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Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 2009
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| Tombola |
Posted on 02-02-2010 09:24
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Transfers
Out
Non (If I can sign better riders then Mouris and Pronk have to go)
In
 Bobbie Traksel Re-newel Contract
 Ben Hermans
 Joost van Leijen
Pieter Vanspeybroucke
 Roberto Artiaco
Sergio Ghislaberti
Andrea Pagoto
Contact With
Free Agents
 Vladimir Gusev (cobble/timetrial) Not interested in Vacansoleil
Thomas Dekker (stages) Not interested in Vacansoleil
Rob Ruijgh (talent/mountain) Bigger salary at Rabobank
 Ben Hermans (talent/flat/cobble) Signed
 Sergio Ghisalberti (mountain) Signed
Pieter Vanspeybrouck (talent/flat) Signed
Joost van Leijen (attack) Signed
Fabio Sacchi (flat) Not interested in Vacansoleil
 Magnus Bäckstedt (flat/cobble) Not interested in Vacansoleil
Contract Ends
 Alex Rasmussen (timetrial) Still interested in Vacansoleil
Contract
 Brice Feillu (mountain) Still interested in Vacansoleil
Serge Pauwels (mountain) Still interested in Vacansoleil
Boy van Poppel (talent/sprint) Still interested in Vacansoleil
Jurgen Vandenbroeck (stages) Not interested in Vacansoleil
Kevin Seeldraeyers (talent/mountain) Still interested in Vacansoleil
Ricardo van der Velde (talent/attack) Still interested in Vacansoleil
 Peter Velits (talent/mountain) Still interested in Vacansoleil
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| Tombola |
Posted on 02-02-2010 09:27
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Thanks Batista! I signed a few riders, but the ones I wanted are not interested in my team. Probably because it's not Pro Tour! Maybe I can show them a big stack of cash after 1 October  I'm the most dissapointed about Gusev 
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 02-02-2010 13:35
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well brice feillu is good
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Posted on 02-02-2010 16:32
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Jep, he has 73 Mountain abbility, but I have Johnny Hoogerland which is pretty good and already evolved to 74 Mountain stats. So I don't know if I can sign him, maybe Pauwels as a help for Hoogerland. The really good riders don't wanted to join my team. And I don't want to ride Pro Tour next season. I have to many young talents or other who can't handle that jet...
Rob Ruijgh was also dissapointing, he almost said yes and he's a good climber! But now I have to young talents in Northern classics so we will see...
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 03-02-2010 03:01
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but feillu will be a very good climber later on in 4 years
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Posted on 03-02-2010 07:07
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Allright, I'll try because you told me
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Posted on 03-02-2010 16:39
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Here you will see the results of August! Not a important month as you will see…
Date 8th – 9th
 Paris-Corréze (1.2)
General Classification
1 David Moncoutié Cofidis - Le Crédit en ligne 7h53'35
2 Nadir Haddou Auber 93 + 13
3 Serge Pauwels Cervélo Test Team + 20
4 Heinrich Haussler Cervélo Test Team + 24
5 Sylvain Calzati Agritubel + 26
6 Stéphane Augé Cofidis - Le Crédit en ligne + 38
7 Julien El-Fares Cofidis - Le Crédit en ligne + 40
8 Thomas Voeckler BBOX - Bouygues Telecom + 59
9 Nicolas Jalabert Agritubel + 1'23
10 Yann Huguet Agritubel + 1'26
20 Björn Leukemans Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 3'14
21 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 3'54
24 Wout Poels Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 5'17
27 Clément L'Hottelerie Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
39 Gerben Löwik Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 10'38
71 Baden Cooke Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 20'13
85 Borut Bozic Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 21'10
94 Bobbie Traksel Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 22'44
Points Classification
1 Nadir Haddou Auber 93 28
2 Julien El-Fares Cofidis - Le Crédit en ligne 25
3 Heinrich Haussler Cervélo Test Team 25
4 David Moncoutié Cofidis - Le Crédit en ligne 22
5 Stéphane Augé Cofidis - Le Crédit en ligne 20
6 Serge Pauwels Cervélo Test Team 20
7 Niels Brouzes Auber 93 20
8 Thomas Voeckler BBOX - Bouygues Telecom 19
9 Sylvain Calzati Agritubel 14
10 Sébastien Minard Cofidis - Le Crédit en ligne 12
Mountain Classification
1 David Moncoutié Cofidis - Le Crédit en ligne 32
2 Mathieu Claude BBOX - Bouygues Telecom 26
3 Andy Jacques-Maynes Bissell Pro cycling 24
4 Serge Pauwels Cervélo Test Team 16
5 Rémy Di Gregorio Française des Jeux 14
6 Pierre Cazaux Roubaix Lille Métropole 6
7 Heinrich Haussler Cervélo Test Team 6
8 Cyril Gautier BBOX - Bouygues Telecom 4
9 Julien Mazet Auber 93 2
10 Gianni Meersman Française des Jeux 2
Date 12th – 15th
Tour de l’Ain (1.1)
Here a shot of Wout Poels in his Dutch Champion jersey, trying to follow Sastre…
General Classification
1 Carlos Sastre Cervélo Test Team 14h33'26
2 David Moncoutié Cofidis - Le Crédit en ligne + 5
3 Carlos Barredo Quickstep + 37
4 Wout Poels Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 1'21
5 Marcel Wyss Cervélo Test Team + 1'22
6 Pierre Rolland BBOX - Bouygues Telecom + 1'39
7 Sandy Casar Française des Jeux + 2'04
8 John Devine Team Columbia - HTC s.t.
9 Sergei Lagutin Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 2'21
10 Pierrick Fédrigo BBOX - Bouygues Telecom s.t.
36 Gerben Löwik Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 11'26
47 Clément L'Hottelerie Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 17'10
63 Thijs Van Amerongen Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 32'13
Points Classification
1 Carlos Sastre Cervélo Test Team 75
2 David Moncoutié Cofidis - Le Crédit en ligne 56
3 Carlos Barredo Quickstep 48
4 Sylvain Calzati Agritubel 40
5 Marcel Wyss Cervélo Test Team 38
6 Wout Poels Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 33
7 Sergei Lagutin Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 30
8 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux 22
9 Sandy Casar Française des Jeux 21
10 Pierre Rolland BBOX - Bouygues Telecom 21
Mountain Classification
1 Marco Pinotti Team Columbia - HTC 48
2 Marcel Wyss Cervélo Test Team 44
3 Carlos Sastre Cervélo Test Team 36
4 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R - La Mondiale 34
5 Carlos Barredo Quickstep 28
6 David Moncoutié Cofidis - Le Crédit en ligne 26
7 Valery Kobzarenko Team Type 1 20
8 Rein Taaramäe Cofidis - Le Crédit en ligne 19
9 Pierre Cazaux Roubaix Lille Métropole 16
10 Nadir Haddou Auber 93 15
“Wout what an amazing job you did there!I’m exhausted now! I could never end up at the podium because those three were from a different level. But i’m very glad I could keep the white jersey with just 1 second! What are you expectations for the last part of the season?Because of my results here, the manager told me yesterday that I would ride the Vuelta, that’s an unbelievable chance to grow as a rider! Do you have goals in the Vuelta?Not for myself, it would be cool to show the Dutch champion jersey one stage but my main goal is helping out Johnny, he’s going for top 20 you see.Well good luck then in Spain!”
FOTO UIT PRULLENBAK
Date 15th
Dutch ITT Championships
1 Thomas Dekker Currently Suspended Rider 1h05'21
2 Lieuwe Westra Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
3 Michiel Elijzen Silence - Lotto + 6
4 Koen De Kort Skil - Shimano + 7
5 Lars Boom Rabobank + 22
6 Stef Clement Rabobank + 35
7 Marc De Maar Rabobank + 39
8 Tom Veelers Skil - Shimano s.t.
9 Robert Gesink Rabobank + 47
10 Joost Posthuma Rabobank + 51
22 Jens Mouris Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 2'00
28 Bobbie Traksel Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 2'34
31 Arnoud Van Groen Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 2'49
What the f*ck beat by a Supended Rider!
Date 15th
Belgium ITT Championships
1 Bert Roesems Cinelli - Down under 44'22
2 Stijn Devolder Quickstep + 42
3 Jurgen Van den Broeck Silence - Lotto + 49
4 Peter Ronsse Cinelli - Down under + 1'19
5 Dominique Cornu Quickstep + 1'20
6 Sven Njis Landbouwkrediet - Colnago + 1'41
7 Maxime Monfort Team Columbia - HTC + 2'13
8 Tom Stubbe Silence - Lotto + 2'16
9 Francis De Greef Silence - Lotto + 2'17
10 Dirk Bellemakers Landbouwkrediet - Colnago + 2'36
21 Frederik Veuchelen Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 4'21
43 Wim De Vocht Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 7'54
Date 22th – 26th
 Rothaus Regio Tour Int. (2.1)
General Classification
1 Marco Pinotti Team Columbia - HTC 15h14'38
2 Serhiy Matveyev ISD + 15
3 Alexander Kvachuk ISD + 38
4 Lieuwe Westra Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 48
5 José Serpa Serramenti PVC Diq. - Androni Giocattoli + 58
6 Dmytro Grabovskyy ISD + 1'10
7 Mark Renshaw Team Columbia - HTC + 1'17
8 Erik Mohs Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse + 1'23
9 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 1'52
10 Ruslan Pidgornyy ISD + 1'53
13 Gerben Löwik Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 2'13
21 Wout Poels Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 3'14
22 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 3'19
32 Borut Bozic Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 4'36
47 Björn Leukemans Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 6'30
63 Sergei Lagutin Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 8'00
Points Classification
1 Robert Förster Team Milram 84
2 Fabian Wegmann Team Milram 64
3 Mark Renshaw Team Columbia - HTC 59
4 Alberto Loddo Serramenti PVC Diq. - Androni Giocattoli 50
5 Robbie McEwen Team Katusha 44
6 Borut Bozic Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 40
7 Giovanni Visconti ISD 37
8 Luis Ángel Maté Serramenti PVC Diq. - Androni Giocattoli 31
9 Denis Flahaut Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 30
10 Marco Pinotti Team Columbia - HTC 29
Mountain Classification
1 Leonardo Bertagnolli Amica Chips - Knauff 17
2 Fabian Wegmann Team Milram 10
3 Andreas Schillinger Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 9
4 Sergei Ivanov Team Katusha 8
5 Marcel Barth Thüringer Energie Team 7
6 Marco Pinotti Team Columbia - HTC 7
7 Peter Kusztor Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei 6
8 Timo Honstein Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei 6
9 Borut Bozic Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 6
10 Denis Flahaut Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 5
Here are the statistics at 31st of August!
Continental Individual Standings[/b]
1st Stefano Garzelli – Aqua e Sapone – 1016 points
2nd Heinrich Haussler – Cervelo Test Team – 927 “
3rd Michele Scarponi– Serrameti PVC Diq. – Androni Giocatteli – 743 ”
4th Thor Hushovd – Cervelo Test Team – 685 “
5th Romain Feillu – Agritubel – 661 “
8th Lieuwe Westra – Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team – 559 "
Continental Team Standings
1st  Cervélo Test Team – 3870 points
2nd Serrameti PVC Diq. – Androni Giocatteli - 2443 “
3rd Agritubel – 2368 “
4th Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team – 2198 “
5th Aqua e Sapone – 1739 “
We are very happy with our 4th place! A nice spot in the Top 5 but we don’t have to go Pro Tour next year. In August I didn’t ride a lot of races so I would fall a few places back. Luckily that happened, because the riders we have or not skilled enough to ride in the Pro Tour. Only guys like, Traksel, Vierhouten, Hoogerland, Carrara and Leukmans would handle that. The others were going to suffer then…
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Posted on 03-02-2010 18:26
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The 63th edition of La Vuelta, it wil be 3169 kilometer over 21 stages. Last years winner of the golden leaders jersey was, of course, Alberto “El Pistolero” Contador! It was between him and American teammate Levi Leipheimer who was 42 secondes behind. Spaniard Carlos Sastré, who ride for Team CSC back then, became 3th at 4 minutes and 12 seconds. Like always the Vuelta is a one bumpy ride where climbers have the best chance to go home with the victory. In Pro Cycling Manager, La Vuelta is a race were some are good which you don’t expect and some big names can’t follow because they had a tiring season. Contador isn’t going to start in the Tour of his homeland, despite what the press wrote about it. Favorites for this year are his team mate Klöden, but also Wiggins, L. L. Sanchez and Cunego. But the most bets go to Carlos Sastre, the man of the Cervelo Test Team showed a good form in Tour de l’Ain, but will he still have that form! Wiggins has also a great shape but has only 5 team mates who can help and one of them Huub Duyn, can’t get over a mountain! Then there is the old outsider Mosquera, what can he do for Xacobea. Probably going for a stage win.
Even special frames were developed by Batavus and painted very nice…
The Teams and Riders for the Vuelta Espana, the favorites are marked by stars
Cervélo
1. C.Sastre
2. I.Cuesta
3. X.Florencio
4. J.Gómez Marchante
5. H.Haussler
6. J.Hunt
7. A.Klier
8. O.Pujol
9. G.Rasch
Astana
11. A.Klöden
12. A.Bazayev
13. J.Brajkovic
14. M.Iglinskiy
15. D.Muravyev
16. D.Navarro
17. B.Noval
18. S.Paulinho
19. T.Vaitkus
Garmin
21. B.Wiggins
22. H.Duyn
23. R.Hesjedal
24. D.Millar
25. C.Sutton
26. S.Tuft
Xacobeo
31. E.Mosquera
32. C.Castaño
33. D.Fernandez
34. D.García Dapena
35. D.Herrero
36. S.Martínez
37. I.Rana
38. G.Veloso
39. E.Vorganov
Caisse d'Epargne
41. L.L.Sánchez
42. A.Coyot
43. I.Erviti
44. V.Kiryienka
45. P.Lastras
46. L.Pasamontes
47. M.Pérez
48. V.Reynès
49. J.J.Rojas
Vacansoleil
51. J.Hoogerland
52. B.Bozic
53. M.Carrara
54. S.Lagutin
55. B.Leukemans
56. G.Löwik
57. M.Marcato
58. W.Poels
59. L.Westra
lampre
61. D.Cunego
62. A.Ballan
63. P.Caucchioli
64. E.Gasparotto
65. D.Loosli
66. M.Marzano
67. M.Mori
68. M.Sapa
69. P.Tiralongo
Columbia - HTC
71. T.Martin
72. M.Albasini
73. M.Barry
74. E.Boasson Hagen
75. B.Grabsch
76. A.Greipel
77. A.Hansen
78. T.Lövkvist
79. K.Siutsou
Fuji
81. J.Cobo
82. I.Camaño
83. D.De la Fuente
84. J.Del Nero
85. B.Intxausti
86. F.Kessiakoff
87. D.Nardello
88. B.Shpilevski
89. A.Tonti
AG2R
91. T.Valjavec
92. J.L.Arrieta
93. C.Dessel
94. A.Efimkin
95. Y.Krivtsov
96. R.Mandri
97. R.Nocentini
98. N.Roche
99. L.Turpin
QuickStep
101. K.Seeldraeyers
102. D.Cornu
103. S.De Jongh
104. K.Hulsmans
105. B.Samoilau
106. M.Tosatto
107. J.Van De Walle
108. M.Velo
109. M.Wynants
Palmeira Resort
111. D.Blanco
112. C.Barbosa
113. H.Casimiro
114. M.Garrido
115. A.Marque
116. R.Mestre
117. T.Swift
118. K.Vasilev
119. N.Vitorino
katusha
121. E.Petrov
122. P.Brutt
123. J.Horrach
124. M.Ignatiev
125. S.Ivanov
126. A.Markov
127. L.Mazzanti
128. D.Napolitano
129. G.Steegmans
Euskaltel
131. E.Martínez
132. J.Agirre
133. J.Aramendía
134. K.Fernández de Larrea
135. I.Isasi
136. J.J.Oroz
137. R.Pérez
138. A.Pérez
139. A.Txurruka
Cofidis
141. D.Moncoutié
142. S.Augé
143. A.Blain
144. M.Buffaz
145. L.Duque
146. S.Minard
147. A.Moinard
148. N.Sijmens
149. A.Usov
Rabobank
151. P.Weening
152. M.Ardila
153. G.Brown
154. S.Clement
155. O.Freire
156. B.Mollema
157. N.Nuyens
158. B.Tankink
159. M.Tjallingii
Team Milram
161. M.Fothen
162. G.Ciolek
163. J.Fröhlinger
164. R.Förster
165. D.Haueisen
166. T.Rohregger
167. M.Ruß
168. W.Stroetinga
169. N.Terpstra
Française des Jeux
171. C.Le Mével
172. S.Casar
173. R.Di Gregorio
174. A.Geslin
175. S.Joly
176. M.Ladagnous
177. G.Meersman
178. J.Roy
179. J.Veikkanen
Saxo Bank
181. N.Sörensen
182. K.Arvesen
183. J.Fuglsang
184. J.Haedo
185. G.Larsson
186. M.Ljungqvist
187. M.Morkov
188. C.Sørensen
189. J.Voigt
Silence-Lotto
191. C.Brandt
192. M.Aerts
193. G.D'Hollander
194. F.De Greef
195. B.Dockx
196. M.Elijzen
197. S.Lang
198. M.Lloyd
199. J.Vansummeren
Liquigas
201. W.Miholjevic
202. V.Agnoli
203. M.Bodnar
204. K.Carlström
205. F.Chicchi
206. C.Corioni
207. B.Vandborg
208. A.Vanotti
Bouygues Télécom
211. T.Voeckler
212. Y.Arashiro
213. W.Bonnet
214. M.Claude
215. Y.Gené
216. A.Labbe
217. A.Pichot
218. M.Sprick
219. S.Turgot
As you can see, there is not really one big favorite. I think it’s weird that Contador doesn’t ride, he is not going to win any Grant Tour, the Giro was for Pellizotti and the Tour for Andy Schleck…
Is Klöden able to keep the jersey at the Astana camp?
The goals of the Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
J.Hoogerland
Top 20
Stage Win
Gaining form for the World Championships
B.Bozic
Stage Win
M.Carrara
Gaining form for the World Championships
Mountain Jersey
 S.Lagutin
Helper for Hoogerland
B.Leukemans
Gaining form for the World Championships
G.Löwik
Helper for Hoogerland and Bozic
M.Marcato
Helper for Bozic
W.Poels
Helper for Hoogerland
Gaining experience
L.Westra
Time Trial Stage Win
Gaining form for the World Championships
Let’s see what the Vuelta is going to bring us!
Because of the lack of interest at non-'09 stories, I'll only report the important stages!
Do you like the intro!?
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Posted on 03-02-2010 18:41
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Posted on 03-02-2010 19:24
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Vuelta 1st stage / Granada TTT
1 Caisse d'Épargne 11'39
2 Xacobeo Galicia + 15
3 Astana Cycling Team + 29
4 Palmeira Resort - Tavira + 30
5 Team Columbia - HTC + 43
6 Quickstep + 49
7 Française des Jeux + 57
8 Team Saxo Bank + 1'03
9 Euskaltel - Euskaldi + 1'12
10 Team Katusha + 1'20
11 Fuji - Servetto + 1'23
12 Rabobank + 1'27
13 Team Milram + 1'30
14 Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 1'39
15 Cervélo Test Team + 1'42
16 AG2R - La Mondiale + 1'48
17 BBOX - Bouygues Telecom + 1'52
18 Silence - Lotto + 1'55
19 Cofidis - Le Crédit en ligne + 1'56
20 Lampre - N.G.C. + 1'58
21 Liquigas + 2'07
22 Garmin - Slipstream s.t.
Not bad, not good! We could have lost more but Wiggins and Sastre are still behind us. But L.L. Sanchez already takes 1’39 on us and also Klöden and Mosquera start with an advantage…
Vuelta Stage 3 / Joan – Cordoba
Stage Results
1 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 4h00'52
2 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Épargne s.t.
3 Damiano Cunego Lampre - N.G.C. s.t.
4 Carlos Castaño Xacobeo Galicia + 38
5 David García Dapena Xacobeo Galicia s.t.
6 David Blanco Palmeira Resort - Tavira s.t.
7 Alessandro Ballan Lampre - N.G.C. s.t.
8 David Herrero Xacobeo Galicia s.t.
9 José Joaquín Rojas Caisse d'Épargne s.t.
10 Gustavo César Veloso Xacobeo Galicia s.t.
Hoogerland was just able to beat Sanchez and Cunego! Woohaa…
I told Johnny, attacker as he is, that the only one he may do, was to counter attack. Never attack as first because it is import to stay fresh until the last week. But when only one rider was standing on his pedals, Johnny flew right at his wheel!
General Classification
1 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Épargne 8h24'56
2 José Joaquín Rojas Caisse d'Épargne + 38
3 Pablo Lastras Caisse d'Épargne s.t.
4 Luis Pasamontes Caisse d'Épargne s.t.
5 Marlon Pérez Caisse d'Épargne s.t.
6 Vicente Reynès Caisse d'Épargne s.t.
7 Vasil Kiryienka Caisse d'Épargne s.t.
8 Arnaud Coyot Caisse d'Épargne s.t.
9 Imanol Erviti Caisse d'Épargne s.t.
10 Carlos Castaño Xacobeo Galicia + 53
61 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 1'39
Points Classification
1 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Épargne 40
2 José Joaquín Rojas Caisse d'Épargne 39
3 Pablo Lastras Caisse d'Épargne 25
4 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 25
5 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 25
6 Gerald Ciolek Team Milram 20
7 Gustavo César Veloso Xacobeo Galicia 18
8 Alessandro Ballan Lampre - N.G.C. 17
9 David García Dapena Xacobeo Galicia 17
10 Carlos Castaño Xacobeo Galicia 17
Mountain Classification
1 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Épargne 10
2 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 7
3 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 6
4 Damiano Cunego Lampre - N.G.C. 5
5 Krasimir Vasilev Palmeira Resort - Tavira 4
6 David Blanco Palmeira Resort - Tavira 3
7 Yuri Krivtsov AG2R - La Mondiale 2
8 Carlos Castaño Xacobeo Galicia 2
9 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskaldi 1
10 José Angel Gómez Marchante Cervélo Test Team 1
Vuelta Stage 4 / Ciudad Real ITT
Stage Results
1 Andreas Klöden Astana Cycling Team 58'00
2 Bradley Wiggins Garmin - Slipstream + 34
3 David Millar Garmin - Slipstream + 44
4 Stef Clement Rabobank + 55
5 Thomas Lövkvist Team Columbia - HTC + 56
6 Markus Fothen Team Milram + 58
7 Dominique Cornu Quickstep + 1'16
8 Lieuwe Westra Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 1'19
9 Carlos Sastre Cervélo Test Team s.t.
10 Vasil Kiryienka Caisse d'Épargne + 1'20
16 Gerben Löwik Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 1'40
35 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 2'09
A very bad result actually, Lieuwe was disappointed that he could make it to the podium and we didn’t think that Johnny would lose so much time! Marcato was last by the way…
General Classification
1 Andreas Klöden Astana Cycling Team 12h39'00
2 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Épargne + 45
3 Vasil Kiryienka Caisse d'Épargne + 51
4 Thomas Lövkvist Team Columbia - HTC + 1'10
5 Janez Brajkovic Astana Cycling Team + 1'28
6 David Herrero Xacobeo Galicia + 1'30
7 Gustavo César Veloso Xacobeo Galicia s.t.
8 Dominique Cornu Quickstep + 1'36
9 Bert Grabsch Team Columbia - HTC + 1'38
10 Martín Garrido Palmeira Resort - Tavira + 1'45
34 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 2'41
Points Classification
1 José Joaquín Rojas Caisse d'Épargne 48
2 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Épargne 40
3 Robert Förster Team Milram 34
4 Alessandro Ballan Lampre - N.G.C. 31
5 Gerald Ciolek Team Milram 27
6 Pablo Lastras Caisse d'Épargne 25
7 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 25
8 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 25
9 Andreas Klöden Astana Cycling Team 25
10 Heinrich Haussler Cervélo Test Team 24
Mountain Classification
1 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Épargne 10
2 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 7
3 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 6
4 Damiano Cunego Lampre - N.G.C. 5
5 Krasimir Vasilev Palmeira Resort - Tavira 4
6 David Blanco Palmeira Resort - Tavira 3
7 Yuri Krivtsov AG2R - La Mondiale 2
8 Carlos Castaño Xacobeo Galicia 2
9 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskaldi 1
10 José Angel Gómez Marchante Cervélo Test Team 1
Unless the stage win, we are hoping for a better GC with Hoogerland!
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Nice! What difficulty level are you playing?
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i have more interest in this story than almost every 09 story just beacuse of the team you are.
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@ Misterxxt; i'm now riding normal but next season I will try on hard difficulty. Probably some races at the of the season already! (but Hoogerland also has 89 condition)
@ Valverde312; Muchos Gracias! Why do you like it more? Because of our team spirit
Well, let's see what happens in Spain...
Vuelta Stage 5 / Ciudad – Toledo
First another flat stage! Förster won already the first sprint stage and Bozic became third, will Förster win this one too? And could Bozic do better?
This looks like the right wheel, Rojas, and in front of Rojas it’s fast rider Ballan!
Again it’s Förster, thanks to a great lead-out of Stroetinga, Bozic became third! One place closer…
Stage Results
1 Robert Förster Team Milram 3h46'09
2 Borut Bozic Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
3 Yukiya Arashiro BBOX - Bouygues Telecom s.t.
4 Koldo Fernández de Larrea Euskaltel - Euskaldi s.t.
5 Óscar Freire Rabobank s.t.
6 Gerald Ciolek Team Milram s.t.
7 Alessandro Ballan Lampre - N.G.C. s.t.
8 José Joaquín Rojas Caisse d'Épargne s.t.
9 Steven De Jongh Quickstep s.t.
10 Danilo Napolitano Team Katusha s.t.
Borut was a bit disappointed but is still hoping for a stage win! But the next flat stage will take a few days. The following three stages are mountain stages! After that, there is a big chance for breakaways. This stage Freire was the big favorite with next to him Napolitano, but both could make it happen…
In the other classifications almost nothing changed.
Vuelta Stage 6 / Barbastro - Andorra (La Rabassa)
The first mountain stage of the Vuelta and probably also the hardest. With 3 climbs with an average of over 10% and La Rabassa as final climb with the finish on top! Sastre is the big favorite for today, then Mosquera and Wiggins. Is Hoogerland able to make it in the top 20…
I was pretty excited and waiting for news in the car! Here we go!
The profile for this stage;
The first decent it were four riders who fell on the ground! Hoogerland and Leukemans too! They could easily come back thanks to the help of Westra, but Leukemans was injured and placed himself in the gruppetto, hoping tomorrow would be better!
With 60K to go and 4K to the top of the climb, it was Siutsou who attacked. Followed by some strong riders, Valjavec, Klöden, Mosquera and Wiggins! The party is already starting! Hoogerland didn’t participate in the attacks, is it because I told him too or did he suffer from the earlier crash?
Next it was Sastre who attacked, boy did he go fast, within seconds he got Wiggins…
Not much later it was Klöden, he also couldn’t follow Siutsou…
L.L. Sanchez was trying to counter Sastre but ran out of breath very shortly!
There comes Cunego! He made it to Pujol (early breakaway), but nothing further then that. They were trying to chase Siutsou back, he already had 44 seconds ahead.
At the top of the second last climb this was the group chasing Siutsou, it contains, Sastre, Cunego, Mosquera, Klöden and the two last ones were unexpected, Brajkovic and Castano. They were ‘44 behind the HTC rider and ’54 in front of the pack.
Hesjedal was chasing the Sastre group to get Wiggins back. In the descent they got them but Siutsou was still in front! Another attack from Sastre at the foot of the last climb. The pack never so him back…
Because of all the attacks the pack was suffering, Johnny was riding his own rhythm which turns out to be a hard pace! He was creating a gap with Isasi… But still Sanchez was trying to get away!
Sastre reeled in Siutsou and they had an advantage of ’24 already.
Sastre now had a gap of ’48 till the next group, it contains Sanchez, Cunego, Wiggins and Hoogerland also just arrived. But their gap to the pack was only ’14, Sanchez was pulling but still Kessiakoff was trying to attack!
Johnny tried to ride his own rhythm, taking the lead of the group chasers.
Johnny was bridging the gap to Sastre, Siutsou and Kessiakoff, who just joined the other two. The went from 1’10 to ’50!
Sanchez was the first of the favorites who cracked, this because of Hoogerlands steady pace, at least he tried. Klöden was nowhere near the front!
Then Siutsou cracked to, Hoogerland was now riding for 3th place and in front. Something unbelievable happened…
It was Kessiakoff who won this stage! Would Hoogerland be able to reach the podium!?
That little Italian pr*ck! He ride 5K’s in the wheel of Johnny and then outsprinted him on the line… Well, Johnny is still quite happy with his performance! What would his place be in the GC for now…
Stage Results
1 Fredrik Kessiakoff Fuji - Servetto 6h28'37
2 Carlos Sastre Cervélo Test Team + 15
3 Damiano Cunego Lampre - N.G.C. + 1'11
4 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
5 Bradley Wiggins Garmin - Slipstream s.t.
6 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Columbia - HTC + 1'40
7 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Épargne + 2'36
8 Juanjo Cobo Fuji - Servetto + 4'14
9 Andreas Klöden Astana Cycling Team s.t.
10 Ezequiel Mosquera Xacobeo Galicia s.t.
General Classification
1 Carlos Sastre Cervélo Test Team 22h56'33
2 Fredrik Kessiakoff Fuji - Servetto + 22
3 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Épargne + 34
4 Bradley Wiggins Garmin - Slipstream + 36
5 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 1'05
6 Damiano Cunego Lampre - N.G.C. + 1'09
7 Andreas Klöden Astana Cycling Team + 1'27
8 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Columbia - HTC s.t.
9 Thomas Lövkvist Team Columbia - HTC + 2'37
10 Janez Brajkovic Astana Cycling Team + 2'55
Points Classification
1 Robert Förster Team Milram 59
2 José Joaquín Rojas Caisse d'Épargne 57
3 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Épargne 49
4 Alessandro Ballan Lampre - N.G.C. 40
5 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 39
6 Gerald Ciolek Team Milram 37
7 Koldo Fernández de Larrea Euskaltel - Euskaldi 37
8 Borut Bozic Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 36
9 Óscar Freire Rabobank 34
10 Bradley Wiggins Garmin - Slipstream 32
Mountain Classification
1 Óscar Pujol Cervélo Test Team 50
2 Krasimir Vasilev Palmeira Resort - Tavira 48
3 Johan Vansummeren Silence - Lotto 38
4 Carlos Sastre Cervélo Test Team 33
5 Fredrik Kessiakoff Fuji - Servetto 30
6 Damiano Cunego Lampre - N.G.C. 29
7 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Columbia - HTC 24
8 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 23
9 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Épargne 18
10 Bram Tankink Rabobank 15
We could never imagine this result! We hope to stay in the top 10 for now! Our biggest worry is Leukemans, he didn’t feel good after the crash... Will see tomorrow!
Edited by Tombola on 04-02-2010 13:35
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Posted on 03-02-2010 23:14
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you have a goodwriting style
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Posted on 05-02-2010 14:02
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Thanks Valverde321! I hope to post the next two mountain stages this weekend. But i'm not home for saterday evening! It were some spectaculair stages, next is a flat stage for sprinters or a breakaway. Then a rest day and 4 other almost flat stages. The team is still feeling good, with Hoogerland (91), Bozic (93), Poels (89) and Westra (91). Let's see what this block of mountain stages brought us, the first one you saw, the next two, hopefully tomorrow or sunday!
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Posted on 05-02-2010 19:50
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Hard isn't that difficult ;-) Never played Normal! I always start at hard  |
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Posted on 10-02-2010 09:16
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For those who did follow my story, thanks!
For those who didn't follow my story, screw you!
I stopped reporting because of the lack of interest for '07 games... For the ones who wanted to know...
Vuelta Espana
1. Kessiakoff
2. Sastre
3. Sanchez
4. Hoogerland <--
5. Wiggins
6. Cunego
7. Klöden
8. Brajkovic
9. Siutsou
10. Lovkvist
I'm already in the next season and i'm riding the Giro now, Carrara is in a great shape and won two stages! Those with a few small hills just before the end. I bought some new guys like captain for the Giro, Jurgen Vandenbroeck! Other names are Daniel Kreutzfeld, Joost van Leijen, Ben Hermans, Pieter Vanspeybroeck, Boy van Poppel, those are all young talents. But also a new co-leader next to Leukemans in the classic-cobble races, Vladimir Gusev! Very happy with him, but didn't win so much because of Boonen this year...
Tom Boonen 2010, Wins;
Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne
Omloop het Volk
Tour of Flanders
Paris-Roubaix
Scheldeprijs Flanders
Milano-San Remo
He also has a huge gap as Pro Tour leader on Pozzato! I'm probably riding Pro Tour next year...
DEAD
C.O.D; Lack of Interest
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Posted on 10-02-2010 09:32
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Kessiakoff first in the GC? and lovkvist 10? was it vuelta sweden?
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Posted on 10-02-2010 09:37
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Kessiakoff won 3 mountainstages while his MO is only 75 and hill 73... He beated Klöden and Sastre in those stages, just by attacking!
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Posted on 10-02-2010 16:06
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Disappointed to hear that you are stopping, Vacansoleil is a cool team. Hope you'll write another one sometime. |
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