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YvesStevens |
Posted on 22-11-2011 19:42
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Great result with Charteau! Well done |
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Ste117 |
Posted on 22-11-2011 22:37
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Thanks guys, yeh so many wins, I think it is because of weak startlists, will all change when we start the WT events
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sutty68 |
Posted on 23-11-2011 12:11
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Ste117 wrote:
Thanks guys, yeh so many wins, I think it is because of weak startlists, will all change when we start the WT events
Let's hope you can continue this form into the World Tour |
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Posted on 23-11-2011 16:00
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Ste117 wrote:
Thanks guys, yeh so many wins, I think it is because of weak startlists, will all change when we start the WT events
these victories will build confidence in the team! after this, they can beat anyone
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Ste117 |
Posted on 07-01-2012 14:27
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Vuelta a Mallorca
Stage 4
Another hilly stage today and another chance for the favourites to put time into their rivals.
Today's break was fairly large, because of this the peleton kept them in touch and the break never looked threatening.
Approaching the last km and 3 riders are away, this includes yellow jersey leader Sutherland.
A win for Geschke ahead of Symyd and Sutherland, a good win for the Skil Shimano team.
Result
1 | Simon Geschke | Skil - Shimano | 3h57'53 | 2 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 3 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | 4 | Jérôme Coppel | Saur - Sojasun | + 20 | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 6 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 7 | Anthony Charteau | Team Europcar | s.t. | 8 | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | 9 | Davide Frattini | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | 10 | Simone Ponzi | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. |
GC
1 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 14h35'42 | 2 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 16 | 3 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 40 | 4 | Anthony Charteau | Team Europcar | + 48 | 5 | Jérôme Coppel | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | 6 | Simon Geschke | Skil - Shimano | + 1'17 | 7 | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | + 1'57 | 8 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 9 | Jure Kocjan | Team Type 1 | + 3'01 | 10 | Simone Ponzi | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. |
Points
1 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 10 | 50 | 2 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | 0 | 45 | 3 | Simon Geschke | Skil - Shimano | 25 | 43 | 4 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 16 | 41 | 5 | Tom Veelers | Skil - Shimano | 0 | 37 |
KOM
1 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | 0 | 24 | 2 | David Bernabéu | Andalucía Caja Granada | 0 | 22 | 3 | Davide Frattini | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 8 | 18 | 4 | Mikel Bizkarra | Orbea Continental | 14 | 14 | 5 | Simone Ponzi | Liquigas - Cannondale | 10 | 10 |
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Ste117 |
Posted on 07-01-2012 14:56
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I have decided that I will post the Tour of Med update as a whole post, descibing the breakaways and winners of each stage, this to to try and progress the story more quickly as I dont have the time to frequently update
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sutty68 |
Posted on 07-01-2012 19:29
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Nice to see Charteau only 48s off the Overall Lead |
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Posted on 08-01-2012 13:54
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Vuelta a Mallorca
Final Stage
Today's final stage is the last chance for anyone who wants to make that final attack to clinch the historic race overall.
Today's break was allowed a little leeway out front as they built up a lead of 7''30 minutes. They were to be eventually brought back with 15km to go by a group of 27 riders which included all the GC favourites.
Charteau decided to attack 6km from the finish, but he was quickly brought back by the group behind.
A win for Perez ahead of Moreno and Nibali, ood win for the Euskaltel rider.
Result
1 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4h49'28 | 2 | Javier Moreno | Caja Rural | s.t. | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 4 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 5 | Ricardo Vilela | Onda | s.t. | 6 | Simon Geschke | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | 7 | Jérôme Coppel | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | 8 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 9 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | 10 | Vladimir Efimkin | Team Type 1 | s.t. |
GC
1 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 19h25'10 | 2 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 16 | 3 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 20 | 4 | Anthony Charteau | Team Europcar | + 48 | 5 | Jérôme Coppel | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | 6 | Simon Geschke | Skil - Shimano | + 1'17 | 7 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1'57 | 8 | Javier Moreno | Caja Rural | + 2'49 | 9 | Jure Kocjan | Team Type 1 | + 3'01 | 10 | Simone Ponzi | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. |
Points
1 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 25 | 75 | 2 | Simon Geschke | Skil - Shimano | 10 | 53 | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | 16 | 48 | 4 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | 0 | 45 | 5 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | 8 | 42 | 6 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 0 | 41 | 7 | Tom Veelers | Skil - Shimano | 0 | 37 | 8 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Saur - Sojasun | 0 | 36 | 9 | Jérôme Coppel | Saur - Sojasun | 9 | 31 | 10 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Liquigas - Cannondale | 14 | 24 |
KOM
1 | Adrián Palomares | Andalucía Caja Granada | 36 | 36 | 2 | Julián Sánchez Pimienta | Caja Rural | 28 | 28 | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | 2 | 26 | 4 | David Bernabéu | Andalucía Caja Granada | 0 | 22 | 5 | Davide Frattini | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 0 | 18 | 6 | Laszló Bodrogi | Team Type 1 | 16 | 16 | 7 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 6 | 14 | 8 | Mikel Bizkarra | Orbea Continental | 0 | 14 | 9 | Reinier Honig | Landbouwkrediet | 12 | 12 | 10 | Simone Ponzi | Liquigas - Cannondale | 0 | 10 |
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sutty68 |
Posted on 08-01-2012 13:57
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That podium place was not to be, but still a good all round race for you |
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Ste117 |
Posted on 08-01-2012 14:24
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sutty68 wrote:
That podium place was not to be, but still a good all round race for you
Thank you, would of been nice to reach the podium, but these races are just for fitness ready for P-N
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Posted on 09-01-2012 06:32
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Nice race for Charteau, good luck for the next race
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Posted on 13-01-2012 18:23
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Tour Of Mediterrean
Startlist
Spoiler Europcar
1. T.Voeckler
2. Sé.Chavanel
3. M.Claude
4. J.Cousin
5. D.Gaudin
6. S.Haddou
7. G.Le Floch
8. A.Pichot
Omega Pharma
11. J.Vanendert
12. M.Aerts
13. O.Kaisen
14. K.Lodewyck
15. Ó.Pujol
16. J.Roelandts
17. J.Van de Walle
18. F.Willems
Cofidis
21. R.Taaramäe
22. F.Barle
23. R.Cusin
24. L.Duque
25. N.Edet
26. T.Gallopin
27. D.Moncoutié
28. N.Vogondy
FDJ
31. S.Casar
32. W.Bonnet
33. S.Chainel
34. M.Delage
35. P.Fédrigo
36. A.Geslin
37. A.Gérard
38. Y.Offredo
BMC
41. J.Tschopp
42. C.Barton
43. M.Kohler
44. K.Kroon
45. A.Moinard
46. S.Morabito
47. M.Schär
48. S.Zahner
La Pomme
51. E.Gonzalo
52. J.Antomarchi
53. D.R.Díaz
54. T.Flaksis
55. B.Giraud
56. R.Skujins
57. T.Skujins
58. H.Vimba
Big Mat
61. J.Mombaerts
62. R.Bacon
63. S.Georges
64. D.Le Boulch
65. R.Racault
66. N.Rousseau
AG2R
71. M.Chérel
72. G.Bonnafond
73. M.Bouet
74. D.Champion
75. S.Houanard
76. B.Kadri
77. D.Le Lay
78. M.Montaguti
Endura Racing
81. I.Camaño
82. J.Anderson
83. M.De Jonge
84. R.Hayles
85. J.Moss
86. E.Oliphant
87. I.Wilkinson
88. C.Wilkinson
Skil
91. J.Fröhlinger
92. M.Docker
93. Y.Doi
94. A.Geniez
95. R.Kluge
96. M.Reimer
97. K.Van Hummel
98. R.Van Zandbeek
Bretagne
101. S.Calzati
102. J.Bideau
103. J.Delpech
104. S.Duret
105. A.Fonseca
106. R.Hardy
107. J.Le Bon
108. L.Pichon
Landbouwkrediet
111. D.Bellemakers
112. J.Breyne
113. E.Cammaerts
114. S.Delfosse
115. B.Dockx
116. S.Nys
117. K.Peeters
118. G.Verheyen
Topsport
121. P.Van Hecke
122. S.Armee
123. J.Baugnies
124. K.Boeckmans
125. K.De Ketele
126. S.Jodts
127. T.Mertens
128. J.Wallays
NetApp
131. A.Gottfried
132. C.Benedetti
133. S.Cozza
134. D.Hesselbarth
135. L.König
136. R.Retschke
137. A.Schillinger
138. T.Seubert
UnitedHealthcare
141. C.Jones
142. J.Clarke
143. R.Förster
144. A.Hegyvari
145. M.Jenkins
146. J.Keough
147. A.Pinfold
148. B.White
CCC Polsat
151. M.Taciak
152. D.Batek
Wallonie
161. G.Devillers
162. O.Chevalier
163. J.Dewitte
164. P.Legrand
165. L.Mottet
166. F.Polazzi
167. C.Premont
168. R.Steenuit
Roubaix
171. M.Kneisky
172. M.Boulo
173. A.Colin
174. B.Daeninck
175. J.Guay
Europcar Team
Europcar
1. T.Voeckler
2. Sé.Chavanel
3. M.Claude
4. J.Cousin
5. D.Gaudin
6. S.Haddou
7. G.Le Floch
8. A.Pichot
Stage 1
The winner of Stage 1 in what was a fiesty sprint finish was to be Robert Retschke of the NetApp team from the break.
Stage Result
1 | Robert Retschke | Team NetApp | 3h11'57 | 2 | Sébastien Delfosse | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | 3 | Óscar Pujol | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | 4 | David Le Lay | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 5 | Daniel Ricardo Díaz | Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | 6 | Johan Le Bon | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | 7 | Christopher Jones | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | 8 | James Moss | Endura Racing | s.t. | 9 | Fabio Polazzi | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | 10 | Damien Gaudin | Team Europcar | + 30 |
KOM
1 | Daniel Ricardo Díaz | Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | 16 | 2 | Johan Le Bon | Bretagne - Schuller | 12 | 3 | Óscar Pujol | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 12 | 4 | David Le Lay | AG2R La Mondiale | 10 | 5 | Sébastien Delfosse | Landbouwkrediet | 10 | 6 | James Moss | Endura Racing | 8 | 7 | Robert Retschke | Team NetApp | 2 |
Stage 2
After another sprint finish today's winner was to be FDJ's Anthony Geslin, great win for the Frenchman, this was after an early break went away.
Result
1 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ | 2h53'23 | 2 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 3 | Kenny Van Hummel | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | 4 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. | 5 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | 6 | Tony Gallopin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 7 | Ian Wilkinson | Endura Racing | s.t. | 8 | Jürgen Roelandts | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | 9 | Robert Retschke | Team NetApp | s.t. | 10 | Karsten Kroon | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
Points
1 | Robert Retschke | Team NetApp | 7 | 32 | 2 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ | 25 | 25 | 3 | Sébastien Delfosse | Landbouwkrediet | 0 | 20 | 4 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 20 | 20 | 5 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | 14 | 19 | 6 | Óscar Pujol | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 0 | 16 |
KOM
1 | Dimitri Champion | AG2R La Mondiale | 22 | 22 | 2 | Toms Skujins | Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | 18 | 18 | 3 | Daniel Ricardo Díaz | Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | 0 | 16 | 4 | Sven Jodts | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 14 | 14 | 5 | Óscar Pujol | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 0 | 12 | 6 | Johan Le Bon | Bretagne - Schuller | 0 | 12 |
Stage 3
Another stage for the sprinters which saw Skil's Kenny van Hummel take the stage win, fractionally ahead of Sebastian Chavanel of Europcar.
Result
1 | Kenny Van Hummel | Skil - Shimano | 3h10'23 | 2 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. | 3 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ | s.t. | 4 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 5 | Ian Wilkinson | Endura Racing | s.t. | 6 | Jürgen Roelandts | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | 7 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | 8 | William Bonnet | FDJ | s.t. | 9 | Mitchell Docker | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | 10 | Kris Boeckmans | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. |
Points
1 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ | 16 | 41 | 2 | Kenny Van Hummel | Skil - Shimano | 25 | 41 | 3 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | 20 | 39 | 4 | Robert Retschke | Team NetApp | 5 | 37 | 5 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 14 | 34 | 6 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 9 | 21 |
KOM
1 | Daniel Ricardo Díaz | Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | 18 | 34 | 2 | Nicolas Rousseau | Big Mat - Auber 93 | 22 | 32 | 3 | Jonathan Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 16 | 26 | 4 | Dimitri Champion | AG2R La Mondiale | 0 | 22 | 5 | Toms Skujins | Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | 0 | 18 |
Stage 4
Today's break managed to stay away and it was another win for the Skil Shimano team on which was the first hilly stage of this years race, van Zandbeek collected the honours at the finishline.
Result
1 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Skil - Shimano | 3h46'24 | 2 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | 3 | Nicolas Vogondy | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 22 | 4 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | + 58 | 5 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ | + 1'13 | 6 | Karsten Kroon | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 7 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | 8 | Jonathan Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | 9 | Mario Aerts | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | 10 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. |
Points
1 | Kenny Van Hummel | Skil - Shimano | 0 | 41 | 2 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ | 0 | 41 | 3 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 6 | 40 | 4 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | 0 | 39 | 5 | Robert Retschke | Team NetApp | 0 | 37 | 6 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 20 | 27 |
KOM
1 | Daniel Ricardo Díaz | Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | 0 | 34 | 2 | Dimitri Champion | AG2R La Mondiale | 10 | 32 | 3 | Nicolas Rousseau | Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0 | 32 | 4 | Jonathan Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 0 | 26 | 5 | Toms Skujins | Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | 0 | 18 |
Here are a selection of race moments from the first 4 stages of this years race.
Edited by Ste117 on 13-01-2012 18:32
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Ste117 |
Posted on 13-01-2012 18:30
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Final Stage
Today sees the riders finish this years tour with a tradional mountain top finish on Mount Faron outside of Toulon.
Today's break was a strong break and a large group, but the teams of the race favoruites work hard to keep the gap under control and they were brought back in time for the climb of Mount Faron.
On the climb and Thomas Voeckler decided it was time to parade the French National champions jersey and show how proud of it he was, he done just that by attacking.
He was closely followed by Anthony Geslin of FDJ and Karsten Kroon of BMC.
Under a km to go and they were catching fast.
But not fast enough as Thomas Voeckler hung on to win the final stage, but was enough for the yellow jersey.
Result | 1 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | 4h27'54 | 2 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ | + 13 | 3 | Karsten Kroon | BMC Racing Team | + 39 | 4 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ | + 1'21 | 5 | Sandy Casar | FDJ | + 1'41 | 6 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'52 | 7 | Johann Tschopp | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 8 | Yohan Offredo | FDJ | s.t. | 9 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | 10 | Alexandre Geniez | Skil - Shimano | s.t. |
GC
1 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | 17h31'09 | 2 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ | + 8 | 3 | Karsten Kroon | BMC Racing Team | + 1'06 | 4 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Skil - Shimano | + 1'44 | 5 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ | + 1'56 | 6 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 2'15 | 7 | Sandy Casar | FDJ | + 2'16 | 8 | Alexandre Geniez | Skil - Shimano | + 2'27 | 9 | Yohan Offredo | FDJ | s.t. | 10 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. |
Points
1 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ | 20 | 61 | 2 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 10 | 50 | 3 | Kenny Van Hummel | Skil - Shimano | 0 | 41 | 4 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | 25 | 39 | 5 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | 0 | 39 |
KOM
1 | Nicolas Rousseau | Big Mat - Auber 93 | 8 | 40 | 2 | Daniel Ricardo Díaz | Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | 0 | 34 | 3 | Dimitri Champion | AG2R La Mondiale | 0 | 32 | 4 | Jonathan Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 0 | 26 | 5 | Toms Skujins | Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | 0 | 18 |
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Posted on 15-01-2012 14:08
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Tour du Haut Var
Stage 1
We continue to prepare for Paris Nice by entering Tour du Haut Var, yesterday our Paris Nice place was confirmed by the race organisers, this is a huge achievement for our team.
Startlist
Spoiler Rabobank
1. R.Gesink
2. S.Clement
3. J.M.Gárate
4. B.Mollema
5. L.Ten Dam
6. D.Van Winden
7. C.Vermeltfoort
8. M.Wynants
FDJ
11. J.Roy
12. S.Casar
13. M.Delage
14. P.Fédrigo
15. G.Meersman
16. T.Pinot
17. A.Roux
18. A.Vichot
AG2R
21. J.Gadret
22. G.Bonnafond
23. J.Bérard
24. S.Hinault
25. S.Houanard
26. B.Kadri
27. S.Minard
28. C.Riblon
Saur - Sojasun
31. J.Coppel
32. A.Coyot
33. A.Delaplace
34. J.Engoulvent
35. J.Galland
36. F.Jeandesboz
37. L.Mangel
38. Y.Talabardon
NSP
41. M.Fothen
42. J.Fiedler
43. Y.Mayer
44. L.Menville
45. M.Mortka
46. J.Schmeiser
47. B.Thurau
48. T.Thömel
Cofidis
51. S.Dumoulin
52. M.Buffaz
53. J.Demaret
54. J.El Fares
55. T.Gallopin
56. D.Monier
57. N.Sijmens
58. N.Vogondy
La Pomme
61. E.Gonzalo
62. M.Delaroziere
63. D.R.Díaz
64. T.Flaksis
65. J.Jules
66. A.Kurbatskis
67. E.Siskevicius
68. J.Stonis
Big Mat
71. J.Mombaerts
72. F.Bacquet
73. N.Bazin
74. M.Drujon
75. M.Méderel
76. N.Rousseau
Europcar
81. C.Gautier
82. Y.Gène
83. S.Haddou
84. T.Hurel
85. V.Jérôme
86. G.Le Floch
87. P.Quemeneur
88. S.Turgot
Tavira
91. R.Mestre
92. H.Casimiro
93. D.Livramento
94. D.Mestre
95. L.Silva
Endura Racing
101. I.Camaño
102. J.Anderson
103. M.De Jonge
104. R.Hayles
105. J.Moss
106. E.Oliphant
107. I.Wilkinson
108. C.Wilkinson
Topsport
111. P.Vanspeybroeck
112. J.Baugnies
113. K.Boeckmans
114. S.Jodts
115. T.Mertens
116. P.Serry
117. P.Van Hecke
118. S.Van Vooren
Landbouwkrediet
121. G.Verheyen
122. D.Bellemakers
123. S.Delfosse
124. B.Dockx
125. E.Juodvalkis
126. S.Nys
127. K.Peeters
128. J.Stallaert
LA - Antarte
131. V.Dos Santos
132. A.Antunes
133. M.Barbosa
134. H.Sancho
135. R.Vinhas
Bretagne
141. F.Guillou
142. J.Bideau
143. S.Bonsergent
144. J.Delpech
145. R.Dion
146. M.Halleguen
147. G.Malacarne
148. F.Vachon
NetApp
151. A.Gottfried
152. M.Baer
153. C.Benedetti
154. S.Cozza
155. D.Hesselbarth
156. L.König
157. R.Retschke
158. A.Schillinger
Veranda's
161. J.Venter
162. D.Cappelle
163. T.Degand
164. R.Goris
165. G.Habeaux
166. S.Van den Houte
167. J.Vanlandschoot
168. T.Vernaeckt
Wallonie
171. O.Pardini
172. J.Bertrand
173. G.Bille
174. O.Chevalier
175. J.Dufrasne
176. F.Polazzi
177. R.Rouet
178. J.Vangenechten
Onda
181. D.Fernández
182. B.Borges
183. D.Silva
184. C.Sousa
Roubaix
191. N.Bonnet
192. B.Daeninck
193. L.Desriac
194. J.Guay
195. M.Kneisky
196. S.Tronet
Today's stage is perfect for any sprinters that are here, the finish is slightly uphill which should make it exciting.
Today's break was a large group, at first this group looked quite threatening. That was until the teams who wanted the win today started to bring the gap down.
Samuel Dumoulin takes the stage win for Cofidis, this was after the break was caught before 5km to go. Dumoulin also managed to grap a 5 second gap, both he and Cofidis will be delighted with their win today.
Result
1 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 3h57'49 | 2 | Tony Gallopin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 5 | 3 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | 4 | Florian Vachon | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | 5 | Ian Wilkinson | Endura Racing | s.t. | 6 | Sébastien Hinault | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 7 | Fabien Bacquet | Big Mat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 8 | Kris Boeckmans | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | 9 | Alexander Gottfried | Team NetApp | s.t. | 10 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
KOM
1 | Bart Dockx | Landbouwkrediet | 20 | 2 | Nicolas Rousseau | Big Mat - Auber 93 | 18 | 3 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Rabobank Cycling Team | 16 | 4 | Daniel Mestre | Tavira - Prio | 16 | 5 | Célio Sousa | Onda | 16 | 6 | James Vanlandschoot | Veranda's Willems - Accent | 8 |
Stage 2
Today's stage is one for the hill specialists with plenty of sharp small climbs.
Initially a break of 4 went away before been joined by Haddou of Europcar, Haddou had a difficult day in the break struggling on all the climbs before been dropped, behind them was Rousseau of Big Mat but he was unable to catch the leading group.
Rousseau on his own, on todays longest climb.
With Casar up the road and a threat the GC classement Dumoulin launched an attack but he was brought back before the final km.
Casar managed to stay away and take the win, but was it enough for him to clinch the race overall from Dumoulin.
Result
1 | Sandy Casar | FDJ | 5h36'28 | 2 | Geert Verheyen | Landbouwkrediet | + 17 | 3 | Dirk Bellemakers | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | 4 | Sébastien Hinault | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 5 | Nicolas Vogondy | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 6 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | 7 | Julien El Fares | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 8 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 9 | Leopold König | Team NetApp | s.t. | 10 | Alexander Gottfried | Team NetApp | s.t. |
GC
1 | Sandy Casar | FDJ | 9h34'02 | 2 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 12 | 3 | Blel Kadri | AG2R La Mondiale | + 23 | 4 | Tony Gallopin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 25 | 5 | Geert Verheyen | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | 6 | Dirk Bellemakers | Landbouwkrediet | + 29 | 7 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | 8 | Sébastien Hinault | AG2R La Mondiale | + 37 | 9 | Alexander Gottfried | Team NetApp | s.t. | 10 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. |
Points
1 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 8 | 33 | 2 | Sandy Casar | FDJ | 25 | 25 | 3 | Sébastien Hinault | AG2R La Mondiale | 14 | 24 | 4 | Tony Gallopin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 0 | 20 | 5 | Geert Verheyen | Landbouwkrediet | 20 | 20 | 6 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Saur - Sojasun | 0 | 16 |
KOM
1 | Blel Kadri | AG2R La Mondiale | 48 | 48 | 2 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Saur - Sojasun | 42 | 42 | 3 | Andreas Schillinger | Team NetApp | 36 | 36 | 4 | Nicolas Rousseau | Big Mat - Auber 93 | 10 | 28 | 5 | Daniel Mestre | Tavira - Prio | 11 | 27 | 6 | Jonas Vangenechten | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | 24 | 24 |
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Posted on 15-01-2012 14:45
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6th isn't bad, but not good either. I like your story anyway!
Guess who's back?
Lets see how many friens are still around...
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Veulta Andalucia
A low turn out for this years race with only 90 odd rider's taking part, despite this it will remain our warm up for Paris Nice, so we still come with a strong team.
Stage 1
First stage starts with a traditiona time trail, the steep climb at the end should decide the outcome of this stage.
Startlist
Spoiler Europcar
1. T.Voeckler
2. F.Bouyer
3. Sé.Chavanel
4. M.Claude
5. J.Cousin
6. C.Kern
7. K.Reza
8. D.Veilleux
Acqua & Sapone
11. S.Garzelli
12. P.Ciavatta
13. C.Corioni
14. F.Di Paolo
15. A.Masciarelli
16. V.Miholjevic
17. A.Proni
Garmin
21. C.Le Mével
22. J.Bobridge
23. T.Farrar
24. D.Lloyd
25. R.Navardauskas
26. T.Peterson
27. A.Talansky
28. M.Wilson
Caja Rural
31. J.Moreno
32. Í.Cuesta
33. D.De la Cruz
34. V.De la Parte
35. R.Reig
36. I.Romero
37. J.Sobrino
38. J.Sanchez Pimienta
Euskaltel
41. M.Nieve
42. J.Castroviejo
43. K.Fernández
44. I.Isasi
45. M.Landa
46. M.Mínguez
47. J.J.Oroz
48. D.Sesma
Saur - Sojasun
51. S.Joly
52. C.Bessy
53. C.Laborie
54. J.Marino
55. R.Martias
56. R.Matheou
57. J.Paiani
Veranda's
61. J.Van Goolen
62. D.Kemp
63. K.Van Melsen
64. E.Verbist
CCC Polsat
71. M.Rutkiewicz
72. L.Bodnar
73. S.Janiszewski
74. B.Matysiak
75. J.Mendes
76. A.Schulze
77. T.Smolen
78. K.Zielinski
Barbot
81. S.Pérez
82. R.Alarcón
83. A.Amorim
84. C.Baltazar
85. B.Pinto
NSP
91. S.Forberger
92. S.Baldauf
93. F.Bruno
94. M.Eichler
95. T.Fothen
96. R.Obst
97. L.Schädlich
98. B.Takacs
Burgos 2016
101. D.Belda
102. F.M.Antón
103. D.Gallego
104. R.Jimenez
Orbea
111. M.Bizkarra
112. A.Bagües
113. A.Blázquez
114. A.Etxebarria
115. N.Martín
116. X.Zabalo
Topsport
121. S.Armee
122. L.De Vreese
123. G.Joseph
124. J.Wallays
Landbouwkrediet
131. E.Cammaerts
132. J.Breyne
133. H.Dekkers
134. B.Gourgue
135. M.Helminen
136. B.Planckaert
NetApp
141. T.Seubert
Sorry the race replay failed to show after the stage, but here are the results.
1 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | 11'51 | 2 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | + 7 | 3 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 11 | 4 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | + 17 | 5 | Mathieu Claude | Team Europcar | s.t. | 6 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | + 22 | 7 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 23 | 8 | Franck Bouyer | Team Europcar | + 25 | 9 | Łukasz Bodnar | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 28 | 10 | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. |
Stage 2
Today's stage is a mountain stage and is likely to suit Garzelli and Voeckler, Voeckler will be looking to consolidate his lead in today's stage.
Today's break which was a huge threat as no one was willing to help Europcar bring the break back.
Europcar control the pace for a majority of the stage, the gap begins to come down.
Europcar start to turn the pressure on as it's gettin close to bringing the break back in time.
Europcar's efforts werent enough and the jersey has gone of Voeckler's back, dissapointing for the team, it was a win for Belda.
Result
1 | David Belda | Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | 4h37'13 | 2 | Alessandro Proni | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 3 | Jose Mendes | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 4 | Sander Armee | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | 5 | Rubén Reig | Caja Rural | s.t. | 6 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'38 | 7 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | s.t. | 8 | Javier Moreno | Caja Rural | s.t. | 9 | Cyril Bessy | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | 10 | Julián Sánchez Pimienta | Caja Rural | s.t. |
GC
1 | Jose Mendes | CCC Polsat Polkowice | 4h49'20 | 2 | Alessandro Proni | Acqua & Sapone | + 6 | 3 | David Belda | Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | s.t. | 4 | Rubén Reig | Caja Rural | + 13 | 5 | Sander Armee | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 25 | 6 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | + 1'22 | 7 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | + 1'29 | 8 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 1'33 | 9 | Mathieu Claude | Team Europcar | + 1'39 | 10 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'45 |
Points
1 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | 9 | 34 | 2 | David Belda | Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | 27 | 27 | 3 | Alessandro Proni | Acqua & Sapone | 26 | 26 | 4 | Jose Mendes | CCC Polsat Polkowice | 24 | 24 | 5 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | 0 | 20 | 6 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 10 | 19 |
KOM
1 | David Belda | Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | 32 | 32 | 2 | Rubén Reig | Caja Rural | 28 | 28 | 3 | Sander Armee | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 24 | 24 | 4 | Jose Mendes | CCC Polsat Polkowice | 22 | 22 | 5 | Alessandro Proni | Acqua & Sapone | 18 | 18 | 6 | Xabier Zabalo | Orbea Continental | 12 | 12 |
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Ste117 |
Posted on 15-01-2012 16:03
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alexanderlens wrote:
6th isn't bad, but not good either. I like your story anyway!
Yeh I was dissapointed with the result and thank you for following my story
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sutty68 |
Posted on 15-01-2012 19:15
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What a Great Tour of the Med by Voeckler ending with a deserved Overall Victory, Well Done |
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alexanderlens |
Posted on 16-01-2012 13:28
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One thing: you could make the url in you banner clickable with
Guess who's back?
Lets see how many friens are still around...
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Ste117 |
Posted on 16-01-2012 16:04
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Yeh I have always wondered why it isn't working
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