EPIC - Season 1 Part 2
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Cycleman123 |
Posted on 06-04-2014 21:05
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Good news: School holidays start on Wednesday and thus coincide perfectly with the Giro.
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Ollfardh |
Posted on 06-04-2014 21:08
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Let's have Dunkerque then
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 06-04-2014 21:25
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more good news, since I don't report, you guys don't need to wait forever for reports
edit: in other words: could be worse
come on, don't look at me that way, I haven't been insulted today yet. I can't live without it
Edited by SSJ2Luigi on 06-04-2014 22:30
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Posted on 06-04-2014 22:32
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Dunkerque raced but report earliest tomorrow. More likely tuesday.
A Big Thank You To All MG Reporters!
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sutty68 |
Posted on 07-04-2014 00:18
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SSJ2Luigi wrote:
more good news, since I don't report, you guys don't need to wait forever for reports
edit: in other words: could be worse
come on, don't look at me that way, I haven't been insulted today yet. I can't live without it
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Cycleman123 |
Posted on 07-04-2014 11:37
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Tour of Turkey
Reguigui is the day's first attacker. He is joined by Morajko, Klemme, Frohlinger and Finetto.
Morajko is on a roll as he wins both Intermediate Sprints and the single Categorised Climb.
The break is still ahead with 4km left, it seems they will have to be swamped up in the sprint if there's a peloton win.
While the rest of his companions have almost been caught, Finetto hangs on for dear life. He has a small lead under the flamme rouge, which may just be enough.
And he takes a lovely win! Chaos behind with no real organisation, and it looks like it's between Bennati and Modolo for 2nd.
And the latter is blocked by McDermott, so Bennati takes another great result and closes in even more on the sprinters' jersey, which is extremely hot at the moment, with 3 Italians within 5 points of eachother .
Stage
1 | Mauro Finetto | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | 2h31'26 | 2 | Daniele Bennati | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 3 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | s.t. | 4 | Youcef Reguigui | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | 5 | Mattia Gavazzi | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 6 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 7 | Matteo Pelucchi | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 8 | Dominic Klemme | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 9 | Sacha Modolo | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | 10 | Carlo Calzone | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Theo Bos | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 12 | Fabrizio Harrini | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 13 | Abraham Denisov | Katusha Team | s.t. | 14 | Erik McDermott | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 15 | Matti Breschel | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 16 | Mario Guido | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | 17 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. | 18 | Tom Leezer | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 19 | Jacek Morajko | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | 20 | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 21 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | s.t. | 22 | Marco Frapporti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 23 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | 24 | Filippo Fortin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | 25 | Jetse Bol | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 26 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | s.t. | 27 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | s.t. | 28 | Robert Gesink | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 29 | Thomas Peeters | Team Europcar | s.t. | 30 | Jan Polanc | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 31 | Daniel Navarro | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 32 | Donato De Ieso | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | 33 | Matteo Tosatto | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 34 | Jack Bobridge | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 35 | Davide Rebellin | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | 36 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | 37 | Jonathan Hivert | Sojasun | s.t. | 38 | Rémi Pauriol | Sojasun | s.t. | 39 | Marek Rutkiewicz | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | 40 | Daniel Schorn | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 41 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 42 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | 43 | Marko Kump | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 44 | Winner Anacona | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 45 | Dermot Walker | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 46 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 47 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 48 | Pirmin Lang | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 49 | Blaz Jarc | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 50 | Travis Jones | Sojasun | s.t. | 51 | Sergey Firsanov | RusVelo | s.t. | 52 | Sergei Pomoshnikov | RusVelo | s.t. | 53 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | s.t. | 54 | Florian Vachon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 55 | Kim Tan | RusVelo | s.t. | 56 | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 57 | Julien El Fares | Sojasun | s.t. | 58 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 59 | Zakkari Dempster | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 60 | Wladi Pedrovski | RusVelo | s.t. | 61 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | s.t. | 62 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | s.t. | 63 | Matthias Brändle | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 64 | Heimdal Hägg | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 65 | Jean-Luc Delpech | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 66 | Ahmed Al Mohney | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 67 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 68 | Michael Schwarzmann | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 69 | Renaud Dion | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 70 | Josh Burton | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 71 | Brice Feillu | Sojasun | s.t. | 72 | Alexander Mironov | RusVelo | s.t. | 73 | Maarten Tjallingii | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 74 | Tomasz Kiendyś | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | 75 | Xavier Florencio | Katusha Team | s.t. | 76 | Yoann Bagot | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 77 | Luca Wackermann | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 78 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 79 | Rüdiger Selig | Katusha Team | s.t. | 80 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 81 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 82 | Arnaud Gérard | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 83 | Clinton Avery | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 84 | Omar Bertazzo | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 85 | Javier Megías | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | 86 | Christophe Le Mével | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 87 | Aquali Feunard | Sojasun | s.t. | 88 | Adrian Kurek | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | 89 | Emerson Oronte | Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | s.t. | 90 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 91 | Chan Jae Jang | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 92 | Matteo Bono | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 93 | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | 94 | Oscar Gatto | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 95 | Tomás Gil | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 96 | Guillaume Levarlet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 97 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 98 | Arnaud Labbe | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 99 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | s.t. | 100 | Matteo Di Serafino | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 101 | Martijn Verschoor | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | 102 | Alessandro Proni | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 103 | Yonder Godoy | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 104 | Muhamad Othman | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 105 | Fabio Calabria | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | 106 | Sonny Colbrelli | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | 107 | Timofey Kritskiy | Katusha Team | s.t. | 108 | Hilton Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 109 | Erick Rowsell | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 110 | Marco Bandiera | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 111 | Tom Stamsnijder | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 112 | Josef Cerny | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | 113 | Stefano Garzelli | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 114 | Marco Canola | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | 115 | Luca Mazzanti | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 116 | Erik Bousche | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | 117 | Cheng Ji | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 118 | Stephen Clancy | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | 119 | Nicola Boem | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | 120 | Ryota Nishizono | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 121 | Kristian Sbaragli | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | 122 | Louis Meintjes | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | 123 | Jay Thomson | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | 124 | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 125 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 126 | Kevyn Ista | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 127 | Philip Deignan | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 128 | Jeff Louder | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 129 | Ben Day | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 130 | Kevin De Mesmaeker | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | 131 | Johann Van Zyl | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | 132 | Andrea Peron | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | 133 | Mart Ojavee | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 134 | Martin Wesemann | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | 135 | Chun Feng | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 136 | Jani Tewelde | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | 137 | Zachary Bell | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 138 | Kin San Wu | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 139 | Benjamin Wolfe | Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | + 6'30 | 140 | Ian Burnett | Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | s.t. | 141 | Morgan Schmitt | Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | s.t. |
GC
1 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre - Merida | 25h08'14 | 2 | Robert Gesink | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 43 | 3 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 57 | 4 | Thomas Peeters | Team Europcar | + 1'05 | 5 | Daniel Navarro | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 1'23 |
The GC stays the same and is all but wrapped up, with just one flat stage to go.
Points
1 | Carlo Calzone | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | 6 | 81 | 2 | Sacha Modolo | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | 7 | 77 | 3 | Daniele Bennati | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 20 | 76 | 4 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | 16 | 71 |
One of the most interesting fights I've ever seen in professional Cycling. After some early form, Calzone holds it, while Bennati is on a late revival mission. Modolo has been at the front the whole time and is rewarded, despite no stage wins. Coquard is there, but will need a small miracle to win the contest, while it's so close that if any of the Top 3 win the next stage the worst they can do is tie for 1st. If Coquard wins the next stage and Calzone finishes in the Top 4, it'll be enough for him, no matter what.
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Shonak |
Posted on 07-04-2014 11:40
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NetApp needs some major guts for the last stage. Attack attack!
No reason for Calzone to be in any kind worries. Excitement will only further the hype surrounding his image.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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Ollfardh |
Posted on 07-04-2014 12:11
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Bos and Guido disappointing again
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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Stromeon |
Posted on 07-04-2014 12:17
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Ah Bennati's such a boss If anyone had told me at the start of the season he would be outscoring Kreuziger, Rogers and Majka combined at this point in the season I would have laughed at them, but here we are
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Cycleman123 |
Posted on 07-04-2014 12:20
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I'll happily take those 3 (or any of them) off your hands
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Stromeon |
Posted on 07-04-2014 12:24
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Cycleman123 wrote:
I'll happily take those 3 (or any of them) off your hands
Hmm... we'll see how they (apart from Rogers) fare in the Giro first before making any decisions
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sutty68 |
Posted on 07-04-2014 12:30
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Great to see Przemyslaw Niemiec hold on to the GC Lead |
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nacho63 |
Posted on 07-04-2014 15:33
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Yes I when I reported Catalunya Bennati was a beast, been a top performer in this season. He won't beat the top 3 but for picking up wins here and there he is great
Edited by nacho63 on 07-04-2014 15:34
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Ollfardh |
Posted on 07-04-2014 15:36
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Bennati is just there in the right races, where the top sprinters don't show up. Good management so far, but with 3 GT's coming, the question is if Saxo can work around the fact that they only have 1 quality sprinter.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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nacho63 |
Posted on 07-04-2014 15:44
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Yes good management played a big part. If Saxo were to let him go though im sure a lot of teams would be in, including the CT teams
How long to AToC startlist?
I may do a preview of parcour tonight
Edited by nacho63 on 07-04-2014 15:45
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Stromeon |
Posted on 07-04-2014 15:46
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Ollfardh wrote:
Bennati is just there in the right races, where the top sprinters don't show up. Good management so far, but with 3 GT's coming, the question is if Saxo can work around the fact that they only have 1 quality sprinter.
Don't need a sprinter when you've got leaders like ours
Bennati is doing Giro, Tour is all-out for the win, and Vuelta has the odds and ends of the squad
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brewers90 |
Posted on 07-04-2014 15:58
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Indeed, poor Saxo having to manage with only one top sprinter. How do they cope?
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Stromeon |
Posted on 07-04-2014 16:02
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brewers90 wrote:
Indeed, poor Saxo having to manage with only one top sprinter. How do they cope?
By not having Evans in our squad?
Also, Takashi Miyazawa is offended that all of you say we have only one top sprinter.
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Ollfardh |
Posted on 07-04-2014 16:28
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California and the others will go out tomorrow, when Admirschleck finishes his planning. A preview would be nice yes, since it's pretty much the biggest CT stage race.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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nacho63 |
Posted on 07-04-2014 21:23
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Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6 - ITT
Stage 7
Stage 8
The Amgen Tour of California will seen see some of the best riders in world take on arguably the best race in continental racing. The they will be faced with 4 flat stages, 2 hilly stages, a time trial and most importantly for the general classification, a mountain stage with an uphill finish. The general classification battle is mostly to be fought during stages 6 and 7 while the sprint on stage 8 into Santa Rosa will see a points jersey winner named. It will prove to be an exciting race and be sure to check back for the start list and rider previews!
Start list
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