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Team HTC-Columbia - The End!
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 25-12-2010 21:48
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Great start of the Vuelta. |
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 25-12-2010 22:29
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great start! good luck for the vuelta =)
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| janne_837 |
Posted on 25-12-2010 23:57
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Great victory! |
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| zambeaux |
Posted on 26-12-2010 05:32
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Congrats on your victory! hope the Vuelta is as successful |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 26-12-2010 09:44
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Thanks a lot guys. It was a fantastic start for us |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 26-12-2010 10:11
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So guys I´ve just decided that this Vuelta is the last race in this story! I would like to start a new story with PCM 10..I already got a great team for that. So hope you´ll enjoy the last stages  |
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| olabj |
Posted on 26-12-2010 10:22
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Oh I'm sure we will And good luck for the Vuelta |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 26-12-2010 10:25
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olabj wrote:
Oh I'm sure we will And good luck for the Vuelta
Thank you very much It´s not easy to finish with this great career but I need a new challenge..and I think PCM 10 is way better |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 26-12-2010 11:01
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Well I think Columbia in 2011 DB would be better challenge, no Greipel, Monfort or Rogers  . What will be your team choice ?
Edited by Alakagom on 26-12-2010 11:01
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 26-12-2010 11:14
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Alakagon wrote:
Well I think Columbia in 2011 DB would be better challenge, no Greipel, Monfort or Rogers . What will be your team choice ?
I´m going to take Sky! I took a close look at every team yesterday and I have to say, Sky is the greatest with many talents |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 26-12-2010 13:08
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3rd Sky story then I was thinking to do a story about tyhem as well with the new DB  |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 26-12-2010 16:03
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Batista15 wrote:
Alakagon wrote:
Well I think Columbia in 2011 DB would be better challenge, no Greipel, Monfort or Rogers . What will be your team choice ?
I´m going to take Sky! I took a close look at every team yesterday and I have to say, Sky is the greatest with many talents
Come on do a Conti team. Or wait a little for the 2011 db atleast. Bbox would be fun. What about NetApp? That would be perfect. You have to lead a German team to the PT. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 26-12-2010 16:27
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valverde321 wrote:
Batista15 wrote:
Alakagon wrote:
Well I think Columbia in 2011 DB would be better challenge, no Greipel, Monfort or Rogers . What will be your team choice ?
I´m going to take Sky! I took a close look at every team yesterday and I have to say, Sky is the greatest with many talents
Come on do a Conti team. Or wait a little for the 2011 db atleast. Bbox would be fun. What about NetApp? That would be perfect. You have to lead a German team to the PT.
I´ve already started a career with NetApp and with two young German riders. They´re winning everything
But I don´t like those small teams because it´s hard to sign a good rider in the next 3-4 years. Same with French teams 
I would like to start with the new 2011 DB but when is it coming? |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 26-12-2010 17:05
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It's already out
https://www.pcmdai...hp?did=777
After 1 January probably the full version |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 26-12-2010 17:14
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Yes I´ve already installed it! Would be great to see it so early in 2011. Thank you! |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 26-12-2010 17:23
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No probs, so many teasm to choose from Astana without Contador is nice choice, I think I'll wait till the full version to start a new carrer, I think the stats will be revised, those are the same as last DB.
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 26-12-2010 19:17
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The second stage is the first flat one after the great prologue yesterday! Greipel is a bit angry after he wasn´t sent to the Tour de France this year. So he really wants to show his strength in Spain. With Martin and Eisel as leadout men everything is possible
Unfortunately the game crashed after an exciting stage final in Emmen. Well, we tried to build a nice sprint train but when the sprint began we were 15 metres behind the other sprinters, so it was hard to pass them. Greipel was really fast in the end but he finished only as 5th. Ciolek who was in an amazing shape the last weeks, took the stage win in front of Steegmans and Pozzato which is pretty unlucky for Tony Martin and us. Because of his 3rd place he got some bonus seconds which brought him the overall leading 1 second in front of Martin
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 26-12-2010 19:33
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The third part of this year´s Vuelta is another flat stage. Hopefully Greipel is able to get his first stage win there after the average performance yesterday. Ciolek seems to be in the shape of his life but I´m sure he´s beatable
Again, we were not able to build the perfect HTC train but at least Eisel could follow Tony Martin. Greipel missed Eisel´s wheel and had no chance to sprint for the stage win. Lampre came with Lorenzetto on the left just like Bennati and Ciolek. Hunter did a great job for Farrar on the right
When the sprint began, Garmin was still in the best position with Hunter and of course Tyler Farrar. Eisel tried to find Farrar´s wheel
But Farrar was unbelievable slow in the end. Because of this, Eisel had to make his move, after Rojas took the lead. Bennati and Ciolek came really fast next to Eisel
And that´s the stage win for Bennati! He beat Rojas and Ciolek on the last metres. Again a nice result for Gerald Ciolek. Eisel was able to get at least a good 4th position. But Greipel´s performances were really disappointing up to here! We thought we would start with 3 stage wins!
Stage results
| 1 | Daniele Bennati | Liquigas - Doimo | 4h22'21 | | 2 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 3 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Milram | s.t. | | 4 | Bernhard Eisel | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 5 | Danilo Napolitano | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 6 | Kristof Goddaert | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 7 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 8 | Stuart O'Grady | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 9 | Allan Davis | Astana | s.t. | | 10 | Gert Steegmans | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 11 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | Manuel Cardoso | Footon - Servetto | s.t. | | 13 | Lorenzo Bernucci | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 14 | Maarten Tjallingii | Rabobank | s.t. | | 15 | Gorik Gardeyn | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | 9h03'44 | | 2 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | + 1 | | 3 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Milram | + 2 | | 4 | Niki Terpstra | Team Milram | + 10 | | 5 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana | + 11 | | 6 | Juan José Cobo | Caisse d'Epargne | + 12 | | 7 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 8 | Marco Pinotti | Team HTC - Columbia | + 13 | | 9 | David Millar | Garmin - Transitions | + 14 | | 10 | Lars Ytting Bak | Team HTC - Columbia | + 15 | | 11 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | + 18 | | 12 | Tejay Van Garderen | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 13 | Christian Knees | Team Milram | s.t. | | 14 | Markus Fothen | Team Milram | + 19 | | 15 | Thor Hushovd | Cervélo Test Team | + 20 |
Points
| 1 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Milram | 41 | | 2 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | 36 | | 3 | Gert Steegmans | Team RadioShack | 29 |
KoM
| 1 | Paul Martens | Rabobank | 4 | | 2 | Johan Van Summeren | Garmin - Transitions | 2 | | 3 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 1 |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 26-12-2010 20:57
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Today is the first stage, where the finish could be more interesting! With a few hilly parts with 15 kilometres to go, there might be some moves and some action. Pozzato is one of those biggest favourites for today just like Cunego, Samuel Sanchez, Rodriguez or Haussler
As we expected, there was especially one rider who attacked on the last uphill section. It was Damiano Cunego with a great move
After many attacks, Tony Martin also decided to went after Cunego with only 8 kilometres to go
But it was too late, as Cunego was already on the last metres! Great solo ride by him, while Tony Martin were behind him
Martin sprinted for the second position while Samuel Sanchez, Tondo and Petacchi were behind him but no one could stop Cunego today
He celebrated his stage win with 35 seconds to Tony Martin. That means Cunego is going to wear the leader´s jersey tomorrow. But Martin is only 8 seconds behind him and the next time trial is on stage 7
Great second place on the podium for Tony Martin. Our young German hope is in a brilliant shape so far! While other favourites like Leipheimer, Sastre and Igor Anton lost a few seconds today
Stage results
| 1 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Farnese Vini | 5h27'12 | | 2 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | + 35 | | 3 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 4 | Xavier Tondo | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 5 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 6 | Juan José Cobo | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 7 | Franco Pellizotti | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | | 8 | Daniel Moreno | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 9 | Ezequiel Mosquera | Xacobeo - Galicia | s.t. | | 10 | Heinrich Haussler | Cervélo Test Team | + 1'12 | | 11 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 12 | Stuart O'Grady | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 13 | Thor Hushovd | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 14 | Xavier Florencio | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 15 | Gert Steegmans | Team RadioShack | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Farnese Vini | 14h31'12 | | 2 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | + 8 | | 3 | Juan José Cobo | Caisse d'Epargne | + 27 | | 4 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 41 | | 5 | Xavier Tondo | Cervélo Test Team | + 42 | | 6 | Franco Pellizotti | Liquigas - Doimo | + 43 | | 7 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 48 | | 8 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | + 56 | | 9 | Daniel Moreno | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 59 | | 10 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana | + 1'07 | | 11 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | + 1'08 | | 12 | Marco Pinotti | Team HTC - Columbia | + 1'09 | | 13 | David Millar | Garmin - Transitions | + 1'10 | | 14 | Lars Ytting Bak | Team HTC - Columbia | + 1'11 | | 15 | Ezequiel Mosquera | Xacobeo - Galicia | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | 45 | | 2 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Milram | 41 | | 3 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | 41 |
KoM
| 1 | David Zabriskie | Garmin - Transitions | 8 | | 2 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | 5 | | 3 | Simon Gerrans | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 5 |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 27-12-2010 09:28
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Just a new update about my new story with PCM 2010!
I will start when the new 2011 DB is released
So the Vuelta probably won´t be the last race report |
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