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Forever Agostinho - the return of a national Hero
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Prueba Villafranca-Ordiziako Klasika 
Continuing his preparation for the Vuelta, Agostinho was chosen again as the team leader on this Spanish classic. A lot of climbs, but the end seems to be fitted to a sprint. Movistar will have to work hard to get rid of the pure sprinters and try to launch the portuguese fury.
With 12km to go and after a hard work from the team, Agostinho attacks on the top of the last climb. His name is written on the floor!
And Agostinho gets his first professional win! What an attack, he won by more than 4 minutes! He celebrates effusively!
Race Results
1 Joaquim Agostinho Movistar Team 4h12'14
2 Graeme Brown Rabobank Cycling Team + 4'24
3 Maxime Vantomme Katusha Team s.t.
4 Stéphane Poulhiès Saur - Sojasun s.t.
5 Dennis Van Winden Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
6 Mikhail Ignatiev Katusha Team s.t.
7 Manuel Cardoso Caja Rural s.t.
8 Christophe Laborie Saur - Sojasun s.t.
9 Jarosław Marycz Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank s.t.
10 Vicente Reynès Lotto Belisol Team s.t. |
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Posted on 13-10-2012 14:33
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 Brilliant attack!
Those people who wrote his name definitely knew what they were doing  |
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Vuelta a Burgos
The preparation to the Vuelta continues and Movistar brings almost the entire team that is going to line up on the last Grand Tour of the year.
Cobo will lead the team both here and on the Vuelta, where he is trying to defend the last year triumph. Quintana is also back to the road after his presence on the Giro. Agostinho, Moreno and Lopez are the other climbers to suport JJ. The greatest threat seems to be Hesjedal.
The preparation couldn't start any better with all the team working Cobo done his job and got the win!
Stage 1 Results
1 Juan José Cobo Movistar Team 3h50'49
2 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team s.t.
3 Fabian Wegmann Garmin - Sharp + 14
4 Gustavo César Veloso AndalucÃa s.t.
5 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
6 Maxime Vantomme Katusha Team s.t.
7 Ben Hermans RadioShack - Nissan + 25
8 Xavier Florencio Katusha Team s.t.
9 Antonio Piedra Caja Rural s.t.
10 Ricardo GarcÃa Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
21 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team + 40
36 Javier Moreno Movistar Team + 1'15
42 David López Movistar Team s.t.
58 Vladimir Karpets Movistar Team s.t.
61 Joaquim Agostinho Movistar Team + 1'36
67 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 2'05
Agostinho is back to his role of supporting the team leader. They did a good job as the final result shows, and he is very happy at the moment. |
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Stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos
On the second day the team had the mission to defend the leaders jersey. A lot of attacks were made, and the team failed thanks to the bad day Cobo had. After the long break, Quintana is also far from what the team expect from him.
Stage Results
1 Simon Spilak Katusha Team 3h34'21
2 David Millar Garmin - Sharp s.t.
3 Antonio Piedra Caja Rural s.t.
4 Julien Simon Saur - Sojasun + 11
5 Adrián Palomares AndalucÃa s.t.
6 Lucas Sebastián Haedo Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank s.t.
7 Kristof Vandewalle Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t.
8 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team s.t.
9 Joost Posthuma RadioShack - Nissan s.t.
10 Maxime Vantomme Katusha Team s.t.
12 Javier Moreno Movistar Team s.t.
23 Joaquim Agostinho Movistar Team + 21
29 David López Movistar Team s.t.
33 Juan José Cobo Movistar Team + 35
34 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team s.t.
93 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 3'37
Tschopp is the new leader, with Cobo just 16 seconds behind.
General Classification
1 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team 7h25'09
2 Juan José Cobo Movistar Team + 16
3 Antonio Piedra Caja Rural + 18
4 Simon Spilak Katusha Team + 21
5 Maxime Vantomme Katusha Team + 26
6 Fabian Wegmann Garmin - Sharp + 28
7 David Millar Garmin - Sharp + 29
8 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi + 36
9 Xavier Florencio Katusha Team + 37
10 Chris Anker Sørensen Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank s.t.
21 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team + 1'16
26 Javier Moreno Movistar Team + 1'27
34 David López Movistar Team + 1'37
36 Joaquim Agostinho Movistar Team + 1'58
80 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 5'43 |
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Stage 3 Vuelta a Burgos
The third stage of Vuelta a Burgos is a 13km team time trial.
As expected there weren't many differences between the favorites. Cobo actually recovered some time to Tschopp as Movistar did a good time trial, being 3rd overall.
Stage Results
1 RadioShack - Nissan 14'01
2 Garmin - Sharp + 4
3 Movistar Team s.t.
4 Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 11
5 BMC Racing Team s.t.
6 Rabobank Cycling Team + 15
7 Katusha Team s.t.
8 Euskaltel - Euskadi + 31
9 Saur - Sojasun s.t.
10 AndalucÃa + 48
11 Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank s.t.
12 Lotto Belisol Team + 52
13 Colombia - Coldeportes s.t.
14 Orbea Continental + 59
15 Caja Rural s.t.
16 Burgos BH - Castilla y León + 1'07
General Classification
1 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team 7h39'21
2 Juan José Cobo Movistar Team + 9
3 Fabian Wegmann Garmin - Sharp + 21
4 David Millar Garmin - Sharp + 22
5 Simon Spilak Katusha Team + 25
6 Maxime Vantomme Katusha Team + 30
7 Ben Hermans RadioShack - Nissan + 36
8 Michel Kreder Garmin - Sharp + 40
9 Joost Posthuma RadioShack - Nissan + 41
10 Xavier Florencio Katusha Team s.t.
34 Joaquim Agostinho Movistar Team + 1'51 |
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Stage 4 Vuelta a Burgos
The end is a bit inclined but the stage 4 of Vuelta a Burgos is quite flat. Maybe the fast men have something to say today.
With Agostinho shielding Cobo he hold on quite well, and almost got the race lead. Ben Hermans did great taking both stage and race lead. Moreno was the only that try to discuss the victory and he managed 5th place. Quintana finally shows some form to tomorrow's big day.
Stage Results
1 Ben Hermans RadioShack - Nissan 3h57'58
2 Gustavo César Veloso AndalucÃa s.t.
3 Linus Gerdemann RadioShack - Nissan s.t.
4 Jan Bakelants RadioShack - Nissan s.t.
5 Javier Moreno Movistar Team s.t.
6 Kristof Vandewalle Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t.
7 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Sharp s.t.
8 Frantisek Rabon Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t.
9 Bram Tankink Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
10 Juan José Cobo Movistar Team + 11
14 Joaquim Agostinho Movistar Team s.t.
17 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.25
27 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team + 20
General Classification
1 Ben Hermans RadioShack - Nissan 11h37'35
2 Juan José Cobo Movistar Team + 4
3 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team s.t.
4 Fabian Wegmann Garmin - Sharp + 16
5 David Millar Garmin - Sharp + 17
6 Simon Spilak Katusha Team + 20
7 Linus Gerdemann RadioShack - Nissan + 27
8 Joost Posthuma RadioShack - Nissan + 45
9 Michel Kreder Garmin - Sharp + 52
10 Gustavo César Veloso AndalucÃa + 59
13 Javier Moreno Movistar Team + 1'04
27 Joaquim Agostinho Movistar Team + 1'46
32 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Sharp + 2'10 |
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Stage 5 Vuelta a Burgos
And the decisive day is here. The profile is finally according to what we might see on Vuelta a España, and there's a 20 second bonus to the winner.
With 31km to go the break has 4 minutes on the peloton lead by BMC. Movistar is joining them now. Yellow jersey is there too.
15km to go. Movistars pace has made the difference to the break reduce to 1'30. Only 51 men left on the peloton.
After a great work by Lopez, Quintana and Moreno, Agostinho is taking Cobo away to the finishing line.
And Cobo offers Agostinho his 2nd professional victory, as he gets the overall triumph on Vuelta a Burgos!
Stage Results
1 Joaquim Agostinho Movistar Team 4h06'45
2 Juan José Cobo Movistar Team s.t.
3 Simon Spilak Katusha Team + 30
4 David López Movistar Team + 40
5 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team s.t.
6 Javier Moreno Movistar Team s.t.
7 Jan Bakelants RadioShack - Nissan s.t.
8 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
9 Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Sharp s.t.
10 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Sharp + 1'20
Final Classification
1 Juan José Cobo Movistar Team 15h44'12
2 Simon Spilak Katusha Team + 50
3 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team + 52
4 Joaquim Agostinho Movistar Team + 1'34
5 Javier Moreno Movistar Team + 1'52
6 Jan Bakelants RadioShack - Nissan + 1'55
7 David Millar Garmin - Sharp + 2'23
8 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2'28
9 David López Movistar Team + 2'30
10 Gustavo César Veloso AndalucÃa + 2'42
Points Classification
1 Juan José Cobo Movistar Team 51
2 Simon Spilak Katusha Team 41
3 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team 40
Mountains Classification
1 Michael Rodriguez Colombia - Coldeportes 26
2 Simon Spilak Katusha Team 22
3 Juan José Cobo Movistar Team 20
Teams Classification
1 Movistar Team 46h47'34
2 Garmin - Sharp + 2'31
3 RadioShack - Nissan + 6'28
Youth Results
1 Joaquim Agostinho Movistar Team 15h45'46
2 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi + 54
3 Michel Kreder Garmin - Sharp + 3'36
The opposition wasn't great, but Movistar is showing that has something to say on this year's Vuelta. Agostinho seems to be a raising star! |
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Posted on 13-10-2012 21:27
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Domination from Movistar  |
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Posted on 14-10-2012 08:00
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Great work for Cobo and awesome to see Cobo reward him with a win! |
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After a participation unnoticed on the Eneco Tour (won by Chavanel), Movistar team is now disputing Clásica de San Sebástian.
Clásica de San Sebastián
Without Valverde or Costa, the team's main riders should be Cobo and Kiryienka. The rest of the line up includes Joaquim Agostinho and the guys that are preparing to Vuelta: Quintana, Moreno, Lopez, Gutierrez and Ventoso.
The are a lot of specialists that can win this one: Gilbert, Rodriguez, Samuel Sanchez, LL Sanchez, Nibali, Gerrans, Albasini, Iglyinski, Gasparotto, Nocentini, Vanendert or even the returned Alberto Contador!
The race profile:
With 150km the peloton is compact. Movistar has tried with Agostinho first and Quintana later to put someone on the breaks, but the peloton is not letting anyone go.
With 76km to go Agostinho try again to break. He has the company of 2 Caja Rural men, Piedra and Marcos GarcÃa. They have about 1'30 on the peloton.
And Quintana joins Agostinho and Piedra. GarcÃa have attacked again, and gained a considerable distance to the other escapees. 65km to go.
With 25km to go and all the escapees caught, the favorites try to attack. First Nibali, then Rodriguez.
With 8.5km to go Chavanel has an interesting advantage.
And Ventoso gets the win! Amazing how Movistar chased Chavanel and Gilbert and then set the things to the team sprinter who was the fastest among the 17 riders who hold on to the group!
Race Results
1 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team 6h43'13
2 Przemyslaw Niemiec Lampre - ISD s.t.
3 Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Pro Team s.t.
4 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
5 Iván Gutiérrez Movistar Team s.t.
6 Vasil Kiryienka Movistar Team s.t.
7 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team s.t.
8 David López Movistar Team s.t.
9 Sylvain Chavanel Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t.
10 Juan José Cobo Movistar Team s.t.
11 Robert Gesink Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
12 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
13 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Sharp s.t.
14 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team s.t.
15 Bradley Wiggins Sky Procycling s.t.
16 Linus Gerdemann RadioShack - Nissan s.t.
17 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
18 Fredrik Kessiakoff Astana Pro Team + 1'47
19 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
20 Fabian Wegmann Garmin - Sharp s.t.
21 Simon Gerrans Orica - GreenEdge s.t.
22 Alberto Contador Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank s.t.
86 Joaquim Agostinho Movistar Team + 5'26
Agostinho and Quintana worked a lot to try to break and paid for that effort later. But the last test before the Vuelta showed a Movistar team ready and on good shape. |
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Vuelta a España
For a Spanish team this is obviously a high moment on the season. It will be Agostinho's first Grand Tour and it's a great honor for him to race it on the teams country.
Movistar line up:
Juan José Cobo
José Joaquin Rojas
 Nairo Quintana
 Joaquim Agostinho
Javier Moreno
David López
Ivan Gutiérrez
 Ignatas Konovalovas
Enrique Sanz
Main Favorites
Alberto Contador Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team
Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi
Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi
 Daniel Martin Garmin - Sharp
Main Sprinters
 Mark Cavendish Sky Procycling
 André Greipel Lotto Belisol Team
 Matthew Goss Orica - GreenEdge
John Degenkolb Team Argos - Shimano
 Daniele Bennati RadioShack - Nissan
 Juan José Haedo Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
Full roster Spoiler Sébastien Hinault AG2R La Mondiale
Jimmy Casper AG2R La Mondiale
Manuel Belletti AG2R La Mondiale
Matteo Montaguti AG2R La Mondiale
Christophe Riblon AG2R La Mondiale
Anthony Ravard AG2R La Mondiale
Martin Elmiger AG2R La Mondiale
Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale
Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R La Mondiale
José Luis Roldán AndalucÃa
Sergio Carrasco AndalucÃa
Pablo Lechuga AndalucÃa
Adrián Palomares AndalucÃa
Javier Chacón AndalucÃa
Juan José Lobato AndalucÃa
Jesús Rosendo AndalucÃa
Gustavo César Veloso AndalucÃa
Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Pro Team
Enrico Gasparotto Astana Pro Team
Alexsandr Dyachenko Astana Pro Team
Paolo Tiralongo Astana Pro Team
Simone Ponzi Astana Pro Team
Fredrik Kessiakoff Astana Pro Team
Jacopo Guarnieri Astana Pro Team
Francesco Gavazzi Astana Pro Team
Alexandre Vinokourov Astana Pro Team
Ivan Santaromita BMC Racing Team
Stephen Cummings BMC Racing Team
George Hincapie BMC Racing Team
Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team
Mauro Santambrogio BMC Racing Team
Michael Schär BMC Racing Team
Klaas Lodewyck BMC Racing Team
Adam Blythe BMC Racing Team
Taylor Phinney BMC Racing Team
Marcos GarcÃa Caja Rural
Antonio Piedra Caja Rural
André Cardoso Caja Rural
Aitor Galdos Caja Rural
David De la Fuente Caja Rural
Danail Petrov Caja Rural
Hernâni Brôco Caja Rural
Julián Sánchez Pimienta Caja Rural
Josué Moyano Caja Rural
Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi
Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi
Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi
Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi
Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi
Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi
Pablo Urtasun Euskaltel - Euskadi
Ion Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi
Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi
Yauheni Hutarovich FDJ - BigMat
Sandy Casar FDJ - BigMat
Mickaël Delage FDJ - BigMat
Arnold Jeannesson FDJ - BigMat
Dominique Rollin FDJ - BigMat
Rémi Pauriol FDJ - BigMat
Benoît Vaugrenard FDJ - BigMat
Jérémy Roy FDJ - BigMat
Geoffrey Soupe FDJ - BigMat
Koldo Fernández Garmin - Sharp
Daniel Martin Garmin - Sharp
Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Sharp
Heinrich Haussler Garmin - Sharp
Peter Stetina Garmin - Sharp
Fabian Wegmann Garmin - Sharp
David Zabriskie Garmin - Sharp
Michel Kreder Garmin - Sharp
Alex Howes Garmin - Sharp
Óscar Freire Katusha Team
Daniel Moreno Katusha Team
Joan Horrach Katusha Team
Eduard Vorganov Katusha Team
Simon Spilak Katusha Team
JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team
Xavier Florencio Katusha Team
Alexander Kristoff Katusha Team
Vladimir Gusev Katusha Team
Alexander Kvachuk Lampre - ISD
Manuele Mori Lampre - ISD
Alessandro Spezialetti Lampre - ISD
Morris Possoni Lampre - ISD
Matthew Lloyd Lampre - ISD
Marco Marzano Lampre - ISD
Danilo Hondo Lampre - ISD
Grega Bole Lampre - ISD
Winner Anacona Lampre - ISD
Alessandro Vanotti Liquigas - Cannondale
Federico Canuti Liquigas - Cannondale
Paolo Longo Borghini Liquigas - Cannondale
Maciej Bodnar Liquigas - Cannondale
Fabio Sabatini Liquigas - Cannondale
Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Cannondale
Alan Marangoni Liquigas - Cannondale
Damiano Caruso Liquigas - Cannondale
Juraj Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale
Kenny Dehaes Lotto Belisol Team
André Greipel Lotto Belisol Team
Jürgen Roelandts Lotto Belisol Team
Greg Henderson Lotto Belisol Team
Gianni Meersman Lotto Belisol Team
Vicente Reynès Lotto Belisol Team
Joost Van Leijen Lotto Belisol Team
Jonas Vangenechten Lotto Belisol Team
Bart De Clercq Lotto Belisol Team
Ignatas Konovalovas Movistar Team
Javier Moreno Movistar Team
José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team
David López Movistar Team
Iván Gutiérrez Movistar Team
Juan José Cobo Movistar Team
Enrique Sanz Movistar Team
Nairo Quintana Movistar Team
Joaquim Agostinho Movistar Team
Kristof Vandewalle Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
Jérôme Pineau Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
Stijn Vandenbergh Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
Dario Cataldo Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
Nikolas Maes Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
Kevin De Weert Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
Gert Steegmans Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
Matthew Brammeier Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
Matteo Trentin Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
Stuart O'Grady Orica - GreenEdge
Matthew Goss Orica - GreenEdge
Fumiyuki Beppu Orica - GreenEdge
Allan Davis Orica - GreenEdge
Svein Tuft Orica - GreenEdge
Brett Lancaster Orica - GreenEdge
Baden Cooke Orica - GreenEdge
Pieter Weening Orica - GreenEdge
Jens Keukeleire Orica - GreenEdge
Jos Van Emden Rabobank Cycling Team
Maarten Tjallingii Rabobank Cycling Team
Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team
Grischa Niermann Rabobank Cycling Team
Stef Clement Rabobank Cycling Team
Juan Manuel Gárate Rabobank Cycling Team
Graeme Brown Rabobank Cycling Team
Bram Tankink Rabobank Cycling Team
Mark Renshaw Rabobank Cycling Team
Robert Wagner RadioShack - Nissan
Tony Gallopin RadioShack - Nissan
Yaroslav Popovych RadioShack - Nissan
Linus Gerdemann RadioShack - Nissan
Haimar Zubeldia RadioShack - Nissan
Daniele Bennati RadioShack - Nissan
Grégory Rast RadioShack - Nissan
Joost Posthuma RadioShack - Nissan
Tiago Machado RadioShack - Nissan
David Le Lay Saur - Sojasun
Jean-Marc Marino Saur - Sojasun
Laurent Mangel Saur - Sojasun
Cyril Lemoine Saur - Sojasun
Cyril Bessy Saur - Sojasun
Rony Martias Saur - Sojasun
Anthony Delaplace Saur - Sojasun
Jean-Lou Paiani Saur - Sojasun
Christophe Laborie Saur - Sojasun
Jeremy Hunt Sky Procycling
Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky Procycling
Christopher Sutton Sky Procycling
Michael Barry Sky Procycling
Mark Cavendish Sky Procycling
Danny Pate Sky Procycling
Xabier Zandio Sky Procycling
Michael Rogers Sky Procycling
Lars Petter Nordhaug Sky Procycling
Tom Stamsnijder Team Argos - Shimano
Roy Curvers Team Argos - Shimano
Thierry Hupond Team Argos - Shimano
Yann Huguet Team Argos - Shimano
Johannes Fröhlinger Team Argos - Shimano
John Degenkolb Team Argos - Shimano
Patrick Gretsch Team Argos - Shimano
Roger Kluge Team Argos - Shimano
Tom Dumoulin Team Argos - Shimano
Alberto Contador Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
Chris Anker Sørensen Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
Sérgio Paulinho Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
Kasper Klostergaard Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
Matteo Tosatto Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
Anders Lund Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
Juan José Haedo Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
Daniel Navarro Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
Jonathan Cantwell Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
Sergey Lagutin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
Kenny Van Hummel Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
Wout Poels Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
Lieuwe Westra Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
Stefan Denifl Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
Frederik Veuchelen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
Kris Boeckmans Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
The team objective of a Top 3 is at reach although with Contador, RodrÃguez and Sanchéz won't be easy. Rojas will have a harder task if we consider the presence of the 3 best sprinters of the world at the moment.
Agostinho will have to concentrate on bringing Cobo ahead like he did in Burgos. Maybe he can fight for the youth jersey.
Stage 1 Vuelta a España
The first stage is a team time trial who can set the first differences.
And in fact, it was a great day to Movistar, where only Radioshack was better and Cobo got time to his 3 main rivals.
Stage Results
1 RadioShack - Nissan 19'29
2 Movistar Team + 17
3 Sky Procycling + 32
4 Orica - GreenEdge + 47
5 Team Argos - Shimano + 58
6 Katusha Team + 1'04
7 Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 1'06
8 Garmin - Sharp + 1'08
9 Rabobank Cycling Team + 1'12
10 FDJ - BigMat + 1'18
11 Liquigas - Cannondale + 1'19
12 Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'25
13 Astana Pro Team + 1'33
14 BMC Racing Team + 1'42
15 Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank + 1'44
16 Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 1'53
17 Saur - Sojasun + 1'59
18 Lampre - ISD s.t.
19 Caja Rural + 2'06
20 Lotto Belisol Team s.t.
21 AndalucÃa + 2'08
22 AG2R La Mondiale s.t. |
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Stage 2 Vuelta a España
Today we have the first round to the sprinters. Radioshack has the red shirt on Wagner's body, and will try to defend it. The opportunists will also try their chance on a break.
And Rojas wins the stage! Cavendish and Greipel just weren't there. Goss tried but failed. It was another great team work by Movistar, as the stage was harder than most people could expect.
Stage Results
1 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team 4h20'52
2 Matthew Goss Orica - GreenEdge s.t.
3 Anthony Ravard AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky Procycling s.t.
5 Matteo Trentin Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t.
6 Heinrich Haussler Garmin - Sharp s.t.
7 Alexander Kristoff Katusha Team s.t.
8 Enrique Sanz Movistar Team s.t.
9 Gustavo César Veloso AndalucÃa s.t.
10 Michael Rogers Sky Procycling s.t.
11 Joaquim Agostinho Movistar Team s.t.
Today's win bonus was enough to Rojas get the leader jersey!
General Classification
1 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team 4h40'18
2 Daniele Bennati RadioShack - Nissan + 2
3 Yaroslav Popovych RadioShack - Nissan s.t.
4 Haimar Zubeldia RadioShack - Nissan s.t.
5 Tiago Machado RadioShack - Nissan s.t.
6 Joost Posthuma RadioShack - Nissan s.t.
7 Linus Gerdemann RadioShack - Nissan s.t.
8 Robert Wagner RadioShack - Nissan s.t.
9 Grégory Rast RadioShack - Nissan s.t.
10 Tony Gallopin RadioShack - Nissan s.t.
11 Enrique Sanz Movistar Team + 20
12 Joaquim Agostinho Movistar Team s.t.
13 Iván Gutiérrez Movistar Team s.t.
14 Javier Moreno Movistar Team s.t.
15 Juan José Cobo Movistar Team s.t.
16 Ignatas Konovalovas Movistar Team s.t.
17 David López Movistar Team s.t.
18 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
19 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky Procycling + 35
20 Michael Rogers Sky Procycling s.t. |
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| kimiopn |
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Vattenfall Cyclassics
Movistar decided to take to the German sprinters classic, Francisco Ventoso who recently won Clasica de San Sebastian. He's in a good shape, let's see what he can do. With a big number of sprinters on the Vuelta, his main rivals should be: Kittel, Bozic, Turgot, Farrar, Eisel, Ciolek, Pettachi, Demaré and Hushovd. Even guys like Cancellara, Flecha or Burghart can be dangerous on this kind of races.
As the peloton approaches the 2nd passage through the hill Wasenberg the four men break has about 3 minutes on the peloton. Spoiler There's no fence, and those cows have their way free to the road lol
And the 3rd passage on the Wasenberg has made a cut on the peloton, leaving Farrar, Impey, Bozic and Bouhanni behind. On the front Hushovd and Klier have attacked!
And Kittel is also being left behind. What a pace at the front!
With 2.7km to go Stannard tries to attack, Movistar has its train well placed, but here are sprinters that could get back to the main group with Bozic, Eisel, Hushovd and Kruopis among them.
And Ventoso is the best on the final sprint! Millar and Cancellara where the ones that could jeopardize his win, but couldn't do it.
Race Results Vattenfall Cyclassics
1 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team 5h39'29
2 David Millar Garmin - Sharp s.t.
3 Fabian Cancellara RadioShack - Nissan s.t.
4 Matthieu Ladagnous FDJ - BigMat s.t.
5 Andrew Fenn Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t.
6 Borut Božic Astana Pro Team s.t.
7 Alexander Porsev Katusha Team s.t.
8 Hayden Roulston RadioShack - Nissan s.t.
9 Frantisek Rabon Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t.
10 Bernhard Eisel Sky Procycling s.t.
What a day to Movistar! Two wins, one in Spain and one in Germany. Finally the team sprinters are getting victories (and money) to the team! |
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Posted on 15-10-2012 06:41
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Nice San Sébastian. And a great start in the Vuelta. Hope Agostinho can do his job well there, and maybe he can get rewarded with the young jersey or maybe even a stage win |
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Stage 3 Vuelta a España
At the third day comes the first serious test to GC contenders. So it is Movistar mission to protect and assure that Cobo has a good day.
After 3 third category climbs the peloton will face the climb to Alto de Arrate, a first category mountain, with the finishing line just 1km after it.
With 85km to go the 4 escapees have 5'22 on the peloton. Westra, Meersman, Le Lay and Casar discussed the points on the second 3rd Category Climb.
And the break is almost caught as Movistar started to work hard on the last 3rd Category Climb.
With 8km to go the peloton has 67 men and reaches the final climb.
The main group reached the top with just 32 men. Movistar have several guys well positioned and Veloso (AndalucÃa) attacks!
And Samuel Sanchéz wins the final sprint!
Stage Results
1 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi 3h58'04
2 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team s.t.
3 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
4 Alberto Contador Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank s.t.
5 David López Movistar Team s.t.
6 Daniel Martin Garmin - Sharp s.t.
7 Joaquim Agostinho Movistar Team s.t.
8 Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Pro Team s.t.
9 Javier Moreno Movistar Team s.t.
10 Gustavo César Veloso AndalucÃa s.t.
11 Juan José Cobo Movistar Team s.t.
12 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky Procycling s.t.
13 Iván Gutiérrez Movistar Team s.t.
14 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
And as Zubeldia is the only Radioshack man to arrive with the main group, Movistar has 7 riders on the Top 8!
General Classification
1 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team 8h38'22
2 Haimar Zubeldia RadioShack - Nissan + 2
3 Joaquim Agostinho Movistar Team + 20
4 Javier Moreno Movistar Team s.t.
5 Iván Gutiérrez Movistar Team s.t.
6 Juan José Cobo Movistar Team s.t.
7 David López Movistar Team s.t.
8 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team s.t.
9 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky Procycling + 35
10 Michael Rogers Sky Procycling s.t.
11 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team + 54
12 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team + 1'06
13 Simon Spilak Katusha Team s.t.
14 Dario Cataldo Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 1'08
15 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
17 Daniel Martin Garmin - Sharp + 1'10
23 Alberto Contador Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank + 1'46 |
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Posted on 15-10-2012 21:36
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Good start for Joaquim in the Vuelta.  |
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Posted on 15-10-2012 21:48
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A nice top 10 finish |
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Stage 4 Vuelta a España
For today's stage, the main favorites are the same then yesterday...the overall guys. With steady climbs this short stage (155km) shouldn't create much differences and should be won buy a fast climber.
With 70km to go Agostinho is showing his white jersey on the television. Movistar is controlling things up to protect their red jersey and their leader as well. Break has 2'24.
And the peloton enters the final 12km climb.
Rodriguez attacks with 9.6km to go. Some riders try to follow, but only Antón can go with him. Movistar tries to keep the pace high.
And Contador attacks and tries to reach the front men. It's very hard to follow him.
And Rodriguez takes the win! And he will now lead Vuelta a España!
Agostinho is 6th with Cobo not far behind.
Stage Results
1 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team 4h03'39
2 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi + 10
3 Alberto Contador Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank + 59
4 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'17
5 Daniel Martin Garmin - Sharp + 1'26
6 Joaquim Agostinho Movistar Team s.t.
7 Michael Rogers Sky Procycling s.t.
8 Simon Spilak Katusha Team s.t.
9 Juan José Cobo Movistar Team s.t.
10 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
11 Kevin De Weert Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t.
12 Javier Moreno Movistar Team s.t.
13 Dario Cataldo Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t.
14 David López Movistar Team s.t.
15 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 2'17
General Classification
1 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team 12h42'35
2 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi + 44
3 Joaquim Agostinho Movistar Team + 1'12
4 Javier Moreno Movistar Team s.t.
5 Juan José Cobo Movistar Team s.t.
6 David López Movistar Team s.t.
7 Michael Rogers Sky Procycling + 1'27
8 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team + 1'39
9 Haimar Zubeldia RadioShack - Nissan + 1'45
10 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'51
11 Simon Spilak Katusha Team + 1'58
12 Dario Cataldo Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team + 2'00
13 Kevin De Weert Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t.
14 Daniel Martin Garmin - Sharp + 2'02
15 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 2'03
16 Alberto Contador Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank s.t.
17 Fredrik Kessiakoff Astana Pro Team + 3'18
18 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team + 3'21
19 Iván Gutiérrez Movistar Team + 3'24
20 Chris Anker Sørensen Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank + 3'29 |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 16-10-2012 19:47
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Agostinho riding extremely well so early in the Vuelta! Great shape! |
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In fact he is in great shape. Let's see if he hold on to the end
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