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Petronas - Monster Energy; The end of an era
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 27-04-2013 16:26
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The second GC of the year is in the pocket 
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 27-04-2013 23:44
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Gesink is becoming a beast here in Spain, long may it continue  |
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| romaniangoat |
Posted on 28-04-2013 07:54
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I hope Gesink will crush the opposition on Angliru.In this form TdF-Vuelta-World RR seems realistically.Why you simulate WC?
Also I don't understand why Anton now have 82 MO and last year had 84.He doesn't have over 34 years.
Edited by romaniangoat on 28-04-2013 07:55
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| Maddrengen |
Posted on 28-04-2013 08:46
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They often fall before 34. 
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Posted on 28-04-2013 08:53
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Maddrengen wrote:
They often fall before 34.
Yeah,but he have just 30 or 31...
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 28-04-2013 09:21
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ROBBY GESINK!!!! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 28-04-2013 11:19
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romaniangoat wrote:
Maddrengen wrote:
They often fall before 34.
Yeah,but he have just 30 or 31...
dienblad doesn't edit (much), I think. Some riders start going downhill from 30 or some even 29-28 in the database. |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 28-04-2013 15:47
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Ian Butler wrote:
romaniangoat wrote:
Maddrengen wrote:
They often fall before 34.
Yeah,but he have just 30 or 31...
dienblad doesn't edit (much), I think. Some riders start going downhill from 30 or some even 29-28 in the database.
I don't edit much,you're right. Anton just developed this way in my story, fine with that. Some are better than irl, some are worse.
And about Gesink and the worlds: he only wants to race the TT, not the RR, he rejected being on the provisional selection list...
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Posted on 28-04-2013 20:36
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August review
Summary
August was the month of Marcel Kittel, who won 2 stages in the Eneco Tour and also Germany's most important classic, the Vattenfall Cyclassics. Further, Jelle Vanendert won a stage in the Tour de l'Ain, and in the Vuelta, Robert Gesink is on his way to win his 4th GT.
Madia Awards
As said, August was the month of Marcel Kittel: 2 stage wins in the Eneco Tour and the wins in the Dutch Food Valley Classic and the Vattenfall Cyclassics.
Rankings
World Tour riders
No changes here, except Gesink who has climbed to 4th. Thus Contador leading Kelderman.
World Tour teams
Also no changes in the teams ranking, with Petronas - Monster Energy leading Radio Shack - Nissan and Movistar.
Continental Tour riders
Samuel Dumoulin has taken over the lead from Daniele Callegarin. And Danish Alex Rasmussen has jumped from 6th to 3rd.
Continental Tour teams
Team Type 1 and FDJ remain the 2 teams with the biggest chance to promote to the World Tour, with M&M's in 3rd place.
CQ riders
No changes here. Alberto Contador has collected the most points this season, followed by Wilco Kelderman and Vincenzo Nibali.
CQ teams
Petronas - Monster Energy is the best team this season, with Radio Shack and Movistar in 2nd and 3rd.
Wins riders
It has been a great month for Samuel Dumoulin with 3 wins. He shares the position of most wins with Alberto Contador. Tom Boonen remains at 11 for several months now.
Wins teams
9 wins in August for Petronas - Monster Energy, what makes a total of 39. Team Sky had only 5 wins, and follows with 35, with Movistar at 29.
With a month that great, we smile as the silly girl on the right!
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Posted on 28-04-2013 20:38
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September preview
September is a quiet month. Besides the Vuelta that is half way, we only race the 2 Canadian WT-races, as well as 2 races in Belgium. Oh, and the Worlds are.
Monthly goals
- Win the Vuelta a España.
- Win 1 of the 3 classics.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 28-04-2013 20:45
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Kelderman and Gesink will soon overhaul Contador
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 28-04-2013 20:48
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I would smile to all of them. If you know what I mean.  |
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 28-04-2013 20:59
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Good Girls totally deserved
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| dienblad |
Posted on 28-04-2013 21:30
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@ sutty; Kelderman won't, as his season is as good as done. Gesink maybe.
@ sutty, miguel, PCM rulezz: you can always smile.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 28-04-2013 22:01
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Month of Kittel, I like that.
Good luck in the next month, hope we can get equally beautiful monster girls |
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Posted on 29-04-2013 17:49
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Stage 12
The 12th stage from Ponteareas to Pontevedra is a typical transition stage. The GC-contenders need an easy day, it has to many hills for the sprinters, so a breakaway is expected.
Finish
And the stage develops as expected. 12 riders form the BOTD and we aren't interested in chasing them, so does no other team. The 12 sprint for the win, with Heinrich Haussler beating Franco Pellizotti and Jure Kocjan. The peloton finishes at 11'27.
No GC-changes.
The Results
| 1 |  Heinrich Haussler | Radio Shack - Nissan | 3h57'15 | | 2 |  Franco Pellizotti | Lampre - Alitalia | s.t. | | 3 |  Jure Kocjan | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 4 |  Joost Van Leijen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Matthew Lloyd | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 6 |  Iban Mayoz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 7 | Alan Pérez | AndalucÃa - Catalunya | s.t. | | 8 | Mitja Mahoric | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 9 |  Guillaume Levarlet | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 10 | Johnny Hoogerland | Sony Ericsson | s.t. |
Today's Winners
Word from the DS
Quiet day, nothing to say.
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Posted on 29-04-2013 17:54
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 29-04-2013 18:27
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Good win for Haussler, going in the break! |
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 30-04-2013 07:14
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Extra restday for the team
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Stage 13
The peloton leaves Galicia is the 13th stage and heads to Castilla y León for the first of 3 consecutive, and probably decisive, mountain stages. The 149km stage features 5 categorized climbs, including 2 of the 1st category, the Alto de Folgueiras de Aigas (9.8km at 6.6%) and the Puerto de Ancares (18.8km at 6.0%). After the summit of the Ancares, 55km remain, including 2 smaller climbs.
80km to go
It's no surprise that Gregory Bernard is in the BOTD again, given the fact that there are a lot of KOTM-points to be collected today. Together with Sylwester Szmyd (Vacansoleil), JoaquÃm RodrÃguez (Katusha), Tom Danielson (Garmin), David Jai Crawford (Qantas), Jens Voigt (Radio Shack) and Paul Martens (Rabobank), he arrives at the summit of the Alto de Folgueiras de Aigas with a margin of 7'05 to the peloton.
55km to go
2 riders have managed to bridge the gap between the peloton and the BOTD: Remy Di Gregorio (Europcar) and Kanstantsin Siutsou (Movistar). Expecially the presence of the Belarussian, GC's number 11, is surprising, this early in the stage. But with 4 riders within the first 11 of the GC, Movistar can play multiple cards,
Siutsou and Di Gregorio ascend the Puerto de Ancares at a pace that high, that only Szmyd is capable of following them. The others get dropped and fall back in the peloton one by one. The peloton (thinned out to 44 riders) follows at 6'12.
36km to go
It lasts untill the Puerto de Lumeras before the first riders out of the top 10 attack. Thomas De Gendt (6th) is the first one, and he gets countered by Robert Kiserlovski (7th), Alberto Contador (4th) and Amets Txurukka (8th). Robert Gesink is being attentful in the front of the group, but decides to wait.
22km to go
This is the start sign for continuous attacks by GC-contenders. Contador again, Soler, Baredo, Kiserlovski again, all try to attack. Then at the last climb of the day, the Alto de Ocero, also Juan José Cobo attacks, countered by Stefan Denifl, Ezequiel Mosquera and Peter Kennaugh (in the white jersey). Gesink has been isolated already, so this time he has to react himself, and does so pretty easily.
20km to go
Meanwhile, the 3 leaders have arrived at the summit of the Ocero, and Di Gregorio tries one desperate attack, to drop the 2 others. But with Siutsou going to chase him on the flat, he knows this ain't gonna work. The group of favourites follows at 5'15.
Finish
It's the ideal scenario for Sylwester Szmyd. With Siutsou doing the work to chase Di Gregorio, he can sit in the wheel of the Belarussian. And when the sprint starts in the streets of Ponferrada, he has absolutely no trouble in outsprinting the 2 exhausted opponents. Siutsou finishes in 2nd after th Polish, and Di Gregorio in 3rd.
Gesink gets a little help from Bradley Wiggins, who sets the pace of the group of favourites working for his team leader Cobo. Consequently, no attacks occur, and the group finishes at 3'50. GC's number 3 Carlos Barredo and his team mate Mikel Astarloza are missing here and they loose 1'32 to the other favourites.
The Results
| 1 |  Sylwester Szmyd | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 4h16'12 | | 2 |  Kanstantsin Siutsou | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 3 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 4 | Javier Moreno | Caja Rural | + 3'50 | | 5 | Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 |  Peter Kennaugh | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 7 |  Thomas De Gendt | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. | | 8 |  Juan Mauricio Soler | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | s.t. | | 9 | Robert Gesink | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 10 | Juan José Cobo | Dexia | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Robert Gesink | Petronas - Monster Energy | 50h37'06 | | 2 | Juan José Cobo | Dexia | + 1'05 | | 3 | Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | + 2'37 | | 4 | Carlos Barredo | Movistar Team | + 3'16 | | 5 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Movistar Team | + 4'41 | | 6 | Javier Moreno | Caja Rural | + 5'20 | | 7 | Thomas De Gendt | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 6'02 | | 8 |  Robert Kiserlovski | Pro Team Astana | + 6'12 | | 9 | Amets Txurruka | AndalucÃa - Catalunya | + 7'55 | | 10 | Juan Mauricio Soler | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | + 8'51 |
Points
| 1 | Robert Gesink | Petronas - Monster Energy | 136 | | 2 | Juan José Cobo | Dexia | 91 | | 3 | Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | 87 | | 4 | Heinrich Haussler | Radio Shack - Nissan | 84 | | 5 | Javier Moreno | Caja Rural | 71 |
KOTM
| 1 |  Gregory Bernard | Petronas - Monster Energy | 92 | | 2 | Robert Gesink | Petronas - Monster Energy | 73 | | 3 | Juan José Cobo | Dexia | 59 | | 4 | Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | 54 | | 5 | Carlos Barredo | Movistar Team | 49 |
Today's Winner
Word from the DS
If there is one thing that became clear today, then it was that our team is too weak to control a mountain stage. Luckily Gesink is very strong, but hopefully there is at least 1 team mate that survives the Puerto de San Lorenzo tomorrow, before the final ascend to Lagos de Somiedo.
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