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Posted on 06-11-2007 21:17
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February 23rd, 2007
by William Robins, Cycling America Gazette
Amgen Tour of California: Stage 8 - Final Stage
The final stage of this year's Tour of California was a flat course that set up perfectly for the sprinters, and that's exactly how it went down.
A small break of no account took off ahead of the pack but was easily caught 25km from the finish of the race. The sprinters got pulled up toward the front and in a classic mass sprint Stuart O'Grady of CSC led Fred Rodriguez of Predictor Lotto over the line. The fans seemed a little upset at the result as Fast Freddie is a big favorite here in California.
In the final results, Pedro Nicacio of Gateway Racing won the General Classification, the Points Classification and the Young Riders Classifcation. Martin Gilbert of Gateway Racing won the Mountains Classification and Gateway won the Team Classifcation. It was a dominating result from a team that only came into existence a few months ago.
Team manager Kurt Smith gushed over his team's performance in an interview after the event. "We came in looking for a stage win and perhaps a top 10 overall finish. We know the caliber of rider in this race. The guys weren't satisfied with that though... they wanted a tour win and they got it! Not only that... we had three riders in the top 7... the whole team performed like champions. I think we took some people by suprise and showed them what the Moo Crew can do!"
Stage 8 Results:
1 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC 3h07'00
2 Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
3 Andrew Randell SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM s.t.
4 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
5 Angelo Furlan CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
6 Steven De Jongh QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
7 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
8 Anuar Manan GATEWAY RACING s.t.
9 Robert Förster GEROLSTEINER s.t.
10 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING s.t.
11 Stefano Zanini PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
12 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
13 Max Van Heeswijk RABOBANK s.t.
14 Hilton Clarke NAVIGATORS INSURANCE s.t.
15 Greg Henderson T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
16 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS s.t.
17 David Kopp GEROLSTEINER s.t.
18 Iván Domínguez TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT s.t.
19 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
20 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING s.t.
22 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING s.t.
25 David George GATEWAY RACING s.t.
26 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING s.t.
34 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING s.t.
62 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING s.t.
Final General Classification Rankings:
1 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING 24h51'45
2 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'43
3 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING + 1'51
4 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC + 2'42
5 Fränk Schleck TEAM CSC + 2'43
6 Sergio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2'50
7 David George GATEWAY RACING + 3'01
8 Danny Pate TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 3'15
9 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS + 3'21
10 Christophe Edaleine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 3'33
11 Brian Vandborg DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 3'34
12 Chris Wherry TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT + 3'45
13 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 3'56
14 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC + 4'16
15 Roberto Petito LIQUIGAS + 4'53
16 Phil Zajicek NAVIGATORS INSURANCE + 5'08
17 Burke Swindlehurst TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT + 5'16
18 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC + 5'41
19 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 6'12
20 Chad Hartley BMC CYCLING TEAM + 6'15
32 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING + 8'10
84 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING + 18'02
106 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING + 30'28
109 Anuar Manan GATEWAY RACING + 36'13
115 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 45'52
Final Points Classification:
[b]1 Pedro Nicacio GATEWAY RACING 106
2 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS 60
3 Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO 60
4 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC 59
5 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 58
6 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS 44
7 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING 42
8 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC 41
9 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING 40
10 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM 40
Final Mountains Classification Rankings:
1 Martin Gilbert GATEWAY RACING 146
2 Doug Ollerenshaw HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS 42
3 Jacob Erker SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM 36
4 Tim Klinger GEROLSTEINER 26
5 Valery Kobzarenko NAVIGATORS INSURANCE 24
6 Ben Day NAVIGATORS INSURANCE 20
7 Frantisek Rabon T-MOBILE TEAM 16
8 Roberto Petito LIQUIGAS 16
9 William Walker RABOBANK 16
10 Fumiyuki Beppu DISCOVERY CHANNEL 16
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Posted on 07-11-2007 03:02
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February 25th, 2007
by William Robins, Cycling America Gazette
Interview with Kurt Smith of Gateway Racing
I was able to sit down with Kurt Smith of Gateway Racing for a chat after his team's dominating performance in the Tour of California. Gateway rider Pedro Nicacio took the overall, points and young riders competitions in the race and Martin Gilbert took the climbing competition. Gateway also took the team victory to complete the sweep of the awards from the race.
Q: Kurt, congratulations on the performance. What were your thoughts on the Tour of California?
KS: Well I have to admit I'm incredibly pleased and a bit suprised. We rode pretty well in the Challenge Vuelta a Mallorca, and the team did okay in the Tour de Mediterranean... but nothing to suggest the kind of success we had in California. The guys knew I really wanted a stage win... but I think they knew they could do more than that.
Q: Has their been any change in how race directors have been talking to you?
KS: Well, today we got the news that our wildcard application was accepted for Paris-Nice. This is huge for us as it will let our team get some experience in a top level race with tough competition. We'll be getting ready in the Volta a la Comunitat Valencia to put a strong showing in Paris.
Q: Who'll be leading your team in that race?
KS: Well Hernan Buenahora will be in the race as our leader, but he's just beginning his season. Mauricio Ortega will also be riding and while Buenahora will be calling the shots he might be doing so to get Ortega in position to win. Buenahora needs to be in shape for the Tour of Georgia in April. We'll also be running Daryl Impey out for the sprints.
Q: Will Pedro Nicacio be competing?
KS: Pedro's been incredible so far, but we're going to let him rest for a bit so we can use him in some of the later races this year. I really don't want to burn him out early... he's established himself as our third team leader at this point and I need to schedule his races to help the team most. Pedro's excited for what we have in store as well.
Q: Will you be competing in any of the grand tours this year?
KS: Well to be honest I hadn't planned on it... but after the Tour of California I've started to give it some thought. I think a GC win isn't really realistic yet in the big three but I've thought of entering in hopes of taking the mountain competition. It's still up in the air at this point.
Q: Thanks for your time Kurt. Good luck in your upcoming events.
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Posted on 07-11-2007 13:32
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February 27th, 2007
by William Robins, Cycling America Gazette
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana - Stage 1
This is the first stage in a five day event that mostly covers somewhat hilly terrain, but no real mountains. A race for hill specialists, this event should involve some interesting maneuvers.
Todays route had some interesting late climbs and finished on a slight downhill to the finish line. A breakaway containing strong riders David Zabriskie of TEAM CSC and Danail Petrov of SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA got away from the pelaton on the first climb and wasn't caught until after the summitt of the last hill. Zabriskie took the most climbers points and will be the leader in that classifcation tomorrow.
The break was caught on the small incline after the mountain sprint but before the final downhill. Mauricio Ortega of Gateway Racing launched an attack with about 13km to go, just shortly after the final incline. The pelaton was slow to react, possibly having been winded during the late climb and Ortega was able to open a lead of nearly a minute.
The pelaton finally organized and gave chase, but it was too late. Ortega stayed away and crossed the finish line with a 25 second advantage over the field to take the points and overall leader jerseys and earn his second stage win this season.
Stage 1 Results:
1 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING 3h43'11
2 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA + 25
3 Quique Gutiérrez TEAM LPR s.t.
4 Luca Mazzanti CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
5 Gustavo Domínguez KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
6 Daryl Impey GATEWAY RACING s.t.
7 David López CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
8 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
9 Giuliano Figueras LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
10 Jesús Del Nero SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
11 Óscar Sevilla RELAX - GAM s.t.
12 Thomas Voeckler BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
13 Juanjo Cobo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
14 Uros Murn DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
15 Andy Flickinger BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
16 Rubén Pérez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
17 Xavier Florencio BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
18 Diego Milán GRUPO NICOLÁS MATEOS s.t.
19 David García Dapena KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
20 Chente García Acosta CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
65 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING s.t.
76 David George GATEWAY RACING s.t.
112 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING + 3'44
123 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING s.t.
136 Taylor Phinney GATEWAY RACING + 7'04
145 Brad Armstrong GATEWAY RACING + 11'12
Points Classification:
1 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING 25
2 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA 20
3 Quique Gutiérrez TEAM LPR 16
4 Luca Mazzanti CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE 14
5 Gustavo Domínguez KARPIN GALICIA 12
6 Daryl Impey GATEWAY RACING 10
7 David López CAISSE D'EPARGNE 9
8 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE 8
9 Giuliano Figueras LAMPRE - FONDITAL 7
10 Jesús Del Nero SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 6
Mountains Classification:
1 David Zabriskie TEAM CSC 14
2 Danail Petrov SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA 9
3 Luca Solari TEAM LPR 9
4 David Muñoz FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM 5
5 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING 5
6 Mirko Lorenzetto TEAM MILRAM 3
7 Antxon Luengo EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 1
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Posted on 07-11-2007 14:16
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i think you should change the difficulty to hard
it's not that i don't like to see you winning but it isn't realistic that you can break away of a full-speeded pack 10 km before finish and win easily |
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Posted on 07-11-2007 14:41
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Really nice racing.
But i agree with cio93 |
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Posted on 07-11-2007 15:20
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Okay, I'll give it a try for a while...
but I reserve the right to switch back if I start sucking too bad.
What's the main difference on hard? Is the AI smarter or do they actually get a bonus on their performance?
Edited by KurtinSC on 07-11-2007 15:27
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Posted on 07-11-2007 15:37
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those jerseys rule!
real nice!..
nice way that walker celebrated! |
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Posted on 07-11-2007 15:45
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KurtinSC wrote:
Okay, I'll give it a try for a while...
but I reserve the right to switch back if I start sucking too bad.
What's the main difference on hard? Is the AI smarter or do they actually get a bonus on their performance?
they get better, i'm not sure if it's +1 on every stat or something like that (obviously these changes are invisible, but there )
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Posted on 09-11-2007 21:35
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February 28th, 2007
by William Robins, Cycling America Gazette
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana - Stage 2
Going into todays stage it seemed that some moves might be made today. There were some larger climbs and the race finished on an uphill.
Suprisingly that wasn't the case. The break went out as normal, and David Zabriskie of CSC went with the group to gain a sizeable lead in the climber's competition. The Gateway Racing team had some problems leading the pack today though... they struggled mightily to bring the break back.
They succeeded in the end though, but not with enough time to let anyone make a move to gain time. Mosquera of Karpin Galicia won the uphill sprint to take the stage.
(I didn't export the results, so below is a screen shot of the stage)
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Posted on 09-11-2007 21:37
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Monthly Awards for February (Yay Gateway! Vote for Pedro!)
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Posted on 09-11-2007 22:10
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Mooooooo. Oh sorry... Dont mind me.
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Posted on 12-11-2007 16:51
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March 1st, 2007
by William Robins, Cycling America Gazette
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana - Stage 3
Today's stage had a climb in the middle of the stage but remained mostly downhill and flat over the second half of the stage. An eight man group escaped early on and Gateway Racing again led the chase... and again had problems bringing it back in. Inside of 10 km the break still had a minute lead over the pelaton.
Mauricio Ortega, the Gateway leader, broke from the pack with 8 km to go, hoping to bridge the gap to the break and save his leader's jersey. He looked incredibly strong as he powered toward the group and managed to catch on the end... but the pelaton was chasing with a purpose now. Ortega paused to drain his last water bottle and powered toward the front of the breakaway group as the sprint began with the pelaton just seconds behind. He started the sprint in 5th position but started passing one... and another... and another.
It became clear that while the pelaton had caught the back of the breakaway, none of the sprinters would challenge for the stage. It was a contest between Aitor Pérez Arrieta of CAISSE D'EPARGNE who had been in the break all day and Mauricio Ortega who was coming on strong in the sprint.
Ortega kept closing and closing... but he ran out of room as Perez Arrieta won the stage from the break! Mirko Lorenzetto of Milram finished third, and the pelaton all finished with the same time.
Stage results:
1 Aitor Pérez Arrieta CAISSE D'EPARGNE 3h28'32
2 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING s.t.
3 Mirko Lorenzetto TEAM MILRAM s.t.
4 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
5 Alberto Ongarato TEAM MILRAM s.t.
6 Xavier Florencio BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
7 Danail Petrov SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA s.t.
8 Vicente Reynès CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
9 Daryl Impey GATEWAY RACING s.t.
10 Joaquín Sobrino RELAX - GAM s.t.
11 Rubén Pérez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
12 Diego Milán GRUPO NICOLÁS MATEOS s.t.
13 José Iván Gutiérrez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
14 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
15 Quique Gutiérrez TEAM LPR s.t.
16 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
17 Pedro Horrillo RABOBANK s.t.
18 Gerben Löwik RABOBANK s.t.
19 Dani Moreno RELAX - GAM s.t.
20 Jesús Del Nero SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
106 David George GATEWAY RACING s.t.
112 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING + 2'55
120 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 3'35
127 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING s.t.
141 Taylor Phinney GATEWAY RACING + 7'03
145 Brad Armstrong GATEWAY RACING s.t.
General Classification STandings:
1 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING 11h10'26
2 Aitor Pérez Arrieta CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 28
3 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA + 31
4 Ezequiel Mosquera KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
5 Mirko Lorenzetto TEAM MILRAM + 35
6 Patxi Vila LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
7 Quique Gutiérrez TEAM LPR + 36
8 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
9 Gerben Löwik RABOBANK + 37
10 Danail Petrov SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA + 38
11 Jesús Del Nero SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 39
12 Dioni Galparsoro EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
13 José Miguel Elías RELAX - GAM s.t.
14 David Muñoz FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM + 40
15 Jorge Ferrio ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR s.t.
16 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
17 Xavier Florencio BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 41
18 Daryl Impey GATEWAY RACING s.t.
19 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
20 Rubén Pérez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
82 David George GATEWAY RACING s.t.
114 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING + 6'55
123 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING + 13'04
125 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 13'16
142 Taylor Phinney GATEWAY RACING + 27'35
147 Brad Armstrong GATEWAY RACING + 33'27
Points Classification:
1 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA 50
2 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING 45
3 Aitor Pérez Arrieta CAISSE D'EPARGNE 28
4 Ezequiel Mosquera KARPIN GALICIA 25
5 Patxi Vila LAMPRE - FONDITAL 20
6 Óscar Sevilla RELAX - GAM 19
7 Quique Gutiérrez TEAM LPR 18
8 Mirko Lorenzetto TEAM MILRAM 18
9 Luca Mazzanti CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE 18
10 Daryl Impey GATEWAY RACING 17
Mountains Classification:
1 David Zabriskie TEAM CSC 22
2 Antxon Luengo EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 11
3 Danail Petrov SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA 9
4 Luca Solari TEAM LPR 9
5 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING 8
6 Daniele Nardello TEAM LPR 8
7 Yoann Le Boulanger BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM 6
8 Gerben Löwik RABOBANK 5
9 David Muñoz FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM 5
10 Aitor Pérez Arrieta CAISSE D'EPARGNE 5
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Posted on 12-11-2007 17:05
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By the way... that was the first race I did after switching to hard... everything from this point on is at that level (and I think it shows by the results you'll see) :cry: |
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Posted on 12-11-2007 17:26
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March 2nd, 2007
by William Robins, Cycling America Gazette
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana - Stage 4
Today's stage has some scattered climbs and finishes on a short but steep uphill to the finish. The break was brought in about 5 km before the sprint at the base of the final climb. The sprinters moved forward and duked it out fo the sprint points, but the real action was behind them as a small group attacked the pelaton just before the sprint. The group passed the sprinters on the beginnings of the uphill and built up a solid lead. The group consisted of Juanjo Cob of SAUNIER DUVAL, Joaquim Rodríguez of CAISSE D'EPARGNE, Xavier Florencio of BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM, Luis Pérez Rodríguez of ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR, Mauricio Ortega of GATEWAY RACING, and David Bernabéu of FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS.
The group built up a lead of about a minute, then race leader Mauricio Ortega attempted an attack with 3.5 km to go. He moved away from the pack and only Cobo could hang with him. Unfortunately for Ortega however, it appeared he attacked too early. Ortega ran out of energy toward the top of the hill and fell away from Cobo... then got passed by Rodriguez, Florencio and Perez Rodriguez on his way to the line. Cobo won comfortably and took over the leaders jersey in the main competition due to Ortega's ill advised attack.
Ortega can take some solace in the fact he took control of the points competition with today's fifth place finish, though I'm sure that's not what he was looking for.
Stage Results:
1 Juanjo Cobo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 3h59'51
2 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 22
3 Xavier Florencio BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 54
4 Luis Pérez Rodríguez ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR s.t.
5 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING s.t.
6 David Bernabéu FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
7 Quique Gutiérrez TEAM LPR + 1'15
8 Manuel Lloret FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
9 Koldo Gil SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
10 Robert Gesink RABOBANK s.t.
11 Ezequiel Mosquera KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
12 Chechu Rubiera DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
13 Óscar Sevilla RELAX - GAM s.t.
14 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
15 Luca Mazzanti CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
16 David Muñoz FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
17 Iñigo Cuesta TEAM CSC s.t.
18 Nicki Sörensen TEAM CSC s.t.
19 Volodymyr Gustov TEAM CSC s.t.
20 Gerben Löwik RABOBANK s.t.
78 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING s.t.
84 David George GATEWAY RACING s.t.
118 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 7'27
134 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING + 10'39
137 Daryl Impey GATEWAY RACING s.t.
144 Taylor Phinney GATEWAY RACING + 14'47
145 Brad Armstrong GATEWAY RACING + 15'27
General Classification:
1 Juanjo Cobo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 15h10'48
2 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING + 23
3 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 26
4 Xavier Florencio BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 1'00
5 Luis Pérez Rodríguez ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR + 1'04
6 David Bernabéu FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
7 Aitor Pérez Arrieta CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'12
8 Ezequiel Mosquera KARPIN GALICIA + 1'15
9 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
10 Dioni Galparsoro EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 1'18
11 Patxi Vila LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'19
12 Mirko Lorenzetto TEAM MILRAM s.t.
13 Quique Gutiérrez TEAM LPR + 1'20
14 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
15 Gerben Löwik RABOBANK + 1'21
16 Danail Petrov SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA + 1'22
17 David De la Fuente SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1'23
18 Jesús Del Nero SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
19 José Miguel Elías RELAX - GAM s.t.
20 David Muñoz FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM + 1'24
78 David George GATEWAY RACING + 1'25
103 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING + 7'39
112 Daryl Impey GATEWAY RACING + 10'49
127 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 20'12
130 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING + 23'12
143 Taylor Phinney GATEWAY RACING + 41'51
147 Brad Armstrong GATEWAY RACING + 48'23
Points Classification:
1 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING 57
2 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA 50
3 Juanjo Cobo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 37
4 Xavier Florencio BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM 33
5 Ezequiel Mosquera KARPIN GALICIA 30
6 Aitor Pérez Arrieta CAISSE D'EPARGNE 28
7 Quique Gutiérrez TEAM LPR 27
8 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE 26
9 Óscar Sevilla RELAX - GAM 22
10 Patxi Vila LAMPRE - FONDITAL 20
Mountain Classification:
1 David Zabriskie TEAM CSC 22
2 Antxon Luengo EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 11
3 Juanjo Cobo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 10
4 Danail Petrov SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA 9
5 Luca Solari TEAM LPR 9
6 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING 8
7 Daniele Nardello TEAM LPR 8
8 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE 8
9 David De la Fuente SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 7
10 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING 7
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Posted on 12-11-2007 20:10
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March 3rd, 2007
by William Robins, Cycling America Gazette
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana - Final Stage
The final stage in this race had one categorized climb about a third of the way in and then was fairly flat the rest of the way. The breakaway group was caught well before the finish line and was set up nicely for a bunch sprint.
Second place rider Mauricio Ortega tried a late break to maybe take the race win but was unable to put any significant distance between himself and the pack, thus gauranteeing Juanjo Cobo the victory. Alberto Ongarato of Milram pulled away from the pack with 2 km to go and nobody was able to catch him. Daryl Impey of Gateway Racing stuck on his wheel but was unable to pass, taking second, while Uros Murn of Discovery took third.
Juanjo Cobo of SAUNIER DUVAL took first in the overall classification with his strong performance in yesterday's stage. Mauricio Ortega of GATEWAY RACING took second and Joaquim Rodríguez of CAISSE D'EPARGNE rounded out the podium. Ortega won the sprinter's competition and David Zabriskie of CSC took the mountains title.
Stage Results:
1 Alberto Ongarato TEAM MILRAM 3h33'27
2 Daryl Impey GATEWAY RACING s.t.
3 Uros Murn DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
4 Vicente Reynès CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
5 Andy Flickinger BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
6 Gerben Löwik RABOBANK s.t.
7 David García Dapena KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
8 Sebastian Siedler TEAM MILRAM s.t.
9 Rubén Pérez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
10 Diego Milán GRUPO NICOLÁS MATEOS s.t.
23 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING s.t.
36 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING s.t.
66 David George GATEWAY RACING s.t.
116 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING s.t.
143 Taylor Phinney GATEWAY RACING + 12'21
144 Brad Armstrong GATEWAY RACING s.t.
147 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING + 19'25
Final Overall Standings:
1 Juanjo Cobo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 18h44'15
2 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING + 23
3 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 26
4 Xavier Florencio BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 1'00
5 Luis Pérez Rodríguez ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR + 1'04
6 David Bernabéu FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
7 Aitor Pérez Arrieta CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'12
8 Alberto Ongarato TEAM MILRAM + 1'15
9 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
10 Ezequiel Mosquera KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
68 David George GATEWAY RACING + 1'25
107 Daryl Impey GATEWAY RACING + 10'43
125 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING + 20'12
129 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING + 23'12
131 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING + 27'04
145 Taylor Phinney GATEWAY RACING + 54'12
147 Brad Armstrong GATEWAY RACING + 1h00'44
Final Points Standings:
1 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING 57
2 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA 50
3 Daryl Impey GATEWAY RACING 37
4 Alberto Ongarato TEAM MILRAM 37
5 Juanjo Cobo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 37
6 Xavier Florencio BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM 33
7 Ezequiel Mosquera KARPIN GALICIA 30
8 Aitor Pérez Arrieta CAISSE D'EPARGNE 29
9 Quique Gutiérrez TEAM LPR 27
10 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE 26
Final Mountain Standings:
1 David Zabriskie TEAM CSC 22
2 Daniele Nardello TEAM LPR 11
3 Antxon Luengo EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 11
4 Marc De Maar RABOBANK 10
5 Juanjo Cobo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 10
6 Danail Petrov SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA 9
7 Luca Solari TEAM LPR 9
8 Dan Craven GATEWAY RACING 8
9 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE 8
10 David De la Fuente SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 7
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Posted on 13-11-2007 20:42
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I've gotten a bit behind posting results, so rather than spend a ton of time doing writeups that are for the most part very uninteresting, I'm just posting a summary of Paris-Nice.
My team got a wildcard (which was nice as I have no other March races due to the Calendar bug). The first few days I was protecting Buenahora and Ortega and thinking I could get a podium.. but as soon as the small hills started it was pretty clear I was out classed.
So when Buenahora crashed in Stage 4 I set everyone to protect Ortega and fight for a top 10 spot. I also sent George out on Stage 5 and he took maximum mountain points (enough to win the classifcation).
Impey did okay in the sprints, and Phinney and Armstrong were completely worthless. I was disappointed that despite having a fitness of 90+, Ardila was not useful at all as a helper, getting dropped toward the end of many stages. George was solid as a teammate, but Buenahora wasn't of much use after his crash as he had a mild injury that hurt him on the climbs.
All in all I'm pretty pleased with my first (and possibly only) Pro Tour race this season. A 7th in the GC, 6th in points and 1st in the mountains is about as good as I could hope for. I really wish Impey could have held on to third in stage 2 to give us a podium, but he was passed in the final meters.
Paris-Nice
Stage 1 Results (Prologue ITT):
1 Victor Hugo Peña UNIBET.COM 8'48
2 Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS + 4
3 Laszló Bodrogi CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 6
4 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 8
5 Bradley Wiggins COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 9
6 Hernán Buenahora GATEWAY RACING + 11
7 Haimar Zubeldia EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 13
8 Tom Criel UNIBET.COM + 14
9 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 15
10 David Zabriskie TEAM CSC + 18
11 Sebastian Lang GEROLSTEINER s.t.
12 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING + 19
13 David Millar SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
14 Michael Blaudzun TEAM CSC s.t.
15 David George GATEWAY RACING + 20
16 Torsten Hiekmann GEROLSTEINER s.t.
17 Christophe Moreau AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
18 Brian Vandborg DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
19 Aivaras Baranauskas AGRITUBEL s.t.
20 Mikel Astarloza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 21
Stage 2 Results:
1 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS 4h13'51
2 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
3 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
4 Daryl Impey GATEWAY RACING s.t.
5 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
6 David Kopp GEROLSTEINER s.t.
7 Aaron Kemps TEAM ASTANA s.t.
8 Francesco Chicchi LIQUIGAS s.t.
9 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
10 Andy Flickinger BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
11 Matteo Carrara UNIBET.COM s.t.
12 Greg Henderson T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
13 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
14 Alberto Ongarato TEAM MILRAM s.t.
15 Roger Hammond T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
16 Anthony Geslin BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
17 Peter Wrölich GEROLSTEINER s.t.
18 Sergei Ivanov TEAM ASTANA s.t.
19 Andreas Klier T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
20 Grégory Rast TEAM ASTANA s.t.
Stage 3 Results:
1 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER 4h19'50
2 Andy Flickinger BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
3 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS s.t.
4 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
5 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING s.t.
6 Andreas Klier T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
7 Björn Leukemans PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
8 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
9 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
10 David Kopp GEROLSTEINER s.t.
11 Daryl Impey GATEWAY RACING s.t.
12 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
13 Matteo Carrara UNIBET.COM s.t.
14 Sergei Ivanov TEAM ASTANA s.t.
15 Elia Rigotto TEAM MILRAM s.t.
16 Anthony Geslin BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
17 Rubén Pérez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
18 Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM s.t.
19 Beat Zberg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
20 Roger Hammond T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
Stage 4 Results:
1 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS 5h07'40
2 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
3 Roger Hammond T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
4 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
5 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
6 Aaron Kemps TEAM ASTANA s.t.
7 David Kopp GEROLSTEINER s.t.
8 Sergei Ivanov TEAM ASTANA s.t.
9 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
10 Andy Flickinger BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
11 Anthony Geslin BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
12 Jakob Piil T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
13 Daryl Impey GATEWAY RACING s.t.
14 Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM s.t.
15 Peter Wrölich GEROLSTEINER s.t.
16 Andreas Klier T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
17 Matteo Carrara UNIBET.COM s.t.
18 Dimitri Muravyev TEAM ASTANA s.t.
19 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
20 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
Stage 5 Results:
1 Michael Boogerd RABOBANK 4h22'56
2 José Angel Gómez Marchante SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 32
3 Christophe Moreau AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
4 Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 49
5 Juanma Gárate QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1'28
6 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
7 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING s.t.
8 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
9 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
10 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 1'49
11 Cyril Dessel AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
12 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
13 Paolo Savoldelli TEAM ASTANA s.t.
14 Josep Jufré PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
15 Björn Leukemans PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
16 Matteo Carrara UNIBET.COM s.t.
17 Alberto Contador DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
18 Wim Van Huffel PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
19 Nicki Sörensen TEAM CSC s.t.
20 David Zabriskie TEAM CSC s.t.
Stage 6 Results:
1 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER 4h30'39
2 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 33
3 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS + 1'24
4 Sergei Ivanov TEAM ASTANA s.t.
5 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
6 Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
7 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS s.t.
8 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
9 Josep Jufré PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
10 Björn Leukemans PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
11 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
12 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
13 Rubén Pérez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
14 Wim Van Huffel PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
15 Freddy Bichot AGRITUBEL s.t.
16 David López CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
17 Cyril Dessel AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
18 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
19 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
20 Michael Boogerd RABOBANK s.t.
Stage 7 Results:
1 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS 5h08'36
2 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER + 50
3 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS s.t.
4 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
5 David Kopp GEROLSTEINER s.t.
6 Sergei Ivanov TEAM ASTANA s.t.
7 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
8 Thomas Voeckler BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
9 Andrea Tonti QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
10 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS s.t.
11 Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
12 Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM s.t.
13 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING s.t.
14 Björn Leukemans PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
15 Giovanni Visconti QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
16 Juanma Gárate QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
17 Josep Jufré PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
18 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
19 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
20 Nicki Sörensen TEAM CSC s.t.
Stage 8 Results:
1 Carlos Barredo QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 3h45'56
2 Mauricio Ardila RABOBANK + 23
3 Cyril Dessel AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
4 Björn Leukemans PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
5 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING s.t.
6 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
7 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
8 Sylvain Calzati AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
9 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS s.t.
10 Josep Jufré PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
11 Manuel Beltrán LIQUIGAS s.t.
12 Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS s.t.
13 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
14 Rubén Pérez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
15 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
16 Juanma Gárate QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
17 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
18 Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
19 Koos Moerenhout RABOBANK s.t.
20 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
Final General Classification Standings:
1 Michael Boogerd RABOBANK 31h41'29
2 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 1
3 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER + 6
4 Christophe Moreau AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 14
5 José Angel Gómez Marchante SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 16
6 Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 50
7 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING + 1'11
8 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 1'16
9 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1'22
10 Haimar Zubeldia EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 1'26
11 Paolo Savoldelli TEAM ASTANA + 1'34
12 Mikel Astarloza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
13 Sergio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1'35
14 Manuel Beltrán LIQUIGAS + 1'41
15 Koos Moerenhout RABOBANK + 1'43
16 Josep Jufré PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 1'45
17 Sergei Ivanov TEAM ASTANA + 1'46
18 Cyril Dessel AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 1'47
19 Koldo Gil SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1'51
20 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1'54
69 Hernán Buenahora GATEWAY RACING + 8'44
70 David George GATEWAY RACING + 9'03
105 Álex Ardila GATEWAY RACING + 18'13
129 Daryl Impey GATEWAY RACING + 29'08
154 Jonathon Clarke GATEWAY RACING + 52'56
170 Taylor Phinney GATEWAY RACING + 1h55'19
171 Brad Armstrong GATEWAY RACING + 2h00'28
Final Points Standings:
1 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS 110
2 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL 92
3 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS 90
4 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER 82
5 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 73
6 Mauricio Ortega GATEWAY RACING 63
7 Sergei Ivanov TEAM ASTANA 59
8 Björn Leukemans PREDICTOR - LOTTO 56
9 David Kopp GEROLSTEINER 56
10 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM 55
Final Mountain Standings:
1 David George GATEWAY RACING 51
2 Marzio Bruseghin LAMPRE - FONDITAL 37
3 Carlos Barredo QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 26
4 Rémy Di Gregorio FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 24
5 Andreas Klier T-MOBILE TEAM 23
6 Iván Parra COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 23
7 Pavel Padrnos DISCOVERY CHANNEL 20
8 Yannick Talabardon CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 19
9 Dimitri Muravyev TEAM ASTANA 19
10 Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS 16
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Posted on 13-11-2007 21:03
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Not bad with a top 10 result
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Posted on 13-11-2007 21:42
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I'm pretty pleased with it. Now I have to prepare my team for the tour of Georgia in mid april with no more march races to build race days.
I'll be pulling my Iranian riders out for that race... maybe I can take KOM honors with one of them... I can't imagine what the reaction would be in a conservative area like Georgia in the US if that happened.
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