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Breaking the Curse
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| Pinktay3 |
Posted on 10-11-2012 00:42
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Nice  Look forward to the race |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 10-11-2012 00:56
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 30th June 2011 - British National Championships
(Stamfordham)
This year's National Championship are classified as a flat race, but after a small recon with some of the Team GB guys, it is far from that in places. It is a very rolling route, with some steep climbs in places.
The route could go either way, but no doubt it will be Team Sky who will take full control.
34km: After a very fast start to the race, it was Team Sky who took control of a very depleted peleton.
55km: After a number of weak attacks from many teams, surprisingly it was Ben Swift (Sky) who put in a really big dig off the front. I was certain he would be one of the guys for the finish and not the break.
60km: However, Swift's attack went nowhere and was soon back in the peleton. But it wasn't too long before David Millar (Garmin) and David Clarke (Endura) went off the front.
74km: Behind the 2 man break, Jonny Bellis (SaxoBank) and Andy Fenn (AnPost) tried to jump across the gap, but sadly never had enough to make it all the way.
121km: Team Sky took control again, keeping the break in check. Millar and Clarke gained a maximum of 6'34" before the pace was increased for the chase.
164km: With around 30km to go, The Bellis/Fenn group was brought back, and there was only 1'03" to Millar/Clarke.
169km: With only 45" between the Millar/Clarke group and the peleton, the reigning champion Geraint Thomas (Sky) went off the front. This was a big move, and a very dangerous one at that!
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186km: With 7km to go, all was back together. The lesser teams hit the front when Thomas attacked, and working together, he was pulled back very quickly.
190km: Team Sky took control in the lead out, but surprisingly instead of working for Ben Swift, they were working for Russell Downing. I took Downing's wheel, with Ian Wilkinson (Endura) behind me.
192km: As the sprint started, no one attempted to challenge Sky, and I sat behind Downing, waiting for the right moment to open up...
193km: Downing opened his sprint, seeing the finish line in front, but I was awake to it. At the 300m to go mark, I went at full gas, bursting out from around Downing, taking the win. I am the British Champion!!
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | 4h24'16 | | 2 | Russell Downing | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 3 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 4 | Geraint Thomas | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 5 | Jeremy Hunt | Sky ProCycling | s.t. |
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| Pinktay3 |
Posted on 10-11-2012 01:02
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Very nice report and win At least its not like the average Aus Champs. Break away from the gun and win by 12 minutes  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 10-11-2012 01:04
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Totally Great victory Mark and now you are the British Champion  |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 10-11-2012 01:05
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Pinktay3 wrote:
Very nice report and win At least its not like the average Aus Champs. Break away from the gun and win by 12 minutes
Well I do have Gossy as Aus RR Champ 
Sky just didnt let the break go at the start. And with no sky guy in the break all stage, they did all the work. Thanks for the comments though
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Posted on 10-11-2012 01:05
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sutty68 wrote:
Totally Great victory Mark and now you are the British Champion
MY FIRST BANANA!!!!! THANKS SUTTY 
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Posted on 10-11-2012 01:07
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You will soon have a bunch, I am sure of that |
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Posted on 10-11-2012 01:07
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Haha sorry, i must over analyse everything... Great win, and i second the banana |
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Posted on 10-11-2012 01:10
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Excellent performance keep it up!
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 10-11-2012 01:11
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Pinktay3 wrote:
Haha sorry, i must over analyse everything... Great win, and i second the banana
Don't apologise! There is no need to apologise! You didn't over analyse anything!
WOOHOO! banana number 2
Edited by the_hoyle on 10-11-2012 09:47
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Posted on 10-11-2012 01:12
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jseadog1 wrote:
Excellent performance keep it up!
Thanks a lot! Looking forward to the TdF, especially now Cav is in the British Champs jersey
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 10-11-2012 01:16
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the_hoyle wrote:
Pinktay3 wrote:
Haha sorry, i must over analyse everything... Great win, and i second the banana
Don't apologise! There is no need to apologise! You did over analyse anything!
WOOHOO! banana number 2
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Posted on 10-11-2012 02:01
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Maybe he can ride Champs Elysee with a NC/Points Leader Composite jersey... |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 10-11-2012 08:51
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Brilliant
(like the added part in Q&A, a nice answer!) |
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Posted on 10-11-2012 09:08
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a little late but still great  |
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Posted on 10-11-2012 09:45
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@Sutty: The bunch is coming along nicely!
@Pinktay: Interesting idea... Do you mean like a half nat champs half green jersey, or are you thinking a green jersey with nat champs stripes?
@Ian: Glad you like the late addition to the Q&A A misprint was blamed, and a number of copies had to be recalled before being re-released
@Franco: Banana number 3! Thanks. And you weren't late at all, I only posted late last night.
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Posted on 10-11-2012 10:00
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I was thinking something along the lines of what Chavenal wore when he led both the GC and Points Jerseys at the tour a few years ago |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 10-11-2012 10:42
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 Critérium du Dauphiné
| m | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Tony Martin | HTC - Highroad | 25h17'53 | | 2 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 1'03 | | 3 | Rein Taaramäe | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'05 | | . | | Points | Tony Martin | HTC - Highroad | | KoM | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | Under 25 | Rein Taaramäe | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | | Team | Team Europcar |
What an amazing Dauphiné for the team! Tony Martin was superb, coming away with victory in the Overall GC standings, the Green Points jersey and two stage wins in the Prologue and ITT.
 Tour de Suisse
| m | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Andy Schleck | Leopard - Trek | 30h42'13 | | 2 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky ProCycling | + 55 | | 3 | Andreas Klöden | Team Radioshack | + 2'00 | | . | | Points | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Cervélo | | KoM | Wout Poels | Vacancsoleil - DCM | | Under 25 | Marcel Wyss | Geox - TMC | | Team | Team Radioshack |
We headed to the Tour de Suisse in great spirits after the performance of Marco Pinotti at the Giro. Sadly, it wasn't to be, as Marco crashed on stage 3, forcing him to withdraw from the race. Peter Velits took up the leadership, and did a great job to finish 8th overall on GC. Matt Goss came away from Switzerland with a stage victory, and Michael Albasini missed out on the KoM jersey but just 3 points.
| Country | Road Race Champion | Time Trial Champion |  Belgium | Nick Nuyens | Sébastian Rosseler |  Canada | Ryder Hesjedal | Ryder Hesjedal |  Czech Republic | Roman Kreuziger | Roman Kreuziger |  Denmark | Rasmus Guldhammer | Lars Ytting Bak |  Spain | Samuel Sánchez | Beñat Intxausti | | France | Jérôme Pineau | Christophe Kern | | Great Britain | Mark Cavendish | Bradley Wiggins |  Germany | Andreas Klöden | Andreas Klöden |  Ireland | Stephen Gallagher | David McCann |  Italy | Davide Rebellin | Stefano Garzelli |  Kazakstan | Alexandre Vinokourov | Andrey Mizourov |  Luxembourg | Fränk Schleck | Andy Schleck |  Netherlands | Martijn Maaskant | Lieuwe Westra |  Norway | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Edvald Boasson Hagen |  Poland | Tomasz Smolen | Maciej Bodnar |  Portugal | Rui Costa | Rui Costa |  Russia | Sergueï Ivanov | Vladmir Karpets |  Slovakia | Jakub Novak | Martin Velits |  Slovenia | Grega Bole | Gregor Gazvoda | | Switzerland | Fabian Cancellara | Fabian Cancellara |  Ukraine | Andriy Grivko | Andriy Grivko |  United States | Joe Eldridge | Tom Danielson |
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| Date | Race | Country | | 2nd - 24th | Tour de France | France | | 30th | Clásica San Sebastián | Spain |
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Posted on 10-11-2012 10:44
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Pinktay3 wrote:
I was thinking something along the lines of what Chavenal wore when he led both the GC and Points Jerseys at the tour a few years ago
Not sure what you mean... What does the jersey look like?
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Posted on 10-11-2012 10:53
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Valverde to leave Movistar?
Former Spanish Champion Alejandro Valverde has today put Sky and Leopard on high alert, after revealing that talks over a new contract have broken down with his current team. The Movistar man is looking for a more lucrative contact, but after some disappointing results so far this year, Movistar are refusing.
Sources close to the rider claim that he stormed out of a managerial meeting last week, and Team Sky seem to be the preferred choice should Valverde leave Movistar.
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