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Tour of Georgia - Stage 7
The final stage in the Tour of Georgia, the circuit through Atlanta would likely come down to the sprinters. High road would look to set up Greipel for the sprint and settle for second in the general classification.
The team was well placed as the sprint began, and Sieberg led Greipel out perfectly. Greipel took the win and Sieberg held on for second. An outstanding finish to the race.
While we didn't get the race win we hoped for, we did take second and won the points and mountain jerseys. A solid ride for the team.
Stage Results:
1 André Greipel Team High Road 3h04'39
2 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road s.t.
3 Gil Cordovés Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara s.t.
4 Christopher Sutton Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
5 Kyle Gritters Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
6 Lucas Haedo Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light s.t.
7 Brad Huff Jelly Belly Cycling Team s.t.
8 Martin Gilbert Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
9 Henk Vogels Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
10 Hilton Clarke Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
Final General Classification:
1 Tom Danielson Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O 26h22'10
2 Thomas Lövkvist Team High Road + 1'51
3 Gustav Larsson Team CSC + 3'14
4 David Millar Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 4'37
5 Óscar Sevilla Rock Racing + 4'44
6 Ronny Scholz Gerolsteiner + 5'55
7 Phil Zajicek Health Net presented by Maxxis + 6'15
8 Burke Swindlehurst Bissell Pro Cycling + 7'15
9 Corey Collier Health Net presented by Maxxis + 7'23
10 Christian Vandevelde Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 7'27
Final Points:
1 Thomas Lövkvist Team High Road 78
2 André Greipel Team High Road 57
3 Tom Danielson Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O 53
4 Gustav Larsson Team CSC 44
5 Marcus Ljungqvist Team CSC 40
6 Markus Zberg Gerolsteiner 38
7 Fred Rodriguez Rock Racing 37
8 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road 36
9 Óscar Sevilla Rock Racing 36
10 Brad Huff Jelly Belly Cycling Team 35
Final Mountains Classification:
1 John Devine Team High Road 96
2 Aaron Olson Bissell Pro Cycling 40
3 Chris Jones Team Type 1 34
4 Óscar Sevilla Rock Racing 32
5 Bernardo Colex Tecos de la Universidad Autonóma de Guadalajara 32
6 Thomas Lövkvist Team High Road 28
7 Tom Danielson Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O 26
8 Michael Blaudzun Team CSC 26
9 Ronny Scholz Gerolsteiner 24
10 Sergei Yakovlev Team Astana 18
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Liege-Bastogne-Liege
The last major hilly classic of the year, High Road will be trying to get a strong result from Kirchen and keep working to get Michael Rogers into form.
The team:
Leader: Kim Kirchen
Free: Michael Rogers
Free: Kanstantsin Siutsou
Teammate: Tony Martin
Teammate: Sergio Luis Henao
Teammate: Morris Possoni
Teammate: Taylor Phinney
Teammate: Diego Ulissi
The race was fairly uneventful through the first portion. A small break left early on and was pulled back in well before the finish. As the pelaton approached the later hills, Cunego attacked and the favorites all followed. Kirchen countered and got into the group.
Valverde and Cunego were able to keep away from the rest of the favorite group. The chasers put forth a strong chase and kept the two leaders from pulling away. Valverde was clearly stronger though, and finally decided to pull away from Cunego.
As the leaders hit the second to last hill, the steep incline brought the groups together. Kirchen tried to attack and bridge the short gap to Valverde... but he just didn't have enough strength. Voigt followed and unlike Kirchen was able to make it to Valverde.
Climbing up the final hill, Kirchen's ill fated attack came back to bite him. He cracked on the ascent at the most inoportune time.
At the front, Valverde clearly was the strongest. On the small flat portion after the final climb Valverde easily pulled past Voigt and took the win.
Kirchen managed to salvage 7th in the race, but we have to wonder if things would have worked out differently if not for that attack that sapped his strength. This felt like a real missed opportunity.
Results:
1 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne 7h08'46
2 Jens Voigt Team CSC s.t.
3 Leonardo Bertagnolli Liquigas + 51
4 Damiano Cunego Lampre s.t.
5 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner s.t.
6 Alexandre Botcharov Crédit Agricole + 1'07
7 Kim Kirchen Team High Road s.t.
8 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
9 Patrice Halgand Crédit Agricole + 2'54
10 Luca Mazzanti Tinkoff Credit Systems + 3'19
11 Davide Rebellin Gerolsteiner + 4'28
12 Karsten Kroon Team CSC s.t.
13 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 4'43
14 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team High Road s.t.
15 Michael Albasini Liquigas s.t.
16 Alexandr Kolobnev Team CSC s.t.
17 Jelle Vanendert Française des Jeux s.t.
18 Yuri Trofimov Bouygues Télécom s.t.
19 Mario Aerts Silence - Lotto s.t.
20 Rik Verbrugghe Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
21 Andy Schleck Team CSC s.t.
22 Pietro Caucchioli Crédit Agricole s.t.
23 Tony Martin Team High Road s.t.
24 Juanma Gárate Quick·Step s.t.
25 Robert Gesink Rabobank s.t.
26 Thomas Voeckler Bouygues Télécom s.t.
27 Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner s.t.
28 Denis Menchov Rabobank s.t.
29 Bradley McGee Team CSC s.t.
30 Andrea Noè Liquigas s.t.
31 Chris Horner Team Astana s.t.
32 Christian Murro Lampre s.t.
33 Marzio Bruseghin Lampre s.t.
34 Michael Rogers Team High Road s.t.
35 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
36 Igor Astarloa Team Milram s.t.
37 Wim Van Huffel Silence - Lotto s.t.
38 Gianni Meersman Française des Jeux s.t.
39 Giovanni Visconti Quick·Step s.t.
40 Alexandre Pliuschin AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
41 Iñigo Landaluze Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
42 David Moncoutié Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
43 Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld s.t.
44 Christian Pfannberger Barloworld s.t.
45 Alexander Efimkin Quick·Step s.t.
46 Frederik Willems Liquigas s.t.
47 Wladimir Miholjevic Liquigas s.t.
48 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
49 Koos Moerenhout Rabobank s.t.
50 Vladimir Karpets Caisse d'Epargne + 5'31
51 Rigoberto Urán Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
52 Tom Stubbe Française des Jeux + 5'43
53 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank s.t.
54 Markus Fothen Gerolsteiner s.t.
55 Yaroslav Popovych Silence - Lotto s.t.
56 Maxime Monfort Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
57 Anthony Geslin Bouygues Télécom s.t.
58 Jurgen Van den Broeck Silence - Lotto s.t.
59 Matteo Carrara Quick·Step s.t.
60 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom + 6'11
61 Sergei Ivanov Team Astana s.t.
62 Benoit Vaugrenard Française des Jeux + 6'26
63 Alberto Losada Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
64 Joost Posthuma Rabobank s.t.
65 Aitor Hernández Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
66 Sylvester Szmyd Lampre + 6'41
67 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 7'39
68 Francesco Bellotti Barloworld s.t.
69 Bernhard Kohl Gerolsteiner s.t.
70 David Cañada Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
71 Stéphane Goubert AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
72 Marco Marzano Lampre s.t.
73 Luis Pasamontes Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
74 José Angel Gómez Marchante Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
75 Janez Brajkovic Team Astana s.t.
76 Peter Velits Team Milram s.t.
77 Evgeni Petrov Tinkoff Credit Systems + 8'20
78 Manuele Mori Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
79 Chris Froome Barloworld + 8'28
80 José Rujano Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
81 Stefan Schreck Gerolsteiner s.t.
82 Peter Wrölich Gerolsteiner + 8'36
83 Maarten Wynants Quick·Step s.t.
84 Damien Gaudin Bouygues Télécom s.t.
85 Paolo Bettini Quick·Step + 8'44
86 Dimitri Champion Bouygues Télécom s.t.
87 Vladimir Efimkin AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
88 Christophe Kern Crédit Agricole + 8'52
89 Jean-Charles Sénac AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
90 Stijn Vandenbergh AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
91 José Luis Arrieta AG2R - La Mondiale + 9'00
92 Nicolas Portal Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
93 Mikhail Ignatiev Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
94 Carlos Sastre Team CSC + 9'48
95 Grischa Niermann Rabobank s.t.
96 Andreas Klöden Team Astana s.t.
97 Geert Steurs Silence - Lotto s.t.
98 Diego Ulissi Team High Road s.t.
99 Aitor Galdos Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
100 Sergio Luis Henao Team High Road + 9'56
101 Bobby Julich Team CSC + 10'12
102 Levi Leipheimer Team Astana s.t.
103 Pieter Weening Rabobank s.t.
104 Matteo Bono Lampre + 10'20
105 Roman Kreuziger Liquigas + 11'16
106 BenjamÃn Noval Team Astana s.t.
107 Toni Colom Team Astana s.t.
108 Alexander Khatuntsev Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
109 Yauheni Sobal Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
110 Baden Cooke Barloworld + 11'24
111 Tim Klinger Gerolsteiner + 11'32
112 David De la Fuente Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
113 Steven Kleynen Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner + 11'48
114 Maryan Hary Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
115 Jan Kuyckx Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner + 11'56
116 Dioni Galparsoro Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
117 Sergei Klimov Tinkoff Credit Systems + 12'12
118 Ludovic Turpin AG2R - La Mondiale + 12'20
119 Alberto BenÃtez Saunier Duval - Scott + 12'52
120 Nicolas Roche Crédit Agricole s.t.
121 Kevin De Weert Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
122 Kristof Vandewalle Topsport Vlaanderen s.t.
123 Rubens Bertogliati Saunier Duval - Scott + 13'16
124 Evert Verbist Topsport Vlaanderen + 13'24
125 Ivan Santaromita Liquigas + 13'32
126 Johan Coenen Topsport Vlaanderen s.t.
127 Daniele Contrini Tinkoff Credit Systems + 13'40
128 Yoann Le Boulanger Française des Jeux s.t.
129 Dmytro Grabovskyy Quick·Step s.t.
130 Amael Moinard Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 13'48
131 Morris Possoni Team High Road s.t.
132 Thierry Hupond Skil - Shimano + 13'56
133 Frederik Veuchelen Topsport Vlaanderen s.t.
134 Jorge Azanza Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
135 Kurt Hovelynck Topsport Vlaanderen + 14'04
136 Brett Lancaster Team Milram s.t.
137 Moisés Dueñas Barloworld s.t.
138 Dries Devenyns Silence - Lotto s.t.
139 Serge Pauwels Topsport Vlaanderen + 14'12
140 Franck Rénier Bouygues Télécom s.t.
141 Gabriel Rasch Crédit Agricole + 14'52
142 Frédéric Amorison Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner + 15'00
143 Christian Kux Team Milram + 15'40
144 Steven Cummings Barloworld + 15'48
145 Héctor González Saunier Duval - Scott + 16'04
146 Nick Ingels Topsport Vlaanderen + 16'52
147 Fabio Sabatini Team Milram + 17'32
148 Jean-Marc Marino Crédit Agricole s.t.
149 Wouter Van Mechelen Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner + 18'04
150 Geraint Thomas Barloworld + 18'44
151 Kenny Van Hummel Skil - Shimano + 18'52
152 Yukihiro Doi Skil - Shimano + 19'56
153 Taylor Phinney Team High Road + 20'12
154 Albert Timmer Skil - Shimano + 20'52
155 Tom Veelers Skil - Shimano + 21'08
156 David Boucher Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner + 21'32
157 Piet Rooijakkers Skil - Shimano s.t.
158 Angelo Furlan Crédit Agricole + 21'40
159 Emanuelle Bindi Lampre + 21'48
160 Guido Trenti Liquigas + 22'52
161 Kevin Neirynck Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner + 23'00
162 Yoann Offredo Française des Jeux + 23'16
163 Gorik Gardeyn Silence - Lotto + 23'24
164 Bart Dockx Silence - Lotto + 23'40
165 Frank Høj Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 24'04
166 Andy Cappelle Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner + 24'20
167 Erki Pütsep Bouygues Télécom + 24'44
168 Mauro Facci Quick·Step + 24'52
169 Mickael Delage Française des Jeux s.t.
170 Hidenori Nodera Skil - Shimano + 27'35
171 Sergio Ghisalberti Team Milram + 27'59
172 Paolo Fornaciari Lampre + 29'51
173 Robert Wagner Skil - Shimano + 30'23
174 Tim Gudsell Française des Jeux + 30'39
175 Lander Aperribay Euskaltel - Euskadi + 30'55
176 Thomas Dekker Rabobank + 33'19
177 Sebastian Schwager Team Milram + 33'59
178 Steve Schets Topsport Vlaanderen + 34'23
179 Lasse Bøchman Team CSC + 37'27
180 Ilya Chernetskiy Tinkoff Credit Systems + 38'15
181 Volodymyr Dyudya Team Milram + 39'43
182 Paul Manning Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner + 42'23
183 Luciano Pagliarini Saunier Duval - Scott + 42'47
184 Berik Kupeshov Team Astana + 48'23
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Posted on 30-05-2008 04:44
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Ezikiel wrote:
nice to see this story up and running again
Yeah... but the backlog is huge. I have so many races to post it's almost intimidating. Plus some of these earlier races are a bit shady in my memory. I'm trying to remember the circumstances based on the final results and the screenshots I took... but forgive me if I make a mistake or two. |
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Tour de Romandie - Stage 1
The Tour of Romandie is a pro-tour event and a perfect tune up for the Giro di Italia. With two time trials it doesn't really suit Kirchen that well, but he wanted to give it a shot so we brought him here. We may take him out if he's not feeling at the top of his game however. He'll be in a free role rather than leading.
The team:
Leader: Michael Rogers - This is the lead in race for Rogers leading up to the Giro.
Free: Kim Kirchen
Free: Thomas Lövkvist
Sprinter: Edvald Boasson Hagen
Teammates: Diego Ulissi, John Devine, Sergio Luis Henao, Adam Hansen
The opening prologue was a short 6 kilometer affair. A lot of top riders are present, but many put up slower times, showing a lack of form. Lovkvist, coming off a strong tour of Georgia ride, was able to take the stage win and the early leader's jersey. Kirchen had a so-so performance.... we'll decide overnight if he's wanting to stay in the race or drop out.
Stage Results:
1 Thomas Lövkvist Team High Road 6'34
2 Ronny Scholz Gerolsteiner + 2
3 Mikhail Ignatiev Tinkoff Credit Systems + 5
4 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
5 Josu Agirre Euskaltel - Euskadi + 7
6 Mark Renshaw Crédit Agricole + 8
7 Lars Ytting Bak Team CSC + 9
8 Maxime Bouet Agritubel + 11
9 Baden Cooke Barloworld + 13
10 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road + 15
11 Rigoberto Urán Caisse d'Epargne + 16
12 Kevyn Ista Agritubel s.t.
13 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
14 Michael Schär Team Astana + 17
15 Adam Hansen Team High Road s.t.
16 Yauheni Sobal Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
17 Francis De Greef Silence - Lotto s.t.
18 Michael Blaudzun Team CSC s.t.
19 Sérgio Paulinho Team Astana + 18
20 Pavel Brutt Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
21 Sergio Luis Henao Team High Road s.t.
22 Fran Pérez Caisse d'Epargne + 19
23 Matthias Frank Gerolsteiner s.t.
24 Peter Velits Team Milram s.t.
25 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux s.t.
26 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto + 20
27 Jason McCartney Team CSC s.t.
28 Roman Kireyev Team Astana s.t.
29 Alexander Khatuntsev Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
30 Pierrick Fédrigo Bouygues Télécom + 21
31 Christophe Moreau Agritubel s.t.
32 Jürgen Van de Walle Quick·Step s.t.
33 Rubens Bertogliati Saunier Duval - Scott + 22
34 Johann Tschopp Bouygues Télécom s.t.
35 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
36 Andrei Kunitski Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo + 23
37 Robert Hunter Barloworld s.t.
38 David Cañada Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
39 Alberto Contador Team Astana s.t.
40 Matej Jurco Team Milram + 24
41 Ivan Rovny Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
42 Laurent Lefèvre Bouygues Télécom s.t.
43 Thomas Frei Team Astana s.t.
44 Yuri Krivtsov AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
45 Volodymyr Dyudya Team Milram + 25
46 Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
47 Theo Eltink Rabobank s.t.
48 André Steensen Team CSC s.t.
49 Alexandre Pliuschin AG2R - La Mondiale + 26
50 Nicolas Roche Crédit Agricole s.t.
51 Yuri Trofimov Bouygues Télécom s.t.
52 Diego Ulissi Team High Road + 27
53 Mauricio Soler Barloworld s.t.
54 Jimmy Engoulvent Crédit Agricole s.t.
55 Tom Stamsnijder Gerolsteiner + 28
56 Moisés Dueñas Barloworld s.t.
57 Gianni Meersman Française des Jeux s.t.
58 Matteo Carrara Quick·Step s.t.
59 David Moncoutié Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 29
60 Arnaud Labbe Bouygues Télécom s.t.
61 Hugo Sabido Barloworld s.t.
62 Maarten Tjallingii Silence - Lotto + 30
63 Dario Andriotto Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
64 Kim Kirchen Team High Road s.t.
65 Michael Rogers Team High Road s.t.
66 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
67 Stefan Schreck Gerolsteiner + 31
68 Jussi Veikkanen Française des Jeux s.t.
69 Tom Leezer Rabobank + 32
70 Martin Velits Team Milram s.t.
71 Wim Van Huffel Silence - Lotto s.t.
72 Nicolas Vogondy Agritubel s.t.
73 Maciej Bodnar Liquigas s.t.
74 Martin Müller Team Milram s.t.
75 Dani Moreno Caisse d'Epargne + 33
76 Mathieu Sprick Bouygues Télécom s.t.
77 Luis Pasamontes Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
78 John Devine Team High Road s.t.
79 Tom Stubbe Française des Jeux s.t.
80 Koos Moerenhout Rabobank s.t.
81 Bauke Mollema Rabobank + 34
82 Gerben Löwik Rabobank s.t.
83 Alexandre Blain Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
84 Massimo Codol Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
85 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
86 Aitor Hernández Euskaltel - Euskadi + 35
87 Wladimir Miholjevic Liquigas s.t.
88 Jan Boven Rabobank s.t.
89 Markus Zberg Gerolsteiner + 36
90 Johannes Fröhlinger Gerolsteiner s.t.
91 Roberto Longo Lampre s.t.
92 Tadej Valjavec AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
93 Sergei Klimov Tinkoff Credit Systems + 37
94 Julien Mazet Team Astana s.t.
95 Stéphane Poulhiès AG2R - La Mondiale + 38
96 Matthew Goss Team CSC s.t.
97 Nicki Sörensen Team CSC s.t.
98 Arkaitz Durán Saunier Duval - Scott + 39
99 Stéphane Goubert AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
100 Giuseppe Palumbo Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo + 40
101 BenjamÃn Noval Team Astana s.t.
102 Dennis Haueisen Team Milram s.t.
103 Addy Engels Quick·Step s.t.
104 David De la Fuente Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
105 Hubert Schwab Quick·Step + 41
106 Marcus Ljungqvist Team CSC s.t.
107 Yoann Offredo Française des Jeux s.t.
108 Joan Horrach Caisse d'Epargne + 42
109 Sylvain Calzati AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
110 Patxi Vila Lampre s.t.
111 Jean-Charles Sénac AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
112 Félix Cárdenas Barloworld + 43
113 Sylvester Szmyd Lampre s.t.
114 José Luis Arrieta AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
115 Vladimir Bileka Silence - Lotto + 44
116 Steve Zampieri Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
117 Andoni Lafuente Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
118 Luca Pierfelici Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
119 Rémy Di Gregorio Française des Jeux + 45
120 Gabriele Balducci Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
121 Assan Bazayev Team Astana s.t.
122 Fabien Patanchon Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
123 Glenn D'Hollander Silence - Lotto s.t.
124 Pedro Horrillo Rabobank s.t.
125 Frederik Willems Liquigas + 46
126 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
127 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
128 Ricardo Serrano Tinkoff Credit Systems + 47
129 Manuele Mori Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
130 Anders Lund Team CSC s.t.
131 Walter Pedraza Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
132 Joaquim RodrÃguez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
133 Angelo Furlan Crédit Agricole + 48
134 Patrice Halgand Crédit Agricole s.t.
135 Marco Bandiera Lampre s.t.
136 Artur Gajek Team Milram s.t.
137 Sebastian Schwager Team Milram s.t.
138 Maryan Hary Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 49
139 Alessandro Proni Quick·Step s.t.
140 Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
141 Paolo Fornaciari Lampre s.t.
142 Javier MejÃas Saunier Duval - Scott + 50
143 Mauricio Ardila Rabobank s.t.
144 Aurélien Clerc Bouygues Télécom s.t.
145 Andrea Masciarelli Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
146 Jimmy Casper Agritubel + 51
147 Christophe Le Mével Crédit Agricole s.t.
148 Oliver Zaugg Gerolsteiner s.t.
149 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
150 Patrick Calcagni Barloworld s.t.
151 Guido Trenti Liquigas s.t.
152 Benoit Salmon Agritubel s.t.
153 Christian Murro Lampre s.t.
154 Nicolas Hartmann Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 52
155 Alberto Curtolo Liquigas s.t.
156 Geert Steurs Silence - Lotto s.t.
157 Kjell Carlström Liquigas s.t.
158 Peter Wrölich Gerolsteiner + 53
159 Mikel Gaztañaga Agritubel s.t.
160 Christophe Brandt Silence - Lotto s.t.
161 Christophe Mengin Française des Jeux s.t.
162 Dimitri Fofonov Crédit Agricole s.t.
163 Alberto BenÃtez Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
164 Valerio Agnoli Liquigas s.t.
165 Francis Mourey Française des Jeux + 54
166 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
167 Maarten Wynants Quick·Step s.t.
168 Erki Pütsep Bouygues Télécom + 55
169 Freddy Bichot Agritubel s.t.
170 Leonardo Scarselli Quick·Step s.t.
171 Wilfried Cretskens Quick·Step s.t.
172 Claudio Corioni Liquigas s.t.
173 Paolo Longo Borghini Barloworld s.t.
174 Luboš Pelánek Lampre + 56
175 Rémi Pauriol Crédit Agricole s.t.
176 David Loosli Lampre s.t.
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Tour de Romandie - Stage 2
The second stage of this race should begin to sort things out right off the bat. While not too sharp, the course is loaded with hills and could give some riders a time gap right off the bat.
Kim Kirchen decided he wasn't well suited for the race and didn't start on stage 2. He's decided to stay and watch and cheer the team on though.
John Devine went on the break today and took control of the mountain jersey. Devine has been doing extremely well in this role so far this season. While he's nearing the end of his riding this year, I think we can look forward to some wins in upcoming seasons.
But as almost always happens, the break was brought back with plenty of time to spare. On the final climb, the attacks started. Rogers made sure to be part of the action, while Lovkvist stayed back just in case this wasn't the pivotal break.
But the break did stay away. As they summitted the final peak it was clear this would be the winning group, with names like Rogers, Contador, Soler and Evans present.
The pelaton pulled the group back again on the down hill as the group wasn't working well together, instead attacking and feinting as the finish line neared.
Rogers decided that he'd have to push things if the gap was going to be maintained. He went to the front and pushed hard... then he begant the sprint as the finish line drew close. Were the others strong enough to react?
Yes they were. Five riders flew past in the final kilometer and Mikel Astarloza won the stage, but Rogers work was largely responsible for the 34 seconds the group gained on the pelaton.
Lovkvist finished near the front of the tiny pelaton in 14th. The two High Road riders are just inside the top 10 and within 30 seconds of race leader Sylvain Chavanel.
Stage Results:
1 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi 4h49'09
2 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
3 Alberto Contador Team Astana s.t.
4 Pavel Brutt Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
5 Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
6 Michael Rogers Team High Road s.t.
7 Mauricio Soler Barloworld s.t.
8 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto s.t.
9 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
10 Johann Tschopp Bouygues Télécom + 34
GC:
1 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 4h55'48
2 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1
3 Pavel Brutt Tinkoff Credit Systems + 13
4 Alberto Contador Team Astana + 14
5 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto + 15
6 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne + 19
7 Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott + 20
8 Mauricio Soler Barloworld + 22
9 Michael Rogers Team High Road + 25
10 Thomas Lövkvist Team High Road + 29
Points:
1 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi 25
2 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne 20
3 Thomas Lövkvist Team High Road 17
4 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 16
5 Alberto Contador Team Astana 16
Mountains:
1 John Devine Team High Road 27
2 David Loosli Lampre 13
3 Giuseppe Palumbo Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 10
4 Markus Zberg Gerolsteiner 8
5 Mauricio Soler Barloworld 8
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| stuartmcstuart |
Posted on 30-05-2008 09:41
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Shame that Kirchen pulled out. He got other objectives? |
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Posted on 30-05-2008 10:36
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Posted on 30-05-2008 11:00
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Great stuff in Georgia, and nice riding with Kirchen in the Ardennes 
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Posted on 30-05-2008 12:25
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stuartmcstuart wrote:
Shame that Kirchen pulled out. He got other objectives?
Yeah... Kirchen is my main guy for the TDF. Romandie was on his programme, but I didn't want to give him too many race days prior to the Tour and I already had Rogers in Romandie with his form getting real high for the Giro. Had to enter him in the race but didn't want to use all the race days. |
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Posted on 30-05-2008 16:13
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April round up:
High Road had a great April. The bulk of the cobbled classics came up this past month and we excelled in those, as well as getting strong results in some other races. George Hincapie won Gent-Wevelgem and the KBC-Driedaagse De Panne race, took second in Paris-Roubaix, 4th in Ronde van Vlanderen, 3rd in the Scheldeprijs and was easily our top rider this month. He also took over the pro-tour points lead.
Marcus Burghardt also had a good cobbled season, taking a stage win in the KBC race and coming in second to Hincapie in Gent-Wevelgem, to give us an impressive 1-2 in that race.
In addition, Klier won the Profonde van Drenthe for us (a race where we swept the top 5 places), Kirchen took 4th in La Fleche Wallone, Lovkvist took second in the Tour of Georgia (winning two stages) and won a stage in the Tour of Romandie currently in process. Hansen and Greipel also won Tour of Georgia stages.
Our sponsor confidence after April:
The April Magazine:
April Pro Tour rankings (individual):
Way to go George!
April Pro Tour rankings (team):
We're sitting in second overall. Hopefully we'll get some results in Romandie and Catalunya. May's focus of course will be the Giro. Michael Rogers will be our leader, and hopefully with four time trials he'll be able to compete for a podium spot.
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Posted on 30-05-2008 16:22
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Rund um Henninger Turm
This one day hilly race is mainly for experience for a few of our younger riders and to get some of our Giro riders who aren't in Romandie into race shape. An elite group got away on one of the late hills and Enrico Gasparotto won the sprint amongst the favorites.
Siutsou and Pinoti were our first riders across. Both are looking to be coming into good form for the Giro.
Results:
1 Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld 4h59'04
2 Michael Albasini Liquigas s.t.
3 Karsten Kroon Team CSC s.t.
4 Steffen Wesemann Cycle Collstrop s.t.
5 Danilo Di Luca LPR Brakes s.t.
6 Emanuele Sella CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
7 Bradley McGee Team CSC + 2'42
8 Aleksandr Kuschynski Liquigas s.t.
9 Bert De Waele Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner s.t.
10 Julio Alberto Pérez Cuapio CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
11 Rafaele Ferrara LPR Brakes s.t.
12 Mario Aerts Silence - Lotto s.t.
13 Grischa Niermann Rabobank s.t.
14 Dario Cataldo Liquigas s.t.
15 Volodymyr Gustov Team CSC s.t.
16 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team High Road s.t.
17 Paolo Savoldelli LPR Brakes s.t.
18 Andrea Pagoto CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
19 Marco Pinotti Team High Road s.t.
20 Nico Sijmens Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner + 3'53
21 David Kopp Cycle Collstrop s.t.
22 Björn Glasner Team Kuota - Senges s.t.
23 Enrico Poitschke Team Milram s.t.
24 Bert Scheirlinckx Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner s.t.
25 Marco Frapporti CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
26 Federico Canuti CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
27 Sebastian May Thüringer Energie Team s.t.
28 Giairo Ermeti LPR Brakes s.t.
29 Alessandro Vanotti Liquigas s.t.
30 Stefan Rucker ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
31 Martijn Maaskant Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
32 Elias Schmäh Team Volksbank s.t.
33 Tom Criel Cycle Collstrop s.t.
34 Claudio Cucinotta LPR Brakes s.t.
35 Thomas Rohregger ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
36 Bram Tankink Rabobank s.t.
37 Matej Mugerli Liquigas s.t.
38 Björn Papstein Team 3C Gruppe s.t.
39 Sergej Fuchs Team 3C Gruppe s.t.
40 Matthé Pronk Cycle Collstrop s.t.
41 Dimitry Kozontchuk Rabobank s.t.
42 Paul Martens Rabobank s.t.
43 Christian Knees Team Milram s.t.
44 Iñigo Cuesta Team CSC s.t.
45 Gerhard Trampusch ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
46 Rob Ruijgh Team Sparkasse s.t.
47 Tim Klinger Gerolsteiner s.t.
48 Fortunato Baliani CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
49 Nils Plötner Thüringer Energie Team s.t.
50 Ruslan Pidgornyy LPR Brakes s.t.
51 Manuel Beltrán Liquigas s.t.
52 Christophe Laurent Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
53 Chris Froome Barloworld s.t.
54 Jurgen Van Goolen Team CSC s.t.
55 David Zabriskie Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
56 Jonathan Patrick McCarty Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
57 Luis Felipe Laverde CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
58 Cristiano Salerno LPR Brakes s.t.
59 Matthias Ruß Gerolsteiner s.t.
60 Dario Cioni Silence - Lotto s.t.
61 Frank Scherzinger Team 3C Gruppe s.t.
62 Morris Possoni Team High Road s.t.
63 Christoph Sokoll Team Volksbank s.t.
64 Andreas Schillinger Team Sparkasse s.t.
65 Olivier Kaisen Silence - Lotto s.t.
66 Craig Lewis Team High Road s.t.
67 Bram De Groot Rabobank s.t.
68 Ivan Santaromita Liquigas s.t.
69 Chris Anker Sörensen Team CSC s.t.
70 Andreas Klier Team High Road s.t.
71 Fabio Duarte Team High Road s.t.
72 Diego Caccia Barloworld s.t.
73 Pascal Hungerbühler Team Volksbank s.t.
74 Harald Totschnig ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
75 Dries Devenyns Silence - Lotto s.t.
76 Ji Jianhua Skil - Shimano s.t.
77 John Degenkolb Thüringer Energie Team s.t.
78 Fumiyuki Beppu Skil - Shimano + 6'09
79 Kilian Patour Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
80 René Obst Team 3C Gruppe s.t.
81 Lucas Schädlich Thüringer Energie Team s.t.
82 André Korff Team Volksbank s.t.
83 Florian Frohn Thüringer Energie Team s.t.
84 Dennis Pohl Team 3C Gruppe s.t.
85 Christian Kux Team Milram s.t.
86 René Weissinger Team Volksbank s.t.
87 Paolo Bailetti LPR Brakes s.t.
88 Elia Rigotto Team Milram s.t.
89 Daniel Musiol Team Volksbank s.t.
90 Richard Faltus Team Sparkasse s.t.
91 Florian Harbig Thüringer Energie Team s.t.
92 Peter Presslauer Team Volksbank s.t.
93 Dirk Müller Team Sparkasse s.t.
94 Wolfgang Murer ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
95 Dominique Cornu Silence - Lotto s.t.
96 Bart Dockx Silence - Lotto + 7'21
97 Bert Grabsch Team High Road s.t.
98 Yukihiro Doi Skil - Shimano s.t.
99 Christian Leben Team 3C Gruppe s.t.
100 Daryl Impey Barloworld s.t.
101 William Walker Rabobank + 8'09
102 Sergei Rudaskov Cycle Collstrop + 9'21
103 Joachim Tolles Team Kuota - Senges s.t.
104 Luca Barla Team Milram s.t.
105 Fabio Sabatini Team Milram s.t.
106 Felix Schäfermeier Team 3C Gruppe s.t.
107 Matthew Hayman Rabobank + 10'41
108 Wim De Vocht Silence - Lotto s.t.
109 Laurent Didier Team Kuota - Senges s.t.
110 Yoshiyuki Abe Skil - Shimano s.t.
111 Dominik Roels Team Milram s.t.
112 Michal Golas Cycle Collstrop + 12'09
113 Roger Hammond Team High Road s.t.
114 Tyler Farrar Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 12'49
115 Matthias Jelitto Team Kuota - Senges s.t.
116 Robert Wagner Skil - Shimano s.t.
117 Mauro Da Dalto Liquigas s.t.
118 William Frischkorn Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
119 Yoshimasa Hirose Skil - Shimano + 13'21
120 Borut Božic Cycle Collstrop s.t.
121 Lasse Bøchman Team CSC + 15'29
122 Fabien Bacquet Skil - Shimano s.t.
123 Gorik Gardeyn Silence - Lotto s.t.
124 Sebastian Lang Gerolsteiner s.t.
125 Mauro Richeze CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
126 Darren Lapthorne Team Sparkasse s.t.
127 Olaf Pollack Team Volksbank s.t.
128 Ralf Grabsch Team Milram s.t.
129 Stefan Radochla ELK Haus - Simplon + 16'57
130 Jochen Summer ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
131 Sebastian Forke Team 3C Gruppe s.t.
132 Tilo Schüler Team Sparkasse s.t.
133 Michael Friedman Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
134 Oscar Gatto Gerolsteiner s.t.
135 Thomas Fothen Gerolsteiner s.t.
136 Dirk Bellemakers Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner s.t.
137 David Boucher Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner s.t.
138 Ian Stannard Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner s.t.
139 Marcel Barth Thüringer Energie Team s.t.
140 Philipp Klein Thüringer Energie Team s.t.
141 Matthias Bertling Team Kuota - Senges s.t.
142 Michael Kurth Team Kuota - Senges s.t.
143 Bjorn Thurau ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
144 Andy Cappelle Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner s.t.
145 Thom Van Dulmen Team Kuota - Senges s.t.
146 Yannick Maus Team Kuota - Senges s.t.
147 Michiel Elijzen Rabobank s.t.
148 Jin Long Skil - Shimano + 18'49
149 Paul Manning Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner + 21'21
150 Kasper Klostergaard Team CSC + 22'17
151 Troels Vinther Cycle Collstrop + 24'09
152 Carlo Westphal Gerolsteiner + 25'29
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Posted on 30-05-2008 16:33
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Tour de Romandie - Stage 3
Mostly flat with a late hill, a strong punch could give some riders some time in the GC on this stage. Devine went on the break again and picked up more mountain points. It's looking like he's a good bet for another climber jersey.
Alberto Contador led off the break, but our guys were real strong today and we got three men in the break: Rogers, Lovkvist and Boassen Hagen. Contador was able to stay away from the rest of the break members though.
Our guys worked hard over the summitt and down the descent... but we just couldn't quite catch Contador. Lovkvist and Rogers made one last valiant attack... but Contador still got 14 seconds on the chase. Rogers and Lovkvist rounded out the podium.
(sorry... messed up on the replay taking screen shots and exited after I only got the first)
Stage Results.
1 Alberto Contador Team Astana 4h16'03
2 Michael Rogers Team High Road + 14
3 Thomas Lövkvist Team High Road s.t.
4 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto s.t.
5 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road s.t.
7 Jürgen Van de Walle Quick·Step s.t.
8 Peter Velits Team Milram s.t.
9 Mikhail Ignatiev Tinkoff Credit Systems + 1'21
10 Ricardo Serrano Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
General Classification:
1 Alberto Contador Team Astana 9h11'55
2 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 10
3 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto + 25
4 Michael Rogers Team High Road + 29
5 Thomas Lövkvist Team High Road + 35
6 Peter Velits Team Milram + 58
7 Jürgen Van de Walle Quick·Step + 1'00
8 Pavel Brutt Tinkoff Credit Systems + 1'30
9 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne + 1'36
10 Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott + 1'37
Points:
1 Alberto Contador Team Astana 41
2 Thomas Lövkvist Team High Road 33
3 Michael Rogers Team High Road 30
4 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 27
5 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi 25
Mountains:
1 John Devine Team High Road 47
2 Bauke Mollema Rabobank 20
3 David Loosli Lampre 13
4 Alberto Contador Team Astana 12
5 Giuseppe Palumbo Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 10
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Posted on 30-05-2008 16:44
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Tour de Romandie - Stage 4
Another time trial, the 26 kilometer course could shake things up a bit.
Suprisingly, Lovkvist had a very poor race, finishing a 1'41" back from the stage winner, Mikel Astarloza. The results definitely cement Rogers as our GC threat and move Lovkvist into more of a support role.
Stage Results:
1 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi 33'15
2 Pavel Brutt Tinkoff Credit Systems + 7
3 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne + 8
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road + 14
5 Lars Ytting Bak Team CSC + 18
6 Alexandre Pliuschin AG2R - La Mondiale + 20
7 Alexander Khatuntsev Tinkoff Credit Systems + 27
8 Michael Schär Team Astana + 32
9 Ronny Scholz Gerolsteiner + 33
10 Josu Agirre Euskaltel - Euskadi + 35
11 Mikhail Ignatiev Tinkoff Credit Systems + 36
12 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux + 41
13 Alberto Contador Team Astana s.t.
14 Michael Rogers Team High Road + 43
15 Rubens Bertogliati Saunier Duval - Scott + 48
16 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto + 52
17 Yuri Krivtsov AG2R - La Mondiale + 54
18 Christophe Moreau Agritubel + 57
19 Jason McCartney Team CSC + 1'01
20 Diego Ulissi Team High Road + 1'03
GC:
1 Alberto Contador Team Astana 9h45'51
2 Michael Rogers Team High Road + 31
3 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto + 36
4 Pavel Brutt Tinkoff Credit Systems + 56
5 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne + 1'03
6 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 1'25
7 Lars Ytting Bak Team CSC + 1'32
8 Peter Velits Team Milram + 1'35
9 Thomas Lövkvist Team High Road s.t.
10 Jürgen Van de Walle Quick·Step + 1'40
1 Alberto Contador Team Astana 41
2 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi 40
3 Thomas Lövkvist Team High Road 33
4 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne 30
5 Michael Rogers Team High Road 30
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Posted on 30-05-2008 17:01
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Tour de Romandie - Stage 5
This mountain stage will be critical for our GC chances. Coming in Evans and Contador are clearly the favorites. We'll have to watch out for them. Devine went on the break again today and picked up more points. We believe today locked up the mountains competition for young John. We're very pleased with his work this season.
As the pelaton hit the mountains at the middle of the stage we noticed something...
Contador was struggling! He was hanging on at the very back of the pelaton. So we started relaying at the front... and he dropped! Rogers was now the race leader on the road! We kept the pace high over the hills and flat and the pelaton shrank to only 50 or so riders due to the pace.
At the base of the final hill, Moreau made a move and we decided to counter with Rogers and Lovkvist making the break.
But Evans had more energy and kept going to form a duo with Moreau ahead of the chasing group. The two of them began pulling away, but Rogers needed to regain his win and was forced to let them go.
Lovkvist worked hard while Rogers regained his strength, eventually being forced to fall back to the group behind. Then as the finish approached Soler attacked and Rogers tried to follow.
But Rogers just didn't have the legs. Soler got away by just a bit too, while Rogers faded back to finish with the pursuit group. Meanwhile Evans powered away from Moreau in the final meters of the climb to take the stage win, and a comfortable lead over Rogers in the GC.
Contador finished the race nearly twenty minutes down. What happened to him today?
Stage Results:
1 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto 4h28'48
2 Christophe Moreau Agritubel + 20
3 Mauricio Soler Barloworld + 1'28
4 Ricardo Serrano Tinkoff Credit Systems + 1'44
5 Johann Tschopp Bouygues Télécom s.t.
6 Hubert Schwab Quick·Step s.t.
7 David Moncoutié Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
8 Steve Zampieri Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
9 Michael Rogers Team High Road s.t.
10 Mauricio Ardila Rabobank s.t.
11 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne + 2'04
12 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux s.t.
13 Joaquim RodrÃguez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
14 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
15 Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
16 Dani Moreno Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
17 Koos Moerenhout Rabobank s.t.
18 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
19 Jürgen Van de Walle Quick·Step s.t.
20 Thomas Lövkvist Team High Road s.t.
GC:
1 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto 14h15'05
2 Michael Rogers Team High Road + 1'49
3 Christophe Moreau Agritubel + 2'11
4 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne + 2'41
5 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 3'03
6 Pavel Brutt Tinkoff Credit Systems + 3'10
7 Thomas Lövkvist Team High Road + 3'13
8 Jürgen Van de Walle Quick·Step + 3'18
9 Peter Velits Team Milram + 3'33
10 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux + 3'43
Points:
1 Alberto Contador Team Astana 41
2 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi 40
3 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto 36
4 Michael Rogers Team High Road 34
5 Thomas Lövkvist Team High Road 33
Mountains:
1 John Devine Team High Road 76
2 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto 20
3 Bauke Mollema Rabobank 20
4 Alberto BenÃtez Saunier Duval - Scott 19
5 Mauricio Soler Barloworld 14
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Posted on 30-05-2008 17:05
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unlucky - two aussies vying for the win
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Tour de Romandie - Stage 6
The final stage of the tour of Romandie, this is too flat for Rogers to gain any ground realistically. Instead we'll work on getting Boassen Hagen in place for the stage win and insure Rogers keeps his second place finish.
The stage was pretty uneventful and the break was brought in well before the finish. The downhill finish worried us a bit, so we decided to ride agressively. With 8km to go, Rogers attacked, dragging Lovkvist and Boassen Hagen along to get them free of the pack.
Rogers burned himself out working to get Boassen Hagen free, then Lovkvist took over as Rogers started to tire. As soon as it was reasonable, Boassen Hage surged past Lovkvist and began his sprint. The pelaton was closing fast however.
But Edvald with that kind of lead wasn't going to get caught. He easily kept his back and won the stage handily.
But Cadel Evans scored a suprising 3rd on the stage... which was just enough to give him the points jersey over Boassen Hagen. We missed that threat... which gave the great finish a slight tinge of disappointment.
On the positive side, we got second and 7th in the overall, while no CSC rider finished in the points. This will help in the pro-tour team rankings. Devine also won another mountains classification.
Stage Results:
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road 3h48'44
2 Peter Velits Team Milram s.t.
3 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto s.t.
4 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
5 Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
6 Ricardo Serrano Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
7 Markus Zberg Gerolsteiner s.t.
8 Manuele Mori Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
9 Pavel Brutt Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
10 Joaquim RodrÃguez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
Final GC:
1 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto 18h03'45
2 Michael Rogers Team High Road + 1'53
3 Christophe Moreau Agritubel + 2'15
4 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne + 2'45
5 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 3'07
6 Pavel Brutt Tinkoff Credit Systems + 3'14
7 Thomas Lövkvist Team High Road + 3'17
8 Jürgen Van de Walle Quick·Step + 3'22
9 Peter Velits Team Milram + 3'31
10 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux + 3'47
Final Points:
1 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto 52
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road 47
3 Alberto Contador Team Astana 41
4 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 40
5 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi 40
Final Mountains:
1 John Devine Team High Road 76
2 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto 20
3 Bauke Mollema Rabobank 20
4 Alberto BenÃtez Saunier Duval - Scott 19
5 Mauricio Soler Barloworld 14
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Posted on 30-05-2008 18:35
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4 Jours de Dunkerque - Stage 1
This race overlaps with the Giro, so many of our top guys who are in form won't be racing here. We've put together a solid team though that has some sprint ability and some of our cobbled riders who are still in decent form.
Leader: Roger Hammond
Free: Andreas Klier
Sprinter: Gerald Ciolek
Teammate: Marcel Sieberg, Vicente Reynès, Servais Knaven, Bert Grabsch, Craig Lewis
This is a very flat stage that should favor the sprinters. We'll be working for Ciolek.
Unfortunately, Ciolek did not have a good day. As the jockeying for sprint positions started his leadout man (Sieberg) lost Hammond's wheel (who was trying to position them near the front. While Sieberg searched for a place to latch on, Hammond grabbed Florian Vachon's wheel... which turned out to be a great idea as he won the stage!
Hammond ended up in third. It's too bad Ciolek and Sieberg lost Hammond's wheel... this probably could have been a win for us.
Stage Results:
1 Florian Vachon Roubaix Lille Métropole 4h24'36
2 Martijn Maaskant Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
3 Roger Hammond Team High Road s.t.
4 Stéphane Bonsergent Bretagne - Armor Lux s.t.
5 Matthew Goss Team CSC s.t.
6 Gorik Gardeyn Silence - Lotto s.t.
7 Jimmy Casper Agritubel s.t.
8 William Bonnet Crédit Agricole s.t.
9 David Kopp Cycle Collstrop s.t.
10 René Haselbacher Team Astana s.t.
11 Jimmy Engoulvent Crédit Agricole s.t.
12 Tyler Farrar Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
13 Gerald Ciolek Team High Road s.t.
14 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road s.t.
15 Huub Duyn Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
16 Geoffroy Lequatre Agritubel s.t.
17 Nicolas Jalabert Agritubel s.t.
18 Andreas Klier Team High Road s.t.
19 Aaron Kemps Team Astana s.t.
20 Bastien Delrot Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
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Posted on 30-05-2008 18:59
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4 Jours de Dunkerque - Stage 2
Another flat sprint stage. We'll try to do a better job of setting up Ciolek for the race today.
The pack wasn't very well organized leading up to the sprint. Sieberg towed Ciolek up to the front when it became clear that nobody else was going to set up a good train.
Sieberg led Ciolek out nicely, and Ciolek came through with a powerful finish to take the stage. Sieberg hang on for 3rd to give us two podium spots.
Stage:
1 Gerald Ciolek Team High Road 4h14'11
2 William Bonnet Crédit Agricole s.t.
3 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road s.t.
4 Jimmy Casper Agritubel s.t.
5 Roger Hammond Team High Road s.t.
6 René Haselbacher Team Astana s.t.
7 Stéphane Bonsergent Bretagne - Armor Lux s.t.
8 David Kopp Cycle Collstrop s.t.
9 Matthew Goss Team CSC s.t.
10 Romain Feillu Agritubel s.t.
GC:
1 Gerald Ciolek Team High Road 8h38'37
2 Florian Vachon Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
3 William Bonnet Crédit Agricole + 1
4 Martijn Maaskant Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 4
5 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road + 6
6 Roger Hammond Team High Road s.t.
7 Jimmy Casper Agritubel + 8
8 Vicente Reynès Team High Road + 9
9 Stéphane Bonsergent Bretagne - Armor Lux + 10
10 René Haselbacher Team Astana s.t.
Points:
1 William Bonnet Crédit Agricole 29
2 Roger Hammond Team High Road 26
3 Jimmy Casper Agritubel 24
4 Gerald Ciolek Team High Road 23
5 Stéphane Bonsergent Bretagne - Armor Lux 22
Mountains:
1 Bert Scheirlinckx Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 5
2 Steve Chainel Auber 93 3
3 Perrig Quemeneur Bouygues Télécom 3
4 Aivaras Baranauskas Roubaix Lille Métropole 2
5 Claudio Cucinotta LPR Brakes 2
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Posted on 30-05-2008 19:29
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Giro d'Italia - Stage 1
Here it is folks, the first Grand Tour of the 2008 season. The Giro is climber's delight with sharp inclines that can test even the most talented climbers. An interesting wrinkle in this year's race is the fact there are FOUR time trials... the team time trial in stage one and 3 others ending with the final stage. This isn't the norm for Giros, so we could see some interesting racing.
There are a number of big names racing in the Giro this year. Aside from the High Road squad, you have Thomas Dekker and Robert Gesink from Rabobank, Davide Rebellin of Gerolsteiner, Jens Voigt of CSC, Chris Horner of Astana, Mauricio Soler of Barloworld, Yaroslav Popovych of Silence-Lotto, Danillo Di Luca and Paolo Salvodelli of LPR, Leonardo Piepoli and Riccardo Riccò of Saunier Duval - Scott, Vincenzo Nibali of Liquigas, José Rujano of Caisse d'Epargne, Pietro Caucchioli of Credit Agricolae and Damiano Cunego of Lampre.
High Road's team is solid. Rogers will lead the team, Boassen Hagen and Greipel will contest the flat sprints, Siutsou and Ulissi will have some freedom to chose what to do on some stages and the rest will be helpers.
Leader: Michael Rogers
Sprinters: Andre Greipel/Edvald Boassen Hagen
Free: Kanstantsin Siutsou/Diego Ulissi
Teammate: Marco Pinotti, Marcus Burghardt, Morris Possoni, Sergio Luis Henao
Despite Eisel wanting to race here, we decided to have him stay home. We really want him to focus on the Vuelta and the course doesn't have enough purely flat sprint stages to be worth the investment in race days. He was a bit upset, but overall he took it much better than we expected. He's scheduled for a nice liesure trip with a few other riders in a week or so and I expect that to take his mind off things.
This is an important race for our sponsors, and we've got a goal to win a stage here... let's see if we can get that over with right out of the gate.
The first stage is a 30km long team time trial. We've got a solid TT squad here and many other teams are lacking a bit in that area. Plus all of our guys are in good to great form at this point.
And when it was all said and done, only Rabobank and Gerolsteiner came close. We took the stage and put Pinotti in pink right off the bat. Sponsor Goal? Complete... stage 1.
Of more importance is the time we gained on some of the top riders. We gained over a minute on some of the top contenders like Di Luca and Ricco, and over 2 minutes on Cunego's Lampre squad.
Results:
1 Marco Pinotti Team High Road 36'10
2 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road s.t.
3 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team High Road s.t.
4 André Greipel Team High Road s.t.
5 Morris Possoni Team High Road s.t.
6 Michael Rogers Team High Road s.t.
7 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road s.t.
8 Sergio Luis Henao Team High Road s.t.
9 Diego Ulissi Team High Road s.t.
10 Rabobank + 4
19 Gerolsteiner + 5
28 Team Astana + 15
37 Team CSC + 28
46 Team Milram + 29
55 Française des Jeux + 37
64 Tinkoff Credit Systems + 46
73 Barloworld + 53
82 Silence - Lotto + 1'01
91 LPR Brakes + 1'10
100 Bouygues Télécom + 1'18
109 Saunier Duval - Scott + 1'21
118 Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 1'23
127 Caisse d'Epargne + 1'30
136 Liquigas + 1'38
145 Crédit Agricole + 1'44
154 Quick·Step + 1'53
163 Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo + 2'00
172 Lampre + 2'09
181 AG2R - La Mondiale + 2'12
182 Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
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