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| Ste117 |
Posted on 07-02-2012 17:03
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Go Chavanel for Calabria, get that stage win
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 07-02-2012 17:33
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Giro della Calabria - Stage 1
Melito – Cantazaro
With the Intermediate Sprint at the start, we decided to give it a go and Chavanel gets the job done.
The break formed very early on and didn’t consist of many big names. Michal Golas is our rider in the break. Two bigger names in this break were Agnoli ( Liquigas ) and Furlan (Christina Watches – Onfone )
With Golas in the break it was the job of Lampre and Idea to bring the break.
After many sprint points we finally get to the interesting part of this stage. With 4km to go Golas is leading the break, feeling very good not contesting the sprints too much. Pineau has done great job brining Chavanel up front and is now leading the peleton.
Golas is putting the hammer down and is breaking from the group. Chavanel is doing exactly the same job and breaking away from the peleton. This is looking really good so far. Both Golas and Chavanel have neutral daily form, so I am particularly happy so far.
Golas gets the gap and Chavanel gets past the remains of the break. We are under 1km banner, but Bertagnolli is chasing fast after us.
Golas out of nowhere found something in himself and is leading Chavanel out for the victory. What a ride from the Pole today!
Woohoo ! Sylvain Chavanel wins the first race of the season for the Omega Pharma team. Adding to that unbelievably, Golas finished seconds making it a great duo. What a stage for us. Bertagnolli was very fast at the end and gets 3rd. He will be our main GC threat here.
Result
| 1 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Team | 3h45'12 | | 2 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Team | + 5 | | 3 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 4 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - ISD | + 15 | | 5 | Michael Reihs | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 21 | | 6 | Marco Frapporti | Team Idea | s.t. | | 7 | Angelo Furlan | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 8 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 9 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 10 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Tomasz Smolen | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 12 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre - ISD | + 40 | | 13 | Paolo Bailetti | Utensilnord Named | + 48 | | 14 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 15 | Miguel Rubiano | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 55 | | 16 | Alessandro Bisolti | Team Idea | s.t. | | 17 | Kristjan Koren | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 18 | Martin Pedersen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 19 | Marcel Aregger | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 20 | Sonny Colbrelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 21 | Alexander Kvachuk | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 22 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 23 | Valerio Agnoli | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 24 | Timofey Kritskiy | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 25 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 26 | Gabriele Bosisio | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 27 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 28 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 29 | Radoslav Rogina | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 30 | Davide Viganò | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 31 | Jimmi Sørensen | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 1'17 | | 32 | Stiven Fanelli | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 33 | Blazej Janiaczyk | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 34 | Cristiano Monguzzi | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 35 | Marco Marzano | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 36 | Martin Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 37 | Miguel Ubeto | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 38 | Giuseppe De Maria | Team Idea | s.t. | | 39 | Filippo Baggio | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 40 | Federico Canuti | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1'37 | | 41 | Marco Zanotti | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 42 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 43 | Robert Kiserlovski | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 44 | Filippo Savini | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 45 | Stanislav Kozúbek | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 46 | Artem Ovechkin | RusVelo | s.t. | | 47 | Andrey Kashechkin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 48 | Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 49 | Pawel Cieslik | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 50 | Gatis Smukulis | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 51 | Andrea Palini | Team Idea | s.t. | | 52 | Martin Lind | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 53 | Kristjan Mugerli | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 54 | Edoardo Girardi | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 55 | Serguei Klimov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 56 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 57 | Henry Frusto | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 58 | Aristide Ratti | Team Idea | s.t. | | 59 | Luca Dodi | Team Idea | s.t. | | 60 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 61 | Omar Bertazzo | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 62 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 63 | Marco Canola | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 64 | Alessandro Vanotti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 65 | Petr BenčÃk | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 66 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 67 | Tomasz Nose | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 68 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | + 2'22 | | 69 | Cristiano Salerno | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 70 | Jonathan Fumeaux | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | + 2'30 | | 71 | Rüdiger Selig | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 72 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 73 | Peter Kusztor | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 74 | Davide Ricci Bitti | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 75 | Sergey Renev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 76 | Federico Rocchetti | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 77 | Jonathan Monsalve | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 78 | Alessandro Bazzana | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 79 | Simone Campagnaro | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 80 | Niki Byrgesen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 81 | Jiri Hudecek | Whirlpool - Author | + 2'46 | | 82 | George Preidler | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 83 | Antonio Santoro | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 84 | Salvatore Mancuso | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 85 | Mauro Da Dalto | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 86 | Steven Wong | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | + 3'02 | | 87 | Mariusz Witecki | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 88 | Michaël Baer | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 89 | Valery Kaykov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 90 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 91 | Frantisek Padour | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 92 | Matej Jurco | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 93 | Alexander Serov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 94 | Marko Kump | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 95 | David Dvorsky | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 96 | Alexander Porsev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 97 | Stefano Locatelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 98 | Matej Gnezda | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 99 | Krzysztof Jeżowski | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 100 | Łukasz Bodnar | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 101 | Pengda Jiao | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 102 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 103 | Petr Ignatenko | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 104 | Simon Pellaud | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 105 | Joey Rosskopf | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 106 | Jan Keller | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 107 | Biao Liu | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 108 | Andrea Piechele | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 109 | Vegard Stake Laengen | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 110 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 111 | Marco Coledan | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 112 | Robert Vrecer | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 113 | Paolo Locatelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 3'58 | | 114 | Nicolas Baldo | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 115 | Martijn Verschoor | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 116 | Andrea Di Corrado | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 117 | Fabio Calabria | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 118 | Raphael Addy | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 119 | William Dugan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. |
GC Overall
| 1 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Team | 3h44'46 | | 2 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Team | + 17 | | 3 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Lampre - ISD | + 23 | | 4 | Angelo Furlan | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 29 | | 5 | Tomasz Smolen | Bank BGZ | + 35 | | 6 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - ISD | + 41 | | 7 | Michael Reihs | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 47 | | 8 | Marco Frapporti | Team Idea | s.t. | | 9 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 10 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 12 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre - ISD | + 1'06 | | 13 | Sonny Colbrelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 1'11 | | 14 | Paolo Bailetti | Utensilnord Named | + 1'14 | | 15 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 16 | Valerio Agnoli | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1'15 | | 17 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 1'19 | | 18 | Miguel Rubiano | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1'21 | | 19 | Alessandro Bisolti | Team Idea | s.t. | | 20 | Kristjan Koren | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 21 | Martin Pedersen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 22 | Marcel Aregger | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 23 | Alexander Kvachuk | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 24 | Timofey Kritskiy | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 25 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 26 | Gabriele Bosisio | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 27 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 28 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 29 | Radoslav Rogina | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 30 | Davide Viganò | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 31 | Jimmi Sørensen | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 1'43 | | 32 | Stiven Fanelli | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 33 | Blazej Janiaczyk | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 34 | Cristiano Monguzzi | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 35 | Marco Marzano | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 36 | Martin Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 37 | Miguel Ubeto | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 38 | Giuseppe De Maria | Team Idea | s.t. | | 39 | Filippo Baggio | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 40 | Federico Canuti | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 2'03 | | 41 | Marco Zanotti | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 42 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 43 | Robert Kiserlovski | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 44 | Filippo Savini | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 45 | Stanislav Kozúbek | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 46 | Artem Ovechkin | RusVelo | s.t. | | 47 | Andrey Kashechkin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 48 | Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 49 | Pawel Cieslik | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 50 | Gatis Smukulis | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 51 | Andrea Palini | Team Idea | s.t. | | 52 | Martin Lind | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 53 | Kristjan Mugerli | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 54 | Edoardo Girardi | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 55 | Serguei Klimov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 56 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 57 | Henry Frusto | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 58 | Aristide Ratti | Team Idea | s.t. | | 59 | Luca Dodi | Team Idea | s.t. | | 60 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 61 | Omar Bertazzo | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 62 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 63 | Marco Canola | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 64 | Alessandro Vanotti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 65 | Petr BenčÃk | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 66 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 67 | Tomasz Nose | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 68 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | + 2'48 | | 69 | Cristiano Salerno | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 70 | Simone Campagnaro | Team Nippo | + 2'52 | | 71 | Jonathan Fumeaux | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | + 2'56 | | 72 | Rüdiger Selig | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 73 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 74 | Peter Kusztor | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 75 | Davide Ricci Bitti | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 76 | Sergey Renev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 77 | Federico Rocchetti | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 78 | Jonathan Monsalve | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 79 | Alessandro Bazzana | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 80 | Niki Byrgesen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 81 | Jiri Hudecek | Whirlpool - Author | + 3'12 | | 82 | George Preidler | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 83 | Antonio Santoro | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 84 | Salvatore Mancuso | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 85 | Mauro Da Dalto | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 86 | Steven Wong | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | + 3'28 | | 87 | Mariusz Witecki | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 88 | Michaël Baer | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 89 | Valery Kaykov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 90 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 91 | Frantisek Padour | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 92 | Matej Jurco | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 93 | Alexander Serov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 94 | Marko Kump | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 95 | David Dvorsky | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 96 | Alexander Porsev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 97 | Stefano Locatelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 98 | Matej Gnezda | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 99 | Krzysztof Jeżowski | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 100 | Łukasz Bodnar | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 101 | Pengda Jiao | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 102 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 103 | Petr Ignatenko | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 104 | Simon Pellaud | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 105 | Joey Rosskopf | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 106 | Jan Keller | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 107 | Biao Liu | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 108 | Andrea Piechele | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 109 | Vegard Stake Laengen | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 110 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 111 | Marco Coledan | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 112 | Robert Vrecer | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 113 | Paolo Locatelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 4'24 | | 114 | Nicolas Baldo | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 115 | Martijn Verschoor | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 116 | Andrea Di Corrado | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 117 | Fabio Calabria | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 118 | Raphael Addy | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 119 | William Dugan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. |
Points Jersey
| 1 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Team | 31 | | 2 | Angelo Furlan | Christina Watches - Onfone | 27 | | 3 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Team | 22 |
Mountain Jersey
| 1 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Team | 16 | | 2 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Team | 12 | | 3 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Lampre - ISD | 10 |
Team Competition
| 1 | Lampre - ISD | 11h16'17 | | 2 | Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Team | + 19 | | 3 | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 56 |
Team’s Reaction
What a day. The funny thing, that wasn’t technically the plan we had today. Golas went into the break randomly, to get few sprint points. We tought they would be caught much sooner, but with that effort, the ride of the day goes to him. Incredible ! Chavanel did great finishing the job, as did the whole team today.
Now we just going to focus on tomorrow and will try to keep that GC lead. We have our stage win, so our main job is keeping Chavanel’s lead safe.
P.S. Thank for the posts above, really appreciated. And we got our win Your magic has worked
Edited by Alakagom on 08-02-2012 20:03
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| jona777 |
Posted on 07-02-2012 18:24
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What a season start for Omega-Pharma Quick-Step! The amount of wins is almost similar to the real Omega-Pharma-results It seems that - as you wrote in your report - Bertagnolli was 'very fat at the end'
RIP Wouter Weylandt, siempre con noi

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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 07-02-2012 20:47
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What a race first victory with a great rider 
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| roturn |
Posted on 07-02-2012 20:48
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Great double win in Calabria. Early season domination. Looking forward for the first bigger races. |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 07-02-2012 20:48
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Awesome stage for Golas and Chavanel!
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Posted on 07-02-2012 21:57
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Double win in January? Awesome Golas and Chavanel!! Well done!! |
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Posted on 07-02-2012 22:08
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Well, you were able to catch the break and take a win, congrats for that. Like I had said, it's very hard, but you've made it.  |
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| 0buKKaKe |
Posted on 07-02-2012 22:18
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so far am enjoying the team chemistry and enthusiasm you put in to this story, keep on like that! btw watch your back, i have the feeling Janik Brajkovic could be serious contender for Sylvain at Calabria  |
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Posted on 07-02-2012 23:03
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A Brilliant 1-2, Well Done Matey |
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| Teddy The Creator |
Posted on 08-02-2012 04:24
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Awesome stage, and I have to say I really love your 2nd, 3rd, and 4th picture. They're all beautiful..
Plus you 1rd one is nice too
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 08-02-2012 08:32
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@Beleg32 – Thanks Beleg 
@ jona777 – Great start to the season indeed Thanks for pointing that our Let’s hope we can continue that
@ PCM rulezz – Thank you very much 
@ roturn – Hope we can keep it up and prepare well for the tough races ahead. Should be fun
@ fcancellara – It was indeed ! Thanks 
@ RMCF 1902 – Thanks RMCF 
@ FreitasPCM – It was indeed, you were right and following your advice we had the plan and we did it 
@ 0buKKaKe – Thank you for kind words Brajkovic will be definitely the rider to watch today.
@ sutty68 – Thank you sutty 
@ Teddy The Creator – Special thanks for mention of screens. Glad you like them Thanks 
Giro della Calabria - Stage 2
Soverato - Vibo Valentia
Stage 2 is another tough stage. Already at the start we have a tough patch of kilometres to climb. Then it’s downhill and time for escapes to gain some time before going to the final and deciding hill. Those in the elite group at the end of the hill will fight it out in the uphill sprint for the victory today.
GC Favourites
*** Bosisio, Chavanel, Bole
** Niemiec, Brajkovic, Bertagnolli
* Pineau, Szmyd, Sella, Trofimov
Team Objective
The plan is simple today. We don’t need to win, we just have to keep the peleton together trough the stage and then we need Chavanel to lead the pack and let no one escape. Sounds easy enough, but it’s defiantly going to prove a challenge. Especially here with many Italians, wanting to win in their home country.
Keep the GC lead
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| dienblad |
Posted on 08-02-2012 10:55
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Chavanel can finish up front again. Looking forward to the bigger races eg Paris-Nice, tirreno.
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Posted on 08-02-2012 11:41
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Bosisio looks like a canidate for victory, but he doesn't have nearly as strong a team as OM-QST. Brajkovic could be dangerous.
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"This Schleck sandwich is going to cause serious indigestion for Evans" - Phil Liggett
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 08-02-2012 17:19
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@dienblad - He definitely should. Thanks 
@Eden95 - Indeed. Very unpredictable race though. Let's see what happens.
Race report coming later from Calabria 
Levi Leipheimer
We have found common agreement with Levi Leipheimer. His contract will be extended by another year.
Dries Devenyns
We have found common agreement with Dies Deveyns. His contract will be extended by another year.
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
We have found common agreement with Guillaume Van Keirsbulck. His contract will be extended by two years.
We are happy those three signed new contracts. Later in the season we will inform you who didn't quite make a cut into our team in the next season.
BTW, it looks like my story signals there is malware when you go to the story. I can say it's false positive, so now worries about that guys It'll be hopefully fixed soon
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| 0buKKaKe |
Posted on 08-02-2012 17:35
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seeing those contract agreements, i know its early season, but would you consider buying another young Czech talent Leopold König, currently at NetApp, he seems to be another climbing star after Roman Kreuziger, and i think he would fit perfectly into the team and it would also be realistic transfer considering Czech businessman Bakala is 80% owner ... just if you want to make me happy in the next season |
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Posted on 08-02-2012 17:41
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Nice to see that leipheimer extended his contract, he is one of my favorite riders of OPQS   |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 08-02-2012 18:22
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I get the error/virus message from your story on page 7, that I was talking about in Cafe Pedro. It explains why you get the problem too
Just glad it isn't my fault
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| roturn |
Posted on 08-02-2012 18:27
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It`s because of the image in post 125 I think.
To avoid it I would upload all the real pictures also on your photobucket account.
Edited by roturn on 08-02-2012 18:27
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 08-02-2012 21:33
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@0buKKaKe - We will definitely go for him if he's available I will want to keep transfers realistic and in my mind I already have the riders I want We'll see if Konig is available and report later 
@PCM rulezz - Indeed, great rider 
@valverde321 - Fixed now thanks to Roturn 
@roturn - Thanks very much, good idea with the photos. Would never thought of that fix, thx again 
Giro della Calabria - Stage 2
Soverato - Vibo Valentia
Andrea Di Corrado (Colnago - CSF Inox ), Simone Campagnaro ( Team Nippo ) and Lukasz Bodnar (Bank BGZ ) are the first attackers to try espace the peleton .
We begin to climb the highest gradients of the early climb today. Early escapees re caught and new ones try to escape.
On the downhill, Andrey Kashechkin tries brave attempt, but Cataldo is already at the front puling the hopeful attack back !
On the deciding climb it’s Pineau pacing Chavanel that are pacing themselves away from the peleton
All the attempts were caught, and it’s going to be decided in a sprint. Pineau after doing amazing job pacing Chava couldn’t get into that elite group. It’s Pietropolli leading the pack, with Chava on his wheel, and Bertagnolli in perfect position, behind French rider.
Bertagnolli wins in style ! Pietropolli gets 2nd and Chavanel manages to get 3rd as gain very important bonus seconds here. The GC will be very close with the organizers somehow giving 11 seconds of advantage to Chavanel, who was directly behind Pietropolli.
Result
| 1 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Lampre - ISD | 5h24'53 | | 2 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 3 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Team | + 11 | | 4 | Robert Kiserlovski | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 5 | Gabriele Bosisio | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 6 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 7 | Michael Reihs | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 8 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 9 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 10 | Kristjan Mugerli | Adria Mobil | + 30 |
Spoiler | 11 | Henry Frusto | Team Nippo | + 46 | | 12 | Stanislav Kozúbek | Whirlpool - Author | + 57 | | 13 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | + 1'51 | | 14 | Marcel Aregger | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 15 | Pawel Cieslik | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 16 | Davide Viganò | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 17 | Valerio Agnoli | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 18 | Andrey Kashechkin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 19 | Blazej Janiaczyk | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 20 | Artem Ovechkin | RusVelo | s.t. | | 21 | Federico Canuti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 22 | Gatis Smukulis | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 23 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 24 | Alexander Kvachuk | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 25 | Paolo Bailetti | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 26 | Martin Pedersen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 27 | Angelo Furlan | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 28 | Miguel Rubiano | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 29 | Petr BenčÃk | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 30 | Filippo Savini | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 31 | Tomasz Smolen | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 32 | Martin Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 33 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 34 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 35 | Kristjan Koren | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 36 | Tomasz Nose | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 37 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 38 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 39 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 40 | Davide Ricci Bitti | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 41 | Miguel Ubeto | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 42 | Jimmi Sørensen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 43 | Marco Marzano | Lampre - ISD | + 2'33 | | 44 | Martin Lind | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 45 | Cristiano Salerno | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 46 | Serguei Klimov | RusVelo | + 2'49 | | 47 | Sonny Colbrelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 3'59 | | 48 | Rüdiger Selig | Katusha Team | + 4'25 | | 49 | Alessandro Bisolti | Team Idea | s.t. | | 50 | Jonathan Fumeaux | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 51 | Marco Zanotti | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 52 | Aristide Ratti | Team Idea | s.t. | | 53 | Jonathan Monsalve | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 54 | Giuseppe De Maria | Team Idea | s.t. | | 55 | Krzysztof Jeżowski | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 56 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 57 | Petr Ignatenko | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 58 | Jiri Hudecek | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 59 | Frantisek Padour | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 60 | Andrea Palini | Team Idea | s.t. | | 61 | Biao Liu | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 62 | Alessandro Bazzana | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 63 | Mariusz Witecki | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 64 | Peter Kusztor | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 65 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 66 | Simon Pellaud | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 67 | Marko Kump | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 68 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 69 | Robert Vrecer | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 70 | Timofey Kritskiy | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 71 | Matej Jurco | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 72 | Stiven Fanelli | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 73 | Marco Canola | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 74 | Cristiano Monguzzi | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 75 | David Dvorsky | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 76 | Stefano Locatelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 77 | Mauro Da Dalto | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 78 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 79 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 80 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 81 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 82 | Alessandro Vanotti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 83 | Simone Campagnaro | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 84 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 85 | Radoslav Rogina | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 86 | Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 87 | Sergey Renev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 88 | Edoardo Girardi | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 89 | Niki Byrgesen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 90 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 91 | Omar Bertazzo | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 92 | Paolo Locatelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 6'42 | | 93 | Marco Coledan | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 94 | George Preidler | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 95 | Filippo Baggio | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 96 | Antonio Santoro | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 97 | Matej Gnezda | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 98 | Martijn Verschoor | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 99 | Andrea Piechele | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 7'21 | | 100 | Alexander Porsev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 101 | Vegard Stake Laengen | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 102 | Pengda Jiao | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 103 | Michaël Baer | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 104 | Valery Kaykov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 105 | Steven Wong | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 106 | Luca Dodi | Team Idea | s.t. | | 107 | Federico Rocchetti | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 108 | Alexander Serov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 109 | Jan Keller | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | + 8'44 | | 110 | Łukasz Bodnar | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 111 | Joey Rosskopf | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 112 | Nicolas Baldo | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 113 | Fabio Calabria | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 9'04 | | 114 | Raphael Addy | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | + 9'19 | | 115 | William Dugan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 17'58 | | 116 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 21'20 | | 117 | Salvatore Mancuso | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 118 | Andrea Di Corrado | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 23'07 |
GC Overall
| 1 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Team | 9h09'42 | | 2 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 3 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - ISD | + 26 | | 4 | Michael Reihs | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 55 | | 5 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 6 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 7 | Gabriele Bosisio | Utensilnord Named | + 1'29 | | 8 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 9 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Team | + 2'05 | | 10 | Robert Kiserlovski | Astana Pro Team | + 2'11 |
Spoiler | 11 | Angelo Furlan | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 2'17 | | 12 | Tomasz Smolen | Bank BGZ | + 2'23 | | 13 | Kristjan Mugerli | Adria Mobil | + 2'24 | | 14 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | + 2'35 | | 15 | Henry Frusto | Team Nippo | + 2'42 | | 16 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre - ISD | + 2'54 | | 17 | Stanislav Kozúbek | Whirlpool - Author | + 2'55 | | 18 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - ISD | + 3'02 | | 19 | Paolo Bailetti | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 20 | Valerio Agnoli | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 3'03 | | 21 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 3'05 | | 22 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 3'07 | | 23 | Marcel Aregger | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | + 3'09 | | 24 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 25 | Miguel Rubiano | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 26 | Martin Pedersen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 27 | Alexander Kvachuk | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 28 | Davide Viganò | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 29 | Kristjan Koren | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 30 | Blazej Janiaczyk | Bank BGZ | + 3'31 | | 31 | Martin Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 32 | Jimmi Sørensen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 33 | Miguel Ubeto | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 34 | Andrey Kashechkin | Astana Pro Team | + 3'45 | | 35 | Federico Canuti | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 3'51 | | 36 | Pawel Cieslik | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 37 | Artem Ovechkin | RusVelo | s.t. | | 38 | Gatis Smukulis | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 39 | Filippo Savini | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 40 | Petr BenčÃk | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 41 | Tomasz Nose | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 42 | Marco Marzano | Lampre - ISD | + 4'13 | | 43 | Martin Lind | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 4'33 | | 44 | Davide Ricci Bitti | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 4'44 | | 45 | Serguei Klimov | RusVelo | + 4'49 | | 46 | Sonny Colbrelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 5'07 | | 47 | Cristiano Salerno | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 5'18 | | 48 | Alessandro Bisolti | Team Idea | + 5'43 | | 49 | Timofey Kritskiy | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 50 | Radoslav Rogina | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 51 | Giuseppe De Maria | Team Idea | + 6'05 | | 52 | Stiven Fanelli | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 53 | Cristiano Monguzzi | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 54 | Marco Zanotti | Utensilnord Named | + 6'25 | | 55 | Aristide Ratti | Team Idea | s.t. | | 56 | Andrea Palini | Team Idea | s.t. | | 57 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 58 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 59 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 60 | Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 61 | Marco Canola | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 62 | Edoardo Girardi | Utensilnord Named | s.t. | | 63 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 64 | Alessandro Vanotti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 65 | Omar Bertazzo | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 66 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | + 7'10 | | 67 | Simone Campagnaro | Team Nippo | + 7'14 | | 68 | Rüdiger Selig | Katusha Team | + 7'18 | | 69 | Jonathan Fumeaux | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 70 | Jonathan Monsalve | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 71 | Peter Kusztor | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 72 | Alessandro Bazzana | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 73 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 74 | Sergey Renev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 75 | Niki Byrgesen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 76 | Jiri Hudecek | Whirlpool - Author | + 7'34 | | 77 | Mauro Da Dalto | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 78 | Mariusz Witecki | Bank BGZ | + 7'50 | | 79 | Frantisek Padour | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 80 | Krzysztof Jeżowski | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 81 | Petr Ignatenko | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 82 | Marko Kump | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 83 | Matej Jurco | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 84 | Biao Liu | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 85 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 86 | David Dvorsky | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 87 | Simon Pellaud | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 88 | Stefano Locatelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 89 | Robert Vrecer | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 90 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 91 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 92 | Filippo Baggio | Utensilnord Named | + 8'22 | | 93 | Luca Dodi | Team Idea | + 9'21 | | 94 | George Preidler | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 9'51 | | 95 | Antonio Santoro | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 96 | Matej Gnezda | Adria Mobil | + 10'05 | | 97 | Marco Coledan | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 10'07 | | 98 | Federico Rocchetti | Utensilnord Named | + 10'14 | | 99 | Steven Wong | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | + 10'46 | | 100 | Michaël Baer | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 101 | Valery Kaykov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 102 | Alexander Porsev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 103 | Alexander Serov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 104 | Pengda Jiao | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 105 | Andrea Piechele | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 106 | Vegard Stake Laengen | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 107 | Paolo Locatelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 11'03 | | 108 | Martijn Verschoor | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 109 | Łukasz Bodnar | Bank BGZ | + 12'09 | | 110 | Jan Keller | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 111 | Joey Rosskopf | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 112 | Nicolas Baldo | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | + 13'05 | | 113 | Fabio Calabria | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 13'25 | | 114 | Raphael Addy | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | + 13'40 | | 115 | William Dugan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 22'19 | | 116 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 23'20 | | 117 | Salvatore Mancuso | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 24'29 | | 118 | Andrea Di Corrado | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 27'28 |
Points Jersey
| 1 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Team | 47 | | 2 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Lampre - ISD | 41 | | 3 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - ISD | 34 |
Mountain Jersey
| 1 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Team | 26 | | 2 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Team | 12 | | 3 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Lampre - ISD | 10 |
Team Competition
| 1 | Lampre - ISD | 11h16'17 | | 2 | Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Team | + 2'21 | | 3 | Astana Pro Team | + 2'34 |
Team’s Reaction
Now that had to be a close call of giving Chavanel the GC lead over Bertagnolli. There's nothing in it. The last stage might be deciding after all. We will just have to defend it and watch Bertagnolli closely. Steegmans is our man tomorrow.
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