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Posted on 25-01-2013 22:53

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Super Carlos reigns in Spain

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Posted on 26-01-2013 13:33

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Ronde Van Vlaanderen Race Preview

And we finally get into the "Flanders' finest". Ronde Van Vlaanderen is the second monument of the year and the best race in Belgium. The cobbles and hills and sometimes both harden this race and for many just finishing it will be a victory. A good placement will be decisive all day long.

CSC has brought the team that went to Gent-Wevelgem but with some changes. Karsten Kroon who one in Milan San Remo has came, as well as Jakob Piil who will be a good helper to the team leaders: Stuart O'Grady and Fabian Cancellara. Ljunqvist who was in Catalunya also joined the team.

CSC team

- S. O'Grady
- F. Cancellara
- K. Kroon
- M. Ljunqvist
- L. Michaelsen
- K. A. Arvesen
- M. Baludzum
- J. Piil

The main contenders

- Tom Boonen - with 8 victories already this year, after winning last years Ronde, and a few days ago Gent-Wevelgem he is the guy to beat. With a very strong Quick Step team behind him, he'll have Nuyens, Bettini and Pozzato as lieutenants.

- Peter Van Petegem - he really can win here as he did in 1999 and 2003. 3rd last year and 2nd in Gent-Wevelgem and also with strong team mates like Mattan, Steegmans and De Vocht.

- Leif Hoste - Discovery Channel has two riders who can fight for a top place, with Hoste and George Hincapie. But that's not all. With Hammond, Ekimov, Gusev, Van Heeswijk and Devolver they have a really strong team who can do a lot of damage to the other teams.

- Juan Antonio Flecha - another guy that has anything to win here. A good suport from Rabobank and the qualities of a good cobbler, who can pass the hills and have loads of stamina. He's an attacker and that's how he can go for the win since he's slower than Boonen and other favorites.

- Andreas Klier - Telekom man was 2nd last year and despite he hasn't show up this year, his team has talent and will be fully supporting him.

- Alessandro Ballan - he is also a guy who can win here, and he also has a very good team mate for this race in Enrico Franzoi. He was 6th last year and can improve that place.

- Magnus Backsted - The swedish sprinter can be on the fight if he holds the pace. Liquigas will try to protect him as far as they can but then it's up to him.

- Thor Hushovd - a strong sprinter who can hold on well on both hills and cobbles. He'll have the support of Kirsipuu and a few more team mates, but he is expected to be alone at the end of the race.

The route

Ronde is know for it's hills and cobbles and this year we should expect exactly the same. 17 hills, a lot of them cobbled, like Paterberg and Koppenberg.

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#163

Posted on 26-01-2013 13:35

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Good Luck in Belgium

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Posted on 26-01-2013 21:29

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Koppenberg is always a lot of fun

Whenever I tackle it myself, I find myself cursing all the way to the top

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#165

Posted on 26-01-2013 21:32

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When I played it (as CSC), this was the top 3:

1. Boonen
2. Cancellara
3. O'Grady

I hope you can do better!

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Ronde Van Vlaanderen Race Report

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With 65 km to go the favorites group is reduced to 26 riders and Rabobank is setting the pace. At the front a three men group is looking dangerous with Zabel, Wrolich and Steegmans with an advantage of 4'40. Surprisingly Boonen is alone as all of Quick Step team has been left behind.

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42 km to go and Boonen is setting a hard pace on an 11 men group. Rabobank and CSC still have 3 riders each. The men up front have less than a minute now and behind Van Petegem and Klier are out of the race discussion.

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Boonen's pace have caught the escapees and is leaving everybody in difficulty.

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Hoste attacks and Cancellara responds, followed by Flecha. But they will so be caught.

Spoiler

While i focused on Cancellara, Boonen upped the pace and O'Grady was let behind. When i saw it, i had to put his effort on the top in order for him to come back Sad

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After those attempts it was Boonen who went away and immediately created a gap of 30'' to Hoste, Flecha and Ballan who tried to follow him. Cancellara and O'Grady are with Hincapie and Steegmans 24'' behind the pursuers.

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With Boonen flying to the win and already miles away, Hoste tries to get the 2nd place. Cancellara is giving everything to close the gap but he is almost dead.

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Boonen celebrates a great win! He had no team mate for 65 km and still he was by far the best!

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Ballan is 2nd, Hoste 3rd and Flecha takes the 4th place.

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Hincapie used the work of CSC men and then sprinted for 5th. O'Grady is 6th and Cancellara 7th.

Race Result

1	Tom Boonen	Quick Step - Innergetic	6h33'52
2	Alessandro Ballan	Lampre - Fondital	+ 2'41
3	Leif Hoste	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Juan-Antonio Flecha	Rabobank	s.t.
5	George Hincapie	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 3'23
6	Stuart O'Grady	Team CSC	s.t.
7	Fabian Cancellara	Team CSC	s.t.
8	Gert Steegmans	Davitamon - Lotto	+ 4'16
9	Erik Zabel	Team Milram	+ 5'14
10	Peter Van Petegem	Davitamon - Lotto	+ 7'56
11	Nico Eeckhout	Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
12	Andreas Klier	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
13	Lars Michaelsen	Team CSC	+ 8'44
14	Peter Wrolich	Gerolsteiner	+ 12'35
15	Pedro Horrillo	Rabobank	s.t.
16	Enrico Franzoi	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
17	Bernhard Eisel	Francaise des Jeux	s.t.
18	Serguei Ivanov	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
19	Marc Wauters	Rabobank	s.t.
20	FrÃ©dÃ©ric Guesdon	Francaise des Jeux	s.t.
21	Nick Nuyens	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
22	Magnus BÃ¤ckstedt	Liquigas	s.t.
23	Roger Hammond	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 13'45
24	Thor Hushovd	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 14'18
25	Marcus Ljungqvist	Team CSC	s.t.

Spoiler

26	Steffen Wesemann	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
27	Glenn D'Hollander	Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
28	Nico Mattan	Davitamon - Lotto	s.t.
29	Bert De Waele	Landbouwkrediet - Colnago	s.t.
30	Jean-Patrick Nazon	Ag2r PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
31	Paolo Bettini	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
32	Stefano Zanini	Liquigas	s.t.
33	Wilfried Cretskens	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
34	Filippo Pozzato	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
35	Viatcheslav Ekimov	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
36	Wim De Vocht	Davitamon - Lotto	s.t.
37	Erik Dekker	Rabobank	s.t.
38	Pieter Mertens	Davitamon - Lotto	s.t.
39	Jaan Kirsipuu	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
40	Frank Vandenbroucke	Unibet.com	s.t.
41	Luca Paolini	Liquigas	s.t.
42	Max Van Heeswijk	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
43	MatthÃ© Pronk	Unibet.com	s.t.
44	Marco Serpellini	Unibet.com	s.t.
45	Pablo Lastras	Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears	s.t.
46	Martin Elmiger	Phonak Hearing Systems	s.t.
47	Jurgen Van Goolen	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
48	Karsten Kroon	Team CSC	+ 16'51
49	Kurt-Asle Arvesen	Team CSC	s.t.
50	Vicente ReynÃ©s	Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears	s.t.
51	Gorik Gardeyn	Unibet.com	s.t.
52	Pavel Padrnos	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
53	Marcus Burghardt	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
54	Tom Steels	Davitamon - Lotto	s.t.
55	Nico Sijmens	Landbouwkrediet - Colnago	s.t.
56	Matteo Carrara	Lampre - Fondital	+ 18'48
57	Baden Cooke	Unibet.com	s.t.
58	Koen De Kort	Liberty Seguros - WÃ¼rth Team	s.t.
59	Jurgen Van Loocke	Landbouwkrediet - Colnago	s.t.
60	Philippe Gilbert	Francaise des Jeux	s.t.
61	Staf Scheirlinckx	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit Par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
62	Michiel Elijzen	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit Par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
63	Rik Verbrugghe	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit Par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
64	Marco Milesi	Liquigas	+ 19'55
65	BenoÃt Joachim	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 20'22
66	Joost Posthuma	Rabobank	s.t.
67	Roy Sentjens	Rabobank	s.t.
68	Francisco Ventoso	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 20'51
69	Stefan Schumacher	Gerolsteiner	s.t.
70	Wouter Van Mechelen	Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
71	Christophe Detilloux	Francaise des Jeux	+ 21'27
72	Jimmy Engoulvent	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
73	Jakob Piil	Team CSC	+ 22'28
74	Giuliano Figueras	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
75	Tomas Vaitkus	Ag2r PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
76	LÃ¡szlÃ³ Bodrogi	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
77	Vincent JÃ©rÃ³me	Bouygues Telecom	s.t.
78	Evert Verbist	Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
79	Kilian Patour	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
80	Kurt Van de Wouwer	Unibet.com	s.t.
81	Franck RÃ©nier	Bouygues Telecom	+ 23'42
82	SÃ©bastien Hinault	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
83	Arnaud Coyot	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit Par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
84	Bert Grabsch	Phonak Hearing Systems	s.t.
85	Franco Pellizotti	Liquigas	s.t.
86	Maarten Den Bakker	Team Milram	s.t.
87	Robby Meul	Jartazi - 7Mobile	s.t.
88	Johnny Hoogerland	Jartazi - 7Mobile	s.t.
89	Kevin De Weert	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
90	Alessandro Petacchi	Team Milram	+ 24'19
91	Jan Kuyckx	Davitamon - Lotto	+ 25'25
92	Alberto Ongarato	Team Milram	s.t.
93	David Vitoria	Phonak Hearing Systems	s.t.
94	Eddy Mazzoleni	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
95	Volker Ordowski	Gerolsteiner	s.t.
96	Fred Rodriguez	Davitamon - Lotto	s.t.
97	RenÃ© Haselbacher	Gerolsteiner	s.t.
98	Jukka Vastaranta	Rabobank	+ 26'30
99	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ceramica Panaria - Navigare	s.t.
100	Matthew Wilson	Unibet.com	s.t.
101	Thierry Marichal	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit Par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
102	GrÃ©gory Rast	Phonak Hearing Systems	s.t.
103	Michael Blaudzun	Team CSC	s.t.
104	Mauricio Ardila	Rabobank	s.t.
105	Iker Flores	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
106	Nicolas Jalabert	Phonak Hearing Systems	s.t.
107	Elia Rigotto	Team Milram	s.t.
108	Addy Engels	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 27'47
109	Francis Mourey	Francaise des Jeux	s.t.
110	Erwin Thijs	Unibet.com	s.t.
111	Matej Mugerli	Liquigas	s.t.
112	David Loosli	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
113	Joseba Beloki	Liberty Seguros - WÃ¼rth Team	s.t.
114	Thomas LÃ¶fkvist	Francaise des Jeux	s.t.
115	Martin MÃ¼ller	Team Milram	s.t.
116	Axel Merckx	Phonak Hearing Systems	s.t.
117	Iban Iriondo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
118	Manuel Quinziato	Liquigas	s.t.
119	Kevin Van der Slagmolen	Jartazi - 7Mobile	+ 29'58
120	Isidro Nozal	Liberty Seguros - WÃ¼rth Team	s.t.

Teams Classification

1	Team CSC	19h57'06
2	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 4'19
3	Davitamon - Lotto	+ 11'00
4	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 11'23
5	Rabobank	+ 12'21
6	Lampre - Fondital	+ 18'34
7	T-Mobile Team	+ 19'19
8	Liquigas	+ 25'41
9	Unibet.com	+ 27'24
10	Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen	+ 27'35

Boonen was unstoppable today and to CSC being the best team isn't really a good consolation, since the sponsors where expecting a win here. On Paris Roubaix, the team will have to do better!

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Posted on 28-01-2013 20:06

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@ fcancellara - I think it is almost impossible to beat Boonen on this first season. Well, you did better than me. Were you playing a whole career or just a single race?

@ Ian Butler - Cursing, shouldn't help getting accross Koppenberg ;P

@ sutty68 - Thank you for the support! I hope i can do much better on Paris Roubaix.

Daggen

#168

Posted on 28-01-2013 20:08

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Top 25 for Marcus Ljungqvist

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Posted on 28-01-2013 20:10

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Daggen wrote:
Top 25 for Marcus Ljungqvist

I think he'll be of much more use on Roubaix, as well as Michaelsen. They both can't handle the hills in RVV.

#170

Posted on 28-01-2013 20:53

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Hoste 3rd, that can't be right. Are you sure he wasn't 2nd?

#171

Posted on 28-01-2013 22:48

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Boonen is just a beast when it comes to the classics

#172

Posted on 29-01-2013 18:45

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Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco

In order to prepare to the Ardennes, CSC took a great team to Pais Vasco with Sastre being the man in best shape and so the team leader.

Basso, Julich, both Schlecks, Vandevelde, Zabriskie and Lutteberger formed the rest of the team in Spain.

The results weren't really the main objective but Sastre had a decent 4th place on a tour won by Vinokourov. The other guys develop their fitness during these 6 days.

Final Classification

1	Alexandre Vinokourov	Liberty Seguros - WÃ¼rth Team	19h31'32
2	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - Fondital	+ 21
3	Alejandro Valverde	Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears	+ 32
4	Carlos Sastre	Team CSC	+ 2'59
5	Samuel SÃ¡nchez Gonzalez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 3'08
6	Danilo Di Luca	Liquigas	+ 3'10
7	Markus Fothen	Gerolsteiner	+ 4'56
8	Patrik Sinkewitz	T-Mobile Team	+ 5'05
9	Cyril Dessel	Ag2r PrÃ©voyance	+ 5'16
10	Mauricio Ardila	Rabobank	+ 5'52

Spoiler

11	Angel Vicioso	Liberty Seguros - WÃ¼rth Team	+ 6'07
12	Chris Horner	Davitamon - Lotto	+ 6'15
13	Alberto Contador	Liberty Seguros - WÃ¼rth Team	+ 6'35
14	Axel Merckx	Phonak Hearing Systems	+ 7'15
15	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Liberty Seguros - WÃ¼rth Team	+ 7'23
16	Kim Kirchen	T-Mobile Team	+ 7'58
17	Stijn Devolder	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 10'00
18	Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver	Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears	+ 10'37
19	Francisco Mancebo	Ag2r PrÃ©voyance	+ 11'01
20	Andreas KlÃ¶den	T-Mobile Team	+ 11'29
21	Aitor Osa	Liberty Seguros - WÃ¼rth Team	+ 12'04
22	Thomas Dekker	Rabobank	+ 12'07
23	Davide Rebellin	Gerolsteiner	+ 12'29
24	Oscar Pereiro Sio	Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears	+ 13'35
25	Ivan Basso	Team CSC	+ 15'03
26	David Etxebarria	Liberty Seguros - WÃ¼rth Team	+ 15'32
27	Marco Marzano	Lampre - Fondital	+ 15'37
28	Constantino Zaballa	Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears	+ 15'38
29	IÃ±igo Landaluze	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 15'51
30	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas	+ 15'58
31	Mirko Celestino	Team Milram	+ 16'21
32	Michael Boogerd	Rabobank	+ 17'05
33	Ruben Elvira Lobato	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 18'03
34	LÃ¡szlÃ³ Bodrogi	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 18'19
35	Matthias Kessler	T-Mobile Team	+ 18'39
36	FrÃ¤nk Schleck	Team CSC	+ 18'49
37	Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 19'20
38	Philippe Gilbert	Francaise des Jeux	+ 19'33
39	JosÃ© Angel Gomez Marchante	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 19'55
40	Ludovic Turpin	Ag2r PrÃ©voyance	+ 20'13
41	Andrei Grivko	Team Milram	+ 20'15
42	Oscar Freire	Rabobank	+ 20'31
43	Didier Rous	Bouygues Telecom	+ 20'42
44	Francisco Perez Sanchez	Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears	+ 20'49
45	Mikel Astarloza	Ag2r PrÃ©voyance	+ 20'59
46	Santiago Botero	Phonak Hearing Systems	+ 21'06
47	Igor AntÃ³n	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 21'27
48	Isidro Nozal	Liberty Seguros - WÃ¼rth Team	+ 21'35
49	Ivan Parra Pinto	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit Par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 22'44
50	Sylvain Calzati	Ag2r PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
51	Haimar Zubeldia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 23'22
52	Johan Vansummeren	Davitamon - Lotto	+ 23'42
53	JÃ¶rg Jaksche	Liberty Seguros - WÃ¼rth Team	+ 23'50
54	Laurent Brochard	Bouygues Telecom	+ 24'10
55	Vladimir Karpets	Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears	+ 25'02
56	Dario David Cioni	Liquigas	+ 25'29
57	Pablo Lastras	Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears	+ 25'43
58	Michael Rasmussen	Rabobank	+ 26'46
59	Serge Baguet	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 28'59
60	JosÃ© Luis Rubiera	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 30'14
61	Wim Van Huffel	Davitamon - Lotto	s.t.
62	Christophe Moreau	Ag2r PrÃ©voyance	+ 30'15
63	Marzio Bruseghin	Lampre - Fondital	+ 30'23
64	Evgeni Petrov	Lampre - Fondital	+ 31'56
65	Bobby Julich	Team CSC	+ 32'07
66	Walter BÃ©nÃ©teau	Bouygues Telecom	+ 32'18
67	Carl Naibo	Ag2r PrÃ©voyance	+ 32'23
68	Roman Kreuziger	Liquigas	+ 33'14
69	Andy Schleck	Team CSC	+ 33'28
70	Bernhard Kohl	T-Mobile Team	+ 33'51
71	Juan JosÃ© Cobo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 33'52
72	Maarten Den Bakker	Team Milram	+ 34'11
73	Janez Brajkovic	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 34'38
74	Bingen Fernandez	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit Par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 34'56
75	JosÃ© Azevedo	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 35'29
76	Mauro Santambrogio	Lampre - Fondital	+ 36'59
77	JosÃ© Enrique GutiÃ©rrez CataluÃ±a	Phonak Hearing Systems	+ 37'48
78	Fumiyuki Beppu	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 37'57
79	AmaÃ«l Moinard	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit Par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 38'24
80	BenoÃt Poilvet	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 39'19
81	Josep Jufre Pou	Davitamon - Lotto	+ 39'29
82	Roberto Laiseka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 39'59
83	Thomas LÃ¶fkvist	Francaise des Jeux	+ 40'49
84	Iker Flores	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 41'03
85	Ronny Scholz	Gerolsteiner	+ 41'48
86	Matteo Carrara	Lampre - Fondital	+ 41'51
87	Christian Vandevelde	Team CSC	+ 43'03
88	Mikel Pradera	Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears	+ 43'38
89	Matej Mugerli	Liquigas	s.t.
90	Luis FernÃ¡ndez Oliveira	Phonak Hearing Systems	+ 45'11
91	Francesco Bellotti	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 45'18
92	Pavel Padrnos	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 45'33
93	Oscar Sevilla	T-Mobile Team	+ 46'35
94	Geert Verheyen	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 46'50
95	Francisco Ventoso	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 46'55
96	BenoÃt Vaugrenard	Francaise des Jeux	+ 47'13
97	Pieter Mertens	Davitamon - Lotto	+ 47'14
98	Christophe Kern	Bouygues Telecom	+ 47'32
99	GrÃ©gory Rast	Phonak Hearing Systems	+ 47'35
100	Pedro Horrillo	Rabobank	+ 47'56
101	Sebastian Lang	Gerolsteiner	+ 48'32
102	Jason McCartney	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 48'34
103	Thorwald Veneberg	Rabobank	+ 48'49
104	David CaÃ±ada	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 49'42
105	Enrico Franzoi	Lampre - Fondital	+ 49'53
106	Marco Velo	Team Milram	+ 50'49
107	Saul Raisin	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 51'23
108	Alberto Ongarato	Team Milram	+ 51'30
109	Torsten Hiekmann	Gerolsteiner	+ 51'37
110	David Zabriskie	Team CSC	+ 52'11
111	Stefan Schreck	T-Mobile Team	+ 52'16
112	Guido Trenti	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 53'41
113	Freddy Bichot	Francaise des Jeux	+ 53'44
114	Aitor HernÃ¡ndez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 53'59
115	Eros Capecchi	Liquigas	+ 54'00
116	Franck Bouyer	Bouygues Telecom	+ 54'28
117	Vincent JÃ©rÃ³me	Bouygues Telecom	+ 54'33
118	Renaud Dion	Ag2r PrÃ©voyance	+ 54'58
119	Franck RÃ©nier	Bouygues Telecom	+ 55'41
120	Claudio Corioni	Lampre - Fondital	+ 56'08
121	Luis Perez Rodriguez	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit Par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 56'53
122	Bert Grabsch	Phonak Hearing Systems	+ 56'58
123	Carlos Zarate	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 57'23
124	Christophe Mengin	Francaise des Jeux	+ 57'39
125	Leonardo Scarselli	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 57'58
126	RenÃ© Haselbacher	Gerolsteiner	+ 58'01
127	Tyler Farrar	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit Par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 58'09
128	Marcel Strauss	Gerolsteiner	+ 58'35
129	Gustav Larsson	Francaise des Jeux	+ 59'23
130	Peter Luttenberger	Team CSC	+ 59'56
131	Yannick Talabardon	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 1h01'04
132	Matthew Hayman	Rabobank	+ 1h01'30
133	Matej Jurco	Team Milram	+ 1h02'07
134	Alberto Benitez	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 1h02'19
135	Josu Silloniz	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1h03'56
136	Ignacio GutiÃ©rrez CataluÃ±a	Phonak Hearing Systems	+ 1h04'07
137	Alberto Fernandez de la Puebla	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 1h04'32
138	Bart Dockx	Davitamon - Lotto	+ 1h04'33
139	Jan Kuyckx	Davitamon - Lotto	+ 1h06'02
140	Marco Milesi	Liquigas	+ 1h06'34
141	Bas Giling	T-Mobile Team	+ 1h07'30
142	Francesco Chicchi	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h08'58
143	Servais Knaven	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h10'09
144	Christopher Sutton	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit Par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 1h10'54
145	Christophe Edaleine	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
146	Arnaud GÃ©rard	Francaise des Jeux	+ 1h11'08
147	Julian Dean	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 1h11'17
148	Jonathan Hivert	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 1h11'51
149	Daniel Becke	Team Milram	+ 1h13'10
150	Mathieu Heijboer	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit Par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 1h13'12
151	Davide ViganÃ³	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h13'31
152	Olivier Bonnaire	Bouygues Telecom	+ 1h13'49
153	Nicolas Inaudi	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit Par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 1h14'16
154	Paolo Savoldelli	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h14'18
155	Marco Righetto	Liquigas	+ 1h14'33
156	Fabien Patanchon	Francaise des Jeux	+ 1h16'33
157	Nick Gates	Davitamon - Lotto	+ 1h16'45
158	Markus Zberg	Gerolsteiner	+ 1h17'12

#173

Posted on 30-01-2013 08:08

Tour de France Champion

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Carlos just missing out on the podium places

#174

Posted on 30-01-2013 08:16

Tour de France Champion

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Good to see Vino up and about

Omt78

#175

Posted on 31-01-2013 09:29

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Looking forward to the Giro

#176

Posted on 31-01-2013 16:40

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Paris Roubaix

And the Hell of North is here! With the same candidates that went to Ronde, CSC will look forward to a better result. Super Boonen will be very hard to beat, and there are many other guys with the same odds than Cancellara or O'Grady.

The profile is well know: cobbles, cobbles, cobbles!

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Race Report

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With 62 km to go and 100 men on the peloton, Ballan's team mate Enrico Franzoi launches an attack. He is a dangerous man!

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With the main group reduced to 37, Hoste has a flat tire! That will make it hard for him to come back.

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And Flecha launches his attack with Franzoi on sight. Boonen highs the pace to close the gap but he actually creates a gap himself.

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And the three men form a group with 25'' on the main group with 18 riders. Hoste has all his team working for him but hey still are 2 minutes from the chasers.

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CSC is organizing the chase with Michaelsen working hard. Boonen and Flecha have dropped Franzoi and they have about a minute to CSC group where are also Van Petegem, Eeckouth, Backstedt and Klier.

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And Hoste managed to get to CSC group, and now it is himself who is chasing. O'Grady will have to work soon as Michaelsen is very tired. The leaders have 1'21 on them.

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Hoste's amazing pace has taken him to Boonen and Flecha and only Cancellara managed to follow him.

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Feeling their presence, Flecha attacks and Boonen responds! Cancellara tries to stick on them...

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...amazing effort from Cancellara who joins the duo.

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And the four candidates have just came across the last cobble section together. Hoste joined them and now it's a four men run.

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Entering the Velodrome...

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...Hoste is the first to sprint...

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... and Boonen gets the win! Cancellara was 2nd and Flecha 3rd!

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O'Grady wins the sprint for 6th place.

Race Results

1	Tom Boonen	Quick Step - Innergetic	6h26'57
2	Fabian Cancellara	Team CSC	s.t.
3	Juan-Antonio Flecha	Rabobank	s.t.
4	Leif Hoste	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
5	Peter Van Petegem	Davitamon - Lotto	+ 1'22
6	Stuart O'Grady	Team CSC	+ 1'58
7	Nico Eeckhout	Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
8	Andreas Klier	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
9	Enrico Franzoi	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
10	Magnus BÃ¤ckstedt	Liquigas	s.t.
11	Lars Michaelsen	Team CSC	+ 5'51
12	Pedro Horrillo	Rabobank	+ 9'07
13	Roger Hammond	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
14	Thor Hushovd	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
15	Bernhard Eisel	Francaise des Jeux	s.t.
16	George Hincapie	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
17	Steffen Wesemann	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
18	Serguei Ivanov	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
19	Viatcheslav Ekimov	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Jean-Patrick Nazon	Ag2r PrÃ©voyance	+ 10'03
21	Alessandro Ballan	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
22	Erik Zabel	Team Milram	s.t.
23	Gert Steegmans	Davitamon - Lotto	s.t.
24	Nico Mattan	Davitamon - Lotto	s.t.
25	Nick Nuyens	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.

Spoiler

26	Marc Wauters	Rabobank	s.t.
27	MatthÃ© Pronk	Unibet.com	s.t.
28	Max Van Heeswijk	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Marco Serpellini	Unibet.com	+ 12'41
30	Jaan Kirsipuu	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
31	FrÃ©dÃ©ric Guesdon	Francaise des Jeux	s.t.
32	Jimmy Engoulvent	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
33	LÃ¡szlÃ³ Bodrogi	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
34	SÃ©bastien Joly	Francaise des Jeux	s.t.
35	Giovanni Visconti	Team Milram	s.t.
36	Servais Knaven	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
37	Marcus Burghardt	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
38	Kurt-Asle Arvesen	Team CSC	s.t.
39	Roy Sentjens	Rabobank	s.t.
40	Wilfried Cretskens	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
41	Baden Cooke	Unibet.com	+ 13'52
42	Marcus Ljungqvist	Team CSC	s.t.
43	Philippe Gilbert	Francaise des Jeux	s.t.
44	HervÃ© Duclos-Lassalle	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit Par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
45	Marco Milesi	Liquigas	s.t.
46	Franck RÃ©nier	Bouygues Telecom	s.t.
47	Didier Rous	Bouygues Telecom	s.t.
48	Matthew White	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
49	Maarten Tjallingii	Skil - Shimano	s.t.
50	Johan Vansummeren	Davitamon - Lotto	s.t.
51	Jan Boven	Rabobank	s.t.
52	Vladimir Gusev	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
53	David Boucher	Unibet.com	s.t.
54	Joost Posthuma	Rabobank	s.t.
55	Koen BarbÃ©	Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen	+ 16'37
56	Fred Rodriguez	Davitamon - Lotto	s.t.
57	Tomas Vaitkus	Ag2r PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
58	Aart Vierhouten	Skil - Shimano	s.t.
59	Nicolas Jalabert	Phonak Hearing Systems	s.t.
60	Pavel Padrnos	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Martin Elmiger	Phonak Hearing Systems	s.t.
62	Jan Kuyckx	Davitamon - Lotto	s.t.
63	Volker Ordowski	Gerolsteiner	s.t.
64	CÃ©dric Vasseur	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
65	Maarten Den Bakker	Team Milram	s.t.
66	Alberto Ongarato	Team Milram	s.t.
67	Jens Renders	Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
68	Chris Horner	Davitamon - Lotto	s.t.
69	SÃ©bastien Minard	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit Par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
70	Arnaud Coyot	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit Par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
71	Evert Verbist	Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen	+ 18'43
72	Alessandro Petacchi	Team Milram	+ 19'21
73	Lloyd Mondory	Ag2r PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
74	Uros Murn	Phonak Hearing Systems	s.t.
75	Laurent Brochard	Bouygues Telecom	s.t.
76	Jakob Piil	Team CSC	s.t.
77	Christophe Kern	Bouygues Telecom	s.t.
78	Steven Caethoven	Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
79	Martin MÃ¼ller	Team Milram	s.t.
80	Pablo Lastras	Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears	s.t.
81	Thomas Ziegler	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
82	Kevin De Weert	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
83	Alessandro Cortinovis	Team Milram	s.t.
84	GrÃ©gory Rast	Phonak Hearing Systems	+ 21'33
85	LÃ©naÃ¯c Olivier	Agritubel	+ 22'24
86	Matthew Gilmore	Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen	+ 22'58
87	Wim Van Huffel	Davitamon - Lotto	s.t.
88	David Loosli	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
89	Rik Reinerink	Skil - Shimano	+ 24'22
90	Gorka Verdugo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
91	Samuel Dumoulin	Ag2r PrÃ©voyance	+ 24'46
92	Hans Dekkers	Agritubel	s.t.
93	David Herrero Llorente	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
94	Thomas LÃ¶fkvist	Francaise des Jeux	s.t.
95	Constantino Zaballa	Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears	s.t.
96	Marcel Strauss	Gerolsteiner	s.t.
97	Jukka Vastaranta	Rabobank	s.t.
98	Brian Vandborg	Team CSC	s.t.
99	Axel Merckx	Phonak Hearing Systems	s.t.
100	Imanol Erviti	Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears	s.t.
101	BenoÃt Vaugrenard	Francaise des Jeux	s.t.
102	David Vitoria	Phonak Hearing Systems	s.t.
103	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ceramica Panaria - Navigare	s.t.
104	Luciano Pagliarini	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
105	Sebastian Lang	Gerolsteiner	s.t.
106	Yannick Talabardon	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
107	Christophe Laurent	Agritubel	s.t.
108	Charles Wegelius	Liquigas	s.t.
109	Walter BÃ©nÃ©teau	Bouygues Telecom	+ 27'02
110	Kilian Patour	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
111	Pierre Drancourt	Bouygues Telecom	s.t.
112	MickaÃ©l Delage	Francaise des Jeux	s.t.
113	Benny De Schrooder	Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
114	Christophe Agnolutto	Agritubel	s.t.
115	Guido Trentin	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
116	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Liberty Seguros - WÃ¼rth Team	s.t.
117	Eros Capecchi	Liquigas	s.t.
118	Laurent Mangel	Ag2r PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
119	Maxime Monfort	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit Par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
120	Linus Gerdemann	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
121	Luis Pasamontes	Unibet.com	s.t.
122	JÃ¶rg Ludewig	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
123	Andrea NoÃ©	Liquigas	s.t.
124	JosÃ© Antonio Garrido	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
125	Sylvain Calzati	Ag2r PrÃ©voyance	+ 27'57
126	Markus Zberg	Gerolsteiner	+ 28'28
127	Joseba Beloki	Liberty Seguros - WÃ¼rth Team	+ 29'14
128	Unai Osa	Liberty Seguros - WÃ¼rth Team	+ 30'13
129	Javier Ramirez Abeja	Liberty Seguros - WÃ¼rth Team	s.t.
130	Antonio Colom	Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears	s.t.
131	Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio	Ceramica Panaria - Navigare	s.t.
132	Xabier Zandio	Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears	s.t.
133	Brett Lancaster	Ceramica Panaria - Navigare	s.t.

Teams Classification

1	Team CSC	19h28'40
2	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 10'25
3	Rabobank	+ 11'21
4	T-Mobile Team	+ 12'23
5	Davitamon - Lotto	+ 13'39
6	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 14'55
7	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 26'40
8	Francaise des Jeux	s.t.
9	Lampre - Fondital	+ 27'10
10	Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen	+ 27'23

Spoiler

11	Unibet.com	+ 28'47
12	Team Milram	+ 31'32
13	Liquigas	+ 32'47
14	Ag2r PrÃ©voyance	+ 38'12
15	Bouygues Telecom	+ 39'16
16	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit Par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 39'17
17	Phonak Hearing Systems	+ 44'46
18	Skil - Shimano	+ 47'02
19	Gerolsteiner	+ 58'20
20	Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears	+ 1h01'04
21	Agritubel	+ 1h04'07
22	Ceramica Panaria - Navigare	+ 1h17'23
23	Liberty Seguros - WÃ¼rth Team	+ 1h18'40

A second place with Tommeke in super shape is not a bad result. Cancellara is better every year and this time he almost got it. The team will now face the Ardennes where the expectations are high as well, but with other guys.