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Forever Agostinho - the return of a national Hero
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| kimiopn |
Posted on 23-10-2012 19:52
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GP Ouest France - Plouay 
On this WT race the sponsors are expecting a fifth place and the team manager has lined up a strong team to achieve it with Valverde, Costa, Lastras and Intxausti. But it should be the team sprinter Ventoso to fight for the win.
A long hard race...
With 30km to go the 3 men break is almost caught. Everybody is still holding on the peloton.
With 10km to go Nuyens and Cancellara attack with Hunter, Ladagnous, Favilli and the Movistar quartet following: Lastras, Valverde, Costa and Ventoso.
And 4 km to go and Valverde reaches the front, working to Ventoso with Costa on the middle.
And a great win to Ventoso, with a wonderful work by his team!!
Race Classification
1 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team 6h23'20
2 Elia Favilli Farnese Vini - Selle Italia s.t.
3 Leigh Howard Orica - GreenEdge s.t.
4 Matthieu Ladagnous FDJ - BigMat s.t.
5 Murilo Fischer Garmin - Sharp s.t.
6 Daryl Impey Orica - GreenEdge s.t.
7 Frederique Robert Lotto Belisol Team s.t.
8 Bernhard Eisel Sky Procycling s.t.
9 Andrew Fenn Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t.
10 Jérémie Galland Saur - Sojasun s.t.
18 Rui Costa Movistar Team s.t.
20 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team s.t. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 23-10-2012 20:48
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Great win with Ventoso.  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-10-2012 21:12
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Great win, stylish 
btw I just read 2 nice stories about Agostinho:
Spoiler 1. On Puy de dôme in 1971 some riders (Ocana and Zoetemelk I think) took advantage of Merckx' hard work and then rode away. Agostinho had a lot of admiration for Merckx and stayed with him, he says. I like that.
2. On Mont Ventoux 1970, Eddy Merckx was climbing a deadly pace and apparently the very last one to let go was Agostinho.
Seems like a decent lad and an iron strong climber
Edited by Ian Butler on 23-10-2012 21:17
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 23-10-2012 23:49
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Great team work ending with a Great win, Well Done |
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| kimiopn |
Posted on 24-10-2012 19:15
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Stage 10  Vuelta a España
And he have another day to the sprinters as the only mountain is on the beginning of the stage. Yet there are some hills on the way, what sould give Rojas a better chance.
With 15 km to go the BOD is on sight and the sprinters teams start to form their trains.
Surprisingly Contador attacks...
...but the peloton get him and Rojas beats everyone! What a win!
Agostinho celebrates effusively his team mate victory!
After yesterday's crash Moreno showed some difficulty. The team will need him, so tomorrow's rest day could help on his recovery.
Stage Results
1 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team 4h13'34
2 Mark Cavendish Sky Procycling s.t.
3 John Degenkolb Team Argos - Shimano s.t.
4 André Greipel Lotto Belisol Team s.t.
5 Matthew Goss Orica - GreenEdge s.t.
6 Alberto Contador Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank s.t.
7 Juan José Cobo Movistar Team s.t.
8 Simon Spilak Katusha Team s.t.
9 Yauheni Hutarovich FDJ - BigMat s.t.
10 Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
17 Joaquim Agostinho Movistar Team s.t.
Are Rojas is now leading on points!
Points Classification
1 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team 121
2 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team 118
3 Alberto Contador Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank 97
4 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi 80
5 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R La Mondiale 64 |
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| francopell |
Posted on 24-10-2012 19:27
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Nice win 
Weird attack from Contador though :S |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 24-10-2012 20:40
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Riding well with Rojas. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 24-10-2012 22:49
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Great sprinting from Rojas today |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 25-10-2012 06:38
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Contador and his weird tactics 
Rojas did good! |
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| kimiopn |
Posted on 27-10-2012 14:22
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Stage 11 Vuelta a España
Today we have the time trial. With the first half all on ascent, the climbers should have the chance to defend themselves.
And Contador was the best gaining la roja today! Movistar men also did great with Agostinho on third and Cobo 2nd.
Stage Results
1 Alberto Contador Team SaxoBank - Tinkoff Bank 59'36
2 Juan José Cobo Movistar Team + 1'04
3 Joaquim Agostinho Movistar Team + 1'08
4 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'23
5 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 1'25
6 Fredrik Kessiakoff Astana Pro Team + 1'26
7 Iván Gutierrez Movistar Team + 1'27
8 Vladimir Gusev Katusha Team + 1'48
9 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky Procycling + 1'50
10 David López Movistar Team + 1'50
14 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team + 2'04
25 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi +2'50
General Classification
1 Alberto Contador Team SaxoBank - Tinkoff Bank 40h10'03
2 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team + 31
3 Juan José Cobo Movistar Team + 3'46
4 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 3'48
5 Joaquim Agostinho Movistar Team + 4'09
6 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi +4'37
7 Haimar Zubeldia Radioshack Nissan + 4'42
8 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team + 5'01
9 Javier Moreno Movistar Team + 5'04
10 Michael Rogers Sky Procycling + 6'07 |
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 27-10-2012 14:40
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Contador dominates this TT
Nice 2nd and 3rd place though |
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| kimiopn |
Posted on 27-10-2012 15:28
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Stage 12 Vuelta a España
And today we have another end of stage fitted for the fast climbers.
With 60 km to go there are 14 (!) men on the break and they have 15' to the peloton. With no one dangerous to the GC, Saxobank is just not chasing. Let's see what Katusha and Movistar will do.
And with no help, Movistar can't do more than reduce the difference to 10 minutes, as the break enter the final 15 km. It will be between them.
Marco Marzano beats Palomares and takes the win!
Contador is the best among the peloton.
Stage Results
1 Marco Marzano Lampre - ISD 4h43'28
2 Adrián Palomares AndalucÃa s.t.
3 Fredrik Kessiakoff Astana Pro Team s.t.
4 Matteo Montaguti AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
5 Peter Stetina Garmin - Sharp s.t.
6 Lars Petter Nordhaug Sky Procycling s.t.
7 Cyril Bessy Saur - Sojasun s.t.
8 Lieuwe Westra Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
9 Linus Gerdemann RadioShack - Nissan s.t.
10 Juan Manuel Gárate Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
15 Alberto Contador Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank + 5'59
16 Óscar Freire Katusha Team s.t.
17 Enrico Gasparotto Astana Pro Team s.t.
18 Juan José Cobo Movistar Team s.t.
19 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 6'15
22 Joaquim Agostinho Movistar Team s.t.
32 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
41 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team s.t.
General Classification
1 Alberto Contador Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank 44h59'30
2 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team + 47
3 Juan José Cobo Movistar Team + 3'46
4 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 4'04
5 Joaquim Agostinho Movistar Team + 4'25
6 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi + 4'53
7 Haimar Zubeldia RadioShack - Nissan + 4'58
8 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team + 5'17
9 Javier Moreno Movistar Team + 5'20
10 Michael Rogers Sky Procycling + 6'23 |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 27-10-2012 16:49
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The Team are looking really strong on the GC |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 27-10-2012 18:16
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That was a very good time trial from Agostinho. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 27-10-2012 20:08
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A very solid performance from the team so far. |
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| kimiopn |
Posted on 27-10-2012 21:45
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Stage 13 Vuelta a España
And another day to the sprinters. Movistar will work to Rojas and should have the help from Sky, Lotto, GreenEdge and Argos to avoid the break to get to the finish.
With 50km to go Movistar starts their work. The sprinters teams have controlled the gap to the break an now there are only about 2 minutes between them.
And Greipel takes the win! Degenkolb is second and Rojas is third.
Stage Results
1 André Greipel Lotto Belisol Team 4h25'05
2 John Degenkolb Team Argos - Shimano s.t.
3 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team s.t.
4 Matthew Goss Orica - GreenEdge s.t.
5 Heinrich Haussler Garmin - Sharp s.t.
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky Procycling s.t.
7 Anthony Ravard AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
8 Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
9 Enrique Sanz Movistar Team s.t.
10 Jens Keukeleire Orica - GreenEdge s.t.
Points Classification
1 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team 142
2 Alberto Contador Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank 123
3 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team 120
No changes on GC as we will now have 4 hard mountain stages with finishes at the top! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 27-10-2012 23:51
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Rojas looking in good form to take the Points classification |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 28-10-2012 09:57
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Rojas is very consistent here, doing great! |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 28-10-2012 10:28
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Rojas riding very well. |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 28-10-2012 10:32
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Getting some good results in the Vuelta!
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