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| rontgen |
Posted on 23-06-2009 08:44
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Would be interesting to see how breakaways are played out on hard in 09 and a Cofidis story will inevitalby hold a number of breakaways. On 08, I find my riders being dropped by the other guys way too often (even by guys with lower stats) when playing on hard. |
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Posted on 23-06-2009 09:59
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Tour of Qatar - Stage 1 TTT(simmed)
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD 15'12
2 George Hincapie TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
3 André Greipel TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
4 Frantisek Rabon TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
5 Gregory Henderson TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
6 Mark Cavendish TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
7 Vicente Reynès TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
8 Marcus Burghardt TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
9 Ian Stannard ISD - NERI + 15
10 Giovanni Visconti ISD - NERI s.t.
11 Dario Cioni ISD - NERI s.t.
12 Ruslan Pidgornyy ISD - NERI s.t.
13 Sergiy Matveyev ISD - NERI s.t.
14 Emanuele Vona ISD - NERI s.t.
15 Bartosz Huzarski ISD - NERI s.t.
16 Igor Abakoumov ISD - NERI s.t.
17 Jonathan Bellis TEAM SAXO BANK + 22
18 Jason McCartney TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
19 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
20 Frank Hoj TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
21 Lars Ytting Bak TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
22 Anders Lund TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
23 Michael Mørkøv TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
24 Jurgen Van Goolen TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
25 Tom Leezer RABOBANK s.t.
26 Oscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
27 Marc De Maar RABOBANK s.t.
28 Juan Antonio Flecha RABOBANK s.t.
29 Rick Flens RABOBANK s.t.
30 Bram Tankink RABOBANK s.t.
31 Pieter Weening RABOBANK s.t.
32 Jos Van Emden RABOBANK + 25
33 Martijn Maaskant GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM + 28
34 Daniel Martin GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
35 Tyler Farrar GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
36 Hans Dekkers GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
37 Svein Tuft GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
38 Huub Duyn GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
39 William Frischkorn GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
40 Kilian Patour GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
41 Tom Veelers SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
42 Jonathan Hivert SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
43 Mitchell Docker SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
44 Kenny Van Hummel SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
45 Piet Rooijakkers SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
46 David Deroo SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
47 Koen De Kort SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
48 Robert Wagner SKIL - SHIMANO + 29
49 Berik Kupeshov ASTANA s.t.
50 Valeriy Dmitriyev ASTANA s.t.
51 Bolat Raimbekov ASTANA s.t.
52 Steve Morabito ASTANA s.t.
53 Tomas Vaitkus ASTANA s.t.
54 Grégory Rast ASTANA s.t.
55 Jose Luis Rubiera ASTANA s.t.
56 Daniel Navarro Garcia ASTANA s.t.
57 Markus Zberg BMC RACING TEAM + 37
58 Cole House BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
59 Steve Bovay BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
60 Chris Barton BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
61 Antonio Cruz BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
62 Chad Beyer BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
63 Danilo Wyss BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
64 Alexandre Moos BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
65 Martin Pedersen TEAM CAPINORDIC s.t.
66 Nikola Aistrup TEAM CAPINORDIC s.t.
67 Niki Østergaard TEAM CAPINORDIC s.t.
68 Christopher Stevenson TEAM CAPINORDIC s.t.
69 Casper Jorgensen TEAM CAPINORDIC s.t.
70 Rasmus Guldhammer TEAM CAPINORDIC s.t.
71 Kristoffer Nielsen TEAM CAPINORDIC s.t.
72 Jonas Aaen Jörgensen TEAM CAPINORDIC + 40
73 Petr BencÃk PSK WHIRLPOOL - AUTHOR + 47
74 Stanislav Kozubek PSK WHIRLPOOL - AUTHOR s.t.
75 Jakub DanacÃk PSK WHIRLPOOL - AUTHOR s.t.
76 Martin Mareš PSK WHIRLPOOL - AUTHOR s.t.
77 Matthias Friedemann PSK WHIRLPOOL - AUTHOR s.t.
78 Martin HebÃk PSK WHIRLPOOL - AUTHOR s.t.
79 Danilo Hondo PSK WHIRLPOOL - AUTHOR s.t.
80 André Schulze PSK WHIRLPOOL - AUTHOR s.t.
81 Sébastien Minard COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE s.t.
82 Guillaume Blot COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE s.t.
83 Christophe Kern COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE s.t.
84 Tristan Valentin COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE s.t.
85 Alexandre Usov COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE s.t.
86 Samuel Dumoulin COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE s.t.
87 Maryan Hary COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE s.t.
88 Jean-Eudes Demaret COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE + 54
89 Robert Hunter BARLOWORLD + 1'01
90 Paolo Longo Borghini BARLOWORLD s.t.
91 Marco Corti BARLOWORLD s.t.
92 Chris Froome BARLOWORLD s.t.
93 Daryl Impey BARLOWORLD s.t.
94 Diego Caccia BARLOWORLD s.t.
95 Michele Merlo BARLOWORLD s.t.
96 Geraint Thomas BARLOWORLD s.t.
97 Thomas Oredsson TEAM DESIGNA KOKKEN + 1'06
98 Bastiaan Giling TEAM DESIGNA KOKKEN s.t.
99 Aleksejs Saramotins TEAM DESIGNA KOKKEN s.t.
100 René Jørgensen TEAM DESIGNA KOKKEN s.t.
101 Michael Tronborg K. TEAM DESIGNA KOKKEN s.t.
102 Allan Johansen TEAM DESIGNA KOKKEN s.t.
103 Jimmi Sorensen TEAM DESIGNA KOKKEN s.t.
104 Michael Reihs TEAM DESIGNA KOKKEN s.t.
105 Simone Ponzi LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
106 Mauro Santambrogio LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
107 Daniele Righi LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
108 Matteo Bono LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
109 Mauro Da Dalto LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
110 David Loosli LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
111 Francesco Gavazzi LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
112 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - N.G.C + 1'10
113 Jelle Vanendert SILENCE-LOTTO + 1'11
114 Mario Aerts SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
115 Pieter Jacobs SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
116 Christophe Brandt SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
117 Glenn D'Hollander SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
118 Greg Van Avermaet SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
119 Wilfried Cretskens SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
120 Bart Dockx SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
121 Andrea Tonti FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
122 Paolo Bailetti FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
123 J. A. BenÃtez Roman FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
124 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
125 Arkaitz Durán Aroca FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
126 Josep Jufre Pou FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
127 Juan José Cobo Acebo FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
128 Angel Litu Gómez FUJI - SERVETTO + 1'20
129 Valerio Agnoli LIQUIGAS + 1'23
130 Claudio Corioni LIQUIGAS s.t.
131 Francesco Chicchi LIQUIGAS s.t.
132 Fabio Sabatini LIQUIGAS s.t.
133 Enrico Franzoi LIQUIGAS s.t.
134 Jacopo Guarnieri LIQUIGAS s.t.
135 Daniele Bennati LIQUIGAS s.t.
136 Frederik Willems LIQUIGAS s.t.
137 Timothy Johnson OUCH - MAXXIS + 1'26
138 Karl Menzies OUCH - MAXXIS s.t.
139 Bradley White OUCH - MAXXIS s.t.
140 John Murphy OUCH - MAXXIS s.t.
141 Rory Sutherland OUCH - MAXXIS s.t.
142 Jonathan McCarty OUCH - MAXXIS s.t.
143 Alessio Signego ADRIA MOBIL s.t.
144 Marko Kump ADRIA MOBIL s.t.
145 Matej Gnezda ADRIA MOBIL s.t.
146 Jure Zagar ADRIA MOBIL s.t.
147 Uros Murn ADRIA MOBIL s.t.
148 Kristjan Fajt ADRIA MOBIL s.t.
149 Gene Bates DRAPAC PORSCHE + 1'37
150 Ashley Humbert DRAPAC PORSCHE s.t.
151 Peter McDonald DRAPAC PORSCHE s.t.
152 Stuart Shaw DRAPAC PORSCHE s.t.
153 Thomas Palmer DRAPAC PORSCHE s.t.
154 Rhys Pollock DRAPAC PORSCHE s.t. |
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Posted on 23-06-2009 10:21
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Tour Down Under - Stage 6
With 65km to go the first break of the day is being reeled back in. Once Euskaltel prove themselves very useful to us as they take control of the proceedings.
And the attacks keep on coming throughout the day. Luckliy the sprinterteams seem determined to control the events, and we focus on keep Duque out of harms way.
The pace is quite high at 30km out.
15km to the line. Quick Step are really hauling ass in front. We'll try and find a good wheel for Duque up here. If need be, Buffaz can lead him in and we'll move him into position too.
6,4 to go! Buffaz is the better option right now. He still has gas in the tank, and the other sprinters seem to haver slower leadouts. Buffaz puts his headd down and punches it!
El Fares is involved in a mass crash! We hope he's ok! There's nothing we can do for him here.
3200 to the Line, we're gonna open this up early! Buffaz is proving to be quite resilient, and he should be able to pull us up a few positions before he let's go!
2100m! Buffaz is almost out of Gas, Duque is about to go full! Baden Cooke of Vacansoleil is looking very strong and has Duque's wheel! He wants to win on his own turf!
1000m Duque leads Cooke by ½ a length, Boonen coming VERY strong on the right. This will be so close!
But Cooke was too fast, and in the Perfect spot - Boonen almost overtakes Duque in the final metres but we manage to hold on. Duque raises his arms despite coming in 2nd, he's won the TDU!
Our first win in a stagerace this season warrants a podiumshot! Here's Duque on the final podium of this years TDU. We hope to see more of this!
Stage
1 Baden Cooke VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM 2h01'28
2 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE s.t.
3 Tom Boonen QUICK STEP s.t.
4 Jeremy Hunt CERVELO TEST TEAM s.t.
5 Graeme Brown RABOBANK s.t.
6 Mark Renshaw TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
7 Robert Förster TEAM MILRAM s.t.
8 Aurélien Clerc AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
9 William Bonnet BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
10 Marcel Wyss CERVELO TEST TEAM s.t.
Final GC
1 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 19h42'00
2 Mikael Chérel FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1'02
3 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
4 Mauricio Soler BARLOWORLD + 1'08
5 Maxim Iglinskiy ASTANA + 1'34
6 Nick Nuyens RABOBANK + 1'56
7 Thomas Voeckler BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM + 1'58
8 Simon Gerrans CERVELO TEST TEAM + 2'26
9 Sergio Paulinho ASTANA s.t.
10 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
12 Mickael Buffaz COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE s.t.
63 Florent Brard COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE s.t.
84 Stéphane Augé COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE + 5'06
108 Julien El Fares COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE + 6'52
111 Amaël Moinard COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE + 7'22
150 Damien Monier COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE + 24'29
Final Points
1 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 22 124
2 Tom Boonen QUICK STEP 20 68
3 Graeme Brown RABOBANK 16 56
4 Davide Vigano FUJI - SERVETTO 0 50
5 Simon Gerrans CERVELO TEST TEAM 0 50
6 Ben Swift TEAM KATUSHA 0 50
7 Jeremy Hunt CERVELO TEST TEAM 18 49
8 Mikael Chérel FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 0 48
9 Maxim Iglinskiy ASTANA 0 45
10 Nick Nuyens RABOBANK 0 44
Final KOM
1 Mickael Buffaz COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 0 6
2 Nick Nuyens RABOBANK 0 2
3 Julien El Fares COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 0 2
4 Nicolas Roche AG2R LA MONDIALE 0 2
5 Dominique Rollin CERVELO TEST TEAM 0 2
6 Elia Rigotto SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI 0 1
7 Filippo Pozzato TEAM KATUSHA 0 1
8 Bert Grabsch TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD 0 1
9 Anthony Charteau CAISSE D'EPARGNE 0 1 |
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Posted on 23-06-2009 10:29
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News:
Reaction to the TDU:
We're thrilled about the race. Buffaz was excellent, Duque was dominant, and the team felt strong throughout. Not once did we feel like we were without options, and this was a nice way for me and the team to get to know eachother a little. We'll be looking to produce more of these results in the future. Allthough not the toughest race to win, it's a huge moraleboost for us!
Transfers:
Our first target for transfer went through no problem. Duarte has signed a deal as a luxury teammate on the team. He will be an interesting addition!
Sponsors:
We've signed with the last secondary sponsor of this season. We feel that the deals we've been offered are fair, with a good base income and good bonuses, in French races mind you. They may be tough to achieve, but it'll be worth it if we do!
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Posted on 23-06-2009 10:31
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Tour of Qatar - Stage 2(simmed)
1 Mark Cavendish TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD 3h01'17
2 Oscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
3 Francesco Chicchi LIQUIGAS s.t.
4 Gregory Henderson TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
5 André Greipel TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
6 Tyler Farrar GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
7 Tomas Vaitkus ASTANA s.t.
8 Danilo Hondo PSK WHIRLPOOL - AUTHOR s.t.
9 Robert Wagner SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
10 Kenny Van Hummel SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
11 Daniele Bennati LIQUIGAS s.t.
12 Alexandre Usov COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE s.t.
13 Tom Leezer RABOBANK s.t.
14 Giovanni Visconti ISD - NERI s.t.
15 Greg Van Avermaet SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
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| ReschNicolai |
Posted on 23-06-2009 11:49
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Nice win in the first PT..
Favorite riders: All non Italians.
Favorite team: Astana and Cervélo
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| Mads_0 |
Posted on 23-06-2009 12:12
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Results - Tour of Qatar
Stage 3
1 Mark Cavendish TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD 2h58'36
2 Tyler Farrar GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
3 Oscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
4 André Greipel TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
5 Francesco Chicchi LIQUIGAS s.t.
Stage 4
1 Mark Cavendish TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD 2h57'06
2 André Greipel TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
3 Daniele Bennati LIQUIGAS s.t.
4 Tyler Farrar GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
5 Oscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
Stage 5
1 Mark Cavendish TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD 3h56'51
2 Oscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
3 Tyler Farrar GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
4 Daniele Bennati LIQUIGAS s.t.
5 Francesco Chicchi LIQUIGAS s.t.
Stage 6
1 Mark Cavendish TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD 2h33'11
2 André Greipel TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
3 Daniele Bennati LIQUIGAS s.t.
4 Oscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
5 Francesco Chicchi LIQUIGAS s.t.
Final GC
1 Mark Cavendish TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD 15h40'31
2 André Greipel TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD + 1'18
3 Oscar Freire RABOBANK + 1'31
4 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM SAXO BANK + 1'41
5 Gregory Henderson TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD + 1'42
6 Vicente Reynès TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
7 Edvald Boasson Hagen TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
8 George Hincapie TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
9 Marcus Burghardt TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
10 Frantisek Rabon TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
62 Alexandre Usov COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE + 2'29
Final Points
1 Mark Cavendish TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD 25 127
2 Oscar Freire RABOBANK 14 82
3 André Greipel TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD 20 76
4 Tyler Farrar GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM 10 72
5 Daniele Bennati LIQUIGAS 16 59
6 Francesco Chicchi LIQUIGAS 12 57
7 Alexandre Usov COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 7 36
8 Danilo Hondo PSK WHIRLPOOL - AUTHOR 3 35
9 Kenny Van Hummel SKIL - SHIMANO 6 28
10 Tomas Vaitkus ASTANA 0 28 |
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Posted on 23-06-2009 12:14
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Can we say that Cavendish dominated in Qatar? 
If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell.
-Lance Armstrong
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Posted on 23-06-2009 12:26
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News:
National team:
I was approached by both the FFC and DCU. Both unions wanted me to coach their national teams. This was tough, but i chose to coach the french team. Why? Most of all because i'm managing a french team. French talent is not very abundant these days, this will give me a chance to get an in depth look into the nations talentpool.
Calender for February
We'll be focusing on the french competitions this february. We will also send riders to races outside France, but the goal of this will mainly be getting racedays under our belt. The "Tour Med" looks interesting this year. And with every single one of our sponsors French, this should make a big impact.
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Posted on 23-06-2009 14:35
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Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
Last year, this was won by our very own Herve Duclos-Lassalle. We'll bring the following squad this year:
Samuel Dumoulin
Remi Pauriol
Leonardo Duque
Nico Sijmens
Julien El Fares
Amael Moinard
Herve Duclos-Lassalle
Fabio Duarte
Our plan is to get a man in the breakaway, and take it easy with the remaining riders. Anyone with enough gas in the tank could be allowed to gun for it on the last hill - So far so good, 93km to go and Sijmens is in a 9-man breakaway. We've got roughly 4 minutes on the pack, and a 1 minute advantage to the pursuing group of 3 behind us. Most notable in the break would be Lowe(Garmin) and Cataldo(Quick Step)
50km to go. We've been joined by the group in between, and the peleton is pushing hard! We've started to up the effort a little to keep a gap up.
34km to go, and the gap seems to be sat at 2'40 now. We're working harder and harder, and Sijmens will have to work hard to keep up today!
20km to go, gap is still around 2 minutes! But the pace is absolute torture by now. Sijmens works like a beast just to stay in the group.
Better safe than sorry! We're not sure if the break will last, so we send Dumoulin from the peleton. He doesn't get a big gap though. It does however spark several attacks.
But with 10km to go it's quite clear that it will be settled amongst the escapees. Moreau somehow manages to fight his way to the group!
3,3 to go! Huguet of Agritubel is ahead, then Cataldo, then Sijmens! We've chosen Huguets wheel but we're blocked by Cataldo.
2km to go, Huguet burns out and starts to drop back, we switch to Cataldo's wheel!
1200 and we're past the both of them, Lowe is coming fast down the middle!
500m and it's clear, it was too early for Sijmens! Lowe and Cataldo pass him in the final stretch. Lowe looks strong
Lowe takes it! Cataldo 2nd, Moreau manages to sneak ahead of Sijmens for 3rd. Sijmens is gutted! He was definately the fastest! If he had just had patience.
Results
1 Trent Lowe GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM 3h27'40
2 Dario Cataldo QUICK STEP s.t.
3 Christophe Moreau AGRITUBEL s.t.
4 Nico Sijmens COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE s.t.
5 Chris Anker Sørensen TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
6 Yann Huguet AGRITUBEL s.t.
7 Francesco Bellotti BARLOWORLD s.t.
8 José Iván Gutierrez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
9 Andrey Zeits ASTANA s.t.
10 Cyril Gautier BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
11 Steven Cummings BARLOWORLD + 48
12 Jérôme Pineau QUICK STEP s.t.
13 Niels Brouzes AUBER 93 s.t.
14 Jonas Ljungblad SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
15 Gil Suray ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE s.t.
16 Pierrick Fédrigo BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
17 Klaas Lodewyck TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
18 Johan Coenen TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
19 Stéphane Poulhies AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
20 Johann Tschopp BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
21 Nicolas Jalabert AGRITUBEL s.t.
22 Matija Kvasina AMICA CHIPS - KNAUF s.t.
23 Laurent Lefèvre BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
24 Sergio Paulinho ASTANA s.t.
25 Vincent Jérôme BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t. |
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Posted on 23-06-2009 15:24
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Ahh bad luck there 
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| E_Hagen |
Posted on 23-06-2009 15:52
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Have you canged El Fares' stats? |
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| Mads_0 |
Posted on 23-06-2009 15:59
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E_Hagen wrote:
Have you canged El Fares' stats?
No, this is the PCMBenelux DB. Didn't tamper with any stats. |
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Posted on 23-06-2009 16:21
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what a start to the season!
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| Mads_0 |
Posted on 23-06-2009 17:37
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Etoile de Besseges - Stage 1
This small french stagerace we'll be looking for more top spots. We've brought the following squad:
Florent Brard
Herve Duclos-Lassalle
Julien El Fares
Alexandre Usov
Maryan Hary
Guillaume Blot
Sabastian Portal
Damien Monier
Flat, short and fast today. Duclos-Lassalle is in the breakaway. However the pack is not leaving us much room to play with here.
50km to go and the groups ahead have formed 1 big one. However the peleton is still not letting up. This will probably be settled in a sprint.
Down to a minutes advantage. Team Besson is putting in the last bit of effort to close the remainder of the gap.
Last ditch effort by the escapees, but there's nothing they can do.
10km to go. Usov has hooked himself onto Brard. There are a LOT of sprinters trying to get up there today. Will Brard have the power to position him?
5km. we're up there but it's very fast. Goss starts coming forward with Haedo on his wheel!
1km to go and the CSC boys have really powered ahead. Noone will catch Haedo! Usov is struggling caught behind a wall of sprinters.
Haedo in a dominant win! Jimmy Casper takes 2nd, Flahaut in 3rd. Usov ends up outside the top10. Not what we had hoped for!
Stage
1 Juan José Haedo TEAM SAXO BANK 3h07'20
2 Jimmy Casper BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN s.t.
3 Denis Flahaut LANDBOUWKREDIET - COLNAGO s.t.
4 Assan Bazayev ASTANA s.t.
5 Martin Elmiger AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
6 William Bonnet BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
7 Robert Wagner SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
8 Danilo Hondo PSK WHIRLPOOL - AUTHOR s.t.
9 Allan Davis QUICK STEP s.t.
10 Fred Rodriguez ROCK RACING s.t.
11 Matthew Goss TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
12 Yauheni Hutarovich FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
13 Alexandre Usov COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE s.t.
14 Hans Dekkers GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
15 Danilo Wyss BMC RACING TEAM s.t. |
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| baia |
Posted on 23-06-2009 17:48
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Great win at TDU.Congrats.Very nice to read. |
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| Mads_0 |
Posted on 23-06-2009 18:53
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Etoile de Besseges - Stage 2
Another flat stage with 2 small bumps today. We've been trying to break away but the peleton simply wont let anyone go! El Fares attempts to take the KOM sprint in one of these attempts but has to settle for 2nd. 75km to go.
2nd KOM sprint, only 23 to go, the peleton is still complete. This time El Fares manages to grab 1st, he'll have red dots tomorrow!
7,2km to go, Usov has opted for the wheel of Haedo. Bad choice! Haedo starts to drop of the wheel of Goss! He's spent
2500m, we put ourselves behind Goss instead of Haedo. Brard is there in case Goss cracked, but it wont do much good. We're not in a good position here.
Usov shows his speed! Despite a relatively poor position he does manage to gain a lot of places. Davis goes from the front and has power to spare!
But we wont can't the very front. Davis 1st, Hautarovich 2nd, Rodriguez 3rd. Usov grabs 8th spot. Allthough we would've like a better spot, Usov showed us he can really move.
Stage
1 Allan Davis QUICK STEP 2h28'40
2 Yauheni Hutarovich FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
3 Fred Rodriguez ROCK RACING s.t.
4 Jürgen Roelandts SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
5 William Bonnet BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
6 Assan Bazayev ASTANA s.t.
7 Martin Elmiger AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
8 Alexandre Usov COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE s.t.
9 Robert Wagner SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
10 Danilo Wyss BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
GC
1 Allan Davis QUICK STEP 5h35'40
2 Juan José Haedo TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
3 Jimmy Casper BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN + 8
4 Yauheni Hutarovich FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
5 Fred Rodriguez ROCK RACING + 12
6 Denis Flahaut LANDBOUWKREDIET - COLNAGO s.t.
7 Julien El Fares COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE + 14
8 Matthew Goss TEAM SAXO BANK + 16
9 Rony Martias BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM + 18
10 Assan Bazayev ASTANA + 20
Points
1 Allan Davis QUICK STEP 25 32
2 Juan José Haedo TEAM SAXO BANK 0 25
3 Jimmy Casper BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN 5 25
4 Assan Bazayev ASTANA 10 24
5 Yauheni Hutarovich FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 20 24
6 William Bonnet BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM 12 22
7 Fred Rodriguez ROCK RACING 16 22
8 Martin Elmiger AG2R LA MONDIALE 9 21
9 Denis Flahaut LANDBOUWKREDIET - COLNAGO 0 16
10 Robert Wagner SKIL - SHIMANO 7 16
KOM
1 Julien El Fares COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 18 18
2 Geoffroy Lequatre AGRITUBEL 10 10
3 John-Lee Augustyn BARLOWORLD 8 8
4 Michael Schär ASTANA 6 6
5 Wilfried Cretskens SILENCE-LOTTO 6 6
6 Markus Zberg BMC RACING TEAM 4 4
7 Roy Sentjens SILENCE-LOTTO 4 4
8 Sébastien Turgot BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM 2 2
9 Yuriy Krivtsov AG2R LA MONDIALE 2 2 |
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| Mads_0 |
Posted on 23-06-2009 20:57
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Etoile de Besseges - Stage 3
Prologue: Some hills on the menu today. I've had my eye on El Fares since the start of this race. He's best placed in the GC, he's good on the hills and he's in good shape. If the peleton arrives gathered at a KOM-sprint we'll try and get him up there. If not, we'll send guys out ahead to gobble up points.
At the first KOM El Fares is able to secure the points for himself.
At the 2nd KOM, 74,3km from the line Hary is sent to defend the Polkadots. Jalabert of Agritubel is not about to give them up without a fight though.
Hary secures the points. And manages a small gap from both the pack and Jalabert. We'll let him ride a little and see where it takes us.
Hary is caught soon after though. Charteau of Caisse and Augustyn of Barloworld charge up the hill and take the 3rd KOM. We would've liked to keep it within our own ranks but the boys are a little spent after a very fast stage so far.
14km to the line, the last small hill. El Fares will have to take matters into his own hands from here on in. He's still looking good.
8km, here we go! El Fares charges up the hill, he's joined by, Marcus Ljungqvist(SAX), Sylvain Chavanel(QST), José Iván Gutierrez(CSE) and Jonathan(SKS) is trailing a little back.
3km to go, still a little gas in the tank. We need a decent gap and the peleton is only 20 seconds back. We need to start this early, the whole sprint is downhill from here!
With 500m to go it's clear, El Fares has a good gap! But will it be enough for the yellow Jersey?
There are definately gaps here. El Fares raises his arms as he crosses the line in the polkadot jersey. This was a good win for us.
Stage
1 Julien El Fares COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 3h36'19
2 Marcus Ljungqvist TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
3 Sylvain Chavanel QUICK STEP s.t.
4 Jonathan Hivert SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
5 José Iván Gutierrez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
6 Paolo Longo Borghini BARLOWORLD s.t.
7 Chris Froome BARLOWORLD s.t.
8 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
9 Florian Stalder BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
10 Danilo Wyss BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
GC
1 Julien El Fares COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 9h11'47
2 Juan José Haedo TEAM SAXO BANK + 10
3 Allan Davis QUICK STEP + 12
4 Yauheni Hutarovich FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 20
5 Marcus Ljungqvist TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
6 Robert Wagner SKIL - SHIMANO + 22
7 Sylvain Chavanel QUICK STEP + 24
8 Fred Rodriguez ROCK RACING s.t.
9 Matthew Goss TEAM SAXO BANK + 28
10 Danilo Hondo PSK WHIRLPOOL - AUTHOR s.t.
Points
1 Julien El Fares COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 31 37
2 Allan Davis QUICK STEP 0 32
3 Juan José Haedo TEAM SAXO BANK 2 27
4 Assan Bazayev ASTANA 2 26
5 Robert Wagner SKIL - SHIMANO 10 26
6 Jimmy Casper BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN 0 25
7 Yauheni Hutarovich FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 0 24
8 Fred Rodriguez ROCK RACING 0 22
9 William Bonnet BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM 0 22
10 Martin Elmiger AG2R LA MONDIALE 0 21
Mountain
1 Julien El Fares COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 10 28
2 John-Lee Augustyn BARLOWORLD 12 20
3 Santo Anza AMICA CHIPS - KNAUF 18 18
4 Maryan Hary COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 16 16
5 Anthony Charteau CAISSE D'EPARGNE 16 16
6 Geoffroy Lequatre AGRITUBEL 2 12
7 Markus Zberg BMC RACING TEAM 8 12
8 Nicolas Jalabert AGRITUBEL 12 12
9 Jonathan Hivert SKIL - SHIMANO 10 10
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We're really happy with this win. But it puts us in a difficult situation. We lead the GC by 10 seconds to Haedo, 12 to Davis. With the timebonus for the sprinters, this is going to be VERY hard to defend. Then we have the KOM. El Fares can no longer go on the attack to take these points, and we are in a position where we own everything, but could very well lose it all. It will be hard work for the guys the last 2 stages. |
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| DonJavier |
Posted on 23-06-2009 22:11
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Really good work at the TDU, you're also doing a great job so far at the Étoile, but now it's going to be tough, really though I'd say. |
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| Camenzind |
Posted on 23-06-2009 22:30
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Wonderful Duque and great victory with Julien! |
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