Another hilly classic. Rooks (Buckler), Kelly (PDM), Bugno (Gatorade) and Leclercq (Helvetia) are the men in great shape and have shown their faces already in the Liege - Bastogne - Liege and the Fleche Wallone. It is expected that these guys will fight for who wins.
Seur
221. Barroso; 222. Anguita; 223. De la Cruz; 224. Garcia; 225. Ivanov; 226. Moreno; 227. Rjaksinski; 228. Rodriguez.
Edited by harry on 13-04-2010 20:21
Indurain was also present in the Fleche Wallone and Liege Bastogne Liege. He did not show his face up front. Also his hill stats are not that good. I would be suprised if he would win. But in the TdF he will be there fore sure and kick everybodies ass.
242 km: Van den Bossche (TVM), Carter (Motorola), Cenghialta (Ariostea), Laurent (RMO), Bouwmans (Panasonic), Villanueva (ONCE), Cornillet (Z), Madouas (Toshiba), Sels (Histor), Peiper (Tulip) and Indurain (No his brother, Banesto) try to get away.
225 km: The attackers have a 44” lead on the pack. Vos (PDM) and Steinmann (Weinmann) try to join them.
200 km: Carter (Motorola), Cornillet (Z), Van den Bossche (TVM), Steinmann (Weinmann), Vos (PDM), Indurain (Banesto), Peiper (Tulip) and Sels (Histor) have a 2’07” lead on the pack.
183 km: Jalabert (Toshiba) has a puncture. Two of his teammates try to get him back into the pack.
157 km: Jalabert (Toshiba) is back in the pack. The gap of Vos (PDM), Van den Bossche (TVM), Steinmann (Weinmann), Carter (Motorola), Cornillet (Z), Indurain (Banesto), Sels (Histor) and Peiper (Tulip) with the pack is 4’14”.
145 km: Lejarreta (ONCE), Saligari (Ariostea) and Wijnands (Telekom) escaped from the pack and try to join the leaders.
108 km: Indurain (Yes it is him, Banesto), LeMond (Z), Kappes (Histor) and Van Eynde (Lotto) try to get away from the pack. They are 2’12” behind on the 11 leaders. Roscioli (Del Tongo) and Kiefel (Motorola) try to join them.
81 km: Indurain (Banesto), Wijnands (Telekom), Van Eynde (Lotto), Saligari (Ariostea), LeMond (Z), Peiper (Tulip), Lejarreta (ONCE), Indurain (Banesto), Kappes (Histor), Van den Bossche (TVM), Vos (PDM), Steinmann (Weinmann), Sels (Histor), Cornillet (Z) and Carter (Motorola) have a 1’15” lead on Kiefel (Motorola) and Roscioli (Del Tongo) and a 2’05” lead on the pack.
41 km: On the moment that the attackers are wheeled in, Rooks (Buckler) tries to get away from the pack. Bugno (Gatorade) jumps along and readily they arrive at the first group with LeMond (Z), Steinmann (Weinmann), Vos (PDM), Lejarrate (ONCE), Carter (Motorola), Saligari (Ariostea), Van den Bossche (TVM), M. Indurain (Banesto), Van Eynde (Lotto), Wijands (Telekom) and Kappes (Histor). They have a 27” lead on the pack.
38 km: On the Kruisberg, the attackers are caught by the pack. Rooks (Buckler), Van Lancker (Panasonic) and Bugno (Gatorade) attack again.
30 km: Van Lancker (Panasonic), Bugno (Gatorade) and Rooks (Buckler) have a 37” lead on the pack. Cassani (Ariostea), Louviot (Toshiba), Machler (Carrera) and Millar (Z) try to make the jump to the leaders.
26 km: Fondriest (Panasonic), Roosen (Tulip), Van Lancker (Panasonic), Rooks (Buckler), Dhaenens (Panasonic), Bugno (Gatorade), Millar (Z), Fuerte (ONCE), Machler (Carrera) and Moreels (Lotto) have a 37” lead on Chioccioli (Del Tongo), Leblanc (Castorama), Jalabert (Toshiba) and Cassani (Ariostea) and 1’08” on the pack.
14 km: Rooks (Buckler) and Van Lancker (Panasonic) attack but don’t get away. Rooks (Buckler), Roosen (Tulip), Fuerte (ONCE), Moreels (Lotto), Van Lancker (Panasonic), Fondriest (Panasonic), Dhaenens (Panasonic), Machler (Carrera) and Bugno (Gatorade) have a 1’13” lead on Maassen (Buckler), Jalabert (Toshiba), Millar (Z), Chioccioli (Del Tongo), Golz (Ariostea), Leclercq (Helvetia) and Leblanc (Castorama) and 1’44” on the pack.
7 km: On the Sint Antoniusbank Fondriest (Panasonic), Rooks (Buckler) and Moreels (Lotto) get away. The others cannot follow.
3 km: Fondriest (Panasonic) and Rooks (Buckler) have a 15” lead on Dhaenens (Panasonic) and a 36” lead on Fuerte (ONCE), Roosen (Tulip), Van Lancker (Panasonic), Moreels (Lotto) and Bugno (Gatorade) and a 1’14” lead on Leclercq (Helvetia).
0 km: Fondriest (Panasonic) wins the sprint before Dhaenens (Panasonic) and Rooks (Buckler).
No pictures, since PCM chrashed. Sorry
1. Maurizio Fondriest - Panasonic - 6h10'10"
2. Rudy Dhaenens - Panasonic - + 0"
3. Steven Rooks - Buckler - + 0"
4. Eric Van Lancker - Panasonic - + 29"
5. Luc Roosen - Tulip - + 29"
6. Sammie Moreels - Lotto - + 29"
7. Anselmo Fuerte - ONCE - + 29" 8. Gianni Bugno - Gatorde - + 29"
9. Jean Claude Leclercq - Helvetia - + 1'17"
10. Erich Machler - Carrera - + 1'49"
11. Sean Kelly - PDM - + 1'49"
12. Frans Maassen - Buckler - + 2'43"
13. Luc Leblanc - Castorama - + 2'56"
14. Gilles Delion - Helvetia - + 3'13"
15. Pascal Richard - Helvetia - + 3'13"
16. Franco Chioccioli - Del Tongo - + 3'13"
17. Patrick Eyk - Buckler - + 3'13"
18. Davide Cassani - Ariostea - + 3'13"
19. Laurent Jalabert - Toshiba - + 3'13"
20. Rolf Golz - Ariostea - + 3'13"
21. Robert Millar - Z - + 3'13"
22. Giorgio Furlan - Ariostea - + 3'13"
23. Philippe Louviot - Toshiba - + 3'13"
24. Jacques Hanegraaf - Panasonic - + 3'13"
25. Mariono Lejarreta - ONCE - + 3'13"
WORLD CUP STANDINGS:
1. Claude Criquielion - Lotto - 160 Pts
2. Franco Ballerini - Del Tongo - 159 Pts
3. Maurizio Fondriest - Panasonic - 132 Pts
4. Edwig Van Hooydonck - Buckler - 126 Pts
5. Jean Claude Leclercq - Helvetia - 126 Pts
6. Johan Museeuw - Lotto - 122 Pts
7. Sean Kelly - PDM - 111 Pts
8. Eddy Planckaert - Panasonic - 110 Pts 9. Gianni Bugno - Gatorade - 110 Pts
10. Steven Rooks - Buckler - 107 Pts
11. Rudy Dhaenes - Panasonic - 106 Pts
12. Marc Madiot - RMO - 86 Pts
13. Rolf Sorensen - Ariostea - 85 Pts
14. Sammie Moreels - Lotto - 81 Pts
15. Gilbert Duclos Lassalle - Z - 73 Pts
16. Olaf Ludwig - Panasonic - 64 Pts
17. Moreno Argentin - Ariostea - 60 Pts
18. Eric Van Lancker - Panasonic - 56 Pts
19. Jelle Nijdam - Buckler - 50 Pts
20. Luc Roosen - Tulip - 46 Pts
21. Anselmo Fuerte - ONCE - 42 Pts
22. Etienne De Wilde - Histor - 40 Pts
23. Tony Rominger - Toshiba - 32 Pts
24. Jean Paul Van Poppel - PDM - 32 Pts
25. Jean Marie Wampers - Panasonic - 32 Pts
Edited by harry on 13-04-2010 20:22
Since this race does not count for the World Cup, not a whole lot of big names made it to the starting list. Bugno (Gatorade), Roosen (Tulip), Kappes (Histor), Lejarreta, Fuerte (both ONCE), Jalabert (Toshiba), Leblanc (Castorama), Millar (Z) and Bolts (Telekom) are tipped for the win.
173 km: Madouas (Toshiba) and Manin (RMO) try to get away from the pack. Rozendal (Panasonic) and Mathis (Subaru) try to jump along.
168 km: Also Willems (Weinmann), Vos (PDM), Roes (Lotto), Piva (Ariostea), Solleveld (Buckler), Krieger (Helvetia), Hundertmark (Histor) and Bielli (Del Tongo) try to get away from the pack.
160 km: Manin (RMO), Bielli (Del Tongo), Willems (Weinmann), Rozendal (Panasonic), Mathis (Subaru) and Madouas (Toshiba) have a 15” lead on Hundertmark (Histor), Vos (PDM), Solleveld (Buckler), Piva (Arisotea), Krieger (Helvetia) and Roels (Lotto) and 1’09” on the pack. Sanchis (Seur) and Garde (Castorama) try to get away and join the attackers.
147 km: All attackers have joined and have a lead of 1’36” on the pack. Hernandez (Seur) tries to get away from the pack. Kemna (Telekom) jumps along.
138 km: At the foot of the first mountain that has to be taken today, the attackers are caught by the pack.
137 km: Hric (Carrera), Jusdado (ONC), Hashikawa (Motorola), McCarthy (Subaru) and Heynderickx (Seur) try to get away from the pack, before the mountain gets really steep.
120 km: On the top McCarthy (Subaru), Heynderickx (Seur), Hric (Carrera), Jusdado (ONCE) and Hashikawa (Motorola) have a 1’25” lead on the pack.
108 km: Millar (Z) places an attack. Montoya (Amaya), Baguet (Lotto), Eyk (Buckler) and Jarmann (Weinmann) jump along.
70 km: Millar (Z), Montoya (Amaya) and Jarmann (Weinmann) have a 2’27” lead on the pack. The others have been caught.
62 km: Gianetti (Helvetia) and Baguet (Lotto) try to get away from the pack, but eventually they do not get away.
43 km: Volpi (Gatorade) tries to get away from the pack. He briefly gets 30” but is readily caught again.
20 km: Millar (Z), Jarmann (Weinmann) and Montoya (Amaya) have a 1’16” lead on a group of 72.
12 km: The lead of Millar (Z), Jarmann (Weinmann) and Montoya (Amaya) has decreased to 45”. Leblanc (Castorama) attacks on a small hill. Bugno (Gatorade) jumps along and makes the jump to the leading group.
7 km: Bernard (Banesto ) also made the jump. The lead of the attackers is only 23”.
5 km: Bugno (Gatorade) attacks. He takes a lead of 8” on Millar (Z) and Bernard (Banesto). Machler (Carrera) follows at 22” and the pack at 40”.
2.7 km: Machler (Carrera) has made the jump to the lead. He and Bugno (Gatorade) have a 26” lead on Boden (PDM).
0 km: Machler (Carrera) wins the sprint before Bugno (Gatorade).
Sorry, PCM chrashed again, thus no replay and no pictures. This starts to get annoying. Perhaps I have to reinstall PCM....
1. Erich Machler - Carrera - 4h54'55" 2. Gianni Bugno - Gatorade - + 0"
3. Falk Boden - PDM - + 26"
4. Jean Francois Bernard - Banesto - + 26" 5. Alberto Volpi - Gatorade - + 39"
6. Laurent Jalabert - Toshiba - + 39"
7. Jim Van de Laer - Tulip - + 39"
8. Allan Peiper - Tulip - + 39"
9. Jean Cyril Robin - Castorama - + 39"
10. Frederic Vichot - Castorama - + 39"
11. Laurent Bezault - Toshiba - + 39"
12. Luc Roosen - Tulip - + 39"
13. Marino Lejarreta - ONCE - + 39"
14. Alex Zulle - ONCE - + 39"
15. Luc Leblanc - Castorama - + 39"
16. Anselmo Fuerte - ONCE - + 39"
17. Christophe Lavainne - Castorama - + 39"
18. Julian Gorospe - Banesto - + 39"
19. Philippe Louviot - Toshiba - + 39"
20. Santos Hernandez - ONCE - + 39"
21. Jose Recio - Seur - + 39"
22. Cezary Zamana - Subaru - + 39"
23. Marino Alonso - Banesto - + 39"
24. Henri Abadie - Toshiba - + 39"
25. Bernd Grone - Telekom - + 39"
Edited by harry on 14-04-2010 20:21
The Tour de Romandie is the last race before the Giro for the Gatorade team. Other teams may still ride the Vuelta de Catalunya or the Classic des Alpes. Since these are very heavy races, it was decided to skip them instead. The Gatorade squad is tiny and does not allow for riding two tours at once. Most of the riders therefore will use the Tour de Romandie to prepare themselves for the Giro. For Bugno this is a serious race, which he wants to win. After this he will rest for a month and then start preparing him for the Tour de France. Giovanetti will be the leader in the Giro.
The mountain stage is easy. Should be an easy win for Bugno
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I agree that Bugno has a great shot to win. To win the Tour de Romandie you need good TT stats (stage 6), great mountain stats (stage 3), but also great hill stats (stage 2). Not that many riders are allround enough to take it on with Bugno. However, he is not in great shape anymore. He peaked at L-B-L and the Amstel Gold and will peak again in the Tour.
Machler (Carrera) set the winning time very early outside the view of any cameras. Lemond (Z),
Chioccioli (Del Tongo),
Breukink (PDM) and
Bugno (Gatorade)
all lost some time on the Swiss rider. Marie (Castorama) was the ultimate favorite for this stage, but also did not make it.
Giovanetti (Gatorade) showed that he is not fit yet for the Giro. He lost 12" today.
1. Erich Machler - Carrera - 4'16"
2. Thierry Marie - Castorama - + 2"
3. Thomas Wegmuller - Weinmann - + 3"
4. Marino Lejarreta - ONCE - + 3"
5. Bjarne Riis - Castorama - + 3"
6. Erik Breukink - PDM - + 3" 7. Gianni Bugno - Gatorade - + 3"
8. Jean Francois Bernard - Banesto - + 5"
9. Alex Zulle - ONCE - + 5"
10. Ivan Ivanov - Seur - + 6"
11. Dag Erik Pedersen - Del Tongo - + 6"
12. Allan Peiper - Tulip - + 6"
13. Greg LeMond - Z - + 7"
14. Guido Winterberg - Helvetia - + 7"
15. Hans Kindberg - Toshiba - + 8"
16. Rajmund Lehnert - Histor - + 8"
17. Franco Chioccioli - Del Tongo - + 8"
18. Laurent Bezault - Toshiba - + 8"
19. Jacques Van der Poel - Tulip - + 9"
20. Brian Walton - Motorola - + 9"
21. Remig Stumpf - Histor - + 9"
22. Thomas Durst - PDM - + 9"
23. Armand De las Cuevas - Banesto - + 9"
24. Tom Cordes - PDM - + 9"
25. Pascal Lance - Toshiba - + 10"
GENERAL STANDINGS:
1. Erich Machler - Carrera - 4'16"
2. Thierry Marie - Castorama - + 2"
3. Thomas Wegmuller - Weinmann - + 3"
4. Marino Lejarreta - ONCE - + 3"
5. Bjarne Riis - Castorama - + 3"
6. Erik Breukink - PDM - + 3" 7. Gianni Bugno - Gatorade - + 3"
8. Jean Francois Bernard - Banesto - + 5"
9. Alex Zulle - ONCE - + 5"
10. Ivan Ivanov - Seur - + 6"
POINT STANDINGS:
1. Erich Machler - Carrera - 15 Pts
2. Thierry Marie - Castorama - 12 Pts
3. Thomas Wegmuller - Weinmann - 10 Pts
Edited by harry on 15-04-2010 20:10
170 km: Mariuzzo (Ariostea) tries to leave the pack. Zberg (Helvetia), Vichot (Castorama), Ahedo (ONCE), Hamburger (TVM), Bielli (Del Tongo), Talen (PDM), Evenepoel (Histor) and Dominguez (CLAS) jump along, but the Banesto train easily catches them on a steep part of the track.
160 km: Mathis (Subaru), Bielli (Del Tongo), Ouslamine (TVM), Espinosal (CLAS) and Conti (Ariostea) try to get away. Giannelli (Carrera), Espejo (Kelme), Capelle (Z), Evenepoel (Histor), Ahguita (Seur) and Abadie (Toshiba) try to jump along.
153 km: Espinosa (CLAS), Abadie (Toshiba), Mathis (Subaru), Ouslamine (TVM), Bielli (Del Tongo), Conti (Ariostea) and Giannelli (Carrera) have a 1’24” lead on the pack. Anguita (Seur), Dernies (Weinmann), Halupczok (Del Tongo), Walzer (PDM), Lietti (Ariostea) and Ahedo (ONCE) try to make the jump to the leaders. Espejo (Kelme) also jumps along.
136 km: Dominguez (CLAS) also leaves the pack together with Kuum (TVM) and Ahedo (ONCE).
130 km: All attackers are caught by the pack.
80 km: Chioccioli (Del Tongo), Zulle (ONCE) and Gorospe (Banesto) fell and are behind the pack. Several ONCE and Del Tongo riders are waiting for them.
70 km: Everybody is back in the pack.
64 km: Philipot (Banesto) attacks at the 23% steep part of the track.
50 km: Philipot (Banesto) has a 2’59” lead on the pack.
20 km: Philipot (Banesto) has a 2’16” lead on the pack.
8 km: LeMond (Z), Muller (TVM), Delgado (Banesto), Bugno (Gatorade) and Giovanetti (Gatorade) attack. They are only 26” behind Philipot (Banesto).
0 km: Roosen (Tulip) wins the sprint before Muller (TVM) and Zamana (Subaru).
1. Luc Roosen - Tulip - 4h47'53"
2. Jorg Muller - TVM - + 0"
3. Cezary Zamana - Subaru - + 0"
4. Greg LeMond - Z - + 0" 5. Marco Giovanetti - Gatorade - + 0"
6. Erik Breukink - PDM - + 0"
7. Jean Francois Bernard - Banesto - + 0"
8. Alvaro Pino - Kelme - + 0"
9. Pedro Delgado - Banesto - + 0" 10. Gianni Bugno - Gatorade - + 0"
11. Fabrice Philipot - Banesto - + 0"
12. Laurent Jalabert - Toshiba - + 0"
13. Robert Millar - Z - + 0"
14. Jesus Montoya - Amaya - + 0"
15. Alex Zulle - ONCE - + 0"
16. Franco Chioccioli - Del Tongo - + 0"
17. Gert Jan Theunisse - TVM - + 0"
18. Eric Boyer - Z - + 0"
19. Claudio Chiappucci - Carrera - + 0"
20. Erich Machler - Carrera - + 1'52"
21. Peio Ruiz Cabestany - CLAS - + 1'52"
22. Andrzej Mierzejewski - Subaru - + 1'52"
23. Frederic Vichot - Castorama - + 1'52"
24. Eric Pichon - Castorama - + 1'52"
25. Armand De las Cuevas - Banesto - + 1'52"
Bosskardo wrote:
Hey, pretty fun story but could you give top riders stats.
Here you are. The 1991 DB is realy great. I recommend you to try it out and I really appreciate the people that took a lot of effort in it to make this DB. I especially like it since I started to enjoy cycling in the time of Chiappucci, Bugno, Indurain, Delgado and LeMond. I think it is great to be able to play with these old hero's.
I'm trying to upload it a bit bigger, but somehow Photobucket decreases the size of the actual figure. Be patient......
Apparently, it doesn't matter how big the figure is. There is a maximum size it gets when it is posted. It is probably going to cost me all night, but you are going to get the pic in decent format...
Edited by harry on 17-04-2010 00:32
I'm trying to upload it a bit bigger, but somehow Photobucket decreases the size of the actual figure. Be patient......
Apparently, it doesn't matter how big the figure is. There is a maximum size it gets when it is posted. It is probably going to cost me all night, but you are going to get the pic in decent format...
Thank you for all the work your currently doing for me/us to see those stats.
