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| Abelbaba |
Posted on 10-11-2012 18:33
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if gesink will ride like this in the tireno he will surely hurt some people  |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 10-11-2012 18:35
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Daggen wrote:
Why was that the last Strade Bianchi?
"Strade Bianche" translates to "white road" and thus means the "gravel" sections equally as the whole race which is named after them, so it was the last section in this edition instead of the last time the race is held 
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| dienblad |
Posted on 10-11-2012 20:08
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cio93 wrote:
Daggen wrote:
Why was that the last Strade Bianchi?
"Strade Bianche" translates to "white road" and thus means the "gravel" sections equally as the whole race which is named after them, so it was the last section in this edition instead of the last time the race is held
You're totally right!
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| dienblad |
Posted on 12-11-2012 22:42
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It's the 72nd edition of Paris - Nice, the race to the sun. Irish Sean Kelly is the most succesful rider in the history of the race with 7 wins. Last year, Fabian Cancellara won the race, thanks to the prologue and a fairly easy route.
The route
The route is exactly the same as the 2011 edition. The first 3 stages should be for the sprinters, although a category 2-climb with the summit 12km before the finish in stage 3 can give the attackers a chance.
Next to follow are 2 very hilly stages, and the day after the ITT. The 4th stage to Belleville contains 3 climbs of the 2nd category and 4 of the 3rd category. The 5th stage to Vernoux-en-Vivarais must be the queen's stage, with again 7 categorized climbs and as the last climb, the Col de la Mure, with the summit 9km before the finish. The 27 km ITT (stage 6) from Rognes to Aix-en-Provence is hilly again and will probably decide the GC.
The 7th stage to Biot is a stage where riders can loose their good GC-position, as it cntains 2 1st category climbs halfway the stage, and a fen short and nasty steep climbs shortly before the finish in Biot. The last stage is the traditional one to Nice, with La Turbie and the Col d'Eze in th elast 40 kilometres.
Startlist
Spoiler Sky
1. A.Schleck
2. D.Appollonio
3. M.Cavendish
4. C.Knees
5. M.Kreder
6. Á.Madrazo
7. B.Swift
8. R.Urán
Petronas
11. W.Kelderman
12. J.Audet
13. G.Bernard
14. J.Bobridge
15. M.Breschel
16. M.Maaskant
17. P.Reiter
18. N.Terpstra
RadioShack
21. T.De Gendt
22. D.Cunego
23. L.Duque
24. R.García
25. D.Ospina
26. N.Roche
27. M.Rubiano
28. J.Voigt
Dexia
31. B.Wiggins
32. J.Bakelants
33. J.J.Cobo
34. P.Gilbert
35. T.Hushovd
36. Y.Offredo
37. A.Valverde
38. R.Zingle
Saxo Bank
41. M.Scarponi
42. L.Bøchman
43. R.Guldhammer
44. L.S.Haedo
45. V.Karpets
46. K.Klostergaard
47. B.Pires
48. M.Reihs
Red Bull
51. T.Martin
52. M.Albasini
53. S.Denifl
54. M.Eibegger
55. L.Gerdemann
56. D.Nerz
57. M.Schär
58. P.Voss
Saur
61. C.Kern
62. J.Bauer
63. J.Castroviejo
64. R.Chtioui
65. F.Jeandesboz
66. Y.Le Boulanger
67. D.Le Lay
68. B.Vaugrenard
Euskaltel
71. L.L.Sánchez
72. P.Cazaux
73. J.Á.Gómez Marchante
74. M.Landa
75. D.López
76. A.Marque
77. E.Prades
78. R.Pérez
Sony Ericsson
81. R.Taaramäe
82. M.Fischer
83. J.Hoogerland
84. M.Koch
85. C.Kux
86. G.Mannion
87. F.Rodriguez
88. G.Van Avermaet
Qantas Airways
91. S.Kruijswijk
92. I.Bibby
93. R.Downing
94. T.Faiers
95. A.Greipel
96. S.Lagutin
97. D.Lapthorne
98. P.Stetina
Astana
101. R.Kiserlovski
102. A.Bazayev
103. Y.Hutarovich
104. Y.Nepomnyachshiy
105. M.Nieve
106. C.Sutton
107. Y.Trofimov
108. A.Zeits
Vacansoleil
111. T.Voeckler
112. J.Baugnies
113. D.Cornu
114. S.Devolder
115. B.Eisel
116. M.Keizer
117. T.Smolen
118. T.Veelers
BMC
121. C.A.Sørensen
122. R.Jeanne
123. A.Moinard
124. B.Mollema
125. T.Phinney
126. T.Rousselle
127. H.Schwab
128. J.Tschopp
Katusha
131. V.Efimkin
132. A.Bazhenov
133. S.Firsanov
134. D.Galimzyanov
135. E.Gasparotto
136. V.Gusev
137. R.Klimov
138. N.Trussov
Europcar
141. A.Jeanneson
142. J.Casper
143. J.Demaret
144. R.Di Gregorio
145. S.Joly
146. R.Martias
147. M.Sprick
148. S.Turgot
Movistar
151. G.Izagirre
152. I.Gutiérrez
153. D.Gutiérrez Palacios
154. J.Herrada
155. J.Iriarte
156. I.Konovalovas
157. J.Ortega
158. E.Sanz
Garmin
161. S.Chavanel
162. G.Bonnafond
163. W.Bonnet
164. A.Castro
165. T.Gallopin
166. D.Gaudin
167. S.Hernandez
168. C.Riblon
AG2R
171. M.Bouet
172. M.Chérel
173. M.Claude
174. J.Gadret
175. D.Han
176. S.Houanard
177. L.Mangel
178. M.Perget
Omega Pharma
181. D.Pietropolli
182. W.De Vocht
183. M.Dufosse
184. J.El Fares
185. R.Feillu
186. A.Geslin
187. J.Hivert
188. J.Roelandts
Rabobank
191. J.Vansummeren
192. R.Honig
193. P.Möhlmann
194. L.Smit
195. I.Tamouridis
196. A.Van Groen
197. J.Vissers
198. R.Wielinga
FDJ
201. A.Roux
202. S.Casar
203. A.Charteau
204. N.Haddou
205. G.Meersman
206. L.Mondory
207. R.Pauriol
208. C.Pineau
Lampre
211. M.Gaia
212. M.Gentili
213. D.Loosli
214. G.Nizzolo
215. L.Paolini
216. A.Pasqualon
217. A.Pérez Arrieta
218. A.Spezialetti
Our Team
The Favourites
*** Bradley Wiggins (Dexia), Thomas De Gendt (Radio Shack), Andy Schleck (Sky).
** Tony Martin (Red Bull), Rein Taaramäe (Sony Erocsson), Luis Leon Sánchez (Euskaltel).
* Wilco Kelderman, Christophe Kern (Saur), Steven Kruijswijk (Qantas).
Our goals
Stage win and top 3 in the GC (yes, the goals are hard to achieve).
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 12-11-2012 22:48
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I can't remember the route from last year, but this one seems a bit too hard for Terpstra to achieve a top-5 or podium. Maybe top-10, but that depends on how he feels in the most decisive stages. |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 12-11-2012 23:08
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Stage 1
The first stage with start and finish in Houdan is the most easy one of this Paris - Nice. 151 kilometres over flat roads, with 1 easy categorized climb.
125km to go
Eduard Prades from the Euskaltel team takes the maximum points at the only KOTM-sprint, thus secures himself of the KOTM-jersey. He finds himself in the BOTD, together with Reihs (Saxo), Casper (Europcar), Gaudin (Garmin), Trussov (Katusha), Phinney (BMC), Schär (Red Bull) and van Groen (Rabobank).
1km to go
With 1 kilometre to go, and the BOTD of course being caught, Jurgen Roelandts (Omega Pharma) is leading the peloton, leading out his French team mate Romain Feillu. But Mark Cavendish is following Feillu, looking to score another win. Our train can't follow the pace, so we have to be happy with a top 10 here.
Finish
The Manx Missile is way too strong today for the other sprinters, being a league of his own. Feillu takes the 2nd place and Greg Van Avermaet (Sony Ericsson) the 3rd. Matti Breschel finishes in a respectable 8th place.
Results
| 1 |  Mark Cavendish | Sky ProCycling | 3h28'06 | | 2 |  Romain Feillu | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 3 |  Greg Van Avermaet | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 4 | Lloyd Mondory | FDJ | s.t. | | 5 |  André Greipel | Qantas Airways | s.t. | | 6 |  Christopher Sutton | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 7 |  Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 |  Matti Breschel | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 9 |  Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 10 | William Bonnet | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Sky ProCycling | 3h28'00 | | 2 | Eduard Prades | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1 | | 3 | Jimmy Casper | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 4 | Romain Feillu | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2 | | 5 | Greg Van Avermaet | Sony Ericsson | + 4 | | 6 |  Arnoud Van Groen | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 5 | | 7 |  Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 8 | Lloyd Mondory | FDJ | + 6 | | 9 | André Greipel | Qantas Airways | s.t. | | 10 | Christopher Sutton | Pro Team Astana | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Sky ProCycling | 25 | | 2 | Romain Feillu | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 22 | | 3 | Greg Van Avermaet | Sony Ericsson | 20 | | 4 | Lloyd Mondory | FDJ | 18 | | 5 | André Greipel | Qantas Airways | 16 |
KOTM
| 1 | Eduard Prades | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4 | | 2 | Michael Reihs | Saxo Bank SunGard | 2 | | 3 | Jimmy Casper | Team Europcar | 1 |
Today's winner
Word from the DS
The 8th place for Breschel is a good result for him. Only when he has a great day, and the last kilometre is ascending enough, then he will have a shot at the top 3.
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| dienblad |
Posted on 12-11-2012 23:09
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FreitasPCM wrote:
I can't remember the route from last year, but this one seems a bit too hard for Terpstra to achieve a top-5 or podium. Maybe top-10, but that depends on how he feels in the most decisive stages.
Last year contained a prologue with a cobbled sections and only a stage to Mende with a difficult finish. All other stages ended in group sprints.... And the terrain of this year will probably be too difficult for him, but we'll se.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 12-11-2012 23:40
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Steady start from Breschel |
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| Schleck96 |
Posted on 13-11-2012 00:24
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The Manx Missile shows up again! Decent result for Breschel though. Better luck next time 
Edited by Schleck96 on 13-11-2012 10:17
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| jseadog1 |
Posted on 13-11-2012 01:14
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Fantastic result
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Posted on 13-11-2012 01:43
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Schleck96 wrote:
The Manx Missile show up again! Decent result for Breschel though. Better luck next time
What did i do?
Still love this story!!! Its just fun
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 13-11-2012 10:28
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A decent start. Hope all the goals are achieved |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 13-11-2012 21:21
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@ sutty68: He'll have to be more lucky to get a top 3 in a mass sprint.
@ Schleck96: Well, stage 2 gets worse....
@ jseadog1: I'm glad you think it is fantastic, I feel different about it
@ The Manx Missile: Thanks about you loving this story!
@ Ian Butler: None of the goals are achieved, but still 7 stages to go....
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 13-11-2012 21:26
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Looks like Breschel won't be able to deliver in stage 2 then... |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 13-11-2012 21:28
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dienblad wrote:
@ Ian Butler: None of the goals are achieved, but still 7 stages to go....
Yeah, I meant I hope they will be achieved, obviously  |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 13-11-2012 21:34
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Stage 2
199 flat kilometres from Montfort-l'Amaury to Amilly, that's the recipy for stage 2.
3km to go
Sony Ericsson's Gavin Mannion is the last of the BOTD to get caught, with only 3km to go. Our team / sprint train is leading the peloton, but now the other teams start to pass us.
1km to go
Our train, with Wilco Kelderman as the last lead out man, can't stay in the lead, as the fitness and daily form isn't enough. Omega Pharma has taken over, with Jurgen Roelandts leading out Romain Feillu. Garmin's William Bonnet is the only 1 that can follow these 2 guys, as the others have lost the wheel of Bonnet.
Finish
Getting a 2nd place in the first stage, Romain Feillu now wins the 2nd stage of Paris - Nice, thus taking over the GC-lead. Bonnet stays a real threat, but can't pass Feillu. Lloyd Mondory (FDJ) makes it a French 1-2-3. Breschel has to settle with the 11th place, wehereas yesterday's winner Mark Cavendish was nowhere to be seen. He finished in 36th place. According to his Twitter-account, he told that he had some mechanical problems.
Results
| 1 | Romain Feillu | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 4h20'45 | | 2 | William Bonnet | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 3 | Lloyd Mondory | FDJ | s.t. | | 4 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 5 | Jürgen Roelandts | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 6 |  Giacomo Nizzolo | Lampre - Alitalia | s.t. | | 7 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | André Greipel | Qantas Airways | s.t. | | 9 | Greg Van Avermaet | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 10 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Romain Feillu | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 7h48'41 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | Sky ProCycling | + 4 | | 3 | Jimmy Casper | Team Europcar | + 5 | | 4 | Eduard Prades | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 5 | William Bonnet | Garmin - Barracuda | + 6 | | 6 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 7 |  Thor Hushovd | Dexia | + 7 | | 8 | Gavin Mannion | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 9 | Lloyd Mondory | FDJ | + 8 | | 10 | Greg Van Avermaet | Sony Ericsson | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Romain Feillu | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 47 | | 2 | Lloyd Mondory | FDJ | 38 | | 3 | William Bonnet | Garmin - Barracuda | 33 | | 4 | Greg Van Avermaet | Sony Ericsson | 32 | | 5 | André Greipel | Qantas Airways | 29 |
Today's winner
Word from the DS
Some stages aren't worthed to be reviewed in public. All went well, untill 2km before the finish. That's the story. But tomorrow, with th emore hilly final part of the stage, must bring a better result.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 13-11-2012 21:36
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Petronas not in their regular shape. Come on, straighten up and fly right!
Like the Cavendish-twitter part |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 13-11-2012 23:32
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A quiet day for the Team today 
Lets hope there are some fireworks tomorrow then |
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| maxime86 |
Posted on 14-11-2012 15:33
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dienblad wrote:
yesterday's winner Mark Cavendish was nowhere to be seen. He finished in 36th place. According to his Twitter-account, he told that he had some mechanical problems.
mmhhmm thats what they all say
Edited by maxime86 on 14-11-2012 15:39
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| dienblad |
Posted on 14-11-2012 16:56
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Stage 3
In the 3rd stage, the riders have to cycle more than 200 kilometres between Cosne-Cours and Nuits-St.-Georges. The most difficult obstacle of the day is the Cote de Bécoup (4.8m at 5.5%), with the summit 22km before the finish.
22km to go
Euskaltels Ruben Pérez wins the KOTM-sprint at the summit of the Cote de Bécoup. Together with Konovalovas, Mangel, Schär, Hushovd, Möhlmann, Trussov and Klostergaard, they had a maximum margin of 7'30, but that has decreased to 1'30.
10km to go
Bradley Wiggins abandons! He seems to have fractured his thigh, without crashing. Weird, or just PCM-logic? Anyway, Paris - Nice looses one of the GC-favourites!
4km to go
The BOTD is about to get caught, with 2 sprint trains leading the peloton. Together with Omega Pharma, we have set up a train. Curious to see where it leads us.
1km to go
And again, our sprint train is loosing speed and gets passed by the mighty Omega-train. Jurgen Roelandts does another perfect lead out for Romain Feillu, just as yesterday!
Finish
And it's 2 wins in a row for Feillu. Lloyd Mondory is able to stay in the wheel, but the sprint by Feillu is too powerful! Greg Van Avermaet finishes in 3rd, Cavendish in 5th (he had no train working for him, so he had to take another sprinters wheel) and Matti Breschel the 8th place.
Results
Didn't export the results, so you'll get a screen.
Today's winner
Word from the DS
We simply aren't good enough at the moment with the sprint tarin in Paris - nice...
Edited by dienblad on 14-11-2012 17:16
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