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Sky High - The Story of Team Sky
Chirpin
Hey guys, although I'm not much of a poster on these forums I've always been a regular visitor for many different things (databases, looking for useful tips and reading threads in general). But what dragged me here in the first place was reading some of the great stories that others post. I've decided that it was time that I shared my experiences with everyone. I have a bit of experience with writing stories on other forums but have never really given PCM a try. I will be starting the story with the newly formed Team Sky. I have a liking to a lot of their riders so thats why I have chosen them. Hope you enjoy reading!

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Team Background Info

Team Sky's original intention was to build a 25 man-squad with a core of British riders and to nurture the young talent in order to produce the first British Tour de France winner within 5 years.

The first six riders confirmed were Geraint Thomas, Steve Cummings, Chris Froome, Russell Downing, Ian Stannard and Peter Kennaugh, all British riders. The ambition to "ensure competitiveness" through other signings, including a number of foreign riders, was expressed.

On September 10, 2009, a further ten riders were confirmed as set to ride for the team. These were Edvald Boasson Hagen, Thomas Löfkvist, Kurt Asle Arvesen, Simon Gerrans, Juan Antonio Flecha, Kjell Carlström, John-Lee Augustyn, Greg Henderson, Lars Petter Nordhaug, and Morris Possoni. Further additions to the squad, including Chris Sutton and Bradley Wiggins from Garmin-Slipstream, Michael Barry, and Ben Swift from Team Katusha were made before the beginning of the 2010 season.


Team Overview

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In my opinion we have a fairly strong squad that can be competitive in almost all areas. We certainly don't have a Contador or a Cavendish. But if we can get our training right theres no doubt we can be there challenging for honors in the key races.


Season Goals

Win - Santos Tour Down Under
Win - Paris - Roubaix
Top 5 - Tour de France
Top 10 - Amstel Gold Race
Top 10 - GP Quest France - Plouay
Wear Sprinters Jersey - Giro D'Italia


A fair few tough goals there, most notably winning Paris - Roubaix and a top 5 finish in the Tour de France. But there are also some equally achievable goals there as well.

There no doubt that Juan Antonio Flecha will be our leader for the Paris - Roubaix and will have the help of Boasson Hagen and others. Bradley Wiggins will be hoping to get a top 5 finish in the GC of the Tour. We may need a bit of luck but I think we can do well.



Leaders
Bradley Wiggins
Juan Antonio Flecha
Edvald Boasson Hagen


Protected Riders
Kurt Asle Arvesen
Simon Gerrans
Greg Henderson
Thomas Lofkvist
Ben Swift
Geraint Thomas


Luxury Teammate
Kjell Carlstrom
Dario Cioni
Russel Downing
Chris Froome
Serge Pauwels
Chris Sutton
Davide Vigano


Young Riders
Peter Kennaugh
Ian Stannard


Team Mates
John-Lee Augustyn
Michael Barry
Sylvain Calzati
Stephen Cummings
Matthew Hayman
Lars Peter Nordhaug
Nicolas Portal
Morris Possoni
 
Chirpin
January Calendar
Australian ITT Championships
Australian Road Championships
Santos Tour Down Under

With no real Aussie Time-Trialists on our squad our hopes for a national jersey rest on the Road Champs. Gerrans will go in as our main hope but if Sutton can make it over the hills he may have a crack at it aswell.


All three Australian will take part in the Tour Down Under. Sutton will most likely be a lead-out rider to Greg Henderson while Gerrans day will come in the queen stage where we hope to grab the tour win.

 
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Chirpin
Our season starts off with a 42km Time Trial in the town of Buninyong. Evans, Rogers and Porte are the main favourites today.

Richie Porte was the first favourite to finish today and he beats Adam Hansens time by less than 1 second.
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Michael Rogers was next in and he beats Portes time by 11 seconds.
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But there was no stopping Cadel Evans today as he smashed Rogers time by 50 seconds
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RankNameTeamTime
1Cadel EvansBMC Racing Team54'55
2Michael RogersTeam HTC - Columbia+ 50
3Richie PorteTeam Saxo Bank+ 1'01
4Adam HansenTeam HTC - Columbias.t.
5Cameron MeyerGarmin - Transitions+ 1'09
6Brett LancasterCervélo Test Team+ 1'41
7Cameron WurfAndroni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni+ 1'45
8Matthew GossTeam HTC - Columbia+ 2'00
9Jack BobridgeGarmin - Transitions+ 2'04
10Heinrich HausslerCervélo Test Team+ 2'14

Edited by Chirpin on 25-07-2010 12:21
 
purepasd
Looking good! Great story Smile
 
BeTibes
Nice start Cody, I just wanna take credit for the title Pfft
 
Chirpin
BeTibes wrote:
Nice start Cody, I just wanna take credit for the title Pfft


haha I have no idea what you're talking about Pfft
 
litllemagnum
Nice start. Keep it upWink
 
Chirpin
Australian Road Championships

The hilly course is in my opinion an ideal stage for Gerrans to try and take the win. I will try and get Hayman into the break and hope they survive.


Hayman got himself into the break as expected. The gap got out to as high as 7 minutes with 80km to go but HTC Columbia began to slowly pull us back.
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Simon Clarke from the peloton attacked with 45km to go.
He closed right up on the breakaway with 20km remaining but the Peloton were only 1 minute down and chasing hard.
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Hayman wasn't able to keep up with the breakway and fell off the back. His day is done.
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Gerrans attacked on the final climb. Evans and Porte followed but the peloton pulled them back. Simon Clarke broke away on his own to take the Championships.
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The following breakway riders managed to stay ahead and fought for 2nd place while Chris Sutton just edged Gerrand for 10th place in the Peloton sprint.
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RankNameTeamTime
1Simon ClarkeISD - Neri4h49'32
2Wesley SulzbergerFrançaise des Jeux+ 49
3Graeme BrownRabobanks.t.
4Brett LancasterCervélo Test Teams.t.
5Jack BobridgeGarmin - Transitionss.t.
6Benjamin KingTrek Livestrong U23s.t.
7Cadel EvansBMC Racing Team+ 1'24
8Matthew LloydOmega Pharma - Lottos.t.
9Robbie McEwenTeam Katushas.t.
10Christopher SuttonSky Professional Cycling Teams.t.
 
Chirpin
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Line Up:
Simon Gerrans
Greg Henderson
Russel Downing
Chris Sutton
Geraint Thomas
Matthew Hayman
Lars Peter Nordhaug

Henderson will be our main sprinter for the 5 flat stages and will have Downing and Sutton to help him out while Gerrans will hope to make his mark on the 5th stage up Willunga Hill.


Stage 1
A flat stage but there are a few hills that come late so we will have to wait and see on whether Henderson will have enough energy to contend for the sprint.


After many attacks, a breakaway of 9 formed and got their lead to a max of 4 minutes.
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The sprinters teams began to work and pulled them back with just over 20km remaining. This would mean a day for the sprinters.

Henderson didnt have enough energy to get himself towards the front for the sprint so I had Downing leadout a fresher Sutton for the final sprint.
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Downing did a good job and Sutton was very close to the lead but Bennati closest to screen was finishing much faster than the rest.
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And Bennati takes the stage win from McEwen and Steegmans. Sutton crosses in 5th while Downing holds onto 7th.
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RankNameTeamTime
1Daniele BennatiLiquigas - Doimo3h25'40
2Robbie McEwenTeam Katushas.t.
3Gert SteegmansTeam RadioShacks.t.
4Manuel CardosoFooton - Servettos.t.
5Christopher SuttonSky Professional Cycling Teams.t.
6Ryder HesjedalGarmin - Transitionss.t.
7Russell DowningSky Professional Cycling Teams.t.
8Bram TankinkRabobanks.t.
9Marco CortiFooton - Servettos.t.
10Mirco LorenzettoLampre - Farnese Vinis.t.

Edited by Chirpin on 25-07-2010 13:57
 
Chirpin
Santos Tour Down Under Stage 2

Another flat stage but once again there a some hill towards the finish but I feel confident that if Henderson cant make it, we'll have Sutton or Downing to have a good chance of a top 10 finish.


A breakaway of 14 riders escaped today.
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With 10km left they still had a reasonable gap as we see the peloton just crossing over the final hill of todays stage.
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Only 2 riders were left with a few kms to go and it looks like we will have a break succeeding.
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Saramotins from HTC-Columbia outsprints Haedo to take the stage victory.
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Chris Sutton was unlucky today as he lead home the peloton for a nice 3rd place finish.
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Stage results
RankNameTeamTime
1Aleksejs SaramotinsTeam HTC - Columbia4h27'49
2Lucas Sebastián HaedoTeam Saxo Banks.t.
3Christopher SuttonSky Professional Cycling Team+ 38
4Ryder HesjedalGarmin - Transitionss.t.
5Simone PonziLampre - Farnese Vinis.t.
6Mirco LorenzettoLampre - Farnese Vinis.t.
7Levi LeipheimerTeam RadioShacks.t.
8Lieuwe WestraVacansoleil Pro Cycling Teams.t.
9Anthony GeslinFrançaise des Jeuxs.t.
10Lance ArmstrongTeam RadioShacks.t.



General Classification
RankNameTeamTime
1Aleksejs SaramotinsTeam HTC - Columbia7h53'19
2Lucas Sebastián HaedoTeam Saxo Bank+ 1
3Daniele BennatiLiquigas - Doimo+ 38
4Marco CortiFooton - Servetto+ 43
5Christopher SuttonSky Professional Cycling Team+ 44
 
Chirpin
Santos Tour Down Under Stage 3

The images I took didn't seem to show up so I can only give a brief report on what happened.

Our 3rd flat stage of the tour and once again we have a late hill coming in just 18km from the finish. I have promoted Sutton to the sprinter status as he is quite clearly more fit and has been putting in good performances.


A breakaway of 7 escape today and the gaps maxes out at 7 minutes

But HTC-Columbia and the other sprinters teams wanted to make sure the breakaway didnt succeed so the finish would come down to a mass sprint.

With 7km to go there is a mass crash in the field that takes out more than 30 riders. Luckily nobody from Sky was involved. The peloton was reduced to around 80 riders as the sprint began. Sutton was placed in a fairly good position.

Sutton moves into 2nd and is ready to pass Cardoso. Steegmans and Bennati are just behind him. Can Sutton grab a stage victory?

Unfortunately, the answer is no. Sutton has the settle for 4th as Bennati just pips Cardoso and Steegmans for his 2nd stage victory.


Stage results
RankNameTeamTime
1Daniele BennatiLiquigas - Doimo3h51'23
2Manuel CardosoFooton - Servettos.t.
3Gert SteegmansTeam RadioShacks.t.
4Christopher SuttonSky Professional Cycling Teams.t.
5Ryder HesjedalGarmin - Transitionss.t.
6Assan BazayevAstanas.t.
7Wouter WeylandtQuick·Steps.t.
8Robbie McEwenTeam Katushas.t.
9Levi LeipheimerTeam RadioShacks.t.
10Juan José CoboCaisse d'Epargnes.t.



General Classification
RankNameTeamTime
1Aleksejs SaramotinsTeam HTC - Columbia11h44'42
2Lucas Sebastián HaedoTeam Saxo Bank+ 1
3Daniele BennatiLiquigas - Doimo+ 28
4Gert SteegmansTeam RadioShack+ 40
5Manuel CardosoFooton - Servetto+ 42
6Christopher SuttonSky Professional Cycling Team+ 44
 
Chirpin
Tour Down Under Stage 4
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The flattest stage of the tour and I'm hoping we can get the stage win with Sutton today.

A breakaway of 5 for todays stage
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But there was no way they would survive on todays stage. Our other riders finall had enough energy left at this point to be able to setup a sprint train. Geraint Thomas was at the front followed by Downing and then Sutton at the back. We were in a great position at this point.
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At 2.5km from the finish, Thomas had us in a great position when the sprint started
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But our train had slipped back with just over 1km to go. Downing couldnt keep us in front. Could Sutton salvage a good result from this?
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Bennati is unbeatable at the moment as he takes his 3rd stage win of the tour. Sutton was able to grab another 4th place finish.
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Stage Results
RankNameTeamTime
1Daniele BennatiLiquigas - Doimo4h31'11
2Robbie McEwenTeam Katushas.t.
3Wouter WeylandtQuick·Steps.t.
4Christopher SuttonSky Professional Cycling Teams.t.
5Assan BazayevAstanas.t.
6Mark RenshawTeam HTC - Columbias.t.
7Anthony GeslinFrançaise des Jeuxs.t.
8Graeme BrownRabobanks.t.
9Juan José HaedoTeam Saxo Banks.t.
10Aleksejs SaramotinsTeam HTC - Columbias.t.



General Classification
RankNameTeamTime
1Aleksejs SaramotinsTeam HTC - Columbia16h15'53
2Lucas Sebastián HaedoTeam Saxo Bank+ 1
3Daniele BennatiLiquigas - Doimo+ 18
4Gert SteegmansTeam RadioShack+ 40
5Manuel CardosoFooton - Servetto+ 42
6Christopher SuttonSky Professional Cycling Team+ 44
 
Chirpin
Tour Down Under Stage 5
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The queen stage of the tour. This is where I hope Gerrans will be in good form so we can go for a top 5 finish, but we really do need to win to satisy our sponsors goals. It wil be tough though with the likes of Armstrong, Leiphemier and Karpets to contend with.


A group of 8 riders including Hoste broke away today.
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When we hit one of the tougher climbs about 55km from the finish, the gap was down to 4 minutes.

With 25km to go, the first attacks were made. Kroon was first to go and was the followed by Hesjedal and J.J. Cobo. 3km later they were brought back. The breakaway still had a 2 minute lead.

With 15km to go. Gerrans attacked. Kroon and Hesjedal followed him. They quickly made their way into the breakaway group but Matteo Carrara had just attack as they joined so there was still 1 rider left to catch.
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With 7km remaining, Gerrans attacked once again. He was feeling very good today. But as we headed into the final climb 5km from the finish, we were all back together again. Tour leader Saramotins was still in that group which consisted of 39 riders.


Alot of gaps appeared as the sprint started on the final hill. Gerrans in the top 5 but Hesjedal was riding away from all of them.
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Hesjedal crosses the line in first place while Gerrans finished 4th.
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Stage Results
RankNameTeamTime
1Ryder HesjedalGarmin - Transitions6h22'08
2Karsten KroonBMC Racing Team+ 10
3Maarten TjallingiiRabobanks.t.
4Simon GerransSky Professional Cycling Teams.t.
5Vladimir KarpetsTeam Katushas.t.
6Johnny HoogerlandVacansoleil Pro Cycling Team+ 30
7Leonardo BertagnolliAndroni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovannis.t.
8Daniele BennatiLiquigas - Doimo+ 42
9Matteo TosattoQuick·Steps.t.
10Levi LeipheimerTeam RadioShacks.t.


General Classification
RankNameTeamTime
1Ryder HesjedalGarmin - Transitions22h38'39
2Karsten KroonBMC Racing Team+ 14
3Maarten TjallingiiRabobank+ 16
4Vladimir KarpetsTeam Katusha+ 20
5Simon GerransSky Professional Cycling Teams.t.
6Daniele BennatiLiquigas - Doimo+ 22
7Aleksejs SaramotinsTeam HTC - Columbia+ 29
8Leonardo BertagnolliAndroni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni+ 40
9Johnny HoogerlandVacansoleil Pro Cycling Teams.t.
10Levi LeipheimerTeam RadioShack+ 52
 
Pellizotti2
Not bad! Wink
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Batista15
Really nice story so far!
 
Blue_Milk
Great story so far, a good effort with Gerrans.
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Geezar10
Great story so far, unlucky not to have won with Sutton though.
 
Finn84
Because of Finnish rider in the team have to look this closer.
 
Chirpin
Tour Down Under Stage 6

A flat stage where we will expect a sprint finish. It would be great if we could leave the tour with a stage victory. We have to be very wary of Bennati though, if he finishes in the top 3 of todays finish he will move past Gerrans in the overall standings to 5th place.


A breakaway of 4 riders for today.
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However, they would never survive and we will once again go to a sprint finish. With just under 4km to go, we had a reasonably good position. But sadly for us, Bennati has Suttons wheel.
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With 1km to go, Hesjedal was amazingly challenging for the sprint win. Sutton was moving up fast with Bennati following him still.
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But once again, it was that man Bennati who popped up to grab his 4th victory and 3rd place in the tour. A great result for him and the team. Sutton was able to finish in 2nd place. There was just simply nothing we could do.
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Stage Results
RankNameTeamTime
1Daniele BennatiLiquigas - Doimo3h57'17
2Christopher SuttonSky Professional Cycling Teams.t.
3Karsten KroonBMC Racing Teams.t.
4Ryder HesjedalGarmin - Transitionss.t.
5Gert SteegmansTeam RadioShacks.t.
6Assan BazayevAstanas.t.
7Mirco LorenzettoLampre - Farnese Vinis.t.
8Manuel CardosoFooton - Servettos.t.
9Robbie McEwenTeam Katushas.t.
10Maarten TjallingiiRabobanks.t.



General Classification

RankNameTeamTime
1Ryder HesjedalGarmin - Transitions26h35'56
2Karsten KroonBMC Racing Team+ 10
3Daniele BennatiLiquigas - Doimo+ 12
4Maarten TjallingiiRabobank+ 16
5Vladimir KarpetsTeam Katusha+ 20
6Simon GerransSky Professional Cycling Teams.t.
7Aleksejs SaramotinsTeam HTC - Columbia+ 29
8Leonardo BertagnolliAndroni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni+ 40
9Johnny HoogerlandVacansoleil Pro Cycling Teams.t.
10Levi LeipheimerTeam RadioShack+ 52
 
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