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| Deadpool |
Posted on 27-03-2008 13:34
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Although Addy completely disappearing will never happen  |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 27-03-2008 14:33
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Well the way i see it, with this coming race (a lvl 2 race as far as i see it) Drujon will increase to lvl 3 and get a stat increase (im hoping) that will make him get even more top 5s and a win or two in easier races, and then Belkov and Levarlet will start to get very good soon. And with the ability to go to more races than other teams, it will go down to the wire. I must say it does look fairly hard from where i am, but a top 5 rank is at the very least what i expect.  Still going for promotion though 
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Posted on 27-03-2008 14:49
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You may get lucky................................then again probably no |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 27-03-2008 15:18
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Omloop der Kempen
With Gaudin tipped as THE favourite for the race, and rightly so, we were going for the win and nothing less.
We got everyone protecting him to make sure no one took him down in a crash or anything dodgy like that. A break went early on, but with the highest cobble stat being 58, no one was worried.
Approaching the cobble stretch at the end of the race, the pack started to pick the pace up, with the Rabobank Cont. Squad leading (my new arch-rivals it must be said). Vierhouton attacked with Veelers countering, so of course Gaudin went too. We weren't going to make the mistake of not going with the break twice.
However, with the race splitting, Veelers sat on the break which to put bluntly we were pissed off about. So Gaudin went again and got a 30 second lead. Which magically with Cya-logic went from 30 seconds and growing to all of 0 seconds in the space of 500ms. Which again, i wasnt pleased with.
With 3km to go, Gaudin was sat at the front just being caught. He had to lead out, didn't want to, so sat up, which prompted the sprint from two far better sprinters than himself. He took 3rd, instead of the win he should have taken.
Results:
1 Tom Veelers RABOBANK CONTINENTAL 5h01'20
2 Aart Vierhouten SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
3 Damien Gaudin AUBER 93 s.t.
4 Geert Omloop JARTAZI PROMO FASHION + 1'22
5 Martijn Maaskant RABOBANK CONTINENTAL + 1'51
6 Jonas Van Genechten STOREZ LEDECQ MATERIAUX s.t.
7 Maarten Den Bakker SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
8 Sven Nys RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
9 Davide Malacarne AUBER 93 s.t.
10 Kevyn Ista PÔLE CONTINENTAL WALLON BODYSOL - EUROMILLIONS s.t.
11 Renaud Pioline AUBER 93 s.t.
12 Steven Kruijswijk RABOBANK CONTINENTAL + 4'57
13 Thomas Rabou RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
14 Maarten Tjallingii SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
15 Floris Goesinnen SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
16 Gerben De Knegt RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
17 Mathieu Drujon AUBER 93 + 8'28
18 Jérémy Burton PÔLE CONTINENTAL WALLON BODYSOL - EUROMILLIONS s.t.
19 Piet Rooijakkers SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
20 Jurgen François JARTAZI PROMO FASHION s.t.
58 Jérémie Galland AUBER 93 s.t.
67 Steve Chainel AUBER 93 s.t.
68 Christophe Diguet AUBER 93 s.t.
83 Steven Tronet AUBER 93 s.t.
109 Tim Van der Zanden UBBINK - SYNTEC CYCLING TEAM + 14'41
 I have vowed to trash that Rabo squad who never fields a squad without a daily form of + 100
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 27-03-2008 15:23
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Rabo again  Still a 3rd is always good. Keep it up! |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 27-03-2008 15:38
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To bad, but as Smoothie said, a podium is always nice. But I agree, Rabo CT deserves to be Tar and Feathered |
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 27-03-2008 15:40
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Show em who is Boss Rjc! |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 27-03-2008 15:43
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Stage 1 of the 4 Jours du Dunkerque
A TT which we all hate by now...
Gaudin is the team leader for the tour, Drujon is sprinting for top 10's in this good field, and both Belkov and Levarlet are here for the experience and training.
The view from the start block
Results:
1 Olaf Pollack TEAM WIESENHOF FELT 12'27
2 Luke Roberts TEAM CSC + 5
3 Brett Lancaster TEAM MILRAM + 8
4 Linas Balciunas AGRITUBEL + 12
5 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 13
6 Michiel Elijzen COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
7 Niki Terpstra TEAM MILRAM + 16
8 Mathieu Heijboer COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 17
9 Wim Vansevenant PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
10 Adam Hansen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
28 Maxim Belkov AUBER 93 + 28
29 Damien Gaudin AUBER 93 + 29
36 Davide Malacarne AUBER 93 + 31
47 Florian Morizot AUBER 93 + 35
115 Steven Tronet AUBER 93 + 53
145 Mathieu Drujon AUBER 93 + 59
151 Renaud Pioline AUBER 93 + 1'01
165 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER 93 + 1'07
167 Nick Ingels PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 1'15
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 27-03-2008 16:02
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Ugh, Pollock is riding
No hope for a win then in a mass sprint  |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 27-03-2008 17:47
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And he isn't the best sprinter in the pack...
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 27-03-2008 18:01
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If that is true, a top 10 will be hard, i would follow all the way to the line |
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 27-03-2008 18:07
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this story is the best
got any transfer season targets?
how is your sponsor confidence?
Edited by wackojackohighcliffe on 27-03-2008 18:09
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 27-03-2008 18:09
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I would agree with wackjacko, this has just passed SN's DFL story on my list |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 27-03-2008 18:23
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Stage 2 of the 4 Jours sees only one of the mountain sprints actually containing points, and we vowed to get this and beat any pikey rider trying to steal it from us.
A flat stage that should see Pollack both keep his leaders jersey, and probably extend his lead over everyone else. But he will need all the time he can get as the hilly stage later in the tour will destroy his chances of keeping it the whole race.
Morizot was the first to go off for us, but was soon brought back as he was too dangerous apparantly.
Malacarne soon went afterwards and managed to get in the lead group.
He took the honours of the climb as Tronet crashed, so we had riders both off the front, and off the back.
Malacarne took the 3 points on offer on the stage and with it, a day in the climbers jersey.
Tronet had slightly worse luck, and found himself on the ground, and off the back.
But nothing to worry about, and he was soon back in the fold, helping protect Drujon. Malacarne sat on the now 11 strong break, as we decided we couldn't be bothered to go for the win. He got dropped at the next intermediate sprint for not sprinting, so sat up completely and waited for the bunch.
With 3km to go, the break had been caught easily, and 2 lead out trains were set up. Surprisingly, no one else wanted Pollacks wheel, so Drujon took it, even though it was a fair way back.
And off they went, with Pollack absolutely flying past most of the sprinters, with Drujon in tow.
A fine finish for a rider we are looking to sign already next year, Hutarovich won the stage from Pollack.
Results:
1 Yauheni Hutarovich ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE 4h24'10
2 Olaf Pollack TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
3 Geoffroy Lequatre COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
4 Aaron Kemps TEAM ASTANA s.t.
5 Mathieu Drujon AUBER 93 s.t.
6 Aart Vierhouten SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
7 Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
8 Tom Steels PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
9 Sébastien Hinault CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
10 Anthony Ravard AGRITUBEL s.t.
66 Damien Gaudin AUBER 93 s.t.
122 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER 93 s.t.
125 Steven Tronet AUBER 93 s.t.
126 Renaud Pioline AUBER 93 s.t.
133 Florian Morizot AUBER 93 + 2'59
145 Maxim Belkov AUBER 93 s.t.
160 Davide Malacarne AUBER 93 + 8'38
166 Cyril Lemoine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 22'38
GC
1 Olaf Pollack TEAM WIESENHOF FELT 4h36'31
2 Luke Roberts TEAM CSC + 11
3 Brett Lancaster TEAM MILRAM + 14
4 Linas Balciunas AGRITUBEL + 18
5 Michiel Elijzen COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 19
6 Niki Terpstra TEAM MILRAM + 22
7 Ben Day NAVIGATORS INSURANCE + 23
8 Nico Mattan DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
9 Adam Hansen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
10 Wim Vansevenant PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
22 Damien Gaudin AUBER 93 + 35
93 Steven Tronet AUBER 93 + 59
107 Mathieu Drujon AUBER 93 + 1'05
116 Renaud Pioline AUBER 93 + 1'07
124 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER 93 + 1'13
129 Maxim Belkov AUBER 93 + 3'33
130 Florian Morizot AUBER 93 + 3'40
160 Davide Malacarne AUBER 93 + 9'15
166 Cyril Lemoine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 23'13
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 27-03-2008 18:25
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Nice top 5, and we see the first prospective signing |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 27-03-2008 20:12
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Stage 3 of the tour.
A hillier affair than the previous day, with an uphill sprint that should prove tough to get a result upon.
Malacarne was feeling the pain from the day before, but still managed to scrape his way into the break, but only by the skin of his teeth.
With the first 2 climbs un-pointed again, no one went for them, and by the 3rd climb, Malacarne was cleverly positioned to take first without an effort.
The final climb was a bit more of a tactical affair, with Malacarne happy to settle for second as the pace had picked up.
Soon after the climb, we told him to sit up and just chill a bit as the break was obviously going to be caught.
Rolling into the finale, to our utter amazement, Drujon had a daily form of +5. WOW. So once again he got in the line with Pollack in, hoping that he'd be led out for another top 5 placing.
Little did we know that an uphill sprint of 2% would dampen the sprinters so much, but without any line moving forward fast, Drujon aimed to go for the guy in 1st place, and wow, did he fly past 10 guys so fast in the last km we hoped that the line would be another kilometre on so we could claim a win!
Needless to say, the team, Drujon and sponsors are over the moon with the jersey we hold at the moment and Drujon's sprinting prowess against some big names.
Results:
1 Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 4h13'10
2 Geoffroy Lequatre COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
3 Mathieu Drujon AUBER 93 s.t.
4 Stéphane Bonsergent BRETAGNE - ARMOR LUX s.t.
5 Olaf Pollack TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
6 Tom Steels PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
7 Sébastien Hinault CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
8 Lilian Jégou FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
9 Matthew Goss TEAM CSC s.t.
10 Aart Vierhouten SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
15 Yauheni Hutarovich ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE s.t.
54 Steven Tronet AUBER 93 s.t.
61 Florian Morizot AUBER 93 s.t.
65 Damien Gaudin AUBER 93 s.t.
89 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER 93 s.t.
99 Renaud Pioline AUBER 93 s.t.
159 Maxim Belkov AUBER 93 s.t.
166 Davide Malacarne AUBER 93 + 6'33
Overall:
1 Olaf Pollack TEAM WIESENHOF FELT 8h49'41
2 Luke Roberts TEAM CSC + 11
3 Brett Lancaster TEAM MILRAM + 14
4 Linas Balciunas AGRITUBEL + 18
5 Michiel Elijzen COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 19
6 Niki Terpstra TEAM MILRAM + 22
7 Wim Vansevenant PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 23
8 Nico Mattan DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
9 Ben Day NAVIGATORS INSURANCE s.t.
10 Adam Hansen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
22 Damien Gaudin AUBER 93 + 35
89 Steven Tronet AUBER 93 + 59
95 Mathieu Drujon AUBER 93 + 1'01
113 Renaud Pioline AUBER 93 + 1'07
123 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER 93 + 1'13
128 Maxim Belkov AUBER 93 + 3'33
129 Florian Morizot AUBER 93 + 3'40
162 Davide Malacarne AUBER 93 + 15'48
166 Cyril Lemoine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 23'13
Mountains Jersey:
1 Davide Malacarne AUBER 93 8
2 Cédric Coutouly AGRITUBEL 3
3 Jan Kuyckx LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER 2
4 David Harrigan DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 2
5 Sven De Weerdt DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 1
6 Gorik Gardeyn UNIBET.COM 1
7 James Vanlandschoot LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER 1
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 27-03-2008 20:14
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I like the alternate colors for the Mountains jersey |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 27-03-2008 20:18
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wackojackohighcliffe wrote:
this story is the best
got any transfer season targets?
how is your sponsor confidence?
Transfer season targets right at the moment are a secret, but i have a little list already going on of who i want to sign.
Sponsors confidence reached Excellent in my last race, following Gaudin's 3rd place.
Deadpool:
I would agree with wackjacko, this has just passed SN's DFL story on my list
SN is my hero B) He has, through his story, inspired me to write this much recently, as well as A.Schleck's story, and originally Guido's as well. 
Thanks for all the comments guys, and all the doubt into my promotion dreams
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 27-03-2008 20:19
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Don't worry, the support will continue, and so will the doubting |
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| dave92 |
Posted on 27-03-2008 23:36
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a great 3rd by Drujon
your transfer seasin should be intriguing too
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