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| JustinWK |
Posted on 16-03-2008 19:15
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well will Lars 'Tree' succesfuly protect his lead in the race to the sun?
Stage 3/7:
Again a stage for the sprinters it seems but since the final km is uphill with a gradient of 3.1% it could be a nice stage for guys such as Sanchez, Ventoso, Di Luca etc. Euskaltel feels confident about Sanchez' chances today and they prevent anyone from getting away. However with 100 kms to go Antonio Colom and Pieter Weening are allowed to try the impossible...
Colom and Weening riding up front in the sun
Even though the Dutchman and the Spaniard work hard and build up a nice lead it are the sprinter teams that control the race and with 20 kms to go Colom and Weening's adventure is over and Weening seems to be pissed of about this 
Pieter Weening taunting towards the chasers!
While many sprinters such as Cavendish and Boonen are not up front it seems to be a great oppurtunity for Sanchez to win however the Liquigas tandem with Paolini and Di Luca is up front with Ventoso and they have a nice lead going into the sprint. Boom is also up front but if the wrong guy wins (aka Sanchez) he could lose his lead!
Sanchez is stuck in the back while Ventoso is in a great position behind Di Luca!
The road then goes up even more and one man can only think that Ventoso should now take an easy win but that doesnt happen
Di Luca shows that he is already getting in shape as he outsprints Ventoso and Sanchez, Boom is still leading!
Result:
01.  Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS 4h13'46
02.  Francisco Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
03. Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
04. Igor Astarloa TEAM MILRAM s.t.
05.  Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
06.  Matthias Kessler ASTANÁ s.t.
07. Marco Velo TEAM MILRAM s.t.
08. Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
09. Jesus Del Nero SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
10. Paolo Bettini QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
11 Tom Boonen QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
12 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC s.t.
13 Jurgen Vandenbroeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
14 Matthieu Ladagnous FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
15 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC s.t.
16 Iban Mayo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
17 Nikolai Trusov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
18 Björn Leukemans PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
19 Marcus Burghardt T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
20 Sergei Ivanov TEAM CSC s.t.
21 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS s.t.
22 Sylvain Calzati NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
23 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
24 Francesco Gavazzi LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
25 Lars Boom NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
26 Eddy Mazzoleni ASTANÁ s.t.
27 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
28 Alexandre Vinokourov ASTANÁ s.t.
29 Koos Moerenhout RABOBANK s.t.
30 Pavel Brutt NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
31 Manuel Beltran LIQUIGAS s.t.
32 Didier Rous NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
33 Josep Jufre PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
34 Iker Camaño SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
35 Pieter Mertens PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
36 Frantisek Rabon T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
37 Axel Merckx T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
38 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
39 Evgeni Sladkov ASTANÁ s.t.
40 Julien Mazet ASTANÁ s.t.
41 Björn Schröder TEAM MILRAM s.t.
42 Joost Posthuma RABOBANK s.t.
43 Dmitri Kozontchuk RABOBANK s.t.
44 Iñigo Cuesta TEAM CSC s.t.
45 Brett Lancaster TEAM MILRAM s.t.
46 Martin Pedersen TEAM CSC s.t.
47 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
48 Luis Perez Rodriguez TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
49 José Angel Gomez Marchante SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
50 José Ivan Gutiérrez Palacios CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
GC:
01.  Lars Boom NIPPO CORPORATION 8h40'05
02. Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS + 7
03. Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 8
04. Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS + 9
05.  Pierre Rolland CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 10
06. Marco Velo TEAM MILRAM + 12
07. Didier Rous NIPPO CORPORATION + 13
08. David Moncoutié COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
09. Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
10. Joost Posthuma RABOBANK + 14
Well it would take a miracle if Boom wants to win the whole thing but the longer he wears the jersey the happier I am 
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 18-03-2008 19:58
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Stage 4/7:
Tom Boonen could grab the lead today with a win so this could be Boom's last day in the lead. Early on 4 riders escape but one of them is so strong that he decides to do it on his own and to the amazement of many viewers the 3 chasers never bring him back even though he's on his own. It's Mertens who is feeling well today while Devolder, Feillu and Canada can't reach him
 
Left: Mertens on his own, Right: Devolder in front of Feillu and Canada
These 4 take a big lead but they are never a real threat to the sprinter teams, however when the wind blows real hard with 100 kms to go Nippo decides to do some damage and for a moment it works as Caisse D'Epargne, Euskaltel, Agritubel and T-Mobile have lots of men in the back who have lost contact with the group!
Sanchez and his Euskaltel team are surprised as they lose contact with the pack!
However with 100 kms to go, and the wind speed going down most of the riders came back and once Mertens was caught on the final climb we got ready for a mass sprint. This time most sprinters made it past the climbs and when they are heading out of the corner Cavendish has a small lead over Boonen and the rest!
Cavendish looking strong!
However the final metres are uphill and this doesn't favour Cav's chances, and because of this Cavendish' slowly drops back and he would eventually end 6th. Boonen takes advantage of Cavendish and doesn't let Ventoso nor Paolini past him and so he wins and takes over the overall lead from Lars Boom
Tom Boonen wins for the 2nd time and takes the lead!
Result:
01.  Tom Boonen QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC 5h29'52
02. Francisco Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
03. Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS s.t.
04. Claudio Corioni LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
05.  Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC s.t.
06.  Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
07. Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
08. Matthieu Ladagnous FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
09. Marcus Burghardt T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
10. Paolo Bettini QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
11 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC s.t.
12 Igor Astarloa TEAM MILRAM s.t.
13 Marco Velo TEAM MILRAM s.t.
14 Nikolai Trusov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
15 Francesco Gavazzi LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
16 Jesus Del Nero SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
17 Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
18 Eddy Mazzoleni ASTANÁ s.t.
19 Didier Rous NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
20 Brett Lancaster TEAM MILRAM s.t.
21 Blaise Sonnery AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
22 Sergei Ivanov TEAM CSC s.t.
23 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
24 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
25 Dmitri Kozontchuk RABOBANK s.t.
26 Frantisek Rabon T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
27 Sven Krauss GEROLSTEINER s.t.
28 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS s.t.
29 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
30 Hubert Dupont AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
31 Sebastian Langeveld RABOBANK s.t.
32 Axel Merckx T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
33 Giovanni Visconti QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
34 Pieter Weening RABOBANK s.t.
35 Josep Jufre PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
36 Jurgen Vandenbroeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
37 Joost Posthuma RABOBANK s.t.
38 Guillaume Blot NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
39 Björn Leukemans PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
40 Björn Schröder TEAM MILRAM s.t.
41 Ruben Elvira Lobato SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
42 Pavel Brutt NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
43 Sylvain Calzati NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
44 Sebastian Lang GEROLSTEINER s.t.
45 Enrico Franzoi LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
46 Christophe Riblon AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
47 Lars Boom NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
48 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
49 Karsten Kroon TEAM CSC s.t.
50 Iñigo Cuesta TEAM CSC s.t.
GC:
01. Tom Boonen QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC 14h09'52
02. Lars Boom NIPPO CORPORATION + 5
03. Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS + 12
04. Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 13
05. Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS + 14
06. Pierre Rolland CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 15
07. Marco Velo TEAM MILRAM + 17
08. Didier Rous NIPPO CORPORATION + 18
09. Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
10. David Moncoutié COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
up next Tirreno Adriatico, where both of our leaders, Bennati and Gil, want to ride. Bennati wants to prepare himself for MSR while Gil slowly wants to get in shape for some races in April and eventually the TDF...
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 20-03-2008 17:57
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well stage 5 and 7 are tough ones but I dunno exactly, you'll see soon :wink:
now off to Italy!
Stage 1/7:
We bring Benatti as our leader here. The first stage in this years Tirreno is quite an easy one, however the final kms go up and this could be an advantage for the likes of Freire and Valverde. First we have the daily break which consisted of 7 riders
White and Commesso leading the group
They get a nice gap but after a while it seems their journey will end soon. Nevertheless 5 of these 7 riders are still up front with 1.6 kms to go! However the pack is very close and is close to wheeling them in
White is making the pace once again but it doesnt look good for the break
And indeed when they reach the 1 km banner they are caught and we get ready for a chaotic uphill sprint which looks a bit like this
Vaugrenard leads on the left with Pipo in the middle and Arvesen on the right, Bennati is stuck behind Petacchi!
Vaugrenard goes on but then Freire and Valverde get past him and then while Bennati wants to go after Freire it is a Norwegian who sprints his way past him and the 2 Spaniards and just holds on to a surprising win!
Kurt Asle Arvesen surprises the sprinters!
Result:
01.  Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC 3h54'42
02. Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
03. Oscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
04. Daniele Bennati NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
05. Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
06. Benoît Vaugrenard FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
07. Lloyd Mondory AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
08. Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
09. Robbie McEwen PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
10. Erik Zabel TEAM MILRAM s.t.
11 Mickaël Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
12 Johan Vansummeren PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
13 Stefan Schumacher GEROLSTEINER s.t.
14 Manuele Mori SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
15 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
16 Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
17 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
18 Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER s.t.
19 Allan Davis DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
20 Marc De Maar RABOBANK s.t.
21 Dimitri Claeys NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
22 Matteo Priamo CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
23 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
24 Giuseppe Palumbo ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
25 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
26 Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS s.t.
27 Juan-Antonio Flecha RABOBANK s.t.
28 Leif Hoste PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
29 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
30 Matej Mugerli LIQUIGAS s.t.
31 Juri Krivtsov AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
32 Bernhard Eisel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
33 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
34 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
35 Constantino Zaballa CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
36 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
37 David Kopp GEROLSTEINER s.t.
38 Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM s.t.
39 Dominique Cornu PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
40 Salvatore Commesso TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
41 Nicki Sørensen TEAM CSC s.t.
42 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS s.t.
43 Samuel Dumoulin AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
44 René Mandri AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
45 Jussi Veikkanen FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
46 Aleksandr Serov ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
47 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
48 Marcel Sieberg TEAM MILRAM s.t.
49 Murilo Fischer LIQUIGAS s.t.
50 Massimo Iannetti ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
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Posted on 21-03-2008 15:15
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Stage 5/7:
The first tough stage in this year's Paris Nice, and the only way Boom can get the lead back is when a break makes it with riders who aren't a threat to him in the gc but the chance that that will happen is quite small. Still a strong group of 11 gets away with riders such as Lovkvist, Contador and Perez Rodriguez
The group of 11 halfway trough the stage
The break gets a nice lead and also all the riders in the break lost time in the 2nd stage which means they are now threat for the GC. However with 3 kms to go, when they go up the final hill and the group is down to 7 riders they cooperation stops and the pack wheels them in...
They could have made it if they continued working
Boom is still in the pack then but with 1 km to go Di Luca attacks and with Boom in trouble we have to realize that Boom won't get the lead back.
Di Luca with a strong attack, Sanchez responds but can't reach him
Di Luca keeps on going and even though he only wins by 12 seconds he does grab his 2nd stagewin and the overall lead. Behind him Calzati is present in the group 0f 19 that finishes 12 seconds later than Di Luca while Boom loses 1,09.
Danilo Di Luca looking strong in France
Result:
01. Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS 4h03'10
02. Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 12
03.  Alexandre Vinokourov ASTANÁ s.t.
04. Pierre Rolland CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
05. David Arroyo CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
06. Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS s.t.
07. Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
08. Luis Leon Sanchez Gil CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
09.  Sérgio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
10. Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
11 Eddy Mazzoleni ASTANÁ s.t.
12 David Moncoutié COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
13 Vladimir Efimkin CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
14 Sylvain Calzati NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
15 Iban Mayo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
16 Chris Horner TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
17 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
18 Joost Posthuma RABOBANK s.t.
19 José Luis Rubiera DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
20 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
21 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'09
22 Luis Perez Rodriguez TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
23 Benjamin Noval DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
24 Patxi Vila LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
25 Lars Boom NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
26 Thomas Lövkvist FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
27 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
28 Haimar Zubeldia EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
29 Pieter Weening RABOBANK s.t.
30 Rémy Di Gregorio FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
31 Matthias Kessler ASTANÁ s.t.
32 Andrei Mizourov ASTANÁ s.t.
33 Koos Moerenhout RABOBANK s.t.
34 Marcus Burghardt T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
35 Stijn Devolder DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
36 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
37 Paolo Tiralongo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
38 Marco Velo TEAM MILRAM s.t.
39 Mikel Astarloza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
40 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC s.t.
41 José Ivan Gutiérrez Palacios CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
42 Carl Naibo AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
43 Manuel Beltran LIQUIGAS s.t.
44 Nicolas Portal CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
45 Maxime Monfort COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
46 Andrea Noè LIQUIGAS s.t.
47 Ruben Elvira Lobato SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
48 Iker Camaño SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
49 Ludovic Turpin AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
50 Paolo Bettini QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
GC:
01. Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS 18h13'10
02. Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 13
03. Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS + 16
04. Pierre Rolland CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 19
05. David Moncoutié COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 22
06. Joost Posthuma RABOBANK + 23
07. Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 24
08. Sérgio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
09. Iban Mayo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 28
10. Luis Leon Sanchez Gil CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 30
13. Sylvain Calzati NIPPO CORPORATION + 42
14. Lars Boom NIPPO CORPORATION + 1'06
And so Calzati might still get into the top 10 with a good performance in either stage 6 or 7
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 22-03-2008 12:21
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A nice test for Bennati to see how he will fair on these climbs which can be compared to the ones in Milano San Remo. But still Gil is our leader today even though its his first race of the season. The break of the day, which featured 2 sprinters :
Davis and Zabel present in the break of 7
However the break never stood a chance and on the toughest climb of the day the battle begins. A Spaniard breaks free with a strong attack and he is beinh chased by an Italian. Apparently the Spaniard still lies in the sun a bit too much
 
Left: Valverde with a safe lead, Right: Ricco on the chase with Gadret, F.Schleck and Gerdemann behind him
You may ask, where are the nippo's? Well ofcourse I didn't want to Bennati to waste too much energy but Gil did attack!
Koldo Gil in E4 with Eltink, Landaluze, Hincapie and Kohl
Up front Valverde maintains his lead and wins with Ricco ending 2nd. Gil does a nice job ending 9th and is now 6th in the GC!
Valverde on his way to victory
Result:
01. Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 4h05'13
02. Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 42
03. John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 1'07
04. Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
05. Frank Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
06. Theo Eltink RABOBANK + 1'34
07.  George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
08. Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
09. Koldo Gil NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
10.  Bernhard Kohl GEROLSTEINER s.t.
11 Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM + 2'06
12 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 2'20
13 Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
14 Tadej Valjavec LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
15 Dmitri Muravjev ASTANÁ s.t.
16 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
17 Maarten Den Bakker TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
18 Maxim Iglinski ASTANÁ s.t.
19 David Zabriskie TEAM CSC s.t.
20 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
21 Juan Manuel Gárate QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
22 Mickaël Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
23 Nicki Sørensen TEAM CSC s.t.
24 Paolo Savoldelli ASTANÁ s.t.
25 Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM s.t.
26 Gianpaolo Caruso LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
27 Andrei Grivko TEAM MILRAM s.t.
28 Unai Etxebarría EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
29 Johan Vansummeren PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
30 Assan Bazajev ASTANÁ s.t.
31 Daniele Bennati NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
32 Konstantin Siutsou NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
33 Dominique Cornu PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
34 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
35 Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS s.t.
36 Bram Schmitz COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
37 John-Lee Augustyn TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
38 Niki Terpstra TEAM MILRAM s.t.
39 Matteo Priamo CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
40 Gregorio Ladino COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
41 Stefano Garzelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
42 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC s.t.
43 Bram Tankink QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
44 Sébastien Rosseler QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
45 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
46 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
47 Marcel Sieberg TEAM MILRAM s.t.
48 Fortunato Baliani CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
49 Yon Bru Pascal EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
50 David Navarro ASTANÁ s.t.
GC:
01. Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 7h59'39
02. Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 52
03. John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 1'19
04. Frank Schleck TEAM CSC + 1'23
05. Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
06. Koldo Gil NIPPO CORPORATION + 1'50
07. Bernhard Kohl GEROLSTEINER s.t.
08. George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
09. Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
10. Theo Eltink RABOBANK s.t.
20. Daniele Bennati NIPPO CORPORATION +2'36
38. Dimitri Claeys NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| Crommy |
Posted on 22-03-2008 13:23
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Nice job with Gil 
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Posted on 22-03-2008 13:28
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You didn't win
I'm almost embarrased for you
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Posted on 22-03-2008 14:12
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 22-03-2008 14:48
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Addy291 wrote:
You didn't win
I'm almost embarrased for you
as if you would win with Gil who hasnt raced anything at all or with Bennati who has a 70 hill stat
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 22-03-2008 14:52
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I'd find a way to win
You could've at least beaten Hincapie
Anyway it's good to see the story being updated regularly again
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Posted on 22-03-2008 19:49
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Exciting stage coming up :!:
A stage that looks less tougher than yesterday but as usual we have our daily break, this time also Brutt managed to jump along in a small, yet very strong break
Brutt up front with Contador, Visconti and KOM leader Colom behind him
They get a huge lead but halfway trough Visconti has to let go and with 20 kms to go Brutt has to let go. Then its only Contador and Colom left and their lead drops dramatically
Contador and Colom with 10 km left while Brutt is taken down by the pack in the back
And so it seems we're going to get another uphill sprint with Di Luca and Sanchez being the main favourites, however I remember a certain gentleman saying that he was curious what Calzati could do in a stage like this?
Attaque de Calzati! While Brutt is taken in Calzati takes off on top of the final climb!
Calzati keeps on going and he joins Colom and Contador in the downhill section, he also gets company from Posthuma, Sanchez Gil, Kirchen and Horner. And meanwhile, the past few stages I noticed that on extreme, riders tend to fall and puncture more often also when they are up front and guess what happens?
Kim Kirchen punctures and can forget about victory! (U all thought Calzati was going to fall right? )
With Kirchen out Calzati has one contender less because with 1 km to go they have a safe lead altough it doesnt seem that they will gain alot, or gain any time at all.
The break enters the final km, Calzati is up front and thats not a nice position to be in
Calzati isnt a good sprinter at all but neither are Posthuma, Horner. Sanchez Gil has a somewhat decent sprint and since Calzati is up front he knows he has to wait as long as he can because if he goes too soon he'll blow away his chances of victory! So Calzati waits, and waits, and waits even longer and the other riders don't start the sprint themselves, but then the pack gets closer and Calzati knows he has to start sprinting now
Calzati up front with one more hill in front of him, will he make it?
They go up the final hill, Horner seems to lack the power but Posthuma gets next to Calzati and Sanchez comes out of the back with a strong sprint...
Sylvain Calzati does it!
And so we take a stage win --8)
Celebration in the Nippo camp, the exhausted Pavel Brutt raises his hands as soon as he hears the news
Result:
01. Sylvain Calzati NIPPO CORPORATION 4h30'09
02. Joost Posthuma RABOBANK s.t.
03. Luis Leon Sanchez Gil CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
04. Chris Horner TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
05. Francisco Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
06. Antonio Colom ASTANÁ s.t.
07. Paolo Bettini QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
08. Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
09. Jurgen Vandenbroeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
10.  Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC s.t.
11 Iban Mayo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
12 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
13 Alberto Contador DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
14 Eddy Mazzoleni ASTANÁ s.t.
15 Josep Jufre PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
16 Igor Astarloa TEAM MILRAM s.t.
17 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS s.t.
18 Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
19 Matthias Kessler ASTANÁ s.t.
20 Pieter Mertens PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
21 José Ivan Gutiérrez Palacios CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
22 Marco Velo TEAM MILRAM s.t.
23 Alexandre Vinokourov ASTANÁ s.t.
24 Marcus Burghardt T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
25 Blaise Sonnery AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
26 Andrea Noè LIQUIGAS s.t.
27 Lars Boom NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
28 Pierre Rolland CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
29 Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS s.t.
30 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
31 Vladimir Efimkin CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
32 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
33 Patxi Vila LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
34 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
35 Ludovic Turpin AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
36 Christophe Le Mével CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
37 Christophe Riblon AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
38 David Arroyo CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
39 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
40 José Angel Gomez Marchante SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
41 Manuel Beltran LIQUIGAS s.t.
42 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
43 Sérgio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
44 Mikel Astarloza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
45 Carlos Barredo QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
46 Iker Camaño SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
47 David Moncoutié COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
48 Ruben Elvira Lobato SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
49 José Luis Rubiera DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
50 Maxime Monfort COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
GC:
01. Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS 18h13'10
02. Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 13
03. Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS + 16
04. Pierre Rolland CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 19
05. David Moncoutié COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 22
06. Joost Posthuma RABOBANK + 23
07. Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 24
08. Sérgio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
09. Iban Mayo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 28
10. Luis Leon Sanchez Gil CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 30
13. Sylvain Calzati NIPPO CORPORATION + 42
14. Lars Boom NIPPO CORPORATION + 1'06
no changes in the gc as Calzati doesnt gain time
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 22-03-2008 21:17
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No time difference? you disappoint me
Great win mate
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 22-03-2008 21:30
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Just the Time Bonus Great stuff Justin Keep up the good work |
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Posted on 22-03-2008 22:01
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Nice win, great delaying with the sprint
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Posted on 22-03-2008 23:37
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Nice win... Too bad there was no time gap
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 24-03-2008 15:07
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thanks guys
Stage 3/7:
Another nasty stage and this time no one even tried to get away altough Claeys did attack on the only climb where there were some KOM points. After this attack the pack got back together and with 3 km to go it seemed that we would get a small uphill bunchsprint but then with 2 kms to go the leader in this years Tirreno makes a surprise move
Valverde suddenly attacks! Gil and Siutsou don't have the energy to go after him
And so Valverde gains 21 seconds on the pack, wins the stage and also strengthens his lead. Gil ends 7th and remains 6th in the GC
Valverde continues to show great form
Result:
01. Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 4h24'00
02. Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 21
03. Frank Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
04. Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
05. Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM s.t.
06. Juan Manuel Gárate QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
07. Koldo Gil NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
08. Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
09. Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER s.t.
10.  Andrei Grivko TEAM MILRAM s.t.
11 Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM s.t.
12 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
13 Stefan Schumacher GEROLSTEINER s.t.
14 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
15 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
16 Theo Eltink RABOBANK s.t.
17 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
18 Simon Gerrans AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
19 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
20 Unai Etxebarría EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
21 Konstantin Siutsou NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
22 Juan-Antonio Flecha RABOBANK s.t.
23 Tadej Valjavec LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
24 Gianpaolo Caruso LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
25 Manuele Mori SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
26 Lorenzo Bernucci T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
27 Maxim Iglinski ASTANÁ s.t.
28 David Zabriskie TEAM CSC s.t.
29 Guido Trentin SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
30 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
31 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC s.t.
32 Oscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
33 Fortunato Baliani CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
34 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
35 Dimitri Claeys NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
36 Maarten Den Bakker TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
37 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
38 Johan Vansummeren PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
39 Mickaël Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
40 Bernhard Kohl GEROLSTEINER s.t.
41 Anthony Charteau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
42 Paolo Savoldelli ASTANÁ s.t.
43 Stefano Garzelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
44 Marc De Maar RABOBANK s.t.
45 Nicki Sørensen TEAM CSC s.t.
46 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
47 Dmitri Muravjev ASTANÁ s.t.
48 Constantino Zaballa CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
49 Gregorio Ladino COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
50 Daniele Bennati NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
GC:
01. Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 7h59'39
02. Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1'17
03. John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 1'50
04. Frank Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
05. Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'54
06. Koldo Gil NIPPO CORPORATION + 2'21
07. Bernhard Kohl GEROLSTEINER s.t.
08. George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
09. Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
10. Theo Eltink RABOBANK s.t.
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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Posted on 26-03-2008 17:58
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A tough stage but when a break of 6 gets the 'ok' signal it seems that the teams are not interested in chasing them down since no one in the group is a threat in the GC whatsoever
Horrach, Mourey, Voigt, Gomez Marchante, Mertens and Gavazzi heading towards Cannes
Later Giovanni Visconti bridges the gap and joins the group, the group is still together but on the final climb the stronger ones seperate themselves from the weaker ones
Mourey, Voigt and Gavazzi can't keep up with Visconti's pace!
Then only 4 riders are left and one of them places a surprise attack on the downhill section, Gomez Marchante takes off and Mertens, Visconti and Horrach only look at eachother while they should be chasing
Gomez Marchante plays it smart and just like that he creates a huge gap between him and the chasers!
Voigt and Mourey join the group again and then they finally start to chase Gomez Marchante down and now he's quickly losing second after second after second, with 3 kms to go they can see the yellow dot coming closer and closer
The remaining 5 can see Gomez Marchante coming closer but isnt it too late?
With 1 km to go Gomez Marchante still leads, however Mertens is determined to win and takes off with Visconti in his wheel, Voigt, Mourey and Horrach can't follow
Mertens and Visconti are getting real close now! (distances are bigger than they seem :wink: )
Who will win?
Its Pieter Mertens who takes the flowers after an exciting last part of this stage!
Result:
01. Pieter Mertens PREDICTOR - LOTTO 4h22'05
02. Giovanni Visconti QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
03. José Angel Gomez Marchante SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
04. Francis Mourey FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
05. Joan Horrach CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
06. Jens Voigt TEAM CSC s.t.
07. Francesco Gavazzi LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'34
08. Marcus Burghardt T-MOBILE TEAM + 5'42
09. Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC s.t.
10. Jurgen Vandenbroeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
11 Francisco Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
12 Igor Astarloa TEAM MILRAM s.t.
13 Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
14 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS s.t.
15 Marco Velo TEAM MILRAM s.t.
16 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
17 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
18 Eddy Mazzoleni ASTANÁ s.t.
19 Lars Boom NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
20 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
21 Matthias Kessler ASTANÁ s.t.
22 Sylvain Calzati NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
23 Sven Krauss GEROLSTEINER s.t.
24 Björn Leukemans PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
25 Axel Merckx T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
26 Frantisek Rabon T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
27 Gorka Verdugo EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
28 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
29 Alan Pérez Lezaun EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
30 Andrea Noè LIQUIGAS s.t.
31 José Ivan Gutiérrez Palacios CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
32 Pierre Rolland CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
33 Antonio Colom ASTANÁ s.t.
34 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
35 Blaise Sonnery AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
36 Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS s.t.
37 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
38 Christophe Le Mével CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
39 Ludovic Turpin AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
40 Hubert Dupont AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
41 Iban Mayo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
42 Ruben Elvira Lobato SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
43 Nicolas Portal CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
44 Vladimir Efimkin CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
45 Christophe Riblon AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
46 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
47 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
48 Luis Perez Rodriguez TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
49 Maxime Monfort COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
50 David Arroyo CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
GC:
01. Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS 18h13'10
02. Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 13
03. Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS + 16
04. Pierre Rolland CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 19
05. David Moncoutié COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 22
06. Joost Posthuma RABOBANK + 23
07. Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 24
08. Sérgio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
09. Iban Mayo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 28
10. Luis Leon Sanchez Gil CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 30
13. Sylvain Calzati NIPPO CORPORATION + 42
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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Posted on 29-03-2008 16:18
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also, next time you will see many new jerseys amongst the pt teams, I put in most of the 2008 jerseys so that it also feels like we really are in 2008. Ofcourse I only put in the jerseys of teams that still have the same or almost the same name :wink:
Stage 4/7:
JUst as in Paris Nice, the leaders here in Tirreno Adriatico also decided to take it easy and so a big break of 13 riders is allowed to get away. For Nippo Alexander Bespalov is present
A big break, a big lead, a big chance for these 13 riders to win today
However the final climbs shake things up as 5 riders immediatly have to let go after the first climb, these 4 would also be caught by the pack in the end. The group is down to 9 and Bespalov is still in the group but then on the final climb he has to let go together with Commesso (TCS), Ciccarese (PAN) and Ghyselinck (ASA). A bit later with 5 kms to go also Minard and Veikkanen have to let go and so with 3 kms to go we have these 3 left
Kopp, Van Impe and Quinziato take off, Veikkanen still desperately tries to get back
In the sprint Quinziato doesnt stand a chance, its between Van Impe and Kopp
David Kopp takes the win while Van Impe and Quinziato enter the top 5 in the GC
Result:
01. David Kopp GEROLSTEINER 4h56'25
02. Kevin Van Impe QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
03. Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS s.t.
04.  Jussi Veikkanen FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 59
05. Sébastien Minard COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
06. Fabio Ciccarese CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 1'56
07. Salvatore Commesso TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
08.  Aleksandr Bespalov NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
09. Oscar Freire RABOBANK + 2'41
10. Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
11 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
12 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
13 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC s.t.
14 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
15 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
16 Lloyd Mondory AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
17 Daniele Bennati NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
18 Allan Davis DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
19 Lorenzo Bernucci T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
20 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
21 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
22 Robbie McEwen PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
23 Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM s.t.
24 Mickaël Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
25 Jan Ghyselinck ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
26 Juri Krivtsov AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
27 Manuele Mori SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
28 Stefan Schumacher GEROLSTEINER s.t.
29 Murilo Fischer LIQUIGAS s.t.
30 Marcel Sieberg TEAM MILRAM s.t.
31 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
32 Simon Gerrans AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
33 Juan-Antonio Flecha RABOBANK s.t.
34 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
35 Leif Hoste PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
36 Maarten Den Bakker TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
37 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
38 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
39 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
40 Fortunato Baliani CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
41 Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
42 Marc De Maar RABOBANK s.t.
43 Constantino Zaballa CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
44 Niki Terpstra TEAM MILRAM s.t.
45 Nicki Sørensen TEAM CSC s.t.
46 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
47 Matej Mugerli LIQUIGAS s.t.
48 Matthew White DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
49 Frank Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
50 Fu-yu Li DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
GC:
01. Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 17h22'35
02. Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1'17
03. Kevin Van Impe QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 1'27
04. Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS + 1'29
05. Frank Schleck TEAM CSC + 1'50
06. John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
07. Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'54
08. George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 2'21
09. Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
10. Theo Eltink RABOBANK s.t.
12. Koldo Gil NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| alex153 |
Posted on 29-03-2008 16:25
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Haven't seen this story in a long time...glad to see you are still going Justin |
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thanks alex
Stage 8/8:
The final stage in this year's Paris Nice which could shake up the GC and perhaps Nippo's Calzati could move into the top 10, first 3 strong riders take off as they try to win today's stage
Fothen, Menchov and Barredo up front
They have a nice lead and are still up front on the final climb, there the Liquigas and Astana boys keep up a very high pace, making it impossible for riders such as Kirchen and Calzati to attack. On top of the climb the escapees are caught. However 1 rider does have some energy left to attack!
Samuel Sanchez is gone! He can win Paris Nice now!
Even though Liquigas tries everything to decrease the gap, it is Sanchez who takes the final stage and as he wins with a 47 second advantage he also takes the overall win in this years Paris Nice.
Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez wins Paris Nice
Result:
01. Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 3h42'23
02. Matthias Kessler ASTANÁ + 47
03. Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS s.t.
04. Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
05. Marcus Burghardt T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
06. Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS s.t.
07. Patrik Sinkewitz T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
08. Manuel Beltran LIQUIGAS s.t.
09. Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
10. Andrea Noè LIQUIGAS s.t.
11 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS s.t.
12 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
13 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
14 Iban Mayo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
15 Sylvain Calzati NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
16 Vladimir Efimkin CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
17 Carl Naibo AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
18 Sérgio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
19 Dmitri Kozontchuk RABOBANK s.t.
20 Ludovic Turpin AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
21 Pierre Rolland CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
22 Ruben Elvira Lobato SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
23 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
24 Nicolas Portal CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
25 Patxi Vila LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
26 José Ivan Gutiérrez Palacios CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
27 Joost Posthuma RABOBANK s.t.
28 Luis Perez Rodriguez TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
29 Axel Merckx T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
30 Christophe Riblon AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
31 Chris Horner TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
32 Joan Horrach CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
33 David Moncoutié COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
34 Pieter Weening RABOBANK s.t.
35 Alexandre Vinokourov ASTANÁ s.t.
36 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
37 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
38 Eddy Mazzoleni ASTANÁ s.t.
39 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
40 David Arroyo CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
41 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER s.t.
42 Antonio Colom ASTANÁ s.t.
43 Denis Menchov RABOBANK + 1'40
44 Rémy Di Gregorio FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
45 Stijn Devolder DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
46 Paolo Bettini QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
47 José Luis Rubiera DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
48 Haimar Zubeldia EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
49 Benjamin Noval DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
50 Christophe Le Mével CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
FINAL GC:
01. Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 30h53'36
02. Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS + 40
03. Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS + 54
04. Pierre Rolland CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 59
05. David Moncoutié COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 1'02
06. Joost Posthuma RABOBANK + 1'03
07. Sérgio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 1'04
08. Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
09. Iban Mayo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1'08
10. Luis Leon Sanchez Gil CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'10
[size=9]11 Chris Horner TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 1'11
12 Eddy Mazzoleni ASTANÁ + 1'19
13 Sylvain Calzati NIPPO CORPORATION + 1'22
14 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1'59
15 Christophe Riblon AG2R LA MONDIALE + 2'02
16 Manuel Beltran LIQUIGAS + 2'04
17 Andrea Noè LIQUIGAS s.t.
18 Matthias Kessler ASTANÁ + 2'05
19 Patxi Vila LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
20 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 2'13
21 Axel Merckx T-MOBILE TEAM + 2'25
22 Ludovic Turpin AG2R LA MONDIALE + 2'26
23 Ruben Elvira Lobato SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 2'32
24 Lars Boom NIPPO CORPORATION + 2'39
25 Marco Velo TEAM MILRAM + 2'51
26 Maxime Monfort COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 2'59
27 Koos Moerenhout RABOBANK + 3'10
28 Alexandre Vinokourov ASTANÁ + 3'25
29 David Arroyo CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
30 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 3'26
31 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 3'29
32 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R LA MONDIALE + 3'35
33 Vladimir Efimkin CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
34 José Ivan Gutiérrez Palacios CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 4'23
35 Dmitri Kozontchuk RABOBANK + 4'26
36 Luis Perez Rodriguez TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 4'27
37 José Luis Rubiera DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 4'28
38 Carl Naibo AG2R LA MONDIALE + 4'29
39 Nicolas Portal CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 4'30
40 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 4'36
41 Blaise Sonnery AG2R LA MONDIALE + 4'38
42 Marcus Burghardt T-MOBILE TEAM + 4'47
43 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC + 5'00
44 Christophe Le Mével CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 5'04
45 Jurgen Vandenbroeck SILENCE - LOTTO + 5'14
46 Thomas Lövkvist FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 5'16
47 Mikel Astarloza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 5'23
48 Bobby Julich TEAM CSC + 5'26
49 Haimar Zubeldia EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 5'32
50 Benjamin Noval DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.[/size]
Points:
01. Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 104
02. Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS 82
03. Tom Boonen QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC 63
KOM:
01. Antonio Colom ASTANÁ 30
02. Carlos Barredo QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC 29
03. Pieter Mertens SILENCE - LOTTO 26
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