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| Montolivo |
Posted on 12-09-2012 16:02
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Yes great final. Marcato worked really hard for Leukemans the last kms whiout him getting the win, but at least a podium. Also Paolini getting another nice result this season. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 12-09-2012 16:16
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That was a Great sprint from Simon 
But what happened to Boonen in the closing kilometres  |
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| Wilier |
Posted on 12-09-2012 16:18
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Boonen couldn't follow the acceleration by Marcato. |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 12-09-2012 18:19
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Fun finale in Wallonie. The Citadelle climb is awesome, especially where they ride on a bridge above the road they just rode on. 
Tipped Bouhanni as winner, and I wasn't as far off as I thought I'd be. Was expecting Boonen to take it after seeing him near the front for most of the final climb, but he really cracked in the end.
Great win for Simon, adding another to his already quite impressive season.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 12-09-2012 22:46
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Stuyven rather impressive. Simon a beast again and definately on WT level.
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| dienblad |
Posted on 12-09-2012 22:54
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Wilier wrote:
Boonen couldn't follow the acceleration by Marcato.
He worked very hard earlier in the race, trying to cause a split (what occurred). This was a test for him for the worlds, not aiming for the win.
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| Wilier |
Posted on 13-09-2012 14:25
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Brilliant win by De Maar today in Britain. He crashed. Got back and attacked with 5 km to go to take the stage. Cavendish got dropped. Howard takes the leader's jersey. |
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 13-09-2012 14:36
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Good stage at ToB today with over 2000m of vertical ascent and the wind taking it's toll:
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1. De Maar (crashed a few km before then rode away in the last undulating 5km)
2. Vanmarke 15"
3. Van Poppel 15"
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1. Howard (good ride from him to finish in the front group)
2. Van Pop 7"
3. Vanmarke 17"
Group of around 20 finished in the group at 15" with Tiernan-Locke looking strong on Gunn Hill - expecting more from him over the next few days especially given, barring something from left field, there's only really 8-10 riders in the GC battle now.
Strangest moment goes to Wiggins riding the wrong way back down the course looking for Cavendish who had been dropped - no idea why given the run in and the fact Cav clearly wasn't going to make it back - to stop him bitching about it afterwards maybe?
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| Smal |
Posted on 13-09-2012 14:39
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Maybe Wiggins will attack and get in a breakaway?  |
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| Wilier |
Posted on 13-09-2012 16:36
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Tour of China I, Stage 5
| 1 | Alexander Serebryakov |  | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | 2h20'15" | | 2 | Jose Luis Cano |  | Andalucia | | | 3 | Ruslan Tleubayev |  | Continental Team Astana | | | 4 | Leonid Krasnov |  | RusVelo | | | 5 | Aldo Ino Ilesic |  | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | | | 6 | Sebastian Körber |  | Nutrixxion - Abus | | | 7 | Angelo Furlan |  | Christina Watches - Onfone | | | 8 | Alexander Schmitt |  | Nutrixxion - Abus | | | 9 | Nick van der Lijke |  | Rabobank Continental Team | | | 10 | Chan Jae Jang |  | Terengganu Cycling Team | |
Tour of China I, Stage 6
| 1 | Tyler Magner |  | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | 1h54'56" | | 2 | Jack Beckinsale |  | Australia National Team | | | 3 | Maksym Vasilyev |  | ISD - Lampre Continental | | | 4 | Dmytro Volovod |  | ISD - Lampre Continental | | | 5 | Alexander Serebryakov |  | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | | | 6 | Sebastian Körber |  | Nutrixxion - Abus | | | 7 | Holger Burkhardt |  | Nutrixxion - Abus | | | 8 | Aldo Ino Ilesic |  | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | | | 9 | Nikita Eskov |  | RusVelo | | | 10 | Aaron Kemps |  | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | |
Tour of China I, General Classification
| 1 | Martin Pedersen |  | Christina Watches - Onfone | 11h39'20" | | 2 | Stefan Schumacher |  | Christina Watches - Onfone | 01" | | 3 | Michael Rasmussen |  | Christina Watches - Onfone | 02" | | 4 | Daniel Holm Foder |  | Christina Watches - Onfone | 02" | | 5 | Ivar Slik |  | Rabobank Continental Team | 13" | | 6 | Aldo Ino Ilesic |  | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | 14" | | 7 | Jenning Huizenga |  | Rabobank Continental Team | 16" | | 8 | Nick van der Lijke |  | Rabobank Continental Team | 17" | | 9 | Marco Minnaard |  | Rabobank Continental Team | 17" | | 10 | Martijn Tusveld |  | Rabobank Continental Team | 17" |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 13-09-2012 17:20
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Nice to see Team Type 1 winning a stage  |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 13-09-2012 20:05
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20 year old Brit Josh Edmondson was 11th today in ToB. Bodes well for the future, while in the present, JTL is probably going to really go for it on the next 2 stages.
If all goes to plan, Ill be there watching on Caerphilly Mountain. More a steep hill than a mountain, but thats its name, and with 2 ascents it is probably the key point of the whole race.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 13-09-2012 20:20
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Is the Caerphilly stage tomorrow?
I haven't had the time to watch any of the stages so far, but I'd like to see that one. Was a pretty fun climb last year iirc. Didn't JTL attack back then too?
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 14-09-2012 11:36
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
Is the Caerphilly stage tomorrow?
I haven't had the time to watch any of the stages so far, but I'd like to see that one. Was a pretty fun climb last year iirc. Didn't JTL attack back then too? 
Yep, Caerphilly today now. JTL was the best on it last year. This year they climb it twice.
Finish due in 3 hours or so, Im about to make my way there now
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Posted on 14-09-2012 14:11
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flickr.com/photos/sumofmarc/7985333303/ Where I am currently sat. I can confirm that parts of Caerphilly Mountain are very steep!
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| roturn |
Posted on 14-09-2012 14:12
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Looking good. How long is the climb there? |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 14-09-2012 14:18
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roturn wrote:
Looking good. How long is the climb there?
Not that long - certainly no more than 2km, didn't take too long to walk up. The killer bit of it is a few steep sections with false flat (still uphill) bits in between
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 14-09-2012 14:26
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Sky fail. 
Doing the pace and then suddenly they only have one rider left in the first chasing group.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 14-09-2012 14:27
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JTL, Van Poppel, Haas, Vanmarcke, Howard and like ten more riders left in the peloton.
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 14-09-2012 14:33
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SportingNonsense wrote:
roturn wrote:
Looking good. How long is the climb there?
Not that long - certainly no more than 2km, didn't take too long to walk up. The killer bit of it is a few steep sections with false flat (still uphill) bits in between
Think it's only down as 0.9m so around 1.5km. What's the weather/wind like out there? |
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