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| Smowz |
Posted on 02-10-2012 18:06
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That really was a big effort from Kirchen to nudge himself into a podium place. Of course it is now a question of keeping Davis from winning the final stage - Impey could do with stepping up.
I did predict a crash fest perhaps on the last stage hoping that having 3rd on GC may just help keep my riders from sitting at the back.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 02-10-2012 18:42
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Great result for Tennant
And its the K club here then. Three K-surnames on the podium, two more in the Top 8, and another leading the Points competition.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 03-10-2012 14:09
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Well, it seems like overtaking Hollister won't be as easy as I hoped for.
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| roturn |
Posted on 03-10-2012 14:15
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Nice reports.
And some good performances by Cucinotta.
But I must have been in every crash this race and Hermans managed to lose time on stupid occasions. Yet another low point race. |
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| beagle |
Posted on 03-10-2012 14:18
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very unlucky race for Van Goolen
congratz to Cal Giant, 4th place is already secured
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| jph27 |
Posted on 03-10-2012 14:27
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Great reports, Davis did a good job there for Hollister and may have just done enough to keep them in promotion contention. |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 03-10-2012 14:29
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jph27 wrote:
Great reports, Davis did a good job there for Hollister and may have just done enough to keep them in promotion contention.
I still refuse to believe that any of the current best 7 teams are threatened anymore, but I guess it won't take long until SN comes up with the newest rankings.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 03-10-2012 15:01
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Too bad Cooke fell in final stage, but great overall performance by Bobridge, our first achieved season-goal and yet another white jersey for him  Thanks for reports, quality as always!
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 03-10-2012 17:01
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Vespa are not amused by that. Bono falling off and Traficante losing a place on GC. Pah! 
Good race though Count - enjoyed the reports.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 03-10-2012 18:38
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I was waiting for the crash. Then thought, ah we're at the sprint, it wont happen. Next picture was the crash 
Bonus 3rd in a sprint for Dowsett, and ending up with 3 riders in the Top 20. Shame theyre right at the bottom end
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 03-10-2012 20:01
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The penultimate stage race of the season is over, and Rapha have closed the gap to Jayco Red Bull to just 53 points. They look set to take 2nd place right at the end, with Blythe on a roll in Burkina Faso.
The race here was won by Kristjan Koren and Cal Giant now look secure in the Top 5 - moving away from Aker, but also due to a poor race from Pokerstars.
Allan Davis leads Hollister into the position of 7th best promotion-eligible team, but despite losing a place to Emu - who now end their season - Puma are still a threat for that position due to their sprinting prowess. Not far behind, and Trilux, Vespa and Tinkoff all moved over 3000 points.
Ferrari move into the Top 20 just at the right time, ending the hopes CSC will have had of staying there. Cyclevox are putting on a late season move aswell, overtaking Koppert having only just gone past Cerne.
Bobridge secured a Top 5 GC position for Oz, and that reduces the gap to Meiji to 61. Both teams are present in Taihu and Japan, to battle for 28th and not-last.
| 1 | | 1 | |  | Team Bianchi | 4945 | | 2 | | 2 | |  | Jayco - Red Bull | 4408 | | 3 | | 3 | |  | Rapha Condor - Qhubeka | 4355 | | 4 | | 4 | |  | California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized | 3786 | | 5 | | 5 | |  | Aker Solutions - Bergans | 3617 | | 6 | | 6 | |  | Pokerstars.com | 3556 | | 7 | | 7 | |  | Team Venchi ProCycling | 3454 | | 8 | | 8 | |  | UniCredit | 3436 | | 9 | | 11 |  |  | Hollister Pro Cycling | 3293 | | 10 | | 9 |  |  | Pirelli - Alfa Romeo | 3198 | | 11 | | 10 | |  | VolksWagen - Siemens | 3152 | | 12 | | 13 | |  | Emu Export | 3113 | | 13 | | 12 | |  | Team Puma - SAP | 3075 | | 14 | | 14 | |  | Team Trilux - Falke | 3039 | | 15 | | 15 | |  | Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa | 3013 | | 16 | | 16 | |  | T.CS Bank - OJSC Rosneft | 3002 | | 17 | | 17 | |  | Team Bpost | 2710 | | 18 | | 18 | |  | Saab-Scania | 2315 | | 19 | | 19 | |  | Team Rothaus - Aegon | 2275 | | 20 | | 21 | |  | Ferrari - ERG | 2241 | | 21 | | 20 | |  | Team CSC-Orbea | 2217 | | 22 | | 22 | |  | Team WWE | 2154 | | 23 | | 23 | |  | Proximus - Trek | 2142 | | 24 | | 24 | |  | Focused Cycling | 1979 | | 25 | | 26 | |  | Cyclevox | 1840 | | 26 | | 25 | |  | Koppert Cycling Team | 1816 | | 27 | | 27 | |  | Cerne | 1765 | | 28 | | 28 | |  | Meiji - Fuji | 1372 | | 29 | | 29 | |  | Oz Cycling Project | 1311 |
And thanks to the teams classification ranking points, Steven Cozza and Isaac Speirs scored their first ranking points of the season here!
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 03-10-2012 20:06
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Definitely didn't think I'd move into the Top 20!
Would be very happy if we'd stay there.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 03-10-2012 20:10
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Venchi are the ones to beat at the moment?
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 03-10-2012 20:11
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Tbh, our battle for "not-last" is less important than Bobridge fullfilling at least one season-goal  But I definitely still hope for my team being able to put some pressure on Meji, even though it should be hard to beat them in Japan..
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 03-10-2012 20:13
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Rapha is yours, right SN? So Jayco gets promoted regardless of whether Rapha catches them, and that's not even including possible additional promotions to flush out the PT. WOuld be happy for Levi is that happens. |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 03-10-2012 20:14
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Deadpool wrote:
Rapha is yours, right SN? So Jayco gets promoted regardless of whether Rapha catches them, and that's not even including possible additional promotions to flush out the PT. WOuld be happy for Levi is that happens.
If I understood it correctly, 6 teams are definately going up, and that's discounting Rapha and Unicredit. Levi is as save as he can be.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 03-10-2012 20:16
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Deadpool wrote:
Rapha is yours, right SN? So Jayco gets promoted regardless of whether Rapha catches them, and that's not even including possible additional promotions to flush out the PT. WOuld be happy for Levi is that happens.
Bianchi, Jayco, Cal Giant, Aker, Pokerstars and Venchi currently in the guaranteed promotion positions. And theyre going to be hard to catch.
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Tbh, our battle for "not-last" is less important than Bobridge fullfilling at least one season-goal But I definitely still hope for my team being able to put some pressure on Meji, even though it should be hard to beat them in Japan..
Perhaps more interesting actually is the battle in the Asian Tour. Both Oz and Meiji have a Top 5 goal there, and just look how it stands:
| 1 | | | Jayco - Red Bull | 1850 | | 2 | | | Hollister Pro Cycling | 1007 | | 3 | | | Team Bianchi | 971 | | 4 | | | Rapha Condor - Qhubeka | 734 | | 5 | | | Oz Cycling Project | 703 | | 6 | | | Meiji - Fuji | 701 | | 7 | | | Team Puma - SAP | 683 | | 8 | | | Ferrari - ERG | 628 | | 9 | | | VolksWagen - Siemens | 590 | | 10 | | | Emu Export | 556 |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 03-10-2012 20:18
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cio93 wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
Rapha is yours, right SN? So Jayco gets promoted regardless of whether Rapha catches them, and that's not even including possible additional promotions to flush out the PT. WOuld be happy for Levi is that happens.
If I understood it correctly, 6 teams are definately going up, and that's discounting Rapha and Unicredit. Levi is as save as he can be.
Good, that means quite a few spots will probably be open in the CT for next year. I wasn't really worried about getting accepted back in, but that bodes even better. Are any PT teams coming down then? Warner Brothers is folding right? But what about Carmeuse, isn't that Crommy?
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 03-10-2012 20:20
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Deadpool wrote:
cio93 wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
Rapha is yours, right SN? So Jayco gets promoted regardless of whether Rapha catches them, and that's not even including possible additional promotions to flush out the PT. WOuld be happy for Levi is that happens.
If I understood it correctly, 6 teams are definately going up, and that's discounting Rapha and Unicredit. Levi is as save as he can be.
Good, that means quite a few spots will probably be open in the CT for next year. I wasn't really worried about getting accepted back in, but that bodes even better. Are any PT teams coming down then? Warner Brothers is folding right? But what about Carmeuse, isn't that Crommy?
Crommy and CrueTrue look set to be gracing the Continental Tour next season
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 03-10-2012 20:21
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
cio93 wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
Rapha is yours, right SN? So Jayco gets promoted regardless of whether Rapha catches them, and that's not even including possible additional promotions to flush out the PT. WOuld be happy for Levi is that happens.
If I understood it correctly, 6 teams are definately going up, and that's discounting Rapha and Unicredit. Levi is as save as he can be.
Good, that means quite a few spots will probably be open in the CT for next year. I wasn't really worried about getting accepted back in, but that bodes even better. Are any PT teams coming down then? Warner Brothers is folding right? But what about Carmeuse, isn't that Crommy?
Crommy and CrueTrue look set to be gracing the Continental Tour next season
Really! Is Warner Brothers Mike's? I've forgotten who's who.
Well, if he does suspiciously well in the transfer window, we'll know why |
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