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| MrDemus |
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Tour de Bretagne stage 4
Some bumps towards the end will amke this stage interesting. Look for Evaldas Siskevicius to take his chances. The terrain suits him, and he has been looking in good form so far.
Hampton from Halfords takes off alone, and has a nice lead.
Only Ekspla related action is that Mike Firedman is battling for points during the stages sprints. And he manages to pick up some points.
In the stage finale, Evaldas Siskevicius managed to sit with the yellow jersey group.
Slovenian favourite Blaz Furdi manages to take the win in a rather exciting stage finish.
Top 10 and Ekspla-Cision riders:
| 1 | Blaz Furdi | Team Gazelle | 4h00'25 | | 2 | Michael Olsson | Risa - Ergon Cycling Team | + 13 | | 3 | Yannick Talabardon | Allianz-BMW Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Cesar Andre Fonte | Team Privatbank | s.t. | | 5 | Christer Rake | Risa - Ergon Cycling Team | + 31 | | 6 | Brice Feillu | Risa - Ergon Cycling Team | + 43 | | 7 | Manuele Mori | Kappa-ENI | s.t. | | 8 | Thiago Duarte Nardin | Team Gazelle | + 58 | | 9 | Evaldas Siskevicius | Ekspla-Cision Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Alexander Gingsjo | Vattenfall Cycling | s.t. |
32. Alexander Porsev +5'54''
42. Johan Broberg +7'54''
43. Mike Friedman s.t.
44. ANdrei Krasilnikau +8'03''
52. Alex Meenhorst +8'45''
58. Mattia Gavazzi +13'08''
This stage makes big changes in the GC.
| 1 | Blaz Furdi | Team Gazelle | 15h39'12 | | 2 | Michael Olsson | Risa - Ergon Cycling Team | + 21 | | 3 | Cesar Andre Fonte | Team Privatbank | + 33 | | 4 | Christer Rake | Risa - Ergon Cycling Team | + 51 | | 5 | Thiago Duarte Nardin | Team Gazelle | + 58 | | 6 | Filipe Cardoso | Team Privatbank | s.t. | | 7 | Manuele Mori | Kappa-ENI | + 1'03 | | 8 | Brice Feillu | Risa - Ergon Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Evaldas Siskevicius | Ekspla-Cision Cycling Team | + 1'18 | | 10 | Alexander Gingsjo | Vattenfall Cycling | s.t. |
Siskevicius is looking good in 9th place and must certainly aim to climb higher.
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| MrDemus |
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Tour de San Luis stage 1
The start of the argentinian stage race is for the sprinters.
Ekspla-Cision has sent the following riders to Argentina.
161.  Sergey Rudaskov
162.  Ingus Eislers
163.  Logan Hutchings
164.  Gert Joeaar
165.  Vitauskas Kaupas
166. Algirdas Mockus
167. Aleksei Saramotins
Vitauskas Kaupas is looking to make the race exciting from the start, and decides to take off after a few kilometres. Unfortunately, nobody follows him, so he must make a one man effort.
At the highest point of the stage Kaupas has a lead of more than 4 minutes.
Kaupas is down to 1'30'' when they hit the final sprint of the day, but he bounces back to more than two minutes. Is this meant to be?
As they near the finish Kaupas is down to 10 seconds, so latvian sprinter Aleksei Saramotins places himself for the finish.
300 metres from the finish line Kaupas is overtaken. What an excellent effort from the lithuanian.
Despite the so close yet so far Kaupas effort. Saramotins manages to get a second place for the team. A small consolation for a team that nearly tasted victory.
Top 10 and Ekspla-Cision riders:
| 1 | Mirko Lorenzetto | Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim | 3h41'55 | | 2 | Aleksei Saramotins | Ekspla-Cision Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Assan Bazajev | ING Cycling - Project | s.t. | | 4 | Claudio Cucinotta | Rothaus - Aegon | s.t. | | 5 | Honorio Machado | Repsol-Cativen | s.t. | | 6 | Luka Mezgec | Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Saïd Haddou | Alstom-RBC | s.t. | | 8 | Vitauskas Kaupas | Ekspla-Cision Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Gatis Smukulis | Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Danilo Kupfernagel | AMEX Pro Cycling | s.t. |
38. Gert Joeaar s.t.
47. Sergey Rudaskov s.t.
91. Ingus Eislers s.t.
97. Algirdas Mockus s.t.
Excellent effort by Kaupas to still finish 8th.
Saramotins is second and Kaupas third on the GC as well as in the points standing.
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| MrDemus |
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Tour de Bretagne stage 5
An unpredictable stage today, that can go in any direction. Expect the unexpected.
As per usual not much happens in Brittany. Mike Friedman tries to gain some points underway though.
Cobbles, rain and steep hills on the menu today.
Norwegian Christer Rake attacks, and Evaldas Siskevicius follows him.
Top 10 and Ekspla-Cision riders:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Adel Barbari | FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm | 4h41'35 | | 2 | Xavier Florencio | FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm | + 8'05 | | 3 | Ricki Nelson | ANC-Halfords | s.t. | | 4 | Filipe Cardoso | Team Privatbank | s.t. | | 5 | Mike Friedman | Ekspla-Cision Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Klaas Sys | Kappa-ENI | s.t. | | 7 | Patrik Moren | Vattenfall Cycling | s.t. | | 8 | Blaz Furdi | Team Gazelle | s.t. | | 9 | Christian Ranneries | Vattenfall Cycling | s.t. | | 10 | Michael Olsson | Risa - Ergon Cycling Team | s.t. |
13. Mattia Gavazzi s.t.
17. Alexander Porsev s.t.
25. Andrei Krasilnikau s.t.
27. Evaldas Siskevicius s.t.
38. Alex Mennhorst s.t.
48. Johan Broberg s.t.
Siskevisius drops down to tenth place in the GC.
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Tour de San Luis stage 2
A flat stage in hot and humid weather is what awaits the riders today.
After a few kilometres an attack tries to form. Yet again Vitauskas Kaupas wants out. He is really getting Ekspla some attention here.
Kaupas is brought back though, but teammate Algirdas Mockus tries in his place.
Mockus is reeled in, and Kaupas goes away again.
Kaupas can close in on yellow with seconds form the bonus sprints, but fails. With 6 km to go, Kaupas and the gang are eaten by the peloton.
Saramotins fails in the sprint, and only gets 12th place.
Top 10 and Ekspla-Cision riders:
| 1 | André Greipel | Team WWE | 3h22'23 | | 2 | Héctor Fabian Aguilar | Hollister Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 3 | Romain Feillu | Team BPost | s.t. | | 4 | Allan Davis | Hollister Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | Óscar Avelino | Prio - Porto | s.t. | | 6 | Assan Bazajev | ING Cycling - Project | s.t. | | 7 | Mirko Lorenzetto | Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim | s.t. | | 8 | Artur Gajek | Adira-Isq Project | s.t. | | 9 | Danilo Kupfernagel | AMEX Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 10 | Jose Luis Cano | Banco Nacional de Costa Rica | s.t. |
12. Aleksei Saramotins s.t.
32. Gert Joeaar s.t.
52. Sergey Rudaskov s.t.
63. Algirdas Mockus s.t.
65. Vitauskas Kaupas s.t.
74. Ingus Eislers s.t.
83. Logan Hutchings s.t.
General classification:
| 1 | André Greipel | Team WWE | 7h03'54 | | 2 | Mirko Lorenzetto | Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim | + 4 | | 3 | Aleksei Saramotins | Ekspla-Cision Cycling Team | + 12 | | 4 | Héctor Fabian Aguilar | Hollister Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | Vitauskas Kaupas | Ekspla-Cision Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Dominique Rollin | Alstom-RBC | s.t. | | 7 | Assan Bazajev | ING Cycling - Project | + 16 | | 8 | Romain Feillu | Team BPost | s.t. | | 9 | Óscar Avelino | Prio - Porto | s.t. | | 10 | Ivan Seledkov | Team Bintang | s.t. |
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| MrDemus |
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Tour de Bretagne stage 6
A hilly stage awaits in Brittany.
Tanguy was away all day in a one man break, and Friedman sprinted for points. Heard that story before?
In the hilly finale, Evaldas Sisikevicius helped put pressure on the leader.
Siskevisius joins and attack to gain time. The stage win is out of reach.
Top 10 and Ekspla-Cision riders:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Richard Tanguy | ANC-Halfords | 3h50'04 | | 2 | Yannick Talabardon | Allianz-BMW Cycling Team | + 4'09 | | 3 | Manuele Mori | Kappa-ENI | s.t. | | 4 | Alexander Gingsjo | Vattenfall Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | Michael Olsson | Risa - Ergon Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Cesar Andre Fonte | Team Privatbank | s.t. | | 7 | Blaz Furdi | Team Gazelle | + 4'59 | | 8 | Evaldas Siskevicius | Ekspla-Cision Cycling Team | + 5'14 | | 9 | Xavier Florencio | FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm | s.t. | | 10 | Matteo Carrara | Allianz-BMW Cycling Team | s.t. |
24. Alexander Porsev +6'11''
41. Mike Friedman +6'49''
45. Johan Broberg +7'44''
46. Andrei Krasilnikau s.t.
50. Mattia Gavazzi +10'07''
51. Alex Meenhorst s.t.
Siskevicius moves to 7th place in the GC. 2'02'' behind leader Michael Olsson.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 08-02-2013 06:15
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Nice reports and nice surprise result for Saramontis in San Luis opener. But the biggest hero is Kaupas, fearless attacker. 
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| MrDemus |
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Nice reports and nice surprise result for Saramontis in San Luis opener. But the biggest hero is Kaupas, fearless attacker.
Kaupas is my new hero. He gets our team a lot of on air time, and really fights for his wages.
Yes, Saramotins result was a nice one, but I would like to have a bit more luck soon.
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| MrDemus |
Posted on 08-02-2013 10:20
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Tour de Bretagne stage 7
The final stage in Brittany finished with some cobbled climbs. Should be interesting.
Although a breakaway made their mark on the day, Evaldas Siskevicius continued to show good form, and tried to attack for some KoM points.
Siskevicius has proven to be the teams only threat in the hills, and he continues to attack on the stage. Most likely to improve his standing in the GC.
Besides the two men in the break, the peloton surprisingly comes in all together.
Top 10 and Ekspla-Cision riders:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Guytan Lilholt | Vattenfall Cycling | 4h36'24 | | 2 | Vojtech Hacecký | Kappa-ENI | + 1'27 | | 3 | Blaz Furdi | Team Gazelle | + 6'40 | | 4 | Xavier Florencio | FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm | s.t. | | 5 | Manuele Mori | Kappa-ENI | s.t. | | 6 | Cesar Andre Fonte | Team Privatbank | s.t. | | 7 | Evaldas Siskevicius | Ekspla-Cision Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Mattia Gavazzi | Ekspla-Cision Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Michael Olsson | Risa - Ergon Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Filipe Cardoso | Team Privatbank | s.t. |
38. Alex Meenhorst s.t.
39. Alexander Porsev s.t.
45. Mike Friedman s.t.
46. Krasilnikau s.t.
65. Johan Broberg s.t.
Final GC:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Michael Olsson | Risa - Ergon Cycling Team | 29h06'30 | | 2 | Cesar Andre Fonte | Team Privatbank | + 12 | | 3 | Blaz Furdi | Team Gazelle | + 21 | | 4 | Manuele Mori | Kappa-ENI | + 32 | | 5 | Alexander Gingsjo | Vattenfall Cycling | + 57 | | 6 | Xavier Florencio | FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm | + 1'58 | | 7 | Evaldas Siskevicius | Ekspla-Cision Cycling Team | + 2'02 | | 8 | Matteo Carrara | Allianz-BMW Cycling Team | + 2'10 | | 9 | Christer Rake | Risa - Ergon Cycling Team | + 2'32 | | 10 | Filipe Cardoso | Team Privatbank | + 2'33 |
22. Alexander Porsev +7'55''
39. Mike Friedman +10'09''
49. Johan Broberg +14'02''
50. Andrei Krasilnikau +14'11''
54. Alex Meenhorst 17'03''
57. Mattia Gavazzi +19'05''
Another notable result was, that Evaldas Siskevicius finished second overall in the youth competition.
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| MrDemus |
Posted on 08-02-2013 10:28
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Tour de San Luis stage 3
TT-expert Logan Hutchings got in the break of the day.
4 riders were in the break, and with a Cat 1 climb the KoM jersey is up for grabs.
Hutchings takes the first small climb
about 7 minutes ahead of the peloton and nearing the top of the Cat 1 climb.
Hutchings takes that as well, and the kiwi will be wearing the KoM jersey tomorrow! That's Ekspla-Cisions first jersey of the season.
The break is wheeld in as expected, and at the finish line no Ekspla rider was in sight.
Top 10 and Ekspla-Cision riders:
| 1 | Ion Izagirre | Hollister Pro Cycling | 4h22'34 | | 2 | Kristijan Durasek | Alstom-RBC | s.t. | | 3 | Linus Gerdemann | Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Carlos Barredo | AMEX Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | Vitaliy Popkov | Metinvest-Emirates | s.t. | | 6 | Carlos Betancourt | Hollister Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 7 | Rubén Plaza | Prio - Porto | s.t. | | 8 | Alessandro Proni | Hollister Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | Sérgio Paulinho | Team WWE | s.t. | | 10 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Team WWE | s.t. |
24. Gert Joeaar s.t.
33. Sergey Rudaskov s.t.
46. Logan Hutchings s.t.
58. Aleksei Saramotins s.t.
79. Algirdas Mockus +4'19''
89. Ingus Eislers +6'15''
121. Vitauskas Kaupas +20'40''
Saramotins is 4th in the GC, and Hutchings leads the KoM standings.
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