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Petronas - Monster Energy; The end of an era
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 19-06-2012 20:29
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Impressive! 
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| Maddrengen |
Posted on 19-06-2012 20:37
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How the hell did you manage to sprint away from Gilbert? 
NICE! 
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 19-06-2012 20:42
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A for the win. |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 19-06-2012 21:00
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@ all: Thanks a lot. This for sure was one of my best races in PCM. And Maddrengen: really don't know... Andy had a daily form of +5 and more than half the bars were still full. Think it was a PCM-bug 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 19-06-2012 21:44
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First time every to have a bug in your advantage, in my experience of pcm  |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 19-06-2012 22:36
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Bug or not, this win has to be applauded, well done! |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 19-06-2012 23:16
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The last classic we participate in, is Rund um Köln, in the beautiful German city Köln. The field is always prett weak here, but with Marcel Kittel in the team, we are present here.
Last year, we got surprised by Saxo's Chris Anker Sorensen, who took the win.
 
The route
The route looks pretty familiar to the GP Ouest Plouay..... Way too difficult for this field.
Startlist
Spoiler Monster Energy - Ford
1. T.De Gendt
2. G.Bernard
3. M.Kittel
4. M.Lefèvre
5. J.Mulder
6. J.Posthuma
7. J.Vanendert
8. D.van Dongen
Concordia Forsikring
11. R.Guldhammer
12. N.Aistrup
13. N.Byrgesen
14. L.N.Hansen
15. K.Larsen
16. J.E.Madsen
17. M.Meyer
18. M.Sohrabi
Rothaus
21. M.Fothen
22. S.Baldauf
23. M.Eichler
24. M.Hock
25. R.Obst
26. A.M.Richeze
27. A.Schulze
28. B.Takacs
Qantas
31. S.Clarke
32. R.England
33. M.Hayman
34. R.McEwen
35. C.Meyer
36. J.Mouris
37. L.Rowe
38. W.Sulzberger
Vorarlberg
41. B.Samoilau
42. R.Hollenstein
43. C.Scognamiglio
44. H.Starzengruber
45. G.Trampusch
46. R.Weissinger
Glud & Marstrand
51. T.R.Vinther
52. M.Berling
53. L.Bøchman
54. K.Jebjerg
55. J.Nielsen
56. J.Sørensen
Saxo Bank
61. J.A.Jørgensen
62. M.Christensen
63. L.S.Haedo
64. M.Kragh
65. D.Kreutzfeldt
66. G.Larsson
67. R.Majka
68. D.Tanner
Rabobank CT
71. S.Van Winden
72. D.Beckeringh
73. M.Goos
74. R.Keister
75. B-J.Lindeman
76. J.Pronk
77. O.Riesebeek
78. M.Van Blanken
NetApp
81. M.Kessler
82. S.Cozza
83. A.Gottfried
84. B.Huzarski
85. C.Lewis
86. S.Löffler
87. A.Schillinger
88. R.Wagner
Pisanellastoria
91. F.Negri
92. M.Biondo
93. R.Cesaro
94. G.Muraglia
95. E.Rossi
96. M.Tjallingii
97. V.Zagorodny
98. C.la Porta
Nutrixxion
101. S.Fuchs
102. M.Bertling
103. G.Janorschke
104. A.Klier
105. S.May
106. B.Schröder
107. M.Schweizer
108. B.Sydlik
TDC
111. M.Mørkøv
112. N.Bouhanni
113. D.Foder
114. M.Høberg
115. C.Jørgensen
116. S.Lander
117. S.Pedersen
118. M.Øllegaard
Eddy Merckx
121. D.Müller
122. M.Belka
123. D.Finders
124. J.Kohlmann
125. M.Kurth
126. C.Patron
Joker
131. R.Vrecer
132. K.Arvesen
133. V.Breen
134. Z.Dempster
135. A.Kristoff
136. P.McDonald
Østerhus
141. G.A.Chadwick
142. O.Haavardsholm
143. R.Hegreberg
144. D.Jarstø
145. C.J.Ochoa
146. C.Rake
147. S.Remme
148. F.Wilmann
PSK Whirlpool
151. M.Hebik
152. J.Hosek
153. M.Nowak
154. T.Smolen
155. A.Wadecki
Atlas Personal
161. R.Cusin
162. R.Addy
163. P.Erdin
164. J.Fumeaux
165. D.Rosch
166. D.Wyss
CCC Polsat
171. J.Mendes
172. D.Batek
173. A.Honkisz
174. M.Kwiatkowski
175. B.Matysiak
176. R.Ratajczyk
177. M.Witecki
178. P.Zielinski
Bank BGZ
181. A.Detko
182. M.Golas
183. B.Janiaczyk
184. T.Kiendys
185. R.Radosz
186. D.Rudnicki
Onfone
191. M.Rasmussen
192. M.Bertelsen
193. M.Hester
194. R.Hunter
195. P.Nielsen
196. K.Sobota
197. M.Steen
Adria Mobil
201. T.Nose
202. K.Fajt
203. G.Gazvoda
204. M.Mihelic
205. U.Murn
206. M.Stare
Trilux
211. S.Krauss
212. T.Bontenackels
213. B.Bürgel
214. D.Pohl
215. F.Thiel
216. J.Tolles
LKT
221. F.Schiewer
222. R.Bartko
223. F.Dehmel
224. J.Kühn
225. T.Meier
226. A.Usov
Our team
Our goal
With this field, only the win is good enough....
The race
The race is a knockout. Every lap, more and more riders get dropped out of the peloton. We try to let Marcel Kittel stay in the first group and manage to do it untill the last climb. There, he can't follow the pace anymore, so Jelle Vanendert & Thomas De Gendt get the green light to destroy the competition. And without much effort, they do so. Vanendert is given the win, after getting top 10's in the Ardennes classics.
Results
| 1 | Jelle Vanendert | Monster Energy - Subway | 6h28'16 | | 2 | Thomas De Gendt | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 3 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 15 | | 4 | Maurizio Biondo | Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 5 | Maarten Tjallingii | Pisanellastoria - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 6 | Rasmus Guldhammer | Team Concordia Forsikring – Himmerland | s.t. | | 7 | Simon Clarke | Qantas Airways | + 33 | | 8 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 9 | Wesley Sulzberger | Qantas Airways | s.t. | | 10 | Marcel Kittel | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. |
The winner
Word from the DS
We hope the field is stronger next year, as this was no fun (and yes, checked twice, it really was on extreme....).
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 19-06-2012 23:27
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A Brilliant performance by the team in Germany 
And a Great victory for Vanendert |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 20-06-2012 06:56
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The last stop before the Giro d'Italia takes place, is the Tour de Romandie. The 6-stage race in the French-speaking part of Switzerland serves as the last preparation race for the Giro, with some riders fully aiming for the GC.
Last year, Alberto Contador was unbeatable here, taking one of his WT-wins before he got suspended.
 
The route
The designers of the route obviously weren't inspirated, as they give us the exact same route as in 2011.
The Tour de Romandie kicks off with a very short prologue (3.5km) in the streets of Martigny. The next day, we leave Martigny to the North over 172 kilometres towards Leysin. This stage features 2 first categorized climbs in the last 25 kilometres, including the finish at the latter of them. The 3rd stage with start and finish in Romont is very hilly, with one first categorized climb only 16km before the finish.
Stage 4 from Thierrens to Neuchatel begins flat, but fetaures some climbing work in the last 50 kilometres. The penultimate stage is a 20km hilly ITT around Signal-de-Bougy, at the North side of the Lac de Genève. The last stage, the riders ride from Champagne to Genève. The middle part of it is difficult with 2 1st categorized climbs, but the last 60km are descending and flat.
Startlist
Spoiler Monster Energy - Ford
1. W.Kelderman
2. J.Bobridge
3. T.Bos
4. F.De Greef
5. M.De Maar
6. R.Gesink
7. M.Kittel
8. R.Zingle
Lotto
11. E.Boasson Hagen
12. I.Abakoumov
13. G.M.Bates
14. J.De Schepper
15. M.Goss
16. J.Kuyckx
17. M.Neyens
18. W.Van Huffel
Katusha
21. J.Rodríguez
22. L.Battistini
23. M.Belkov
24. M.Ignatiev
25. A.Markov
26. A.Shchebelin
27. N.Trussov
28. M.Vantomme
Rabobank
31. H.Haussler
32. R.Flens
33. M.Kump
34. P.Martens
35. W.Poels
36. M.Renshaw
37. R.Wielinga
38. M.Wynants
Saxo Bank
41. R.Porte
42. R.Jørgensen
43. J.A.Jørgensen
44. M.Kragh
45. G.Larsson
46. R.Majka
47. B.Pires
48. N.Sørensen
AG2R La Mondiale
51. N.Roche
52. M.Bouet
53. S.Houanard
54. B.Kadri
55. R.Nocentini
56. M.Perget
57. T.Pinot
58. F.Vachon
Sony Ericsson
61. R.Taaramäe
62. W.Clarke
63. M.Fischer
64. G.Mannion
65. D.Pate
66. R.Quaade
67. J.Roelandts
68. S.Schumacher
Sky
71. K.Kirchen
72. M.Barry
73. A.Dowsett
74. P.Kennaugh
75. C.Knees
76. I.Stannard
77. B.Swift
78. R.Urán
RadioShack
81. J.Brajkovic
82. L.Duque
83. R.Justice
84. B.Selander
85. E.Silin
86. A.Talansky
87. C.Vande Velde
88. J.Voigt
Omega Pharma
91. T.Farrar
92. B.De Waele
93. R.Goris
94. B.Grabsch
95. Z.Stybar
96. G.Van Keirsbulck
97. S.Van Vooren
98. T.Van der Sande
Euskaltel
101. B.Intxausti
102. M.Astarloza
103. K.Fernández
104. J.M.Gárate
105. J.Á.Gómez Marchante
106. A.Peña
107. R.Sicard
108. G.Verdugo
Movistar
111. R.Plaza
112. D.Arroyo
113. R.Costa
114. Ó.Freire
115. J.Herrada
116. J.Iriarte
117. G.Izagirre
118. Á.Madrazo
FDJ
121. J.Roy
122. R.Bardet
123. S.Casar
124. A.Geslin
125. A.Jeanneson
126. G.Meersman
127. R.Pauriol
128. F.Wegmann
Lampre
131. F.Pellizotti
132. V.Kondrut
133. D.Loosli
134. A.Malori
135. G.Mirenda
136. G.Nizzolo
137. A.Pérez Arrieta
138. D.Righi
Qantas
141. D.Zabriskie
142. S.Clarke
143. J.Dean
144. R.Downing
145. R.England
146. L.Howard
147. J.McEvoy
148. P.Weening
Red Bull
151. M.Frank
152. L.Beuret
153. S.Denifl
154. F.Stalder
155. J.Sütterlin
156. T.Thömel
157. P.Voss
158. O.Zaugg
Garmin
161. M.Kreder
162. A.Candelario
163. A.Castro
164. S.Joly
165. G.Rasch
166. F.Rodriguez
167. K.Wamsley
168. T.Wren
BMC
171. C.A.Sørensen
172. C.Beyer
173. A.Moinard
174. S.Morabito
175. A.Petacchi
176. T.Phinney
177. J.Tschopp
178. S.Zahner
Astana
181. J.Serpa
182. V.Iglinskiy
183. T.Kangert
184. M.Lloyd
185. E.Petrov
186. N.Ribeiro
187. C.Sutton
188. A.Zeits
Androni Giocattoli
191. M.Montaguti
192. A.D'Aniello
193. R.Ferrari
194. F.Ginanni
195. A.Grendene
196. M.Lorenzetto
197. L.Moser
198. E.Zen
Acqua & Sapone
201. A.Proni
202. M.Busato
203. S.Commesso
204. D.D'Angelo
205. A.Furlan
206. S.Locatelli
207. R.Marzoli
208. F.Taborre
Colombia es Pasión
211. F.Montaña
212. J.Cano
213. J.Forero
214. J.Martinez
215. W.Pedraza
216. W.Perez
217. V.H.Peña
218. H.Salazar
Our team
The favourites
*** Edvald Boasson Hagen (Lotto), Richie Porte (Saxo), Joaquím Rodríguez (Katusha).
** Janez Brajkovic (Radio Shack), Rein Taaramäe (Sony Ericsson), Beñat Intxausti (Euskaltel).
* Robert Gesink, Rubén Plaza (Movistar), Kim Kirchen (Sky).
Our goal
This is a preparation for our GC-riders Gesink and Kelderman for the Giro. Therefore they start with low fitness and we don't have GC-expectations with them. So we'll aim for a stage win with the sprinters, although that will be tough against Farrar and Boasson Hagen.
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| dienblad |
Posted on 20-06-2012 07:06
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Stage 1
What can happen in 3.5 flat kilometres? Well, a lot. The riders must be very explosive, and not everybody can do this. So we expect bigger time gaps than just a few seconds...
To start with: our riders haven't performed well in this prologue. 6 of them loose between 13 and 18 seconds to today's winner. The best of the team is Aussie Jack Bobridge, who is 9 seconds slower than today's winner. He takes the 17th place with it.
Who takes the win then? With Sony Ericsson's Stefan Schumacher in the lead for a long, long time, his time gets beaten by the Swedisch TT-champ Gustav Erik Larsson (4'40). The only rider that is able to threaten the time is Italian Adriano Malori. But he's '2 slower than the Saxo-rider, so Bjarne Riis can celebrate a win.
Results & GC
| 1 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Saxo Bank SunGard | 4'40 | | 2 | Adriano Malori | Lampre - Generali | + 2 | | 3 | Stefan Schumacher | Sony Ericsson | + 3 | | 4 | Jens Voigt | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 4 | | 5 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 6 | Christian Knees | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 7 | David Zabriskie | Qantas Airways | s.t. | | 8 | Kim Kirchen | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 9 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 5 | | 10 | Tyler Farrar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 Danny Pate Sony Ericsson + 6
12 Richie Porte Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
13 Edvald Boasson Hagen Lotto - Belisol + 7
14 Bert Grabsch Omega Pharma - Quick·Step + 8
15 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
16 Janez Brajkovič Radio Shack - Nissan s.t.
17 Jack Bobridge Monster Energy - Subway + 9
18 Sandy Casar FDJ + 10
19 Matteo Montaguti Androni Giocattoli s.t.
20 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team s.t.
21 Beñat Intxausti Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
22 Rein Taaramäe Sony Ericsson s.t.
23 Heinrich Haussler Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
24 Paul Voss Red Bull - Cervélo + 11
25 Gorka Izagirre Movistar Team s.t.
26 Leigh Howard Qantas Airways s.t.
27 Sébastien Joly Garmin - Barracuda s.t.
28 Mikhail Ignatiev Katusha Team s.t.
29 Rui Costa Movistar Team s.t.
30 Ian Stannard Sky ProCycling s.t.
31 Romain Sicard Euskaltel - Euskadi + 12
32 Alexei Markov Katusha Team s.t.
33 Nicolas Roche AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
34 Marc De Maar Monster Energy - Subway + 13
35 Peter Kennaugh Sky ProCycling s.t.
36 Tanel Kangert Pro Team Astana s.t.
37 Alex Dowsett Sky ProCycling s.t.
38 Steve Houanard AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
39 Joaquím Rodríguez Katusha Team s.t.
40 Rasmus Quaade Sony Ericsson s.t.
41 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi + 14
42 Andrew Talansky Radio Shack - Nissan s.t.
43 Blel Kadri AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
44 Rick Flens Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
45 Jérémy Roy FDJ s.t.
46 Wilco Kelderman Monster Energy - Subway s.t.
47 Christian Vande Velde Radio Shack - Nissan + 15
48 Jürgen Roelandts Sony Ericsson s.t.
49 Maarten Neyens Lotto - Belisol s.t.
50 Amaël Moinard BMC Racing Team s.t.
51 Romain Bardet FDJ s.t.
52 Leonardo Duque Radio Shack - Nissan s.t.
53 Tosh Van der Sande Omega Pharma - Quick·Step + 16
54 Bruno Pires Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
55 Russell Downing Qantas Airways s.t.
56 Óscar Freire Movistar Team s.t.
57 Theo Bos Monster Energy - Subway s.t.
58 David Arroyo Movistar Team s.t.
59 Alessandro Proni Acqua & Sapone s.t.
60 Michel Kreder Garmin - Barracuda s.t.
61 Pieter Weening Qantas Airways s.t.
62 Rigoberto Urán Sky ProCycling + 17
63 Marcel Kittel Monster Energy - Subway s.t.
64 Nuno Ribeiro Pro Team Astana s.t.
65 Gianni Meersman FDJ s.t.
66 Mark Renshaw Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
67 Evgeni Petrov Pro Team Astana s.t.
68 José Ángel Gómez Marchante Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
69 Wout Poels Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
70 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team s.t.
71 Juan Manuel Gárate Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
72 Francis De Greef Monster Energy - Subway s.t.
73 Marko Kump Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
74 Gene Michael Bates Lotto - Belisol s.t.
75 Matthias Frank Red Bull - Cervélo s.t.
76 Rémi Pauriol FDJ + 18
77 Robert Gesink Monster Energy - Subway s.t.
78 Stefan Denifl Red Bull - Cervélo s.t.
79 Koldo Fernández Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
80 Vitali Kondrut Lampre - Generali s.t.
81 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
82 Ángel Madrazo Movistar Team s.t.
83 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team + 19
84 Nikolai Trussov Katusha Team s.t.
85 Richard England Qantas Airways s.t.
86 Salvatore Commesso Acqua & Sapone s.t.
87 Maxime Bouet AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
88 Víctor Hugo Peña Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 20
89 Alexei Shchebelin Katusha Team s.t.
90 Alessandro Petacchi BMC Racing Team s.t.
91 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
92 Matthew Goss Lotto - Belisol s.t.
93 Gavin Mannion Sony Ericsson s.t.
94 Maxim Belkov Katusha Team s.t.
95 Chad Beyer BMC Racing Team s.t.
96 José Serpa Pro Team Astana s.t.
97 Maarten Wynants Rabobank Cycling Team + 21
98 Romain Zingle Monster Energy - Subway s.t.
99 Gianluca Mirenda Lampre - Generali s.t.
100 Arnold Jeanneson FDJ s.t.
101 Anthony Geslin FDJ s.t.
102 Roberto Ferrari Androni Giocattoli s.t.
103 Julian Dean Qantas Airways s.t.
104 Bert De Waele Omega Pharma - Quick·Step s.t.
105 Daniele Righi Lampre - Generali s.t.
106 Fabian Wegmann FDJ s.t.
107 Nicki Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard + 22
108 Ben Swift Sky ProCycling s.t.
109 Giacomo Nizzolo Lampre - Generali s.t.
110 Bjorn Selander Radio Shack - Nissan s.t.
111 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
112 Chris Anker Sørensen BMC Racing Team s.t.
113 Simon Zahner BMC Racing Team s.t.
114 Hugo Salazar Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
115 Maxime Vantomme Katusha Team + 23
116 Kyle Wamsley Garmin - Barracuda s.t.
117 Remmert Wielinga Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
118 Tino Thömel Red Bull - Cervélo s.t.
119 Rafal Majka Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
120 Jasha Sütterlin Red Bull - Cervélo s.t.
121 Valentin Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana s.t.
122 Michael Barry Sky ProCycling s.t.
123 Freddy Montaña Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
124 Oliver Zaugg Red Bull - Cervélo s.t.
125 Wim Van Huffel Lotto - Belisol + 24
126 Stefano Locatelli Acqua & Sapone s.t.
127 Mirco Lorenzetto Androni Giocattoli s.t.
128 Jan Kuyckx Lotto - Belisol s.t.
129 Egor Silin Radio Shack - Nissan s.t.
130 Davide D'Angelo Acqua & Sapone s.t.
131 Francesco Ginanni Androni Giocattoli s.t.
132 Florian Stalder Red Bull - Cervélo s.t.
133 Laurent Beuret Red Bull - Cervélo s.t.
134 William Clarke Sony Ericsson s.t.
135 Thibaut Pinot AG2R La Mondiale + 25
136 Walter Pedraza Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
137 Gabriel Rasch Garmin - Barracuda s.t.
138 Alexandre Castro Garmin - Barracuda s.t.
139 Simon Clarke Qantas Airways s.t.
140 Franco Pellizotti Lampre - Generali s.t.
141 Christopher Sutton Pro Team Astana + 26
142 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Omega Pharma - Quick·Step s.t.
143 Juan Forero Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
144 Aitor Pérez Arrieta Lampre - Generali + 27
145 Steven Van Vooren Omega Pharma - Quick·Step s.t.
146 Aketza Peña Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
147 Andrea Grendene Androni Giocattoli s.t.
148 Zdenek Stybar Omega Pharma - Quick·Step s.t.
149 Murilo Fischer Sony Ericsson s.t.
150 Antonio D'Aniello Androni Giocattoli s.t.
151 Andrey Zeits Pro Team Astana s.t.
152 Fabio Taborre Acqua & Sapone s.t.
153 Fred Rodriguez Garmin - Barracuda + 28
154 Javier Iriarte Movistar Team s.t.
155 John Martinez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
156 Martin Kragh Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
157 Riley Justice Radio Shack - Nissan s.t.
158 René Jørgensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
159 Lucas Battistini Katusha Team s.t.
160 Igor Abakoumov Lotto - Belisol s.t.
161 Rob Goris Omega Pharma - Quick·Step s.t.
162 Enrico Zen Androni Giocattoli s.t.
163 Ruggero Marzoli Acqua & Sapone + 29
164 Jonathon McEvoy Qantas Airways s.t.
165 Wilmar Perez Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia s.t.
166 Mathieu Perget AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
167 Matthew Lloyd Pro Team Astana + 30
168 Jurgen De Schepper Lotto - Belisol s.t.
169 David Loosli Lampre - Generali s.t.
170 Matteo Busato Acqua & Sapone s.t.
171 Alex Candelario Garmin - Barracuda s.t.
172 Tyler Wren Garmin - Barracuda + 31
173 Jorge Cano Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia + 34
174 Florian Vachon AG2R La Mondiale + 35
175 Angelo Furlan Acqua & Sapone s.t.
176 Leonardo Moser Androni Giocattoli + 37
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Not a good start, but these short prologues aren't easy when you're not in a good form.
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| dienblad |
Posted on 20-06-2012 09:09
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Stage 2
Already in the 2nd stage, the riders face a crucial one that can decide the GC. The first 140 kilometres after the start in Martigny are relatively easy, but then the road starts to ascend to the summit of the Col du Pillon (7.1km at 5.1%). After the descend to Le Rosex, the riders start to climb again towards Leysin. The last 5.7 kilometres are ascending with 6.2%.
103km to go
The story is the same as always: an early breakaway (10 riders) is allowed to get a margin of several minutes (max. 8), and they can start dreaming about the stage win.
Sony Ericsson's Gavin Mannion takes the points at a midstage KOTM-sprint, folowed by riders as Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R), Mirco Lorenzetto (Androni), Steve Morabito (BMC) and Egor Silin (Katusha).
19km to go
Mannion also collects the maximum amount of points at the Col du Pillon, thus securing hiself of the polka dot-jersey. The margin to the peloton has decreased to 1'48, so with the final climb remaining, they'll probably be caught.
3km to go
With Robert Gesink and Wilco Kelderman simply setting a high pace in the last climb, with the purpose of testing themselves, the breakaway is less than 30 seconds in front of them. Mannion rides a few metres in front of the BOTD, being the best / most fresh climber.
At this point, Joaquím Rodríguez attack, counteres by Chris Anker Sorensen.
2km to go
Purito quickly overtakes the BOTD and, with the good legs from the Ardennes classics, he's climbing to the stage win. 2km before the finish, Sorensen and Mannion follow at '13 and the peloton at '32.
Finish
It's win number 4 for Rodríguez this season. A stage win and the GC in the Tirreno - Adriatico, the Amstel Gold Race, and now a stage (and a good shot at the GC) in the Tour de Romandie, make up a nice palmares!
Sorensen finishes in 2nd at '38, and the peloton looses 1'08, what is more than expected.
Kim Kirchen wins the sprint for the 3rd place, with Robert Gesink getting a nice 4th. 57 riders are present in this group.
Results
| 1 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | 4h05'55 | | 2 | Chris Anker Sørensen | BMC Racing Team | + 38 | | 3 | Kim Kirchen | Sky ProCycling | + 1'06 | | 4 | Robert Gesink | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 5 | Gavin Mannion | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 6 | Michel Kreder | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 7 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 8 | José Serpa | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 9 | Nicki Sørensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 10 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | 4h10'38 | | 2 | Chris Anker Sørensen | BMC Racing Team | + 51 | | 3 | Kim Kirchen | Sky ProCycling | + 1'03 | | 4 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 5 | Stefan Schumacher | Sony Ericsson | + 1'06 | | 6 | Jens Voigt | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 1'07 | | 7 | Christian Knees | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 8 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 1'08 | | 9 | Richie Porte | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 1'09 | | 10 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Lotto - Belisol | + 1'10 | | ... | | 13 | Jack Bobridge | Monster Energy - Subway | + 1'12 |
Points
| 1 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Saxo Bank SunGard | 15 | | 2 | Kim Kirchen | Sky ProCycling | 15 | | 3 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | 15 | | 4 | Gavin Mannion | Sony Ericsson | 14 | | 5 | Adriano Malori | Lampre - Generali | 12 |
KOTM
| 1 | Gavin Mannion | Sony Ericsson | 22 | | 2 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | 12 | | 3 | Chris Anker Sørensen | BMC Racing Team | 8 | | 4 | Egor Silin | Radio Shack - Nissan | 8 | | 5 | Florian Stalder | Red Bull - Cervélo | 8 |
Today's winner
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It's good to see that Gesink and Kelderman (finished in 12th) can already climb at this level, considering the fact that the climb wasn't difficult and the field fairly weak.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 20-06-2012 09:29
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Just building form now
Nice win by Vanendert (& De Gendt) btw, Belgian domination |
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Posted on 20-06-2012 11:27
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Stage 3
The next stage in the Tour de Roandie is a 171km long stage with start and finish in Romont. After a hilly stage awaits the summit of Le Gibloux 15 km before the finish. The last kilometre is very treacherous, as the road ascends with more than 5% at very narrow roads!
90km to go
Just as every day, the question is which riders are foolish enough to try to be part of the BOTD. Today, there are 6 of these fools, namely Matthew Goss, Christian Vande Velde, Eugeni Petrov, Tibaut Pinot, Pieter Weening and Remmert Wielenga. Halfway the stage, they have a 8 minute lead over the peloton.
18km to go
When the ascend of Le Gibloux has started, the margin has decreased to 2 minutes. This is the sign for Joaquím Rodríguez to attack. With 15km to go after the summit, we decide not to counter.
15km to go
Rodríguez closes the gap to the leading group, and is the first at the summit of Le Gibloux (5.3km at 6.2%). Michel Kreder and Rigoberto Urán follow at 43 seconds, and the peloton at 1'08.
4km to go
Being the GC-leader and the most fresh one in the leading group, Rodríguez has to do all the work alone. As a result, we catch the group with just 4 km remaining. As it is just after the Intermediate sprint, Rodríguez manages to get 6 bonus seconds.
1km to go
As we have studied the road book, and found out that the last kilometre is ascending with very narrow roads, we've tried all to be in the lead of the peloton entering it. Robert Gesink is leading out Wilco Kelderman, while Rodríguez gets boxed in a bit.
Finish
Without being in danger because of these narrow roads, we easily take the 1-2 with Kelderman and Gesink! The others should have read the road book a bit better!!
Results
| 1 | Wilco Kelderman | Monster Energy - Subway | 4h31'49 | | 2 | Robert Gesink | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 3 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 4 | Michel Kreder | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 5 | Marc De Maar | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 6 | Nicki Sørensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 7 | Francis De Greef | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 8 | Christian Vande Velde | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. | | 9 | Kim Kirchen | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 10 | Johann Tschopp | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | 8h42'17 | | 2 | Chris Anker Sørensen | BMC Racing Team | + 1'01 | | 3 | Kim Kirchen | Sky ProCycling | + 1'13 | | 4 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 5 | Stefan Schumacher | Sony Ericsson | + 1'16 | | 6 | Jens Voigt | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 1'17 | | 7 | Wilco Kelderman | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 8 | Christian Knees | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 9 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 1'18 | | 10 | Richie Porte | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 1'19 |
Points
| 1 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | 37 | | 2 | Robert Gesink | Monster Energy - Subway | 29 | | 3 | Wilco Kelderman | Monster Energy - Subway | 26 | | 4 | Kim Kirchen | Sky ProCycling | 22 | | 5 | Michel Kreder | Garmin - Barracuda | 21 |
KOTM
| 1 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | 24 | | 2 | Gavin Mannion | Sony Ericsson | 22 | | 3 | Christian Vande Velde | Radio Shack - Nissan | 18 | | 4 | Evgeni Petrov | Pro Team Astana | 12 | | 5 | Matthew Goss | Lotto - Belisol | 12 |
Today's winner
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Sometimes, you have to take advantage of the bugs in the game  .
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 20-06-2012 11:44
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WHOO kelderman is a beast, look at his stats |
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Posted on 20-06-2012 12:14
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PCM rulezz wrote:
WHOO kelderman is a beast, look at his stats
Agree, although he won't get further than Mo 81 and Hi 79, and I believe TT and PRL is 80. Potential GT-top 3!
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Posted on 20-06-2012 13:03
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WOW, What a stage for the team
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Posted on 20-06-2012 13:25
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Kelderman is a beast, hope that irl he get's this good too. |
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Posted on 20-06-2012 14:11
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Impressive win! |
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Posted on 20-06-2012 20:47
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Is Kelderman or Gesink going to the Giro? If yes, this should be really interesting Good results so far in Romandie. |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 20-06-2012 20:48
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TomC wrote:
Is Kelderman or Gesink going to the Giro? If yes, this should be really interesting Good results so far in Romandie.
Both I think. |
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