Dario David Cioni -> Ceramica Flaminia Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver -> Astana Ivan Basso -> Astana Isidro Nozal -> Communidad Valencianna
Tour de la Guadelope, 12 Stages:
Squad:
Aleksandr Diachenko
Aleksandr Dimovskikh
Valentin Iglinski
Andrei Mizourov
Aleksei Zaitsev
Andrei Kolessov
Stage 1, Point A Pitre TT:
French Teams looking good...
Result:
1. Alexandre Binet VENDÉE U - PAYS DE LA LOIRE 7'00
2. Michal Ladosz VÉLOCLUB DE ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE + 1
3. Jure Zrimsek ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO + 3
4. Mathieu Delarozière VC LA POMME MARSEILLE s.t.
5. Thomas Bontenackels TEAM PZ - RACING AACHEN + 4
6 Dumitru Creciun VC LA POMME MARSEILLE + 6 7 Valentin Iglinski CYCLING TEAM CAPEC + 7
8 Julien Antomarchi VC LA POMME MARSEILLE s.t.
9 Aleksandr Arekejev ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t. 10 Aleksandr Diachenko CYCLING TEAM CAPEC s.t.
11 Steven Tronet VÉLOCLUB DE ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE + 8
12 Juan Van Heerden VENDÉE U - PAYS DE LA LOIRE + 9 13 Aleksei Kolessov CYCLING TEAM CAPEC s.t.
14 Romain Fondard VÉLOCLUB DE ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE + 10
15 Bastien Delrot VÉLOCLUB DE ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE s.t.
16 Stevens Aubert VC LA POMME MARSEILLE s.t.
17 Damien Gaudin VENDÉE U - PAYS DE LA LOIRE s.t. 18 Andrei Mizourov CYCLING TEAM CAPEC + 11
19 Kjetil Ingvaldsen TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST + 12
20 Jun Chen MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
21 Are Andresen TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST s.t.
22 Mathieu Rompion VENDÉE U - PAYS DE LA LOIRE s.t.
23 Remko Kramer MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
24 Gunnar Eidsheim TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST s.t.
25 Morten Stordal TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST s.t.
Stage 2, Point A Pitre - Le Moule:
Played this stage on normal but it was so crazy that I forgot to take any pics, Bouygues wins!
Result:
1. Maryan Hary BOUYGUES TELECOM 4h25'02
2. Gunnar Eidsheim TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST s.t.
3. Mathieu Delarozière VC LA POMME MARSEILLE + 35
4. Julien Antomarchi VC LA POMME MARSEILLE s.t.
5. Ruslan Sambris VC LA POMME MARSEILLE s.t.
With a mountain stage coming up I think there is a big chance that Mizourov will win (he wants to leave us next year btw)
And about Barloworld, im just gonna do the races that are in my schedule and if I promote then so be it...would be pretty cool to ride a GT with Capec right?
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
Eddy Mazzoleni -> Astana ( realism) Darius Stundzia -> Team Capec
Tour de la Guadelope, 12 Stages:
Squad:
Aleksandr Diachenko
Aleksandr Dimovskikh
Valentin Iglinski
Andrei Mizourov
Aleksei Zaitsev
Andrei Kolessov
Stage 3, Le Moule - Bailif:
The hills were a little bit too much for Capec sprinter Zaitsev and so we play no part in today's sprint, the talented South African, Van Heerden, takes the win in front of Balducci
This was supposed to be a mountain TT but due to a bug it now was a mountain stage of 11 kms, the manager decided that he wouldnt cheat by attacking but he did keep the pace high with his 2 climbers which eventually resulted into this:
Mizourov takes the win and the lead in front of Diachenko
Result:
1. Andrei Mizourov CYCLING TEAM CAPEC 18'16
2. Aleksandr Diachenko CYCLING TEAM CAPEC + 9
3. Maryan Hary BOUYGUES TELECOM + 1'07
4. Gunnar Eidsheim TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST + 1'28 5. Valentin Iglinski CYCLING TEAM CAPEC + 1'37
A stage which ended on top of a small but nasty hill, the finish was close but even though a picture was made it couldnt be found...Mizourov keeps the lead but feels a Frenchman in his neck
Result:
1. Maryan Hary BOUYGUES TELECOM 4h21'46
2. Gunnar Eidsheim TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST s.t.
3. Andrei Mizourov CYCLING TEAM CAPEC s.t.
4. Fu-yu Li MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
5. Valentin Iglinski CYCLING TEAM CAPEC s.t.
1 Andrei Mizourov CYCLING TEAM CAPEC 11h34'18
2 Maryan Hary BOUYGUES TELECOM + 6
3 Gunnar Eidsheim TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST + 38 4 Aleksandr Diachenko CYCLING TEAM CAPEC + 55
5 Are Andresen TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST + 2'07 6 Aleksandr Dimovskikh CYCLING TEAM CAPEC + 2'33
7 Romain Fondard VÉLOCLUB DE ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE + 3'18
8 Alexandre Binet VENDÉE U - PAYS DE LA LOIRE + 3'23 9 Valentin Iglinski CYCLING TEAM CAPEC + 3'24
10 Franck Bouyer BOUYGUES TELECOM + 3'29
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
good job you didn't cheat in Stage 4, otherwise you're whole team would've been in the break
also what's Astan'a team shaping up for next year, with Basso, Mazzolini going there?
Astana keeps on buying realistic...this time it's Kloden
More Transfernews:
Jorg Jaksche -> Gerolsteiner Samuel Sanchez -> Discovery Channel Chris Horner -> T-Mobile Gianpaolo Caruso -> T-Mobile Davide Rebellin -> Lampre - Fondital Bernhard Eisel -> Quick Step Innergetic Carlos Garcia Quesada -> Caisse D'Epargne Nick Nuyens -> Davitamon - Lotto Juan Manuel Garate -> Tenax Andreas Kloden -> Astana () Oleg Melehs -> Team Capec Adam Hansen -> Team Capec Sergei Papok -> Team Capec Thomas Vaitkus -> Team Capec Brett Lancaster -> Team Capec Sergei Matveyev -> Team Capec
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
Aleksandr Diachenko
Aleksandr Dimovskikh
Valentin Iglinski
Andrei Mizourov
Aleksei Zaitsev
Andrei Kolessov
Stage 6, Gosier - Saint Francois:
Now that Mizourov is in the lead we just need to control the race but on of these many flat stages we get help from other teams such as Bouygues and Vendee U, Zaitsev ends 4th while Chavanel (Sebastien that is) takes it (again no picture could be found :? deleted all the pictures in the pcm map and now it seems to work again)
Another flat stage which ended in a sprint, due to good positioning Zaitsev ended 3rd and almost 2nd if it wasnt for the German sprinter Neffgen. Van Heerden takes his 2nd win.
He's still 19 so in the future he might win bigger races!
Another flat stage...*Yawn* But instead of controlling we attacked with Kolessov, the break looks to get caught 5 kms before the finish but Kolessov doesnt give up and gives it his best! Unfortunately this isnt enough :x he will have to settle with a 4th place...
Left: Kolessov with a strong attack, Right: But the stage was 300 metres too long
6 Mirka Nieminen US MONTAUBAN s.t. 7 Aleksei Zaitsev CYCLING TEAM CAPEC s.t.
8 Michal Ladosz VÉLOCLUB DE ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE s.t.
9 Stian Remme TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST s.t.
10 Mathieu Delarozière VC LA POMME MARSEILLE s.t.
11 Jun Chen MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
12 Steven Tronet VÉLOCLUB DE ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE s.t.
13 Thomas Bontenackels TEAM PZ - RACING AACHEN s.t.
14 Franck Bouyer BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
15 Ruslan Sambris VC LA POMME MARSEILLE s.t.
16 Alexandre Binet VENDÉE U - PAYS DE LA LOIRE s.t.
17 Jure Zrimsek ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
18 Mathieu Rompion VENDÉE U - PAYS DE LA LOIRE s.t.
19 Romain Feillu CYCLOCLUB DE NOGENT SUR OISE s.t.
20 Christophe Masson VÉLOCLUB DE ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE s.t.
21 Morten Stordal TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST s.t.
22 Nicolas Prin US MONTAUBAN s.t.
23 Florent Bonnet VENDÉE U - PAYS DE LA LOIRE s.t.
24 Giovanni Bernaudeau BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
25 Aleksandr Arekejev ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t
GC with 4 stages to go:
1 Andrei Mizourov CYCLING TEAM CAPEC 22h08'37
2 Maryan Hary BOUYGUES TELECOM + 6 3 Aleksandr Diachenko CYCLING TEAM CAPEC + 55
4 Gunnar Eidsheim TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST + 3'13
5 Romain Fondard VÉLOCLUB DE ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE + 3'18
6 Alexandre Binet VENDÉE U - PAYS DE LA LOIRE + 3'23 7 Valentin Iglinski CYCLING TEAM CAPEC + 3'24
8 Franck Bouyer BOUYGUES TELECOM + 3'29
9 Mathieu Delarozière VC LA POMME MARSEILLE + 3'58
10 Simone Masciarelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO + 4'04
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
A hilly stage where it was Mizourov's task to keep a close eye on Hary who is only 8 secs behind. With 40 kms Sambris attacks and since he's 5 minutes behind in the GC we keep his lead around 3,50 but then Iglinski who is feeling good at that moment attacks, Hary counters and therefore Mizourov has to follow. Iglinski bright moment didnt last too long as the falls into a group of semi-favourites while Mizourov and Hary are after Sambris. And even though the gap decreases quickly he gets what he deserves and that is today's win. Mizourov wins 2 seconds on Hary by beating him in the sprint for the 2nd place.
Victory for Moldova!
Result:
1. Ruslan Sambris VC LA POMME MARSEILLE 4h30'34 2. Andrei Mizourov CYCLING TEAM CAPEC + 33
3. Maryan Hary BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
4. Romain Fondard VÉLOCLUB DE ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE + 1'21
5. Julien Antomarchi VC LA POMME MARSEILLE s.t.
Assan Bazajev extends his contract for 2 years --8) (Andrei Mizourov is still doubting :x )
Tour de la Guadelope, 12 Stages:
Squad:
Aleksandr Diachenko
Aleksandr Dimovskikh
Valentin Iglinski
Andrei Mizourov
Aleksei Zaitsev
Andrei Kolessov
Stage 11, Les Abymes - Baie Mahault:
With a ITT coming up tommorow this was the last chance for Hary to take Mizourov's jersey but the attacks dont come until the final climb. A group of 13 is left over with some guys from an early break. Diachenko and Iglinski work their butts off for Mizourov but when Andrei feels good they stop and Mizourov places a very strong attack, lots of guys try to follow him but no matter how hard they go the gap only increases. Mizourov puts the crown on his overall victory by getting a win.
Andrei Mizourov is a little bit too much for the rest
Result:
1. Andrei Mizourov CYCLING TEAM CAPEC 2h42'37
2. Gunnar Eidsheim TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST + 46
3. Ruslan Sambris VC LA POMME MARSEILLE s.t. 4. Valentin Iglinski CYCLING TEAM CAPEC s.t.
5. Fu-yu Li MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
6 Maryan Hary BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
7 Juan Van Heerden VENDÉE U - PAYS DE LA LOIRE + 1'10
8 Romain Fondard VÉLOCLUB DE ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE s.t. 9 Aleksandr Diachenko CYCLING TEAM CAPEC s.t.
10 Aleksandr Dimovskikh CYCLING TEAM CAPEC s.t.
11 Simone Masciarelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
12 Christophe Masson VÉLOCLUB DE ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE s.t.
13 Nicolas Prin US MONTAUBAN s.t.
14 Damien Gaudin VENDÉE U - PAYS DE LA LOIRE + 2'07
15 Dumitru Creciun VC LA POMME MARSEILLE + 2'47
16 Thomas Bontenackels TEAM PZ - RACING AACHEN s.t.
17 Rhys Pollock MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
18 Miguel Angel Iglesias Vazquez ATOM s.t.
19 Julien Antomarchi VC LA POMME MARSEILLE + 3'31
20 Romain Feillu CYCLOCLUB DE NOGENT SUR OISE + 3'42
21 Leonardo Moser ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO + 4'05
22 Mathieu Delarozière VC LA POMME MARSEILLE + 4'49
23 Franck Bouyer BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
24 Gabriele Balducci ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
25 Giovanni Bernaudeau BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
26 Alexandre Binet VENDÉE U - PAYS DE LA LOIRE s.t.
Stage 12, Baihe Mahault ITT (SIMMED):
Mizourov already took his win he was determined to take the TT as well
Result:
1. Andrei Mizourov CYCLING TEAM CAPEC 17'51
2. Jure Zrimsek ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO + 1 3. Valentin Iglinski CYCLING TEAM CAPEC + 2
4. Julien Antomarchi VC LA POMME MARSEILLE + 5
5. Thomas Bontenackels TEAM PZ - RACING AACHEN + 12
1. Andrei Mizourov CYCLING TEAM CAPEC 33h41'53
2. Maryan Hary BOUYGUES TELECOM + 2'26 3. Valentin Iglinski CYCLING TEAM CAPEC + 5'32
4. Gunnar Eidsheim TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST + 5'49
5. Ruslan Sambris VC LA POMME MARSEILLE + 6'22
I will post some stats later but do keep in mind that lots of riders on that list (Grabovski, Lebedev) will not race much this year and that only those Kazkah's who were in the team at the beginning of the year will still race
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
Assan Bazajev
Andrei Mizourov
Alekandr Dimovskikh
Ilya Chernichov
Aleksei Lyalko
Valeri Dimitrijev
Stage 1, Limoges - Aubussin:
The tour exists out of 4 flat stages but they 3 of them have some difficulties in between and Capec was one of many teams who were surprised by the hot weather and the flat, yet difficult profile. Bazajev ends somewhere in the back. Credit Agricole takes the win in the sprint
Mark Renshaw takes the win, maybe a guy to put on our transfer list?
The most difficult stage with 7 GPM's and even more hills, for Bazajev the stage is a little bit too difficult but Mizourov is able to hang on. A group of 21 arrives in Saint Leonard and it's an Italian who wins thanks to his last km attack. Mizourov lacks the sprinters legs and ends in the back of the group.
Grande Moreni
Result:
1. Cristian Moreni COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 4h56'59
2. Mickaël Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
3. Evgeni Popov RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
4. Cyril Dessel AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
5. Charles Guilbert GROUPE SPORTIF BRETAGNE - JEAN FLOC'H s.t.
Wim van Huffel -> Phonak Wladimir Belli -> Quick Step Gert Steegmans -> Astana Martin Perdiguero -> Francaise des Jeux Jorge Ferrio -> Barloworld Didier Rous -> Flanders Steffen Wesemann -> Astana Jens Voigt -> Lampre - Fondital Sergei Gonchar -> Lampre Fondital Yaroslav Popovych -> CSC
[size=18] Tour du Limousin, 4 Stages:[/size]
Squad:
Assan Bazajev
Andrei Mizourov
Alekandr Dimovskikh
Ilya Chernichov
Aleksei Lyalko
Valeri Dimitrijev
Stage 3, Bourganeuf - Vassiviere en Limousin:
In this stage Bazajev should be able to hold on and so he did, after that he followed the man in yellow the whole time and began the sprint in a perfect position...but he wasnt strong enough for the podium as his effort gives him a 4th place. Bouygues takes the win!
Left: Bazajev and Chernichov are delivered perfectly!, Right: Chavanel is in shape and shows it to the world
[size=9]6 Mark Renshaw CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
7 Saulius Ruskys AGRITUBEL s.t.
8 Charles Guilbert GROUPE SPORTIF BRETAGNE - JEAN FLOC'H s.t. 9 Ilya Chernichov CYCLING TEAM CAPEC s.t.
10 Geoffroy Lequatre COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
11 Mickaël Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
12 Rahsaan Bahati TEAM TIAA - CREF s.t.
13 Saïd Haddou AUBER 93 s.t.
14 Evgeni Popov RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
15 Tom Leezer RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
16 Yohan Cauquil JARTAZI - 7MOBILE s.t.
17 Brad Huff TEAM TIAA - CREF s.t.
18 Jos Van Emden RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
19 Christophe Detilloux FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
20 Xavier Florencio BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
21 François Parisien TEAM TIAA - CREF s.t.
22 Michael Blanchy JARTAZI - 7MOBILE s.t.
23 Florent Bonnet VENDÉE U - PAYS DE LA LOIRE s.t.
24 Piotr Zielinski GROUPE SPORTIF BRETAGNE - JEAN FLOC'H s.t.
25 Carlos Da Cruz FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.[/size]
Stage 4, Gueret - Limoges:
This stage wouldn't change anything in the GC but Mizourov did nick 2 seconds at the first intermediate sprint and will now end 4th or 5th depending on whether Van Heerden ends on the podium. Bazajev doesn't improve yesterday's performance as he ends 8th. The man in yellow wins as Van Heerden ends 3rd which means that Mizourov still ends on a unexpected 5th place!
Cristian Moreni clearly the strongest in this tour
Result:
1. Cristian Moreni COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 4h50'20
2. Mark Renshaw CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
3. Juan Van Heerden VENDÉE U - PAYS DE LA LOIRE s.t.
4. Charles Guilbert GROUPE SPORTIF BRETAGNE - JEAN FLOC'H s.t.
5. Xavier Florencio BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
1. Cristian Moreni COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 18h20'08
2. Mickaël Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 44
3. Juan Van Heerden VENDÉE U - PAYS DE LA LOIRE + 48
4. Evgeni Popov RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t. 5. Andrei Mizourov CYCLING TEAM CAPEC + 54
Ricardo Ricco -> Team Capec Matthias Kessler -> Phonak Bernard Kohl -> Davitamon Lotto Koldo Gil -> Phonak David Etxebarria -> Quick Step Javier Pascual Rodriguez -> CSC Alberto Contador -> Rabobank Carlos Barredo -> Caisse D'Epargne Allan Davis -> Francaise Des Jeux Thomas Voeckler -> Davitamon Lotto Roger Hammond -> Astana
Btw I also signed Aleksandr Usov and Mauro SantambrogioB)
[size=18]Tour de L'Avenir, 10 Stages:[/size]
Squad:
Valentin Iglinski
Evgeni Sladkov
Aleksandr Diachenko
Aleksandr Dimovskikh
Ilya Chernichov
Aleksei Zaitsev
Even though other teams do take some old timers along with them I decided to be fair :wink:
Stage 1, Charleroi - Charleroi:
Criterium trough the Belgium city Charleroi, Zaitsev had some trouble with the hills and didnt play a role in the sprint. A chaotic, close but fun to see, sprint in the streets of Charleroi as a South American takes the win
Martin Garrido wins in front of Abakoumov
Result:
1. Martin Garrido DUJA - TAVIRA 3h10'56
2. Igor Abakoumov JARTAZI - 7MOBILE s.t.
3. Cristian Moreni COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
4. Sergei Kolesnikov OMNIBIKE DYNAMO MOSKOW s.t.
5. Martin Prázdnovský TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST s.t.
Evgeni Sladkov was the only attacker today but he couldnt make it, on a bad note Chernichov fell in a wet turn just few kms before the finish and his season ends here because of that Up front 2 talented Russians fight for victory
Evgeni Popov just beats Kolsenikov
Result:
1. Evgeni Popov RABOBANK CONTINENTAL 4h21'48
2. Sergei Kolesnikov OMNIBIKE DYNAMO MOSKOW s.t.
3. Tyler Farrar COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
4. Victor Gomes Colinas VIÑA MAGNA - CROPU s.t.
5. Hans Dekkers AGRITUBEL s.t.
In this stage Evgeni Sladkov attacked once more and therefore gained many boni seconds that move him up the 6th place in the GC (not that he is our leader which is Diachenko) This terrain suits Zaitsev but the competition is a bit too strong for the young Kazakh whose future at Capec is still uncertain. Popov almost takes another win if it wasnt for a rider from Bouygues, Xavier Florenico (no pic ops: )
Capec News: The Mizourov-Kunitski tandem wins a duo TT in France --8)
Then back to the tour of the 'future'
Tour de L'Avenir, 10 Stages:
Stage 4, Yutz - Metz (Simmed after it crashed twice during loading):
because it had to be simmed our leader Diachenko lost 4 valuable minutes :evil:
Result:
1. Martin Prázdnovský TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST 2h58'20
2. Cristian Moreni COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
3. Morten Christiansen TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST s.t.
4. Xavier Florencio BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
5. Mark Scanlon AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
We still have to for the mountains and yet again we send Evgeni Sladkov in the break which seems to be a good decision since they have 1.20 with 5 kms to go, Sladkov isnt the best sprinter but a podium should be possible since there arent any sprinters in the group
View from the helicopter shows Sladkov being in a decent position
But Sladkov would have to settle with a 5th place as Creciun wins!
Too bad that Sladkov didnt have Bazajev's legs there for a moment
Result:
1. Dumitru Creciun VC LA POMME MARSEILLE 3h33'25
2. Fabien Sanchez COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
3. Christophe Agnolutto AGRITUBEL s.t.
4. Jean-Claude Lebeau LANDBOUWKREDIET - COLNAGO s.t. 5. Evgeni Sladkov CYCLING TEAM CAPEC s.t.
The mountains were finally here but it didnt go as well as we hoped, Diachenko our leader waited a little bit too long and so he just ended outside the top while the older guys Golcer and Dessel both beat the youngsters Seledkov and Popov, from those 2 oldtimers it is the champion of Slovenia who beats the French 'Hope'
Dimovskikh was the one to attack for us today in this stage which would turn into a sprint but one of the escapees just had 10 metres enough to take the stage in front of Garrido and Abakoumov!
Andy Flickinger must feel like a boy in a candyshop, beating the best sprinters
Result:
1. Andy Flickinger BOUYGUES TELECOM 3h47'50
2. Martin Garrido DUJA - TAVIRA s.t.
3. Igor Abakoumov JARTAZI - 7MOBILE s.t.
4. Kristof Vandewalle WIELERGROEP BEVEREN 2000 s.t.
5. Andrej Omulec PERUTNINA PTUJ s.t.
The 2nd out of 3 mountain stages and even though Diachenko is the leader we are determined to send the the leader in the KOM classification, Evgeni Sladkov, up front. He is the best climber in the group and they get a nice lead. But after a while Sladkov attacks and only Christophe Laurent is able to follow him
Left: Sladkov leads the others over the mountains, Right: Laurent is able to stay with him...but not for long!
Sladkov would leave Laurent behind and goes onto the final climb on his own but right behind Dessel, Golcer and Casar approach him and instead of following them Sladkov continues to ride his own pace so that he wont blow himself up, this somehow works as he ends 4th in a very tough stage! Up front Dessel wins it
Cyril Dessel...
Result:
1. Cyril Dessel AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 4h27'17
2. Jure Golcer PERUTNINA PTUJ + 23
3. Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
4. Evgeni Sladkov CYCLING TEAM CAPEC + 2'36
5. Cristian Moreni COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 3'17
6 Tamás Lengyel TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST + 22
7 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 24
8 Cyril Dessel AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 27
9 Sergei Kolesnikov OMNIBIKE DYNAMO MOSKOW + 28 10 Valentin Iglinski CYCLING TEAM CAPEC + 30
11 Julien Mazet AUBER 93 + 31
12 Fabien Sanchez COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 34
13 Andrej Omulec PERUTNINA PTUJ + 35
14 Tyler Farrar COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
15 Jos Van Emden RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
16 Martin Garrido DUJA - TAVIRA s.t.
17 Steven Cummings LANDBOUWKREDIET - COLNAGO + 42 18 Evgeni Sladkov CYCLING TEAM CAPEC + 44
19 Xavier Florencio BOUYGUES TELECOM + 46
20 Florian Morizot AUBER 93 + 50
21 Stijn Vandenbergh UNIBET - DAVO + 51
22 Grzegorz Kwiatkowski VÉLOCLUB DE ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE s.t.
23 Martin Prázdnovský TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST s.t.
24 Anthony Jaunet CYCLOCLUB DE NOGENT SUR OISE s.t.
25 Iván Melero ORBEA s.t.
Stage 10, St. Nicolas La Chapelle - Marcinelle en Montagne:
The toughest stage which didnt went as planned, again Diachenko wasnt keeping his act together and reacted way too late to reach the group of favourites. He would end 13th in the company of Montfort and Danculovix who were, just like him, beaten. Up front the oldies make the show and Golcer beats the 2 Frenchies yet again, giving the experienced Slovenian the overall win in the Tour of the Future...
I dont think we will ever see this image in Le Tour
Result:
1. Jure Golcer PERUTNINA PTUJ 5h06'26
2. Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1'15
3. Cyril Dessel AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
4. Sergei Kolesnikov OMNIBIKE DYNAMO MOSKOW + 4'51
5. Ivan Seledkov OMNIBIKE DYNAMO MOSKOW + 8'09
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Up front 2 talented Russians fight for victory
