Savini
118. S.Stortoni
Quick·Step
121. D.Cataldo
122. M.Facci
123. A.Kunitski
124. D.Malacarne
125. F.Reda
126. B.Samoilau
127. M.Tosatto
128. M.Velo
Footon - Servetto
131. E.Capecchi
132. J.A.Benítez
133. M.Brändle
134. E.Capelli
135. V.Celis
136. M.Corti
137. N.Gianetti
138. E.Mata
De Rosa - Stac
141. F.Negri
142. C.Benenati
143. O.Berdos
144. M.Cattaneo
145. R.Chiarini
146. J.Golcer
147. M.Montaguti
148. C.Salerno
Garmin
151. J.Dean
152. T.Duggan
153. C.Meier
154. T.Meyer
155. M.Wilson
Seara/Vivo
161. T.Kangert
162. J.Giacinti
163. D.Mello
164. M.Morandi
165. M.Médici
166. M.Nazaret
167. R.Ruiz
168. H.Vítor
Vorarlberg - Corratec
171. R.Weissinger
172. S.Ackermann
173. S.Baldauf
174. J.Benetseder
175. C.Fankhauser
176. A.Gufler
177. D.Hrinkow
178. M.Strgar
Amore & Vita
181. K.Volik
182. V.Bileka
183. V.Borisov
184. B.Colex
185. J.Dabrowski
186. F.Fognini
187. J.Novak
188. O.Opryshko
ISD CT
191. V.Popkov
192. I.Abakoumov
193. Y.Agarkov
194. D.Karnulin
195. O.Martynenko
196. R.Mykhaylov
197. A.Topchanyuk
198. A.Usov
Betonezpressz
201. R.Ivanov
202. A.Angeloni
203. R.Cador
204. M.Carletti
205. G.Coletta
206. Z.Madaras
207. Z.Tisza
208. G.Visconti
ISD - Neri
211. S.Mancuso
212. V.Kondrut
213. F.Tomei
Brandenburg
221. S.Schäfer
222. N.Arndt
223. F.Dehmel
224. T.Meier
225. P.Nagler
226. E.Pidun
227. L.Telschow
228. M.Weicht
Favorites
As we have several other races today, the start list isn’t really strong. Androni Giocattoli brought a strong team, but we don’t know who will be their leader yet. The main options are Leonardo Bertagnolli and Michele Scarponi, who should be in a good form with the Giro d’Italia on the next corner. I’m actually surprised to not see him in Romandie. Another contender would be Riccò, but we’ve seen in Giro del Trentino that he hasn’t got a good form. 2006 winner Przemyslaw Niemiec is here, too. The list continues with Luca Mazzanti, Grega Bole and others. We’ll have to see who has a good form, which could be crucial today.
Rio es Carnival/Seara/Vivo
Team Goals:
- Top 10 - Sponsor Goal (Kangert)
Well, when you are given numbers 161, 162, and need a Top 10 things could be quite hard. Kangert has got almost an excellent form, though, and that’s where we’re counting to get this goal. Almost the whole team has a good form, and these are the best guys on hilly terrain on the team, so we have hopes of completing the goal. Fortunately the good luck that got Walker the points jersey in Asturias isn’t over so we can use it a bit here.
1. T.Kangert
2. J.Giacinti
3. D.Mello
4. M.Morandi
5. M.Médici
6. M.Nazaret
7. R.Ruiz
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| baia |
Posted on 06-02-2011 22:14
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Good luck,hope Kangert can do it. |
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 07-02-2011 21:29
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Just saying that school has started today, and with it all the extra things, so things will slow down a bit but hopefully I can maintain at least one post per day and maybe a bit more in weekends =) |
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| baia |
Posted on 07-02-2011 21:31
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Quit school.. |
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| roturn |
Posted on 07-02-2011 21:52
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Don`t quit school as studying is brilliant
No problem with posting just one post a day, Even one post all 2 days are good. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 07-02-2011 22:00
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roturn wrote:
Don`t quit school as studying is brilliant
No problem with posting just one post a day, Even one post all 2 days are good.
Yeah, hot chicks are at school. Nuff said.
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 07-02-2011 22:03
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Wow, an 'school has begun' info post has got more comments than an actual stage
I'm not quitting school, but studying is not really... brilliant |
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| roturn |
Posted on 07-02-2011 22:05
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Hey, enjoy school as long as you sill have it
And studying is brilliant for sure
You will never have that much time next to your "work" again. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 07-02-2011 23:41
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Good luck for Toscana. And hope you find time to post a stage regurally.
roturn wrote:
Excellent.
Walker >>> Barbosa
Just saw this today. Obviously, this is another thing that proves PCM is far from being close to reality.  |
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 08-02-2011 00:09
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@FreitasPCM
Didn't you see my answer?
lluuiiggii wrote:
@roturn
Well, Walker performed very well, but Walker <<< Barbosa... 
Maybe in a few years... |
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| roturn |
Posted on 08-02-2011 09:57
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It was also just meant as a typical PCM result ^^
And also good luck for the next race, Kangert sould do quite well there. |
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