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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 05-04-2008 14:29
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Stage One of a five day tour through Portugal. GP Joaquim Agostinho
The riders for this tour would be mainly the older guys, with Drujon here for the sprints, and Malacarne now experienced enough to lead the squad, hopefully to a good overall position.
The first stage is a very hilly/mountainous stage with slopes in excess of 25% gradient. The finishing kilometre is at 12% gradient. This knowledge passed back from Theirry Jollet's ride quickly set us up for some good times.
Malacarne set a great time by going all out in the final kilometre, gaining over a minute back on the time lost on the rest of the course.
An early favourite for the overall was Castana, but he ended up only in the top 5 at that time, and following him was none less than Martinez, who went one better then Castana and blew his time away.
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Our next riders were somewhat terrible for TTing, but they too used the same technique of all out on the final climb and we started dominating the tour, hands down.
Even Drujon kept the dream alive by finishing in the top 10!
Even experience Jose Azevedo couldn't do anything about Auber 93's dominance.
Results:
1 Davide Malacarne AUBER 93 13'18 Player
2 Niels Brouzes AUBER 93 + 3 Player
3 Yannick Martinez AUBER 93 + 6 Player
4 Christophe Diguet AUBER 93 + 9 Player
5 Maxime Méderel AUBER 93 + 12 Player
6 Mathieu Drujon AUBER 93 s.t. Player
7 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA + 13
8 Jean Mespoulède AUBER 93 + 15 Player
9 Michiel Elijzen COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 16
10 Carlos Castaño KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
50 Thierry Jollet AUBER 93 + 33
136 André Vital MADEINOX - BRIC - LOULÉ + 1'14
GC is the same.
Points are led by Malacarne, as is Young Riders jersey. Auber 93 leads the team classification as well. B)
I am surprised at how well I did. The setting is still on Hard, and I can reproduce those results easily I believe. This was just incase anyone doubted the authenticity of those results. B)
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| matt493 |
Posted on 05-04-2008 14:45
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Great job.
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| Crommy |
Posted on 05-04-2008 15:06
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Complete ownage B)
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| matt493 |
Posted on 05-04-2008 15:08
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Yeah i bet you are real disappointed.
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 05-04-2008 19:25
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Stage Two of Joaquim Agostinha
A flat stage should see Malacarne hopefully retain his leadership if a sprinter doesn't manage to steal enough time bonuses to get the overall as well.
A break went as usual, comprising of 6 riders to start with. The best placed rider was at 27 seconds, but we were confident that they wouldn't get enough time bonuses and be able to stick with the peloton to disrupt out placings.
The break was controlled by Jollet and Chainel before some other teams took over control and helped to bring down the gap. Malacarne, Drujon and Brouzes were all looking comfortable in the pack.
With 15km left to go, most of our riders had dropped out the pack and were in various other groups behind. Drujon was still feeling great, and with 3km to go, he was moving swiftly up to a stronger wheel.
He couldn't move fast enough past everyone at the front however, and even though he was baring down on 3rd place, the finish arrived 50 metres too soon.
It would appear we lost the overall lead in our first day, but still have places 2-4 in the GC.
Results:
1 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA 4h00'54
2 Manuel Vázquez ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR s.t.
3 Ángel Edo VITÓRIA - ASC s.t.
4 Mathieu Drujon AUBER 93 s.t.
5 Juan Olmo ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR s.t.
33 Niels Brouzes AUBER 93 s.t.
61 Davide Malacarne AUBER 93 s.t.
100 Jean Mespoulède AUBER 93 + 2'49
120 Maxime Méderel AUBER 93 s.t.
122 Yannick Martinez AUBER 93 + 5'42
123 Christophe Diguet AUBER 93 + 6'22
132 Thierry Jollet AUBER 93 + 11'58
136 Joaquim Gregorio MADEINOX - BRIC - LOULÉ + 21'02
GC:
1 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA 4h14'05
2 Davide Malacarne AUBER 93 + 7
3 Niels Brouzes AUBER 93 + 10
4 Mathieu Drujon AUBER 93 + 19
5 Santos González KARPIN GALICIA + 23
6 Carlos Castaño KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
7 José Azevedo SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA s.t.
8 José Martins VITÓRIA - ASC + 31
9 Danny Pate TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
10 Bruno Castanheira SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA s.t.
97 Maxime Méderel AUBER 93 + 3'08
99 Jean Mespoulède AUBER 93 + 3'11
122 Yannick Martinez AUBER 93 + 5'55
123 Christophe Diguet AUBER 93 + 6'38
132 Thierry Jollet AUBER 93 + 12'38
136 Joaquim Gregorio MADEINOX - BRIC - LOULÉ + 21'42
Points:
1 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA 34
2 Davide Malacarne AUBER 93 25
3 Mathieu Drujon AUBER 93 24
4 Niels Brouzes AUBER 93 20
5 Claudio Faria LA - MSS - MILANEZA 20
6 Manuel Vázquez ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR 20
7 Yannick Martinez AUBER 93 16
8 Ben Johnson TEAM SLIPSTREAM 16
9 Ángel Edo VITÓRIA - ASC 16
10 Christophe Diguet AUBER 93 14
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Posted on 05-04-2008 19:58
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Stage 3 sees a nasty kick up right at the finale of the route. I suspect our top few positions will be very much under threat here.
A break of 15 tries to get away, but two of the Portugese teams don't like it and haul it back in, then a break of 13 gets away, and with that unlucky number, the break is allowed to go on its way.
The break is of course reeled back in before the climb, and as we hit the climb Malacarne, Drujon and Brouzes are all sat in the front group.
Malacarne responds to several attacks, but everyone else lets him waste his energy until all the favourites attack together, leaving Malacarne and Cofidis to TRY to pull back the rider alone.
Of course it wasnt going to happen, and Tondo solos away to victory.
A well placed attack by everyone screws our chances up once again.
Results:
1 Xavi Tondo LA - MSS - MILANEZA 3h43'59
2 Rodrigo García FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM + 9
3 Cândido Barbosa LIBERTY SEGUROS s.t.
4 José Azevedo SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA s.t.
5 Ricardo Mestre DUJA - TAVIRA s.t.
6 Javier Moreno EXTREMADURA - SPIUK s.t.
7 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
8 Danny Pate TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
9 José Carlos Rodrigues VITÓRIA - ASC s.t.
10 Jorge Ferrio ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR + 1'04
17 Davide Malacarne AUBER 93 s.t.
45 Niels Brouzes AUBER 93 s.t.
66 Mathieu Drujon AUBER 93 + 3'04 (One of those magic gaps appeared)
94 Maxime Méderel AUBER 93 + 5'37
96 Jean Mespoulède AUBER 93 + 5'45
101 Yannick Martinez AUBER 93 + 5'53
108 Christophe Diguet AUBER 93 + 6'49
132 Thierry Jollet AUBER 93 + 15'29
136 Gustavo Iglesias FERCASE - ROTA DOS MÓVEIS + 23'45
GC:
1 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA 7h58'13
2 Xavi Tondo LA - MSS - MILANEZA + 3
3 José Azevedo SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA + 23
4 Rodrigo García FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM + 24
5 Danny Pate TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 31
6 Ricardo Mestre DUJA - TAVIRA + 34
7 Javier Moreno EXTREMADURA - SPIUK + 37
8 Cândido Barbosa LIBERTY SEGUROS + 43
9 José Carlos Rodrigues VITÓRIA - ASC + 44
10 Davide Malacarne AUBER 93 + 1'02
11 Niels Brouzes AUBER 93 + 1'05
60 Mathieu Drujon AUBER 93 + 3'14
94 Maxime Méderel AUBER 93 + 8'36
97 Jean Mespoulède AUBER 93 + 8'47
115 Yannick Martinez AUBER 93 + 11'39
121 Christophe Diguet AUBER 93 + 13'18
135 Thierry Jollet AUBER 93 + 27'58
136 Pedro Hermida MADEINOX - BRIC - LOULÉ + 32'23
Points:
1 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA 43
2 Davide Malacarne AUBER 93 25
3 Xavi Tondo LA - MSS - MILANEZA 25
4 Cândido Barbosa LIBERTY SEGUROS 24
5 Rodrigo García FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM 24
6 Mathieu Drujon AUBER 93 24
7 Niels Brouzes AUBER 93 20
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Posted on 05-04-2008 20:11
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Awesome in the TT, and unfortunate on Stage 2 that Drujon wasnt better positioned. I guess you shouldve been more patient in Stage 3 with Malacarne but at least youre still in the top 10.
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Posted on 05-04-2008 20:31
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Drujon errr, bonked only 1 bottle for 120km of racing meant most of the riders did.
Stage 4
Again, a hilly route with a little lump at the end. This time we weren't going to waste our energy, but we'd wait for the favourites to attack, and follow them.
A break of two went, but instead of going together, they kept a gap of 25 seconds for the entire stage.
They were soon out of energy, and so the pack was breathing down their necks. Cofidis thought that they'd send off one of their many riders still capable of doing something in an attempted lone break. But at 40km from the line, it was never going to work. The intermediate sprint soon put paid to that idea.
As we were approaching the final lump, most riders were struggling to keep up, and so Drujon and Brouzes went to protect Malacarne as best they could, to keep him as fresh as possible.
And as expected, the favourites attacked near the top. Barbosa and Azevedo were the only clear ones to get a gap, but Malacarne having countered just kept going down the slope.
He was joined by Barbosa who had sat up, and they started gaining ground on Azevedo, but it was too late, and the Portugese rider gained a quality win.
Malacarne managed to jump onto Barbosa's wheel and took a great 3rd place, some bonus seconds and a gap over the peloton. Great work by the youngster!
Results:
1 José Azevedo SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA 3h35'22
2 Cândido Barbosa LIBERTY SEGUROS + 22
3 Davide Malacarne AUBER 93 s.t.
4 Jesús Ramírez EXTREMADURA - SPIUK + 36
5 Josu Mondelo EXTREMADURA - SPIUK s.t.
6 Jorge Ferrio ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR s.t.
7 Vitor Rodrigues LIBERTY SEGUROS s.t.
8 Fernando Torres EXTREMADURA - SPIUK s.t.
9 Yann Huguet COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
10 Sérgio Sousa MADEINOX - BRIC - LOULÉ s.t.
56 Mathieu Drujon AUBER 93 s.t.
65 Niels Brouzes AUBER 93 s.t.
111 Jean Mespoulède AUBER 93 + 2'24
113 Maxime Méderel AUBER 93 s.t.
115 Yannick Martinez AUBER 93 s.t.
119 Christophe Diguet AUBER 93 + 8'13
120 Thierry Jollet AUBER 93 s.t.
136 Cláudio Apolo DUJA - TAVIRA + 15'21
GC:
1 José Azevedo SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA 11h33'38
2 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA + 33
3 Xavi Tondo LA - MSS - MILANEZA + 36
4 Cândido Barbosa LIBERTY SEGUROS + 50
5 Rodrigo García FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM + 57
6 Danny Pate TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 1'04
7 Ricardo Mestre DUJA - TAVIRA + 1'07
8 Javier Moreno EXTREMADURA - SPIUK + 1'10
9 Davide Malacarne AUBER 93 + 1'13
10 José Carlos Rodrigues VITÓRIA - ASC + 1'17
11 Niels Brouzes AUBER 93 + 1'38
56 Mathieu Drujon AUBER 93 + 3'47
98 Maxime Méderel AUBER 93 + 10'57
99 Jean Mespoulède AUBER 93 + 11'08
111 Yannick Martinez AUBER 93 + 14'00
121 Christophe Diguet AUBER 93 + 21'28
136 Thierry Jollet AUBER 93 + 36'08
Points:
1 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA 46
2 Cândido Barbosa LIBERTY SEGUROS 44
3 José Azevedo SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA 44
4 Davide Malacarne AUBER 93 41
5 Xavi Tondo LA - MSS - MILANEZA 25
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Posted on 05-04-2008 20:34
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I was talking about Drujon on Stage 2 when he was badly positioned but still took 4th 
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Posted on 05-04-2008 20:56
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Stage One of the Tour of Qinghai Lake
A packed tour that would see us pitted against the teams we are fighting against for promotion.
Our squad were all looking for experience, especially Belkov and Tronet.
The stage is basically pan flat, and will be well suited to a rider like Wesemann.
A big group of Japanese riders all tried to get away, they weren't allowed first time, but then after attacking repetitively, the pack let them go away in small groups.
That was how the stage played out mostly, with a late attack by the breakaway just stalling the inevitable catch.
Tronet struggled coming upto the finish against some of the bigger sprinters, but managed to find a place on climber Sevilla's wheel.
When the sprint started, he roared off well, but then with 1km to go ran out of steam and started to go backwards, from 4th to 10th.
Results:
1 Michael Reihs TEAM DESIGNA KOKKEN 2h47'25
2 Steffen Wesemann TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
3 Ángel Vicioso RELAX - GAM s.t.
4 Óscar Sevilla RELAX - GAM s.t.
5 Błażej Janiaczyk ACTION - UNIQA s.t.
6 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen TEAM GLS s.t.
7 Niki Ostergaard TEAM GLS s.t.
8 Quique Gutiérrez TEAM LPR s.t.
9 Fredrik Johansson TEAM DESIGNA KOKKEN s.t.
10 Steven Tronet AUBER 93 s.t.
40 Steve Chainel AUBER 93 s.t.
55 Florian Morizot AUBER 93 s.t.
57 Damien Gaudin AUBER 93 s.t.
59 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER 93 s.t.
67 Maxim Belkov AUBER 93 s.t.
92 Jérémie Galland AUBER 93 s.t.
139 Daniel Lloyd DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 4'49
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Posted on 05-04-2008 20:57
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SportingNonsense wrote:
I was talking about Drujon on Stage 2 when he was badly positioned but still took 4th
My bad  ops: would help if i actually read your posts...
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Posted on 05-04-2008 21:50
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The final stage of Agostinha tour.
With only the bonuses on the line, the GC would probably remain the same. Having said that, correct positioning may change things up as the sprint is only 1.4km long.
A break went with the hope of making it all the way.
Eventually it would get up to 10 strong, but no every rider was working and so it was constantly being split apart and brought back together.
With a lap to go, 20km, the pack was only 30 seconds behind the break. On the final climb up the hill the break was reeled back in, and having sent up Drujon and Malacarne to relay in they were up front ready for the sprint.
Malacarne jumped on Pate's wheel and Drujon followed. Pate won, dragging over the two Auber 93 riders as well. 
Results:
1 Danny Pate TEAM SLIPSTREAM 2h20'36
2 Davide Malacarne AUBER 93 s.t.
3 Mathieu Drujon AUBER 93 s.t.
4 Diego Milán GRUPO NICOLÁS MATEOS s.t.
5 Rodrigo García FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
6 Ricardo Mestre DUJA - TAVIRA s.t.
7 Santos González KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
8 Javier Moreno EXTREMADURA - SPIUK s.t.
9 Jesús Ramírez EXTREMADURA - SPIUK s.t.
10 Pedro Cardoso LA - MSS - MILANEZA s.t.
75 Niels Brouzes AUBER 93 s.t.
91 Yannick Martinez AUBER 93 s.t.
111 Jean Mespoulède AUBER 93 + 1'21
123 Maxime Méderel AUBER 93 s.t.
124 Christophe Diguet AUBER 93 s.t.
135 Thierry Jollet AUBER 93 + 6'23
136 Carlos Pinho BARBOT - HALCÓN + 7'05
GC:
1 José Azevedo SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA 13h54'14
2 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA + 33
3 Xavi Tondo LA - MSS - MILANEZA + 36
4 Danny Pate TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 44
5 Cândido Barbosa LIBERTY SEGUROS + 50
6 Rodrigo García FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM + 57
7 Davide Malacarne AUBER 93 + 1'01
8 Ricardo Mestre DUJA - TAVIRA + 1'07
9 Javier Moreno EXTREMADURA - SPIUK + 1'10
10 José Carlos Rodrigues VITÓRIA - ASC + 1'17
11 Niels Brouzes AUBER 93 + 1'38
12 Santos González KARPIN GALICIA + 1'51
13 Carlos Castaño KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
14 Bruno Castanheira SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA + 1'59
15 Kevin De Weert COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 2'00
55 Mathieu Drujon AUBER 93 + 3'39
99 Maxime Méderel AUBER 93 + 12'18
103 Jean Mespoulède AUBER 93 + 12'29
109 Yannick Martinez AUBER 93 + 14'00
122 Christophe Diguet AUBER 93 + 22'49
136 Thierry Jollet AUBER 93 + 42'31
Points:
1 Davide Malacarne AUBER 93 61
2 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA 46
3 Cândido Barbosa LIBERTY SEGUROS 44
4 José Azevedo SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA 44
5 Mathieu Drujon AUBER 93 40
6 Rodrigo García FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM 36
14 Niels Brouzes AUBER 93 20
19 Yannick Martinez AUBER 93 16
22 Christophe Diguet AUBER 93 14
25 Maxime Méderel AUBER 93 12
33 Jean Mespoulède AUBER 93 8
Malacarne also won the Young Riders Classification. B)
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Posted on 05-04-2008 21:53
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A brief update after the last tour on where we stand in the rankings. I know it's going to get suddenly very tough with Barloworld coming back into action. But Agritubel should start fading off soon as their races run out, and with Belkovs soon to happen stat boost i should get promoted *crosses fingers*
B)
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Posted on 05-04-2008 22:03
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Can you post a picture of Malacarne's stats? he seems to be doing well.
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Posted on 05-04-2008 22:23
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Stage two of Qinghai Lake
Another flat stage up in altitude should give Tronet another chance to shine.
A break went again, just 5 riders this time, and they managed to scoop up most of the points at the climbs and sprints.
But over the top of the last climb it split up as Chacon didn't want to give in. The peloton had slightly different views on the matter, and he soon had to give up the idea of a solo ride.
Before long there was 10km left, and Tronet was searching for a wheel again. He's learnt a bit since starting sprinting without Drujon, and he quickly found what he was looking for, a solo rider moving up the outside.
He jumped in before his team mate could do so, and followed his wheel up to 1km to go. From there he went for it and took a quality 5th place. More importantly none of Auber 93's main rivals have scored much today.
Results:
1 Błażej Janiaczyk ACTION - UNIQA 3h28'47
2 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen TEAM GLS s.t.
3 Michael Reihs TEAM DESIGNA KOKKEN s.t.
4 Ángel Vicioso RELAX - GAM s.t.
5 Steven Tronet AUBER 93 s.t.
6 Ivan Seledkov MOSCOW STARS s.t.
7 Nicolas Sanderson SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
8 Yukiya Arashiro NIPPO - MEITAN HONPO - ASADA s.t.
9 Dariusz Rudnicki ACTION - UNIQA s.t.
10 Stefan Radochla TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
58 Jérémie Galland AUBER 93 s.t.
65 Steve Chainel AUBER 93 s.t.
70 Damien Gaudin AUBER 93 s.t.
72 Florian Morizot AUBER 93 s.t.
76 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER 93 s.t.
78 Maxim Belkov AUBER 93 s.t.
139 Prajak Mahawong NIPPO - MEITAN HONPO - ASADA + 18'21
GC:
1 Michael Reihs TEAM DESIGNA KOKKEN 6h15'44
2 Błażej Janiaczyk ACTION - UNIQA + 8
3 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen TEAM GLS + 16
4 Steffen Wesemann TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
5 Ángel Vicioso RELAX - GAM + 20
6 Stephen Wooldridge SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS + 22
7 Philip Thuaux DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM + 24
8 Fumiyuki Beppu DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 26
9 Steven Tronet AUBER 93 + 28
10 Niki Ostergaard TEAM GLS s.t.
Rest of Auber 93 on s.t.
139 Prajak Mahawong NIPPO - MEITAN HONPO - ASADA + 18'49
Points:
1 Michael Reihs TEAM DESIGNA KOKKEN 41
2 Błażej Janiaczyk ACTION - UNIQA 37
3 Ángel Vicioso RELAX - GAM 30
4 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen TEAM GLS 30
5 Steffen Wesemann TEAM WIESENHOF FELT 20
6 Steven Tronet AUBER 93 18
Heres Malacarne's stats as requested.
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Posted on 05-04-2008 22:58
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Stage Three saw a rather whopping great big hill in the middle. Only hill due to the gradient!
Other then that it would be a slightly downhill run in. Many of the pure sprinters would struggle to be able to compete having been worn out from the climb.
With the start being so close to an intermediate sprint, Belkov went off to get those bonus seconds. Memories of top 10 placings overall due to one sprint come to mind, so bonus seconds are always welcome.
He took the seconds easily, with the pack breathing down his neck, he sat up as the sprinters came thundering past.
A real break then formed of 4 riders.
It would stay away for most of the climb, but some vicious attacks from inside the peloton put many riders under pressure, and brought back some of the break.
Two were left out front until after the final sprint/climb point.
Having been brought back, it would be up to the sprinters to finish off the stage. We asked Tronet how he was feeling, and it wasn't good. Nearly being dropped off the back up the climb wore him out, so we told Levarlet to have a go for it. He was feeling great, so said no problem.
Gaudin moved him into prime position to find a wheel.
He found the green jerseys wheel and stuck to it, nearly taking home 4th place, but still taking 5th to continue our good run.
Results:
1 Błażej Janiaczyk ACTION - UNIQA 3h25'28
2 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen TEAM GLS s.t.
3 Ángel Vicioso RELAX - GAM s.t.
4 Yukiya Arashiro NIPPO - MEITAN HONPO - ASADA s.t.
5 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER 93 s.t.
6 Quique Gutiérrez TEAM LPR s.t.
7 Michael Reihs TEAM DESIGNA KOKKEN s.t.
8 William Ford SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
9 Ivan Seledkov MOSCOW STARS s.t.
10 Nicolas Sanderson SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
34 Steven Tronet AUBER 93 s.t.
73 Florian Morizot AUBER 93 s.t.
75 Maxim Belkov AUBER 93 s.t.
86 Damien Gaudin AUBER 93 s.t.
95 Jérémie Galland AUBER 93 s.t.
97 Steve Chainel AUBER 93 s.t.
139 Denis Vorontsov MOSCOW STARS + 13'21
GC:
1 Błażej Janiaczyk ACTION - UNIQA 9h40'56
2 Michael Reihs TEAM DESIGNA KOKKEN + 16
3 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen TEAM GLS + 20
4 Ángel Vicioso RELAX - GAM + 26
5 Steffen Wesemann TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 32
6 Maxim Belkov AUBER 93 + 38
7 Philip Thuaux DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM + 40
8 Fumiyuki Beppu DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 42
9 Yukiya Arashiro NIPPO - MEITAN HONPO - ASADA + 44
10 Ivan Seledkov MOSCOW STARS s.t.
18 Steven Tronet AUBER 93 s.t.
30 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER 93 s.t.
59 Florian Morizot AUBER 93 s.t.
64 Damien Gaudin AUBER 93 s.t.
65 Steve Chainel AUBER 93 s.t.
80 Jérémie Galland AUBER 93 s.t.
139 Prajak Mahawong NIPPO - MEITAN HONPO - ASADA + 24'18
Points:
1 Błażej Janiaczyk ACTION - UNIQA 66
2 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen TEAM GLS 50
3 Michael Reihs TEAM DESIGNA KOKKEN 50
9 Steven Tronet AUBER 93 18
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 05-04-2008 23:36
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Stage Four of Qinghai Lake
A mountainous stage. Levarlet is pipped as a minor favourite thanks to his good sprinting and climbing stats.
We sent Tronet in an early break, but it seemed everyone wanted to go today, and so a massive chase for 50km started with attacks followed by chasing, followed by more attacks.
Eventually a break got away.
Even then it looked a bit like it wouldn't work with some riders sat in. But they sorted it out, and the gap grew.
Upon hitting the mountain, the break was a good 6 minutes up on the peloton.
Mattan attacked for the points at the top.
Going over the top, the break had 4 minutes still, and the gap didn't drop by much. Soon the peloton gave up the chase, and with 20km left the gap was still at 2minutes, and increasing!
Well, Pagoto from the break had enough, and went for the solo win from 11km out.
Levarlet had also had enough of sitting in, and so shot off the front of the weak peloton.
He narrowed the gap a bit, but not by much. And Pagoto claimed a great breakaway win. Levarlet took 8th on the stage.
Results:
1 Andrea Pagoto CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE 3h49'42
2 Daniel Foder TEAM DESIGNA KOKKEN s.t.
3 Nico Mattan DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
4 Mattia Turrina SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
5 Trent Lowe DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
6 Giovanni Chacón UNE - ORBITEL s.t.
7 Francesco Tizza OTC DOORS - LAURETANA + 1'53
8 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER 93 + 2'34
9 Ángel Vicioso RELAX - GAM + 3'15
10 Stanislav Kozúbek PSK WHIRLPOOL HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ s.t.
91 Steve Chainel AUBER 93 s.t.
92 Maxim Belkov AUBER 93 s.t.
93 Florian Morizot AUBER 93 s.t.
131 Jérémie Galland AUBER 93 + 12'13
133 Steven Tronet AUBER 93 s.t.
137 Damien Gaudin AUBER 93 s.t.
139 Benjamin Noval DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
GC:
1 Andrea Pagoto CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE 13h31'02
2 Daniel Foder TEAM DESIGNA KOKKEN + 4
3 Nico Mattan DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 6
4 Giovanni Chacón UNE - ORBITEL + 20
5 Trent Lowe DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
6 Francesco Tizza OTC DOORS - LAURETANA + 2'11
7 Błażej Janiaczyk ACTION - UNIQA + 2'51
8 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER 93 + 2'54
9 Michael Reihs TEAM DESIGNA KOKKEN + 3'07
10 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen TEAM GLS + 3'11
11 Ángel Vicioso RELAX - GAM + 3'17
12 Steffen Wesemann TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 3'23
13 Maxim Belkov AUBER 93 + 3'29
14 Philip Thuaux DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM + 3'31
15 Fumiyuki Beppu DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 3'33
16 Jan Almblad TEAM GLS + 3'35
17 Yukiya Arashiro NIPPO - MEITAN HONPO - ASADA s.t.
18 Denys Kostiuk ACTION - UNIQA s.t.
19 Quique Gutiérrez TEAM LPR s.t.
20 Ivan Seledkov MOSCOW STARS s.t.
72 Florian Morizot AUBER 93 s.t.
77 Steve Chainel AUBER 93 s.t.
111 Steven Tronet AUBER 93 + 12'33
113 Damien Gaudin AUBER 93 s.t.
115 Jérémie Galland AUBER 93 s.t.
139 Benjamin Noval DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 31'27
Points:
1 Błażej Janiaczyk ACTION - UNIQA 69
2 Ángel Vicioso RELAX - GAM 55
3 Michael Reihs TEAM DESIGNA KOKKEN 51
10 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER 93 20
Good news!
Tronet and Belkov have gone up in experience!
[IMG-l]https://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d87/Cleavers/TronetLevel2Qinghai.png[/IMG-l][IMG-r]https://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d87/Cleavers/TronetLevel3Qinghai.png[/IMG-r]
[IMG-l]https://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d87/Cleavers/BelkovLevel2Qinghai.png[/IMG-l][IMG-r]https://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d87/Cleavers/BelkovLevel3Qinghai.png[/IMG-r]
Edited by rjc_43 on 05-04-2008 23:38
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 06-04-2008 00:04
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Good time gain for Levarlet, could prove useful later on in the race.
Nicely timed xp level gains for your promotion push I think its the likes of Barloworld and Panaria that you need to worry about now
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 06-04-2008 00:24
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Yeah, that is a hard race to win with a rider that is not a good pure climber, like a Soler (he is the best rider that were probably be in a race like that). once, for fun, I rode a single stage of the Tour of Qinghai Lake that is one single moutain, going up and then descending (not sure which, but I will point it out when you ride it). I rode it with the best climbers on the Discovery team, and won with Contador, by 30 seconds over Levi and Popo, with the rest of my riders taking the next 5 spots. I won by 4:30 from 8-9, and 17:32 from 1-9. |
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| dave92 |
Posted on 06-04-2008 03:33
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nice job accumalating some points, and good experience gains
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