Omega Pharma Quickstep - 2012
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olabj |
Posted on 03-02-2012 19:19
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Looking good so far. Hope for Ciolek as he is one of my favourites Good luck
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Alakagom |
Posted on 03-02-2012 20:48
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@Thanks All, your comments are really appreciated I am not going to reply to all of them as usually not to mess up the report with lots of smileys.
@dienblad - Absolutely right, I think we can make a podium with enough luck.
@Olinho - Thanks Sorry to inform you, I wanted to go to San Luis but couldn't due to the 60 days limits. Will make it up for it though hopefully
Thanks everyone again
Tour Down Under - Stage 2
Lobethal – Stirling
Second stage is also the 2nd toughest stage at the TdU. With 4 laps around a tough hill, this will make sure pure sprinters will find it hard to win here. It will be a job for puncheurs like Freire, Goss or Greg Van Avermaet to make the stage tough and go for victory.
With the first King of Mountain Jersey points available 46km in the stage, we decide to control the peleton until then. The plan is to attack with Pauwels with around 2km to go. It’s also a chance for our fans to see us first time at the front of peleton.
Pauwels takes it with a celebration. That’s our first step in taking that jersey. Job done for today.
Pauwels took his chance and tried lonely breakaway. It was never going to work though with Garmin and GreenEdge working together, but it’s another good commercial of our team on the TV screens.
With 20km to go Pauwels was finally caught and in – form Theo Bos gives it a go. It’s a bit early to go on attack, especially from Bos.
Bos is caught with 5km to go and trains are set up. Lampre looking great once again, with 4 man up front. Ciolek is taking a chance and finds Cavendish’s wheel again. We don’t have high hopes, as his energy bar is going down rapidly, already.
200 metres to go and Lampre managed to mess it up. Hondo was blocked and Farrar took the opportunity to accelerate with already massive gap. Ciolek is trying to follow Gasparatto’s wheel, but it doesn’t look like his day.
Unbelievable, out of nowhere Greg Van Avermaet with massive acceleration manages to sneak the victory from Farrar’s gasp. What a sprint by Belgian, asserting himself as a big favourite on Willunga. One spectacular blow is Petacchi, after amazing lead out, he doesn’t even get Top 10. Ciolek finished on 12th today.
Result
1 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | 3h45'19 | 2 | Óscar Freire | Katusha Team | s.t. | 3 | Matthew Goss | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | 4 | Daniel Oss | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 5 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 6 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | 7 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | s.t. | 8 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 9 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 10 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Procycling | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | 12 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Team | s.t. | 13 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 14 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 15 | Maarten Tjallingii | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 16 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 17 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 18 | Mikel Astarloza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 19 | Yaroslav Popovych | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 20 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | 21 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 22 | Robert Hunter | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | 23 | Danilo Hondo | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 24 | Pablo Urtasun | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 25 | Allan Davis | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | 26 | Troels Ronning Vinther | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | 27 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 28 | Karsten Kroon | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | 29 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 30 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | s.t. | 31 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 32 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 33 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 34 | Anthony Roux | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 35 | Grégory Rast | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 36 | Jens Keukeleire | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | 37 | Daryl Impey | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | 38 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 39 | Julian Dean | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | 40 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 41 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | s.t. | 42 | Theo Bos | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 43 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | 44 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 45 | Kenny Van Hummel | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 46 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 47 | Mitchell Docker | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | 48 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 49 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 50 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 51 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 52 | Kalle Kriit | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 53 | Daniele Righi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 54 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 55 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | s.t. | 56 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 57 | Gaetan Bille | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 58 | Stijn Devolder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 59 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | s.t. | 60 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | 61 | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | 62 | Frédéric Guesdon | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 63 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 64 | Adam Blythe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 65 | Andreas Klier | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | 66 | Sep Vanmarcke | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | 67 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 68 | Massimo Graziato | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 69 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 70 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 71 | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 72 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | 73 | Timothy Roe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 74 | Jeremy Hunt | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 75 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 76 | Stuart O'Grady | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | 77 | Luke Roberts | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | 78 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 79 | Adriano Malori | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 80 | Marcello Pavarin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 81 | Jackson Rodríguez | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 82 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 83 | Adrián Sáez de Arregi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 84 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 85 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 86 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 87 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 88 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 89 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 90 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'15 | 91 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 92 | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 93 | Maarten Neyens | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 94 | Daniele Bennati | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 95 | Antonino Parrinello | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 96 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'46 | 97 | Anthony Ravard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 98 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 99 | Davide Appollonio | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 100 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 101 | Jimmy Casper | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 102 | Jean-Eudes Demaret | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 103 | Julien Bérard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 104 | Ricardo García | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 105 | Jason McCartney | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 106 | Hilton Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 3'17 | 107 | Adrian Hegyvari | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 108 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | 109 | Nico Sijmens | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 4'13 | 110 | Alessandro De Marchi | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 111 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 112 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | s.t. | 113 | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4'42 | 114 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 115 | Maxime Vantomme | Katusha Team | s.t. | 116 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 4'55 | 117 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | + 5'40 | 118 | Damien Gaudin | Team Europcar | s.t. | 119 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. | 120 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | s.t. | 121 | Rafaâ Chtioui | Team Europcar | s.t. | 122 | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 123 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 124 | Giacomo Nizzolo | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 125 | Mickaël Delage | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 126 | Hayden Roulston | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 127 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 128 | Daniele Ratto | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 129 | Maarten Wynants | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 130 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 131 | Giairo Ermeti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 132 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | s.t. | 133 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 134 | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | 135 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | s.t. | 136 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | s.t. | 137 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | 138 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 139 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 140 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 141 | Robert Wagner | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 142 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 143 | David Tanner | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | 144 | Francisco Javier Moreno | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 145 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | 146 | Edward King | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 147 | David Boucher | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 148 | Boris Shpilevski | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 149 | Arnaud Labbe | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 150 | Elia Viviani | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 151 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 152 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | 153 | Jeff Louder | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
Overall GC
1 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Barracuda | 7h03'48 | 2 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 3 | Óscar Freire | Katusha Team | + 4 | 4 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 5 | Matthew Goss | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 6 | 6 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 7 | Stuart O'Grady | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 7 | 8 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - ISD | + 9 | 9 | Daniel Oss | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 10 | 10 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Team | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 12 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | s.t. | 13 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 14 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 15 | Allan Davis | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | 16 | Robert Hunter | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | 17 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 18 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 19 | Maarten Tjallingii | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 20 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 21 | Danilo Hondo | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 22 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 23 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | 24 | Theo Bos | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 25 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | 26 | Yaroslav Popovych | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 27 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 28 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | s.t. | 29 | Anthony Roux | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 30 | Grégory Rast | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 31 | Karsten Kroon | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | 32 | Mikel Astarloza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 33 | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | 34 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 35 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 36 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 37 | Daryl Impey | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | 38 | Troels Ronning Vinther | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | 39 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 40 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | 41 | Andreas Klier | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | 42 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 43 | Frédéric Guesdon | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 44 | Julian Dean | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | 45 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 46 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | s.t. | 47 | Adam Blythe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 48 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 49 | Sep Vanmarcke | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | 50 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 51 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 52 | Massimo Graziato | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 53 | Jeremy Hunt | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 54 | Daniele Righi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 55 | Mitchell Docker | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | 56 | Adriano Malori | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 57 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 58 | Jens Keukeleire | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | 59 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 60 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 61 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | s.t. | 62 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 63 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | 64 | Gaetan Bille | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 65 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 66 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 67 | Kenny Van Hummel | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 68 | Pablo Urtasun | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 69 | Luke Roberts | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | 70 | Timothy Roe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 71 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 72 | Adrián Sáez de Arregi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 73 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 74 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 75 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 76 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 77 | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 78 | Kalle Kriit | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 79 | Marcello Pavarin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 80 | Stijn Devolder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 81 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 82 | Jackson Rodríguez | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 83 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | s.t. | 84 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | 85 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 86 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 87 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 88 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 89 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2'19 | 90 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'22 | 91 | Daniele Bennati | RadioShack - Nissan | + 2'24 | 92 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | + 2'25 | 93 | Maarten Neyens | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 94 | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 95 | Antonino Parrinello | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 96 | Jimmy Casper | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2'50 | 97 | Davide Appollonio | Sky Procycling | + 2'56 | 98 | Anthony Ravard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 99 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 100 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 101 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 102 | Jason McCartney | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 103 | Jean-Eudes Demaret | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 104 | Julien Bérard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 105 | Ricardo García | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 106 | Hilton Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 3'27 | 107 | Adrian Hegyvari | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 108 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | 109 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | + 4'23 | 110 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 111 | Nico Sijmens | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 112 | Alessandro De Marchi | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 113 | Maxime Vantomme | Katusha Team | + 4'52 | 114 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 115 | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 116 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 5'05 | 117 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | + 5'46 | 118 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 5'47 | 119 | Elia Viviani | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 5'48 | 120 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | + 5'49 | 121 | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | + 5'50 | 122 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. | 123 | Damien Gaudin | Team Europcar | s.t. | 124 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | 125 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | 126 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | s.t. | 127 | Rafaâ Chtioui | Team Europcar | s.t. | 128 | David Tanner | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | 129 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 130 | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | 131 | Daniele Ratto | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 132 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | s.t. | 133 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 134 | Mickaël Delage | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 135 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 136 | Maarten Wynants | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 137 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 138 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 139 | Giacomo Nizzolo | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 140 | Boris Shpilevski | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 141 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 142 | Hayden Roulston | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 143 | David Boucher | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 144 | Jeff Louder | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 145 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | 146 | Giairo Ermeti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 147 | Edward King | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 148 | Robert Wagner | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 149 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | s.t. | 150 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 151 | Francisco Javier Moreno | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 152 | Arnaud Labbe | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 153 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. |
Points Jersey
1 | Jimmy Casper | AG2R La Mondiale | 12 | 2 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Barracuda | 8 | 3 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | 8 | 4 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | 8 | 5 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Procycling | 6 |
Mountain Jersey
1 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick•Step Team | 16 | | 2 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 12 | | 3 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - ISD | 8 | | 4 | Sep Vanmarcke | Garmin - Barracuda | 6 | | 5 | Luke Roberts | Team Saxo Bank | 4 |
Youth Jersey
1 | Daniel Oss | Liquigas - Cannondale | 7h03'58 | 2 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | + 0 | 3 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky Procycling | + 0 |
Team’s Reaction
We knew it was going to be tough today. This stage came to early for Ciolek to do something here. We are happy though as Ciolek’s form is on increase and we should start showing up more tomorrow and next stages. Van Avermaet looks like a big favourite now, along Freire. If we want to have a good GC, Ciolek’s had to grab a podium place in next two stages. Let’s see.
Ciolek finishing 12th and totally spent. Let's hope we can improve on that !
Stage 3 Coming Up tomorrow. I played it just now, and all I can say is we did better. Stay Tuned ! Report early tomorrow or in afternoon
Edited by Alakagom on 03-02-2012 20:49
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fcancellara |
Posted on 03-02-2012 20:51
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Beautiful screenshots, and better results will come!
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sutty68 |
Posted on 03-02-2012 20:52
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Nice to see that Pauwels has the Mountains jersey |
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Posted on 03-02-2012 20:56
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Very nice reports, definitely a great story. Results will come |
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cunego59 |
Posted on 03-02-2012 21:05
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Pauwels' KoM success makes this still a good stage for you I think. Farrar had a pretty bad last 200ms there
One thing: You did the first two and the last screen centered but the rest not, and since you did it two times in a row now, I have to ask: Is it meant to be like that? And has it any sense (am I just being ignorant here? ).
Anyway, I like your reporting style, I like the flags and the team's reaction is also very nice. I'm excited about the next, better stage!
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valverde321 |
Posted on 03-02-2012 21:27
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cunego59 wrote:
One thing: You did the first two and the last screen centered but the rest not, and since you did it two times in a row now, I have to ask: Is it meant to be like that? And has it any sense (am I just being ignorant here? ).
I was wondering that as well.
Anyway great to see you reporting very frequently
And you're slowly getting into the swing of things.
Edit: LOL Pauwels celly
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Teddy The Creator |
Posted on 03-02-2012 22:59
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I actually love your screens, really great. Can't wait for Wilunga, it's a really good stage in PCM.
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Posted on 03-02-2012 23:27
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Great 1. stage. And even you screens are world class
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Alakagom |
Posted on 04-02-2012 10:56
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@fcancellara - Thank you. It's rally hard to take good screens in Tour Down Under with not the best scenery, so I am happy I am doing ok so far with screens
@sutty68 - Defo, always nice to have someone from your team in any special jersey.
@PCM rulezz - Thanks so much. Very much appreciated
@cunego59 - Thanks, and yeah he had. Similar thing to Petacchi on Stage 1 when he went too early in the wind
It was meant to be like that actually sometimes when there's too much text under a photo, and when centred it doesn't look good sometimes so I just center the pictures with not much text and the last one. Will think about how to change that though
Thank you very much
@valverde321 - You know the answer now Yeah indeed, hope that I will keep up the tempo Pauwels
@Teddy The Creator - Thank you, as I said it's not best scenery here so I am glad I am doing good job with the screens Willunga should be hell of a stage
10theri - Thank you once again theri, very much appreciated
Tour Down Under - Stage 3
Unley – Victor Harbour
Stage 3 is another flat stage for sprinters. 45km into the stage we have the only categorized hill with King of Mountain points available. Pauwels will not go for them this time, resting it out today. The last hill shouldn’t cause many problems, but might play small advantage to sprinters like Goss, Freire or Ciolek.
Favourites :
*** Petacchi, Cavendish, Farrar
** Goss, Freire, Bos, Greipel
* Ciolek, Haedo, Van Avermaet
Team Objective
It helps we have just one rider we are focusing on this race. Ciolek after his 8th and 12th will hope to improve and get into the Top 5. It will be tough with this competition, but if he follows the right wheel we can do it.
Top 5
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jona777 |
Posted on 04-02-2012 11:16
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What a victory of van Avermaet, in the picture with 200 metres to go he isn't on the picture and than he wins! I hope you can manage a stage or podium place with Ciolek, WillungaHill might be an oppurtunity?
RIP Wouter Weylandt, siempre con noi
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Alakagom |
Posted on 04-02-2012 11:42
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@jona777 - Indeed. He came out completely nowhere to win it with ease, it was truly amazing sprint by him. Check today's result and you should be happy Willunga is definitely a goal, but I think Ciolek is not strong enough to get Top 5 on willunga.
Tour Down Under - Stage 3
Unley – Victor Harbour
Right from the start there were many riders trying to get into breakaway of the day. This lot looks most likely so far. None are close to GC and none should really contend for it.
While the peleton relaxes riding through barren desert, Omega Pharma rides at the front with Pauwels showing off his King Of Mountains Jersey. As seen previously Lampre is already working at the front. Three times lucky for Petacchi ?
With 44km to go the break comes to the last sprint points. Lloyd Mondory wins the sprint from Roberto Ferrari and Marcel Sieberg. The break has 3 minutes advantage at the time.
But they didn’t stand the chance with peleton acceleration. 2.8km to go and Garmin looking in a perfect position for the win. Ciolek tries something different and manages to clinch Goss wheel, who was following Petacchi.
Chaos ! Hunter forgets about Farrar and sprints for his own success. Hondo gives amazing lead out to lead Petacchi, but Goss is waiting and accelerates from his back. Ciolek is following.
Goss wins the stage, but more importantly for us. Ciolek gets 2nd place in today’s finale, beating many big names. His form is on increase and the bonus seconds will be big help for us.
Result
1 | Matthew Goss | GreenEdge Cycling Team | 3h05'57 | 2 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Team | s.t. | 3 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 4 | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | 5 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | 6 | Robert Hunter | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | 7 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 8 | Theo Bos | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 9 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 10 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | s.t. |
GC Overall
1 | Matthew Goss | GreenEdge Cycling Team | 10h09'41 | 2 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Barracuda | + 4 | 3 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 4 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | + 6 | 5 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Procycling | + 8 | 6 | Óscar Freire | Katusha Team | s.t. | 7 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Team | s.t. | 8 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 9 | 9 | Stuart O'Grady | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 11 | 10 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 12 |
Points Jersey
1 | Matthew Goss | GreenEdge Cycling Team | 12 | 2 | Jimmy Casper | AG2R La Mondiale | 12 | 3 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | 10 | 4 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Barracuda | 8 | 5 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | 8 |
King of Mountains Jersey
1 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Team | 16 | 2 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | 16 | 3 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 12 | 4 | Mickaël Delage | FDJ - BigMat | 12 |
Youth Jersey
1 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | 10h09'53 | 2 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1 | 3 | Daniel Oss | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 2 |
Team’s Reaction
Finally success for Ciolek. We couldn't be much happier. It's definitely sign of Ciolek's form improving, and a bit of luck too following the right wheel today. We going to collect our thoughts and preprare for tomorrow where podium will be once again our target and the bonus seconds, before Willunga. So far so good
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andy222c |
Posted on 04-02-2012 11:45
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Great result for Ciolek! It definitely was the right decission to stay in the wheel of Goss
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Teddy The Creator |
Posted on 04-02-2012 11:48
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I actually hate how good your screens are.
Awesome result, so close to that win.
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tsmoha |
Posted on 04-02-2012 11:50
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Nice move by Hunter
And great result for Ciolek!
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sutty68 |
Posted on 04-02-2012 12:30
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Second stage and a 2nd place, now let's go one better and get the Win |
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Alakagom |
Posted on 04-02-2012 13:03
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@andy222c Thanks Andy, and you're absolutely right
@Teddy The Creator Haha, your screens are great too though And thanks
@tsmoha Great wasn't it ? Thank you
@sutty68 It's 3rd stage btw, but yo're right. To be honest I am hoping for a victory on a last stage where we will have best form, but let's see what happens on stage 4
Stage 4 coming up late afternoon guys
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jona777 |
Posted on 04-02-2012 13:29
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Nice podium with Ciolek! I just tried willungahill with ciolek and he ended 2nd but the startlist wasn't as strong as in your TdU
RIP Wouter Weylandt, siempre con noi
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Alakagom |
Posted on 04-02-2012 15:28
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@jona777 Thanks jona That's a very nice result in your game, hope we can mange something similar
Tour Down Under - Stage 4
Norwood – Tanunda
Stage 4 is a typical Tour Down Under stage. With a categorized sprint point and king of mountains point in the fitst 50km of the stage, we should expect a lot of breaks. Manglers Hill is the only real obstacle for the riders today. Coming at 110km, 20km before the finish it might play a small role, but shouldn’t be cause sprinters many problems.
Favourites :
*** Petacchi, Cavendish, Farrar
** Goss, Freire, Bos, Greipel
* Ciolek, Haedo, Van Avermaet
Team Objective
The plan is to try to control the race until the KoM point and then attack with Pauwels. If everything works out today Pauwels will be a strong leader in that competition. If Pauwels succeeds he will go into the break of the day and try to collect more points on Menglers Hill, if possible.
Top 5 in Sprint
Win first KoM point
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valverde321 |
Posted on 04-02-2012 15:33
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You're screens are almost as good as mine
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