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SpiderTech - Cervélo | A sad ending
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 27-10-2012 23:44
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Now for more cobbles like a boss. 
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 27-10-2012 23:45
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What a Great TT victory for Yoshinabe |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 27-10-2012 23:48
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fcancellara wrote:
What a win for Yoshinabe 
A brilliant end to a not-so-well Vuelta a Pais Vasco 
Thanks, I was really surprised to see him beating Martin.
baseballlover312 wrote:
Now for more cobbles like a boss.
Tomorrow is going to be Bob's day, I feel it.
sutty68 wrote:
What a Great TT victory for Yoshinabe
Thanks, he was a beast.
Wanted to ask guys, that were the reports too fast today? I mean, were you be able to follow the stages? I'd be glad if you could give me a feedback about that. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 27-10-2012 23:50
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Do them at the pace that best suits you
We can always backtrack to check the latest posts |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 27-10-2012 23:57
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I like this pace
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 28-10-2012 00:07
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sutty68 wrote:
Do them at the pace that best suits you
We can always backtrack to check the latest posts
fcancellara wrote:
I like this pace
Thanks guys for the feedbacks, I don't think I can keep this speed up, but my next week looks free (school break), so I'll do as many reports as I can, and probably try to reach the Giro by a week. (Not sure, but will be trying to ) |
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| Welwyn |
Posted on 28-10-2012 03:02
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I'll take 5th |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 28-10-2012 09:53
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Awesome TT win! Unlucky for Froome  |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 28-10-2012 12:23
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Welwyn wrote:
I'll take 5th
, I believe Steve has a lot more to come up with, he is still not in his peaks.
Ian Butler wrote:
Awesome TT win! Unlucky for Froome
Thanks, it must be great for Teddy The Creator (Daisuke is his rider) , and I don't think Froome'd be too sad, if gets the leadership at the Tour. There is a fierce battle with Wiggins, so everything is possible. |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 28-10-2012 12:27
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Great win for the Yoshanabe. Time to Nick to do his thing. |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 28-10-2012 16:47
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@miguel - Let's see, how he did.
Favorites:
*** Boonen, Cancellara, Pye
** Flecha, Hushovd, Ballan
* Pozzato, Sagan, Boom
Our squad in this race built entirely around "The Unstopable", who will try to win his first Paris - Roubaix. He'll have some great competitors, but his helpers are also top class. Bobson, Noble, Pal and Van der Valde. Big names in the cycling world. Let's see if they have what it takes!
This years Paris - Roubaix is 250kms long and has 24 (!) shorter/longer cobbled sections. It'll be inredibly tough, and to make things even harder, it will be raining in the first half of the race.
The race started quite slowly, the teams didn't want to tire themselves during the early parts. Because of the slow pace, a big break came together, with the biggest names being Sep Vanmarcke and Joost Posthuma.
In the peloton the pace was pretty slow, even though Sky, Rabobank and OPQS had some domestiques at the front. The break quickly built up a lead of 4 minutes.
The peloton reached the first cobbles sections 4:30 down on the break, where Vanmarcke shaked off the others and went solo. He increased the gap even more, and as this happened, the peloton woke up, and got a minute back from Vanmarcke's lead. With 50kms to go, he had 3:20, when...
...Cancellara decided to go solo, and attacked out of the pack! Nobody knew what to do, and nobody chased him, so he got a lead of a minute.
As there were nobody chasing, Boonen decided to go after him, and try to chase him down! In the favorites group BMC was pacing, and the Spiders were down to 2, with only Van der Valde and Pye being present in the leading group!
With 20kms to go everything got a bit closer, but the swissman was still in the lead and Boonen followed half a minute behind. The elite group followed Cancellara 45', and were just about to catch Boonen. This happened at 15km, when...
...italian Alessandro Ballan went past Boonen, and started the chase of Cancellara. After him a 3 men group came, Flecha, Boonen and Pye.
After a km or two, it was clear that Ballan won't catch Cancellara, instead, he got caught by the 3 men group.
Cancellara reached the arena, and had a lot of time to celebrate his fantastic 50km solo ride. He was certainly the strongest today, so he deserved his win maximally.
Here he is crossing the line in the Roubaix arena! He wins the Hell of the North again, after 2009! But who will be the 2nd?
It's the old spaniard Flecha, who outsprints Pye and Boonen! What a great finish to the old workhorse! Boonen even gets outsprinted by Pye, and only takes the 4th. That must be a big dissapointment to him.
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack - Nissan | 6h32'11 | | 2 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Procycling | + 1'08 | | 3 | Mike Pye | SpiderTech - Cervélo | s.t. | | 4 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 5 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'22 | | 7 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 8 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 10 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Nick Nuyens | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | | 12 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 4'32 | | 13 | Sebastian Langeveld | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 14 | Sep Vanmarcke | Garmin - Sharp | + 5'57 | | 15 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | + 10'16 | | 16 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 17 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 18 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 19 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 20 | Filippo Pozzato | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 21 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 22 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 23 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 24 | Óscar Freire | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 25 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 26 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 27 | Nick Van der Valde | SpiderTech - Cervélo | s.t. | | 28 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 29 | Hayden Roulston | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 30 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 31 | Peter Pal | SpiderTech - Cervélo | + 11'41 | | 32 | Mark Noble | SpiderTech - Cervélo | s.t. | | 33 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 34 | Andreas Klier | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 35 | Tom Leezer | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 14'02 | | 36 | Svein Tuft | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 37 | William Bonnet | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 38 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 39 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 40 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 41 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEdge | + 14'52 | | 42 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 43 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | | 44 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 45 | Frederik Veuchelen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 46 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 47 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 48 | Bob Bobson | SpiderTech - Cervélo | s.t. | | 49 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | + 16'07 | | 50 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 51 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 52 | Tom Veelers | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 53 | Bert De Backer | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 54 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 55 | Mickaël Delage | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 56 | Guillaume Blot | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 57 | Maarten Tjallingii | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 58 | David Boucher | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 59 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | | 60 | Dennis Van Winden | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 61 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | + 16'43 | | 62 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 63 | Maarten Neyens | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 64 | Anthony Ravard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 65 | Yuriy Krivtsov | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 66 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 67 | Simon Spilak | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 68 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 69 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 70 | Ian Stannard | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 71 | Daisuke Yoshinabe | SpiderTech - Cervélo | s.t. | | 72 | Bert Grabsch | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 73 | Christian Knees | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 74 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 75 | Kevin Hulsmans | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 76 | Joost Posthuma | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 77 | Roberto De Patre | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 18'52 | | 78 | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 19'40 | | 79 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 80 | Jetse Bol | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 81 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 82 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 83 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 84 | Julien Fouchard | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 85 | Yaroslav Popovych | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 86 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 87 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 88 | Sébastien Minard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 89 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 90 | Greg Henderson | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 91 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 21'04 | | 92 | Tom Stamsnijder | Team Argos - Shimano | + 22'33 | | 93 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEdge | + 23'00 | | 94 | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | | 95 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 23'53 | | 96 | Björn Thurau | Team Europcar | + 24'31 | | 97 | Rüdiger Selig | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 98 | Kristjan Koren | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 99 | Johan Le Bon | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 100 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 101 | Adam Blythe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 102 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 103 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 104 | Matthew Wilson | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 105 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 106 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 107 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 108 | Martin Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 109 | Sam Bewley | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 110 | Kevin De Weert | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 111 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 27'15 | | 112 | Jean-Luc Delpech | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 113 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Movistar Team | + 29'25 | | 114 | Laurent Didier | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 115 | Florian Vachon | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 116 | Tony Hurel | Team Europcar | s.t. |
Everybody, that finished the race gets one point.
Pye - 2
Van der Valde - 1
Pal - 1
Noble - 1
Bobson - 1
Yoshinabe - 1 |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 28-10-2012 16:50
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Nice podium for Pye!
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| Csabi13 |
Posted on 28-10-2012 16:50
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Great stoy! very nice : )) |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 28-10-2012 17:00
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fcancellara wrote:
Nice podium for Pye!
Thanks, the team is delighted about it.
Csabi13 wrote:
Great stoy! very nice : ))
Thanks Csabi! It's really appreciated!
In the following days, we will get to see some new riders. Here are the names:
Erik van den Meer (Rund um Köln)
Jack Wiles (Giro del Trentino)
Tomasz Kowalski (Giro del Trentino)
Alex DeLarge (Giro del Trentino)
Kristjan Puskaric (Liege - Bastogne - Liege) |
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| baggieboys32 |
Posted on 28-10-2012 17:01
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podium to round up the cobbles, not a bad haul then
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 28-10-2012 17:02
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Can't wait for Erik and Kristjan's debute
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 28-10-2012 17:07
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baggieboys32 wrote:
podium to round up the cobbles, not a bad haul then
Indeed, it was great.
fcancellara wrote:
Can't wait for Erik and Kristjan's debute
I can't wait too to turn up one of our climbing gun.
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 28-10-2012 18:12
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Sad that Nick couldn't get at least a top 25. |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 28-10-2012 18:13
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very good cobbles season
general rule; never let Cancellara loose in PR...
now bring on those new riders, especially wiles
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 28-10-2012 18:18
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Miguel98 wrote:
Sad that Nick couldn't get at least a top 25.
I'm really sorry for it Miguel, I screwed up his race, there were some really bad blockings.  He was empty! at the finish.
TheManxMissile wrote:
very good cobbles season
general rule; never let Cancellara loose in PR...
now bring on those new riders, especially wiles
Thanks, but Cancellara was just simply in his own league. 
I can't wait to direct Wiles, Puskaric as they're my biggest (along with Jakab) GC-contenders. It'll be great to see them at "work". |
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