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| robinhowlett |
Posted on 01-07-2008 01:30
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Stage 6 and a tiny bump constitutes a mountain (with KOM points available) on this flat stage.
Sabaido tries to steal the KOM points but was so weak up the hill that the breakaway didn't even need to counter.
Coming to the finish line Cooke can't repeat his heroics of yesterday and has to settle for 3rd. Stage victor Pietropelli (LPR) takes the leader's jersey.
Brief Results:
1. Pietropelli (LPR)
2. Biondo (Flaminia)
3. Cooke (Barloworld)
Overall:
1. Biondo (Flaminia)
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Posted on 01-07-2008 01:48
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Only 3 stages left and the yellow jersey keeps getting swapped around by these sprinters.
188km of mostly flat terrain. The leader's jersey could change again.
At the finish Pietropolli (LPR) shows he's red-hot right now and takes his 2nd consecutive win and the lead of the race to go with his points lead. Vicioso (LA-MSS) and Paolini (Aqua) follow him to the line. Baden once again made top 10 but he's struggling to match the speed of these younger guys.
Brief Results:
1. Pietropolli (LPR)
2. Vicioso (LA-MSS)
3. Paolini (Aqua)
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1. Pietropolli (LPR) |
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| robinhowlett |
Posted on 01-07-2008 01:58
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Uphill! At last something different and this stage should give Pfannberger get some racing. He's lacking fitness right now and is on light training but hopefully he'll manage to get ahead of the bunch on the climb to the line. The stage preview made the climb sound very difficult but the course topology looked less severe:
28km from the line Paolini (Aqua) launches a surprise attack that Pietropolli (LPR), Vicioso (LA-MSS), Joly (FdJ), Simoni (Serramenti) among others counter.
11km from the line and I radio Christian to give the climb a shot.
* Unfortunately I didn't take a snapshot of the finish
Simoni out-battled Vicioso on the uphill finish with Joly just behind. Vicioso takes the yellow jersey by a very slim 3" heading into the final day criterium.
Brief Result:
1. Simoni (Serramenti)
2. Vicioso (LA-MSS) @ s.t.
3. Joly (FdJ) @ s.t.
4. Glomser @ 31"
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11. Pfanberger (Barloworld) @ 50"
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1. Vicioso (LA-MSS)
2. Pietropolli (LPR) @ 3"
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Posted on 01-07-2008 02:13
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The final day of a long race and its a short 78km ride around Kuala Lumpur's city streets. The yellow jersey needs to be decided today. Only 3 seconds separates Vicioso (LA-MSS) from Pietropolli (LPR) The protagonists have one less rival to worry about also as top sprinter Allan Davis (Mitsubishi) was involved in a crash yesterday and was forced to withdraw from the race.
Cooke, who was hoping to sign off with a win today, takes a bend too sharply and falls heavily. He gets up and radios that he's hurting but wants to finish the race. Bad luck!
The final showdown fails to materialise and Pollack (Volksbank), who won the first stage, takes the last ahead of Biondo (Flaminia) and Omloop (Mitsubishi). Vicioso (LA-MSS) and Pietropolli (LPR) finish beside each other without ever looking like they would get to the front. A difficult day yesterday for them it seems.
Brief Results:
1. Pollack (Volksbank)
2. Biondo (Flaminia)
3. Omloop (Mitsubishi)
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Posted on 01-07-2008 02:38
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I simulated a few of the smaller races; here are the results:
A great win for Hunter as he outsprints 3 superstar sprinters in Brown (Rabobank), McEwen (Lottto) and Freire (Rabobank). Gasparotto's 8th is good also.
2 days later see Hunter and Gasparotto in flying form as they take 2nd and 4th respectively behind the Polish surprise winner Zaradny (DFL) in Stage 1 of the Giro di Reggio Calabria.
A breakaway succeeds the next day on Stage 2 but Gasparotto manages to claim 5th in the stage and overall.
An amazing finish to the 2.1 rated Tour as Hunter leads home Gasparotto for a Barloworld 1-2. Gasparotto claims 5th overall. The 2 stars are looking so strong right now even though the medical staff had told me they haven't even reached 70% yet! Even so, we must keep an eye on them as their major targets are late season and its still February now.
Hunter can't be stopped as he wins yet another race; this time it's Stage 1 of the Giro della Provincia.
Stage 2 sees Hunter claim third behind Rigotto (Milram). He still leads overall.
Who can compete with this? Barloworld's 2nd 1-2 in 5 days and Hunter takes the overall. He's rated #1 on the Continental Tour and this will doubt help us getting wildcards and invites to the big races.
Bellotti puts in a decent effort in Italy.
Scognamiglio watches on as Di Luca (LPR) wins the prestigious GP di Lugano.
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Posted on 01-07-2008 03:32
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Posted on 01-07-2008 09:03
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How come you had no actual screenshots for Hunters wins?
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Posted on 01-07-2008 09:05
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SportingNonsense wrote:
How come you had no actual screenshots for Hunters wins?
He simmed them,says so in the post above  |
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Posted on 01-07-2008 09:26
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Ah, I missed that bit 
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Posted on 01-07-2008 16:44
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After our early season success led by Hunter, Gasparotto and Cooke, Barloworld has been invited to many of the upcoming ProTour races, such as Paris-Nice and Tirenno Adriatico. Our sponsors have requested that we send strong teams to these events to maximise our team's exposure.
Therefore some of the small Continental Tour races will have to take a back seat. The first of these is the 5-day Vuelta a Murcia stage race.
Many ProTour climbers are competing due to the testing nature of the race. We've sent a below-strength squad to Spain, led by the climbers Dueñas and Bellotti and will be simulating these races with summarised results.
Stage:
1 Fabio Baldato Lampre 3h36'20
2 Tyler Farrar Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
3 Christopher Sutton Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
4 Magnus Bäckstedt Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
5 Cesar Quiterio Liberty Seguros s.t.
6 Oscar Gatto Gerolsteiner s.t.
7 Marco Bandiera Lampre s.t.
8 Sven Krauss Gerolsteiner s.t.
9 Paolo Bossoni Lampre s.t.
10 Javier Benítez Sport Lisboa e Benfica s.t.
Overall:
1 Fabio Baldato Lampre 3h35'58
2 Tyler Farrar Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 + 6
3 Christopher Sutton Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 + 8
4 Ignacio Sarabia Extremadura - Ciclismo Soldario + 16
5 Marlon Pérez Caisse d'Epargne + 18
6 Frederik Willems Liquigas + 20
7 Magnus Bäckstedt Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 + 22
8 Cesar Quiterio Liberty Seguros s.t.
9 Oscar Gatto Gerolsteiner s.t.
10 Marco Bandiera Lampre s.t.
Points:
1 Fabio Baldato Lampre 27 27
2 Tyler Farrar Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 24 24
3 Christopher Sutton Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 22 22
4 Magnus Bäckstedt Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 14 14
5 Cesar Quiterio Liberty Seguros 12 12
6 Oscar Gatto Gerolsteiner 10 10
7 Marco Bandiera Lampre 9 9
8 Sven Krauss Gerolsteiner 8 8
9 Paolo Bossoni Lampre 7 7
10 Ignacio Sarabia Extremadura - Ciclismo Soldario 6 6
Montains:
1 Marlon Pérez Caisse d'Epargne 8 8
2 José Herrada Contentpolis - Murcia 8 8
3 Ignacio Sarabia Extremadura - Ciclismo Soldario 8 8
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Posted on 01-07-2008 16:51
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Another mostly flat stage today and should see a sprint finish again.
The same 1-2 as yesterday and not a lot of big sprinter names present.
Stage:
1 Fabio Baldato Lampre 4h03'28
2 Tyler Farrar Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
3 Eloy Teruel Contentpolis - Murcia s.t.
4 Christopher Sutton Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
5 Cesar Quiterio Liberty Seguros s.t.
6 Marcel Sieberg Team Columbia s.t.
7 Javier Benítez Sport Lisboa e Benfica s.t.
8 René Obst Team 3C Gruppe s.t.
9 Oscar Gatto Gerolsteiner s.t.
10 Paolo Bossoni Lampre s.t.
Overall:
1 Fabio Baldato Lampre 7h39'00
2 Tyler Farrar Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 + 16
3 Christopher Sutton Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 + 32
4 Eloy Teruel Contentpolis - Murcia + 40
5 Ignacio Sarabia Extremadura - Ciclismo Soldario + 42
6 Marlon Pérez Caisse d'Epargne + 44
7 Bert Grabsch Team Columbia s.t.
8 Frederik Willems Liquigas + 46
9 Cesar Quiterio Liberty Seguros + 48
10 Oscar Gatto Gerolsteiner s.t.
Points:
1 Fabio Baldato Lampre 31 58
2 Tyler Farrar Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 24 48
3 Christopher Sutton Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 16 38
4 Cesar Quiterio Liberty Seguros 12 24
5 Oscar Gatto Gerolsteiner 7 17
6 Eloy Teruel Contentpolis - Murcia 16 16
7 Javier Benítez Sport Lisboa e Benfica 9 15
8 Magnus Bäckstedt Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 0 14
9 Paolo Bossoni Lampre 6 13
10 Sven Krauss Gerolsteiner 3 11
Mountain:
1 Marlon Pérez Caisse d'Epargne 0 8
2 José Herrada Contentpolis - Murcia 0 8
3 Ignacio Sarabia Extremadura - Ciclismo Soldario 0 8
4 Alessandro Vanotti Liquigas 6 6
5 Bert Grabsch Team Columbia 4 4
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Posted on 01-07-2008 16:55
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Day 3 and its a mountain TT. Our team has no TT specialists so were are not expecting anything today.
Di Luca proves best over Sastre and takes the race lead.
Stage:
1 Danilo Di Luca LPR Brakes - Ballan 43'06
2 Carlos Sastre Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 8
3 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne + 16
4 Koldo Gil Liberty Seguros + 24
5 Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott + 34
6 Egoi Martínez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 38
7 Ezequiel Mosquera Karpin Galicia + 45
8 Charles Wegelius Liquigas + 51
9 Leonardo Piepoli Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
10 Rubén Plaza Sport Lisboa e Benfica + 52
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24 Moisés Dueñas Barloworld + 1'53
Overall:
1 Danilo Di Luca LPR Brakes - Ballan 8h22'54
2 Carlos Sastre Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 8
3 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne + 16
4 Koldo Gil Liberty Seguros + 24
5 Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott + 34
6 Egoi Martínez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 38
7 Ezequiel Mosquera Karpin Galicia + 45
8 Charles Wegelius Liquigas + 51
9 Leonardo Piepoli Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
10 Rubén Plaza Sport Lisboa e Benfica + 52
Points:
1 Fabio Baldato Lampre 0 58
2 Tyler Farrar Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 0 48
3 Christopher Sutton Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 0 38
4 Danilo Di Luca LPR Brakes - Ballan 25 25
5 Cesar Quiterio Liberty Seguros 0 24
6 Carlos Sastre Team CSC - Saxo Bank 20 20
7 Oscar Gatto Gerolsteiner 0 17
8 Eloy Teruel Contentpolis - Murcia 0 16
9 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne 16 16
10 Javier Benítez Sport Lisboa e Benfica 0 15
Mountain:
1 Danilo Di Luca LPR Brakes - Ballan 16 16
2 Carlos Sastre Team CSC - Saxo Bank 12 12
3 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne 10 10
4 Marlon Pérez Caisse d'Epargne 0 8
5 José Herrada Contentpolis - Murcia 0 8
6 Ignacio Sarabia Extremadura - Ciclismo Soldario 0 8
7 Koldo Gil Liberty Seguros 8 8
8 Alessandro Vanotti Liquigas 0 6
9 Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott 6 6
10 Bert Grabsch Team Columbia 0 4 |
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Posted on 01-07-2008 17:03
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The 4th Stage and some climbing in store. We expect to see Di Luca and Sastre battle it out. Perhaps Bellotti can get in a breakaway.
Sastre proved too strong for the field and came home alone and will be in yellow tomorrow. The Cobra grabbed 2nd ahead of Astarloza.
Stage:
1 Carlos Sastre Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4h07'12
2 Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott + 35
3 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
4 Danilo Di Luca LPR Brakes - Ballan s.t.
5 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
6 Gilberto Simoni Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
7 Leonardo Piepoli Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
8 Juanjo Cobo Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
9 Andy Schleck Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
10 Chechu Rubiera Astana Cycling Team + 1'11
Overall:
1 Carlos Sastre Team CSC - Saxo Bank 12h29'54
2 Danilo Di Luca LPR Brakes - Ballan + 47
3 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne + 1'03
4 Leonardo Piepoli Saunier Duval - Scott + 1'38
5 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'40
6 Koldo Gil Liberty Seguros + 1'47
7 Egoi Martínez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2'01
8 Ezequiel Mosquera Karpin Galicia + 2'08
9 Charles Wegelius Liquigas + 2'14
10 Rubén Plaza Sport Lisboa e Benfica + 2'15
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21 Moisés Dueñas Barloworld + 3'16
Points:
1 Fabio Baldato Lampre 0 58
2 Tyler Farrar Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 0 48
3 Carlos Sastre Team CSC - Saxo Bank 25 45
4 Danilo Di Luca LPR Brakes - Ballan 14 39
5 Christopher Sutton Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 0 38
6 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne 12 28
7 Cesar Quiterio Liberty Seguros 0 24
8 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 20
9 Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott 20 20
10 Koldo Gil Liberty Seguros 5 19
Mountain:
1 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne 26 36
2 Danilo Di Luca LPR Brakes - Ballan 8 24
3 Gustavo César Veloso Karpin Galicia 20 20
4 Daniele Pietropolli LPR Brakes - Ballan 16 16
5 Carlos Sastre Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0 12
6 Francesco Bellotti Barloworld 12 12
7 Marlon Pérez Caisse d'Epargne 0 8
8 José Herrada Contentpolis - Murcia 0 8
9 Ignacio Sarabia Extremadura - Ciclismo Soldario 0 8
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Posted on 01-07-2008 17:08
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The final day and we expect to see Sastre win overall.
A sprint finish sees Sastre (CSC) take the Vuelta a Murcia and Farrar (Garmin) steals the points competition on the last day.
Stage:
1 Javier Benítez Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3h14'12
2 Oscar Gatto Gerolsteiner s.t.
3 Marcel Sieberg Team Columbia s.t.
4 Christopher Sutton Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
5 Tyler Farrar Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
6 David Herrero Karpin Galicia s.t.
7 Magnus Bäckstedt Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
8 Daniele Pietropolli LPR Brakes - Ballan s.t.
9 Alberto Curtolo Liquigas s.t.
10 Manuel Cardoso Liberty Seguros s.t.
Overall:
1 Carlos Sastre Team CSC - Saxo Bank 15h44'06
2 Danilo Di Luca LPR Brakes - Ballan + 47
3 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne + 1'03
4 Leonardo Piepoli Saunier Duval - Scott + 1'38
5 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'40
6 Koldo Gil Liberty Seguros + 1'47
7 Egoi Martínez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2'01
8 Ezequiel Mosquera Karpin Galicia + 2'08
9 Charles Wegelius Liquigas + 2'14
10 Rubén Plaza Sport Lisboa e Benfica + 2'15
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21 Moisés Dueñas Barloworld + 3'16
Points:
1 Tyler Farrar Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 12 60
2 Fabio Baldato Lampre 2 60
3 Christopher Sutton Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 16 54
4 Carlos Sastre Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0 45
5 Javier Benítez Sport Lisboa e Benfica 25 40
6 Danilo Di Luca LPR Brakes - Ballan 0 39
7 Oscar Gatto Gerolsteiner 20 37
8 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne 0 28
9 Marcel Sieberg Team Columbia 16 26
10 Cesar Quiterio Liberty Seguros 0 24
Mountain:
1 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne 0 36
2 Danilo Di Luca LPR Brakes - Ballan 0 24
3 Gustavo César Veloso Karpin Galicia 0 20
4 Daniele Pietropolli LPR Brakes - Ballan 0 16
5 José Herrada Contentpolis - Murcia 6 14
6 Carlos Sastre Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0 12
7 Francesco Bellotti Barloworld 0 12
8 Bert Grabsch Team Columbia 4 8
9 Marlon Pérez Caisse d'Epargne 0 8
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Posted on 01-07-2008 17:34
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Tuscany and its the new Classics-style race, the Monte Paschi Eroica. Inaugurated last year, this year sees it move to March and the Classics racing season. The race is noted for its 70km of gravel roads that will provide stern bike handling skills and endurance.
Gasparotto believes this race will suit him and is joined by Hunter and Cooke.
150km and we've already reached the first gravel section. The wind is high and the pace is high enough for the riders to have to ride single file. A couple of our domestiques are finding things tough already.
Hunter has the Continental Tour leader's jersey on today and is riding with Cooke.
Gasparotto, Hunter and Cooke are part of a large group at the head of the field that is powering away from the peleton as we wind through the beautiful Tuscan countryside. A lone rider, Trenti (Liquigas), is away but is tiring quickly.
Trenti is caught by the lead group of 23 riders that contains Gasparotto and Cooke. Hunter is dropped behind and we instruct him to go easy.
16km to go and with the leaders beginning to get strung out, Gasparotto attacks! Only Sacchi (Preti) responds. Have they gone too early?
Saachi's proving too strong and leaves Gasparotto behind, who is hurting.
Saachi takes the win and Gasparotto is passed in the last 2km.
A decent effort by Gasparotto for this early season race and he shows he can handle difficult terrain. Only he and Cooke finish for us today as the difficult conditions meant only 51 riders finished.
Result:
1 Fabio Sacchi Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe 5h33'44
2 Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo + 30
3 Christophe Mengin Française des Jeux s.t.
4 Salvatore Commesso Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
5 Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld s.t.
6 Markus Zberg Gerolsteiner + 1'45
7 Jesús Del Nero Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
8 Simon Spilak Lampre s.t.
9 Stefan Schreck Gerolsteiner s.t.
10 Baden Cooke Barloworld s.t.
11 Gabriele Balducci Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo + 2'56
12 Aleksandr Kuschynski Liquigas s.t.
13 Alessandro Donati Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
14 Simone Masciarelli Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
15 Raivis Belohvosciks Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
16 Danilo Hondo Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
17 Sergei Gonchar Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
18 Daniele Nardello Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
19 Marco Zanotti Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe + 4'56
20 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux s.t.
21 Gianni Meersman Française des Jeux s.t.
22 Guido Trenti Liquigas + 6'04
23 Tom Stamsnijder Gerolsteiner + 6'53
24 Boris Shpilevski Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe + 10'05
25 Luca Solari Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
26 Laurent Beuret NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte + 12'05
27 Luca Mazzanti Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
28 Konstantin Schubert NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte s.t.
29 Enrico Degano Miche - Silver Cross s.t.
30 Christian Knees Team Milram s.t.
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Posted on 01-07-2008 17:54
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It's our first big stage race of the year and we join the ProTour teams for the historic Paris-Nice.
Our team physio told me Hunter and Gasparotto were showing signs of a bit too much early season racing (15 days each) for such low training levels. So, we decide to give both of them the rest of March off and continue following their training schedule.
Paris-Nice has some good climbing stages this year, so we bring Soler to gauge his progress and provide him with a climbing partner in Cárdenas.
Stage 1 is an 7.6km Individual Time Trial (ITT), not a real goal for us, so we'll let it to the prologue specialists battle it out.
In miserable conditions, Soler heads for the line. Impey is our fastest rider so far, and is 18" down on the time set by Lancaster (Milram).
Hincapie shows his power as he crosses the line.
Kloden, one of the GC favourites, sprints across the line to save every second.
Dekker puts in a good performance and will take the win.
Impey and Cummings do well and break the top 30.
Stage and Overall:
1 Thomas Dekker Rabobank 7'14
2 Brett Lancaster Team Milram + 4
3 Alessandro Ballan Lampre + 6
4 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
5 George Hincapie Team Columbia + 7
6 Andreas Klöden Astana Cycling Team + 11
7 Ronny Scholz Gerolsteiner s.t.
8 Bradley McGee Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 14
9 José Angel Gómez Marchante Saunier Duval - Scott + 15
10 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi + 16
11 Yuri Trofimov Bouygues Télécom s.t.
12 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner s.t.
13 Pedro Romero LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 18
14 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom s.t.
15 Fran Pérez Caisse d'Epargne + 19
16 Thomas Lövkvist Team Columbia s.t.
17 Beñat Intxausti Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
18 Jason McCartney Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
19 Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole + 20
20 Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner s.t.
21 Rubens Bertogliati Saunier Duval - Scott + 21
22 Christian Knees Team Milram s.t.
23 Alexandre Pliuschin AG2R La Mondiale + 22
24 Matthias Frank Gerolsteiner s.t.
25 Thierry Hupond Skil - Shimano s.t.
26 Daryl Impey Barloworld + 23
27 Steven Cummings Barloworld + 24
28 Damien Monier Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
29 Eric Berthou Crédit Agricole + 25
30 Andreas Klier Team Columbia s.t.
Points:
1 Thomas Dekker Rabobank 25 25
2 Brett Lancaster Team Milram 22 22
3 Alessandro Ballan Lampre 20 20
4 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne 18 18
5 George Hincapie Team Columbia 16 16
6 Andreas Klöden Astana Cycling Team 15 15
7 Ronny Scholz Gerolsteiner 14 14
8 Bradley McGee Team CSC - Saxo Bank 13 13
9 José Angel Gómez Marchante Saunier Duval - Scott 12 12
10 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 11 |
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186km to Nevers. Rabobank will keep an eye on things no doubt and a sprint finish is expected.
We get into an early break with Calcagni and they are working well together. He takes the day's only KOM points unchallenged and will be in polka-dot tomorrow.
56km out and Klier, LL Sanchez and Mondory attempt an audacious bid to bridge to the breakaway.
Portal clearly has been notified by his DS that him teammate Sanchez is coming up. We tell Calcagni to attack again.
The peleton led by Rabobank eventually catches them all and we're set for the sprint. Some real sprinting legends are in contention.
Freire proves too quick and that's 2 out of 2 stages for Rabobank
Stage:
1 Óscar Freire Rabobank 4h13'30
2 Daniele Bennati Liquigas s.t.
3 Erik Zabel Team Milram s.t.
4 Robbie McEwen Silence - Lotto s.t.
5 Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner s.t.
6 Alessandro Ballan Lampre s.t.
7 Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole s.t.
8 Bernhard Eisel Team Columbia s.t.
9 Jimmy Casper Agritubel s.t.
10 Matthew Goss Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
11 Kevyn Ista Agritubel s.t.
12 Xavi Florencio Bouygues Télécom s.t.
13 Roberto Petito Liquigas s.t.
14 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner s.t.
15 Gerben Löwik Rabobank s.t.
16 Thomas Dekker Rabobank s.t.
17 Geoffroy Lequatre Agritubel s.t.
18 Björn Schröder Team Milram s.t.
19 Massimilliano Mori Lampre s.t.
20 Niki Terpstra Team Milram s.t.
21 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas s.t.
22 Christian Murro Lampre s.t.
23 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
24 Ángel Vicioso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím s.t.
25 Marco Pinotti Team Columbia s.t.
26 Rémi Pauriol Crédit Agricole s.t.
27 Paul Martens Rabobank s.t.
28 Danilo Napolitano Lampre s.t.
29 Gorik Gardeyn Silence - Lotto s.t.
30 Emilien-Benoît Bergès Agritubel s.t.
GC:
1 Thomas Dekker Rabobank 4h20'44
2 Brett Lancaster Team Milram + 4
3 Alessandro Ballan Lampre + 6
4 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
5 George Hincapie Team Columbia + 7
6 Ronny Scholz Gerolsteiner + 11
7 Andreas Klöden Astana Cycling Team s.t.
8 Bradley McGee Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 14
9 José Angel Gómez Marchante Saunier Duval - Scott + 15
10 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner + 16
11 Yuri Trofimov Bouygues Télécom s.t.
12 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom + 18
13 Pedro Romero LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím s.t.
14 Thomas Lövkvist Team Columbia + 19
15 Fran Pérez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
16 Jason McCartney Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
17 Beñat Intxausti Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
18 Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner + 20
19 Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole s.t.
20 Christian Knees Team Milram + 21
21 Thierry Hupond Skil - Shimano + 22
22 Alexandre Pliuschin AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
23 Matthias Frank Gerolsteiner s.t.
24 Daryl Impey Barloworld + 23
25 Steven Cummings Barloworld + 24
26 Damien Monier Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
27 Eric Berthou Crédit Agricole + 25
28 Ángel Vicioso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 26
29 Xavi Tondo LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 28
30 Bert Roesems Silence - Lotto + 29
Points:
1 Alessandro Ballan Lampre 15 35
2 Thomas Dekker Rabobank 5 30
3 Óscar Freire Rabobank 25 25
4 Daniele Bennati Liquigas 22 22
5 Brett Lancaster Team Milram 0 22
6 Erik Zabel Team Milram 20 20
7 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne 0 18
8 Robbie McEwen Silence - Lotto 18 18
9 Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner 16 17
10 Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole 14 16
Mountain:
1 Patrick Calcagni Barloworld 4 4
2 Rubens Bertogliati Saunier Duval - Scott 2 2
3 José Antonio Garrido LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím 1 1 |
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| robinhowlett |
Posted on 01-07-2008 19:25
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Stage 3 starts quite flat but there are a few tricky hills towards the end of this stage that could catch a few of the pure sprinters out. With Rabobank looking for the points jersey to go with Dekker's yellow, this finish looks made for Freire.
Calcagni's looking good in his KOM jersey although we fully expect to lose it today.
The talented Karsten Kroon was part of the breakaway and is starting to shake off his fellow escapees. However the Rabobank and Lampre trains and dragging the peleton back up to him.
Kroon is caught but LL Sanchez breaks away again. The Spaniard is very active so far this race.
The final climb and its a punishing 10%. A few riders are going for the KOM points and Soler gets ready to try to go with them.
Everyone's watching each other once over the hill and Soler takes the opportunity to try a sneaky escape. The pack are not that asleep though!
Its a sprint finish again and Freire, Zabel and McEwen are the strongest remaining. But no-one's as strong as Freire and he takes his consecutive stage wins and Rabobank have won all 3 stages now.
Soler finished safely with the peleton.
Stage:
1 Óscar Freire Rabobank 4h37'59
2 Erik Zabel Team Milram s.t.
3 Robbie McEwen Silence - Lotto s.t.
4 Daniele Bennati Liquigas s.t.
5 Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole s.t.
6 Alessandro Ballan Lampre s.t.
7 Jérôme Pineau Bouygues Télécom s.t.
8 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner s.t.
9 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
10 Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner s.t.
11 Yuri Trofimov Bouygues Télécom s.t.
12 Jesús Del Nero Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
13 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas s.t.
14 Ángel Vicioso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím s.t.
15 Thomas Dekker Rabobank s.t.
16 Aitor Galdos Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
17 Bernhard Eisel Team Columbia s.t.
18 Bradley McGee Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
19 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step s.t.
20 Juan Antonio Flecha Rabobank s.t.
21 Danilo Napolitano Lampre s.t.
22 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
23 Andreas Klier Team Columbia s.t.
24 George Hincapie Team Columbia s.t.
25 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
26 Andreas Klöden Astana Cycling Team s.t.
27 Gerben Löwik Rabobank s.t.
28 Sandy Casar Française des Jeux s.t.
29 Robert Gesink Rabobank s.t.
30 Jens Voigt Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
GC:
1 Thomas Dekker Rabobank 8h58'43
2 Alessandro Ballan Lampre + 6
3 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
4 George Hincapie Team Columbia + 7
5 Andreas Klöden Astana Cycling Team + 11
6 Ronny Scholz Gerolsteiner s.t.
7 Bradley McGee Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 14
8 José Angel Gómez Marchante Saunier Duval - Scott + 15
9 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner + 16
10 Yuri Trofimov Bouygues Télécom s.t.
11 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom + 18
12 Pedro Romero LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím s.t.
13 Fran Pérez Caisse d'Epargne + 19
14 Beñat Intxausti Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
15 Thomas Lövkvist Team Columbia s.t.
16 Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole + 20
17 Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner s.t.
18 Christian Knees Team Milram + 21
19 Steven Cummings Barloworld + 24
20 Eric Berthou Crédit Agricole + 25
21 Ángel Vicioso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 26
22 Xavi Tondo LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 28
23 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 29
24 Johannes Fröhlinger Gerolsteiner s.t.
25 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step + 30
26 Marco Pinotti Team Columbia s.t.
27 Vladimir Karpets Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
28 Marzio Bruseghin Lampre s.t.
29 Constantino Zaballa LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím s.t.
30 Marco Corti Barloworld s.t.
Points:
1 Óscar Freire Rabobank 25 50
2 Alessandro Ballan Lampre 15 50
3 Erik Zabel Team Milram 22 42
4 Daniele Bennati Liquigas 18 40
5 Robbie McEwen Silence - Lotto 20 38
6 Thomas Dekker Rabobank 6 36
7 Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole 16 32
8 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner 13 29
9 Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner 11 28
10 Brett Lancaster Team Milram 0 22
Mountain:
1 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne 8 8
2 Carlos Barredo Quick·Step 7 7
3 Rubens Bertogliati Saunier Duval - Scott 3 5
4 Laurent Lefèvre Bouygues Télécom 5 5
5 Patrick Calcagni Barloworld 0 4
6 Karsten Kroon Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 4
7 Christophe Moreau Agritubel 3 3
8 Maarten Wynants Quick·Step 2 2
9 Jens Voigt Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2 2
10 Mauricio Soler Barloworld 2 2 |
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| robinhowlett |
Posted on 01-07-2008 19:42
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The 4th of 8 stages and its the first real mountain test. Rabobank have been so dominant this year but to control the pack today will be a real challenge. There is a long downhill finish that would suit a great descender like Samuel Sanchez.
Calcagni gets in an early break but coming towards the first KOM point he's not strong enough to get the points.
Rabobank and Euskatel control the peleton as the climbs loom into view.
35km to go and the breakaway is being reeled in. LL Sanchez is yet again prominent in his KOM jersey.
Barredo attacks towards the top of the climb and has a slight lead. Sanchez is fast after him and Voigt is trying to catch him too.
They can't catch him though and Barredo takes the stage. Only Sanchez, Voigt, Chavanel and Casar could follow him and there is a gap back to the peleton. Have Rabobank lost the yellow jersey?
Its tight at the top of the GC rankings as Slyvain Chavanel leads Jens Voigt by a single second. Soler finished 31st today with the peleton and 48th overall @ 1' 15". Some improvement needed.
Stage:
1 Carlos Barredo Quick·Step 4h09'54
2 Jens Voigt Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
3 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
4 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
5 Sandy Casar Française des Jeux s.t.
6 Toni Colom Astana Cycling Team + 46
7 Chris Horner Astana Cycling Team s.t.
8 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank s.t.
9 Andrei Mizourov Astana Cycling Team s.t.
10 Juanma Gárate Quick·Step s.t.
11 Nicki Sörensen Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
12 Benoit Salmon Agritubel s.t.
13 Paul Martens Rabobank s.t.
14 David Moncoutié Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
15 Robert Gesink Rabobank s.t.
16 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
17 Xavi Florencio Bouygues Télécom s.t.
18 Theo Eltink Rabobank s.t.
19 Alexander Efimkin Quick·Step s.t.
20 Ángel Vicioso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím s.t.
21 Simon Spilak Lampre s.t.
22 Thomas Dekker Rabobank s.t.
23 Marzio Bruseghin Lampre s.t.
24 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux s.t.
25 Andreas Klöden Astana Cycling Team s.t.
26 Jérôme Pineau Bouygues Télécom s.t.
27 Laurent Lefèvre Bouygues Télécom s.t.
28 Mathieu Sprick Bouygues Télécom s.t.
29 George Hincapie Team Columbia s.t.
30 Rémy Di Gregorio Française des Jeux s.t.
GC:
1 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 13h09'04
2 Jens Voigt Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 1
3 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 8
4 Carlos Barredo Quick·Step + 13
5 Sandy Casar Française des Jeux s.t.
6 Thomas Dekker Rabobank + 19
7 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne + 25
8 Alessandro Ballan Lampre s.t.
9 George Hincapie Team Columbia + 26
10 Andreas Klöden Astana Cycling Team + 30
11 Bradley McGee Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 33
12 José Angel Gómez Marchante Saunier Duval - Scott + 34
13 Yuri Trofimov Bouygues Télécom + 35
14 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner s.t.
15 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom + 37
16 Fran Pérez Caisse d'Epargne + 38
17 Beñat Intxausti Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
18 Thomas Lövkvist Team Columbia s.t.
19 Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner + 39
20 Ángel Vicioso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 45
21 Xavi Tondo LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 47
22 Marzio Bruseghin Lampre + 49
23 Marco Pinotti Team Columbia s.t.
24 Vladimir Karpets Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
25 Dani Moreno Caisse d'Epargne + 51
26 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne + 54
27 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux s.t.
28 Andriy Grivko Team Milram s.t.
29 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas + 56
30 Bruno Pires LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 57
Points:
1 Óscar Freire Rabobank 0 50
2 Alessandro Ballan Lampre 0 50
3 Erik Zabel Team Milram 0 42
4 Daniele Bennati Liquigas 0 40
5 Robbie McEwen Silence - Lotto 0 38
6 Thomas Dekker Rabobank 0 36
7 Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole 0 32
8 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 30
9 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner 0 29
10 Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner 0 28
Mountain:
1 Carlos Barredo Quick·Step 10 17
2 Kjell Carlström Liquigas 15 15
3 Laurent Lefèvre Bouygues Télécom 3 8
4 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne 0 8
5 Alexandre Pliuschin AG2R La Mondiale 8 8
6 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 8
7 Robert Gesink Rabobank 6 6
8 Rubens Bertogliati Saunier Duval - Scott 0 5
9 Olivier Kaisen Silence - Lotto 5 5
10 Freddy Bichot Agritubel 5 5 |
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