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| cunego59 |
Posted on 03-11-2011 17:19
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Here you go, roturn:
I quickly looked it up, he started with 75 in sprint, don't know if that's too much. And then came random potential  But I like that, it would be boring if all stories had the same rider development.
€: Oh:
EB: Flat
BE: Mountain
HÜG: Hill
KSP: Cobble
BES: Acceleration
Edited by cunego59 on 03-11-2011 17:22
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| roturn |
Posted on 03-11-2011 17:21
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Thanks for the fast response.
Indeed a great sprinter. Never played with random potential, but it makes your story more unique. |
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Posted on 03-11-2011 17:22
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96 kg, That must be the heaviest rider in the peloton 
Great reports, and a good podium from Ponzi in Scheldeprijs  |
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| FuglsangxTH3 |
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Nice podium for Ponzi |
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| sutty68 |
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FuglsangxTH3 wrote:
Nice podium for Ponzi
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 04-11-2011 10:00
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sutty68 wrote:
FuglsangxTH3 wrote:
Nice podium for Ponzi
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| dienblad |
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
sutty68 wrote:
FuglsangxTH3 wrote:
Nice podium for Ponzi
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To be original: + 3
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| cunego59 |
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 April 9, 2012 – Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco
The break today consisted of 13 riders including the likes of Christophe Kern (Europcar) and Leopard's luxury domestique Igor Anton. All of them are at least 10 minutes back in the GC and the pack didn't do much to bring them back. They entered the last 6 steep kms with 2'25 of advance. Igor Anton soon created a gap.
Meanwhile, GC leader Samuel Sanchez attacked very early with 8 kms to go. He created a small gap but the pack didn't seem to be willing to let him go. He maintained 30 seconds and one after another, he overtook the escapees. He kept a high, steady pace and the other favorites just couldn't catch up with him. In the last kilometer, he reached Igor Anton, who was later also outsprinted by the chasing favorites, and took a great stage win. He thus extends his GC lead, now in front of Joaquim Rodriguez.
Both Damiano Cunego and Peter Sagan had a terrible day. The Italian was Liquigas' best on place 20, he fell back to 10th overall. Sagan lost almost two minutes and sits in 12th position now.
Samuel Sanchez has now 38 seconds of advance and keeps being the top favorite.
| 1 | Samuel Sanchez | Euskaltel – Euskadi | 4h06'49 | | 2 | Joaquim Rodriguez | Katusha Team | + 19 | | 3 |  Kevin Seeldraeyers | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 32 |
No notable break could establish itself on this stage. The action began on the penultimate hill with Samuel Sanchez attacking. Peter Sagan followed but they didn't get away. Over the last hill, again Sanchez and Joaquim Rodriguez created a small gap but Damiano Cunego brought them back.
In the sprint, Samuel Sanchez went into the wind very early. In the last kilometer, Ryder Hesjedal moved to the front and it seemed like he could win. But despite his late attack, Joaquim Rodriguez came out of nowhere and took the win. Leopard's captain (yes, you read right! Both Schlecks and Anton are way back...) Maxime Monfort completes the podium. Peter Sagan was too exhausted and finished 6th. No changes in the overall.
Rodriguez sits in second position overall, he underlines his strength with this win.
| 1 | Joaquim Rodriguez | Katusha Team | 4h40'44 | | 2 |  Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin – Cervélo | s.t. | | 3 | Maxime Monfort | Leopard – Trek | s.t. |
The 20 hilly kilometers of time trial would eventually decide the overall. Sébastien Rosseler (Quick·Step) set an early best time which lasted long but was eventually beaten by first Jens Voigt and then Alberto Contador, who might make up a bit for his horrible performance so far with a win today. Both T-Mobile riders Kim Kirchen and Tony Martin came close but couldn't beat him.
The first rider who could infact beat him was a big surprise: Peter Sagan gave everything to jump into the Top 10 again and was amazingly fast: He lowers Contador's time by 33 seconds! His team mate Cunego performes fantastic as well, coming in second so far, 14 seconds behind! At the end of the day, they move up to 7th and 8th overall respectively.
In the fight for the overall, Luis Leon Sanchez was the strongest of the contenders today, finishing second, 4 seconds behind Sagan. But as Samuel Sanchez was only 13 seconds slower, he remains in the overall lead. The podium would be completed by Alexandre Vinokourov who finished fifth today. Joaquim Rodriguez is the loser of the day, falling back from second to fourth.
Who would have thought that? The young riders jersey gave Peter Sagan wings!
| 1 |  Peter Sagan | Liquigas – Cannondale | 31h56 | | 2 | Luis Leon Sanchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4 | | 3 |  Damiano Cunego | Liquigas – Cannondale | + 15 |
Overall
| 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 23h23'36 | | 2 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 38 | | 3 |  Alexandre Vinokourov | Pro Team Astana | + 1'04 | | 4 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | + 1'12 | | 5 |  Chris Horner | Unicef - Oracle | + 1'38 | | 6 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 1'44 | | 7 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 2'00 | | 8 | Damiano Cunego | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 2'03 | | 9 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'17 | | 10 | Maxime Monfort | Leopard Trek | + 2'31 |
Spoiler 11 Michele Scarponi Lampre - ISD + 2'32
12 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team + 2'58
13 Rigoberto Urán Sky ProCycling + 3'19
14 Richie Porte GreenEdge Cycling + 4'01
15 Vasil Kiryienka Movistar Team + 4'13
16 Sandy Casar FDJ + 4'19
17 David Blanco Geox - TMC + 4'22
18 Ezequiel Mosquera Movistar Team + 4'34
19 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi + 4'42
20 Carlos Barredo Rabobank Cycling Team + 6'15
21 Thomas Voeckler Team Europcar + 7'22
22 Thomas Löfkvist Sky ProCycling + 7'52
23 Thomas De Gendt Quick·Step Cycling Team + 9'39
24 Levi Leipheimer Unicef - Oracle + 10'28
25 Matthias Frank BMC Racing Team + 11'06
26 Robert Kiserlovski Pro Team Astana + 11'08
27 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC + 11'17
28 Ryder Hesjedal Team Garmin - Cervélo + 11'54
29 Kim Kirchen Team T-Mobile + 12'02
30 Jérôme Pineau Quick·Step Cycling Team + 12'09
31 Andy Schleck Leopard Trek + 12'11
32 Robert Gesink Rabobank Cycling Team + 12'14
33 Dries Devenyns Quick·Step Cycling Team + 12'20
34 Tony Martin Team T-Mobile + 12'31
35 Haimar Zubeldia Pro Team Astana + 12'32
36 Michael Albasini GreenEdge Cycling + 13'28
37 Juan José Cobo Geox - TMC + 13'37
38 Christian Knees Sky ProCycling + 14'46
39 Alexandr Kolobnev Rabobank Cycling Team + 14'48
40 Pierre Rolland Team Europcar + 15'04
41 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi + 15'13
42 Tadej Valjavec Lampre - ISD + 15'31
43 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team T-Mobile + 15'37
44 Simon Gerrans GreenEdge Cycling + 16'25
45 Omar Fraile Euskaltel - Euskadi + 17'43
46 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team + 17'51
47 Giampaolo Caruso Katusha Team + 18'18
48 Iván Gutiérrez Movistar Team + 18'20
49 Yaroslav Popovych Unicef - Oracle + 18'29
50 Gianni Meersman FDJ + 18'43
51 Ruslan Pidgornyy Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 19'05
52 Igor Antón Leopard Trek + 19'06
53 Davide Rebellin Katusha Team + 19'13
54 Mauro Santambrogio BMC Racing Team + 19'32
55 Fränk Schleck Leopard Trek + 19'35
56 Danilo Di Luca Lampre - ISD + 19'36
57 Rafael Valls Geox - TMC s.t.
58 Tom Danielson Team Garmin - Cervélo + 19'56
59 Bram Tankink Rabobank Cycling Team + 20'01
60 Artem Ovechkin Katusha Team + 20'10
61 David Zabriskie Team Garmin - Cervélo + 20'14
62 Karsten Kroon Skil - Shimano + 20'29
63 Riccardo Riccò Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 20'31
64 Alberto Contador Movistar Team + 20'33
65 Pieter Weening GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
66 Xavier Florencio Lampre - ISD + 20'45
67 Christophe Kern Team Europcar + 20'49
68 Marc De Maar Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 20'59
69 Jurgen Van den Broeck Omega Pharma - Lotto + 21'20
70 Dimitriy Muravyev Unicef - Oracle + 21'25
71 Arnold Jeanneson FDJ + 21'48
72 Bart De Clercq Omega Pharma - Lotto + 21'52
73 David Millar Team Garmin - Cervélo + 21'57
74 Linus Gerdemann Team T-Mobile + 21'59
75 Yukihiro Doi Skil - Shimano + 22'03
76 Jakob Fuglsang Leopard Trek + 22'12
77 Yury Trofimov Team Europcar + 23'52
78 Kevin De Weert Quick·Step Cycling Team + 23'59
79 Dario Cioni Sky ProCycling + 24'00
80 Daniel Navarro Movistar Team + 24'51
81 Egoitz García Caja Rural + 24'56
82 Christian Vande Velde Team Garmin - Cervélo + 25'14
83 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD + 25'42
84 Santo Anza Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 25'51
85 Víctor De la Parte Caja Rural + 25'54
86 Paolo Tiralongo Pro Team Astana + 26'24
87 Bradley Wiggins Sky ProCycling + 26'57
88 Jens Voigt Leopard Trek + 28'09
89 Óscar Sevilla Unicef - Oracle + 28'13
90 David De la Fuente Geox - TMC + 28'24
91 Massimo Giunti BMC Racing Team + 28'53
92 Marco Marcato Liquigas - Cannondale + 29'16
93 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana + 31'55
94 Tejay Van Garderen Team T-Mobile + 33'11
95 Luca Paolini Katusha Team + 33'15
96 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team + 33'40
97 Michael Barry Sky ProCycling + 34'02
98 Allan Davis GreenEdge Cycling + 34'47
99 Maxim Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana + 35'26
100 Thomas Bonnin Skil - Shimano + 35'54
101 Danny Pate Team T-Mobile + 36'07
102 Oleg Chuzhda Caja Rural + 36'36
103 Mario Aerts Omega Pharma - Lotto + 37'08
104 Jérôme Coppel Movistar Team + 37'44
105 Dominique Rollin FDJ + 39'08
106 Mathieu Sprick Skil - Shimano + 40'57
107 Murilo Fischer Team Garmin - Cervélo + 41'00
108 Alexandre Geniez Skil - Shimano + 43'14
109 José Ángel Gómez Marchante Unicef - Oracle + 43'22
110 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team + 43'31
111 Giuseppe Palumbo Quick·Step Cycling Team + 44'17
112 David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez Geox - TMC + 44'45
113 Fabio Felline Geox - TMC + 44'57
114 Javier Francisco Aramendia Euskaltel - Euskadi + 45'00
115 Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 45'06
116 Taylor Phinney BMC Racing Team + 46'59
117 Matthew Busche Liquigas - Cannondale + 48'53
118 Matej Mugerli Lampre - ISD + 50'11
119 Dennis Van Winden Rabobank Cycling Team + 52'26
120 Valerio Agnoli Liquigas - Cannondale + 54'16
121 Vicente Reynès Omega Pharma - Lotto + 55'30
122 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step Cycling Team + 57'14
123 Peter Velits Team T-Mobile + 57'28
124 Eros Capecchi Liquigas - Cannondale + 58'52
125 Harald Starzengruber Leopard Trek + 59'09
126 José Vicente García Acosta Movistar Team + 59'45
127 Koen De Kort Skil - Shimano + 1h00'30
128 Frederik Willems Omega Pharma - Lotto + 1h01'29
129 Arkaitz Durán Geox - TMC + 1h01'36
130 Thomas Peterson Liquigas - Cannondale + 1h03'45
131 Gerben Löwik Rabobank Cycling Team + 1h03'51
132 Michael Schär BMC Racing Team + 1h05'22
133 José Belda Movistar Team + 1h06'36
134 Aitor Pérez Arrieta Lampre - ISD + 1h07'24
135 Bjorn Selander Unicef - Oracle + 1h08'32
136 David Veilleux Team Europcar + 1h10'27
137 Baden Cooke GreenEdge Cycling + 1h14'42
138 Nico Eeckhout FDJ + 1h15'48
139 Martijn Keizer Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 1h16'17
140 Pablo Urtasun Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h24'45
141 Coen Vermeltfoort Skil - Shimano + 1h28'46
142 Adriano Malori Lampre - ISD + 1h29'09
143 Damien Gaudin Team Europcar + 1h32'09
144 Rubén Reig Caja Rural + 1h32'14
145 Frédéric Guesdon FDJ + 1h32'37
146 Scott Davis GreenEdge Cycling + 1h33'19
147 Yohann Gène Team Europcar + 1h35'07
148 Gene Michael Bates Sky ProCycling + 1h37'57
149 Matthew Wilson Team Garmin - Cervélo + 1h38'34
150 Jason McCartney Unicef - Oracle + 1h40'25
151 Michal Golas Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 1h48'59
152 Unai Iparragirre Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h56'50
153 Yauheni Hutarovich FDJ + 2h00'04
154 Roger Kluge Skil - Shimano + 2h14'26
155 Igor Romero Caja Rural + 2h16'19
156 Guillermo Lana Caja Rural + 2h17'30
157 Tanel Kangert Pro Team Astana + 2h21'08
158 Nicolas Sanderson Sky ProCycling + 2h34'55
Points
| 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 83 | | 2 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | 64 | | 3 | Chris Horner | Unicef - Oracle | 57 | | 4 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | 57 | | 5 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Pro Team Astana | 53 |
Mountain
| 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 23 | | 2 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Unicef - Oracle | 22 | | 3 |  Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | 20 | | 4 |  Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | 20 | | 5 | David Zabriskie | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 17 |
Young Riders
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | 23h25'36 | | 2 |  Rigoberto Urán | Sky ProCycling | + 1'19 | | 3 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'42 | | 4 | Omar Fraile | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 15'43 | | 5 | Rafael Valls | Geox - TMC | + 17'36 |
Teams
| 1 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | 70h17'25 | | 2 |  Katusha Team | | + 6'02 | | 3 | Geox - TMC | | + 7'10 |
Second win in a row for Euskaltel and Samuel Sanchez in the team's most important race! A very important win as well regarding the World Tour ranking where Euskaltel need every point they can get!
Our resume is quite ambivalent. On the one hand, we hoped for at least a Top 5 result overall. On the other hand, two men in the Top 10 plus the young riders jersey aren't bad at all. Then again, if it wasn't for stage 4, the podium would easily have been in reach. Still, a totally surprising stage win and further podium spots are way too much to be really disappointed.
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Posted on 04-11-2011 16:17
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Bad 2 stages, great ITT!
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 04-11-2011 17:56
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Imo a quite good race for you.. Two Top-10 plus the jersey is not bad at all And of course, a stage-win!
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Posted on 04-11-2011 18:35
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Must take a lot to get Veelers going 
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Posted on 04-11-2011 18:52
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A nice stage win and 2 riders in Top-10 good Vuelta al pais vasco for you |
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Posted on 05-11-2011 11:18
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Thanks for the comments. I guess I have to adjust my expectations a bit, now that I'm on extreme.
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April 10, 2012 – Paris - Roubaix
Preview
Together with the Ronde Van Vlaanderen, Paris – Roubaix is the second of two big cobblestone classics. Called „Hell of the North“, it's one of the most famous and prestigious race at all and the winner will write his name in the books of history. The best example is Roger de Vlaeminck, „Monsieur Paris-Roubaix“, who won the race four times in the 1970s. Also, Tom Boonen won the race for the fourth time last year.
As if 258 kilometers wouldn't be hard enough, the course from Compiègne to Roubaix is riddled with lots of hard cobblestone passages that will cause a high separation. From a sprint from a small group to a long solo ride to the win, everything is possible.
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Quick·Step | | 2 |  Heinrich Haussler | Team Garmin - Cervélo | | 3 |  Thor Hushovd | Team Garmin - Cervélo | | 4 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | | 5 | Fabian Cancellara | Leopard - Trek |
Complete Startlist
Spoiler Leopard
1. F.Cancellara
2. M.Brändle
3. S.Chavanel
4. B.Feillu
5. D.Klemme
6. A.Lund
7. M.Pedersen
8. T.Stamsnijder
Quick·Step
11. T.Boonen
12. T.De Gendt
13. D.Devenyns
14. R.Hammond
15. S.Rosseler
16. G.Steegmans
17. N.Terpstra
18. G.Van Keirsbulck
Garmin
21. T.Hushovd
22. M.Fischer
23. A.Klier
24. M.Maaskant
25. D.Millar
26. S.Vanmarcke
27. J.Vansummeren
28. M.Wilson
Sky
31. H.Haussler
32. J.Augustyn
33. D.Cioni
34. J.A.Flecha
35. J.Hunt
36. A.Kemps
37. C.Knees
38. G.Thomas
Skil
41. S.Devolder
42. T.Bonnin
43. T.Darnuseau
44. Y.Doi
45. A.Geniez
46. K.Kroon
47. M.Sprick
48. R.Van Zandbeek
Katusha
51. F.Pozzato
52. D.Galimzyanov
53. V.Gusev
54. S.Ivanov
55. A.Kuschynski
56. D.Moreno
57. F.Pellizotti
58. N.Trussov
Omega Pharma
61. N.Nuyens
62. J.Bakelants
63. B.De Clercq
64. F.De Greef
65. J.Debusschere
66. A.Greipel
67. K.Lodewyck
68. J.Van de Walle
Rabobank
71. M.Breschel
72. T.Bos
73. R.Flens
74. Ó.Freire
75. T.Leezer
76. G.Niermann
77. L.Ten Dam
78. D.Van Winden
BMC
81. A.Ballan
82. C.Barton
83. M.Burghardt
84. M.Giunti
85. G.Hincapie
86. T.Phinney
87. M.Quinziato
88. F.Rodriguez
T-Mobile
91. B.Eisel
92. M.Cavendish
93. B.Grabsch
94. M.Kessler
95. M.Kurth
96. H.Roulston
97. S.Schumacher
98. M.Velits
GreenEdge
101. S.Langeveld
102. B.Cooke
103. M.Goss
104. M.Hayman
105. S.O'Grady
106. W.Sulzberger
107. T.Vaitkus
108. P.Weening
Unicef
111. G.Rast
112. M.Kwiatkowski
113. G.Lequatre
114. Y.Popovych
115. I.Rovny
116. C.Sastre
117. B.Selander
118. J.Sergent
AG2R La Mondiale
121. M.Elmiger
122. Y.Arnaud
123. Sé.Chavanel
124. S.Houanard
125. C.Laurent
126. L.Mondory
127. R.Nocentini
128. M.Perget
Europcar
131. D.Gaudin
132. A.Aulas
133. F.Bouyer
134. C.Gautier
135. Y.Gène
136. A.Pichot
137. K.Reza
138. D.Veilleux
Liquigas
141. D.Oss
142. M.Bodnar
143. P.Longo Borghini
144. A.Marangoni
145. J.Sagan
146. C.Wurf
FDJ
151. Y.Offredo
152. S.Chainel
153. M.Delage
154. N.Eeckhout
155. F.Guesdon
156. Y.Hutarovich
157. M.Ladagnous
158. F.Mourey
Cofidis
161. J.Roelandts
162. J.Demaret
163. L.Duque
164. J.Keukeleire
165. J.Kuyckx
166. D.Moncoutié
167. A.Saramotins
168. T.Valentin
Astana
171. E.Gasparotto
172. P. Andreev
173. D.Fofonov
174. T.Kangert
175. F.Kessiakoff
176. R.Kiserlovski
177. S.Renev
178. P.Tiralongo
Lampre
181. S.Spilak
182. A.Balloni
183. D.Di Luca
184. D.Frattini
185. D.Krivtsov
186. G.Marangoni
187. A.Pérez Arrieta
188. D.Righi
Saur
191. A.Coyot
192. J.Casper
193. J.Engoulvent
194. J.Gadret
195. S.Joly
196. C.Lemoine
197. L.Mangel
198. R.Martias
Movistar
201. J.J.Rojas
202. J.El Fares
203. I.Erviti
204. J.V.García Acosta
205. I.Gutiérrez
206. I.Konovalovas
207. D.Navarro
208. C.Oyarzun
Euskaltel
211. G.Verdugo
212. P.Cazaux
213. U.Iparragirre
214. G.Izagirre
215. R.Pérez
216. R.Sicard
217. A.Txurruka
218. I.Velasco
As last week at De Ronde, the complete elite of cobblers is present. With their strong duo leadership, Leopard will be the team to beat. Tom Boonen aims for his fifth win here but the likes of Haussler, Hushovd, Devolder or Pozzato also have a say.
We attend here with only six riders, but really important are simply two: Daniel Oss and Paolo Longo Borghini. Both are in very nice shape so we'll decide during the race who'll lead us. After Oss' decent performance last week, we now hope for a Top 20.
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April 10, 2012
Paris - Roubaix
Km 4: | Julien El Fares (Movistar) is the first attacker of the day. | | . | Km 13: | The first breakaway tries are back in the pack. | | . | Km 58: | Six riders are in front but the peloton isn't sure whether or not to let them go... | | . | |  | Km 88: | Twelve riders lead but the pack is closely behind. No break had their blessing yet. | | . | |  | Km 107: | Quick·Step leads the peloton over the largest cobblestone section of the day. Tom Boonen seems to have good legs. | | . | Km 159: | 81 riders are left in front. All favorites are there. | | . | |  | Km 202: | We enter the decisive phase: A couple of cobblestone sections follow each other now. 59 riders are in the first group including Longo Borghini, Oss and Sagan. | | . | |  | Km 224: | Longo Borghini falls back from the front group. Oss is on his own now. | | . | |  | Km 227: | The first top rider who's suffering from a puncture is Heinrich Haussler's super domestique Juan Antonio Flecha. | | . | |  | Km 236: | Three minor riders broke free: Damien Gaudin (Europcar), Matthew Hayman (GreenEdge) and Jurgen Roelandts (Cofidis) lead with 2 minutes to the favorites. 21 kms to go. | | . | |  | Km 237: | Heinrich Haussler is the first big name to attack. Most favorites try to counter. | | . | |  | Km 244: | Tom Boonen overtook them all and made it to the escapees. A group of six is 45 seconds behind. | | . | Km 249: | Boonen leads solo now. The other favorites are almost a minute back as Fabian Cancellara attacks. | | . | |  | Km 254: | Tom Boonen enters the velodrome only seconds in front of Cancellara. Sylvain Chavanel and Heinrich Haussler follow with a small advance to the other contenders. | | . | Km 256: | Boonen extends his lead. He'll make it! | | . | |  | Km 259: | Mr. Paris-Roubaix does it! Fifth win, second in a row: Fantastic! | | . | |  | Km 259: | Fabian Cancellara and Sylvain Chavanel provide Leopard again with two podium spots. Great performance! | | . | Km 259: | Haussler fourth, then Devolder and Hushovd. | | . | Km 259: | Oss loses a couple of places in the sprint of his chasing group. He ends up 26th. |
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Quick·Step Cycling Team | 6h42'02 | | 2 | Fabian Cancellara | Leopard Trek | + 45 | | 3 | Sylvain Chavanel | Leopard Trek | + 1'03 | | 4 | Heinrich Haussler | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 5 | Stijn Devolder | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 6 | Thor Hushovd | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 7 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky ProCycling | + 1'49 | | 8 |  Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 10 | Damien Gaudin | Team Europcar | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | + 3'15 | | 12 | Johan Vansummeren | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 13 | Nick Nuyens | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 14 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 15 | Martijn Maaskant | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 16 | Jürgen Roelandts | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 17 | Matthew Hayman | GreenEdge Cycling | s.t. | | 18 | Geraint Thomas | Sky ProCycling | + 4'40 | | 19 | George Hincapie | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 20 | Jimmy Casper | Saur - Sojasun | + 5'48 | | 21 | Dominic Klemme | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 22 | Frédéric Guesdon | FDJ | s.t. | | 23 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 24 | Andreas Klier | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 25 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 26 | Daniel Oss | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 27 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 28 | Niki Terpstra | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 29 | Karsten Kroon | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 30 | Grégory Rast | Unicef - Oracle | + 7'05 | | 31 | Steve Chainel | FDJ | + 7'45 | | 32 | Gert Steegmans | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 8'08 | | 33 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 34 | Sébastien Rosseler | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 35 | Dennis Van Winden | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 36 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 37 | Bernhard Eisel | Team T-Mobile | + 9'16 | | 38 | Sergueï Ivanov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 39 | Roger Hammond | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 10'42 | | 40 | André Greipel | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 11'14 | | 41 | Nico Eeckhout | FDJ | s.t. | | 42 | Jeremy Hunt | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 43 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 44 | Matthew Goss | GreenEdge Cycling | s.t. | | 45 | Sebastian Langeveld | GreenEdge Cycling | s.t. | | 46 | Hayden Roulston | Team T-Mobile | s.t. | | 47 | Tomas Vaitkus | GreenEdge Cycling | s.t. | | 48 | Stuart O'Grady | GreenEdge Cycling | s.t. | | 49 | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 50 | Yohan Offredo | FDJ | s.t. | | 51 | Arnaud Coyot | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 52 | Mark Cavendish | Team T-Mobile | s.t. | | 53 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 54 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 55 | Thomas De Gendt | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 56 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ | + 12'41 | | 57 | Yaroslav Popovych | Unicef - Oracle | s.t. | | 58 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 59 | Jens Keukeleire | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 15'37 | | 60 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 61 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 62 | Óscar Freire | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 63 | Theo Bos | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 19'20 | | 64 | David Millar | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 65 | Tom Leezer | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 66 | Tom Stamsnijder | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 67 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 19'57 | | 68 | Laurent Mangel | Saur - Sojasun | + 20'16 | | 69 | Klaas Lodewyck | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 20'39 | | 70 | Baden Cooke | GreenEdge Cycling | s.t. | | 71 | Bart De Clercq | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 72 | Jens Debusschere | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 73 | Bjorn Selander | Unicef - Oracle | s.t. | | 74 | José Vicente García Acosta | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 75 | Sébastien Chavanel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 76 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 77 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Unicef - Oracle | + 21'11 | | 78 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Movistar Team | + 21'39 | | 79 | Francis De Greef | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 80 | Christian Knees | Sky ProCycling | + 22'47 | | 81 | Jan Kuyckx | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 82 | Bert Grabsch | Team T-Mobile | + 23'17 | | 83 | Fred Rodriguez | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 84 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ | s.t. | | 85 | Rony Martias | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 86 | Nikolai Trussov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 87 | Wesley Sulzberger | GreenEdge Cycling | s.t. | | 88 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 89 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 90 | Jean-Eudes Demaret | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 91 | Tristan Valentin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 92 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 93 | Murilo Fischer | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 94 | Aaron Kemps | Sky ProCycling | + 24'12 | | 95 | Anders Lund | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 96 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | + 25'25 | | 97 | Sébastien Joly | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 98 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 99 | Matthew Wilson | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 100 | Pieter Weening | GreenEdge Cycling | s.t. | | 101 | Chris Barton | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 102 | Juraj Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 103 | Dries Devenyns | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 26'41 | | 104 | Mickaël Delage | FDJ | s.t. | | 105 | Cyril Lemoine | Saur - Sojasun | + 28'14 | | 106 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 107 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 108 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 109 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Unicef - Oracle | s.t. | | 110 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 111 | John Gadret | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 112 | Matthias Brändle | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 113 | Danilo Di Luca | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 114 | Dario Cioni | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 115 | Laurens Ten Dam | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 116 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 117 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 118 | Brice Feillu | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 119 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 120 | Dimitri Krivtsov | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 121 | Martin Velits | Team T-Mobile | + 29'15 | | 122 | Carlos Sastre | Unicef - Oracle | s.t. | | 123 | Enrico Gasparotto | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 124 | Mathieu Perget | AG2R La Mondiale | + 29'49 | | 125 | Grischa Niermann | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. |
What can you say? Tom Boonen is simply amazing at Paris - Roubaix. With his fifth win, he is now the sole record winner at this prestigious race. After his win at Milan - San Remo and the second spot last week at De Ronde, this win concludes a terrific spring for the Belgian.
Again, we missed our goal of a Top 20, but looking at the riders who finished along Oss, I think he performed decently well. He has a lot of potential left and will definetely improve both his abilities and his results.
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| roturn |
Posted on 05-11-2011 14:15
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26th isn`t that bad imo. Same group than the 20th.
I already failed with much better cobblers in this race. |
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 05-11-2011 15:14
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+ 1 on roturn's comment
Nice result in general.. Boonen very strong.
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| andy222c |
Posted on 05-11-2011 16:35
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Great report once again with great screensshots - I personally love this story
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 05-11-2011 16:51
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@ roturn: Imo, cobblestone races are pretty much the hardest in PCM. I'm really not good at it, so I'm not disappointed^^ Plus, finishing in the same group as Alessandro Ballan is quite good
@ tsmoha: Thanks. I like the results as well. For both Ronde and P-R, they're very realistic. The only Top 10 result that you wouldn't have expected is Gaudin @ P-R.
@ andy222c: Wow, thanks a lot Always great to hear that people enjoy the story.
Next race will be a bit of compensation, result-wise And after that, there's a big announcement regarding the team's future...
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 05-11-2011 18:02
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Unlucky with Paris-Roubaix |
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