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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-03-2010 21:04
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Hey guys it´s up to you!I said that there will be a huge report about Paris-Roubaix and I already took all screens(around 30 pictures).I will not post it now maybe later after Klitschko´s fight against Chambers!If you want I will post it tonight? |
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Posted on 20-03-2010 21:52
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Batista15 wrote:
Hey guys it´s up to you!I said that there will be a huge report about Paris-Roubaix and I already took all screens(around 30 pictures).I will not post it now maybe later after Klitschko´s fight against Chambers!If you want I will post it tonight?
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Posted on 20-03-2010 22:19
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That would be wonderful |
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Posted on 20-03-2010 23:57
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Here we go!We talked a lot about the favorites so let´s see who´s gonna be the winner on this rainy day
There were a few escapes in the beginning but it wasn´t really serious ´cause they were caught with more than 100 kilometres to go
In the pack,our team was at the front together with Quick Step and Sky
With more than 78 kilometres to go Marcel Sieberg tried something!He attacked on a short cobblestone section
We didn´t expect that but Tom Boonen went after him!It seems that Quick Step takes us really serious today
Just a few metres later Boonen had already passed Sieberg with more than 75 kilometres to go!Looks like Boonen has a big plan;Sieberg was brought back into the pack just a few kilometres later
With 40 kilometres to go Tom Boonen was still in front but no one wants to follow him except his team-mate Chavanel!
Next moves came by Hoste,Devolder and Quinziato
Cancellara didn´t want to stay in the group anymore,he was also making a move
Here we go with the next action!This time by the Spaniard Juan Antonio Flecha!This looks like a great finish.But where is Eisel,was he already bushed or could he counter these attacks by the favorites?
Well.Eisel could stay there in this group together with Van Summeren and Pozzato.He wasn´t able to keep it up with all the leaders for the moment
Devolder was the first one reaching Boonen after a solo ride with only 26 kilometres to go
Behind them,Cancellara and another Quick Step rider with Chavanel were able to follow them
But they were not the only one coming back to Boonen and Devolder!Hoste and Flecha could get in this group,too
And the question was ,who´s gonna be the first one making a move out of this amazing group?Flecha answered this question!He was the first one with only 20 kilometres to go;Was this already the final move for the win?
Devolder tried to go after him while Eisel was still in one group with Pozzato and Van Summeren maybe 3 minutes behind Flecha
Next counter attack!This time by Hoste,if he could reach Flecha or Devolder?
Well,they were all brought together in one group except Flecha who was still in front of them by 30 seconds.Boonen,Cancellara,Devolder,Chavanel and Hoste were in this first chasing group
But Devolder was not tired!He attacked again out of this group with only 9 kilometres to go
One kilometre later Leif Hoste started an attack
It was an amazing race full of action!Next moves came by Cancellara and Tom Boonen
With only 6 kilometres to go Devolder reached Flecha while they came into the city,just a few metres left to the velodrome!
Hoste was their first chaser at the moment
But he was followed by two national champions called Fabian Cancellara and Tom Boonen
When they came to the velodrome Devolder got a small gap to Flecha who looked really tired
Behind them,Cancellara leads the group with Hoste and Boonen and it was sure that they would not reach Devolder and Flecha so they only were sprinting for the 3rd place
Congrats to Belgium!Stijn Devolder takes the great victory;He´s the winner of Paris-Roubaix 2010 in front of Juan Antonio Flecha from Spain and?
It´s Tom Boonen in the end!He was the best sprinter there and so he got the podium for his team while his team-mate is celebrating his great win.Eisel won a close sprint against Van Summeren for the 13th place.I think this a great result for us because the others were too good today!
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| neve57 |
Posted on 21-03-2010 00:04
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Great reporting !
And i think it's a good result! |
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Posted on 21-03-2010 00:04
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Great reporting !
And i think it's a good result! |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 21-03-2010 02:23
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kind of a weird victory shot with the saxo rider being ahead but obviously a lap behind. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 21-03-2010 07:59
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valverde321 wrote:
kind of a weird victory shot with the saxo rider being ahead but obviously a lap behind.
Yes you´re right but that´s a disadvantage of the velodrome |
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Posted on 21-03-2010 08:00
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neve57 wrote:
Great reporting !
And i think it's a good result!
Thanks a lot neve!I thought we could bring Eisel into the top 10 but it´s still a good result |
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| hellboy |
Posted on 21-03-2010 08:01
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Great riding and very nice detailed report
Go Roman!
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Posted on 21-03-2010 08:02
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hellboy wrote:
Great riding and very nice detailed report
Thanks hellboy,when the game won´t crash in the end there will be huge reports of the next classics like Amstel Gold Race ,too |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 21-03-2010 16:38
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After we could celebrate great results in the first part of April we continue with another stage race in Spain called Vuelta a Castilla y Leon!
As we expected there are no big riders that means our team has good chances there.Our team-captain there will be Maxime Monfort who will not ride the Giro so he also won´t ride the Tour du Romandie.Monfort showed us an amazing March last month so we´re hoping for another big result by him!His biggest help will be Siutsou who wants to improve his shape for the Giro.We also sent a strong sprint-squad to Spain with Grabsch,Sieberg,Matthew Goss and our sprint leader Andre Greipel.They want to shine at stage 1 and stage 5 which are really flat.Grabsch´s main goal should be stage 2 which is a longer time trial while stage 3 and 4 have a final climb where Monfort hopefully can show his strength!As I already said the competition is doable.The biggest rival should be Caisse d´Epargne with Ruben Plaza as their leader and Garmin with Tom Danielson.Xacobeo is also taking part with Cesar Veloso.All in all we should expect at least a podium in the overall by Monfort!
Team Columbia for Castillo y Leon
 Matthew Goss
 Kanstantsin Siutsou
 Maxime Monfort
 Tejay Van Garderen
 Aleksejs Saramotins
 Marcel Sieberg
Bert Grabsch
Andre Greipel
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| kirosha |
Posted on 21-03-2010 18:43
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At least Devolder won, not Boonen |
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Posted on 21-03-2010 19:16
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kirosha wrote:
At least Devolder won, not Boonen
Why? Don´t you like Boonen? |
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Posted on 21-03-2010 20:30
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I don't like him, because he beat Cancellara in cobbled races. |
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Posted on 21-03-2010 20:53
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kirosha wrote:
I don't like him, because he beat Cancellara in cobbled races.
Ah That´s a good reason |
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Posted on 21-03-2010 21:31
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Vuelta a Castilla y Leon
Stage 1 : Paredes De Nava - Baltanas
The first stage is the first flat one!Favorites for today´s stage win should be Mondory,Weylandt,Wrolich,Fischer and Greipel
There were some escapes today such as Rodriguez but they had no chance to survive at the front
Because of the strong wind today the pack was divided up into many groups but our team could stay at the front except Siutsou and Saramotins who worked a lot
With only 9 kilometres to go there was a bad crash in the first group!Greipel,Grabsch and Goss could stay there just like Monfort,Van Garderen and Sieberg
We could build the fastest sprint train with Goss and Greipel but Weylandt took Greipel´s slipstream
Last kilometre for Greipel and his rivals;Greipel took the lead of Goss while Weylandt was still at his backwheel
But then the Quick Step rider made his move and he could pass Greipel
And that´s it!Weylandt takes the stage win in front of Greipel and Wrolich
Stage results/Overall
| 1 | Wouter Weylandt | Quick·Step | 3h45'50 | | 2 | André Greipel | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 3 | Peter Wrolich | Team Milram | s.t. | | 4 | Kristof Goddaert | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 5 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | | 6 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 7 | Francisco José Pacheco | Xacobeo - Galicia | s.t. | | 8 | Gustavo César Veloso | Xacobeo - Galicia | s.t. | | 9 | Matthew Goss | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 10 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 11 | Tom Stubbe | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 12 | José Enrique Gutiérrez | Rock Racing | s.t. | | 13 | Bert Grabsch | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 14 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 15 | Rubén Plaza | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Wouter Weylandt | Quick·Step | 25 | | 2 | André Greipel | Team HTC - Columbia | 20 | | 3 | Peter Wrolich | Team Milram | 16 |
KoM
| 1 | Fred Rodriguez | Rock Racing | 4 | | 2 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 4 | | 3 | Dominik Roels | Team Milram | 2 |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 22-03-2010 15:02
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Vuelta a Castilla y Leon
Stage 2 : Palencia ITT
After the strong wind yesterday many riders lost a few seconds to the first group.The biggest favorites were all in this first group so they are still in competition!Today we will see if Plaza,Danielson and Cesar Veloso are in a good shape or if Monfort is without any rival there because his shape is great!The second stage is a 28 kilometre time trial and the favorites should be as I already said Monfort,Plaza,Danielson,Cesar Veloso but there are many mores who could take the stage win such as Grabsch,Saramotins or Sieberg
Peraud was the first one setting a really good time with 38´31!
But it wasn´t for a long time ´cause Saramotins was in an amazing form!He beats the leading time by 15 seconds
Next one was Elijzen of Omega Pharma but he was one second behind his team-mate Peraud
And then Monfort came already with a great time!His showed us again that he is in a fantastic shape and so he takes the lead of his team-mate Saramotins by 36 seconds!
Just a few metres behind was Ruben Plaza with a great ride!His shape is amazing as he can take the lead in the end while he´s 10 seconds faster than Monfort!
With Danielson came the next favorite but he couldn´t persuade today!He lost 56 seconds to Plaza!
The German Champion Bert Grabsch set a great time,too.But he couldn´t beat Plaza and Monfort´s time while he is 24 seconds behind Plaza
Cesar Veloso was the last one of the big favorites today and his time was really great.He couldn´t take a podium but he was only 3 seconds behind Grabsch!All in all it was an amazing team result today with 5 Columbia riders in the Top 15
Stage results
| 1 | Rubén Plaza | Caisse d'Epargne | 37'30 | | 2 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | + 10 | | 3 | Bert Grabsch | Team HTC - Columbia | + 24 | | 4 | Gustavo César Veloso | Xacobeo - Galicia | + 27 | | 5 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Team HTC - Columbia | + 46 | | 6 | Marcel Sieberg | Team HTC - Columbia | + 50 | | 7 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Transitions | + 56 | | 8 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 1'01 | | 9 | Michiel Elijzen | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 1'02 | | 10 | Rui Costa | Caisse d'Epargne | + 1'06 | | 11 | Sébastien Minard | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'14 | | 12 | Francis De Greef | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 1'18 | | 13 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 14 | Tejay Van Garderen | Team HTC - Columbia | + 1'22 | | 15 | Egoi MartÃnez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'26 |
Overall
| 1 | Rubén Plaza | Caisse d'Epargne | 4h23'20 | | 2 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | + 10 | | 3 | Bert Grabsch | Team HTC - Columbia | + 24 | | 4 | Gustavo César Veloso | Xacobeo - Galicia | + 27 | | 5 | Marcel Sieberg | Team HTC - Columbia | + 50 | | 6 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Transitions | + 56 | | 7 | Rui Costa | Caisse d'Epargne | + 1'06 | | 8 | Sébastien Minard | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'14 | | 9 | Tejay Van Garderen | Team HTC - Columbia | + 1'22 | | 10 | Andrei Kunitski | Quick·Step | + 1'30 | | 11 | Francisco José Pacheco | Xacobeo - Galicia | + 1'33 | | 12 | Cameron Meyer | Garmin - Transitions | + 1'36 | | 13 | Kristof Goddaert | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'49 | | 14 | Aitor Hernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'52 | | 15 | Jack Bobridge | Garmin - Transitions | + 1'54 |
Points
| 1 | Rubén Plaza | Caisse d'Epargne | 26 | | 2 | Wouter Weylandt | Quick·Step | 25 | | 3 | Gustavo César Veloso | Xacobeo - Galicia | 22 |
KoM
| 1 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 4 | | 2 | Fred Rodriguez | Rock Racing | 4 | | 3 | Pedro Lopes | Centro Ciclismo de Loulé - Louletano | 2 | | 4 | Dominik Roels | Team Milram | 2 |
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| kirosha |
Posted on 22-03-2010 15:31
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Great! 4 riders in top 10! |
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Posted on 22-03-2010 16:07
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very nice, plaza will be probably man to beat
Go Roman!
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