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Petronas - Monster Energy; The end of an era
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 24-02-2013 22:48
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Gesink looking good.  |
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| Schleck96 |
Posted on 24-02-2013 23:55
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Free sprints for Kittel!!!!!! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 25-02-2013 08:15
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Hell, how can Kittel survive and 85 riders not?  |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 25-02-2013 12:33
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 Ian Butler wrote:
Hell, how can Kittel survive and 85 riders not?
He has something like 63 in Mo, was starting the climbs as 1 of the first riders all the time, so when he got dropped out of the peloton, the big gruppetto was already a lot of minutes behind. And together with Vermeltfoort and Posthuma, they kept riding at a decent speed.
I always let my weak climbers start a mountain stage and the mountain among the first of the peloton. Not like these stupid game-controlled sprinters who are already in the back of the peloton.
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| The_Cav |
Posted on 25-02-2013 20:22
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sprint finishes become even more unprobable, as sprint teams have either lost their sprinter, or not enough men to chase/make a sprint train.
kittel breakaway win at queen stage!!!(or however it's called) |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 25-02-2013 20:34
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That was quite a Rabofail
Nice riding by Gesink, he's still very close in the GC!
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| dienblad |
Posted on 27-02-2013 10:40
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Rest Day
It's the 1st restday of the Tour the France, with all teams staying in the hotel around Saint-Lary-Soulan. Some transfer news from the team is announced, but not from the Tour. Martijn Maaskant hasn't received a new contract offer, and he has decided to go to a WT-team with probably the worst cobbled riders in it:
So the Movistar team wants WT-points in the cobbled races. Curious to see if Maaskant will be their only signing for these races, or the first of a few...
Edited by dienblad on 27-02-2013 10:41
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 27-02-2013 11:08
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Cool, staying in Saint-Lary-Soulan. Hope the Petronas riders tackle Pla d'Adet on their rest day for a training  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 27-02-2013 13:08
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Loving the rest day picture of the cat |
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 27-02-2013 14:26
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That cat is the king in the castle
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
It's difficult not to be happy when you're surrounded by Belgians. - Mark Cavendish
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 27-02-2013 14:37
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NOOO  I can't believe it 
Bad news guys: my laptop broke dawn. Yesterday everything was just fine but know I get a blue screen. I think it has something to do with this:https://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/wi...-windows-7
I brought him to a specialist so I hope he can solve the problem. Otherwise the story is over before it started. I was currrently at the start of Milano - San Remo after I won P-N with Chava. So I am very angry at my laptop now
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
It's difficult not to be happy when you're surrounded by Belgians. - Mark Cavendish
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 27-02-2013 16:12
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YWindows needs installing again and has crashed, it's not the worst problem in the world but you won't be able to use the laptop till its been installed again. |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 27-02-2013 19:03
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Stage 10
After the rest day, the 3rd and last stage in the Pyrénées awaits. It ain't the toughest one, but still contains two steep climbs and 3380 height metres. Out of the start, the Hourquette d'Ancizan has to be climb, and this time the steepest side (9.3km at 8.3%). Then, after a long flat part, the Col du Tourmalet awaits (15.7km at 8.0%), with the finish at the summit.
169km to go
After the massive slaughter in stage 9, only 113 riders will start today. Petronas - Monster Energy is the only team with 9 riders in the Tour left, and AG2R, Dexia, Movistar and Radio Shack have got 8 riders left.
154km to go
The steep ascend of the Hourquette d'Ancizan is almost done, and we see a leading group of 6 riders. Daniel Moreno (Euskaltel) is the first to cross the line of the KOTM-sprint, followed by Vladimir Gusev (Katusha), Guillaume Bonnafond (Garmin), Simon Gerrans (Dexia), Maxime Monfort (Sony Ericsson) and the maiilot verde Thomas Voeckler (Vacansoleil). The peloton follows at 1'45.
65km to go
3 more riders have bridged the gap out of the peloton to the 6 leaders, namely Peter Velits (Astana), Michel Kreder (Sky) and Julien El Fares (Omega Pharma).
The pace of the peloton was pretty low after the summit of the Hourquette d'Ancizan, as we wanted to let the dropped riders (4 of our team were among them) return. When they did, we started to chase the BOTD. So with 65km to go at the Intermediate sprint, the margin is only 2'55.
15km to go
As soon as the ascend of the Col du Tourmalet begins, Daniel Moreno attacks out of the BOTD. Only Julien El Fares and (of course....) Thomas Voeckler can follow him. The peloton, with our team, as well as Movistar and Radio Shack, having done the work, follows at 1'12.
11km to go
When the 3 leaders are about to be caught, the first attacks out of the leading peloton occur. GC's number 7 Thibaut Pinot (AG2R) in the white jersey is the first to attack, countered by Igor Antón (GC 6th) and Vasil Kiryienka.
7km to go
The domestiques of Nibali and Contador lead the chase now, and they do it succesfully. Pinot and Kiryienka have been caught already, and also Antón hasn't got the legs to stay out of reach. Now Fränk Schleck attacks, the number 5 in the GC.
5km to go
Fränk Schleck leaves Antón behind and creates a small margin of 30 seconds. Robert Kiserlovski (Astana, GC 8th) also attacks out of the group of favourites, and Robert Gesink counters!! The 2 bridge the gap to the oldest of the Schleck-brothers, and where Kiserlovski needs to find a 2nd breath, Gesink continues his jump! So far, no reaction from Contador and Nibali.
3km to go
Apparantly Andy Schleck can't stand his former team mate riding in the lead, 30 seconds ahaead of the chasing group, as he has taken control of the pace of the group, doing the work for Contador and Nibali! Only Contador, Nibali, F. Schleck, Kiserlovski, Antón and Cunego can follow him. Pinot, Van den Broeck and Hesjedal follow at 1'11 and GC's number 4 Simon Spilak is 1'58 behind.
2km to go
Finally, the maillot jaune himself is doing some work. He leaves Andy behind and with a jump he is closing the gap to Gesink. Nibali is struggling to stay in the Spaniards wheel, but can do it.
1km to go
But Gesink manages to keep a little margin to his 2 main rivals for the GC. Under the flamme rouge, he leads them by 13 seconds. Is this enough for the stage win?
Finish
And he wins it! His and the teams first stage win in this Tour, and it happens at the mytical Tourmalet. Contador sprints to the 2nd place at 16 seconds, with Nibali in the same time. All riders finish inside the timelimit today.
Results
| 1 |  Robert Gesink | Petronas - Monster Energy | 4h35'43 | | 2 |  Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | + 16 | | 3 |  Vincenzo Nibali | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. | | 4 |  Andy Schleck | Sky ProCycling | + 42 | | 5 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 56 | | 6 | Fränk Schleck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1'10 | | 7 |  Robert Kiserlovski | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 8 | Damiano Cunego | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 1'38 | | 9 |  Thibaut Pinot | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2'12 | | 10 |  Jurgen Van den Broeck | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | 40h01'40 | | 2 | Robert Gesink | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 21 | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 46 | | 4 | Fränk Schleck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2'26 | | 5 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'37 | | 6 | Robert Kiserlovski | Pro Team Astana | + 3'06 | | 7 |  Simon Spilak | Lampre - Alitalia | + 3'26 | | 8 | Thibaut Pinot | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4'06 | | 9 | Andy Schleck | Sky ProCycling | + 4'12 | | 10 | Damiano Cunego | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 4'44 |
Points
| 1 | Thomas Voeckler | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 152 | | 2 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Movistar Team | 115 | | 3 |  Marcel Kittel | Petronas - Monster Energy | 109 | | 4 | Mickaël Delage | Team Europcar | 101 | | 5 |  Heinrich Haussler | Radio Shack - Nissan | 100 |
KOTM
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | 92 | | 2 | Robert Gesink | Petronas - Monster Energy | 80 | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Radio Shack - Nissan | 64 | | 4 | Andy Schleck | Sky ProCycling | 32 | | 5 | JoaquÃm RodrÃguez | Katusha Team | 24 |
Today's Winner
Word from the DS
Finally, 3 times and it's the right one! Gesink did a great job, and is now only '21 behind in the GC!!
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 27-02-2013 19:08
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Great win for Gesink. I think we're going to have a great Tour in the moutains. |
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 27-02-2013 19:16
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ROBERT!!!!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 27-02-2013 19:41
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Gesink on the Tourmalet  |
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 27-02-2013 19:41
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Great day for Gesink
And sorry for my previous post, I posted it in the wrong thread
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
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| roturn |
Posted on 27-02-2013 19:41
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It`s awesome that this story is still alive. It takes quite a lot of motivation to do that many seasons even with an old PCM.
Good luck with Gesink on the remaining stages. Contador seems to be beatable even though it won`t be easy. |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 27-02-2013 19:56
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@ Miguel, Marcovdw & Ian: Finally, an attack in the mountains with success!!
@ PCM rulezzz: nevermind
@ roturn: Thanks man. Yes, motivation is the key, although it is low sometimes....
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| The_Cav |
Posted on 27-02-2013 21:18
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great win and hey-the podium is alredy sure pretty much and maillot jaune in reach. |
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