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| brownwm |
Posted on 07-02-2010 12:03
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alexkr00 wrote:
purepasd wrote:
No updates for a whole day. 
yeah and? I had a lot of spare time this week that's why there we so many updates. From now on it will 1 or 2 max on a day 
thats fine,
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 07-02-2010 12:45
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paris-nice already..you are fast. And you have started to write a lot (another positive issue)
Haw you noticed that Black-red is realy popular colors at this season..
Radioboys..
BMC
Caisse
Aqua-sapone
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Edited by Guido Mukk on 07-02-2010 12:49
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 07-02-2010 13:07
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last year there were a lot of teams with white on their equipment. I guess this year it's black 
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 07-02-2010 20:34
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This is the last opportunity for sprinters to win a stage until the last one. Cavendish is looking for his 3rd win but with a perfect lead - out from Vigano and Flecha, Boasson Hagen might be able to stop him
Koldo Fernandez was the biggest name from a breakaway of 3 riders. But they didn't even manage to last until the only categorized climb of the day, where the riders from the pack fight for the KoM points. Nuyens has now 8 points, same as Cancellara but the Swiss will be wearing again the KoM jersey tomorrow
Sky did an amazing job leading our train. But Freire managed to get a better position than Vigano and Hagen as he was right in Flecha's wheel. Except Freire only Kolobnev, Mazzanti and Velo were able too keep it up with us, but only because they were relaying in the pack
With 2 kilometers left from the stage, Freire took the lead from Flecha. Vigano had real problems keeping it up with Freire so Boasson Hagen had to go away from the Italian's wheel. Eisel and Cooke were also coming quite fast, while Cavendish was caught behind with Farrar in a slow Garmin train
Hagen managed to take Freire's wheel in the last kilometer but it was almost impossible for him to get pass the 3 times World Champion. Behind them Flecha, Vigano, Eisel and Cooke were fighting for the third place, while Cavendish seemed to have got away from the Garmin trap
And Freire takes the stage win in his Pro Tour leader jersey, which he got after winning Santos Tour Down Under. He was followed by 3
Sky riders: Hagen, Flecha and Vigano. Even though Cavendish finished only 7th today he will still be wearing the leader's jersey tomorrow in the Montelupone stage
Stage
| 1. | Óscar Freire | Rabobank | 3h55'19 | | 2. | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3. | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4. | Davide Viganò | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5. | Baden Cooke | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 6. | Bernhard Eisel | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 7. | Mark Cavendish | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 8. | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 9. | Allan Davis | Astana | s.t. | | 10. | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 11. | Marco Velo | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 12. | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 13. | Alexandr Kolobnev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 14. | Mirco Lorenzetto | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 15. | Stuart O'Grady | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. |
Overall
| 1. | Mark Cavendish | Team HTC - Columbia | 11h31'31 | | 2 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 12 | | 3. | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | + 14 | | 4. | Stuart O'Grady | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 5. | Enrico Rossi | Ceramica Flaminia | + 16 | | 6. | Paul Martens | Rabobank | + 17 | | 7. | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | + 20 | | 8. | Marco Velo | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 9. | Mirco Lorenzetto | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 10. | Allan Davis | Astana | s.t. | | 11. | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 12. | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 13. | Alexandr Kolobnev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 14. | Stijn Devolder | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 15. | Mauro Finetto | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. |
Points
| 1. | Mark Cavendish | Team HTC - Columbia | 28 | | 2. | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 22 | | 3. | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | 15 | | 4. | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 15 | | 5. | Enrico Rossi | Ceramica Flaminia | 14 |
Mountain
| 1. | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | 8 | | 2. | Nick Nuyens | Rabobank | 8 | | 3. | David Zabriskie | Garmin - Transitions | 5 | | 4. | Alessandro Bertolini | Androni Giocattoli | 5 | | 5. | Fabio Felline | Footon - Servetto | 5 |
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| brownwm |
Posted on 07-02-2010 20:59
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good result for you, shame you couldn't get a win
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| purepasd |
Posted on 07-02-2010 21:15
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Nice results!! But sad you didnt win |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 07-02-2010 21:24
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good stage
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| purepasd |
Posted on 11-02-2010 13:05
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Are you soon posting more updates? |
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| baia |
Posted on 11-02-2010 14:19
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Nice stage result from you,really strong. |
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| LaMagliaRosa |
Posted on 11-02-2010 16:20
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Great strory alexkr. I think the real Team Sky will struggle to get the results youre getting. |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 13-02-2010 12:22
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Valverde won yesterday the queen stage of the race and consolidated his yellow jersey. Looking at today's route it suits even better him so the Spaniard is again the main favorite to take the stage win
After many attacks and attackers, only 2 riders managed to get away from the pack, Boonen and Ballan. The former World Champion was clearly a stronger climber than the Belgian Champion so when the hard climbs of the day started he had no problems leaving Boonen behind. With a lot of points in his pocket today, Ballan became the new King of the Mountains. But his adventure ended quite soon, with more than 35 kilometers he was caught by a pack lead by Cofidis and Caisse d'Epargne
On the last categorized climb of the day, Wiggins and Gerdemann were in the front as a result of their attack from the previous climb. But right before the top of the climb they were caught by a large group of attackers. Valverde and Contador weren't there but Joly, Anton, Kirchen, Chavanel, Moreno, Le Mevel, Fedrigo, Armstrong and Vande Velde were
On the downhill they split into many groups and while Wiggins was brought back in the pack, 3 Frenchmen got in the lead and started the last ascent of the day in front: Chavanel, Joly and Fedrigo. The last one was the only one with a stage win so far in this year's Paris - Nice and also the best placed in the GC
With the pack more than 2 minutes behind them, Fedrigo has a nice chance to become the new leader of the race. But it looks like he won't get his second stage win and it will be between Chavanel and Joly for the stage win today
Chavanel was really fast in the final meters but it was too late to stop Joly, who lead the sprint from the start. Fedrigo lost 4 seconds in the last kilometers but he's still the favorite to take the yellow jersey at the end of the day
Valverde even got away from the pack in the last kilometers of the stage in his try to defend the yellow jersey but it was too late. Fedrigo is the new leader of Paris - Nice, with a lead of 50 seconds over Valverde! Wiggins finished in the pack today and he is now 29th in the overall rankings
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| 1. | Sébastien Joly | Saur - Sojasun | 4h43'13 | | 2. | Sylvain Chavanel | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 3. | Pierrick Fédrigo | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | + 4 | | 4. | Christophe Le Mével | Française des Jeux | + 38 | | 5. | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 6. | Linus Gerdemann | Team Milram | + 1'00 | | 7. | Lance Armstrong | Team RadioShack | + 1'06 | | 8. | Kim Kirchen | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 9. | Daniel Moreno | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 1'23 | | 10. | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Transitions | + 1'29 | | 11. | Alejandro Valverde | Caisse d'Epargne | + 1'40 | | 12. | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'56 | | 13. | Alberto Contador | Astana | + 2'01 | | 14. | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 15. | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | + 2'08 |
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| 1. | Pierrick Fédrigo | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | 27h35'25 | | 2. | Alejandro Valverde | Caisse d'Epargne | + 50 | | 3. | Sylvain Chavanel | Quick·Step | + 1'28 | | 4. | Sébastien Joly | Saur - Sojasun | + 1'38 | | 5. | Linus Gerdemann | Team Milram | + 1'47 | | 6. | Christophe Le Mével | Française des Jeux | + 1'52 | | 7. | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'53 | | 8. | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'10 | | 9. | Lance Armstrong | Team RadioShack | + 2'25 | | 10. | Alberto Contador | Astana | + 2'49 | | 11. | Mathieu Sprick | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | + 3'07 | | 12. | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Transitions | + 3'15 | | 13. | Daniel Moreno | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 4'04 | | 14. | Kim Kirchen | Team Katusha | + 4'11 | | 15. | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | + 4'16 |
Points
| 1. | Alejandro Valverde | Caisse d'Epargne | 86 | | 2. | Linus Gerdemann | Team Milram | 74 | | 3. | Sébastien Joly | Saur - Sojasun | 67 | | 4. | Daniele Bennati | Liquigas - Doimo | 63 | | 5. | Sylvain Chavanel | Quick·Step | 63 |
Mountain
| 1. | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | 38 | | 2. | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | 30 | | 3. | Anthony Charteau | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | 29 | | 4. | Sebastian Langeveld | Rabobank | 21 | | 5. | Tom Boonen | Quick·Step | 20 |
Edited by alexkr00 on 13-02-2010 12:23
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| purepasd |
Posted on 13-02-2010 13:06
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What is Wiggins shape now? |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 13-02-2010 13:13
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well after the previous stage it was 75 so it can't be too much higher
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| purepasd |
Posted on 13-02-2010 13:21
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Okay |
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| brownwm |
Posted on 13-02-2010 14:03
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inlucky there
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| samdiatmh |
Posted on 13-02-2010 15:28
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this is a great read... Team Sky are a team that really interest me, with Wiggins and Boassan Hagen
Keep Up The Good Work |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 13-02-2010 15:55
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Here it is, the Montelupone stage the first important stage in Tirreno, which should also mean the last day for Cavendish in the leader's jersey. Cunego, Pozzato, Gesink and Gilbert are the main favorites. It could have also been a stage for Frank Schleck but after he more than 23 minutes in the previous stages there are some serious doubts about his current form. For us Lovkvist should be at the top for us and he might also have the chance to gain some seconds in front of Cancellara before the TT
There were quite a lot of escapes. But the only one that was able to hang on in front of the pack until the first Montelupone pass was Pierfelici. Other important names that got away from the pack today in the main breakaway were Bozic and Fran Perez
On the first pass on Montelupone, Devolder made the first move from the pack. He was quickly followed by Gesink and Flecha, plus some other important riders such as Feillu, Cancellara, Nocentini, De La Fuente, Gilbert and Garzelli
They all managed to make a quite a big gap between them and the pack but they didn't stay all together. Flecha and De La Fuente proved to be the strongest and joined Pierfelici in front, while Devolder, Cancellara, Gilbert, Gesink, Nocentini and Bertagnolli were in the main chasing group
On the foot of the last ascent, Pierfelici lost the contact with the leading group while Flecha made an acceleration to take a small gap. With Pierfelici gone, Devolder and Cancellara joined the group, while Gilbert and Noncentini were also coming very fast from the chasing group
Before the last kilometer it looked like it's going to be a fight in 4 for the stage win. Flecha was leading followed by De La Fuente, Gilbert and Devolder
Inside the last kilometer, De La Fuente took the lead from Flecha, whit the Spaniard also loosing the second place to Gilbert. Even though it looked like a fight in 4, Devolder is no where at the moment, while De La Fuente seems to have made the decisive move there and got away from the other 2 opponents
And it's an amazing win for David De La Fuente, who also becomes the new leader of the race! Flecha took the third place today and maintained his second place overall, while Lovkvist was the fastest guy from the pack and managed to catch some of the attackers and sneak into the top 10. But after De La Fuente, the big winner of the day seems to be Cancellara, who lost less than one minute today and tomorrow he will be looking to gain more than that in the time - trial
Stage
| 1. | David De la Fuente | Astana | 4h10'38 | | 2. | Philippe Gilbert | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 12 | | 3. | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 18 | | 4. | Stijn Devolder | Quick·Step | + 36 | | 5. | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | + 42 | | 6. | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | + 48 | | 7. | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 8. | Robert Gesink | Rabobank | + 1'14 | | 9. | Aitor Pérez Arrieta | Footon - Servetto | + 1'20 | | 10. | Thomas Lövkvist | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 11. | Luca Pierfelici | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 12. | David Zabriskie | Garmin - Transitions | + 1'49 | | 13. | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 14. | Jürgen Van de Walle | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 15. | Brice Feillu | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
Overall
| 1. | David De la Fuente | Astana | 15h42'19 | | 2. | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 16 | | 3. | Philippe Gilbert | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 4. | Stijn Devolder | Quick·Step | + 46 | | 5. | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | + 52 | | 6. | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | + 58 | | 7. | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 8. | Robert Gesink | Rabobank | + 1'24 | | 9. | Thomas Lövkvist | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 1'30 | | 10. | Aitor Pérez Arrieta | Footon - Servetto | s.t. | | 11. | David Zabriskie | Garmin - Transitions | + 1'59 | | 12. | Brice Feillu | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 13. | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 14. | Jürgen Van de Walle | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 15. | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 2'11 |
Points
| 1. | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 30 | | 2. | Mark Cavendish | Team HTC - Columbia | 28 | | 3. | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | 15 | | 4. | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 15 | | 5. | Enrico Rossi | Ceramica Flaminia | 14 |
Mountain
| 1. | David De la Fuente | Astana | 9 | | 2. | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | 8 | | 3. | Nick Nuyens | Rabobank | 8 | | 4. | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 7 | | 5. | Philippe Gilbert | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 6 |
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| brownwm |
Posted on 13-02-2010 16:44
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great result for flecha, well done
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| baia |
Posted on 13-02-2010 16:46
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Great 3rd place,congrats. |
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| Tombola |
Posted on 14-02-2010 12:26
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Very nice, a shame De La Fuente just got away a bit to far to be GC leader! Succes mate!
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