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| Tamijo |
Posted on 10-01-2016 12:21
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15/9-22/9 2014 Tour of Britain (cat 2.1)
18/9 Stage 4: Stoke - Llanberis 190.7 km
Christina: The caravan has traveled another 50 km south from Kendal to Stoke. The origin of Stoke-on-Trent is unknown, but it is said that the original Stoke Minster was built in 670. Today church is from 1830.
Pre-race strategy: We will do everything to protect Schumacher’s GC, but Martin Pedersen will be free to try to get in the right break, it would take the pressure of the team, and Pedersen could go for KoM points.
The weather forecast predict rain again, could be a tricky race.
Profile:
With no one in front, Pacheco fights for the first sprint, to gain the bonus seconds.
After the sprint, it seems that the race is neutralized for a period, everyone is together and the peloton moves very slowly forward.
Then the final breakaway is formed, Martin Pedersen with Adam Yates (Madison) and Russell Hampton (Raleigh), the breakaway get a maximum of 8 minutes.
Pedersen wins the first KoM sprint, on the second he comes last. The breakaway still has a small distance to the peloton, with just 9 km of downhill left.
The First KoM Sprint:
The pace is very high on the descent; Pacheco takes the wheel of Schumacher. Russell Hampton from the breakaway, it still in front with 1 km left, Pacheco moves past him with only 200-300 meter left, to claim the victory. Russell Hampton takes 2nd place.
Christina: Another super sprint from Pacheco, overall a fantastic race for Christina Watches, let’s hope we can keep it up.
Stage:
| 1 | Francisco José Pacheco | Christina Watches - Onfone | 4h32'51 | | 2 | Russell Hampton | Team Raleigh | s.t. | | 3 | Julien Simon | Sojasun | s.t. | | 4 | Luke Rowe | Vodafone | s.t. | | 5 | Stefan Schumacher | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 6 | Daryl Impey | Vodafone | s.t. | | 7 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 8 | Zico Waeytens | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 9 | Adam Yates | Madison Genesis | s.t. | | 10 | Martin Pedersen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. |
GC:
| 1 | Stefan Schumacher | Christina Watches - Onfone | 14h39'59 | | 2 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEdge | + 29 | | 3 | Janier Acevedo | Jamis - Hagens Berman | + 36 | | 4 | Daryl Impey | Vodafone | + 1'11 | | 5 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1'25 | | 6 | Serge Pauwels | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1'38 | | 7 | Laurens Ten Dam | Bissell Cycling | + 1'46 | | 8 | Joshua Edmonson | Vodafone | + 2'13 | | 9 | Ian Bibby | Madison Genesis | + 2'25 | | 10 | Francisco José Pacheco | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 2'37 |
Point:
| 1 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEdge | 57 | | 2 | Daryl Impey | Vodafone | 48 | | 3 | Stefan Schumacher | Christina Watches - Onfone | 47 |
Mountain:
| 1 | Martin Pedersen | Christina Watches - Onfone | 18 | | 2 | Adam Yates | Madison Genesis | 14 | | 3 | Russell Hampton | Team Raleigh | 10 |
Team: Christina Watches - Onfone
Young: Joshua Edmonson (Vodafone)
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 10-01-2016 13:34
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Way to go Pacheco  . Nice to also see team-mates looking out for each despite their own bigger interests 
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 10-01-2016 17:14
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Great tactics and win from Pacheco , but more importantly its really nice th see Schumacher in yellow |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 11-01-2016 08:16
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AbhishekLFC: Yes, a good stage for all 3 of them.
sutty68: Looks like, a little luck and he can win the race.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 15-01-2016 15:48
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15/9-22/9 2014 Tour of Britain (cat 2.1)
19/9 Stage 5: Machynlleth - Caerphilly 178 km
Christina: The caravan has traveled about 100 km south from Llanberis to Machynlleth. Signs of Copper mining in the area of Machynlleth have been dated back about 2750 years. The first written references to Machynlleth is from 1291, giving the town rights to hold a market every Wednesday. The market is still held today, more than 700 years later.
Pre-race strategy: Again priority is on Schumacher, but Martin Pedersen is still free.
The morning break are 5 riders, Marcel Fischer (Thüringer), Martin Pedersen, Marlón Pérez (Colombia), VÃctor De la Parte (Liberty) Andreas Schillinger (NetApp)
At the descend after the top of the cat.1, 155 km left, two rider are now between the break and the front, Ryan Anderson (Optum) 4’50 after, Pierrick Fédrigo (FDJ.fr) 6’36 after, the peloton is 7’23 after. We set some riders up front, not to the lets the gap get larger.
Anderson and later Fédrigo get up to the breakaway group, Petersen riding in the KoM jersey, fights for every KoM point, he takes 18 points today.
At the last cat.3 climb, a dangerous group attacks Daryl Impey (Vodafone), Janier Acevedo (Jamis), Pieter Serry (Topsport Vlaanderen) they get 41 sec. on group Schumacher.
But Pacheco gives everything he has got forcing group Schumacher forward, and group Acevedo is caught just in time. The stage is won by the 7 breakaway riders, Anderson crosses the line first in front of Marcel Fischer. Martin Pedersen is 3rd losing 1’40. Schumacher comes in 8th. in the same time is Pedersen.
Anderson:
Christina: A hard stage, very glad we did not lose here, was very close to a disaster.
Stage:
| 1 | Ryan Anderson | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 4h18'21 | | 2 | Marcel Fischer | Thüringer Energie Team | s.t. | | 3 | Martin Pedersen | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 1'40 | | 4 | Marlón Pérez | Colombia | s.t. | | 5 | VÃctor De la Parte | Liberty Seguros - Würth | s.t. | | 6 | Andreas Schillinger | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 7 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 8 | Stefan Schumacher | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 9 | Daryl Impey | Vodafone | s.t. | | 10 | Pieter Serry | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. |
GC:
| 1 | Stefan Schumacher | Christina Watches - Onfone | 19h00'00 | | 2 | Janier Acevedo | Jamis - Hagens Berman | + 36 | | 3 | Daryl Impey | Vodafone | + 1'11 | | 4 | Ryan Anderson | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 1'34 | | 5 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1'52 | | 6 | Julien Simon | Sojasun | + 2'42 | | 7 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 2'48 | | 8 | Serge Pauwels | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 3'01 | | 9 | Laurens Ten Dam | Bissell Cycling | + 3'09 | | 10 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ.fr | + 3'20 |
Points:
| 1 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEdge | 59 | | 2 | Stefan Schumacher | Christina Watches - Onfone | 55 | | 3 | Daryl Impey | Vodafone | 55 |
Mountain:
| 1 | Martin Pedersen | Christina Watches - Onfone | 36 | | 2 | Marlón Pérez | Colombia | 24 | | 3 | Marcel Fischer | Thüringer Energie Team | 22 |
Team: Christina Watches - Onfone
Young: Joshua Edmonson (Vodafone)
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Posted on 15-01-2016 16:33
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Another good team effort to prevent any damage
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Posted on 15-01-2016 16:55
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thanks
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Posted on 15-01-2016 17:05
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Tour of China II 19/9-24/9
19/9 Wuhan Jiangxia Prologue ITT 6.3 km
Rasmussen: While the A team is battling it of in Brittan, I am here in China, for the tour of China II, our squad is very weak and out of form, so we have no expectations, just a fitness ride. The reports from this race will be limited.
Our Riders:
Anders Bjerregård
Anton Grøn
Daniele Aldegheri
Lasse Christiansen
Marc Hester
Simon Bigum
Anders Bjerregård:
Our best today was Marc Hester +46 sec. (74)
GC:
1 Luke Durbridge Garmin - Sharp 7'42
2 Jesús Herrada Movistar Team + 10
3 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team + 12
Points: Luke Durbridge Garmin - Sharp
Team: Garmin - Sharp
Young: Luke Durbridge Garmin - Sharp
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 15-01-2016 23:42
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Great riding from Pacheco to keep Schumacher in yellow in Britain |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 16-01-2016 10:03
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sutty68: Yes, that was great, was afraid we could lose it there.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 16-01-2016 16:12
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15/9-22/9 2014 Tour of Britain (cat 2.1)
20/9 Stage 6: Sidmouth – Haytor 137.6 km
Christina: The caravan has traveled another about 180 km south from Caerphilly to Sidmouth. Originally a small fishing village, today a tourist resort, Sidmouth dates back to Iron Age, and mentioned in the Domesday survey (11th century).
Pre-race strategy: Priority is on Schumacher, if there is no direct threat to the KoM, Martin Pedersen will stay in the peloton, after hard days in breakaways.
It is raining hard. A very strong morning break of 6 riders gets away. Wesley Sulzberger (Orica), Karsten Kroon (Saxo), Pierpaolo De Negri (Node 4), Cesare Benedetti (NetApp), Guillaume Levarlet (Cofidis) and Robert Partridge (UK Youth), but even though they are strong riders, they are all more than 8 min. back in the GC.
Though the break is no direct threat, we set riders in front to keep the pace at a reasonable level. The rain has stopped.
At the last cat.2 about 25 km to go, a lot of attacks start in the peloton, important as well as unimportant rider try to create gaps.
A group with Acevedo, Schumacher, Meyer and others try to create a gap:
With 5 km to go, the 3 riders of the GC podium is still together, the breakaway is about 2 minutes ahead of the favorites. It is raining again.
The breakaway wins the stage; Wesley Sulzberger crosses the line first just in front of Karsten Kroon. Janier Acevedo comes in first after the breakaway, with Stefan Schumacher on wheel; nothing is changed in the top of GC.
Christina: Everything as planned, nice.
Stage:
| 1 | Wesley Sulzberger | Orica - GreenEdge | 3h20'05 | | 2 | Karsten Kroon | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 3 | Robert Partridge | Team UK Youth | + 12 | | 4 | Guillaume Levarlet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 5 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Node 4 - Giordana Racing | s.t. | | 6 | Cesare Benedetti | Team NetApp - Endura | + 45 | | 7 | Janier Acevedo | Jamis - Hagens Berman | + 1'33 | | 8 | Stefan Schumacher | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 9 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1'50 | | 10 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 2'01 |
GC:
| 1 | Stefan Schumacher | Christina Watches - Onfone | 22h21'38 | | 2 | Janier Acevedo | Jamis - Hagens Berman | + 36 | | 3 | Daryl Impey | Vodafone | + 1'56 | | 4 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2'09 | | 5 | Ryan Anderson | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 2'19 | | 6 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 3'16 | | 7 | Julien Simon | Sojasun | + 3'27 | | 8 | Serge Pauwels | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 3'29 | | 9 | Laurens Ten Dam | Bissell Cycling | + 3'37 | | 10 | Joshua Edmonson | Vodafone | + 4'04 |
Points:
| 1 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEdge | 66 | | 2 | Stefan Schumacher | Christina Watches - Onfone | 63 | | 3 | Daryl Impey | Vodafone | 56 |
Mountain:
| 1 | Martin Pedersen | Christina Watches - Onfone | 36 | | 2 | Marlón Pérez | Colombia | 24 | | 3 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Node 4 - Giordana Racing | 22 |
Team: Christina Watches - Onfone
Young: Joshua Edmonson (Vodafone)
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 16-01-2016 16:24
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Exciting stage today and nice that Schumacher is still in yellow |
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Posted on 16-01-2016 16:56
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thanks, not much room for mistakes with just 36 sec.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 16-01-2016 17:10
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Tour of China II 19/9-24/9
20/9 Stage 2: Huainan Circuit: 121.5 km
Rasmussen: a pancake flat stage today, we did some attempts to attack, but was never strong enough to get away, the stage was won in a mass sprint by Alex Rasmussen (Garmin) over Tony Gallopin (RadioShack).
Our best today was Marc Hester (25)
GC:
| 1 | Alex Rasmussen | Garmin - Sharp | 2h32'28 | | 2 | Luke Durbridge | Garmin - Sharp | + 7 | | 3 | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Leopard | + 9 |
Points: Alex Rasmussen - Garmin - Sharp
Team: Garmin - Sharp
Young: Luke Durbridge Garmin - Sharp
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 16-01-2016 17:37
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The team doesn't seem to be liking China  |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 16-01-2016 23:18
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No I am sure, they are just waiting for this to be over.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 17-01-2016 15:30
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15/9-22/9 2014 Tour of Britain (cat 2.1)
21/9 Stage 7: Epsom – Guildford: 150.3 km
Christina: The caravan has traveled some 300 km east to Epsom some 30 km south of London. The town dates back to Anglo-Saxon England. Today it has a population of a little more than 30.000.
1848’s engraving of Epsom Clock Tower:
Pre-race strategy: Priory is on Schumacher, and a possible mass sprint from Pacheco. If there is no direct threat to the KoM, Martin Pedersen will stay in the peloton.
A large break of 8 riders, get away right from the start. They are no threat to the GC.
We set riders up front to control the gap. The beak is in front with 3-4 minutes all day.
Getting within 15 km from the line, a nasty crash happens on a bridge and several riders cannot finish the race. We have no riders involved.
The peloton does not catch the breakaway, they win the stage with 35 sec to the peloton. The race is won by David Hesselbarth (Thüringer) over Leonardo Duque (Colombia)
Christina: Another fine stage for us.
Stage:
| 1 | David Hesselbarth | Thüringer Energie Team | 3h22'13 | | 2 | Leonardo Duque | Colombia | s.t. | | 3 | Florent Barle | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 4 | Daniel Barry | Node 4 - Giordana Racing | s.t. | | 5 | Daniel Fleeman | Team IG - Sigma Sport | s.t. | | 6 | Cesare Benedetti | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 7 | Chad Haga | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 8 | Luke Rowe | Vodafone | + 35 | | 9 | Marco Canola | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 10 | Adam Blythe | Vodafone | s.t. |
GC:
| 1 | Stefan Schumacher | Christina Watches - Onfone | 25h44'26 | | 2 | Janier Acevedo | Jamis - Hagens Berman | + 36 | | 3 | Daryl Impey | Vodafone | + 1'56 | | 4 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2'09 | | 5 | Ryan Anderson | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 2'19 | | 6 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 3'16 | | 7 | Serge Pauwels | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 3'29 | | 8 | Laurens Ten Dam | Bissell Cycling | + 3'37 | | 9 | Joshua Edmonson | Vodafone | + 4'04 | | 10 | Pieter Serry | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 4'13 |
Points:
| 1 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEdge | 66 | | 2 | Stefan Schumacher | Christina Watches - Onfone | 63 | | 3 | Daryl Impey | Vodafone | 56 |
Mountain:
| 1 | Martin Pedersen | Christina Watches - Onfone | 36 | | 2 | Marlón Pérez | Colombia | 24 | | 3 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Node 4 - Giordana Racing | 22 |
Team: Christina Watches - Onfone
Young: Joshua Edmonson (Vodafone)
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 17-01-2016 17:25
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Lucky that the guys avoided that nasty looking crash  |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 18-01-2016 04:32
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Getting closer and closer to the big prize...
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 18-01-2016 07:53
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sutty68: Just in front of the crash, It was Philip Nielsen laying low after a hard day’s work up front, very lucky to avoid scratches and perhaps even injuries.
AbhishekLFC: Just one stage left.
Edited by Tamijo on 18-01-2016 07:59
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