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| valverde321 |
Posted on 07-10-2012 16:22
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the_hoyle wrote:
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Do you support Blackburn?
Mighty is the word you wanted, trust me 
Good win a PN too!
Thanks!
Yep I am a Blackburn fan. Season Ticket holder for 10 years now. Sounds like you could be a Rovers fan as well Valverde... 
Nice. I've been a fan for a few years, but only a fan of football for about the same amount of time.
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Posted on 07-10-2012 16:23
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valverde321 wrote:
the_hoyle wrote:
valverde321 wrote:
Do you support Blackburn?
Mighty is the word you wanted, trust me
Good win a PN too!
Thanks!
Yep I am a Blackburn fan. Season Ticket holder for 10 years now. Sounds like you could be a Rovers fan as well Valverde...
Nice. I've been a fan for a few years, but only a fan of football for about the same amount of time.
Great choice of team then
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Posted on 07-10-2012 17:27
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 8th March 2011 - Paris-Nice
(Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire - Nuits-Saint-Georges)
Stage 3 is classified as flat by the Race Organisers, but the route profile shows that it is far from that. Up and down all day, with a nasty 4.6km climb 19km from the end, this could be a day where the break stays away!
8km: It was a damp start to the stage, and a total of 16 riders attacked off the front as soon as the 0km flag dropped.
16km: A group that size was never really going to be successful, and it was soon brought back. A smaller 4 man break, with another rider in gap in between, was next to form, with Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) looking like the main danger.
73km: A number of teams took up the control of the peleton over the early parts of the stage, as the gap grew to over 9'34".
103km: As the halfway point was reached, we decided to take over the chase, and the time between the break and the peleton began to tumble. Yukiya Arashiro (Europcar) was the first to be caught.
182km: As the break hits the base of the short climb, their gap was down to just 2'12". The chase was going to be made more difficult though, as the heavens opened! The helicopter shot just shows how bad it was.
188km: Over the top of climb, van Avermaet was out on his own. He dropped the rest of the break with a huge attack on the climb, taking maximum points at the KoM sprint in the process.
195km: I had made it over the climb really easily, and was feeling good as we came in towards the finish. However, there was still a problem... We were the breakaway one rider at a time, and there was no sight of van Avermaet.
209km: There was a reason why we couldn't catch van Avermaet... He descended like a mad man in the wet conditions, and takes a great victory on the line! I won the sprint for 2nd place, crossing the finish 1'10" behind van Avermaet.
| 1 | Greg van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | 5h09'16 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | + 1'10 | | 3 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 4 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 5 | Tomas Vaitkus | Pro Team Astana | s.t. |
| 1 | Greg van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | 13h11'56 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | + 1'06 | | 3 | Kevyn Ista | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'16 | | 4 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'18 | | 5 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. |
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | 72 | | 2 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 55 | | 3 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 54 | | 4 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | 54 | | 5 | Gerald Ciolek | Quick·Step Cycling Team | 46 |
| 1 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | 6 | | 2 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | 4 | | 3 | Sébastian Minard | AG2R La Mondiale | 2 | | 4 | Andreas Klier | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 1 | | 5 | Alan Marangoni | Liquigas - Cannondale | 1 |
| 1 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | 8h02'39 | | 2 | Gerald Ciolek | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 1 | | 3 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2 | | 4 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3 | | 5 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky ProCycling | s.t. |
| 1 | BMC Racing Team | 39h38'14 | | 2 | Geox - TMC | + 1'10 | | 3 | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 4 | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 5 | Katusha Team | s.t. | | ... | | 21 | HTC - Highroad | s.t. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 07-10-2012 18:23
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A Great sprint for that second place |
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Posted on 07-10-2012 19:09
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sutty68 wrote:
A Great sprint for that second place
shame we couldn't catch van Avermaet. Like I said in the report, he descended like a mad man
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Posted on 07-10-2012 21:12
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9th March 2011 - Paris-Nice
(Crêches-sur-Saône - Belleville)
Today is going to be a long day in the saddle. Lots of mountains as we head into the Vosges Mountains. I see this a day for the break, but I think some of the GC favourites will start showing their cards as well.
Gatis worked hard at the start, getting himself into the break, with the target being the KoM Jersey. Sadly that did not work out, as Murilo Fischer (Garmin) and Egoi MartÃnez (Euskatel) dominated when the route went upwards.
In the peleton, I was able to hold the pace until the penultimate climb. I was feeling ok, but when the pace was upped to chase down the break, I was spat out the back.
The peleton making their way through the forested Vosges Mountains
Gatis was eventually dropped by his fellow escapees, and coming into the final 5km, only 4 riders remained. Karsten Kroon (BMC) tried to solo to victory, but he was pulled back, and it would be MartÃnez who was the strongest to take the win, in front of Fischer and David De la Fuente (Geox).
A great sprint from MartÃnez to take the win
| 1 | Egoi MartÃnez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 5h10'34 | | 2 | Murilo Fischer | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 3 | David De la Fuente | Geox - TMC | s.t. | | 4 | Karsten Kroon | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 5 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | ... | | 123 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | + 10'20 |
| 1 | Murilo Fischer | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 18h23'33 | | 2 | Karsten Kroon | BMC Racing Team | + 3 | | 3 | David De la Fuente | Geox - TMC | + 6 | | 4 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | + 9 | | 5 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | + 1'26 | | ... | | 109 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | + 10'13 |
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | 72 | | 2 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 64 | | 3 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | 61 | | 4 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 54 | | 5 | Gerald Ciolek | Quick·Step Cycling Team | 46 |
| 1 | Murilo Fischer | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 25 | | 2 | David De la Fuente | Geox - TMC | 19 | | 3 | Egoi MartÃnez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 16 | | 4 | Karsten Kroon | BMC Racing Team | 15 | | 5 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | 6 |
| 1 | Gerald Ciolek | Quick·Step Cycling Team | 18h26'19 | | 2 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2 | | 3 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 4 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 5 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 1 | BMC Racing Team | 55h15'14 | | 2 | Geox - TMC | s.t. | + 1'10 | | 3 | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 4 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 5 | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | ... | | 19 | HTC - Highroad | + 3'49 |
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Posted on 07-10-2012 21:17
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Maybe Cav should have asked Peta to wait at the finish, then he wouldn´t have lost 10 minutes
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Posted on 07-10-2012 21:22
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Now that I have posted the first Mountain stage of Paris - Nice, I have a question to ask the followers about the stages in which Cav is not going to really feature.
Do you prefer the write up of the report like I have done above, with a brief report with a few nice screenshots, or would you prefer it to be posted like all the other stages, with a more indepth report?
Also, would you like to see the results of the other HTC guys on the stage, or are you happy just seeing Cav's results?
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Posted on 07-10-2012 21:24
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dienblad wrote:
Maybe Cav should have asked Peta to wait at the finish, then he wouldn´t have lost 10 minutes
I'll have to tweet her and tell her to be there next time then!
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Posted on 07-10-2012 21:24
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I'd say I am happy with short reports in races Cav won't contend, but you could mention best HTC rider on the day to see how well the team did.
Anyway, brilliant screen of Vosges Mountains, really like it. Looking forward to next stages and MSR.
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 07-10-2012 21:28
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Alakagom wrote:
I'd say I am happy with short reports in races Cav won't contend, but you could mention best HTC rider on the day to see how well the team did.
Anyway, brilliant screen of Vosges Mountains, really like it. Looking forward to next stages and MSR.
Thanks for the input Alakagom. Much appreciated.
Glad you like the screen
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Posted on 08-10-2012 06:57
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It's your call.
I'm mainly here to read about what Cav does, but it's always nice to know how the team's doing as well. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 08-10-2012 08:57
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To me personally, your story is very enjoyable, so i would leave it as it is
But at the end of the day its your story so you must decide on what is best to keep you motivated |
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 08-10-2012 10:16
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I agree with Sutty, I really don't mind watching how the team performs, aswell as how Cav performs. It's a team sport right? |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 08-10-2012 15:18
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Thanks to everyone for the feedback and comments. I have a few ideas of how to incorporate how the team is performing in GC etc
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Posted on 09-10-2012 23:44
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10th March 2011 - Paris-Nice
(Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise - Vernoux-en-Vivarais)
So it's onto Stage 5, and more mountains. The steep climb, around 20km from the end, will definitely give everyone an idea who is there or thereabouts in the battle for GC ahead of the ITT tomorrow.
So before, I proceed with the Stage 5 Race Report, I thought I would just give you a run down of the Best Placed HTC riders in each of the Classification.
 | 53 | Michael Albasini | + 2'48" |  | 1 | Mark Cavendish | 71pts |  | - | - | - |  | 11 | Tejay van Garderen | + 2" |
Again the HTC tactic was to put Gatis in the breakaway, again targeting the KoM Sprints. With so many points available over the entire stage, the KoM jersey was a very realistic target. However, it was not to be for Gatis. Egoi MartÃnez escaped with Gatis, and his intentions were clear. He wanted to have the jersey on his shoulders. MartÃnez was strong on the climbs, dominating in the sprint, taking most of the points in the process. The jersey would be all his for tomorrow's ITT.
The peleton making their way up the Col de la Croix de Chaubouret
The break away got a maximum of 9'43" on the stage before the pace was increased by Astana and SaxoBank. Their plan was to get Roman Kreuziger and Alberto Contador in the best position to take time out of their GC rivals. As the peleton hit the bottom of the main climb, the break was caught, and it was set for a great finish. Contador attacked first, taking Kreuziger and Rigoberto Urán (Sky) with him. Tony tried to follow, but just couldn't match the acceleration of the his rivals.
Tejay hit the front of the severely depleted peleton, pulling back the 3 attackers. As it all get together again in the final 2km, the group splintered, with Tejay in the front half and Tony in the back half. Sadly Tony could do nothing about it. He was running on empty.
Back at the front, cresting over the final climb, 4 riders had again broken clear, and it was Contador who takes a fine victory. Tejay crossed the line 7th, 35" behind Contador. I finally finished, with Bernie in tow, in 93rd place, 9'30" back.
A great victory, but Contador just misses out taking Yellow
| 1 | Alberto Contador | SaxoBank - Sungard | 5h27'00 | | 2 | Roman Kreuziger | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 3 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky ProCycling | + 14 | | 4 | Danilo Di Luca | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 5 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 35 | | ... | | 93 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | + 9'30 |
| 1 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | 23h51'01 |
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| 1 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | 72 | | 2 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 64 | | 3 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | 61 | | 4 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 54 | | 5 | Gerald Ciolek | Quick·Step Cycling Team | 46 |
| 1 | Egoi MartÃnez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 47 | | 2 | Murilo Fischer | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 25 | | 3 | David De la Fuente | Geox - TMC | 19 | | 4 | Stefan Denifl | Leopard Trek | 18 | | 5 | Karsten Kroon | BMC Racing Team | 15 |
| 2 | Roman Kreuziger | Pro Team Astana | 23h53'18 |
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There was an issue exporting the results so unable to post full results
HTC - Highroad Classification Overview
| 13 | Tejay van Garderen | + 2'39" | | 1 | Mark Cavendish | 71pts | | 16 | Gatis Smukulis | 4pts | | 5 | Tejay van Garderen | + 39" |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 09-10-2012 23:47
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Like the Classification run downs, nice idea |
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Posted on 10-10-2012 00:18
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11th March 2011 - Paris-Nice
(Rognes - Aix-en-Provence)
And so, yet another stage with does not really suit me. It is only a short Time Trial, but the climb 5km from the end will make it very difficult for the more TT specialists.
Cavendish sets off on the course
As I set off on the route, it was Alex who was the early pace setter, but his lead did not last long. In the time that it took me to finish the TT, 4 riders came across the line in a faster time than him. Approaching the line, the board above the Finish showed that David Millar (Garmin) was leading in a time of 39'02". I came in 25th place, 1'18" down on Millar.
Millar led the ITT for a long time, that was until Bert hit the road. He was really up for this today, and went out hard, catching his minute man in front before the climb. He crossed the line 2" quicker than Millar. What a great ride from Bert. Many big TT riders came and went on the course, struggling with the climb, losing time, and Bert's lead stayed intact.
It was a fine TT performance from Cavendish, who is looking strong ahead Milano - San Remo
That was until Tony was next to finish. The German Champion, clearly determined to show something after yesterday's disappointment, caught not only his minute man in front, but the rider in front of him! Tony was on fire! Powering towards the finish, he took 20" off the time of Bert, and making a HTC 1-2!
The team was buzzing as Tejay went out on the course. He aim was just to limit his losses to the GC rivals, and try to gain time on the next stage, but the young American went one better, crossing the line in a time of 38'31", 9" quicker than Tony! HTC 1-2-3 now! Could this day get any better?
The GC rival started to cross the line, and not a single one of them could get close to the time of Tejay. Contador finished 39" down, and Kreuziger was a little closer at 27" back. Sadly the all HTC podium was spoilt by Kreugizer finsihing in 3rd, but it was still a great stage for the team.
After this victory, can van Garderen challenge for GC honours?
| 1 | Tejay Van Garderen | HTC - Highroad | 38'31 | thehoyle | | 2 | Tony Martin | HTC - Highroad | + 9 | thehoyle | | 3 | Roman Kreuziger | Pro Team Astana | + 27 | | | 4 | Bert Grabsch | HTC - Highroad | + 29 | thehoyle | | 5 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | ... | | 72 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | + 1'50 |
| 1 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | 24h30'41 | | 2 | Roman Kreuziger | Pro Team Astana | + 1'34 | | 3 | Alberto Contador | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 1'41 | | 4 | Tejay Van Garderen | HTC - Highroad | + 1'46 | | 5 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | + 2'15 | | ... | | 99 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | + 19'56 |
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | 72 | | 2 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 64 | | 3 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | 61 | | 4 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 54 | | 5 | Gerald Ciolek | Quick·Step Cycling Team | 46 |
| 1 | Egoi MartÃnez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 47 | | 2 | Murilo Fischer | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 25 | | 3 | David De la Fuente | Geox - TMC | 19 | | 4 | Stefan Denifl | Leopard Trek | 18 | | 5 | Karsten Kroon | BMC Racing Team | 15 |
| 1 | Roman Kreuziger | Pro Team Astana | 24h32'15 | | 2 | Tejay Van Garderen | HTC - Highroad | + 12 | | 3 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 47 | | 4 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 49 | | 5 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky ProCycling | + 54 |
| 1 | Movistar Team | 73h36'39 | | 2 | HTC - Highroad | + 5'52 | | 3 | Pro Team Astana | + 9'07 | | 4 | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 10'21 | | 5 | Leopard Trek | + 11'10 |
HTC - Highroad Overview after Stage6
| 4 | Tejay van Garderen | + 1'46" | | 1 | Mark Cavendish | 71pts | | 17 | Gatis Smukulis | 4pts | | 2 | Tejay van Garderen | + 12" |
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Posted on 10-10-2012 00:19
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sutty68 wrote:
Like the Classification run downs, nice idea
Glad you like it Sutty! It was the idea I came up with after the feedback
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Posted on 10-10-2012 00:22
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The TT turned out Great for HTC and Mark kept hold of the Points jersey as well |
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