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Posted on 20-04-2010 10:32
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Ithink that you have to rise the dificulty, because this season you even better roster than last year.
Wich difficulty are you playing with? |
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Posted on 20-04-2010 18:15
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I always play on hard. The Tour of California is easy anyway, as I finished 1-2 in the GC the first season. The other riders are not in good shape that early in the year, and I targeted the race with Leipheimer.
I have a good roster, yes, but none of the new riders can win big races except maybe Kreuziger. I think I can get realistic results with hard difficulty, as I did last season.
Maybe I'll raise the difficulty next season if this one goes too well  |
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Posted on 20-04-2010 18:31
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Squire wrote:
I always play on hard. The Tour of California is easy anyway, as I finished 1-2 in the GC the first season. The other riders are not in good shape that early in the year, and I targeted the race with Leipheimer.
I have a good roster, yes, but none of the new riders can win big races except maybe Kreuziger. I think I can get realistic results with hard difficulty, as I did last season.
Maybe I'll raise the difficulty next season if this one goes too well
Don't think you should except if you dominate everything this season, but like you said, you got very realistic results last year and in enjoy it the way it is now. I want to see Lance in the rainbow jersey so come on with P-N! 
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Posted on 20-04-2010 18:33
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08.03.2010: Paris - Nice
Stage 1
Fontainebleau: 9.0km
Tactics meeting
The opening stage in Paris - Nice is more like a time trial than a prologue, with it's 9 kilometers. We don't bring any particular time trial specialists to France, but Armstrong should be able to get a good start to his campaign for the overall victory.
The Swiss champion Fabian Cancellara took the lead early on.
Tony Martin was one level above Cancellara today, taking a provisional lead by 6 seconds.
Lance could do nothing with Martin's time. The veteran finished 9th, 12 seconds down on the German stage winner.
Today's winner
Results
1 Tony Martin Team Columbia - High Road 9'37
2 Fabian Cancellara Team Saxo Bank + 6
3 Evgeni Petrov Garmin - Slipstream + 8
4 Svein Tuft Garmin - Slipstream + 8
5 Laszló Bodrogi Team Katusha + 8
6 Alessandro Ballan Lampre N.G.C + 10
7 Francis De Greef Silence - Lotto + 11
8 Lars Boom Rabobank + 11
9 Lance Armstrong Discovery Channel + 12
10 Dominique Cornu Quick-Step + 14 |
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Posted on 20-04-2010 18:39
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Kami wrote:
Don't think you should except if you dominate everything this season, but like you said, you got very realistic results last year and in enjoy it the way it is now. I want to see Lance in the rainbow jersey so come on with P-N!
You must wait until the second stage.. He's not the time trial champion you know
Agree with what you say. I think the story is most exciting if the readers know there is a chance of winning, even if I don't always win, as is the situation with hard difficulty. |
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Posted on 20-04-2010 19:26
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09.03.2010: Paris - Nice
Stage 2
Auxerre - Le Creusot: 197.0km
Tactics meeting
Stage 2 is a challenging 197km hilly stage. It's probably too hard for Ciolek to be present in the sprint, so we have to count on Armstrong or Popovych today. The downhill finish should suit Popovych's strengths. Ciolek will get his chance tomorrow.
A breakaway went clear, but no big names were part of it. It was reeled in before the final climb.
Sylvain Chavanel was the first to attack on the final hill, 20km from the finish.
Several more attacks followed. Lance Armstrong went with Valverde when the Spaniard made his move.
That was a wise thing to do, as Valverde and Armstrong got a lead of 30 seconds over the top. 16km remained of the stage.
Andy Schleck was in the chasegroup with Discovery riders Hincapie and Popovych. They were closing in during the downhill.
With 4km remaining, the chasegroup connected with Armstrong and Valverde. There were 15 riders one minute in front of the pack, but no sight of Tony Martin and his yellow jersey.
On the run-in Armstrong led out the sprint. The only worry being, there were no Hincapie or Popovych on his wheel, just a strong-looking Alejandro Valverde.
Valverde took the win easily, with Armstrong just getting 4th. All the 15 riders in the final breakaway got the same time, which gives Evgeni Petrov of Garmin - Slipstream the leader's jersey.
Today's winner
Results
1 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne 4h41'22
2 Fredrik Kessiakoff Fuji - Servetto + 0
3 John Gadret AG2R La Mondiale + 0
4 Lance Armstrong Discovery Channel + 0
5 Francis De Greef Silence - Lotto + 0
6 Boris Shpilevski Team Katusha + 0
7 Yuri Trofimov Bbox Bouygues Télécom + 0
8 Mauricio Ardila Rabobank + 0
9 Andy Schleck Team Saxo Bank + 0
10 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Columbia - High Road + 0
GC
1 Evgeni Petrov Garmin - Slipstream 4h51'07
2 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne + 1
3 Francis De Greef Silence - Lotto + 3
4 Lance Armstrong Discovery Channel + 4
5 Sylvain Chavanel Quick-Step + 7
6 Andy Schleck Team Saxo Bank + 16
7 George Hincapie Discovery Channel + 17
8 Fredrik Kessiakoff Fuji - Servetto + 18
9 Yaroslav Popovych Discovery Channel + 19
10 Boris Shpilevski Team Katusha + 25 |
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Posted on 20-04-2010 19:29
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Nice WC-shirt for Armstrong. |
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Posted on 20-04-2010 20:14
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10.03.2010: Paris - Nice
Stage 3
Mâcon - Belley: 199.0km
Tactics meeting
For the first time under my leadership, Discovery will try to make a sprint train. Apart from a few hills in the beginning, the stage is dead flat. We'll make sure it ends in a bunch sprint, so Ciolek can get his chance.
The Discovery train was set up really well, and George Hincapie was in front at the start of the sprint. Eisel and Ciolek were nicely tucked in behind him. The Liquigas guys were also going well. We had to watch out for Bennati.
But suddenly Tom Boonen came from nowhere! He was fighting with Ciolek for the win.
There was no contest. Boonen won it easily. Still a great result for Ciolek, who beat all non-superhuman riders quite comfortably.
Today's winner
Results
1 Tom Boonen Quick-Step 4h46'51
2 Gerald Ciolek Discovery Channel + 0
3 Alessandro Ballan Lampre N.G.C + 0
4 Gert Steegmans Team Katusha + 0
5 Bernhard Eisel Discovery Channel + 0
6 Stéphane Poulhiès AG2R La Mondiale + 0
7 George Hincapie Discovery Channel + 0
8 Daniele Bennati Liquigas + 0
9 Daniel Lloyd Cervélo Test Team + 0
10 Xavi Florencio Cervélo Test Team + 0
GC
1 Evgeni Petrov Garmin - Slipstream 9h37'58
2 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne + 1
3 Francis De Greef Silence - Lotto + 3
4 Lance Armstrong Discovery Channel + 4
5 Sylvain Chavanel Quick-Step + 7
6 Andy Schleck Team Saxo Bank + 16
7 George Hincapie Discovery Channel + 17
8 Fredrik Kessiakoff Fuji - Servetto + 18
9 Yaroslav Popovych Discovery Channel + 19
10 Boris Shpilevski Team Katusha + 25 |
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Posted on 21-04-2010 11:56
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yeah,boonen has brutal stats,by the way-great story
Go Roman!
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Posted on 21-04-2010 23:12
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11.03.2010: Paris - Nice
Stage 4
Grenoble - Gap: 222.0km
Tactics meeting
The last stage before the time trial is a long and tough one. Especially the first half of it. The downhill finish is yet another good one for Popovych, so we hope he does better than stage 2, which was also a Popo stage. Armstrong should have no problems keeping his GC position today, but we want a stage win, which our Ukrainian rider delivered in this race last year.
Unfortunately, Yaroslav Popovych crashed on the long descent midway through the stage.
He was paced back to the peloton by Ciolek, Eisel and Van Goolen, but he used so much energy that he would struggle to feature in the final.
15 km from the finish, Sylvain Chavanel attacked on the flat.
Shpilevski (Katusha) and overall leader Petrov (Garmin) tried to follow, but the Frenchman had a solid gap of 40 seconds.
Chavanel's an excellent descender, and he held on to some of his lead until the finish.
In the end he won the stage by 24 seconds over the peloton! Chavanel takes over the yellow jersey in the race which usually is his main event of the season. Second stage win in a row for the Quick-Step team.
Today's winner
Results
1 Sylvain Chavanel Quick-Step 5h52'00
2 Evgeni Petrov Garmin - Slipstream + 24
3 Boris Shpilevski Team Katusha + 24
4 Tom Boonen Quick-Step + 24
5 Alessandro Ballan Lampre N.G.C + 24
6 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne + 24
7 Jakob Fuglsang LPR Brakes Farnese Vini + 24
8 Nicolas Vogondy Agritubel + 24
9 Sandy Casar Française des Jeux + 24
10 Fabian Cancellara Team Saxo Bank + 24
GC
1 Sylvain Chavanel Quick-Step 15h29'57
2 Evgeni Petrov Garmin - Slipstream + 21
3 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne + 26
4 Francis De Greef Silence - Lotto + 28
5 Lance Armstrong Discovery Channel + 29
6 Andy Schleck Team Saxo Bank + 41
7 George Hincapie Discovery Channel + 42
8 Fredrik Kessiakoff Fuji - Servetto + 43
9 Yaroslav Popovych Discovery Channel + 44
10 Boris Shpilevski Team Katusha + 48 |
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Posted on 21-04-2010 23:45
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12.03.2010: Paris - Nice
Stage 5
Gap - Gap: 31.0km
Tactics meeting
Apart from the mountain top finish tomorrow, this is the most important stage of the Paris - Nice 2010. The time trial has quite a nasty climb up to the second time check, which could do the climbers a favour. It should suit a rider like Valverde well. Lance Armstrong is one of the better time trialers in the race, so betting on him in yellow by the end of the day won't give you a lot of money.
Young Rigoberto Uran set an early best time.
Which the slightly older Thomas Lövkvist beat by 13 seconds.
None of the early starters had any chance against the machine from Switzerland though. Fabian Cancellara powered through the time trial 1'19 faster than Lövkvist.
The winner of the stage one time trial, Tony Martin of Columbia, could only get a provisional 2nd place, 36 seconds down.
George Hincapie did a good ride. Big George came in 1'14 behind Cancellara, and held 3rd place so far.
Our leader Lance Armstrong overtook Hincapie's 3rd place, but could do nothing about the two leaders Cancellara and Martin. Nevertheless, Lance was looking good for the yellow jersey.
But Chavanel had other plans. The home favourite fought a great battle against the clock, and kept his yellow jersey by three seconds!
Today's winner
Results
1 Fabian Cancellara Team Saxo Bank 39'57
2 Tony Martin Team Columbia - High Road + 36
3 Lance Armstrong Discovery Channel + 42
4 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne + 1'01
5 Sylvain Chavanel Quick-Step + 1'08
6 George Hincapie Discovery Channel + 1'14
7 Thomas Lövkvist Team Columbia - High Road + 1'19
8 Svein Tuft Garmin - Slipstream + 1'20
9 Lars Boom Rabobank + 1'23
10 Evgeni Petrov Garmin - Slipstream + 1'26
GC
1 Sylvain Chavanel Quick-Step 16h11'02
2 Lance Armstrong Discovery Channel + 3
3 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne + 19
4 Evgeni Petrov Garmin - Slipstream + 39
5 Fabian Cancellara Team Saxo Bank + 46
6 George Hincapie Discovery Channel + 48
7 Francis De Greef Silence - Lotto + 56
8 Fredrik Kessiakoff Fuji - Servetto + 1'09
9 Yaroslav Popovych Discovery Channel + 1'14
10 Tony Martin Team Columbia - High Road + 1'16 |
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Posted on 22-04-2010 08:13
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Cancellara is a monster |
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Posted on 22-04-2010 12:01
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Posted on 22-04-2010 18:06
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Batista15 wrote:
Cancellara is a monster
tell me sth i don't know
he really is
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Posted on 22-04-2010 19:43
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Batista15 wrote:
Cancellara is a monster
He sure is. It's too bad he's not contesting the classics, and he doesn't seem to target the overall in any small stage races either. He's just picking up time trial wins here and there. I think 5 of his 7 wins last season were time trials, the others were stage wins in Paris-Nice and Eneco Tour.
What a waste of an absolutely superb rider. |
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Posted on 22-04-2010 21:47
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13.03.2010: Paris - Nice
Stage 6
St André les Alpes - Isola 2000: 168.0km
Tactics meeting
It's the queen stage, the only mountain top finish in the race. The last 30km are uphill. We're going to take the old-fashioned Discovery approach by tempo riding up the mountain and let Armstrong attack off the wheel of the last teammate. He will face a fight with Valverde for the overall win today. None of the two remaining stages after this one should provoke any big gaps.
Well onto the final climb, with 12km remaining, the breakaway riders Pauriol and De La Fuente had 3 minutes over the main field. Morris Possoni of Columbia was just a little bit behind these two.
In the peloton, our Discovery team didn't perform as expected. At the 10km mark, only Remy Di Gregorio was left to pace Armstrong. All our other climbers had disappeared. At least Popovych should have been there, but maybe he was hurting from the crash two days ago.
2km later, Armstrong launched his attack! With 8km remaining, the breakaway in front had a 2 minute lead.
Lance Armstrong never really got any big lead, only about 35 seconds. With 3km left to the top, overall leader Chavanel was about to brigde the gap. I really hadn't expected him to be so strong on the mountain.
Chavanel joined Armstrong, while riders like Valverde were not far behind. The breakaway was not far in front, either.
Armstrong had to gain time over Chavanel, so at 1.5km remaining, he kicked again as the Frenchman was joined by more riders coming up. The 30 second gap up to the breakaway seemed to be too tough to close, though.
Remi Pauriol of Cofidis had left his two breakaway companions, and was on his way to a great mountain stage win.
Armstrong didn't have the legs to get away with his attack. He was caught by Valverde as they approached the line. The two climbers caught Possoni (Columbia) just before the finish.
Nobody could reach Pauriol, who even had time to celebrate his win.
Valverde took 2nd, with Armstrong and four others finishing in the same time as the Spaniard, including the yellow jersey. Chavanel had done a terrific race to defend his lead!
Today's winner
Results
1 Rémi Pauriol Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 4h36'25
2 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne + 14
3 Lance Armstrong Discovery Channel + 14
4 Morris Possoni Team Columbia - High Road + 14
5 Sylvain Chavanel Quick-Step + 14
6 David De la Fuente Fuji - Servetto + 14
7 Jakob Fuglsang LPR Brakes Farnese Vini + 14
8 Andy Schleck Team Saxo Bank + 39
9 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi + 39
10 John Gadret AG2R La Mondiale + 39
GC
1 Sylvain Chavanel Quick-Step 20h47'41
2 Lance Armstrong Discovery Channel + 1
3 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne + 15
4 Andy Schleck Team Saxo Bank + 1'48
5 Francis De Greef Silence - Lotto + 2'01
6 Fredrik Kessiakoff Fuji - Servetto + 2'14
7 Jakob Fuglsang LPR Brakes Farnese Vini + 2'19
8 Tony Martin Team Columbia - High Road + 2'21
9 John Gadret AG2R La Mondiale + 2'34
10 Evgeni Petrov Garmin - Slipstream + 2'37
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Posted on 22-04-2010 22:07
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I just noticed that you are using 2010 shirts for most teams but your not using the Footon shirt. How come?
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Posted on 22-04-2010 22:10
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Because it's not Footon, it's Fuji. I'm using new shirts where the name permits, e.g. Saxobank, Quickstep and Cofidis. Teams like Columbia - High Road, Garmin or as you noticed, Fuji, should not have jerseys with another team name, I think. Maybe I change the team names if I play another season. |
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Posted on 22-04-2010 22:12
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Squire wrote:
Because it's not Footon, it's Fuji. I'm using new shirts where the name permits, e.g. Saxobank, Quickstep and Cofidis. Teams like Columbia - High Road, Garmin or as you noticed, Fuji, should not have jerseys with another team name, I think. Maybe I change the team names if I play another season.
Thanks for that explanation.
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Posted on 22-04-2010 22:16
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1 second away from the first! |
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