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Rabobank - Clockwork "Oranje" | Tour Down Under (4/6)
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 18-06-2008 23:16
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Brilliant presentation. Hopefully you'll do well with Oscarito
Also, Gesink has had quite an increase in stats
Edited by Addy291 on 18-06-2008 23:16
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| matt493 |
Posted on 18-06-2008 23:16
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awesome.
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| Karl_rab |
Posted on 18-06-2008 23:23
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c'mon were all waiting 
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| Biathlon |
Posted on 18-06-2008 23:25
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Nice But where is Menchov?
Words to live by
"What would Lance do?"
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| Ashton89 |
Posted on 18-06-2008 23:28
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Yeah .. Good start ..
Brilliant as addy wrote..
Hm Thomas Dekker 78 mountain 
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| ruben |
Posted on 18-06-2008 23:56
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No discussion about stats in a story please.  |
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| Ashton89 |
Posted on 19-06-2008 00:10
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Ruben wrote:
No discussion about stats in a story please.
I wasn't discussing his stats.. Just my opinion .. But people can give the riders any stats they want to..
But back to topic
Looking forward to next update Dankan ! B) |
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| Dankan |
Posted on 19-06-2008 09:01
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The Squad (2/2)
Tom Leezer - Directly come into the bigger team from the CT squad, Tom will be a young sprinter to rely on for certain places we've always lacked a real chance to fight: the Giro and the summer PT stageraces (Benelux, Poland and Germany). Also ckeck out for him on the early races!
Gerben Löwik - A veteran rider to perform well and help all season long. He'll be peaking at the cobble season, so it's very possible we send him to be our 8th man on the stones-trio (RVV, GW, PR).
Paul Martens - A very interesting transfer for the 2008 season- Taken from the Shimano squad, He'll be doing at his best on the Giro (where he'll ride of course) and the Eneco Tour, trying to reach what he could not do last time after a brillian escape with big shots like Nuyens or Gutierrez.
Denis Menchov - Our road captain along with Freire and Thomas Dekker. The Pamplona-based Russian from Orel has entirely focused on the Tour, and will not start riding until the Vuelta a Castilla y León in late March. Then the classics, (prolly) the Giro in order to get fit, the Dauphiné Liberé and the TdF. He's playing an only shot this time, a risky bet...
Koos Moerenhout - The Dutch champion could play some main role at the spring semi-classics, but he's more likely to get a supporting tactic all over the year. He'll be in good form during the last races though, so let's stay into alert with him...
Bauke Mollema - No pressure over this young man who won last year's Tour de l'Avenir and Circuito Montañés. As we entirely did with the "Baby Rabo" unit, Mollema will be focusing on the last part of the Season, specially on the Vuelta, where he'll play a completely free role to get what he wants to. We'll wait for 09 in order to request some serious performances from him.
Grischa Niermann - The German will be completely aiming for a helping role at the Tour de France, where he'll gotta have the best supporter for both Menchov and Dekker. He'll have some chances to shine on the early races.
Joost Posthuma - Set to ride at his best in the last week of the Tour and the World Championships, he'll be the Dutch team's best option to get a medal on the time trial. He's a extremely talented guy, able to win in races like the 3 Days of the Panne without being at his best level.
Kai Reus - Returning from a terrifying crash during a training session on Tignes last summer, he was firstly meant to ride for the Continental Team until he recovered from his injuries, but, considering his great form and acceptable recuperation from the accident, we made him promote again. This will be sort of a "restart" in the pro scene for Kai, and he's still to show what shape is made of for cycling.
Bram Tankink - A Quick·Steppie for the last few years, he's returning to the Rabo ploeg to work for the team leaders, but he'll also get a good chance to win some stages on both the Giro and the Vuelta. Watch him out for the Vuelta al PaÃs Vasco!
Laurens ten Dam - Coming here from dismantled Unibet team, Laurens will be aiming to win the Volta a Catalunya before making his (late) jump to the leadership in 2009. We won't exige too much this time.
Will Walker - We've lost part of the essence of the man who managed to win the Aussie champs in 2006 while being still an u23 rider. He'll try to be fit for the races at his homeland, but the most important part of his season will come on summer, from July onwards. He'll be also one of our Giro d'Italia riders.
Pieter Weening - Remember Gérardmer 2005? Those 9.6 milimeters to get the victory from Andreas Klöden might seem a bit redicolous if we compare them to the huge gaps which did not allow him to repeat such a good result for the last years. This will be his year to rise again on the Tour de France, so stay alert to him there.
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| ruben |
Posted on 19-06-2008 09:41
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I like it, keep it going, as long as the game is not in the shops here, I'll have something to look at and drool |
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| Dankan |
Posted on 19-06-2008 14:17
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(13/01)  Australian Championships: "Stu" grants a new jersey
Rabobank badly crack as Hayman and Brown can't keep the pace
Stuart O'Grady seemed to be calm after what happened to be his latest conquer so far. A winner of the 2007 Paris - Roubaix and three-time medalist at the Aussie champs, the leadout man from Team CSC achieved his second victory at the national contest after a brilliant solo ride for the last 13 kilometers to the finish line in Bunniyong. "Not that I'm used to winning like this, but I'm confident I rode at my best. I hope to do so for the rest of the season", O'Grady told to the official media at the post-race press conference.
42 riders took off from the depart at Bunniyong, where the Australian Cycling Federation proposed an "up-and-down" circuit, including the Mt. Bunniyong climb shortly after every lap's start. An early break composed by nine riders achieve an 8-minute gap, 58 kilometres out of the 163 on the race. Lots of attacks into the group led Jonathon Clarke (Toyota - United) and Graeme Brown (Rabobank) into a second group made of riders out of form. The pursuit behind the first group was led by Silence - Lotto riders, while Matthew Lloyd and Cadel Evans sitted into the back of the peloton.
Long before the real fight for the win at the championships, several incidents happened. Kuota - Senges's Steven Robb fell at the 100km mark, while Graeme Brown got off his bike on a terrifying accident, 72km before the finish. The peloton was reduced to about 25 riders when Tour de France's 2nd-placed Cadel Evans (Silence - Lotto) made his attempt to rush off the field, followed by William Walker (Rabobank), Mark Renshaw (Crédit Agricole), the eventual winner Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) and Allan Davis (Mitsubishi - Jartazi). The escapers started taking time over the peloton and reaching the escapees before the last lap.
When everything seemed to be set for the final sprint, O'Grady launched an attack and went nowhere, out of reach for the G2. The last kilometers turned to be a long tail of attacks and counter-attacks, any of them able to reach an impressive solo by O'Grady, who grabbed his second yellow/green jersey. Cadel Evans (Silence - Lotto) came in the same time from Cadel Evans, while Matthew Lloyd (Silence - Lotto) grabbed the bronze medal from former Tour Down Under's champion Simmy Gerrans (Crédit Agricole), making an interesting 2-3 for the Marc Sergeant squad. Will we see the same outcome at the upcoming Tour Down Under? We'll just have to wait and see.
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- The break of the day featured some young National stars, such as Chris Sutton (Slipstream), Matthew Goss (Team CSC) and Aaron Kemps (Astana)
- The Silence - Lotto riders led the early chase with Robbie McEwen as the man to sacrify for Cadel Evans
- Graeme Brown (Rabobank) can't hold on as the 50km mark is reached
- Matthew Hayman (Rabobank) loses the balance into a turn before a pass through the finish line
- Matthew Hayman (Rabobank) is hit by former champion Darren Lapthorne (Team Sparkasse) after his fall
- Trent Lowe (Slipstream - Chipotle) is fallen aswell
- Cadel Evans (Silence - Lotto) makes his move while Will Walker (Rabobank) follows his wheel
- Its a two-front battle as Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) counters
- Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) attacks after the beel on the finish line sounds
- Cadel Evans (Silence - Lotto) is trying to take O'Grady back to the group
- Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) looks happy as he wins his national championship for the second time
- Allan Davis (Mitsubishi - Jartazi) comes over the line from Will Walker (Rabobank) and Chris Sutton (Slipstream - Chipotle)
- Will Walker (Rabobank) must be satisfied after getting a 6th spot for the Rabobank team
Official results:
1. Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) 4h32'20''
2. Cadel Evans (Silence - Lotto) s.t.
3. Matthew Lloyd (Silence - Lotto) + 50''
4. Simon Gerrans (Crédit Agricole) s.t.
5. Allan Davis (Mitsubishi - Jartazi) + 1'58''
6. William Walker (Rabobank) s.t.
7. Chris Sutton (Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H30) s.t.
8. Angus Morton (Drapac Porsche Development Program) s.t.
9. Rory Sutherland (Health Net presented by Maxxis) s.t.
10. Cameron Wurf (Team Volksbank) s.t.
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33. Graeme Brown (Rabobank) + 6'56''
42. Matthew Hayman (Rabobank) + 14'10'' |
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| Ak4 |
Posted on 19-06-2008 18:06
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Love those screenshots
Not bad race.. Rabobank doesn't have very good aussie riders so it's a nice result..
Bad luck of Hayman.. He was the most capable to win it. 
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Posted on 19-06-2008 18:13
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Great story, but 1 mistake imo, at the Team presentation, you sai that Posthuma will be the best option for the dutchies to get a meal at the TT WC, but this, ofcourse, should be Dekker
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| matt493 |
Posted on 19-06-2008 18:28
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great reporting.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 19-06-2008 18:31
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robert_psv wrote:
Great story, but 1 mistake imo, at the Team presentation, you sai that Posthuma will be the best option for the dutchies to get a meal at the TT WC, but this, ofcourse, should be Dekker
no doubt Dekker won't be in form then
So far I'm liking this story. No random unrealistic signings which I hate
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| ruben |
Posted on 19-06-2008 18:46
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I would've liked a signing of Bobbie Traksel |
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 19-06-2008 23:03
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Great win in a top field. I love your presentations, the details are great and it looks even more professional with your "photo gallery". Great stuff so far
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| Dankan |
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Tour Down Under (2.PT) - Preview
For the first time ever since he was first hosted in 1999, the Tour Down Under has become part of the ProTour calendar, as a new event outside Europe (that never happened yet). The race's route is quite the same as last year's, with an extra stage (up to a total of 6) and the traditional flat "parcours" towards the Willunga Hill on the penultimate day (January 26th).
To be on the level such a race requests, we're sending a quite powerful team as Thomas Dekker will make his debut (58). Graeme Brown (65) and Tom Leezer (64) will be aiming to get good spots within the best 10 sprinters of the race, while Will Walker (64) will be our main contender for the GC. The team is completed by: Michiel Elijzen (56), Matthew Hayman (58, with no spot of his chute at the Aussie champs), Dimitri Kozontchuk (51) and Gerben Löwik (65).
The starting field is full of world-class riders: Tom Boonen, Erik Zabel and Daniele Bennati make a dream trio for the mass sprints while Fabian Cancellara, José Iván Gutiérrez, Juanjo Cobo or George Hincapie make the race shine as never before. The 4 CT spots for the race were given to: Slipstream, Health Net, Toyota and the local riders from Drapac Porsche.
(22/01) Tour Down Under - Stage 1: Mawson Lakes > Angaston
No place for foreigners: Brown stands on "grown land"
Considering the amount of top sprinters who came to South Australia to take part on ProTour's first round, none would have expected an Aussie to win, even when Robbie NcEwen declined to take part on the race for the first time since its foundation. Nevertheless, Rabobank's Graeme Brown made the day of all spectators at the final straight on Angaston by outsprinting - not without any suspense - Erik Zabel (Team Milram) and Tom Boonen (Quick·Step) to claim his first win of the season and take the leadership of the 2008 Tour Down Under.
Brown's win was the result of a huge team strategy over the entire stage. Netherlands's Gerben Löwik was Graeme's "bodyguard" for the first half of the stage, where a KOM climb plus loads of uphill and downhill slopes could break the rhythm on weaker sprinters' legs. Plus, young leadout man Tom Leezer did an amazing work to put the Australian into the right way to the victory. Brown came early from Aaron Kemps and Erik Zabel, while Boonen and Italy's Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) came too late to overcome the home rider.
Long before, the 129km short first stage of the race gave some toungsters a good chance to get some prominence as pro's, especially for young Australian rider from Drapac Porsche, Daniel Braunsteins. The XC-athlete got into a 7-man break made out some of the contenders for the KOM-jersey: 1997 Paris - Roubaix winner Frédéric Guesdon (Française des Jeux) and America's pro rider Roman Kilun (Health Net) were some of the ones who showed the team's colurs on the early break of the day. Attacks into the group led to no order within the escapers, who got chased 25km before the finish line. Liquigas and Quick·Step worked hard to chase the leaders, while Milram make its own to bring Zabel into a good position. A great leadout by Tom Leezer did the rest for Sánchez's squad.
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- Frédéric Guesdon (Française des Jeux) leads Thomas Voeckler (Bougues Télécom) towards the first KOM sprint of this year's TDU
- The early escapers make their pace across thin country routes
- As well Quick·Step as Liquigas made their best to control the "tempo" on the peloton after the break was created
- Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) is proudly wearing his country's colours on the jersey - he'll do it for the rest of the season
- Italian Daniele Righì (Lampre) has some complaint to the neutral car as it's getting to close to his way on the road
- Team Gerolsteiner is also preparing themselves for a good result by youngster Heinrich Haussler
- The sprint: Dutch Tom Leezer (Rabobank) gives Brown a "green light" to launch his final rush, with Kemps and Zabel already up-front...
- ... but he goes ...
- ... and goes ...
- and outsprints Zabel and Boonen for the win at Angaston; the former World Champion made a close call
- Graeme Brown (Rabobank) looks rude and serious as he raises his arms over the line
Official results:
1. Graeme Brown (Rabobank) 2'59'16''
2. Erik Zabel (Team Milram) s.t.
3. Tom Boonen (Quick·Step) s.t.
4. Aaron Kemps (Astana) s.t.
5. Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) s.t.
6. Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) s.t.
7. Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
8. Vicente Reynès (Team High Road) s.t.
9. Tom Leezer (Rabobank) s.t.
10. René Haselbacher (Astana) s.t.
GC:
1. Graeme Brown (Rabobank) 2h59'10''
2. Erik Zabel (Team Milram) +2
3. Daniele Righì (Lampre) s.t.
4. Arnaud Coyot (Caisse d'Epargne) +3
5. Daniel Braunsteins (Drapac Porsche) s.t.
Points: Graeme Brown (Rabobank)
Mountain: Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Télécom)
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| Liquigas manager |
Posted on 19-06-2008 23:03
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Nice screenshot!
What graphic card doe you have? |
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| Dankan |
Posted on 19-06-2008 23:08
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Liquigas manager wrote:
Nice screenshot!
What graphic card doe you have?
A poor Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT, taken almost free on a computer shop I found by chance at Madrid's downtown a couple of weeks ago. Probably not the best one, but CHEEEEAP (20 €).
@ Addy: Thx a lot; don't worry on your post's situation, I had to re-post the 5th issue to correct some errors- |
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| Liquigas manager |
Posted on 19-06-2008 23:13
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Dankan wrote:
Liquigas manager wrote:
Nice screenshot!
What graphic card doe you have?
A poor Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT, taken almost free on a computer shop I found by chance at Madrid's downtown a couple of weeks ago. Probably not the best one, but CHEEEEAP (20 €).
@ Addy: Thx a lot; don't worry on your post's situation, I had to re-post the 5th issue to correct some errors-
And still nice, nice!
Ojee, screenshot i meen screenshots.
On the story: you didn't mis the season start. Keep it up! |
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