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| andy222c |
Posted on 03-11-2011 14:00
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Really? It takes a half second for me to load...
Hmm never mind, I'll make my pictures in .jpg format from now of, so lets hope it will work faster 
I actully got a question for everybody who are reading my story. I put in a lot of work to make this story very detailed an this obviously takes a lot of time. But I read stories like roturn's garmin story, which is moving really fast in time, and compared with that, mine is going pretty slow because i'm focussing on many details. So my question is whether you prefer this story moving fast in time without too many details, or if you would like it to be the way it already is?
I know that in the end it's gonna be my own desicion to make, but I would really like to know your opinion.
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| olabj |
Posted on 03-11-2011 14:33
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Personally I think that this story is fabulous the way it is, but it's your story so if you don't want to use so much time on it that is your call 
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 03-11-2011 14:36
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I would keep your story as it already is. I find it a good read and it is nicely reported and even though all the graphics may make it a bit slower to report, so what
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| dienblad |
Posted on 03-11-2011 14:58
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Yep, keep the story the way it is. I like it that the stories are different in layout, details, real team of custom etc.
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 03-11-2011 15:00
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sutty68 wrote:
I would keep your story as it already is. I find it a good read and it is nicely reported and even though all the graphics may make it a bit slower to report, so what
Keep up the good reporting
+1
The story is very enjoyable the way it is and I don't mind at all to wait a bit longer for a new post because I know the post is good
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| andy222c |
Posted on 03-11-2011 15:09
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@Thanks everybody for commenting. It seems like you got the same opinion as me, so i'll try to keep it going. I was just in doubt of whether it was the right way to do it, but you convinced me
Here's a short review of our next race Tour of Qatar
Welcome to a land full of oil, sand and a lot of wind. Welcome to Tour of Qatar.
Our team competed in this race for the first time last year which became a great succes. Mauro Finetto won a stage and finished 4th overall, and we will try to repeat this succes again.
Last year the race was won by a totally dominating Edvald Boasson Hagen in front of 2011 winner Tom Boonen - both for Sky.
Sponsor goal:  Stage win(s) - Tour of Qatar
Stage profiles
The Team 
With high ambitions, a strong team is required. Therefore we had planned since the very start of the year, that we would like our strongest sprinting duo to compete in this race; Ben Swift and Mauro Finetto.
For Swift this is his first race riding for our team, so we are excited to see how he rides in race situations.
To help the duo we have some of our strongest riders in O'Grady and Bellis. Their task is to prepare our duo for the sprints and make leadout trains. It is also important to mention that O'Grady actually is the the one on the team with the best shape at the moment.
Favourites
 J. Rojas
A. Davis, T. Bos
 B. Bozik, D. Galymzyanov, J. Degenkolb
Full startlist
Spoiler Movistar
1. J.Castroviejo
2. R.Costa
3. I.Gutiérrez
4. J.Herrada
5. J.Requiro
6. J.J.Rojas
7. E.Sanz
8. R.Serrano
Vacansoleil
11. B.Božic
12. K.Barbé
13. K.Kroon
14. W.Mol
15. J.Mouris
16. A.Ongarato
17. P.Rooijakkers
18. F.Veuchelen
HTC
21. B.Cooke
22. C.Barbosa
23. M.Brammeier
24. J.Degenkolb
25. B.Grabsch
26. T.Phinney
27. M.Velits
28. J.Williams
Astana
31. T.Vaitkus
32. A.Bazayev
33. S.Clarke
34. A.Grivko
35. V.Iglinskiy
36. F.Kessiakoff
37. D.Muravyev
38. M.Santambrogio
Euskaltel
41. T.Bos
42. J.Azanza
43. I.Izagirre
44. I.Mayoz
45. L.Mendoza
46. J.Ortiz
47. A.Txurruka
48. G.Verdugo
Skil
51. A.Davis
52. R.Chaigneau
53. B.De Backer
54. R.Kluge
55. K.Mori
56. T.Nishitani
57. M.Tjallingii
58. T.Veelers
Saur
61. Y.Trofimov
62. J.Hivert
63. L.Howard
64. A.Markov
65. R.Martias
66. M.Rutkiewicz
67. J.Simon
68. Y.Talabardon
UnitedHealthcare
71. T.Meyer
72. B.Bookwalter
73. Z.Dempster
74. D.Frattini
75. T.Harris
76. S.Hernandez
77. J.Keough
78. P.McDonald
Team Energi Fyn - TDC
81. S.O'Grady
82. G.Bak
83. J.Bellis
84. M.Finetto
85. C.Kreutzfeldt
86. L.Latini
87. T.Riber-Sellebjerg
88. B.Swift
Endura
91. P.Voss
92. J.Bauer
93. A.Blain
94. L.Holohan
95. R.Mandri
96. E.Oliphant
97. R.Partridge
98. I.Wilkinson
Katusha
101. D.Galimzyanov
102. A.Guardini
103. V.Gusev
104. A.Mironov
105. A.Ovechkin
106. L.Paolini
107. E.Silin
108. N.Trussov
Europcar
111. D.Champion
112. Y.Bagot
113. M.Claude
114. N.Edet
115. C.Gautier
116. A.Pichot
117. P.Quemeneur
118. K.Reza
D'Angelo & Antenucci
121. L.Ascani
122. Y.Arashiro
123. T.Dall'Antonia
124. L.Pierini
125. B.Riccio
126. A.M.Richeze
127. M.Rubiano
128. A.Zdanov
Farnese Vini
131. M.Montaguti
132. O.Bulgarelli
133. C.Cucinotta
134. E.Favilli
135. P.Lastras
136. G.Mirenda
137. A.Novembrini
138. E.Vona
Itera
141. H.Duyn
142. M.Antonov
143. K.Baranov
144. S.Firsanov
145. D.Ignatiev
146. P.Kochetkov
147. J.Ljungblad
148. R.Wielinga
AndalucÃa
151. J.Casper
152. D.Badajos
153. V.GarcÃa de Mateos
154. P.Iribarren
155. J.J.Lobato
156. A.Olmo
Spidertech
161. S.Tuft
162. R.Anderson
163. M.Batty
164. G.Boivin
165. C.Evans
166. R.Ferrari
167. M.Gilbert
168. A.Randell
Differdange
171. D.Arroyo
172. J.Cabrillon
173. S.Cohnen
174. B.Guama
175. G.Kaupas
176. T.Thill
177. M.Tronborg
178. J.Zangerle
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| andy222c |
Posted on 03-11-2011 17:06
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A very short prologue starts this years Tour of Qatar. We assume that this stage won't be very crucial for the overall classification because of the short length.
We have no time trial specialists on our team, so our goal is to loose as less time as possible at todays stage
Stage favourites
J. Castroviejo
T. Phinney, P. Voss
T. Meyer, R. Costa, B. Grabsch
Our main leader B. Swift was the first to start from our team. His ability of riding such prologues aren't very good. Therefore it was good to see him only 6' down on the provisional leader.
- He ended up being 12' down on the winner
Ben swift in a good performance
Former World Champion Bert Grabsch (HTC) was the first real favourite to start, but he couldn't achieve the expectations which were set for him.
- He ended up in 29th spot
Bert Grabsch disappointed
The big favourites started to come. Here is Andriy Grivko (Astana) who overtook the first place. Though couldn't he be there to the end and ended up in 6th spot
Andriy Grivko takes the first place
After being on the route, Vladimir Gusev (Katusha) overtakes the provisional first place from Grivko.
Vladimir Gusev overtakes the first place from Grivko
Now one of the very big favourites started. It was Paul Voss (Endura) who sat the best time 2' in front of Gusev
Paul Voss sets the best time
O'Grady was the last one to start for our team. We had no real expectations to him, so we was happy with his performance when we heard he rode into a 9th spot only 4' down on Voss
- He ended up in 16th spot
O'Grady doing a great job ending in 16th
The young australian Travis Meyer (UnitedHealthcare) was one of the last riders who could beat Voss's fantastic time. Meyer comes close, but not close enough as he ends 1' down on Voss
Travis Meyer only 1' down on Voss
Nobody could beat Voss's time until the last man started. It was Jonathan Castroviejo who also was the main favourite to take the victory today.
But it seemed like he too overhyped since he couldn't reach Voss's time at all, as he ended up in 5th spot
Therefore a great and fully deserved win for Paul Voss who beats Travis Meyer and Vladimir Gusev
Castroviejo really disappoints by ending in 5th, as Voss wins
| 1 | Paul Voss | Endura Racing | 3'16 | | 2 | Travis Meyer | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | + 1 | | 3 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | + 2 | | 4 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 5 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | Andriy Grivko | Pro Team Astana | + 3 | | 7 | Svein Tuft | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 8 | Huub Duyn | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 9 | Matteo Montaguti | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 10 | Luca Ascani | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | ... | | 16 | Stuart O'Grady | Team Energi Fyn - TDC | + 4 |
Spoiler | 11 | Roger Kluge | Skil - Shimano | + 4 | | 12 | John Degenkolb | HTC - FedEx | s.t. | | 13 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 14 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 15 | Dimitri Champion | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 16 | Stuart O'Grady | Team Energi Fyn - TDC | s.t. | | 17 | Alexei Markov | Saur - Sojasun | + 5 | | 18 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 19 | Jack Bauer | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 20 | Assan Bazayev | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 21 | Tomas Vaitkus | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 22 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Pro Team Astana | + 6 | | 23 | Jens Mouris | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 24 | Sergey Firsanov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 25 | Robin Chaigneau | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 26 | Theo Bos | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 27 | Baden Cooke | HTC - FedEx | s.t. | | 28 | Nikolai Trussov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 29 | Bert Grabsch | HTC - FedEx | + 7 | | 30 | Mauro Finetto | Team Energi Fyn - TDC | s.t. | | 31 | Leigh Howard | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 32 | Karsten Kroon | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 33 | Brent Bookwalter | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 34 | Cândido Barbosa | HTC - FedEx | s.t. | | 35 | Borut Božic | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 36 | Taylor Phinney | HTC - FedEx | + 8 | | 37 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 38 | Alexandre Blain | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 39 | Zakkari Dempster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 40 | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 41 | Matthew Brammeier | HTC - FedEx | s.t. | | 42 | Ryan Anderson | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 43 | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 44 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 45 | Artem Ovechkin | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 46 | Christian Kreutzfeldt | Team Energi Fyn - TDC | + 9 | | 47 | Simon Clarke | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 48 | Otavio Didier Bulgarelli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 49 | Yukiya Arashiro | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 50 | Maarten Tjallingii | Skil - Shimano | + 10 | | 51 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 52 | Jonathan Bellis | Team Energi Fyn - TDC | s.t. | | 53 | Andrea Guardini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 54 | Glenn Bak | Team Energi Fyn - TDC | s.t. | | 55 | David Arroyo | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 56 | Jimmy Casper | AndalucÃa Caja Granada | s.t. | | 57 | Yury Trofimov | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 58 | Koen Barbé | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 59 | Alexander Zdanov | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 60 | Tom Veelers | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 61 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 11 | | 62 | Robert Partridge | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 63 | Elia Favilli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 64 | Davide Frattini | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 65 | Mark Batty | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 66 | Vicente GarcÃa de Mateos | AndalucÃa Caja Granada | s.t. | | 67 | Bert De Backer | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 68 | Jorge Azanza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 69 | Allan Davis | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 70 | Ian Wilkinson | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 71 | Miguel Rubiano | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | + 12 | | 72 | Piet Rooijakkers | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 73 | Tom Thill | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 74 | Thomas Harris | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 75 | Pablo Iribarren | AndalucÃa Caja Granada | s.t. | | 76 | Luca Pierini | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 77 | Nicolas Edet | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 78 | Alexander Mironov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 79 | Stefan Cohnen | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 80 | Kirill Baranov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 81 | Emanuele Vona | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 82 | Ben Swift | Team Energi Fyn - TDC | s.t. | | 83 | Andrew Randell | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 84 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 13 | | 85 | Rafael Serrano | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 86 | Jonas Ljungblad | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 87 | Pavel Kochetkov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 88 | Juan José Lobato | AndalucÃa Caja Granada | s.t. | | 89 | Bernardo Riccio | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 90 | Rony Martias | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 91 | Kazuhiro Mori | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 92 | Byron Guama | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 93 | Liam Holohan | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 94 | Peter McDonald | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 95 | Mauro Santambrogio | Pro Team Astana | + 14 | | 96 | Perrig Quemeneur | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 97 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 98 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 99 | Antonio Olmo | AndalucÃa Caja Granada | s.t. | | 100 | Sergio Hernandez | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 101 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 102 | Cameron Evans | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 103 | Iban Mayoz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 104 | Claudio Cucinotta | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 105 | René Mandri | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 106 | Yannick Talabardon | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 107 | Gianluca Mirenda | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 15 | | 108 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 109 | Marek Rutkiewicz | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 110 | Taiji Nishitani | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 111 | Alberto Ongarato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 112 | Pablo Lastras | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 113 | Luis Mendoza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 114 | Jesus Requiro | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 115 | Guillaume Boivin | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 116 | Mathieu Claude | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 117 | Jeff Cabrillon | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 118 | Daniel Badajos | AndalucÃa Caja Granada | s.t. | | 119 | Mikhail Antonov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 120 | Yoann Bagot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 121 | Remmert Wielinga | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 122 | Justin Williams | HTC - FedEx | + 16 | | 123 | Frederik Veuchelen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 124 | Michael Tronborg | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 125 | Martin Gilbert | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 126 | Egor Silin | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 127 | Thomas Riber-Sellebjerg | Team Energi Fyn - TDC | s.t. | | 128 | Martin Velits | HTC - FedEx | s.t. | | 129 | Roberto Ferrari | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 130 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 131 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 132 | Joel Zangerle | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 133 | Americo Novembrini | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 17 | | 134 | Evan Oliphant | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 135 | Dimitry Ignatiev | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 136 | Julien Simon | Saur - Sojasun | + 18 | | 137 | Julio Alberto Ortiz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 138 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 19 | | 139 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | + 20 | | 140 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 141 | Luca Latini | Team Energi Fyn - TDC | s.t. | | 142 | Gediminas Kaupas | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. |
| 1 | Paul Voss | Endura Racing | 3'16 | | 2 | Travis Meyer | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | + 1 | | 3 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | + 2 | | 4 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 5 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | ... | | 16 | Stuart O'Grady | Team Energi Fyn - TDC | + 4 |
| 1 | Travis Meyer | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 3'17 | | 2 | John Degenkolb | HTC - FedEx | + 3 | | 3 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 4 | | 4 | Robin Chaigneau | Skil - Shimano | + 5 | | 5 | Leigh Howard | Saur - Sojasun | + 6 | | ... | | 8 | Christian Kreutzfeldt | Team Energi Fyn - TDC | + 8 |
It was a pretty relaxed race for our riders today since they had no expectations to fulfill. I haven't seen anything from the my riders which is really alarming, so we can now look forward to tomorrows stage which we though have really high expectations to. See you tomorrow.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 03-11-2011 17:34
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16th and only 4 seconds adrift and all stages suit a sprinter so O'Grady will come good and climb the leaderboard |
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 04-11-2011 18:05
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it's a good story and it's nice with one about a Danish team.
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 04-11-2011 18:05
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it's a good story and it's nice with one about a Danish team.
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| Tuco the Ugly |
Posted on 04-11-2011 18:18
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Write your story at your own pace and in a style you like. You'll enjoy it more and it'll last longer
I love your screens.
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| andy222c |
Posted on 05-11-2011 16:14
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@ Sutty68, Whitejersey and Tuco the Ugly
- I agree with you Sutty68, with O'Grady's great shape and the start he has got, there is some great possibilities for him. Though I think the bonus seconds will be crucial for the GC and therefore we probably will count on Swift for the GC.
- Thanks Whitejersey. Great that you like the story and i agree with you, there aren't any stories with Danish teams for the moment, so I also think it's nice. Are you also Danish?
- Yeah I'll do that, I just needed an advice to now that what i'm doing is fine. Thank you Tuco the Ugly.
Now the Tour of Qatar really starts for our team. This is the first stage which suits our sprinting team really great. But we won't the main favourites since there are some of the very best sprinters in the world on the startlist
Stage favourites
J. Rojas
B. Bozik, A. Guardini
T. Bos, B. Swift, D. Galymzyanov
A two man break containing T.Thill (Differdange) and P. Lastras (Farnese vini) got away after 30 km of the stage. Before they got away, big names such as A. Davis (Skil - Shimano) had tried his luck, but obviously no one wanted him to be in the break. Also our own L. Latini got away but was catched again
The 2 escapies T.Thill (Differdange) and P. Lastras (Farnese vini)
The break was almost done before it got away. With the heavy wind and a pack trying to catch you, two men just aren't enough.
Therefore it came down to a mass sprint. We tried to make a long leadout train for Swift who was feeling good, but the train broke and our two leaders Swift and Finetto was blocked inside the pack
Our leadout train breaks and leaves Swift and Finetto blocked inside the pack
With 5 km left Finetto was now trying to get up in the front in the right side of the road, while Swift was still blocked inside the pack.
Our train was in perfect position and we still had O'Grady in the front, so we decided to ride on and see how things would develop
Swift is still blocked in the pack
J. Bauer (Endura) started the sprint, and O'Grady was in perfect position to go in his wheel. Also The race leader P.Voss (Endura) was in the very front sprinting in the middle of the road with A. Guardini (Katusha) in his wheel.
At this time Finetto was almost up in the front of the pack.
O'Grady in perfect position in the opening sprint
Unfortunately J. Bauer sudden ran out of energy still with O'Grady in his wheel. The left side was blocked for O'Grady because of riders in his side, and in the right side was the boards. Therefore he couldn't get free and was forced to slip down through the pack.
At the same moment A. Guardini left Voss' wheel to power alone towards the finish line. Degenkolb (HTC) saw this immediately and followed him. Finetto had just reached the front in the very same moment and took his chance riding after Degenkolb
O'Grady gets blocked while Guardini strikes with Degenkolb and Finetto trying to catch his wheel
But Andrea Guardini was simply too strong at the right moment. Therefore he got a very well deserved win for being tactical and strong.
Congratulations for Katusha's Italian star
Andrea Guardini wins a beautiful victory
Right after Guardini Crossed the line, the other riders was trying to get the two last podium spots and some very crucial bonus seconds.
Finetto had appearently left Degenkolb's wheel too early since other riders came up along him. Though he managed to finish 4th right after D. Galymzyanov who secured a Katusha double and E. Favilli from Farnese Vini
Finetto finishes in 4th
Ben Swift had just got free of the blocking riders and now tried to do his best for a decent result. He came really fast on the last 100 metres and thereby got the 8th spot
Ben Swift trying to do a decent result
| 1 | Andrea Guardini | Katusha Team | 3h27'58 | | 2 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 3 | Elia Favilli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 4 | Mauro Finetto | Team Energi Fyn - TDC | s.t. | | 5 | John Degenkolb | HTC - FedEx | s.t. | | 6 | Jimmy Casper | AndalucÃa Caja Granada | s.t. | | 7 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 8 | Ben Swift | Team Energi Fyn - TDC | s.t. | | 9 | Allan Davis | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 10 | Robin Chaigneau | Skil - Shimano | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Sergio Hernandez | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 12 | Luca Latini | Team Energi Fyn - TDC | s.t. | | 13 | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 14 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 15 | Mathieu Claude | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 16 | Theo Bos | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 17 | Alexandre Blain | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 18 | Jonathan Bellis | Team Energi Fyn - TDC | s.t. | | 19 | Taiji Nishitani | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 20 | Bernardo Riccio | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 21 | Stuart O'Grady | Team Energi Fyn - TDC | s.t. | | 22 | Davide Frattini | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 23 | Martin Velits | HTC - FedEx | s.t. | | 24 | Julien Simon | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 25 | Tomas Vaitkus | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 26 | Leigh Howard | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 27 | Jonas Ljungblad | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 28 | Simon Clarke | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 29 | Assan Bazayev | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 30 | Glenn Bak | Team Energi Fyn - TDC | s.t. | | 31 | Pablo Lastras | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 32 | Justin Williams | HTC - FedEx | s.t. | | 33 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 34 | Baden Cooke | HTC - FedEx | s.t. | | 35 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 36 | Evan Oliphant | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 37 | Bert De Backer | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 38 | Paul Voss | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 39 | Perrig Quemeneur | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 40 | Ian Wilkinson | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 41 | Huub Duyn | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 42 | Kazuhiro Mori | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 43 | Jack Bauer | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 44 | Nicolas Edet | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 45 | Gianluca Mirenda | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 46 | Martin Gilbert | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 47 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 48 | Cândido Barbosa | HTC - FedEx | s.t. | | 49 | Roger Kluge | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 50 | Remmert Wielinga | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 51 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 52 | Zakkari Dempster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 53 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 54 | Frederik Veuchelen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 55 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 56 | Thomas Harris | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 57 | Karsten Kroon | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 58 | Tom Veelers | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 59 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 60 | Dimitri Champion | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 61 | Robert Partridge | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 62 | Mauro Santambrogio | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 63 | Brent Bookwalter | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 64 | Taylor Phinney | HTC - FedEx | s.t. | | 65 | Byron Guama | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 66 | Yoann Bagot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 67 | Alexander Zdanov | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 68 | Peter McDonald | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 69 | Stefan Cohnen | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 70 | Matteo Montaguti | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 71 | Ryan Anderson | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 72 | Travis Meyer | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 73 | Emanuele Vona | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 74 | Andriy Grivko | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 75 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 76 | Tom Thill | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 77 | Egor Silin | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 78 | Nikolai Trussov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 79 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 80 | Roberto Ferrari | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 81 | Borut Božic | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 82 | Svein Tuft | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 83 | Antonio Olmo | AndalucÃa Caja Granada | s.t. | | 84 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 85 | Rony Martias | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 86 | Michael Tronborg | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 87 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 88 | Maarten Tjallingii | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 89 | Marek Rutkiewicz | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 90 | Pavel Kochetkov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 91 | Yukiya Arashiro | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 92 | Vicente GarcÃa de Mateos | AndalucÃa Caja Granada | s.t. | | 93 | Juan José Lobato | AndalucÃa Caja Granada | s.t. | | 94 | Alberto Ongarato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 95 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 96 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 97 | Alexei Markov | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 98 | Yury Trofimov | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 99 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 100 | Miguel Rubiano | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 101 | David Arroyo | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 102 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 103 | Mikhail Antonov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 104 | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 105 | Alexander Mironov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 106 | Iban Mayoz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 107 | Liam Holohan | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 108 | Joel Zangerle | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 109 | Rafael Serrano | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 110 | Pablo Iribarren | AndalucÃa Caja Granada | s.t. | | 111 | Julio Alberto Ortiz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 112 | Luca Pierini | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 113 | Matthew Brammeier | HTC - FedEx | s.t. | | 114 | Claudio Cucinotta | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 115 | Christian Kreutzfeldt | Team Energi Fyn - TDC | s.t. | | 116 | Thomas Riber-Sellebjerg | Team Energi Fyn - TDC | s.t. | | 117 | Andrew Randell | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 118 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 119 | Gediminas Kaupas | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 120 | Jorge Azanza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 121 | Piet Rooijakkers | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 122 | Yannick Talabardon | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 123 | Daniel Badajos | AndalucÃa Caja Granada | s.t. | | 124 | Jesus Requiro | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 125 | René Mandri | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 126 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 127 | Kirill Baranov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 128 | Artem Ovechkin | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 129 | Bert Grabsch | HTC - FedEx | s.t. | | 130 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 131 | Jeff Cabrillon | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 132 | Mark Batty | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 133 | Sergey Firsanov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 134 | Luca Ascani | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 135 | Guillaume Boivin | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 136 | Otavio Didier Bulgarelli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 137 | Jens Mouris | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 138 | Americo Novembrini | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 139 | Koen Barbé | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 140 | Dimitry Ignatiev | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 141 | Luis Mendoza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'53 | | 142 | Cameron Evans | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. |
| 1 | Andrea Guardini | Katusha Team | 3h31'04 | | 2 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | + 6 | | 3 | Paul Voss | Endura Racing | + 10 | | 4 | Travis Meyer | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | + 11 | | 5 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 12 | | ... | | 16 | Stuart O'Grady | Team Energi Fyn - TDC | + 14 |
| 1 | Paul Voss | Endura Racing | 25 | | 2 | Andrea Guardini | Katusha Team | 25 | | 3 | Travis Meyer | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 20 | | 4 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | 20 | | 5 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | 16 |
| 1 | Andrea Guardini | Katusha Team | 3h31'04 | | 2 | Elia Favilli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 13 | | 3 | John Degenkolb | HTC - FedEx | + 14 | | 4 | Robin Chaigneau | Skil - Shimano | + 16 | | 5 | Luca Latini | Team Energi Fyn - TDC | + 30 |
When our train broke and O'Grady got blocked, we thought that we wouldn't have any chance of doing a great result on todays stage. But luckily Finetto showed a really great tactical sence and nailed the 4th spot.
Even though Swift also got blocked, his final sprint on the last hundred metres was astonishing. So we are happy to have gotten this great result and are looking forward with new experiences and lessons for tomorrows stage.
I also forgot to tell that Swift got 4 bonus seconds in the intermediate sprints. This is very important and he will hopefully benefit from that in the upcomming stages.
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 05-11-2011 16:18
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| YvesStevens |
Posted on 05-11-2011 16:24
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What is Finneto atm sprint skill? |
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Posted on 05-11-2011 16:29
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 05-11-2011 18:07
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Unlucky with the sprint |
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| andy222c |
Posted on 05-11-2011 20:29
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Saxo Bank has told Bjarne Riis (Manager of the team) that they will no longer sponsor the team next year in 2014.
Sungard which appearently is Co-sponsor of the team may overtake the main sponsorship as solo sponsor, but it is still unknown whether they want to do it and whether a new sponsor may overtake. All we know is that Saxo Bank is going to stop their sponsorship of the team.
Two years ago HTC extended their sponsorship with the team, but now they wont extend their contract for the upcomming years.
Fed-Ex is appearently Co-sponsoring the team and is also able of overtaking the main sponsorship.
Our own contract with our main sponsor EnergiFyn, is still not renewed. The team is in doubt that the relatively small firm is able to fulfill the teams visions for the upcomming years.
We've had some smaller talks about the situation, but havn't decided anything yet. The negotiations is going to be about whether EnergiFyn wants to put in more money - and if our team will take the risk of loosing our sponsor without guarenty of a new.
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| YvesStevens |
Posted on 05-11-2011 20:32
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Come on EnergiFyn, renewal the contract, it would be stupid if you had to stop the story because you couldn't find a new sponsor |
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 05-11-2011 21:34
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YvesStevens wrote:
Come on EnergiFyn, renewal the contract, it would be stupid if you had to stop the story because you couldn't find a new sponsor
In contrary, a new, financially strong, main sponsor would give the team the possibility to expand even more!
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 05-11-2011 21:36
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I would go for new Head sponsor, Carlsberg, if we need to Danish
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