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The Danish Puncheur
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| p3druh |
Posted on 12-05-2008 18:25
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Level 3 is close... Maybe just in time for the Ardennes...
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| niconico |
Posted on 13-05-2008 20:13
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Surely. He's going to race Tirreno and Basque Tour before the Ardennes, so he will surely pop to level 3 before Amstel. Also he's gone to 72 in hills, it seems the training progresses faster now.
Down Under Classic
Shortly after returning from our 10-day Training Camp in Monaco I travelled to Australia with my new teammates for Down Under Classic where I’ll make my Team High Road debut. On the training camp I felt pretty strong so maybe I’ll have quite good legs today. Also on the camp I caught up with one of our Czech rider Mares and I was sure I knew him from somewhere. I realised that he won the third stage of Ringerike GP last season where I also took part and helped Niki Østergaard to the overall win.
Also in this race is Kairelis, Ciolek, Reynes, Mares, Klier, Grabsch and Padrnos. I thought to myself that I wanted a calm start to the season withi this 48-kilometres street criterium but as the attacks began I couldn’t myself from joining in the fun. Stapleton had told us to just go with whatever comes, so I figured I might go with it.
With 12 kilometres to go the front group had grown to 23 riders but it was almost caught so I gave it one last effort and attacked.
I did get away with Bono of Lampre and I had a slight advantage as the sprint started.
I thought for I moment I had it because the sprinters were way back. But I was fading after the final turn and Allan Davis plus 12 other blew right past as Davis took a commanding win.
1 Allan Davis Silence - Lotto 1h04'32
2 Murilo Fischer Liquigas s.t.
3 Alessandro Petacchi Team Milram s.t.
4 Simon Gerrans Crédit Agricole s.t.
5 David Kopp Gerolsteiner s.t.
6 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre s.t.
7 Ger Soepenberg Lampre s.t.
8 Fabio Baldato Liquigas s.t.
9 Lucas Haedo Team Milram s.t.
10 Cameron Meyer SouthAustralia.com - AIS s.t.
11 Dominik Roels Team Milram s.t.
12 Brett Lancaster Team Milram s.t.
13 Roberto Petito Liquigas s.t.
14 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team High Road s.t.
15 Peter Velits Team Milram s.t.
16 Sergei Ivanov Team Astana s.t.
17 Carlos Barredo Quick•Step s.t.
18 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
19 William Bonnet Crédit Agricole s.t.
20 Niki Terpstra Gerolsteiner s.t.
Tour Down Under
As I told I’m not riding here but I though I would bring you the final GC as it’s the Pro Tour race of the season. It didn’t really go well for us though.
1 Simon Gerrans Crédit Agricole 17h24'00
2 Constantino Zaballa Caisse d'Epargne + 2
3 John Gadret AG2R - La Mondiale + 4
4 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre + 40
5 Jeremy Hunt Crédit Agricole + 42
6 Franco Pellizotti Liquigas s.t.
7 Daniele Pietropolli LPR Brakes s.t.
8 Dimitri Muravyev Team Astana + 43
9 Alessandro Proni Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 44
10 Gerben Löwik Rabobank s.t.
11 Fabio Sacchi LPR Brakes s.t.
12 Sergei Ivanov Team Astana s.t.
13 Bradley McGee Team CSC s.t.
14 Julian Dean Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
15 Bram De Groot Rabobank s.t.
16 Jérôme Pineau Française des Jeux s.t.
17 Gerrit Glomser Team CSC s.t.
18 René Mandri AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
19 Giairo Ermeti LPR Brakes s.t.
20 Steffen Wesemann Rabobank s.t.
34 Vicente Reynès Team High Road + 1'10
Simon Gerrans wins Tour Down Under for the second year running, while Reynes finishes 34th as our best rider. Next up for me is Trofeo Laigueglia and GP Lugano, where I will race alongside Paolo Bettini so I’m really looking forward.
Edited by niconico on 13-05-2008 20:15
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 13-05-2008 20:41
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If youre aming for JAJ to be like Bettini, wont it be a problem that his rider type is Sprinter?
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 13-05-2008 20:44
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if you saw the latest rider profile it isnt
did you change it with dashboard?
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| Ennyzor |
Posted on 13-05-2008 21:32
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In my save game using the database from the first PCMDaily release, his rider type is Puncheur, and his stats.. well, its Bettini like I would say. |
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| niconico |
Posted on 13-05-2008 21:38
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wackojackohighcliffe wrote:
if you saw the latest rider profile it isnt
did you change it with dashboard?
It changed it itself for whatever reason, I have no idea why but I'm quite pleased it did
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| ladagnous |
Posted on 13-05-2008 22:05
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you just trained him and he became a better puncheur than sprinter so the rider profile just changed to what he his best at |
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| cakefaker |
Posted on 14-05-2008 01:45
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Awesome story - bookmarked!  |
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| ember |
Posted on 14-05-2008 06:43
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Fantastic story - hope you can make a long and nice career with JAJ |
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| niconico |
Posted on 14-05-2008 16:38
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Thanks
Hopefully I will have a few updates ready today as I've just hit a break in my long line of exams startin this month 
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| niconico |
Posted on 14-05-2008 18:44
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Trofeo Laigueglia
My second race as a ProTour rider is this Italian one-day race and I can’t believe that I’m actually going to ride alongside Paolo Bettini. Tinkoff who signed Østergaard in the off-season also bought another Danish talent, Jakob Fuglsang who I raced alot against last season and it was nice to catch up with him again. He actually beat Østergaard on the last stage of Ringerike GP last season. My form is very low right now so I don’t think I’ll be able to anything else than just protecting Paolo today, but that’s good enough for me so far and I have to get use to that as that’s what I’ll be doing primarily throughout the season.
I struggled on the last climb.
While Bettini got away with a group of favourites trailing a soloing Ignatiev.
The Bettini group got closer and closer as they approached the finish but Ignatiev still had an advantage as Paolo opened the sprint at the head of the group.
He closed in on him fast, but he couldn’t quite get past as Ignatiev took the win with Paolo in second. That’s where I’ll be later this season. At least I hope so.
I came in 32nd in the peloton.
1 Mikhail Ignatiev Tinkoff Credit Systems 5h01'12
2 Paolo Bettini Team High Road s.t.
3 Luca Mazzanti Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
4 Giovanni Visconti Barloworld s.t.
5 Francesco Ginanni Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
6 Stefano Garzelli Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
7 Lars Boom LPR Brakes s.t.
8 Jelle Vanendert Française des Jeux s.t.
9 Alessandro Proni Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
10 Daniele Pietropolli LPR Brakes s.t.
11 Giuseppe Palumbo Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
12 Murilo Fischer Liquigas s.t.
13 Gerben Löwik Rabobank s.t.
14 Christian Murro Lampre s.t.
15 Maurizio Biondo Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce s.t.
16 Samuel Dumoulin Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
17 Alessandro Vanotti Liquigas s.t.
18 Marco Frapporti CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
19 Laurent Beuret NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte s.t.
20 Enrico Rossi NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte s.t.
32 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team High Road s.t.
Tour du Haut Var
I remember me telling I was going to race GP Lugano after Laigueglia, seems I forgot this race. Another good route for me but I’m on poor form and it got to work Paolo again. Also with us are Sioutsou, Bak, Zanini, Mares, Reynes and Padrnos. Bettini seemed very up for it today so I’ll my best to get him into a good position and then see how long I can stay with the pack on the final climb.
Bettini hit the decisive break in the finale with Gadret and Rebellin.
Meanwhile I was having a hard time keeping up on the final climb as I was far back in the bunch.
I would come down to a sprint between the three frontrunners and Bettini took it! Our first win of the season and I was there! It was a pretty awesome feeling when our Directeur Sportif informed us that Paolo had won it and it inspired me back in the pack.
Valverde and Vanendert was the between the trio and the pack and they were just caught as we began sprinting so I decided to follow Valverde which resulted in me taking 6th place. I’m very happy with that since I’m not in good form at all and I also recieved praises from Stapleton afterwards.
Next up is GP Lugano.
1 Paolo Bettini Team High Road 4h58'48
2 John Gadret AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
3 Davide Rebellin Gerolsteiner s.t.
4 Romain Feillu Agritubel + 1'24
5 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
6 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team High Road s.t.
7 Maxime Vantomme Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech s.t.
8 Alexandre Pliuschin AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
9 Niels Brouzes Auber 93 s.t.
10 Rémi Pauriol Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech s.t.
11 Cédric Pineau AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
12 Eduardo Gonzalo Agritubel s.t.
13 Francis Mourey Française des Jeux s.t.
14 Freddy Bichot Agritubel s.t.
15 Nico Eeckhout Française des Jeux s.t.
16 Samuel Dumoulin Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
17 Frederik Willems Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
18 Jean-Charles Sénac AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
19 Benoit Vaugrenard Française des Jeux s.t.
20 Nicolas Vogondy Agritubel s.t.
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Posted on 14-05-2008 18:50
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that is a very good result
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| mrlol |
Posted on 14-05-2008 18:53
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great story
And we want at least one pro tour victory with JAJ this season!  |
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| niconico |
Posted on 14-05-2008 18:55
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Well victories will be few and far between this season and honestly I don't think I'll win any ProTour wins, unless I hit the right break at some stage
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| Crommy |
Posted on 14-05-2008 20:47
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mrlol wrote:
And we want at least one pro tour victory with JAJ this season!
Screw that - we demand you win the yellow jersey  !!!!
Only joking...or am I?
Nope, I am - anyway, very nice 6th, especially as you are probably in poor form
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| niconico |
Posted on 14-05-2008 21:49
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GP di Lugano
I’ve had a pretty gentle start to my career as a High Road rider as I’ve only taken part in some small one-day races but after this one I’ll face my first big task when I’ll act domestique for one of our riders in Tirreno-Adriatico. One of the most interesting parts of this race is the fact that Ivan Basso has returned from suspension starting from this race and he is even assigned Liquigas captain for the day. I caught a glimpse of him at the sign-in area this morning and it’s quite surreal to see him just walking up the steps signing in for the race as though that was the most natural thing in the world for him. I would have liked to have talked with him but he was constantly followed around by a horde of reporters. Anyway back to the race.
We have a very strong team here today as a lot of our riders will be looking to hone their form ahead of Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico which is next on the schedule for a lot of our riders. So with us today is me of course, Bettini, Sioutsou, Horner, Hagen, Kairelis, Pinotti and Løvkvist.
Bettini and Horner got into what seemed the crucial break on the last climb.
Prior to this Ivan Basso had to abandon for some reason, I’m not sure why. Hoping to pull the same trick as in Haut Var I tried to stay at the front of the pack and it worked out pretty good as my form must be getting better.
Surprisingly Bettini and Horner’s group was reeled in so we’d have a mass sprint finish. I sat on Bettini’s wheel. Nocentini led it out.
Gerrans would soon move past him as he gained on Zberg who had led down the entire home stretch. In the end Gerrans just pushed his bike over the line just ahead of Zberg.
Bettini took 5th, while I finished in a decent 8th spot. My form is still not good at all so I think I can be in decent form for Tirreno.
1 Simon Gerrans Crédit Agricole 3h59'05
2 Markus Zberg Gerolsteiner s.t.
3 Danilo Di Luca LPR Brakes s.t.
4 Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
5 Paolo Bettini Team High Road s.t.
6 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
7 Francesco Ginanni Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
8 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team High Road s.t.
9 Mikhail Ignatiev Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
10 Valerio Agnoli Team Volksbank s.t.
11 Giampaolo Cheula Barloworld s.t.
12 Hubert Schwab Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
13 Dainius Kairelis Team High Road s.t.
14 Juanma Gárate Quick•Step s.t.
15 Peter Velits Team Milram s.t.
16 Matteo Carrara Quick•Step s.t.
17 Romain Villa Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
18 Evgeni Petrov Gerolsteiner s.t.
19 Simone Masciarelli Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
20 Juanjo Cobo Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 14-05-2008 21:53
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Bettini's looking good. JAJ is beating some pretty big names as well, keep it up
YORKSHIRE BORN, YORKSHIRE BRED... |
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| ladagnous |
Posted on 14-05-2008 23:05
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will you be a domestique in TA or will you be aloud to go for a win |
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| ladagnous |
Posted on 14-05-2008 23:07
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i like the story but could you go back to the 2 images next to ech other with the text under them like in your CSC story which was fantastic |
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| Crommy |
Posted on 15-05-2008 12:10
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I'd say keep it as it is, it's a very good story like this
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