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LA MSS - This Time Without the Dope!!!
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 03-02-2009 20:02
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I received an e-mail yesterday saying the same and then I uploaded 40 mb of images and this happened...
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 03-02-2009 20:26
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Volta a Catalunya
Stage 3
Astarloa once again this time in a mass sprint!!
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1 Igor Astarloa Scott - American Beef 4h24'00
2 Vicente Reynès Team Columbia s.t.
3 Gabriele Balducci Rabobank s.t.
4 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
5 Janek Tombak Silence - Lotto s.t.
6 Carlos Torrent Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
7 Gianni Meersman Française des Jeux s.t.
8 Ángel Vicioso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím s.t.
9 Gert Steegmans Quick·Step s.t.
GC
1 Igor Astarloa Scott - American Beef 8h44'22
2 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne + 8
3 Ángel Vicioso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 22
4 Andreas Klöden LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím s.t.
5 Dario Cataldo Liquigas + 35
6 Juanjo Cobo Scott - American Beef + 43
7 Rafael Rodríguez Contentpolis - Murcia s.t.
8 Sergio Domínguez Contentpolis - Murcia s.t.
9 Tim Klinger Gerolsteiner + 50
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| Halvor |
Posted on 03-02-2009 20:32
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hmmmmmmmmm, EPO? 
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 04-02-2009 00:47
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Who knows Halvor 
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Volta a Catalunya
Stage 4
A heck of a day today!
Christian Meier was on the early break
While Caisse D'Epargne and Scott dominated the bunch all day
As expected many attacks for the mountain classification...
and through the stage we found a hobbit house which means the shire is in Catalunya!!
In the last climbs Fran Pérez started to select the peloton...
while Andy Schleck was the first to launch an attack!!
and as the road started to raise Cobo and Jufré went after him!
Leon Sanchez attacked only close to the summit! where Kloden moved his feet as well
In the descent Cobo, Kloden, Sanchéz and Schleck managed to catch the remainings of the brekaway forming the leading group
At the final climb Sanchez got away and Schleck tried to grab a pace after him... Kloden was empty
Casar and Vandevelde(Astana) coming from behind managed to catch the german...who later was caught by the main pack...
At the front Schleck was chasing Sanchez. Vandevelde was gaining terrain while Casar was losing strength
In the last 5km the gradient gave Vandevelde wings as he passed A.Schleck!
Meanwhile Cobo was at the front again!The 4 of them were very close but the american was on a completely different pace!
At the beggining of the sprint he was already 1st while the peloton was right after... good news for Kloden!
Vandevelde confirmed the great victory. Sanchez was 2nd and Cobo 3rd
Kloden finished in the pack with no strength left! Probably 1 min lost to Vandevelde!!
Stage
1 Christian Vandevelde Astana Cycling Team 5h39'15
2 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne + 11
3 Juanjo Cobo Scott - American Beef + 27
4 Andy Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank + 48
5 Mauricio Soler Barloworld s.t.
6 Haimar Zubeldia Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'06
7 Josep Jufré Astana Cycling Team s.t.
8 José Angel Gómez Marchante Scott - American Beef s.t.
9 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
10 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
11 Denis Menchov Rabobank s.t.
12 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux + 1'23
13 Tadej Valjavec AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
14 Levi Leipheimer LPR Brakes - Ballan s.t.
15 Maxime Monfort Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
16 Benjamín Noval Astana Cycling Team + 1'40
17 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
18 Eladio Jiménez Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
19 Sandy Casar Française des Jeux s.t.
20 Oscar Sánchez Barloworld + 1'56
21 Andreas Klöden LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím s.t.
22 Jaume Rovira Extremadura - Ciclismo Soldario s.t.
23 Pablo Lastras Liquigas s.t.
24 John-Lee Augustyn Barloworld s.t.
25 Bernhard Kohl AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
26 David Bernabéu Barloworld s.t.
27 Andrei Sartasov Barloworld s.t.
28 Francisco Mancebo Contentpolis - Murcia s.t.
29 Oliver Zaugg Gerolsteiner s.t.
30 Matthew Lloyd Silence - Lotto s.t.
The peloton lost one min for Vandevelde but the judges wanted to mess up things again and so they invented cuts in the peloton which made Kloden lose 2min to the american...bastards...
GC
1 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne 14h23'50
2 Juanjo Cobo Scott - American Beef + 53
3 Christian Vandevelde Astana Cycling Team + 1'52
4 Andreas Klöden LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 2'05
5 Andy Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank + 2'19
6 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne + 2'41
7 Geert Van der Sanden Rabobank + 3'04
8 Josep Jufré Astana Cycling Team + 3'08
9 Mauricio Soler Barloworld s.t.
10 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne + 3'15
Edited by Gustavovskiy on 04-02-2009 00:51
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 04-02-2009 02:19
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Volta a Catalunya
Stage 5
A mmountain ITT in Vallnord Alcalis the local where yesterday's stage ended
Etapa 6
Tiago Machado on portuguese colors was the first to set a reasonable time
But today's stage featured some heavy artillery! Kreuziger got the best time for a while!
Antón was faster the the czech but it wouldn't be a top mark...
LPR's leader, Leipheimer, registed a great time taking almost half a minute from the basque's time!! would it be the winner??
No it wouldn't! Menchov tore it apart right away taking half a minute from the american's time
Óscar Pereiro could have been a good bet for today... but his time was at Kreuziger's level
And now Kloden's time. The german wanted to excuse himself for the poor performance in the last stage. And he managed to do it!! His time was only neaten by the russian's one!
But Schleck was yet to come... nevertheless Frank's younger brother was a second late!
At last the leader Luis Leon Sanchez, despite not being a favourite, defended himself pretty well by achieving a 9th place losing only 13'' for Kloden!
Stage
1 Denis Menchov Rabobank 33'08
2 Andreas Klöden LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 26
3 Andy Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank + 27
4 Levi Leipheimer LPR Brakes - Ballan + 28
5 Leonardo Piepoli Team CSC Saxo Bank + 29
6 José Angel Gómez Marchante Scott - American Beef + 31
7 Christian Vandevelde Astana Cycling Team + 32
8 Juanjo Cobo Scott - American Beef + 39
9 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
10 Haimar Zubeldia Euskaltel - Euskadi + 40
11 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne + 50
12 Chris Anker Sörensen Team CSC Saxo Bank + 56
13 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi + 59
14 Josep Jufré Astana Cycling Team + 1'02
15 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne + 1'04
16 Roman Kreuziger Liquigas s.t.
17 Iván Parra Scott - American Beef + 1'09
18 Tadej Valjavec AG2R La Mondiale + 1'13
19 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux + 1'17
20 Mauricio Soler Barloworld + 1'18
GC
1 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne 14h57'37
2 Juanjo Cobo Scott - American Beef + 53
3 Christian Vandevelde Astana Cycling Team + 1'45
4 Andreas Klöden LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 1'52
5 Andy Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank + 2'07
6 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne + 3'06
7 José Angel Gómez Marchante Scott - American Beef + 3'08
8 Denis Menchov Rabobank + 3'15
9 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne + 3'26
10 Josep Jufré Astana Cycling Team + 3'31
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Stage 6 (simmed)
Stage
GC
1 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne 14h57'37
2 Juanjo Cobo Scott - American Beef + 53
3 Christian Vandevelde Astana Cycling Team + 1'45
4 Andreas Klöden LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 1'52
5 Andy Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank + 2'07
6 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne + 3'06
7 José Angel Gómez Marchante Scott - American Beef + 3'08
8 Denis Menchov Rabobank + 3'15
9 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne + 3'26
10 Josep Jufré Astana Cycling Team + 3'31
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| facmanpob |
Posted on 04-02-2009 16:01
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nice TT result with Kloden! you might still make the podium 
[EDIT] unless the Volta is only 6 stages long of course! 
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 05-02-2009 01:19
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actually it's 7!!
so only one more to go
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| facmanpob |
Posted on 05-02-2009 08:42
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Gustavovskiy wrote:
actually it's 7!!
so only one more to go
Doh! I checked last night after I got home - the last stage is a hilly one isn't it? |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 05-02-2009 15:33
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it ends witha a small hill but I don't think you can win time there except if you are on the podium and you get the bonifications
Edited by alexkr00 on 05-02-2009 15:33
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 05-02-2009 16:30
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yes it'll be difficult to get to the podium but I'm satisfied with a top5 which was the requirement from the sponsors
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 05-02-2009 18:22
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Volta a Catalunya
Stage 7
I'm sorry guys but I wasn't able to find out the SS from this stage... I probably deleted them with the Giro's ones...
The stage went so bad that it was like an agony to take the screenshots in the replay without knowing the differences made... and now I don't have them
There was a breakaway which arrived in front of the peloton in the last climb... some good climbers also jumped form the pack and finished the stage between the escapees!
As for Kloden... he tried to go in the first wave of attacks to gain some time on his rivals but he was soon caught and then he was never able to recover in a way that he could be able to attack again...
I leave you the classifications
Stage
Final GC
Nevertheless the amount of time lost by the german wasn't enough to take him out of the top 5 which enabled us to add the first 'check' to our season goals!!
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 06-02-2009 18:35
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MAY REPORT
This month was full of PT races, one of them being a GT. We ended up achieving a satisfactoru performance. Beggining with the Tour of Romandie and Di Luca's 3rd place where he displayed his good fitness. But he disapointed in the Giro... maybe lack of doping maybe lack of strength the italian lost 4 minutes that jeopardised all the work the team had done in order to achieve a podium for our sponsors. However 3 stage victories, almost half of the race in the green jersey and even some wearing pink enables us to consider this race participarion as a success!!
Last but no least we went to Volta a Catalunya. Our sponsors were really pleased with Kloden's top5 as they had demanded. but their congratulations' mail featured a proposal! They said they wouldnt mind spending more money in the riders boost. After reding it I imediately phoned a friend of mine from NASA (Dr. Bruce Banner) who had told me he could improve the riders' performance in a gamma-ray reaction!! Unfortunately this could make them green and monstruosly ugly as a side effect so the method is still in the making...
With 3 PT races this month there were major modifications in PT rankings:
Individual
Teams
Almost all went as well this month. I say almost because the actual crysis still punishes our team and our bank account is aproaching the zeros.... I guess it will be our staff who will suffer...
So see ya in June!
Edited by Gustavovskiy on 06-02-2009 18:36
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 08-02-2009 00:32
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I guess this story won't go any further...
besides gathering one or two coments p/stage I believe my writing hasn't won many fans and so it seems logic to me to stop it as the interest isn't much...
I might leave the save game for someone if asked.
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Posted on 08-02-2009 00:38
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I don't get more coments than that either and I didn't stop.
But if you're not enojoying writing anymore...
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| untal |
Posted on 08-02-2009 00:47
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I am a fan of your writing, Gustavo. I think you shouldn't stop if you are enjoying writing. |
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Posted on 08-02-2009 03:24
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I don't usually comment on stories but I honestly love reading them. Especially one like this when you are challenging traditionally bigger teams right at the top. It's exciting, keep it up.
Team Alpro - Cord Blood America
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 08-02-2009 15:32
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Guys just forget what I said last night...
Dauphiné Liberé 3rd stage really left me frustrated which led me to write things I didn't really mean...
you'll know what I'm talking about when I post it
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Posted on 08-02-2009 15:40
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Bring it on! |
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Posted on 08-02-2009 15:47
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We sent a team leaded by Tondo, Pires and Machado to try their luck in breakaways!
Stage 1
A prologue to start with
Joost Posthuma established a quality time from the beggining
Cancellara himself wasn't even able to beat it!!
as well as Rogers who set the same time as the swyss!
Kreuziger finished 1'' away
But finally Popovych managed to take the lead!
Dekker did really well but Popovych was yet the leader...
until Pinotti arrival who took the stage to Columbia!
Still a word for Riccò who didn't look tired after the Giro and got to the 13th place
Our team did very well achieving 4 places in the top20!!
Stage and GC
1 Marco Pinotti Team Columbia 3'01
2 Yaroslav Popovych Silence - Lotto + 1
3 Thomas Dekker Rabobank s.t.
4 Joost Posthuma Rabobank s.t.
5 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne + 2
6 Roman Kreuziger Liquigas s.t.
7 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC Saxo Bank + 3
8 Michael Rogers Team Columbia s.t.
9 Janez Brajkovič Astana Cycling Team s.t.
10 Linus Gerdemann Team Columbia s.t.
11 Lieuwe Westra Bouygues Télécom + 4
12 Ronny Scholz Gerolsteiner s.t.
13 Riccardo Riccò Gerolsteiner s.t.
14 Xavi Tondo LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 5
15 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team s.t.
16 Christian Meier LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 6
17 Pedro Romero LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 7
18 Rigoberto Urán Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
19 Arnaud Coyot Caisse d'Epargne + 8
20 Fränk Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank s.t.
21 Hannes Blank Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
22 Yuri Trofimov Bouygues Télécom s.t.
23 Mark Renshaw Crédit Agricole s.t.
24 Tiago Machado LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím s.t.
25 Matthias Frank Gerolsteiner + 9
26 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
27 Matti Breschel Team CSC Saxo Bank s.t.
28 Bert Grabsch Team Columbia s.t.
29 Mickael Buffaz Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
30 Alessandro Ballan Lampre s.t.
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Stage 2
There was a breakaway...
...actually many because the peloton didn't wanna see our iders at the front...and they succeeded!
With less than 10km to the finish line the escapees were still in front o f the pack! Bert de Waele (QST) had a considerable advantage to Bert Grabsch (THR), Christophe Mengin(FDJ), Manuele Boaro(LIQ) and Massimiliano Mori(LAM)
But in thelast meters the belgian was caught as Boaro lost his chances. It was a 4-men fight now!
It was close but the winner was: Bert Grabsch!! After a disapointing TT the german kept the yellow jersey to his team
The peloton arrived just after them with Tondo, Pires and Azevedo struggling to keep the pace
Stage
1 Bert Grabsch Team Columbia 3h11'16
2 Christophe Mengin Française des Jeux s.t.
3 Bert De Waele Quick·Step s.t.
4 Massimilliano Mori Lampre s.t.
5 Manuele Boaro Liquigas s.t.
6 Mark Renshaw Crédit Agricole s.t.
7 Erik Zabel Silence - Lotto s.t.
8 Jimmy Casper Agritubel s.t.
9 Alberto Loddo Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
10 Sergio Marinangeli LPR Brakes - Ballan s.t.
GC
1 Bert Grabsch Team Columbia 3h14'16
2 Marco Pinotti Team Columbia + 1
3 Joost Posthuma Rabobank + 2
4 Yaroslav Popovych Silence - Lotto s.t.
5 Thomas Dekker Rabobank s.t.
6 Bert De Waele Quick·Step + 3
7 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
8 Roman Kreuziger Liquigas s.t.
9 Linus Gerdemann Team Columbia + 4
10 Janez Brajkovič Astana Cycling Team s.t.
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| olabj |
Posted on 08-02-2009 16:03
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Yay it`s not dead 
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