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Nordic Cycling | Final Farewell
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 17-04-2013 18:23
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SSJ2Luigi: His level of riding certainly suggest so...
Ian: Well, we all knew he has it in him 
Miguel: Guess they learned the last time that the steak-excuse wasn't quite good enough  And something tells me it's a slightly different virus Cadel has 
sutty: Sadly so...
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 17-04-2013 18:31
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I take it that you're going to make Contador retire? 
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 17-04-2013 18:36
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Or, he might lower his stat's. |
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 17-04-2013 18:50
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No steak, no glory
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
It's difficult not to be happy when you're surrounded by Belgians. - Mark Cavendish
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| krisa |
Posted on 17-04-2013 18:52
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PCM rulezz wrote:
No steak, no glory
Only Belgians will understand the half part of it
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 17-04-2013 20:11
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Assuming that means you don't think WADA will accept his explanation
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 17-04-2013 22:35
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What a cheat.
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| maxime86 |
Posted on 17-04-2013 22:36
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cheatter!
Edited by maxime86 on 17-04-2013 22:40
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| maxime86 |
Posted on 17-04-2013 22:41
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krisa wrote:
PCM rulezz wrote:
No steak, no glory
Only Belgians will understand the half part of it
no guts no glory? |
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 18-04-2013 09:40
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 Tour de l'Ain
Sylvester Szmyd took the GC lead on stage 4 by being in a break, which were given quite a margin by the other teams.
That allowed Magnus Cort to get in another break, which were being allowed to get away with quite a gap as NetApp was having a hard time chasing over the hills. In the end Magnus took the stage win on the only mountain top finish of the race.
On the last stage we put on the pressure right from the start and NetApp had nothing to put in the chase. Unfortunately Rabobank just realized that they had raced 5 stages without showing the jersey once, so they completely dominated the stage eliminating all attacks on behalf of Szmyd, but at least they were rewarded with a stage win for Kelderman
Chris and Willy came as preparation for San Sebastian and the Vuelta. Looks like they're ready...
Final Standing
| 1 |  Sylwester Szmyd | Team NetApp | 16h13'08 | | 2 |  Julian Kern | Leopard - Trek Continental Team | + 4'21 | | 3 |  Magnus Cort | Volvo - STARK | + 7'31 | | 4 |  Wilco Kelderman | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 10'52 | | 5 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Volvo - STARK | + 11'20 | | 6 | Tom Slagter | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 11'33 | | 7 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ - BigMat | + 12'13 | | 8 | Willy Ipsen | Volvo - STARK | + 14'03 | | 9 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | + 14'11 | | 10 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 14'17 |
Spoiler | 11 | Laurens Ten Dam | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | Luis Pasamontes | Caja Rural | + 15'14 | | 13 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 16'47 | | 14 | Grischa Niermann | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 17'27 | | 15 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Volvo - STARK | + 17'55 | | 16 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | + 18'10 | | 17 | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp | s.t. | | 18 | Rémy Di Gregorio | SFR - MX3 Nutrition | + 18'53 | | 19 | Andrea Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 20'59 | | 20 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 21'02 | | 21 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ - BigMat | + 21'25 | | 22 | Johan Mombaerts | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 21'43 | | 23 | Rémi Pauriol | AG2R La Mondiale | + 22'33 | | 24 | Karol Domagalski | Caja Rural | + 22'34 | | 25 | Michel Kreder | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 22'44 | | 26 | Nicolas Hartmann | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | + 22'57 | | 27 | Pierre Cazaux | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | + 23'26 | | 28 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | + 24'01 | | 29 | Stef Clement | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 24'04 | | 30 | Florenz Knauer | Team NetApp | + 24'08 | | 31 | Brian Bulgac | Lotto Belisol Team | + 24'09 | | 32 | Arthur Vichot | Team Europcar | + 24'19 | | 33 | Cyril Gautier | Saur - Sojasun | + 24'31 | | 34 | Garikoitz Bravo | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 35 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | + 24'39 | | 36 | Gabriele Pizzaballa | Acqua & Sapone | + 25'39 | | 37 | Jussi Veikkanen | Volvo - STARK | + 25'45 | | 38 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 26'04 | | 39 | Jérémie Galland | Saur - Sojasun | + 26'05 | | 40 | Daryl Impey | Team Europcar | + 26'06 | | 41 | Nadir Haddou | Auber 93 - BigMat | s.t. | | 42 | Sam Bewley | Saur - Sojasun | + 26'20 | | 43 | Julien Mazet | SFR - MX3 Nutrition | + 26'38 | | 44 | Jesús Ezquerra | Leopard - Trek Continental Team | + 26'40 | | 45 | Maarten Wynants | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 27'08 | | 46 | Jelle Wallays | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 28'11 | | 47 | Antonio Piedra | GDE - Oasis | + 28'15 | | 48 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ - BigMat | + 28'42 | | 49 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 28'46 | | 50 | Julián Sánchez Pimienta | Caja Rural | + 28'48 | | 51 | Vegard Bugge | Jardar Sykling | + 28'51 | | 52 | Sibrecht Pieters | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 29'30 | | 53 | Mathieu Delaroziere | FDJ - BigMat | + 29'36 | | 54 | Mickaël Buffaz | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 30'14 | | 55 | Alejandro Marque Porto | Caja Rural | + 30'34 | | 56 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | + 30'38 | | 57 | Alexandre Geniez | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 31'44 | | 58 | Kevin Denis | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | + 31'46 | | 59 | Bjorn Brems | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 31'52 | | 60 | Paul Moucheraud | Auber 93 - BigMat | + 32'02 | | 61 | Ian Bibby | Endura Racing | + 32'10 | | 62 | Guillaume Malle | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | + 33'31 | | 63 | Denis Menchov | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 33'42 | | 64 | Florent Barle | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 33'43 | | 65 | Kevin Lalouette | GDE - Oasis | + 34'02 | | 66 | Florian Vachon | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 34'22 | | 67 | Sébastien Minard | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | + 34'28 | | 68 | Jean-Marc Marino | Saur - Sojasun | + 34'33 | | 69 | Mickaël Delage | Auber 93 - BigMat | + 35'33 | | 70 | Romain Bacon | Auber 93 - BigMat | + 35'39 | | 71 | Cesare Benedetti | Team NetApp | + 36'13 | | 72 | Håvard Blikra | Jardar Sykling | + 36'14 | | 73 | Niels Brouzes | Auber 93 - BigMat | + 36'25 | | 74 | Pierrick Fédrigo | AG2R La Mondiale | + 36'56 | | 75 | Walter Proch | Acqua & Sapone | + 36'59 | | 76 | Luis Ángel Maté | Caja Rural | + 37'53 | | 77 | Fabio Taborre | Acqua & Sapone | + 38'10 | | 78 | Matt Cronshaw | Endura Racing | + 38'47 | | 79 | Óscar Pujol | Caja Rural | + 38'49 | | 80 | Richard Larsen | IKEA Cykling | + 39'33 | | 81 | Perrig Quemeneur | SFR - MX3 Nutrition | + 40'05 | | 82 | Yoann Barbas | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | + 40'23 | | 83 | Matteo Pelucchi | Team Europcar | + 40'49 | | 84 | David Le Lay | Saur - Sojasun | + 40'50 | | 85 | Pierre-Luc Perichon | La Pomme Marseille | + 41'04 | | 86 | Laurent Pichon | Saur - Sojasun | + 41'21 | | 87 | Gilles Carles | Auber 93 - BigMat | + 41'23 | | 88 | Nicolas Vogondy | Team Europcar | + 41'24 | | 89 | Chad Beyer | Leopard - Trek Continental Team | + 41'58 | | 90 | Aitor Galdos | Caja Rural | + 42'21 | | 91 | Julien Bérard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 42'28 | | 92 | Paul Voss | Endura Racing | + 42'37 | | 93 | Kris Boeckmans | Lotto Belisol Team | + 43'30 | | 94 | Ben Gastauer | AG2R La Mondiale | + 43'52 | | 95 | Lars Andersson | IKEA Cykling | + 44'08 | | 96 | Morgan Kneisky | GDE - Oasis | + 44'17 | | 97 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol Team | + 44'59 | | 98 | Julien Loubet | La Pomme Marseille | + 45'11 | | 99 | Grégory Rast | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 46'33 | | 100 | Sébastien Rosseler | Lotto Belisol Team | + 46'43 | | 101 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Lotto Belisol Team | + 47'08 | | 102 | Thomas Degand | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 47'22 | | 103 | Toms Skujins | La Pomme Marseille | + 47'30 | | 104 | Joeri Stallaert | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 47'43 | | 105 | Joost Van Leijen | Lotto Belisol Team | + 48'12 | | 106 | Scott Thwaites | Endura Racing | + 48'47 | | 107 | Stéphane Poulhiès | FDJ - BigMat | + 49'00 | | 108 | Alessandro Bazzana | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 49'02 | | 109 | Liam Holohan | Endura Racing | + 49'06 | | 110 | Tomás Gil | IKEA Cykling | + 49'24 | | 111 | Laurent Mangel | GDE - Oasis | + 49'25 | | 112 | Magnus Espeland | Jardar Sykling | + 49'29 | | 113 | Alexandre Blain | Endura Racing | + 49'56 | | 114 | Matthieu Boulo | GDE - Oasis | + 49'57 | | 115 | Gunnar Grönlund | IKEA Cykling | + 50'28 | | 116 | Marlón Pérez | SFR - MX3 Nutrition | + 50'35 | | 117 | Gilles Devillers | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 50'38 | | 118 | Marco Benfatto | Acqua & Sapone | + 50'47 | | 119 | Mahdi Sohrabi | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 120 | Jean-Luc Delpech | SFR - MX3 Nutrition | + 50'56 | | 121 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | + 51'05 | | 122 | Jonathon McEvoy | Endura Racing | + 51'28 | | 123 | Daniel Gomnes | Jardar Sykling | + 52'40 | | 124 | Clément Koretzky | La Pomme Marseille | + 53'55 | | 125 | Jean-Marc Bideau | SFR - MX3 Nutrition | + 55'53 | | 126 | Benoit Jarrier | Veranda Rideau - Jean Delatour | + 58'24 | | 127 | Amid Zargari | AG2R La Mondiale | + 58'35 | | 128 | Arnaud Coyot | Saur - Sojasun | + 58'47 | | 129 | Rob Goris | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 59'32 | | 130 | Alex Kirsch | Leopard - Trek Continental Team | + 1h01'40 | | 131 | Alessandro Donati | Acqua & Sapone | + 1h02'00 | | 132 | Christophe Premont | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 1h02'04 | | 133 | Tobias Tonning | Volvo - STARK | + 1h03'00 | | 134 | Fabio Polazzi | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 1h03'18 | | 135 | Ronan Racault | Auber 93 - BigMat | + 1h03'50 | | 136 | Francesco Di Paolo | Acqua & Sapone | + 1h04'37 | | 137 | Morten Kruse Brink | Volvo - STARK | + 1h04'39 | | 138 | Kim Borry | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 1h05'24 | | 139 | Nicolas Jouanno | SFR - MX3 Nutrition | + 1h06'27 | | 140 | Benoit Dugue | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 1h09'54 | | 141 | Damiano Margutti | Acqua & Sapone | + 1h12'59 | | 142 | Daniel Holloway | Leopard - Trek Continental Team | + 1h13'52 |
Sylwester Szmyd, Team NetApp
Mountain Jersey: Magnus Cort, Volvo - STARK
Young Rider: Julian Kern, Leopard - Trek Continental Team
Team Classifications:  Volvo - STARK
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 18-04-2013 11:05
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Nice tour. Great job
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 18-04-2013 12:43
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The team put in a Great performance in France |
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 18-04-2013 13:08
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Jakstar: Thanks. Though the stages turned out a bit weird with a lot of WT-teams looking for NetApp to do all the work
sutty: They did. Especially considering they were mainly there to sharpen their form for San Sebastian (which will be up shortly)
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 18-04-2013 13:13
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Lets hope that the form has been sharpened and they have a Great time in Spain  |
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 18-04-2013 13:22
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 Clásica San Sebastian
This is in many ways one of the most open classics of the season. The winner has to be a decent climber while still having a good bit of punch. Chris Anker Sørensen will be our captain, but we can’t expect him to win a sprint…
Carlström is eager to show his face in these last couple of months of his career so he goes in the early break along with Le Mével and Quintero knowing that this will not be a decisive break.
With 100 km to go the peloton is in one piece leas by Vacansoleil – DCM riding for Valverde.
That’s too boring for Gustav so he attacks. No one else wants to join him, so it will not be an easy ride for the Swede.
At the top of Jaizkibel he has four minutes to the peloton and 90 km to goal.
He loses a lot of time on the second pass as both ISD – Ferrari and Astana have decided to help in the chase. 2’45’’ will not be enough, but at least the main favourites have had to use their domestiques a lot early on.
On the small climb 20 km from the finish everything turns in to an attacking frenzy. Ulissi, Gasparotto and Rodríguez get a gap of 17 seconds to seven riders and a further 27 seconds to a 50 rider group where our main riders are placed.
They are reeled back in and in the second round Chris is right there with the attackers.
Ulissi is first into the last 5 km. Evans, Antón, Costa, Gilbert and Chris follow 9 seconds after with the main group a further 20 seconds behind.
With 2 km to go it looks like a sprint between 36 riders.
1,5 km. Chris is in 5th position trying to stick to Gasparottos wheel.
600 m. Gasparotto is in front with Chris hanging on to his wheel nicely.
Purito is coming from behind and it’s time for Chris to give it his last punch.
Suddenly out of nothing Cunego shows his face for the first time today to take the win, but Sørensens 6th place is much better than we had expected.
Great job by the entire team to bring him in this situation!
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 18-04-2013 14:45
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A Good performance from Chris Anker |
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 18-04-2013 18:13
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sutty: It was. It seems our strategy of making the race hard via breakaway and thus making the sprint come down to energy just as much as sprint-skills was correct 
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 18-04-2013 18:21
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Nice top 10 in San Sebastian
Spoiler maxime86 wrote:
krisa wrote:
PCM rulezz wrote:
No steak, no glory
Only Belgians will understand the half part of it
no guts no glory?
The slogan of the Belgian football team Club Brugge is "No sweat, no glory".
Btw, I'm not a fan of them 
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
It's difficult not to be happy when you're surrounded by Belgians. - Mark Cavendish
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 18-04-2013 21:31
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PCM rulezz: Thanks. It has to be the first time Chris finished that well in a group of that size
And now the joke makes much more sense
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 18-04-2013 21:34
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Good race from Chris. |
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Damiano Cunego
Simon Gerrans
Ben Hermans
Chris Froome
Rui Costa
