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Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne - Searching for past glory
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Posted on 15-11-2009 03:37
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Like alway, your story is very good!, and your result too!
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Posted on 15-11-2009 10:41
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Nice results by Cofidis...3rd place will be a good result for you....hang on it. |
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Posted on 15-11-2009 10:52
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I'm pretty sure that with a bit of luck I can better than the 3rd place, but still that's a very good performance by Kern.
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Posted on 15-11-2009 11:26
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Tour de San Luis - Stage 4
Ista got in the breakaway today and he won the second intermediate sprint of the day
But he was in a bit of trouble when the mountains came hardly keeping it up
Still that didn't stop him winning the second climb of the day as it was rather a hill than a climb
On the downhill before the last climb of the day the breakaway group had less than one minute advantage over the pack so it didn't look too good for them
Some of them were even caught before the climb started, including Ista while the last escape left was caught with 10 kilometers before the summit
With 5 kilometers before the top in front were left around 30 riders, with Kern and Taaramae being there for Cofidis
Jufre made the first attack 3 kilometers before the summit
And Kern was right after him
But all the favorites came in that group sooner or later and passed the summit together
So they are all together on the downhill which clearly is an advantage for Blanco
There were no other attacks until the last 5 km when Kern decided to have a go
And quite a surprise nobody came after him
He is first in the last kilometers and he already got a gap
Blanco is leading the chasers but can they stop Kern?
Well it seems that they can't as with 500m before the finish the gap is quite big
And yes, Kern brings the first victory of the season for Cofidis!
Blanco finished second, all the favorites losing at least 19 seconds to Kern today
Stage
| 1 |  | Christophe Kern | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 4h19'58 | | 2 |  | David Blanco | Palmeiras Resort / Prio | + 19 | | 3 |  | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 4 |  | Markus Eibegger | ELK Haus | s.t. | | 5 |  | Andrea Tonti | Footon - Servetto | s.t. | | 6 | | Josep Jufré | Footon - Servetto | s.t. | | 7 | | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 8 |  | Rory Sutherland | OUCH presented by Maxxis | s.t. | | 9 |  | Jure Golcer | LPR Brakes Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 10 |  | Patrik Sinkewitz | PSK Whirlpool - Author | + 1'05 |
Overall
| 1 | | David Blanco | Palmeiras Resort / Prio | 12h40'01 | | 2 | | Josep Jufré | Footon - Servetto | + 23 | | 3 | | Christophe Kern | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'05 | | 4 | | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'51 | | 5 | | Jure Golcer | LPR Brakes Farnese Vini | + 2'12 | | 6 | | Ángel Vicioso | Andalucía Cajasur | + 2'53 | | 7 | | Rory Sutherland | OUCH presented by Maxxis | + 3'17 | | 8 | | Markus Eibegger | ELK Haus | + 3'35 | | 9 |  | Bruno Pires | Barbot - Siper | + 3'46 | | 10 | | Alejandro Manuel Marque | Palmeiras Resort / Prio | + 3'55 |
Points
| 1 | | David Blanco | Palmeiras Resort / Prio | 66 | | 2 | | Christophe Kern | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 41 | | 3 | | Josep Jufré | Footon - Servetto | 39 |
Mountain
| 1 |  | Burke Swindlehurst | Bissell Pro Cycling | 25 | | 2 | | David Blanco | Palmeiras Resort / Prio | 20 | | 3 |  | Kevyn Ista | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 14 |
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| 1 | | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | 12h41'52 | | 2 |  | Rein Taaramäe | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 3'37 | | 3 | | Antonio Piedra | Andalucía Cajasur | + 3'54 |
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alexkr00 wrote:
I'm pretty sure that with a bit of luck I can better than the 3rd place, but still that's a very good performance by Kern.
 1st, it's better, no?
When Nothing goes rigth, go left...
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Posted on 16-11-2009 21:49
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well yeah but that's not going to happen
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Posted on 17-11-2009 18:43
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Tour de San Luis - Stage 5
Even though they have sometimes more than 8 minutes advantage over the pack the escapes weren't a real threat as neither of them was a good climber
On the last climb the first move was made by Jufre
One of the many riders that followed him was, of course, Kern
They soon caught the escapes that were still in front and started to leave them behind, one by one
A group of 4 which included Kern and Sutherland looked like might go away from the other
But they were fast brought back in the group even though Kern clearly didn't want that
With 3 kilometers before the summit Taaramae also joined the leading group, bringing Sinkewitz with him
As they reached the final kilometer Fuglsang and Jufre looked like going to get away from the others
And they did eventually with Fuglsang winning the stage by only just
Kern finished in the second group and somehow managed to keep the third place overall in front of Fuglsang. Not the same for Blanco who lost the leader's jersey to Jufre
Also pretty good result for Taaramae, which brings him on 26th overall
Stage
| 1 | | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | 4h56'15 | | 2 | | Josep Jufré | Footon - Servetto | s.t. | | 3 | | Cândido Barbosa | Palmeiras Resort / Prio | + 32 | | 4 | | David Blanco | Palmeiras Resort / Prio | s.t. | | 5 | | Scott Zwizanski | Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 6 | | Rory Sutherland | OUCH presented by Maxxis | s.t. | | 7 | | Christophe Kern | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 8 | | Andrea Tonti | Footon - Servetto | s.t. | | 9 | | Ángel Vicioso | Andalucía Cajasur | + 46 | | 10 | | Bruno Pires | Barbot - Siper | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | | Josep Jufré | Footon - Servetto | 17h36'33 | | 2 | | David Blanco | Palmeiras Resort / Prio | + 15 | | 3 | | Christophe Kern | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'20 | | 4 | | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'24 | | 5 | | Ángel Vicioso | Andalucía Cajasur | + 3'22 | | 6 | | Rory Sutherland | OUCH presented by Maxxis | + 3'32 | | 7 | | Bruno Pires | Barbot - Siper | + 4'15 | | 8 | | Cândido Barbosa | Palmeiras Resort / Prio | + 4'29 | | 9 | | Jure Golcer | LPR Brakes Farnese Vini | + 4'42 | | 10 | | Patrik Sinkewitz | PSK Whirlpool - Author | + 5'15 |
Points
| 1 | | David Blanco | Palmeiras Resort / Prio | 80 | | 2 | | Josep Jufré | Footon - Servetto | 59 | | 3 | | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | 58 |
Mountain
| 1 | | Burke Swindlehurst | Bissell Pro Cycling | 31 | | 2 | | David Blanco | Palmeiras Resort / Prio | 24 | | 3 | | Josep Jufré | Footon - Servetto | 20 |
Young
| 1 | | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | 17h37'57 | | 2 | | Rein Taaramäe | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 4'40 | | 3 | | Antonio Piedra | Andalucía Cajasur | + 5'07 |
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Posted on 17-11-2009 23:38
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Bah, it's not bad
When Nothing goes rigth, go left...
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Posted on 20-11-2009 17:29
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Tour de San Luis - Stage 6
Even though the pack clearly didn't want this to happen it looks like the escapes will win today's stage. The 5 lucky guys are: Johnson, Vanotti, Kloucek, Bowman and Ramirez Abeja
On the last uphill section of the day Bowman, Johnson and Vanotti got away from the other 2 and it looks like it's going to be between them for the stage win today
Bowman is leading the sprint with 2.5 kilometers left but he clearly is in the worst position there
Ista also got away from the pack on the last hills but it's too late to stop the escapes now
With 1 kilometer to go Vanotti and Johnson are trying to pass Bowman
And they both did. Bowman is out of the battle for the stage win now
Even though Vanotti looked to be the stronger sprinter it's Johnson who has the best position with 400 meters left
And the Ouch riders gets the stage win in front of Vanotti and Bowman
Ista finished 6th, bringing the pack in the same time with the other 2 escapes
Stage
| 1 | | Tim Johnson | OUCH presented by Maxxis | 2h39'37 | | 2 | | Alessandro Vanotti | Liquigas | s.t. | | 3 | | Dan Bowman | Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 4 |  | František Kloucek | PSK Whirlpool - Author | + 23 | | 5 | | Javier Ramírez Abeja | Andalucía Cajasur | s.t. | | 6 | | Kevyn Ista | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 7 | | Ángel Vicioso | Andalucía Cajasur | s.t. | | 8 | | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Liquigas | s.t. | | 9 | | Andreas Schillinger | Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse | s.t. | | 10 | | Cândido Barbosa | Palmeiras Resort / Prio | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | | Josep Jufré | Footon - Servetto | 20h16'33 | | 2 | | David Blanco | Palmeiras Resort / Prio | + 15 | | 3 | | Christophe Kern | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'20 | | 4 | | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'24 | | 5 | | Ángel Vicioso | Andalucía Cajasur | + 3'22 | | 6 | | Rory Sutherland | OUCH presented by Maxxis | + 3'32 | | 7 | | Bruno Pires | Barbot - Siper | + 4'15 | | 8 | | Cândido Barbosa | Palmeiras Resort / Prio | + 4'29 | | 9 | | Jure Golcer | LPR Brakes Farnese Vini | + 4'42 | | 10 | | Patrik Sinkewitz | PSK Whirlpool - Author | + 5'15 |
Points
| 1 | | David Blanco | Palmeiras Resort / Prio | 82 | | 2 | | Josep Jufré | Footon - Servetto | 59 | | 3 | | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | 58 |
Mountain
| 1 | | Burke Swindlehurst | Bissell Pro Cycling | 31 | | 2 | | David Blanco | Palmeiras Resort / Prio | 24 | | 3 | | Josep Jufré | Footon - Servetto | 20 |
Young
| 1 | | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | 20h17'57 | | 2 | | Rein Taaramäe | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 4'40 | | 3 | | Antonio Piedra | Andalucía Cajasur | + 5'07 |
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Posted on 20-11-2009 20:58
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Tour de San Luis - Final Stage
Ista was just one of the many escapes of the day. He was quite active in the mountain sprints but didn't manage to take the jersey from Swindlehurst in the end
On the last climb of the day Kern tried his luck for a second stage win with an attack. The escapes were still in front though
He joined the escapes with 6 kilometers before the finish
Well not all the escapes as 2 of them got away from the others and they were the leaders at that point: Vandborg and Gilioli
Ista and Lea tried to joined them but they didn't have much time left to do that
While the other escapes, including Kern, were brought back in the pack. Not a very good way for Kern to end this tour
Lea and Ista clearly have difficulties in their try to catch Gilioli and Vandborg so it's most likely going to be between the last 2 for the stage victory
Vandborg seems to be stronger that Gilioli as he looks like going to make a gap
there
With 1 kilometer to go the gap is still the same, but that's not very good news for Gilioli
Still he looked a little bit stronger in the final meters but it was too late and Vandborg won the last stage in Argentina
Ista beat Lea in the battle for the third place and took an another podium for Cofidis
Jufre is the winner of Tour de San Luis this year, with the main favorite, Fuglsang, just 4th. Also nice performance from our best rider in this race: Kern, finishing 3rd
Stage
| 1 | | Brian Vandborg | Liquigas | 4h04'32 | | 2 | | Fabio Gilioli | Amore & Vita - McDonald's | s.t. | | 3 | | Kevyn Ista | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 30 | | 4 | | Robert Lea | OUCH presented by Maxxis | s.t. | | 5 | | Jesús Del Nero | Footon - Servetto | s.t. | | 6 | | Andreas Schillinger | Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse | s.t. | | 7 | | David Blanco | Palmeiras Resort / Prio | s.t. | | 8 |  | Guido Palma | Jamis - Sutter Home presented by Colavita | s.t. | | 9 | | Josep Jufré | Footon - Servetto | s.t. | | 10 | | Rory Sutherland | OUCH presented by Maxxis | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | | Josep Jufré | Footon - Servetto | 24h21'35 | | 2 | | David Blanco | Palmeiras Resort / Prio | + 15 | | 3 | | Christophe Kern | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'20 | | 4 | | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'24 | | 5 | | Ángel Vicioso | Andalucía Cajasur | + 3'22 | | 6 | | Rory Sutherland | OUCH presented by Maxxis | + 3'32 | | 7 | | Cândido Barbosa | Palmeiras Resort / Prio | + 4'29 | | 8 | | Jure Golcer | LPR Brakes Farnese Vini | + 4'42 | | 9 | | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 5'54 | | 10 | | Bruno Pires | Barbot - Siper | + 5'57 |
Points
| 1 | | David Blanco | Palmeiras Resort / Prio | 91 | | 2 | | Josep Jufré | Footon - Servetto | 66 | | 3 | | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | 61 |
Mountain
| 1 | | Burke Swindlehurst | Bissell Pro Cycling | 31 | | 2 | | Kevyn Ista | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 28 | | 3 | | David Blanco | Palmeiras Resort / Prio | 24 |
Young
| 1 | | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | 24h22'59 | | 2 | | Rein Taaramäe | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 4'40 | | 3 | | Antonio Piedra | Andalucía Cajasur | + 6'25 |
Teams
| 1 | | Palmeiras Resort / Prio | 73h15'56 | | 2 | | Team Saxo Bank | + 3'15 | | 3 | | Footon - Servetto | + 4'09 |
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Posted on 21-11-2009 08:41
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Very nice result in Argentina,congrats. |
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Posted on 21-11-2009 16:49
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thanks.
February Calendar
After quite a succesful start of the season in Argentina, in February we are back in Europe for 4 French races and one Belgium classic. Two of our most important races of the season will be ride this month: Tour Mediterraneen and Tour du Haut Var, where the sponsors are expecting a top 5 from our team.
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Posted on 21-11-2009 17:08
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Good luck. |
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Posted on 21-11-2009 17:41
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Go Brian, Go Brian |
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Posted on 21-11-2009 18:14
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Thrige wrote:
Go Brian, Go Brian
he was lucky If I would have been more careful, Ista would have kicked his ass
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Posted on 30-11-2009 11:54
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The month of February starts with the Marseille GP, our first French race of the season. Moncoutie seems to be our strongest rider for this race but after his last results in Tour de San Luis, Kern also has a strong position in the team so we will have 2 leaders for the race.
De Waele, Uran, Joly, Trofimov and Roche seem to be the strongest opponents in this race for the 2 Cofidis leaders.
61. C.Kern
62. S.Augé
63. R.Cusin
64. S.Dumoulin
65. J.Fouchard
66. T.Gallopin
67. D.Moncoutié
68. D.Monier
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Posted on 30-11-2009 14:20
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GP d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
As always in a classic it's going to be very hard for the escapes to count in the final results even though they were quite a lot today
With 30 kilometers to go, De Waele made the first big attack of the day
When the last climb of the day started he joined the breakaway group, but it was only the second group as the escapes had split into 2 groups
Few minutes after that the second group was caught and new attacks started. Haguet and Roche were the first ones, followed closely by Moncoutie and Kern
Kern looked like going to be the strongest from the many attackers but he wasn't able to catch the other escapes left on the road
That did happen a few kilometers later at the end of the climb
No one was able to make the difference so we have 18 riders in the front group going to fight for the win on the final small uphill. Kern and Moncoutie are there for Cofidis
As they reached the final 2 kilometers of the race, Kern is trying to launch Moncoutie in the final sprint
The 2 Cofidis riders are leading in the last kilometer even with a small gap between them and the others
Roche is in the third position. He is a nice punchi - sprinter but can he stop the 2 Cofidis riders?
He caught them with 500 meters before the finish
But he can't do anything to beat them and the first one who realizes that is Moncoutie
It's a double for Cofidis and Kern wins GP d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
Results
| 1 | | Christophe Kern | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 3h51'38 | | 2 | | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 3 |  | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 4 | | Francisco Pérez | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 5 | | Sébastien Joly | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 6 | | Clément Lhotellerie | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 7 | | Yann Huguet | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 8 | | David López | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 9 |  | Yury Trofimov | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | | 10 |  | Rigoberto Urán | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 11 | | Emanuele Sella | CarmioOro - A-Style | s.t. | | 12 | | Alexander Efimkin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 13 | | Pierre Rolland | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | | 14 |  | Thomas Frei | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 15 | | Sebastian Siedler | Vorarlberg - Corratec | s.t. |
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Posted on 30-11-2009 16:10
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Nice results and reporting, keep it up
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Posted on 30-11-2009 16:51
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thanks. I'll try to keep it updated 
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Posted on 30-11-2009 17:14
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You dominate La Marseillaise!
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