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| sutty68 |
Posted on 04-11-2012 13:14
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A quiet day for the Team in France  |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 04-11-2012 13:22
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Unlucky in France. Very active with sadly no end result!
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| francopell |
Posted on 04-11-2012 15:14
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@lennybernstein I know He shouldn't have attacked near the end. The sprint was decisive.
@sutty68 It could've been better with more work from his teammates, I agree.
@the_hoyle He worked really hard, at least it shows he's strong 
Degenkolb
He is in a bad way at the moment and will be out for a while. We're hoping for him to be able to return to the team for our next tour in the middle east but we're not sure. The doctors at a Marseille physio have diagnosed him with a fractured skull so he could be out for a while depending on it's seriousness.
And it is serious. he is out till the end of July so the team is in jeopardy. It looks like our campaign to get promotion to the World Tour will collapse. He won't be going to Le Tour where we need him most. And even if he can make a miraculous recovery in time for Le Tour his fitness will be terrible. I'm afraid I probably won't be racing at the highest level next season. His schedule and Kittel's have been rotated with Kittel focusing less on the late races and more on the current races. He is hopeless at climbing so we'll have a challenge keeping him in the time limit. Veeler's will be main lead out man and occasional leader now.
The team's next race
We're planning on entering a very flat tour next to stockpile some points. We do want that promotion spot but after the bad racing at Marseille and John's injury serious it'll be very tough. I will no doubt be given more chances but I really was hoping for that spot in the World Tour but I probably won't make it there this season. Especially with the fact that ,y contract doesn't run out this season.
A new trainer
We have signed a new top quality trainer to help the team improve. He is one of the best trainers in the world and would've probably made Degenkolb top quality if it wasn't for his injury. As the team is young every top rider including me is being trained by him.
Australian races
Albasini won the Tour Down Under. Gerrans is the new national champion of Australia.
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 04-11-2012 15:16
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Great! Gerrans is the national champion, but a shame for Degenkolb... |
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Posted on 04-11-2012 15:17
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Lets hope Degenkolb will come back strong, and be in peak for the vuelta
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 04-11-2012 16:27
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Marseille was not the best race qua results, but a great effort by our young cyclist |
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| francopell |
Posted on 04-11-2012 16:39
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@ste_18 I know
@the_hoyle I have a feeling that won't be happening and you'll see why now 
@Ian Butler He had an opportunity but he just didn't have it on the day.
Awful News!
Now in normal circumstances after bringing you some news I would wait till I updated you on my results before I reported something noteworthy happened but now the manager is absolutely livid. He was outraged and with good reason. We will not be racing Paris-Nice or Le Tour de France. In fact, no Grand Tours will be ridden by us this year. We have been shunned by the people organising the races and now the season feels like a waste. i was really looking forward to riding a Grand Tour but with stupid people in charge of the races we can't do anything about it.
The manager said he'd try to get something to happen but things aren't very bright right now. I had a chance, the team had a chance, of going to a large country with the chance of winning a jersey but instead we'll be racing in the Tour of Austria whilst 22 other lucky teams ride the biggest bicycle race in the world.
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Posted on 04-11-2012 16:51
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Bad news indeed, but let's hope for great results in smaller races!  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 04-11-2012 19:57
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Very bad news |
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Posted on 04-11-2012 20:01
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That's a very bad news and a big shame |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 04-11-2012 23:15
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Shame you won't be riding any Grand Tours this year
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 05-11-2012 08:39
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Though this doesn't mean he can't prove himself! Enter other races and have a good time there, it's not the end of the world |
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| francopell |
Posted on 05-11-2012 17:00
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@justza Looks like he'll have too :/
@Ian Butler Sure is He will try to prove himself in Le Tour de Langkawi and a few other races.
@sutty68 He will. He's domestique for Kittel in many races though.
@ste_18I know, if we get [promotion they'll have to give us a spot though 
Had an accident in training today. Nothing too major, just a grazed elbow. I should be ready for Qatar as lead out for Kittel but we'll see. It doesn't seem too bad. |
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| francopell |
Posted on 05-11-2012 17:36
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A pan flat tour in the middle east. I am here as the second lead out man for Marcel for all the flat stages and to lower time losses in the TTT. I'm not a leader and will be protecting Marcel most of the time and leading him out the rest of it.
Four riders snuck away in the morning break, Gautier, Eeckhout, Friedemann and Lapthorne. I however, was sitting in front of Marcel in the peloton whilst Tobias (another young rider like me, we're quite good friends already) went on the hunt for some water bottles.
However, I won't bore you, this stage is about Marcel and this blog about me so I will skip right to the final 18km when the peloton was behind the breakaway by just a minute and the Argos train was assembled for the first time.
Me at the front after some work from Tobias (Ludvigsson). Unfortunately, my injury and Marcel's lack of fitness made the train a bit messy.
With 10km to go I was cooked and dropped off letting Mr. Hupond take over.
A crash happened. Here we can clearly see the idiot who started it all, looks a bit suspicious to me. A case of sabotage or just a simple mistake? It does look like he is trying to grab Tobias' bike...
Considering the lack of form the team has been having fifth is a great result. Farrar wins.
Stage Rankings
Spoiler | Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Sharp | 3h08'15 | | 2 | Daniele Bennati | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 3 | Ben Swift | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 5 | Marcel Kittel | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 6 | Allan Davis | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 7 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 8 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 9 | Jonas Vangenechten | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 10 | Jeremy Hunt | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 11 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank | s.t. | | 12 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 13 | Robert Hunter | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 14 | Mathew Hayman | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 15 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 16 | Martijn Maaskant | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 17 | Fabian Cancellara | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 18 | Gianni Meersman | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 19 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 20 | Daryl Impey | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 21 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 22 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 23 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 24 | Michel Kreder | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 25 | Gorik Gardeyn | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 26 | Tom Veelers | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 27 | Roy Curvers | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 28 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 29 | Alex Rasmussen | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 30 | Ian Stannard | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 31 | Saïd Haddou | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 32 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 33 | Aaron Kemps | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 34 | Leif Hoste | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 35 | Paul Martens | Rabobank | s.t. | | 36 | Stef Clement | Rabobank | s.t. | | 37 | Stefan Van Dijk | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 38 | Joost Posthuma | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 39 | Arran Brown | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 40 | Andy Cappelle | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 41 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 42 | Matthew Wilson | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 43 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 44 | Mahdi Sohrabi | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 45 | Jaan Kirsipuu | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 46 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 47 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 48 | Anuar Manan | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 49 | Olivier Kaisen | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 50 | Fabian Eichel | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 51 | Christian Vandevelde | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 52 | Thierry Hupond | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 53 | James Vanlandschoot | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 54 | Connor McConvey | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 55 | Wesley Sulzberger | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 56 | Ben Hermans | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 57 | Wim De Vocht | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 58 | Nelson Oliveira | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 59 | Mark McNally | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 60 | Patrick Gretsch | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 61 | Bert De Backer | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 62 | Nico Eeckhout | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 63 | Clinton Avery | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 64 | Jonathan Bellis | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 65 | William Clarke | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 66 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 67 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 68 | Sean Downey | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 69 | Adam Semple | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 70 | Amir Mustafa Rusli | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 71 | Alex Dowsett | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 72 | Maarten Wynants | Rabobank | s.t. | | 73 | Adam Phelan | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 74 | Rhys Pollock | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 75 | Stijn Ennekens | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 76 | Martin Wesemann | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 77 | Meron Russom | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 78 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | 79 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 80 | Tsgabu Grmay | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 81 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | 82 | Peter Thompson | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 83 | Tony Hurel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 84 | Lotto Petrus | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 85 | Jesse Sergent | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 86 | Francesco Chicchi | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 2'56 | | 87 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 88 | Bert Grabsch | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 89 | Dries Devenyns | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 90 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 91 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 92 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank | s.t. | | 93 | George Bennett | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 94 | Grégory Rast | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 95 | Theo Bos | Rabobank | s.t. | | 96 | Sam Bennett | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 3'39 | | 97 | Brett Lancaster | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 98 | Jacek Morajko | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 4'08 | | 99 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 100 | Calvin Beneke | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 101 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 102 | Simon Gerrans | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 103 | Jérôme Gilbert | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 104 | Davide Appollonio | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 105 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 106 | Arnoud Van Groen | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 107 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 108 | Pieter Ghyllebert | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 109 | Dennis Van Winden | Rabobank | s.t. | | 110 | Yoann Bagot | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | 111 | Rick Flens | Rabobank | s.t. | | 112 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | 113 | Fabian Wegmann | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 114 | Florent Barle | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | 115 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 116 | Mart Ojavee | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 117 | Arnaud Labbe | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | 118 | Kenny Van Hummel | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 119 | Bradley Potgieter | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 120 | Marcello Pavarin | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 121 | Matthias Friedemann | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 122 | Darren Lapthorne | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 123 | Kevin Van Impe | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 124 | Maarten Neyens | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. |
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| lennybernstein |
Posted on 05-11-2012 17:59
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Solid result. Bad luck about the wild card entries but you know what they say: "every could has a silver lining". Let's hope so in this case
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Posted on 05-11-2012 18:15
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TTT (Simulated)
This TTT was hell on Earth for me. Being one of the lead stage racers I had massive turns on the front. That is why I finished ten seconds down on the rest of my team. I was hoping to stay bwith them but I cracked. It felt like an hour when really it lasted a short amount of time. nI went flat out for Marcel, hopefully one day if he ever domestiques for me he'll sacrifice as much for me as I did for him.
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Sharp | s.t. | | 21 | Fabian Wegmann | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 22 | Michel Kreder | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 23 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 24 | Martijn Maaskant | Team Garmin - Sharp | + 24 | | 25 | Francesco Chicchi | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 29 | | 26 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 27 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 28 | Bert Grabsch | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 29 | Dries Devenyns | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 30 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 31 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 32 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 33 | Bert De Backer | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 34 | Roy Curvers | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 35 | Tom Veelers | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 36 | Thierry Hupond | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 37 | Patrick Gretsch | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 38 | Marcel Kittel | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 39 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 40 | Fabian Eichel | Team Argos-Shimano | + 39 | | 41 | Jeremy Hunt | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 41 | | 42 | Ian Stannard | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 43 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 44 | Mathew Hayman | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 45 | Ben Swift | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 46 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 47 | Davide Appollonio | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 48 | Alex Dowsett | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 49 | Daryl Impey | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 50 | Simon Gerrans | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 51 | Allan Davis | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 52 | Wesley Sulzberger | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 53 | Brett Lancaster | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 54 | Matthew Wilson | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 55 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 56 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 47 | | 57 | Gorik Gardeyn | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | + 56 | | 58 | Clinton Avery | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 59 | William Clarke | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 60 | Matthias Friedemann | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 61 | Jaan Kirsipuu | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 62 | Mart Ojavee | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 63 | Aaron Kemps | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 64 | Anuar Manan | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 65 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 66 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 67 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 68 | Saïd Haddou | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 69 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 70 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 71 | Tony Hurel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 72 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | + 59 | | 73 | Maarten Neyens | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1'04 | | 74 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 75 | Olivier Kaisen | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 76 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 77 | Gianni Meersman | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 78 | Jonas Vangenechten | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 79 | Mahdi Sohrabi | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 80 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 81 | Kevin Van Impe | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 82 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 83 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 84 | Marcello Pavarin | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 85 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 86 | Jacek Morajko | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 87 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 88 | Kenny Van Hummel | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 1'10 | | 89 | Calvin Beneke | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1'14 | | 90 | Arran Brown | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 91 | Tsgabu Grmay | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 92 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 93 | Lotto Petrus | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 94 | Bradley Potgieter | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 95 | Meron Russom | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 96 | Martin Wesemann | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 97 | Pieter Ghyllebert | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 98 | Nico Eeckhout | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 99 | Mark McNally | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 100 | Sam Bennett | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 101 | Connor McConvey | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 102 | Sean Downey | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 103 | Stijn Ennekens | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 104 | Jonathan Bellis | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 1'19 | | 105 | Jérôme Gilbert | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | + 1'21 | | 106 | Leif Hoste | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 107 | Arnoud Van Groen | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 108 | Stefan Van Dijk | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 109 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 110 | James Vanlandschoot | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 111 | Wim De Vocht | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 112 | Andy Cappelle | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 113 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | 114 | Arnaud Labbe | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | 115 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | 116 | Yoann Bagot | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | 117 | Florent Barle | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | 118 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 1'31 | | 119 | Darren Lapthorne | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 1'40 | | 120 | Rhys Pollock | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 121 | Adam Phelan | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 122 | Amir Mustafa Rusli | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 123 | Adam Semple | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 124 | Peter Thompson | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. |
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Spoiler | Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Daniele Bennati | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 3h22'05 | | 2 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Sharp | + 5 | | 3 | Fabian Cancellara | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 12 | | 4 | Joost Posthuma | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 5 | Nelson Oliveira | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 6 | Ben Hermans | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 7 | Jesse Sergent | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 8 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank | + 25 | | 9 | Robert Hunter | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 10 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 11 | Paul Martens | Rabobank | s.t. | | 12 | Michel Kreder | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 13 | Stef Clement | Rabobank | s.t. | | 14 | Alex Rasmussen | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 15 | Christian Vandevelde | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 16 | Maarten Wynants | Rabobank | s.t. | | 17 | Martijn Maaskant | Team Garmin - Sharp | + 36 | | 18 | Marcel Kittel | Team Argos-Shimano | + 41 | | 19 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 20 | Tom Veelers | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 21 | Roy Curvers | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 22 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 23 | Thierry Hupond | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 24 | Bert De Backer | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 25 | Patrick Gretsch | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 26 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 27 | Ben Swift | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 45 | | 28 | Fabian Eichel | Team Argos-Shimano | + 51 | | 29 | Jeremy Hunt | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 53 | | 30 | Allan Davis | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 31 | Mathew Hayman | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 32 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 33 | Daryl Impey | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 34 | Ian Stannard | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 35 | Matthew Wilson | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 36 | Wesley Sulzberger | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 37 | Alex Dowsett | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 38 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 39 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 59 | | 40 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | + 1'08 | | 41 | Gorik Gardeyn | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 42 | Aaron Kemps | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 43 | Saïd Haddou | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 44 | Jaan Kirsipuu | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 45 | Anuar Manan | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 46 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 47 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 48 | Clinton Avery | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 49 | William Clarke | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 50 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 51 | Tony Hurel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 52 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | + 1'11 | | 53 | Nico Eeckhout | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 1'14 | | 54 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1'17 | | 55 | Jonas Vangenechten | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 56 | Gianni Meersman | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 57 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 58 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 59 | Mahdi Sohrabi | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 60 | Olivier Kaisen | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 61 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 62 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1'26 | | 63 | Arran Brown | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 64 | Connor McConvey | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 65 | Mark McNally | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 66 | Sean Downey | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 67 | Tsgabu Grmay | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 68 | Martin Wesemann | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 69 | Meron Russom | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 70 | Lotto Petrus | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 71 | Stijn Ennekens | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 72 | Jonathan Bellis | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 1'31 | | 73 | Leif Hoste | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | + 1'33 | | 74 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 75 | Stefan Van Dijk | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 76 | Andy Cappelle | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 77 | James Vanlandschoot | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 78 | Wim De Vocht | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 79 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | 80 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | 81 | Adam Semple | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 1'52 | | 82 | Amir Mustafa Rusli | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 83 | Adam Phelan | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 84 | Rhys Pollock | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 85 | Peter Thompson | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 86 | Grégory Rast | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 3'08 | | 87 | George Bennett | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 88 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank | + 3'21 | | 89 | Theo Bos | Rabobank | s.t. | | 90 | Francesco Chicchi | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 3'37 | | 91 | Bert Grabsch | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 92 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 93 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 94 | Dries Devenyns | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 95 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 4'13 | | 96 | Brett Lancaster | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 4'32 | | 97 | Dennis Van Winden | Rabobank | + 4'33 | | 98 | Rick Flens | Rabobank | s.t. | | 99 | Fabian Wegmann | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 100 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Team Argos-Shimano | + 4'49 | | 101 | Davide Appollonio | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 5'01 | | 102 | Simon Gerrans | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 103 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 104 | Sam Bennett | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 5'05 | | 105 | Matthias Friedemann | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | + 5'08 | | 106 | Mart Ojavee | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | + 5'16 | | 107 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 108 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 5'25 | | 109 | Jacek Morajko | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 110 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 111 | Maarten Neyens | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 112 | Marcello Pavarin | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 113 | Kevin Van Impe | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 114 | Kenny Van Hummel | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 5'30 | | 115 | Calvin Beneke | MTN-Qhubeka | + 5'34 | | 116 | Pieter Ghyllebert | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 117 | Bradley Potgieter | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | 118 | Jérôme Gilbert | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | + 5'41 | | 119 | Arnoud Van Groen | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 120 | Yoann Bagot | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | 121 | Florent Barle | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | 122 | Arnaud Labbe | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | 123 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 5'51 | | 124 | Darren Lapthorne | Drapac Professional Cycling | + 5'56 |
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lennybernstein wrote:
Solid result. Bad luck about the wild card entries but you know what they say: "every could has a silver lining". Let's hope so in this case
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| sutty68 |
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Fifth place in the TTT was a good result |
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| Ian Butler |
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Actually, you're 4th, same time as them anyway nice job with that. |
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@sutty68 Pretty good yeah. Kittel has a shoit at the GC if he can gain enough fitness (was on 55 at the start of the tour)
@Ian Butler Eichel is a decent TT'er and climber as I hope to prove in Langkawi.
I'll be doing quick reports for the rest of Qatar, he'll be leading out Kittel and that's about it. The important races for him will begin in Malaysia.
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Stage Three
We won by a few bike lengths after our best lead out train ever. We are not expecting it to continue though as Kittel and Veelers were in perfect form.
Spoiler Rank Name Team Time
1 Marcel Kittel Team Argos-Shimano 3h19'30
2 André Greipel Lotto Belisol Team s.t.
3 Tom Boonen Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team s.t.
4 Sébastien Chavanel Team Europcar s.t.
5 Daniele Bennati Radioshack Nissan Trek s.t.
6 Tom Veelers Team Argos-Shimano s.t.
7 Allan Davis Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
8 Kenny Van Hummel Vacansoleil - DCM s.t.
9 Ben Swift Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
10 Nico Eeckhout An Post - Sean Kelly s.t.
11 Mathew Hayman Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
12 Theo Bos Rabobank s.t.
13 Jeremy Hunt Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
14 Tyler Farrar Team Garmin - Sharp s.t.
15 Kenny Dehaes Lotto Belisol Team s.t.
16 Roy Curvers Team Argos-Shimano s.t.
17 Saïd Haddou Team Europcar s.t.
18 Matthew Wilson Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
19 Juan Antonio Flecha Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
20 Francesco Chicchi Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team s.t.
21 Matti Breschel Rabobank s.t.
22 Alex Rasmussen Team Garmin - Sharp s.t.
23 Grégory Rast Radioshack Nissan Trek s.t.
24 Fabian Cancellara Radioshack Nissan Trek s.t.
25 Gorik Gardeyn Champion System Pro Cycling Team s.t.
26 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
27 Sam Bennett An Post - Sean Kelly s.t.
28 Lieuwe Westra Vacansoleil - DCM s.t.
29 Gert Steegmans Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team s.t.
30 Stuart O'Grady Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
31 Michael Matthews Rabobank s.t.
32 Robert Hunter Team Garmin - Sharp s.t.
33 Wesley Sulzberger Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
34 Gianni Meersman Lotto Belisol Team s.t.
35 Martijn Maaskant Team Garmin - Sharp s.t.
36 Björn Leukemans Vacansoleil - DCM s.t.
37 Maarten Wynants Rabobank s.t.
38 Aaron Kemps Champion System Pro Cycling Team s.t.
39 Leif Hoste Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s s.t.
40 Christophe Kern Team Europcar s.t.
41 Anuar Manan Champion System Pro Cycling Team s.t.
42 Ian Stannard Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
43 Paul Martens Rabobank s.t.
44 Arran Brown MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
45 Ben Hermans Radioshack Nissan Trek s.t.
46 Brett Lancaster Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
47 Michel Kreder Team Garmin - Sharp s.t.
48 Joost Posthuma Radioshack Nissan Trek s.t.
49 Patrick Gretsch Team Argos-Shimano s.t.
50 Jaan Kirsipuu Champion System Pro Cycling Team s.t.
51 Stef Clement Rabobank s.t.
52 Dries Devenyns Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team s.t.
53 Wim De Vocht Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s s.t.
54 Bert De Backer Team Argos-Shimano s.t.
55 Clinton Avery Champion System Pro Cycling Team s.t.
56 Olivier Kaisen Lotto Belisol Team s.t.
57 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - Sharp s.t.
58 Nelson Oliveira Radioshack Nissan Trek s.t.
59 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team s.t.
60 Fabian Wegmann Team Garmin - Sharp s.t.
61 Sylvain Chavanel Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team s.t.
62 Thierry Hupond Team Argos-Shimano s.t.
63 Jens Keukeleire Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
64 Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM s.t.
65 Fabian Eichel Team Argos-Shimano s.t.
66 Simon Gerrans Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
67 Mark McNally An Post - Sean Kelly s.t.
68 Stijn Ennekens An Post - Sean Kelly s.t.
69 Daryl Impey Orica-GreenEDGE s.t.
70 Davide Appollonio Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
71 Davide Malacarne Team Europcar s.t.
72 Yohann Gène Team Europcar s.t.
73 Christian Vandevelde Team Garmin - Sharp s.t.
74 Kevin Van Impe Vacansoleil - DCM s.t.
75 Jonathan Bellis An Post - Sean Kelly s.t.
76 Stefan Van Dijk Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s s.t.
77 Dennis Van Winden Rabobank s.t.
78 Marcello Pavarin Vacansoleil - DCM s.t.
79 Bert Grabsch Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team s.t.
80 Pieter Ghyllebert An Post - Sean Kelly s.t.
81 Sébastien Turgot Team Europcar s.t.
82 Andy Cappelle Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s s.t.
83 Staf Scheirlinckx Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s s.t.
84 Connor McConvey An Post - Sean Kelly s.t.
85 Jacek Morajko Vacansoleil - DCM s.t.
86 Andrew Fenn Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team s.t.
87 Kanstantsin Siutsou Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
88 Mahdi Sohrabi Lotto Belisol Team s.t.
89 Amir Mustafa Rusli Drapac Professional Cycling s.t.
90 Jonas Vangenechten Lotto Belisol Team s.t.
91 Rick Flens Rabobank s.t.
92 Tony Hurel Team Europcar s.t.
93 Sean Downey An Post - Sean Kelly s.t.
94 Tobias Ludvigsson Team Argos-Shimano s.t.
95 Meron Russom MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
96 Bert-Jan Lindeman Vacansoleil - DCM s.t.
97 Jesse Sergent Radioshack Nissan Trek s.t.
98 William Clarke Champion System Pro Cycling Team s.t.
99 Cyril Gautier Team Europcar s.t.
100 Alex Dowsett Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
101 Arnoud Van Groen Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s s.t.
102 David Moncoutié Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne s.t.
103 Peter Thompson Drapac Professional Cycling s.t.
104 Maarten Neyens Lotto Belisol Team s.t.
105 George Bennett Radioshack Nissan Trek s.t.
106 Jérôme Gilbert Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s s.t.
107 Yoann Bagot Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne s.t.
108 Tim Wellens Lotto Belisol Team s.t.
109 Matthias Friedemann Champion System Pro Cycling Team s.t.
110 Tsgabu Grmay MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
111 James Vanlandschoot Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s s.t.
112 Adam Phelan Drapac Professional Cycling s.t.
113 Martin Wesemann MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
114 Romain Zingle Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne s.t.
115 Lotto Petrus MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
116 Arnaud Labbe Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne s.t.
117 Rémy Di Gregorio Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne s.t.
118 Calvin Beneke MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
119 Florent Barle Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne s.t.
120 Adam Semple Drapac Professional Cycling s.t.
121 Rhys Pollock Drapac Professional Cycling s.t.
122 Bradley Potgieter MTN-Qhubeka s.t.
123 Darren Lapthorne Drapac Professional Cycling s.t.
124 Mart Ojavee Champion System Pro Cycling Team s.t.
Stage 4
Kittel would be in the points jersey as he now lead the competition. Our train was strung out and ruined and I had to take a lot for Kittel. Kittel had to slide onto Gold Jersey Bennati's wheel. He could've/would've won but he was boxed in... He came in sixth with Farrar winning. I'd suffered and had come in behind the peloton...
Stage 5
Farrar in Gold with Kittel now in white of best young rider. He managed to come in third which is good judging by the very congested end. We haven't brought strong enough flat riders so we couldn't stay ahead of everyone at the end. Overall is now out of reach.
Stage 6
Our train blew up after all my hard work, I had set too high a pace. Veelers and Kittel were on Bennati's wheel. Then he saw an opportunity on the race leader Farrar's wheel. Kittel's own team mates blocked up Kittel and he wasted loads of energy. The race was a fail and everyone is annoyed at Gretsch. He was stupid today. Kittel was in great form but it was ruined by his team,. I carried out my duties perfectly...
We got sixth in the GC, the best young rider jersey, fifth in the points yet it could've been better if the weaker riders hadn't messed up I could swear that last stage was ours till Gretsch ruined it. Now though we're top of the continental rankings and are the best placed continental team in the superprestige rankings so it is still quite a successful tour for us. |
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