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A new start for cycling [EPIC]
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 30-01-2014 19:28
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Not last.  Van Garderen crushing the opposition is rather surprising, expected it to be a lot closer in the top.  |
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 30-01-2014 20:44
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Decent for Tuft, but could be better.
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 30-01-2014 21:19
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Po-Ding was faster
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| Shonak |
Posted on 31-01-2014 01:58
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Gratz BMC!
Weirdly enough, both times the 2nd placed is 49 seconds behind the winner. Hm. o_O
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 31-01-2014 13:28
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Continental Championships
Day Three and the final Time Trial event of the Continental Championships. After Aufrasia and America, we now have the European riders competing for the victory.
The world's strongest Time Trialists are gathered here for the prestige of taking a Gold Medal home.
Among the favorites are Martin, Cancellara, Wiggins and Froome. But one should not forget about Chavanel, Velits and Boasson Hagen.
One thing's for sure. Team Sky and Quick Step, without a doubt the two strongest teams here, will be looking for one Medal only: Gold!
Continental Championships - European Time Trial Event
Roche was the first one to set a pretty nice time. Van Den Broeck seems to be lacking form and misses out on the hotseat.
But Roche's time didn't last long. Luis Leon Sanchez came along and upped the stakes. Quite an impressive run, or should I say, ride!
The rain came down heavy at times. Many fans feared for a drop in Wiggins' performance with this rain, but they were to be proven wrong.
He set back the competition minutes.
Then it was a waiting game. Nobody was able to even come close to Wiggins' time. Many tried, just as much failed. Among them were Chavanel, who performed fairly well either way, Birtles, from whom everyone expected more than what he achieved and Izagirre, who had an amazing start but totally lost his rhythm in the second part of the race.
We waited for the big guns to prove their strength. Cancellara couldn't even come within the minute of Wiggins' time.
Even Froome didn't have the legs to beat his team mate. All eyes turned on Tony Martin. He, as World Champion, would surely beat Wiggins on the terrain where he conquered his Rainbow Jersey?
Result| 1 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Procycling | 1h02'17 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | + 1'16 | | 3 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 1'19 | | 4 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack - Leopard | + 1'31 | | 5 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | + 1'52 | | 6 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2'02 | | 7 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2'03 | | 8 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 2'04 | | 9 | Luis León Sánchez | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 2'30 | | 10 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2'35 |
Spoiler | 11 | Stef Clement | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 2'39 | | 12 | Lars Boom | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 2'46 | | 13 | Sebastian Langeveld | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2'48 | | 14 | Maciej Bodnar | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2'52 | | 15 | Tiago Machado | RadioShack - Leopard | + 2'53 | | 16 | Aaron Arblaster | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 2'56 | | 17 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 3'00 | | 18 | Jordan Birtles | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 3'01 | | 19 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | + 3'02 | | 20 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Argos - Shimano | + 3'03 | | 21 | Leopold König | Team NetApp - Endura | + 3'05 | | 22 | Jan Barta | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 23 | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | + 3'07 | | 24 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 25 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 26 | Silvio Pennarossa | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3'08 | | 27 | Adriano Malori | Lampre - Merida | + 3'09 | | 28 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - Merida | + 3'10 | | 29 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 30 | Pieter Weening | Orica - GreenEdge | + 3'12 | | 31 | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 32 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 3'15 | | 33 | Peter Sagan | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3'18 | | 34 | Nicolas Roche | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 35 | Roman Kreuziger | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 3'20 | | 36 | Ignatas Konovalovas | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 37 | Johan Le Bon | FDJ.fr | + 3'21 | | 38 | Thomas Löfkvist | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 39 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ.fr | + 3'23 | | 40 | Josef Hintermuller | MTN - Qhubeka | + 3'24 | | 41 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 42 | Thomas Schwabe | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 3'26 | | 43 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 44 | Jens Voigt | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 45 | Pierre De la Montagne | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 3'27 | | 46 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3'28 | | 47 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | + 3'31 | | 48 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 49 | Mathieu Favre | Orica - GreenEdge | + 3'32 | | 50 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 51 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Procycling | + 3'35 | | 52 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | + 3'36 | | 53 | Simon Geschke | Team Argos - Shimano | + 3'41 | | 54 | Gediminas Bagdonas | AG2R La Mondiale | + 3'43 | | 55 | Gustav Erik Larsson | IAM Cycling | + 3'44 | | 56 | Patrick Gretsch | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 57 | Domenico Pozzovivo | AG2R La Mondiale | + 3'45 | | 58 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 59 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | + 3'46 | | 60 | Damien Gaudin | Team Europcar | + 3'47 | | 61 | Nelson Oliveira | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 62 | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 3'49 | | 63 | Drago Di Silvestro | Team Europcar | + 3'53 | | 64 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Team Argos - Shimano | + 3'58 | | 65 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 3'59 | | 66 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Sharp | + 4'03 | | 67 | Alex Rasmussen | Garmin - Sharp | + 4'05 | | 68 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 69 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | + 4'09 | | 70 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4'16 | | 71 | Alexander Wetterhall | Team NetApp - Endura | + 4'29 | | 72 | Olivier Kaisen | Lotto Belisol | + 4'31 | | 73 | Kristjan Koren | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 4'33 | | 74 | Matthias Brändle | IAM Cycling | + 4'39 | | 75 | Gaetan Bille | Lotto Belisol | + 4'51 | | 76 | Ioannis Tamouridis | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4'53 | | 77 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ.fr | + 4'57 | | 78 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEdge | + 4'58 | | 79 | Sergio Pardilla | MTN - Qhubeka | + 5'05 | | 80 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 5'18 | | 81 | Sonny Colbrelli | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 5'46 | | 82 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN - Qhubeka | + 6'00 | | 83 | Angelo Pagani | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 6'06 | | 84 | Tom O'Callaghan | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 7'34 |
But no! Wiggins, one of the very first in the field today, was able to stay in the hotseat until the very end. Surely this must be one incredible victory for both Wiggins and the Team. Well done!
Po-ding Kim Ultimate Crown Po-ding Kim can crown himself absolute Time Trial Champion. Now that all three Time Trials have been raced, the times can be compared. No one else than Po-ding comes out on top, with the top time of 1h02'01"
Edited by Ian Butler on 31-01-2014 13:31
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 31-01-2014 13:32
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Weird result, Panzerwagen and Quickstep must be disappointed. 
This was also the first race where none of our riders finished in the Top 5 ... or 10 ... or 15 ... or 20 ... or 30 ... or 40. 
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 31-01-2014 13:33
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Wiggins, wasn't expecting that
Decent ride from the Belkin boys!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 31-01-2014 13:33
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Imagine how Bardiani must feel, though. Only Ciolek was good (bad) enough to avoid them taking the last 4 places here |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 31-01-2014 13:34
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Ian Butler wrote:
Imagine how Bardiani must feel, though. Only Ciolek was good (bad) enough to avoid them taking the last 4 places here
Well, some teams were just sending riders to make their sponsors happy. Big event and all 
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 31-01-2014 13:35
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Oh, right. This also means i have accomplished finishing last on two occasions with my custom riders. 
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| jaxika |
Posted on 31-01-2014 13:46
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Great results. Im totally surprised. Wow!!! |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 31-01-2014 13:48
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General top 10 TT
| 1 | Po-ding Kim | Team Europcar | 1h02'01 | | 2 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Procycling | + 16 | | 3 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 28 | | 4 | Rohan Dennis | Garmin - Sharp | + 49 | | 5 | Michael Rogers | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1'05 | | 6 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1'10 | | 7 | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | + 1'14 | | 8 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 1'17 | | 9 | Marouane Shaqif | MTN - Qhubeka | + 1'20 | | 10 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | + 1'32 |
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 31-01-2014 13:53
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At least the three champions hold the 3 best times. Nobody can be saying it's unfair they didn't win a prize |
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 31-01-2014 14:07
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Thanks for some great ITT-reports - and for the pic of Ion - it really shows in his tan that he comes straight from racing in Oman
Izagirre finishing 10 seconds out of top 20 is decent. After his TT-update we can actually start hoping for the occasional TT-result that are less than abysmal 
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 31-01-2014 15:06
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Erm... was Wiggins riding a motorbike?
Birtles disappointing, being beaten by Arblaster and Clentador. While BMC had a stupendous day, picking up two top 50s. Nerz almost did the same time as Thomas!
Also, let's not overreact to the times, this was run in the wet. Wiggins would have been miles ahead of Kim if everything was equal.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 31-01-2014 15:18
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brewers90 wrote:
Also, let's not overreact to the times, this was run in the wet. Wiggins would have been miles ahead of Kim if everything was equal.
That's not what the North Korean tabloids say
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 31-01-2014 15:38
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Very disappointing from Silvio... oh well, RR is more important anyway. |
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| nacho63 |
Posted on 31-01-2014 15:41
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The awkward moment when you realize you didn't select my best Time Trialler |
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| Selwink |
Posted on 31-01-2014 16:14
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Ian Butler wrote:
Imagine how Bardiani must feel, though. Only Ciolek was good (bad) enough to avoid them taking the last 4 places here
Ciolek
Meh, didn't expect much anyway
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 31-01-2014 16:37
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Hmm, Po-Ding with the fastest time. That's great!
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