Nordic Cycling | Final Farewell
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Shonak |
Posted on 29-01-2014 11:19
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Going to be real interesting fight for promotion spots.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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Jakstar22 |
Posted on 29-01-2014 12:38
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The team is really doing their best
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VoetsT |
Posted on 29-01-2014 12:54
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There is nothing to do against a sagan in that form, unless your name is Boasson Hagen
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Atlantius |
Posted on 29-01-2014 13:38
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Shonak: It is really thrilling to see it change every time!
Het Nieuwsblad look fairly safe though...
Jakstar: They are and that's all we can ask of them.
VoetsT: True that
Perhaps they will be set up against each other in Beijing...
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Atlantius |
Posted on 30-01-2014 16:54
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Tour of Beijing
I had some stuff to take care of in Europe (more about that later), so I didn't go to China with the team for the last race of the season.
I did follow the results though, so I'll just give you a quick run-through.
1 | Vincenzo Nibali | Nissan | 13h31'19 | 2 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 35 | 3 | Thomas De Gendt | Movistar Team | + 38 | 4 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 57 | 5 | Tyler Farrar | Nissan | + 1'03 | 6 | Sam Bewley | Saur - Sojasun | + 1'15 | 7 | Jérôme Coppel | Team Santander | + 1'22 | 8 | Giovanni Visconti | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1'24 | 9 | Maxime Bouet | Nissan | + 1'25 | 10 | Alfredo Balloni | Team Selle Italia | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Winner Anacona | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 1'36 | 12 | Stefan Denifl | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 1'38 | 13 | Jack Bauer | Saur - Sojasun | + 1'42 | 14 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | + 1'58 | 15 | Thomas Dekker | Sharp | + 2'02 | 16 | Gianni Meersman | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 2'04 | 17 | Chris Horner | Team Selle Italia | + 2'07 | 18 | Davide Malacarne | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 2'11 | 19 | Pim Ligthart | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 2'16 | 20 | Sergej Fuchs | Volkswagen | + 2'21 | 21 | Yury Trofimov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 2'31 | 22 | Edgar Pinto | Saur - Sojasun | + 2'34 | 23 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 2'36 | 24 | Christer Rake | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 2'41 | 25 | Vladimir Gusev | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 2'43 | 26 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2'45 | 27 | Damiano Cunego | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 2'46 | 28 | Stef Clement | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'49 | 29 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 2'53 | 30 | Igor Antón | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 2'54 | 31 | Juan Pablo Suarez | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 32 | Morris Possoni | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 2'58 | 33 | Kris Boeckmans | Belisol | + 2'59 | 34 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'00 | 35 | Oscar Gatto | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 3'01 | 36 | Bruno Pires | Team Santander | + 3'02 | 37 | Gerald Ciolek | Nissan | + 3'15 | 38 | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | + 3'17 | 39 | Marco Marcato | Saur - Sojasun | + 3'22 | 40 | Matteo Montaguti | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 3'25 | 41 | Marc Goos | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'31 | 42 | Johann Tschopp | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 3'36 | 43 | Enrico Magazzini | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 3'39 | 44 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 3'40 | 45 | Filippo Fortin | Team Selle Italia | + 3'46 | 46 | Dominic Klemme | Volkswagen | + 3'47 | 47 | Roberto Ferrari | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 3'59 | 48 | Grega Bole | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 4'05 | 49 | Mickael Larpe | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 4'06 | 50 | Dennis Vanendert | Belisol | s.t. | 51 | Mark McNally | Team Santander | + 4'07 | 52 | Alex Howes | Nissan | s.t. | 53 | Rudy Molard | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 4'10 | 54 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4'51 | 55 | Rémy Di Gregorio | FDJ - BigMat | + 4'58 | 56 | Joseph Dombrowski | Nissan | + 5'06 | 57 | Kevin De Jonghe | Belisol | + 5'15 | 58 | Eliot Lietaer | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 5'40 | 59 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | + 5'41 | 60 | Rasmus Quaade | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 6'49 | 61 | Gregory Brenes | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 6'54 | 62 | Luke Durbridge | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 6'57 | 63 | Pavel Brutt | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 7'24 | 64 | Alexandre Geniez | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 7'33 | 65 | Eros Capecchi | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 7'36 | 66 | Kristof Vandewalle | Belisol | + 7'44 | 67 | Fabio Sabatini | Team Selle Italia | + 7'47 | 68 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 8'02 | 69 | Johan Mombaerts | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 8'09 | 70 | Jetse Bol | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 8'13 | 71 | Martijn Maaskant | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 8'17 | 72 | Igor Shkvyrin | Astana Pro Team | + 8'19 | 73 | Magnus Cort | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 8'45 | 74 | Timofey Kritskiy | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 8'48 | 75 | Rein Taaramäe | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 8'50 | 76 | Walt De Winter | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | 77 | Rafal Majka | Movistar Team | + 8'59 | 78 | Matthew Goss | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 9'00 | 79 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 9'01 | 80 | Ángel Madrazo | Volkswagen | + 9'03 | 81 | Jesse Sergent | Nissan | + 9'04 | 82 | Emanuele Vona | Team Selle Italia | + 9'07 | 83 | Marcel Sieberg | Volkswagen | + 9'08 | 84 | Michele Scarponi | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 9'11 | 85 | Vladimir Karpets | Movistar Team | s.t. | 86 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 9'16 | 87 | Rüdiger Selig | Volkswagen | + 9'19 | 88 | Sergio Hernandez | Sharp | + 9'30 | 89 | Sonny Colbrelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 9'36 | 90 | Jacob Clorius | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 9'44 | 91 | Cesare Benedetti | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 9'49 | 92 | Andrea Masciarelli | Team Selle Italia | + 9'53 | 93 | Vasil Kiryienka | Movistar Team | + 10'02 | 94 | Jurgen Van Goolen | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 10'05 | 95 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | + 10'06 | 96 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 10'14 | 97 | Juan Enrique Rubiales | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 10'15 | 98 | Marcos García | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 10'20 | 99 | Thomas Murray | Team Santander | + 10'22 | 100 | Omar Fraile | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 10'24 | 101 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Team Selle Italia | + 10'27 | 102 | Jean-Marc Bideau | Saur - Sojasun | + 10'28 | 103 | Aidis Kruopis | Astana Pro Team | + 10'33 | 104 | Florian Vachon | FDJ - BigMat | + 10'40 | 105 | Guillaume Boivin | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 10'41 | 106 | Igor Boev | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 10'44 | 107 | Ole Haavardsholm | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 11'05 | 108 | Tomasz Smolen | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 11'09 | 109 | Adrián Sáez de Arregi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 11'10 | 110 | Fabio Piscopiello | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 11'29 | 111 | Ruslan Tleybaev | Astana Pro Team | + 11'32 | 112 | Kenny Terweduwe | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 11'43 | 113 | Bart De Clercq | Belisol | + 11'45 | 114 | Ed Clancy | Team Santander | + 11'49 | 115 | Daniel Summerhill | Sharp | + 12'04 | 116 | Amaël Moinard | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 12'08 | 117 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Astana Pro Team | + 12'21 | 118 | Barry Markus | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 12'25 | 119 | Jimmi Sørensen | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | 120 | Jakob Rathe | Sharp | + 12'27 | 121 | Job Vissers | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 12'28 | 122 | Cyril Bessy | FDJ - BigMat | + 12'33 | 123 | Jempy Drucker | Nissan | + 12'46 | 124 | Stian Remme | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 12'48 | 125 | Jérôme Baugnies | Belisol | + 13'14 | 126 | Maarten Neyens | Belisol | + 13'22 | 127 | Tom Leezer | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 13'24 | 128 | Kess Heytens | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 13'26 | 129 | Michael Færk Christensen | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 13'27 | 130 | Robinson Chalapud | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 131 | William Bonnet | FDJ - BigMat | + 13'31 | 132 | Enrico Franzoï | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 13'35 | 133 | Mauro Santambrogio | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 13'38 | 134 | Rick Zabel | Volkswagen | + 13'48 | 135 | Mario Ickx | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 13'58 | 136 | Nicolas Baïolet | Belisol | + 14'08 | 137 | Eduardo Gonzalo | Movistar Team | + 14'10 | 138 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 14'12 | 139 | Weimar Roldan | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 14'14 | 140 | Davide Appollonio | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 14'19 | 141 | Ivan Casas | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 14'21 | 142 | Matteo Pelucchi | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 14'23 | 143 | Kevin Neirynck | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 14'31 | 144 | Nicolas Sanderson | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 14'32 | 145 | Juan José Haedo | Team Santander | s.t. | 146 | Julian Arredondo | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 14'34 | 147 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | + 14'38 | 148 | Jussi Veikkanen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 14'39 | 149 | Taiji Nishitani | Sharp | + 14'50 | 150 | Martin Nielsen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 14'53 | 151 | Arnaud Gérard | FDJ - BigMat | + 15'05 | 152 | Benny De Schrooder | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 15'10 | 153 | Giuseppe De Maria | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 15'13 | 154 | Sacha Modolo | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 15'14 | 155 | Jake Keough | Sharp | + 15'23 | 156 | Miguel Mínguez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 15'26 | 157 | Gabriele Bosisio | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 15'28 | 158 | Juan Tamayo | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 15'29 | 159 | Stéphane Poulhiès | FDJ - BigMat | + 15'33 | 160 | Jimmy Grimsdell | Team Santander | + 15'53 | 161 | Jason Conrad | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 16'14 | 162 | Stijn Devolder | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 16'36 | 163 | Lilian Weil | FDJ - BigMat | + 16'47 | 164 | Thomas Voeckler | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 17'00 | 165 | Andrey Amador | Volkswagen | + 17'05 | 166 | Julien Simon | Saur - Sojasun | + 17'54 | 167 | André Greipel | Volkswagen | + 18'15 | 168 | José Alberto Benítez | Movistar Team | + 18'20 | 169 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 18'31 | 170 | Carlos Betancur | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 18'52 | 171 | Gene Michael Bates | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 18'58 | 172 | Sébastien Hinault | Saur - Sojasun | + 19'02 | 173 | Jonathan Patrick McCarty | Sharp | + 19'16 | 174 | Andrea Di Corrado | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 19'27 | 175 | Maxim Debusschere | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 19'28 | 176 | Graeme Brown | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 19'32 | 177 | Justino Subero | Movistar Team | + 19'42 | 178 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 19'59 | 179 | Alessandro Petacchi | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 20'30 | 180 | Dadley Adkins | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 20'44 | 181 | Johannes Karjalainen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 20'59 | 182 | Wilson Cepeda | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 183 | Andrea Piechele | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 21'07 | 184 | Elliott Cameron | Sharp | + 21'16 | 185 | Brice Lhuillier | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 21'21 | 186 | Sergei Ponomaryov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 187 | Bryan Bogarde | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 21'25 | 188 | Tomas Kessler | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 21'51 | 189 | Wilfred Vancarpels | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 21'57 | 190 | Giambortolo Migliorelli | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 22'10 |
Points Jersey: Tyler Farrar, Nissan Spoiler 1 | Tyler Farrar | Nissan | 82 | 2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 81 | 3 | Rüdiger Selig | Volkswagen | 54 | 4 | Fabio Sabatini | Team Selle Italia | 47 | 5 | Davide Appollonio | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | 45 | 6 | Aidis Kruopis | Astana Pro Team | 41 | 7 | Sacha Modolo | Liquigas - Cannondale | 35 | 8 | Nicolas Sanderson | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | 32 | 9 | Kris Boeckmans | Belisol | 31 | 10 | Matthew Goss | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 24 |
Mountain Jersey: Morris Possoni, Colnago - CSF Inox Spoiler 1 | Morris Possoni | Colnago - CSF Inox | 37 | 2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 24 | 3 | Martijn Maaskant | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | 21 | 4 | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | 17 | 5 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Rabobank Cycling Team | 16 | 6 | Robinson Chalapud | Colombia - Coldeportes | 14 | 7 | Julien Simon | Saur - Sojasun | 12 | 8 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 10 | 9 | Mauro Santambrogio | Colnago - CSF Inox | 9 | 10 | Bart De Clercq | Belisol | 8 |
Young Rider: Jasper Bovenhuis, Rabobank Cycling Team Spoiler 1 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Rabobank Cycling Team | 13h34'19 (1) | 2 | Joseph Dombrowski | Nissan | + 2'06 (2) | 3 | Kevin De Jonghe | Belisol | + 2'15 (3) | 4 | Luke Durbridge | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 3'57 (4) | 5 | Igor Shkvyrin | Astana Pro Team | + 5'19 (5) | 6 | Magnus Cort | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 5'45 (6) | 7 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 6'01 (7) | 8 | Jacob Clorius | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 6'44 (8) | 9 | Barry Markus | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 9'25 (9) | 10 | Jakob Rathe | Sharp | + 9'27 (10) | 11 | Rick Zabel | Volkswagen | + 10'48 (11) | 12 | Martin Nielsen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 11'53 (12) | 13 | Jimmy Grimsdell | Team Santander | + 12'53 (13) | 14 | Jason Conrad | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 13'14 (14) | 15 | Lilian Weil | FDJ - BigMat | + 13'47 (15) | 16 | Justino Subero | Movistar Team | + 16'42 (16) | 17 | Dadley Adkins | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 17'44 (17) | 18 | Johannes Karjalainen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 17'59 (18) | 19 | Elliott Cameron | Sharp | + 18'16 (19) | 20 | Brice Lhuillier | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 18'21 (20) | 21 | Sergei Ponomaryov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 18'21 (21) | 22 | Bryan Bogarde | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 18'25 (22) | 23 | Tomas Kessler | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 18'51 (23) | 24 | Wilfred Vancarpels | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 18'57 (24) | 25 | Giambortolo Migliorelli | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 19'10 (25) |
Team Classification: Nissan Spoiler 1 | Nissan | 40h36'33 (1) | 2 | Saur - Sojasun | + 2'55 (2) | 3 | Team Santander | + 3'25 (3) | 4 | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 3'44 (4) | 5 | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 4'15 (5) | 6 | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 4'16 (6) | 7 | Team Selle Italia | + 4'23 (7) | 8 | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 4'46 (8) | 9 | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 5'49 (9) | 10 | Belisol | + 6'33 (10) | 11 | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 6'43 (11) | 12 | Astana Pro Team | + 7'15 (12) | 13 | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 7'41 (13) | 14 | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 8'08 (14) | 15 | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 8'58 (15) | 16 | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 10'07 (16) | 17 | Volkswagen | + 11'47 (17) | 18 | Movistar Team | + 16'03 (18) | 19 | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 18'34 (19) | 20 | Sharp | + 19'22 (20) | 21 | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 20'20 (21) | 22 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 21'22 (22) | 23 | FDJ - BigMat | + 23'53 (23) | 24 | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 23'59 (24) |
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Shonak |
Posted on 30-01-2014 16:57
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Nobody cares about Beijing anyway.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 30-01-2014 17:00
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Meh it's just Beijing |
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Matthew21rp |
Posted on 30-01-2014 18:49
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2 stages and 4th overall is decent
Most teams would be very happy with that |
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Atlantius |
Posted on 30-01-2014 20:03
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Shonak: Apparently Nibali and Schleck does...
Ian: Are you trying to belittle Eddy's two wins here? One in each jersey
Matthew21rp: We are happy with Eddy's affort, but very annoyed that Nibali arrived in this kind of shape to grab the 1st place in the WT-rankings from Fruglsang in the last race...
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VoetsT |
Posted on 30-01-2014 20:09
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Good chinees week for the team
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Shonak |
Posted on 30-01-2014 20:22
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@Atlantius: Nah, probably not even those two really care about it. Looking forward to the "stuff you had to take care off".
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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Atlantius |
Posted on 30-01-2014 20:35
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VoetsT: At least a good week for Eddy
Shonak: Considering that Nibali won the WT-rankings thanks to this I think he cares a little - at least afterwards
You will soon know what "stuff" it was. First bit coming right up...
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Atlantius |
Posted on 30-01-2014 20:35
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The 2012 Team: Falcon - Norheim
Geir Berg (32), All-rounder
Morten Kruse Brink (23), TT'ist
Magnus Bäckstedt (36), Flat races
Kjell Carlström (35), Hilly races
Michael Færk Christensen (25), TT'ist
Pelle Clapp (20), Talent
Gunnar Grönlund (24), All-rounder
Ole Haavardsholm (22), Sprinter talent
Jeppe Lykke Hartvig Nielsen (21), Mountain talent
Kasper Jebjerg (26), Sprinter
Ricky Jørgensen (22), Talent
Daniel Kreutzfeldt (24), Hilly races
Philip Lindau (20), Classics talent
Jens Erik Madsen (30), Sprinter
Jesper Mørkøv (23), All-rounder
Håkan Nilsson (31), Sprinter
Søren Nissen (27), TT'ist
Havard Nybö (28), Classics rider
Thomas Riber-Sellebjerg (24), Cobble talent
Christofer Stevenson (29), TT'ist
Having gone through five seasons it seems like a good idea to stop up and look back on what happened along the way.
One thing is certain: This is a very different team than the one composed of other teams rejects back in early 2012 as only Jens-Erik Madsen and Jeppe Lykke Hartvig Nielsen remains on the team from then and the top names that year were Kjell Carlström and Magnus Bäckstedt - both brought back from retirement for the occasion.
It was a team built in a hurry with what we could find on such short notice. Nevertheless it was a team with big ambitions:
This team should bring cycling in Scandinavia to a whole new level. We want to establish a monopoly on national championships in Scandinavia, we want to become the worlds best cycling team - with all Scandinavian riders. And though we know it probably seems unlikely we would like to be the first professional cycling team with an Icelandic rider.
- The chairman of the board at the team announcement
The first win came sooner than expected when Kjell Carlström managed to take the win in GP di Lugano.
The season went on with wins in some of the early semi-classics as well as our first domestic win in Himmerland Rundt by Jebjerg.
To our great surprise the results just kept coming as many of the other teams didn’t bother chasing when our riders attacked. That gave Michael Færk Christensen the chance to take GC wins in both Dunkerque and Bayern and suddenly we found us on a promotion spot without really having aimed for it.
That brought along a lot of thoughts as we knew we would get completely destroyed in the World Tour with this team. So we decided to try and see if we could attract a real top-rider – otherwise we would have to make sure not to score as many points in the final half of the season.
To our great surprise we managed to convince Thor Hushovd to join the team after a couple of disappointing seasons from him – he didn’t even ask for a relegation release clause even though promotion was far from secured when he signed!
With Hushovd on the team it became a lot easier to attract some good riders to give the team a fighting chance in the World Tour in the following season.
Edited by Atlantius on 30-01-2014 20:36
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VoetsT |
Posted on 30-01-2014 20:40
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Very nice review of 2012
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Matthew21rp |
Posted on 30-01-2014 20:43
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It was a very successful season considering the strength of the team |
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Atlantius |
Posted on 30-01-2014 21:47
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VoetsT: Glad you like it as I will be posting a similar one for each of the five seasons the team have gone through
Matthew21rp: It was. I still wonder how it led to promotion though...
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The Hobbit |
Posted on 31-01-2014 07:02
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Very good summary so far, well done, and a nice idea. |
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Atlantius |
Posted on 31-01-2014 08:39
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The Hobbit: Thanks. I think a 5 year anniversary calls for it.
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 31-01-2014 09:06
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It'll be great looking back on 5 years Nordic Cycling, seeing how far the team has come |
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Atlantius |
Posted on 31-01-2014 10:04
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Ian: I certainly hope so. It has certainly been a long journey to get where we are now!
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