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Team Rapha Condor - Sharp: 2013 = end of the story
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| laidbackmarc |
Posted on 27-05-2011 20:13
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Tour of California - Stage 4
A hilly stage but a climber will probably win this one. The last climb to Sierra Road is a short but steep climb. Porte is one of the favorites.
The break with Luke Rowe still got a small gap when the race enters the final climb, Sierra Road.
Richie Porte is in the top of the bunch when Rowe is caught. Porte is looking good and everbody in the team car screams: GO!
With 3kms to go Porte finally attacks and no one are able to follow him. Or are they saving themselves to the sprint?
The sprint starts and with 700 m left Hesjedal (Garmin) and Menchov (Cofidis) spots Porte. They are coming with great speed. Will they catch Porte?
Porte fights the final meters and wins the stage with 20 seconds to Hesjedal. Porte also takes the leader jersey, what an great day!
Results:
1 Richie Porte Rapha Condor - Sharp 3h41'19
2 Ryder Hesjedal Team Garmin - Cervélo + 20
3 Denis Menchov Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t.
Spoiler
4 Jurgen Van den Broeck Omega Pharma - Lotto + 36
5 Chris Horner Team RadioShack s.t.
6 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD s.t.
7 David Herrero Movistar Team + 58
8 Peter Velits HTC - Highroad + 1'25
9 Alejandro Valverde Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t.
10 David Moncoutié Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 1'33
11 Jelle Vanendert Omega Pharma - Lotto + 1'41
12 Ian MacGregor UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 1'49
13 Thomas Dekker Team RadioShack + 1'57
14 Jussi Veikkanen Omega Pharma - Lotto + 2'05
15 Christian Vande Velde Team RadioShack s.t.
16 Michael Rogers Sky ProCycling + 2'13
17 Michael Albasini HTC - Highroad + 2'21
18 Simon Gerrans Sky ProCycling + 2'45
19 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team + 2'53
20 Miguel Rubiano Team RadioShack s.t.
21 Paolo Tiralongo Lampre - ISD s.t.
22 Thomas Löfkvist Sky ProCycling + 3'01
23 Vladimir Karpets Team Type 1 + 3'25
24 Luke Rowe Rapha Condor - Sharp + 3'41
25 Andrew Talansky Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t.
GC:
1 Richie Porte Rapha Condor - Sharp 17h39'00
2 Ryder Hesjedal Team Garmin - Cervélo + 16
3 Denis Menchov Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 32
Spoiler
4 Chris Horner Team RadioShack + 36
5 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD + 56
6 Jurgen Van den Broeck Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
7 David Herrero Movistar Team + 1'18
8 Alejandro Valverde Team Garmin - Cervélo + 1'45
9 Peter Velits HTC - Highroad s.t.
10 Jelle Vanendert Omega Pharma - Lotto + 1'53
11 David Moncoutié Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t.
12 Ian MacGregor UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 2'09
13 Jussi Veikkanen Omega Pharma - Lotto + 2'25
14 Michael Albasini HTC - Highroad + 2'41
15 Simon Gerrans Sky ProCycling + 3'05
16 Miguel Rubiano Team RadioShack + 3'13
17 Paolo Tiralongo Lampre - ISD s.t.
18 Vladimir Karpets Team Type 1 + 3'45
19 Thomas Dekker Team RadioShack + 4'05
20 Michael Rogers Sky ProCycling + 5'10
21 Thomas Löfkvist Sky ProCycling + 5'24
22 Christian Vande Velde Team RadioShack + 5'34
23 Andy Guptill Jamis - Sutter Home + 6'30
24 Luke Rowe Rapha Condor - Sharp + 6'54
25 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team s.t.
Later today: Rapha Press Conference
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 27-05-2011 20:14
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Nice move, nice win 
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| laidbackmarc |
Posted on 27-05-2011 20:23
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A little teaser for tonight's press conference 
Today a journalist spotted the Rapha Condor - Sharp rider Dean Downing on a training ride. Strangly, Dean didn't rode in his current Rapha kit and definitely not on a Condor bike!
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| laidbackmarc |
Posted on 27-05-2011 20:24
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Thanks for all comments! It's nice to see that people starts to read and commeny my story 
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Posted on 27-05-2011 20:53
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New sponsors for 2013
Rapha Condor - Sharp is in the spotlight in the world of cyclig. They are leading the Continental rankings and Richie Porte won the stage 4 of Tour the California.
Rapha is taking the chanche of publicy and show their new sponsors for next season (2013).
The new team name will be Rapha - Focus. Rapha will still be the main sponsor but Focus have replaced Condor as bike/secondary sponsor. Focus will bring a german touch on the team but don't except more than 1-2 german riders in the team next season. The manager, Marc Pirson, tell us that Rapha have been talking with several german rider such, John Degenkolb, Linus Gerdemann, Jens Voigt, Simon Geschke and Dominik Nerz.
Shimano have also been replaced. Easton will porvide Rapha - Focus with wheels and Sram will make the shifters. Giro will make the helmets.
Let us presents the jersey of team Rapha - Focus:
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| AndySchleck |
Posted on 27-05-2011 21:11
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Posted on 27-05-2011 21:14
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yes really nice jersey, good luck
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| laidbackmarc |
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Tour of California:
Stage 5
The sprinters were able to follow the bunch over the two last climbs, but none of them had energy left to make a ggod sprint. Arashiro still felt good but it was like if he was held back by some hidden force (AI) and nothing happend when he started to sprint. Instead Dennis Menchov (Cofidis) won the sprint in front of the whole RadioSchack.
Results:
Spoiler 1 Denis Menchov Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 5h41'57
2 Miguel Rubiano Team RadioShack s.t.
3 Grégory Rast Team RadioShack s.t.
4 Thomas Dekker Team RadioShack s.t.
5 Sébastien Rosseler Team RadioShack s.t.
6 Christian Vande Velde Team RadioShack s.t.
7 Tom Boonen Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t.
8 Tyler Farrar Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t.
9 Chris Horner Team RadioShack s.t.
10 Yukiya Arashiro Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t.
GC:
Spoiler 1 Richie Porte Rapha Condor - Sharp 23h20'57
2 Denis Menchov Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 12
3 Ryder Hesjedal Team Garmin - Cervélo + 16
4 Chris Horner Team RadioShack + 36
5 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD + 56
6 Jurgen Van den Broeck Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
7 David Herrero Movistar Team + 1'18
8 Alejandro Valverde Team Garmin - Cervélo + 1'45
9 Peter Velits HTC - Highroad s.t.
10 Jelle Vanendert Omega Pharma - Lotto + 1'53
Stage 6:
Richie Porte and Taylor Phinney were two big favorites to win stage 6. However they ended up as 4th and 5th, just like in Gila. Dennis Menchov won the stage and is only 1 second behind Porte in the GC.
Stage 7:
After several of crashes and minutes of waiting on Road Geometries I simulated stage 7. It was a good decision... Porte won the stage and Menchov lost 2 minutes.
Results:
Spoiler 1 Richie Porte Rapha Condor - Sharp 3h31'26
2 Ryder Hesjedal Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t.
3 Jurgen Van den Broeck Omega Pharma - Lotto + 41
4 Peter Velits HTC - Highroad + 1'22
5 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD s.t.
6 David Moncoutié Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 1'52
7 Ian MacGregor UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t.
8 Alejandro Valverde Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t.
9 Paolo Tiralongo Lampre - ISD s.t.
10 Christian Vande Velde Team RadioShack s.t.
11 Denis Menchov Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 2'02
12 Thomas Dekker Team RadioShack s.t.
13 Chris Horner Team RadioShack s.t.
14 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team s.t.
15 Michael Albasini HTC - Highroad + 2'35
16 Luke Rowe Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t.
GC:
Spoiler 1 Richie Porte Rapha Condor - Sharp 27h25'48
2 Ryder Hesjedal Team Garmin - Cervélo + 31
3 Denis Menchov Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 2'23
4 Jurgen Van den Broeck Omega Pharma - Lotto + 2'45
5 Chris Horner Team RadioShack + 3'08
6 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD + 3'17
7 Peter Velits HTC - Highroad + 4'12
8 Alejandro Valverde Team Garmin - Cervélo + 4'46
9 David Herrero Movistar Team + 5'15
10 David Moncoutié Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 5'42
11 Ian MacGregor UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 6'06
12 Thomas Dekker Team RadioShack + 6'17
13 Paolo Tiralongo Lampre - ISD + 6'34
14 Jelle Vanendert Omega Pharma - Lotto + 6'35
15 Michael Albasini HTC - Highroad + 6'39
Stage 8 - Final stage:
The last stage was a flat stage. The General Classifications was already won by Porte so the team decided to work for Arashiro.
The lead out started with 7kms to go. Everthing looked great to Taylor Phinney, once again, crashed.
Arashiro's lead out was gone and instead he had to follow Haussler. He could easily follow Haussler, but never pass him, so while Haussler won, Arashiro ended up as 3rd.
Richie Porte won the GC!
Results, Final stage:Spoiler 1 Heinrich Haussler Team Garmin - Cervélo 3h01'15
2 Grega Bole Lampre - ISD s.t.
3 Yukiya Arashiro Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t.
4 Ian Wilkinson Endura Racing s.t.
5 Matthew Goss HTC - Highroad s.t.
6 Robert Hunter Team RadioShack s.t.
7 Luke Rowe Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t.
8 Bernhard Eisel HTC - Highroad s.t.
9 Tommy Nankervis RealCyclist.com Cycling Team s.t.
10 Tyler Farrar Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t.
GC:Spoiler 1 Richie Porte Rapha Condor - Sharp 30h27'03
2 Ryder Hesjedal Team Garmin - Cervélo + 31
3 Denis Menchov Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 2'23
4 Jurgen Van den Broeck Omega Pharma - Lotto + 2'45
5 Chris Horner Team RadioShack + 3'08
6 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD + 3'17
7 Peter Velits HTC - Highroad + 4'12
8 David Herrero Movistar Team + 5'15
9 David Moncoutié Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 5'42
10 Ian MacGregor UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 6'06
11 Thomas Dekker Team RadioShack + 6'17
12 Jelle Vanendert Omega Pharma - Lotto + 6'35
13 Michael Albasini HTC - Highroad + 6'39
14 Alejandro Valverde Team Garmin - Cervélo + 7'18
15 Christian Vande Velde Team RadioShack + 8'00
16 Thomas Löfkvist Sky ProCycling + 8'25
17 Michael Rogers Sky ProCycling + 8'32
18 Miguel Rubiano Team RadioShack + 8'38
19 Paolo Tiralongo Lampre - ISD + 9'06
20 Luke Rowe Rapha Condor - Sharp + 11'57
Points:Spoiler 1 Richie Porte Rapha Condor - Sharp 0 75
2 Ryder Hesjedal Team Garmin - Cervélo 0 74
3 Denis Menchov Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 0 73
Mountains:Spoiler 1 Luke Rowe Rapha Condor - Sharp 0 56
2 Ryder Hesjedal Team Garmin - Cervélo 0 50
3 Andrew Talansky Team Garmin - Cervélo 0 42
-25:Spoiler 1 Luke Rowe Rapha Condor - Sharp + 3h01'15 30h39'00 (1)
2 stage wins, General Classifications and three more jerseys = Succees
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Posted on 30-05-2011 09:18
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nice tour of california, keep on going
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FBD Ras
Stage 1:Spoiler 1 Alberto Loddo Team Type 1 3h09'54
2 Steven Caethoven Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t.
3 Kyle Wamsley Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health s.t.
4 Richard England V Australia s.t.
5 Gene Michael Bates V Australia s.t.
Stage 2:Spoiler 1 Alberto Loddo Team Type 1 3h44'54
2 Steven Caethoven Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t.
3 Gene Michael Bates V Australia s.t.
4 Arnoud Van Groen Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t.
5 Dean Downing Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t.
Stage 3:Spoiler 1 Alberto Loddo Team Type 1 3h53'08
2 Steven Caethoven Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t.
3 Richard England V Australia s.t.
4 Robert Förster UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t.
5 Matt Cronshaw Team Raleigh s.t.
Stage 4:Spoiler 1 Alberto Loddo Team Type 1 3h35'38
2 Gene Michael Bates V Australia s.t.
3 Steven Caethoven Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t.
4 Charles Bradley Huff Jelly Belly p/b Kenda s.t.
5 Richard England V Australia s.t.
Stage 5:Spoiler 1 Sébastien Delfosse Landbouwkrediet 4h03'48
2 Dariusz Batek CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
3 Jacob Erker Team SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t.
4 Rinaldo Nocentini Team Type 1 + 36
5 Juan José Oroz Caja Rural + 50
6 Peter Kennaugh Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t.
Stage 6:Spoiler 1 Rinaldo Nocentini Team Type 1 3h07'46
2 Juan José Oroz Caja Rural s.t.
3 Iván Velasco Bissell Cycling s.t.
4 Jure Kocjan Team Type 1 + 7
5 Sébastien Delfosse Landbouwkrediet s.t.
Stage 7:Spoiler 1 Wim Van Huffel Veranda's Willems - Accent 3h42'26
2 Christophe Brandt Landbouwkrediet s.t.
3 Gene Michael Bates V Australia + 21
4 Nico Sijmens Team Raleigh s.t.
5 Ben Hermans Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t.
Stage 8:Spoiler 1 Rinaldo Nocentini Team Type 1 3h19'25
2 Andrew Tennant Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t.
3 Dan Craven Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t.
4 Jure Kocjan Team Type 1 + 28
5 Wim Van Huffel Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t.
Final GC:Spoiler 1 Rinaldo Nocentini Team Type 1 28h37'50
2 Juan José Oroz Caja Rural + 36
3 Wim Van Huffel Veranda's Willems - Accent + 54
4 Gene Michael Bates V Australia + 1'24
5 Dan Craven Rapha Condor - Sharp + 1'30
6 Kristian House Rapha Condor - Sharp + 1'35
7 Ben Hermans Rapha Condor - Sharp + 1'44
8 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 1'49
9 Alexander Efimkin Team Type 1 s.t.
10 Iván Velasco Bissell Cycling + 1'54
None of they guts were in any top shape so no wins for us in FDB Ras. However, the guys rode substantially and Craven was 5th in the GC after a good ride on the last stage. Downing was top 7 on all flat stages, who were dominated by Alberto Loddo. Hermans, House and Kennaugh was in the top 10 at the hilly stages and at the last stage Tennant and Craven managed 2nd and 3rd.
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Posted on 30-05-2011 14:35
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May + June Classics
Lincoln GP
Ian Stannard (Endura) wins the Licoln Gp in heavy rain. The rainand the hard course made the riders very tired and in the end, Stannard was the only one with some energy left. Richie Porte was the best Rapha rider, at 6th. Taylor Phinney was just behind him ath 7th.
Tour of the Middle
Tour of the Middle was held during the Tour of California so our squad was prett weak. Kennaugh managed a 15th, though.
Drumfries BikeFest Grand Prix
Arashiro won the Drumfries ahead of Phinney and our luck turned...
Tour of the North
... 1 day after his victory in Drumfries, Arashiro wins Tour of the North. He beats Peter Sagan (Liqugas) in the sprint.
Philadelphia International Championships
Arashiro wins again, this time ahead of John Degenkolb (HTC)
Air Force Cycling Classics
Dean Downing wins the Air Force Cycling Classics. Another great victory for Rapha!
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| tsmoha |
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Couple of wins there Congrats!
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Tour of Boland
Debusschere wins in front of Craven
After two stages for the sprinters were the Tour of Boland, a smaller 4-day race in South Africa, decided on the 3rd stage when a breakaway got a gap of 5 minutes.
Jens Debusschere (Omega Pharma) won the stage while Dan Craven were 2nd. 8 seconds seperated them in the GC before the last stage.
Ben Hermans attacks on the gravel roads of stage 4
We did everything to take the jersey from Debusschere during the last stage. Ben Hermans won the stage after a long breakaway. Behind him, Craven did several attacks but Debusschere followed them all and won Tour of Boland.
Results:
Stage 1: Ian Wilkinson Endura Racing
Stage 2: Vicente Reynès Omega Pharma - Lotto
Stage 3: Jens Debusschere Omega Pharma - Lotto
Stage 4: Ben Hermans Rapha Condor - Sharp
Final GC: 1 Jens Debusschere Omega Pharma - Lotto 14h18'02
2 Dan Craven Rapha Condor - Sharp + 8
3 Nicholas Walker V Australia + 42
Spoiler 4 Roy Curvers Skil - Shimano s.t.
5 Elia Viviani Miche - Guerciotti + 1'04
6 Martin Hebik PSK Whirlpool - Author + 1'33
7 Hélder Oliveira Onda + 3'41
8 Leonardo Piepoli Colnago - CSF Inox + 7'55
9 Óscar Pujol Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
10 Ben Hermans Rapha Condor - Sharp + 11'48
11 Peter Kennaugh Rapha Condor - Sharp + 12'17
12 Vladimir Gusev Itera - Katusha + 12'26
13 José Herrada Caja Rural s.t.
14 Thierry Hupond Skil - Shimano s.t.
15 Blazej Janiaczyk CCC Polsat Polkowice + 13'57
16 Michael Van Staeyen Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator + 14'35
17 Stanislav Kozúbek PSK Whirlpool - Author + 15'02
18 Kristian House Rapha Condor - Sharp + 15'40
19 Sacha Modolo Colnago - CSF Inox + 15'48
20 Casey Munro Rapha Condor - Sharp + 15'56
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National Championships
Team Sky and Bradley Wiggins were simply to strong in the British RR
Sky splitted the bunch in the British National Championships. Only House could stay in the first group, but he ws to tired to make something good in the sprint. Instead Team Sky's captain, Bradley Wiggins won the sprint and became British Champion.
Ben Hermans did a good job in the Belgium champs. He was 4th at the road race. Boonen won the road race and the time trail!
Taylor Phinney was 2nd in the American TT Champs, which indicated that he was in great shape. A few days later he became American Champion when he won the road race 10 seconds ahead of Chris Horner (RadioSchack). Taylor will ride in "stars and stripes" next year!
British Road Race
Spoiler 1 Bradley Wiggins Sky ProCycling 5h08'35
2 Charles Wegelius UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t.
3 Dale Appleby Endura Racing s.t.
4 David Millar Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t.
5 Simon Richardson Sigma Sport - Specialized s.t.
6 Chris Froome Sky ProCycling s.t.
7 Russell Downing Sky ProCycling s.t.
8 Kristian House Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t.
9 Robert Partridge Endura Racing s.t.
10 David Clarke Endura Racing s.t.
11 Ian Bibby Motorpoint s.t.
12 Daniel Fleeman Sigma Sport - Specialized s.t.
13 Wouter Sybrandy Motorpoint + 3'22
14 Peter Kennaugh Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t.
15 Andrew Tennant Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t.
16 William Bjergfelt Motorpoint s.t.
17 Paul Esposti Endura Racing s.t.
18 Matthew Stephens Sigma Sport - Specialized s.t.
19 Alex Dowsett Sky ProCycling s.t.
20 Stephen Cummings Sky ProCycling s.t.
21 Evan Oliphant Endura Racing s.t.
22 Luke Rowe Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t.
23 Daniel Lloyd Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t.
24 Andrew Fenn An Post - Sean Kelly + 6'34
25 Matthew Kipling Motorpoint s.t.
26 Jeremy Hunt Sky ProCycling + 7'54
27 Geraint Thomas Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t.
28 Dean Downing Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t.
29 Jonathan Bellis Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
30 Jonathon McEvoy Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t.
American Road Race:
Spoiler 1 Taylor Phinney Rapha Condor - Sharp 5h12'10
2 Chris Horner Team RadioShack + 10
3 David Zabriskie Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t.
4 Christian Vande Velde Team RadioShack + 22
5 Brent Bookwalter BMC Racing Team + 36
6 George Hincapie BMC Racing Team + 52
7 Matthew Busche Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t.
8 Danny Pate HTC - Highroad s.t.
9 Tom Danielson Team Garmin - Cervélo + 1'02
10 Tyler Farrar Team Garmin - Cervélo + 1'20
Belgian Road Race:
Spoiler 1 Tom Boonen Quick·Step Cycling Team 5h57'38
2 Jurgen Van den Broeck Omega Pharma - Lotto + 25
3 Dries Devenyns Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t.
4 Ben Hermans Rapha Condor - Sharp + 51
5 Bert De Waele Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t.
6 Maxime Monfort Leopard Trek + 1'18
7 Gianni Meersman FDJ s.t.
8 Stijn Devolder Katusha Team s.t.
9 Nick Nuyens Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
10 Jan Bakelandts Omega Pharma - Lotto + 1'45
American Time Trail:
Spoiler 1 Levi Leipheimer Team RadioShack 45'15
2 Taylor Phinney Rapha Condor - Sharp + 11
3 Tejay Van Garderen HTC - Highroad + 19
4 Steven Cozza Team NetApp + 30
5 Christian Vande Velde Team RadioShack + 48
6 Brent Bookwalter BMC Racing Team + 1'02
7 Jason Donald Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health + 1'21
8 Caleb Fairly HTC - Highroad + 1'26
9 Julian Kyer Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health + 1'35
10 Danny Pate HTC - Highroad + 1'42
Belgian Time Trail:
Spoiler 1 Tom Boonen Quick·Step Cycling Team 34'09
2 Maxime Monfort Leopard Trek + 18
3 Stijn Devolder Katusha Team + 31
4 Kevin De Weert Quick·Step Cycling Team + 45
5 Leif Hoste Katusha Team + 1'01
6 Gianni Meersman FDJ + 1'10
7 Kenny De Ketele Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator + 1'24
8 Kristof Vandewalle Quick·Step Cycling Team + 1'38
9 Kristof Goddaert Omega Pharma - Lotto + 1'40
10 Jurgen Van den Broeck Omega Pharma - Lotto + 1'58
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Signings for 2013 - Part 1
Jonathan Bellis was the first signing made by us. We were looking for a descent sprinter, and chosed between him or John Degenkolb, but we finally picked Bellis because we wanted to save him from SaxoBank and Bjarne. He will be an important part of next years Rapha team.
Joshua Edmonson have been without a contrct for two years now. It's a shame, because he have the potential to become a great climber. He will never win a Grand Tour, but he can develope into a great team mate and maybe finish in the top 10. He is also young and english, and have a long carrier in front of him.
Dominik Nerz have been without contract during 2011. He is a great team mate and he has the potential to becoma a great climber in a few years.
Ben Hermans have reached his limited potential so we needed a new, and better, leader for the hilly classics. We chosed to contract Ryder Hesjedal. This canadian star wiil lead the team in the ardennes and smaller stage races in 2012. He won't lead the team in the Grand Tour's though. We still have Porte and another rider for that...
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Vuelta Comunidad Madrid
We were reufused to ride The Tour of Austria and The Qinghai Lake so instead we send 8 guys to spain for this stage race, made up by 3 stages.
Startlists:Spoiler The Shack
1. Y.Popovych
2. F.Bellotti
3. F.Beppu
4. R.Hunter
5. J.McCartney
6. S.Rosseler
7. E.Rossi
8. B.Selander
Geox
11. J.Moreno
12. M.Ardila
13. D.Blanco
14. G.Cheula
15. A.Colom
16. A.Durán
17. D.Kozontchuk
18. J.Walker
Rapha Condor
21. P.Kennaugh
22. E.Clancy
23. B.Hermans
24. K.House
25. C.Meyer
26. T.Phinney
27. M.Renshaw
28. A.Tennant
Euskaltel
31. D.Navarro
32. I.Camaño
33. J.Dueñas
34. G.Izagirre
35. M.Landa
36. M.Mínguez
37. M.Nieve
38. D.Sesma
Rabobank
41. S.Clement
42. B.Giling
43. J.M.Gárate
44. M.Kreder
45. G.Niermann
46. T.Slagter
47. M.Tjallingii
48. P.Weening
Movistar
51. J.M.Soler
52. M.García
53. J.I.Gutiérrez
54. Je.Herrada
55. P.Lastras
56. D.López
57. F.Pérez
58. E.Sanz
UnitedHealth
61. S.Zwizanski
62. J.Clarke
63. H.Clarke
64. P.Femal
65. R.Förster
66. J.Keough
67. C.Meier
68. S.Milne
Caja Rural
71. J.Herrada
72. Í.Cuesta
73. A.Galdos
74. E.García
75. T.Lardín
76. I.Mayoz
77. D.Milán
78. J.Sobrino
Cofidis
81. R.Cusin
82. C.Bessy
83. S.Dumoulin
84. K.Ista
85. A.Lemair
86. L.Mazzanti
87. D.Moncoutié
88. K.Spinella
Andalucía
91. A.Piedra
92. J.Benítez
93. A.Cabello
94. E.Lara
95. P.Lechuga
96. J.J.Lobato
97. J.L.Roldán
98. E.Ruiz
Androni
101. Á.Vicioso
102. C.D'Amore
103. R.Ferrari
104. A.Masciarelli
105. C.Moreni
106. A.Santoro
107. E.Sella
108. A.Tonti
Astana
111. Y.Nepomnyachshiy
112. A.Bazayev
113. S.Clarke
114. D.Fofonov
115. J.Jufré
116. V.Pashinin
117. T.Vaitkus
118. F.Wegmann
Barbot
121. A.Vital
122. R.Alarcón
123. M.Cunha
124. D.Freitas
125. D.Mestre
126. S.Ribeiro
127. B.Saraiva
128. S.Sousa
Tavira
131. E.Pinto
132. A.Cardoso
133. M.Costa
134. J.Goes
135. R.Mestre
136. T.S.Metcalfe
Colombia
141. J.Pantano
142. D.Atapuma
143. J.Forero
144. D.Ospina
145. H.Paez
146. V.H.Peña
147. H.Salazar
148. C.Suárez
Onda
151. H.Oliveira
152. B.Borges
153. D.Fernández
154. B.Lima
155. A.Morrás
156. I.Pardo
LA - Antarte
161. N.Ribeiro
162. M.Barbosa
163. B.Castanheira
164. G.Lourenço
165. M.Negrão
166. R.Vinhas
Colnago
171. S.Pirazzi
172. M.Frapporti
173. A.Guardini
174. O.Lombardi
175. S.Modolo
176. A.Moletta
177. A.Pasqualon
178. A.Piechele
Burgos 2016
181. I.Landaluze
182. D.Gallego
183. I.Gramage
184. Ó.V.Grau
185. R.Jimenez
186. L.G.Mas
187. J.Ortega
188. C.Ovejero
CCC Polsat
191. M.Sapa
192. S.Abramowicz
194. S.Janiszewski
195. A.Schulze
196. W.Slominski
197. K.Szczawinski
Stage 1
Rapha had a lot of rides in the top on the first TT stage. However, we didn't captured the win. Tennnt was 3rd, Phinney 2nd and Stef Clement (Rabobank) won.
Results: Spoiler 1 Stef Clement Rabobank Cycling Team 11'21
2 Taylor Phinney Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t.
3 Andrew Tennant Rapha Condor - Sharp + 15
4 Sébastien Rosseler Team RadioShack + 16
5 Scott Zwizanski UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 18
6 Pieter Weening Rabobank Cycling Team + 20
7 Javier Moreno Geox - TMC + 22
8 Aitor Galdos Caja Rural s.t.
9 Maarten Tjallingii Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
10 Cameron Meyer Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t.
11 Antonio Colom Geox - TMC s.t.
12 Arkaitz Durán Geox - TMC + 24
13 Rémy Cusin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 25
14 Daniel Navarro Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
15 Jake Keough UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 26
16 Javier Benítez Andalucía Caja Granada s.t.
17 Andrea Pasqualon Colnago - CSF Inox + 27
18 Ben Hermans Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t.
19 José Herrada Caja Rural s.t.
20 José Iván Gutiérrez Movistar Team + 28
Stage 2
Stage 2 ended up in a bunch sprint. Renshaw does his first race since the injury and isn't in any great shape so Phinney was our leading sprinter. Phinney finished as 4th, a great sprint by the young american.
Results: Spoiler 1 Enrico Rossi Team RadioShack 1h52'58
2 Andrea Guardini Colnago - CSF Inox s.t.
3 Javier Benítez Andalucía Caja Granada s.t.
4 Taylor Phinney Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t.
5 Joaquín Ortega Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León s.t.
6 Aitor Galdos Caja Rural s.t.
7 Mark Renshaw Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t.
8 Robert Förster UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t.
9 Ed Clancy Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t.
10 Andrew Tennant Rapha Condor - Sharp s.t.
Stage 3
Stage 3 finishes at the summit Puero de Morcuera.
The overall leader, Stef Clement, attacks in the beginning of the climb. What a stupid move...
... Rapha just have to catch him. Phinney works hard...
...and wecatch Clement. Clement is tired so Ben Hermans attacks!
Hermans holds of and wins the stage. Clement drops the bunch and Hermans wins the General Classification as well.
Results:Spoiler 1 Ben Hermans Rapha Condor - Sharp 3h30'33
2 Juan Mauricio Soler Movistar Team s.t.
3 José Herrada Caja Rural s.t.
4 Javier Moreno Geox - TMC s.t.
5 Daniel Navarro Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
6 David López Movistar Team s.t.
7 Darwin Atapuma Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
8 Íñigo Cuesta Caja Rural s.t.
9 Scott Zwizanski UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t.
10 Pieter Weening Rabobank Cycling Team + 45
GC:Spoiler 1 Ben Hermans Rapha Condor - Sharp 5h34'57
2 Scott Zwizanski UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling + 13
3 José Herrada Caja Rural + 14
4 Juan Mauricio Soler Movistar Team s.t.
5 Javier Moreno Geox - TMC + 17
6 Stef Clement Rabobank Cycling Team + 20
7 Daniel Navarro Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
8 David López Movistar Team + 24
9 Íñigo Cuesta Caja Rural + 29
10 Darwin Atapuma Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 36
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| laidbackmarc |
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Next up: 2012 Olympic Games in London
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| BikeRoel |
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nice, signing Hesjedal, are you not going over you're budget? And otherwise nice races of you, and good luck in London.
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BikeRoel wrote:
nice, signing Hesjedal, are you not going over you're budget? And otherwise nice races of you, and good luck in London.
Hopefully not, I have won a lot of races this year and achived all goals so my wage budget is pretty big for next year.
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Signings for 2013 - Part 2
Tejay van Garderen will be our leader for the Tour de France. We decided to sign him when Richie Porte reached his limited potential, at 79 mountain. We still got plenty of cash left and van Garderen seems to have a bright future ahead. He will probably win a grand tour in next coming 1-3 years.
Robert Partridge is a great english team mate. He can climb and time trail well. He will be usefull in hilly races, team time trails and prologues.
George Bennet, remember his name. He has the potential to become the greatest climber in the world. He will probably win a grand tour in 5-10 years. However, he is a little bit weak on time trails...but he will be a great team mate this year. Will ride his first grand tour in 2013, probably the Giro.
Mark Cavendish is our last signing. He have been convinced by Mark Renshaw to join us. He will lead the team in the sprints. Downing, Renshaw, Briggs, Clancy and Phinney will be his new lead out. Will he repeat this years success, 23 victories, point jersey and 6 stage wins in the tour?
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