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Posted on 07-08-2009 07:27
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April Schedule
Another busy month, with a series of classics, a UCI Pro Tour stage race and a race on our home turf.
April 1: E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
April 3-6: KBC - Driedaagse Den Panne - Koksijde
April 8: Ronde van Vlaanderen
April 9-14: Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco
April 11: Gent-Wevelgem
April 15: Paris-Roubaix
April 16-22: Tour of Georgia
April 22: Amstel Gold
April 25: La Fleche Wallonne
April 27-29: Vuelta Rioja
April 29: Liege-Bastogne-Liege
Our goal for the month is get one win in the cobblestone classics and one win in the hilly classics plus win the Vuelta Rioja, which is always one of our sponsors favorite races for some reason. If we accomplish these things, we'll be very happy. This means Ivan Rovny and Frederik Nolf are the main guys for the month. We'll also begin Giro d'Italia preparations this month so a few guys, including John Lee Augustyn, will be making their season debuts. |
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Posted on 07-08-2009 08:41
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E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
Past Winners
2007: Stuart O'Grady (CSC)
2008: Leif Hoste (Predictor Lotto)
2009: Tom Boonen (QuickStep)
2010: Frederik Nolf (Lampre)
2011: Leif Hoste (Predictor Lotto)
2012: Aidis Kruopis (Bouygues)
The start list for this years race is quite strange. While there are a number of good cobblestone specialists here, there are no big names present. No Hoste, no Boonen, no Nuyens, no Trofimov, etc. Nolf is by far the biggest name present. If he was in top form, I suspect he'd have no problem winning this race. He isn't though, having raced only 6 days over the past 2 months.
There are a number of attacks early on. The peloton chases every one of them down and things calm down for a while. As we hit the cobblestone covered hills, we move forward to push the pace. It has the desired effect as we manage to create a break of 7 of our riders plus Hulsmans and Ingels from QuickStep.
Over subsequent hills, the group breaks apart and pulls back together, ultimately being caught by a chasing group of 15. As soon as the chase group catches up, Niels Albert launches a strong attack.
Albert gets over a minute lead and manages to hold it despite our furious chase. Over the last 10 km, we finally manage to cut into the lead; but not enough. Albert takes a nice win with the sprint coming in hard behind him.
We tired ourselves out in the chase and the best we could muster was a 5th place finish by Heinrich Haussler, who was by far the most fit rider on the team today.
Results
1 Niels Albert FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 5h35'03
2 Kevin Hulsmans QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 21
3 Bastiaan Giling COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
4 Arne Hassink LIQUIGAS s.t.
5 Heinrich Haussler DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
6 Bobbie Traksel SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
7 Gert Steegmans TEAM MILRAM s.t.
8 Kenny De Ketele CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
9 Koen Barbé COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
10 Jimmy Engoulvent QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
11 Igor Abakoumov PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
12 Gianni Meersman DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
13 Frederik Nolf DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
14 Stefan Schreck T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
15 Andoni Aranaga DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
16 Kristoffer Nielsen DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
17 Björn Leukemans DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
18 Rafael Figueres CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
19 Lars Boom DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
20 Thierry Lamborelle DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
21 Nick Ingels QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
22 Damien Gaudin QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
23 Lucien Billy SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
24 Stèphane Poulhiès RABOBANK s.t.
25 Henry Bochu CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
26 Dimitry Kozontchuk CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT s.t.
27 Carlos Barredo QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
28 Wouter Van Mechelen LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 3'00
29 Jacques Baddé LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
30 Kari Hokkanen PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
31 Frederik Willems DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
32 José Joaquín Rojas UNIBET.COM s.t.
33 Francis De Greef BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
34 Enrico Gasparotto LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
35 Thijs Van Amerongen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
36 Jan Kuyckx LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
37 Jon Kosciuczuk DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
38 Markus Eichler COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
39 Gilles Dembski DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
40 George Hincapie QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
41 Anders Lund CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
42 Marcel Sieberg RABOBANK + 4'20
43 Dimitri Medvedev COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 4'44
44 Lluis Guillermo Mas TEAM MILRAM s.t.
45 Johnny Hoogerland JARTAZI PROMO FASHION + 6'36
46 Simone Masciarelli JARTAZI PROMO FASHION s.t.
47 Tristan Valentin COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 7'24
48 Jimmy Casper T-MOBILE TEAM + 7'48
49 Sven Nys UNIBET.COM + 8'52
50 Simon Clarke LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t. |
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Posted on 07-08-2009 13:55
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KBC - Driedaagse Den Panne - Koksijde
Past Winners
2007: Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas)
2008: Sebastien Rosseler (QuickStep)
2009: Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas)
2010: Sebastien Rosseler (QuickStep)
2011: Martin Mortensen (Liquigas)
2012: Bram Deprez (QuickStep)
This is one of Nolf's favorite races, although he's not won it. As with the E3, the big names are conspicuous in their absence. Not sure why nobody is showing up for these races. Still tough competition, but not as tough as it might have been.
Stage 1: Zottegem - Zottegem
Cobblestone stage today. We look to have the strongest overall cobblestone team here so will try and push the pace. The wind is blowing hard so might be able to get splits.
The weather is once again horrible today. Heavy downpour of rain so we need to be careful, especially on the cobblestones.
12 men in the early break today. The weather conditions lead to a lot of falls. As planned, Discovery Channel pushes the pace and cyclists are falling off left and right (quite literally in some cases). In the final third of the race, Niels Albert is once again the guy to make the first move with an attack.
Nolf and Meersman follow and the three come together.
We don't relay too hard as there is still a bit of racing to be had, and the chasing pack catches up with us. This is okay as we have now have 7 guys in the pack of 22. We once again move forward to push the pace.
With under 10 km to go, Nolf is feeling strong and launches an attack.
Gert Steegmans is the only man to follow and links up with Nolf.
Steegmans is a strong sprinter and Nolf is not. We try to surprise Steegmans by jumping into the sprint early.
It has no chance of working, but it was worth a try. Steegmans passes Nolf to grab the stage win.
Missed the export button but here are the standings at the end of the first stage. Discovery places well with four in the top 10.
Edited by SeoulYank on 07-08-2009 13:56
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Posted on 07-08-2009 14:15
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KBC - Driedaagse Den Panne - Koksijde
Stage 2: Zottegem - Koksijde
Wind is blowing hard today so might be a chance for splits in the peloton. We need to be attentive.
Ten man break today is caught with 20km to go. We are pulling the peloton when the wind kicks up and a split occurs. We get a group of 12 consisting of 7 of our guys.
12 become 6 when suddnely, Tom Thill launches an attack.
We push the pace hard the rest of the way. Not to catch Thill but to gain time on Steegmans who is not on our side of the split. While Thill, goes on to win, we finish strongly only to discover, much to our dismay, that the officials have decided that there were no time gaps back to the main group and that Steegmans finished on the same time as Nolf. Bastards!
Results
1 Tom Thill JARTAZI PROMO FASHION 4h51'21
2 José Joaquín Rojas UNIBET.COM + 34
3 Marco Brus ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO s.t.
4 Lucas Schädlich NAVIGATORS INSURANCE s.t.
5 Frederik Nolf DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
6 Juan Van Heerden DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
7 Gianni Meersman DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
8 Thijs Van Amerongen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
9 Javier Benítez TEAM MILRAM s.t.
10 Lars Boom DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
11 Normunds Lasis TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
12 Jurgen Van den Broeck UNIBET.COM s.t.
13 Kenny De Ketele CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT s.t.
14 Gert Steegmans TEAM MILRAM s.t.
15 Stefan Radochla UNIBET.COM s.t.
16 Jimmy Casper T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
17 Gennarino Carruezzo TEAM MILRAM s.t.
18 Max Jumel PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
19 Simon Clarke LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
20 Cyril Gautier DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
21 Kevin Hulsmans QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
22 Stèphane Poulhiès RABOBANK s.t.
23 Nick Ingels QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
24 Igor Abakoumov PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
25 Daniel Foder TEAM TENAX - MENIKINI s.t.
GC
1 Gert Steegmans TEAM MILRAM 9h13'39
2 Frederik Nolf DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 4
3 Kevin Hulsmans QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 38
4 Juan Van Heerden DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 42
5 Gianni Meersman DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
6 Kenny De Ketele CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
7 Lars Boom DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
8 Nick Ingels QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
9 Michiel Van Aelbroeck CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT s.t.
10 Niels Albert FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
Points
1 Frederik Nolf DISCOVERY CHANNEL 12 30
2 Juan Van Heerden DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10 22
3 Gert Steegmans TEAM MILRAM 2 22
4 Tom Thill JARTAZI PROMO FASHION 20 20
5 José Joaquín Rojas UNIBET.COM 18 18
Mountain
1 Dieter Cappelle UNIBET.COM 8 8
2 Juanma Gárate LAMPRE - FONDITAL 6 6
3 Niels Albert FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 0 5 |
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Posted on 08-08-2009 05:44
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KBC - Driedaagse Den Panne - Koksijde
Stage 3: De Panne - De Panne
Windy again today. Will be on the lookout for splits and see if we can't get Nolf up past Steegmans.
Main break group has 9 today. We take over the peloton to lead the chase. Ultimately the wind starts kicking up again and we get the split we are looking for - just too bad Steegmans is in there with us.
Unable to gain time on Steegmans, and with little need to gain time on anyone else, we back off and the peloton comes back together such that we have a sprint finish. Van Heerden is trailing Rojas.
Rojas is gone, but so far Van Heerden is managing to hold off Steegmans adn Jumel for 2nd but it is tight.
Van Heerden runs out of gas and will slip to 7th. Meanwhile, Rojas takes the stage win. Steegmans comes 2nd and extends his lead over Nolf to 10 seconds thanks to the bonus points.
Results
1 José Joaquín Rojas UNIBET.COM 4h51'00
2 Gert Steegmans TEAM MILRAM s.t.
3 Kenny De Ketele CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
4 Marco Brus ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO s.t.
5 Jimmy Casper T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
6 Max Jumel PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
7 Juan Van Heerden DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
8 Stèphane Poulhiès RABOBANK s.t.
9 Gennarino Carruezzo TEAM MILRAM s.t.
10 Normunds Lasis TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
11 Michiel Van Aelbroeck CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT s.t.
12 Simon Clarke LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
13 Lucas Schädlich NAVIGATORS INSURANCE s.t.
14 Sergei Koudentsov NAVIGATORS INSURANCE s.t.
15 Cyril Gautier DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
16 Krzysztof Szczawinski PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
17 Roberto Ferrari JARTAZI PROMO FASHION s.t.
18 Felix Odebrecht TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
19 Stanislav Kozúbek TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
20 Gert Dockx JARTAZI PROMO FASHION s.t.
21 Igor Abakoumov PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
22 Kurt Hovelynck DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
23 Fabien Van Eynde UNIBET.COM s.t.
24 Nick Ingels QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
25 Valerio Agnoli TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
GC
1 Gert Steegmans TEAM MILRAM 14h04'33
2 Frederik Nolf DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 10
3 Kenny De Ketele CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 44
4 Kevin Hulsmans QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
5 Juan Van Heerden DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 48
6 Michiel Van Aelbroeck CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT s.t.
7 Nick Ingels QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
8 Lars Boom DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
9 Niels Albert FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
10 Floris Goesinnen CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT s.t.
Points
1 Gert Steegmans TEAM MILRAM 18 40
2 José Joaquín Rojas UNIBET.COM 20 38
3 Kenny De Ketele CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT 16 33
4 Juan Van Heerden DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9 31
5 Marco Brus ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO 14 30
Mountain
1 Rahsaan Bahati NAVIGATORS INSURANCE 5 8
2 Dieter Cappelle UNIBET.COM 0 8
3 Juanma Gárate LAMPRE - FONDITAL 0 6 |
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Posted on 08-08-2009 06:06
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KBC - Driedaagse Den Panne - Koksijde
Stage 4: Koksijde - De Panne ITT
12 km ITT to wrap the tour up. Two interesting battles to watch today. The first is the battle for the overall win. Nolf is a better time trialist than Steegmans but needs to be able to make up 10 seconds over a short 12 km. Hard to see anyone else challenging for the win as the next closest guy is 34 seconds back of Nolf. The battle for third, however, is quite tight. Lars Boom is an excellent time trialist and we'd like to think we may have a really good shot at taking two podium spots here.
First strong time is set by Josu Agirre at 12'31.
Shaun Higgerson, no chance in the overall but excellent at ITT's so going for the stage win. He won't get it though: +12 (5th).
Nothing much happens until Lars Boom hits the course. He looks strong and beats Agirre's time by 5 seconds, 12'26.
Almost immeditately that is topped by Michiel Van Aelbroeck at 12'20. That should be good enough for the win.
3rd placed Kenny De Ketele hits the course, +31 (16th).
Frederik Nolf pushes hard to try and get the win: +33 (19th).
We await Gert Steegmans time. He looked strong in the first half of the ITT, trying to keep Nolf in check. He seemed to really fade towards the end though. His time flashes up: +56 (63rd). Wow, not only does Nolf pass him for the win but Van Aelbroeck and Boom pass him for a podium spot as well. Harsh on Steegmans as he ran a good race, but he'll finish 4th overall.
We indeed get our 2 podium spots, although not quite the way we thought we would.
Results
1 Michiel Van Aelbroeck CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT 12'20
2 Lars Boom DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 6
3 Josu Agirre ACTION - UNIQA + 11
4 Melchior Hilbers RABOBANK s.t.
5 Shaun Higgerson RABOBANK + 12
6 Marco Brus ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO + 15
7 Kari Hokkanen PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 18
8 Kevin Imhof PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 19
9 Gianni Meersman DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 21
10 Benoît Vaugrenard ACTION - UNIQA + 23
11 Koen De Kort CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 24
12 Jurgen Van den Broeck UNIBET.COM + 27
13 Matija Kvasina SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
14 Marcel Sieberg RABOBANK + 28
15 Damien Gaudin QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 29
16 Kenny De Ketele CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT + 31
17 Tom Thill JARTAZI PROMO FASHION s.t.
18 Bernard Van Ulden NAVIGATORS INSURANCE + 32
19 Frederik Nolf DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 33
20 Fabien Van Eynde UNIBET.COM + 35
21 Juanma Gárate LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
22 Sergey Sinitsyn RABOBANK s.t.
23 Josep Iduriaga SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 36
24 José Herrada ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO + 38
25 Johnny Hoogerland JARTAZI PROMO FASHION + 39
GC
1 Frederik Nolf DISCOVERY CHANNEL 14h17'36
2 Michiel Van Aelbroeck CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT + 5
3 Lars Boom DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 11
4 Gert Steegmans TEAM MILRAM + 13
5 Gianni Meersman DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 26
6 Kenny De Ketele CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT + 32
7 Damien Gaudin QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 34
8 Anders Lund CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 45
9 Dimitry Kozontchuk CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT + 49
10 Niels Albert FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 53
11 Juan Van Heerden DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 59
12 Kevin Hulsmans QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1'02
13 Floris Goesinnen CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT + 1'05
14 Nick Ingels QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1'07
15 Johnny Hoogerland JARTAZI PROMO FASHION + 2'26
16 Arne Hassink LIQUIGAS + 2'40
17 Tom Thill JARTAZI PROMO FASHION + 3'18
18 Björn Leukemans DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 3'39
19 Marco Brus ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO + 3'42
20 Kari Hokkanen PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 3'49
21 Koen De Kort CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT + 3'55
22 José Joaquín Rojas UNIBET.COM + 3'56
23 José Herrada ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO + 4'09
24 Lluis Guillermo Mas TEAM MILRAM + 4'11
25 Bart Vanheule CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 4'12
26 Daniel Foder TEAM TENAX - MENIKINI + 4'15
27 Jimmy Engoulvent QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 4'17
28 Simon Clarke LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER + 4'20
29 Stefan Schreck T-MOBILE TEAM + 4'23
30 Stèphane Poulhiès RABOBANK + 4'26
31 Lucas Schädlich NAVIGATORS INSURANCE + 4'28
32 Cyril Gautier DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 4'31
33 Martin Velits TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 4'32
34 George Hincapie QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 4'33
35 Birger Leys CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 4'40
36 Jimmy Casper T-MOBILE TEAM + 4'44
37 Igor Abakoumov PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 4'47
38 Frederik Willems DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 4'49
39 Jacques Baddé LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER + 4'52
40 Kristoffer Nielsen DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 5'14
41 Greg Batty JARTAZI PROMO FASHION + 8'05
42 Thierry Lamborelle DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 8'24
43 Fabien Van Eynde UNIBET.COM + 8'29
44 Ludovic Bret PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 8'40
45 Shaun Higgerson RABOBANK + 8'46
46 Thijs Van Amerongen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 8'54
47 Sven Nys UNIBET.COM + 9'13
48 Gert Dockx JARTAZI PROMO FASHION + 9'51
49 Matija Kvasina SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 9'57
50 Andreas Henig TEAM TENAX - MENIKINI + 10'13
133 Ruben Cantoni DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 42'38 |
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Past Winners
2007: Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas)
2008: Alessandro Ballan (Lampre)
2009: Stijn Devolder (Caisse d'Epargne)
2010: Yuri Trofimov (Astana)
2011: Tom Boonen (QuickStep)
2012: Frederik Nolf (Discovery Channel)
We got a win here last year with Nolf, however it was somewhat tainted by the fact that none of the big names showed up. Not clear exactly why, but they weren't here. We have more or less the same team we've had for all of the cobblestone races:
Leader: Nolf
Lieutenant: Gianni Meersman
Sprinter: Heinrich Haussler
Teammates: Boom, Cantoni, Lamborelle, Leukemans, Nielsen
Once again this year, the bulk of the big names have stayed away. The toughest competition here will come from Matti Breschel and Edvald Boasson Hagen. Nobody else of note is here, however, so the win is ours for the taking.
No time to look around at the sites of Brugges, there is a race to be run today.
Not much happens until we hit the hills, then we move forward to push the pace. After several hills, it as the desired effect. Five of our guys have gotten ahead of the pack. Only Breschel has managed to stay with them.
Lars Boom is doing the work of 10 men, pushing the pace hard. So far the only effect, however, is that he's dropped two of our guys. Breschel is still there.
Up the Mur de Grammont and a chance to ask for divine intervention. Boom still is leading the way and Breschel is still hanging on. Nolf isn't at his best today and is struggling a bit.
Breschel is a decent sprinter so we can't let him have any advantage. Therefore, we launch an attack up the final hill. Nolf clearly doesn't have it and we tell Boom to go ahead and go.
Boom gets his first big win. He deserved it after the work he put in today. Meersman will come in 2nd.
The battle is on for 3rd and Breschel is simply better than Nolf today.
Results
1 Lars Boom DISCOVERY CHANNEL 6h41'10
2 Gianni Meersman DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
3 Matti Breschel QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 17
4 Frederik Nolf DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen RABOBANK + 6'23
6 Evert Verbist GEROLSTEINER s.t.
7 Preben Van Hecke PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 6'45
8 Kristoffer Nielsen DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 7'39
9 Thierry Lamborelle DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
10 Gil Suray RABOBANK + 9'27
11 Heinrich Haussler DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 9'39
12 Tim Ulbrich TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 9'53
13 Sébastien Joly AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
14 Eros Capecchi PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
15 Frederik Veuchelen LIQUIGAS + 11'01
16 Anuar Manan TEAM MILRAM + 11'17
17 Arturo Mora TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
18 Björn Leukemans DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 11'57
19 Steven Kruijswijk LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 12'13
20 Yauhen Sobal T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
21 Andrei Klyuev PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
22 Jérôme Baugnies PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
23 Sébastien Rosseler TEAM CSC s.t.
24 Kristof De Zutter LIQUIGAS s.t.
25 Michael Pichler PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 12'53
26 Jeroen Boelen LIQUIGAS s.t.
27 Jonathan Castroviejo AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
28 Adam Blythe AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
29 Rafael Figueres CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
30 David Deroo PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
31 Tom Veelers TEAM CSC s.t.
32 Roy Sentjens T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
33 Stijn Vandenbergh LIQUIGAS + 13'33
34 Alessandro Donati LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 13'49
35 Denis Sayun LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
36 Carlos Barredo QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
37 Michael Blanchy LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
38 Giuseppe Cerbone TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
39 Henry Bochu CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
40 Bernardo Herrera TEAM ASTANA s.t.
41 Iñigo Landaluze TEAM ASTANA s.t.
42 Maarten Wynants AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
43 Jaume Rovira QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
44 Javier González TEAM LPR s.t.
45 Piercarlo Casbarra TEAM ASTANA s.t.
46 Rémi Pauriol AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
47 Tim Klinger TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
48 Bart Dockx GEROLSTEINER s.t.
49 Yoann Bagot AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
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Past Winners
2007: Samuel Sanchez (Euskatel)
2008: Juanjo Cobo (CSC)
2009: Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
2010: Alejandro Valverde (T-Mobile)
2011: Alejandro Valverde (T-Mobile)
2012: Jaume Rovira (QuickStep)
Valverde dominated this race for several years, but he is not as good as he once was and he isn't here. Last years winner, Rovira, is here and has to be considered one of the favorites. Other explosive hill specialists who will be in the running include: Jonay Pereiro, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Victor Safonov, Remy Di Gregario and our own Ivan Rovny.
Start List
Discovery Channel
1. I.Rovny
2. J.Augustyn
3. L.Gerdemann
4. T.Lövkvist
5. J.Mariani
6. Z.Sui
7. J.Van Heerden
8. B.Vandborg
Rabobank
11. E.Boasson Hagen
12. J.J.Abril
13. T.Dall'Antonia
14. T.Eltink
15. P.Longo Borghini
16. L.Moser
17. A.Rodríguez
18. A.Vicioso
Predictor - Lotto
21. T.Martin
22. J.Baugnies
23. E.Capecchi
24. D.Deroo
25. M.Pichler
26. A.Szeja
27. P.Van Hecke
28. B.Vandenabeele
Team CSC
31. J.Pereiro
32. L.Cuadrado
33. J.Fiedler
34. R.Gurpegi
35. G.Habeaux
36. E.Petrov
37. S.Rosseler
38. T.Veelers
T-Mobile Team
41. V.Safonov
42. F.Gaess
43. Y.Huguet
44. M.Knight
45. A.Rodríguez
46. B.Second
47. R.Sentjens
48. Y.Sobal
Saunier Duval
51. F.Duarte
52. G.Báez
53. M.Dueñas
54. M.Facci
55. L.Gloor
56. F.Marti
57. P.Mazur
58. R.Pérez
QuickStep
61. J.Rovira
62. C.Barredo
63. M.Breschel
64. F.Gentizon
65. A.Matzbacher
66. O.Sánchez
67. L.Ten Dam
68. D.Vermeire
Caisse d'Epargne
71. J.A.Gómez Marchante
72. A.Antuña
73. M.Astarloza
74. J.Guréndez
75. C.Kirsch
76. E.Salgueiro
77. J.Tendero
78. L.R.Álvarez
Ceramica Panaria
81. M.Sprick
82. A.Ceretta
83. D.Cunego
84. J.P.Dotti
85. D.Loosli
86. F.Pacheco
87. D.Pozzovivo
88. G.Verdugo
Chocolade Jacques
91. A.Linden
92. H.Bochu
93. D.Cataldo
94. R.Figueres
95. E.Houwing
96. D.Lelay
97. C.Meschenmoser
98. M.Nieve
AG2R
101. R.Di Gregorio
102. Y.Bagot
103. E.Bergès
104. A.Blythe
105. J.Castroviejo
106. M.Marinkov
107. R.Pauriol
108. S.Romano
Team LPR
111. E.Martínez
112. H.Blackgrove
113. L.Euser
114. T.Machado
115. M.Mugerli
116. M.Ortega
117. J.Pradt
118. P.Urtasun |
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Stage 1: Hondarribia - Elgeta
Flattish stage today with some hills in the middle. Likely to come down to some sort of mass sprint at the finish.
13 men in the break today. Rabobank controls the tempo in the peloton for Boasson Hagen, wearing white as the current leader in the UCI Pro Tour individual points standings following his top 10 at Ronde van Vlaanderen
Break is caught and main contenders are together 1.8 km from the finish. Rovny and Sui are in the thick of it.
As the sprint gets underway, it is Rovira, Pereiro and Martin out front with Sui and Rovny trying to hold off Safonov.
Rovira gets the win over Pereiro.
Martin takes 3rd and Sui noses in ahead of Rovny for 4th.
Results
1 Jaume Rovira QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 3h41'06
2 Jonay Pereiro TEAM CSC s.t.
3 Tony Martin PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
4 Zhou Sui DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
5 Ivan Rovny DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
6 Victor Safonov T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
7 Sergio Domínguez LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
8 Edwin Orozco TEAM ASTANA s.t.
9 Damiano Cunego CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
10 Fabio Duarte SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
11 Iñigo Landaluze TEAM ASTANA s.t.
12 Edvald Boasson Hagen RABOBANK s.t.
13 Ángel Vicioso RABOBANK s.t.
14 Jakob Fiedler TEAM CSC s.t.
15 Mauricio Ortega TEAM LPR s.t.
16 Andrés Antuña CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
17 Eros Capecchi PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
18 José Angel Gómez Marchante CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
19 Rémy Di Gregorio AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
20 Raúl Gurpegi TEAM CSC s.t.
21 Egoi Martínez TEAM LPR s.t.
22 Carlos Barredo QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
23 Yann Huguet T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
24 Lucas Euser TEAM LPR s.t.
25 Rubén Pérez SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t. |
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Stage 2: Zarautz - Getxo
Steep hill near the end of todays stage. Not sure if that will lead to breakaways or if what is left of the peloton will stick together for a mass sprint finish.
Our Jesus Mariani falls down for no apparent reason. He's okay, though, and makes his way back to the pack.
Only 3 in todays break. They are easily caught by the time we hit the final climb, where Jonay Pereiro launches an attack.
Rovira and Rovny follow.
Pereiro's attack was strong, but so is Rovny's counter. He gets around Rovira and links up with Pereiro. The two are on their own.
46 seconds back are Rovira and Safinov.
Rovira and Safinov make up a lot of time on the downhill. As we near the finish, they trail Rovny and Pereiro by only 10-15 seconds.
Pereiro and Rovny hold them off, however, and have a tight sprint to the finish. It will be Pereiro by only a slight margin. They gain 14 seconds on Rovira and Safinov.
Results
1 Jonay Pereiro TEAM CSC 4h08'43
2 Ivan Rovny DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
3 Jaume Rovira QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 14
4 Victor Safonov T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
5 Philip Deignan TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 1'34
6 Ángel Vicioso RABOBANK s.t.
7 Paolo Longo Borghini RABOBANK s.t.
8 Jérôme Baugnies PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
9 Theo Eltink RABOBANK s.t.
10 Jakob Fiedler TEAM CSC s.t.
11 Mathieu Sprick CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
12 Iñigo Landaluze TEAM ASTANA s.t.
13 Carlos Barredo QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
14 Enrique Salgueiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
15 Máximo Lema TEAM MILRAM s.t.
16 Leonardo Moser RABOBANK s.t.
17 Piercarlo Casbarra TEAM ASTANA s.t.
18 Edvald Boasson Hagen RABOBANK s.t.
19 Alberto Rodríguez T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
20 Evgeni Petrov TEAM CSC s.t.
21 Luis Cuadrado TEAM CSC s.t.
22 Andrés Antuña CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
23 Alexis Rodríguez RABOBANK s.t.
24 Preben Van Hecke PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
25 Bruno Second T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
GC
1 Jonay Pereiro TEAM CSC 7h49'49
2 Ivan Rovny DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
3 Jaume Rovira QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 14
4 Victor Safonov T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
5 Ángel Vicioso RABOBANK + 1'34
6 Iñigo Landaluze TEAM ASTANA s.t.
7 Jakob Fiedler TEAM CSC s.t.
8 Edvald Boasson Hagen RABOBANK s.t.
9 Zhou Sui DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
10 Tony Martin PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
Points
1 Jonay Pereiro TEAM CSC 25 45
2 Jaume Rovira QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 16 41
3 Ivan Rovny DISCOVERY CHANNEL 20 32
4 Victor Safonov T-MOBILE TEAM 14 24
5 Tony Martin PREDICTOR - LOTTO 0 16
Mountain
1 Jonay Pereiro TEAM CSC 10 10
2 Saul Raisin EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 8 8
3 Ivan Rovny DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8 8 |
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Posted on 08-08-2009 14:42
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Just caught up, great job all around, and good luck at Paris-Roubaix
Thanks, if I keep having this problem with the April classics of nobody tough showing up, then will be too easy to win. |
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Posted on 09-08-2009 01:57
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Gent - Wevelgem
Past Winners
2007: Tom Boonen (QuickStep)
2008: Leif Hoste (Predictor Lotto)
2009: Tom Boonen (QuickStep)
2010: Greg Van Avermaet (Predictor Lotto)
2011: Greg Van Avermaet (Predictor Lotto)
2012: Frederik Nolf (Discovery Channel)
This race promises to be pretty boring. Not a single top cobblestone racer is here outside of our team so we should dominate.
We pressed through the hills and got 7 of our guys away(except for Cantoni). The lead was as high as 40 seconds with less than 10km to go. We thought it was all done with a 1st through 7th place finish. All of the sudden, however, Gert Steegmans came out of nowhere. He closed the gap, then sprinted right past our team like we were standing still. Heinrich Haussler was the only guy who could catch up but Steegman just pipped him at the line for the win.
Results
1 Gert Steegmans TEAM MILRAM 5h37'34
2 Heinrich Haussler DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
3 Thierry Lamborelle DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
4 Gianni Meersman DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
5 Frederik Nolf DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
6 Lars Boom DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
7 Kristoffer Nielsen DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
8 Björn Leukemans DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
9 Kevin Hulsmans QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
10 Damien Gaudin QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
11 Jimmy Casper T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'16
12 Igor Abakoumov PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
13 Arne Hassink LIQUIGAS s.t.
14 Stefan Schreck T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
15 George Hincapie QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
16 Matthias Friedemann LIQUIGAS s.t.
17 Jimmy Engoulvent QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
18 Anders Lund CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
19 Maxim Rudenko TEAM MILRAM s.t.
20 Djamali Rykov CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
21 Nick Ingels QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
22 Gil Suray RABOBANK s.t.
23 Jonathan Page LIQUIGAS s.t.
24 Gilles Devillers QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
25 Antonio Ureña T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
26 Bart Dockx GEROLSTEINER + 3'01
27 Tim Ulbrich TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
28 Steven Tronet TEAM CSC s.t.
29 Kevin Van Impe LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 3'24
30 Denis Sayun LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
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Stage 3: Amorebieta - Agurain
Hilly stage with a small hill just near the finish which should make things interesting. Hard rain today but riders are not too cautious all the same. A 7 man break gets away and all throughout the course there are subsequent attempts to launch further breaks. The peloton does a lot of chasing.
As we near the end of the race and the peloton has thinned, we notice that Jonay Pereiro is looking like he is having a hard time today. He nearly was dropped during the next to last climb and is hanging out around the back of the peloton.
This looks like a ripe opportunity for Rovny and he takes it, launching an attack up the final climb.
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Tony Martin is the first to counter, followed by Boasson Hagen, Orozco and Cunego.
As Rovny moves into the downhill, he is all alone. However, he already has two red bars and can't get his heartbeat under control. Meanwhile, the pack has run down everyone but Boasson Hagen and Cunego.
Rovny cracks on the flat to the finish line and Boasson Hagen files by him.
Boasson Hagen grabs the win to add to his UCI Pro Tour point total.
Cunego gets past Rovny as well. However, Rovny accomplishes his main mission of picking up time on Pereiro and taking over yellow.
Results
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen RABOBANK 4h22'20
2 Damiano Cunego CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 20
3 Ivan Rovny DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
4 Andrés Antuña CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 44
5 Carlos Barredo QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
6 Enrique Salgueiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
7 Branislav Samoilau BARLOWORLD s.t.
8 Jesus Guréndez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
9 Jonathan Castroviejo AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
10 Fredy Gentizon QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
11 Yann Huguet T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
12 Lucas Euser TEAM LPR s.t.
13 Rémi Pauriol AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
14 Mathieu Sprick CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
15 Jonay Pereiro TEAM CSC s.t.
16 Ángel Vicioso RABOBANK s.t.
17 Alexis Rodríguez RABOBANK s.t.
18 Paolo Longo Borghini RABOBANK s.t.
19 Laurens Ten Dam QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
20 Jaume Rovira QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
21 Matti Breschel QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
22 Raúl Gurpegi TEAM CSC s.t.
23 Óscar Sánchez QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
24 David Loosli CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
25 Zhou Sui DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
GC
1 Ivan Rovny DISCOVERY CHANNEL 12h12'29
2 Jonay Pereiro TEAM CSC + 24
3 Jaume Rovira QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 38
4 Victor Safonov T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen RABOBANK + 1'14
6 Damiano Cunego CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 1'34
7 Andrés Antuña CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'58
8 Carlos Barredo QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
9 Ángel Vicioso RABOBANK s.t.
10 Enrique Salgueiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
Points
1 Ivan Rovny DISCOVERY CHANNEL 16 48
2 Jonay Pereiro TEAM CSC 1 46
3 Jaume Rovira QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 0 41
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen RABOBANK 25 29
5 Damiano Cunego CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE 20 27
Mountain
1 Silvanio Garibay LAMPRE - FONDITAL 15 15
2 Andriy Grivko LIQUIGAS 13 13
3 Mikel Astarloza CAISSE D'EPARGNE 13 13 |
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Posted on 09-08-2009 13:01
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didn't follow your story regulary but it seems pretty fun to play in 2013
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Posted on 09-08-2009 13:08
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Stage 4: Vitoria - Vitoria
Another stage with a chance for the hill specialists to battle it out in the final climb just before the finish.
Jesus Mariani, who suffered another fall yesterday, is struggling with injury and has to abandon. Not a great way to start his season.
They days break is caught easily and the attacks start on the final climb with Safinov.
Rovny counters and is stronger. He'll get past Safinov and is on his own.
The pack hauls in all attackers except for Rovny who is desparately trying to hang on for the stage win.
He just does. No time gained, but a nice stage victory.
Results
1 Ivan Rovny DISCOVERY CHANNEL 4h11'36
2 Sébastien Rosseler TEAM CSC s.t.
3 Jakob Fiedler TEAM CSC s.t.
4 Carlos Barredo QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
5 Matti Breschel QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
6 Jaume Rovira QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
7 Mathieu Sprick CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
8 Luis Cuadrado TEAM CSC s.t.
9 Laurens Ten Dam QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
10 Raúl Gurpegi TEAM CSC s.t.
11 Eros Capecchi PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
12 Óscar Sánchez QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
13 Jonay Pereiro TEAM CSC s.t.
14 Fredy Gentizon QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
15 Rémi Pauriol AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
16 Zhou Sui DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
17 Andreas Linden CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
18 Álex Japón TEAM MILRAM s.t.
19 Andrew Towers TEAM ASTANA s.t.
20 Danny Summerhill GEROLSTEINER s.t.
21 Evgeni Petrov TEAM CSC s.t.
22 Yauhen Sobal T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
23 Sergio Domínguez LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
24 Alexis Rodríguez RABOBANK s.t.
25 Máximo Lema TEAM MILRAM s.t.
GC
1 Ivan Rovny DISCOVERY CHANNEL 16h24'05
2 Jonay Pereiro TEAM CSC + 24
3 Jaume Rovira QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 38
4 Victor Safonov T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen RABOBANK + 1'14
6 Damiano Cunego CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 1'34
7 Carlos Barredo QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1'58
8 Mathieu Sprick CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
9 Jakob Fiedler TEAM CSC s.t.
10 Luis Cuadrado TEAM CSC s.t.
Points
1 Ivan Rovny DISCOVERY CHANNEL 25 73
2 Jaume Rovira QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 10 51
3 Jonay Pereiro TEAM CSC 3 49
4 Carlos Barredo QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 14 29
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen RABOBANK 0 29
Mountain
1 Piercarlo Casbarra TEAM ASTANA 19 19
2 Silvanio Garibay LAMPRE - FONDITAL 0 15
3 Andriy Grivko LIQUIGAS 0 13 |
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Posted on 09-08-2009 14:24
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Posted on 10-08-2009 02:44
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Stage 5: Durango - Santurtzi
Another hill near the finish so should be more action today. Weather is pretty poor, however: cool and heavy rain.
7 man break today which will survive until 20km to go. Rovira decided to launch an attack today up the Alto de Aztiria, 34 km from the finish. This seemed unlikely to succeed so Rovny held back.
Sure enough, Rovira was easily caught. Things were calm until the final climb where Mora was the first to attack. While Mora is no threat to Rovny's yellow, Ivan decides to follow anyway and try to gain more time ahead of tomorrows ITT. Sui is feeling very good today and not far off a top 10 finish so decides to join.
Rovny is the strongest and is first over the top.
Sui is 33 seconds back along with Euser, who attacked as well. They are 53 seconds ahead of the peloton. Nobody else was able to get away and, surprsingly enough, Pereiro did not even try to counter. He's been really poor over the past couple of stages.
Rovny wins it easily and gained enough time to guarantee his win tomorrow unless he crashes out.
Sui makes it a Discovery Channel 1-2 and moves into the top 10 overall.
Had to check my game settings after this one to make sure it is still on hard. Not because of how well Rovny is doing; he has developed into pretty much one of the best, if not the best, puncheurs around. The lack of attacking from the favorites over the past 2 stages has surprised me. On check, however, I'm still on hard.
Results
1 Ivan Rovny DISCOVERY CHANNEL 3h59'52
2 Zhou Sui DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 35
3 Lucas Euser TEAM LPR s.t.
4 Luis Ángel Maté ORBEA - OREKA S.D.A. + 1'23
5 Eros Capecchi PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen RABOBANK s.t.
7 Sebastian Langeveld EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
8 Jaume Rovira QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
9 Alberto Rodríguez T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
10 Matti Breschel QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
11 Jonay Pereiro TEAM CSC s.t.
12 Rubén Pérez SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
13 Bruno Second T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
14 Raúl Gurpegi TEAM CSC s.t.
15 Yann Huguet T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
16 Ángel Vicioso RABOBANK s.t.
17 Tiziano Dall'Antonia RABOBANK s.t.
18 Arturo Mora TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
19 Victor Safonov T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
20 Óscar Sánchez QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
21 Yauhen Sobal T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
22 Amets Txurruka EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
23 Jesús Tendero CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
24 Jonathan Castroviejo AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
25 Iñigo Landaluze TEAM ASTANA s.t.
GC
1 Ivan Rovny DISCOVERY CHANNEL 20h23'57
2 Jonay Pereiro TEAM CSC + 1'47
3 Jaume Rovira QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 2'01
4 Victor Safonov T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
5 Zhou Sui DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2'33
6 Lucas Euser TEAM LPR s.t.
7 Edvald Boasson Hagen RABOBANK + 2'37
8 Damiano Cunego CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 2'57
9 Eros Capecchi PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 3'21
10 Raúl Gurpegi TEAM CSC s.t.
Points
1 Ivan Rovny DISCOVERY CHANNEL 25 98
2 Jaume Rovira QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 8 59
3 Jonay Pereiro TEAM CSC 5 54
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen RABOBANK 10 39
5 Zhou Sui DISCOVERY CHANNEL 20 34
Mountain
1 Piercarlo Casbarra TEAM ASTANA 0 19
2 Andreas Linden CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT 18 18
3 Ivan Rovny DISCOVERY CHANNEL 6 16 |
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Posted on 10-08-2009 02:46
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great win. Keep it up.
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Posted on 10-08-2009 03:41
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