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| Alakagom |
Posted on 26-02-2011 16:10
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Thank you, much apprieciated 
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 26-02-2011 16:18
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great results so far!! excellent work with sky! you are putting british cycling at the pinnacle of the cycling world!
allez team sky!!
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 26-02-2011 18:21
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Thanks hoyle 
Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne
The second cobbled classic this season starts in Western Flanders` city Kuurne goes to Bruxelles and back to Kuurne. The riders have to pass some hills, cobbles and might get problems with the heavy wind in general. As the cobbled parts are just a few the race can be won by less brilliant classic specialists.
Result in 2010
1.  BobbieTraksel Vacansoleil 4:43:16 | | 2. Rick Flens Rabobank | 3.  Ian Stannard Team Sky 0:00:02 | 4.  Hayden Roulston Team HTC -Columbia 0:01:00 | 5.  Dominique Rollin Cervelo TestTeam 0:02:59 | 6.  Thor Hushovd Cervelo TestTeam | 7.  Sébastien Turgot BBOX Bouygues Telecom 0:05:40 | 8.  Davy Commeyne Landbouwkrediet – Colnago 0:05:43 | 9.  Grégory Rast Radioshack 0:05:54 | | 10. Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank 0:05:55 |
Lasy year this race was one of the best, certainly for fans watching it on the tv, Ian Standard showed some class, and this year we will want to repeat ;ast year podium or even better.
Sky Team 2011
 Juan Antonio Flecha
Jeremy Hunt
Kurt-Asle Arvesen
Geraint Thomas
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Matthew Hayman
Ian Stannard
Christopher Sutton
We begin with almost the same squad like in the Omloop, we would want to achieve a podium place but today it might be harder than yesterday. As hagen form (72) is not very good, strong wind and high pace could tire him out. If that happend we might plan something for Flecha and Hunt. Rest of the riders will help put team as good as possible.
Starlist
Spoiler [table=100%]Team Luxembourg
1. F.Cancellara
2. D.Bennati
3. W.Clarke
4. B.Feillu
5. S.O'Grady
6. J.Posthuma
7. T.Stamsnijder
8. W.Weylandt
Quick·Step
11. T.Boonen
12. S.Chavanel
13. G.Ciolek
14. A.Engels
15. D.Malacarne
16. K.Seeldraeyers
17. N.Terpstra
18. K.Van Impe
Katusha
21. F.Pozzato
22. L.Hoste
23. S.Ivanov
24. A.Kuschynski
25. L.Paolini
26. Y.Trofimov
27. M.Vantomme
28. E.Vorganov
Sky
31. J.Flecha
32. K.Arvesen
33. E.Boasson Hagen
34. M.Hayman
35. J.Hunt
36. I.Stannard
37. B.Swift
38. G.Thomas
Garmin
41. T.Hushovd
42. T.Farrar
43. R.Hammond
44. H.Haussler
45. A.Klier
46. M.Maaskant
47. D.Martin
48. J.Van Summeren
Vacansoleil
51. S.Devolder
52. M.Carrara
53. T.De Gendt
54. G.Gardeyn
55. J.Hoogerland
56. B.Leukemans
57. F.Veuchelen
58. L.Westra
Omega Pharma
61. P.Gilbert
62. J.Bakelandts
63. B.De Clercq
64. F.De Greef
65. K.De Haes
66. J.Debusschere
67. A.Greipel
68. J.Van de Walle
Rabobank
71. M.Breschel
72. C.Barredo
73. L.Boom
74. T.Bos
75. G.Brown
76. Ó.Freire
77. S.Kruijswijk
78. S.Langeveld
Saxo Bank
81. N.Nuyens
82. K.Klostergaard
83. G.Larsson
84. B.Noval
85. R.Porte
86. A.Steensen
87. C.A.Sørensen
88. B.Vandborg
BMC
91. G.Hincapie
92. M.Burghardt
93. Y.Eijssen
94. T.Phinney
95. M.Quinziato
96. M.Santambrogio
97. I.Santaromita
98. S.Zahner
HTC - Highroad
101. H.Roulston
102. L.Bak
103. M.Cavendish
104. J.Ghyselinck
105. B.Grabsch
106. A.Rasmussen
107. M.Renshaw
108. K.Siutsou
FDJ
111. F.Guesdon
112. S.Casar
113. S.Chainel
114. Y.Hutarovich
115. G.Meersman
116. F.Mourey
117. T.Pinot
118. A.Vichot
Veranda's
121. S.Scheirlinckx
122. S.Caethoven
123. W.De Vocht
124. T.Degand
125. B.Schmitz
126. A.Van Groen
127. S.Van den Houte
128. J.Vanlandschoot
Landbouwkrediet
131. B.De Waele
132. F.Amorison
133. K.Barbé
134. E.Cammaerts
135. D.Commeyne
136. B.Planckaert
137. B.Scheirlinckx
138. G.Verheyen
Lampre - ISD
141. D.Hondo
142. A.Balloni
143. V.Buts
144. D.Kostyuk
145. D.Pietropolli
146. A.Pérez Arrieta
147. M.Scarponi
148. A.Spezialetti
An Post - Sean Kelly
151. N.Eeckhout
152. B.Brems
153. P.Ghyllebert
154. K.Heytens
155. D.Hollanders
156. P.Hossay
157. B.Scholtes
158. K.Terweduwe
Indeland
161. D.Kopp
162. L.Hagenaars
163. M.Meisen
164. D.Mrosek
165. C.Patron
166. M.Van Ruitenbeek
Topsport
171. S.Joseph
172. D.Cornu
173. P.Jacobs
174. G.Joseph
175. T.Mertens
176. G.Steurs
177. S.Van Vooren
178. P.Vanspeybroeck
Skil - Shimano
181. R.Van Zandbeek
182. B.De Backer
183. J.Fröhlinger
184. A.Geniez
185. S.Geschke
186. Y.Huguet
187. T.Hupond
188. M.Kittel
NetApp
191.J.Del Nero
192. J.Barta
193. E.Baumann
194. C.Benedetti
195. D.Claeys
196. S.Cozza
197. B.Delrot
198. D.Hesselbarth
Jong Vlaanderen
201. S.De Neef
202. B.De Decker
203. S.Pieters
204. S.Steels
205. F.Van Coppernolle
206. N.Van Stappen
207. B.Verraes
208. K.Verwaest
Differdange
211. T.Cuppens
212. S.Cohnen
213. C.Gaoua
214. R.Lesschaeve
215. A.Meenhorst
216. O.Peelman
217. T.Thill
218. M.Tronborg[/table
Favourites
***** Boonen
**** Breschel, Hushvod
*** Freire, Farrar, Pozzato
** Cancellara, Hagen, Gilbert,Flecha
* Maaskant, Chavanel, Nuyens, Devolder, Van Summeren
As it's not entirely dream race for only cooblestones specialist, we should expect mass sprint where the best sprinter with decent cobble abilities should win.
Different to Omloop Het Niuewsblad Vacansoleil is participating with their best squad. Devolder isn't really best sprinter, so it's gonna be intresting what they plan today.
Race will follow shortly.
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Posted on 26-02-2011 19:06
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Alakagom wrote:
Sky Team 2011
Juan Antonio Flecha
Jeremy Hunt
Kurt-Asle Arvesen
Geraint Thomas
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Matthew Hayman
Ian Standard
Christopher Sutton
is Ian Standard a new recruit? there maybe a small typo with that
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| Alakagom |
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@hoyle Good find, thanks
Kuurne - Bruxelles- Kuurne
The hardest part is in the middle of the stage with some pavement and hills. The final kilometres are totally flat and could cause splits because of the heavy wind.
Start in the Kuurne.
For the first 25km surprisingly no attacks, but when we hit the first cobble sector, the first attackers are trying to get away.
The breakaway of the day is created. No important rider is here, the escapees build the gap of around five minutes at the mark of 115km to go.
Jeremy Hunt has an accident of the slippy cobbles and falls, fortunately for us he isn’t injured very much and can continue on.
At the 10km mark the breakaway us finally caught and sprinterts try to positon themselved for the sprint. The middle part of the coruse was slightly boring-ish and nothing interesting happened.
Cancellara tries an attack on the 10km mark immediately after the break is caught ? Will he get away?
The Spartacus attack looked very desperate and he was quickly caught, the sprint teams wouldn’t let anybody get away again, would they?
Next to go Leif Hoste, with 4.3km to go, it’s actually very similar to I terms to the finish where Flecha attacked yesterday, Quickstep with good sprint train for Bonnen on the left, but Geraint Thomas done a fine job on the right brining Hagen to the front. He is slightly tired and timing of the sprint will be crucial.
Haussler launches a very early sprint, our train looking very good, but the Quickstep train is a threat as well.
1.5km to go and Flecha launches Hagen for the sprint and actually Hagen is too tired to outsprint him, but Breschel out of nowhere accelerated strongly and looks to outsprint our two Sky riders.
Sky Team and myself would have never guessed it, will you? Flecha wins the mass sprint in the town of Kuurne. Hagen hangs on and takes second, Breschel looked strong but didn’t have the necessary finish today. Quickstep doing all the hard work today must be disappointed with only 4th for Bonnen. Also this is extrodinaty Hunt takes 5th, he showed some fighting skills and conquered pain, what a finish from him.
Results
| 1 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky ProCycling | 4h46'21 | | 2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 3 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Tom Boonen | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Jeremy Hunt | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 6 | Heinrich Haussler | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 7 | Gerald Ciolek | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Gorik Gardeyn | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 10 | Stijn Devolder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Theo Bos | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | Niki Terpstra | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 13 | Kevin Van Impe | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14 | Thor Hushovd | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 15 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 16 | Óscar Freire | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 17 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 18 | Sebastian Langeveld | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 19 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 20 | Roger Hammond | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 21 | Davide Malacarne | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 22 | Addy Engels | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 23 | Sylvain Chavanel | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 24 | Martijn Maaskant | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 25 | Leif Hoste | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 26 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 27 | Johan Van Summeren | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 28 | Geraint Thomas | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 29 | Nick Nuyens | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 30 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 31 | Sergueï Ivanov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 32 | Bert De Waele | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 33 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 34 | Andreas Klier | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 35 | Wim De Vocht | Veranda's Willems - Accent | s.t. | | 36 | George Hincapie | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 37 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 38 | André Greipel | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 39 | Danilo Hondo | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 40 | Koen Barbé | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 41 | Ian Stannard | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 42 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 43 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 44 | Frederik Veuchelen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 45 | Bert Scheirlinckx | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 46 | Matthew Hayman | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 47 | Kasper Klostergaard | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 48 | Mark Renshaw | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 49 | Davy Commeyne | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 50 | Kenny De Haes | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 51 | Frédéric Amorison | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 52 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 53 | Philippe Gilbert | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 54 | Jens Debusschere | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 55 | Francis De Greef | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 56 | Bart De Clercq | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 57 | Jan Bakelandts | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 58 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 59 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 60 | Stuart O'Grady | Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project | s.t. | | 61 | Fabian Cancellara | Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project | s.t. | | 62 | Wouter Weylandt | Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project | s.t. | | 63 | Daniele Bennati | Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project | s.t. | | 64 | Tom Stamsnijder | Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project | s.t. | | 65 | Joost Posthuma | Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project | s.t. | | 66 | Maxime Vantomme | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 67 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 68 | André Steensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 69 | Brian Vandborg | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 70 | Francesco Van Coppernolle | Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | s.t. | | 71 | Brice Feillu | Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project | + 3'00 | | 72 | William Clarke | Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project | s.t. | | 73 | Francis Mourey | FDJ | s.t. | | 74 | Olivier Peelman | Continental Team Differdange | + 5'40 | | 75 | Bastien Delrot | Team NetApp | s.t. | | 76 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Veranda's Willems - Accent | + 6'20 | | 77 | Hayden Roulston | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 78 | Lars Ytting Bak | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 79 | Marcel Kittel | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 80 | Steven Van Vooren | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 81 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 82 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 83 | Arnoud Van Groen | Veranda's Willems - Accent | s.t. | | 84 | Bert Grabsch | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 85 | Steven Caethoven | Veranda's Willems - Accent | s.t. | | 86 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 87 | James Vanlandschoot | Veranda's Willems - Accent | s.t. | | 88 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 89 | Steve Chainel | FDJ | s.t. | | 90 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 91 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 92 | Bert De Backer | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 93 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 94 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ | s.t. | | 95 | Stijn Joseph | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 96 | Denys Kostyuk | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 97 | Nico Eeckhout | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 98 | Gianni Meersman | FDJ | s.t. | | 99 | Yann Huguet | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 100 | Thomas Degand | Veranda's Willems - Accent | s.t. | | 101 | David Kopp | Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 102 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 103 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 104 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 105 | Thierry Hupond | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 106 | Alex Rasmussen | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 107 | Geert Steurs | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 108 | Eric Baumann | Team NetApp | s.t. | | 109 | Simon Geschke | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 110 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 111 | Pieter Ghyllebert | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 112 | Pieter Vanspeybroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 113 | Baptiste Planckaert | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 114 | Aitor Pérez Arrieta | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 115 | Bram Schmitz | Veranda's Willems - Accent | s.t. | | 116 | Sandy Casar | FDJ | s.t. | | 117 | Alexandre Geniez | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 118 | Sibrecht Pieters | Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | s.t. | | 119 | Pieter Jacobs | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 120 | Jesús Del Nero | Team NetApp | s.t. | | 121 | Tim Mertens | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 122 | Jan Ghyselinck | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 123 | David Hesselbarth | Team NetApp | s.t. | | 124 | Bjorn Brems | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 125 | Frédéric Guesdon | FDJ | s.t. | | 126 | Grégory Joseph | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 127 | Dominique Cornu | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 128 | Bjorn De Decker | Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | s.t. | | 129 | Michael Tronborg | Continental Team Differdange | s.t. | | 130 | Christian Patron | Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 131 | Stijn Steels | Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | s.t. | | 132 | Sven Van den Houte | Veranda's Willems - Accent | s.t. | | 133 | Dimitri Claeys | Team NetApp | s.t. | | 134 | Steven Cozza | Team NetApp | s.t. | | 135 | Luc Hagenaars | Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 136 | Stefan Cohnen | Continental Team Differdange | s.t. | | 137 | Cédric Gaoua | Continental Team Differdange | s.t. | | 138 | Cesare Benedetti | Team NetApp | s.t. | | 139 | Kevin Verwaest | Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | s.t. | | 140 | Dries Hollanders | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 141 | Vitaliy Buts | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 142 | Kess Heytens | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 143 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 144 | Rudy Lesschaeve | Continental Team Differdange | s.t. | | 145 | Tjarco Cuppens | Continental Team Differdange | s.t. | | 146 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 147 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 148 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 149 | Tom Thill | Continental Team Differdange | s.t. | | 150 | Alessandro Spezialetti | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 151 | Jan Barta | Team NetApp | s.t. | | 152 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ | s.t. | | 153 | Alex Meenhorst | Continental Team Differdange | s.t. | | 154 | Nick Van Stappen | Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | s.t. | | 155 | Brice Scholtes | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 156 | Pascal Hossay | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 157 | Geert Verheyen | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 158 | Daniel Mrosek | Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 159 | Marcel Meisen | Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 160 | Emmanuel Van Ruitenbeek | Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 161 | Edwig Cammaerts | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 162 | Mauro Santambrogio | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 163 | Richie Porte | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 164 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 165 | Alfredo Balloni | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 166 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 167 | Simon Zahner | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 168 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 169 | Ivan Santaromita | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 170 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ | s.t. | | 171 | Kenny Terweduwe | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 12'20 | | 172 | Steven De Neef | Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | s.t. | | 173 | Benjamín Noval | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 15'16 | | 174 | Benjamin Verraes | Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | s.t. |
Would you believe it ? Flecha wins the first two cobbled classics of the seson in a row, great start for us.
I am thinking of changing to extreme now, just gonna wait till Paris-Nice and T-A to see what the results will be like.
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Posted on 26-02-2011 20:33
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Posted on 26-02-2011 20:35
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Nice double win and 5th place.
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@ Thanks all I got the timing spot on and Flecha had enough in the tank to take it.
Tomorrow last race of February for us GP di Lugano and overview of February, so stay tuned
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Posted on 26-02-2011 21:38
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Great result..you will do just fine when changing to extreme...no need to wait.. |
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Posted on 27-02-2011 12:41
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baia wrote:
Great result..you will do just fine when changing to extreme...no need to wait..
Thanks, I think at the start of March gonna change to extreme as see as it goes. GP di Lugano coming soon.
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Gran Premio di Lugano
The Gran Premio di Lugano is a hilly one day road bicycle race held annually in Lugano, Switzerland. Record champion is the Italian Marco Vitali, who won it 3 times.
Result in 2010
1.  Roberto Ferrari (De Rosa - Stac Plastic) ITA 3:40:19 | 2.  Jure Kocjan (Carmiooro - Ngc) SLO s.t. | | 3. Giampaolo Cheula (Footon - Servetto) ITA s.t. | | 4. Maxime Bouet (AG2R - La Mondiale) FRA s.t. | | 5. Ermanno Capelli (Footon - Servetto) ITA s.t. | | 6. Gianluca Brambilla (Colnago - CSF Inox) ITA s.t. | | 7. Leonardo Bertagnolli (Androni Giocattoli) ITA s.t. | | 8. Matej Gnezda (Adria Mobil) SLO 0:00:08 | | 9. Kristjan Fajt (Adria Mobil) SLO s.t. | | 10. Iban Mayoz Etxebarria (Footon - Servetto) SPA 0:00:23 |
Last yeat winner Roberto Ferrari won't be here to defend his title, Cionie was our best placed rider on 16th and this year we will try to imporve that.
Sky Team 2011
 Thomas Löfkvist
 Christian Knees
Simon Gerrans
Dario Cioni
Peter Kennaugh
Serge Pauwels
Xavier Zandio
Stephen Cummings
Our squad here looks super strong but it isn't really, Gerrans came here to imporve his fitness (67), same with Lofkvist (71), Knees has the best fitness (77), but as consequence we brought good squad to help out of three leaders, the race is gonna be tought and we need preserve every bit of energy possible. We still unsure wheter Gerrans should help out Lofkvist and Knees or rider as one of the leaders.
Starlist
Spoiler | Katusha | | 1. A.Kolobnev | | 2. P.Brutt | | 3. G.Caruso | | 4. J.Horrach | | 5. V.Karpets | | 6. A.Losada | | 7. A.Mironov | | 8. A.Ovechkin | | Liquigas | | 11. V.Nibali | | 12. V.Agnoli | | 13. I.Basso | | 14. F.Bellotti | | 15. E.Capecchi | | 16. P.Sagan | | 17. S.Szmyd | | 18. A.Vanotti | | BMC | | 21. K.Kroon | | 22. C.Barton | | 23. C.Butler | | 24. M.Frank | | 25. J.Louder | | 26. S.Morabito | | 27. M.Schär | | 28. J.Tschopp | | Sky | | 31. S.Gerrans | | 32. D.Cioni | | 33. S.Cummings | | 34. P.Kennaugh | | 35. C.Knees | | 36. T.Löfkvist | | 37. S.Pauwels | | 38. X.Zandio | | Quick·Step | | 41. J.Pineau | | 42. D.Cataldo | | 43. M.De Maar | | 44. K.De Weert | | 45. D.Devenyns | | 46. F.Reda | | 47. J.Tratnik | | 48. K.Vandewalle | | Geox | | 51. D.Menchov | | 52. M.Ardila | | 53. D.Blanco | | 54. F.Duarte | | 55. F.Felline | | 56. N.Gianetti | | 57. M.Pelucchi | | 58. M.Wyss | | AG2R | | 61. R.Nocentini | | 62. G.Bonnafond | | 63. M.Bouet | | 64. J.Gadret | | 65. D.Le Lay | | 66. J.Loubet | | 67. J.Peraud | | 68. C.Riblon | | Vacansoleil | | 71. R.Riccò | | 72. M.Belkov | | 73. S.Lagutin | | 74. M.Marcato | | 75. W.Poels | | 76. R.Ruijgh | | 77. M.Selvaggi | | 78. J.Van Leijen | | Lampre - ISD | | 81. L.Bertagnolli | | 82. M.Bono | | 83. A.Kashechkin | | 84. D.Loosli | | 85. E.Magazzini | | 86. M.Marzano | | 87. P.Niemiec | | 88. D.Righi | | Astana | | 91. F.Kessiakoff | | 92. A.Dyachenko | | 93. D.Fofonov | | 94. A.Grivko | | 95. T.Kangert | | 96. R.Kiserlovski | | 97. E.Petrov | | 98. G.Stangelj | | Movistar | | 101. J.M.Soler | | 102. A.Amador | | 103. I.Erviti | | 104. B.Intxausti | | 105. C.Oyarzun | | 106. R.Plaza | | 107. F.Pérez | | 108. E.Sanz | | The Shack | | 111. S.Paulinho | | 112. M.Busche | | 113. P.Deignan | | 114. B.Hermans | | 115. G.Lequatre | | 116. J.McCartney | | 117. D.Muravyev | | 118. I.Rovny | | Farnese Vini | | 121. P.Sinkewitz | | 122. T.Bertolini | | 123. O.Bulgarelli | | 124. D.Caccia | | 125. F.Failli | | 126. M.Graziato | | 127. S.Mancuso | | 128. A.Noè | | Euskaltel | | 131. J.J.Oroz | | 132. P.Cazaux | | 133. E.Martínez | | 134. M.Mínguez | | 135. R.Pérez | | 136. R.Sicard | | 137. I.Velasco | | 138. G.Verdugo | | Colnago | | 141. D.Pozzovivo | | 142. G.Brambilla | | 143. M.Caddeo | | 144. F.Canuti | | 145. P.Locatelli | | 146. A.Pagani | | 147. F.Savini | | 148. S.Stortoni | | Acqua & Sapone | | 151. V.Miholjevic | | 152. C.Betancourt | | 153. P.Ciavatta | | 154. M.Codol | | 155. A.Masciarelli | | 156. D.Ortega | | 157. L.Pierfelici | | 158. C.Sarmiento | | Garmin | | 161. D.Lloyd | | 162. K.Carlsen | | 163. J.Dean | | 164. M.Kreder | | 165. C.Meyer | | 166. T.Peterson | | 167. P.Stetina | | 168. M.Wilson | | CDC - Cavaliere | | 171. L.Ascani | | 172. D.D'Angelo | | 173. M.Dimic | | 174. H.Frusto | | 175. G.Muraglia | | 176. B.Riccio | | 177. A.M.Richeze | | 178. D.Stankovic | | De Rosa | | 181. P.Vila | | 182. P.Bailetti | | 183. O.Berdos | | 184. S.Borchi | | 185. M.Fedi | | 186. E.Girardi | | 187. G.Maggiore | | 188. F.Rocchetti | | Miche | | 191. F.Baliani | | 192. S.Campagnaro | | 193. L.Pinizzotto | | 194. G.Randazzo | | 195. L.Rocchetti | | 196. V.Zagorodny | | Amore & Vita | | 201. V.Bileka | | 202. B.Colex | | 203. J.Dabrowski | | 204. F.Fognini | | 205. V.Kogut | | 206. P.Moren | | 207. J.Novak | | 208. K.Vollon | | Vorarlberg - Corratec | | 211. M.Schöffmann | | 212. J.Benetseder | | 213. C.Fankhauser | | 214. D.Hrinkow | | 215. P.Ludescher |
Favourites
***** Kolobnev
**** Kroon, Nibali
*** Löfkvist, Pineau, Nocentini
** Riccó, Menchov, Basso, Knees
* Soler, Kessiakoff, Bertagnolli, Karpets, Gerrans
Quite a strong starting field here and many of those riders will be contenders for top 15 in the the Ardennes. Kolobnev in form should win this race, but we are not sure about his form yet, the winner may be suprising, but I guess we will see what will happen when we start racing, Cheerio.
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 27-02-2011 16:24
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going strong on hard. I can see it happening on extreme. |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 27-02-2011 20:57
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Gran Premio di Lugano
Lugano– Lugano
The course goes over 5 laps of the smaller hills and then 5 times over the higher hills, where we expect many attacks. The course is quite tough, riders not in form will suffer a lot today.
The start is really tough, who are those American fans cheering for?
There were couple of unsuccessful attack on the small hills, but now when we are on the flat part the breakaway is stating to form.
They didn’t last for very long and were caught at 150km mark.
Lampre and Liquigas were doing very high pace today, both teams are feeling good about Nibali and Bertagnolli chances today.
At the beginning of the second hill three riders attacked, Pavel Brutt (Katusha), Francesco Failli (ISD), and Andrea Masciarelli (Acqua).
Knees tried few attacks on the hills but all were not successful.
21km to go and Liquigas was leading the peloton furiously, the breakaway had two minutes advantage and is looked that they could make it.
2km to the top of the hill and John Gadret attacks, this move is immediately followed by Riccó, Plaza and Lofkvist. Will they catch the break ?
5km to go and break looks to won the stage, though Masciarelli felled back on the decent, it would be sprint against Brut and Failli.
Pavel Brutt takes it, in the background John Gadret takes third follow by Riccó. Lofkvist gets 6th, slightly disappointing, but still good result with his fitness. Knees also on 15th is good result with him in the mass sprint. But in the end Brrrr takes it
Result
| 1 | Pavel Brutt | Katusha Team | 5h37'22 | | 2 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 3 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 4 | Riccardo Riccò | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | + 32 | | 6 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 7 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 8 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 10 | David Le Lay | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 11 | Dries Devenyns | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 13 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 14 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 15 | Christian Knees | Sky ProCycling | s.t. |
I had to do the report fast, so sorry for any mistakes in it, decided to give Extreme a go, and the from the first race in March, Sky is going all out on Extreme.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 28-02-2011 08:29
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To finish off month of February today big month review, and then we are off to start one of the busiest for us months.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 28-02-2011 08:43
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Pavel Brrrrr! 
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| baia |
Posted on 28-02-2011 17:27
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Good decision from you..wish you luck in extreme.. |
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| roturn |
Posted on 28-02-2011 17:49
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I like extreme. Also it will be a big difference now for you.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 28-02-2011 20:22
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@Pellizotti2 Brrrrr
@baia and roturn
Thank you, I am too excited how the level of play will change, time to set new tactics Sorry for no reports, had busy day today, but tomorrow there is one coming for sure
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 28-02-2011 20:41
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good news. Extreme brings a new level of respect. |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 01-03-2011 22:06
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@ Thanks wacko
21. February - 28. February
Race results
Vuelta a Andalucia (21.02-25.02)
1. Stage:
| 1. Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) 4h30’16” | | 2. David López (Movistar) +35” | | 3. Xavier Tondo (Movistar) +35” | | 4. Maxim Ingliskiy (Astana) +35” | | 5. Janez Brajkovic (Shack) +35” |
The first and only mountain stage in this tour ended with Vinokourov dominance, if nothing ridiculous happen Vinokourov should take his first overall victory of the season here.
2. Stage:
| 1. Robert Hunter (Shack) 3h43’28” | | 2. Tom Veelers (Shimano) +0” | | 3. Kenny Van Hummel (Shimano) +0” |
Robert Hunter was triumphant in the mass sprint closely followed by two Shimano riders. It’s his first victory this season.
3. Stage:
| 1. Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) 3h44’13” | | 2. Micro Lorenzetto (Astana) +12” | | 3. Janez Brajkovic (Shack) +12” | | 4. Paul Martens (Rabobank) +24” | | 5. Leonardo Duque (Cofidis) +24” |
Vinokourov proves his dominance winning the next hilly stage, Lorenzetto won sprint against Brajkovic to make it 1-2 for Astana.
4. Stage:
| 1. Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) 11’08” | | 2. Xavier Tondo (Movistar) +0” | | 3. Jos Van Emden (Rabobank) +1” | | 4. Vasil Kiryienka (Movistar) +2” | | 5. Janez Brajkovic (Shack) +3” |
3rd victory out of four possible, can anyone stop the Kazakh?
5. Stage:
| 1. Enrico Gasparatto (Astana) 4h02’45” | | 2. Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) +0” | | 3. Vasil Kiryienka (Movistar) +23” | | 4. Janez Brajkovic (Shack) +23” | | 5. José Iván Gutiérrez (Movistar) +49" |
Astana rider win once again, at least this time it’s not Vinokourov. With well timed attack Gasparatoo wins the last stage. Did Brajkovic did enough to take the overall from Vino?
Overall Classification
1.  Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) 16h11’59” | | 2. Janez Brajkovic (Shack) +56” | | 3. Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) +1’21” | 4.  Vasil Kiryienka (Movistar) +1’51” | | 5. José Iván Gutiérrez (Movistar) +2’17” |
Unfortunately for him, he wasn’t even close, dominant performance by Kazakh and his team Astana. He looks to be in quite a shape for Paris-Nice or Tirreno-Adriatico.
M:Luis Ángel Maté (Cofidis)
S: Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana)
U25: Jonathan Castroviejo (Euskatel)
T: Pro Team Astana
Giro di Sardegna (23.02-27.02)
1. Stage:
| 1. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) 3h40’25” | | 2. Christophe Le Mével (Garmin) +11” | | 3. Pasquale Muto (Miche) +11” | | 4. Stefano Garzelli (Acqua) +46” | | 5. Marco Frapporti (Colnago) +46” |
Damiano Cunego wins the first victory of Giro Di Sardegna and ends his drought of victories. Looks to be favourite for next stages, as there is none mountain stage.
2. Stage:
| 1. Stefano Garzelli (Acqua) 3h58’57” | | 2. David Zabriskie (Garmin) +0” | | 3. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) +23” | | 4. Emanuele Vona (ISD) +39” | | 5. Pasquale Muto (Miche) +50” |
Stefano Garzelli and David Zabriskie suprsied Cunego with 2km to finish attack, Garzelli had more energy in his legs and won sprint. Will Garzelli fight against Cunego for overall ?
3. Stage :
| 1. Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre) 4h52’25” | | 2. Danilo Napolitano (Acqua) +0” | | 3. Manuel Belletti (Colnago) +0” |
First sprinters day is dominated by the great Italian – Alessandro Petacchi, comfortable sprint finish for him.
4.Stage:
| 1. Pasquale Muto (Miche) 4h09’20” | | 2. Alexander Efimkin (Team 1) +0” | | 3. David Zabriskie (Garmin) +0” | | 4. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) +31” | | 5. Stefano Garzelli (Acqua) +31" |
Today was the last hilly stage and Cunego followed Garzelli every move and the Acqua rider couldn’t create any gap. But Cunego didn’t expect Zabriskie attack, and the American lost again in the sprint but won 31 seconds to Cunego, what that enough to take overall ?
5. Stage:
| 1. Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre) 3h09’55” | | 2. Danilo Napolitano (Acqua) +0” | | 3. Oscar Gatto (ISD) +0” |
Two in a row for Petacchi, Napolitano and Gatto with close sprint for second.
Overall Classification
| 1. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) 19h51’28” | 2.  David Zabriskie (Garmin) +0” | | 3. Pasquale Muto (Miche) +7” | | 4. Stefano Garzelli (Acqua) +31” | 5.  Alexander Efimkin (Team 1) +1’11” |
Damiano Cunego triumphs, but by how much? If Zabriskie won the last stage, he would have been crowned the winner, but he couldn’t and victory goes to Cunego. Good start of the season for him.
S: Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre)
M: Pierpaolo De Negri (ISD)
U25: Davide Bonuccelli (CDC)
T: Acqua & Sapone
Clasica de Almeria (28.02)
| 1. Valentin Iglinskiy (Astana) 4h25’12” | | 2. Adrían Palomares (Andalucía) +0” | 3.  Hugo Sabido (Rota Móveis) +1’05” |
Valentin Iglinskiy takes his biggest victory in Almeria. Congratulations to him, and once again we see Astana dominating, they looking as the team to beat at the next Pro Tour races.
Classica Sarda Olbia-Pantogia (28.02)
| 1. Vladimir Gusev (Katusha) 4h13’55” | | 2. Egor Silin (Katusha) +0” | | 3. Cyril Dessel (AG2R) +0” | | 4. Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil) +1’13” | | 5. Reinier Honig (Landbouwkrediet) +1’13” |
Katsuha makes the double, that was the headline today, Vladimir Gusev was very nicely lead-out by Egor and started his season to a perfect start.
Tomorrow, month review hopefully. Also i created poll, basically I enjoy making every report I make, but in time I do this report I may have done reported one or two races, it takes a lot of time to make the 'other results' report, my question to you do you prefer it like that and do you enjoy reading them ? Or you just want to have the races ? Comments and feedback very much apprieciated. I also creaed poll too see what you think, and thanks in advance
I wanted to do the poll but I don't know how to  So every comment very much appreciated
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