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Caisse d'Epargne - To the Extreme
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 22-12-2010 21:44
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lluuiiggii wrote:
Yeah, I liked very much the video! You know, it's a short video, just the final km, good idea.
Shame you have only a picture of the finish 
Thanks for the feedback. Maybe I can do something like this for the rest of the classics this year.
But yeah it sucks. I'll just explain it really well, and it should be up tonight. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 23-12-2010 05:10
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Bad News that one picture I told you about didn't show up in my SS folder. I'll just write my best describing the stage.
 Milan-SanRemo
Okay so the stage began very slow. First riders were attacking, mainly from smaller teams, but they were chased back for about 50km until the start of the Torchino, where a group of 4 stayed away. The middle sector was very hectic as much of the peloton was anxious and travelling slowly. The BOTD grew to a lead of 11 minutes but then as the small hills began Liquigas, HT and Garmin set the pace at extremely high tempos knocking off any riders who have trouble on inclined roads. Lastras, Rojas, Uran Kiryienka and Coyot were left for Cipressa and Coyot annd Kiryienka both went off the back on the Cipressa. 3 BOTD riders were caught with 15km left but one was still alone and had a 1min lead on us as we started the Poggio. He was soon swept up though.
Down the descent and towards the City! Rojas had Lastras as a leadout, which worked alright thanks to the narrow roads. Rojas got a quick start to the sprint and had a 10metre gap to the next rider, but Cav and Farrar came fast and passed him with 300metres left. Sagan too. Still Rojas finishes 6th so all in all a good MSR.
Stage:
Spoiler | Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Tyler FARRAR | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | 7h11'43 | | 2 | Peter SAGAN | LIQUIGAS - DOIMO | s.t. | | 3 | Alessandro PETACCHI | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | s.t. | | 4 | Mark CAVENDISH | TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA | s.t. | | 5 | Leonardo DUQUE | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | s.t. | | 6 | José Joaquin ROJAS | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 7 | Greg VAN AVERMAET | OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO | s.t. | | 8 | Robert HUNTER | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | s.t. | | 9 | Tom BOONEN | QUICK STEP | s.t. | | 10 | Filippo POZZATO | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. | | 11 | Rinaldo NOCENTINI | AG2R - LA MONDIALE | s.t. | | 12 | Sergueï IVANOV | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. | | 13 | Fabian CANCELLARA | TEAM SAXO BANK | s.t. | | 14 | André GREIPEL | TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA | s.t. | | 15 | Daniele BENNATI | LIQUIGAS - DOIMO | s.t. | | 16 | Sylvain CHAVANEL | QUICK STEP | s.t. | | 17 | Lars BOOM | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 18 | Joaquin RODRIGUEZ | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. | | 19 | Carlos BARREDO | QUICK STEP | s.t. | | 20 | Sébastian ROSSELER | TEAM RADIO SHACK | s.t. | | 21 | Juan Antonio FLECHA | SKY PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | 22 | Nick NUYENS | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 23 | Pablo LASTRAS | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 24 | Matti BRESCHEL | TEAM SAXO BANK | s.t. | | 25 | Robbie MCEWEN | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. |
Edited by valverde321 on 23-12-2010 05:11
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| baia |
Posted on 23-12-2010 17:47
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Thats a good result for Rojas,congrats.
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 23-12-2010 17:58
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baia wrote:
Thats a good result for Rojas,congrats.
Totally agree with baia! Great result with Rojas |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 23-12-2010 20:47
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Thanks everyone. It was a tough field so I'm happy with 6th. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 23-12-2010 21:11
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That's a decent result from Rojas, well done.  |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 23-12-2010 22:52
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 Volta a Catalunya
Our squad is LL Sanchez, Bruseghin, Irviti, Madrazo, Garcia Acosta, Zandio and Arroyo
The 1st Stage is a prologue going thru Lloret de Mar. Its only 4km but is very technical so time can be won and lost. The short TT let Geraint Thomas claim victory over Hondo and Larson but the main GC favourites like Kashechkin and LL Sanchez stayed within half a minute of Thomas.
Stage 2 saw Caisse switch its leaders from Arroyo to Sanchez. A break won the day as Vicioso took 1st and Knaven, Saramotins and Champion finish with him. Koldo Fernandez was the first of the peloton riders to cross the line.
Stage 3 was the first of the stages in the mountains and it seemed to go alright for Luis Leon. He finished 1:39 back on the leader but didn't lose much to the othe GC fav's. Kashechkin was surprisingly enough let in the break though. Unfortunately Bruseghin crashed and fractured his skull.
Stage Results:
Spoiler | 1 | Ruben PEREZ MORENO | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | 4h22'53 | | 2 | Yoann OFFREDO | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | s.t. | | 3 | Andrey KASHECHKIN | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | + 30 | | 4 | Francesco GAVAZZI | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | + 1'00 | | 5 | Oscar PEREIRO | ASTANA | + 1'19 | | 6 | Daniel NAVARRO | ASTANA | s.t. | | 7 | Vladimir GUSEV | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. | | 8 | Benat INTXAUSTI | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | s.t. | | 9 | Luis Leon SANCHEZ | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 1'39 | | 10 | Sandy CASAR | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | s.t. |
Stage 4 This day was great. LL Sanchez attacked from the last hill of the day and got a gap of 30 seconds. He started to gain time until it reached 1 minute and by that time he was in the last 1km. He ended up 30ish seconds ahead of everyone, but he won the stage, and moves up to 2nd in the GC.
Stage 5 Sandy Casar won today. The breakaway specialists along with him, and Luis Leon only 45 seconds back. He even gains time on Kashechkin and is now only 2 seconds back.
Stage 6 was the day of the sprinters. Boasson Hagen won ahead of Fernandez. The GC picture remains the same going into the final stage. Can LL get 2 seconds on Kashechkin?
Stage 7 is the final stage. It ended in a mass sprint for 4th as Arashiro takes the win in the break, and Knaven finishes 3rd after being in anothe BOTD. He is surely the most aggressive rider.
Final GC:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Andrey KASHECHKIN | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | 23h29'53 | | 2 | Luis Leon SANCHEZ | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 2 | | 3 | Francesco GAVAZZI | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | + 23 | | 4 | Haimar ZUBELDIA | TEAM RADIO SHACK | + 35 | | 5 | Sandy CASAR | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | + 52 | | 6 | Tadej VALJAVEC | AG2R - LA MONDIALE | + 1'40 | | 7 | Oscar PEREIRO | ASTANA | + 1'44 | | 8 | Juan Jose OROZ | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | + 1'45 | | 9 | Alexander EFIMKIN | AG2R - LA MONDIALE | + 1'46 | | 10 | Daniel NAVARRO | ASTANA | + 1'56 |
Other Races
Spoiler
Gent-Wevelgem
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Sep VANMARCKE | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - MERCATOR | 5h11'48 | | 2 | Björn LEUKEMANS | VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | 3 | Kevyn ISTA | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | + 29 | | 4 | Maarten WYNANTS | QUICK STEP | s.t. | | 5 | Allan DAVIS | ASTANA | + 51 | | ... | | 20 | Arnaud COYOT | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 1'43 |
Edited by valverde321 on 23-12-2010 22:54
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 23-12-2010 22:54
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Amazing result! Too bad..only 2 seconds |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 24-12-2010 18:45
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End of March Rankings
I'm doing it this way now. As it saves lots of time. Is that alright? |
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| baia |
Posted on 25-12-2010 20:27
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No more screens?
Good result in Catalunia.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 25-12-2010 21:28
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baia wrote:
No more screens?
Good result in Catalunia.
I wanted to get by this tour quickly for Tour of Basque so I ddn't take screens. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 26-12-2010 20:12
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Sorry for not having many updates in a bit, my computer has been overheating, and whenever I start PCM it just dies, so I will try to fix this problem, but if not the story is probably done. Pretty bad news, but I hope its just a broken fan and a an increasing amount of dust that is the problem.
Edited by valverde321 on 26-12-2010 20:18
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| baia |
Posted on 26-12-2010 20:20
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Hope you can fix that..
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 26-12-2010 20:38
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baia wrote:
Hope you can fix that..
+ 1.. take your time and i'm sure, you'll get this working again!
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| olabj |
Posted on 26-12-2010 20:47
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tsmoha wrote:
baia wrote:
Hope you can fix that..
+ 1.. take your time and i'm sure, you'll get this working again!
+2 and the same as him.... oh and may I remind you:
olabj wrote:
Dude. Now I'm pissed off at you  How can you do this to me. And don't think that you'll get away this easily though. You'll have to start a new story otherwise I'm going to get on the first plane to Canada and drive all the way to Winnipeg, wherever that might be, and I'm going to go up to your house and kick your ass  You are hereby warned!!!! |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 26-12-2010 20:52
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olabj wrote:
tsmoha wrote:
baia wrote:
Hope you can fix that..
+ 1.. take your time and i'm sure, you'll get this working again!
+2 and the same as him.... oh and may I remind you:
olabj wrote:
Dude. Now I'm pissed off at you How can you do this to me. And don't think that you'll get away this easily though. You'll have to start a new story otherwise I'm going to get on the first plane to Canada and drive all the way to Winnipeg, wherever that might be, and I'm going to go up to your house and kick your ass You are hereby warned!!!!
Thanks guys, I've already made a back-up of the PCM 10 DL link on my USB and maybe I will do the same with the save although if it gets to that point I'll probably start a new story with a new team. Tonight I think I'm gonna clean out all the dust from inside my computer and see if the fan is broken, but maybe tommorow. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 27-12-2010 17:59
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Okay just an update, I suspect my computers gfx card died so I will be getting either a new gfx card or a new computer altogether, hopefully. This story is probably done but don't be surprised to see a story with a 2011 db by myself later. |
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