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Posted on 08-02-2009 13:45
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Stage 5
This is getting repetetive. A flat stage perfect for my sprinters. The big difference to the first four days is the yellow jersey. The peleton will expect me to pull back any breaks, something i havent helped with at all untill now. This will reduce my chances of a huge lead-out again, as my four support riders will have to use alot of energy. A break did go, and as expected i was left with most of the work.
The break was caught with 15 km to go, and i quickly tried to organize a lead-out. With 4 km to go it was still a close race, but i'd manage to get my two sprinters up front. They both had sat back in the pack the entire day and saved energy.
With 3 km to, Jochen exploded away with Stefan on his wheel. He kept it going untill there was only 1200 meters left and Stefan pulled past him. Pollack was coming up fast from behind but they both held out for a superb 1-2!
Stage
1 Stefan Radochla ELK Haus - Simplon 3h08'57
2 Jochen Summer ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
3 Olaf Pollack Team Volksbank s.t.
4 Sergio Marinangeli LPR Brakes - Ballan s.t.
5 Maurizio Biondo Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce s.t.
6 Gustavo César Veloso Karpin Galicia s.t.
7 Ángel Vicioso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím s.t.
8 Enrico Rossi NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte s.t.
9 Pedro Cardoso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím s.t.
10 Giuseppe Palumbo Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
29 Matthias Brändle ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
41 Stefan Rucker ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
45 Daniel Schorn ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
79 Simon Schärer ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
GC
1 Stefan Radochla ELK Haus - Simplon 18h26'32
2 Jochen Summer ELK Haus - Simplon + 50
3 Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo + 52
4 Sergio Marinangeli LPR Brakes - Ballan + 1'10
5 Ángel Vicioso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 1'22
6 Enrico Rossi NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte s.t.
7 Pedro Cardoso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 1'28
8 Maurizio Biondo Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce + 1'30
9 Vladimir Duma Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce s.t.
10 Daniel Schorn ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
12 Stefan Rucker ELK Haus - Simplon + 2'38
29 Matthias Brändle ELK Haus - Simplon + 3'56
48 Simon Schärer ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
Sprint
1 Stefan Radochla ELK Haus - Simplon 94
2 Jochen Summer ELK Haus - Simplon 84
3 Sergio Marinangeli LPR Brakes - Ballan 75
Mountain
1 Alessandro Bertolini Serramenti PVC 20
2 Konstantin Schubert NGC Médical 16
3 Dainius Kairelis Ceramica Flaminia 16
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Posted on 08-02-2009 15:57
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This is great! |
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Posted on 08-02-2009 16:11
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Stage 6
A flat stage yet again, but with a small bump early on. Today would again test my support riders as they would have to bring back any breaks. 6 riders took off and decided to split into 3 groups.
They worked up a decent lead of about 9 minutes and it looked like i would have to do all the work alone. Fortunatly Volksbank decided to help out their Austrian brothers and did some relays as well.
With 30 km to go my support riders were looking knackered and with the break swallowed the other teams set a furious pace. This kept going all the way to the line and i barely manage to move my sprinters to the front. Daniel Schorn did an amazing job pulling them forward, and was totally blown after it.
Unfortunatly there wasnt enough juice left in the sprinters legs and we ended up outside the podium for once.
Stage
1 Gerrit Glomser Team Volksbank 3h59'18
2 Maurizio Biondo Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce s.t.
3 Enrico Rossi NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte s.t.
4 Jochen Summer ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
5 David Herrero Karpin Galicia s.t.
6 Ángel Vicioso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím s.t.
7 Olaf Pollack Team Volksbank s.t.
8 Stefan Radochla ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
9 Pedro Cardoso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím s.t.
10 Rafael Rodríguez Contentpolis - Murcia s.t.
76 Daniel Schorn ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
77 Matthias Brändle ELK Haus - Simplon + 1'26
79 Simon Schärer ELK Haus - Simplon + 1'56
80 Stefan Rucker ELK Haus - Simplon + 2'50
GC
1 Stefan Radochla ELK Haus - Simplon 22h25'50
2 Jochen Summer ELK Haus - Simplon + 50
3 Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo + 52
4 Sergio Marinangeli LPR Brakes - Ballan + 1'10
5 Enrico Rossi NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte + 1'14
6 Maurizio Biondo Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce + 1'18
7 Ángel Vicioso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 1'22
8 Pedro Cardoso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 1'28
9 Francesco Reda NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte + 1'30
10 Vladimir Duma Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce s.t.
11 Daniel Schorn ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
48 Matthias Brändle ELK Haus - Simplon + 5'22
50 Stefan Rucker ELK Haus - Simplon + 5'28
54 Simon Schärer ELK Haus - Simplon + 5'52
Sprint
1 Stefan Radochla ELK Haus - Simplon 102
2 Jochen Summer ELK Haus - Simplon 98
3 Sergio Marinangeli LPR Brakes - Ballan 79
Mountain
1 Alessandro Bertolini Serramenti PVC 20
2 Konstantin Schubert NGC Médical 16
3 Dainius Kairelis Ceramica Flaminia 16 |
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Posted on 08-02-2009 16:17
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Good luck with this story and nice results ! 
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Posted on 08-02-2009 19:32
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GP Costa degli Etruschi
Riders
Leader H. Starzengruber
Sprinter P. Pichler
Free rider
J. Valach
S. Dillier
Support riders
R. Lauscha
B. Thurau
s. Scäfer
W. Murer
A slightly hilly one-day race. My main goal is to finish within the Top 10, which will be difficult with several Pro Tour teams showing up. I'll be sending some riders with the break that is bound to come but i dont expect it to last. Rabobank, Lampre, Silence - Lotto and Liquigas all had strong riders taking part.
According to plan both Dillier and Valach attacked near the end of the climb. A break of 9 riders was soon established.
My two riders sat back and didnt contribute alot, and soon the pack woke up with Rabobank leading the peleton. As the gap closed to 2 minutes, several riders attacked to bridge over. After the dust settled Valach and Albasino were left up front.
They were swallowed and spat out by the pack shortly after and we started organizing a sprint. Stefan Schäfer lead out Peter and Harald untill the 5 km mark. Peter took over and held out for Harald to start sprinting with 2500 meters to go. Non of the big sprinters were upfront, but Priamo and Löwik were closing fast. With a last surge of energy he held out to the line!
A great result that really suprised me. Oscar Freire was nowhere to be seen in the sprint, neither was any of the other favorites.
Result
1 Harald Starzengruber ELK Haus - Simplon 3h51'37
2 Matteo Priamo CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
3 Gerben Löwik Rabobank s.t.
4 Peter Pichler ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
5 Paolo Bossoni Lampre s.t.
6 Dario Cataldo Liquigas s.t.
7 Iván Domínguez Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
8 Henk Vogels Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
9 Christian Murro Lampre s.t.
10 Luciano Pagliarini Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
12 Stefan Schäfer ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
41 Robert Lauscha ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
47 Bjorn Thurau ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
75 Wolfgang Murer ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
134 Jan Valach ELK Haus - Simplon + 3'37
136 Silvan Dillier ELK Haus - Simplon + 5'51
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Posted on 08-02-2009 19:54
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Yes, it would be great to see what you can do on hard.
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Posted on 09-02-2009 01:28
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I agree as well
if you keep it going that way you'll be competing in the ProTour next season 
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Posted on 09-02-2009 07:28
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yep, too easy at the mo.
nice start though. |
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Posted on 09-02-2009 14:42
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Stage 7 - Now on hard, for your viewing/reading pleasure!
Ok, i've ramped it up a notch. I'll be playing on hard from now on. And now... on with the show!
Today's stage is gonna be a difficult one. The bumps in the road might seem minor, but with a reduced team of only 6 riders, and a few of them feeling the strain of a week of racing, it's gonna be a big impact. I expect the peleton to be chasing any breaks hard when we hit the steepest bumps. My plan is to try and keep any breaks at a reasonable distance, untill the bigger teams step up and do the work. With tomorrows mountain stage i know my chances in the GC are slim to none. Wasting energy on chasing a break isnt gonna help me.
As expected a break went fairly early. After an initial 4, another 3 went to link up. The wind had picked up again and i was already dreading the impact this would have on my support riders.
I set my riders to relay at a moderate intensity to minimize the time lost. The strong wind did drain them quite quick and soon Volksbank and Acqua e Sapone took over.
The peleton was on the verge of breaking up as the pace up front was furious. My support cast was dropped one by one and i think the weakness of my squad for this race is really starting to show. Jochen and Stefan managed to hold on, but both were feeling tired today and the explosive lead-outs and sprints we're used to just wasnt there. Our least favorite italian rushed ahead to another victory.
Stage
1 Sergio Marinangeli LPR Brakes - Ballan 4h00'25
2 Olaf Pollack Team Volksbank s.t.
3 Maurizio Biondo Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce s.t.
4 Ángel Vicioso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím s.t.
5 Jochen Summer ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
6 Constantino Zaballa LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím s.t.
7 Daniele Pietropolli LPR Brakes - Ballan s.t.
8 Stefan Radochla ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
9 Volodymyr Zagorodny NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte s.t.
10 Donato Cannone NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte s.t.
75 Matthias Brändle ELK Haus - Simplon + 3'10
79 Stefan Rucker ELK Haus - Simplon + 6'37
84 Daniel Schorn ELK Haus - Simplon + 8'25
85 Simon Schärer ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
GC
1 Stefan Radochla ELK Haus - Simplon 26h26'15
2 Sergio Marinangeli LPR Brakes - Ballan + 50
3 Jochen Summer ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
4 Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo + 52
5 Maurizio Biondo Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce + 1'10
6 Enrico Rossi NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte + 1'14
7 Ángel Vicioso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 1'22
8 Pedro Cardoso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 1'28
9 Francesco Reda NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte + 1'30
10 Vladimir Duma Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce s.t.
63 Matthias Brändle ELK Haus - Simplon + 8'32
66 Daniel Schorn ELK Haus - Simplon + 9'55
73 Stefan Rucker ELK Haus - Simplon + 12'05
82 Simon Schärer ELK Haus - Simplon + 14'17
Sprint
1 Jochen Summer ELK Haus - Simplon 110
2 Stefan Radochla ELK Haus - Simplon 110
3 Sergio Marinangeli LPR Brakes - Ballan 104
Mountain
1 Konstantin Schubert NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte 20
2 José Antonio Garrido LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím 20
3 Alessandro Bertolini Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 20 |
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Posted on 09-02-2009 15:18
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Good start on hard, good luck!
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Posted on 09-02-2009 15:34
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that results much more realistic |
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Posted on 09-02-2009 15:36
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Stage 8 - The decider
It's finally here. The day i've been dreading. I agree it's no L'Alpe d'Huez, but with my sprinters mountain and hill skills in the mid and upper 50s it might as well be. The plan for today is to sit in the peleton as long as i can, and hope i dont loose too much time up the climb. As expected the regular optimists were off early.
Then nothing much happened for a long time. I had no intentions of going after the break, and it seemed noone else had either. As the distance grew the favorites started looking at each other waiting for someone to do something.... and still nothing happened. With 37 km to go, and the break leading with over 14 minutes they finally started attacking.
Up ahead the break were having the time of their life, slowly grinding away at the "not so steep" hill. Donato Cannone from NGC Médical was looking strong.
As several favorites tried to attack up the hill, the pack did wake up slightly, but it was never gonna catch the break. Cannone will probably remember this day for a while.
We were pleased as well. With the pack keeping a slow pace most of the day, all our riders finished with the peleton, and the main contenders didnt gain alot. Both Jochen and Stefan remain in the Top 10 in the GC, a result im very pleased with. It's worth noting that there's no more mountain points left, and how they decided who get's that jersey is beyond me.
Stage
1 Donato Cannone NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte 3h07'05
2 Serafín Martínez Karpin Galicia + 53
3 Elias Schmäh Team Volksbank s.t.
4 Mauricio Soler Barloworld + 9'18
5 Ángel Vicioso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím s.t.
6 Ezequiel Mosquera Karpin Galicia s.t.
7 Maurizio Biondo Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce s.t.
8 Julián Sánchez Pimienta Contentpolis - Murcia s.t.
9 José Serpa Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
10 Gerrit Glomser Team Volksbank + 9'49
24 Daniel Schorn ELK Haus - Simplon + 10'48
31 Matthias Brändle ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
36 Stefan Radochla ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
68 Stefan Rucker ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
80 Jochen Summer ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
82 Simon Schärer ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
GC
1 Donato Cannone NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte 29h39'59
2 Serafín Martínez Karpin Galicia + 40
3 Elias Schmäh Team Volksbank + 3'43
4 Maurizio Biondo Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce + 3'49
5 Ángel Vicioso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 4'01
6 Stefan Radochla ELK Haus - Simplon + 4'09
7 Sergio Marinangeli LPR Brakes - Ballan + 4'59
8 Jochen Summer ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
9 Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo + 5'01
10 Enrico Rossi NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte + 5'23
64 Matthias Brändle ELK Haus - Simplon + 12'41
66 Daniel Schorn ELK Haus - Simplon + 14'04
73 Stefan Rucker ELK Haus - Simplon + 16'14
82 Simon Schärer ELK Haus - Simplon + 18'26
Sprint
1 Jochen Summer ELK Haus - Simplon 110
2 Stefan Radochla ELK Haus - Simplon 110
3 Sergio Marinangeli LPR Brakes - Ballan 104
Mountain
1 Konstantin Schubert NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte 20
2 José Antonio Garrido LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím 20
3 Alessandro Bertolini Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 20
4 Donato Cannone NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte 20 |
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Posted on 09-02-2009 15:38
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ringo182 wrote:
that results much more realistic
I guess Though both Jochen and Stefan have the same sprinting skills as "he who must not be named" from LPR. 
None of my riders have any recovery worth mentioning and they are starting to feel the strain.
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Posted on 09-02-2009 15:52
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Ah I love it! 4 men tied in the first place in the KoM classification 
That was a strange stage but it's really nice that you still have 2 riders in the top10
keep it going
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Posted on 09-02-2009 16:06
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It's worth noting that there's no more mountain points left, and how they decided who get's that jersey is beyond me.
Well in real life it would go to who took the most 1st places then 2nd places etc. Not sure how they work it out on the game. i'm guessing it would be the same. |
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Posted on 09-02-2009 16:13
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ringo182 wrote:
It's worth noting that there's no more mountain points left, and how they decided who get's that jersey is beyond me.
Well in real life it would go to who took the most 1st places then 2nd places etc. Not sure how they work it out on the game. i'm guessing it would be the same.
If that was the case then Cannone should be #1 and not #4 as he's the only one with a stage win out of the 4. Beats me
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Posted on 09-02-2009 16:19
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Quin wrote:
ringo182 wrote:
It's worth noting that there's no more mountain points left, and how they decided who get's that jersey is beyond me.
Well in real life it would go to who took the most 1st places then 2nd places etc. Not sure how they work it out on the game. i'm guessing it would be the same.
If that was the case then Cannone should be #1 and not #4 as he's the only one with a stage win out of the 4. Beats me
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no i mean the most 1st places over the mountain sprint points. if you got your 20 points by winning a couple of sprints but someone else did it by finishing 3rd all the time then you would win. |
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Posted on 09-02-2009 17:50
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Giro di Reggio Calabria
It's off to italy for a three day stage race. I'm still only using be B-squad riders so my expectations aren't high.
Leader H.Starzengruber
Sprinter P. Pichler
Free Riders
J. Valach
S. Schäfer
Support riders
S. Dillier
R. Lauscha
B. Thurau
W. Murer
Starzengruber has the best hill skill of the lot and with a good sprint is going for Top 10 finishes on stages, and hopefully a Top 10 GC spot. Jan Valach is again going on the attack and his main target will be mountain sprints. Most are early in the stages and should be fought over by potential breaks. Pichler will be the main lead-out for Starzengruber and Schäfer will be allowed to go in a break on stage 2 or 3.
Stage 1
Starts hilly, but ends in a long flat stretch. Starzengruber will sit in the pack and try his luck in the sprint, while Valach will go with the break to get the climbers jersey.
A break forms after the first climb with 10 riders. Valach has no trouble getting into it and they soon start working together. As they approach the only classified climb of the day, Jan puts in a good effort in pulling the break up. The break thanks him by letting him take the jersey unchallanged.
As the break hit the flat stretch they held a good lead of 7'30". At one point it did seem like they were going to make it all the way and with 15 km to go they were ahead by 1 minute. But the peleton closed fast and we tried to get our sprint set up. Peter wasnt feeling too good and was hardly able to move Harald up front. He started early and probably blew too much energy.
Still a Top 10 finish was as much as i could expect as Starzengruber isnt a proper sprinter, and more of a lead-out man. We also secured the climbers jersey which was excellent. Jan was delighted with his first bit of success this season after a difficult start.
Stage
1 Mikhaylo Khalilov Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 4h09'41
2 Marco Zanotti Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
3 Uros Murn Adria Mobil s.t.
4 Paride Grillo CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
5 Mauro Richeze CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
6 Hilton Clarke Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
7 Grega Bole Adria Mobil s.t.
8 Mikhail Ignatiev Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
9 René Obst Team 3C Gruppe s.t.
10 Harald Starzengruber ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
17 Peter Pichler ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
41 Wolfgang Murer ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
71 Stefan Schäfer ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
95 Silvan Dillier ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
103 Jan Valach ELK Haus - Simplon + 2'17
106 Bjorn Thurau ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
109 Robert Lauscha ELK Haus - Simplon + 4'44
GC
1 Mikhaylo Khalilov Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 4h09'21
2 Marco Zanotti Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe + 8
3 Uros Murn Adria Mobil + 12
4 Luke Roberts Team Kuota - Senges + 14
5 Paride Grillo CSF Group - Navigare + 20
6 Mauro Richeze CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
7 Hilton Clarke Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
8 Grega Bole Adria Mobil s.t.
9 Mikhail Ignatiev Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
10 René Obst Team 3C Gruppe s.t.
11 Harald Starzengruber ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
18 Peter Pichler ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
42 Wolfgang Murer ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
71 Stefan Schäfer ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
95 Silvan Dillier ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
103 Jan Valach ELK Haus - Simplon + 2'33
106 Bjorn Thurau ELK Haus - Simplon + 2'37
109 Robert Lauscha ELK Haus - Simplon + 5'04
Sprint
1 Mikhaylo Khalilov Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 25
2 Marco Zanotti Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe 20
3 Uros Murn Adria Mobil 16
Mountain
1 Jan Valach ELK Haus - Simplon 6
2 Alessandro Donati Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 4
3 Gregor Gazvoda Perutnina Ptuj 2 |
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Stage 9
A flat criterium around the malaysian capitol. Our goal is to have a the peleton together for a mass-sprint and try to get Stefan or Jochen some bonus time and points. Points would secure the green jersey, and any bonus time would see them climb the GC.
The break went early and consisted of 3 riders, all well behind in the GC.
The pack let them get a good lead, and with 50km to go, and a 4'30" lead i decided to start working for it. Again my tired support crew was called upon to relay up front.
Rucker and Brändle were feeling superb today, so with a sprint coming up, i took them off the relay. Schärer and Schorn worked really hard and with 25 km to go the other teams decided to help out. Schärer and Schorn were soon dropped and rolled in at their own pace.
The peleton swallowed the break soon after. Rucker and Brändle put in some amazing work and delivered Jochen and Stefan up front with 4 km to go.
Jochen took over and pushed hard. At the 3km mark he exploded away, with Stefan right behind. Our least favorite italian was unable to grab Stefan's wheel When Stefan took over and Jochen dropped back we were 10 meters ahead with 700 meters to go. There could be only one result!
An amazing result! Stefan secured the green jersey for us, and jumped to 3rd in the GC. Our support riders do deserve most of the credit as they fought for every race and delivered our sprinters to excellent posistions almost every time.
Stage
1 Stefan Radochla ELK Haus - Simplon 1h41'29
2 Dainius Kairelis Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce s.t.
3 Sergio Marinangeli LPR Brakes - Ballan s.t.
4 Jochen Summer ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
5 Maurizio Biondo Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce s.t.
6 Olaf Pollack Team Volksbank s.t.
7 Daniele Pietropolli LPR Brakes - Ballan s.t.
8 Massimiliano Gentili Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
9 Laurent Beuret NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte s.t.
10 Manuel Vázquez Contentpolis - Murcia s.t.
48 Stefan Rucker ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
52 Matthias Brändle ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
84 Simon Schärer ELK Haus - Simplon + 2'50
85 Daniel Schorn ELK Haus - Simplon + 5'59
GC
1 Donato Cannone NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte 31h21'28
2 Serafín Martínez Karpin Galicia + 1'49
3 Stefan Radochla ELK Haus - Simplon + 3'49
4 Maurizio Biondo Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce s.t.
5 Ángel Vicioso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 4'01
6 Sergio Marinangeli LPR Brakes - Ballan + 4'51
7 Elias Schmäh Team Volksbank + 4'52
8 Jochen Summer ELK Haus - Simplon + 4'59
9 Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo + 5'01
10 Enrico Rossi NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte + 5'23
62 Matthias Brändle ELK Haus - Simplon + 12'41
69 Stefan Rucker ELK Haus - Simplon + 16'14
82 Daniel Schorn ELK Haus - Simplon + 20'03
84 Simon Schärer ELK Haus - Simplon + 21'16
Sprint
1 Stefan Radochla ELK Haus - Simplon 135
2 Jochen Summer ELK Haus - Simplon 124
3 Sergio Marinangeli LPR Brakes - Ballan 120
Mountain
1 Konstantin Schubert NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte 20
2 José Antonio Garrido LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím 20
3 Alessandro Bertolini Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 20
4 Donato Cannone NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte 20
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