La Pomme Marseille - Bye for now!
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Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 29-11-2012 19:03
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Thanks.
@ Avin - Dombo is a quite decent timetriallist also in real life, actually. Third in the Gila TT, among other things. Faster than riders like Craddock and De Maar on that occasion. But obviously not on the level he showed here!
UCI: World Championships: Road Race
The opening kilometers are raced at a very high speed, due to Great Britain and Germany chasing every moving object from the front of the field. Clearly they believe that the Cauberg wont trouble Cavendish and Greipel.
Around thirty kms into the race, a little group finally breaks free of the pack. Most notable name involved surely being Carlos Betancur from Colombia. Accompanying him are Juraj Sagan, Oleg Chuzhda, Assan Bazayev and Frantisek Rabon.
The day's primary breakaway group.
The peloton is meanwhile still controlled by GB and Germany. During the period following the intensive beginning, they share the pacemaking at the front - preventing the break from gaining more than eight minutes at any point. It eventually starts to rapidly decrease, as the final 100 km arrive.
After a long and boring race, things finally start to look exciting with 35 kilometers to the line. The furious pace set by mainly Germany cuts the peloton in half, leaving no more than 60 riders on the right side!
The peloton breaks in two pieces!
Joaquim Rodriguez, Simon Gerrans, Matthew Goss, Thor Hushovd, Michael Albasini, Lars Boom, Maxim Iglinskiy and Taylor Phinney are all caught sleeping in the wrong place - causing them to miss the split!
The tempo cools down a bit a few ks later. This creates the opportunity we're here to look for - so Antomarchi sets off after the remainders of the breakaway near the top of the Bemelerberg.
Antomarchi tries to break away.
He catches up with the last man standing from the early break, Betancur, just as they reach the 17-kilometer final lap.
Betancur gets company from Antomarchi.
The German-controlled peloton follows, just over a minute later. A bit too much for Gilbert's liking, so he takes off together with Cancellara and, very surprisingly, Freire - who doesn't seem to trust his chances in a sprint.
The first big move!
The trio quickly realize that it's hard to create any gap when attacking on the flat. Therefore they slow down and drop back into the peloton - probably saving the energy for another attack later.
On the final climb up the Bemelerberg, Nick Nuyens puts in a little dig. He quickly passes by an empty Betancur and joins Antomarchi at the front. The peloton gears up another step though, and it's all back together with just the Cauberg remaining.
Nuyens and Antomarchi getting caught.
A clearly strong Nuyens is up on the pedals again, on a little incline just ahead of the descent down to Valkenburg. Cancellara and Langeveld tag on, together with our last card - Vichot. A really dangerous move.
Nuyens gives it one last go.
But once again - no serious gap emerges. Down in Valkenburg, it's all back together with just one climb left...
The sprint is kicked off immediately as they begin ascending. Degenkolb makes the first big push, moving past Nuyens into the lead on the far right hand side. Greipel tries to follow, but explodes after just a few hundred meters. Instead, it's Cavendish who surprisingly easily follows!
Greipel can't match Degenkolb, but maybe Cavendishc can?
Nobody can match Degenkolb's killer acceleration - and a gap opens up as they pass over the top of the Cauberg. Amazingly enough, Cavendish is the only one who manages to stay with him! It's clearly between the two of them!
Degenkolb vs. Cavendish
The Manx Missile was clearly holding back for the right moment. Inside the final k, he bursts out of Degenkolb's wheel to confortably retain the rainbow jersey! Talk about impressive performance!
Cavendish retains the title!
Degenkolb is a clear second - well aware that he could've won this if he hadn't been forced to launch the sprint for Greipel so early. Still, insane result for the young man from Germany. He'll be back.
Gasparotto wins a close sprint for bronze a long way behind the first two. Farrar clashes a bit in fourth, after a weak season - while Freire perhaps could've been able to challenge if he hadn't attacked earlier.
1 | | Mark Cavendish | Sky Procycling | 6h30'35 | 2 | | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 3 | | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 4 | | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 5 | | Óscar Freire | Katusha Team | s.t. | 6 | | Fabian Cancellara | Radioshack - Nissan | s.t. | 7 | | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 8 | | Giacomo Nizzolo | Radioshack - Nissan | s.t. | 9 | | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 10 | | Cristian Cominelli | Team Idea | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | 12 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | 13 | Boy Van Poppel | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 14 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 15 | Nick Nuyens | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | 16 | Alexander Serebryakov | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 17 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 18 | JoaquÃm RodrÃguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | 19 | Jens Voigt | Radioshack - Nissan | s.t. | 20 | Zdenek Stybar | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | s.t. | 21 | Matteo Trentin | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | s.t. | 22 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 23 | Sebastian Langeveld | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 24 | Simon Gerrans | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 25 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | 26 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 27 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | 28 | Andrea Palini | Team Idea | s.t. | 29 | Gerald Ciolek | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | s.t. | 30 | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 31 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 32 | Tom Jelte Slagter | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 33 | Leigh Howard | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 34 | David Zabriskie | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 35 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 36 | Danny Van Poppel | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | 37 | Peter Velits | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | s.t. | 38 | Kevyn Ista | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | 39 | Pirmin Lang | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | 40 | Oliver Zaugg | Radioshack - Nissan | s.t. | 41 | Robert Vrecer | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | 42 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 43 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 44 | Niki Terpstra | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | s.t. | 45 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 46 | Xavier Florencio | Katusha Team | s.t. | 47 | Gianni Meersman | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 48 | Javier MegÃas | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 49 | George Preidler | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 50 | Michal Golas | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | s.t. | 51 | Tom Boonen | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | s.t. | 52 | Julien Antomarchi | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 53 | Vegard Stake Laengen | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 54 | Gavin Mannion | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | s.t. | 55 | Jure Kocjan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 56 | Michael Van Staeyen | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | 57 | Leopold König | Team NetApp | s.t. | 58 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | 59 | Alessandro Bazzana | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 60 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | 61 | Simon Geschke | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 62 | Kris Boeckmans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 63 | Sep Vanmarcke | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'49 | 64 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 65 | Fred Rodriguez | Team Exergy | s.t. | 66 | Michael Reihs | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 2'17 | 67 | Carlos Betancur | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 68 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 69 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 2'29 | 70 | Jan Barta | Team NetApp | s.t. | 71 | Jempy Drucker | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | 72 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 73 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 74 | Andrew Fenn | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | s.t. | 75 | Dennis Van Winden | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 76 | Francisco Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 3'13 | 77 | Timofey Kritskiy | Katusha Team | s.t. | 78 | Kiel Reijnen | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 79 | Guillaume Boivin | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | 80 | Michal Kwiatkowski | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | s.t. | 81 | Vitaliy Popkov | ISD - Lampre Continental | s.t. | 82 | Juraj Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 4'00 | 83 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 84 | Sebastian Lander | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | 85 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ - BigMat | + 8'56 | 86 | Robert Wagner | Radioshack - Nissan | + 10'58 | 87 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 88 | Alexander Serov | RusVelo | s.t. | 89 | Marko Kump | Adria Mobil | s.t. | 90 | Michael Albasini | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 91 | Denis Galimzyanov | - | s.t. | 92 | Alexander Kolobnev | Katusha Team | s.t. | 93 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 94 | Anatoliy Pakthusov | ISD - Lampre Continental | s.t. | 95 | André Cardoso | Caja Rural | s.t. | 96 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 97 | Sérgio Ribeiro | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | 98 | Winner Anacona | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 99 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 100 | François Parisien | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | 101 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 102 | Darwin Atapuma | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 103 | Simon Clarke | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 104 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Katusha Team | s.t. | 105 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 106 | Hugo Sabido | LA Aluminios - Antarte | s.t. | 107 | Yaroslav Popovych | Radioshack - Nissan | s.t. | 108 | Luke Rowe | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 109 | Hugo Houle | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | 110 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 111 | Grégory Rast | Radioshack - Nissan | s.t. | 112 | Frantisek Rabon | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | s.t. | 113 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 114 | Sven Erik Bystrøm | Team Øster Hus - Ridley | s.t. | 115 | Fabio Duarte | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 116 | Oleg Chuzhda | - | s.t. | 117 | Kristjan Koren | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 118 | Jacek Morajko | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 119 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 120 | Jay McCarthy | Team Jayco - AIS | s.t. | 121 | Daryl Impey | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 122 | Aldo Ino Ilesic | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 123 | Tomasz Marczynski | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 124 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 125 | Matthias Brändle | Team NetApp | s.t. | 126 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 127 | Igor Boev | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | 128 | Manuel Cardoso | Caja Rural | s.t. | 129 | Mitchell Docker | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 130 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 131 | Raphael Addy | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | 132 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | 133 | Maksym Averin | Amore & Vita | s.t. | 134 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | s.t. | 135 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 136 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 137 | Jonas Ljungblad | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | 138 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 139 | Steele Von Hoff | Chipotle - First Solar Develop Team | s.t. | 140 | Blazej Janiaczyk | Bank BGZ | s.t. | 141 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 142 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 143 | Martin Hebik | - | s.t. | 144 | Laurent Didier | Radioshack - Nissan | s.t. | 145 | Samuel Caldeira | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | 146 | Michael Valgren Andersen | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | 147 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 148 | Oleksandr Sheydyk | Lampre - ISD | + 16'34 |
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cio93 |
Posted on 29-11-2012 19:08
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Degenkolb always dominates that race in my careers, Cav must have had a brilliant form!
Great style of racing the French showed, I guess that was the most you could do.
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 29-11-2012 20:39
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That's a surprising result |
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Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 29-11-2012 22:59
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@ cio - Cav seemed to be on his absolute limit at the top of the climb. I actually thought Degenkolb would crack him, but it turned out to be a little too far for him in the end.
@ Ian - Actually, not really. Considering how hard the race was irl - yes. On the other hand, it's not really surprising - since it was set as flat.
2.2: Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
Back to trade teams again. Not at all surprisingly, the next stop on our schedule is in France. The upcoming two days will be spent competing in this rather difficult race. The overall will probably go to a strong climber - since stage two climbs up to Montée Laurent Jalabert near the end. Really tough.
Most of our riders will need a few more racedays to reach competitive level. Skujins will still definitely try to stay in contact for an eventual sprint on the lighter opening stage - whilst Koretzky and Perichon will go for the overall. I'm not really expecting much however. Mainly a prep race.
My eye immediately moves to Joe Dombrowski. Considering how the worlds TT went, he should be in superb shape. I expect him to try and create something on the Croix-Neuve.
Others to watch out for are home riders like Julien Simon and Steven Tronet. Although mainly focusing on the sprints - they're both very capable of handling stages that don't end at the top of a climb. Really dangerous candidates if the stages aren't ridden at a very high pace.
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TheManxMissile |
Posted on 29-11-2012 23:08
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I won the worlds!!! Yay
And nice riding from the french
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the_hoyle |
Posted on 29-11-2012 23:09
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Contador - World TT champion... it's a sad day for cycling
Woohoo CAV!!! I love PCM logic
Well done with 15th in WC TT, and unlucky that you just couldn't get away in the RR. Best of luck for the remaining races
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sutty68 |
Posted on 29-11-2012 23:27
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Now that the Worlds are over lets get back to watch La Pomme winning again |
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FreitasPCM |
Posted on 29-11-2012 23:38
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Cavendish??? What the hell |
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 30-11-2012 09:41
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Oh yeah, I forgot it was flat on the game.
Still it's so weird |
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ste_18 |
Posted on 30-11-2012 13:27
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Cavendish world champion again and Contador world TT champion?
Anyway thanks for the flag. |
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Posted on 03-12-2012 08:27
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Surprising results at the worlds! And congratulations on the great result by Paillot in the TT
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Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 03-12-2012 16:00
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Thanks all. Really hope that you enjoyed the worlds, as I spent a lot of time on those reports.
2.2: Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon: Stage 1
An out-of-form Perichon attacks immediately from the start, to try his luck in a breakaway. Shortly afterwards, he gets company from Pierre Drancourt, and a little while later also from Martijn Tusveld and Alexander Gottfried.
The combination of home soil bonus and strong daily form gives Perichon just about enough strength to gun down the other three for one of the two KoM sprints and both intermediate sprints. He then passes over the second and last KoM in second place - enough to don the polkadot jersey.
Perichon on his way to the KoM lead.
The adventure ends for the escapees well outside the final 10 ks, thanks to work done by Bontrager and Europcar. However, just as they start to slow down a bit to prepare for the sprint - Koretzky attacks, inside the last three!
Koretzky digs in on a little incline near the finish!
He never really manages to extend the gap his initial acceleration gave him, so when passing under the kilometer flag - he's desperately trying to hold off a closing peloton, led by Bob Jungels.
Jungels closing the gap in the last kilometer.
Koretzky has nothing to respond with when the sprinters come storming back at him in the incredibly fast finish. He is caught just a hundred meters from the actual line - still not at the finish however...
For some reason, the race continues until 300 m past the line - with a confused Jasper Bovenhuis raising his arms - shocking everyone! Veilleux and Bacquet complete an unexpected podium, while Skujins is fifth.
Bovenhuis can't believe his eyes!
In the GC, Perichon positions himself in third - thanks to time bonuses. Together with Veilleux, he sits 8 seconds down on Bovenhuis. Skujins and Koretzky are also found inside the top 15, with the crucial stage up ahead.
1 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Rabobank Continental Team | 3h54'33 | 2 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | s.t. | 3 | Fabien Bacquet | Auber 93 - BigMat | s.t. | 4 | Julien Simon | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | 5 | Toms Skujins | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | 6 | Eugenio Alafaci | Leopard - Trek Continental Team | s.t. | 7 | Steven Tronet | Auber 93 - BigMat | s.t. | 8 | Sergey Rudaskov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | 9 | Romain Hardy | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | 10 | Clément Koretzky | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. |
2.2: Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon: Stage 2
With Perichon unable to defend his KoM jersey due to his high GC position, Skujins takes his place in the day's escape group. A successful move as it turns out - as he takes both early climbs and the provisional classification lead.
When the break reaches the day's final ascent; the Croix-Neuve, Skujins turns up the heat. This proves to be too much for all his companions, except Johan Mombaerts. The favourites meanwhile start to attack from behind.
Skujins shattering his escape group to pieces.
Mombaerts also blows up in the incredibly steep final part of the climb, leaving Skujins to solo over the top - securing the KoM jersey.
An elite group of four, led by Dombrowski, follows half a minute down. The big field, including both Perichon and Koretzky, goes over another thirty seconds later.
Dombrowski, Jungels, Durasek and Goos breaking free.
Skujins and Mombaerts are both caught and quickly dropped by the foursome down on the flat leading back towards Mende. The peloton meanwhile tries to shut down the gap, without any success.
It comes down to a sprint from the leading group. Jungels leads out with a kilometer and a half remaining, but still easily holds on all the way to the line. Dombrowski is a clear second, whilst Goos grabs the final time bonus.
Jungels triumphs, in front of Dombrowski.
Luckily for us, Veilleux leads the field back to contact with the front group in the final k. Therefore no time lost for Perichon, Koretzky or Skujins - who all finish inside the large front group.
1 | Bob Jungels | Leopard - Trek Continental Team | 4h13'28 | 2 | Joseph Dombrowski | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | s.t. | 3 | Marc Goos | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | 4 | Kristijan Durasek | Adria Mobil | s.t. | 5 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | s.t. | 6 | Radoslav Rogina | Adria Mobil | s.t. | 7 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | s.t. | 8 | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | 9 | Steven Tronet | Auber 93 - BigMat | s.t. | 10 | Alexandre Blain | Endura Racing | s.t. |
Also inside the group was the yellow jersey of Bovenhuis - who therefore takes a very surprising overall victory - less than a second in front of Jungels. Perichon ends up in 5th and Skujins in 8th. Together with the KoM jersey, certainly enough to call this race a prosperity.
1 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Rabobank Continental Team | 8h07'41 | 2 | Bob Jungels | Leopard - Trek Continental Team | s.t. | 3 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | + 8 | 4 | Joseph Dombrowski | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | s.t. | 5 | Pierre-Luc Perichon | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | 6 | Fabien Bacquet | Auber 93 - BigMat | + 12 | 7 | Marc Goos | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | 8 | Toms Skujins | La Pomme Marseille | + 16 | 9 | Johan Mombaerts | Auber 93 - BigMat | s.t. | 10 | Martijn Tusveld | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. |
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sutty68 |
Posted on 03-12-2012 16:09
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Skujins is riding a great race |
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ste_18 |
Posted on 03-12-2012 17:49
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2 in the Top 10 is a good result for the team. Skujins is doing a great job. |
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-12-2012 17:53
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Bovenhuis with the win of his life
A nice result from Toms |
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FreitasPCM |
Posted on 03-12-2012 19:16
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Never heard of that Bovenhuis guy. Must be doing the race of his life! |
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Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 04-12-2012 13:32
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Thanks guys.
@ Freitas - He's actually a very promising youngster. Capable sprinter and prologue rider. Probably not a future star, but definitely a nice rider.
News: Bouygues Telecom joins as co-sponsor!
We signed the deal already a few months ago, but the official announcement comes now. Former main sponsor of the current Europcar team; Bouygues Telecom, is the new co-sponsor for La Pomme Marseille!
The company's management got in contact with me earlier this year, after seeing our success in the Continental races. After a few weeks of negotiation, we agreed on a deal that allows them to sponsor us over at least the next two seasons. The extra money will certainly be helpful when we take on the ProContinental Tour in 2013.
That's all for now!
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 04-12-2012 13:34
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Some extra cash could never hurt |
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roturn |
Posted on 04-12-2012 13:35
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Cavendish winning is a surprise. Really like the screens and shame that Greipel wasn`t in similar form obviously.
Nice co-sponsor for the next season. Will there be any shirt changes or do you keep the La Pomme jersey? |
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sutty68 |
Posted on 04-12-2012 13:43
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Nice to see a new co-sponsor join the Team
Hope this will bring in some funds to strengthen the squad for next season |
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