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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 03-02-2010 16:21
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The big races in cycling usually start with the Paris - Nice and this year is not an exception. Luis Leon Sanchez won it last year but it looks harder to repeat that now, with riders like Valverde, Contador, Evans, Armstrong, Kloden, Nibali or Kirchen here.
Contador looks like the main favorite but this is going to be the first race he is going to ride this year so we shouldn't expect too much from him as we don't have any idea about his current level.
Team Sky will be lead in France by 2 Brits: Bradley Wiggins and Ben Swift. But neither of them seems to have a great form at the moment so we should expect too much from them either, even though Wiggins might sneak into the top 10 overall at the end of the race.
Teak Sky for Paris - Nice:
 Kurt - Asle Arvesen
 John Lee Augustyn
 Sylvain Calzati
 Serge Pauwels
Nicolas Portal
 Chris Sutton
 Ben Swift
Bradley Wiggins
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 03-02-2010 16:26
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Great to see Ben Swift there!Will he be your main sprinter or just the lead-out-man for Sutton? |
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| purepasd |
Posted on 03-02-2010 16:46
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What is Ben swift´s Sprint attribute?? |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 03-02-2010 16:49
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Batista15 wrote:
Great to see Ben Swift there!Will he be your main sprinter or just the lead-out-man for Sutton?
he'll be the main sprinter but as I said he doesn't have a great form at the moment.
purepasd wrote:
What is Ben swift´s Sprint attribute??
you can see his original stats in the first post and the new ones in the February rider of the month review / March presentation post 
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Posted on 03-02-2010 16:56
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Yes but i think you said he raised in sprint |
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Posted on 03-02-2010 17:00
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that's what I meant by the new stats in the March calendar post. If you click on his name you'll get to a picture with his new stats, which are 77 now in sprint.
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| purepasd |
Posted on 03-02-2010 17:03
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alexkr00 wrote:
that's what I meant by the new stats in the March calendar post. If you click on his name you'll get to a picture with his new stats, which are 77 now in sprint.
Ah okay my bad. |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 03-02-2010 17:34
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The first stage in Paris - Nice is an individual time - trial in Amilly, but since it's only 9 kilometers long it should make any big gaps between the favorites, which will be fighting in the mountains to take this year's Paris - Nice overall win. For today's stage the main favorites are Contador, Gustav Larsson, Wiggins and Tony Martin
Valverde was the first rider at the start and he came with quite a nice time 11 minutes and 12 seconds
Millar was very close to beat his time, but took only a previous second place, less than one second behind the Spaniard
Paris - Nice is always one of Chavanel's best races and this year doesn't look to be an exception. He takes the lead by beating Valverde's time with 5 seconds
Another French man with a good ride today was Sebastien Joly, who was just 4 seconds slower than Sylvain Chavanel
Kirchen is Katusha's main rider for the mountains and for this TT as well but he had a rather disappointing result, losing 17 seconds to Chavanel
Nibali was even more disappointing than that losing 26 seconds to the Quick Step rider
Larsson was the big favorite at the start of the day and he managed to beat Chavanel. But his time wasn't an amazing one, being just 3 seconds faster than the French man
Luis Leon Sanchez won last year's Paris - Nice after a big mistake from Contador. This year he isn't even the team leader and this TT didn't make it any better for him losing 53 seconds to Larsson and 45 to Valverde
Even though this is Contador first official race of the year he put in a very strong ride and he beat Larsson's time even though he did it only for a second
Tony Martin was another rider that disappointed today. After being one of the main favorites at the start of the day he finished 13 seconds behind Contador
Evans won the Aussie National time - trial but this one has bigger names and he was even slower than Martin, losing 14 seconds to Contador
After showing some nice time - trial skills in Andalucia, Gerdemann did it again today and he came with an amazing time, beating Contador's time by 4 seconds. He looks to be the main favorite now to become the first leader in this year's Paris - Nice!
It looks like 7 Tour de Frances aren't going to help you too much when it comes to Paris - Nice as Armstrong loses 18 seconds to Gerdemann
Wiggins was the last rider to start today but he wasn't able to Gerdemann's time either, who wins the opening time - trial of Paris - Nice 2010. Wiggins was really far away from beating the German's time finishing 22 seconds behind him, on the 26th place
Results
| 1. | Linus Gerdemann | Team Milram | 10'59 | | 2. | Alberto Contador | Astana | + 4 | | 3. | Gustav Erik Larsson | Team Saxo Bank | + 5 | | 4. | Sylvain Chavanel | Quick·Step | + 8 | | 5. | Niki Terpstra | Team Milram | + 11 | | 6. | Sébastien Joly | Saur - Sojasun | + 12 | | 7. | Alejandro Valverde | Caisse d'Epargne | + 13 | | 8. | David Millar | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 9. | Rémy Cusin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 10. | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 11. | Frantisek Rabon | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 12. | Marco Pinotti | Team HTC - Columbia | + 15 | | 13. | Jérôme Coppel | Saur - Sojasun | + 17 | | 14. | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 15. | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 18 |
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| baia |
Posted on 03-02-2010 19:29
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Not bad,you still have more chances for better performances... |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 03-02-2010 20:27
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Even though there's climb with just 10 kilometers before the finish this seems to be a stage made for sprinters, which can be only good news for Lovkvist
On the downhill from that last climb of the day there was quite a big crash in the pack. Some important names were caught there and lost their positions in the general classification: Rovny, Machado and Efimikin
Once again the last climb proved to be too hard for Henderson and he wasn't able to fight in the sprint. Flecha and Vigano couldn't do a better job either and they just followed the Cervelo train, which was clearly the strongest one of the day
Vicioso had a nice lead - out on the other side of the road but inside the last kilometer it was a rider who followed the Cervelo train, who was in the lead. But it wasn't Bos, it was Barbosa
Barbosa showed once again his power in the Continental races, where he is leading the individual classification, and took his second stage win here. Lovkvist finished safety in the pack and he is the winner of Vuelta a Murcia 2010!
Stage
| 1. | Cândido Barbosa | Palmeiras Resort - Tavira | 3h19'25 | | 2. | Ángel Vicioso | Andalucía Cajasur | s.t. | | 3. | Krzysztof Jezowski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 4. | Theo Bos | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 5. | Yury Trofimov | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | | 6. | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7. | José Herrada | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 8. | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 9. | Tomasz Smolen | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 10. | Tom Leezer | Rabobank | s.t. | | 11. | Davide Viganò | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12. | Matteo Tosatto | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 13. | Roberto Ferrari | De Rosa - Stac Plastic | s.t. | | 14. | José Luis Arrieta | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 15. | Stefan Denifl | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. |
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| 1. | Thomas Lövkvist | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 16h21'12 | | 2. | Janez Brajkovic | Team RadioShack | + 47 | | 3. | Cândido Barbosa | Palmeiras Resort - Tavira | + 1'01 | | 4. | Ángel Vicioso | Andalucía Cajasur | + 1'18 | | 5. | Constantino Zaballa | Centro Ciclismo de Loulé - Louletano | + 1'26 | | 6. | Nicolas Vogondy | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | + 1'32 | | 7. | Xavier Tondo | Cervélo Test Team | + 2'10 | | 8. | Laurens Ten Dam | Rabobank | + 2'17 | | 9. | Alejandro Porto | Palmeiras Resort - Tavira | + 2'18 | | 10. | David Le Lay | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2'22 | | 11. | David Bernabéu | Barbot - Siper | + 2'25 | | 12. | Yury Trofimov | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | + 2'33 | | 13. | José Ángel Gómez Marchante | Andalucía Cajasur | s.t. | | 14. | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | + 2'39 | | 15. | Oleg Chuzhda | Caja Rural | + 2'58 | | 16. | Vergílio Santos | LA - Rota dos Móveis | + 3'15 | | 17. | Carlos Sastre | Cervélo Test Team | + 3'17 | | 18. | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 3'21 | | 19. | Ricardo Mestre | Palmeiras Resort - Tavira | + 3'24 | | 20. | Dario Cataldo | Quick·Step | + 3'25 |
Points
| 1. | Cândido Barbosa | Palmeiras Resort - Tavira | 100 | | 2. | Ángel Vicioso | Andalucía Cajasur | 66 | | 3. | Thomas Lövkvist | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 50 | | 4. | Theo Bos | Cervélo Test Team | 50 | | 5. | Yury Trofimov | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | 45 |
Mountain
| 1. | Fabio Negri | De Rosa - Stac Plastic | 16 | | 2. | Stefan Denifl | Cervélo Test Team | 11 | | 3. | Thomas Lövkvist | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 10 | | 4. | Ángel Vicioso | Andalucía Cajasur | 8 | | 5. | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 8 |
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| 1. | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 16h23'51 | | 2. | Oleg Chuzhda | Caja Rural | + 19 | | 3. | Dario Cataldo | Quick·Step | + 46 |
Teams
| 1. | Palmeiras Resort - Tavira | 49h10'19 | | 2. | Andalucía Cajasur | + 49 | | 3. | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | + 51 |
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| brownwm |
Posted on 03-02-2010 20:40
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looking forward to the rest of paris-nice
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Posted on 03-02-2010 21:37
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The second stage in Paris - Nice is a stage made for sprinters. Bennati, Ciolek, Boonen, Napolitano and Petacchi are the main favorites of the day but there's predicted some strong wind for the last half of the stage and that might prove to be an important factor in the sprint
Some important names went away from the pack today such as Wynants, Auge, Tjallingii or Turpin. But only Stephane Auge was interested in the KoM jersey and after passing first the 2 summits of the day he will be wearing the polka dot tomorrow
Inside the last 10 kilometers of the stage the rainbow jersey went down. Evans didn't have a great yesterday and he really didn't need this crash
In the pack it's very hard to control the sprint. Arvesen and Sutton tried to build up a train but Swift didn't manage to come into it. This doesn't looks like going to be Ben's race
Ista was the fastest rider in the first meters of the sprint. The Sky and Liquigas train were right behind him in their attempt to find the best position for the sprint
Arvesen looked like have found it but suddenly Sutton started to lose speed and the Norwegian's wheel, which puts Chicci and Bennati in a better position than us
Still Bennati waited to much behind his team - mate's wheel and with a little help from the wind Arvesen made a small gap
Bennati came really fast in the last meters but it was too late to stop the Norwegian Champion, who probably shine for one of the last times in his career. Evans lost almost 4 minutes after his crash as none of his BMC team - mates waited for him. Also Luis Leon Sanchez had some problems losing more than 5 minutes to the pack today, even though he didn't have any technical problems and he wasn't involved in the crash either
Stage
| 1. | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 4h31'18 | | 2. | Daniele Bennati | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | | 3. | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 4. | Jean-Eudes Demaret | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 5. | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | | 6. | Vidal Celis | Footon - Servetto | s.t. | | 7. | Francesco Chicchi | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | | 8. | Matti Breschel | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 9. | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 10. | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 11. | Cyril Dessel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 12. | Danilo Napolitano | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 13. | Thomas Faiers | Footon - Servetto | s.t. | | 14. | Kevyn Ista | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 15. | Gert Steegmans | Team RadioShack | s.t. |
Overall
| 1. | Linus Gerdemann | Team Milram | 4h42'17 | | 2. | Alberto Contador | Astana | + 4 | | 3. | Gustav Erik Larsson | Team Saxo Bank | + 5 | | 4. | Sylvain Chavanel | Quick·Step | + 8 | | 5. | Niki Terpstra | Team Milram | + 11 | | 6. | Sébastien Joly | Saur - Sojasun | + 12 | | 7. | David Millar | Garmin - Transitions | + 13 | | 8. | Alejandro Valverde | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 9. | Frantisek Rabon | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 10. | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 11. | Rémy Cusin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 12. | Marco Pinotti | Team HTC - Columbia | + 15 | | 13. | Daniele Bennati | Liquigas - Doimo | + 17 | | 14. | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 15. | Jérôme Coppel | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. |
Points
| 1. | Linus Gerdemann | Team Milram | 26 | | 2. | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 25 | | 3. | Alberto Contador | Astana | 22 | | 4. | Daniele Bennati | Liquigas - Doimo | 22 | | 5. | Gustav Erik Larsson | Team Saxo Bank | 20 |
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| 1. | Stéphane Augé | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 8 | | 2. | Ludovic Turpin | AG2R La Mondiale | 4 | | 3. | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana | 1 | | 4. | Maarten Wynants | Quick·Step | 1 |
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| purepasd |
Posted on 03-02-2010 21:43
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Nice win congrats |
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Posted on 03-02-2010 21:45
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Good win with Arversen, with that field it is going to be hard to get a good placement, even harder because Wiggins shape isn't top, hope you prove me wrong =D
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 03-02-2010 21:50
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Kami wrote:
Good win with Arversen, with that field it is going to be hard to get a good placement, even harder because Wiggins shape isn't top, hope you prove me wrong =D
Well with a bit of luck he might sneak into the top 10. There's still an another flat stages before the important ones and he might gain a few more fitness points before it gets serious. 
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| brownwm |
Posted on 03-02-2010 21:55
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great win congrats
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| baia |
Posted on 03-02-2010 23:38
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Yep,very nice win... |
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| Bosskardo |
Posted on 04-02-2010 08:59
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Good win with Arvesen
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 04-02-2010 10:04
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thanks guys.
Paris - Nice should continue today and Tirreno - Adriatico is also coming
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| purepasd |
Posted on 04-02-2010 11:15
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alexkr00 wrote:
thanks guys.
Paris - Nice should continue today and Tirreno - Adriatico is also coming Great!! |
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