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SpiderTech - Cervélo | It ain't over 'till it's over
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 06-06-2013 19:15
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Fitness isn't too bad for Yoo-suk, but there's no time trial so he'll probably will be helping out the team this race. Wasn't the best start though, our sprint train was nowhere to be seen.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 06-06-2013 19:15
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Quiet stage for the team. Might only get better  |
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| baggieboys32 |
Posted on 06-06-2013 19:25
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Well 14th is a good start to the year, hopefully I'll pick it up for the cobbles though
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| krisa |
Posted on 06-06-2013 19:34
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Simone outsprinted the rest. not bad of Mike Pye
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| Daggen |
Posted on 06-06-2013 19:36
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You did well guys! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-06-2013 19:52
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Let's hope for a big bang tomorrow! |
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| NTTHRASH |
Posted on 06-06-2013 19:54
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Ollfardh wrote:
Fitness isn't too bad for Yoo-suk, but there's no time trial so he'll probably will be helping out the team this race. Wasn't the best start though, our sprint train was nowhere to be seen.
You are probably the only person on here that wants a North Korean rider. 
"America. Show a nipple on television and the whole country goes ape-shit." -DubbelDekker
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 06-06-2013 20:08
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@Miguel98 - I hope for the same too. 
@welker3257 - Think so.
@NTTHRASH - We didn't come with a too strong squad here and I'm a bit rusty after not playing properly for around 2-3 months.
@Selwink - Thanks.
@Ollfardh - He'll try to get into breaks, just don't know yet when. Also, I completely messed up the train, we couldn't move forward. 
@mvhoogdalem -
@baggieboys32 - I hope so too.
@krisa - That's right my man.
@Ian Butler - It'd be nice!
Even trickier, than yesterdays, the circa 3 kilometer long hill right before the finish can really shake things up...
My bet: Favili
A tiny little break got away from the peloton early, it was consisting of 3 riders. Vangenechten, Oroz and Le Bon were the ones looking for some adventure. It was a great stretch for them early in the stage, as the gap grew pretty consistently.
Well, it was easily seen right on the first look, that the peloton simply just won't let it happen. It was crystal clear, that they're going to hunt them down. It was Blanco, Orica and Cannondale leading the chase, while Astana contributed with basically nothing, despite having the orange jersey, Ponzi, on their team.
Eventuall it got together on the final climb. No attacks, no tries, it was just North Korean Kim Yoo-Suk trying to get away, but he couldn't manage it against the tough pace initiated by Orica. That ends our Recap of the Day, let go live now!
The peloton is going fast on the downhill, you can see the trains of Orica and Blanco here. On the left side of the road you can see our train getting together, we're back, but coming a lot faster than the fore-runners! The leadouts are working nice, Orica seems to pull away for Impey!
There it goes, Cooke and Impey at the front, Dumoulin and Ponzi right behind him! The other sprinters are a bit behind it seems to be a 4-men race! Cooke still has the lead, while Darryl Impey tries to jump over him with Ponzi tight on his wheel! Who will win it?
It's Simone Ponzi again! Here is his second, after a huge sprint beating Cooke and Impey! He is dominating the race so far! The best Spider is Dávid Bányai after a great finish, coming in 9th.
 | 1 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | 2h39'14 |  | 2 | Baden Cooke | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 3 | Daryl Impey | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. |  | 4 | Samuel Dumoulin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 5 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. |  | 6 | Jure Kocjan | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 7 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 8 | Elia Favilli | Lampre - Merida | s.t. |  | 9 | Dávid Bányai | SpiderTech - Cervélo | s.t. | | 10 | Mark Renshaw | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 1 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | 5h58'22 | | 2 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | + 11 | | 3 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | + 14 | | 4 | Baden Cooke | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 5 | Jonas Vangenechten | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 6 | Samuel Dumoulin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 16 | | 7 | Daryl Impey | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 8 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 9 | Johan Le Bon | FDJ | + 18 | | 10 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | + 20 |
| 1 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | | 18 | | 2 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | | 16 | | 3 | Jonas Vangenechten | Lotto Belisol | | 12 |
| 1 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | | 16 | | 2 | Maarten Wynants | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | | 16 | | 3 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEdge | | 12 |
Spider of the Day/DS Reaction
Kim Yoo-Suk - 1 for trying hard (... post nr. 3 is the counter. )
Overall this stage was much more promising, than the opening one, it was a quite effective sprint, Dávid did great with the help of Mike and Nick. The next stage is hilly, so we'll try to come out on top with Nick, but there are plenty of good players on our rosters.
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| Selwink |
Posted on 06-06-2013 20:11
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Well, there's the first top-10 of many we hope
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 06-06-2013 20:12
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A top 10, it's a start
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| NTTHRASH |
Posted on 06-06-2013 20:13
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Selwink wrote:
Well, there's the first top-10 of many we hope
+1. And I also wish to see the team get wins as well later on.
"America. Show a nipple on television and the whole country goes ape-shit." -DubbelDekker
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-06-2013 20:15
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And North Korea is winning  |
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| NTTHRASH |
Posted on 06-06-2013 20:16
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Ian Butler wrote:
And North Korea is winning
NOOOOO!!!! Kim Jong-Un got teh missiles!!!
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| banyai2000 |
Posted on 06-06-2013 20:59
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Top 10 is nice . |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 06-06-2013 21:07
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Good Top 10! Onwards and upwards from here
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 06-06-2013 21:16
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Nice!
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 07-06-2013 00:52
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Good top ten for David |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 07-06-2013 01:07
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Come on guys.
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 07-06-2013 01:35
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Good top 10
Gig 'em Aggies
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 07-06-2013 14:00
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Good top 10 by David. |
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