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Posted on 10-08-2009 07:27
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yeah, great 1-2-3
maybe you need to jump up to extreme 
If I keep this up I might. You can tell from the previous winners in each race that I don't tend to win very often in the early season. I fare much better from about the Tour de Romandie until the end of the Tour de France then don't do much the last couple of months (although I have had a few decent Vuelta's). To have this much success in the first four months is unusual for me. |
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Posted on 10-08-2009 09:12
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Stage 5: Santurtzi ITT
16km ITT today. Rovny already has this wrapped up unless something very strange happens. Sui will be trying to stay in the top 10 which may be tough given he is a terrible time trialist.
First strong time of the day comes from Mazur at 20'30. Not good enough in the end, though: +29 (13th).
Kraaybeek tops Mazur's time and will finish +11 (4th).
Vandborg is really flying and sets teh best mark at 20'01. It will hold up and he will end up taking the stage.
Tony Martin, +12 (5th).
Boasson Hagen, +20 (7th).
Now for the top 4 starting with Safonov: +1'02 (57th).
Rovira, +1'04 (68th).
Pereiro, +46 (32nd).
Rovny, +33 (16th).
So Rovny wraps up a great tour, taking overall, points and youth rankings and improving on his 4th place finish here last year. He is without a doubt one of the best puncheurs out there at the moment. The upcoming hilly classics should be interesting given he is on top form.
Sui slips out of the top 10, however Vandborg jumps into the top 10 on his time trial win.
Results
1 Brian Vandborg DISCOVERY CHANNEL 20'01
2 Fausto Camilli TEAM MILRAM + 2
3 Mark Jamieson LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 10
4 Han Kraaybeek TEAM ASTANA + 11
5 Tony Martin PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 12
6 Sebastian Langeveld EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 13
7 Edvald Boasson Hagen RABOBANK + 20
8 Sergio Domínguez LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 21
9 Jakob Fiedler TEAM CSC + 23
10 Tim Klinger TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 27
11 Sébastien Rosseler TEAM CSC s.t.
12 Linus Gerdemann DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 28
13 Piotr Mazur SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 29
14 Julio Alberto Díaz Ruiz GEROLSTEINER + 30
15 Carlos Barredo QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 32
16 Ivan Rovny DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 33
17 Hernâni Brôco BARLOWORLD + 35
18 Tom Veelers TEAM CSC s.t.
19 Fabio Duarte SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 36
20 Ricardo Mestre BARLOWORLD s.t.
21 Alexis Rodríguez RABOBANK + 38
22 Egoi Martínez TEAM LPR + 39
23 Óscar Sánchez QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 40
24 José Angel Gómez Marchante CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
25 Tiago Machado TEAM LPR + 42
GC
1 Ivan Rovny DISCOVERY CHANNEL 20h44'31
2 Jonay Pereiro TEAM CSC + 2'00
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen RABOBANK + 2'24
4 Victor Safonov T-MOBILE TEAM + 2'30
5 Jaume Rovira QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 2'32
6 Brian Vandborg DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2'48
7 Fausto Camilli TEAM MILRAM + 2'50
8 Mark Jamieson LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 2'58
9 Tony Martin PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 3'00
10 Jakob Fiedler TEAM CSC + 3'11
11 Zhou Sui DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 3'14
12 Lucas Euser TEAM LPR + 3'18
13 Carlos Barredo QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 3'20
14 Ricardo Mestre BARLOWORLD + 3'24
15 Fabio Duarte SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
16 Alexis Rodríguez RABOBANK + 3'26
17 Damiano Cunego CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
18 Egoi Martínez TEAM LPR + 3'27
19 José Angel Gómez Marchante CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 3'28
20 Tiago Machado TEAM LPR + 3'30
21 Jesús Tendero CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 3'33
22 Ángel Vicioso RABOBANK s.t.
23 Luis Cuadrado TEAM CSC s.t.
24 Mathieu Sprick CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 3'34
25 Yauhen Sobal T-MOBILE TEAM + 3'38
26 Jonathan Castroviejo AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 3'42
27 Ben Gastauer UNIBET.COM + 3'43
28 Andrés Antuña CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
29 Rémy Di Gregorio AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
30 Mauricio Ortega TEAM LPR + 3'44
31 Raúl Gurpegi TEAM CSC + 3'46
32 Alberto Rodríguez T-MOBILE TEAM + 3'47
33 Iñigo Landaluze TEAM ASTANA + 3'50
34 Jesus Guréndez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 3'51
35 Edwin Orozco TEAM ASTANA s.t.
36 Juan Van Heerden DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 3'52
37 Luis Roberto Álvarez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 3'54
38 Eros Capecchi PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 3'56
39 Saul Raisin EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
40 Amets Txurruka EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 3'59
41 Enrique Salgueiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 4'00
42 Branislav Samoilau BARLOWORLD s.t.
43 Simone Bruson TEAM MILRAM s.t.
44 Yann Huguet T-MOBILE TEAM + 4'02
45 Theo Eltink RABOBANK + 4'04
46 Arturo Mora TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 4'07
47 Álex Japón TEAM MILRAM s.t.
48 Rubén Pérez SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 4'10
49 Bruno Second T-MOBILE TEAM + 4'13
50 Boy Van Poppel UNIBET.COM + 4'15
56 Linus Gerdemann DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 4'42
83 John-Lee Augustyn DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 7'56
120 Thomas Lövkvist DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 20'45
Points
1 Ivan Rovny DISCOVERY CHANNEL 0 98
2 Jaume Rovira QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 0 59
3 Jonay Pereiro TEAM CSC 0 54
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen RABOBANK 9 48
5 Jakob Fiedler TEAM CSC 7 34 |
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Posted on 10-08-2009 09:28
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Contracts
Time to begin considering contract renewals as they will need to be made within the next month plus. This is a transition year for us as the number of riders who don't have contracts with us for next season far exceeds the number that do.
We are 43,000 euros per month under our salary budget at the moment. I've not edited the salary budget at all. What I have done in the last couple of seasons, however, is release highly paid top racers in favor of young, up and coming guys. So, out went the likes of Thomas Dekker, Gomez Marchante, Thomas Rohregger, etc. In came guys like John Lee Augustyn, Ivan Rovny, Markus Reich. I've also mixed in neophytes who have been hit or miss, and veterans who are on the downslide and therefore draw smaller salaries.
Challenge in renewals is that some of the guys we've had are now superstars in their own right. Whereas Ivan Ronvy, for example, is quite affordable at the moment; i have no doubt he will be looking for a team leader role and a big contract. Therefore, we probabably could not re-sign all of these guys even if we wanted to. We're a bit heavy on sprinters and time trialists this season and light on mountain support so will address that.
Expiring contracts and preliminary thoughts are as follows:
Andy Schleck: Plan to re-sign him as I need at least one TdF hopeful at any given point in time.
Bjorn Leukemans: He is past his prime and we'll probably let him go.
Brian Vandborg: With the development of Reich and Sestili he is expendable.
Fumiyuki Beppu: I love this guy, he stays.
Frederik Nolf: Unlikely we can afford him and we have good alternatives. Probably leaves.
Heinrich Haussler: Definitely will re-sign.
Ivan Rovny: A top target for re-signing if we can afford his demands.
Jason Donald: One of our few Americans; he stays.
Kristoffer Nielsen: Should be inexpensive to re-sign and remains a development project. Has potential as a top cobblestone specialist.
Lars Boom: In the likely event we can't re-sign Nolf, Boom might be his replacement if his development keeps up.
Linus Gerdemann: Cheap and effective in the mountains, he stays.
Luigi Sestili: Fast becoming one of the top time trialists, with Vandborg leaving, he stays.
Mauricio Ardila: Will wait on him to see if his skills are sliding. If not, will keep him.
Mark Cavendish: Brought in on a one-season contract at low cost when he had no other options. No way we can afford to keep him, though so he is definitely gone.
Markus Reich: Same as Sestili, he stays.
Roman Feillu: The guy has never done anything for us except whine. Can't stand him, he is gone.
Thierry Lamborelle: Cheap help on cobblestones and stays.
Thomas Lovkvist: Been a bit disappointed with his progress. Seems to be in decline already. He's gone.
Yaroslav Popovych: Aging but good role player, he stays.
One of the top goals, when July comes, will be to attract more Americans to the team. Our sponsors would like to see us look a bit more American than we currently do. |
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Posted on 10-08-2009 09:52
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Past Winners
2007: Alessandro Ballan (Lampre)
2008: Matti Breschel (CSC)
2009: George Hincapie (Discovery Channel)
2010: Leif Hoste (Predictor Lotto)
2011: Yuri Trofimov (Astana)
2012: Gianni Meersman (Discovery Channel)
Our greatest moment in this race was 2009 when the four riders who had over a minute lead on Hincapie (which included Boonen) went down in a mass crash 10-15 km from the finish, allowing Hincapie to waltz in for the win.
We won last year, but that was with no real competition present. This season looks the same. Another boring cobblestone race with no competitors. Massive disappointment as this is one of my favorite races.
In the end it was not quite as boring as expected, though. Only 103 started and only 58 would finish. One of those who would not finish was Frederik Nolf. Hoping for the win, he crashed on wet cobblestones.
His teammates brought him back to the peloton, but as soon as the pace increased he could not keep up. It was clear his day was done so he pulled off to the side.
As Discovery Channel led the peloton, the list of riders who could not keep up kept growing. Eventually it was only: Boom, Haussler, Meersman, Nielsen along with Hassink, Gaudin and Poulhies.
The 7 stayed together into the velodrome where Poulhies made the first move.
Haussler saw it coming and countered by starting his sprint early.
Haussler would hold on for the win. Poulhies takes second.
Results
1 Heinrich Haussler DISCOVERY CHANNEL 7h26'30
2 Stèphane Poulhiès RABOBANK s.t.
3 Gianni Meersman DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
4 Kristoffer Nielsen DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
5 Arne Hassink LIQUIGAS s.t.
6 Lars Boom DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
7 Damien Gaudin QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
8 Thierry Lamborelle DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2'57
9 Björn Leukemans DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
10 Kevin Hulsmans QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
11 Yannick Talabardon LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
12 Gil Suray RABOBANK + 7'54
13 Marcel Sieberg RABOBANK + 8'26
14 George Hincapie QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 8'50
15 Jimmy Engoulvent QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
16 Denis Sayun LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 10'26
17 Jimmy Casper T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
18 Dimitry Kozontchuk CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT s.t.
19 Stefan Schreck T-MOBILE TEAM + 11'14
20 Steven Tronet TEAM CSC + 12'10
21 Kevin Van Impe LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
22 Igor Abakoumov PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
23 William Bonnet CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 16'26
24 Enrico Gasparotto LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
25 David Deroo PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
26 Wouter Van Mechelen LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
27 Bart Dockx GEROLSTEINER s.t.
28 Andrei Klyuev PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
29 Anders Lund CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
30 Matthias Friedemann LIQUIGAS s.t. |
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Posted on 10-08-2009 18:48
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Boring P-R
maybe for some of the bigger races for the rest of the year you should make startlists. |
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Posted on 11-08-2009 02:39
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Deadpool wrote:
Boring P-R
maybe for some of the bigger races for the rest of the year you should make startlists.
You mean post the startlists here? I think I have done for the most part, just that I didn't consider the cobblestone races big anymore given the disaster the AI made of selecting teams. Based on my experience from last season, once we hit May things will go back to normal and the fields for the remaining big races will be competitive.
If I run into the same thing in 2014 then I will abandon this career and either go back to 2006 (PPDB Giant) or break down and buy 2009 (if I can get comfortable that it will run on this laptop). |
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Posted on 11-08-2009 13:58
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I think my team has sold their souls to the devil. Even when we lose, we win. Will become more evident when I post Tour de Georgia results.
April is not even over yet and I've already nearly matched my 2012 win total. |
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Posted on 11-08-2009 14:32
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Tour de Georgia
Past Winners
2007: David Zabriskie (CSC)
2008: Mikhail Ignatiev (CSC)
2009: Dries Devenyas (Predictor Lotto)
2010: Thomas Dekker (Discovery Channel)
2011: John Lee Augustyn (Discovery Channel)
2012: Vladimir Karpets (Saunier Duval)
We generally do well here as, typically, we have one of the strongest teams present. Nevertheless, unimportant race for us so short summaries here.
Stage 1: Peachtree City - Macon
Flat stage, extremely windy day. Discovery Channel is driving the peloton with winds at 65km/h when we get a split. We're on the right side of the split and it becomes a TTT all the way to the finish. High winds mean the slightest mistake is devastating and we lose guys along the way who aren't careful.
Lead group is only 4 by the time we get to the finish: Kluyev, Sui, Meersman and Nielsen. Nielsen falls off, Kluyev gets the win. Sui, Meersman and Kluyev only gain 28 seconds on the field as the officials harshly judge that the chasing pack finished on the same time as Nielsen.
Stage 2: Thomaston - Rome
Flat stage. Sui wins the sprint easily and takes over yellow from Kluyev.
Stage 3: Rome - Chattanooga
Uphill sprint finish. Kohl takes the stage over Carrara. Meersman takes over yellow.
Stage 4: Chickamauga - Lookout Mountain ITT
Vandborg absolutely crushes the field, taking the ITT by 1'10 over 2nd place. The Bouygues team bus is here although the Bouygues team isn't. Maybe explains why they are stuck in the Continental Tour. Meersman holds yellow over Vandborg by 4 seconds.
Stage 5: Dalton - Brasstown Mountain
Mountain stage. Kohl is dominant, winning the stage by 1'32 and taking a 1'45 lead over Meersman in the overall.
Stage 6: Lake Lanier - Stone Mountain Park
Sui picks up another sprint win. Standings hold firm with: 1. Kohl, 2. Meersman, 3. Carrara, 4. Casanova
Stage 7: Atlanta Criterium
126km flat stage. Kohl only needs to stay upright. 8km from the finish he crashes. Same crash takes out 3rd place Carrara.
Chavenel wins the sprint, and Discovery goes from 2nd and 4th place to 1st and 3rd (Kohl holds 2nd). It seems Discovery Channel just can't lose.
GC
1 Gianni Meersman DISCOVERY CHANNEL 26h01'03
2 Bernhard Kohl SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1'07
3 Elia Casanova DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1'34
4 Matija Kvasina SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 2'49
5 Andrei Klyuev PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 2'50
6 Jetse Bol NAVIGATORS INSURANCE + 3'15
7 Matteo Carrara TEAM CSC + 4'22
8 Frantisek Rabon TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 4'31
9 Santiago Ojeda TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 4'47
10 Kari Hokkanen PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 5'22
11 Vladimir Karpets SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 6'18
12 Tiaan Kannemeyer QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 6'20
13 Bruno Pires TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 6'34
14 Zhou Sui DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 6'42
15 Jan Ghyselinck DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM + 6'55
16 Vladimir Efimkin SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 7'22
17 Danny Pate TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT + 7'23
18 Ian McLeod TEAM CSC + 7'36
19 Blake Caldwell TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 7'41
20 Oscar Nadal SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM + 8'07
21 Björn Schröder HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS + 8'10
22 Kevin Imhof PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 8'49
23 Brian Vandborg DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 8'56
24 Doug Ollerenshaw HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS + 9'35
25 Przemyslaw Niemiec TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 10'01
26 Rudolph Batta TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 10'53
27 Michael Lange SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 11'42
28 Virgílio Santos PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 12'04
29 Abdelkader Belmokhtar TEAM CSC + 12'05
30 Paco Lara TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 12'16
37 Kristoffer Nielsen DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 15'44
48 Thomas Lövkvist DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 17'46
80 Jesús Mariani DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 33'01
90 Romain Feillu DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 38'15
Points
1 Zhou Sui DISCOVERY CHANNEL 89
2 Andrei Klyuev PREDICTOR - LOTTO 78
3 Gianni Meersman DISCOVERY CHANNEL 57
4 Bernhard Kohl SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 52
5 Sébastien Chavanel TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT 44
Mountain
1 Timothy Duggan TEAM SLIPSTREAM 66
2 Bernhard Kohl SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 38
3 Matteo Carrara TEAM CSC 34
4 Matija Kvasina SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 32
5 Joakim Gunnerud TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT 32 |
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Posted on 12-08-2009 02:32
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Past Winners
2007: Michael Boogerd (Rabobank)
2008: Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
2009: Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
2010: Alejandro Valverde (T-Mobile)
2011: Alejandro Valverde (T-Mobile)
2012: Jonay Pereiro (CSC)
Valverde dominated this race for four years in a row, but age has caught up and he is no longer the force he once was. In his place is Ivan Rovny. Rovny has developed into one of the top 3 puncheurs in cycling and is the prohibitive favorite here this year. At Discovery Channel racing, never have we had anywhere near as good a chance at taking this race as we do this year.
The Contenders:
The guys trying to hold off Rovny include:
Jonay Pereiro: Last years winner is, talent wise, the second best racer here behind Rovny. The way he faded over the second half of the Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, however, calls into question his fitness levels and ability to compete here.
Edvald Boasson Hagen: The UCI Pro Tour points leader has been phenomenal this season so far. His ability in the hills combined with his explosive sprinting power makes him a real threat here.
Jaume Rovira: He too fared worse over the second half of the Pais Vasco race. Still, he is a dangerous puncheur and if on form will be tough here.
Rinaldo Nocentini: Milram team leader has the tools to take a win here.
Tony Martin: He has had a great season, but has been racing pretty much non-stop since early February. He had little impact at the Vuelta Cicilista al Pais Vasco so doubtful he will be resurgent here.
Start List
Discovery Channel
1. I.Rovny
2. J.Augustyn
3. L.Boom
4. R.Cantoni
5. B.Leukemans
6. F.Nolf
7. L.Sestili
8. J.Van Heerden
Team CSC
11. J.Pereiro
12. L.Cuadrado
13. J.Fiedler
14. M.Lloyd
15. E.Petrov
16. S.Rosseler
17. R.Tran
18. T.Veelers
Rabobank
21. E.Boasson Hagen
22. S.Higgerson
23. M.Hilbers
24. L.Moser
25. M.Sieberg
26. S.Sinitsyn
27. G.Suray
28. A.Vicioso
QuickStep
31. J.Rovira
32. C.Barredo
33. J.Degenkolb
34. D.Genovesi
35. F.Gentizon
36. M.Hary
37. O.Sánchez
38. L.Ten Dam
Team Milram
41. R.Nocentini
42. S.Bruson
43. F.Camilli
44. G.Carruezzo
45. G.Ciccolini
46. L.Giordani
47. A.Manan
48. M.Rudenko
Chocolade Jacques
51. A.Linden
52. W.Bonnet
53. K.De Kort
54. R.Figueres
55. F.Goesinnen
56. E.Houwing
57. S.Lewis
58. C.Meschenmoser
Team Astana
61. F.Failli
62. O.Giesecke
63. H.Kraaybeek
64. I.Leanizbarrutia
65. M.Marzano
66. M.Medina
67. E.Orozco
68. I.Santaromita
Liquigas
71. H.Bartelsen
72. K.De Zutter
73. M.Friedemann
74. A.Frisch
75. G.Gardeyn
76. P.Golem
77. A.Hassink
78. J.Page
AG2R
81. A.Blythe
82. E.Bergès
83. J.Castroviejo
84. S.Romano
85. M.Saad
86. O.Sosenka
Caisse d'Epargne
91. E.Morca
92. A.Antuña
93. D.Arroyo
94. M.Astarloza
95. W.Girón
96. J.Guréndez
97. K.Maene
98. E.Salgueiro
Predictor - Lotto
101. T.Martin
102. J.Baugnies
103. D.Deroo
104. S.Dillier
105. M.Pichler
106. A.Szeja
107. P.Van Hecke
108. B.Vandenabeele
Team Wiesenhof
111. A.Mora
112. G.Cerbone
113. P.Deignan
114. A.Gómez
115. F.Odebrecht
116. R.Pinto
117. D.Spence
118. T.Ulbrich
T-Mobile Team
121. Y.Sobal
122. J.Balbuena
123. J.Casper
124. F.Gaess
125. Y.Kusters
126. J.Pardo Del Burgo
127. R.Sentjens
128. M.Sterling
Saunier Duval
131. F.Duarte
132. M.Bono
133. G.Báez
134. D.Cannone
135. J.Ceballos
136. M.Dueñas
137. M.Facci
138. L.Gloor
Euskaltel
141. R.Schuth
142. J.A.Baños
143. M.De Jonge
144. S.Langeveld
145. K.Menzies
146. A.Ocampos
147. C.Sastre
148. A.Txurruka
Lampre - Fondital
151. M.Morkov
152. N.Aurino
153. D.Caccia
154. D.Cenni
155. S.Domínguez
156. A.Donati
157. S.Kruijswijk
158. D.Sayun
Team LPR
161. A.Borracino
162. H.Blackgrove
163. L.Euser
164. J.González
165. V.Kiryienka
166. T.Machado
167. J.Pradt
168. C.Scognamiglio
Gerolsteiner
171. D.Summerhill
172. Y.Gainullin
173. K.Kirchen
174. D.Klemme
175. J.Tschopp
176. E.Verbist
177. O.Zamora
178. J.Zen
Barloworld
181. B.Samoilau
182. E.Bindi
183. T.Cacho
184. L.Celli
185. A.Fernández
186. T.Frei
187. C.Leben
188. J.Pronk
Unibet.com
191. J.J.Rojas
192. D.Cappelle
193. K.De Weert
194. A.Nafria
195. S.Radochla
196. F.Van Eynde
197. B.Van Poppel
198. J.Van den Broeck
Ceramica Panaria
201. G.Verdugo
202. J.Absalon
203. F.Caterino
204. P.Fédrigo
205. G.Gasparre
206. D.Loosli
207. J.J.Oroz
Crédit Agricole
211. L.König
212. A.Baranauskas
213. E.Cangiano
214. A.Dang
215. A.Durán
216. F.Friio
217. N.Roche
218. E.Vorganov |
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Posted on 12-08-2009 04:45
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Rainy day in Maastricht today. Lots of action throughout the race. Attacks on almost every hill. Wtih 85km to go, the peloton was down to only 77 members.
With 56km to go, Rovira attacks. Bartelsen, Nocentini and Linden follow. Rovny is unsure of whether to go or not. Since Pereiro and Boasson Hagen have not countered, he stays in the pack.
Failli attacks and gets a 20 second lead over the Rovira group.
Rovira increases the pace and they come together to form a group.
With 40km to go, Rovny finally decides it is time to attack up a steep climb. It is a strong (flashing green) attack.
Rovny passes the Rovira group and is first over the top.
Boasson Hagen attacks up to the peak as well.
A six man chase group has now come together: Rovira, Nocentini, Bartlesen, Failli, Boasson Hagen and they have been joined by Blythe. Pereiro has still never attacked. Rovny is 37 seconds ahead and the gap is growing.
With 5km to go, Boasson Hagen attacks and leaves his group behind. He is only 18 seconds behind Rovny. His sprinting capabilities makes him very dangerous at this point.
Rovny increases the pace up the climb to the finish. With 1km to go he has rebuilt a 35 second lead but is on 3 red bars.
He makes it across the finish for the win.
Boasson Hagen has faded and his comrades have caught back up with him. Nocentini manages to pip him at the line for 2nd place.
As expected, a win for Rovny. It would have been a disappointment had he lost. Pereiro never attacked and is clearly not in top shape.
Results
1 Ivan Rovny DISCOVERY CHANNEL 6h16'58
2 Rinaldo Nocentini TEAM MILRAM + 1'12
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen RABOBANK s.t.
4 Hanno Bartelsen LIQUIGAS s.t.
5 Adam Blythe AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
6 Jaume Rovira QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
7 Francesco Failli TEAM ASTANA + 2'22
8 Andreas Linden CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 4'24
9 Jonay Pereiro TEAM CSC + 5'36
10 John Degenkolb QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
11 Jonathan Castroviejo AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
12 Andrés Antuña CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
13 Tony Martin PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
14 Edwin Orozco TEAM ASTANA s.t.
15 Diego Genovesi QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
16 Lars Boom DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
17 Leonardo Moser RABOBANK s.t.
18 Elias Morca CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
19 Carlos Barredo QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
20 Björn Leukemans DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
21 Alessandro Borracino TEAM LPR s.t.
22 Laurens Ten Dam QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
23 Shaun Higgerson RABOBANK s.t.
24 Fabio Duarte SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
25 Yauhen Sobal T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
26 Fredy Gentizon QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
27 Han Kraaybeek TEAM ASTANA s.t.
28 John-Lee Augustyn DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
29 Frederik Nolf DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
30 David Arroyo CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
31 Carlo Scognamiglio TEAM LPR s.t.
32 Vasil Kiryienka TEAM LPR s.t.
33 Lucas Euser TEAM LPR s.t.
34 Tim Ulbrich TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
35 Amets Txurruka EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
36 Juan José Oroz CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
37 Branislav Samoilau BARLOWORLD + 6'54
38 Danny Summerhill GEROLSTEINER s.t.
39 Wilfredo Girón CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 7'10
40 Ghislain Ciccolini TEAM MILRAM s.t.
41 Javier González TEAM LPR + 7'26
42 Gorka Verdugo CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
43 Evgeni Petrov TEAM CSC + 8'30
44 Philipp Golem LIQUIGAS + 8'38
45 Leonardo Giordani TEAM MILRAM + 8'46
46 Sébastien Rosseler TEAM CSC + 9'10
47 Jakob Fiedler TEAM CSC + 9'34
48 Arne Hassink LIQUIGAS + 10'06
49 Thomas Frei BARLOWORLD + 10'14
50 Emilien-Benoît Bergès AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 10'38
122 Juan Van Heerden DISCOVERY CHANNEL +16'22
141 Luigi Sestili DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 21'42
169 Ruben Cantoni DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 36'54 |
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| matt493 |
Posted on 12-08-2009 05:04
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Great win. It should also be said that you did a great job putting this team together. I hope this story continues into 2025.
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| SeoulYank |
Posted on 12-08-2009 05:48
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Thanks. It should get a whole lot tougher from May. No competition in the cobblestones makes things pretty easy there. Rovny is pretty dominant in the hills which means he should take a lot of the hilly races the same way Valverde has in previous seasons. Once we hit the mountainous stage races, though, the competition is really tough and things should get more exciting. |
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Posted on 12-08-2009 07:31
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Past Winners
2007: Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval)
2008: Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas)
2009: Andriy Grivko (Milram)
2010: Juanjo Cobo (CSC)
2011: Giancarlo Balsamo (Milram)
2012: Ivan Rovny (Discovery Channel)
This race has yielded some strange results over the year so don't know what to expect. This is the one hilly race where Valverde has not been dominant. Rovny gained his first major triumph here last year. On the back of his Amstel Gold win, he is the overwhelming favorite to make it back-to-back wins.
Other contenders:
Raul Gurpegi: Gurpegi is CSC's hope for this race. He is strong in the hills but we haven't seen him at any of the big races this year so there is a question as to how fit he will be.
Jonathan Castroviejo: AG2R has the strongest overall team here with three guys who could win. Castroviejo is one of those three. He is a highly capable puncheur and should be in the thick of it in the end.
Remi Pauriol: Another of the AG2R guys who will be gunning for a win.
Remy Di Gregorio: Third strong member of the AG2R team. Not clear which of these three AG2R will be pushing or whether they will all take a crack.
Rafael Andriato: Credit Agricole brings their strongest guy here looking for the win.
John Degenkolb: Replaces Rovira as the team leader for QuickStep coming into this one. Don't know what to expect from him.
Start List
Discovery Channel
1. I.Rovny
2. L.Boom
3. T.Lamborelle
4. B.Leukemans
5. T.Lövkvist
6. Z.Sui
7. J.Van Heerden
8. B.Vandborg
AG2R
11. R.Pauriol
12. Y.Bagot
13. J.Castroviejo
14. R.Di Gregorio
15. M.Gourov
16. M.Marinkov
17. O.Sosenka
18. M.Wynants
Team CSC
21. R.Gurpegi
22. E.Berthou
23. L.Cuadrado
24. J.Fiedler
25. G.Habeaux
26. M.Lloyd
27. S.Rosseler
28. T.Veelers
Crédit Agricole
31. R.Andriato
32. F.Anfosso
33. E.Cangiano
34. A.Dang
35. P.Dlask
36. A.Durán
37. K.Miara
38. F.Ventoso
QuickStep
41. J.Degenkolb
42. C.Barredo
43. M.Breschel
44. G.Devillers
45. F.Gentizon
46. M.Hary
47. N.Ingels
48. H.Mazzoleni
Chocolade Jacques
51. D.Cataldo
52. H.Bochu
53. K.De Kort
54. S.Lewis
55. B.Leys
56. C.Meschenmoser
57. S.Schets
58. M.Van Aelbroeck
Predictor - Lotto
61. T.Martin
62. J.Baugnies
63. L.Bret
64. E.Capecchi
65. D.Deroo
66. M.Pichler
67. A.Szeja
68. P.Van Hecke
Caisse d'Epargne
71. A.Antuña
72. D.Arroyo
73. M.Astarloza
74. A.Benítez
75. W.Girón
76. A.Letellier
77. K.Maene
78. J.Tendero
Rabobank
81. A.Vicioso
82. R.Bonato
83. M.Ciano
84. T.Dall'Antonia
85. P.Longo Borghini
86. W.Palczewski
87. A.Rodríguez
88. G.Suray
Team Milram
91. M.Lema
92. S.Bruson
93. M.Calascibetta
94. G.Ciccolini
95. M.Maisto
96. A.Manan
97. D.Miorin
98. G.Steegmans
Saunier Duval
101. F.Duarte
102. M.Bono
103. J.Ceballos
104. M.Dueñas
105. M.Facci
106. L.Gloor
107. F.Marti
108. P.Mazur
Team LPR
111. L.Euser
112. H.Blackgrove
113. G.Cerillo
114. R.Colantonio
115. V.Kiryienka
116. M.Ortega
117. W.Proch
118. C.Scognamiglio
Barloworld
121. R.Mestre
122. H.Brôco
123. R.Faltus
124. T.Frei
125. J.Hernández
126. J.P.McCarty
127. A.Spotorno
Gerolsteiner
131. D.Summerhill
132. J.Díaz Ruiz
133. J.Tschopp
134. E.Verbist
135. O.Zamora
Team Wiesenhof
141. T.Ulbrich
142. P.Canalia
143. A.Gómez
144. S.Harbonnier
145. M.Velits
Team Astana
151. A.Towers
152. J.F.Agudelo
153. A.Guevara
154. I.Landaluze
155. M.Marzano
156. I.Santaromita
157. F.Tizza
158. S.Yakovlev
T-Mobile Team
161. O.Roba
162. J.Balbuena
163. J.Casper
164. M.Knight
165. J.Pardo Del Burgo
166. D.Rauen
167. M.Sterling
168. A.Ureña
Lampre - Fondital
171. M.Jamieson
172. R.Belohvosciks
173. M.Blanchy
174. V.Kobzarenko
175. D.Sayun
176. K.Van Impe
177. W.Van Mechelen
178. S.Vanthourenhout
Euskaltel
181. S.Langeveld
182. J.A.Baños
183. M.Begoña
184. L.Covelo
185. M.De Jonge
186. K.Menzies
187. A.Txurruka
188. H.Zubeldia
Unibet.com
191. J.J.Rojas
192. P.Ernisa
193. A.Nafria
194. S.Radochla
195. E.Rizza
196. F.Van Eynde
197. J.Van den Broeck
198. J.Zubero
Liquigas
201. K.De Zutter
202. S.Basso
203. M.Elmiger
204. A.Frisch
205. G.Gardeyn
206. A.Klier
207. I.Mayoz
208. S.Vandenbergh |
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| SeoulYank |
Posted on 12-08-2009 10:23
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Nice day for once. 11 man break today. They are caught by a Discovery Channel driven peloton 50km from the line. Almost immediately, Cataldo, Roba, Castroviejo and Degenkolb attack.
Rovny decides to wait and his teammates chase. It turns out to be a good move as the attackers are caught with 30km to go. At the 27 km mark, it is Duarte's turn to attack.
Rovny still waits but he can't wait much longer as all of his teammates are almost out of energy and won't be able to chase much longer. Lema goes next, followed by Ulbrich, Antuna, Pauriol and Martin.
Rovny decides he can't wait anymore and goes.
As the dust settles, Duarte is alone and in the lead.
23 seconds back of him are Martin, Ulbrich, Lema and Pauriol.
A further 25 second back are Antuna and Rovny. It appears Rovny waited to long to make his counter-attack and will pay the price.
Antuna runs out of energy and begins fading with the same happening to Lema, Pauriol and Duarte. As the final climb begins, Martin is now in the lead trailed by Duarte and Ulbrich with Rovny coming up fast on them.
With 1.7km to go, Rovny passes Duarte and Ulbrich and is 29 seconds in back of Martin.
Rovny is now almost running on fumes, but it seems Martin is already dead on the bike. With .5km to go, Rovny is close behind.
.4 km to go and they are dead even.
.3km to go and Rovny has no green bar left but he is in the lead now. Can he hold on?
He does. Great comeback win by Rovny. It took all of his strength and energy to do it. Martin is a surprise package, with no pre-race expectations, he finishes 2nd.
This was a draining race. Most of the riders crossing the finish line have absolutely no energy left.
Results
1 Ivan Rovny DISCOVERY CHANNEL 5h18'37
2 Tony Martin PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 14
3 Carlo Scognamiglio TEAM LPR + 1'20
4 Oliverio Roba T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'26
5 Ángel Vicioso RABOBANK + 1'38
6 Fabio Duarte SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 2'06
7 Rafael Andriato CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
8 Tim Ulbrich TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 2'30
9 Matthew Lloyd TEAM CSC + 2'46
10 Sebastian Langeveld EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
11 Rémy Di Gregorio AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 3'18
12 Máximo Lema TEAM MILRAM + 3'26
13 Iñigo Landaluze TEAM ASTANA + 3'42
14 Rémi Pauriol AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
15 Mauricio Ortega TEAM LPR + 4'06
16 Dario Cataldo CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 4'14
17 Jurgen Van den Broeck UNIBET.COM + 4'22
18 Vasil Kiryienka TEAM LPR + 4'30
19 Andrés Antuña CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 4'38
20 Luis Cuadrado TEAM CSC + 5'02
21 Raúl Gurpegi TEAM CSC + 5'10
22 Jakob Fiedler TEAM CSC + 5'26
23 Evert Verbist GEROLSTEINER s.t.
24 Carlos Barredo QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
25 Fredy Gentizon QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 5'34
26 John Degenkolb QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 5'42
27 Lucas Euser TEAM LPR + 5'50
28 Johann Tschopp GEROLSTEINER + 5'58
29 Jonathan Castroviejo AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
30 Zhou Sui DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 6'06
31 Sébastien Rosseler TEAM CSC + 6'22
32 Massimiliano Maisto TEAM MILRAM s.t.
33 Jérôme Baugnies PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 6'38
34 Grégory Habeaux TEAM CSC + 6'46
35 Alexis Rodríguez RABOBANK s.t.
36 Lars Boom DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 6'54
37 Eric Berthou TEAM CSC + 7'10
38 Danny Summerhill GEROLSTEINER + 7'34
39 Michiel Van Aelbroeck CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT + 7'42
40 Paolo Longo Borghini RABOBANK s.t.
41 Mark Jamieson LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 7'50
42 Jesús Tendero CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
43 Michele Ciano RABOBANK + 7'58
44 Jonathan Balbuena T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
45 Eros Capecchi PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
46 Haimar Zubeldia EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 8'06
47 Mauro Facci SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 8'22
48 David Arroyo CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 8'30
49 Björn Leukemans DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
50 Arkaitz Durán CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 9'10
62 Juan Van Heerden DISCOVERY CHANNEL +10'14
63 Brian Vandborg DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
74 Thierry Lamborelle DISCOVERY CHANNEL +11'02
75 Thomas Lövkvist DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 11'10 |
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Posted on 12-08-2009 13:45
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What a win! Good call to wait as long as you did, even if it was so close. |
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Posted on 12-08-2009 14:41
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Vuelta Ciclista a la Rioja
Past Winners
2007: Joaquim Rodriguez (Caisse d'Epargne)
2008: Joaquim Rodriguez (Caisse d'Epargne)
2009: Kanstantin Siutsou (Discovery Channel)
2010: Inigo Landaluze (Relax GAM)
2011: Heinrich Haussler (Discovery Channel)
2012: Zhou Sui (Discovery Channel)
This is a race we wouldn't attend except that for some bizarre reason our sponsors get excited by it. It is a three star race in their books. So we show up each year and generally do well as the only other big teams that are ever here are Caisse d'Epargne and Euskatel. It's almost sure that the winner comes from one of these three teams other than the occasional strange result like in 2010.
Personally, I don't care much about this race so this will be a short update.
Stage 1: Lardero - Calahorra
Flat stage, JJ Rojas takes it in the sprint. Zhou Sui comes in 2nd.
Stage 2: Casalarreina - Casalarreina
This is generally the deciding stage with two steep hills near the finish. Andalucia-Cajasur's Ugaitz Artola pulls a surprise by topping Amets Txurruka at the line to take over yellow. Meersman is in good form and finishes 3rd.
Stage 3
One climb in the middle of the race then downhill to the finish. Zhou Sui takes it in the sprint with Rojas finishing second. Artola pulls off the suprise tour win.
GC
1 Ugaitz Artola ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR 10h58'17
2 Amets Txurruka EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 14
3 Gianni Meersman DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 18
4 José Joaquín Serna SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI + 22
5 José Angel Gómez Marchante CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 24
6 Eddy Ratti FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM + 26
7 John-Lee Augustyn DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
8 José Joaquín Rojas UNIBET.COM + 48
9 Zhou Sui DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
10 Taylor Tolleson ORBEA - OREKA S.D.A. + 1'04
11 Eduardo Gonzalo KARPIN GALICIA + 1'18
12 Óscar García-Casarrubios GRUPO NICOLÁS MATEOS + 1'20
13 Martín Mata ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR s.t.
14 Francesco Ginanni ORBEA - OREKA S.D.A. s.t.
15 Coen Vermeltfoort KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
16 Antonio Olmo KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
17 Ben Gastauer UNIBET.COM s.t.
18 Wilfredo Girón CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
19 Gustavo Domínguez ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR s.t.
20 Andrés Antuña CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
21 António Cervilla KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
22 Oleg Chuzhda LIBERTY SEGUROS s.t.
23 Sandy Casar TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
24 Ximo Ortega FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
25 Rubén Reig ORBEA - OREKA S.D.A. s.t.
26 Sylvain Chavanel GRUPO NICOLÁS MATEOS s.t.
27 Eladio Jiménez KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
28 Juan Andrés Llompart LIBERTY SEGUROS s.t.
29 Tony Gallopin TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
30 Aarón Villegas ORBEA - OREKA S.D.A. s.t.
51 Thomas Lövkvist DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
57 Kristoffer Nielsen DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
59 Jesús Mariani DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
60 Björn Leukemans DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
75 Thierry Lamborelle DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 8'00
Points
1 José Joaquín Rojas UNIBET.COM 45
2 Zhou Sui DISCOVERY CHANNEL 45
3 Taylor Tolleson ORBEA - OREKA S.D.A. 32
4 Ugaitz Artola ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR 32
5 Gustavo Domínguez ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR 22
Mountain
1 José Angel Gómez Marchante CAISSE D'EPARGNE 22
2 Sylvester Szmyd TEAM SLIPSTREAM 16
3 Andrés Zapata LIBERTY SEGUROS 16 |
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| SeoulYank |
Posted on 12-08-2009 14:44
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fightinchicken26 wrote:
What a win! Good call to wait as long as you did, even if it was so close.
Thanks. Thought I'd blown it when I couldn't reach the 2nd group so was a pleasent surprise to come back. |
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| Duckman155 |
Posted on 12-08-2009 15:19
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how good is the states of edvald boason hagen? |
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| SeoulYank |
Posted on 12-08-2009 16:25
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Quite good. They are posted somewhere here in this thread. Don't remember which page. He is one of a small handful of guys who has an average rating of 80 or higher. |
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| SeoulYank |
Posted on 13-08-2009 04:11
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Past Winners
2007: Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
2008: Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
2009: Juanjo Cobo (CSC)
2010: Alejandro Valverde (T-Mobile)
2011: Juanjo Cobo (Lampre)
2012: Ivan Rovny (Discovery Channel)
Rovny goes for the clean sweep of the hilly classics and is the clear favorite once again. Rovny knows his current value and has recently requested a 70,000 euro per month increase over his current salary and a role as absolute leader. Means he may be on another team next season and this may be Discovery Channel's last chance to take this race for a while.
The Main Contenders
Tony Martin: He was written off before La Fleche Wallonne as not sufficiently fit to compete in these classics. He responded with a 2nd place finish there and nearly won. It would, therefore, be unwise to discount him here.
Remi Pauriol: As at La Fleche Wallone, he should be in the thick of things here.
Yann Huguet: The T-Mobile puncheur did not attend the earlier two classics so don't know what to expect of him but he definitely has the capabilities to win.
Elias Morca: The young Mexican is less a puncheur and more a climber, but this race is one that can be won by a climber. He is the best climber here so he has a shot.
Maximo Lema: Lema showed at La Fleche Wallonne that he is a threat to win. He'll be trying to go one better here.
Start List
Discovery Channel
1. I.Rovny
2. L.Boom
3. R.Cantoni
4. E.Casanova
5. F.Nolf
6. L.Sestili
7. J.Van Heerden
8. B.Vandborg
AG2R
11. R.Pauriol
12. Y.Bagot
13. E.Bergès
14. J.Castroviejo
15. M.Gourov
16. S.Joly
17. M.Saad
18. M.Wynants
T-Mobile Team
21. Y.Huguet
22. J.Balbuena
23. J.Casper
24. M.Knight
25. P.Koch
26. D.Rauen
27. O.Roba
28. M.Sterling
Predictor - Lotto
31. T.Martin
32. J.Baugnies
33. E.Capecchi
34. K.Imhof
35. M.Jumel
36. A.Klyuev
37. A.Montalbán
38. V.Santos
Caisse d'Epargne
41. E.Morca
42. D.Arroyo
43. M.Astarloza
44. T.Becail
45. C.Kirsch
46. K.Maene
47. J.Tendero
48. L.R.Álvarez
QuickStep
51. M.Breschel
52. B.Deprez
53. G.Devillers
54. F.Gentizon
55. N.Ingels
56. O.Sánchez
57. L.Ten Dam
58. Y.Zazroev
Team CSC
61. M.Carrara
62. L.Cuadrado
63. J.Fiedler
64. G.Habeaux
65. I.McLeod
66. M.Pérez
67. S.Rosseler
68. T.Veelers
Rabobank
71. A.Vicioso
72. R.Bonato
73. M.Ciano
74. T.Eltink
75. M.Hilbers
76. L.Moser
77. A.Rodríguez
78. G.Suray
Team Milram
81. M.Lema
82. S.Bruson
83. M.Calascibetta
84. �.Japón
85. M.Maisto
86. A.Manan
87. D.Miorin
88. G.Steegmans
Lampre - Fondital
91. M.Morkov
92. R.Belohvosciks
93. M.Blanchy
94. D.Caccia
95. S.Domínguez
96. K.Van Impe
97. W.Van Mechelen
98. S.Vanthourenhout
Saunier Duval
101. R.Pérez
102. G.Báez
103. J.Ceballos
104. M.Facci
105. L.Gloor
106. J.Iduriaga
107. V.Karpets
108. P.Mazur
Team LPR
111. L.Euser
112. G.Bonsignore
113. R.Colantonio
114. V.Kiryienka
115. M.Mugerli
116. M.Ortega
117. W.Proch
118. P.Urtasun
Barloworld
121. R.Mestre
122. H.Brôco
123. R.Faltus
124. T.Frei
125. J.Hernández
126. J.P.McCarty
127. A.Spotorno
Gerolsteiner
131. D.Summerhill
132. J.Díaz Ruiz
133. J.Tschopp
134. E.Verbist
135. O.Zamora
Team Wiesenhof
141. T.Ulbrich
142. P.Canalia
143. A.Gómez
144. S.Harbonnier
145. M.Velits
Team Astana
151. A.Towers
152. J.F.Agudelo
153. A.Guevara
154. I.Landaluze
155. I.Santaromita
156. F.Tizza
157. E.Winheim
158. S.Yakovlev
Chocolade Jacques
161. D.Kozontchuk
162. L.Bodrogi
163. W.Bonnet
164. K.De Kort
165. R.Figueres
166. A.Lund
167. C.Meschenmoser
168. F.Vandenbergh
Liquigas
171. K.De Zutter
172. S.Basso
173. J.Boelen
174. G.Gardeyn
175. A.Klier
176. I.Mayoz
177. S.Vandenbergh
178. F.Veuchelen |
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