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Team HTC-Columbia - The End!
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 07-12-2010 17:34
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Great to see you back!
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 09-12-2010 09:18
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Ok, stage 15 of the Tour is already in work and will be online in a few hours  |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 09-12-2010 13:30
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Here we go with the 15th stage! Another mountain arrival is waiting for our team and especially for the captain Maxime Monfort. We never thought he could do so good as he showed the last stages. As we know his great shape, our new goal should be at least a Top 5 position..or maybe the podium
There were no important events in the first parts of this stage until the longest climb of today´s race came. "Sammy" Sanchez was the first GT contender who made a move with more than 30 kilometres to go
Monfort felt just amazing today and we decided to send him after Sanchez
No real big surprise when Alberto Contador started his attack! He had to do that as Monfort was only 66 seconds behind him in the overall
When the top of the climb was passed many groups were built. Monfort, Contador and Leipheimer managed to get a nice position in the leading group
Behind them it was Andy Schleck who started another attack out of a chasing group with Menchov, Sanchez, Rodriguez, Vande Velde and Wiggins
With only 1 kilometre to go, Monfort had no chance to stay in front with Contador and Andy Schleck who was really fast in the end. Even Contador couldn´t follow Schleck
Congrats to Saxo Bank and Andy Schleck. Really impressive finish by Andy. Contador takes the second position with 12 seconds to the stage winner
Monfort got another great podium with 34 seconds to Schleck. He was able to raise the gap to Leipheimer, Menchov, Moreau and Co
Stage results
| 1 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 5h07'56 | | 2 | Alberto Contador | Astana | + 12 | | 3 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | + 34 | | 4 | Denis Menchov | Rabobank | + 1'20 | | 5 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | + 1'36 | | 6 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 1'52 | | 7 | JoaquÃm RodrÃguez | Team Katusha | + 2'40 | | 8 | Fränk Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | + 3'36 | | 9 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank | + 4'08 | | 10 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 11 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 12 | Thomas Lövkvist | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 13 | Kim Kirchen | Team Katusha | + 4'16 | | 14 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 15 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | | 16 | Vladimir Karpets | Team Katusha | + 4'24 | | 17 | Vladimir Efimkin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 18 | Andreas Klöden | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 19 | Christophe Le Mével | Française des Jeux | s.t. | | 20 | Christophe Kern | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Astana | 65h46'24 | | 2 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | + 45 | | 3 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | + 1'28 | | 4 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 2'51 | | 5 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | + 4'48 | | 6 | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | + 5'49 | | 7 | Vladimir Efimkin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 6'30 | | 8 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 6'40 | | 9 | Denis Menchov | Rabobank | + 7'33 | | 10 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Transitions | + 8'30 | | 11 | JoaquÃm RodrÃguez | Team Katusha | + 8'32 | | 12 | Thomas Lövkvist | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 8'34 | | 13 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | + 9'29 | | 14 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 9'31 | | 15 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank | + 9'37 |
Points
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Team HTC - Columbia | 217 | | 2 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | 109 | | 3 | Daniele Bennati | Liquigas - Doimo | 103 |
KoM
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Astana | 109 | | 2 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 96 | | 3 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | 96 |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 09-12-2010 13:32
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Great job there. Monfort really climbed well. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 09-12-2010 13:34
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valverde321 wrote:
Great job there. Monfort really climbed well.
Hey valverde! You´re right Monfort´s shape is fantastic right now..he´s a great climber..
P.S hope you´re doing well valverde. As I wasn´t here for a long time, I forgot about you  |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 09-12-2010 18:22
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Batista15 wrote:
valverde321 wrote:
Great job there. Monfort really climbed well.
Hey valverde! You´re right Monfort´s shape is fantastic right now..he´s a great climber..
P.S hope you´re doing well valverde. As I wasn´t here for a long time, I forgot about you
I guess. Pretty good atleast. My stories are never this good but I think I do alright. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 09-12-2010 19:08
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valverde321 wrote:
Batista15 wrote:
valverde321 wrote:
Great job there. Monfort really climbed well.
Hey valverde! You´re right Monfort´s shape is fantastic right now..he´s a great climber..
P.S hope you´re doing well valverde. As I wasn´t here for a long time, I forgot about you
I guess. Pretty good atleast. My stories are never this good but I think I do alright.
Nahh, comeon you´re stories are great..but you know it´s hard to continue for a long time. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 09-12-2010 19:35
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Ohhh, I remember that Moreau was getting annoying, nice to see he has lost time!  |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 09-12-2010 19:37
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FreitasPCM wrote:
Ohhh, I remember that Moreau was getting annoying, nice to see he has lost time!
Yeah, I was surprised about his result..I thought he can do better again  |
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| janne_837 |
Posted on 09-12-2010 20:43
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Impressive performance by Monfort Hope he can hold himself in the Top3 overall. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 10-12-2010 09:43
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After an impressive stage win by Andy Schleck yesterday and another podium for Monfort, we´re ready for the next hard mountain stage!
Maxime Monfort´s shape is still amazing and I´m sure he can do well again. Contador and Schleck are still the favorites for the yellow jersey
After a few moves by Löfkvist, Sanchez, Menchov and Gesink, Andy Schleck is the one who started today´s fight for the stage win and for the overall
But Alberto Contador seemed to be really strong again. Just a few seconds after Schleck´s attack, he´s following him
And also Monfort had no problem to went after his main rivals. Everything looked like, there´s another fight between Schleck, Contador and Maxime Monfort
At the KoM competition, there was already built a leading group with Contador, Schleck, Monfort, Menchov and Leipheimer. Sanchez, Klöden, Wiggins and Löfkvist came in one of many chasing groups
After a long donwhill section, Monfort tried to get away on a small hilly part with only 3 kilometres to go. No one was interested to go after him..so another stage win for us?
Within the last kilometre, Monfort could stay 20 seconds in front of Contador&Co
That´s it! Monfort managed to win another stage at the Tour 2010 in front of Schleck, Leipheimer, Menchov and Contador. They lost 20 seconds to Maxime
Stage results
| 1 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | 5h14'38 | | 2 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | + 20 | | 3 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 4 | Denis Menchov | Rabobank | s.t. | | 5 | Alberto Contador | Astana | s.t. | | 6 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'02 | | 7 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Andreas Klöden | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 9 | Thomas Lövkvist | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Christophe Le Mével | Française des Jeux | + 1'57 | | 11 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 2'44 | | 12 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | | 13 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank | s.t. | | 14 | Fränk Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | + 3'16 | | 15 | Vladimir Efimkin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 16 | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | + 3'56 | | 17 | Daniel Navarro | Astana | s.t. | | 18 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 19 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 20 | Johan Van Summeren | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Astana | 71h01'22 | | 2 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | + 45 | | 3 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | + 1'08 | | 4 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 3'33 | | 5 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | + 4'48 | | 6 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 7'22 | | 7 | Denis Menchov | Rabobank | + 7'33 | | 8 | Thomas Lövkvist | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 9'16 | | 9 | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | + 9'25 | | 10 | Vladimir Efimkin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 9'26 | | 11 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | + 11'53 | | 12 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 11'55 | | 13 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank | + 12'01 | | 14 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Transitions | + 12'06 | | 15 | JoaquÃm RodrÃguez | Team Katusha | + 12'08 |
Points
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Team HTC - Columbia | 217 | | 2 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | 109 | | 3 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | 103 |
KoM
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Astana | 122 | | 2 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 111 | | 3 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | 107 |
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| baia |
Posted on 10-12-2010 11:57
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Great win,Monfort is really strong at the moment...maybe he can make some more surprises...
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| Porte |
Posted on 10-12-2010 12:23
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Monfort is having an amazing Tour, with a good ride up the Tourmalet and a TT to come anything's possible... |
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| roturn |
Posted on 10-12-2010 12:31
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Good job with Monfort.
Good luck in the next stages. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 10-12-2010 14:22
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Thanks a lot guys! There are still a few exciting stages to ride..so don´t expect too much but I think we all have the same opinion that Monfort´s performance up to here is just amazing..thanks for your motivation |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 10-12-2010 14:53
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Monfort is performing great. Also, very good that you managed to get a time gap to the others in his group. |
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| janne_837 |
Posted on 10-12-2010 15:12
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Great victory! I am looking forward what he is able to do in the next stages |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 11-12-2010 12:31
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@all: Thanks guys! It´s great to read all these posts
I´ve already played the next stage a few minutes ago. Well, I just want you to know, that this stage was so spectacular and exciting, with really surprising results for the overall and many good news for Columbia but also really really bad news for us..so hope you will enjoy that
Because of my tennis training in a few minutes, I will try to post the stage tonight |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 11-12-2010 13:34
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I'll be waiting with excitement! |
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| janne_837 |
Posted on 11-12-2010 13:36
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FreitasPCM wrote:
I'll be waiting with excitement!
Me too |
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