The team will look to the reliable Nathan Haas for the race today, Rafael Valls will be given a free role, he will aim to keep all attack in check on the final climb and get away if he can. If there is a mid-large group of riders soming in at the end, Haas will sprint it out.
The weather is horrible and it is extremely windy, so the majority of the team move to the front to avoid any accidents or splits early on.
The traditional morning break is established eventually, containing Liquigas's Sabatini, Vaconsoleil's Boeckmans and Pavlin from Adria as the most dangerous riders.
After an un-eventful stage, a huge split appears with 30km to race with the front group containing about 20 riders, almost all of them being favourites for the win. Team Type 1 are well represented with 6 riders. Valls and Meyer make the split.
The second group on the road, containing 12 riders, joins up with the lead group as Kocjan (TT1) goes off the front passing the remnants of the early breakaway. Haas joins the group.
Haas moves forwatd over the summit of the final climb after no attacs were let go, Valls did a great job sticking to wheels.
The sprint begins! Kocjan (TT1) leads out Frapporti (Idea), Callergain (TT1), Failli (FAR) and Grega Bole of Lampre is coming up the side to take Haas' wheel with 1.5km to go.
500m left! Haas passes Kocjan! Bole finally goes of Haas' wheel, but has he left it too late?
He has a slender lead wit only two hundred meters. Bole surely can't go that fast?
Nathan Haas takes another incredible win for Team JB-HIFI! Kocjan holds on for 2nd and Bole comes in 3rd.
Results
Spoiler
1
Nathan Haas
JB-HIFI CYCLING TEAM
4h53'00
2
Jure Kocjan
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
3
Grega Bole
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
4
Francesco Failli
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
5
Marco Frapporti
Team Idea
s.t.
6
Daniele Callegarin
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
7
Julien El Fares
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
8
Daniel Oss
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
9
Luca Mazzanti
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
10
Federico Canuti
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
11
Jérôme Pineau
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
12
Rafael Valls
JB-HIFI CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
13
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
14
Manuele Mori
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
15
Johnny Hoogerland
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
16
Sergey Firsanov
RusVelo
s.t.
17
Fortunato Baliani
Team Nippo
s.t.
18
Paolo Bailetti
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
19
Luca Ascani
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
20
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1'13
21
Joris Boillat
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
22
Morris Possoni
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
23
Gianluca Brambilla
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
24
Denys Kostyuk
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
25
Marco Marcato
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 1'54
26
Travis Meyer JB-HIFI CYCLING TEAM
+2'39
27
Fabio Sabatini
Liquigas - Cannondale
+3'14
28
Steven Wong Champion System Pro Cycling Team s.t.
29
Alexander Serov
RusVelo
s.t.
30
Pierpaolo De Negri
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
+ 4'12
31
Daniele Colli
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
32
Dries Devenyns
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
33
Roberto De Patre
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
34
Matteo Rabottini
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
35
Serguei Klimov
RusVelo
s.t.
36
Kris Boeckmans
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
37
Alessandro Vanotti
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
38
Gabriele Bosisio
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
39
Cristian Cominelli
Team Idea
s.t.
40
Jiri Hudecek
Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
41
Cristiano Benenati
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
42
Marcel Aregger
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
43
Marco Zanotti
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
44
Sacha Modolo
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
45
Simon Pavlin
Adria Mobil
s.t.
46
Stefano Pirazzi
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 5'08
47
Filippo Savini
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
48
Sonny Colbrelli
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
49
Blazej Janiaczyk
Bank BGZ
s.t.
50
Alexander Serebryakov
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
51
Dmitry Kosyakov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
52
Gabriele Pizzaballa
Team WIT
s.t.
53
Andrey Solomennikov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
54
Anton Vorobyev
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
55
Laszló Bodrogi
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
56
Davide Cimolai
JB-HIFI CYCLING TEAM
+ 5'42
57
Simone Campagnaro
Team Nippo
s.t.
58
Andrea Guardini
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
59
Andrea Palini
Team Idea
s.t.
60
Matteo Bono
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
61
Daniele Righi
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
62
Muhamad Othman
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
63
Giuseppe De Maria
Team Idea
+ 6'51
64
Sergey Lagutin
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 7'09
65
Nikolas Maes
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
66
Artem Ovechkin
RusVelo
s.t.
67
Francesco Reda
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
68
Stefan Schumacher
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
69
Matej Mugerli
Adria Mobil
s.t.
70
Nick Van der Lijke
JB-HIFI CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
71
Ruggero Marzoli
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
72
Paolo Locatelli
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
73
Adam Semple
JB-HIFI CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
74
Vincenzo Garofalo
Team Nippo
s.t.
75
Vladimir Miholjevic
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
76
Marko Kump
Adria Mobil
s.t.
77
Stanislav Kozúbek
Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
78
Alessandro Proni
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
79
Glenn O'Shea
JB-HIFI CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
80
Stefano Garzelli
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
81
Michael Reihs
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
82
Stefano Locatelli
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
83
Filippo Fortin
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
84
Dmitry Mokrov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
85
Kiel Reijnen
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
86
Juan Tamayo
Team WIT
+ 8'23
87
Mariusz Witecki
Bank BGZ
s.t.
88
Fabio Taborre
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
89
Martin Pedersen
Christina Watches - Onfone
+ 8'52
90
Alexander Prishpetniy
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
91
Tomasz Smolen
Bank BGZ
s.t.
92
Damiano Margutti
Team WIT
s.t.
93
Vladislav Borisov
Amore & Vita
s.t.
94
Frederik Wilmann
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
95
Alexander Kvachuk
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
96
Ruslan Karimov
Team Idea
+ 10'45
97
Alexei Markov
RusVelo
s.t.
98
Enrico Montanari
Team WIT
s.t.
99
Mauro Abel Richeze
Team Nippo
s.t.
100
Nikita Eskov
RusVelo
s.t.
101
Niki Byrgesen
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
102
Bernardo Colex
Amore & Vita
s.t.
103
Angelo Furlan
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
104
Fabio Piscopiello
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
105
Michał Kwiatkowski
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
106
Elia Viviani
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
107
Gianluca Maggiore
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
108
Michal Golas
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
109
Kirill Baranov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
110
Eros Capecchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
111
Ryohei Komori
Team Nippo
s.t.
112
Martin Velits
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
113
Stijn Vandenbergh
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
114
Valerio Agnoli
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
115
Kristof Vandewalle
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
116
Kun Jiang
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
117
Dimitry Kozontchuk
RusVelo
s.t.
118
Radoslav Rogina
Adria Mobil
+ 12'43
119
Nikolai Trussov
RusVelo
s.t.
120
David Dvorsky
Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
121
Anuar Manan
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
122
Fausto Fognini
Team WIT
s.t.
123
Filippo Baggio
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
124
Matej Gnezda
Adria Mobil
s.t.
125
Stiven Fanelli
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
126
Lieuwe Westra
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
127
Frantisek Padour
Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
128
Martijn Keizer
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
129
Kin San Wu
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
130
Alexander Rybakov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
131
Simon Pellaud
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
132
Jonathan Fumeaux
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
133
Matej Jurco
Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
134
Peter Kusztor
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
135
Cristiano Monguzzi
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
136
Piotr Sztobryn
Bank BGZ
s.t.
137
Jan Keller
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
138
Matthias Friedemann
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
139
Primoz Segina
Adria Mobil
s.t.
140
Mirko Selvaggi
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 13'52
141
Adam Stachowiak
Bank BGZ
s.t.
142
Aristide Ratti
Team Idea
s.t.
143
Volodymyr Kogut
Amore & Vita
s.t.
144
Nicolas Baldo
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
145
Alessandro Donati
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
146
Michele Merlo
Team WIT
s.t.
147
Michaël Baer
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
148
Kohei Uchima
Team Nippo
s.t.
149
Biao Liu
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
150
Philipp Mamos
Amore & Vita
s.t.
151
Bernhard Oberholzer
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
152
Alberto Contoli
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
153
Adam Phelan JB-HIFI CYCLING TEAM
+ 15'52
154
Patrik Moren
Amore & Vita
+ 16'59
155
Josef Hosek
Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
156
Eugenio Bani
Amore & Vita
s.t.
157
Nicholas Francesconi
Amore & Vita
s.t.
158
Maksim Razumov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
159
Michal Podlaski
Bank BGZ
s.t.
160
Andrea Masciarelli
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
161
Marino Palandri
Amore & Vita
s.t.
162
Marcello Pavarin
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
Next Race:StradeBianchiEdited by Eden95 on 16-05-2012 13:41
We have some hard competition today on the gravel roads in Italy, We will try to keep as many riders in contact with the main group as possible and hope for a sprint finish with Haas, as the terrain doesn't suit him too well.
A slow start to the race, the peloton reaches the first gravel section with no break in front after 30km.
Eventually, A.Malori (LAM) and R.Karimov (IDEA) get away, quickly getting a large gap.
J.Augustyn, the former SKY rider, and Michael Rasmussen both see an oppurtunity and attack. There is still 77km remaining, the lead duo already have a gap of 4"21'
Farnese and Astana are both pushing hard in front, with the main group down to just 44 riders with 48km to go. Rasmussen and Augustyn have both caught the lead duo, creating a strong front group. They have 3"21'.
Kessiakoff crashes! Pirazzi and Fofonov stop and wait for him, maybe Vino isn't in very good form and Kessiakoff is their leader? Their tactics are confusing to say the least. 36km left.
After an un-eventful final 30km, Finally an attack from Grega Bole of Lampre 4 kilometers out. This time will he be able to hold off Haas?
Just over a kilometer left and Bole begins to slow down and the remnants of the peloton catch up. He begins to sprint. Failli (FAR) and Cataldo of Quickstep go early along with Haas in hope to catch and pass the man from Slovenia.
And Gasporatto is coming fast around the outside! Failli is slowly gaining on Bole with Haas struggling in 4th.
And..
Spoiler
Bole Wins! (A few screens went missing, the final one of him winning was one of them, unfortunately)
Results:
Spoiler
1
Grega Bole
Lampre - ISD
5h20'38
2
Francesco Failli
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
3
Enrico Gasparotto
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
4
Nathan Haas
JB-HIFI CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
5
Oscar Gatto
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
6
Dario Cataldo
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
7
Alexandre Vinokourov
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
8
Daniel Oss
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
9
Emanuele Sella
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
s.t.
10
Assan Bazayev
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
11
Paolo Bailetti
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
12
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
13
Fortunato Baliani
Team Nippo
s.t.
14
Cristiano Benenati
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
15
Stefan Denifl
JB-HIFI CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
16
Paolo Longo Borghini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
17
Roberto De Patre
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
18
Francesco Masciarelli
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
19
Adriano Malori
Lampre - ISD
+ 1'11
20
Kevin De Weert
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 1'36
21
Pierpaolo De Negri
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
22
John-Lee Augustyn
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
23
Matthew Lloyd
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
24
Giairo Ermeti
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
s.t.
25
Dries Devenyns
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 2'46
26
Alfredo Balloni
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
27
Marko Kump
Adria Mobil
+ 3'14
28
Timothy Roe JB-HIFI CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
29
Michael Rasmussen
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
30
Jackson Rodríguez
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela + 3'40
31
Patxi Vila
Utensilnord Named
+4'15
32
Kristjan Koren
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
33
Frantisek Rabon
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
34
Valerio Agnoli
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
35
Dominik Nerz
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
36
Henry Frusto
Team Nippo
s.t.
37
Michał Kwiatkowski
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
38
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Astana Pro Team
+4'43
39
Matej Mugerli
Adria Mobil
+ 5'32
40
Sacha Modolo
Colnago - CSF Inox
+5'52
41
Domenico Pozzovivo
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
42
Damiano Caruso
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
43
Kenny Elissonde
JB-HIFI CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
44
Simone Ponzi
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
45
Dmitriy Fofonov
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
46
Simone Campagnaro
Team Nippo
s.t.
47
Eros Capecchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
48
Fabio Felline
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela s.t.
49
Thomas Bertolini
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
s.t.
50
Riccardo Chiarini
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
+ 7'07
51
Carlos José Ochoa
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
+ 7'48
52
Tom Boonen
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 8'08
53
Elia Favilli
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
+8'19
54
Adam Phelan
JB-HIFI CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
55
Sergey Chernetskiy
Itera - Katusha
+ 8'36
56
Dimitry Kozontchuk
RusVelo
s.t.
57
Jonathan Cantwell
JB-HIFI CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
58
Jacopo Guarnieri
Astana Pro Team
+ 8'57
59
Rubens Bertogliati
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
60
Vincenzo Garofalo
Team Nippo
s.t.
61
Ruslan Karimov
Team Idea
+ 9'23
62
Peter Kusztor
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
+9'38
63
Rémy Cusin
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
64
Marco Marzano
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
65
Gorik Gardeyn
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
66
Cristian Cominelli
Team Idea
s.t.
67
Ilnur Zakarin
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
68
Matej Jurco
Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
69
Enrico Montanari
Team WIT
s.t.
70
Pengda Jiao
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
71
Dmitry Kosyakov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
72
René Jørgensen
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
73
Marco Bandiera
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
74
Sonny Colbrelli
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
75
Luca Zanasca
Team WIT
s.t.
76
Dmitry Mokrov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
77
Vladislav Borisov
Amore & Vita
+ 10'45
78
Laszló Bodrogi
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 11'01
79
Christopher Butler
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
80
Mart Ojavee
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
81
Yuriy Krivtsov
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
82
Alessandro Bisolti
Team Idea
s.t.
83
Antonio Santoro
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
s.t.
84
Glenn O'Shea
JB-HIFI CYCLING TEAM
+ 11'30
85
Jack Johnson
JB-HIFI CYCLING TEAM
+ 11'48
86
Kristian Sobota
Christina Watches - Onfone + 12'03
87
Matvey Zubov
RusVelo
s.t.
88
Edoardo Girardi
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
89
Winner Anacona
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
90
Gianluca Maggiore
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
91
Jimmi Sørensen
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
92
Tomasz Smolen
Bank BGZ
s.t.
93
Tomáš Bucháček
Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
94
Simon Pellaud
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
95
David Dvorsky
Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
96
Angelo Furlan
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
97
Davide Mucelli
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
98
Andrea Palini
Team Idea
s.t.
99
Radoslav Rogina
Adria Mobil
s.t.
100
Marcel Aregger
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
101
Piotr Sztobryn
Bank BGZ
s.t.
102
Frantisek Padour
Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
103
Simon Pavlin
Adria Mobil
s.t.
104
Biao Liu
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
105
Igor Frolov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
106
Pawel Cieslik
Bank BGZ
s.t.
107
Paolo Locatelli
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
108
Damiano Margutti
Team WIT
+ 13'50
109
Jaan Kirsipuu
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
110
Cristian Delle Stelle
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
111
Fausto Fognini
Team WIT
s.t.
112
Adam Stachowiak
Bank BGZ
s.t.
113
Yovcho Yovchev
Amore & Vita
s.t.
114
Filippo Baggio
Utensilnord Named
+ 14'32
115
Matthias Friedemann
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
116
Peter Erdin
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
117
Artur Ershov
RusVelo
s.t.
118
Simone Stortoni
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
119
Alexander Foliforov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
120
Nicholas Francesconi
Amore & Vita
s.t.
121
William Clarke
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
122
Junya Sano
Team Nippo
s.t.
123
Adrian Kurek
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
124
Julien Vermote
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
125
Omar Bertazzo
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
+ 15'18
126
Pavel Gorenc
Adria Mobil
+ 16'42
127
Nikolai Trussov
RusVelo
s.t.
128
Hideto Nakane
Team Nippo
s.t.
129
Juraj Sagan
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
130
Filippo Fortin
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 17'37
131
Volodymyr Kogut
Amore & Vita
s.t.
132
Konrad Czajkowski
Bank BGZ
s.t.
133
Simone Boifava
Team Idea
s.t.
134
Alexander Serov
RusVelo
s.t.
135
Marino Palandri
Amore & Vita
s.t.
136
Uri Martins
Amore & Vita
s.t.
137
Evgeniy Kovalev
RusVelo
s.t.
138
Michal Podlaski
Bank BGZ
s.t.
139
William Dugan
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
140
Aristide Ratti
Team Idea
s.t.
141
Michele Merlo
Team WIT
s.t.
142
Fabio Calabria
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 19'41
143
Joey Rosskopf
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
+ 20'12
144
David Rosch
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
145
Josef Hosek
Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
146
Ivan Kovalev
RusVelo
s.t.
147
Pavel Kochetkov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
148
Igor Boev
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
149
Angelo Pagani
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
150
Michaël Baer
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
151
Alexander Kamp
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
152
Philipp Mamos
A53
Jiri Polnicky
Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
154
Artem Tesler
Amore & Vita
+ 21'46
155
Tyron Giorgieri
Team WIT
s.t.
156
Omar Lombardi
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 23'54
157
Florian Salzinger
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
158
Nicolas Winter
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
159
Aljaz Hocevar
Adria Mobil
s.t.
160
Martijn Verschoor
Team Type 1 - Sanofi
s.t.
161
Alberto Contoli
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 24'18
Race Winner:
Next Race: Cholet-PaysDeLoireEdited by Eden95 on 16-05-2012 18:03
A flat course with a lot of small bumps, with a high pace towards the end a lot of riders could lose contact with the peloton and cause splits. We hope it will end in a sprint, but a break could get away in the last 10kms, so we have to be careful.
The break got away easily and after 30km's already has a gap of 2 minutes. Garate of Rabobank and David Malacrne of Europcar are the two most dangerous riders here, along with A.Blain (END) and A.Moimy (Veranda).
100km left, and the break has a steady lead of 4 minutes. The sun is out, it is a wonderful day!
Fast forward a bit - with 20km remaining, the break has been reeled in and Amorsion, Wilkinson (END) and Markov (RUS) go straight off the front.
And a big crash at the back! Endura are the most affected, losing strong riders such as Bibby, Mandri and Russell Downing.
Amorsion and co. are bought back fairly quickly, and Van Winden parts with the peloton with 8km to race.
The team are now towards the front setting up Cimolai for the sprint.
Scheirlinckx attack with 4km to go, Haas, who is feeling good, thinks about following him but decides to stay with Cimolai.
Only 500m left, Scheirlinckx is still leading! Van Winden, Hinault and Dumoulin are much faster and coming as quick as a train!
Scheirlinckx is victourious! He takes it by a bike length to Dumoulin and Hinault. A good ride by all. Cimolai came in 6th, a nice result considering he had to start his sprint a fair way out to try and catch Scheirlinckx.
2/4/2012 - GranPreimoMiguelIndurain A warm-up race to one of our biggest goals of the season, the infamous Giro del Trentino.
19-22/4/2012 - GirodelTrentino One of our biggest objectives of the season, a race featuring monsterous, ferocious climbs with some very hard competition and a ITT with a technical route.
27/4-1/5/2012 - VueltaAsturias Another major goal for our team, Our mountain men will have to be ready for this brutal race, with the queen stage featuring many difficult climbs.
Overview
An eventful month for Team JB-HIFI, 2 of our major goals fall within this coming month of April, and they will both be very difficult ot achieve.Rafael Valls and Stefan Denifl will be our outright leaders, one will participate in Trentino, and the other in Asturias. Other climbers on the team will be split into two different teams to accomadate the needs of and protect our leaders in these undulating races. Hopefully, in the next overview, we'll be able to say we accomplished some fantastic results in at least one of these races!Edited by Eden95 on 17-05-2012 14:48
R.Sutherland,P.Lastras, F.Duarte' Rest of team Movistar, M. de Maar, E.Pinto, R.Mandri C.Monguzzi, R.Hollenstein, N.Haas, D.Blanco
An interesting race, our team's goal is to get on the front towards the end on the last few hills and push hard and see if we can break anyone and cause splits. We will be looking to Nathan Haas to deliver us victory here today, with Stefan Denifl as his right-hand man. We have to be careful though, a break could stay away today so we have to be 'on our toes', as they say.
Many breaks tried and failed early on. Movistar were setting a tremendous pace and obviously didn't want to let anyone go. A horrible day in Spain, the rain is certainly coming down also.
Movistar lay off the pace and straight away Robert Partridge of Endura and F.Guillou of Bretagne set off and get a nice gap. 83km remain.
Laverde from Coldeportes sees an oppurtunity in the slow peloton and takes off, almost an instant 1 minute gap. 67km to the line.
Tim Roe moves to the front with 59km to go. The gap to the leading duo is 4"41', and no-one else is doing anything.
Roe's work pays off instantly, the peloton is wittled down to 46 riders and Duarte, a favourtie for the win, is straight off the back surrounded by teammates trying with everything they've got to pull him back up.
Disaster forMovistar! Their leader Lastras falls! Intxausti drops back to help. 36km to the finish, they'll have to work hard as the group of now 39 riders powers on after the breakaway.
Mandri (END) attacks! 18km to ride, His teammate Partridge is all alone a minute and a half up the road and making tired faces. The main group of 29 isn't moving very fast, the fteam leaders are looking at each other.
Mandri is bought back hastily and the group is down to 16. Partridge is up the road still a minute ahead, 8 kilometers till the finish. Haas is feeling great and is saving his energy for the sprint. It's going to be close!
Partridge enters the final kilometer alone with a 50' gap to the group of favourites. He can't lose.
The sprint for 2nd begins, Vladimir Karpets leads on the left from teammate Brushegin and Monguzzi from Utensilnord. Haas started his sprint a little late and is coming home with amazing speed!
Robert Partridge takes a nice win! A fantastic solo effort for the last 25km, although he has to give credit to the group of favourites for not riding until the last 15 kilometers. Monguzzi is the best of the rest and Haas rounds ou the podium.
Results:
Spoiler
1
Robert Partridge
Endura Racing
5h06'24
2
Cristiano Monguzzi
Utensilnord Named
+ 42
3
Nathan Haas
JB-HIFI CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
4
Vladimir Karpets
Movistar Team
s.t.
5
Marzio Bruseghin
Movistar Team
s.t.
6
René Mandri
Endura Racing s.t.
7
Bartosz Huzarski
Team NetApp
s.t.
8
Artem Ovechkin
RusVelo
s.t.
9
Pablo Lastras
Movistar Team
s.t.
10
Sergey Firsanov
RusVelo
s.t.
11
Edgar Pinto
LA - Antarte
s.t.
12
Stefan Denifl
JB-HIFI CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
13
Rory Sutherland
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
14
Serguei Klimov
RusVelo
s.t.
15
Ivan Rovny
RusVelo
s.t.
16
Hugo Sabido
LA - Antarte
s.t.
17
Jérôme Baugnies
Team NetApp
s.t.
18
David Arroyo
Movistar Team
s.t.
19
Rubén Plaza
Movistar Team
s.t.
20
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Endura Racing
s.t.
21
Julián Sánchez Pimienta
Caja Rural
s.t.
22
Dimitry Kozontchuk
RusVelo
s.t.
23
Florian Guillou
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
24
Sergio Pardilla
Movistar Team
s.t.
25
Beñat Intxausti
Movistar Team
+ 2'08
26
Fabio Duarte
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
27
Robinson Chalapud
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
28
Timothy Roe
JB-HIFI CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
29
Luis Felipe Laverde
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
30
Marc De Maar
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
31
Enrique Salgueiro
LA - Antarte
s.t.
32
Juan Pablo Suarez
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 3'15
33
David Blanco
Carmim - Prio
s.t.
34
Patxi Vila
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
35
Iker Camaño
Endura Racing
+ 3'56
36
Davide Frattini
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
37
Alejandro Marque Porto
Carmim - Prio
s.t.
38
Pieter Jacobs
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
39
João Cabreira
Onda
s.t.
40
Lasse Bøchman
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
41
Raymond Künzli
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
42
Karol Domagalski
Caja Rural
+ 4'28
43
Matthias Brändle
Team NetApp
s.t.
44
Fabricio Ferrari
Caja Rural
+ 5'28
45
Reto Hollenstein
Team NetApp
s.t.
46
Yelko Gomez
Caja Rural
s.t.
47
Alexander Mironov
RusVelo
+ 5'58
48
André Cardoso
Caja Rural
s.t.
49
Tomasz Kiendyś
CCC Polkowice
s.t.
50
Steven Cozza
Team NetApp
s.t.
51
Johan Mombaerts
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
52
Nick Van der Lijke
JB-HIFI CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
53
David De la Cruz
Caja Rural
s.t.
54
Hernâni Brôco
Caja Rural
s.t.
55
Pieter Vanspeybroeck
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
+ 7'18
56
Laurent Pichon
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
57
Steven Van Vooren
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
+ 7'43
58
Hélder Oliveira
Onda
s.t.
59
Sven Vandousselaere
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
60
Caleb Fairly
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
61
Martin Gilbert
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
62
Sergej Fuchs
Team NSP - Ghost
s.t.
63
Jonathan Patrick McCarty
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
64
Mateusz Taciak
CCC Polkowice
s.t.
65
Jose Aguilar
Andalucía
s.t.
66
Eliot Lietaer
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
67
Javier Ramírez Abeja
Andalucía
s.t.
68
Romain Hardy
Bretagne - Schuller
+ 8'41
69
Ian Wilkinson
Endura Racing
s.t.
70
Javier Francisco Aramendia Caja Rural
s.t.
71
David Belda Burgos BH - Castilla y León s.t.
72
Jesús Rosendo
Andalucía
s.t.
73
Jason McCartney
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
+ 9'21
74
Nikolay Mihaylov
CCC Polkowice
s.t.
75
Célio Sousa
Onda
s.t.
76
Davide Cimolai
JB-HIFI CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
77
Efren Carazo
Burgos BH - Castilla y León
s.t.
78
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 10'14
79
Oscar Santamaria
Burgos BH - Castilla y León
s.t.
80
Márcio Barbosa
LA - Antarte
s.t.
81
André Steensen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
82
Will Routley
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
83
Renaud Dion
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
84
Jesper Hansen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
85
Gianluca Maggiore
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
86
Dimitri Champion
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
87
Vergílio Santos
LA - Antarte
s.t.
88
Delio Fernández
Onda
s.t.
89
Cesare Benedetti
Team NetApp
s.t.
90
Aritz Bagües
Orbea Continental
+ 11'36
91
Carlos Barbero
Orbea Continental
s.t.
92
Igor Merino
Orbea Continental
s.t.
93
Sven Forberger
Team NSP - Ghost
s.t.
94
René Hooghiemster
Team NSP - Ghost
s.t.
95
Markus Fothen
Team NSP - Ghost
s.t.
96
José Vicente Toribio
Andalucía
s.t.
97
Yannick Mayer
Team NSP - Ghost
s.t.
98
Román Osuna
Andalucía
s.t.
99
Frank Osorio
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
100
Dalivier Ospina
Colombia - Coldeportes
s.t.
101
Christian Moberg Jørgensen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
102
Andreas Dietziker
Team NetApp
s.t.
103
Pieter Serry
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
104
Amaro Antunes
Carmim - Prio
s.t.
105
José Gonçalves
Onda
s.t.
106
Davide Mucelli
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
107
Jonathan Thiré
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
108
Nicolas Bazin
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
109
Ryan Roth
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
110
Matthieu Halleguen
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
111
Nicolas Rousseau
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
112
Alexander Serov
RusVelo
s.t.
113
Daniel Silva
Onda
s.t.
114
Dimitri Le Boulch
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
115
Michael Valgren Andersen
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
116
Florian Vachon
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
117
Sebastian Lander
Glud & Marstrand - LRØ
s.t.
118
Jeff Louder
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
119
Gaël Malacarne
Bretagne - Schuller
s.t.
120
Nelson Vitorino
Carmim - Prio
s.t.
121
Adrian Honkisz
CCC Polkowice
+ 12'29
122
Evgeniy Kovalev
RusVelo
s.t.
123
Jay Thomson
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
124
Timon Seubert
Team NetApp
s.t.
125
Karl Menzies
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
126
Carlos Quintero
Colombia - Coldeportes
+ 12'51
127
Oleg Berdos
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
128
Erick Rowsell
Endura Racing
+ 13'12
129
Jordi Simón
Andalucía
+ 13'33
130
Matteo Fedi
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
131
Lucas Schädlich
Team NSP - Ghost
s.t.
132
Romain Bacon
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
133
Carlos Verona
Burgos BH - Castilla y León
s.t.
134
Sander Armee
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
s.t.
135
David Boily
SpiderTech powered by C10
+ 14'19
136
Pascual Orengo
Burgos BH - Castilla y León
s.t.
137
Edoardo Girardi
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
138
Diogo Nunes
Carmim - Prio
s.t.
139
Kamil Zielinski
CCC Polkowice
s.t.
140
Jonathan Clarke
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
141
Eloy Ruiz
Andalucía
s.t.
142
Adrian Kurek
Utensilnord Named
s.t.
143
Illart Zuazubiskar
Orbea Continental
s.t.
144
Léo Menville
Team NSP - Ghost
s.t.
145
Haritz Orbe
Orbea Continental
s.t.
146
Joao Pinto
LA - Antarte
s.t.
147
Adel Ahmad Al Temiyat
JB-HIFI CYCLING TEAM s.t.
148
Glenn O'Shea
JB-HIFI CYCLING TEAM
+ 15'01
149
Gijs Van Hoecke
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
+ 17'21
150
Ruben Jimenez
Burgos BH - Castilla y León
s.t.
151
Krzysztof Mawrocki
JB-HIFI CYCLING TEAM
+ 18'04
152
Henrique Casimiro
Carmim - Prio
+ 18'23
153
Pawel Charucki
CCC Polkowice
s.t.
154
Jack Anderson
Endura Racing
s.t.
155
Scott Thwaites
Endura Racing +20'09
156
Charly Vives
SpiderTech powered by C10
s.t.
157
René Heinze
Team NSP - Ghost
s.t.
158
Andoni Blázquez
Orbea Continental
s.t.
159
Javier Chacón
Andalucía
s.t.
Next up: GirodelTrentino preview.
Edited by Eden95 on 18-05-2012 10:13
Only 4 riders from last year's top ten return, those being reigning champion Michele Scarponi, Luca Ascani, Robert Kierslovski and Domenico Pozzovvo. This race is usually used as a warm-up for most Giro di Italia Overall contenders, as is the case this year also. The parcours are hard, starting with a 14km ITT before gradually working from a very hilly stage to two colossal summit finishes, one on the infamous Fai della Paganella. This is one of the most important races of the year for our team, and we are targeting the young rider rankings, and a top-10 finish overall.
Winner of last year's edition of the race, he has had a slow start to the season, posting no results at all and only registering 9 race days as yet, as he powers towards his goal of the Giro di Italia. He is supposedly in poor form after finishing 52nd in the Tirreno-Adriatico, 8 minutes behind the winner. Despite this, he is still a major contender because of his fantastic climbing skills and ability against the clock.
Predicted finish: 3rd
Vincenzo Nibali
Spoiler
Nibali is coming into this race in unknown condition, he has only raced 10 days, and hasn't race in a month. Besides not posting any results whatsoever like Scarponi, he has been tipped to at least get a podium finish overall. His teammates say he is in incredible form, especially for the upcoming Giro di Italia, but he is yet to show any proof of this. We'll have to wait and see.
Janez Brajkovic
Spoiler
Brajkovic has raced even less then Nibali and Scarponi, with only 7 race days to his name this year. He has also not posted any results whatsoever. His goals for this season are unknown, and will apparently be supporting his teammate Kreuziger in the Tour de France later in the year. He is here with an unbreakable team. His form is mysterious, and he may even be here to help Kierslovski or Kessiakoff.
Peter Velits
Spoiler
Velits. One of the big 4 pre-race favourites, no results, either. Only 8 race days. The GC contenders for this race are looking a little out of shape at the moment. He's going to have to go hard to win here. He's got a fairly strong squad supporting him, featuring former World ITT champion Bert Grabsch and Tour de France KOM jersey winner, Jerome Pineau.
Pozzovivo finished fourth in last years race, and has ambitions to step onto the podium in this year's race. He has had a mediocre season so far, his best result 6th in th GP Lugano, and he has raced 23 days and his form is always improving. His Time-Trialling skills tend to hold him back, but with colossal mountain stages to follow the 14km ITT, it shouldn't him worry him too much. Brambilla and Pirazzi also serve as great support during the hard stages of the race.
Alexander Efimkin
Spoiler
Efimkin comes into the race as the leader for Team Type 1. He has posted quite average results this season thus far, placing 10th overall in Tour Médeiterranean and 9th in San Luis, not much to show for nearly 30 days of racing. He is in somewhat good form and will hope to make an impression during the opening Time Trial.
Marcel Wyss
Spoiler
Wyss comes into Trentino with a very weak team - he will most likely be isolated in every stage at critical points anmd this will cause him to not perform to his potential. He also hasn't recorded any results this season from 8 racing days.
Johnny Hoogerland
Spoiler
Hoogerland isn't renowned as a great climber, but he can climb. Because he isn't thought to be a huge threat, he may be able to slip under the radar and catch the other contenders off-guard. He is a very strong rider who won't give up without a fight. He has had a much more successful start to the year, coming 6th in Tirreno-Adriatico, 4th in the Giro Calabria and winning Sarda Sassari classic.
Sylvester Szymd
Spoiler
Szmyd is one of the most loyal and respected domestiques in the professional peloton. He is a very stron climber, but suffers in the Time Trials. He will be Nibali's right-hand man, but if Nibali fails to live up to expectations, expect Szmyd to take charge of Liquigas. He's raced 18 days and his best result is 5th at the Trofeo Laiguelgia.
Fight for White
Youg Rider classification contenders
Rasmus Guldhammer
Spoiler
Guldhammer has had a quiet beggining to the season, with a mere 10 race days with no results. Trentino could be his season breakthrough, he is a fantastic young Danish Stage Racer, one to look out for in this race.
Gianluca Brambilla
Spoiler
Brambilla is a promising young Italian prospect, he will mainly serve to help his leader, Pozzovivo. But, if given a free role, Brambilla is tactically intelligent and devestating on his day. He is a sure threat to our U-25 rankings hopes.
Tomohiro Hayakawa
Spoiler
Hayakawa leads an average-strength Nippo squad to Trentino. At just 22 years old, he is a terrific climber with a bright future. He is a poor Time-Trialist so he will struggle during the first stage to not lose time to any of his rivals. He won't win the overall GC, but could surprise.
Sorry, I made a lot of mistakes there. It's almost 3 in the morning and I feel like i'm about to die of sleep deprivation but was determined to get that done. Probably should have waited till' morning
