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| ember |
Posted on 12-11-2008 16:09
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You-ve got the answer I am sorry to say that there is only a little chance for you to get the two last updates from the Giro today, as I am in timetrouble, if they come, it's bonus, and they won't come before 9 o'clock this evening (GMT +1) |
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Posted on 13-11-2008 18:57
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Stage 20, and the stage that would have been the decisive stage for the overall, if it hadn't been for those enormous time gaps. Anyway, Pliuschin will really hunt the stage win today, as he really wants his first ever stage win in a Grand Tour, and this is probably his last chance, because in the Tour, he won't be anything, but a helper to Valverde.
Jose Ivan Gutierrez from Caisse d'Epargne made a great time. He flew through the 55 kilometres in 1h18'03. Surely no one could beat him?
Both Phinney and Malori did great time trials, they actually gained a bit time on Gutierrez from the last split time to the finish line. That definately moved my motivation up 10 levels when Pliuschin came only 12 seconds away from Gutierrez at the first time check. And just a 1 kilometer later, he caught his two minute-man, the "chicken" Rasmussen.
Pliuschin lost a little to Gutierrez from the first to the second time check, he was now 16 seconds behind, but had he saved some energy?
Yes, he had He delivered an amazing finish, catching his 4 minute-man on the line, and that was no less than Pereiro. He could look at the table, and he had taken the lead with 54 great seconds! Amazing.
I totally forgot about the distance up to Di Luca, but he is only 9 seconds behind him after this time trial. And guess what, there's a sprint halfaway on tomorrow's final stage that gives 10 seconds to the winner. Pliuschin will do all he can to get those 10 bonus seconds.
Pliuschin was climbing to the top of the podium for his very first time on a "real" GT stage (I won't say the prologue is a "real" stage, as they are just too easy to win). Wonderful
Stage:
1 Aleksandr Pliuschin TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI 1h17'09
2 José Iván Gutiérrez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 54
3 Levi Leipheimer TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 1'40
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 2'04
5 David Millar SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 2'11
6 Linus Gerdemann SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 2'20
7 Gustav Larsson TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 2'35
8 Taylor Phinney TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI + 3'06
9 Marco Osella SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA + 3'10
10 Santiago Botero QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 3'16
11 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
12 Yaroslav Popovych RABOBANK + 3'21
13 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM + 3'23
14 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 3'24
15 Adam Hansen T-MOBILE TEAM + 3'31
16 Tom Danielson EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 3'32
17 Adriano Malori TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI + 3'35
Overall:
1 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 84h55'36
2 Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 6'52
3 Yaroslav Popovych RABOBANK + 7'20
4 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS + 14'57
5 Aleksandr Pliuschin TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI + 15'06
6 Michael Rasmussen DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 25'46
7 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 28'23
8 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 34'36
9 Rémy Di Gregorio PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 38'27
10 Tadej Valjavec LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 38'28
11 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 39'07
12 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 39'49
13 Tom Danielson EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 40'38
14 Linus Gerdemann SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 40'53
15 Christophe Moreau AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 41'20
16 Levi Leipheimer TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 41'31
17 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 41'52
18 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 45'02
19 José Iván Gutiérrez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 46'49
20 Maxim Iglinskiy SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 47'27 |
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Posted on 13-11-2008 18:58
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awesome ride
get those ten seconds tomorrow
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Posted on 13-11-2008 19:01
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oh no.. just 10 second and you had been 4th
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| ember |
Posted on 13-11-2008 19:40
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wackojackohighcliffe wrote:
awesome ride
get those ten seconds tomorrow
HopefullyB) I am really excited as I haven't played the stage yet...and I don't know if I dare to play it |
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Posted on 13-11-2008 19:42
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just keep playing it till you get the bonus seconds
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Posted on 13-11-2008 19:59
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No way, I won't cheat, that is not me....but hopefully I will take them |
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Posted on 13-11-2008 21:00
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Here we are, at the final stage of this year Giro, the final stage of Pliuschin's adventure. He just hopes to make it even better on this stage, Alessandria-Milano. Having an intermediate sprint after approximately 50 kilometres of this stage. He knows that our team will bleed for those 10 seconds. He knows that our team will die for those 10 seconds. It is just up to him.
There were lots of attacks at the beginning of the stage, we didn't put any of our riders in those attacks, all of them were going to do whatever they can do chase them down, BEFORE the intermediate sprint. That's crucial if we are going to get 4th in this adventure.
We started the chase and I felt we were in control.
But we weren't. Just 9 kilometres from the magical line, Pellizotti attacked for Liquigas. What was I going to do? I sat our riders to the front, relaying at 110%, we had to catch him. Luckily he stopped attacking right after we hit the front of the pack. But then, with 6.3 kilometres to the line, Blaudzun attacked for CSC, what was he thinking about? Was he going to stop the party immediately?
Pliuschin decided it was time to go, he wasn't going to let Blaudzun slip away, then he wouldn't forgive himself. Liquigas seemed to have missed this move, as they started to chase Pliuschin way too late. He was off! Now it was just Blaudzun that was in the way.
Blaudzun couldn't keep up the attack, he had to eat, Pliuschin was smart enough to eat his first of seconds "meals" before he had to go. He was on his way to fourth! And yes, he made it. What an awesome feeling
Di Luca only managed 4th on the sprint, and no bonus seconds, it was perfect. Now we just had to lead him safe to the finish line. That wouldn't be dramatic I thought, but I was proved wrong. When the sprint started, the front 15 was sprinting so fast that they made a gap. Di Luca was there, Pliuschin was not.....Luckily we had Phinney up there. I told him to slow down, and try to hit the finish line between those group, and cancel the time gaps. He did it, and we had secured our fourth in this Giro adventure. Great job of Pliuschin, but he wouldn't had make it if it wasn't for Phinney on this very last stage.
Boasson Hagen took the sprint, he just showed how good he actually is, a world class sprinter. Hopefully, he wants to go home next season.
Pliuschin also took the youth jersey, Maglia Bianca. Great work from our whole team, we had made it!
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1 Edvald Boasson Hagen EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 2h09'37
2 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
3 Juan José Haedo TEAM CSC s.t.
4 Elia Rigotto PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
5 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
6 Enrico Gasparotto UNIBET.COM s.t.
7 Mirko Lorenzetto TEAM MILRAM s.t.
8 Assan Bazayev TEAM ASTANA s.t.
9 Fabio Sacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
10 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS s.t.
11 Koldo Fernández de Larrea EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
12 Daniele Pietropolli BARLOWORLD s.t.
13 Paride Grillo TEAM MILRAM s.t.
14 Mirko Celestino EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
15 Taylor Phinney TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI s.t.
16 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
17 Matej Jurco TEAM MILRAM s.t.
18 Luke Roberts TEAM CSC s.t.
19 Michael Blaudzun TEAM CSC s.t.
20 Nicki Sörensen TEAM CSC s.t.
Points:
1 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS 197
2 Aleksandr Pliuschin TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI 185
3 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM 180
4 Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL 176
5 Yaroslav Popovych RABOBANK 174
6 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 174
7 Enrico Gasparotto UNIBET.COM 156
8 Edvald Boasson Hagen EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 129
9 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 124
10 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL 117
Mountains:
1 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 58
2 Yaroslav Popovych RABOBANK 40
3 Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL 37
4 Alfonso Falzarano AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 34
5 Andrea Pagoto T-MOBILE TEAM 30
6 Bert De Waele QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 27
7 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS 26
8 Benoit Poilvet CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 26
9 Aleksandr Pliuschin TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI 18
10 Joaquim RodrÃguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE 17
Overall:
1 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 87h05'13
2 Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 6'52
3 Yaroslav Popovych RABOBANK + 7'20
4 Aleksandr Pliuschin TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI + 14'56
5 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS + 14'57
6 Michael Rasmussen DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 25'46
7 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 28'23
8 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 34'36
9 Rémy Di Gregorio PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 38'27
10 Tadej Valjavec LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 38'28
11 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 39'07
12 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 39'49
13 Tom Danielson EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 40'38
14 Linus Gerdemann SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 40'53
15 Christophe Moreau AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 41'20
16 Levi Leipheimer TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 41'31
17 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 41'52
18 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 45'02
19 José Iván Gutiérrez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 46'49
20 Maxim Iglinskiy SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 47'27
21 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 55'00
22 Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS + 55'01
23 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS + 55'14
24 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 56'54
25 José Angel Gómez Marchante LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 57'13
26 John Gadret DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 59'07
27 Joaquim RodrÃguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h01'01
28 John-Lee Augustyn BARLOWORLD + 1h01'26
29 Enrico Gasparotto UNIBET.COM + 1h02'54
30 Chris Sørensen TEAM CSC + 1h04'45
31 Johan Vansummeren CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h04'51
32 Santiago Botero QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1h05'34
33 Joao Cabreira DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h05'47
34 Matteo Carrara LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1h06'52
35 Edvald Boasson Hagen EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 1h06'59
36 Matija Kvasina BARLOWORLD + 1h07'29
37 Luca Mazzanti AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 1h09'38
38 Daniele Pietropolli BARLOWORLD + 1h09'55
39 Guido Trentin SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1h09'57
40 Ruggero Marzoli QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1h10'54
41 Pieter Weening RABOBANK + 1h11'37
42 José Rujano CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h11'47
43 Mario Aerts PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 1h12'15
44 Mathieu Sprick FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1h13'21
45 Rigoberto Urán BARLOWORLD + 1h14'59
46 Andrea Tonti QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1h15'16
47 Cyril Dessel AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 1h15'18
48 Marco Osella SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA + 1h16'05
49 Alberto Losada CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h16'45
50 Sylvester Szmyd BARLOWORLD + 1h20'07
51 Constantino Zaballa CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h22'24
52 Ian McLeod FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1h23'11
53 MatÃas Médici DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h24'31
54 Christian Vandevelde TEAM CSC + 1h32'08
55 Dario Cataldo LIQUIGAS + 1h33'19
56 Andrea Pagoto T-MOBILE TEAM + 1h38'42
57 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 1h40'42
58 Andrey Mizourov TEAM ASTANA + 1h45'27
59 Adam Hansen T-MOBILE TEAM + 1h46'54
60 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM + 1h47'49
61 Volodymyr Gustov TEAM CSC + 1h48'26
62 Francis Mourey FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1h48'28
63 Jérôme Pineau EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 1h49'48
64 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 1h52'28
65 Gustav Larsson TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 1h53'20
66 Rémi Pauriol LIQUIGAS + 1h55'05
67 David Millar SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1h59'16
68 Stefan Schumacher CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 2h05'07
69 Manuele Mori T-MOBILE TEAM + 2h08'58
70 Félix Cárdenas BARLOWORLD + 2h10'28
71 Mirko Celestino EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 2h10'42
72 Assan Bazayev TEAM ASTANA + 2h11'26
73 Ilja Syrtsev SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA + 2h12'52
74 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER + 2h14'10
75 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER + 2h15'03
76 Alessandro Bertolini SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA + 2h20'48
77 Micula De Matteis EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 2h22'24
78 William Walker RABOBANK + 2h27'05
79 Iker Flores LIQUIGAS + 2h27'21
80 Dries Devenyns PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 2h27'49
81 Matias Bonaffini BARLOWORLD + 2h32'26
82 Ivan Santaromita QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 2h32'57
83 Paolo Longo Borghini BARLOWORLD + 2h33'30
84 Christophe Le Mével CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 2h33'57
85 Nicki Sörensen TEAM CSC + 2h35'32
86 Serguei Klimov UNIBET.COM + 2h42'33
87 Miguel Manuel Miera SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 2h44'47
88 Sergei Kolesnikov UNIBET.COM + 2h46'07
89 Christophe Laurent CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 2h47'26
90 Gabriele Missaglia SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA + 2h55'26
91 Maxim Belkov TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI + 3h01'49
92 Alfonso Falzarano AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 3h12'13
93 Malcolm Lange UNIBET.COM + 3h13'49
94 Elia Rigotto PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 3h17'23
95 Massimilliano Mori LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 3h20'52
96 Benoit Poilvet CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 3h24'37
97 Koldo Fernández de Larrea EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 3h25'50
98 Gregori Attanasio RABOBANK + 3h26'45
99 Rubens Bertogliati SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 3h34'53
100 Bram De Groot RABOBANK + 3h40'20
101 Moisés Aldape RABOBANK + 3h45'03
102 Mirko Lorenzetto TEAM MILRAM + 3h46'22
103 Fabio Sacchi TEAM MILRAM + 3h47'56
104 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 3h49'18
105 Carl Naïbo AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 3h51'57
106 Julien El-Fares DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 3h53'27
107 David Zabriskie TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI + 3h54'19
108 Uros Murn DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 3h55'53
109 Antxon Luengo EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 3h56'54
110 Michael Blaudzun TEAM CSC + 3h58'50
111 Daniel Musiol TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 4h07'20
112 Yon Bru EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 4h07'33
113 Jean-Marc Marino CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 4h12'16
114 Nevio Ciulla LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 4h15'55
115 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM + 4h22'44
116 Matej Jurco TEAM MILRAM + 4h27'48
117 Bert De Waele QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 4h28'45
118 Settimio Chiapolino SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA + 4h29'21
119 Taylor Phinney TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI + 4h31'25
120 Paride Grillo TEAM MILRAM + 4h33'06
121 Juan José Haedo TEAM CSC + 4h35'36
122 Simone Ponzi LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 4h36'25
123 David Lelay CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 4h47'31
124 Daniele Contrini GEROLSTEINER + 4h47'35
125 Kjell Carlström LIQUIGAS + 4h49'42
126 Jakob Piil T-MOBILE TEAM + 4h50'20
127 Adriano Malori TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI + 4h53'25
128 Mathieu Perget CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 4h55'26
129 Luke Roberts TEAM CSC + 4h58'06
130 Fabio Borghesi SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA + 4h58'07
131 Leonardo Scarselli QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 5h02'27
132 Tim Ulbrich TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI + 5h03'16
133 Angelo Bartolozzi SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA + 5h06'54
134 Enrique Mata SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA + 5h08'15
135 Thomas Frei TEAM ASTANA + 5h08'28
136 Michal Golas UNIBET.COM + 5h09'38
137 Roberto Tejerina CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 5h11'03
138 Johannes Fröhlinger GEROLSTEINER + 5h11'33
139 Thierry Marichal FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 5h12'40
140 Alessandro Cortinovis TEAM MILRAM + 5h13'35
141 Troels Vinther UNIBET.COM + 5h15'12
142 Lander Tolivia TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI + 5h35'06
143 Ben Swift TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI + 6h07'23 |
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 13-11-2008 21:36
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nice job ember
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Posted on 13-11-2008 21:37
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Pliuschin was celebrating a intermediate sprint. Good job
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Posted on 13-11-2008 21:38
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woohoo
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Posted on 13-11-2008 21:47
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Thanks to both, it was unbelieveable when I realized that I got the sprint. It was also unbelieveable when I realized that Di Luca was slipping away from me in the sprint. And it was fantastic when I realized I had Phinney in the front group, pure luck, and it was indescripable when I saw the result lists and I didn't see any time gaps, and that Pliuschin took 4th |
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Posted on 13-11-2008 21:48
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Yeah but Pliuschin could losy the contact with the bunch after that sprint, his energy lever after that was very poor
Edited by alexkr00 on 13-11-2008 21:49
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Posted on 13-11-2008 21:51
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I know, but I had to take that risk if I wanted the 4th spot, because I would definately not have stand a chance in the bunch sprint with Pliuschin's 66 in sprint. |
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Posted on 17-11-2008 07:34
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A bit lucky on the last stage, but that doesn't matter you did a great job in Italy! Well done |
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Posted on 29-11-2008 13:25
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Valverde was again only looking for race days, and I as manager was looking to test my new way of riding the team time trial. We brought a weak squad, it was only Valverde and Pervis that was 67+ on time trialling, so it would be a challenge to take the opening stage.
I forgot screenshots from the race itself, all I got was a picture of the podium from the team time trial. We won it!!
Valverde couldn't continue in that way, he faded on the results list. In the end he was 9th overall, I have to say I was pleased with his performance, he was on his way to the Tour form
Overall:
1 David Arroyo CAISSE D'EPARGNE 19h26'16
2 Alberto Contador QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 54
3 Juanjo Cobo QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 2'17
4 Luis León Sánchez QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 2'27
5 David López TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 2'52
6 José Antonio Redondo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 3'44
7 Kanstantsin Siutsou TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 4'13
8 Koldo Gil SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 4'29
9 Alejandro Valverde TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI + 4'46
10 Juanma Gárate TEAM ASTANA + 4'52
11 Rubén Pérez RABOBANK + 6'26
12 Pietro Caucchioli CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 7'12
13 Eladio Jiménez KARPIN GALICIA + 7'38
14 Roberto Heras SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 8'07
15 Josep Jufré PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 8'59
16 Xavi Tondo TEAM ASTANA + 10'13
17 Manuel Beltrán RABOBANK + 10'58
18 Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 11'18
19 Hernán Buenahora DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 11'20
20 Libardo Niño TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 11'31 |
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Posted on 29-11-2008 13:45
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I never win a TTT, but it seems that you are really good
GOOD JOB
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Posted on 29-11-2008 16:35
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Thanks alexkr00 |
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The preparations for the Tour starts. We sended Pliuschin for the overall, he will be a great team mate for Valverde if he doesn't fade too much after his amazing Giro.
Dauphine Libere started with a very short prologue, only 2 kilometres, my riders had to give it all from the very first pedal.
It seemed quite clear that Cancellara wasn't in form now, he was preparing for the Tour and the Worlds later this season, he ended a massive 32 seconds behind the winner.
Konovalovas did a great prologue, he ended the day in top 10, he was 9th, 12 seconds behind the winner.
The fastest guys pedalled too fast for the photograph, but Pliuschin and Zabriskie delivered stunning performances, they crushed the opponents. A great 1-2 for us!
We were the dominating team on this opening prolouge, we had all 8 inside top 20, we leaded it with 18 seconds down to Gerolsteiner.
Stage:
1 Aleksandr Pliuschin TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI 2'43
2 David Zabriskie TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI + 1
3 Ronny Scholz GEROLSTEINER + 6
4 Michael Rogers CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
5 Joakim Gunnerud TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI + 7
6 Tim Klinger GEROLSTEINER s.t.
7 Andreas Klöden CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 10
8 Gustav Larsson TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 11
9 Ignas Konovalovas TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI + 12
10 David Kopp GEROLSTEINER + 13
11 Torsten Schmidt TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
12 Lars Petter Nordhaug TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI + 14
13 George Cebotaru AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 16
14 Diego Ulissi TEAM MILRAM + 17
15 Christian Leben TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 19
16 Stian Sommerseth TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI s.t.
17 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 20
18 Martin Velits TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
19 Joachim Bohler TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI s.t.
20 Sten Stenersen TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI + 21 |
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| olabj |
Posted on 02-12-2008 15:54
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Good, good. Will you play or just sim the national championships |
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