That's the game's fault, not dienblad's. You can't control at what speed AI riders develop.
EDIT: Yes, you can do it slightly by setting a low development of attributes, but you still can't choose which riders will develop faster than others.
Edited by Pellizotti2 on 23-01-2012 14:44
23 kilometres between Monza and the Piazza del Duomo in Milano will decide who is going to win the Giro d'Italia 2012. For sure, it will be someone who never won a GT before. Will it be Igor Antón, who never made it to the podium, or Andy Schleck, who finished three times in second place before?
After David Zabriskie (Garmin) set the best time early in the race (38'53), Sony Ericsson's Edvald Boasson Hagen sets a new fastest time, 16 seconds faster. The GC-contenders know their target: 38'37.
Cadel Evans is the first of the GC-contenders (ranked 11th) to start and aims for a Top 10. He has to overtake Ivan Basso to do it, and rides incredibly fast. New best time of 37'49.
So to stay in the top 10, Ivan Basso has to ride a time of 38'23. And just like the entire Giro, he disappoints the Tifosi: 39'02.
Estonian Rein Taaramäe is the current number 9 in the GC, and can improve some places. At least he can overtake Rodríguez, who has the same time in the GC. Taaramäe rides the 2nd time so far, '8 behind Evans.
For Joaquím Rodríguez, these 23 kilometres are the most difficult of the Giro. He hates time trialing and will finish in 40´03, the 31st time of the day. This means he drops form 8th to 9th in the GC.
Mikel Nieve had a fantastic day yesterday with the win at the Stelvio, but it costes him a lot of energy. He´ll finish in 41st place today, 2´32 behind Evans. But because of this, he drops one place to 8th, as he gets passed by Taaramäe.
Simon Spilak can look back at a great Giro, with the 6th place in the GC. Today he finishes in 38'38, 6th place.
José Rujano surprises in this ITT, with the 8th time in 38'46. He takes the 5th place in the GC, a little bit disappointing after his 2nd from last year.
Then the battle for the 3rd place in the GC. Vincenzo Nibali has to ride 1'40 faster than Scarponi to overtake him. He's the fastest at all the split times and also has the fastest time at the finish: 37'41.
Now Michele Scarponi knows what to ride for his first ever GT-podium: 39'21. He's 6 seconds behind at the first split time, 12 at the second split time. Things are looking good for him!
Andy Schleck has started his 23 kilometres. With the information from his team mates, he decided not to start to fast (as they all collapsed a bit in the last part) and sets the 28th time in the first sector, '35 behind Nibali.
Igor Antón starts a little faster and is 19 seconds behind Nibali, in 10th place. New GC-difference: + '47.
Schleck is speeding up in the second sector, and jumps from 28th to 18th position, '59 behind Nibbles.
But Antón does the same, as he sets the 10th split time, '19 faster than Schleck.. New difference + '50. Things don't look good
Before the 2 finish, first Scarponi crosses the line. He rides a great ITT, 4th and only '22 behind Nibbles, so his first ever GT-podium!
The last 10 kilometres of the ITT of Andy Schleck were very fast. He jumps from 18th to the 7th finish time in 38'39. Will it be enough, or was the gap to big?
The clock starts ticking, and Schleck has set a better time than Antón. But then the Spanish rider enters the Piazza del Duomo and sets a time of 38'49.
Igor Antón wins the Giro d'Italia 2012 and brings his Euskaltel - Euskadi team their first GT ever!
GC
Igor Antón really deserves the win. He won 3 stages, was the best climber and attacked a lot. No one questions this win. And Schleck? He's very disappointed, but didn't loose the Giro today. He lost it yesterday and in most of the mountain top finishes (except the Colle del Nivolet).
1
Igor Antón
Euskaltel - Euskadi
91h43'35
2
Andy Schleck
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 21
3
Michele Scarponi
BMC Racing Team
+ 5'05
4
Vincenzo Nibali
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 6'23
5
José Rujano
Androni Giocattoli
+ 9'31
6
Simon Spilak
Lampre - Generali
+ 13'29
7
Rein Taaramäe
Sony Ericsson
+ 17'01
8
Mikel Nieve
Pro Team Astana
+ 17'06
9
Joaquím Rodríguez
Katusha Team
+ 19'05
10
Cadel Evans
Katusha Team
+ 19'36
Spoiler
11
Ivan Basso
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 20'16
12
Damiano Cunego
Lampre - Generali
+ 22'54
13
Domenico Pozzovivo
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 24'26
14
David Arroyo
Movistar Team
+ 32'55
15
Przemyslaw Niemiec
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 38'59
16
Janez Brajkovič
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 47'31
17
Stefano Garzelli
Acqua & Sapone
+ 49'56
18
Thomas De Gendt
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 54'21
19
Wilco Kelderman
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 55'14
20
Bauke Mollema
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1h00'09
21
Steven Kruijswijk
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1h02'20
22
Francesco Masciarelli
Pro Team Astana
+ 1h03'52
23
Tom Danielson
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 1h06'41
24
Sylwester Szmyd
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1h08'42
25
Robert Kiserlovski
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 1h08'44
26
Thomas Rohregger
Sony Ericsson
+ 1h13'23
27
Eros Capecchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1h15'48
28
Franco Pellizotti
Lampre - Generali
+ 1h20'17
29
Francis De Greef
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 1h20'50
30
Massimo Giunti
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 1h29'45
31
Johann Tschopp
BMC Racing Team
+ 1h30'05
32
Michael Rasmussen
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 1h30'15
33
Yury Trofimov
Pro Team Astana
+ 1h30'49
34
Marcos García
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 1h32'10
35
Valerio Agnoli
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1h34'17
36
Egoi Martínez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 1h34'32
37
Tadej Valjavec
Pro Team Astana
+ 1h38'10
38
Morris Possoni
Sky ProCycling
+ 1h39'00
39
David López
Movistar Team
+ 1h41'49
40
Danilo Di Luca
Katusha Team
+ 1h44'37
41
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Lampre - Generali
+ 1h45'22
42
Kanstantsin Siutsou
Sky ProCycling
+ 1h45'37
43
Bram Tankink
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1h46'39
44
Marco Pinotti
BMC Racing Team
+ 1h47'32
45
Alessandro Bisolti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 1h53'01
46
Laurens Ten Dam
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1h53'28
47
Haimar Zubeldia
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 1h53'42
48
Mikel Astarloza
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 1h56'01
49
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sony Ericsson
+ 2h05'35
50
Evgeni Petrov
Pro Team Astana
+ 2h14'07
51
Bruno Pires
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 2h22'48
52
Andrey Amador
Movistar Team
+ 2h24'17
53
Rémy Di Gregorio
Sony Ericsson
+ 2h26'38
54
Vladimir Karpets
Katusha Team
+ 2h29'26
55
Andrea Noè
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 2h34'07
56
Alessandro Bertolini
Androni Giocattoli
+ 2h36'05
57
Tom Slagter
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 2h36'08
58
Tiago Machado
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 2h43'54
59
Giampaolo Caruso
Katusha Team
+ 2h44'37
60
Oliver Zaugg
Sony Ericsson
+ 2h47'11
61
Alessandro Vanotti
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 2h48'13
62
Leonardo Duque
Sony Ericsson
+ 2h48'43
63
Óscar Pujol
Lotto - Belisol
+ 2h49'54
64
Christian Knees
Sky ProCycling
+ 2h54'00
65
Matteo Carrara
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 2h54'35
66
Daniele Pietropolli
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 2h54'55
67
Pietro Caucchioli
Katusha Team
+ 2h59'20
68
Andrew Talansky
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 3h02'10
69
Ángel Madrazo
Movistar Team
+ 3h02'45
70
Massimo Codol
Acqua & Sapone
+ 3h02'48
71
Tanel Kangert
Pro Team Astana
+ 3h03'53
72
Johnny Hoogerland
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 3h05'42
73
Sérgio Paulinho
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 3h06'23
74
Marc De Maar
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 3h10'05
75
Óscar Sevilla
Movistar Team
+ 3h12'14
76
Tejay Van Garderen
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 3h24'43
77
Daniel Sesma
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 3h26'42
78
Matthew Lloyd
Pro Team Astana
+ 3h32'22
79
David Zabriskie
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 3h33'24
80
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
+ 3h40'48
81
Fabian Wegmann
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 3h43'59
82
Marzio Bruseghin
Movistar Team
+ 3h48'49
83
Jussi Veikkanen
Lotto - Belisol
+ 3h54'46
84
Alessandro Petacchi
Lampre - Generali
+ 4h04'10
85
Leonardo Moser
Androni Giocattoli
+ 4h17'26
86
Gustav Erik Larsson
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 4h20'18
87
Pierre Cazaux
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 4h23'47
88
David Millar
Sky ProCycling
+ 4h30'17
89
Dries Devenyns
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 4h37'34
90
Javier Iriarte
Movistar Team
+ 4h40'09
91
Koldo Fernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 4h43'24
92
Ivan Santaromita
BMC Racing Team
+ 4h50'15
93
Matteo Bono
Lampre - Generali
+ 4h50'30
94
André Steensen
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 4h58'05
95
René Mandri
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 4h59'38
96
Steve Morabito
BMC Racing Team
+ 5h09'47
97
Tyler Farrar
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 5h24'18
98
Volodymir Gustov
Saxo Bank SunGard
+ 5h29'01
99
Brent Bookwalter
BMC Racing Team
+ 5h39'10
100
Ruslan Pidgornyy
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 5h41'15
101
Francesco Ginanni
Androni Giocattoli
+ 5h48'25
102
Ivan Rovny
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 5h50'34
103
Raffaele Ferrara
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 6h01'02
104
Santo Anza
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 7h00'24
Points
One consolation prize for Schleck.
1
Andy Schleck
Monster Energy - Ford
9
254
2
Igor Antón
Euskaltel - Euskadi
7
222
3
Vincenzo Nibali
Radio Shack - Nissan
25
181
4
Michele Scarponi
BMC Racing Team
14
171
5
José Rujano
Androni Giocattoli
8
125
6
Damiano Cunego
Lampre - Generali
0
105
7
Simon Spilak
Lampre - Generali
10
97
8
Tyler Farrar
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
0
91
9
Cadel Evans
Katusha Team
20
80
10
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sony Ericsson
12
77
KOTM
A big reward for Francis De Greef, also achieving a sponsor goal.
1
Francis De Greef
Monster Energy - Ford
128
2
Igor Antón
Euskaltel - Euskadi
89
3
Andy Schleck
Monster Energy - Ford
71
4
Andrea Noè
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
60
5
Sylwester Szmyd
Liquigas - Cannondale
56
6
Michele Scarponi
BMC Racing Team
48
7
Óscar Pujol
Lotto - Belisol
44
8
Mikel Nieve
Pro Team Astana
39
9
Robert Kiserlovski
Team Garmin - Cervélo
35
10
Rein Taaramäe
Sony Ericsson
34
U25
Rein Taaramäe is the unchallenged winner of the U25-rankings.
1
Rein Taaramäe
Sony Ericsson
92h00'36
2
Wilco Kelderman
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 38'13
3
Steven Kruijswijk
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 45'19
4
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sony Ericsson
+ 1h48'34
5
Tom Slagter
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 2h19'07
Teams
Lampre - Generali is the best team.
1
Lampre - Generali
275h16'39
2
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 19'50
3
Katusha Team
+ 27'18
4
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 54'01
5
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 1h02'05
The overall winner
Word from the DS
Another second for Andy...... He did great today, although he possibly started too slow. But this was our tactic, and he rode one of the best ITT's in his life. Igor Antón deserves the win, all credits to him!
Edited by dienblad on 23-01-2012 18:48
The 95th edition of the Giro has finished, and we see a Spanish winner. To be more precise, a Basque winner. Igor Antón fully deserves the win, with winning 3 stages. He was the best climber, with wins at the Rifugio Calvanico, Monte Piselli and to Nocera Umbra in a group sprint. Because of his team's weak TTT-abilities, he lost the maglia roda, but regained it after an outstanding performance on the slopes of the Passo dello Stelvio.
The battle for the maglia verde wasn't won by the best climber, but by the best attacking rider. Even though not winning a stage, Framcis De Greef was attacking a lot and collected many, many points, enough to win the KOTM-jersey.
It was expected that a GC-contender would win the maglia rosso, so it's no surprise that Andy Schleck wins it. Only 4 stages ended in a mass sprint. The first two were dominantly won by Matthew Goss, than Theo Bos won a strange sprint on cornery roads, and Edvald Boasson Hagen won the 4th one in a normal sprint.
Rein Taaramäe took over the lead of the U25-rankings from Ángel Madrazo in stage 7, and easily defended it the entire Giro. He finished in 7th place in the GC, and has shown himself as a man to watch for a GT-podium in the future.
Lampre - Generali had the storngest team, with Spilak, Cunego and Pellizotti doing great in the mountain stages, and Bertagnolli with the win in Menaggio.
Positives
When you win, you are the most positive factor in this Giro. 3 stage wins for Igor Antón and 5 times GC-leader after a stage. Absolutely faboulous.
No stage wins, only number 6 in the GC and a positive factor? Yes, Simon Spilak surprised us all. The Slovenian started the Giro as the luxury domestique of Damiano Cunego, but showed from the start that he was the strongest in the Lampre-team, ending up in place 6.
Rein Taaramäe jumped from 12th to 7th in the last 2 stages with a 2nd place at the Stelvio and a 3rd in the final ITT. He also won the U25-rankings, and shows the world he's the Eastern-European hope for the GT's in the future.
4 mass sprints and winning 2 of them, then you deserved to be mentioned as a positive factor: Matthew Goss.
Francis De Greef got the opportunity from his team to go for the KOTM-jersey and didn't disappoint. Being in the BOTD in many stages and thus collecting many points, he won the maglia verde with a gap of 39 points to Antón.
Negatives Damiano Cunego sees himself as a GT-podium candidate, but after finishing in 12th place, almost 23 minutes behind the winner, as the 4th Italian and more than 9 minutes behind his team mate Spilak, then the Giro was one big disappointment. Also because he couldn't win a stage.
On paper, he was the strongest sprinter starting here. In real life, he got beaten 4 times. Not a good Giro for Tyler Farrar.
His best years lay behind Ivan Basso. No stage wins for Ivan and getting kicked out of the top 10 by Evans in the last stage. That's pretty bad for the double winner.
Although he was th ebest of the Italian sprinters, it looks like the winning days are over for Alessandro Petacchi. He simply misses the speed you need to win a mass sprint against other world class sprinters.
Riding in pink for 13 days, winning 2 stages, having a fabulous team that turns the Giro in the TTT, but still losing it with 21 seconds.... Has the cycling world found a new Joop Zoetemelk or Raymond Poulidor? Losing the Giro in the last 2 days is disappointing for Andy Schleck, who has the aim for the Vuelta now.
Our team
As you can see, a very young team, all in bad shape, so no team goals.
The race
I really don't remember what happened in the race, except that it ended in a mass sprint. Vorarlberg won the race just as last year, this time with German René Weissinger. Marcel Kittel finished in 4th. Not bad, considering his form of 74.
Results
1
René Weissinger
Team Vorarlberg
4h12'39
2
Daniel Musiol
Team NetApp
s.t.
3
Wesley Sulzberger
Team Qantas
s.t.
4
Marcel Kittel
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
5
Blazej Janiaczyk
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
6
Troels Ronning Vinther
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
7
Michael Reihs
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
8
Baden Cooke
Team Qantas
s.t.
9
Jonas Aaen Jørgensen
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
10
Guillaume Boivin
Rabobank Continental Team
s.t.
The winner
Word from the DS
4th with that low fitness is okay.
We also raced the Tour de Belgique / Ronde van België, with almost the same team as in the Pro Race Berlin. In 2011, the race was won by French William Bonnet, mostly thanks to the bonus seconds.
Again, our riders are in a bad shape, but we don't mind. We have no tough goals, top 10 in the GC is okay. Favourites are the sprinters Mark Cavendish and especially Heinrich Haussler, because of the cobbled stage.
Stage 1
The 5.2km prologue around Buggenhout is surrisingly won by Portuguese Nelson Oliveira, beating Taylor Phinney with less than a second. Our start is good with Rosseler in 9th and Sagan in 12th.
1
Nelson Oliveira
Radio Shack - Nissan
6'58
2
Taylor Phinney
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
3
Yohan Offredo
FDJ
+ 1
4
Lars Boom
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 2
5
Frantisek Rabon
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 3
6
Jos Van Emden
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
7
Stef Clement
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 5
8
Jimmy Engoulvent
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 6
9
Sébastien Rosseler
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
10
Jesse Sergent
Radio Shack - Nissan
+ 7
Stage 2
The 2nd stage from Lochristi to Knokke - Heist near the North Sea coast ends in a mass sprint, which is easily won by world champion Mark Cavendish. Peter Sagan finishes in 8th. Cav also takes over the lead in the GC.
1
Mark Cavendish
Sky ProCycling
3h59'32
2
Matthew Brammeier
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
s.t.
3
Robert Hunter
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
4
Gorik Gardeyn
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
5
Tom Veelers
M&M's
s.t.
6
Jonas Ljungblad
Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
s.t.
7
Fred Rodriguez
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
8
Peter Sagan
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
9
Tim Mertens
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
10
Bernhard Eisel
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
Stage 3
Stage 3 from Knokke - Heist to Ieper is the decisive one in this Ronde van België. A group of 7 riders take a lead of many minutes over the cobbled hills, and don't get caught. Gert Steegmans wins the sprint, just beating Gabriel Rasch, and also takes over the lead in the GC. Peter Sagan wins the sprint for the 8th place at 3'21.
1
Gert Steegmans
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
4h58'27
2
Gabriel Rasch
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
3
Geoffroy Lequatre
Radio Shack - Nissan
s.t.
4
Nico Sijmens
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
5
Aleksejs Saramotins
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
6
Stijn Joseph
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
7
Matthias Frank
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
8
Peter Sagan
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 3'21
9
Mark Cavendish
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
10
Heinrich Haussler
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
Stage 4
It looks like stage 4 to Eupen is turning into a mass sprint, when the peloton catches the BOTD 4km before the finish. But where the Monster Energy - train chooses the left (and open) side of the road, the Sky-train chooses the right side and gets blocked by the members of the BOTD. And when in the next corner, a rider from La Française des Jeux that was in the BOTD crashes, just in front of Cavendish, a mass crash happens.
Only 22 riders can continue and there's only one real opponent left for Peter Sagan . That's Romain Feillu from Vacansoleil. But Sagan beats the French rider and jumps to the third place in the GC, because the others loose over 2 minutes today.
1
Peter Sagan
Monster Energy - Ford
4h29'41
2
Romain Feillu
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
3
Sébastien Rosseler
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
4
Stijn Neirynck
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
5
Tom Veelers
M&M's
s.t.
6
Blazej Janiaczyk
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
7
Steve Schets
Donckers Koffie - Livestrong
s.t.
8
Jens Keukeleire
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
9
Sep Vanmarcke
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
10
Kalle Kriit
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
Stage 5
The 5th and last stage from Oreye to Putte ends in another mass sprint. And again, Mark Cavendish easily wins it. Gert Steegmans has no problems in defending his leading jersey and wins the Ronde van België. Peter Sagan finishes in 8th again (for the 3rd time in 5 stages) and takes the 3rd place in the GC.
1
Mark Cavendish
Sky ProCycling
3h11'15
2
Yauheni Hutarovich
FDJ
s.t.
3
Romain Feillu
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
4
Jürgen Roelandts
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
5
Tom Veelers
M&M's
s.t.
6
Tim Mertens
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
7
Robert Hunter
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
8
Peter Sagan
Monster Energy - Ford
s.t.
9
Kurt Hovelynck
Donckers Koffie - Livestrong
s.t.
10
Job Vissers
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
GC
1
Gert Steegmans
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
16h47'47
2
Gabriel Rasch
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 29
3
Peter Sagan
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 1'15
4
Sébastien Rosseler
Monster Energy - Ford
+ 1'25
5
Matthew Brammeier
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
+ 1'26
6
Lars Boom
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1'29
7
Tom Stamsnijder
M&M's
+ 1'36
8
Tim Mertens
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
+ 1'38
9
Martin Mortensen
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
10
Tom Veelers
M&M's
+ 1'40
Points
1
Mark Cavendish
Sky ProCycling
25
60
2
Peter Sagan
Monster Energy - Ford
8
53
3
Tom Veelers
M&M's
12
41
4
Gert Steegmans
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step
0
37
5
Romain Feillu
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
16
36
KOTM
1
Gabriel Rasch
Team Garmin - Cervélo
0
14
2
Aleksejs Saramotins
Sony Ericsson
0
14
3
Matthias Frank
BMC Racing Team
0
12
4
Nico Sijmens
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
0
10
5
Tomasz Marczynski
CCC Polsat Polkowice
6
9
Overall winner
Word from the DS
Now this was one unexpected stage win and a 3rd an 4th in the GC. Very nice, but unexpected. Now off to Luxembourg!
Results
6 stages in the Giro (2 by Schleck, 1 by Ligthart, 1 by De Gendt, 1 by Bos and the TTT), the points jersey and the KOTM-jersey, as well as 1 stage in the Ronde van België (Sagan). That's a good month!
Media awards
Even tough he didn't won the Giro, ANdy Schleck is awarded with the Rider of the month-award. Oliveira won the best young rider of the month-award, with the win in the prologue of the Ronde van België.
Rankings
World Tour riders
Gilbert stays in the lead, while Antón jumps to second place. Andy Schleck is in 10th.
World Tour teams
Lotto still leads BMC, we have jumped to the 3rd place.
Continental Tour riders
Because of a lot of sprint wins, Jimmy Casper (Saur) jumps from 7th to 1st. The French riders dominate this, with 5 within the first 6.
Continental Tour teams
Saur - Sojasun and Landbouwkrediet still have the best papers for promotion.
CQ riders
Thanks to his win in the Giro, Igor Antón is the new leader. Philippe Gilbert is the 2nd, Andy Schleck is in 3rd place.
CQ teams
We score about 2000 points this month and are the new leaders. Lotto is in 2nd, with only 100 points this month.
Wins riders
Jimmy Casper has sprinted to 11th wins, one more than Matthew Goss and Philippe Gilbert. Most wins from our team is 5, by Peter Sagan.
Wins teams
We divide our wins that good, that we have the most wins with 21. There are 19 wins for the new Qantas-team and 17 for Saur - Sojasun.
7 wins, a points jersey and a KOTM-jersey, also the 2nd place in the Giro:
