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Petronas - Monster Energy; The end of an era
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| Abelbaba |
Posted on 15-05-2013 08:09
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How unfortunate that you end your story 
it realy was one of the best...
hope you enjoy the last races as team manager |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 15-05-2013 20:11
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@ baia: Your welcome about the MOnster babes. And I think Ciolek is in a way better form now than Kittel, so a battle isn't realistic.
@ abelbaba: thanks. But all good things come to an end.
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| Abelbaba |
Posted on 15-05-2013 20:18
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fair enough...
i am still suprised you had the motivation for 4 seasons 
i mostly stop after 2 seasons becouse of an overpowerd team |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 15-05-2013 20:20
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Stage 3
Today we saw a strong BOTD, with Daniel Moreno (Euskaltel) and Chris Anker Sorensen (BMC) as the only 2 survivors. Thomas De Gendt made the jump out of the peloton to them, something that Philippe Gilbert couldn't do. But De Gendt was too tired to win the sprint, when he joined the 2, so Daniel Moreno took the win. But De Gendt took over the GC-lead, by only 2 seconds to Philippe Gilbert! Best from our team was Matti Breschel in 25th, at 3'43.
The Results
| 1 |  Daniel Moreno | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4h08'06 | | 2 |  Thomas De Gendt | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 8 | | 3 |  Chris Anker Sørensen | BMC Racing Team | + 21 | | 4 | Philippe Gilbert | Dexia | s.t. | | 5 |  Daniele Callegarin | Team Type 1 | + 1'21 | | 6 |  Tejay Van Garderen | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 7 |  Anthony Geslin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 8 | Morris Possoni | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 9 |  Michael Albasini | Red Bull - Cervélo | s.t. | | 10 |  Stefan Denifl | Red Bull - Cervélo | s.t. |
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Stage 4
A breakaway win today. 14 riders stayed out of reached of the peloton, with our former team member Jens Keukeleire (Rabobank) taking the win. He was too strong for Yauheni Hutarovych (Astana) and Aleksander Porsev (Katusha) in the sprint. The peloton finished at 3'02.
The Results
| 1 | Jens Keukeleire | Rabobank Cycling Team | 4h40'26 | | 2 |  Yauheni Hutarovich | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 3 |  Alexander Porsev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 4 | Manuel Belletti | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 5 |  Martin Reimer | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 6 | Gorik Gardeyn | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 |  Matthew Brammeier | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 8 | Gianluca Mirenda | Lampre - Alitalia | s.t. | | 9 |  Otavio Didier Bulgarelli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 10 | Jean-Eudes Demaret | Team Europcar | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Thomas De Gendt | Radio Shack - Nissan | 12h04'01 | | 2 | Philippe Gilbert | Dexia | + 2 | | 3 | Tejay Van Garderen | Garmin - Barracuda | + 41 | | 4 | Stefan Denifl | Red Bull - Cervélo | + 1'00 | | 5 | Chris Anker Sørensen | BMC Racing Team | + 1'34 | | 6 | Michael Albasini | Red Bull - Cervélo | + 2'05 | | 7 |  Wout Poels | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Mikel Astarloza | Movistar Team | + 2'11 | | 9 | Morris Possoni | Sky ProCycling | + 2'20 | | 10 |  Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 2'21 |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 15-05-2013 20:22
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Belgians must be quite happy with these results  |
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Posted on 15-05-2013 20:24
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Ian Butler wrote:
Belgians must be quite happy with these results
I am 
I hope you can end your carreer on a high
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
It's difficult not to be happy when you're surrounded by Belgians. - Mark Cavendish
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 15-05-2013 20:52
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''and the question is who will be the successor of Philippe Gilbert, who has won the Tour of Beijing the previous 2 years (but isn't present here).'' And he still finished 5th on the stage. |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 15-05-2013 21:04
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Miguel98 wrote:
''and the question is who will be the successor of Philippe Gilbert, who has won the Tour of Beijing the previous 2 years (but isn't present here).'' And he still finished 5th on the stage.
Saw it too, little mistake. Hadn't seen him on the startlist. Gonna change that.
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| baggieboys32 |
Posted on 15-05-2013 21:57
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Firstly I'd like to say thankyou for your amazing story. It started long before I even got onto this site but i've followed your writing since the day I joined.
This story was my original inspiration to create my own and so I would also like to thank you for that. Good luck with the family and your child, I wish all the best to all you, and thankyou once again for both the inspiration you gave me, and also for the enjoyment I got from reading the tales of Monster!
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| dienblad |
Posted on 16-05-2013 16:15
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baggieboys32 wrote:
Firstly I'd like to say thankyou for your amazing story. It started long before I even got onto this site but i've followed your writing since the day I joined.
This story was my original inspiration to create my own and so I would also like to thank you for that. Good luck with the family and your child, I wish all the best to all you, and thankyou once again for both the inspiration you gave me, and also for the enjoyment I got from reading the tales of Monster!
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| dienblad |
Posted on 16-05-2013 19:48
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Stage 5
The last stage in the Tour of Beijing and another breakaway win. 11 riders battle it out for the win and Chris Sutton (Astana) beats Tomasz Smolen (Vacansoleil) and Oscar Gatto (Farnese Vini) for the stage win. There is one Belgian rider who doesn't mind that the bonus seconds are gone, so Thomas De Gendt wins the GC.
The Results
| 1 |  Christopher Sutton | Pro Team Astana | 2h33'49 | | 2 |  Tomasz Smolen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Oscar Gatto | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 4 | Nikolai Trussov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 5 | Davide Appollonio | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 6 | Justin Williams | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 7 | Stefano Borchi | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 8 | Maxime Méderel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 9 | Christian Kux | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 10 | Andreas Dietziker | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Thomas De Gendt | Radio Shack - Nissan | 14h38'46 | | 2 | Philippe Gilbert | Dexia | + 2 | | 3 | Tejay Van Garderen | Garmin - Barracuda | + 41 | | 4 | Stefan Denifl | Red Bull - Cervélo | + 1'00 | | 5 | Chris Anker Sørensen | BMC Racing Team | + 1'34 | | 6 | Michael Albasini | Red Bull - Cervélo | + 2'05 | | 7 | Wout Poels | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Mikel Astarloza | Movistar Team | + 2'11 | | 9 | Morris Possoni | Sky ProCycling | + 2'20 | | 10 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 2'21 | | ... | | 19 | Matti Breschel | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 3'43 |
Overall Winner
Word from the DS
One of the most boring races the team has ever done. What to expect when all 8 riders are in a louzy form 
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 16-05-2013 19:54
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Louzy form. |
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Posted on 16-05-2013 20:07
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Gilbert was close for his 3rd win, at least the GC stayed in Belgium
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
It's difficult not to be happy when you're surrounded by Belgians. - Mark Cavendish
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 16-05-2013 20:16
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A nice finish photo, actually! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 17-05-2013 00:01
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Come on Matti  |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 17-05-2013 17:48
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Giro dell'Emilia
Next stop: the Giro dell'Emilia, one of the oldest classics, (the 98th edition). The hilly races near Bologna is a perfect general rehersel for Il Lombardia. Last year, Ukrainian Yaroslav Popovych took the win in the uphill sprint.
The Route
192 kilometres from Cento to the summit of the San Luca near Bologna, with a long flat first part, followed by 2 climbs and then 5 laps at a 9km circuit with the finish at the steep San Luca, 1.9km at 10.1%.
Startlist
Spoiler Petronas
1. G.Bernard
2. T.Dekker
3. R.Gesink
4. W.Kelderman
5. R.Ruijgh
6. P.Sagan
7. J.Vanendert
8. T.van Vliet
Katusha
11. G.Visconti
12. L.Battistini
13. M.Belkov
14. G.Caruso
15. C.Evans
16. A.Liguori
17. A.Natali
18. E.Petrov
Farnese Vini
21. C.Gautier
22. F.Bellotti
23. A.Bisolti
24. C.D'Amore
25. G.Ermeti
26. D.Krivtsov
27. A.Kvachuk
28. D.Ricci Bitti
Astana
31. M.Nieve
32. A.Bazayev
33. F.Duarte
34. M.Izbasarov
35. D.Potapovitch
36. N.Ribeiro
37. P.Velits
38. A.Zeits
Lampre
41. S.Spilak
42. V.Agnoli
43. A.Balloni
44. M.Bruseghin
45. M.Gentili
46. A.Pasqualon
47. F.Pellizotti
48. S.Pirazzi
Alitalia
51. L.Pinizzotto
52. F.Aru
53. L.Grande
54. A.Kashechkin
55. G.Muraglia
56. P.Niemiec
57. W.Proch
58. C.Zaballa
Androni
61. J.Rujano
62. A.Bertolini
63. D.Cimolai
64. M.Ferraro
65. M.Marangon
66. L.Moser
67. A.Novembrini
68. L.Pierfelici
Colnago
71. D.Pozzovivo
72. M.Bono
73. F.Gilioli
74. M.Marzano
75. D.Nardello
76. E.Sella
77. D.Viganò
78. R.Zampili
Acqua & Sapone
81. J.Coppel
82. C.Betancourt
83. M.Busato
84. D.Di Luca
85. M.Giunti
86. A.Masciarelli
87. C.Sarmiento
88. F.Taborre
Nespresso
91. F.Masciarelli
92. C.Benenati
93. D.Bonuccelli
94. G.Cheula
95. X.Florencio
96. F.Kessiakoff
97. F.Negri
98. M.Pelucchi
Type 1
101. S.Schumacher
102. R.Bertogliati
103. T.Duggan
104. F.Failli
105. M.Galeotti
106. B.Gamble
107. S.Modolo
108. R.la Rosa
Laško
111. P.Gorenc
112. B.Cujnik
113. V.Droppa
114. E.Franzoï
115. G.Gazvoda
116. P.Kovac
117. M.Mihelic
118. E.Rigotto
Liquigas
121. D.Ulissi
122. A.Contoli
123. S.Locatelli
124. I.Santaromita
125. L.Sestili
126. A.Vanotti
127. E.Viviani
128. L.Zanasca
Vacansoleil
131. D.Cornu
132. I.Keisse
133. M.Keizer
134. M.Rutkiewicz
135. G-J.Soepenberg
136. S.Szmyd
137. B.Van Poppel
138. T.Veelers
Onfone
141. Á.Cano Ardila
142. G.Brenes
143. B.Justesen
144. A.Lund
145. P.Nielsen
146. R.Quaade
147. B.Vandborg
148. D.Vestergaard
PSK Whirlpool
151. P.Deignan
152. P.Cieslik
153. A.Detko
154. D.Dvorsky
155. J.Hosek
156. M.Kwiatkowski
157. F.Padour
158. H.Valencia
D'Angelo & Antenucci
161. G.Boscolo
162. D.Foschi
163. H.Frusto
164. R.Komori
165. D.Napolitano
166. K.Uchima
Bank BGZ
171. S.Paulinho
172. A.Krol
173. L.Owsian
174. S.Pauwels
175. R.Radosz
176. F.Rybak
177. M.Taciak
178. A.Wadecki
ISD CT
181. R.Navardauskas
182. C.Bellotti
183. V.Buts
184. D.Chuzhda
185. D.Grabovskyy
186. V.Gustov
187. O.Martynenko
188. V.Popkov
Amore & Vita
191. O.Chuzhda
192. V.Borisov
193. S.Cassani
194. F.De Bonis
195. P.Mamos
196. E.Zini
Itera
201. D.Kostyuk
202. I.Averyanov
203. A.Kapustov
204. A.Khatuntsev
205. A.Khvostovsky
206. A.Kozlov
207. D.Kozontchuk
208. N.Novikov
De Rosa
211. E.Peruffo
212. O.Berdos
213. G.Di Salvo
214. A.Marangoni
215. D.Torosantucci
216. S.Usai
217. P.Viola
218. F.di Franco
Our Team
The Favourites
*** Gregory Bernard, Cayetano Sarmiento (Acqua et Sapone), Giovanni Visconti (Katusha).
** Robert Gesink, Francesco Masciarelli (Nespresso), Simon Spilak (Lampre).
* Fabio Duarte (Astana), Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago), Peter Sagan.
Our Goal
We have the strongest team here for sure (6 with Hi 78+, 4 with 80+), but the teams form isn't good. So a top 5 would be good, especially because we haven't been able to win here before.
The Race
75km to go
5 leaders at the summit of the Monzuno (5.8km at 6.2%) with still 75km to go. José Rujano (Androni), Danilo Di Luca (Acqua et Sapone), Francesco Failli (Team Type 1), Ivan Santaromita (Liquigas) and Oleg Berdos (De Rosa) have a margin of 9'12 to the peloton.
38km to go
With the other team looking at us, there is no other option than to lead the chase. This means we have to sacrifice one of our better hilly riders. And although he has a Hilly stat of 80, Peter Sagan is the one. Reason for this is that he has a bad daily form (-4) and is the best descender of the team. And consequently, the margin has been decreased to 5'04 when the peloton ascends the San Luca for the first time. The work is done for our Slovakian sprinter, and Cadel Evans takes over.
19km to go
And this is the reason why Evans did lead the chase for 2 laps. His team mate and former Italian champion Giovanni Visconti attacks at the 3rd ascend of the San Luca. Trying to protect his teammate Di Luca, Cayetano Sarmiento counters. But with the margin till being 3'50, things look good for Di Luca and Failli, who have dropped the other 3.
9km to go
1 lap to go and The Killer is leading solo! Di Luca has dropped Failli and is riding towards his biggest win in the last few seasons. The chasing group of favourites follows at 1'54, and as more often this season, there is no organized chase. Francesco Masciarelli si the next to attack, countered by Fabio Duarte. Only Robert Gesink and Jelle Vanendert are present in the first group from our team, so it looks like the win is out of reach.
Finish
And Di Luca takes the win in Bologna, still having a '48-margin to the number 2. But the 5 steep climbs have soaked all the energy out of him, being too tired to celebrate.
'48 bhind him, Domenico Pozzovio takes the 2nd place, beating his team mate Emanuelle Sella. Robert Gesink gets outsprinted by Fabio Duarte and has to settle with the 5th place.
The Results
| 1 | Danilo Di Luca | Acqua & Sapone | 4h56'34 | | 2 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 48 | | 3 | Emanuele Sella | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 1'00 | | 4 |  Fabio Duarte | Pro Team Astana | + 1'11 | | 5 | Robert Gesink | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 6 | Francesco Masciarelli | Nespresso - Algarve | + 1'22 | | 7 | Giovanni Visconti | Katusha Team | + 1'29 | | 8 | Álex Cano Ardila | Onfone | + 1'38 | | 9 | Cadel Evans | Katusha Team | + 1'44 | | 10 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Acqua & Sapone | + 1'51 |
The Winner
Word from the DS
What a tough race... That San Luca climb really soaked out the energy. Gesink can be happy with the 5th place, and a fitness of 76.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 17-05-2013 18:07
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Gesink is probably the man of the season! |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 17-05-2013 18:49
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Ian Butler wrote:
Gesink is probably the man of the season!
He for sure is, with winning Le Tour and La Vuelta!
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Posted on 17-05-2013 18:58
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Good race from Gesink
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
It's difficult not to be happy when you're surrounded by Belgians. - Mark Cavendish
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Posted on 17-05-2013 19:05
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GP Bruno Beghelli
The Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli, formerly known as Milano - Vignola, is a hilly 1.1 classic in Italy with the finish in Monteveglio. Last year, Yarsolav Popovych showed an excellent form in the last months of the season, taking another win.
The Route
187 kilometres with 6 laps with the ascend of the Zappolino. But still, the race is classified as flat, so expect the sprinters with a good punch.
Startlist
Spoiler Petronas
1. P.Sagan
2. G.Bernard
3. N.Bose
4. T.Dekker
5. R.Gesink
6. W.Kelderman
7. J.Vanendert
8. T.van Vliet
Liquigas
11. B.Božic
12. D.Cannone
13. D.Caruso
14. S.Locatelli
15. D.Malacarne
16. R.Nocentini
17. L.Sestili
18. E.Viviani
Katusha
21. D.Galimzyanov
22. M.Belkov
23. P.Brutt
24. V.Gusev
25. A.Liguori
26. A.Markov
27. A.Natali
28. S.Vandenbergh
Laško
31. E.Rigotto
32. E.Franzoï
33. G.Gazvoda
34. P.Gorenc
35. A.Ilesic
36. V.Kaupas
37. P.Kovac
38. P.Segina
Androni
41. A.Grendene
42. D.Cimolai
43. A.D'Aniello
44. L.Moser
45. A.Novembrini
46. M.Pinotti
47. J.Rujano
48. E.Vona
De Rosa
51. F.Baggio
52. E.Bani
53. O.Berdos
54. G.Di Salvo
55. A.Marangoni
56. M.Merlo
57. E.Peruffo
58. F.Terrenzio
D'Angelo & Antenucci
61. D.Napolitano
62. L.Ascani
63. P.De Negri
64. H.Frusto
65. C.Fumagalli
66. R.Komori
Acqua & Sapone
71. F.Ginanni
72. C.Betancourt
73. C.Cucinotta
74. D.Di Luca
75. M.Giunti
76. A.Masciarelli
77. L.Piepoli
78. B.Rizzi
PSK Whirlpool
81. A.Detko
82. P.Deignan
83. M.Fothen
84. B.Huzarski
85. M.Kwiatkowski
86. M.Nowak
87. F.Padour
88. K.Szczawinski
Amore & Vita
91. T.Thömel
92. S.Cassani
93. O.Chuzhda
94. F.De Bonis
95. S.Gretchyn
96. E.Zini
Atlas
101. M.A.Richeze
102. D.Favre
103. A.Lauener
104. S.Rohrer
105. L.Roux
106. M.Saggiorato
107. E.Schmäh
108. L.Tanner
Colnago
111. M.Frapporti
112. M.Benfatto
113. M.Cattaneo
114. O.Lombardi
115. M.Marzano
116. D.Nardello
117. G.Palumbo
118. P.Tondo
Bank BGZ
121. A.M.Richeze
122. B.Janiaczyk
123. S.Janiszewski
124. A.Krol
125. L.Owsian
126. R.Radosz
127. D.Rudnicki
128. M.Taciak
Farnese Vini
131. C.Gautier
132. F.Bellotti
133. F.Corvaglia
134. G.Damiani
135. V.Duma
136. D.Krivtsov
137. A.Kvachuk
138. D.Ricci Bitti
Onfone
141. M.Mortensen
142. J.Bering
143. M.Bertelsen
144. S.Damgaard
145. B.Justesen
146. J.Klausen
147. M.Pedersen
148. M.Steen
Astana
151. V.Iglinskiy
152. F.Duarte
153. M.Izbasarov
154. M.Lloyd
155. M.Nieve
156. A.Rakov
157. N.Ribeiro
158. A.Smagulov
Itera
161. A.Serov
162. A.Bauer
163. A.Kapustov
164. A.Klyuev
165. P.Kochetkov
166. B.Kozlov
167. A.Kozlov
168. T.Kritskiy
ISD CT
171. O.Martynenko
172. C.Bellotti
173. G.Brambilla
174. V.Buts
175. V.Dyudya
176. D.Grabovskyy
177. R.Navardauskas
178. V.Popkov
Alitalia
181. F.Reda
182. F.Aru
183. C.Lunardi
184. P.Niemiec
185. L.Pinizzotto
186. W.Proch
187. F.Stalder
188. F.Tizza
Type 1
191. F.Failli
192. R.Bertogliati
193. T.Duggan
194. M.Galeotti
195. B.Gamble
196. R.la Rosa
Lampre
201. V.Agnoli
202. A.Balloni
203. T.Benz
204. M.Gentili
205. D.Loosli
206. F.Pellizotti
207. A.Pérez Arrieta
208. L.Solari
Nespresso
211. F.Negri
212. P.Bailetti
213. D.Bonuccelli
214. N.Brun
215. G.Cheula
216. F.Kessiakoff
217. F.Masciarelli
218. P.Merino
Our Team
The Favourites
*** Danilo Napolitano (D'Angelo), Elia Rigotto (Lasko), Peter Sagan.
** Borut Bozic (Liquigas), Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha), Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Bank BGZ).
* Cyril Gautier (Farnese Vini), Robert Gesink, Leonardo Pinizzotto (Alitalia).
Our Goal
Top 3
The Race
A still huge peloton of 147 riders was together when the final ascend of the Zappolino started. We tried to make it a hard race at the end, by attacking a lot. Jelle Vanendert tried at the foot of the climb, but the Liquigas sprint train caught him. Then Gregory Bernard tried, but the same story.
Our final hope for a non-sprint was Robert Gesink, but his attack shortly before the summit was unsuccesful as well. Then to plan B: a sprint win. Thomas Dekker was leading out Peter Sagan, but then the Dutch timetrialist crashed with 3km to go, and Sagan was in the lead of the race way too early. Rigotto and Bozic were close behind, so all the Slovakian could do was give it all in the sprint. He came close, but it wasnt enough, as Elia Rigotto showed his great autumn-form and took the win for Lasko. Borut Bozic took the 2nd place for Liquigas, with Sagan in 3rd.
The Race
| 1 | Elia Rigotto | Laško | 4h36'59 | | 2 |  Borut Božic | Liquigas - Microsoft | s.t. | | 3 |  Peter Sagan | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 4 | Pierpaolo Tondo | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 5 |  Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 6 | Cyril Gautier | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 7 | Fabio Duarte | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 8 | Enrico Franzoï | Laško | s.t. | | 9 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 10 | Raffaele la Rosa | Team Type 1 | s.t. |
The Winner
Word from the DS
Tried it, but too bad. Still strange that that hill couldn't even create a split in the peloton....
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