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LA MSS - This Time Without the Dope!!!
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 28-03-2009 20:12
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thanks Ze 
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 28-03-2009 20:17
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Stage 1
We went to the front of the pack to show off our colors.
Later the break of the day formed!
Fast-forwarding to the last climb we see Vicioso trying to escape the high-paced peloton
As Vicioso cracked Kloden tried his luck in the descent!
Just 1.2 km to go and Kloden seems to go for the victory!
But 600m later the pack reaches the german!
And Weggamn takes the victory!
Stage
1 Fabian Wegmann Team CSC Saxo Bank 4h21'24
2 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Team CSC Saxo Bank s.t.
3 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto s.t.
4 Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld s.t.
5 Mathieu Ladagnous Française des Jeux s.t.
6 Alessandro Petacchi Rabobank s.t.
7 Murilo Fischer Rabobank s.t.
8 Danilo Napolitano Lampre s.t.
9 Dries Devenyns Silence - Lotto s.t.
10 André Greipel Team Columbia s.t.
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12 Andreas Klöden LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm s.t.
GC
1 Denis Menchov Rabobank 4h30'49
2 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team s.t.
3 Levi Leipheimer LPR Brakes - Ballan s.t.
4 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto + 1
5 Andreas Klöden LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm + 7
6 Yaroslav Popovych Silence - Lotto s.t.
7 Joost Posthuma Rabobank s.t.
8 Linus Gerdemann Team Columbia + 9
9 Roman Kreuziger Liquigas s.t.
10 Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld + 10
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| olabj |
Posted on 29-03-2009 11:51
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OOOHHH, bad luck there
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 29-03-2009 11:56
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wow, Wegmann signed for CSC in my carrer too...
good luck for the next stages but Menchov/Contador are hard to beat
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 30-03-2009 21:52
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Stage 2
A breakaway formed...
However the insane pace of the pack reeled them making way for the sprint trains in the end.
Many lost strength but Greipel was looking good!
But neither Team Columbia couldn't keep the train at front! In the end it was Wegmann the green jersey who had the best positioning!
His acceleration made it clear to everyone that he would take the second victory in a row!
The real fight was for the 2nd place! Albasini defeated Greipel!!
Btw Kloden and Vicioso were our only men finishing in the peloton!! If the pace is going to maintain like this till the end I believe my team will be reduced to 3 riders at the middle of the Tour 
Stage
1 Fabian Wegmann Team CSC Saxo Bank 3h41'29
2 Michael Albasini Liquigas s.t.
3 André Greipel Team Columbia s.t.
4 Leonardo Bertagnolli Liquigas s.t.
5 Danilo Napolitano Lampre s.t.
6 Aaron Kemps Astana Cycling Team s.t.
7 Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Cycling Team s.t.
8 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto s.t.
9 Denis Menchov Rabobank s.t.
10 Mathieu Ladagnous Française des Jeux s.t.
GC
1 Denis Menchov Rabobank 8h12'18
2 Levi Leipheimer LPR Brakes - Ballan s.t.
3 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team s.t.
4 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto + 1
5 Yaroslav Popovych Silence - Lotto + 7
6 Andreas Klöden LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm s.t.
7 Joost Posthuma Rabobank s.t.
8 Linus Gerdemann Team Columbia + 9
9 Roman Kreuziger Liquigas s.t.
10 Markus Fothen Gerolsteiner + 10
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 30-03-2009 21:55
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Wegmann x2 
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 30-03-2009 22:03
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I think Columbia needs your help alex 
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 30-03-2009 22:06
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If Greipel is their main sprinter I can't do anything, he sucks I hate(hope that Maggot won't read this, he hates things) him in my carrer. He SUCKS!
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 30-03-2009 22:13
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ok he's no Cavendish but in this Tour I'd rate him as the 3rd best sprinter after Petacchi and Napolitano and at the same level as Gasparotto.
Besides all that he should be doing much more than fighting for a 2nd place in a sprint envolving Wegmann and Albasini!
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 30-03-2009 22:21
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Look at the last hill. Albasini and Wegmann are both good puncheurs. So they lost no energy there, while Greipel had some diffcults maintaining the pace (yes I'm sure). In PCM08 in that kind of stages the punchi-sprinters win not those that suck on hills
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 30-03-2009 22:28
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It didn't look that decisive while I was playing it but you're the sprinting expert.
High Mountains already present in stage 3
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 04-04-2009 18:50
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Stage 4
A great day ahead of us today! Le Peyresourde, L'Aspin and le Tourmalet were part of the stage profile!
A brekaway formed with Gilbert, Stangelj, santaromita, Luengo, Laurent, Talabardon and a Bouygues rider...
The Peyresourde started and imeadiately Astana pulled out to the front of the bunch.
At the summit the KoM contenders presented themselves with several attacks in the peloton! Anton, Soler and Cobo were the first!
Pauriol, Rodriguez and Leipheimer (!!!) followed...
as well as Voigt, V.Efimkin and the french hope Moncoutié, however the 5 points left by the escapees wouldn't have a big impact on the KoM GC.
Same scenery at the top of Le Col D'Aspin. The pace was steady but not that much.
And at last Le Tourmalet! With Rabobank and Astana in control the attacks started.
Many attempts were made but Ten Dam did an awesome job! After reeling in the break of the day he imposed a very high pace too hard for most of the riders!
But finally someone was able to do something relevant! It was A.Schleck with Evans on his tail!
Contador went right after them!!
But niether Menchov nor Kloden let them go by themselves!
And then.... crap! the laptop ran out of battery! shit! I wasn't able to take any more SS (sorry).
Anyway all of them were caught by the main group! Kloden passed through pretty tough moments but he was able to hold onto the leading pack of 31 riders until the top of the Tourmalet. Later on the downhill he was able to recover and in the final 6km he made an acceleration!! His gap wasn't kept till the finish because of Evans attack, However the victory was going to LA-MSS! What a day for us!
with the battery crash the results couldn't be exported as well... sorry once more
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 04-04-2009 19:13
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Kloden took a stage but Menchov is going to destroy him. Anyone knows that he is better
Good luck for the rest of the mountains
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 04-04-2009 22:18
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I sure hope not!
Even though I have high expectations for this Tour this win has taken a lot of pressure and proved we can perform well among the other superstars.
The route of this Tour is mainly hilly, there are only about 5 more mountain stages in the way which benefits us more than other riders such as Andy or Contador!
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| G_Larsson |
Posted on 04-04-2009 22:33
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Lövet at Astana Nice win! 
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 04-04-2009 22:37
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G_Larsson wrote:
Lövet at Astana
that's the last place where I would want to see him
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 04-04-2009 23:03
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Yep Astana has done a hell of a job in the off-season... they captured riders like Lovkvist and Vandevelde making themselves almost unreachable as a team!
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 07-04-2009 08:58
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Stage 5
A mass sprint finish as expected
Flecha led the way for Petacchi, Napolitano and Kemps. Hutarovich was there as well. Gasparotto was nowhere to be seen!
In the end it all came down to a fight btween Petacchi and Napolitano.
And the Rabobank sprinter took it! Rabobank was able to achieve the second win in the Tour!
Stage
1 Alessandro Petacchi Rabobank 4h28'18
2 Danilo Napolitano Lampre s.t.
3 Aaron Kemps Astana Cycling Team s.t.
4 Fabian Wegmann Team CSC Saxo Bank s.t.
5 Dimitri Fofonov Barloworld s.t.
6 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto s.t.
7 Yauheni Hutarovich Française des Jeux s.t.
8 Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld s.t.
9 Mathieu Ladagnous Française des Jeux s.t.
10 Max Richeze Liquigas s.t.
GC
1 Denis Menchov Rabobank 17h22'16
2 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team s.t.
3 Levi Leipheimer LPR Brakes - Ballan s.t.
4 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto + 1
5 Yaroslav Popovych Silence - Lotto + 7
6 Andreas Klöden LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm s.t.
7 Linus Gerdemann Team Columbia + 9
8 Michael Rogers Team Columbia + 11
9 Vladimir Karpets Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
10 Andy Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank + 13
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 07-04-2009 09:11
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Petacchi at Rabo no way...
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| Andi91 |
Posted on 07-04-2009 10:48
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Could you show the values of Wegmann please? |
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