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A new start for cycling [EPIC]
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| The Hobbit |
Posted on 31-01-2014 17:04
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Ian Butler wrote:
Imagine how Bardiani must feel, though. Only Ciolek was good (bad) enough to avoid them taking the last 4 places here 
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 01-02-2014 05:18
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That went really, really bad 
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 01-02-2014 06:43
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Anyone interested in taking the co-manager role for Vacansoleil??? I really need some help running the team  and well do everything with the team 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 01-02-2014 15:49
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Continental Championships
Time for the Road Race Events now! Our first event starts with riders from Africa, Oceania and Asia. Favorites for today? Porte, Sithembile, Po-ding Kom, Goss, Evans, Gerrans...
Continental Championships - Aufrasian Road Race Event
MTN took the front positions at the start, they must've had a plan ready!
As soon as the flag went down, Day and Reguigui were off!
But it wasn't as easy as that. It took over 40 kilometers to finally form the break of the day. Turning into the local lap, we had Clarke, Bobridge, Miyazawa, Thomson and Jiao.
The race continued as Orica and Europcar did the most work in the chase. Then, 60 kilometers from the finish, just when the peloton turned up the pace and the rain came pouring down, Evans went down!
We'd never see him again for the victory. Dennis was the first of the favorites to attack.
Porte didn't want to stick around and went looking for him.
And so the war began. Groups were being formed and disbanded constantly. Suddenly, we saw Gerrans coming up to Porte and taking the lead.
Behind them, there was no sign of cooperation at all.
Porte and Gerrans got together and rode together for about one lap, when Gerrans decided to attack once again. The final lap now!
Kim put his team mate to work, but it was no use, they were riding for place 3 only.
Porte had the Australian Champion in his sights on the final climb of the Cauberg, but the gap was too large to bridge.
And so Gerrans took the victory after showing great skill and daring racing! Porte came in second.
Sithembile completed the podium, placing Team Sky at place 2 and 3.
And, very surprising, the breakaway companions held up excellent, sprinting for places 8 - 12.
Result | 1 | Simon Gerrans | Orica - GreenEdge | 6h04'14 | | 2 | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | + 40 | | 3 | Thabo Jango Sithembile | Sky Procycling | + 1'52 | | 4 | Michael Rogers | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 5 | Rohan Dennis | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 6 | Po-ding Kim | Team Europcar | + 2'20 | | 7 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 8 | Takashi Miyazawa | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 5'36 | | 9 | Jack Bobridge | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | William Clarke | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Jay Thomson | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 12 | Pengda Jiao | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 13 | Simon Clarke | Orica - GreenEdge | + 7'07 | | 14 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 7'20 | | 15 | Heinrich Haussler | IAM Cycling | + 9'58 | | 16 | Allan Davis | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 17 | Daryl Impey | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 18 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 19 | Mark Renshaw | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 10'58 | | 20 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 21 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 22 | George Bennett | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 23 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Procycling | + 11'20 | | 24 | Jack Bauer | Garmin - Sharp | + 11'55 | | 25 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 26 | Nathan Haas | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 27 | Naveed Alinejad | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 28 | Rory Sutherland | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 29 | Fabian Brookes | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 30 | Tsgabu Grmay | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 31 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 32 | Lachlan Morton | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 33 | Louis Meintjes | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 34 | Leigh Howard | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 35 | Dennis Van Niekerk | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 36 | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 37 | Lue Khamse Khamphan | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 38 | Greg Henderson | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 39 | Tarik Chaoufi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 40 | David Tanner | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 41 | Meron Russom | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 42 | Zakkari Dempster | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 43 | Robert Hunter | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 44 | Cameron Wurf | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 45 | Steele Von Hoff | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 46 | Natnael Berhane | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 47 | Brett Lancaster | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 48 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 49 | Hayden Roulston | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 50 | Jay McCarthy | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 12'37 | | 51 | Jani Tewelde | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 52 | Gang Xu | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 53 | Karl Menzies | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 12'52 | | 54 | Chun Feng | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 55 | Ben Day | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 56 | Jonathan Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 57 | Youcef Reguigui | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 58 | Chan Jae Jang | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 59 | Biao Liu | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 60 | Ryota Nishizono | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 61 | Graeme Brown | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 62 | Yan Dong Xing | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 63 | Cheng Ji | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 64 | Nariyuki Masuda | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 14'30 | | 65 | Fabio Calabria | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 66 | Hilton Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 67 | Justin Morris | Team Novo Nordisk | + 15'17 | | 68 | Aaron Perry | Team Novo Nordisk | + 15'29 | | 69 | Junya Sano | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | + 16'05 | | 70 | Christopher Williams | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 01-02-2014 15:54
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Nice to see Gerrans wining
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 01-02-2014 15:55
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Meh. 6th & 7th isn't bad, but not as good as I hoped...
Feyenoord(football) and Kelderman fanboy
PCMdaily Awards: 12x nomination, 9x runner-up, 0x win.
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 01-02-2014 16:08
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Chaoufi almost in the best half
Also looking forward to see Po-Ding's comments on finishing alone with Arashiro...
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 01-02-2014 16:11
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Great win for Gerrans, Orica will be happy after the TT. Po-ding a bit disappointing. Bobridge with another good result
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| jaxika |
Posted on 01-02-2014 16:27
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Another podium spots ... yohhhooo |
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| The Hobbit |
Posted on 01-02-2014 16:29
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Just a shame the route isn't flat, or I'd have fancied our chances! |
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 01-02-2014 16:30
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Dennis doing well again, Orica won't be happy.
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| nacho63 |
Posted on 01-02-2014 17:08
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Breakaway and top 10 for Argos |
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 01-02-2014 17:13
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Not last, obviously my riders can't be bothered to go in the breakaway.
Great victory for Gerrans. |
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 01-02-2014 17:27
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Errrrrrrrm, no comment.
Can we transfer riders now??
I also just realised I had a massive brainfail when doing Dippo's prediction game and put Haussler 3rd thinking it was the Aussie NC route. This one's a little bit tough for Heinrich methinks.
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 01-02-2014 17:35
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brewers90 wrote:
Errrrrrrrm, no comment.
Can we transfer riders now??
I also just realised I had a massive brainfail when doing Dippo's prediction game and put Haussler 3rd thinking it was the Aussie NC route. This one's a little bit tough for Heinrich methinks.
Yeah, i couldn't really believe it either. Then again, somebody thought Impey would lead for Orica, which wasn't the best prediction either.
(Though it was by far not the worst. )
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 01-02-2014 17:46
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I know, I forgot Pate for the American Champs. 
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| nacho63 |
Posted on 01-02-2014 18:02
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Yan Dong Xing and Cheng Ji are so pointless  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 01-02-2014 20:44
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Oh dear, Matthew Lloyd could only manage 36th |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 02-02-2014 11:24
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Continental Championships
America will get in the field today and battle for the American Continental Championship. What could be expected today? A battle between two countries: USA and Colombia!
Continental Championships - American Road Race Event
The attacks came early today!
The breakaway is formed easily, with little to no resistance from the peloton. They were Rollin, Moyano, Andriato, Jones, Powers.
Sky took on the burden of chasing.
And then we waited. Three laps from the finish, Talansky attacked!
And so the race opened for real. Teams stopped chasing, it was up to the leaders.
A group of favorites formed quickly. But then the game of bluffing began, and the breakaway was still out there!
The group of favorites contained Talansky, Cervero, Quintana, Betancur, Cristobal Riquelme, Henao, Horner, Hesjedal.
Betancur wanted a tough finale today, he took the high road!
His attack killed many spirits. Only Henao was able to rejoin the head of the race. The breakaway was reeled in during the long stretched attack.
Talansky came close, but didn't make the connection. He fell through and had to start riding for the podium. Just one lap left.
Flash forward, the leaders turn and face the final climb of the Cauberg, still together.
No attacks on the climb. It would be decided in the sprint!
One man was stronger than the other. We already knew it would be a Colombian, but which one?
Little Carlos sprinted to victory quite easily!
Talansky held off the opponents and took the last remaining podium place, after a tough lap, riding against the wind all alone. A nice performance for him.
And once again members from the breakaway sneak into the top 10. Maybe this will play a part in the European Championships, too? Getting into the breakaway might be more important then usual in these championships.
Result | 1 | Carlos Betancur | AG2R La Mondiale | 6h21'46 | | 2 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 3 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'16 | | 4 | Jorge Cristobal Riquelme | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 1'47 | | 5 | Delfi Cervero | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 6 | Rafael Andriato | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | + 2'59 | | 7 | Josué Moyano | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 3'39 | | 8 | Christopher Jones | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 6'35 | | 9 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ.fr | + 10'08 | | 10 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 12 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | + 10'59 | | 13 | Chris Horner | RadioShack - Leopard | + 11'09 | | 14 | Jeremy Powers | BMC Racing Team | + 12'04 | | 15 | François Parisien | Team Argos - Shimano | + 13'11 | | 16 | Christian Meier | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 17 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 18 | Jordan Lewis | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 19 | Christian Muriel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 20 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 21 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 22 | José Serpa | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 23 | Lucas Euser | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 24 | Ian Boswell | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 25 | Craig Lewis | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 26 | Jaxton McNutt | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 27 | Jonathan Monsalve | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 28 | Robinson Chalapud | Colombia | s.t. | | 29 | Hugo Houle | AG2R La Mondiale | + 13'49 | | 30 | Ryan Roth | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | + 15'01 | | 31 | Jeffry Romero | Colombia | s.t. | | 32 | Joseph Dombrowski | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 33 | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia | s.t. | | 34 | Murilo Fischer | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 35 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 15'46 | | 36 | Fabricio Ferrari | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 16'03 | | 37 | Timothy Duggan | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 16'44 | | 38 | Wilson Marentes | Colombia | s.t. | | 39 | Chad Beyer | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 40 | Danny Pate | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 41 | Will Routley | Accent Jobs - Wanty | s.t. | | 42 | Yelko Gomez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 43 | Christopher Butler | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 44 | Miguel Ubeto | Lotto Belisol | + 17'05 | | 45 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 17'15 | | 46 | Ramon Carretero | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 47 | Julio Camacho | Colombia | + 17'59 | | 48 | Svein Tuft | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 49 | Kiel Reijnen | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 18'31 | | 50 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 51 | Larry Warbasse | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 52 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | + 19'55 | | 53 | Peter Stetina | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 54 | Matthew Busche | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 55 | Alex Howes | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 56 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 57 | Winner Anacona | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 58 | Maxime Oget | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 59 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 60 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 61 | Thomas Peterson | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 62 | Guillaume Boivin | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 63 | Jakob Rathe | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 64 | Ben King | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 65 | Argiro Ospina | Movistar Team | + 20'37 | | 66 | Edward King | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 21'00 | | 67 | Juan Esteban Arango | Colombia | s.t. | | 68 | Bradley White | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 21'14 | | 69 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 70 | Joe Eldridge | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 71 | Daniel Summerhill | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 72 | Branden Russell | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 73 | Adrian Hegyvari | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 22'04 | | 74 | Zachary Bell | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | + 23'18 |
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 02-02-2014 11:26
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are you sure you didn't miss someone as the race winner
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