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Astana Pro Team - Possibly the End!!!
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| atlanta |
Posted on 15-05-2013 00:56
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I think we can be happy guys, Iglinsky looked good today so did Kessiakoff. Guardini is in real bad shape although bad terrain today for him he really is struggling stage 6 suits him although as you see sprinting is not my strong point, we will try for sure. I am happy with 6th place though |
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Posted on 15-05-2013 01:00
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Stage 3
Favourites
Cavendish Greipel Goss
Our goal is to keep trying for some bonus seconds with Iglinsky we will probably go in the break with him because he can rest tommorow before Willunga hill, can Guardini finally get a top 10?
We have not let the break go the KOTM is
1st Langeveld
2nd Stybar
3rd Ciolek( he is at Lotto because i done a OPQS save with Cav etc so i moved Ciolek out.)
4th Klemme
5th Bilbao
22 kms till the intermediate sprint we will attack with Iglinsky early like 5 kms to go.
4 km to go iglinsky attacks
Iglinsky takes the 3 secs 
Cav 2nd
Greipel 3rd
A break has formed it consists of C.Ji, A.Rasmussen and that man Taborre again. It has 1'44" 61 kms left.
2nd intermediate sprint gap 2'45"44 kms left
C.Ji 1st
F.Taborre 2nd
A.Rasmussen 3rd
20 kms left gap is 1'25"
14 kms left we make our train at last but it will still be hard Guardini is not in great shape(45 fitness) we are lucky it is pan flat.
Break is caught with 8 kms to go
3.4 km to go and Ponzi, Bozic and Guardini have lost Muravyev's wheel.
2.5km to go
J.J rojas takes it
Top 10
GC
11-22
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Posted on 15-05-2013 02:43
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Stage 4
Favourites
Cav Greipel Goss Rojas
Our goal is to keep Iglinsky safe before the big battle for GC tommorow, again if we can we will take the bonus but we wont look for it like yesterday.
1st intermediate sprint
1st Burghardt
2nd Cabedo(RIP)
3rd Felline
KOTM
1st Oss
2nd Ladagnous
3rd Burghardt
4th Cabedo(RIP)
5th Felline
90kms to go break has 6 mins
2nd intermediate sprint
1st Felline
2nd lagadnous
3rd burghardt
45kms left gap down to 2' 20"
22kms to go and it is the 2nd KOTM sprint
1st Lagadnous
2nd Burghardt
3rd Felline
4th Oss
5th Cabedo(RIP)
12 kms to go the break is about to be swept up by Lotto Belisol
3.5kms to go our best leadout yet
Hushovd wins
Top 10 (Ponzi 9th )
GC Iglinsky 11th
Points
KOTM
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 15-05-2013 09:10
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Hope Iglinsky can do well on Willunga Hill! |
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Posted on 15-05-2013 17:53
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Ian Butler wrote:
Hope Iglinsky can do well on Willunga Hill!
He is getting better and better Ian |
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Posted on 15-05-2013 20:54
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Stage 5
Willunga Hill
It is the first time the race has finshed on this climb expect the Gc to be decided here.
Favourites
LL Sanchez Menchov Iglinsky Izagirre
Total Distance:
3.00km | 1.86mi
Starting Altitude:
155m | 509ft
Finishing Altitude:
382m | 1,253ft
Average Gradient: 7.6%
Elevation Gain:
227m | 745ft
1st intermediate sprint
Petacchi takes it from a 10 man break which has 6 mins
2nd Tulik
3rd Dall'Antonia
80 kms to go and Westra has fallen, break has 5'43"
50 kms to go break has 3'38" and we are 2kms from the next intermediate sprint.
Roelandts takes it from Petacchi and Kristoff
30 kms to go the break is about to be caught
The breakaway just manage to take the KOTM points on offer on Willunga
1st Madrazo
2nd Rollin
3rd Donati
4th Fenn
5th Dall'Antonia
13 kms left Muravyev is protecting Maxim well
3kms to go.
Here it is guys the showdown Rojas is still here.
2kms to go race leader Rojas looks strong
1.4 km to go Rojas sprints Iglinsky has Muravyev's wheel
0.4 km to go Rojas is going to take this Iglinsky does not have the legs
Rojas wins, I.Izagirre 2nd, Iglinsky 3rd.
Top 10 - Muaravyev came a great 5th
GC - Iglinsky 3rd Muravyev 6th
We should have possibly worked for Muravyev he has much better fitness than Iglinsky but we can be happy i think. |
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Posted on 15-05-2013 21:00
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Stage 6
The last stage of the race is also the shortest at 93kms.
We will try to get 2nd on GC with Iglinsky but we need 1st place and a 3rd in the 2 intermediate sprints which will be tough. I think 3rd and 6th on GC is a good effort although a stage win would be great we will try hard.
The favourites:
Normally it would be Cavendish, Greipel and Goss but you cant rule race leader JJ Rojas out who so far has won 2 stages.
64 kms left and Iglinsky attacks he has 2 riders ahead, 6 kms till the intermediate sprint.
2.4 kms till the intermediate sprint and Iglinsky attacks Cimolai and Hunt.
Iglinsky takes the 3 sec time bonus ahead of Cimolai and Hunt, he is level with Izagirre but he is behind on countback, so we need 1 more sec
M.Morkov takes the KOTM
2nd Turgot
3rd Rasmussen
4th Klemme
5th Ladagnous
We cant let them go to far so Muravyev sets the pace
2kms left and Iglinsky is at the back 30 secs behind the lead group he as no energy
Lars boom takes it from Petit and Turgot
21 kms left Turgot takes the KOTM points, peleton 52 secs behiind
2nd Morkov
3rd Sutton
4th Boom
5th Petit
14 kms to go and Turgot has gone solo from the Boom group he has 20 sec and the Boom group has 40 on the peleton, it could be tight.
8.5 kms left and Turgot is caught
4.5 kms to go and Lotto Belisol are controlling things
Guys we have lost out with Muravyev's GC position he worked too hard on the front bringing back breaks for Iglinsky, he is off the back of the peleton
Cavendish wins, Greipel 2nd, 3rd Hushovd, Bozic 11th
Muravyev  I am so dumb
Top 10
GC - gutted about Muravyev although we have took 2nd with Iglinsky on countback to my suprise.
Points jersey
KOTM
Young rider
Team classification
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Posted on 15-05-2013 23:23
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Race recap-
I think we can be happy overall with 2nd on GC, Maxim really took full advantage of his help from Muravyev. As a team only 1 podium place in a stage though is a dissapointment but what could we do the sprinters were too strong. I must also give a big shout out to Muravyev who worked is socks off all week with the highlight being a really strong 5th place on Old Willunga Hill while helping Iglinsky achieve his ultimate goal of being on the podium.
Next Race - Grand Prix la Marseillaise
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Posted on 15-05-2013 23:37
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1.1 Grand Prix la Marseillaise
Nibali will make his Astana debut he will co-lead along side Iglinsky.
Astana Team
Favpourites:
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Iglinsky Nibali Nordhaug
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Duque Elmiger Tiralongo Kroon
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Gavazzi Bardet Nocentini
6 riders consiting of V.Reynes and B.Jungels have broke away with 112 kms to go
100 kms left and thebreak has 2'33"
85 kms left and Bruno Pires of SBTB sweeps the break up
53 kms left and Gavazzi is keeping a high pace this the biggest climb of the race and Bozic is still in the peleton so we will try to keep it together
18kms left Nibali attacks
Duque now try's to bridge, Nibali looks tranquillo though
14 kms left Bram Tannick trying to join aswell, we have a train set just incase
10 km to go we wont work now as better sprinters in group Peleton 53 secs back with a group in between at 28 secs
4.8 kms to go, all back together now
2.6 left Nibali keep's the pace high for Iglinsky, Ponzi and bozic Bozic
Yes Bozic won Ponzi 3rd, Iglinsky 7th
Top 10
Well that could not have gone any better not a strong field but what a result.
Id like to announce that Nibali will next race in Oman in his build up to Tirreno Adriatico and MSR. Our next race is Quatar see you then.
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Posted on 16-05-2013 01:10
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Guys i have just realised that the screens up untill stage 5 have been deleted i deleted them from my photobucked acount to free up Storage, i did not no it would delete them from here lol,oops. I Will get my Introduction screens again im so sorry, in future i will wait untill it fills up then make a new account. |
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Posted on 16-05-2013 01:45
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Great victory by Bozic |
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Posted on 16-05-2013 02:13
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sutty68 wrote:
Great victory by Bozic
Yes its always important to get the first win under our belts |
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Posted on 16-05-2013 07:55
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Very good TDU and a great victory in the French season opener |
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Posted on 16-05-2013 21:09
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Tour of Qatar
Stage 1
We expect nothing from this race we are just getting the kms in the legs. We may try getting the Points jersey by getting the intermediate sprints.
Favourites:
Kittel Degenkolb Rojas Davis Bennati Ventoso
Guys i had to sim the stage it would not load up, shall i play the rest of Qatar.
Rojas takes yet another win great start to the season bye the Spaniard.
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Posted on 16-05-2013 21:14
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Stage 2 TTT
This will be hard no ITT specialist on our team this will be difficult.
Andalucia our first off the ramp:
Astana our about to get underway:
How embarrasing we are caught by Differdange, we are 1'29" down on Differdange. Movistar and SBTB still to come.
Seriously i can not do them maybe i sim them in future lol, has any 1 got any tips?.
Katusha win the stage we lose 1'55"
GC
I said im bad, i can honestly say i never do TTT.
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Posted on 16-05-2013 22:42
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Stage 3
Favouries :
Kittel JJ.Rojas Degenkolb
We have sent Gruzdev in the break
1st intermediate sprint
1st W.Routley
2nd H.Frusto
3rd S.Rudaskov
Grudzev has dropped back into the peleton, the break has 4'32"
40 kms left the break has 3'10", 2nd intermediate sprint
1st Frusto
2nd Routley
3rd J.L Roldan
10.8 kms to go and break is about to be caught
Guarnieri leads out Gavazzi
Kittel take it from Rojas and a great 3rd for Endura's Russel Downing, F.Gavazzi 10th
Top 10
GC
Not a bad result today a top 10 is good. |
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Posted on 16-05-2013 22:45
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Stage 4
Favourites :
Kittel Rojas Degenkolb
We will try for a top 10 again we dont have the tools for much more.
Stage 5
Stage 6
Can Kittel take the 5 secs back from Rojas
He wins the stage but Rojas keeps 1st place, he must have took 4 intermediate seconds
GC - Rojas
Points - Kittel
Young Rider - Kittel
Team Classification - Katusha
Next race is Oman were all the stages will be shown live on PCM.
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Posted on 17-05-2013 01:47
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Tour of Oman
Teams present:
A very strong field here in Oman, we target GC with Nibali and have Guardini for the sprints. Also riding his first race of the season is Janez Braikovic who could also finish well in GC. Cancellara could be the favourite as he can limit his losses and then take the ITT.
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Posted on 17-05-2013 03:56
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Stage 1
I have had to tone my Graphics down guys that is why i could not play the stages in Qatar because i had it on Force Graphics so soz about that.
Favourites:
Kittel Guardini Rojas Bennati
Kaupas takes the 1st intermediate sprint from the break
2nd Eskov
3rd Kroon
68 kms to go and Eskov takes the 2nd intermediate sprint, break has 3'33"
2nd Kaupas
3rd R.Anderson
Break still not caught 18 kms left less than a minute
P.Gretsch of Argos Shimano is pulling the peleton along
9 kms left and Devolder is dangling off the front it wont be long till he is caught, Guardini does not have a train he has Kittel's wheel
Devolder caught at 4.1 kms to go we have to make a train consisting of Fuglsang, Nibali, Seeldraeyers and Guardini as he had had lost Kittel's wheel
2.8 to go and Kittel only has 1 teammate, can we profit?
It does not look like it, our leadout has not had the power to even close the gap 1.8 km to go
Kittel takes it
Top 10
GC
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Posted on 17-05-2013 11:10
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A quiet start in Oman for the guys |
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