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Katusha | The Red Russians | 2012
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 18-02-2012 08:29
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Great podium by Brutt. Just keep the third overall position. Would be very nice. |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 18-02-2012 08:54
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Good to see Katusha back at the front after the bad luck on stage 5.
Now with Brutt on the overall podium and Trofimov also in the Top 10, this has turned out to be a very good race for Katusha!
Oh, and not to mention the reports! Just amazing.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 19-02-2012 02:16
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@ Sutty - Thanks again, your comments are very appreciated 
@ Neillster - Thank you!
@ Batista - Thanks! I will try, and I think the last stage is flat.
@ Pelli - It definitely is! I agree, although it still feels weird to be beaten like this.
And thanks a lot! I could say the same to you about the reports
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 19-02-2012 03:21
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 23.1.12 Santos Tour Down Under - Stage 5
Mclaren Vale - Willunga Hill
This is it! The Queen Stage of the race, and the stage that will really shake up the overall standings. I'm sure the racing will be great, and the weather is supposed to be perfect.
The breakaway today, was quite large, but because of that, the gap they were allowed to have, was smaller than normal.
But the breakaway was caught, and now Sky are pushing really hard at the front as we go over the top of the 1st pass on Willlunga.
Stuart O'Grady makes an attack at the start of Willunga, with less than 10km to go. This could be the winning move! Izagirre follows him!
Ignatiev makes an attack, because he's feeling good, but it doesn't work out at all and he's brought back.
The sprint starts and O'Grady and Izagirre are still ahead, looks like one of them will win! Freire is in a good spot too!
But out of nowhere Thomas Dekker sprints to the win, as the peloton reaches O'Grady and Izagirre. Freire clearly started his sprint too early, and his result was very poor.
| 1 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Barracuda | 3h33'29 | | 2 | Stuart O'Grady | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Kristof Vandewalle | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 5 | George Hincapie | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 6 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 7 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 9 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | ... | | 12 | Óscar Freire | Katusha Team | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Procycling | 17h19'04 | | 2 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - ISD | + 1 | | 3 | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | + 12 | | 4 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | + 13 | | 5 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 6 | Nico Sijmens | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 7 | Óscar Freire | Katusha Team | + 16 | | 8 | Stuart O'Grady | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 17 | | 9 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 10 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Procycling | 0 | 22 | | 2 | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | 0 | 14 | | 3 | Brett Lancaster | GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0 | 12 | | 4 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo Bank | 0 | 12 | | 5 | Daniel Oss | Liquigas - Cannondale | 0 | 10 |
KoM
| 1 | Grégory Rast | RadioShack - Nissan | 0 | 28 | | 2 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | 0 | 16 | | 3 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Barracuda | 16 | 16 | | 4 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol Team | 0 | 16 | | 5 | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | 16 | 16 |
Edited by valverde321 on 19-02-2012 03:31
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| cavfan8 |
Posted on 19-02-2012 03:25
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thats not Costa attacking in the 3rd screen is it? Looks like Greenedge |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 19-02-2012 03:29
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cavfan8 wrote:
thats not Costa attacking in the 3rd screen is it? Looks like Greenedge
Ah right. Looked like Movistar from the thumbnail on photobucket. 
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| cavfan8 |
Posted on 19-02-2012 03:31
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haha no worries and solid results throughout the tour, top 10 is good without decent fitness |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 19-02-2012 10:30
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OK, so Freire didn't do well in the stage he had the best chances. Oh well, maybe next time.  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 19-02-2012 13:06
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The Adelaide circuit has to be Freire's for sure |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 19-02-2012 13:15
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sutty68 wrote:
The Adelaide circuit has to be Freire's for sure
I agree. Come on |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 20-03-2012 17:27
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Sorry for not posting here. Been busy working on David's stuff, as it requires a bit more work.
Also been busy "off the forum"
TBH, I dont know if I can keep playing both this and David and I think it was a mistake to start it with the Beta. I may make a new Team Story, or I could just 100% focus on David which would probably be best for everyone
I love stories, I just dont manage them well 
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 20-03-2012 17:37
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valverde321 wrote:
Also been busy "off the forum"
 You mean you have, like, a "real life"?? How dare you??
valverde321 wrote:
or I could just 100% focus on David which would probably be best for everyone
I really think you should do that! Without a doubt, if you did a team story, it would be really good as well but I think you get the best out of it if you focus on one story. The best for "us", the readers, at least. Then again, do whatever you feel like doing (this starts to become my standard sentence, I think, but it's simply true imo ). But the beginning of the "new" David story looks so promising that if I were to decide, I chose that you focus on that.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 26-03-2012 18:30
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Just concentrate on David matey |
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| olabj |
Posted on 26-03-2012 19:18
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valverde321 wrote:
I love stories, I just dont manage them well
You took the words right out of my mouth dude
On the other note: Do as you wish I'll enjoy anyway
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