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Petronas - Monster Energy; The end of an era
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 28-04-2012 23:04
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Excellent and much deserved win. The GC doesn't look to escape now too.  |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 28-04-2012 23:22
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@Pelli & Freitas: Thank you guys, I'm very happy with that win!
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| baia |
Posted on 29-04-2012 12:08
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Nice one....Oman belongs to Wilco.
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| TomC |
Posted on 29-04-2012 13:11
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Nice win in Oman good luck in first classics with Breschel. |
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Posted on 29-04-2012 19:22
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A Great victory for Kelderman, Well Done |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 29-04-2012 22:35
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Stage 5
After yesterday's mountain-top-finish, the Tour of Oman will be decided in today's ITT. The 19 kilometres are very hilly, featuring over 800 height metres, so the timetrialists need climbing skills as well.
The fastest time so far is set by former TT-world champion Fabian Cancellara. He has moved back to Bjarne Riis and Saxo Bank, with the goal of regaining his title a best time trialist in the world. Today he sets the first step, and he wins the ITT, in a time of 29'21.
The second place today goes to Movistar's Portuges rider Rui Costa, 20 seconds behind Cancellara. Rui Costa jumps to the 3rd place in the GC after today.
John Gadret was in 3rd place in the GC before the TT, and knows he'll drop some places after today, being a lousy timetrialist. He finshes in 41st today, dropping to 5th in the GC.
GC number 2 Daniel Navarro rides a pretty good TT, and finishes in 18th. It's good enough to stay in the 2nd place in the GC.
Wilco Kelderman is the big favourite to put on the leader's jersey after today, and does an excellent job. Our stage race-talent sets the 6th time, '33 behind Spartacus, and even enlarges his GC-lead! (I realize now that I took a lousy screenshot.....)
Results
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Saxo Bank SunGard | 29'21 | | 2 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 20 | | 3 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky ProCycling | + 24 | | 4 | Jack Bauer | Saur - Sojasun | + 25 | | 5 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | + 29 | | 6 | Wilco Kelderman | Monster Energy - Subway | + 34 | | 7 | Simon Richardson | Kingspan - Alpro | + 36 | | 8 | Lars Ytting Bak | Saur - Sojasun | + 37 | | 9 | Luis Pasamontes | Andalucía Caja Granada | s.t. | | 10 | Robert Partridge | Kingspan - Alpro | + 42 |
GC
| 1 | Wilco Kelderman | Monster Energy - Subway | 13h48'04 | | 2 | Daniel Navarro | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 50 | | 3 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 54 | | 4 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky ProCycling | + 58 | | 5 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'11 | | 6 | Luis Pasamontes | Andalucía Caja Granada | s.t. | | 7 | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | + 1'25 | | 8 | Daniele Callegarin | Team Type 1 | + 1'35 | | 9 | Jussi Veikkanen | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 1'36 | | 10 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | + 1'37 |
Today's winner
Word from the DS
We only had one goal for today: staying in the GC-lead, and we succeeded in doing it. One more stage to go!
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| baia |
Posted on 29-04-2012 22:43
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Very good TT...last stage will be a walk in the park..
Cancellara is one attributes monster...
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| dienblad |
Posted on 29-04-2012 22:47
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Stage 6
The last stage from Qurayyat to Mattrah Seafront is pretty flat again, and will probably end in mass sprint number 4.
8km to go
Luis Ángel Maté is the last one of a 11-man BOTD that gets caught 8 kilometres before the finish. Mass sprint again!
1km to go
With a few riders with a positive daily form, we decide to set up a sprint train again. Entering the last kilometre, Coen Vermeltfoort has gone to fast and has shred the peloton apart, partly thanks to the stormy winds. Matti Breschel has lost his wheel, but still has some energy left.
Finish
Breschel rides a great sprint, but has no chance against Filippo Pozzato, who shows he wil be THE man to beat in the Omloop - KBK double.
Francisco Ventoso finishes in 2nd and Breschel in 3rd. Wilco Kelderman takes the 6th place and wins the Tour of Oman!
Results
| 1 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | 3h46'53 | | 2 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 3 | Matti Breschel | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 4 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 5 | Tom Leezer | M&M's | s.t. | | 6 | Wilco Kelderman | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 7 | John Degenkolb | M&M's | s.t. | | 8 | Sacha Modolo | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 9 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 10 | Cyril Lemoine | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. |
Today's winner
GC
| 1 | Wilco Kelderman | Monster Energy - Subway | 17h34'57 | | 2 | Daniel Navarro | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 50 | | 3 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 54 | | 4 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky ProCycling | + 58 | | 5 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'11 | | 6 | Luis Pasamontes | Andalucía Caja Granada | s.t. | | 7 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | + 1'17 | | 8 | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | + 1'25 | | 9 | Daniele Callegarin | Team Type 1 | + 1'35 | | 10 | Jack Bauer | Saur - Sojasun | + 2'12 |
Points
| 1 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | 79 | | 2 | John Degenkolb | M&M's | 75 | | 3 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | 69 | | 4 | Sacha Modolo | Team Type 1 | 52 | | 5 | Wilco Kelderman | Monster Energy - Subway | 49 |
KOTM
| 1 | Wilco Kelderman | Monster Energy - Subway | 20 | | 2 | Daniel Navarro | Saxo Bank SunGard | 14 | | 3 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | 12 | | 4 | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | 10 | | 5 | Daniele Callegarin | Team Type 1 | 8 |
Overall winner
Word from the DS
A stage win, the KOTM-jersey and the GC-win.... What a great week this has been for Wilco Kelderman, fulfilling his talent in stage races! Next stop for him is the Tirreno. And I got to mention Matti Breschel, with the 3rd plac ein the last stage, showing he's ready for the opener of the cobbles season.
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Posted on 29-04-2012 22:48
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baia wrote:
Very good TT...last stage will be a walk in the park..
Cancellara is one attributes monster...
Yes, it was!!
With 7 stats over 80, Cancellara isn't a beast, but a monster! Unfortunately, not a blue low-carb monster
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| baia |
Posted on 30-04-2012 00:03
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Great Overall Win...well done.
Breschel has to do good now on the cobbles..
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| dienblad |
Posted on 30-04-2012 00:09
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baia wrote:
Great Overall Win...well done.
Breschel has to do good now on the cobbles..
Thank you!! Well, cobbles are my weakest point (together with mass sprints), except for Paris-Rpubaix last year (3rd with Terpstra). We'll see. First the Vuelta a Andalucia.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 30-04-2012 08:56
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A Brilliant Tour of Oman victory with Kelderman, Well Done |
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Posted on 30-04-2012 08:57
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Great result in Oman Cancellara is a monster, but he isn't unbeatable can't wait to see Breschel in first cobble races, good luck |
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Posted on 30-04-2012 09:42
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@ sutty68: thanks for the banana.
@ TomC: nobody is unbeatable, but I think Pozzato , together with Breschel, is the man to beat Cancellara.
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| dienblad |
Posted on 30-04-2012 09:58
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After an absence of one year, the team starts again in the Vuelta a Andalucia, a 5 stage race in the Spanish province of Andalucía. The stages are hilly and perfect to get in shape for Paris - Nice and Tirreno - Adriatico.
Last year, the race was surprisingly won by M&M's Koen De Kort.
 
Startlist
Spoiler Euskaltel
1. I.Antón
2. M.Astarloza
3. K.Fernández
4. O.Fraile
5. B.Intxausti
6. E.Martínez
7. R.Sicard
8. G.Zubiagirre
Nespresso
11. J.J.Cobo
12. P.Bailetti
13. D.Blanco
14. P.Merino
15. M.Pelucchi
16. D.Ratto
17. P.Urtasun
18. R.Valls
Monster Energy - Ford
21. F.De Greef
22. J.Bobridge
23. T.Bos
24. M.De Maar
25. R.Ruijgh
26. P.Sagan
27. L.Westra
28. D.van Dongen
UnitedHealthcare
31. A.Dyachenko
32. J.Clarke
33. A.Davis
34. P.Deignan
35. R.Förster
36. A.Hegyvari
37. M.Matthews
38. B.White
Caja Rural
41. J.Herrada
42. G.Bravo
43. D.De la Cruz
44. E.García
45. S.Mantecón
46. R.Martínez
47. R.Reig
Onda
51. J.Cabreira
52. J.Augustyn
53. D.Fernández
54. J.Magallanes
55. M.Mourão
56. J.Pardo
57. C.Pinho
58. C.Sousa
Movistar
61. E.Salgueiro
62. R.Ajuntas
63. Ó.Freire
64. I.Konovalovas
65. Á.Madrazo
66. J.Ortega
67. R.Pérez
68. E.Sanz
Veranda's Willems
71. J.Van Goolen
72. K.Borry
73. S.Caethoven
74. B.De Clercq
75. J.Ghyselinck
76. S.Renders
77. B.Scheirlinckx
78. J.Vanlandschoot
Tavira
81. J.Rovira
82. J.Arregui
83. V.Celis
84. L.Didier
85. J.Ezquerra
86. J.Marín
87. N.Victorino
88. A.Vital
Burgos 2016
91. M.Dueñas
92. D.Belda
93. X.Espinal
94. P.Orengo
95. L.Turpin
96. C.Verona
Orbea
101. J.Del Nero
102. P.Bilbao
103. M.Bizkarra
104. R.Galicia
105. R.García
106. S.Martínez
107. P.Pascual
108. M.Vergara
Andalucía
111. A.Piedra
112. S.Carrasco
113. J.Diaz Del Campo
114. J.J.Estrada
115. D.Gadeo
116. J.V.Toribio
Liquigas
121. D.Bennati
122. B.Božic
123. D.Colli
124. M.Da Dalto
125. D.Oss
126. M.Paterski
127. I.Santaromita
128. A.Vanotti
Pisanellastoria
131. H.Schwab
132. F.Gilioli
133. F.Negri
134. L.Pinizzotto
135. D.Rebellin
136. E.Rossi
137. A.Tonti
138. C.Zaballa
Colnago
141. S.Stortoni
142. P.Locatelli
143. A.Loddo
144. O.Lombardi
145. G.Palumbo
146. A.Pasqualon
147. E.Rigotto
148. D.Viganò
Type 1
151. D.Impey
Europcar
161. M.Sprick
162. S.Haddou
163. V.Jérôme
164. R.Lallement
165. M.Méderel
166. R.Senechal
LA
171. H.Brôco
172. A.Antunes
173. M.Henriques
174. R.Melo
175. B.Sancho
176. B.Silva
177. P.Soeiro
178. R.Vinhas
Colombia es Pasión
181. W.Pedraza
182. J.Cano
183. E.Ortíz
184. J.Salazar
Barbot
191. S.Pérez
192. R.Alarcón
193. A.Amorim
194. E.Araújo
195. J.Brito
196. C.Fonte
197. R.Serrano
AG2R La Mondiale
201. B.Gastauer
202. G.Martin
Our team
The favourites
*** Igor Antón (Euskaltel), Juan José Cobo (Nespresso), Peter Sagan.
** Benat Intxausti (Euskaltel), Jésus Del Nero (Orbea), Ángel Madrazo (Movistar).
* J. Cabreira (Onda), Marc De Maar, Rafael Valls (Nespresso).
Our goal
We'll aim for a Top 3 here.
Stage 1
The first stage in the Vuelta a Andalucía is a very hily prologue in Benahavís. After a 2.5 kilometre descend, the road starts to ascend slowly. First with gradients of 3-5%, but in the last 1500 metres there are parts that arise with 15-20%!
Ah, the almighty bugged prologue of the Vuelta a Andalucía...... When you don't take the first few places, you've done a bad prologue. So with taking place 1 to 6, we can say that it's a good prologue for us, with Lieuwe Westra being the fastest.
Results
| 1 | Lieuwe Westra | Monster Energy - Subway | 11'45 | | 2 | Marc De Maar | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 3 | Francis De Greef | Monster Energy - Subway | + 4 | | 4 | Peter Sagan | Monster Energy - Subway | + 7 | | 5 | Jack Bobridge | Monster Energy - Subway | + 16 | | 6 | Theo Bos | Monster Energy - Subway | + 17 | | 7 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 19 | | 8 | Beñat Intxausti | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 20 | | 9 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 21 |
Today's winner
Word from the DS
Winning and taking the first places is nice, but....... the stage is bugged, so no bananas please 
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 30-04-2012 10:20
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Awesome. You gotta love that prologue.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 30-04-2012 10:34
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Totally Brilliiant result for Monster Energy |
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| TomC |
Posted on 30-04-2012 10:45
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This stage is always easy to win |
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Posted on 30-04-2012 11:03
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Stage 2
The 2nd stage is considered to be the queen's stage, with 2 long climbs in it. Unfortunately, the last summit of the 2 is 65 kilometres before the finish.
65km to go
We control the race untill the 2nd climb, the Puerto de Albumol, starts. As some of our riders, among them GC-leader Lieuwe Westra, are having problems in staying in the peloton, we drop the pace. 3 riders use that opportunity to attack: Serafin Martinez (Orbea), Maxime Méderel (Europcar) and Fabio Negri (Pisanellastoria).
Méderel is the first to arrive at the summit, and the 3 have a lead of 1'30 to the peloton.
11km to go
We use the long descend to regroup a bit, and collect some water bottles and food, and as a result, the margin to the 3 leaders grows to 3 minutes. We then let our domestiques increase the pace, but just as 2 years ago, it's almost impossible to decrease the gap....
Uproar 11 kilometres before the finish! A crash in the first peloton, and among them are 2 favourites for the GC-win. Igor Antón was one of the first riders to hit the tarmac, and also Juan José Cobo is about to crash, after parking is front wheel in the groin of a poor Europcar-rider (I really feel sorry for that guy....).
Finish
Meanwhile, up front, it's Maxime Méderel who easily wins the sprint of the 3 leaders, and taking the biggest win in his career at the age of 32. He also takes the lead in the GC. Negri finishes in 2nd and Martinez in 3rd.
Peter Sagan wins the sprint for the 4th place at 1'34. Igor Antón finishes 1'23 behind the first peloton, and Juan José Cobo looses 2'45 to the peloton.
Results
| 1 | Maxime Méderel | Team Europcar | 4h24'50 | | 2 | Fabio Negri | Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 3 | Serafín Martínez | Orbea Continental | s.t. | | 4 | Peter Sagan | Monster Energy - Subway | + 1'34 | | 5 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | Rubén Pérez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | Paolo Bailetti | Nespresso - Algarve | s.t. | | 8 | David De la Cruz | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 9 | Beñat Intxausti | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 10 | José Herrada | Caja Rural | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Maxime Méderel | Team Europcar | 4h36'48 | | 2 | Fabio Negri | Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti | + 6 | | 3 | Serafín Martínez | Orbea Continental | + 21 | | 4 | Marc De Maar | Monster Energy - Subway | + 1'21 | | 5 | Francis De Greef | Monster Energy - Subway | + 1'25 | | 6 | Peter Sagan | Monster Energy - Subway | + 1'28 | | 7 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'40 | | 8 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | + 1'41 | | 9 | Beñat Intxausti | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 10 | José Herrada | Caja Rural | + 1'48 |
Points
| 1 | Maxime Méderel | Team Europcar | 31 | | 2 | Peter Sagan | Monster Energy - Subway | 28 | | 3 | Lieuwe Westra | Monster Energy - Subway | 25 | | 4 | Marc De Maar | Monster Energy - Subway | 25 | | 5 | Fabio Negri | Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti | 24 |
KOTM
| 1 | Serafín Martínez | Orbea Continental | 30 | | 2 | Rob Ruijgh | Monster Energy - Subway | 28 | | 3 | Maxime Méderel | Team Europcar | 20 | | 4 | Fabio Negri | Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti | 14 | | 5 | Pablo Urtasun | Nespresso - Algarve | 14 |
Today's winner
Word from the DS
Just as 2 years ago, no other team wants to help us in the chase, and it was impossible to catch the breakaway. But with 3 relatively easy stages to go, it will be hard to regain the leaders jersey.
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 30-04-2012 11:14
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I think it would be time for a new thread title Nice results so far in 2013. I'm looking forward to the important races!
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