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Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 2014
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 27-03-2014 19:11
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I surely expect few more wins in Qatar with that squad. Great TTT by team, aswell! 
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| YvesStevens |
Posted on 27-03-2014 19:24
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Very strong squad, probably the best squad for Flat/Qatar |
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| baia |
Posted on 27-03-2014 20:29
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36" lead, i would say its almost won...  go for a record, win all stages with Cav.. 
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 28-03-2014 00:48
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Just had a nice bit of bedtime reading and catching up on everything so far! Great story and some fantastic results so far
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 29-03-2014 22:48
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Thanks for all the great support guys
@baia - That would be amazing, but it´s still hard to do
@the_hoyle - Thanks a lot, good to know that my story is part of your bedtime reading.  |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 30-03-2014 22:58
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 Tour of Qatar Stage 3
Third stage in the desert for our team and we´re still hungry for more stage wins. There are still 4 more chances to get them.
A very late break was leading the race with only 50 kilometres to go. Some pretty famous names were in it with Velits and Leukemans. O´Shea was the third man. After a great battle, they were finally caught within the last 15 kilometres.
Just 5 kilometres to go and exactly these are the scenes we want to see. Same procedure as in stage one. Vermote, Trentin and Boonen were able to build a perfect sprint train for Mark Cavendish. Degenkolb was the only top sprinter following us.
Vermote´s job was done and Trentin started the sprint. This whole thing looked great so far and Cavendish was still in Boonen´s slipstream.
Last kilometre and Boonen was already in the lead with Cavendish on his wheel. Surprisingly it was Marcel Kittel in Cavendish´s slipstream. We really didn´t know, where he came from so fast!
Kittel made a brilliant move with so much acceleration. Cavendish had to react quickly but was it too late?
There was no chance to pass Kittel as the stage ended too early for us. Cav was probably the fastest man in the end but his move came way too late. Degenkolb finished in third and brought Giant a double podium. Tom Boonen got a nice 10th position in the end.
Stage results
| 1 |  Marcel Kittel | Team Giant - Shimano | 2h47'15 | | 2 |  Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | s.t. | | 3 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 4 |  Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 5 |  Greg Henderson | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 6 |  Brett Lancaster | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 7 |  Tom Veelers | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 8 |  Manuel Belletti | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 9 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 10 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | 5h55'33 | | 2 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | + 24 | | 3 |  Michal Golas | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | + 32 | | 4 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | s.t. | | 6 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | s.t. | | 7 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | s.t. | | 8 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek Factory Racing | + 48 | | 10 |  Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 45 | | 2 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant - Shimano | 36 | | 3 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant - Shimano | 33 |
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 30-03-2014 23:02
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It was close for Cav, but you can't always win. He surely has GC win in his hands, try to make him safe of any kind of crash or injury now.
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 30-03-2014 23:04
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admirschleck wrote:
It was close for Cav, but you can't always win. He surely has GC win in his hands, try to make him safe of any kind of crash or injury now.
Indeed such a close finish, pretty unlucky. We´ll try to stay in this great overall position. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 31-03-2014 13:36
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Cavendish gets caught up in a German sandwich on stage 3 but Thankfully still has the lead |
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| baia |
Posted on 31-03-2014 18:28
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"Bratwurst"..
Stage 2 should be erased from pcm..
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 31-03-2014 23:29
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Thanks for the support That was indeed a kind of "Bratwurst"
Tour of Qatar Stage 4
Well, yesterday wasn´t the best day for Cav and his team, but anyway there are still 3 stages left and our overall situation is amazing. Let´s do this!
Another hot day in the desert and it looks like the same as yesterday. A wonderful sprint train by Omega. This time even Terpstra was able to make a good pace, so our train went into the last 6 kilometres with 4 riders!
Two kilometres left to the finish line. Trentin made a great job in the leading position with Boonen on his wheel. Cavendish had a lot of energy left for the final move. Degenkolb and Kittel couldn´t take our slipstream today but Henderson was with us.
1000 metres to go for us and Tom Boonen gave us the perfect leadout, great speed! Cavendish waited for another 200 metres to explode out of his team mate´s slipstream. On the left side Degenkolb came from behind pretty fast, but he had to pull a long sprint.
Finally Cavendish made the final move with brilliance. A big surprise on the left side with Dehaes sprinting pretty fast. Tom Boonen had still a great speed, too. Come on this had to be our third win here!
Yes! This is the right answer to yesterday´s second place against Giant! Cavendish takes his second stage win in Qatar, beating his opponents with a great sprint. Dehaes got a strong second place for Lotto and Tom Boonen was able to beat Degenkolb for the third! That brought us a double podium and another successful stage.
Stage results
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | 3h08'31 | | 2 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 3 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | s.t. | | 4 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 5 | Daniele Bennati | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 6 |  Alexander Porsev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 7 |  Adrien Petit | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 8 | Greg Henderson | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 9 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 10 | Brett Lancaster | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | 9h03'44 | | 2 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | + 36 | | 3 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | + 52 | | 4 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | s.t | | 5 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | s.t. | | 6 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | s.t. | | 7 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | s.t. | | 8 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek Factory Racing | + 1'08 | | 10 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | 70 | | 2 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant - Shimano | 50 | | 3 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | 38 |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 31-03-2014 23:46
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Normal service is resumed |
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| baia |
Posted on 31-03-2014 23:53
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Great sprint finish.. Omega is in an unique situation where 7 riders can crash and still wins overall.. almost..
Some nice shots mate.. liking that one with 2kms to go..
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 01-04-2014 08:47
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@sutty68 - Yes we´re back
@baia - Thank you, glad you like the shots |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 02-04-2014 23:36
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Good to see the Kittel win was only a one off very dominate Qatar display from the team
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 04-04-2014 14:17
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Thanks hoyle
Tour Méditerranéen
While our squad in Qatar is pretty successful at the moment, we´ve sent another one to France. We thought that this race would be a great chance for Tony Martin and Rigoberto Uran to prepare for some bigger races in the next weeks. This tour is not that easy because some of those five stages are pretty tricky. Tony Martin is looking forward to a time trial on stage 2 about 24 kilometres. Uran´s shape isn´t pretty well so far, that means that Tony is our leader here in France. Uran just takes a free role just like Stybar, who´s preparing for the spring. We´ve also sent Petacchi as our main sprinter. Not sure how fast he still is, but he was one of the best years ago.
Let´s have a look at the whole team and of course the other startlists!
There are some big names with Froome, Mollema and Cancellara. |
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| YvesStevens |
Posted on 04-04-2014 14:18
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A stage win would be great here |
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| Selwink |
Posted on 04-04-2014 14:20
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Think it's safe to aim on a stage win + top3 GC
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 04-04-2014 14:23
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Nice squad that the team are sending to France |
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 04-04-2014 14:25
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Froome on ToM? Are you serious PCM? Anyways, hope you guys get a stage win and maybe even GC win, who knows.
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