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Euskaltel - restoring basque honor
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| Mads_0 |
Posted on 21-06-2008 14:45
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Stage 3 - Vuelta a Castilla y Leon (uncropped images are back as they are winning the poll)
Ruben Perez had a go at the breakaway today. Seeing as the other sprinters were much too strong in a reguler sprint this seems to be his best option.
But they're caught with 30km to go. At 17.3km to go the pace is stepped up. Sanchez will attempt to put himself up front today.
2,9km to go, Sanchez is powering forward. Bäckstedt is there on his right and so is Vicioso behind his lead-out man. Can he do something here?
No chance for Sanches as Murilo Fischer of Liquigas takes it in front of Paolini and Vicioso.
1 Murilo Fischer Liquigas 3h16'03
2 Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
3 Ángel Vicioso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím s.t.
4 Eloy Teruel Contentpolis - Murcia s.t.
5 Julian Dean Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
6 Tyler Farrar Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
7 Matthew Goss Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
8 Fred Rodriguez Rock Racing s.t.
9 Aaron Kemps Astana Cycling Team s.t.
10 David Herrero Karpin Galicia s.t.
11 Dominique Rollin Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
12 Alberto Ongarato Team Milram s.t.
13 Iván Domínguez Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
14 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.15 Marco Velo Team Milram s.t.
16 Cândido Barbosa Sport Lisboa e Benfica s.t.
17 Francesco Failli Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
18 Pedro Cardoso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím s.t.
19 Manuel Cardoso Liberty Seguros s.t. |
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| Mads_0 |
Posted on 21-06-2008 15:21
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Stage 4 - Vuelta a Castilla y Leon
The mountainfinish is upon us. We're hoping that either Sanchez or Martinez can do something here despite their poor fitness levels. We join the race with 110km to go. 9 riders broke away today and kept a good pace.
But with 40km to go they're almost caught. Time to get the boys up front.
At the foot of the climb Cobo attacks on the left. Sanchez pushes the tempo up with Anton in front of him. 11km to go.
Martinez works a lot and catches Cobo on the way up the mountain. With 2.8km to go Toni Colom, Ruben Plaza, LL. Sanchez are in front. Cobo tries to strike again!
And Cobo manages to bridge the gap to the 3 riders in front. Sanchez however can't hang on and is caught within the last 1000m by the charging pack.
Plaza takes 1st, Colom 2nd and LL. Sanchez 3rd.
1 Rubén Plaza Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3h40'53
2 Toni Colom Astana Cycling Team s.t.
3 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
4 Juanjo Cobo Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
5 Ezequiel Mosquera Karpin Galicia + 16
6 David López Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
7 Koldo Gil Liberty Seguros s.t.
8 Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
9 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
10 Xavi Tondo LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím s.t.
11 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Columbia s.t.
12 Manuel Beltrán Liquigas s.t.
13 José Azevedo Sport Lisboa e Benfica s.t.
14 David Cañada Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
15 Carlos Castaño Karpin Galicia s.t.
16 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
17 Héctor Guerra Liberty Seguros s.t.
18 Ángel Vicioso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím s.t.
19 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
20 Santiago Botero Rock Racing s.t.
GC
Not really a great race by us. We haven't achieved anything really. Goes to show, fitness means everything!
Edited by Mads_0 on 21-06-2008 15:24
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| Ak4 |
Posted on 21-06-2008 15:34
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Another victory of a portuguese team  |
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| txirrinda |
Posted on 21-06-2008 15:43
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This is my favorite team now,good story.
Do you think that Samuel santxez or Antón will win Castilla-leon ?
Good luck |
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 21-06-2008 16:07
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A great story, i love it. Keep up the good work 
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| Mads_0 |
Posted on 21-06-2008 16:14
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txirrinda wrote:
This is my favorite team now,good story.
Do you think that Samuel santxez or Antón will win Castilla-leon ?
Good luck
Not after that mountainstage. I promise we will be there for the Vuelta al Pais Vasco at the start of next month! |
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| Mads_0 |
Posted on 21-06-2008 16:41
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Stage 5 - Vuleta a Castilla y Leon
Two large hills in the middle of the stage today. Sanchez has not given up hope of a stagewin yet! 96km to go. The breakaway is breaking up as they near the top of the first climb. They hold a 7½ minute lead over the peleton.
At 65km to go the break still holds a huge lead. Martinez figures he has nothing to lose and tries to break away on the last climb.
But Caisse reel him in quick. 38km out and a trio has formed in front. They hold a strong lead over the pack still. This might work!
20km to go. LL Sanchez attacks! Sammy counters him and they're joined by Santiago Botero.
The duo up front are going to make it home though. It's Adrián Palomares of Contentpolis - Murcia and Alberto Fernandez og Saunier Duval.
It's Adrian Palomares! Great win for the small team!
And here come Sanchez, LL. Sanchez and Botero. They've got quite a gap behind them. This could mean we advance a bit in the GC!
1 Adrián Palomares Contentpolis - Murcia
2 Alberto Fernández Saunier Duval - Scott
3 Jackson Rodríguez Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli
4 Sergio Ghisalberti Team Milram
5 Héctor Guerra Liberty Seguros
6 Chechu Rubiera Astana Cycling Team
7 Constantino Zaballa LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím
8 Santiago Botero Rock Racing
9 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne
10 Iñigo Cuesta Team CSC - Saxo Bank
11 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi
12 Toni Colom Astana Cycling Team
13 Ángel Vicioso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím
14 Carlos Castaño Karpin Galicia
15 David Millar Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30
16 Rubén Plaza Sport Lisboa e Benfica
17 Manuel Beltrán Liquigas
18 Dani Moreno Caisse d'Epargne
19 Gustavo César Veloso Karpin Galicia
20 David García Dapena Karpin Galicia
Final GC
Managers thoughts
Sure enough, we manage to advance to 7th overall. We're happy with that when we think about the race and the conditions we had. Sanchez is gradually improving his fitness and should be able to compete for the Vuelta al Pais Vasco at the beginning of next month, which is one of our goals. |
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| Mads_0 |
Posted on 21-06-2008 16:50
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Posted on 21-06-2008 16:59
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Race schedule - April
Lots of nice races in April. the 4th and 5th will be used for fitness tuning for the Vuelta al Pais Vasco which we will be focusing a lot on this month. For you cobblefans there wont be a lot of action, it's simply not our terrain and we wont spend much time with those. We will do our best to keep Sanchez in shape for the Ardennes classics too. So this month we're covering 4 races.
Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Amstel Gold Race, La Fleche Wallkone and Liege - Bastogne - Liege.
In retrospect March was a good month. Our sponsors are absolutely exstatic with us after we won the Paris-Nice. They will be expecting more now! |
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| txirrinda |
Posted on 21-06-2008 17:14
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what is the next conpetition??which will be your leader
question from "pais vasco"
what will be your team from "pais vasco"?
Samuel will be the leader? |
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| Mads_0 |
Posted on 21-06-2008 17:18
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txirrinda wrote:
what is the next conpetition??which will be your leader
question from "pais vasco"
what will be your team from "pais vasco"?
Samuel will be the leader?
Samuel will lead the Pais Vasco yes. However, i will be bringing as many in form riders as i can. Our sponsors demand we win it! |
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| alex153 |
Posted on 21-06-2008 17:24
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What result do you hope to get in the 3 grand tours? |
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| Mads_0 |
Posted on 21-06-2008 17:27
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alex153 wrote:
What result do you hope to get in the 3 grand tours?
Top5 Giro d' Italia - Astarloza
Top5 Tour de France - Sanchez
Top3 Vuelte Espana - Zubeldia |
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| Smitho |
Posted on 21-06-2008 17:29
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he said that earlier in his story!!!!
if you are reading the story you should have remembered no offense B)
i think top 5 in the tour is asking a little to much especially if astana are in it but on hard i will read it as most people do stories on normal and i find them boring as you can see them just putting the dot and 995 and riding away from the group not exactly hard  |
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| Mads_0 |
Posted on 21-06-2008 17:50
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Smitho wrote:
he said that earlier in his story!!!!
if you are reading the story you should have remembered no offense B)
i think top 5 in the tour is asking a little to much especially if astana are in it but on hard i will read it as most people do stories on normal and i find them boring as you can see them just putting the dot and 995 and riding away from the group not exactly hard
It is asking a little much. But the sponsors told us to do it so we're gonna try it
The new bar-system has definately made mountainstages harder and you have to mind your energy much much more than in 07. |
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| ember |
Posted on 21-06-2008 17:52
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Great riding, I think you will take Pais Vasco and do a podium in the Giro
I also love the fact that it seems like the prologues and sprints are going in a faster speed than in PCM 2007 |
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| Smitho |
Posted on 21-06-2008 18:01
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Looks alot harder i was going to do a euskaltel game as i am always them i love sam san g and zubi (zubeldia) im tempted with gerolsteiner first though so i get used to the energy stem game arrives on the 27th  cant wait. I'm not doing a story on here though as i dont have a clue what to do and i have not got the time to update it every few days looking forward ot pais vasco one of my fav stage races on the game lots of attacks |
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| Mads_0 |
Posted on 21-06-2008 18:30
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Posted on 21-06-2008 18:30
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If you don't win Pais Vasco you are dead man |
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| mowinckel91 |
Posted on 21-06-2008 18:33
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HAha, true |
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