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| mb2612 |
Posted on 07-08-2008 02:23
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Bringing it back would be great
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Posted on 07-08-2008 07:58
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Please continue, this story is one of the best on the forum 
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Posted on 07-08-2008 09:27
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all your story were very good and this one is probably the best so please continue |
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Posted on 07-08-2008 19:07
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Tirreno-Adriatico – Stage 3
Today’s another flat stage – the last one before the GC defining mountain stage tomorrow. Unfortuneately we recieved some bad news at breakfast. Our designated captain for the race, Thomas Løvkvist is ill and it’s not certain whether he will be able to get through the stage. With him out the picture we have no-one for the GC, meaning we will have to chase stage wins. Maybe I will get a chance on of the flat stages after the mountain stage. I feel like I’m getting better and better by the day.
The day started off with a big mountain. Visconti and Rebellin over the top. Prior to that Ulissi had tried to go with them to take the mountains jersey but he couldn’t keep their wheels.
Rebellin left Visconti behind in the descent, but he was inevitably caught with with just under 40 ks to go.
At the points sprint, 15 kilometres from the finish a small group seperated itself from the pack, containing some very big sprinting names. Petacchi, Freire, Pozzato, Van Avermaet, Steegmans and Murro were present.
I tried my best to drive forth Bettini as Ciolek had been dropped during the stage, but I wasn’t to much help although I felt significantly better than the last two stages. The gap between the break and the gap would be nullified, but Freire still managed to take the win. Petacchi will keep his lead though.
But he is going to lose it tomorrow on the big mountain stage. I will settle with staying inside the time limit.
1 Óscar Freire Rabobank 3h31'27
2 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas s.t.
3 Alessandro Petacchi Team Milram s.t.
4 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto s.t.
5 Gert Steegmans Quick•Step s.t.
6 Christian Murro Lampre s.t.
7 Philippe Gilbert Française des Jeux s.t.
8 Martijn Maaskant Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
9 Alessandro Ballan Lampre s.t.
10 René Mandri AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
11 Paolo Bettini Team High Road s.t.
12 Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld s.t.
13 Matteo Carrara Quick•Step s.t.
14 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
15 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner s.t.
16 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
17 Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
18 Jesús Del Nero Silence - Lotto s.t.
19 Alexandre Pliuschin AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
20 Heinrich Haussler Gerolsteiner s.t.
28 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team High Road s.t.
GC
1 Alessandro Petacchi Team Milram 11h48'38
2 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas + 11
3 Óscar Freire Rabobank + 14
4 Gert Steegmans Quick•Step + 24
5 Christian Murro Lampre s.t.
6 Heinrich Haussler Gerolsteiner + 25
7 Jakob Fuglsang Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
8 Mirko Lorenzetto Lampre + 26
9 Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
10 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto + 28
11 Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld s.t.
12 Matteo Carrara Quick•Step s.t.
13 René Mandri AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
14 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
15 Paolo Bettini Team High Road s.t.
16 Jesús Del Nero Silence - Lotto s.t.
17 Danilo Napolitano Lampre s.t.
18 Alessandro Ballan Lampre s.t.
19 Luca Mazzanti Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
20 Fabian Wegmann Rabobank s.t.
24 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team High Road s.t.
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Posted on 07-08-2008 19:39
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Looks great
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Posted on 07-08-2008 19:52
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I've just played stage 4 but it crashed when viewing the replay, so as I won't have any screenies or results to post I won't bother reporting that stage. I'll just give you a brief heads up on what went down.
Ricco' won the stage ahead of Di Luca and Devolder, so Ricco is the new race leader. Devolder looks set to take the overall though with an ITT coming up. JAJ finished 18 minutes down, but he will try to get in a break on of the next stages.
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Posted on 07-08-2008 19:57
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Damn you cyanide
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Posted on 07-08-2008 20:04
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Posted on 08-08-2008 08:01
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Great re-start. Lovkvist
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Tirreno-Adriatico – Stage 5
Yesterday’s stage was not exactly a flawless performance from us. Løvkvist was our best rider finishing more than 4 minutes back, meaning he now occupies 22nd place in the GC. He should be able to break into the top 20 with tomorrow’s time trial, but that’s a lousy consolation when we thought he would fight it out with the best in this race. Today’s stage is more or less flat so if the sprinting teams can keep it together we should see a mass sprint today. I wanted to try to be in the break today, but as soon as we took off today I could easily feel that being in the break wasn’t the way to go for me today.
Burghardt got in the break for us though.
But they were caugth with 25 kilometres to go.
I struggled again today and I wasn’t much help for Ciolek and Bettini.
Bettini got Ciolek in a great position though.
But Freire flew past.
And took the win ahead of Ciolek.
Ciolek and Bettini has done well in the mass sprints so far, but Freire in that kind of form is hard to beat.
1 Óscar Freire Rabobank 3h05'51
2 Gerald Ciolek Team High Road s.t.
3 Gert Steegmans Quick•Step s.t.
4 Alessandro Petacchi Team Milram s.t.
5 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto s.t.
6 Oscar Gatto Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
7 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas s.t.
8 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
9 Danilo Napolitano Lampre s.t.
10 Heinrich Haussler Gerolsteiner s.t.
11 Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld s.t.
12 Jesús Del Nero Silence - Lotto s.t.
13 Paolo Bettini Team High Road s.t.
14 Mirko Lorenzetto Lampre s.t.
15 Mathieu Drujon Gerolsteiner s.t.
16 Fabian Wegmann Rabobank s.t.
17 Philippe Gilbert Française des Jeux s.t.
18 Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
19 Martijn Maaskant Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
20 Stéphane Poulhiès Liquigas s.t.
77 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team High Road s.t.
Stage 6
The individual time trial and with only 6 seconds seperating Ricco’ and Devolder surely the Belgian would claim this year’s Tirreno-Adriatico if he gets through the final stage tomorrow. Today is not my kind of terrain but I will still try and go flat-out to see how my legs are. I haven’t been satisfied with my form so far this season and I’m getting a bit frustrated quite frankly.
And my legs were pretty awful.
Stefan Schumacher set a good benchmark time edging out Italian favourite Manuel Quinziato by one second.
Løvkvist did break into the top 20 by finishing a dissapointing 27th 1’12 back. Lars Bak on the other hand did great and took 5th place.
But it was World TT Champion Stijn Devolder who won the stage and took over the leaders jersey.
1 Stijn Devolder Quick•Step 23'35
2 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner + 31
3 Manuel Quinziato Liquigas + 32
4 Alessandro Ballan Lampre + 37
5 Lars Ytting Bak Team High Road + 41
6 David Millar Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 43
7 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto + 44
8 Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld s.t.
9 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas + 45
10 Martijn Maaskant Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 47
11 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux + 49
12 Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank + 53
13 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
14 Frantisek Rabon Saunier Duval - Scott + 54
15 Linus Gerdemann Rabobank + 57
16 Danilo Di Luca LPR Brakes + 59
17 Markus Fothen Gerolsteiner s.t.
18 Alexandre Pliuschin AG2R - La Mondiale + 1'00
19 Santiago Botero Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli + 1'06
20 Matteo Carrara Quick•Step s.t.
109 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team High Road + 2'10
GC
1 Stijn Devolder Quick•Step 20h26'13
2 Danilo Di Luca LPR Brakes + 57
3 Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott + 1'26
4 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux + 2'47
5 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne + 3'12
6 Linus Gerdemann Rabobank + 4'19
7 Matteo Carrara Quick•Step + 5'08
8 Eladio Jiménez Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 5'15
9 René Mandri AG2R - La Mondiale + 5'18
10 Paolo Savoldelli LPR Brakes + 5'48
11 Philippe Gilbert Française des Jeux + 6'00
12 Rémy Di Gregorio Française des Jeux + 6'06
13 Alessandro Ballan Lampre + 6'08
14 Leonardo Piepoli Saunier Duval - Scott + 6'14
15 Alexandre Pliuschin AG2R - La Mondiale + 6'20
16 Simon Spilak Liquigas s.t.
17 Leonardo Bertagnolli Quick•Step + 6'23
18 Emanuele Sella CSF Group - Navigare + 6'29
19 Thomas Lövkvist Team High Road + 6'43
20 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner + 6'52
83 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team High Road + 26'42
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Posted on 08-08-2008 18:20
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Great result by Ciolek, but bad by Lövkvist.
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Tirreno-Adriatico – Stage 7
It’s the final stage and I’m rather pleased with that. My form is getting better but I am not riding any faster than I did a week ago, so I just want to get this over with and try to get some results elsewhere. I know I can’t compete against this kind of competition yet, but the team does also take part in smaller races and I think I’ll be racing a lot in them this year.
Desperate to grab us a stage win, Burghardt joined the BOTD again.
But even with strong riders like Dave Millar, the break had to give in.
With 15 kilometres to go my body was beat and I had to drop off of the pack’s pace. Pretty embarassing.
I am a neo-pro so I need to convince myself I can ride at a high pace for hours a day, so it’s disturbing for me that I couldn’t hold on today. I’m fearing that I will be excluded from the Milan-San Remo team.
Ciolek was in a great position yet again.
But Gert Steegmans came out of absolute nowhere and surged into the lead.
And Steegmans took the final stage ahead of Ciolek, who finished runner-up yet again.
I finished more than 3 minutes back. Not a storybook ending to my first big race for High Road.
I was hoping my next race would be Milan-San Remo, a race I want to win someday, but after Tirreno-Adriatico, I don’t think Holm and Aldag will include me in the team.
Forgot to export – No chances in the GC since stage 6
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Posted on 08-08-2008 19:32
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Maybe it's best if you compete just in the small races, and then just gaining experience in the big ones.
Looking forward to see JAJ in form
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Posted on 09-08-2008 17:08
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Heads Up
My fear was justified. I was in provisional Milan-San Remo team, but I didn’t make the final cut. Brian and Rolf didn’t think I had the form required to be able to do something for the team and they wouldn’t let me ride just to ride.
Instead I’m going to the Italian stage race Settimana Ciclista Internazionale, a race with much less tough competition so I think I can do quite well considering my form isn’t that bad. I also need some results to keep my morale up, because I have to admit that I was pretty down after Tirreno-Adriatico. But I came into that race with the wrong ambitions. I thought I could go in and take a stage win, but I didn’t take the toughness of the race into consideration and just how good the competition is in those kind of races.
I have had some nice workouts with Lars Bak after Tirreno-Adriatico, so I think I’m looking good for Settimana. It’s a race that suits me quite good. A few hilly stages, a few flat stages and a team time trial. I have been designated leader also and that’s a bit morale boosting also. I just want to get underway now.
Also, we won Paris-Nice a few days ago. Kim Kirchen took the overall win edging out Cobo by 7 seconds, so a big win for us. I watched Milan-San Remo at home but no High Road riders were at the front when Gert Steegmans crossed the line ahead of Freire and O’Grady. Also the day after Tirreno-Adriatico, Lars Bak got on the podium in Nokere-Koerse behind winner Lucas Persson and runner-up Nico Sijmens. Bettini, Klier and Hagen finished respectively 4th, 5th and 6th.
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Settimana Ciclista Internazionale – Stage 1
I was full of expectation as I lined up with my teammates for the opening stage. It’s a small city course. It’s mostly flat but with a short sharp climb halfway through so it should suit me perfectly. Piva was our directeur sportif for this race and he had told me that I had been assigned the captain’s role. To back me up are Mares, Pinotti, Padrnos, Lewis, Reynes, Hoeben and Hacker. None of these guys are in particularily good shape so I know it’ll be up to me to bring home a good result.
Recieving full support from seasoned riders like Pinotti and Padrnos and I felt quite good. I didn’t really check the startlist for this race and it was a surprise to me to see Lars Boom here. We have had our fights especially over last season, but he is also a great talent and I like to race him. He signed for LPR Brakes during the off-season. Also Jakob Fuglsang is here, so I’ll also have someone I can chat with in Danish.
There were a lot of attacks along the route especially on the small climb, where Boom and Ignatiev attacked on numerous occasions. It was all together for the sprint though and I found myself in a great position as I opened up.
The sprint got too long for me though and a few riders passed me.
One of these was Tilo Schüler of AG2R who took the stage. I crammed myself in between the Liquigas and LPR rider as I took a satisfying 3rd on the stage.
So I will also move to 3rd in the GC and wear the young riders jersey tomorrow on the team time trial. Bernardo Riccio will wear the points jersey, so I’m not actually leading the young riders competition.
1 Tilo Schüler AG2R - La Mondiale 2h19'41
2 Bernardo Riccio Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
3 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team High Road s.t.
4 Claudio Cucinotta LPR Brakes s.t.
5 Maurizio Biondo Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce s.t.
6 Francesco Chicchi Liquigas s.t.
7 René Haselbacher Team Astana s.t.
8 David Kopp Gerolsteiner s.t.
9 Davide Bonuccelli Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce s.t.
10 Daniele Pietropolli LPR Brakes s.t.
11 Tyler Farrar Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
12 Mikhaylo Khalilov Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce s.t.
13 Graziano Gasparre Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
14 Juan Pablo Forero Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce s.t.
15 Alexandre Pliuschin AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
16 Marco Zanotti Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
17 Matej Mugerli Liquigas s.t.
18 Roberto Longo Lampre s.t.
19 Pedro Horrillo Gerolsteiner s.t.
20 Marco Frapporti CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
Stage 2
We knew we wouldn’t do very good and today was all about limiting the loss to teams like Tinkoff, but it went rather poorly. Luckily it was 11 kilometres but we still managed to lose over one minute on Tinkoff as we finished last on the day. I’m pretty far back in the GC right now.
1 Tinkoff Credit Systems 14'12
2 Team Astana + 9
3 Silence - Lotto + 12
4 AG2R - La Mondiale + 19
5 Amore e Vita - McDonald's + 20
6 Team Volksbank + 21
7 Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce + 25
8 Miche - Silver Cross + 27
9 LPR Brakes + 30
10 Gerolsteiner s.t.
11 ELK Haus - Simplon + 33
12 NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte s.t.
13 Lampre + 35
14 CSF Group - Navigare + 36
15 Liquigas + 37
16 Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
17 Adria Mobil + 39
18 AG2R - La Mondiale + 43
19 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli + 44
20 Team High Road + 1'05
21 Perutnina Ptuj + 5'44
GC
1 Bernardo Riccio Tinkoff Credit Systems 2h33'41
2 Mikhail Ignatiev Tinkoff Credit Systems + 12
3 Ivan Rovny Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
4 Robert Kiserlovski Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
5 Jakob Fuglsang Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
6 Michael Lange Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
7 Tyler Farrar Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
8 Pavel Brutt Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
9 Sérgio Paulinho Team Astana + 21
10 Thomas Frei Team Astana s.t.
11 René Haselbacher Team Astana s.t.
12 Mauricio Ardila Silence - Lotto + 24
13 Matthew Lloyd Silence - Lotto s.t.
14 Wim Vansevenant Silence - Lotto s.t.
15 Wim De Vocht Silence - Lotto s.t.
16 Óscar Sevilla Silence - Lotto s.t.
17 Kilian Patour AG2R - La Mondiale + 31
18 Sylvain Calzati AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
19 Alexandre Pliuschin AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
20 Pavel Korzh AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
111 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team High Road + 1'09
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Great beginning in Ialy with the 3rd place, but the TTT
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Settimana Ciclista Internazionale – Stage 3
After yesterday’s time trial is going to be difficult to break back into the top 10, but the stages in this race suits me very well so I can at least try to catch a stage win. Also I’m beginning to feel great right now. Despite today’s stage being flat there’s a small bump coming into the finish and it could tire some of the fastest sprinters. Last year I won a stage in Tour de Normandie in a mass sprint like today so I think I can do well today.
The break was caught 25 kilometres before the finish.
I had some troubles finding the right train but I decided to slip into Comesso’s wheel when he got himself into a great position.
Tinkoff came fast on my right hand side when I made my move and moved into the lead.
Surely the small hill before the finish had some effect because I found myself in a fight again Ignatiev for the stage win.
We were shoulder to shoulder and normally I’m the best sprinter but surely he is on top form right now. He slowly worked his way past me and he was the fastest on the day.
So close to my first win in the High Road jersey. As a consolation I’m now leading the points competition and tomorrow’s uphill finish will suit me very well with the form I’m in. Ignatiev took over the race lead from team-mate Riccio.
1 Mikhail Ignatiev Tinkoff Credit Systems 4h51'03
2 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team High Road s.t.
3 Ivan Rovny Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
4 Daniele Pietropolli LPR Brakes s.t.
5 Gilberto Simoni AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
6 Graziano Gasparre Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
7 Lars Boom LPR Brakes s.t.
8 Maurizio Biondo Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce s.t.
9 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre s.t.
10 Francesco Ginanni Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
11 Marco Frapporti CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
12 Alexandre Pliuschin AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
13 Franco Pellizotti Liquigas s.t.
14 Anthony Colin Gerolsteiner s.t.
15 Grega Bole Adria Mobil s.t.
16 Mauricio Ardila Silence - Lotto s.t.
17 Jos Van Emden ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
18 Salvatore Commesso Liquigas s.t.
19 Francesco Reda NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte s.t.
20 Matej Mugerli Liquigas s.t.
Stage 4
Today’s stage ends on a 4-kilometres long steep hill and it’s a perfect finale for me. I think it’s going to be a real spectacular race today. Not much happened before the finale though. A break went away and it got caught. But with 15 kilometres to go something happened though. Lampre’s Paolo Tiralongo hit the deck in a roundabout and took down a lot of riders, including race-favourites Franco Pellizotti and Lars Boom. Boom had to abandon from the race as a result. Pellizotti wouldn’t make it back to the finale, so my chances are slightly higher already.
But the finish was very chaotic and I couldn’t get myself into a good position as the uphill sprint began (It’s me in the gray jersey).
Some AG2R rider took the lead in the start.
But LPR’s Pietropolli bursted up the steep slope with Ignatiev and Anza trying to follow. They couldn’t though.
Meanwhile I was working my way up and I began distancing Pliuschin and I was nearing Anza and Ignatiev.
Pietropolli took the win though.
Just as the hill got flat I reached Anza and moved past him as I took 3rd on the stage once again one down on Ignatiev, who would defend his race lead as no time gaps were registered.
1 Daniele Pietropolli LPR Brakes 4h00'50
2 Mikhail Ignatiev Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
3 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team High Road s.t.
4 Santo Anzà Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
5 Alexandre Pliuschin AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
6 Roberto Traficante Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
7 Gilberto Simoni AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
8 Ivan Rovny Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
9 Jakob Fuglsang Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
10 Bernardo Riccio Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
11 Hugo Sabido LPR Brakes s.t.
12 Kilian Patour AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
13 Vicente Reynès Team High Road s.t.
14 Pavel Brutt Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
15 Thomas Rohregger ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
16 Sylvain Calzati AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
17 Mauricio Ardila Silence - Lotto s.t.
18 Marco Pinotti Team High Road s.t.
19 Óscar Sevilla Silence - Lotto s.t.
20 Matteo Montaguti LPR Brakes s.t.
GC
1 Mikhail Ignatiev Tinkoff Credit Systems 11h25'14
2 Bernardo Riccio Tinkoff Credit Systems + 20
3 Ivan Rovny Tinkoff Credit Systems + 24
4 Jakob Fuglsang Tinkoff Credit Systems + 32
5 Pavel Brutt Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
6 Sérgio Paulinho Team Astana + 41
7 René Haselbacher Team Astana s.t.
8 Daniele Pietropolli LPR Brakes + 42
9 Mauricio Ardila Silence - Lotto + 44
10 Óscar Sevilla Silence - Lotto s.t.
11 Matthew Lloyd Silence - Lotto s.t.
12 Wim De Vocht Silence - Lotto s.t.
13 Wim Vansevenant Silence - Lotto s.t.
14 Alexandre Pliuschin AG2R - La Mondiale + 51
15 Gilberto Simoni AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
16 Kilian Patour AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
17 Sylvain Calzati AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
18 Alexandre Usov AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
19 Graziano Gasparre Amore e Vita - McDonald's + 52
20 Mirko Allegrini Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
53 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team High Road + 1'09
Points
1 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team High Road 52
2 Mikhail Ignatiev Tinkoff Credit Systems 45
3 Daniele Pietropolli LPR Brakes 45
4 Bernardo Riccio Tinkoff Credit Systems 26
5 Tilo Schüler AG2R - La Mondiale 25
6 Ivan Rovny Tinkoff Credit Systems 24
7 Gilberto Simoni AG2R - La Mondiale 21
8 Maurizio Biondo Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 20
9 Alexandre Pliuschin AG2R - La Mondiale 17
10 Claudio Cucinotta LPR Brakes 14
Mountain
1 Stefano Pirazzi Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe 30
2 Alessandro Spezialetti ELK Haus - Simplon 22
3 Francesco Tomei CSF Group - Navigare 22
4 Roberto Traficante Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 0 16
5 Mikhail Ignatiev Tinkoff Credit Systems 14
6 Kristjan Koren Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe 14
7 Alessio Signego NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 12
8 Tiziano Dall'Antonia CSF Group - Navigare 10
9 Alessandro Cortinovis NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 10 10
10 Daniele Pietropolli LPR Brakes 10
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Settimana Ciclista Internazionale – Stage 5
Today’s another flat one before the final stage tomorrow which is hilly 3-lap course. Today’s finish is completely flat so that’s not to my advantage, but since I’m leading the points competition I want to take part in the sprint to score some points so I can keep that which will be a great result for me.
Today’s BOTD contained 14 riders and we had missed the move, so we had to do some hard work in the pack today.
It was a battle to bring the break back in and especially Pinotti and Padrnos took a big tow for the team during the stage and with 5 kilometres left and with the finish line in the distance the race was all back together.
I found the Colombian Forero’s wheel and I was in a good position.
But Forero isn’t the fastest guy in the pack so a few riders moved past quickly.
Frapporti of CSF looked strongest but Cuccinotta was also in there. Frapporti took it though and I finished 4th, so my lead in the points competition now strecthes to 18 points to Pietropolli in second place.
1 Marco Frapporti CSF Group - Navigare 3h51'31
2 Claudio Cucinotta LPR Brakes s.t.
3 Graziano Gasparre Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
4 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team High Road s.t.
5 Maurizio Biondo Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce s.t.
6 René Haselbacher Team Astana s.t.
7 Francesco Chicchi Liquigas s.t.
8 Tilo Schüler AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
9 Bernardo Riccio Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
10 Clemens Frankhauser ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
11 Juan Pablo Forero Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce s.t.
12 Jos Van Emden ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
13 David Kopp Gerolsteiner s.t.
14 Daniele Pietropolli LPR Brakes s.t.
15 Wesley Sulzberger Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
16 Salvatore Commesso Liquigas s.t.
17 Marco Zanotti Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
18 Roberto Longo Lampre s.t.
19 Mikhaylo Khalilov Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce s.t.
20 Paride Grillo CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
Stage 6
The penultimate day here in Italy and I need to be up there with the best if I want to break into the top ten and if I want to keep my points jersey because Pietropolli is definitely the guy watch out for today. After the breaks were reeled in it was Pellizotti who made the first move, Pietropolli countered.
I tried to go with the move but I couldn’t get clear of the pack.
There was still on climb to go and it turned out that Pellizotti and Pietropolli only attacked for mountain points so they were soon reeled back in. Me on the other hand had put a lof of effort into my attack so I was pretty tired coming onto the last hill.
Pietropolli went first, then Pellizotti right after. I tried to keep a high pace in the pack to keep them within distance.
But they were too strong and I was tired, so when Ignatiev made his move to defend his jersey I fell back.
Ignatiev couldn’t catch up though and with Pietropolli only 42 seconds down on him in the GC he could lose the race lead here. It would be settled between the two Italian and Pietropolli opnened the sprint.
And he took his second stage win.
Ignatiev finished 3rd, 50 seconds back so Pietropolli has won Settimana Ciclista Internazionale.
I had to finish in 7th to keep the points jersey, but I was too tired in the sprint so that wasn’t going to happen either.
A bit dissapointing but at least I have proven to myself that I’m on great form, so I think I can battle for the win in Hel van het Mergelland which is my next race.
1 Daniele Pietropolli LPR Brakes 4h14'04
2 Franco Pellizotti Liquigas s.t.
3 Mikhail Ignatiev Tinkoff Credit Systems + 50
4 Alexandre Pliuschin AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
5 Mitja Mahoric Team Volksbank s.t.
6 Gilberto Simoni AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
7 Antonio D'Aniello Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce s.t.
8 Sylvester Szmyd Lampre s.t.
9 Kai Reus Miche - Silver Cross s.t.
10 Hubert Schwab Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
11 Paolo Tiralongo Lampre s.t.
12 Laurent Mangel Miche - Silver Cross s.t.
13 Tomasz Marczynski Team Volksbank s.t.
14 Stefano Usai Miche - Silver Cross s.t.
15 Marco Frapporti CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
16 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team High Road s.t.
17 Mauricio Ardila Silence - Lotto s.t.
18 Matej Mugerli Liquigas s.t.
19 Marco Pinotti Team High Road s.t.
20 Graziano Gasparre Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
GC
1 Daniele Pietropolli LPR Brakes 19h31'11
2 Mikhail Ignatiev Tinkoff Credit Systems + 20
3 Franco Pellizotti Liquigas + 35
4 Ivan Rovny Tinkoff Credit Systems + 52
5 Pavel Brutt Tinkoff Credit Systems + 1'00
6 Jakob Fuglsang Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
7 Sérgio Paulinho Team Astana + 1'09
8 Graziano Gasparre Amore e Vita - McDonald's + 1'12
9 Mauricio Ardila Silence - Lotto s.t.
10 Matthew Lloyd Silence - Lotto s.t.
11 Wim De Vocht Silence - Lotto s.t.
12 Óscar Sevilla Silence - Lotto s.t.
13 Marco Frapporti CSF Group - Navigare + 1'16
14 Alexandre Pliuschin AG2R - La Mondiale + 1'19
15 Gilberto Simoni AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
16 Sylvain Calzati AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
17 Kilian Patour AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
18 Fabio Gilioli Amore e Vita - McDonald's + 1'20
19 Andrei Sartasov Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
20 Mitja Mahoric Team Volksbank + 1'21
36 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team High Road + 1'37
Points
1 Daniele Pietropolli LPR Brakes 72
2 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team High Road 66
3 Mikhail Ignatiev Tinkoff Credit Systems 61
4 Claudio Cucinotta LPR Brakes 34
5 Tilo Schüler AG2R - La Mondiale 33
6 Bernardo Riccio Tinkoff Credit Systems 33
7 Maurizio Biondo Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 32
8 Gilberto Simoni AG2R - La Mondiale 31
9 Alexandre Pliuschin AG2R - La Mondiale 31
10 Marco Frapporti CSF Group - Navigare 31
Mountain
1 Alessandro Spezialetti ELK Haus - Simplon 48
2 Daniele Pietropolli LPR Brakes 46
3 Francisco Javier Matamoros Perutnina Ptuj 36
4 Francesco Ginanni Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 34
5 Stefano Pirazzi Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe 30
6 Mikhail Ignatiev Tinkoff Credit Systems 28
7 Alessandro Cortinovis NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 26
8 Franco Pellizotti Liquigas 24
9 Francesco Tomei CSF Group - Navigare 22
10 Salvatore Commesso Liquigas 20
23 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team High Road 6
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