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#241

Posted on 23-04-2013 18:07

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Rowe falls, so Scott is there to finish it off!

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#242

Posted on 23-04-2013 18:12

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Good win for Thwaites. Shame for the fall of Rowe tough.

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#243

Posted on 23-04-2013 18:25

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Shame to see Luke hit the tarmac, but at least the team still got the win

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#244

Posted on 23-04-2013 18:35

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Great result, hoping Luke gets better soon

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#245

Posted on 23-04-2013 19:00

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Wow some great races the last days

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#246

Posted on 23-04-2013 20:59

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@all - thanks for comments

Karl Hamarling

Tour of the Reservoir

Team: Kennaugh, Kwiatkowski, Clarke, Rowe, Williams, Thwaites, Barker, Hammarling

Todays 167km "hilly" race finally sees the sun shining. A glorious day for a bike ride, if you ignore the 9% gradients. The days breakaway came out of the first attacks!
Sutterlin(TET), Acevedo(JSH) and Burkhardt(TSP) formed a fairly doomed trio out front. We will catch up with them with 40km to go.

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40km to go - As we enter the penultimate lap the break holds 3'00, with Node4 chasing

20km - Starting the final lap the gap is only 1'13, with RAL and CCC aiding the chase

16km - Holmes(RAL) launches an attack!

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12km - Holmes and the break are caught simultaneously. And instantly Carlstrom(LAR) attacks!

10km - But it doesn't last long as Node4 and CCC pull him back

5km - Node4 take full control of the lead-out, as more and more riders are dropped

3km - The sprints begin with Hammarling pulling for Node4

1000m - Under the Kite Thwaites leads for Rowe, but several others a lurking right with them...

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FINISH - Rebellin takes it on the line!! Rowe is second and Andriato third.

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1	Davide Rebellin	CCC Polsat - Polkowice	4h17'47
2	Luke Rowe	Node 4 - Rexona	s.t.
3	Rafael de Mattos Andriato	Team UK Youth	s.t.
4	Scott Thwaites	Node 4 - Rexona	s.t.
5	Thomas Murray	Rapha Condor - JLT	s.t.
6	Tomasz Smolen	CCC Polsat - Polkowice	s.t.
7	Stephen Adams	Team Raleigh	s.t.
8	Ben Jacques-Maynes	Jamis - Hagens Berman	s.t.
9	JarosÅ‚aw Marycz	CCC Polsat - Polkowice	s.t.
10	Matthew Holmes	Team Raleigh	s.t.
15	Karl Hammarling	Node 4 - Rexona	s.t.

Comment (Not Karl)
Beaten by a 77hl... i'll take that. The final lap of this race is always fucking mental, and this one was no different. We also flooded the Top20 with Kwiat and Kenn as well. Onwards to France and the Lincoln GP

Karl: 7/10 ___ Node4: 8/10

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#247

Posted on 23-04-2013 21:14

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Lavery for Lincoln!!!!!!!!

#248

Posted on 23-04-2013 22:33

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@alnibbles - Well he won it in 2013, and will be leading the team this year. Signs are good for him

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Tour du Picardie

Team: Rowe, Magnier, Kennaugh, Clarke, Williams, Laverack, English

Stage 1
Rudy Kowalski (RLM) wins from a break, with Rowe in 7th

Stage 2
Aman Kamyshev (AST) wins from a break, with Rowe in 6th

Stage 3
Aidis Kruopis (OGE) wins, with Rowe 5th

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Mikel Hammarling

13th May 2014

"but a quick succession of busy nothings"

Hello, been a really long time since i last blogged. Sorry but i've been working furiously for months now. I'll explain some of what i've been up to, and talk a bit about the racing.

Lets start with the racing. I've been off to a couple of races. Unfortunately at that early stage of the season we did not have the fitness or form to challenge for results. So it was really quite dull and trying to get through the days, and build up to a point where we can challenge. Now, i think, we are at that point. Luke is picking up lots of Top10's, and the whole team is dominating the UK scene. We hope to carry this recent form into the important up coming events.

Outside if that i have been working on two projects. The first is recruitment and scouting. The second is training. And there is a third thing that has been taking some of my time, but i will get to that a bit later in the year. We have been trying to get our riders to re-sign contracts. Marcin, James and Pete have all resigned with us already. They are very happy with the team and want to continue to grow the project. But Phil, Matty and Karl are all, as yet, un-signed for next year. Personally i am unconvinced any of them will put pen to paper for us, but Malcolm wants them all to stay.

But on the flip side, we have already contracted to neo-pros! Jakub Lukaszewski is 22 and from Poland. He is currently the top U23 rider! And Pete Day who is 19 and British. He is currently the Top Brit and sits 10th. Both will join us in August as stagieres. Which is all good news.

Of course we struggled in the early season. So i was tasked with evaluating every riders training.... Uughhh... Don't know what i did to deserve that. So i had to collect everyones training data from October up till then. Sit down and go through every session to see where things could be improved. This took for bloody ever. But that project is done and we have to wait and see the results over the next 2-3months. Hopefully it will have made the difference and the team will start grabbing those results.

I have also, wow i have been busy, taken a bit of time personally and been back to Stockholm. There to catch up with various family members, especially Karls mother. She is coping, and is very glad to have the rest of the family around. I know Karl doesn't talk about it much but i can tell its still hitting him hard. But lets not dwell and get ourselves down...

Next up i'm off to Germany for a couple more races, including the .HC Bayern-Rundfahrt. Should be interesting. Signing off.

Mikel

#249

Posted on 24-04-2013 12:02

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Luke obviously recovered very well to be able to grab a second place at the Reservoir

#250

Posted on 24-04-2013 16:30

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Karl Hammarling

Lincoln GP

Team: Lavery, Hammarling, Barker, Bialoblocki, Thwaites, Kwiatkowski, Moses, Sampson

The Lincoln GP is the jewel in Premier Calendar crown. It is 162km of 15laps around the town, taking in the Michalgate cobbled ascent. The weather is gorgeous, warm, sunny and a light breeze. All eyes will be on Node4 who dominated in 2013, and Veldhuizen the best cobbler here, by some distance
The days break formed on lap 2. Mould(UKY) and Danacik(BAU) made a daring two man move. We will pick up with 40km to go, around 3 laps.

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40km to go - The break leads by 2'00 over the MTN lead peloton. Some pre-race favorites are 1'00 futher down in A1

20km - The break now holds a slim 51". Behind them riders are strewn in small groups. Most of the favorites are in groups up to 2'30 down. The pace is high as everyone wants to get back or stay away.

12.5km - The break is caught by the lead group of around 30 riders. Next time we hit this climb it will be to finish the race. Node4 are piling the pressure on and the race is exploding!

5km - We now know how this race will finish. E1 8riders. 5 from Node4, Veldhuizen, Danacik and Taksel are the only ones going to fight for the win.

1000m - Its Node4's to loose

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FINISH - And they don't disappoint! Thwiates wins. Lavery second and Hammarling 3rd! Over half the field fails to finish

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1	Scott Thwaites	Node 4 - Rexona	4h33'47
2	Philip Lavery	Node 4 - Rexona	s.t.
3	Karl Hammarling	Node 4 - Rexona	s.t.
4	Robert Veldhuizen	Rabobank Development Team	s.t.
5	Jakub DanaÄÃk	Bauknecht - Author	+ 28
6	Bobbie Traksel	Champion System Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
7	Yanto Barker	Node 4 - Rexona	s.t.
8	Marcin Bialoblocki	Node 4 - Rexona	s.t.
9	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1'01
10	Jonathan Mould	Team UK Youth	s.t.

Spoiler

11	Michael Berling	Concordia Forsikring - Riwal	s.t.
12	JesÃºs Del Nero	Team UK Youth	s.t.
13	Jacques Janse Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1'42
14	Roger Hammond	Rapha Condor - JLT	s.t.
15	Dylan van Baarle	Rabobank Development Team	s.t.
16	Youcef Reguigui	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
17	MichaÅ‚ Kwiatkowski	Node 4 - Rexona	s.t.
18	Lars Van der Haar	Rabobank Development Team	s.t.
19	Daniel Lloyd	Team Raleigh	s.t.
20	Kasper Jebjerg	Concordia Forsikring - Riwal	s.t.
21	Martin Reimer	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 2'17
22	Jacobus Venter	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
23	Johann Van Zyl	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
24	Thomas Moses	Node 4 - Rexona	s.t.
25	James Sampson	Node 4 - Rexona	+ 4'13
26	Luka Mezgec	Team Quantec - Indeland	s.t.
27	Freqalsi Debesay	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
28	Leigh Howard	Team Raleigh	+ 7'07
29	Matthias Friedemann	Champion System Pro Cycling Team	+ 7'37
30	Mart Ojavee	Champion System Pro Cycling Team	+ 10'15
31	Rick Zabel	Rabobank Development Team	s.t.
32	Chad Beyer	Champion System Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
33	Tom Scully	Team Raleigh	s.t.
34	Richard Lang	Team Raleigh	s.t.
35	Ross Edgar	Team UK Youth	s.t.
36	Lucas Persson	Concordia Forsikring - Riwal	s.t.
37	Bert Grabsch	Team Quantec - Indeland	s.t.
38	Craig Lewis	Champion System Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
39	Fabian Schnaidt	Champion System Pro Cycling Team	+ 11'04
40	Danilo Di Luca	Rapha Condor - JLT	s.t.
41	Pavel Kochetkov	RusVelo	+ 11'45
42	Andrew Tennant	Madison Genesis	+ 11'56
43	Peter Hawkins	Team IG - Sigma Sport	s.t.
44	Davide Rebellin	CCC Polsat - Polkowice	s.t.
45	Tomasz Smolen	CCC Polsat - Polkowice	s.t.
46	Martin Lind	Concordia Forsikring - Riwal	s.t.
47	Jure Kocjan	Tirol Cycling Team	s.t.
48	JarosÅ‚aw Marycz	CCC Polsat - Polkowice	s.t.
49	Niels Wubben	Rabobank Development Team	s.t.
50	Ruben Zepuntke	Rabobank Development Team	s.t.
51	Mateusz Nowak	CCC Polsat - Polkowice	s.t.
52	Stuart O'Grady	Rapha Condor - JLT	s.t.
53	Jasper Bovenhuis	Rabobank Development Team	s.t.
54	Blazej Janiaczyk	Bank BGZ	s.t.
55	Frantisek Padour	Bauknecht - Author	s.t.
56	Daan Olivier	Burgos BH - Castilla y LeÃ³n	s.t.
57	David Dvorsky	Bauknecht - Author	s.t.
58	Philip Mooney	Jamis - Hagens Berman	s.t.
59	Ryan Mullen	Team IG - Sigma Sport	s.t.
60	Josef Hosek	Bauknecht - Author	s.t.
61	Jos Pronk	Rabobank Development Team	s.t.
62	Ian Bibby	Madison Genesis	+ 13'36
63	Dean Downing	Madison Genesis	s.t.
64	Jiri Hudecek	Bauknecht - Author	s.t.
65	Artur Ershov	RusVelo	s.t.
66	Liam Holohan	Madison Genesis	s.t.
67	Joachim Tolles	ThÃ¼ringer Energie Team	s.t.
68	Ian Wilkinson	Team UK Youth	s.t.
69	BeÃ±at Urain	Euskadi	s.t.
70	Enrique Sanz	Burgos BH - Castilla y LeÃ³n	s.t.
71	Dariusz Rudnicki	Bauknecht - Author	s.t.
72	Daniel Musiol	ThÃ¼ringer Energie Team	s.t.
73	Serguei Klimov	RusVelo	s.t.
74	Krisztian Lovassy	Utensilnord - Ora24.eu	s.t.
75	IvÃ¡n GutiÃ©rrez	Euskadi	s.t.
76	James McCallum	Rapha Condor - JLT	s.t.
77	Daniel Fleeman	Team IG - Sigma Sport	s.t.
78	Thomas Schneider	Team Quantec - Indeland	s.t.
79	Mariusz Witecki	Bank BGZ	s.t.
80	Michal Podlaski	Bank BGZ	s.t.
81	Sergey Rudaskov	RusVelo	s.t.
82	Rafal Majka	Bauknecht - Author	+ 14'55
83	Zsolt Der	Utensilnord - Ora24.eu	s.t.
84	Stefan Denifl	Champion System Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
85	Lluis Guillermo Mas	Burgos BH - Castilla y LeÃ³n	s.t.
86	Konrad Czajkowski	Bank BGZ	s.t.
87	Ezequiel Mosquera	Euskadi	s.t.
88	Stefan LÃ¶ffler	Team Quantec - Indeland	s.t.
89	Ruben Companioni	Jamis - Hagens Berman	s.t.
90	Kristjan Fajt	Euskadi	s.t.
91	Kristijan Durasek	Team Raleigh	s.t.
92	Peter Mathiesen	Concordia Forsikring - Riwal	s.t.
93	Mats Andersson	Concordia Forsikring - Riwal	s.t.
94	Aleksandr Rotyakov	Itera - Katusha	s.t.
95	Carlo Westphal	Team Quantec - Indeland	s.t.
96	Zack Parry	Team Raleigh	s.t.
97	Sergei Pomoshnikov	RusVelo	s.t.
98	Åukasz Bodnar	Bank BGZ	s.t.
99	Jonas Ljungblad	Team UK Youth	s.t.

Comment (Not Karl)
This race is way too easy, due to its road network. 1 voice road, thats cobbled and uphill, yes please. Stay in the first 20-30riders and guaranteed success will follow. I predict the upcoming german races will not be as easy

Karl: 9/10 ___ Node4: 10/10

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Pearl Izumi Tour Series - Rounds 1+2

Round 1: Kirckaldy
Team: Rowe, Kwiatkowski, Thwaites, Lavery, Bialoblocki

Leigh Howard (RAL) wins, with Rowe 2nd

Round 2: Durham
Team: Kwiatkowski, Kennaugh, Thwaites, Barker, Rowe

Luke Rowe wins! Also Node4 held 5,6,7+9!

#251

Posted on 24-04-2013 16:57

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What a strong performance from the team in Lincoln

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#252

Posted on 24-04-2013 17:30

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Nice going in Lincoln

#253

Posted on 25-04-2013 15:01

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Just an interesting note
Accent Jobs-Wanty who were promoted to the WT for 2014, have scored 2 points at this point... 2 points. 2 whole points. 2! Just 2... not 12, not 22 just 2.
To compare the next worst team is FDJ with 230 and they are in trouble themselves...
DAFUQ?

#254

Posted on 25-04-2013 15:01

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2 points. Wow. Where?

#255

Posted on 25-04-2013 15:05

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Ian Butler wrote:
2 points. Wow. Where?

I don't know.... none of their riders have visible WT results...

and to rub it in further they are also being outscored in CQ by 12 PCT and CT teams!

#256

Posted on 25-04-2013 15:05

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2 is better than 0

#257

Posted on 25-04-2013 15:06

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sutty68 - Not necessarily. With 0 points they could hide and pray nobody noticed they were WT

#258

Posted on 29-04-2013 15:05

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No reports or updates until the weekend. First exam on Friday and i need to bang it hard!
Also have to spend some time finding accommodation for the future this week

#259

Posted on 06-05-2013 19:30

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Good news! Amongst exam season i've done a fair amount of story boarding for this. I've now got 4-5 fully fleshed out story lines to run over the next couple of seasons. Also i'll be updating again fairly soon.