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| redrobert |
Posted on 16-01-2012 10:40
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Hello!
This is my first try to make a story in PCM. I won't post many pictures, i hope you won't be too disappointed about that. I am using Tinkoffs DB with a few changes. Especially a few more teams and races. Difficulty level is normal. I find this rather ok for me as i don't really micromanage the team during the race. On hard i usually have no chance at all.
But if i find the game is getting too easy i will increase difficulty level.
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Hello world. I just took over a rather weak new continental team called MTN Loteria del Tacchira from Venezuela. I am new to the scene so i am surprised that the owners put their trust in me. It will take some time to get to know the team. I will keep you informed. |
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| redrobert |
Posted on 16-01-2012 11:03
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After i signed three players from free agency the team is complete for now. Nothing too impressive, but we will see.
A little overview:
Team Captains:
Ivan Dominguez is a 33 year old american sprinter we signed as free agent. He is easily our best sprinter and shall get us a win or two in flat stages. He will be our main guy for podium finishes
Miguel Rubiano was also signed as free agent. The 25 year old columbian has his strengths in the mountains. He probably is not strong enough for a top10 finish in the GC so he will most probably try to win the KOM jersey in south american races
Marlon Perez Arango finally is probably our best shot at the GC of small tours. He is good in mountain, hill, flat and time trials. Nothing spectacular but he can be a surprising weapon if he is on a strong week. With 34 years he is very experienced allready
All the other guys will just help those three. Juan Garcia Rivera might get a start as leading sprinter in a few races |
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| redrobert |
Posted on 16-01-2012 11:09
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Sponsor and Team goals
Today i have been told the team and sponsor goals. It will be hard to achieve a single one of them.
Sponsor goals
- Top 10 Giro del Trentino
- Top 10 GP Transfagarassa
- Top 10 Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
Team goals
- Points jersey Vuelta al Tacchira
- Top 10 Vuelta a Colombia
- Top 5 Vuelta a Guatemala
Pretty much impossible to achieve any of them, but we will try for sure |
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 16-01-2012 11:16
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This looks really interesting! A great team for a story - not very strong but some good riders, plus it's not from Europe which makes it more special - and it should be great to see some new races, especially in the South American area. Good luck!
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 16-01-2012 12:32
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Good Luck, will try to follow 
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 16-01-2012 13:16
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Hope you have a Great time doing this story, Good Luck |
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| redrobert |
Posted on 16-01-2012 20:27
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January 2010
In January we will ride two races. First the very important home race of Vuelta al Tacchira later the difficult Giro Calabria.
Australien road champion is no surprise. The ever dominant Cadel Evans won 22 seconds ahead of Heinrich Haussler.
Vuelta al Tacchira
As this is our home race the owner of the team emphasised we should send our strongest possible squad. To have the most important race of the season as first race might not be very easy but it is a honour.
So these are the 8 guys i chose:
Miguel Rubiano
Marlon Perez Arango
Ivan Dominguez
Jesus Del Nero
Mario Costa
Diego Quintero
Pedro Herrera
Wilmar Roldan Ortiz
Rubiano and Arango are the team leaders. Depending who feels better in the mountain stages the other is the last man standing with him. Ivan Dominguez is our only hope of achieving the Objective of the Team to win the sprinter jersey. Del Nero will be sent out regulary into breakaways, maybe winning the KOM on this way. For the Team time trial we sent all our good time trialists.
1st Stage: Team Time Trial San Cristobal
I just simulated the Team time trial. Surprisingly we did very good due to all our TT specialists. We finished 6th only 37 seconds behind the winners. The Stage was won by Sky ahead of Garmin and Radioshack. The dark horses Cafe de Colombia lost quite a bit of time as they reached the finish 1:46 behind Sky.
We did have a quick look on the big names that are in the race. Not too many of them actually, which is good for us:
Fredrik Kessiakov - Garmin
Sergio Paulinho - Radioshack
Oscar Pereiro - Astana
Giovanni Visconti - ISD Neri
Gustav Erik Larsson - Saxo Bank
Ivan Parra Pinto - Cafe de Colombia
Felix Cardenas - Cafe de Colombia
I have not yet seen a big star sprinter, maybe we can win the jersey. The biggest danger as can be seen and expected is Cafe de Colombia who also have a home race |
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| redrobert |
Posted on 16-01-2012 21:40
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Stage 2: Tariba - Santa Barbara
We sent Del Nero in the breakaway right from the start ... and it was only reeled in 7 km from the finish, too bad he didn't win the only KOM points. In the sprint Dominguez had no energy left, don't ask me why, so i sent Arango forth who finished 2nd behind Nico Eeckhout who was named as one of the stage favourites.
Stage Results:
1 Nico Eeckhout An Post - Sean Kelly 3h56'03
2 Marlon Pérez Arango MTN Loteria del Tacchira s.t.
3 Alexandre Blain Endura Racing s.t.
4 Danilo Wyss BMC Racing Team s.t.
5 Takashi Miyazawa Shimizu S-Pulse s.t.
6 Stephen Philip Cummings Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
7 Geraint Howell Thomas Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
8 Bartłomiej Matysiak CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
9 Francisco Piva Scott - Marcondes Cesar São José dos Campos s.t.
10 Iván DomÃnguez MTN Loteria del Tacchira s.t.
Spoiler 11 Tomasz Kiendyś CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
12 Takahiro Yamashita Shimizu S-Pulse s.t.
13 Tomasz Smoleń CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
14 Jarosław Rębiewski CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
15 Tomasz Lisowicz CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
16 Taiji Nishitani Shimizu S-Pulse s.t.
17 Alexander Mironov Team Kalev s.t.
18 Albert Timmer Skil - Shimano s.t.
19 Mauro Santambrogio BMC Racing Team s.t.
20 Andrei Sartassov Scott - Marcondes Cesar São José dos Campos s.t.
21 Jackson Stewart BMC Racing Team s.t.
22 Robert John Hayles Endura Racing s.t.
23 Łukasz Bodnar CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
24 Bert De Backer Skil - Shimano s.t.
25 Giovanni Visconti ISD - Neri s.t.
26 Dmytro Grabovskyy ISD - Neri s.t.
27 Davide Ricci Bitti ISD - Neri s.t.
28 Daniel Valter Rogelim Scott - Marcondes Cesar São José dos Campos s.t.
29 Kjell Carlström Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
30 Paolo Longo Borghini ISD - Neri s.t.
31 Mauricio Morandi Scott - Marcondes Cesar São José dos Campos s.t.
32 Kasper Klostergård Larsen Team Saxo Bank s.t.
33 Martin Kohler BMC Racing Team s.t.
34 Dario David Cioni Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
35 Jakob Fuglsang Team Saxo Bank s.t.
36 Yann Huguet Skil - Shimano s.t.
37 Mashahiro Shinagawa Shimizu S-Pulse s.t.
38 Óscar Pereiro Sio Astana s.t.
39 Maxim Gourov Astana s.t.
40 Yoshimitsu Tsuji Shimizu S-Pulse s.t.
41 Robert Wagner Skil - Shimano s.t.
42 Markel Irizar Aranburu Team RadioShack s.t.
43 Zakkari Dempster Fly V Australia s.t.
44 Connor McConvey An Post - Sean Kelly s.t.
45 David Deroo Skil - Shimano s.t.
46 Ian Dexter Stannard Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
47 Maxim Debusschere An Post - Sean Kelly s.t.
48 Wilmar Roldán Ortiz MTN Loteria del Tacchira s.t.
49 Pieter Ghyllebert An Post - Sean Kelly s.t.
50 Iker Camaño Ortuzar Endura Racing s.t.
General Classement
1 Stephen Philip Cummings Sky Professional Cycling Team 4h12'27
2 Geraint Howell Thomas Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
3 Kjell Carlström Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
Spoiler 4 Dario David Cioni Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
5 Ian Dexter Stannard Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
6 Chris Froome Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
7 Sylvain Calzati Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
8 Michael Barry Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
9 Danny Pate Garmin - Transitions + 4
10 Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff Garmin - Transitions s.t.
11 Trent Lowe Garmin - Transitions s.t.
12 Michel Kreder Garmin - Transitions s.t.
13 Daniel Martin Garmin - Transitions s.t.
14 Svein Tuft Garmin - Transitions s.t.
15 Jack Bobridge Garmin - Transitions s.t.
16 Christian Meier Garmin - Transitions s.t.
17 Markel Irizar Aranburu Team RadioShack + 11
18 Óscar Pereiro Sio Astana s.t.
19 Maxim Gourov Astana s.t.
20 Sérgio Miguel Moreira Paulinho Team RadioShack s.t. |
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| redrobert |
Posted on 16-01-2012 22:07
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Atage 3: Abejales - Guasdualito
Well today Rodriguez had the legs to win the totally flat stage ... but alas he was stuck a little back and didn't came to the top guns fast enough. Still another Top 10 result. Today we didn't chose to send a guy in the breakaway. The BOTD was reeled in again just a few km before the finish line.
Russian Mironov of the new Team Kalev was the surprising winner of the stage.
Stage result
| 1 | | Alexander Mironov | | Team Kalev | | 3h42'00 | | 2 | | Geraint Howell Thomas | | Sky Professional Cycling Team | | s.t. | | 3 | | Danilo Wyss | | BMC Racing Team | | s.t. | | 4 | | Nico Eeckhout | | An Post - Sean Kelly | | s.t. | | 5 | | Robert Wagner | | Skil - Shimano | | s.t. | | 6 | | Takashi Miyazawa | | Shimizu S-Pulse | | s.t. | | 7 | | Nilceu Aparecido Santos | | Scott - Marcondes Cesar São José dos Campos | | s.t. | | 8 | | Iván DomÃnguez | | MTN Loteria del Tacchira | | s.t. | | 9 | | Alexandre Blain | | Endura Racing | | s.t. | | 10 | | Francisco Ramón Chamorro Piva | | Scott - Marcondes Cesar São José dos Campos | | s.t. |
General
| 1 | Geraint Howell Thomas | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 7h54'15 | | 2 | Stephen Philip Cummings | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 12 | | 3 | Kjell Carlström | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. |
Spoiler | 4 | Dario David Cioni | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Ian Dexter Stannard | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Michael Barry | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Chris Froome | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Sylvain Calzati | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Danny Pate | Garmin - Transitions | + 16 | | 10 | Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. |
Edited by redrobert on 16-01-2012 22:09
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| redrobert |
Posted on 16-01-2012 22:49
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Stage 4: El Canton - Cordero
So this is the first test for the GC contenders .. a long but not very steep finish. And it was a rather exciting stage where Rubiano manifested his position as team leader in our team.
Dario David Cioni proved strongest right ahead of Pidgorny and Fuglsang. Those three riders were well ahead of the rest.
Saxo Bank draver Larsson was doing a lot of pace making in the climb.
Miguel Rubiano was countering every move of Oscar Pereiro and finally beating him a few seconds as my captain finished 4th of the stage.
Stage result:
| 1 | Dario David Cioni | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 4h06'01 | | 2 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | ISD - Neri | + 13 | | 3 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 18 | | 4 | Miguel Rubiano | MTN Loteria del Tacchira | + 2'06 | | 5 | Diego Quintero | MTN Loteria del Tacchira | s.t. | | 6 | Óscar Pereiro Sio | Astana | + 2'16 | | 7 | Josep Jufré Pou | Astana | s.t. | | 8 | Giovanni Visconti | ISD - Neri | s.t. | | 9 | Sylvain Calzati | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Andriy Grivko | Astana | s.t. |
General classement
1 Dario David Cioni Sky Professional Cycling Team 12h00'08
2 Ruslan Pidgornyy ISD - Neri + 59
3 Jakob Fuglsang Team Saxo Bank + 1'25
Spoiler | 4 | Sylvain Calzati | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 2'36 | | 5 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Transitions | + 2'40 | | 6 | Kjell Carlström | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 2'47 | | 7 | Óscar Pereiro Sio | Astana | s.t. | | 8 | Michael Barry | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Chris Froome | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Andriy Grivko | Astana | s.t. |
I am happy the way the stage went, the only problem is that i lost a lot of time to the first three riders, but covering guys like Oscar Pereiro or Ivan Parra is a good thing. We look forward to the even difficulter mountain stages in the near future |
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| redrobert |
Posted on 16-01-2012 23:14
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Stage 5: Palmira - Coloncito
Another stage for the sprinters, only a small mountain at the start. Dominguez is hoping for the first podium for our team.
Quintero setting high pace at the beginning and winning the only KOM points today.
The mass sprint was great this time and Dominguez had good position, still he was only able to finish 4th - Nico Eeckhout was once again the fastest.
Stage result
| 1 | Nico Eeckhout | An Post - Sean Kelly | 2h55'05 | | 2 | Geraint Howell Thomas | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 4 | Iván DomÃnguez | MTN Loteria del Tacchira | s.t. | | 5 | Alexandre Blain | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 6 | Bartłomiej Matysiak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 7 | Albert Timmer | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 8 | Tomasz Kiendyś | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 9 | Robert Wagner | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 10 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
General Classement
| 1 | Dario David Cioni | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 14h55'13 | | 2 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | ISD - Neri | + 59 | | 3 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'25 |
Spoiler | 4 | Sylvain Calzati | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 2'36 | | 5 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Transitions | + 2'40 | | 6 | Kjell Carlström | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 2'47 | | 7 | Óscar Pereiro Sio | Astana | s.t. | | 8 | Michael Barry | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Chris Froome | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Andriy Grivko | Astana | s.t. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 16-01-2012 23:57
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Nice 2nd place for Arango on stage 2 |
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| redrobert |
Posted on 17-01-2012 09:22
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This will be a stage where not much will happen, but a bad day could end all hopes in the GC. Jesus del Nero was able to be in the breakaway today, and this would help him finish in a good position as the breakaway was caught only 10 km before the finish line.
Team Astana is making lots of work for Oscar Pereiro on the final kilometres.
But to no avail as Cioni once again proved strongest in the hill. Miguel Rubiano was in good shape but not good enough to be in the very front. He finished 10th.
Stage Result
| 1 | Dario David Cioni | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 3h02'25 | | 2 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 3 | Óscar Pereiro Sio | Astana | + 22 | | 4 | Sérgio Miguel Moreira Paulinho | Team RadioShack | + 29 | | 5 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | ISD - Neri | + 35 | | 6 | Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff | Garmin - Transitions | + 53 | | 7 | Andriy Grivko | Astana | + 1'01 | | 8 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Astana | + 1'09 | | 9 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'33 | | 10 | Miguel Rubiano | MTN Loteria del Tacchira | + 1'41 |
General Classement
| 1 | Dario David Cioni | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 17h57'18 | | 2 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'33 | | 3 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | ISD - Neri | + 1'54 |
Spoiler
| 4 | Óscar Pereiro Sio | Astana | + 3'21 | | 5 | Sérgio Miguel Moreira Paulinho | Team RadioShack | + 3'47 | | 6 | Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff | Garmin - Transitions | + 4'04 | | 7 | Andriy Grivko | Astana | + 4'08 | | 8 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Astana | + 4'27 | | 9 | Sylvain Calzati | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 4'37 | | 10 | Chris Froome | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 4'48 | | 12 | Miguel Rubiano | MTN Loteria del Tacchira | + 5'05 |
Points Jersey
| 1 | Nico Eeckhout | An Post - Sean Kelly | 64 | | 2 | Dario David Cioni | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 50 | | 3 | Geraint Howell Thomas | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 49 |
King of the Mountains
| 1 | Dario David Cioni | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 20 | | 2 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | 14 | | 3 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | ISD - Neri | 10 |
So far the tour is going pretty good for us as a rider from our team regulary is in the top 10. Arango ist still the only one to reach a podium though.
But now the big battle will begin, as some hard mountain stages including a mountain TT are waiting |
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| redrobert |
Posted on 17-01-2012 09:59
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This will be the first mountain stage. Now it will be clear who is going to be among to top at the end. We are looking forward to this and hope Rubiano is in good form.
Well Rubiano was in a pretty good form losing not much time but surprisingly our worst mountain rider finished best. Ivan Dominguez was sent out to collect sprint points ... and finally he also finished ahead of Rubiano. Rubiano and Dominguez were part of the first group of 11 riders. Due to that Rubiano moved up in the GC to 8th place.
Fuglang today proved strongest beating Cioni in the sprint.
Stage result
| 1 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | 4h06'25 | | 2 | Dario David Cioni | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | ISD - Neri | s.t. | | 4 | Óscar Pereiro Sio | Astana | s.t. | | 5 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 6 | Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 7 | Felix Cardénas | Café de Colombia - Colombia es Pasión | s.t. | | 8 | Takahiro Yamashita | Shimizu S-Pulse | s.t. | | 9 | Iván DomÃnguez | MTN Loteria del Tacchira | s.t. | | 10 | Martin MareÅ¡ | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. |
General Classement
| 1 | Dario David Cioni | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 22h03'31 | | 2 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'25 | | 3 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | ISD - Neri | + 1'58 |
Spoiler | 4 | Óscar Pereiro Sio | Astana | + 3'33 | | 5 | Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff | Garmin - Transitions | + 4'16 | | 6 | Sérgio Miguel Moreira Paulinho | Team RadioShack | + 4'51 | | 7 | Andriy Grivko | Astana | + 5'12 | | 8 | Miguel Rubiano | MTN Loteria del Tacchira | + 5'17 | | 9 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Astana | + 5'31 | | 10 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Team Saxo Bank | + 6'10 |
Points Jersey
| 1 | Dario David Cioni | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 70 | | 2 | Nico Eeckhout | An Post - Sean Kelly | 64 | | 3 | Jako Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | 61 |
| 6 | Iván DomÃnguez | MTN Loteria del Tacchira | 47 |
King of the Mountains
| 1 | Dario David Cioni | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 30 | | 2 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | 22 | | 3 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | ISD - Neri | 16 |
Team Sky lost a lot of time and 2 riders dropped out of the Top 10. But now the team can concentrate on Cioni. Cioni, Fuglsang and Pidgorny still look strongest. Tomorrow the Mountain Time Trial might change quite a lot. Hopefully we can compete |
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| redrobert |
Posted on 17-01-2012 10:39
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Today a short mountain time trial is taking place. I don't know if we can compete or who are the favourites today. But i know it will be interesting and a long day for the winner.
For a long time Svein Tuft has been the fastest with 27:03. Then there came the big favourite of the day ... Gustav Erik Larsson who set the new best tim 26:30. No one thought anyone could be better than this. Miguel Rubiano came just a little time later ... well in fact a long time later as he needed 28:11. He was on a bad day and starting too slow. Fredrik Kessiakoff finished 12th 41 seconds behind. Astanas captain Oscar Pereiro lost 42 seconds finishing 15th. Ruslan Pidgorny had a rather bad day as he lost 1:02 finishing only 32nd. Next one was Jakob Fuglsang and he put in a great pace only 27 seconds slower than Larsson. Finally the man maillot jaune tried his luck. ANd he did ride a hell of a stage finishing 2nd only 18 seconds late.
Stage result
| 1 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Team Saxo Bank | 26'30 | | 2 | Dario David Cioni | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 18 | | 3 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 27 | | 4 | Svein Tuft | Garmin - Transitions | + 33 | | 5 | Nathan O'Neill | Fly V Australia | + 35 | | 6 | Ivan Parra Pinto | Café de Colombia - Colombia es Pasión | + 36 | | 7 | Jason McCartney | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 8 | Iker Camaño Ortuzar | Endura Racing | + 38 | | 9 | Christopher Baldwin | UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis | + 40 | | 10 | Danny Pate | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Andriy Grivko | Astana | s.t. | | 12 | Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff | Garmin - Transitions | + 41 | | 13 | Giovanni Visconti | ISD - Neri | + 42 | | 14 | Óscar Pereiro Sio | Astana | s.t. | | 15 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis | + 43 | | 16 | Patrik Sinkewitz | ISD - Neri | + 45 | | 17 | Sérgio Miguel Moreira Paulinho | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 18 | Michael Matthews | Fly V Australia | + 46 | | 19 | Dmytro Grabovskyy | ISD - Neri | + 49 | | 20 | John Anderson | Fly V Australia | + 50 | | 21 | Stephen Philip Cummings | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 53 | | 22 | Jack Bauer | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 23 | Tomasz Kiendyś | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 54 | | 24 | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis | + 58 | | 25 | Łukasz Bodnar | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 26 | Chris Froome | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 1'00 | | 27 | Piet Rooijakkers | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 28 | Mario Costa | MTN Loteria del Tacchira | + 1'01 | | 29 | Ben Hermans | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 30 | Jarosław Rębiewski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 31 | Josep Jufré Pou | Astana | + 1'02 | | 32 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | ISD - Neri | s.t. | | 33 | Andrei Sartassov | Scott - Marcondes Cesar São José dos Campos | s.t. | | 34 | Geraint Howell Thomas | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 1'03 | | 35 | Michael Barry | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 1'04 | | 36 | Maxim Gourov | Astana | s.t. | | 37 | Markel Irizar Aranburu | Team RadioShack | + 1'05 | | 38 | Evaldas Siskevicius | Team Kalev | s.t. | | 39 | Ben Day | Fly V Australia | + 1'06 | | 40 | Albert Timmer | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 41 | Tomoya Kano | Shimizu S-Pulse | s.t. | | 42 | Jack Bobridge | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 43 | Jarosław Marycz | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'07 | | 44 | BenjamÃn Noval González | Astana | s.t. | | 45 | Stanislav Kozubek | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 46 | Edgaras Kovaliovas | Team Kalev | s.t. | | 47 | Karsten Kroon | BMC Racing Team | + 1'08 | | 48 | Frank Høj | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'11 | | 49 | Zakkari Dempster | Fly V Australia | + 1'12 | | 50 | Christian Meier | Garmin - Transitions | + 1'13 | | 51 | Kasper KlostergÃ¥rd Larsen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 52 | Felix Cardénas | Café de Colombia - Colombia es Pasión | s.t. | | 53 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 54 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Transitions | + 1'14 | | 55 | Dmitriy Muravyev | Team RadioShack | + 1'18 | | 56 | Ian Dexter Stannard | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 1'19 | | 57 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'20 | | 58 | Kjell Carlström | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 59 | Volodymyr Rybin | Team Kalev | s.t. | | 60 | Sylvain Calzati | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 1'22 | | 61 | Carlos Andrés Ibáñez González | Café de Colombia - Colombia es Pasión | s.t. | | 62 | Roman Maikin | Team Kalev | s.t. | | 63 | Robert John Hayles | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 64 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Astana | + 1'23 | | 65 | Olegs Melehs | Team Kalev | s.t. | | 66 | Luiz Carlos Amorim Tavares Ferrao | Scott - Marcondes Cesar São José dos Campos | s.t. | | 67 | Martin HebÃk | PSK Whirlpool - Author | + 1'24 | | 68 | Davide Ricci Bitti | ISD - Neri | s.t. | | 69 | Chris Barton | BMC Racing Team | + 1'25 | | 70 | Peter McDonald | Porsche Cycling | s.t. | | 71 | Sam Bewley | Team RadioShack | + 1'27 | | 72 | Michel Kreder | Garmin - Transitions | + 1'28 | | 73 | Taiji Nishitani | Shimizu S-Pulse | s.t. | | 74 | Sergey Renev | Astana | + 1'29 | | 75 | Trent Lowe | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 76 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | + 1'30 | | 77 | Mauricio Morandi | Scott - Marcondes Cesar São José dos Campos | s.t. | | 78 | Nico Eeckhout | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 79 | Takahiro Yamashita | Shimizu S-Pulse | s.t. | | 80 | Camilo Andrés Suárez AlbarracÃn | Café de Colombia - Colombia es Pasión | s.t. | | 81 | Mauro Santambrogio | BMC Racing Team | + 1'31 | | 82 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Team Kalev | s.t. | | 83 | Takashi Miyazawa | Shimizu S-Pulse | s.t. | | 84 | Jonathan Clarke | UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis | + 1'32 | | 85 | Oleksandr Martynenko | Team Kalev | s.t. | | 86 | Andrey Zeits | Astana | s.t. | | 87 | William Clarke | Fly V Australia | s.t. | | 88 | Robert Wagner | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 89 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis | + 1'33 | | 90 | Bert De Backer | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 91 | Alexander Mironov | Team Kalev | + 1'35 | | 92 | Tomasz Smoleń | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 93 | FrantiÅ¡ek Klouček | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 94 | Karl Menzies | UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis | s.t. | | 95 | John Darwin Atapuma Hurtado | Café de Colombia - Colombia es Pasión | + 1'36 | | 96 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 97 | Adam Sznitko | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 98 | Chad Beyer | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 99 | Yann Huguet | Skil - Shimano | + 1'38 | | 100 | Alexander Kristoff | BMC Racing Team | + 1'39 | | 101 | Emanuele Vona | ISD - Neri | s.t. | | 102 | Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gómez | Café de Colombia - Colombia es Pasión | + 1'40 | | 103 | Petr BenčÃk | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 104 | Diego Quintero | MTN Loteria del Tacchira | + 1'41 | | 105 | Jesús Del Nero | MTN Loteria del Tacchira | + 1'42 | | 106 | Bjørn Kristian Selander | Team RadioShack | + 1'43 | | 107 | Tomasz Lisowicz | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 108 | David Pell | Porsche Cycling | + 1'44 | | 109 | Yoshimitsu Tsuji | Shimizu S-Pulse | s.t. | | 110 | Mashahiro Shinagawa | Shimizu S-Pulse | s.t. | | 111 | Mark McNally | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 1'46 | | 112 | Takamitu Tsuji | Shimizu S-Pulse | s.t. | | 113 | Patrick Drapac | Porsche Cycling | s.t. | | 114 | Armando Reis da Costa Camargo Filho | Scott - Marcondes Cesar São José dos Campos | s.t. | | 115 | Pieter Ghyllebert | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 1'47 | | 116 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 117 | Job Vissers | Skil - Shimano | + 1'50 | | 118 | Grégory Rast | Team RadioShack | + 1'51 | | 119 | Gary Hand | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 120 | Angus Morton | Porsche Cycling | s.t. | | 121 | Connor McConvey | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 122 | Michael Phelan | Porsche Cycling | + 1'52 | | 123 | Simon Clarke | ISD - Neri | s.t. | | 124 | Marlon Pérez Arango | MTN Loteria del Tacchira | s.t. | | 125 | Jackson Stewart | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 126 | Bartłomiej Matysiak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 127 | Andrew Pinfold | UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis | + 1'53 | | 128 | Martin MareÅ¡ | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 129 | David Deroo | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 130 | Kenny Lisabeth | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 131 | Shougo Yamanoha | Shimizu S-Pulse | + 1'54 | | 132 | Sylwester Janiszewski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 133 | Paolo Longo Borghini | ISD - Neri | s.t. | | 134 | Daniel Valter Rogelim | Scott - Marcondes Cesar São José dos Campos | s.t. | | 135 | Hilton Clarke | UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis | s.t. | | 136 | Rhys Pollock | Porsche Cycling | + 1'55 | | 137 | Ian Wilkinson | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 138 | Alexandre Blain | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 139 | Óscar Eduardo Sánchez Guarin | Café de Colombia - Colombia es Pasión | + 1'58 | | 140 | Matthew Martin Brammeier | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 1'59 | | 141 | Sandy King | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 142 | Fabricio Morandi | Scott - Marcondes Cesar São José dos Campos | + 2'00 | | 143 | Maxim Debusschere | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 144 | Benny De Schrooder | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 2'01 | | 145 | Nilceu Aparecido Santos | Scott - Marcondes Cesar São José dos Campos | + 2'02 | | 146 | Francisco Ramón Chamorro Piva | Scott - Marcondes Cesar São José dos Campos | + 2'03 | | 147 | Evan Oliphant | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 148 | Jhon Edilberto MartÃnez Montero | Café de Colombia - Colombia es Pasión | s.t. | | 149 | Roy Curvers | Skil - Shimano | + 2'04 | | 150 | Petr Kaltofen | PSK Whirlpool - Author | + 2'10 | | 151 | Miguel Rubiano | MTN Loteria del Tacchira | + 2'11 | | 152 | Iván DomÃnguez | MTN Loteria del Tacchira | + 2'17 | | 153 | Wilmar Roldán Ortiz | MTN Loteria del Tacchira | + 2'35 | | 154 | Pedro Herrera | MTN Loteria del Tacchira | + 3'02 |
General Classement
| 1 | Dario David Cioni | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 22h30'07 | | 2 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'38 | | 3 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | ISD - Neri | + 2'54 |
Spoiler | 4 | Óscar Pereiro Sio | Astana | + 4'09 | | 5 | Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff | Garmin - Transitions | + 4'51 | | 6 | Sérgio Miguel Moreira Paulinho | Team RadioShack | + 5'30 | | 7 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Team Saxo Bank | + 5'44 | | 8 | Andriy Grivko | Astana | + 5'46 | | 9 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Astana | + 6'48 | | 10 | BenjamÃn Noval González | Astana | + 7'12 |
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| redrobert |
Posted on 17-01-2012 11:09
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This could prove a difficult stage with lots of mountains at the end. We will concentrate on the finish, not sending anyone in the breakaway today.
Rubiano tried everything on the mountains but wasn't able to get away .. so a 60 driver strong group sprinted it out in the end, Rubiano had no energy left after his attacks so we sent Arango. 3 km from the finish he tried an attack, but was reeled in 2 km later. Still he sprinted to a good 5th place.
Stage result
| 1 | William Clarke | Fly V Australia | 4h46'43 | | 2 | Olegs Melehs | Team Kalev | s.t. | | 3 | Michael Barry | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Patrik Sinkewitz | ISD - Neri | s.t. | | 5 | Marlon Pérez Arango | MTN Loteria del Tacchira | s.t. | | 6 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis | s.t. | | 7 | Jarosław Rębiewski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 8 | Danny Pate | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 9 | Michel Kreder | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 10 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. |
General Classement
| 1 | Dario David Cioni | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 27h16'50 | | 2 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'38 | | 3 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | ISD - Neri | + 2'54 |
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Posted on 17-01-2012 11:29
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A very close sprint, but 5th place is still ok |
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| redrobert |
Posted on 17-01-2012 11:49
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This stage looks more like a relaxing stage ... but maybe a surprising win could come of this. Astana might try something here as they have a good squad.
It was a great stage for our team though. We sent Del Nero in the breakaway, he won the two mountains. nearly made it to the end but there he had no power left. At the foot of the small climb at the end Rubiano tried it several times, but he wasn't able to make anything, as Astana saw in hime a big danger.
As so often in these cases we brought Arango to the front. He attacked a bit early but made it an won the stage for MTN Loteria del Tacchira.
Stage result
| 1 | Marlon Pérez Arango | MTN Loteria del Tacchira | 4h48'52 | | 2 | Karsten Kroon | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 3 | Dario David Cioni | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Giovanni Visconti | ISD - Neri | + 12 | | 5 | Patrik Sinkewitz | ISD - Neri | s.t. | | 6 | Kjell Carlström | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Ben Hermans | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 8 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | ISD - Neri | + 21 | | 9 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 10 | Sérgio Miguel Moreira Paulinho | Team RadioShack | + 28 |
General Classement
| 1 | Dario David Cioni | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 32h05'34 | | 2 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 2'07 | | 3 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | ISD - Neri | + 3'23 |
A stage win in the home tour ... what more could you ask. We won't meat the teams goal in winning the sprinter jersey, but we have a stage win. I am happy with that. Marlon Perez Arango is a hero in our team now |
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| redrobert |
Posted on 17-01-2012 13:37
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Today starts the queen stage of the Tour. Cerro del Cristo is a steep and long climb at the end of this stage. The only good thing is a flat part during the climb.
Today the tour will be decided, though i don't think anyone can compete with Cioni. The greatest danger will come From danish Jakob Fuglsang |
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Posted on 17-01-2012 14:19
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A win for Arango, Well Done |
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