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Posted on 26-07-2009 15:28
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Nice! a win in sprint
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Posted on 27-07-2009 01:04
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Driedaagse van West Vlaanderen
While I am with the team in Murcia, my #2 is managing the team for the Driedaagse van West Vlaanderen race. Since I am not attending the race, all I know are the results. We've done well in the past here. They key is to avoid wind driven splits and keep a strong time trialist close going into the 3rd day, which is a time trail.
We'll send our cobblestone team for this race minus Zhou Sui with Brian Vandborg (a past winner) in his place).
Past Winners
2007: Jan Kuyckx - Landboukrediet
2008: David Zabriskie - Discovery Channel
2009: Brian Vandborg - Discovery Channel
2010: Kevyn Ista - Chocolade Jacques
2011: Juan Jose Haedo - Predictor Lotto
2012: Jure Kocjan - Agritubel
Stage 1: Ingelmunster - Zedelgem
Results
1 Lucas Schädlich NAVIGATORS INSURANCE 3h42'31
2 Efrem Salvi TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
3 Jan Kuyckx LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
4 Frederik Willems DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
5 Ramón Domene TIME - VAN HEMERT s.t.
6 Jean-Marc Bideau ELK HAUS - SIMPLON s.t.
7 Andrei Klyuev PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 21
8 Boy Van Poppel UNIBET.COM s.t.
9 Eros Capecchi PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
10 Bram Deprez QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
11 Smail Buadis RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
12 Nick Ingels QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
13 Philipp Klein NAVIGATORS INSURANCE s.t.
14 Niels Pieters TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
15 Kenny De Ketele CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT s.t.
16 Jérôme Baugnies PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
17 Preben Van Hecke PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
18 Michiel Van Aelbroeck CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT s.t.
19 Kevin Hulsmans QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
20 Simon Clarke LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
21 Roy Sentjens T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
22 Darren Lapthorne AGRITUBEL s.t.
23 Stefan Radochla UNIBET.COM s.t.
24 Jure Kocjan AGRITUBEL s.t.
25 Matti Breschel QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t. |
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Posted on 27-07-2009 01:14
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Driedaagse van West Vlaanderen
Stage 2: Jaabeke - Ichtegem
Results
1 Boy Van Poppel UNIBET.COM 2h17'15
2 Andrei Klyuev PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
3 Kenny De Ketele CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
4 Eros Capecchi PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
5 Philipp Klein NAVIGATORS INSURANCE s.t.
6 Evgeni Popov RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
7 Smail Buadis RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
8 Matti Breschel QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
9 Simon Clarke LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
10 Max Jumel PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
11 Michiel Van Aelbroeck CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT s.t.
12 Bram Deprez QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
13 Stefan Radochla UNIBET.COM s.t.
14 Rodolphe Foudil AGRITUBEL s.t.
15 Grégory Joseph TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
16 Jure Kocjan AGRITUBEL s.t.
17 Niels Pieters TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
18 René Mandri ELK HAUS - SIMPLON s.t.
19 Jérôme Baugnies PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
20 Gianluca Coletta ELK HAUS - SIMPLON s.t.
21 Luigino Campini TIME - VAN HEMERT s.t.
22 Willibert Rolfes TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
23 Andoni Aranaga DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
24 Cyril Gautier DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
25 Ivan Seledkov BABES ONLY - VILLAPARK LINGEMEER - FLANDERS s.t.
GC
1 Lucas Schädlich NAVIGATORS INSURANCE 5h59'30
2 Efrem Salvi TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 9
3 Jan Kuyckx LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER + 11
4 Jean-Marc Bideau ELK HAUS - SIMPLON + 12
5 Frederik Willems DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 16
6 Ramón Domene TIME - VAN HEMERT s.t.
7 Boy Van Poppel UNIBET.COM + 27
8 Andrei Klyuev PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 31
9 Kenny De Ketele CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 33
10 Jonathon Clarke ELK HAUS - SIMPLON + 34
Points
1 Lucas Schädlich NAVIGATORS INSURANCE 0 21
2 Boy Van Poppel UNIBET.COM 15 18
3 Andrei Klyuev PREDICTOR - LOTTO 12 16
4 Efrem Salvi TEAM SLIPSTREAM 0 13
5 Jan Kuyckx LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER 0 11
Mountain
1 Lucas Schädlich NAVIGATORS INSURANCE 0 3
2 Efrem Salvi TEAM SLIPSTREAM 0 2
3 Ramón Domene TIME - VAN HEMERT 0 1 |
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| ruben |
Posted on 27-07-2009 01:31
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Thomas Dekker (Rabobank): Dekker left Rabobank after the 2007 season and joined Discovery Channel where he developed into a top rider, including winning the 2010 Tour de France. When Discovery could no longer afford him, he joined Lampre in 2012 only to return to Rabobank this season. Dekker won his second Tour de France last season in astonishing form with second place finishing more than 8 minutes behind. He went on to finish the season as the top ranked rider in the UCI Pro Tour and will be looking for more this season.
Robert Gesink (Astana): Second place at the Tour de France last season (distant second to Dekker). He's hungary for another crack.
If this were true in 2012 I would go completely nuts. Even more nuts than the Brits go about Cavendish.
Lol..Dekker winning the Tour 8 minutes ahead of Gesink.. |
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Posted on 27-07-2009 01:44
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ruben wrote:
Thomas Dekker (Rabobank): Dekker left Rabobank after the 2007 season and joined Discovery Channel where he developed into a top rider, including winning the 2010 Tour de France. When Discovery could no longer afford him, he joined Lampre in 2012 only to return to Rabobank this season. Dekker won his second Tour de France last season in astonishing form with second place finishing more than 8 minutes behind. He went on to finish the season as the top ranked rider in the UCI Pro Tour and will be looking for more this season.
Robert Gesink (Astana): Second place at the Tour de France last season (distant second to Dekker). He's hungary for another crack.
If this were true in 2012 I would go completely nuts. Even more nuts than the Brits go about Cavendish.
Lol..Dekker winning the Tour 8 minutes ahead of Gesink..
Of course you fail to mention that you always argued in favor of giving Dekker and Gesink starting stats that result in ridiculous development like this... |
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Posted on 27-07-2009 01:50
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Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia
Stage 3: Moratalla ITT
Popo sets the first strong time of the day at 20'14". 
Hilbers matches Popo's time.
Mazur sets a new best time at 20'08.
Mazur's time doesn't hold long as Jason Donald hits the course. He is flying and will absolutely destroy Mazur. 19'34".
Petrov comes in +1'06" for 16th.
Lloret clocks +46, 9th place.
Ciano, +58 (14th place).
Gesink shows he is clearly not yet in top race condition at +1'20" (29th place).
Kreuziger is similarly not in his best condition - +1'13" (24th place).
Jamieson clocks a great time for 2nd place, but still +10.
Kraaybeek, +42 (8th place).
Kvasina, +38 (5th place).
Ista, +46 (10th place).
Last man with a chance to top Jason's time is Jakub Fielder. He won't though, +14 (3rd place).
With that performance, Jason has clearly esablished himself as the man to beat going into the mountain stage tomorrow. With any luck we could be two stages away from our first tour win of the season!
Results
1 Jason Donald DISCOVERY CHANNEL 19'34
2 Mark Jamieson LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 10
3 Jakob Fiedler TEAM CSC + 14
4 Piotr Mazur SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 34
5 Matija Kvasina SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 38
6 Yaroslav Popovych DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 40
7 Melchior Hilbers RABOBANK s.t.
8 Han Kraaybeek TEAM ASTANA + 42
9 Manuel Lloret GRUPO NICOLÁS MATEOS + 46
10 Kevyn Ista ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO s.t.
11 Kevin De Weert UNIBET.COM + 48
12 Juan Carlos Fernández RELAX - GAM + 50
13 John Devine DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 52
14 Michele Ciano RABOBANK + 58
15 Matías Médici FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM + 1'04
16 Evgeni Petrov TEAM CSC + 1'06
17 Marcel Sieberg RABOBANK s.t.
18 Marco Brus ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO s.t.
19 José Herrada ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO s.t.
20 Jorge Delgado ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR + 1'10
21 Ben Gastauer UNIBET.COM s.t.
22 José Joaquín Rojas UNIBET.COM s.t.
23 Jesus Guréndez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'12
24 Roman Kreuziger SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1'13
25 Moisés Dueñas SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1'14
GC
1 Jason Donald DISCOVERY CHANNEL 7h18'10
2 Mark Jamieson LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 10
3 Jakob Fiedler TEAM CSC + 14
4 Matija Kvasina SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 38
5 Han Kraaybeek TEAM ASTANA + 42
6 Kevyn Ista ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO + 46
7 Manuel Lloret GRUPO NICOLÁS MATEOS s.t.
8 Juan Carlos Fernández RELAX - GAM + 50
9 John Devine DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 52
10 Michele Ciano RABOBANK + 58
Points
1 Emanuele Rizza UNIBET.COM 16 36
2 Mattia Gavazzi ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO 9 31
3 Michael Morkov LAMPRE - FONDITAL 14 30
4 Eloy Teruel GRUPO NICOLÁS MATEOS 20 27
5 Robert Förster UNIBET.COM 0 27
Mountain
1 Guido Trentin FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM 3 3
2 Piotr Mazur SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 2 2
3 Alessandro Spezialetti EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 1 1 |
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Posted on 27-07-2009 02:06
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Posted on 27-07-2009 05:37
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Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia
Stage 4: Cieza - Morron de Totana
Queen stage today and Jason need only counter any dangerous attacks attempted on the final climb.
A group of 6 goes on the attack. They reach a lead of 8'30" with 73 km to go before CSC and Lampre begin the chase. At the foot of the final climb, the break is down to 3 men with a 2'19" lead. We move Ardila, Popovych and Casanova forward to push the pace and wear out the pack.
Ardila does a particularly good job of stretching out the peloton before pulling over to the side and abandoning so he can make the drive to start in Paris-Nice. As that happens, Jason is briefly distracted so Kvasina launches an attack.
No other attacks are attempted so as Jason recovers from the element of surprise, he counters and quickly bridges the gap to Kvasina.
Jason need only sit on Kvasina's wheel to win and refuses to do any work on the remainder of the climb.
As we near the finish line, Kvasina begins to tire so Jason takes the opportunity to move around him and grab the stage win!
Back in the chasing pack, Popo is still strong and manages to grab himself 3rd place rounding out a very good day for Discovery Channel.
With that, barring something unforeseen tomorrow, we should have our first tour win of the season!
Results
1 Jason Donald DISCOVERY CHANNEL 3h44'35
2 Matija Kvasina SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
3 Yaroslav Popovych DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1'50
4 Ben Gastauer UNIBET.COM s.t.
5 David Martín CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
6 Enrique Salgueiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
7 Jesus Guréndez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
8 Saul Raisin EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
9 Xavier Zandio ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR s.t.
10 José Joaquín Rojas UNIBET.COM + 2'17
11 Alberto Benítez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 2'42
12 John Devine DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
13 Rubén Pérez SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
14 Eduardo Gonzalo KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
15 Manuel Lloret GRUPO NICOLÁS MATEOS s.t.
16 Michele Ciano RABOBANK s.t.
17 Donato Cannone SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
18 Moisés Dueñas SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
19 Paolo Longo Borghini RABOBANK s.t.
20 Elia Casanova DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
21 Matteo Bono SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
22 Robert Kiserlovski EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
23 Jorge Ferrio FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM + 3'33
24 Robert Gesink TEAM ASTANA s.t.
25 Matías Médici FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
GC
1 Jason Donald DISCOVERY CHANNEL 11h02'45
2 Matija Kvasina SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 38
3 Ben Gastauer UNIBET.COM + 3'00
4 Jesus Guréndez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 3'02
5 Enrique Salgueiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 3'12
6 Xavier Zandio ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR + 3'20
7 David Martín CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 3'22
8 José Joaquín Rojas UNIBET.COM + 3'27
9 Manuel Lloret GRUPO NICOLÁS MATEOS + 3'28
10 Saul Raisin EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
Points
1 Emanuele Rizza UNIBET.COM 10 46
2 Mattia Gavazzi ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO 0 31
3 Michael Morkov LAMPRE - FONDITAL 0 30
4 Eloy Teruel GRUPO NICOLÁS MATEOS 0 27
5 Robert Förster UNIBET.COM 0 27
Mountain
1 Giovanny Báez SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 6 6
2 Marco Marcato ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO 4 4
3 Guido Trentin FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM 0 3
4 Emanuele Rizza UNIBET.COM 3 3
5 Piotr Mazur SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 0 2 |
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Posted on 27-07-2009 05:39
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Driedaagse van West Vlanderen
Due to technical difficulties (the stage didn't work) stage 3 of this race had to be abandoned. Therefore, the final results are identical to the results as of the end of Stage 2.
Happens every now and then with PCM Spain. Next up, Stage 5 of the Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia and Stage 1 of Paris-Nice. Probably not until Tuesday night or Wednesday Asia time though. |
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Posted on 27-07-2009 13:21
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perfect day in murcia |
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Posted on 29-07-2009 01:57
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Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia
Stage 5: Molina de Segura - Murcia
Flat stage with one hill in the middle. Today's job is make sure Jason finishes in yellow and then set up for a sprint finish.
A 9 man break goes. It hits an 8 minute lead with 100 km to go. Nobody else looks like chasing so we take over the peloton.
As his teammates chase upfront, Jason enjoys the imminent win.
The break is caught and it will be a sprint finish. Van Heerden drags Sui along and catches the backwheel of Rizza, who has proven to be a great lead out man throughout this Tour.
As the sprint kicks in, Van Heerden pulls away from the less fit Sui. Dall'Antonia is looking strong. Morkov is battling with Van Heerden and Rojas (in green) is coming up fast.
Dall'Antonia wins it while Morkov pulls away for 2nd. Van Heerden just manages to hold off Rojas to grab 3rd.
So we get our first win of the season. Hopefully to be followed by a Paris-Nice win. Jason is looking strong for Tirreno-Adriatico so it will be an intresting couple of weeks.
Results
1 Tiziano Dall'Antonia RABOBANK 3h41'09
2 Michael Morkov LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
3 Juan Van Heerden DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
4 José Joaquín Rojas UNIBET.COM s.t.
5 Marco Brus ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO s.t.
6 Tom Veelers TEAM CSC s.t.
7 Robert Förster UNIBET.COM s.t.
8 Mattia Gavazzi ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO s.t.
9 Zhou Sui DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
10 Marco Marcato ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO s.t.
11 José Herrada ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO s.t.
12 Emanuele Rizza UNIBET.COM s.t.
13 James Jansen UNIBET.COM s.t.
14 Matteo Carrara TEAM CSC s.t.
15 Michael Blanchy LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
16 Alois Cappannari ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR s.t.
17 Eloy Teruel GRUPO NICOLÁS MATEOS s.t.
18 Kevyn Ista ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO s.t.
19 Jesús Herrada KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
20 Jakob Fiedler TEAM CSC s.t.
21 Jesús Rosendo ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR s.t.
22 Steven Tronet TEAM CSC s.t.
23 Der Zolt GRUPO NICOLÁS MATEOS s.t.
24 Gianni Cidoni ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO + 41
25 Hasier Olea KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
GC
1 Jason Donald DISCOVERY CHANNEL 14h44'35
2 Matija Kvasina SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 38
3 José Joaquín Rojas UNIBET.COM + 2'46
4 Ben Gastauer UNIBET.COM + 3'00
5 Jesus Guréndez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 3'02
6 Enrique Salgueiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 3'12
7 Xavier Zandio ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR + 3'20
8 David Martín CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 3'22
9 Saul Raisin EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 3'28
10 Manuel Lloret GRUPO NICOLÁS MATEOS s.t.
11 Michele Ciano RABOBANK + 3'40
12 Moisés Dueñas SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 3'56
13 Donato Cannone SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 4'12
14 Eduardo Gonzalo KARPIN GALICIA + 4'20
15 Robert Kiserlovski EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 4'22
16 Matías Médici FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM + 4'37
17 Alberto Benítez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 4'42
18 José Herrada ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO + 4'47
19 Matteo Bono SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 4'48
20 Robert Gesink TEAM ASTANA + 4'53
21 Paolo Longo Borghini RABOBANK + 5'00
22 Mark Jamieson LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 5'12
23 Jakob Fiedler TEAM CSC + 5'15
24 Roman Kreuziger SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 5'35
25 Jorge Ferrio FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM + 5'37
27 John Devine DISCOVERY CHANNEL +6'08
40 Yaroslav Popovych DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 10'05
49 Zhou Sui DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 12'59
54 Juan Van Heerden DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 13'47
67 Elia Casanova DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 16'22
110 Oier García Viveros DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 45'38
Points
1 Michael Morkov LAMPRE - FONDITAL 22 52
2 Emanuele Rizza UNIBET.COM 4 50
3 Juan Van Heerden DISCOVERY CHANNEL 16 41
4 Mattia Gavazzi ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO 8 39
5 Robert Förster UNIBET.COM 9 36
Mountains
1 Giovanny Báez SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 0 6
2 Marco Marcato ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO 0 4
3 Guido Trentin FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM 0 3
4 Emanuele Rizza UNIBET.COM 0 3
5 Michael Albasini GRUPO NICOLÁS MATEOS 3 3 |
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Posted on 29-07-2009 02:06
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strong sprint and great win |
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Posted on 29-07-2009 03:24
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Nice win!
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Posted on 29-07-2009 15:48
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Past Winners
2007: Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval)
2008: Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas)
2009: Thomas Dekker (Discovery Channel)
2010: Jose Ivan Gutierrez (AG2R)
2011: Alejandro Valverde (T-Mobile)
2012: Yuri Trofimov (Astana)
First pro tour race of the season and an important one for us as winning is a sponsor goal. Last season we did not accomplish a single one of our sponsor goals so it would be nice to start off this season by bagging one straight out.
This years course is relatively hilly with only one mountain stage and two time trials. It appears to favor puncheurs with decent time trial skills unless a team can make the single mountain stage hard on the opposition and spring a climber on attack to take the win.
Our main hope for the win is Andy Schleck and he will act as team leader. Ivan Rovny will be #2 and ready to fill in for Andy just in case. Rovny's explosiveness in the hills makes him a viable candidate to win. Mark Cavendish will be our sprinter and will have an opportunity to win several stages given the flatness of the tour. Tyler Farrar is here as well and will generally lead Mark out. Monfort and Gerdemann are here to help in the moutains. Ardila was meant to be here as well but apparently got held up on the way back from Murcia and missed the start. Fumiyuki Beppu fills in, although this weakens the team significantly as we will miss Ardila's climbing support. Markus Reich rounds out our team and will be gunning for 1-2 stage wins in the time trials.
Main Competition
There are a number of top cyclists here, however many are just starting their seasons and therefore cannot be considered serious threats. Those who are amongst the favorites include:
Yuri Trofimov (Astana)
Not someone you would generally consider a threat at Paris-Nice, however last year he surprised all by riding away with the win. He has decent hill skills and time trial skills and will be gunning to defend his title.
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Rabobank)
Has the skills on the hills, in the mountains, time trialing and sprinting to win this. Furthermore, he is in the midst of his season and should be in good fitness. He has to be considered a real threat to win.
Tony Martin (Predictor Lotto)
Tony showed his capabilities at the Tour of California. If he can hang close in the hills, he has the ability to win it in the long time trial and on the mountain. Has a strong team around him that includes Alexander Gottfried (another potential winner) and Cadel Evans.
Marcel Wyss (Liquigas)
Wyss won in the youth rankings at Paris-Nice last season. He is explosive in the hills. The only potential knock on Wyss is his time trial ability. He may not be strong enough to hold off the likes of Schleck and Martin.
Ruben Plaza (Lampre
Ruben brings the total package for this race: climbing, explosiveness in the hills and time trial ability. If he is in good fitness, he'll be amongst the top contenders.
Alexander Gottfried
Similar to Wyss, the question mark around Gottfried is how much time he'll lose in the long time trial. It may be enough that is outstanding skills as a puncheur will be for naught.
Bernhard Kohl (Saunier Duval)
Has already shown his form and skills this season. He'll need to push the pace in the moutains, however, if he is to win this race.
Remy Di Gregario (Ag2R)
Very strong on both mountains and hills. In top form but time trial skills might just be too weak.
Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (Liquigas), Giorgio Brambilla (QuickStep), Diego Milan (Caisse)
These guys are all in good form but share one thing in common: their poor time trial skills may outweigh their ability to create separation in the hills.
Start List
Discovery Channel
1. A.Schleck
2. F.Beppu
3. M.Cavendish
4. T.Farrar
5. L.Gerdemann
6. M.Monfort
7. M.Reich
8. I.Rovny
Predictor - Lotto
11. T.Martin
12. L.Bret
13. D.Deroo
14. C.Evans
15. A.Gottfried
16. J.Michalski
17. G.Steurs
18. G.Van Avermaet
Rabobank
21. S.Pardilla
22. E.Boasson Hagen
23. R.Bonato
24. T.Eltink
25. I.Konovalovas
26. R.Marzoli
27. S.Poulhiès
28. M.Ruß
Lampre - Fondital
31. R.Plaza
32. N.Aurino
33. B.Badyuk
34. R.Belohvosciks
35. J.Gárate
36. J.Serpa
37. Y.Talabardon
38. W.Van Mechelen
QuickStep
41. T.Rohregger
42. T.Boonen
43. G.Brambilla
44. J.Engoulvent
45. D.Gaudin
46. T.Kannemeyer
47. H.Mazzoleni
48. O.Sánchez
Saunier Duval
51. G.Tassinari
52. J.Ceballos
53. V.Efimkin
54. B.Kohl
55. V.Kret
56. M.Lange
57. N.Ting
Ceramica Panaria
61. T.Dees
62. J.Absalon
63. G.Barabini
64. A.Ceretta
65. P.Fédrigo
66. D.Loosli
67. J.J.Oroz
68. G.Verdugo
Caisse d'Epargne
71. D.Milán
72. D.Arroyo
73. M.Astarloza
74. J.A.Gómez Marchante
75. M.Hahn
76. C.Kirsch
77. K.Muñoz González
78. M.Perget
Team CSC
81. J.Rodas
82. A.Belmokhtar
83. S.Fieber
84. R.Gurpegi
85. K.Köpke
86. J.Pereiro
87. R.Tran
Liquigas
91. A.Campanile
92. H.Bartelsen
93. J.Boelen
94. A.Frisch
95. A.Hassink
96. J.Jørgensen
97. F.Veuchelen
98. M.Wyss
Team Wiesenhof
101. L.Persson
102. G.Cerbone
103. S.Harbonnier
104. T.Klinger
105. M.Kwiatkowski
106. A.Mora
107. T.Ulbrich
AG2R
111. R.Di Gregorio
112. E.Bergès
113. A.Blythe
114. L.Calvi
115. S.Romano
116. H.Roulston
117. M.Saad
118. P.Souloy
Team Astana
121. O.Giesecke
122. P.Casbarra
123. F.Failli
124. B.Herrera
125. I.Landaluze
126. M.Medina
127. E.Orozco
128. Y.Trofimov
Team Milram
131. G.Balsamo
132. J.Benítez
133. G.Ciccolini
134. �.Japón
135. L.Mas
136. C.Poos
137. R.Rodríguez
138. G.Steegmans
Barloworld
141. R.Mestre
142. L.Celli
143. F.Pozzato
Euskaltel
151. S.Fuchs
152. M.De Jonge
153. P.Grillo
154. S.Langeveld
155. C.Sastre
156. R.Schuth
157. C.Tardi
158. H.Zubeldia
Bouygues Télécom
161. A.Khatuntsev
162. L.Cafferata
163. F.De Greef
164. J.Duperoux
165. K.Durasek
166. A.Kruopis
167. R.Martias
168. J.Pineau
Crédit Agricole
171. A.Durán
172. E.Baumann
173. A.Dang
174. L.König
175. K.Miara
176. D.Napolitano
177. N.Roche
178. S.Vrillard
T-Mobile Team
181. P.Vanspeybrouck
182. P.Koch
183. A.Rasmussen
184. D.Rauen
Chocolade Jacques
191. D.Cataldo
192. K.De Haes
193. J.Hoberg
194. D.Lelay
195. C.Meschenmoser
196. A.Nicaise
197. E.Saboureau
Team LPR
201. L.Euser
202. A.Angeloni
203. H.Blackgrove
204. G.Bonsignore
205. A.Borracino
206. G.Cerillo
207. M.Mugerli
208. P.Urtasun
Gerolsteiner
211. D.Klemme
212. A.Colin
213. B.Dockx
214. A.Fanzel
215. S.Minard
216. D.Summerhill
217. E.Verbist
218. J.Zen |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 29-07-2009 15:51
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This should be good, give 'em hell with Andy |
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| SeoulYank |
Posted on 29-07-2009 16:27
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Stage 1: Fontainebleau ITT
Time trial today in terrible weather. Many of the riders don't seem up to this and outcome will be interesting.
Markus Reich is first Discovery Channel man on the course and is one of the few who does look eager. It shows in his time, a strong 9'07". This may be tough to beat.
Trofimov, +30 (57th)
Pardilla, +22 (29th)
Rovny, +23 (32nd)
Kruopis comes in strong, +4 (2nd)
Gottfried, +21 (24th)
Plaza, +9 (5th)
Boasson Hagen, +19 (20th)
Hahn, +5 (3rd)
Andy doesn't quite look up to it today. +16 (16th)
Tony Martin clocks a good time, +9 (4th).
Bernhard Kohl, +26 (46th).
Langeveld is the last man with a chance of catching Reich, +15 (13th).
With that, Markus Reich starts this tour off well for us by winning the opening stage. Hope this bodes well.
Results
1 Markus Reich DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9'07
2 Aidis Kruopis BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 4
3 Matthias Hahn CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 5
4 Tony Martin PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 9
5 Rubén Plaza LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
6 Kristijan Durasek BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 11
7 Leopold König CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 12
8 Tim Klinger TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 13
9 Alexander Khatuntsev BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 14
10 Oliver Giesecke TEAM ASTANA s.t.
11 Awazbek Dang CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
12 Francis De Greef BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 15
13 Sebastian Langeveld EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
14 Sergej Fuchs EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 16
15 Numba Ting SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
16 Andy Schleck DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
17 Julián Rodas TEAM CSC + 17
18 Sébastien Minard GEROLSTEINER s.t.
19 Arkaitz Durán CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 18
20 Edvald Boasson Hagen RABOBANK + 19
21 Matthias Ruß RABOBANK + 20
22 Lucas Persson TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
23 Domenik Klemme GEROLSTEINER + 21
24 Alexander Gottfried PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
25 Óscar Sánchez QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
26 Christoph Meschenmoser CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT s.t.
27 Emilien-Benoît Bergès AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
28 Haimar Zubeldia EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
29 Sergio Pardilla RABOBANK + 22
30 Pieter Vanspeybrouck T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
31 Alex Rasmussen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
32 Ivan Rovny DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 23
33 Ignas Konovalovas RABOBANK s.t.
34 Julián Ceballos SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
35 Mark Cavendish DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 24
36 Juan José Oroz CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 25
37 Marcel Wyss LIQUIGAS s.t.
38 José Serpa LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
39 Tim Dees CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
40 Tim Ulbrich TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
41 Mikel Astarloza CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
42 Michael Lange SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
43 Ricardo Mestre BARLOWORLD s.t.
44 Filippo Pozzato BARLOWORLD s.t.
45 Jimmy Engoulvent QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 26
46 Bernhard Kohl SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
47 Manuel Medina TEAM ASTANA + 27
48 Lluis Guillermo Mas TEAM MILRAM s.t.
49 Rafael Rodríguez TEAM MILRAM + 28
50 Greg Van Avermaet PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
Edited by SeoulYank on 29-07-2009 16:29
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 29-07-2009 18:16
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good win, you're laying a good groundwork for the overall
Edited by Deadpool on 29-07-2009 21:51
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| SeoulYank |
Posted on 30-07-2009 02:25
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Stage 2: Auxerre - Le Creusot
An early break of 11 includes very strong riders: Numba Ting (and American who we covet) and Julian Rodas. The peloton can't let these guys get away, and actively chase.
A series of subsquent attacks but a lot of stress on the peloton, but eventually things calm down and a break of 4 goes. With 60km to go, Gottfried launches an attack. Not clear why, although perhaps he is trying to force the peloton to chase harder, wear them out and prepare the stage for an attack by his teammate, Tony Martin.
Gottfried is chased down and caught by, oddly enough, his own team. Perhaps it was an unauthorized attack?
Up the final hill, there is a very strong attack by Marcel Wyss.
Gomez Marchante and Kruopis follow, but are unable to bridge the gap to Wyss.
Schleck and many others try to counter but are caught by the peloton. With the peloton losing ground to the three in front of them, we push all of our guys forward to lead the chase. In the downhill, the peloton splits with a group of 29 getting away including: Schleck, Rovny and Reich.
While the Schleck group closes in on Gomez Marchante and Kruopis, Wyss enjoys an impressive solo victory. No picture of 2nd and 3rd, however Gomez Marchante and Kruopis held on, just barely, but it was close enough that the Schleck group finished on the same time.
Tough to lose a large chunk of time on Wyss as he is, obviously, very dangerous. Hopefully we can make it up on the long time trial and the one mountain stage.
Results
1 Marcel Wyss LIQUIGAS 4h47'59
2 Aidis Kruopis BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 45
3 José Angel Gómez Marchante CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
4 Francesco Failli TEAM ASTANA s.t.
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen RABOBANK s.t.
6 Diego Milán CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
7 Giorgio Brambilla QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
8 Raúl Gurpegi TEAM CSC s.t.
9 Rubén Plaza LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
10 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen LIQUIGAS s.t.
11 Alexander Gottfried PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
12 Greg Van Avermaet PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
13 Giancarlo Balsamo TEAM MILRAM s.t.
14 Rémy Di Gregorio AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
15 Pieter Vanspeybrouck T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
16 Piercarlo Casbarra TEAM ASTANA s.t.
17 Ivan Rovny DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
18 Arkaitz Durán CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
19 Oliver Giesecke TEAM ASTANA s.t.
20 Óscar Sánchez QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
21 Yuri Trofimov TEAM ASTANA s.t.
22 Theo Eltink RABOBANK s.t.
23 Markus Reich DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
24 Tim Ulbrich TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
25 Iñigo Landaluze TEAM ASTANA s.t.
26 Dario Cataldo CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
27 Juanma Gárate LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
28 Bernhard Kohl SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
29 Andy Schleck DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
30 Tony Martin PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
GC
1 Marcel Wyss LIQUIGAS 4h57'25
2 Aidis Kruopis BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 26
3 Markus Reich DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
4 Rubén Plaza LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 35
5 Tony Martin PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
6 Oliver Giesecke TEAM ASTANA + 40
7 Andy Schleck DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 42
8 Arkaitz Durán CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 44
9 Edvald Boasson Hagen RABOBANK + 45
10 Alexander Gottfried PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 47
Points
1 Aidis Kruopis BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM 22 44
2 Rubén Plaza LAMPRE - FONDITAL 12 28
3 Marcel Wyss LIQUIGAS 25 25
4 Markus Reich DISCOVERY CHANNEL 0 25
5 José Angel Gómez Marchante CAISSE D'EPARGNE 20 20
Mountain
1 Yannick Talabardon LAMPRE - FONDITAL 17 17
2 Ghislain Ciccolini TEAM MILRAM 11 11
3 Marcel Wyss LIQUIGAS 7 7
4 Aidis Kruopis BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM 5 5
5 Rafaël Schuth EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 3 3 |
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| ursul |
Posted on 30-07-2009 03:33
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good result
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