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| valverde321 |
Posted on 22-11-2010 04:16
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Be sure to read the last page as I had a few important posts.
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 Tour Mediterraneen
One of our bigger french races of the season. Our goal is to win a stage as we think the field will be weaker than it was in Australia a few weeks ago. Thing is we are sending a weaker squad too. We still have Rojas because he wants to be in fairly good shape for Milan-SanRemo and we have Arroyo and Plaza who want to be in good shape for Paris-Nice/ Tirreno Adriatico.
Startlist:
Spoiler ASTANA
1. A.Vinokourov
2. A.Bazayev
3. A.Grivko
4. J.Hernandez
5. V.Iglinskiy
6. J.Jufre Pou
7. O.Pereiro
8. G.Stangelj
CAISSE D'EPARGNE
11. D.Arroyo
12. J.Cobo
13. A.Jeannesson
14. V.Kiryienka
15. D.Lopez
16. C.Moreau
17. R.Plaza
18. J.Rojas
COFIDIS
21. R.Taaramae
22. S.Auge
23. R.Cusin
24. J.Keukeleire
25. A.Moinard
26. D.Moncoutie
27. R.Pauriol
28. R.Zingle
VACANSOLEIL
31. M.Carrara
32. M.Pronk
33. S.Rossetto
34. R.Ruygh
35. J.Van Leijen
36. L.Westra
FDJEUX
41. C.Le Mevel
42. S.Casar
43. R.Di Gregorio
44. M.Ladagnous
45. G.Meersman
46. J.Roy
47. W.Sulzberger
48. J.Veikkanen
AG2R LA MONDIALE
51. T.Valjavec
52. G.Bonnafond
53. M.Bouet
54. Y.Krivtsov
55. D.Le Lay
56. N.Rousseau
57. G.Smukulis
58. L.Turpin
MICHE
61. P.Niemiec
62. S.Campagnaro
63. E.Carjaval
64. R.Cesaro
65. P.Muto
66. K.Szczawinksi
GARMIN
71. T.Danielson
72. S.Cozza
73. F.Kessiakoff
74. C.Meyer
75. T.Meyer
76. R.Van Der Velde
77. M.Wilson
78. D.Zabriskie
BBOX BOUYGUES
81. A.Charteau
82. W.Bonnet
83. M.Claude
84. P.Fedrigo
85. C.Gautier
86. S.Haddou
87. V.Jerome
88. G.Le Floch
ACQUA SAPONE
91. M.Codol
92. P.Ciavatta
93. A.Donati
94. F.Failli
95. R.Marzoli
96. F.Masciarelli
97. D.Ortega
98. G.Palumbo
BRETAGNE
101. E.Gonzalo Ramirez
102. S.Duret
103. F.Guillou
104. M.Halleguen
105. R.Hardy
106. N.Lelarge
107. L.Pichon
ROUBAIX LILLE
111. C.L'Hotellerie
112. M.Boulo
113. M.Kneisky
114. S.Tronet
SKIL SHIMANO
121. Y.Huguet
122. Y.Doi
123. T.Hupond
124. L.Jin
125. P.Rooijakkers
126. A.Timmer
127. J.Vissers
128. F.Wilmann
ENDURA RACING
131. I.Camano
132. J.Christie
133. R.Hayles
134. J.Moss
135. E.Oliphant
136. S.Thwaites
137. I.Wilkinson
SAUR SOJASUN
141. A.Delaplace
142. C.Bessy
143. R.Matheou
BIGMAT AUBER
151. J.Mazet
152. G.Faucon
153. D.Le Boulch
154. R.Lemarchand
155. M.Mederel
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 23-11-2010 03:39
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Tour Mediteraneen Stage 1
Today has mass sprint written all over it, with the nice flat profile, along the coast. Unfortunately there was rain in the forecast today. The riders set off at a fairly regular pace but quickly toned that up after a few riders tried to get away. The hills at the beginning were not very helpful to Jeannesson who went to fetch waterbottles as a tactic in trying to save energy. Much later in the day a small amount of very unsignificant riders in the break were on their final stand, as Cofidis and Bbox were really chasing them down. In the sprint for the line we only had Kiryienka who had anything left to help out Rojas, but that was short-lived and Kiryienka dropped back forcing Rojas to ride without any team mates.
Still, Rojas manages a 5th (on extreme) after coming from WAY behind and nearly passing the 4 riders ahead of him, and all that without any team support basically.
Stage:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player |  1 | Jens KEUKELEIRE | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | 2h06'23 | |  2 | Valentin IGLINSKIY | ASTANA | s.t. | | | 3 | William BONNET | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | s.t. | |
| 4 | Francesco FAILLI | ACQUA & SAPONE | s.t. | | | 5 | José Joaquin ROJAS | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | Player | | 6 | Roberto CESARO | MICHE PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | | 7 | Cameron MEYER | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | s.t. | | | 8 | Pasquale MUTO | MICHE PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | | 9 | Alexandre VINOKOUROV | ASTANA | s.t. | | | 10 | Gianni MEERSMAN | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | s.t. | | | 11 | Assan BAZAYEV | ASTANA | s.t. | | | 12 | Stéphane AUGE | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | s.t. | | | 13 | Mathieu CLAUDE | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | s.t. | | | 14 | Simone CAMPAGNARO | MICHE PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | | 15 | Matteo CARRARA | VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | |
GC:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Jens KEUKELEIRE | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | 2h06'03 | | | 2 | Valentin IGLINSKIY | ASTANA | + 8 | | | 3 | William BONNET | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | + 12 | | | 4 | Francesco FAILLI | ACQUA & SAPONE | + 20 | | | 5 | José Joaquin ROJAS | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | Player | | 6 | Roberto CESARO | MICHE PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | | 7 | Cameron MEYER | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | s.t. | | | 8 | Pasquale MUTO | MICHE PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | | 9 | Alexandre VINOKOUROV | ASTANA | s.t. | | | 10 | Gianni MEERSMAN | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | s.t. | | | 11 | Assan BAZAYEV | ASTANA | s.t. | | | 12 | Stéphane AUGE | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | s.t. | | | 13 | Mathieu CLAUDE | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | s.t. | | | 14 | Simone CAMPAGNARO | MICHE PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | | 15 | Matteo CARRARA | VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | |
Points:
| Rank | Name | Team | Points | General | | 1 | Jens KEUKELEIRE | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | 25 | 25 | | 2 | Valentin IGLINSKIY | ASTANA | 20 | 20 | | 3 | William BONNET | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | 16 | 16 | | 4 | Francesco FAILLI | ACQUA & SAPONE | 14 | 14 | | 5 | José Joaquin ROJAS | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 12 | 12 |
KOM:
| Rank | Name | Team | Mountain | General | | 1 | Rémi CUSIN | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | 6 | 6 | | 2 | Ruggero MARZOLI | ACQUA & SAPONE | 4 | 4 | | 3 | Francesco MASCIARELLI | ACQUA & SAPONE | 2 | 2 |
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Posted on 23-11-2010 16:41
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Now its more fun..good sprint from Rojas.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 23-11-2010 21:41
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baia wrote:
Now its more fun..good sprint from Rojas.
Thanks. I also find it more fun. There's less x8 and more x1 adjusting things and picking the perfect spot to fetch bottles etc.
Still not sure how the mountain stages will work on extreme because I suck at them with patch 1.0.4.1. on Hard.
Where's the rest of the love for playing on extreme and getting this result? 
Spoiler The last bit is mostly a joke.
Edited by valverde321 on 23-11-2010 21:43
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Posted on 23-11-2010 22:44
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Nice TDU, playing on extreme will be fun to watch. Gook luck. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 23-11-2010 23:16
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Tour Mediteraneen Stage 2
The stage looks perfect for a break to stay away. We think the peloton will also still be tired from yesterdays heavy rain and maybe a few will have a cold thus not being able to work as hard. All these factors will help a break stay clear and we hope that will be the case.
In all truthfulness we also wanted to get the KOM jersey as our serious climbers here are more just building for later races in the month. As we set off we immediately attacked with a homegrown hero/enemy depending on who you are; Christophe Moreau. Even though he is quite old now he is still seen as somewhat of a threat so he and his 3 accomplices were brought back within 20 minutes. Soon after that though we sent another rider out on the attack.
This time it was Jaun Jose Cobo. Some say he's really talented and others say he is just an above average climber, but none-the-less he was allowed to get clear. At the first KOM sprint he grabbed maximum points and looked well on his way to grabbing the KOM jersey for tommorow with one KOM sprint still left, but on the 2nd and final KOM sprint Matt Willson (Garmin) decided to go for maximum points. Cobo only finished 3rd on that sprint and gave Wilson the jersey by 2 points.
The breaks hope of survival was reduced significantly after Cobo dropped down as his main goal of the day was done. They eventually got caught with 29km left.
In the sprint we had actually prepared a sprint train, but Plaza didn't execute correctly and Rojas fell behind like yesterday.
For starting the sprint 20 riders down on all these riders (currently at the front) Rojas still managed a great position and really caught up in the final metres. Its less his fault as it is the teams for not getting him in a good spot for the sprint. Something to work on for stage 3 I guess.
Stage:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player |  1 | Francesco FAILLI | ACQUA & SAPONE | 4h07'39 | | | 2 | Gianni MEERSMAN | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | s.t. | | | 3 | Giovanni PALUMBO | ACQUA & SAPONE | s.t. | |
| 4 | William BONNET | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | s.t. | | | 5 | Pasquale MUTO | MICHE PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | | 6 | José Joaquin ROJAS | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | Player | | 7 | Matthieu LADAGNOUS | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | s.t. | | | 8 | Jens KEUKELEIRE | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | s.t. | | | 9 | Valentin IGLINSKIY | ASTANA | s.t. | | | 10 | Roberto CESARO | MICHE PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | | 11 | Cameron MEYER | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | s.t. | | | 12 | Travis MEYER | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | s.t. | | | 13 | Romain ZINGLE | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | s.t. | | | 14 | Rémi PAURIOL | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | s.t. | | | 15 | Josep JUFRE POU | ASTANA | s.t. | |
GC:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Francesco FAILLI | ACQUA & SAPONE | 6h13'42 | | | 2 | Jens KEUKELEIRE | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | s.t. | | | 3 | Valentin IGLINSKIY | ASTANA | + 8 | | | 4 | Gianni MEERSMAN | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | s.t. | | | 5 | William BONNET | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | + 12 | | | 6 | Giovanni PALUMBO | ACQUA & SAPONE | s.t. | | | 7 | José Joaquin ROJAS | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 20 | Player | | 8 | Pasquale MUTO | MICHE PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | | 9 | Roberto CESARO | MICHE PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | | 10 | Cameron MEYER | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | s.t. | | | 11 | Assan BAZAYEV | ASTANA | s.t. | | | 12 | Stéphane AUGE | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | s.t. | | | 13 | Simone CAMPAGNARO | MICHE PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | | 14 | Matthieu LADAGNOUS | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | s.t. | | | 15 | Rémi PAURIOL | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | s.t. | |
Points:
| Rank | Name | Team | Points | General | | 1 | Francesco FAILLI | ACQUA & SAPONE | 25 | 39 | | 2 | Jens KEUKELEIRE | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | 8 | 33 | | 3 | William BONNET | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | 14 | 30 | | 4 | Valentin IGLINSKIY | ASTANA | 7 | 27 | | 5 | Gianni MEERSMAN | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | 20 | 26 |
KOM:
| Rank | Name | Team | Mountain | General | | 1 | Matthew WILSON | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | 18 | 18 | | 2 | Juan José COBO | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 16 | 16 | | 3 | Morgan KNEISKY | ROUBAIX - LILLE METROPOLE | 8 | 8 | | 4 | Paolo CIAVATTA | ACQUA & SAPONE | 8 | 8 | | 5 | Rémi CUSIN | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | 0 | 6 |
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| baia |
Posted on 23-11-2010 23:41
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I think 6th place in Extreme is a good result...could be better but...keep fighting and don´t give up.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 25-11-2010 23:11
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Tour Mediteraneen Stage 3
The stage calls for a sprint finish. Our main goal for the day is setting up Rojas for the win, but our secondary goal is to try and have Cobo in the BOTD to claim some more KOM points, and hopefully take a stranglehold on that classification.
After several failed attempts by Cobo a BOTD finally got going. Cobo missed out, as he was tired from earlier efforts of trying a break.
The break managed a good 7 minutes to the bunch and with only 30km left that was reduced to 2' minutes. Grivko, Willmann, Veikkanen and Stangelj tried to get away, but only Grivko and Veikkanen could bridge the gap.
Now with 4km left the break assumes the position and gets ready to be caught, but some wont give up just yet...
Caisse finally has a good train set up. Can we catch the break in time.
Our view with 500m left.
100m left.
And Grivko the Astana rider just barely gets the win. Rojas 3rd. We really thought we had this, but in the end we forgot that there was still a BOTD and I was nearly about to jump for joy, because I thought I had my first win on extreme.
Stage:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player |  1 | Andriy GRIVKO | ASTANA | 2h38'49 | | | 2 | Romain HARDY | BRETAGNE - SCHULLER | s.t. | |  3 | José Joaquin ROJAS | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | Player |
| 4 | Valentin IGLINSKIY | ASTANA | s.t. | | | 5 | Gorazd STANGELJ | ASTANA | s.t. | | | 6 | Scott THWAITES | ENDURA RACING | s.t. | | | 7 | Edwin CARJAVAL | MICHE PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | | 8 | Noan LELARGE | BRETAGNE - SCHULLER | s.t. | | | 9 | William BONNET | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | s.t. | | | 10 | Anthony DELAPLACE | SAUR - SOJASUN | s.t. | | | 11 | Jussi VEIKKANEN | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | s.t. | | | 12 | Jens KEUKELEIRE | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | s.t. | | | 13 | Frederik WILMANN | SKIL - SHIMANO | s.t. | | | 14 | Ruggero MARZOLI | ACQUA & SAPONE | s.t. | | | 15 | Matthieu BOULO | ROUBAIX - LILLE METROPOLE | s.t. | |
GC:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Jens KEUKELEIRE | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | 8h52'31 | | | 2 | Francesco FAILLI | ACQUA & SAPONE | s.t. | | | 3 | Andriy GRIVKO | ASTANA | s.t. | | | 4 | Valentin IGLINSKIY | ASTANA | + 8 | | | 5 | Gianni MEERSMAN | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | s.t. | | | 6 | Romain HARDY | BRETAGNE - SCHULLER | s.t. | | | 7 | José Joaquin ROJAS | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 12 | Player | | 8 | William BONNET | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | s.t. | | | 9 | Giovanni PALUMBO | ACQUA & SAPONE | s.t. | | | 10 | Roberto CESARO | MICHE PRO CYCLING TEAM | + 20 | | | 11 | Cameron MEYER | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | s.t. | | | 12 | Pasquale MUTO | MICHE PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | | 13 | Matthieu LADAGNOUS | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | s.t. | | | 14 | Stéphane AUGE | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | s.t. | | | 15 | Rémi PAURIOL | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | s.t. | |
Points:
| Rank | Name | Team | Points | General | | 1 | Valentin IGLINSKIY | ASTANA | 14 | 41 | | 2 | Francesco FAILLI | ACQUA & SAPONE | 0 | 39 | | 3 | José Joaquin ROJAS | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 16 | 38 | | 4 | Jens KEUKELEIRE | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | 4 | 37 | | 5 | William BONNET | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | 7 | 37 |
KOM:
| Rank | Name | Team | Mountain | General | | 1 | Matthew WILSON | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | 0 | 18 | | 2 | Juan José COBO | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 0 | 16 | | 3 | Edwin CARJAVAL | MICHE PRO CYCLING TEAM | 14 | 14 | | 4 | Gorazd STANGELJ | ASTANA | 14 | 14 | | 5 | Frederik WILMANN | SKIL - SHIMANO | 8 | 8 |
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Posted on 26-11-2010 06:35
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Nice! A 3rd place! |
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Posted on 26-11-2010 08:46
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Nice 3rd place..and the win will come.
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Posted on 26-11-2010 13:18
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Thanks. Already played the 4th stage and we were in contention again. Maybe we won, maybe we didn't. You'll have to find out later. |
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Posted on 27-11-2010 02:48
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Tour Mediteraneen Stage 4
The stage looks fairly unknown to us. Maybe we could see a sprint, or maybe we could see the contenders attack at the end and try to get time on each other, that is really the question. Luckily we have riders prepared for both situations, so we are not worried.
The stage began with a KOM sprint really close to the beginning so we tried to have Cobo in the break or atleast the lead group for the climb but he was pulled back after a huge attack. He looked tired the rest of the stage because of it and never got away.
Two riders did however, Veikkanen and Taaramae.
The two bff's rode into the finishing town first, and they really thought they had the win, with only 4km left.
But with shades of Champs Elysees, Vinokourov made one attack and was up with the leading two (well now 3). But behind Kiryienka and Rojas were chasing hard, as the roads incline went up.
Vino held off for the win.
But Rojas still finishes strong, even with the incline which most sprinters would not be able to do as well at.
Stage:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Alexandre VINOKOUROV | ASTANA | 3h52'25 | | | 2 | Pierrick FEDRIGO | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | s.t. | |  3 | Jussi VEIKKANEN | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | s.t. | |
| 4 | Matteo CARRARA | VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | | 5 | José Joaquin ROJAS | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | Player | | 6 | Vasil KIRYIENKA | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | Player | | 7 | Przemyslaw NIEMIEC | MICHE PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | | 8 | Rémi PAURIOL | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | s.t. | | | 9 | Andriy GRIVKO | ASTANA | s.t. | | | 10 | Oscar PEREIRO | ASTANA | s.t. | | | 11 | Cyril GAUTIER | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | s.t. | | | 12 | David MONCOUTIE | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | s.t. | | | 13 | Rein TAARAMAE | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | s.t. | | | 14 | Pasquale MUTO | MICHE PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | | 15 | Tadej VALJAVEC | AG2R - LA MONDIALE | s.t. | |
GC:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Francesco FAILLI | ACQUA & SAPONE | 12h44'56 | | | 2 | Andriy GRIVKO | ASTANA | s.t. | | | 3 | Alexandre VINOKOUROV | ASTANA | s.t. | | | 4 | Valentin IGLINSKIY | ASTANA | + 8 | | | 5 | Gianni MEERSMAN | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | s.t. | | | 6 | Pierrick FEDRIGO | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | s.t. | | | 7 | José Joaquin ROJAS | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 12 | Player | | 8 | Giovanni PALUMBO | ACQUA & SAPONE | s.t. | | | 9 | Jussi VEIKKANEN | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | s.t. | | | 10 | Pasquale MUTO | MICHE PRO CYCLING TEAM | + 20 | | | 11 | Rémi PAURIOL | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | s.t. | | | 12 | Matthieu LADAGNOUS | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | s.t. | | | 13 | Cameron MEYER | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | s.t. | | | 14 | Vasil KIRYIENKA | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | Player | | 15 | Matteo CARRARA | VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | |
Points:
| Rank | Name | Team | Points | General | | 1 | José Joaquin ROJAS | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 12 | 50 | | 2 | Valentin IGLINSKIY | ASTANA | 0 | 41 | | 3 | Francesco FAILLI | ACQUA & SAPONE | 0 | 39 | | 4 | Jens KEUKELEIRE | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | 0 | 37 | | 5 | William BONNET | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | 0 | 37 |
KOM
| Rank | Name | Team | Mountain | General | | 1 | Jussi VEIKKANEN | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | 22 | 22 | | 2 | Rein TAARAMAE | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | 20 | 20 | | 3 | Christophe MOREAU | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 18 | 18 | | 4 | Matthew WILSON | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | 0 | 18 | | 5 | Yukihiro DOI | SKIL - SHIMANO | 16 | 16 |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 27-11-2010 08:47
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5th in that tough finish is really good. |
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Posted on 27-11-2010 12:08
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Yes,very good finish for Rojas.
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Posted on 27-11-2010 13:58
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good job in France so far
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Posted on 28-11-2010 03:23
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Thanks.
@Beagle thanks it means a lot to hear that I am doing well, from one of the extreme guys.
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Tour Mediteraneen Stage 5 [Final]
So the stage looks fairly hilly, and there are 3 KOM sprints scatters throughout the stage. This is the day of all days to get the KOM jersey victory, with a maximum of 40 available.
Here is the BOTD. Luckily for us, Moreau managed to get in it, after Cobo failed to do so. Le Mevel, and Moinard are also in.
Significance of this is that Moreau takes the lead in the KOM competition with 36 points. Only 2 more chances to get KOM points on the stage.
During the 2nd last climb the breakaway was caught and a few riders attacked but didn't stay aay long. Now onto the final climb to the finishing town, Kiryienka and Vino both attack.
But that gets caught as well and so with 5km left Arroyo tries his hand at the solo win.
But Astana brings that move back as well. Never really made sense as to why the chased down Vino though.
Final kilometre and Arroyo is well positioned. Fedrigo and Vinokourov are going very fast though.
And Fedrigo takes the stage, with Vino 2nd thus wiping out any chance of someone taking the virtual KOM jersey off Moreau, although with Vino 2nd Rojas loses his Points jersey by 2 points.
Stage:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Pierrick FEDRIGO | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | 3h31'27 | | | 2 | Alexandre VINOKOUROV | ASTANA | + 8 | | | 3 | David MONCOUTIE | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | s.t. | |
| 4 | David ARROYO | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | Player | | 5 | Przemyslaw NIEMIEC | MICHE PRO CYCLING TEAM | + 17 | | | 6 | Rémi PAURIOL | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | + 26 | | | 7 | Matteo CARRARA | VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | | 8 | Josep JUFRE POU | ASTANA | s.t. | | | 9 | Cyril GAUTIER | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | s.t. | | | 10 | Tadej VALJAVEC | AG2R - LA MONDIALE | s.t. | | | 11 | Andriy GRIVKO | ASTANA | + 45 | | | 12 | Oscar PEREIRO | ASTANA | s.t. | | | 13 | Sandy CASAR | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | + 1'00 | | | 14 | Anthony CHARTEAU | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | s.t. | | | 15 | Tom DANIELSON | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | s.t. | |
GC:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Pierrick FEDRIGO | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | 16h16'11 | | | 2 | Alexandre VINOKOUROV | ASTANA | + 8 | | | 3 | David MONCOUTIE | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | + 32 | | | 4 | David ARROYO | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 40 | Player | | 5 | Przemyslaw NIEMIEC | MICHE PRO CYCLING TEAM | + 49 | | | 6 | Andriy GRIVKO | ASTANA | + 57 | | | 7 | Rémi PAURIOL | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | + 58 | | | 8 | Matteo CARRARA | VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | | 9 | Cyril GAUTIER | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | s.t. | | | 10 | Josep JUFRE POU | ASTANA | s.t. | | | 11 | Tadej VALJAVEC | AG2R - LA MONDIALE | s.t. | | | 12 | Oscar PEREIRO | ASTANA | + 1'17 | | | 13 | Francesco FAILLI | ACQUA & SAPONE | + 1'28 | | | 14 | Sandy CASAR | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | + 1'32 | | | 15 | Tom DANIELSON | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | s.t. | |
Points:
| Rank | Name | Team | Points | General | | 1 | Alexandre VINOKOUROV | ASTANA | 20 | 52 | | 2 | José Joaquin ROJAS | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 0 | 50 | | 3 | Pierrick FEDRIGO | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | 25 | 45 | | 4 | Valentin IGLINSKIY | ASTANA | 0 | 41 | | 5 | Francesco FAILLI | ACQUA & SAPONE | 0 | 39 |
KOM:
| Rank | Name | Team | Mountain | General | | 1 | Christophe MOREAU | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 18 | 36 | | 2 | Christophe LE MEVEL | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | 26 | 32 | | 3 | Amaël MOINARD | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | 28 | 28 | | 4 | Sandy CASAR | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | 14 | 26 | | 5 | Rein TAARAMAE | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | 4 | 24 |
Moreau celebrates his King of the Mountains jersey.
Team GC:
| Rank | Team | Time | General Time | | 1 | ASTANA | 10h35'40 | 48h51'28 (1) | | 2 | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | + 7 | + 7 (2) | | 3 | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | + 1'01 | + 1'01 (3) | | 4 | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 2'21 | + 2'21 (4) | | 5 | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | + 2'43 | + 2'43 (5) |
U25:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | General Time | | 1 | Cyril GAUTIER | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | 3h31'53 | 16h17'09 (1) | | 2 | José Joaquin ROJAS | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 1'20 | + 1'12 (2) | | 3 | Rein TAARAMAE | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | s.t. | + 1'20 (3) |
Edited by valverde321 on 28-11-2010 03:25
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 28-11-2010 09:26
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4th overall. Nice. |
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| baia |
Posted on 28-11-2010 09:58
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Very positive result for Caisse.Congrats.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 28-11-2010 16:31
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Thanks guys. Glad you are enjoying it. Yeah I again thought I had a win with Arroyo but then Astana brought him back. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 28-11-2010 18:01
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Fourth + KoM is actually a good result for Caisse. |
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