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SpiderTech - Cervélo | A sad ending
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| jseadog1 |
Posted on 01-10-2012 02:31
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GO CLEMSON 
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 01-10-2012 08:10
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jseadog1 wrote:
GO CLEMSON
Yeah, he has had some Great form of late  |
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| Colinas |
Posted on 01-10-2012 12:07
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Great win in E3.
And first appearence of Dennis I see. |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 01-10-2012 12:56
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@baggieboys - Pye will certainly hope to win a monument, can't wait to play the P-R. (although it's quite far from now.  Thanks for following!
@jseadog, sutty - Clemson is peaking, so let's hope he'll do great in Catalunya!
@Colinas - Dennis's form is not the best, so he got dropped fairly soon, but hey next time he might have a key helping role!
The next stage of Volta a Catalunya will come in the evening, so stay tuned guys, and thanks for the lots of comments! |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 01-10-2012 18:30
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Volta a Catalunya Stage 5
Today's stage is 207km long, and has a quite steep climb 25kms before the finish. Will someone make an attack, or will the pack stay together?
After a high pace at the start, the pack started to hold their pace back, and let a 5-man break get away, with Kreuziger and C.Meyer being the biggest names. Despite the BotD being really strong, the pack didn't chase hard.
However, as we reached the 1st cat. climb of the day, Movistar decided to step up the pace, and inredibly quickly chased down the break. Because of this high pace by the spanish team, even pre-stage favourite, Daniel Moreno got dropped. His whole team dropped to him and chased the Peloton. At the end of the day he reached the finish ca. 2mins down on the winner.
On the rest of the climb, nothing really happened, as Movistar's pace was just too high for the riders to attack. Great ride by them.
The peloton reached the last 5kms together (except Moreno), and one of the favourites, Pietropolli launched an attack, as the pace dropped a bit. He quickly got a good gap, and as the sprint launched he had a quite comfortable lead. Our riders didn't feel good, and we decided not to participate in the sprint, in order to don't make unnecessary efforts for nothing.
At the 1km mark the italian was still in the lead, and looked sure for the win. Luis León Sánchez followed at 2nd, and early-launcher Tony Gallopin was there too.
And Pietropolli wins it after a well timed attack in the last kilometre! Congratulations to the italian, he was the cleverest of the riders. Race-leader Lastras comes 2nd, and LLS takes the 3rd place. The best Spider is Gömböcz at the 16th. Not a great stage for us.
| 1 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - ISD | 5h15'52 | | 2 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 3 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 6 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | Jérémie Galland | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 8 | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 9 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. |
| 1 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | 24h30'56 | | 2 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'14 | | 3 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'39 | | 4 | Daniel Navarro | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | + 1'43 | | 5 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 6 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'58 | | 7 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - ISD | + 2'16 | | 9 | John Clemson | SpiderTech - Cervélo | s.t. | | 10 | Winner Anacona | Lampre - ISD | + 2'23 |
No really exciting performances. Sorry guys.  |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 01-10-2012 18:32
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Well you can't win everything 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 01-10-2012 18:52
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The team can't shine every day It'll shine twice as hard next time, then! |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 01-10-2012 22:06
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fcancellara wrote:
Well you can't win everything
Yes, but we're always trying.
Ian Butler wrote:
The team can't shine every day It'll shine twice as hard next time, then!
Hope you're right. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 01-10-2012 23:03
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A quiet day for the team (for a change) |
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| Welwyn |
Posted on 02-10-2012 00:14
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Quiet, but steady at the same time. |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 02-10-2012 17:29
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sutty68 wrote:
A quiet day for the team (for a change)
Well, at least the guys got some rest, hope they'll bounce back on the next stage.
Welwyn wrote:
Quiet, but steady at the same time.
Thanks for the comment, it's really-really appreciated!
I'll try to put the next stage up from Catalunya, and probably the Gent-Wevelgem, however I'm not too sure about the latter. Let's see how it works out. |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 02-10-2012 19:46
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Volta a Catalunya Stage 6
Stage 6 in Catalunya is not a really interesting one for me personally. IT doesn't have any real big difficulties, and the final climb is not steep enough to create gaps. Most likely a reduced bunch sprint, or a breakaway win will be the outcome of the race.
After a quite slow 20kms the BotD formed, with Zubeldia being the biggest name. Our rider, Nagy tried to get into the break, but couldn't make it.
After a while, the break got a huge, 10min, lead and Movistar decided to get some time back on them. However, their pressure wasn't enough, and with 10kms to go it was quite sure, that break will take the stage.
At the 3km mark spaniard Haimar Zubeldia broke away from his breakaway companions, and got a great gap immediately. Can he make it?
Meanwhile in the peloton Movistar was pacing, and nothing really interesting happened. The riders were prepping for the sprint. We decided to go for Clemson, and made a train for him. But now, let's take a look at the front of the race, where...
...Haimar Zubeldia soloes to the line, and wins the stage! Great effort by the spanish oldie! His former companions Dumoulin and Chaves are completing the podium. Clemson wins the bunch sprint, and get 4th. Great stage for him!
Sorry for the pictured results, I forgot to export.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 02-10-2012 20:02
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Too bad he wasn't sprinting for victory! A decent result nevertheless |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 02-10-2012 23:20
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Nice 4th place for Clemson |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 04-10-2012 14:56
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Ian Butler wrote:
Too bad he wasn't sprinting for victory! A decent result nevertheless
It's a shame indeed, but maybe next time.
sutty68 wrote:
Nice 4th place for Clemson
Thanks, he has some really great form atm.
I'll try to play and report Gent-Wevelgem today, so stay tuned. |
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| Kritzo |
Posted on 04-10-2012 15:02
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A shame that Clemson wasn't sprinting for victory.. 
But still a good result, indeed!
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 04-10-2012 18:25
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@kritzo - indeed, it was bad to see him win the bunch sprint for the 4th.
As the G-W is the least cobbled, cobbled classic, our leader is still undecided. Mike Pye is not a really strong finisher, so the lead will be kind of "free for all". Let's see, who will take the leading Marshallbot!
Favorites:
*** Boonen, Pye, Sagan
** Pozzato, EBH, Hushovd
* Goss, Farrar, Breschel
This years edition doesn't contain too many cobbled sections, so the races main tough difficulty will be the length of the race. Who will take this one?
The race kicked off quite slowly, and the BotD formed. They got a 3min lead as the most famous rider, Arnaud Démare worked really hard on the flats. In the peloton Omega Pharma - Quickstep worked really hard, and after a while, they forced a split at the front of the pack.
After the split, a 20 man select group remained at the front. OPQS forced the pace further, and BMC helped them. 4 of our Spiders were still in the leading group.
As we closed to the sprint, 16 more riders caught up with the help of Vacansoleil. BMC formed their train at the front, and our riders followed their high pace.
The sprint started, and Boonen went straight off to lead the pack, and led under the Flamme Rouge. Pal was right on his wheel, and was trying to make his jump, but was just not strong enough to make it.
But coming out of nowhere Alessandro Petacchi wins the race! What an amazing sprint by the old italian! He overtook Boonen, and our very own hungarian gun, Pal.
Sorry for the pictured result, the Excel file went corrupt.
Pal - 1 Great finish by him! |
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| baggieboys32 |
Posted on 04-10-2012 19:16
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Happy with 5th as G-W really doesn't suit my rider that well, congrats to Peter for making the podium!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 04-10-2012 19:46
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Wow, nice team effort |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 04-10-2012 21:38
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baggieboys32 wrote:
Happy with 5th as G-W really doesn't suit my rider that well, congrats to Peter for making the podium!
Indeed, Pye was looking good, but he'd have liked some more pavé sections. Well, in the RvV and the P-R there will be some.
Ian Butler wrote:
Wow, nice team effort
Thanks, it was a great race for us.
There won't be any updates until Monday, as I'll travel to London on Sunday morning, and then come back at the evening, and before that I'll have to learn a lot. Sorry guys, the next days are going to be very busy. However, on Monday the Spiders are going to be back with the last stage of Catalunya, and then with a Monthly Review. To be honest, I can't wait to finish March, as I really want know the Cobbled and the Ardennes Classics. Thanks for following, and please tell me if you have any questions about specific riders! |
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