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An Post SKT - EXTREME: story is over
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| ursul |
Posted on 16-05-2009 20:34
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Posted on 17-05-2009 10:44
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Stage 5
And here it is, queen stage of Japan Tour, time trial at Mt. Fuji. Riders can expect more than 11km of brutal climb with 1100m of rise. BMC climbers are huge favourites here for taking yellow jersey from Vanmarcke.
Huguet did his job well, taking 3rd place today, +26"
Swiss veteran Alexandre Moos was very close to stage victory, 2nd +2"
Winner and new leader of Tour, Florian Stalder.
Sep Vanmarcke (forgot to make a picture) rode well, finishing 14th and still keeping fantastic 3rd place overall!!
1 Florian Stalder BMC Racing Team 30'18
2 Alexandre Moos BMC Racing Team + 2
3 Yann Huguet Agritubel + 26
4 Floyd Landis OUCH presented by Maxxis + 48
5 Miyataka Shimizu EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design + 58
6 Ben Greenwood Rapha Condor s.t.
7 Sylvain Calzati Agritubel + 1'04
8 Pierre Cazaux Roubaix Lille Métropole + 1'14
9 Jaroslaw Dabrowski Amore & Vita - McDonald's + 1'15
10 Cameron Evans OUCH presented by Maxxis + 1'18
11 Yasuharu Nakajima EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design + 1'20
12 Ben Jacques-Maynes Bissell Pro Cycling + 1'27
13 Paul Moucheraud Roubaix Lille Métropole + 1'34
14 Sep Vanmarcke An Post - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
15 Louis Crosby Subway - Avanti Cycling Team + 1'38
16 Christian Müller Amore & Vita - McDonald's s.t.
17 Eric Drower Subway - Avanti Cycling Team + 1'40
18 Mickaël Larpe Roubaix Lille Métropole + 1'41
19 Tom Zirbel Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
20 Rory Sutherland OUCH presented by Maxxis + 1'42
GC
1 Florian Stalder BMC Racing Team 15h37'38
2 Alexandre Moos BMC Racing Team + 22
3 Sep Vanmarcke An Post - Sean Kelly Team + 1'14
4 Yann Huguet Agritubel + 1'24
5 Ben Greenwood Rapha Condor + 1'56
6 Simon Richardson Rapha Condor + 2'06
7 Sylvain Calzati Agritubel + 2'37
8 Pierre Cazaux Roubaix Lille Métropole + 2'47
9 Jaroslaw Dabrowski Amore & Vita - McDonald's + 2'48
10 Cameron Evans OUCH presented by Maxxis + 2'51
11 Yasuharu Nakajima EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design + 2'53
12 Ben Jacques-Maynes Bissell Pro Cycling + 3'00
13 John Murphy OUCH presented by Maxxis + 3'03
14 Paul Moucheraud Roubaix Lille Métropole + 3'07
15 Louis Crosby Subway - Avanti Cycling Team + 3'11
16 Christian Müller Amore & Vita - McDonald's s.t.
17 Florian Vachon Roubaix Lille Métropole + 3'13
18 Eric Drower Subway - Avanti Cycling Team s.t.
19 Jean-Luc Delpech Bretagne - Schuller s.t.
20 Mickaël Larpe Roubaix Lille Métropole + 3'14
Points
1 Sep Vanmarcke An Post - Sean Kelly Team 71
2 Florian Stalder BMC Racing Team 50
3 Florian Vachon Roubaix Lille Métropole 50
4 Yann Huguet Agritubel 43
5 Alexandre Moos BMC Racing Team 40
KOM
1 Florian Stalder BMC Racing Team 16
2 Alexandre Moos BMC Racing Team 12
3 Yann Huguet Agritubel 10
4 Floyd Landis OUCH presented by Maxxis 8
5 Miyataka Shimizu EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 6
U25
1 Sep Vanmarcke An Post - Sean Kelly Team
2 stages remains, my main goal is to keep Sep´s podium place in GC, sprinter and U25 jersey. |
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Posted on 17-05-2009 11:11
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Great overall so far you didn't lose to much time and kept a podium  |
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Posted on 17-05-2009 13:30
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Stages 6 & 7
Last two stages of Japan Tour, will we see some more changes in GC?
Stage 6
Quite hilly stage, Tomoya Kano surprised everything with strong attack before finnish and took great win!
1 Tomoya Kano Shimano Racing Team 2h53'14
2 Chad Gerlach Amore & Vita - McDonald's + 21
3 Mickaël Larpe Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
4 Liam Holoham Rapha Condor s.t.
5 Jonathan Patrick McCarty OUCH presented by Maxxis s.t.
6 Kenichi Suzuki Aisan Racing Team s.t.
7 Peter Latham Bissell Pro Cycling s.t.
8 Leigh Howard Team AIS s.t.
9 Daniel Braunsteins Drapac Porsche Cycling s.t.
10 Gaël Malacarne Bretagne - Schuller s.t.
13 Jef Peeters An Post - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
21 Sep Vanmarcke An Post - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
Stage 7
Flat stage with bunch sprint in the end, Brad Huff was the fastest, Sep Vanmarcke took nice 3rd place. No major changes in GC happened though.
1 Brad Huff Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3h36'18
2 Dean Downing Rapha Condor s.t.
3 Sep Vanmarcke An Post - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
4 Alex Candelario Kelly Benefit Strategies s.t.
5 John Murphy OUCH presented by Maxxis s.t.
6 Matthew Brammeier An Post - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
7 Lilian Jégou Bretagne - Schuller s.t.
8 Taiji Nishitani Aisan Racing Team s.t.
9 Kristian House Rapha Condor s.t.
10 Yasuharu Nakajima EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design s.t.
GC
1 Florian Stalder BMC Racing Team 22h07'31
2 Alexandre Moos BMC Racing Team + 22
3 Sep Vanmarcke An Post - Sean Kelly Team + 1'06
4 Yann Huguet Agritubel + 1'24
5 Ben Greenwood Rapha Condor + 1'56
6 Simon Richardson Rapha Condor + 2'06
7 Sylvain Calzati Agritubel + 2'37
8 Pierre Cazaux Roubaix Lille Métropole + 2'47
9 Jaroslaw Dabrowski Amore & Vita - McDonald's + 2'48
10 Cameron Evans OUCH presented by Maxxis + 2'51
11 Yasuharu Nakajima EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design + 2'53
12 Ben Jacques-Maynes Bissell Pro Cycling + 3'00
13 John Murphy OUCH presented by Maxxis + 3'03
14 Brad Huff Jelly Belly Cycling Team + 3'05
15 Mickaël Larpe Roubaix Lille Métropole + 3'06
16 Paul Moucheraud Roubaix Lille Métropole + 3'07
17 Louis Crosby Subway - Avanti Cycling Team + 3'11
18 Christian Müller Amore & Vita - McDonald's s.t.
19 Florian Vachon Roubaix Lille Métropole + 3'13
20 Jean-Luc Delpech Bretagne - Schuller s.t.
61 Jef Peeters An Post - Sean Kelly Team + 3'41
78 David O'Loughlin An Post - Sean Kelly Team + 7'07
94 Benny De Schrooder An Post - Sean Kelly Team + 9'59
107 Stephen Gallagher An Post - Sean Kelly Team + 13'49
109 Matthew Brammeier An Post - Sean Kelly Team + 14'07
110 Paidi O'Brien An Post - Sean Kelly Team + 14'24
124 Nigel Kelly An Post - Sean Kelly Team + 22'37
Points
1 Sep Vanmarcke An Post - Sean Kelly Team 87
2 Florian Vachon Roubaix Lille Métropole 54
3 Florian Stalder BMC Racing Team 50
4 John Murphy OUCH presented by Maxxis 46
5 Yann Huguet Agritubel 46
KOM
1 Florian Stalder BMC Racing Team 16
2 Alexandre Moos BMC Racing Team 12
3 Yann Huguet Agritubel 10
4 Floyd Landis OUCH presented by Maxxis 8
5 Miyataka Shimizu EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 6
U25
1 Sep Vanmarcke An Post - Sean Kelly Team
Tour of Japan is over. My team, especially Sep Vanmarcke, showed itself in very good light. My sponsors are really unsettled , though, some big changes will happen very soon.
Edited by beagle on 17-05-2009 13:34
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Posted on 17-05-2009 15:38
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Bad news. According to our critical financial situation and terrible sponsors confidence I had to release three of my riders immediately to ensure run of team. Names are Kenny Lisabeth, Nigel Kelly and Stephen Gallagher, all of them were compensated. I´m afraid this is not last step to cure finances, at least one rider will have to go in next months. It´s public secret that Steven Van Vooren is that man.
We have 11 riders at the moment, next step is to reconcile sponsors by achievement of good result. First opportunity will be one day classic Rogaland GP in Norway.
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Posted on 17-05-2009 15:57
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Really bad news, but congratulations with the podium and the two jerseys |
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Posted on 17-05-2009 16:21
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United Forever wrote:
Really bad news, but congratulations with the podium and the two jerseys
thanks  |
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Posted on 17-05-2009 17:33
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1. N.Eeckhout
2. M.Brammeier
3. B.De Schrooder
4. P.O'Brien
5. D.O'Loughlin
6. J.Peeters
7. S.Van Vooren
8. S.Vanmarcke
Flat race makes ideal conditions for bunch sprint. My team is counted amongst favourites, I hope for good result here.
All things went perfectly until...finish. My goal was to keep peloton together till bunch sprint and thanks to effort of Van Vooren, Peters and Vanmarcke we made it. Eeckhout and Brammeier were my men for sprint. Eeckhout opened sprint for Brammeier, but Alexander Kristoff made spectators happy, winning this race. Brammereir was 2nd ahead of another Norwegian Hegreberg.
1 Alexander Kristoff Joker Bianchi 4h27'47
2 Matthew Brammeier An Post - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
3 Roy Hegreberg Sparebanken Vest - Ridley s.t.
4 Dean Downing Rapha Condor s.t.
5 Robert Partridge Team Halfords s.t.
6 Nico Eeckhout An Post - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
7 Magnus Bäckstedt Cyclesport.se - Magnus Maximus Coffee.com s.t.
8 Stefan Denifl ELK Haus s.t.
9 Sep Vanmarcke An Post - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
10 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team Capinordic s.t.
11 Robert Hayles Team Halfords s.t.
12 Havard Nybö Sparebanken Vest - Ridley s.t.
13 Tony Gibb Plowman Craven - Madison s.t.
14 Sondre Sörtveit Joker Bianchi s.t.
15 Jochen Summer ELK Haus s.t.
16 Liam Holoham Rapha Condor s.t.
17 Lucas Schädlich Thüringer Energie Team s.t.
18 Graham Briggs Candi TV - Pinarello RT s.t.
19 Alexander Egger Vorarlberg - Corratec s.t.
20 Fredrik Ericsson Team Capinordic s.t.
30 Steven Van Vooren An Post - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
39 David O'Loughlin An Post - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
54 Paidi O'Brien An Post - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
84 Jef Peeters An Post - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
113 Benny De Schrooder An Post - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
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Posted on 18-05-2009 00:03
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I hope that your sponsor will love this new good perform. Nice result in Japan too. |
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Posted on 18-05-2009 03:19
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What a surprise in Japan!
And very nice job in Rogaland GP as well
hope to see more of that sprinting 
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Posted on 18-05-2009 11:02
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Great win there
To bad you didn't win |
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Posted on 18-05-2009 11:08
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really good racing.... |
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Posted on 18-05-2009 15:14
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31. J.Ghyselinck
32. M.Brammeier
33. B.De Schrooder
34. N.Eeckhout
35. D.O'Loughlin
36. J.Peeters
37. S.Van Vooren
38. S.Vanmarcke
Five stage long race in Norway with some small hills fits good to my team. Maybe my riders are not biggest stars presented here, but team is the best overall and that´s why I expect good result from here. |
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Posted on 18-05-2009 15:43
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Stage 1
To be part of early breakaway can sometimes pay off. Steven Van Vooren joined break today.
They didn´t built huge gap at all, but cooperated well and 15km to go, they were leading by 2mins over peloton. Break will succeed in stage 1!
And here is try to sneak away from group, Van Vooren is ready and follows.
10km to go, he is in front together with Christensen, other riders have droped.
Panic in peloton, Kittel launches attack, Vanmarcke, Ghyselinck and some others counters, but it is too late to catch leaders.
Christensen can´t hold the pace, Steven is alone in front!
Vanmarcke and Ghyselinck are really strong today, catching early breakaway group just before finish.
And Sep Vanmarcke goes past tired riders easily.
Van Vooren takes another win for our team! It´s a big shame he´ll leave us soon...
Christensen hold his 2nd place just aheqad of Vanmarcke. Great start for my team!
1 Steven Van Vooren An Post - Sean Kelly Team 3h49'49
2 Mads Christensen Team Designa Køkken + 46
3 Sep Vanmarcke An Post - Sean Kelly Team + 57
4 Dale Appleby Candi TV - Pinarello RT s.t.
5 Stake Vegard Laengen Joker Bianchi s.t.
6 Jan Ghyselinck An Post - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
7 Sebastian May Thüringer Energie Team s.t.
8 Andrew Tennant Team Halfords s.t.
9 Martin Lollesgaard Team Energi Fyn s.t.
10 Jacob Kodrup Team Energi Fyn s.t.
11 Thomas Murray Plowman Craven - Madison + 1'37
12 Jacob Nielsen Glud & Marstrand Horsens s.t.
13 Geir Berg Sparebanken Vest - Ridley s.t.
14 Alexander Gottfried Team Kuota - Indeland s.t.
15 Wim Van Huffel Vorarlberg - Corratec s.t.
16 Dirk Müller Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse s.t.
17 Lucas Persson Team Capinordic s.t.
18 Stefan Denifl ELK Haus s.t.
19 Michael Reihs Team Designa Køkken s.t.
20 Marcel Kittel Thüringer Energie Team s.t.
KOM
1 Steven Van Vooren An Post - Sean Kelly Team 22
2 Mads Christensen Team Designa Køkken 18
3 Stake Vegard Laengen Joker Bianchi 12
4 Sep Vanmarcke An Post - Sean Kelly Team 10
5 Sebastian May Thüringer Energie Team 8
Points
1 Steven Van Vooren An Post - Sean Kelly Team 25
2 Mads Christensen Team Designa Køkken 20
3 Stake Vegard Laengen Joker Bianchi 16
4 Sep Vanmarcke An Post - Sean Kelly Team 16
5 Dale Appleby Candi TV - Pinarello RT 14
U25
1 Steven Van Vooren An Post - Sean Kelly Team
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Posted on 18-05-2009 19:01
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great start indeed!!
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Posted on 18-05-2009 23:36
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Great start. Continue like that. Relaese two rider don't stop your incredible winning machine. |
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Posted on 19-05-2009 03:56
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Another great win.
Nice results before that too |
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Posted on 19-05-2009 09:13
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Stage 2
This could be celebrating report about another awesome victory, but...
There is small hill followed by descent into finish, Van Vooren tries his luck again.
And he wins easily, too easily I think...
1 Steven Van Vooren An Post - Sean Kelly Team 3h47'30
2 Joachim Tolles Team Kuota - Indeland s.t.
3 Robert Hayles Team Halfords s.t.
4 Roy Hegreberg Sparebanken Vest - Ridley s.t.
5 Dean Downing Rapha Condor s.t.
6 Alexander Kristoff Joker Bianchi s.t.
7 René Weissinger Vorarlberg - Corratec s.t.
8 René Haselbacher Vorarlberg - Corratec s.t.
9 Andrew Tennant Team Halfords s.t.
10 Russel Downing Candi TV - Pinarello RT s.t.
GC
1 Steven Van Vooren An Post - Sean Kelly Team 7h36'39
2 Mads Christensen Team Designa Køkken + 1'14
3 Sep Vanmarcke An Post - Sean Kelly Team + 1'29
4 Stake Vegard Laengen Joker Bianchi + 1'33
5 Andrew Tennant Team Halfords + 1'37
6 Sebastian May Thüringer Energie Team s.t.
7 Dale Appleby Candi TV - Pinarello RT s.t.
8 Jacob Kodrup Team Energi Fyn s.t.
9 Jan Ghyselinck An Post - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
10 Martin Lollesgaard Team Energi Fyn s.t.
...I have completely reinstalled game BEFORE stage 1, forgot to switch difficulty level back to HARD and played on NORMAL  It completely devalues both wins. I made a quick decision and will play remaining 3 stages on EXTREME.I´m curious if I´ll able to maintain "mined out" positions 
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Posted on 19-05-2009 10:26
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great story, great team, i love to see Nicko Eckhout in action, yet it seems hes still getting in to his form
btw continue with hard, extreme is ... extreme |
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Posted on 19-05-2009 10:38
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this is great story..my favorite.
and ObuKKaKe I should personaly thank you for old cycling races what I have now... thanks to you. |
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