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Petronas - Monster Energy; The end of an era
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| Schleck96 |
Posted on 05-06-2012 22:40
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In the picture of the Cofidis guy celebrating you can see the pants of the woman in the left <.< |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 06-06-2012 00:08
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Great result by Kittel  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 06-06-2012 00:08
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Schleck96 wrote:
In the picture of the Cofidis guy celebrating you can see the pants of the woman in the left <.<
Hence why the Cofidis rider has a semi |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-06-2012 06:25
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Nice sprint by Kittel, good work! |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 06-06-2012 08:04
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Schleck96 wrote:
In the picture of the Cofidis guy celebrating you can see the pants of the woman in the left <.<
Exactly the reason I chose this picture, thought it was funny!
To all: thanks, the world can stop turning now, I won a sprint in PCM!!!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-06-2012 11:41
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With me it's quite opposite, I win lots of sprints, but hardly ever a mountain stage (except on easy  ). |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 06-06-2012 13:37
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Yey, sprint win achieved  |
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| baia |
Posted on 06-06-2012 13:44
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Good win... now you can stop the story...
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| cristi2012 |
Posted on 06-06-2012 16:19
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Great result by Kittel. But i hope you will win more sprints... |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-06-2012 17:55
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baia wrote:
Good win... now you can stop the story...
No he can't, he promised more pictures of ladies in leather pants, holding green M's, preferably!  |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 06-06-2012 19:58
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Ian Butler wrote:
baia wrote:
Good win... now you can stop the story...
No he can't, he promised more pictures of ladies in leather pants, holding green M's, preferably!
Okay. than I'll continue! Have to play the next race (GP Miguel Indurain, than Flanders and Pais Vasco), so be patient for the reports!
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| dienblad |
Posted on 06-06-2012 21:48
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The same day as the Hel van het Mergelland, our hilly group takes part in the Gran Premio Miguel Indurain. It's a nice hilly race in the North of Spain, that can be used as a great preparation for the Vuelta a Pais Vasco and Ardennes classics.
Last year, the race was won by Rubén Plaza, while we didn't participate.
 
Startlist
Spoiler | Monster Energy - Ford | | 1. A.Schleck | | 2. T.De Gendt | | 3. T.Dumoulin | | 4. M.Lefèvre | | 5. P.Ligthart | | 6. R.Ruijgh | | 7. P.Sagan | | 8. J.Vanendert | | Nespresso | | 11. M.Scarponi | | 12. M.Ardila | | 13. D.Blanco | | 14. D.Bonuccelli | | 15. R.De Patre | | 16. A.Durán | | 17. A.La Cruz | | 18. R.Valls | | Type 1 | | 21. J.Kocjan | | 22. R.Bahati | | 23. D.Callegarin | | 24. A.Efimkin | | 25. J.Megías | | 26. K.Reijnen | | 27. A.Shmidt | | 28. R.la Rosa | | Pisanellastoria | | 31. L.Pinizzotto | | 32. F.Aru | | 33. F.Negri | | 34. E.Rossi | | 35. F.Tizza | | 36. A.Tonti | | 37. C.Zaballa | | 38. V.Zagorodny | | Colnago | | 41. D.Pozzovivo | | 42. G.Brambilla | | 43. M.Caddeo | | 44. F.Canuti | | 45. P.Locatelli | | 46. M.Marzano | | 47. S.Stortoni | | 48. D.Viganò | | Liquigas | | 51. G.Bosisio | | 52. V.Agnoli | | 53. D.Cannone | | 54. E.Capecchi | | 55. P.Longo Borghini | | 56. M.Paterski | | 57. S.Ponzi | | 58. L.Sestili | | Onda | | 61. R.Vilela | | 62. J.Augustyn | | 63. J.Cabreira | | 64. I.Camaño | | 65. S.Kozúbek | | 66. J.Magallanes | | 67. A.Marque | | 68. C.Sastre | | Euskaltel | | 71. B.Intxausti | | 72. J.Azanza | | 73. P.Cazaux | | 74. J.Á.Gómez Marchante | | 75. M.Landa | | 76. A.Peña | | 77. I.Velasco | | 78. G.Verdugo | | Colombia es Pasión | | 81. J.M.Soler | | 82. J.Atapuma | | 83. L.Laverde | | 84. F.Montaña | | 85. J.Ortíz | | 86. W.Pedraza | | 87. W.Perez | | 88. H.Valencia | | Caja Rural | | 91. J.Herrada | | 92. D.De la Cruz | | 93. H.Fernández | | 94. S.Mantecón | | 95. D.Milán | | 96. I.Romero | | 97. J.Sanchez Pimienta | | 98. E.Teruel | | Saur | | 101. P.Niemiec | | 102. C.Bessy | | 103. R.Chtioui | | 104. B.Feillu | | 105. C.Lemoine | | 106. G.Levarlet | | 107. M.Rieu | | 108. Y.Talabardon | | Acqua & Sapone | | 111. D.Di Luca | | 112. C.Betancourt | | 113. G.Cappello | | 114. M.Codol | | 115. S.Garzelli | | 116. G.Maggiore | | 117. A.Proni | | 118. F.Reda | | LA | | 121. D.De la Fuente | | 122. A.Antunes | | 123. H.Brôco | | 124. K.Carlström | | 125. N.Marta | | 126. H.Oliveira | | 127. B.Silva | | 128. S.Sousa | | Barbot | | 131. E.Vorganov | | 132. S.Ackermann | | 133. R.Alarcón | | 134. J.Brito | | 135. S.Caldeira | | 136. D.Freitas | | 137. S.Henao | | 138. S.Pérez | | Orbea | | 141. J.Del Nero | | 142. P.Bilbao | | 143. M.Bizkarra | | 144. V.Cabedo | | 145. A.Hernández | | 146. I.Izagirre | | 147. S.Martínez | | 148. I.Merino | | UnitedHealthcare | | 151. A.Dyachenko | | 152. C.Jones | | 153. J.Keough | | 154. K.O'Bee | | 155. T.Roe | | 156. M.Schmitt | | 157. N.Walker | | 158. J.Walker | | Andalucía | | 161. L.Pasamontes | | 162. D.Bernabéu | | 163. J.Etxarri | | 164. D.Gadeo | | 165. D.Gutiérrez Gutiérrez | | 166. J.Lazarte | | 167. A.Piedra | | 168. J.V.Toribio | | NetApp | | 171. B.Huzarski | | 172. J.Barta | | 173. A.Gottfried | | 174. L.König | | 175. C.Lewis | | 176. D.Musiol | | 177. R.Retschke | | 178. M.Ruß | | Tavira | | 181. R.Mestre | | 182. A.Cardoso | | 183. V.Celis | | 184. L.Didier | | 185. J.Ezquerra | | 186. J.Rovira | | 187. J.Simón | | 188. A.Vital | | Burgos 2016 | | 191. Á.Vallejo | | 192. D.Belda | | 193. M.Dueñas | | 194. J.Janse Van Rensburg | | 195. P.Orengo | | 196. C.Verona | | Veranda's Willems | | 201. D.Beatse | | 202. S.Caethoven | | 203. G.Habeaux | | Rothaus | | 211. H.Blank | | 212. S.Forke | | 213. M.Garrido | | 214. G.Ladino | | 215. B.Maus | | 216. C.Reuter | | 217. J.Schmeiser | | 218. B.Takacs | | Cofidis | | 221. J.Mazet | | 222. J.Fouchard | | 223. A.Labbe | | 224. A.Lemair | | 225. R.Millot | | 226. G.Quesnel | | 227. F.Savoye | | 228. N.Vogondy |
Our team
The favourites
*** Peter Sagan, Jure Kocjan (Team Type 1), Benat Intxausti (Euskaltel).
** Michele Scarponi (Nespresso), Danilo Di Luca (Acqua et Sapone), Andy Schleck.
* Jésus Herrada (Caja Rural), Gabriele Bosisio (Liquigas), Rafael Valls (Nespresso).
Our goal
Top 3.
The race
51km to go
A pretty strong breakaway has got a margin of 3'20 with 51km to go. Luis Pasamontes (Andalucia), Alexander Efimkin (Team Type 1), David De la Fuente (LA), JA Gómez Marchante (Euskaltel), Constantino Zaballa (Pisanellastoria) and André Vidal (Tavira) make the peloton to work hard in chasing them.
19km to go
Climbing the big hill for the last time, the margin of the leading group has been decreased to 1 minute. We decide to open the final of the race, with an attack by Andy Schleck. Only Danilo Di Luca tries to counter him.
10km to go
Due to his fairly weak fitness (78), Schleck can't bring this attack to a leading position. He has to take place in the group again. With 10km to go, José Ángel Gómez Marchante, who has attacked out of the leading group, still leads, with a margin of '40 to Brice Feillu (Saur) and '52 to a chasing group of 19, including our most important riders.
3km to go
Gómez Marchante can stay out of reach of the first chasing group untill 3km to go. Then he gets passed by Liquigas Gabriele Bosisio, who used the small last hill to attack. But '12 behind comes the group, with Andy Schleck in the lead, leading out Thomas De Gendt and Peter Sagan.
Finish
Peter Sagan is launched with 1500m to go, and closes the gap to Bosisio. Only 100 metres before the finish, he passes the poor Italian rider, and wins the Gran Premio Miguel Indurain!
A great ride by the Slovakian, who seems to be build for races like these.
Results
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Monster Energy - Subway | 4h37'04 | | 2 | Gabriele Bosisio | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 3 | Daniele Callegarin | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 4 | Eros Capecchi | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 5 | Danilo Di Luca | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 6 | Arkaitz Durán | Nespresso - Algarve | s.t. | | 7 | Jure Kocjan | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 8 | Andy Schleck | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 9 | Thomas De Gendt | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 10 | Brice Feillu | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. |
The winner
Word from the DS
What a great day for us! First Kittel wins the Hel van het Mergelland, and a few hours later, Sagan wins the GP Miguel Indurain. He finished off some great team work.
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| Maddrengen |
Posted on 06-06-2012 22:00
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Oh yeah! Go Monster!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-06-2012 22:05
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That's what you call a great day indeed! |
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| baia |
Posted on 06-06-2012 22:21
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Nice win...
Monster is on fire...
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| dienblad |
Posted on 06-06-2012 22:56
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@ all: Thanks. So I already can promise you, that at the end of the end, there'll be a nice picture, because of these early April wins
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-06-2012 11:45
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Can't wait |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 07-06-2012 12:21
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Great win for Sagan  |
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| cristi2012 |
Posted on 07-06-2012 16:51
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Great win for Sagan and for Monster |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 07-06-2012 21:21
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I've played the Ronde van Vlaanderen, have to make the report now. What I can tell you, is that the race was pretty boring. If that is a good or bad sign....... You'll see!
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