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Petronas - Monster Energy; The end of an era
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| dienblad |
Posted on 01-11-2012 20:07
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@ all: For sure, there are some nice sprint duels between Kittel, Boonen and Guardini!
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| dienblad |
Posted on 01-11-2012 20:14
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Stage 5
Another flat stage through the desert. Today, 153 kilometres await the riders with the finish in Al Kharaitiyat.
The stage ends in a mass sprint again. Due to a bad daily form of his last 2 lead outs, Marcel Kittel is already in the lead with a little under 2km to go. As waiting isn't a option, all he can do is go for it, and hope that it will be enough. But Andrea Guardini is in his wheel, out of the wind, and overtakes Kittel with 100m to go. Guardini takes his second win in a row, followed by our German sprinter and Kevin Lacombe (Spidertech). Tom Boonen finishes in 4th. With 1 stage to go, Guardini leads the GC, with Kittel in 2nd in the same time and Boonen at '3.
Results
| 1 |  Andrea Guardini | Pro Team Astana | 3h21'59 | | 2 |  Marcel Kittel | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 3 |  Kevin Lacombe | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 4 |  Tom Boonen | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 5 |  Christopher Sutton | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 6 | Bernardo Riccio | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 7 | Mauro Finetto | M&M's | s.t. | | 8 |  Adam Blythe | Kingspan - Alpro | s.t. | | 9 |  Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | Giairo Ermeti | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. |
Today's winner
Edited by dienblad on 01-11-2012 20:16
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 01-11-2012 20:18
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Really close battle! Hope Kittel can finish it off. |
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| Maddrengen |
Posted on 01-11-2012 20:20
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GO GO GO!
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 01-11-2012 20:23
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Kittel so close.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 01-11-2012 20:26
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Stage 6
The last stage of this Tour of Qatar brings the riders back to Doha. And the battle for the GC-win will become a real thriller, with the best 3 sprinters within 3 seconds. This means, that the one who wins the last mass sprint, also wins the GC!
But the mass sprint ends in a anti-climax. The Katusha-train takes the lead of the peloton in the last kilometres, while the Astana-train with Andrea Guardini gets blocked a bit when they catch the BOTD. And the Petronas-train? Well, there is none.... All of the riders seem to be too exhausted, so Marcel Kittel decides to take the wheel of Guardini, what appears to be the wrong choice....
The Italian and German have to come from too far behind, while Tom Boonen takes the stage win, and thus the GC. Bernardo Riccio finishes in 2nd, Kevin Lacombe in 3rd, Guardini in 4th and Kittel in 6th, meaning Tom Boonen wins the Tour of Qatar.
Results
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Katusha Team | 2h16'52 | | 2 | Bernardo Riccio | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 3 | Kevin Lacombe | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 4 | Andrea Guardini | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 5 | Greg Van Avermaet | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 6 | Marcel Kittel | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 7 | Martin Gilbert | Differdange - Spuerkeess | s.t. | | 8 | Mauro Finetto | M&M's | s.t. | | 9 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | Christopher Sutton | Pro Team Astana | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Katusha Team | 14h57'31 | | 2 | Andrea Guardini | Pro Team Astana | + 17 | | 3 | Marcel Kittel | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 4 | Kevin Lacombe | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 49 | | 5 | Bernardo Riccio | Androni Giocattoli | + 55 | | 6 | Christopher Sutton | Pro Team Astana | + 58 | | 7 |  Artem Ovechkin | Itera - Katusha | + 59 | | 8 |  Lars Boom | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 1'00 | | 9 | Tom Dumoulin | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 10 | Simon Richardson | Kingspan - Alpro | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Katusha Team | 110 | | 2 | Marcel Kittel | Petronas - Monster Energy | 102 | | 3 | Andrea Guardini | Pro Team Astana | 98 | | 4 | Kevin Lacombe | SpiderTech powered by C10 | 61 | | 5 | Bernardo Riccio | Androni Giocattoli | 56 |
Today's and overall winner
Word from the DS
So with a stage win and a few top 3's, we can be happy. But in the end, Marcel Kittel simply wasn't consistent enough to win the GC.
Edited by dienblad on 01-11-2012 20:27
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| Maddrengen |
Posted on 01-11-2012 20:36
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The best danish word, ever made: ØV!
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 01-11-2012 20:40
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Such a shame. But still nice result!  |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 01-11-2012 20:42
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Damn PCM physics!  |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 01-11-2012 21:53
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Tour de Méditerranéen
Our first race in Europe is the Tour de Méditerranéen, in the South of France. We didn't participate in this race before, but this year, we want to do it a little different.
Last year, Maxime Monfort took the overall win.
Startlist
Spoiler Petronas
1. M.Breschel
2. J.Audet
3. M.Maaskant
4. S.Rosseler
5. N.Terpstra
6. S.Vanmarcke
7. C.Vermeltfoort
8. L.Westra
Rabobank
11. W.Poels
12. R.Flens
13. L.Hagenaars
14. Y.Havik
15. L.Smit
16. L.Ten Dam
17. R.Van Zandbeek
18. R.Wielinga
Europcar
21. C.Le Mével
22. B.Billet
23. A.Courteille
24. R.Di Gregorio
25. R.Lerouge
26. G.Levarlet
27. R.Senechal
28. M.Sprick
AG2R
31. T.Pinot
32. N.Bonnet
33. M.Claude
34. J.Gadret
35. N.Hartmann
36. S.Houanard
37. J.Peraud
38. M.Perget
Sony Ericsson
41. K.Seeldraeyers
42. A.Boyd
43. N.Collins
44. B.Gastauer
45. A.Hagman
46. M.Koch
47. F.Rodriguez
48. T.Rohregger
Acqua & Sapone
51. F.Ginanni
52. C.Corioni
53. D.D'Angelo
54. M.Giunti
55. M.Lorenzetto
56. A.Petacchi
57. F.Sabatini
58. F.Taborre
Wallonie Bruxelles
61. F.Polazzi
62. O.Kaisen
63. P.Legrand
64. R.Rouet
65. S.Schets
66. G.Steurs
67. D.Tuytens
68. D.Van den Camp
Movistar
71. R.Plaza
72. R.Ajuntas
73. D.Gutiérrez Palacios
74. G.Izagirre
75. C.Oyarzun
76. Ó.Pujol
77. J.Sanchez Pimienta
78. R.Valls
Saur
81. B.Feillu
82. J.Bauer
83. J.Bideau
84. J.Cabreira
85. R.Chtioui
86. J.A.Jørgensen
87. D.Le Lay
88. M.Rieu
MX3 Nutrition
91. D.Devenyns
92. P.Brousse
93. R.Charpentier
94. D.R.DÃaz
95. A.George
96. J.Jules
97. Y.Marié
98. R.Villa
Cofidis
101. A.Geniez
102. S.Dumoulin
103. A.Lemair
104. G.Lequatre
105. C.Lhotellerie
106. D.Monier
107. A.Passeron
108. G.Quesnel
Colnago
111. E.Sella
112. M.Cattaneo
113. A.Donati
114. M.Frapporti
115. G.Palumbo
116. V.Rosso
117. S.Stortoni
118. D.Viganò
Caja Rural
121. M.Cardoso
122. G.César Veloso
123. V.De la Parte
124. I.Erviti
125. A.Hernández
126. A.Piedra
127. J.Sobrino
128. I.Velasco
FDJ
131. M.Ladagnous
132. S.Chainel
133. D.Champion
134. M.Drujon
135. N.Edet
136. N.Haddou
137. D.Teklehaimanot
138. A.Vichot
Big Mat
141. J.Mombaerts
142. N.Brouzes
143. M.Hoffmann
144. F.Mourey
145. R.Racault
146. Y.Talabardon
Roubaix Lille Métropole
151. R.Sutherland
152. M.Boulo
153. S.Coudert
154. G.Larsson
155. F.Le Corre
156. L.Lefèvre
157. J.Pascual
158. S.Tronet
Liquigas
161. F.Canuti
162. D.Caruso
163. D.Colli
164. M.Da Dalto
165. C.Foti
166. R.Marzoli
167. D.Peluso
168. D.Williams
Landbouwkrediet
171. K.Ista
172. I.Abakoumov
173. J.Coenen
174. M.Debusschere
175. S.Hoornaert
176. A.Jacquet
177. J.Stallaert
178. D.Vanendert
Bretagne
181. S.Calzati
182. A.Fonseca
183. M.Halleguen
184. M.Hary
185. N.Le Guillou
186. R.Monnier
187. M.Polo
188. P.Quemeneur
Type 1
191. T.Duggan
192. M.Galeotti
193. B.Gamble
194. A.Stella
195. J.Williams
196. R.la Rosa
Our Team
The favourites
*** Thibaut Pinot (AG2R), Alexandre Geniez (Cofidis), Christophe Le Mével (Europcar).
** Wout Poels (Rabobank), Kevin Seeldraeyers (Sony Ericsson), Rafael Valls (Movistar).
* Matti Breschel, Dries Devenyns (MX3), Emanuele Sella (Colnago).
Our goals
As we use this race to prepare ourselve for the cobbled races, we don't have high expectations, nor goals. So a top 10 in the GC would be nice, and maybe a stage win....
Stage 1
The first stage to Pertuis is only 114 kilometres and classified as hilly. And immediately, the peloton miscalculates the chase of the BOTD. The 10 riders in the BOTD decide the stage win in a sprint, and Belgian Johan Coenen (Landbouwkrediet) takes the win (and the GC-lead). The 2nd place goes to Óscar Pujol (Movistar) and the 3rd to Dries Devenyns (MX3). Matti Breschel wins the sprint of the peloton for the 11th place at '38.
Results
| 1 | Johan Coenen | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | 3h19'39 | | 2 | Óscar Pujol | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 3 | Dries Devenyns | TEAM MX3 Nutrition | s.t. | | 4 |  Timothy Duggan | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 5 | Geert Steurs | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | | 6 | Marco Cattaneo | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 7 | Aitor Hernández | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 8 | Remmert Wielinga | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 |  Laurent Lefèvre | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 10 | Roy Monnier | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 11 |  Matti Breschel | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 38 |
Today's winner
Stage 2
The 2nd stage to Rousset is flat, although a small hill before the finish can cause some difficulties.
And Colnago's Marco Frapporti surprises the peloton by launching his sprint very early (2.5km before the finish) and none of the others are capable of overtaking him, not even the Acqua et Sapone duo Mirco Lorenzetto and Alessandro Petacchi, who finish in 2nd and 3rd. Matti Breschel has a fairly weak day and finishes in 9th. And thanks to PCM-logic, GC-contenders Valls and Pinot outsprint all the sprinters.....
Results
| 1 | Marco Frapporti | Colnago - CSF Inox | 2h50'33 | | 2 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 3 | Alessandro Petacchi | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 4 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ | s.t. | | 5 | Rafael Valls | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | Thibaut Pinot | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 7 | Igor Abakoumov | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 8 | Justin Williams | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 9 | Matti Breschel | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 10 | Dimitri Champion | FDJ | s.t |
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Today's winner
GC
| 1 | Johan Coenen | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | 6h09'52 | | 2 | Óscar Pujol | Movistar Team | + 8 | | 3 | Dries Devenyns | TEAM MX3 Nutrition | + 12 | | 4 | Geert Steurs | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 20 | | 5 | Aitor Hernández | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 6 | Marco Cattaneo | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 7 | Laurent Lefèvre | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 8 | Roy Monnier | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 9 | Remmert Wielinga | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Timothy Duggan | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | ... | | 19 | Matti Breschel | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 58 |
Edited by dienblad on 01-11-2012 21:54
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 01-11-2012 22:23
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What a crazy picture of Monfort  |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 02-11-2012 08:44
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Ian Butler wrote:
What a crazy picture of Monfort
Hail google!
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 02-11-2012 17:27
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Kittel really had an impressive time in Qater 
Where is he racing next |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 02-11-2012 18:34
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I know it's been said a lot before, but I have to say it again:
It's just amazing and unbelievable that you can keep this up so long. It's really legendary. 181 pages, what the hell!
Keeping a story alive for such a long time without reducing the quality is something not many people have. (And the quality of the reports is also worth mentioning, it's clear to see you put some time in it!). I applaud you once again!
Hope this story continues for a long time to come, because I'm enjoying every minute of it
Edited by Ian Butler on 02-11-2012 18:34
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 02-11-2012 18:56
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Its Top of the All Tim Story List (if we had one)  |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 02-11-2012 18:59
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sutty68 wrote:
Its Top of the All Tim Story List (if we had one)
All Tim Story? Is that where every rider is call Tim Timpson?
Nice podium placement in Qatar with Kittel!
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| dienblad |
Posted on 02-11-2012 19:34
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@ sutty: Kittel will have a long break. His next race is the Rund um den Finanzplatz Frankfurt in early May.
@ Ian Butler: thanks a lot.... Like siad before, I want to make it 200+ pages. Then we'll see... And thanks a lot about what you said about the quality.
@ the_hoyle: thanks, although I hoped to win the GC...
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 02-11-2012 22:48
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This story is tied with alex's about Columbia as the best story I've read from start to begining here on this site. Hope you can keep on going motivated and with great results! |
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| baia |
Posted on 04-11-2012 12:33
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Incredible... amazing....
Hope you can achieve your goal but even if not, this story is already legendary...hats off..
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| dienblad |
Posted on 04-11-2012 16:57
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baia wrote:
Incredible... amazing....
Hope you can achieve your goal but even if not, this story is already legendary...hats off..
Hey Baia, long time no seen on this forum! I'm really glad that you still follow my story!
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