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SpiderTech - Cervélo | A sad ending
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 30-10-2012 02:37
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Puskaric is on fire  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 30-10-2012 08:17
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Puskaric is showing everyone what real sprinting is. Very nice! |
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| Colinas |
Posted on 30-10-2012 09:49
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Very promising for the Giro this...
Keep it up! |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 30-10-2012 12:59
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@TMM - Thanks, it was indeed an amazing one for me!
@fcancellara - Puskaric at his best. 
@the_hoyle - Thanks, and the GC lead is always a great one to have. 
@jseadog - Yeah, and it's promising for the Giro.
@sutty - Indeed, he is just pwning.
@IanButler - Indeed, thanks for the compliments.
@Colinas - Yes it is, I'm really glad about it. |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 30-10-2012 15:09
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The hardest stage so far comes, to prepare the riders legs to tomorrow's queen stage. Let's see if the riders will spare their energy or attack to surprise the others.
The daily break was quite small today, it consisted of only 4 riders, with the biggest name being Tejay Van Garderen, who lost plenty of time (ca. 27mins) in stage 2.
The break got a huge lead (ca. 10min), and there was only 85km left to chase, so SpiderTech decided to up the pace, and sent some domestiques to the front. The gap wasn't closing in too fast, so it looked like the break will survive the stage at the front.
As we reached the final hill, it was sure that the break will make it, they had a lead of 3 minutes. The pack worked hard, but still couldn't bring them back. They pace meant too, that the attacks were pretty much worthless, because of the high pace at the front. But back to the break now, Tejay Van Garderen attacked at the start of the hill, and never looked back. He just left his companions in their wakes!
And he won it with ease! Phenomenal riding by the young American, he was certainly the strongest from the break. Sylvain Georges takes the 2nd, and the with that performance also the leader's jersey, and Garmin's Howes came in 3rd.
In the peloton no splits happened, and they finished together.
| 1 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | 4h02'27 | | 2 | Sylvain Georges | AG2R La Mondiale | + 10 | | 3 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 4 | Alex Howes | Garmin - Sharp | + 57 | | 5 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 2'52 | | 6 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 7 | Jack Wiles | SpiderTech - Cervélo | s.t. | | 8 | Simon Gerrans | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 9 | Pavel Brutt | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 10 | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | s.t. |
| 1 | Sylvain Georges | AG2R La Mondiale | 12h40'54 | | 2 | Alex Howes | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'03 | | 3 | Kristjan Puskaric | SpiderTech - Cervélo | + 2'45 | | 4 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2'49 | | 5 | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 6 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | + 2'50 | | 8 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2'52 | | 9 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | + 2'53 | | 10 | Levi Leipheimer | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 30-10-2012 15:19
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 30-10-2012 15:23
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Still hanging on steadily in the GC! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 30-10-2012 17:08
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Hope Kristjan can keep his podium place |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 30-10-2012 17:41
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The queen stage of this year's Romandie. 2 hard mountains, and a downhill finish. This is the last chance for the climbers to attack. 
The breakaway wasn't particularly strong early in the stage, with Lagutin being the most famous from them, but when at the middle of the stage Pinot joined them, then it started to get more interseting.
Our tactic was pacing the P, as much as we can, in order to drop Georges and Howes. The latter part worked well, as Mellberg dropped Howes, but Georges seemed to be strong, so we had to switch to Plan B, where we attack him downhill, where we are the strongest. At the 2nd climb the pack caught the escapees except for Pinot, who still had a plenty of a lead. Right as we went over the top Wiles and Puskaric made a double attack, with Wiles working for Puskaric. They managed to open a 30sec gap, and came down from the top, as fast as they could. In the pack former MTBer Peraud was working a lot, and couldn't let us get a bigger gap.
Turning into the last flat section, our lead was almost gone, and we had troubles keeping the gap. Oour group just reached Pinot, and he could also hang onto our group.
Unfortunately the Spiders got caught before the finish, and now they had to sprint even to hang onto the group. The others were coming fast...
...and Scarponi was the fastest! What a brilliant job by him! Samu Sanchez gets 2nd, and Froome comes in 3rd, beating Puskaric. Wiles finished in the 1st group too.
| 1 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | 4h42'49 | | 2 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 3 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 4 | Kristjan Puskaric | SpiderTech - Cervélo | s.t. | | 5 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 6 | Robert Kiserlovski | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 7 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 8 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 9 | Maxime Monfort | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 10 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 1 | Sylvain Georges | AG2R La Mondiale | 17h23'43 | | 2 | Kristjan Puskaric | SpiderTech - Cervélo | + 2'45 | | 3 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | + 2'49 | | 4 | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | + 2'50 | | 5 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2'52 | | 6 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 2'53 | | 7 | Levi Leipheimer | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Maxime Monfort | RadioShack - Nissan | + 2'55 | | 9 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'57 | | 10 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. |
Mellberg and Wiles - 1 for their incredible work
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 30-10-2012 17:53
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nice stage there
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 30-10-2012 19:45
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@TMM - indeed, thanks
Note: I forgot to take more screens, I was a bit too excited. 
The all decisive TT, held in Crans Montana. It will be a pretty hilly one, so apart from a good TT ability, a good punching ability. Who will be the winner, and will the GC change after the stage? From 2-20 the gaps are really close.
The greatest example of the hardness of the course is Tony Martin, who finished way down in the middle 20-ies, and had serious troubles during the route.
Some words about the favourites. The checpoint was dominated by
the Spiders, but at the end of day, they couldn't do anything against Froome, who won the stage before of Sammy Sanchez and Maxime Monfort. Our key riders, Puskaric and Wiles finished 6th and 7th respectively.
GC-wise Georges finished the race 1st, Froome took the 2nd before Sammy Sanchez. Our two main riders were 5th and 10th.
Puskaric also took the points jersey with his 2 stage-wins and some other good results.
| 1 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | 29'45 | | 2 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 23 | | 3 | Maxime Monfort | RadioShack - Nissan | + 31 | | 4 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 5 | Simon Gerrans | Orica - GreenEdge | + 33 | | 6 | Jack Wiles | SpiderTech - Cervélo | + 34 | | 7 | Kristjan Puskaric | SpiderTech - Cervélo | + 40 | | 8 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 48 | | 9 | Andy Schleck | RadioShack - Nissan | + 49 | | 10 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 1 | Sylvain Georges | AG2R La Mondiale | 17h54'56 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | + 1'21 | | 3 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'52 | | 4 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 1'56 | | 5 | Kristjan Puskaric | SpiderTech - Cervélo | + 1'57 | | 6 | Maxime Monfort | RadioShack - Nissan | + 1'58 | | 7 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2'15 | | 8 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'21 | | 9 | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | + 2'22 | | 10 | Jack Wiles | SpiderTech - Cervélo | + 2'23 |
Spoiler | 11 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'28 | | 12 | Levi Leipheimer | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2'30 | | 13 | Andy Schleck | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 14 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ - BigMat | + 2'37 | | 15 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | + 2'40 | | 16 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack - Nissan | + 2'41 | | 17 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol Team | + 2'42 | | 18 | Robert Kiserlovski | Astana Pro Team | + 2'46 | | 19 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2'52 | | 20 | Hubert Dupont | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 21 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol Team | + 2'56 | | 22 | Chris Horner | RadioShack - Nissan | + 4'54 | | 23 | Pavel Brutt | Katusha Team | + 4'57 | | 24 | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | + 5'02 | | 25 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 5'04 | | 26 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 27 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 28 | José Serpa | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 5'15 | | 29 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 5'20 | | 30 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 5'27 | | 31 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5'32 | | 32 | Simon Spilak | Katusha Team | + 5'33 | | 33 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 5'38 | | 34 | Alex Howes | Garmin - Sharp | + 5'44 | | 35 | Simon Gerrans | Orica - GreenEdge | + 6'40 | | 36 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 7'19 | | 37 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Sharp | + 7'22 | | 38 | Thomas Peterson | Garmin - Sharp | + 7'27 | | 39 | Sérgio Paulinho | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | + 7'29 | | 40 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | + 7'49 | | 41 | Pieter Weening | Orica - GreenEdge | + 7'54 | | 42 | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | + 11'05 | | 43 | Jan Mellberg | SpiderTech - Cervélo | s.t. | | 44 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - ISD | + 11'16 | | 45 | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre - ISD | + 11'27 | | 46 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 11'47 | | 47 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 11'51 | | 48 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 11'52 | | 49 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 12'00 | | 50 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 13'05 | | 51 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol Team | + 13'34 | | 52 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | + 14'01 | | 53 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 14'26 | | 54 | Michael Rogers | Sky Procycling | + 15'45 | | 55 | Jakob Rathe | Garmin - Sharp | + 19'19 | | 56 | Raymond Kreder | Garmin - Sharp | + 19'24 | | 57 | Haimar Zubeldia | RadioShack - Nissan | + 19'26 | | 58 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Sharp | + 19'29 | | 59 | Anthony Ravard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 19'59 | | 60 | Christian Bahr | SpiderTech - Cervélo | + 20'54 | | 61 | Simon Clarke | Orica - GreenEdge | + 21'23 | | 62 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | + 22'27 | | 63 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ - BigMat | + 22'29 | | 64 | Mikel Astarloza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 22'39 | | 65 | Rafal Majka | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | + 22'45 | | 66 | Stefan Denifl | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 22'48 | | 67 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ - BigMat | + 23'04 | | 68 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 23'50 | | 69 | Alex DeLarge | SpiderTech - Cervélo | + 24'04 | | 70 | Markel Irizar | RadioShack - Nissan | + 24'26 | | 71 | Kristof Goddaert | AG2R La Mondiale | + 25'24 | | 72 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 25'56 | | 73 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | + 27'09 | | 74 | Bert Grabsch | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 27'33 | | 75 | Erik van den Meer | SpiderTech - Cervélo | + 27'43 | | 76 | Tom Leezer | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 27'46 | | 77 | Jackson RodrÃguez | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 27'48 | | 78 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 27'49 | | 79 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | + 28'08 | | 80 | Gianni Meersman | Lotto Belisol Team | + 29'03 | | 81 | Morris Possoni | Lampre - ISD | + 29'46 | | 82 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 30'02 | | 83 | Simone Stortoni | Lampre - ISD | + 30'09 | | 84 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 30'20 | | 85 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | + 30'45 | | 86 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | + 31'26 | | 87 | Oliver Zaugg | RadioShack - Nissan | + 33'10 | | 88 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | + 33'27 | | 89 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ - BigMat | + 33'29 | | 90 | Johann Tschopp | BMC Racing Team | + 33'32 | | 91 | Tomasz Marczynski | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 33'42 | | 92 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 34'02 | | 93 | Brian Bulgac | Lotto Belisol Team | + 34'08 | | 94 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky Procycling | + 34'27 | | 95 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 35'41 | | 96 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 37'01 | | 97 | Jeremy Hunt | Sky Procycling | + 37'20 | | 98 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 37'22 | | 99 | Mickaël Delage | FDJ - BigMat | + 37'28 | | 100 | Timothy Duggan | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 37'42 | | 101 | Amid Zargari | AG2R La Mondiale | + 38'21 | | 102 | Alessandro Vanotti | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 40'02 | | 103 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 40'04 | | 104 | Bob Bobson | SpiderTech - Cervélo | + 40'19 | | 105 | Francesco Masciarelli | Astana Pro Team | + 41'21 | | 106 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Astana Pro Team | + 41'36 | | 107 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | + 42'44 | | 108 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | + 43'09 | | 109 | Mads Christensen | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | + 44'30 | | 110 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ - BigMat | + 44'52 | | 111 | Tomasz Kowalski | SpiderTech - Cervélo | + 45'06 | | 112 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | + 45'27 | | 113 | Svein Tuft | Orica - GreenEdge | + 45'32 | | 114 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 46'18 | | 115 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | + 47'53 | | 116 | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 48'01 | | 117 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 49'20 | | 118 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | + 50'23 | | 119 | Salvatore Puccio | Sky Procycling | + 50'50 | | 120 | Grégory Rast | RadioShack - Nissan | + 51'08 | | 121 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 51'16 | | 122 | Alan Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 53'00 | | 123 | Jonathan Monsalve | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 53'10 | | 124 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ - BigMat | + 55'10 | | 125 | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | + 55'11 | | 126 | Maarten Neyens | Lotto Belisol Team | + 58'09 | | 127 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 58'39 | | 128 | Jetse Bol | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 58'57 | | 129 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | + 59'32 | | 130 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | + 1h00'06 | | 131 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1h01'14 | | 132 | Denys Kostyuk | Lampre - ISD | + 1h02'01 | | 133 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | + 1h02'13 | | 134 | Edward King | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h02'29 | | 135 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 1h06'00 | | 136 | David Tanner | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | + 1h06'04 | | 137 | Gatis Smukulis | Katusha Team | + 1h06'14 | | 138 | David Boucher | FDJ - BigMat | + 1h08'20 | | 139 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC Racing Team | + 1h09'38 | | 140 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | + 1h09'58 | | 141 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 1h11'11 | | 142 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | + 1h11'43 | | 143 | Jack Bobridge | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1h12'45 | | 144 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | + 1h18'19 | | 145 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h18'45 | | 146 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1h18'47 | | 147 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | + 1h19'12 | | 148 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1h24'02 | | 149 | Michael Hepburn | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1h25'56 | | 150 | Christian Meier | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1h26'07 | | 151 | Tristan Valentin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1h29'12 | | 152 | Antonino Parrinello | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1h32'17 | | 153 | Jarosław Marycz | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | + 1h34'49 | | 154 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1h37'02 | | 155 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | + 1h37'23 | | 156 | Antonio Santoro | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1h38'28 | | 157 | Salvatore Mancuso | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1h38'53 | | 158 | Kenny Van Hummel | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1h39'12 | | 159 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | + 1h39'22 | | 160 | Juraj Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h53'11 |
| 1 | Kristjan Puskaric | SpiderTech - Cervélo | | 71 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | | 56 | | 3 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | | 46 | | 4 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | 43 | | 5 | Simon Gerrans | Orica - GreenEdge | | 42 |
| 1 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ - BigMat | | 25 | | 2 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | 22 | | 3 | Sylvain Georges | AG2R La Mondiale | | 21 | | 4 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | | 21 | | 5 | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre - ISD | | 18 |
Puskaric - 1
Sorry for the short report, I just want to get to the Giro!
Stay tuned for the Giro Preview today!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 30-10-2012 19:53
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Giro preview? Great!
Points Class is a great achievement! |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 30-10-2012 19:53
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Puskaric did really good. Nice to see Georges winning. |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 30-10-2012 19:58
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And remember guys, Kristjan is just getting in shape. 
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 30-10-2012 20:00
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fcancellara wrote:
And remember guys, Kristjan is just getting in shape.
As long has Scarponi doesn't screw him over again, I'm a happy man. |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 30-10-2012 20:01
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Awesome run of results!
Come on giro!
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 30-10-2012 20:18
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Monthly Scoreboard Review + Races in the next month
Here are the current scoreboard standings:
 AndySchleck - 2/2 B. Piasecki, Ti
 baggieboys32 - 9/1 Pye
 bahrdk - 8/1 Bahr
 Colinas - 0/1 Groen
fcancellara - 4/2 Puskaric, van den Meer
 fernando97 - 5/1 Gombocz
jaxika - 3/3 Jakab, Pal, Vizhordo
jseadog1 - 10/1 Clemson
 kolnierz - 1/2 A. Piasecki, De la Fuente
 Miguel98 - 7/3 Van der Valde, Noble, Kern
 sutty68 - 7/1 Sutton
 swede007 - 8/1 Mellberg
 Teddy the Creator - 8/1 Yoshinabe
TheManxMissile - 4/1 Wiles
TomC - 0/1 Kowalski
 vitapen - 7/2 Solodovnikov, Peruzeta
welwyn - 6/2 Moore bros
baseballover312 - 1/1 Bobson
bendzsi98 1/1 Nagy
banyai2000 1/1 Bányai
 Ian Butler 0/1 DeLarge
Our next month schedule:
 Giro D'Italia
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 30-10-2012 20:37
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Ian Butler wrote:
Giro preview? Great!
Points Class is a great achievement!
Thanks, currently working on it, expect it in an hour. (Well, just part1 )
Miguel98 wrote:
Puskaric did really good. Nice to see Georges winning.
Yeah, our team was pretty good, considering form.
Miguel98 wrote:
fcancellara wrote:
And remember guys, Kristjan is just getting in shape.
As long has Scarponi doesn't screw him over again, I'm a happy man.
I also hope Scarponi will be silent during the Giro.
TheManxMissile wrote:
Awesome run of results!
Come on giro!
Thanks, will bring it!
First part coming up in an hour! |
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| fernando97 |
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Giro D'Italia Preview Part 1
This year's Giro D'Italia starts in Denmark with an 8.3 km long prologue and 2 pan-flat stages in the "neighbourhood" of Horsens. After these stages, a rest day comes for the riders, to transfer into Italy. Afterwards a 30.5 km long TTT comes, which should make some gaps between the GC contenders. The fifth stage is a pure transfer stage with no real difficulties, then a hilly day comes with some hard up and down sections, and it also looks ideal for a breakaway. Stage 7 brings the GC contenders the first real opportunity to test the opponents legs on hard terrain, as it finishes on the top of Rocca di Cambio. This concludes week 1.
Week 2 starts with a very similar stage as yesterday's, it finishes at Lago Laceno. However, it's not a summit finish, as there is ca. 3kms of flat before the finish. The next stage is a great opportunity for the sprinters. Afterwards we head to some hill in 3 stages, with one hilltop finish in Asissi and 2 bumpy, good for breakaway- looking stages. After the hills another opportunity for the sprinters, and then the riders will reach the first high mountain stage of the Giro. The 14th stage up to Cervinia, will surely be really important GC-wise, and that finishes Week 2.
Week 3 is the hardest of the 3, and starts with a really hard stage finishing on the Pian dei Residelli. That's one of the numerous places, where you can lose the Giro. Afterwards a bit easier hilly stage comes, finishing on Falzes. After that stage, a big mountain stage comes with a downhill finish in Cortina D'Ampezzo. Stage 18 is the last opportunity for the sprinters to get a win, and to score points for the points jersey. Although the Giro was pretty hard so far, the hardest two stages are just coming. Stage 19 is an incredibly tough one with several big climbs, finishing on Alpe di Pampeago. The 20th stage is also a hard mountain stage, including the Cima Coppi, Prato delle Stelvio, which is the final mountain. The Giro ends with a 30km long TT in Rome.
Facts:
3 "real" Summit Finishes
3 "false" Summit Finishes
1 downhill finish
69km of TT (38.5 is ITT)
Edited by fernando97 on 30-10-2012 21:10
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 30-10-2012 23:09
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Kristjan had a Great time in Switzerland and was rewarded with a nice top ten finish and the Points Jersey, very Good work |
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