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| fernando97 |
Posted on 23-08-2012 11:59
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The Strade Bianche is classified as flat, but there are lots of short and steep climbs in the route, so be prepared to a reduced group sprint on the uphill finish.
Our squad:
We came here mainly with our Lugano squad, and decided to give Sutton and Mellberg the leadership, so they'll be our co-leaders.
Startlist
Spoiler | Andrea Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | | Alessandro Proni | Acqua & Sapone | | Ruggero Marzoli | Acqua & Sapone | | Danilo Di Luca | Acqua & Sapone | | Massimo Codol | Acqua & Sapone | | Francesco Ginanni | Acqua & Sapone | | Alessandro Donati | Acqua & Sapone | | Vladimir Miholjevic | Acqua & Sapone | | Kristjan Fajt | Adria Mobil | | Marko Kump | Adria Mobil | | Matej Mugerli | Adria Mobil | | Kristijan Durasek | Adria Mobil | | Primoz Segina | Adria Mobil | | Aljaz Hocevar | Adria Mobil | | Sébastien Hinault | AG2R La Mondiale | | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | | Blel Kadri | AG2R La Mondiale | | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | | Gregor Gazvoda | AG2R La Mondiale | | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | | Mathieu Perget | AG2R La Mondiale | | Nicholas Francesconi | Amore & Vita | | Uri Martins | Amore & Vita | | Vladislav Borisov | Amore & Vita | | Marino Palandri | Amore & Vita | | Anton Storchous | Amore & Vita | | Philipp Mamos | Amore & Vita | | Niv Libner | Amore & Vita | | Eugenio Bani | Amore & Vita | | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | | Giairo Ermeti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | | Jackson Rodríguez | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | | Salvatore Mancuso | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | | Antonio Santoro | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | | Omar Bertazzo | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | | Dimitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana Pro Team | | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Astana Pro Team | | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | | Andrey Kashechkin | Astana Pro Team | | Felix Baur | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | | David Rosch | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | | Jonathan Fumeaux | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | | Nicolas Baldo | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | | Michaël Baer | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | | Peter Erdin | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | | Patrick Schelling | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | | Florian Salzinger | Atlas Personal - 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CSF Inox | | Angelo Pagani | Colnago - CSF Inox | | Oscar Gatto | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | | Alfredo Balloni | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | | Kevin Hulsmans | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | | Luca Ascani | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | | Diego Caccia | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | | Thomas Bertolini | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | | Roberto De Patre | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | | Oleksandr Martynenko | ISD - Lampre Continental | | Vitaliy Popkov | ISD - Lampre Continental | | Volodymyr Dzhus | ISD - Lampre Continental | | Anatoliy Pakthusov | ISD - Lampre Continental | | Maksym Vasilyev | ISD - Lampre Continental | | Yuriy Agarkov | ISD - Lampre Continental | | Anton Vorobyev | Itera - Katusha | | Sergey Chernetskiy | Itera - Katusha | | Dmitry Kosyakov | Itera - Katusha | | Maxim Pokidov | Itera - Katusha | | Alexander Prishpetniy | Itera - Katusha | | Igor Frolov | Itera - Katusha | | Andrey Solomennikov | Itera - Katusha | | Alexander Rybakov | Itera - 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Sanofi | | Alessandro Bazzana | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | | Javier Megías | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | | Joey Rosskopf | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | | Robert Vrecer | Team Vorarlberg | | Florian Bissinger | Team Vorarlberg | | Andreas Hofer | Team Vorarlberg | | Tobias Jenny | Team Vorarlberg | | Claudio Imhof | Team Vorarlberg | | Josef Benetseder | Team Vorarlberg | | Remo Schuler | Team Vorarlberg | | Dennis Wauch | Team Vorarlberg | | Diego Tamayo | Team WIT | | Fausto Fognini | Team WIT | | Luca Zanasca | Team WIT | | Gabriele Pizzaballa | Team WIT | | Enrico Montanari | Team WIT | | Tyron Giorgieri | Team WIT | | Marco Zanotti | Utensilnord Named | | Paolo Bailetti | Utensilnord Named | | Cristiano Monguzzi | Utensilnord Named | | Gianfranco Visconti | Utensilnord Named | | Filippo Baggio | Utensilnord Named | | Matteo Fedi | Utensilnord Named | | Stiven Fanelli | Utensilnord Named | | Davide Mucelli | Utensilnord Named |
Looking at the startlist, the biggest names are Gilbert, Sgan and Purito, so the field is very strong here in Italy. It'll be really hard to compete against these big names!
The breakaway got away early on the famous white roads. Kevin Seeldreyers from Astana was the biggest name, but the peloton didn't let them too far as...
.... Liquigas worked very hard for Peter Sagan, and Androni was also helping them. The peloton was splitting into loads of parts on the steep hills, and Gömböcz and Clemson got caught on the wrong side. However, we still had Pye, Mellberg and Sutton in the front group.
We tried to form a little train with Pye leading Sutton, who leads out Mellberg, and Pye began to pull. He was very strong, but the Liqui traain was coming fast for Sagan. Sutton started to sprint and brought Mellberg into a perfect position. Mellberg started a bit late, but
My final picture didn't save, I don't know why. 
He wins Strade Bianche! He edged out Gatto, Sagan and Gilbert on the line! A beautiful achievement for the Swedish rider!
| 1 | Jan Mellberg | SpiderTech - Cervélo | 4h40'59 | | 2 | Oscar Gatto | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 3 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 4 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 5 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 6 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 7 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 8 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 9 | Gary Sutton | SpiderTech - Cervélo | s.t. | | 10 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
Pye - 1
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Sutton - 1
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Posted on 23-08-2012 12:03
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Another win!
If you will keep playing like this, Puskaric will win every stage in the Giro! 
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 23-08-2012 13:45
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Brilliant victory for Mellberg 
And i am glad with another top ten finish  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-08-2012 14:49
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Excellent! |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 23-08-2012 18:04
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Here it comes the 2nd WT race of the year, the Paris - Nice comes in early March. It's usually a preparation race for the MSR, but also called as mini-tour (along with the Dauphiné).
Our team:
In this race SpiderTech will be led by Gary Sutton, who will try to attack the GC! Bartosz will try to get up some form, and participate in the sprints.
Startlist:
Spoiler | Blel Kadri | AG2R La Mondiale | | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | | Sébastien Minard | AG2R La Mondiale | | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | | Sylvain Georges | AG2R La Mondiale | | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana Pro Team | | Evgeni Petrov | Astana Pro Team | | Dimitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | | Sergey Renev | Astana Pro Team | | Francesco Masciarelli | Astana Pro Team | | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | | George Hincapie | BMC Racing Team | | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | | Timothy Roe | BMC Racing Team | | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | | Adam Blythe | BMC Racing Team | | Jan Ghyselinck | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | | Rein Taaramäe | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | | Arnaud Labbe | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | | Mickaël Buffaz | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | | Luis Ángel Maté | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | Egoi Martínez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | Pablo Urtasun | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | Alan Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ - BigMat | | Jérémy Roy | FDJ - BigMat | | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | | David Boucher | FDJ - BigMat | | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ - BigMat | | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | | Arthur Vichot | FDJ - BigMat | | Steve Chainel | FDJ - BigMat | | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | | Sébastien Rosseler | Garmin - Sharp | | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | | Martijn Maaskant | Garmin - Sharp | | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Sharp | | Jakob Rathe | Garmin - Sharp | | Michel Kreder | Garmin - Sharp | | Christophe Le Mével | Garmin - Sharp | | Simon Spilak | Katusha Team | | Xavier Florencio | Katusha Team | | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | | Timofey Kritskiy | Katusha Team | | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | | Joan Horrach | Katusha Team | | Yuriy Krivtsov | Lampre - ISD | | Winner Anacona | Lampre - ISD | | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | | Simone Stortoni | Lampre - ISD | | Oleksandr Sheydyk | Lampre - ISD | | Alessandro Spezialetti | Lampre - ISD | | Massimo Graziato | Lampre - ISD | | Matteo Bono | Lampre - ISD | | Maciej Bodnar | Liquigas - Cannondale | | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | | Kristjan Koren | Liquigas - Cannondale | | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas - Cannondale | | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas - Cannondale | | Eros Capecchi | Liquigas - Cannondale | | Stefano Agostini | Liquigas - Cannondale | | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol Team | | Greg Henderson | Lotto Belisol Team | | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol Team | | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol Team | | Brian Bulgac | Lotto Belisol Team | | Gaetan Bille | Lotto Belisol Team | | Frederik Willems | Lotto Belisol Team | | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol Team | | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | | Vasil Kiryienka | Movistar Team | | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | | Javier Iriarte | Movistar Team | | Branislau Samoilau | Movistar Team | | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | | Levi Leipheimer | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | | Daryl Impey | Orica - GreenEdge | | Michael Albasini | Orica - GreenEdge | | Fumiyuki Beppu | Orica - GreenEdge | | Jens Keukeleire | Orica - GreenEdge | | Matthew Wilson | Orica - GreenEdge | | Wesley Sulzberger | Orica - GreenEdge | | Mitchell Docker | Orica - GreenEdge | | Simon Clarke | Orica - GreenEdge | | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | | Jetse Bol | Rabobank Cycling Team | | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | | Chris Horner | RadioShack - Nissan | | Maxime Monfort | RadioShack - Nissan | | Jakob Fuglsang | RadioShack - Nissan | | Haimar Zubeldia | RadioShack - Nissan | | Jens Voigt | RadioShack - Nissan | | Ben Hermans | RadioShack - Nissan | | Giacomo Nizzolo | RadioShack - Nissan | | Andreas Klöden | RadioShack - Nissan | | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | | David Le Lay | Saur - Sojasun | | Julien Simon | Saur - Sojasun | | Cyril Bessy | Saur - Sojasun | | Laurent Mangel | Saur - Sojasun | | Etienne Tortelier | Saur - Sojasun | | Jean-Lou Paiani | Saur - Sojasun | | Stéphane Poulhiès | Saur - Sojasun | | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Procycling | | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | | Ian Stannard | Sky Procycling | | Peter Kennaugh | Sky Procycling | | Matthew Hayman | Sky Procycling | | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky Procycling | | Xabier Zandio | Sky Procycling | | Salvatore Puccio | Sky Procycling | | Gary Sutton | SpiderTech - Cervélo | | Máté Gömböcz | SpiderTech - Cervélo | | Daisuke Yoshinabe | SpiderTech - Cervélo | | John Clemson | SpiderTech - Cervélo | | Bartosz Piasecki | SpiderTech - Cervélo | | Mike Pye | SpiderTech - Cervélo | | Egoi De la Fuente | SpiderTech - Cervélo | | Rolando Peruzeta | SpiderTech - Cervélo | | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | | Rafaâ Chtioui | Team Europcar | | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | | Saïd Haddou | Team Europcar | | Giovanni Bernaudeau | Team Europcar | | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | | Nick Nuyens | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | | Mads Christensen | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | | Rafal Majka | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | | Jesús Hernández | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | | David Tanner | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | | Martin Mortensen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | | Kris Boeckmans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | | Stefan Denifl | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | | Nikita Novikov | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team |
GC
*** Froome, Valverde, Van den Broeck
** Nibali, Scarponi, Gesink
* Horner, Chavanel, Sutton
Sprints
*** Piasecki
** Boonen, Renshaw, Henderson
* Boeckmans, Blythe, Turgot, Impey |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-08-2012 18:07
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What's Sutton aiming for? Win or top 10 or...?
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 23-08-2012 18:09
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@Ian I'm thinking mainly about a top 5 and a stage - win.
Spoiler and secretly hoping for something more GC - wise.  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-08-2012 18:24
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Alright! Best of luck |
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Posted on 23-08-2012 18:47
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This years Paris - Nice starts with a 9.3km long prologue, which contains a little hill at the start of the stage.
Phinney is amongst the 1sts to start and sets and great time! 12'38! Who will be the first one to beat this?
One ouf our numerous specialists, Yoshinabe tries, but he misses Phinney's time with 7 seconds. But still this was a good time for him.
After a another set of bad prologue riders, Gary Sutton comes. Can he beat Taylor? No, but he equals the time of the BMC rider! What a strong start for our GC contender.
Close after Sutty, the ITT World Champion, Tony Martin comes. He disappoints with a time of 12'40. That wasn't a really good performance from the OPQS rider.
Here he comes the crazy attacker frenchman! He's the last specialist out, what can he do with the time of Phinney? He beats Phinney by 6 seconds! Wow, that was a strong start of the P-N for him. Congratulations Mr. Chavanel!
| 1 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 12'32 | | 2 | Gary Sutton | SpiderTech - Cervélo | + 6 | | 3 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 4 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | + 8 | | 5 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 10 | | 6 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 11 | | 7 | Máté Gömböcz | SpiderTech - Cervélo | + 12 | | 8 | Daisuke Yoshinabe | SpiderTech - Cervélo | + 13 | | 9 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 14 | | 10 | George Hincapie | BMC Racing Team | + 17 |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-08-2012 19:24
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Couldn't have a better start (well, actually you could, just move up one place)
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Posted on 23-08-2012 22:53
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Second place in the Prologue
I am very happy with that |
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Posted on 24-08-2012 01:45
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Hey guys, I'm off to Slovenia today for 4 days, so I'll be back on Monday, so the reports should stop until then. To help me with the comeback on Monday/Tuesday (Tuesday more likely), I'd like to ask you a question.
How would you prefer me to report the P-N and the T-A? The two races separated or stage by stage. It really doesn't matter to me, it's really up to you guys to decide.
Also if there's anything you want to know about your riders, please ask here, and I'll get you the info on Tuesday! Thanks for your help and see you on Tuesday!
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 24-08-2012 01:50
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Like IRL. It's confusing in real life, it shall be in story!
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 24-08-2012 03:03
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In some stories doing the races at the same time can be confusing but its your decision at the end of the day |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 24-08-2012 08:19
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Stage by stage is fine for me  |
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Posted on 24-08-2012 16:09
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Ian Butler wrote:
Stage by stage is fine for me
I agree |
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Posted on 25-08-2012 15:09
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I've missed the first races of the season, but now I'm back and I have to say, you're doing great and I can't wait to see my rider in action  |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 26-08-2012 11:08
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Thanks for all the comments, it looks like that I'll be doing it stage by stage.
While I'm here in Slovenia, and the story can't continue, I'd like you to answer another question: Which victory is your favourite so far, and why?
A, Christian Bahr in the Santos Tour Down Under
B, Gary Sutton in Oman on the Green Mountain
C, Jan Mellberg in the Strade Bianche |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 26-08-2012 12:22
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Without sounding too bias i am obviously going for answer B |
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Posted on 26-08-2012 12:23
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B for me as well, hopefully Pye winning in Roubaix will become an option soon as well!
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