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| Batista15 |
Posted on 18-12-2010 10:53
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After my training this evening, I might be able to post the first stages of the Eneco and Utah Tour..so have a nice time  |
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| Tuco the Ugly |
Posted on 18-12-2010 16:15
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Way to end Poland strong! |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 19-12-2010 13:59
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So next race will be the Eneco Tour 2010! I have to say, I´m a big fan of this stage race because you never know who´s gonna be the winner in the end. I think our team-squad we´ve sent, is really strong. Tony Martin is back, as our team captain. All in all, we´ve got many great time trialists there. Such as Marco Pinotti, Lars Ytting Bak, Frantisek Rabon and of course Tony Martin. Bernhard Eisel is going to prepare the sprints for Mark Renshaw but also his own shape for the Vuelta. Vicente Reyes is another good sprinter but I don´t think he will play a big role for us.
Right, there is still one rider left in our squad and you don´t know him yet. Because of that I´m going to present him now. Welcome to an amazing young rider called Gregorio Pento! He´s also a nice time trialist but I´m sure one day he is one of the best.
Our goal for this race is at least a Top 5 overall placement with Tony Martin.
I know his shape isn´t that good but he really should be able to get a good result for us
The competition is quite strong with especially fantastic time trialists. Such as Cancellara, Kirchen, Löfkvist, Brajkovic, Devolder, Cornu, Gerdemann, Voigt, Boasson Hagen and many more. I think these guys will be the strongest contenders
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Posted on 19-12-2010 14:03
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Good luck with Martin. Also Rabon and Bak could be an option for this race.
Pento is really looking like a good lead-out or later as cobbles leader. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 19-12-2010 14:07
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roturn wrote:
Good luck with Martin. Also Rabon and Bak could be an option for this race.
Pento is really looking like a good lead-out or later as cobbles leader.
Yes, Pento is a good transfer for us. But he is not the only great rider joining Columbia. We were able to sign 4 other guys, too. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 19-12-2010 15:46
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We´re starting this race with a short prologue about 4,4 kilometres. We should be able to get some riders into the top 10 today. I´m pretty curious about Cancellara´s shape. If his shape is good, he might be unbeatable today but let´s see..
Ovetchkin was one of the first riders, setting a time. But no one of them was better then Ovetchkin. He got the new minimum time with 6´11
Devolder showed an amazing prologue, beating Ovetchkin´s time by 2 seconds. 6´09
But then today´s favourite, Fabian Cancellara, was on fire. He set another great time with 6´05! If this was the best time for today?
Just a few moments later Kim Kirchen crossed the line with only 1 second behind Cancellara
Look at that now! Our new trainee Pento in his first race as a pro! It was just amazing to see him today! Finally he was able to get top 20 result with a great time ( 6´20)
Lars Ytting Bak was able to set a good time today. Of course he wasn´t fast enough to beat Cancellara, Kirchen and Ovetchkin but with only 10 seconds to Fabian he should be happy
Dominique Cornu, the new Belgian Champion, couldn´t beat Cancellara today but he still got a nice time and a good result in the end ( 6´14)
Boasson Hagen was the next one and he seemed to be a bit tired after the Vattenfall Cyclassics. So he just set the same time as Bak
Our last hope for today was Tony Martin! He wasn´t in a good shape but his time was still great, loosing only 8 seconds to Cancellara
The last one who was able to reach Cancellara´s time was Linus Gerdemann. Too bad he missed that time by only 1 second!
Stage results / Overall
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | 6'05 | | 2 | Kim Kirchen | Team Katusha | + 1 | | 3 | Linus Gerdemann | Team Milram | s.t. | | 4 | Stijn Devolder | Quick·Step | + 4 | | 5 | Artem Ovechkin | Team Katusha | + 6 | | 6 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | + 8 | | 7 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Saur - Sojasun | + 9 | | 8 | Markus Eichler | Team Milram | s.t. | | 9 | Dominique Cornu | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 10 | Lars Ytting Bak | Team HTC - Columbia | + 10 | | 11 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | Ermanno Capelli | Footon - Servetto | + 11 | | 13 | Alejandro Valverde | Caisse d'Epargne | + 12 | | 14 | Jens Voigt | Team Saxo Bank | + 13 | | 15 | Joost Posthuma | Rabobank | + 14 | | 16 | Stef Clement | Rabobank | s.t. | | 17 | Frantisek Rabon | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 18 | Gregorio Pento | Team HTC - Columbia | + 15 | | 19 | Alex Rasmussen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 20 | Baden Cooke | Team Saxo Bank | + 17 | | 21 | Janez Brajkovic | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 22 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 18 | | 23 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Astana | + 21 | | 24 | Marco Pinotti | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 25 | Matthias Brändle | Footon - Servetto | s.t. | | 26 | Laszló Bodrogi | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 27 | Bernhard Eisel | Team HTC - Columbia | + 23 | | 28 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 29 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Milram | s.t. | | 30 | José Luis Arrieta | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
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| roturn |
Posted on 19-12-2010 15:54
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Good start with Martin and Bak. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 19-12-2010 16:30
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As I told you, we are also participating in an American stage race in Utah! The main reason for that is our great talent Tejay Van Garderen. First of all we want to send him to a smaller stage race as a team leader. Another point is his shape as we really want him to ride the Vuelta. So our big goal in Utah is to improve his shape but I´m sure he´s able to get a nice overall result. The competition isn´t really strong there with Oscar Sevilla and Rene Obst as main rivals. Our sprint captain is Matthew Goss. And with his leadout men Hayden Roulston and another young talent Leigh Howard, he might be able to get a stage win
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 19-12-2010 17:01
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The first stage isn´t really easy for the sprinters but it´s not impossible that there will be a mass sprint in the finish. Van Garderen is prepared for some attacks on the last smaller climb with 20 kilometres to go
There was a huge group in front. But there were no important riders for the overall. Sydlik won the only mountain sprint today in front of Lagana and Jeitz! That means Sydlik got the KoM jersey for tomorrow..congrats to that!
As we expected, there were some serious moves on the last climb with more than 18 kilometres to go. Obst, Sevilla, Crawford and Van Garderen tried to reach the breakaway
It was a successfull move by Van Garderen and Co. They rode in a big group with today´s breakaway. And there it came to a "mass sprint" but Van Garderen wasn´t fast enough to fight for the stage win
Rene Obst took the stage in front of Sevilla and Baumann while Van Garderen finished as 4th which is a pretty good result for him
Stage results
| 1 | René Obst | Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse | 3h49'32 | | 2 | Óscar Sevilla | Rock Racing | s.t. | | 3 | Ryan Baumann | Bahati Foundation | s.t. | | 4 | Tejay Van Garderen | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 5 | Dany Jeitz | Verandas Willems | s.t. | | 6 | David Jai Crawford | Fly V Australia | s.t. | | 7 | Paidi O'Brien | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 8 | Anthony Colby | Jelly Belly presented by Kenda | s.t. | | 9 | Vojtech Dlouhý | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 10 | Rahsaan Bahati | Bahati Foundation | s.t. | | 11 | Sergio Laganà | De Rosa - Stac Plastic | s.t. | | 12 | Tyler Wren | Jamis - Sutter Home | s.t. | | 13 | Christopher Jones | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 14 | Benjamin Sydlik | Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse | s.t. | | 15 | Alex Hagman | Bahati Foundation | s.t. |
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| 1 | René Obst | Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse | 3h49'22 | | 2 | Óscar Sevilla | Rock Racing | + 4 | | 3 | Ryan Baumann | Bahati Foundation | + 6 | | 4 | Tejay Van Garderen | Team HTC - Columbia | + 10 | | 5 | Dany Jeitz | Verandas Willems | s.t. | | 6 | David Jai Crawford | Fly V Australia | s.t. | | 7 | Paidi O'Brien | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 8 | Anthony Colby | Jelly Belly presented by Kenda | s.t. | | 9 | Vojtech Dlouhý | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 10 | Rahsaan Bahati | Bahati Foundation | s.t. | | 11 | Sergio Laganà | De Rosa - Stac Plastic | s.t. | | 12 | Tyler Wren | Jamis - Sutter Home | s.t. | | 13 | Christopher Jones | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 14 | Benjamin Sydlik | Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse | s.t. | | 15 | Alex Hagman | Bahati Foundation | s.t. |
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| 1 | René Obst | Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse | 25 | | 2 | Óscar Sevilla | Rock Racing | 20 | | 3 | Ryan Baumann | Bahati Foundation | 16 |
KoM
| 1 | Benjamin Sydlik | Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse | 5 | | 2 | Sergio Laganà | De Rosa - Stac Plastic | 3 | | 3 | Dany Jeitz | Verandas Willems | 1 |
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| roturn |
Posted on 19-12-2010 17:15
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Good start in Utah with TVG. Good luck in the more hilly stages with him. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 19-12-2010 17:53
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roturn wrote:
Good start in Utah with TVG. Good luck in the more hilly stages with him.
Thank you, we will need it! |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 19-12-2010 22:08
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After the good prologue by us, we´re looking forward to the first flat stage. The competition is really strong when it comes to a bunch sprint. Petacchi, Pozzato, McEwen, Chicchi, Ciolek, Boonen, O´Grady, Napolitano and Robert Hunter are the biggest favourites for today just like our sprint captain Renshaw. My tip: Ciolek!
With only 6 kilometres to go, our sprint train looked quite good with Tony Martin, Bernhard Eisel and Mark Renshaw. Vacansoleil had the fastest train at the moment with Pronk and Traksel. Traksel is in an amazing shape the last weeks
When the sprint began, Renshaw lost Eisel´s wheel and was completely on his own and this was the reason he couldn´t sprint for the stage win. Instead of Mark it was Bernhard Eisel, who tried to get a nice result for us while Traksel destroyed his rivals
Traksel takes the stage win in front of his leadout man Pronk! An amazing double for Vacansoleil..they are so great in Pro Tour Races but in their Continental Tour they´re really weak! I can say, it´s just amazing to see Traksel win.. why? You will see that...
O ´Grady managed to finish on the podium in front of Eisel..so a 4th place is great for us
Stage results
| 1 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 4h11'08 | | 2 | Matthé Pronk | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Stuart O'Grady | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 4 | Bernhard Eisel | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 5 | Tom Boonen | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 6 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 7 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 8 | Francesco Gavazzi | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 9 | Lorenzo Bernucci | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 10 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 11 | Simone Ponzi | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 12 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Milram | s.t. | | 13 | Baden Cooke | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 14 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 15 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | 4h17'13 | | 2 | Kim Kirchen | Team Katusha | + 1 | | 3 | Linus Gerdemann | Team Milram | s.t. | | 4 | Stijn Devolder | Quick·Step | + 4 | | 5 | Artem Ovechkin | Team Katusha | + 6 | | 6 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | + 8 | | 7 | Markus Eichler | Team Milram | + 9 | | 8 | Dominique Cornu | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 9 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 10 | Lars Ytting Bak | Team HTC - Columbia | + 10 | | 11 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | Ermanno Capelli | Footon - Servetto | + 11 | | 13 | Alejandro Valverde | Caisse d'Epargne | + 12 | | 14 | Jens Voigt | Team Saxo Bank | + 13 | | 15 | Joost Posthuma | Rabobank | + 14 |
Points
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | 39 | | 2 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | 26 | | 3 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 25 |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 19-12-2010 22:52
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So guys, with only 4 days to christmas I´ve got a nice idea. Everyday, from today to christmas, I want to present a new rider for Columbia 
Today I´ve present you Gregorio Pento, tomorrow I´ll introduce another rider. Hope you´ll like that |
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| olabj |
Posted on 19-12-2010 23:25
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Exellent idea  |
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Posted on 19-12-2010 23:42
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Batista15 wrote:
So guys, with only 4 days to christmas I´ve got a nice idea. Everyday, from today to christmas, I want to present a new rider for Columbia
Today I´ve present you Gregorio Pento, tomorrow I´ll introduce another rider. Hope you´ll like that
 I agree, a nice Idea! |
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| tastasol |
Posted on 20-12-2010 10:38
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What is the stats on Monfort?
You must be an extremly good PCM player. Second in the Giro with Martin and first in the Tour with Monfort. Thats extreme! Congrats! Just read trough this report. Fantastic report! |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-12-2010 12:04
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tastasol wrote:
What is the stats on Monfort?
You must be an extremly good PCM player. Second in the Giro with Martin and first in the Tour with Monfort. Thats extreme! Congrats! Just read trough this report. Fantastic report!
Thank you very much! I´m playing PCM for 5 years
Maxime Monfort´s shape was almost 99 the whole Tour but you know we had a lot of luck there.
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| roturn |
Posted on 20-12-2010 12:06
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He improved quite well over the season in comparison to the first page.
Nonetheless a great effort to beat Contador and Schleck.  |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-12-2010 12:32
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Well, as I told you yesterday, I would like to present you another transfer today. In the last stage of the Eneco Tour, he was able to destroy his rivals and I´m glad to welcome him!
Bobbie Traksel
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| roturn |
Posted on 20-12-2010 12:36
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That`s a really good transfer. Good sprinter after a hard stage.
Who is leaving your team actually? Because especially sprinters you should have quite a lot. |
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