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Posted on 26-10-2007 15:49
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I'll probably need to play with the pictures a little bit (and maybe my graphics settings)... that image isn't the clearest thing in the world. I'll try to have an image or two from most races since some asked for them.
Oh, and stage is posted on the previous page if you missed it.
Edited by KurtinSC on 26-10-2007 15:53
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Posted on 29-10-2007 13:48
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February 10th, 2007
by William Robins, Cycling America Gazette
Challenge Vuelta a Mallorca: Stage 2
Another sprinter stage today, but not quite as flat as yesterdays race. There were actually some mountain points available, but mainly in the last thirty KM... so many teams hoping for the climbers jersey didn't participate in the breakaway. When it did form, there were two distinct group... a lead group of about 9 riders and a chase group of 3 who could never quite catch up to the lead.
The 3 man intermediate group was caught well before the final hills, but the main group of 9 survived until 3 KM before the finish. It came down to a mass sprint that wasn't extremely well ordered. In the end, Tom Boonen just nosed out Oscar Freire to take the stage win, though Freire retained the overall leader jersey.
There were no time bonuses for the final sprint... or sprinters points, so members of the breakaway took both the mountain and sprinters jerseys.
Stage Results
1 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 3h37'40
2 Óscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
3 Uros Murn DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
4 Murilo Fischer LIQUIGAS s.t.
5 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
6 André Korff T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
7 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING s.t.
8 Sebastian Siedler TEAM MILRAM s.t.
9 Carlos Torrent VIÑA MAGNA - CROPU s.t.
10 Hans Dekkers AGRITUBEL s.t.
11 Alberto Ongarato TEAM MILRAM s.t.
12 Vicente Reynès CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
13 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
14 Anuar Manan GATEWAY RACING s.t.
15 Rubén Pérez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
16 Juan Olmo ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR s.t.
17 Elia Rigotto TEAM MILRAM s.t.
18 Igor Astarloa TEAM MILRAM s.t.
19 Diego Milán GRUPO NICOLÁS MATEOS s.t.
20 Manuel Vázquez ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR s.t.
46 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING s.t.
59 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING s.t.
62 David George GATEWAY RACING s.t.
63 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING s.t.
76 Brad Armstrong GATEWAY RACING s.t.
82 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING s.t.
178 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 15'07
Overall:
1 Óscar Freire RABOBANK 5h55'07
2 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
3 Uros Murn DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
4 Murilo Fischer LIQUIGAS s.t.
5 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
6 Carlos Torrent VIÑA MAGNA - CROPU s.t.
7 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
8 André Korff T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
9 Hans Dekkers AGRITUBEL s.t.
10 Alberto Ongarato TEAM MILRAM s.t.
11 Anuar Manan GATEWAY RACING s.t.
12 Vicente Reynès CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
13 Elia Rigotto TEAM MILRAM s.t.
14 Igor Astarloa TEAM MILRAM s.t.
15 Sebastian Siedler TEAM MILRAM s.t.
16 Rubén Pérez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
17 Juan Olmo ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR s.t.
18 Enrique Mata VIÑA MAGNA - CROPU s.t.
19 Jesús Tendero VIÑA MAGNA - CROPU s.t.
20 Peter Van Petegem QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
24 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING s.t.
28 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING s.t.
38 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING s.t.
43 David George GATEWAY RACING s.t.
52 Brad Armstrong GATEWAY RACING s.t.
57 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING s.t.
61 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING s.t.
178 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 15'07
Points:
1 Benoit Sinner AGRITUBEL 3
2 Beñat Albízuri EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 3
3 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM 2
4 Xabat Otxotorena ORBEA - OREKA S.D.A. 2
5 Fernando Torres EXTREMADURA - SPIUK 2
Mountain:
1 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM 3
2 Pedro Horrillo RABOBANK 3
3 Benoit Sinner AGRITUBEL 2
4 Juan Antonio Flecha RABOBANK 2
5 Beñat Albízuri EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 1
6 Peter Van Petegem QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 1
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Posted on 29-10-2007 14:17
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February 11th, 2007
by William Robins, Cycling America Gazette
Challenge Vuelta a Mallorca: Stage 3
The first stage not to be decided by the sprinters, the third stage consisted of some rolling hills with a steep uphill finish.
The breakaway that formed was based mainly on picking up mountain points, and was swallowed up by the pelaton by the end of the race. A small attack gained some ground just prior to the final time, but the pelaton caught them on the final slope. The winner of the stage, Joaquim Rodríguez of CAISSE D'EPARGNE was in the group however, so it was not for naught.
Igor Astarloa of Milram took the overall lead, although there is a huge group all maintaining the same time. In a bit of a suprise, Gateway Racing rider Pedro Nicacio is sitting in second place. Oscar Freire was able to keep with the pelaton and is now placed third.
Stage Results:
1 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE 4h12'41
2 Juanjo Cobo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
3 Andrea Noè LIQUIGAS s.t.
4 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING s.t.
5 Toni Colom TEAM ASTANA s.t.
6 Stefan Schumacher GEROLSTEINER s.t.
7 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
8 Carlos Castaño KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
9 Igor Astarloa TEAM MILRAM s.t.
10 Manuel Beltrán LIQUIGAS s.t.
11 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING s.t.
12 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
13 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS s.t.
14 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
15 Luis Pérez Rodríguez ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR s.t.
16 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
17 Andriy Grivko TEAM MILRAM s.t.
18 Carlos Barredo QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
19 Jorge Ferrio ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR s.t.
20 José Iván Gutiérrez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
71 David George GATEWAY RACING s.t. Player
82 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING + 2'02 Player
143 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 5'14 Player
148 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING + 6'58 Player
176 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING + 15'54 Player
178 Brad Armstrong GATEWAY RACING + 17'30 Player
180 Anuar Manan GATEWAY RACING + 21'14 Player
Overall Results:
1 Igor Astarloa TEAM MILRAM 10h07'48
2 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING s.t.
3 Óscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
4 Rubén Pérez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
5 Murilo Fischer LIQUIGAS s.t.
6 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
7 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS s.t.
8 Uros Murn DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
9 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
10 Andrea Noè LIQUIGAS s.t.
11 Juan Olmo ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR s.t.
12 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING s.t.
13 Toni Colom TEAM ASTANA s.t.
14 Constantino Zaballa CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
15 Bram Tankink QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
16 Aleksandr Kuschynski LIQUIGAS s.t.
17 Juan Antonio Flecha RABOBANK s.t.
18 Juanjo Cobo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
19 Carlo Scognamiglio TEAM MILRAM s.t.
20 Vicente Reynès CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
32 David George GATEWAY RACING s.t.
73 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING + 2'02
141 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING + 6'58
167 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING + 15'54
171 Brad Armstrong GATEWAY RACING + 17'30
176 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 20'21
177 Anuar Manan GATEWAY RACING + 21'14
Points:
1 Beñat Albízuri EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 4
2 Benoit Sinner AGRITUBEL 3
3 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 3
4 Jorge Azanza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 3
5 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM 2
6 Xabat Otxotorena ORBEA - OREKA S.D.A. 2
7 Fernando Torres EXTREMADURA - SPIUK 2
8 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING 2
9 Bert Grabsch T-MOBILE TEAM 2
10 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING 1
Mountain:
1 Iker Flores FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM 16
2 Antonio Olmo ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR 15
3 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING 14
4 Enrico Poitschke TEAM MILRAM 12
5 Andrey Mizourov TEAM ASTANA 11
6 Sergio Pardilla VIÑA MAGNA - CROPU 11
7 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE 10
8 Juanjo Cobo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 7
9 David Martín ORBEA - OREKA S.D.A. 5
10 Jorge Azanza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 5
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Posted on 29-10-2007 16:19
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I apologize in advance in terms of my descriptions. I raced all of these this weekend, but my exports won't open properly on my home PC (but work fine at work). Some the race routes are a bit fuzzy in my mind and are blurring together with others, so I may not be 100% accurate... but the results are correct at least.
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Posted on 29-10-2007 16:49
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February 12th, 2007
by William Robins, Cycling America Gazette
Challenge Vuelta a Mallorca: Stage 4
The early breakaway consisted of a single rider Vicente Peiro of GRUPO NICOLÁS MATEOS, followed by another pair... Martin Gilbert of Gateway Racing and Andrea Noè of Liquigas. Peiro took the early climbs while Gilbert and Noe split second place on the uphills, but at the end of the day Gilbert had a 1 point lead over Peiro in the mountain classification.
There were some big hills toward the end of the race when the break was caught that caused some splitting of the pelaton, but there was still a large group that finished together. A late climb eliminated many of the sprinters, though some like Friere were able to hold on and stay close enough to catch the pelaton on the downhill. It leveled out before the final sprint, but there wasn't enough of a rest for the sprinters to contend.
Just before the summit a large group of nearly 20 riders attacked and built up a lead of 45 seconds. There were several agressive moves as the breakaway approached the finish line, including a move by Mauricio Ortega of Gateway racing that looked like it might succeed. Ortega seemed to totally run out of gas in the final stretch and was passed by a few riders including stage winner Riccardo Riccò of Saunier Duval. The breakaway group was engulfed in the final straight as well, resulting in 68 riders finishing with the same time.
Based on his 13th place finish, Pedro Nicacio of Gateway Racing managed to take the overall leader jersey... despite 51 riders having identical times. That jersey, along with the mountain jersey held by Martin Gilbert, are the first leader jerseys earned by the newly formed Gateway Racing team.
Stage Results:
1 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 3h53'26
2 José Iván Gutiérrez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
3 Toni Colom TEAM ASTANA s.t.
4 Rubén Plaza CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
5 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING s.t.
6 Constantino Zaballa CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
7 Xavier Zandio CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
8 Gustavo César Veloso KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
9 Rubén Lobato SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
10 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
11 Koldo Gil SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
12 Juanma Gárate QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
13 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING s.t.
14 Iker Camaño SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
15 Nicolas Vogondy AGRITUBEL s.t.
16 Rubén Pérez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
17 Aleksandr Kuschynski LIQUIGAS s.t.
18 Paco Lara ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR s.t.
19 Chechu Rubiera DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
20 Luis Pérez Rodríguez ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR s.t.
24 David George GATEWAY RACING s.t.
115 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 3'19
121 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING s.t.
173 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING +9'03
174 Anuar Manan GATEWAY RACING s.t.
176 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING + 9'59
178 Brad Armstrong GATEWAY RACING +11'35
Overall Results:
1 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING 14h01'14
2 Toni Colom TEAM ASTANA s.t.
3 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING s.t.
4 Constantino Zaballa CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
5 Rubén Pérez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
6 José Iván Gutiérrez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
7 Igor Astarloa TEAM MILRAM s.t.
8 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
9 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
10 Aleksandr Kuschynski LIQUIGAS s.t.
11 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS s.t.
12 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
13 Juanma Gárate QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
14 Jurgen Van Goolen DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
15 Andrea Noè LIQUIGAS s.t.
16 Juanjo Cobo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
17 Gustavo César Veloso KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
18 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
19 Rubén Plaza CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
20 David George GATEWAY RACING s.t.
84 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING + 5'21
151 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING + 16'57
169 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 23'40
172 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING + 24'57
176 Brad Armstrong GATEWAY RACING + 29'05
177 Anuar Manan GATEWAY RACING + 30'17
Points Results:
1 Vicente Peiró GRUPO NICOLÁS MATEOS 6
2 Beñat Albízuri EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 4
3 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING 3
4 Benoit Sinner AGRITUBEL 3
5 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 3
6 Jorge Azanza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 3
7 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM 2
8 Xabat Otxotorena ORBEA - OREKA S.D.A. 2
9 Fernando Torres EXTREMADURA - SPIUK 2
10 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING 2
Mountain Results:
1 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING 21
2 Vicente Peiró GRUPO NICOLÁS MATEOS 20
3 Iker Flores FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM 16
4 Antonio Olmo ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR 15
5 Andrea Noè LIQUIGAS 14
6 Constantino Zaballa CAISSE D'EPARGNE 13
7 Sergio Pardilla VIÑA MAGNA - CROPU 12
8 Enrico Poitschke TEAM MILRAM 12
9 Andrey Mizourov TEAM ASTANA 11
10 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE 10
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Posted on 31-10-2007 12:07
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February 13th, 2007
by William Robins, Cycling America Gazette
Challenge Vuelta a Mallorca: Final Stage
The race was up for graps on the final day of the Challenge Vuelta a Mallorca, with 51 riders all sporting the same time coming in to the final day of racing. The final stage had some early hills followed by a long stretch of flat, so with no time bonuses in the race it was thought that finishing position could be the primary factor rather than time.
The race was fairly passive, with only a small breakaway containing no riders in contention. The break was caught about 30 km from the finish and it looked to be a day for the sprinters.
Then race leader Pedro Nicacio and his Gateway Racing teammate Mauricio surged away from the pack with 10 km to go. With neither known for their sprinting ability, it seemed they would try to take the race with a late move.
Unfortunately for the two racers, it was not to be as they were caught in the final kilometer. Constantino Zaballa of CAISSE D'EPARGNE ended up winning the stage in the final sprint. His stage win was also enough to move him from fourth to first in the overall standings, as race leader Pedro Nicacio dropped down to 5th with his 15th place finish.
It was an odd race... 51 riders all finished with identical times, but in the end Zaballa was triumphant. Martin Gilbert of Gateway Racing barely held on for the mountain classification win, and Vicente Peiro took the points classification
Stage 5 Results:
1 Constantino Zaballa CAISSE D'EPARGNE 3h48'34
2 Beat Zberg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
3 Murilo Fischer LIQUIGAS s.t.
4 Leon Van Bon RABOBANK s.t.
5 Óscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
6 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
7 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
8 Rubén Pérez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
9 José Iván Gutiérrez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
10 Ronny Scholz GEROLSTEINER s.t.
11 Oliver Zaugg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
12 Rubén Plaza CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
13 Igor Astarloa TEAM MILRAM s.t.
14 Jaume Rovira VIÑA MAGNA - CROPU s.t.
15 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING s.t.
16 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
17 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING s.t.
18 Carlo Scognamiglio TEAM MILRAM s.t.
19 Toni Colom TEAM ASTANA s.t.
20 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
40 David George GATEWAY RACING s.t.
85 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING s.t.
125 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING s.t.
138 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING + 3'40
159 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 5'56
169 Brad Armstrong GATEWAY RACING + 7'16
177 Anuar Manan GATEWAY RACING + 14'20
Final Overall Results:
1 Constantino Zaballa CAISSE D'EPARGNE 17h49'48
2 Rubén Pérez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
3 José Iván Gutiérrez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
4 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
5 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING s.t.
6 Igor Astarloa TEAM MILRAM s.t.
7 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING s.t.
8 Toni Colom TEAM ASTANA s.t.
9 Óscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
10 Rubén Plaza CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
11 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
12 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
13 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
14 Jaume Rovira VIÑA MAGNA - CROPU s.t.
15 Beat Zberg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
16 Carlos Barredo QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
17 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
18 Stefan Schumacher GEROLSTEINER s.t.
19 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
20 Carlos Castaño KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
23 David George GATEWAY RACING s.t.
81 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING + 5'21
139 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING + 16'57
168 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING + 28'37
169 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 29'36
175 Brad Armstrong GATEWAY RACING + 36'21
176 Anuar Manan GATEWAY RACING + 44'37
Final Points Results
1 Vicente Peiró GRUPO NICOLÁS MATEOS 6
2 Jorge Azanza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 5
3 Beñat Albízuri EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 4
4 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING 3
5 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING 3
6 Benoit Sinner AGRITUBEL 3
7 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 3
8 Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS 3
9 Nicolas Jalabert AGRITUBEL 3
10 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM 2
Final Mountain Results
1 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING 21
2 Nicolas Jalabert AGRITUBEL 21
3 Alberto Rodríguez VIÑA MAGNA - CROPU 21
4 Vicente Peiró GRUPO NICOLÁS MATEOS 20
5 Pedro Romero EXTREMADURA - SPIUK 17
6 Iker Flores FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM 16
7 Antonio Olmo ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR 15
8 Andrea Noè LIQUIGAS 14
9 Jorge Azanza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 13
10 Constantino Zaballa CAISSE D'EPARGNE 13
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February 16th, 2007
by William Robins, Cycling America Gazette
Tour Mediterranean Recap
The 2007 Tour Mediterranean has completed and the results are as follows.
Stage 1 Results (Team Time Trial):
1. Unibet 30'29"
2. Cofidis +2"
3. Gateway +13"
4. Caisse d'Empargne s.t.
5. Francaise des Jeux +38
6. Acqua e Sapone s.t.
7. Credit Agricole +44
8. Bouygues Telecom s.t.
9. DFL-Cyclingnews +51
10. Elk Haus s.t.
Stage 2 Results:
1 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 2h23'47"
2 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
3 Gabriele Balducci ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO s.t.
4 Anthony Ravard AGRITUBEL s.t.
5 Francesco Chicchi LIQUIGAS s.t.
6 Sébastien Chavanel FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
7 Erik Zabel TEAM MILRAM s.t.
8 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS s.t.
9 Juan Van Heerden GATEWAY RACING s.t.
10 Fabio Sacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
Stage 3 results:
1 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL 3h54'17
2 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
3 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
4 Romain Feillu AGRITUBEL s.t.
5 Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
6 Laurent Brochard BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
7 Erik Zabel TEAM MILRAM s.t.
8 Fabio Sacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
9 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS s.t.
10 Pierrick Fédrigo BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
Stage 4 results:
1 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 2h33'14"
2 Thomas Voeckler BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM +25"
3 Stefano Garzelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO +34
4 Pierrick Fédrigo BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
5 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE +52
6 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE +1'08"
7 Laurent Brochard BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
8 Sylvester Szmyd LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
9 Paolo Tiralongo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
10 Thomas Rohregger ELK HAUS - SIMPLON s.t
Stage 5 results:
1 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 3h35'26
2 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
3 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
4 Gabriele Balducci ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO s.t.
5 Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
6 Fabio Sacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
7 Romain Feillu AGRITUBEL s.t.
8 Daryl Impey GATEWAY RACING s.t.
9 Juan Van Heerden GATEWAY RACING s.t.
10 Francesco Chicchi LIQUIGAS s.t.
Stage 6 Results:
1 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM 3h12'58
2 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
3 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
4 Romain Feillu AGRITUBEL s.t.
5 Pierrick Fédrigo BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
6 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
7 Baden Cooke UNIBET.COM s.t.
8 Stefano Garzelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO s.t.
9 Fabio Sacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
10 Alexandre Usov AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
General Classification Final Standings
1 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 16h10'57
2 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 8
3 Thomas Voeckler BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 11
4 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 14
5 Stefano Garzelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO + 18
6 Baden Cooke UNIBET.COM + 22
7 Alexander Khatuntsev UNIBET.COM s.t.
8 Steve Zampieri COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 24
9 Pierrick Fédrigo BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 32
10 Daryl Impey GATEWAY RACING + 35
Points Classification Final Standings:
1 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL 81
2 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 80
3 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM 61
4 Romain Feillu AGRITUBEL 38
5 Gabriele Balducci ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO 34
6 Pierrick Fédrigo BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM 32
7 Fabio Sacchi TEAM MILRAM 31
8 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 30
9 Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 27
10 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 25
Mountain Classification Final Standings:
1 Malcolm Lange GATEWAY RACING 72
2 Antonio D'Aniello CERAMICA FLAMINIA 30
3 Stefano Garzelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO 22
4 Alessandro Vanotti LIQUIGAS 22
5 Vladimir Duma CERAMICA FLAMINIA 20
6 Wladimir Miholjevic LIQUIGAS 18
7 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS 18
8 Pierrick Fédrigo BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM 16
9 Laurent Mangel AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 16
10 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 16
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February 16th, 2007
by William Robins, Cycling America Gazette
Amgen Tour of California: Stage 1
The first stage in the Tour of California is a short individual time trial. Marco Pinotti of T-Mobile turned in the best time of the day, defeating Manuel Quinziato of Liquigas by just a second.
Stage 1 Results:
1 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM 5'40
2 Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS + 1
3 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC + 2
4 Bobby Julich TEAM CSC s.t.
5 Svein Tuft SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM + 3
6 Ryder Hesjedal HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS + 5
7 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC + 6
8 Chad Hartley BMC CYCLING TEAM s.t.
9 Jimmy Engoulvent CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 9
10 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING + 11
11 Danny Pate TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
12 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING s.t.
13 Phil Zajicek NAVIGATORS INSURANCE s.t.
14 David George GATEWAY RACING s.t.
15 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC + 12
16 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
17 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM + 13
18 Fränk Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
19 Kai Reus RABOBANK + 14
20 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
24 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING + 15
44 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING + 20
48 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 21
66 Anuar Manan GATEWAY RACING + 25
102 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING + 31
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February 17th, 2007
by William Robins, Cycling America Gazette
Amgen Tour of California: Stage 2 - Gateway Triumphant!
The profile for the second stage of the Tour of California has slight undulations throughout the route with a late classified climb followed by a short downhill and about 20 KM of relatively flat terrain.
Prior to the race, Kurt Smith, the Gateway Racing team manager caught my eye and mouthed the words "Today's the day". In earlier interviews Smith had mentioned that he was hoping the team could take a stage win in this year's Tour of California.
And from the beginning it was obvious that Gateway was going to be active. They instigated the day's first breakaway, with Martin Gilbert surging away from the group in the first few kilometers. Suprisingly nobody followed initially, and Gilbert built up a lead of 2 minutes before some other attacks formed. Gilbert cruised through the first two sprints before he was caught by another breakaway group.
The group stayed ahead but was looking to possibly be caught befoe the only categorized climb of the day... but Gilbert would have none of it. He attacked again on the beginnings of the slope as the pelaton approached and kept ahead until the summit.
After taking the initial mountains jersey, Gilbert sat up and returned to the pack, and it initially looked like that would be it in terms of attacks and we'd have another mass sprint finish. But it looked like the climb had taken some of the power from the legs of the sprinters teams... the pace that was set after the downhill was not backbreaking.
Three Gateway riders came to the front of the pelaton, and when their turn in the relay came with 9 kilometers to the finish they attacked! Alex Ardila led out Mauricio Ortega and Pedro Nicacio before falling back, and the two team leaders surged ahead to build up a lead of fifty seconds over the chasing pelaton!
Could the pelaton bring the two moo-crew leaders back before the line? It was clear the sprinters legs were hurting from the late climb but they put in a strong effort... but it was not enough! Ortega led Nicacio across the finish line to take the stage win, the first for the Gateway Racing team in their brief existance. Not only that, they took the yellow jersey and the mountain classification as well, making it a banner day for the cow patterned riders of this US based team.
Stage 2 Results:
1 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING 3h49'22
2 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING s.t.
3 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS s.t.
4 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
5 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
6 Steven De Jongh QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
7 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
8 Chad Hartley BMC CYCLING TEAM s.t.
9 David Kopp GEROLSTEINER s.t.
10 Roberto Petito LIQUIGAS s.t.
11 Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
12 Jimmy Engoulvent CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
13 Stefano Zanini PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
14 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
15 Angelo Furlan CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
16 Greg Henderson T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
17 Mike Sayers BMC CYCLING TEAM s.t.
18 Chris Wherry TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT s.t.
19 Max Van Heeswijk RABOBANK s.t.
20 Giovanni Visconti QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
27 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING s.t.
32 David George GATEWAY RACING s.t.
48 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING s.t.
88 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING + 2'42
97 Anuar Manan GATEWAY RACING s.t.
102 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING s.t.
General Classification:
1 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING 3h54'57
2 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM + 5
3 Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS + 6
4 Ryder Hesjedal HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS + 10
5 Chad Hartley BMC CYCLING TEAM + 11
6 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC s.t.
7 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING + 13
8 Jimmy Engoulvent CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 14
9 Danny Pate TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 16
10 David George GATEWAY RACING s.t.
11 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING s.t.
12 Phil Zajicek NAVIGATORS INSURANCE s.t.
13 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC + 17
14 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
15 Fränk Schleck TEAM CSC + 18
16 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS + 19
17 Sergio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 20
18 Roberto Petito LIQUIGAS + 21
19 Frantisek Rabon T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
20 David Galvin BMC CYCLING TEAM s.t.
30 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 26
84 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING + 2'58
92 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING + 3'06
97 Anuar Manan GATEWAY RACING + 3'12
Points Classification:
1 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM 25
2 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING 25
3 Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS 20
4 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING 20
5 Chad Hartley BMC CYCLING TEAM 16
6 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS 16
7 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC 16
8 Bobby Julich TEAM CSC 14
9 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER 14
10 Svein Tuft SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM 12
Mountains Classification:
1 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING 10
2 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 8
3 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC 6
4 Danny Pate TEAM SLIPSTREAM 4
5 Valery Kobzarenko NAVIGATORS INSURANCE 2
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Im not sure if youve said this yet: what difficulty?
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Posted on 31-10-2007 16:56
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Normal difficulty.
I hope to keep this going for a while (even if I burn out on posting here I'll keep playing). I figure after my first win in a grand tour I'll bump it to hard. |
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Posted on 02-11-2007 15:20
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Also, if you're suprised by the result, my guys are in very good form for this race. Mid 80's and climbing as the race progresses.
My team has no races in March (due to the calendar bug) and I'm too lazy to go into the db and put my team in some races. I've applied for some wildcards in March but could very well get none. So I decided to target this race and get an early peak (not upper 90's but still high 80's low 90's form). And really there aren't many top riders in the race... it's a much weaker field than I expected.
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February 18th, 2007
by William Robins, Cycling America Gazette
Amgen Tour of California: Stage 3
Today's stage had some early hills and then a longer flat section in the second half of the course. There was a lot of early fighting and attacks to claim the mountain points, but current mountain classification leader Martin Gilbert of Gateway Racing was able to get away and claim 26 points on the day, opening up a significant 16 point lead in the classification. Gilbert also won the two intermediate sprints to put forth an extremely successful day in the break.
The breakaway was quickly caught and passed toward the end of the race however. Gateway riders Mauricio Ortega and Pedro Nicacio tried to repeat their breakaway in the final 10 kilometers, but they could never get more than a few seconds ahead of the pack and were quickly overtaken by the sprinters.
"Fast Freddy" Rodriguez of Predictor-Lotto timed his sprint perfectly and Stuart O'Grady's late charge ran out of room before the finish. The partisan US crowd cheered wildly as Rodriguez raised his arms in victory as he crossed the line.
Mauricio Ortega of Gateway Racing kept the leaders jersey in the race by 5 seconds, while Fred Rodriguez moved up to 4th at 11 seconds behind the pack.
Stage Results:
1 Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO 4h33'16
2 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC s.t.
3 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS s.t.
4 Stefano Zanini PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
5 Steven De Jongh QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
6 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
7 Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER s.t.
8 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
9 Andrew Randell SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM s.t.
10 Max Van Heeswijk RABOBANK s.t.
11 Mike Sayers BMC CYCLING TEAM s.t.
12 Jakob Piil T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
13 Magnus Bäckstedt LIQUIGAS s.t.
14 Chad Hartley BMC CYCLING TEAM s.t.
15 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
16 Jimmy Engoulvent CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
17 Angelo Furlan CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
18 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
19 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC s.t.
20 Serge Baguet QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
22 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING s.t.
25 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING s.t.
29 Anuar Manan GATEWAY RACING s.t.
40 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING s.t.
41 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING s.t.
58 David George GATEWAY RACING s.t.
122 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 19'34
123 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING + 20'06
Overall Results:
1 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING 8h28'13
2 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM + 5
3 Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS + 6
4 Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 11
5 Chad Hartley BMC CYCLING TEAM s.t.
6 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC s.t.
7 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING + 13
8 Jimmy Engoulvent CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 14
9 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING + 16
10 Danny Pate TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
11 David George GATEWAY RACING s.t.
12 Phil Zajicek NAVIGATORS INSURANCE s.t.
13 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC + 17
14 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
15 Fränk Schleck TEAM CSC + 18
16 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC + 19
17 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
18 Sergio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 20
19 Roberto Petito LIQUIGAS + 21
20 David Galvin BMC CYCLING TEAM s.t.
63 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING + 2'58
73 Anuar Manan GATEWAY RACING + 3'12
121 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 20'00
124 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING + 23'06
Points Standings:
1 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS 32
2 Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO 30
3 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM 25
4 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING 25
5 Steven De Jongh QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 22
6 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS 20
7 Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS 20
8 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING 20
9 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC 20
10 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING 18
Mountain Classification:
1 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING 36
2 Ben Day NAVIGATORS INSURANCE 20
3 Dimitry Kozontchuk RABOBANK 16
4 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 8
5 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC 6
6 Danny Pate TEAM SLIPSTREAM 4
7 Jakob Piil T-MOBILE TEAM 4
8 Valery Kobzarenko NAVIGATORS INSURANCE 2
9 Steven Cummings DISCOVERY CHANNEL 2
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February 19th, 2007
by William Robins, Cycling America Gazette
Amgen Tour of California: Stage 4
While not imposing like many European peaks, this stage of the tour of California is the most mountainous stage in this year's event. The final peak was 26 km from the finish though, so some doubted going in that it would be totally decisive.
Early on a break of eleven riders formed. Gateway Racing rider Martin Gilbert joined the break, not working at all except to sprint ahead to take top points in all the mountain sprints. The breakaway contained some dangerous riders in Frank Schleck, Michael Boogerd and Sergio Paulinho, all very close to the leader's jersey.
Gateway began chasing after the first climb of the day, but the break was strong and stayed away. As the Pelaton approached the peak of the final climb, the break still had nearly 3 minutes on the pack. Gateway decided that this was too close to call and their leaders, Nicacio and Ortega attacked!
The two powered ahead of the pack and kept gaining on the breakaway steadily, as the pack maintained a distance of about a minute and a half. The two caught the pack as the downhill ended... then with 6km to go they attacked again! Ortega was unable to pull away but Nicacio showed an incredible burst as he opened a gap. He began the sprint with an 18 second margin over the breakaway, and held on for an extremely impressive win, taking the leader's jersey from his teammate Ortega.
Nicacio also took the lead in the points competition and the young riders classification, and Gateway moved into first in the team competition. Combined with Gilbert extending his lead in the mountains classification, Gateway now owns first place in every are of the Tour of California! Extremely impressive performance for this new team.
Stage 4 results:
1 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING 3h39'25
2 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
3 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
4 Fränk Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
5 Michael Boogerd RABOBANK s.t.
6 Wim Van Huffel PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
7 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING s.t.
8 Sergio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
9 Doug Ollerenshaw HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS s.t.
10 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
11 Jacob Erker SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM s.t.
12 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING s.t.
13 Christophe Edaleine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
14 Brian Vandborg DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1'19
15 Valery Kobzarenko NAVIGATORS INSURANCE s.t.
16 Phil Zajicek NAVIGATORS INSURANCE s.t.
17 Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER s.t.
18 Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
19 Michael Barry T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
20 Steven Cozza TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
61 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING s.t.
63 David George GATEWAY RACING s.t.
108 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 8'39
109 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING + 9'19
112 Anuar Manan GATEWAY RACING + 10'31
General Classification:
1 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING 12h07'31
2 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING + 7
3 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM + 12
4 Fränk Schleck TEAM CSC + 25
5 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 27
6 Sergio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
7 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 32
8 Christophe Edaleine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 34
9 Wim Van Huffel PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 37
10 Michael Boogerd RABOBANK + 46
11 Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 1'37
12 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC s.t.
13 Phil Zajicek NAVIGATORS INSURANCE + 1'42
14 Danny Pate TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
15 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING s.t.
16 David George GATEWAY RACING s.t.
17 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC + 1'43
18 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
19 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS + 1'45
20 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC s.t.
101 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING + 12'24
104 Anuar Manan GATEWAY RACING + 13'50
117 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING + 23'13
122 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 28'46
Points Standings:
1 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING 45
2 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 38
3 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING 34
4 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS 32
5 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM 31
6 Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO 30
7 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 25
8 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING 22
9 Steven De Jongh QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 22
10 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS 20
Mountains Classification:
1 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING 62
2 Ben Day NAVIGATORS INSURANCE 20
3 Valery Kobzarenko NAVIGATORS INSURANCE 16
4 Dimitry Kozontchuk RABOBANK 16
5 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 14
6 Jacob Erker SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM 14
7 Doug Ollerenshaw HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS 10
8 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 8
9 Christophe Edaleine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 8
10 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC 6
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February 20th, 2007
by William Robins, Cycling America Gazette
Amgen Tour of California: Stage 5
Today's stage was a long hilly route covering 215 kilometers. There was very little flat to speak of though the hills were all fairly small. An eight man break formed early on, which mountain classification leader Martin Gilbert again latched onto. Like yesterday, he simply let the others do the work and attacked near the summitt to take maximum climber points, extending his lead even further.
The break was caught with time to spare today, with Gateway limiting the lead the breakaway got and CSC and Predictor-Lotto working to bring it back in later in the race.
With 6.5 km to go, Gateway's Mauricio Ortega and Pedro Nicacio attacked as has been their pattern this race. Ortega blew himself out getting Nicacio away from the pack and then fell back to the pelaton as Nicacio rocketed past.
The timing was perfect as Nicacio built up a 45 second advantage as he began his sprint and held on to win by 30 seconds, lengthening his lead in the general and points classifications. Nicacio praised Ortega profusely during the post race interviews.
"I don't think I would have had the energy to hold them off had Mauricio not launched me from the group so expertly. They were really coming on hard and likely would have caught me if not for his effort."
Gateway maintained the lead in all classifications, and look to be in prime position to finish the tour with a dominating result.
Stage 5 results:
1 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING 4h56'31
2 David Kopp GEROLSTEINER + 30
3 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
4 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC s.t.
5 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
6 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
7 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
8 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS s.t.
9 Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER s.t.
10 Stefano Zanini PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
11 Steven De Jongh QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
12 Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
13 Jakob Piil T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
14 Serge Baguet QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
15 Max Van Heeswijk RABOBANK s.t.
16 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING s.t.
17 Chad Hartley BMC CYCLING TEAM s.t.
18 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC s.t.
19 Cédric Vasseur QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
20 David George GATEWAY RACING s.t.
45 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING s.t.
76 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING s.t.
85 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING s.t.
112 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING +9'44
115 Anuar Manan GATEWAY RACING + 10'40
General Standings:
1 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING 17h03'42
2 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING + 57
3 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'02
4 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1'09
5 Fränk Schleck TEAM CSC + 1'15
6 Sergio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1'17
7 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 1'22
8 Christophe Edaleine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 1'24
9 Wim Van Huffel PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 1'27
10 Michael Boogerd RABOBANK + 1'36
11 Roberto Petito LIQUIGAS + 2'25
12 Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 2'27
13 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC s.t.
14 David George GATEWAY RACING + 2'32
15 Danny Pate TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
16 Phil Zajicek NAVIGATORS INSURANCE s.t.
17 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING s.t.
18 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC + 2'33
19 Steven Cummings DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2'34
20 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS + 2'35
90 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING + 13'14
111 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING + 24'03
114 Anuar Manan GATEWAY RACING + 24'50
121 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 38'50
Points Standings:
1 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING 70
2 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 54
3 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS 40
4 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 35
5 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC 34
6 Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO 34
7 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING 34
8 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS 32
9 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM 31
10 Steven De Jongh QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 27
Mountains Classification:
1 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING 92
2 Jacob Erker SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM 36
3 Ben Day NAVIGATORS INSURANCE 20
4 Valery Kobzarenko NAVIGATORS INSURANCE 16
5 Dimitry Kozontchuk RABOBANK 16
6 Frantisek Rabon T-MOBILE TEAM 16
7 Roberto Petito LIQUIGAS 16
8 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 14
9 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO 14
10 Tim Klinger GEROLSTEINER 12
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February 21st, 2007
by William Robins, Cycling America Gazette
Amgen Tour of California: Stage 6 - Individual Time Trial
Fabian Cancellara of CSC won today's time trial by six seconds over race leader Pedro Nicacio of Gateway Racing. Nicacio was able to lengthen his lead slightly over his closest competitors and looks to be in good shape to earn a tour victory.
Marco Pinotti of T-Mobile was able to gain 13 seconds on Gateway's Mauricio Ortega which moved him into second place in the overall standings.
Stage Results:
1 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC 28'30
2 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING + 6
3 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC + 13
4 Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS + 22
5 David George GATEWAY RACING + 27
6 Magnus Bäckstedt LIQUIGAS + 31
7 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM + 39
8 Danny Pate TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 41
9 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS + 44
10 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 48
11 Brian Vandborg DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 52
12 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING s.t.
13 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING + 54
14 Chris Wherry TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT + 1'01
15 Bobby Julich TEAM CSC + 1'06
16 Frantisek Rabon T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'13
17 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'15
18 Ben Day NAVIGATORS INSURANCE + 1'16
19 Johan Vansummeren PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 1'21
20 Fränk Schleck TEAM CSC + 1'26
55 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 3'37
71 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING + 4'46
103 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING + 6'35
105 Anuar Manan GATEWAY RACING + 6'39
General Classification:
1 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING 17h32'18
2 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'35
3 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING + 1'43
4 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC + 2'34
5 Fränk Schleck TEAM CSC + 2'35
6 Sergio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2'42
7 David George GATEWAY RACING + 2'53
8 Danny Pate TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 3'07
9 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS + 3'13
10 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING + 3'20
11 Christophe Edaleine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 3'25
12 Brian Vandborg DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 3'26
13 Chris Wherry TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT + 3'37
14 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 3'48
15 Johan Vansummeren PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 3'59
16 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC + 4'08
17 Roberto Petito LIQUIGAS + 4'45
18 John Devine DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
19 Phil Zajicek NAVIGATORS INSURANCE + 5'00
20 Burke Swindlehurst TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT + 5'08
91 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING + 17'54
113 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING + 30'32
114 Anuar Manan GATEWAY RACING + 31'23
120 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 42'21
Points Standings:
1 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING 90
2 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 54
3 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC 41
4 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM 40
5 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS 40
6 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS 39
7 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING 38
8 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 35
9 Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS 34
10 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC 34
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February 22nd, 2007
by William Robins, Cycling America Gazette
Amgen Tour of California: Stage 7
Another hilly stage without any real climbs of note, today's stage seemed to follow a familiar pattern. We had another early break... and Martin Gilbert of Gateway Racing rode along without contributing at all, sprinting ahead for maximum climbing points.
Gateway seemed to ride to keep the break within a distance rather than trying to catch it as the closest rider was over 10 minutes off the pace. Only one or two teams decided to try to pick up the pace toward the end.
The gap started to close from the 7 minute maximum that it had reached, but it wasn't closing extremely fast. With 6 km to go the break still had a lead of about a minute. So... as seems to be their custom, Mauricio Ortega and Pedro Nicacio of Gateway racing attacked.
A group followed them on this move and the pelaton increased their speed, but the two "Moo Crew" riders caught the breakaway which Gilbert was now leading just before the 3km mark, with the pelaton only 35 seconds behind. Ortega seemed to be out of energy as he was leading Nicacio the whole way forward, so he jumped onto the back wheel of the breakaway while Nicacio powered ahead, then starting to sprint for all he was worth. The rest of the attackers that rode with the two of them followed Ortega to the back of the breakaway.
At the front William Walker of Rabobank sprinted past Martin Gilbert of Gateway who got on his wheel... meanwhile Nicacio was catching and passing one breakaway member after another. Walker pulled away slightly and kept ahead for the win, while Gilbert managed to hold on for second and Nicacio edged out Frederick Wilhelms of Liquigas for third.
The pelaton caught the back of the breakaway in the final stretch to finish in a mass group. Gateway retained ownership of all leader jerseys for yet another day.
stage 7 results:
1 William Walker RABOBANK 4h12'35
2 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING s.t.
3 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING s.t.
4 Frederik Willems LIQUIGAS s.t.
5 Valery Kobzarenko NAVIGATORS INSURANCE s.t.
6 Doug Ollerenshaw HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS s.t.
7 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC s.t.
8 Benoit Poilvet CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
9 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
10 Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
11 Thomas Peterson TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
12 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS s.t.
13 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
14 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING s.t.
15 Fumiyuki Beppu DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
16 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
17 Chad Hartley BMC CYCLING TEAM s.t.
18 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC s.t.
19 David George GATEWAY RACING s.t.
20 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
95 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING s.t.
107 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 3'23
110 Anuar Manan GATEWAY RACING + 4'42
111 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING s.t.
General Classification Standings:
1 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING 21h44'45
2 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'43
3 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING + 1'51
4 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC + 2'42
5 Fränk Schleck TEAM CSC + 2'43
6 Sergio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2'50
7 David George GATEWAY RACING + 3'01
8 Danny Pate TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 3'15
9 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS + 3'21
10 Christophe Edaleine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 3'33
11 Brian Vandborg DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 3'34
12 Chris Wherry TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT + 3'45
13 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 3'56
14 Johan Vansummeren PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 4'07
15 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC + 4'16
16 Roberto Petito LIQUIGAS + 4'53
17 Phil Zajicek NAVIGATORS INSURANCE + 5'08
18 Burke Swindlehurst TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT + 5'16
19 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC + 6'01
20 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 6'12
33 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING + 8'10
87 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING + 18'02
109 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING + 30'28
112 Anuar Manan GATEWAY RACING + 36'13
117 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 45'52
Points Standings:
1 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING 106
2 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 54
3 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS 46
4 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS 44
5 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING 42
6 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC 41
7 Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO 40
8 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING 40
9 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM 40
10 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 35
Mountains Classification:
1 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING 146
2 Doug Ollerenshaw HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS 42
3 Jacob Erker SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM 36
4 Tim Klinger GEROLSTEINER 26
5 Valery Kobzarenko NAVIGATORS INSURANCE 24
6 Ben Day NAVIGATORS INSURANCE 20
7 Dimitry Kozontchuk RABOBANK 16
8 Frantisek Rabon T-MOBILE TEAM 16
9 Roberto Petito LIQUIGAS 16
10 William Walker RABOBANK 16
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