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| ponka00 |
Posted on 25-09-2008 16:06
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TOUR DOWN UNDER STAGE 4
Mengin asks Proni to relay before the mountain sprint
Proni takes the mountain points and increases his lead with 4 new points!
The two brakaway companions Cañada and Galdos before an intermediate sprint
When I talked to Weylandt from the team car he said he doubted he had the legs to win the sprint, but I decided to let him have a go because Viganò suffered a lot more than Wouter. He had a good position when the sprint opened.
Close between the five in front
Just like he said, he didn't have the legs to beat Ciolek and he also lost the 4th place to Eisel. He was furious after the race.
STAGE RANKINGS
1 Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia 2h57'17
2 Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
3 Jeremy Hunt Crédit Agricole s.t.
4 Bernhard Eisel Team Columbia s.t.
5 Wouter Weylandt Quick·Step s.t.
6 René Haselbacher Astana Cycling Team s.t.
7 Robbie McEwen Silence - Lotto s.t.
8 Matti Breschel Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
9 Aitor Galdos Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
10 Mark Renshaw Crédit Agricole s.t.
11 Dominique Rollin Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
12 Kirk O'Bee Health net presented by Maxxis s.t.
13 Danilo Napolitano Lampre s.t.
14 Denis Flahaut Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
15 Julian Dean Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
74 Matteo Tosatto Quick·Step s.t.
106 Davide Viganò Quick·Step s.t.
134 Kevin Seeldraeyers Quick·Step s.t.
160 Alessandro Proni Quick·Step s.t.
172 Hubert Schwab Quick·Step s.t.
175 Leonardo Scarselli Quick·Step + 11'02
176 Dmytro Grabovskyy Quick·Step s.t.
GENERAL STANDINGS
1 Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia 12h40'03
2 Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R La Mondiale + 6
3 Kirk O'Bee Health net presented by Maxxis s.t.
4 Kyle Gritters Health net presented by Maxxis s.t.
5 Wouter Weylandt Quick·Step + 8
30 Matteo Tosatto Quick·Step s.t. Player
43 Davide Viganò Quick·Step s.t. Player
44 Kevin Seeldraeyers Quick·Step s.t. Player
152 Hubert Schwab Quick·Step + 5'27 Player
174 Alessandro Proni Quick·Step + 15'02 Player
175 Leonardo Scarselli Quick·Step + 21'16 Player
176 Dmytro Grabovskyy Quick·Step + 23'11 Player
POINTS STANDINGS
1 Wouter Weylandt Quick·Step 16 59
2 Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia 30 59
3 Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R La Mondiale 22 58
4 Robbie McEwen Silence - Lotto 14 53
5 Kirk O'Bee Health net presented by Maxxis 9 48
6 Mark Renshaw Crédit Agricole 11 42
7 Juan José Haedo Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5 36
8 Julian Dean Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 6 34
9 Kyle Gritters Health net presented by Maxxis 0 30
10 Jeremy Hunt Crédit Agricole 20 27
MOUNTAIN STANDINGS
1 Alessandro Proni Quick·Step 4 8
2 Laszló Bodrogi Crédit Agricole 0 4
3 Stefan Schreck Gerolsteiner 0 4
Wouter has been unlucky and hasn't good enough fitness to put in the final "punch" in the sprints while Proni is doing well in the KOM competion. |
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| ponka00 |
Posted on 26-09-2008 09:01
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TOUR OF QUATAR
Team:
Giovanni Visconti
Stijn Devolder
Jürgen Van de Walle
Tom Boonen
Sébastien Rosseler
Kevin Van Impe
Paolo Bettini
Steven De Jongh
Goals:
The main goal is just to win a few stages, and to ride the race to get the season started |
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| ponka00 |
Posted on 26-09-2008 09:15
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TOUR OF QUATAR STAGE 1
This stage is a 12 km long TTT, which we should do well in because we have a few decent TT'ers.
Silence-Lotto immediately sets a good time...
Cofidis follows up with the second best time 11 seconds behind Silence.
Only Devolder was feeling somewhat fine today and we ended up on a humiliating 37 seconds behind Silence-Lotto.
But we weren't the only team dissapointing today. Here is Garmin with both Zabriskie and Millar in the squad.
Team CSC finishes 2 seconds behind Silence-Lotto and takes the second place in front of Cofidis.
STANDINGS
1. Silence - Lotto 14'38
2. Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 2
3. Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 11
4. Barloworld + 14
5. Saunier Duval - Scott + 15
6. Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 + 17
7. Rabobank s.t.
8. Française des Jeux s.t.
9. Liquigas + 20
10. Crédit Agricole + 24
11. Euskaltel - Euskadi + 27
12. Gerolsteiner + 28
13. Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo + 29
14. Quick·Step + 37
15. Lampre + 40
16. CSF Group - Navigare + 47 |
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| ponka00 |
Posted on 26-09-2008 10:33
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TOUR DOWN UNDER STAGE 5
We enter this stage with no hopes for winning at all, we didn't bring any decent climbers for the hill except for Proni who has used much more energy than the other favourites by going for the KOM jersey, I doubt he would have posed any threat even if he had recovered from all the other stages.
The brakeaway cruising through a small town.
Nothing of significance happened on the hill, but in the descent Ciolek tried to close RodrÃguez's gap.
RodrÃguez lost a few meters to Kirk O'Bee and Bradley McGee, and suddenly he had Ciolek and Dean on his wheel.
Having got ten meters on the others or so, O'Bee slows down thinking he can cruise over the finish line in triumph.
Before he realises his mistake RodrÃguez is by his side and he can not answer because of the lack of momentum.
He fell for the same mistake that Dion made when he himself was the one that won the stage!
STAGE RESULTS
1 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Caisse d'Epargne 3h23'58
2 Kirk O'Bee Health net presented by Maxxis s.t.
3 Sergei Yakovlev Astana Cycling Team s.t.
4 Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia s.t.
5 Julian Dean Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
6 Bradley McGee Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
7 Iñigo Landaluze Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
8 Aitor Galdos Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
9 Matti Breschel Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
10 Toni Colom Astana Cycling Team s.t.
43 Matteo Tosatto Quick·Step s.t.
77 Alessandro Proni Quick·Step s.t.
139 Wouter Weylandt Quick·Step +2'57
155 Hubert Schwab Quick·Step s.t.
161 Davide Viganò Quick·Step s.t.
162 Kevin Seeldraeyers Quick·Step s.t.
165 Dmytro Grabovskyy Quick·Step s.t.
169 Leonardo Scarselli Quick·Step 4'49
POINTS RANKINGS
1 Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia 18 77
2 Kirk O'Bee Health net presented by Maxxis 22 70
3 Wouter Weylandt Quick·Step 0 59
4 Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R La Mondiale 0 58
5 Robbie McEwen Silence - Lotto 0 53
GENERAL STANDINGS
1 Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia 16h04'01
2 Kirk O'Bee Health net presented by Maxxis + 2
3 Kyle Gritters Health net presented by Maxxis + 6
4 Renaud Dion AG2R La Mondiale + 8
5 Sergei Yakovlev Astana Cycling Team + 10
172 Alessandro Proni Quick·Step + 15'02
111 Wouter Weylandt Quick·Step + 2'57
175 Dmytro Grabovskyy Quick·Step + 26'00
176 Leonardo Scarselli Quick·Step + 26'05
159 Hubert Schwab Quick·Step + 8'16
18 Matteo Tosatto Quick·Step +12
128 Davide Viganò Quick·Step +4'26
129 Kevin Seeldraeyers Quick·Step +4'26
KOM STANDINGS
1 Alessandro Proni Quick·Step 0 8
2 Laszló Bodrogi Crédit Agricole 0 4
3 Stefan Schreck Gerolsteiner 0 4
4 Iñigo Landaluze Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 4
5 Rubens Bertogliati Saunier Duval - Scott 0 2
6 Markel Irizar Euskaltel - Euskadi 0 2
7 Yuri Krivtsov AG2R La Mondiale 0 2
8 Christophe Mengin Française des Jeux 0 2
9 Toni Colom Astana Cycling Team 2 2
10 Christian Knees Team Milram 0 1
11 John Murphy Health net presented by Maxxis 0 1
12 Miles Olman Drapac Porsche Development Program 0 1
13 Arnaud Coyot Caisse d'Epargne 0 1
14 Grischa Niermann Rabobank 1 1
The only good news so far is that Alessandro has won the KOM jersey as there is no climbs left of the race. We will now go all out for a stage win tomorrow. |
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| ponka00 |
Posted on 27-09-2008 18:10
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TOUR OF QATAR STAGE 2
As every stage in the Tour of Qatar this stage is flat, no hill or even a speed bubmp whatsoever. Only problem might be extreme winds that sometimes are a huge problem riding here.
Nothing happened early in the race and the wind became a factor as predicted, sometimes it hit 65 m/s!
Boonen sat in a group that soon got split by the wind and he was out of the question for a win. Therefore I told the riders to set up a sprint train for Poalo, but because of the wind it was impossible!
And worst of all, Robert Hunter has used the strong winds to his advantage and has opened a huge gap to the others.
No one was able to close the gap and he rolls over the line 1'09 minutes in front of Sandy Casar and Huub Duyn.
Fighting for the 4th place Gavazzi beats Balducci with just a few centimeters!
Boonen charges up and closes the gap so he doesn't loose any time to the peleton.
STAGE RESULTS
1 Robert Hunter Barloworld 3h02'51
2 Sandy Casar Française des Jeux + 1'09
3 Huub Duyn Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
4 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre s.t.
5 Gabriele Balducci Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
6 Mauro Richeze CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
7 Andrea Moletta Gerolsteiner s.t.
8 Steven De Jongh Quick·Step s.t.
9 Alessandro Vanotti Liquigas s.t.
10 Emanuelle Bindi Lampre s.t.
11 Paolo Bettini Quick·Step s.t.
12 Matthias Frank Gerolsteiner s.t.
13 Matteo Bono Lampre s.t.
14 David Zabriskie Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
15 Ronny Scholz Gerolsteiner s.t.
20 Tom Boonen Quick·Step +1'09
21 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step s.t.
45 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step s.t.
57 Jürgen Van de Walle Quick·Step s.t.
78 Giovanni Visconti Quick·Step s.t.
127 Kevin Van Impe Quick·Step +3'50
POINTS RANKING
1 Robert Hunter Barloworld 25
2 Sandy Casar Française des Jeux 20
3 Huub Duyn Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 16
4 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre 14
5 Gabriele Balducci Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 12
6 Mauro Richeze CSF Group - Navigare 10
7 Andrea Moletta Gerolsteiner 9
8 Steven De Jongh Quick·Step 8
9 Alessandro Vanotti Liquigas 7
10 Luboš Pelánek Lampre 6
11 Jérémy Roy Française des Jeux 6
12 Emanuelle Bindi Lampre 6
13 Paolo Bettini Quick·Step 5
14 Alexandre Botcharov Crédit Agricole 4
15 Michael Friedman Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 4
Wind destroyed our whole race today and we were unable to set up a train for Tom. And to make matters worse there was a split in the peleton that he got on the wrong side of. Hoping for a better day tomorrow. |
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Posted on 27-09-2008 18:46
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Posted on 27-09-2008 19:35
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Posted on 27-09-2008 20:18
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TOUR DOWN UNDER STAGE 6
Flat stage today. There shouldn't be any problems, althought there is going to be some strong winds acording to the weather forecast.
As always some hopefuls tries to win by going in a breakaway early in the morning.
Vaitkus crashes two times today. Here helped by a neutral help car the second time he hit the ground.
Cancellara and Nicki Sørensen tries to get up to the brakeaway to gain time on the other favourites after a dissapointing display here in Australia.
7,3 km left to the line and 42(!) riders hits the tarmac. It's complete caos in the peleton and as a result Weylandt loses Julian Deans wheel!
The sprint is all messed up because of the crash and Wouter is finding himself behind the others.
Dean absolutely crushes the opposition! I am sure that Wouter whould have beat him if he had managed to stay at his wheel.
STAGE RANKING
1 Julian Dean Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 1h54'22
2 Magnus Bäckstedt Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
3 Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia s.t.
4 Rory Sutherland Health net presented by Maxxis s.t.
5 Juan José Haedo Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
6 Fabio Baldato Lampre s.t.
7 Wouter Weylandt Quick·Step s.t.
8 Danilo Napolitano Lampre s.t.
9 Ben Day Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
10 Jurgen Roelandts Silence - Lotto s.t.
11 Christian Vandevelde Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
12 Samuel Dumoulin Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
13 Robbie McEwen Silence - Lotto s.t.
14 Kirk O'Bee Health net presented by Maxxis s.t.
31 Alessandro Proni Quick·Step s.t.
34 Hubert Schwab Quick·Step s.t.
38 Dmytro Grabovskyy Quick·Step s.t.
39 Davide Viganò Quick·Step s.t.
42 Kevin Seeldraeyers Quick·Step s.t.
69 Leonardo Scarselli Quick·Step s.t.
75 Matteo Tosatto Quick·Step s.t.
POINTS RANKING
1 Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia 20 97
2 Kirk O'Bee Health net presented by Maxxis 7 77
3 Julian Dean Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 25 75
4 Wouter Weylandt Quick·Step 14 73
5 Robbie McEwen Silence - Lotto 8 61
6 Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R La Mondiale 0 58
7 Juan José Haedo Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16 52
8 Mark Renshaw Crédit Agricole 3 48
9 Danilo Napolitano Lampre 13 38
10 Fabio Baldato Lampre 15 35
11 Sergei Yakovlev Astana Cycling Team 0 34
12 Bradley McGee Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0 32
13 Kyle Gritters Health net presented by Maxxis 0 30
14 Ben Day Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 12 28
15 Jeremy Hunt Crédit Agricole 0 27
KOM RANKING
1 Alessandro Proni Quick·Step 0 8
2 Laszló Bodrogi Crédit Agricole 0 4
3 Stefan Schreck Gerolsteiner 0 4
4 Iñigo Landaluze Euskaltel - Euskadi 0 4
5 Rubens Bertogliati Saunier Duval - Scott 0 2
6 Yuri Krivtsov AG2R La Mondiale 0 2
7 Christophe Mengin Française des Jeux 0 2
8 Toni Colom Astana Cycling Team 0 2
9 Christian Knees Team Milram 0 1
10 John Murphy Health net presented by Maxxis 0 1
11 Miles Olman Drapac Porsche Development Program 0 1
12 Arnaud Coyot Caisse d'Epargne 0 1
13 Grischa Niermann Rabobank 0 1
OVERALL TIME
1 Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia 17h58'21
2 Kirk O'Bee Health net presented by Maxxis + 4
3 Julian Dean Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 + 6
4 Kyle Gritters Health net presented by Maxxis + 8
5 Renaud Dion AG2R La Mondiale + 10
6 Laurent Mangel AG2R La Mondiale + 12
7 Sergei Yakovlev Astana Cycling Team s.t.
8 Mark Renshaw Crédit Agricole + 14
9 Bernhard Eisel Team Columbia s.t.
10 Paolo Bossoni Lampre s.t.
11 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
12 Roy Sentjens Silence - Lotto s.t.
13 Matteo Tosatto Quick·Step s.t.
14 Karl Menzies Health net presented by Maxxis s.t.
15 Tanel Kangert AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
16 Bert Grabsch Team Columbia s.t.
17 Wim Van Huffel Silence - Lotto s.t.
18 Lasse Bøchman Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
19 Francis De Greef Silence - Lotto + 1'39
20 Jean-Eudes Demaret Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 2'52
21 Mauro Santambrogio Lampre s.t.
22 Caleb Manion Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team + 2'53
23 Mitchell Docker Drapac Porsche Development Program + 2'57
24 Dominique Rollin Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
25 Samuel Dumoulin Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
26 Ben Day Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
27 Simon Spilak Lampre s.t.
28 Philippe Gilbert Française des Jeux s.t.
29 Claudio Corioni Liquigas s.t.
30 Daniele Righi Lampre s.t.
77 Wouter Weylandt Quick·Step + 2'59
95 Davide Viganò Quick·Step +4'28
96 Kevin Seeldraeyers Quick·Step s.t.
144 Hubert Schwab Quick·Step + 8'18
170 Alessandro Proni Quick·Step + 15'04
173 Dmytro Grabovskyy Quick·Step + 26'02
174 Leonardo Scarselli Quick·Step + 26'07 (latern rouge)
Wouter has been very unlucky loosing the points jersey, and not getting the stage win he was here after, he lacks confidence now after the race here in Australia and we agreed that he would race the GP Costa degli Etruschi and going for a stage win in the Challange Vuelta a Mallorca.
Proni on the other side did great winning the KOM jersey and the sponsors have already expressed how happy they are with his performance. |
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| ponka00 |
Posted on 27-09-2008 21:27
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TOUR OF QATAR STAGE 3
This stage should be as the the last one, lots of wind and high temperatures the whole way to the finish line, in other words: a nightmare!
Morning brakeaway... These guys are crazy going alone in this wind.
When the brakeway was reeled in I told the riders to put pressure on Hunter by setting a blistering pace and using the wind to our advantage he was suddenly caught on the wrong side of the split the same way Boonen was yesterday! Then Steven De Jongh tried to go solo.
After De Jongh was reeled in, four riders had a go. They got 56 seconds on the rest.
Taking the unorthodox approach I told Boonen to close the gap himself and just forget about the sprint. And he did, without any problems he rides up to the four others and then sets a pace that none of them had a chance to follow up with.
Here's "Tornado" Tom taking our first win of the season!
Hunter finishing along with Stijn 1'09 minutes behind Tom.
STAGE RANKING
1 Tom Boonen Quick·Step 3h28'14
2 Bram Tankink Rabobank + 24
3 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
4 Francis Mourey Française des Jeux s.t.
5 Paolo Bettini Quick·Step s.t.
6 Tiziano Dall'Antonia CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
7 Michael Blaudzun Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
8 Huub Duyn Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
9 Jean-Marc Marino Crédit Agricole + 1'09
10 Rémi Pauriol Crédit Agricole s.t.
11 Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld s.t.
12 Steven De Jongh Quick·Step s.t.
13 Baden Cooke Barloworld s.t.
14 Jason Donald Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
15 Kevin Van Impe Quick·Step s.t.
17 Giovanni Visconti Quick·Step +1'09
21 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step s.t.
53 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step s.t.
82 Jürgen Van de Walle Quick·Step s.t.
OVERALL RANKING
1 Robert Hunter Barloworld 6h46'46
2 Tom Boonen Quick·Step + 23
3 Michael Blaudzun Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 32
4 Bram Tankink Rabobank + 35
5 Huub Duyn Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 + 39
6 Francis Mourey Française des Jeux + 47
7 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi + 49
8 Paolo Bettini Quick·Step + 1'07
9 Gorik Gardeyn Silence - Lotto + 1'15
10 Dominique Cornu Silence - Lotto s.t.
78 Steven De Jongh Quick·Step + 1'52
79 Giovanni Visconti Quick·Step s.t.
80 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step s.t.
81 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step s.t.
82 Jürgen Van de Walle Quick·Step s.t.
126 Kevin Van Impe Quick·Step + 4'33
POINTS RANKING
1 Robert Hunter Barloworld 0 25
2 Tom Boonen Quick·Step 25 25
3 Huub Duyn Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 8 24
4 Sandy Casar Française des Jeux 0 20
5 Bram Tankink Rabobank 20 20
6 Paolo Bettini Quick·Step 12 17
7 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 16
8 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre 0 14
9 Francis Mourey Française des Jeux 14 14
10 Steven De Jongh Quick·Step 4 12
At last we got our first stage win! And by having Boonen do it by using his flat riding capabilities is even better than just winning a sprint. |
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Posted on 28-09-2008 17:43
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TOUR OF QATAR - STAGE 4
Today it was much less wind than the other stage and the riders were much more motivated today than the earlier stages.
Brakeaway
Nothing of significance happens until the last kilometers when the pack starts to hit top speed. Here Pelánek reeled in after a try to go solo.
Stijn said he was feeling terrible today, but I still put him up as lead out man.
With Stijn not creating any advantage for Tom, whe had a terrible position when the sprint opened. Hunter opens the sprint way yo early and Balducci wins easily, but Boonen is still beat by Hunter because of the distance he was behind.
STAGE STANDING
1 Gabriele Balducci Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 3h05'39
2 Robert Hunter Barloworld s.t.
3 Tom Boonen Quick·Step s.t.
4 Lilian Jégou Française des Jeux s.t.
5 Thomas Fothen Gerolsteiner s.t.
6 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre s.t.
7 Pedro Horrillo Rabobank s.t.
8 Tiziano Dall'Antonia CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
9 Paolo Bettini Quick·Step s.t.
10 Francesco Failli Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
11 Yann Huguet Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
12 Gorik Gardeyn Silence - Lotto s.t.
13 Diego Milán Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
14 Marco Bandiera Lampre s.t.
15 José Alberto BenÃtez Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
19 Steven De Jongh Quick·Step +0'00
29 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step s.t.
114 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step s.t.
125 Kevin Van Impe Quick·Step +4'00
126 Giovanni Visconti Quick·Step s.t.
127 Jürgen Van de Walle Quick·Step + 5'04
OVERALL STANDING
1 Robert Hunter Barloworld 9h52'13
2 Tom Boonen Quick·Step + 27
3 Michael Blaudzun Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 44
4 Bram Tankink Rabobank + 47
5 Huub Duyn Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 + 51
6 Francis Mourey Française des Jeux + 59
7 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'01
8 Paolo Bettini Quick·Step + 1'19
9 Gorik Gardeyn Silence - Lotto + 1'27
10 Bart Dockx Silence - Lotto s.t.
72 Steven De Jongh Quick·Step + 2'04
73 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step s.t.
74 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step s.t.
122 Giovanni Visconti Quick·Step + 6'04
123 Jürgen Van de Walle Quick·Step + 7'08
127 Kevin Van Impe Quick·Step + 8'45
POINTS STANDING
1 Robert Hunter Barloworld 20 45
2 Tom Boonen Quick·Step 16 41
3 Gabriele Balducci Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 25 37
4 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre 10 24
5 Paolo Bettini Quick·Step 7 24
6 Huub Duyn Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 0 24
7 Sandy Casar Française des Jeux 0 20
8 Bram Tankink Rabobank 0 20
9 Tiziano Dall'Antonia CSF Group - Navigare 8 18
10 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi 0 16 |
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Posted on 29-09-2008 09:42
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TOUR OF QATAR - STAGE 5
Brakeaway
Gasparotto hits the deck! Hunter has now lost his lead-out man!
Stijn feeling significantly better today and Tom gets the advantage he needs on the others.
Much better today and Poalo launches Tom towards the line
Tom wins easily and Poalo takes second place.
STAGE RANKING
1 Tom Boonen Quick·Step 3h49'53
2 Paolo Bettini Quick·Step s.t.
3 Robert Hunter Barloworld s.t.
4 Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
5 Thomas Fothen Gerolsteiner s.t.
6 Yann Huguet Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
7 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre s.t.
8 Tiziano Dall'Antonia CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
9 Gabriele Balducci Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
10 Yauheni Hutarovich Française des Jeux s.t.
11 Mauro Richeze CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
12 Diego Milán Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
13 Steven De Jongh Quick·Step s.t.
14 José Alberto BenÃtez Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
15 Pedro Horrillo Rabobank s.t.
37 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step +0'00
68 Kevin Van Impe Quick·Step s.t.
93 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step s.t.
112 Jürgen Van de Walle Quick·Step s.t.
126 Giovanni Visconti Quick·Step + 8'07
OVERALL RANKING
1 Robert Hunter Barloworld 13h41'58
2 Tom Boonen Quick·Step + 15
3 Michael Blaudzun Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 52
4 Bram Tankink Rabobank + 55
5 Huub Duyn Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 + 59
6 Francis Mourey Française des Jeux + 1'07
7 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'09
8 Paolo Bettini Quick·Step + 1'15
9 Gorik Gardeyn Silence - Lotto + 1'35
10 Bart Dockx Silence - Lotto s.t.
66 Steven De Jongh Quick·Step + 2'12
67 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step s.t.
68 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step s.t.
116 Jürgen Van de Walle Quick·Step + 7'16
121 Kevin Van Impe Quick·Step + 8'53
126 Giovanni Visconti Quick·Step + 14'19
POINTS RANKING
1 Tom Boonen Quick·Step 25 66
2 Robert Hunter Barloworld 16 61
3 Paolo Bettini Quick·Step 20 44
4 Gabriele Balducci Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 7 44
5 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre 9 33
6 Tiziano Dall'Antonia CSF Group - Navigare 8 26
7 Thomas Fothen Gerolsteiner 12 24
8 Huub Duyn Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 0 24
9 Sandy Casar Française des Jeux 0 20
10 Bram Tankink Rabobank 0 20
11 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi 0 16
12 Mauro Richeze CSF Group - Navigare 5 15
13 Steven De Jongh Quick·Step 3 15
14 Yann Huguet Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 10 15
15 Francis Mourey Française des Jeux 0 14
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TOUR OF QATAR - STAGE 6
Today the wind is strong and the stage flat, nothing unusual then!
Brakeaway containing Willems, Caucchioli, Bono, Pagoto and Arekeev
The train is well organised and it looks like Tom will take the stage if nothing happens.
Then, Tom looses Poalo's wheel and he is a long way back.
He sprints his way up to Poalo and Richeze, but when he is going to pass Richeze he is blocked and he gives up knowing he hasnt got enough time to pass him.
Richeze wins the last stage here in Qatar!
STAGE RANKING
1 Mauro Richeze CSF Group - Navigare 2h48'27
2 Paolo Bettini Quick·Step s.t.
3 Tom Boonen Quick·Step s.t.
4 Steven De Jongh Quick·Step s.t.
5 Yauheni Hutarovich Française des Jeux s.t.
6 José Alberto BenÃtez Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
7 Robert Hunter Barloworld s.t.
8 Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
9 Thomas Fothen Gerolsteiner s.t.
10 Wim Vansevenant Silence - Lotto s.t.
11 Paolo Fornaciari Lampre s.t.
12 Arnaud Gérard Française des Jeux s.t.
13 Matteo Bono Lampre s.t.
14 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step s.t.
15 Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
123 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step +3'13
125 Kevin Van Impe Quick·Step + 5'39
126 Giovanni Visconti Quick·Step + 7'10
127 Jürgen Van de Walle Quick·Step s.t.
OVERALL RANKING
1 Robert Hunter Barloworld 16h30'25
2 Tom Boonen Quick·Step + 7
3 Michael Blaudzun Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 52
4 Bram Tankink Rabobank + 55
5 Huub Duyn Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 + 59
6 Paolo Bettini Quick·Step + 1'03
7 Francis Mourey Française des Jeux + 1'07
8 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'09
9 Gorik Gardeyn Silence - Lotto + 1'35
10 Geert Steurs Silence - Lotto s.t.
11 Bart Dockx Silence - Lotto s.t.
12 Wim De Vocht Silence - Lotto s.t.
13 Dominique Cornu Silence - Lotto s.t.
14 Dries Devenyns Silence - Lotto s.t.
15 Dario Cioni Silence - Lotto s.t.
65 Steven De Jongh Quick·Step + 2'12
66 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step s.t.
111 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step + 5'25
123 Jürgen Van de Walle Quick·Step + 14'26
124 Kevin Van Impe Quick·Step + 14'32
127 Giovanni Visconti Quick·Step + 21'29 (latern rouge)
POINTS RANKING
1 Tom Boonen Quick·Step 16 82
2 Robert Hunter Barloworld 9 70
3 Paolo Bettini Quick·Step 20 64
4 Gabriele Balducci Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 0 44
5 Mauro Richeze CSF Group - Navigare 25 40
6 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre 0 33
7 Thomas Fothen Gerolsteiner 7 31
8 Steven De Jongh Quick·Step 14 29
9 Tiziano Dall'Antonia CSF Group - Navigare 0 26
10 Huub Duyn Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 0 24
11 Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 8 22
12 Sandy Casar Française des Jeux 0 20
13 Bram Tankink Rabobank 0 20
14 Yauheni Hutarovich Française des Jeux 12 18
15 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi 0 16
A kind of dissapointing performance by Boonen here in Qatar because he should win every stage here against these sprinters. At least he won the points jersey, and his performance at stage 3 was good too. |
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Posted on 29-09-2008 10:26
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Posted on 29-09-2008 10:31
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RACES IN FEBRUARY
GP Costa degli Etruschi 9/02
Challange Vuelta a Mallorca 10/02 - 14/02
Tour of California 17/02 - 24/02
Vuelta ciclista a Andalucia 17/02 - 21/02 |
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Posted on 29-09-2008 10:58
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"Dude", no offense, but how is it possible to misspell "Paolo" every single time? 
The preceding post is ISSO 9001 certified
"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
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Posted on 29-09-2008 11:07
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issoisso wrote:
"Dude", no offense, but how is it possible to misspell "Paolo" every single time?
Don't know... I sometimes mix letters up when I write fast. I know his name is Paolo
I am a bit surprised myself that I have mispelled his name so mnay times |
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Posted on 29-09-2008 11:08
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ponka00 wrote:
issoisso wrote:
"Dude", no offense, but how is it possible to misspell "Paolo" every single time?
Don't know... I sometimes mix letters up when I write fast. I know his name is Paolo
I am a bit surprised myself that I have mispelled his name so mnay times
I did it again  |
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Posted on 29-09-2008 11:16
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GP COSTA DEGLI ETRUSCHI
Team:
Wouter Weylandt
Steven De Jongh
Davide Viganò
Kevin Hulsmans
Matteo Carrara
Wilfried Cretskens
Giovanni Visconti
Andrea Tonti
Nothing happens before the final kilometers where Weylandt manages to find Petacchi's wheel.
De Jongh is lead out by Viganò.
Weylandt has enough speed to pass both Hondo and Fernández, but he can't get around them!
With no real surprise Petacchi takes his first win of the season.
RESULTS
1 Alessandro Petacchi LPR Brakes - Ballan
2 Koldo Fernández Euskaltel - Euskadi
3 Danilo Hondo Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli
4 Wouter Weylandt Quick·Step
5 Steven De Jongh Quick·Step
6 Alberto Loddo Tinkoff Credit Systems
7 Stefan Radochla ELK Haus - Simplon
8 Davide Viganò Quick·Step
9 Claudio Cucinotta LPR Brakes - Ballan
10 Marco Bandiera Lampre
11 Claudio Corioni Liquigas
12 Nikita Eskov Tinkoff Credit Systems
13 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre
14 Iñigo Landaluze Euskaltel - Euskadi
15 Uros Murn Adria Mobil
16 Francesco Chicchi Liquigas
17 Alberto Curtolo Liquigas
18 Gorazd Stangelj Liquigas
19 Paolo Bossoni Lampre
20 Alessandro Maserati LPR Brakes - Ballan
41 Kevin Hulsmans Quick·Step
53 Matteo Carrara Quick·Step
57 Wilfried Cretskens Quick·Step
59 Giovanni Visconti Quick·Step
71 Andrea Tonti Quick·Step |
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Posted on 01-10-2008 13:48
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