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| ember |
Posted on 25-03-2012 14:00
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Great result from Nordhaug, really proving himself. It's quite unusual, having a norwegian fighting for a stage win on a mountain stage 
Hopefully he'll improve to the Ardennes, where he has said he will have his first peek. |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 25-03-2012 14:03
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ember wrote:
Great result from Nordhaug, really proving himself. It's quite unusual, having a norwegian fighting for a stage win on a mountain stage
Hopefully he'll improve to the Ardennes, where he has said he will have his first peek.
Should be very intresting. Do you know if he's going to Giro ? As well what does he expect in Ardennes ? I would think Uran would be Sky's leader, would Nordhaug be co - leader ? With Henao, Froome and Lofkvist it's a tough choice, of course Uran is the leader, but if something doesn't go right I wonder who will step in.
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| ember |
Posted on 25-03-2012 14:12
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Nordhaug is not going to the Giro, that's for sure, as he's confirmed for Tour of Norway in May. Back in January, he said he had no clue whether he was going to ride Le Tour or La Vuelta, but he hopes to ride one of them.
For the Ardennes, Uran is captain, according to Nordhaug earlier this year, but Nordhaug will most likely ride in a free role, depending on his daily form. And for "who will step in" if Uran has a bad day/crashes or something else, I think Sky will simply ride for the rider with the best daily form, it could very well be Nordhaug, but it could also be another one, Nordhaug is definitely not the type of rider that demands a chance as leader if some in his team is equally strong or a bit weaker. But it's still a long way to go before the Ardennes, lot of things can happen, and Nordhaug still has a long way to go, if he's going to be a contender for a top 10 placing in the Ardennes.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 25-03-2012 14:14
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ember wrote:
Nordhaug is not going to the Giro, that's for sure, as he's confirmed for Tour of Norway in May. Back in January, he said he had no clue whether he was going to ride Le Tour or La Vuelta, but he hopes to ride one of them.
For the Ardennes, Uran is captain, according to Nordhaug earlier this year, but Nordhaug will most likely ride in a free role, depending on his daily form. And for "who will step in" if Uran has a bad day/crashes or something else, I think Sky will simply ride for the rider with the best daily form, it could very well be Nordhaug, but it could also be another one, Nordhaug is definitely not the type of rider that demands a chance as leader if some in his team is equally strong or a bit weaker. But it's still a long way to go before the Ardennes, lot of things can happen, and Nordhaug will have to improve quite a lot I think, if he's going to be a contender for a top 10 placing in the Ardennes.
Thanks for that. Indeed he will have too, but glad he's definitely improving each year, first big test will be Pais Vasco fro Ardennes. Hope he does well there.
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 25-03-2012 14:25
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I hadn't notice, but Vaugrenard finished 15th in the ITT yesterday. His first noticeable result for ages. He got ill before the Ardennes classics last season, rested then started riding again in June, but did only crap from there on. I've never really managed to know why. |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 25-03-2012 14:45
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It was a decent stage, so much for Evans being a boring rider and a wheelsucker. Well done Fédrigo too.
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 25-03-2012 18:09
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Alakagom wrote:
| 1 | | | | EVANS Cadel | | BMC | | | | | | | 2. | | | | FEDRIGO Pierrick | | FDJ | | 08" | | | | | 3. | | | | ROGERS Michael | | SKY | | 08" | | | | | 4. | | | | NOCENTINI Rinaldo | | ALM | | 09" | | | | | 5. | | | | NORDHAUG Lars Petter | | SKY | | 09" |
Rogers wasn't 3rd, it was Nordhaug who came 3rd. Rogers was 8th and Levarlet (Saur) was 5th  |
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| roturn |
Posted on 25-03-2012 18:10
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This is the overall ranking I think. |
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Posted on 25-03-2012 18:12
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roturn wrote:
This is the overall ranking I think.
Oh yeah, my bad  |
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| Wilier |
Posted on 25-03-2012 18:31
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Volta ao Alentejo / Costa Azul, Stage 4: Mertola - Grandola (151 km) (2.2)
Spoiler | 1 | Filipe Cardoso | POR | Efapel - Glassdrive | 3h21'46" | | 2 | Jon Aberasturi | ESP | Orbea Continental | | | 3 | Alexey Kunshin | RUS | Lokosphinx | | | 4 | Samuel Caldeira | POR | Carmim - Prio | | | 5 | Steffen Radochla | GER | Team NSP - Ghost | | | 6 | Grzegorz Stepniak | POL | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | | | 7 | Manuel Anton | ESP | Burgos BH - Castilla y Leon | | | 8 | Marco Minnaard | NED | Rabobank Continental Team | | | 9 | Rafael Silva | POR | Liberty Seguros - Feira | | | 10 | Luis Mas | ESP | Burgos BH - Castilla y Leon | |
Volta ao Alentejo / Costa Azul, General Classification (2.2)
Spoiler | 1 | Alexey Kunshin | RUS | Lokoshpinkx | 16h16'32" | | 2 | Filipe Cardoso | POR | Efapel - Glassdrive | | | 3 | Samuel Caldeira | POR | Carmim - Prio | 01" | | 4 | Jon Aberasturi | ESP | Orbea Continental | 08" | | 5 | Marco Cunha | POR | Liberty Seguros - Feira | 09" | | 6 | Jose Gonçalves | POR | Onda - Boavista | 09" | | 7 | Antonio Carvalho | POR | Mortágua | 09" | | 8 | Hugo Sabido | POR | LA - Antarte | 09" | | 9 | Marc Goos | NED | Rabobank Continental Team | 10" | | 10 | Daan Olivier | NED | Rabobank Continental Team | 11" |
Tour de Normandie, Stage 8: Bagnoles-de-l'Orne - Caen (135 km) (2.2)
Spoiler | 1 | Benoit Drujon | FRA | BigMat - Auber 93 | 3h16'47" | | 2 | Jonathan McEvoy | GBR | Endura Racing | | | 3 | Guillaume Blot | FRA | Bretagne - Schuller | | | 4 | Scott Thwaites | GBR | Endura Racing | | | 5 | Wesley Kreder | NED | Rabobank Continental Team | | | 6 | Alexandre Blain | FRA | Endura Racing | | | 7 | Ruslan Tleubayev | KAZ | Continental Team Astana | | | 8 | Jasper Bovenhuis | NED | Rabobank Continental Team | | | 9 | Louis Verhelst | BEL | EFC - OmegaPharma - Quick Step | | | 10 | Wouter Wippert | NED | Lotto - Ridley Espoirs | |
Tour de Normandie, General Classification (2.2)
Spoiler | 1 | Jérôme Cousin | FRA | Europcar | 23h08'15" | | 2 | Guillaume Malle | FRA | Véranda Rideau - Super U | 08" | | 3 | Alexandre Pliuschin | MDA | Leopard - Trek CT | 21" | | 4 | Ruslan Tleubayev | KAZ | Continental Team Astana | 01'21" | | 5 | Gaël Malacarne | FRA | Bretagne - Schuller | 01'31" | | 6 | Johan Le Bon | FRA | Bretagne - Schuller | 01'43" | | 7 | Erick Rowsell | GBR | Endura Racing | 01'49" | | 8 | Dion Beukeboom | NED | Cyclingteam De Rijke | 01'53" | | 9 | Jean-Marc Bideau | FRA | Bretagne - Schuller | 01'58" | | 10 | Dylan van Baarle | NED | Rabobank Continental Team | 02'09" |
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| Johan92 |
Posted on 25-03-2012 23:18
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ember wrote:
Nordhaug is not going to the Giro, that's for sure, as he's confirmed for Tour of Norway in May. Back in January, he said he had no clue whether he was going to ride Le Tour or La Vuelta, but he hopes to ride one of them.
For the Ardennes, Uran is captain, according to Nordhaug earlier this year, but Nordhaug will most likely ride in a free role, depending on his daily form. And for "who will step in" if Uran has a bad day/crashes or something else, I think Sky will simply ride for the rider with the best daily form, it could very well be Nordhaug, but it could also be another one, Nordhaug is definitely not the type of rider that demands a chance as leader if some in his team is equally strong or a bit weaker. But it's still a long way to go before the Ardennes, lot of things can happen, and Nordhaug still has a long way to go, if he's going to be a contender for a top 10 placing in the Ardennes.
Don't expect too much of that tactic. If Uran drops with 100 km to go they will use the whole team to get him back. Sky logic.
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 26-03-2012 20:48
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De Panne starts tomorrow, here is the first day profile. Should be a good stage actually.
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 26-03-2012 21:50
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Jonny McEvoy 2nd on stage 8 of Tour of Normandie, nice one to the former Liverpool Centurion 
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| kumazan |
Posted on 26-03-2012 23:07
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doddy13 wrote:
De Panne starts tomorrow, here is the first day profile. Should be a good stage actually.
Yeah, I remember last year's with Greipel doing an awesome stage. It was pretty cool to see him riding as a hardmen rather than as a sprinter.
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| roturn |
Posted on 26-03-2012 23:11
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kumazan wrote:
Yeah, I remember last year's with Greipel doing an awesome stage. It was pretty cool to see him riding as a hardmen rather than as a sprinter.
This was epic to see him in the break and then through the narrow inner city roads just 10s ahead but somehow being successful in the end. |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 27-03-2012 09:28
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Just catched up with the latest action, still need to see some replays, but nice win for Cadel and especially Barta in Italy, fantastic result for him and the team 
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 27-03-2012 15:43
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It was a sprint in De Panne on today.
Sagan wins ahead of Guardini. Guardini 2nd shows it was relatively easy stage.
Edited by Alakagom on 27-03-2012 15:43
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| ruben |
Posted on 27-03-2012 15:47
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glad that at least someone attacking won the sprint Sagan
Strange that no group stayed in front, normally every year a small group of 3/4/5 wins. But the weather is too nice lately  |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 27-03-2012 15:48
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Alakagom wrote:
It was a sprint in De Panne on today.
Sagan wins ahead of Guardini. Guardini 2nd shows it was relatively easy stage.
Cyclingnews says it's Guarnieri... any confirmation? |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 27-03-2012 15:49
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FreitasPCM wrote:
Alakagom wrote:
It was a sprint in De Panne on today.
Sagan wins ahead of Guardini. Guardini 2nd shows it was relatively easy stage.
Cyclingnews says it's Guarnieri... any confirmation?
It's Sagan. It was quite close.
It was a good stage, yeah it would have been nicer to see a smaller group, but it didn't happen. Glad Sagan won.
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