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| Wiggo |
Posted on 05-10-2008 12:13
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This one will survive. I'm promising myself.
Tales of Orange
Hello. I'm Hubertus Heemskerk.
I am CEO of the dutch bank Rabobank. I have a passion for a sport. That sport is cycling. Under my guidance, Rabobank has sponsored a succesful cycling team, and helped grass roots cycling develop in The Netherlands. I shall recount the important races for our team.
Info from UCI pro Tour website:
The Rabobank team is focused on results and ethics in 2008 after the arrival of new management and riders. Harold Knebel is the new team director from March, while Erik Breukink will continue as team manager, running the technical side of the UCI ProTour team.
Well known Dutch rider Michael Boogerd has now retired, so the hopes of the Rabobank team are now on the shoulders of strong time trialist Thomas Dekker and Russia’s Denis Menchov. Dekker’s stage victories in the Tour de Romandie and Tour de Suisse in 2007 show he has huge potential, while Menchov finally emerged by winning the Vuelta a España.
Three-time World Champion Oscar Freire won Milan-San Remo in 2007 and was fifth overall in the individual standings of the UCI ProTour. His fast sprint finish means he is a threat in many of the UCI ProTour one-day races and could challenge for the individual title if he shows more consistency. Other riders to watch in the strong Rabobank team are sprinter Graeme Brown, Pieter Weening, Joost Posthuma and Bauke Mollema, who joins from the Rabobank development squad.
Major results (since 1996)
In 2002, the Rabobank cycling team was split into the normal team and the GS3 team, for cyclo-cross and young talents. In 2005 it was renamed to the Continental team. Since 1996, the team won 1796 races [29], of which 491 were won in the (UCI) ProTour, and 362 in the cyclo-cross protour.
1996: 55 UCI Road World Cup, 25 Cyclo-cross
1997: 43 UCI Road World Cup, 27 Cyclo-cross
1998: 45 UCI Road World Cup, 24 Cyclo-cross
1999: 50 UCI Road World Cup, 32 Cyclo-cross
2000: 34 UCI Road World Cup, 23 Cyclo-cross
2001: 38 UCI Road World Cup, 19 Cyclo-cross
2002: 39 UCI Road World Cup, 26 Cyclo-cross
2003: 27 UCI Road World Cup, 20 Cyclo-cross
2004: 32 UCI Road World Cup, 27 Cyclo-cross
2005: 38 UCI ProTour, 47 Cyclo-cross
2006: 43 UCI ProTour, 46 Cyclo-cross
2007: 47 UCI ProTour, 39 Cyclo-cross
[edit] World Championships
* 1996: Adrie van der Poel (cyclo-cross)
* 1998: Sven Nys (cyclo-cross U23)
* 2000: Richard Groenendaal (cyclo-cross)
* 2002: Thijs Verhagen (cyclo-cross U23)
* 2004: Óscar Freire (road race)
* 2005: Sven Nys (cyclo-cross)
* 2007: Lars Boom (cyclo-cross U23)
* 2007: Lars Boom (time trial U23)
* 2008: Lars Boom (cyclo-cross)
[edit] Tour de France
* 1998 Tour de France:
Stage 9 Leon van Bon
* 1999 Tour de France:
Stage 20 Robbie McEwen
* 2000 Tour de France:
Stage 6 Leon van Bon
Stage 8 Erik Dekker
Stage 11 Erik Dekker
Stage 17 Erik Dekker
* 2001 Tour de France:
Stage 2 Marc Wauters
Stage 8 Erik Dekker
* 2002 Tour de France:
Stage 8 Karsten Kroon
Stage 16 Michael Boogerd
* 2005 Tour de France:
Stage 8 Pieter Weening
Stage 9 Michael Rasmussen
Mountains Classification: Michael Rasmussen
* 2006 Tour de France:
Stage 5 Óscar Freire
Stage 9 Óscar Freire
Stage 11 Denis Menchov
Stage 16 Michael Rasmussen
Mountains Classification: Michael Rasmussen
* 2007 Tour de France:
Stage 8 Michael Rasmussen
Stage 16 Michael Rasmussen
* 2008 Tour de France:
Stage 14 Óscar Freire
Sprint Classification: Óscar Freire
[edit] National road race champions
* 1997: Michael Boogerd Flag of the Netherlands
* 1998: Michael Boogerd Flag of the Netherlands
* 1999: Maarten den Bakker Flag of the Netherlands
* 2000: Leon van Bon Flag of the Netherlands
* 2000: Markus Zberg Flag of Switzerland
* 2004: Erik Dekker Flag of the Netherlands
* 2006: Michael Boogerd Flag of the Netherlands
* 2007: Koos Moerenhout Flag of the Netherlands
* 2008: Lars Boom Flag of the Netherlands
[edit] National time trial champions
* 1996: Erik Dekker Flag of the Netherlands
* 1997: Erik Breukink Flag of the Netherlands
* 1998: Patrick Jonker Flag of the Netherlands
* 1998: Beat Zberg Flag of Switzerland
* 1998: Peter Luttenberger Flag of Austria
* 2000: Erik Dekker Flag of the Netherlands
* 2002: Erik Dekker Flag of the Netherlands
* 2002: Marc Wauters Flag of Belgium
* 2003: Maarten den Bakker Flag of the Netherlands
* 2003: Marc Wauters Flag of Belgium
* 2004: Thomas Dekker Flag of the Netherlands
* 2004: Jukka Vastaranta Flag of Finland
* 2005: Thomas Dekker Flag of the Netherlands
* 2005: Marc Wauters Flag of Belgium
* 2008: Lars Boom Flag of the Netherlands
[edit] Other notable races
* 1st, UCI Road World Cup (2001): Erik Dekker
* 1st, General Classification, 2005 Vuelta a España : Denis Menchov
* 1st, General Classification, 2007 Vuelta a España : Denis Menchov
* 1st, General Classification, 2002 Tirreno-Adriatico : Erik Dekker
* 1st, General Classification, 2005 Tirreno-Adriatico : Óscar Freire
* 1st, General Classification, 2006 Tirreno-Adriatico : Thomas Dekker
* 1st, General Classification, 2007 Tour de Romandie : Thomas Dekker
[edit] Recent results
2007
* Graeme Brown : 1st, Stage 1, Tour of California (2.HC)
* Vuelta a AndalucÃa (2.1)
o Óscar Freire - Overall, Stage 2, 5 and Points competition
o Max van Heeswijk - Stage 3
2008
* 2008 Tirreno-Adriatico
* 2008 Paris-Nice
o Robert Gesink - two days leader overall; winner young rider classification
o Óscar Freire - Stage 1, 6
* Critérium International
o Laurens ten Dam - Stage 1
* Driedaagse van De Panne
o Joost Posthuma - Stage 4; General classification
* Gent-Wevelgem
o Oscar Freire - 1st
* Tour de Luxembourg
o Joost Posthuma - General classification
Our goals are clear:
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 05-10-2008 12:29
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Good luck!
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| Wiggo |
Posted on 05-10-2008 12:42
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Some of our big riders:
Thomas Dekker
A massive prospect who can Time Trial like a great and can get up hills and mountains
Juan Antonio Flecha
Cobbles extrordinare and hills are quite easy for him.
Oscar Freire
Our resident sprinter. He's good on cobbles and hills.
Robert Gesink
Considered by many to be a future great. A massive mountain rider and getting consistently good results in Time Trials can only be good news.
Dennis Menchov
Our stage racer extrordinare. Good on climbs and with a nifty TT. But he always has a bad day. |
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| Wiggo |
Posted on 05-10-2008 12:47
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 05-10-2008 12:50
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Maggot, you are doing a crucial mistake already: Posting full screenshots. Edit them into a smaller size and save them in a format that uses less kilobytes and you should be set.
THE THOMAS VOECKLER PROPHET OF PCM DAILY
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| Wiggo |
Posted on 05-10-2008 12:52
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OK. |
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| Wiggo |
Posted on 05-10-2008 13:10
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We have signed three big money sponsors!
Edited by Wiggo on 05-10-2008 13:11
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| Wiggo |
Posted on 05-10-2008 13:12
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Also thanks if an admin edited my post to make it thinner. |
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| Wiggo |
Posted on 05-10-2008 14:02
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Signings.
A young Brit sprinter with a good future ahead.
A cross rider coming over to road. Suprisingly a good TTer.
American wonderkid. |
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| Wiggo |
Posted on 05-10-2008 14:07
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Late signing.
A TTer who at 19 years old has a good future in the TT. |
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 05-10-2008 14:10
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Another one?
Try reading the top 3 articles here.
https://pcmdaily.c...p?cat_id=1
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| Wiggo |
Posted on 05-10-2008 14:12
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fenian_1234 wrote:
Another one?
I find it hard to keep them alive. This one I'm really commited to. |
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| Wiggo |
Posted on 05-10-2008 15:20
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Evans wins Aussie Champs
Cadel Evans got in a late break and took it from Team Columbias Rogers.
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| untal |
Posted on 05-10-2008 17:06
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Good luck! |
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| Wiggo |
Posted on 05-10-2008 18:08
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Teams:
Quick·Step
1. S.Devolder
2. W.Cretskens
3. S.De Jongh
4. M.Facci
5. S.Rosseler
6. M.Tosatto
7. J.Van de Walle
8. D.Viganò
Team Milram
11. E.Zabel
12. M.Eichler
13. R.Grabsch
14. M.Jurco
15. B.Lancaster
16. M.Müller
17. A.Ongarato
18. N.Terpstra
Caisse d'Epargne
21. J.Gutiérrez
22. A.Coyot
23. I.Erviti
24. V.GarcÃa Acosta
25. Ó.Pereiro
26. M.Pérez Arango
27. F.Pérez Sanchez
28. R.Urán
Rabobank
31. Ó.Freire
32. L.Boom
33. G.Brown
34. M.De Maar
35. T.Dekker
36. J.Flecha
37. M.Hayman
38. K.Moerenhout
Liquigas
41. F.Pozzato
42. V.Agnoli
43. M.Bodnar
44. F.Chicchi
45. C.Corioni
46. A.Curtolo
47. M.Fischer
48. R.Petito
Euskaltel
51. M.Astarloza
52. J.Agirre
53. B.AlbÃzuri
54. I.Antón
55. I.Isasi
56. I.Landaluze
57. J.Oroz
58. I.Velasco
CSC - Saxo Bank
61. K.Kroon
62. M.Blaudzun
63. M.Breschel
64. M.Goss
65. B.McGee
66. S.O'Grady
67. C.Sörensen
68. N.Sörensen
Bouygues Télécom
71. T.Voeckler
72. G.Bernaudeau
73. A.Clerc
74. P.Fédrigo
75. A.Geslin
76. S.Haddou
77. A.Pichot
78. F.Rénier
Garmin - Chipotle
81. D.Millar
82. M.Bäckstedt
83. S.Cozza
84. J.Dean
85. J.Donald
86. H.Duyn
87. T.Lowe
88. C.Sutton
Lampre
91. S.Spilak
92. M.Bandiera
93. P.Bossoni
94. P.Fornaciari
95. R.Longo
96. C.Murro
97. D.Righi
98. M.Santambrogio
Saunier Duval
101. D.De la Fuente
102. R.Belohvosciks
103. R.Bertogliati
104. E.Capecchi
105. J.Del Nero
106. D.Flahaut
107. J.MejÃas
108. A.Passeron
Silence - Lotto
111. M.Tjallingii
112. G.Gardeyn
113. N.Gates
114. L.Hoste
115. J.Roelandts
116. R.Sentjens
117. G.Van Avermaet
118. W.Vansevenant
Crédit Agricole
121. A.Botcharov
122. J.Engoulvent
123. A.Furlan
124. S.Hinault
125. J.Hunt
126. I.Konovalovas
127. M.Renshaw
128. N.Roche
Française des Jeux
131. B.Vaugrenard
132. M.Chérel
133. M.Delage
134. T.Gudsell
135. F.Guesdon
136. Y.Hutarovich
137. C.Mengin
138. Y.Offredo
Astana
141. A.Mizourov
142. K.De Kort
143. R.Haselbacher
144. A.Kemps
145. B.Kupeshov
146. S.Paulinho
147. G.Rast
148. M.Schär
Team Columbia
151. M.Cavendish
152. M.Burghardt
153. G.Ciolek
154. S.Davis
155. A.Greipel
156. A.Klier
157. S.Knaven
158. V.Reynès
Health Net
161. R.Sutherland
162. M.Cooke
163. K.Gritters
164. K.Menzies
165. J.Murphy
166. K.O'Bee
167. F.Pipp
168. P.Zajicek
Gerolsteiner
171. S.Krauss
172. O.Gatto
173. S.Lang
174. S.Schreck
175. T.Stamsnijder
176. C.Westphal
177. P.Wrölich
178. M.Zberg
AG2R
181. L.Mondory
182. C.Edaleine
183. T.Kangert
184. Y.Krivtsov
185. L.Mangel
186. S.Poulhiès
187. A.Usov
188. S.Vandenbergh
Toyota
191. C.Wherry
192. H.Clarke
193. J.Clarke
194. B.Day
195. J.England
196. C.Manion
197. S.Sullivan
198. H.Vogels
Cofidis
201. J.El Fares
202. S.Augé
203. A.Blain
204. J.Demaret
205. S.Dumoulin
206. F.Høj
207. S.Scheirlinckx
208. R.Verbrugghe
Drapac Porsche
211. M.Docker
212. G.Bates
213. P.Grinter
214. G.Irwin
215. P.McDonald
216. C.Munro
217. S.Shaw
218. D.Windsor
STAGE 1
At the top of the first climb:
The break is caught early. At 4.8 kilometers to go Freire has got Magnus Backsted's wheel.
The main sprint starts at 2km to go. Freire is on Dean's wheel.
Nearly 1 to go. Freire has opened. But Ciolek's on his wheel and O'Grady on his!
But they can't get round. Victory Number 1 of 2008.
O'Grady crossed the line second but that is all I can remember because the game crashed.
Edited by Wiggo on 05-10-2008 20:46
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| ember |
Posted on 05-10-2008 19:45
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Good luck and nice win with Freire!
Btw; because of the cras, do you need to play the stage once more? |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 05-10-2008 20:01
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If all the riders pass the finishing line before the crash i don't think he will need to play it again
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| ember |
Posted on 05-10-2008 20:11
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Hope so |
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| Wiggo |
Posted on 05-10-2008 20:20
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No. It was a crash after the replay. |
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| Wiggo |
Posted on 05-10-2008 20:49
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Damn. Game crashed in the middle of stage 2.
Edited by Wiggo on 05-10-2008 21:21
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