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RaboStory feat. The Flemish Missile
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 05-07-2012 20:59
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He has 63 in sprint 
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Posted on 05-07-2012 21:11
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Don't underestimate the power of the Missile.
Sylvain Chavanel will back me up on this.
Sean Kelly was also full of praise for Nick during the live Eurosport broadcast:
"In my book, Nick Nuyens has proven himself as perhaps the turd best sprinter in the peleton here in Adelaide. For sure, your Basso's and Leipheimer's are big names too but Nick is definitely in my top tree any day of the week."
Face it, the Missile is here to stay whether you like it or not.
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 Tour of Qatar
Team
Juan Antonio Flecha
Matthew Hayman
Laurens Ten Dam
Pedro Horrilo
Jos Van Emden
Kai Reus
Marc De Maar
Paul Martens
Report
We have great news to report from Qatar!
After we came a respectable 3rd on the Team Time Trial in Stage 1, Matthew Hayman was part of a late two-man move on stage 3 which saw him taking the stage victory and the leader's jersey!
For the next stages our boys worked hard to protect this jersey and although Rojas gained many bonus seconds on us in the sprint finishes, we held it all the way.
A great first victory of the season for Matthew and the team!
Results
1 Matthew Hayman RABOBANK 16h33'53
2 José Joaquin Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 15
3 Bernhard Eisel TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD + 46
4 Michael Friedman GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
5 Yauheni Hutarovich FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1'19
6 George Hincapie TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD + 1'22
7 Marcel Sieberg TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
8 Frantisek Rabon TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
9 Craig Lewis TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
10 Kanstantsin Siutsou TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t. |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 05-07-2012 22:38
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You're doing great so far, this deserves a lot more viewers 
Fantastic interview and so far very nice reports and results. The missile did very well in TdU and great to see Matty winning in Qatar. Keep this going
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Posted on 05-07-2012 22:44
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Aww that's very flattering Alkagom 
Getting more and more into this as we go so hopefully it will be around to stay indeed! |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 06-07-2012 02:51
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pcm2009fan wrote:
Don't underestimate the power of the Missile.
Sylvain Chavanel will back me up on this.
Sean Kelly was also full of praise for Nick during the live Eurosport broadcast:
"In my book, Nick Nuyens has proven himself as perhaps the turd best sprinter in the peleton here in Adelaide. For sure, your Basso's and Leipheimer's are big names too but Nick is definitely in my top tree any day of the week."
Face it, the Missile is here to stay whether you like it or not.
Basso and Leipheimer? Is this actually another neutural story? I really don't understand. :
Edited by baseballlover312 on 06-07-2012 02:52
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 06-07-2012 13:04
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Great start for the team in Qatar
And what a great victory for Hayman |
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Posted on 06-07-2012 13:49
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cheers Sutty, we'll try to keep this form going!
baseballlover312 wrote:
Basso and Leipheimer? Is this actually another neutural story? I really don't understand. :
Sean was saying he believed only the likes of Basso & Leipheimer could realistically match The Missile's pace (if anyone).
What makes you think that I'm going all neutral on you again?  |
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Posted on 06-07-2012 19:01
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Most of these smaller tours are being simmed but I still wanted to give an update on our progress even if it's just simmed results
 Vuelta Ciclista a Andalucia
Squad
Lars Boom
Stef Clement
Juan Antonio Flecha
Rick Flens
Manuel Garate
Grischa Niermann
Nick "The Missile" Nuyens
Another strong set of riders continuing to prepare for the April classics went out to Andalucia and we are happy to report back some refreshed legs and a couple of nice results.
In the prologue, Stef Clement only lost 4 seconds to the winner (L.L. Sanchez) and Lars Boom was right behind him in 3rd. Nuyens and Niermann managed a 10-11 placing.
The hilly terrain of stage 4 wasn't so favourable to our classicists though as Flecha was our highest man in 20th place.
In the final mountainious stage, Flecha put out a great showing this time, managing 8th place on a far more demanding stage than he would suit.
He came in with Stef Clement and Manuel Garate who ended up protecting solid 10th and 11th respectively in the GC. Indeed Flecha ended up right behind them in 12th place overall - the lot of them were around 6'30 down on the surprise race winner, Gerhard Trampusch!
Results
1 Gerhard Trampusch
2 Luis Leon Sanchez
3 Joaquin Rodriguez
4 Pablo Lastras
5 Fredrik Kessiakoff
6 Alejandro Valverde
7 Damien Monier
8 Thor Hushovd
9 Iban Mayoz
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Posted on 06-07-2012 20:11
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 Gent-Lokeren
Squad
Lars Boom
J.A. Flecha
Rick Flens
Matthew Hayman
Sebastian Langeveld
Nick Nuyens
Joost Posthuma
Maarten Tjalingii
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As you can see from our line-up, we are sending out the full cobbled team to Gent-Lokeren, the first cobbled race of the season. Boom act as joint leader with Flecha and with such a strong team we will be looking to challange the likes of Cancellara and Boonen for the win. If things go pear-shaped though, we can for sure count on The Missile to step in and take charge.
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Sylvain Chavanel made a very early attack at 100km still to ride and was joined by compatriot Matthieu Ladagnous. Surely they couldn't hold it all the way?
Indeed with 30km to ride, Johann Vansummeren had made his way up the road to the duo. Meanwhile Lars Boom was following the wheel of Fabian Cancellara about 50 secs behind the leaders.
Cancellara proved too powerful and rode away on the flat from Boom and made his way up to Vansummeren within the final kilometre... But Vansummeren (just!) held on for the win...
Boom rode a conservative plan after being dropped by Cancellara and crossed the line 2 minutes down in 3rd.
Comment
A very commendable result for Lars here - he really stood no chance against the power of Spartacus and he put out a great performance to hold onto 3rd Meanwhile Nuyens somehow lost out on a sprint(?!) for 7th whilst Flecha did well to take 12th place after a puncture.
Results
The export results button crashes the game on classics so I'll just have to printscreen those results:
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 06-07-2012 20:13
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pcm2009fan wrote:
cheers Sutty, we'll try to keep this form going!
baseballlover312 wrote:
Basso and Leipheimer? Is this actually another neutural story? I really don't understand. :
Sean was saying he believed only the likes of Basso & Leipheimer could realistically match The Missile's pace (if anyone).
What makes you think that I'm going all neutral on you again?
I thought you meant his sprint!  In terms of pace, yes.
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Posted on 06-07-2012 20:19
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baseballlover312 wrote:
I thought you meant his sprint! In terms of pace, yes.
I think there is a mis-understanding here.
Nuyen's not only has pace but indeed also a rocket sprint finish in his legs (no matter what PCM's stats might suggest) - the 5th place on the final stage of the TDU surely confirms this fact and is what has brought about the revelation about "The Flemish Missile"  |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 06-07-2012 22:56
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Okay. there is a misunderstanding. I'm not trying to sound rude but you can't win on the Champs with a 63 sprint. It can't happen unless he's in a break. Cav, Boonen, Hushovd, and the others of 2009 are 20 points higher than him. Sorry. He had two good stages, where not all the favorites werethere and weren't on form. Not saying he's bad, he is a great rider. But he's not a sprinter all of a sudden. You can still call him the "Flemish Missile", but he's not gonna beatguys in the Tour de France's points, he'll beat them in Roubaix.
In PCM, PCM stats suggest everything. its PCM. It's programmed to work on stats. And those suggest he is a cobbles puncher.
Basso and Leipheimer can't sprint either. I can't explain it any further and for the sake of the story I will shut up now.
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Posted on 06-07-2012 23:45
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So 5th in Adelaide wasn't enough..?
I think the current problem with Nick is that the supposed "Future Great" sprinter that was supposed to be challanging Nick's status as the team's top sprinter turned out to have 50 Flat and 59 Sprint. So Nick took his foot off the gas a little, as shown by Ladagnous outsprinting him in Gent-Lokeren.
I will pass on your constructive criticisms to Nick and, make no doubt, The Flemish Missile will prove these newfound cycnacists wrong over the coming months.
And don't worry - Nick ponders every little one of these criticisms at night-time and he assures me that each one motivates him that little bit more to prove the critics wrong and achieve his ultimate ambition...
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 07-07-2012 01:02
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pcm2009fan wrote:
So 5th in Adelaide wasn't enough..?
I think the current problem with Nick is that the supposed "Future Great" sprinter that was supposed to be challanging Nick's status as the team's top sprinter turned out to have 50 Flat and 59 Sprint. So Nick took his foot off the gas a little, as shown by Ladagnous outsprinting him in Gent-Lokeren.
I will pass on your constructive criticisms to Nick and, make no doubt, The Flemish Missile will prove these newfound cycnacists wrong over the coming months.
And don't worry - Nick ponders every little one of these criticisms at night-time and he assures me that each one motivates him that little bit more to prove the critics wrong and achieve his ultimate ambition...
In real life? Yes. But this is PCM were talking about. Therefore everything is by stats, and 10 riders on Rabo have a better sprint stat than Nuyens.
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Posted on 07-07-2012 13:30
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Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne
 Squad
Lars Boom
J.A. Flecha
Matthew Hayman
Sebastian Langeveld
Nick Nuyens
Joost Posthuma
Maarten Tjalingii
Jos Van Emden
Comment
We sent out the same strong team to Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, with the exception of Jos Van Emden replacing Rick Flens. The main aim stayed the same - warm up our classicists legs and try to get some more nice results to build upon.
Report
The lads were looking forward to be treated to the beautiful Belgian countryside today as they navigated the region's cobblestones...
..Or not.
Anyway about half way through the race, our boys managed to split the pack with Cancellara and Ballan. Ballan was soon dropped leaving Boom and Cancellara out in front.
However, once again the Swiss proved too strong on the flat for Boom and powered away to the finish line to take the win.
Forgot to take a picture but Boom held on for an excellent 2nd place, and Flecha can be pleased with his 6th place. Nuyens punctured at the worst possible moment and ended up finishing way down in 37th.
Results
After those promising results, we can forget about the cobbles for a while now as we head to Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico for the season's first big challenges. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 07-07-2012 15:50
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Lars Boom getting some great results of late |
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Posted on 07-07-2012 17:27
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Yep well with such a great team (probably the strongest cobbled team in the peleton) behind him we would be expecting results from him here.
These races were also shorter in length than P-R & co. which suits Boom's lower STA stat. Flecha will certainly be joint-leader in Paris-Roubaix because of this. |
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Squad
Peter Stetina
Stef Clement
Rick Flens
Pedro Horrillo
Koos Moerenhout
Joost Posthuma
Bram Tankink
Jos Van Emden
 Startlist
Spoiler ASTANA
1. A.Contador
2. V.Dmitriyev
3. A.Dyachenko
4. L.Leipheimer
5. S.Morabito
6. G.Rast
7. J.Rubiera
8. H.Zubeldia
SILENCE
11. J.Van den Broeck
12. C.Brandt
13. G.D'Hollander
14. F.De Greef
15. M.Delage
16. G.Gardeyn
17. P.Gilbert
18. T.Stubbe
LIQUIGAS
21. R.Kreuziger
22. F.Chicchi
23. C.Corioni
24. W.Miholjevic
25. F.Pellizotti
26. F.Sabatini
27. G.Stangelj
28. F.Willems
FUJI
31. J.Cobo
32. J.BenÃtez
33. I.Camaño
34. D.De la Fuente
35. I.Dominguez
36. B.Intxausti
37. J.MejÃas
38. D.Nardello
BBOX
41. T.Voeckler
42. P.Fédrigo
43. C.Gautier
44. V.Jérôme
45. A.Pichot
46. P.Rolland
47. M.Sprick
48. J.Tschopp
C.EPARGNE
51. A.Valverde
52. A.Charteau
53. A.Coyot
54. J.GarcÃa
55. V.Kiryienka
56. M.Perget
57. L.Sánchez
58. R.Uran
EUSKALTEL
61. M.Nieve
62. J.Agirre
63. J.Aramendia
64. K.Fernandez
65. A.Hernández
66. I.Landaluze
67. R.Pérez
68. A.Txurruka
COLUMBIA
71. M.Pinotti
72. M.Albasini
73. M.Barry
74. E.Boasson Hagen
75. M.Burghardt
76. M.Cavendish
77. M.Rogers
78. M.Sieberg
MILRAM
81. M.Fothen
82. G.Ciolek
83. J.Fröhlinger
84. L.Gerdemann
85. M.Müller
86. M.Russ
87. B.Schröder
88. N.Terpstra
AG2R
91. J.Gadret
92. C.Dessel
93. H.Dupont
94. M.Elmiger
95. B.Kadri
96. R.Nocentini
97. C.Pineau
98. T.Valjavec
GARMIN
101. C.Vandevelde
102. S.Cozza
103. J.Dean
104. T.Duggan
105. L.Euser
106. T.Farrar
107. C.Sutton
108. D.Zabriskie
QUICK STEP
111. C.Barredo
112. D.Cornu
113. A.Davis
114. K.De Weert
115. A.Engels
116. K.Hovelynck
117. J.Pineau
118. H.Schwab
SAXO BANK
121. J.Fuglsang
122. K.Arvesen
123. L.Bøchman
124. M.Goss
125. F.Hoj
126. A.Kolobnev
127. G.Larsson
128. N.Sørensen
F.D. JEUX
131. C.Le Mével
132. S.Chavanel
133. J.Coppel
134. G.Levarlet
135. F.Mourey
136. Y.Offredo
137. A.Roux
138. B.Vaugrenard
LAMPRE
141. E.Gasparotto
142. M.Bandiera
143. M.Bono
144. P.Caucchioli
145. F.Gavazzi
146. A.Grendene
147. M.Mori
148. D.Righi
CERVELO
151. S.Gerrans
152. J.Hunt
153. T.Hushovd
154. I.Konovalovas
155. S.Pauwels
156. O.Pujol
157. M.Reimer
158. D.Rollin
RABOBANK
161. K.Moerenhout
162. S.Clement
163. R.Flens
164. P.Horrillo
165. J.Posthuma
166. P.Stetina
167. B.Tankink
168. J.Van Emden
SKIL
171. J.Hivert
172. M.Docker
173. S.Geschke
174. S.Houanard
175. T.Hupond
176. C.Lemoine
177. P.Rooijakkers
178. K.Van Hummel
AGRITUBEL
181. M.Bouet
182. S.Calzati
183. R.Feillu
184. N.Jalabert
185. C.Laurent
186. Y.Le Boulanger
187. D.Le Lay
188. A.Ravard
KATUSHA
191. E.Petrov
192. L.Bodrogi
193. A.Botcharov
194. M.Ignatiev
195. S.Ivanov
196. L.Mazzanti
197. D.Napolitano
198. S.Vandenbergh
COFIDIS
201. D.Monier
202. M.Buffaz
203. J.Demaret
204. S.Dumoulin
205. L.Duque
206. J.El Fares
207. B.Fernández
208. R.Pauriol
VACANSOLEIL
211. W.Poels
212. R.Honig
213. S.Lagutin
214. B.Leukemans
215. C.Lhotellerie
216. G.Löwik
217. W.Mol
218. F.Veuchelen
BESSON
221. J.Simon
222. J.Casper
223. C.Coutouly
224. F.Jeandesboz
225. L.Mangel
226. J.Marino
227. F.Morizot
228. Y.Talabardon
Comment
As you can see we don't have a terribly strong team here and will be focusing the efforts at Tirreno-Adriatico instead. Nonetheless, the team comprises of strong riders looking to test their legs against the strongest.
Peter Stetina and Koos Moerenhout are probably the best of the lot and they will act as co-leaders from the start. In reality though no-one has the likely spark to produce some big results for us so a top 10 is our only realistic goal.
 Favourites
The main contedner for the overall is certainly Alberto Contador. The likes of Jurgen Van den Broeck and Alejandro Valverde will be looking to challenge, but early season form makes the favourites hard to predict here.
Goss, Farrar, Cavendish and Boasson Hagen are the likely names to watch out for in the sprints - I wonder whether Jimmy Casper might look to take a stage on home turf? |
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Catch-Up
Here is a quick round-up of Rabobank performances elsewhere during March so far:
There was little to report from the GP de Almeira, but Bram Tankink managed a respectable 13th placing at the hilly Trofeo di Lugano race in Suisse.
At the Vuelta a Murcia, Stef Clement won the 16km time-trial on Stage 3 whilst Rick Flens and Joost Posthuma also took top 10 placings on this stage. Koos Moerenhout was our best GC performer in 10th place.
At the Ronde van-west Vlaanderen, Laurens Ten Dam and Paul Martens took 13th and 14th place respectively.
These results have left us lying in a reasonable 8th place in the CQRankings and we remain 5th in the UCI Rankings after the TDU. |
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