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Petronas - Monster Energy; The end of an era
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| Maddrengen |
Posted on 22-10-2012 14:36
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Ian Butler wrote:
Kittel is off to a good start! I see him winning Milan San Remo, maybe  Naah, Breschel will do that  
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| dienblad |
Posted on 22-10-2012 15:06
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Maddrengen wrote:
Ian Butler wrote:
Kittel is off to a good start! I see him winning Milan San Remo, maybe Naah, Breschel will do that
Breschel will ride MSR, so he'll be ine of the favourites. Think Pozzato will be the main favourite there.
@ sutty: Already missed you, did you enjoy your break?
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 22-10-2012 15:13
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Pozzato? What are his stats atm, if it's not too much trouble? |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 22-10-2012 16:47
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Ian Butler wrote:
Pozzato? What are his stats atm, if it's not too much trouble?
look back 2 pages
Edited by dienblad on 22-10-2012 16:49
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 22-10-2012 17:14
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Oh thanks Well he's strong, but I wouldn't call him top favorite |
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| Maddrengen |
Posted on 22-10-2012 17:17
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Off course he's top favorite! Think about it! He's a dane!
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 23-10-2012 00:18
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dienblad wrote:
Maddrengen wrote:
Ian Butler wrote:
Kittel is off to a good start! I see him winning Milan San Remo, maybe Naah, Breschel will do that
Breschel will ride MSR, so he'll be ine of the favourites. Think Pozzato will be the main favourite there.
@ sutty: Already missed you, did you enjoy your break?
The break was really nice, spent a week in Turkey with the missus, so i am now fully recharged and ready to get back in to it again |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 23-10-2012 18:44
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Stage 4
We enter the mountains with the stage to Cameron Highlands, the first of 2 mountain stages. We know that we won't have a chance today, but somehow Joost Posthuma manages to finish in the first group! Cayetano Sarmiento (Acqua et Sapone) wins the stage, beating Bart De Clerg (Accent.Jobs) and Fabio Duarte (Astana) in the uphill sprint. Rafaa Chtioui stays in the GC-lead.
| 1 |  Cayetano Sarmiento | Acqua & Sapone | 3h43'13 | | 2 |  Bart De Clercq | Accent.Jobs - Veranda's Willems | s.t. | | 3 | Fabio Duarte | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 4 |  Thibaut Pinot | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 5 |  Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 6 |  Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | Thomas Bonnin | M&M's | s.t. | | 8 | José Serpa | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 9 | Alexandre Geniez | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 10 |  Filippo Savini | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. |
Today's winner
Stage 5
The 2nd mountain stage to Genting Highlands. First, 100 flat kilometres, before the climb begins, 22.3km at 7.0%.
Alexandre Geniez (Cofidis) is about to win the stage, 20 seconds in front of the number 2 Thibaut Pinot, when the game crashes.....
So a quick simulation gives the stage win to Fabio Duarte, who also takes the GC lead. Posthuma finishes in a group at '53.
| 1 | Fabio Duarte | Pro Team Astana | 3h36'00 | | 2 | José Serpa | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 3 | Brice Feillu | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 4 | Thibaut Pinot | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 5 | Alexandre Geniez | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 6 | Thomas Bonnin | M&M's | s.t. | | 7 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | Amets Txurruka | AndalucÃa - Catalunya | s.t. | | 9 | Mikel Nieve | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 10 | Simone Stortoni | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 27 |
Today's winner
Stage 6
The mountains are done, only flat stages await. Although stage 6 to Putrayaya Loop has an ascending final 3 kilometers (but with a low gradient).
And we try to let the stage end in a mass sprint. It's perfectly timed, as the BOTD gets caught with only 2km to go. Marcel Kittel has to work very hard to beat Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis), but in the end he manages to beat the French puncheur and takes his 3rd stage win.
| 1 |  Marcel Kittel | Petronas - Monster Energy | 3h14'19 | | 2 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 3 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 4 | Francesco Ginanni | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 5 |  Tom Leezer | M&M's | s.t. | | 6 | Sebastian Siedler | Differdange - Spuerkeess | s.t. | | 7 | Emanuele Vona | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 8 |  Matt Cronshaw | Kingspan - Alpro | s.t. | | 9 | Davy Commeyne | Accent.Jobs - Veranda's Willems | s.t. | | 10 | Thomas Berkhout | M&M's | s.t. |
Today's winner
GC
| 1 | Fabio Duarte | Pro Team Astana | 19h43'49 | | 2 | José Serpa | Pro Team Astana | + 16 | | 3 | Brice Feillu | Saur - Sojasun | + 20 | | 4 | Alexandre Geniez | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 28 | | 5 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | Thomas Bonnin | M&M's | s.t. | | 7 | Thibaut Pinot | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 8 | Mikel Nieve | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 9 | Amets Txurruka | AndalucÃa - Catalunya | s.t. | | 10 | Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy | Pro Team Astana | + 55 |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-10-2012 18:50
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Nice win by Kittel, I also like the screenshot You got him in a weird but nice pose  |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 23-10-2012 19:00
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Good win by Kittel. Always horrible when the game crashes. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 24-10-2012 00:42
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Nice to see that Kittel is not easing up in Malaysia |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 24-10-2012 17:10
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Kittel doing really well so far. |
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| ryant |
Posted on 24-10-2012 17:23
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Nice Results! Team looks nice and so does the jersey!
 John St Ledger in Team Bunzl-Centrica and Team U25Red Bull Driver in RFactor
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| dienblad |
Posted on 24-10-2012 18:13
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Thanks guys. Don't know when the next reports will come. Had my wifes birthday today, and with th efriends and family having left the house, I feel a bit tired now. Need some rest! 
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| Daggen |
Posted on 25-10-2012 16:19
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cool down. It's okay we'll be waiting |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 25-10-2012 18:45
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Daggen wrote:
cool down . It's okay we'll be waiting
+1, Yeah we will always be here |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 25-10-2012 19:00
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Got error -1 from storage engine Got error -1 from storage engine
What's this?
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 25-10-2012 19:01
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I have the same problem can't acess any forum. Had to write it here. I hope it get's fixed soon.
Sorry for off-topic. |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 25-10-2012 19:37
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fixed again, luckily...
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| dienblad |
Posted on 25-10-2012 20:51
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Stage 7
The 8th stage is one for the BOTD, as the peloton isn't able to catch them (too be honest, we are the only team that wants to chase them). Vidal Celis (AndalucÃa) wins the sprint of the group of 14, taking the first win in more than 3 years. Andrey Klyuev (Itera) and Evan Oliphant (Kingspan) finish in place 2 and 3. Samuel Dumoulin wins the sprint of the peloton at 1'05, beating Marcel Kittel.
Results
| 1 | Vidal Celis | AndalucÃa - Catalunya | 3h41'20 | | 2 |  Andrey Klyuev | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 3 | Evan Oliphant | Kingspan - Alpro | s.t. | | 4 | Kenny Lisabeth | Accent.Jobs - Veranda's Willems | s.t. | | 5 | Francisco Javier López | AndalucÃa - Catalunya | s.t. | | 6 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ | s.t. | | 7 | Alessandro Donati | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 8 |  Carlos Oyarzun | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 9 | Davide Ricci Bitti | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 10 | Alejandro RamÃrez | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | s.t. |
Today's winner
Stage 8
A very strong wind (>60km/h) and a hilly 2nd part of the route, give the 2 riders of the BOTD a very big advantage. Thomas Berkhout (M&M's) wins the sprint-a-deux with Steve Chainel (FDJ) and takes probably the biggest win in his career. Marcel Kittel, who had a daily form of +5, seems to be pretty pissed about this missed chance, that he completely destroyed the opposition in the sprint for 3rd place.
Results
| 1 | Thomas Berkhout | M&M's | 4h02'52 | | 2 | Steve Chainel | FDJ | s.t. | | 3 | Marcel Kittel | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 1'51 | | 4 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 2'07 | | 5 | Davy Commeyne | Accent.Jobs - Veranda's Willems | s.t. | | 6 | Marco Frapporti | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 7 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 8 | Tom Leezer | M&M's | s.t. | | 9 | Sebastian Siedler | Differdange - Spuerkeess | s.t. | | 10 | Andrea Grendene | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
Today's winner
GC
| 1 | Fabio Duarte | Pro Team Astana | 27h31'13 | | 2 | José Serpa | Pro Team Astana | + 16 | | 3 | Brice Feillu | Saur - Sojasun | + 20 | | 4 | Alexandre Geniez | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 28 | | 5 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | Thibaut Pinot | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 7 | Thomas Bonnin | M&M's | s.t. | | 8 | Amets Txurruka | AndalucÃa - Catalunya | s.t. | | 9 | Mikel Nieve | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 10 | Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy | Pro Team Astana | + 55 | | ... | | 14 | Joost Posthuma | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 1'21 |
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