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| Batista15 |
Posted on 27-02-2012 12:03
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Here´s our race calendar for January
We´re going to start our season with the first Pro Tour Race in Australia after the National Championship in Down Under. It´s probably Boasson Hagen, leading our team there with some nice chances.
The second and last race of this month will be in San Luis. I think this is a very interesting stage race with a couple of pretty climbs. Sergio Henao is a great talent for this kind of race. Maybe he´s able to reach something for Sky over there just like Davide Appollonio in the sprints. |
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 27-02-2012 13:04
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Sky 
GL, I will be a definite follower, but at points I may fall behind with this, as I have my own story and cycling and college, but anyhow, bring these victories to the best team on the WT 
MG Team manager Team Ticos Air Costa Rica
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 27-02-2012 13:11
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Ste117 wrote:
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GL, I will be a definite follower, but at points I may fall behind with this, as I have my own story and cycling and college, but anyhow, bring these victories to the best team on the WT
Thank you very much, will try my best  |
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 27-02-2012 16:24
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I will follow this, sky is one of the best team in the peleton. Good luck |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 27-02-2012 23:31
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@pcm rulezz, thanks a lot!
First race is done, going to post it tomorrow  |
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| Neillster |
Posted on 28-02-2012 11:14
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looking forward to it. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 28-02-2012 15:11
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With some nice Aussies in our team, we´re already in Down Under before the first Pro Tour challenge will start for us.
Richie Porte is our man for today´s decision with Michael Rogers on his side. Sutton and Hayman are prepared for a hard race with some dangerous attacks from other teams.
StarlistSpoiler
BMC
1. C.Evans
2. T.Roe
GreenEdge
11. S.Gerrans
12. J.Bobridge
13. S.Clarke
14. B.Cooke
15. A.Davis
16. M.Docker
17. M.Goss
18. S.O'Grady
19. W.Sulzberger
Garmin
21. H.Haussler
22. N.Haas
Sky
31. M.Rogers
32. M.Hayman
33. R.Porte
34. C.Sutton
UnitedHealthcare
41. R.Sutherland
42. J.Clarke
43. H.Clarke
44. B.Day
45. K.Menzies
Lampre
51. M.Lloyd
Rabobank
61. M.Matthews
62. G.Brown
63. M.Renshaw
Lotto
71. A.Hansen
Saxo Bank
81. D.Tanner
82. J.Cantwell
83. L.Roberts
Champion
91. C.Wurf
92. W.Clarke
93. A.Kemps
Endura Racing
101. Z.Dempster
102. J.Anderson
103. D.Windsor
An Post
111. S.Law
Team Type 1
121. F.Calabria
PSK Whirlpool
131. J.Prete
First race this season and the first surprise is the weather, as the temperature isn´t that high with some cloudy parts. Our biggest problem might be the GreenEdge Team with a nice team squad. The might be too strong but we fancy with the podium at least. Cadel Evans might be another strong rider today but let´s see.
As we expected, there were some Aussies, breaking away. Most famous for sure was Mark Renshaw. The small group was brought back easily after Hayman and Sutton made some pace.
After Heinrich Haussler was the one with the first midstage attack. We all know how easy it can be to win the Australian Championship with such a move. Because of that our leaders took the lead of the pack. Pretty successful for the first moment but Haussler was pretty confirmed.
The former German was still in front when the last 20 kilometres were reached. His advantage was getting smaller and smaller with the time.
First serious attack out of the big group came by Cadel Evans. We had to counter this one, as Cadel was maybe the strongest opponent by now. Haussler was passed by him in these seconds.
Richie Porte wasn´t able to stay with Evans and even Haussler was still too fast. Evans was almost without any competition in the end. He already had a nice gap of 80 seconds to Haussler.
Porte tried to keep Haussler´s pace but it was way too hard as our captain wasn´t in a brilliant shape today. Still a great fight by Richie.
We had no chance against the Tour Champion of 2011. Congrats to BMC and Cadel Evans, a well deserved Australian Road Champion. Is he able to get the double in two days?
Richie Porte showed an exciting sprint finish against Haussler and Lloyd, who came very fast from behind in the end. Great podium for Sky, this is a great start into the season.
And also Michael Rogers crowned his great performance with a nice 5th placement after a terrific support accomplishment.
Result
| 1 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | 4h42'35 | | 2 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | + 1'45 | | 3 | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 4 | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 5 | Michael Rogers | Sky Procycling | + 2'08 | | 6 | Simon Gerrans | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Wesley Sulzberger | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Timothy Roe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Jack Bobridge | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 13 | Ben Day | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14 | Matthew Goss | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 15 | Baden Cooke | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 16 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'44 | | 17 | Simon Clarke | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 18 | Cameron Wurf | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 19 | David Tanner | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 20 | Stuart O'Grady | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 3'07 | | 21 | Nathan Haas | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 22 | Zakkari Dempster | Endura Racing | + 3'40 | | 23 | Hilton Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 4'29 | | 24 | Allan Davis | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 25 | William Clarke | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 26 | Mitchell Docker | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 27 | Luke Roberts | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 28 | Scott Law | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 29 | Dean Windsor | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 30 | Karl Menzies | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 31 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 32 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 33 | Jonathan Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 34 | Joshua Prete | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 35 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 36 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 37 | Fabio Calabria | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 38 | Jack Anderson | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 39 | Aaron Kemps | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | + 10'47 |
Edited by Batista15 on 28-02-2012 15:22
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| Jeronen |
Posted on 28-02-2012 15:29
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Nice start of the season! Hopefully Porte has better shape for the TT.
Edited by Jeronen on 28-02-2012 15:33
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 28-02-2012 17:54
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Good luck in the TT, Evans looks realy strong |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 28-02-2012 18:12
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A nice podium to start the season off with |
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| Neillster |
Posted on 28-02-2012 18:16
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Good start, it's always hard to beat Cadel to the Aussie jersey, but you gave it a good go |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 28-02-2012 19:13
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Thanks at all. I´m really glad about that. The TT will be an exciting thing hopefully. |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 28-02-2012 19:53
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Good race for Sky!
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| pvalente |
Posted on 28-02-2012 20:01
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Good luck for the story!
Great begin with one podium! Richi Porte for Tour of Algarve? 
Nicolas Roche fanboy
Dombrowski future winner of Tour de France!
Rui Costa!
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 28-02-2012 20:18
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pvalente wrote:
Good luck for the story!
Great begin with one podium! Richi Porte for Tour of Algarve?
Don´t know up to here. Maybe.. And thanks a lot!
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 28-02-2012 21:54
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Nice season start. Maybe the podium position might mean that Porte can grab the title? |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 28-02-2012 21:56
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FreitasPCM wrote:
Nice season start. Maybe the podium position might mean that Porte can grab the title?
You mean in the TT later? |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 28-02-2012 22:02
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Batista15 wrote:
FreitasPCM wrote:
Nice season start. Maybe the podium position might mean that Porte can grab the title?
You mean in the TT later?
Of course. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 28-02-2012 22:07
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FreitasPCM wrote:
Batista15 wrote:
FreitasPCM wrote:
Nice season start. Maybe the podium position might mean that Porte can grab the title?
You mean in the TT later?
Of course.
Well, we´ll see..haha. Would be awesome to see Richie in this jersey. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 28-02-2012 22:53
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Here we go with the second decision in Australia. Cadel Evans might be the man to beat these days. The main question at the moment is, if he´s able to get the national double? With Richie Porte and Michael Rogers we´ve got two great time trialists and especially Porte is ready to keep it up today.
The GreenEdge Team is also there with some nice names, such as Jack Bobridge, Travis Meyer, Cameron Meyer and Brett Lancaster so there´s a good competition.
Startlist
Spoiler Sky
1. R.Porte
2. M.Hayman
3. M.Rogers
4. C.Sutton
BMC
11. C.Evans
12. T.Roe
GreenEdge
21. J.Bobridge
22. B.Cooke
23. L.Durbridge
24. M.Goss
25. M.Hepburn
26. B.Lancaster
27. C.Meyer
28. T.Meyer
29. S.O'Grady
UnitedHealthcare
31. R.Sutherland
32. J.Clarke
33. H.Clarke
34. B.Day
35. K.Menzies
Lotto
41. A.Hansen
Garmin
51. H.Haussler
52. N.Haas
Rabobank
61. M.Matthews
62. G.Brown
63. M.Renshaw
Champion
71. C.Wurf
72. W.Clarke
73. A.Kemps
Saxo Bank
81. L.Roberts
82. J.Cantwell
83. D.Tanner
Endura Racing
91. Z.Dempster
92. J.Anderson
93. D.Windsor
An Post
101. S.Law
Lampre
111. M.Lloyd
PSK Whirlpool
121. J.Prete
Team Type 1
131. F.Calabria
38 kilometres of predominant flat terrain with some hilly parts but nothing dangerous. The biggest favourites have to wait till the first riders set their first times but the last group might be very exciting with Bobridge, Porte and Cadel Evans. Rogers should be able to give us some information about the course.
So it is! Michael was the first one of some bigger favourites. Travis Meyer was setting the best time for a long distance. Rogers´first time was brilliant with more than 30 seconds to Meyer. He crossed the finish line as new leader with more than one minute to the second positon.
Someone, who wasn´t on our mind today was Rory Sutherland. He showed some nice times but he couldn´t adventure Rogers in the end but still a great result for him.
The last one by GreenEdge was Jack Bobridge. He had some good legs in the first parts of the course. His first interim time was close to Rogers´ but still some seconds behind. Finally, he failed the leading time by only 2 seconds. Rogers was still in front with only 2 riders left. So it was for sure to finish on the podium again.
Cadel Evans started just in front of Richie Porte but he was the faster one in the beginning. An incredible pace was set by him, which brought the leading position at the first interim time. 18 seconds faster than Rogers! When he finally crossed the line, his advantage was even bigger with 48 seconds.
Richie Porte started not that fast like Evans did before. His interim time was exactly the same like his team mate Rogers set in the beginning. His second period was strong but not good enough to beat an amazing Cadel Evans. We missed that time by 17 seconds, but we´re still happy with the second and third positioning.
Result
| 1 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | 54'22 | | 2 | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | + 17 | | 3 | Michael Rogers | Sky Procycling | + 48 | | 4 | Jack Bobridge | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 50 | | 5 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 1'09 | | 6 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1'41 | | 7 | Cameron Wurf | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | + 1'43 | | 8 | Travis Meyer | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 1'51 | | 9 | Zakkari Dempster | Endura Racing | + 1'52 | | 10 | Ben Day | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 1'56 |
Spoiler | 11 | Brett Lancaster | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 1'59 | | 12 | Cameron Meyer | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 2'01 | | 13 | Luke Durbridge | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14 | Michael Hepburn | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 2'03 | | 15 | Timothy Roe | BMC Racing Team | + 2'09 | | 16 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | + 2'21 | | 17 | Matthew Goss | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 2'26 | | 18 | Baden Cooke | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 2'30 | | 19 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'34 | | 20 | Jack Anderson | Endura Racing | + 2'36 | | 21 | Luke Roberts | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 22 | Stuart O'Grady | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 2'41 | | 23 | Joshua Prete | Whirlpool - Author | + 2'44 | | 24 | Scott Law | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 2'52 | | 25 | William Clarke | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | + 2'57 | | 26 | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre - ISD | + 3'02 | | 27 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'06 | | 28 | Dean Windsor | Endura Racing | + 3'09 | | 29 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Procycling | + 3'11 | | 30 | Fabio Calabria | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 3'26 | | 31 | Nathan Haas | Garmin - Barracuda | + 3'28 | | 32 | Hilton Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 3'30 | | 33 | Jonathan Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 3'31 | | 34 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'32 | | 35 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo Bank | + 3'36 | | 36 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Procycling | + 3'39 | | 37 | David Tanner | Team Saxo Bank | + 3'47 | | 38 | Aaron Kemps | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 39 | Karl Menzies | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 3'50 |
Edited by Batista15 on 28-02-2012 22:55
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