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| JustinWK |
Posted on 15-01-2008 18:21
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no, havent even played it that much but I was just really busy these last few days and I didnt really have the motivation to start off again
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 17-01-2008 17:06
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Stage 4/5
More hills in Andalucia but not as much as the previous stages, yet again Claeys, Sioutsou and Ignatiev are our leaders here but today we want to get active since it doesnt seem like Claeys and Sioutsou have the abilities to keep up with the likes of Valverde, Mancebo and Castano. And so we send Benatti in a break but apparently he is not allowed to be up front, then panic strikes for a moment when a break is formed without a Nippo guy but then Mikhail Ignatiev breaks away in a desperate attempt to have a Nippo up front and surprisingly they let the strong Russian go and in no time Ignatiev closes a 3 minute gap and joins the leaders! Up front Ignatiev seems to be the strongest but there is some strong competition with riders such as Jufre, Astarloza, Martens and Steegmans. But on top of the biggest climb of the day only Astarloza can keep up with Ignatiev and it seems that the break, or whats left over, will make it
 
Left: The breaks starts to climb, Right: Only Astarloza can keep up with Ignatiev
Astarloza and Ignatiev are of course the strongest but 4 others are right behind them, Ignatiev knows that he can finish Astarloza in a sprint but then all of a sudden Ignatiev looks back and sees that Astarloza is way back, Ignatiev now puts the pedal to the metal and secures a nice solo win as Astarloza cracks...
 
Left: Ignatiev's pace is too high for Astarloza, Right: Nice solo win by Ignatiev!
Result
01.  Michail Ignatiev NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA 3h52'04
02.  Gert Steegmans QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 57
03.  Mikel Astarloza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
04.  Paul Martens SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
05.  Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
06. Josep Jufre PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
07. Vicente Reynès CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'57
08. Marcus Burghardt T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
09. Daniel Moreno RELAX - GAM s.t.
10.  Adam Hansen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
11 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
12 Marc De Maar RABOBANK s.t.
13 Florentino Marquez KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
14 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
15 Matthew Lloyd PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
16 Andreas Klier T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
17 Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
18 Giuliano Figueras LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
19 Kevin Hulsmans QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
20 Iban Mayo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
21 Carlos Castaño KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
22 William Ford KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
23 Joost Posthuma RABOBANK s.t.
24 Vitor Rodrigues RELAX - GAM s.t.
25 Tadej Valjavec LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
Stage 5/5
The final stage, we wanted a mass sprint for Daniele but that didnt happen, it was a chance for the weaker ones to shine during this stage. Grabsch, Figueras and Martens attacked early on and weren't caught. Martens had to pay for his long escape of yesterday and had to let go with 3.5 kms to go, and then Grabsch, who was the weakest climber actually surprised Figueras with an attack 2 kms from the finish. Grabsch never looked back and took a nice win. Ignatiev attacked on the hill with a few others but didnt win anytime but he did end 5th.
 
Left: The 3 musketeers, Right: Grabsch is the surprising winner today!
Result:
01. Bert Grabsch T-MOBILE TEAM 4h12'41
02. Giuliano Figueras LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 34
03. Paul Martens SKIL - SHIMANO + 56
04. Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'45
05. Michail Ignatiev NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
06. Gert Steegmans QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
07. Claudio Corioni LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
08. Francisco Mancebo RELAX - GAM s.t.
09. Marco Zanotti UNIBET.COM s.t.
10. Vicente Reynès CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
11 Joost Posthuma RABOBANK s.t.
12 André Greipel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
13 Kevin Hulsmans QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
14 Olivier Kaisen PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
15 Hans Dekkers AGRITUBEL s.t.
16 Jorge Ferrio ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR s.t.
17 Max Van Heeswijk RABOBANK s.t.
18 Gianpaolo Caruso LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
19 Aitor Galdos EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
20 Marcus Burghardt T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
21 Luciano Pagliarini SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
22 Kevin Van Impe QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
23 Angel Edo AGRITUBEL s.t.
24 Daniel Moreno RELAX - GAM s.t.
25 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
Valverde takes the overall win thanks to his 4th place as he and Castano end with the same time 
Final GC:
01. Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 21h08'03
02. Carlos Castaño KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
03. Francisco Mancebo RELAX - GAM + 12
04.  Joost Posthuma RABOBANK + 32
05. Iban Mayo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
06.  Tadej Valjavec LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'08
07.  José Rujano UNIBET.COM + 1'27
08. Mario Aerts PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 2'13
09. Marcus Burghardt T-MOBILE TEAM + 3'01
10. Michail Ignatiev NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA + 3'02
11 Jorge Ferrio ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR + 3'21
12 Dimitri Claeys NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA + 3'29
13 Gianpaolo Caruso LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 4'58
14 Kai Reus RABOBANK + 5'00
15 Mikel Astarloza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 5'13
16 Daniel Moreno RELAX - GAM + 5'19
17 Adam Hansen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
18 Matthew Lloyd PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
19 Marc De Maar RABOBANK s.t.
20 Florentino Marquez KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
21 David Bernabéu KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
22 Vladimir Efimkin CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
23 Guido Trentin SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
24 Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
25 David López Garcia CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 17-01-2008 17:13
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Great win by Ignatiev!
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 17-01-2008 17:54
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You and your damn winning 
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 17-01-2008 18:35
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pff whiner dont forget we're a PT team now, winning a stage in some regional Spanish race is so normal
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 26-01-2008 14:26
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Good performance in San Francisco by our TT'ers, especially Boom does well ending 5th. Bodrogi beats Rogers and Godfrey for the win
Result:
01.  László Bodrogi CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 8'48
02.  Hayden Godfrey COLAVITA - SUTTER HOME PRESENTED BY COOKING LIGHT + 2
03. Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
04.  David Zabriskie TEAM CSC + 5
05. Lars Boom NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA + 6
06. Dario David Cioni TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 8
07. Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS + 10
08. Dario Cataldo LIQUIGAS + 13
09. Jurgen Vandenbroeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 15
10. Michael Lange TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 16
11 Aleksandr Bespalov NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
12 Nicki Sørensen TEAM CSC + 17
13 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS s.t.
14 Bernard Van Ulden NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM + 18
15 Pavel Brutt NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
16 Charles Dionne COLAVITA - SUTTER HOME PRESENTED BY COOKING LIGHT s.t.
17 Christian Vande Velde TEAM CSC s.t.
18 William Walker RABOBANK s.t.
19 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC + 19
20 Stefan Schumacher GEROLSTEINER s.t.
21 Brad Huff TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
22 Brian Dziewa JELLY BELLY CYCLING TEAM s.t.
23 Tiziano Dall'Antonia NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
24 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 20
25 Cadel Evans PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
Stage 2/8
A tough stage already which will likely give us a new leader, a break of 6 takes off early but the pack chases them hard causing Bodrogi to let go and so Boom could rise in the GC but unfortunately the break was never caught and 4 stronger ones joined the group in the final kms. Zabriskie and Cataldo were in the group aswell and they would be fighting for the lead. Another rider who catched the eye was Wellens who got a huge offer from the Mexican Tecos Guadalajara and now rides for them in the South American and European cyclo cross events and also on the road! He was also the favourite in the group to win and was very close but not close enough...
 
Left: Bodrogi has to let go with Arashiro in front of him, Right: Theo Eltink wins, Cataldo ends 3rd and takes the lead!
Result:
01. Theo Eltink RABOBANK 3h50'18
02. Bart Wellens TECOS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE GUADALAJARA s.t.
03. Dario Cataldo LIQUIGAS s.t.
04. Dario David Cioni TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
05.  Beat Zberg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
06. Matt Cooke HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS s.t.
07. Juan Manuel Gárate QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
08. David Zabriskie TEAM CSC s.t.
09. Cadel Evans PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
10. Phil Zajicek NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM s.t.
11 Jurgen Vandenbroeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 1'09
12 Sylvain Calzati NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
13 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
14 Mauricio Ardila RABOBANK s.t.
15 Danny Pate BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
16 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
17 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
18 Paolo Bettini QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
19 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC s.t.
20 Andrea Noè LIQUIGAS s.t.
21 Lars Boom NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
22 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS s.t.
23 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
24 Trent Lowe DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
25 Markus Zberg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
Stage 3/8
Nothing really happened here, Liquigas doesnt let anyone go and we get a bunchsprint were a strong Dall'Antonia surprised friend and foe by ending 2nd! The winner wasn't less surprising as Jonas Aaen Jorgensen won a stage for the Jelly Belly's
Jorgensen takes the win as some weird folks are standing on the road during the sprint!
Result:
01.  Jonas Aaen Jørgensen JELLY BELLY CYCLING TEAM 3h59'01
02. Tiziano Dall'Antonia NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
03. Julian Dean CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
04. Paolo Bettini QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
05. Pedro Horrillo RABOBANK s.t.
06.  Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
07. Brad Huff TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
08.  Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC s.t.
09. Hayden Godfrey COLAVITA - SUTTER HOME PRESENTED BY COOKING LIGHT s.t.
10. Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
11 Yukiya Arashiro NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
12 Bram De Groot RABOBANK s.t.
13 Markus Zberg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
14 Mark Scanlon TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
15 Charles Dionne COLAVITA - SUTTER HOME PRESENTED BY COOKING LIGHT s.t.
16 Davide Viganò QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
17 Budi Santoso TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
18 Leon Van Bon RABOBANK s.t.
19 Rob Peeters JELLY BELLY CYCLING TEAM s.t.
20 Brice Jones TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
21 François Parisien TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
22 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS s.t.
23 William Walker RABOBANK s.t.
24 Dario Cataldo LIQUIGAS s.t.
25 Danilo Wyss COLAVITA - SUTTER HOME PRESENTED BY COOKING LIGHT s.t.
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 08-02-2008 12:32
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both this and my Sparta story will be updated this weekend I hope after I have defeated my addiction to fm
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| dave92 |
Posted on 09-02-2008 03:32
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JustinWK wrote:
both this and my Sparta story will be updated this weekend I hope after I have defeated my addiction to fm
we're here for you Justin 
also nice backstory on Wellens
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 23-02-2008 15:36
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thanks dave
by doing that it gives me and the reader perhaps more of a feeling that it isnt totally unrealistic
lets get this going again, it will take forever like this so lets go! --8)
btw im using some new flags, credits for them go out to Smoothie
Stage 4/8:
The queen stage of this tour, since Calzati isnt exactly strong enough to beat all the other climbers here we want to have someone up front a break and after numerous attacks it is Pavel Brutt who finds himself in a group of 7 featuring Zberg and Cooke who were also present in the break in stage 2 and therefore could take over the lead today would they be succesfull again...
The break cruising trough California...
On the climbs Brutt is one of the stronger ones but since he doesnt stand a chance on his own he does decide to wait for the others once he has crossed the final KOM point. This turns out to be a good decision because they have a safe lead going into the final km and Zberg and Cooke will also have to fight it out for the lead (Cooke holds a 6 second advantage over Zberg) Brutt feels confident about a sprint and it seems to come down till one until Santaromita decides to escape and suddenly everyone is looking at eachother! But then Brutt turns to action and starts to chase him down but it seems to late...
 
Left: Santaromita goes into the final km!, Right: Brutt takes an astonishing win! What a show of power!
Matt Cooke from Health Net is the, somewhat surprising, new leader
Result:
01.  Pavel Brutt NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA 3h51'58
02.  Ivan Santaromita QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
03.  Björn Leukemans PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
04.  Brian Dziewa JELLY BELLY CYCLING TEAM s.t.
05. Beat Zberg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
06.  Charles Dionne COLAVITA - SUTTER HOME PRESENTED BY COOKING LIGHT s.t.
07. Matt Cooke HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS s.t.
08. Jurgen Vandenbroeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 1'03
09.  Theo Eltink RABOBANK s.t.
10.  Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC s.t.
[size=9]11 Stefan Schumacher GEROLSTEINER s.t.
12 Juan Manuel Gárate QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
13 Levi Leipheimer DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
14 Dario Cataldo LIQUIGAS s.t.
15 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
16 Dario David Cioni TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
17 Charles Wegelius LIQUIGAS s.t.
18 Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS s.t.
19 David Zabriskie TEAM CSC s.t.
20 Thomas Peterson TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
21 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC s.t.
22 Trent Lowe DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
23 Christian Vande Velde TEAM CSC s.t.
24 Karsten Kroon TEAM CSC s.t.
25 Mauricio Ardila RABOBANK s.t.[/size]
Stage 5/8:
Noted as a flat stage, but looking at the profile it could be a nice day to test out the legs of some of the weaker riders in the top 10, and so we did with Brutt, Calzati and Wu accelerating on the climbs this was the result:
Nippo does some damage!(apparently the re-sizing went wrong)
However once we let go it is Kim Kirchen who escapes, and without me noticing I see that he has a 6 minute lead with 20 kms to go. Also the other teams dont seem to notice that and so its an easy win for Kirchen who also takes over the lead in a stage where no one seemed to care about winning...
Kirchen takes a surprisingly easy win in San Luis!
Result:
01.  Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM 5h21'04
02.  Paolo Bettini QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 3'12
03. Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC s.t.
04. Theo Eltink RABOBANK s.t.
05. Tiziano Dall'Antonia NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
06. Charles Dionne COLAVITA - SUTTER HOME PRESENTED BY COOKING LIGHT s.t.
07. Bart Wellens TECOS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE GUADALAJARA s.t.
08. Karsten Kroon TEAM CSC s.t.
09.  Julian David Muñoz Giraldo COLAVITA - SUTTER HOME PRESENTED BY COOKING LIGHT s.t.
10.  Stefan Schumacher GEROLSTEINER s.t.
[size=9]11 Jurgen Vandenbroeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
12 Markus Zberg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
13 Bram De Groot RABOBANK s.t.
14 Sven Krauss GEROLSTEINER s.t.
15 Frank Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
16 Alessandro Proni QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
17 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
18 William Walker RABOBANK s.t.
19 Pieter Weening RABOBANK s.t.
20 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS s.t.
21 Nicki Sørensen TEAM CSC s.t.
22 Johannes Frohlinger GEROLSTEINER s.t.
23 Mauricio Ardila RABOBANK s.t.
24 Matt Cooke HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS s.t.
25 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.[/size]
Stage 6/8:
I played this one myself as it was quite important, and I did well as Boom took a solid 6th place which now puts him 9th in the GC. Zabriskie took an easy win but comes up short (7 secs) for the lead
Result:
01. David Zabriskie TEAM CSC 45'41
02.  Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'17
03.  László Bodrogi CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 1'36
04. Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS + 1'37
05. Dario David Cioni TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 1'41
06. Lars Boom NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA + 1'50
07.  Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 1'56
08. Levi Leipheimer DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 2'03
09.  Nicki Sørensen TEAM CSC + 2'05
10. Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
[size=9]11 Jurgen Vandenbroeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 2'07
12 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 2'08
13 Dario Cataldo LIQUIGAS + 2'09
14 Hayden Godfrey COLAVITA - SUTTER HOME PRESENTED BY COOKING LIGHT + 2'10
15 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC + 2'14
16 Christian Vande Velde TEAM CSC + 2'18
17 Julian David Muñoz Giraldo COLAVITA - SUTTER HOME PRESENTED BY COOKING LIGHT + 2'20
18 Bernard Van Ulden NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM + 2'23
19 Stefan Schumacher GEROLSTEINER s.t.
20 Bert Roesems PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 2'24
21 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS + 2'26
22 Pavel Brutt NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA + 2'28
23 Danny Pate BMC RACING TEAM + 2'30
24 Ian McKissick BMC RACING TEAM + 2'31
25 William Walker RABOBANK + 2'33[/size]
Stage 7/8:
Another flat stage with some difficulties, again we send Pavel Brutt up front since Wu and Calzati arent allowed to stay up front...
Brutt in the group of 8
Brutt, who is looking for his 2nd stage win in this tour, up the pace on the final climb and only 2 Americans, Jones and McKissick are capable of following him
2 Americans and 1 Russian on their way to the finishline
Their lead is safe and so if Brutt pays attention he could easily snatch his 2nd win in this years Tour of California. And he easily beats both Jones and McKissick for his 2nd win!
People in California have seen this before, but still a great win for Pavel!
Result:
01. Pavel Brutt NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA 4h16'59
02. Ian McKissick BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
03. Craig Lewis HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS s.t.
04. Bernard Van Ulden NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM + 1'24
05. Paolo Bettini QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 1'52
06.  Antonio Olmo Menacho TECOS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE GUADALAJARA s.t.
07.  Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
08. Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
09. Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC s.t.
10. Pedro Horrillo RABOBANK s.t.
[size=9]11 Markus Zberg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
12 Beat Zberg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
13 Bram De Groot RABOBANK s.t.
14 Sergei Lagutin NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM s.t.
15 Mark Scanlon TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
16 Budi Santoso TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
17 Danilo Wyss COLAVITA - SUTTER HOME PRESENTED BY COOKING LIGHT s.t.
18 Charles Dionne COLAVITA - SUTTER HOME PRESENTED BY COOKING LIGHT s.t.
19 Stefan Schumacher GEROLSTEINER s.t.
20 Bart Wellens TECOS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE GUADALAJARA s.t.
21 Fumiyuki Beppu DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
22 Stefan Schreck T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
23 Theo Eltink RABOBANK s.t.
24 Leon Van Bon RABOBANK s.t.
25 Geert Verheyen QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.[/size]
Stage 8/8:
Total chaos in the final stage of this years tour of California, Linus Gerdemann quickly falls and the reason is this:
Someone drank a little bit too much this morning...
That wasnt all, at the end of the race it was the manager of the BMC team who got into a fight with the tour director after throwing water bottles to the jury members! Why did he throw bottles at them u may ask? Well, because according to BCM their rider Mike Sayers clearly won but that the corrupted jury awarded the win to a different rider on purpose...well lets see who's right
MMM...too close to call for me
Brice Jones, the guy from Toyota is awarded with the win while Jan Boven miracelously ends 3rd...(he;s the orange spot on the left :laugh: )
Result:
01. Brice Jones TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM 3h10'57
02. Mike Sayers BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
03. Jan Boven RABOBANK s.t.
04. Rob Peeters JELLY BELLY CYCLING TEAM s.t.
05.  Jonathan Hivert CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
06.  Ciaran Power NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM s.t.
07. Daniel Vaillancourt COLAVITA - SUTTER HOME PRESENTED BY COOKING LIGHT s.t.
08. Ivor Bruin TECOS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE GUADALAJARA s.t.
09. Detlef Moerman HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS s.t.
10.  Jirí Krivánek SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM s.t.
[size=9]11 Torsten Hiekmann GEROLSTEINER + 1'35
12 Brad Huff TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 6'56
13 Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
14 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
15 Paolo Bettini QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
16 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen JELLY BELLY CYCLING TEAM s.t.
17 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC s.t.
18 Hayden Godfrey COLAVITA - SUTTER HOME PRESENTED BY COOKING LIGHT s.t.
19 Pedro Horrillo RABOBANK s.t.
20 Julian Dean CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
21 François Parisien TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
22 Bram De Groot RABOBANK s.t.
23 Tom Steels PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
24 Konstantin Ponomarev TECOS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE GUADALAJARA s.t.
25 Mark Scanlon TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.[/size]
Final GC:
01. Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM 25h37'47
02. David Zabriskie TEAM CSC + 7
03. Dario David Cioni TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 1'51
04. Dario Cataldo LIQUIGAS + 2'16
05. Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 2'30
06. Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS + 2'58
07. Cadel Evans PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 3'00
08. Phil Zajicek NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM + 3'05
09. Lars Boom NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA + 3'07
10. Matt Cooke HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS + 3'24
[size=9]11 Juan Manuel Gárate QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 3'26
12 Pavel Brutt NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA + 3'27
13 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
14 Jurgen Vandenbroeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 3'33
15 Nicki Sørensen TEAM CSC s.t.
16 Theo Eltink RABOBANK + 3'36
17 Levi Leipheimer DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 3'37
18 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 3'39
19 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC + 3'44
20 Christian Vande Velde TEAM CSC + 3'47
21 Stefan Schumacher GEROLSTEINER + 3'53
22 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS + 3'54
23 William Walker RABOBANK + 4'02
24 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC + 4'03
25 Thomas Peterson TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 4'13[/size]
that was a long post, up next, Vuelta a Communitat Valenciana
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Great wins by Brutt, but Sayers
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thanks guys
another long post, the whole Vuelta a Communitat Valenciana will be posted right now...and btw, once Nippo reaches Paris Nice they will likely be wearing a new kit
Stage 1/5:
The tour begins with a nasty stage which is immediatly a good test for Benatti to see whether he is already fit enough for MSR. Benatti already does way better in this stage as he doesnt struggle that much on the hills and so he is present in a group of 58 men which will fight it all out in a sprint...but he has some tough competition as Freire is also present, which of these 2 'Giants' will win?
 
Left: The group gets closer to the finishline, Right: Freire just beats Benatti!
Result:
01. Oscar Freire RABOBANK 5h16'33
02. Daniele Bennati NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
03. Daniel Moreno RELAX - GAM s.t.
04. Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
05.  Vitor Rodrigues RELAX - GAM s.t.
06. Francisco Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
07. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
08. Florentino Marquez KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
09.  Martin Prázdnovský FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS s.t.
10. Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
11 Theo Eltink RABOBANK s.t.
12 Angel Vicioso RELAX - GAM s.t.
13 Iban Mayo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
14 Giuliano Figueras LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
15 Pedro Pablo Pérez Márquez BENFICA s.t.
16 Unai Etxebarría EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
17 Bram De Groot RABOBANK s.t.
18 Maxim Iglinski ASTANÁ s.t.
19 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
20 Mario De Sàrraga RELAX - GAM s.t.
21 Fernando Torres FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS s.t.
22 Ivan Rovny BENFICA s.t.
23 Manuele Mori SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
24 Enrique Salgueiro KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
25 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
Stage 2/5:
The first mountain stage even though it has to be said that only the final kms are very tough and that a small sprint will likely decide the winner. With Abal in mediocre form we send veteran Didier Rous up front in a break and with 6 kms to go and only he, Knees and Vandborg are left over...however with 5 kms to go Rous has to let go and 1 km later Knees aswell. However Vandborg would only end 16th as a group of climbers sprinted past him in the final km. Iban Mayo was the fastest of them all...
 
Left: Knees, Rous and Vandborg going up the mountain, Right: Iban Mayo just beats Vino
Result:
01. Iban Mayo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 3h58'48
02.  Alexandre Vinokourov ASTANÁ s.t.
03. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
04. Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
05. Carlos Castaño KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
06. Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
07. Theo Eltink RABOBANK s.t.
08. Vitor Rodrigues RELAX - GAM s.t.
09. Francisco Mancebo RELAX - GAM s.t.
10. Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
11 Angel Vicioso RELAX - GAM s.t.
12 Maxim Iglinski ASTANÁ s.t.
13 Gianpaolo Caruso LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
14 David Bernabéu KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
15 Daniel Moreno RELAX - GAM s.t.
16 Brian Vandborg DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
17 Jorge Ferrio ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR s.t.
18 Trent Lowe DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
19 Mathieu Perget CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
20 Florentino Marquez KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
21 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
22 Pedro Pablo Pérez Márquez BENFICA s.t.
23 Guido Trentin SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
24 Grischa Niermann RABOBANK + 1'00
25 Gustavo Veloso KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
Stage 3/5:
A flat stage but because the pace on the final hills was so high it was only a small group of 16 men that was left over...Vicioso and Valverde were the strongest and Vicioso eventually won with an 11 second gap over Castano who ended 3rd... (see picture)
Vicioso takes a win for Relax Gam while Valverde misses out on a win yet again...
Result:
01. Angel Vicioso RELAX - GAM 5h27'42
02. Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
03. Carlos Castaño KARPIN GALICIA + 11
04. Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
05. Francisco Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
06. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
07. Maxim Iglinski ASTANÁ s.t.
08. Daniel Moreno RELAX - GAM s.t.
09. Francisco Mancebo RELAX - GAM s.t.
10. Theo Eltink RABOBANK s.t.
11 Alexandre Vinokourov ASTANÁ s.t.
12 Iban Mayo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
13 Guido Trentin SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
14 Gianpaolo Caruso LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
15 David Bernabéu KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
16 Tadej Valjavec LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
17 Trent Lowe DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 1'20
18 Kai Reus RABOBANK s.t.
19 Egoitz Murgoitio GRUPO NICOLAS MATEOS s.t.
20 Andrei Kunitski RELAX - GAM s.t.
21 Jorge Ferrio ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR s.t.
22 Fortunato Baliani CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
23 Daniele Bennati NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA + 1'44
24 Giuliano Figueras LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'52
25 Gustavo Veloso KARPIN GALICIA s.t
Stage 4/5:
Mountains again! This time we would be going for an attack again and since Abal did dreadful in the 1st mountain stage he sent him up front this time and even though he and the group had to fight for it they finally got some room after the first sprinting point. In the group are several good climbers such as Andy Schleck, Salgueiro, Petrov, Laverde, Galparsoro and Niermann who looked strong on the first climb...
The group of 12 approaching the 2nd climb of the day
On the final climb the group had a safe lead but would still have to work hard in order to stay up front, meanwhile Salgueiro goes up front and for a moment Abal is worried since he's getting worned down by Salgueiro but when he looks back he only sees Niermann who just had to let go and Valverde who wants to ruin both of their days up front. In end it seems that Salgueiro has to pay for his hard work...
 
Left: Abal and Salgueiro entering the final km, Right: David Abal takes a great win!
Result:
01. David Abal NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA 4h07'49
02. Enrique Salgueiro KARPIN GALICIA + 14
03. Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 30
04. Grischa Niermann RABOBANK + 52
05. Alexandre Vinokourov ASTANÁ + 1'22
06. Iban Mayo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
07.  Danail Petrov BENFICA + 1'44
08. David Bernabéu KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
09. Theo Eltink RABOBANK s.t.
10. Carlos Castaño KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
11 Vitor Rodrigues RELAX - GAM s.t.
12 Jorge Ferrio ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR s.t.
13 Maxim Iglinski ASTANÁ s.t.
14 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
15 Gianpaolo Caruso LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
16 Florentino Marquez KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
17 Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
18 Antonio Colom ASTANÁ s.t.
19 Guido Trentin SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
20 Trent Lowe DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
21 Francisco Mancebo RELAX - GAM s.t.
22 Daniel Moreno RELAX - GAM s.t.
23 Maxim Gourov ASTANÁ s.t.
24 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
25 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
Stage 5/5:
The final stage, Nippo was already very happy with Abal's victory and didnt mind giving other guys a shot at victory today...Muller took advantage of that and won
Muller takes an easy win in the final stage!
Result:
01. Martin Müller TEAM MILRAM 2h05'32
02. Jarco Van Binsbergen GRUPO NICOLAS MATEOS s.t.
03. Riccardo Chiarini TEAM LPR s.t.
04.  Soelito Gohr FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS s.t.
05. John Devine DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
06. Brandon Crichton CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
07. Peter Olde Dubbelink KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
08. Unai Etxebarría EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
09. Paolo Tiralongo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
10. Francisco Lara Ruiz ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR s.t.
11 Fernando Sousa BENFICA s.t.
12 Oscar Freire RABOBANK + 3'47
13 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC s.t.
14 Fabio Sabatini TEAM MILRAM s.t.
15 Francisco Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
16 Assan Bazajev ASTANÁ s.t.
17 Erki Pütsep BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
18 Bram De Groot RABOBANK s.t.
19 Mitch Docker NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
20 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
21 Erik Zabel TEAM MILRAM s.t.
22 Mikel Gaztañaga GRUPO NICOLAS MATEOS s.t.
23 Daniele Bennati NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
24 Martin Prázdnovský FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS s.t.
25 Aleksandr Serebriakov NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
Final GC:
01. Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 21h00'21
02. Iban Mayo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1'03
03. Alexandre Vinokourov ASTANÁ + 1'11
04. Daniel Moreno RELAX - GAM + 1'37
05. Carlos Castaño KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
06. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
07. Gianpaolo Caruso LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'45
08. Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
09. Theo Eltink RABOBANK s.t.
10. Maxim Iglinski ASTANÁ s.t.
11 Guido Trentin SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
12 Francisco Mancebo RELAX - GAM s.t.
13 David Bernabéu KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
14 Angel Vicioso RELAX - GAM + 2'17
15 Jorge Ferrio ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR + 2'54
16 Trent Lowe DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
17 Vitor Rodrigues RELAX - GAM + 3'26
18 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 3'46
19 Tadej Valjavec LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 3'48
20 Egoitz Murgoitio GRUPO NICOLAS MATEOS + 4'57
21 Fortunato Baliani CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
22 Kai Reus RABOBANK s.t.
23 Francisco Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 5'10
24 Giuliano Figueras LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 5'29
25 Gustavo Veloso KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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Posted on 27-02-2008 19:01
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nice stage win by Abal
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Getting closer to my first PT race in a 2nd season...first time im doing one with a ct team...but first our leader Benatti wants to do some racing in Italy to prepare himself for Milano San Remo
A perfect profile for Benatti but still we tried to get in the break multiple times, after 70 kms Bespalov gets some room and he is accompanied by 8 other riders
Bespalov up front when the group goes up the 1st climb of the day
In the back only T-Mobile seems willing to work and so when the break has a 6 minute advantage when they go up the toughest climb of the day it seems certain that they will make it but which riders in the break will be able to hang on? First the weaker climbers, Kerkez and Wijnants have to let go, 1 km later its Martin Mares from the water and soap boys who lets go and then I already have a feeling that Bespalov will be the next one but somehow he is still able to follow even when Di Grande and Baguet have been left behind but just before the end of the climb Gautier, Baliani and Illiano leave Bespalov behind who then tries to get back together with Baguet and a few kms later also Di Grande.
 
Left: Baliani, Gautier and Illiano descending, Right: Baguet and Bespalov trying to get back
But as expected the 3 up front stay up front and then in the sprint it seems to be a battle between the Italians Illiano and Baliani but Gautier surprises them and everyone else with a strong sprint and therefore takes the win! Bespalov loses the sprint for the 4th and 5th place and ends 6th which is still a good result. And in the back Benatti beats Petacchi in the sprint... --8)
Cyril Gautier takes the win for Selle Italia!
Result:
01. Cyril Gautier SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA 4h48'13
02. Fortunato Baliani CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
03. Raffaele Illiano CERAMICA FLAMINIA s.t.
04. Serge Baguet QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 1'28
05. Giuseppe Di Grande TEAM LPR s.t.
06. Aleksandr Bespalov NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
07. Martin Mares ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO + 3'07
08. Maarten Wijnants QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 4'00
09. Vlado Kerkez TENAX + 4'27
10. Francisco Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 5'09
11 Lloyd Mondory AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
12 Daniele Bennati NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA + 5'52
13 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
14 Mirko Lorenzetto TEAM MILRAM s.t.
15 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS s.t.
16 Luciano Pagliarini SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
17 Fabio Sabatini TEAM MILRAM s.t.
18 David Moncoutié COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
19 Evgeni Petrov CERAMICA FLAMINIA s.t.
20 Manuele Mori SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
21 Tyler Farrar COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
22 André Greipel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
23 Mauro Santambrogio LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
24 Hugo Sabido BARLOWORLD s.t.
25 Martin Elmiger AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
up next, Paris Nice with the new Nippo jersey
Edited by JustinWK on 29-02-2008 18:57
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I never thought this day would come...nippo in a pro tour race  I have raced paris nice a few times already but its the first time im actually participating in the 2nd season with a CT team! --8)
props still go out to the maestro cos if he wouldnt have solved that 1/4 bug I would have never continued this story! :wink:
first of all, now that we are a part of the pro tour circus a more professional jersey was requested by the sponsors, bigger companies wanted to sponsor us now and so we have ourselves a pro tour jersey --8)
credits go out to Brucht
now on to racing!
We've got Boom and Calzati as our leaders here but none of them is probably strong enough to compete for a top 10 spot here. However in this TT Lars Boom could surprise even though guys such as Lang, Rogers and Cancelarra are present. All these riders have set a time already when Lars goes down the hill, after the first checkpoint he is down by 2 seconds! Would the young Dutchman actually beat Fabian Cancellara?
no :cry: Lars was exactly 1 second slower, but still a great performance from Lars Boom! Because now we are 2nd in the pro tour rankings --8)
Result:
01. Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC 8'00
02. Lars Boom NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA + 1
03. Sebastian Lang GEROLSTEINER + 4
04. Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS + 8
05. Imanol Erviti CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 10
06. Pierre Rolland CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 11
07. Ronny Scholz GEROLSTEINER s.t.
08. Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
09. Jean Nuttli TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 12
10. Stijn Devolder DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
11 Marco Velo TEAM MILRAM + 13
12 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC s.t.
13 Jurgen Vandenbroeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
14 Didier Rous NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA + 14
15 David Moncoutié COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
16 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
17 David Arroyo CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
18 José Ivan Gutiérrez Palacios CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 15
19 Matthias Russ GEROLSTEINER s.t.
20 Joost Posthuma RABOBANK s.t.
21 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
22 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 16
23 Kai Reus RABOBANK s.t.
24 Sérgio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
25 Alexandre Vinokourov ASTANÁ s.t.
26 Bert Roesems PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
27 Bradley Wiggins COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
28 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS s.t.
29 Thomas Lövkvist FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 17
30 Michiel Elijzen COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
31 Iker Camaño SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 18
32 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
33 Giovanni Visconti QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
34 Manuel Beltran LIQUIGAS + 19
35 Christophe Riblon AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
36 Andrea Noè LIQUIGAS s.t.
37 Pavel Brutt NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
38 Florent Brard CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
39 Patxi Vila LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 20
40 Gianni Meersman DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
41 Iban Mayo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
42 Torsten Hiekmann GEROLSTEINER s.t.
43 Philippe Gilbert COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
44 Magnus Bäckstedt LIQUIGAS s.t.
45 Nikolai Trusov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
46 Matthieu Ladagnous FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
47 Luis Perez Rodriguez TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 21
48 Maxime Monfort COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
49 Tom Boonen QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 22
50 David Cañada SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
We didnt really bring any sprinters here and since we even didnt make it into the daily break it seemed that this stage would just be a boring one...but I can already tell you that it wouldnt be but first the break of the day
Mizourov, Dupont and Feillu riding trough sunny France
They get over 9 minutes but with 30 kms to go their adventure ends, then the pack gets ready for a mass sprint but with 11 kms to go it is a Tinkoff riders who crashes while he is riding up front in the pack!
Perez Rodriguez falls and takes down Tiralongo aswell, but will he take down anymore riders?
Since he crashed up front this was the result:
Now thats a masscrash! Aprox. 90 riders are taken down to the tarmac including Cancelarra!
I quickly look how many Nippo's are involved and u'll never guess it, not a single Nippo fell as our whole squad win up front in the group of 77 riders which managed to evade the crash. Up front several sprinters are missing and once they come out of the corner its clear that its a 'sprint a deux' between Boonen and 'Cav'
Boonen and Cavendish sprinting towards the finishline
In the end it's Tommeke who takes the win in Buzancais, but more importantly...does Boom take over the lead or are the boni seconds enough for Boonen to ruin our fun?
Boonen takes the win, will he take over the lead aswell?
In the back the victims cross the finishline as more than 80 riders lose 2'23, amongst them is Fabian Cancelarra who loses his leaderjersey
Todays losers, for some riders todays stage already ruined their Paris Nice
Result:
01. Tom Boonen QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC 4h18'18
02.  Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
03. Nikolai Trusov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
04. Hans Dekkers AGRITUBEL s.t.
05. Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
06. Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS s.t.
07. Jesus Del Nero SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
08. Marco Velo TEAM MILRAM s.t.
09. Steven De Jongh QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
10. Eddy Mazzoleni ASTANÁ s.t.
11 David Tanner TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
12 Sven Krauss GEROLSTEINER s.t.
13 Frantisek Rabon T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
14 Yukiya Arashiro NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
15 Magnus Bäckstedt LIQUIGAS s.t.
16 Blaise Sonnery AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
17 Enrico Poitschke TEAM MILRAM s.t.
18 Aleksei Saramotins NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
19 Anthony Ravard AGRITUBEL s.t.
20 Matthieu Ladagnous FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
21 Marco Bandiera LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
22 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC s.t.
23 Angel Edo AGRITUBEL s.t.
24 Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
25 Igor Astarloa TEAM MILRAM s.t.
26 Ludovic Turpin AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
27 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
28 Axel Merckx T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
29 Matthias Kessler ASTANÁ s.t.
30 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
31 Carlos Barredo QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
32 Dmitri Kozontchuk RABOBANK s.t.
33 Iban Mayo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
34 Gorka Verdugo EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
35 Enrico Franzoi LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
36 Christophe Riblon AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
37 Paul Griffin AGRITUBEL s.t.
38 Iñigo Cuesta TEAM CSC s.t.
39 Thom Van Dulmen AGRITUBEL s.t.
40 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
41 Roberto Petito LIQUIGAS s.t.
42 Sebastian Langeveld RABOBANK s.t.
43 Cédric Vasseur QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
44 Patxi Vila LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
45 Thierry Marichal FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
46 Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS s.t.
47 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
48 David Cañada SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
49 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
50 Ruben Elvira Lobato SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
Does Lars Boom lead now? It would be amazing for Nippo!
GC after 2 stages:
01. Lars Boom NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA 4h26'19
02. Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS + 7
03. Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 10
04. Pierre Rolland CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
05. Marco Velo TEAM MILRAM + 12
06. Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 13
07. David Moncoutié COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
08. Didier Rous NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
09. Joost Posthuma RABOBANK + 14
10. Tom Boonen QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 15
Lars It's clear that even though there were many losers today that Nippo definately was the winner of the day with Boom taking over the lead and Rous entering the top 10. Because of the crash we are also the best team atm
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 01-03-2008 19:12
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Awesome mass crash
Great stuff for Boom, unlucky for Cav though
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 01-03-2008 19:15
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hehe, indeed I never saw such a big crash and it was amazing how my guys came out of it unharmed cos they went right over Perez Rodriguez and I was already fearing the worst...I guess the AI will have its revenge later on:cry:
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| dave92 |
Posted on 01-03-2008 19:40
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that was madness!
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 15-03-2008 12:31
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indeed it was, a ct race before we go back to the Pro Tour circus:
while plakker is working his magic on my Sparta Praha game... B)
we go back to extreme land with the Nippo squad
An Italian race where we send a team that will likely also attend Tirreno Adratico. Benatti once again tries to get in better shape for Milano San Remo and with many topsprinters absent here he should win the bunchsprint with ease. But he will likely not win the race since a break got away and no one wanted to help the Nippo's with their chase
 
Left: The break of 8 which has a big lead, Right: The Nippo's dont get any help
The gap is too big and so one of these 8 will win this race which is quite important for the Italian CT teams. Up front the escapees get nervous and one man is strong enough to break away and with 1 km to go he is up front by himself with 4 riders trying to chase him down while 3 others have to let go.
Wijnants goes for gold while Spasic, Barton, Calderon and Vargas are on the hunt!
Wijnants looks good but then he meets the man with the hammer and he is taken back by the 4 chasers!
Vargas takes down Wijnants who can forget about the win
And the man from Colombia, Jefferson Vargas, keeps on sprinting and takes a surprising win for Ceramica Flaminia. Benatti meanwhile wins the bunchsprint with ease...
Vargas takes the win, Spasic and Calderon complete the exotic podium
Result:
01.  Jefferson Vargas CERAMICA FLAMINIA 4h03'39
02.  Dragan Spasic OTC DOORS - LAURETANA s.t.
03. Diego Calderón ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
04. Chris Barton KIO ENE - TONAZZO - DMT s.t.
05. Maarten Wijnants QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
06. Manuele Spadi AURUM HOTELS + 56
07.  Artur Krol AMORE & VITA - MCDONALD'S s.t.
08. Vlado Kerkez TENAX s.t.
09. Daniele Bennati NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA + 2'18
10. Marco Zanotti UNIBET.COM s.t.
11 Lloyd Mondory AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
12 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC s.t.
13 Mirko Lorenzetto TEAM MILRAM s.t.
14 Mitch Docker NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
15 Matteo Priamo CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
16 Giuseppe Palumbo ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
17 Sebastian Siedler TEAM MILRAM s.t.
18 Kevin Hulsmans QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
19 Fabio Sabatini TEAM MILRAM s.t.
20 Troels Vinter UNIBET.COM s.t.
21 Matteo Carrara UNIBET.COM s.t.
22 Marco Marcato TEAM LPR s.t.
23 Stéphane Poulhiès AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
24 Matteo Tosatto QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
25 Martin Müller TEAM MILRAM s.t.
26 Moises Aldape CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
27 Juri Krivtsov AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
28 Simon Gerrans AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
29 Davide Viganò QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
30 Martin Elmiger AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
31 Aleksandr Serebriakov NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
32 Carlo Scognamiglio TEAM MILRAM s.t.
33 Serge Baguet QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
34 Paolo Bossoni LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
35 Dennis Haueisen TEAM MILRAM s.t.
36 Christian Knees TEAM MILRAM s.t.
37 Daniele Callegarin TEAM LPR s.t.
38 Mauro Santambrogio LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
39 Hugo Sabido BARLOWORLD s.t.
40 Marcus Ljungqvist TEAM CSC s.t.
41 Elio Aggiano TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
42 Fabio Ciccarese CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
43 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
44 Daniele Rìghi LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
45 Nicki Sørensen TEAM CSC s.t.
46 Salvatore Commesso TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
47 Wilfried Cretskens QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
48 Riccardo Chiarini TEAM LPR s.t.
49 Francesco Di Paolo ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
50 Cyril Gautier SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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