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'Down Under' Discussion
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| viking90 |
Posted on 27-04-2010 11:13
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Was my team even in this race?! Only thing I saw was the first attack by Gudsell, Clarke best in the sprint on 33th place and Chicchi as 55th. Really bad race. Congrats to the podium places! |
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| arthon |
Posted on 27-04-2010 12:29
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Hutarovich was best placed, 37th at the end of the race. At least there's room for improvement.  |
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| beagle |
Posted on 27-04-2010 12:36
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Had it worked logically, Guillen would do a km, then Van Loocke a km, then Mohs could have been right up there, but thats PCM for you.
Logic and PCM are two absolutely different things 
at least I recognized Van Loocke is quite useless rider and he´ll be probably sent out after season
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 27-04-2010 13:00
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A brief rankings update then:
Bellis still leads, Haedo continues his resurgence after a poor 2010 and is up to 3rd. Croket moves into the Top 10 while Davis and Cavendish debut straight into the Top 15
| 1 | Jonathan | Bellis | GBR | Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by the Moon X | 204 | | 2 | Filippo | Pozzato | ITA | Mercedes-Benz | 140 | | 3 | Juan José | Haedo | ARG | Mercedes-Benz | 135 | | 4 | Leonardo | Bertagnolli | ITA | Wiggle - San Pellegrino | 105 | | 5 | Maxime | Monfort | BEL | Team LEGO | 98 | | 6 | Grégory | Rast | SWI | EL AL - IDF | 96 | | 7 | Anthony | Roux | FRA | UBS - Annie Chun's | 93 | | 8 | Nicolas | Roche | IRL | 100% Me | 86 | | 9 | Simone | Ponzi | ITA | Wiggle - San Pellegrino | 82 | | 10 | Lars | Croket | BEL | Petronas - Olympus | 80 | | 11 | Allan | Davis | AUS | Quiksilver-Kraft | 80 | | 12 | Maximiliano | Richeze | ARG | UBS - Annie Chun's | 63 | | 13 | Damiano | Caruso | ITA | Wiggle - San Pellegrino | 61 | | 14 | Gediminas | Bagdonas | LTU | Bacardi - Colt | 60 | | 15 | Mark | Cavendish | GBR | 100% Me | 56 |
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Mercedes-Benz continue to lead, but now take a break until Tour Meditteraneen - opening up an opportunity for a new leader. UBS have moved to 2nd, but are not in the Tour Down Under, the rest of the Top 10 are however, while Quiksilver are also set to be amongst those to score highly in Tachira. Davis' win brought their first confirmed points of the season, with their wins so far in Tachira yet to be added to the tallies.
Their sprint train may not have worked entirely to plan, but Pokerstars' points put them 11th, and the leading new team. Pendletons, Telenor and HighRoad all took their first points of the season, all 3 having gone pointless from their opening race, and for the latter 2, it is their first ranking points ever in the game. Intesa, Milka and Vespa-Caffrey's all made their season debut's in the classic, but are forced to wait for their first points of the year.
| 1 | Mercedes-Benz | 328 | | 2 | UBS - Annie Chun's | 271 | | 3 | Wiggle - San Pellegrino | 263 | | 4 | 100% Me | 257 | | 5 | Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by the Moon X | 225 | | 6 | EL AL - IDF | 187 | | 7 | Petronas - Olympus | 176 | | 8 | Team LEGO | 140 | | 9 | Quiksilver-Kraft | 94 | | 10 | Pendleton's Twicer | 87 | | 11 | Team Pokerstars.com | 75 | | 12 | Bacardi - Colt | 71 | | 13 | Team IKEA - Bianchi | 38 | | 14 | Red Bull | 31 | | 15 | Tinkoff Credit Systems - Rosneft | 22 | | 16 | Santander | 19 | | 17 | Team Falcon-Husqvarna | 18 | | 18 | Bbox Bouygoues Telecom | 9 | | 19 | HighRoad-TomTom | 7 | | 20 | Team Telenor-SAS | 6 | | 21 | Pirelli - Internazionale | 5 | | 22 | UniCredit | 5 | | 23 | Intesa | 0 | | 24 | Milka | 0 | | 25 | Vespa-Caffrey's | 0 |
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 27-04-2010 15:43
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31st - first flop of the season.  |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 27-04-2010 15:45
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fenian_1234 wrote:
31st - first flop of the season.
Long may it continue! 
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 27-04-2010 16:07
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fenian_1234 wrote:
31st - first flop of the season.
Gatto actually did a great sprint. Just a shame for you he started it in about 70th position. The same applies to Hutarovich and Markov, and probably a few others, they started way back in the peloton, so a strong sprint didnt help much
Edited by SportingNonsense on 27-04-2010 16:08
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 27-04-2010 16:19
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I had no expectations from this race - you always hope for something though.
It's Steegmans I'll be gutted about if he flops at the TdU. |
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| Vosken94 |
Posted on 27-04-2010 16:29
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14th with Vantomme, if this goes on i'm totally screwed =( |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 27-04-2010 16:41
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Vosken94 wrote:
14th with Vantomme, if this goes on i'm totally screwed =(
Why would you be screwed? Team goal of getting promoted?
If you updated your team thread, that'd be nice for us to see what your goals are.
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| Heine |
Posted on 27-04-2010 16:47
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Hopefully Vaitkus can score some points in Tour Down Under, I need him to not waste his race days
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 27-04-2010 16:57
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1 point scoring day and I'm 10th. Good start to the season
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 27-04-2010 18:32
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MB has had a good start. I'm hoping it continues. Promotion is probably a long shot, but a top 10 should be achievable.
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 27-04-2010 21:43
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Not expecting anything more than that (getting in the breaks) until the hill stage.
Also, SN, can you be sure to differentiate the Fellius? It was pretty easy in this stage, but just for the future. |
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| Smowz |
Posted on 27-04-2010 21:54
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I think I speak for everyone, when I say the standard of reporting has been superb!
The top sprinters really showed themselves there, 100% Me have been knocking on the door every race, about time they took one. Though I have to admit I was excited for Vantomme there.
A lot of attacks from the hilly guys already looking to break the shackles going to be difficult even for a guy like Allan Davis to hold the gaps methinks.
Delighted to get involved with Jamie Ball attacking, south africans really do like Australian races! |
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 27-04-2010 21:55
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7th? Ill take it.
THE THOMAS VOECKLER PROPHET OF PCM DAILY
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 27-04-2010 21:59
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All that work and 3 lousy points. 
I was hoping with a 'sprinter' like Steegmans the team would save themselves a bit more. Had enough of always been on the front of the peloton last year.
Good win for Cav though. Could be to the continental division what Haedo was a few years ago. |
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| beagle |
Posted on 27-04-2010 22:02
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another crash of my team leader
glad to see another my rider in break though
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 27-04-2010 22:03
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I was hoping with a sprinter like Rowe my team WOULD be on the front, and from there lead him out. But hey, he's young. Got a lot to learn eh?
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 27-04-2010 22:04
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nice to have lead it out for the first time i think ever. and I'm happy with 3rd although I would like a stage win
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