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| Teddy The Creator |
Posted on 01-02-2012 06:06
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@valverde Thanks so much!
Canada will be tough, but Gerrans will be there too, so Danny will just have to try his luck in a break.
Aussie Champs up soon...
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| Kiein |
Posted on 01-02-2012 08:09
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Exiting writing ! I will deffinitly follow this one  |
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| Teddy The Creator |
Posted on 02-02-2012 10:29
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Australian Championships Weekend
The Australian champs are the usual place were the season starts. These are obviously a big few days for GreenEDGE, so we hope to take at least the road title.
The Road Race is one of the tougher nationals races in cycling. The riders have to ride up Mt. Buninyong, and then straight down a very fast section, and do it 15 more times. Very hard. The race may make it to a sprint, but with 9 strong riders in our squad we expected to control the race and win.
The race started with a strong 6-man break containing Jack Bobridge , Matthew Lloyd and others. Those two controlled the break until late in the race, when an attack by Rory Sutherland blew apart the peloton and breakaway. It eventually fell down to just Bobridge and Sutherland at the front, but they would be caught.
With the group in one, Simon Gerrans and Allan Davis acted like the veterans they were, thinking on their pedals to start a lead out for Matt Goss. This worked marvellously with Davis and Gossy taking it all the way to the line, with Matt taking the win!
| 1 | Matthew Goss | GreenEdge Cycling Team | 4h47'26 | | 2 | Allan Davis | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Michael Rogers | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 4 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Stuart O'Grady | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Jack Bobridge | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 8 | David Tanner | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 9 | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 10 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Simon Gerrans | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 13 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14 | Ben Day | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 15 | Cameron Meyer | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 16 | Jack Anderson | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 17 | Robbie McEwen | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 1'00 | | 18 | Matthew Wilson | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 19 | Nathan Haas | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 20 | Aaron Kemps | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 21 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 22 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 23 | Hilton Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 24 | Cameron Wurf | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 25 | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 26 | Luke Durbridge | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 27 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'56 | | 28 | Luke Roberts | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 29 | Zakkari Dempster | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 30 | Fabio Calabria | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 31 | Timothy Roe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 32 | Joshua Prete | Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 33 | Karl Menzies | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 34 | Jonathan Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 35 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'41 | | 36 | Scott Law | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 37 | William Clarke | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | + 3'48 | | 38 | Dean Windsor | Endura Racing | s.t. |
The race against the clock wouldn't be as easy. With Durbridge, Hepburn, Bobridge and Cam Meyer in the squad, we were well represented, but the Sky pair of Michael Rogers and Richie Porte would be too strong. They rode very well, and took a 1-2. Meyer and Durbridge both rode well too, taking 4th and 5th respectively.
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Edited by Teddy The Creator on 02-02-2012 10:31
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 02-02-2012 11:18
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Amazing screen from the time trial, really great! Also, lovely reporting style, I like it. not to forget, congrats for the road title 
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 02-02-2012 11:58
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What a Great start for GreenEdge with Matty Goss the new National Champion |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 02-02-2012 12:48
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Great start with Gossy an great shot of your rider,good luck with Daniel T in February
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 02-02-2012 14:33
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Is that an ingame filter, or do those screens look great from means, outside the game?
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| alexanderlens |
Posted on 02-02-2012 15:24
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So good so far!
Guess who's back?
Lets see how many friens are still around... |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 02-02-2012 19:58
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Great start with Goss's win in the National Champs. And what an extraordinary photo of the time-trial report.  |
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| Teddy The Creator |
Posted on 03-02-2012 07:36
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cunego59 wrote:
Amazing screen from the time trial, really great! Also, lovely reporting style, I like it. not to forget, congrats for the road title
Wow man thanks so much! When something's bold you know you mean it! And thanks I like the report too. 
sutty68 wrote:
What a Great start for GreenEdge with Matty Goss the new National Champion
Yes it is! Thanks!
Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Great start with Gossy an great shot of your rider,good luck with Daniel T in February
Thank you, Oman will be around in no time.
valverde321 wrote:
Is that an ingame filter, or do those screens look great from means, outside the game?
Thanks, the filter was I think high dynamic contrast with a focus on warm colours. I think it looks nice. With the 2nd one though I just changed up some of the light settings on PS.
alexanderlens wrote:
So good so far!
Thanks!
FreitasPCM wrote:
Great start with Goss's win in the National Champs. And what an extraordinary photo of the time-trial report.
Cheers for that man!
Okay a wrap-up of the TDU will be up soon, then it's Oman.
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| Teddy The Creator |
Posted on 04-02-2012 04:28
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 Santos Tour Down Under
Edvald Boasson Hagen and Simon Gerrans wait to start.
This year's TDU was obviously a big race for GreenEDGE, and with the summit finish on Wilunga Hill, Simon Gerrans was going for the win. Unfortunantely the chances of a dream win were severely damaged when Simon crashed and dropped out on the 2nd stage. This meant Matt Goss, who was the sprint leader, moved to leader. He couldn't achieve a stage win, but was top-5 twice.
The decisive days of the race were stages three and five. In stage 4 a sprint was expected but a 4 man group took it all the way to the line, with Denis Van Winden coming in first and taking the ochre. With a 37" gap he was a good chance to take the overall.
On Stage 5 up to Wilunga though, Van Winden wasn't confident of keeping his ochre. The first climb tore his energy away, and he dropped back. But after a huge effort from his team, he made it back to the peloton.
The final sprint up to Wilunga was chaotic to say the least. Christian Knees of Sky had the early lead, but Edvald Boasson Hagen and Oscar Freire looked to be in the best shape. But then out of nowhere came Thor Hushovd, who forced his way up to take the win!
Thor sprints his way ahead! Goss in 8th.
Although it seemed there were clear gaps between riders, nearly all riders were given the same time, which gifted Denis Van Winden the overall lead into Adelaide, which ended in Andre Greipel crossing the line first.
Stage Winners
| 1 | Andre Greipel | Lotto - Belisol | | 2 | Edvald Boasson - Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | | 3 | Andre Greipel | Lotto - Belisol | | 4 | Denis Van Winden | Rabobank | | 5 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | | 6 | Andre Greipel | Lotto - Belisol |
Final Standings
| 1 | Dennis Van Winden | Rabobank Cycling Team | 17h46'15 | | 2 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | + 4 | | 3 | Ian Stannard | Sky Procycling | + 6 | | 4 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | + 10 | | 5 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | + 27 | | 6 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 7 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | + 31 | | 8 | David Millar | Garmin - Barracuda | + 38 | | 9 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | + 40 | | 10 | Roberto De Patre | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 42 |
Spoiler | 11 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 43 | | 12 | Matteo Tosatto | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 13 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 14 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol Team | + 45 | | 15 | Jack Bobridge | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 16 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | + 46 | | 17 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 18 | Matthew Goss | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 47 | | 19 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 20 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 21 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 22 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 23 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 24 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 25 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 26 | Tom Leezer | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 27 | Jetse Bol | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 28 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 29 | Stuart O'Grady | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 30 | Xavier Florencio | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 31 | Daniele Ratto | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 32 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 33 | Alessandro Proni | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 34 | Mitchell Docker | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 35 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 36 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 37 | Ben Hermans | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 38 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 39 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 40 | Danilo Di Luca | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 41 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 42 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 43 | Nathan Haas | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 44 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 45 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 46 | Vladimir Karpets | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 47 | Danny Pate | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 48 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 49 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 50 | Philip Deignan | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 51 | Christian Knees | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 52 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1'22 | | 53 | Davide Frattini | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 1'25 | | 54 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 55 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 2'16 | | 56 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | + 3'18 | | 57 | Jimmy Casper | AG2R La Mondiale | + 3'32 | | 58 | Theo Bos | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'38 | | 59 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ - BigMat | + 3'40 | | 60 | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 61 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 62 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 63 | Luke Durbridge | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 3'42 | | 64 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'43 | | 65 | Óscar Freire | Katusha Team | + 3'44 | | 66 | Robert Hunter | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 67 | Danilo Hondo | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 68 | Jonas Vangenechten | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 69 | Giacomo Nizzolo | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 70 | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 71 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 72 | Alex Rasmussen | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 73 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 74 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 75 | Allan Davis | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 76 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 77 | David Tanner | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 78 | Troels Ronning Vinther | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 79 | Daniel Oss | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 80 | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 81 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 82 | Francesco Ginanni | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 83 | Gregor Gazvoda | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 84 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 85 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 86 | Kristof Goddaert | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 87 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 88 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 89 | Adam Blythe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 90 | Rüdiger Selig | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 91 | Kristof Vandewalle | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 92 | Eros Capecchi | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 93 | Jakob Rathe | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 94 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 95 | Maciej Bodnar | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 96 | Kevin Hulsmans | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 97 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 98 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 99 | Luke Roberts | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 100 | Damien Monier | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 101 | Edward King | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 102 | Barry Markus | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 103 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 104 | Elia Favilli | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 105 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 106 | Ricardo García | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 107 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 108 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 109 | Tiago Machado | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 110 | Bert Grabsch | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 111 | Rafael de Mattos Andriato | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 112 | Joost Posthuma | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 113 | Leonardo Giordani | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 114 | Víctor Cabedo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 115 | Mickaël Delage | FDJ - BigMat | + 4'17 | | 116 | Kris Boeckmans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 4'19 | | 117 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 118 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 119 | Steve Chainel | FDJ - BigMat | + 4'22 | | 120 | Frederik Veuchelen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 121 | Francesco Di Paolo | Acqua & Sapone | + 4'57 | | 122 | Timothy Roe | BMC Racing Team | + 5'13 | | 123 | Jeff Louder | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 124 | Alessandro Donati | Acqua & Sapone | + 6'40 | | 125 | Danilo Napolitano | Acqua & Sapone | + 6'42 | | 126 | Alexander Porsev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 127 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 128 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 129 | Hilton Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 130 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 131 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 132 | Davide Viganò | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 133 | Pablo Urtasun | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 134 | Jean-Eudes Demaret | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 135 | Adriano Malori | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 136 | Gert Dockx | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 137 | Kevin Van Impe | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 138 | Julien Bérard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 139 | Jesse Sergent | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 140 | Tristan Valentin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 7'17 | | 141 | Thomas Bertolini | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 7'20 | | 142 | Mickaël Buffaz | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 143 | Jonathan Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 144 | Christopher Jones | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 7'36 | | 145 | Paolo Ciavatta | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 146 | Sander Cordeel | Lotto Belisol Team | + 7'55 | | 147 | Juraj Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 148 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol Team | + 8'37 | | 149 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 150 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 9'12 | | 151 | Massimo Graziato | Lampre - ISD | + 10'06 | | 152 | Boris Shpilevski | AG2R La Mondiale | + 13'01 |
Points
| 1 | Jimmy Casper | AG2R La Mondiale | 24 | | 2 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | 22 | | 3 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | 18 | | 4 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | 18 | | 5 | David Millar | Garmin - Barracuda | 18 |
Spoiler | 6 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | 14 | | 7 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | 14 | | 8 | Boris Shpilevski | AG2R La Mondiale | 12 | | 9 | Roberto De Patre | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 10 | | 10 | Dennis Van Winden | Rabobank Cycling Team | 8 | | 11 | Matteo Tosatto | Team Saxo Bank | 8 | | 12 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 8 | | 13 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | 8 | | 14 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Team Saxo Bank | 8 | | 15 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | 6 | | 16 | Theo Bos | Rabobank Cycling Team | 6 | | 17 | Ian Stannard | Sky Procycling | 4 | | 18 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana Pro Team | 4 | | 19 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol Team | 4 | | 20 | Jack Bobridge | GreenEdge Cycling Team | 4 | | 21 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ - BigMat | 4 | | 22 | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | 4 | | 23 | Luke Durbridge | GreenEdge Cycling Team | 4 | | 24 | Mickaël Delage | FDJ - BigMat | 4 | | 25 | Alessandro Donati | Acqua & Sapone | 4 | | 26 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | 2 | | 27 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | 2 | | 28 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | 2 |
Mountains
| 1 | Jimmy Casper | AG2R La Mondiale | 34 | | 2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | 28 | | 3 | Alessandro Donati | Acqua & Sapone | 28 | | 4 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | 22 | | 5 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | 22 |
Spoiler | 6 | Christian Knees | Sky Procycling | 18 | | 7 | David Millar | Garmin - Barracuda | 16 | | 8 | Vladimir Karpets | Movistar Team | 16 | | 9 | Luke Durbridge | GreenEdge Cycling Team | 16 | | 10 | Matteo Tosatto | Team Saxo Bank | 12 | | 11 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | 12 | | 12 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana Pro Team | 8 | | 13 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol Team | 8 | | 14 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | 8 | | 15 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | 8 | | 16 | Tiago Machado | RadioShack - Nissan | 8 | | 17 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | 4 | | 18 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas - Cannondale | 4 | | 19 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 4 |
Youth
| 1 | Dennis Van Winden | Rabobank Cycling Team | 17h46'15 | | 2 | Ian Stannard | Sky Procycling | + 6 | | 3 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | + 31 | | 4 | Roberto De Patre | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 42 | | 5 | Jack Bobridge | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 45 |
I think if the gaps were registered, Goss would have got top-10, but that's the breaks. And I'm sure if Simon hadn't crashed he would have been up there.
January summary up next, then Oman.
Edited by Teddy The Creator on 04-02-2012 04:31
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 04-02-2012 04:37
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Nice TDU review. Good to see Freire finishing high up in more than one story now
I cant seem to get my game to apply those filters  I click them and nothing happens.
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| Teddy The Creator |
Posted on 04-02-2012 04:44
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valverde321 wrote:
Nice TDU review. Good to see Freire finishing high up in more than one story now
I cant seem to get my game to apply those filters I click them and nothing happens.
Thanks. I hated Freire at Rabo but I like him now at Katusha.
And about those filters, I dunno what's wrong. Probably something needs to be ticked, not sure though.
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| Teddy The Creator |
Posted on 04-02-2012 04:53
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January is the first, and one of the shortest months in the cycling calendar.
The biggest race is of course the Tour Down Under, and Rabobank get some precious points to start the season. Arroyo and Moreno both showed off their climbing legs early on.
Thor was great on top of Wilunga Hill.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 04-02-2012 09:27
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Very nice wrap-ups from Tdu and the month itself. Really enjoying this.
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| Teddy The Creator |
Posted on 04-02-2012 09:35
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@Pellizotti Thanks! A lot more where that came from would be great!
 Tour of Oman - Preview
This year in Oman the route is identical to that of last year. With 4 flat stages, a 20km TT and a mountain finish, the race is quite varied compared to it's Middle Eastern partner in crime the Tour of Qatar. The stage 4 summit finish will be quite selective but it's not too long or too steep, so a sprinter with good climbing skills should be able to keep up.
Stages
Favourites
Andy Schleck (RadioShack), Jean-Christophe Peraud (AG2R), Janez Brajkovic (Astana)
Tom Danielson (Garmin), Andreas Kloden (Radioshack), Matthew Goss (GreenEDGE)
J.J Rojas (Movistar), Fabian Cancellara (Radioshack), Gustavo César Veloso (Andalucia)
Spoiler RadioShack
1. A.Schleck
2. D.Bennati
3. F.Cancellara
4. L.Didier
5. B.Hermans
6. A.Klöden
7. G.Rast
8. O.Zaugg
AG2R
11. J.Peraud
12. M.Elmiger
13. S.Hinault
14. R.Lemarchand
15. L.Mondory
16. R.Nocentini
17. M.Perget
18. N.Roche
Garmin
21. T.Danielson
22. M.Fischer
23. R.Hunter
24. A.Klier
25. M.Kreder
26. M.Maaskant
27. D.Martin
28. D.Zabriskie
Astana
31. J.Brajkovic
32. B.Božic
33. D.Fofonov
34. J.Guarnieri
35. M.Iglinskiy
36. F.Kessiakoff
37. R.Kiserlovski
38. E.Petrov
Andalucía
41. G.César Veloso
42. A.Cabello
43. J.Cano
44. J.J.Lobato
45. A.Palomares
46. J.L.Roldán
47. J.Rosendo
48. J.Simón
Movistar
51. J.J.Rojas
52. R.Costa
53. P.Lastras
54. Á.Madrazo
55. J.Moreno
56. S.Pardilla
57. N.Quintana
58. F.J.Ventoso
Katusha
61. Y.Trofimov
62. X.Florencio
63. D.Galimzyanov
64. V.Gusev
65. A.Kuschynski
66. D.Moreno
67. Á.Vicioso
68. E.Vorganov
UnitedHealthcare
71. M.De Maar
72. J.Clarke
73. P.Deignan
74. D.Frattini
75. A.Hegyvari
76. J.Louder
77. J.McCartney
78. B.White
Colombia
81. J.Suarez
82. J.Forero
83. W.Marentes
84. F.Osorio
85. D.Ospina
86. J.Pantano
87. V.H.Peña
88. J.Romero
GreenEdge
91. M.Albasini
92. M.Goss
93. B.Lancaster
94. S.Langeveld
95. C.Meier
96. J.Mouris
97. D.Teklehaimanot
98. S.Tuft
RusVelo
101. A.Ovechkin
102. A.Arguelyes
103. N.Eskov
104. D.Kozontchuk
105. A.Mironov
106. I.Rovny
107. N.Trussov
108. M.Zubov
1t4i
111. S.Geschke
112. R.Curvers
113. K.De Kort
114. Y.Doi
115. P.Gretsch
116. Y.Huguet
117. T.Hupond
118. T.Ludvigsson
Endura Racing
121. I.Bibby
122. A.Blain
123. Z.Dempster
124. R.Downing
125. J.McEvoy
126. S.Thwaites
127. P.Voss
128. I.Wilkinson
Nippo
131. T.Hayakawa
132. F.Baliani
133. V.Garofalo
134. R.Komori
135. J.Sano
136. K.Uchima
Farnese Vini
141. F.Failli
142. A.Balloni
143. C.Benenati
144. T.Bertolini
145. D.Caccia
146. P.De Negri
147. E.Favilli
148. D.Ricci Bitti
Champion
151. C.Lewis
152. J.Boillat
153. C.Butler
154. P.Jiao
155. M.Othman
156. S.Wong
157. K.Wu
158. G.Xu
SpiderTech
161. F.Parisien
162. R.Anderson
163. F.De Luna
164. L.Euser
165. J.P.McCarty
166. R.Roth
167. B.Selander
168. C.Vives
Differdange
171. J.Venter
172. C.Bihel
173. F.Dressler
174. K.Kohlvelter
175. M.Losch
176. A.Meenhorst
WIT
181. G.Pizzaballa
182. T.Giorgieri
183. D.Margutti
Itera - Katusha
191. S.Chernetskiy
192. I.Boev
193. A.Foliforov
194. I.Frolov
195. D.Kosyakov
196. S.Pomoshnikov
197. S.Rudaskov
198. A.Rybakov
GreenEDGE Plan
Now don't get too excited. Although I'm listed here as leader, Albasini will probably take me over come stage 4. His form is a little low at the moment, but will get better. We have Matt Goss here too, and with good form the DS expects at least one stage win. I will have more of a free role, getting in breakaways, and also aiming for a top-20 on the TT.
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| Teddy The Creator |
Posted on 04-02-2012 10:20
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Tour of Oman - Stage 1
Although we are hoping for Gossy in the sprint, I'll try early in the day to join the break. If I'm not succesfull I'll do some work in the peloton.
As I promised, I picked my time and attacked. Luckily, only a few people followed so the pack let us go to form a BOTD.
Me and 5 other riders got away, and working at the front in my first race of the season was tough on the legs.
With 65kms left in the race, our group was going well with a 6'00" lead over the seemingly relaxed peloton.
Back in the peloton the teams were finally starting to react, and the gap starting to shrink rapidly.
With the lead now down to under one minute, one of my break colleagues attacked. I reacted, but we were eventually brought back. A tough day, but it's always great to be in the BOTD.
We were really the only team to start an effective train, so Goss was looking good so far.
When Matty kicked, he absolutely blew away the rest of the field, flying ahead. Surely he can't be beaten now?
No he can't. Matt takes our first real win of the season, and of course the leader's jersey.
| 1 | Matthew Goss   | GreenEdge Cycling Team | 3h36'48 | | 2 | Denis Galimzyanov  | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 3 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 4 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 5 | Daniele Bennati | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 6 | Robert Hunter | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 7 | Kin San Wu | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Ian Wilkinson | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 9 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 10 | Sébastien Hinault | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 12 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 13 | Yann Huguet | Project 1t4i | s.t. | | 14 | Brett Lancaster | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 15 | Gustavo César Veloso | Andalucía | s.t. | | 16 | Steven Wong | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 17 | José Luis Roldán | Andalucía | s.t. | | 18 | Romain Lemarchand | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 19 | Ryan Anderson | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 20 | Juan José Lobato | Andalucía | s.t. | | 21 | Bjorn Selander | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 22 | Max Losch | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 23 | Gang Xu | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 24 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 25 | Alexandre Blain | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 26 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 27 | Jonathon McEvoy | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 28 | Sebastian Langeveld | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 29 | Frank Dressler | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 30 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 31 | Zakkari Dempster | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 32 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 33 | Laurent Didier | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 34 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Project 1t4i | s.t. | | 35 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 36 | Ben Hermans | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 37 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 38 | Lucas Euser | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 39 | Alex Meenhorst | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 40 | Oliver Zaugg | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 41 | Jacobus Venter | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 42 | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 43 | Robert Kiserlovski | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 44 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 45 | Muhamad Othman | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 46 | Patrick Gretsch | Project 1t4i | s.t. | | 47 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 48 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 49 | Andreas Klier | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 50 | Igor Frolov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 51 | Koen De Kort | Project 1t4i | s.t. | | 52 | François Parisien | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 53 | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 54 | Michael Albasini | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 55 | César Bihel | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 56 | Yukihiro Doi | Project 1t4i | s.t. | | 57 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 58 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 59 | Roy Curvers | Project 1t4i | s.t. | | 60 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 61 | Joris Boillat | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 62 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 63 | Svein Tuft | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 64 | Juan Forero | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 65 | Andreas Klöden | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 66 | Philip Deignan | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 67 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 68 | Elia Favilli | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 69 | Sergio Pardilla | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 70 | Jens Mouris | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 71 | Craig Lewis | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 72 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 73 | Xavier Florencio | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 74 | Ian Bibby | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 75 | Russell Downing | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 76 | Jonathan Patrick McCarty | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 77 | Thierry Hupond | Project 1t4i | s.t. | | 78 | Simon Geschke | Project 1t4i | s.t. | | 79 | Evgeni Petrov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 80 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | RusVelo | s.t. | | 81 | Martijn Maaskant | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 82 | Igor Boev | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 83 | Scott Thwaites | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 84 | Kevin Kohlvelter | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 85 | Pengda Jiao | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 86 | Charly Vives | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 87 | Thomas Bertolini | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 88 | Alexander Mironov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 89 | Christian Meier | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 90 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 91 | Flavio De Luna | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 92 | Arkimedes Arguelyes | RusVelo | s.t. | | 93 | Christopher Butler | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 94 | Michel Kreder | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 95 | Ryan Roth | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 96 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 97 | Diego Caccia | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 98 | José Luis Cano | Andalucía | s.t. | | 99 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 100 | Nikolai Trussov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 101 | Cristiano Benenati | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 102 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 103 | Mathieu Perget | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 104 | Alfredo Balloni | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 105 | Nikita Eskov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 106 | Junya Sano | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 107 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 108 | Davide Ricci Bitti | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 109 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 110 | Alexander Foliforov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 111 | Vincenzo Garofalo | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 112 | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 113 | Fortunato Baliani | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 114 | Sergei Pomoshnikov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 115 | Ryohei Komori | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 116 | Juan Pablo Suarez | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 117 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 118 | Artem Ovechkin | RusVelo | s.t. | | 119 | Grégory Rast | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 120 | Ivan Rovny | RusVelo | s.t. | | 121 | Sergey Rudaskov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 122 | Tyron Giorgieri | Team WIT | s.t. | | 123 | Jordi Simón | Andalucía | s.t. | | 124 | Matvey Zubov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 125 | Gabriele Pizzaballa | Team WIT | s.t. | | 126 | David Zabriskie | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 127 | Damiano Margutti | Team WIT | s.t. | | 128 | Adrián Palomares | Andalucía | s.t. | | 129 | Jeffry Romero | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 130 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 131 | Kohei Uchima | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 132 | Antonio Cabello | Andalucía | s.t. | | 133 | Tomohiro Hayakawa | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 134 | Jesús Rosendo | Andalucía | s.t. | | 135 | Dalivier Ospina | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 136 | Alexander Rybakov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 137 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 138 | Jason McCartney | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 139 | Davide Frattini | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 140 | Wilson Marentes | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 141 | Dmitry Kosyakov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 142 | Paul Voss | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 143 | Jonathan Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 144 | Víctor Hugo Peña | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 145 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 146 | Bradley White | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 147 | Frank Osorio | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 148 | Jeff Louder | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 149 | Adrian Hegyvari | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 150 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 151 | Andy Schleck | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. |
A perfect start. We created a great train, and Brett was a great lead-out. Also Danny of course was terrific in the break, and saved our domestiques a lot of energy.
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 04-02-2012 10:26
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Nice to see Danny out there! And very good job with the sprint train, convincing win!
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 04-02-2012 10:41
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Great reports of the TdU, and great screens. Also, great win with Goss in Oman. |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 04-02-2012 10:54
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Very nice wrap ups, reviews and reports. Some amazing screens and great results. Danny showed himself and did great and Goss won that stage with ease. Looking great
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