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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 30-04-2014 10:49
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I've said it before and I will say it again: there is no rush 
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 30-04-2014 10:59
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 Volta ao Algarve Stage 1
First stage in Portugal is one for the sprinters but it isn´t that easy since there are some hilly parts in the beginning and the middle of that stage. Mark Renshaw is our man today.
Some nice sprint preperation was done by our team with only 10 kilometres to go. Even our team captain Kwiatkowski supported Renshaw and Steegmans. And again some Giant guys were in front as well.
Great work by Omega, leading the pack into the last kilometres. Richeze was trying to get a place in our train without success. Katusha came pretty fast from behind with a strong looking train for Kristoff.
Katusha was so fast. They passed us even without sprinting. Renshaw had to make his final move to have a chance against Kristoff. Impressive sprint train by Katusha.
It´s getting closer between Renshaw and Kristoff but the Norwegian just made his move out of his team mate´s slipstream so he still got much energy left while Renshaw was at the limit.
Finally an easy and quite impressve win by Kristoff. Renshaw finished second in front of Degenkolb, who came very fast on the last few metres. Still a great result for us with 3 guys in the Top 10.
Stage results
| 1 |  Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | 4h59'21 | | 2 |  Mark Renshaw | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | s.t. | | 3 |  John Degenkolb | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 4 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Sky | s.t. | | 5 |  Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 6 |  Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | s.t. | | 7 |  Yauheni Hutarovich | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 8 |  Geraint Thomas | Team Sky | s.t. | | 9 |  Luca Paolini | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 10 |  Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | 4h59'01 | | 2 | Mark Renshaw | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | + 8 | | 3 | Kristian Sbaragli | MTN - Qhubeka | + 10 | | 4 |  Nick Van der Lijke | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant - Shimano | + 12 | | 6 | Francesco Lasca | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 18 | | 7 |  Thomas Damuseau | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 8 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Sky | + 20 | | 9 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 10 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | 25 | | 2 | Mark Renshaw | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | 20 | | 3 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant - Shimano | 16 |
Mountain
| 1 | Nick Van der Lijke | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 6 | | 2 | Kristian Sbaragli | MTN - Qhubeka | 4 | | 3 |  Sea Keong Loh | Team Giant - Shimano | 2 |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 30-04-2014 11:00
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the_hoyle wrote:
I've said it before and I will say it again: there is no rush
Thanks Anyway 8 days without any update....I hope that doesn´t happen again.  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 30-04-2014 16:25
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So close for Renshaw |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 30-04-2014 20:36
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Nice result for Renshaw
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| VoetsT |
Posted on 30-04-2014 20:46
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Good sprint from the OPQS boys, only katusha was better.
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 01-05-2014 20:24
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Thanks to all, indeed that was a good way to start that race.
Volta ao Algarve Stage 2
Last chance for our sprinter Mark Renshaw to get a stage win here in Portugal but yesterday we´ve seen how strong Kristoff was in combination with his brilliant sprint train.
A small break was controlling the stage in the morning with Barbosa, Wallays and Mohorič participating. All of them got 12 mountain points but Mohorič will be the lucky one with the jersey tomorrow.
The group was caught up within the last 20 kilometres. Our team was prepared well for the final sprint in this beautiful landscape.
Again it was our sprint train with the best preperation. Kwiatkowski led Steegmans and Renshaw into the last metres. Team Katusha and Giant came pretty fast next to us.
The sprint is starting right here with Renshaw, making his move. Can he go for the stage win?
1000 metres to go and Renshaw was in trouble since he was passed by Kristoff again.
There was absolutely no chance for Mark today. Kristoff took the second stage in a row, again in an impressive style. Degenkolb finished second ahead of Boasson Hagen. Mark finally got a nice 6th. We´re looking forward to stage 3 tomorrow with Kwiatkowski in a favourite position.
Stage results
| 1 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | 4h43'20 | | 2 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 3 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Sky | s.t. | | 4 | Yauheni Hutarovich | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 5 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 6 | Mark Renshaw | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | s.t. | | 7 | Samuel Dumoulin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 8 |  Michael Mørkøv | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 9 | Geraint Thomas | Team Sky | s.t. | | 10 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | 9h42'01 | | 2 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant - Shimano | + 20 | | 3 | Mark Renshaw | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | + 26 | | 4 | Nick Van der Lijke | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 30 | | 5 | Kristian Sbaragli | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 6 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Sky | + 32 | | 7 | Jelle Wallays | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 8 |  Matej Mohorič | Cannondale | + 36 | | 9 | Francesco Lasca | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 38 | | 10 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Katusha | + 40 |
Points
| 1 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | 50 | | 2 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant - Shimano | 36 | | 3 | Mark Renshaw | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | 32 |
Mountain
| 1 | Matej Mohorič | Cannondale | 12 | | 2 | Jelle Wallays | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 12 | | 3 | Márcio Barbosa | LA Alumínios - Antarte | 12 |
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| VoetsT |
Posted on 01-05-2014 20:43
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top 10 isn't that bad
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 01-05-2014 23:13
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Renshaw really looks like he is up for this race |
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| bigggassi |
Posted on 02-05-2014 08:35
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Kristoff seems too strong. Top 10 isn't so bad after all.
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| baia |
Posted on 02-05-2014 16:14
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Good results in the first 2 stages but what i want to see is Kwiatkowski in stage 3..  good luck mate.
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 02-05-2014 23:25
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It is still a good result considering the sprinting talent at the race
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 04-05-2014 15:42
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Thanks for all your support, always great to read all your comments.
Volta ao Algarve Stage 3
Welcome to stage 3 and probably the most important stage for our team. Our leader Kwiatkowski has to prove his skills today since there is a quite hilly finish waiting for the pack.
Poels was the biggest support for Michal today when the last 5 kilometres were reached. We decided to lead the pack and set a high pace.
Only a few metres later, Nibali tried to get away from us with a nice attack. Costa, Kwiatkowski and even Kristoff were strong enough to counter his attack.
Nibali was attacking again and this time only Kwiatkowski was strong enough to follow the Italian.
That was an exciting stage finish between Nibali and our leader. Just a few seconds behind them a smaller chasing group was built including Hesjedal, Costa, A.Schleck, Boasson Hagen, Kristoff and even Degenkolb.
Unfortunately Nibali was just too strong in the sprint today. Michal still got a great second place and with only 8 seconds to Nibali, tomorrow´s time trial should be an exciting thing to watch!
The second group was led by Hesjedal and Boasson Hagen. Kristoff finished with 39 seconds to Nibali and Kwiatkowski which means he lost the leader´s jersey.
Stage results
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | 4h52'12 | | 2 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | s.t. | | 3 |  Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin Sharp | + 29 | | 4 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Sky | s.t. | | 5 | Rui Costa | Lampre - Merida | + 39 | | 6 |  Andy Schleck | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 7 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 8 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 9 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 54 | | 10 | Michael Rogers | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | 14h34'33 | | 2 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling | + 8 | | 3 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | + 19 | | 4 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant - Shimano | + 39 | | 5 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Sky | + 41 | | 6 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 7 | Rui Costa | Lampre - Merida | + 59 | | 8 | Andy Schleck | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 9 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 1'14 | | 10 | Michael Rogers | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | 59 | | 2 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant - Shimano | 44 | | 3 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Sky | 44 |
Mountain
| 1 | Jelle Wallays | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 12 | | 2 | Matej Mohorič | Cannondale | 12 | | 3 | Márcio Barbosa | LA Alumínios - Antarte | 12 |
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| Selwink |
Posted on 04-05-2014 15:47
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Michal should take this one in the ITT 
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 04-05-2014 16:44
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That was a Great effort today from Kwiatkowski and now he is in a strong position on the GC to make his move |
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| VoetsT |
Posted on 04-05-2014 20:43
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Damn, so close. I'm 100% sure you can beat Nibali in the ITT
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| kimiopn |
Posted on 06-05-2014 11:21
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Boasson Hagen in 4th in Alto do Malhão?!? And Kristoff and Degenkolb on the same group than Rui Costa. That's weird. Anyway, Kwiatkowski will win the final time trial like real Volta ao Algarve and take the win. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 23-05-2014 08:21
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Hey guys, it has been a long time since my last post here. I just would like to tell you, that this story isn´t over but right now I´ve got some personal issues in my life, which make me quite sad these days. I don´t know when I will be back, it depends on a special person  . Thanks for your sympathy. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-05-2014 08:27
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Hope you work things out, man! |
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 23-05-2014 08:28
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Happens to all of us once in a while. Hope you'll come back soon!
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