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From zero to Giro - The CCC Polsat Polkowice story
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 18-05-2013 00:37
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Burlakov and Boeckmans dominating |
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| wroblitz |
Posted on 18-05-2013 04:35
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Fourth day in France, and first day for climbers / puncheurs... unfortunately I didn't have any as Pierre Rolland stayed in Malaysia, and he's getting ready for Tirreno-Adriatico and fulfilling another of my sponsor's goal, which is top 5 in Italian race.
I went for the mountain premiums with Castroviejo, but he didn't do very well, ending up with only 7 points.
And it was even worst when it comes to the finish line, as my best rider - Castroviejo - reported there 47th, with Crado being 50th.
Win went to Jost van Leijen. Six other men (including Sagan) got some time advance.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 19-05-2013 00:17
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A quiet day for the guys today  |
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| wroblitz |
Posted on 19-05-2013 18:34
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After bad day in France, for a change - a bad day in Italy came. 
Coca-Cola
Maciej Bodnar 
Festus Ackers 
Chris Barton
Servulo Giner 
Michal Kwiatkowski
Remigiusy Pawilowski
Alex Rasmussen 
Pierre Rolland 
Alen Sterbal 
Tirreno-Adriatico (WT)
It was a 16,5 km long team time trial, and I don't know what I did wrong, but despite being among the race favourites I finished last with hughe time loss.
That's not a good news considering my sponsor wants top 5 there. For now Pierre Rolland starts 1'15" behind.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 19-05-2013 18:37
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1m 12s behind already  |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 19-05-2013 18:39
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It's PCM TTT, what can you expect? |
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 20-05-2013 07:33
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Bad luck but it could definitely be worse |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 20-05-2013 09:38
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Bad luck there |
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| wroblitz |
Posted on 20-05-2013 22:07
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Another day in France, another time trial, only this time an individual one, and much better for my team.
My best time-trialist - Jonathan Castroviejo - was so fast I couldn't take a picture of him. He finished 4th, losing only with legends like: Jungels, Martin and Contador.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 20-05-2013 22:46
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Nice to see Castroviejo in the race lead |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 21-05-2013 08:12
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Too fast for the camera  |
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 21-05-2013 09:55
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Nice TT |
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 21-05-2013 09:55
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Nice TT |
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| wroblitz |
Posted on 21-05-2013 16:52
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Day 2 of race of two seas.
Chris Barton started his KoM capaign. He was bit late joining breakaway group for the first categorized climb, but managed to win the second one.
Few kilometers later Barton lost balance and felt down.
He managed to get back to the breakaway, and get 2nd place on next intermediate sprint. He even did better on next one.
Then breakaway was caught and mass sprint started. I tried to form a train for Rasmussen but he was too tired after two climbs. In fact my only rider who had some energy left was Pierre Rolland, and funny enough, he managed to finish 7th. 12 points went to Heinrich Haussler, who on that day was above Mark Cavendish
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 21-05-2013 17:12
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Nice sprint from Pierre |
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| wroblitz |
Posted on 22-05-2013 22:49
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Then it was back to France for day 6 of Paris-Nice.
Having no chance for a good final result, my main goal was to get some mountain points for Castroviejo. Unfortunately he felt shortly after race start.
Because of that I had to use Monsalve instead. He did quite well, ending day with 7 points, which moved him to 6th in KoM classification.
He was accompanied by Boeckmans, who added 6 points to his pool, and he's 3rd at the moment.
At that was it, when it comes to my team's recognision. My best rider - Jonathan Monsalve - finished 39th, and lost over 2 minutes to the stage winner - Rui Costa.
Edited by wroblitz on 22-05-2013 22:50
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 22-05-2013 22:53
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Nooo, The race lead has gone  |
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 23-05-2013 00:50
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Noooo |
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| wroblitz |
Posted on 23-05-2013 01:29
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Doesn't matter - he wouldn't be able to keep it on his back anyway. These shared tours are killing me. Can't wait when it's over, and my team is unity again. |
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| maxime86 |
Posted on 23-05-2013 01:43
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wroblitz wrote:
Doesn't matter - he wouldn't be able to keep it on his back anyway. These shared tours are killing me. Can't wait when it's over, and my team is unity again.
neither can the team |
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