Nordic Cycling | Final Farewell
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Neillster |
Posted on 07-03-2013 10:21
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1000 reply! Just a sign of how good this story is
Not a bad result in Ronde, trying to deal with a team of Boonen and Cancellara was always going to be impossible... |
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Posted on 07-03-2013 10:23
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Grand Prix Pino Cerami
Jens Erik won this race last year and with Thor racing in Pais Vasco to keep his race fitness at an absolute max the playing field is open for the rest of the cobble-team.
Thomas Riber-Sellebjerg found a place in the break, but said over the radio that his legs didn’t like the rain.
60 km to go. The break has 4’44’’ to the peloton where Vacansoleil and Accent Jobs are taking the responsibility.
The team pulled hard for the last 20 km but Vanthourenhout just had one of those days…
All in all a good day for the team. Sven deserved the win after such a strong performance.
Now the guys are looking forward to reuniting with Thor, who is currently riding Pais Vasco for Paris - Roubaix.
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Atlantius |
Posted on 07-03-2013 10:24
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Neillster: Thanks I'm really happy the story have survived this far. Now time to go for 2000 posts
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sutty68 |
Posted on 07-03-2013 10:26
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A nice second place for Lars
It was a pity that Vanthourenhout had such a good day though |
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-03-2013 10:55
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Congrats on the 1000th post! |
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Posted on 07-03-2013 11:29
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sutty: In deed. Still the win probably meant more to Vanthourenhout and Landbouwkredit than it would have to Lars/us...
Ian: Thanks, and by your comment we crossed the 20000-views mark
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Posted on 07-03-2013 11:43
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Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco
A fairly quiet race without any sponsor demands. No big win here, in fact our best stage positions were two 7th places to Fuglsang and Hushovd.
In spite of that the most consistent rider on the team was Chris Anker Sørensen, who even pulled away with a 9th place in the GC. Well done Chris!
Oh yes, the mountain jersey was won by Nicki after a couple of good breakaways.
Final Standings
1 | Luis León Sánchez | Movistar Team | 21h39'40 | 2 | Ryder Hesjedal | RadioShack - Nissan | + 1'13 | 3 | Maxime Monfort | RadioShack - Nissan | + 1'27 | 4 | Roman Kreuziger | Lotto Belisol Team | + 2'28 | 5 | Cadel Evans | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'32 | 6 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana Pro Team | + 2'42 | 7 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3'16 | 8 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Garmin - Sharp | + 4'24 | 9 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Volvo - STARK | + 5'16 | 10 | Michael Albasini | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 6'17 |
Spoiler 11 | Chris Horner | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 7'27 | 12 | Daniele Pietropolli | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 7'28 | 13 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 11'24 | 14 | Matteo Rabottini | Team Gazprom | + 12'41 | 15 | Bradley Wiggins | Team Vodafone | + 13'00 | 16 | Tiago Machado | RadioShack - Nissan | + 13'20 | 17 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 13'44 | 18 | Thor Hushovd | Volvo - STARK | + 15'08 | 19 | Damiano Cunego | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 15'17 | 20 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 15'41 | 21 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | + 16'28 | 22 | Vasil Kiryienka | Movistar Team | + 16'54 | 23 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 17'50 | 24 | Levi Leipheimer | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 18'05 | 25 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 18'13 | 26 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol Team | + 18'22 | 27 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 18'38 | 28 | Rein Taaramäe | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 18'45 | 29 | Michele Scarponi | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 19'10 | 30 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | + 19'12 | 31 | Óscar Freire | Movistar Team | + 19'26 | 32 | Thomas De Gendt | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 20'08 | 33 | Wout Poels | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 21'04 | 34 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 21'53 | 35 | Karol Domagalski | Caja Rural | + 22'32 | 36 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack - Nissan | + 23'38 | 37 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 23'57 | 38 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Team Vodafone | + 24'06 | 39 | Robert Gesink | RadioShack - Nissan | + 24'08 | 40 | Daniel Moreno | Team Gazprom | + 24'27 | 41 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team Vodafone | + 24'38 | 42 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | + 24'46 | 43 | Alejandro Valverde | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 25'31 | 44 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 26'41 | 45 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 26'48 | 46 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 27'02 | 47 | Pavel Brutt | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 27'09 | 48 | Grega Bole | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 27'41 | 49 | Marek Rutkiewicz | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 29'58 | 50 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 30'58 | 51 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 31'44 | 52 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 32'11 | 53 | Jakob Fuglsang | Volvo - STARK | + 32'15 | 54 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | 55 | Davy Commeyne | Lotto Belisol Team | + 32'17 | 56 | Manuel Vazquez | Movistar Team | + 32'20 | 57 | Christophe Le Mével | Garmin - Sharp | + 32'30 | 58 | Romain Feillu | Garmin - Sharp | + 33'03 | 59 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | + 33'16 | 60 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | + 33'19 | 61 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 34'40 | 62 | Nicki Sørensen | Volvo - STARK | + 34'45 | 63 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 34'48 | 64 | Fabio Felline | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 35'00 | 65 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | + 35'41 | 66 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | + 36'01 | 67 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 36'36 | 68 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 36'41 | 69 | Xavier Florencio | Team Gazprom | + 37'49 | 70 | Daniele Callegarin | BMC Racing Team | + 38'25 | 71 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 38'27 | 72 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | + 39'51 | 73 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 39'59 | 74 | Luis Pasamontes | Caja Rural | + 40'02 | 75 | Stefan Denifl | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 41'07 | 76 | Rafal Majka | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 42'03 | 77 | Matthew Lloyd | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 42'40 | 78 | Óscar Sevilla | Caja Rural | + 42'56 | 79 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | + 43'25 | 80 | Oleg Chuzhda | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 44'07 | 81 | Federico Canuti | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 44'10 | 82 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Volvo - STARK | + 44'29 | 83 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Team Gazprom | + 44'38 | 84 | David Zabriskie | BMC Racing Team | + 45'01 | 85 | José Antonio De Segovia | Caja Rural | + 46'10 | 86 | Sergio Mantecón | Andalucía | + 46'11 | 87 | Laurent Didier | RadioShack - Nissan | + 46'43 | 88 | Julián Sánchez Pimienta | Caja Rural | + 47'00 | 89 | Aurélien Passeron | AG2R La Mondiale | + 47'09 | 90 | Rasmus Guldhammer | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 47'25 | 91 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 48'21 | 92 | Ben Hermans | RadioShack - Nissan | + 49'39 | 93 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 50'26 | 94 | Jacek Morajko | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 50'49 | 95 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Sharp | + 50'58 | 96 | Trent Lowe | Orica - GreenEdge | + 51'03 | 97 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | + 52'08 | 98 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 53'31 | 99 | Juan José Cobo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 54'40 | 100 | Luke Rowe | Team Vodafone | + 55'43 | 101 | Emanuele Sella | BMC Racing Team | + 56'45 | 102 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Sharp | + 58'14 | 103 | Maurizio Biondo | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 58'35 | 104 | Mitchell Docker | Orica - GreenEdge | + 59'21 | 105 | Cyril Bessy | Team Europcar | + 1h00'11 | 106 | Roberto Ferrari | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h01'01 | 107 | Dídac Ortega | Caja Rural | + 1h03'39 | 108 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | BMC Racing Team | + 1h03'45 | 109 | Daniele Bennati | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 1h04'10 | 110 | Rafael de Mattos Andriato | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 1h04'29 | 111 | Sergueï Ivanov | Team Gazprom | + 1h05'30 | 112 | Miguel Mínguez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1h06'08 | 113 | Dennis Vanendert | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1h06'20 | 114 | Xabier Zandio | Team Vodafone | + 1h07'17 | 115 | Jussi Veikkanen | Volvo - STARK | + 1h07'45 | 116 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Gazprom | + 1h09'22 | 117 | Evan Oliphant | Team Vodafone | + 1h10'04 | 118 | Greg Henderson | RadioShack - Nissan | + 1h10'35 | 119 | Rafaâ Chtioui | Team Europcar | + 1h11'11 | 120 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1h11'17 | 121 | Paul Poux | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1h11'42 | 122 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1h12'08 | 123 | Peter McDonald | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1h12'32 | 124 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | + 1h12'36 | 125 | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | + 1h14'21 | 126 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1h15'17 | 127 | Travis Meyer | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1h16'12 | 128 | Óscar Pujol | Caja Rural | + 1h16'49 | 129 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h17'59 | 130 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1h18'38 | 131 | Gregor Gazvoda | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1h19'48 | 132 | Marco Haller | Team Gazprom | + 1h20'24 | 133 | Benjamín Noval | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1h20'28 | 134 | Francisco José Pacheco | Caja Rural | + 1h20'36 | 135 | Andrea Moletta | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h21'26 | 136 | Amaël Moinard | Andalucía | + 1h21'52 | 137 | Mark Wassall | Team Vodafone | + 1h23'02 | 138 | Kristof Goddaert | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1h23'25 | 139 | Jordi Simón | Andalucía | + 1h23'48 | 140 | Nicholas Walker | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1h24'18 | 141 | Matteo Pelucchi | Team Europcar | + 1h26'41 | 142 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1h27'02 | 143 | Volodymyr Bileka | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 1h30'51 | 144 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 145 | Maarten Neyens | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1h32'09 | 146 | Davide D'Angelo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 1h32'55 | 147 | Rasmus Sterebo | Volvo - STARK | + 1h32'56 | 148 | Juan José Lobato | Andalucía | + 1h34'13 | 149 | Johim Ariesen | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h37'39 | 150 | Adrián Palomares | Andalucía | + 1h39'10 | 151 | Leigh Howard | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1h42'59 | 152 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1h44'20 | 153 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 1h46'19 | 154 | Robin Chaigneau | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h49'56 | 155 | Morten Høberg | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1h50'02 | 156 | Diego Ulissi | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 1h53'56 | 157 | Fabien Bacquet | Team Europcar | + 1h57'05 | 158 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h58'49 | 159 | Steven Caethoven | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h00'07 | 160 | José Luis Cano | Andalucía | + 2h00'08 | 161 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol Team | + 2h01'55 | 162 | Kevin Hulsmans | Lotto Belisol Team | + 2h02'48 | 163 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | + 2h05'00 | 164 | Joaquín Sobrino | Andalucía | + 2h06'23 | 165 | José Vicente Toribio | Andalucía | + 2h09'11 | 166 | Jimmy Casper | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2h10'39 | 167 | Matthew Hayman | Team Vodafone | + 2h13'38 | 168 | Nikolai Trussov | Team Gazprom | + 2h17'36 | 169 | Morten Kruse Brink | Volvo - STARK | + 2h20'39 | 170 | Nicolas Sanderson | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2h25'16 |
Points Jersey: Luis León Sánchez, Movistar Team
Spoiler 1 | Luis León Sánchez | Movistar Team | 71 | 2 | Maxime Monfort | RadioShack - Nissan | 66 | 3 | Ryder Hesjedal | RadioShack - Nissan | 58 | 4 | Cadel Evans | Rabobank Cycling Team | 46 | 5 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 44 | 6 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana Pro Team | 38 | 7 | Roman Kreuziger | Lotto Belisol Team | 34 | 8 | Damiano Cunego | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 34 | 9 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Garmin - Sharp | 26 | 10 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | 25 | 11 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | 25 | 12 | Daniele Pietropolli | Team ISD - Ferrari | 25 | 13 | Thor Hushovd | Volvo - STARK | 24 |
Mountain Jersey: Nicki Sørensen, Volvo - STARK
Spoiler 1 | Nicki Sørensen | Volvo - STARK | 42 | 2 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas - Cannondale | 26 | 3 | Damiano Cunego | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 23 | 4 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | 22 | 5 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | 20 | 6 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Team Gazprom | 20 | 7 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Garmin - Sharp | 17 | 8 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | BMC Racing Team | 17 | 9 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team Vodafone | 16 | 10 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Volvo - STARK | 12 |
Young Rider: Karol Domagalski, Caja Rural
Spoiler 1 | Karol Domagalski | Caja Rural | 22h02'12 (1) | 2 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1'25 (2) | 3 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 8'26 (3) | 4 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 9'12 (4) | 5 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 12'16 (5) | 6 | Fabio Felline | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 12'28 (6) | 7 | Rafal Majka | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 19'31 (7) | 8 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Volvo - STARK | + 21'57 (8) | 9 | Rasmus Guldhammer | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 24'53 (9) | 10 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 25'49 (10) |
Team Rankings: RadioShack - Nissan
Spoiler 1 | RadioShack - Nissan | 65h07'49 (1) | 2 | Movistar Team | + 4'42 (2) | 3 | Garmin - Sharp | + 12'10 (3) | 4 | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 17'57 (4) | 5 | Astana Pro Team | + 20'49 (5) | 6 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 23'38 (6) | 7 | Volvo - STARK | + 32'05 (7) | 8 | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 38'46 (8) | 9 | Lotto Belisol Team | + 44'15 (9) | 10 | Team Vodafone | + 44'54 (10) |
I'd say that went pretty well for a warm-up race...
Now on for Paris - Roubaix and the final preparations for the Ardennes classics
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sutty68 |
Posted on 07-03-2013 14:00
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Nice top ten for Chris |
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Atlantius |
Posted on 07-03-2013 21:03
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Paris - Roubaix
The final big cobbled classics. Will Thor be able to repeat his grand victory from last year?
A lot of riders try to get away early on, but Vacansoleil, RadioShack and Lotto Belisol do their best to make it a hard race. Apparently the pouring rain isn’t enough for them…
150 km to go and still one large peloton as we begin on the cobbles.
With 110 km to go the sun has come out just as the racing starts to get serious. A strong effort by the team brings the peloton down to 50 riders.
With 60 km to go my pure domestiques are starting to get worn out. Luckily BMC responds and sends Terpstra to the front to continue our work. 40 riders left in the peloton now.
30 km to go. Pozzato attack after a 30 km pull from Terpstra.
Boonen, Puccio and Hushovd goes after him.
At first Boonen gets away alone and later Ballan and Cancellara managed to pull away from the favourites group, where Hushovd is now all alone.
Thor is not having the best day of his career and has trouble keeping up with all the attacks. With 9 km to go Boonen has 52 seconds to Cancellara, a further 13 seconds to Ballan, 1’40’’ to Breschel and Flecha while Hushovd is in a group a further 20 seconds behind.
Boonen takes a grand solo win making him the only rider to have won this race 5 times.
Thor is 7th after an extremely close sprint in his group.
Also notice that Erik finished 26th after having helped in the chase when it became obvious that Thor couldn’t keep up with the attacks. I would be surprised if his career ends without a victory here on the velodrome.
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sutty68 |
Posted on 07-03-2013 22:49
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A brave effort from Thor |
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Posted on 07-03-2013 23:26
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Well Thor did his best. And don't say he wont get a win on the Velodrome. Thats a put down.
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-03-2013 08:09
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Damn, Radioshack is too strong... |
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Posted on 08-03-2013 10:31
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sutty: He will always deliver just that!
Jakstar: He did. and I actually said I would be surprised if his career ends without a win on the velodrome
Ian Butler: Yeah, Boonen & Cancellara are a terrifying duo on the cobbles Hoping RadioShack fail to extend with Spartacus...
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Posted on 08-03-2013 10:45
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Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
This brand new race was used for warm-up to the Ardennes classics. Therefore we probably came with a pretty overpowered team. Since the race itself didn’t mean that much to us we decided to make it a fun race for the fans by trying to win it the grand way in stead of just playing it safe.
I don’t think we had one single rider that wasn’t in a break sometime during the five stages.
Sterebo even had a couple of days in yellow after he won stage 3 and it seemed we had everything under control until the last 5 km of the race. Fuglsang was in front looking to win the last stage and the GC.
But then he crashed…
Still everyone should be racing fit for the Ardennes.
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Jakstar22 |
Posted on 08-03-2013 11:19
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Bad luck with the crash but a stage win is still good
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sutty68 |
Posted on 08-03-2013 13:51
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Sounds like Sterebo had a Great time |
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-03-2013 16:57
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A nice win. Too bad about the crash but that happens |
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Posted on 10-03-2013 09:07
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Amstel Gold Race
Last year the Ardennes-week was one big embarrassment for us. This year we have strengthened the team substantially and our sponsors want three top-10’s. Hopefully Chris and Jakob will be able to live up to that…
Lots of attacking early on, but with a race this long I told my riders to keep calm and stay in the pack. Today is not a day for wasting energy.
Luis León Sánchez have had a brilliant spring this far and with 100 km to go he have left the peloton behind. Over only 1 km he managed to build a lead of 1’34’’
Meanwhile my guys take turns in telling me how bad their legs are today.
80 km to go and World Champion Philippe Gilbert goes on the attack. At this point Sánchez has more than five minutes advantage.
50 km left. Sánchez has 3 minutes to Gilbert and 4’30’’ to the peloton. A lot of teams take part in the chase.
19 km to go. Sánchez has just over a minute to the main group, but they are coming fast from behind. Fuglsang is the only Falcon left in the group, but he is struggling.
10 km left and 20 riders forms the front group. Fuglsang is in a group two minutes behind.
4 km left. Cunego alone in front with Hermans, Slagter and Cancellara orchestrating the chase.
1,5 km. Cunego is caught and passed by Valverde.
No one is able to catch him in the sprint.
Meanwhile Fuglsang is fighting bravely to reduce the embarrassment.
No need to say we had hoped for much more today, but it was clear early on that every single of my riders had a below average day.
I'm happy that Jakob still showed some fighting spirit and left his group behind to finish 21st in stead of just riding slowly to the finish with the others. After all finishing just ahead of Gilbert and Evans doesn't sound that bad...
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Posted on 10-03-2013 10:16
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La Fleche Wallonne
Another one. Not quite as hard as Amstel, so hopefully we’ll do better today.
The early part of the race goes exactly like in Amstel. Lots of attacks, but no proper break due to a lot of dedicated teams chasing everything down.
With 100 km to go five riders have build a lead of 4 minutes. Noval, Vanthourenhout and Cammaerts will not be raising many brows, but Caruso and Kiriyenka could turn out to be dangerous if given to long a leash.
50 km left. The break still has four minutes, though they have started to lose time. And a bit of good news: Jakob says his legs are feeling decent today!
With 10 km to go the break is caught and the favourites start moving. And with them Fuglsang.
4 km left. Albasini has a gap of 18 seconds to Fuglsang and 14 other riders and an additional 42 seconds to a 25-rider group containing Chris.
Jakob is placed in the back of the group when the sprint starts, but he’s looking ok.
Kreuziger takes the win, while both Chris and Jakob finish in the first group but outside the top-10.
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 10-03-2013 10:18
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Quiet days... |
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