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| Selwink |
Posted on 19-01-2014 14:04
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Great job with a stage win and coming closer in the GC!
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 19-01-2014 19:26
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@ tsmoha - Thanks a lot! Glad you like the reports! I actually wish I'd taken more screens during the TT, but I wasn't too sure who to take screens of, so I ended up with all the wrong riders really.
@ Ian - Thanks for returning 
@ baia - Haha, yes! Hopefully he can pull it off!
@ selwink - Thanks so much! Its within reach and Hruska is going to go for the intermediate sprints to get as much bonus seconds as he can! Every second counts right 
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 19-01-2014 21:07
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 Istarsko Proljece Stage 4 (2.2)
March 17th, 2014
The plan today is simple on paper. Gain more than 25 seconds on Choi and we win the overall! Its going to be hard! The stage does have a few bumps near the end but the stage will likely end in a group sprint. The intermediate sprints give out very small time bonuses, but if we can win a few, every second might be crucial!
With the first intermediate sprint so close to the start of the race, Hruska made an effort to go out and get the small time bonuses! It wasn't much, but it was a good start to the day!
With only a breakaway to give the race some action in the middle part of the race, we fastforward to Hruska making his decisive move of the day, attacking as he crosses the line of the finishing circuit with only one more lap before the final lap bell! The gap starts off really well, but the peloton are chasing hard!
Hruska catches up to the leading group of riders on the downhill to the finish and the gap only continues to rise! Its now at about a minute and looking good!
The sprint to the line starts with Paulinho ahead of Hruska but Hruska is quickly gaining speed!
Hruska finishes off the race with a huge win! The gap looks good for him to take the overall too, but its all up to the next group to come in to see who wins the overall!
Here is the main group with Choi in it! The group finishes over a minute down on the stage winner, meaning he has lost his GC lead! What a way to end the race for us! We are so happy to have won the race and the stage like that today! Perfect race!
| 1 | Bronislav Hruska | AC Sparta Praha | 5h12'32 | | 2 | Pedro Miguel Moreira Paulinho | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 3 | Vasileios Simantirakis | SP Tableware | s.t. | | 4 | Tomáš Buchácek | Bauknecht - Author | s.t. | | 5 | Masaru Fukuhara | Utsunomiya - Blitzen | s.t. | | 6 | Simon Holt | Team Differdange - Losch | s.t. | | 7 | Wei Kei Chang | RTS Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Robbert De Greef | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 9 | Enrico Rossi | Meridiana - Kamen Team | + 1'04 | | 10 | David Cimolai | Torku SekerSpor | s.t. | | 35 | Ki Ho Choi | Bank Bgz |
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| 1 | Bronislav Hruska | AC Sparta Praha | 14h07'05 | | 2 | Ki Ho Choi | Bank Bgz | + 52 | | 3 | Moisés Dueñas Nevado | Meridiana - Kamen Team | + 2'08 | | 4 | Oscar Pujol Muñoz | RTS Cycling Team | + 2'09 | | 5 | David Belda Garcia | Burgos BH - Castilla y Leon | + 2'55 | | 6 | César Andre Lima Fonte | Efapel - Glassdrive | + 3'33 | | 7 | Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide | Efapel - Glassdrive | + 3'39 | | 8 | Tomoyuki Iino | Utsunomiya - Blitzen | + 3'49 | | 9 | Jaume Rovira Pous | Utsunomiya - Blitzen | + 4'18 | | 10 | Pavel Kopecký | AC Sparta Praha | + 4'25 |
Points
| 1 | Bronislav Hruska | AC Sparta Praha | 31 | 61 | | 2 | Ki Ho Choi | Bank Bgz | 0 | 58 | | 3 | José Isidro Maciel Gonçalves | Efapel - Glassdrive | 0 | 35 | | 4 | César Andre Lima Fonte | Efapel - Glassdrive | 0 | 33 | | 5 | Moisés Dueñas Nevado | Meridiana - Kamen Team | 0 | 30 |
KOM
| 1 | Ki Ho Choi | Bank Bgz | 0 | 42 | | 2 | Pavel Kopecký | AC Sparta Praha | 0 | 32 | | 3 | Serge Pauwels | SP Tableware | 0 | 30 | | 4 | Josef Hošek | Bauknecht - Author | 0 | 28 | | 5 | Botond Hollo | Utensilnord - Ora24.eu | 0 | 26 |
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| Selwink |
Posted on 19-01-2014 21:10
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Fantastic victory, well deserved!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 19-01-2014 21:28
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That was more than 25 seconds  great job! |
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 19-01-2014 21:46
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Great stuff from Hruska, great way to take the race victory on th final flat day Well done! |
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 19-01-2014 21:47
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I thought this is dead and I am glad that i was wrong. Just one question, is there any way that you can finish outside of podium? Just askin'
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 19-01-2014 22:38
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Great win from Hruska  |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 20-01-2014 02:58
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@ all - Thanks so much! It was a fantastic win! I really didn't think I could pull it off in the last stage, but I did! We still aren't even that high in the CQ Rankings yet, so we will still need a lot of results!
@ admir - Im glad its not dead either, although it never was really I just didn't have much time or motivation for this. If it was dead, I would have said so, and even then thats no guarantee if you look at some of my past stories
I think I just had a really good team in this race! Hruska was the clear favourite and pretty much every stage suited him!
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 20-01-2014 03:56
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 Gran Premio San Giuseppe (1.2)
March 17th, 2014
Hunal is here to defend his title from last year and he hopes to win it again! Being the winner of last years race, he should know the course for this race pretty well and that will give him an advantage, however there are some very good riders here to challenge him, like Battaglin, Poels and Nocentini.
The race was quite boring up until the 20km to go mark, and Hunal makes his move!
He reaches the top of the climb in first, but there is some action behind him! Nocentini makes a strong move and makes his way over the climb in 2nd!
The descent to the finish line is fast and only these 2 will contest the win now! Hunal and Nocentini! Nocentini looks the stronger of the two, but Hunal will really want to defend his victory from last year! They head up the final short climb and the sprint begins...
And the sprint is won by Hunal!!!!!! He wins the race in consecutive years! What a win, and this year he really was challenged by strong competition! Its a another in a short run of success for the team, but we will want to keep it going for the rest of the season, in order to promote!
| 1 | Martin Hunal | AC Sparta Praha | 4h07'47 | | 2 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 3 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 45 | | 4 | Wout Poels | Sporza Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | Tomáš Koudela | AC Sparta Praha | s.t. | | 6 | Matej Mugerli | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 7 | Radoslav Rogina | Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | s.t. | | 8 | Antonio Santoro | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | s.t. | | 9 | Nikita Novikov | Sporza Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 10 | Enrico Battaglin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. |
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| Selwink |
Posted on 20-01-2014 07:05
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Another victory
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 20-01-2014 08:10
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Another Great result for the team Thanks to Hunal in Italy
The team are on a roll at the moment |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 20-01-2014 09:03
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Team on fire now |
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| baia |
Posted on 20-01-2014 18:10
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Hruska actually did it.. congrats.
Hunal with a great victory too... keep it up.
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| Faillu |
Posted on 20-01-2014 18:16
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Great sprint victory.
Nice screens. Really like them. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 30-01-2014 04:05
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Thanks a lot everyone! I was kinda surprised because Nocentini really didn't sprint very fast and I was expecting him to destroy Hunal!
Just a heads up as well. I've got a huge paper due on Friday and I haven't even started it, because I've been so busy with stuff the past week. On Tuesday I have an exam which I need the weekend to study for and then Thursday I have another huge essay due, and I work a couple days in between that.
I really thought I was gonna get back to semi-regular updates but I dont think thats going to be possible. Sorry everyone.
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 30-01-2014 05:48
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What a great win for Hunal!!! Great racing by the team
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 30-01-2014 14:16
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Don't worry too much about your updates, do them when you have time back on your side |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 18-05-2014 19:55
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@ All - Motivation to continue atm, so we'll see how long that lasts
Its been 4 months though, so it was about time wasn't it
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 Kosice - Miskolc (1.2)
March 22nd, 2014
I dont remember much about the race, so this will be very brief!
Svorada and Haller both had a great sprint, but the win was not achieved as they both just weren't fast enough. To have 2 in the Top 5 is still great though, and the team will hope for some good results in Belgium.
| 1 | Vitaliy Buts | Kolss Cycling Team | 5h12'33 | | 2 | Marco Haller | AC Sparta Praha | s.t. | | 3 | Jirà Hochmann | Dukla Praha | s.t. | | 4 | Jan Svorada | AC Sparta Praha | s.t. | | 5 | Elmar Reinders | Metec - TKH Continental CyclingTeam | s.t. | | 6 | Anatoliy Pakhtusov | ISD | s.t. | | 7 | Tomas Vaitkus | Funvic Brasilinvest - São José dos Campos | s.t. | | 8 | LubomÃr PetruÅ¡ | AC Sparta Praha | s.t. | | 9 | Radovan Dolezel | AC Sparta Praha | s.t. | | 10 | Dieter Bouvry | Etixx - IHNed CT | s.t. |
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 18-05-2014 19:56
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Haha, I checked this (via Tour of California thread/Your Signature) few minutes ago and now this "shock"! Great to see this back, really!
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