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Konica Minolta: "African cycling taking over the world."
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| snoep_de_hond |
Posted on 09-06-2008 13:58
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Intro
I've started playing PCM '07 at the beginning of this year. After playing a few months with Agritubel and 1 season with Panaria, I installed the PCM Spain 2007 database and played 1 season with Saunier Duval (all on normal difficulty). In the mean time I surfed the internet for tips and tricks. And after reading or scrolling through a lot of the stories on this forum, I wanted to start my own story. When reading Crommy's guide he talked about it is important to have fun with the story. Well at that time I was enjoying my career with Konica Minolta (still the PCM Spain database) my first career on a hard difficulty setting. I thought why not tell that story although I'm already at the end of the first season. That means that I won't have any screenshots until season 2.
Currently (and for the next half year) I'm working on my graduation project. That is why I don't have a lot of time to play PCM and update a story. But it is an nice "stress" relief and we'll see how far I get. So here it goes.....
Looking back at the first season
December 2006
I was very surprised to get a call from a South African team, but after hearing what they had to say I got interested and decided to fly to South Africa and sit down at the table with the team management.
They told me that after a disappointing 2006 season the team wanted to make a few drastic chances.
They had already talked with the sponsor, who agreed to raise the budget to 2 million euro's with as most important condition that I if the team didn't finish in the top 20 of the continental circuit they would step out of the cycling sport at the end of the season. That would almost certainly mean the end of the team.
The management wanted to make it an all African team. First sign young African talent and in the coming seasons persuade the best African riders to join the team. This way they wanted to become one of the big continental teams within a few years. All non African riders where sold last year and they managed to keep a few youngster. Only losing John Lee Augustyn (South Africa's biggest talent) to Barloworld, which was a big disappointment for the team. But they where about to sign a handful of other African talents and saw in me the manager/coach that could help to realize this vision.
After this info I could only make one decision. GO FOR IT!!
Edited by snoep_de_hond on 23-02-2009 12:48
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| ember |
Posted on 09-06-2008 14:12
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Great team choice! Good luck |
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| Manofdestiny |
Posted on 09-06-2008 14:24
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| snoep_de_hond |
Posted on 09-06-2008 14:30
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January 2007
When I started my job in January I had some talks with the sponsor and the team management and decided on what would be our season goals.
As you can see our first goal was already at the end of January and the second one would shortly follow. So as preparation I managed to get a budget to take the team to Malaysia on a training camp for a week. This would also be a good opportunity for the team to get the know each other. At the end of the week I would decide which riders would go to Gabon for our first goal.
By that time the team for the 2007 season also got his final shape. Below is the team roster. The first 9 riders where already part of the team. The second 9 where signed in January just in time to join us to go to Malaysia.
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| G_Larsson |
Posted on 09-06-2008 14:54
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Good luck, nice team choice! 
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 09-06-2008 15:19
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As a South African i hope you dominate
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| snoep_de_hond |
Posted on 10-06-2008 14:15
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Before I start telling about last year results, I first want to introduce some of my riders.
First 4 sprinters.
Juan van Heerden: We are very happy Juan signed with us. At only 20 years of age he is a talented sprinter, who has the potential to win classics. To achieve that he has to develope his hill and/or cobblestone skills. But he already has the potential to win some of the more difficult sprint stages.
Daryl Impey: Daryl also is a big sprint talent, but a few years older then Juan. Daryl is more of a sprinter for the stage races. With his quick recovery and impressive acceleration he will score good results even in the later stages of a stage race.
Pieter Seyffert: Pieter was already part of the team, but we see in him someone who can be a great lead out for Juan or Daryl. And even get a great result of his own if he manages to start the sprint in a good position.
Rodney Green: Rodney is already 32 years of age and gets dropped at every obstacle, but at this moment we're prepared to keep him around to be a mentor for our young talents and we're convince he can still come up with some top finishes.
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| snoep_de_hond |
Posted on 10-06-2008 14:37
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4 stage racers
David George: David is the only rider we signed that is not under 25 anymore. With his 30 years his is even our oldest rider besides Rodney Green. But at this moment he is our best rider and he most provide us with some top overall finishes.
Chris Froome: Chris is our biggest talent for stage races. This season he will need to gain experience, but we're convinced he will become a very wanted rider within a few years.
Jay Thompson & Dan Craven: Jay and Dan will mainly help out David and our sprinters, but we're curious how they will develop them selfs and if they will earn the leadership in one of the smaller races.
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| snoep_de_hond |
Posted on 10-06-2008 15:02
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4 other riders I want to mention
Rafaâ Chtioui: Rafaâ is a big time trail talent. Besides that he is a very all round rider. He has a decent sprint, which makes him a perfect rider to sent in the break away and also to serve as a lead out man for our sprinters.
Hassan Ben Nasser: Hassan is our hilly classic rider for the future. It will be probably take a few season before he becomes a real contender for classic win, but we will already give him the leadership in a few one day races.
Tiaan Kannemeyer: Tiaan is a great helper and fighter for in the mountains. With 28 years old he is a bit to old for our futher plans, but at the moment he is one of our better riders.
Abdelkader Belmokhtar: Ab is a great fighter and will pick up a lot of KOM points and even jerseys for us. Perhaps he can even develop into a rider for the hilly classics.
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Posted on 10-06-2008 16:25
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La Tropicale Ammisa Bongo (16-21 January)
This 6 day race features a prologue, 1 hilly stage and 4 flat stages. It was not only our first races of the season, but also our first goal. I knew it would be hard to preform well here after such a short preparation, but this is one of the very few African races of the season. That is why the sponsors wanted a stage win.
I send David (George) for the overall, Bassie (Abdelbasset Hannachi) and Jay (Thompson) for the break away. Our sprint would be provided by Pieter (Seyffert), Rodney (Green) and Herman (Fouché).
As I feared we didn't win any stages. We even didn't manage to get a top 10 result in any of the 6 stages. The only rider that showed some form was Bassie, who was part of the breakaway in a few stages and won us our first price of the season: The KOM jersey!!
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Posted on 10-06-2008 16:46
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Tour down Under (17-21 January)
I was surprised that we managed to get invited to the 'Tour Down Under'.
It was a nice experience for our riders, but of course we didn't get any results (you can't aspect miracles in the first HC race).
There was however 1 South African who did very well. Sadly he wasn't one of our riders. Robert Hunter (Barloworld) first managed to win the 'Tour Down Under Classic' (16 January) and then basically dominated the 'Tour Down Under' with two stage wins, three 2nd place finishes and the sprinters jersey. The only thing that went wrong for him was that his team didn't manage to catch Nicki Sörensen (CSC) in the final stage with as a result that Hunter missed out on the overall victory by 21 seconds.
Hunter had already been contacted by the team. He likes what we're trying to accomplish, but he won't be an option for next season. We also can't pay what Barloworld is asking for him.
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| snoep_de_hond |
Posted on 10-06-2008 21:01
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For the Tour de San Luis (23-28 january) six of our riders where in Argentina. Abdelbasser Hannachi was showing great form by again taking the KOM jersey.
Meanwhile I booked an early trip, for me and six riders, to Malaysia for again a trainings camp in preparations of one of our biggest seasons goals, which was also in Malaysia:
Le Tour de Langkawi (2-11 january).
I was very hopeful that we could get some good results this time. Winning a stage wouldn't be easy, but we had 10 stages to achieve our sponsors goal (a stage win). There where no TT's or hilly stages, stage 3 and 8 where mountain stages and the rest where more or less flat.
Langkawi is a HC race, so there where 5 ProTour teams (Bouygues Telecom, Credit Agricole, FDJ, AG2R and Unibet.com), Panaria (with Sella and Pozzovivo) and Tinkoff (with Petrov)
Our team consisted out of;
David George (The man for the overall classification)
Daryl Impey & Juan van Heerden (Our big hopes for a sprint victory)
Chris Froome, Rafaa Chtioui & Tiaan Kannemeyer (as helpers and for the break away)
The team had an outstanding 1,5 weeks and got some great results, but...
STAGE 1
1st Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 1h47'59"
2nd Simon Gerrans AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
3rd John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
4th Lloyd Mondory AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
5th Juan Van Heerden TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
STAGE 2
1st Mariusz Wiesiak NIPPO - MEITAN HONPO - ASADA 3h45'47"
2nd Lloyd Mondory AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
3rd Wes Sulzberger SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
4th Juan Van Heerden TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
5th Daryl Impey TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
STAGE 3 (Mountain stage)
1st Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM 3h58'15"
2nd Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE +17"
3rd Evgeni Petrov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
4th Hubert Dupont AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
5th David George TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
STAGE 4
1st Alberto Loddo SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA 3h21'52"
2nd Lloyd Mondory AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
3th Juan Van Heerden TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
4th Daryl Impey TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
5th Alexandre Usov AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
STAGE 5
1st Saïd Haddou BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM 1h33'30"
2nd Lloyd Mondory AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
3rd Wes Sulzberger SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
4th José Martins VITÓRIA - ASC s.t. SC 29
5th Daryl Impey TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
9th Juan Van Heerden TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
STAGE 6
1st Wes Sulzberger SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS 4h07'44"
2nd Lloyd Mondory AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
3rd Daryl Impey TEAM KONICA MINOLTA +49"
4th Gene Bates SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
5th Alexandre Usov AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
7th Juan Van Heerden TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
STAGE 7
1st Cyrille Monnerais FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 4h16'00"
2nd Tiaan Kannemeyer TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
3rd Kilian Patour TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
4th Christoph Meschenmoser SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
5th Rémi Pauriol CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
STAGE 8 (Mountain stage)
1st Emanuele Sella CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE 2h58'22"
2nd David George TEAM KONICA MINOLTA +28"
3rd Laurent Lefèvre BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM +02'02"
4th Alessandro Bertolini SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
5th Yoann Le Boulanger BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
STAGE 9
1st Gene Bates SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS 4h01'00"
2nd John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
3rd Wes Sulzberger SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
4th Alexandre Usov AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
5th Daryl Impey TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
6th Juan Van Heerden TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
STAGE 10
1st Pedro Costa VITÓRIA - ASC 1h19'27"
2nd Salvatore Commesso TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
3rd Gene Bates SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
4th Takashi Miyazawa NIPPO - MEITAN HONPO - ASADA s.t.
5th Lloyd Mondory AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
8th Juan Van Heerden TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
GC
1st Emanuele Sella CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE 7h13'15"
2nd David George TEAM KONICA MINOLTA +32"
3rd Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM +01'45"
4th Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE +01'56"
5th John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE +02'02"
6th Evgeni Petrov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS +02'08"
7th Pierrick Fédrigo BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM +02'12"
8th Alessandro Bertolini SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
9th Hubert Dupont AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
10th Alexandre Botcharov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
no stage win. 
We did achieve 11 top 5 finishes.
The closed calls where;
stage 4 (Juan with the first podium place of the season)
stage 6 (Daryl won the sprint of the peloton, but 2 riders stayed ahead of the bunch.)
stage 7 (Tiaan was in a successful break away, but couldn't out sprint Cyrille Monnerais.)
stage 8 (A brilliant performance by David. Only losing to Emanuele Sella, which he can't be ashamed off. It also resulted in the 2nd place overall.)
Although we didn't get the win, the sponsor were very happy with the results. Which also placed the team in the top 10 of the continental circuit.
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| snoep_de_hond |
Posted on 10-06-2008 22:34
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February 2007
The rest of February we didn't get any results. This was also because I wanted my best riders to prepare for THE race of the season:
Giro del Capo (6-11 March).
We want to preform at our best in our own country and hopefully get our first victory.
This are the races we started in:
GP d' Ouverture la Marseillaise (6 February)
GP Costa degli Etruschi (10 February)
Trofeo Laigueglia (20 February)
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| snoep_de_hond |
Posted on 11-06-2008 17:00
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March 2007
The Giro del Capo is getting closer and our riders are getting more and more in shape.
3 Jours du Vaucluse (2-4 March)
This is a 3 day stage race with 3 hilly stages. We couldn't play a role in the GC, but did manage to pick up a few continental points.
STAGE 1
1st Edvald Boasson Hagen TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI 3h31'42"
2nd Sven Nys RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
3rd Niels Brouzes AUBER 93 s.t.
4th David Lelay BRETAGNE - ARMOR LUX s.t.
5th Tiaan Kannemeyer TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
STAGE 2
1st Florian Morizot AUBER 93 3h59'07"
2nd Jos Van Emden RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
3rd Shinichi Fukushima NIPPO - MEITAN HONPO - ASADA s.t.
4th Dan Craven TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
5th Yann Pivois BRETAGNE - ARMOR LUX s.t.
GC
17th Daryl Impey TEAM KONICA MINOLTA +03'28"
KOM
1st Dan Craven TEAM KONICA MINOLTA 30 pt.
GP di Lugano (4 March)
A great result for Chris. He finished only 51 seconds behind the one and only Paolo Bettini in a race with 11 ProTour teams.
RESULT
1st Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 4h01'01"
2nd Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
3rd John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
4th Dimitri Champion BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
5th Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
6th Paolo Bossoni LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
7th Chris Froome TEAM KONICA MINOLTA +51"
8th Pavel Brutt TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS +01'27"
9th Dimitri Fofonov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
10th Cyril Dessel AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
11th Giampaolo Cheula BARLOWORLD s.t.
12th Alessandro Vanotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
13th Aleksandr Kuschynski LIQUIGAS s.t.
14th Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
15th Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER s.t.
16th Christophe Moreau AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
17th Axel Merckx T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
18th Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
19th Ricardo Serrano TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
20th Manuel Beltrán LIQUIGAS s.t.
21st Manuele Mori SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
22nd Stefan Schumacher GEROLSTEINER s.t.
23rd Christophe Le Mével CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
24th Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
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Posted on 11-06-2008 17:30
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Giro del Capo (6-11 March)
I had great expectation for this race. The team was in top shape, wanted to perform well for the home crowd and finally go home with a stage win.
We were only allowed to enter 5 riders:
David George & Chris Froome (for the GC)
Daryl Impey & Juan Van Heerden (for the sprint)
Rafaa Chtioui (as helper and TTer)
STAGE 1
This was a 9 km TT. The team immediately showed their great form and we had 3 riders in the top 5, but didn’t manage to get the win.
1st Konstantin Ponomarev MOSCOW STARS 06'36"
2nd Eric Wohlberg SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM +03"
3rd Rafaâ Chtioui TEAM KONICA MINOLTA +04"
4th David George TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
5th Chris Froome TEAM KONICA MINOLTA +06"
6th Svein Tuft SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM +08"
7th Christian Meier SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM +10"
8th David Galvin BMC CYCLING TEAM +11"
9th René Andrle PSK WHIRLPOOL HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ +14"
10th Robert Hunter BARLOWORLD +16"
STAGE 2
It’s a hilly stage with an uphill finish. Would David be able to get the win after showing his top form in yesterdays TT?
No, 2nd! A bit disappointing, but David did grab the leaders jersey and Chris finish on a good 6th place.
1st Alexandre Moos BMC CYCLING TEAM 3h19'00"
2nd David George TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
3rd Tony Martin THÜRINGER ENERGIE TEAM +22"
4th Søren Nissen CONTINENTAL TEAM DIFFERDANGE s.t.
5th Burke Swindlehurst TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT s.t.
6th Chris Froome TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
7th Robert Hunter BARLOWORLD s.t.
8th Graziano Gasparre AMORE E VITA - MCDONALD'S s.t.
9th Edwin Parra COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN - COLDEPORTES +56"
10th Alexis Rojas Diaz COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN - COLDEPORTES s.t.
STAGE 3
Stage 3 is another hilly stage. It’s difficult to control with only 5 riders, but David manages to stay with Alexandre Moos, who again denies us the stage win.
1st Alexandre Moos BMC CYCLING TEAM 3h11'26"
2nd Félix Cárdenas BARLOWORLD s.t.
3rd David George TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
4th Graziano Gasparre AMORE E VITA - MCDONALD'S +33"
5th Robert Hunter BARLOWORLD +01'18"
6th Daryl Impey TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
7th Mike Sayers BMC CYCLING TEAM s.t.
8th Juan Van Heerden TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
9th Santiago Botero UNE - ORBITEL s.t.
10th Boris Shpilevski KIO-ENE - TONAZZO - DMT s.t.
STAGE 4
Again it’s a hilly stage. Despite some attempts nobody is in front when the peloton starts the last 10 km. Just before the foot of the last 3 km long climb to the finish Rafaâ is setting the pace when Chris attacks. David immediately jumps on his wheel. What are they doing? Is this suicide? Chris gives all he has got and Rafaâ tries to hold up the pack, but it seems the two in front will be reeled in very fast. Then David starts his sprint. A few riders try to bride the gap, but they come to late. Finally! First win of the season, first goals achieved and with Chris hanging on to second place it’s 1-2 Kinoca Minolta!
1st David George TEAM KONICA MINOLTA 3h12'47"
2nd Chris Froome TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
3rd Burke Swindlehurst TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT +33”
4th Freddy González COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN - COLDEPORTES +41"
5th Graziano Gasparre AMORE E VITA - MCDONALD'S s.t.
6th Alexandre Moos BMC CYCLING TEAM s.t.
7th Daniel Foder TEAM DESIGNA KOKKEN s.t.
8th John-Lee Augustyn BARLOWORLD +01'13"
9th Boris Shpilevski KIO-ENE - TONAZZO - DMT s.t.
10th Daryl Impey TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
STAGE 5
Stage 5 is a TT with a 2 km long slightly uphill part to the finish. It’s a perfect stage for David and he not only secures the leaders jersey, but also wins the stage.
1st David George TEAM KONICA MINOLTA 06'56"
2nd Svein Tuft SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM +04"
3rd Santiago Botero UNE - ORBITEL +07"
4th Robert Hunter BARLOWORLD s.t.
5th Boris Shpilevski KIO-ENE - TONAZZO - DMT +09"
6th Tony Martin THÜRINGER ENERGIE TEAM s.t.
7th Chris Froome TEAM KONICA MINOLTA +10"
8th René Andrle PSK WHIRLPOOL HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ s.t.
9th Maurizio Biondo KIO-ENE - TONAZZO - DMT +11"
10th Søren Nissen CONTINENTAL TEAM DIFFERDANGE +12"
STAGE 6
This is the last and only flat stage of the race. Goal 1 is to get David home safe in the leaders jersey and goal 2 is trying to get the stage win with Daryl or Juan. And guess what the team can’t stop winning!! Daryl out sprints his fellow South African Robert Hunter for the stage win.
1st Daryl Impey TEAM KONICA MINOLTA 2h39'36"
2nd Robert Hunter BARLOWORLD s.t.
3rd Jonas Aaen Jørgensen TEAM GLS s.t.
4th Graziano Gasparre AMORE E VITA - MCDONALD'S s.t.
5th Maurizio Biondo KIO-ENE - TONAZZO - DMT s.t.
6th Simone Cadamuro KIO-ENE - TONAZZO - DMT s.t.
7th Ivan Seledkov MOSCOW STARS s.t.
8th Petr Bencik PSK WHIRLPOOL HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ s.t.
9th Stephen Wooldridge SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
10th Juan Van Heerden TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
GC
1st David George TEAM KONICA MINOLTA 12h35'45"
2nd Alexandre Moos BMC CYCLING TEAM +01'12"
3rd Chris Froome TEAM KONICA MINOLTA +02'20"
4th Graziano Gasparre AMORE E VITA - MCDONALD'S +03'05"
5th Burke Swindlehurst TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT +03'15"
6th Félix Cárdenas BARLOWORLD +03'18"
7th Tony Martin THÜRINGER ENERGIE TEAM +03'49"
8th Daniel Foder TEAM DESIGNA KOKKEN +04'04"
9th Freddy González COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN - COLDEPORTES +04'09"
10th Robert Hunter BARLOWORLD +04'13"
11th Daryl Impey TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
12th Santiago Botero UNE - ORBITEL +04'26"
13th Boris Shpilevski KIO-ENE - TONAZZO - DMT +04'30"
14th Søren Nissen CONTINENTAL TEAM DIFFERDANGE +04'34"
15th Maurizio Biondo KIO-ENE - TONAZZO - DMT +04'36"
16th Davide Bragazzi KIO-ENE - TONAZZO - DMT +04'37"
17th Alexis Rojas Diaz COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN - COLDEPORTES +04'43"
18th Rafaâ Chtioui TEAM KONICA MINOLTA +04'47"
19th Svein Tuft SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM +04'48"
20th Eric Wohlberg SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM +04'53"
21st René Andrle PSK WHIRLPOOL HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ +04'54"
22nd Jonas Aaen Jørgensen TEAM GLS +04'59"
23rd Alejandro Ramírez UNE - ORBITEL +05'02"
24th John-Lee Augustyn BARLOWORLD +05'05"
25th Alfonso Falzarano CINELLI - ENDEKA - OPD +05'06"
POINTS
1st David George TEAM KONICA MINOLTA 100 pt. Sprint 36
U25
1st Chris Froome TEAM KONICA MINOLTA 12h38'05" u25 58
TEAM
1st - TEAM KONICA MINOLTA 13h54'47" Team 36
The team dominated the race and takes home;
- 3 stage wins (David and Daryl)
- The overall victory (David)
- The points jersey (with David)
- The under 25 jersey (with Chris)
- The overall team classification.
We also accomplished 2 sponsor goals (a stage win and a top 3 overall finish).
Edited by snoep_de_hond on 12-06-2008 20:20
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| fefj |
Posted on 11-06-2008 17:34
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Perhaps you should just jump to season 2, and tell us how season 1 went ? Either way, i'm looking forward to this |
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 11-06-2008 18:09
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awesome results - any screenshots of the actual racing?
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| snoep_de_hond |
Posted on 11-06-2008 20:46
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My first season wasn't very long because a took a huge break from half July until about the end of August. So I hope to be up to date within a week and then I'll make screen shots and see how that works out. |
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| snoep_de_hond |
Posted on 11-06-2008 21:31
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Milano - Torino (10 March)
When I was at the Giro del Capo, Hassen Ben Nasser earned his first continental points by finishing 4th of the bunch in Milano - Torino. That resulted in the 9th place in the race, because 5 world class riders got away and fought it out for the win.
RESULTS
1st Jens Voigt TEAM CSC 4h35'23"
2nd Luca Mazzanti CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
3rd Juanjo Cobo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
4th Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE +59"
5th Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR +01'24"
6th Tom Criel UNIBET.COM +02'14"
7th Matteo Carrara UNIBET.COM s.t.
8th Andrea Tonti QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
9th Hassen Ben Nasser TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
10th Mirko Lorenzetto TEAM MILRAM s.t.
The rest of the month we started in some French races, but didn't get any results worth mentioning:
Classic Loire Atlantique (23 March)
La Roue Tourangelle (24 March)
Criterium International (30 March-1 April) |
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| snoep_de_hond |
Posted on 11-06-2008 22:18
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April 2007
Our main goal for the month of April was the Tour de Georgia (16-22 April) on preparation for this HC stage race we started in two 1 day HC races:
U.S. Open Cycling (7 April)
David showed he was still in good shape and that he is our best rider at the moment. Great 3th place in a race where CSC deserved the win.
RESULTS
1st David Zabriskie TEAM CSC 4h22'19"
2nd Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM +27"
3rd David George TEAM KONICA MINOLTA +01'00"
4th Alexandr Kolobnev TEAM CSC +01'45"
5th Nicki Sörensen TEAM CSC s.t.
6th Iñigo Cuesta TEAM CSC s.t.
7th Jakob Piil T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
8th Scott Moninger BMC CYCLING TEAM s.t.
9th Frantisek Rabon T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
10th Mike Sayers BMC CYCLING TEAM s.t.
Rund um Koln (9 April)
Rund um Koln is a tough race, so 14th is not a bad results for Ben
RESULTS
1st Ralf Grabsch TEAM MILRAM 4h45'41"
2nd Manuele Mori SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR +01'10"
3rd Guido Trentin SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
4th Alexandr Kolobnev TEAM CSC s.t.
5th Steffen Wesemann TEAM WIESENHOF FELT +01'38"
6th Rafaele Ferrara TEAM LPR s.t.
7th Robert Gesink RABOBANK s.t.
8th Marcus Ljungqvist TEAM CSC +02'23"
9th Nico Eeckhout CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
10th Michael Barry T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
14th Hassen Ben Nasser TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t. |
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