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| sutty68 |
Posted on 11-09-2012 23:02
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Presentation is just totally awesome 
And Good Luck to the team when they take on Australia and Argentina  |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 12-09-2012 08:58
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fernando97 Thank you, first report will be up later today
Miguel98 Let's hope so 
tmobile Thank you very much  Indeed - without Contador - staying in division should be excting challenge, and LPN just fits in this team very well.
FreitasPCM Glad you liked it
Schleck96 Thank you very much Schleck, hope I can deliver now a good story
Ian Butler Excatly, those points might bey key later in the season.
roturn Yeah, those 3 riders should be fun to follow through the season. Hope I can do something with them.
valverde321 Thanks very much, especially from such a graphic-wiz as you
sutty68 Thanks very much, glad you liked it
And again, thanks very much for the response guys I've raced the Aussie Nats Champs and the report is 80% done and will be up later afternoon after I come back from school. So stay tuned for the first report
Edited by Alakagom on 12-09-2012 08:59
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 12-09-2012 15:55
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160km long circuit consisting of 11 laps of very tough climb. It's no sprinter's race, to say the least. We should see some action mid-way through the race, but expect the final attacks from the big favourites around 10km from the finish, on the last hill.
Cadel Evans // Simon Gerrans // Richie Porte
Matthew Goss // Heinrich Haussler // Matthew Lloyd
Rory Sutherland // Micheal Rogers // Michael Matthews
From the start our task was too be involved in the break, and Luke Roberts set the pace at the first climb to split the field and allow for break.
And we succeeded doing so, Luke Roberts was joined by Dean Windsor ( Endura ) & Rohan Denis ( Jayco ) in the first break of the day.
It didn’t last long though, as the peleton led by GreenEdge’s furious pace caught our little group soon. Rohan Denis might have been to good rider to let go into a break.
Nonetheless, we try again – and this time it’s Jonathan Cantwell who joins the break. It seems it will be also the break of the day. Two big names involved are Matty Hayman ( Sky ) and Rory Sutherland ( UnitedHealthCare ).
GreenEdge’s and BMC co-operate through the rest of stage in order to catch the break, however it isn’t easy going for them. At 30km mark, the break has 3’38” minutes on the peleton – it looks to be quite close call who will get the win today if the break co-operates till the end. However it’s very unlikely to be Jonathan Cantwell, he’s already struggling with 2 laps to come.
10 km to go ! Cameron Mayer ( GreenEdge ) decided enough is enough and initializes the first attack from the peleton. David Tanner is the next to follow, along Heinrich Haussler. We don’t have any chances of winning if we waited for the biggest favourites to attack – and we decide this is the best time.
Jonathan Cantwell and three of his remaining break companions are about to get caught ahead. On the front it’s Rory Sutherland who attacks and Matthew Hayman who tries to respond.
| Sutherland | <28s> | Hayman | <57s> | Peleton | | |
5km to go and the climb is over. It’s all downhill now. Sutherland has still a gap of 50 seconds ahead of four chasers – Richie Porte ( Sky ), Cadel Evans ( BMC ), Cameron Meyer ( GreenEdge ) and Heinrich Haussler ( Garmin ). Tanner is between them and the peleton, but it all looks to join together, with GreenEdge chasing furiously in the pack – for Matt Goss.
However not even GreenEdge’s pace could catch the man on the mission today. His attack in last 10km to go proved to be just the right one – Rory Sutherland is the Australian National Champion.
Matthew Hayman was caught in the last 100 metres and overtaken by rapidly finishing Matthew Goss. Cadel Evans completes the podium. David Tanner finished on a plausible, 13th place.
| 1 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 4h15'17 | | 2 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEdge | + 35 | | 3 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 4 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 5 | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 6 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 7 | Michael Rogers | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 8 | Simon Gerrans | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 9 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 10 | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | ... | | 13 | David Tanner | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 55 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 60 | Luke Roberts | Team Saxo Bank | + 4'36 |
Our first race went pleasingly. We didn’t expect much from the race itself and our plan was to attack and show ourselves in the race – and we did just that. All our 3 riders attacked at some point in the race, Jonathan Cantwell did well to get into the winning break – but he just couldn’t hold the pace of Sutherland and was caught in latter stages by the peleton.
David Tanner got our best place, showing his good form ahead of Tour Down Under. 13th isn’t bad for him considering the low fitness plus the opportunistic attack he made which cost him a lot of energy for the finishing sprint.
Edited by Alakagom on 13-09-2012 17:43
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| banyai2000 |
Posted on 12-09-2012 15:56
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Congratulation Position 13 |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 12-09-2012 16:03
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Great ride from the SaxoBank trio
But with an average fitness of around 50 you couldn't have asked for much more |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 12-09-2012 16:54
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Decent riding
Nice for sutherland, to be wearing the national jersey. |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 12-09-2012 16:57
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Alakagom, one advice:
If you want to make startlists without havinf to take the screenshot of it, when you extract the results put display by teams and you'll get your self a startlist.
Also, good race from the Saxo trio.
EDIT: Isn't Jayco an australian team?
Edited by Miguel98 on 12-09-2012 16:59
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| roturn |
Posted on 12-09-2012 16:57
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Really like your layout.
Looking forward for the TdU, where the form should be a bit better. Had hoped that Cantwell would have 65+ then to see him performing well like in real. I guess this won`t happen with 45 at the moment. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 12-09-2012 17:02
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I agree with others, the layout is really nice, and your screenshots are amazing!
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| SweatyViking |
Posted on 12-09-2012 17:08
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Who are you taking to the TDU? I can imagine Vinther as a good guy, for me he's a great fighter, he can lead out, he can help in hilly stages and he is good in breakaways |
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| HaRe |
Posted on 12-09-2012 18:03
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congratz enjoying the story so far  |
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| alex valceanu |
Posted on 12-09-2012 18:07
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Good luck at TDU . Its probably one of the best opportunities to get some WT points. With your great skills Alakagom even with 60 fitness you can have some nice results
Btw , i would like to see Kroon on Willunga hill. |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 12-09-2012 22:06
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banyai2000 Thanks, not a bad way to begin the season
sutty68 Excatly, the riders did their best
Ian Butler Indeed, should show the jersey off in few races too.
Miguel98 Thanks for advice, should be handy And you're right, seems like a DB error.
roturn Glad you like it And yeah, the form isn't great so far, but hopefully it will improve a little. Cantwell will be our best sprinter in TdU so hopefully he'll have a chance to score some Top 5 on a stage, even with this form
valverde321 Thank you very much
SweatyViking Nuyens is the captain at TdU. All our Aussie squad is going, along Vinther, Morkov and Marycz.
HaRe Thanks, glad you liking it so far
alex valceanu Thank you very much, and you're right. Those points can prove crucial later in the season. Kroon will have very busy season with Cobbled Classics + Ardennes following Tour in short space, so he'll begin the season slightly later, but you'll see him in Mallorca
Today I finished most of custom fitness plans + the calendar for the whole year, should get that all finished by tomorrow. TT report will also be up tomorrow, meanwhile on the weekend we'll ride the Tour Down Under
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 12-09-2012 22:12
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Cant' wait for Down Under |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 12-09-2012 22:12
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Can't wait for the TdU to start! I really like your report in style, it's beautiful and also very colorful. Keep up the good work! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 13-09-2012 12:45
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Hope the Team has a Great race in Australia |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 13-09-2012 17:42
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Thanks guys, here's the TT report
52km long test awaits the riders today. It's a flat course and will give all riders the same opportunity, the road race have been unpredictable but it's shown that Cadel Evans and Richie Porte looked strongest from the top Time Trial favoruites and from those two we should expect the battle for the win.
Cadel Evans // Micheal Rogers // Richie Porte
Luke Durbridge // Cameron Meyer // Rory Sutherland
Luke Durbridge is the first big contender our and as predicted sets the fastest time over the 52km long-course.
1h15'39
Luke Roberts finished as our best rider, but he's nowhere near Durbridge's best time. His 2 minutes 40 seconds down, however for a rider with no special TT abilities - he does well enough.
Jack Bobridge manages to beat his friend and sets the new best time by 32 seconds. Will that be enough to win today ? We'll see as there are only 3 riders on the course left...
1h15'07
Quite a sight. Matthew Goss ( GreenEdge ) manages to catch Jonathan Clarke ( UnitedHealthCare ) meanwhile Micheal Rogers manges to catch them both in one turn. That shows the epic ride Micheal is doing and he smashes Bobridge's best time by 26 seconds !
1h14'41
Cadel Evans has a tough season ahead, as a defending Tour de France Champion, there's a lot of pressure on his shoulders to perform in the same style as last year. And one thing he does today - he doesn't disappoint ! He manges to beat Roger's time by 4 seconds !
1h14'37
Last rider out is Richie Porte. It's his 2nd ride for Team Sky this year after leaving our side this year - and he proves once again what a brillaint rider he is. On the 3rd checkpoint, he's 1 second ahead of Cadel Evans and coming to last 100 metres the title would be decided over minimal gains across the last few km's of the course. He finishes with time of 1h14'37, agonisingly one second slower than Cadel.
But what a epic ride by Richie and Micheal challenging Cadel in this epic TT battle, congratulations to Cadel who's started his season in impressive fashion. Deserved National Champion !
| 1 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | 1h14'37 | | 2 | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | + 1 | | 3 | Michael Rogers | Sky Procycling | + 4 | | 4 | Jack Bobridge | Orica - GreenEdge | + 30 | | 5 | Luke Durbridge | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1'02 | | 6 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 1'24 | | 7 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1'30 | | 8 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1'42 | | 9 | Zakkari Dempster | Endura Racing | + 1'48 | | 10 | Ben Day | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 2'11 | | ... | | 29 | Luke Roberts | Team Saxo Bank | + 3'42 | | 53 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo Bank | + 5'11 | | 58 | David Tanner | Team Saxo Bank | + 5'18 |
What a race. It couldn't have been closer at the end really, what a test of rider's strength and endurance. Concerning our effort, we expected those kind of results today. Luke did well enough to finish in Top 30, and this has been good race which will increase fitness before the Tour Down Under begins.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 14-09-2012 19:56
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Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6
| 1. | | | |  MEYER Cameron | | GRM | | 17h54'27" | | | | | 2. | | | | GOSS Matthew | | THR | | 02" | | | | | 3. | | | |  SWIFT Ben | | SKY | | 08" | | | | | 4. | | | | MATTHEWS Michael | | RAB | | 09" | | | | | 5. | | | |  TEN DAM Laurens | | RAB | | 10" | | | | | 6. | | | |  VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco Jose | | MOV | | 17" | | | | | 7. | | | |  GREIPEL Andre | | OLO | | 26" | | | | | 8. | | | |  KADRI Blel | | ALM | | 26" | | | | | 9. | | | | DAVIS Allan | | AST | | 27" | | 10. | | | | ROBERTS Luke | | - | | 28" |
We send our star rider to Australia in Nick Nuyens. Nuyens will use this race as ideal preparation race for the classics ahead and will try to do good GC and bring us some key points in the Pro Tour rankings. He'll be mainly supported by Micheal Morkov & Troels Vinther.
Expect our 3 Australian guys to be on attack a lot. Luke Roberts and David Tanner will try to fight for the King of Mountain Jersey, meanwhile Jonathan Cantwell will pair up with Nuyens and try to score some decent results in the sprints.
Our form isn't brilliant though and the sprint result might not go to our plan early on. There's no need to detail the stages for you as they're all pretty well know. Stage 2 & 5 will be the key stages for Nuyens especially and those 2 stages we'll target the most.
Nick Nuyens // Vasil Kiryenka // Lieuwe Westra
Carlos Barredo // Fredrik Kessiakoff // Moreno Moser
Sandy Casar // David Millar // Egoi Martinez // Vladmir Gusev
It's not a star-thudded field, but one that will generate lots of exciting racing - there's no clear favourite as there's around 10 riders within same puncheur capabilities here - which will make the race quite unpredictable.
Top 5 in GC
Fight for the King of Moutnain's Jersey
Stage Win
Edited by Alakagom on 14-09-2012 19:58
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 14-09-2012 19:58
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Looks like you brought a really strong team, with Nuyens there! Good luck.
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| SweatyViking |
Posted on 14-09-2012 20:03
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Vinther is a way better bet than Tanner for the KOM jersey |
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