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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 26-03-2013 19:33
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Miguel98 wrote:
Wow, your game has a crush on breakaways.
crush? I think that they are already married 
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| dienblad |
Posted on 26-03-2013 20:50
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@ Ian: It's "just" the Tour de Pologne... But very irritating.
@ Jesleyh: Van der Sande might be the new Jensie, looking at his Flat and stamina.
@ Miguel & SSJ2Luigi: it's time for a divorce!
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| cio93 |
Posted on 26-03-2013 21:26
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Time to comment for once 
I must admit I rarely do so, but I avidly follow this story, today was actually the first time in weeks I had to catch up more than one page
So congratulations on Gesink's Tour win, a very deserved one both for him personally and also for you of course, being a reward for all the great work you do with this already legendary story! 
Do you know Bose is going to be a stage racer by looking at his limits, but obviously avoiding to reveal them?
His sprint seems to be comparably good as well, Wilco 2.0? 
Keep up the great work!
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| dienblad |
Posted on 27-03-2013 16:19
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cio93 wrote:
Time to comment for once
I must admit I rarely do so, but I avidly follow this story, today was actually the first time in weeks I had to catch up more than one page
So congratulations on Gesink's Tour win, a very deserved one both for him personally and also for you of course, being a reward for all the great work you do with this already legendary story!
Do you know Bose is going to be a stage racer by looking at his limits, but obviously avoiding to reveal them?
His sprint seems to be comparably good as well, Wilco 2.0?
Keep up the great work!
Thanks a lot! And yes, I'm very happy about Gesink and the Tour-win.
About Bose: I've seen his max. skills, and he surprised me with some nice 80's
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Posted on 27-03-2013 17:58
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Stage 5
With the start and finish in Zakopane, 208 kilometres and 15 climbs, stage 5 is one mean stage. The total amount of height metres is 3733, so it matches with Liège-Bastgne-Liège or a nice mountain stage.
Thestory of this stage is pretty common the last months: breakaway creates gap of several minutes, no team wants to chase then, gap gets over 12 minutes, we decide to chase them, gap gets smaller, and other riders counterattack out of the peloton..... 
Alessandro Ballan attacks out of the BOTD at the last climb, and cruises to his first win of the season. Thomas Löfkvist finishes in 2nd at 1'33. Greg Van Avermaet wins the sprint of the peloton (the others of the BOTD have been caught before the finish) at 2'49. No Haussler or Sagan? Well, Haussler attacks at the final hill, and both Kelderman and Sagan countered him. And the 3 created a margin of 30 seconds to the peloton, but that wasn't enough. So no time gaps, and Van der Sande keeps the GC-lead pretty easily.
Results
| 1 |  Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | 5h41'48 | | 2 |  Thomas Löfkvist | Sony Ericsson | + 1'33 | | 3 |  Greg Van Avermaet | Sony Ericsson | + 2'49 | | 4 | Steven Caethoven | Dexia | s.t. | | 5 |  Iban Mayoz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 6 |  Heinrich Haussler | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. | | 7 |  Yury Trofimov | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 8 |  Peter Sagan | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 9 | Ángel Madrazo | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 10 |  Christophe Riblon | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Tosh Van der Sande | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 18h46'41 | | 2 | Stijn Devolder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 7 | | 3 | Enrique Salgueiro | Movistar Team | + 11 | | 4 | Johan Vansummeren | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 13 | | 5 | Ángel Madrazo | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 6 |  Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 49 | | 7 | Sergey Firsanov | Katusha Team | + 50 | | 8 | Arkaitz Durán | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'18 | | 9 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | + 2'19 | | 10 | Jan Bakelants | Dexia | + 2'59 | | 11 | Heinrich Haussler | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 3'41 | | 12 | Greg Van Avermaet | Sony Ericsson | + 3'53 | | 13 | Peter Sagan | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 3'55 |
Today's Winner
Word from the DS
Of course..... Over 3700 height metres and more than 50 riders can follow the pace of the peloton. The focus for tomorrow is the stage win, not the GC.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 27-03-2013 19:41
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Is something wrong with your savegame? Really? |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 29-03-2013 23:20
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Ian Butler wrote:
Is something wrong with your savegame? Really?
Hope not....
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 29-03-2013 23:22
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I doubt it, probably just too much cya logic.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 29-03-2013 23:33
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Stage 6
The 6th stage can be sure be called the queen's stage: 11 KOTM-sprints, 16 climbs and a total of 3924 height metres in 194 kilometres from Bukovina to Bukovina Tartzsanska.
58km to go
We try everything to make it a very hard stage. And we succeed in doing it. Gregory Bernard is in the BOTD, collecting enough points to secure the KOTM-jersey, and the pace of the peloton is that high, taht evry climb, more riders get dropped. And while ascending for the 8th KOTM-sprint, the numbers 1 and 2 of the GC get dropped. Both Tosh Van der Sande and Stijn Devolder can't follow the pace anymore.
Finish
Both Gregory Bernard and Peter Sagan work their asses off to drop as many riders as possible. And on the final climb, only 8 riders remain in the leading group. Wilco Kelderman attacks with 2km to go, knowing it won't be enough for the GC-win, so the goal is the stage win. And he succeeds, taking another great win. Sky's Ángel Madrazo takes the 2nd place and becomes the new GC-leader.
Results
| 1 |  Wilco Kelderman | Petronas - Monster Energy | 5h11'26 | | 2 | Ángel Madrazo | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 3 | Carlos Barredo | Movistar Team | + 16 | | 4 | Tom Stubbe | Dexia | + 27 | | 5 | Greg Van Avermaet | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 6 | Enrique Salgueiro | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 |  Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | Peter Sagan | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 1'02 | | 9 |  Matthias Frank | Red Bull - Cervélo | + 3'14 | | 10 |  Jakob Fuglsang | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Ángel Madrazo | Sky ProCycling | 23h58'14 | | 2 | Enrique Salgueiro | Movistar Team | + 31 | | 3 | Johan Vansummeren | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'20 | | 4 | Wilco Kelderman | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 3'39 | | 5 | Greg Van Avermaet | Sony Ericsson | + 4'13 | | 6 | Tom Stubbe | Dexia | + 4'21 | | 7 | Peter Sagan | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 4'50 | | 8 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | + 5'26 | | 9 | Carlos Barredo | Movistar Team | + 6'02 | | 10 | Heinrich Haussler | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 6'48 |
Today's Winner
Word from the DS
Thanks to some great team work, we've got the stage win that we wanted. But the GC-win is gone, due to that breakaway...
Edited by dienblad on 29-03-2013 23:40
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Posted on 29-03-2013 23:55
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Stage 7
The final stage is a 129km circuit race in Krakow.
15km to go
The BOTD of 16 riders is leading the peloton by 2'15 with 15 kilometres to go. And in a pretty slippery cornery, the GC-leader Ángel Madrazo looses control of his front wheel and hits the tarmac. He causes a pile-up of over 70 riders, with also GC's 2nd Enrique Salgueiro and GC's 6th Tom Stubbe in it.
Finish
The pace of the peloton stalls and the 16 know they'll sprint for the stage win. Europcar's Florian Vachon wins it, his 2nd win of the year besides a stage in the Volta a Catalunya. Jeremy Roy gets 2nd and Maxime Vantomme 3rd.
The peloton finishes at 1'02, and the waiting starts how much time Madrazo and Salgueiro will loose. Madrazo finishes at 3'48, being helped by some team members, and wins the GC by 34 seconds. Salgueiro looses 4'20 and drops to 4th in the GC, meaning Kelderman takes an unexpected 3rd place.
Results
| 1 | Florian Vachon | Team Europcar | 2h52'22 | | 2 | Jérémy Roy | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 3 | Maxime Vantomme | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 4 | Kristof Vandewalle | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 5 |  Paul Voss | Red Bull - Cervélo | s.t. | | 6 |  Leonardo Duque | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. | | 7 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 |  Sergey Lagutin | Qantas Airways | s.t. | | 9 |  Thor Hushovd | Dexia | s.t. | | 10 | Kasper Jebjerg | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. |
Today's Winner
GC
| 1 | Ángel Madrazo | Sky ProCycling | 26h54'24 | | 2 | Johan Vansummeren | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 34 | | 3 | Wilco Kelderman | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 53 | | 4 | Enrique Salgueiro | Movistar Team | + 1'03 | | 5 | Greg Van Avermaet | Sony Ericsson | + 1'27 | | 6 | Peter Sagan | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 2'04 | | 7 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | + 2'40 | | 8 | Carlos Barredo | Movistar Team | + 3'16 | | 9 | Heinrich Haussler | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 4'02 | | 10 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 4'16 |
Points
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Petronas - Monster Energy | 90 | | 2 | Heinrich Haussler | Radio Shack - Nissan | 82 | | 3 | Greg Van Avermaet | Sony Ericsson | 68 | | 4 | Tom Boonen | Katusha Team | 51 | | 5 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Lampre - Alitalia | 51 |
KOTM
| 1 |  Gregory Bernard | Petronas - Monster Energy | 67 | | 2 | Jérôme Baugnies | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 32 | | 3 | Enrique Salgueiro | Movistar Team | 26 | | 4 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sony Ericsson | 26 | | 5 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | 25 |
GC-winner
Word from the DS
So this is an unexpected 3rd place. The points and KOTM-jerseys are very nice, but the GC-podium seemed to be out of reach. Oh well, when the other riders crash....
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 30-03-2013 07:34
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Very nice racing! Onto the podium, unexpectedly, and that beautiful stage win. Not a total loss here |
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Posted on 30-03-2013 13:10
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The team put in a good performance in Poland and came away with two Classifications as well |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 30-03-2013 16:39
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@ Ian & sutty: thanks. Team goal accomplished.
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| dienblad |
Posted on 30-03-2013 17:26
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Eneco Tour
The last World Tour race before the Vuelta a España starts is the Eneco Tour. A race designed for time trialists and sprinters, although last year Philippe Gilbert took the GC-win, thanks to a dominating stage in the Ardennes.
Startlist
Spoiler Sky
1. F.Cancellara
2. P.Kennaugh
3. J.Kocjan
4. Á.Madrazo
5. R.Partridge
6. M.Rogers
7. I.Stannard
8. B.Swift
Dexia
11. E.Boasson Hagen
12. K.Fernández
13. M.Goss
14. S.Joseph
15. N.Maes
16. Y.Offredo
17. T.Stubbe
18. R.Zingle
Garmin
21. T.Farrar
22. S.Chavanel
23. A.Colby
24. S.Deeny
25. D.Martin
26. T.Nicolas
27. N.Raynaud
28. T.Van Garderen
Petronas
31. M.Kittel
32. N.Bose
33. T.Dekker
34. M.Maaskant
35. J.Mulder
36. S.Vanmarcke
37. C.Vermeltfoort
38. L.Westra
BMC
41. F.Pozzato
42. A.Dietziker
43. Y.Eijssen
44. N.Hendrickx
45. A.Kruopis
46. A.Moinard
47. T.Phinney
48. M.Quinziato
Qantas Airways
51. A.Greipel
52. C.Barton
53. I.Bibby
54. R.Downing
55. A.Kemps
56. M.Matthews
57. A.McDaniel
58. W.Sulzberger
Movistar
61. J.J.Rojas
62. D.Arroyo
63. R.Costa
64. G.Izagirre
65. I.Konovalovas
66. Ó.Pujol
67. J.L.Roldán
68. U.Salazar
Astana
71. Y.Trofimov
72. L.Howard
73. Y.Hutarovich
74. M.Izbasarov
75. R.Kireyev
76. Y.Nepomnyachshiy
77. D.Potapovitch
78. C.Sutton
Sony Ericsson
81. G.Van Avermaet
82. J.Degenkolb
83. J.Drucker
84. M.Fischer
85. B.Gastauer
86. K.Kirchen
87. M.Koch
88. B.Leukemans
Vacansoleil
91. J.Bol
92. J.Baugnies
93. S.Devolder
94. N.Eeckhout
95. G.Gardeyn
96. K.Goddaert
97. W.Van Huffel
98. J.Wallays
Saxo Bank
101. N.Nuyens
102. G.Hincapie
103. K.Jebjerg
104. R.Majka
105. M.Scarponi
106. B.Selander
107. J.Sørensen
108. J.Veikkanen
Rabobank
111. J.Vansummeren
112. R.Flens
113. J.Keukeleire
114. M.Kump
115. P.Martens
116. W.Poels
117. M.Renshaw
118. J.Vissers
Katusha
121. G.Visconti
122. A.Bazhenov
123. G.Caruso
124. S.Firsanov
125. D.Galimzyanov
126. L.Hoste
127. S.Vandenbergh
128. M.Vantomme
Landbouwkrediet
131. G.Steegmans
132. I.Abakoumov
133. J.Coenen
134. S.Nys
135. J.Salomein
136. S.Vandousselaere
137. J.Vangenechten
138. F.Veuchelen
Omega Pharma
141. J.Roelandts
142. W.De Vocht
143. R.Feillu
144. S.Scheirlinckx
145. P.Serry
146. J.Tratnik
147. K.Vandewalle
148. J.Vermote
RadioShack
151. B.Traksel
152. C.Campbell
153. R.Escuela
154. K.Gonzalez
155. S.Magnell
156. D.Ospina
157. E.Silin
158. C.Vande Velde
Euskaltel
161. B.Intxausti
162. J.Fernandez
163. J.A.Flecha
164. A.Marque
165. E.Prades
166. F.J.Ventoso
167. G.Verdugo
168. G.Zubiagirre
M&M's
171. S.Clement
172. M.Beima
173. T.Berkhout
174. Y.Huguet
175. T.Leezer
176. B.Tankink
177. K.Van Hummel
178. D.Van Winden
FDJ
181. M.Ladagnous
182. G.Blot
183. S.Chainel
184. J.Galland
185. G.Meersman
186. L.Mondory
187. A.Petit
188. F.Wegmann
Europcar
191. S.Turgot
192. J.Casper
193. A.Courteille
194. R.Di Gregorio
195. A.Duval
196. S.Haddou
197. A.Jeanneson
198. G.Rast
Lampre
201. G.Bole
202. V.Agnoli
203. T.Benz
204. M.Gaia
205. M.Gentili
206. S.Pirazzi
207. F.Piscopiello
208. A.Spezialetti
Accent.Jobs
211. B.De Clercq
212. J.Calleeuw
213. D.Cappelle
214. G.Habeaux
215. M.Neyens
216. B.Scheirlinckx
217. J.Van Engeland
218. J.Van Goolen
Our Team
The Favourites
*** Fabian Cancellara (Sky), Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dexia), Lieuwe Westra.
** Greg Van Avermaet (Sony Ericcson), Tyler Farrar (Garmin), Filippo Pozzato (BMC).
* Jetse Bol (Vacansoleil), Tejay van Garderen (Garmin), Johan Vansummeren (Rabobank).
Our Goal
Let's go for a stage win and a top 5 in the GC.
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Stage 1
Who else than Fabian Cancellara wins the prologue in the streets of Amersfoort. Tejay van Garderen was sitting in the hot seat for a long time, but Spartacus was 3 seconds faster. Our riders had a good start, with Westra in 5th, Dekker in 8th, Vanmarcke in 10th and Kittel in 16th.
Results & GC
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Sky ProCycling | 7'17 | | 2 |  Tejay Van Garderen | Garmin - Barracuda | + 3 | | 3 |  'Ignatas Konovalovas | Movistar Team | + 7 | | 4 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 8 | | 5 | Lieuwe Westra | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 9 | | 6 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 10 | | 7 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar Team | + 12 | | 8 | Thomas Dekker | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 9 | Andreas Dietziker | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 10 | Sep Vanmarcke | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 14 |
Today's Winner
Word from the DS
Yes, absolutely satisfied with the results of the prologue!
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| Abelbaba |
Posted on 30-03-2013 17:39
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good to see 3 guys in the top 10 |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 30-03-2013 23:57
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Three guys in the top ten is a Great start |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 31-03-2013 08:35
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Stage 2
Believe it or not, the 2nd stage of the Eneco Tour ends in a mass sprint!! Together with Team Sky, we do the work in the peloton and keep the ace that high, that the BOTD gets caught with 10km to go.
Both Astana (for Chris Sutton) and we set up a sprint train, and with Vermeltfoort-Vanmarcke-Dekker-Westra-Kittel, our train is pretty impressive. When Dekker stops his work at 2500m to go, and Westra starts his final lead out, Dekker seems to block the others, with some gap as a result for Westra & Kittel. This is a chance that our German doesn't waste, and he takes the win in Sint Willebrord, with a massive gap to Kenny van Hummel (M&M's) and Greg Van Avermaet (Sony Ericsson).
Results
| 1 | Marcel Kittel | Petronas - Monster Energy | 4h13'25 | | 2 | Kenny Van Hummel | M&M's | s.t. | | 3 | Greg Van Avermaet | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 4 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 5 | Kristof Goddaert | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Gert Steegmans | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 7 | Christopher Sutton | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 8 | Jens Keukeleire | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | André Greipel | Qantas Airways | s.t. | | 10 | Fabian Cancellara | Sky ProCycling | s.t. |
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Stage 3
We enter Belgium in stage 3. 173 kilometres between Aalter and Ardooie. And again, the stage ends in a mass sprint!
This time, the preparation for the sprint is normal and again Marcel Kittel is the strongest! Kristof Goddaert (Vacansoleil) finishes in 2nd and José Joaquín Rojas in 3rd.
Results
| 1 | Marcel Kittel | Petronas - Monster Energy | 3h59'12 | | 2 | Kristof Goddaert | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 4 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 5 | Kenny Van Hummel | M&M's | s.t. | | 6 | Romain Feillu | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 7 | Gert Steegmans | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 8 | Christopher Sutton | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 9 | André Greipel | Qantas Airways | s.t. | | 10 | Matthew Goss | Dexia | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Marcel Kittel | Petronas - Monster Energy | 8h19'50 | | 2 | Fabian Cancellara | Sky ProCycling | + 4 | | 3 | Tejay Van Garderen | Garmin - Barracuda | + 7 | | 4 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Movistar Team | + 11 | | 5 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 12 | | 6 | Lieuwe Westra | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 13 | | 7 | Jetse Bol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Thomas Dekker | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 16 | | 9 | Sep Vanmarcke | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 18 | | 10 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Dexia | + 19 |
Today's Winner
Word from the DS
Pinch me, I must be dreaming..... 2 mass sprints and 2 sprint wins in 2 days, what kind of frwaky thing is going on here??
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Posted on 31-03-2013 08:38
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seems you save has sober up
Edited by SSJ2Luigi on 31-03-2013 08:38
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| Abelbaba |
Posted on 31-03-2013 09:02
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 some sereous sprinting at last |
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Posted on 31-03-2013 09:34
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Great. Finally NO BREAKAWAYS!!! Great win's for Kittel. |
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