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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 17-03-2013 10:46
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| alex valceanu |
Posted on 17-03-2013 11:12
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Never too late Ian . Thank you ! I know you followed my Movistar story , this one is better and will last longer , so welcome aboard !
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| Selwink |
Posted on 17-03-2013 11:20
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Well, good you won at least something, thats more than you could exspect with this team. The form is already good, this is a very promising story. I hope you can keep it.
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 17-03-2013 17:47
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Would be great if you can hold the 2 jerseys
Edited by PCM rulezz on 17-03-2013 17:48
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| alex valceanu |
Posted on 17-03-2013 21:41
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Stage 6
A very short , flat stage , that will probably end up with a bunch sprint . Still with 32 points on the table in KOM Rankings and 20 points in the Points Rankings we must be very careful to defend Fenn's and Meersman's Jerseys .
Note : Maes felt really bad after the yesterday stage and decided to abandon . Lets hope he can get healthy soon as we need him in the upcoming races .

So the first thing we decided was to send Gianni in the BOTD . And it was a very inspired choice , because Kaisen and Rasch were there and they were a threat for Meersman .

At the first intermediate sprint Meersman was caught off-guard and he only came 3rd and his 2 opponents were really close to him now in the KOM Rankings .

But Meersman was determined to keep this Jersey and with an incredible uphill sprint he took 1st place . Good job Gianni ! You won the first Jersey of the season for us ! 

Now lets focus on Fenn . As Meersman was caught , Fenn took Renshaw's wheel as Blanco seemed to be the strongest team
in sprints .
Fenn did a really good job and he kept Renshaw's wheel . Graeme Brown was setting the pace with 2.5 kms to go , while Ventoso and Richeze had their own sprint trains too .

With almost 1 kilometer to go Fenn was really well positioned right behind Renshaw who launched his sprint . This can be a very good result for Fenn , who ( keep in mind ) , has only a 4-pont lead over Renshaw in Points Rankings .

But Renshaw did not have the legs and Fenn passed him with ease ! Meanwhile Ventoso had an amzing sprint and seemed to win his second stage in STDU . With 100 meters to go Fenn was 4th . Can he get a podium place ???

YES !!!! And Fenn finished second . An amazing result for the young british sprinter .
Stage results
| Rank | Name | Team | | 1 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | | 2 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | | 3 | Danilo Hondo | RadioShack - Leopard | | 4 | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | | 5 | Jonas Ahlstrand | Team Argos - Shimano | | 6 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | | 7 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | Lampre - Merida | | 8 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Cannondale Pro Cycling | | 9 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | | 10 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Procycling |
Spoiler | 11 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 12 | Wesley Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 13 | Steele Von Hoff | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 14 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ | s.t. | | 15 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 16 | Mark Renshaw | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 17 | Davide Appollonio | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 18 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 19 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 20 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ | s.t. | | 21 | Sandy Casar | FDJ | s.t. | | 22 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 23 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 24 | Martijn Maaskant | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 25 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 26 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 27 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 28 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 29 | Hugo Houle | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 30 | Gatis Smukulis | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 31 | Koen De Kort | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 32 | Graeme Brown | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 33 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 34 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 35 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 36 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 37 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 38 | Jens Voigt | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 39 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ | s.t. | | 40 | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 41 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 42 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 43 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 44 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 45 | Salvatore Puccio | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 46 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 47 | Steve Chainel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 48 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 49 | Nathan Haas | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 50 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 51 | Mickaël Delage | FDJ | s.t. | | 52 | Mattia Cattaneo | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 53 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 54 | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 55 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 56 | Fabio Sabatini | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 57 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 58 | Julian Dean | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 59 | Baden Cooke | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 60 | André Schulze | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 61 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ | s.t. | | 62 | Jack Bobridge | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 63 | Wesley Sulzberger | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 64 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 65 | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 66 | Grégory Rast | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 67 | Alan Marangoni | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 68 | Raymond Kreder | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 69 | Thierry Hupond | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 70 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 71 | Edward King | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 72 | Pablo Urtasun | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 73 | Rohan Dennis | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 74 | Jakob Rathe | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 75 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 76 | Jay McCarthy | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 77 | Mitchell Docker | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 78 | Anton Vorobyev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 79 | Cheng Ji | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 80 | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 81 | Mikel Astarloza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 82 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 83 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 84 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 85 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 86 | Rory Sutherland | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 87 | Alessandro Vanotti | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 88 | Evan Huffman | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 89 | Carlos Verona | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 90 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 91 | Sébastien Minard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 92 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 93 | Jon Aberasturi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 94 | Alessandro De Marchi | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 95 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 96 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 97 | Alexandre Geniez | FDJ | s.t. | | 98 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 99 | David Tanner | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 100 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 101 | Joost Van Leijen | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 102 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 103 | Adriano Malori | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 104 | Svein Tuft | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 105 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 106 | Moreno Hofland | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 107 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 108 | Grega Bole | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 109 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 110 | Timothy Duggan | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 111 | Brian Bulgac | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 112 | Thomas Rohregger | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 113 | Sérgio Paulinho | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 114 | Gert Dockx | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 115 | Vicente Reynès | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 116 | Gabriel Rasch | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 117 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 118 | Martijn Keizer | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 119 | Vasil Kiryienka | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 120 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 121 | Ian Boswell | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 122 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 123 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | + 2'59 | | 124 | Eros Capecchi | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 125 | Olivier Kaisen | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 126 | Cameron Wurf | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3'43 | | 127 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 128 | Argiro Ospina | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 129 | Peter Kennaugh | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 130 | Ben King | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 131 | Daniele Ratto | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 4'46 | | 132 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 6'15 |
GC
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Sandy Casar | FDJ | 18h38'59 | | 2 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | + 27 | | 3 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 48 | | 4 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 1'01 | | 5 | Mark Renshaw | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | + 1'06 | | 6 | Danilo Hondo | RadioShack - Leopard | + 1'11 | | 7 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Argos - Shimano | + 1'16 | | 8 | Mattia Cattaneo | Lampre - Merida | + 1'18 | | 9 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - Merida | + 1'19 | | 10 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'20 | | 12 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 13 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'21 | | 14 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 15 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 16 | Salvatore Puccio | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 17 | Jens Voigt | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 18 | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 19 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 20 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 21 | Alexandre Geniez | FDJ | s.t. | | 22 | Koen De Kort | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 23 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 24 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 25 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ | s.t. | | 26 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 27 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 28 | Nathan Haas | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 29 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 30 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 31 | Joost Van Leijen | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 32 | Vasil Kiryienka | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 33 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 34 | Ian Boswell | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 35 | Thomas Rohregger | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 36 | Sérgio Paulinho | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 37 | Timothy Duggan | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 38 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 39 | Steele Von Hoff | Garmin - Sharp | + 3'01 | | 40 | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 41 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 3'09 | | 42 | Martijn Keizer | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3'22 | | 43 | Rory Sutherland | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 3'57 | | 44 | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | + 4'03 | | 45 | Alessandro Vanotti | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 46 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 47 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 48 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4'57 | | 49 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | + 5'26 | | 50 | Rohan Dennis | Garmin - Sharp | + 5'58 | | 51 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 6'41 | | 52 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | + 6'44 | | 53 | Eros Capecchi | Movistar Team | + 7'02 | | 54 | Anton Vorobyev | Katusha Team | + 8'01 | | 55 | Baden Cooke | Orica - GreenEdge | + 9'23 | | 56 | Gatis Smukulis | Katusha Team | + 9'24 | | 57 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | + 10'25 | | 58 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 13'30 | | 59 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | + 14'17 | | 60 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ | + 14'41 | | 61 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ | + 15'02 | | 62 | Pablo Urtasun | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 15'10 | | 63 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 64 | Peter Kennaugh | Sky Procycling | + 15'55 | | 65 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 16'50 | | 66 | Jakob Rathe | Garmin - Sharp | + 17'46 | | 67 | Alessandro De Marchi | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 18'19 | | 68 | Wesley Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 19'00 | | 69 | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 70 | Steve Chainel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 71 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 72 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 73 | Daniele Ratto | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 19'14 | | 74 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica - GreenEdge | + 21'41 | | 75 | Graeme Brown | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 76 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 77 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 78 | Sébastien Minard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 79 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | + 21'42 | | 80 | Alan Marangoni | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 81 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 82 | Evan Huffman | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 83 | Jay McCarthy | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 22'09 | | 84 | Jack Bobridge | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | + 22'19 | | 85 | Grega Bole | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 23'05 | | 86 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 87 | Mickaël Delage | FDJ | s.t. | | 88 | Julian Dean | Orica - GreenEdge | + 24'23 | | 89 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 90 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ | s.t. | | 91 | Mikel Astarloza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 26'01 | | 92 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Team Argos - Shimano | + 26'12 | | 93 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Procycling | + 26'15 | | 94 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 95 | Adriano Malori | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 96 | Raymond Kreder | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 97 | Mitchell Docker | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 98 | Cheng Ji | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 99 | Brian Bulgac | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 100 | Moreno Hofland | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | + 27'34 | | 101 | Grégory Rast | RadioShack - Leopard | + 28'07 | | 102 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | + 28'56 | | 103 | Fabio Sabatini | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 28'57 | | 104 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 105 | Wesley Sulzberger | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 106 | Svein Tuft | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 107 | Gert Dockx | Lotto Belisol | + 29'01 | | 108 | David Tanner | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 109 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | + 29'57 | | 110 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 30'09 | | 111 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | Lampre - Merida | + 30'13 | | 112 | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 113 | Davide Appollonio | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 114 | Vicente Reynès | Lotto Belisol | + 30'20 | | 115 | Thierry Hupond | Team Argos - Shimano | + 31'42 | | 116 | Martijn Maaskant | Garmin - Sharp | + 31'43 | | 117 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 31'56 | | 118 | Hugo Houle | AG2R La Mondiale | + 32'02 | | 119 | Jon Aberasturi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 32'55 | | 120 | Edward King | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 121 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 122 | Olivier Kaisen | Lotto Belisol | + 33'12 | | 123 | André Schulze | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 33'49 | | 124 | Argiro Ospina | Movistar Team | + 33'56 | | 125 | Gabriel Rasch | Sky Procycling | + 34'16 | | 126 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | + 34'18 | | 127 | Jonas Ahlstrand | Team Argos - Shimano | + 36'31 | | 128 | Ben King | RadioShack - Leopard | + 38'29 | | 129 | Cameron Wurf | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 40'11 | | 130 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 40'34 | | 131 | Carlos Verona | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 40'45 | | 132 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 40'48 |
Points
| Rank | Name | Team | General | | 1 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 24 | | 2 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | 16 | | 3 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | 16 | | 4 | Mark Renshaw | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 14 | | 5 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | 14 | | 6 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | 12 | | 7 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 12 | | 8 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Cannondale Pro Cycling | 12 | | 9 | Hugo Houle | AG2R La Mondiale | 12 | | 10 | Jonas Ahlstrand | Team Argos - Shimano | 12 |
KOM
| Rank | Name | Team | General | | 1 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 56 | | 2 | Olivier Kaisen | Lotto Belisol | 40 | | 3 | Gabriel Rasch | Sky Procycling | 32 | | 4 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | 16 | | 5 | Eros Capecchi | Movistar Team | 16 | | 6 | Grégory Rast | RadioShack - Leopard | 16 | | 7 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 12 | | 8 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | 12 | | 9 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Argos - Shimano | 12 | | 10 | Alexandre Geniez | FDJ | 12 |
Well first race of the 2013 season ended . A very good performance from our team , Gianni Meersman took the KOM Jersey , got involved in 2 break-aways and had a Top 15 in the queen stage from Willunga Hill .Andrew Fenn was our hero , he won the Points Jersey and was very close from gettng also a stage win , finishing 2nd in Adelaide . Congrats to Stybar,Verona,Maes,Keisse,Pineau who helped their 2 leaders obtain these wonderful results . From STDU ,it was team Omega Pharma QuickStep . See you soon in France !
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Posted on 18-03-2013 07:24
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Posted on 18-03-2013 09:06
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Well it wasn't a bad first race of the season for the team 
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Posted on 18-03-2013 09:56
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Thanks Ian . At the start we expected that our leader Sybar to get a top 10 but he lost some time in first stages , so we decided to focus on winning KOM with Meersman rather than a top 15 which was kinda possible at that time .
Thanks Sutty , indeed a nice performance 
In this evening I will post the report from GP Marseillaise and the conclusions after the first month of racing in 2013 .
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Posted on 18-03-2013 10:19
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A good last stage and you come away with the points and KOM jersey.
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Very good start of the season for the team
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Ok , we are back ! And ready for the first race of the season in Europe - Grand Prix La Marseillaise . We sent there the same riders from STDU , except for Maes who was replace by Rabon .

As you see we have a pretty strong line-up , with Meersman as our leader and Andrew Fenn in case the race will end up in a sprint . As you see our riders are in pretty good shape keeping in mind that we are in January so we expect a nice result .
Race

As expected and early break-away was formed and it contained 4 riders : Ubeto (Lampre) , Hurel ( Europcar) ,
Nys ( Crelan) and Frattini ( UnitedHelthcare ) . They had a maximum lead of 6' over the peloton .

With 40 kilometers to go Omega Pharma QuickStep was in control , reeling in the break-away ( great job by Rabon and Verona ) . Still , Simon ( Saur ) , Soupe and Roy ( FDJ) , Pedersen ( Christina Watches ) and Brutt ( Katusha ) tried to attack .

They got caught but on the downhill portion 4 riders attacked and formed the chasing group : again Simon , Pedersen and Soupe , joined this time by Geschke (Argos )

The 4 riders caught the 4 men from the early break-away , but with 15 kilometers to go their lead was less than 30" . Then Visconti tried to avoid the bunch sprint and attacked .

Visconti got caught and with 8 kilometers to go Omega-Pharma-QuickStep was again in front , with Pineau , Stybar and Meersman in fron of Fenn .

2.5 kilometers to go and Meersman and Fenn are feeling great . We really have a chance to win this race . Meanwhile , Lastras ,Quintana and Gutierez tried to surpise us with a very early sprint .

With almost 1 kilometer to go Meersman was doing perfectly his job as a lead-out man . Fenn was in complete control .

And here it is !!!!! First win of the season ! Congratulations Andrew Fenn . Well donw to his rest of his team-mates who led him out in perfect conditions .

Results
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 3h37'13 | | 2 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 3 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 4 | Samuel Dumoulin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 5 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 6 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 7 | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 8 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 9 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 10 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 11 | Steve Chainel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 12 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 13 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 14 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 15 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ | s.t. |
Spoiler | 16 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 17 | Xavier Florencio | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 18 | Christophe Le Mével | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 19 | Mattia Cattaneo | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 20 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 21 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ | s.t. | | 22 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 23 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 24 | Manuel Cardoso | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 25 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 26 | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 27 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 28 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 29 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 30 | Martin Pedersen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 31 | Florian Vachon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 32 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ | s.t. | | 33 | Adam Blythe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 34 | Sven Nys | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 35 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 36 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 37 | Maxime Vantomme | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 38 | Simon Geschke | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 39 | Stefan Schumacher | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 40 | Pavel Brutt | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 41 | Julien Simon | Sojasun | s.t. | | 42 | Tony Hurel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 43 | Jean-Luc Delpech | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 44 | Matthew Busche | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 45 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 46 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 47 | Baden Cooke | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 48 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 49 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 50 | Cyril Lemoine | Sojasun | s.t. | | 51 | Mikel Astarloza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 52 | Jan Ghyselinck | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 53 | Yaroslav Popovych | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 54 | Miguel Ubeto | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 55 | Julien Antomarchi | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 56 | Fabio Taborre | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 57 | Kristijan Durasek | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 58 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 59 | Adriano Malori | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 60 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Sojasun | s.t. | | 61 | Constantino Zaballa | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 62 | Jean-Marc Marino | Sojasun | s.t. | | 63 | Fabio Sabatini | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 64 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 65 | Davide Frattini | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 66 | Ioannis Tamouridis | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 67 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 68 | Jure Kocjan | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 69 | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 70 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 71 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 72 | Moreno Moser | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 73 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 74 | Romain Hardy | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 75 | Cyril Bessy | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 76 | Amets Txurruka | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 77 | Thomas Peterson | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 78 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 79 | Grégory Rast | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 80 | Matthias Frank | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 81 | Stefan Radochla | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 82 | Warren Barguil | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 83 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 84 | Sylvain Georges | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 85 | André Schulze | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 86 | Alexander Serebryakov | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 87 | Alan Marangoni | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 88 | Stijn Devolder | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 89 | Anthony Ravard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 90 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 91 | Kevin Hulsmans | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 92 | Matteo Rabottini | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 93 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 94 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 95 | William Bonnet | FDJ | + 2'31 | | 96 | Jean-Marc Bideau | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 97 | Arnaud Labbe | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 98 | Markel Irizar | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 99 | Jesse Sergent | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 100 | Anthony Roux | FDJ | s.t. | | 101 | Josué Moyano | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 102 | Rafael de Mattos Andriato | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 103 | José Gonçalves | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 104 | Koen Barbé | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 105 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 106 | Luke Durbridge | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 107 | Thierry Hupond | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 108 | Alexander Porsev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 109 | Davide Viganò | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 110 | Roberto De Patre | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 111 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 112 | David Boucher | FDJ | s.t. | | 113 | Eloy Teruel | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 114 | Mathieu Drujon | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 115 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 116 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 117 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 118 | Francisco Javier Moreno | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 119 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 120 | Kurt Hovelynck | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 121 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Sojasun | s.t. | | 122 | Leigh Howard | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 123 | Joeri Stallaert | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 124 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ | s.t. | | 125 | Justin Jules | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 126 | Benjamin Giraud | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 127 | Maxime Daniel | Sojasun | s.t. | | 128 | Morten Høberg | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 129 | Benoit Drujon | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 130 | Christophe Premont | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 131 | Julien Fouchard | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 132 | Yohan Offredo | FDJ | s.t. | | 133 | Francesco Chicchi | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 134 | André Cardoso | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 135 | Edward King | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 136 | Alessandro Bazzana | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 137 | John Murphy | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 138 | Christophe Laborie | Sojasun | s.t. | | 139 | Tristan Valentin | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 140 | Kevin Peeters | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 141 | Benoit Jarrier | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 142 | Maciej Bodnar | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 143 | Michael Hepburn | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 144 | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 145 | Gaël Malacarne | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 146 | Roy Curvers | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 147 | Karl Menzies | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 148 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 149 | Jimmi Sørensen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 150 | Yannick Talabardon | Sojasun | s.t. | | 151 | Guillaume Faucon | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 152 | Stefano Agostini | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 153 | Fabio Polazzi | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 154 | Frederik Wilmann | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 155 | Omar Fraile | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 156 | Patrick Gretsch | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 157 | Flavien Dassonville | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 158 | Thomas Vaubourzeix | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 159 | Karol Domagalski | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 160 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 161 | Natnael Berhane | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 162 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 163 | Matteo Bono | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 164 | Renaud Dion | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 165 | Christian Meier | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 166 | Antoine Lavieu | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 167 | Leonardo Giordani | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 168 | Iván Velasco | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 169 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 170 | Matthieu Boulo | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 171 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 172 | Arnaud Gérard | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 4'46 | | 173 | Grégoire Tarride | La Pomme Marseille | + 5'27 | | 174 | Rudy Kowalski | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 175 | Cyrille Patoux | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 176 | Boris Dron | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 177 | Boris Zimine | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 178 | Aldo Ino Ilesic | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 179 | Quentin Bertholet | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 180 | Franck Vermeulen | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 181 | Christopher Jennings | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 182 | Romain Bacon | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 183 | Théo Vimpere | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 184 | Mitchell Lovelock-Fay | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 185 | Jonathan Breyne | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 186 | Morgan Kneisky | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 187 | Bradley White | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 188 | Jonathan Dewitte | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 189 | Julien Stassen | Wallonie - Bruxelles | s.t. | | 190 | Daniele Aldegheri | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 191 | Christian Patron | Wallonie - Bruxelles | + 6'52 | | 192 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 193 | Carlos Verona | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 7'24 |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-03-2013 19:41
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Fenn carying his great form from STDU and making a nice victory! |
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 18-03-2013 19:53
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Fantastic win for Fenn
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
It's difficult not to be happy when you're surrounded by Belgians. - Mark Cavendish
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| alex valceanu |
Posted on 18-03-2013 19:59
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Domestique

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Okay so the first month of racing has ended . It's been a good start of the season for us so far , with Meersman taking the KOM Jersey in STDU , and Fenn taking home the Points Jersey from Austrlia and a win in the classic from Marseille .
So lets see the standings at the nd of the month :
Individual
UCI WT

Sandy Casar is of course the leader , after winnig STDU . The best placed riders in our team ( actually the single one with points in the standings ) is Andrew Fenn , currently 13th.
CQ

Sandy Casar is the leader again . Fenn is our best placed rider , currently 7th , thanks to his podium in STDU and win from GP Marseillaise .
Team
UCI WT

Blanco is in the lead , with FDJ behid team . We are in 11th position.
CQ

Vacansoleil is 1st thanks to Westra's domination from Tour San Luis . We are in 10th place and the non-WT teams are Node 4 - Giordana and Androni .
Important news
We are happy to announce you that we have come to an agreement for an extansion of their contracts with the following riders : 
-Andrew Fenn
-Mark Cavendish
-Tony Martin
-Michal Kwiatowski
-Michael Golas
-Kristof Vandewalle
-Dries Devenyns
February Schedule

We will participate in Etoile de Besseges , Tour of Qatar , Tour Mediteranean , Tour of Oman and in 4 classics and the end of the month : La Drome , Omloop Het , Kuurne - Bruxelles-Kuurne and Le Samyn , We are happy to announce that Tom Boonen , Mark Cavendish , Tony Martin and Sylvain Chavanel will be back in saddle in the following races !
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 18-03-2013 23:05
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An awesome victory for Mr Fenn  |
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| alex valceanu |
Posted on 19-03-2013 07:19
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Domestique

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Sutty , Ian , Pcm Rulezz thank you guys for the support . The reports from the first stages of Etoile de Besseges will be posted later this day . And indeed Fenn looks in great shape .
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 19-03-2013 07:24
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Some big names have their contract renewed, that's very good! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 19-03-2013 10:45
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Hope the team carries on its good early season form in France  |
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| Selwink |
Posted on 19-03-2013 18:19
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Good you renewed the contracts, are there any riders that didnt want a new one?
For the rest, a good story, keep it up and good luck in the south of France
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| MrUfo87 |
Posted on 19-03-2013 18:33
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Dutch teams 1 and 3! I've never seen that!
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