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Petronas - Monster Energy; The end of an era
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 25-10-2012 20:54
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Understandable that Kittel was PO'd, he squashed the others there! |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 26-10-2012 22:50
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Stage 9
The Tour de Langkawi continues with a 146 kilometre long stage from Melaka to Nilai, with a mass sprint as the outcome. But before the final 10km starts, GC's number 2 José Serpa is one of the victims of a crah, loosing a few minutes and thus loosing his 2nd place in the GC.
We set up a great train, untill 5km before the finish, when the 14-man BOTD gets caught. Our first rider (who is also leading the peloton!) chooses the wrong side of the road and gets blocked by the BOTD.... Consequently, our main sprinter Marcel Kittel gets positioned that bad, he finishes only in 9th place (had to come back from 20 with 1500m to go).
The stage win goes to Mirco Lorenzetto for his new team Acqua et Sapone. Marco Frapporti (Colnago) takes 2nd and Samuel Dumoulin 3rd.
Results
| 1 |  Mirco Lorenzetto | Acqua & Sapone | 3h18'36 | | 2 | Marco Frapporti | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 3 |  Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 4 | Andrea Grendene | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 5 |  Matt Cronshaw | Kingspan - Alpro | s.t. | | 6 |  Davy Commeyne | Accent.Jobs - Veranda's Willems | s.t. | | 7 |  Tom Leezer | M&M's | s.t. | | 8 |  Sebastian Siedler | Differdange - Spuerkeess | s.t. | | 9 | Marcel Kittel | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 10 | Maarten Neyens | Accent.Jobs - Veranda's Willems | s.t. |
Stage 10
With the finish in the Malaysian capitol of Kuala Lumpur, the city where the Petronas Twin Towers are build, this stage is very important for our sponsor. But our sprint train is cracking today, so Marcel Kittel has to start his sprint too far behind Mirco Lorenzetto.Lorenzetto, who is perfectly set off by his final lead out Alessandro Petacchi (!), stays out of reach and disturbs our party with his 2nd stage win. Kittel takes a pretty disappointing 2nd, but wins the points jersey, as he beats Samuel Dumoulin.
Results
| 1 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Acqua & Sapone | 2h08'15 | | 2 | Marcel Kittel | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 3 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 4 | Matt Cronshaw | Kingspan - Alpro | s.t. | | 5 | Alessandro Petacchi | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 6 | Marco Frapporti | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 7 |  Fabio Duarte | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 8 | Tom Leezer | M&M's | s.t. | | 9 | Francesco Ginanni | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 10 | Davy Commeyne | Accent.Jobs - Veranda's Willems | s.t. |
Today's winner
GC
| 1 | Fabio Duarte | Pro Team Astana | 32h58'04 | | 2 | Brice Feillu | Saur - Sojasun | + 20 | | 3 | Alexandre Geniez | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 28 | | 4 |  Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 5 | Thibaut Pinot | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 6 | Thomas Bonnin | M&M's | s.t. | | 7 | Amets Txurruka | Andalucía - Catalunya | s.t. | | 8 | Mikel Nieve | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 9 | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | + 55 | | 10 |  Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | ... | | 14 | Joost Posthuma | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 1'21 |
Points
| 1 | Marcel Kittel | Petronas - Monster Energy | 142 | | 2 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 129 | | 3 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Acqua & Sapone | 92 | | 4 | Davy Commeyne | Accent.Jobs - Veranda's Willems | 68 | | 5 | Matt Cronshaw | Kingspan - Alpro | 67 |
KOTM
| 1 | Mikel Nieve | Pro Team Astana | 39 | | 2 | Fabio Duarte | Pro Team Astana | 28 | | 3 | Thibaut Pinot | AG2R La Mondiale | 24 | | 4 | Alexandre Geniez | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 20 | | 5 | David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez | Andalucía - Catalunya | 20 |
Overall winner
Word from the DS
3 stage wins should give the team a great feeling, but still we feel that it should have been more. Especially the last 2 stages, where a sprint train that got out of the rails made us miss the win. With the bigger races against the world class sprinters as Farrar, Hagen and Cavendish, this should go way better!
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 26-10-2012 22:53
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Still 2nd is a nice result!  |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 26-10-2012 23:32
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January review
Summary
With Matti Breschel winning a stage and, just as last year, the GC of the Tour Down Under, the season started great! And the streak continued, with Marcel Kittel winning 3 stages in the Tour de Langkawi.
Rankings
World Tour riders
It's no surprise that with 1 World Tour race, the winner of that race also leads the ranking.
World Tour teams
Petronas - Monster Energy leads the teams ranking, followed by BMC and Vacansoleil.
Continental Tour riders
The best start is for Anthony Roux, as he won the Tour San Luis. Maurizio Biondo is in 2nd, and Danilo Di Luca in 3rd.
Continental Tour teams
The continental team with the best start of the season is La Française Des Jeux, followed by Saur - Sojasun and Acqua et Sapone.
CQ riders
Matti Breschel is in the lead, followed by Filippo Pozzato and Fabio Duarte.
CQ teams
Petronas - Monster Energy also leads the CQ ranking, followed by Astana and Vacansoleil.
Wins riders
3 riders with 3 wins: Anthony Roux (San Luis), Mark Cavendish (Tour Down Under) and Marcel Kittel (Tour de Langkawi).
Wins teams
We have alreasy 5 wins, with M&M's and Acqua et Sapone with 4.
Yes, another good start of the season. So as promised:
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| dienblad |
Posted on 26-10-2012 23:35
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February Preview
A month without World Tour races! First we start in the Tour of Qatar, followed by the Tour de Méditerranéen and the Tour de Haut Var, The month will be finished with the opening weekend of the cobbles season, namely Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne.
Monthly goals
- Win the Omloop.
- At least 3 wins in the other races.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 27-10-2012 00:03
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It turned out to be a Great Tour of Langkawi for the Team, especially Mr Kittel, Well Done  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 27-10-2012 08:29
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I think those goals are very doable, come on Petronas! |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 28-10-2012 08:59
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We leave the Southeast part of Asia and travel to the Middle East (still Asia) for 6 days in the windy desert. The Tour of Qatar is our next stop. Last year, the race was won by Swedish Jonas Ljungblad, who was part of a succesful breakaway.
Startlist
Spoiler Petronas
1. M.Kittel
2. J.Babbel
3. J.Bobridge
4. T.Dumoulin
5. P.Ligthart
6. P.Reiter
7. C.Veldkamp
Katusha
11. T.Boonen
12. D.Galimzyanov
13. V.Gusev
14. S.Kolesnikov
15. A.Markov
16. P.Melandri
17. A.Porsev
18. M.Vantomme
Saxo Bank
21. L.Boom
22. L.Bøchman
23. R.Guldhammer
24. M.Kragh
25. N.Nuyens
26. B.Selander
27. A.Steensen
28. J.Sørensen
Nespresso
31. A.Rasmussen
32. D.Bonuccelli
33. P.Caucchioli
34. X.Florencio
35. F.Kessiakoff
36. F.Negri
37. E.Plaza
38. P.Urtasun
Sony Ericsson
41. A.Klöden
42. B.Bookwalter
43. M.Fischer
44. K.Kirchen
45. C.Kux
46. B.Leukemans
47. T.Lowe
48. G.Van Avermaet
Spidertech
51. K.Lacombe
52. E.Boily
53. D.Boily
54. D.Rollin
55. J.Sparling
56. D.Veilleux
Movistar
61. R.Costa
62. J.Herrada
63. J.Iriarte
64. I.Konovalovas
65. D.Milán
66. J.Ortega
67. J.L.Roldán
68. E.Sanz
M&M's
71. D.Van Winden
72. M.Beima
73. R.Chaigneau
74. H.Dekkers
75. M.Finetto
76. K.Mori
77. N.Scheuneman
78. K.Van Hummel
Euskaltel
81. S.Sánchez
82. J.A.Flecha
83. O.Fraile
84. M.García
85. E.García
86. J.Á.Gómez Marchante
87. D.Moreno
88. R.Pérez
Differdange
91. T.Machado
92. M.Gilbert
93. B.Guama
94. M.Knudsen
95. J.Ljungblad
96. H.Nateghi
97. C.Poos
98. J.Van Heerden
Astana
101. Y.Hutarovich
102. A.Bazayev
103. A.Guardini
104. V.Iglinskiy
105. R.Kireyev
106. A.Rakov
107. C.Sutton
108. A.Zeits
D'Angelo & Antenucci
111. D.Napolitano
112. L.Ascani
113. P.De Negri
114. C.Fumagalli
115. M.Kikuchi
116. K.Uchima
Itera
121. A.Ovechkin
122. P.Kochetkov
123. D.Kostyuk
124. B.Kozlov
125. D.Kozontchuk
126. T.Kritskiy
127. S.Rudaskov
128. A.Shchebelin
Europcar
131. G.Rast
132. A.Duval
133. S.Haddou
134. A.Jeanneson
135. S.Joly
136. J.Loubet
137. M.Méderel
138. F.Vachon
Colombia es Pasión
141. J.M.Soler
142. J.Atapuma
143. E.Carvajal
144. R.Infantino
145. F.Montaña
146. J.Muñoz
147. D.Tamayo
148. J.Villegas
Kingspan
151. S.Richardson
152. S.Adams
153. J.Bellis
154. A.Blythe
155. J.Millard
156. G.Rouanet
Farnese Vini
161. M.Rabottini
162. M.Corti
163. C.D'Amore
164. G.Ermeti
165. O.Gatto
166. D.Krivtsov
167. S.Marinangeli
168. R.Pidgornyy
UnitedHealthcare
171. A.Dyachenko
172. C.Butler
173. J.Clarke
174. J.Green
175. K.Petty
176. T.Roe
177. B.White
Androni
181. A.Proni
182. D.Cimolai
183. A.D'Aniello
184. A.Moletta
185. A.Novembrini
186. M.Pinotti
187. B.Riccio
188. C.Salerno
Andalucía
191. L.Á.Maté
192. J.Benítez
193. J.A.Benítez
194. J.Diaz Del Campo
195. J.Lazarte
196. A.Losada
197. M.Á.Lucena
198. A.Pérez
Our team
The favourites
*** Tom Boonen (Katusha), Marcel Kittel, Alex Rasmussen (Nespresso).
** Kenny van Hummel (M&M's), Chris Sutton (Astana), Enrique Sanz (Movistar).
* Danilo Napolitano (D'Angelo), Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha), Greg Van Avermaet (Sony Ericsson).
Our goal
Marcel Kittel is one of the biggest favourites to wiin the GC, so we aim for the GC win and 2 stage wins.
Stage 1
The Tour of Qatar kicks off with an ultra short prologue of 2.5 kilometres in the Doha Cultural Village. Dutch Tom Dumoulin has set the best time so far (3'01), when Artem Ovechkin beats that time with 1 second. Ovechkin transferred from Katusha to it's Conti-team Itera with the job of being a mentor for the young Russians guns.
Surprisingly, Ovechkin's time lasts until all but one of the favourites have started. The last rider to set his time is Marcel Kittel and the German sprinter also finishes in 3'00! The jury has to look at the tenths of a second, and by that mall margin, Ovechkin wins the prologue with our guys in 2nd and 3rd.
Results
| 1 |  Artem Ovechkin | Itera - Katusha | 3'00 | | 2 | Marcel Kittel | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 3 | Tom Dumoulin | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 1 | | 4 | Simon Richardson | Kingspan - Alpro | s.t. | | 5 | Lars Boom | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 6 | Tom Boonen | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 7 |  Ignatas Konovalovas | Movistar Team | + 2 | | 8 | Luca Ascani | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 9 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 10 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. |
Today's winner
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 28-10-2012 09:08
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Aww too bad that you didn't win the prologue. But this is probably the decision in the GC already! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 28-10-2012 10:00
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Great start for Kittel! |
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| Daggen |
Posted on 28-10-2012 10:03
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jonas! Jonas! Jonas!  |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 28-10-2012 10:32
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Good start. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 28-10-2012 23:44
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Great start in Qatar |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 28-10-2012 23:47
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Kittel looks fine for the GC! |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 28-10-2012 23:50
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This is a very good start!
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| dienblad |
Posted on 30-10-2012 22:39
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Stage 2
The 2nd stage in the Tour of Qatar, from Dukhan to Al Khor Corniche is characterized by a strong winds and echelons. Our young team is too weak to bring our sprinter in a good position, so Marcel Kittel has to settle with the 7th place. The win goes to Tom Boonen, his first for his new Katusha team, in front of Andrea Guardini and CHris Sutton.
The results
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Katusha Team | 3h00'17 | | 2 | Andrea Guardini | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 3 | Christopher Sutton | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 4 |  Kevin Lacombe | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 5 | Greg Van Avermaet | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 6 | Danilo Napolitano | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 7 | Marcel Kittel | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 8 | Bernardo Riccio | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 9 | Assan Bazayev | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 10 |  Alex Rasmussen | Nespresso - Algarve | s.t. |
Today's winner
Stage 3
Sweet revenge for Marcel Kittel in the 3rd stage. With less wind than yesterday, our German sprinter is the fastest near the DOha Golf Club. M&M's Mauro Finetto finishes in 2nd and Tom Boonen in 3rd.
Results
| 1 | Marcel Kittel | Petronas - Monster Energy | 2h58'56 | | 2 | Mauro Finetto | M&M's | s.t. | | 3 | Tom Boonen | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 4 | Andrea Guardini | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 5 | Adam Blythe | Kingspan - Alpro | s.t. | | 6 | Kevin Lacombe | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 7 |  Christopher Sutton | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 8 | Danilo Napolitano | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 9 | Greg Van Avermaet | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 10 | Bernardo Riccio | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
Today's winner
Stage 4
The Italian crown prince of the mass sprints, successor of good old Alessandro Petacchi, wins stage 4 in Mesaieed. Andrea Guardini takes the win, his first for his new Astana team. Tom Boonen finishes in 2nd and stays in the leader's jersey. Marcel Kittel had to start from too far behind and finishes in 3rd place.
Results
| 1 | Andrea Guardini | Pro Team Astana | 3h17'26 | | 2 | Tom Boonen | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 3 | Marcel Kittel | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 4 | Greg Van Avermaet | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 5 | Bernardo Riccio | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 6 | Mauro Finetto | M&M's | s.t. | | 7 | Christopher Sutton | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 8 | Oscar Gatto | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 9 | Giairo Ermeti | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 10 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | s.t. |
Today's winner
GC
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Katusha Team | 9h19'00 | | 2 | Marcel Kittel | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 9 | | 3 | Andrea Guardini | Pro Team Astana | + 17 | | 4 | Christopher Sutton | Pro Team Astana | + 38 | | 5 | Artem Ovechkin | Itera - Katusha | + 39 | | 6 | Lars Boom | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 40 | | 7 | Tom Dumoulin | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 8 | Simon Richardson | Kingspan - Alpro | s.t. | | 9 | Luca Ascani | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | + 41 | | 10 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. |
Word from the DS
The best 3 sprinters present in Qatar have divided the first 3 sprints, with Boonen being the most consistent one. It's clear that our train has some problems in bringing Kittel in a great position.
Edited by dienblad on 30-10-2012 22:40
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| Daggen |
Posted on 30-10-2012 22:45
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Still it's better than last year |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 30-10-2012 23:24
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Kittel has started the season in Brilliant form |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 31-10-2012 09:37
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Kittel with some decent sprints! |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 31-10-2012 21:32
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Kittel is riding very well so far. |
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