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| pcm2009fan |
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FEBRUARY REVIEW
Rider of the month: Benoit Joachim 
Young rider of the month: Marcel Kittel
World Tour Individual Rankings
World Tour Team Rankings
Rabobank lead, FDJ and Silence-Lotto are on 0 points.
Continental Rankings
ISD and Agritubel lead the promotion chase. My control team just missed out on the top 10 after winning the simmed Tour of Malaysia with some unknown rider. 
On another note, I'm not sure whether to call the World Tour by its present name, the 2009 name (ProTour) or the Cya Top Tour as it is in the game? Not that it matters I guess anyway haha.. |
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Now that the pre-season is over we head into the more important races... headlining the starters at Paris-Nice are Leipheimer of Astana and his team-mate Andreas Kloden who have a great supporting cast. Perhaps though Kim Kirchen is the main favourite. The hilly stages will suit him well after the opening prologue and the one mountain top finish shouldn't pose too much difficulty for him.
Startlist
Spoiler ASTANA
1. L.Leipheimer
2. J.Brajkovic
3. C.Horner
4. A.Klöden
5. S.Paulinho
6. J.Rubiera
7. M.Schär
8. H.Zubeldia
LIQUIGAS
11. R.Kreuziger
12. C.Corioni
13. M.Fischer
14. E.Franzoi
15. F.Pellizotti
16. M.Quinziato
17. S.Szmyd
18. F.Willems
MILRAM
21. L.Gerdemann
22. L.Barla
23. M.Fothen
24. S.Knaven
25. T.Rohregger
26. B.Schröder
27. P.Velits
28. P.Wrölich
COLUMBIA
31. K.Kirchen
32. M.Albasini
33. B.Eisel
34. A.Greipel
35. G.Hincapie
36. M.Monfort
37. M.Possoni
38. M.Sieberg
FUJI
41. J.Cobo
42. P.Bailetti
43. D.Cañada
44. A.Fernández
45. H.González
46. B.Intxausti
47. J.Jufre
48. B.Shpilevsky
KATUSHA
51. A.Colom
52. A.Botcharov
53. P.Brutt
54. M.Ignatiev
55. V.Karpets
56. S.Klimov
57. F.Pozzato
58. N.Trussov
F.D. JEUX
61. S.Casar
62. R.Di Gregorio
63. A.Duval
64. C.Le Mével
65. F.Mourey
66. Y.Offredo
67. J.Roy
68. J.Veikkanen
GARMIN
71. D.Zabriskie
72. T.Danielson
73. L.Euser
74. T.Farrar
75. D.Martin
76. D.Millar
77. D.Pate
78. K.Patour
QUICK STEP
81. C.Barredo
82. D.Devenyns
83. T.Kvist
84. D.Malacarne
85. J.Pineau
86. F.Reda
87. K.Van Impe
88. M.Velo
C.EPARGNE
91. J.Rodriguez
92. D.Arroyo
93. A.Charteau
94. A.Coyot
95. J.Gutierrez
96. A.Jeannesson
97. D.López
98. M.Perget
SAXO BANK
101. J.Voigt
102. L.Bak
103. J.Fuglsang
104. J.Haedo
105. F.Hoj
106. A.Kolobnev
107. G.Larsson
108. A.Steensen
AG2R
111. R.Nocentini
112. J.Arrieta
113. G.Bonnafond
114. A.Clerc
115. V.Efimkin
116. C.Riblon
117. L.Turpin
118. T.Valjavec
SERRAMENTI
121. M.Scarponi
122. D.Bertolini
123. A.Bertolini
124. L.Celli
125. C.Ochoa
126. J.Rodriguez
127. J.Serpa
128. G.Simoni
AGRITUBEL
131. C.Moreau
132. F.Bichot
133. S.Calzati
134. B.Feillu
135. E.Gonzalo
136. N.Jalabert
137. Y.Le Boulanger
138. N.Vogondy
LAMPRE
141. M.Bruseghin
142. A.Furlan
143. E.Gasparotto
144. M.Lorenzetto
145. M.Mori
146. M.Sapa
147. P.Tiralongo
148. V.Zagorodny
RABOBANK
151. S.Clement
152. L.Boom
153. J.Gárate
154. S.Langeveld
155. P.Martens
156. B.Tankink
157. L.Ten Dam
158. M.Tjallingii
SILENCE
161. J.Van den Broeck
162. M.Delage
163. P.Jacobs
164. J.Ljungblad
165. T.Stubbe
166. G.Van Avermaet
167. J.Vanendert
168. C.Wegelius
COFIDIS
171. R.Pauriol
172. S.Augé
173. J.Demaret
174. S.Dumoulin
175. L.Duque
176. S.Minard
177. A.Moinard
178. R.Villa
VACANSOLEIL
181. M.Carrara
182. S.Lagutin
183. B.Leukemans
184. C.Lhotellerie
185. G.Löwik
186. M.Pronk
187. T.Van Amerongen
188. A.Vierhouten
BBOX
191. P.Fédrigo
192. C.Gautier
193. S.Haddou
194. L.Lefèvre
195. A.Pichot
196. P.Quemeneur
197. J.Tschopp
198. T.Voeckler
EUSKALTEL
201. I.Anton
202. J.Azanza
203. I.Isasi
204. A.Lafuente
205. I.Landaluze
206. R.Pérez
207. A.Txurruka
208. I.Velasco
CERVELO
211. V.Gustov
212. H.Haussler
213. T.Hushovd
214. D.Lloyd
215. J.Novoa
216. G.Rasch
217. H.Roulston
218. M.Wyss
ROUBAIX
221. G.Suray
222. B.Delrot
223. F.Guillou
224. L.Haugland
225. M.Larpe
226. A.Lemair
227. T.Metcalfe
228. A.Olsen
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Prologue
Amilly : 9.7km
Spaniard Jose Ivan Gutierrez came out victorious of the opening prologue. Kreuziger and Leipheimer showed good form with top 5 placings.
General Classification
| 1 | José Iván Gutierrez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 10'50 | | 2 | Roman Kreuziger | LIQUIGAS | + 1 | | 3 | Stef Clement | RABOBANK | + 3 | | 4 | David Millar | GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM | + 4 | | 5 | Levi Leipheimer | ASTANA | s.t. | | 6 | David Zabriskie | GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM | + 5 | | 7 | Mikhail Ignatiev | TEAM KATUSHA | + 6 | | 8 | Lars Boom | RABOBANK | + 10 | | 9 | Lars Ytting Bak | TEAM SAXO BANK | s.t. | | 10 | George Hincapie | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | s.t. |
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Stage 2
The first chance for the sprinters - the best of which include Hushovd, Griepel, Haussler, Pozzato and Farrar.
Hushovd does a great job to pull Haussler up to the front, who must be feeling better than the Norwegian today. Griepel sits on Sieberg's wheel.
Haussler bursts away and holds off Fischer for the win.
Stage Results
| 1 | Heinrich Haussler | CERVELO TEST TEAM | 4h24'40 | | 2 | Murilo Fischer | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 3 | Aurélien Clerc | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. | | 4 | Tyler Farrar | GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM | s.t. | | 5 | Boris Shpilevsky | FUJI - SERVETTO | s.t. | | 6 | André Greipel | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | s.t. | | 7 | Juan José Haedo | TEAM SAXO BANK | s.t. | | 8 | Filippo Pozzato | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. | | 9 | Enrico Gasparotto | LAMPRE - N.G.C | s.t. | | 10 | Mickael Delage | SILENCE-LOTTO | s.t. |
General Classification
| 1 | José Iván Gutierrez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 4h35'30 | | 2 | Roman Kreuziger | LIQUIGAS | + 1 | | 3 | Stef Clement | RABOBANK | + 3 | | 4 | Levi Leipheimer | ASTANA | + 4 | | 5 | David Millar | GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM | s.t. | | 6 | David Zabriskie | GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM | + 5 | | 7 | Mikhail Ignatiev | TEAM KATUSHA | + 6 | | 8 | Filippo Pozzato | TEAM KATUSHA | + 10 | | 9 | Lars Ytting Bak | TEAM SAXO BANK | s.t. | | 10 | George Hincapie | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | s.t. |
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| pcm2009fan |
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Stage 3
Orval - Vichy : 178.4km
This is another stage for the sprinters so expect to see the same faces up there again.
This time Thor struggles to bring Haussler up whilst Sieberg brings Griepel right to the fore...
Haussler puts out an incredible sprint from pretty far back in the field but runs out of road and loses out to Griepel. Farrar took third.
Stage Results
| 1 | André Greipel | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | 4h09'36 | | 2 | Heinrich Haussler | CERVELO TEST TEAM | s.t. | | 3 | Tyler Farrar | GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM | s.t. | | 4 | Aurélien Clerc | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. | | 5 | Murilo Fischer | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 6 | Filippo Pozzato | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. | | 7 | Boris Shpilevsky | FUJI - SERVETTO | s.t. | | 8 | Enrico Gasparotto | LAMPRE - N.G.C | s.t. | | 9 | Leonardo Duque | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | s.t. | | 10 | Mirko Lorenzetto | LAMPRE - N.G.C | s.t. |
General Classification
| 1 | José Iván Gutierrez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 8h45'06 | | 2 | Roman Kreuziger | LIQUIGAS | + 1 | | 3 | Stef Clement | RABOBANK | + 3 | | 4 | Mikhail Ignatiev | TEAM KATUSHA | + 4 | | 5 | Levi Leipheimer | ASTANA | s.t. | | 6 | David Millar | GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM | s.t. | | 7 | David Zabriskie | GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM | + 5 | | 8 | Filippo Pozzato | TEAM KATUSHA | + 10 | | 9 | Lars Ytting Bak | TEAM SAXO BANK | s.t. | | 10 | George Hincapie | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | s.t. |
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Stage 4
Vichy - Saint Etienne : 173.9km
We head to more difficult terrain today. Gutierrez is in with a shout of keeping the yellow jersey but Kreuziger is only 1 second behind him
Casar goes first at the foot of the final climb. Pauriol and Kirchen are first to respond.
Kreuziger, Kloden, Colom and Cobo are next. Gutierrez counters and more attacks follow.
Kirchen is first over the top. Pauriol is next followed by Kreuziger and Colom.
Kirchen solos to victory and the yellow jersey. Pauriol leads Colom, Nocentini, Moreau, Garate, Kreuziger, Bruseghin and Gerdemann over the line 44 seconds back and the peleton come in at 1'49.
Stage Results
| 1 | Kim Kirchen | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | 4h01'35 | | 2 | Rémi Pauriol | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | + 44 | | 3 | Antonio Colom | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. | | 4 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. | | 5 | Christophe Moreau | AGRITUBEL | s.t. | | 6 | Juan Manuel Gárate | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 7 | Roman Kreuziger | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 8 | Linus Gerdemann | TEAM MILRAM | s.t. | | 9 | Marzio Bruseghin | LAMPRE - N.G.C | s.t. | | 10 | Franco Pellizotti | LIQUIGAS | + 1'49 |
General Classification
| 1 | Kim Kirchen | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | 12h46'46 | | 2 | Roman Kreuziger | LIQUIGAS | + 40 | | 3 | Marzio Bruseghin | LAMPRE - N.G.C | + 49 | | 4 | Linus Gerdemann | TEAM MILRAM | + 57 | | 5 | Antonio Colom | TEAM KATUSHA | + 1'02 | | 6 | Christophe Moreau | AGRITUBEL | + 1'04 | | 7 | Rémi Pauriol | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | + 1'05 | | 8 | Juan Manuel Gárate | RABOBANK | + 1'16 | | 9 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 1'19 | | 10 | José Iván Gutierrez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 1'44 |
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Stage 5
Annonnay - Vallon Pont d'Arc : 204.6km
This is a good stage for puncheurs which should suit Kirchen perfectly.
Rodriguez joined Azanza, Celli, Jacobs and Lagutin in the break - the peleton allowed him to go as he is 5 minutes back in GC already. He ended up winning won 4 of the mountain sprints to take hold of the polka dot jersey.
Ignatiev and Barredo slipped away atop the final mountain sprint but they couldn't make their lead hold.
60km from the finish Moreau went next.
At 40km Gerdemann and Casar attack followed by Nocentini and several others. With 25km to go they are all caught but Moreau remains out front with Rodriguez. Only 1 minute behind Kirchen, he poses a threat.
With just 6km to go some big names are involved in a crash. Green jersey Haussler, Pozzato, Kloden and Zabriskie all go down along with 5th placed Colom. Astana make a blunder by sending back Leipheimer to help Kloden and they all end up losing plenty of time.
Moreau is able to drop Rodriguez and solos to the line. He is now 18 seconds behind Kirchen in the GC.
Stage Results
| 1 | Christophe Moreau | AGRITUBEL | 5h08'44 | | 2 | Pierrick Fédrigo | BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM | + 40 | | 3 | George Hincapie | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | s.t. | | 4 | Franco Pellizotti | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 5 | Alexandr Kolobnev | TEAM SAXO BANK | s.t. | | 6 | Amets Txurruka | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | s.t. | | 7 | Alexandre Pichot | BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM | s.t. | | 8 | Michael Albasini | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | s.t. | | 9 | Sebastian Langeveld | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 10 | Bram Tankink | RABOBANK | s.t. |
General Classification
| 1 | Kim Kirchen | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | 17h56'10 | | 2 | Christophe Moreau | AGRITUBEL | + 18 | | 3 | Roman Kreuziger | LIQUIGAS | + 40 | | 4 | Marzio Bruseghin | LAMPRE - N.G.C | + 49 | | 5 | Linus Gerdemann | TEAM MILRAM | + 57 | | 6 | Rémi Pauriol | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | + 1'05 | | 7 | Juan Manuel Gárate | RABOBANK | + 1'16 | | 8 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 1'19 | | 9 | José Iván Gutierrez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 1'44 | | 10 | Stef Clement | RABOBANK | + 1'47 |
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Stage 6
St-Paul Trois Chateaux - La Montagne de Lure : 182.9km
Stage 6 is the hardest of this year's Paris-Nice and it should prove to be the most decisive. Kirchen will be looking to defend his jersey whilst Kreuziger might decide to have a go at him.
Leipheimer and Casar are the first to go.
Nocentini and Kloden respond along with 5th placed Gerdemann.
Next Kreuziger decides to go. Kirchen flies off after him.
They make their way up to Daniel Martin and Fuglsang from the break.
5km left and Moreau has ridden accross to the leading duo. Cobo isn't far behind.
With 1.6km to go Moreau looks to attack whilst Kirchen is struggling.
Moreau fades and Kreuziger comes round him for the win. Kirchen finds second legs to defend his jersey with 2nd place - it's looking very good for him.
Stage Results
| 1 | Roman Kreuziger | LIQUIGAS | 4h54'57 | | 2 | Kim Kirchen | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | s.t. | | 3 | Christophe Moreau | AGRITUBEL | s.t. | | 4 | Juan José Cobo | FUJI - SERVETTO | + 37 | | 5 | Rémi Pauriol | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | + 53 | | 6 | Marzio Bruseghin | LAMPRE - N.G.C | s.t. | | 7 | Vladimir Efimkin | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 1'08 | | 8 | Andreas Klöden | ASTANA | + 1'16 | | 9 | Stef Clement | RABOBANK | + 1'25 | | 10 | Sandy Casar | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | s.t. |
General Classification
| 1 | Kim Kirchen | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | 22h51'03 | | 2 | Christophe Moreau | AGRITUBEL | + 20 | | 3 | Roman Kreuziger | LIQUIGAS | + 38 | | 4 | Marzio Bruseghin | LAMPRE - N.G.C | + 1'46 | | 5 | Rémi Pauriol | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | + 2'02 | | 6 | Linus Gerdemann | TEAM MILRAM | + 2'26 | | 7 | Juan Manuel Gárate | RABOBANK | + 2'45 | | 8 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 2'48 | | 9 | Juan José Cobo | FUJI - SERVETTO | + 2'55 | | 10 | José Iván Gutierrez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 3'13 |
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| YvesStevens |
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Pretty Funny that Kirchen is 1st |
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| pcm2009fan |
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YvesStevens wrote:
Pretty Funny that Kirchen is 1st
Why is that? He is one of the best climbers and one of the best puncheurs in the field |
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Stage 7
Manosque - Fayence: 191.4km
Another hilly stage. The final climbs could provide the best opportunity left to steal yellow from Kirchen.
Columbia control the peleton, but allow the day's break to go. 25km from the line they seem certain to take the win whilst Gerdemann makes a move. Fedrigo follows.
Amongst the counter attacking Moreau slipped away, made his way up to Gerdemann and Fedrigo, and has 1 minute on the peleton with 10km to go.
The break approach the finish - Devenyns denies Lowik in a close sprint ahead of Millar to take the stage win.
Meanwhile Voigt has spurred on a flurry of attacks on the run-in. Him, Vogondy and Garate are just behind Moreau's group on the road. Kreuziger and Kirchen are around 40 seconds further back.
Moreau sprints accross the line for 4th, but unfortunately for him it looks like all the favourites have ended up spread out down the road in one long group.
But the race organisers decide to accredit the time gaps (for once!) and Moreau finds himself taking over the lead from Kirchen by 8 seconds with just one stage to go!
Stage Results
| 1 | Dries Devenyns | QUICK STEP | 5h07'37 | | 2 | Gerben Löwik | VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | 3 | David Millar | GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM | + 25 | | 4 | Christophe Moreau | AGRITUBEL | + 4'36 | | 5 | Linus Gerdemann | TEAM MILRAM | + 4'44 | | 6 | Pierrick Fédrigo | BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM | s.t. | | 7 | Nicolas Vogondy | AGRITUBEL | s.t. | | 8 | Juan Manuel Gárate | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 9 | Jens Voigt | TEAM SAXO BANK | + 5'04 | | 10 | Thomas Rohregger | TEAM MILRAM | s.t. |
General Classification
| 1 | Christophe Moreau | AGRITUBEL | 28h03'36 | | 2 | Kim Kirchen | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | + 8 | | 3 | Roman Kreuziger | LIQUIGAS | + 46 | | 4 | Rémi Pauriol | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | + 2'10 | | 5 | Linus Gerdemann | TEAM MILRAM | + 2'14 | | 6 | Juan Manuel Gárate | RABOBANK | + 2'33 | | 7 | Marzio Bruseghin | LAMPRE - N.G.C | + 2'51 | | 8 | Nicolas Vogondy | AGRITUBEL | + 3'35 | | 9 | Jens Voigt | TEAM SAXO BANK | + 3'37 | | 10 | Pierrick Fédrigo | BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM | s.t. |
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Stage 8
Nice - Nice : 131.5km
Can Moreau deny all the odds and come away victorious? Kirchen will be giving his all on the Col d'Eze to turn things back around.
Columbia and Liquigas set the early pace, keen to set up Kreuziger or Kirchen. The break have other ideas though and as we head into Nice they look likely to take the stage again.
And to contradict things further, it is Moreau who sets off on the attack on the Col d'Eze in response to attacks from Garate and Pauriol...
But he falters and Kirchen flies past on his right. Kreuziger and Bruseghin respond...
It is Kirchen who goes next over the top after the breakaway but things seem to have come back together behind him... and indeed everything is neutralised as they begin the descent.
In the meantime up front Carrara and Gustov have got rid of their companions and are descending towards the finish together...
... there is little to report further back down the road and Carrara denies Gustov in the sprint.
Gutierrez leads the pack safely across the line shortly afterwards which means that Christophe Moreau is crowned champion of Paris-Nice!
Stage Results
| 1 | Matteo Carrara | VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM | 3h35'12 | | 2 | Volodimir Gustov | CERVELO TEST TEAM | s.t. | | 3 | Anthony Charteau | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 46 | | 4 | José Iván Gutierrez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 1'29 | | 5 | George Hincapie | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | s.t. | | 6 | Filippo Pozzato | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. | | 7 | Kim Kirchen | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | s.t. | | 8 | Sandy Casar | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | s.t. | | 9 | Pavel Brutt | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. | | 10 | Pierrick Fédrigo | BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM | s.t. |
General Classification
| 1 | Christophe Moreau | AGRITUBEL | 31h40'17 | | 2 | Kim Kirchen | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | + 8 | | 3 | Roman Kreuziger | LIQUIGAS | + 46 | | 4 | Rémi Pauriol | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | + 2'10 | | 5 | Linus Gerdemann | TEAM MILRAM | + 2'14 | | 6 | Juan Manuel Gárate | RABOBANK | + 2'33 | | 7 | Marzio Bruseghin | LAMPRE - N.G.C | + 2'51 | | 8 | Nicolas Vogondy | AGRITUBEL | + 3'35 | | 9 | Jens Voigt | TEAM SAXO BANK | + 3'37 | | 10 | Pierrick Fédrigo | BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Christophe Moreau | AGRITUBEL | 79 | | 2 | Roman Kreuziger | LIQUIGAS | 78 | | 3 | Kim Kirchen | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | 76 | | 4 | Filippo Pozzato | TEAM KATUSHA | 62 | | 5 | José Iván Gutierrez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 58 |
Mountain
| 1 | Anthony Charteau | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 49 | | 2 | David Millar | GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM | 37 | | 3 | Gerben Löwik | VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM | 34 | | 4 | Joaquin Rodriguez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 34 | | 5 | Pieter Jacobs | SILENCE-LOTTO | 30 |
Young Riders
| 1 | Roman Kreuziger | LIQUIGAS | 31h41'03 | | 2 | Peter Velits | TEAM MILRAM | + 3'25 | | 3 | Lars Boom | RABOBANK | + 3'42 |
Teams
| 1 | AGRITUBEL | 95h09'18 | | 2 | QUICK STEP | + 1'12 | | 3 | TEAM MILRAM | + 1'45 |
So it is Christophe Moreau who takes an unlikely win at Paris - Nice as well as the green jersey and team classification. Will we see more upsets at Tirreno - Adriatico?
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| pcm2009fan |
Posted on 11-09-2011 20:51
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This year's Tirreno - Adriatico begins flat. Stage 4 should shake things up a little before the challenging 33.4km ITT the next day and the queen stage to Camerino. The final stage sees the riders return to the flat again.
The field is very strong! Sanchez, Contador, Vinokourov, Valverde, both Schlecks, Di Luca, Evans, Cunego and Chavanel are all present. Armstrong also makes his comeback from retirement. The main sprinters include Cavendish, Bennati, McEwen, Freire and Ciolek.
Startlist
Spoiler EUSKALTEL
1. S.Sánchez
2. I.Anton
3. M.Astarloza
4. K.Fernandez
5. A.Lafuente
6. R.Pérez
7. A.Txurruka
8. I.Velasco
ASTANA
11. A.Contador
12. L.Armstrong
13. S.Morabito
14. D.Navarro
15. S.Paulinho
16. G.Rast
17. T.Vaitkus
18. A.Vinokourov
C.EPARGNE
21. A.Valverde
22. A.Charteau
23. J.Gutierrez
24. P.Lastras
25. D.López
26. L.Pasamontes
27. O.Pereiro
28. J.Rojas
SAXO BANK
31. A.Schleck
32. K.Arvesen
33. F.Cancellara
34. K.Kroon
35. M.Ljungqvist
36. S.O'Grady
37. F.Schleck
38. N.Sørensen
LPR
41. D.Di Luca
42. G.Bosisio
43. D.Caruso
44. M.Cattaneo
45. R.Chiarini
46. S.Marinangeli
47. F.Negri
48. A.Ongarato
SILENCE
51. C.Evans
52. M.Aerts
53. F.De Greef
54. M.Delage
55. P.Gilbert
56. L.Hoste
57. S.Scheirlinckx
58. J.Vansummeren
QUICK STEP
61. S.Chavanel
62. T.Boonen
63. D.Cataldo
64. A.Davis
65. S.De Jongh
66. M.Facci
67. F.Reda
68. M.Tosatto
LIQUIGAS
71. V.Nibali
72. D.Bennati
73. F.Chicchi
74. M.Fischer
75. J.Guarnieri
76. D.Oss
77. F.Sabatini
78. F.Willems
LAMPRE
81. D.Cunego
82. A.Ballan
83. E.Bindi
84. M.Bono
85. P.Caucchioli
86. A.Grendene
87. M.Marzano
88. S.Ponzi
GARMIN
91. C.Vande Velde
92. B.Caldwell
93. T.Danielson
94. J.Dean
95. J.Donald
96. T.Lowe
97. M.Maaskant
98. D.Martin
COLUMBIA
101. T.Lövkvist
102. M.Burghardt
103. M.Cavendish
104. C.Lewis
105. M.Pinotti
106. M.Possoni
107. M.Rogers
108. M.Sieberg
KATUSHA
111. A.Colom
112. S.Ivanov
113. L.Mazzanti
114. R.McEwen
115. D.Napolitano
116. E.Petrov
117. G.Steegmans
118. B.Swift
FUJI
121. J.Cobo
122. E.Capecchi
123. E.Capelli
124. D.Nardello
125. F.Piemontesi
126. R.Serrano
127. A.Tonti
128. D.Vigano
F.D. JEUX
131. B.Vaugrenard
132. S.Chavanel
133. A.Geslin
134. F.Guesdon
135. S.Joly
136. C.Le Mével
137. F.Mourey
138. J.Veikkanen
ACQUA SAP.
141. S.Garzelli
142. M.Codol
143. F.Failli
144. R.Marzoli
145. D.Ortega
146. G.Palumbo
147. L.Paolini
148. L.Pierfelici
RABOBANK
151. O.Freire
152. G.Brown
153. J.Flecha
154. J.Gárate
155. P.Martens
156. K.Moerenhout
157. N.Nuyens
158. L.Ten Dam
SERRAMENTI
161. M.Scarponi
162. M.Belletti
163. L.Celli
164. F.Ginanni
165. L.Moser
166. E.Rigotto
167. J.Serpa
168. L.Solari
ISD
171. G.Visconti
172. I.Abakoumov
173. D.Cioni
174. V.Dyudya
175. S.Matveyev
176. G.Mirenda
177. A.Proni
178. E.Vona
BBOX
181. L.Lefèvre
182. Y.Arashiro
183. W.Bonnet
184. S.Haddou
185. G.Le Floch
186. P.Quemeneur
187. M.Sprick
188. T.Voeckler
MILRAM
191. R.Scholz
192. G.Ciolek
193. M.Eichler
194. J.Fröhlinger
195. R.Förster
196. M.Müller
197. M.Velits
198. F.Wegmann
COFIDIS
201. R.Pauriol
202. M.Buffaz
203. J.El Fares
204. M.Hary
205. C.Kern
206. A.Moinard
207. N.Sijmens
208. A.Usov
AG2R
211. J.Gadret
212. R.Dion
213. Y.Krivtsov
214. J.Loubet
215. L.Mondory
216. C.Riblon
217. B.Sonnery
218. L.Turpin
ROUBAIX
221. S.Sullivan
222. B.Delrot
223. L.Haugland
224. J.Mouris
225. F.Paredes
226. J.Steichen
227. G.Suray
228. S.Tronet
I noticed that by moving T-A so it didn't overlap P-N (to make reporting easier) meant that a few riders have unrealistically signed up at both races, I'll fix that next season. |
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| pcm2009fan |
Posted on 12-09-2011 19:12
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Stage 1
Cecina - Capannori : 148km
A flat stage to get things started.
Liquigas have set things up for Bennati nicely but he has Boonen and Freire on his wheel.
Bennati delivers and takes the win ahead of Boonen, Cavendish and Freire.
Stage Results
| 1 | Daniele Bennati | LIQUIGAS | 3h24'06 | | 2 | Tom Boonen | QUICK STEP | s.t. | | 3 | Mark Cavendish | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | s.t. | | 4 | Oscar Freire | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 5 | Tomas Vaitkus | ASTANA | s.t. | | 6 | Luca Paolini | ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO | s.t. | | 7 | Giovanni Visconti | ISD - NERI | s.t. | | 8 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | TEAM SAXO BANK | s.t. | | 9 | Guiseppe Palumbo | ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO | s.t. | | 10 | Robbie McEwen | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. |
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| pcm2009fan |
Posted on 12-09-2011 19:44
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Stage 2
Volterra - Marina di Carrara : 174.4km
The terrain is a little tougher than yesterday but still suggests a bunch sprint again.
Cavendish and McEwen are dropped on the first climb but they are helped back into the pack.
On the final climb, Nibali, Voeckler, Flecha, Wegmann and Chavanel attack.
Voeckler and Nibali follow this through and open up a lead of 35 seconds. However they are pulled back with 5km to go.
As the sprint begins Bennati (in blue) darts through again with Freire and Boonen in pursuit.Lost the picture but it is Bennati who holds them off to win again.
Behind them there is bad news. Samuel Sanchez was involved in a big crash and lost a sizeable chunk of time. Frank Schleck went one better and crashed on the finish line having already been held up by the same crash. He ended up sliding across the line to get the same time as Sanchez, 3'01 down on the peleton.
Thanks to the crashes there are five withdralws from the stage. The most notable are Thomas Lovkvist and Sergio Paulinho.
Stage Results
| 1 | Daniele Bennati | LIQUIGAS | 4h10'27 | | 2 | Oscar Freire | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 3 | Tom Boonen | QUICK STEP | s.t. | | 4 | Tomas Vaitkus | ASTANA | s.t. | | 5 | Francesco Failli | ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO | s.t. | | 6 | Markus Eichler | TEAM MILRAM | s.t. | | 7 | Alessandro Proni | ISD - NERI | s.t. | | 8 | Grégory Rast | ASTANA | s.t. | | 9 | Giovanni Visconti | ISD - NERI | s.t. | | 10 | Alejandro Valverde | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. |
Overall Standings
| 1 | Daniele Bennati | LIQUIGAS | 7h34'13 | | 2 | Tom Boonen | QUICK STEP | + 10 | | 3 | Oscar Freire | RABOBANK | + 14 | | 4 | Francesco Failli | ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO | + 17 | | 5 | Francesco Ginanni | SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI | s.t. | | 6 | Tomas Vaitkus | ASTANA | + 20 | | 7 | Giovanni Visconti | ISD - NERI | s.t. | | 8 | Luca Paolini | ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO | s.t. | | 9 | Stefano Garzelli | ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO | s.t. | | 10 | Alejandro Valverde | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. |
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| pcm2009fan |
Posted on 14-09-2011 18:03
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Stage 3
Flucecchio - Santa Croce Sull'arno
More falls on the run-in. Frank Schleck is involved again along with Cancellara, Garzelli, Gilbert and Vandevelde. Serpa is injured and abandons.
Davis darts down the middle, the other main sprinters are lined up to his right.
Visconti comes out of his wheel and spoils the show for the big names.
Stage Results
| 1 | Giovanni Visconti | ISD - NERI | 3h53'59 | | 2 | Tom Boonen | QUICK STEP | s.t. | | 3 | Oscar Freire | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 4 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. | | 5 | Daniele Bennati | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 6 | Mark Cavendish | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | s.t. | | 7 | Allan Davis | QUICK STEP | s.t. | | 8 | Robbie McEwen | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. | | 9 | Luca Paolini | ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO | s.t. | | 10 | Gerald Ciolek | TEAM MILRAM | s.t. |
General Classification
| 1 | Daniele Bennati | LIQUIGAS | 11h28'12 | | 2 | Tom Boonen | QUICK STEP | + 4 | | 3 | Oscar Freire | RABOBANK | + 10 | | 4 | Giovanni Visconti | ISD - NERI | s.t. | | 5 | Alberto Ongarato | LPR BRAKES FARNESE VINI | + 15 | | 6 | Francesco Failli | ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO | + 17 | | 7 | Francesco Ginanni | SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI | s.t. | | 8 | Tomas Vaitkus | ASTANA | + 20 | | 9 | Luca Paolini | ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO | s.t. | | 10 | Allan Davis | QUICK STEP | s.t. |
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| pcm2009fan |
Posted on 16-09-2011 20:19
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I'll admit that I've been somewhat losing interest in what I've got going here, but at the same time I'm really keen to actually follow through a story.
I figure having something complete is better than a loose-end, so what I'm considering doing is focusing reporting on the GTs for this year at least. I think overall this will be of benefit to the story.
Once I make it to the second season I will possibly look at the idea of reporting from some of the other races too depending on how things go.
So, moving on and ahead, here are the final results from Tirreno-Adriatico:
... So in the end Valverde brushed of Chavanel for the win. Andy Schleck has also shown good form whilst Freire took the sprinter's jersey home. |
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| pcm2009fan |
Posted on 16-09-2011 20:47
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We head to Italy for the first classic of the year, Milan-San Remo. The top sprinters are all here: Freire and Bennati climb well and should be considered very dangerous. Boonen and maybe even Cavendish or McEwen pose a threat too. The likes of Ballan and Cancellara will be looking to steal the show from the sprinters.
On the final climbs a 15 man group of the top sprinters and puncheurs broke free. Cavendish and McEwen soon lost contact, and at the finish Freire jumped from behind Bennati to take the win. Quick Step had a bittersweet 2-3 with Boonen and Davis.
Top 10
1 - Oscar Freire - Rabobank
2 - Tom Boonen - Quick Step
3 - Allan Davis - Quick Step
4 - Daniele Bennati - Liquigas
5 - Sylvain Chavanel - Quick Step
6 - Kurt-Asle Arvesen - Team Saxo Bank
7 - Fabian Cancellara - Team Saxo Bank
8 - Nick Nuyens - Rabobank
9 - Juan Antonio Flecha - Rabobank
10 - Murcus Burghardt - Team Columbia - High Road |
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| pcm2009fan |
Posted on 16-09-2011 21:22
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Winner
Oscar Pereiro
Sprints
Oscar Pereiro
Moutains
David De la Fuente
Youth
Clément Lhotllerie
Team
Fuji-Servetto
Top 10
1 - Oscar Pereiro - Caisse d'Epargne
2 - Pietro Caucchioli - Lampre - N.G.C
3 - Sandy Casar - Francaise des Jeux
4 - Mikel Astarloza - Euskaltel-Euskadi
5 - Remi Pauriol - Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne
6 - Tom Danielson - Garmin-Slipstream
7 - Antonio Colom - Team Katusha
8 - Clement Lhotellerie - Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
9 - Daniel Navarro - Astana
10 - Alexandre Botcharov - Team Katusha
Former Tour de France winner Pereiro took this historic race comfortably against a weak field. |
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I'm afraid I'll be brushing over these fairly quickly, but it's worth making a small preview in any case. Don't get me wrong I love racing them, just not so much reporting on them. Maybe next season.
Injuries
Stjin Devolder
Cobbled Classics Favourites
Ballan
Boonen
Flecha
Cancellara
Pozzato
Hushovd
Ardenes Classics Favourites
Valverde
Cunego
Frank Schleck
Andy Schleck
Rodriguez
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