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[EPIC] Omega Pharma - Quick Step | Unlucky in Spain, good in Netherlands
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| kubys |
Posted on 29-10-2013 22:06
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This time, just in short -  Gianni Meersman took down the GC at the moment in Australia!!! But it's not all over, we have to concentrate for the last stage.
Gianni with all the great favourites on Willunga Hill
General classification
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 15h17'35 | | 2 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 3 | Bob Jungels | RadioShack - Leopard | + 3 | | 4 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 4 | | 5 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | + 6 | | 6 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol | + 22 | | 7 | Jorge Cristobal Riquelme | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 25 | | 8 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 29 | | 9 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | + 32 | | 10 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | + 42 |
Edited by kubys on 29-10-2013 22:09
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| kubys |
Posted on 30-10-2013 17:43
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We have reached our goal!
As title says - by grabbing the first place in GC in Australia, we reached goal countered by our sponsor, which is really awesome, despite the fact, that our biggest pre-race hope  Sylvain Chavanel had a terrible race. But Gianni Meersman was more than better replacement, as he managed to win whole race! Hats off Gianni.
The leader jersey for TDU is already in our trophy room
General classification
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 17h09'17 | | 2 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 3 | Bob Jungels | RadioShack - Leopard | + 3 | | 4 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 4 | | 5 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | + 6 | | 6 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol | + 22 | | 7 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 8 | Jorge Cristobal Riquelme | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 25 | | 9 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 29 | | 10 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | + 42 |
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| kubys |
Posted on 04-11-2013 15:31
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After great time in Australia we are ready for another race -  Tour of Qatar. As we promised to the race organisers, we're sending there our best and looking for some stage hunt as well as top GC position. With two former winners and incredible TT squad we are the top favourites there.
 Mark Cavendish
Tom Boonen
 Tony Martin
Bert Grabsch
Gert Steegmans
 Alessandro Petacchi
Julien Vermote
Kristof Vandewalle
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Posted on 04-11-2013 16:00
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What a team for this tour !
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 04-11-2013 16:02
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Yeah, this does seem a bit over the top 
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 04-11-2013 16:03
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Meh... Poor Coquard... 
It's a bit overkill indeed, I don't think there should be need to let Cav & Martin waste racedays in the desert 
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 04-11-2013 16:11
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There goes my sponsor goal . Surely a points deduction for making Lord Mark of Cavendish ride such a shit small race . |
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 04-11-2013 16:18
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Phew, luckily I didn't ask a wildcard
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 04-11-2013 16:24
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I was looking forward to Qatar until i seen your squad |
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| kubys |
Posted on 04-11-2013 16:32
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Jesleyh wrote:
Meh... Poor Coquard...
It's a bit overkill indeed, I don't think there should be need to let Cav & Martin waste racedays in the desert
Just a preparation for them They have 13 resp. 15 racedays for the first part of season.
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| kubys |
Posted on 13-11-2013 15:00
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As you know, we were totally dominant in Qatar, thanks to our great performance in the team time trial. But actually there are some issues we must solve. The main thing is - our performance is incredibly idiotic, when we are over-confident and we want to show our domination to the others. As you can see on this picture this happened when we chased hard in the last stage.
Chasing hard in front, but Cavendish is far back
Terrible placing of our team in the last stage
After all, this was just cosmetic issue and we hope it won't happen again. Just to sum up Mark Cavendish won, we crushed the oppostition by seven racers in TOP10 and pleased the race organisers by our squad. At the moment whole team is back in the Belgium (except team bus driver) and looking forward to races on our home soil - Omloop and Kuurne-Brusel-Kuurne.
Mark Cavendish after winning ceremony
Edited by kubys on 13-11-2013 15:01
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 13-11-2013 15:04
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Good gamble to put so much on Qatar, hope you won't struggle with racedays later on
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| kubys |
Posted on 13-11-2013 15:38
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Ollfardh wrote:
Good gamble to put so much on Qatar, hope you won't struggle with racedays later on
We have it pretty balanced, anyway, we don't care about Vuelta for example
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| kubys |
Posted on 27-11-2013 14:06
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Here we are - the first classic of the season is there and it's also the first cobbled classic which will start our preparation for our desired goal Paris - Roubaix.
Startlist:
Tom Boonen
 Zdeněk Štybar
Guillaume van Keirsbulck
Stijn Vandenbergh
 Jaxton McNutt
Matteo Trentin
Nikolas Maes
Edited by kubys on 27-11-2013 14:07
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 27-11-2013 16:15
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Even without Chava and Terpstra, that's a very good team
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| kubys |
Posted on 02-12-2013 20:04
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If you list through Tommeke's palmares, there was only one cobbled classic you wouldn't find. Yes, it's incredible, but Tommeke never won Omloop Het Nieuwsbald until now. After years of hardship he was really hot and aimed for this race, and thanks to great work of our team he was able to prove, that he is the strongest cobbler in the world.
Tom Boonen celebrating his first Omloop win
After Tom's win, I was full of confidence that guys will be motivated for next day, when Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne was held. But actually they disappoint, even though Å tybar tried his best in late part of the stage, we didn't achieve nothing less than total defeat there.
Edited by kubys on 02-12-2013 22:14
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 02-12-2013 20:20
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Congrats for Omloop! (twice  )
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| kubys |
Posted on 02-12-2013 22:25
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Ollfardh wrote:
Congrats for Omloop! (twice )
Thanks a lot. Tommeke is ready to chase Brouwer now.
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| kubys |
Posted on 05-12-2013 16:26
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Ok, ok, march have just started, but things are getting serious now. At the moment we are the best placed team in the world, but we can't let it up. This month will be full of great races and first of them is Paris-Nice. Our goal is podium nad we hope we won't disappoint our fans.
Paris-Nice official line-up
 Michal Kwiatkowski
Sylvain Chavanel
Tom Boonen
Gianni Meersman
Peter Serry
František Raboň
Kevin De Weert
Jerome Pineau
Edited by kubys on 05-12-2013 16:30
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Posted on 09-12-2013 14:52
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After great start in France, our second squad is heading Italy and aiming succes, but more modest than in France, where we are looking for podium. TOP 10 will be nice, as Tony Martin will share his leadership with  Peter Velits. Also we are really looking for win in TTT, ITT and at least one flat stage.
Tony Martin
Peter Velits
Mark Cavendish
Kristof Vandewalle
Zdeněk Štybar
Jaxton McNutt
Gert Steegmans
Alessandro Petacchi
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