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Petronas - Monster Energy; The end of an era
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| lokytrew |
Posted on 04-11-2012 17:17
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Still going good. I still remember posting my first post here. Legendary!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 05-11-2012 10:06
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You know what's crazy, I just reread the start of this story, (not all, of course  ), but this is your first story  If every story you'll make is going to be like this, damn! |
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| baggieboys32 |
Posted on 05-11-2012 10:08
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I suspect consider how long it's been going, it may be his only story, unless of course the game breaks because of how far through he gets 
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| dienblad |
Posted on 05-11-2012 16:35
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baggieboys32 wrote:
I suspect consider how long it's been going, it may be his only story, unless of course the game breaks because of how far through he gets
Probably you are right. When the moment comes that I decide to stop this story, then I probably won't start a new one shortly after. I'm the kind of guy that wants to to it right, not to start and stop stories all the time (no offence to anyone, just how I think about it).
But for now, let's continue with a report of the 3rd and 4th stage of the Tour de Méditerranéen!
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| dienblad |
Posted on 05-11-2012 17:21
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Stage 3
The Tour de Méditerranéen continues with the 3rd stage from Carnoux-en-Provence to La Farlede, over 127 kilometres. And just as yesterday, the stage ends in a mass sprint. Today, the Acqua et Sapone boys do it all right and Mirco Lorenzetto easily takes his 3rd win of the season. Igor Abakoumov (Landbouwkrediet) surprises with the 2nd place, folloed by yesterday's winner Marco Frapporti. Matti Breschel had some problems in finding a good wheel, and has to settle with the 8th place.
Results
| 1 |  Mirco Lorenzetto | Acqua & Sapone | 3h06'46 | | 2 |  Igor Abakoumov | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 3 | Marco Frapporti | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 4 |  Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ | s.t. | | 5 | Francesco Ginanni | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 6 | Alessandro Petacchi | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 7 | Kevyn Ista | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 8 |  Matti Breschel | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 9 | Davide Viganò | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 10 | Johan Coenen | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. |
Today's winner
Stage 4
The most difficult part of the hilly 4th stage from La Londe Les Maures to Biot is the last kilometres. That goes uphill with an average gradient of about 8%.
No wonder that Matti Breschel has set his eyes on winning this stage. The team works very hard for him. irst, together with Landbouwkrediet in catching the BOTD, and in the last few kilometres, to form a sprint train. Niki Terpstra and last lead out man Lieuwe Westra do a terrific job, so Breschel can launch his sprint 800 metres before the finish. And with a great jump, nobody can follow him! It's already the 3rd win of the season for our Dane! The 2nd place goes to Steve Houanard (probably, EPO, just as irl ) and the 3rd to Samuel Dumoulin. Johan Coenen stays in the GC-lead.
Results
| 1 | Matti Breschel | Petronas - Monster Energy | 3h33'03 | | 2 | Steve Houanard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 3 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 4 | Aurélien Passeron | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 5 |  Lieuwe Westra | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 6 | Niki Terpstra | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 7 | Clément Lhotellerie | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 8 | Kevyn Ista | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 9 |  David Gutiérrez Palacios | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Johan Coenen | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | 12h49'41 | | 2 | Óscar Pujol | Movistar Team | + 8 | | 3 | Dries Devenyns | TEAM MX3 Nutrition | + 12 | | 4 | Aitor Hernández | Caja Rural | + 20 | | 5 | Remmert Wielinga | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Geert Steurs | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | | 7 | Roy Monnier | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 8 | Marco Cattaneo | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 9 | Laurent Lefèvre | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 10 |  Timothy Duggan | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | ... | | 13 | Matti Breschel | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 38 |
Today's winner
Word from the DS
So after 3 stages with mediocre results, Breschel did what he is very good at: winning a tough uphill sprint! Tomorrow is a different day, with the finish at the Mont Faron. Although in this form, Matti can hang on with the best climbers for a long time!
Edited by dienblad on 05-11-2012 17:28
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 05-11-2012 17:28
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Great win for Matti! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 05-11-2012 18:55
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Breschel doing good |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 05-11-2012 20:12
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Good win with Breschel! |
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 05-11-2012 20:13
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BRESCHEL!!!
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| Maddrengen |
Posted on 05-11-2012 20:28
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HU HU HU HU HU! Matti ROCKS! GO FOR IT!
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 05-11-2012 23:31
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Great result for Matti on stage 4 |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 06-11-2012 22:51
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Stage 5
The Tour de Méditerranéen ends with a finish at the summit of the Mont Faron, the famous climb (5.3km at 8.5%) outside of Toulon. When the riders arrive at the foot of the climb, 2 members of the former BOTD still remain in the lead: Clément Lhotellerie (Cofidis) and Mathieu Sprick (Europcar). The 2 have a lead of about 2 minutes, with Petronas and Movistar doing the pace in the peloton. It lasts untill 2km before the finish, for a rider to attack out of the peloton. French climber Thibaut Pinot launches a fierce attack, that nobody can follow. He starts to close the gap to leader Lhotellerie and passes him with only 200m to go. Matti Breschel surprises by finishing in 3rd place, but it won't be enough to win the GC, as Pinot takes the double today. Also a great result for Martijn Maaskant with the 6th place.
Result
| 1 | Thibaut Pinot | AG2R La Mondiale | 4h16'37 | | 2 | Clément Lhotellerie | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 9 | | 3 | Matti Breschel | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 21 | | 4 | David Le Lay | Saur - Sojasun | + 37 | | 5 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 6 | Martijn Maaskant | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 45 | | 7 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | Alexandre Geniez | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 9 | Federico Canuti | Liquigas - Microsoft | + 1'12 | | 10 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Thibaut Pinot | AG2R La Mondiale | 17h06'56 | | 2 | Matti Breschel | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 13 | | 3 | David Le Lay | Saur - Sojasun | + 57 | | 4 | Alexandre Geniez | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'05 | | 5 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | Martijn Maaskant | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 7 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Acqua & Sapone | + 1'08 | | 8 | Marco Frapporti | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 1'23 | | 9 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'24 | | 10 | Johan Coenen | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 1'36 |
Points
| 1 | Matti Breschel | Petronas - Monster Energy | 61 | | 2 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Acqua & Sapone | 50 | | 3 | Marco Frapporti | Colnago - CSF Inox | 44 | | 4 | Thibaut Pinot | AG2R La Mondiale | 37 | | 5 | Clément Lhotellerie | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 33 |
KOTM
| 1 |  Ben Gastauer | Sony Ericsson | 30 | | 2 | David Williams | Liquigas - Microsoft | 26 | | 3 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Europcar | 26 | | 4 | Aitor Hernández | Caja Rural | 22 | | 5 | Mauro Da Dalto | Liquigas - Microsoft | 22 |
Today's and overall winner
Word from the DS
With 1 stage win and the 3rd place in the GC, as well as the points jersey, we canbe very happy about the first race this year in Europe for the team. With only the Tour de Haut Var to go, the team already looks ready for the cobbled season!
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 06-11-2012 23:14
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Great to see Matti grab the Runners Up spot |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-11-2012 06:47
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Well, that's a great result for Breschel! |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 07-11-2012 11:01
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Haven't posted in ages but great racing as usual. Keep it up
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| dienblad |
Posted on 07-11-2012 11:06
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We stay in the South of France in the region Var for the Tour de Haut-Var. It's a hilly 2-stage race, with Joop Zoetemelk as the record winner with 3 wins. Last year, Cyril Gautier started a great season here, with the GC-win.
Startlist
Spoiler Saxo Bank
1. R.Hesjedal
2. L.Bøchman
3. T.Farnham
4. R.Guldhammer
5. J.Hernández
6. M.Kragh
7. R.Porte
8. A.Steensen
Petronas
11. M.Breschel
12. J.Audet
13. M.Maaskant
14. S.Rosseler
15. N.Terpstra
16. S.Vanmarcke
17. C.Vermeltfoort
18. L.Westra
Dexia
21. S.Gerrans
22. J.Bakelants
23. S.Caethoven
24. G.Dockx
25. N.Maes
26. Y.Offredo
27. T.Stubbe
28. M.Thevenin
Garmin
31. J.Roy
32. A.Castro
33. T.Gallopin
34. D.Gaudin
35. D.Martin
36. S.Minard
37. S.Poulhiès
38. A.Talansky
Euskaltel
41. D.Moreno
42. S.De La Cruz
43. O.Fraile
44. M.García
45. E.García
46. J.Á.Gómez Marchante
47. R.Pérez
48. S.Sánchez
AG2R
51. T.Pinot
52. N.Bonnet
53. M.Claude
54. J.Gadret
55. N.Hartmann
56. S.Houanard
57. J.Peraud
58. M.Perget
Europcar
61. C.Le Mével
62. A.Courteille
63. M.Delage
64. R.Di Gregorio
65. A.Duval
66. S.Haddou
67. S.Joly
68. M.Méderel
Saur
71. J.Pineau
72. J.Bauer
73. R.Chtioui
74. J.Engoulvent
75. B.Feillu
76. F.Jeandesboz
77. J.A.Jørgensen
78. D.Le Lay
FDJ
81. A.Roux
82. R.Bardet
83. G.Blot
84. S.Casar
85. N.Haddou
86. M.Ladagnous
87. G.Meersman
88. R.Pauriol
Rabobank
91. P.Martens
92. L.Hagenaars
93. R.Honig
94. P.Möhlmann
95. T.Slagter
96. L.Ten Dam
97. R.Van Zandbeek
98. Je.Vermeulen
Qantas Airways
101. S.Lagutin
102. S.Bell
103. I.Bibby
104. R.Dennis
105. R.Downing
106. R.England
107. D.Lapthorne
108. P.Stetina
Cofidis
111. S.Dumoulin
112. J.Delpech
113. K.Kriit
114. G.Lequatre
115. C.Lhotellerie
116. D.Moncoutié
117. B.Sinner
118. G.Van Keirsbulck
Nespresso
121. X.Florencio
122. P.Caucchioli
123. F.Kessiakoff
124. F.Negri
125. E.Plaza
126. D.Plaza
127. A.Rasmussen
128. P.Urtasun
Big Mat
131. K.Elissonde
132. A.Aulas
133. F.Bacquet
134. N.Brouzes
135. Sé.Chavanel
136. J.Mombaerts
Roubaix Lille Métropole
141. G.Larsson
142. M.Allaire
143. C.Bessy
144. M.Boulo
145. A.Coyot
146. J.Marino
147. R.Sutherland
148. C.Van Heerden
Wallonie Bruxelles
151. J.Ghyselinck
152. G.Bille
153. S.Delfosse
154. G.Devillers
155. O.Pardini
156. S.Schets
157. D.Tuytens
158. D.Van den Camp
Liquigas
161. D.Caruso
162. F.Canuti
163. M.Da Dalto
164. C.Foti
165. R.Marzoli
166. D.Peluso
167. A.Vanotti
168. E.Viviani
Landbouwkrediet
171. K.De Ketele
172. M.Debusschere
173. A.Robinet
174. J.Stallaert
175. K.Van Impe
176. S.Vandousselaere
177. D.Vanendert
178. J.Vangenechten
MX3 Nutrition
181. A.Saramotins
182. F.Bichot
183. J.Jules
184. V.Jérôme
185. Y.Martinez
186. T.Skujins
187. J.Thiré
188. R.Villa
Bretagne
191. S.Calzati
192. A.Delaplace
193. A.Gérard
194. M.Halleguen
195. M.Hary
196. C.Monnerais
197. R.Monnier
198. B.Sonnery
Our team
The favourites
*** Matti Breschel, Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis), Simon Gerrans (Dexia).
** Paul Martens (Rabobank), Gianni Meersman (FDJ), Thibaut Pinot (AG2R).
* Guillaume Blot (FDJ), Ryder Hesjedal (Saxo Bank), Jérome Pineau (Saur).
Our goal
A stage win.
Stage 1
The first stage from La Croix Valmer to Giraud is the easy one of the 2. The route is mostly flat, but the last 2 kilometres are ascending with an average gradient of 5%.
We work hard to make it a mass sprint, but make a huge mistake there. The lead out men are out of energy too early, so Matti Breschel is in the lead way too soon. He tries to keep his speed untill the finish, but he stalls with 300m to go and gets passed by winner Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) and Gianni Meersman (FDJ).
Results
| 1 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 3h49'29 | | 2 | Gianni Meersman | FDJ | s.t. | | 3 | Matti Breschel | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 4 | Guillaume Blot | FDJ | s.t. | | 5 | Anthony Roux | FDJ | s.t. | | 6 |  Rafaâ Chtioui | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 7 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 8 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 9 | Thibaut Pinot | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 10 |  Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. |
Stage 2
The 2nd stage around Draguignan is the most difficult one. It contains more than 3000 height metres, thus considered as a hilly stage.
Matti Breschel wins the first 2 Intermediate sprint, and collects 12 bonus seconds, meaning he is tied with Dumoulin in the GC. In the last 30 kilometres, there are many, many attacks by the puncheurs and some sprinters (also GC-leader Dumoulin). But in the end, the stage ends in a mass sprint.
A bad daily form is the reason Breschel can't compete for the win and has to settle with the 11th place. Dumoulin wins the stage, and the GC, followed by Meersman and Federico Canuti (Liquigas).
Results
| 1 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 5h20'24 | | 2 | Gianni Meersman | FDJ | s.t. | | 3 | Federico Canuti | Liquigas - Microsoft | s.t. | | 4 | Anthony Roux | FDJ | s.t. | | 5 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Jérémy Roy | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 7 | David Le Lay | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 8 | Yohan Offredo | Dexia | s.t. | | 9 |  Jack Bauer | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 10 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 9h09'13 | | 2 | Gianni Meersman | FDJ | + 16 | | 3 | Matti Breschel | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 20 | | 4 | Federico Canuti | Liquigas - Microsoft | + 32 | | 5 | Jan Ghyselinck | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 34 | | 6 | Anthony Roux | FDJ | + 40 | | 7 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Jérémy Roy | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 9 | David Le Lay | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 10 | Brice Feillu | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. |
Double stage and overall winner
Word from the DS
A good first, and a bad second stage. No stage wins, but still the 3rd place in the GC. Satisfied with it.
Edited by dienblad on 07-11-2012 11:08
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-11-2012 11:14
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A mediocre race for the team but then again, it was only Tour du Var! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 07-11-2012 13:51
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Breschel is showing some Good form at the moment |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 07-11-2012 19:23
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@ Ian Butler: you're right
@ sutty: yes, he is, working to his top form in the Ronde - Roubaix-week.
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| tovhol |
Posted on 07-11-2012 19:26
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Good job in the races! Keep up your good work
Edited by tovhol on 07-11-2012 19:26
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