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| wogsrus |
Posted on 05-04-2013 21:35
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Good start for Rory. Thought Rodgers would have been able to be closer in the TT. Oh well. |
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| MrUfo87 |
Posted on 05-04-2013 22:04
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Great win for Sutherland! Well done! You were close at the TT.
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| JSF |
Posted on 08-04-2013 20:43
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An attention of fans is still focused to Australia where the real season starts with Santos Tour Down Under anually. For this year big stars of cycling excluding Mark Renshaw don´t participate. Then it will be a opportunity for other riders to show their power.
 | Rory | Sutherland | Leader |  | Daniele | Bennati | Sprinter |  | Marko | Kump | Team mate | | Jonathan | Cantwell | Team mate | | Jay | McCarthy | Team mate |  | Michael | Mørkøv | Team mate |  | Jesús | Hernández | Team mate |
We send to Australia a strong team. Daniele Bennati will have four rider to help him in mass sprints. Without big names we expect that he will fight for a victory in every flat stage and he could gain a points jersey.
Rory Sutherland, new Australian national champion, will struggle to win this race. Sutherland will have to hand Jesús Hernández but in a decisive stage he can rely on a whole team. |
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| JSF |
Posted on 08-04-2013 20:51
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First stage of 2013 Santos Tour Down Under starts in Prospect and leads to Lobethal. The opening stage is 134.2 kms long and without a big climb so we can except a mass sprint.
120 kms to go
Assan Bazayev, Jakob Rathe, Gaetan Bille and Jens Voigt formed a breakaway today. They created a maximum margin of 6 minutes but with teams Blanco, Sky, Euskaltel and Ag2r there was any chance to success.
90 kms to go
Assan Bazayev from Pro Team Astana defeated Jakob Rathe (Garmin-Sharp) on the only one mountain premium. Bazayev also got 12 points on two sprint premiums and he secured both mountain and points jersey for himself.
10 kms to gokms to go
The breakaway was caught 15 kms to the finish line. With 10 kms to go we set our sprint train for Daniele Bennati. Due to our high pace the peloton divided into two big groups. Second group lost 1´15 so it means that riders as Spilak, Kiryienka, Nocentini and other favourites lost chance to win the race.
Finish
Our sprint train wasn´t perfect but it was the only one. Daniele Bennati made together with Alexander Serebryakov a beautiful fight for a victory and Bennati captured a glory today.
Results
| 1 | Daniele Bennati | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 3h24'57 | | 2 |  Alexander Serebryakov | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 3 |  Kenny Van Hummel | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Mark Renshaw | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Luka Mezgec | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 6 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 7 | Fabio Sabatini | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 8 |  Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - QuickStep | s.t. | | 9 | Jure Kocjan | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 10 |  Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
General classification
| 1 | Daniele Bennati | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 3h24'47 | | 2 | Alexander Serebryakov | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4 | | 3 | Kenny Van Hummel | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 6 | | 4 | Mark Renshaw | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | + 10 | | 5 | Luka Mezgec | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 6 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 7 | Fabio Sabatini | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 8 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - QuickStep | s.t. | | 9 | Jure Kocjan | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 10 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
Points classification
| 1 |  Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | 12 | | 2 |  Jakob Rathe | Garmin - Sharp | 12 | | 3 |  Jens Voigt | RadioShack - Leopard | 8 | | 4 | Daniele Bennati | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 8 | | 5 | Alexander Serebryakov | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 6 |
Mountain classification
| 1 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | 16 | | 2 | Jakob Rathe | Garmin - Sharp | 12 | | 3 | Jens Voigt | RadioShack - Leopard | 8 | | 4 |  Gaetan Bille | Lotto Belisol | 6 | | 5 | Alessandro De Marchi | Cannondale Pro Cycling | 4 |
Young rider classification
| 1 | Luka Mezgec | Team Argos - Shimano | 3h24'57 | | 2 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - QuickStep | s.t. | | 3 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 4 | Marko Kump | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 5 | Leigh Howard | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. |
Team classification
| 1 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 10h14'51 | | | 2 | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | | 3 | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 4 | Omega Pharma - QuickStep | s.t. | | | 5 | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | |
Word from directeur sportif
"We are happy with a victory today. We know that our sprint train wasn´t perfect but any other team set his own so it was easier for us. Tomorrow we will try to hold a leader jersey and repeate a success from today," said Team Saxo-Tinkoff´s directeur sportif Philippe Maduit.
Edited by JSF on 09-04-2013 20:53
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-04-2013 21:53
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Bennati with an amazing start here! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 08-04-2013 22:54
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Nice start in Australia  |
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| alex valceanu |
Posted on 08-04-2013 23:35
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Congratulations ! Take advantage of the fact that there aren't many big names , you need these WT points ! 
Just an advice : Benatti is strong enough to climb on Willlunga Hill , he should be your GC rider .
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| dbreality |
Posted on 09-04-2013 17:28
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As usual, no real big guys in the sprint on the TDU. I can't believe Cyanide made that kind of programmation. |
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