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Posted on 05-08-2007 10:53
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Posted on 05-08-2007 11:12
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Posted on 05-08-2007 11:34
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Team :
Leader : Alex Dowsett
Start List :
C. Agricole
1. P.Caucchioli
2. W.Bonnet
3. A.Botcharov
4. J.Dean
5. A.Furlan
6. T.Hushovd
7. S.Raisin
8. M.Renshaw
Cofidis
11. S.Chavanel
12. F.Bessy
13. H.Duclos Lassalle
14. D.Moncoutié
15. M.Monfort
16. I.Parra
17. R.Verbrugghe
18. S.Zampieri
UNIBET
21. V.Pena
22. M.Carrara
23. B.Cooke
24. P.Jacbos
25. S.Vandenbergh
26. T.Vinther
27. M.Wilson
Ag2r
31. J.Gadret
32. S.Gerrans
33. J.Loubet
34. L.Mangel
35. J.Nazon
36. C.Naïbo
37. R.Nocentini
38. A.Usov
Predictor
41. J.Jufre Pou
42. C.Brandt
43. O.Kaisen
44. F.Rodriguez
45. T.Steels
46. G.Steurs
47. W.Van Huffel
48. J.Van den Broeck
Tinkoff
51. P.Brutt
52. E.Aggiano
53. D.Contrini
54. V.Kiryienka
55. R.Marzoli
56. A.Mindlin
57. A.Serov
58. S.Weigold
Virgin
61. A.Dowsett
62. E.Boasson Hagen
63. P.Kennaugh
64. F.Nolf
65. V.Peron
66. C.Premont
67. B.Swift
68. A.Tennant
Gerolsteiner
71. H.Haussler
72. J.Frohlinger
73. T.Hiekmann
74. S.Lang
75. M.Strauss
76. C.Westphal
77. O.Zaugg
78. B.Zberg
Chocolade
81. J.Vanendert
82. K.Barbé
83. G.D'Hollander
84. K.Hovelynck
85. K.Lisabeth
86. N.Maes
87. S.Renders
88. F.Veuchelen
Bouygues
91. M.Sprick
92. J.Belgy
93. G.Bernaudeau
94. S.Clement
95. A.Clerc
96. P.Drancourt
97. Y.Le Boulanger
98. R.Martias
FDJeux
101. J.Veikkanen
102. T.Gudsell
103. J.Lindgren
104. T.Marichal
105. C.Monnerais
106. F.Mourey
107. J.Roy
GLS
111. J.Rasmussen
112. P.Andersen
113. A.Hansen
114. J.Hecht
115. T.Kristiansen
116. T.Oredsson
117. N.Ostergaard
118. T.Riber Sellebjerg
Landbouwkrediet
121. S.Kleynen
122. E.Clancy
123. J.Kuyckx
124. J.Lebeau
125. P.Manning
126. K.Neirynck
127. B.Scheirlinckx
128. W.Van Mechelen
Thüringer
131. D.Becke
132. M.Barth
133. B.Gollhardt
134. N.Graf
135. P.Gretsch
136. M.Hahn
137. K.Hess
138. T.Martin
Jartazi
141. J.Vastaranta
142. Y.Cauquil
143. M.Criquélion
144. M.Drouilly
145. D.Flahaut
146. M.Ickx
147. V.Kaupas
148. J.Soetens
Agritubel
151. A.Baranauskas
152. C.Coutouly
153. A.Ravard
154. D.Robin
155. B.Sinner
Bretagne
161. S.Duret
162. A.Dalibard
163. P.Zielinski
Auber 93
171. J.Mespoulède
172. S.Chainel
More updates to come including full start sheet and team list (Havent decided team yet  )
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Posted on 05-08-2007 12:50
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Tour Mediterraneen Stage 1 (TTT) Gruissan - Gruissan
This is our first big race in europe and the first one we will be repoting on. With all the team back in europe, coming back from Maylasia, we felt whole and very strong. All ready stationed in the area the guys who will be supporting Dowsett all had good moods and top morale.
"This race will be very hard in the sprint due to big named sprinter Hushovd and Furlan" said Boasson Hagen
The team we a strong TT force with junior Pursuit world Champ Andy Tennant and of course the guy himself Dowsett.
There was vert little coverage of the race but we did mange to get 1 picture.
The guys started off very slow and it showed there inexperience... At the first time check they were only 10th fastest... That gave them a bit of anger and they decided to rip up the Tarmac and dash for Gruissan...
The pace was so high and we managed to shell of a few riders. In the town it self the finish was dead straight so Dowsett with Hagen on the wheewent for it and did his 8 seconds on the front before moving across for Hagen. Hagen gave it that little sprinter injection of pace and managed to destroy the times of everyone else.
Stage
1st VIRGIN MEDIA 35'16
2nd COFIDIS + 7
3rd CREDIT AGRICOLE + 34
4th TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 35
5th PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 36
6th GEROLSTEINER + 50
7th BOUYGUES TELECOM + 59
8th AG2R PREVOYANCE + 1'05
9th CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 1'07
10th THUERINGER ENERGIE TEAM + 1'11
Overall
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen VIRGIN MEDIA 35'16
2 Christope Premont VIRGIN MEDIA s.t.
3 Vincent Peron VIRGIN MEDIA s.t.
4 Andy Tennant VIRGIN MEDIA s.t.
5 Alex Dowsett VIRGIN MEDIA s.t.
6 Peter Kennaugh VIRGIN MEDIA s.t.
7 Frederik Nolf VIRGIN MEDIA s.t.
8 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS + 7
9 Ivan Parra COFIDIS s.t.
Also we got anothe picture from the TTT, this time from a fan. He sent this picture in and didnt leave a contact. The team hope that he will get in contact withus again...
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Posted on 05-08-2007 13:33
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Gratz on the win, is Hagen going to be in yellow?
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Posted on 05-08-2007 13:42
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he has to. came first
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Posted on 05-08-2007 14:42
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Tour Mediterraneen Stage 2 Narbonne - Agde
The Dominating performance yesterday left the guys hungry wanting more but i told them, if you get greedy you'll never win anything! We are trying a new RR system at the moment let the team choose what they want to do. It seemed to be working well...
"I put down, sit in under a bit of protection and wait for the sprint." said... Who? You try and guess
It was a cold day today and the brand new legs and arm warmers were out .
They rolled out of Narbonne fairly slowly and about 20km in the racing really began!
A early attack managed to go a long way and the teams with the sprinters except C.A. chased hard.
With 15 km left the group was caught and confused Kennaugh and Peron who were tring to push hard away from the bunch.
The sprint got into full flow with Hushovd blowing hard Kennaugh in the centre...
Hushovd gets it, Kennaugh 3rd! Good news...
Stage
1 Thor Hushovd CREDIT AGRICOLE 2h26'46
2 Anthony Ravard AGRITUBEL s.t.
3 Peter Kennaugh VIRGIN MEDIA s.t.
4 Julian Dean CREDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
5 Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R PREVOYANCE s.t.
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen VIRGIN MEDIA s.t.
7 Jacob Moe Rasmussen TEAM GLS s.t.
8 William Bonnet CREDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
9 Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
10 Aurélien Clerc BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
Overall
1 Peter Kennaugh VIRGIN MEDIA 3h01'58
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen VIRGIN MEDIA + 4
3 Vincent Peron VIRGIN MEDIA s.t.
4 Andy Tennant VIRGIN MEDIA s.t.
5 Christope Premont VIRGIN MEDIA s.t.
6 Frederik Nolf VIRGIN MEDIA s.t.
7 Alex Dowsett VIRGIN MEDIA s.t.
8 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS + 11
9 David Moncoutie COFIDIS s.t.
10 Rik Verbrugghe COFIDIS s.t.
Points
1 Thor Hushovd CREDIT AGRICOLE 25
2 Anthony Ravard AGRITUBEL 20
3 Peter Kennaugh VIRGIN MEDIA 16
4 Julian Dean CREDIT AGRICOLE 14
5 Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R PREVOYANCE 12
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen VIRGIN MEDIA 10
7 Jacob Moe Rasmussen TEAM GLS 9
8 William Bonnet CREDIT AGRICOLE 8
9 Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO 7
10 Sebastien Duret BRETAGNE ARMOR LUX 6
Mountain
1 Frederick Veuchelen CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 6
2 Giovanni Bernaudeau BOUYGUES TELECOM 6
3 Beat Zberg GEROLSTEINER 4
4 Daniele Contrini TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS 4
5 Jan Kuyckx LANDBOUWKREDIET - TONISSTEINER 2
6 Sebastien Duret BRETAGNE ARMOR LUX 2 |
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Posted on 05-08-2007 18:46
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Good win in TTT, but you don't need the full start list for the races - nobody will read those 
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Posted on 05-08-2007 20:41
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Tour Mediterraneen Stage 3 St Cannat - Marseille
It was a normal day today, faily flat with a few climbs. They probably would be able to get rid of anyone but they're still climbs. The was a climb about 10km from the end and if any got away on that it would be hard to catch them at the end.
The team pushed hard about half way into the race to pull the break of 6 in, Tennant felt good and put the pace up significantly and chomped into the gap...
On the base of the climb Boasson Hagen went for it!! Getting a gap over the peleton...
Coming to the top he had Pavel Brutt up behind him who would be stronger?...
On the desent Chavanel had joined them, Hagen was stuck on the front, he had the better sprint and why drinking he was thinking, lets hope he makes the right decision...
He left the sprint really late but his power was unmatched and he easily won!! His first victory...
Back in the pack, that had offically caught the break, Peter Kennaugh couldnt help but celebrate for his team mate, hope he will win soon...
So what an amazing stage that put Hagen back in yellow.
Stage
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen VIRGIN MEDIA 3h52'10
2 Pavel Brutt TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
3 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS s.t.
4 Thor Hushovd CREDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
5 Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R PREVOYANCE s.t.
6 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
7 Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
8 Ruggero Marzoli TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
9 Peter Kennaugh VIRGIN MEDIA s.t.
10 Beat Zberg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
Overall
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen VIRGIN MEDIA 6h54'02
2 Peter Kennaugh VIRGIN MEDIA + 6
3 Vincent Peron VIRGIN MEDIA + 10
4 Andy Tennant VIRGIN MEDIA s.t.
5 Alex Dowsett VIRGIN MEDIA s.t.
6 Christope Premont VIRGIN MEDIA s.t.
7 Frederik Nolf VIRGIN MEDIA s.t.
8 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS + 13
9 Rik Verbrugghe COFIDIS + 17
10 David Moncoutie COFIDIS s.t.
Points
1 Thor Hushovd CREDIT AGRICOLE 39
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen VIRGIN MEDIA 35
3 Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R PREVOYANCE 24
4 Peter Kennaugh VIRGIN MEDIA 23
5 Anthony Ravard AGRITUBEL 20
6 Pavel Brutt TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS 20
7 Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO 16
8 Julian Dean CREDIT AGRICOLE 16
9 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS 16
10 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER 14
Mountain
1 Victor Hugo Pena UNIBET.COM 26
2 Daniel Becke THUERINGER ENERGIE TEAM 18
3 Steve Chainel AUBER 93 18
4 Stef Clement BOUYGUES TELECOM 10
5 Cedric Coutouly AGRITUBEL 10
6 Frederick Veuchelen CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 6
7 Giovanni Bernaudeau BOUYGUES TELECOM 6
8 Edvald Boasson Hagen VIRGIN MEDIA 6
9 Beat Zberg GEROLSTEINER 4
10 Daniele Contrini TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS 4 |
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Posted on 05-08-2007 20:43
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Great win!
Its norwegian domination in the points standings!
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Posted on 05-08-2007 20:45
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nice win and btw Kennaugh isn't celbrating, he's swearing at Marzoli
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Posted on 05-08-2007 20:45
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Yeh  Just hope it goes the other way around tomorrow |
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Posted on 06-08-2007 11:57
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Tour Mediterraneen Stage 4 Greasque - Toulon-Mont Faron
The win yesterday put the team in a real good mood and put us on top of most successful team, in a different race Robart Hunter had moved away in the individual ranking it would take a lot to catch him.
"I hope i can keep the jersey or at least get it back for the end." said Boasson Hagen
Its a fairly hilly stage today with the nasty Mont Faron climb at the end with an average gradient of 9%.
The team did an excellent job controling the break a strong Andy Tennant put the majority of the work in...
On the second to last climb Dowsett tried to follow Gadret, memories from the Tour Down Under!..
Gadret went over the top and used his desending skills to pull away. Chavanel had come over top in between the remanders of the break and on the desent put himself into second...
Gadret won and the pain of the climb showed...
With Chavanel second the sprint for third was on, Josep Jufre Pou took it Hagen didnt lose his time to Gadret but Chavanel was now leader...
Stage
1 John Gadret AG2R PREVOYANCE 2h32'09
2 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS + 41
3 Josep Jufre Pou PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 1'04
4 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
5 Pavel Brutt TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
6 Alexandre Botcharov CREDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
7 Edvald Boasson Hagen VIRGIN MEDIA s.t.
8 David Moncoutie COFIDIS + 1'41
9 Yoann Le Boulanger BOUYGUES TELECOM + 1'58
10 Ruggero Marzoli TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
Overall
The climb didnt split the peleton enough for the guys to drp away and we are still in a big clumb outside the top ten.
1 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS 9h26'59
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen VIRGIN MEDIA + 16
3 John Gadret AG2R PREVOYANCE + 17
4 Pavel Brutt TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 55
5 Josep Jufre Pou PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 58
6 Alexandre Botcharov CREDIT AGRICOLE + 1'00
7 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 1'02
8 David Moncoutie COFIDIS + 1'10
9 Peter Kennaugh VIRGIN MEDIA + 1'16
10 Alex Dowsett VIRGIN MEDIA + 1'20
Points
The hopeful prediction came true (Not sure though if Hagen will be in this or u25)
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen VIRGIN MEDIA 44
2 Thor Hushovd CREDIT AGRICOLE 39
3 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS 36
4 Pavel Brutt TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS 32
5 John Gadret AG2R PREVOYANCE 26
6 Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R PREVOYANCE 24
7 Peter Kennaugh VIRGIN MEDIA 23
8 Anthony Ravard AGRITUBEL 20
9 Ruggero Marzoli TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS 19
10 Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO 16
Mountain
1 Victor Hugo Pena UNIBET.COM 26
2 John Gadret AG2R PREVOYANCE 24
3 Daniel Becke THUERINGER ENERGIE TEAM 18
4 Steve Chainel AUBER 93 18
5 Tony Martin THUERINGER ENERGIE TEAM 18
6 Jean Mespoulède AUBER 93 18
7 Jeremy Roy FRANCAISE DES JEUX 16
8 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS 14
9 Sebastien Duret BRETAGNE ARMOR LUX 10
10 Pavel Brutt TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS 10
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Posted on 06-08-2007 12:15
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Good riding to stay 2nd
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Posted on 06-08-2007 12:38
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Im having my cast off today, as you all know, and i soon resume training. So I have decided to stop...
Well for 2 days anyway Ive just had a powercut that has broken my internet and normally not being on the computer helps it fix itself. Im going away tonight to spend the night at my coachs house and tomorrow we go out on a ride (Hes an ex world champion ) And on wednesday im going to work to earn a bit of money. Hopefully ill be back on Thursday daytime after the morning training.
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Posted on 06-08-2007 12:48
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what your ex-world champ coach's name?
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Posted on 06-08-2007 12:50
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Doug Pinkerton hes 3 times Ordinary World Champ |
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Posted on 06-08-2007 13:22
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Whats an 'Ordinary World Champ'?
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Posted on 06-08-2007 21:07
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Penny Fathing high bicycle you probably think that that isnt proper cycling but it still it sort of |
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Posted on 07-08-2007 12:39
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you're right it is kind of cycling i just don't think anybody you though he was a 3-time penny farthing world champ
but still i'm not going to take the mick as i'm not world champ at anything
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