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Ian Bibby - 2013: The Year of Reckoning
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Posted on 29-04-2012 22:40
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Keep the fight...Endura already showed the colors in the best way, be proud.
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Posted on 30-04-2012 00:16
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May 21, 2012 - Amgen Tour of California Stage 7
Race Preview
"The final real test of this race is a tough stage up to Mount Baldy. Three categorised climbs with the final one being very steep. It's a very short stage aswell so the climbing is almost constant." "JTL needs to go well today if he's gonna get back into the top fifteen, so the whole team will lay everything on the line for him. One guy will be going in the breakaway which will depend on the race situation." "It might be my turn to go on the attack today if I'm at the front of the peloton and the opportunity arises. If not, though, I will obviously give everything to help JTL." Race Report
On the first climb the break went away and it was Ian Bibby in there for Endura. He was the highest placed rider in this group. The other main riders in the group were Boasson Hagen, Andre Cardoso and Bertogliati.
With the peloton flying along thanks to Garmin, and lots of riders attacking, the breakaway was being rapidly reeled in. Bibby, therefore, went solo, hoping to "do a Wilko"! Unfortunately, there was still the main climb to come.
And when Sammy Sanchez put in one big acceleration out of the peloton, it was over for Bibby, who quickly dropped back to help Tiernan-Locke. Evans followed Sanchez but Danielson brought it all back together.
Unfortunately, Tiernan-Locke was caught on the wrong side of a split in the tiny peloton and had to fight back past everybody on his own. He was doing magnificently, riding good climbers clean off his wheel as he came back into top fifteen contention.
Up at the front, the battle for the yellow jersey was intensifying. All Hesjedal needed to do was to stay with Evans and Schleck and those three had ridden away from everybody else along with Sanchez and Gesink. The winner would come from this elite group.
But the TDF winner was in a league of his own as he increased the pace and left Schleck, Hesjedal and Sanchez way behind. Gesink clung on to the Aussie until the very end but Cadel easily took the win, and barring accident tomorrow, will win the Tour of California. Tiernan-Locke rode brilliantly to finish 17th on the stage and move him up to 14th overall. A much better day.
1 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team 3h40'49 2 Robert Gesink Rabobank Cycling Team + 28 3 Andy Schleck RadioShack - Nissan + 50 4 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Barracuda + 1'13 5 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'21 6 Robert Kiserlovski Astana Pro Team + 1'34 7 Daniel Navarro Team Saxo Bank + 1'46 8 Andreas Klöden RadioShack - Nissan s.t. 9 Rigoberto Urán Sky Procycling s.t. 10 Oliver Zaugg RadioShack - Nissan + 1'59 ... 29 Ian Bibby Endura Racing + 7'11
Spoiler
11 Wout Poels Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 2'46 12 Tom Danielson Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 13 Thomas De Gendt Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 14 Pierre Rolland Team Europcar + 3'10 15 Chris Horner RadioShack - Nissan + 3'15 16 Jean-Christophe Peraud AG2R La Mondiale + 3'26 17 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Endura Racing + 4'10 18 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi + 4'16 19 Paolo Tiralongo Astana Pro Team + 4'28 20 Marc De Maar UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 4'46 21 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R La Mondiale + 4'54 22 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Barracuda + 5'05 23 Christophe Kern Team Europcar + 5'25 24 Iker Camaño Endura Racing + 6'48 25 Ben Hermans RadioShack - Nissan s.t. 26 Nicki Sørensen Team Saxo Bank s.t. 27 Kristjan Koren Liquigas - Cannondale + 7'03 28 Daniel Fleeman Endura Racing s.t. 29 Ian Bibby Endura Racing + 7'11 30 Laurent Didier RadioShack - Nissan + 7'16 31 Mikel Landa Euskaltel - Euskadi + 7'36 32 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team + 7'41 33 Jure Kocjan Team Type 1 - Sanofi s.t. 34 Evgeni Petrov Astana Pro Team + 8'00 35 Hernâni Brôco Caja Rural + 8'09 36 Romain Sicard Euskaltel - Euskadi + 8'41 37 Yohann Gène Team Europcar + 9'28 38 André Cardoso Caja Rural + 9'32 39 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky Procycling s.t. 40 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 10'28 41 David Millar Garmin - Barracuda + 10'33 42 Rémy Cusin Team Type 1 - Sanofi + 10'40 43 Bradley Wiggins Sky Procycling s.t. 44 Josué Moyano Caja Rural + 10'51 45 Anthony Delaplace Saur - Sojasun + 11'57 46 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 47 Michael Mørkøv Team Saxo Bank + 12'08 48 Jonathan Clarke UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t. 49 Rubens Bertogliati Team Type 1 - Sanofi + 12'35 50 Davide Frattini UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 12'59 51 Miguel MÃnguez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 13'09 52 Johan Vansummeren Garmin - Barracuda + 13'14 53 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 54 Janez Brajkovič Astana Pro Team s.t. 55 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 56 Christopher Juul-Jensen Team Saxo Bank s.t. 57 Michael Rogers Sky Procycling s.t. 58 Timothy Duggan Liquigas - Cannondale + 13'33 59 Kai Reus UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 13'39 60 Fabian Cancellara RadioShack - Nissan + 14'01 61 Mathieu Perget AG2R La Mondiale + 14'55 62 Julián Sánchez Pimienta Caja Rural s.t. 63 Simon Gerrans GreenEdge Cycling Team + 15'08 64 François Parisien SpiderTech powered by C10 + 15'15 65 Simon Clarke GreenEdge Cycling Team s.t. 66 George Hincapie BMC Racing Team + 17'08 67 Dimitriy Muravyev Astana Pro Team s.t. 68 Egor Silin Astana Pro Team + 17'17 69 Julien Simon Saur - Sojasun s.t. 70 Ian Wilkinson Endura Racing + 17'44 71 Sergey Renev Astana Pro Team s.t. 72 Robert Partridge Endura Racing s.t. 73 Geraint Thomas Sky Procycling s.t. 74 Mitchell Docker GreenEdge Cycling Team + 18'05 75 David Boily SpiderTech powered by C10 + 18'12 76 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Cannondale + 19'00 77 Vincent Jérôme Team Europcar s.t. 78 Assan Bazayev Astana Pro Team s.t. 79 Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 80 Keven Lacombe SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t. 81 Christopher Jones UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 19'14 82 Stijn Devolder Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 83 Sep Vanmarcke Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 84 Maciej Bodnar Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 85 Jetse Bol Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 86 Kiel Reijnen Team Type 1 - Sanofi s.t. 87 Pello Bilbao Euskaltel - Euskadi + 19'33 88 Daniele Bennati RadioShack - Nissan s.t. 89 Manuel Quinziato BMC Racing Team + 20'12 90 Jason McCartney UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 20'40 91 Maxime Méderel Saur - Sojasun + 20'59 92 Coen Vermeltfoort Rabobank Cycling Team + 21'21 93 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team + 21'26 94 Björn Leukemans Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 21'32 95 Martin Kohler BMC Racing Team s.t. 96 Bert-Jan Lindeman Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 21'43 97 Taylor Phinney BMC Racing Team + 22'03 98 Alan Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 22'11 99 Pim Ligthart Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 22'18 100 Alexandre Blain Endura Racing + 22'34 101 Etienne Tortelier Saur - Sojasun + 23'51 102 Stéphane Poulhiès Saur - Sojasun s.t. 103 Andreas Klier Garmin - Barracuda + 24'35 104 Bernhard Eisel Sky Procycling + 24'41 105 Jonathon McEvoy Endura Racing + 25'51 106 Cayetano Sarmiento Liquigas - Cannondale + 26'10 107 George Preidler Team Type 1 - Sanofi s.t. 108 David De la Cruz Caja Rural s.t. 109 Alexander Ryabkin Caja Rural s.t. 110 Lucas Euser SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t. 111 BenjamÃn Noval Team Saxo Bank s.t. 112 Jonathan Patrick McCarty SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t. 113 Javier Francisco Aramendia Caja Rural s.t. 114 Daniele Ratto Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 115 Ben Gastauer AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 116 Allan Davis GreenEdge Cycling Team s.t. 117 Steve Houanard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 118 Sylvain Georges AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 119 Wesley Sulzberger GreenEdge Cycling Team s.t. 120 Lars Boom Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 121 Nick Nuyens Team Saxo Bank s.t. 122 Tony Hurel Team Europcar s.t. 123 Guillaume Boivin SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t. 124 Ryan Roth SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t. 125 Travis Meyer GreenEdge Cycling Team s.t. 126 Edward King Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 127 Francesco Lasca Caja Rural s.t. 128 Kristof Goddaert AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 129 Jérôme Cousin Team Europcar s.t. 130 Alexander Serebryakov Team Type 1 - Sanofi s.t. 131 Rick Flens Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 132 Jonathan Bellis An Post - Sean Kelly + 27'11 133 Juan Antonio Flecha Sky Procycling s.t. 134 Takashi Miyazawa Team Saxo Bank s.t. 135 Sebastian Langeveld GreenEdge Cycling Team s.t. 136 Mark Renshaw Rabobank Cycling Team + 27'18 137 Sébastien Chavanel Team Europcar s.t. 138 Kenneth Vanbilsen An Post - Sean Kelly s.t. 139 Jonathan Mould An Post - Sean Kelly s.t. 140 David Tanner Team Saxo Bank s.t. 141 Martin Mortensen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 142 Rony Martias Saur - Sojasun + 27'30 143 Matthew Hayman Sky Procycling s.t. 144 Charly Vives SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t. 145 Stijn Ennekens An Post - Sean Kelly s.t. 146 Martijn Maaskant Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 147 William Dugan Team Type 1 - Sanofi + 34'50
GC
1 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team 28h16'49 2 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Barracuda + 1'04 3 Andy Schleck RadioShack - Nissan s.t. 4 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2'13 5 Robert Gesink Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 6 Rigoberto Urán Sky Procycling + 3'34 7 Daniel Navarro Team Saxo Bank + 3'47 8 Chris Horner RadioShack - Nissan + 4'23 9 Robert Kiserlovski Astana Pro Team + 4'35 10 Andreas Klöden RadioShack - Nissan + 4'40 ... 27 Ian Bibby Endura Racing + 16'32
Spoiler
11 Wout Poels Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 4'45 12 Christophe Kern Team Europcar + 7'52 13 Thomas De Gendt Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 8'39 14 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Endura Racing + 8'47 15 Paolo Tiralongo Astana Pro Team + 10'42 16 Pierre Rolland Team Europcar + 11'02 17 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Barracuda + 11'09 18 Nicki Sørensen Team Saxo Bank + 11'17 19 Jure Kocjan Team Type 1 - Sanofi + 11'23 20 Marc De Maar UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 11'35 21 Tom Danielson Garmin - Barracuda + 11'38 22 Jean-Christophe Peraud AG2R La Mondiale + 12'10 23 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R La Mondiale + 12'48 24 Bradley Wiggins Sky Procycling + 13'04 25 Oliver Zaugg RadioShack - Nissan + 15'14 26 Kristjan Koren Liquigas - Cannondale + 16'31 27 Ian Bibby Endura Racing + 16'32 28 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank Cycling Team + 17'02 29 Iker Camaño Endura Racing + 17'08 30 Daniel Fleeman Endura Racing + 18'22 31 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 19'35 32 Evgeni Petrov Astana Pro Team + 19'54 33 Janez Brajkovič Astana Pro Team + 20'06 34 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale + 21'12 35 Ben Hermans RadioShack - Nissan + 21'54 36 David Millar Garmin - Barracuda + 21'56 37 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky Procycling + 23'29 38 Mikel Landa Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 39 Michael Rogers Sky Procycling + 24'28 40 Michael Mørkøv Team Saxo Bank + 26'13 41 Rubens Bertogliati Team Type 1 - Sanofi + 26'32 42 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi + 27'26 43 Laurent Didier RadioShack - Nissan + 27'30 44 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team + 27'32 45 André Cardoso Caja Rural + 27'35 46 Yohann Gène Team Europcar + 28'08 47 Fabian Cancellara RadioShack - Nissan + 29'03 48 Ian Wilkinson Endura Racing + 30'50 49 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi + 31'02 50 Johan Vansummeren Garmin - Barracuda + 31'17 51 Simon Gerrans GreenEdge Cycling Team + 31'51 52 Kai Reus UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 32'01 53 Rémy Cusin Team Type 1 - Sanofi + 32'21 54 Julián Sánchez Pimienta Caja Rural + 33'35 55 Romain Sicard Euskaltel - Euskadi + 33'58 56 Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 33'59 57 Josué Moyano Caja Rural + 35'26 58 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Cannondale + 37'23 59 George Hincapie BMC Racing Team + 38'01 60 Mathieu Perget AG2R La Mondiale + 38'27 61 Davide Frattini UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 38'37 62 Jetse Bol Rabobank Cycling Team + 38'42 63 Simon Clarke GreenEdge Cycling Team + 39'15 64 Julien Simon Saur - Sojasun + 39'35 65 Egor Silin Astana Pro Team + 40'11 66 Cayetano Sarmiento Liquigas - Cannondale + 41'09 67 Anthony Delaplace Saur - Sojasun + 43'20 68 Björn Leukemans Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 43'51 69 Christopher Juul-Jensen Team Saxo Bank + 44'23 70 François Parisien SpiderTech powered by C10 + 44'52 71 Stijn Devolder Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 44'54 72 Robert Partridge Endura Racing + 44'57 73 Daniele Bennati RadioShack - Nissan + 45'52 74 Keven Lacombe SpiderTech powered by C10 + 46'49 75 Geraint Thomas Sky Procycling + 46'52 76 David Boily SpiderTech powered by C10 + 48'01 77 Hernâni Brôco Caja Rural + 48'05 78 Timothy Duggan Liquigas - Cannondale + 49'08 79 George Preidler Team Type 1 - Sanofi + 49'32 80 Manuel Quinziato BMC Racing Team + 50'04 81 Maxime Méderel Saur - Sojasun + 51'26 82 Miguel MÃnguez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 52'07 83 Allan Davis GreenEdge Cycling Team + 52'42 84 Jonathan Clarke UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 52'52 85 Juan Antonio Flecha Sky Procycling + 53'10 86 Guillaume Boivin SpiderTech powered by C10 + 54'38 87 Dimitriy Muravyev Astana Pro Team + 54'44 88 Jonathon McEvoy Endura Racing + 55'07 89 Sebastian Langeveld GreenEdge Cycling Team + 55'18 90 Alexandre Blain Endura Racing + 57'23 91 Coen Vermeltfoort Rabobank Cycling Team + 57'59 92 Mark Renshaw Rabobank Cycling Team + 59'57 93 Javier Francisco Aramendia Caja Rural + 1h00'40 94 Nick Nuyens Team Saxo Bank + 1h00'58 95 Lars Boom Rabobank Cycling Team + 1h01'16 96 Assan Bazayev Astana Pro Team + 1h01'35 97 Daniele Ratto Liquigas - Cannondale + 1h02'10 98 Tony Hurel Team Europcar + 1h02'30 99 Vincent Jérôme Team Europcar + 1h02'31 100 Martin Kohler BMC Racing Team + 1h02'45 101 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team + 1h02'47 102 Pim Ligthart Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 1h03'17 103 Mitchell Docker GreenEdge Cycling Team + 1h03'43 104 BenjamÃn Noval Team Saxo Bank + 1h03'50 105 Jonathan Patrick McCarty SpiderTech powered by C10 + 1h03'55 106 Maciej Bodnar Liquigas - Cannondale + 1h05'52 107 Stéphane Poulhiès Saur - Sojasun + 1h06'47 108 Steve Houanard AG2R La Mondiale + 1h07'09 109 Bert-Jan Lindeman Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 1h07'15 110 Alexander Ryabkin Caja Rural + 1h08'57 111 Wesley Sulzberger GreenEdge Cycling Team + 1h09'52 112 Jason McCartney UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 1h10'01 113 Stijn Ennekens An Post - Sean Kelly + 1h10'10 114 Rick Flens Rabobank Cycling Team + 1h10'31 115 Sylvain Georges AG2R La Mondiale + 1h10'40 116 Alexander Serebryakov Team Type 1 - Sanofi + 1h12'25 117 Jonathan Bellis An Post - Sean Kelly + 1h13'36 118 Bernhard Eisel Sky Procycling + 1h13'39 119 Andreas Klier Garmin - Barracuda + 1h14'19 120 Sep Vanmarcke Garmin - Barracuda + 1h15'09 121 Matthew Hayman Sky Procycling + 1h15'28 122 Ben Gastauer AG2R La Mondiale + 1h15'33 123 Francesco Lasca Caja Rural + 1h16'08 124 Taylor Phinney BMC Racing Team + 1h16'28 125 Christopher Jones UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 1h16'36 126 David De la Cruz Caja Rural + 1h16'59 127 Sergey Renev Astana Pro Team + 1h17'12 128 Kristof Goddaert AG2R La Mondiale + 1h17'51 129 Lucas Euser SpiderTech powered by C10 + 1h19'28 130 Kiel Reijnen Team Type 1 - Sanofi + 1h19'52 131 Ryan Roth SpiderTech powered by C10 + 1h21'04 132 Sébastien Chavanel Team Europcar + 1h21'09 133 Edward King Liquigas - Cannondale + 1h21'37 134 Takashi Miyazawa Team Saxo Bank + 1h23'09 135 Rony Martias Saur - Sojasun + 1h23'24 136 Etienne Tortelier Saur - Sojasun + 1h28'18 137 Travis Meyer GreenEdge Cycling Team + 1h29'12 138 Martin Mortensen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 1h31'18 139 David Tanner Team Saxo Bank + 1h32'18 140 Pello Bilbao Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h37'23 141 Jonathan Mould An Post - Sean Kelly + 1h39'44 142 Jérôme Cousin Team Europcar + 1h44'01 143 Charly Vives SpiderTech powered by C10 + 1h48'40 144 William Dugan Team Type 1 - Sanofi + 1h49'58 145 Martijn Maaskant Garmin - Barracuda + 1h51'23 146 Alan Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h52'18 147 Kenneth Vanbilsen An Post - Sean Kelly + 2h02'10
"That was good fun. Being in the breakaway is what I'd been looking forward to and with it being such a short stage, I was able to go really deep knowing it would be over soon. That's why I went solo so early as well as the fact that all the GC guys were already attacking and I wouldn't be able to keep up with them if they caught me. When I was caught, I was able to give JTL a bit of help and then he ended up outclimbing the likes of Tiralongo, Kern, Vande Velde and Verdugo. He's a great rider and we're lucky to have him. As for me, I moved back up to 27th, annoyingly one second behind Koren! Still, I've beaten Ten Dam, Sutherland and Brajkovic in a tough race so I can't be too unhappy. One stage to go."
Edited by brewers90 on 30-04-2012 00:17
brewers90
Posted on 30-04-2012 01:49
Classics Specialist Posts: 3711Joined: 01-09-2010PCM$: 200.00
May 22, 2012 - Amgen Tour of California Stage 8
Race Preview
"The final stage looks routine enough. Short and flat with a couple of climbs and sprints in the middle. It should be a bunch sprint but there will probably be a few people trying to gain a few seconds to improve their overall position." "Wilkinson will be going for the sprint again and JTL will need to be kept out of trouble. The rest of us will be doing domestique duties. One of us might be going for the breakaway but we'll see." "My job today is simple, to sit near the front of the peloton at the start just incase the team want me to respond to any attacks. If nothing comes of that, then I will look after Wilko again in the sprint and see if we can get another top ten." Race Report
Despite not having any specific plans to go for the breakaway today, Endura ended up with two riders in the group of 13 that made it away. Camano and Bibby were both present as with such a big group, there was a good chance that it would be successful.
But Rabobank and Radioshack were pulling the peloton along really quickly for their sprinters, Renshaw and Bennati, trying to get one last stage win in the sprint. However, they were struggling to pull back such a big group, who were working really well together.
And then with nine kilometres to go, there was a massive crash in the middle of the peloton, bringing down many big names. The guys at the front slowed down to wait and see who was involved which allowed the breakaway to pull away. One of the front thirteen would now take the stage win. In the crash, Bernie Eisel took a nasty knock and will now miss the TDF, a big blow for Cav.
Back at the front, Camano had done his job in leading out the better sprinter, Bibby but there were better sprinters than Ian in this group. However, the two best sprinters, Sulzberger and Martias had nothing left. Could Bibby get the win?
Well, this is Ian's view of the finish so, erm, no. Koren of Liquigas took the win ahead of Sicard, Parisien, Preidler and fifth placed Bibby. Not quite enough left in the tank after yesterday's big effort. Camano rolled in thirteenth. Now, we had to wait for the peloton.
And would you believe it, there was another big crash. This one was more significant though. It was caused when Ryder Hesjedal got it all wrong in the last corner and took Cancellara out. The carnage that ensued took down more big riders but Hesjedal was the big loser, dropping from second all the way to sixth. Ouch.
1 Kristjan Koren Liquigas - Cannondale 3h07'43 2 Romain Sicard Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 3 François Parisien SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t. 4 George Preidler Team Type 1 - Sanofi s.t. 5 Ian Bibby Endura Racing s.t. 6 Paolo Tiralongo Astana Pro Team s.t. 7 Pierre Rolland Team Europcar s.t. 8 Francesco Lasca Caja Rural s.t. 9 Rony Martias Saur - Sojasun s.t. 10 Davide Frattini UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t.
Spoiler
11 Wesley Sulzberger GreenEdge Cycling Team s.t. 12 Alexander Ryabkin Caja Rural s.t. 13 Iker Camaño Endura Racing s.t. 14 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale + 50 15 Jure Kocjan Team Type 1 - Sanofi s.t. 16 Daniele Bennati RadioShack - Nissan s.t. 17 Allan Davis GreenEdge Cycling Team s.t. 18 Mark Renshaw Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 19 Ian Wilkinson Endura Racing s.t. 20 Kristof Goddaert AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 21 George Hincapie BMC Racing Team s.t. 22 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team s.t. 23 Geraint Thomas Sky Procycling s.t. 24 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 25 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 26 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 27 Ben Hermans RadioShack - Nissan s.t. 28 Thomas De Gendt Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 29 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky Procycling s.t. 30 Guillaume Boivin SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t. 31 Marc De Maar UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t. 32 Wout Poels Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 33 Rigoberto Urán Sky Procycling s.t. 34 Björn Leukemans Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 35 Jetse Bol Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 36 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Endura Racing s.t. 37 Javier Francisco Aramendia Caja Rural s.t. 38 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 39 Nicki Sørensen Team Saxo Bank s.t. 40 Daniel Navarro Team Saxo Bank s.t. 41 Andy Schleck RadioShack - Nissan s.t. 42 Oliver Zaugg RadioShack - Nissan s.t. 43 Chris Horner RadioShack - Nissan s.t. 44 Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 45 Kai Reus UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t. 46 Robert Kiserlovski Astana Pro Team s.t. 47 Andreas Klöden RadioShack - Nissan s.t. 48 Stéphane Poulhiès Saur - Sojasun s.t. 49 Coen Vermeltfoort Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 50 Pim Ligthart Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 51 Daniel Fleeman Endura Racing s.t. 52 Dimitriy Muravyev Astana Pro Team s.t. 53 Robert Partridge Endura Racing s.t. 54 Jean-Christophe Peraud AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 55 Keven Lacombe SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t. 56 Alexandre Blain Endura Racing s.t. 57 Rémy Cusin Team Type 1 - Sanofi s.t. 58 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 59 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 60 Anthony Delaplace Saur - Sojasun s.t. 61 Simon Gerrans GreenEdge Cycling Team s.t. 62 Maciej Bodnar Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 63 Michael Mørkøv Team Saxo Bank s.t. 64 Laurent Didier RadioShack - Nissan s.t. 65 Robert Gesink Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 66 Nick Nuyens Team Saxo Bank s.t. 67 Jason McCartney UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t. 68 Etienne Tortelier Saur - Sojasun s.t. 69 Stijn Devolder Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 70 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 71 Janez Brajkovič Astana Pro Team s.t. 72 Rubens Bertogliati Team Type 1 - Sanofi s.t. 73 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team s.t. 74 David Millar Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 75 Bradley Wiggins Sky Procycling s.t. 76 Manuel Quinziato BMC Racing Team s.t. 77 Johan Vansummeren Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 78 Jonathon McEvoy Endura Racing s.t. 79 Evgeni Petrov Astana Pro Team + 2'38 80 Mikel Landa Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 81 Jonathan Bellis An Post - Sean Kelly s.t. 82 Alexander Serebryakov Team Type 1 - Sanofi s.t. 83 Daniele Ratto Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 84 Jonathan Patrick McCarty SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t. 85 Steve Houanard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 86 Assan Bazayev Astana Pro Team s.t. 87 Sylvain Georges AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 88 David Boily SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t. 89 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Barracuda + 3'26 90 André Cardoso Caja Rural s.t. 91 David De la Cruz Caja Rural s.t. 92 Josué Moyano Caja Rural s.t. 93 Christopher Jones UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t. 94 Andreas Klier Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 95 Matthew Hayman Sky Procycling s.t. 96 Travis Meyer GreenEdge Cycling Team s.t. 97 Fabian Cancellara RadioShack - Nissan s.t. 98 Edward King Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 99 Martin Mortensen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 100 Maxime Méderel Saur - Sojasun s.t. 101 Martijn Maaskant Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 102 Yohann Gène Team Europcar + 4'15 103 Jonathan Mould An Post - Sean Kelly s.t. 104 Vincent Jérôme Team Europcar s.t. 105 Christophe Kern Team Europcar s.t. 106 Cayetano Sarmiento Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 107 Sebastian Langeveld GreenEdge Cycling Team s.t. 108 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 109 Simon Clarke GreenEdge Cycling Team s.t. 110 Lars Boom Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 111 Sébastien Chavanel Team Europcar s.t. 112 Julien Simon Saur - Sojasun s.t. 113 Stijn Ennekens An Post - Sean Kelly s.t. 114 Alan Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 115 Hernâni Brôco Caja Rural s.t. 116 Rick Flens Rabobank Cycling Team + 5'00 117 Taylor Phinney BMC Racing Team s.t. 118 Martin Kohler BMC Racing Team s.t. 119 Mitchell Docker GreenEdge Cycling Team s.t. 120 Kiel Reijnen Team Type 1 - Sanofi s.t. 121 Pello Bilbao Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 122 Timothy Duggan Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 123 Michael Rogers Sky Procycling s.t. 124 William Dugan Team Type 1 - Sanofi s.t. 125 Julián Sánchez Pimienta Caja Rural + 5'44 126 Jonathan Clarke UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t. 127 Miguel MÃnguez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 128 Bert-Jan Lindeman Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 129 Juan Antonio Flecha Sky Procycling s.t. 130 Ben Gastauer AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 131 Takashi Miyazawa Team Saxo Bank s.t. 132 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t. 133 Tom Danielson Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 134 Lucas Euser SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t. 135 BenjamÃn Noval Team Saxo Bank s.t. 136 David Tanner Team Saxo Bank s.t. 137 Sergey Renev Astana Pro Team s.t. 138 Ryan Roth SpiderTech powered by C10 s.t. 139 Mathieu Perget AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 140 Tony Hurel Team Europcar s.t. 141 Egor Silin Astana Pro Team s.t. 142 Sep Vanmarcke Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 143 Charly Vives SpiderTech powered by C10 + 7'16 144 Jérôme Cousin Team Europcar s.t. 145 Kenneth Vanbilsen An Post - Sean Kelly + 9'45
GC
1 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team 31h25'22 2 Andy Schleck RadioShack - Nissan + 1'04 3 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2'13 4 Robert Gesink Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 5 Rigoberto Urán Sky Procycling + 3'34 6 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Barracuda + 3'40 7 Daniel Navarro Team Saxo Bank + 3'47 8 Chris Horner RadioShack - Nissan + 4'23 9 Robert Kiserlovski Astana Pro Team + 4'35 10 Andreas Klöden RadioShack - Nissan + 4'40 ... 25 Ian Bibby Endura Racing + 15'30
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11 Wout Poels Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 4'45 12 Thomas De Gendt Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 8'39 13 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Endura Racing + 8'47 14 Paolo Tiralongo Astana Pro Team + 9'52 15 Pierre Rolland Team Europcar + 10'12 16 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Barracuda + 11'09 17 Christophe Kern Team Europcar + 11'17 18 Nicki Sørensen Team Saxo Bank s.t. 19 Jure Kocjan Team Type 1 - Sanofi + 11'23 20 Marc De Maar UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 11'35 21 Jean-Christophe Peraud AG2R La Mondiale + 12'10 22 Bradley Wiggins Sky Procycling + 13'04 23 Oliver Zaugg RadioShack - Nissan + 15'14 24 Kristjan Koren Liquigas - Cannondale + 15'19 25 Ian Bibby Endura Racing + 15'30 26 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R La Mondiale + 16'13 27 Iker Camaño Endura Racing + 16'18 28 Tom Danielson Garmin - Barracuda + 16'32 29 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank Cycling Team + 17'02 30 Daniel Fleeman Endura Racing + 18'22 31 Janez Brajkovič Astana Pro Team + 20'06 32 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale + 21'12 33 Evgeni Petrov Astana Pro Team + 21'42 34 Ben Hermans RadioShack - Nissan + 21'54 35 David Millar Garmin - Barracuda + 21'56 36 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky Procycling + 23'29 37 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 24'29 38 Mikel Landa Euskaltel - Euskadi + 25'17 39 Michael Mørkøv Team Saxo Bank + 26'13 40 Rubens Bertogliati Team Type 1 - Sanofi + 26'32 41 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi + 27'26 42 Laurent Didier RadioShack - Nissan + 27'30 43 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team + 27'32 44 Michael Rogers Sky Procycling + 28'38 45 André Cardoso Caja Rural + 30'11 46 Ian Wilkinson Endura Racing + 30'50 47 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi + 31'02 48 Johan Vansummeren Garmin - Barracuda + 31'17 49 Yohann Gène Team Europcar + 31'33 50 Fabian Cancellara RadioShack - Nissan + 31'39 51 Simon Gerrans GreenEdge Cycling Team + 31'51 52 Kai Reus UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 32'01 53 Rémy Cusin Team Type 1 - Sanofi + 32'21 54 Romain Sicard Euskaltel - Euskadi + 32'56 55 Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 33'59 56 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Cannondale + 37'23 57 Davide Frattini UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 37'43 58 George Hincapie BMC Racing Team + 38'01 59 Josué Moyano Caja Rural + 38'02 60 Julián Sánchez Pimienta Caja Rural + 38'29 61 Jetse Bol Rabobank Cycling Team + 38'42 62 Simon Clarke GreenEdge Cycling Team + 42'40 63 Julien Simon Saur - Sojasun + 43'00 64 Anthony Delaplace Saur - Sojasun + 43'20 65 Mathieu Perget AG2R La Mondiale + 43'21 66 Björn Leukemans Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 43'51 67 François Parisien SpiderTech powered by C10 + 43'54 68 Cayetano Sarmiento Liquigas - Cannondale + 44'34 69 Stijn Devolder Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 44'54 70 Robert Partridge Endura Racing + 44'57 71 Egor Silin Astana Pro Team + 45'05 72 Daniele Bennati RadioShack - Nissan + 45'52 73 Keven Lacombe SpiderTech powered by C10 + 46'49 74 Geraint Thomas Sky Procycling + 46'52 75 George Preidler Team Type 1 - Sanofi + 48'38 76 David Boily SpiderTech powered by C10 + 49'49 77 Manuel Quinziato BMC Racing Team + 50'04 78 Hernâni Brôco Caja Rural + 51'30 79 Allan Davis GreenEdge Cycling Team + 52'42 80 Timothy Duggan Liquigas - Cannondale + 53'18 81 Maxime Méderel Saur - Sojasun + 54'02 82 Guillaume Boivin SpiderTech powered by C10 + 54'38 83 Dimitriy Muravyev Astana Pro Team + 54'44 84 Jonathon McEvoy Endura Racing + 55'07 85 Miguel MÃnguez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 57'01 86 Alexandre Blain Endura Racing + 57'23 87 Jonathan Clarke UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 57'46 88 Coen Vermeltfoort Rabobank Cycling Team + 57'59 89 Juan Antonio Flecha Sky Procycling + 58'04 90 Sebastian Langeveld GreenEdge Cycling Team + 58'43 91 Mark Renshaw Rabobank Cycling Team + 59'57 92 Javier Francisco Aramendia Caja Rural + 1h00'40 93 Nick Nuyens Team Saxo Bank + 1h00'58 94 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team + 1h02'47 95 Pim Ligthart Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 1h03'17 96 Assan Bazayev Astana Pro Team + 1h03'23 97 Daniele Ratto Liquigas - Cannondale + 1h03'58 98 Lars Boom Rabobank Cycling Team + 1h04'41 99 Jonathan Patrick McCarty SpiderTech powered by C10 + 1h05'43 100 Maciej Bodnar Liquigas - Cannondale + 1h05'52 101 Vincent Jérôme Team Europcar + 1h05'56 102 Stéphane Poulhiès Saur - Sojasun + 1h06'47 103 Martin Kohler BMC Racing Team + 1h06'55 104 Tony Hurel Team Europcar + 1h07'24 105 Mitchell Docker GreenEdge Cycling Team + 1h07'53 106 Alexander Ryabkin Caja Rural + 1h08'07 107 BenjamÃn Noval Team Saxo Bank + 1h08'44 108 Steve Houanard AG2R La Mondiale + 1h08'57 109 Wesley Sulzberger GreenEdge Cycling Team + 1h09'02 110 Jason McCartney UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 1h10'01 111 Bert-Jan Lindeman Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 1h12'09 112 Sylvain Georges AG2R La Mondiale + 1h12'28 113 Stijn Ennekens An Post - Sean Kelly + 1h13'35 114 Alexander Serebryakov Team Type 1 - Sanofi + 1h14'13 115 Rick Flens Rabobank Cycling Team + 1h14'41 116 Francesco Lasca Caja Rural + 1h15'16 117 Jonathan Bellis An Post - Sean Kelly + 1h15'24 118 Andreas Klier Garmin - Barracuda + 1h16'55 119 Kristof Goddaert AG2R La Mondiale + 1h17'51 120 Matthew Hayman Sky Procycling + 1h18'04 121 Christopher Jones UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 1h19'12 122 David De la Cruz Caja Rural + 1h19'35 123 Sep Vanmarcke Garmin - Barracuda + 1h20'03 124 Ben Gastauer AG2R La Mondiale + 1h20'27 125 Taylor Phinney BMC Racing Team + 1h20'38 126 Sergey Renev Astana Pro Team + 1h22'06 127 Rony Martias Saur - Sojasun + 1h22'34 128 Kiel Reijnen Team Type 1 - Sanofi + 1h24'02 129 Edward King Liquigas - Cannondale + 1h24'13 130 Lucas Euser SpiderTech powered by C10 + 1h24'22 131 Sébastien Chavanel Team Europcar + 1h24'34 132 Ryan Roth SpiderTech powered by C10 + 1h25'58 133 Takashi Miyazawa Team Saxo Bank + 1h28'03 134 Etienne Tortelier Saur - Sojasun + 1h28'18 135 Travis Meyer GreenEdge Cycling Team + 1h31'48 136 Martin Mortensen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 1h33'54 137 David Tanner Team Saxo Bank + 1h37'12 138 Pello Bilbao Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h41'33 139 Jonathan Mould An Post - Sean Kelly + 1h43'09 140 Jérôme Cousin Team Europcar + 1h50'27 141 Martijn Maaskant Garmin - Barracuda + 1h53'59 142 William Dugan Team Type 1 - Sanofi + 1h54'08 143 Charly Vives SpiderTech powered by C10 + 1h55'06 144 Alan Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h55'43 145 Kenneth Vanbilsen An Post - Sean Kelly + 2h11'05
Points
1 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Barracuda 81 2 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team 80 3 Andy Schleck RadioShack - Nissan 63 4 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi 63 5 Mark Renshaw Rabobank Cycling Team 56 ... 7 Ian Bibby Endura Racing 36
KoM
1 Ian Wilkinson Endura Racing 57 2 Simon Clarke GreenEdge Cycling Team 24 3 Kai Reus UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 22 4 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team 20 5 Andy Schleck RadioShack - Nissan 20 ... 7 Ian Bibby Endura Racing 16
Youth Classification
1 Rigoberto Urán Sky Procycling 31h28'56 2 Wout Poels Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 1'11 3 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale + 17'38 4 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky Procycling + 19'55 5 Mikel Landa Euskaltel - Euskadi + 21'43
"Well, that wasn't expected but the team told me to jump across to the break as it was so big. So I did but I just didn't have enough left in the legs after a hard week. Iker was brilliant for me at the end there and I had a good kick but not enough. Fifth place is good in a race like this though. Oh, and I managed to jump into 25th overall because of all the crashes. I would have taken that before the race! JTL also moved up a place into 13th because Kern was involved in the crash. Not much of a difference but hey, a place is a place! And finally, Wilko brings home another jersey with the polka dot one. His trophy cabinet must be getting pretty full now, what a man! We're off back home now and a little rest and time with the family. Speak soon."
Edited by brewers90 on 30-04-2012 02:01
sutty68
Posted on 30-04-2012 08:50
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That was a great way to finish in California, Well Done Ian
brewers90
Posted on 30-04-2012 11:59
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Thanks sutty Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan - Result 1 Pierrick Fédrigo FDJ - BigMat 4h27'20 2 Niki Østergaard Glud & Marstrand - LRØ s.t. 3 Dominique Cornu Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t. 4 Davy Commeyne Landbouwkrediet - Euphony + 9 5 Paolo Bailetti Utensilnord Named s.t. 6 Ben Day UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t. 7 Reto Hollenstein Team NetApp s.t. 8 Iker Camaño Endura Racing s.t. 9 André Steensen Glud & Marstrand - LRØ s.t. 10 Florian Guillou Bretagne - Schuller s.t. ... 13 René Mandri Endura Racing s.t. 17 Alexandre Blain Endura Racing + 16 65 Dean Windsor Endura Racing + 7'15 74 Alexander Wetterhall Endura Racing + 8'10 88 Scott Thwaites Endura Racing + 10'22 108 Matt Cronshaw Endura Racing + 11'07
Boucles de l'Aulne-Chateaulin - Result 1 Gabriele Bosisio Utensilnord Named 3h59'38 2 Yukiya Arashiro Team Europcar s.t. 3 Juan Manuel Gárate Rabobank Cycling Team + 10 4 Guillaume Levarlet Saur - Sojasun s.t. 5 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 6 Rémi Pauriol FDJ - BigMat s.t. 7 Cyril Gautier Team Europcar s.t. 8 Dirk Bellemakers Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. 9 Samuel Dumoulin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 21 10 Bert De Waele Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. ... 14 Jonathon McEvoy Endura Racing s.t. 42 René Mandri Endura Racing + 1'21 53 Iker Camaño Endura Racing + 4'02 60 Alexandre Blain Endura Racing + 4'32 107 Matt Cronshaw Endura Racing + 5'35 121 Dean Windsor Endura Racing s.t. 136 Alexander Wetterhall Endura Racing + 6'35 138 Scott Thwaites Endura Racing s.t.
brewers90
Posted on 30-04-2012 12:47
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Ian's Blog
June 3, 2012 That's another month down as the season hurtles along. We're now in June, amazingly which is of course a big month for anyone looking to get a new contract Ian Bibby
Edited by brewers90 on 30-04-2012 13:09
Avin Wargunnson
Posted on 30-04-2012 12:52
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Good luck at the British Champs!
sutty68
Posted on 30-04-2012 13:30
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Let's hope Team Sky have an off day at the British Championships
brewers90
Posted on 30-04-2012 18:31
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So Near Yet So Far For Endura in Luxembourg Endura Racing took part in the Skoda Tour de Luxembourg this week taking in some of the toughest roads the tiny country has to offer. Over five stages, the peloton were fully tested with all sorts of riders getting the chance to show themselves. The prologue was dominated by Garmin, Farrar beating Danielson and Hesjedal to the yellow jersey. Endura's highest finisher was Partridge but it was already an uphill task for the team. Stage two saw a magnificent ride by Russell Downing, who jumped on Kittel's wheel at the end and followed the unstoppable German to a fantastic second place.
Downing was magnificent on Stage Two as he followed Marcel Kittel all the way to the line for a second place.
The next three stages were tough, hilly stages and the order of the day was breakaways. Unfortunately, stages three and four didn't go well for the team with only Partridge being strong enough to stay in GC contention. Stage five was one for the breakaway as a group of ten made it to the end. Cronshaw was present for Endura but after a hard day in the saddle, he had to settle for fifth at the finish. In the overall standings, it was FDJ's Pierrick Fedrigo who took the win, just ahead of Chris Horner and Wout Poels. Garmin faded as the race went on, whilst Endura's best finisher was Rob Partridge in a solid fifteenth position. It was certainly a valuable race for everyone though. Skoda Tour de Luxembourg - Final Overall Classification 1 Pierrick Fédrigo FDJ - BigMat 17h16'34 2 Chris Horner RadioShack - Nissan + 5 3 Wout Poels Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 6 4 Simon Gerrans GreenEdge Cycling Team + 44 5 Tom Danielson Garmin - Barracuda + 1'11 6 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Barracuda + 1'18 7 Tom Boonen Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 1'33 8 Heinrich Haussler Garmin - Barracuda + 1'36 9 Wesley Sulzberger GreenEdge Cycling Team + 1'38 10 Rémi Pauriol FDJ - BigMat + 1'45 ... 15 Robert Partridge Endura Racing + 2'30 25 Russell Downing Endura Racing + 4'55 28 Paul Voss Endura Racing + 5'06 69 Matt Cronshaw Endura Racing + 19'33 70 Alexander Wetterhall Endura Racing + 20'09 83 Dean Windsor Endura Racing + 29'02 103 Scott Thwaites Endura Racing + 41'24 110 Jack Anderson Endura Racing + 44'43
Edited by brewers90 on 30-04-2012 18:38
sutty68
Posted on 30-04-2012 18:34
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Nice riding by Downing on stage 2, proves that he can mix it with the best
brewers90
Posted on 30-04-2012 18:41
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Well, I was a bit surprised that he could hang on when Kittel kicked but Downing is clearly one of the quickest sprinters in the world.
brewers90
Posted on 30-04-2012 21:45
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June 5, 2012 - Tour de Rijke
Race Preview
"A pan flat Dutch race that is 99.9% certain to end in a bunch sprint. Nothing else to say really." "Due to the nature of the race we don't really have a specific leader but Wilko will be looking to get in amongst it in the probable bunch sprint. Mandri and Blain can both sprint aswell, of course." "Like most of the team, I am a free element. If I'm not involved in some sort of attack, I'll help the sprinters at the end. It's not the most exciting race for the non-sprinters though!" Full Startlist
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"There are no top sprinters here so it's a fairly open race. Bonnet, Nizzolo, Impey, Kreder, Veelers and Ista should be up there at the end. Sky seem to have brought a team with no leader and there are a lot of climbers here considering the type of race it is." Race Report
After the race had settled down, a breakaway of thirteen riders established itself. Tiernan-Locke was having a change today by getting himself in there. Other notable riders were Rohregger, Coenen and Bagdonas.
The peloton sprung into life with 80kms to go with several teams on the front. Radioshack, FDJ and Accent Jobs were the main teams, working for Nizzolo, Bonnet and Ista respectively.
With the peloton upon the breakaway, five riders decided to give it one last go. Both Tiernan-Locke and Rohregger were in there along with three weaker riders. The gap was stationary at just over a minute as the sprinters' teams were sorting themselves out.
With just six kilometres to go, Devillers of Landbouwkrediet was the last man out ahead of the peloton and despite giving it everything, he was caught soon after. As the sprint wound up, Bibby was near the front, but no sprinters could get to him!
It was Radioshack's Nizzolo who popped out from behind everyone at the last to take the win from De Ketele and Rick Zabel, showing his potential already. FDJ were fourth and fifth with Roux and Bonnet. Our sprinters never got to the front so Bibby was the best finisher in sixteenth. A Frustrating day for Endura.
1 Giacomo Nizzolo RadioShack - Nissan 4h33'30 2 Kenny De Ketele Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t. 3 Rick Zabel Rabobank Continental Team s.t. 4 Anthony Roux FDJ - BigMat s.t. 5 William Bonnet FDJ - BigMat s.t. 6 Daryl Impey GreenEdge Cycling Team s.t. 7 Dominic Klemme Project 1t4i s.t. 8 Michel Kreder Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 9 Michael Albasini GreenEdge Cycling Team s.t. 10 Frédéric Amorison Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. ... 16 Ian Bibby Endura Racing s.t.
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11 Sandy Casar FDJ - BigMat s.t. 12 Ramunas Navardauskas Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 13 Marcel Sieberg Lotto Belisol Team s.t. 14 Jan Ghyselinck Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 15 Kanstantsin Siutsou Sky Procycling s.t. 16 Ian Bibby Endura Racing s.t. 17 Leif Hoste Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's s.t. 18 Luke Durbridge GreenEdge Cycling Team s.t. 19 Koen De Kort Project 1t4i s.t. 20 Kalle Kriit Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 21 David Zabriskie Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 22 Ian Wilkinson Endura Racing s.t. 23 Joost Posthuma RadioShack - Nissan s.t. 24 Svein Tuft GreenEdge Cycling Team s.t. 25 Michael Barry Sky Procycling s.t. 26 Roy Curvers Project 1t4i s.t. 27 Peter Kennaugh Sky Procycling s.t. 28 Kurt Hovelynck Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. 29 Fabian Wegmann Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 30 Dirk Bellemakers Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. 31 Baden Cooke GreenEdge Cycling Team s.t. 32 Sébastien Rosseler Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 33 Bartlomiej Matysiak CCC Polkowice s.t. 34 Daniel Martin Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 35 Mats Boeve Cyclingteam De Rijke s.t. 36 Arthur Vichot FDJ - BigMat s.t. 37 Thomas Rohregger RadioShack - Nissan s.t. 38 Alexandre Blain Endura Racing s.t. 39 Yukihiro Doi Project 1t4i s.t. 40 Gilles Devillers Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. 41 Arnaud Courteille FDJ - BigMat s.t. 42 Romain Matheou Veranda Rideau - Super U s.t. 43 Tiago Machado RadioShack - Nissan s.t. 44 René Mandri Endura Racing s.t. 45 Tom Veelers Project 1t4i s.t. 46 Murilo Fischer Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 47 Xabier Zandio Sky Procycling s.t. 48 Wesley Kreder Rabobank Continental Team s.t. 49 Daniel Fleeman Endura Racing s.t. 50 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Endura Racing s.t. 51 Jesse Sergent RadioShack - Nissan s.t. 52 Wim De Vocht Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's s.t. 53 Johan Coenen Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t. 54 Iker Camaño Endura Racing s.t. 55 Travis Meyer GreenEdge Cycling Team s.t. 56 Florian Monreal Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland s.t. 57 Brian Bulgac Lotto Belisol Team s.t. 58 Jeroen Lepla Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team s.t. 59 Evert Verbist Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's s.t. 60 Matthieu Ladagnous FDJ - BigMat s.t. 61 Jelle Vanendert Lotto Belisol Team s.t. 62 Mahdi Sohrabi Lotto Belisol Team s.t. 63 Jurgen Van Goolen Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's s.t. 64 Stijn Neirynck Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t. 65 Yoann Bagot Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 66 Nikias Arndt LKT Team Brandenburg s.t. 67 Jonathon McEvoy Endura Racing s.t. 68 Nicola Boem Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 69 Arthur Van Overberghe Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t. 70 Julian Kern Leopard - Trek Continental Team s.t. 71 Thomas Bonnin Project 1t4i s.t. 72 Pieter Jacobs Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t. 73 Joost Van Leijen Lotto Belisol Team s.t. 74 Egoitz GarcÃa Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 75 Arnold Jeannesson FDJ - BigMat s.t. 76 Thomas Löfkvist Sky Procycling s.t. 77 Luke Rowe Sky Procycling s.t. 78 Rudy Molard Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 79 Jack Bobridge GreenEdge Cycling Team s.t. 80 Gediminas Bagdonas An Post - Sean Kelly s.t. 81 Salvatore Puccio Sky Procycling s.t. 82 Tosh Van der Sande Lotto Belisol Team s.t. 83 Marco Minnaard Rabobank Continental Team s.t. 84 Alex Dowsett Sky Procycling s.t. 85 Koen Barbé Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. 86 Michel Koch LKT Team Brandenburg s.t. 87 Brett Lancaster GreenEdge Cycling Team s.t. 88 Jussi Veikkanen FDJ - BigMat s.t. 89 Vincent Baestaens Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. 90 Michal Olejnik Veranda Rideau - Super U s.t. 91 Patrick Gretsch Project 1t4i s.t. 92 David Moncoutié Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 93 Matti Helminen Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. 94 Maxime Le Montagner Veranda Rideau - Super U s.t. 95 Rafal Ratajczyk CCC Polkowice s.t. 96 Kevyn Ista Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's s.t. 97 Nikolay Mihaylov CCC Polkowice s.t. 98 Fabio Silvestre Leopard - Trek Continental Team s.t. 99 Florent Barle Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 100 Tom Stamsnijder Project 1t4i s.t. 101 Andy Cappelle Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's s.t. 102 Sven Jodts Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t. 103 Giorgio Brambilla Leopard - Trek Continental Team s.t. 104 Guillaume Malle Veranda Rideau - Super U s.t. 105 Pieter Ghyllebert An Post - Sean Kelly s.t. 106 Robert Wagner RadioShack - Nissan s.t. 107 Niels Wytinck An Post - Sean Kelly s.t. 108 Nico Eeckhout An Post - Sean Kelly s.t. 109 Sylwester Janiszewski CCC Polkowice s.t. 110 Haimar Zubeldia RadioShack - Nissan s.t. 111 Alexandre Pliuschin Leopard - Trek Continental Team s.t. 112 Mark Christian An Post - Sean Kelly s.t. 113 Baptiste Planckaert Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. 114 Tim Declercq Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t. 115 Joel Zangerle Leopard - Trek Continental Team s.t. 116 Freddy Bichot Veranda Rideau - Super U s.t. 117 Nathan Haas Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 118 Markel Irizar RadioShack - Nissan s.t. 119 Piotr Gawroński CCC Polkowice s.t. 120 Mark Cassidy An Post - Sean Kelly s.t. 121 Nick Van der Lijke Rabobank Continental Team s.t. 122 Franck Vermeulen Veranda Rideau - Super U s.t. 123 Brian Megens Rabobank Continental Team s.t. 124 Jacobus Venter Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t. 125 Scott Law An Post - Sean Kelly s.t. 126 Steve Schets Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team s.t. 127 Francesco Van Coppernolle Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team s.t. 128 Christian Poos Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t. 129 Pawel Charucki CCC Polkowice s.t. 130 Alexander Nordhoff Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland s.t. 131 Niek Boom Cyclingteam De Rijke s.t. 132 Felix Donath LKT Team Brandenburg s.t. 133 Robert Retschke Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland s.t. 134 Benjamin Verraes Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team s.t. 135 Jesús Ezquerra Leopard - Trek Continental Team s.t. 136 Patrick Bercz Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland s.t. 137 Laurens De Vreese Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t. 138 Jesper Schipper Cyclingteam De Rijke s.t. 139 Sean Downey An Post - Sean Kelly s.t. 140 Ike Groen Cyclingteam De Rijke s.t. 141 Dion Beukeboom Cyclingteam De Rijke s.t. 142 Kevin Kohlvelter Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t. 143 Sascha Weber Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de s.t. 144 Jasper Bovenhuis Rabobank Continental Team s.t. 145 Kevin Van Melsen Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's s.t. 146 Ruben Zepuntke Rabobank Continental Team s.t. 147 Martijn Tusveld Rabobank Continental Team s.t. 148 Sjoerd Kouwenhoven Cyclingteam De Rijke s.t. 149 Matthias Bertling Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland s.t. 150 Garrit Broeders Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team s.t. 151 Sander Cordeel Lotto Belisol Team s.t. 152 Walt De Winter Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team s.t. 153 Louis Vervaeke Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team s.t. 154 Yuriy Vasyliv LKT Team Brandenburg s.t. 155 Timothy Dupont Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team s.t. 156 Max Losch Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de + 2'54 157 Bob Schoonbroodt Cyclingteam De Rijke s.t. 158 Michael Kurth Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland s.t. 159 Remco Te Brake Cyclingteam De Rijke s.t. 160 Kevin De Jonghe Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t. 161 Thomas Degand Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's s.t. 162 Matthias Plarre LKT Team Brandenburg s.t. 163 Nico Hesslich LKT Team Brandenburg + 7'37
"How did that happen? I was waiting at the front for a sprinter to get on my wheel but all of them were blocked. A little bit unlucky that! Just outside the top fifteen for me aswell which makes it even worse. Oh well, it was never a big goal, for me or the team, but a good result would obviously have been nice. I'm off to the Med again now to get some training in in the Pyrenees ahead of some tough races coming up, Route du Sud and the Tour of Austria. Got to find the mountain legs!"
brewers90
Posted on 30-04-2012 23:18
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Ian's Blog
June 15, 2012 Hi guys, it's time for another blog. Ian Bibby
brewers90
Posted on 01-05-2012 01:22
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June 16, 2012 - Route du Sud Stage 1
Race Preview
"The first stage is simple enough. A couple of hills to get out of the way but a flat run-in means a bunch sprint is a certainty, unless someone fancies an epic attack." "Today, we'll be working for Cronshaw because he is in better shape than our other sprinters. We won't be going for the break as a bunch sprint is practically inevitable today." "I won't be doing anything at all for the first 190kms but I will help position Mandri and Cronshaw in the final five kilometres. Hopefully, a good result is possible if Matt has good legs." Full Startlist
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Race Report
Lots of riders fancied the breakaway today, strangely, and eventually a group of fourteen riders settled itself ahead of the peloton. Galdos, Bellemakers, Janorschke, Menzies and Gastauer being the biggest names. Also present was the wonderfully named, Gaylord Cumont.
With the gap to the lead group hitting nine and a half minutes, Endura decided to lend a hand to the French teams at the head of the peloton. FDJ and Europcar were flying along and the gap soon came down. The breakaway was caught with 12kms to go.
Into the final five kilometres and it was our leadout train against Roubaix's. To start with we were winning but we simply ran out of riders and we struggled in the final three kilometres. Cronshaw had a lot of work to do.
The finish was extremely close with Mondory just pipping Caethoven by, well, you can see how much! Dehaes, Turgot and Rollin completed the top five. Cronshaw made up some ground to finish seventh, whilst Flahaut was terrible andcould only get tenth despite his team's good work. Everybody finished in the same time.
1 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale 4h54'40 2 Steven Caethoven Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's s.t. 3 Kenny Dehaes Lotto Belisol Team s.t. 4 Sébastien Turgot Team Europcar s.t. 5 Dominique Rollin FDJ - BigMat s.t. 6 Jean-Eudes Demaret Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 7 Matt Cronshaw Endura Racing s.t. 8 Michel Kreder Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 9 Fabien Bacquet BigMat - Auber 93 s.t. 10 Denis Flahaut Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t. ... 46 Ian Bibby Endura Racing s.t.
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11 Guillaume Blot Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 12 Justin Jules Veranda Rideau - Super U s.t. 13 Murilo Fischer Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 14 Sandy Casar FDJ - BigMat s.t. 15 Benoit Jarrier Veranda Rideau - Super U s.t. 16 Fabian Wegmann Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 17 Andreas Schillinger Team NetApp s.t. 18 Fabrice Jeandesboz Saur - Sojasun s.t. 19 Jérémie Galland Saur - Sojasun s.t. 20 Kevin Lalouette Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t. 21 Vicente Reynès Lotto Belisol Team s.t. 22 Marc De Maar UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t. 23 René Mandri Endura Racing s.t. 24 Pierre Rolland Team Europcar s.t. 25 Saïd Haddou Team Europcar s.t. 26 Rob Goris Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's s.t. 27 Sven Nys Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. 28 Yannick Martinez La Pomme Marseille s.t. 29 David Boucher FDJ - BigMat s.t. 30 Mathieu Perget AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 31 Romain Lemarchand AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 32 Matthias Brändle Team NetApp s.t. 33 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t. 34 Boy Van Poppel UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t. 35 Jonathan Thiré BigMat - Auber 93 s.t. 36 Jelle Vanendert Lotto Belisol Team s.t. 37 Sébastien Delfosse Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. 38 Francesco Lasca Caja Rural s.t. 39 Johan Mombaerts BigMat - Auber 93 s.t. 40 Marcel Sieberg Lotto Belisol Team s.t. 41 Mathieu Delaroziere La Pomme Marseille s.t. 42 Jason McCartney UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t. 43 Morgan Kneisky Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t. 44 Jack Bauer Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 45 Daniel Martin Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 46 Ian Bibby Endura Racing s.t. 47 Josué Moyano Caja Rural s.t. 48 Gregor Gazvoda AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 49 Dennis Vanendert Lotto Belisol Team s.t. 50 Jean-Luc Delpech Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 51 Jonathan Clarke UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t. 52 Marcos GarcÃa Caja Rural s.t. 53 Dimitri Champion Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 54 David De la Fuente Caja Rural s.t. 55 Gabriel Rasch FDJ - BigMat s.t. 56 David De la Cruz Caja Rural s.t. 57 Iker Camaño Endura Racing s.t. 58 Matthieu Halleguen Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 59 Boris Zimine Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t. 60 Dean Windsor Endura Racing s.t. 61 Andy Cappelle Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's s.t. 62 Jonathon McEvoy Endura Racing s.t. 63 Jean-Marc Bideau Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 64 Perrig Quemeneur Team Europcar s.t. 65 Oleg Chuzhda Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's s.t. 66 Gaylord Cumont Veranda Rideau - Super U s.t. 67 Romain Hardy Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 68 Nicolas Rousseau BigMat - Auber 93 s.t. 69 Evert Verbist Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's s.t. 70 Steven Tronet BigMat - Auber 93 s.t. 71 Björn Thurau Team Europcar s.t. 72 Thomas Degand Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's s.t. 73 Jens Debusschere Lotto Belisol Team s.t. 74 Grischa Janorschke Team NetApp s.t. 75 Arnaud Molmy Veranda Rideau - Super U s.t. 76 Aitor Galdos Caja Rural s.t. 77 Pierre Drancourt Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t. 78 Jimmy Engoulvent Saur - Sojasun s.t. 79 Romain Matheou Veranda Rideau - Super U s.t. 80 Freddy Bichot Veranda Rideau - Super U s.t. 81 Ben Gastauer AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 82 Karl Menzies UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t. 83 Geoffrey Soupe FDJ - BigMat s.t. 84 Fabien Schmidt Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t. 85 Olivier Kaisen Lotto Belisol Team s.t. 86 Sjef De Wilde Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's s.t. 87 Benoit Drujon BigMat - Auber 93 s.t. 88 Kevin Van Melsen Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's s.t. 89 Dirk Bellemakers Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. 90 Markus Eichler Team NetApp s.t. 91 Steve Houanard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 92 Andreas Dietziker Team NetApp s.t. 93 Arnaud Courteille FDJ - BigMat s.t. 94 Alexander Wetterhall Endura Racing s.t. 95 Fabricio Ferrari Caja Rural s.t. 96 Gilles Devillers Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. 97 Jeff Louder UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t. 98 Kurt Hovelynck Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. 99 Laurent Mangel Saur - Sojasun s.t. 100 Jean-Lou Paiani Saur - Sojasun s.t. 101 Francis Mourey FDJ - BigMat s.t. 102 Baptiste Planckaert Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. 103 Joeri Bueken Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. 104 Bartosz Huzarski Team NetApp s.t. 105 Daniel Schorn Team NetApp s.t. 106 Bob Jungels Leopard - Trek Continental Team s.t. 107 Philip Deignan UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t. 108 Toms Skujins La Pomme Marseille s.t. 109 Brian Bulgac Lotto Belisol Team s.t. 110 Cyril Gautier Team Europcar s.t. 111 Zakkari Dempster Endura Racing s.t. 112 Etienne Tortelier Saur - Sojasun s.t. 113 Paul Poux Saur - Sojasun s.t. 114 Romain Bardet AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 115 Jérôme Baugnies Team NetApp s.t. 116 Benoît Vaugrenard FDJ - BigMat s.t. 117 Benjamin Giraud La Pomme Marseille s.t. 118 Tom Dernies Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 119 Thomas Vaubourzeix La Pomme Marseille s.t. 120 Florian Guillou Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 121 Robin Steenuit Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 122 Yohan Cauquil La Pomme Marseille s.t. 123 Tom Kohn Leopard - Trek Continental Team s.t. 124 Fabio Silvestre Leopard - Trek Continental Team s.t. 125 Julien Simon Saur - Sojasun s.t. 126 Matteo Pelucchi Team Europcar s.t. 127 Julien Bérard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 128 Laurent Evrard Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 129 Anthony Charteau Team Europcar s.t. 130 Laurent Pichon Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 131 Alexandre Pliuschin Leopard - Trek Continental Team s.t. 132 Quentin Bertholet Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 133 Manuel Cardoso Caja Rural s.t. 134 Jesús Ezquerra Leopard - Trek Continental Team s.t. 135 Olivier Chevalier Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 136 Oliver Hofstetter Leopard - Trek Continental Team s.t. 137 Kevin Peeters Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. 138 Jonathan Dewitte Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t.
GC
1 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale 4h54'20 2 Steven Caethoven Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's + 8 3 Grischa Janorschke Team NetApp s.t. 4 Karl Menzies UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 10 5 Kenny Dehaes Lotto Belisol Team + 12 6 Aitor Galdos Caja Rural + 14 7 Benjamin Giraud La Pomme Marseille + 16 8 Denis Flahaut Roubaix Lille Métropole + 18 9 Olivier Chevalier Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 10 Sébastien Turgot Team Europcar + 20 ... 51 Ian Bibby Endura Racing s.t.
"It went well today apart from the last five kilometres when we ran out of bodies in the train. I had to pull the two sprinters along for over three kilometres and by the time Mandri could go, we were way back. Cronshaw did well though and got a decent top ten. Into the Pyrenees tomorrow."
Edited by brewers90 on 01-05-2012 02:15
brewers90
Posted on 01-05-2012 02:21
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*NOTE* My game crashed after the first stage of the Route du Sud and the save got corrupted. There was no backup strangely, so I had to get a weekly save. This got corrupted as soon as I pressed advance. Basically ignore the first stage! My team is obviously the same and the startlist is broadly similar, but there is no Dan Martin and Vanendert for example. The startlist in the stage one report is the correct one. Nothing else on the report is. Edited by brewers90 on 01-05-2012 02:23
sutty68
Posted on 01-05-2012 08:38
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It's /'@8"*^!/ annoying when this happens, totally p****s me off
Ian Butler
Posted on 01-05-2012 11:03
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Great story so far! I'm looking forward to the next results. I hope Bibby can bring home a victory for the team this season!
brewers90
Posted on 01-05-2012 14:34
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Tell me about it sutty, I'm not gonna lie, it was very nearly the end of this story.
brewers90
Posted on 01-05-2012 15:08
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June 17, 2012 - Route du Sud Stage 2
Race Preview
"What a stage this is! The Col d'Aspin serves as a warm up for the iconic Col du Tourmalet. It will be my first time up it in a competitive situation. The final climb to Cauterets isn't too difficult but after a long day it will feel like it is." "Today is all about getting Camano as far up the GC as possible. We only have three climbers here with Mandri and myself being the others so we have to rely on other teams until the end. Camano is in great shape though." "I am Camano's Lieutenant today and will be the last one with him on the final climb, hopefully! Got to keep myself out of trouble over the Aspin and Tourmalet and then get to work." Full Startlist
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Race Report
The breakaway took an absolute age to form today, with many attempts being shut down. Eventually, five riders made it away, here on the Col d'Aspin. Navardauskas, Kaisen, Galland, Blot and Dernies were the riders.
With nobody seemingly wanting to take up the chase on the Tourmalet, it was left to Mandri to pace the peloton up. The gap was tumbling down, as were the numbers in the peloton. A few people tried half-hearted attacks but Mandri was in control.
Over the summit of the legendary Col, it was Navardauskas taking maximum points. Chuzhda and Casar were now part of this group after attacking near the top, but they knew that they needed to push on on the descent if they wanted to stay away.
And in the valley, Casar had a very small advantage but it would all come back together soon. The final climb was approaching and positioning was all important. Mandri brought Camano and Bibby to the front before sitting up. His job was done.
Onto the climb and the attacks were going left, right and centre, but Rolland was the only one to really get away though. Bibby was doing a great job pulling Camano up the mountain, before letting Iker go at three kilometres to the finish.
But there was nothing anybody could do about Rolland, who is in a league of his own in this race. He beat Nico Roche by almost a minute to seize the yellow jersey. Camano outsprinted both Casar and Sutherland to claim a brilliant third place. Bibby came home 14th, just behind Mombaerts.
1 Pierre Rolland Team Europcar 5h26'15 2 Nicolas Roche AG2R La Mondiale + 41 3 Iker Camaño Endura Racing + 50 4 Sandy Casar FDJ - BigMat s.t. 5 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t. 6 Cyril Gautier Team Europcar + 1'01 7 Anthony Charteau Team Europcar s.t. 8 Marc De Maar UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 1'10 9 Guillaume Levarlet Saur - Sojasun s.t. 10 Fabrice Jeandesboz Saur - Sojasun s.t. ... 14 Ian Bibby Endura Racing + 1'44
Spoiler
11 Leopold König Team NetApp s.t. 12 Maxime Bouet AG2R La Mondiale + 1'19 13 Johan Mombaerts BigMat - Auber 93 + 1'44 14 Ian Bibby Endura Racing s.t. 15 Dimitri Champion Bretagne - Schuller + 2'35 16 Oleg Chuzhda Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's s.t. 17 Arthur Vichot FDJ - BigMat s.t. 18 René Mandri Endura Racing s.t. 19 Gregor Gazvoda AG2R La Mondiale + 2'41 20 Sébastien Delfosse Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. 21 Florian Guillou Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 22 Davide Frattini UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t. 23 Julien Bérard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 24 David De la Cruz Caja Rural + 3'17 25 Guillaume Blot Bretagne - Schuller + 4'49 26 Ramunas Navardauskas Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 27 Olivier Kaisen Lotto Belisol Team + 5'14 28 Jérémie Galland Saur - Sojasun s.t. 29 Mathieu Perget AG2R La Mondiale + 6'57 30 William Bonnet FDJ - BigMat + 7'08 31 Karol Domagalski Caja Rural s.t. 32 Maxime Méderel Saur - Sojasun s.t. 33 Jérôme Baugnies Team NetApp s.t. 34 Peter Stetina Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 35 Benoît Vaugrenard FDJ - BigMat + 7'14 36 Kai Reus UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 7'19 37 Ben Gastauer AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 38 Reto Hollenstein Team NetApp s.t. 39 Cédric Pineau FDJ - BigMat + 7'30 40 Matthieu Ladagnous FDJ - BigMat s.t. 41 Julian Kern Leopard - Trek Continental Team s.t. 42 Francis Mourey FDJ - BigMat s.t. 43 Aitor Galdos Caja Rural + 13'19 44 Dennis Vanendert Lotto Belisol Team s.t. 45 Fabian Wegmann Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 46 Vicente Reynès Lotto Belisol Team s.t. 47 Leif Hoste Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's s.t. 48 André Cardoso Caja Rural s.t. 49 Christopher Jones UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t. 50 Jack Bauer Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 51 Alexander Wetterhall Endura Racing s.t. 52 Gaël Malacarne Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 53 Yannick Talabardon Saur - Sojasun s.t. 54 Daniel Schorn Team NetApp s.t. 55 Benoit Jarrier Veranda Rideau - Super U s.t. 56 Fabio Silvestre Leopard - Trek Continental Team s.t. 57 Morgan Kneisky Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t. 58 Renaud Dion Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 59 Javier Francisco Aramendia Caja Rural s.t. 60 Sébastien Turgot Team Europcar s.t. 61 Joost Van Leijen Lotto Belisol Team s.t. 62 Justin Jules Veranda Rideau - Super U s.t. 63 Paul Poux Saur - Sojasun s.t. 64 Matt Cronshaw Endura Racing s.t. 65 Johan Le Bon Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 66 Florian Vachon Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 67 Garikoitz Bravo Caja Rural s.t. 68 Ben Day UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t. 69 Gabriel Rasch FDJ - BigMat s.t. 70 Karl Menzies UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t. 71 Fabricio Ferrari Caja Rural s.t. 72 Perrig Quemeneur Team Europcar s.t. 73 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 74 Bobbie Traksel Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. 75 Sven Nys Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. 76 Joeri Stallaert Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. 77 Jean-Marc Bideau Bretagne - Schuller s.t. 78 Kenny Dehaes Lotto Belisol Team + 14'04 79 Romain Matheou Veranda Rideau - Super U s.t. 80 Jonas Vangenechten Lotto Belisol Team + 14'10 81 Eugenio Alafaci Leopard - Trek Continental Team s.t. 82 Pierre-Luc Perichon La Pomme Marseille s.t. 83 Etienne Tortelier Saur - Sojasun s.t. 84 Maxime Le Montagner Veranda Rideau - Super U s.t. 85 Koen Barbé Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. 86 Jesús Ezquerra Leopard - Trek Continental Team s.t. 87 Jens Debusschere Lotto Belisol Team + 14'25 88 Markus Eichler Team NetApp s.t. 89 Francesco Lasca Caja Rural s.t. 90 Jonathon McEvoy Endura Racing + 15'09 91 Jay Thomson UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 16'10 92 Tom Dernies Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole + 16'19 93 Jempy Drucker Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's + 17'09 94 Andy Cappelle Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's s.t. 95 Steven Caethoven Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's s.t. 96 Sjef De Wilde Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's + 17'31 97 Jean-Lou Paiani Saur - Sojasun + 18'00 98 Clément Koretzky La Pomme Marseille + 18'33 99 Boris Zimine Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t. 100 Sébastien Chavanel Team Europcar s.t. 101 Dean Windsor Endura Racing s.t. 102 Benjamin Giraud La Pomme Marseille s.t. 103 Pierre Drancourt Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t. 104 Florian Le Corre Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t. 105 Damien Gaudin Team Europcar + 18'55 106 Zakkari Dempster Endura Racing + 27'40 107 Nicolas Rousseau BigMat - Auber 93 + 28'04 108 Jonathan Thiré BigMat - Auber 93 s.t. 109 Grischa Janorschke Team NetApp s.t. 110 Benoit Drujon BigMat - Auber 93 s.t. 111 Fabien Bacquet BigMat - Auber 93 s.t. 112 Tom Kohn Leopard - Trek Continental Team s.t. 113 Michael Schwarzmann Team NetApp s.t. 114 Nicolas Bazin BigMat - Auber 93 s.t. 115 Laurent Evrard Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 116 Matti Helminen Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. 117 Denis Flahaut Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t. 118 Kurt Hovelynck Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. 119 Kevin Thome Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 120 Evert Verbist Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's s.t. 121 Pit Schlechter Leopard - Trek Continental Team s.t. 122 Grégoire Tarride La Pomme Marseille s.t. 123 Freddy Bichot Veranda Rideau - Super U s.t. 124 Loïc Desriac Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t. 125 Edwig Cammaerts Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t. 126 Boris Dron Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 127 Justin Van Hoecke Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 128 Sander Cordeel Lotto Belisol Team s.t. 129 Jonathan Dufrasne Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole s.t. 130 Alex Rasmussen Garmin - Barracuda s.t. 131 Jan Barta Team NetApp + 35'50 132 Wim De Vocht Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's s.t. 133 Matteo Pelucchi Team Europcar s.t. 134 Yannick Martinez La Pomme Marseille s.t. 135 Vincent Baestaens Landbouwkrediet - Euphony s.t. 136 Gaylord Cumont Veranda Rideau - Super U s.t. 137 Yohan Cauquil La Pomme Marseille s.t.
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1 Pierre Rolland Team Europcar 9h48'41 2 Nicolas Roche AG2R La Mondiale + 49 3 Iker Camaño Endura Racing + 1'02 4 Sandy Casar FDJ - BigMat + 1'04 5 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 1'10 6 Cyril Gautier Team Europcar + 1'21 7 Anthony Charteau Team Europcar s.t. 8 Fabrice Jeandesboz Saur - Sojasun + 1'30 9 Marc De Maar UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t. 10 Guillaume Levarlet Saur - Sojasun s.t. 11 Leopold König Team NetApp s.t. 12 Maxime Bouet AG2R La Mondiale + 1'39 13 Johan Mombaerts BigMat - Auber 93 + 2'04 14 Ian Bibby Endura Racing s.t. 15 Oleg Chuzhda Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's + 2'51
"That's a great result. We'll take that! I have to say the Tourmalet is as hard as it looks on the TV but at least I can now say I have survived it! Mandri was fantastic today and made my job easy as I just had to look after Iker for about five kilometres. It was a very high pace on that final climb and I almost blew my legs off completely! But I did my job and Camano certainly did his, almost catching Roche on the line, what a super ride by him. Anyone would think he was looking for a new contract
Edited by brewers90 on 01-05-2012 15:13
sutty68
Posted on 01-05-2012 15:14
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Great riding by Camano to get him into the top three overall Edited by sutty68 on 01-05-2012 15:14
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So I'm in the hotel room which I'm sharing with Jonny McEvoy, as I have done at every single race so far this season. Camano is our leader here and I am his main Lieutenant in the mountains, should be interesting.
