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Team Vorarlberg | Tour of Langkawi
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 19-01-2012 15:48
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Screens are very important in story, so I think you should include them  It's about balance of screens and text that makes the story great imo.
There's no need for wall of texts, people would appreciate less texts and some nice pictures to go along with what you have written
Just my two cents 
And nice results in early start of the season
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| stef98 |
Posted on 20-01-2012 15:44
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27.1.2012 - Rohregger's day
Kirchen's Blog:
 Tour of Langkawi - Stage 5
Hey guys. Today was a pretty hard stage for us. My personal object was to stay at the podium after this stage, and hold it.
The break of the day built 6 riders. Also Tobias Jenny took a part there.
They don't sprinted for the intermediate.
The race was really boring, I think. The breakaway got more then 5 minutes, because at the end of the stage a large mountain was waiting for them and the bunch didn't thought that someone of them will win the race.
30kms to go, NSP and Movistar made a fast pace and could slow down the gap to 2:00 mins.
22kms to go, the climb started, the break still got 2:00. I wasn't in such a shape like Rohregger. He felt really good. When Movistar started to go faster and faster I felt sick.
16kms to go, some riders were falling back to the bunch, but Jenny who isn't a good climber tried to attack , no one could follow.
13kms to go a 20 riders favourite group was building. With all my energy I could follow them, then I was dead. Also Jenny and the old break was in this group. Rohregger felt good, maybe he could go for a stage win, I thought.
10kms to go I was loosing the contact to the favourite group. This wasn't good for my mental power. I was so near to the podium and then I lost the contact there,too bad.
But Rohri was still there. In the group were 11 riders. Most of them were behind Rohregger and me in the GC. (4 mins or so). So i hoped that I could hold a Top 5 place.
5kms to go Rohregger attacked. And no one could follow him. 3.5 kms to go he got a gap of 30 seconds. At this moment I thought that mayxbe he could go on the podium.
1.5 kms to go Pardilla joined Rohregger. Spilak was 15 seconds behind them. I hoped that Rohregger could win the first victory for our team.
But then Pardilla attacked and he couldn't follow him. Rohregger ended 2th. A nice place for him and our team. 3rd place got Spilak. At the end I only got the 13th place on the stage and the 7th in overall.
Winner:
Final Result
Spoiler 1 Sergio Pardilla Movistar Team 3h27'48
2 Thomas Rohregger Team Vorarlberg + 29
3 Simon Spilak Katusha Team + 39
4 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team + 1'26
5 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 1'33
6 Fabio Duarte Colombia - Coldeportes + 1'40
7 Dimitri Champion Bretagne - Schuller + 2'08
8 Markus Fothen Team NSP - Ghost + 2'14
9 David López Movistar Team + 2'31
10 David Arroyo Movistar Team s.t.
11 Yury Trofimov Katusha Team + 2'48
12 Johannes Fröhlinger Project 1t4i + 3'03
13 Kim Kirchen Team Vorarlberg + 3'08
14 Philip Deignan UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 5'13
15 David De la Fuente Caja Rural + 5'22
16 Javier Ramírez Abeja Andalucía s.t.
17 Antonio Piedra Caja Rural + 5'28
18 Ivan Rovny RusVelo s.t.
19 Eduard Vorganov Katusha Team s.t.
20 Filippo Savini Colnago - CSF Inox + 5'37
21 Ian Bibby Endura Racing + 5'55
22 Karol Domagalski Caja Rural + 6'12
23 Andrey Amador Movistar Team s.t.
24 Johan Mombaerts BigMat - Auber 93 s.t.
25 Arthur Van Overberghe Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator + 6'39
further:
33 Tobias Jenny Team Vorarlberg + 7'50
43 Patrick Konrad Team Vorarlberg + 9'08
47 Marco Haller Team Vorarlberg + 9'26
GC
Spoiler 1 Sergio Pardilla Movistar Team 16h53'32
2 Simon Spilak Katusha Team + 59
3 Thomas Rohregger Team Vorarlberg + 2'28
4 Markus Fothen Team NSP - Ghost + 2'46
5 Fabio Duarte Colombia - Coldeportes + 3'12
6 Dimitri Champion Bretagne - Schuller + 4'19
7 Kim Kirchen Team Vorarlberg + 4'40
8 Yury Trofimov Katusha Team + 4'59
9 Johannes Fröhlinger Project 1t4i + 5'14
10 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team + 5'43
11 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 6'46
12 Philip Deignan UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team + 7'24
13 David De la Fuente Caja Rural + 7'33
14 Javier Ramírez Abeja Andalucía s.t.
15 Ivan Rovny RusVelo + 7'39
I was feeling really happy when I saw that Rohregger even got the podium. Now there 5 flat stages. I'll build my shape there, hopefully.
Yours,
Kim
Edited by stef98 on 20-01-2012 15:44
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 20-01-2012 18:13
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Nice riding by Rohregger today
A pity he just couldn't hit the line first |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 20-01-2012 18:46
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Nice photos and reports. Also, great results with Rohregger.  |
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| stef98 |
Posted on 20-01-2012 19:21
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@sutty68, Yes,but I was pretty suprised, how many power Pardilla still had. He started to sprint and he made a gap, like after an attack.
But you have to know that Rohregger had only 65 points in the fitness. Kirchen was even worse. I think he has something like 60 or so. But their "Seasonhighlight" is just the Giro so iI hope that we could get a wildcard there.
@FreitasPCM Thank you.
It's a pleasure for me, that you all can read it. I really thought that my english sucks, because I am 14 and I normally speak german.
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| canojuancho |
Posted on 20-01-2012 20:37
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Good performance by Rohregger. |
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 20-01-2012 20:53
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stef98 wrote:
It's a pleasure for me, that you all can read it. I really thought that my english sucks, because I am 14 and I normally speak german.
Believe me, your english is a lot better at 14 than my german is at 21. Of course, it's not perfect but hopefully doing this will help you improve it.
And good effort with Rohregger |
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| stef98 |
Posted on 21-01-2012 10:02
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Today I hope I can finish the tour. The reports will be short and only a little summary, because all those flat stage aren't so excited then the others.
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| stef98 |
Posted on 21-01-2012 10:44
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28.1.2012 - We tried to attack
Team-Homepage
Tour of Langkawi Stage 6
It was a normally flat stage for our team today.
It was a stage for Haller and Strgar. Our tactic was to bring Haller in a good position and attack with Kirchen at the last hill for a stage win maybe.
At the beginning a 9 riders break attacked. They won the KoM's anmd the intermediate sprints.
60kms to go, the gap between the bunch and the break was more then 7 minutes. We had decided to make the pace with Gaugl,Jenny and Hofer. 30kms to go the gap was arround 2 minutes. Kirchen felt bette then yesterday.
15kms to go, the group was just 50 seconds before the bunch. Rohregger brought Kirchen in a good position. Also Haller was there.
7 kms to go the bunch cuaght the group. At km 4 to go Kirchen would try to attack, Haller was at the backwheel from Cardoso.
4kmt to go Kirchen attacked. But he didn't come away from the bunch. Haller lost Cardoso's wheel. 1km to go, Cardoso and Degenkolb were sprinting away from the bunch, they were in another world.
Haller and Kirchen sprinted for the podium,but we had bad luck and so we reached the 4th place with Kirchen and the 5th with Haller. Not podium but a good teamposition.
Winner:
Final Result:
Spoiler 1 John Degenkolb Project 1t4i 3h23'06
2 Manuel Cardoso Caja Rural s.t.
3 Ángel Vicioso Katusha Team s.t.
4 Kim Kirchen Team Vorarlberg s.t.
5 Marco Haller Team Vorarlberg s.t.
6 Aitor Galdos Caja Rural s.t.
7 Preben Van Hecke Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
8 Fabio Duarte Colombia - Coldeportes s.t.
9 Aaron Kemps Champion System Pro Cycling Team s.t.
10 René Obst Team NSP - Ghost s.t.
11 Steven Tronet BigMat - Auber 93 s.t.
12 Zakkari Dempster Endura Racing s.t.
13 Steven Van Vooren Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
14 Eduard Vorganov Katusha Team s.t.
15 Sergio Pardilla Movistar Team s.t.
16 Matic Strgar Team Vorarlberg s.t.
17 Nikolai Trussov RusVelo s.t.
18 Johan Mombaerts BigMat - Auber 93 s.t.
19 Rafael de Mattos Andriato Farnese Vini - Selle Italia s.t.
20 Markus Fothen Team NSP - Ghost s.t.
GC no changes
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 21-01-2012 12:07
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4th and 5th, Very good sprint seeing that it was a slightly uphill finish |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 21-01-2012 15:32
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Nice attempt with Kirchen. It's always good to try. So the 4th and 5th are a positive result, imo. |
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| stef98 |
Posted on 21-01-2012 19:21
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29.1.2012 -
Team-Homepage:
Tour of Langkawi - Stage 7
This stage was another flat stage for our sprinter Haller. Our tactic was to win the stage. Some riders were allowed to attack and they did it. Konrad attecked at the beginning no one followed him. After a while another 7 riders group attacked. But Konrad felt very strong and continued his solo ride.
He won the intermediate sprints. 90kms to go he got more then 10 minutes to the bunch and 4 minutes to the 7 riders group. The manager hoped that he could hold it until the finish. 70kms to go. Konrad had decided to fell back to the 7 riders group who got more then 12 minutes. It really looked comfortable. Konrad was virtual in the leader jersey. But he couldn't remove his energy, in the group. 30kms to go, he fell out of the group,so our team made a really fast pace in the bunch. We had such a little hope to catch the group. 20kms to go, the gap was 6 minutes to the break and 3 to Konrad. Movistar started to work there. 5kms to go, the break got 4 minutes still and we caught Konrad,too bad for us. Strgar was searching for a good wheel for Haller. Also Kirchen was still there. Then suddenly Rohregger attacked. He felt another time great and Kirchen could help him to come away. In the break the win got R.Hardy. But Rohregger and Kirchen were more then 30 seconds before the sleeping bunch.Unfourtunely Rohregger was cuaght by the sprinters only 300m to go. Haller wasn't able to sprint today because he didnt feel good.
Winner:
Final Result:
Spoiler 1 Romain Hardy Bretagne - Schuller 3h57'54
2 César Bihel Team Differdange s.t.
3 Carlos Quintero Colombia - Coldeportes s.t.
4 Jonathan Clarke UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team s.t.
5 Jonathan Thiré BigMat - Auber 93 s.t.
6 Jeffry Romero Colombia - Coldeportes s.t.
7 Gang Xu Champion System Pro Cycling Team s.t.
8 Manuel Cardoso Caja Rural + 3'34
9 Nikolai Trussov RusVelo s.t.
10 John Degenkolb Project 1t4i s.t.
11 Aaron Kemps Champion System Pro Cycling Team s.t.
12 Guillaume Blot Bretagne - Schuller s.t.
13 René Obst Team NSP - Ghost s.t.
14 Thomas Rohregger Team Vorarlberg s.t.
15 Yann Huguet Project 1t4i s.t.
16 Stijn Neirynck Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
17 Aitor Galdos Caja Rural s.t.
18 Fabio Duarte Colombia - Coldeportes s.t.
19 Pieter Vanspeybroeck Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
20 Matic Strgar Team Vorarlberg s.t.
21 Kim Kirchen Team Vorarlberg s.t.
GC no important changes
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| baia |
Posted on 21-01-2012 19:50
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Doing good....story looks way much better now,with those screens...keep it up and good luck.
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