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Nordic Cycling | Final Farewell
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 27-11-2012 13:42
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Bochman has had a nice steady start to the Giro, lets hope that he can keep getting some nice finishes  |
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 27-11-2012 23:49
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Jesleyh: Well the easiest time to get the Mountain jersey is on stage 1, so the riders have made sure to be very fit for the start. The first week will probably be our best.
Ian: Thanks. There is a lot of strong riders in deed, but with the form Nibali (and Evans) is showing I don't think there will be much doubt about who wins...
sutty: He is in great form right now and will chase what ever opportunities may arise later on in the race 
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 27-11-2012 23:53
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Great performance with KoM in Romandie, and wow Hushovd and the Team are doing great in the Rankings 
Best of luck in the Giro
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 28-11-2012 00:13
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 Giro d'Italia
Stage 4
A few small hills on the way, but the sprinters will have circled this stage, so a break only has a small chance of success.
12 riders manage to slip into the break. Falcon – STARK is represented by the Swedish champion Christofer Stevenson. The best rider in the GC is Sergey Ivanov at 88th so Liquigas let the break get a good gap.
With 75 km to go the break has a gap of just over 6 minutes losing time fast.
50 km to go and a gap of 4’40’’. In this very km it is a battle between Swedes. Stevenson leading the break hoping to make it last and Löfkvist leading the peloton to get a sprint for Appolonio.
10 km to go and the break is done
With 5 km to go Bak tries to get away, but Lampre has him under control. As soon as Lars is caught, Bøchman counterattacks with Bäckstedt in his wheel. The two get a small gap along with Sandy Casar, but the sprinters are coming fast from behind on the last km.
Farrar is by far the strongest today, but the hectic final also resulted in a huge crash leaving 75 riders behind losing time. None of the GC-contenders was affected, but Sicard lost three minutes in the young riders battle.
Results:
1.  Tyler Farrar, Garmin - Sharp
2.  Allan Davis, Orica - Greenedge
3. Danilo Napolitano, Lampre - ISD
5.  Magnus Bäckstedt, Falcon – STARK
Stage 5 – TTT
Falcon – STARK have brought a team with a lot of good TT’ers, so a decent result should be possible if everything goes well today. The bookmakers have Movistar as the big favourite, but Falcon – STARK is mentioned among the outsiders.
As Falcon – STARK is off Rabobank and Omega Pharma – Quickstep have set the times to beat. The Nordic team doesn’t show much on the intermediate times, where Danish team Saxo – Tinkoff have placed in top 5. But TT’s are not decided on intermediate times and the Falcons keep a consistently high tempo throughout the stage getting best provisional time four seconds ahead of Lotto Belisol and Garmin – Sharp.
Movistar live up to their favourite-status beating Falcon – STARK by three seconds.
Liquigas – Cannondale rode a terrible TTT handing over Maglia Rosa to Damiano Cunego.
Results:
1.  Movistar Team
2.  Falcon - STARK
3. Garmin – Sharp
Stage 6
A few small hills in the middle part of the stage, but in the end this should amount to another bunch sprint.
Once gain Lars Bak shows his talent for hitting the right break. 11 riders in total with Freire, Eisel and Bak being the biggest names in the group.
Realizing that he can win back the mountain jersey by winning all five small climbs today Bak leaves nothing to chance in the sprints, though Fabio Felline tries his best to ruin the master plan.
With 50 km to go the break has a gap of just under 5 minutes and Bak has executed his plan winning all five KOM sprints and taking back the mountain jersey from Wegmann.
With 30 km to go the 10 riders in front maintain a lead of 4’30 to the peloton. Looks like they might make it, but with 10 km to go the lead is down to half a minute, and with 5 km to go Lars Bak gives it one last go.
He gets a good gap, but is caught by the rest of the breakers on the last kilometer and by the peloton right on the line.
Results:
1.  Coen Vermeltfoort, Rabobank
2. Óscar Freire, Katusha
3. Fabio Felline, Androni Giacattoli - Venezuela
14.  Lars Ytting Bak, Falcon – STARK
Lars did the right thing attacking early. He wouldn’t have had a chance against the fast guys in the break anyway. And very nice riding from him reclaiming the mountain jersey
- Allan Grønborg
Provisional Standings:
| 1 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - ISD | 20h33'50 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 8 | | 3 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 1'17 | | 4 |  Rigoberto Urán | Sky Procycling | + 1'44 | | 5 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'08 | | 6 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 2'17 | | 7 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | + 2'37 | | 8 |  Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol Team | + 2'55 | | 9 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack - Nissan | + 3'00 | | 10 |  Ryder Hesjedal | RadioShack - Nissan | + 3'03 | | 22 | Jesper Hansen | Falcon - STARK | + 4'21 |
Spoiler | 11 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | + 3'10 | | 12 | Michael Rogers | Orica - GreenEdge | + 3'27 | | 13 | Luca Ascani | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 3'28 | | 14 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 3'41 | | 15 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 3'46 | | 16 | Danilo Di Luca | Acqua & Sapone | + 3'52 | | 17 | Francesco Masciarelli | Astana Pro Team | + 3'54 | | 18 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 3'58 | | 19 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | + 4'08 | | 20 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky Procycling | + 4'16 | | 21 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | + 4'17 | | 22 | Jesper Hansen | Falcon - STARK | + 4'21 | | 23 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | + 4'26 | | 24 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4'40 | | 25 | Rémi Pauriol | FDJ - BigMat | + 4'48 | | 26 | Arkaitz Durán | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4'51 | | 27 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - ISD | + 4'53 | | 28 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 4'55 | | 29 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 4'56 | | 30 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | + 5'08 | | 31 | Francesco Ginanni | Acqua & Sapone | + 5'16 | | 32 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | + 5'53 | | 33 | Lasse Bøchman | Falcon - STARK | + 6'23 | | 34 | Bruno Pires | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | + 6'52 | | 35 | Wilco Kelderman | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 7'08 | | 36 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 7'21 | | 37 | Jesús Hernández | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | + 7'25 | | 38 | Simon Spilak | Katusha Team | + 7'31 | | 39 | Denys Kostyuk | Lampre - ISD | + 7'49 | | 40 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 41 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 7'56 | | 42 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | + 8'05 | | 43 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 44 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | + 8'17 | | 45 | Ben Hermans | RadioShack - Nissan | + 8'18 | | 46 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ - BigMat | + 8'20 | | 47 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | + 8'30 | | 48 | Lars Ytting Bak | Falcon - STARK | + 8'32 | | 49 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | + 8'42 | | 50 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 9'02 | | 51 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 9'03 | | 52 | Rafal Majka | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | + 9'19 | | 53 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 9'20 | | 54 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 9'23 | | 55 | David López | Movistar Team | + 9'25 | | 56 | Luca Solari | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 9'34 | | 57 | Elia Favilli | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 9'42 | | 58 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 59 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | + 9'56 | | 60 | Daniele Callegarin | BMC Racing Team | + 10'12 | | 61 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 10'20 | | 62 | Ezequiel Mosquera | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 10'53 | | 63 | Juan José Cobo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 10'58 | | 64 | Danny Pate | RadioShack - Nissan | + 11'04 | | 65 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | + 11'05 | | 66 | Stefano Locatelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 11'26 | | 67 | Ángel Vicioso | Movistar Team | + 11'31 | | 68 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | + 12'05 | | 69 | Tiago Machado | RadioShack - Nissan | + 12'08 | | 70 | Jeppe Lykke Hartvig Nielsen | Falcon - STARK | + 12'20 | | 71 | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | + 12'21 | | 72 | Vladimir Karpets | Movistar Team | + 12'29 | | 73 | Oliver Zaugg | RadioShack - Nissan | + 12'34 | | 74 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | + 13'05 | | 75 | Michael Færk Christensen | Falcon - STARK | + 13'24 | | 76 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Falcon - STARK | + 13'28 | | 77 | Víctor De la Parte | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 13'30 | | 78 | Joost Van Leijen | Lotto Belisol Team | + 13'39 | | 79 | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 13'46 | | 80 | Manuele Mori | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 13'57 | | 81 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Lotto Belisol Team | + 13'58 | | 82 | Bert Grabsch | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 14'01 | | 83 | Óscar Freire | Katusha Team | + 14'08 | | 84 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | + 14'15 | | 85 | Allan Davis | Orica - GreenEdge | + 14'20 | | 86 | Miguel Mínguez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 14'34 | | 87 | Sergueï Ivanov | Katusha Team | + 14'37 | | 88 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | + 14'41 | | 89 | Yann Huguet | AG2R La Mondiale | + 14'46 | | 90 | Rafael de Mattos Andriato | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 14'54 | | 91 | Massimo Codol | Acqua & Sapone | + 14'59 | | 92 | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 15'09 | | 93 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 15'11 | | 94 | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | + 15'12 | | 95 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 15'14 | | 96 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | + 15'29 | | 97 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 15'33 | | 98 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 99 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 15'35 | | 100 | Peter Kennaugh | Sky Procycling | + 15'37 | | 101 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | + 15'51 | | 102 | Davide Appollonio | Sky Procycling | + 16'05 | | 103 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Sharp | + 16'17 | | 104 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | + 16'21 | | 105 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Katusha Team | + 16'25 | | 106 | Jakob Rathe | Garmin - Sharp | + 16'32 | | 107 | Christofer Stevenson | Falcon - STARK | + 16'33 | | 108 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 16'46 | | 109 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ - BigMat | + 16'47 | | 110 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ - BigMat | + 16'49 | | 111 | Alfredo Balloni | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 17'00 | | 112 | Andreas Klier | Garmin - Sharp | + 17'03 | | 113 | Peter Stetina | Garmin - Sharp | + 17'04 | | 114 | Filippo Savini | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 17'05 | | 115 | Michael Barry | Sky Procycling | + 17'06 | | 116 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | + 17'27 | | 117 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 17'35 | | 118 | Walter Proch | Acqua & Sapone | + 17'38 | | 119 | Enrico Rossi | BMC Racing Team | + 17'39 | | 120 | Tom Danielson | RadioShack - Nissan | + 17'41 | | 121 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Acqua & Sapone | + 17'46 | | 122 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 17'48 | | 123 | Trent Lowe | Orica - GreenEdge | + 17'53 | | 124 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | + 18'13 | | 125 | Francis Mourey | FDJ - BigMat | + 18'14 | | 126 | Marco Marcato | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 18'18 | | 127 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 18'46 | | 128 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | + 18'53 | | 129 | Cristiano Benenati | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 19'48 | | 130 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | + 20'33 | | 131 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ - BigMat | + 21'11 | | 132 | Haimar Zubeldia | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 21'40 | | 133 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ - BigMat | + 21'49 | | 134 | Daniele Ratto | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 22'32 | | 135 | Dries Devenyns | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 22'58 | | 136 | Michael Hepburn | Orica - GreenEdge | + 22'59 | | 137 | José Serpa | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 23'13 | | 138 | Danilo Napolitano | Lampre - ISD | + 23'18 | | 139 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol Team | + 23'22 | | 140 | Greg Henderson | Lotto Belisol Team | + 23'24 | | 141 | Giacomo Nizzolo | RadioShack - Nissan | + 23'26 | | 142 | Ivan Santaromita | BMC Racing Team | + 23'31 | | 143 | Pablo Urtasun | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 23'35 | | 144 | Elia Viviani | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 23'59 | | 145 | Martijn Maaskant | Garmin - Sharp | + 24'20 | | 146 | Mitchell Docker | Orica - GreenEdge | + 24'21 | | 147 | Julian Dean | Orica - GreenEdge | + 24'34 | | 148 | Pierre Cazaux | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 25'31 | | 149 | Maurizio Biondo | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 25'51 | | 150 | Xavier Florencio | Katusha Team | + 25'55 | | 151 | Christian Poos | RadioShack - Nissan | + 26'37 | | 152 | Alan Marangoni | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 27'31 | | 153 | Luca Paolini | Lampre - ISD | + 27'51 | | 154 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | + 28'03 | | 155 | Antonino Parrinello | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 28'11 | | 156 | Mahdi Sohrabi | Lotto Belisol Team | + 28'17 | | 157 | Gregor Gazvoda | AG2R La Mondiale | + 28'51 | | 158 | Greg Van Avermaet | Acqua & Sapone | + 29'25 | | 159 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | + 29'31 | | 160 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 29'56 | | 161 | Sergio Marinangeli | BMC Racing Team | + 31'48 | | 162 | Leigh Howard | Orica - GreenEdge | + 32'13 | | 163 | Maarten Neyens | Lotto Belisol Team | + 32'16 | | 164 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 33'25 | | 165 | Robert Hunter | Garmin - Sharp | + 34'31 | | 166 | Steve Houanard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 35'56 | | 167 | Diego Caccia | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 36'13 | | 168 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 37'04 | | 169 | Salvatore Puccio | Sky Procycling | + 37'27 | | 170 | Andrea Guardini | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 37'47 | | 171 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - ISD | + 38'21 | | 172 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | + 38'42 | | 173 | Marco Coledan | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 41'11 | | 174 | Adam Blythe | BMC Racing Team | + 41'13 | | 175 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica - GreenEdge | + 43'12 | | 176 | Alessandro Donati | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 177 | Bernhard Eisel | Astana Pro Team | + 44'00 | | 178 | Enrico Franzoï | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 44'26 | | 179 | Steve Chainel | FDJ - BigMat | + 47'06 | | 180 | Francesco Chicchi | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 48'46 | | 181 | Salvatore Mancuso | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 49'42 | | 182 | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | + 49'52 | | 183 | Mattia Gavazzi | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 55'05 | | 184 | Omar Bertazzo | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 58'02 | | 185 | Graham Briggs | Sky Procycling | + 1h00'17 | | 186 | Edoardo Muoio | Katusha Team | + 1h02'52 | | 187 | Simone Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 1h02'56 | | 188 | Davy Tuytens | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1h05'59 | | 189 | Pasqualino Saviano | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h20'20 |
Mountains: Lars Ytting Bak, Falcon - STARK
Spoiler | 1 | Lars Ytting Bak | Falcon - STARK | 18 | | 2 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | 17 | | 3 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | 15 | | 4 | Sergueï Ivanov | Katusha Team | 11 | | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | 10 | | 6 | Daniele Callegarin | BMC Racing Team | 9 | | 7 | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | 8 | | 8 | Dries Devenyns | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 7 | | 9 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - ISD | 6 | | 10 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 6 |
Points: Vincenzo Nibali, Liquigas - Cannondale
Spoiler | 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | 57 | | 2 | Danilo Napolitano | Lampre - ISD | 46 | | 3 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | 42 | | 4 | Davide Appollonio | Sky Procycling | 41 | | 5 | Allan Davis | Orica - GreenEdge | 40 | | 6 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Rabobank Cycling Team | 31 | | 7 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | 30 | | 8 | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | 26 | | 9 | Lasse Bøchman | Falcon - STARK | 24 | | 10 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | 24 | | 11 | Óscar Freire | Katusha Team | 24 |
Young rider: Nairo Quintana, Movistar Team
Spoiler | 1 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 20h37'58 (1) | | 2 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | + 9 (2) | | 3 | Jesper Hansen | Falcon - STARK | + 13 (3) | | 4 | Wilco Kelderman | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'00 (4) | | 5 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3'48 (5) | | 6 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4'54 (6) | | 7 | Rafal Majka | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | + 5'11 (7) | | 8 | Elia Favilli | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 5'34 (8) | | 9 | Stefano Locatelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 7'18 (9) | | 10 | Jeppe Lykke Hartvig Nielsen | Falcon - STARK | + 8'12 (10) |
Team: Lampre - ISD
After stage six Falcon – STARK announced that both Magnus Bäckstedt and Morten Kruse Brink won’t be starting any more stages in this Giro.
Neither Morten nor myself felt like we had anything to give the team in the last two weeks. We are both rubbish on uphill sections and since the race only has one flat stage left we have abandoned and will ride the Nordic races instead
- Magnus Bäckstedt
Edited by Atlantius on 28-11-2012 00:23
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 28-11-2012 00:20
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What a cracking Team Time Trial on stage five |
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Posted on 28-11-2012 09:22
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What a TTT 
Still holding KoM jersey, which is nice
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Posted on 28-11-2012 11:04
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Great Giro so far. 2 5th places for Bochman, The mountain jersey with back and a 2nd place in the TTT. If this continues you will definitely get that stage win.
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Posted on 28-11-2012 12:20
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sutty: Thanks
Ian: Wasn't too happy to have them abandon myself, but we're heading into the mountains and they literally can't climb (55 and 57 MO), so they wouldn't stand a chance of finishing the race anyway. But they would be of good use in the Swedish and Norwegian races that are coming up.
Jakstar: Thanks for the confidence. The stage win will be hard to get as we're moving in to the terrain where the big boys want to play
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Posted on 28-11-2012 12:29
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What a great TTT! Great achievement beating Garmin!
Best of luck for the rest
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Posted on 28-11-2012 12:35
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Scandinavian Race in Uppsala
As the only Swedish race of the season this is naturally a race we want to win…
Rasmus Sterebo get in the break along with  Samoilau (Østerhus),  Thömel (NSP) and five weaker riders, but the break never manage to get a decisive lead. When everything is brought back together Falcon – STARK decide to change strategy and keep up the speed in the peloton hoping it will break on the small hills and narrow roads. There is 1.5 km from the front to the rear of the peloton…
With a 100 km to go groups start breaking off the rear and with 15 km to go 64 riders are left and Falcon – STARK is still leading the peloton. Time to cash in on the work. Sterebo attack once again and quickly gains a good lead as the other teams have trouble organizing the chase on the narrow roads.
As Sterebo’s lead gets over two minutes Grönlund attacks to show himself in his home country.
Rasmus win comfortably and Grönlund gets second as Saxo-Tinkoff and CWO fight for the right to lead the peloton making it impossible to organize the chase properly.
Result:
Next up: Giro d'Italia
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Posted on 28-11-2012 12:37
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the_hoyle: Thanks! The team had for a large part been selected with the TTT in mind, so I'm very happy it went so well
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Posted on 28-11-2012 13:00
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A Great 1-2 by the team in Uppsala |
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Posted on 28-11-2012 18:20
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An excellent win in Sweden |
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Posted on 28-11-2012 21:14
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Nice win in the Scandinavian race.
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Posted on 28-11-2012 22:29
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Thanks for the support everyone. It really paid out knowing the roads from last years race.
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Posted on 28-11-2012 22:48
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Giro d'Italia
Stage 7
A good few hills on this stage should make it an interesting stage with possibilites for the break as well as the favourites.
Bak jumps in the early break and lead it over the first KOM-sprint of the day. Lampre – ISD is setting a fats pace in the peloton so the break can’t build up much of a lead, but still enough for Bak to pick up another five points for the jersey.
When the peloton crosses the second small hill of the day only 41 riders are left in the main group! Both Hansen, Nielsen and Bøchman have kept their places right behind the Lampre train, but obviously this is too far out to start splitting the peloton like that so Lampre let the others come back up giving the break a little air again.
The break is caught but Bak makes a new one along with Nicki Sørensen and Belletti. Another 3 pts for the jersey as the trio build their gap to 3 minutes.
60 km to go, just over 6 minutes to the peloton and another 5 pts goes in to the KOM-account. In the peloton Euskaltel – Euskadi have started helping Lampre in front. Hansen, Bøchman and Nielsen are still looking good near the front.
Up the big climb of the day Bak has trouble hanging on to Sørensen, but just manage to keep the peloton behind winning another 6 pts.
15 km left and the final climb is about to start. 26 riders in the front group. Among them all the favourites, Bak and Hansen. 24 riders left for the final downhill sprint. Evans opens early and Hansen finds his wheel, but Hansen is too tired to put in a decent sprint and Evans started too far out.
Results:
1. Rigoberto Urán, Sky
2. Michael Rogers, Orica GreenEdge
3. Vincenzo Nibali, Liquigas - Cannondale
21. Jesper Hansen, Falcon – STARK
Mountains: Lars Ytting Bak
Stage 8
The first real test for the climbers.
No break manage to get away, but that allows Bak to pick up the first KOM-sprint as the peloton passes.
In the end a break establish with Jeppe Lykke Hartvig Nielsen. With 85 km to go the ascent of Monte Amiata has begun. The front group has 8’30’’ to the peloton. On the top Nielsen pick up his third KOM sprint of the day without being challenged.
With 40 km to go Hartvig Nielsen lose contact with Stetina and Locatelli in front. The front due has just over four minutes to the peloton.
5 km to go and the favourites have caught the rest of the break. Hesjedal is the first of the favourites to make a move, but he is being watched closely by the others and with 1.5 km to go Antón and Nibali form a duo with a small gap to the other favourites.
The break last and Antón deny Nibali his third stage win.
Results:
1. Igor Antón, Euskaltel - Euskadi
2. Vincenzo Nibali, Liquigas - Cannondale
3. Damiano Cunego, Lampre - ISD
29. Jesper Hansen, Falcon – STARK
Provisional Standings:
Mountains: Lars Ytting Bak, Falcon – STARK
Points: Vincenzo Nibali, Liquigas – Cannondale
Young rider: Nairo Quintana, Movistar
Team:  Sky Procycling
Next up: Rogaland GP
Edited by Atlantius on 28-11-2012 22:51
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 29-11-2012 09:45
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Nice to see Bak still wearing the Mountains jersey
And Good Luck in the Rogaland GP |
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 29-11-2012 11:21
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Rogaland GP
Another Nordic race and as such another race we want to win.
Magnus Cort get in the early break along with seven other mediocre riders. When best the break had a lead of 8 minutes, but a lot of teams were interested in pulling them back in so with 30 km to go they’re down to 2’40’’.
When hitting the final circuit Christina Watches – Onfone start pulling the peloton apart on the small cobbly hill. With 14 km to go Cort and Stier is alone on front with a gap of 1’40’’.
10 km to go and just over a minute as Saxo-Tinkoff is leading the chase behind.
Stier opens the sprint and Cort follows him until the last km, when he goes past the German to grab the win. In the chaser group Bäckstedt prove the fastest.
Results:
| 1 | Magnus Cort | Falcon - STARK | 5h00'20 | | 2 | Maximilian Stier | LKT Team Brandenburg | + 11 | | 3 | Magnus Bäckstedt | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | | 4 | Michael Reihs | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 5 | Karsten Kroon | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | | 6 | Troels Ronning Vinther | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | | 7 | Morten Kruse Brink | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | | 8 | Guillaume Boivin | Team Øster Hus - Ridley | s.t. | | 9 |  Michaël Baer | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 10 | Dominic Klemme | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. |
Next up: Giro d'Italia
Edited by Atlantius on 29-11-2012 11:22
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 29-11-2012 11:40
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Another great win for the team, and Magnus does well in finishnig 3th!
Hope to see an exciting continuing (further?) Giro
Edited by Ian Butler on 29-11-2012 12:03
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 29-11-2012 11:59
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Another great win in the smaller races. Can't wait for the next Giro stage
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