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| G_Larsson |
Posted on 25-08-2008 15:48
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I want the WC now !  Can't wait, this story is so great 
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 25-08-2008 16:12
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Me also wnat WC
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Posted on 25-08-2008 17:44
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Posted on 25-08-2008 18:07
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2009 World Championships in Copenhagen – Individual Time Trial
Of course I wasn’t included in this one, so I will just give you the results. After training me and a few of the other riders from the team went to the course to watch it, but it didn’t go very well for the Danish riders. I hope I can do something about that in three days.
1 Vladimir Gusev Team Astana 56'34
2 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC + 7
3 Sven Krauss Auber 93 + 41
4 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne + 1'14
5 Rubén Plaza Sport Lisboa e Benfica + 1'51
6 Thomas Dekker Rabobank + 2'09
7 Dominique Cornu Silence - Lotto + 2'26
8 Dimitri Champion Liberty Seguros + 2'42
9 Manuel Quinziato Liquigas + 2'48
10 Mikhail Ignatiev Tinkoff Credit Systems + 3'09
11 Dirk Bellemakers Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner + 3'29
12 Shaun Higgerson Roubaix Lille Métropole + 3'43
13 Damien Monier Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 4'04
14 Brett Lancaster Team Milram + 4'26
15 Stijn Devolder Quick•Step + 4'31
16 Alberto Contador Team Astana + 4'47
17 Beñat Intxausti Saunier Duval - Scott + 4'48
18 Alessandro Ballan Lampre + 4'53
19 Marco Pinotti Team High Road + 5'13
20 Lasse Bøchman Team CSC + 5'16
21 Volodymyr Dyudya Team Milram + 5'26
22 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road + 5'38
23 Søren Nissen Amore e Vita - McDonald's + 5'46
24 Dmytro Grabovskyy LA - MSS - Póvoa do Varzim + 5'51
25 Ivan Basso Liquigas + 6'08
26 Koen De Kort Team Astana + 6'27
27 Markus Fothen Gerolsteiner + 6'44
28 Andreas Klöden Team Astana + 7'09
29 David Millar Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 7'31
30 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto + 7'43
31 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto + 7'44
32 Levi Leipheimer Team Astana + 7'50
33 Lars Ytting Bak Team High Road + 8'10
34 Maciej Bodnar Liquigas + 8'14
35 Kim Kirchen Team High Road + 8'37
36 Mitja Mahoric Team Volksbank + 8'48
37 Janez Brajkovic Team Astana + 8'59
38 Matthias Frank Sport Lisboa e Benfica + 9'19
39 Helder Miranda Sport Lisboa e Benfica + 9'21
40 George Hincapie LPR Brakes + 9'38
41 Andreas Dietziker Team Volksbank + 9'42
42 Sérgio Paulinho Team Astana + 10'01
43 Bert Grabsch Team High Road + 10'08
44 Tom Danielson Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
45 Santiago Botero Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli + 10'27
46 Alexander Egger Team Volksbank + 10'45
47 Piotr Mazur CCC - Polsat - Polkowice + 10'46
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Posted on 25-08-2008 18:07
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Jonas’ Corner
- World Championships Special II
The day after the time trial we were off on our normal training programme. I have never ridden a circuit as much as I have ridden this one. But I want to keep do it. I want to know every little rock and every little whole in the road, eventhough I don’t think there are any. I want to know how to cut each bend perfectly and above I know where I want to be on the home stretch.
I have never been as focused as I have been these six days since returning from that race in France, which I have forgotten totally about by the way, because I’m so determined not to have anything else on my mind but to pull off the perfect race here in Copenhagen. It will probably be the only time in my career I have an opportunity like this. To race in the World Championships in my home country. I’m starting to imagine how Ballan might have felt last year. This year it’s going to be me.
It’s unfortuneate that it’s already this season that the Worlds are held on Danish soil, because I would have liked a few more season to grow even stronger. But this is where it’s at and I have to deal with it.
I recieved a lot of phone calls on September 27, the day before the Day. A lot my old team-mates from GLS called me to wish me luck and also a lot of my current team-mates from High Road. Those who weren’t at the World that is. I don’t think the ones who are want me to win ahead of them.
Tomorrow is the day I have been looking forward to for almost a year now and there’s no doubt it’s going to be the biggest day of my cycling career. I have though so much about this day so long now. During the spring season I didn’t want to ride too hard so I wouldn’t have any power left in September. My whole year has been focused on riding a great road race at the World Championships and tomorrow I’m going to find out just how strong I am.
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Posted on 25-08-2008 19:21
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2009 World Championships in Copenhagen – Road Race
It’s here. The most anticipated day of my short cycling career. I will never get a chance like the one I have today ever again. I have the chance to win one of the most sought after jerseys in the world of cycling. I have been training so much and thinking so much about this day for so long that I haven’t stopped to think if I’m even capable of wining, or even capable of competing with the best professional cyclists. Surely the season I have had has given me the confidence needed and especially my victory back in May in Rund Um Den Henninger confirmed that I’m strong enough to win the Rainbow colours at some point, so why not today. I feel a bit more seasoned after Tour of Poland and it’s like I’m in the same state of mind like riders as Bettini and Greipel when I’m out on the road. So mentally I’m ready. My physical condition is great aswell. It’s hard to get in peak condition at this point of the season having raced since January, but I’m so close to my peak that it is going to feel like I am at my actual peak. I have made the perfect preparations. Now it’s time for me to execute my plans.
The race has a total of 285 kilometres and it is raced on a circuit of exactly 23,8 kilometres, which the peloton will go around a total of 12 times. It’s the longest race of my career ever, I was a terrified by that thought.
A break of 7 got away in the early stages. We had Niki Østergaard in it. Riding with him were Jonathan Bellis (GBR), John Devine (USA), Karsten Kroon (HOL), José Ivan Gutierrez (SPA), Uros Murn (SLV) and Romain Feillu (FRA).
Their gap to the pack topped at 13 and a half minutes with 130 kilometres to go. At this point, France and Germany moved to the front, working for their captains Mathieu Drujon and André Greipel. Meanwhile I was wrapped up by team-mates.
My legs weren’t good today but not bad either, and I know I’m in great shape so I was feeling confident as I was sitting comfortably in the pack as riders began dropping off. Kyle Gritters, Alex Rasmussen and Mark Cavendish was among the ones to do so. With still about 100 kilometres to go. That sounds a bit like me at the World last season. Not this year though, I felt like just taking off, but I knew that would kill of my chances so I didn’t do anything. The plan was to wait for some of the other favourites like Cancellara and Gusev to go and then counter. I felt like I could take anyone in the sprint. Guys like Freire, Boonen and Hushovd would be no match today.
With just over two laps remaining Flecha attacked and quickly jumped across to some of the breakaway riders, who were split up at this point. Feillu had gone solo and Niki and Bellis were dropped by the others. Flecha made contact with Devine, Kroon, Gutierrez and Murn after entering the last but final lap. But he was slowed down by them and he was quickly caught again. Feillu was the last from the break to be reeled in with 30 kilometres to go.
Entering the final lap of the 2009 World Championships I had made my way to the front of the pack. If anyone moved I would be on their tails right away.
I waited and I waited for quite a few kilometres but no-one were liking the prospect of taking off on the relatively flat route and go for a solo win. I just stayed near the front and entering the finale I grabbed Hushovd’s wheel at the front of the pack. I was in a great position and I was going to smoke Hushovd, I had no doubt. France led the pack into the sprint.
But then out of the blue as we were going up the final small rise the defending champion Ballan attacked with a powerful move. I countered him right away with a Dutchman trying to bridge up aswell.
I had no problems keeping up with Ballan, but as I looked back I could see the pack right up my alley, I didn’t have gap yet, In fact I only had a very slim lead over the pack right before the sprint.
The pack was stretched out though so my hopes were that none of the really strong guys would be right behind me. So I opened up the sprint I have prepared for a year now.
But I had a very fast guy in my wheel, Bernhard Eisel was locked in on my wheel. Having used a lot of energy on the attack there was no way I could hold the Austrian off and blew past just as I could eye the finish line. There goes the Rainbow colours.
A lot of thoughts flashed through my head in a fraction of a second. I wanted to just stop sprinting because Eisel was definitely going to win this. But I quickly came to my senses and tried to make my way into the lane of Eisel to at least come away with a silver medal. Drujon and my High Road teammate Greipel were coming up on me. I was losing out on the podium aswell. But with a last-ditch effort and the lactate making my legs numb I kept pedalling and just managed to hold off Drujon to take a silver medal.
I rode up to Eisel and congratulated him on the win, but I could feel nothing but dissapointment.
I recieved a lot of pads on the back from a lot the other riders in the pack but I didn’t really sensed it. I was in my own place dominated by frustration until I was called up on the podium, where I recieved my Silver Medal in front of my home crowd. At that point all the frustrations were gone and then it occured to me. I have won a frickin’ Silver Medal at the frickin’ World Championships in Denmark!
1 Bernhard Eisel Silence - Lotto 6h59'34
2 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team High Road s.t.
3 Mathieu Drujon Gerolsteiner s.t.
4 André Greipel Team High Road s.t.
5 Paolo Bettini Team High Road s.t.
6 Tom Boonen Quick•Step s.t.
7 Alessandro Ballan Lampre s.t.
8 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Team CSC s.t.
9 Enrique Mata SouthAustralia.com - AIS s.t.
10 Borut Božic Cycle Collstrop s.t.
11 Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole s.t.
12 Juan Pablo Forero Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce s.t.
13 Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank s.t.
14 Allan Davis Silence - Lotto s.t.
15 Robert Radosz Mróz - Action - Uniqa s.t.
16 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road s.t.
17 Matthew Goss LPR Brakes s.t.
18 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC s.t.
19 Nikolas Maes Topsport Vlaanderen s.t.
20 Matti Breschel Team CSC s.t.
21 Francesco Ginanni Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
22 Martin Elmiger Pinarello Racing Team s.t.
23 Philippe Gilbert Française des Jeux s.t.
24 Matteo Carrara Quick•Step s.t.
25 Danilo Di Luca LPR Brakes s.t.
26 Steven De Jongh Quick•Step s.t.
27 Mitja Mahoric Team Volksbank s.t.
28 Daryl Impey Barloworld s.t.
29 Igor Astarloa Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
30 Eros Capecchi Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
31 Heinrich Haussler Gerolsteiner s.t.
32 Óscar Freire Rabobank s.t.
33 Nico Eeckhout Française des Jeux s.t.
34 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
35 Baden Cooke Barloworld s.t.
36 George Hincapie LPR Brakes s.t.
37 Grega Bole Adria Mobil s.t.
38 Mikhail Ignatiev Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
39 Tom Leezer Rabobank s.t.
40 Kim Kirchen Team High Road s.t.
41 Vladimir Gusev Team Astana s.t.
42 Anthony Geslin Bouygues Télécom s.t.
43 Blazej Janiaczyk Mróz - Action - Uniqa s.t.
44 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto s.t.
45 Diego Milán Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
46 Thomas Dekker Rabobank s.t.
47 Juan Antonio Flecha Rabobank s.t.
48 Matej Mugerli Liquigas s.t.
49 André Cardoso Team Volksbank s.t.
50 Yaroslav Popovych Silence - Lotto s.t.
51 Kristof Goddaert Topsport Vlaanderen s.t.
52 Kenny De Ketele Topsport Vlaanderen s.t.
53 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto s.t.
54 Nuno Marta Centro de Ciclismo de Loulé s.t.
55 Stijn Devolder Quick•Step s.t.
56 Ivan Rovny Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
57 Joaquim RodrÃguez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
58 Andriy Grivko Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
59 Simon Gerrans Crédit Agricole s.t.
60 Bauke Mollema Rabobank s.t.
61 Daniele Bennati Liquigas s.t.
62 Gerben Löwik Rabobank s.t.
63 Stefan Denifl ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
64 Grégory Rast Team Astana s.t.
65 Mikhaylo Khalilov Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce s.t.
66 Maxime Bouet Agritubel s.t.
67 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road s.t.
68 Clemens Frankhauser ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
69 Jakob Fuglsang Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
70 Marco Marcato Cycle Collstrop s.t.
71 William Bonnet Crédit Agricole s.t.
72 Sven Krauss Auber 93 s.t.
73 Tomasz Kiendyś CCC - Polsat - Polkowice s.t.
74 Romain Feillu Agritubel s.t.
75 Alexandr Kolobnev Team CSC s.t.
76 Arnaud Coyot Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
77 Tyler Farrar Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
78 Eric Baumann Team Sparkasse s.t.
79 Sergei Ivanov Team Astana s.t.
80 Denis Flahaut Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
81 Hannes Blank Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
82 Pierrick Fédrigo Bouygues Télécom s.t.
83 Thomas Fothen Gerolsteiner s.t.
84 Tomasz Lisowicz CCC - Polsat - Polkowice s.t.
85 Mario Costa Sport Lisboa e Benfica s.t.
86 Nicki Sørensen Team CSC s.t.
87 Lars Ytting Bak Team High Road s.t.
88 Yuri Krivtsov Team Sparkasse + 3'09
89 Steven Cummings ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
90 Jimmy Casper Agritubel s.t.
91 Manuel Cardoso Liberty Seguros s.t.
92 Michael Friedman Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
93 Sebastian May Thüringer Energie Team s.t.
94 Alexander Gottfried Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
95 Dmytro Grabovskyy LA - MSS - Póvoa do Varzim + 3'55
96 Michael Albasini Liquigas s.t.
97 René Haselbacher Team Astana s.t.
98 Jairo Salas Team Kuota - Senges + 5'04
99 Steven Cozza Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
100 Christian Poos Differdange - Apiflo Vacances s.t.
101 Cândido Barbosa Team High Road + 5'45
102 Laurent Beuret NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte s.t.
103 Laurent Didier Team Kuota - Senges + 6'40
104 Carlos Barredo Quick•Step + 7'18
105 Dariusz Rudnicki Extremadura - Ciclismo Solidario s.t.
106 Silvère Ackermann Karpin Galicia s.t.
107 Aurélien Clerc Bouygues Télécom s.t.
108 Alex Candelario Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast s.t.
109 Marco Bandiera Lampre s.t.
110 Karsten Kroon Team CSC + 10'23
111 Allan Johansen Team CSC s.t.
112 Mark Cavendish Team High Road s.t.
113 Uros Murn Adria Mobil + 11'48
114 John Devine Palmeiras Resort - Tavira + 12'28
115 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
116 Alex Rasmussen Team Designa Køkken + 15'24
117 Kyle Gritters Health Net presented by Maxxis s.t.
118 Jonathan Bellis NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte + 15'49
119 Niki Østergaard Tinkoff Credit Systems + 17'38
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 25-08-2008 19:30
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Great job at the WC, but a shame that you didn't go the last step up the podium
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Posted on 25-08-2008 19:46
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Damn you Eisel!   |
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Posted on 25-08-2008 20:31
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Ah, so close 
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Posted on 25-08-2008 23:09
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Bernard Eisel?! 
Unlucky JAJ, there's always next year |
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Posted on 26-08-2008 08:39
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Oooh!!!
I really thought you were going to win it there.....
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Posted on 26-08-2008 15:13
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So close... Unlucky.
But you will smash everybody next year
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Posted on 26-08-2008 15:28
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Yeah if I want to. Because of the Worlds position in the calendar you can easily win it with a 75 hill rider in peak condition. It's all about form.
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Posted on 26-08-2008 15:42
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Yeah, maybe it will be boring for you to plan a new season almost like the season your playing now.
It will be fun to see JAJ in a GT if he is going to ride one of them next year.
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Posted on 26-08-2008 17:18
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He sure will. I'm just not going to tell you which one
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Posted on 26-08-2008 17:24
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Great !
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Posted on 26-08-2008 17:33
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The Giro. A_Schleck is subconsciously pouring out his man love of Andy Schleck by having Jonas follow andy's career path.
or maybe I just like teasing him
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Posted on 26-08-2008 17:43
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Andy Schleck!? Oh no, my man love is yours and yours alone isso, deal with it
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Posted on 26-08-2008 17:43
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Paris – Tours
We are very close to the end of the season now. The team has just four races left. This one and Sun Herald Tour, which is underway as we speak and then Milano-Torino and Giro di Lombardia where I’ll take part in both and I will one of the favourites for those two races as I’ve come out of the Worlds in great form and with a silver medal in my suit case. The dissapointment is gone and I will be back there next year. Hopefully the route will be a bit tougher.
Our captain for this race was Greipel, but things didn’t really turn out the way they should. Long story short, an attack from Flecha and Breschel caught everyone by surprise as they attacked with 20 kilometres left of the race and never looked back. Breschel never caught up with Flecha though and had to settle for 2nd.
Now I’m off to Italy to finish off my season in style.
1 Juan Antonio Flecha Rabobank 6h01'20
2 Matti Breschel Team CSC + 28
3 Bernhard Eisel Silence - Lotto + 1'58
4 Lloyd Mondory AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
5 Gert Steegmans Quick•Step s.t.
6 Alessandro Petacchi Team Milram s.t.
7 Juan José Haedo Team CSC s.t.
8 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto s.t.
9 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas s.t.
10 Heinrich Haussler Gerolsteiner s.t.
11 Steven De Jongh Quick•Step s.t.
12 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Team CSC s.t.
13 Óscar Freire Rabobank s.t.
14 André Greipel Team High Road s.t.
15 Tom Boonen Quick•Step s.t.
16 Paolo Bettini Team High Road s.t.
17 Marco Bandiera Lampre s.t.
18 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team High Road s.t.
19 Julian Dean Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
20 Claudio Corioni Crédit Agricole s.t.
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Posted on 26-08-2008 17:48
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A_Schleck wrote:
Andy Schleck!? Oh no, my man love is yours and yours alone isso, deal with it
I love you too my darling. let's elope to botswana and take waghlon with us. He has a thing for african warriors.
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