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| Batista15 |
Posted on 27-12-2010 09:41
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We´re still motivated to win a flat stage with Greipel but after these bad performances in the first stages, we´re not that optimistic for today. Again the terrain is very flat with two smaller climbs in the middle of the stage
This time it looked really great! Our train was fast and we had only Garmin with Hunter and Farrar in front of us. Greipel had a fantastic day form just like Martin and Eisel
When the sprint began Eisel made his move and tried to lead his captain out perfectly! Only Garmin were still faster but after Farrar´s weak sprint in stage 3, we thought he wouldn´t sprint for the stage win
But this time Garmin were really fast! Hunter did an amazing job and because of this Greipel decided to leave Eisel´s slipstream. He preferred to take Farrar´s wheel for the last kilometre. Ciolek had the same idea but Greipel was faster than him
Again Greipel and Columbia were beaten! Tyler Farrar took the stage in the closest sprint finish so far. We really can´t be happy with that! Greipel´s shape is great but he can´t show his strength. Ciolek managed to get on the podium again
Stage results
| 1 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Transitions | 4h12'51 | | 2 | André Greipel | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 3 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Milram | s.t. | | 4 | Bernhard Eisel | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 5 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 6 | Óscar Freire | Rabobank | s.t. | | 7 | Daniele Bennati | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | | 8 | Robert Hunter | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 9 | Thor Hushovd | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 10 | Manuel Cardoso | Footon - Servetto | s.t. | | 11 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 12 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 13 | José Joaquín Rojas | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 14 | Allan Davis | Astana | s.t. | | 15 | Danilo Napolitano | Team Katusha | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Farnese Vini | 18h44'03 | | 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 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Transitions | + 1'01 | | 11 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana | + 1'07 | | 12 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | + 1'08 | | 13 | Marco Pinotti | Team HTC - Columbia | + 1'09 | | 14 | David Millar | Garmin - Transitions | + 1'10 | | 15 | Lars Ytting Bak | Team HTC - Columbia | + 1'11 |
Points
| 1 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Milram | 57 | | 2 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | 53 | | 3 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | 49 |
KoM
| 1 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 17 | | 2 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | 11 | | 3 | David Zabriskie | Garmin - Transitions | 8 |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 27-12-2010 10:04
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Another flat stage, another chance for Greipel! I don´t think I have to tell you our goal for today! STAGE WIN!!!!
Our sprint preparation was a disaster! Anyway Greipel was able to sprint for the podium. Pozzato was in front while Garmin was also very fast on the right
Greipel´s acceleration was great on the last metres and it looked like he could even pass Pozzato and O´Grady
But look at that now! Again Greipel was beaten by a few centimetres! Pozzato took the stage in front of Greipel and O´Grady..it´s just disappointing for us
Stage results
| 1 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | 4h25'31 | | 2 | André Greipel | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 3 | Stuart O'Grady | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 4 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 6 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 7 | Bernhard Eisel | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 8 | Francisco José Pacheco | Xacobeo - Galicia | s.t. | | 9 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 10 | Thor Hushovd | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 11 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 12 | Robert Hunter | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 13 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14 | Óscar Freire | Rabobank | s.t. | | 15 | Philippe Gilbert | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Farnese Vini | 23h09'34 | | 2 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | + 8 | | 3 | Juan José Cobo | Caisse d'Epargne | + 27 | | 4 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | + 36 | | 5 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 41 | | 6 | Xavier Tondo | Cervélo Test Team | + 42 | | 7 | Franco Pellizotti | Liquigas - Doimo | + 43 | | 8 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 48 | | 9 | Daniel Moreno | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 59 | | 10 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Transitions | + 1'01 | | 11 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana | + 1'07 | | 12 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | + 1'08 | | 13 | Marco Pinotti | Team HTC - Columbia | + 1'09 | | 14 | David Millar | Garmin - Transitions | + 1'10 | | 15 | Lars Ytting Bak | Team HTC - Columbia | + 1'11 |
Points
| 1 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | 78 | | 2 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Milram | 57 | | 3 | André Greipel | Team HTC - Columbia | 52 |
KoM
| 1 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 17 | | 2 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana | 13 | | 3 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | 11 |
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| beagle |
Posted on 27-12-2010 10:10
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shame you decided to finish this great story...anyway I´m sure your new with PCM10 will be awesome as well!! 
gl in Vuelta & rest of season here!
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 27-12-2010 10:14
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beagle wrote:
shame you decided to finish this great story...anyway I´m sure your new with PCM10 will be awesome as well!!
gl in Vuelta & rest of season here!
Thanks beagle, it´s great to hear that from you! It´s not easy to finish with that after such a long time but PCM 10 is so great and there are new talents like Sagan. They aren´t really good in PCM 09 so I will update myself  |
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Posted on 27-12-2010 11:27
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Nice move with Martin. 35s to Cunego but gaining time on Leipheimer, Vinokourov etc.
Bad luck with Eisel and Greipel in many sprints, hope you can still win a few sprints with them and winning La Vuelta with Martin of course |
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Posted on 27-12-2010 11:33
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Why are you always finishing second in the latest stages??  Hope you can win another stage soon.  |
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Posted on 27-12-2010 11:33
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Bad luck coming so close in the sprints every time. I'm sure he can win one soon.
With a TT coming up, Martin is in a very good position. Let's hope he can stay there. |
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Posted on 27-12-2010 11:39
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You´re right, I can´t believe it! Always finishing as 2nd makes me really angry 
But I´ve already played the ITT... |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 27-12-2010 12:06
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May I ask what is Martin MO and Hill stat right now ? |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 27-12-2010 12:08
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Alakagon wrote:
May I ask what is Martin MO and Hill stat right now ?
76, 74 I guess. But the most important thing is his shape. Monfort also wasn´t the best climber but he still won the Tour with an amazing shape |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 27-12-2010 20:56
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Today is a very important stage for us, as Tony Martin has the big chance to get back the leader´s jersey from Cunego! 31 flat kilometres in Valencia are waiting for us and we´re optimistic after Martin´s great results the last stages! The biggest favourites are Tony Martin, Levi Leipheimer, Klöden, Millar and Bradley Wiggins
After many riders crossed the finish line with an average time, it was Terpstra, setting the first good time today! 40´06
After Klöden crashed a few stages ago, his overall placement isn´t that good. With a good time today, he could bring himself in a better position. But Terpstra´s time was not beatable for the German as he missed it by 18 seconds. 40´24
Sastre is also over a minute behind Cunego at the moment but as we all know, he isn´t a good time trialist and his time was according to this. 40´54
Luis Leon Sanchez is always able to get a nice result in such a kind of stage. Brilliant time by him, beating Terpstra by 3 seconds! 40´03
Bradley Wiggins was the next favourite on the road but in this shape he will never be able to win such a time trial. Finally, he got a nice time but not more. 40´06
Maxime Monfort, our Tour de France hero was on fire! But his shape isn´t that good at the moment so we´re not expecting a lot by him these days. The only thing he has to do is helping Tony Martin the next days. Average time for him. 40´38
We thought David Millar can go for the stage today but probably he wasn´t in shape, too. 40´14
Then came the big performance by Levi Leipheimer! He destroyed the already existing times! And he set the new best time with 38´23
Franco Pellizotti wasn´t able to set a good time..but well, we didn´t expect that from him. 40´43
One of the biggest surprise today was Xavier Tondo! He really was on fire but of course he wasn´t fast enough to beat Leipheimer. But still a fantastic time for him. 39´51
Samuel Sanchez were just a few seconds after him on the road but his time was even better! We didn´t expect such a great ride by him in this flat time trial but he beat Tondo by 24 seconds. 39´27
Pozzato was another surprise. After his great prologue he confirmed his strength. He couldn´t beat Terpstra, Luis Leon Sanchez, Tondo or Samuel Sanchez but he still set a nice time. 40´11
There were only two riders left with Martin and Cunego. At the first check point Martin was 23 seconds behind Leipheimer, at the second one even more than 40 seconds but on the last part of this race he was able to get many seconds back. Still it wasn´t enough to beat Leipheimer but with only 8 seconds to Levi we can be happy! 38´31
Cunego lost many seconds today! And of course his leader´s jersey to Tony Martin. With more than 2 minutes and 40 seconds to Leipheimer, he crossed the finish line. 41´10
Stage results
| 1 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | 38'23 | | 2 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | + 8 | | 3 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'04 | | 4 | Xavier Tondo | Cervélo Test Team | + 1'28 | | 5 | Carlos Castaño | Xacobeo - Galicia | + 1'40 | | 6 | Luis León Sánchez | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 7 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 1'43 | | 8 | Niki Terpstra | Team Milram | s.t. | | 9 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | + 1'48 | | 10 | David Millar | Garmin - Transitions | + 1'51 | | 11 | Gustavo César Veloso | Xacobeo - Galicia | + 1'56 | | 12 | Thor Hushovd | Cervélo Test Team | + 1'57 | | 13 | Andreas Klöden | Team RadioShack | + 2'01 | | 14 | Juan José Cobo | Caisse d'Epargne | + 2'02 | | 15 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana | + 2'06 | | 16 | José Ángel Gómez Marchante | Andalucía Cajasur | + 2'09 | | 17 | Lars Ytting Bak | Team HTC - Columbia | + 2'11 | | 18 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | + 2'15 | | 19 | Tejay Van Garderen | Team HTC - Columbia | + 2'19 | | 20 | David Zabriskie | Garmin - Transitions | + 2'20 | | 21 | Franco Pellizotti | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | | 22 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Transitions | + 2'22 | | 23 | Daniele Bennati | Liquigas - Doimo | + 2'23 | | 24 | Robert Hunter | Garmin - Transitions | + 2'28 | | 25 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 2'31 |
Overall
| 1 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | 23h48'13 | | 2 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | + 52 | | 3 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'29 | | 4 | Xavier Tondo | Cervélo Test Team | + 1'54 | | 5 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | + 2'08 | | 6 | Juan José Cobo | Caisse d'Epargne | + 2'13 | | 7 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 2'31 | | 8 | Carlos Castaño | Xacobeo - Galicia | + 2'42 | | 9 | David Millar | Garmin - Transitions | + 2'45 | | 10 | Luis León Sánchez | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 11 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 2'46 | | 12 | Franco Pellizotti | Liquigas - Doimo | + 2'47 | | 13 | Thor Hushovd | Cervélo Test Team | + 2'57 | | 14 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana | s.t. | | 15 | Lars Ytting Bak | Team HTC - Columbia | + 3'06 | | 16 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Transitions | + 3'07 | | 17 | Andreas Klöden | Team RadioShack | + 3'11 | | 18 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | + 3'13 | | 19 | Tejay Van Garderen | Team HTC - Columbia | + 3'17 | | 20 | Gustavo César Veloso | Xacobeo - Galicia | + 3'22 | | 21 | David Zabriskie | Garmin - Transitions | + 3'23 | | 22 | Daniele Bennati | Liquigas - Doimo | + 3'24 | | 23 | Marco Pinotti | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 24 | José Ángel Gómez Marchante | Andalucía Cajasur | + 3'28 | | 25 | Daniel Moreno | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | 85 | | 2 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | 69 | | 3 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Milram | 57 |
KoM
| 1 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 17 | | 2 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana | 13 | | 3 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | 11 |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 27-12-2010 21:04
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Nice 2nd place and overall lead again. I hope that Martin can keep it some days. Next is Alto de Aitana, right? |
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Posted on 27-12-2010 21:05
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
Nice 2nd place and overall lead again. I hope that Martin can keep it some days. Next is Alto de Aitana, right?
Yes you´re right, Alto de Aitana is the final climb in the next stage |
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Posted on 27-12-2010 21:27
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Good luck with Martin and another 2nd for you
Wouldn`t be that bad if it continues like this and Martin is 2nd in the overall in the end, isn`t it?
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 27-12-2010 21:32
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roturn wrote:
Good luck with Martin and another 2nd for you
Wouldn`t be that bad if it continues like this and Martin is 2nd in the overall in the end, isn`t it?
2nd would be great |
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Posted on 28-12-2010 21:14
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Today is one of the hardest stage in Spain this year! Fortunately we´ve sent a strong team and I´m sure we´re able to defend the jersey but Sanchez, Leipheimer, Pellizotti and some more might be too strong on the final climb. The Alto de Aitana is one the hardest climbs this year and surely we will see who of the favourites can win this Vuelta
After our team raised the speed when the final climb started, many riders were dropped out of the pack. Martin, Monfort and even Tejay Van Garderen did a great job in these first kilometres on the Alto de Aitana. But then with only 5 kilometres to go, there were some great climbers attacking. Samuel Sanchez and Cobo were two of them the other were brought back to the Martin, Monfort group. With only 3 kilometres to go Samuel Sanchez took the lead while Cobo was a bit tired. Behind them, it was Pellizotti and Tondo, attacking again and again but they had no chance to get away while Martin and especially Monfort kept the pace incredible high! Maxime Monfort did a great job, protecting his captain Martin for the whole last 20 kilometres. Wiggins, Rodriguez, Cunego, Leipheimer and Sastre were not able to follow so we really knew that those `favourites`were out of the overall fight
With 3 kilometres to go, Tony Martin couldn´t stay in this group anymore while Sanchez was able to get a nice gap to him. We really wanted to defend our jersey so Martin did everything on the last kilometres. Monfort was still able to stay in one group with Pellizotti, Mosquera, Tondo and Moreno
One thing is for sure after this first mountain arrival! Samuel Sanchez is the strongest climber but was he able to get enough time to Tony Martin?
No he wasn´t...Tony Martin got a great 3rd place today behind Sanchez and Cobo. The most important thing was, that he only lost 30 seconds to the stage winner and that means he is still the leader of the Vuelta
With more than one minute behind Sanchez, came Pellizotti and the Monfort group! Pretty strong result for Monfort and our team today. Martin is still in front in the overall by 47 seconds! Leipheimer lost almost 4 minutes today just like Sastre and Rodriguez
Stage results
| 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 5h58'43 | | 2 | Juan José Cobo | Caisse d'Epargne | + 20 | | 3 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | + 30 | | 4 | Franco Pellizotti | Liquigas - Doimo | + 1'17 | | 5 | Xavier Tondo | Cervélo Test Team | + 1'26 | | 6 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 7 | Daniel Moreno | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 8 | Ezequiel Mosquera | Xacobeo - Galicia | + 1'34 | | 9 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 2'02 | | 10 | José Ángel Gómez Marchante | Andalucía Cajasur | s.t. | | 11 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 12 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 13 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 2'44 | | 14 | Carlos Sastre | Cervélo Test Team | + 3'50 | | 15 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | 29h47'18 | | 2 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 47 | | 3 | Juan José Cobo | Caisse d'Epargne | + 1'59 | | 4 | Xavier Tondo | Cervélo Test Team | + 2'58 | | 5 | Franco Pellizotti | Liquigas - Doimo | + 3'42 | | 6 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 4'11 | | 7 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | + 4'17 | | 8 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | + 4'20 | | 9 | Daniel Moreno | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 4'32 | | 10 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 5'08 | | 11 | José Ángel Gómez Marchante | Andalucía Cajasur | s.t. | | 12 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 5'11 | | 13 | Ezequiel Mosquera | Xacobeo - Galicia | + 5'26 | | 14 | Carlos Castaño | Xacobeo - Galicia | + 6'49 | | 15 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | + 6'55 |
Points
| 1 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | 85 | | 2 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | 85 | | 3 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Milram | 57 |
KoM
| 1 | Gorazd Stangelj | Astana | 31 | | 2 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 30 | | 3 | Juan José Cobo | Caisse d'Epargne | 25 |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 28-12-2010 21:57
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Great place, how did you manage it ? Surely Martin is not in top fitness after the Giro and other races ? But anyway great result. |
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Posted on 28-12-2010 22:01
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Alakagon wrote:
Great place, how did you manage it ? Surely Martin is not in top fitness after the Giro and other races ? But anyway great result.
Without the help of Van Garderen and Monfort he would never get this result. He had a good day form and the most other good climbers are just completely out of shape. Martin´s shape is still about 91-92 |
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Posted on 28-12-2010 22:06
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Great result. |
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Posted on 28-12-2010 22:09
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
Great result.
Thanks a lot , hope we can continue like that! Than we might have a chance to win this Vuelta! |
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