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| Abelbaba |
Posted on 22-11-2012 16:23
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12 seconds is not that much 
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| dienblad |
Posted on 22-11-2012 17:18
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Stage 6
The queen's stage of this edition of Tirreno Adriatico is only 89 kilometres short. After the start in San Benedetto del Tronto, the first 35 kilometres are flat. Then the first ascend of the Colle San Giacomo begins; 16 kilometres with an average gradient of 6% and maximum gradients of up to 15%! The summit awaits at an altitude of 1110 metres above sea level. After the descend, the party starts all over again.
36km to go
Th emighty Danny Pate (Sony Ericsson) is the first rider of the BOTD that crosses the line of the KOTM-sprint at the summit of the Colle San Giacomo. Pate is joined by Juan José Oroz (Euskaltel), Sébastien Minard (Garmin), Giairo Ermeti (Farnese Vini), George Hincapie (Saxo Bank) and Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dexia). The peloton has taken it easy and follows at 7'32.
11km to go
As soon as the riders start the 2nd ascend of the Colle San Giacomo, Thomas Dekker takes control of the pace of the peloton. Adter 5 kilometres of climbing, only 18 riders are present in the group of favourites, including Pozzato (GC 1), RodrÃguez (GC2), Contador (GC 3), Barredo (GC 7), Gesink (GC 8), Gautier (GC 10) and Hermans (GC 12). But the stage win seems to be gone, as they're still 6'12 behind the leaders.
9km to go
Dekker increases the pace even more, and this is too much for Filippo Pozzato. He gets dropped, and knows that he won't win the Tirreno 2014. The chasing group is thinning out a lot, but Dekker is about to step aside, as his work is almost done.
Looking at the lead of the race: Danny Pate has dropped the others and is leading the race. Hincapie follows at '13 and Oroz, Ermeti, Minard and Hagen at '28. The group of favourites follows at 5'01.
5km to go
With 5km to go, Pate is still in the lead, but Oroz, Minard and Hincapie stay close at '11. When the camera switches back to the group of favourites, we have missed an attack of Robert Gesink. The Dutch stage racer has attacked with 6km to go, and is closing the gap to the leaders rapidly: 2'59! RodrÃguez and the Movistar-trio Barredo, Salgueiro and Contador are already '48 behind Gesink.
3km to go
Contador didn't react immediately, as he wanted RodrÃguez to close the gap, being the GC number 2. But Purito isn't capable of doing it, so Pistolero leaves him behind and closes the gap to Robert Gesink. With 3km to go, the 2 are riding 2 minutes behind Oroz, Minard and Pate.
Finish
The 3 leaders manage to stay out of reach of the fast climbing duo behind them. And Juan José Oroz sprints to the stage win, his first win in over 4 years! Minard takes the 2nd place at '23 and Danny Pate, wasting too much energy with his early attack, 3rd at '33.
Knowing that he has to gain '33 in the GC to Contador, Gesink attacks once more in the last 2 kilometres. But Contador is too strong and can't be dropped. Gesink wins the still prestiguous sprint for the 4th place at 1'05. RodrÃguez has too finish before the clock hits 1'54 to win the Tirreno. But when he crosses the line 2'32 behind Oroz, he not only looses the virtual GC-lead to Contador, but also the 2nd place to Gesink. And Pozzato? He totally cracked and looses 7 minutes in 9 kilometres, dropping to the 10th place in the GC.
Results
| 1 |  Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2h49'03 | | 2 |  Sébastien Minard | Garmin - Barracuda | + 23 | | 3 |  Danny Pate | Sony Ericsson | + 33 | | 4 |  Robert Gesink | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 1'05 | | 5 | Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | George Hincapie | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 1'33 | | 7 |  Edvald Boasson Hagen | Dexia | + 2'32 | | 8 | JoaquÃm RodrÃguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 9 |  Giairo Ermeti | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 2'46 | | 10 |  Luke Rowe | Qantas Airways | + 3'04 |
GC
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | 19h39'11 | | 2 | Robert Gesink | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 33 | | 3 | JoaquÃm RodrÃguez | Katusha Team | + 38 | | 4 | Carlos Barredo | Movistar Team | + 2'58 | | 5 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 3'17 | | 6 | Cyril Gautier | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 3'48 | | 7 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas - Microsoft | + 5'23 | | 8 |  Ben Hermans | Pro Team Astana | + 5'24 | | 9 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | + 5'47 | | 10 | Filippo Pozzato | BMC Racing Team | + 6'00 |
Points
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | 27 | | 2 | JoaquÃm RodrÃguez | Katusha Team | 25 | | 3 |  Roman Kreuziger | Movistar Team | 23 | | 4 | Filippo Pozzato | BMC Racing Team | 22 | | 5 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 18 |
KOTM
| 1 | Florian Vachon | Team Europcar | 10 | | 2 | Luca Celli | Acqua & Sapone | 8 | | 3 | Steven Van Vooren | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 8 | | 4 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 8 | | 5 | Danny Pate | Sony Ericsson | 6 |
Today's winner
Word from the DS
Although we feel a little bad about missing the stage win, we are very happy with the progress Robert Gesink made today. A 2nd place in the GC will be great (and after the Tirreno, Gesink will have a long break untill the Tour de Suisse, making sure not to have too many race days before the Tour and the Vuelta).
Edited by dienblad on 22-11-2012 17:21
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 22-11-2012 17:37
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Good race from Gesink. |
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| maxime86 |
Posted on 22-11-2012 17:45
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Gesink looks good so far form wise |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 22-11-2012 17:48
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It was a nice stage from Gesink.  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 22-11-2012 22:02
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Three things:
1. The mighty Danny Pate, love it 
2. What a beautiful scenery for an exciting finale!
3. Strong racing, missing out on the stage win but moving up in the GC immensely! Robert is getting along very well. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 22-11-2012 23:51
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Great riding from Gesink pays off with him moving in to that second place |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 23-11-2012 08:58
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@ all: thanks. Played the last stage already, expect the report tonight.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 23-11-2012 10:40
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Lets hope that Contador has a bad day |
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| Abelbaba |
Posted on 23-11-2012 11:23
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very nice race by gesink, 2nd place is not that bad |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 23-11-2012 16:39
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Stage 7
The last stage of the Tirreno - Adriatico is a stage with start and finish in San Benedetto del Tronto and 124 kilometres long. It features a few hills in the first kilometres, and some meaningless hills in the last 25 kilometres, before the finish near the Adriatic coast.
16km to go
Meaningless hills my ass.......
Maxime Vantomme (Katusha) is leading the race and is cycling towards the win. Behind him is a group of 3, with Sulzberger, Balloni and Van Vooren. But then JoaquÃm RodrÃguez attacks and gets countered by Alberto Contador. And Robert Gesink? He's sleeping, just as our entire team (yep, and me....). When we realize that they have attacked, the 2 Spaniards already have a gap of 50 seconds!
4km to go
Contador and RodrÃguez close the gap to Balloni, Sulzberger and Van Vooren. Behind them, Coen Vermeltfoort and Thomas Dekker are absolutely riding as if the devil is on their tails / back wheels, and close the gap to them, with just 4km to go.
3km to go
Being pretty pissed about missing the attack and still full of adrenaline, Robert Gesink attacks himself with 3km to go. He knows that gaining time will be impossible, but he just needs to loose some negative energy.
Finish
Meanwhile, Maxime Vantomme wins the stage after a 70 kilometre solo ride. Great effort by the Belgian rider.
Gesink's attack gets countered by Fabian Cancellara. The Swiss wins the sprint for the 2nd place, with Gesink in 3rd, and in the same time, John Degenkolb winning the peloton sprint for the 4th place.
Results
| 1 | Maxime Vantomme | Katusha Team | 3h00'23 | | 2 |  Fabian Cancellara | Sky ProCycling | + 2'41 | | 3 | Robert Gesink | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 4 |  John Degenkolb | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 5 | Francisco José Ventoso | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 6 | Filippo Pozzato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 7 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 8 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 10 | Claudio Corioni | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. |
Today's winner
GC
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | 22h42'15 | | 2 | Robert Gesink | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 29 | | 3 | JoaquÃm RodrÃguez | Katusha Team | + 38 | | 4 | Carlos Barredo | Movistar Team | + 2'58 | | 5 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 3'17 | | 6 | Cyril Gautier | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 3'48 | | 7 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas - Microsoft | + 5'23 | | 8 | Ben Hermans | Pro Team Astana | + 5'24 | | 9 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | + 5'47 | | 10 | Filippo Pozzato | BMC Racing Team | + 6'00 |
Points
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | 27 | | 2 | Filippo Pozzato | BMC Racing Team | 27 | | 3 | JoaquÃm RodrÃguez | Katusha Team | 25 | | 4 | Fabian Cancellara | Sky ProCycling | 25 | | 5 | Roman Kreuziger | Movistar Team | 23 |
KOTM
| 1 | Florian Vachon | Team Europcar | 10 | | 2 | Luca Celli | Acqua & Sapone | 8 | | 3 | Steven Van Vooren | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 8 | | 4 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 8 | | 5 | Danny Pate | Sony Ericsson | 6 |
U25
| 1 | Fabio Felline | Katusha Team | 22h57'45 | | 2 | Luke Rowe | Qantas Airways | + 2'37 | | 3 | Stefano Locatelli | Liquigas - Microsoft | + 3'40 | | 4 | Jelle Wallays | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 9'36 | | 5 |  Jimmi Sørensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 12'59 |
Teams
| 1 | Movistar Team | 68h11'28 | | 2 |  Katusha Team | + 9'52 | | 3 | Sony Ericsson | + 13'12 | | 4 |  Pro Team Astana | + 17'16 | | 5 | Liquigas - Microsoft | + 18'10 |
Overall winner
Word from the DS
That wasn't very smart from us, riding that unattentful. But luckily we could restore it, and even score our only stage top 3-finish. Great effort by Gesink, getting the 2nd place in the GC!
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| Abelbaba |
Posted on 23-11-2012 16:56
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just 30 seconds from contador is not that bad for gesink |
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| ryant |
Posted on 23-11-2012 17:03
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Great stages from Gesink! Shame you couldn't break Contador, seems he was the best rider when he had to be...
Spoiler But... In my game Conta completely got broke when he got dropped and finished 15 mins behind the group of favourites when he was leading the Giro!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-11-2012 17:54
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You really shouldn't be sleeping when you're racing the finale of Tirreno - Adriatico  |
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| Daggen |
Posted on 23-11-2012 18:27
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WAKE UP!!!!! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 23-11-2012 23:38
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Great ride from Gesink today
Pity he couldn't wrestle the Overall victory off Contador though  |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 24-11-2012 10:12
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Nokere Koerse
Back to Belgium for the Nokere Koerse, a 1.1 cobbled classic with the finish at the cobbled Nokereberg. Last year, we won the race here, thanks to Coen Vermeltfoort.
The route
Almost 200 kilometres, with in the end 8 laps of almost 15 kilometres around Nokere and the finish at the summit of the cobbled Nokereberg.
Startlist
Spoiler Petronas
1. M.Breschel
2. J.Audet
3. M.Maaskant
4. J.Posthuma
5. S.Rosseler
6. N.Terpstra
7. S.Vanmarcke
8. C.Vermeltfoort
CCC Polsat
11. M.Iglinskiy
12. M.Bialoblocki
13. T.Marczynski
14. B.Matysiak
15. R.Ratajczyk
16. Pi.Sztobryn
17. K.Zielinski
18. P.Zielinski
Landbouwkrediet
21. K.Ista
22. K.De Ketele
23. B.Planckaert
24. J.Stallaert
25. G.Steegmans
26. K.Van Impe
27. S.Vandousselaere
28. J.Vangenechten
FDJ
31. S.Chainel
32. R.Bardet
33. G.Blot
34. D.Champion
35. A.Petit
36. L.Pouvreau
37. Y.Sueur
38. D.Teklehaimanot
An Post
41. P.Van Hecke
42. R.Aiken
43. A.Fenn
44. P.Ghyllebert
45. K.Hulsmans
46. K.Koren
47. T.Mertens
48. R.Nagelmaekers
Dexia
51. N.Maes
52. M.Adam
53. S.Caethoven
54. R.Charton
55. J.De Schepper
56. G.Dockx
57. S.Joseph
58. T.Stubbe
Rabobank CT
61. B.Markus
62. M.Goos
63. J.Lootens
64. J.Pronk
65. T.Rabou
66. B.Schoonbroodt
67. N.Van der Lijke
68. D.van der Wal
Wallonie Bruxelles
71. J.Ghyselinck
72. G.Bille
73. S.Delfosse
74. J.Dufrasne
75. O.Kaisen
76. O.Pardini
77. R.Rouet
78. G.Steurs
Omega Pharma
81. M.Wynants
82. S.Bailly
83. V.Maurizi
84. F.Rabon
85. P.Serry
86. J.Tratnik
87. T.Van der Sande
88. J.Vermote
Topsport Vlaanderen
91. P.Vanspeybroeck
92. N.Albert
93. B.Coomans
94. I.De Poortere
95. T.Dupont
96. J.Peeters
97. S.Steels
98. F.Willems
M&M's
101. D.Van Winden
102. M.Beima
103. T.Berkhout
104. H.Dekkers
105. Y.Doi
106. T.Leezer
107. N.Scheuneman
108. M.Tjallingii
Rabobank
111. R.Flens
112. D.Bellemakers
113. L.Bouma
114. L.Hagenaars
115. J.Keukeleire
116. J.Mouris
117. T.Slagter
118. L.Ten Dam
Cofidis
121. S.Dumoulin
122. J.Delpech
123. C.Lhotellerie
124. J.Mazet
125. R.Millot
126. D.Moreau
127. B.Sinner
128. G.Van Keirsbulck
Livestrong
131. K.Borry
132. M.Aerts
133. J.Deweer
134. H.Duyn
135. S.Helven
136. S.Minne
Accent.Jobs
141. D.Commeyne
142. J.Calleeuw
143. B.De Decker
144. S.De Wilde
145. K.Hovelynck
146. B.Scheirlinckx
147. J.Van Goolen
148. J.Venter
De Koninck
151. P.Jacobs
152. F.Amorison
153. E.Cammaerts
154. K.Lodewyck
155. S.Neirynck
156. K.Peeters
157. W.Van Mechelen
158. R.Vos
Sony Ericsson
161. M.Fischer
162. N.Collins
163. J.Drucker
164. B.Gastauer
165. S.Jimenez
166. K.Kirchen
167. A.Klöden
168. T.Lowe
Sky
171. K.Dehaes
172. D.Green
173. L.Holohan
174. J.Kocjan
175. N.MacLeod
176. C.Opie
177. R.Partridge
178. J.Tiernan-Locke
Garmin
181. S.Poulhiès
182. A.Colby
183. T.Danielson
184. S.Deeny
185. L.Esposito
186. S.Hernandez
187. C.B.Huff
188. Z.Woods
Differdange
191. J.Ljungblad
192. G.Bennett
193. G.Bernard
194. R.Chalapud
195. M.Knudsen
196. D.Lill
197. T.Machado
198. T.Thill
BMC
201. Y.Eijssen
202. A.Dietziker
203. A.Guyard
204. N.Hendrickx
205. M.Mahoric
206. J.Murphy
207. T.Rousselle
208. L.Smit
RadioShack
211. R.Escuela
212. M.Busche
213. C.Campbell
214. K.Gonzalez
215. D.Holloway
216. N.Oliveira
217. E.Silin
218. C.Vande Velde
Our Team
The favourites
*** Matti Breschel, Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis), Coen Vermeltfoort.
** Kenny Dehaes (Sky), Kevyn Ista (Landbouwkrediet), Klaas Lodewyck (De Koninck).
* Steve Chainel (FDJ), Maxim Inglinskiy (CCC), Niki Terpstra.
Our goal
The win!
The race
8km to go
It's terrible weather in Belgium, as the rain is pouring down all day. 8 kilometres before the finish, the peloton has thinned out a lot to 29 riders, as we have made the race very hard. First Sep Vanmarcke was in the attack, then when he got caught, Sébastien Rosseler was the next one.
SO with less than 10km to go, we have set up our sprint train. Some riders (eg. Barry Markus, Preben Van Hecke, Maxim Iglinskiy and Nicloas Maes) try to attack, but a bunch sprint is unevitable.
Finish
And to finish it off in the sprint, we have the outstanding duo of Coen Vermeltfoort (last year's winner) as the last lead out man, and our Dane Matti Breschel. It's an easy win for Breschel, already the 5th of the season. Kevyn Ista (Landbouwkrediet) takes the 2nd place, beating Vermeltfoort and Niki Terpstra.
Result
| 1 | Matti Breschel | Petronas - Monster Energy | 4h43'14 | | 2 | Kevyn Ista | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 3 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 4 | Niki Terpstra | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 5 | Steve Chainel | FDJ | s.t. | | 6 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 7 | Maarten Tjallingii | M&M's | s.t. | | 8 | Thomas Berkhout | M&M's | s.t. | | 9 | Pieter Vanspeybroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 10 | Martijn Maaskant | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. |
Today's winner
Word from the DS
Great team work today, paying off in another win!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 24-11-2012 10:17
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Well, this is Petronas domination! Good job! |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 24-11-2012 10:48
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@Tirreno - good final effort from Gesink, and an overall nice result for the Dutchman.
@Nokere-Koerse - Great domination from the team, hopefuly Matti Breschel will keep that level for the cobbled classics! |
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 24-11-2012 12:05
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Total domination!!
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