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Euskaltel - restoring basque honor
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| Mads_0 |
Posted on 26-06-2008 16:55
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Criterium du Dauphine Libere - Stage 1
Startlist
Silence - Lotto
1. C.Evans
2. G.D'Hollander
3. O.Kaisen
4. J.Roelandts
5. B.Roesems
6. G.Steurs
7. G.Van Avermaet
8. J.Van den Broeck
Astana
11. A.Contador
12. T.Frei
13. M.Iglinskiy
14. L.Leipheimer
15. J.Mazet
16. D.Muravyev
17. G.Rast
18. S.Yakovlev
Rabobank
21. D.Menchov
22. B.De Groot
23. M.De Maar
24. R.Gesink
25. T.Leezer
26. J.Posthuma
27. W.Walker
28. P.Weening
CSC - Saxo Bank
31. C.Sastre
32. M.Goss
33. J.Haedo
34. G.Larsson
35. B.McGee
36. N.Sörensen
37. J.Van Goolen
38. J.Voigt
Euskaltel
41. S.Sánchez
42. J.Agirre
43. K.Fernández de Larrea
44. A.Galdos
45. D.Galparsoro
46. M.Irizar
47. I.Landaluze
48. J.Oroz
Team Columbia
51. K.Kirchen
52. A.Hansen
53. G.Hincapie
54. A.Klier
55. S.Knaven
56. T.Lövkvist
57. M.Rogers
58. M.Sieberg
Agritubel
61. C.Moreau
62. J.Casper
63. C.Coutouly
64. R.Feillu
65. K.Ista
66. N.Jalabert
67. C.Rinero
68. B.Sinner
Quick·Step
71. S.Devolder
72. A.Engels
73. D.Grabovskyy
74. S.Rosseler
75. K.Seeldraeyers
76. K.Van Impe
77. J.Van de Walle
78. G.Visconti
Cofidis
81. S.Chavanel
82. J.Demaret
83. M.Hary
84. D.Moncoutié
85. D.Monier
86. S.Scheirlinckx
87. R.Taaramäe
88. T.Valentin
Caisse d'Epargne
91. D.López
92. A.Charteau
93. A.Coyot
94. M.Drujon
95. J.Horrach
96. F.Patanchon
97. M.Perget
98. N.Portal
Garmin - Chipotle
101. C.Vandevelde
102. S.Cozza
103. J.Dean
104. H.Duyn
105. M.Friedman
106. T.Lowe
107. K.Patour
108. D.Zabriskie
Française des Jeux
111. S.Joly
112. S.Chavanel
113. R.Di Gregorio
114. P.Gilbert
115. Y.Hutarovich
116. Y.Le Boulanger
117. C.Monnerais
118. F.Mourey
Barloworld
121. C.Pfannberger
122. P.Calcagni
123. S.Cummings
124. F.Cárdenas
125. C.Froome
126. R.Hunter
127. P.Longo Borghini
128. C.Scognamiglio
Liquigas
131. R.Kreuziger
132. L.Bertagnolli
133. M.Fischer
134. E.Franzoï
135. M.Mugerli
136. A.Noè
137. F.Pozzato
138. M.Quinziato
AG2R
141. J.Gadret
142. C.Edaleine
143. L.Mangel
144. L.Mondory
145. R.Nocentini
146. C.Pineau
147. C.Riblon
148. J.Sénac
Gerolsteiner
151. B.Kohl
152. F.De Bonis
153. S.Krauss
154. A.Moletta
155. V.Ordowski
156. M.Ruß
157. R.Scholz
158. C.Westphal
Saunier Duval
161. D.Cañada
162. E.Capecchi
163. E.Capelli
164. A.Fernández
165. H.González
166. A.Gómez
167. L.Pagliarini
168. A.Passeron
Lampre
171. S.Spilak
172. M.Bandiera
173. R.Longo
174. M.Lorenzetto
175. C.Murro
176. D.Righi
177. G.Stangelj
178. S.Szmyd
Crédit Agricole
181. P.Halgand
182. S.Hinault
183. C.Le Mével
184. C.Lemoine
185. J.Marino
186. M.Méderel
187. N.Roche
188. P.Rolland
Team Milram
191. A.Grivko
192. V.Dyudya
193. M.Eichler
194. A.Gajek
195. R.Grabsch
196. C.Kux
197. B.Lancaster
198. E.Poitschke
Bouygues Télécom
201. S.Clement
202. D.Champion
203. N.Crosbie
204. X.Florencio
205. V.Jérôme
206. A.Pichot
207. P.Quemeneur
208. M.Sprick
Mitsubishi
211. G.Verheyen
212. M.Criquiélion
213. A.Davis
214. H.Dekkers
215. K.Kriit
216. J.Tombak
217. S.Van Dijk
218. M.Vantomme
This is the testing grounds for the tour of 2008. We'll be using it to fine tune our fitness, and see what the other favorites for the tour can do. It's not our final toursquad we've selected here, some of it will race in the tour de suisse also.
Either Mikel or Igor will have to help Sammy in the tour. They're both really tired but he needs someone to guard him. And i think it will end up being Mikel, as he is probably the most tired. But he squeeze in the tour i reckon. If we ride the tour with Anton, he wont have enough fitness to ride a good Vuelta at the end of the season. And the vuelta is out of the question for Mikel anyways.
Stage 1 is an 8km prologue. It'll be our first look at some of the big competition for the tour. One of the early riders out is Dave Zabriskie of Slipstream. He rides the 8km in 8'37... that is one hell of a time.
Rogers crosses the line 13 seconds slower than DZ.
Here's one of the main contenders for the tour this year. Maybe he will be tied down helping Contador though. If you noticed, Astana had none of their big guns in the Giro. So they should all be in top condition for the tour.
The young dutchman Robert Gesink is out on the course. He will be a prized asset for Menchov, a very talented rider.
Sastre is setting out. CSC offered him a new contract, he hasn't signed it yet though. If he doesn't sign, he'll be one of our transfertargets this year.
Here's our main man. Samuel, hopefully a little more durable than Astarloza proved to be, rides over the line in the provisional 9th, 21 seconds after Dizzy Dave. That's acceptable for Samuel Sanchez.
And here comes an absolute parade of podium candidates. Both here in the Dauphine, and in the Tour de France. Alberto Contador is first. Will he be the absolute captain for the tour? Or will all 3 of them be there riding their own chance?
Denis Menchov. The persistant russian could have one of the strongest squads in the tour supporting him. Rabobank has every weapon in the world of cycling at their disposal, one of the most complete teams today.
Last but not least. Australian mountainbiker turned road-pro. Cadel Evans will surely be up there at the end of the tour. His amazing skillset is second to none. But did Silence-Lotto make a hash of it when they rode Popovych that hard in the giro?
Stage
1 David Zabriskie Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 8'37
2 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom + 7
3 Joost Posthuma Rabobank + 8
4 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto + 9
5 Jens Voigt Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 10
6 Bradley McGee Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 11
7 George Hincapie Team Columbia + 13
8 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team s.t.
9 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
10 Michael Rogers Team Columbia + 14
11 Denis Menchov Rabobank + 15
12 Levi Leipheimer Astana Cycling Team + 16
13 Jurgen Van den Broeck Silence - Lotto + 18
14 Christian Vandevelde Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
15 Damien Monier Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 19
16 Volodymyr Dyudya Team Milram + 20
17 Rein Taaramäe Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
18 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 21
19 Robert Hunter Barloworld s.t.
20 Andriy Grivko Team Milram s.t.
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| Karl_rab |
Posted on 26-06-2008 17:46
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Nice dauphine report there, im glad you kept to your word as that was a very thorough report for a fave race of mine 
Good 18th you can surely work on that, hopefully a top 3 will be on the cards if you have sanchez in decent shape 
I cant wait for the mountain stages. Tough luck with the sponsor goal skipping that day really screwed you over, but you will still have a chance in the last race (i dont mind if you lower the difficulty just for that one stage because you need to "not get fired" 
Lets hope sastre rejects, have you done the "sound out" thing, usually it will tell you if he wants to come, and add him to your shortlist, hopefully the added interest will convince him to ditch CSC and come to the future that is bright.... and orange. Great story mads, wheres the next stage B)
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| zkkyby |
Posted on 26-06-2008 17:51
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Karl_rab wrote:
the future that is bright.... and orange.
Quick whit there Karl... I love it
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| Karl_rab |
Posted on 26-06-2008 17:54
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yes lets hope sastre finds it funny too, i really want to see him ride for euskaltel
but theres always valverde 
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| Mads_0 |
Posted on 26-06-2008 17:55
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Euskal Bizikleta - Stage 5
Probably the toughest stage yet. We're gonna sound the horn and go all out attack. If we don't complete this goal it doesn't matter if we're 10th or 20th. If we're going out, we're going out guns blazing.
We go from the beginning. Fernandez goes with Perez on his wheel. The plan is to work Fernandez like a horse to get a gap for Perez. The peleton aren't having it though, and reel us in within 20km.
150km. Martinez goes on the attack charging up a steep climb he gets a quick gap.
But again, the peleton aren't having it and up the pace to the point where our entire teams is hurting from it. Marchante also took his chance here and tried to attack.
116km, Perez again! Noone in front and Perez tries his luck once more. But Caisse are simply too strong for anyone to get away. It's been one big attack this far.
85km. Marchante tries again! Garzelli and Navarro go with him.
Caisse again set a monster pace and reel them in. Don't they get tired?!
50km to go. They've let a few stragglers run a few seconds ahead, but nothing more. They've ridden our entire team into the ground today! Except for Anton!
There is an attack on the 3rd last climb. Gutierrez counters it, Caisse let go!
Anton counters, Marchante counters. The 3 of them come over in front of a group of chasers.
The group of chasers catch up. And then, Gutierrez glides away on the downhill towards the large climb 20km from the finish. The man is unstoppable!
Anton and Herrero of Karpin Galicia give it their all to try and at least hang on to Gutierrez, but he is just flying up this hill.
Marchante and Plaza come from behind to go past Anton close to the top. Anton has no response. His early attack looks doomed now.
Gutierrez begins the last challenge of the day alone. He is truly a worthy winner of this race!
Marchante is catching up to to Gutierrez slowly but steadily. Anton, marked by his early escapades goes at his own pace, he'll lose a lot of time today.
Gutierrez crosses the line with a stunning performance behind him. If this is the standard for the Caisse team for the tour, we're in trouble! But how is Valverde doing after the Giro? Mikel is still feeling it and wont be in absolute top shape for the tour.
Stage
1 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne 5h01'08
2 José Angel Gómez Marchante Saunier Duval - Scott + 14
3 Héctor Guerra Liberty Seguros + 40
4 Tom Danielson Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
5 Rubén Plaza Sport Lisboa e Benfica s.t.
6 Stefano Garzelli Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
7 Ángel Vicioso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím s.t.
8 Mauricio Soler Barloworld s.t.
9 Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld s.t.
10 Toni Colom Astana Cycling Team s.t.
11 David Herrero Karpin Galicia s.t.
12 Dainius Kairelis Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce s.t.
13 Jaume Rovira Extremadura - Ciclismo Soldario s.t.
14 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne + 2'03
15 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
16 Benoit Salmon Agritubel s.t.
17 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
18 Xavi Tondo LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím s.t.
19 Rubén Lobato Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
20 Koldo Gil Liberty Seguros s.t.
Final GC
1 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne 13h57'14
2 Rubén Plaza Sport Lisboa e Benfica + 1'55
3 José Angel Gómez Marchante Saunier Duval - Scott + 2'20
4 Héctor Guerra Liberty Seguros + 2'25
5 Tom Danielson Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 + 2'32
6 Toni Colom Astana Cycling Team + 2'38
7 Stefano Garzelli Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo + 2'42
8 Dainius Kairelis Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce + 3'00
9 Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld + 3'25
10 Ángel Vicioso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím + 3'37
Final Points
1 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne 25 102
2 Rubén Plaza Sport Lisboa e Benfica 12 72
3 José Angel Gómez Marchante Saunier Duval - Scott 20 56
4 Stefano Garzelli Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 10 52
5 Toni Colom Astana Cycling Team 6 46
6 Héctor Guerra Liberty Seguros 16 44
7 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne 2 44
8 Tom Danielson Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 14 40
9 Ángel Vicioso LA - MSS - Póvoa de Varzím 9 40
10 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 1 25
Final Mountains
1 Julián Sánchez Pimienta Contentpolis - Murcia 26 64
2 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne 28 40
3 José Angel Gómez Marchante Saunier Duval - Scott 22 38
4 Stefano Garzelli Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 18 36
5 Iker Camaño Saunier Duval - Scott 2 28
6 José Antonio Redondo Andalucía - Cajasur 0 28
7 Eduardo Gonzalo Agritubel 4 24
8 Rubén Plaza Sport Lisboa e Benfica 14 22
9 Gianpaolo Caruso Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 4 20
10 David Abal Karpin Galicia 0 18 |
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| raar1991 |
Posted on 26-06-2008 17:55
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then I'm reading this story I feel like I'm riding it with you |
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| Mads_0 |
Posted on 26-06-2008 18:00
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Karl_rab wrote:
Nice dauphine report there, im glad you kept to your word as that was a very thorough report for a fave race of mine
Good 18th you can surely work on that, hopefully a top 3 will be on the cards if you have sanchez in decent shape
I cant wait for the mountain stages. Tough luck with the sponsor goal skipping that day really screwed you over, but you will still have a chance in the last race (i dont mind if you lower the difficulty just for that one stage because you need to "not get fired"
Lets hope sastre rejects, have you done the "sound out" thing, usually it will tell you if he wants to come, and add him to your shortlist, hopefully the added interest will convince him to ditch CSC and come to the future that is bright.... and orange. Great story mads, wheres the next stage B)
I'm loving the difficulty. So nice that it's such a challenge. And i don't think i need to adjust it really. I won the Paris Nice and Got 5th in the Giro on hard. It's a learning experience. And Hopefully my sponsors ca see beyond the goals They still have excellent confidence in me so
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| popkorn |
Posted on 26-06-2008 18:14
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| Karl_rab |
Posted on 26-06-2008 18:18
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haha well i wouldnt say no to a bit of friere
when do Juan José Cobo's and gomez marchante's contracts run out, both capable climbers??
One other question, in the game u-23 races are played (simulated) do you have overall results for the U-23 GIRO? If you do would you be willing to post a screenie, i mean there maybe a spaniard in the top20 B) a future euskaltel rider maybe
unlucky with the race, lets hope you can dominate one of my fave races the dauphine
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| Mads_0 |
Posted on 26-06-2008 18:39
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Karl_rab wrote:
haha well i wouldnt say no to a bit of friere
when do Juan José Cobo's and gomez marchante's contracts run out, both capable climbers??
One other question, in the game u-23 races are played (simulated) do you have overall results for the U-23 GIRO? If you do would you be willing to post a screenie, i mean there maybe a spaniard in the top20 B) a future euskaltel rider maybe
unlucky with the race, lets hope you can dominate one of my fave races the dauphine
There's no U-23 Giro. The toughest U-23 race, climbing wise must've been the 4 stage "Ronde de l'Izard" where a young spaniard named Mantilla took 3rd overall. |
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Posted on 26-06-2008 18:39
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Sign him
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| Mads_0 |
Posted on 26-06-2008 18:47
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I'm waiting for more details on scouted riders by the way. Should be some promising aspects. I'll show you as soon as i have more details on the riders. |
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| Karl_rab |
Posted on 26-06-2008 18:49
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is this young "Mantilla" one of them
I hope he is, so what races does the U-23's race, im sure theres a junior tour de france in real life  why would Cyanide do this to me :cry:
i hope youve got some reall crackers
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| Mads_0 |
Posted on 26-06-2008 19:03
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Criterium du Dauphine Libere - Stage 2
stage 2 is a flat stage with almost no difficulties. We'll try and catch a breakaway and have our sprinters up front.
We've got Juan Jose Oroz in the breakaway tomday. He said over the radio that he felt good today and wanted to have a go at it. 130km to go.
On the only hill of the day Oroz has to let go. The pace set by the others throughout the day was too fast for him. The peleton almost has them caught and it will be a sprint finish.
12,4km to go. Instead of relying on other trains we'll try and launch With Sanchez leading them up, and then Galdos leading Fernandez out.
With 7.8km to go the small hill left a dent in Fernandez, not too bad though. Sanchez ups the effort to get to the front.
2800m to go, it didn't work veyr well! Galdos, for no apparent reason decided he didn't want to sit on Sanchez' wheel. Now we're launching from far back! Sanchez is near the front still though.
But Fischer of Liquigas is very strong and outsprints everyone today!
A win for Fischer, Lorenzetto was the only one who could tag along with the liquigas rider today. We can find a little comfort in the fact that Fernandez was probably fastest in the pack when he was launched, he was just too far back. He did manage to climb up to 7th spot though.
Stage
1 Murilo Fischer Liquigas 4h25'21
2 Mirko Lorenzetto Lampre s.t.
3 Julian Dean Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
4 Robert Hunter Barloworld s.t.
5 Allan Davis Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech s.t.
6 Christian Murro Lampre s.t.
7 Koldo Fernández de Larrea Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
8 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
9 Leonardo Bertagnolli Liquigas s.t.
10 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas s.t.
GC
1 David Zabriskie Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 4h33'58
2 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom + 7
3 Joost Posthuma Rabobank + 8
4 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto + 9
5 Jens Voigt Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 10
6 Bradley McGee Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 11
7 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 13
8 George Hincapie Team Columbia s.t.
9 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team s.t.
10 Michael Rogers Team Columbia + 14
Points
1 David Zabriskie Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 1 21
2 Murilo Fischer Liquigas 20 20
3 Mirko Lorenzetto Lampre 17 17
4 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom 0 17
5 Joost Posthuma Rabobank 0 15
6 Julian Dean Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 15 15
7 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto 0 13
8 Robert Hunter Barloworld 13 13
9 Damien Monier Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 10 11
10 Jens Voigt Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0 11
Mountain
1 Marc De Maar Rabobank 5 5
2 Steven Cummings Barloworld 3 3
3 Damien Monier Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 1 |
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| Mads_0 |
Posted on 26-06-2008 19:07
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I'm afraid you're going to be a little disappointed Karl.. here's the full U23 racelist in my game:
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| Wiggo |
Posted on 26-06-2008 19:08
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Isn't THour de l'Avenir the ameteur/junior version of the tour. |
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| Karl_rab |
Posted on 26-06-2008 19:09
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unlucky, if you had a hilly rider in the break you could have been in the KOM jersey, which is the inverse of the tdf KOM
yeah it probably is, im sure you would be able to add more U-23 races, they will probably do that for the giant db with the PCM Fusion DB
Great riding, and unlucky with fernandez, at least now you can get one rider on fisher and the other sprinter on the lampre rider, which makes it easier B)
Edited by Karl_rab on 26-06-2008 19:11
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| issoisso |
Posted on 26-06-2008 19:09
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MayMaggot wrote:
Isn't THour de l'Avenir the ameteur/junior version of the tour.
exactly
"Avenir" = "Future"
Tour de l'Avenir = u-25 TDF
The preceding post is ISSO 9001 certified
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| Wiggo |
Posted on 26-06-2008 19:17
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issoisso wrote:
MayMaggot wrote:
Isn't THour de l'Avenir the ameteur/junior version of the tour.
exactly
"Avenir" = "Future"
Tour de l'Avenir = u-25 TDF
Thought so. |
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| Mads_0 |
Posted on 26-06-2008 19:18
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There are no more sprinterstages actually. Not for Fernandez anyways, hills kill him
It's: Hills, ITT, Hills, Mountain, Mountain, Mountain |
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