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Omega Pharma Quickstep - 2012
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| roturn |
Posted on 02-02-2012 16:22
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No question I am excited to see you at the TdU if Ciolek is your leader there. 
Top 5 is possible for him even with the hill top if he has a form of ~60+ that early. That`s the big IF. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 02-02-2012 16:23
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Ciolek should consider shaving his stache. Pretty dirty imo 
Good luck for TDU.
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 02-02-2012 16:39
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Good luck with Ciolek in TdU, I hope you can achieve a stage victory, |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 02-02-2012 17:34
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Thanks all, yea agreed about Ciolek's chances ( and stache too ). We would hope for a Top 5 and a very sneaky stage victory, but with that startlist, it will be tough Not playing PCM in 4 months won't help either Pheww, took me a while but the TdU preview is up
Santos Tour Down Under
We start the real season with the Pro Tour Race in Down Under. It's the first big race this season, but many will take this as training for the future races in March where it's said the real racing begins. Nonetheless we will fight out for victory here as many other teams.
All 18 PT Teams participate in Australia as also the 4 wildcard teams Androni, Europcar, Cofidis and UnitedHealthcare.
2012 Route
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6
Results 2011
| 1 |  Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 17:54:27 | | 2 | Matthew Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad | 0:00:02 | | 3 |  Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling | 0:00:08 | | | 4 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:00:09 | | 5 |  Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:00:10 | | 6 |  Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:17 | | 7 |  André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:00:26 | | 8 |  Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | | | 9 | Allan Davis (Aus) Astana | 0:00:27 | | 10 | Luke Roberts (Aus) UNI SA - Australia | 0:00:28 |
Omega Pharma QuickStep - Tour Down Under Team
Our team consists of one clear leader, young riders and domestiques. Ciolek is our leader, one of our best sprinters and good hilly rider, he will fight for both sprints and overall classifications with his 54 points of fitness he isn't in the best shape, but it's a decent start and should improve. We don't expect great results in first few stages though.
Rest of the team consists of our rider with best form at the moment. Pauwels will be our main domesitque for Ciolek on Willunga and will himself go for King of Mounatains Jersey. Kwiatkowski, Vermote and Van Keirsbulck are here for the experience, and hopefully they will learn a lot from here.
Full Starlist
Spoiler Katusha
1. Ó.Freire
2. D.Galimzyanov
3. V.Gusev
4. M.Ignatiev
5. A.Kuschynski
6. M.Vantomme
7. Á.Vicioso
Sky
11. M.Cavendish
12. D.Appollonio
13. J.Hunt
14. R.Porte
15. C.Sutton
16. B.Swift
17. R.Urán
Garmin
21. T.Farrar
22. T.Dekker
23. K.Fernández
24. R.Hunter
25. A.Klier
26. S.Vanmarcke
27. J.Vansummeren
Quick•Step
31. G.Ciolek
32. M.Kwiatkowski
33. S.Pauwels
34. N.Terpstra
35. G.Van Keirsbulck
36. S.Vandenbergh
37. J.Vermote
Lampre
41. A.Petacchi
42. D.Cimolai
43. M.Graziato
44. D.Hondo
45. A.Malori
46. M.Mori
47. D.Righi
Lotto
51. A.Greipel
52. G.Bille
53. K.Dehaes
54. A.Hansen
55. M.Neyens
56. J.Roelandts
57. M.Sieberg
AG2R
61. N.Roche
62. M.Belletti
63. J.Bérard
64. J.Casper
65. L.Mondory
66. A.Ravard
67. B.Shpilevsky
RadioShack
71. D.Bennati
72. T.Gallopin
73. G.Nizzolo
74. Y.Popovych
75. G.Rast
76. H.Roulston
77. R.Wagner
Movistar
81. A.Valverde
82. J.Castroviejo
83. I.Gutiérrez
84. J.Herrada
85. P.Lastras
86. E.Sanz
87. F.J.Ventoso
Vacansoleil
91. S.Devolder
92. J.Hoogerland
93. B.Leukemans
94. P.Ligthart
95. M.Marcato
96. M.Pavarin
97. K.Van Hummel
GreenEdge
101. D.Impey
102. A.Davis
103. J.Dean
104. M.Docker
105. M.Goss
106. J.Keukeleire
107. S.O'Grady
Euskaltel
111. M.Astarloza
112. P.Bilbao
113. R.García
114. M.Nieve
115. R.Pérez
116. A.Sáez de Arregi
117. P.Urtasun
Cofidis
121. S.Dumoulin
122. J.Demaret
123. K.Kriit
124. A.Labbe
125. A.Petit
126. A.Saramotins
127. N.Sijmens
Astana
131. E.Gasparotto
132. A.Bazayev
133. F.Gavazzi
134. J.Guarnieri
135. M.Iglinskiy
136. D.Muravyev
137. S.Ponzi
Saxo Bank
141. J.J.Haedo
142. M.Boaro
143. J.Cantwell
144. K.Kroon
145. L.Roberts
146. D.Tanner
147. T.R.Vinther
BMC
151. G.Van Avermaet
152. A.Blythe
153. M.Burghardt
154. T.Phinney
155. T.Roe
156. M.Schär
157. D.Wyss
FDJ
161. A.Roux
162. D.Boucher
163. M.Delage
164. P.Fédrigo
165. A.Geslin
166. F.Guesdon
167. D.Rollin
Liquigas
171. D.Oss
172. T.Dall'Antonia
173. E.King
174. P.Longo Borghini
175. M.Paterski
176. D.Ratto
177. E.Viviani
Rabobank
181. M.Tjallingii
182. T.Bos
183. G.Brown
184. M.Matthews
185. B.Tankink
186. J.Van Emden
187. M.Wynants
Europcar
191. Y.Arashiro
192. Sé.Chavanel
193. R.Chtioui
194. D.Gaudin
195. Y.Gène
196. A.Pichot
197. S.Turgot
UnitedHealthcare
201. R.Sutherland
202. H.Clarke
203. R.Förster
204. A.Hegyvari
205. J.Keough
206. J.Louder
207. J.McCartney
Androni
211. R.Ferrari
212. A.De Marchi
213. G.Ermeti
214. F.Felline
215. F.J.Moreno
216. A.Parrinello
217. J.Rodríguez
GC Favourites
***** Valverde
**** Uran, Van Avermaet
*** Roche, Petacchi, Freire
** Ciolek, Davis, Matthews, Goss
* Roberts, Devolder, Astarloza, Gasparotto
Sprint Favourites
**** Cavendish
*** Farrar, Greipel
** Freire, Petacchi, Bennati
* Ciolek, Ventoso, Goss, Bos
The starlist here in Down Under is full of star sprinters. We will see battles of arguably the five fastest riders in the world. We have never seen such strong startlist here before, so we can expect tough race, definitely in sprints.
With the Willunga being Hill Top finish, puncheurs will have a chance to win this race. Valverde looks like the biggest name, and if he's in decent form he might smash it too. Uran will be his biggest rival on that stage. Freire and Van Avermaet will be big favourites too, as both can sprint well and climb with the best.
We can expect, an excting and very intresting bit of racing here, we will know more about the favourites from the race tomorrow, as we will learn the how the form of other sprinters fears.
Edited by Alakagom on 02-02-2012 18:56
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| roturn |
Posted on 02-02-2012 17:58
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Surprised not to see Haussler here after his performance at the Nationals.
Good for you probably.
Good luck. |
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| jona777 |
Posted on 02-02-2012 18:02
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Great!
RIP Wouter Weylandt, siempre con noi
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 02-02-2012 18:06
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Nice to see a pretty decent team you have picked for the Tour Down Under
Ciolek should grab you a couple of stages i reckon
Good Luck |
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| Schleck96 |
Posted on 02-02-2012 18:06
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Good Luck for TDU |
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| markDW |
Posted on 02-02-2012 18:44
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Very good topic!! well done!
Greets,
Mark
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 02-02-2012 19:52
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Good reports from the Nationals. Good luck in Tour Down Under, take Ciolek to an early season glory. |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 03-02-2012 09:49
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@roturn – Indeed, dunno about Haussler’s decision, but it will help us definitely. Thank you for the support
jona777 – Thank you very much 
sutty68 – Thank you, I want the team I pic to be realistic to the real life so that’s why I choose the team. Mainly for the form too, and from experience as we don’t need need a lead out here, so it’s better to give young riders ride.
Hope you right about Ciolek, seeing the list he isn’t in Top 5 sprinter and not best form, we might have a chance in later stages, but it will be tough in the first two or three. Thank you
Schleck96 – Thank you Schleck
markDW – Welcome to the forum Mark, and special thanks to you for commenting on my story Hope you will enjoy it and comment regularly Thanks again.
FreitasPCM – Thanks Freitas, it will be tough, but we will definitely try
Again, I was bit unlucky as I had the report ready, but then my brother deleted all of it, so I will have to retype it today. That means there will be two reports, one later in afternoon and one at night. So stay tuned as we got to a decent start in Down Under
Edited by Alakagom on 03-02-2012 09:49
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 03-02-2012 16:21
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Tour Down Under - Stage 1
Prospect - Clare
First stage of this year's Tour Down Under is mostly flat with few hills that shouldn’t cause any major problems. Cavendish should be the rider to beat here, along Farrar, Pettachi and Greipel, this should make for one hell of finale.
2012 Cycling Season is about to begin !
There were many attacks in the opening stages of the race, but none succeeded. The fans can enjoy the new looks of the 2012 peleton.
With 80km to go the breakaway of the day formed. It includes Sébastien Turgot ( Team Europcar ), Jacopo Guarnieri ( Astana Pro Team ), Jimmy Casper ( AG2R La Mondiale ) and world renowned and a local rider, Stuart O'Grady (GreenEdge Cycling Team ). There will be a lot of cheers for him trough the stage.
The break was never allowed more than 3 minute gap, controlled by Lotto and BMC respectively, with Sky and Garmin giving a hand. All those teams with a great chance of victory today.
With 12km to go, the OPQS riders have done their job for today. You couldn’t wish for a better position than Cavendish’s wheel ! Now Ciolek has to keep his wheel and try to get to nice sprint at the end, although he is slowly already losing his red bar.
After few scraps and at one point loosing Cav’s wheel, Ciolek is back again looking in great position, with not great endurance to sprint though. His red bar is half empty by now. On the other side, Hondo gives Petacchi a great lead-out, but with 2.5km will Petacchi go into the wind too early ?
50m to go and it’s going to be a close battle between the four riders. Cavendish had best lead-out, but Farrar’s seems to have amazing acceleration at the end. Petacchi hit the wind too early, and won’ take the victory.
Farrar triumphs in a dominant fashion, although the stage could have played out differently if Petacchi waited longer to start his sprint. Cavendish will have to improve to win here, as Farrar looks in great shape. OPQS reaction following in the report.
Result
| 1 |  Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Barracuda | 3h18'39 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 3 |  Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 4 | Theo Bos | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Óscar Freire | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 6 | Matthew Goss | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 8 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 |  Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 10 | Allan Davis | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. |
Overall GC
| 1 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Barracuda | 3h18'29 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Procycling | + 4 | | 3 | Jimmy Casper | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 4 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | + 6 | | 5 | Stuart O'Grady | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 7 | | 6 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | + 8 | | 7 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | + 9 | | 8 | Theo Bos | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 10 | | 9 | Óscar Freire | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 10 | Matthew Goss | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. |
Points Jersey
| 1 | Jimmy Casper | AG2R La Mondiale | 12 | | | 2 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Barracuda | 8 | | | 3 | Stuart O'Grady | GreenEdge Cycling Team | 6 | | | 4 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Procycling | 6 | | | 5 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | 4 |
Youth Jersey
| 1 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 3h18'37 | | 2 | Daniel Oss | Liquigas - Cannondale | 3h18'39 | + 2 | | 3 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | s.t. | + 2 | | 4 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | s.t. | + 2 | | 5 | Anthony Roux | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | + 2 |
Team’s Reaction
It was an impressive win by Farrar, Ciolek had perfect wheel and perfect position to win. Why he didn’t then ? He didn’t have the stamina at the end, his red bar was empty in the last 200m and he was going “backwards”. The team did everything perfect, so we couldn’t do much more on this stage. We just hope Ciolek will have better daily form on the next stage, and his general form will increase. But this stage show how tough competition will be here, with those names in Top 10.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 03-02-2012 16:27
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Your sig takes forever to load.........
Alright result. Its gonna take me a while to get into the swing of things with PCM 11 too. We'll probably both get bad results for a while
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| roturn |
Posted on 03-02-2012 16:30
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8th is a good start seeing all the better sprinters ahead of him.
Nice report. |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 03-02-2012 16:32
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Pretty decend start of the season. With a better daily form and stamina, a top 3 can be possible!
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 03-02-2012 17:19
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Nice start, also awesome graphics, not gonna attempt to put my graphics as I can't stand a slow game lol
GL for the rest of the TDU 
MG Team manager Team Ticos Air Costa Rica
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 03-02-2012 17:51
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8th is a very good result in this field of top class sprinters, keep on the good work. Good luck |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 03-02-2012 18:01
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It's a nice start of the season. Obviously the others are better sprinters, and of course the shape never helps, but Ciolek can improve throughout the race. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 03-02-2012 18:06
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A nice start to your new career |
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| Olinho |
Posted on 03-02-2012 18:09
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Not bad at all regarding the opposition!!
Though, I'm allready looking forward to see the same results in the Tour San Luis as in real life
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