Rui Costa/Project Legend
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JuanMotr |
Posted on 31-12-2012 15:32
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Hi, Today was one of two decisive stages of this years Tour de Romandie.
We needed everyone in the pack so nobody of our team attacked.
After 40 kms 6 riders got away from the pack. Their gap was constantly rising until they reached 9 minutes on top of the first mountain of the day.
On the flat part after first mountain Ollo and Garro started chasing.
They did one hell of a job. And on start of the second mountain BOD were only 3 minutes in front of the pack. Then it was up to Bruseghin and Garcia to do the pace. But with 2kms to the top of the second mountain, Samy Sanchez started a series of attacks.
I sent Quintana to the front. He gave his all but just before the a start of the last ascend only 2 guys were in front. He was empty so I now could lean only on Alejandro.
Another series of attacks began. Alejandro said that we need to go now or we never catch them. He is more experienced in such situations so I agreed.
I sticked to his wheel and just try to keep up the pace.
We got away. We were in front of everbody. Only 3kms to the top of the mountain and then decend nearly to the finish.
Wiggins couldn´t waited any longer. He knew he have to attack.
Roche also attacked out of the pack.
We were soon on the top.
Valverde is much better decender he threw himself down the mountain like he was on the skies.
After 5 kms Roche caught Wiggins and it became a battle of Us-Them and the pack.
We were 1 minute ahead of them and 2 minutes ahead of pack.
But Roche didn´t wanted to cooperate and the pack soon caught them.
Peloton was only 1,30 minute behind us.
Now the toughest part for us came. 5kms on flat. And against us 4 top TT-ers in their countries.
Tony Martin, Peter Velits, L.L Sanchez and Bradley Wiggins.
After only 2kms they briged the gap to 1 minute.
We were only 3kms from the finish when I said to Valverde thank you brother.I will give you this win. (He would have outsprinted me anyway)
Than he said to me: I know how to make it special. Just look:
I hope it was good satisfaction to him for what he did for me.
If you read this Alejandro. Thank you again.
Stage:
1 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte | Movistar Team | 4h53'21 | 2 | Rui Alberto Faria Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | 3 | Rigoberto Urán Urán | Sky ProCycling | + 45 | 4 | Johann Tschopp | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 5 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 6 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 7 | Mikel Nieve Ituralde | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 8 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 9 | Jean-Christophe Péraud | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 10 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky ProCycling | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Oliver Zaugg | RadioShack-Nissan | s.t. | 12 | Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 13 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | s.t. | 14 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | s.t. | 15 | Denis Nikolayevich Menchov | Katusha Team | s.t. | 16 | Luis León Sánchez Gil | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 17 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | s.t. | 18 | Samuel Sánchez González | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 19 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 20 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 21 | Geraint Howell Thomas | Sky ProCycling | + 2'49 | 22 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 23 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas | Movistar Team | + 3'28 | 24 | Morris Possoni | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 25 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | + 4'48 | 26 | Nicolas Roche | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 27 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 28 | Xavier Florencio Cabre | Katusha Team | s.t. | 29 | Giairo Ermeti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 30 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ-Big Mat | s.t. | 31 | Marco Marzano | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 32 | John Gadret | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 33 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 34 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 35 | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 36 | Michael Albasini | Orica GreenEDGE | s.t. | 37 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | 38 | Jakob Fuglsang | RadioShack-Nissan | s.t. | 39 | Gorka Verdugo Markotegui | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 40 | Andreas Klöden | RadioShack-Nissan | s.t. | 41 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 42 | Karsten Kroon | Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | 43 | Anthony Charteau | Team Europcar | s.t. | 44 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 45 | Juan Manuel Gárate Cepa | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 46 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 47 | Evgueni Petrov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 48 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | s.t. | 49 | Robert Kišerlovski | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 50 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | + 6'25 | 51 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | s.t. | 52 | Simone Stortoni | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 53 | Maxime Monfort | RadioShack-Nissan | + 8'35 | 54 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ-Big Mat | + 9'21 | 55 | Salvatore Mancuso | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 56 | Allan Howard Davis | Orica GreenEDGE | + 10'04 | 57 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 58 | Mikhail Borisovich Ignatiev | Katusha Team | s.t. | 59 | Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 60 | Stephen Philip Cummings | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 61 | Zdeněk Štybar | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | s.t. | 62 | Martijn Keizer | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 63 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 64 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | s.t. | 65 | Joost Van Leijen | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 66 | Christian Knees | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | 67 | Mathieu Ladagnous | FDJ-Big Mat | + 11'41 | 68 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ-Big Mat | s.t. | 69 | Jackson Jesus Rodríguez Ortiz | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 15'48 | 70 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 71 | Mikel Landa Meana | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 72 | Wesley Sulzberger | Orica GreenEDGE | s.t. | 73 | Rafaâ Chtioui | Team Europcar | s.t. | 74 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolás | Movistar Team | s.t. | 75 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 76 | Murilo Antonio Fischer | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 77 | Davide Appollonio | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | 78 | Pablo Lastras García | Movistar Team | s.t. | 79 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 80 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 81 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | s.t. | 82 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | 83 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ-Big Mat | s.t. | 84 | Troels Rønning Vinther | Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | 85 | David Tanner | Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | 86 | Francis Mourey | FDJ-Big Mat | s.t. | 87 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre | RadioShack-Nissan | s.t. | 88 | Egoi Martínez de Esteban | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 89 | Maurits Lammertink | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 90 | Daryl Impey | Orica GreenEDGE | s.t. | 91 | Dmytro Krivtsov | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 92 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 93 | Oleksandr Sheydyk | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 94 | Markel Irizar Aranburu | RadioShack-Nissan | s.t. | 95 | Kasper Klostergård Larsen | Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | 96 | Winner Andrew Anacona Gomez | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 97 | Rubén Pérez Moreno | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 17'52 | 98 | Ian Dexter Stannard | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | 99 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ-Big Mat | s.t. | 100 | Jack Bauer | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 101 | Timofey Kritskiy | Katusha Team | s.t. | 102 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | s.t. | 103 | Maarten Tjallingii | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 104 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 105 | Danny Pate | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | 106 | Jack Bobridge | Orica GreenEDGE | s.t. | 107 | Damien Gaudin | Team Europcar | s.t. | 108 | Martin Mortensen | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 109 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 110 | Miguel Armando Ubeto Aponte | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 111 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 112 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 113 | Franck Bouyer | Team Europcar | s.t. | 114 | Iván Velasco Murillo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 115 | Benjamin King | RadioShack-Nissan | s.t. | 116 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | s.t. | 117 | Imanol Erviti Ollo | Movistar Team | + 18'42 | 118 | Hubert Dupont | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 19'55 | 119 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 21'44 | 120 | Valerio Agnoli | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 22'17 | 121 | Francisco Javier Iriarte Garro | Movistar Team | s.t. | 122 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | 123 | Óscar Freire Gómez | Katusha Team | + 24'18 | 124 | Frederik Willems | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 125 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica GreenEDGE | + 25'30 | 126 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. | 127 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | s.t. | 128 | Takashi Miyazawa | Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | 129 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 130 | Tosh Van Der Sande | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 131 | Gregor Gazvoda | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 132 | Grégory Rast | RadioShack-Nissan | s.t. | 133 | Gatis Smukulis | Katusha Team | s.t. | 134 | Theo Bos | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 135 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 136 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 137 | Julien Bérard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 138 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica GreenEDGE | s.t. | 139 | Robert Hunter | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 140 | Koldo Fernández de Larrea | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 141 | Alan Marangoni | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | 142 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 143 | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | 144 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ-Big Mat | s.t. | 145 | Alexander Porsev | Katusha Team | s.t. | 146 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | 147 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 148 | Sébastien Hinault | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 149 | Juraj Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | 150 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | s.t. | 151 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 152 | Sander Cordeel | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 153 | Sam Bewley | Orica GreenEDGE | s.t. | 154 | Edward Carrington King | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | 155 | Tomás Aurelio Gil Martínez | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 156 | Michael Mørkøv Christensen | Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | 157 | Stefano Agostini | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | 158 | Gert Dockx | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 159 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 26'50 | 160 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 27'27 |
GC:
1 | Rui Alberto Faria Costa | Movistar Team | 17h23'54 | 2 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte | Movistar Team | + 19 | 3 | Luis León Sánchez Gil | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'25 | 4 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 1'33 | 5 | Samuel Sánchez González | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'34 | 6 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | + 1'35 | 7 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | 8 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | + 1'40 | 9 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | + 1'42 | 10 | Denis Nikolayevich Menchov | Katusha Team | + 1'49 |
Spoiler 11 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Sharp | + 2'24 | 12 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'27 | 13 | Jean-Christophe Péraud | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2'30 | 14 | Johann Tschopp | BMC Racing Team | + 2'35 | 15 | Geraint Howell Thomas | Sky ProCycling | + 3'27 | 16 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3'38 | 17 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | + 3'52 | 18 | Rigoberto Urán Urán | Sky ProCycling | + 4'52 | 19 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas | Movistar Team | + 5'19 | 20 | Andreas Klöden | RadioShack-Nissan | + 5'47 | 21 | Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 5'48 | 22 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky ProCycling | + 5'51 | 23 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 5'55 | 24 | Morris Possoni | Lampre - ISD | + 6'09 | 25 | Karsten Kroon | Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank | + 6'27 | 26 | Evgueni Petrov | Astana Pro Team | + 6'28 | 27 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 6'31 | 28 | Juan Manuel Gárate Cepa | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 29 | Nicolas Roche | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 6'32 | 30 | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 31 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 32 | Xavier Florencio Cabre | Katusha Team | + 6'34 | 33 | Gorka Verdugo Markotegui | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 6'35 | 34 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | + 6'37 | 35 | Anthony Charteau | Team Europcar | + 6'48 | 36 | Marco Marzano | Lampre - ISD | + 7'31 | 37 | Oliver Zaugg | RadioShack-Nissan | + 7'52 | 38 | Maxime Monfort | RadioShack-Nissan | + 9'26 | 39 | Mikel Nieve Ituralde | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 9'42 | 40 | Michael Albasini | Orica GreenEDGE | + 11'03 | 41 | Stephen Philip Cummings | BMC Racing Team | + 11'28 | 42 | Mikhail Borisovich Ignatiev | Katusha Team | + 11'34 | 43 | Christian Knees | Sky ProCycling | + 11'43 | 44 | John Gadret | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 11'53 | 45 | Jakob Fuglsang | RadioShack-Nissan | + 12'29 | 46 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 12'34 | 47 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ-Big Mat | + 12'36 | 48 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 13'13 | 49 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | + 14'34 | 50 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | + 15'42 | 51 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre | RadioShack-Nissan | + 16'49 | 52 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | + 16'57 | 53 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 21'30 | 54 | Pablo Lastras García | Movistar Team | + 21'49 | 55 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 22'10 | 56 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ-Big Mat | + 23'31 | 57 | Zdeněk Štybar | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | + 24'47 | 58 | Egoi Martínez de Esteban | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 26'48 | 59 | Mathieu Ladagnous | FDJ-Big Mat | + 28'49 | 60 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ-Big Mat | + 29'33 | 61 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 29'35 | 62 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | + 30'18 | 63 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 31'29 | 64 | Giairo Ermeti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 31'44 | 65 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Sharp | + 32'48 | 66 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 33'03 | 67 | Hubert Dupont | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 33'17 | 68 | Simone Stortoni | Lampre - ISD | + 35'09 | 69 | David Tanner | Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank | + 36'10 | 70 | Rafaâ Chtioui | Team Europcar | + 36'47 | 71 | Robert Kišerlovski | Astana Pro Team | + 37'16 | 72 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ-Big Mat | + 38'07 | 73 | Martijn Keizer | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 38'40 | 74 | Troels Rønning Vinther | Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank | + 39'01 | 75 | Óscar Freire Gómez | Katusha Team | + 39'24 | 76 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | + 39'49 | 77 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | + 39'56 | 78 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | + 41'39 | 79 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 41'45 | 80 | Salvatore Mancuso | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 41'50 | 81 | Oleksandr Sheydyk | Lampre - ISD | + 42'40 | 82 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | + 43'28 | 83 | Joost Van Leijen | Lotto Belisol Team | + 44'21 | 84 | Murilo Antonio Fischer | Garmin - Sharp | + 45'03 | 85 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | + 45'05 | 86 | Jackson Jesus Rodríguez Ortiz | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 45'27 | 87 | Rubén Pérez Moreno | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 46'19 | 88 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolás | Movistar Team | + 46'26 | 89 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | + 46'30 | 90 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | + 46'41 | 91 | Imanol Erviti Ollo | Movistar Team | + 48'31 | 92 | Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | + 49'17 | 93 | Frederik Willems | Lotto Belisol Team | + 50'09 | 94 | Allan Howard Davis | Orica GreenEDGE | + 50'15 | 95 | Jack Bauer | Garmin - Sharp | + 50'20 | 96 | Mikel Landa Meana | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 50'40 | 97 | Markel Irizar Aranburu | RadioShack-Nissan | + 50'42 | 98 | Iván Velasco Murillo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 52'51 | 99 | Francis Mourey | FDJ-Big Mat | + 54'32 | 100 | Koldo Fernández de Larrea | Garmin - Sharp | + 54'46 | 101 | Ian Dexter Stannard | Sky ProCycling | + 55'38 | 102 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | + 55'48 | 103 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | + 56'00 | 104 | Kasper Klostergård Larsen | Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank | + 56'10 | 105 | Gregor Gazvoda | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 56'54 | 106 | Daryl Impey | Orica GreenEDGE | + 57'15 | 107 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ-Big Mat | + 57'59 | 108 | Danny Pate | Sky ProCycling | + 59'14 | 109 | Julien Bérard | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 59'20 | 110 | Wesley Sulzberger | Orica GreenEDGE | + 1h00'45 | 111 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1h01'43 | 112 | Davide Appollonio | Sky ProCycling | + 1h01'53 | 113 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 1h02'20 | 114 | Valerio Agnoli | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 1h02'23 | 115 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 1h02'25 | 116 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | + 1h03'22 | 117 | Francisco Javier Iriarte Garro | Movistar Team | + 1h03'31 | 118 | Franck Bouyer | Team Europcar | + 1h04'29 | 119 | Damien Gaudin | Team Europcar | + 1h05'39 | 120 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h05'53 | 121 | Martin Mortensen | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1h06'11 | 122 | Benjamin King | RadioShack-Nissan | + 1h06'14 | 123 | Robert Hunter | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h06'21 | 124 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1h07'22 | 125 | Maarten Tjallingii | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h07'44 | 126 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 1h08'28 | 127 | Grégory Rast | RadioShack-Nissan | + 1h08'59 | 128 | Miguel Armando Ubeto Aponte | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1h09'00 | 129 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | + 1h09'02 | 130 | Jack Bobridge | Orica GreenEDGE | + 1h10'13 | 131 | Tosh Van Der Sande | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1h11'26 | 132 | Sébastien Hinault | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h12'39 | 133 | Maurits Lammertink | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1h14'56 | 134 | Winner Andrew Anacona Gomez | Lampre - ISD | + 1h16'51 | 135 | Theo Bos | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h18'20 | 136 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | + 1h18'25 | 137 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica GreenEDGE | + 1h18'57 | 138 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica GreenEDGE | + 1h22'57 | 139 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | + 1h23'46 | 140 | Dmytro Krivtsov | Lampre - ISD | + 1h25'42 | 141 | Gatis Smukulis | Katusha Team | + 1h26'09 | 142 | Alexander Porsev | Katusha Team | + 1h26'11 | 143 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1h28'05 | 144 | Timofey Kritskiy | Katusha Team | + 1h28'33 | 145 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1h34'57 | 146 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ-Big Mat | + 1h35'41 | 147 | Tomás Aurelio Gil Martínez | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1h35'55 | 148 | Stefano Agostini | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 1h37'45 | 149 | Takashi Miyazawa | Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank | + 1h38'08 | 150 | Alan Marangoni | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 1h40'18 | 151 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h42'49 | 152 | Gert Dockx | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1h48'19 | 153 | Sam Bewley | Orica GreenEDGE | + 1h51'09 | 154 | Sander Cordeel | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1h52'14 | 155 | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank | + 1h55'11 | 156 | Edward Carrington King | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 1h56'31 | 157 | Juraj Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 1h56'34 | 158 | Michael Mørkøv Christensen | Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | 159 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | + 1h56'39 | 160 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank | + 1h56'40 |
Points:
1 | Rui Alberto Faria Costa | Movistar Team | 20 | 86 | 2 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte | Movistar Team | 25 | 66 | 3 | Luis León Sánchez Gil | Rabobank Cycling Team | 0 | 48 | 4 | Geraint Howell Thomas | Sky ProCycling | 0 | 38 | 5 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 3 | 30 |
KOM:
1 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Ag2r La Mondiale | 14 | 22 | 2 | Stephen Philip Cummings | BMC Racing Team | 13 | 21 | 3 | Juan Manuel Gárate Cepa | Rabobank Cycling Team | 20 | 20 | 4 | Rui Alberto Faria Costa | Movistar Team | 12 | 17 | 5 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | 0 | 15 |
Team:
1 | Movistar Team | 14h43'31 | 52h18'09 (1) | 2 | Sky ProCycling | + 51 | + 20 (2) | 3 | BMC Racing Team | + 2'50 | + 3'57 (3) |
Young:
1 | Rigoberto Urán Urán | Sky ProCycling | 4h54'06 | 17h28'46 (1) | 2 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas | Movistar Team | + 2'43 | + 27 (2) | 3 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 4'03 | + 7'42 (7) | 4 | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | + 1'40 (5) | 5 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | + 1'03 (3) |
Edited by JuanMotr on 31-12-2012 15:33
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Posted on 31-12-2012 15:45
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Brilliant riding and love the finish
Legendary
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JuanMotr |
Posted on 31-12-2012 15:54
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to Extreme? I think it´s only due to 99 fitnes of both Valverde and Rui.. But if it continues through the Vuelta than I will probably have to do it
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Posted on 31-12-2012 15:55
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What a Great Performance from the Team, Well Done |
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JuanMotr |
Posted on 01-01-2013 18:46
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Hey guys!
I just living best momemts of my career. I won 3 stages and I gave one to Alejandro. Right?! NO!
I won even last Hilly TT! Just look.
1 | Rui Alberto Faria Costa | Movistar Team | 30'04 | 2 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte | Movistar Team | + 4 | 3 | Luis León Sánchez Gil | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 13 | 4 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | + 18 | 5 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky ProCycling | + 21 | 6 | Samuel Sánchez González | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 28 | 7 | Maxime Monfort | RadioShack-Nissan | + 30 | 8 | Geraint Howell Thomas | Sky ProCycling | + 32 | 9 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | + 37 | 10 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 39 |
Alejandro came only 4 seconds behind me. How great is that?
Here is final GC:
1 | Rui Alberto Faria Costa | Movistar Team | 17h53'58 | 2 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte | Movistar Team | + 23 | 3 | Luis León Sánchez Gil | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'38 | 4 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky ProCycling | + 1'56 | 5 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | + 2'00 | 6 | Samuel Sánchez González | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'02 | 7 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 2'12 | 8 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | + 2'18 | 9 | Denis Nikolayevich Menchov | Katusha Team | + 2'29 | 10 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | + 2'33 |
I also won Points jersey:
1 | Rui Alberto Faria Costa | Movistar Team | 15 | 101 | 2 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte | Movistar Team | 12 | 78 | 3 | Luis León Sánchez Gil | Rabobank Cycling Team | 10 | 58 | 4 | Geraint Howell Thomas | Sky ProCycling | 5 | 43 | 5 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky ProCycling | 8 | 37 |
I won only one KOM sprint but even that was enough for great 4th place:
1 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Ag2r La Mondiale | 0 | 22 | 2 | Stephen Philip Cummings | BMC Racing Team | 0 | 21 | 3 | Juan Manuel Gárate Cepa | Rabobank Cycling Team | 0 | 20 | 4 | Rui Alberto Faria Costa | Movistar Team | 0 | 17 | 5 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | 0 | 15 |
Quintana was only 32 seconds behind Uran. He still happy how things shaped though.
1 | Rigoberto Urán Urán | Sky ProCycling | 30'54 | 17h59'40 (1) | 2 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas | Movistar Team | + 5 | + 32 (2) | 3 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 9 | + 16'47 (8) | 4 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ-Big Mat | + 18 | + 33'33 (10) | 5 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolás | Movistar Team | + 22 | + 41'56 (13) |
And finaly we also won Team Classification.
1 | Movistar Team | 1h30'53 | 53h49'02 (1) | 2 | Sky ProCycling | + 1'02 | + 1'22 (2) | 3 | RadioShack-Nissan | + 1'16 | + 7'57 (5) |
Now I will have my well earned rest. I was invited for some charitative actions I will maybe report some of them. Later I will go visit USA! You probably don´t know but I´m really of Los Angeles Clippers. NBA basketball team. I´m also pretty good at basket. My first race will be NC.
Hope you enjoyed Tour de Romandie aswell as I did.
Seeya soon.
Rui.
Spoiler I double-checked difficulty and it was on Hard.. If I will be dominating like this I will change it to Extreme |
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 01-01-2013 19:35
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It definitely was a massive domination from Rui.
Hope that doesn't mean he's a big cycling-king suddenly, though. I quite enjoy him as the underdog |
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Posted on 01-01-2013 19:46
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he is not I changed his stat only little bit.. I will probbably do something and show his stats to the world.
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Posted on 01-01-2013 23:48
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Rui had a totally brilliant time in Switzerland and was just too good for everyone else to challenge him |
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Posted on 02-01-2013 11:26
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That was brilliant! |
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Posted on 02-01-2013 19:01
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Thanks a lot sutty and Freitas I really apreciate that you are following so closely.
I would like to use this comment to ask all of you who are reading that what would you liked to see? it can be anything from screenshots through reports to more about Rui himself. I don´t know him personaly so everything you will read about his hobbys or stuff like that will be totally fictional.
But I would really apreciate if you could tell me what you like about my stories and also what would you like to see me doing. I really like writing reports and I would like to be even better in it. Thanks for your feedback.
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 02-01-2013 19:07
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I'm liking it a lot so far. A bit more personal tough from Rui (fictional) would be nice |
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sutty68 |
Posted on 02-01-2013 23:48
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I am enjoying the story as it is
But if i had to choose something to add then i would say a few more screenshots |
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JuanMotr |
Posted on 03-01-2013 13:54
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Performance camp in France
Hi today started the first of two days of performance camp in French Alps.
Today we were riding in two lesser famous but nonetheles hard mountains.
Maybe you don´t know what is the Performance camp so let me explain:
It´s two day camp where first day we go on mountains and the second day there is 50kms long ITT. It is like normal training camp with one big difference there is a squad of trainers, scouts and doctors which are rating us in scale from 50 to 85 in 13 different categories. We could choose when we want to do this camp I choosed today (3-4 May) and after WC. And I will see how I improved particular areas. Trainers will also tell us on which part of race we should concentrate. So I´m really courios on how will results go.
Here are few photos of today´s training camp:
Today it was all about climbing, downhilling, endurance and stamina.
Tommorow it will be more about recovery, flat, hill and again about stamina.
I will probabbly report day after tommorow as at that time I should have got my results.
Seeya
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-01-2013 14:57
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What a great, great story element this is, can't wait for the results |
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Posted on 03-01-2013 19:14
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Performance camp in France
Yesterday was great. I think I broke my personal record on 50kms long ITT.
It was really beutifull sunny day and I was enjoying every second of riding the new type of our time-trial bike.
Here are few photos of me riding best I could:
Today my personal trainer came to me and gave me a letter with my skills I will gave you a copy of it:
Performance Institute.
Mr.Costa our specialist on cycling and cycling development conclude to this results:
Flat: 72
Mountains: 77
Hills: 76
Time-Trial: 75
Prouloge: 72
Cobblestones: 57
Sprint: 65
Acceleration: 67
Downhill: 70
Fighter: 73
Stamina: 70
Resistance: 70
Recovery: 71
Average: 74
We highly recomende you to work on your physical aspects of cycling. Mostly on recovery but also on your stamina and resistance. As you can see you made a big jump in TT attribute from the last performance camp. We also see a nice improvment in Mountain and Downhill attribute.
We wish you good luck in upcoming races. And we are looking forward to our next meeting.
Sincirelly yours Performance Institute
I´m quite happy with the outcome. Next week I´m leaving to USA I will blog you from there.
Seeya
Rui
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-01-2013 19:16
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Awesome training camp that was |
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JuanMotr |
Posted on 03-01-2013 19:19
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I laughed so hard when was typing Mr.Costa (sutty called him like that once) and Ian what do you think of his stats?
Edited by JuanMotr on 03-01-2013 19:19
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-01-2013 19:37
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I think it's incredible you managed that result with those stats on hard. It really was a great race |
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sutty68 |
Posted on 03-01-2013 23:31
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Hope all the guys enjoyed France and the training camp |
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JuanMotr |
Posted on 04-01-2013 09:57
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Ian: Thanks
Sutty: they for sure had a great time |
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