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| G_Larsson |
Posted on 29-05-2008 16:21
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World's View Challenge
Stage 1
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Leader: Evan Oliphant
Team Mates: S.Richardson
T.Gibb
J.Jackson
A.Blythe
T.Phinney
Finally, our first race of the season is here! I don't expect much out of it, because we don't have any rider who could do it well in the GC.
The first stage of World's View Challenge, South Africa, is 128 km long. It's pretty flat and it should suit the sprinters best.
Of course there was a Tv-break. It consisted of 9 riders, the most dangerous one were Menzies.
The break was fighting well against the peloton and with 15 km left they still had a gap over 1 minute, and when the sprint began Menzies had created a pretty big gap to the sprinters, but.....
Murilo Fischer, the brazilian super sprinter of Liquigas caught the american on the finish line, with Robbie Hunter finishing third.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 29-05-2008 16:32
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The images need fixing 
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| G_Larsson |
Posted on 29-05-2008 16:48
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World's View Challenge
Stage 2
Stage 2 is pretty flat except the small hills in the end and it is 131 km long.
Saryana, Collier, Jacob and Botha attacked in the beginning of the race and created a breakaway.
But Saryana had to drop from the front group in the climb and then Marco Velo and Luke Roberts attacked. Roberts didn't creat a gap, but Velo did, and joined Saryana.
Now Liquigas started to pull in the break, first Velo and Saryana dropped back to the peloton and not long after that the other breakaway riders had to give up.
The Swiss puncheur Albasini of Liquigas made a train for Murilo Fischer and on his wheel he had Robbie Hunter, Barloworld. When the sprint began Hunter could easiely go around GC leader Fisher and win at home in South Africa.
Hunter celebrating his win.
Comments?
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| p3druh |
Posted on 29-05-2008 17:32
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Sorry for stating the obvious but you deleted the images...
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| ember |
Posted on 29-05-2008 20:57
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Good luck! Nice choice of team.
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 30-05-2008 10:39
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don't delete the pictures from photobucket after uploading or we cant see them
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| G_Larsson |
Posted on 30-05-2008 13:29
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Ok, sorry. Didn't know that.
I will post the rest of the stages today I think, and i'm sorry that this race is not much about my team.
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| Manofdestiny |
Posted on 30-05-2008 13:32
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Good luck |
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 30-05-2008 13:47
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Looking forward to seeing some screenshots!  |
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| G_Larsson |
Posted on 30-05-2008 13:58
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World's View Challenge
Stage 3
Stage 3 is like the first two. Flat with some small hills.
As usual a break went away, but they were caught. In the small hill at the end it happend some strange thing with Murilo Fischer, he dropped of the peleton but came back but he couldn't sprint.
Instead Robbie Hunter won his second stage win in a row. Rigotto finished second and the australian sprinter Wesley Sulzberger finished third.
Hunter again celebrating his win.
Hunter now leads the GC.
I hope you can see the SSs now
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 30-05-2008 14:02
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Yup, the SSs are there now.
The only time so far youve mentioned your team is when you said who was in the race for you. Try to put more focus on your team's efforts during the stages than just saying what happened.
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| G_Larsson |
Posted on 30-05-2008 14:18
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Stage 4
Today tactics was to protect team leader Evan Oliphant because it is a tough hilly stage.
In the beginning 10 riders went away to try a long breakaway, but just 8 of them created a real gap. The most dangerous rider in the group was Woolcock of the South African team, Team MTN. He was just 48 seconds down in the GC, the same as Oliphant.
Here we have the breakaway.
Oliphant didn't feel well and had a daily form of -4. In the first climb all the riders in the breakaway was caught by the peleton except Woolcock.
Woolcock rides away from his breakaway friends when they are caught.
Now Woolcock had a gap of 1,32 minutes with 37 km left. But in the last climb he drops back, right through the peleton. In the same time Oliphant dropped off the peleton.
Oliphant doesn't have the powers to stay in the front group.
The front group only consisted of 28 riders after the hill. GC leader Hunter also dropped of the group in front. With Fischer knowing that Franco Pellizotti helped the brazilian to a really good position before the sprint. On Fishers wheel Rigotto sat. But do Rigotto have the power to win over Fischer?
No, Fischer wins!
Pellizotti, Rigotto and Fishcher won over the peleton with 34 seconds.
GC:
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 30-05-2008 14:19
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Can see the screenshots now great works  |
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| G_Larsson |
Posted on 30-05-2008 14:20
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G_Larsson wrote:
Ok, sorry. Didn't know that.
I will post the rest of the stages today I think, and i'm sorry that this race is not much about my team.
Yes I know SN. I'm sorry, but I focused on Oliphant in stage 4.
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| G_Larsson |
Posted on 30-05-2008 14:20
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Thanks Smoothie!
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| G_Larsson |
Posted on 30-05-2008 14:33
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World's View Challenge
Stage 5
Stage 5 is pretty flat, but the hill on the end is dangerous.
Many riders was dropped in the hill, including Oliphant.
Murilo Fischer won his third stage win of this tour.
Fischer celebrating over stage and GC win.
GC:
Oliphant finished on a place not worth writing about.
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 30-05-2008 15:36
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nice reporting
we will see more of your team in the small british races
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| G_Larsson |
Posted on 30-05-2008 17:22
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I will post big reports on Bikeline 2-day, because it is a sponsor goal plus that it is a brittish race
Maybe uploading stage 1 and stage 2 today.
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| G_Larsson |
Posted on 30-05-2008 17:51
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Bikeline 2-day
Stage 1 - Individual Time Trial
Sponsor Goal: Top 5
Bikeline is a stage race in Great Britain, it's got three stages, one ITT, one small flat and one up and down stage. This is the first stage, the ITT. It's 4km long and it goes downhill all the time.
This race is very important for Team Plowman Craven, it is a sponsor goal (top 5) and the team manager says that he expect a good race here in Britain.
Evan Oliphant will be the team leader. But it can change because it's very important that you are doing a good first stage.
The second starter was Collier of Healt Net and he set a good time.
Collier finished 10th, +5.
The guy who took the lead from Collier were Sotherland, also he from Healt Net.
Sotherland finished 3rd, +3.
The frenchman Boucher set a good time too. 1sec after Sotherland.
Boucher finished 4th, +4.
But the man who won the TT was, Tom Zirbel of Bissel.
The winner of the first stage of Bikeline 2-day.
The cameraguys screwed up the pictures of the Plowman riders. But all of them has a chance of getting the GC lead tomorrow, no one lost much time.
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 30-05-2008 19:04
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nice work
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