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| janne_837 |
Posted on 27-11-2010 19:34
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You forget to count Steegmans to the favourites^^ Good luck, hopefully one of your sprinter survive the Poggio. |
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| Porte |
Posted on 27-11-2010 22:09
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@ FreitasPCM - Thanks, that's great to hear.
@ janne_837 - Oops, I'd actually planned to bold the names of the favourites in the start list and Steegmans was one I was planning on doing. In the end I didn't do that and I obviously forgot to mention Steegmans in the write-up.
Both Lorezetto and Bole are primed for this race and have top fitness so i'm confident of a good result.
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Posted on 28-11-2010 00:50
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Milan - San Remo
Here we are at the first 'Monument' of the season, 'La classica di Primavera'. All the sprinters teams are ready to launch their men to victory in the final srpint, but will an attack stay away and take away the chance for the sprinters?
Tom Boonen obviously wasn't contending for victory today, he worked hard early on the reel in some breakaway attempts.
The break that finally got away included Gilberto Simoni from Lampre. However that break was always doomed.
With 41km to the line Cunego attacks! The Italian really just wanted to test his legs, knowing his poor finess would prevent him from contending for victory.
Fabian Cancellara, Sylvain Chavenal and Kurt Asle Arvesen counter the move.
The four catch up to Simoni is is about to be caught by the peleton, behind Johan Van Summeren is about to join this group of attackers. With the brilliant strength of Fabian Cancellara maybe this group has a chance.
On the Cipressa the small group split, only Chavanel could keep up with the fast pace set by Cancellara and the rest were dropped.
The peleton behind were struggling to set a high tempo, their speed fropped fight down and it appeared increasing likely that the peleton wouldn't see the two men out in front again. The gap quickly jumped out to nearly 4 minutes.
As they rode up the Poggio somthing amazing happened, Chavanel started to ride away from Cancellara, he didn't attack but just simply dropped him! Chavanel could smell victory...
With the peleton not gaining on the leaders Lorezetto decided he had to do something and attacked at the base of the Poggio, Devolder followed.
They formed a small chasig group in front of the peleton, but still well behind the two men out in front. Lorezetto would be racing for third.
Inside the final km for Chavanel...
With a big lead over Cancellara he could start his victory celebrations early.
Victory! Sylain Chavanel wins the 2010 Milan - San Remo! Cancellara takes second.
Lorenzetto leading the chasing group into the sprint, we really want this podium place.
And he takes it! A brilliant thrid for Mirco Lorenzetto and Lampre.
To cap off a wonderful race for s Grega Bole finished in 8th place.
Race Standings
| 1 | Sylvain Chavanel | Quick·Step | 7h09'48 | | 2 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | + 31 | | 3 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 2'41 | | 4 | Jens Voigt | Team Saxo Bank | + 2'53 | | 5 | Stijn Devolder | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 6 | Óscar Freire | Rabobank | s.t. | | 7 | Mark Cavendish | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 8 | Grega Bole | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 9 | Johan Van Summeren | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 10 | Daniele Bennati | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | | 11 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | Danilo Napolitano | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 13 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 14 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 15 | Leif Hoste | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. |
Spoiler 16 Nick Nuyens Rabobank s.t.
17 Koldo Fernández Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
18 Karsten Kroon BMC Racing Team s.t.
19 Kim Kirchen Team Katusha s.t.
20 Enrico Gasparotto Astana s.t.
21 Tom Boonen Quick·Step s.t.
22 Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
23 Michael Albasini Team HTC - Columbia s.t.
24 Alexandr Kolobnev Team Katusha s.t.
25 Lars Boom Rabobank s.t.
26 Stuart O'Grady Team Saxo Bank s.t.
27 José Joaquín Rojas Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
28 Martijn Maaskant Garmin - Transitions s.t.
29 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
30 Simon Gerrans Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
31 Vladimir Karpets Team Katusha s.t.
32 Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank s.t.
33 Manuel Quinziato Liquigas - Doimo s.t.
34 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Katusha s.t.
35 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
36 Sergueï Ivanov Team Katusha s.t.
37 Nicki Sørensen Team Saxo Bank s.t.
38 David De la Fuente Astana s.t.
39 Martin Elmiger AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
40 Matti Breschel Team Saxo Bank s.t.
41 Christophe Brandt Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
42 Francesco Bellotti Liquigas - Doimo s.t.
43 Greg Van Avermaet Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
44 Fabian Wegmann Team Milram s.t.
45 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
46 Paolo Tiralongo Astana s.t.
47 Niki Terpstra Team Milram s.t.
48 Manuel Cardoso Footon - Servetto s.t.
49 Andrea Tonti CarmioOro NGC s.t.
50 Tiago Machado Team RadioShack s.t.
51 Sérgio Paulinho Team RadioShack s.t.
52 Juan Mauricio Soler Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
53 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
54 Damiano Cunego Lampre - Farnese Vini s.t.
55 Staf Scheirlinckx Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
56 Christophe Moreau Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
57 Giuseppe Palumbo Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci s.t.
58 Jérôme Pineau Quick·Step s.t.
59 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
60 Bernhard Eisel Team HTC - Columbia s.t.
61 Jelle Vanendert Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
62 Andrea Noè Ceramica Flaminia s.t.
63 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre - Farnese Vini s.t.
64 Daniele Pietropolli Lampre - Farnese Vini s.t.
65 Hayden Roulston Team HTC - Columbia s.t.
66 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Doimo s.t.
67 Matthew Goss Team HTC - Columbia s.t.
68 Arkaitz Durán Footon - Servetto s.t.
69 Leonardo Bertagnolli Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni s.t.
70 Eros Capecchi Footon - Servetto s.t.
71 Lars Ytting Bak Team HTC - Columbia s.t.
72 Joost Posthuma Rabobank s.t.
73 Massimiliano Gentili Ceramica Flaminia s.t.
74 Markus Fothen Team Milram + 4'24
75 Francesco Reda Quick·Step + 4'55
76 Lorenzo Bernucci Lampre - Farnese Vini s.t.
77 Chad Beyer BMC Racing Team + 5'35
78 Robbie McEwen Team Katusha s.t.
79 Gerald Ciolek Team Milram s.t.
80 André Greipel Team HTC - Columbia s.t.
81 Gert Steegmans Team RadioShack s.t.
82 Allan Davis Astana s.t.
83 Guillaume Bonnafond AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
84 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
85 Morris Possoni Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
86 Roy Sentjens Team Milram s.t.
87 Ivan Rovny Team RadioShack s.t.
88 Daniel Oss Liquigas - Doimo s.t.
89 Mark Renshaw Team HTC - Columbia s.t.
90 Marcello Pavarin Colnago - CSF Inox s.t.
91 Paul Voss Team Milram s.t.
92 Francis De Greef Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
93 Imanol Erviti Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
94 Pieter Weening Rabobank s.t.
95 Mario Aerts Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
96 Robert Hunter Garmin - Transitions s.t.
97 Svein Tuft Garmin - Transitions s.t.
98 Greg Henderson Sky Professional Cycling Team + 6'15
99 Wouter Weylandt Quick·Step + 6'39
100 Blel Kadri AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
101 Alessandro Vanotti Liquigas - Doimo s.t.
102 Mirko Selvaggi Astana s.t.
103 Thomas Peterson Garmin - Transitions s.t.
104 Danny Pate Garmin - Transitions s.t.
105 Robert Förster Team Milram + 8'31
106 Martin Kohler BMC Racing Team s.t.
107 Anthony Ravard AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
108 Marco Frapporti Colnago - CSF Inox s.t.
109 Jure Kocjan CarmioOro NGC s.t.
110 Marco Corti Footon - Servetto s.t.
111 Jonathan Bellis Team Saxo Bank s.t.
112 Rubens Bertogliati Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni s.t.
113 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
114 Nicolas Rousseau AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
115 Michele Gaia Colnago - CSF Inox s.t.
116 Luis Pasamontes Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
117 José Vicente García Acosta Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
118 Michael Schär BMC Racing Team s.t.
119 Davide Malacarne Quick·Step s.t.
120 Paolo Bailetti Ceramica Flaminia s.t.
121 Angelo Furlan Lampre - Farnese Vini s.t.
122 Rafael Valls Footon - Servetto s.t.
123 Dario Cataldo Quick·Step s.t.
124 Maxime Bouet AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
125 Manuel Belletti Colnago - CSF Inox s.t.
126 José Serpa Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni s.t.
127 Trent Lowe Garmin - Transitions s.t.
128 Matthew Busche Team RadioShack s.t.
129 David Gutiérrez Palacios Footon - Servetto s.t.
130 Björn Schröder Team Milram s.t.
131 Simon Zahner BMC Racing Team s.t.
132 José Luis Rubiera Team RadioShack s.t.
133 Alexsandr Dyachenko Astana s.t.
134 Jeff Louder BMC Racing Team s.t.
135 Dario Cioni Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
136 Francesco Failli Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci s.t.
137 Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack s.t.
138 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank s.t.
139 Gilberto Simoni Lampre - Farnese Vini + 9'27
140 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Team Saxo Bank + 10'35
141 Graeme Brown Rabobank s.t.
142 Alan Marangoni Colnago - CSF Inox s.t.
143 Simone Masciarelli Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci s.t.
144 Francisco Pérez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
145 Luca Pierfelici Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci s.t.
146 Ángel Madrazo Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
147 Diego Tamayo CarmioOro NGC s.t.
148 Fumiyuki Beppu Team RadioShack s.t.
149 Raivis Belohvosciks Ceramica Flaminia s.t.
150 Julien Loubet AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
151 Alexander Kristoff BMC Racing Team s.t.
152 Juan José Haedo Team Saxo Bank + 12'27
153 Gianluca Brambilla Colnago - CSF Inox s.t.
154 Laurent Beuret CarmioOro NGC s.t.
155 Edoardo Girardi Ceramica Flaminia s.t.
156 Giampaolo Cheula Footon - Servetto + 12'43
157 Francesco Chicchi Liquigas - Doimo + 14'03
158 Maxim Gourov Astana + 15'15
159 Ben Swift Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
160 Aitor Hernández Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
161 Alessandro Bisolti Colnago - CSF Inox s.t.
162 Paride Grillo CarmioOro NGC s.t.
163 Paolo Ciavatta Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci s.t.
164 Aristide Ratti CarmioOro NGC s.t.
165 Alessandro Fantini Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci + 16'51
166 Miguel Mínguez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
167 Sébastien Fournet CarmioOro NGC s.t.
168 Brent Bookwalter BMC Racing Team s.t.
169 Josep Jufré Astana s.t.
170 Cameron Wurf Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni s.t.
171 Alessandro Donati Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci s.t.
172 Iván Velasco Euskaltel - Euskadi + 19'31
173 Carlos José Ochoa Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni s.t.
174 Fabrizio Lucciola Ceramica Flaminia + 20'43
175 Davide Cimolai Liquigas - Doimo + 21'07
176 Filippo Baggio Ceramica Flaminia + 22'03
177 Fabrice Piemontesi Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni s.t.
178 Michele Merlo Footon - Servetto + 22'43
179 Alberto Loddo Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni s.t.
180 Alessandro Maserati Ceramica Flaminia s.t.
181 Francesco Di Paolo Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci + 24'11
182 Fabio Terrenzio CarmioOro NGC + 26'51
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Posted on 28-11-2010 01:08
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No way Chavanel would win Milano-San Remo 
Congrats for the third place, a great move by Lorenzetto! |
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Posted on 28-11-2010 01:34
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Lol, yeah it's a bit unrealistic, but kind of nice to see Cancellara defeated for once. |
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Posted on 28-11-2010 09:11
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Well, if this was 20 years ago it wouldn't have been so strange to see someone like Chavanel winning MSR... ANyway, congrats for the podium, Lorenzetto was really strong. |
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Posted on 28-11-2010 09:31
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Nice 3rd. |
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Posted on 28-11-2010 09:50
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Thanks guys. 
I'm really happy with third, sponsors wanted a win but without Petacchi it would have been pretty hard. I'm preparing Petacchi for the Giro and Tour instead of peaking him early for the spring classics.
Volta a Catalunya preview coming shortly... |
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Posted on 28-11-2010 21:54
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2010 Volta a Catalunya
Route
Stage 4 of this race provides us with our first real high mountain stage of this year's Pro Tour. Along with stage 3 this stage will be decisive in deciding the winner of the overall GC. There could also be opportunities for a break to succeed on terrain which may be slightly too steep for pure sprinters, but not steep enough for any of the favourites to launch a big attack.
Startlist
Spoiler StartList for stage Girona - Roses
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26/11/2010 14h20min
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Saxo Bank
1. A.Schleck
2. F.Cancellara
3. L.Didier
4. J.Fuglsang
5. F.Høj
6. F.Schleck
7. N.Sørensen
8. J.Voigt
Euskaltel
11. S.Sánchez
12. A.Galdos
13. B.Intxausti
14. E.Martínez
15. M.Nieve
16. J.J.Oroz
17. A.Txurruka
18. P.Urtasun
The Shack
21. L.Leipheimer
22. M.Irizar
23. T.Machado
24. S.Paulinho
25. Y.Popovych
26. G.Rast
27. J.L.Rubiera
28. H.Zubeldia
Liquigas
31. I.Basso
32. F.Bellotti
33. D.Bennati
34. R.Kiserlovski
35. F.Sabatini
36. S.Szmyd
37. B.Vandborg
38. O.Zaugg
Katusha
41. K.Kirchen
42. J.Horrach
43. S.Ivanov
44. A.Kolobnev
45. R.McEwen
46. D.Napolitano
47. F.Pozzato
48. J.Rodríguez
Sky
51. B.Wiggins
52. K.Carlström
53. S.Cummings
54. C.Froome
55. S.Gerrans
56. G.Henderson
57. P.Kennaugh
58. M.Possoni
Garmin
61. C.Vande Velde
62. T.Duggan
63. R.Hesjedal
64. D.Martin
65. D.Pate
66. T.Peterson
67. J.Van Summeren
68. D.Zabriskie
Rabobank
71. R.Gesink
72. M.Ardila
73. Ó.Freire
74. J.M.Gárate
75. S.Kruijswijk
76. P.Martens
77. G.Niermann
78. N.Nuyens
Omega Pharma
81. J.Van den Broeck
82. A.Blythe
83. M.Elijzen
84. J.Ljungblad
85. G.Löwik
86. D.Moreno
87. T.Stubbe
88. C.Wegelius
HTC - Columbia
91. M.Rogers
92. G.Dockx
93. A.Greipel
94. M.Monfort
95. F.Rabon
96. V.Reynès
97. K.Siutsou
98. P.Velits
Caisse d'Epargne
101. V.Kiryienka
102. J.J.Cobo
103. I.Erviti
104. D.López
105. Á.Madrazo
106. L.Pasamontes
107. R.Plaza
108. X.Zandio
Quick•Step
111. S.Devolder
112. D.Cataldo
113. S.Chavanel
114. K.De Weert
115. A.Engels
116. K.Hovelynck
117. D.Malacarne
118. K.Seeldraeyers
Lampre
121. S.Spilak
122. A.Balloni
123. V.Buts
124. A.Grendene
125. D.Hondo
126. M.Marzano
127. Man.Mori
128. S.Ponzi
Bouygues Télécom
131. Y.Trofimov
132. Y.Arashiro
133. W.Bonnet
134. P.Fédrigo
135. C.Gautier
136. P.Rolland
137. S.Turgot
138. T.Voeckler
Astana
141. P.Tiralongo
142. D.De la Fuente
143. A.Dyachenko
144. E.Gasparotto
145. A.Grivko
146. J.Hernández
147. J.Jufré
148. D.Navarro
Cervélo
151. X.Tondo
152. Í.Cuesta
153. S.Denifl
154. X.Florencio
155. J.Novoa
156. Ó.Pujol
157. M.Reimer
158. M.Wyss
Française des Jeux
161. C.Le Mével
162. S.Casar
163. F.Guesdon
164. M.Ladagnous
165. A.Roux
166. J.Roy
167. B.Vaugrenard
168. J.Veikkanen
AG2R
171. J.Gadret
172. J.Arrieta
173. G.Bonnafond
174. D.Champion
175. C.Dessel
176. A.Efimkin
177. J.Loubet
178. C.Riblon
Team Milram
181. L.Gerdemann
182. C.Knees
183. D.Nerz
184. T.Rohregger
185. M.Ruß
186. R.Sentjens
187. W.Stroetinga
188. F.Wegmann
Andalucía
191. Á.Vicioso
192. J.Á.Gómez Marchante
193. P.Lechuga
194. M.Ortega
195. A.Piedra
196. J.Ramírez Abeja
197. J.L.Roldán
198. J.V.Toribio
Vacansoleil
201. M.Carrara
202. B.Feillu
203. G.Gardeyn
204. J.Hoogerland
205. S.Lagutin
206. M.Mortensen
207. M.Pronk
208. A.Van Groen
Xacobeo
211. C.Castaño
212. G.Domínguez
213. A.Fernández
214. D.Fernández
215. M.García
216. D.García Dapena
217. V.Isaychev
218. S.Martínez
Footon - Servetto
221. A.Pérez Arrieta
222. J.A.Benítez
223. E.Capecchi
224. M.Cardoso
225. V.Celis
226. G.Cheula
227. M.Corti
228. P.Merino
Saxo Bank have brought an incredibly strong team to this race as they seem to do for all races. Hot off the back of victory in Tirreno - Adriatico and a second place in Milan - San Remo, Fabian Cancellara will compete here as maybe a final lead-up race before taking on the cobbled classics. The Schleck brothers are also in attendance and with the help of teammates Voigt and Fuglsang look a formidable challenge in the mountains.
Samuel Snachez will be looking to ride well on home soil before his home race, the Vuelta al Pais Vasco. Othaer Spaniards to watch out for on home soil are Joaquin Rodriguez and Oscar Freire.
RadioShack have brought a strong team to look after Levi Leipheimer, with Popovych, Zubeldia, Machado and Paulinho. The opening time trial should suit the American.
Another rider suited to the TT is Bradley Wiggins, despite probably not being able to compete with the very best on the steep slopes of stage 4, he could take enough time off his rivals to finish this race high up in the overall standings
Other GC contenders to atch out for are Van den Broek, Gesink, Rogers, Kirchen, Basso, Vande Velde and Hesjedal. While Greipel, McEwen, Napolitano and Bennati should hotly contest the sprints along with of course Oscar Freire.
We've brought an average team to this race, led by Spilak who will be hoping for a top 10 overall. With o sprinter really capable of winning the sprints we might try our luck in a few breakaways. |
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Posted on 29-11-2010 11:28
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Volta a Catalunya
Stage 1
Fabian Cancellara is the obvious favourite here, but strange things are known to happen in short prologue's.
Cancellara was an early starter and set a fast time of 6'09", putting him in the lead.
Simon Spilak comes into this race with high hopes, a good ride here would go a long way to acheiving those hopes. He rode well, 7th place +21".
Levi Leipheimer is another GC hopeful looking for a good ride today, he wasn't able to do that though. a dissapointing 36th place +35" for the American.
Bradley Wiggins was even more dissapointing than Leipheimer, he could only manage 81st position + 49".
But nobody was faster than Cancellara today, the Swiss World ITT Champion took a comfortable victory ahead of Michael Rogers.
Stage Standings
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | 6'09 | | 2 | Michael Rogers | Team HTC - Columbia | + 8 | | 3 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team HTC - Columbia | + 10 | | 4 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 13 | | 5 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | + 15 | | 6 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | + 17 | | 7 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 21 | | 8 | Imanol Erviti | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 9 | Dimitri Champion | AG2R La Mondiale | + 22 | | 10 | Brian Vandborg | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | | 11 | Christian Knees | Team Milram | + 23 | | 12 | Kevin De Weert | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 13 | Linus Gerdemann | Team Milram | + 24 | | 14 | Juan José Cobo | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 15 | Jens Voigt | Team Saxo Bank | + 25 |
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Posted on 29-11-2010 12:31
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I do not know Spilak well, but I thought he is not such a good ttler? Nice result |
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Posted on 29-11-2010 12:45
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^ Thanks, yeah he's got decent stats, 72 TT if I remember correctly. |
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Volta a Catalunya
Stage 2
This will be a very interesting stage, the experts are predicting a mass sprint, but I bet some of the sprinters wouldn't agree with that. Only the strongest sprinters will be able to survive the climbs and win a sprint.
Ponzi was sent out in the break to claim some KoM points. He did just that and will wear the jersey toomorrow.
The two climbs before the finish were tough, and the peleton shed many riders.
As we approached the finish line the peleton was showing obviously suffering, the pace had dropped significantly. Simon Spilak, who had no problem surving the slopes, saw his chance to attack. The Slovenian was hoping to suprise everyone.
He built up a nice lead and as we entered the final km, victory looked possible.
But the peleton was closing in on our man at a rapid pace. Spilak was completely spent by now, he needed to find every last ounce of energy now to hold on for the next 100m.
But he couldn't hold off the storming peleton, he was caught no more than 3m from the line by Matteo Carrara who took the victory. However Spliak was still rewarded for his efforts with a nice 2nd placing which moved him above Ivan Basso into 6th place overall.
Stage Standings
| 1 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 4h03'43 | | 2 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 3 | Kim Kirchen | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 4 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 5 | Óscar Freire | Rabobank | s.t. | | 6 | Daniele Bennati | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | | 7 | Michael Rogers | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 8 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 9 | Yury Trofimov | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | | 10 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | 4h09'52 | | 2 | Michael Rogers | Team HTC - Columbia | + 8 | | 3 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team HTC - Columbia | + 10 | | 4 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 13 | | 5 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | + 15 | | 6 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 7 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | + 17 | | 8 | Kevin De Weert | Quick·Step | + 23 | | 9 | Juan José Cobo | Caisse d'Epargne | + 24 | | 10 | Jens Voigt | Team Saxo Bank | + 25 |
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Posted on 02-12-2010 00:40
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Nice 2nd for Spilak.
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Posted on 02-12-2010 14:49
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You did a good job being second with Spilak, as Kirchen or Freire and Bennati are slighlty better sprinters than the Slovenian. |
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Posted on 02-12-2010 15:31
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No  Such a great move by Spilak, but "only" the second place... |
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Posted on 03-12-2010 12:27
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@ all - Thanks. I'm pretty happy with 2nd place considering it was classified as a flat stage but it is always dissapointing to come so close. |
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Posted on 04-12-2010 13:00
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Volta a Catalunya
Stage 3
*I had some issues with the replay of this stage and as a result I don't have any screenshots for the final km's.
Slightly similar to yesterday's stage, although the climbs are much steeper and longer here and the peleton looks certain to be split up. Perhaps a small group will make it to the finish together and sprint between themselves for the win?
Saxo Bank took control of the race, doing much of the work on the front of the peleton to reel in the break. However they suprised everyone by sending Andy Schleck to the front to help out, perhaps the younger Schleck brother would be working for his older brother at this race? A puzzling move given Andy had set himself up nicely for a crack at the overall with an impressive 16th place in the opening prologue.
Saxo were hurting many of the riders in the peleton, ahead of the final climb the bunch had been reduced significantly.
On the final climb Jurgen Van den Broeck jumped out of the peleton.
A short time later Frank Schleck made the attack that everyone had been expecting, given the amount of work done by his team on the front. Simon Spilak still remains in the peleton.
*I was unable to take any more screenshots, I guess i'll just write a brief report of what eventuated.
Schleck's attack was unsuccessful, he didn't make it to a group of four that eventually formed at the front. In this group were Van den Broeck, J. Rodriguez, P. Tiralongo and Sergio Paulinho.
Van den Broeck took victory ahead of his companions, a victory which puts him into the overall lead of the race.
Spilak came home in 13th place, in a 60 man peleton, only just remaining in the top 10.
Stage Standings
| 1 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 4h40'56 | | 2 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 3 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana | s.t. | | 4 | Sérgio Paulinho | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 5 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | + 29 | | 6 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'04 | | 7 | Yury Trofimov | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | | 8 | Kim Kirchen | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 9 | Brice Feillu | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Fränk Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 11 | Jens Voigt | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 12 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 13 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 14 | Yaroslav Popovych | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 15 | Thomas Voeckler | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 8h51'23 | | 2 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Team Katusha | + 8 | | 3 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | + 11 | | 4 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana | + 13 | | 5 | Sérgio Paulinho | Team RadioShack | + 20 | | 6 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | + 29 | | 7 | Michael Rogers | Team HTC - Columbia | + 37 | | 8 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team HTC - Columbia | + 39 | | 9 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 42 | | 10 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 44 |
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Posted on 05-12-2010 15:06
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A bit strange result... Had not expected that Tiralongo or Paulinho finish before the Schlecks... Spilak still 10th in overall  |
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Posted on 05-12-2010 21:58
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^ Yeah it is strange. Unfortunately Spilak just wasn't quite strong enough to make jump across to the group. It's in these situations that i'm really noticing the weakness of our team. All the other climbers have strong support teams around them, Spilak just has Marzano (who is only an average climber) and that's about it. It makes hard to compete against teams like RadioShack, Saxo Bank, Astana and Liquigas. Bring on transfer season! Hopefully we can hang on to the top 10.
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