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Team HTC-Columbia - The End!
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-12-2010 12:39
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Up to here only Siutsou and Leigh Howard will leave Columbia..Van Garderen i still thinking about a new contract |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-12-2010 14:14
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The second stage in Utah is quite harder than yesterday´s. Van Garderen got a great position and we´re optimistic that he´s able to stay there. Sevilla is the biggest favourite for today while he´s the best climber by far.
Rene Obst, the man in the leader jersey, won´t have big chances to keep his leading position because he´s not that strong in the mountains
Sevilla was actually the first one, starting an attack with more than 30 kilometres to go! There were some riders, going after him but no one could follow Sevilla
Crawford and Obst were the next riders, making a move. Crawford´s try was successful but Obst had no chance to stay with him. Van Garderen and Lewis made the pace in the pack so Crawford and especially Sevilla were not able to get a big gap
But on the last short uphill part of today´s stage, Van Garderen couldn´t stay in the pack anymore. He had to go after his rivals. Thanks to Goss and Lewis as they did a huge job, keeping the pace really high
On the very long downhill section with more than 15 kilometres to the finish, Sevilla was still in front but Van Garderen and Crawford were a few seconds behind him. The whole last part of this stage was a downhill section, so there was no chance to attack again
With only 5 kilometres to go, Van Garderen was still behind Sevilla but at least we were able to leave Crawford behind us. The Fly V Australia rider was completely exhausted on the last kilometres
Sevilla could save a small advantage to Van Garderen to the finish. But in the end they had the same time! Great stage by Tejay and especially a great performance, reaching Sevilla in the end
Crawford came with a big gap to Sevilla and TVG. But he still managed to finish on the podium with 1 minute and 10 seconds to us. Sevilla is the new overall leader because Obst lost over 2 minutes
Stage results
| 1 | Óscar Sevilla | Rock Racing | 3h46'47 | | 2 | Tejay Van Garderen | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 3 | David Jai Crawford | Fly V Australia | + 1'10 | | 4 | Anthony Colby | Jelly Belly presented by Kenda | s.t. | | 5 | Christopher Jones | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 6 | Petr BencÃk | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 7 | Luis Alberto Romero | Jamis - Sutter Home | s.t. | | 8 | Scott Zwizanski | Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 9 | Taylor Phinney | Trek Livestrong U23 | s.t. | | 10 | Fred Rodriguez | Rock Racing | s.t. | | 11 | Neil Shirley | Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 12 | Shawn Milne | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 13 | Michael Creed | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 14 | Janek Tombak | Cycling Club Bourgas | s.t. | | 15 | VÃctor Hugo Peña | Rock Racing | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Óscar Sevilla | Rock Racing | 7h36'03 | | 2 | Tejay Van Garderen | Team HTC - Columbia | + 10 | | 3 | David Jai Crawford | Fly V Australia | + 1'22 | | 4 | Anthony Colby | Jelly Belly presented by Kenda | + 1'26 | | 5 | Christopher Jones | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 6 | Taylor Phinney | Trek Livestrong U23 | s.t. | | 7 | Petr BencÃk | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 8 | Alex Hagman | Bahati Foundation | s.t. | | 9 | Janek Tombak | Cycling Club Bourgas | s.t. | | 10 | Aldo Ino Ilesic | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 11 | Fred Rodriguez | Rock Racing | s.t. | | 12 | Neil Shirley | Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 13 | Luis Alberto Romero | Jamis - Sutter Home | s.t. | | 14 | Ian Boswell | Bissell | s.t. | | 15 | VÃctor Hugo Peña | Rock Racing | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Óscar Sevilla | Rock Racing | 45 | | 2 | Tejay Van Garderen | Team HTC - Columbia | 34 | | 3 | David Jai Crawford | Fly V Australia | 26 |
KoM
| 1 | Stefan Van Dijk | Verandas Willems | 16 | | 2 | Benny De Schrooder | An Post - Sean Kelly | 14 | | 3 | Óscar Sevilla | Rock Racing | 10 |
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| roturn |
Posted on 20-12-2010 14:32
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Good ride with him.
Also good that you are s.t. to him. Is there a final ITT in Utah?
Guess VG is better than Sevilla then? |
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| tastasol |
Posted on 20-12-2010 14:58
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Good riding again.
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-12-2010 15:07
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Thanks guys!
@roturn
Yes there will be a ITT on the final stage but the stage before is way harder than stage 2! Hopefully we can bring VG in position there |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-12-2010 15:34
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Today is gonna be an important stage for us in Belgium! On the first view, this stage seems to be quite easy for sprinters but in the middle of today´s race, we´re expecting some nice cobblestone parts. Because of that, we´re not sure if Martin can go for the top 5 overall placement. I don´t think I have to call today´s biggest favourite! But I´m doing it anyway...Fabian Cancellara
It was a really bad day for us and especially for Tony Martin. After we passed the cobblestone chapters, Tony Martin and many more from Columbia were not able to stay in the first group. Martin lost many minutes today, so he can completely forget a nice overall result!
With only 11 kilometres to go, it was of course Fabian Cancellara who made a fantastic move! He knew exactly that he would not have any chances when it comes to a bunch sprint with Boasson Hagen, O´Grady, Robert Hunter or Tom Boonen! We´re glad to have at least Bernhard Eisel, Lars Ytting Bak and Mark Renshaw in the leading group. But last one wasn´t able to sprint as he was really exhausted!
Within a few seconds, Cancellara was able to build a huge gap to his chasers. And so Boasson Hagen, Robert Hunter, O´Grady, Traksel and Westra tried to go after him. Also Eisel and Bak made a move but it didn´t look really good. So we decided to wish Traksel all the best for today 
Boasson Hagen crashed when they were sprinting for the second position but fortunately he wasn´t injured! But he missed a podium... which was quite realistic for Hunter and O´Grady now!
Cancellara celebrated an impressive stage win. It´s the second for him after the strong prologue. That means he increased his overall leading in front Kirchen and Engoulvent
O´Grady took the second place in front of Westra! Traksel got another great result. He finished on the 6th position while Bak and Eisel also could reach the top 10! Bak is our new captain because he is in an amazing overall position with the 4th place
Stage results
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | 4h34'10 | | 2 | Stuart O'Grady | Team Saxo Bank | + 27 | | 3 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Robert Hunter | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 5 | Tom Boonen | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 6 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Jürgen Roelandts | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 8 | Lars Ytting Bak | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 9 | Bernhard Eisel | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 10 | Jens Voigt | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 11 | Gorik Gardeyn | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | Bert Scheirlinckx | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 13 | Gert Steegmans | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 14 | Davy Commeyne | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 15 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | 8h51'13 | | 2 | Kim Kirchen | Team Katusha | + 38 | | 3 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Saur - Sojasun | + 46 | | 4 | Lars Ytting Bak | Team HTC - Columbia | + 47 | | 5 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Jens Voigt | Team Saxo Bank | + 50 | | 7 | Joost Posthuma | Rabobank | + 51 | | 8 | Stef Clement | Rabobank | s.t. | | 9 | Baden Cooke | Team Saxo Bank | + 54 | | 10 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | + 56 | | 11 | Bernhard Eisel | Team HTC - Columbia | + 1'00 | | 12 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 13 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | + 1'02 | | 14 | Robert Hunter | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 15 | Peter Wrolich | Team Milram | + 1'04 |
Points
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | 64 | | 2 | Stuart O'Grady | Team Saxo Bank | 42 | | 3 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 40 |
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 20-12-2010 15:57
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Wow, I thought those 3 small cobble sections wouldn't change important things in GC, especially being so far to the finish.. but they did.
Poor Martin 
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-12-2010 15:59
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lluuiiggii wrote:
Wow, I thought those 3 small cobble sections wouldn't change important things in GC, especially being so far to the finish.. but they did.
Poor Martin
Yes, it was really strange but Martin wasn´t able to follow...well his cobblestone stat is 53. The leading group with SaxoBank kept the pace really high , so we had no chance to bring him back |
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| tastasol |
Posted on 20-12-2010 16:13
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I think Martin got a second place on this stage in RL.
Edited by tastasol on 20-12-2010 16:20
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-12-2010 16:24
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tastasol wrote:
I think Martin got a second place on this stage in RL.
Mhh I don´t know...I just know, he won this Tour  |
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| tastasol |
Posted on 20-12-2010 16:27
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https://www.velona...ceeds.aspx
He was second.
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-12-2010 16:30
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Aha ok, thanks for the information! |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 20-12-2010 16:32
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No. That was not the same stage. This is the stage Martin was second in.
Edited by Pellizotti2 on 20-12-2010 16:33
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-12-2010 16:34
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
No. That was not the same stage. This is the stage Martin was second in.
OMG this stage was even harder  |
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| roturn |
Posted on 20-12-2010 17:09
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Bad luck with Martin but still a good position with Bak and he is also a good timetrialist.
So good luck with him now. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-12-2010 17:13
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roturn wrote:
Bad luck with Martin but still a good position with Bak and he is also a good timetrialist.
So good luck with him now.
Thanks! You were right in front of this stage race, you told me Bak is also a nice tip for the overall |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-12-2010 20:09
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Today´s stage is a really easy one with only 64 kilometres which are completely flat! The sprint competition isn´t very strong so it should be a stage win for Matthew Goss!
Our sprint train looked very good. The only thing was, that Van Dijk could get Howard´s wheel. So Leigh was leading out Van Dijk and his captain Matthew Goss
After Hayden Roulston had brought our train in the perfect position, Howard had to pull the sprint for Van Dijk, who was followed by our sprinter Goss
Leigh Howard did an excellent job today just like Roulston. Matthew Goss passed Van Dijk on the last metres and so it´s the favourite stage win for us. Nothing fancy, because we expected that from ourselves! Howard missed the podium behind Rene Obst
Stage results
| 1 | Matthew Goss | Team HTC - Columbia | 1h22'32 | | 2 | Stefan Van Dijk | Verandas Willems | s.t. | | 3 | René Obst | Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse | s.t. | | 4 | Leigh Howard | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 5 | Aldo Ino Ilesic | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 6 | Taylor Phinney | Trek Livestrong U23 | s.t. | | 7 | Aaron Kemps | Fly V Australia | s.t. | | 8 | Iván DomÃnguez | Jamis - Sutter Home | s.t. | | 9 | Martin Hebik | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 10 | Benny De Schrooder | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 11 | Fred Rodriguez | Rock Racing | s.t. | | 12 | Shawn Milne | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 13 | Jonas Vangenechten | Verandas Willems | s.t. | | 14 | Alex Candelario | Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 15 | Janek Tombak | Cycling Club Bourgas | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Óscar Sevilla | Rock Racing | 8h58'35 | | 2 | Tejay Van Garderen | Team HTC - Columbia | + 10 | | 3 | David Jai Crawford | Fly V Australia | + 1'22 | | 4 | Taylor Phinney | Trek Livestrong U23 | + 1'26 | | 5 | Christopher Jones | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 6 | Aldo Ino Ilesic | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 7 | Fred Rodriguez | Rock Racing | s.t. | | 8 | Janek Tombak | Cycling Club Bourgas | s.t. | | 9 | Petr BencÃk | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 10 | Anthony Colby | Jelly Belly presented by Kenda | s.t. | | 11 | Michael Creed | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 12 | VÃctor Hugo Peña | Rock Racing | s.t. | | 13 | Ian Boswell | Bissell | s.t. | | 14 | Shawn Milne | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 15 | Alex Hagman | Bahati Foundation | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Óscar Sevilla | Rock Racing | 45 | | 2 | René Obst | Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse | 41 | | 3 | Tejay Van Garderen | Team HTC - Columbia | 34 |
KoM
| 1 | Stefan Van Dijk | Verandas Willems | 16 | | 2 | Benny De Schrooder | An Post - Sean Kelly | 14 | | 3 | Óscar Sevilla | Rock Racing | 10 |
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| roturn |
Posted on 20-12-2010 20:24
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Another win for HTC!!!
Go on like this.
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-12-2010 20:38
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roturn wrote:
Another win for HTC!!!
Go on like this.
I´ll try it |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-12-2010 21:50
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Well, since Tony Martin lost over 7 minutes yesterday, we should have new plans for the following stages. Lars Ytting is the best placed rider in our team on position 4 in the overall. Today is another flat stage which might be a nice chance for Renshaw or Eisel
As you can see, there was no Columbia sprint train when the sprint began. Tony Martin was not able to bring us to the front. Eisel and Renshaw decided to sprint but they hadn´t any chance to reach at least a top 5 result. Omega Pharma - Lotto got an amazing train with De Haes and Roelandts
Roelandts was still in front with only 500 metres to go! But Tom Boonen came really fast on the right just like Robert Hunter
But it was too late for them. Roelandts took a great stage win for his team while Boonen and Hunter complete the podium. Eisel and Renshaw couldn´t even reach the top 10 today
Stage results
| 1 | Jürgen Roelandts | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 3h31'29 | | 2 | Tom Boonen | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 3 | Robert Hunter | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 4 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Robbie McEwen | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 6 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Milram | s.t. | | 7 | Manuel Cardoso | Footon - Servetto | s.t. | | 8 | Stuart O'Grady | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 9 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 10 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 11 | Bernhard Eisel | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 12 | Mark Renshaw | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 13 | Kenny De Haes | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 14 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 15 | Francesco Chicchi | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | 12h22'42 | | 2 | Kim Kirchen | Team Katusha | + 38 | | 3 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Saur - Sojasun | + 46 | | 4 | Lars Ytting Bak | Team HTC - Columbia | + 47 | | 5 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Jens Voigt | Team Saxo Bank | + 50 | | 7 | Joost Posthuma | Rabobank | + 51 | | 8 | Stef Clement | Rabobank | s.t. | | 9 | Baden Cooke | Team Saxo Bank | + 54 | | 10 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | + 56 | | 11 | Robert Hunter | Garmin - Transitions | + 58 | | 12 | Bernhard Eisel | Team HTC - Columbia | + 1'00 | | 13 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 14 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | + 1'02 | | 15 | Peter Wrolich | Team Milram | + 1'04 |
Points
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | 64 | | 2 | Stuart O'Grady | Team Saxo Bank | 55 | | 3 | Tom Boonen | Quick·Step | 54 |
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