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The Sky is the limit - Extreme - Belgian opening weekend
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 24-05-2013 23:43
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Another nice result for Chris  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 25-05-2013 09:34
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Froome did well! Something wrong with the flags, though  |
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| harry |
Posted on 25-05-2013 11:54
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Ian Butler wrote:
Froome did well! Something wrong with the flags, though
Thanks.
I fixed the flag issues. I put flag instead of /flag for the Italians, so they messed up the entire format.
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Posted on 25-05-2013 14:28
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While Froom did excellent business in Oman, another squad of Sky riders arrived in the Algarves to participate in the Tour of the Algarves. Without many hilly and mountain stages, and an individual time trail in stage 4, this is going to be a very tough race for the Sky team to make it into the top 10 of the general standings. Nevertheless several riders have stage 3 marked. In the first stages it only matters not to loose time...
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| harry |
Posted on 25-05-2013 20:24
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Stage 1: Faro - Albureira 199 km
 Ian Boswell -  Joshua Edmondson -  Sergio Henao -  David Lopez - Danny Pate -  Kanstantsin Siutsou - Jonathan Tiernan-Locke - Rigoberto Uran
Gonçalves, Fonte, Vinhas and Siutsou escaped from the pack.
The intermediate sprint at Santa Margarida was won by Gonçalves, before Vinhas, Fonte and Siutsou. The pack followed at 4 minutes.
The intermediate sprint at Restaurante Alpendre was also taken by Gonçalves. Fonte, Vilhas and Siutsou followed. The pack was 6 minutes behind.
When it started to rain, the roads became very slippery. Gonçalves literally fell out of the leading group. He would make it back to the leaders after a long solo.
Fonte arrived first on the Subida de Bento before Siutsou and Vinhas. Gonçalves followed at 1'16", the pack followed at 6'55" and due to accidents Pozzovivo and Dupont followed at 8'59".
The attacked couldn't hold and and were caught a couple of kilometers before the finish. The pack was at some point 9 minutes behind and had to go really fast over the difficult terrain. Several riders dropped back and the pack broke in two. Most of the sprinters were unable to compete in the sprint. Cancellara took maximum advantage and took the victory. He will be difficult to beat in in the general standings. Also De Gendt dit an awesome job with third place, while Farrar sprinted to second place.
Stage Results:
| 1 |  | Fabian Cancellara | Radioshack - Leopard | 5h03'02 | | 2 | | Tyler Farrar | Garmin-Sharp | s.t. | | 3 |  | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 4 |  | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 5 | | Oscar Gatto | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 6 | | Tom Boonen | OmegaPharma - Quick Step | s.t. | | 7 |  | Peter Velits | OmegaPharma - Quick Step | s.t. | | 8 |  | Filipe Duarte Sousa Cardoso | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 9 | | Vicente Reynès Mimo | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 10 | | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. |
General Standings:
| 1 | | Fabian Cancellara | Radioshack - Leopard | 5h02'42 | | 2 | | Tyler Farrar | Garmin-Sharp | + 8 | | 3 | | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 12 | | 4 | | César Andre Lima Fonte | Efapel - Glassdrive | + 14 | | 5 | | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 20 | | 6 | | Oscar Gatto | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 7 | | Tom Boonen | OmegaPharma - Quick Step | s.t. | | 8 | | Peter Velits | OmegaPharma - Quick Step | s.t. | | 9 | | Filipe Duarte Sousa Cardoso | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 10 | | Vicente Reynès Mimo | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. |
Point Standings:
| 1 | | Fabian Cancellara | Radioshack - Leopard | 25 | | 2 | | Tyler Farrar | Garmin-Sharp | 20 | | 3 | | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil - DCM | 16 | | 4 | | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM | 14 | | 5 | | Domingos Andre Maciel Gonçalves | Rádio Popular - Onda | 12 |
Mountain Standings:
| 1 | | César Andre Lima Fonte | Efapel - Glassdrive | 6 | | 2 | | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky ProCycling | 4 | | 3 | | Rui Pedro Carvalho Vinhas | Louletano - Dunas Douradas | 2 |
Team Standings:
| 1 |  | Vacansoleil - DCM | 15h09'06 | | 2 | | OmegaPharma - Quick Step | s.t. | | 3 | | Radioshack - Leopard | s.t. | | 4 | | Garmin-Sharp | s.t. | | 5 | | Movistar Team | s.t. |
Young Rider Standings:
| 1 | | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | 5h03'02 | | 2 | | Giacomo Nizzolo | Radioshack - Leopard | s.t. | | 3 | | António Ferreira Carvalho | LA Aluminios - Antarte | s.t. | | 4 |  | Tony Gallopin | Radioshack - Leopard | s.t. | | 5 |  | Michal Kwiatkowski | OmegaPharma - Quick Step | s.t. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 26-05-2013 09:32
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Uran still only 20 seconds down.  |
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Posted on 26-05-2013 09:34
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 26-05-2013 11:03
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Rigoberto is still in with a Good shout |
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Posted on 26-05-2013 11:04
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Pate last 
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| harry |
Posted on 27-05-2013 18:59
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SSJ2Luigi wrote:
Pate last
As you can see by the finish of the riders who dropped down, I needed full attention to keep Uran, Henao and Tiernan-Locke in the front group. Siutsou unfortunately dropped back as he was tired because of the breakaway. Too bad it didn't lasted to the finish... |
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Posted on 27-05-2013 21:46
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Stage 5: Al Alam Palace - Ministry of Housing 144 km
Dario Cataldo - Joseph Dombrowksi - Chris Froome - Peter Kennaugh -  Christian Knees - Vasil Kiryienka -  Richie Porte - Bradley Wiggins
After a fierce struggle Bak, Poux, Wilmann, Báez Alvarez and Kiryienka escaped from the pack. O'Grady would join them about halfway the stage.
Báez Alvares, Poux, Bak, O'Grady, Kiryienka and Wilmann arrived on the top of the Bousher with a three minute lead on the pack. They will have to face this climb two times more.
Poux and Báez Alvarez arrived for the second time on top of the Bousher two minutes before Kiryienka and Bak, 2'15" before O'Grady and Wilmann and 3'52 on the pack.
One by one the attackers were caught and on the foot of the last climb Porte attacked.
Porte arrived first on the top of the Bousher with a 35" lead on Kolobnev, 1'04 on Froome, Santambroglio and Van den Broeck and 1'21" on a group with Contador and Rodriguez.
Kolobnev managed to get to the front of the race and started to sprint just before Santambroglio, Rodriguez and Froome were about to catch him. He wins the 5th stage of the Tour of Oman.
Stage Results:
| 1 |  | Alexandr Kolobnev | Katusha Team | 3h51'20 | | 2 | | Mauro Santambrogio | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 3 | | Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 4 | | Chris Froome | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 5 | | Richie Porte | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 6 | | Stefan Schumacher | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 7 |  | Nicolas Roche | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 46 | | 8 | | Alberto Contador Velasco | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 9 | | Egoi Martínez De Esteban | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 10 | | Jurgen Van Den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. |
General Results:
| 1 | | Chris Froome | Sky ProCycling | 18h53'12 | | 2 | | Alberto Contador Velasco | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 23 | | 3 | | Mauro Santambrogio | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | + 37 | | 4 | | Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver | Katusha Team | + 41 | | 5 | | Jurgen Van Den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | + 1'27 | | 6 | | Stefan Schumacher | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 2'28 | | 7 | | Nicolas Roche | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 8 | | Egoi Martínez De Esteban | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 2'59 | | 9 | | Richie Porte | Sky ProCycling | + 3'45 | | 10 |  | Tsgabu Gebremariam Grmay | MTN - Qhubeka | + 5'03 |
Point Standings:
| 1 | | Matthew Harley Goss | Orica - GreenEDGE | 62 | | 2 | | Chris Froome | Sky ProCycling | 52 | | 3 | | Gerald Ciolek | MTN - Qhubeka | 49 | | 4 | | Mauro Santambrogio | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | 48 | | 5 | | Juan José Lobato Del Valle | Euskaltel Euskadi | 34 |
Mountain Standings:
| 1 | | Alberto Contador Velasco | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 16 | | 2 | | Chris Froome | Sky ProCycling | 12 | | 3 | | Jurgen Van Den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | 12 | | 4 | | Paul Poux | Sojasun | 12 | | 5 |  | Aleksejs Saramotins | IAM Cycling | 11 |
Team Standings:
| 1 | | Katusha Team | 56h50'03 | | 2 | | Sky ProCycling | + 5 | | 3 |  | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 26 | | 4 | | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | + 5'46 | | 5 | | Lotto - Belisol | + 10'25 |
Young Rider Standings:
| 1 | | Tsgabu Gebremariam Grmay | MTN - Qhubeka | 18h58'15 | | 2 | | Daniele Ratto | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2'39 | | 3 | | Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez | EPM - Une | + 6'19 | | 4 | | Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski | Sky ProCycling | + 10'21 | | 5 | | Jean-Lou Paiani | Sojasun | + 12'35 |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 27-05-2013 22:38
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Froomey grabs the lead, nice riding |
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Posted on 27-05-2013 22:52
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Although Froome has set his mind on winning the Tour de France, he appears to be already in shape. Today he relatively easily took over the leaders jersey from Contador who couldn't keep up with Rodriguez. Santambroglio, Froome and Schumacher. With one stage to go which is fairly flat, it seems that the victory will be his. It will be important in the next stage not to lose time and to keep the competition in the pack. Also Porte did well and it was a shame that he was unable to keep Kolobnev behind.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 27-05-2013 22:58
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I am sure the team will protect Chris in the final stage |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 28-05-2013 08:36
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Great work from Froome and Porte  |
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Posted on 28-05-2013 22:35
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Stage 2: Lagoa - Lagoa 194 km
Ian Boswell - Joshua Edmondson - Sergio Henao - David Lopez - Danny Pate - Kanstantsin Siutsou - Jonathan Tiernan-Locke - Rigoberto Uran
After several failed attempts a breakaway was formed. Rabottini, Sousa, Livramento and Tiernan-Locke took part. Rabottini arrived first on the Marmelete before Livramento, Tiernan-Locke, Sousa and Huzarski. The pack followed at 1'27".
Huzarski arrived first on the top of the Fóia before Rabottini, Tiernan-Locke and Livramento, while Sousa dropped down. The pack followed at 5'41".
Huzarski won the intermediate sprint at Algoz before Rabottini, Livramento, Sousa and Tiernan-Locke. The pack took the Fóia calmly but is now at full speed to turn this race into a bunch finish.
The escapies were caught and in the nervous struggle for position several riders fell, breaking the pack into several parts.
In the sprint Farrar humiliated everybody else in the sprint. He took the victory with a massive lead.
Stage Results:
| 1 | | Tyler Farrar | Garmin-Sharp | 5h04'19 | | 2 | | Nick Nuyens | Garmin-Sharp | + 22 | | 3 | | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 4 | | Vicente Reynès Mimo | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 5 | | Manuel Belletti | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 6 | | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 7 | | Tom Boonen | OmegaPharma - Quick Step | s.t. | | 8 | | Oscar Gatto | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 9 | | Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | | Filipe Duarte Sousa Cardoso | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. |
General Standings:
| 1 | | Tyler Farrar | Garmin-Sharp | 10h06'49 | | 2 | | Fabian Cancellara | Radioshack - Leopard | + 34 | | 3 | | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 38 | | 4 | | Nick Nuyens | Garmin-Sharp | + 42 | | 5 | | César Andre Lima Fonte | Efapel - Glassdrive | + 48 | | 6 | | Oscar Gatto | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | + 54 | | 7 | | Tom Boonen | OmegaPharma - Quick Step | s.t. | | 8 | | Vicente Reynès Mimo | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 9 | | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 10 | | Filipe Duarte Sousa Cardoso | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. |
Point Standings:
| 1 | | Tyler Farrar | Garmin-Sharp | 45 | | 2 | | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil - DCM | 32 | | 3 | | Fabian Cancellara | Radioshack - Leopard | 26 | | 4 | | Vicente Reynès Mimo | Lotto - Belisol | 21 | | 5 | | Oscar Gatto | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | 20 |
Mountain Standings:
| 1 | | Matteo Rabottini | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | 14 | | 2 | | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp - Endura | 10 | | 3 | | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky ProCycling | 8 | | 4 | | David Da Silva Livramento | Carmim - Tavira | 8 | | 5 | | César Andre Lima Fonte | Efapel - Glassdrive | 6 |
Team Standings:
| 1 | | Garmin-Sharp | 30h22'47 | | 2 | | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 22 | | 3 | | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 4 | | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 5 | | Movistar Team | s.t. |
Young Rider Standings:
| 1 | | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | 10h07'43 | | 2 | | Giacomo Nizzolo | Radioshack - Leopard | s.t. | | 3 | | António Ferreira Carvalho | LA Aluminios - Antarte | s.t. | | 4 | | Barry Markus | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 5 | | Tony Gallopin | Radioshack - Leopard | s.t. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 29-05-2013 08:09
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Rigoberto still within a minute |
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Posted on 02-06-2013 18:01
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Stage 6: Hawit Nagam Park - Matrah Corniche 139 km
Dario Cataldo - Joseph Dombrowksi - Chris Froome - Peter Kennaugh - Christian Knees - Vasil Kiryienka - Richie Porte - Bradley Wiggins
Bookwalter took the intermediate sprint at Quriyat before Poux, Ortiz Caro, McCauley and Hollenstein. The pack followed at 4 minutes.
Ortiz arrived first at the King of the Mountain sprint near Quriyat before Bookwalter and Hollenstein. The pack was still 4 minutes behind.
The attackers were caught just a couple of kilometers before the finish, while Rodriguez attacked. It is all hands on deck now!
Rodriguez took the intermediate sprint at Matrah Corniche with a 19" lead on Contador and Satambroglio and 44" on the pack.
Rodriguez took the stage before Schumacher while the pack followed at a distance. Rodriguez also took over the leaders jersey from Froome. A huge dissapointment for the Sky Pro Cycling team.
Stage Results:
| 1 | | Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver | Katusha Team | 3h15'30 | | 2 | | Stefan Schumacher | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 3 | | Allan Davis | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 42 | | 4 | | Juan José Lobato Del Valle | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 5 | | Adam Phelan | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 6 |  | Daryl Impey | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 7 | | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 8 | | Gerald Ciolek | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 9 | | Chris Froome | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 10 | | Mauro Santambrogio | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. |
General Standings:
| 1 | | Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver | Katusha Team | 22h08'57 | | 2 | | Chris Froome | Sky ProCycling | + 27 | | 3 | | Alberto Contador Velasco | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 50 | | 4 | | Mauro Santambrogio | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | + 1'02 | | 5 | | Jurgen Van Den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | + 1'54 | | 6 | | Stefan Schumacher | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 2'01 | | 7 | | Nicolas Roche | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 2'51 | | 8 | | Egoi Martínez De Esteban | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 3'26 | | 9 | | Richie Porte | Sky ProCycling | + 4'12 | | 10 | | Tsgabu Gebremariam Grmay | MTN - Qhubeka | + 5'30 |
Point Standings:
| 1 | | Matthew Harley Goss | Orica - GreenEDGE | 64 | | 2 | | Chris Froome | Sky ProCycling | 59 | | 3 | | Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver | Katusha Team | 59 | | 4 | | Gerald Ciolek | MTN - Qhubeka | 57 | | 5 | | Mauro Santambrogio | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | 56 |
Mountain Standings:
| 1 | | Alberto Contador Velasco | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 16 | | 2 | | Chris Froome | Sky ProCycling | 12 | | 3 | | Jurgen Van Den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | 12 | | 4 | | Paul Poux | Sojasun | 12 | | 5 | | Aleksejs Saramotins | IAM Cycling | 11 |
Team Standings:
| 1 | | Katusha Team | 66h37'57 | | 2 | | Sky ProCycling | + 47 | | 3 | | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1'08 | | 4 | | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | + 6'28 | | 5 | | Lotto - Belisol | + 11'07 |
Young Rider Standings:
| 1 | | Tsgabu Gebremariam Grmay | MTN - Qhubeka | 22h14'27 | | 2 | | Daniele Ratto | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2'39 | | 3 | | Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez | EPM - Une | + 6'19 | | 4 | | Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski | Sky ProCycling | + 10'21 | | 5 | | Jean-Lou Paiani | Sojasun | + 12'35 |
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Posted on 02-06-2013 18:02
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Damn you Joaquin  |
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Posted on 02-06-2013 18:02
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