|
Petronas - Monster Energy; The end of an era
|
| Schleck96 |
Posted on 27-08-2012 12:47
|
Protected Rider
Posts: 1498
Joined: 10-08-2010
PCM$: 200.00
|
dienblad wrote:
And the only nice thing about those Monster-girls are the boobs of the middle one that start to explode out of her shirt. My girls (  ) look better!
Additive: I don't care as people are more interested in the girls than in my story, as the only reason I write this story is to have a legimit reason to post pictures of these girls.
1. That's what I was thinking >.<
2. You won! |
| |
|
|
| Daggen |
Posted on 27-08-2012 16:47
|
Sprinter
Posts: 1849
Joined: 08-07-2012
PCM$: 200.00
|
What DB are you using?? |
| |
|
|
| dienblad |
Posted on 27-08-2012 17:59
|
Classics Specialist
Posts: 3772
Joined: 10-09-2010
PCM$: 200.00
|
Daggen wrote:
What DB are you using??
I believe it's the PCM.daily 2011 Expension Pack V1
|
| |
|
|
| Ad Bot |
Posted on 22-11-2024 03:58
|
Bot Agent
Posts: Countless
Joined: 23.11.09
|
|
| IP: None |
|
|
| dienblad |
Posted on 28-08-2012 21:28
|
Classics Specialist
Posts: 3772
Joined: 10-09-2010
PCM$: 200.00
|
Stage 3
The 3rd stage is flat again. After the start in Sosnowiec, the riders head to Katowice for a few laps. Nothing that will disturb the sprinters.
4km to go
With rain pouring down again in Poland, and narrow roads with lots of corner near Katowice, a massive crash is to be expected. And it happens, 4km before the finish, somewhere halfway in the peloton. Murilo Ficher looses control of his bike in a wet corner and hits the tarmac. The half of the peloton looses 2'30 today (all our important riders are present in the first peloton), what brings back the riders that still have a chance to win the GC to 27.... At this point, a 14-man BOTD has been caught, with Galimzyanov and Chainel being the most known riders.
Finish
It's the 3rd mass sprint and Heinrich Haussler makes it 2-1 for him in the duel with Tom Boonen. The Aussie is the strongest today, beating Boonen and Marco Bandiera. Thomas Dekker finishes in a decent 17th place.
Results
| 1 | Heinrich Haussler | Rabobank Cycling Team | 2h59'25 | | 2 | Tom Boonen | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 3 | Marco Bandiera | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 4 | Mathieu Drujon | FDJ | s.t. | | 5 | Grégory Rast | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 6 | Daniele Bennati | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 7 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 8 | Leonardo Duque | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. | | 9 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Sebastian Langeveld | Qantas Airways | s.t. | | ... | | 17 | Thomas Dekker | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Sony Ericsson | 12h02'30 | | 2 | Heinrich Haussler | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2 | | 3 | Marco Bandiera | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 12 | | 4 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | + 16 | | 5 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 6 | Leigh Howard | Qantas Airways | + 18 | | 7 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Lampre - Generali | + 22 | | 8 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 10 | Marko Kump | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | ... | | 13 | Sep Vanmarcke | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. |
Today's winner
Word from the DS
And another stage without crashing team members...
|
| |
|
|
| sutty68 |
Posted on 28-08-2012 23:56
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 34654
Joined: 22-08-2010
PCM$: 200.00
|
Vanmarcke still in a good position on the GC, ready for his assault on the race lead  |
| |
|
|
| Ian Butler |
Posted on 29-08-2012 08:14
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 21854
Joined: 01-05-2012
PCM$: 400.00
|
Go Vanmarcke, make something of Monster's trip to Poland |
| |
|
|
| dienblad |
Posted on 29-08-2012 15:04
|
Classics Specialist
Posts: 3772
Joined: 10-09-2010
PCM$: 200.00
|
Stage 4
And another flat stage, but this one is different compared to the previous 3 stages. The reason is 3 steep climbs between kilometre 90 and 120. After these climbs, a 50km flat part awaits to the finish in Cieszyn.
Castroviejo, Costa, Dean, Van der Sande and Vaugrenard form the BOTD, and they get joined after the 3 climbs by 3 big names. Jakob Fuglsang, Vasil Kiryienka and Samuel Sánchez, all 3 more than 5 minutes behind the GC-leader in the GC, use the hills to counterattack, and the 8 form a strong breakaway.
The pace of the peloton increases, which causes a split up, with only 67 riders left in the peloton. Probably both Boonen and Haussler don't feel good today, as their teams don't try to bring back the BOTD. Only Katusha wants to do the work for Pipo Pozzato, but it ain't enough to catch the BOTD.
The 3 riders that joined the BOTD halfway the stage are stronger in the sprint, having more energy left, and it is Astana's Vasil Kiryienka who wins the stage, his first win of the season! Fuglsang finishes in 2nd place, and Van der Sande in 3rd.
Tom Boonen wins the sprint for the 9th place at '58. Best from our team is Sep Vanmarcke in 16th place. Due to the split up, another 6 riders loose time, so only 21 riders are within '22 of GC-leader Boonen.
Results
| 1 | Vasil Kiryienka | Pro Team Astana | 4h07'39 | | 2 | Jakob Fuglsang | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 13 | | 3 | Tosh Van der Sande | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 4 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ | s.t. | | 5 | Samuel Sánchez | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 6 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 7 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | Julian Dean | Qantas Airways | s.t. | | 9 | Tom Boonen | Sony Ericsson | + 58 | | 10 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | s.t. | | ... | | 16 | Sep Vanmarcke | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Sony Ericsson | 16h11'07 | | 2 | Heinrich Haussler | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2 | | 3 | Marco Bandiera | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 12 | | 4 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | + 16 | | 5 | Leigh Howard | Qantas Airways | + 18 | | 6 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Lampre - Generali | + 22 | | 7 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 8 | Giovanni Visconti | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 9 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Sep Vanmarcke | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. |
Today's winner
Word from the DS
All eyes are set on the next stage, with 5 mid-stage climbs and a mountain top finish.
|
| |
|
|
| sutty68 |
Posted on 29-08-2012 17:44
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 34654
Joined: 22-08-2010
PCM$: 200.00
|
Vanmarcke now into the top ten, he is slowly edging up the GC |
| |
|
|
| dienblad |
Posted on 29-08-2012 18:52
|
Classics Specialist
Posts: 3772
Joined: 10-09-2010
PCM$: 200.00
|
sutty68 wrote:
Vanmarcke now into the top ten, he is slowly edging up the GC
Don't wanna spoil it, but with Hilly < 70, he has no chance in the next stage....
|
| |
|
|
| Miguel98 |
Posted on 29-08-2012 18:56
|
World Champion
Posts: 10497
Joined: 23-06-2011
PCM$: 200.00
|
Rui Costa in the top 10 of the stage. Yeah. Let's hope for the best for Vanmarcke. |
| |
|
|
| Ian Butler |
Posted on 29-08-2012 19:03
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 21854
Joined: 01-05-2012
PCM$: 400.00
|
Well, hopefully Gesink is in a decent shape, he could do something! |
| |
|
|
| dienblad |
Posted on 29-08-2012 19:33
|
Classics Specialist
Posts: 3772
Joined: 10-09-2010
PCM$: 200.00
|
Stage 5
The queens stage in this edition of the Tour de Pologne is stage 5 from Jastrzebie-Zdroj to Ustrón. 151 kilometres including the same climb 5 times and than a wall to the finish (4km with peaks to 12%). The GC will probably decided today.
29km to go
While ascending the 5th climb of the day, the decision is made for the stage win. Sergio Paulinho has already dropped Steve Chainel, and 3km before the summit, also Michael Schär (Red Bull) can't follow the Portuguese Saxo Bank-cyclist. As the peloton is over 3'30 behind, Paulinho will take the stage win, unless he cracks.
4km to go
The last climb of the day has begun and Paulinho has got a comfortable lead of 1'42 to a group of 4 with Fuglsang, López, Kreuziger and Sánchez. At the foot of the climb, GC's number 2 Heinrich Haussler attacks, probably not knowing how steep the last climb is...
Finish
Being helped by the fact that he had lost several minutes in the earlier stages, Sergio Paulinho manages to stay in the lead untill the finish, taking his 2nd win of the year (1st one was a stage in the Österreich Rundfahrt).
Vasil Kiryienka and Damiano Cunego finish in 2nd and 3rd place, something we dont care about as they've lost many minutes in the previous stages. To the surprise of many, not Robert Gesink is our leader, but Thomas Dekker! Being helped by his countryman, Dekker manages to ride away from Haussler (green arrow) and Boonen (yellow arrow), taking 4th place in the stage and, more important, the yellow jersey!
Results
| 1 | Sérgio Paulinho | Saxo Bank SunGard | 3h54'56 | | 2 | Vasil Kiryienka | Pro Team Astana | + 46 | | 3 | Damiano Cunego | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 1'05 | | 4 | Thomas Dekker | Monster Energy - Subway | + 1'13 | | 5 | Jakob Fuglsang | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 1'26 | | 6 | Robert Gesink | Monster Energy - Subway | + 1'35 | | 7 | David López | Movistar Team | + 1'45 | | 8 | Giovanni Visconti | BMC Racing Team | + 2'07 | | 9 | Heinrich Haussler | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Roman Kreuziger | Pro Team Astana | s.t. |
GC
Thanks to many riders loosing time in the previous stages, we dominate the GC!
| 1 | Thomas Dekker | Monster Energy - Subway | 20h07'38 | | 2 | Robert Gesink | Monster Energy - Subway | + 22 | | 3 | Heinrich Haussler | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 34 | | 4 | Giovanni Visconti | BMC Racing Team | + 54 | | 5 | Wilco Kelderman | Monster Energy - Subway | + 1'19 | | 6 | Francis De Greef | Monster Energy - Subway | + 1'29 | | 7 | Tom Boonen | Sony Ericsson | + 1'42 | | 8 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky ProCycling | + 1'50 | | 9 | Jérôme Pineau | Saur - Sojasun | + 4'03 | | 10 | Vasil Kiryienka | Pro Team Astana | + 4'41 |
Today's winner
Word from the DS
When you've got a plan, and it all works, you have to be happy! Now we have to defend Dekker his GC-lead in the last 2 stage. Probably by letting a breakaway winning them, so our opponents (mostly Haussler) won't take bonus seconds.
Edited by dienblad on 29-08-2012 19:34
|
| |
|
|
| Ian Butler |
Posted on 29-08-2012 19:48
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 21854
Joined: 01-05-2012
PCM$: 400.00
|
What a performance, excellent!
Nice one of the leader "switch" from Gesink and Dekker!
I like the shot with the green and yellow arrow  |
| |
|
|
| Miguel98 |
Posted on 29-08-2012 19:49
|
World Champion
Posts: 10497
Joined: 23-06-2011
PCM$: 200.00
|
Paulinho wins. Portuguese are doing something good for once in PCM. |
| |
|
|
| Maddrengen |
Posted on 29-08-2012 20:12
|
Protected Rider
Posts: 1246
Joined: 10-08-2010
PCM$: 200.00
|
You seem to have forgotten that it was a Tours special jersey, but of course you can, if you want use it the rest of the season. 
|
| |
|
|
| dienblad |
Posted on 29-08-2012 20:46
|
Classics Specialist
Posts: 3772
Joined: 10-09-2010
PCM$: 200.00
|
Maddrengen wrote:
You seem to have forgotten that it was a Tours special jersey, but of course you can, if you want use it the rest of the season.
Too much work to switch it back.... Feeling dead-tired when I even think about changing it again....
|
| |
|
|
| dienblad |
Posted on 30-08-2012 17:48
|
Classics Specialist
Posts: 3772
Joined: 10-09-2010
PCM$: 200.00
|
Stage 6
The penultimate stage in Poland brings the riders from Oswiecim to Bukowina Tarzanska. 223 kilometres over hilly terrain, thus the last chance for the GC-contenders to improve our defend their positions.
4km to go
Only 1 rider is left up front from today's BOTD, Omega Pharma's Kristof Van de Walle. Many riders are suffering in the hills near the finish, and the peloton is thinning out. This is the moment for Giovanni Visconti to attack, in an attempt to take over the GC-lead. Only Cunego and Fuglsang seem to be able to follow him. Both Thomas Dekker and Robert Gesink can't follow....
Finish
Although struggling a lot in the last 2 kilometres, and loosing almost 2 minutes, Kristof Van de Walle is able to maintain his leading position and thus winning the 6th stage of the Tour de Pologne. 14 seconds behind him it is Giovanni Visconti crossing the finish line in 2nd place, also taking some important bonus seconds.
Thomas Dekker gives everything he has left in him in the last 2km, and finishes in 10th at 1'01 (gesink at 1'10). This means that the calculating can begin, as it'll be very, very close...
Results
| 1 | Kristof Vandewalle | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 5h46'02 | | 2 | Giovanni Visconti | BMC Racing Team | + 14 | | 3 | Damiano Cunego | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 24 | | 4 | Vasil Kiryienka | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 5 | Jakob Fuglsang | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. | | 6 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | + 33 | | 7 | Roman Kreuziger | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 8 | Jérôme Pineau | Saur - Sojasun | + 50 | | 9 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 10 | Thomas Dekker | Monster Energy - Subway | + 1'01 |
GC
1 second, 1 single second........ 
| 1 | Thomas Dekker | Monster Energy - Subway | 25h54'41 | | 2 | Giovanni Visconti | BMC Racing Team | + 1 | | 3 | Robert Gesink | Monster Energy - Subway | + 31 | | 4 | Heinrich Haussler | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 43 | | 5 | Tom Boonen | Sony Ericsson | + 1'51 | | 6 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky ProCycling | + 2'48 | | 7 | Francis De Greef | Monster Energy - Subway | + 3'05 | | 8 | Wilco Kelderman | Monster Energy - Subway | + 3'31 | | 9 | Jérôme Pineau | Saur - Sojasun | + 3'52 | | 10 | Vasil Kiryienka | Pro Team Astana | + 4'04 |
Today's winner
Word from the DS
Ony 1 word can describe this: ppppppfffffffeeeeeewwwwww!
|
| |
|
|
| Miguel98 |
Posted on 30-08-2012 17:56
|
World Champion
Posts: 10497
Joined: 23-06-2011
PCM$: 200.00
|
I wanna find out how you make this race really exciting. OMG, even closer than the Tour. |
| |
|
|
| Ian Butler |
Posted on 30-08-2012 18:23
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 21854
Joined: 01-05-2012
PCM$: 400.00
|
You really cut these things close |
| |
|
|
| dienblad |
Posted on 30-08-2012 19:03
|
Classics Specialist
Posts: 3772
Joined: 10-09-2010
PCM$: 200.00
|
@ Miguel98 & Ian Butler: I've got to keep it entertaining for you!
|
| |
|
