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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 25-07-2008 18:07
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Greece hosts a 5 stage race which should be decided in the mountains - and the final stage shoulod be decisive.
This race is a great opportunity for B&O to take over the lead at the top of the continental standings and they have sent Aleksandr Pluchkin and Ricardo Mestre to the race.
Daniel Moreno and Florentino Marquez lead Benfica and Dario Cioni leads Gatorade.
IrnBru will look towards Richard Ochoa Quintero - but also bring this season's revelation Ivan Seledkov.
Pearl Jam have brought Jackson Rodriguez while Molteni may have to chase breakaways with Luca Mazzanti unlikely to be strong enough.
Nippo will hope Parra Bustamente can live up to his hefty price tag but who disappointed in the Vuelta al Tachira, unlike Wilmer Vasquez, who leads NVidia.
Tadej Valjavec will be a force to be reckoned with for Ernst&Young, as will White Bear Steyr's Konstantin Siutsou. Finally, Wiggle will be looking to Juan Manuel Garate.
The only B Team entered is Nintendo B who's best climber is Yukihiro Doi
Edited by SportingNonsense on 25-07-2008 18:07
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| Crommy |
Posted on 25-07-2008 20:02
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Go Doi 
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| niconico |
Posted on 25-07-2008 20:12
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A race in Greece. Very unconventional. I hope for a good showing but I have the feeling that I will do bad on the first stage which is very similar to the hilly stage in Langkawi, where I lost the leader's jersey.
Anyway, go Pluchkin (and Mestre, and Jørgensen  )
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 25-07-2008 20:24
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Juan Manuel Garate will be once again underperforming, and probably finishing up at 15th or worse place overall.
He'll be joined by equally inadequate riders Tizza, Azevedo, Golcer for the mountains, and Simone Cadamura will be looking for the teams first sprint success of the year with backing from Radochla and all rounder Stamsnijder. Excited? We at Wiggle definately aren't!
Good luck to all!
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 25-07-2008 20:31
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I think Valjavec has a serious shot for the win with his climbing stat |
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 25-07-2008 22:22
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... Bring on the tour de Georgia
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 25-07-2008 22:24
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HAHA, Pereiro is going to kick ass at the TOG |
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| niconico |
Posted on 25-07-2008 23:02
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I thought for a minute Hacecky had it, oh well, 3rd is still very good for one of my domestiques
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 25-07-2008 23:06
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Great job by my boys and B&O to bring back the breakaway, I thought Zanotti would have done better than 9th though, but hey, as long as Valjavec is close to the lead heading into stages 4 and 5 everyone may need to watch out |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 25-07-2008 23:09
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Well, Zanotti had been relaying for much of the stage but just was too far back with 3km to go
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 25-07-2008 23:13
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Okay, that explains it |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 25-07-2008 23:40
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Great 4th for Arango, everything is setting up nicely for my boys |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 26-07-2008 14:06
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FUCK, FUCK, FUCK is all I can say, why the fuck does Valjavec have to fall on the last corner, and what about the 1 km mercy rule anyway, thats fucking ridiculous  |
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| Cristi M |
Posted on 26-07-2008 14:15
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bad luck hehe
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| stuartmcstuart |
Posted on 26-07-2008 15:51
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What a ride the Wiggle boys are doing! Unbelievable! Congrats to rjc43!
I hope as we enter the mountains Ochoa Quintero actually does something...that would be nice. |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 26-07-2008 18:57
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Rankings
Team
B&O take a large lead as they leap to the top of the table for the first time this season pushing Fed-Ex down to 2nd while Champion remaion 3rd. Wiggle's strong race sees them up to 4th pushing both Slipstream and IrnBru down a place. White Bear Steyr move ahead of NVidia into 9th as Benfica rise to 11th.
Despite winning the teams classification, Molteni did not score many points although they got enough to move into 13th, ahead of Dasani. While further down Ernst&Young are no longer the lowest ranked 'proper' team as they move ahead of Zenmind, aswell as passing Slipstream's B Team.
1 B&O 902
2 Fed-Ex 761
3 Champion 687
4 Wiggle - Premier Inn 666
5 Slipstream 659
6 IrnBru - RBS 647
7 LA/MSS/Pearl Jam 561
8 Procycling-BBC 503
9 White Bear Steyr 493
10 NVidia 472
11 Benfica 422
12 British Airways - Cyclingnews 413
13 Molteni 364
14 Dasani - Hincapie Sportswear 351
15 Nippo Corporation 271
16 Gatorade 214
17 Ernst and Young 206
18 Zenmind-Evolution 146
19 Slipstream B 120
20 Virgin Media B 53
21 LA/MSS/Pearl Jam B 50
22 Nintendo B 48
23 Gatorade B 45
24 American Suzuki B 38
25 British Airways B 35
26 Fed-Ex B 28
27 IrnBru B 25
28 La Gazetta B 22
29 Magenta B 17
30 Sony Ericsson B 12
31 France Televisions B 8
Individual
Pluchkin leaps up to 3rd place with his victory while Valjavec moves into 10th after 2nd place overall.
1 Tom Danielson USA Fed-Ex 383
2 Juan José Haedo ARG Slipstream 284
3 Aleksandr Pluchkin MOL B&O 206
4 Ivan Seledkov RUS IrnBru - RBS 205
5 José Chacon VEN Champion 183
6 Aleksandr Efimkin RUS Champion 179
7 Wim van Huffel BEL LA/MSS/Pearl Jam 179
8 Manuel Medina VEN British Airways - Cyclingnews 177
9 Heinrich Haussler GER NVidia 149
10 Tadej Valjavec SLO Ernst & Young 145
11 Nuno Ribeiro POR Benfica 143
12 Ricardo Mestre POR B&O 141
13 Matti Breschel DEN B&O 136
14 Konstantin Siutsou BLR White Bear Steyr 134
15 Ruben Bongiorno ARG Molteni 121
16 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR B&O 118
17 José Azevedo POR Wiggle - Premier Inn 111
18 Stuart O'Grady AUS LA/MSS/Pearl Jam 107
19 Blaise Sonnery FRA White Bear Steyr 107
20 Aitor Perez Arrieta ESP Champion 100
21 Tom Veelers NED B&O 99
22 Erik Mohs GER IrnBru - RBS 98
23 Geraint Thomas GBR British Airways - Cyclingnews 96
24 Roger Hammond GBR Procycling-BBC 90
25 Tiziano Dall'Antonia ITA Champion 88
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| Cristi M |
Posted on 26-07-2008 19:15
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great result by pliuchkin, hes a big talent..
now it's time for the pro tour races
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| niconico |
Posted on 26-07-2008 23:07
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Yes, Pluchkin did it 
This season above everything I expected
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 26-07-2008 23:45
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Good comeback for Valjavec, if only he hadn't fallen... |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 26-07-2008 23:47
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Deadpool wrote:
Good comeback for Valjavec, if only he hadn't fallen...
He would have still been 2nd overall
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