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| JustinWK |
Posted on 31-03-2008 15:12
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Stage 5/7:
Not a great performance by the Nippo team, Bespalov was our best man as he ended 48th while Gil ended 67th and so he falls to the 19th spot in the GC :x Dave Z takes an easy win while George Hincapie ends 2nd. Piotr Mazur does a god job aswell, the Polish TT champ ends 3rd.
Result:
01.  David Zabriskie TEAM CSC 23'10
02. George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 15
03.  Piotr Mazur SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 23
04.  Paolo Savoldelli ASTANÁ + 27
05.  Marc De Maar RABOBANK + 34
06.  Nicki Sørensen TEAM CSC + 40
07.  Stefan Schumacher GEROLSTEINER + 42
08.  Dominique Cornu SILENCE - LOTTO + 43
09. Christian Vande Velde TEAM CSC + 45
10. Leif Hoste SILENCE - LOTTO + 47
11 Benoît Vaugrenard FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
12 Niki Terpstra TEAM MILRAM + 48
13 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 50
14 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC + 52
15 Andrei Grivko TEAM MILRAM s.t.
16 Juan Manuel Gárate QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
17 Michael Blaudzun TEAM CSC + 53
18 John Gadret AG2R LA MONDIALE + 54
19 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
20 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 55
21 Vladimir Karpets CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 58
22 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 59
23 Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM + 1'00
24 Juri Krivtsov AG2R LA MONDIALE + 1'02
25 René Mandri AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
26 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER + 1'06
27 Dmitri Muravjev ASTANÁ + 1'10
28 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS s.t.
29 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 1'12
30 Kevin Van Impe QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 1'13
31 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
32 Sébastien Rosseler QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
33 Maxim Iglinski ASTANÁ + 1'15
34 Gianpaolo Caruso LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'16
35 Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
36 Isidro Nozal COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
37 Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS + 1'17
38 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
39 Frank Schleck TEAM CSC + 1'18
40 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 1'19
41 Óscar Pereiro Sio CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'20
42 Jussi Veikkanen FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1'21
43 William Walker RABOBANK + 1'22
44 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
45 Timothy Gudsell FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1'24
46 Stefano Garzelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
47 Cadel Evans SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
48 Aleksandr Bespalov NIPPO CORPORATION + 1'25
49 Dries Devenyns SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
50 Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
GC:
01.  Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 17h46'35
02. Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1'43
03. George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 1'46
04. Kevin Van Impe QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 1'50
05.  John Gadret AG2R LA MONDIALE + 1'54
06. Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS + 1'56
07. Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'58
08. David Zabriskie TEAM CSC + 2'17
09.  Frank Schleck TEAM CSC + 2'18
10. Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 2'43
19. Koldo Gil NIPPO CORPORATION + 3'12
Tommorow we have the decisive stage in this years Tirreno Adriatico, a tough stage in which Gil should be able to win some time but it will be enough for the top 10?
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| matt493 |
Posted on 31-03-2008 15:45
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Too bad. But good results for the Americans.
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 31-03-2008 16:59
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Stage 6/7:
The toughest stage, Valverde has a save lead but he still needs to look out for Ricco who also looked very strong the last time. In today's break we have a Nippo who listens to the name of Moises Duenas
A small but strong group
However Duenas isnt in form as he has to let go before Veikkanen has to! They get taken in eventually and on the final climb the leader, Valverde makes a move to which no one reacts. Linus Gerdemann however is brave enough to go after him
 
Left: vValverde attacks!, Right: Gerdemann trying to reach Valverde
However the remaining riders chase Gerdemann down but they dont reach Valverde. Ricco attacks in the final km but its too late...
Ricco comes up short as Valverde goes on to another win
Valverde doesn't crack and wins the stage, he also increases his lead. Gil meanwhile is the 15th rider to cross the finishline and because of this he is now 10th in the GC.
Valverde is just too strong for the rest...
Result:
01. Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 4h23'53
02. Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 26
03. John Gadret AG2R LA MONDIALE + 1'31
04. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'52
05. Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
06. Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM s.t.
07. Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER s.t.
08. Stefan Schumacher GEROLSTEINER s.t.
09. Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 2'17
10. Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM s.t.
11 Frank Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
12 Simon Gerrans AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
13 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
14 Andrei Grivko TEAM MILRAM s.t.
15 Koldo Gil NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
16 Stefano Garzelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
17 Manuele Mori SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
18 Juan-Antonio Flecha RABOBANK + 2'52
19 Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
20 Unai Etxebarría EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
21 Theo Eltink RABOBANK s.t.
22 Nicki Sørensen TEAM CSC s.t.
23 Bernhard Kohl GEROLSTEINER s.t.
24 Marc De Maar RABOBANK s.t.
25 Juan Manuel Gárate QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
26 Christophe Brandt SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
27 David Zabriskie TEAM CSC s.t.
28 Guido Trentin SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
29 Maxim Iglinski ASTANÁ + 3'27
30 Gianpaolo Caruso LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
31 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 3'52
32 Konstantin Siutsou NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
33 Dimitri Claeys NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
34 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 4'14
35 Matej Mugerli LIQUIGAS + 4'22
36 Oscar Freire RABOBANK + 4'50
37 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC + 4'59
38 Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS s.t.
39 Anthony Charteau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
40 Paolo Savoldelli ASTANÁ s.t.
41 Fabio Ciccarese CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
42 Constantino Zaballa CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
43 Benoît Vaugrenard FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
44 Óscar Pereiro Sio CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
45 Kevin Van Impe QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
46 Fortunato Baliani CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
47 Johan Vansummeren SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
48 Andreas Klier T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
49 Wim Van Huffel SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
50 Lorenzo Bernucci T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
GC:
01. Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 22h10'28
02. Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 2'09
03. John Gadret AG2R LA MONDIALE + 3'25
04. Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 4'15
05. Frank Schleck TEAM CSC + 4'35
06. Stefan Schumacher GEROLSTEINER + 4'51
07. David Zabriskie TEAM CSC + 5'09
08. Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER + 5'15
09.  Andrei Grivko TEAM MILRAM + 5'26
10. Koldo Gil NIPPO CORPORATION + 5'29
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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Posted on 31-03-2008 17:18
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Well done on getting Gil into the top 10
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Posted on 31-03-2008 17:30
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| Crommy |
Posted on 31-03-2008 18:00
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Great push into the top 10 by Gil 
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 01-04-2008 13:01
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thankyou 
Stage 7/7:
The final stage of the Tirreno Adriatico, a group of 7 gets away but it never gets a big lead and so we get a sprint and again its a nice test to see how Benatti will fare against all the others, when the sprint is about to begin Benatti is in the back in Freire's train but when the sprint begins he immediatly jumps toward Davis' wheel who is up front with Napolitano
Napolitano with an early lead with Davis next to him who has Benatti behind him!
Napolitano loses his lead to Davis and then its time for Benatti to take him down but it comes to late, he is faster than Davis but Allan Davis just holds on for the win but atleast Benatti beats guys like Petacchi, Freire, Hushovd and McEwen.
Allan Davis wins in front of Benatti and Napolitano
Result:
01.  Allan Davis DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM 3h45'50
02. Daniele Bennati NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
03. Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
04. Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
05. Oscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
06.  Bernhard Eisel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
07. Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
08. Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
09. Erik Zabel TEAM MILRAM s.t.
10. Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
11 Wouter Weylandt QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
12 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
13 Juan José Haedo TEAM CSC s.t.
14 Robbie McEwen SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
15 Mickaël Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
16 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
17 Murilo Fischer LIQUIGAS s.t.
18 Matteo Tosatto QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
19 Luciano Pagliarini SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
20 Julian Dean CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
21 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
22 Mark Renshaw CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
23 Paolo Bossoni LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
24 Giuseppe Palumbo ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
25 Niki Terpstra TEAM MILRAM s.t.
26 Matej Mugerli LIQUIGAS s.t.
27 Kevin Van Impe QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
28 Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM s.t.
29 Stefano Garzelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
30 Peter Van Petegem QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
31 Anthony Charteau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
32 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
33 Max Van Heeswijk RABOBANK s.t.
34 Elio Aggiano TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
35 Beat Zberg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
36 Matteo Priamo CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
37 Unai Etxebarría EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
38 Leif Hoste SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
39 Angelo Furlan CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
40 Johan Vansummeren SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
41 Constantino Zaballa CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
42 Christophe Brandt SILENCE- LOTTO s.t.
43 Michael Blaudzun TEAM CSC s.t.
44 Maarten Den Bakker TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
45 Fabio Ciccarese CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
46 Moises Aldape CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
47 Salvatore Commesso TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
48 Juan-Antonio Flecha RABOBANK s.t.
49 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
50 Nicki Sørensen TEAM CSC s.t.
GC:
01. Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 25h56'18
02. Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 2'09
03. John Gadret AG2R LA MONDIALE + 3'25
04. Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 4'15
05. Frank Schleck TEAM CSC + 4'35
06. Stefan Schumacher GEROLSTEINER + 4'51
07. David Zabriskie TEAM CSC + 5'09
08. Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER + 5'15
09. Andrei Grivko TEAM MILRAM + 5'26
10. Koldo Gil NIPPO CORPORATION + 5'29
11 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 5'31
12 Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM + 5'34
13 Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER + 5'37
14 Marc De Maar RABOBANK + 5'43
15 Nicki Sørensen TEAM CSC + 5'49
16 Bernhard Kohl GEROLSTEINER + 5'52
17 Stefano Garzelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO + 5'58
18 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS + 6'00
19 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
20 Juan Manuel Gárate QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 6'01
21 Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM + 6'03
22 Theo Eltink RABOBANK + 6'07
23 Simon Gerrans AG2R LA MONDIALE + 6'17
24 Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 6'34
25 Manuele Mori SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 6'36
26 Kevin Van Impe QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 6'49
27 Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS + 6'55
28 Maxim Iglinski ASTANÁ + 6'59
29 Gianpaolo Caruso LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 7'00
30 Juan-Antonio Flecha RABOBANK + 7'08
31 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 7'22
32 Unai Etxebarría EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 7'25
33 Christophe Brandt SILENCE- LOTTO + 7'27
34 Guido Trentin SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 7'30
35 Paolo Savoldelli ASTANÁ + 7'43
36 Konstantin Siutsou NIPPO CORPORATION + 7'46
37 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC + 7'58
38 Dimitri Claeys NIPPO CORPORATION + 8'19
39 Johan Vansummeren SILENCE - LOTTO + 8'44
40 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 8'55
41 Oscar Freire RABOBANK + 9'08
42 Lorenzo Bernucci T-MOBILE TEAM + 9'14
43 Constantino Zaballa CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 9'28
44 Matej Mugerli LIQUIGAS + 9'32
45 Dmitri Muravjev ASTANÁ + 9'39
46 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS + 9'46
47 Fortunato Baliani CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE + 9'48
48 Maarten Den Bakker TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 9'57
49 Wim Van Huffel SILENCE - LOTTO + 10'07
50 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 10'26
Points:
01. Alejandro Valverde 34
02. Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 20
03. Daniele Bennati NIPPO CORPORATION 17
KOM:
01. Erik Zabel TEAM MILRAM 6
02. Fabio Ciccarese CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE 6
03. Matthew White DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM 5
Up next, La Primavera --8)
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 02-04-2008 14:42
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The first classic of the year, after 50 kms an early break is formed
The break of the day
However the break ofcourse has no chances of succeeding at all. With 80 kms they are caught and then it's time for the favourites to show themselves. For a long time every attack is neutralized thanks to the Milram and Liquigas troops but then just before the Cipressa its a Belgian who gets away and later he is accompanied by a Spaniard.
Juan Antonio Flecha and Stijn Devolder on their way to the Cipressa
They make it over the Cipressa and now the pack must take them back on the Poggio. However the strong teams are tired and only Milram is left up front with Astarloa and Celestino. Their hard work isnt enough to catch these 2 on the Poggio however Petacchi does have less competition now...
McEwen, Hushovd and Bennati can't hang on on the Poggio...
And so Nippo wont grab any pt points, the climb is a bit too much for Bennati...up front Flecha and Devolder start their sprint a deux but in the back the sprinters are approaching!
Devolder catches Flecha by surprise!
But Devolder overestimates himself and meets the man with the hammer, Pozzato, Freire, Petacchi and Bettini get closer to Flecha and while Devolder is taken down Flecha has to fight till the final metre...
Flecha just beats the sprinters and wins Milano San Remo!
Result:
01. Juan-Antonio Flecha RABOBANK 7h08'57
02. Paolo Bettini QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
03. Tom Boonen QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
04. Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
05. Oscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
06. Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
07. Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER s.t.
08. Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
09. Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS s.t.
10. Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS s.t.
11 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
12 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
13 Jesus Del Nero SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
14 Marcus Burghardt T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
15 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC s.t.
16 Stijn Devolder DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
17 Stefano Garzelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
18 Stefan Schumacher GEROLSTEINER s.t.
19 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
20 Allan Davis DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
21 Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
22 Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM s.t.
23 Igor Astarloa TEAM MILRAM s.t.
24 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
25 Jurgen Vandenbroeck SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
26 Sergei Ivanov TEAM CSC s.t.
27 Robbie McEwen SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
28 Matthias Kessler ASTANÁ s.t.
29 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
30 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
31 Giovanni Visconti QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
32 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
33 Björn Leukemans SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
34 Karsten Kroon TEAM CSC s.t.
35 Pieter Weening RABOBANK s.t.
36 Johan Vansummeren SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
37 Dmitri Kozontchuk RABOBANK s.t.
38 Ruben Elvira Lobato SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
39 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
40 Constantino Zaballa CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
41 Pieter Mertens SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
42 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC s.t.
43 Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM s.t.
44 Frank Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
45 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
46 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
47 Andreas Klier T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
48 Marc De Maar RABOBANK s.t.
49 Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS s.t.
50 Joost Posthuma RABOBANK s.t.
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 05-04-2008 12:42
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And so 1 day before the race takes place in real life the Nippo's entered Flanders today in the world of pcm. We have no hopes here as Boom is our best cobble rider and if he gets into the top 50 im happy. The race really begins after 70 kms when a break is formed...well actually its a one man break
Amets Txurruka is the only one who dares to attack in Flanders
offcourse Txurruka doesn't make it far and is caught with 100 kms to go. Then with 60 kms to go the Quick Steps launch a surprise attack which surprises all the favourites, however one man did manage to follow the QSI train and thats Hincapie! De Jongh and Van Impe upped the pace with Boonen in their wheel and only Hincapie reacted as De Jongh pulled away from the pack! A bit later De Jongh has to let go and then Hincapie ups the pace in order to get rid of Boonen's last teammate, Van Impe
Hincapie accelerates, Boonen follows but Van Impe cracks with 40 kms to go
They build up a big lead and behind these 2 all the others try everything to get closer. In the 2nd group the Rabobank men are trying to get closer as they want Flecha to win here, behind them riders such as Hoste, Cancellara and Ballan also start to chase but its too late for them...
 
Left: Rabo's working for Flecha, Right: Cancellara leads the group of the favourites who are left behind
One by one the Rabobank men have to let go and so only 2 riders are left, with the gap over 2 minutes it is clear that either Boonen or Hincapie will win today
Flecha and Burghardt are fighting for the 3rd and 4th spot...
Up front Boonen and Hincapie reach 'De Muur', and there the battle is decided!
 
Left: George takes off! Right: Boonen sees Hincapie riding away from him
Boonen gets closer in the final kms but not close enough to catch Hincapie, and so Hincapie wins the Ronde Van Vlaanderen!
George Hincapie wins de Ronde Van Vlaanderen by beating Boonen!
Result:
01. George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM 6h50'36
02. Tom Boonen QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 35
03. Juan-Antonio Flecha RABOBANK + 3'17
04. Marcus Burghardt T-MOBILE TEAM + 4'11
05. Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 7'37
06. Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS s.t.
07.  Sergei Ivanov TEAM CSC s.t.
08.  Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC s.t.
09. Andreas Klier T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
10. Leif Hoste SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
11 Kevin Van Impe QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
12 Peter Van Petegem QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
13 Stijn Devolder DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
14 Johan Vansummeren SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
15 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
16 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS + 8'38
17 Paolo Bettini QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 9'10
18 Bernhard Eisel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
19 Karsten Kroon TEAM CSC s.t.
20 Enrico Franzoi LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
21 Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS s.t.
22 Marc De Maar RABOBANK s.t.
23 Oscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
24 Marcel Sieberg TEAM MILRAM + 12'51
25 Björn Leukemans SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
26 Jesus Del Nero SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
27 Dmitri Kozontchuk RABOBANK s.t.
28 Stefan Schumacher GEROLSTEINER s.t.
29 Sebastian Langeveld RABOBANK s.t.
30 Dmitri Muravjev ASTANÁ + 13'32
31 Steven De Jongh QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 16'07
32 Pieter Mertens SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
33 Wim De Vocht SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
34 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 17'01
35 Koos Moerenhout RABOBANK + 18'28
36 Max Van Heeswijk RABOBANK + 18'51
37 Damien Gaudin LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
38 Michael Blaudzun TEAM CSC + 20'18
39 Giuliano Figueras LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 20'51
40 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
41 Roger Hammond T-MOBILE TEAM + 21'27
42 Magnus Bäckstedt LIQUIGAS s.t.
43 David Kopp GEROLSTEINER s.t.
44 Giovanni Visconti QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
45 Allan Davis DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
46 Sérgio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
47 Dimitri Claeys NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
48 Lars Boom NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
49 Aleksandr Kuchinski LIQUIGAS + 23'24
50 Anders Lund TEAM CSC s.t.
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| Crommy |
Posted on 05-04-2008 13:24
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Very good getting 2 riders into the top 50
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| matt493 |
Posted on 05-04-2008 14:19
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Two in the top 50 isn't that bad especially since you don't have a cobbles team.
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 05-04-2008 15:26
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hehe yes I was controlling them the whole time and because of that I missed some things up front but in the end it worked out Boom has 73 cobbles so he did well and Claeys has 67 so thats even better. However whats also quite funny is that guys such as Paulinho, Moerenhout and Marzano who have extremely low cobble stats still managed to end in the top 50
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 09-04-2008 17:44
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We bring a strong team to France for the GP Rennes with Docker, Serebriakov and Miyazawa as our sprinters. First we have the break of the day which is quite small and doesnt seem strong enough to make it at all
The break with Gudsell, Kuzniak, Kaggestad and Rodriguez Parra
With Kuzniak and Gudsell being caught 10 kms before the end we get ready for a bunchsprint, the Nippo's try alot but dont take the win in Rennes as one guy is clearly stronger than the rest
Tyler Farrar takes an easy win while Serebriakov ends 2nd
Result:
01. Tyler Farrar COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 4h34'05
02. Aleksandr Serebriakov NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
03. Hans Dekkers AGRITUBEL s.t.
04.  Erki Pütsep BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
05. Matthieu Ladagnous FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
06. Angelo Furlan CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
07. Jurgen Van Loocke AGRITUBEL s.t.
08. Mitch Docker NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
09. Angel Edo AGRITUBEL s.t.
10.  Takashi Miyazawa NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
11 Mickaël Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
12 William Bonnet CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
13 Jocelyn Bar AUBER 93 s.t.
14 Lloyd Mondory AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
15 Marco Bos COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
16 Jérôme Pineau BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
17 Stéphane Poulhiès AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
18 Brad Huff TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
19 Matteo Priamo CFS GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
20 Laurent Mangel AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
21 Julien Belgy BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
22 Rony Martias BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
23 François Parisien TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
24 Steve Chainel AUBER 93 s.t.
25 Jinks Sbille AUBER 93 s.t.
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 09-04-2008 20:23
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Uh, that was close. I feel sorry for you, Justin |
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| dave92 |
Posted on 09-04-2008 20:29
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Big George
nice 2nd place in France 
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| matt493 |
Posted on 09-04-2008 20:35
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Two wins in a row by Americans. Shocking.
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 11-04-2008 16:58
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Off to Spain
Stage 1/6:
The first of many hilly stages, in the early break there are some strong riders such as Danielson and Andy Schleck. Also our very own Konstantin Siutsou is present
The break with Proni up front
Their lead never gets big but nevertheless they're still up front when they enter the final climb, the 'Alto da Jaizkabel'. Here a group of about 15 riders, mostly favourites, join the break. But 3 riders are too strong for the group as they take off.
 
Left: Ricco and Kessler escape, Frank Schleck would also join them, Right: Horner and Siutsou lead the chase!
Ricco, Kessler and Schleck increase their lead even though Gil, Siutsou and the 12 other riders try everything to get closer. In the sprint Ricco is nervous
Ricco takes off with Schleck and Kessler in his wheel
But apparently the Italian is in shape, as Schleck and Kessler dont even get close!
Victory for Ricco
Result:
01. Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 3h21'07
02. Matthias Kessler ASTANÁ s.t.
03. Frank Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
04. Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS + 1'25
05. Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
06. Jurgen Vandenbroeck SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
07. Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
08. Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
09.  Konstantin Siutsou NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
10. Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
11 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
12 Wim Van Huffel SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
13 Koldo Gil NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
14 Andrei Grivko TEAM MILRAM s.t.
15 Chris Horner TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
16 Joost Posthuma RABOBANK s.t.
17 Igor Astarloa TEAM MILRAM + 2'41
18 Markus Zberg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
19 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
20 Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER s.t.
21 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
22 Frantisek Rabon T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
23 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK s.t.
24 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC s.t.
25 Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM s.t.
26 Mauricio Ardila RABOBANK s.t.
27 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
28 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
29 Antonio Colom ASTANÁ s.t.
30 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
31 Moris Possoni LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
32 Christian Knees TEAM MILRAM s.t.
33 Pieter Weening RABOBANK s.t.
34 Alexandre Vinokourov ASTANÁ s.t.
35 Bernhard Kohl GEROLSTEINER s.t.
36 Koos Moerenhout RABOBANK s.t.
37 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
38 Maxime Monfort COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
39 Alessandro Proni QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
40 David Zabriskie TEAM CSC s.t.
41 Carlos Barredo QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
42 Moises Dueñas NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
43 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
44 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
45 Bram Tankink QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
46 Manuel Medina COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
47 Patrik Sinkewitz T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
48 Josep Jufre SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
49 Robert Gesink RABOBANK s.t.
50 Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS s.t.
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| t-baum |
Posted on 11-04-2008 17:21
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Your computer is amazing, insane graphics
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 11-04-2008 18:24
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well my pc isnt that special, its just that resizing them and saving them as a png. file makes it look very sharp and therefore better than it is
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 11-04-2008 18:47
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The pictures look great, the flags look great! Keep it up Justin |
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