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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 22-01-2013 07:39
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Finally in the break! 
Great that we secured another top 10 too!
@Rabo CT thing: I know, I was kidding 
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| Abelbaba |
Posted on 22-01-2013 07:45
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nice to see another top 10 finish, hope the boys keep getting such results |
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| Mordekaiser |
Posted on 22-01-2013 07:46
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fcancellara wrote:
Mordekaiser wrote:
If a rider isn't good enough for Sky might he join Endura Racing?
Or Node4, IG Sigma, UK Youth, Rapha, Raleigh?
But these teams are not nearly as good as Endura and proberbly only as good as the development squad 
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 22-01-2013 07:50
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@Mordekaiser: But you can also go to any Pro Conti/WT team if they're interested. It's not that you have to go to an english team, it's just more likely that they're interested 
And you could also just stay at this development squad, it's great 
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| Daggen |
Posted on 22-01-2013 08:39
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Let's go Sky! |
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 22-01-2013 15:15
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Jesleyh wrote:
@Mordekaiser: But you can also go to any Pro Conti/WT team if they're interested. It's not that you have to go to an english team, it's just more likely that they're interested
And you could also just stay at this development squad, it's great
Both of your riders are under contract for next year, so it doesn't really matter atm.
There's no need to keep asking. If a team is interested, I will tell you and then you can make the decision yourselves. |
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 22-01-2013 15:19
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guys, It is only february, let's just see if the story even last till then (hope I don't Jinx it )
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 22-01-2013 17:33
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brewers90 wrote:
Jesleyh wrote:
@Mordekaiser: But you can also go to any Pro Conti/WT team if they're interested. It's not that you have to go to an english team, it's just more likely that they're interested
And you could also just stay at this development squad, it's great
Both of your riders are under contract for next year, so it doesn't really matter atm.
There's no need to keep asking. If a team is interested, I will tell you and then you can make the decision yourselves.
I know, but I don't want to leave anyway
@Luigi sssst... Don't mention that.. 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 22-01-2013 17:49
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Meh, can't jinx this. (damn, that's like the ultimate jinx  ) |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 22-01-2013 17:50
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Yeah, this database is impossible to crash and delete all progress..
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 22-01-2013 19:24
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Race Report
 Tour of South Africa Stage 6
The final real challenge of the race takes in three categorised climbs before a final ascent up Old Helshoogte Pass. Will the sprinters be able to stay up there or will the explosive climbers be able to put time into them. Either way, the GC will be almost final tonight, with just bonus seconds left tomorrow.
Today's breakaway was seven strong with Hoogenboominitially in there for Sky Dev. However, when Hudecek, second in the KoM ranking, attacked across, the polka dot jersey was under threat so Oget had to go on the attack. Hoogenboom couldn't go again so dropped back, leaving Oget with the baton.
Despite Hudecek trying everything, Oget was too strong for the Czech rider again, winning the first two climbs to wrap up the competition. He also scored points on the first category climb to rub salt into Hudecek's wounds. Oget will be on the podium tomorrow.
Endura were magnificent today, sitting on the front of the peloton for the entire stage, limiting the breakaway's lead, then reeling them back in over the penultimate climb. Paul Voss even put in an attack, which was followed by Michael Rasmussen, but both were back in the peloton soon after.
As they approached the final climb, there were more attacks as the breakaway was caught. Padour put in a big attack but it was Mayer of NSP who got a gap and hit the bottom of the climb first. Sky's riders were sitting in the bunch waiting for the right moment to hit the front. Thompson radioed the team car saying his legs felt superb today and that he would give it a go.
And on the final climb, it was Thompson who was leading the chase after Mayer, who was still just ahead. The Kiwi climber was putting in a big effort but couldn't shake off the rest of the field. Fischer and Hammarling were both comfortable a bit further back and it looked, amazingly, like a bunch sprint was approaching. The climb just wasn't hard enough.
Surprise, surprise, it was Schumacher who took another win, catching Mayer on the line, with another German, Voss, in third. Tiernan-Locke could only manage sixth, not far ahead of his team mate McEvoy. Sky's top finisher was Thompson in thirteenth, but Hammarling, Fischer and Van Niekerk all finished in the peloton to keep their great GC placings.
| 1 |  Stefan Schumacher | Christina Watches - Onfone | 3h41'20 | | 2 | Yannick Mayer | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 3 | Paul Voss | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 4 |  Frantisek Padour | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 5 |  René Jørgensen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 6 |  Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 7 | Michael Rasmussen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 8 |  Rohan Dennis | Team Jayco - AIS | s.t. | | 9 | Jonathon McEvoy | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 10 |  Jani Tewelde Weldegaber | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Huub Duyn | Cyclingteam De Rijke | s.t. | | 12 | Daniel Foder | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 13 | Mitch Thompson | Sky Development Squad | s.t. | | 14 | Kristian Sobota | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 15 | Scott Thwaites | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 16 | Calvin Watson | Team Jayco - AIS | s.t. | | 17 | Alex Fischer | Sky Development Squad | s.t. | | 18 | Johannes Christofel Nel | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 19 | Martin Pedersen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 20 | Stanislav Kozúbek | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 21 | Chris Barton | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 22 | Freqalsi Debesay | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 23 | Alexander Kamp | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 24 | Arran Brown | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 25 | Matej Jurco | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 26 | Mats Boeve | Cyclingteam De Rijke | s.t. | | 27 | Johan Hammarling | Sky Development Squad | s.t. | | 28 | Nick Aitken | Team Jayco - AIS | s.t. | | 29 | Steele Von Hoff | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 30 | Jeremy Vennell | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 31 | Daan Olivier | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 32 | Danny Van Poppel | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 33 | Adrien Niyonshuti | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 34 | Damien Howson | Team Jayco - AIS | s.t. | | 35 | Anders Newbury | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 36 | Jay McCarthy | Team Jayco - AIS | s.t. | | 37 | Jenning Huizenga | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 38 | Ben Jacques-Maynes | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 39 | Tesfay Abraha Habtemariam | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 40 | Dean Windsor | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 41 | Marc Goos | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 42 | Frank Pipp | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 43 | Maurits Lammertink | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 44 | Andrei Krasilnikau | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 45 | Aidan Van Niekerk | Sky Development Squad | s.t. | | 46 | Jacob Fiedler | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 47 | Florian Bissinger | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 48 | Peter Schulting | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 49 | Joseph Schmalz | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 50 | Iker Camaño | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 51 | Daniel Summerhill | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 52 | Rens Te Stroet | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 53 | Dion Beukeboom | Cyclingteam De Rijke | s.t. | | 54 | René Obst | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 55 | Niek Boom | Cyclingteam De Rijke | s.t. | | 56 | Ken Hanson | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 57 | Sergej Fuchs | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 58 | Wesley Hoogenboom | Sky Development Squad | s.t. | | 59 | David Bartl | LKT Team Brandenburg | s.t. | | 60 | Andres Diaz | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 61 | Songezo Jim | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 62 | Dylan Van Baarle | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 63 | Scott Zwizanski | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 64 | Rune Van der Meijden | Cyclingteam De Rijke | s.t. | | 65 | Robin Carpenter | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 66 | Tom Zirbel | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 67 | Jiri Hudecek | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 68 | Martin Wesemann | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 69 | Kersten Thiele | LKT Team Brandenburg | s.t. | | 70 | Conor Mullervy | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 71 | Weston Luzadder | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 72 | Robert Partridge | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 73 | Robert Bush | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 74 | Quinn Keogh | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 75 | Patrick Bevin | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 76 | Martijn Tusveld | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 77 | Adam Leibovitz | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 78 | Matt Cooke | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 79 | Logan Loader | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 80 | Jesper Schipper | Cyclingteam De Rijke | s.t. | | 81 | Kevin Mullervy | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 82 | Florian Gaugl | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 83 | Carlos Alzate | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 84 | Glenn O'Shea | Team Jayco - AIS | s.t. | | 85 | Robert Bartko | LKT Team Brandenburg | s.t. | | 86 | Christopher Baldwin | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 87 | Colton Barrett | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 88 | Ruben Zepuntke | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 89 | Wouter Haan | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 90 | Marco Minnaard | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 91 | Alexander Wetterhall | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 92 | Sam Johnson | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 93 | Michael Friedman | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 94 | Bram Nolten | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 95 | Geert Van der Weijst | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 96 | Pim De Beer | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 97 | Michael Sherer | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 98 | Stefan Poutsma | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 99 | Maxime Oget | Sky Development Squad | s.t. | | 100 | Evan Hyde | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | + 2'47 | | 101 | Abel Huigsloot | Sky Development Squad | s.t. | | 102 | Tomáš Bucháček | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 103 | Joshua Prete | Whirlpool - Author | + 4'45 | | 104 | Jonathan Bakker | Sky Development Squad | + 5'17 | | 105 | Dylan Groenewegen | Cyclingteam De Rijke | s.t. | | 106 | Stefan Schäfer | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 107 | Henning Bommel | LKT Team Brandenburg | + 5'54 | | 108 | René Weissinger | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 109 | Sebastian Forke | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 110 | Remco Te Brake | Cyclingteam De Rijke | s.t. | | 111 | Claudio Imhof | Team Vorarlberg | + 6'45 | | 112 | Alex Candelario | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 113 | Patrick Konrad | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 114 | René Hooghiemster | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 115 | Tino Thömel | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 116 | Tobias Jenny | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 117 | Dennis Wauch | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 118 | Nikias Arndt | LKT Team Brandenburg | s.t. | | 119 | Daniel Rinner | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 120 | Maximilian Stier | LKT Team Brandenburg | + 11'30 | | 121 | Nico Hesslich | LKT Team Brandenburg | + 13'45 | | 122 | Jimmi Sørensen | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 16'27 |
GC
| 1 | Stefan Schumacher | Christina Watches - Onfone | 23h54'58 | | 2 | Jonathon McEvoy | Endura Racing | + 16 | | 3 | Arran Brown | MTN - Qhubeka | + 48 | | 4 | Johan Hammarling | Sky Development Squad | + 56 | | 5 | Scott Thwaites | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 6 | Michael Rasmussen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 7 | Martin Pedersen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 8 | Yannick Mayer | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 9 | Aidan Van Niekerk | Sky Development Squad | + 58 | | 10 | Paul Voss | Endura Racing | + 1'00 |
KoM
| 1 |  Maxime Oget | Sky Development Squad | 84 | | 2 | Jiri Hudecek | Whirlpool - Author | 60 | | 3 | Aidan Van Niekerk | Sky Development Squad | 24 | | 4 | Colton Barrett | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 24 | | 5 | Robert Bartko | LKT Team Brandenburg | 24 |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 22-01-2013 19:33
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It was a good stage until the end. Come sky.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 22-01-2013 19:34
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KoM is as good as finished, yeah? |
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 22-01-2013 19:35
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no Welsey has passed me in the GC
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 22-01-2013 19:41
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@Luigi hehe, at least I've got the ability to stay in the peloton(can't get in front of the peloton, but can't get dropped either )
@Race Great, it looks like the KoM is ours
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 22-01-2013 19:42
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Well.. that stage was a big disappointment, with 100 riders finishing in the same time
Anyway, great job by Oget to defend the KoM jersey. |
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| pcm2009fan |
Posted on 22-01-2013 19:53
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Gratz Maxime |
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 22-01-2013 19:54
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I really like the pace of this story
Daily reports
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 22-01-2013 20:22
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By the way, are you actively playing or just "looking"?
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 22-01-2013 20:27
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Obviously the level in the hills is a bit too high for the team, but that's why they're only a development squad, right?
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