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Petronas - Monster Energy; The end of an era
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| dienblad |
Posted on 18-03-2013 20:46
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Clásica San Sebastián
It's time for the 34th edition of Spains only World Tour-classic, the CLásica San Sebastián. This hilly race in Basque country, with the Jaizkibel as the most prominent obstacle has Marino Lejaretta as the record winner with 3 wins. Last year, Philippe Gilbert took the win.
The Route
234 kilometres with 2 times the Alto de Jaizkibel (8.7km at 5.3%) as themost difficult obstacle.
Startlist
Spoiler Dexia
1. P.Gilbert
2. J.J.Cobo
3. S.Gerrans
4. M.Goss
5. J.Herrada
6. T.Stubbe
7. A.Valverde
8. B.Wiggins
Movistar
11. R.Kreuziger
12. M.Astarloza
13. C.Barredo
14. R.Plaza
15. J.J.Rojas
16. J.L.Roldán
17. K.Siutsou
18. R.Valls
RadioShack
21. D.Cunego
22. T.De Gendt
23. R.García
24. H.Haussler
25. N.Roche
26. M.Rubiano
27. E.Silin
28. C.Vande Velde
Katusha
31. J.Rodríguez
32. P.Brutt
33. S.Firsanov
34. E.Gasparotto
35. V.Gusev
36. E.Petrov
37. S.Vandenbergh
38. G.Visconti
Petronas
41. J.Vanendert
42. F.De Greef
43. T.Dekker
44. R.Gesink
45. J.Posthuma
46. R.Ruijgh
47. N.Terpstra
48. C.Vermeltfoort
Astana
51. B.Hermans
52. I.Basso
53. R.Kiserlovski
54. M.Lloyd
55. Y.Nepomnyachshiy
56. M.Nieve
57. N.Ribeiro
58. Y.Trofimov
BMC
61. J.Van den Broeck
62. N.Hendrickx
63. A.Moinard
64. B.Mollema
65. T.Rousselle
66. C.A.Sørensen
67. A.Tonti
68. R.Vrecer
Sky
71. M.Kreder
72. J.Brajkovic
73. D.Fleeman
74. D.Green
75. P.Kennaugh
76. Á.Madrazo
77. M.Possoni
78. M.Rogers
Red Bull
81. M.Albasini
82. S.Denifl
83. M.Eibegger
84. M.Frank
85. R.Liard
86. D.Nerz
87. P.Voss
88. O.Zaugg
Vacansoleil
91. T.Voeckler
92. M.Berkenbosch
93. A.Granero
94. M.Keizer
95. R.Mandri
96. F.J.Pacheco
97. G-J.Soepenberg
98. W.Van Huffel
Saxo Bank
101. M.Scarponi
102. J.Hernández
103. V.Karpets
104. R.Majka
105. T.Peterson
106. R.Porte
107. J.Sørensen
108. J.Veikkanen
Rabobank
111. F.Gavazzi
112. D.Bellemakers
113. R.Honig
114. W.Poels
115. T.Slagter
116. I.Tamouridis
117. L.Ten Dam
118. R.Wielinga
Sony Ericsson
121. R.Taaramäe
122. A.Boyd
123. L.Brice
124. B.Jacques-Maynes
125. A.Klöden
126. T.Lowe
127. T.Rohregger
128. M.Schmitt
Omega Pharma
131. J.Hivert
132. S.Bailly
133. M.Bandiera
134. D.Cataldo
135. A.Geslin
136. S.Scheirlinckx
137. P.Serry
138. J.Tratnik
Euskaltel
141. D.Moreno
142. M.García
143. E.Gonzalo
144. J.Á.Gómez Marchante
145. B.Intxausti
146. D.López
147. E.Martínez
148. G.Verdugo
Garmin
151. D.Martin
152. G.Bonnafond
153. T.Danielson
154. S.Deeny
155. S.Milne
156. C.Riblon
157. A.Talansky
158. T.Van Garderen
Type 1
161. S.Schumacher
162. M.Brammeier
163. T.Duggan
164. A.Efimkin
165. F.Failli
166. C.Fairly
167. J.P.McCarty
168. R.la Rosa
Andalucía
171. A.Txurruka
172. J.Benítez
173. A.Colom
174. D.Gadeo
175. Ó.García-Casarrubios
176. D.Gutiérrez Gutiérrez
177. A.Pérez
178. E.Ruiz
Europcar
181. C.Le Mével
182. M.Delage
183. J.Demaret
184. R.Di Gregorio
185. Y.Gène
186. A.Jeanneson
187. M.Méderel
188. M.Sprick
Lampre
191. G.Bole
192. V.Agnoli
193. E.Capecchi
194. M.Gentili
195. D.Loosli
196. M.Mori
197. S.Pirazzi
198. F.Piscopiello
Caja Rural
201. A.Galdos
202. G.César Veloso
203. D.De la Cruz
204. V.De la Parte
205. I.Erviti
206. R.Reig
207. I.Romero
208. Á.Vicioso
Qantas Airways
211. P.Weening
212. C.Barton
213. D.J.Crawford
214. T.Faiers
215. D.Lapthorne
216. L.Rowe
217. P.Stetina
218. D.Tanner
Our Team
The Favourites
*** Damiano Cunego (Radio Shack), Philippe Gilbert (Dexia), Roman Kreuziger (Movistar).
** Thomas De Gendt (Radio Shack), Ben Hermans (Astana), Joaquím Rodríguez (Katusha).
* Simon Gerrans (Dexia), Jelle Vanendert, Giovanni Visconti (Katusha).
Our Goal
Difficult one. We for sure aren't the favourites for this race, both Radio Shack and Dexia are. Let's hope to profit from them doing the work. SO a top 5 would be great!
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| dienblad |
Posted on 18-03-2013 21:31
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Crap, almost finished the report, and suddenly....... gone. The entire explorer-screen was gone. I really don't know what combination of buttons I pushed, but it was all gone. Only had to write the "word from the DS".... SO no new report, just a summary:
- BOTD with Voeckler, Hivert, Joaquím Rodríguez, Slagter and M. Garcia, max margin 4 minutes.
- Philippe Gilbert attacks at the foot of the final hill, but gets countered by 2 team mates (Cobo and Gerrans). STrange!!!
- All are caught with 13km to go, due to the work of Thomas Dekker.
- Gilbert, Van den Broeck, Cunego and Kreuziger attack with 6km to go.
- All have to make a sprint way too long, with 1500m to go, Rojas is about to overtake them, with Vanendert in his wheel.
- Vanendert is overtaking Rojas, but then Giovanni Visconti storms through the middle.
- Visconti wins the Clásica San Sebastián, with Vanendert in 2nd and Heinrich Haussler in 3rd.
Results
| 1 |  Giovanni Visconti | Katusha Team | 5h59'33 | | 2 |  Jelle Vanendert | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 3 |  Heinrich Haussler | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. | | 4 | Thomas De Gendt | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. | | 5 | Damiano Cunego | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. | | 6 |  Nicolas Roche | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. | | 7 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 8 |  José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 9 | Ben Hermans | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 10 | Philippe Gilbert | Dexia | s.t. |
The Winner
Word from the DS
Well, it was fun to see both Dexia and Radio Shack totally messing up their chances to win this race 
Anyway, a 2nd place is a great result, too bad we missed the win now 2 years in a row.
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 18-03-2013 21:35
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Crap, almost finished the report, and suddenly....... gone. The entire explorer-screen was gone. I really don't know what combination of buttons I pushed, but it was all gone. Only had to write the "word from the DS"
happend to me a lot of times (logged out when previewing) I suggest using a external writing program like Word
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| Neillster |
Posted on 18-03-2013 21:37
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Wow that is one strong Radioshack team! You did superbly to fend all them off  |
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| Daggen |
Posted on 19-03-2013 08:35
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Well done |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 19-03-2013 09:47
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Nice 2nd place here. Too bad Visconti overtook Vanendert in the end |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 19-03-2013 10:56
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A nice performance from Vanendert |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 20-03-2013 16:01
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@ all: 2nd aint bad 
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| dienblad |
Posted on 20-03-2013 16:20
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July review
Summary
Not a bad month for us: 2nd in San Sebastián, 3 stage wins in Qinghai Lake and 4 stage wins, the points ranking, the KOTM ranking and of course the GC-win for Robert Gesink in Le Tour!
Media awards
There's no doubt who is the rider of the month when you win 2 stages and the GC in the Tour.
Rankings
World Tour riders
The 3rd place in the Tour gave Alberto Contador enough points to take over the lead of the WT ranking riders. Wilco Kelderman is in 2nd and Andy Schleck still in 3rd. Nibali and Gesink have improved to 4th and 5th.
World Tour teams
Petronas - Monster Energy and Radio Shack - Nissan remain in 1st and 2nd, with Movistar now in 3rd.
Continental Tour riders
No changes in the CT-riders ranking, although Daniele Callegarin has extended his lead.
Continental Tour teams
Team Type 1 is back in the lead, closely followed by La Française des Jeux, with M&M's still in 3rd.
CQ ranking riders
Alberto Contador also leads the CQ-ranking, with Wilco Kelderman in 2nd and Vincenzo Nibali in 3rd.
CQ ranking teams
No surprise, but petronas - Monster Energy has collected the most points. Radio Shack in 2nd and Movistar in 3rd.
Wins riders
Tom Boonen hasn't won, and has to share the lead now with Alberto Contador with 11 wins. Cavendish and Dumoulin follow with 9 wins and Wilco Kelderman with 8.
Wins teams
8 wins for us in July, so now we share the lead with Team Sky with 30 wins. Movistar is in 3rd with 25.
As promised, because of the great Tour and the wins in Qinghai Lake, 2 times the most beautiful Monster-babe Dianna Dahlgren!
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| TTspecialist |
Posted on 20-03-2013 16:22
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That's a nice tactic move to write something in story-thread right after stage  . |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 20-03-2013 16:22
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Won't Andy Schleck be removed from the Rankings? |
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| MrUfo87 |
Posted on 20-03-2013 16:25
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Ian Butler wrote:
Won't Andy Schleck be removed from the Rankings?
Yes, I've already said. But Dienblad says that the ASO and the UCI are a little bit slow.
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| dienblad |
Posted on 20-03-2013 16:26
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August preview
Some World Tour races at the program in August. It starts with the Tour de Pologne and the Eneco Tour. Then, after the Tour de l'Ain and the Dutch Food Valley Classic, the Vuelta a España and the Vattenfall Cyclassics & Plouay.
Monthly goals
- Top 3 in Pologne for Kelderman
- Top 3 in Eneco Tour for either Terpstra, Westra or Dekker.
- Win in the Dutch Food Valley Classic (Kittel)
- GC-win (Gesink) and stage wins (Sagan) in the Vuelta.
- Top 3 in Vattenfall Cyclassics and Plouay (Kittel, Dekker)
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| dienblad |
Posted on 20-03-2013 16:28
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@ Ian & mrUfo87: Too be honest, I really don't know how to do this. Maybe I should just delete him out of the game....
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 20-03-2013 16:44
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dienblad wrote:
August preview
Monthly goals
- Win in the Dutch Food Valley Classic (Kittel)
The most important goal of the year
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| dienblad |
Posted on 20-03-2013 16:49
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4 new trainees
The team has signed 4 trainees, that start with the team at the 1st of August. As our sponsor wants more Asian and Pacific riders, 3 of them are from Australia, China and Malaysia. The last one is a Dutch puncheur.
Nick Bose
Nick is a future stage racing star, kind of the new Cadel Evans. In a few years time, he'll show his full potential!
Anuar Jamal
The team is pleased to have signed the biggest talent of Malaysia, Anuar Jamal. This 20-year-old puncheur can do great in hilly terrain.
Bai Jian
Another stage racer, but this one is from China. Bai Jian will be great when the road is arising, but will lack the TT-quality. Still a great addition to the team!
Teo van Vliet
And last but not least, this years Liège-Bastogne-Liège U23-winner, Dutch Teo van Vliet.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 20-03-2013 17:30
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Nick Bose looks like he is going to become a beast in the future
Edited by sutty68 on 20-03-2013 17:31
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| baia |
Posted on 20-03-2013 19:10
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Great 2nd place, nice trainees, like sutty says, he might become a beast..Gesink did great.
Very busy August with sponsor goals, hope Petronas will be able to achieve them, good luck.
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| dienblad |
Posted on 21-03-2013 21:21
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@ marcovdw: absolutely!!
@ sutty: I hope so!
@ baia: thanks. They're not sponsor goals, but my personal goals, to be exactly.
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| dienblad |
Posted on 21-03-2013 21:22
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Tomorrow starts the Tour de Pologne, so expect the preview and maybe the first few stages then
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