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IKEA-Bianchi - Tour Down Under
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| Christer |
Posted on 04-12-2011 17:06
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I am not complaining about you putting in 85 in STA on Christer Terjesen, but I think that's a little high. This looks good so far. When it comes to races, I would really like going for the gold in Norwegian national championships (if it's in) and Post Danmark Rundt (Tour of Denmark). Other than that, I will do whatever the team needs me to do. 
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| cavfan8 |
Posted on 05-12-2011 00:48
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AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Our goal for today will be to get Lachlan Saunders the win, from previous experience the breakaway is the way to go. Greg Bailey will try for the break just in case they get away, Saunders may get over Goss and it will be close with Haussler should it come to a bunch sprint.
Fitted with Bianchi Oltre frames, Shimano C-50 wheels and Giro Ionos helmets the boys looked sharp as they all will throughout the whole season.
With 133km to go two breakaway groups join together and have a 2 and a half minute gap, riders in here were Mcewen (Shack), A.Davis (Astana), Rensahw, (HTC), Hayman (Sky) and IKEA's own Greg Bailey. Due to the high calibre it looks unlikely Bailey will win if this break makes it, luckily we have Saunders in the pack doing no work.
With 100km to go the breakaway has 4mins and no real chase from the pack on this dangerous group. Could these guys stay away?
After Michael Matthews made a solo break and rode across to the break Garmin have decided to start a bit of a chase for their man Haussler. The gap is hovering around 5mins and if anything coming down slightly with just 55km's to go.
With 20km to go there is 3 groups on the road. The original break, 1min behind them is Simon Gerrans (sky) and Stuart O'Grady (leopard), and a further 1min40 back is the peleton. This one is going down to the wire!
On the outskirts of town Greg Bailey has gone for it alone! This is a crucial move.
It's between the breakaway riders of the day now. Bailey does have a minute advantage with 9km left but this group can close in, will he survive up the hill or not?
Yep, thats right, this photo  (sent in from a fan) shows that in their first ever race IKEA-Bianchi have won! It's Greg Bailey who crosses the line first with a gap of 27 seconds to Michael Matthews in second, 43 seconds to the chasing breakaway riders led over by Mark Renshaw and the peloton a further 2mins down.
The sponsors will be happy with this photo on the back page of every newspaper in Australia. Maybe it will encourage people to go out and buy DIY shelves and cupboards.
RESULTS
Top 10
Spoiler 1- Greg Bailey IKEA-Bianchi 4h33'45"
2-Michael Matthews Rabobank +27"
3-Mark Renshaw HTC-Highroad +43"
4-Fabio Calabria Team Type 1 s.t
5-Robbie Mcewen Radishack s.t
6-Allan Davis Astana s.t
7-Stuart O'Grady Leopard-Trek s.t
8-Cameron Wurf Liquigas-Cannondale s.t
9-David Kemp Veranda's Willems-Accent s.t
10-Simon Gerrans Sky s.t
26- Lachlan Saunders IKEA-Bianchi + 2'50"
INTERVIEW WITH GREG BAILEY
Matt Keenan (Aussie cycling reporter): Greg, wow! This is your first race with team IKEA-Bianchi, how did the ride go?
GB: Well Matt, I was instructed by my DS to get in the breakaway in case they survived, as you probably saw I didn't do much work as I didn't fancy my chances against blokes like Mcewen and Allan Davis. I felt strong on every hill today so I went for it just before the last climb and luckily JUST had enough energy to hold on to my lead.
MK: Will we see you at the Tour Down Under in your new jersey?
GB: Yeah, I think you will, with it being our home race I think both Lachie (Saunders) and I will be there.
MK: The rest of your team is enjoying the sun in Monaco, would you rather be there or here in chilly Melbourne?
GB: Definitely here Matt. I'm only 18 and I did leave the country 2 years ago to train more but I can't think of anywhere I'd rather be right now. Plus DS Oscar Richards is a pretty tough bloke I don't think the boys will be enjoying their time in Monaco.
MK: Haha, alright Greg, thanks and once again congratulations on your first professional win and hopefully more come your way. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 05-12-2011 00:56
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What a great start to the life of IKEA-Bianchi
Team strip looks great |
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| cavfan8 |
Posted on 05-12-2011 00:58
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sutty68 wrote:
What a great start to the life of IKEA-Bianchi
Team strip looks great
Yeah, I choose the team name after looking through the jerseys and picking IKEA as the best one
Just about to play the TT now |
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| cavfan8 |
Posted on 05-12-2011 01:27
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AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS ITT
NOTE- I have no Bianchi TT bike in the db i use so i will use the Giant chrono.
Today's objective is just ride and gain form. Not even joking. With Evans, Porte and Roegrs we have no hope even if Greg Bailey is reasonably good at timetrialing but with the DS's appalling TT coaching skill Greg may struggle. A top 10 would be nice. Saunders is expected to do nothing unfortunately.
We have literally no goal for Lachlan today but he rides anyway. Here he is in full stride.
Unfortunately Lachlan had the great timetrailist Jack Bobridge starting behind him which meant he got caught with about 3km's left.
Saunders crosses the finsh line provisionally in 13th place. He would later finish in 37th.
But now it's road race champion Bailey's chance!
Greg crosses the line and he won't do the double, he is in 4th for now but will finish as 10th.
And the winner is Cadel Evans from BMC by a mere second over Richie Porte (SaxoBank).
RESULTS
Top 10
Spoiler 1-Cadel Evans BMC 54'53"
2-Richie Porte SaxoBank-SunGard +1"
3-Cameron Meyer Garmin-Cervelo +45"
4-Rory Sutherland Unitedhealthcare +52
5-Jack Bobridge Garmin-Cervelo +56"
6-Michael Matthews Rabobank +1'15"
7-Michael Rogers Sky +1'29"
8-Luke Roberts SaxoBank-SunGard +1'36"
9-Adam Hansen Omega-Pharma Lotto +1'38"
10- Greg Bailey IKEA-Bianchi +1'44"
37- Lachlan Saunders IKEA-Bianchi +3'44"
We are happy that Greg managed to slot into the top 10 despite the great time triallists in the race. Next race is the first World Tour race the Tour Down Under in Adelaide. |
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| Christer |
Posted on 05-12-2011 01:40
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That's some quality racing by the two Aussies, right there. Good tactics, too. Looking forward to the next races.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 05-12-2011 01:40
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Ah well, not a good TT
But at least we have the National Road Race Champion in Greg Bailey |
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| cavfan8 |
Posted on 05-12-2011 03:40
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First stage of the Tour Down Under! Today we will look for a top 5 result with strong sprinter Mike Pye. This goal is very achievable and maybe we can podium or win but we will set realistic goals to start with.
The team consists of 
The big American James Hawksea got in the breakaway for IKEA-Bianchi today, along with Ian Stannard (sky), Viviani (Liquigas) and Eldridge from Team Type 1. James decided to go for the BOTD so we didn't have to chase all day to bring Pye to the finish. With 68km left they have a 4'27" advantage.
Past the finish line for the first time and it's BMC strangely who decided to chase, with no sprinter they are setting up for Ballan or Kroon to attack late? They have decreased the gap to 4mins now and it looks safe the break will be caught.
This picture was captured from a camera we put in Jakab Zoltan's sunglasses, we can clearly see with 3km to go Mike Pye on the wheel of Tyler Farrar who is getting led out by Julian Dean.
Boy was it close on the line! Breschel just pips Mike Pye to the black stripe, 5 more metres and Pye would have won. That's cycling for you though, you win some, you lose some.
RESULTS
Top 10
Spoiler 1- Matti Breschel Rabobank 3h16'39"
2- Mike Pye IKEA-Bianchi s.t
3-Mark Cavendish HTC-Highroad s.t
4- Marco Marcato Vaconsoleil s.t
5- Angel Vicioso Androni Giacattoli s.t
6- Daniele Pietropolli Lampre s.t
7- Julian Dean Garmin-Cervelo s.t
8- Murilo Fischer Garmin-Cervelo s.t
9- Tyler Farrar Garmin-Cervelo s.t
10- Daniele Bennati Leopard-Trek s.t
16- Jakab Zoltan IKEA-Bianchi s.t
31- Ruben van Weerd IKEA-Bianchi s.t
34- Lachlan Saunders IKEA-Bianchi s.t
44-Greg Bailey IKEA-Bianchi s.t
45- Sepp Forcher IKEA-Bianchi s.t
154- James Hawksea IKEA-Bianchi +2'56"
GC
Spoiler 1- Matti Breschel Rabobank 3h16'39"
2- Mike Pye IKEA-Bianchi +4"
3- Elia Viviani Liquigas-Cannondale s.t
4- Mark Cavendish HTC-Highroad +6"
5- Joe Eldridge Team Type 1 +7"
Points
Spoiler 1- Elia Viviani Liquigas-Cannondale 12
2- Matti Breschel Rabobank 8
3- Joe Eldridge Team Type 1 6
Mountain
Spoiler 1- Luke Roberts SaxoBank-SunGard 16
2- Giacomo Nizzolo Leopard-Trek 12
3- Ian Stannard Sky 8
Youth
Spoiler 1- Mike Pye IKEA-Bianchi 3h13'33"
2- Elia Viviani Liquigas-Cannondale s.t
3- Ian Stannard Sky +3"
Supporter's picture
A very successful day for IKEA-Bianchi! Pye will certainly aim for the win in every other bunch sprint this race. Next stage is another easy, flat one.
Edited by cavfan8 on 05-12-2011 03:41
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| cavfan8 |
Posted on 05-12-2011 05:18
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Stage 2 is all flat. We will look to stay safe in the peloton and win with Mike Pye in the end.
A group of 14 with no notable names got away and built up of lead of 5'30" with 90km left.
The gap was getting too large for our liking so we chose to drive the peloton for a bit.
Sepp Forcher, James Hawksea and Ruben van Weerd did an incredible amount of work pulling the large breakaway back.
Attack! A late move by Leif Hoste and Simon Spilak will cause some controversy, the break away is still a fair way up the road. Will they take the win?
And it's Tomas Vaitkus (Astana) who beats his breakaway companions today.
A bit of a mix up in the chase meant the breakaway lasted by 50 seconds and unfortunately Mike Pye tired and faded out to finish a dissapointing 27th.
RESULTS
Top 10
Spoiler 1- Tomas Vaitkus Astana 3h26'07"
2- Marko Kump Geox s.t
3-Maaten Neyens Omega Pharma Lotto s.t
4- Fabio Sabatini Liquigas-Cannondale s.t
5- Kenny Dehaes Omega Pharma Lotto s.t
6- Pablo Urtasun Euskatel s.t
7- Kristof Goddaert AG2R La Mondiale s.t
8- Alberto Ongarato Vaconsoleil s.t
9- Frederique Robert Quickstep s.t
10- Matteo Tosatto SaxoBank-SunGard s.t
27- Mike Pye IKEA-Bianchi +50"
57- Sepp Forcher IKEA-Bianchi +50"
58- James Hawksea IKEA-Bianchi +50"
61- Jakab Zoltan IKEA-Bianchi +50"
71- Greg Bailey IKEA-Bianchi +50"
94- Ruben van Weerd IKEA-Bianchi +50"
146- Lachlan Saunders IKEA-Bianchi +5'09"
GC
Spoiler 1-Tomas Vaitkus Astana 6h43'33"
2- Marko Kump Geox +4"
3- Maaten Neyens Omega Pharma Lotto +8"
4- Kristof Goddaert AG2R La Mondiale +9"
5- Kenny Dehaes Omega Pharma Lotto +9"
Points
Spoiler 1- Elia Viviani Liquigas-Cannondale 12
2- Tomas Vaitkus Astana 12
3- Marko Kump Geox 10
Mountain
Spoiler 1- Michael Barry Sky 16
2- Luke Roberts SaxoBank-SunGard 16
3- Giacomo Nizzolo Leopard-Trek 12
Youth
Spoiler 1- Marko Kump Geox 6h43'37"
2- Kristof Goddaert AG2R La Mondiale +5"
3- Luca Barla Androni Giacattoli +8"
A poor day from the perspective of an IKEA-Bianchi fan. Tomorrow is rated as 'hilly' but should end up in a sprint. If it doesn't maybe Jakab Zoltan can do something. |
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| FuglsangxTH3 |
Posted on 05-12-2011 06:00
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Well nice result by the Austrailian road championship and the first stage of the Tour Down Under
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| Axletig |
Posted on 05-12-2011 07:24
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Greg Baileys goals for the season are
Top 10 in both AUS championships.
KOM top 5 tour down under
3 victories season
Great to see my rider taking out first race of the season hope you can get in a breakaway in the next stages.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 05-12-2011 08:43
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What a finisn on stage1 of the Tour Down Under |
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| cavfan8 |
Posted on 05-12-2011 08:51
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@all Thanks on the kind words, I have enjoyed the first few stages and can't wait to get in to the big races like the cobbled classics and grand tours.
@sutty68 yeah that was intense! i was on the edge of my seat because it goes into slow mo and Pye had the speed but ran out of distance as I said in the report |
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| cavfan8 |
Posted on 05-12-2011 10:07
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Stage 3 is the only 'hilly' rated stage but it's not particularly hard. Two options here which are the sprint with Mike Pye and work for hills specialist Jakab Zoltan. To avoid chasing we will look to send someone in the breakaway.
After many attempts a breakaway finally get away. Blanco (Geox), Saunders (IKEA), Klemme (Leopard), Malacarne (Quickstep) and Costa (Movistar) have a gap of 3min with 57km left. Saunders has the ability to win from this group so he will work extra hard. Astana now begin the chase, the breakaway is looking more and more unlikely by the second.
Saunders attacks from the breakaway, the move looked inevitable but a slight shock to see the Aussie make the move first, maybe a repeat of Greg Bailey's efforts in the national championships?
Saunders starts the sprint with 1km to go and behind him it's a mess. Horner, Zoltan and Ballan attacked and caught the breakaway riders but everyone is pretty much together now apart from a few who have been dropped off the back. T.Vaitkus is in the peloton and shouldn't lose his lead today.
And it's a win for IKEA-Bianchi! But even more importantly Lachlan Saunders has taken a stage win in his home tour! Jakab Zoltan sweetens the win with second place 22 seconds behind. Zoltan will jump to 10th on GC.
RESULTS
Top 10
Spoiler 1- Lachlan Saunders IKEA-Bianchi 3h16'50"
2- Jakab Zoltan IKEA-Bianchi +22"
3-Dominic Klemme Leopard-Trek s.t
4- Chris Horner Radioshack s.t
5- Sergui Ivanov Katusha s.t
6- Alessandro Ballan BMC s.t
7- Matti Breschel Rabobank s.t
8- David Blanco Geox s.t
9- Marco Marcato Vaconsolei +59"
10- Davide Malacarne Quickstep s.t
33- Mike Pye IKEA-Bianchi +59"
51- Ruben van Weerd IKEA-Bianchi +59"
99- James Hawksea IKEA-Bianchi +2'58"
110- Sepp Forcher IKEA-Bianchi +2'58"
128- Greg Bailey IKEA-Bianchi +2'58"
GC
Spoiler 1-Tomas Vaitkus Astana 10h01'22""
2- Marko Kump Geox +4"
3- Maarten Neyens Omega Pharma Lotto +8"
4- Matteo Tasatto SaxoBank-SunGard +11"
5- Pablo Urtasun Euskatel +11"
Points
Spoiler 1- Elia Viviani Liquigas-Cannondale 12
2- Tomas Vaitkus Astana 12
3- Lachlan Saunders IKEA-Bianchi 12
Mountain
Spoiler 1- Michael Barry Sky 16
2- Luke Roberts SaxoBank-SunGard 16
3- Dominic Klemme Leopard-Trek 16
Youth
Spoiler 1- Marko Kump Geox 6h43'37"
2- Luca Barla Androni Giacattoli +8"
3- Dominic Klemme Leopard-Trek +17"
An amazing day for the Swedish team IKEA-Bianchi. A 1-2 was more than we could have hoped for. Zoltan moves into 10th on GC which is promising, Willunga Hill will decide where he ultimately finishes. The sponsor have to be happy with our Australian trip so far.
NOTE- My internet is being a b***h and going really slow, think I hit my download limit woops! I might write reports on word and upload next week when my internet improves or might take a break, dont worry though, I am doing this story and you may (or may not) have a blog from a team rider up soon Thanks for reading guys! |
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| Thinktank |
Posted on 05-12-2011 10:20
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Wow, nice 1-2! How about a Top 10 GC with Saunders? Is that out of reach? And too, may i ask you when Sepp has his greatest form this year?
And don't worry about the Internet-thing...all good things need their time to get even better and as long as you win, noone complains about waiting a day more or not anyway |
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| FuglsangxTH3 |
Posted on 05-12-2011 10:35
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Thats a really nice double
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 05-12-2011 10:45
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Nice 1-2 with Saunders and Zoltan |
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| vangerner |
Posted on 05-12-2011 13:47
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Nice double |
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| Rochie2 |
Posted on 05-12-2011 16:15
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i guess i will a nice domestic for everyone so ha |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 05-12-2011 17:42
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great start of season for the team. |
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