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| valverde321 |
Posted on 16-05-2010 22:31
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Giro d'Italia Stage 13
Basically a rest stage for me and Christian. i helped out a little for Tyler but mostly just sat around. Everyone knew it would be a sprint as this is one of the last chances for the sprinters.
A break of 2 riders went but they were seperate. We caught the first guy at the 40km to go and then the last straggler at the 20km to go banner. In the sprint our train was set up to follow a ISD rider but he fell back once he realized he was handing us a win. Therefore the Garmin train fell back so far that it would take Usain Bolt and Farrar's sprinting speed combined to win.
Benitez took the stage anf Farrar almost got a podium spot but idn't have that extra kick to get past Arrieta.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 19-05-2010 01:27
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Giro d'Italia Stage 14
I was told today that the team would be working for me as its an uphill sprint. The final hill was 8% average gradient so its very tough.
In the end VandeBroeck won the stage. He out-sprinted everybody!
Stage:
Rank Name Team Time Player
1 Jurgen Van den Broeck OmegaPharma - Lotto 4h36'36
2 Daniele Bennati Liquigas-Doimo + 16
3 Emanuelle Sella CarmioOro - A-Style s.t.
4 Simon Gerrans Sky Cycling Team s.t.
5 Andreas Klöden Team Radioshack s.t.
6 Jens Voigt Team Saxo Bank s.t.
7 Rubén Plaza Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
8 Mirko Lorenzetto Lampre - Farnese Vini s.t.
9 Mauricio Soler Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
10 Chris Anker Sörensen Team Saxo Bank s.t.
40 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Transitions s.t. Player
49 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Transitions s.t. Player
GC:
Rank Name Team Time Player
1 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Transitions 58h47'31 Player
2 Bradley Wiggins Sky Cycling Team + 12
3 Andreas Klöden Team Radioshack + 5'56
4 Jens Voigt Team Saxo Bank + 6'14
5 Marzio Bruseghin Caisse d'Epargne + 6'40
6 Damiano Cunego Lampre - Farnese Vini + 6'50
7 Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone + 8'18
8 Ivan Basso Liquigas-Doimo + 11'36
9 Kevin Seeldraeyers Quick Step + 11'45
10 Sandy Casar Française des Jeux + 12'00
11 Tadej Valjavec Ag2r - La Mondiale + 12'12
12 Jurgen Van den Broeck OmegaPharma - Lotto + 12'45
13 Serge Pauwels Sky Cycling Team + 13'31
14 Markus Eibegger Footon - Servetto + 14'23
15 Mauricio Soler Caisse d'Epargne + 14'24
35 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Transitions + 22'55 Player
Points:
Rank Name Team General
1 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Transitions 102
2 Bradley Wiggins Sky Cycling Team 92
3 Jens Voigt Team Saxo Bank 80
4 Damiano Cunego Lampre - Farnese Vini 76
5 Allan Davis Astana-Samruk 72
KOM:
Rank Name Team General
1 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Transitions 30
2 Marzio Bruseghin Caisse d'Epargne 24
3 Bradley Wiggins Sky Cycling Team 19
4 Jurgen Van den Broeck OmegaPharma - Lotto 17
5 Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone 16
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 19-05-2010 03:51
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Giro d'Italia Stage 15
Today is a tougher stage than yesterday. I might be able to finish in the lead group. My main goal for the day is to yet again help Christian. I enjoy working for him as he is a fun guy.
On the final hill Cunego and Vande Velde attacked. Cunego gapped Christian and eventually Garzeli made it up to Cunego as well.
Bruseghin attacks and makes it to the lead group. The 3 gain almost 40 seconds on VDV.
Garzeli and Cunego behind Bruseghin. You can see Vande Velde in the distance.
Now with 4 km's to go Vande Velde is further back on Cunego and Bruseghin but Garzeli has been dropped and is now behind VDV. VandenBroeck is in between Cunego's group and the maglia rosa group. Cunego beats Bruseghin in a sprint and Vande Velde finishes 1:08 back on Cunego. Wiggins Vande Velde's only competition at this point finishes with the same time.
(Sorry my screenshots didn't appear again)
Stage:
Rank Name Team Time Player
1 Damiano Cunego Lampre - Farnese Vini 4h21'09
2 Marzio Bruseghin Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
3 Jurgen Van den Broeck OmegaPharma - Lotto + 40
4 Jens Voigt Team Saxo Bank + 1'08
5 Markus Eibegger Footon - Servetto s.t.
6 Kevin Seeldraeyers Quick Step s.t.
7 Ivan Basso Liquigas-Doimo s.t.
8 Tadej Valjavec Ag2r - La Mondiale s.t.
9 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Transitions s.t. Player
10 Andreas Klöden Team Radioshack s.t.
53 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Transitions s.t. Player
GC:
Rank Name Team Time Player
1 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Transitions 63h09'48 Player
2 Bradley Wiggins Sky Cycling Team + 12
3 Marzio Bruseghin Caisse d'Epargne + 5'20
4 Damiano Cunego Lampre - Farnese Vini + 5'22
5 Andreas Klöden Team Radioshack + 5'56
6 Jens Voigt Team Saxo Bank + 6'14
7 Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone + 8'18
8 Ivan Basso Liquigas-Doimo + 11'36
9 Kevin Seeldraeyers Quick Step + 11'45
10 Sandy Casar Française des Jeux + 12'00
34 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Transitions + 22'55 Player
Points:
Rank Name Team General
1 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Transitions 109
2 Damiano Cunego Lampre - Farnese Vini 101
3 Jens Voigt Team Saxo Bank 94
4 Bradley Wiggins Sky Cycling Team 92
5 Marzio Bruseghin Caisse d'Epargne 87
KOM:
Rank Name Team General
1 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Transitions 30
2 Marzio Bruseghin Caisse d'Epargne 25
3 Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone 21
4 Diego Genovesi CarmioOro - A-Style 21
5 Bradley Wiggins Sky Cycling Team 19
Edited by valverde321 on 24-05-2010 16:16
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| Mario Media |
Posted on 19-05-2010 09:30
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nice! 
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 20-05-2010 03:02
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Giro d'Italia Stage 16
Unfortunately my game crashed too many times so I simulated the stage. I wish I didn't have too but thats the way it goes sometimes.
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GC:
This has got to be the worst possible outcome to the stage. I just hope that Christian can ride well on the final 2 mountain stages
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| Bosskardo |
Posted on 20-05-2010 05:49
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wtf it couldn't have gone worse witout VDV abandoning
hope you can make up time
whats his form and will Hesjedal try his luck in a break before the end
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 20-05-2010 12:50
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Bosskardo wrote:
wtf it couldn't have gone worse witout VDV abandoning
hope you can make up time
whats his form and will Hesjedal try his luck in a break before the end
Hesjedal is VDV's main helper and it this point he will probably have to help him for the rest of the race. MAybe on the last stage before the TT he might escape but not likely with this result on stage 16.
Edited by valverde321 on 22-05-2010 03:15
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-05-2010 13:11
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Ouhhh really unlucky stage there! |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 20-05-2010 13:56
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Batista15 wrote:
Ouhhh really unlucky stage there!
Yeah the 3 times when I actually played it everytime I would have stayed with the same amount of time ahead or even gain tiem on Wiggins but It kept crashing at around 3km to go so I just simmed it and get the 2nd worst outcome possible.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 22-05-2010 03:27
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Giro d'Italia Stage 17
So this is probably the most critical stage of the Giro. This will make or break our Giro. Christian needs lots of time but JV told us that if we work hard we can narrow that gap of Wiggins.
At the start of the run up to Blockhaus the boys moved up to set the pace for the peloton. Cunego attacked a few seconds earlier but he isn't too dangerous so we let him escape.
Now with 15km to go to the summit I started pacing Christian up the mountain.
Paced him up until he attacked with 12km to go. At the start of the day we knew he would have to attack first and never let Wiggins within reach of him after that point.
Now with 8km to go VDV is still all alone and has passed all the remnants of the break. He even passed Cunego.
At about 7.5 km ;eft Garzeli attacked and it was massive. He settled in just behind VDV.
Wiggins attacks but couldn't reach VDV. And he was down 45 seconds.
Now Garzeli joined VDV and with 4.5km left they looked as if they were going to battle it out for the win. IT went down to a sprint. Vande Velde went first and Garzeli after him, would Garzeli go around to win?
No. Vande Velde wins the stage and will need a big rest tonight. What an effort! I'm so glad that he won the stage after all the effort I put into setting it up for him.
Stage:
Rank Name Team Time Player
1 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Transitions 2h10'57 Player
2 Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone + 8
3 Ivan Basso Liquigas-Doimo + 35
4 Marzio Bruseghin Caisse d'Epargne + 54
5 Tadej Valjavec Ag2r - La Mondiale + 1'20
6 Bradley Wiggins Sky Cycling Team + 1'33
7 Kevin Seeldraeyers Quick Step s.t.
8 Damiano Cunego Lampre - Farnese Vini s.t.
9 Andreas Klöden Team Radioshack s.t.
10 Markus Eibegger Footon - Servetto + 2'01
11 Jens Voigt Team Saxo Bank s.t.
12 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas-Doimo s.t.
13 Rubén Plaza Caisse d'Epargne + 2'16
14 Mauricio Soler Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
15 Serge Pauwels Sky Cycling Team s.t.
36 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Transitions s.t. Player
GC:
Rank Name Team Time Player
1 Bradley Wiggins Sky Cycling Team 72h45'57
2 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Transitions + 1'00 Player
3 Marzio Bruseghin Caisse d'Epargne + 5'57
4 Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone + 6'46
5 Damiano Cunego Lampre - Farnese Vini + 6'47
6 Andreas Klöden Team Radioshack + 8'49
7 Ivan Basso Liquigas-Doimo + 10'55
8 Jurgen Van den Broeck OmegaPharma - Lotto + 13'25
9 Kevin Seeldraeyers Quick Step + 15'15
10 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas-Doimo + 16'38
28 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Transitions + 33'28 Player
Points:
Rank Name Team General
1 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Transitions 140
2 Bradley Wiggins Sky Cycling Team 127
3 Damiano Cunego Lampre - Farnese Vini 121
4 Marzio Bruseghin Caisse d'Epargne 113
5 Ivan Basso Liquigas-Doimo 105
KOM:
Rank Name Team General
1 Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone 56
2 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Transitions 50
3 Bradley Wiggins Sky Cycling Team 36
4 Marzio Bruseghin Caisse d'Epargne 33
5 Jurgen Van den Broeck OmegaPharma - Lotto 33
6 Francesco De Bonis Androni-Giocattola 27
7 Ivan Basso Liquigas-Doimo 26
8 Damiano Cunego Lampre - Farnese Vini 23
9 Diego Genovesi CarmioOro - A-Style 21
10 Simone Masciarelli Acqua & Sapone 18
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Posted on 22-05-2010 06:40
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good stage for you, unlucky with simulating
i will follow your story it's a very good one |
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Posted on 22-05-2010 07:13
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Same. Good work mate hope VDV Can win it  |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 22-05-2010 07:45
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Yeah!! Great stage there, hope you will pass Wiggins in the end. Good luck for that |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 22-05-2010 14:02
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Thanks guys. Glad to hear that you enjoy my story.
good stage for you, unlucky with simulating
i will follow your story it's a very good one
Yeah I wish i could have played that stage but it crashed 4 times.
Yeah!! Great stage there, hope you will pass Wiggins in the end. Good luck for that
Not sure if I will be able to beat Wiggins. That was a very lucky stage and now Sky is probably expecting a move like that so it might not work.
But anyway thanks guys.
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| baia |
Posted on 22-05-2010 17:58
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Great win,VDV althought not in 1st in GC is dominating the Giro...well done.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 22-05-2010 18:04
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Well Wiggins has been way more consistent. I think Wiggo has finished in the top 5 in every stage that hasn't finished in a sprint.
Yeah I guess he's dominating but if he doesn't win it won't be memorable for very long. Ryder might attack into the break as the next stage is flat but the stage after that is the final stage to win the GC back. Do you think it would tire Hesjedal out too much if he went in the break?
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 22-05-2010 18:58
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Garmin Blog
Today Dave Zabriskie won stage 2 of the Bayern Rundfahrt. He beat out Christian Knees of Milram to the line. Zabriskie is now the leader in that race. We hope he does well.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 23-05-2010 02:32
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Giro d'Italia Stage 18
Sorry the game crashed before the replay. It wasn't a very interesting stage anyway. A break got away with a gpa of 6:00 minutes at the 50km to go banner but they were brought bac kwith only 5km to the finish. All the teams sprinters had trouble getting over those nasty hills at the end so I started to lead-out VDV for a stage win and some crucial bonus seconds. Gerrans had a great lead-out by Sutton and Gerrans grabbed the win. Unfortunatley Wiggins who had no lead-out man sprinted like crazy (I guess from being a track cyclist) and rode up into 2nd getting some bonus seconds. This is not good for Christians hopes at a GC Victory but there's still tommorow and the stage 21 TT to get time back.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 23-05-2010 03:24
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Giro d'Italia Stage 19
Today is the day. Its the make or break day of the Giro. We can win it or we can lose it. It will be a tough day and after our legs will be screaming at us but we have to make sacrifices and feel that pain because pain usually means your riding hard. We want that pain and we're ready for it!
So far in the stage a break has gone clear but at the foot of the climb they were caught. We set the pace up at the front and I watched and protected Vande Velde. Vaughters basically told the team at the 16km mark that Christian will attack any moment now. Give up your chase. It worked and VDV gapped the main group.
After 4km of climbing up the mountain by himself Wiggo made it up to VDV. They pushed the pace but really I could tell that Christian was holding back. Garzeli and Basso attacked and Christian followed. Garzeli and Vande Velde got ahead of Basso. Where was Wiggins? For the first time it looked like Wiggins was struggling!
Garzeli and VDV took it all the way inside the 1km banner. VDV had the legs left to sprint and did. HE had a wheel on Garzeli with 400m to go. Wiggins was 20 seconds behind with Bruseghin. Basso was really struggling to get up the mountain as he was even further down the mountain.
Garzeli snags the win out of Vande Velde's pocket on this one. Tough. But VDV still gets 19 seconds and some bonus time which could help for the stage 21 TT.
Stage:
Rank Name Team Time Player
1 Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone 4h33'53
2 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Transitions s.t. Player
3 Marzio Bruseghin Caisse d'Epargne + 19
4 Bradley Wiggins Sky Cycling Team s.t.
5 Ivan Basso Liquigas-Doimo + 56
6 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas-Doimo + 1'04
7 Kevin Seeldraeyers Quick Step s.t.
8 Andreas Klöden Team Radioshack + 1'20
9 Jurgen Van den Broeck OmegaPharma - Lotto + 1'28
10 Mauricio Soler Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
56 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Transitions +4'48 Player
GC:
Rank Name Team Time Player
1 Bradley Wiggins Sky Cycling Team 81h48'12
2 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Transitions + 41 Player
3 Marzio Bruseghin Caisse d'Epargne + 6'01
4 Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone + 6'19
5 Damiano Cunego Lampre - Farnese Vini + 8'08
6 Andreas Klöden Team Radioshack + 10'02
7 Ivan Basso Liquigas-Doimo + 11'44
8 Jurgen Van den Broeck OmegaPharma - Lotto + 14'46
9 Kevin Seeldraeyers Quick Step + 16'12
10 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas-Doimo + 17'35
32 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Transitions + 38'09 Player
Points:
Rank Name Team General
1 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Transitions 163
2 Bradley Wiggins Sky Cycling Team 161
3 Marzio Bruseghin Caisse d'Epargne 129
4 Damiano Cunego Lampre - Farnese Vini 125
5 Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone 123
KOM:
Rank Name Team General
1 Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone 76
2 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Transitions 65
3 Marzio Bruseghin Caisse d'Epargne 43
4 Bradley Wiggins Sky Cycling Team 42
5 Jurgen Van den Broeck OmegaPharma - Lotto 33
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 23-05-2010 13:57
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Garmin Blog
Earlier this morning we received some great news. That is of course a Victory by Robbie Hunter winning the CSC Invitational for Garmin- Transitions. HE won after a group of 3 got ahead including himself at the 20km mark and they held off the peloton by over a minute to take the win. In that group was disgraced cyclist Floyd Landis.
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