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| Batista15 |
Posted on 17-12-2010 09:30
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The 6th stage is maybe the ´queen´stage of this year´s Tour de Pologne. Our team won´t have any chance to get a good overall position for Siutsou but with Greipel´s stage win we are quite happy so far. Traksel was really good yesterday but if he can repeat that on today´s stage, I´m not sure because there are more climbs. So my tip is again Igor Anton
Jan Ghyselinck was in today´s breakaway and he did a great job there, winning almost every mountain sprint. Finally he was able to get 50 points which brought him the white jersey again
This time it was Siutsou who made the first serious move on one of the last climbs. But he wasn´t alone, ´cause Fothen was also quite strong, following him with ease
Barredo and Kessiakoff also tried it but they couldn´t reach them. I don´t think they were in a good shape as they´re dropped back to the peloton
On the top of this climb, Veikkanen made his move while Traksel was still in the pack just like Igor Anton
Igor Anton was the last one starting an attack in these moments. He could reach the first groups quickly while Veikkanen was able to arrive Siutsou and Markus Fothen. They were in front of Igor Anton with only 9 kilometres to go
On the last uphill part it was Veikkanen who made the final move. Siutsou tried to counter that but he hadn´t enough power left. Fothen even dropped back behind Igor Anton
Veikkanen was too strong for us today! Siutsou still got a great placement beating Igor Anton on the last metres for the second place
Traksel came with more than one minute behind Veikkanen. Unfortunely he lost the leader´s jersey to Igor Anton
Stage results
| 1 | Jussi Veikkanen | Française des Jeux | 4h27'58 | | 2 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team HTC - Columbia | + 14 | | 3 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 22 | | 4 | Markus Fothen | Team Milram | + 51 | | 5 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana | + 1'05 | | 6 | Eduard Vorganov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 7 | Ben Hermans | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 8 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 10 | Christian Knees | Team Milram | s.t. | | 11 | Maarten Tjallingii | Rabobank | s.t. | | 12 | Bartosz Huzarski | ISD - Neri | + 1'33 | | 13 | Rubén Plaza | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 14 | Paolo Longo Borghini | ISD - Neri | s.t. | | 15 | Carlo Scognamiglio | ISD - Neri | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 26h16'14 | | 2 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | + 27 | | 3 | Jussi Veikkanen | Française des Jeux | + 44 | | 4 | Maarten Tjallingii | Rabobank | + 47 | | 5 | Markus Fothen | Team Milram | + 1'18 | | 6 | José Rujano | ISD - Neri | + 1'23 | | 7 | Tomasz Kiendys | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 1'31 | | 8 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Transitions | + 1'49 | | 9 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana | + 1'59 | | 10 | Christian Knees | Team Milram | s.t. | | 11 | Ben Hermans | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 12 | Eduard Vorganov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 13 | Sylvain Calzati | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 2'08 | | 14 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2'16 | | 15 | Markus Eibegger | Footon - Servetto | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 80 | | 2 | Bartlomiej Matysiak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | 57 | | 3 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Transitions | 56 |
KoM
| 1 | Jan Ghyselinck | Team HTC - Columbia | 53 | | 2 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team HTC - Columbia | 43 | | 3 | Tom Stubbe | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 30 |
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Posted on 17-12-2010 09:34
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Good result with Siutsou. Veikkanen was extremely strong.
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Posted on 17-12-2010 14:54
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Well done with Ghyselinck.  |
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Posted on 17-12-2010 15:00
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Thanks guys! I´ll play the last stage in a few minutes  |
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Good performance by Ghyselinck and Sioutsou. Good luck for the last stage. |
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janne_837 wrote:
Good performance by Ghyselinck and Sioutsou. Good luck for the last stage.
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Last stage in Pologne and there will be another chance for the sprinters. Greipel´s shape is already great so far. So he might be able to get another podium for us
The last 20 kilometres were really strange as many dropped back in the pack. There were built many groups but we were able to bring Greipel, Siutsou and at least Sieberg in the first group. Grabsch our most important man for the sprint train was also behind
So it was up to Marcel Sieberg today! His performances in the last flat stages weren´t really positive so we had no big hopes for today. But with only 5 kilometres to go, our two man sprint train looks quite ok so far while nobody was interested to follow Greipel. In addition the pack was brought together in the end
Greipel had no trouble to leave Sieberg´s slipstream. No one could follow him. The other teams were not able to build a sprint train today
Second stage win for Andre Greipel and I think he´s ready for the Vuelta! De Haes and Förster complete the podium for today while Igor Anton celebrates his overall victory
Stage results
| 1 | André Greipel | Team HTC - Columbia | 3h34'36 | | 2 | Kenny De Haes | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 3 | Robert Förster | Team Milram | s.t. | | 4 | Thomas Vedel Kvist | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 5 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Mathieu Drujon | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 8 | Julian Dean | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 9 | Wesley Sulzberger | Française des Jeux | s.t. | | 10 | Denys Kostyuk | ISD - Neri | s.t. | | 11 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 12 | Bartlomiej Matysiak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 13 | Janez Brajkovic | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 14 | Angelo Furlan | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 15 | Sam Bewley | Team RadioShack | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 29h50'50 | | 2 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | + 27 | | 3 | Jussi Veikkanen | Française des Jeux | + 44 | | 4 | Maarten Tjallingii | Rabobank | + 47 | | 5 | Markus Fothen | Team Milram | + 1'18 | | 6 | José Rujano | ISD - Neri | + 1'23 | | 7 | Tomasz Kiendys | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 1'31 | | 8 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Transitions | + 1'49 | | 9 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana | + 1'59 | | 10 | Christian Knees | Team Milram | s.t. | | 11 | Ben Hermans | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 12 | Eduard Vorganov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 13 | Sylvain Calzati | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 2'08 | | 14 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2'16 | | 15 | Markus Eibegger | Footon - Servetto | s.t. |
Spoiler | 16 | Paolo Longo Borghini | ISD - Neri | + 2'27 | | 17 | Carlo Scognamiglio | ISD - Neri | s.t. | | 18 | David Millar | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 19 | Rubén Plaza | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 20 | Bartosz Huzarski | ISD - Neri | s.t. | | 21 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana | + 2'35 | | 22 | Thomas Rohregger | Team Milram | s.t. | | 23 | José Alberto BenÃtez | Footon - Servetto | s.t. | | 24 | Branislau Samoilau | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 25 | David De la Fuente | Astana | s.t. | | 26 | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 27 | Evgeni Petrov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 28 | Eros Capecchi | Footon - Servetto | s.t. | | 29 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 30 | Serguei Klimov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 31 | Emanuele Vona | ISD - Neri | + 2'37 | | 32 | Russell Downing | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 2'43 | | 33 | Denys Kostyuk | ISD - Neri | s.t. | | 34 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 35 | Juan José Cobo | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 36 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 37 | Sandy Casar | Française des Jeux | s.t. | | 38 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 39 | Rigoberto Urán | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 40 | Carlos Barredo | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 41 | José Iván Gutiérrez | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 42 | Paul Martens | Rabobank | s.t. | | 43 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana | s.t. | | 44 | Xavier Florencio | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 45 | Stef Clement | Rabobank | s.t. | | 46 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Rabobank | s.t. | | 47 | Hubert Dupont | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 48 | Volodymir Gustov | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 49 | Janez Brajkovic | Team RadioShack | + 2'51 | | 50 | Florian Stalder | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 51 | Alexander Efimkin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 52 | Marcel Wyss | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 53 | Matthias Frank | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 54 | Xavier Tondo | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 55 | Tomas Vaitkus | Team RadioShack | + 2'59 | | 56 | Daryl Impey | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 57 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Française des Jeux | s.t. | | 58 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 59 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 60 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team HTC - Columbia | + 3'27 | | 61 | Tomasz Marczynski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 3'39 | | 62 | Chad Beyer | BMC Racing Team | + 4'41 | | 63 | Lorenzo Bernucci | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 4'51 | | 64 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 65 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 66 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank | + 4'57 | | 67 | Julian Dean | Garmin - Transitions | + 4'58 | | 68 | Wesley Sulzberger | Française des Jeux | + 4'59 | | 69 | Gerben Löwik | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 70 | Tomasz Lisowicz | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 71 | Markel Irizar | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 72 | Thomas Faiers | Footon - Servetto | s.t. | | 73 | Matteo Tosatto | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 74 | José Luis Arrieta | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 75 | Bartlomiej Matysiak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 5'03 | | 76 | Aitor Galdos | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5'07 | | 77 | Simone Ponzi | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 78 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 79 | Daniel Lloyd | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 80 | Kai Reus | Rabobank | s.t. | | 81 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank | s.t. | | 82 | Ben Swift | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 5'13 | | 83 | Marcin Sapa | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 5'15 | | 84 | Danny Pate | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 85 | Jurgen Van Goolen | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 86 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 87 | Fabio Felline | Footon - Servetto | s.t. | | 88 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Française des Jeux | + 5'23 | | 89 | Andrey Amador | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 90 | Valerio Agnoli | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | | 91 | Nikolas Maes | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 92 | Miguel MÃnguez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 93 | Pieter Weening | Rabobank | + 5'41 | | 94 | Tom Stubbe | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 6'50 | | 95 | Matthew Lloyd | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 96 | Charles Wegelius | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 97 | Alexandre Botcharov | Team Katusha | + 7'39 | | 98 | Timofey Kritskiy | Team Katusha | + 8'11 | | 99 | Krzysztof Jezowski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 8'32 | | 100 | Patrick Gretsch | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 101 | Svein Tuft | Garmin - Transitions | + 8'35 | | 102 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | | 103 | Mathieu Drujon | Caisse d'Epargne | + 8'37 | | 104 | Stephen Cummings | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 8'38 | | 105 | Luke Roberts | Team Milram | + 8'40 | | 106 | Dominique Nerz | Team Milram | + 8'41 | | 107 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 8'43 | | 108 | Mauro Facci | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 109 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas - Doimo | + 8'47 | | 110 | Matthew Busche | Team RadioShack | + 8'48 | | 111 | Oliver Zaugg | Liquigas - Doimo | + 8'58 | | 112 | Jan Ghyselinck | Team HTC - Columbia | + 9'04 | | 113 | Bert Grabsch | Team HTC - Columbia | + 9'07 | | 114 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Team Milram | + 9'08 | | 115 | Luca Mazzanti | Team Katusha | + 9'34 | | 116 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 10'39 | | 117 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 10'55 | | 118 | Richie Porte | Team Saxo Bank | + 11'49 | | 119 | David Le Lay | AG2R La Mondiale | + 12'36 | | 120 | Dominique Rollin | Cervélo Test Team | + 13'04 | | 121 | Morris Possoni | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 13'05 | | 122 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | + 13'07 | | 123 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Cervélo Test Team | + 13'10 | | 124 | Robert Förster | Team Milram | + 13'31 | | 125 | Kenny De Haes | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 13'35 | | 126 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Team RadioShack | + 13'39 | | 127 | Jonas Ljungblad | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 13'47 | | 128 | Lucas Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 129 | Julien Loubet | AG2R La Mondiale | + 13'53 | | 130 | Aleksander Dorozala | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 13'55 | | 131 | Gorazd Stangelj | Astana | + 14'00 | | 132 | Marco Velo | Quick·Step | + 14'09 | | 133 | Dariusz Batek | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 14'24 | | 134 | Johnnie Walker | Footon - Servetto | + 15'06 | | 135 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 15'10 | | 136 | André Greipel | Team HTC - Columbia | + 15'27 | | 137 | Paul Voss | Team Milram | + 15'37 | | 138 | Oscar Gatto | ISD - Neri | + 15'39 | | 139 | Marcel Sieberg | Team HTC - Columbia | + 15'47 | | 140 | Ermanno Capelli | Footon - Servetto | + 16'17 | | 141 | Jérémy Roy | Française des Jeux | + 16'39 | | 142 | Josep Jufré | Astana | + 17'00 | | 143 | André Steensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 17'32 | | 144 | Jonathan Bellis | Team Saxo Bank | + 18'29 | | 145 | Vitali Kondrut | ISD - Neri | + 21'19 | | 146 | Gianni Meersman | Française des Jeux | + 21'22 | | 147 | Enrico Magazzini | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 21'36 | | 148 | Sam Bewley | Team RadioShack | + 21'41 | | 149 | Jaroslaw Rebiewski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 21'51 | | 150 | Laszló Bodrogi | Team Katusha | + 22'17 | | 151 | Jackson Stewart | BMC Racing Team | + 22'24 | | 152 | Thomas Vedel Kvist | Quick·Step | + 23'16 | | 153 | Brice Feillu | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | + 23'20 | | 154 | Roman Kireyev | Astana | + 24'03 | | 155 | Leigh Howard | Team HTC - Columbia | + 24'15 | | 156 | John Murphy | BMC Racing Team | + 24'23 | | 157 | Jaroslaw Marycz | Team Saxo Bank | + 25'05 | | 158 | Sergey Renev | Astana | + 25'38 | | 159 | Adriano Malori | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 25'40 | | 160 | Mauro Da Dalto | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 26'14 | | 161 | Gert Dockx | Team HTC - Columbia | + 26'18 | | 162 | Gatis Smukulis | AG2R La Mondiale | + 26'53 | | 163 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Doimo | + 27'00 | | 164 | Iván Velasco | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 28'09 | | 165 | Jeremy Hunt | Cervélo Test Team | + 28'21 | | 166 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | + 28'22 | | 167 | Ian Stannard | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 28'53 | | 168 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | + 29'55 | | 169 | Christian Meier | Garmin - Transitions | + 31'06 | | 170 | Ludovic Turpin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 31'30 | | 171 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo Bank | + 33'29 | | 172 | Angelo Furlan | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 33'58 | | 173 | Arnaud Coyot | Caisse d'Epargne | + 34'31 | | 174 | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | + 35'03 | | 175 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | + 36'18 | | 176 | Ivan Santaromita | Liquigas - Doimo | + 36'28 | | 177 | Michele Merlo | Footon - Servetto | + 37'23 | | 178 | Rob Ruijgh | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | + 38'31 | | 179 | Maciej Bodnar | Liquigas - Doimo | + 44'42 | | 180 | Michal Golas | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 181 | Alex Rasmussen | Team Saxo Bank | + 47'27 | | 182 | Francis Mourey | Française des Jeux | + 51'13 |
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| 1 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 95 | | 2 | Kenny De Haes | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 68 | | 3 | André Greipel | Team HTC - Columbia | 67 |
KoM
| 1 | Jan Ghyselinck | Team HTC - Columbia | 53 | | 2 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team HTC - Columbia | 43 | | 3 | Tom Stubbe | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 30 |
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| 1 Ben Hermans | Team RadioShack | | 29h52'49 | | 2 Branislau Samoilau | Quick·Step | | + 36 | | 3 Eros Capecchi | Footon - Servetto | | + 36 |
Teams
| 1 Team Milram | 89h38'22 | | 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 10 | | 3 ISD - Neri | + 17 |
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Posted on 17-12-2010 17:06
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This was indeed a typical Greipel sprint
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roturn wrote:
This was indeed a typical Greipel sprint
Well done.
Haha, a typical Greipel sprint  I thought the same when he crossed the finish-line |
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Well, two stage wins even with onla an average lead-out Greipel seems ready for La Vuelta! |
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Posted on 17-12-2010 18:01
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Deserved win, well done! |
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By the way! Maxime Monfort was in Belgian for the National Time Trial Championships... He was quite out of shape after the Tour but he still got a nice placement!
Maxime finished as 3rd behind Cornu, who was unbeatable today, and Rosseler |
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Hey guys! We have an addition in our race calendar.. We would like to send Tejay Van Garderen to La Vuelta so he will ride the Tour of Utah as preparation..
P.S. I will make the race report of the Vattenfall Cyclassics now |
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The first one day classic in August for Columbia is in Germany. Andre Greipel really wants to ride in his home country. The race profil is very easy, as there are only a few hilly sections in the end but they shouldn´t be too hard for the great sprinters who will attend in Hamburg, Germany.
Just to call a few names: Pozzato, McEwen, Napolitano ( They´re all from Katusha and I´m really looking forward to their sprint train..who of them will be the captain?) Furthermore, we have Ciolek, Petacchi, Bennati, Boasson Hagen, Bos and Hunter as rivals. Greipel is in an amazing shape by now, so I think we´ve got good chances there!
So as I said, Andre Greipel is our man today! With Bernhard Eisel and Matthew Goss, we´ve got two prospective leadout men for Greipel. Peter Velits is another chance to get at least the Top 5 result which is pretty important for our sponsor. So when there will be some attacks on one of those hills, Velits should be able to counter that |
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Good luck! With Eisel as lead-out, Greipel is probably unbeatable  |
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janne_837 wrote:
Good luck! With Eisel as lead-out, Greipel is probably unbeatable
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A group of 4 riders could leave the pack in the beginning. The most famous names there might be Marcato and Hondo. All of them were really motivated to have a successful try and it worked as they had a big advantage about 7-8 minutes
Behind them in the pack, it was especially Team Milram, who was working for a long time. Looked like they´re sure Ciolek can win today..mhh we´ll see that
As we exspected there were some attacks on the last hilly part of this race. Surprisingly, it was Boasson Hagen, one of those great sprinters, who made a move. Kohler from BMC tried to follow him
For this reason we had an attentive Peter Velits, who was able to counter these attacks immediately. A few moments later, they were all brought back to the peloton
With only 8 kilometres to go, Team Milram was still at the front, keeping the pace really high. Eisel and Goss were not able to stay in front so Greipel was on his own for the last kilometres
With a short attack with 4 kilometres to go, Cancellara got a small gap to the sprinters but his speed didn´t look like he can win this race
A few metres behind, Greipel was able to get the wheel of Boasson Hagen which seemed to be the best solution for the moment. Behind them came the Milram train with Ciolek
Boasson Hagen wasn´t really fast so Greipel made his final move quickly, when Cancellara was caught. On the left came Ciolek with Pozzato but Ciolek looked really strong while Greipel hadn´t a lot of his power left. This is going to be a close finish
With only 500 metres to go, Greipel could stay in front but Ciolek was very fast on the right. Hopefully the finish line isn´t far away
It was a close sprint finish in the end but Greipel was able to stay in front of Ciolek and Pozzato which made us quite happy. The sponsor is also happy about that result as they only want a Top 5 placement. Well done Andre! I think after that victory, everyone knows, who is the favourite for the sprinter´s jersey at La Vuelta!
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That`s Greipel. A perfect sprint by Greipel. Even without a train. So good conditions for the Vuelta. |
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roturn wrote:
That`s Greipel. A perfect sprint by Greipel. Even without a train. So good conditions for the Vuelta.
Yeah! I´m really looking forward to the Vuelta. I can´t wait anymore
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Great victory for Greipel. Nobody will be able to beat him in Spain |
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