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Criterium International - Stage 1
This 3 day race has a flat stage, a hilly stage and a time trial. It's an interesting test for riders as it requires skills in a wide variety of areas.
High Road is sending a team to get experience, with Edvald Boasson Hagen to contend for the overall.
Leader: Edvald Boassen Hagen
Free: John Devine
Teammate: Taylor Phinney
Teammate: Fabio Duarte
Teammate: Craig Lewis
Teammate: Adam Hansen
Teammate: Sergio Luis Henao
Teammate: Tony Martin
Stage 1:
A fairly level course, should come down to a sprint.
For whatever reason, the pace was pretty high today and several of our riders got dropped or were struggling to keep up. Edvald wasn't feeling very confident about a sprint on this rainy day so he made a late attack on the stage to try to steal a victory.
Unfortunately the pelaton was quick to react and the sprinters reeled him back in just before the line. Francesco Gavazzi of Lampre won the stage.
Stage Results:
1 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre 4h17'39
2 Elia Rigotto Team Milram s.t.
3 Romain Feillu Agritubel s.t.
4 Kenny Van Hummel Skil - Shimano s.t.
5 Frédéric Amorison Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner s.t.
6 Baden Cooke Barloworld s.t.
7 Christian Murro Lampre s.t.
8 David Herrero Karpin Galicia s.t.
9 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road s.t.
10 Alexandre Blain Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
49 John Devine Team High Road s.t.
50 Tony Martin Team High Road s.t.
52 Adam Hansen Team High Road s.t.
66 Sergio Luis Henao Team High Road s.t.
127 Fabio Duarte Team High Road + 2'20
129 Craig Lewis Team High Road s.t.
148 Taylor Phinney Team High Road + 13'15
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Posted on 01-05-2008 14:08
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Criterium International - Stage 2
This is the hilly stage in this race. Keeping up near the fron will by pivotal for Boassen Hagen to win the race.
The breakaway had been caught, but starting to climb the second to last hill nobody seemed to be making a move. Boasson Hagen decided he'd have a go at it and see if he could make something happen.
But the favorites countered. Edvald found himself struggling to hang on the back of the break group.
In the end, Voight, Zabriskie and Grivko were just too strong and Edvald fell back into 5th. He was able to gain some time on the pelato though.
Stage results:
1 Jens Voigt Team CSC 2h29'49
2 David Zabriskie Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 8
3 Andriy Grivko Team Milram s.t.
4 David Herrero Karpin Galicia + 36
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road s.t.
6 Joost Posthuma Rabobank + 44
7 David Moncoutié Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
8 Fränk Schleck Team CSC + 52
9 Benoit Vaugrenard Française des Jeux s.t.
10 Christophe Kern Crédit Agricole s.t.
42 John Devine Team High Road + 1'24
74 Tony Martin Team High Road + 2'24
82 Sergio Luis Henao Team High Road + 2'40
95 Adam Hansen Team High Road + 3'24
96 Craig Lewis Team High Road s.t.
118 Fabio Duarte Team High Road + 7'12
147 Taylor Phinney Team High Road + 12'56
GC:
1 Jens Voigt Team CSC 6h47'18
2 David Zabriskie Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 12
3 Andriy Grivko Team Milram + 14
4 David Herrero Karpin Galicia + 46
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road s.t.
6 David Moncoutié Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 54
7 Joost Posthuma Rabobank s.t.
8 Thierry Hupond Skil - Shimano + 1'02
9 Nicolas Vogondy Agritubel s.t.
Points:
1 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre 15
2 Jens Voigt Team CSC 15
3 David Herrero Karpin Galicia 12
4 Elia Rigotto Team Milram 12
5 David Zabriskie Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O 12
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road 10
7 Romain Feillu Agritubel 10
8 Andriy Grivko Team Milram 10
9 Kenny Van Hummel Skil - Shimano 8
10 Frédéric Amorison Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 7
Mountains:
1 Dioni Galparsoro Euskaltel - Euskadi 22
2 Yannick Talabardon Crédit Agricole 18
3 Anthony Charteau Caisse d'Epargne 14
4 Alexandre Moos BMC Racing Team 10
5 Guillaume Levarlet Française des Jeux 10
6 Matej Jurco Team Milram 8
7 Jorge Azanza Euskaltel - Euskadi 6
8 Sébastien Delfosse Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 6
9 Jens Voigt Team CSC 6
10 David Abal Karpin Galicia 4
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Posted on 01-05-2008 14:19
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E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
Another cobbled race leading up to the big ones. Big George is riding this one for us along with our entire first line cobbled team. Other big names like Gilbert, Cancellera, Nuyens and Hoste are all here as well. Should be a tough race.
The pace gets quite high through the hilly cobbled sections in the second half of the race and the lead group gets narrowed down to those shown here. High Road has 3 in the group... Hincapie, Burghardt and Hammond.
Gilbert attacks on one of the late cobbled hills and blows the group up. It's a frantic rush from the other favorites to try to catch up.
But none of them could do it. Gilbert rides home with a big win.
Almost 2 minutes back, the chasing group of 13 containing Hincapie and Hammond battles for second and third.
And Hoste and O'Grady round out the podiums.
Results:
1 Philippe Gilbert Française des Jeux 5h35'23
2 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto + 1'51
3 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC s.t.
4 Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
5 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC s.t.
6 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas s.t.
7 George Hincapie Team High Road s.t.
8 Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank s.t.
9 Alessandro Ballan Lampre s.t.
10 Juan Antonio Flecha Rabobank s.t.
11 Roger Hammond Team High Road s.t.
12 Roberto Petito Liquigas s.t.
13 Matti Breschel Team CSC s.t.
14 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step s.t.
15 Niki Terpstra Team Milram + 3'21
16 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road s.t.
17 Staf Scheirlinckx Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
18 Tom Boonen Quick·Step s.t.
19 Gert Steegmans Quick·Step s.t.
20 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto s.t.
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Posted on 01-05-2008 14:31
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Criterium International - Stage 3
With Voigt in the lead there's not really much of a chance for anyone passing him in the overall. Zabriskie made a good effort at it... but Voigt ended up with the same time and winning the race. Edvald finishes 4th in the race... just missing the podium.
Stage:
1 David Zabriskie Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O 11'03
2 Jens Voigt Team CSC s.t.
3 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom + 1
4 Joost Posthuma Rabobank + 3
5 Laszló Bodrogi Crédit Agricole s.t.
6 Benoit Vaugrenard Française des Jeux + 4
7 Bradley McGee Team CSC + 5
8 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road + 6
9 Florent Brard Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 9
10 Brett Lancaster Team Milram + 12
23 Adam Hansen Team High Road + 30
28 Tony Martin Team High Road + 37
31 Sergio Luis Henao Team High Road + 42
48 Taylor Phinney Team High Road + 1'03
58 John Devine Team High Road + 1'17
83 Fabio Duarte Team High Road + 1'44
123 Craig Lewis Team High Road + 2'43
GC:
1 Jens Voigt Team CSC 6h58'21
2 David Zabriskie Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 12
3 Andriy Grivko Team Milram + 30
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road + 52
5 Joost Posthuma Rabobank + 57
6 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom + 1'03
7 Benoit Vaugrenard Française des Jeux + 1'06
8 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne + 1'16
9 David Herrero Karpin Galicia + 1'18
10 Bradley McGee Team CSC + 1'39
Points:
1 Jens Voigt Team CSC 27
2 David Zabriskie Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O 27
3 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre 15
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road 14
5 Joost Posthuma Rabobank 14
6 David Herrero Karpin Galicia 12
7 Elia Rigotto Team Milram 12
8 Romain Feillu Agritubel 10
9 Andriy Grivko Team Milram 10
10 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom 10
Mountains:
1 Dioni Galparsoro Euskaltel - Euskadi 22
2 Yannick Talabardon Crédit Agricole 18
3 Anthony Charteau Caisse d'Epargne 14
4 Alexandre Moos BMC Racing Team 10
5 Guillaume Levarlet Française des Jeux 10
6 Matej Jurco Team Milram 8
7 Jorge Azanza Euskaltel - Euskadi 6
8 Sébastien Delfosse Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 6
9 Jens Voigt Team CSC 6
10 David Abal Karpin Galicia 4
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Posted on 01-05-2008 14:39
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March Review
A very good month for High Road. It began with George winning the Omloop Het Volk and continued with him winning two stages in the Tirenno-Adriatico and winning the race itself. He also had an impressive second in Milano-Sanremo.
Hammond and Burghardt took first and second in Nokere-Koerse as well, and Boasson Hagen took a nice top 5 in the Criterium International. A good month.
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Posted on 01-05-2008 15:19
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KBC-Driedaagse De Panne - Stage 1
This race starts with a cobbled stage, then has two flat stages followed by a 12km time trial. It leads nicely into Ronde van Vlaanderen, the first big cobbled race of the year. We'll be sending mainly cobbled riders with a few younger guys to get some race experience. We thing this race fits Hincapie's skill-set perfectly.
Team:
Leader: George Hincapie
Free Rider: Marcus Burghardt
Free Rider: Roger Hammond
Teammate: Marcel Sieberg
Teammate: Andreas Klier
Teammate: John Devine
Teammate: Fabio Duarte
Teammate: Taylor Phinney
Stage 1:
This cobbled stage could easily become the deciding stage if someone gets a sizeable gap. High Road sent Klier on the break and told him to pick up mountain points but otherwise work sparingly. If the break stayed away we think he'll be strong enough to take the stage.
Klier performed well, but the break would be caught fairly easily.
On the last hill a short spell before the last cobbled section, High Road attacked. Hammond led out Burghardt and Hincapie in the move.
Hitting the last cobbled stretch, Hincapie had gotten a lead over Burghardt and Hammond, and the two of them were pushing to close in while Hincapie let up slightly.
Burghard crossed to Hincapie, but Hammond just didn't have enough and shouted "GO, GO, GO!" at them as he struggled up some of the late hills leading up to the finish.
Marcus and George poured it on and created a sizeable gap. As the neared the last rise Hammond was getting caught by the chase.
Hincapie waved Burghardt past him in the final KM and the two came across the line for a solid High Road 1-2. They gained over 2 minutes on the following group containing the likes of Ballan, Devolder, Hoste, and Flecha.
In other news, Phinney was the last person to finish the stage before the time limit. We were a bit worried about that as we wanted him to get experience riding the rest of the race.
Stage Results:
1 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road 4h23'39
2 George Hincapie Team High Road s.t.
3 Murilo Fischer Liquigas + 2'16
4 Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank s.t.
5 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas s.t.
6 David Kopp Cycle Collstrop s.t.
7 Alessandro Ballan Lampre s.t.
8 Fabio Baldato Lampre s.t.
9 Martijn Maaskant Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
10 Steffen Wesemann Cycle Collstrop s.t.
11 Nico Eeckhout Topsport Vlaanderen s.t.
12 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto s.t.
13 Vladimir Gusev Team Astana s.t.
14 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto s.t.
15 Jan Boven Rabobank s.t.
16 Geert Omloop Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech s.t.
17 Enrico Franzoï Liquigas s.t.
18 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step s.t.
19 Grégory Rast Team Astana s.t.
20 Juan Antonio Flecha Rabobank s.t.
37 Roger Hammond Team High Road s.t.
63 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road + 4'14
84 Andreas Klier Team High Road + 8'51
116 John Devine Team High Road + 14'27
123 Fabio Duarte Team High Road + 16'03
137 Taylor Phinney Team High Road + 18'19
GC:
1 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road 4h23'29
2 George Hincapie Team High Road + 4
3 Murilo Fischer Liquigas + 2'22
4 Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank + 2'26
5 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas s.t.
6 David Kopp Cycle Collstrop s.t.
7 Alessandro Ballan Lampre s.t.
8 Fabio Baldato Lampre s.t.
9 Martijn Maaskant Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
10 Steffen Wesemann Cycle Collstrop s.t.
Points:
1 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road 20
2 George Hincapie Team High Road 18
3 Murilo Fischer Liquigas 16
4 Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank 14
5 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas 12
6 David Kopp Cycle Collstrop 10
7 Alessandro Ballan Lampre 9
8 Fabio Baldato Lampre 8
9 Martijn Maaskant Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O 7
10 Steffen Wesemann Cycle Collstrop 6
Mountains:
1 Andreas Klier Team High Road 15
2 Kenny Van der Schueren Cycle Collstrop 6
3 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road 5
4 Dimitri Muravyev Team Astana 4
5 George Hincapie Team High Road 3
6 Bert Scheirlinckx Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 1
7 Frederik Veuchelen Topsport Vlaanderen 1
8 Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank 1
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KBC-Driedaagse De Panne - Stage 2
A flat stage with a couple of classified hills. Should be a mass sprint.
And it was. Maaskaant comes away with a somewhat suprising win over the likes of Eekhout, Paolini, Bettini, Hunter and Davis. Phinney finishes dead last in the stage for the second day after leading the pelaton on the chase for the first half a day. He worked his butt off keeping the breakaway from getting too far away.
Stage Results:
1 Martijn Maaskant Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O 4h51'40
2 Nico Eeckhout Topsport Vlaanderen s.t.
3 Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
4 Frédéric Amorison Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner s.t.
5 Daniele Bennati Liquigas s.t.
6 David Kopp Cycle Collstrop s.t.
7 Nico Sijmens Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner s.t.
8 Grégory Rast Team Astana s.t.
9 Robert Hunter Barloworld s.t.
10 Allan Davis Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech s.t.
11 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road s.t.
15 George Hincapie Team High Road s.t.
67 Andreas Klier Team High Road s.t.
84 Roger Hammond Team High Road s.t.
92 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road s.t.
94 John Devine Team High Road s.t.
131 Fabio Duarte Team High Road + 13'57
135 Taylor Phinney Team High Road + 23'49
GC:
1 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road 9h15'09
2 George Hincapie Team High Road + 4
3 Martijn Maaskant Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 2'16
4 Nico Eeckhout Topsport Vlaanderen + 2'20
5 Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo + 2'22
6 Murilo Fischer Liquigas s.t.
7 David Kopp Cycle Collstrop + 2'26
8 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas s.t.
9 Grégory Rast Team Astana s.t.
10 Steffen Wesemann Cycle Collstrop s.t.
Points:
1 Martijn Maaskant Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O 27
2 Nico Eeckhout Topsport Vlaanderen 23
3 David Kopp Cycle Collstrop 20
4 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road 20
5 George Hincapie Team High Road 19
6 Murilo Fischer Liquigas 18
7 Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 16
8 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas 15
9 Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank 14
10 Frédéric Amorison Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 14
Mountains:
1 Andreas Klier Team High Road 15
2 Dimitri Muravyev Team Astana 9
3 André Schulze PSK Whirlpool - Author 5
4 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road 5
5 George Hincapie Team High Road 4
6 Kenny Van Hummel Skil - Shimano 3
7 John Devine Team High Road 3
8 Bert Scheirlinckx Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 2
9 Peter Pichler ELK Haus - Simplon 1
10 Frederik Veuchelen Topsport Vlaanderen 1
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Posted on 01-05-2008 15:39
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KBC-Driedaagse De Panne - Stage 3
An even flatter stage. THR will be pulling back the breakaway but otherwise won't be much involved in this race as we don't have a sprinter of note.
In the end, Ballan took it over Eeckhout at the line for the win.
Stage Results:
1 Alessandro Ballan Lampre 5h13'21
2 Nico Eeckhout Topsport Vlaanderen s.t.
3 Sebastian Siedler Skil - Shimano s.t.
4 Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
5 Allan Davis Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech s.t.
6 Grégory Rast Team Astana s.t.
7 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto s.t.
8 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas s.t.
9 David Kopp Cycle Collstrop s.t.
10 Gabriele Balducci Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
11 Roger Hammond Team High Road s.t.
12 George Hincapie Team High Road s.t.
14 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road s.t.
99 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road s.t.
120 Taylor Phinney Team High Road + 10'53
121 Andreas Klier Team High Road + 12'13
123 John Devine Team High Road + 16'05
125 Fabio Duarte Team High Road + 18'21
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GC:
1 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road 14h28'30
2 George Hincapie Team High Road + 4
3 Nico Eeckhout Topsport Vlaanderen + 2'14
4 Alessandro Ballan Lampre + 2'16
5 Martijn Maaskant Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
6 Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo + 2'22
7 Murilo Fischer Liquigas s.t.
8 Grégory Rast Team Astana + 2'26
9 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas s.t.
10 David Kopp Cycle Collstrop s.t.
Points:
1 Nico Eeckhout Topsport Vlaanderen 41
2 Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 30
3 Alessandro Ballan Lampre 29
4 David Kopp Cycle Collstrop 27
5 Martijn Maaskant Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O 27
6 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas 23
7 George Hincapie Team High Road 23
8 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road 22
9 Grégory Rast Team Astana 18
10 Allan Davis Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech 18
Mountains:
1 Andreas Klier Team High Road 20
2 Dimitri Muravyev Team Astana 9
3 André Schulze PSK Whirlpool - Author 5
4 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road 5
5 George Hincapie Team High Road 4
6 Kenny Van Hummel Skil - Shimano 3
7 John Devine Team High Road 3
8 Christian Murro Lampre 3
9 Bert Scheirlinckx Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 2
10 Peter Pichler ELK Haus - Simplon 1
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KBC-Driedaagse De Panne - Stage 4
The time trial to end this tour can sometimes play a role... but all it really matters this year for High Road is to determine who'll win the race between two of our own riders.
And as expected, Hincapie passed Burghardt for the win. A great way to ramp up for Ronde van Vlaanderen.
Stage results:
1 Manuel Quinziato Liquigas 14'15
2 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step + 3
3 George Hincapie Team High Road + 5
4 Evgeni Petrov Tinkoff Credit Systems + 7
5 Bert Roesems Silence - Lotto + 11
6 Alessandro Ballan Lampre + 13
7 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto + 16
8 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road + 17
9 Johan Vansummeren Silence - Lotto + 18
10 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas + 21
29 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road + 48
32 John Devine Team High Road + 53
41 Taylor Phinney Team High Road + 1'04
57 Andreas Klier Team High Road + 1'34
72 Roger Hammond Team High Road + 1'57
128 Fabio Duarte Team High Road + 3'20
Final Race Results:
1 George Hincapie Team High Road 14h42'54
2 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road + 39
3 Manuel Quinziato Liquigas + 2'17
4 Alessandro Ballan Lampre + 2'20
5 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step s.t.
6 Bert Roesems Silence - Lotto + 2'28
7 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto + 2'33
8 Johan Vansummeren Silence - Lotto + 2'35
9 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas + 2'38
10 Rick Flens Rabobank + 2'39
Final Points:
1 Nico Eeckhout Topsport Vlaanderen 41
2 Alessandro Ballan Lampre 34
3 George Hincapie Team High Road 31
4 Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 30
5 David Kopp Cycle Collstrop 27
6 Martijn Maaskant Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O 27
7 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas 24
8 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road 22
9 Grégory Rast Team Astana 18
10 Allan Davis Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech 18
Final Mountains:
1 Andreas Klier Team High Road 20
2 Dimitri Muravyev Team Astana 9
3 André Schulze PSK Whirlpool - Author 5
4 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road 5
5 George Hincapie Team High Road 4
6 Kenny Van Hummel Skil - Shimano 3
7 John Devine Team High Road 3
8 Christian Murro Lampre 3
9 Bert Scheirlinckx Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 2
10 Peter Pichler ELK Haus - Simplon 1
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Posted on 01-05-2008 16:02
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Ronde van Vlaanderen
Here we go. We finally get to the second Pro Tour race of the season. Hincapie, Hammond and Burghardt are all in peak form, Klier is getting close and it's time for the big classics.
The team is totally focused on Hincapie for this race, with Burghardt and Hammond as alternates should Hincapie get a flat or wreck later in the race. Eisel is taking part as our sprinter, but he'll be helping out the other three as the chances of a sprint with this route aren't too high. He'll play more of a role in Paris-Robaix.
Leader: Hincapie
Lieutenant: Hammond
Lieutenant: Burghardt
Teammate: Klier
Teammate: Sieberg
Teammate: Knaven
Teammate: Grabsch
Sprinter/Teammate: Eisel
The action starts toward the back end of the race with an attack by Devolder.
An odd tactic as Boonen doesn't follow. As Devolder, Ballan and Hincapie hit the cobbles and settle into a rhythm... Flecha just continues his attack and builds a lead over the three chasers.
Hoste bridges over to the chase group. but they don't seem to be gaining much on Flecha.
Hincapie starts an attack to try to bridge to Flecha but quickly realizes he won't escape the chase group and eases off. Ballan and Devolder continue attacking and Hincapie latches on Devolders wheel leading up to the sprint.
Flecha cruises across the line, winning the Ronde van Vlaanderen!
Ballan takes second and Hoste outsprints Hincapie for 3rd, keeping High Road off the podium.
Not as good as we hoped for, but a decent race for Big George. Burghardt ends up taking 9th... picking up some useful pro-tour points for the team.
Results:
1 Juan Antonio Flecha Rabobank 6h46'02
2 Alessandro Ballan Lampre + 40
3 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto s.t.
4 George Hincapie Team High Road s.t.
5 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step s.t.
6 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC + 1'55
7 Vladimir Gusev Team Astana s.t.
8 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC s.t.
9 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road s.t.
10 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas s.t.
11 Staf Scheirlinckx Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
12 Karsten Kroon Team CSC s.t.
13 Manuel Quinziato Liquigas s.t.
14 Roberto Petito Liquigas s.t.
15 Enrico Franzoï Liquigas s.t.
16 Niki Terpstra Team Milram s.t.
17 Tom Boonen Quick·Step + 2'53
18 Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank s.t.
19 Roger Hammond Team High Road s.t.
20 Frederic Guesdon Française des Jeux s.t.
[b]24 Andreas Klier Team High Road + 4'08
32 Bernhard Eisel Team High Road + 13'52
37 Bert Grabsch Team High Road + 14'32
81 Servais Knaven Team High Road s.t.
130 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road + 23'36
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Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco - Stage 1
I'll be honest. We were so focused on getting ready for the big 3 classics that we kind of overlooked this race. The original plan was to have Lovkvist in good shape to make a run at the GC... but we didn't get him enough race days for that to happen.
So instead Kim Kirchen is going to be our leader here. This is his first time on the road this season so he's not in good shape. We're just hoping for a top 10... maybe a top 5... so we can get some points in the pro tour rankings.
And to be honest... it won't be easy. This race contains a LOT of big names. Evans, Leipheimer, Contador, Frank Schleck, Voigt, Rebellin, Cunego, Ricco, Sanchez, Piepolli, Valverde, Andy Schleck, Kloden, Menchov, Popavych and Gesink.
The Team:
Leader: Kim Kirchen
Free Rider: Thomas Lövkvist
Free Rider: Kanstantsin Siutsou
Teammate: Tony Martin
Teammate: Sergio Luis Henao
Teammate: Adam Hansen
Teammate: Morris Possoni
Teammate: Diego Ulissi
Stage 1:
A hilly route that will immediately set up the GC table and tell us who's in the race.
Siutsou goes on the break immediately and works to take the mountains jersey right out of the gate. He takes most of the mountain sprints and will be wearing that jersey tomorrow.
As the leaders approach the last categorized climb they make their moves. Cadel Evans leads the attack with only Beltran and Sanchez able to follow.
But Evans runs out of gas on the final climb to the finish line. Beltran powers away and takes the stage.
In the following group, Kirchen follows Frank Schleck's wheel to take 5th on the stage.
Stage Results:
1 Manuel Beltrán Liquigas 3h45'42
2 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
3 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto + 17
4 Fränk Schleck Team CSC + 46
5 Kim Kirchen Team High Road s.t.
6 Leonardo Bertagnolli Liquigas s.t.
7 Jens Voigt Team CSC s.t.
8 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
9 Davide Rebellin Gerolsteiner s.t.
10 Thomas Voeckler Bouygues Télécom s.t.
13 Thomas Lövkvist Team High Road s.t.
30 Tony Martin Team High Road s.t.
85 Sergio Luis Henao Team High Road s.t.
100 Adam Hansen Team High Road s.t.
101 Morris Possoni Team High Road s.t.
102 Diego Ulissi Team High Road s.t.
134 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team High Road + 9'33
GC:
1 Manuel Beltrán Liquigas 3h45'42
2 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
3 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto + 17
4 Fränk Schleck Team CSC + 46
5 Kim Kirchen Team High Road s.t.
6 Leonardo Bertagnolli Liquigas s.t.
7 Jens Voigt Team CSC s.t.
8 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
9 Davide Rebellin Gerolsteiner s.t.
10 Thomas Voeckler Bouygues Télécom s.t.
Points:
1 Manuel Beltrán Liquigas 25
2 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne 20
3 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto 16
4 Fränk Schleck Team CSC 14
5 Kim Kirchen Team High Road 12
6 Leonardo Bertagnolli Liquigas 10
7 Jens Voigt Team CSC 9
8 Thomas Voeckler Bouygues Télécom 9
9 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 8
10 Davide Rebellin Gerolsteiner 7
Mountains:
1 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team High Road 24
2 Rémy Di Gregorio Française des Jeux 14
3 Dani Moreno Caisse d'Epargne 14
4 Manuel Beltrán Liquigas 9
5 Simon Spilak Lampre 8
6 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne 6
7 Volodymyr Gustov Team CSC 4
8 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto 3
9 Bradley McGee Team CSC 2
10 Toni Colom Team Astana 2
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Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco - Stage 2
While having some decent hills in the middle of the stage, the flat finish should favor sprinters.
Siutsou tried to get away in the break but was unable to do so. Possoni went instead and picked up a few climbing points, but didn't win either mountain sprint.
Just before the break was caught as the pelaton came down the hill toward the flat a major crash occurred. We were shocked as we started hearing the names of those involved on the race radio... Evans, Sanchez, Leipheimer, Valverde, Chavanel, Kohl, Piepoli, Andy Schleck, Popovych. This would impact the race in a big way.
Luckily we escaped relatively unscathed. Only Diego Ulissi came off his bike... and he wasn't hurt.
Kirchen tried to break away and get a small lead before the sprint but he was quickly swallowed up as the sprint began and finished 8th. Fabian Wegmann took the stage win.
Those falling and the riders who went back to help lost 2 minutes and 31 seconds on those who finished with the sprint.
Stage:
1 Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner 3h48'50
2 Xavi Florencio Bouygues Télécom s.t.
3 Jeremy Hunt Crédit Agricole s.t.
4 Damiano Cunego Lampre s.t.
5 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
6 Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
7 Jérôme Pineau Bouygues Télécom s.t.
8 Kim Kirchen Team High Road s.t.
9 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
10 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner s.t.
44 Thomas Lövkvist Team High Road s.t.
47 Sergio Luis Henao Team High Road s.t.
65 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team High Road s.t.
73 Tony Martin Team High Road s.t.
74 Adam Hansen Team High Road s.t.
132 Diego Ulissi Team High Road + 2'31
147 Morris Possoni Team High Road + 6'57
GC:
1 Manuel Beltrán Liquigas 7h34'32
2 Kim Kirchen Team High Road + 46
3 Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
4 Damiano Cunego Lampre s.t.
5 Davide Rebellin Gerolsteiner s.t.
6 Xavi Florencio Bouygues Télécom s.t.
7 Yuri Trofimov Bouygues Télécom s.t.
8 Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner s.t.
9 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
10 Leonardo Bertagnolli Liquigas s.t.
Points:
1 Manuel Beltrán Liquigas 25
2 Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner 25
3 Kim Kirchen Team High Road 20
4 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne 20
5 Xavi Florencio Bouygues Télécom 20
6 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto 16
7 Jeremy Hunt Crédit Agricole 16
8 Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott 15
9 Damiano Cunego Lampre 15
10 Fränk Schleck Team CSC 14
Mountains:
1 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team High Road 24
2 Rémy Di Gregorio Française des Jeux 14
3 Dani Moreno Caisse d'Epargne 14
4 Manuel Beltrán Liquigas 9
5 Simon Spilak Lampre 8
6 Morris Possoni Team High Road 6
7 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne 6
8 Francis De Greef Silence - Lotto 5
9 Arkaitz Durán Saunier Duval - Scott 4
10 Volodymyr Gustov Team CSC 4
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Gent-Wevelgem
The second of the big cobbled classics, we're hoping to improve on Hincapie's 4th place finish in the first. The team will be the same as in Ronde van Vlaanderen.
Leader: George Hincapie
Lieutenant: Marcus Burghardt
Lieutenant: Roger Hammand
Sprinter: Bernhard Eisel
Teammate: Andreas Klier
Teammate: Bert Grabsch
Teammate: Servais Knaven
Teammate: Marcel Sieberg
The stage was VERY quiet at first. There wasn't even a TV break... very little action of any kind leading up to the first two cobbled hills on the route. We moved our riders up to the front to look for an attack to latch onto. Hincapie and Eisel were both feeling very poor today so we felt we'd need to try something rather than let it end in any kind of sprint or try a move in the last 10 km.
But nobody attacked on the first hill... so on the second... we attacked!
After launching Hincapie and Burghardt, Hammond wasn't able to keep pace up the hill so faded back to the pack. George and Marcus started getting a good lead though.
The two were working evenly as opposed to Hincapie resting. He was't sure he'd be able to survive to the end so he wanted to make sure a High Road rider won the race. The two were motoring over the flat in between the sets of hills and their gap was staying right around a minute and a half. They picked up the pace a little as they hit the first of the second set of hills.
And as they were coming down the last cobbled hill... they still had a lead of a minute and a half over the pelaton.
They put on their big gears and started really pounding away along the flat section. With less than 10km to go their lead had only dropped 10 seconds.
Marcus and George had this one in the bag... Marcus waved George past him just before the sprint. This was George's team and this was the win George had wanted for a long time.
In the sprint amongst the 30 chasers, Greg Van Avermaet kept ahead of a flying Tom Boonen to take 3rd. High Road riders Hammond and Eisel wer still strong enough to take 6th and 7th. Klier also finished in the lead group at 23rd.
With this win, High Road takes over the lead in the Pro Tour rankings, and Hincapie takes over the individual lead (at least until Pais Vasco is finished).
Congrats George and Marcus!
Results:
1 George Hincapie Team High Road 5h29'06
2 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road s.t.
3 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto + 1'14
4 Tom Boonen Quick·Step s.t.
5 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Team CSC s.t.
6 Roger Hammond Team High Road s.t.
7 Bernhard Eisel Team High Road s.t.
8 Gert Steegmans Quick·Step s.t.
9 Steven De Jongh Quick·Step s.t.
10 Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
11 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step s.t.
12 Kevin Van Impe Quick·Step s.t.
13 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC s.t.
14 Matti Breschel Team CSC s.t.
15 Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank s.t.
16 Enrico Franzoï Liquigas s.t.
17 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC s.t.
18 Juan Antonio Flecha Rabobank s.t.
19 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto s.t.
20 Óscar Freire Rabobank s.t.
21 Roberto Petito Liquigas s.t.
22 Alessandro Ballan Lampre s.t.
23 Andreas Klier Team High Road s.t.
24 Frederic Guesdon Française des Jeux s.t.
25 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step s.t.
26 Kevin Hulsmans Quick·Step s.t.
27 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas s.t.
28 Daniele Bennati Liquigas s.t.
29 Philippe Gilbert Française des Jeux s.t.
30 Manuel Quinziato Liquigas s.t.
31 Staf Scheirlinckx Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
32 Johan Vansummeren Silence - Lotto s.t.
33 Fabio Baldato Lampre s.t.
34 Christophe Mengin Française des Jeux s.t.
35 Vladimir Gusev Team Astana + 3'03
36 Geert Omloop Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech s.t.
37 Magnus Bäckstedt Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
38 Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld s.t.
39 Wim Vansevenant Silence - Lotto s.t.
40 Gerben Löwik Rabobank s.t.
41 Wouter Weylandt Quick·Step s.t.
42 Martijn Maaskant Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
43 Grégory Rast Team Astana s.t.
44 Allan Johansen Team CSC s.t.
45 Bert Grabsch Team High Road s.t.
46 Servais Knaven Team High Road s.t.
47 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road s.t.
48 Geert Steurs Silence - Lotto s.t.
49 Robbie McEwen Silence - Lotto s.t.
50 Marc De Maar Rabobank s.t.
51 Frederik Willems Liquigas s.t.
52 Sébastien Chavanel Française des Jeux s.t.
53 Bert Roesems Silence - Lotto s.t.
54 Niki Terpstra Team Milram s.t.
55 Jesús Del Nero Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
56 David Kopp Cycle Collstrop + 4'48
57 Murilo Fischer Liquigas s.t.
58 Gorik Gardeyn Silence - Lotto s.t.
59 Baden Cooke Barloworld s.t.
60 Jan Boven Rabobank s.t.
61 Gianni Meersman Française des Jeux s.t.
62 Guennadi Mikhailov Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech + 5'36
63 Erik Zabel Team Milram s.t.
64 Rik Verbrugghe Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 6'24
65 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
66 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux s.t.
67 Franck Rénier Bouygues Télécom + 10'00
68 Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole s.t.
69 James Vanlandschoot Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech s.t.
70 Marco Marcato Cycle Collstrop s.t.
71 Juan José Haedo Team CSC s.t.
72 Fabio Sabatini Team Milram s.t.
73 Nicolas Portal Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
74 Markus Zberg Gerolsteiner s.t.
75 Jimmy Engoulvent Crédit Agricole s.t.
76 Tomas Vaitkus Team Astana s.t.
77 Danilo Napolitano Lampre s.t.
78 Robert Hunter Barloworld s.t.
79 Stefan Van Dijk Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech s.t.
80 Heinrich Haussler Gerolsteiner s.t.
81 Martin Elmiger AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
82 Igor Abakoumov Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech s.t.
83 Graeme Brown Rabobank s.t.
84 Stéphane Poulhiès AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
85 Tyler Farrar Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
86 Alessandro Petacchi Team Milram s.t.
87 Sven Krauss Gerolsteiner s.t.
88 William Bonnet Crédit Agricole s.t.
89 Gil Suray Cycle Collstrop s.t.
90 Alexandre Pliuschin AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
91 Arnaud Labbe Bouygues Télécom s.t.
92 Tom Criel Cycle Collstrop s.t.
93 Markus Eichler Team Milram s.t.
94 Ralf Grabsch Team Milram s.t.
95 Michael Friedman Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
96 Raivis Belohvosciks Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
97 Iñigo Landaluze Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
98 Yuri Krivtsov AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
99 Renaud Dion AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
100 Matthé Pronk Cycle Collstrop s.t.
101 Nicolas Rousseau AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
102 Arnaud Coyot Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
103 Imanol Erviti Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
104 Damien Gaudin Bouygues Télécom s.t.
105 Koen De Kort Team Astana s.t.
106 Lucas Persson Cycle Collstrop s.t.
107 Michael Schär Team Astana s.t.
108 Stéphane Augé Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
109 Michael Blaudzun Team CSC s.t.
110 Bas Giling Cycle Collstrop s.t.
111 Benoît Joachim Team Astana s.t.
112 Tristan Valentin Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
113 Arnaud Gérard Française des Jeux s.t.
114 Jurgen Van Goolen Team CSC s.t.
115 Paolo Fornaciari Lampre s.t.
116 Kevin De Weert Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 11'04
117 Christopher Sutton Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 11'52
118 Alexandre Usov AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
119 Ignas Konovalovas Crédit Agricole s.t.
120 Tom Stamsnijder Gerolsteiner s.t.
121 Ryder Hesjedal Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
122 Huub Duyn Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
123 Paolo Bossoni Lampre s.t.
124 Anthony Geslin Bouygues Télécom + 12'40
125 Koldo Fernández de Larrea Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
126 Pierre Rolland Crédit Agricole s.t.
127 Robert Förster Gerolsteiner s.t.
128 Jens Mouris Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech s.t.
129 Kenny Van der Schueren Cycle Collstrop s.t.
130 Stijn Vandenbergh AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
131 Aaron Kemps Team Astana s.t.
132 Patrick Calcagni Barloworld s.t.
133 José JoaquÃn Rojas Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
134 Geraint Thomas Barloworld s.t.
135 Volker Ordowski Gerolsteiner s.t.
136 Hans Dekkers Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech s.t.
137 Rubens Bertogliati Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
138 Christophe Kern Crédit Agricole s.t.
139 Francesco Chicchi Liquigas s.t.
140 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
141 Vincent Jérôme Bouygues Télécom s.t.
142 Mathieu Claude Bouygues Télécom s.t.
143 Christian Murro Lampre s.t.
144 Dimitry Kozontchuk Rabobank s.t.
145 Jelle Vanendert Française des Jeux s.t.
146 Sylvester Szmyd Lampre + 14'00
147 Jonathan Patrick McCarty Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 14'32
148 Sébastien Portal Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
149 Fabien Patanchon Caisse d'Epargne + 15'44
150 Eric Berthou Crédit Agricole s.t.
151 Luciano Pagliarini Saunier Duval - Scott + 17'28
152 Artur Gajek Team Milram s.t.
153 Fran Pérez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
154 Marco Corti Barloworld s.t.
155 Beñat AlbÃzuri Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
156 Raúl Alarcón Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
157 Aurélien Passeron Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
158 Javier MejÃas Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
159 Francesco Bellotti Barloworld s.t.
160 Martin Velits Team Milram s.t.
161 Mirko Lorenzetto Lampre s.t.
162 Diego Caccia Barloworld s.t.
163 Josu Agirre Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
164 Aitor Hernández Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
165 Rubén Lobato Saunier Duval - Scott + 18'24
166 Cyril Lemoine Crédit Agricole s.t.
167 Carlo Westphal Gerolsteiner s.t.
168 Alexandre Pichot Bouygues Télécom s.t.
169 Frank Vandenbroucke Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech s.t.
170 Thomas Frei Team Astana s.t.
171 Andoni Lafuente Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
172 Francesco De Bonis Gerolsteiner + 19'28
173 Mathieu Perget Caisse d'Epargne + 22'00
174 Lander Aperribay Euskaltel - Euskadi + 22'32
175 Joan Horrach Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
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Posted on 01-05-2008 17:16
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Deadpool wrote:
Great ride, now for Roubaix
Robaix will be interesting.
In general I haven't played with teams who have top flight cobbled riders. Played a long game with CA, but Hushovd isn't in the top tier like Hincapie is (those 2-3 points in COB make a huge difference).
With Hushovd I just tried to hold on and finish as high as possible.
With Hincapie I've tried several different strategies to get wins, and attacking on cobbled hills has worked well (or countering the attacks of others).
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Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco - Stage 3
Kanstantsin Siutsou went on the break in this stage to pick up mountain points.
As the break went on, Wim Van Huffel and Leonardo Piepoli were able to power away from the rest of the breakaway group who were all nearly spent
The two were keeping away, but the pelaton was slowly closing. Nocenti attacked late and was bridging the gap. Could the two hold on?
They do! Van Huffel wins the stage and Nocenti bridges the gap and moves into second place overall.
1 Wim Van Huffel Silence - Lotto 4h14'10
2 Leonardo Piepoli Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
3 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
4 Alexandr Kolobnev Team CSC + 38
5 Leonardo Bertagnolli Liquigas s.t.
6 Thomas Lövkvist Team High Road s.t.
7 Igor Astarloa Team Milram s.t.
8 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
9 Manuel Beltrán Liquigas s.t.
10 Bradley McGee Team CSC s.t.
GC:
1 Manuel Beltrán Liquigas 11h49'20
2 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R - La Mondiale + 8
3 Leonardo Bertagnolli Liquigas + 46
4 Kim Kirchen Team High Road s.t.
5 Davide Rebellin Gerolsteiner s.t.
6 Jens Voigt Team CSC s.t.
7 Thomas Lövkvist Team High Road s.t.
8 Fränk Schleck Team CSC s.t.
9 Bradley McGee Team CSC s.t.
10 Jérôme Pineau Bouygues Télécom s.t.
Points:
1 Manuel Beltrán Liquigas 32
2 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R - La Mondiale 28
3 Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner 25
4 Wim Van Huffel Silence - Lotto 25
5 Leonardo Bertagnolli Liquigas 22
6 Kim Kirchen Team High Road 22
7 Leonardo Piepoli Saunier Duval - Scott 22
8 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne 20
9 Xavi Florencio Bouygues Télécom 20
10 Fränk Schleck Team CSC 18
Mountains:
1 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team High Road 36
2 Rémy Di Gregorio Française des Jeux 19
3 Dani Moreno Caisse d'Epargne 14
4 Wim Van Huffel Silence - Lotto 11
5 Manuel Beltrán Liquigas 9
6 Simon Spilak Lampre 8
7 Leonardo Piepoli Saunier Duval - Scott 7
8 Morris Possoni Team High Road 6
9 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne 6
10 Francis De Greef Silence - Lotto 5
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Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco - Stage 4
Another hilly stage, and Sitsou goes on the break again to pickup points in the mountains competition.
Attacks started on the late hlls and Kirchen and Lovkvist try to follow. The two are in a Gerolsteiner chase group with Rebellin, Wegman and Schumacher trying to catch Asterloa and Ricco.
But they wouldn't get there in time. Asterloa takes the stage.
And Rebellin wins the sprint to take 3rd over Kirchen and Lovkvist.
Forgot to export, and the pictures I took last night were of the wrong stage. Oops.
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*edit* Okay, figured it out. Going back and taking pics of the standings after the race ALWAYS shows the final result in the total-time section... even if you are looking at an earlier stage. This is what was confusing me.
Stage results:
1. Asterloa
2. Ricco
3. Rebellin - +28'
4. Kirchen
5. Lovkvist
6. Wegmann
7. Schumacher
8. Nocentini
9. Ventoso
10. Colom
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Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco - Stage 5
Another hilly stage. The meaningful attacks started on the fourth classified climb when Ardila, Piepoli and Botcharov took off on an early punch attempt.
The favorites attacked on the next hill and were able to catch Botcharov and Piepoli. Ardila had already been dropped.
In the downhill Kirchen and Piepoli were unable to hang on to Voigt, Kloden, Rebellin and Ricco.
And Voight powers by the other break members to take the stage win. Kirchen completely breaks in the downhill and Piepoli takes 5th ahead of him. Kirchen still gained a few seconds on the Pelaton.
Stage Results:
1. Voigt
2. Rebellin
3. Kloden
4. Ricco
5. Piepoli +1'05"
6. Kirchen +1'29"
7. Sitsuo + 1'49"
8. Trofimov
9. Wegelius
10. Arrieta
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Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco - Stage 6
The final stage of Pais Vasco was a total disaster. Kirchen had been maintaining a top 10... but his time trialing issues really hurt him here. He dropped WAY down the rankings, and Lovkvist who had a good ride only moved up to 11th... which gets us no pro-tour points.
This is making us think Gerdeman may need to ride the Tour... I'm not sure how good we feel about Kirchen there in the time trials.
Stage Results:
1 Jens Voigt Team CSC 18'17
2 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner + 5
3 Bradley McGee Team CSC + 6
4 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom + 8
5 Denis Menchov Rabobank + 11
6 Yaroslav Popovych Silence - Lotto + 12
7 Marzio Bruseghin Lampre + 14
8 Levi Leipheimer Team Astana + 17
9 Thomas Lövkvist Team High Road + 18
10 Alberto Contador Team Astana + 19
19 Tony Martin Team High Road + 29
27 Diego Ulissi Team High Road + 39
51 Sergio Luis Henao Team High Road + 1'05
67 Kim Kirchen Team High Road + 1'28
94 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team High Road + 1'56
102 Adam Hansen Team High Road + 2'04
146 Morris Possoni Team High Road + 2'59
Final GC:
1 Jens Voigt Team CSC 20h47'04
2 Andreas Klöden Team Astana + 36
3 Davide Rebellin Gerolsteiner + 41
4 Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott + 1'02
5 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner + 2'14
6 Bradley McGee Team CSC + 2'15
7 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom + 2'17
8 Denis Menchov Rabobank + 2'20
9 Marzio Bruseghin Lampre + 2'23
10 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R - La Mondiale + 2'25
11 Thomas Lövkvist Team High Road + 2'27
Final Points:
1 Jens Voigt Team CSC 49
2 Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott 45
3 Kim Kirchen Team High Road 45
4 Davide Rebellin Gerolsteiner 43
5 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R - La Mondiale 36
6 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner 35
7 Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner 35
8 Leonardo Piepoli Saunier Duval - Scott 34
9 Manuel Beltrán Liquigas 32
10 Igor Astarloa Team Milram 29
Final Mountains:
1 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team High Road 60
2 Mauricio Ardila Rabobank 33
3 Alexandre Botcharov Crédit Agricole 31
4 Bernhard Kohl Gerolsteiner 22
5 Rémy Di Gregorio Française des Jeux 21
6 Dani Moreno Caisse d'Epargne 18
7 Leonardo Piepoli Saunier Duval - Scott 15
8 Wim Van Huffel Silence - Lotto 11
9 Andy Schleck Team CSC 11
10 Manuel Vázquez Contentpolis - Murcia 9
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