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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 27-06-2007 00:18
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The Trust House Tour of Wellington
Stage 1
NOT simmed
1 Michael Ford SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS 12'07
2 Bert Grabsch T-MOBILE TEAM + 1
3 Miles Olman SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS + 4
4 Christopher Baldwin TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM + 6
5 Logan Hutchings WIELERGROEP BEVEREN 2000 s.t.
6 Kristof Vandewalle WIELERGROEP BEVEREN 2000 + 8
7 Matti Helminen THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS + 11
8 Cameron Meyer SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS + 12
9 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 17
10 Adam Hansen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
11 Ian Stannard THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS + 19
12 Hayden Roulston THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS s.t.
13 Johan Lindgren FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
14 David McCann COLAVITA - SUTTER HOME PRESENTED BY COOKING LIGHT s.t.
15 Heath Blackgrove THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS + 22
Stage 2
A disappointing stage for us.
1 Henk Vogels TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM
2 Michael Ford SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS
3 Johny Walker SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS
4 Stuart Shaw DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
5 Jakob Piil T-MOBILE TEAM
6 Robert McLachlan DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
7 Jan Bakelants WIELERGROEP BEVEREN 2000
8 Rodney Green TEAM KONICA MINOLTA
9 Sean Sullivan TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM
10 Adam Hansen T-MOBILE TEAM
14 Gordon McCauley THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS
16 Ian Stannard THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS
28 Julian Dean THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS
Stage 3
We bounced back well though.
1 Julian Dean THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS
2 Gordon McCauley THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS
3 Henk Vogels TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM
4 Mark O'Brien DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
5 Michael Ford SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS
6 Stuart Shaw DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
7 Sergei Koudentsov DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM
8 Björn Cornelissen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED
9 Mickaël Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX
10 Stefan Schreck T-MOBILE TEAM
Stage 4
Ian Stannard was part of a 5 man break, and it soon became clear that they would make it to the finish. Stannard, Sullivan and Engoulvent would fight it out.
1 Ian Stannard THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS 3h49'37
2 Sean Sullivan TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
3 Jimmy Engoulvent CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 20
4 Julian Dean THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS + 52
5 Henk Vogels TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
6 Sergei Koudentsov DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
7 Björn Cornelissen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
8 Mickaël Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
9 William Bonnet CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
10 Adam Hansen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
 Ian Stannard
Stage 5
A couple of tough hills near the finish, our goal was to keep Stannard as close to the front as possible. Sandy Casar won the stage and took yellow.
1 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 3h14'31
2 Alexandre Botcharov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 1'35
3 Adam Hansen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
4 Peter Hatton COLAVITA - SUTTER HOME PRESENTED BY COOKING LIGHT s.t.
5 Logan Hutchings WIELERGROEP BEVEREN 2000 + 1'52
6 Fraser MacMaster TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
7 Johan Lindgren FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
8 David McCann COLAVITA - SUTTER HOME PRESENTED BY COOKING LIGHT s.t.
9 Jay Thomson TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
10 Shaun Lewis SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
11 Juan Pablo Wilches DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
12 Tiaan Kannemeyer TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
13 Jakob Piil T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
14 Jan Bakelants WIELERGROEP BEVEREN 2000 s.t.
15 Mickaël Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 2'31
16 Julian Dean THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS s.t.
17 Hayden Roulston THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS s.t.
20 Gordon McCauley THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS s.t.
29 Ian Stannard THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS s.t.
Stage 6
Another TT.
1 Bert Grabsch T-MOBILE TEAM 17'58
2 Michael Ford SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS + 3
3 Kristof Vandewalle WIELERGROEP BEVEREN 2000 + 8
4 Matti Helminen THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS + 10
5 Cameron Meyer SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS + 13
6 Logan Hutchings WIELERGROEP BEVEREN 2000 + 14
7 Sergei Koudentsov DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM + 22
8 Hayden Roulston THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS + 24
9 Christopher Baldwin TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM + 28
10 David McCann COLAVITA - SUTTER HOME PRESENTED BY COOKING LIGHT + 29
11 Miles Olman SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS + 30
12 Jan Ghyselinck WIELERGROEP BEVEREN 2000 s.t.
13 Fraser MacMaster TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
14 Adam Hansen T-MOBILE TEAM + 32
15 Heath Blackgrove THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS + 36
16 Ian Stannard THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS s.t.
Stage 7
Henk Vogels punctured and we made sure he couldnt finish. At 10km to go Dean took his position for the sprint, when Stannard attacked. McCauley and Roulston followed him. McCauley wins.
1 Gordon McCauley THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS 1h07'29
2 Hayden Roulston THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS s.t.
3 Ian Stannard THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS s.t.
4 Julian Dean THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS s.t.
5 Herman Fouche TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
6 Michael Ford SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
7 Mickaël Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
8 Sergei Koudentsov DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
9 Cameron Meyer SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
10 William Bonnet CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
11 Björn Cornelissen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
12 Stefan Schreck T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
13 Bobby Lea TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
14 Miles Olman SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
15 Gustavo Artacho COLAVITA - SUTTER HOME PRESENTED BY COOKING LIGHT s.t.
1 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX
2 Ian Stannard THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS
3 Logan Hutchings WIELERGROEP BEVEREN 2000
4 Adam Hansen T-MOBILE TEAM
5 Bert Grabsch T-MOBILE TEAM
6 David McCann COLAVITA - SUTTER HOME PRESENTED BY COOKING LIGHT
7 Fraser MacMaster TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM
8 Johan Lindgren FRANÇAISE DES JEUX
9 Peter Hatton COLAVITA - SUTTER HOME PRESENTED BY COOKING LIGHT
10 Alexandre Botcharov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE
11 Hayden Roulston THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS
12 Jakob Piil T-MOBILE TEAM
13 Sean Sullivan TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM
14 Gordon McCauley THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS
15 Jan Ghyselinck WIELERGROEP BEVEREN 2000
25 Julian Dean THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS
31 Heath Blackgrove THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS
45 Matti Helminen THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS
 1 Michael Ford SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS 62
2 Julian Dean THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS 59
3 Ian Stannard THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS 53
4 Henk Vogels TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM 53
5 Gordon McCauley THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS 52
6 Sergei Koudentsov DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM 36
7 Adam Hansen T-MOBILE TEAM 31
8 Sean Sullivan TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM 29
9 Mickaël Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 28
10 Hayden Roulston THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS 28
 1 Ian Stannard THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS 12
2 Peter Hatton COLAVITA - SUTTER HOME PRESENTED BY COOKING LIGHT 8
3 Alexandre Botcharov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 8
4 Johny Walker SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS 6
5 Jimmy Engoulvent CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 6
6 Sean Sullivan TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM 6
7 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 6
8 Pol Nabben DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM 4
9 Tony Goossens WIELERGROEP BEVEREN 2000 2
10 Hayden Roulston THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS 2
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 27-06-2007 00:28
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Next up - the Tour of Egypt. With Cavendish and co.
Edited by SportingNonsense on 27-06-2007 00:28
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 27-06-2007 07:38
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Great stage 7!!! Good luck 4 Cav |
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| Crommy |
Posted on 27-06-2007 16:18
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Well done in Thailand - everything is looking good, apart from the commentary that is 
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Posted on 27-06-2007 16:31
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January Review
A hectic, yet successful January, with 11 Stage Wins, 2 National TT Championships, the New Zealand RR Championships. Plus 2nd overall in the TdU and Tour of Wellington, and 1st, 2nd and 3rd overall in Thailand. Fabrizio Guidi leads the continental tour though, after the Tour Down Under.
Without any european races, the team rankings has a global feel to it.
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| Crommy |
Posted on 27-06-2007 17:44
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Sn has managed to find the right thread now 
Total domination by the way, now to maintain such a lead. Easy
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 27-06-2007 17:49
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don't you find it a tad boring continuing with this total domination at normal level
(i'm not trying to make you change the level, i just wondered if it is still interesting to win when you dominate like this) |
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| Crommy |
Posted on 27-06-2007 17:53
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Addy291 wrote:
(i'm not trying to make you change the level, i just wondered if it is still interesting to win when you dominate like this)
I think your lying Addy
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 27-06-2007 17:57
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well i'm not trying to force him to change level, i just thought it would be slightly more interesting to read and play, if the level was moved up
so i was lying yes, but it is obviously purely Sporting's decision, and i don't want to get shouted at
as Sporting said before the domination that he would definatley not change level |
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| Karl_rab |
Posted on 27-06-2007 18:00
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I PERSONALLY, dont like total domination storys, nothing bad against sporting but i like when the team overcome the odds also i like real teams, i mean BAB and i heard your other team they were like the plowmen
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 27-06-2007 18:01
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Cavendish was the best sprinter in the tour, so of course he was going to win.
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 27-06-2007 18:04
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yes i understand that he would be complete favourite, but it was when you were getting 1-2's, 1-2-3's and 1-2-3-4's in sprint finishes, when i dislike the domination
but as i said before i am not the one playing and i am not forcing anybody to change level, because you obviously play at this level because you like it best, and that is fine |
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Posted on 27-06-2007 18:10
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Right, Egypt and more domination of course!
Stage 1
1 Matti Helminen THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS 8'04
2 Adrian Laidler THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS + 2
3 James Meadley JELLY BELLY CYCLING TEAM + 5
4 Tony Martin THÃœRINGER ENERGIE TEAM + 7
5 Timothy Gudsell THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS + 11
6 Dean Podgornik MAPAMAP - BANTPROFI + 13
7 Benoît Ebrard AG2R CHAMBÉRY CYCLISME FORMATION + 14
8 Sergei Koudentsov DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
9 Konstantin Ponomarev MOSCOW STARS + 17
10 Mark Cavendish THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS s.t.
Stage 2
Roche gets in the break and refuses to work, until with about 20km to go the attacks start, Roche and a Pole break clear, and Roche is forced to work by himself as the lazy Pole will not work, despite not having worked at all today. These 2 would fight it out for the win and Roche had to lead it out, with only a matter of time before the Pole goes past (Roche has 54 SP, Szafraniak 58 SP).
Somehow Roche hung on! Cvendish was beaten into 4th, as Vanderbiest outsprinted him.
1 Nicolas Roche THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS 4h00'29
2 Szymon Szafraniak MAPAMAP - BANTPROFI s.t.
3 Romain Vanderbiest AG2R CHAMBÉRY CYCLISME FORMATION + 40
4 Mark Cavendish THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS s.t.
5 Mahdi Sohrabi ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY CYCLING TEAM s.t.
6 Sergei Koudentsov DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
7 Florian Frohn THÃœRINGER ENERGIE TEAM s.t.
8 John Dempsey MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLLY - SEAN KELLY s.t.
9 Geraint Thomas THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS s.t.
10 Matti Helminen THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS s.t.
Roche has the yellow jersey by 2 seconds.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 27-06-2007 18:10
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I will consider changing to hard after Egypt.
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| Karl_rab |
Posted on 27-06-2007 18:12
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You say 'somehow roche stayed on' please that is classic STORY telling
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 27-06-2007 18:14
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i don't get it, sorry for being dumb
good work with Roche to win despite leading out |
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Posted on 27-06-2007 18:38
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Yeh good stuff who are you hoping for GC in egypt? |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 27-06-2007 19:07
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Seriously karl, I did not expect Roche to do it. He had a lower sprinting stat, his red was rising, anbd the Polish guy had sat on his wheel for over 10km.
For GC, since Egypt is pretty much flat there wont be much of a challenge. The TTT will be crucial and I have the best team for that.
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Posted on 27-06-2007 19:31
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Good Luck in Egypt
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Posted on 28-06-2007 23:00
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Thanks.
Before I start getting more difficulty inbcrease requests, id like to point out that Cavendish' SP is 77, and Thomas' is 72. The rest of the sprinters here are 73, with one 74, and Thomas can beat them as he is in good form.
Stage 3
Everything went to plan as a sprint occured.
Cavendish won, as seen by Mattoi Helminen, who despite a SP in the 50s, managed to take 10th (He just followed Cavendish all the way )
1 Mark Cavendish THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS 3h01'06
2 Geraint Thomas THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS s.t.
3 Romain Vanderbiest AG2R CHAMBÉRY CYCLISME FORMATION s.t.
4 Sergei Koudentsov DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
5 Sascha Damrow THÃœRINGER ENERGIE TEAM s.t.
6 Mattias Westling TEAM CYKELCITY.SE s.t.
7 Tim Meeusen MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLLY - SEAN KELLY s.t.
8 Mahdi Sohrabi ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY CYCLING TEAM s.t.
9 Alexandre Aulas AG2R CHAMBÉRY CYCLISME FORMATION s.t.
10 Matti Helminen THE BRITISH ALL BLACKS s.t.
Stage 4
TTT! Yay!!! I did the 50km version and as expecte, it crashed, so I replaced it with a stage 10km shorter.
We were overwhelming 3-star favourites and did not fail to deliver, finishing all together and nearly passing the 3rd placed team on the line!
What happened to Konica Minolta and Polygon Sweet Nice Team? Simple, they only fielded 2 riders in this tour as the rest of their team were racing elsewhere.
Edited by SportingNonsense on 28-06-2007 23:01
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