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Petronas - Monster Energy; The end of an era
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| dienblad |
Posted on 23-09-2012 21:50
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Stage 21
100 kilometres seperate the riders from a well deserved finsh in the Spanish capitol Madrid. One more chance for the sprinters, Can EBH make it 3-3 or will Cav win the duel of the sprinters?
7km to go
Omega Pharma's Jurgen Vandewalle is the last rider from the BOTD to get caught, 7km before the finish. Both Sky and Lotto are preparing their sprint train. We don't bother, as our sprinters are too exhausted and run out of energy.
Finish
And the final score is ...... 4-2. Mark Cavendish wins the final stage of this Vuelta, making up for his disastrous Tour de France. Boasson Hagen scroes the 2nd place and JJ Rojas the 3rd.
Andy Schleck knows he has to finish near Vincenzo Nibali to win the points jersey, and he does. 7th place for Andy, and the 5th for Nibali, who wins the Vuelta a España for the 2nd time in his career (and his 3rd GT so far).
Results
| 1 |  Mark Cavendish | Sky ProCycling | 2h27'24 | | 2 |  Edvald Boasson Hagen | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 3 |  José Joaquín Rojas | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 4 |  André Greipel | Red Bull - Cervélo | s.t. | | 5 |  Vincenzo Nibali | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. | | 6 | Gerald Ciolek | Red Bull - Cervélo | s.t. | | 7 |  Andy Schleck | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 8 |  Heinrich Haussler | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 |  Jürgen Roelandts | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 10 | Matthew Goss | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. |
Today's winner
Full results to follow.
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Posted on 23-09-2012 22:01
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GC
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | Radio Shack - Nissan | 86h07'12 | | 2 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5'41 | | 3 | Andy Schleck | Monster Energy - Subway | + 5'44 | | 4 | Fränk Schleck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 7'38 | | 5 | Samuel Sánchez | Lampre - Generali | + 11'02 | | 6 |  Matthias Frank | Red Bull - Cervélo | + 13'49 | | 7 | Carlos Barredo | Movistar Team | + 14'35 | | 8 | Giovanni Visconti | BMC Racing Team | + 16'20 | | 9 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 16'41 | | 10 |  Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | + 16'43 |
Spoiler | 11 | Ezequiel Mosquera | Caja Rural | + 16'59 | | 12 | José Herrada | Caja Rural | + 17'28 | | 13 | Bauke Mollema | BMC Racing Team | + 17'53 | | 14 | Pavel Brutt | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 18'26 | | 15 | Daniel Navarro | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 21'32 | | 16 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 22'34 | | 17 | Bruno Pires | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 24'04 | | 18 | Jelle Vanendert | Monster Energy - Subway | + 25'16 | | 19 | Yury Trofimov | Pro Team Astana | + 27'28 | | 20 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | + 27'39 | | 21 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Barracuda | + 29'08 | | 22 | Miguel Rubiano | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 32'26 | | 23 | Stefan Denifl | Red Bull - Cervélo | + 32'29 | | 24 | Oliver Zaugg | Red Bull - Cervélo | + 32'31 | | 25 | Francis De Greef | Monster Energy - Subway | + 33'49 | | 26 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Lampre - Generali | + 34'03 | | 27 | Jesús Hernández | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 34'38 | | 28 | Sergio Mantecón | Caja Rural | + 34'54 | | 29 | Sergio Pardilla | Movistar Team | + 35'09 | | 30 | Emanuele Sella | Lampre - Generali | + 36'42 | | 31 | Andrew Talansky | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 36'55 | | 32 | Tadej Valjavec | Pro Team Astana | + 38'37 | | 33 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | + 38'52 | | 34 | Serge Pauwels | Sky ProCycling | + 39'16 | | 35 | Ben Hermans | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 39'53 | | 36 | Thomas Rohregger | Sony Ericsson | + 40'05 | | 37 | Óscar Pujol | Movistar Team | + 41'53 | | 38 | Mauro Santambrogio | BMC Racing Team | + 43'17 | | 39 | Nico Keinath | Sony Ericsson | + 46'08 | | 40 | Rémi Pauriol | FDJ | + 46'19 | | 41 | Bradley Wiggins | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 47'06 | | 42 | Marcos García | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 48'14 | | 43 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Lotto - Belisol | + 48'41 | | 44 | Eduardo Gonzalo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 50'04 | | 45 | Vladimir Efimkin | Katusha Team | + 50'09 | | 46 | Arnold Jeanneson | FDJ | + 53'23 | | 47 | José Joaquín Rojas | Garmin - Barracuda | + 54'17 | | 48 | Hubert Dupont | AG2R La Mondiale | + 55'09 | | 49 | Gustavo César Veloso | Caja Rural | + 1h00'25 | | 50 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC Racing Team | + 1h03'23 | | 51 | Jonathan Monsalve | Androni Giocattoli | + 1h03'28 | | 52 | Kim Kirchen | Sky ProCycling | + 1h05'32 | | 53 | Higinio Fernández | Caja Rural | + 1h05'54 | | 54 | Jussi Veikkanen | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 1h06'10 | | 55 | Ivan Rovny | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 1h07'51 | | 56 | Fabio Duarte | Pro Team Astana | + 1h08'03 | | 57 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | + 1h09'24 | | 58 | Javier Iriarte | Movistar Team | + 1h11'08 | | 59 | Jorge Azanza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1h11'10 | | 60 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | + 1h14'15 | | 61 | Sébastien Joly | Garmin - Barracuda | + 1h14'31 | | 62 | Nadir Haddou | FDJ | + 1h14'37 | | 63 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | + 1h16'18 | | 64 | Michael Schär | Red Bull - Cervélo | + 1h21'38 | | 65 | Jan Bakelants | Lotto - Belisol | + 1h22'29 | | 66 | Alessandro Bertolini | Androni Giocattoli | + 1h22'51 | | 67 | Paolo Tiralongo | Pro Team Astana | + 1h24'11 | | 68 | Jackson Rodríguez | Androni Giocattoli | + 1h24'25 | | 69 | Chris Barton | Sony Ericsson | + 1h25'30 | | 70 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 1h25'40 | | 71 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Generali | + 1h26'47 | | 72 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky ProCycling | + 1h28'52 | | 73 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli | + 1h29'32 | | 74 | Matthias Brändle | Red Bull - Cervélo | + 1h31'45 | | 75 | Danny Pate | Sony Ericsson | + 1h35'53 | | 76 | Steve Houanard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1h36'09 | | 77 | Heinrich Haussler | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h36'46 | | 78 | Imanol Erviti | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1h37'34 | | 79 | Antonio Santoro | Androni Giocattoli | + 1h41'03 | | 80 | Pierre Cazaux | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1h42'11 | | 81 | Egoi Martínez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1h43'09 | | 82 | David Le Lay | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1h48'19 | | 83 | Rodrigo García | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 1h50'13 | | 84 | Leonardo Duque | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 1h51'09 | | 85 | Peter Sagan | Monster Energy - Subway | + 1h52'27 | | 86 | Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy | Pro Team Astana | + 1h54'09 | | 87 | Gerald Ciolek | Red Bull - Cervélo | + 1h54'25 | | 88 | Joost Posthuma | Monster Energy - Subway | + 1h55'29 | | 89 | Tom Dumoulin | Monster Energy - Subway | + 1h57'10 | | 90 | Mark Cavendish | Sky ProCycling | + 1h58'12 | | 91 | Sep Vanmarcke | Monster Energy - Subway | + 1h58'16 | | 92 | Florian Vachon | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2h00'02 | | 93 | Daniele Pietropolli | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2h00'57 | | 94 | Stef Clement | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2h01'02 | | 95 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ | + 2h01'33 | | 96 | Nick Nuyens | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 2h03'26 | | 97 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | + 2h03'38 | | 98 | Trent Lowe | Sony Ericsson | + 2h04'27 | | 99 | Tyler Wren | Garmin - Barracuda | + 2h12'59 | | 100 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2h13'23 | | 101 | Aitor Pérez Arrieta | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 102 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 2h20'17 | | 103 | Kristof Vandewalle | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2h20'39 | | 104 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2h24'13 | | 105 | Gianni Meersman | FDJ | + 2h26'20 | | 106 | Yoann Barbas | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2h27'40 | | 107 | Joan Horrach | Katusha Team | + 2h28'23 | | 108 | Egoitz García | Caja Rural | + 2h29'27 | | 109 | Matthew Goss | Lotto - Belisol | + 2h29'50 | | 110 | Simon Clarke | Qantas Airways | + 2h31'46 | | 111 | Francesco Gavazzi | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2h33'43 | | 112 | Markel Irizar | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 2h35'39 | | 113 | Matthew Lloyd | Pro Team Astana | + 2h38'52 | | 114 | Simon Zahner | BMC Racing Team | + 2h39'29 | | 115 | Sandy Casar | FDJ | + 2h43'06 | | 116 | Christian Kux | Red Bull - Cervélo | + 2h44'21 | | 117 | Diego Milán | Caja Rural | + 2h47'37 | | 118 | Cândido Barbosa | Sky ProCycling | + 2h50'05 | | 119 | Cameron Meyer | Qantas Airways | + 2h52'17 | | 120 | Víctor De la Parte | Caja Rural | + 2h52'38 | | 121 | Dominic Klemme | Red Bull - Cervélo | + 2h53'59 | | 122 | Damien Gaudin | Team Europcar | + 3h00'34 | | 123 | Jürgen Roelandts | Sony Ericsson | + 3h01'33 | | 124 | André Greipel | Red Bull - Cervélo | + 3h04'08 | | 125 | Giairo Ermeti | Androni Giocattoli | + 3h04'17 | | 126 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky ProCycling | + 3h07'06 | | 127 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ | + 3h11'51 | | 128 | Liam Holohan | Sky ProCycling | + 3h12'56 | | 129 | Adriano Malori | Lampre - Generali | + 3h23'54 | | 130 | David Tanner | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 3h24'52 | | 131 | Murilo Fischer | Sony Ericsson | + 3h27'27 | | 132 | Marcel Kittel | Monster Energy - Subway | + 3h29'02 | | 133 | Alessandro Spezialetti | Lampre - Generali | + 3h30'29 | | 134 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3h33'38 | | 135 | Mickaël Delage | Team Europcar | + 3h35'13 | | 136 | Wesley Sulzberger | Qantas Airways | + 3h42'13 | | 137 | Christopher Sutton | Pro Team Astana | + 3h43'00 | | 138 | Leigh Howard | Qantas Airways | + 3h44'12 | | 139 | Vicente Reynès | Lotto - Belisol | + 3h45'25 | | 140 | Dennis Van Winden | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3h47'27 | | 141 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | + 3h47'34 | | 142 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ | + 3h52'40 | | 143 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3h53'55 | | 144 | Jonathon McEvoy | Qantas Airways | + 3h54'20 | | 145 | Maxime Vantomme | Katusha Team | + 3h58'30 | | 146 | Gene Michael Bates | Lotto - Belisol | + 4h01'04 | | 147 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4h03'02 | | 148 | Carlos Oyarzun | Movistar Team | + 4h08'14 | | 149 | Marko Kump | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4h09'08 | | 150 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ | + 4h12'27 | | 151 | Americo Novembrini | Androni Giocattoli | + 4h16'00 | | 152 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | + 4h17'04 | | 153 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | + 4h17'42 | | 154 | Nikolas Maes | Lotto - Belisol | + 4h19'27 | | 155 | Julien Bérard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4h21'22 | | 156 | Adrien Petit | Team Europcar | + 4h22'43 | | 157 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4h23'07 | | 158 | Andrea Grendene | Androni Giocattoli | + 4h24'34 | | 159 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Pro Team Astana | + 4h36'32 | | 160 | Ben Jacques-Maynes | Garmin - Barracuda | + 4h39'03 | | 161 | Roman Kireyev | Pro Team Astana | + 4h42'13 | | 162 | Vitali Kondrut | Lampre - Generali | + 4h44'39 | | 163 | Kris Boeckmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 4h51'58 | | 164 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | + 4h53'06 | | 165 | Joaquín Sobrino | Caja Rural | + 4h58'58 | | 166 | Bernardo Riccio | Androni Giocattoli | + 5h05'27 | | 167 | Bert Grabsch | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 5h11'23 | | 168 | Justin Williams | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 5h12'51 | | 169 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | + 5h18'29 | | 170 | Matthew Hayman | Qantas Airways | + 5h29'43 | | 171 | Yuriy Krivtsov | AG2R La Mondiale | + 5h40'12 | | 172 | Saïd Haddou | Team Europcar | + 5h42'21 |
Points
The GC-contenders win the battle for the points jersey from the sprinters, win Andy achieving the sponsor goal.
| 1 | Andy Schleck | Monster Energy - Subway | 194 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Radio Shack - Nissan | 187 | | 3 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Lotto - Belisol | 178 | | 4 | Mark Cavendish | Sky ProCycling | 166 | | 5 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 126 |
KOTM
Andy also wins the KOTM-jersey, again by a small margin.
| 1 | Andy Schleck | Monster Energy - Subway | 96 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Radio Shack - Nissan | 89 | | 3 |  Bauke Mollema | BMC Racing Team | 84 | | 4 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 76 | | 5 | Ezequiel Mosquera | Caja Rural | 59 |
U25
| 1 |  Andrew Talansky | Radio Shack - Nissan | 86h44'07 | | 2 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC Racing Team | + 26'28 | | 3 |  Jonathan Monsalve | Androni Giocattoli | + 26'33 | | 4 | Higinio Fernández | Caja Rural | + 28'59 | | 5 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | + 37'20 |
Teams
| 1 | BMC Racing Team | 258h10'55 | | 2 |  Red Bull - Cervélo | + 21'09 | | 3 | Monster Energy - Subway | + 21'38 | | 4 | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 22'54 | | 5 |  Saxo Bank SunGard | + 25'04 |
The overall winner
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Posted on 23-09-2012 22:22
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Review
Summary
| Stage | Win | GC | Points | KOTM | U25 | Teams | | 1 | Radio Shack | A. Talansky | | | | Radio Shack | | 2 | M. Cavendish | M. Cavendish | M. Cavendish | C. Meyer | C. Meyer | Lampre | | 3 | P. Tiralongo | P. Tiralongo | P. Tiralongo | P. Tiralongo | A. Talansky | Astana | | 4 | A. Schleck | A. Schleck | A. Schleck | P. Tiralongo | A. Talansky | Radio Shack | | 5 | M. Cavendish | A. Schleck | A. Schleck | P. Tiralongo | A. Talansky | Radio Shack | | 6 | M. Kittel | A. Schleck | A. Schleck | P. Tiralongo | A. Talansky | Radio Shack | | 7 | E.B. Hagen | A. Schleck | M. Cavendish | P. Tiralongo | A. Talansky | Monster Energy | | 8 | V. Nibali | A. Schleck | A. Schleck | P. Tiralongo | A. Talansky | Monster Energy | | 9 | B. Pires | A. Schleck | A. Schleck | N. Haddou | A. Talansky | Monster Energy | | 10 | S. Houanard | A. Schleck | A. Schleck | N. Haddou | A. Talansky | Monster Energy | | 11 | S. Morabito | V. Nibali | A. Schleck | N. Haddou | A. Talansky | Omega Pharma | | 12 | M. Santambrogio | V. Nibali | A. Schleck | N. Haddou | A. Talansky | Omega Pharma | | 13 | D. Malacarne | V. Nibali | A. Schleck | N. Haddou | A. Talansky | BMC | | 14 | S. Denifl | V. Nibali | A. Schleck | N. Haddou | A. Talansky | BMC | | 15 | I. Antón | V. Nibali | A. Schleck | I. Antón | A. Talansky | BMC | | 16 | B. Mollema | V. Nibali | A. Schleck | A. Schleck | A. Talansky | BMC | | 17 | V. Nibali | V. Nibali | A. Schleck | A. Schleck | A. Talansky | BMC | | 18 | M. Cavendish | V. Nibali | A. Schleck | A. Schleck | A. Talansky | BMC | | 19 | M. Cavendish | V. Nibali | A. Schleck | A. Schleck | A. Talansky | BMC | | 20 | V. Nibali | V. Nibali | A. Schleck | A. Schleck | A. Talansky | BMC | | 21 | M. Cavendish | V. Nibali | A. Schleck | A. Schleck | A. Talansky | BMC |
Top 5
1. Vincenzo Nibali
Italian Vincenzo Nibali took some sweet revenge for the defeat in Le tour by 1 second, as he crushes the opposition to win his 2nd Vuelta. He does it not only by winning 3 stages, but also by destroying the number 2 with 5 minutes. It's the 3rd GT-win, and considering his age f 28, not the last!
2. Igor Antón
For a guy that has almost 90 racedays in the legs this season, Igor Antón showed some great cycling in the Vuelta. In the penultimate stage to the Bola del Mundo he gained enough seconds to overtake Andy Schleck in the GC for the 2nd place, as well as winning 1 stage.
3. Mark Cavendish
After a disastours Tour, where he finished outside the timelimit in stage 2, the 4 stage wins (3 of them in a mass sprint) are some sweet revenge for Mark Cavendish.
4. BMC Racing Team
3 stages wins (all by breakaway wins) and the first place in the teams-ranking. This was for sure a great win for BMC, also considering the 8th place in the GC for Giovanni Visconti.
5.
None.
Flop 3
1. André Greipel
Was it the lack of race days, or just the fact that he got outsprinted by Cav and EBH every time? For sure, André Greipel had expected more from this Vuelta.
2. Joaquím Rodríguez
The only guy that rode all 3 GT's, as well as many other races. Joaquím Rodríguez schould rethink this before next season. Bet at 1 horse, not at all....
3. The Spanish cyclists
Only 1 stage win out of 21 stages.... That is simply not enough. Okay, it's nice to have 3 guys in the GC-Top 10 (Antón 3rd, Sánchez 5th, Barredo 7th), but still a flop.
Word from the DS
We had a great start in this Vuelta, with Andy Schleck winning stage 4 and Marcel Kittel winning stage 6. But then the fatigue hitted us. The season was to long for most of them, and despite some good results in breakaways, this can be counted as the least of the 3 GT's this years. But complaining with 2 stage wins, the Points-jersey, the KOTM-jersey and the 3rd in the GC? Of course not. So satisfied enough to hunt down some bottles of Rioja!
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Posted on 23-09-2012 23:23
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Andy may have finished third, which is still a Brilliant result 
But he had an all round successful Vuelta by bringing home the Points and Mountains jerseys as well |
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Posted on 24-09-2012 06:46
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Posted on 24-09-2012 07:20
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Very unfortunate to lose 2nd place on the final climb, but he fought like a wild beast, and he has Points and KoM Jersey, so excellent work getting podium with a decreasing form! |
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Posted on 24-09-2012 08:23
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3rd is a good result. Plus having the KoM and point jersey.
Nibali was just too strong in the end.
Nice overview.
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Posted on 24-09-2012 09:04
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@ all: Thank you. Just as Andy, I desperately want the season to end. Feel a bit demotivated to complete the last few races. Already played the 2 Canadian WT-races (of course with some decent results), but will probably simulate some of the remaining races of the season. It all depends on the fitness levels of the team in that race.
I know I have to play the Tour of Britain, simulate the WC, then play the Circuit Franco-Belge, Tour of Beijing, Emilia, some other Italian classics and Lombardia.
You'll see what I'll do in the next week or 2.
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Posted on 24-09-2012 10:48
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It's still a positive result, and you also brought two jerseys home.
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Posted on 24-09-2012 15:16
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I understand the feeling. If you are not motivated to do the rest of the season, it's all right to sim and start the new season for me |
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Posted on 24-09-2012 15:24
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Ian Butler wrote:
I understand the feeling. If you are not motivated to do the rest of the season, it's all right to sim and start the new season for me
+1
You should lowered the stats of Barredo and Visconti. |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 24-09-2012 15:52
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ventoux wrote:
Ian Butler wrote:
I understand the feeling. If you are not motivated to do the rest of the season, it's all right to sim and start the new season for me
+1
You should lowered the stats of Barredo and Visconti.
No, I won't lower their stats, as they developed this way in my story. Yes, they are way better than in real life, but this is stil a game.
And I won't sim all races, just some of them (but will tell you that!)
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Posted on 24-09-2012 16:15
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Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
It's the 4th edition of the opener of the Canadian World Tour double, and just as the previous years, the starting field isn't as strong as this race deserves to have. Last year, Robert Gesink took the win for our team.
The route
Startlist
Spoiler Monster Energy - Ford
1. T.De Gendt
2. J.Audet
3. J.Bobridge
4. T.Dekker
5. R.Gesink
6. M.Lefèvre
7. P.Ligthart
8. N.Terpstra
Garmin
11. M.Kreder
12. A.Colby
13. C.Le Mével
14. D.Martin
15. S.Minard
16. G.Rasch
17. C.Riblon
18. P.Stetina
Europcar
21. C.Gautier
22. Y.Arashiro
23. J.Cousin
24. Y.Gène
25. R.Lallement
26. R.Lerouge
27. M.Méderel
28. M.Sprick
Astana
31. M.Nieve
32. T.Kangert
33. F.Masciarelli
34. E.Petrov
35. D.Potapovitch
36. N.Ribeiro
37. J.Serpa
38. A.Zeits
BMC
41. C.A.Sørensen
42. J.Grosjean
43. A.Guyard
44. A.Moinard
45. T.Phinney
46. T.Rousselle
47. L.Smit
48. J.Tschopp
Rabobank
51. P.Martens
52. D.Bellemakers
53. R.Honig
54. G.Niermann
55. W.Poels
56. T.Slagter
57. L.Smit
58. J.Van Emden
FDJ
61. F.Wegmann
62. A.Courteille
63. N.Edet
64. M.Ladagnous
65. L.Pouvreau
66. J.Roy
67. D.Teklehaimanot
68. A.Vichot
Liquigas
71. G.Bosisio
72. D.Cannone
73. E.Capecchi
74. D.Caruso
75. A.Contoli
76. M.Paterski
77. I.Santaromita
78. D.Ulissi
Saxo Bank
81. V.Karpets
82. M.Christensen
83. G.Larsson
84. A.Lund
85. S.Paulinho
86. R.Petersen
87. M.Scott
88. A.Steensen
Sky
91. C.Knees
92. M.Barry
93. G.Briggs
94. D.Cioni
95. P.Kennaugh
96. M.Pearson
97. M.Possoni
98. J.Tiernan-Locke
Vacansoleil
101. S.Lagutin
102. S.Anza
103. R.Mandri
104. M.Pavarin
105. P.Rooijakkers
106. M.Rutkiewicz
107. T.Stamsnijder
108. J.Van Leijen
Androni Giocattoli
111. F.Ginanni
112. D.Cimolai
113. A.D'Aniello
114. M.Montaguti
115. L.Moser
116. L.Piepoli
117. M.Pinotti
118. Á.Vicioso
Sony Ericsson
121. K.Seeldraeyers
122. W.Clarke
123. N.Collins
124. T.Duggan
125. S.Hernandez
126. M.Koch
127. G.Mannion
128. M.Reimer
RadioShack
131. E.Silin
132. M.Busche
133. T.Machado
134. N.Oliveira
135. D.Ospina
136. J.Sergent
137. C.Stone
138. C.Vande Velde
Movistar
141. D.López
142. D.Arroyo
143. H.Guerra
144. I.Konovalovas
145. J.Montaña
146. R.Pérez
147. J.L.Roldán
148. E.Salgueiro
Katusha
151. G.Caruso
152. L.Battistini
153. A.Botcharov
154. S.Firsanov
155. R.Klimov
156. A.Markov
157. A.Natali
158. A.Shchebelin
Saur
161. P.Niemiec
162. J.Bauer
163. C.Bessy
164. F.Guillou
165. J.Le Bon
166. G.Levarlet
167. M.Mahoric
168. D.Petrov
Lampre
171. L.Solari
172. P.Caucchioli
173. C.Cremonesi
174. M.Gentili
175. A.Kashechkin
176. D.Loosli
177. C.Moreni
178. D.Righi
Qantas
181. P.Weening
182. I.Bibby
183. B.Cooke
184. R.Downing
185. A.Kruopis
186. A.McDaniel
187. C.Porter
188. L.Rowe
Euskaltel
191. J.Á.Gómez Marchante
192. J.Fernandez
193. M.Landa
194. I.Mayoz
195. I.Velasco
196. G.Verdugo
197. H.Zubeldia
198. G.Zubiagirre
Lotto
201. J.Wallays
202. D.De Coninck
203. J.De Schepper
204. G.Dockx
205. A.Kemps
206. F.Robert
207. T.Stubbe
208. M.Thevenin
Omega Pharma
211. G.Van Keirsbulck
212. S.Bailly
213. M.Dufosse
214. Y.Le Boulanger
215. L.Lefèvre
216. A.Ravard
217. J.Tratnik
218. J.Vermote
Our team
The favourites
*** Robert Gesink, Daniel Martin (Garmin), Mikel Nieve (Astana).
** Cyril Gautier (Europcar), Paul Martens (Rabobank), Chris Anker Sorensen (BMC).
* Eros Capecchi (Liquigas), Giampaolo Caruso (Katusha), Pim Ligthart.
Our goal
The win, just as the previous 2 years.
The race
The race wasn't hard at all, as a breakaway kept under control of the peloton for more than 100km. In the penultimate lap, some favourites attacked, among them Daniel Martin, Paul Martens and some Liquigas-dudes. But as we had most of our team left in the first group, we chased them down.
Starting the last climb towards the finish, we had formed a "sprint train" consisring of De Gendt-Dekker-Gesink-Ligthart. It seemed to work perfectly, untill some Russian guy from Radio Shack came out of nowhere and blasted past Gesink in the last 50 metres. Yes, Egor Silin took the win in Québec, the biggest in his career. But with the 2nd for Ligthart and the 3rd place for Gesink we can be happy, considering the fitness levels.
Results
| 1 |  Egor Silin | Radio Shack - Nissan | 5h29'26 | | 2 | Pim Ligthart | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 3 | Robert Gesink | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 4 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 6 | Thomas Dekker | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 7 | Joost Van Leijen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Fabian Wegmann | FDJ | s.t. | | 9 | Thomas De Gendt | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 10 | Enrique Salgueiro | Movistar Team | s.t. |
The winner
Word from the DS
Considering the fitness levels of our riders (only Ligthart above 85), this is a great result. We hoped for an uphill sprint, and it turned ut to be one. Then strangely, a guy with Sp65 beats a guy with Sp 76.... Oh well, nice result.
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Posted on 24-09-2012 16:48
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Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
The second race of the Canadian double is the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal. Last year won by Pieter Weening, and more difficult to win for the puncheurs than Québec, because the summit of the hill is 10km before the finish.
The route
Startlist
Our team
The favourites
*** Fabio Felline (Nespresso), Pim Ligthart, Paul Martens (Rabobank).
** Robert Gesink, Mikel Nieve (Astana), Egor Silin (Radio Shack).
* Francesco Ginanni (Androni), Kevin Seeldraeyers (Sony Ericsson), Pieter Weening (Qantas).
Our goal
Top 3.
The race
I forgot to take screens, or lost them somehow.....
The race was pretty difficult to control, as a fairly large BOTD (14 riders) created a margin of several inutes, as no team was willing to chase. SO the moment we started the chase, it was already to late to catch all of the 14. 2 riders remained in front, and of them, Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil) had the most energy left for the sprint. Caja Rurals Javier Moreno took the 2nd place. 1'01 behind them, Pim Ligthart won the sprint of the peloton, beating Fabio Felline and Paul Martens. It has been a great weekend for Ligthart, with a 2nd and 3rd place!
Results
| 1 |  Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 5h06'40 | | 2 | Javier Moreno | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 3 | Pim Ligthart | Monster Energy - Subway | + 1'01 | | 4 | Fabio Felline | Nespresso - Algarve | s.t. | | 5 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Rafael Valls | Nespresso - Algarve | s.t. | | 7 | David López | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | Pedro Merino | Nespresso - Algarve | s.t. | | 9 |  Andrey Zeits | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 10 | Andrey Kashechkin | Lampre - Generali | s.t. |
The winner
Word from the DS
We couldn't control the race, so the 3rd was the maximum result. Good weekend for us!
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Posted on 24-09-2012 17:36
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Looks like Ligthart had some really good form in Canada 
Pity he couldn't get that win though  |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 24-09-2012 19:20
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Pity you couldn't win in Canada. Very close in both races (last one if the break was caught before the finish...)  |
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 24-09-2012 19:52
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Still good results. I'm demotivated aswell after the Vuelta. Rest of the season is kinda boring than. |
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| roturn |
Posted on 24-09-2012 19:54
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Good results. In especially in the first obviously. Ligthart indeed having a great form I guess. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 25-09-2012 06:56
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Tour de France Champion
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Good results, showing once again that Monster Energy is consistent all around the year! |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 25-09-2012 22:25
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Posts: 3772
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As a final preparation for the World championships, the Tour of Britain is becoming more and more popular. Last year, we participated for the first time and won the GC. Tom Dumoulin was the only rider from the BOTD in stage 1 that could hang on to the peloton every other stage and took the GC-win.
Startlist
Spoiler RadioShack
1. D.Cunego
2. A.Bajadali
3. J.Fuglsang
4. K.Gonzalez
5. R.Justice
6. J.Sergent
7. C.Stone
Monster Energy - Ford
11. M.Breschel
12. J.Babbel
13. G.Bernard
14. M.Maaskant
15. J.Mulder
16. S.Rosseler
17. C.Veldkamp
18. R.Zingle
Saxo Bank
21. F.Cancellara
22. M.Christensen
23. M.Friedman
24. V.Gustov
25. L.S.Haedo
26. R.Jørgensen
27. V.Karpets
28. M.Kragh
Qantas
31. S.Gerrans
32. S.Bell
33. M.Docker
34. S.Langeveld
35. J.O'Keefe
36. G.Thomas
37. T.Vaitkus
Lampre
41. E.Gasparotto
42. T.Benz
43. C.Cremonesi
44. D.Krivtsov
45. G.Mirenda
46. F.Pellizotti
47. D.Righi
48. A.de Bella
Type 1
51. D.Impey
52. R.Bertogliati
53. M.Brammeier
54. D.Callegarin
55. O.Kerkhof
56. Benj.King
57. J.P.McCarty
58. S.Modolo
Saur
61. J.Pineau
62. L.Bak
63. J.Bauer
64. E.Berthou
65. C.Bessy
66. J.Galland
67. R.Martias
68. Y.Talabardon
Garmin
71. S.Chavanel
72. J.Engoulvent
73. L.Esposito
74. S.Minard
75. S.Poulhiès
76. G.Rasch
77. N.Raynaud
78. J.Vansummeren
AG2R La Mondiale
81. J.Gadret
82. P.Bartoli
83. G.Bonnafond
84. D.Champion
85. B.Gastauer
86. B.Kadri
87. G.Martin
88. M.Perget
BMC
91. A.Ballan
92. B.Bookwalter
93. M.Elmiger
94. G.Hincapie
95. R.Jeanne
96. J.Murphy
97. A.Petacchi
98. M.Quinziato
Nespresso
101. A.Durán
102. F.Bortolotti
103. M.Corti
104. R.De Patre
105. A.La Cruz
106. M.Pelucchi
107. A.Rasmussen
108. P.Urtasun
An Post
111. K.Koren
112. R.Aiken
113. S.Bennett
114. K.Claeys
115. A.Fenn
116. F.Goffin
117. K.Heytens
118. R.McLaughlin
Veranda's Willems
121. J.Ghyselinck
122. K.Borry
123. S.De Wilde
124. J.Debusschere
125. K.Hovelynck
126. S.Van Dijk
127. J.Van Engeland
128. J.Vanlandschoot
Acqua & Sapone
131. A.Proni
132. C.Cucinotta
133. D.D'Angelo
134. A.Furlan
135. R.Marzoli
136. A.Masciarelli
137. D.Napolitano
138. F.Taborre
Kingspan
141. D.Fleeman
142. E.Clancy
143. M.Cronshaw
144. A.Delattre
145. J.Hunt
146. J.Moss
147. E.Oliphant
148. A.Wetterhall
Pisanellastoria
151. L.Pinizzotto
152. G.Di Salvo
153. D.Margutti
154. F.Negri
155. W.Proch
156. M.Tjallingii
157. C.Zaballa
158. V.Zagorodny
Spidertech
161. K.Lacombe
162. S.Deeny
163. M.Gilbert
164. H.Houle
165. W.Routley
166. D.Veilleux
Sky
171. B.Swift
172. D.Appollonio
173. D.Green
174. N.MacLeod
175. D.Whyte
176. X.Zandio
UnitedHealthcare
181. J.Walker
182. P.Femal
183. R.Förster
184. J.Keough
185. V.Koch
186. K.O'Bee
187. K.Petty
188. N.Walker
LA
191. H.Oliveira
192. K.Carlström
193. N.Marta
194. B.Sancho
195. B.Silva
196. P.Soeiro
197. R.Sousa
198. S.Sousa
Our team
The favourites
*** Damiano Cunego (Radio Shack), Alessandro Ballan (BMC), Simon Gerrans (Qantas).
** Martijn Maaskant, Enrico Gasparotto (Lampre), Sylvain Chavanel (Garmin).
* Jakob Fuglsang (Radio Shack), Fabio Cancellara (Saxo Bank), Matti Breschel.
Our goal
- Stage win and Top 3 in the GC.
Stage 1
The first stage from Tavistock to Glastonbury features 2 short steep climbs halfway, and they cause a split in the peloton. Only 108 riders are able to stay in the first peloton. When the BOTD gets caught with 10km to go, Sylvain Chavanel attacks. He gets immediately countered by Martijn Maaskant.
Maaskant is the strongest of the 2 and drops Chavanel with 3km to go. But the stage is just 50m to long, as he gets passed by the Spanish sprinter/puncheur Pablo Urtasun (Nespresso). Urtasun takes the stage win, with Maaskant in 2nd and Jens Mulder in 3rd and Matti Breschel in 4th.
So 2nd, 3rd and 4th..... Ouch.
Results
| 1 | Pablo Urtasun | Nespresso - Algarve | 2h55'13 | | 2 | Martijn Maaskant | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 3 | Jens Mulder | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 4 | Matti Breschel | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 5 | Daniele Callegarin | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 6 | Matteo Pelucchi | Nespresso - Algarve | s.t. | | 7 | Kurt Hovelynck | Accent.Jobs - Veranda's Willems | s.t. | | 8 | Alex Rasmussen | Nespresso - Algarve | s.t. | | 9 | Danilo Napolitano | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 10 | Johnnie Walker | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. |
Stage 2
Just as in stage 1, also today the 2 hills halfway the stage from Newton to Swansea, proof to be decisive, as they split the pack up once again. This time, only 37 riders manage to stay in the first peloton.
Our plan for today is to set up a train for Matti Breschel, but the Dane hasn't got the fitness to win this stage. Lampres Enrico Gasparotto is by far the strongest today, taking his 2nd season win besides the Fleche Wallone. Breschel takes the 2nd place and Martijn Maaskant the 3rd. The Dutch becomes the new leader, thanks to the bonus seconds. Luxembourg Gregory Bernard leads the KOTM-classification.
Results
| 1 | Enrico Gasparotto | Lampre - Generali | 4h20'13 | | 2 | Matti Breschel | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 3 | Martijn Maaskant | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 4 | Fabian Cancellara | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 5 | Damiano Cunego | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. | | 6 | Daniele Callegarin | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 7 | Pablo Urtasun | Nespresso - Algarve | s.t. | | 8 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 9 | Sam Bennett | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 10 |  Jimmy Engoulvent | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Martijn Maaskant | Monster Energy - Subway | 7h15'06 | | 2 | Pablo Urtasun | Nespresso - Algarve | s.t. | | 3 | Enrico Gasparotto | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 4 | Matti Breschel | Monster Energy - Subway | + 8 | | 5 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Garmin - Barracuda | + 14 | | 6 | Davide Appollonio | Sky ProCycling | + 18 | | 7 | Daniele Callegarin | Team Type 1 | + 20 | | 8 | Damiano Cunego | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. | | 9 | Sébastien Rosseler | Monster Energy - Subway | s.t. | | 10 |  Daryl Impey | Team Type 1 | s.t. |
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