Nordic Cycling | Final Farewell
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Jakstar22 |
Posted on 10-03-2013 10:53
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Come one Volvo. Get that top 10
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Atlantius |
Posted on 12-03-2013 11:22
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Liège – Bastogne – Liège
Finally the last day in this terrible terrain...
This being a very long race an early break has no chance whatsoever of lasting. That didn’t stop a lot of rider trying to get away though.
100 km to go. 7 riders have been out for about 100 km and they have a gap of 5 minutes at this point. Sarmiento is probably the strongest in the break but he is joined by aging legends like O’Grady and Rebellin.
It can hardly come as a surprise that both Chris and Jakob claim to have another case of bad legs today…
50 km left. Sarmiento, Zabriskie, Montaña and Rebellin have 4’15’’ to the other breakers and 5 minutes to the peloton. With a bit of luck they might actually still have a chance!
21 km to go. Sarmiento is now alone in front. 2 minutes ahead of the chaser group of 27 riders including Chris and Nicki but without Jakob.
10 km left and 17 riders are left to fight for the win on this rainy day. Chris suffering behind.
5,5 km to go. Vanendert is trying to get rid of the others. With some luck you might even say…
The final km. Vanendert still have a small gap to the chasers, but anything can still happen.
Cunego is coming fast from behind, but the Belgian just manage to hold him off!
Second year in a row for Jelle Vanendert.
Well if anyone hear of a Nordic rider with the talent for this kind of races be sure to let me know...
For now I'm just happy it's over and we can look forward to Tour de Romandie and Giro d'Italia. Those are races much more to our liking!
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Posted on 12-03-2013 12:32
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A day of suffering for the team |
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Atlantius |
Posted on 12-03-2013 14:46
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Yeah, everyone is happy the Ardennes week is over
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Atlantius |
Posted on 12-03-2013 14:51
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Himmerland Rundt
I wasn’t here myself, so I won’t go into details with the race but just tell you that in spite of several attacks it ended up in a bunch sprint where Jebjerg placed 3rd in spite of poor form at the moment.
We have changed our approach to these small domestic races this season. As the big team of the North we want to give our home fans some good racing all along the route rather than just dominating the race to pick up an easy win.
Likewise we won't be bringing our top-names to let some of the smaller names show what they've got.
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 12-03-2013 15:31
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Great approach to these races. Good thinking |
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Atlantius |
Posted on 13-03-2013 10:36
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Ian: Thanks, since I won't benefit from the points I figured it would be more fun to shake things up
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Posted on 13-03-2013 10:55
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Rumour has is that the UCI is working on a revision of the race calendar.
Some of the less prestigious WT-races might get relegated to continental races and replaced by Continental races.
After a lot of effort we finally managed to get through to the office of UCI-president Pat McQuaid, who gave us this quote:
I cannot comment on rumours but we always try to optimize the calendar and make cycling more popular all over the world.
So pretty much no info there, but we'll take it as a confirmation that the big guys are up to something...
We also got hold of the two managers of Nordic World Tour teams:
Bjarne Riis, Saxo - Tinkoff:
Well we only really care about the Tour de France so UCI can change whatever they want - I seriously doubt that they'll demote the Tour...
Volvo - STARK:
It sounds interesting. We will race where ever we're asked to.
With the timing of the rumours I have to say that I really hope one or more of the hilly classics will be removed. perhaps to be replaced with a small stage race or something? Anyway I'll just be happy if we can get rid of perhaps Ouest France or one of the Canadian Classics...
Only time will tell how things turn out, but we'll keep you posted as things evolve.
What races do you think will/should be removed from the World Tour and which races are worthy of a promotion?
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 13-03-2013 11:21
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Bjarne Riis, Saxo - Tinkoff:
Well we only really care about the Tour de France so UCI can change whatever they want - I seriously doubt that they'll demote the Tour...
Brilliant
I would like to see Beijing removed, actually! The early part of UCI calendar is good, I think. From after the Tour, it's less good: Hamburg, Plouay, Canadian classics... |
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Posted on 13-03-2013 17:34
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Tour de Romandie
We will send most of our giro-team and the target will be to build race fitness as well as self-confidence. Something much needed for Jakob after a disappointing Ardennes-week
Stage 1: Porrentruy (ITT)
We're starting off with a short completely flat prologue. One for the specialists!
Tuft is having a good day in the rain when he sets a strong early time.
Alex Rasmussen is the biggest Danish hope today. He is even less than a second from beating Van Emdens best time this far.
Castroviejo is always a candidate to win when he starts a TT and today is no exception. New best time to the Spaniard.
Boasson Hagen 2 seconds slower...
A national champion is always noticed on a day like this but Pinotti prefer his TT's a bit longer…
Just as Fuglsang was about to start the stage he told me that his legs felt great today! He prefers longer TT’s but still sets provisional 2nd best time.
But there comes Tony Martin. No surprise he sets a new best time in goal.
Contador always rides to win, but today he wasn't even close.
Stage Results
1 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 5'24 | 2 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 1 | 3 | Jakob Fuglsang | Volvo - STARK | + 3 | 4 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Vodafone | + 4 | 5 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 5 |
1 | Trent Lowe | Orica - GreenEdge | 4h35'28 | 2 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 3 | Jakob Fuglsang | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 4 | Ángel Vicioso | Caja Rural | s.t. | 5 | Michael Albasini | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. |
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Posted on 13-03-2013 17:45
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Great prologue and first stage. Let's see if he can hold that first place! |
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Atlantius |
Posted on 13-03-2013 19:01
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Ian Butler wrote:
Great prologue and first stage. Let's see if he can hold that first place!
I'll certainly do my best to make sure he does and with this years route I don't think its completely impossible.
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sutty68 |
Posted on 13-03-2013 23:44
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What a Great start in Switzerland from Jakob |
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Jakstar22 |
Posted on 14-03-2013 01:04
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Go Fuglsang
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Posted on 14-03-2013 08:26
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sutty: In deed, just too bad he didn't get rewarded for the small gap on stage 2...
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Posted on 14-03-2013 08:50
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Tour de Romandie
Stage 3: Fribourg – Fribourg
Though categorized as a hilly stage this stage shouldn’t have too much effect on the GC.
For the second day in a row Lasse gets in the break.
Since Lasse is the best placed rider in the break it relieves us from a lot of work in the peloton. Still with 100 km to go the break only has just under three minutes gap, so they probably won’t make it all the way.
Just as the peloton hit the first KOM they catch the break, but Lasse stays in front to pick up the mountain points.
Nothing at all happens before the second climb, so Lasse takes another hard pull over the top to take the lead in the mountain competition.
Everything stays surprisingly quiet and no one lifts a brow when Jakob goes to the front to pick up 6 bonus seconds and 6 points for the points classification.
With 20 km to go four riders try to get away, but my guys did well to keep them within a minute.
Freire takes the stage, but not much time.
Fuglsang loses the yellow jersey today, but shouldn’t have trouble winning back the lost time to Vichot, Moser and Freire in the coming TT and mountain stages.
Stage Results
1 | Óscar Freire | Movistar Team | 4h21'32 | 2 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 3 | Arthur Vichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | 4 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 5 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack - Nissan | + 42 |
Spoiler 6 | Matthew Goss | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 7 | Romain Feillu | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 8 | Rafaâ Chtioui | Team Europcar | s.t. | 9 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 10 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 11 | Mark Cavendish | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 12 | Julien El Fares | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 13 | Anthony Roux | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 14 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 15 | Jakob Fuglsang | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 16 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 17 | Havard Nybö | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 18 | Vitaliy Popkov | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 19 | Juan José Cobo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 20 | Nicki Sørensen | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 21 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 22 | Davy Commeyne | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 23 | Matteo Carrara | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 24 | Luis Ángel Maté | Caja Rural | s.t. | 25 | Morten Kruse Brink | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 26 | Pavel Brutt | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 27 | Lasse Bøchman | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 28 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 29 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 30 | Christofer Stevenson | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 31 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 32 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 33 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 34 | Maxime Monfort | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 35 | Fabio Felline | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | 36 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 37 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 38 | Stéphane Poulhiès | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 39 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 40 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 41 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 42 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 43 | Sep Vanmarcke | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 44 | Heinrich Haussler | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 45 | Blel Kadri | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 46 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 47 | Daniel Moreno | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 48 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | s.t. | 49 | Michael Albasini | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | 50 | Ángel Vicioso | Caja Rural | s.t. | 51 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 52 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 53 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 54 | Christophe Riblon | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 55 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 56 | Yukiya Arashiro | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 57 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 58 | Francisco Javier Moreno | Caja Rural | s.t. | 59 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | 60 | Jack Bauer | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | 61 | Peter Sagan | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 62 | Michael Færk Christensen | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 63 | Chris Froome | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 64 | Rafal Majka | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 65 | Aurélien Duval | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 66 | Sergueï Ivanov | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 67 | Stef Clement | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 68 | Francisco José Pacheco | Caja Rural | s.t. | 69 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 70 | Sébastien Rosseler | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 71 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 72 | Danny Pate | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 73 | Roberto Ferrari | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 74 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | s.t. | 75 | Marco Haller | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 76 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 77 | Cyril Gautier | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | 78 | Filippo Pozzato | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 79 | Yoann Bagot | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 80 | Diego Ulissi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | 81 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 82 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 83 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 84 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | 85 | Peter McDonald | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 86 | Michele Scarponi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | 87 | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | 88 | Michaël Baer | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 89 | Oliver Zaugg | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 90 | Francesco Masciarelli | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 91 | Brett Lancaster | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 92 | Francesco Gavazzi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | 93 | Freddy Montaña | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 94 | Aitor Galdos | Caja Rural | s.t. | 95 | Johann Tschopp | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 96 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 97 | Federico Canuti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 98 | Steven Caethoven | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 99 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 100 | José Antonio De Segovia | Caja Rural | s.t. | 101 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 102 | Andreas Klöden | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 103 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 104 | Rémi Pauriol | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 105 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 106 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 107 | Mauro Finetto | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 108 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | 109 | Nikolai Trussov | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 110 | Matteo Rabottini | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 111 | Robert Gesink | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 112 | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 113 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 114 | Rigoberto Urán | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 115 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 116 | Serguei Klimov | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 117 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 118 | Arkaitz Durán | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 119 | Guillaume Bonnafond | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 120 | Allan Davis | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 121 | Martijn Keizer | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 122 | Iván Velasco | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 123 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 124 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 125 | Robin Chaigneau | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 126 | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 127 | Koen Barbé | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 128 | Valeriy Dmitriyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 129 | Víctor De la Parte | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 130 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 131 | Ben Gastauer | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 132 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 133 | Romain Lemarchand | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 134 | Garikoitz Bravo | Caja Rural | s.t. | 135 | Svein Tuft | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 136 | Sergio Henao | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 137 | Cyril Bessy | Team Europcar | s.t. | 138 | Luca Ascani | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 139 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 140 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 141 | Maurizio Biondo | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 142 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | 143 | Matteo Pelucchi | Team Europcar | s.t. | 144 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | s.t. | 145 | Jean-Marc Marino | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | 146 | Trent Lowe | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 147 | Guillaume Levarlet | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | 148 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 149 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 150 | Jeremy Hunt | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 151 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 152 | Hernâni Brôco | Caja Rural | s.t. | 153 | Esteban Chavez | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 154 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Movistar Team | s.t. | 155 | Markel Irizar | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 156 | David Arroyo | Movistar Team | s.t. | 157 | Vitaliy Buts | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | 158 | John Darwin Atapuma | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 159 | Michael Rodriguez | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 160 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | + 5'31 | 161 | Kristof Goddaert | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 162 | Maarten Neyens | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 163 | Adam Blythe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 164 | Alessandro Petacchi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | 165 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | 166 | Stiven Fanelli | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 167 | Danilo Napolitano | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | 168 | Sergio Marinangeli | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 169 | Volodymyr Bileka | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 170 | Rony Martias | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | 171 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 172 | Cyrille Monnerais | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | 173 | Hayden Roulston | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 174 | Cyrille Heymans | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 175 | Christian Meier | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 176 | Ekaitz Pericás | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 177 | Alex Rasmussen | Garmin - Sharp | + 9'48 | 178 | Richard England | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 179 | Steven Cozza | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 180 | Etienne Tortelier | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | 181 | Óscar Álvarez | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 182 | Wim Stroetinga | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 12'17 | 183 | Alfredo Balloni | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 184 | Pasqualino Saviano | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 18'03 | 185 | Luke Roberts | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 186 | Carlos Fráximo Jager | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 187 | Marino Tieles | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 188 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | s.t. | 189 | Pablo Moralejo | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 190 | Vaughan Vicelich | Orica - GreenEdge | + 19'19 |
Two jerseys isn't bad, but we will be looking to snatch the GC lead as well on the last two stages.
It's two mountain stages with a downhill or flat finish. Hopefully they will be too hard for Tony Martin but not hard enough for Contador...
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 14-03-2013 09:34
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Martin will defend that jersey with his life. Should be an exciting battle |
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sutty68 |
Posted on 14-03-2013 10:38
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Nice result in the TT, only getting beaten by Martin |
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Jakstar22 |
Posted on 15-03-2013 00:43
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Come on Fuglsang
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Posted on 15-03-2013 07:16
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Seems like this is going to be a Fuglsang-Martin battle.
Interesting to see which race will be part of WT next year, I'm hoping for Amgen tour of California
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