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Caisse d'Epargne || The Future of the Past
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 09-09-2012 00:31
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Thanks guys, indeed I meant Dehaes. Thats the trouble with testing many different dbs and stuff all at once, and also writing two stories. 
@ cunego: I dont know yet. I think my plan is to have Intxausti, Uran and LLS at the Giro, and those 3 can kinda fight for the leaders role. The Giro is my wildcard GT, as the Tour Valv is for sure leader, and Vuelta Purito is leading for sure, so Giro the leadership is a little more open. Costa is another good option, but I dont know if bringing 4 worth leaders is a good idea if only 1 is going to end up leading.
And nothing against yours, just saying that I have done some pretty long presentations and then only had my story get 10 pages.
I will probably have the next stage up soon, just watching some videos on my laptop atm, though.
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 09-09-2012 00:46
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You better win something with Rui Costa
Anyways, I hope you can take Rojas to a win in Down Under, although it wouldn't be very realistic. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 09-09-2012 00:47
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FreitasPCM wrote:
You better win something with Rui Costa
Anyways, I hope you can take Rojas to a win in Down Under, although it wouldn't be very realistic.
He will
And yeah, I'll shoot for 2nd places
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 09-09-2012 18:39
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 Tour Down Under Stage 2
With just under 7km left Kristoff makes an attack, and is hoping to get clear. Rui Costa follows him on the hill, and they make a 2 man group with the hope of staying clear! The problem seems to be that they made their move too soon!
But Machado gets the win, ahead of Elmiger and Costa, who did amazing to hold on after his attack!
Stage:
| 1 | Tiago Machado | RadioShack Nissan Trek | 3h33'24 | | 2 | Martin Elmiger | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 3 | Rui Costa | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 4 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 5 | Maarten Tjallingii | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Thomas Dekker | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 7 | Nathan Haas | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 8 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 9 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 10 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
Overall:
| 1 | Jimmy Casper | Ag2r - La Mondiale | 7h07'05 | | 2 | Tiago Machado | RadioShack Nissan Trek | + 3 | | 3 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 7 | | 4 | Martin Elmiger | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 5 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Caisse d'Epargne | + 9 | | 6 | Rui Costa | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 7 | Lloyd Mondory | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 12 | | 8 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 13 | | 9 | Raymond Kreder | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 10 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. |
Points:
| 1 | Jimmy Casper | Ag2r - La Mondiale | 6 | 14 | | 2 | Pablo Urtasun | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0 | 8 | | 3 | Tiago Machado | RadioShack Nissan Trek | 8 | 8 | | 4 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica - GreenEDGE | 0 | 6 | | 5 | Grégory Rast | RadioShack Nissan Trek | 0 | 6 |
KOM:
| 1 | Federico Canuti | Liquigas - Cannondale | 16 | 16 | | 2 | Ian Stannard | Sky Pro Cycling | 0 | 16 | | 3 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 0 | 12 | | 4 | Baden Cooke | Orica - GreenEDGE | 12 | 12 | | 5 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | 0 | 8 |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 09-09-2012 18:44
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Those screens 
What computer do you have?
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 09-09-2012 18:55
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Still 2 riders in top 10, that's good! |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 09-09-2012 18:58
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Portuguese riders in the top 3. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 09-09-2012 20:28
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The Portuguese who should have won was Rui Costa. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 09-09-2012 22:13
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@ all: Thanks, still going strong. We are doing well right now, but with the bad form that could change on Willunga.
@ fcancellara: I have a Dell Inspiron 17R SE. It runs the game on full settings.
@ Miguel and Freitas: Yeah, there is only one explanation for this.... I think Costa should have won as well 
Tour Down Under Stage 3
We jump into the race at the KOM sprint. Amador is away with Bille and Amador just slightly beats him across the sprint, although if it was a few meters later, Bille would be the rider coming out with the better result.
Unfortunately, the break again had no chance today, and we skip to the next excitement of the day, when some favourites attack, like Devolder and Quinziato. But again its a pointless move for all but Jeremy Hunt whos managed to stay clear, as the others are caught by the sprinters.
And in the sprint we have Nizzolo taking the sprint win, but to everyones surprise, Hunt is able to hold off the charge from the sprinters to take the victory! That was a truly fantastic ride by him, and even better news was that Rojas took a 4th place, continuing his consistent run of results here in Australia.
Stage:
| 1 | Jeremy Hunt | Sky Pro Cycling | 3h42'39 | | 2 | Giacomo Nizzolo | RadioShack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 3 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 4 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 5 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 6 | Ben Swift | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 7 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 9 | Kenny Van Hummel | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. |
Overall:
| 1 | Jimmy Casper | Ag2r - La Mondiale | 10h49'44 | | 2 | Tiago Machado | RadioShack Nissan Trek | + 3 | | 3 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 7 | | 4 | Giacomo Nizzolo | RadioShack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 5 | Martin Elmiger | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 6 | Gaetan Bille | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 7 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Caisse d'Epargne | + 9 | | 8 | Rui Costa | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 9 | Lloyd Mondory | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 12 | | 10 | Andrey Amador | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. |
Points:
| 1 | Jimmy Casper | Ag2r - La Mondiale | 0 | 14 | | 2 | Gaetan Bille | Lotto - Belisol | 12 | 12 | | 3 | Matthew Brammeier | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 8 | 10 | | 4 | Tiago Machado | RadioShack Nissan Trek | 0 | 8 | | 5 | Jeremy Hunt | Sky Pro Cycling | 8 | 8 |
KOM:
| 1 | Andrey Amador | Caisse d'Epargne | 16 | 22 | | 2 | Ian Stannard | Sky Pro Cycling | 0 | 16 | | 3 | Federico Canuti | Liquigas - Cannondale | 0 | 16 | | 4 | Gaetan Bille | Lotto - Belisol | 12 | 12 | | 5 | Baden Cooke | Orica - GreenEDGE | 0 | 12 |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 09-09-2012 22:26
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Nice and realistic results Amador is one of my favorite riders (since this giro), so I hope he'll get the KoM jersey! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 09-09-2012 23:22
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The GC is looking good for the Caisse boys  |
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| johannes-w |
Posted on 10-09-2012 16:56
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Wow great screens!!! But yours were always very nice
I hope you can defend the mountains jersey and even advance a little in the GC
Edited by johannes-w on 10-09-2012 16:57
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 10-09-2012 17:17
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valverde321 wrote:
@ fcancellara: I have a Dell Inspiron 17R SE. It runs the game on full settings.
You mind if I borrow it for like, ehm, 5 years?
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 11-09-2012 06:49
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I agree that your screens are simply amazing and the results are not bad either ,good luck for the next stages and Willunga one especially
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 11-09-2012 18:20
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@ Ian: Thanks I agree, he's one of my favs. I've liked him since 09
@ all: Thanks a lot, glad to have a good following here, early on.
@ johannes: Thank you! I hope so as well.
@ fcancellara: Not at all, whats your shipping address
Tour Down Under Stage 4
The break was the highlight of the day, for the most part, because a lot of KOM points are up for offer, and Amador was chased down on each of his attacks, in an effort to get in a break. Therefore, he will have to chase them down before the all important Cat. 1.
And here he is! Konovalovas and Amador go on the attack. They have a chance to catch the break for the climb, with over 35km to go. But they dont make it in time, and Amador will lose his jersey. The rest of the break is brought back shortly after the climb.
Ben Swift, makes a very late charge, but is able to win the sprint by a huge margin, so a really impressive result for him! Rojas is able to get another Top 10, to keep his consistent results going!
Stage:
| 1 | Ben Swift | Sky Pro Cycling | | 2 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | | 3 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | | 4 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | | 5 | Giacomo Nizzolo | RadioShack Nissan Trek | | 6 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Caisse d'Epargne | | 7 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | | 8 | Anthony Ravard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | | 9 | Martin Elmiger | Ag2r - La Mondiale | | 10 | Lloyd Mondory | Ag2r - La Mondiale |
Overall:
| 1 | Jimmy Casper | Ag2r - La Mondiale | 14h00'29 | | 2 | Tiago Machado | RadioShack Nissan Trek | + 3 | | 3 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 7 | | 4 | Giacomo Nizzolo | RadioShack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 5 | Martin Elmiger | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 6 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 7 | Gaetan Bille | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 8 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Caisse d'Epargne | + 9 | | 9 | Rui Costa | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 10 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | + 10 |
Points:
| 1 | Jimmy Casper | Ag2r - La Mondiale | 0 | 14 | | 2 | Gaetan Bille | Lotto - Belisol | 0 | 12 | | 3 | Matthew Brammeier | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 0 | 10 | | 4 | Tiago Machado | RadioShack Nissan Trek | 0 | 8 | | 5 | Jeremy Hunt | Sky Pro Cycling | 0 | 8 |
KOM:
| 1 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 24 | 24 | | 2 | Maxime Vantomme | Katusha Team | 24 | 24 | | 3 | Andrey Amador | Caisse d'Epargne | 0 | 22 | | 4 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Pro Cycling | 22 | 22 | | 5 | Ian Stannard | Sky Pro Cycling | 0 | 16 |
Edited by valverde321 on 12-09-2012 14:25
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 11-09-2012 18:30
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Rojas doing good in Down Under. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 11-09-2012 21:45
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Good results for Rojas. Nicely done by Swift, though  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 11-09-2012 23:07
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Another Good ride from Rojas |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 12-09-2012 19:34
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 Tour Down Under Stage 5
The stages action begins with a 7 man breakaway, including Amador, who wants to claim some KOM points, since there is one sprint with points to offer on the day, during the first pass of Willunga.
But at the foot, the break is caught, and Thomas Dekker makes an attack, and is the first rider over Willunga on the first pass. He has a 30 second gap, so his chances of staying away are slim if not non-existent..
Now on the 2nd round of WIllunga with 4km left, Vaugrenard attacks, followed by Navardauskus, Kristoff, Gavazzi and Van Leijen.
They make a sprint for the line, and the groups combine in the final meters. The two Caisse riders, Rojas and Costa are both boxed in quite badly, while Van Leijen takes the victory.
Stage:
| 1 | Joost Van Leijen | Lotto - Belisol | 3h34'13 | | 2 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 3 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 4 | Ben Hermans | RadioShack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 5 | Tiago Machado | RadioShack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 6 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 8 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Rui Costa | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 10 | Martin Elmiger | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 11 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 12 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 13 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 14 | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre - ISD | + 28 | | 15 | David Tanner | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | s.t. |
Overall:
| 1 | Joost Van Leijen | Lotto - Belisol | 17h34'45 | | 2 | Tiago Machado | RadioShack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 3 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4 | | 4 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 5 | Martin Elmiger | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 6 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 7 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Caisse d'Epargne | + 6 | | 8 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 9 | Rui Costa | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 10 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 10 |
Points:
| 1 | Jimmy Casper | Ag2r - La Mondiale | 6 | 20 | | 2 | Gaetan Bille | Lotto - Belisol | 0 | 12 | | 3 | Jeremy Hunt | Sky Pro Cycling | 2 | 10 | | 4 | Matthew Brammeier | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 0 | 10 | | 5 | Tiago Machado | RadioShack Nissan Trek | 0 | 8 |
KOM:
| 1 | Joost Van Leijen | Lotto - Belisol | 28 | 28 | | 2 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 0 | 24 | | 3 | Maxime Vantomme | Katusha Team | 0 | 24 | | 4 | Andrey Amador | Caisse d'Epargne | 0 | 22 | | 5 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Pro Cycling | 0 | 22 | | 6 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - ISD | 18 | 18 |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 12-09-2012 19:41
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It'd be really nice to see Rojas with some boni seconds on the next stage... Anyway, wonderful report valv, pleasure to read. |
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