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Ruzin will win 12 GTs, you heard it here first 
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The Univest GP was one of our last chances to win valuable points in our push to win promotion to the Pro Conti division. The flat parcours meant it looked like one for the sprint men.
Spoiler | Marko Kump | Adria Mobil | | Aljaz Hocevar | Adria Mobil | | Kristijan Durasek | Adria Mobil | | Matej Gnezda | Adria Mobil | | Primoz Segina | Adria Mobil | | Alex Vanias | Bissell Cycling | | Mac Brennan | Bissell Cycling | | Chris Barton | Bissell Cycling | | Patrick Bevin | Bissell Cycling | | Weston Luzadder | Bissell Cycling | | Andy Baker | Bissell Cycling | | Carter Jones | Bissell Cycling | | Ryan Eastman | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | | Joseph Dombrowski | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | | Damien Guay | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | | Connor O'Leary | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | | Gavin Mannion | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | | Marek Rutkiewicz | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | | Tomasz Kiendyś | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | | Kamil Zielinski | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | | Rafal Ratajczyk | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | | Mateusz Taciak | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | | Sylwester Janiszewski | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | | Wladyslaw Bukowski | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | | Adrian Honkisz | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | | Michael Midlarsky | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | | Evan Hyde | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | | Tom Scully | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | | Robin Carpenter | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | | Daniel Summerhill | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | | Lachlan Morton | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | | Robbie Squire | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | | David Williams | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | | Phil Grenfell | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | | Thomas Rabou | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | | Ian Burnett | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | | Michael Olheiser | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | | Nathan King | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | | Paul Voss | Endura Racing | | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Endura Racing | | Scott Thwaites | Endura Racing | | Alexandre Blain | Endura Racing | | Robert Partridge | Endura Racing | | Jack Anderson | Endura Racing | | Erick Rowsell | Endura Racing | | Iker Camaño | Endura Racing | | James Driscoll | Jamis - Sutter Home | | Alejandro Borrajo | Jamis - Sutter Home | | Jackie Simes | Jamis - Sutter Home | | AnÃbal Borrajo | Jamis - Sutter Home | | Sergio Hernandez | Jelly Belly Cycling | | Nic Hamilton | Jelly Belly Cycling | | Menso De Jongh | Jelly Belly Cycling | | Ricardo Van der Velde | Jelly Belly Cycling | | Luis Davila Lemus | Jelly Belly Cycling | | Emerson Oronte | Jelly Belly Cycling | | Pat Lemieux | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | | Nathaniel English | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | | Curtis Winsor | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | | John Murphy | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | | Max Korus | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | | Phillip Gaimon | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | | Chad Hartley | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | | Paul Mach | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | | Johannes Christofel Nel | MTN - Qhubeka | | Matthew Higgins | Node 4 - Giordana Racing Team | | Kieran Frend | Node 4 - Giordana Racing Team | | David Clarke | Node 4 - Giordana Racing Team | | Peter Williams | Node 4 - Giordana Racing Team | | James Moss | Node 4 - Giordana Racing Team | | Michael Northey | Node 4 - Giordana Racing Team | | Rick Zabel | Rabobank Continental Team | | Sven van Dam | Rabobank Continental Team | | Wesley Kreder | Rabobank Continental Team | | Ivar Slik | Rabobank Continental Team | | Marco Minnaard | Rabobank Continental Team | | Dylan Van Baarle | Rabobank Continental Team | | Martijn Tusveld | Rabobank Continental Team | | Ruben Zepuntke | Rabobank Continental Team | | Dean Downing | Rapha Condor - Sharp | | James McCallum | Rapha Condor - Sharp | | Richard Handley | Rapha Condor - Sharp | | Timothy Kennaugh | Rapha Condor - Sharp | | Luke Grivell-Mellor | Rapha Condor - Sharp | | Christopher Jennings | Rapha Condor - Sharp | | Kirk Carlsen | Team Exergy | | Quinn Keogh | Team Exergy | | Noe Gianetti | Team Exergy | | Kevin Mullervy | Team Exergy | | Serghei Tvetcov | Team Exergy | | Faustino Alzate | Team Exergy | | Sam Johnson | Team Exergy | | Morgan Schmitt | Team Exergy | | Marco Frapporti | Team Idea | | Giuseppe De Maria | Team Idea | | Andrea Palini | Team Idea | | Ruslan Karimov | Team Idea | | Simone Boifava | Team Idea | | Aristide Ratti | Team Idea | | Dan Craven | Team IG - Sigma Sport | | Tom Last | Team IG - Sigma Sport | | Wouter Sybrandy | Team IG - Sigma Sport | | Steven Burke | Team IG - Sigma Sport | | Steven Lampier | Team IG - Sigma Sport | | Richard Seidl | Team IG - Sigma Sport | | Markus Fothen | Team NSP - Ghost | | Sergej Fuchs | Team NSP - Ghost | | Sven Forberger | Team NSP - Ghost | | Jonas Schmeiser | Team NSP - Ghost | | Daniel Dominguez | Team NSP - Ghost | | René Heinze | Team NSP - Ghost | | Léo Menville | Team NSP - Ghost | | Sebastian Forke | Team NSP - Ghost | | Alex Candelario | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | | Tom Zirbel | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | | Jesse Anthony | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | | Eric Sutton | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | | Michael Creed | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | | Thomas Soladay | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | | Cheyne Hoag | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | | Sebastian Salas | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | | Daniel Holloway | Team Raleigh - GAC | | Tobyn Horton | Team Raleigh - GAC | | Evan Oliphant | Team Raleigh - GAC | | Russell Hampton | Team Raleigh - GAC | | Liam Holohan | Team Raleigh - GAC | | Matthew Holmes | Team Raleigh - GAC | | Bernard Sulzberger | Team Raleigh - GAC | | Graham Briggs | Team Raleigh - GAC | | Jure Kocjan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | | Rubens Bertogliati | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | | Laszló Bodrogi | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | | Alexander Serebryakov | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | | Alessandro Bazzana | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | | George Preidler | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | | Julien Antomarchi | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | | Martijn Verschoor | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | | René Weissinger | Team Vorarlberg | | Andreas Hofer | Team Vorarlberg | | Claudio Imhof | Team Vorarlberg | | Robert Vrecer | Team Vorarlberg | | Guillaume Bourgeois | Team Vorarlberg | | Dennis Wauch | Team Vorarlberg | | Josef Benetseder | Team Vorarlberg | | Daniel Rinner | Team Vorarlberg | | Michele Merlo | Team WIT | | Diego Tamayo | Team WIT | | Fausto Fognini | Team WIT | | Tyron Giorgieri | Team WIT | | Massimo di Giuseppe | Team WIT | | Enrico Montanari | Team WIT | | James Stewart | UK Youth Cycling | | Yanto Barker | UK Youth Cycling | | Chris Opie | UK Youth Cycling | | Christofer Stevenson | UK Youth Cycling | | Fredrik Johansson | UK Youth Cycling | | Niklas Gustavsson | UK Youth Cycling | | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | | Boy Van Poppel | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | | Jason McCartney | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | | Hilton Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | | Karl Menzies | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | | Kai Reus | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team |
United Healthcare looked like our main rivals today, fielding a formidable sprint line-up including Forster, Van Poppel and Keough. Weissinger and Candelario would also be ones to watch.
Our sprinters had come out of the Tour in Britain in excellent shape so we had high hopes for a podium position at the very least today.
Just three riders were in the breakaway today: Gorenc (Adria Mobil), Midlarskey (Chipotle) and Driscoll (Jamis).
The day's break
The break were swept up early and the sprinters teams began jostling for position. A big crash in the peloton interrupted their plans 15km from the finish. Disastrously for Raleigh, both Briggs and Sulzberger were brought down and their race was effectively over.
Briggs and Sulzberger lie prostrate on the side of the road as the bunch speeds past
The crash left a front group of just 34 riders to battle it out for the win, including six Raleigh riders. With the team's best two sprinters out of the reckoning, the team looked to set up Holloway.
The crash resulted in a much reduced lead group
Another crash 7.5km out then brought down United Healthcare's main man Forster. The race was anyone's now!
Forster hits the deck
Raleigh looked strong with 4km left, with Hampton on front, followed by Oliphant, Horton and Holloway.
The Raleigh team went to the front with 4km to go
But Raleigh's diminshed sprint power started to show with just 2km to go as United Healthcare (left of picture) and Optum (right) surged in front.
UHC and Optum were looking to set up Keough and Candelario
Under the red kite it was Keough in front of Candelario, with Zabel, Kocjan and Frapporti also in the reckoning.
Keough hits the front with 1km to go
As the sprinters reached the line they got caught up with some backmarkers. So it's difficult to see from this picture, but Candelario took the sprint, pipping Frapporti, with Keough in third. Holloway managed a disappointing 11th.
Candelario (in grey, white and orange) fights through the backmarkers to take the win
| 1 | Alex Candelario | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 3h52'48 | | 2 | Marco Frapporti | Team Idea | s.t. | | 3 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Jure Kocjan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 5 | Rick Zabel | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 6 | David Williams | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | s.t. | | 7 | Paul Voss | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 8 | Tom Zirbel | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 9 | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Endura Racing | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Daniel Holloway | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 12 | Sven van Dam | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 13 | Scott Thwaites | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 14 | Pat Lemieux | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | | 15 | Markus Fothen | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 16 | Boy Van Poppel | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 17 | Tobyn Horton | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 18 | Jesse Anthony | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 19 | Alexandre Blain | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 20 | Rubens Bertogliati | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 21 | Jason McCartney | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 22 | Evan Oliphant | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 23 | Russell Hampton | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 24 | Eric Sutton | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 25 | Nathaniel English | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | | 26 | Liam Holohan | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 27 | Robert Partridge | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 28 | Hilton Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 1'37 | | 29 | Matthew Holmes | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 30 | Michael Creed | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 31 | Thomas Soladay | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 32 | James Driscoll | Jamis - Sutter Home | s.t. | | 33 | Marko Kump | Adria Mobil | + 2'15 | | 34 | Michael Midlarsky | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 35 | Laszló Bodrogi | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 36 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 37 | Alexander Serebryakov | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 3'37 | | 38 | René Weissinger | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 39 | Wesley Kreder | Rabobank Continental Team | + 9'54 | | 40 | Ivar Slik | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 41 | Marco Minnaard | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 42 | Bernard Sulzberger | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 43 | Graham Briggs | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 44 | Karl Menzies | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 45 | Kai Reus | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 46 | Giuseppe De Maria | Team Idea | s.t. | | 47 | Andrea Palini | Team Idea | s.t. | | 48 | Michele Merlo | Team WIT | s.t. | | 49 | Marek Rutkiewicz | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 50 | Ruslan Karimov | Team Idea | s.t. | | 51 | James Stewart | UK Youth Cycling | s.t. | | 52 | Jack Anderson | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 53 | Simone Boifava | Team Idea | s.t. | | 54 | Tomasz Kiendyś | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 55 | Andreas Hofer | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 56 | Alex Vanias | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 57 | Alejandro Borrajo | Jamis - Sutter Home | s.t. | | 58 | Alessandro Bazzana | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 59 | George Preidler | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 60 | Dan Craven | Team IG - Sigma Sport | s.t. | | 61 | Aristide Ratti | Team Idea | s.t. | | 62 | Tom Last | Team IG - Sigma Sport | s.t. | | 63 | Yanto Barker | UK Youth Cycling | s.t. | | 64 | Julien Antomarchi | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 65 | Curtis Winsor | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | | 66 | John Murphy | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | | 67 | Wouter Sybrandy | Team IG - Sigma Sport | s.t. | | 68 | Mac Brennan | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 69 | Max Korus | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | | 70 | Chris Opie | UK Youth Cycling | s.t. | | 71 | Chris Barton | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 72 | Erick Rowsell | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 73 | Evan Hyde | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 74 | Phil Grenfell | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | s.t. | | 75 | Sergio Hernandez | Jelly Belly Cycling | s.t. | | 76 | Ryan Eastman | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | s.t. | | 77 | Diego Tamayo | Team WIT | s.t. | | 78 | Matthew Higgins | Node 4 - Giordana Racing Team | s.t. | | 79 | Nic Hamilton | Jelly Belly Cycling | s.t. | | 80 | Aljaz Hocevar | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 81 | Kirk Carlsen | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 82 | Sergej Fuchs | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 83 | Dylan Van Baarle | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 84 | Phillip Gaimon | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | | 85 | Dean Downing | Rapha Condor - Sharp | s.t. | | 86 | Joseph Dombrowski | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | s.t. | | 87 | Martijn Verschoor | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 88 | Claudio Imhof | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 89 | Menso De Jongh | Jelly Belly Cycling | s.t. | | 90 | Sven Forberger | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 91 | Jonas Schmeiser | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 92 | Kieran Frend | Node 4 - Giordana Racing Team | s.t. | | 93 | Fausto Fognini | Team WIT | s.t. | | 94 | Daniel Dominguez | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 95 | René Heinze | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 96 | Kamil Zielinski | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 97 | Léo Menville | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 98 | James McCallum | Rapha Condor - Sharp | s.t. | | 99 | Robert Vrecer | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 100 | Cheyne Hoag | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 101 | Richard Handley | Rapha Condor - Sharp | s.t. | | 102 | Patrick Bevin | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 103 | Guillaume Bourgeois | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 104 | Tom Scully | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 105 | David Clarke | Node 4 - Giordana Racing Team | s.t. | | 106 | Steven Burke | Team IG - Sigma Sport | s.t. | | 107 | Thomas Rabou | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | s.t. | | 108 | Rafal Ratajczyk | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 109 | Iker Camaño | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 110 | Mateusz Taciak | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 111 | Dennis Wauch | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 112 | Weston Luzadder | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 113 | Tyron Giorgieri | Team WIT | s.t. | | 114 | Quinn Keogh | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 115 | Andy Baker | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 116 | Damien Guay | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | s.t. | | 117 | Ricardo Van der Velde | Jelly Belly Cycling | s.t. | | 118 | Kristijan Durasek | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 119 | Timothy Kennaugh | Rapha Condor - Sharp | s.t. | | 120 | Sylwester Janiszewski | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 121 | Steven Lampier | Team IG - Sigma Sport | s.t. | | 122 | Connor O'Leary | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | s.t. | | 123 | Ian Burnett | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | s.t. | | 124 | Matej Gnezda | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 125 | Noe Gianetti | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 126 | Carter Jones | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 127 | Martijn Tusveld | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 128 | Ruben Zepuntke | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 129 | Luke Grivell-Mellor | Rapha Condor - Sharp | s.t. | | 130 | Josef Benetseder | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 131 | Robin Carpenter | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 132 | Jackie Simes | Jamis - Sutter Home | s.t. | | 133 | Peter Williams | Node 4 - Giordana Racing Team | s.t. | | 134 | Daniel Summerhill | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 135 | James Moss | Node 4 - Giordana Racing Team | s.t. | | 136 | AnÃbal Borrajo | Jamis - Sutter Home | s.t. | | 137 | Michael Olheiser | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | s.t. | | 138 | Kevin Mullervy | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 139 | Daniel Rinner | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 140 | Nathan King | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | s.t. | | 141 | Wladyslaw Bukowski | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 142 | Massimo di Giuseppe | Team WIT | s.t. | | 143 | Luis Davila Lemus | Jelly Belly Cycling | s.t. | | 144 | Enrico Montanari | Team WIT | s.t. | | 145 | Christofer Stevenson | UK Youth Cycling | s.t. | | 146 | Richard Seidl | Team IG - Sigma Sport | s.t. | | 147 | Fredrik Johansson | UK Youth Cycling | s.t. | | 148 | Serghei Tvetcov | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 149 | Sebastian Forke | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 150 | Chad Hartley | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | | 151 | Faustino Alzate | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 152 | Paul Mach | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | | 153 | Gavin Mannion | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | s.t. | | 154 | Sebastian Salas | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 155 | Christopher Jennings | Rapha Condor - Sharp | s.t. | | 156 | Sam Johnson | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 157 | Morgan Schmitt | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 158 | Lachlan Morton | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 159 | Robbie Squire | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 160 | Primoz Segina | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 161 | Adrian Honkisz | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 162 | Emerson Oronte | Jelly Belly Cycling | s.t. | | 163 | Johannes Christofel Nel | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 164 | Michael Northey | Node 4 - Giordana Racing Team | s.t. | | 165 | Niklas Gustavsson | UK Youth Cycling | s.t. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 09-11-2012 18:02
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Posted on 09-11-2012 18:09
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How are the rankings? |
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| lennybernstein |
Posted on 09-11-2012 18:18
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@Ian Butler & francopell - the rankings aren't looking great for us after a dry month. There'll be an update after this race report...
Raleigh's last race of the season was this hilly semi-classic in Italy. It was first held in 1933 and has been won by some of the greats of cycling including De Vlaeminck, Moser, Mottet and Bugno.
The Italian teams brought plenty of firepower with them to the starting line. Di Luca, Gatto, Rujano and Serpa were amongst the favourites today.
The shape of our two best punchers, Oliphant and Holohan wasn't great today, but they would still represent our best hopes for a good season-end.
Nine riders escaped early on to form the day's break.
The nine escapees try to maintain their lead
The bunch caught the break quite some distance from the finish. Jose Serpa was the first to make a move, launching a powerful attack.
Serpa is the first of the favourites to make a move
Serpa's attack resulted in 14 riders going clear of the bunch. Both Oliphant and Holohan missed the move and were caught in no-man's land as they tried to bridge across.
Oliphant and Holohan combine in an attempt to reach the leaders
The Raleigh pair weren't far behind the lead group as they went under the 5km banner.
The Raleigh pair were tantalisingly close to the lead group at 5km
Shortly after, Sabido was the first of the leaders to make a move, with Serpa following his move.
Sabido attacks
Serpa jumped clear of Sabido and was clear with just 3km to go.
Serpa goes for a solo win
Serpa was reeled in however by a chase group of four riders: Baliani (Nippo), Failli (Farnese Vini), Masciarelli (Acqua e Sapone) and Bisolti (Team Idea). Failli then took advantage of a momentary lull in the pace to burst clear.
Failli drops his rivals
Failli held on to finish 16 seconds clear. Baliani came in second with Serpa getting a deserved third. Oliphant and Holohan never could quite catch the lead group and finished 15th and 16th respectively.
| 1 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 3h03'07 | | 2 | Fortunato Baliani | Team Nippo | + 16 | | 3 | José Serpa | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 4 | Andrea Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 5 | Alessandro Bisolti | Team Idea | s.t. | | 6 | Peter Kusztor | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | + 46 | | 7 | Oscar Gatto | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 8 | Luca Zanasca | Team WIT | s.t. | | 9 | Luca Mazzanti | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 10 | Miguel Rubiano | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Hugo Sabido | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 12 | Jesper Hansen | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | + 1'35 | | 13 | Jaroslaw Dabrowski | Amore & Vita | + 1'57 | | 14 | Simon Richardson | Team IG - Sigma Sport | + 2'10 | | 15 | Evan Oliphant | Team Raleigh - GAC | + 3'48 | | 16 | Liam Holohan | Team Raleigh - GAC | + 4'05 | | 17 | Danilo Di Luca | Acqua & Sapone | + 7'21 | | 18 | Vladimir Miholjevic | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 19 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 20 | Tomohiro Hayakawa | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 21 | Nelson Vitorino | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 22 | Carlos José Ochoa | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 23 | Alessandro Bertolini | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 24 | Matteo Rabottini | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 25 | Jose Mendes | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 26 | Alejandro Marque Porto | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 27 | Enrique Salgueiro | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 28 | José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 29 | Edgar Pinto | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 30 | Francesco Reda | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 31 | Tomasz Nose | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 32 | Giairo Ermeti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 33 | Thomas Bertolini | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 34 | Simone Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 35 | Vincenzo Garofalo | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 36 | Ricardo Mestre | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 37 | Alessandro Proni | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 38 | Nicola Dal Santo | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 39 | Francesco Ginanni | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 40 | Alfredo Balloni | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 41 | Cristian Cominelli | Team Idea | s.t. | | 42 | Márcio Barbosa | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 43 | David Rosch | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 44 | Jay McCarthy | Team Jayco - AIS | s.t. | | 45 | Felix Baur | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 46 | Bernard Sulzberger | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 47 | Russell Hampton | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 48 | Gabriele Pizzaballa | Team WIT | s.t. | | 49 | Rafael de Mattos Andriato | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 50 | Nicholas Francesconi | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 51 | Vladislav Borisov | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 52 | Graham Briggs | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 53 | Gediminas Bagdonas | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 54 | Vitaliy Popkov | ISD - Lampre Continental | s.t. | | 55 | Rohan Dennis | Team Jayco - AIS | s.t. | | 56 | Lachlan Norris | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 57 | Matthew Holmes | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 58 | Fabio Taborre | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 59 | Bruno Silva | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 60 | Antonino Parrinello | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 8'21 | | 61 | Tobyn Horton | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 62 | Daniel Holloway | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 63 | Marino Palandri | Amore & Vita | + 8'38 | | 64 | André Steensen | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 65 | Kristjan Fajt | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 66 | Sean Downey | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 67 | Giuseppe Di Salvo | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 68 | Kristijan Durasek | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 69 | René Weissinger | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 70 | Sergey Rudaskov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 71 | Marcel Aregger | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 72 | Aristide Ratti | Team Idea | s.t. | | 73 | Jonathan Fumeaux | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 74 | Andrea Palini | Team Idea | s.t. | | 75 | Uri Martins | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 76 | Matej Gnezda | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 77 | Simon Pavlin | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 78 | Yuriy Agarkov | ISD - Lampre Continental | s.t. | | 79 | Oleksandr Martynenko | ISD - Lampre Continental | s.t. | | 80 | Roberto De Patre | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 81 | Enrico Franzoï | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 82 | Simone Boifava | Team Idea | s.t. | | 83 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 84 | Sebastian Lander | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 85 | Matt Cooke | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 86 | Carlos Alzate | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 87 | Dmitry Mokrov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 88 | Patrick Schelling | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 89 | Leopoldo Rocchetti | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 90 | Logan Loader | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 91 | Nikolay Mihaylov | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 92 | Mariusz Witecki | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 93 | Tomasz Smolen | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 94 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 95 | Pawel Cieslik | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 96 | Mark Christian | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 97 | Jonathan Mould | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 98 | Dmitry Kosyakov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 99 | Igor Boev | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 100 | Calvin Watson | Team Jayco - AIS | s.t. | | 101 | João Pereira | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 102 | Kamil Zielinski | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 103 | Adam Phelan | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 104 | Andres Diaz | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 105 | Alexander Foliforov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 106 | Damien Howson | Team Jayco - AIS | s.t. | | 107 | Gianluca Randazzo | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 108 | Michaël Baer | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 109 | Denys Karnulin | ISD - Lampre Continental | s.t. | | 110 | Ruslan Karimov | Team Idea | s.t. | | 111 | Patrick Lane | Team Jayco - AIS | s.t. | | 112 | Dmytro Volovod | ISD - Lampre Continental | s.t. | | 113 | Alessandro Malaguti | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 114 | Vladyslav Bakumenko | ISD - Lampre Continental | s.t. | | 115 | Stijn Ennekens | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 116 | Pawel Brylowski | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 117 | Stuart Shaw | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 118 | Volodymyr Kogut | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 119 | Simon Gaywood | Team IG - Sigma Sport | s.t. | | 120 | Michael Schweizer | Nutrixxion Abus | s.t. | | 121 | Wouter Sybrandy | Team IG - Sigma Sport | s.t. | | 122 | Jonathan Bellis | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 123 | Tom Vermeer | Nutrixxion Abus | s.t. | | 124 | Dariusz Batek | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 125 | Claudio Imhof | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 126 | Peter Erdin | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 127 | Serghei Tvetcov | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 128 | Christian Moberg Jørgensen | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 129 | Steven Lampier | Team IG - Sigma Sport | s.t. | | 130 | Pawel Charucki | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 131 | Nick Aitken | Team Jayco - AIS | s.t. | | 132 | Roy Jans | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 133 | Łukasz Bodnar | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 134 | Andrew Griffiths | Team IG - Sigma Sport | s.t. | | 135 | Henrique Casimiro | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 136 | Luis Silva | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 137 | Sebastian Körber | Nutrixxion Abus | s.t. | | 138 | Mathias Gade Jacobsen | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 139 | Patrick Konrad | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 140 | Maksym Averin | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 141 | David Livramento | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 142 | Kohei Uchima | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 143 | Igor Frolov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 144 | Andreas Hofer | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 145 | Julian Arredondo | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 146 | Daniel Rinner | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 147 | Viesturs Luksevics | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 148 | Adam Semple | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 149 | Marc Reynès | Nutrixxion Abus | s.t. | | 150 | Dominik Hrinkow | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 151 | Michele Merlo | Team WIT | s.t. | | 152 | Kenichi Sakakibara | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 153 | Sam Johnson | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 154 | Amaro Antunes | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 155 | Łukasz Owsian | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 156 | Florian Gaugl | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 157 | Adam Stachowiak | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 158 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Itera - Katusha | + 11'06 | | 159 | Rhys Pollock | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 160 | Patrick Clausen | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 161 | Juan Tamayo | Team WIT | s.t. | | 162 | Massimo di Giuseppe | Team WIT | s.t. | | 163 | Augusto Ambrosio | Team WIT | s.t. | | 164 | Morgan Schmitt | Team Exergy | + 12'47 | | 165 | Adrian Honkisz | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 166 | Holger Burkhardt | Nutrixxion Abus | s.t. | | 167 | Gian Piero Galasso | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 168 | Noe Gianetti | Team Exergy | + 14'21 | | 169 | Benjamin Sydlik | Nutrixxion Abus | s.t. | | 170 | Guillaume Bourgeois | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 171 | Wladyslaw Bukowski | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | + 15'08 | | 172 | Thomas Palmer | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 173 | Richard Seidl | Team IG - Sigma Sport | s.t. |
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Posted on 09-11-2012 18:20
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Again no real points picked up
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Posted on 09-11-2012 18:25
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Damn. Will be a tough fight to ProConti status |
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Posted on 09-11-2012 19:04
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@Ian Butler & Francopell - ProConti status next season won't just be tough, it will be impossible now unfortunately...
September saw the team compete in its toughest race so far, the Tour of Britain. The team produced some strong performances, including a second and third from Briggs on stages 1 and 8, the mountains jersey from Holohan, and 8th overall from Hampton. Unfortunately a combination of back luck and back form meant the team failed to make an impression in its final two races at Univest and Lazio.
Once again, Raleigh's rider of the month is Oliphant. A gutsy ride on stage 7 of the Tour of Britain saw him grab fifth after being in the break all day and then trading blows with Evans, Voeckler and Boasson Hagen in the stage finale. His perfomance was rewarded a placing of seventh overall.
Oliphant: rider of the month yet again
| Vuelta a Espana |  | Alberto Contador | | World Ports Classic |  | Tom Boonen | | Giro della Romagna |  | Riccardo Chiarini | | Giro di Padania |  | Rigoberto Uran | | Grote Prijs Jef Scherens | | Tom Boonen | | Paris - Bruxelles |  | Gerald Ciolek | | GP de Fourmies |  | Denis Flahaut | | Tour of China |  | Sergio Ribeiro | | Tour of Britain |  | Edvald Boassen Hagen | | Grand Prix de Wallonie | | Tom Boonen | | GP d'Isbergues - Pas de Calais | | Denis Flahaut | | GP Impanis - Van Petegem | | Michael Van Staeyen | | GP Industria & Commercio di Prato | | Danilo Napolitano | | Univest Grand Prix |  | Alex Candelario | | World ITT Championships | | Alberto Contador | | Tour du Gevaudan Languedoc - Roussillon | | Rudy Molard | | World Road Race Championships | | Marcel Kittel | | Milano - Torino |  | Matthew Goss | | Circuit Franco-Belge | | Nico Eeckhout | | Giro del Piemonte | | Giacomo Nizzolo | | Piccolo Giro di Lombardia | | Oscar Gatto | | Il Lombardia | | Joaquim Rodriguez | | Memorial Marco Pantani | | Rubens Bertogliati | | Giro del Lazio | | Francesco Failli |
Continental Rankings - Individual
| 1 | Denis Flahaut | | 623 | | 2 | Nico Eeckhout | | 595 | | 3 | Elia Favilli | | 528 | | 4 | Danilo Napolitano | | 441 | | 5 | Gedimanas Bagdonas | | 437 | | … | | | | | 54 | Graham Briggs | | 168 |
Thanks to his two podium positions in the Tour of Britain, Briggsy is the best placed Raleigh rider in the Continental rankings.
Continental Rankings - Team
| 1 | Team Argos - Shimano | | 1833 | | 2 | Cofidis | | 1436 | | 3 | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | | 1400 | | 4 | Acqua e Sapone | | 1357 | | 5 | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | | 1311 | | … | | | | | 14 | Raleigh - GAC | | 697 |
Raleigh remain 14th on the Conti team rankings.
| 1 | Tom Boonen | | 3251 | | 2 | Joaquim Rodriguez | | 2867 | | 3 | Andre Greipel | | 2406 | | 4 | Vincenzo Nibali | | 2291 | | 5 | Matthew Goss | | 2095 | | … | | | | | 406 | Evan Oliphant | | 129 |
Oliphant moves up 50 places in the CQ rankings thanks to his 7th overall in the Tour of Britain.
| 1 | Sky Procycling | | 8180 | | 2 | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | | 7904 | | 3 | BMC Racing Team | | 6476 | | 4 | Radioshack - Nissan | | 6272 | | 5 | Katusha Team | | 5762 | | … | | | | | 44 | Raleigh - GAC | | 552 |
Disappointment for Raleigh as the team remain 44th in the CQ team rankings, four places outside of where they need to be to gain promotion to the Pro Conti division. With no races left for Raleigh this season, they'll need to wait at least another season before they can join the ProConti ranks.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 09-11-2012 19:07
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Maybe it's for the best |
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| lennybernstein |
Posted on 09-11-2012 19:25
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@Ian Butler - you could be right. It might have been a case of too much too soon
End of the Season Wrap-Up #1
With the Japan Cup now completed, the season is now officially at an end. Riders and teams will already be turning their minds to 2013 and their hopes and dreams of what might be achieved next year.
Winter training starts today
The new Raleigh-Oakley partnership will be busy putting their own plans in place for next season. They have employed the team's first two coaching staff to support rider development. And the management will be sitting down with the riders to develop their individual race plans.
| Binche - Tournai - Binche | | Michael Van Staeyen | | Sparkassen Munsterland Giro | | Elia Favilli | | Coppa Sabatini | | Oscar Gatto | | Paris - Bourges | | Jonathan Castroviejo | | Giro dell'Emilia | | Alberto Contador | | Paris - Tours | | Jonathan Castroviejo | | G.P. Beghelli | | Michele Merlo | | Tour of Beijing | | Richie Porte | | Chrono des Nations |  | Nikita Novikov | | Tour de Vendee | | Denis Flahaut | | Japan Cup | | Marzio Bruseghin |
*Part 2 to follow*
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Posted on 09-11-2012 19:53
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Raleigh's third year in the pro peloton can be deemed a success. With a small squad of mainly relatively unknown domestic riders, the team has punched well above its weight at times.
The team collected 11 wins altogher, with a suite of other great results to boot. Perhaps the most impressive result was Oliphant's magnificent solo victory in the Beaumont Trophy. Briggs won three times in as many days at the beginning of May (GP of Moscow, Ronde van Overijssel stage 2 and GC). And Holohan came within a whisker of becoming British road race champion. Some fine memories indeed for the team.
Oliphant's win in the Beaumont Trophy was the highlight in a stand-out season for the Scot
Both Briggs and Oliphant proved themselves to be worthy leaders of the team, providing strong results throughout the season. Perhaps the revelation of the season, however, was young Brennan Townshend who unexpectedly shone for team almost from the beginning of the season. At just 18 year of age he won three KOM competitions, fifth place overall at Le Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux and a spectacular victory in the mountains on stage 5 of the Tour of the Gila.
Townshend was the revelation of the year for Raleigh
Of course, the team did have faint hopes of achieving promotion to the Pro Continental division this season. This was not so much an expectation but a hope driven by the team's strong performances throughout the season. As we'll see in the third and final installment of the season wrap-up, the team didn't quite have the firepower in the end. With a larger, stronger squad next season, the team will start 2013 with renewed conviction that they can make it to the next level in the near future.
| Month | Race | Stage | Rider | | Jan | New Zealand Cycle Classic | 3 | Daniel Holloway | | May | GP of Moscow | - | Graham Briggs | | May | Ronde van Overijssel | 2 | Graham Briggs | | May | Ronde van Overijssel | GC | Graham Briggs | | May | Tour of the Gila | 4 | Daniel Holloway | | May | Tour of the Gila | 5 | Brennan Townshend | | Jun | Tour de Beauce | 1 | Jamie Sparling | | Jun | Tour de Beauce | 2 | Jamie Sparling | | Jul | Beaumont Trophy | - | Evan Oliphant | | Aug | Tour de Pyrenees | 3 | Evan Oliphant | | Aug | Giro della Valle d'Aosta | 1 | Russell Hampton |
| Month | Race | Stage | Rider | | Jan | New Zealand Cycle Classic | 2 | Daniel Holloway | | Feb | Beverbeek Classic | - | Graham Briggs | | Apr | Le Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux | 2 | Bernie Sulzberger | | Apr | Rutland - Melton Classic | - | Tobyn Horton | | May | Memorial of Oleg Dyachenko | - | Bernie Sulzberger | | May | Ronde van Overijssel | 2 | Tobyn Horton | | May | Lincoln GP | - | Jamie Sparling | | Jun | British road race championships | - | Liam Holohan | | Sep | Tour of Britain | 1 | Graham Briggs |
| Month | Race | Stage | Rider | | Jan | New Zealand Cycle Classic | GC | Daniel Holloway | | Feb | Tour of South Africa | 5 | Evan Oliphant | | Feb | Tour of South Africa | 6 | Evan Oliphant | | Mar | GP San Giuseppe | - | Liam Holohan | | Apr | Grand Prix of Sochi | 2 | Graham Briggs | | May | Tour of the Gila | 1 | Evan Oliphant | | May | Circuito del Porto - Trofeo Arvedi | - | Graham Briggs | | Jun | Canadian road race championships | - | Jamie Sparling | | Aug | Vuelta Ciclista a Leon | 5 | Evan Oliphant | | Sep | Tour of Britain | 8 | Graham Briggs |
| Month | Race | Result | Rider | | Jan | Australian Championship Road Race | 4th | Bernie Sulzberger | | Jan | New Zealand Cycle Classic | KOM Winner | Liam Holohan | | Feb | Tour of South Africa | 5th (GC) | Evan Oliphant | | Feb | Tour of South Africa | KOM Winner | Brennan Townshend | | Mar | Volta ao Alentejo | KOM Winner | Brennan Townshend | | Apr | Le Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux | 5th (GC) | Brennan Townshend | | May | Ronde van Overijssel | 5th (GC) | Tobyn Horton | | May | Tour of the Gila | KOM Winner | Brennan Townshend | | Aug | Tour de Pyrenees | KOM Winner | Evan Oliphant | | Aug | Giro della Valle d'Aosta | KOM Winner | Liam Holohan | | Sep | Tour of Britain | 7th (GC) | Evan Oliphant | | Sep | Tour of Britain | KOM Winner | Liam Holohan |
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On the world stage, several riders stamped their name on cycling history. In the Grand Tours, Michele Scarponi showed that 2011's 'win' in the Giro d'Italia was no fluke by taking the 2012 title ahead of Jakob Fuglslang and Rigoberto Uran. Alberto Contador made a fine come back from suspension to win the Vuelta.
It was Vincenzo Nibali's win in the Tour de France that really caught the eye, the Italian finally coming of age to take La Grand Boucle ahead of Bradley Wiggins and Andy Schleck.
Nibali had to get used to the media's glare after his win in Le Tour
The stand-out performer in the classics, Tom Boonen, was a worthy winner of this season's Velo D'Or. The Belgian was an irrepresible form all season, demonstrating his consistency by topping the CQ Rankings. Undoubtedly his most memorable performances were his brilliant Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix wins.
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Boonen excelled throughout the season
Other notable performers were: Rodriguez, who topped the WorldTour rankings and grabbed a win at Il Lombardia; Cavendish, who won more races (19) than any other rider this season; and Team Sky, who won 57 races and topped both the World Tour and CQ Rankings.
| Milan San Remo |  | Mark Cavendish | | Ronde Van Vlaanderen | | Tom Boonen | | Paris - Roubaix | | Tom Boonen | | Liege - Bastogne - Liege | | Philippe Gilbert | | Giro d'Italia | | Michele Scarponi | | Tour de France | | Vincenzo Nibali | | Vuelta a Espana | | Alberto Contador | | Il Lombardia | | Joaquim Rodriguez | | | | | World Championships (ITT) | | Alberto Contador | | World Championships (Road) | | Marcel Kittel | | | | | Velo D'Or | | Tom Boonen |
Promotions and relegations
Team Argos-Shimano and Farnese Vini won promotion to the World Tour, with the French teams FDJ-Big Mat and AG2R-Mondiale going in the opposite direction.
At the Continental level, the teams winning promotion to the Pro Continental division were:
Endura Racing
An Post
Christina Watches
Roubaix
Efapel
While those relegated to the Continental division were:
Champion
Utensilnord
Colombia
Andalucia
RusVelo
World Tour Rankings - Individual
| 1 | Joaquim Rodriguez | | 669 | | 2 | Tom Boonen | | 650 | | 3 | Bradley Wiggins | | 536 | | 4 | Samuel Sanchez | | 527 | | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | | 488 |
World Tour Rankings - Team
| 1 | Sky Procycling | | 1457 | | 2 | BMC Racing Team | | 1239 | | 3 | Omega Pharma - Quick Step | | 105 | | 4 | Radioshack - Nissan | | 1093 | | 5 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | 992 |
| 1 | Tom Boonen | | 3320 | | 2 | Joaquim Rodriguez | | 2867 | | 3 | Andre Greipel | | 2476 | | 4 | Vincenzo Nibali | | 2313 | | 5 | Matthew Goss | | 2095 | | … | | | | | 406 | Evan Oliphant | | 129 |
| 1 | Sky Procycling | | 8376 | | 2 | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | | 8297 | | 3 | BMC Racing Team | | 6524 | | 4 | Radioshack - Nissan | | 6361 | | 5 | Katusha Team | | 5775 | | … | | | | | 44 | Raleigh - GAC | | 552 |
Continental Rankings - Individual
| 1 | Denis Flahaut | | 723 | | 2 | Elia Favilli | | 649 | | 3 | Nico Eeckhout | | 595 | | 4 | Danilo Napolitano | | 441 | | 5 | Gedimanas Bagdonas | | 437 | | … | | | | | 56 | Graham Briggs | | 168 |
Continental Rankings - Team
| 1 | Team Argos - Shimano | | 1958 | | 2 | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | | 1664 | | 3 | Cofidis | | 1453 | | 4 | Acqua e Sapone | | 1450 | | 5 | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | | 1349 | | … | | | | | 16 | Raleigh - GAC | | 697 |
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The final part of the end of season wrap-up looks at some of the major transfer news. Undoubtedly the biggest move sees Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali move from Liquigas to Astana. This is a real boost for Astana's GC hopes, who are also bolstered by the arrival of Lieuwe Westra.
Vincenzo Nibali shook hands with the Astana team to agree the biggest transfer deal in procycling this season
Farnese Vini have prepared for World Tour status by strengthening their squad with two of Italian cycling's biggest stars: Enrico Gasparotto and Ivan Basso. Garmin will be a sprint team to be reckoned with as Alexander Kristoff and Ben Swift join Tyler Farrar and co.
Omega Pharma - Quickstep have really flexed their financial muscle by signing Robert Gesink, John Degenkolb and Matthew Hayman. With Tom Boonen and Tony Martin also on their squad, they look like they can now compete on all fronts: Grand Tours, sprints, classics and time trials.
Saxo Bank have also splashed the cash by signing three very strong riders. Sep Vanmarcke will boost their strength in the classics and Kreuziger will be a great right-hand man for Contador and a stage race contender in his own right. And in Arnaud Demare they have signed probably the most promising sprinter in the peloton.
| Rider | From | To | AVG | | Lars Boom | Rabobank | Argos - Shimano | 76 | | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas | Astana | 80 | | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil | Astana | 76 | | Carlos Betancur | Acquae Sapone | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 77 | | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana | Farnese Vini | 78 | | Ivan Basso | Liquigas | Farnese Vini | 76 | | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha | Garmin - Sharp | 77 | | Ben Swift | Sky | Garmin - Sharp | 76 | | Andrea Guardini | Farnese Vini | Katusha | 77 | | Michael Albasini | Orica - Greenedge | Lampre - ISD | 78 | | Davide Rebellin | Free agent | Lampre - ISD | 75 | | Levi Leipheimer | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | Movistar | 76 | | Robert Gesink | Rabobank | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | 79 | | John Degenkolb | Argos - Shimano | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | 78 | | Matthew Hayman | Sky | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | 75 | | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Sharp | Orica - Greenedge | 75 | | Jan Barta | Team NetApp | Rabobank | 76 | | Benat Intxausti | Movistar | Radioshack - Nissan | 76 | | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank | Sky | 76 | | Jens Voigt | Radioshack - Nissan | Sky | 75 | | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Endura Racing | Sky | 75 | | Sep Vanmarcke | Garmin - Sharp | Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 77 | | Arnaud Demare | FDJ - BigMat | Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 77 | | Roman Kreuziger | Astana | Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 76 | | Juan Jose Cobo | Movistar | Cofidis | 76 | | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - Greenedge | Colnago - CSF Inox | 75 | | Simon Spilak | Katusha | Team NetApp | 75 |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 09-11-2012 22:17
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Boonen a deserved winner of the Vélo d'Or |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 09-11-2012 23:44
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Tour de France Champion
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The end of what was a very successful season for Team Raleigh 
Lets hope for the same again next season 
And the end of season review was Brilliant, Well Done |
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| baggieboys32 |
Posted on 10-11-2012 00:07
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Really enjoyed reading the review, its a shame the team missed out on that pro-conti spot, but hopefully you'll be able to come back stronger with those new signings of yours
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 10-11-2012 08:15
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Brilliant season and great reading. Let's hope that the 2nd season is even better. |
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 10-11-2012 16:07
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[img]https://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh579/aidanvn13/raleigh-oakley_zps7fac55e9.png?t=1352563542[/img]
Improved version coming soon.
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| lennybernstein |
Posted on 12-11-2012 17:19
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aidanvn13 wrote:
[img]https://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh579/aidanvn13/raleigh-oakley_zps7fac55e9.png?t=1352563542[/img]
Improved version coming soon.
Thanks dude, much appreciated. I converted the file into a .tga file but it won't work for some reason? It might be because the file size comes out smaller than the size of the other .tga jersey files in the database? I have PM'd you about it in any case. If you could provide a .tga file that would be awesome.
Or if anyone else can help me convert the jersey into a suitable .tga that would be magic too
2013 squad presentation coming up a little later...
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| lennybernstein |
Posted on 12-11-2012 17:24
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Domestique
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@Ian Butler, sutty68, Miguel98, baggieboys32 - really appreciate the kind feedback and encouragement. Looking forward to an even better season in 2013 once we get our team jersey sorted!
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