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| dienblad |
Posted on 10-12-2011 13:33
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@ all: Thanks for your comments and support. One day in my career, I'll win Milano - San Remo (although I won it twice in PCM '09 with Cunego and Bennati, so it's possible!).
Some news from the contract-front. We've renewed the contract from 4 more riders:
Jack Bobridge is developing himself as a great timetrialist, so we want to give him the opportunity to continue with his development.
Tom Dumoulin is a young domestique, whom will never be a team leader. But we need domestiques and his flat and hilly skills are pretty decent.
Pim Ligthart is developing himself into a good sprinter, who can win a sprint on in hilly race. He's capable of winning a few races every year, so we are happy he renewed his contract!
Joost Posthuma is one of the better domestiques, who can show up in all kinds of races (cobbles, GT, hilly). And with his TT-abilities, he an also ride a good TT/prologue and take part in a team time trial.
2 riders have refused to renew their contracts, so weve decided to let them go at the end of the year: Jens Keukeleire and Wout Poels. Keukeleire has become the 4th sprinter in the team and Poels is a great domestique in the mountains, but he is looking for a leading role in a smaller team.
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| dienblad |
Posted on 10-12-2011 13:56
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The Volta Ciclista a Catalunya celebrates it's 94th edition. We didn't participate last year, but are automatically invited as we are a World Tour team now. Mariano Canardo is the record winner with 7 victories, back in the 1920's and 1930's. Last year was won by Canadian Ryder Hesjedal.
 
The route
7 stages, 3 of them flat, 3 hilly and one mountain stage. So again, no TT-kilometres.
The first stage with start and finish in Lloret de Mar contains some hills in the last part, so it won't be a mass sprint.
The 2nd stage from Salt to Banyoles is for the sprinters.
Stage 3 will be decisive for the GC, with the finish on top of the Vallnord / La Seu d'Urgell.
The 4th stage from Oliano to Ascó is for the sprinters again.
Stage 5 from Ascó to Cabacés will probably the last chance to shake up the GC.
As stage 6 from El Vendrell to Barcelona is hilly, but not difficult enough.
The last stage to Montmélo is for the sprinters again.
Startlist
Spoiler Euskaltel
1. I.Antón
2. M.Astarloza
3. I.Isasi
4. G.Izagirre
5. M.Mínguez
6. J.J.Oroz
7. R.Sicard
8. A.Txurruka
Garmin
11. I.Basso
12. A.Candelario
13. T.Danielson
14. C.Le Mével
15. S.Milne
16. C.Riblon
17. F.Wegmann
18. D.Zabriskie
Omega Pharma
21. L.Leipheimer
22. M.Brammeier
23. D.Cataldo
24. B.Grabsch
25. N.Maes
26. G.Omloop
27. F.Rabon
28. M.Velits
Lotto
31. C.Horner
32. G.M.Bates
33. K.Dehaes
34. Ó.Pujol
35. V.Reynès
36. M.Sieberg
37. K.Van Impe
38. J.Van den Broeck
Lampre
41. F.Pellizotti
42. A.Balloni
43. L.Bertagnolli
44. G.Bosisio
45. F.Gavazzi
46. A.Pérez Arrieta
47. D.Righi
48. E.Sella
Sky
51. B.Wiggins
52. S.Cummings
53. C.Froome
54. C.Knees
55. T.Löfkvist
56. M.Rogers
57. R.Urán
58. X.Zandio
Astana
61. V.Kiryienka
62. A.Bazayev
63. G.Henderson
64. T.Kangert
65. D.Muravyev
66. M.Nieve
67. P.Tiralongo
68. T.Valjavec
Rabobank
71. L.L.Sánchez
72. C.Barredo
73. S.Clement
74. T.Leezer
75. G.Niermann
76. B.Tankink
77. L.Ten Dam
78. R.Wielinga
Nissan Shack
81. J.Fuglsang
82. J.Brajkovic
83. R.García
84. T.Machado
85. G.Nizzolo
86. H.Roulston
87. R.Wagner
88. H.Zubeldia
Monster Energy - Ford
91. T.Dekker
92. F.De Greef
93. T.Dumoulin
94. M.Kittel
95. P.Ligthart
96. R.Ruijgh
97. C.Veldkamp
98. R.Zingle
Vacansoleil
101. P.Niemiec
102. S.Anza
103. M.Carrara
104. M.Golas
105. W.Mol
106. P.Rooijakkers
107. M.Rutkiewicz
108. M.Selvaggi
Saxo Bank
111. R.Porte
112. M.Christensen
113. J.Hernández
114. J.A.Jørgensen
115. D.Navarro
116. M.Rasmussen
117. N.Sørensen
118. M.Tosatto
Movistar
121. B.Intxausti
122. G.César Veloso
123. I.Erviti
124. J.Herrada
125. I.Konovalovas
126. P.Lastras
127. R.Pérez
128. Ó.Sevilla
Nespresso
131. F.Duarte
132. D.Blanco
133. D.Bonuccelli
134. M.Brändle
135. A.Durán
136. X.Florencio
137. R.Valls
138. M.Wyss
Katusha
141. D.Moreno
142. G.Caruso
143. D.Galimzyanov
144. L.Gerdemann
145. J.Horrach
146. S.Ivanov
147. A.Losada
148. A.Ovechkin
BMC
151. M.Frank
152. M.Kohler
153. A.Moinard
154. J.Murphy
155. M.Pinotti
156. I.Santaromita
157. D.Wyss
158. S.Zahner
Androni Giocattoli
161. J.Serpa
162. D.Cannone
163. R.Chiarini
164. R.Ferrari
165. F.Ginanni
166. L.Moser
167. L.Piepoli
168. E.Zen
Qantas
171. P.Weening
172. J.Dean
173. M.Docker
174. D.Impey
175. B.Lancaster
176. R.McEwen
177. T.Meyer
178. D.Teklehaimanot
AG2R La Mondiale
181. T.Pinot
182. M.Bouet
183. D.Champion
184. S.Houanard
185. Y.Krivtsov
186. L.Lefèvre
187. R.Nocentini
188. M.Perget
Sony Ericsson
191. T.Rohregger
192. W.Clarke
193. R.Di Gregorio
194. N.Keinath
195. T.Lowe
196. S.Masciarelli
197. R.Quaade
198. A.Timmer
Caja Rural
201. Í.Cuesta
202. O.Chuzhda
203. V.De la Parte
204. A.Galdos
205. E.García
206. R.Martínez
207. D.Milán
208. E.Salgueiro
Farnese Vini
211. F.Failli
212. P.De Negri
213. E.Favilli
214. R.Ferrara
215. L.Mazzanti
216. A.Noè
217. L.Pelánek
218. L.Zanasca
Our team
The favourites
*** Igor Antón (Euskaltel), Rigoberto Urán (Sky), Benat Intxausti (Movistar)
** Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma), Iván Basso (Garmin), Fabio Duarte (Nespresso)
* Richie Porte (Saxo Bank), Thomas Dekker, Chris Horner (Lotto)
Our goal
A stage win will be difficult, as this is the first race of the season for our sprinter Marcel Kittel. Thomas Dekker aims for a top 5 in the GC. But it's uncertain how he deals with the high mountains, as it's the first time he faces them since his ban.
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| tmobile |
Posted on 10-12-2011 13:58
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Congratulations for the renewals, undoubtedly there are a wise move.
A pity the exits of Jens and Wout, two biggest riders that could contribute very much the team.
I´ve very wanted to see the following race to be seen which it is the behavior of the team 
A lot of luck!
Edited by tmobile on 10-12-2011 14:00
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 10-12-2011 14:34
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Have a good one in Catalunya
What are your main aims |
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| alexanderlens |
Posted on 10-12-2011 15:05
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GL, and after sutty68 question about your aims, I would like to know who you wanna sign in the comming transferperiod...
Guess who's back? 
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 10-12-2011 15:08
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Don't you guys read the whole reports?
Our goal
A stage win will be difficult, as this is the first race of the season for our sprinter Marcel Kittel. Thomas Dekker aims for a top 5 in the GC. But it's uncertain how he deals with the high mountains, as it's the first time he faces them since his ban.
Good luck for that, Dekker's form seems to be very good, should be better than most of his competitors.
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| dienblad |
Posted on 10-12-2011 15:17
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@ cunego59: thanks for reading it .Dekker's form is very good, but I can tell you that he will loose time in the first stage to the 2 main favourites.....
@ alexanderlens: wished signings, difficult to say, as we have already 2 capable GT-winners, some hilly classics-winners. I only lack a world class cobbler (no Cancellara. but Terpstra is really improving) and a world class sprinter (Sp > 80). But the problem is the budget, as the sponsor income is lower than the loan costs.... But when a great talented rider is out of contract in the end of the year, we consider all options 
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| dienblad |
Posted on 10-12-2011 15:51
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The kick off of this year's Volta Ciclista a Catalunya is in Lloret de Mar, near the Costa Brava. The route goes into the countryside with some serious hills to be climb. The finish is back in Lloret de Mar.
We go straight to the summit of today's first climb, the Alt de Sant Hilari (9.1km at 5.9%). Rodrigo Garcia (Nissan Radioshack) leads an 11-man breakaway over the summit. He's joined by Simone Masciarelli (Astana), Francesco Failli (Farnese), Mathieu Perget (AG2R), Luis León Sánchez (Rabobank), Roberto Ferrari (Androni), Imanol Erviti (Movitar), Stephen Cummings (Sky), Travis Meyer (Qantas), Arkaitz Duran (Nespresso) and Martin Kohler (BMC). Less than a minute behind follows Vasil Kiryienka (Astana), who hass attacked later out of the peloton and will close the gap in the descend. The peloton is almost 8 minutes behind!
The 2nd Intermediate sprint is located 57 kilometres before the finish. The BOTD still has a huge lead of 5'34.
The 2nd categorized climb of the day is the Alt de San Grau (5.2km at 6.4%). Perget is the first to cross the line of the KOTM-sprint, followed by Meyer and Garcia. The peloton follows at 2'44, with 35km remaining.
In the next 16 kilometres the gap has only decreased by 17 seconds. We've send our domestiques up front of the peloton to do the chase, but can't close the gap all by ourselves. Only Euskaltel is helping, but it took some diplomacy to persuade their DS.
But disaster strikes 15km before the finish: our leader Thomas Dekker gets a puncture and is located at the back of the peloton when the last (non-categorized) climb of the day starts. At the foot of this climb, 7 kilometres before the finish, Rigoberto Urán (Sky) launches his attack. But he's still 1'39 behind the leading group.
But Urán manages to close the gap in only 2 kilometres. His teammate Stephen Cummings is leading the first group with only 5 km remaining. In the back comes an orange jersey: Igor Antón makes the jump from the peloton to the leading group. Romain Zingle & Rob Ruijgh do what they can to bring Thomas Dekker back to the front.
Up front, Antón has closed the gap to the leading group and tries to keep a gap to the peloton. He's leading the first group with 2 kilometres to go.
But it's Rigoberto Urán who takes the win in Lloret de Mar, beating Mathieu Perget and Stephen Cummings. Dekker crosses the line in the first peloton, 38 seconds behind Urán.
Results & GC
| 1 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky ProCycling | 3h56'58 | | 2 | Mathieu Perget | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4 | | 3 | Stephen Cummings | Sky ProCycling | + 6 | | 4 | Rodrigo García | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 5 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli | + 7 | | 6 | Simone Masciarelli | Sony Ericsson | + 8 | | 7 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 10 | | 8 | Chris Horner | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 9 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 10 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t |
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Spoiler | 11 | Travis Meyer | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 12 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 13 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 48 | | 14 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 15 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 16 | Mikel Nieve | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 17 | Jakob Fuglsang | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 18 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 19 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 20 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 21 | Mikel Astarloza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 22 | Xavier Florencio | Nespresso | s.t. | | 23 | Daniel Navarro | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 24 | Emanuele Sella | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 25 | Assan Bazayev | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 26 | Trent Lowe | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 27 | Richie Porte | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 28 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 29 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 30 | Rubén Pérez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 31 | Grischa Niermann | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 32 | Linus Gerdemann | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 33 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 34 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 35 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 36 | José Serpa | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 37 | Fabian Wegmann | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 38 | Romain Zingle | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 39 | Rob Ruijgh | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 40 | Thomas Dekker | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 41 | Marek Rutkiewicz | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 42 | Francesco Gavazzi | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 43 | Francesco Ginanni | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 44 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 45 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 46 | Janez Brajkovič | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 47 | Christophe Le Mével | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 48 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 49 | Gabriele Bosisio | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 50 | Artem Ovechkin | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 51 | Aitor Galdos | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 52 | Geert Omloop | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 53 | Thibaut Pinot | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 54 | Bert Grabsch | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 55 | Fabio Duarte | Nespresso | s.t. | | 56 | Jesús Hernández | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 57 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 58 | Christian Knees | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 59 | Levi Leipheimer | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 60 | Vasil Kiryienka | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 61 | Arkaitz Durán | Nespresso | s.t. | | 62 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | + 2'08 | | 63 | Matthias Frank | BMC Racing Team | + 2'11 | | 64 | Tiago Machado | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 65 | Paolo Tiralongo | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 66 | Chris Froome | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 67 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 68 | Franco Pellizotti | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 69 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 70 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 71 | David Zabriskie | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 72 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 73 | Haimar Zubeldia | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 74 | Tom Dumoulin | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 75 | Vicente Reynès | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 76 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 77 | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | + 2'56 | | 78 | Laurent Lefèvre | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 79 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 80 | Kevin Van Impe | Lotto - Ridley | + 3'35 | | 81 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 82 | Miguel Mínguez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 83 | Óscar Pujol | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 84 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 85 | Michael Rasmussen | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 4'03 | | 86 | Tanel Kangert | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 87 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 5'32 | | 88 | Alberto Losada | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 89 | Pim Ligthart | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 90 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 91 | Ivan Santaromita | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 92 | Egoitz García | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 93 | Diego Milán | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 94 | Rafael Valls | Nespresso | s.t. | | 95 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 96 | Nico Keinath | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 97 | Raffaele Ferrara | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 98 | Thomas Rohregger | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 99 | Íñigo Cuesta | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 100 | Santo Anza | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 101 | Christophe Riblon | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 102 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 103 | Aitor Pérez Arrieta | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 104 | Simon Zahner | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 105 | Dimitri Champion | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 106 | Enrique Salgueiro | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 107 | Oleg Chuzhda | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 108 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 109 | Nicki Sørensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 110 | Andrea Noè | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 111 | Michal Golas | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 112 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 113 | Enrico Zen | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 114 | Ivan Basso | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 115 | Óscar Sevilla | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 116 | Stef Clement | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 117 | Donato Cannone | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 118 | Matteo Tosatto | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 119 | Leonardo Piepoli | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 120 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 121 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 122 | Daniele Righi | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 123 | Iñaki Isasi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 124 | Tadej Valjavec | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 125 | Leonardo Moser | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 126 | Daryl Impey | Team Qantas | + 6'27 | | 127 | Mitchell Docker | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 128 | Robbie McEwen | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 129 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 7'30 | | 130 | Luca Mazzanti | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 131 | Elia Favilli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 132 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 133 | Gene Michael Bates | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 134 | Martin Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 135 | Francis De Greef | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 136 | Laurens Ten Dam | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 8'50 | | 137 | Tom Danielson | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 138 | Rubén Martínez | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 139 | Mads Christensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 140 | Sergueï Ivanov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 141 | David Blanco | Nespresso | + 9'22 | | 142 | Víctor De la Parte | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 143 | Remmert Wielinga | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 144 | Davide Bonuccelli | Nespresso | s.t. | | 145 | Steve Houanard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 146 | Albert Timmer | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 147 | Tom Leezer | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 10'05 | | 148 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 149 | Gustavo César Veloso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 150 | Hayden Roulston | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 151 | Joan Horrach | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 152 | Matthew Brammeier | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 153 | Greg Henderson | Pro Team Astana | + 11'25 | | 154 | Shawn Milne | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 155 | Marcel Wyss | Nespresso | s.t. | | 156 | Alfredo Balloni | Lampre - Generali | + 12'55 | | 157 | Matthias Brändle | Nespresso | s.t. | | 158 | Julian Dean | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 159 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 160 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 161 | Marcel Kittel | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 162 | Luca Zanasca | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 163 | John Murphy | BMC Racing Team | + 14'27 | | 164 | Pieter Weening | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 165 | Piet Rooijakkers | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 166 | Yuriy Krivtsov | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 167 | Luboš Pelánek | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 15'04 | | 168 | Xabier Zandio | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 169 | Robert Wagner | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | + 15'38 | | 170 | Cees Veldkamp | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 171 | Alex Candelario | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 16'17 | | 172 | Rasmus Quaade | Sony Ericsson | + 16'35 | | 173 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 174 | Brett Lancaster | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 175 | William Clarke | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 176 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky ProCycling | 25 | | 2 | Mathieu Perget | AG2R La Mondiale | 20 | | 3 | Stephen Cummings | Sky ProCycling | 16 | | 4 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | 14 | | 5 | Rodrigo García | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | 14 |
KOTM
| 1 | Rodrigo García | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | 26 | | 2 | Mathieu Perget | AG2R La Mondiale | 24 | | 3 | Simone Masciarelli | Sony Ericsson | 18 | | 4 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | 14 | | 5 | Travis Meyer | Team Qantas | 13 |
Today's winner
Word from the DS
Not a good start, Dekker had a puncture at the worst moment. Forget this stage, looking forward to the next stage.
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| lokytrew |
Posted on 10-12-2011 16:12
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Ballan is doing strong, it's good for him but not really for Sagan  |
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| alexanderlens |
Posted on 10-12-2011 16:12
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Why don't try to sign Boom or Langeveld?
Guess who's back?
Lets see how many friens are still around... |
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Posted on 10-12-2011 16:28
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@ alexanderlens: because they have a more-year contract at the moment, I'll keep an eye on them (and all the Dutch and Belgium riders).
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| tmobile |
Posted on 10-12-2011 17:21
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A pity that Dekker was so behind when Urán threw its attack. The distance has not been important and I hope that it could eliminate it in the next days.
Your leader has the big form state and surely that will be capable of improving positions in the next days. Do you have any stage in mind?
Good luck mate!
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 10-12-2011 23:53
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tmobile wrote:
A pity that Dekker was so behind when Urán threw its attack. The distance has not been important and I hope that it could eliminate it in the next days.
Your leader has the big form state and surely that will be capable of improving positions in the next days. Do you have any stage in mind?
Good luck mate!
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| FuglsangxTH3 |
Posted on 11-12-2011 10:11
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It's frustratibg whennyour rider for the gc had a puncture or fall at a bad moment
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 11-12-2011 10:13
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Unfortunately punctures and falls are all part of cycle racing, which shows how real pcm is |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 11-12-2011 11:29
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The 2nd stage from Salt to Banyoles should be for the sprinters. There are two climbs in the first half of the stage (Alt de la Ganga & the Alt dels Angels), but the 2nd half is flat.
Rob Ruijgh is sprinting for the KOTM-points and takes them on the first climb. He's showing our new outfit (big thanks to tmobile), including our new subsponsor Subway (oh man, how I love their Chicken Fajita-sandwiches  ).
Swiss Matthias Frank (BMC) has attacked during the 2nd climb of the day, so he makes it to the summit all by himself. Ruijgh gets 2nd place, followed by Haimar Zubeldia (Nissan) and the peloton, over a minute behind Frank.
The peloton takes it easy in the descend, so the lead of Frank increases. Crossing the line of the 2nd Intermediate sprint, with 50 kilometres remaining, it's 4'48.
Thomas Dekker crosses the line in 2nd place, regaining 2 seconds for the GC.
Frank starts the last lap of the closed circuit near Banyoles and he gets accompanied by Garmin's David Zabriskie. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Vacansoleil) is on it's way. The peloton follows at '29.
Also Bert Grabsch (Omega Pharma) has attacked out of the peloton and joined the 3 leaders. Frank can't follow their pace anymore, so with 5 km to go, Grabsch, Niemiec and Zabriskie are in the lead. The peloton is '28 behind, but will catch the 3 leaders with 2500 metres remaining.
The sprint looks to be a dual between Robbie McEwen (Qantas) and Aitor Galdos (Caja Rural). But in between comes Denis Galimzyanov with an impressive jump. The best Russian sprinter at the moment takes the win, impressive ride! And what about our sprinters? Well, Marcel Kittel (you know, fitness of 79) was in the wheel of McEwen, but lost it with 10km to go. So we decided to set up our own train, but as soon as the sprint started, the entire team was falling behind. So Kittel finishes in 14th place.
In the middle of the peloton has occured a crash, just within th elast kilometre. BMC's Marco Pinotti was the first to hit the tarmac, and our Rob Ruijgh couldn't avoid him anymore. You see him flying through the sky here, but luckily he could continue without broken bones. Some more riders lost a few minutes because of the crash: Fabio Duarte, Ivan Basso, Paolo Tiralongo, Xavier Florencio and Thomas Löfkvist. One rider had to abandon: Joan Horrach (Katusha) broke his collarbone and is out for 2 months.
Results
| 1 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | 4h16'31 | | 2 | Aitor Galdos | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 3 | Robbie McEwen | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 4 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 5 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 6 | Francesco Gavazzi | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 7 | Greg Henderson | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 8 | Daryl Impey | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 9 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 10 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 12 | Mitchell Docker | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 13 | Marek Rutkiewicz | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14 | Marcel Kittel | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 15 | Pim Ligthart | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 16 | Michal Golas | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 17 | Stephen Cummings | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 18 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 19 | Chris Froome | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 20 | Thomas Dekker | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 21 | David Zabriskie | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 22 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 23 | Romain Zingle | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 24 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 25 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 26 | Richie Porte | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 27 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 28 | Tiago Machado | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 29 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 30 | Emanuele Sella | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 31 | Geert Omloop | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 32 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 33 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 34 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 35 | Chris Horner | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 36 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 37 | Matteo Tosatto | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 38 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 39 | Mikel Nieve | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 40 | Steve Houanard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 41 | Haimar Zubeldia | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 42 | Tanel Kangert | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 43 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 44 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 45 | Jakob Fuglsang | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 46 | Vicente Reynès | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 47 | Rodrigo García | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 48 | Christophe Riblon | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 49 | Thibaut Pinot | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 50 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 51 | José Serpa | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 52 | Egoitz García | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 53 | Bert Grabsch | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 54 | Christophe Le Mével | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 55 | Óscar Sevilla | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 56 | Assan Bazayev | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 57 | Alfredo Balloni | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 58 | Janez Brajkovič | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 59 | Christian Knees | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 60 | Hayden Roulston | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 61 | Sergueï Ivanov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 62 | Simon Zahner | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 63 | Tom Dumoulin | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 64 | Robert Wagner | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 65 | Mads Christensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 66 | Fabian Wegmann | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 67 | Nicki Sørensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 68 | Enrico Zen | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 69 | Francesco Ginanni | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 70 | Enrique Salgueiro | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 71 | Daniel Navarro | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 72 | Linus Gerdemann | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 73 | Shawn Milne | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 74 | Iñaki Isasi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 75 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 76 | Franco Pellizotti | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 77 | Diego Milán | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 78 | Rubén Martínez | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 79 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 80 | Artem Ovechkin | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 81 | Daniele Righi | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 82 | Rubén Pérez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 83 | Vasil Kiryienka | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 84 | Simone Masciarelli | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 85 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 86 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 87 | Julian Dean | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 88 | Pieter Weening | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 89 | Oleg Chuzhda | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 90 | Elia Favilli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 91 | Ivan Santaromita | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 92 | Íñigo Cuesta | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 93 | Piet Rooijakkers | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 94 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 95 | Levi Leipheimer | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 96 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 97 | Tom Leezer | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 98 | Francis De Greef | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 99 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 100 | Mathieu Perget | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 101 | Kevin Van Impe | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 102 | Santo Anza | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2'21 | | 103 | Luca Mazzanti | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 104 | John Murphy | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 105 | Gene Michael Bates | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 106 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 107 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 108 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 109 | Xavier Florencio | Nespresso | s.t. | | 110 | Andrea Noè | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 111 | Matthias Frank | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 112 | Rafael Valls | Nespresso | s.t. | | 113 | Donato Cannone | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 114 | Dimitri Champion | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 115 | Matthias Brändle | Nespresso | s.t. | | 116 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 117 | Arkaitz Durán | Nespresso | s.t. | | 118 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 119 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 120 | Stef Clement | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 121 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 122 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 123 | Trent Lowe | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 124 | Paolo Tiralongo | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 125 | Davide Bonuccelli | Nespresso | s.t. | | 126 | Marcel Wyss | Nespresso | s.t. | | 127 | David Blanco | Nespresso | s.t. | | 128 | Tom Danielson | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 129 | Xabier Zandio | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 130 | Remmert Wielinga | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 131 | Travis Meyer | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 132 | Gustavo César Veloso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 133 | Yuriy Krivtsov | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 134 | Leonardo Piepoli | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 135 | Ivan Basso | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 136 | Fabio Duarte | Nespresso | s.t. | | 137 | Thomas Rohregger | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 138 | Matthew Brammeier | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 139 | Cees Veldkamp | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 140 | Jesús Hernández | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 141 | Laurent Lefèvre | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 142 | Tadej Valjavec | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 143 | Albert Timmer | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 144 | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 145 | Gabriele Bosisio | Lampre - Generali | + 3'36 | | 146 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 147 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 148 | Raffaele Ferrara | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 149 | Nico Keinath | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 150 | Rob Ruijgh | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 151 | Alberto Losada | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 152 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 153 | Aitor Pérez Arrieta | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 154 | Luca Zanasca | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 155 | Martin Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 156 | Víctor De la Parte | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 157 | Laurens Ten Dam | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 158 | Rasmus Quaade | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 159 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 160 | Brett Lancaster | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 161 | Alex Candelario | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 162 | William Clarke | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 163 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 164 | Leonardo Moser | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 165 | Grischa Niermann | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 166 | Miguel Mínguez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 167 | Michael Rasmussen | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 168 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 169 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 170 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 171 | Óscar Pujol | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 172 | Mikel Astarloza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 173 | Luboš Pelánek | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 4'35 | | 174 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 11'16 | | 175 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto - Ridley | + 17'41 |
GC
| 1 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky ProCycling | 8h13'29 | | 2 | Mathieu Perget | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4 | | 3 | Stephen Cummings | Sky ProCycling | + 6 | | 4 | Rodrigo García | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 5 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli | + 7 | | 6 | Simone Masciarelli | Sony Ericsson | + 8 | | 7 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 10 | | 8 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Chris Horner | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 10 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | ... | | 12 | Thomas Dekker | Monster Energy - Ford | + 46 |
Points
| 1 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky ProCycling | 5 | 30 | | 2 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | 25 | 25 | | 3 | Mathieu Perget | AG2R La Mondiale | 0 | 20 | | 4 | Aitor Galdos | Caja Rural | 20 | 20 | | 5 | Stephen Cummings | Sky ProCycling | 0 | 16 |
KOTM
| 1 | Rodrigo García | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | 0 | 26 | | 2 | Mathieu Perget | AG2R La Mondiale | 0 | 24 | | 3 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 10 | 22 | | 4 | Matthias Frank | BMC Racing Team | 20 | 20 | | 5 | Rob Ruijgh | Monster Energy - Ford | 18 | 18 |
Today's winner
Word from the DS
At least we showed our faces (and new jersey) on tv today. Tomorrow is a big day, let's see how Dekker can climb.
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 11-12-2011 11:53
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I like the new jersey! 
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| tmobile |
Posted on 11-12-2011 13:04
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fcancellara wrote:
I like the new jersey!
+1 hehe. Im glad that one sees well.
And I am glad also that Ruijgh could finish the stage and nothing was done in the fall
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 11-12-2011 14:13
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Nice picture of Ruijgh flying through the air |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 11-12-2011 15:51
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Hey guys, I've added the new 2012 jerseys for some of the teams (Cofidis, FDJ, OPQS, Lotto), to be found in the next topic: https://pcmdaily.c...d_id=20546
So a big thanx to the guys who cretaed these jerseys for the game!
Edited by dienblad on 11-12-2011 15:51
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