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| sutty68 |
Posted on 04-02-2012 12:32
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Great win by Trofimov and now the GC lead as well, Well Done |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 04-02-2012 12:34
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A win, a 3rd place, and 2 top 10 places!
You are dominating this!
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 04-02-2012 15:41
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@ Teddy- Thanks a lot Teddy!
@ tsmoha- Sure, I'll download it now. I've only played the first two of San Luis  Thanks!
@ Pelli- Wow, thanks a lot! I wasn't expecting such great compliments about my screens. My settings aren't even maxed in all areas Hopefully he can hold on.
@ dienblad- Thanks a lot First win since I started PCM 11 I think.
@ Freitas- Very true. Caruso was the second favourite, and pretty much the remainder of my team was scattered in the race favourites in the loading screen.
Alakagom- Extreme already  Thanks a lot.
@ olabj- Thanks a lot. I'll need it.
@ Chriller- I think its 300,000 something. I seems to be going up though. Better be, it seems a little lower than recommended last year.
@ sutty- Thank you, I just saw the gap expanding and luckily I found the right tempo to set him at right away.
@ fccancellara- Thanks a lot! Probably wont see sucj good results in the TDU.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 04-02-2012 19:33
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 Santos Tour Down Under 19.01-24.01.12
The route will take the riders in and around Adelaide at all times. The first stage is the farthest North, but after that, the stages are all over the map. around Adelaide. There is no constant progresseion south, but if you like Adelaide, then I'm sure you wont mind! The route goes through great scenery and for the first time, Willunga Hill is the finish for Stage 5, which will give hilly riders an even better chance at victory than ever before.
Katusha TDU Squad
 | Xavier Florencio | Leader | | Oscar Freire | Sprinter |  | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Mate |  | Alexander Kristoff | Team Mate |  | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Team Mate | | Alexander Porsev | Team Mate |  | Maxime Vantomme | Team Mate |
Our team has one leader and top sprinter and many team mates that can help our two leaders achieve their goals, and bring the team success. We have Florencio who will be our team leader and will be the one we work for on Stage 5 to Willunga Hill. The other stages we will have one rider look after him, and the rest take care of Freire as we try to have successful sprint finishes on each stage. I feel our squad is strong enough to compete in the sprint as Ignatiev will be the ultimate lead-out man but on the hills Florencio may not be strong enough to compete with the leaders of other teams.
Full Startlist
Spoiler Katusha
1. Ó.Freire
2. X.Florencio
3. M.Ignatiev
4. A.Kristoff
5. A.Kuschynski
6. A.Porsev
7. M.Vantomme
Sky
11. M.Cavendish
12. M.Barry
13. M.Hayman
14. R.Porte
15. I.Stannard
16. C.Sutton
17. B.Swift
Garmin
21. T.Farrar
22. T.Dekker
23. H.Haussler
24. R.Hunter
25. A.Klier
26. D.Millar
27. S.Rosseler
Vacansoleil
31. R.Feillu
32. K.Boeckmans
33. S.Devolder
34. M.Marcato
35. M.Mortensen
36. F.Veuchelen
37. L.Westra
Cofidis
41. L.Duque
42. S.Dumoulin
43. J.Ghyselinck
44. K.Kriit
45. A.Petit
46. N.Sijmens
47. T.Valentin
RadioShack
51. D.Bennati
52. T.Gallopin
53. M.Irizar
54. T.Machado
55. G.Nizzolo
56. G.Rast
57. H.Roulston
FDJ
61. J.Roy
62. S.Chainel
63. F.Guesdon
64. M.Ladagnous
65. Y.Offredo
66. G.Rasch
67. D.Rollin
Movistar
71. V.Karpets
72. A.Amador
73. R.Costa
74. I.Gutiérrez
75. R.Plaza
76. E.Sanz
77. F.J.Ventoso
BMC
81. G.Hincapie
82. A.Ballan
83. A.Blythe
84. M.Quinziato
85. T.Roe
86. M.Schär
87. D.Wyss
GreenEdge
91. A.Davis
92. J.Dean
93. M.Docker
94. A.Kruopis
95. B.Lancaster
96. S.O'Grady
97. W.Sulzberger
Acqua & Sapone
101. F.Ginanni
102. P.Ciavatta
103. C.Corioni
104. F.Di Paolo
105. A.Donati
106. R.Marzoli
107. F.Taborre
Quick·Step
111. G.Steegmans
112. M.Golas
113. I.Keisse
114. N.Maes
115. Z.Stybar
116. N.Terpstra
117. K.Vandewalle
Saxo Bank
121. J.J.Haedo
122. J.Cantwell
123. L.S.Haedo
124. K.Klostergaard
125. T.Miyazawa
126. M.Mørkøv
127. L.Roberts
Astana
131. M.Iglinskiy
132. A.Bazayev
133. F.Gavazzi
134. A.Grivko
135. J.Guarnieri
136. D.Muravyev
137. S.Ponzi
Liquigas
141. D.Oss
142. P.Longo Borghini
143. M.Paterski
144. D.Ratto
145. F.Sabatini
146. J.Sagan
147. E.Viviani
Lampre
151. D.Pietropolli
152. D.Cimolai
153. A.Kvachuk
154. A.Malori
155. D.Righi
156. D.Ulissi
157. D.Viganò
Euskaltel
161. J.J.Oroz
162. P.Bilbao
163. R.GarcÃa
164. G.Izagirre
165. A.Pérez
166. R.Pérez
167. P.Urtasun
AG2R
171. M.Elmiger
172. M.Belletti
173. J.Casper
174. S.Hinault
175. S.Minard
176. L.Mondory
177. B.Shpilevsky
UnitedHealthcare
181. R.Sutherland
182. B.Day
183. D.Frattini
184. R.Förster
185. A.Hegyvari
186. J.Keough
187. B.Van Poppel
Androni
191. E.Sella
192. G.Ermeti
193. F.Felline
194. R.Ferrari
195. T.Gil
196. F.J.Moreno
197. M.Rubiano
Rabobank
201. M.Matthews
202. J.Bol
203. T.Bos
204. G.Brown
205. R.Flens
206. T.Leezer
207. C.Vermeltfoort
Lotto
211. J.Van de Walle
212. S.Cordeel
213. J.Debusschere
214. A.Hansen
215. V.Reynès
216. M.Sieberg
217. J.Vangenechten
Favourites
Matthews, Sella, Ballan
Freire, Porte, Davis, Machado, Ginnani
Florencio, Haussler, Plaza, Oss, Elmiger, Sutherland
The startlist isn't exactly filled with riders to compete for the GC so Florencio or Freire may actually have a shot at winning the overall! That said there are many other riders with a good shot too, like Michael Matthews or Ballan.
For the sprints however, there are quite a few strong riders here. The biggest is of course Mark Cavendish and his elite leadout of Ben Swift and Sutton. Tyler Farrar and Feillu are also here, and could very well challenge Cavendish in the flatter sprint stages like Stage 1 for example. Then there are the outside favourites like Bennati, Steegmans, Oss, Matthews and Davis. These riders could also steal a win or two, but I dont expect any of them to dominate the race in any way.
No doubt the racing will be fast and exciting, and if you love sprints this is the race for you! Not only that but the weather is fantastic, and sunny, although probably too hot. And the landscape is great! Just gotta watch out for the kangaroo's crossing.
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| Teddy The Creator |
Posted on 04-02-2012 22:48
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but if you like Adelaide, then I'm sure you wont mind!
Mate, no one likes Adelaide.
Wow, compared to my TDU, that startlist is crap! In mine I had tons of climbers. Good for Freire then I guess. Stage 5 is a 3km uphill sprint, and he usually performs well on it. Good luck!
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 05-02-2012 17:27
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Teddy The Creator wrote:
but if you like Adelaide, then I'm sure you wont mind!
Mate, no one likes Adelaide.
Wow, compared to my TDU, that startlist is crap! In mine I had tons of climbers. Good for Freire then I guess. Stage 5 is a 3km uphill sprint, and he usually performs well on it. Good luck!
Haha.
Yeah my start list really sucks for some reason.
Freire has a good chance of doing something for me. Next stage up soon too!
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| Geezar10 |
Posted on 05-02-2012 17:31
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Next stage up soon too!
Can't wait! Good Luck! |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 05-02-2012 22:38
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19.1.12 Santos Tour Down Under - Stage 1
Prospect - Clare
The stage is the first big sprint stage of the year! Cav is the obvious favourite for the win, but with the small hill 20km from the line, it could be enough to drain a bit of energy out of Cav. Hopefully we get a sprint though, thats what everyone wants.
The stage starts up like most, with a large breakaway getting clear. Surprisingly there's no one too big in the group, so they are allowed to get a pretty big gap.
Later in the race, the breakaway has really split up and only a few riders are clear of the peloton now. Still they wont stay clear for much longer as Sky and Garmin are racing hard now, for the sprint.
The sprint stars, and Sky have clear control with Swift leading out Cav perfectly for the win, but maybe Katusha or Garmin can come back with Haussler, Farrar or Freire.
But Cav is clearly too fast, and gets his first win of the season! What a win by him, and by quite a big margin too! Freire gets a Top 10, but he'll be wanting a better result next stage.
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Procycling | 3h19'31 | | 2 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 3 | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 4 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 5 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | Óscar Freire | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 7 | Allan Davis | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 9 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 05-02-2012 22:41
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Freire 6th is very good if you see how strong the others were!
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 05-02-2012 22:44
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Oh my goodness! Cav was leaving the HTC - domination to join the Sky - domination!
6th is a good result I think. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 05-02-2012 23:02
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Sky start their sprint domination early. Good sixth with Freire, I'm sure he can do better later in the race, probrably in Willunga, or in Stirling.  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 05-02-2012 23:44
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A nice 6th place for Freire |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 06-02-2012 08:10
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That's Sky-domination....Anyway, 6th is a pretty decent start of the season, expect more from Freire in the more hilly stages.
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| andy222c |
Posted on 06-02-2012 09:20
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Nice sprint by Freire, especially judged by the very strong lineup
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| olabj |
Posted on 06-02-2012 10:09
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Nice start by Freire and absolutely dominating from Cav
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 06-02-2012 11:02
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I finally read the start of the story, it is looking great so far..well i was expecting that from you..great screens and reports.
You are dominating in San Luis and good start with Freiré too
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 06-02-2012 16:56
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Yay, Sky dominates as it should do That's an early nice start for Freire
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 06-02-2012 18:42
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Thanks all!
I had played Stage 3 of San Luis and finished 2nd, but I also worked on my race planner with the Season Planner so I guess it didn't save that result because I started before the race and finished after, so I will play it again.
Still worth it to have the races planned out for the whole year. Pretty excited.
Sidenote: Why does there have to be spiders in Uncharted 3
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 07-02-2012 22:53
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 19.1.12 Tour de San Luis - Stage 3
Buena Esperanza - Villa Mercedes
The stage will be quite flat, so I expect a sprint finish with probably Kittel or Van Dijk being the winner. I'm hoping Paolini can be up there, although I'm not sure.
Note: Something went wrong and most pics I took have the startlist picture (when you hit spacebar) appearing even though it wasn't like that when I took the screen in PCM.)
The peloton pushes up the pace, late in the race to try and bring back the stragglers of the breakaway. It wont be easy, but it must be done in order for the sprinters to get the finish they all want, and that would be Kittel mostly. But the early breakaway that had formed before was eventually brought back, so we all switched focus onto the sprinters.
But the sprint ends in a Manan victoy, as Kittel just started his sprint a second too late! He just beat Van Dijk in the final 5 metres or so, and was oh so close to beating Manan as well with his insane finishing speed. Paolini had a poor lead out so his result wasn't too good.
| 1 | Anuar Manan | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | 3h40'01 | | 2 | Marcel Kittel | Project 1t4i | s.t. | | 3 | Stefan Van Dijk | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 4 | Aitor Galdos | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 5 | Karl Menzies | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Keven Lacombe | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 7 | Jure Kocjan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 8 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 9 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 10 | Alexei Markov | RusVelo | s.t. |
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| 1 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | 11h55'59 | | 2 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 27 | | 3 | Pavel Brutt | Katusha Team | + 1'19 | | 4 | Marcel Kittel | Project 1t4i | + 1'45 | | 5 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | + 2'09 | | 6 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 8 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 9 | Jure Kocjan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 2'17 | | 10 | John Degenkolb | Project 1t4i | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Marcel Kittel | Project 1t4i | 20 | 49 | | 2 | Anuar Manan | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | 25 | 37 | | 3 | Stefan Van Dijk | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | 16 | 36 | | 4 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | 7 | 29 | | 5 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | 8 | 28 |
KoM
| 1 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | 0 | 16 | | 2 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | 0 | 12 | | 3 | Pavel Brutt | Katusha Team | 0 | 10 | | 4 | Sjef De Wilde | Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | 0 | 10 | | 5 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | 0 | 8 |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 07-02-2012 23:02
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Trofimov still holding the lead |
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