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Petronas - Monster Energy; The end of an era
FreitasPCM
dienblad wrote:
FreitasPCM wrote:
Good racing in Amstel Gold Race. Hope you can improve on the Fleche.


Think I made you happy with De Gendt in 3rd, according your avatar!


Yes indeed, but the rest of the team too, excellent result! Grin
 
dienblad
@ all: Thanks a lot, this was probably my best Ardennes classic so far. Now before LBL, first the Giro del Trentino and the Vuelta a la Rioja!

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dienblad
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The preparation for the Giro traditionally starts with the Giro del Trentino, an extremely difficult 4-stage race, with lots of height metres in it.
Last year, the race was won by Gabriele Bosisio.
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Startlist

Spoiler
Katusha
1. C.Evans
2. L.Battistini
3. M.Belkov
4. G.Caruso
5. S.Firsanov
6. P.Melandri
7. A.Ovechkin
8. A.Shchebelin

Androni Giocattoli
11. J.Rujano
12. A.D'Aniello
13. R.Ferrara
14. R.Ferrari
15. F.Ginanni
16. J.Monsalve
17. M.Pinotti
18. B.Riccio

Lampre
21. S.Spilak
22. M.Gentili
23. D.Loosli
24. A.Malori
25. A.Moletta
26. M.Mori
27. E.Sella
28. A.Spezialetti

Omega Pharma
31. P.Rolland
32. B.De Waele
33. B.Grabsch
34. D.Pietropolli
35. F.Rabon
36. A.Ravard
37. J.Tratnik
38. K.Vandewalle

Astana
41. F.Duarte
42. F.Masciarelli
43. Y.Nepomnyachshiy
44. D.Potapovitch
45. N.Ribeiro
46. J.Serpa
47. Y.Trofimov
48. T.Valjavec

Monster Energy - Ford
51. F.De Greef
52. J.Bobridge
53. M.De Maar
54. M.Lootens
55. J.Posthuma
56. C.Veldkamp
57. L.Westra
58. R.Zingle


Onfone
61. R.Sutherland
62. Á.Cano Ardila
63. J.Madsen
64. J.Odgaard
65. M.Pedersen
66. M.Reihs
67. B.Vandborg
68. D.Vestergaard

Colnago
71. T.Van Garderen
72. M.Caddeo
73. F.Canuti
74. V.Garofalo
75. M.Marzano
76. E.Mazzoleni
77. P.Tondo
78. D.Viganò

Liquigas
81. D.Ulissi
82. G.Bosisio
83. A.Contoli
84. M.Paterski
85. I.Santaromita
86. S.Szmyd
87. A.Vanotti
88. C.Wurf

D'Angelo & Antenucci
91. Y.Popovych
92. F.Bellotti
93. G.Boscolo
94. M.Bruseghin
95. D.Frattini
96. H.Frusto
97. R.Komori
98. K.Uchima

Itera
101. T.Peterson
102. D.Ignatiev
103. A.Khvostovsky
104. P.Kochetkov
105. D.Kostyuk
106. D.Mokrov
107. N.Novikov
108. S.Rudaskov

Nespresso
111. F.Kessiakoff
112. P.Bailetti
113. D.Bonuccelli
114. F.Bortolotti
115. M.Corti
116. R.De Patre
117. F.Felline
118. M.Pelucchi

Acqua & Sapone
121. S.Garzelli
122. C.Larosa
123. S.Locatelli
124. G.Maggiore
125. A.Martinelli
126. A.Proni
127. F.Reda
128. B.Rizzi

Type 1
131. A.Efimkin
132. R.Bahati
133. R.Bertogliati
134. D.Callegarin
135. M.Galeotti
136. J.Kocjan
137. S.Modolo
138. R.la Rosa

Farnese Vini
141. A.Bisolti
142. F.Failli
143. O.Gatto
144. L.Giordani
145. F.Savini
146. E.Vona
147. R.Zampili
148. L.Zanasca

Pisanellastoria
151. M.Gaia
152. F.Aru
153. G.Di Salvo
154. J.Guarnieri
155. L.Pinizzotto
156. W.Proch
157. D.Rebellin
158. A.Tonti

De Rosa
161. L.Pierfelici
162. C.Benenati
163. M.Bono
164. L.Mazzanti
165. S.Usai
166. P.Vila

Vacansoleil
171. S.Lagutin
172. S.Anza
173. R.Mandri
174. M.Marcato
175. W.Mol
176. R.Pidgornyy
177. M.Selvaggi
178. J.Van Leijen

Bank BGZ
181. P.Cieslik
182. J.Dabrowski
183. M.Kucharski
184. R.Romanik
185. J.Rebiewski
186. P.Schubert

Adria Mobil
191. P.Segina
192. E.Franzoï
193. B.Furdi
194. P.Gorenc
195. B.Jarc
196. G.Svab

PSK Whirlpool
201. F.Padour
202. T.Buchácek
203. T.Danacik
204. D.Dvorsky
205. J.Hudecek
206. P.Zitta


Our team
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The favourites
*** Cadel Evans (Katusha), José Rujano (Androni), Gabriele Bosisio (Liquigas).
** Fabio Duarte (Astana), Simon Spilak (Lampre), Tejay van Garderen (Colnago).
* Fredrik Kessiakoff (Nespresso), Tom Peterson (Itera), Daniele Pietropolli (Omega Pharma).

Our goal
Too be honest, no goals.... Without a climber (our best one De Greef isn't in form), we won't have any chance to win a stage or ride a good GC.

Stage 1
The Giro del Trentino starts with a flat 13 km ITT from Riva del Garda to Arco.
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Joost Posthuma is the best rider from our team, and finishes in the 8th place, 25 seconds behind the winner.
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And that winner is the Italian TT-champion Adriano Malori. The rider from the Lampre team is the first to be faster than 18 minutes (17'50) and has to wait a long time before all riders have finished. Tejay van Garderen comes pretty close, only 1 second behind.
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Results
1Adriano MaloriLampre - Generali17'50
2Tejay Van GarderenColnago - CSF Inox+ 1
3Cadel EvansKatusha Team+ 15
4Frantisek RabonOmega Pharma - Quick·Step+ 19
5Bert GrabschOmega Pharma - Quick·Step+ 21
6Artem OvechkinKatusha Team+ 23
7Yaroslav PopovychD'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippos.t.
8Joost PosthumaMonster Energy - Subway+ 25
9Marzio BruseghinD'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo+ 29
10José RujanoAndroni Giocattoli+ 31

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Stage 2
The 2nd stage from Dro to Ledro Bezzecca is the easiest of the 3 climbing stages. The last climb to Ledro Molina (summit 5km before the finish) has low gradients, so also the hilly riders have a chance here.
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3 riders go in the early attack, before the last climb starts, and they manage to hold on untill the finish. Daniele Callegarin from Team Type 1, drops Daniele Pietropolli and Federico Canuti in the last 2 kilometres and takes th ewin. The first peloton follows at '57, with surprisingly Westra in 24th place included.
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Results
1Daniele CallegarinTeam Type 14h31'03
2Daniele PietropolliOmega Pharma - Quick·Step+ 30
3Federico CanutiColnago - CSF Inoxs.t.
4Cadel EvansKatusha Team+ 57
5Gabriele BosisioLiquigas - Cannondales.t.
6Marco MarzanoColnago - CSF Inoxs.t.
7Tejay Van GarderenColnago - CSF Inoxs.t.
8Manuele MoriLampre - Generalis.t.
9Fabio FellineNespresso - Algarves.t.
10José SerpaPro Team Astanas.t.

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fcancellara
4 riders in top 10 in La Fleche, awesome.

And the girl on Bosisio's pic is not a Monster girl Sad (but she is nice though Wink )
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dienblad
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Stage 3
The 3rd stage is the most difficult one in this Giro del Trentino. The Fei della Pagella has to be climb twice in the last 45 kilometres, and with 9.5km at 7.5%, it's a tough climb.
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Marc De Maar is in the attack for over 100 kilometres, but unfortunately for him, nobody joins him. He gets passed by Bisolti (Farnese) and Marzano (Colnago), who start the last climb together.
Before the last summit, Duarte, Rujano, Garzelli, Ulissi, Peterson, Serpa, Sella and Evans go in the counter attack. As not foreseen, this causes a splashed peloton, with small groups of riders all over the place.
In the end, José Rujano outclasses his opponents, and takes the stage-GC double. Fabio Duarte finishes in 2nd and Bisolti surprises with a 3rd after managing to hold on after being caught.
Francis De Greef is our best placed rider, with a 35th place at 6'11.
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Results
1José RujanoAndroni Giocattoli4h45'37
2Fabio DuartePro Team Astana+ 6
3Alessandro BisoltiFarnese Vini - Neri Sottolis.t.
4Cadel EvansKatusha Team+ 24
5Stefano GarzelliAcqua & Sapone+ 1'01
6José SerpaPro Team Astana+ 1'21
7Tejay Van GarderenColnago - CSF Inoxs.t.
8Sylwester SzmydLiquigas - Cannondales.t.
9Diego UlissiLiquigas - Cannondale+ 1'32
10Gabriele BosisioLiquigas - Cannondale+ 1'42


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Stage 4
The last stage has a few mid-stage climbs, and ends in skiresort Madonna di Campiglio.
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A breakaway is succesful today, as Pierre Rolland (Omega Pharma) takes the win, after dropping Davide Frattini in the last climb. Fabio Duarte tries to ride Rujano out of the leaders jersey with a late attack, manages to gain some time, but Rujano wins the Giro del Trentino.
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1Pierre RollandOmega Pharma - Quick·Step4h08'16
2Davide FrattiniD'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo+ 1'22
3Fabio DuartePro Team Astana+ 3'06
4José RujanoAndroni Giocattoli+ 3'18
5Diego UlissiLiquigas - Cannondale+ 3'27
6José SerpaPro Team Astana+ 3'37
7Francesco MasciarelliPro Team Astanas.t.
8Cadel EvansKatusha Teams.t.
9Stefano GarzelliAcqua & Sapones.t.
10Sylwester SzmydLiquigas - Cannondales.t.

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GC
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1José RujanoAndroni Giocattoli13h47'12
2Fabio DuartePro Team Astana+ 25
3Cadel EvansKatusha Team+ 47
4Tejay Van GarderenColnago - CSF Inox+ 1'30
5Stefano GarzelliAcqua & Sapone+ 1'46
6Daniele CallegarinTeam Type 1+ 2'04
7Diego UlissiLiquigas - Cannondale+ 2'20
8José SerpaPro Team Astana+ 2'29
9Simon SpilakLampre - Generali+ 2'40
10Daniele PietropolliOmega Pharma - Quick·Step+ 3'08


Overall winner
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Word from the DS
Nothing much to say. De Greef is the best in the GC, 37th time.
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sutty68
A quiet race for the team in Trentino Sad
 
Ian Butler
Good win for Rolland, I'm happy for him Grin
Up to LBL!
 
dienblad
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The riders that started in the Giro del Trentino also race the 53rd edition of the Vuelta a la Rioja. It's a nice hilly race in the province of Rioja, with start and finish in Logroñes. Last year, Andy Schleck won the race, being only the 5th non-Spanish winner in the race history.
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The route
With the Alto del Villaroya in the first part, the rider immediately have to face some ascending kilometres. Next follows a long downhill and flat part, before the 2 climbs in the final, the Alto de Labraza and Alto de Moncaletre.
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Startlist

Spoiler
Monster Energy - Ford
1. L.Westra
2. J.Bobridge
3. F.De Greef
4. M.De Maar
5. M.Lootens
6. J.Posthuma
7. C.Veldkamp
8. R.Zingle


CCC Polsat
11. M.Iglinskiy
12. M.Bodnar
13. M.Komar
14. M.Kwiatkowski
15. B.Matysiak
16. J.Mendes
17. J.Morajko
18. M.Taciak

Onda
21. R.Vilela
22. J.Augustyn
23. J.Cabreira
24. B.Lima
25. A.Marque
26. J.Pardo
27. C.Sastre
28. C.Sousa

Euskaltel
31. B.Intxausti
32. J.Aramendia
33. I.Erviti
34. O.Fraile
35. E.Gonzalo
36. J.M.Gárate
37. J.Á.Gómez Marchante
38. I.Velasco

Nespresso
41. X.Florencio
42. M.Ardila
43. D.Blanco
44. A.Durán
45. P.Merino
46. A.Rasmussen
47. P.Urtasun
48. R.Valls

Rothaus
51. M.Fothen
52. S.Baldauf
53. H.Blank
54. S.Forke
55. M.Mortka
56. C.Reuter
57. M.A.Richeze
58. A.Schulze

Cofidis
61. S.Dumoulin
62. S.Bonsergent
63. A.Labbe
64. A.Lemair
65. G.Lequatre
66. J.Mazet
67. A.Passeron
68. N.Sijmens

Saur
71. P.Niemiec
72. C.Bessy
73. J.Castroviejo
74. R.Chtioui
75. B.Feillu
76. F.Guillou
77. J.Le Bon
78. R.Matheou

Caja Rural
81. J.Herrada
82. G.Bravo
83. G.César Veloso
84. H.Fernández
85. S.Mantecón
86. D.Milán
87. J.Sanchez Pimienta
88. E.Teruel

Andalucía
91. I.Gutiérrez
92. J.A.Benítez
93. J.Cano
94. S.Carrasco
95. J.J.Estrada
96. D.Gadeo
97. L.Á.Maté
98. A.Piedra

Orbea
101. P.Bilbao
102. J.Aberasturi
103. M.Bizkarra
104. J.Del Nero
105. U.Iparragirre
106. S.Martínez
107. I.Merino
108. I.Zugasti

LA
111. D.De la Fuente
112. K.Carlström
113. T.Dall'Antonia
114. M.Henriques
115. N.Marta
116. H.Sabido
117. B.Sancho
118. P.Soeiro

Barbot
121. E.Vorganov
122. S.Ackermann
123. R.Alarcón
124. S.Caldeira
125. F.Cardoso
126. S.Henao
127. V.Rodrigues
128. R.Serrano

Sky
131. P.Kennaugh
132. C.Barbosa
133. L.Holohan
134. N.MacLeod
135. L.P.Nordhaug
136. C.Opie
137. J.Tiernan-Locke
138. X.Zandio

UnitedHealthcare
141. A.Dyachenko
142. M.Jenkins
143. C.Jones
144. J.Keough
145. B.Lancaster
146. T.Roe
147. M.Schmitt
148. J.Walker

NetApp
151. M.Kessler
152. M.Baer
153. D.Claeys
154. S.Cozza
155. D.Hesselbarth
156. B.Huzarski
157. S.Löffler
158. R.Retschke

Pisanellastoria
161. F.Negri
162. R.Cesaro
163. F.Gilioli
164. G.Muraglia
165. E.Rossi
166. F.Tizza
167. C.Zaballa
168. V.Zagorodny

Colombia es Pasión
171. W.Pedraza
172. E.Chaves
173. J.Forero
174. J.Martinez
175. F.Montaña
176. W.Perez
177. V.H.Peña
178. H.Salazar

Tavira
181. J.Rovira
182. J.Arregui
183. A.Cardoso
184. V.Celis
185. L.Didier
186. D.Mestre
187. A.Olmo
188. S.Ribeiro

Veranda's Willems
191. J.Ghyselinck
192. B.De Clercq
193. S.De Wilde
194. J.Debusschere
195. G.Habeaux
196. B.Scheirlinckx
197. J.Van Engeland
198. J.Van Goolen

Burgos 2016
201. Á.Vallejo
202. J.A.De Segovia
203. X.Espinal
204. E.Mata
205. L.Turpin
206. C.Verona

Type 1
211. M.Belletti
212. M.Brammeier
213. J.Eldridge
214. C.Fairly
215. O.Kerkhof
216. J.Megías
217. K.Reijnen
218. S.Stewart

Differdange
221. J.Ljungblad
222. C.Heymans
223. V.Kaupas
224. M.Knudsen
225. C.Poos
226. A.Reiter


Our team
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Our goal
A top 10 would be nice.

The race

53km to go
The first goal today is to be part in a breakaway. But when the first breakaway is formed, even before the ascend of the Alto de Villaroya, we decide that this is too early. We help Euskaltel and Nespresso in chasing them, with success.
Back on the flat, when Silvère Ackermann (Barbot) attacks, we feel that this is the time and Jack Bobridge counters. He gets David Hesselbarth (Team NetAPP) in his wheel, and the 2 join Ackermann. Another group of 3 attacks out of the peloton, and Ángel Vallejo (Burgos), Jurgen Van Goolen (Accen.Jobs) and Eduardo Gonzalo (Euskaltel) join the leading 3. Even before the last 2 climbs start, 2 more rider join them, namely Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) and Esteban Chaves (Colombia).
With 53 kilometres, and 2 climbs, remaining, they have a margin of 4'43 to the peloton.
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36km to go
Already at the slopes of the Alto de Labraza, the leading group becomes smaller. Chaves is th efirst that can't follow the pace and gets dropped, followed by Hesselbarth.
When they start ascending the Alto de Moncaletre, also Ackermann gets dropped. Then, with 36km to go, Bobridge cracks, just as Dumoulin, and they have to let Gonzalo, Vallejo and Van Goolen go. The peloton is still over 3 minutes behind, so a win is possible for one of the 3 leaders!
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Finish
With the 3 leaders cooperating very well, Bobridge and Dumoulin can't close the gap, 1 minute at the summit, in the descend. With 7km to go, Van Goolen launches his attack, not relying at his sprint.
This cracks Vallejo, while Gonzalo is giving it all to stay in the backwheel of the Belgian. But it's Van Goolen who wins the Vuelta a la Rioja, followed by Gonzalo (same time) and Vallejo (+ '30).
Jack Bobridge who has dropped Dumoulin with 10km to go, finishes in a good 4th place at 1'09. The peloton finishes at 1'36, with Rafael Valls beating Lieuwe Westra in the sprint for the 5th place.
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Results
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1Jurgen Van GoolenAccent.Jobs - Veranda's Willems5h35'30
2Eduardo GonzaloEuskaltel - Euskadis.t.
3Ángel VallejoBurgos 2016 - Castilla y León+ 30
4Jack BobridgeMonster Energy - Subway+ 1'09
5Rafael VallsNespresso - Algarve+ 1'36
6Lieuwe WestraMonster Energy - Subways.t.
7Arkaitz DuránNespresso - Algarves.t.
8David De la FuenteLA - Antartes.t.
9Jonathan CastroviejoSaur - Sojasuns.t.
10Peter KennaughSky ProCyclings.t.


The winner
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Word from the DS
This is a surprising result for us. Bobridge did a great job, unfortunately not being able to follow the first 3 in the last climb. But a 4th is a great result, considering the heavy injury sustained in the Tour Down UNder.
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sutty68
You must be pleased with two riders in the top six Wink
 
Ian Butler
Not bad, I didn't expect a result like this in the race. Nice!
 
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The spring classic season always ends with Liège - Bastogne - Liège, th eone with the most height metres. This year, it's the 99th edition of La Doyenne.
The record winner is Eddy Merckx, with 5 wins in the seventies. Th elast 2 editions were won by the most beloved rider out of Wallonne, Philippe Gilbert, who was born next to the route of LBL, near the famous Côte de La Redoute.
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The route
After the start in Liège, the peloton heads South to the town of Bastogne. That is the easiest part of the route, as in the remaining 160 kilometres, the riders have to face 10 tough climbs, that make a total of more than 3300 height metres. The most difficult part are the last 30 kilometres, with the 3 steep climbs of the Côte de La Redoute, Côte de La Roche aux Faucons and the Côte de Saint-Nicolas. Even the last 1500 metres are difficult, with 8 ascending metres towards the finish in Ans.
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Startlist

Spoiler
Lotto
1. P.Gilbert
2. I.Abakoumov
3. E.Boasson Hagen
4. G.Dockx
5. J.Kuyckx
6. M.Monfort
7. T.Stubbe
8. W.Van Huffel

Monster Energy - Subway
11. A.Schleck
12. T.De Gendt
13. T.Dumoulin
14. M.Lefèvre
15. P.Ligthart
16. R.Ruijgh
17. P.Sagan
18. J.Vanendert


Katusha
21. J.Rodríguez
22. V.Efimkin
23. C.Evans
24. S.Firsanov
25. M.Ignatiev
26. R.Klimov
27. A.Shchebelin
28. M.Vantomme

Astana
31. R.Kreuziger
32. F.Duarte
33. A.Grivko
34. V.Kiryienka
35. M.Lloyd
36. N.Ribeiro
37. P.Tiralongo
38. A.Vinokourov

Euskaltel
41. I.Antón
42. M.Astarloza
43. M.Landa
44. E.Martínez
45. I.Mayoz
46. A.Peña
47. E.Prades
48. G.Verdugo

RadioShack
51. D.Cunego
52. J.Brajkovic
53. J.Fuglsang
54. B.Hermans
55. A.Klöden
56. L.Leipheimer
57. V.Nibali
58. B.Wiggins

Omega Pharma
61. F.Schleck
62. S.Bailly
63. B.Grabsch
64. P.Rolland
65. P.Serry
66. J.Tratnik
67. T.Van der Sande
68. K.Vandewalle

Qantas
71. S.Gerrans
72. L.Howard
73. S.Kruijswijk
74. D.Lapthorne
75. J.McEvoy
76. L.Rowe
77. P.Weening
78. D.Zabriskie

BMC
81. G.Visconti
82. Y.Eijssen
83. A.Moinard
84. B.Mollema
85. S.Morabito
86. C.A.Sørensen
87. J.Tschopp
88. J.Van den Broeck

Garmin
91. R.Hesjedal
92. A.Colby
93. T.Danielson
94. S.Joly
95. R.Kiserlovski
96. M.Kreder
97. C.Riblon
98. P.Stetina

Movistar
101. A.Contador
102. D.Arroyo
103. C.Barredo
104. D.Gutiérrez Palacios
105. J.Herrada
106. J.Iriarte
107. D.López
108. Ó.Pujol

Sky
111. R.Urán
112. I.Basso
113. D.Cioni
114. C.Froome
115. K.Kirchen
116. M.Possoni
117. M.Rogers
118. K.Siutsou

Rabobank
121. H.Haussler
122. P.Brutt
123. S.Clement
124. W.Poels
125. T.Slagter
126. L.L.Sánchez
127. L.Ten Dam
128. R.Wielinga

Lampre
131. E.Gasparotto
132. A.Kashechkin
133. A.Moletta
134. F.Pellizotti
135. E.Sella
136. A.Spezialetti
137. S.Spilak
138. S.Sánchez

Red Bull
141. M.Albasini
142. L.Beuret
143. S.Denifl
144. M.Eibegger
145. M.Frank
146. S.Geschke
147. D.Klemme
148. O.Zaugg

FDJ
151. G.Meersman
152. R.Bardet
153. S.Casar
154. A.Geslin
155. A.Jeanneson
156. R.Pauriol
157. D.Rollin
158. D.Teklehaimanot

Androni Giocattoli
161. K.De Weert
162. A.Bertolini
163. J.Monsalve
164. L.Moser
165. L.Piepoli
166. J.Rodríguez
167. J.Rujano
168. E.Zen

Landbouwkrediet
171. B.Traksel
172. F.Amorison
173. E.Cammaerts
174. D.Commeyne
175. B.Planckaert
176. J.Van de Walle
177. S.Vandousselaere
178. G.Verheyen

Saxo Bank
181. R.Porte
182. V.Gustov
183. J.Hernández
184. M.Kragh
185. R.Majka
186. D.Navarro
187. S.Paulinho
188. B.Pires

Sony Ericsson
191. K.Seeldraeyers
192. C.Barton
193. T.Duggan
194. N.Keinath
195. T.Lowe
196. D.Pate
197. M.Reimer
198. T.Rohregger

Saur
201. J.Galland
202. E.Berthou
203. J.Bideau
204. J.Casper
205. F.Jeandesboz
206. G.Levarlet
207. D.Petrov
208. Y.Talabardon

Cofidis
211. A.Geniez
212. J.Demaret
213. J.Fouchard
214. K.Hulsmans
215. C.Lhotellerie
216. D.Moncoutié
217. D.Monier
218. N.Vogondy


Our team
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The favourites
The question is, who can stop Philippe Gilbert in taking his 3rd consecutive win in LBL, something that hasn't been performed since Moreno Argentin the late 80's?
*** Philippe Gilbert (Lotto), Joaquím Rodríguez (Katusha), Andy Schleck.
** Damiano Cunego (Radio Shack), Simon Gerrans (Qantas), Roman Kreuziger (Astana).
* Igor Antón (Euskaltel), Fränk Schleck (Omega Pharma), Giovanni Visconti (BMC), Peter Sagan, Cadel Evans (Katusha), Jelle Vanendert.

Our goal
Our first goal is the Top 3. But with the race progressing, maybe we'll aim for something more....

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Ian Butler
Lots of luck!
You could put pressure on (the team of) Gilbert by attacking with Vanendert/Sagan or De Gendt, maybe?
 
Miguel98
Good luck on Fleche. And Bosisio, he is naughty. His hand is almost their, but the camera decides to ruin his thing.Smile
 
dienblad
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The race

256km to go
The race hasn't even left the streets of Liège, when the first attack occurs. Stefan Denifl (Red Bull) and Geert Dockx (Lotto) are the ones, but they won't get far.
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228km to go
The 2nd breakaway attempt seems to be the right one to get the approval of the peloton. 8 riders, namely Monsalve (Androni), Boasson Hagen (Lotto), Herrada (Movistar), Pellizotti (Lampre), Pires (Saxo), Teklehaimanot (FDJ), Commeyne (Landbouwkrediet) and Bardet (FDJ), quickly create a 2-minute gap. But there is still a very long way to go!
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125km to go
2 riders have managed to bridge the gap from the peloton to the 8 leaders, namely Markus Eibegger (Red BUll) and Remmert Wielenga (Rabobank). The 10 already have a margin of 7'05 to the first part of the peloton.
First part? Yes, at the short but steep Côte de Saint-Roch (1km at 11%), the peloton breaks into 2 pieces and a group of 55 riders lead the 2nd group of 60 with over a minute. Some favourites and outsiders have got surprised, as they were placed too far behind: S. Sánchez, Kruijswijk, Monfort, Gerrans, Antón, F. Schleck and Evans can bang their heads against the wall.
As soon as we find out that the gap has occurred, we set Dumoulin & Ligthart in the lead of the peloton, increasing the pace!
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113km to go
As a result, the margin of the breakaway to the first peloton decreases rapidly to 4'40. The 2nd group, with the domestiques of Euskaltel and Qantas doing the pace, is loosing ground, and follows at 6'18.
But strangely, some riders still want to attack out of the first peloton, even the pace towards the hills is extremely high. So Kreder, Kirchen, Mayoz, Van der Sande and Rogers get caught immediately.
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96km to go
When the breakaway starts the ascend of the Côte de Wanne, they're already about to be caught. The development of the race was for sure in thier disadvantage. The 2nd peloton has seen it's gap to the 1st peloton increasing to 3 minutes, so also Lampre starts to help in the chase. As we still have to do the work in the peloton, desperataly asking the other teams (Lotto, Astana and Radio Shack) to help us to get rid of some opponents.
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85km to go
Ascending the Côte de la Haute-Levée, the margin of the first peloton to the 2nd has decreased with about a minute to 2'04. As Dumoulin & Ligthart aren't able of doing the pace in the hills, Rob Ruijgh is leading the peloton now.
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73km to go
Ruijgh is still leading the first peloton over the Col du Rosier and his pace makes that the group is getting smaller and smaller, only 40 riders left. Lampre is decreasing the margin to 1'40 and without the help of other teams, the 2 groups will emerge....
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50km to go
Finally, when ascending the Mont-Theux, we get some help. Radio Shack send their domestiques to the front to help in doing the pace, as the 2nd peloton is only 1 minute behind. Well, domestiques..... Vincenzo Nibali, Levi Leipheimer and Jakob Fuglsang aren't exactly domestiqeus, but outsiders!
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34km to go
A group of 32 riders reaches the foot of the Côte de La Redoute (2.0km at 8.8%). But at the same time as Andy Schleck takes the lead and controls the pace, the 2nd groups has found contact, and the favourites that were placed in that group are starting to make their way to the first ranks.
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32km to go
A lot of changes happen in the ascend of the Redoute, with riders falling back out of the first group, and riders making their way to the first ranks out of the second group.
As a result, a group of 12 riders have created a small margin to a second group of 13 riders.
Present in the first group are: Andy Schleck, Peter Sagan, Thomas De Gendt, Jelle Vanendert from Monster Energy - Subway, Jakob Fuglsang, Damiano Cunego, Ben Hermans and Levi Leipheimer from Radio Shack, Chris Froome and Kim Kirchen form Sky and Joaquím Rodríguez (Katusha) and Philippe Gilbert (Lotto).
Only 20 seconds behind follows the next group with Roman Kreuziger (Astana), CA Sorensen, Giovanni Visconti & Jurgen Van den Broeck (BMC), Enrico Gasparotto (Lampre), Michel Kreder (Garmin), Fränk Schleck (Omega Pharma), Nibali & Wiggins (Radio Shack) and Cadel Evans (Katusha) in it. Igor Antón, Rob Ruijgh and Simon Gerrans are about to join this group.
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19km to go
Some riders of the 2nd group join the first one, and some of the first one get dropped. As a result, the first group consists of 14 riders when the Côte de La Roche aux Faucons (1.5km at 9.3%) begins. Just as with the Redoute, Andy Schleck takes control of the pace, followed by his team mates De Gendt, Ruijgh, Sagan & Vanendert, as well as Philippe Gilbert, Roman Kreuziger, Simon Gerrans, Michel Kreder, Giovanni Visconti, Joaquím Rodríguez, Cadel Evans and Emanuelle Sella. A 2nd group with Kirchen, Antón, CA Sorensen, Fränk Schleck, S. Sánchez and the Radio Shack guys Nibali, Cunego and Hermans follow at '43.
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16km to go
When the Roche aux Faucons is done, Joaquím Rodríguez attacks out of the first group. Simon Gerrans is the first to counter, followed by Roman Kreuziger. When Philippe Gilbert does the same, Andy Schleck jumps at his wheel.
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9km to go
In the descend towards the Saint-Nicolas, these 5 riders find each other and start to cooperate. They take a lead of 32 seconds to a 2nd group with Cunego, Gasparotto, De Gendt, Ruijgh, Vanendert & Sagan, Evans, Kreder and Visconti, and 1'09 to Antón, Fränk Schleck, Sella and Hermans.
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6km to go
The 5 leaders have managed to increase their lead when the arrive at the foot of the Côte de Saint-Nicolas (1.2km at 8.6%). When the road arises with more than 10%, local favourite Philippe Gilbert launches a furious attack. When Schleck wants to win, he has to counter!
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4km to go
Gilbert has created a small gap to Schleck and Rodríguez, when the descend after the Saint-Nicolas start. Kreuziger and Gerrans couldn't follow the attack and are '42 behind.
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1500m to go
Andy Schleck pretty easily closes the gap to Gilbert, whereas Rodríguez gets dropped. The road is ascending again towards the finish in Ans, and it will be a sprint-a-deux for the win.
Will Gilbert take his 3rd win in La Doyenne in a row, or will it be the 2nd one for Schleck after 2009? Looking at their faces, Gilbert looks exhausted, will Schleck still looks pretty fresh (thanks to a daily form of +5, thank you PCM!!).
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600m to go
Gilbert tries to surprise his opponent with a long sprint, but Andy Schleck has no problems in taking over. Gilbert realizes he won't win this one and cracks.
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Finish
After two times a 4th place in the previous week (AGR en Flèche), Andy Schleck wins Liège - Bastogne - Liège! He was way too strong for Gilbert in the sprint, who has to be dissapointed with this week, with a 2nd, a 5th and again a 2nd, in contrast with 3 wins last year.
Rodríguez finishes in 3rd at '34, while Gerrans beats Kreuziger for the 4th place. At 1'38, Jelle Vanendert wins the sprint for the 6th place, beating Peter Sagan, Damiano Cunego, Giovanni Visconti and Enrico Gasparotto in 10th place.
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Results
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1Andy SchleckMonster Energy - Subway6h55'12
2Philippe GilbertLotto - Belisol+ 15
3Joaquím RodríguezKatusha Team+ 34
4Simon GerransQantas Airways+ 1'12
5Roman KreuzigerPro Team Astana+ 1'20
6Jelle VanendertMonster Energy - Subway+ 1'38
7Peter SaganMonster Energy - Subways.t.
8Damiano CunegoRadio Shack - Nissans.t.
9Giovanni ViscontiBMC Racing Teams.t.
10Enrico GasparottoLampre - Generalis.t.

Spoiler
11Rob RuijghMonster Energy - Subways.t.
12Cadel EvansKatusha Teams.t.
13Thomas De GendtMonster Energy - Subways.t.
14Michel KrederGarmin - Barracudas.t.
15Fränk SchleckOmega Pharma - Quick·Step+ 3'58
16Ben HermansRadio Shack - Nissans.t.
17Igor AntónEuskaltel - Euskadis.t.
18Emanuele SellaLampre - Generalis.t.
19Chris Anker SørensenBMC Racing Team+ 4'51
20Kim KirchenSky ProCycling+ 5'01
21Pim LigthartMonster Energy - Subway+ 6'24
22Vincenzo NibaliRadio Shack - Nissan+ 8'52
23Samuel SánchezLampre - Generalis.t.
24Chris FroomeSky ProCycling+ 9'10
25Alberto ContadorMovistar Team+ 9'17
26Bobbie TrakselLandbouwkrediet - Euphony+ 9'26
27Rigoberto UránSky ProCycling+ 9'42
28Michael RogersSky ProCyclings.t.
29Iban MayozEuskaltel - Euskadi+ 9'55
30Bauke MollemaBMC Racing Teams.t.
31Pierre RollandOmega Pharma - Quick·Step+ 11'22
32Alexandre VinokourovPro Team Astanas.t.
33José RujanoAndroni Giocattoli+ 12'50
34Jakob FuglsangRadio Shack - Nissan+ 13'26
35David ArroyoMovistar Team+ 14'38
36Andrey KashechkinLampre - Generalis.t.
37Anthony GeslinFDJ+ 14'48
38Jan KuyckxLotto - Belisols.t.
39Bradley WigginsRadio Shack - Nissans.t.
40Andreas KlödenRadio Shack - Nissans.t.
41Andriy GrivkoPro Team Astanas.t.
42Richie PorteSaxo Bank SunGards.t.
43Laurens Ten DamRabobank Cycling Teams.t.
44Rémi PauriolFDJs.t.
45Kanstantsin SiutsouSky ProCyclings.t.
46Steven KruijswijkQantas Airwayss.t.
47Tom StubbeLotto - Belisols.t.
48Fabio DuartePro Team Astana+ 15'12
49David LópezMovistar Team+ 15'33
50Janez BrajkovičRadio Shack - Nissan+ 15'46
51Wim Van HuffelLotto - Belisol+ 17'28
52Ivan BassoSky ProCycling+ 17'46
53Sergey FirsanovKatusha Teams.t.
54Carlos BarredoMovistar Team+ 18'02
55Levi LeipheimerRadio Shack - Nissans.t.
56Mikhail IgnatievKatusha Teams.t.
57Morris PossoniSky ProCycling+ 18'37
58Alexei ShchebelinKatusha Teams.t.
59Dario CioniSky ProCycling+ 18'53
60Vladimir EfimkinKatusha Teams.t.
61Nuno RibeiroPro Team Astana+ 19'04
62Andrea MolettaLampre - Generalis.t.
63Matthew LloydPro Team Astanas.t.
64Gert DockxLotto - Belisols.t.
65Sérgio PaulinhoSaxo Bank SunGards.t.
66Pieter WeeningQantas Airwayss.t.
67David ZabriskieQantas Airwayss.t.
68Clément LhotellerieCofidis, le crédit en lignes.t.
69Bruno PiresSaxo Bank SunGards.t.
70Kevin SeeldraeyersSony Ericsson+ 19'42
71Oliver ZauggRed Bull - Cervélo+ 20'00
72Nico KeinathSony Ericssons.t.
73Edvald Boasson HagenLotto - Belisols.t.
74Tom DumoulinMonster Energy - Subways.t.
75Pavel BruttRabobank Cycling Team+ 20'53
76Kristof VandewalleOmega Pharma - Quick·Steps.t.
77Luis León SánchezRabobank Cycling Teams.t.
78Heinrich HausslerRabobank Cycling Teams.t.
79Kevin De WeertAndroni Giocattolis.t.
80Jérémie GallandSaur - Sojasun+ 21'12
81Dominique RollinFDJs.t.
82Jürgen Van de WalleLandbouwkrediet - Euphonys.t.
83Yannick EijssenBMC Racing Teams.t.
84Alessandro BertoliniAndroni Giocattolis.t.
85Christophe RiblonGarmin - Barracuda+ 22'02
86Sébastien JolyGarmin - Barracudas.t.
87Robert KiserlovskiGarmin - Barracuda+ 22'35
88Tosh Van der SandeOmega Pharma - Quick·Steps.t.
89Maxime MonfortLotto - Belisols.t.
90Jurgen Van den BroeckBMC Racing Teams.t.
91Danny PateSony Ericssons.t.
92Wout PoelsRabobank Cycling Teams.t.
93Tom SlagterRabobank Cycling Teams.t.
94Remmert WielingaRabobank Cycling Team+ 22'57
95Amaël MoinardBMC Racing Teams.t.
96Jesús HerradaMovistar Team+ 23'08
97Yannick TalabardonSaur - Sojasun+ 23'16
98Peter StetinaGarmin - Barracudas.t.
99Jean-Eudes DemaretCofidis, le crédit en ligne+ 24'27
100Daniel NavarroSaxo Bank SunGards.t.
101Stefan DeniflRed Bull - Cervélos.t.
102Nicolas VogondyCofidis, le crédit en ligne+ 24'49
103Igor AbakoumovLotto - Belisol+ 24'57
104Eduard PradesEuskaltel - Euskadi+ 26'26
105Vasil KiryienkaPro Team Astana+ 26'48
106Daniel TeklehaimanotFDJ+ 27'11
107Jackson RodríguezAndroni Giocattolis.t.
108Michael AlbasiniRed Bull - Cervélo+ 27'42
109Alexandre GeniezCofidis, le crédit en lignes.t.
110Stef ClementRabobank Cycling Teams.t.
111Franco PellizottiLampre - Generalis.t.
112Maxim LefèvreMonster Energy - Subways.t.
113Gianni MeersmanFDJ+ 28'05
114Ryder HesjedalGarmin - Barracudas.t.
115Sven VandousselaereLandbouwkrediet - Euphonys.t.
116Egoi MartínezEuskaltel - Euskadi+ 28'28
117Johann TschoppBMC Racing Team+ 29'29
118Jonathan MonsalveAndroni Giocattolis.t.
119Mikel AstarlozaEuskaltel - Euskadis.t.


The winner
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Word from the DS
Oh man, what an unbelievable exciting race. It was full of action for over 100 kilometres, and in the end, we took the win!!
Winning 2 monuments this year, I think I'll get pretty drunk tonight!!
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Ian Butler
Congratulations!
What a win, beautiful! Gilbert has met his match!
Brilliant racing.
 
fernando97
Nice win, congrats!
It was so great to see Andy sprinting away from Gilbert!
 
TomC
Huge win for Andy, well done Wink
 
Spilak23
This great victory deserves a banana!! Great racing by Andy! Grin

Banana
 
sutty68
What a brilliant victory for Andy in the Liege-Bastogne- Liege, Well Done Banana
 
The Blues
Glad to hear that the story continues!

And a throughout deserved and awesome victory by Andy! Banana
 
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