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Ian Boswell: Sleeping
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| Masterblaster01 |
Posted on 19-10-2013 02:26
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UHC or Alonso's team. Would also like to see Alonso's team in a story! 
And you get to ride a GT which is always good for development 
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| ftmtevans |
Posted on 19-10-2013 11:56
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Why not ban Cav as well ? or go the whole hog and ban all British Riders so there would be no chance on stepping on your toes winning things  and if it's not just a Brit bashing exercise ban every winner cos surely they must all be doping !!!!. |
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 19-10-2013 15:27
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Thanks to all for commenting.
atlanta: I completely understand where you are coming from. My intention was not to remove Froome since he was the best rider, but because he was a leader at Sky, who were doping.
ftmtevans: Well Cav was riding for Omega not Sky, and Omega wasn't caught doping. Why do you act like I banned all the british riders? I clearly didn't. I only banned Wiggins and Froome. I didn't ban Thomas, Cav, Kennaugh, JTL, Dowsett, or Stannard. Besides, it is just a story, no need to get so worked up.
Edited by welker3257 on 19-10-2013 15:28
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 19-10-2013 16:02
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VeloNews.com
Boswell signs for Team MTN-Qhubeka
Ian Boswell announced that he would join MTN-Qhubeka for the rest of this season, and three more years beyond this season. The American was lured by a promise that MTN would start to ride in the American races, and the promise of riding in the WT in next two years. There is a clause releasing him if they don't get into the WT in the over the next two years.
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| Selwink |
Posted on 19-10-2013 16:07
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Good choice
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| atlanta |
Posted on 20-10-2013 07:51
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I agree very good choice, be nice to see Ian help the African team to WT. |
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| baia |
Posted on 20-10-2013 09:39
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Nice team choice, now it´s time for Ian to shine.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 20-10-2013 13:56
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Ian going to Africa, this should be good |
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| ChrisHallUK |
Posted on 20-10-2013 14:19
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If MTN become WT in 2 years, Ian is clearly doped up
Looking forward to the future of the story! |
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| duxili |
Posted on 20-10-2013 17:23
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Nice to see that some riders are looking for $$$$ and up to challenges.
All the best for the coming months!
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 20-10-2013 22:42
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Selwink: Thanks
atlanta: It will be nice to MTN in the WT
baia: It definetly is
sutty68: It is good
ChrisHallUK: Who says that Ian is MTN's only new signing?
duxili: Thanks
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 20-10-2013 23:10
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MTN-Qhubeka Team Presentation
Here is a short team presentation of MTN-Qhubeka.
Leaders
My Stats as of August 1
The Rest of the Team
Not pictured are Geraint Thomas and Danny Pate. The team has also signed Bjorn Leukenmans for next season to lead on the cobbles.
My Schedule for the rest of the season
 Route of Elk Grove
Tour of Utah
USA Pro Cycling Challenge
 Tour of Alberta
That's it, just four races for me. The team didn't anticipate three more riders, and so they didn't have very many spots for us to race.
Edited by welker3257 on 23-10-2013 15:47
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 20-10-2013 23:14
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Fine choice with MTN! Good luck with the new team.
Only a few races left this season for Ian, and then onto 2014
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 21-10-2013 09:15
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With Thomas and Pate in the squad as well MTN are going to have a Great season |
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 21-10-2013 17:39
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the_hoyle: Thanks, The races are really only there to give me something to do while I wait for the 2014 roster update
sutty68: They definitely will have a great season.
Route of Elk Grove will be up as soon as the expandsion pack finishes downloading, probably a day or two until then
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 23-10-2013 15:49
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Expansion pack just finished downloading
Route of Elk Grove Prologue should be up in around an hour. I added Tour of Alberta to Ian's schedule.
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 23-10-2013 16:30
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Route of Elk Grove Preview
This year's Route of Elk Grove is composed of three stages. The first is a 7 km prologue that I will be targeting. The last two stages are pan flat, and should end in bunch sprints.
All of us will be supporting Sbaragli in the last two stages, and the team hopes that he can get the team a win.
There are lots of good Time Trialists here, and most of the domestic teams have brought their sprinter.
The Race
Tom Zirbel set the best early time at 9 42. The American Time Trial Champion held on for a long time at the top.
The Dane Alex Rasmussen was the first to beat Zirbel's time. Rasmussen rode the course in a time of 9 35.
Danny Pate rode a solid ride in his race since Milan-San-Remo. The American finished the stage in 8th, 11 seconds off the pace of the eventual winner.
The third-to-last finisher was the only rider to surpass Rasmussen. Ramunas Navardauskas rode the 7.2 km course with a time of 9 34.
I was the last rider to start, and the last to finish. I didn't suprise, finishing in the same time as Pate in 9th place.
Stage Results
| 1 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | 9'34 | | 2 | Alex Rasmussen | Garmin - Sharp | + 1 | | 3 | Tom Zirbel | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 8 | | 4 | Nathan Brown | Bontrager Cycling Team | + 9 | | 5 | Christopher Baldwin | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 6 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | + 10 | | 7 | Ben Jacques-Maynes | Jamis - Hagens Berman | + 11 | | 8 | Danny Pate | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 9 | Ian Boswell | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 10 | John Murphy | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 13 |
Post Race Comments- It sure is great to be racing again! No surprises today, I think I did well today, although I thought I would get into the top 5. Tomorrow it is all out for Sbaragli.
See You Then- Ian
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| duxili |
Posted on 23-10-2013 21:10
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Great to see Ian back in the saddle
He is not affected by Sky's scandal and up for great races.
Very encouraging start already!
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| baia |
Posted on 23-10-2013 22:23
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Nice to see Ian on a bike again... he rides good and starts with MTN right with one top10..
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 23-10-2013 23:31
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A Good time trial from Ian |
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