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Petronas - Monster Energy; The end of an era
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| baia |
Posted on 21-04-2012 10:27
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Well done...good decision to not chase the breakaway....good luck for the last one.
Your equipment looks really nice in the screens..
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| TomC |
Posted on 21-04-2012 10:37
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Great team! Very good situation for Breschel, but he has to watch Rojas in the last stage. Good luck! |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 21-04-2012 11:04
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Breschel has to hang on. |
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Posted on 21-04-2012 13:56
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Here we go! Last stage of the Tour Down Under and the question is: Can Matti Breschel stay in the orange leader jersey, or does José Joaquin Rojas or Tyler Farrar win the stage and overtake him in the GC?
57km to go
The 6th stage with start and finish in Adelaide starts the same way as all the other stages. A few riders try to form a breakaway, but everything (thanks to our team) gets togeher before the first Intermediate sprint.
And just as in the previous stages, only Matti Breschel is interested in the 3 bonus seconds, and wins the sprint. Don't Farrar and Rojas know that they will losse the Tour Down Under because of the Intermediate sprint, or are they that confident for the mass sprint???
22km to go
2 riders go in the attack after the Intermediate sprint. Red Bull's Michael Schär and Katusha's Alexander Porsev. 22 kilometres before the finish, climbing the horrible steep and high Montafiore Hill for the penultimate time, they have a margin of 35 seconds over a threesome with Dominique Rollin (FDJ), Juan Antonio Flecha (Sky) and Matthew Hayman (Qantas).
The peloton follows at 1'41 and of course our riders don't help in the chase. The domestiques of Garmin and Omega Pharma have to do the work.
7km to go
The two leading group merge, and shortly after Porsev and Rollin got dropped. 3 riders attack out of the peloton, namely George Hincapie (BMC), Nikolas Maes (Lotto) and Niki Terpstra. Yes, we do everything to disrupt the chase .
Hayman is desperate to make the home soil-tour for himself and his team a succes, and attacks again. Flecha follows at 8 seconds, the group with Hincapie, Maes, Schär and Terpstra at 20 seconds and the peloton at '44. Still, everything is possible.
1500m to go
The leading group can't make it untill the finish and gets caught with 1500 metres to go. In the outside of the corner, Mirco Lorenzetto (Androni) is the first one who starts his sprint. Matti Breschel is already 10 kilometres in the wheel of Tyler Farrar.
300metres to go
The punch from Lorenzetto is stronger than Tyler Farrar must have expected. With only 300 metres to go, the Italian is still in the lead, followed by Farrar and Breschel. Farrar has to win the stage, but then even a 3rd place is enough for the Dane.
Finish
Mirco Lorenzetto proves to be our secret helper by winning the stage. A great punch by him. Farrar finishes in 2nd and Breschel in 3rd. This means, Matti Breschel wins the 2013 Santos Tour Down Under!!
Results
| 1 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Androni Giocattoli | 2h00'27 | | 2 | Tyler Farrar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 3 | Matti Breschel | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 4 | Mathieu Drujon | FDJ | s.t. | | 5 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 6 | Koldo Fernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 7 | Leonardo Duque | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. | | 8 | Aidis Kruopis | Qantas Airways | s.t. | | 9 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 10 | William Bonnet | FDJ | s.t. |
Today's winner
GC
| 1 | Matti Breschel | Monster Energy - Subway | 18h09'45 | | 2 | Tyler Farrar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 7 | | 3 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Garmin - Barracuda | + 13 | | 4 | Leonardo Duque | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 27 | | 5 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 6 | Yohan Offredo | FDJ | s.t. | | 7 | Martijn Maaskant | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 8 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 9 | Martin Elmiger | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 10 | Sébastien Rosseler | Monster Energy - Subway | + 1'03 |
Points
| 1 | Matti Breschel | Monster Energy - Subway | 10 | 38 | | 2 | Tyler Farrar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 6 | 18 | | 3 | Daniele Colli | Liquigas - Cannondale | 0 | 18 | | 4 | Elia Viviani | Liquigas - Cannondale | 0 | 18 | | 5 | Michael Schär | Red Bull - Cervélo | 6 | 14 |
KOTM
| 1 | Niki Terpstra | Monster Energy - Subway | 0 | 48 | | 2 | Michael Schär | Red Bull - Cervélo | 32 | 32 | | 3 | Alexander Porsev | Katusha Team | 24 | 24 | | 4 | Murilo Fischer | Sony Ericsson | 0 | 16 | | 5 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | 0 | 16 |
U25
| 1 | Jonathon McEvoy | Qantas Airways | 18h11'40 | | 2 | Elia Viviani | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 14 | | 3 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Monster Energy - Subway | + 52 | | 4 | Adrien Petit | Team Europcar | + 58 | | 5 | Aurélien Duval | Team Europcar | + 1'24 |
Teams
| 1 | Monster Energy - Subway | 54h30'36 | | 2 | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1'24 | | 3 | Qantas Airways | + 2'27 | | 4 | Team Europcar | + 2'36 | | 5 | Sony Ericsson | + 3'16 |
Overall winner
Word from the DS
Did we dominate the Tour Down Under? No! Were we the smartest team? Absolutely!
Thanks to one stage win and collecting bonus seconds in Intemediate sprints, Matti Breschel wins the GC (and the points ranking). Niki Terpstra wins the KOTM-ranking, for the 3rd year in a row that a Monster Energy-rider wins it (2 previous year Bobridge). And not to forget Maaskant and Rosseler with a 7th and 10th place in the GC!
Edited by dienblad on 21-04-2012 13:57
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| baia |
Posted on 21-04-2012 14:15
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Smart played...well done.
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Posted on 21-04-2012 14:28
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Good result  |
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Posted on 21-04-2012 14:34
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Great result from Breschel. |
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Posted on 21-04-2012 14:56
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Great result from Breschel, hope he will do so good in classic races too |
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Posted on 21-04-2012 18:06
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Wonderfuly done! |
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Posted on 21-04-2012 18:20
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Nice win for Monster!
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Posted on 21-04-2012 18:25
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That's quite a way to kick off the new season!
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| Maddrengen |
Posted on 21-04-2012 18:39
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FUCKING YEAH! Muhahaha! Breschel is gonne roll you all in 2013! This is how it's gonna be in 2013! Breschel wins everything! Danish Dynamite!
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Posted on 21-04-2012 20:06
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Brilliant all round Tour Down Under for Breschel, Well Done |
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 21-04-2012 20:19
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Breshel 8(banana) Nice TDU 
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Posted on 21-04-2012 20:58
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@ all: Thanks a lot. Shortly coming up: Giro della Calabria.
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Posted on 21-04-2012 21:20
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Next stop in our third season is the province of Regio Calabria, in the south of Italy. The 3 day stage race features some interesting stages, all of them hilly. Last year, Enrico Gasparotto managed to be faster than 3 Monster Energy-riders.
 
Startlist
Spoiler Colnago
1. D.Pozzovivo
2. F.Canuti
3. M.Frapporti
4. P.Grillo
5. G.Palumbo
6. A.Pasqualon
7. E.Ratti
8. D.Viganò
Lampre
11. G.Bole
12. L.Bertagnolli
13. P.Caucchioli
14. A.Kashechkin
15. D.Loosli
16. A.Moletta
17. M.Mori
18. E.Sella
Vacansoleil
21. M.Marcato
22. S.Anza
23. M.Carrara
24. S.Devolder
25. W.Mol
26. A.Ongarato
27. M.Pavarin
28. M.Selvaggi
Nespresso
31. X.Florencio
32. D.Bonuccelli
33. R.De Patre
34. F.Felline
35. M.Pelucchi
36. D.Ratto
37. P.Urtasun
38. R.Valls
De Rosa
41. C.Benenati
42. F.Baggio
43. M.Bono
44. G.De Maria
45. L.Mazzanti
46. M.Merlo
Monster Energy - Ford
51. M.De Maar
52. G.Bernard
53. T.Bos
54. T.Dumoulin
55. M.Lefèvre
56. M.Lootens
57. C.Veldkamp
58. D.van Dongen
Astana
61. T.Valjavec
62. T.Kangert
63. Y.Nepomnyachshiy
64. D.Potapovitch
65. N.Ribeiro
66. A.Smagulov
67. P.Tiralongo
68. A.Zeits
Acqua & Sapone
71. S.Garzelli
72. L.Celli
73. C.Cucinotta
74. D.D'Angelo
75. M.Facci
76. A.Masciarelli
77. F.Sabatini
78. F.Taborre
Farnese Vini
81. M.Cattaneo
82. O.Bulgarelli
83. D.Caccia
84. A.Guardini
85. D.Nardello
Amore & Vita
91. M.Khalilov
92. V.Bileka
93. S.Cassani
94. F.De Bonis
95. S.Giudici
96. S.Gretchyn
97. P.Mamos
98. E.Zini
Pisanellastoria
101. F.Negri
102. M.Biondo
103. J.Guarnieri
104. D.Margutti
105. W.Proch
106. E.Rossi
107. F.Tizza
108. M.Tjallingii
ISD CT
111. R.Navardauskas
112. Y.Agarkov
113. V.Buts
114. M.Giunti
115. A.Kvachuk
116. V.Popkov
Onfone
121. M.Pedersen
122. M.Bertelsen
123. J.Madsen
124. J.Odgaard
125. M.Reihs
126. K.Sobota
127. B.Vandborg
128. D.Vestergaard
PSK Whirlpool
131. P.Zitta
132. T.Buchácek
133. M.Hebik
134. F.Padour
135. T.Smolen
136. A.Wadecki
Bank BGZ
141. P.Cieslik
142. A.Detko
143. B.Janiaczyk
144. T.Kiendys
145. R.Radosz
146. Pa.Sztobryn
Adria Mobil
151. G.Svab
152. E.Franzoï
153. B.Furdi
154. G.Gazvoda
155. U.Murn
156. M.Stare
Type 1
161. R.Bahati
162. L.Bodrogi
163. M.Galeotti
164. B.Gamble
165. A.Shmidt
166. A.Stella
167. S.Stewart
168. R.la Rosa
Itera
171. A.Tsatevitch
172. A.Khvostovsky
Katusha
181. L.Battistini
Liquigas
191. C.Foti
Our team
The favourites
*** Grega Bole (Lampre), Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago), Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil).
** Marc De Maar, Leonardo Bertagnolli (Lampre), Xavier Florencio (Nespresso).
* Tadej Valjavec (Astana), Santa Anza (Vacansoleil), Pietro Caucchiolo (Lampre).
Our goals
With a very strong Lampre-team present in Calabria, it will be difficult to get a place in the Top 3. So we'll aim for the top 5.
Stage 1
The first stage starts in Melito. After about 155 flat kilometres along the coast, the last 7 are ascending with maximum gradients of 9% and the finish awaits in Catanzano at an altitude of 461 metres after 162 kilometres.
A group of 12 riders takes a maximum margin to the peloton of 6'30. Most known names are Maarten Tjallingii (Pisanellastoria), Paolo Tiralongo (Astana), Matteo Pelucchi (Nespresso), Andrea Guardini (Farnese Vini) and good-old Stefano Garzelli (Acqua et Sapone).
Lampre is doing the chase in the peloton, but possibly due to the extreme hard wind (69km/h!) they can't close the gap before the final climb starts. The leading group still has a margin of 2 minutes, but that margin fades rapidly. Nespresso's Matteo Pelucchi manages to slowly ride away from his companions and is heading towards the stage win.
3 riders can attack out of the peloton: Grega Bole (Lampre), Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago) and Marc De Maar. They start to overtake the members of the breakaway one by one, but Pelucchi stays out of reach. The 24-year-old Lombardian wins the first stage of the Giro della Calabria, with a margin of '20 to Eddy Ratti (Colnago, who was also part of the BOTD) and Bole. Pozzovivo (5th) and De Maar (7th) finish at '26.
Results
| 1 | Matteo Pelucchi | Nespresso - Algarve | 3h36'28 | | 2 | Eddy Ratti | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 20 | | 3 | Grega Bole | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 4 | Ramunas Navardauskas | ISD - Lampre Continental | + 26 | | 5 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 6 | Daniel Vestergaard | Onfone | s.t. | | 7 | Marc De Maar | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 8 | Robert Radosz | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 9 | Pietro Caucchioli | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 10 | Uros Murn | Adria Mobil | s.t. |
Today's winner
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Posted on 21-04-2012 21:49
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Good stage..
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Posted on 21-04-2012 21:51
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Lovely story 3 fucking seasons !! |
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Posted on 21-04-2012 23:58
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Stage 2
The 2nd stage is the queen's stage. The 183km long route between Soveranto and Vibo Valento features a very hilly first part, with lost of short steep climbs, and, after a flat middle part, some climbing in the last 30 kilometres.
Today's race is made by 8 riders, that have attacked early in the stage. The 8, including Tadej Valjavec (Astana) and Enrico Rossi (Pisanellastoria) create a maximum margin of 5'15. When the last climb starts, with 28 kilometres to go (and 8 ascending ones), they still lead by 3'13.
After 1 ascending kilometre, Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil) attacks and he's followed by Grega Bole (Lampre). They can close the ga to the leading group and are only '36 behind at the summit (Francesco De Bonis of Amore & Vita is the first at the summit, followed by Valjavec and Bank's Blazej Janiaczyk). 1'36 behind ride Marc De Maar and Cristiano Benenati (De Rosa). The peloton follows at 2'08.
Bole and Devolder close the gap to the 8 leaders, and so does the peloton to De Maar and Benenati. Than when the road starts to ascend in the last 2 kilometres, Devolder attacks. Bole easily counters, overtakes Devolder and wins the stage. He also becomes the new GC-leader. The peloton, led by Domenico Pozzovivo, manages to catch all former breakaways except De Bonis, an dfinishes at '59.
Results
| 1 | Grega Bole | Lampre - Generali | 5h06'48 | | 2 | Stijn Devolder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Francesco De Bonis | Amore & Vita | + 37 | | 4 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 59 | | 5 | Blazej Janiaczyk | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 6 | Tadej Valjavec | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 7 | Enrico Rossi | Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 8 | Gregor Gazvoda | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 9 | Massimo Giunti | ISD - Lampre Continental | s.t. | | 10 | Marc De Maar | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. |
Today's winner
Stage 3
The last stage from Pizzo to Reggio Calabria is hilly as well, but the last 45 kilometres are flat.
A 12-man breakaway manages to stay out of reach of the peloton (to be honest, team Lampre didn't want to do the chase). Polish Pawel Sztobryn (Bank BGZ) is the strongest in the sprint and takes his first ever professional win. Michael Reihs (Onfone) finishes in 2nd and Francesco Tizzo (Pisanellastoria) in 3rd. Theo Bos wins the sprint for the 13th place at 2'35, followed by Grega Bole, who wins the GC.
Results
| 1 | Pawel Sztobryn | Bank BGZ | 4h23'27 | | 2 | Michael Reihs | Onfone | s.t. | | 3 | Francesco Tizza | Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 4 | Andrey Zeits | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 5 | Alexander Kvachuk | ISD - Lampre Continental | s.t. | | 6 | Frantisek Padour | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 7 | Fabio Taborre | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 8 | Uros Murn | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 9 | Philipp Mamos | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 10 | Luca Mazzanti | De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | s.t. | | ... | | 13 | Theo Bos | Monster Energy - Subway | + 2'35 |
Today's winner
GC
| 1 | Grega Bole | Lampre - Generali | 13h09'10 | | 2 | Stijn Devolder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 22 | | 3 | Matteo Pelucchi | Nespresso - Algarve | + 39 | | 4 | Marc De Maar | Monster Energy - Subway | + 1'23 | | 5 | Maarten Tjallingii | Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 6 | Ramunas Navardauskas | ISD - Lampre Continental | + 1'25 | | 7 | Pietro Caucchioli | Lampre - Generali | + 1'33 | | 8 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 9 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 10 | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Grega Bole | Lampre - Generali | 2 | 43 | | 2 | Matteo Pelucchi | Nespresso - Algarve | 0 | 33 | | 3 | Uros Murn | Adria Mobil | 20 | 32 | | 4 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | 0 | 26 | | 5 | Marc De Maar | Monster Energy - Subway | 0 | 25 |
KOTM
| 1 | Francesco De Bonis | Amore & Vita | 0 | 18 | | 2 | Tadej Valjavec | Pro Team Astana | 0 | 18 | | 3 | Matteo Pelucchi | Nespresso - Algarve | 0 | 16 | | 4 | Eddy Ratti | Colnago - CSF Inox | 0 | 12 | | 5 | Grega Bole | Lampre - Generali | 0 | 10 |
Overall winner
Word from the DS
We can look back at a good Giro della Calabria. After last year´s 2nd place, Marc De Maar manages to become 4th this year in a race with succesful breakaways.
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Posted on 22-04-2012 09:02
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January review
The season started perfectly, with winning a stage and the GC of the Tour Down Under by our new signing Matti Breschel. Niki Terpstra did also great with winning the KOTM-ranking. In the last days of the montyh, Marc De Maar took a good 4t in the Giro della Calabria.
Unfortunately, there was one very negative thing: the crash and serious injury that Jack Bobridge suffered. He's in Australia right now, working to come back better than ever!
Media awards
Matti Breschel gets awarded as best rider of the month, and there's no question about it!
Rankings
World Tour riders
The top 3 in the TDU is the same as the top 3 here, so Breschel leading Farrar and Rojas.
World Tour teams
And of course, Monster Energy - Subway leads the World Tour teams ranking, followed by Omega Pharma - Quick Step and Garmin - Barracuda.
Continental Tour riders
With 2 stage wins and the GC in Malaysia, Sylvester Szmyd takes the lead in the Continental rankings. Surprisingly second is Differdange's Byron Guama out of Ecuador, who finished 2nd in Malaysia. Tom Leezer takes the 3rd place, after 2 stage wins.
Continental Tour teams
Stage wins by Veelers and Leezer bring M&M's the lead in the CT teams, followed by Liquigas and Saur - Sojasun.
Cycling Quotient riders
Matti Breschel is in the lead here and Sylvster Szmyd squeezes in between him and Tyler Farrar.
Cycling Quotient teams
Monster Energy - Subway in the lead. Liquigas - Cannondale has taken the first step to promote again, with Omega Pharma - Quick Step in 3rd.
Wins riders
Sylvester Szmyd is the only rider with 3 wins, followed by 7 riders with 2 wins.
Wins teams
Qantas, Liquigas and M&M's all have 4 wins so far this season.
So leading the World Tour and CQ rankings in both riders, as teams... You all know what that means!!!
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