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Other Races 2012
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 27-03-2012 16:17
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| 1 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | 4:33:41 | | | 2 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana | | | 3 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | | | 4 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | | | 5 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team | | | 6 | Elia Favilli (Ita) Farense Vini-Selle Italia | | | 7 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto-Belisol | | | 8 | Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony | | | 9 | Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator | | | 10 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat |
Liquigas are on fire. BTW I mistyped, it was supposed to be Guarneri and I typed Guardini earlier 
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| Montolivo |
Posted on 27-03-2012 16:43
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Not a easy stage at all. Liquigas and Astana dominating the stage. Guarnieri had to take a long sprint around 500m and only in the last 100m Sagan had to jump out. It was a close victory.
Edited by Montolivo on 27-03-2012 16:45
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| ruben |
Posted on 27-03-2012 16:55
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Indeed it wasn't an easy stage at all. Wonder if Alaskagom even watched the race.
Westra and Langeveld and Chavanel etc in the attack the whole time...
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 27-03-2012 16:59
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ruben wrote:
Indeed it wasn't an easy stage at all. Wonder if Alaskagom even watched the race.
Westra and Langeveld and Chavanel etc in the attack the whole time...
No, gotta watch the highlights. When I saw the results and saw the stage ended up in a bunch sprint with Guarneri 2nd I immediately thought the stage wasn't as selective as I expected it to be, should be enjoyable too watch if it wasn't easy though.
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| tyriion |
Posted on 27-03-2012 18:13
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Alakagom wrote:
ruben wrote:
Indeed it wasn't an easy stage at all. Wonder if Alaskagom even watched the race.
Westra and Langeveld and Chavanel etc in the attack the whole time...
No, gotta watch the highlights. When I saw the results and saw the stage ended up in a bunch sprint with Guarneri 2nd I immediately thought the stage wasn't as selective as I expected it to be, should be enjoyable too watch if it wasn't easy though.
It was pretty selective, and I think they could have finished with 10 or even less riders in the front group. But people in the first group kept hesitating because Westra was there and OPQS didn't have anyone in there so the peloton kept being brought back in the end by Chavanel himself.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 28-03-2012 07:43
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I suggested Sagan could win a stage and he did it right in the first stage, great 
Strong Liquigas again, it will be them vs. OPQS probably
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 28-03-2012 13:46
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So, I'm saying Greipel will win today. 3 laps of the flat circuit in Koksijde at the end (11km), the hills are in the middle of the stage so won't make a huge difference either.
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| roturn |
Posted on 28-03-2012 13:52
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doddy13 wrote:
So, I'm saying Greipel will win today. 3 laps of the flat circuit in Koksijde at the end (11km), the hills are in the middle of the stage so won't make a huge difference either.
He should have good chances actually. Yesterday he punctured and did not come back afterwards. |
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| tyriion |
Posted on 28-03-2012 13:53
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roturn wrote:
doddy13 wrote:
So, I'm saying Greipel will win today. 3 laps of the flat circuit in Koksijde at the end (11km), the hills are in the middle of the stage so won't make a huge difference either.
He should have good chances actually. Yesterday he punctured and did not come back afterwards.
Yes, he forgot they had car number 24 on the Haaghoek (narrow cobbled sector) and let the neutral car pass, then he had to pursue that one.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 28-03-2012 15:46
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KBC Driedaagse van De Panne - Koksijde Stage 2
1 Kittel
2 Kristoff
3 Van Poppel
4 Van Hummel
5. Greipel
6. Guarnieri
7. Turgot
8. Schulze
What did happen to Greipel today? Doesn't look good after TdU at all imo so far. Had to be good sprint by Kristoff as well, Zabel seems to be going job at Katusha already.
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 28-03-2012 15:54
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Kristoff now leads the Driedaagse.
Was a reasonably boring stage, Cappelle and his gutsy survival ride was sort of cool. Other than that, not too much to yell about.
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| Wilier |
Posted on 28-03-2012 16:15
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Greipel wasted a lot of energy trying to set up an echelon.
Van Poppel seems to be getting better results in sprints. Nice work.
Edited by Wilier on 28-03-2012 16:16
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| Logghje |
Posted on 28-03-2012 20:42
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Greipel was (again) too far behind when the sprint started.. The sprinters in front were sprinting all over the width of the road, so Greipel was boxed in by everybody during the sprint, he only got into a gap in the last meters, when it was already too late..  |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 29-03-2012 06:42
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Nice win by Kittel, also Kristoff and Van Poppel with nice results. Greipel still have not learned how to position himself.
Sagan steped off the pace in the closing kilometres and lost two minutes, as he said he is for training there.
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| ember |
Posted on 29-03-2012 11:01
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And finally, Kristoff has won something outside of Norway. Great lead out from Katusha, and nice to see him holding on, eventhough he started the sprint early today aswell. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 29-03-2012 11:08
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1. Kristoff
2. Schulze
3. Van Hummel
4. Chicchi
5. Colli
Great win from Kristoff. Hope, with Zabel, he can improve more and become top in a few years. Also, Schulze in second is also pretty good, almost 40 but still getting top-5 during this first three months. |
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| Gulvplanke |
Posted on 29-03-2012 11:36
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Wait, what? Kristoff actully won something?
How hard can it be?
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 29-03-2012 13:02
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It's too bad for Kristoff there's a TT aswell, but this has been a great race for him no matter how tthe TT goes. I'm really glad he got his first win and the fact that he did it wearing the leaders jersey is even better! |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 29-03-2012 15:32
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Chavanel wins the TT and the Overall. Westra once again comes 2nd.
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| ember |
Posted on 29-03-2012 15:35
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Alakagom wrote:
Chavanel wins the TT and the Overall. Westra once again comes 2nd.
That's quite a statement, having Bodnar out on the roads. Fair enough, his time looks safe, but never say never |
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