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FDJ-BigMat (2012) - February
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 12-03-2012 22:58
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Hopefully Casar will get you a win before the end of the race  |
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 12-03-2012 23:08
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sutty68 wrote:
Hopefully Casar will get you a win before the end of the race
I don't know I tried to send him after Bole on the final hilly bit but he couldn't hang on so I'm not too sure if he will be able to get a win on Willunga especially against some of the other favourites.  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 12-03-2012 23:11
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Fingers crossed, you never know |
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Posted on 13-03-2012 16:20
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Stage 3 - Unley to Victor Harbour
This stage is again for the sprinters so we should see a mass sprint finish into Victory Habour today.
Favourites: Cavendish (Sky), Haussler (Garmin), Hushovd (BMC)
A 6-man break was allowed to form in today's stage and it contained the likes of Matthews (Rabobank), Viscioso (Katusha) and our own Courteille (FDJ) again.
The original break turned into a 19-man break but the peloton deemed this too big of a group to go away and brought it back. But with 30km to go, Sella (Androni), Tosatto (Saxo Bank) and Courteille were off the front.
But the break did not last and was reeled in around the 12km to go mark. Since Courteille had been brought back we decided to go to the front to give Hutarovich the best possible chance again the favourites.
But it would be to no avail as Haussler won the stage for Garmin closely followed by Cavendish in 2nd and Hushovd in 3rd. Hutarovich came 12th because I think we pushed slightly too hard on the front and made him not have the legs in the sprint finish.
| 1 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | 3h14'26 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 3 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 4 | Giacomo Nizzolo | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 5 | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 6 | Tomas Vaitkus | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 8 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 10 | Francesco Ginanni | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. |
| 1 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | 10h37'52 | | 2 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | + 28 | | 3 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | + 35 | | 4 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 5 | Wesley Sulzberger | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 42 | | 6 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | + 48 | | 7 | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Nissan | + 49 | | 8 | Jeremy Hunt | Sky Pro Cycling | + 50 | | 9 | Jacek Morajko | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | + 51 |
| 1 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | | 16 | | 2 | Wesley Sulzberger | GreenEdge Cycling Team | | 14 | | 3 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | | 14 |
| 1 | Arnaud Courteille | FDJ - BigMat | | 22 | | 2 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | | 16 | | 3 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | | 16 |
| 1 | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Nissan | | 10h38'41 | | 2 | Boy Van Poppel | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | | + 30 | | 3 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ - BigMat | | + 31 |
| 1 | BMC Racing Team | | 31h56'00 | | 2 | Sky Pro Cycling | | + 41 | | 3 | RadioShack - Nissan | | + 41 |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 13-03-2012 16:35
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A pity Courteille couldn't last all the way to the end, but at least he leads the Mountains Classification |
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| franki28 |
Posted on 13-03-2012 17:06
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You're doing some good job out there. You're getting in breakaways and slowly get up the GC raking with Casar. It's the only thing to do with FDJ 
Good luck for the rest ! |
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Posted on 13-03-2012 20:40
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@ sutty68: Yeah I tried to hold out with Courteille but he just isn't that strong to hold off the fast-finishing peloton. But it is a good consolation having the mountain jersey especially when he isn't even a great climber 
@ franki28: I'm starting to notice that  hopefully on stage 5 I can maybe move up a few more places with Casar on Willunga Hill. I don't think I will be able to win a sprint with Hutarovich here though as Hushovd and Haussler look exceptionally strong. |
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Posted on 13-03-2012 23:20
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Stage 4 - Norwood to Tanunda
Today's stage seems to be another one for the sprinters although the hill with around 20km to go could possibly shake the peloton up a bit.
Favourites: Cavendish (Sky), Haussler (Garmin), Hushovd (BMC)
Things were very quiet at the start of the day with no riders attacking at all. We took advantage of this and a few kilometres from the first sprint point, we sent Casar onto the attack and he managed to hold on to gain the sprint points but more importantly, the bonus seconds!
Casar came back to the group so he would not waste energy ahead of tomorrow's stage. Gyhselinck (Cofidis) attacked with 65km to go and was later joined by Tosatto (Saxo Bank).
The hill before the finish, as I predicted, did string the peloton out, but it was all back together again pretty soon. The break was caught with around 10km to go and then, disaster! A crash 9km from the end of the stage wiped out GC contenders Nieve (Euskaltel) and Van Poppel (UnitedHealthcare). Our own rider Boucher (FDJ) was also involved.
But it was back to normal for the finish as Hushovd won again for BMC, Haussler was 2nd and Bole 3rd. Hutarovich showed signs of improvement with a great 5th place and Casar's cheeky attack at the sprint point rose him to 6th in the GC.
| 1 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | 3h15'20 | | 2 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 3 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 4 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 6 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 7 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 8 | Tom Leezer | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. |
| 1 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | 13h33'12 | | 2 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | + 24 | | 3 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | + 25 | | 4 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | + 29 | | 5 | Wesley Sulzberger | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 42 | | 6 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | + 48 | | 7 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | + 48 | | 8 | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Nissan | + 49 | | 9 | Jeremy Hunt | Sky Pro Cycling | + 50 | | 10 | Jacek Morajko | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
(Like an idiot, I forgot to export the results  but Courteille still holds his mountain jersey!) |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 14-03-2012 01:08
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Nice finish by Hutarovich today
And also nice to see Casar up to 6th in the overall |
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Posted on 14-03-2012 01:59
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Well done for Hutarovich. Weird sprint however... Burghart, really? ^^
Keep up Casar ! Good potential result!! |
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Posted on 14-03-2012 10:21
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One of my favourite teams 
GL with this and I will follow as I done an FDJ story on PCM 10
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Posted on 14-03-2012 11:45
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Stage 5 - McLaren Vale to Old Willunga Hill
It is the stage that will decide the GC for sure, barring any crashes or punctures tomorrow. The hilltop finish will suit the hilly specialists for sure, can Ballan hang onto his lead?
Favourites: Fuglsang (RadioShack-Nissan), Nieve (Euskaltel), Bole (Lampre)
A 15-man break went off the front at the beginning of the stage but was never allowed more than a minute and was quickly brought back. But with 70km to go Roelandts (Lotto) and Oss (Liquigas) attacked and managed to get away.
The 2 men were to be then joined by Steegmans (Omega-Pharma), Vicioso (Katusha) and Machado (RadioShack-Nissan). The 5 men still had a 2 min advantage going into the bottom of the first climb.
At the top of the first climb, an elite group of 10 had formed off behind the breakaway, containing Fuglsang (RadioShack-Nissan), Ballan, Hushovd (BMC), Bole (Lampre) and Haussler (Garmin). The break still had around 2 min on the peloton.
Ballan snuck away on the descent and joined the breakaway at the foot of Willunga Hill, but the favourites were working together nicely and were reeling them in!
But Fuglsang wins as he overtook Ballan in the final kilometre to take the win. Ballan came in 2nd with Nieve in 3rd. I was slightly annoyed as Casar was blocked in his sprint by the remnants of the breakaway and was too far behind when he broke free to do anything .
| 1 | Jakob Fuglsang | RadioShack - Nissan | 3h46'41 | | 2 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | + 15 | | 3 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 4 | Tiago Machado | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 5 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Pro Cycling | + 42 | | 6 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 7 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 8 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | + 57 | | 9 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 10 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | s.t. |
| 1 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | 17h40'02 | | 2 | Jakob Fuglsang | RadioShack - Nissan | + 32 | | 3 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | + 57 | | 4 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | + 58 | | 5 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | + 1'17 | | 6 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1'24 | | 7 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | + 1'36 | | 8 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | + 2'11 | | 9 | Francesco Reda | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 10 | Wesley Sulzberger | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 2'19 |
| 1 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | 24 | | 2 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | 20 | | 3 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | 14 |
| 1 | Arnaud Courteille | FDJ - BigMat | 38 | | 2 | Daniel Oss | Liquigas - Cannondale | 18 | | 3 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | 16 |
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Posted on 14-03-2012 11:48
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@ sutty68: I was pleased to finally get the sprints going with him and with Casar I think a Top 10 is a great result for us
@ franki28: From the picture I took of the finish line it looks like the peloton was massively spread out so my guess is that Burghardt was part of the leadout train or was protecting Ballan.
@ Ste117: Thank you! They are becoming one of mine already besides Sky of course |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 14-03-2012 12:48
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A top ten finish for Casar is more or less assured
As is the Mountain Classification for Courteille, so Well Done |
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Posted on 15-03-2012 16:11
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The final stage of the 2012 edition of the Tour Down Under. It is going to be a relatively flat run in today and with only 93km to ride, all signs point to a mass sprint. Barring any crashes or mishaps during today's stage, the GC looks to be set with Ballan being the surprise winner here when many thought he teammate Hushovd looked stronger.
Favourites: Cavendish (Sky), Hushovd (BMC), Haussler (Garmin)
No break was allowed to go anywhere today as Garmin and Sky pushed a fast pace on the front all day, obviously indicating that Cavendish and Haussler felt good today. But since there were mountain points still available I made sure that Courteille locked down the jersey by going after points in the two mountain sprints on today's stage. So FDJ came out of the Tour Down Under with a jersey on the shoulders of one of their riders!
During the final 10km or so, we had our leadout train going pretty well but when Casar took up his turn on the front, he seemingly rode off the front of the peloton before I realised what had happened. We decided that this would be a great oppurtunity to possibly steal a stage win so we told him to go hard and fast for the last few kilometres.
Unfortunately, he was swallowed up in the final 2km, but his move had successfully splintered the peloton and there were only 47 riders in the front group coming under the 1km to go banner. The 3 favourites were in close proximity and this stage was going to be a close one.
But Hushovd rode them all of his wheel for the stage win and his 3rd stage of the TDU with BMC winning 4/6 stages here what a race for the BMC team. Cavendish was 2nd and Haussler 3rd. More importantly, I didn't realise until the results screen that Fuglsang and Flecha were both dropped in the final few kilometres and they lost enough time to put Casar into 5th place! A great results for FDJ here!
| 1 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | 2h07'47 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 3 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 4 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 5 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 7 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 10 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 1 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | 19h47'49 | | 2 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | + 47 | | 3 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | + 57 | | 4 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | + 1'13 | | 5 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | + 1'36 | | 6 | Jakob Fuglsang | RadioShack - Nissan | + 2'05 | | 7 | Francesco Reda | Acqua & Sapone | + 2'11 | | 8 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | + 2'28 | | 9 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2'39 | | 10 | Tomas Vaitkus | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 2'40 |
| 1 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | 34 | | 2 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | 24 | | 3 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | 20 | | 4 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | 14 | | 5 | Wesley Sulzberger | GreenEdge Cycling Team | 14 |
| 1 | Arnaud Courteille | FDJ - BigMat | 54 | | 2 | Daniel Oss | Liquigas - Cannondale | 30 | | 3 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas - Cannondale | 28 | | 4 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | 16 | | 5 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | 16 |
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | 19h50'29 | | 2 | Nathan Haas | Garmin - Barracuda | + 1'13 | | 3 | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Nissan | + 2'12 | | 4 | Giacomo Nizzolo | RadioShack - Nissan | + 2'46 | | 5 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ - BigMat | + 2'58 |
| 1 | BMC Racing Team | 59h27'18 | | 2 | Sky Pro Cycling | + 3'34 | | 3 | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 5'34 |
(Up next is the Tour de Langkawi!) |
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Posted on 15-03-2012 16:35
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The Tour de Langkawi is the 17th edition in 2012. It is raced around the Malaysian Peninsular and this year's edition has plenty of flat stages for the sprinters to take multiple wins and Stages 4 and 5 look set to determine the outcome of the Overall Classification.
Spoiler Katusha
1. Y.Trofimov
2. G.Caruso
3. X.Florencio
4. V.Isaychev
5. A.Kristoff
6. D.Moreno
7. S.Spilak
8. A.Tsatevitch
Colnago
11. D.Pozzovivo
12. E.Battaglin
13. S.Colbrelli
14. M.Coledan
15. A.Contoli
16. C.Delle Stelle
17. A.Di Corrado
18. P.Locatelli
Colombia
21. F.Duarte
22. E.Chavez
23. J.Forero
24. L.Laverde
25. W.Marentes
26. J.Pantano
27. V.H.Peña
28. J.Suarez
Andalucía
31. G.César Veloso
32. A.Cabello
33. J.Chacón
34. J.J.Lobato
35. A.Palomares
36. J.Ramírez Abeja
37. J.Rosendo
38. J.V.Toribio
FDJ
41. T.Pinot
42. A.Demare
43. K.Elissonde
44. A.Geslin
45. M.Ladagnous
46. C.Pineau
47. G.Rasch
UnitedHealthcare
51. M.De Maar
52. B.Day
53. P.Deignan
54. D.Frattini
55. J.Keough
56. J.Louder
57. J.McCartney
58. J.Thomson
Farnese Vini
61. L.Ascani
62. R.Andriato
63. D.Caccia
64. R.De Patre
65. F.Failli
66. L.Giordani
67. K.Hulsmans
68. L.Mazzanti
Nippo
71. F.Baliani
72. S.Campagnaro
73. H.Frusto
74. R.Komori
75. K.Sakakibara
76. J.Sano
Endura Racing
81. R.Mandri
82. I.Bibby
83. A.Blain
84. R.Downing
85. J.McEvoy
86. P.Voss
87. I.Wilkinson
88. D.Windsor
Topsport
91. P.Jacobs
92. D.Cornu
93. T.Declercq
94. E.Lietaer
95. T.Van Asbroeck
96. P.Van Hecke
97. S.Van Vooren
98. J.Wallays
SpiderTech
101. R.Künzli
102. G.Boivin
103. L.Euser
104. M.Gilbert
105. K.Lacombe
106. S.Lambert-Lemay
107. F.Parisien
108. W.Routley
RusVelo
111. S.Firsanov
112. A.Arguelyes
113. V.Kaykov
114. A.Khatuntsev
115. I.Kovalev
116. A.Markov
117. A.Mironov
118. N.Trussov
NetApp
121. B.Huzarski
122. J.Barta
123. J.Baugnies
124. M.Brändle
125. S.Cozza
126. A.Schillinger
127. D.Schorn
128. A.Schulze
Accent Jobs
131. O.Chuzhda
132. W.De Vocht
133. T.Degand
134. R.Goris
135. L.Hoste
136. K.Ista
137. S.Scheirlinckx
138. E.Verbist
Big Mat
141. J.Mombaerts
142. N.Bazin
143. M.Drujon
144. B.Drujon
145. R.Racault
146. N.Rousseau
1t4i
151. Y.Huguet
152. R.Curvers
153. K.De Kort
154. J.Degenkolb
155. M.Kittel
156. T.Ludvigsson
157. T.Stamsnijder
158. T.Veelers
Differdange
161. C.Poos
162. C.Bihel
163. J.Coenen
164. V.Kaupas
165. J.Ljungblad
166. A.Meenhorst
Itera - Katusha
171. S.Rudaskov
172. K.Baranov
173. I.Boev
174. S.Chernetskiy
175. S.Pomoshnikov
176. A.Prishpetniy
177. M.Razumov
178. A.Vorobyev
Champion
181. C.Wurf
182. J.Boillat
183. G.Gardeyn
184. A.Kemps
185. J.Kirsipuu
186. A.Manan
187. M.Ojavee
188. M.Othman
Glud & Marstrand
191. N.Østergaard
192. M.Andersen
193. P.Clausen
194. M.Jacobsen
195. K.Jørgensen
196. S.Lander
It isn't a great startlist to be honest, with Katusha having plenty of climbers within their squad and with Moreno and Spilak, beating them on a climb will be very difficult. In the flatter stages, it seems to be that Kittel will win every sprint he contests as he has 80 SP, while only Demare and Lacombe come relatively close with 75 SP.
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Posted on 15-03-2012 16:39
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Nice to see Courteille win the King of the Mountains Classification, Well Done |
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Posted on 16-03-2012 12:46
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We have brought a good squad here as I think that we can get some results in the sprints (but against Kittel will be very hard to do!) with Demare and hopefully with Pinot in the mountain stages. Elissonde will be Pinot's right-hand man on the climbs while Geslin will help lead-out Demare in the sprints.
Stage 1 - Dataran Lang to Kuah
We start with 3 flat stages, so expect them to be mass sprint finishes.
Favourites: Kittel (1t4i), Demare (FDJ), Lacombe (Spidertech)
Kittel wins stage 1! (Not much of a surprise there.) It was a relatively straightforward stage without much action and Project 1t4i kept it together for most of the stage. Demare 2nd and Lacombe 3rd.
| 1 | Marcel Kittel | Project 1t4i | 2h03'31 | | 2 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 3 | Keven Lacombe | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 4 | Mathieu Drujon | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 5 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 6 | Jonas Ljungblad | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 7 | Jaan Kirsipuu | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Tom Veelers | Project 1t4i | s.t. | | 9 | Niki Østergaard | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 10 | Guillaume Boivin | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. |
Stage 2 - Kangar to Butterworth
Favourites: Kittel (1t4i), Demare (FDJ), Lacombe (Spidertech)
Another straightforward stage with 1t4i again making sure Kittel could get the stage win. Lacombe 2nd and Lander 3rd.
| 1 | Marcel Kittel | Project 1t4i | 4h14'13 | | 2 | Keven Lacombe | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 3 | Sebastian Lander | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 4 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 5 | Ian Wilkinson | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 6 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 7 | Alexei Markov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 8 | John Degenkolb | Project 1t4i | s.t. | | 9 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 10 | Tom Veelers | Project 1t4i | s.t. |
Stage 3 - Taiping to Sitiawan
Favourites: Kittel (1t4i), Demare (FDJ), Lacombe (Spidertech)
There was a big crash in the peloton with just under 10km to go. Lacombe crashed and was out of contention for the victory today. It also left a group of 54 at the front of the race who would contest the stage win.
Kittel wins for the 3rd stage in a row, this is becoming a bit predictable. But we were pleased to see that Demare was a close 2nd and Kristoff was 3rd. It was also very nice to see 3 FDJ riders finishing in the Top 10!
| 1 | Marcel Kittel | Project 1t4i | 3h09'40 | | 2 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 3 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 4 | Jaan Kirsipuu | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 6 | Sebastian Lander | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 7 | Jonas Ljungblad | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 8 | Ian Wilkinson | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 9 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 10 | Luca Mazzanti | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 1 | Marcel Kittel | Project 1t4i | 9h26'24 | | 2 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ - BigMat | + 36 | | 3 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | + 50 | | 4 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | + 52 | | 5 | Sebastian Lander | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 6 | Kasper Linde Jørgensen | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 7 | Jonathon McEvoy | Endura Racing | + 54 | | 8 | Kevin Hulsmans | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 9 | Ronan Racault | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 58 | | 10 | Ben Day | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 1 | Marcel Kittel | Project 1t4i | 75 | | 2 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ - BigMat | 54 | | 3 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | 38 |
| 1 | Marco Coledan | Colnago - CSF Inox | 7 | | 2 | Ben Day | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 6 | | 3 | Henry Frusto | Team Nippo | 6 |
| 1 | Marcel Kittel | Project 1t4i | 9h26'24 | | 2 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ - BigMat | + 36 | | 3 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | + 52 |
| 1 | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 28h22'12 | | 2 | Andalucía | + 0 | | 3 | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 0 |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 16-03-2012 13:09
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A nice podium finish for Demare who had a steady ride throughout the race |
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 16-03-2012 15:00
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sutty68 wrote:
A nice podium finish for Demare who had a steady ride throughout the race
I'm very pleased with him at the moment and hoping he can develop into a better sprinter But I don't think he will win a stage here as Kittel is way too strong. |
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