Stage Wins: 21
World Championships:
- TT: Gustav Erik Larsson
National Championships:
- Road: Sweden (T. Lovkvist)
- TT: Sweden (G.E. Larsson)
Tour Wins: 7
Vuelta a la Region de Murcia (T. Lovkvist)
Criterium International (T. Lovkvist)
Circuit Sarth-Pays de la Loire (J. Peraud)
Amgen Tour of California (G.E. Larsson)
Bayern-Rundfahrt (G.E. Larsson)
Philadelphia International Championship (T. Lovkvist)
Tour of Missouri (T. Lovkvist)
Mountain Jersey's (Tour) Wins: 5
Sprint Jersey's (Tour) Win's: 4
Young Rider (Tour) Wins: 3
Stage Wins: 15
World Championships:
- TT: Gustav Erik Larsson
National Championships:
- Road: USA (Tejay Van Garderen), Ireland (Daniel Martin)
- TT: Sweden (G.E. Larsson)
Tour Wins: 11
Tour de San Luis - F. Kessiakoff
Vuelta a Mallorca - T. Lofkvist
Scandinavian Race in Uppsala - M. Hayman
Tour of Zeeland - T. Phinney
Route du Sud - J. Peraud
La Poly Normande - T. Lofkvist
Paris-Correze - T. Lofkvist
Dutch Food Valley Classic - J. Keough
Paris-Bruxelles - T. Phinney
Tour of Britain - G.E. Larsson
Chrono des Nations - G.E. Larsson
Last Stage Win: September 18, 2011 - GE Larsson
Mountain Jersey's (Tour) Wins: 6
Sprint Jersey's (Tour) Win's: 5
Young Rider (Tour) Wins: 8
Team Competition (Tour) Wins: 7
2010
Spoiler
Welcome everyone to the 2010 Cycling Award Show. It has been a very eventfully year, so lets get started right away. The first award of the night goes to the man who won the most stages throughout the year.
Most Wins - Individual
And no surprise here, its the Manx Missile - Mark Cavendish.
Who finished the year with 20 stage wins.
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Mark Cavendish also played a big part in our next award.
Most Wins - Team
Team HTC-Columbia tallies 43 wins this season,
they beat out Saxo Bank and EA-Sony Ericsson who finished with 31.
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We go from wins, to an all around best performance riders of the year.
CT Rankings - Individual
EA-Sony Ericsson climber, Thomas Lovkvist takes this award beating
Kenny Van Hummel from Skil-Shimano by 6 points.
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But Kenny Van Hummel and his teammates did enough to earn our next award.
CT Rankings - Team
Skil-Shimano had a great year,
and will be joined by Vacansoleil in the ProTour next season.
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Now onto the top dogs of the cycling world.
PT Rankings - Individual
Alberto Contador had no problems winning this award,
2nd place Damiano Cunego was over 200 points back.
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As for the best team this year,
it's the Schleck brothers plus Cancellara who brought their team to the top.
PT Rankings - Team
Team Saxo Bank are official the team to beat next year,
now with this target on their back.
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Now we would like to give some credit to the riders that won some of the biggest races of the year, before we hand out Velo d'Or.
Or better know is the best cyclist of the year award.
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
Franco Pellizotti
Tour de France
Alberto Contador
Vuelta a Espana
Alberto Contador
Monuments
Milan – San Remo
Mark Cavendish
Paris–Roubaix
Tom Boonen
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Damiano Cunego
Giro di Lombardia
Damiano Cunego
Other Classics
Ronde van Vlaanderen
Tom Boonen
Gent–Wevelgem
Stijn Devolder
Amstel Gold Race
Joaquin Rodriguez
La Flèche Wallonne
Damiano Cunego
World Championships
Individual Time Trial
Gustav Erik Larsson
Road Race
Martijn Maaskant
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It's now time to present the award you have been waiting for,
the best cyclist of the year award.
Velo d'Or
Alberto Contador
This man was on a different level all year and his results can't be beat by any other cyclist this year. And with a high price tag, Contador will be taking his talents to Saxo Bank next season as they reload after the Schleck brothers formed their new team Leopard-Trek.
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Thank You for sticking around all season,
and we hope to provide another great year in 2011.
2011
Spoiler
After a hard fought season the only thing we have left to do is present
and reward the outstanding achievements that were accomplished
over the last ten months. We will start at the top,
as I would like to give you your 2011 Pro Tour Champions ...
Leopard-Trek is the best team in the peloton for the second straight year
if you count Saxo Bank winning the title the last year.
Lead by the Schleck brothers, who collected 46% of their 1406 points,
Leopard can leave the cycling on the highest terms.
With the team dissolving and combinating with RadioShack for next season,
the will be one last celebration of the team.
Final Pro Tour standing can be found below.
1
Leopard Trek
1404
2
Euskaltel-Euskadi
1222
3
Katusha
1199
4
Garmin-Cervelo
1172
5
Saxo Bank
947
6
RadioShack
817
7
Lampre-ISD
773
8
Quick-Step
769
9
Sky
739
10
Liquigas-Cannondale
662
11
Vacansoleil
645
12
Omega Pharma
591
13
Astana
574
14
Rabobank
507
15
HTC-Highroad
485
16
Movistar
484
17
AG2R
201
18
Skil-Shimano
45
From the PT to the CT, the battle to be the best in the lower division really wasn't a contest at all. EA-Sony Ericsson rode away right from the start of the season and never looked back. Lead by the Swedish duo of Larsson and Lofkvist, they beat 2nd place Landbouwkrediet by over a 1,000 points.
Full CT Standings Found Below.
1
EA-Sony Ericsson
4150
2
Landbouwkrediet
3086
3
Team Type 1
2948
4
BMC
2774
5
Cofidis
2435
6
Acqua & Sapone
2433
7
FDJ
2406
8
Miche-Guerciotti
2392
9
Caja Rural
2183
10
Saur-Sojasun
2177
11
Androni Giocattoli
1850
12
Europcar
1816
13
Team NetApp
1645
14
CCC Polsat Polkowice
1529
15
Geox-TMC
1439
16
Colnago-CSF Inox
1348
17
Topsport Vlaanderen
1334
18
Farnese Vini
1305
19
Veranda's Willems
1124
20
D'Angelo & Antenucci
801
21
Christina Watches
741
22
UnitedHealthCare
727
23
SpiderTech
701
24
Endura
679
25
Bretagne-Schuller
669
26
Robobank CT
667
27
Andalucia Caja
646
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Colombia es Pasion
623
29
Team NSP
623
30
Bank BGZ
543
The make up of the Pro Tour always goes through major changes from year to year with promotion and regulation along with sponsor changes.
So to clear things up here is a quick overview of the 2012 PT peloton.
Astana
Lampre-ISD
Robobank
Euskaltel-Euskadi
Liquigas-Cannondale
Saxo Bank
Garmin-Barracuda
Lotto Belisol
Sky ProCycling
GreenEdge
Movistar
Sony Ericsson
Katusha
Omega Pharma
Vacansoleil
Landbouwkrediet
RadioShack-Nissan
Xbox-Mircosoft
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Victory count is always interesting to look at, and this year is no different
with 3 riders will share this award with 12 wins each to their names - Alessandro Petacchi, Fabian Cancellara, Alberto Contador
Team wins was just as close with Garmin-Cervelo beating out
Lampre-ISD by just a single a victory. Their new manager
will hopefully continue their winning ways into the 2012 season.
Sure victories are great but the really measuring stick in cycling are the ranking points. Here are your best PT and CT cyclist of the year. Samuel Sanchez (PT) and Jure Kocjan (CT)
Pro Tour
1
Samuel Sanchez
Euskaltel-Euskadi
818
2
Alberto Contador
Saxo Bank
695
3
Joaquim Rodriguez
Katusha
593
4
Andy Schleck
Leopard Trek
486
5
Tom Boonen
Quick-Step
451
6
Fabian Cancellara
Leopard Trek
398
7
Thor Hushovd
Garmin-Cervelo
386
8
Philippe Gilbert
Omega Pharma
369
9
Vincenzo Nibali
Liquigas
363
10
Tyler Farrar
Garmin-Cervelo
292
Continental Tour
1
Jure Kocjan
Team Type 1
702
2
Bert De Waele
Landbouwkrediet
634
3
Daniele Callegarin
Team Type 1
567
4
Gustav Erik Larsson
EA-Sony Ericsson
560
5
Stefano Garzelli
Acqua & Sapone
538
6
Thomas Lofkvist
EA-Sony Ericsson
478
7
Staf Scheirlincx
Veranda's Willems
442
8
Daryl Impey
Team NetApp
416
9
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
415
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Davide Rebellin
Miche-Guerciotti
415
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I would now like to bring out the winners of the major races this year.
Giro d'Italia
Vincenzo Nibali
Tour de France
Andy Schleck
Vuelta a Espana
Samuel Sanchez
Milan – San Remo
Alessandro Petacchi
Paris–Roubaix
Tom Boonen
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Joaquim Rodriguez
Giro di Lombardia
Xavier Florencio
Ronde van Vlaanderen
Thor Hushovd
Gent–Wevelgem
Fabian Cancellara
Amstel Gold Race
Alberto Contador
La Flèche Wallonne
Samuel Sanchez
World Championships (ITT)
Gustav Erik Larsson
World Championships (RR)
Phillipe Gilbert
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And now for the the final award of the night, the Velo d'Or.
Award to the best cyclist of the year, it's every riders dream to win this award.
This year, for the first time in a few years, their was no clear favourite. There really wasn't a dominating rider that won several big races.
The Nominees
The Winner of The Velo d'Or
Samuel Sanchez
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Thank You for joining us, that will conclude your 2011 Awards.
Thomas Lofkvist, 28 years old, from Sweden. Lofkvist, along with now rival Larsson, lead EA-Sony Ericsson easily to promotion last year. He is best known for his attacks through the hills, but now in the PT he has to go to the next level if he wants the same results he achieved in the past two seasons. Be one the lookout for Lofkvist to strike in some early season one-day races along with a few GT breakaways.
Spoiler
Sylvain Chavanel, 32 years old, from France. Chavanel is a dangerous rider in any race he enters. He is one of the best riders on the cobbles and should bring some great results for the classics. Although he is right at the end of his prime, he is a great influence on the team for the way he conducts himself on his bike.
Spoiler
Jean-Christophe Peraud, 35 years old, from France. Peraud probably saw his best years end when he rode to 11th overall in the 2011 Tour de France, as the off season wasn't very nice to him. He certainly could win a few smaller races but his main concern will be to help fellow countryman Brice Feillu develop into the next climbing leader for XBox-Mircosoft.
In-Game Date: February 1, 2012
Current Race: End of January
Stage Wins: 1
Tour Wins: 0
Last Stage Win: M. Matthews - Santos Tour Down Under Stage 4
Mountain Jersey's (Tour) Wins: 0
Sprint Jersey's (Tour) Win's: 0
Young Rider (Tour) Wins: 1
Team Competition (Tour) Wins: 0
That is correct, for full race reports it will be best to follow Garmin but XBox and Sony Ericsson will give side angles/back stories to the stages. Thus bringing a different side of events that has never really been done before in a story.
Hope everyone enjoys this new way of reporting for the season.
Also make sure you are in the right thread when congratulating a result.
The goal is to have all 3 stories stand on their own, but if you want a more in-depth view of a stage/tour/recap/etc then all you would need to do is look at the other two threads to seek out more information.
17 January – Stage 1 – Prospect to Clare (149km)
18 January – Stage 2 – Lobethal to Stirling (148km)
19 January – Stage 3 – Unley to Victor Harbor (134.5km)
20 January – Stage 4 – Norwood to Tanunda (130km)
21 January – Stage 5 – McLaren Vale to Old Willunga Hill (151.5km)
22 January – Stage 6 – Elder Park, Adelaide (51km)
Squad:
The team has brought one of the strongest line ups here to Australia lead by longtime EA-Sony Ericsson favourite Thomas Löfkvist. Some other names you might recognize if you were familiar with last years team are Andrew Talansky and Taylor Phinney. They will look to battle it out in the sprints and Talansky could be a dark horse for the overall after seeing what he could do on the hills last year. However both of them will probably be the lead out for Michael Matthews. Completing the 7 man team are Danny Pate, Dominique Rollin and the Aussie veteran Robbie McEwen.
A strong showing by the team today with you, Lofkvist, and Talansky all finishing in the top 10, with you getting the highest finish between the three of you. However today was a hilly stage, shouldn't have Lofkvist been given the leader role?
He was... the problem was the race quickly turned into sprint rather than a chance for Lofkvist to attack so I took over to fly the flag for Australia. And the crowd sure did like that. I'm very happy my teammates were right behind me as it makes this result look really good for the team.
Does that mean Lofkvist still holds the reins of the team when you reach Old Wilunga Hill on stage 5?
Of course, no question in my mind. He is a great puncheur and the captain.
One last question, who is going to produce the first XBox-Microsoft victory?
Haha, hopefully me. But as long as it comes soon I won't care. Well I will care a little bit... management promised a steak dinner to whoever did get that elusive first win.
