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Dominik Nerz: The Next Level
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| FuglsangxTH3 |
Posted on 16-12-2011 10:48
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Not bad from Peterson and Borghini and nice to see Dominik win the white jersey
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 16-12-2011 11:03
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The Best Young Rider by a minute and nineteen seconds, niiccee |
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 June 20, 2012 – Tour de Suisse
Running parallely to the Dauphiné, the Tour de Suisse is the second big race close to the Tour de France. Record winner Pasquale Fornara (four times in the 1950s) was followed by big names like Alex Zülle, Lance Armstrong or Jan Ullrich who wrote their names in the palmarès in recent years.
The course starts rather easy with five flat to hilly stages including a prologue and a longer time trial. The overall then will be decided in three tough mountain stages until the sprinters again get their chances on the last stage around Zürich.
| 1 |  Alberto Contador | Saxo Bank - Sungard | 31h56'37 | | 2 |  Denis Menchov | Geox - TMC | + 1'21 | | 3 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank | + 1'32 | | 4 |  Roman Kreuziger | Astana | + 2'03 | | 5 |  Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | + 2'05 |
Alberto Contador (Movistar) , Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel)
Denis Menchov (Geox)
 Andreas Klöden (T-Mobile) ,  Janez Brajkovic (Liquigas)
Igor Antón (Leopard)
 Bradley Wiggins (Sky) , Alejandro Valverde (Unicef)
 Fabio Duarte (Geox)
A high class start list. Alberto Contador contends to defend his title of last year, runner-up Denis Menchov and Samuel Sanchez are listed as his main opponents.
Jani Brajkovic is our leader, as he's our only better climber here in Switzerland. In top shape, he might be up with the best but as it's his first race in a while, we expect a Top 10. Simone Ponzi aims for a good result in the mass sprints.
Stage 1
Surprising outcome of the prologue: Andy Klöden beats Fabian Cancellara by two seconds. Brajkovic is still looking for his shape and finishes 17th, half a minute off.
| 1 | Andreas Klöden | Team T-Mobile | 13'54 | | 2 | Fabian Cancellara | Leopard – Trek | + 2 | | 3 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky ProCycling | + 4 |
Stage 2
Vanmarcke and Eeckhout succeed with a late attack. The latter is almost swept by the incoming pack while Vanmarcke keeps a 30 seconds gap.
| 1 |  Sep Vanmarcke | Team Garmin – Cervélo | 3h31'49 | | 2 | Nico Eeckhout | FDJ | + 30 | | 3 | Gerald Ciolek | Team T-Moile | s.t. |
Stage 3
Despite some late attacks, a rather big bunch including most favorites sprints for the win. Overall leader Andreas Klöden again proved to be the strongest and even creates a ten seconds gap to 26 following riders including Janez Brajkovic, who now sits in seventh posistion overall.
After falling back early on the first climb, Davide Cimolai and Jacopo Guarnieri abandoned the race after today's stage.
| 1 | Andreas Klöden | Team T-Mobile | 5h12'44 | | 2 |  Leonardo Bertagnolli | Katusha Team | + 10 | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Unicef – Oracle | s.t. |
Stage 4
Top favorite Fabian Cancellara disappointed finishing more than a minute behind today's winner, Bradley Wiggins. Andy Klöden continues to convince, keeping his overall lead easily. Janez Brajkovic finished sixth today which is now also his overall posistion.
| 1 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky ProCycling | 38'09 | | 2 | Andreas Klöden | Team T-Mobile | + 20 | | 3 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | + 40 |
Stage 5
No team showed much interest in bringing the break of the day back in. That resulted in Juan Antonio Flecha taking an undisputed win in front of Sébastien Rosseler. Staf Scheirlinckx led the pack in one and a half minutes later.
| 1 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky ProCycling | 4h35'03 | | 2 | Sébastien Rosseler | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 |  Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. |
Stage 6
The first really tough mountain stage was a hard test for many riders. The favorite's group decreased continuously until Alberto Contador set the decisive attack on the last ascent. Although he was caught and overtaken by Igor Anton on the last meters, this move brought him as close as you can get to the overall: He's now within the same time as Klöden, who finished a strong fifth today.
Brajkovic had a bit of a bad day finishing 14th, but he still is in seventh overall, so it looks good for a Top 10 and even the Top 5 are still in reach.
| 1 | Igor Antón | Leopard – Trek | 5h26'50 | | 2 | Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 3 | Fabio Duarte | Geox – TMC | + 1'05 | | … | | 14 | Janez Brajkovic | Liquigas – Cannondale | + 2'32 |
Stage 7
The favorites watched each other until Fabio Duarte made his move with 5 kms to go. Contador and Antón were the only ones who could follow but Duarte was too strong today and took the win. Klöden is still going strong but his fourth spot today isn't enough to keep the overall lead, which goes to Contador.
Janez again couldn't keep up with the very front and finished at the end of a larger chasing group. He loses a bit to his direct competitors and falls back to 10th overall.
| 1 | Fabio Duarte | Geox – TMC | 5h13'10 | | 2 | Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | + 16 | | 3 | Igor Antón | Leopard – Trek | s.t. | | … | | 16 | Janez Brajkovic | Liquigas – Cannondale | + 2'44 |
Stage 8
The decision wasn't made until the last climb. A rather big group entered it and only three riders were able to get away: Alberto Contador celebrates his first stage win closely in front of Igor Anton, who thus jumps on the podium. Fabio Duarte finishes third and kicks Wiggins even from fourth overall.
Brajkovic again finishes in the group just behind the stage winner and keeps his 10th overall.
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | 4h05'32 | | 2 | Igor Antón | Leopard – Trek | s.t. | | 3 | Fabio Duarte | Geox – TMC | + 39 | | … | | 13 | Janez Brajkovic | Liquigas – Cannondale | + 1'05 |
Stage 9
Omega Pharma provided André Greipel with a perfect lead out and the German proved to be strong enough to finish it. Simone Ponzi was on his wheel all the time but couldn't overtake him. Instead, he himself was passed by Borut Bozic. A nice ending of the race for Liquigas nevertheless.
| 1 | André Greipel | Omega Pharma – Lotto | 3h46'41 | | 2 | Borut Bozic | Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Simone Ponzi | Liquigas – Cannondale | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | 32h47'20 | | 2 | Andreas Klöden | Team T-Mobile | + 1'55 | | 3 | Igor Antón | Leopard Trek | + 2'56 | | 4 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | + 3'34 | | 5 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky ProCycling | + 3'50 | | 6 | Alejandro Valverde | Unicef - Oracle | + 5'42 | | 7 |  Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 6'09 | | 8 | Denis Menchov | Geox - TMC | + 6'17 | | 9 |  Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre - ISD | + 6'39 | | 10 | Janez Brajkovic | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 6'41 |
Spoiler | 11 | Kevin De Weert | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 6'53 | | 12 | Peter Stetina | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 7'34 | | 13 | Tom Danielson | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 8'28 | | 14 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 8'46 | | 15 | Johann Tschopp | GreenEdge Cycling | + 10'51 | | 16 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 11'00 | | 17 | Alexandre Geniez | Skil - Shimano | + 11'29 | | 18 | Peter Velits | Team T-Mobile | + 12'09 | | 19 | Jens Voigt | Leopard Trek | + 13'32 | | 20 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ | + 13'46 | | 21 | Mauricio Alberto Ardila | Geox - TMC | + 13'51 | | 22 | Franco Pellizotti | Katusha Team | + 13'54 | | 23 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | + 15'47 | | 24 | David Arroyo | Movistar Team | + 18'09 | | 25 | Rob Ruijgh | GreenEdge Cycling | + 19'41 | | 26 | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | + 20'36 | | 27 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 22'25 | | 28 | Sébastien Joly | Saur - Sojasun | + 23'58 | | 29 | Chris Horner | Unicef - Oracle | + 26'20 | | 30 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team T-Mobile | + 26'53 | | 31 | Jérôme Pineau | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 27'02 | | 32 | Philip Deignan | Unicef - Oracle | + 30'47 | | 33 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | + 30'59 | | 34 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 32'19 | | 35 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky ProCycling | + 33'10 | | 36 | Aitor Pérez Arrieta | Lampre - ISD | + 34'18 | | 37 | Simon Gerrans | GreenEdge Cycling | + 34'30 | | 38 | Michael Albasini | GreenEdge Cycling | + 34'51 | | 39 | Julien El Fares | Movistar Team | + 36'03 | | 40 | Christian Vande Velde | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 36'07 | | 41 | Rémi Pauriol | FDJ | + 36'43 | | 42 | Jérôme Coppel | Movistar Team | + 36'57 | | 43 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 38'35 | | 44 | Stefano Garzelli | Katusha Team | + 39'29 | | 45 | Oliver Zaugg | Skil - Shimano | + 41'01 | | 46 | Philippe Gilbert | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 43'55 | | 47 | Grischa Niermann | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 46'03 | | 48 | Joost Posthuma | Leopard Trek | + 47'00 | | 49 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Katusha Team | + 50'21 | | 50 | Giampaolo Cheula | Geox - TMC | + 51'00 | | 51 | Valerio Agnoli | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 52'21 | | 52 | Danny Pate | Team T-Mobile | + 52'27 | | 53 | Marcel Wyss | Geox - TMC | + 52'48 | | 54 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Pro Team Astana | + 57'47 | | 55 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Skil - Shimano | + 58'14 | | 56 | Sylvain Chavanel | Leopard Trek | + 58'25 | | 57 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky ProCycling | + 1h03'36 | | 58 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1h04'29 | | 59 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 1h05'46 | | 60 | Thomas Dekker | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h08'51 | | 61 | Alessandro Vanotti | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h08'58 | | 62 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Movistar Team | + 1h09'03 | | 63 | Maarten Tjallingii | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1h11'44 | | 64 | Patrick Gretsch | Team T-Mobile | + 1h12'07 | | 65 | Steve Chainel | FDJ | + 1h12'42 | | 66 | Florian Stalder | BMC Racing Team | + 1h13'11 | | 67 | Gerald Ciolek | Team T-Mobile | + 1h13'52 | | 68 | Fabio Felline | Geox - TMC | + 1h14'12 | | 69 | Enrico Gasparotto | Pro Team Astana | + 1h15'39 | | 70 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1h17'44 | | 71 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | + 1h18'04 | | 72 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - ISD | + 1h18'13 | | 73 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Movistar Team | + 1h18'41 | | 74 | Francis Mourey | FDJ | + 1h19'37 | | 75 | Olivier Bonnaire | FDJ | + 1h20'19 | | 76 | Daniele Bennati | Lampre - ISD | + 1h23'35 | | 77 | Assan Bazayev | Pro Team Astana | + 1h26'04 | | 78 | Fabian Wegmann | Leopard Trek | + 1h26'28 | | 79 | Maxim Belkov | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1h29'07 | | 80 | Francesco Gavazzi | Lampre - ISD | + 1h30'26 | | 81 | George Hincapie | BMC Racing Team | + 1h33'19 | | 82 | Sergey Renev | Pro Team Astana | + 1h33'32 | | 83 | Simon Geschke | Skil - Shimano | + 1h34'11 | | 84 | Yannick Talabardon | Saur - Sojasun | + 1h36'42 | | 85 | Thor Hushovd | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 1h38'07 | | 86 | Dennis Van Winden | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h41'32 | | 87 | Fabian Cancellara | Leopard Trek | + 1h42'08 | | 88 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | + 1h42'41 | | 89 | Scott Davis | GreenEdge Cycling | + 1h42'46 | | 90 | Ludovic Turpin | Saur - Sojasun | + 1h45'29 | | 91 | Xavier Florencio | Lampre - ISD | + 1h45'31 | | 92 | Timothy Roe | BMC Racing Team | + 1h45'44 | | 93 | Óscar Freire | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h48'05 | | 94 | Sebastian Lang | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 1h48'28 | | 95 | Harald Starzengruber | Leopard Trek | + 1h53'15 | | 96 | Sergueï Ivanov | Katusha Team | + 1h53'49 | | 97 | Yohan Offredo | FDJ | + 1h54'24 | | 98 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | + 1h56'34 | | 99 | Mitchell Docker | GreenEdge Cycling | + 1h58'56 | | 100 | Santo Anza | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1h59'40 | | 101 | Tom Boonen | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2h00'58 | | 102 | Daniel Sesma | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h01'54 | | 103 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | + 2h03'53 | | 104 | Simone Ponzi | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 2h04'00 | | 105 | Francisco José Ventoso | Pro Team Astana | + 2h04'23 | | 106 | Denys Kostyuk | Lampre - ISD | + 2h07'06 | | 107 | José Vicente GarcÃa Acosta | Movistar Team | + 2h08'34 | | 108 | Anthony Delaplace | Saur - Sojasun | + 2h08'50 | | 109 | Heinrich Haussler | Sky ProCycling | + 2h10'05 | | 110 | Borut Božic | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h10'50 | | 111 | André Greipel | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 2h11'22 | | 112 | Robert Hunter | Unicef - Oracle | + 2h12'24 | | 113 | Greg Henderson | Sky ProCycling | + 2h14'01 | | 114 | Fred Rodriguez | BMC Racing Team | + 2h14'08 | | 115 | Lars Boom | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h15'19 | | 116 | Pablo Urtasun | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h15'55 | | 117 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Unicef - Oracle | + 2h16'28 | | 118 | Martin Pedersen | Leopard Trek | + 2h16'42 | | 119 | Daniele Ratto | Geox - TMC | + 2h17'22 | | 120 | Olivier Kaisen | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 2h18'35 | | 121 | Bernhard Eisel | Team T-Mobile | + 2h20'12 | | 122 | Jean-Marc Marino | Saur - Sojasun | + 2h23'02 | | 123 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky ProCycling | + 2h24'17 | | 124 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Skil - Shimano | + 2h24'50 | | 125 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2h26'21 | | 126 | Roger Kluge | Skil - Shimano | + 2h26'59 | | 127 | Martijn Maaskant | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 2h27'31 | | 128 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC Racing Team | + 2h29'22 | | 129 | Nick Nuyens | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 2h29'29 | | 130 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | + 2h30'24 | | 131 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Unicef - Oracle | + 2h31'42 | | 132 | Roman Kireyev | Pro Team Astana | + 2h31'47 | | 133 | Gabriel Rasch | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 2h32'47 | | 134 | Fang Han | Skil - Shimano | + 2h36'18 | | 135 | Niki Terpstra | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2h38'50 | | 136 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | + 2h39'38 | | 137 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | + 2h40'20 | | 138 | Nico Eeckhout | FDJ | + 2h41'11 | | 139 | John Degenkolb | Team T-Mobile | + 2h41'31 | | 140 | Gerben De Knegt | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 2h43'09 | | 141 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | + 2h46'39 | | 142 | Robbie McEwen | Unicef - Oracle | + 2h48'04 | | 143 | Grégory Rast | Unicef - Oracle | + 2h50'36 | | 144 | Alexandre Aulas | Team Europcar | + 2h54'37 | | 145 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h57'09 | | 146 | Kevin Van Impe | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2h59'42 | | 147 | Job Vissers | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 3h01'20 | | 148 | Guillaume Le Floch | Team Europcar | + 3h01'21 | | 149 | Matthew Hayman | GreenEdge Cycling | + 3h04'30 | | 150 | Saïd Haddou | Team Europcar | + 3h05'07 | | 151 | Gorik Gardeyn | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 3h06'54 | | 152 | Jimmy Casper | Saur - Sojasun | + 3h09'17 |
Points
| 1 | Andreas Klöden | Team T-Mobile | 65 | | 2 | Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | 51 | | 3 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky ProCycling | 46 | | 4 | Igor Antón | Leopard Trek | 43 | | 5 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | 38 |
Mountain
| 1 | Igor Antón | Leopard Trek | 54 | | 2 | Grischa Niermann | Rabobank Cycling Team | 52 | | 3 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - ISD | 38 | | 4 |  Tom Danielson | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 36 | | 5 | Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | 35 |
Young Riders
| 1 | Peter Stetina | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 32h54'54 | | 2 |  Alexandre Geniez | Skil - Shimano | + 3'55 | | 3 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky ProCycling | + 25'36 | | 4 |  Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky ProCycling | + 56'02 | | 5 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 58'12 |
Teams
| 1 | Geox - TMC | | 98h44'09 | | 2 | Team Garmin - Cervélo | | + 2'54 | | 3 | Movistar Team | | + 8'13 | | 4 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | + 8'38 | | 5 | Team T-Mobile | | + 17'38 |
Alberto Contador could defend his win from last year and underlines his role as the superior stage racer and top favorite for the Tour de France. He was always among the best during the mountains and distanced the likes of Anton or Duarte in the time trials. He'll be hard to beat, especially as it doesn't seem like he reached the top of his game yet.
We aimed for a Top 5-10 and closely achieved the goal. Janez Brajkovic wasn't really competitive in the mountains but could limit his losses and showed a very decent time trial. Considering his shape, that gives us hope for the Tour, where he and Roman Kreuziger will be our duo leadership.
In addition, Simone Ponzi showed on the last stage that he can finish among the best on a high level. Another podium spot at the Tour would be fantastic. |
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| andy222c |
Posted on 17-12-2011 15:56
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Wow... Klöden seems to be in top shape.
Beating both Cancellara and Wiggins in the prologue and winning stage 3 are very great results for him. Btw, Nice finish by Ponzi in the last stage 
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 17-12-2011 16:01
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hmmm spanish dominating in the mountains here..
also nice with brajkovic top ten here |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 17-12-2011 23:41
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Not a lot to shout about accept the finish of Ponzi on the last stage and the top ten finish of Brajkovic Overall
But hey, Chin up things will get better |
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 18-12-2011 11:50
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@ andy222c: Yep, I was surprised, too. I guess he peaked for the TdS, therefore I don't expect him to be that good at the Tour de France. Although I'd love to see him in the Top 10 there. Also, it was a pretty fantastic month for T-Mobile, winning the Dauphiné and being second in Switzerland. Very important points for them.
@ dev4ever: Spanish and Colombian Conta, Anton and Duarte were clearly the best. But I guess at least Duarte won't be able to perform like that all the way through the Tour as he also rode the Giro...
@ sutty68: I'm not disappointed^^ I can't win every race, even more now on extreme, and that would be boring anyways, wouldn't it?
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 18-12-2011 11:50
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June 21, 2011
Hey guys,
so, the first race of part two of my season is over. Mediocrely successful, if you ask me. I was disappointed of how bad my shape was, but on the other hand it's also pretty great to see that even under those conditions, I'm still the best young rider in the field.
Regardless of my shape, I feel that I really benefit from racing again:
My development really raises my hopes for a good Vuelta performance. But first of all, there's the Österreich-Rundfahrt coming up!
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| alexanderlens |
Posted on 18-12-2011 11:53
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You're hills stat is quite bad for a stage racer...
Guess who's back?
Lets see how many friens are still around... |
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alexanderlens wrote:
You're hills stat is quite bad for a stage racer...
Not really, he's only 21-22 or so, and 70 isn't bad at all...
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Teddy The Creator wrote:
alexanderlens wrote:
You're hills stat is quite bad for a stage racer...
Not really, he's only 21-22 or so, and 70 isn't bad at all...
That is true, but if the mountain stat is 75, hills normally are around 74-75
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 25-12-2011 08:19
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At the moment, his hill stat is indeed quite low, but e.g. Contador's hill stat is 5 lower than his mountain stat as well, Basso's 4. And Dominik has equally many stars in both hills and mountain, so he won't end up like Duarte, who has 82/75.
Anyway, after a pre-christmas break, the story continues...
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Posted on 25-12-2011 08:26
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June 23, 2012 – National Championships
Preview
The parcours is quite hilly. Two climbs and two downhills favour the alround riders over the pure time trialists.
Road Race
The road race offers a lot of possible outcomes. As the difficulty of the parcours decreases throughout the race and the last hill is quite a bit away from the finish, we could see the sprint of a bigger group of favorites. But you never know – both breakaways or a strong solo attacker might succeed!
Result in 2011
Time Trial
| 1 | Tony Martin | HTC – Highroad | | 2 | Bert Grabsch | HTC – Highroad | | 3 | Linus Gerdemann | Leopard – Trek | | 4 | Markus Fothen | Team NSP | | 5 | Patrick Gretsch | HTC – Highroad | | … | | 19 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas – Cannondale |
Road Race
| 1 | Tony Martin | HTC – Highroad | | 2 | Rene Weissinger | Vorarlberg – Corratec | | 3 | Simon Geschke | Skil – Shimano | | 4 | Paul Martens | Rabobank | | 5 | Bert Grabsch | HTC – Highroad | | … | | 34 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas – Cannondale |
Time Trial
Tony Martin and Andreas Klöden are the huge favorites, especially after their recent performances in France and Switzerland. The likes of Grabsch, Gerdemann or Voigt should fight for the third spot on the podium only.
Road Race
It's hard to determine a real favorite because the race can end up many ways. If we see a sprint from a larger group, the likes of Ciolek or Greipel should be the main favorites, while Voigt, Martens or Klöden are probably the punchiest guys who might try to attack and finish solo.
I won't have any chances in the time trial, in my current shape a Top 10 would be a decent result. In the road race, I don't expect much either. It'll just be another great experience. |
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Posted on 25-12-2011 10:34
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Good luck by the Deutsche championships hope you are doing better as last year
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 25-12-2011 11:45
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Good Luck Dominik |
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June 24, 2012
German Championships: Time Trial
Dominik's Pre-Race Comment
As said in the preview, a Top 10 would be nice for me. Otherwise, this is just another opportunity to improve my shape.
|  | 13:00: | Punctually, Timo Seubert (NetApp) opens the time trial. | | . | |  | 13:25: | Very early, one of the top favorites for today, Andreas Klöden, shoots of the ramp. We'll see how he does. | | . | 13:50: | Klöden passes the first checkpoint, declassifying every other rider so far. | | CP 1: 24'39 | | . | 14:06: | Bert Grabsch starts the race. He is one of the podium contenders, although his weak hill skills are a handicap today. | | . | 14:12: | On his way to the second checkpoint, Klöden overtook the two riders in front of him. Looks like a good time. | | CP 2: 46'33 | | . | 14:27: | And he finishes. This will be the time to beat for the likes of Martin and Voigt. | | F: 1h02'26 | | . | |  | 14:32: | Grabsch passes the first checkpoint and can already burry his hopes for a podium finish. Fourth time so far. | | CP 1: 25'55 (+ 1'16) | | . | |  | 15:02: | Dominik Nerz starts the race. The young gun has no big ambitions today. | | . | 15:11: | Grabsch comes to the line. Very disappointing result, he finishes behind the likes of Patrick Gretsch and Fabian Wegmann, usually much weaker time trialists. | | F: 1h5'19 (+ 2'53) | | . | |  | 15:19: | Jens Voigt starts. Last year, he finished second at the ITT World Championships. Today, a podium should be realistic. | | . | 15:21: | The last rider, just behind Jens Voigt, is defending champion and top favorite Tony Martin. | | . | |  | 15:27: | Nerz accelerates towards the first checkpoint. So far, it looks pretty great, he is on the second spot here. | | CP 1: 25'19 (+ 40) | | . | 15:30: | Linus Gerdemann sets a decent time. He finishes provisional third. | | F: 1h4'38 (+2'12) | | . | |  | 15:33: | Nerz shows a strong performance on today's biggest climb. LKT's Sebastian Schäfer is already in sight. | | . | 15:34: | Voigt passes the first checkpoint. He's by far the closest to Klöden, only 11 seconds behind. | | CP 1: 24'50 (+ 11) | | . | |  | 15:35: | Martin lives up to the expectations. On the first checkpoint, he sets the new best time. | | CP 1: 24'16 (- 22) | | . | |  | 15:50: | At the second checkpoint, Dominik Nerz overtakes Schäfer. He's keeps his provisional second spot, hopefully he didn't do too much. The descent isn't his strong point. | | CP 2: 47'48 (+ 1'15) | | . | 15:53: | Schäfer is the better descender, he re-overtakes Nerz immediatly. | | . | |  | 16:07: | Voigt reached Paul Voss, who started just before him. At the second checkpoint, Voigt lost more time on Klöden. | | CP 2: 47'28 (+ 55) | | . | 16:08: | And Martin loses time, too! Klöden keeps his lead at that checkpoint. | | CP 2: 46'39 (+ 6) | | . | |  | 16:09: | As we assumed: Dominik Nerz lost a whole lot of time on the last part of the race. He falls back to provisional seventh, but that means he could be in the Top 10. Good result! | | F: 1h05'38 (+ 3'12) | | . | 16:14: | Martens was faster than Nerz, who falls back to eigth... | | . | 16:19: | … but Burghardt and Fothen pass without besting Nerz's time! Only Voigt and Martin to come, Nerz will finish 10th! | | . | 16:24: | Jens Voigt makes the jump on the podium easily! He expels Patrick Gretsch from place two. | | F: 1h03'40 (+ 1'16) | | . | |  | 16:25: | Now it's time for the fight for the title! Tony Martin comes in with a last acceleration, will it be enough? | | . | | | 16:25: | No! He misses the best time by just two seconds! Andreas Klöden managed to keep his extraordinary shape from the Tour de Suisse to gain the national title 2012! | | F: 1h02'28 (+2) |
| 1 | Andreas Klöden | Team T-Mobile | 1h02'26 | | 2 | Tony Martin | Team T-Mobile | + 2 | | 3 | Jens Voigt | Leopard Trek | + 1'15 | | 4 | Patrick Gretsch | Team T-Mobile | + 2'11 | | 5 | Linus Gerdemann | Team T-Mobile | + 2'13 | | 6 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'25 | | 7 | Fabian Wegmann | Leopard Trek | + 2'46 | | 8 | Bert Grabsch | Team T-Mobile | + 2'53 | | 9 | Grischa Niermann | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'01 | | 10 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 3'13 |
Spoiler | 11 | Sebastian Lang | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 3'18 | | 12 | Marcel Kittel | Skil - Shimano | + 3'20 | | 13 | Markus Fothen | Team NSP | + 3'21 | | 14 | Markus Eichler | Team NSP | + 3'34 | | 15 | Paul Voss | Endura Racing | + 3'43 | | 16 | Simon Geschke | Skil - Shimano | + 3'51 | | 17 | Roger Kluge | Skil - Shimano | + 3'57 | | 18 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | + 3'59 | | 19 | Marcel Sieberg | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 4'03 | | 20 | Stefan Schäfer | LKT Team Brandenburg | + 4'08 | | 21 | Kevin Predatsch | Thüringer Energie Team | + 4'09 | | 22 | Ralf Matzka | Thüringer Energie Team | + 4'13 | | 23 | Christian Späth | Leopard Trek | + 4'14 | | 24 | Björn Thurau | Team NSP | + 4'17 | | 25 | Martin Reimer | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 26 | Benjamin Sydlik | Nutrixxion Sparkasse | + 4'24 | | 27 | Michael Schwarzmann | Team NetApp | + 4'27 | | 28 | Frank Dressler | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 29 | Dominic Klemme | Leopard Trek | + 4'28 | | 30 | Fabian Thiel | Thüringer Energie Team | + 4'32 | | 31 | David Kopp | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 4'34 | | 32 | Timon Seubert | Team NetApp | + 4'37 | | 33 | Robert Wagner | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 34 | Sergej Fuchs | Nutrixxion Sparkasse | + 4'39 | | 35 | Erik Mohs | Nutrixxion Sparkasse | + 4'40 | | 36 | Tobias Barkschat | LKT Team Brandenburg | + 4'42 | | 37 | André Greipel | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 38 | Matthias Ruß | Thüringer Energie Team | + 4'48 | | 39 | Jasha Sütterlin | Thüringer Energie Team | + 4'50 | | 40 | Tino Thömel | Team NSP | + 4'51 | | 41 | Michel Koch | LKT Team Brandenburg | + 4'52 | | 42 | Dirk Müller | Nutrixxion Sparkasse | s.t. | | 43 | Alexander Gottfried | Team NetApp | + 4'53 | | 44 | Erik Riddermann | Nutrixxion Sparkasse | + 4'56 | | 45 | Robert Bartko | LKT Team Brandenburg | + 4'57 | | 46 | Patrick Schubert | Bank BGZ | + 5'05 | | 47 | Sven Forberger | Team NSP | + 5'11 | | 48 | Hannes Blank | LKT Team Brandenburg | + 5'12 | | 49 | Eric Baumann | Team NetApp | s.t. | | 50 | Matthias Bertling | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 5'18 | | 51 | Stefan Ganser | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 5'23 | | 52 | Nico Schneider | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | + 5'25 | | 53 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Team NetApp | + 5'28 | | 54 | Dennis Pohl | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 5'31 | | 55 | Sebastian Siedler | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. | | 56 | Andreas Stauff | Atlas Personal | + 5'32 | | 57 | Christoph Pfingsten | Cyclingteam De Rijke | + 5'36 | | 58 | Felix Rinker | Atlas Personal | + 5'56 | | 59 | Andreas Klier | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 6'00 | | 60 | David Rosch | Atlas Personal | + 6'18 | | 61 | Kajetan Fricke | Team Vorarlberg | + 6'41 |
So, that went pretty well! I didn't know the course so I overdid it a bit on the ascents, consequentally I was completely empty on the last flat kilometers. But it was enough nevertheless to complete my personal goal! After last year's 19th, my development is now also visible in the results. That is a great motivation for the road race, too.
Yours,
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| Teddy The Creator |
Posted on 25-12-2011 12:55
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Top-10 is very nice, especially because of your not so great form. The road-race should be exciting, let's hope Dom gets some luck...
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 25-12-2011 14:32
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Great riding today to secure tenth spot |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 25-12-2011 15:13
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10th place... not bad, it's actually a good result for you. |
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| alexanderlens |
Posted on 25-12-2011 19:19
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Getting better every year! GL for the Road race!
Guess who's back?
Lets see how many friens are still around... |
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