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Petronas - Monster Energy; The end of an era
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 21-03-2013 21:29
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Great trainees. They look like they will became great rider's in the future. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 22-03-2013 08:45
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Tour of Pologne. Not always the most exciting race, but a great chance to pick up some good points for the Rankings  |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 22-03-2013 19:45
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Tour de Pologne
The only World Tour race in former Eastern Europe is the Tour de Pologne, a stage race of 7 stages with lots of hills. It's already the 71st edition, but only since the final 20 years, the startlist is not only Eastern-European. Last year, we dominated here, with Thomas Dekker taking the GC-win.
The Route
The first 3 stages are for the sprinters. First, a 101km stage to the Polish capitol of Warszawa, followed by 2 more flat stages to Dabrowa Górnicz (162km) and Katowice (135km).
Stage 4 to Cieszyn is the first of 3 hilly stages, and it's the least difficult of the 3. Then follows a 201km stage with start and finish in Zakopane, that features 15 climbs. The 6th stage is even more difficult: also 15 climbs, but longer and steeper, 207km and an uphill finish in Bukowina Tatrzanska. The last stage is a 128km flat stage to Krakow.
Startlist
Spoiler Petronas
1. W.Kelderman
2. G.Bernard
3. B.Jian
4. M.Lootens
5. P.Sagan
6. S.Vanmarcke
7. L.Westra
8. T.van Vliet
RadioShack
11. H.Haussler
12. L.Duque
13. R.Escuela
14. C.Froome
15. J.Fuglsang
16. R.Justice
17. S.Magnell
18. E.Silin
Movistar
21. C.Barredo
22. R.Costa
23. I.Konovalovas
24. D.Milán
25. R.Plaza
26. P.Salazar
27. E.Salgueiro
28. K.Siutsou
Astana
31. Y.Trofimov
32. A.Guardini
33. Y.Hutarovich
34. V.Iglinskiy
35. R.Kireyev
36. R.Kiserlovski
37. A.Rakov
38. C.Sutton
Katusha
41. T.Boonen
42. F.Felline
43. S.Firsanov
44. E.Gasparotto
45. V.Gusev
46. S.Kolesnikov
47. S.Vandenbergh
48. M.Vantomme
Garmin
51. J.Roy
52. W.Bonnet
53. S.Deeny
54. L.Esposito
55. D.Gaudin
56. S.Milne
57. C.Riblon
58. T.Van Garderen
Sony Ericsson
61. G.Van Avermaet
62. B.Jacques-Maynes
63. B.Leukemans
64. T.Löfkvist
65. G.Mannion
66. D.Pate
67. S.Radochla
68. M.Reimer
Liquigas
71. G.Bosisio
72. B.Božic
73. G.Brambilla
74. A.Contoli
75. M.Da Dalto
76. C.Moreni
77. M.Paterski
78. D.Williams
Euskaltel
81. D.López
82. A.Durán
83. J.A.Flecha
84. M.García
85. E.Martínez
86. I.Mayoz
87. J.J.Oroz
88. E.Prades
Sky
91. P.Kennaugh
92. D.Appollonio
93. G.Briggs
94. D.Green
95. J.Kocjan
96. Á.Madrazo
97. C.Opie
98. J.Tiernan-Locke
Omega Pharma
101. K.Vandewalle
102. W.De Vocht
103. J.Hivert
104. V.Maurizi
105. J.Monterey
106. P.Serry
107. S.Van Vooren
108. T.Van der Sande
Qantas Airways
111. G.Thomas
112. E.Clancy
113. T.Faiers
114. A.Kemps
115. S.Lagutin
116. S.Langeveld
117. C.O'Reilly
118. W.Sulzberger
Dexia
121. J.Bakelants
122. S.Caethoven
123. J.Claveran
124. T.Hushovd
125. S.Joseph
126. Y.Offredo
127. V.Reynès
128. T.Stubbe
Saxo Bank
131. L.Boom
132. T.Farnham
133. P.Femal
134. L.S.Haedo
135. K.Jebjerg
136. R.Majka
137. M.Reihs
138. J.Sørensen
Red Bull
141. S.Denifl
142. L.Beuret
143. M.Burghardt
144. M.Frank
145. V.Martin
146. M.Schär
147. A.Stauff
148. P.Voss
Rabobank
151. J.Vansummeren
152. G.Brown
153. R.Flens
154. J.Keukeleire
155. J.Mouris
156. L.Smit
157. I.Tamouridis
158. A.Van Groen
CCC Polsat
161. M.Iglinskiy
162. P.Kieblesz
163. M.Komar
164. B.Matysiak
165. R.Ratajczyk
166. Pa.Sztobryn
167. M.Witecki
168. P.Zielinski
Vacansoleil
171. M.Marcato
172. J.Baugnies
173. J.Bol
174. S.Devolder
175. K.Goddaert
176. R.Mandri
177. M.Pavarin
178. T.Smolen
BMC
181. A.Ballan
182. S.Borchi
183. A.Dietziker
184. A.Kruopis
185. A.Moinard
186. J.Murphy
187. T.Phinney
188. M.Quinziato
Saur
191. L.Bak
192. J.Bauer
193. J.Bideau
194. R.Chtioui
195. F.Guillou
196. J.Le Bon
197. R.Matheou
198. M.Mollard
Lampre
201. G.Nizzolo
202. A.Balloni
203. T.Benz
204. L.Paolini
205. A.Pasqualon
206. S.Pirazzi
207. L.Solari
208. A.de Bella
Europcar
211. F.Vachon
212. G.Bernaudeau
213. J.Demaret
214. L.Desriac
215. A.Duval
216. Y.Gène
217. R.Martias
218. S.Turgot
Our Team
The Favourites
*** Heinrich Haussler (Radio Shack), Wilco Kelderman, Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil).
** Gabriele Bosisio (Lampre), Matthias Frank (Red Bull), Diego López (Euskaltel).
* Chris Froome (Radio Shack), Peter Sagan, Yuri Trofimov (Astana).
Our Goal
With most of our riders starting with a fitness of 80 and lower (and 2 trainees), it'll be difficult here. Still, the goal is a stage win and the top 3 of the GC.
Edited by dienblad on 22-03-2013 19:46
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| dienblad |
Posted on 22-03-2013 19:57
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Stage 1
The Tour de Pologne kicks off with a 101km stage from Pruszków to the capitol Warszawa. And as expected, the stage ends in a mass sprint. We decide to set up a nice sprint train with Vanmarcke-Westra-Kelderman-Sagan and despite the low fitness of more of the riders, Sagan manages to get a nice 4th place. Heinrich Haussler takes his first win of the season (in 60 races!), beating Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil) and Greg Van Avermaet (Sony Ericsson).
Results
| 1 |  Heinrich Haussler | Radio Shack - Nissan | 2h12'36 | | 2 |  Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 |  Greg Van Avermaet | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 4 |  Peter Sagan | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 5 |  Jetse Bol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Tom Boonen | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 7 |  Mateusz Komar | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 8 | Andrea Guardini | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 9 |  Yury Trofimov | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 10 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Lampre - Alitalia | s.t. |
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Stage 2
The 2nd stage to Dabrowa Górnicza is 162 km long and again ends in a mass sprint. And just as yesterday, Heinrich Haussler is the fastest. Peter Sagan has a better day as yesterday and takes the 2nd place, with Giacomo Nizzolo in 3rd.
Results
| 1 | Heinrich Haussler | Radio Shack - Nissan | 3h28'05 | | 2 | Peter Sagan | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 3 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Lampre - Alitalia | s.t. | | 4 | Tom Boonen | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 5 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Mateusz Komar | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 7 | Andrea Guardini | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 8 |  Borut Božic | Liquigas - Microsoft | s.t. | | 9 | Wilco Kelderman | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 10 |  Graham Briggs | Sky ProCycling | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Heinrich Haussler | Radio Shack - Nissan | 5h40'21 | | 2 | Peter Sagan | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 14 | | 3 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Lampre - Alitalia | + 16 | | 5 | Greg Van Avermaet | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 6 | Maxime Vantomme | Katusha Team | + 18 | | 7 |  Andreas Stauff | Red Bull - Cervélo | s.t. | | 8 | Luca Paolini | Lampre - Alitalia | + 19 | | 9 |  Aidis Kruopis | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 10 | Tom Boonen | Katusha Team | + 20 |
Winner of stage 1&2
Word from the DS
Well, 4th and 2nd, so a good start of this Tour de Pologne. But know we want a win!
Edited by dienblad on 22-03-2013 19:58
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 22-03-2013 20:02
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Haussler is such a beast, my god. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 22-03-2013 22:30
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Sagan with some good form, but Hausler seems unstoppable right now. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 22-03-2013 23:52
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Sagan has started strongly in Poland |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 23-03-2013 07:59
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@ miguel, Ian & sutty: don't forget that Sagan started with Fitness 72 Building up his form for the Vuelta!
Edited by dienblad on 23-03-2013 07:59
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| dienblad |
Posted on 23-03-2013 10:26
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Stage 3
Next stage, 133 kilometres from Bedzin to Katowice, and again flat.
100km to go
Even before his GC-opponents have noticed it, Wilco Kelderman has made a very early attack, together with Lieuwe Westra. Reason for it: 2 Intermediate sprints in the first 25 kilometres. And Kelderman manages to collect 5 bonus seconds, which can be very valuable after the final stage! And of course, the 2 take it easy after the 2nd sprint, and take back their places in the peloton.
Finish
5 riders attack out of the peloton after the 2 Intermediate sprints, and the peloton miscalculates the chase. Well, peloton.... Only our team is chasing them, it lasts untill 25km before the finish before Radio Shack takes over. At that time, the margin is still 5 minutes.
Europcars Aurélien Duval attacks out of the BOTD with 10km to go, and solos to the stage win, his first ever professional win. Also Sheldon Deeny (Garmin) and Michael Reihs (Saxo Bank) manage to finish in front of the peloton. Haussler wins the sprint for the 4th place, beating Sagan again. No time gaps given.
Results
| 1 |  Aurélien Duval | Team Europcar | 3h03'57 | | 2 |  Sheldon Deeny | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 3 |  Michael Reihs | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 4 | Heinrich Haussler | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. | | 5 | Peter Sagan | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 6 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Lampre - Alitalia | s.t. | | 7 | Andrea Guardini | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 8 | Tom Boonen | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 9 | Borut Božic | Liquigas - Microsoft | s.t. | | 10 |  Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Heinrich Haussler | Radio Shack - Nissan | 8h44'18 | | 2 | Sheldon Deeny | Garmin - Barracuda | + 13 | | 3 | Peter Sagan | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 14 | | 4 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Michael Reihs | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 6 | Wilco Kelderman | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 15 | | 7 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Lampre - Alitalia | + 16 | | 8 | Greg Van Avermaet | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 9 | Lieuwe Westra | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 18 | | 10 | Maxime Vantomme | Katusha Team | s.t. |
Today's Winner
Word from the DS
Great ride by Kelderman in collecting 5 bonus seconds. And lame other teams, not chasing with us.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-03-2013 10:28
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Kelderman with some valuable seconds, great
Tour-scenario once again. It seems your sprinters are poison, nobody wants to chase with them aboard.
PS The thread title is still TDF instead of Poland  |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 23-03-2013 11:02
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Ian Butler wrote:
PS The thread title is still TDF instead of Poland
Changed it, thanks.
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| Schleck96 |
Posted on 26-03-2013 02:31
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More than 2 days without updates? ~.- |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 26-03-2013 04:00
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The team are still looking strong on the GC |
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| romaniangoat |
Posted on 26-03-2013 11:01
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I don't think is good for Gesink to go in Vuelta.He need a long holiday after his victory in TdF.I think is better for him to return in Canadian Races and to peak for WC.A TdF-WC double sound more realistically than a TdF-Vuelta double(or TdF victory-Vuelta podium).If you send Gesink in Vuelta just for stage victory it's okay but for GC doesn't sound realistically in my opinion.
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| dienblad |
Posted on 26-03-2013 17:38
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@ Schleck96: just busy....
@ sutty: just wait 
@ romaniangoat: nice to see you used your first post for my story. Well, as I simulate the WC every year, I'm really not interested in that. And when he won't ride the Vuelta, I'll be without a podium-contender there. So it'll be the Vuelta!
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| dienblad |
Posted on 26-03-2013 17:48
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Stage 4
The first of 3 hilly stages, from Oswiecim to Cieszyn. The hardest part is the middle part of the stage, with 4 climbs.
And we have a peloton failure! 11 riders form the BOTD, and the peloton isn't interested in chasing them. So when the margin is 11'30 with 60km to go, we decide to do something about it, so that the GC ain't completely gone here.
In the end, Radio Shack helps a bit, but the 11 stay out of reach.
Johan Vansummeren is going to win the stage after a late attack, but when he stalls completely in the last km, he gets overtaken by 2 countrymen in the sprint. And Toch Van der Sande takes the win (also won a Tour-stage!!), beatin Stijn Devolder. The 3rd place goes to Arkaitz Durán. Peter Sagan beats Heinrich Haussler in the sprint for 12th place at 5'44.
Results
| 1 | Tosh Van der Sande | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 4h15'43 | | 2 | Stijn Devolder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Arkaitz Durán | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 4 | Enrique Salgueiro | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 5 | Ángel Madrazo | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 6 | Johan Vansummeren | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 |  Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 37 | | 8 | Jan Bakelants | Dexia | s.t. | | 9 | Wesley Sulzberger | Qantas Airways | s.t. | | 10 | Damien Gaudin | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Tosh Van der Sande | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 13h02'04 | | 2 | Stijn Devolder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 7 | | 3 | Arkaitz Durán | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 9 | | 4 | Enrique Salgueiro | Movistar Team | + 11 | | 5 | Johan Vansummeren | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 13 | | 6 | Ángel Madrazo | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 7 | Wesley Sulzberger | Qantas Airways | + 44 | | 8 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 49 | | 9 | Damien Gaudin | Garmin - Barracuda | + 50 | | 10 | Jan Bakelants | Dexia | s.t. | | ... | | 12 | Heinrich Haussler | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 3'41 | | 13 | Peter Sagan | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 3'55 | | 14 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 15 | Wilco Kelderman | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 3'56 |
Today's Winner
Word from the DS
Okay, we're getting used to the fact that most teams don't want to chase a BOTD. Now I'm curious to see how many of the 11 can hang on to the strong hilly riders in the 2 following hilly stages. I'm sure, a top 5 will be possible for us, but not the win.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 26-03-2013 17:51
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Ouch, that must hurt. Petronas is getting isolated in the peloton. (like Sagan irl), nobody wants to cooperate anymore. |
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 26-03-2013 17:57
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Agree with Ian, this is really annoying for the team
Hope you can drop most of those breakaway guys...
And man, Van der Sande developed in a machine 
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 26-03-2013 18:29
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Oh dear  |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 26-03-2013 18:48
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Wow, your game has a crush on breakaways. |
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