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IKEA-Bianchi - Tour Down Under
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| FuglsangxTH3 |
Posted on 21-12-2011 07:22
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Hopeing tommorrow will be a great day for Zoltan Goid luck
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| cavfan8 |
Posted on 29-12-2011 09:49
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Stage 5 will be the decisive stage of the 2011 Tour Down Under. Two times up Old Willunga Hill will determine whether or not Jakab Zoltan can make back the 19 seconds he needs on GC leader Tomas Vaitkus. The plan today is everyone for Zoltan! He will most likely look to make his move on the second ascent of Old Willunga Hill.
Sepp Forcher and Ruben van Weerd set the pace reasonably quickly in the peleton due to the presence of Rui Costa in the breakaway who is just 1'01" back on GC. There is 16 other riders in the days breakaway so we dont want this one to stay away. 90km left and they only have a 1min lead.
At the second intermidiate sprint just 3 riders were away with Matt Hayman up front alone with a 1 minute lead and 2 riders inbetween him and the peloton. Just 27km to the top of Old Willunga Hill now, Zoltan is looking very comfortable at the moment.
Just about to start the first climb and the 4 breakaway men have just 1 minute advantage. Zoltan is feeling even better now, things are looking good for IKEA-Bianchi!
On the lower slopes of Old Willunga Hill Jakab Zoltan attacks! Still 21km's from the finish this is an all or nothing move.
Things arent looking so great for Zoltan now. He has just 30 seconds gap with still 18km to go. Vaitkus tried to counter but couldnt bridge the gap, Popovych is now on the front bringing the gap to Zoltan down.
A huge crash now! Blocking the whole road as another group nears, Hawksea, Saunders, and Pye from IKEA-Biachi have all been involved.
Meanwhile Zoltan gets caught just metres from the line! And Matti Breschel takes the stage win.
RESULTS
Top 10
Spoiler 1- Matti Breschel Rabobank 3h05'37"
2- Mark Cavendish HTC-Highroad s.t
3- Tomas Vaitkus Astana s.t
4- Michael Matthews Rabobank s.t
5- Tyler Farrar Garmin-Cervelo s.t
6- Serguei Ivanov Katusha s.t
7- Borut Bozic Vaconsoleil s.t
8- Danilo Hondo Lampre-ISD s.t
9- Inaki Isasi Euskatel-Euskadi s.t
10- Ruben Perez Euskatel-Euskadi s.t
31- Jakab Zoltan IKEA-Bianchi s.t
82- Lachlan Saunders IKEA-Bianchi +2'25"
85- James Hawksea IKEA-Bianchi +2'25"
90- Mike Pye IKEA-Bianchi +3'44"
91- Greg Bailey IKEA-Bianchi +3'44"
128- Ruben van Weerd IKEA-Bianchi +3'44"
130- Sepp Forcher IKEA-Bianchi +3'44"
GC
Spoiler 1- Tomas Vaitkus Astana 16h09'44""
2- Matti Breschel Rabobank +3"
3- Marko Kump Geox +8"
4- Maarten Neyens Omega Pharma Lotto +12"
5- Matteo Tosatto Saxo Bank-SunGard+15"
Points
Spoiler 1- Matti Breschel Rabobank 22
2- Tomas Vaitkus Astana 16
3- Lachlan Saunders IKEA-Bianchi 12
Mountain
Spoiler 1- Vincente Reynes Omega Pharma Lotto 22
2- Michael Barry Sky 16
3- Jakab Zoltan IKEA-Bianchi 16
Youth
Spoiler 1- Marko Kump Geox 16h09'52"
2- Luca Barla Androni Giacattoli +8"
3- Dominic Klemme Leopard-Trek +17"
Again not a great day for the team. Zoltan's GC hopes faded over the top of Old Willunga Hill but oh well, 10th in his first ever race in the World Tour and IKEA-Bianchi's first ever non national championship race. Tomorrow's stage should be a formality, we may target the breakaway but anohter top 5 with Pye will be the aim. |
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| angzmacz |
Posted on 29-12-2011 10:49
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Quick Question: What happened to Lachlan Saunders on stage 2? |
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| cavfan8 |
Posted on 29-12-2011 10:56
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well with the confusion regarding the breakaway and trying to set up Pye he was near the back and I forgot all about him, I'm terribly sorry but at least he got a stage win |
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| angzmacz |
Posted on 29-12-2011 11:19
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Perfectly alright i was just wondering |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 29-12-2011 12:29
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Nice 7th place for Pye on stage 4 |
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| baggieboys32 |
Posted on 29-12-2011 13:36
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cavfan8 wrote:
Note- Any goals you guys have? Any requests at all? This is our team so if you ever want anything just ask. Also thinking a blog from a rider every so often would be cool, get you all more involved. Yes or No? Cant wait to start!
As native's both Mike Pye, and also Alex Wilson would love to ride in the tour of britain, hoping for a points jersey
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| FuglsangxTH3 |
Posted on 29-12-2011 16:54
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Not a very great stage for "us"  unfortunally
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| baggieboys32 |
Posted on 11-01-2012 23:56
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When will this be next updated?
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| cavfan8 |
Posted on 13-01-2012 09:48
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not sure sorry guys, im currently on school holidays which means I dont have much time to spare. I am also going to the Tour Down Under next week so some time in February hopefuuly but with new teams for 2012 means I am out of date whivh I dont like so dont hold your breath, sorry guys |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 13-01-2012 12:53
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Enjoy the Tour Down Under Matey |
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| FuglsangxTH3 |
Posted on 13-01-2012 15:20
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sutty68 wrote:
Enjoy the Tour Down Under Matey
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