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| the_hoyle |
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 15th - 22th May 2011 - Amgen Tour of California
Whilst the world's eyes are on Italy and the Giro, the Amgen Tour of Calfornia kicks off in the US.
HTC come to the race with three goals. Stage victories, the Points Jersey and a podium placement on GC.
I will lead the team in the sprints, where my lead out train will be made up by Mark Renshaw, Bernie Eisel and Danny Pate.
Tejay van Garderen will lead the team on the road, supported by Peter Velits and Tony Martin.
Craig Lewis completed the line up, and will work with a domestique to the team.
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1. A.Contador
2. J.J.Haedo
3. L.S.Haedo
4. K.Klostergaard
5. B.Noval
6. R.Porte
7. L.Roberts
8. B.Vandborg
Leopard
11. A.Schleck
12. D.Bennati
13. F.Cancellara
14. J.Fuglsang
15. S.O'Grady
16. J.Posthuma
17. T.Stamsnijder
18. R.Wagner
Liquigas
21. V.Nibali
22. I.Basso
23. M.Bodnar
24. T.Duggan
25. E.King
26. K.Koren
27. D.Nerz
28. E.Viviani
Lampre
31. D.Cunego
32. A.Balloni
33. V.Buts
34. A.Kashechkin
35. D.Kostyuk
36. D.Krivtsov
37. A.Malori
38. S.Spilak
Sky
41. B.Wiggins
42. E.Boasson Hagen
43. S.Gerrans
44. M.Hayman
45. G.Henderson
46. T.Löfkvist
47. B.Swift
48. G.Thomas
The Shack
51. L.Leipheimer
52. S.Bewley
53. J.Brajkovic
54. R.Hunter
55. M.Irizar
56. A.Klöden
57. G.Rast
58. B.Selander
Garmin
61. R.Hesjedal
62. T.Danielson
63. R.Hammond
64. T.Hushovd
65. A.Klier
66. M.Maaskant
67. J.Vansummeren
68. M.Wilson
HTC
71. T.Martin
72. M.Cavendish
73. B.Eisel
74. C.Lewis
75. D.Pate
76. M.Renshaw
77. T.Van Garderen
78. P.Velits
Saur - Sojasun
81. J.Coppel
82. C.Bessy
83. J.Galland
84. F.Jeandesboz
85. S.Joly
86. J.Marino
87. P.Poux
88. J.Simon
UnitedHealthcare
91. R.Sutherland
92. R.Förster
93. A.Hegyvari
94. C.Jones
95. K.Menzies
96. B.Van Poppel
97. C.Wegelius
98. B.White
BMC
101. G.Hincapie
102. A.Ballan
103. C.Barton
104. B.Bookwalter
105. M.Burghardt
106. C.Butler
107. I.Santaromita
108. G.Van Avermaet
Cofidis
111. N.Vogondy
112. Y.Bagot
113. L.Duque
114. J.Fouchard
115. K.Ista
116. L.Á.Maté
117. T.Valentin
118. R.Zingle
Acqua & Sapone
121. V.Miholjevic
122. P.Ciavatta
123. F.Di Paolo
124. A.Donati
125. S.Masciarelli
126. A.Proni
127. F.Taborre
Caja Rural
131. Í.Cuesta
132. A.Galdos
133. A.Ryabkin
Team Type 1
141. A.Efimkin
142. A.Ilesic
143. Benj.King
144. J.Kocjan
145. J.Megías
146. K.Reijnen
147. A.Shmidt
148. S.Stewart
Endura Racing
151. J.Bauer
152. A.Blain
153. D.Clarke
154. R.Mandri
155. E.Oliphant
156. R.Partridge
157. A.Wetterhall
158. I.Wilkinson
Skil
161. Y.Huguet
162. K.De Kort
163. F.Han
164. C.Ji
165. M.Kittel
166. A.Timmer
167. K.Van Hummel
168. T.Veelers
Veranda's
171. J.Venter
172. S.Caethoven
173. D.Cappelle
174. S.De Wilde
175. G.Habeaux
176. S.Van Dijk
177. K.Van Melsen
178. E.Verbist
SpiderTech
181. S.Tuft
182. G.Boivin
183. F.De Luna
184. L.Euser
185. M.Gilbert
186. S.Lambert-Lemay
187. B.Langlois
188. J.P.McCarty
An Post
191. D.Hollanders
192. G.Bagdonas
193. S.Bennett
194. M.Debusschere
195. A.Fenn
196. P.Ghyllebert
197. R.McLaughlin
198. K.Terweduwe
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Posted on 24-10-2012 11:31
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Ian Butler wrote:
Anton riding well.
Beautiful win for Rujano, though 
Anton is riding really well. Marco is nicely just behind in 2nd though. The other GC favourites seem unable to keep up on the climbs. Roche is looking dangerous as well.
A full team rundown is going to be posted on the race day in 2 stages time.
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Posted on 24-10-2012 12:26
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Shame that the Team has lost the two jerseys in Italy, hope they get them back 
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Posted on 24-10-2012 12:32
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sutty68 wrote:
Shame that the Team has lost the two jerseys in Italy, hope they get them back
And lets have a Great time in California
Goss lost the Under 25 jersey as soon as the route went upwards, and Gretsch and Smukulis lost too much time on early stages to contend.
Pinotti is just 34" back on Anton in second so Pink might be in reach. Other favourites are 1min+ behind Pinotti in GC, so team tactics might change towards a high GC finish instead of just a top10.
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Posted on 24-10-2012 12:49
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Best of luck in America, Mark! I expect at least 2 wins |
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Posted on 24-10-2012 13:00
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Ian Butler wrote:
Best of luck in America, Mark! I expect at least 2 wins
only 2?
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Posted on 24-10-2012 13:03
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At least 2
Something can always go wrong, in every stage |
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Posted on 24-10-2012 13:09
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Ian Butler wrote:
At least 2
Something can always go wrong, in every stage
ah... 2 stage minimum! That's fine by me
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Posted on 24-10-2012 14:28
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Ian Butler wrote:
At least 2
Something can always go wrong, in every stage
Like idiots running along side dressed as hockey players he he |
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Posted on 25-10-2012 20:19
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15th May 2011 - Amgen Tour of California
(S. Lake Tahoe - Northstar)
It's a tough first stage to the Amgen Tour of California. Flat for the most part, but the steep rises will certainly cause some gaps.
A day for Tejay or Peter, who will be on high alert to any GC favourites who might want to get away on the climb 5km from the finish.
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin) took the victory after a nice sprint finish into Northstar. Tejay was the highest placed HTC rider in ninth. I came home with the main peleton 55" back.
| 1 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 4h53'36 | | 2 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 4 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 5 | Alberto Contador | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | ... | | 41 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | + 55 |
| 1 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 4h53'16 | | 2 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 8 | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 12 | | 4 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - ISD | + 20 | | 5 | Alberto Contador | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | ... | | 45 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | + 1'15 |
| 1 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 25 | | 2 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 20 | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | 16 | | 4 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - ISD | 14 | | 5 | Alberto Contador | Saxo Bank SunGard | 12 |
| 1 | Craig Lewis | HTC - Highroad | 10 | | 2 | Koen De Kort | Skil - Shimano | 6 | | 3 | Karl Menzies | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 6 | | 4 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 6 | | 5 | Christopher Jones | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 4 |
| 1 | Tejay Van Garderen | HTC - Highroad | 4h53'36 | | 2 | Jacobus Venter | Veranda's Willems - Accent | s.t. | | 3 | Jérôme Coppel | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 4 | Kristjan Koren | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 5 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky ProCycling | s.t. |
| 1 | Leopard Trek | 14h40'48 | | 2 | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 3 | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 4 | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 5 | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | ... | | 9 | HTC - Highroad | + 55 |
HTC - Highroad Classification Overview
| + 19 |  | 9 | + 19Tejay Van Garderen | + 20 | | + 19 |  | 9 | + 19Tejay Van Garderen | 7pts | | + 19 |  | 1 | + 19Craig Lewis | 10pts | | + 19 |  | 1 | + 19Tejay Van Garderen | 4h53'36 |
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Posted on 25-10-2012 20:23
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 15th May 2011 - Giro d'Italia
(Messina - Etna)
| 1 | Giampaolo Cheula | Geox - TMC | 4h49'30 | | 2 | Frantisek Rabon | HTC - Highroad | + 41 | | 3 | Giovanni Visconti | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. |
| + 19 |  | + 19 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | + 19 |  | + 19 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | | + 19 |  | + 19 | Giampaolo Cheula | Geox - TMC | | + 19 |  | + 19 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC |
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Posted on 26-10-2012 11:29
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Two jerseys from the first stage in America, what a great start
And a nice performance from Rabon in the Giro |
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Posted on 26-10-2012 22:37
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sutty68 wrote:
Two jerseys from the first stage in America, what a great start
And a nice performance from Rabon in the Giro
Thanks Sutty! 2 jerseys in the target really. Green with Cav and Under 25 with Tejay.
Rabon did well, but bad day for Pinotti
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Posted on 27-10-2012 08:28
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I think Tejay could even go for the overall, no?
Mark will definitely get Green! |
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Posted on 27-10-2012 17:05
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Ian Butler wrote:
I think Tejay could even go for the overall, no?
Mark will definitely get Green!
Top 3 is the target with the likes of Contador, wiggins and Schlecks at the race
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Posted on 29-10-2012 19:33
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Apologies to the followers for the lack of updates recently. Been busy at work and had no free time for PCM. Got the next couple of days off, so plenty of racing to come
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Posted on 29-10-2012 21:23
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16th May 2011 - Amgen Tour of California
(Lake Tahoe - Sacramento)
Stage 2 is where I get to stretch my legs for the first time in this year's Amgen Tour of California. Starting high in the Mountains, the route heads down hill very quickly, before ending on the flat in Sacramento.
After his successful day on the road yesterday, Craig will look to defend his KoM jersey.
13km: After quiet start high in the Californian Mountain, it was an attack by Koen De Kort (Skil) that sparked life into the race. With his KoM jersey to defend, Craig set off in pursuit.
27km: On the climb up to the KoM sprint, the break grew in size, and the peleton quickly brought it back. Seizing the opportunity, Craig set off on his own on the climb.
120km: Craig took full points on the climb, extending his lead to 6 points. On the descent, approaching the Intermediate Sprint point, he opened up a lead of over 8'34" on the peleton.
123km: With just Craig on his own out front, I took the sprint for 2nd, picking up 4 points. Lampre decided to pick up the pace, aiding by Sky and Leopard in the chase.
182km: With 30km to go, Craig was brought back. He had nothing left, so he was never going to stay out infront on his own til the finish.
184km: Almost immediately, former World Champion Alessandro Ballan set off on his own, testing the peleton's resolve to chase.
198km: CRASH! Approaching the outskirts of Sacramento, the peleton got caught out on a roundabout. I, along with the rest of the HTC guys, was safely at the front, ahead of the crash, but Race Radio was saying a lot of riders went down, including Alberto Contador and Ivan Basso.
209km: Back at the front, the lead outs began to form, and Sky took full control, with Wiggins working hard for Boasson Hagen.
212km: As the sprint started, Boasson Hagen looked odds on favourite for the win. Sky had done brilliantly to put his in the perfect place...
213km: But they will need to do more than that to beat me! Boasson Hagen had clearly gone too early, and I easily came around him in the final metres to take the win.
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | 5h02'07 | | 2 | Daniele Bennati | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 3 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 4 | Kenny Van Hummel | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 5 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky ProCycling | s.t. |
| 1 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 9h55'23 | | 2 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 12 | | 4 | Kenny Van Hummel | Skil - Shimano | + 18 | | 5 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - ISD | + 20 | | ... | | 17 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | + 51 |
| 1 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 36 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | 29 | | 3 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 26 | | 4 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - ISD | 22 | | 5 | Daniele Bennati | Leopard Trek | 20 |
| 1 | Craig Lewis | HTC - Highroad | 16 | | 2 | Koen De Kort | Skil - Shimano | 10 | | 3 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 6 | | 4 | Karl Menzies | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 6 | | 5 | Alberto Contador | Saxo Bank SunGard | 4 |
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky ProCycling | 9h55'43 | | 2 | Jérôme Coppel | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 3 | Tejay Van Garderen | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 4 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | + 2'23 | | 5 | Kristjan Koren | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 2'45 |
| 1 | Sky ProCycling | 29h47'09 | | 2 | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 3 | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 4 | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 5 | HTC - Highroad | + 55 |
HTC - Highroad Classification Overview
| + 19 | | 11 | + 19Tejay Van Garderen | + 20 | | + 19 | | 2 | + 19Mark Cavendish | 29pts | | + 19 | | 1 | + 19Craig Lewis | 16pts | | + 19 | | 3 | + 19Tejay Van Garderen | + 0 |
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Posted on 29-10-2012 21:25
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that was one hell of a crash, do you know how much time they lost?
and yay cav's
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Posted on 29-10-2012 21:28
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TheManxMissile wrote:
that was one hell of a crash, do you know how much time they lost?
and yay cav's
Contador and Basso lost 2'45", and others came in more than 5'00 behind
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Posted on 29-10-2012 21:40
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16th May 2011 - Giro d'Italia
(Termoli - Teramo)
| 1 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | 3h26'36 | | 2 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 3 | Francesco Chicchi | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. |
| + 19 | | + 19 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | + 19 | | + 19 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | | + 19 | | + 19 | Giampaolo Cheula | Geox - TMC | | + 19 | | + 19 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC |
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