The Criterium du Dauphine is one of the teams 4 wildcards. It is a very hard 8 stage long race. It will be very difficult for the boys but we are hoping for a top 10 and a stage win. So without further ado here is the Criterium du Dauphine start list.
Leader
Chris Horner
Sprinter
Greg Henderson
Free Elements
Franco Pellizoti
Jonathon Tiernan - Locke
Team Mates
Andrew Tennant
Dean Downing
Ian Bibby
Tomasz Kiendys
This is a strong team and all know their place in the team very well. Good Luck to the riders.
With the first race in sight for AXA we have been preparing. As you should know the start list has been presented but here it is again just in case anyone missed it.
Our main man for the race is Jonathon Tiernan-Locke. He will be looking for a stage win and a top 5 in GC. Our sprinter is Dean Downing who is hoping for a top 5 and if he is feeling good, a win.
Today we had the first stage for the team. We were well represented with Kiendys in the break.
He managed to win the first sprint point.
The break even managed to stay away and The win went too Gediminas Bagdonas of Pervyj. 2nd was Romain Bardet and 3rd was Bert-Jan Lindeman. Kiendys managed to get 5th place which is a great result for the team.
Stage Results
1
Gediminas Bagdonas
Pervyj
3h47'11
2
Romain Bardet
Bulgari - Inditex
s.t.
3
Bert-Jan Lindeman
ING - InBev Cycling Team
s.t.
4
Niki Østergaard
Red Bull - M&M's
s.t.
5
Tomasz KiendyÅ›
AXA - Pinerello Cycling Team
s.t.
6
Egor Silin
Caterham - Austar
s.t.
7
Dennis Van Winden
Domino's - ASR
s.t.
8
Boy Van Poppel
Triks Custom Season
s.t.
9
Tobias Ludvigsson
Sony Ericsson Cycling Team
s.t.
10
Koen De Kort
ING - InBev Cycling Team
s.t.
GC Rankings
1
Gediminas Bagdonas
Pervyj
3h46'51
2
Romain Bardet
Bulgari - Inditex
+ 4
3
Bert-Jan Lindeman
ING - InBev Cycling Team
+ 6
4
Tomasz KiendyÅ›
AXA - Pinerello Cycling Team
+ 14
5
Dennis Van Winden
Domino's - ASR
+ 16
6
Koen De Kort
ING - InBev Cycling Team
+ 18
7
Stefano Pirazzi
Nintendo - Ambuja Cycling
s.t.
8
Niki Østergaard
Red Bull - M&M's
+ 20
9
Egor Silin
Caterham - Austar
s.t.
10
Boy Van Poppel
Triks Custom Season
s.t.
Hopefully the next stage will bring more success for the team.
Today was stage 2 of the Volta ao Algarve. We were hoping for another top 10 today so let's see how we ended up.
First the break got away. Representing AXA was David Clarke.
Next with about 5km to go we saw the break still out front. 3km to go the sprint started for the break. Clarke was in a good position but there was a rider out ahead.
Today was the tour of Oman. We had a good first star yesterday with Dean sprinting for 11th place. In stage 2 Wilkinson got into the initial break but got caught. We than had a horrible stage to finish of.
Sorry for the short reports. Really nothing to report about though
Chris Horner
Greg Henderson
Franco Pellizoti
Jonathon Tiernan - Locke
Tomasz Kiendys
Gediminas Bagdonas
Romain Bardet
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Niki Østergaard
Egor Silin
Tobias Ludvigsson
Rui Sousa
Marcus Burghardt
Matthias Brändle
