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Posted on 15-12-2010 16:08
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First stage in Pologne and it´s totally flat! With a nice sprint train we should be able to get at least a podium with Greipel. So let´s start!
Unfortunely I couldn´t take any screen, so I´m sorry for that but the stage wasn´t really exciting.
The most important thing happened with only 4 kilometres to go. Our sprint train worked perfectly with Grabsch and Sieberg. But suddenly there were some riders crashing and Greipel had to avoid but in these moments he lost Sieberg´s wheel. Grabsch did a great job leading Sieberg out for a good 3rd position in the end. The good thing was, that Greipel wasn´t down but I´m sure he had won this stage without that incident. Finally I think Sieberg still got a nice result for Columbia. Traksel won the first stage in front of Matysiak
Stage results/ Overall
1 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 2h22'25 | 2 | Bartlomiej Matysiak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 3 | Marcel Sieberg | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | 4 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 5 | Bert Grabsch | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | 6 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | 7 | André Greipel | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | 8 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 9 | Jonas Ljungblad | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | 10 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Team Milram | s.t. | 11 | Paolo Longo Borghini | ISD - Neri | s.t. | 12 | Carlo Scognamiglio | ISD - Neri | s.t. | 13 | Ben Swift | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | 14 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | 15 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
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janne_837 |
Posted on 15-12-2010 16:38
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Nice podium, and with 3 rider in the Top10, it is a pretty good result. |
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Batista15 |
Posted on 15-12-2010 16:57
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janne_837 wrote:
Nice podium, and with 3 rider in the Top10, it is a pretty good result.
Well, the crash was crucial for that great result. Many sprinter couldn´t sprint after that crash |
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sobota |
Posted on 15-12-2010 17:06
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TdP !!
Good luck in Poland
Powodzenia w Polsce ! ( in Polish )
And .. Nice podium ;]
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Batista15 |
Posted on 15-12-2010 17:11
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sobota wrote:
TdP !!
Good luck in Poland
Powodzenia w Polsce ! ( in Polish )
And .. Nice podium ;]
Hey! Thanks a lot |
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Batista15 |
Posted on 16-12-2010 11:25
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The second stage is another flat one with good chances for our sprint-captain Andre Greipel. Yesterday we´ve got a nice result with 3 riders in the top 10 but today we really want the stage win
It was hard to stop the breakaway today but with Howard we were able to catch them a few kilometres before the stage finish
We had no chance today against Garmin. Our sprint train was nice but we were far behind Garmin when the sprint began. So it was no problem for Fischer to finish the perfect leadout by his team. De Haes and Sabatini managed to get a podium for their teams while Greipel only became 18th
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Edited by Batista15 on 16-12-2010 11:59
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roturn |
Posted on 16-12-2010 11:46
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Bad luck this stage. But I am sure you can get a successful sprint in the next stages.
Good luck.
The profile of stage 2 is stage 1 |
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Batista15 |
Posted on 16-12-2010 12:00
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roturn wrote:
Bad luck this stage. But I am sure you can get a successful sprint in the next stages.
Good luck.
The profile of stage 2 is stage 1
Oh, you´re right..thanks. I´ve already changed that |
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Batista15 |
Posted on 16-12-2010 12:20
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Third stage is already finished, should be online in a few minutes |
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Batista15 |
Posted on 16-12-2010 12:37
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After the bad performance yesterday, we´re staying positive for today´s stage. It´s the third flat stage in a row and should be a good chance to forget about the last stage. Greipel´s shape is getting better and better and should be perfect at the Vuelta
There was a small uphill section which brought Ghyselinck the white jersey for the best climber. After that, our team had to prepare a good sprint train for Greipel and as you can see it worked perfectly today! Grabsch did an amzing job at the front with Sieberg as final leadout man for Greipel
With only 4 kilometres to go, our train was taking the lead with Grabsch. The other sprinters took Greipel´s wheel which wasn´t really good but Greipel should be strong enough
Sieberg wasn´t able to leadout his captain for a long time so Greipel had to go on his own for a long distance. Hopefully this won´t take him the stage win
Great performance by Andre Greipel! No one was able to stop him although he had to sprint for a long distance. Especially Grabsch did a fantastic job today while Sieberg should improve his shape just a touch. Vona takes the second place in front another German, Robert Förster
Stage results
1 | André Greipel | Team HTC - Columbia | 4h30'20 | 2 | Emanuele Vona | ISD - Neri | s.t. | 3 | Robert Förster | Team Milram | s.t. | 4 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | 5 | Wesley Sulzberger | Française des Jeux | s.t. | 6 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | 7 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 8 | Kenny De Haes | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | 9 | Marcel Sieberg | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | 10 | Tomasz Lisowicz | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 11 | Aitor Galdos | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 12 | Tomas Vaitkus | Team RadioShack | s.t. | 13 | Bartlomiej Matysiak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 14 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 15 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. |
Overall
1 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 11h50'33 | 2 | Bartlomiej Matysiak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 8 | 3 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Transitions | + 10 | 4 | André Greipel | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | 5 | Marcel Sieberg | Team HTC - Columbia | + 12 | 6 | Kenny De Haes | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 14 | 7 | Emanuele Vona | ISD - Neri | s.t. | 8 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas - Doimo | + 16 | 9 | Robert Förster | Team Milram | s.t. | 10 | Dominique Rollin | Cervélo Test Team | + 17 | 11 | Luke Roberts | Team Milram | s.t. | 12 | Michele Merlo | Footon - Servetto | s.t. | 13 | Laszló Bodrogi | Team Katusha | + 18 | 14 | Chad Beyer | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 15 | Alex Rasmussen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. |
Points
1 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 51 | 2 | Bartlomiej Matysiak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | 45 | 3 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Transitions | 37 |
KoM
1 | Jan Ghyselinck | Team HTC - Columbia | 3 | 2 | Krzysztof Jeżowski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | 2 | 3 | Julian Dean | Garmin - Transitions | 1 |
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Posted on 16-12-2010 12:40
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By the way, we were able to reach one of our sponsor goals! They told us to win at least one stage in Pologne |
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roturn |
Posted on 16-12-2010 12:50
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Nice win with Greipel. |
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Batista15 |
Posted on 16-12-2010 15:29
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Thanks roturn!
After a successful third stage, we would like to continue just like that. Greipel´s shape is good enough to take at least another podium
With only 5 kilometres to go, we´ve built an amazing sprint train just like yesterday. Ben Swift took Greipel´s backwheel which wasn´t really positive as Ben is a great sprinter
Unfortunely Sieberg isn´t in that shape we want to see him. He couldn´t lead out his captain Greipel, so Grabsch had to that
Just like yesterday, Greipel had to take the lead really early and this time we´ve got Ben Swift in our slipstream. That means it would be harder to defend the leading position
Finally Greipel wasn´t able to do it like yesterday. Ben Swift was too strong and Greipel could not keep it up with those competition. He finished on position 6
Stage results
1 | Ben Swift | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 5h37'21 | 2 | Mathieu Drujon | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | 3 | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | 4 | Kenny De Haes | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | 5 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 6 | André Greipel | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | 7 | Robert Förster | Team Milram | s.t. | 8 | Wesley Sulzberger | Française des Jeux | s.t. | 9 | Bartlomiej Matysiak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 10 | Daryl Impey | Team RadioShack | s.t. | 11 | Bert Grabsch | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | 12 | Tomas Vaitkus | Team RadioShack | s.t. | 13 | Denys Kostyuk | ISD - Neri | s.t. | 14 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | 15 | Juan José Cobo | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. |
Overall
1 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 17h27'54 | 2 | Bartlomiej Matysiak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 8 | 3 | André Greipel | Team HTC - Columbia | + 10 | 4 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | 5 | Ben Swift | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | 6 | Marcel Sieberg | Team HTC - Columbia | + 12 | 7 | Kenny De Haes | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 14 | 8 | Mathieu Drujon | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | 9 | Emanuele Vona | ISD - Neri | s.t. | 10 | Robert Förster | Team Milram | + 16 | 11 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | 12 | Dominique Rollin | Cervélo Test Team | + 17 | 13 | Luke Roberts | Team Milram | s.t. | 14 | Laszló Bodrogi | Team Katusha | + 18 | 15 | Chad Beyer | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
Points
1 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 67 | 2 | Bartlomiej Matysiak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | 57 | 3 | Kenny De Haes | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 49 |
KoM
1 | Jan Ghyselinck | Team HTC - Columbia | 3 | 2 | Krzysztof Jezowski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | 2 | 3 | Julian Dean | Garmin - Transitions | 1 |
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janne_837 |
Posted on 16-12-2010 15:37
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Well, Greipel is still in not in shape, so I thinka 6th is quite good |
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Batista15 |
Posted on 16-12-2010 15:41
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janne_837 wrote:
Well, Greipel is still in not in shape, so I thinka 6th is quite good
Well, I think Greipel isn´t the main problem He had to sprint for a long distance while Sieberg wasn´t able to help him again. I think Greipel will celebrate many stage wins in Spain with Eisel |
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Posted on 16-12-2010 18:36
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At least you have already a win in the bag. |
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Batista15 |
Posted on 16-12-2010 18:49
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FreitasPCM wrote:
At least you have already a win in the bag.
Yes, I think it was really important for Greipel to win a stage after a long break of racing |
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Tuco the Ugly |
Posted on 16-12-2010 20:44
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Great sprint in stage 3! |
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Posted on 16-12-2010 21:36
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Thanks a lot Tuco!
Ok, the Tour of Pologne is becoming serious now! After 4 flat stages, we´re visiting some hilly parts of Pologne. Pity, Siutsou lost over 3 minutes in the first stage after a crash. We won´t be able to get a nice overall position but maybe he´s good enough to take a podium for us. The biggest favourites for the stage win should be Barredo, Uran, Roche, Fothen and Igor Anton. My tip is Igor Anton!
Well, the first serious attack came by Eibegger who seemed to be in a good shape so far. With this move he was able to pass the first riders of today´s break. Especially Bakelants from Omega was really successful today, taking the white jersey from Ghyselinck
Bobby Traksel, the man in yellow, was the first one, starting an attack after Eibegger´s try. Traksel wasn´t only the best sprinter so far, no he´s also able to accomplish those hilly sections
A few moments later, it was Siutsou, who tried to counter that move. While Barredo couldn´t follow Traksel and Eibegger, Siutsou´s attack looked quite promising
With only 10 kilometres to go, Siutsou and a few other riders, such as Traksel, Tomasz Kiendys,Maarten Tjallingii,José Rujano and Igor Antón, were able to built a leading group
Well, there was no real opportunity to make a final move and it came to a final sprint finish which wasn´t really positive for Siutsou. Igor Anton was in front for a long time but Traksel were in his slipstream. He should take that stage as he is the best sprinter by far
But Traksel isn´t the winner! There is a really surprising stage winner called Tomasz Kiendys. Congrats to him as he won in his home country. Traksel finished second in front of Siutsou who was able to get a nice podium for us
Stage results
1 | Tomasz Kiendys | CCC Polsat Polkowice | 4h19'44 | 2 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 3 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | 4 | Maarten Tjallingii | Rabobank | s.t. | 5 | José Rujano | ISD - Neri | s.t. | 6 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 7 | Sylvain Calzati | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 45 | 8 | Markus Eibegger | Footon - Servetto | s.t. | 9 | Markus Fothen | Team Milram | s.t. | 10 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 11 | Tomas Vaitkus | Team RadioShack | + 1'12 | 12 | Evgeni Petrov | Team Katusha | s.t. | 13 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | 14 | Emanuele Vona | ISD - Neri | s.t. | 15 | Rubén Plaza | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. |
Overall
1 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 21h47'38 | 2 | Tomasz Kiendys | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 20 | 3 | Maarten Tjallingii | Rabobank | s.t. | 4 | José Rujano | ISD - Neri | s.t. | 5 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 6 | Markus Fothen | Team Milram | + 1'05 | 7 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 8 | Markus Eibegger | Footon - Servetto | s.t. | 9 | Sylvain Calzati | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | 10 | Bartlomiej Matysiak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 1'20 | 11 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Transitions | + 1'22 | 12 | André Greipel | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | 13 | Ben Swift | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | 14 | Marcel Sieberg | Team HTC - Columbia | + 1'24 | 15 | Emanuele Vona | ISD - Neri | + 1'26 |
Points
1 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 67 | 2 | Bartlomiej Matysiak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | 57 | 3 | Kenny De Haes | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 49 |
KoM
1 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 30 | 2 | Alexandre Botcharov | Team Katusha | 27 | 3 | André Steensen | Team Saxo Bank | 16 |
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sobota |
Posted on 16-12-2010 21:57
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Tomasz !!!
Great win for CCC
and good 3rd place by Siutsou !
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