Main Navigation
PCM Tools
Pro Cycling Manager 24
Pro Cycling Manager 23
Pro Cycling Manager 22
Pro Cycling Manager 21
Pro Cycling Manager 20
Pro Cycling Manager 19
Pro Cycling Manager 18
Pro Cycling Manager 17
Pro Cycling Manager 16
Pro Cycling Manager 15
Pro Cycling Manager 14
Pro Cycling Manager 13
Pro Cycling Manager 12
Pro Cycling Manager 11
Pro Cycling Manager 10
Pro Cycling Manager 09
Pro Cycling Manager 08
Pro Cycling Manager 07
Pro Cycling Manager 06
· Guests Online: 59
· Members Online: 0
· Total Members: 161,796
· Newest Member: PogPatrol23
Oh no! Where's the
JavaScript ?
Your Web browser does not have JavaScript enabled or does not support JavaScript. Please
enable JavaScript on your Web browser to properly view this Web site,
or
upgrade to a Web browser that does support JavaScript;
Firefox ,
Safari ,
Opera ,
Chrome or a version of
Internet Explorer newer then version 6.
Petronas - Monster Energy; The end of an era
dienblad
Posted on 31-10-2011 15:39
Classics Specialist
Posts: 3772
Joined: 10-09-2010
PCM$: 200.00
Stage 19 brings the riders for the first time in the Vuelta over 30 years back in Basque country. The 158.5 kilometres from Noja to Bilbao brings us a hilly road, with the Alto el Vivero twice in the last 50 kilometres.
But strangely, no rider from Euskaltel - Euskadi in the attack today.... They are disappointing all Vuelta and also in their own region. In the ascend of the first climb of the day, the Puerto de la Granja, Julián Sánchez Pimienta from Caja Rural attacks. Because he can win some KOTM-points, Wout Poels counterattacks, but has to let the most point to Sánchez Pimienta. To their own surprise, the 2 riders have a gap bigger than 1'30 at the summit, so they decide to continue their adventure. Poels wins the second KOTM-sprint, at the Puerto de las Munecas. With 92km to go, they have a 5'28 lead to the peloton.
In the streets of Bilbao, they still are 4'45 in front of the peloton, when they start the last 2 local laps. The domestiques of Katusha and Lampre are in front of the peloton, setting a high pace.
The riders have to climb the Alto El Vivero twice. The climb is 7.3 kilometres long and has an average gradient of about 7.5%.
Poels is the first on the summit while climbing the Alto El Vivero for the first time. The peloton follows at 3'24, with 39km to go.
Sánchez Pimienta sets a high pace in the second ascend and Poels is struggling. He sees the Spanish rider slowly ride away, metre by metre...
With 17km to go, there is the first action in the peloton. GC's 3 Joaquim RodrÃguez wants to secure himself of the third place in this Vuelta and attacks. He is 1'38 behind Sánchez Pimienta.
Robert Gesink counterattacks Purito and is firstly only followed by Denis Menchov. Damiano Cunego makes a strange move by staying behind in the first place, but then accelerates like no one can do this Vuelta and closes the gap to the chasing group, jumps over them and creating a small gap!
But at the summit of the Alto El Vivero, the group comes together: Sánchez Pimienta and Poels are joined by Gesink , Cunego, Rodriguez and Menchov. Luis León Sánchez and Jelle Vanendert follow at '25, and another group consisiting of Peter Sagan , Leonardo Bertagnolli (Lampre), Javier Moreno (Caja Rural) and Rubén Plaza (Movistar) at '50.
In the descend towards Bilbao, the 12 riders join each other and with less than 5km to go, all is open for the stage win.
We decide to ride for the chances of Sagan , being the best sprinter of our team. He has a small train of Gesink & Vanendert in front of him. But Rodriguez and Cunego are close.
Sagan hasn't got the legs to win this one, so again it's a battle between Purito and Il Piccolo Principe.
And the Italian makes it 3 stage wins in a row! He's truelly amazing right now. Sagan sprints to the 3rd place.
Results:
1 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD 4h03'36 2 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team s.t. 3 Peter Sagan Monster Energy - Ford s.t. 4 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 5 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC s.t. 6 Jelle Vanendert Monster Energy - Ford s.t. 7 Javier Moreno Caja Rural s.t. 8 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team s.t. 9 Robert Gesink Monster Energy - Ford s.t. 10 Leonardo Bertagnolli Lampre - ISD s.t.
Spoiler
11 Julián Sánchez Pimienta Caja Rural s.t. 12 Wout Poels Monster Energy - Ford s.t. 13 José Herrada Caja Rural + 59 14 Rafael Valls Geox - TMC s.t. 15 Carlos Barredo Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 16 David De la Fuente Geox - TMC s.t. 17 Oliver Zaugg Leopard Trek s.t. 18 Arkaitz Durán Geox - TMC s.t. 19 Bruno Pires Leopard Trek s.t. 20 Ezequiel Mosquera Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 21 Aitor Galdos Caja Rural + 2'13 22 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team s.t. 23 Xavier Florencio Geox - TMC s.t. 24 Rob Ruijgh Monster Energy - Ford s.t. 25 Dario Cataldo Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 26 Diego Milán Caja Rural s.t. 27 Maxim Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana s.t. 28 Maarten Tjallingii Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 29 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 30 Nicki Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 31 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 32 Kanstantsin Siutsou HTC - Highroad s.t. 33 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team s.t. 34 Tiago Machado Team RadioShack s.t. 35 Francis De Greef Monster Energy - Ford s.t. 36 Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack s.t. 37 Evgeni Petrov Pro Team Astana s.t. 38 Yaroslav Popovych Team RadioShack s.t. 39 Fabian Wegmann Leopard Trek s.t. 40 Russell Downing Sky ProCycling s.t. 41 Antonio Piedra AndalucÃa Caja Granada s.t. 42 Simon Gerrans Sky ProCycling s.t. 43 Vasil Kiryienka Movistar Team s.t. 44 Ramunas Navardauskas Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 45 Addy Engels Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 46 Christophe Le Mével Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 47 Xabier Zandio Sky ProCycling + 4'44 48 Jesús Herrada Movistar Team s.t. 49 Zdenek Stybar Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 50 Joan Horrach Katusha Team s.t. 51 Chris Froome Sky ProCycling s.t. 52 Björn Leukemans Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 6'01 53 Alexsandr Dyachenko Pro Team Astana s.t. 54 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD s.t. 55 Ben Hermans Team RadioShack s.t. 56 Ivan Rovny Team RadioShack s.t. 57 Alberto Losada Katusha Team s.t. 58 Leif Hoste Katusha Team s.t. 59 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling + 6'50 60 Heinrich Haussler Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 61 Baden Cooke Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 62 David Blanco Geox - TMC s.t. 63 Blel Kadri AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 64 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 65 José Luis Roldán AndalucÃa Caja Granada s.t. 66 Michael Matthews Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 67 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team s.t. 68 Patrick Gretsch HTC - Highroad s.t. 69 Francisco Pérez Movistar Team s.t. 70 Valerio Agnoli Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 71 Bjorn Selander Team RadioShack s.t. 72 Robert Kiserlovski Pro Team Astana s.t. 73 Thomas Rohregger Leopard Trek s.t. 74 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team s.t. 75 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 76 Christian Knees Sky ProCycling s.t. 77 David Loosli Lampre - ISD s.t. 78 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 7'29 79 Egoi MartÃnez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 80 Romain Zingle Monster Energy - Ford + 8'10 81 Gatis Smukulis HTC - Highroad + 8'53 82 Richie Porte Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 83 Timothy Roe BMC Racing Team s.t. 84 David Zabriskie Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 85 John Degenkolb HTC - Highroad + 9'28 86 Adrián Palomares AndalucÃa Caja Granada s.t. 87 VÃctor De la Parte Caja Rural s.t. 88 Matteo Pelucchi Geox - TMC s.t. 89 Manuel Ortega AndalucÃa Caja Granada s.t. 90 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team s.t. 91 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 92 Jan Ghyselinck HTC - Highroad s.t. 93 Andreas Klier Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 94 Tejay Van Garderen HTC - Highroad s.t. 95 Jorge Azanza Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 96 Jason McCartney Team RadioShack s.t. 97 Manuel Quinziato BMC Racing Team s.t. 98 Lieuwe Westra Monster Energy - Ford s.t. 99 Mark Cavendish HTC - Highroad s.t. 100 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana + 10'22 101 Matteo Montaguti AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 102 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre - ISD s.t. 103 Pablo Lechuga AndalucÃa Caja Granada s.t. 104 Valentin Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana s.t. 105 BenjamÃn Noval Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 106 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team s.t. 107 Francesco Reda Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 108 Stef Clement Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 109 Óscar Freire Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 110 Iñaki Isasi Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 111 Davide Viganò Leopard Trek + 11'11 112 Óscar Pujol Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 113 Olivier Kaisen Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 114 André Greipel Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 115 Santo Anza Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 11'55 116 Dennis Van Winden Rabobank Cycling Team + 12'19 117 Mauro Da Dalto Liquigas - Cannondale + 12'59 118 Javier Iriarte Movistar Team s.t. 119 Fabricio Ferrari Caja Rural s.t. 120 David Millar Team Garmin - Cervélo + 14'16 121 Danilo Hondo Lampre - ISD s.t. 122 Alfredo Balloni Lampre - ISD + 14'47 123 Maarten Neyens Omega Pharma - Lotto + 15'24 124 Ruslan Pidgornyy Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 125 Andy Cappelle Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 126 Vicente Reynès Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 127 Javier Francisco Aramendia Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 128 Alan Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 129 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team s.t. 130 Mikel Landa Euskaltel - Euskadi + 16'10 131 Miguel MÃnguez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 16'39 132 Theo Bos Monster Energy - Ford + 18'50 133 Julien Loubet AG2R La Mondiale + 19'58 134 Paolo Longo Borghini Liquigas - Cannondale + 21'45 135 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana + 22'26 136 Chad Beyer BMC Racing Team s.t. 137 Dimitri Champion AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 138 Michael Barry Sky ProCycling s.t. 139 Josep Jufré Pro Team Astana s.t. 140 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling s.t. 141 Javier RamÃrez Abeja AndalucÃa Caja Granada s.t. 142 Marcello Pavarin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 23'39 143 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana + 25'35
GC:
1 Robert Gesink Monster Energy - Ford 78h44'12 2 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD + 2'34 3 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team + 8'40 4 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team + 9'28 5 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC + 10'42 6 Javier Moreno Caja Rural + 18'38 7 Jelle Vanendert Monster Energy - Ford + 19'12 8 José Herrada Caja Rural + 21'43 9 Ezequiel Mosquera Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 27'35 10 Oliver Zaugg Leopard Trek + 28'35
Spoiler
11 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team + 29'05 12 Rob Ruijgh Monster Energy - Ford + 36'30 13 Dario Cataldo Quick·Step Cycling Team + 43'15 14 Carlos Barredo Rabobank Cycling Team + 45'11 15 Bruno Pires Leopard Trek + 46'25 16 Vasil Kiryienka Movistar Team + 46'56 17 Rafael Valls Geox - TMC + 46'58 18 Arkaitz Durán Geox - TMC + 48'39 19 Wout Poels Monster Energy - Ford + 51'22 20 Nicki Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard + 52'11 21 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi + 56'03 22 Christophe Le Mével Team Garmin - Cervélo + 59'23 23 Leonardo Bertagnolli Lampre - ISD + 1h03'48 24 Peter Sagan Monster Energy - Ford + 1h04'22 25 Tiago Machado Team RadioShack + 1h15'08 26 Simon Gerrans Sky ProCycling + 1h16'27 27 David De la Fuente Geox - TMC + 1h17'01 28 Francis De Greef Monster Energy - Ford + 1h18'14 29 Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack + 1h26'49 30 Evgeni Petrov Pro Team Astana + 1h27'05 31 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team + 1h28'25 32 Antonio Piedra AndalucÃa Caja Granada + 1h29'54 33 Blel Kadri AG2R La Mondiale + 1h32'33 34 David Blanco Geox - TMC + 1h32'57 35 Robert Kiserlovski Pro Team Astana s.t. 36 Alexsandr Dyachenko Pro Team Astana + 1h33'55 37 Kanstantsin Siutsou HTC - Highroad + 1h34'34 38 Maxim Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana + 1h38'02 39 Thomas Rohregger Leopard Trek + 1h38'35 40 Yaroslav Popovych Team RadioShack + 1h40'12 41 Valerio Agnoli Liquigas - Cannondale + 1h42'02 42 Jesús Herrada Movistar Team + 1h42'23 43 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team + 1h43'05 44 Aitor Galdos Caja Rural + 1h50'03 45 Chris Froome Sky ProCycling + 1h52'33 46 Xabier Zandio Sky ProCycling + 1h53'19 47 Xavier Florencio Geox - TMC + 1h58'32 48 Richie Porte Saxo Bank SunGard + 1h58'36 49 Adrián Palomares AndalucÃa Caja Granada + 2h01'56 50 David Zabriskie Team Garmin - Cervélo + 2h02'04 51 Julián Sánchez Pimienta Caja Rural + 2h08'20 52 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling + 2h19'19 53 Joan Horrach Katusha Team + 2h23'54 54 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD + 2h26'20 55 Maarten Tjallingii Rabobank Cycling Team + 2h26'56 56 Addy Engels Quick·Step Cycling Team + 2h27'19 57 Christian Knees Sky ProCycling + 2h28'39 58 Tejay Van Garderen HTC - Highroad + 2h31'20 59 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank Cycling Team + 2h32'07 60 Diego Milán Caja Rural + 2h33'51 61 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team + 2h34'27 62 Manuel Ortega AndalucÃa Caja Granada + 2h36'21 63 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 2h43'16 64 Russell Downing Sky ProCycling + 2h43'42 65 David Loosli Lampre - ISD + 2h45'10 66 Francisco Pérez Movistar Team + 2h45'12 67 Óscar Pujol Omega Pharma - Lotto + 2h50'18 68 Josep Jufré Pro Team Astana + 2h50'23 69 Jorge Azanza Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2h51'23 70 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team + 2h51'39 71 Egoi MartÃnez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2h53'02 72 Alberto Losada Katusha Team + 2h54'32 73 Zdenek Stybar Quick·Step Cycling Team + 2h54'49 74 Pablo Lechuga AndalucÃa Caja Granada + 2h57'18 75 Heinrich Haussler Team Garmin - Cervélo + 3h00'44 76 Ivan Rovny Team RadioShack + 3h04'17 77 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana + 3h10'38 78 VÃctor De la Parte Caja Rural + 3h18'12 79 Romain Zingle Monster Energy - Ford + 3h20'27 80 Fabian Wegmann Leopard Trek + 3h24'07 81 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Saxo Bank SunGard + 3h25'47 82 Michael Barry Sky ProCycling + 3h25'50 83 José Luis Roldán AndalucÃa Caja Granada + 3h26'21 84 Björn Leukemans Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 3h32'02 85 Ben Hermans Team RadioShack + 3h39'22 86 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale + 3h39'31 87 Patrick Gretsch HTC - Highroad + 3h40'32 88 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team + 3h40'33 89 Francesco Reda Quick·Step Cycling Team + 3h40'48 90 Miguel MÃnguez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 3h43'23 91 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Cannondale + 3h44'51 92 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team + 3h46'34 93 Manuel Quinziato BMC Racing Team + 3h47'32 94 David Millar Team Garmin - Cervélo + 3h47'40 95 Mikel Landa Euskaltel - Euskadi + 3h48'25 96 Timothy Roe BMC Racing Team + 3h49'19 97 Bjorn Selander Team RadioShack + 3h49'35 98 Javier Iriarte Movistar Team + 3h52'21 99 Mark Cavendish HTC - Highroad + 3h52'22 100 Iñaki Isasi Euskaltel - Euskadi + 3h53'08 101 Santo Anza Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 3h53'36 102 André Greipel Omega Pharma - Lotto + 4h00'40 103 Stef Clement Rabobank Cycling Team + 4h02'11 104 Óscar Freire Rabobank Cycling Team + 4h05'55 105 Ramunas Navardauskas Team Garmin - Cervélo + 4h07'45 106 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team + 4h11'39 107 Leif Hoste Katusha Team + 4h12'52 108 Jason McCartney Team RadioShack + 4h16'32 109 BenjamÃn Noval Saxo Bank SunGard + 4h16'39 110 Dennis Van Winden Rabobank Cycling Team + 4h17'16 111 Ruslan Pidgornyy Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 4h19'22 112 Michael Matthews Rabobank Cycling Team + 4h33'42 113 Olivier Kaisen Omega Pharma - Lotto + 4h35'31 114 Lieuwe Westra Monster Energy - Ford + 4h39'50 115 Julien Loubet AG2R La Mondiale + 4h50'56 116 Dimitri Champion AG2R La Mondiale + 4h50'59 117 Matteo Pelucchi Geox - TMC + 4h53'47 118 Baden Cooke Saxo Bank SunGard + 4h54'59 119 Matteo Montaguti AG2R La Mondiale + 4h55'38 120 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre - ISD + 4h58'29 121 John Degenkolb HTC - Highroad + 4h59'21 122 Gatis Smukulis HTC - Highroad + 5h02'03 123 Valentin Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana + 5h09'13 124 Vicente Reynès Omega Pharma - Lotto + 5h09'35 125 Alfredo Balloni Lampre - ISD + 5h14'35 126 Andreas Klier Team Garmin - Cervélo + 5h16'09 127 Paolo Longo Borghini Liquigas - Cannondale + 5h16'18 128 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana + 5h16'27 129 Jan Ghyselinck HTC - Highroad + 5h22'08 130 Chad Beyer BMC Racing Team + 5h22'21 131 Mauro Da Dalto Liquigas - Cannondale + 5h22'41 132 Alan Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 5h24'14 133 Davide Viganò Leopard Trek + 5h24'49 134 Javier Francisco Aramendia Euskaltel - Euskadi + 5h40'47 135 Javier RamÃrez Abeja AndalucÃa Caja Granada + 5h41'06 136 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling + 5h45'36 137 Theo Bos Monster Energy - Ford + 5h47'44 138 Andy Cappelle Quick·Step Cycling Team + 5h49'50 139 Danilo Hondo Lampre - ISD + 5h50'46 140 Maarten Neyens Omega Pharma - Lotto + 5h54'15 141 Fabricio Ferrari Caja Rural + 5h54'47 142 Marcello Pavarin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 6h10'32 143 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana + 6h18'33
Points: Cunego is the new leader in the points-ranking.
1 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD 25 234 2 Robert Gesink Monster Energy - Ford 7 233 3 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team 20 178 4 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team 14 155 5 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC 12 154
KOTM: Wout Poels overtakes his teammate!
1 Wout Poels Monster Energy - Ford 26 176 2 Robert Gesink Monster Energy - Ford 3 154 3 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD 5 130 4 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC 1 106 5 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team 7 94
U25 & Teams: No changes.
Today's winner:
Word from the DS: We really tried to bring Sagan to the win today, but apparently he lost too much energy in the last ascend of the Alto El Vivero and the chase in the descend. Cunego looks unbeatable, but tomorrow is a better opportunity for Sagan, because the last summit is about 50km before the finish.
FuglsangxTH3
Posted on 31-10-2011 15:55
Domestique
Posts: 588
Joined: 31-08-2011
PCM$: 200.00
unfortunally you don't win with Sagan and that you lost the point jersey but 3 riders in the top 10 is very good
Ad Bot
Posted on 23-11-2024 18:12
Bot Agent
Posts: Countless
Joined: 23.11.09
IP : None
baia
Posted on 31-10-2011 17:01
Grand Tour Specialist
Posts: 5398
Joined: 04-10-2007
PCM$: 200.00
Good result....loosing points jersey by 1pt...that would be really dissapointing...next stage Gesink will get it back again.
sutty68
Posted on 31-10-2011 17:24
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 34654
Joined: 22-08-2010
PCM$: 200.00
Good result and your climbers are performing great
dienblad
Posted on 31-10-2011 17:34
Classics Specialist
Posts: 3772
Joined: 10-09-2010
PCM$: 200.00
Stage 20. The penultimate stage of this years Vuelta a Espana brings the riders over Basque terrain again. The start is in Bilbao and the finish 185km later in Vitoria. The terrain is very hilly, with lots of steep climbs, but the last 46.5km is flat.
After a small breakaway group, no Euskaltel-riders in it, has been caught, it's polka dot Wout Poels who attacks 3 kilometres under the summit of today's first climb, the Alto de Karabieta. 2 riders react, Laurens ten Dam (Rabobank) and Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas), but they can't keep up with Poels in the ascend. The Dutch rider has a gap of '35 to Ten Dan and Agnoli at the summit and 2'13 to the peloton. 137km to go.
Almost immediately after the descend of the Karabieta, the next climb shows up. The Alto de Elosua is a first category climb with the summit 121km before the finish. Of course Poels takes the 16 points. Ten Dam and Agnoli follow at 2'33, Marcus Burghardt at 4'46 and the peloton has taken an off day and is 9'30 behind!
The third climb of the day, the Alto de Kanpazar, is the easiest of today's categorized climbs. Poels has extended his lead and with 73km to go, he is 5'37 in front of Ten Dam and Agnoli, 9'45 to Burghardt and an immense 17'55 to the peloton!
In the descend to the town of Elorrio lies the line of the 2nd Intermediate sprint, 66km before the finish. Poels maintains his gigantic lead, 5'23 to Agnoli and Ten Dam and even 19 minutes to the peloton!
Last climb of this Vuelta, the Puerto de Urkiola. 5 kilometres with an average gradient of almost 10%. The summit lies at an altitude of 700 metres.
Poels extends his lead to Ten Dam and Agnoli even more in the ascend of the Puerto de Urkiola. At the summit, 46.4km to go, it is 8'07. The peloton is 17'41 behind.
Although he is pretty exhausted, Poels is able to maintain his lead in the last flat part of the stage. With 20km to go, Ten Dam and Agnoli follow at 8'20 and the peloton at 16'16. This one is in the pocket!
Wout Poels can start an early celebration in the streets of Vitoria. After a solo of 140 kilometres, he takes his first one of the season and the biggest in his career so far. Also, he assures himself of the KOTM-jersey!
Laurens ten Dam takes 2nd place at 8'21, Valerio Agnoli third at 8'37. There have been no attacks out of the peloton, so they will sprint for the 4th place. But there are no trains being formed and at 2km before the finish, even nobody has started to sprint. So we see this as a given opportunity to regain the points-jersey. Sagan starts to sprint with Gesink in his wheel. They take 4th and 5th place, in front of Galdo, Rojas, Boasson Hagen and Cavendish. Because of this result, Gesink jumps over Cunego in the points-ranking.
Results:
1 Wout Poels Monster Energy - Ford 5h10'52 2 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank Cycling Team + 8'21 3 Valerio Agnoli Liquigas - Cannondale + 8'37 4 Peter Sagan Monster Energy - Ford + 13'25 5 Robert Gesink Monster Energy - Ford s.t. 6 Aitor Galdos Caja Rural s.t. 7 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team s.t. 8 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling s.t. 9 Mark Cavendish HTC - Highroad s.t. 10 Francisco Pérez Movistar Team s.t.
Spoiler
11 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 12 José Luis Roldán AndalucÃa Caja Granada s.t. 13 Javier Moreno Caja Rural s.t. 14 Chris Froome Sky ProCycling s.t. 15 Maxim Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana s.t. 16 André Greipel Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 17 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 18 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD s.t. 19 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 20 Xabier Zandio Sky ProCycling s.t. 21 Timothy Roe BMC Racing Team s.t. 22 David De la Fuente Geox - TMC s.t. 23 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team s.t. 24 Rafael Valls Geox - TMC s.t. 25 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team s.t. 26 Addy Engels Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 27 Christian Knees Sky ProCycling s.t. 28 Simon Gerrans Sky ProCycling s.t. 29 Baden Cooke Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 30 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team s.t. 31 Vasil Kiryienka Movistar Team s.t. 32 Jelle Vanendert Monster Energy - Ford s.t. 33 Heinrich Haussler Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 34 David Blanco Geox - TMC s.t. 35 Manuel Quinziato BMC Racing Team s.t. 36 Maarten Tjallingii Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 37 Rob Ruijgh Monster Energy - Ford s.t. 38 Fabian Wegmann Leopard Trek s.t. 39 Francis De Greef Monster Energy - Ford s.t. 40 Romain Zingle Monster Energy - Ford s.t. 41 Ben Hermans Team RadioShack s.t. 42 Carlos Barredo Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 43 Óscar Freire Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 44 Ruslan Pidgornyy Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 45 Alberto Losada Katusha Team s.t. 46 Jesús Herrada Movistar Team s.t. 47 Andreas Klier Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 48 José Herrada Caja Rural s.t. 49 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 50 Julián Sánchez Pimienta Caja Rural s.t. 51 Jorge Azanza Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 52 Xavier Florencio Geox - TMC s.t. 53 Ivan Rovny Team RadioShack s.t. 54 Russell Downing Sky ProCycling s.t. 55 Diego Milán Caja Rural s.t. 56 Francesco Reda Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 57 VÃctor De la Parte Caja Rural s.t. 58 Patrick Gretsch HTC - Highroad s.t. 59 BenjamÃn Noval Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 60 Egoi MartÃnez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 61 Leonardo Bertagnolli Lampre - ISD s.t. 62 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 63 Óscar Pujol Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 64 Zdenek Stybar Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 65 Dario Cataldo Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 66 Bruno Pires Leopard Trek s.t. 67 John Degenkolb HTC - Highroad s.t. 68 Thomas Rohregger Leopard Trek s.t. 69 Alexsandr Dyachenko Pro Team Astana s.t. 70 Oliver Zaugg Leopard Trek s.t. 71 Arkaitz Durán Geox - TMC s.t. 72 Richie Porte Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 73 Nicki Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 74 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC s.t. 75 Kanstantsin Siutsou HTC - Highroad s.t. 76 Blel Kadri AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 77 Lieuwe Westra Monster Energy - Ford s.t. 78 Björn Leukemans Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 79 Christophe Le Mével Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 80 David Zabriskie Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 81 Michael Matthews Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 82 Ezequiel Mosquera Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 83 Olivier Kaisen Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 84 Evgeni Petrov Pro Team Astana s.t. 85 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team s.t. 86 Tejay Van Garderen HTC - Highroad s.t. 87 Bjorn Selander Team RadioShack s.t. 88 Antonio Piedra AndalucÃa Caja Granada s.t. 89 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD s.t. 90 Robert Kiserlovski Pro Team Astana s.t. 91 Yaroslav Popovych Team RadioShack s.t. 92 Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack s.t. 93 Tiago Machado Team RadioShack s.t. 94 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team s.t. 95 David Loosli Lampre - ISD s.t. 96 Santo Anza Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 97 Davide Viganò Leopard Trek s.t. 98 Matteo Pelucchi Geox - TMC s.t. 99 Jason McCartney Team RadioShack + 14'58 100 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale + 15'18 101 Gatis Smukulis HTC - Highroad s.t. 102 Ramunas Navardauskas Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 103 Joan Horrach Katusha Team + 16'18 104 Adrián Palomares AndalucÃa Caja Granada + 17'48 105 Manuel Ortega AndalucÃa Caja Granada s.t. 106 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team s.t. 107 David Millar Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 108 Iñaki Isasi Euskaltel - Euskadi + 18'29 109 Stef Clement Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 110 Michael Barry Sky ProCycling + 20'09 111 Valentin Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana s.t. 112 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre - ISD s.t. 113 Matteo Montaguti AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 114 Pablo Lechuga AndalucÃa Caja Granada s.t. 115 Leif Hoste Katusha Team s.t. 116 Josep Jufré Pro Team Astana s.t. 117 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team s.t. 118 Fabricio Ferrari Caja Rural + 20'52 119 Mauro Da Dalto Liquigas - Cannondale + 21'27 120 Javier Iriarte Movistar Team + 21'51 121 Dennis Van Winden Rabobank Cycling Team + 22'28 122 Paolo Longo Borghini Liquigas - Cannondale + 23'33 123 Javier Francisco Aramendia Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 124 Jan Ghyselinck HTC - Highroad + 24'20 125 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling + 24'36 126 Andy Cappelle Quick·Step Cycling Team + 25'12 127 Miguel MÃnguez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 128 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana s.t. 129 Alan Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 26'08 130 Mikel Landa Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 131 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team s.t. 132 Chad Beyer BMC Racing Team + 26'58 133 Maarten Neyens Omega Pharma - Lotto + 27'16 134 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana s.t. 135 Theo Bos Monster Energy - Ford + 28'24 136 Vicente Reynès Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 137 Alfredo Balloni Lampre - ISD + 28'46 138 Danilo Hondo Lampre - ISD s.t. 139 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana s.t. 140 Marcello Pavarin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 141 Julien Loubet AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 142 Dimitri Champion AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 143 Javier RamÃrez Abeja AndalucÃa Caja Granada s.t.
GC: Poels jumps to 13th place.
1 Robert Gesink Monster Energy - Ford 84h08'29 2 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD + 2'34 3 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team + 8'40 4 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team + 9'28 5 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC + 10'42 6 Javier Moreno Caja Rural + 18'38 7 Jelle Vanendert Monster Energy - Ford + 19'12 8 José Herrada Caja Rural + 21'43 9 Ezequiel Mosquera Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 27'35 10 Oliver Zaugg Leopard Trek + 28'35
Spoiler
11 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team + 29'05 12 Rob Ruijgh Monster Energy - Ford + 36'30 13 Wout Poels Monster Energy - Ford + 37'31 14 Dario Cataldo Quick·Step Cycling Team + 43'15 15 Carlos Barredo Rabobank Cycling Team + 45'11 16 Bruno Pires Leopard Trek + 46'25 17 Vasil Kiryienka Movistar Team + 46'56 18 Rafael Valls Geox - TMC + 46'58 19 Arkaitz Durán Geox - TMC + 48'39 20 Nicki Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard + 52'11 21 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi + 56'03 22 Christophe Le Mével Team Garmin - Cervélo + 59'23 23 Leonardo Bertagnolli Lampre - ISD + 1h03'48 24 Peter Sagan Monster Energy - Ford + 1h04'22 25 Tiago Machado Team RadioShack + 1h15'08 26 Simon Gerrans Sky ProCycling + 1h16'27 27 David De la Fuente Geox - TMC + 1h17'01 28 Francis De Greef Monster Energy - Ford + 1h18'14 29 Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack + 1h26'49 30 Evgeni Petrov Pro Team Astana + 1h27'05 31 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team + 1h28'25 32 Antonio Piedra AndalucÃa Caja Granada + 1h29'54 33 Blel Kadri AG2R La Mondiale + 1h32'33 34 David Blanco Geox - TMC + 1h32'57 35 Robert Kiserlovski Pro Team Astana s.t. 36 Alexsandr Dyachenko Pro Team Astana + 1h33'55 37 Kanstantsin Siutsou HTC - Highroad + 1h34'34 38 Valerio Agnoli Liquigas - Cannondale + 1h36'58 39 Maxim Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana + 1h38'02 40 Thomas Rohregger Leopard Trek + 1h38'35 41 Yaroslav Popovych Team RadioShack + 1h40'12 42 Jesús Herrada Movistar Team + 1h42'23 43 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team + 1h43'05 44 Aitor Galdos Caja Rural + 1h50'03 45 Chris Froome Sky ProCycling + 1h52'33 46 Xabier Zandio Sky ProCycling + 1h53'17 47 Xavier Florencio Geox - TMC + 1h58'32 48 Richie Porte Saxo Bank SunGard + 1h58'36 49 David Zabriskie Team Garmin - Cervélo + 2h02'04 50 Adrián Palomares AndalucÃa Caja Granada + 2h06'19 51 Julián Sánchez Pimienta Caja Rural + 2h08'20 52 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling + 2h19'19 53 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD + 2h26'20 54 Joan Horrach Katusha Team + 2h26'47 55 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank Cycling Team + 2h26'49 56 Maarten Tjallingii Rabobank Cycling Team + 2h26'56 57 Addy Engels Quick·Step Cycling Team + 2h27'19 58 Christian Knees Sky ProCycling + 2h28'39 59 Tejay Van Garderen HTC - Highroad + 2h31'20 60 Diego Milán Caja Rural + 2h33'51 61 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team + 2h38'50 62 Manuel Ortega AndalucÃa Caja Granada + 2h40'44 63 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 2h43'16 64 Russell Downing Sky ProCycling + 2h43'42 65 David Loosli Lampre - ISD + 2h45'10 66 Francisco Pérez Movistar Team + 2h45'12 67 Óscar Pujol Omega Pharma - Lotto + 2h50'18 68 Jorge Azanza Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2h51'23 69 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team + 2h51'39 70 Egoi MartÃnez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2h53'02 71 Alberto Losada Katusha Team + 2h54'32 72 Zdenek Stybar Quick·Step Cycling Team + 2h54'49 73 Josep Jufré Pro Team Astana + 2h57'07 74 Heinrich Haussler Team Garmin - Cervélo + 3h00'38 75 Pablo Lechuga AndalucÃa Caja Granada + 3h04'02 76 Ivan Rovny Team RadioShack + 3h04'17 77 VÃctor De la Parte Caja Rural + 3h18'12 78 Romain Zingle Monster Energy - Ford + 3h20'27 79 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana + 3h22'25 80 Fabian Wegmann Leopard Trek + 3h24'07 81 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Saxo Bank SunGard + 3h25'47 82 José Luis Roldán AndalucÃa Caja Granada + 3h26'21 83 Björn Leukemans Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 3h32'02 84 Michael Barry Sky ProCycling + 3h32'34 85 Ben Hermans Team RadioShack + 3h39'22 86 Patrick Gretsch HTC - Highroad + 3h40'32 87 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team + 3h40'33 88 Francesco Reda Quick·Step Cycling Team + 3h40'48 89 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale + 3h41'24 90 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Cannondale + 3h44'51 91 Manuel Quinziato BMC Racing Team + 3h47'32 92 Timothy Roe BMC Racing Team + 3h49'19 93 Bjorn Selander Team RadioShack + 3h49'35 94 David Millar Team Garmin - Cervélo + 3h52'03 95 Mark Cavendish HTC - Highroad + 3h52'22 96 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team + 3h53'18 97 Santo Anza Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 3h53'36 98 Miguel MÃnguez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 3h55'10 99 Iñaki Isasi Euskaltel - Euskadi + 3h58'12 100 André Greipel Omega Pharma - Lotto + 4h00'40 101 Javier Iriarte Movistar Team + 4h00'47 102 Mikel Landa Euskaltel - Euskadi + 4h01'08 103 Óscar Freire Rabobank Cycling Team + 4h05'55 104 Stef Clement Rabobank Cycling Team + 4h07'15 105 Ramunas Navardauskas Team Garmin - Cervélo + 4h09'38 106 BenjamÃn Noval Saxo Bank SunGard + 4h16'39 107 Jason McCartney Team RadioShack + 4h18'05 108 Ruslan Pidgornyy Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 4h19'22 109 Leif Hoste Katusha Team + 4h19'36 110 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team + 4h24'22 111 Dennis Van Winden Rabobank Cycling Team + 4h26'19 112 Michael Matthews Rabobank Cycling Team + 4h33'42 113 Olivier Kaisen Omega Pharma - Lotto + 4h35'31 114 Lieuwe Westra Monster Energy - Ford + 4h39'50 115 Matteo Pelucchi Geox - TMC + 4h53'47 116 Baden Cooke Saxo Bank SunGard + 4h54'59 117 John Degenkolb HTC - Highroad + 4h59'21 118 Matteo Montaguti AG2R La Mondiale + 5h02'22 119 Gatis Smukulis HTC - Highroad + 5h03'56 120 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre - ISD + 5h05'13 121 Julien Loubet AG2R La Mondiale + 5h06'17 122 Dimitri Champion AG2R La Mondiale + 5h06'20 123 Valentin Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana + 5h15'57 124 Andreas Klier Team Garmin - Cervélo + 5h16'09 125 Vicente Reynès Omega Pharma - Lotto + 5h24'34 126 Davide Viganò Leopard Trek + 5h24'49 127 Paolo Longo Borghini Liquigas - Cannondale + 5h26'26 128 Alfredo Balloni Lampre - ISD + 5h29'56 129 Mauro Da Dalto Liquigas - Cannondale + 5h30'43 130 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana + 5h31'48 131 Jan Ghyselinck HTC - Highroad + 5h33'03 132 Chad Beyer BMC Racing Team + 5h35'54 133 Alan Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 5h36'57 134 Javier Francisco Aramendia Euskaltel - Euskadi + 5h50'55 135 Javier RamÃrez Abeja AndalucÃa Caja Granada + 5h56'27 136 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling + 5h56'47 137 Andy Cappelle Quick·Step Cycling Team + 6h01'37 138 Fabricio Ferrari Caja Rural + 6h02'14 139 Theo Bos Monster Energy - Ford + 6h02'43 140 Danilo Hondo Lampre - ISD + 6h06'07 141 Maarten Neyens Omega Pharma - Lotto + 6h08'06 142 Marcello Pavarin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 6h25'53 143 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana + 6h32'24
Points:
1 Robert Gesink Monster Energy - Ford 12 245 2 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD 0 234 3 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team 0 178 4 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team 0 155 5 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC 0 154
KOTM: Poels goes to the podium for his 2nd reward today!
1 Wout Poels Monster Energy - Ford 48 224 2 Robert Gesink Monster Energy - Ford 0 154 3 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD 2 132 4 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC 0 106 5 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team 0 94
Today's winner:
Word from the DS: Wout Poels gave us our 5th stage win this Vuelta with his epic win in Basque country. We even are in the lead for all the rankings, just as in the Giro. Amazing..... We just have to stay on the bike tomorrow in the last stage to Madrid.
sutty68
Posted on 31-10-2011 17:45
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 34654
Joined: 22-08-2010
PCM$: 200.00
3 i the first 5 a GREAT result
FuglsangxTH3
Posted on 31-10-2011 20:42
Domestique
Posts: 588
Joined: 31-08-2011
PCM$: 200.00
Nice result for Poels and for Sagan and Gesink he get the points jersey also back
Schleck96
Posted on 31-10-2011 20:52
Protected Rider
Posts: 1498
Joined: 10-08-2010
PCM$: 200.00
This one belongs to Gesink!
AndySchleck
Posted on 31-10-2011 21:38
Neo-Pro
Posts: 326
Joined: 06-05-2009
PCM$: 200.00
What a great victory! Congratulations to Poels!
I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.
Alexander The Great
dienblad
Posted on 31-10-2011 23:31
Classics Specialist
Posts: 3772
Joined: 10-09-2010
PCM$: 200.00
The 21st and last stage takes the riders from the Circuito del Jarama to the Plaza Cibeles in the Spanish capitiol Madrid.
9 riders find each other in the BOTD and are the first ones to pass the finish line for the first time: Fabian Wegmann (Leopard), Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas), Richie Porte (Saxo Bank), José Luis Roldán (Andalucia), Addy Engels (Quick Step), Bjorn Selander (Radio Shack), Michael Barry (Sky), Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil), VÃctor de la Parte (Caja Rural). With 61km to go, they have a 4'30 lead.
29km to go, and the lead is brought back to 1'47... Looks like this is going to be a mass sprint.
5 riders escape out of the BOTD: Engels, Roldán, Porte, Wegmann and De la Parte. Within the last 10km, the lead is 36 seconds.
But then a crash in the peloton, with 10km to go. It happens right behind Robert Gesink , so again the tactic of Gesink being the last man in the sprint train proofs to be the right one.
4 riders have to abandon, only 10km before the finish of this Vuelta: Carlos Barredo, Azan Bazayev, Vlad Buts and Mauro Da Dalto. Surprisingly not Vicente Reynes, who almost got cut into two pieces by John Degenkolb in this crash....
The crash causes the peloton to slow down. With 5km to go, the lead of the 5 is still '28. 29 men are in the chase, and we decide to take the lead in the peloton, hoping to bring Sagan the lead.
But because none of the other teams cooperate, and we have to let Rob Ruijgh make the pace, the 5 leaders maintain a gap. 2km to go and still 20 seconds, thanks to the hard work of Addy Engels!
The 5 leaders start the sprint for the stage win. VÃctor De la Parte (Caja Rural) takes the lead. Can he bring the Spanish team their biggest win in their history?
No! Leopard's Fabian Wegmann has timed his jump perfectly and takes the win for Leopard, their 2nd stage win this Vuelta. De la Parte gets 2nd, Roldán 3rd and Greipel is the best of the peloton in 4th place. Sagan finishes in 7th. Robert Gesink finishes safely inside the first group and wins the Vuelta, 32 years after the last Dutch Vuelta-win by Joop Zoetemelk. The crash causes some changes in the GC: Damiano Cunego, Joaquim RodrÃguez, Denis Menchov, José Herrada and Ezequiel Mosquera loose 1'14, and because of that, RodrÃguez also looses his 3rd place in the GC to Luis León Sánchez.
Results:
1 Fabian Wegmann Leopard Trek 2h15'29 2 VÃctor De la Parte Caja Rural s.t. 3 José Luis Roldán AndalucÃa Caja Granada s.t. 4 André Greipel Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 5 Aitor Galdos Caja Rural s.t. 6 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 7 Peter Sagan Monster Energy - Ford s.t. 8 Óscar Freire Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 9 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling s.t. 10 Theo Bos Monster Energy - Ford s.t.
Spoiler
11 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 12 Bruno Pires Leopard Trek s.t. 13 Javier Moreno Caja Rural s.t. 14 Richie Porte Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 15 Dario Cataldo Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 16 Robert Gesink Monster Energy - Ford s.t. 17 Addy Engels Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 18 Jelle Vanendert Monster Energy - Ford s.t. 19 Nicki Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 20 Rafael Valls Geox - TMC s.t. 21 Antonio Piedra AndalucÃa Caja Granada s.t. 22 Christophe Le Mével Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 23 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 24 Lieuwe Westra Monster Energy - Ford s.t. 25 Francis De Greef Monster Energy - Ford s.t. 26 Dennis Van Winden Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 27 Pablo Lechuga AndalucÃa Caja Granada s.t. 28 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team s.t. 29 Rob Ruijgh Monster Energy - Ford s.t. 30 Óscar Pujol Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 31 Olivier Kaisen Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 32 Maarten Neyens Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 33 Andy Cappelle Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 34 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 35 Baden Cooke Saxo Bank SunGard + 1'14 36 Michael Matthews Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 37 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD s.t. 38 Maxim Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana s.t. 39 Russell Downing Sky ProCycling s.t. 40 Mark Cavendish HTC - Highroad s.t. 41 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling s.t. 42 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team s.t. 43 José Herrada Caja Rural s.t. 44 Heinrich Haussler Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 45 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC s.t. 46 John Degenkolb HTC - Highroad s.t. 47 David Zabriskie Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 48 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team s.t. 49 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team s.t. 50 Julián Sánchez Pimienta Caja Rural s.t. 51 Maarten Tjallingii Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 52 Valerio Agnoli Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 53 Vasil Kiryienka Movistar Team s.t. 54 Kanstantsin Siutsou HTC - Highroad s.t. 55 Ezequiel Mosquera Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 56 David Blanco Geox - TMC s.t. 57 Oliver Zaugg Leopard Trek s.t. 58 Francisco Pérez Movistar Team s.t. 59 Santo Anza Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 60 Jesús Herrada Movistar Team s.t. 61 David Loosli Lampre - ISD s.t. 62 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana s.t. 63 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 64 Patrick Gretsch HTC - Highroad s.t. 65 Alfredo Balloni Lampre - ISD s.t. 66 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team s.t. 67 Gatis Smukulis HTC - Highroad s.t. 68 Jan Ghyselinck HTC - Highroad s.t. 69 Simon Gerrans Sky ProCycling s.t. 70 Christian Knees Sky ProCycling s.t. 71 Tejay Van Garderen HTC - Highroad s.t. 72 Tiago Machado Team RadioShack s.t. 73 Javier Iriarte Movistar Team s.t. 74 Alan Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 75 David Millar Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 76 Ivan Rovny Team RadioShack s.t. 77 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team s.t. 78 Jason McCartney Team RadioShack s.t. 79 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team s.t. 80 Romain Zingle Monster Energy - Ford s.t. 81 Stef Clement Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 82 Vicente Reynès Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 83 Javier RamÃrez Abeja AndalucÃa Caja Granada s.t. 84 Manuel Quinziato BMC Racing Team s.t. 85 Adrián Palomares AndalucÃa Caja Granada s.t. 86 Chris Froome Sky ProCycling + 3'20 87 Manuel Ortega AndalucÃa Caja Granada s.t. 88 Javier Francisco Aramendia Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 89 Michael Barry Sky ProCycling s.t. 90 Ramunas Navardauskas Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 91 Leif Hoste Katusha Team s.t. 92 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team s.t. 93 Björn Leukemans Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 3'46 94 Bjorn Selander Team RadioShack s.t. 95 Wout Poels Monster Energy - Ford s.t. 96 Leonardo Bertagnolli Lampre - ISD + 4'22 97 Thomas Rohregger Leopard Trek s.t. 98 Valentin Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana s.t. 99 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team s.t. 100 Blel Kadri AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 101 Yaroslav Popovych Team RadioShack s.t. 102 Robert Kiserlovski Pro Team Astana s.t. 103 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre - ISD s.t. 104 Paolo Longo Borghini Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 105 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 106 Matteo Montaguti AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 107 Dimitri Champion AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 108 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 109 Ben Hermans Team RadioShack + 5'08 110 Marcello Pavarin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 111 Evgeni Petrov Pro Team Astana s.t. 112 Alberto Losada Katusha Team s.t. 113 Xabier Zandio Sky ProCycling s.t. 114 Josep Jufré Pro Team Astana s.t. 115 Danilo Hondo Lampre - ISD s.t. 116 Davide Viganò Leopard Trek s.t. 117 Alexsandr Dyachenko Pro Team Astana s.t. 118 Matteo Pelucchi Geox - TMC s.t. 119 Xavier Florencio Geox - TMC s.t. 120 Zdenek Stybar Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 121 Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack s.t. 122 Iñaki Isasi Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 123 Timothy Roe BMC Racing Team s.t. 124 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana s.t. 125 Chad Beyer BMC Racing Team s.t. 126 BenjamÃn Noval Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 127 Julien Loubet AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 128 David De la Fuente Geox - TMC s.t. 129 Andreas Klier Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 130 Jorge Azanza Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 131 Ruslan Pidgornyy Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 132 Joan Horrach Katusha Team s.t. 133 Arkaitz Durán Geox - TMC s.t. 134 Diego Milán Caja Rural s.t. 135 Francesco Reda Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 136 Mikel Landa Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 137 Egoi MartÃnez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 138 Miguel MÃnguez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 139 Fabricio Ferrari Caja Rural s.t.
Today's winner:
dienblad
Posted on 31-10-2011 23:50
Classics Specialist
Posts: 3772
Joined: 10-09-2010
PCM$: 200.00
GC: Robert Gesink wins his 2nd GT of the year, an amazing result by the young Dutch man! Cunego rides his best GT after the Giro win in 2004, with 4 stage wins and the 2nd place. Luis León Sánchez is the lucky guy, promoting to 3rd place after the crash in the last stage that caused time loss for RodrÃguez.
1 Robert Gesink Monster Energy - Ford 86h23'58 2 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD + 3'48 3 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team + 9'28 4 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team + 9'54 5 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC + 11'56 6 Javier Moreno Caja Rural + 18'38 7 Jelle Vanendert Monster Energy - Ford + 19'12 8 José Herrada Caja Rural + 22'57 9 Ezequiel Mosquera Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 28'49 10 Oliver Zaugg Leopard Trek + 29'49
Spoiler
11 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team + 30'19 12 Rob Ruijgh Monster Energy - Ford + 36'30 13 Wout Poels Monster Energy - Ford + 41'17 14 Dario Cataldo Quick·Step Cycling Team + 43'15 15 Bruno Pires Leopard Trek + 46'25 16 Rafael Valls Geox - TMC + 46'58 17 Vasil Kiryienka Movistar Team + 48'10 18 Nicki Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard + 52'11 19 Arkaitz Durán Geox - TMC + 53'47 20 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi + 56'03 21 Christophe Le Mével Team Garmin - Cervélo + 59'23 22 Peter Sagan Monster Energy - Ford + 1h04'22 23 Leonardo Bertagnolli Lampre - ISD + 1h08'10 24 Tiago Machado Team RadioShack + 1h16'22 25 Simon Gerrans Sky ProCycling + 1h17'41 26 Francis De Greef Monster Energy - Ford + 1h18'14 27 David De la Fuente Geox - TMC + 1h22'09 28 José JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team + 1h29'39 29 Antonio Piedra AndalucÃa Caja Granada + 1h29'54 30 Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack + 1h31'57 31 Evgeni Petrov Pro Team Astana + 1h32'13 32 David Blanco Geox - TMC + 1h34'11 33 Kanstantsin Siutsou HTC - Highroad + 1h35'48 34 Blel Kadri AG2R La Mondiale + 1h36'55 35 Robert Kiserlovski Pro Team Astana + 1h37'19 36 Valerio Agnoli Liquigas - Cannondale + 1h38'12 37 Alexsandr Dyachenko Pro Team Astana + 1h39'03 38 Maxim Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana + 1h39'16 39 Thomas Rohregger Leopard Trek + 1h42'57 40 Jesús Herrada Movistar Team + 1h43'37 41 Yaroslav Popovych Team RadioShack + 1h44'34 42 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team + 1h47'27 43 Aitor Galdos Caja Rural + 1h50'03 44 Chris Froome Sky ProCycling + 1h55'53 45 Xabier Zandio Sky ProCycling + 1h58'25 46 Richie Porte Saxo Bank SunGard + 1h58'34 47 David Zabriskie Team Garmin - Cervélo + 2h03'18 48 Xavier Florencio Geox - TMC + 2h03'40 49 Adrián Palomares AndalucÃa Caja Granada + 2h07'33 50 Julián Sánchez Pimienta Caja Rural + 2h09'34 51 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling + 2h19'19 52 Addy Engels Quick·Step Cycling Team + 2h27'19 53 Maarten Tjallingii Rabobank Cycling Team + 2h28'10 54 Christian Knees Sky ProCycling + 2h29'53 55 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank Cycling Team + 2h31'11 56 Joan Horrach Katusha Team + 2h31'55 57 Tejay Van Garderen HTC - Highroad + 2h32'34 58 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team + 2h38'50 59 Diego Milán Caja Rural + 2h38'59 60 Manuel Ortega AndalucÃa Caja Granada + 2h44'04 61 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 2h44'30 62 Russell Downing Sky ProCycling + 2h44'56 63 David Loosli Lampre - ISD + 2h46'24 64 Francisco Pérez Movistar Team + 2h46'26 65 Óscar Pujol Omega Pharma - Lotto + 2h50'18 66 Pablo Lastras Movistar Team + 2h54'59 67 Jorge Azanza Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2h56'31 68 Egoi MartÃnez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2h58'10 69 Alberto Losada Katusha Team + 2h59'40 70 Zdenek Stybar Quick·Step Cycling Team + 2h59'57 71 Heinrich Haussler Team Garmin - Cervélo + 3h01'52 72 Josep Jufré Pro Team Astana + 3h02'15 73 Pablo Lechuga AndalucÃa Caja Granada + 3h04'02 74 Ivan Rovny Team RadioShack + 3h05'31 75 VÃctor De la Parte Caja Rural + 3h18'00 76 Romain Zingle Monster Energy - Ford + 3h21'41 77 Fabian Wegmann Leopard Trek + 3h23'41 78 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Saxo Bank SunGard + 3h25'47 79 José Luis Roldán AndalucÃa Caja Granada + 3h26'13 80 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana + 3h27'33 81 Björn Leukemans Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 3h35'48 82 Michael Barry Sky ProCycling + 3h35'54 83 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale + 3h41'24 84 Patrick Gretsch HTC - Highroad + 3h41'46 85 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team + 3h41'47 86 Ben Hermans Team RadioShack + 3h44'30 87 Francesco Reda Quick·Step Cycling Team + 3h45'56 88 Manuel Quinziato BMC Racing Team + 3h48'46 89 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Cannondale + 3h49'13 90 David Millar Team Garmin - Cervélo + 3h53'17 91 Bjorn Selander Team RadioShack + 3h53'21 92 Mark Cavendish HTC - Highroad + 3h53'36 93 Timothy Roe BMC Racing Team + 3h54'27 94 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team + 3h54'32 95 Santo Anza Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 3h54'50 96 Miguel MÃnguez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 4h00'18 97 André Greipel Omega Pharma - Lotto + 4h00'40 98 Javier Iriarte Movistar Team + 4h02'01 99 Iñaki Isasi Euskaltel - Euskadi + 4h03'20 100 Óscar Freire Rabobank Cycling Team + 4h05'55 101 Mikel Landa Euskaltel - Euskadi + 4h06'16 102 Stef Clement Rabobank Cycling Team + 4h08'29 103 Ramunas Navardauskas Team Garmin - Cervélo + 4h12'58 104 Jason McCartney Team RadioShack + 4h19'19 105 BenjamÃn Noval Saxo Bank SunGard + 4h21'47 106 Leif Hoste Katusha Team + 4h22'56 107 Ruslan Pidgornyy Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 4h24'30 108 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team + 4h25'36 109 Dennis Van Winden Rabobank Cycling Team + 4h26'19 110 Michael Matthews Rabobank Cycling Team + 4h34'56 111 Olivier Kaisen Omega Pharma - Lotto + 4h35'31 112 Lieuwe Westra Monster Energy - Ford + 4h39'50 113 Baden Cooke Saxo Bank SunGard + 4h56'13 114 Matteo Pelucchi Geox - TMC + 4h58'55 115 John Degenkolb HTC - Highroad + 5h00'35 116 Gatis Smukulis HTC - Highroad + 5h05'10 117 Matteo Montaguti AG2R La Mondiale + 5h06'44 118 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre - ISD + 5h09'35 119 Dimitri Champion AG2R La Mondiale + 5h10'42 120 Julien Loubet AG2R La Mondiale + 5h11'25 121 Valentin Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana + 5h20'19 122 Andreas Klier Team Garmin - Cervélo + 5h21'17 123 Vicente Reynès Omega Pharma - Lotto + 5h25'48 124 Davide Viganò Leopard Trek + 5h29'57 125 Paolo Longo Borghini Liquigas - Cannondale + 5h30'48 126 Alfredo Balloni Lampre - ISD + 5h31'10 127 Jan Ghyselinck HTC - Highroad + 5h34'17 128 Alan Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 5h38'11 129 Chad Beyer BMC Racing Team + 5h41'02 130 Javier Francisco Aramendia Euskaltel - Euskadi + 5h54'15 131 Javier RamÃrez Abeja AndalucÃa Caja Granada + 5h57'41 132 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling + 5h58'01 133 Andy Cappelle Quick·Step Cycling Team + 6h01'37 134 Theo Bos Monster Energy - Ford + 6h02'43 135 Fabricio Ferrari Caja Rural + 6h07'22 136 Maarten Neyens Omega Pharma - Lotto + 6h08'06 137 Danilo Hondo Lampre - ISD + 6h11'15 138 Marcello Pavarin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 6h31'01 139 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana + 6h33'38
Points: 4 stage wins, 3 times number 2 and 1 time number 3, than you can win the points-ranking!
1 Robert Gesink Monster Energy - Ford 0 245 2 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD 0 234 3 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team 0 178 4 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team 10 165 5 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC 0 154 6 Peter Sagan Monster Energy - Ford 9 109 7 Jelle Vanendert Monster Energy - Ford 0 103 8 Ezequiel Mosquera Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team 0 102 9 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling 7 86 10 Javier Moreno Caja Rural 3 83
KOTM: One of the most attacking guys, one 3rd place and the win in the 20th stage, a great Vuelta brings Wout Poels the polka dot jersey.
1 Wout Poels Monster Energy - Ford 0 224 2 Robert Gesink Monster Energy - Ford 0 154 3 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD 0 132 4 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC 0 106 5 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team 0 94 6 Ezequiel Mosquera Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team 0 73 7 Jelle Vanendert Monster Energy - Ford 0 72 8 Kanstantsin Siutsou HTC - Highroad 0 61 9 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team 0 58 10 Tiago Machado Team RadioShack 0 56
U25: A 1-2-3 for Monster Energy - Ford !
1 Robert Gesink Monster Energy - Ford 86h23'58 2 Rob Ruijgh Monster Energy - Ford + 36'30 3 Wout Poels Monster Energy - Ford + 41'17 4 Rafael Valls Geox - TMC + 46'58 5 Arkaitz Durán Geox - TMC + 53'47 6 Peter Sagan Monster Energy - Ford + 1h04'22 7 Blel Kadri AG2R La Mondiale + 1h36'55 8 Robert Kiserlovski Pro Team Astana + 1h37'19 9 Jesús Herrada Movistar Team + 1h43'37 10 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling + 2h19'19
Teams: What a great Vuelta for the team!
1 Monster Energy - Ford 258h56'58 2 Caja Rural + 49'54 3 Geox - TMC + 1h09'02 4 Leopard Trek + 2h00'43 5 Movistar Team + 2h05'42 6 Rabobank Cycling Team + 2h09'14 7 Lampre - ISD + 2h27'25 8 Pro Team Astana + 3h21'27 9 Team RadioShack + 3h23'07 10 Katusha Team + 3h29'41
The overall winner:
Word from the DS: The end of a perfect 66th Vuelta a Espana for the team, winning all the jersey, and 5 stage wins. The team performance was outstanding with 4 guys in the top 13 and 6 in the top 26.... Bring out the champaign!!
Schleck96
Posted on 31-10-2011 23:57
Protected Rider
Posts: 1498
Joined: 10-08-2010
PCM$: 200.00
Now THAT is a Great WIN Congrats Dienblad!
dienblad
Posted on 01-11-2011 00:11
Classics Specialist
Posts: 3772
Joined: 10-09-2010
PCM$: 200.00
Review:
Overview:
Stage Winner 2e 3e GC Points KOTM U25 Team 1 Rabobank HTC Movistar Van Winden Van Winden Rabobank 2 Cavendish Hagen Freire Cavendish Cavendish Poels Hagen Rabobank 3 Pedersen Rojas Greipel Cavendish Hagen Pedersen Hagen Rabobank 4 Gesink Mosquera Cunego Cunego Hagen Gesink Gesink Monster 5 RodrÃguez Cunego Vanendert Cunego Gesink Gesink Gesink Monster 6 De La Fuente Gerrans Galdos Cunego Rodriguez Gesink Gesink Monster 7 Hagen Haussler Freire Cunego Hagen Poels Gesink Monster 8 Cunego Gesink RodrÃguez Cunego Cunego Poels Gesink Monster 9 Gesink Menchov Cunego Gesink Gesink Gesink Gesink Monster 10 Sánchez Menchov Zabriskie Gesink Gesink Gesink Gesink Monster 11 Menchov Gesink Vanendert Gesink Gesink Gesink Gesink Monster 12 Finetto Milán Hoste Gesink Gesink Gesink Gesink Monster 13 Dyachenko Nieve Poels Gesink Gesink Poels Gesink Monster 14 Gesink Menchov Cunego Gesink Gesink Poels Gesink Monster 15 Gesink Cunego Menchov Gesink Gesink Gesink Gesink Monster 16 McCartney Losad Stybar Gesink Gesink Gesink Gesink Monster 17 Cunego Gesink RodrÃguez Gesink Gesink Gesink Gesink Monster 18 Cunego RodrÃguez Gesink Gesink Gesink Gesink Gesink Monster 19 Cunego RodrÃguez Sagan Gesink Cunego Poels Gesink Monster 20 Poels Ten Dam Agnoli Gesink Gesink Poels Gesink Monster 21 Wegmann De la Parte Roldán Gesink Gesink Poels Gesink Monster
Positives:
Robert Gesink wins his 2nd GT in a year. First the Giro, now the Vuelta, with 4 stage wins. The reason he won, is that he was the best climber and he minimized the loss in the stages that suited the puncheurs. Depending on the route of next year's Tour, he is aiming for Le Grande Boucle!
7 years after winning the Giro d'Italia, Il Piccolo Principe finally shows again that he can ride a great GC in a GT. He took 4 stage wins, all of them in puncheur-stages (okay, the finish at the Pena Cabarga is also a climbers stage), but really had no chance against Gesink in the higher mountains.
Luis León Sánchez won one stage, but would have to settle with the 4th place. Thanks to a crash in the last stage, he overtook RodrÃguez and became the best Spanish rider in 3rd place.
Wout Poels kept on attacking and it paid off. Not the 13th place in the GC, but a stage win (stage 20) and the KOTM-jersey.
Dissapointments:
One stage win in Valdepenas de Jaen and great attacking style almost brought Joaquim RodrÃguez a top 3 position in a GC. But..... a crash in the last stage, 10km before the finish put him back in 4th place. Still a good result, but not when you were in 3rd place with only 10km to go....
being a double winner of the Vuelta, and getting the opportunity to focus completely to the Vuelta.... With that in mind, the 5th place in the GC and no stage wins (3 times 2nd), it's a dissapointment..
Tejay van Garderen is young. He is a great talent and can climb and time trial very well. But when you finish in 57th place in the GC and never had a chance for a stage win, people start to doubt about the talent. But he's young....
An entire team, Euskaltel - Euskadi, was very dissapointing. No stage wins (2nd place for Nieve in the 13th stage was the best result), and the best placed ride in the GC was Nieve on place 20. Okaywith that, but when the Vuelta returns to your own Basque country for the first time in 30 years, and the riders won't or can't even attack...... The region with the world's craziest cycling fans deserved more than that....
tsmoha
Posted on 01-11-2011 00:21
Directeur Sportif
Posts: 11819
Joined: 19-07-2010
PCM$: 300.00
Congrats on this dominating win!
Neillster
Posted on 01-11-2011 00:35
Domestique
Posts: 713
Joined: 13-10-2010
PCM$: 200.00
General Monster Domination! Congratulations!
baia
Posted on 01-11-2011 03:37
Grand Tour Specialist
Posts: 5398
Joined: 04-10-2007
PCM$: 200.00
Neillster wrote:
General Monster Domination! Congratulations!
+1
cavfan8
Posted on 01-11-2011 04:01
Stagiare
Posts: 199
Joined: 16-02-2011
PCM$: 200.00
new reader, just read la vuelta, very nice work!
Pellizotti2
Posted on 01-11-2011 07:44
World Champion
Posts: 10121
Joined: 01-05-2010
PCM$: 200.00
Definitely time for a
What an amazing Vuelta! Gesink, Vanendert and Poels all did really well. Great work, try to keep it up for a long time.
dienblad
Posted on 01-11-2011 08:08
Classics Specialist
Posts: 3772
Joined: 10-09-2010
PCM$: 200.00
@ all: Thanks a lot! It truelly was a domination, but the field wasn't as string as in the Tour de France.
Next season will be completely on extreme, so probably a lot less wins then.
The following reports of the last races of the year will be a little shorter, except for the World Tour races (I have finished the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec already, with again good results). Then I'll probably take a little break (not for long, as it gets a bit addictive ), to make a goos season review, transfers overview (and change some teams/transfers), before the 2012 season starts.
But first the autumn classics!!
FreitasPCM
Posted on 01-11-2011 10:21
Grand Tour Champion
Posts: 8389
Joined: 08-09-2009
PCM$: 200.00
Really great win on the Vuelta. Monster domination, it must be said.
Jump to Forum:
PCM 24: General
PCM 24: PCM.daily Projects
PCM 24: Databases, Graphics, Stages
Tour de France 2024
PCM 23: General
PCM 23: Online
PCM23: Technical Issues
PCM 23: Database
PCM 23: PCM.daily Projects
PCM 23: Graphics
PCM 23: Stages
Tour de France 2023
PCM 22: General
PCM 22: Online
PCM 22: Technical Issues
PCM 22: Database
PCM 22: PCM.daily Projects
PCM 22: Graphics
PCM 22: Stages
Tour de France 2022
PCM 21: General
PCM 21: Online
PCM 21: Technical issues
PCM 21: Database
PCM 21: PCM.daily Projects
PCM 21: Graphics
PCM 21: Stages
Tour de France 2021
Pro Cycling Manager 2020
Pro Cycling Manager 2019
Pro Cycling Manager 2018
Pro Cycling Manager 2017
Pro Cycling Manager 2016
Pro Cycling Manager 2015
Pro Cycling Manager 2014
Pro Cycling Manager 2013
Pro Cycling Manager 2012
Pro Cycling Manager 2011
Pro Cycling Manager 2010
Pro Cycling Manager 2009
Pro Cycling Manager 2008
Pro Cycling Manager 2007
Pro Cycling Manager 2006
Cycling
Football
Other sports
Games
Everything else..
PCM.daily Awards 2023
PCM.daily Awards 2022
PCM.daily Awards 2021
PCM.daily Awards 2020
PCM.daily Initiatives
Favourable and critical comments
Hi .. welcome!
PCM Story Section
PCM 20: Stories
PCM 19: Stories
PCM 18: Stories
PCM 17: Stories
PCM 16: Stories
PCM 15: Stories
PCM 14: Stories
PCM 13: Stories
Story Games
[Man-Game] The Rules and Announcements
[Man-Game] Teams HQ
[Man-Game] Transfers: Free Agents
[Man-Game] Transfers: Deals
[Man-Game] Transfers: Adverts
[Man-Game] General
[Cont-Man-Game] General
[Man-Game] Discussion
[Man-Game] Results PT/PTHC
[Cont-Man-Game] HC/C1 Results
[Cont-Man-Game] C2HC/C2 Results
[Man-Game] Other Races
[Man-Game] Race Profiles 2024
[Man-Game] Race Profiles 2023
PCM.daily Awards 2019
PCM.daily Awards 2018
PCM.daily Awards 2017
[Man-Game] 2022 Transfers: Free Agents
[Man-Game] Transfers: Free Agents
[Man-Game] 2022 Transfers: Deals
[Man-Game] Transfers: Deals
[Man-Game] Transfers: Adverts
[Man-Game] Transfers: Adverts
[Man-Game] 2022 Transfers: Adverts
[Man-Game] Transfers: Free Agents
[Man-Game] Transfers: Trades and Loans
[Man-Game] Transfer Discussion
[Man-Game] Transfers: Completed Trades
[Man-Game] Race Profiles 2016
[Man-Game] Race Profiles 2019
[Man-Game] Race Profiles 2015
[Man-Game] Race Profiles 2020
[Man-Game] Race Profiles 2021
[Man-Game] Race Profiles 2017
[Man-Game] Transfers: Free Agents
[Man-Game] Transfers: Deals
[Man-Game] Transfers: Adverts
[Man-Game] Race Profiles 2018
Not a member yet?
Click here to register.
Forgotten your password?
Request a new one
here .
Latest content
Latest downloads
Recommended downloads
Latest stages Latest shirts Latest tips
Screenshots
Fantasy Betting
ManGame Betting