|
Team CSC | Le Tour de France
|
| issoisso |
Posted on 13-10-2007 19:29
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 22918
Joined: 08-02-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
MarcoPRT wrote:
Uh...so much portuguese people in this forum.
if it were up to me they'd all be shot. those portuguese are good for nothing I tell you...
Andy, time to up the difficulty. and good job.
The preceding post is ISSO 9001 certified
"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
|
| |
|
|
| niconico |
Posted on 15-10-2007 12:05
|
Grand Tour Specialist
Posts: 4102
Joined: 09-07-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
Just a heads up on how I'll procede from here. I'm going to post you the last stage of the Giro today. Then I'll have an Giro Epilogue for you before I wrap up Bayern Rundfahrt (just result updates). Then there won't be any updates for some time, as I just want to take a breather from story writing. I hope you're not too dissapointed, but I'll have it up and running again at some point, maybe sometime next month. Until then, enjoy the last couple of updates before the break and then I'll be back with Tour of Luxembourg, which I'll do a picture coverage of, sometime next month. 
|
| |
|
|
| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 15-10-2007 12:31
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 15830
Joined: 08-02-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
Take your break..most important is that you return with your story after that...I had after TdF small motivation problem and story stoped for week...end of the season is hardest to play . But now i have next goal Vuelta. |
| |
|
|
| odenkos |
Posted on 15-10-2007 12:59
|
Domestique
Posts: 554
Joined: 07-08-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
Yeah take your break but make sure you return!!  Otherwise... 
ExManager of the Slovak team Sme Cycling
 
|
| |
|
|
| Ad Bot |
Posted on 22-11-2024 20:05
|
Bot Agent
Posts: Countless
Joined: 23.11.09
|
|
| IP: None |
|
|
| niconico |
Posted on 15-10-2007 21:06
|
Grand Tour Specialist
Posts: 4102
Joined: 09-07-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
June 3:  Giro d’Italia - Stage 21 | Vestone > Milano - 181 km
Finally we’re on the home stretch in this year’s Giro d’Italia and what a race we’ve had. Obviously it has been particularily good for us. 5 stage wins. Two by Andy Schleck, one by Nicki Sørensen, one by David Zabriskie and one by the whole team on the first stage wraps up an incomparable domination by CSC during these three weeks and in addition to this, we also won the race with Andy Schleck, as he has proven to the cycling world just how special a talent he is. Before the Giro we hoped he could get a top ten, then after the first mountain stage we changed that to a top 5. Then a bit later after the Briancon stage, we were suddenly gunning for the podium. But all of this changed after the two stages to respectively Tre Cimo Di Lavaredo and Monte Zoncolan, who proved fatal in this year’s Giro as Andy was the only rider not to lose any valuable time on his opponents on these two stages. The way he closed the deal was also incredible. Yesterday he had 23 seconds on Di Luca, but an amazing 4th place on the time trial saw him finally clinch the Giro crown, to retain CSC’s status as defending Giro champions.
The Winners of 90th Giro d’Italia, Team CSC taking hold off the race from the outset in Vestone, to steer it home for their captain.
Today’s stage is not a regular stage even though it might looks as it is that on the profile. But the remaining 157 riders in the race are just happy to have made it through even if they’re 112th in the GC. So the 21st stage is always a day of celebrating for the peloton and so it was today. After 37 km the last climb of the Giro was climbed, it was the Passo Tre Termini, that recieved the distinquished honour of being the last climb of this Giro.
Racing isn’t a part of the agenda through the first part of the final stage, meaning Andy had some time to recieve praises from Danilo Di Luca and Alessandro Petacchi.
Eventually a 5-man break got away with Rodriquez Oliver (GCE), Tomei (PAN), Verheyen (QSI) in it. The last two were quite sensational as they were Igor Anton and Pietro Caucchioli, who are respectively 16th and 14th in the GC, so a pretty odd move to jeopardize their top 20 chances this way. The sprinter teams didn’t take any chances today as they began upping the pace with 95 km to go.
The TV break consisted of a few quite unsual riders today as Caucchioli and Anton had some impossible plans for today.
As every other day the gap came down steadily and things were setting up for the classic last stage dash to the line between the remaining sprinters. A guy like Petacchi must be very hungry for the win and should he win today then the sprinters have really managed to share the stage wins very equally among each other. Mark Cavendish (Abandoned) has 1, Allan Davis 1, Danilo Napolitano 1 and Paolo Bettini 1, bringing the total of sprinter wins to a minor four. Quite unusual number actually.
A lot of teams eventually took part in chasing down the breakaway as the mass sprint was now looking inevitable.
With 20 kilometres left of the 90th Giro d’Italia the breakaway was caught and the sprinter began moving to the front. Just 20 kilometres away from victory now for Andy Schleck.
This is almost it – Andy Schleck is closer than ever to winning the Giro as the Duomo Cathedral was looming up the road right beside the finishing line.
All the sprinters found the front now as we were entering the last kilometres. Lampre tried too pull the same stunt as they did on the 18th stage with Bennati leading out Napolitano and they were in a good position. But unfortuneately for them, Petacchi had finally managed to position himself well as he found the wheel of Napolitano to get himself in perfect position for the sprint. Behind Petacchi, Marco Zanotti had positioned himself just ahead of Vicente Reynes, Paride Grillo and Francisco Ventoso. In other side of the road Liquigas were setting up a train for Di Luca as he wanted to win the points competition and in order to do so he had to come in ahead of Cunego as they were tied on point before this stage. Gasparotto was leading him out. Also Cofidis tried to set up Duque with Lequatre leading him out as Allan Davis had found the Colombian’s wheel, but in a very tough position. It’s looking as if the Lampre train would run away with this.
Petacchi and Napolitano in favourable positions ahead of the sprint. Will Napolitano claim his second or will Petacchi finally snatch a well-deserved win?
Bennati did his job to perfection and led out Napolitano in a great position. Only problem was could he hold off Petacchi? As they came through the last corner we could see that Cunego had found Di Luca’s wheel as he was also looking to win the points competition. At this point, Andy was just sitting in the middle of the pack being protected by his teammates.
At the head of the race Petacchi made his move and flew past Napolitano who could offer no reply to his acceleration. He was going to win this. He had Zanotti on his wheel, but he couldn’t hold it and so he was just looking to take 2nd ahead of Napolitano. But he couldn’t as Napolitano just held him off to earn 2nd behind Petacchi with Zanotti claiming 3rd. Ventoso who came from a difficult position really pulled of a great sprint as he took 4th. Di Luca claimed the win in the points competition as he took 16th on the stage and Cunego only managed 18th. But it really came down to the wire in the end.
Petacchi was the first rider to finish this year’s Giro d’Italia as he snatched the win on the final stage to Milano with the Duomo Cathedral in the background.
Petacchi had won but that didn’t concern us a whole lot. For us the center of attention was a 21-year old Luxembourgian named Andy Schleck, who had shocked the cycling world through the last three weeks to convert his Grand Tour debut into a Grand Tour Victory.
The End of the Line – Andy Schleck has won the 90th Giro d’Italia.
The whole team was gathered before the podium as Andy recieved his last La Maglia Rosa of this race. Di Luca and Cunego understandably looked pretty dissapointed as the Top 3 lined up to get through the last formalities of this incredible race. After soaking Di Luca and Cunego with his champagne bottle he gave it to us just beneath the podium. He did the same with the Giro Trophy. It was a fantastic experience and we did some serious celebrating back at the hotel, but even though this might be the biggest race on the calendar, there are still new races to come very shortly and actually I’ll travel to Luxembourg with both Kurt-Asle and Luke to race that tour in a few days, even though they have spent the last three weeks busting their asses for Andy, but that’s the life of a Pro Cyclist. Lets conclude shall we; 5 stage wins, the overall win, king of the mountains win, U-25 win and overall team win. Pretty damn good I’d say. Now Andy is off to a break and we are not sure when he’ll reappear but we might have some big plans for him later on. Until then let’s let the last words go to Andy Schleck for an indescribable performance.
Giro d’Italia - Stage 21 | Result
1 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM 3h43'07
2 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
3 Marco Zanotti UNIBET.COM s.t.
4 Francisco Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
5 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
6 Vicente Reynès CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
7 Paride Grillo CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
8 Allan Davis DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
9 Alberto Ongarato TEAM MILRAM s.t.
10 Matteo Carrara UNIBET.COM s.t.
11 Stefano Zanini PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
12 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS s.t.
13 Angelo Furlan CREDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
14 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS s.t.
15 Steven De Jongh QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
16 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS s.t.
17 Antonio Bucciero CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
18 Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
19 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
20 Geoffroy Lequatre COFIDIS s.t.
65 Luke Roberts TEAM CSC s.t.
66 Nicki Sørensen TEAM CSC s.t.
67 Christian Vandevelde TEAM CSC s.t.
68 David Zabriskie TEAM CSC s.t.
69 Volodimir Gustov TEAM CSC s.t.
72 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
73 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC s.t.
79 Bobby Julich TEAM CSC s.t.
 90th Giro d’Italia - Stage 21 | Final GC
1  Andy Schleck TEAM CSC 87h07'26
2 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS + 1'41
3 Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 4'14
4 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 6'49
5 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PREVOYANCE + 31'17
6 David Arroyo CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 31'43
7 Jose Rujano UNIBET.COM + 33'20
8 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 37'03
9 David Zabriskie TEAM CSC s.t.
10 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 37'33
11 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 38'22
12 Andrea Noe LIQUIGAS + 41'31
13 Cristian Moreni COFIDIS + 41'38
14 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 43'26
15 Dario Cioni PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 44'58
16 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER + 45'21
17 Koldo Gil SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 45'46
18 Matteo Carrara UNIBET.COM + 46'04
19 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS + 46'10
20 Pietro Caucchioli CREDIT AGRICOLE + 47'33
21 Igor Anton H. EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 48'12
22 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS + 48'22
23 José G. Marchante SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 49'10
24 Volodimir Gustov TEAM CSC + 51'55
25 Nicki Sørensen TEAM CSC + 53'36
26 John Gadret AG2R PREVOYANCE + 53'52
27 Evgueni Petrov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 54'30
28 Gustav Larsson UNIBET.COM + 54'38
29 David Moncoutié COFIDIS + 55'40
30 Manuel Beltran LIQUIGAS + 56'09
31 Ruggero Marzoli TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 56'37
32 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 56'42
33 Cyril Dessel AG2R PREVOYANCE + 57'20
34 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1h00'17
35 Gianpaolo Caruso LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1h00'18
36 Alberto Contador DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h00'30
37 Iban Mayo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1h00'59
38 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h01'54
39 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h02'11
40 Mathieu Sprick BOUYGUES TELECOM + 1h03'55
41 Patrice Halgand CREDIT AGRICOLE + 1h05'05
42 Rubén Plaza CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h05'19
43 Thomas Voeckler BOUYGUES TELECOM + 1h05'25
44 Domenico Pozzovivo CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 1h05'43
45 Xabier Zandio CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h09'22
46 Marzio Bruseghin LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1h09'38
47 Christian Vandevelde TEAM CSC + 1h10'07
48 Michael Rasmussen RABOBANK + 1h12'00
49 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM + 1h14'08
50 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1h15'58
51 Pierrick Fédrigo BOUYGUES TELECOM + 1h17'07
52 David Cañada SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1h17'22
53 Fortunato Baliani CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 1h17'29
54 Maxime Monfort COFIDIS + 1h17'54
55 Wim Van Huffel PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 1h18'17
56 Sylvester Szmyd LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1h20'55
57 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC + 1h23'28
58 Wladimir Miholjevic LIQUIGAS + 1h24'10
59 Marco Fertonani CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h24'29
60 Tyler Hamilton TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 1h25'01
61 Pieter Weening RABOBANK + 1h25'28
62 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS + 1h27'40
63 Dimitri Fofonov CREDIT AGRICOLE + 1h30'47
64 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS + 1h30'52
65 Mauricio Ardila RABOBANK + 1h31'34
66 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS + 1h39'53
67 Paolo Tiralongo LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1h40'07
68 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 1h41'39
69 Grischa Niermann RABOBANK + 1h42'52
70 Steve Zampieri COFIDIS + 1h43'22
71 Stéphane Goubert AG2R PREVOYANCE + 1h43'31
72 Koos Moerenhout RABOBANK + 1h44'48
73 Laurent Lefèvre BOUYGUES TELECOM + 1h47'02
74 Gerben Löwik RABOBANK + 1h47'52
75 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 1h48'31
76 Anthony Charteau CREDIT AGRICOLE + 1h50'06
77 Jürgen Van De Walle QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1h50'32
78 Oliver Zaugg GEROLSTEINER + 1h54'11
79 Andrey Mizurov ASTANA + 1h54'42
80 Jurgen Van Goolen DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h57'04
81 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 1h57'05
82 Mickael Buffaz COFIDIS + 1h59'07
83 Giuliano Figueras LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 2h00'55
84 Luis F. Laverde J. CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 2h03'21
85 Dionisio Galparsoro EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 2h04'56
86 Mario Aerts PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 2h05'39
87 Aketza Peña Iza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 2h05'48
88 Mauro Facci QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 2h06'10
89 Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM + 2h10'23
90 Aitor Hernández G. EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 2h11'05
91 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER + 2h15'49
92 Bram Tankink QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 2h16'41
93 Allan Davis DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2h21'30
94 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 2h30'21
95 Vasil Kiryienka TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 2h31'01
96 Bobby Julich TEAM CSC + 2h33'07
97 Joost Posthuma RABOBANK + 2h34'27
98 Vladimir Karpets CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 2h37'04
99 Ivan Velasco Murillo EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 2h46'39
100 Steven Cummings DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2h48'08
101 Steve Morabito ASTANA + 2h48'14
102 Ian McLeod FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 2h51'35
103 Marco Velo TEAM MILRAM + 2h53'34
104 José Luis Arrieta AG2R PREVOYANCE + 2h53'48
105 Andriy Grivko TEAM MILRAM + 2h54'03
106 Luke Roberts TEAM CSC + 2h54'50
107 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM + 2h55'40
108 Jussi Veikkanen FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 2h56'06
109 Pavel Padrnos DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2h57'18
110 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM + 3h01'23
111 Arnaud Labbe BOUYGUES TELECOM + 3h03'33
112 Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM + 3h06'31
113 Jakob Piil T-MOBILE TEAM + 3h07'21
114 Rik Verbrugghe COFIDIS + 3h07'45
115 Torsten Hiekmann GEROLSTEINER + 3h14'11
116 Serguey Yakovlev ASTANA + 3h16'12
117 Geert Verheyen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 3h16'18
118 Francisco Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 3h16'56
119 Lorenzo Bernucci T-MOBILE TEAM + 3h19'08
120 Nicolas Portal CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 3h19'49
121 David Millar SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 3h21'48
122 Marcel Strauss GEROLSTEINER + 3h22'47
123 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 3h24'07
124 Jorge Azanza Soto EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 3h24'24
125 Brian Vandborg DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 3h25'35
126 Assan Bazayev ASTANA + 3h25'49
127 Daniele Contrini TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 3h27'24
128 Enrico Poitschke TEAM MILRAM + 3h28'56
129 Vicente Reynès CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 3h30'47
130 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 3h30'48
131 René Mandri AG2R PREVOYANCE + 3h33'08
132 Jon Bru Pascal EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 3h42'45
133 Elia Rigotto TEAM MILRAM + 3h46'00
134 Mathieu Ladagnous FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 3h49'30
135 Marco Zanotti UNIBET.COM + 3h49'55
136 Alberto Ongarato TEAM MILRAM + 3h50'07
137 Enrico Franzoï LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 3h52'43
138 Dimitri Champion BOUYGUES TELECOM + 3h56'02
139 Cyrille Monnerais FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 3h56'07
140 Geoffroy Lequatre COFIDIS + 3h59'26
141 Paride Grillo CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 4h03'11
142 Steven De Jongh QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 4h03'57
143 Frantisek Rabon T-MOBILE TEAM + 4h05'32
144 Stefano Zanini PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 4h05'42
145 Stefan Schreck T-MOBILE TEAM + 4h05'55
146 Benoit Joachim ASTANA + 4h09'54
147 Matteo Priamo CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 4h11'24
148 Igor Abakoumov ASTANA + 4h13'27
149 Anton Mindlin TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 4h16'47
150 Yuriy Krivtsov AG2R PREVOYANCE + 4h17'39
151 Antonio Bucciero CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 4h17'43
152 Lloyd Mondory AG2R PREVOYANCE + 4h24'34
153 Francesco Tomei CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 4h26'17
154 Erki Putsep BOUYGUES TELECOM + 4h30'48
155 Sebastian Lang GEROLSTEINER + 4h49'10
156 Tom Stamsnijder GEROLSTEINER + 4h49'12
157 Angelo Furlan CREDIT AGRICOLE + 5h36'11
 Giro d’Italia – Stage 21 | Points Competition
1 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS 237
2 Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL 237
3 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC 185
4 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 153
5 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM 126
6 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PREVOYANCE 105
7 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS 102
8 Allan Davis DISCOVERY CHANNEL 89
9 Francisco Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 85
10 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 83
 Giro d’Italia – Stage 21 | King of the Mountains
1 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC 91
2 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS 74
3 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 66
4 Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL 62
5 Christian Vandevelde TEAM CSC 49
6 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER 40
7 Nicki Sørensen TEAM CSC 39
8 Dario Cioni PREDICTOR - LOTTO 30
9 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 26
10 Domenico Pozzovivo CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE 21
Andy Schleck won the young riders competition and Team CSC won the overall team classification.
Without further ado, we give you the winner of the 90th Giro d’Italia, from Luxembourg, Andy Schleck.
 Bayern Rundfahrt
Seems abundant now, but anyway here’s the result from the 3rd stage in Bayern Rundfahrt.
Bayern Rundfahrt – Stage 3 | Result
1 Sebastian Siedler TEAM MILRAM 4h20'21
2 Olaf Pollack TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
3 Gerald Ciolek T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
4 Fabio Sacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
5 Erik Zabel TEAM MILRAM s.t.
6 Jörg Hubner ERGOMO s.t.
7 Anthony Ravard AGRITUBEL s.t.
8 Bernhard Eisel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
9 René Haselbacher ASTANA s.t.
10 Stefan Löffler TEAM SPARKASSE s.t.
51 Matthew Goss TEAM CSC s.t.
53 Martin Pedersen TEAM CSC s.t.
64 Matti Breschel TEAM CSC s.t.
69 Marcus Ljungqvist TEAM CSC s.t.
81 Lars Ytting Bak TEAM CSC s.t.
127 Alexandr Kolobnev TEAM CSC s.t.
138 Anders Lund TEAM CSC s.t.
139 Kasper Klostergaard TEAM CSC s.t.
Bayern Rundfahrt – Stage 3 | GC
1 Steffen Wesemann TEAM WIESENHOF FELT 13h27'10
2 Alessandro Bertolini SELLE ITALIA - SARRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI + 54
3 Alberto Martínez T. AGRITUBEL + 58
4 Marcus Ljungqvist TEAM CSC + 1'06
5 Erik Zabel TEAM MILRAM + 1'31
6 Nico Eeckhout CHOCOLADE JACQUES - T. VLAANDEREN s.t.
7 Marcel Sieberg TEAM MILRAM s.t.
8 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
9 Nicolas Vogondy AGRITUBEL s.t.
10 Jure Golcer TENAX s.t.
32 Matti Breschel TEAM CSC + 2'33
53 Matthew Goss TEAM CSC + 3'10
67 Martin Pedersen TEAM CSC + 3'35
75 Lars Ytting Bak TEAM CSC s.t.
83 Alexandr Kolobnev TEAM CSC s.t.
98 Anders Lund TEAM CSC + 4'01
128 Kasper Klostergaard TEAM CSC + 4'49
Edited by niconico on 15-10-2007 23:32
|
| |
|
|
| stuartmcstuart |
Posted on 15-10-2007 21:17
|
Sprinter
Posts: 1682
Joined: 02-08-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
what a race! Congratulations to you and enjoy your break! |
| |
|
|
| Crommy |
Posted on 15-10-2007 21:55
|
World Champion
Posts: 10018
Joined: 29-11-2006
PCM$: 200.00
|
Yep - well done on an awesome race and a superb Grand Tour win
|
| |
|
|
| niconico |
Posted on 16-10-2007 17:51
|
Grand Tour Specialist
Posts: 4102
Joined: 09-07-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
Thanks guys.
@stuartmcstuart: I'm not on break just yet, as I'll do an epilogue of the Giro shortly and then just wrap up the Bayern Rundfahrt so there aren't any loose ends
|
| |
|
|
| niconico |
Posted on 16-10-2007 23:34
|
Grand Tour Specialist
Posts: 4102
Joined: 09-07-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
May 12 - June 3: 90th Giro d’Italia | Epilogue
How it went down
The 90th Giro d’Italia was a rollercoaster ride for the GC as it was shook up on several occasions. 5 riders wore la maglia rosa through the three weeks in Italy. CSC won the first stage, which was a TTT, and this earned Christian Vandevelde the leader’s jersey for the next two days, before his teammate Fábian Cancellara was handed it only to lose it to Damiano Cunego on the 4th stage to Montevergine.
Stage 4 to Montevergine was won by Damiano Cunego, who also claimed the leader’s jersey on the occasion.
“The Little Prince” held onto the jersey until the 12th stage were a Di Luca raid saw himself, Andy Schleck and Gilberto Simoni gain time on Cunego, to keep all four of them in the GC fight. Cunego gained a little time on Di Luca again on the next stage, which featured a 13 km time trial Santuario di Oropa, but Di Luca just managed to cling onto it, while Andy Schleck and Simoni moved closer to the lead aswell.
Di Luca launched an attack on la maglia rosa and he succeeded on stage 12 to Briancon.
The lead was lost yet again for Di Luca on the next stage to Bergamo, where Cunego got away with Schleck and Simoni on the final hill before the finish. Di Luca caught them again however but as Cunego clinched the stage victory he gained enough time on the line to take the lead back by just 18 seconds. Things were lining up for another thrilling Giro finish. But the happiness came to an abroad end for Cunego as Di Luca and Andy Schleck were the strongest favourites on the crucial mountain top finish to Tre Cimo Di Lavaredo the following day, where Cunego lost 2’28” on Di Luca, meaning he fell to 3rd in the GC behind leader Di Luca and Runner-Up Andy Schleck.
The GC battle continued on the stage to Tre Cimo Lavaredo where Di Luca reclaimed the GC lead.
After the rest day things in the top of the GC changed once again as the peloton headed up the mythical Monte Zoncolan. This savage climb saw CSC’s youngster Andy Schleck run away with the stage victory and the overall lead as Di Luca had an awful off-day, even though he managed to hold onto 2nd in the GC, 31 seconds after Schleck. Even though Cunego managed to almost stay with Schleck to the finish it was now clear that the winner of the 90th Giro d’Italia would either be Andy Schleck or Danilo Di Luca.
Monte Zoncolan proved to be decisive as the rider who conquered its nasty slopes also eventually ran away with the overall win.
Di Luca won the 19th stage ahead of Andy Schleck, meaning he was just 23 seconds behind the young Luxembourgian before the crucial time trial on stage 20. Here Andy Schleck settled it once and for all as he grabbed 4th place on the stage and in the end he brought the GC win home comfortably as would lead Di Luca by 1’41” after the stage. Cunego had also comfortably secured 3rd place, but him and Di Luca must be stunned by the effort that saw the 21-year-old Grand Tour debutant claim victory in a race almost reserved for the experienced riders. A new star is truly born.
Andy Schleck secured la maglia rosa on the 20th stage to Verona where he took 4th on the time trial.
Andy Schleck recieved his very well-earned tribute on the final stage on the podium in Milano, where Alessandro Petacchi also had been following his stage win this day. Surely Andy Schleck will be a potential Tour winner some day with the amount of potential he’s already shown to the world with this great win in the 90th Giro d’Italia. Congratulations!
The End of the Line – Andy Schleck has won the 90th Giro d’Italia.
Breakdown of the 90th Giro d’Italia
HOT
Andy Schleck  : Words almost useless, but Andy Schleck is certainly topping the hot list with his inspiring effort to win the race after his try to just complete a three weeks tour for the very first time. Watch out for this kid in the Tour de France in the future, he’s going to win it someday.
Damiano Cunego  : Eventhough he “only” managed 3rd in the GC you gotta tip your hat for this guy. During the Giro he won 4 stages and he wore la maglia rosa for a total of 9 days.
Danilo Di Luca  : 3 stage wins, 2nd in the GC and 4 days in the leader’s jersey made up for a very acceptable three weeks for Di Luca eventhough he might be dissapointed about his 2nd place. He lost the Giro on Monte Zoncolan.
Monte Zoncolan  : The legendary finish at the top of Monte Zoncolan provided the fireworks in the last week of the Giro and Andy Schleck used its nasty slopes to launch a decisive attack on at the time leader, Danilo Di Luca. This is definitely not the last time we’ll see Monte Zoncolan in cycling.
The Organizers  : The organizers of the Giro deserves some serious props for this fantastic tour. A very versatile route led to a total of 10 wins by the GC favourites and only 5 stages were settled in mass sprints. The Tour de France certainly has something to live up to this summer.
NOT
Michael Rasmussen  : One of the pre-race favourites was Michael Rasmussen, but the danish climber didn’t perform well at all, finishing the Giro as 48th in the GC and without creating any havoc of any kind on the steepest climbs.
Davide Rebellin  : Won the treble in the Ardennes just a month before the Giro, but even though a lot of stages suited him perfectly we didn’t see anything from the home-favourite. He did manage 16th in the GC and that’s the sole reason he isn’t topping this NOT list.
Team Discovery Channel  : Despite having two GC contenders in Alberto Contador and Janez Brajkovic, the American team only managed to get away with one stage win in the shape of Allan Davis. Contador was their best rider, finishing 36th.
Saunier Duval  : Despite a terrifying lineup with riders like Simoni, Riccó, Gil, Marchante, Mayo and Millar, the Spanish team only managed one stage win and they didn’t get the expected podium place, nor did they win the overall team classification. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
The Sprinter teams  : The sprinters only settled 5 stages between, which is a low in Grand Tour history. A lot of stages contained small hills before the finish, but that shouldn’t prevent well-prepared sprinter teams to set up their big guys for the final dash.
Stage Winners:
Stage 1: Team CSC
Stage 2: Damiano Cunego
Stage 3: Mark Cavendish
Stage 4: Damiano Cunego
Stage 5: Paolo Bettini
Stage 6: Mirko Celestino
Stage 7: Damiano Cunego
Stage 8: Franco Pellizotti
Stage 9: Allan Davis
Stage 10: Andy Schleck
Stage 11: Nicolas Portal
Stage 12: Danilo Di Luca
Stage 13: Gilberto Simoni
Stage 14: Damiano Cunego
Stage 15: Danilo Di Luca
Stage 16: Nicki Sørensen
Stage 17: Andy Schleck
Stage 18: Danilo Napolitano
Stage 19: Danilo Di Luca
Stage 20: David Zabriskie
Stage 21: Alessandro Petacchi
Jersey Winners:
General Classification – La Maglia Rosa: Andy Schleck
Points Competition – La Maglia Ciclamino: Danilo Di Luca
King of the Mountains – La Maglia Verde: Andy Schleck
 U-25 Classification – La Maglia Bianca: Andy Schleck
 Team Classification:  Team CSC
 Most Aggresive Rider: Andrea Moletta
See you next year for the 91st Giro d’Italia
Edited by niconico on 16-10-2007 23:34
|
| |
|
|
| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 16-10-2007 23:47
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 15830
Joined: 08-02-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
That was great epilogue..should be inside PCM manual ...how to make career story? chapter.
You have to get back for this season..no other option and excuses.. |
| |
|
|
| niconico |
Posted on 17-10-2007 10:36
|
Grand Tour Specialist
Posts: 4102
Joined: 09-07-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
I will be back, maybe sometime next month. Today I'll post the last two stages from Bayern Rundfahrt and then my break will be officially on
|
| |
|
|
| Dankan |
Posted on 17-10-2007 11:34
|
Protected Rider
Posts: 1065
Joined: 29-10-2006
PCM$: 200.00
|
Greatest story ever here. Always was a reader even though comments on your performances didn't exist. Have a nice break. B) |
| |
|
|
| niconico |
Posted on 17-10-2007 12:13
|
Grand Tour Specialist
Posts: 4102
Joined: 09-07-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
Thank you very much
Bayern Rundfahrt coming up in a minute.
|
| |
|
|
| niconico |
Posted on 17-10-2007 12:31
|
Grand Tour Specialist
Posts: 4102
Joined: 09-07-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
June 4: Bayern Rundfahrt - Stage 4 | Rothenburg ob der Tauber - 24 km
Today’s stage is a individual time trial and Marcus Ljungqvist has to come up with something big if he wants to move up to the podium. He’s right now our best rider as he’s 4th in the GC, 1’06” after the leader Steffen Wesemann.
Bayern Rundfahrt - Stage 4 | Result
1  Alberto Martínez T. AGRITUBEL 29'10
2 Olaf Pollack TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 13
3 Marcel Sieberg TEAM MILRAM + 24
4 Koen De Kort ASTANA + 34
5 Bert Grabsch T-MOBILE TEAM + 35
6 Jacob Moe Rasmussen TEAM GLS + 45
7 Dirk Müller TEAM SPARKASSE + 52
8 Linas Balciunas AGRITUBEL + 58
9 Daniel Becke THÜRINGER ENERGIE TEAM + 59
10 Karl Pfennig ERGOMO + 1'08
11 Steffen Wesemann TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 1'11
12 Piotr Chmielewski INTEL - ACTION + 1'13
13 Tom Stubbe CHOCOLADE JACQUES - T. VLAANDEREN + 1'16
14 Jan Almblad TEAM GLS + 1'17
15 Bartosz Huzarski INTEL - ACTION + 1'23
16 Bogdan Bondariew INTEL - ACTION + 1'30
17 Thomas Ziegler T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'33
18 Marcus Ljungqvist TEAM CSC + 1'37
19 Florian Stalder TEAM VOLKSBANK + 1'38
20 Iljo Keisse CHOCOLADE JACQUES - T. VLAANDEREN + 1'40
26 Alexandr Kolobnev TEAM CSC + 1'56
38 Matti Breschel TEAM CSC + 2'35
40 Lars Ytting Bak TEAM CSC + 2'40
49 Anders Lund TEAM CSC + 3'17
57 Kasper Klostergaard TEAM CSC + 3'38
87 Matthew Goss TEAM CSC + 5'13
91 Martin Pedersen TEAM CSC + 5'27
Bayern Rundfahrt – Stage 4 | GC
1 Alberto Martínez T. AGRITUBEL 13h57'18
2 Steffen Wesemann TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 13
3 Marcel Sieberg TEAM MILRAM + 57
4 Marcus Ljungqvist TEAM CSC + 1'45
5 Koen De Kort ASTANA + 2'09
6 Bert Grabsch T-MOBILE TEAM + 2'10
7 Daniel Becke THÜRINGER ENERGIE TEAM + 2'13
8 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 2'24
9 Karl Pfennig ERGOMO + 2'43
10 Piotr Chmielewski INTEL - ACTION + 2'48
11 Florian Stalder TEAM VOLKSBANK + 2'52
12 Dirk Müller TEAM SPARKASSE + 2'58
13 Olaf Pollack TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 3'05
14 Linas Balciunas AGRITUBEL + 3'10
15 Jacob Moe Rasmussen TEAM GLS + 3'22
16 Alexander Gottfried TEAM SPARKASSE + 3'26
17 Nico Eeckhout CHOCOLADE JACQUES - T. VLAANDEREN s.t.
18 Tom Stubbe CHOCOLADE JACQUES - T. VLAANDEREN + 3'28
19 Ralf Grabsch TEAM MILRAM + 3'38
20 Bernhard Eisel T-MOBILE TEAM + 3'40
22 Matti Breschel TEAM CSC + 4'10
27 Alexandr Kolobnev TEAM CSC + 4'33
44 Lars Ytting Bak TEAM CSC + 5'17
59 Anders Lund TEAM CSC + 6'20
79 Matthew Goss TEAM CSC + 7'25
81 Kasper Klostergaard TEAM CSC + 7'29
93 Martin Pedersen TEAM CSC + 8'04
Alberto Martinez of Agritubel took a surprising lead in Bayern Rundfahrt after a brilliant effort.
|
| |
|
|
| niconico |
Posted on 17-10-2007 12:57
|
Grand Tour Specialist
Posts: 4102
Joined: 09-07-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
June 5: Bayern Rundfahrt - Stage 5 | Rothenburg ob der Tauber > Fürth - 161 km
The penultimate stage of this tour was a quite hilly affair and the leader’s could change hands yet again today. Marcus Ljungqvist is still hoping for a podium spot so he have to stick close to especially Steffen Wesemann, who seem incredibly sharp right now. Matti Breschel has shown that his form is coming along after his crash back in March, he has just made his return a few weeks ago, so he’s putting up an impressive display and I’m really looking forward to see what he can do in the next part of the season as he isn’t feeling fatigue yet.
Bayern Rundfahrt - Stage 5 | Result
1 Daniele Pietropolli TENAX 3h53'16
2 Steffen Wesemann TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 29
3 Björn Schröder TEAM MILRAM s.t.
4 Marcus Ljungqvist TEAM CSC s.t.
5 Fabio Sacchi TEAM MILRAM + 49
6 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
7 Bert Grabsch T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
8 Marcel Kittel THÜRINGER ENERGIE TEAM s.t.
9 Florian Stalder TEAM VOLKSBANK s.t.
10 Santo Anza SELLE ITALIA - SARRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI s.t.
11 Matti Breschel TEAM CSC + 1'37
12 Harald Morscher TEAM VOLKSBANK s.t.
13 Philipp Frechen ERGOMO s.t.
14 Dmitriy Muravyev ASTANA s.t.
15 Julien Mazet ASTANA s.t.
16 Sergio Barbero SELLE ITALIA - SARRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI s.t.
17 Alberto Martínez T. AGRITUBEL s.t.
18 Alexey Kolessov ASTANA s.t.
19 Eduardo Gonzalo AGRITUBEL s.t.
20 Thomas Ziegler T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
21 Alexandr Kolobnev TEAM CSC s.t.
35 Martin Pedersen TEAM CSC + 2'36
41 Matthew Goss TEAM CSC s.t.
67 Lars Ytting Bak TEAM CSC + 3'25
105 Kasper Klostergaard TEAM CSC + 10'21
106 Anders Lund TEAM CSC s.t.
Bayern Rundfahrt – Stage 5 | GC
1 Steffen Wesemann TEAM WIESENHOF FELT 17h51'02
2 Alberto Martínez T. AGRITUBEL + 1'09
3 Marcus Ljungqvist TEAM CSC + 1'46
4 Bert Grabsch T-MOBILE TEAM + 2'31
5 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 2'45
6 Marcel Sieberg TEAM MILRAM + 3'05
7 Florian Stalder TEAM VOLKSBANK + 3'13
8 Daniel Becke THÜRINGER ENERGIE TEAM + 4'41
9 Karl Pfennig ERGOMO + 4'51
10 Jacob Moe Rasmussen TEAM GLS + 4'54
11 Daniele Pietropolli TENAX + 4'56
12 Nico Eeckhout CHOCOLADE JACQUES - T. VLAANDEREN + 4'58
13 Alexander Gottfried TEAM SPARKASSE s.t.
14 Dirk Müller TEAM SPARKASSE + 5'06
15 Fabio Sacchi TEAM MILRAM + 5'12
16 Matti Breschel TEAM CSC + 5'19
17 Thomas Ziegler T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
18 Tom Stubbe CHOCOLADE JACQUES - T. VLAANDEREN + 5'36
19 Santo Anza SELLE ITALIA - SARRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI + 5'40
20 Alexandr Kolobnev TEAM CSC + 5'42
41 Lars Ytting Bak TEAM CSC + 8'14
49 Matthew Goss TEAM CSC + 9'33
59 Martin Pedersen TEAM CSC + 10'12
95 Anders Lund TEAM CSC + 16'13
103 Kasper Klostergaard TEAM CSC + 17'22
Olaf Pollack won the Points Competition, Kim Kirchen won the King of the Mountains, Marcel Sieberg was the best U-25 rider and T-Mobile won the overall team classification.
So a really good result for us actually as Marcus Ljungqvist finishes on the podium and Matti Breschel finishes a respectable 16th considering his comeback from injury. I think the team in Germany is really pleased with this.
Team Wiesenhof Captain, Steffen Wesemann clinched his 6th win of the season, as extends his lead in the Continental Individual ranking, now comfortably ahead of his teammate Olaf Pollack.
Edited by niconico on 17-10-2007 13:00
|
| |
|
|
| niconico |
Posted on 17-10-2007 12:59
|
Grand Tour Specialist
Posts: 4102
Joined: 09-07-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
So Bayern Rundfahrt has come to its conclusion, meaning I'll take a break from the story writing for a while. I'll return to full strenght some time in November, where I'll start of with a full coverage of Tour de Luxembourg.
|
| |
|
|
| gardner |
Posted on 17-10-2007 13:36
|
Under 23
Posts: 83
Joined: 05-03-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
A_Schleck wrote:
So Bayern Rundfahrt has come to its conclusion, meaning I'll take a break from the story writing for a while. I'll return to full strenght some time in November, where I'll start of with a full coverage of Tour de Luxembourg.
This is by far one of the best stories I have ever read.
You have an excellent written english considering you are dansih. |
| |
|
|
| niconico |
Posted on 17-10-2007 18:48
|
Grand Tour Specialist
Posts: 4102
Joined: 09-07-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
Thanks. I appreciate it
|
| |
|
|
| issoisso |
Posted on 17-10-2007 19:13
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 22918
Joined: 08-02-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
I hope this break will not end up being permanent, as 99% of temporary story breaks turn out to be. anyway, thank you for all the enjoyment I got reading all of this
The preceding post is ISSO 9001 certified
"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
|
| |
|
|
| niconico |
Posted on 17-10-2007 23:56
|
Grand Tour Specialist
Posts: 4102
Joined: 09-07-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
Don't worry, this will be among the 1% that makes it
|
| |
|
