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| valverde321 |
Posted on 02-03-2010 02:31
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rjc_43 wrote:
Vanendert on, say, 65 fitness would do just as good a job, as the rest of the teams will be out of shape as well. Or Vaugrenard. I'd save Gilbert's race days for more important races where there are more points to be earnt.
Thanks that's a great idea. I had never really thought of Vanendert or Vaugrenard but know I'm thinking that's a better choice than Gilbert. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 02-03-2010 04:00
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Ok here is the startlist for The Tour Down Under.
Quick·Step
1. S.Devolder
2. T.Boonen
3. M.Carrara
4. W.Cretskens
5. K.Hulsmans
6. S.Rosseler
7. G.Visconti
8. M.Wynants
Team Columbia
11. G.Hincapie
12. G.Ciolek
13. S.Davis
14. E.Hagen
15. R.Hammond
16. A.Hansen
17. M.Sieberg
18. B.Wiggins
Caisse d'Epargne
21. J.Gutiérrez
22. A.Coyot
23. C.GarcÃa Acosta
24. P.Lastras
25. D.López
26. M.Pérez
27. L.L.Sánchez
28. R.Urán
Rabobank
31. Ó.Freire
32. B.De Groot
33. M.Hayman
34. S.Langeveld
35. T.Leezer
36. G.Niermann
37. B.Tankink
38. W.Walker
Cofidis
41. Syl.Chavanel
42. S.Augé
43. L.Duque
44. Y.Huguet
45. S.Portal
46. S.Scheirlinckx
47. R.Taaramäe
48. R.Verbrugghe
Astana
51. V.Gusev
52. A.Bazayev
53. K.De Kort
54. R.Haselbacher
55. M.Iglinskiy
56. B.Joachim
57. A.Kemps
58. M.Schär
CSC Saxo Bank
61. F.Cancellara
62. L.Bak
63. M.Blaudzun
64. M.Goss
65. J.Haedo
66. M.Ljungqvist
67. B.McGee
68. A.Steensen
Bouygues Télécom
71. T.Voeckler
72. A.Clerc
73. X.Florencio
74. P.Fédrigo
75. A.Geslin
76. S.Haddou
77. J.Pineau
78. F.Rénier
Garmin - Chipotle
81. M.Maaskant
82. M.Bäckstedt
83. S.Cozza
84. J.Dean
85. T.Farrar
86. T.Lowe
87. D.Millar
88. C.Sutton
Team Milram
91. E.Zabel
92. B.Lancaster
93. M.Müller
94. A.Ongarato
95. E.Poitschke
96. E.Rigotto
97. D.Roels
98. N.Terpstra
Silence - Lotto
101. J.Vansummeren
102. G.Gardeyn
103. N.Gates
104. L.Hoste
105. M.Lloyd
106. J.Roelandts
107. B.Roesems
108. R.Sentjens
Crédit Agricole
111. P.Halgand
112. L.Bodrogi
113. W.Bonnet
114. S.Gerrans
115. S.Hinault
116. M.Renshaw
117. N.Roche
118. P.Rolland
Française des Jeux
121. B.Vaugrenard
122. Seb.Chavanel
123. M.Chérel
124. T.Gudsell
125. F.Guesdon
126. Y.Hutarovich
127. J.Vanendert
128. J.Veikkanen
Scott
131. J.Jufré
132. R.Belohvosciks
133. R.Bertogliati
134. J.Del Nero
135. D.Flahaut
136. M.Mori
137. L.Pagliarini
138. A.Passeron
Euskaltel
141. I.Landaluze
142. I.Antón
143. J.AramendÃa
144. K.Fernández
145. A.Galdos
146. I.Isasi
147. J.Oroz
148. R.Pérez
AG2R
151. J.Arrieta
152. C.Dessel
153. R.Dion
154. C.Edaleine
155. Y.Krivtsov
156. R.Mandri
157. L.Mondory
158. N.Rousseau
Lampre
161. S.Spilak
162. M.Bandiera
163. E.Bindi
164. P.Bossoni
165. P.Fornaciari
166. D.Loosli
167. C.Murro
168. G.Stangelj
Health Net
171. R.Sutherland
172. K.Gritters
173. T.Johnson
174. R.Kilun
175. K.Menzies
176. J.Murphy
177. K.O'Bee
178. F.Pipp
Liquigas
181. M.Albasini
182. K.Carlström
183. C.Corioni
184. A.Curtolo
185. M.Fischer
186. E.Franzoï
187. M.Quinziato
188. F.Willems
Gerolsteiner
191. M.Zberg
192. F.De Bonis
193. T.Fothen
194. O.Gatto
195. S.Lang
196. A.Moletta
197. R.Scholz
198. S.Schreck
Toyota
201. D.Rollin
202. H.Clarke
203. J.Clarke
204. B.Day
205. I.DomÃnguez
206. C.Manion
207. S.Sullivan
208. H.Vogels
Drapac Porsche
211. G.Bates
212. M.Docker
213. G.Irwin
214. P.McDonald
215. C.Munro
216. M.Olman
217. S.Shaw
218. D.Windsor
Our main threats look to be Boonen, Freire and Cancellara. But maybe Vaugrenard can pull out a top 3 GC finish if he plays his cards right. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 02-03-2010 09:52
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Wow that´s a hard competition for your team |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 02-03-2010 12:30
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Already played stage 1 it is hard competition but it might be pretty exciting |
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Posted on 02-03-2010 12:36
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valverde321 wrote:
Already played stage 1 it is hard competition but it might be pretty exciting
Ok good to hear!Can´t wait for the first report |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 02-03-2010 13:40
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Tour Down Under Stage 1
Today we will try to get as many as possible in the break. KOM are what we are looking for and by the end of the TDU we hope to win that category.
The race started off nice and slow so many riders attacked. They were brought back very soon but at the same moment they had been caught Jussi Veikanen decides that he'll try his luck.
He went right by those riders and was all alone. He stayed alone for over 20km before our team decided to send another rider to go with him so Coppel went.
Veikanen got the KOM points in front of Coppel but look at all those camera men amazing this race is getting more popular every year.
BAd news as Veikanen and Coppel decided t owait for the peloton since the gap was about 1:02 with over 30km to go.
But then Cancellara Hoste Florencio and Hammond all attacked so we sent Vanendert with them.
But it wasn't enough as the peloton brought them back with just over 8km to go.
Chavanel was feeling very bad today so we knew there would be no chance of a sprint win and so we watched the rest of the teams make trains and we just put Vaugrenard on the back of one and basicaly just sat there.
Boonen Just overpowered everyone today and we could see much of the same tommorow.
Stage:
Rank Name Team Time
1 Tom Boonen Quick·Step 3h23'47
2 Óscar Freire Rabobank s.t.
3 Tyler Farrar Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
4 Murilo Fischer Liquigas s.t.
5 Gene Bates Drapac Porsche Development Program s.t.
6 Mark Renshaw Crédit Agricole s.t.
7 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
8 Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia s.t.
9 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
10 Julian Dean Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
11 Michael Albasini Liquigas s.t.
12 Koldo Fernández Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
13 Martin Müller Team Milram s.t.
14 Benoit Vaugrenard Française des Jeux s.t.
15 Alberto Ongarato Team Milram s.t.
16 Erik Zabel Team Milram s.t.
17 Bradley Wiggins Team Columbia s.t.
18 Tom Leezer Rabobank s.t.
19 Jussi Veikkanen Française des Jeux s.t.
20 Aitor Galdos Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
GC:
Rank Name Team Time
1 Tom Boonen Quick·Step 3h23'38
2 Óscar Freire Rabobank + 5
3 David López Caisse d'Epargne + 6
4 Tyler Farrar Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 + 7
5 Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia s.t.
6 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC Saxo Bank s.t.
7 Erik Zabel Team Milram + 8
8 Xavi Florencio Bouygues Télécom s.t.
9 Murilo Fischer Liquigas + 9
10 Gene Bates Drapac Porsche Development Program s.t.
11 Mark Renshaw Crédit Agricole s.t.
12 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
13 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
14 Julian Dean Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
15 Michael Albasini Liquigas s.t.
16 Koldo Fernández Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
17 Martin Müller Team Milram s.t.
18 Benoit Vaugrenard Française des Jeux s.t.
19 Alberto Ongarato Team Milram s.t.
20 Bradley Wiggins Team Columbia s.t.
21 Tom Leezer Rabobank s.t.
22 Jussi Veikkanen Française des Jeux s.t.
23 Aitor Galdos Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
24 René Haselbacher Astana Cycling Team s.t.
25 Enrico Franzoï Liquigas s.t.
26 Enrico Poitschke Team Milram s.t.
27 Bram De Groot Rabobank s.t.
28 Rik Verbrugghe Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
29 Simon Gerrans Crédit Agricole s.t.
30 Christopher Sutton Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
31 Niki Terpstra Team Milram s.t.
32 Manuel Quinziato Liquigas s.t.
33 Matteo Carrara Quick·Step s.t.
34 Maarten Wynants Quick·Step s.t.
35 Javier AramendÃa Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
KOM:
Rank Name Team Mountain General
1 Jussi Veikkanen Française des Jeux 2 2
2 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 2
3 Mikaël Chérel Française des Jeux 1 1
4 Pablo Lastras Caisse d'Epargne 1 1
Sprint:
Rank Name Team Points General
1 Tom Boonen Quick·Step 28 28
2 Óscar Freire Rabobank 22 22
3 Tyler Farrar Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 20 20
4 Murilo Fischer Liquigas 18 18
5 Gene Bates Drapac Porsche Development Program 16 16
6 Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia 15 15
7 Mark Renshaw Crédit Agricole 15 15
8 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 14
9 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 12
10 Julian Dean Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 11 11
11 Michael Albasini Liquigas 10 10
12 Koldo Fernández Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 9
13 Martin Müller Team Milram 8 8
14 Benoit Vaugrenard Française des Jeux 7 7
15 Erik Zabel Team Milram 6 6
16 Alberto Ongarato Team Milram 6 6
17 Bradley Wiggins Team Columbia 4 4
18 David López Caisse d'Epargne 3 3
19 Tom Leezer Rabobank 3 3
20 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC Saxo Bank 2 2
21 Jussi Veikkanen Française des Jeux 2 2
22 Xavi Florencio Bouygues Télécom 1 1
23 Aitor Galdos Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 1
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Posted on 02-03-2010 15:04
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Yeah Boonen won |
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Posted on 03-03-2010 22:59
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Stage 2
Sorry Guys but this stage is Corrupt so I could only sim it. But here are the results:
Stage:
Rank Name Team Time
1 Matthew Hayman Rabobank 3h16'10
2 Peter McDonald Drapac Porsche Development Program s.t.
3 Christophe Edaleine AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
4 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
5 Jonathon Clarke Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
6 Sebastian Lang Gerolsteiner s.t.
7 Enrico Franzoï Liquigas s.t.
8 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto s.t.
9 Laszló Bodrogi Crédit Agricole s.t.
10 Chente GarcÃa Acosta Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
11 Karl Menzies Health net presented by Maxxis s.t.
12 Pierre Rolland Crédit Agricole s.t.
13 Tom Boonen Quick·Step + 29
14 Óscar Freire Rabobank s.t.
15 Tyler Farrar Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
16 Gorik Gardeyn Silence - Lotto s.t.
17 Erik Zabel Team Milram s.t.
18 Aurélien Clerc Bouygues Télécom s.t.
19 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Columbia s.t.
20 Sébastien Chavanel Française des Jeux s.t.
21 Roger Hammond Team Columbia s.t.
22 Juan José Haedo Team CSC Saxo Bank s.t.
23 Luciano Pagliarini Scott American Beef s.t.
24 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
25 George Hincapie Team Columbia s.t.
GC:
Rank Name Team Time
1 Matthew Hayman Rabobank 6h39'51
2 Peter McDonald Drapac Porsche Development Program + 2
3 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto s.t.
4 Christophe Edaleine AG2R La Mondiale + 3
5 Chente GarcÃa Acosta Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
6 Karl Menzies Health net presented by Maxxis s.t.
7 Enrico Franzoï Liquigas + 5
8 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 6
9 Pierre Rolland Crédit Agricole s.t.
10 Laszló Bodrogi Crédit Agricole s.t.
11 Jonathon Clarke Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
12 Sebastian Lang Gerolsteiner s.t.
13 Tom Boonen Quick·Step + 26
14 Óscar Freire Rabobank + 31
15 David López Caisse d'Epargne + 32
16 Tyler Farrar Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 + 33
17 Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia s.t.
18 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC Saxo Bank s.t.
19 Erik Zabel Team Milram + 34
20 Xavi Florencio Bouygues Télécom s.t.
21 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 35
22 Murilo Fischer Liquigas s.t.
23 Mark Renshaw Crédit Agricole s.t.
24 Enrico Poitschke Team Milram s.t.
25 Gorik Gardeyn Silence - Lotto s.t.
26 Tom Leezer Rabobank s.t.
27 Christopher Sutton Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
28 Koldo Fernández Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
29 Alberto Ongarato Team Milram s.t.
30 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step s.t.
31 Gene Bates Drapac Porsche Development Program s.t.
32 Roger Hammond Team Columbia s.t.
33 Aitor Galdos Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
34 Michael Albasini Liquigas s.t.
35 Assan Bazayev Astana Cycling Team s.t.
36 Anthony Geslin Bouygues Télécom s.t.
37 Sébastien Chavanel Française des Jeux s.t.
38 Julian Dean Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
39 Elia Rigotto Team Milram s.t.
Sprint:
Rank Name Team Points General
1 Tom Boonen Quick·Step 8 36
2 Óscar Freire Rabobank 7 29
3 Tyler Farrar Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 6 26
4 Matthew Hayman Rabobank 25 25
5 Peter McDonald Drapac Porsche Development Program 22 22
6 Christophe Edaleine AG2R La Mondiale 21 21
7 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 18 18
8 Murilo Fischer Liquigas 0 18
9 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto 17 17
10 Gene Bates Drapac Porsche Development Program 0 16
11 Jonathon Clarke Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 16 16
12 Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia 0 15
13 Enrico Franzoï Liquigas 15 15
14 Mark Renshaw Crédit Agricole 0 15
15 Sebastian Lang Gerolsteiner 15 15
16 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi 0 14
17 Chente GarcÃa Acosta Caisse d'Epargne 14 14
18 Karl Menzies Health net presented by Maxxis 13 13
19 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 0 12
20 Laszló Bodrogi Crédit Agricole 12 12
KOM:
Rank Name Team Mountain General
1 Karl Menzies Health net presented by Maxxis 4 4
2 Jussi Veikkanen Française des Jeux 0 2
3 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 0 2
4 Peter McDonald Drapac Porsche Development Program 2 2
5 Enrico Franzoï Liquigas 1 1
6 Mikaël Chérel Française des Jeux 0 1
7 Pablo Lastras Caisse d'Epargne 0 1
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Stage 3
Team Meeting: Try and get KOM is our goal for today. Stage win from the break would be nice too.
Here is the BOTD
Veikannen gor KOM points today and will be wearing the KOM jersey tommorow.
On the final climb of the day Vanendert attacked trying to protect Veikanen's KOm points. But he ran out of energy.
Freire also countered and he got a huge gap of 1 minute to the pack with only 10km to go.
Will the main group pull him back..........
No Freire wins.
Stage:
Rank Name Team Time
1 Óscar Freire Rabobank 3h24'17
2 Tom Boonen Quick·Step s.t.
3 Erik Zabel Team Milram s.t.
4 Anthony Geslin Bouygues Télécom s.t.
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Columbia s.t.
6 Pierrick Fédrigo Bouygues Télécom s.t.
7 Gene Bates Drapac Porsche Development Program s.t.
8 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
9 Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank s.t.
10 Martijn Maaskant Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
11 Benoit Vaugrenard Française des Jeux s.t.
12 Bram Tankink Rabobank s.t.
13 Giovanni Visconti Quick·Step s.t.
14 Christian Murro Lampre s.t.
15 José Luis Arrieta AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
16 Murilo Fischer Liquigas s.t.
17 Roger Hammond Team Columbia s.t.
18 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
19 Tyler Farrar Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
20 Jesús Del Nero Scott American Beef s.t.
GC:
Rank Name Team Time
1 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto 10h04'10
2 Peter McDonald Drapac Porsche Development Program s.t.
3 Karl Menzies Health net presented by Maxxis + 1
4 Chente GarcÃa Acosta Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
5 Christophe Edaleine AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
6 Enrico Franzoï Liquigas + 3
7 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 4
8 Pierre Rolland Crédit Agricole s.t.
9 Jonathon Clarke Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
10 Tom Boonen Quick·Step + 20
11 Óscar Freire Rabobank + 23
12 Xavi Florencio Bouygues Télécom + 29
13 Erik Zabel Team Milram + 30
14 David López Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
15 Tom Leezer Rabobank s.t.
16 Matteo Carrara Quick·Step s.t.
17 Murilo Fischer Liquigas + 31
18 Tyler Farrar Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
19 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC Saxo Bank s.t.
20 Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia s.t.
21 Julian Dean Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 + 32
22 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 33
23 Gene Bates Drapac Porsche Development Program s.t.
24 Anthony Geslin Bouygues Télécom s.t.
25 Roger Hammond Team Columbia s.t.
26 Aitor Galdos Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
27 Koldo Fernández Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
28 Benoit Vaugrenard Française des Jeux s.t.
29 Michael Albasini Liquigas s.t.
30 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Columbia s.t.
Sprint:
Rank Name Team Points General
1 Tom Boonen Quick·Step 22 58
2 Óscar Freire Rabobank 25 54
3 Gene Bates Drapac Porsche Development Program 14 30
4 Erik Zabel Team Milram 20 30
5 Tyler Farrar Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 2 28
6 Murilo Fischer Liquigas 7 25
7 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 13 25
8 Matthew Hayman Rabobank 0 25
9 Peter McDonald Drapac Porsche Development Program 0 22
10 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 21
11 Christophe Edaleine AG2R La Mondiale 0 21
12 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Columbia 16 18
13 Anthony Geslin Bouygues Télécom 18 18
14 Benoit Vaugrenard Française des Jeux 10 17
15 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto 0 17
16 Jonathon Clarke Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 0 16
17 Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia 0 15
18 Enrico Franzoï Liquigas 0 15
19 Mark Renshaw Crédit Agricole 0 15
20 Sebastian Lang Gerolsteiner 0 15
KOM:
Rank Name Team Mountain General
1 Jussi Veikkanen Française des Jeux 4 6
2 Karl Menzies Health net presented by Maxxis 0 4
3 Michael Albasini Liquigas 4 4
4 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 0 2
5 Peter McDonald Drapac Porsche Development Program 0 2
6 Stefan Schreck Gerolsteiner 2 2
7 Murilo Fischer Liquigas 2 2
8 Enrico Franzoï Liquigas 0 1
9 Mikaël Chérel Française des Jeux 0 1
10 Pablo Lastras Caisse d'Epargne 0 1
11 Koen De Kort Astana Cycling Team 1 1
12 Óscar Freire Rabobank 1 1
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Posted on 05-03-2010 22:27
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Hey guys just letting you all know that I will be away for 17 days so the story is on pause. So please don't ask "is this story dead" because it's not dead. Thank you. |
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| valverde321 |
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Stage4 TDU
Our team is going to wait and see today. We might send a rider in the break or have a rider attack towards the finish. The hill near the end of the race is a perfect place to launch an attack for someone loike Veikkanen.
Here is the BOTD. They got about 5 minutes on the peloton but the pack was working to pull them back all day. Rollin was the rider with the best chance of victory in the break if the break made it all the way to the finish.
On the final climb Jelle Vanendert decided to let an attack go! He caught up to the breakaway but Devolder was hot on his tail. With 90m to go till the line Devolder passed Jelle to take the most KOM points.
Devolder was not interested in going with Vanendert for the final 40km so Vanendert was all alone. He told us before the stage that he felt good so maybe today was his day?
Unfortunately Vanendert was caught by the main group with just under 12km to go. It was anybodies race now! Some of the stronger sprinting teams like MIlram, Quickstep and Rabobank had started to put together trains for the sprint.
The sprint began and Vaugrenard had a good position aswell as Veikkanen.
With 1.5km to the line Boonen had the lead. Freire was right there and Zabel was just behind Vaugrenard. The big question was where is Chavanel the sprinter he hasn't had any good results yet and it seems that he can't keep up with the high pace near the ends of the stages.
Boonen wins today! He coasted the last 500 metres and didn't have to sprint too hard after he had gotte na bit of a lead. A disapointing stage since 2 of our sprinters didn't show up t othe sprint in the first place. But on the positive side of things Vaugrenard and Veikkanen both had good stages and it seemed that Vanendert was testing his legs out for tommorow. The stage that will make or break this years GC.
Results:
Rank Name Team Time Player
1 Tom Boonen Quick·Step 3h27'59
2 Martijn Maaskant Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
3 Óscar Freire Rabobank s.t.
4 Erik Zabel Team Milram s.t.
5 Benoit Vaugrenard Française des Jeux s.t. Player
6 Xavi Florencio Bouygues Télécom s.t.
7 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
8 Iván DomÃnguez Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
9 Enrico Poitschke Team Milram s.t.
10 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Columbia s.t.
11 Gene Bates Drapac Porsche Development Program s.t.
12 Alberto Ongarato Team Milram s.t.
13 Christopher Sutton Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
14 Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia s.t.
15 Elia Rigotto Team Milram s.t.
16 Manuel Quinziato Liquigas s.t.
17 Simon Gerrans Crédit Agricole s.t.
18 Matteo Carrara Quick·Step s.t.
19 Frederik Willems Liquigas s.t.
20 Murilo Fischer Liquigas s.t.
21 Kjell Carlström Liquigas s.t.
22 Julian Dean Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
23 Bram De Groot Rabobank s.t.
24 Grischa Niermann Rabobank s.t.
25 Bradley Wiggins Team Columbia s.t.
26 David Millar Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
27 René Haselbacher Astana Cycling Team s.t.
28 Karl Menzies Health net presented by Maxxis s.t.
29 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step s.t.
30 Pierrick Fédrigo Bouygues Télécom s.t.
31 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
32 Niki Terpstra Team Milram s.t.
33 Marcel Sieberg Team Columbia s.t.
34 Jussi Veikkanen Française des Jeux s.t. Player
35 Pierre Rolland Crédit Agricole s.t.
36 Giovanni Visconti Quick·Step s.t.
37 Martin Müller Team Milram s.t.
38 Iñigo Landaluze Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
39 Nicolas Roche Crédit Agricole s.t.
40 Matthew Goss Team CSC Saxo Bank s.t.
41 Maarten Wynants Quick·Step s.t.
42 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
43 Matthew Hayman Rabobank s.t.
44 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
45 Stefan Schreck Gerolsteiner s.t.
GC:
Rank Name Team Time Player
1 Peter McDonald Drapac Porsche Development Program 13h32'09
2 Karl Menzies Health net presented by Maxxis + 1
3 Chente GarcÃa Acosta Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
4 Christophe Edaleine AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
5 Enrico Franzoï Liquigas + 3
6 Pierre Rolland Crédit Agricole + 4
7 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
8 Tom Boonen Quick·Step + 20
9 Óscar Freire Rabobank + 23
10 Xavi Florencio Bouygues Télécom + 29
11 Erik Zabel Team Milram + 30
12 Matteo Carrara Quick·Step s.t.
13 Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia + 31
14 Murilo Fischer Liquigas s.t.
15 Paolo Bossoni Lampre s.t.
16 Julian Dean Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 + 32
17 Benoît Joachim Astana Cycling Team s.t.
18 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 33
19 Benoit Vaugrenard Française des Jeux s.t. Player
20 Gene Bates Drapac Porsche Development Program s.t.
21 Martijn Maaskant Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
22 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Columbia s.t.
23 Enrico Poitschke Team Milram s.t.
24 Christopher Sutton Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
25 Alberto Ongarato Team Milram s.t.
26 David Millar Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
27 Pierrick Fédrigo Bouygues Télécom s.t.
28 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step s.t.
29 Simon Gerrans Crédit Agricole s.t.
30 Giovanni Visconti Quick·Step s.t.
Points:
Rank Name Team Points General Player
1 Tom Boonen Quick·Step 0 58
2 Óscar Freire Rabobank 0 54
3 Gene Bates Drapac Porsche Development Program 0 30
4 Erik Zabel Team Milram 0 30
5 Tyler Farrar Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 0 28
6 Murilo Fischer Liquigas 0 25
7 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 0 25
8 Matthew Hayman Rabobank 0 25
9 Peter McDonald Drapac Porsche Development Program 0 22
10 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 0 21
11 Christophe Edaleine AG2R La Mondiale 0 21
12 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Columbia 0 18
13 Anthony Geslin Bouygues Télécom 0 18
14 Benoit Vaugrenard Française des Jeux 0 17 Player
15 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto 0 17
16 Jonathon Clarke Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 0 16
17 Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia 0 15
18 Enrico Franzoï Liquigas 0 15
19 Mark Renshaw Crédit Agricole 0 15
20 Sebastian Lang Gerolsteiner 0 15
KOM:
Rank Name Team Mountain General Player
1 Jussi Veikkanen Française des Jeux 0 6 Player
2 Karl Menzies Health net presented by Maxxis 0 4
3 Michael Albasini Liquigas 0 4
4 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step 4 4
5 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 0 2
6 Peter McDonald Drapac Porsche Development Program 0 2
7 Stefan Schreck Gerolsteiner 0 2
8 Murilo Fischer Liquigas 0 2
9 Jelle Vanendert Française des Jeux 2 2 Player
10 Enrico Franzoï Liquigas 0 1
11 Mikaël Chérel Française des Jeux 0 1 Player
12 Pablo Lastras Caisse d'Epargne 0 1
13 Koen De Kort Astana Cycling Team 0 1
14 Óscar Freire Rabobank 0 1
15 Dominique Rollin Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1 1
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Posted on 23-03-2010 01:10
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5th to Vaugrenard not bad Keep it up
Words to live by
"What would Lance do?"
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 23-03-2010 01:28
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Thanks I will try but I think that next stage will be very exciting so keep checking often.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 23-03-2010 11:40
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Hey guys Stage 5 will be posted later today. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 23-03-2010 11:58
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valverde321 wrote:
Hey guys Stage 5 will be posted later today.
Ok great,as I can see you´ve changed your style
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 23-03-2010 11:59
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yeah I changed a bit of my style around but my point of veiw when reporting a stage has stayed the same. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 23-03-2010 12:01
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valverde321 wrote:
yeah I changed a bit of my style around but my point of veiw when reporting a stage has stayed the same.
Allright,just go on like this! |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 23-03-2010 12:04
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Thanks alot. I hope you like it better. Does anyone know if having less disk space on your C drive slows down pcm or stops it from playing higher graphical db's? It almost seems thats what has happenened to me cause I cant play stages with a high equipment db (08 equipment db being the final cut-off before it's almost unplayable).
Edit: Sorry if anyone saw that bad type about disk space.
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Posted on 23-03-2010 12:24
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By the way valverde,what time is it now in Canada? |
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Posted on 23-03-2010 12:39
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It's 7:37 Am right now |
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