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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 29-01-2010 09:39
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Santos Tour Down Under is the first Pro Tour event and pretty much the only stage race that it's made for sprinters. One of the main favorites seems to be Andre Greipel, who won the race in 2008 for the brand new team at that moment, High Road. His opponents aren't all really top sprinters, except maybe for Freire and Farrar, both real threats for the German.
Sky brought for this race a team made by sprinters and Down Under riders. Sutton and Henderson will be the main sprinters, still to be decided who is going to be the leader, while Gerrans is here to try to take a stage win in one of the 2 stages that look a little bit harder.
Team Sky for Santos Tour Down Under:
 Kurt Asle Arvesen
 Russell Downing
 Simon Gerrans
Matthew Mayman
 Greg Henderson
Lars - Peter Nordhaug
Chris Sutton
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 29-01-2010 09:40
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Great team!
Good luck there in "Down Under" |
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| Skimaster92 |
Posted on 29-01-2010 09:46
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This is the perfect race for Hagen, why dont you take him with you?
Nice team-choice, i play with Sky on my own career. |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 29-01-2010 09:48
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thanks Batista.
And skimaster, I didn't take Hagen here because I want my team to be lead by Aussies. Hagen will most likely start his season in Qatar.
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| Skimaster92 |
Posted on 29-01-2010 09:59
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I understand, I hope Sutton will be the captain. But a own sprint train will be hard woth those riders.
I will follow this story, good look with the season |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 29-01-2010 10:01
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well the first stage from Down Under should be up soon so you'll see then if we managed to make a train.
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| olabj |
Posted on 29-01-2010 10:02
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Well it`s you we are talking about so I bet a train in "columbia style" |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 29-01-2010 10:10
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"Columbia style" will be pretty hard but I'll do my best 
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| olabj |
Posted on 29-01-2010 10:14
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Can`t wait  |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 29-01-2010 10:22
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The opening stage in Down Under is quite flat except a sort hills with c. 25 km before the finish. The main favorites are the same that are rated with the biggest chances to take the overall win: Freire, Greipel and Farrar.
Some important names took part in the day's breakaway, like Meersman, Arrieta, Velo or Quinziato, but it still wasn't enough to take a big advantage over the pack. Arrieta was the only interested in the KoM points, so he had no problems becoming the first King of the Mountains
At the end of the climb the escapes were caught and some new attacks started. The only one that managed to get away and stay in front for a few kilometers was Gasparotto. He was caught inside the last 10 kilometers
The hill proved to be quite steep and some of the sprinters were in trouble there, including Henderson. So with Henderson at the back of the pack it was only Arvesen and Sutton who could have done something for us
Arvesen was quite fast, sometime Sutton had troubles following him, and put the Aussie champion in a nice position for the sprint, right behind Pronk, who was leading the pack with 2 kilometers left
But the hill also affected Sutton and it was almost impossible for him to pass the Vacansoleil rider, while on the other side of the road the big names were coming fast from behind: Farrar, Duque, Freire and Lorenzetto
And it was Freire who took the first stage in Down Under. He was followed on the podium by Duque and Farrar, while Sutton finished 9th at his first race as the new Aussie National Champion.
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| 1. | Óscar Freire | Rabobank | 3h15'05 | | 2. | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 3. | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 4. | Theo Bos | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 5. | Mirco Lorenzetto | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 6. | Matthé Pronk | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7. | Sébastien Rosseler | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 8. | William Bonnet | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | | 9. | Christopher Sutton | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10. | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank | s.t. | | 11. | Daniel Lloyd | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 12. | Janez Brajkovic | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 13. | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 14. | Aitor Galdos | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 15. | Stuart O'Grady | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. |
Overall
| 1. | Óscar Freire | Rabobank | 3h14'55 | | 2. | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 4 | | 3. | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Transitions | + 6 | | 4. | Mickaël Buffaz | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 7 | | 5. | Manuel Quinziato | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | | 6. | Theo Bos | Cervélo Test Team | + 10 | | 7. | Mirco Lorenzetto | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 8. | Matthé Pronk | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9. | Sébastien Rosseler | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 10. | William Bonnet | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | | 11. | Christopher Sutton | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12. | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank | s.t. | | 13. | Daniel Lloyd | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 14. | Janez Brajkovic | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 15. | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. |
Points
| 1. | Gianni Meersman | Française des Jeux | 12 | | 2. | Óscar Freire | Rabobank | 8 | | 3. | Manuel Quinziato | Liquigas - Doimo | 6 | | 4. | Mickaël Buffaz | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 6 | | 5. | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 6 |
Mountain
| 1. | José Luis Arrieta | AG2R La Mondiale | 16 | | 2. | Frederik Veuchelen | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 12 | | 3. | Jonas Ljungblad | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 8 | | 4. | Marco Velo | Quick·Step | 6 | | 5. | Mickaël Buffaz | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 5 |
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| Skimaster92 |
Posted on 29-01-2010 10:28
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Hard or extreme? A bit disapoiting, but i understand that Sutton have problems over the little climb. What have Sutton in form? |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 29-01-2010 10:30
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Hard
And the riders from Sky that are riding here are all somewhere around 50 fitness points
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 29-01-2010 10:37
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If there is a really flat stage i´m sure you will get a top 5 result!
It´s not surprising me when your riders just have a fitness about 50 it´s the first important race this season so you can´t expect fantastic results
but just go on i already love your story!
Hope for a story like columbia,that was unbelievable.Moreover i´ve learned many things from you in storywriting. |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 29-01-2010 10:59
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Yeah usually TDU is one of my weakest races of the season, especially because of the riders' weak fitness
Batista15 wrote:
Moreover i´ve learned many things from you in storywriting.
It's really nice to hear that.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 29-01-2010 11:39
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Freire won the opening stage, but Farrar and Greipel want the revenge, especially the German who wasn't able to finish in the top 10 yesterday. For us this should be an more interseting stage as the only hill of the day is placed at more than 40 kilometers before the finish, which will give Henderson and Sutton more time to recover
Turgot was the only escape of the day so we had no chance against the pack today. He managed to pass the only climb of the stage in front and take the 2nd place in the KoM rankings, behind Arrieta
The climb proved to be more important that it was expected as a group of circa 40 riders got away from the pack. Freire, Farrar and all the Sky riders, except Matthew Hayman, where there
With just 20 kilometers left the front group lead by Rabobank, Garmin and Lampre has more than 2 minutes advantage over the chasing group, where we have some important names like Greipel, O'Grady, Bos, Plaza, Brajkovic or Vaitkus to name just a few
This could have been a great opportunity for us to make a really strong sprint train, but Sutton had some problems following Henderson's wheel and he lost the contact with Arvesen and Greg. Yesterday's winniner, Oscar Freire, also had problems finding the best position
In front, Arvesen is doing once again a very good job, leading Henderson to the first positions in the pack. The bad news could be that Farrar got Henderson's wheel, which puts him in a very good position, maybe better than our riders'
When the sprint started, Arvesen was leading the pack, but Henderson had some problems following him as he was caught behind the Lampre train
Still he managed to get away from there with the help of David Le Lay. Farrar is still right behind him
Inside the last kilometer Le Lay is laeding but both Farrar and Henderson look settle to overtake him
Farrar had a great acceleration in the last kilometer and took a comfortable win. Le Lay managed to hang on to the second place, while Henderson finished 3rd, bringing Sky the first Pro Tour stage podium. The second group at 2 minutes and a half behind the first one which means that the winner of this year's Santos Tour Down Under is one of the riders that finished in the leading group today.
Stage
| 1. | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Transitions | 3h13'36 | | 2. | David Le Lay | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 3. | Greg Henderson | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4. | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 5. | Lorenzo Bernucci | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 6. | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7. | José Luis Arrieta | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 8. | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9. | Gatis Smukulis | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 10. | Yuriy Krivtsov | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 11. | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 12. | Jonas Ljungblad | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 13. | Mirco Lorenzetto | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 14. | Sébastien Hinault | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 15. | Simon Spilak | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. |
Overall
| 1. | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Transitions | 6h28'27 | | 2. | Óscar Freire | Rabobank | + 4 | | 3. | David Le Lay | AG2R La Mondiale | + 8 | | 4. | Greg Henderson | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 10 | | 5. | Wesley Sulzberger | Française des Jeux | + 11 | | 6. | Matthew Wilson | Garmin - Transitions | + 12 | | 7. | Andrea Grendene | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 13 | | 8. | Mirco Lorenzetto | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 14 | | 9. | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10. | Christopher Sutton | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 11. | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 12. | Francesco Gavazzi | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 13. | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank | s.t. | | 14. | Anthony Geslin | Française des Jeux | s.t. | | 15. | Travis Meyer | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. |
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| 1. | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Transitions | 12 | | 2. | Gianni Meersman | Française des Jeux | 12 | | 3. | Óscar Freire | Rabobank | 8 | | 4. | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 6 | | 5. | Mickaël Buffaz | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 6 |
Mountain
| 1. | José Luis Arrieta | AG2R La Mondiale | 21 | | 2. | Sébastien Turgot | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | 16 | | 3. | Pablo Lastras | Caisse d'Epargne | 12 | | 4. | Frederik Veuchelen | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 12 | | 5. | Guillaume Blot | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 8 |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 29-01-2010 12:05
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Great !!I know you you´ll get a top 5 result
But i´ve got one question how did you managed to show you stage results,overall bla bla .... on that "clean"way?you know what i mean? |
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| Skimaster92 |
Posted on 29-01-2010 12:06
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AG2R are in good form. Have Gerrans loose som time? |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 29-01-2010 12:12
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Batista put the results from the excel file using the table button, which is between the youtube and spoiler one. Also maybe this can help you.
Gerrans didn't lose any time. The only rider that wasn't in the leading group was Hayman, as mentioned in the report.
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 29-01-2010 12:14
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alexkr00 wrote:
Batista put the results from the excel file using the table button, which is between the youtube and spoiler one. Also maybe this can help you.
Gerrans didn't lose any time. The only rider that wasn't in the leading group was Hayman, as mentioned in the report.
ah ok thanks a lot alex! |
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| Tombola |
Posted on 29-01-2010 12:30
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Sky has very cool bicylces! I can't wait for Flecha to ride the cobble's!
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