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| sutty68 |
Posted on 17-04-2013 08:52
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 17-04-2013 09:14
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Daggen: ...and the Manxman never saw it coming!
Ian: Thanks. It really was nice to get the first win for Erik.
Jakstar: Thanks. It really was a good week for the team!
sutty: We did, sometimes we have to give a little something back to the fans 
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 17-04-2013 09:36
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Rider of the month:  Alberto Contador, Saxo – Tinkoff. For the second month in a row he showed complete and utter domination. 4 stages, a mountain jersey and the GC in Tour de France is hard to compete with.
Nordic rider of the month:  Thor Hushovd, Volvo – STARK. Well two stages and a green jersey in Tour de France should say it all, but it just gets more impressive when it is the second year in a row the big Norwegian fights his way to green after a lot of commentators deemed him out of top racing. He might not be the fastest, but he is still one of the strongest riders in the peloton!
Special Mention:  Roger Kluge, Argos – Shimano. The German won 6 out of the 9 stages in Tour of Qinghai Lake with his 3rd place in stage 9 his worst. That not only gave him the GC and the points jersey but also rocketed his team into contention for promotion to the World Tour after an otherwise disappointing season for Argos - Shimano.
Atlantius, Manager of Volvo - STARK
As something else we will this month be talking to the manager of Volvo – STARK instead of the Nordic Rider of the month.
Your team was surprisingly strong in the Tour de France. How did you see the race from the team car?
First of all I’m not surprised. We knew Thor could get the green – after all he won it last year with a much smaller margin than this year and Jesper was just by the by far best young climber here. The competition was week, but I still think he would have been able to fight for white with stronger opposition.
The only thing I regret a little is not telling Thomas to chase the dots earlier in the race, but that is completely on my shoulders.
And then it was just terrifying to watch Contador tear things apart. He never once looked out of control – and that’s after finishing 2nd in the Giro and completely destroying Tour de Suisse. That guy just doesn’t seem human!
You have put together a strong team for next year with especially a lot of new Norwegians, does these strong newcomers mean that the team budget for next year is all used up?
Far from it! Not only have we saved up a little money this year, but STARK will be replaced by a sponsor willing to put quite a bit of money into the project, so we have all the money we could possible dream of next year.
I’m intrigued. You can’t say something like that without giving us a little something…
I still can’t tell you the company name. They have been through a bit of turbulence, but have come out solid on the other side after some rearrangements in the company, but they want to show the public a strong financial result before announcing this venture. We have to respect that!
But what about the riders then?
It should really be kind of obvious when looking at who’s on the market, but OK I’ll give you a name.
I’ll give you the oldest rider we will be signing this year. In fact he’s the second oldest active Swedish cyclist. Kessiakoff has had a couple of mediocre seasons at Astana, but now it is time to let him release hid full potential to the benefit of Swedish cycling as a whole and our team in particular.
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo – Tinkoff | 675 | | 2 |  Tom Boonen | RadioShack – Nissan | 399 | | 3 |  Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas – Cannondale | 394 | | 9 | Thor Hushovd | Volvo – STARK | 246 | | 16 |  Jakob Fuglsang | Volvo – STARK | 157 | | 74 |  Thomas Löfkvist | Volvo – STARK | 48 | | 167 |  Jussi Veikkanen | Volvo – STARK | 4 |
| 1 |  RadioShack – Nissan | 1348 | | 2 |  Rabobank Cycling Team | 799 | | 3 | Euskaltel – Euskadi | 741 | | 5 | Team Saxo – Tinkoff | 709 | | 6 | Volvo – STARK | 687 | | 28 | Joker Merida | 41 |
Relegation spots: Gazprom & Omega Pharma - QuickStep
| 1 | Roger Kluge | Argos – Shimano | 555 | | 2 |  Rory Sutherland | Christina Watches – Onfone | 387 | | 3 | Eric Baumann | Differdange – Magic-Sportfood.de | 378 | | 60 | Niki Østergaard | Glud & Marstrand – LRØ | 147 | | 82 | Fredrik Wilmann | Christina Watches – Onfone | 115 | | 152 | Sebastian Balck | Concordia Forsikring – Himmerland | 59 |
| 1 |  Cofidis, le credit en ligne | 1415 | | 2 | FDJ – BigMat | 1366 | | 3 | Team Argos Shimano | 1349 | | 5 | Christina Watches – Onfone | 1101 | | 20 | Team Øster Hus – Ridley | 554 | | 22 | Team Concordia Forsikring – Himmerland | 515 | | 26 | Joker Merida | 440 | | 32 | Glud & Marstrand – LRØ | 323 | | 42 | Ikea Cykling | 215 | | 48 | Blue Water Cycling | 149 | | 61 | Jardar Sykling | 43 |
Promotion spots: Cofidis & Colnago – CSF Inox
 Bradley Wiggins will be hoping to revive his career alongside Enrico Gasparotto at
23-year old CT-profile Nacer Bouhanni have decided to drop the chance for World Tour racing at FDJ and have instead signed a contract with
After a classics season without beating his team-mate Boonen,  Cancellara have decided to leave RadioShack – Nissan to chase classics success at
Cunego have had a decent season this far currently placed 10th in the WT-rankings. So he has had plenty of offers an in the end signed with
Cavendish will be joining his old leadout man at
Bauke Mollema rode a brilliant Tour de France for Rabobank, but will now be leaving the Dutch team for
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| Atlantius |
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All in all a fairly uneventful race.
I could tell you in detail about all the stages, but then you would get as bored as I did in the team car.
The race was decided by two thing: The riders ability to not crashing/being caught behind a crash and their TT-skills. Only stage 4 had the slightest drama, but no one won more than a minute here and it didn't really affect the final GC.
Lasse Bøchman was mainly here to get fit for Post Danmark Rundt later this month, but still he did very good finishing 6th on the GC.
We chased every single stage, but no breakaways were allowed to last to the finish line and in the sprints Jebjerg once again showed that he just isn’t fast enough for sprints in world tour races…
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack - Nissan | 23h08'39 | | 2 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 29 | | 3 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Vodafone | + 1'07 | | 4 | Anthony Roux | FDJ - BigMat | + 1'10 | | 5 |  Peter Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1'14 | | 6 | Lasse Bøchman | Volvo - STARK | + 1'29 | | 7 |  Peter Sagan | Team Vodafone | + 1'31 | | 8 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 1'35 | | 9 |  Roman Kreuziger | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1'36 | | 10 | Yohan Offredo | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'38 |
Spoiler | 11 | Mark Cavendish | Team Vodafone | + 1'51 | | 12 | Lars Ytting Bak | Volvo - STARK | + 1'56 | | 13 | Dirk Bellemakers | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 1'57 | | 14 | Thomas Voeckler | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 15 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2'18 | | 16 | Diego Ulissi | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 2'20 | | 17 | Jens Erik Madsen | Volvo - STARK | + 2'25 | | 18 | Sep Vanmarcke | Lotto Belisol Team | + 2'28 | | 19 | Nicki Sørensen | Volvo - STARK | + 2'37 | | 20 | Brian Steen Matzen | Volvo - STARK | + 2'54 | | 21 | Kasper Jebjerg | Volvo - STARK | + 3'06 | | 22 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'16 | | 23 | Giovanni Visconti | Team Europcar | + 3'20 | | 24 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 3'38 | | 25 | Heinrich Haussler | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 3'40 | | 26 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'43 | | 27 | Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'44 | | 28 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | + 3'48 | | 29 | Stijn Devolder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 4'03 | | 30 | Chris Froome | Team Vodafone | + 4'08 | | 31 | Grega Bole | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 4'11 | | 32 | Rafaâ Chtioui | Team Europcar | + 4'12 | | 33 | Cadel Evans | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4'18 | | 34 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4'19 | | 35 | Koen Barbé | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 4'24 | | 36 | Greg Van Avermaet | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 37 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Team Gazprom | + 4'27 | | 38 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 4'36 | | 39 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Acqua & Sapone | + 4'39 | | 40 | Ben Swift | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 4'56 | | 41 | Allan Davis | Orica - GreenEdge | + 4'57 | | 42 | Kjell Carlström | Volvo - STARK | + 5'02 | | 43 | Alessandro Petacchi | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 5'13 | | 44 | Simon Gerrans | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 5'44 | | 45 | Kenny De Ketele | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | + 5'56 | | 46 | Bradley Wiggins | Team Vodafone | + 6'07 | | 47 | Rafal Majka | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 6'12 | | 48 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 6'33 | | 49 | Christian Vande Velde | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 6'35 | | 50 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 6'42 | | 51 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ - BigMat | + 6'43 | | 52 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana Pro Team | + 6'51 | | 53 | Vladimir Karpets | Movistar Team | + 6'52 | | 54 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 6'53 | | 55 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | + 6'54 | | 56 | Sylvain Chavanel | Orica - GreenEdge | + 7'03 | | 57 | Geraint Thomas | Team Vodafone | + 7'04 | | 58 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 7'07 | | 59 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 7'13 | | 60 | Olivier Kaisen | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 7'16 | | 61 | Erik Meineche McDermott | Volvo - STARK | + 7'20 | | 62 | Dries Devenyns | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 7'29 | | 63 | Kevyn Ista | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 64 | Tosh Van der Sande | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 7'37 | | 65 | Paul Martens | RadioShack - Nissan | + 9'03 | | 66 | Nick Nuyens | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 9'12 | | 67 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 68 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | + 9'13 | | 69 | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | + 9'15 | | 70 | Fabien Bacquet | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 71 | Mikel Astarloza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 9'27 | | 72 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | + 9'30 | | 73 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 9'32 | | 74 | Juan Pablo Suarez | Astana Pro Team | + 9'39 | | 75 | Johan Vansummeren | Lotto Belisol Team | + 9'51 | | 76 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 9'53 | | 77 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | + 9'58 | | 78 | Filippo Pozzato | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 10'00 | | 79 | Francesco Ginanni | Acqua & Sapone | + 10'03 | | 80 | Emanuele Sella | BMC Racing Team | + 10'22 | | 81 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 10'23 | | 82 | Leonardo Moser | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 10'49 | | 83 | Niki Terpstra | BMC Racing Team | + 11'10 | | 84 | Blel Kadri | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 85 | Timofey Kritskiy | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 11'27 | | 86 | Jonas Vangenechten | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 11'29 | | 87 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol Team | + 11'37 | | 88 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica - GreenEdge | + 11'38 | | 89 | Robert Gesink | RadioShack - Nissan | + 11'46 | | 90 | Mitchell Docker | Orica - GreenEdge | + 11'47 | | 91 | Daniele Pietropolli | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 11'54 | | 92 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 12'03 | | 93 | Matteo Carrara | BMC Racing Team | + 12'09 | | 94 | Nikolai Trussov | Team Gazprom | + 12'23 | | 95 | Vasil Kiryienka | Movistar Team | + 12'25 | | 96 | Tom Boonen | RadioShack - Nissan | + 12'29 | | 97 | Alejandro Valverde | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 12'32 | | 98 | Luca Ascani | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 12'38 | | 99 | Vincent Baestaens | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 12'57 | | 100 | Jesse Sergent | RadioShack - Nissan | + 13'05 | | 101 | Frederique Robert | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 13'07 | | 102 | Maxime Monfort | RadioShack - Nissan | + 13'10 | | 103 | Manuel Vazquez | Movistar Team | + 13'19 | | 104 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | + 13'22 | | 105 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 13'30 | | 106 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 13'38 | | 107 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 13'39 | | 108 | Gorka Verdugo | Movistar Team | + 13'53 | | 109 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 110 | Pieter Weening | Orica - GreenEdge | + 13'56 | | 111 | Marco Zanotti | BMC Racing Team | + 14'01 | | 112 | Jeremy Hunt | Team Vodafone | + 14'02 | | 113 | Levi Leipheimer | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 14'54 | | 114 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | + 15'02 | | 115 | Anthony Charteau | Team Europcar | + 15'11 | | 116 | Alberto Losada | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 15'23 | | 117 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 15'30 | | 118 | Morris Possoni | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 15'41 | | 119 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 15'44 | | 120 | David López | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 15'53 | | 121 | Vladimir Miholjevic | Acqua & Sapone | + 15'55 | | 122 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Team Gazprom | + 16'01 | | 123 | Sergey Rudaskov | Team Gazprom | + 16'05 | | 124 | Markel Irizar | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 16'20 | | 125 | Jackson Rodríguez | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 16'24 | | 126 | Davide Rebellin | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 16'28 | | 127 | Ezequiel Mosquera | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 128 | Davy Commeyne | Lotto Belisol Team | + 17'00 | | 129 | Frederik Willems | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 17'02 | | 130 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | + 17'21 | | 131 | George Bennett | RadioShack - Nissan | + 17'47 | | 132 | Leif Hoste | Team Gazprom | + 17'51 | | 133 | Kevin De Jonghe | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | + 18'04 | | 134 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | + 18'26 | | 135 | Clément Lhotellerie | Team Europcar | + 20'03 | | 136 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol Team | + 20'33 | | 137 | Bert Scheirlinckx | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 20'36 | | 138 | Xavier Florencio | Team Gazprom | + 20'48 | | 139 | Davide Appollonio | Team Vodafone | + 20'51 | | 140 | Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 21'25 | | 141 | Mauro Santambrogio | BMC Racing Team | + 21'49 | | 142 | Steven Caethoven | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 21'54 | | 143 | Juraj Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 22'17 | | 144 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 22'37 | | 145 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 22'49 | | 146 | Michael Albasini | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 24'45 | | 147 | Diego Caccia | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 26'03 | | 148 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | + 26'04 | | 149 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 26'07 | | 150 | Michael Van Staeyen | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | + 26'19 | | 151 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ - BigMat | + 26'33 | | 152 | Sven Jodts | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | + 27'27 | | 153 | Morten Høberg | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 27'47 | | 154 | Matteo Tosatto | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 28'07 | | 155 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Astana Pro Team | + 28'25 | | 156 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 28'28 | | 157 | Matthias Frank | BMC Racing Team | + 29'07 | | 158 | David Arroyo | Movistar Team | + 29'19 | | 159 | Massimo Codol | Acqua & Sapone | + 30'34 | | 160 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 30'53 | | 161 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ - BigMat | + 31'40 | | 162 | Bjorn Selander | Garmin - Sharp | + 31'43 | | 163 | Egoitz García | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 32'09 | | 164 | Tim Mertens | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | + 33'52 | | 165 | Andrea Guardini | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 34'01 | | 166 | Mickael Larpe | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 34'09 | | 167 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | + 36'33 | | 168 | Nicola Boem | Acqua & Sapone | + 37'26 | | 169 | Emilio Loquet | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | + 38'13 | | 170 | Matteo Rabottini | Team Gazprom | + 40'10 | | 171 | Kevin Hulsmans | Lotto Belisol Team | + 41'03 | | 172 | Simone Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 42'17 | | 173 | Volodymir Gustov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 42'39 | | 174 | Bart Vanheule | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | + 42'43 | | 175 | Bernhard Eisel | Astana Pro Team | + 44'15 | | 176 | Alessandro Spezialetti | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 45'59 | | 177 | Marcel Santos | FDJ - BigMat | + 52'03 | | 178 | Arnaud Labbe | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 54'35 | | 179 | Gabriel Rasch | FDJ - BigMat | + 57'22 | | 180 | Antón Lekue | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 57'30 | | 181 | Ludovic Wagner | FDJ - BigMat | + 1h05'47 | | 182 | Ricki Massey | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1h08'35 | | 183 | Adalberto Archetti | Acqua & Sapone | + 1h19'14 |
Fabian Cancellara, RadioShack - Nissan
Young Rider: Peter Sagan, Team Vodafone
Team Classifications: Team Vodafone
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 17-04-2013 10:11
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Looking at who finished in front of him and behind him, Lasse had a great time |
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Posted on 17-04-2013 10:20
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A good finish for Bochman.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 17-04-2013 10:22
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Bochman did the jersey proud 
And Wiggins to Liquigas was a shock  |
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Posted on 17-04-2013 10:56
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Cancellara to Rabobank 
Mollema to Caja Rujal ... wait whut?
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Posted on 17-04-2013 11:04
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SSJ2Luigi wrote:
Cancellara to Rabobank
Mollema to Caja Rujal ... wait whut?
Yeh. This happens all the time
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Posted on 17-04-2013 11:09
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Jakstar22 wrote:
SSJ2Luigi wrote:
Cancellara to Rabobank
Mollema to Caja Rujal ... wait whut?
Yeh. This happens all the time
I never had that (to be fair I never reached April)
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Posted on 17-04-2013 11:11
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SSJ2Luigi wrote:
Jakstar22 wrote:
SSJ2Luigi wrote:
Cancellara to Rabobank
Mollema to Caja Rujal ... wait whut?
Yeh. This happens all the time
I never had that (to be fair I never reached April)
haha. Didn't think you had
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Posted on 17-04-2013 11:11
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SSJ2Luigi wrote:
Jakstar22 wrote:
SSJ2Luigi wrote:
Cancellara to Rabobank
Mollema to Caja Rujal ... wait whut?
Yeh. This happens all the time
I never had that (to be fair I never reached April)
Weird transfers are just part of this game,i had many of them!
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 17-04-2013 11:18
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Ian: And that combined with a less than optimal fitness (82 on stage 1) as he is mainly preparing for Post Danmark Rundt! He really did a lot better than expected, but considering his 3rd place last year the race does seem to fit him very well...
Jakstar: Very good indeed in a very chaotic race.
sutty: He did indeed. And I don't think it's that bad a move for Wiggins. He has lost his status as a top-climber and haven't performed at all well this year, so a breath of fresh air might do him good. Along with that Liquigas haven't managed to extend with any of their best three GC riders so he will be much more important for Liquigas than he was this last season with Vodafone.
SSJ2Luigi: To be fair Caja Rural does get q good few wild-card for the Spanish races (including Vuelta), so he will still get plenty of chances in the big races. But a surprising move in deed! I can already now say that the next month contains even more surprising transfers...
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Posted on 17-04-2013 11:20
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TTspecialist: They are. I have actually grown kind of fond of them. I see it as the games way of simulating rides not reaching their potential
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 17-04-2013 13:45
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Something doesn't seem quite right...
Anyone, who thought that Contador’s achievements this season doesn’t seem quite human might turn out to be right.
Rumours has it that Contador has given a blood sample, containing “Adverse Analytical Findings”. The blood sample got mixed up on the lab with a research project looking at erythrocytes of marine mammals capable of maintaining an oxygen reserve for a long time under water.
The project had made several interesting findings on a cellular level when they ran a group of randomly selected human blood samples for reference. One of these samples showed a greatly increased density of haemoglobin in the erythrocytes and as a result a much enlarged oxygen-carrying capacity without an increased haematocrit.
It is suspected to be due to a gene variation not earlier described in humans, but the scientists have been able to splice it in to the genome of other animals earlier.
How this has happened to Alberto Contadors blood is yet to be discovered as is it uncertain whether or not it technically is against the current anti-doping regulations.
Contador has been suspended by his team while the investigations continue.
WADA has promised that the case will be run within the month as they can’t be bothered to run it by the Spanish cycling federation.
Contador’s defence lawyers claim the changes in Alberto’s genome to be caused by a this far unknown virus he must have picked up on a training camp in Basque Country and challenge UCI and Wada to prove that such a virus cannot exist.
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 17-04-2013 13:48
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long story short: Contador is an alian 
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Posted on 17-04-2013 13:49
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Posted on 17-04-2013 14:22
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No steak's? Oh, wait it's a virus. Call Cadel, he will help him get a good excuse for a virus. |
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No steak's? Oh, wait it's a virus. Call Cadel, he will help him get a good excuse for a virus. |
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Posted on 17-04-2013 16:11
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Contador even cheats in a cycling game  |
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