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| KurtinSC |
Posted on 24-04-2008 15:14
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Deadpool wrote:
Your doing great in California Kurtin, that is domination
I think a large part of it is my guys are in very good form. At this point Rogers is at 90 form and everyone else but Hincappie is above 80. I doubt most pro tour teams would have anyone peaking like I am... but winning this race was a goal this season. |
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| KurtinSC |
Posted on 24-04-2008 15:27
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Amgen Tour of California - Stage 7
With some hills scattered throughout and a slightly rolling road at the finish, this might take some of the sprinters out of the contest.
Henao has the mountains jersey pretty much locked up, but we sent Martin in the break to keep the pelaton honest.
Since it's been working so well for us, we made a late attack with a bit under 10km to go. 3 of our 4 jerseys were represented with Hincappie leading the way.
On this one though it looked like we might not make it... but when Edvald shot out from behind Big George he put on a spurt of speed we weren't expecting. He was able to keep ahead of a charging Cancellera at the line.
Boonen took 4th behind Hincappie. Tom has been pretty invisible in the race to date... must now be coming into form.
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road 4h09'27
2 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC s.t.
3 George Hincapie Team High Road s.t.
4 Tom Boonen Quick·Step s.t.
5 John Devine Team High Road s.t.
6 Jackson Stewart BMC Racing Team s.t.
7 Michael Rogers Team High Road s.t.
8 Fred Rodriguez Rock Racing s.t.
9 Pierrick Fédrigo Bouygues Télécom s.t.
10 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Team CSC s.t.
51 Sergio Luis Henao Team High Road s.t.
69 Adam Hansen Team High Road s.t.
130 Diego Ulissi Team High Road + 6'13
133 Tony Martin Team High Road + 6'53
GC:
1 Michael Rogers Team High Road 21h43'10
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road + 27
3 Christian Vandevelde Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 45
4 Jens Voigt Team CSC + 1'28
5 Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole + 1'43
6 John Devine Team High Road + 1'48
7 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC + 2'04
8 Tomas Vaitkus Team Astana + 2'10
9 George Hincapie Team High Road + 2'17
10 Fränk Schleck Team CSC + 2'32
Points:
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road 122
2 Michael Rogers Team High Road 93
3 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC 91
4 George Hincapie Team High Road 69
5 Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole 67
6 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Team CSC 48
7 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC 48
8 Pierrick Fédrigo Bouygues Télécom 46
9 John Devine Team High Road 36
10 Christian Vandevelde Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O 32
Mountain:
1 Sergio Luis Henao Team High Road 90
2 Tony Martin Team High Road 64
3 Steve Morabito Team Astana 30
4 Chris Wherry Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 30
5 Adam Hansen Team High Road 28
6 William Walker Rabobank 22
7 Pierrick Fédrigo Bouygues Télécom 20
8 Graham Howard Bissell Pro Cycling 20
9 Doug Ollerenshaw Rock Racing 18
10 John Murphy Health Net presented by Maxxis 16
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| KurtinSC |
Posted on 24-04-2008 15:30
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A question for you achievement people...
Does a tour win count towards the win total for achievements as well as individual stage wins? I'd assume so but I figured I'd check. |
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Posted on 24-04-2008 16:05
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Trofeo Laigueglia
We are pretty much just racing here to get some of our cobbled rideres ready for the Omloop Het Volk. I threw Thomas Lövkvist and Kanstantsin Siutsou
in the race just to have a couple of decent hill riders present, but as it's their first race they're not in great form.
Our team:
Leader: Thomas Lövkvist
Free: Kanstantsin Siutsou
Free: Marcus Burghardt
Free: Andreas Klier
Teammate: Craig Lewis
Teammate: Servais Knaven
Teammate: Michael Barry
Teammate: Bert Grabsch
We had no real plans coming in. We're just going to hang around in the pelaton and see who has legs at the end.
A late punch from Di Luca, Mazzanti, Garzelli and Bellotti got away, with mazzantin winning the sprint.
Race Results:
1 Luca Mazzanti Tinkoff Credit Systems 4h57'14
2 Stefano Garzelli Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
3 Danilo Di Luca LPR Brakes s.t.
4 Francesco Bellotti Barloworld s.t.
5 Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo + 59
6 Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld + 1'25
7 Graziano Gasparre Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
8 Fabio Gilioli Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
9 Christian Murro Lampre s.t.
10 Massimiliano Gentili Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
14 Bert Grabsch Team High Road s.t.
32 Thomas Lövkvist Team High Road s.t.
35 Michael Barry Team High Road s.t.
44 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team High Road s.t.
68 Andreas Klier Team High Road + 3'51
83 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road s.t.
157 Craig Lewis Team High Road s.t.
160 Servais Knaven Team High Road s.t.
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Posted on 24-04-2008 16:36
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Amgen Tour of California - Stage 8
The final stage of the race. We just have to control the break and not crash and we'll win all the jerseys and finish a dominating tour.
We sent Henao on the break again even though the classification was already locked up. He would sit on the back of the break and just sprint ahead to take mountain points.
In the end we easily pulled in the break. Frank Schleck tried a late break with 20 km to go and got a bit of a lead. We were forced to use our entire team to ensure he didn't get a time gap and it took us out of the sprint.
Boonen had a dominant kick and Hushovd was able to pass Schleck too at the line.
This completes our sponsor goal of winning the Tour of California. Not only did we win the race... and not only did we win the team competition and all the jerseys...we actually took first AND second in every classification. Rogers and Boasson Hagen in the overall, Boasson Hagen and Rogers in the points, Boasson Hagen and Devine in the young riders and Henao and Martin in the mountains.
Now let's see if we can continue this through the classics season.
Stage results:
1 Tom Boonen Quick·Step 3h50'19
2 Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole s.t.
3 Fränk Schleck Team CSC s.t.
4 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC s.t.
5 Dominique Rollin Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team s.t.
6 Julian Dean Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
7 Anthony Geslin Bouygues Télécom s.t.
8 Pierrick Fédrigo Bouygues Télécom s.t.
9 René Haselbacher Team Astana s.t.
10 Michael Rogers Team High Road s.t.
13 George Hincapie Team High Road s.t.
14 John Devine Team High Road s.t.
19 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road s.t.
72 Adam Hansen Team High Road s.t.
78 Tony Martin Team High Road s.t.
109 Diego Ulissi Team High Road + 4'40
113 Sergio Luis Henao Team High Road + 8'06
Final Race Results:
1 Michael Rogers Team High Road 25h33'29
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road + 27
3 Christian Vandevelde Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 45
4 Jens Voigt Team CSC + 1'28
5 Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole + 1'31
6 John Devine Team High Road + 1'48
7 Tomas Vaitkus Team Astana + 2'10
8 George Hincapie Team High Road + 2'17
9 Fränk Schleck Team CSC + 2'24
10 Markus Fothen Gerolsteiner + 2'35
Points Classification - Final Results:
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road 122
2 Michael Rogers Team High Road 99
3 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC 91
4 Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole 87
5 George Hincapie Team High Road 72
6 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC 62
7 Pierrick Fédrigo Bouygues Télécom 54
8 Tom Boonen Quick·Step 49
9 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Team CSC 48
10 John Devine Team High Road 38
Mountains Classification - Final Results:
1 Sergio Luis Henao Team High Road 128
2 Tony Martin Team High Road 64
3 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom 34
4 Bauke Mollema Rabobank 34
5 Pierrick Fédrigo Bouygues Télécom 30
6 Steve Morabito Team Astana 30
7 Chris Wherry Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 30
8 Adam Hansen Team High Road 28
9 John Murphy Health Net presented by Maxxis 26
10 William Walker Rabobank 22
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Posted on 24-04-2008 16:49
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Tour du Haut Var
Another small one day race where we're working on getting our cobbled guys in form. The Omloop Het Volk is just around the corner.
The team:
Leader: Thomas Lövkvist
Free: Roger Hammond
Free: Marcus Burghardt
Free: Andreas Klier
Teammate: Craig Lewis
Teammate: Servais Knaven
Teammate: Marcel Sieberg
TEammate: Bert Grabsch
The race had the required TV breakaway that was pulled back. Heading up the last hill many of the favorites attacked. Lovkvist was able to get into the group, but he wasn't super strong. It was clear this would be the winning move.
Moreau was the agressor in the group... he kept trying to make attacks. Zabriskie, Gadret and Rebellin kept pulling him back.
It finally came down to a sprint. Rodriguez hadn't been working too hard in the break and he took the race fairly easily. Lovkvist took a nice 5th.
1 Joaquim RodrÃguez Caisse d'Epargne 4h55'13
2 Manuel Beltrán Liquigas s.t.
3 John Gadret AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
4 Davide Rebellin Gerolsteiner s.t.
5 Thomas Lövkvist Team High Road s.t.
6 Nicki Sörensen Team CSC s.t.
7 David Zabriskie Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
8 Christophe Moreau Agritubel s.t.
9 Xavi Florencio Bouygues Télécom s.t.
10 Frank Vandenbroucke Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech s.t.
66 Bert Grabsch Team High Road + 6'10
73 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road s.t.
94 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road s.t.
105 Servais Knaven Team High Road s.t.
109 Craig Lewis Team High Road s.t.
112 Andreas Klier Team High Road s.t.
121 Roger Hammond Team High Road + 7'22
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Posted on 24-04-2008 17:26
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[/b]February Wrap Up:[/b]
It was a good month for High Road. We achieved our first sponsor goal and had some great races. Michael Rogers was our man, winning the Tour of California and just barely getting second in the Challenge a Vuelta Mallorca. He won a stage in each race as well. Edvald Boasson Hagen also won two stages in the Tour of California and took both the sprinter and young riders classifications.
Team Goals for February:
Magazine:
There were no pro-tour races this month, so there is no change on that front. Now we get to look forward to March. We've got some cobbled races, Paris-Nice, Tirenno-Adriatico and Milano-San Remo to look forward to. |
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Posted on 24-04-2008 22:16
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Omloop Het Volk
The first of the cobbled classics, this race usually has a strong start field and this year is no exception. Hoste, Cancellera, Boonen, Gilbert and of course Hincapie are all present.
George wanted to test his cobbling legs out here and we expect a good result. He's in solid form after the Tour of California to open his season.
The team:
Leader: George Hincapie
Free/lieutenant: Roger Hammond
Free/Lieutenant: Marcus Burghardt
Teammate: Andreas Klier
Teammate: Bert Grabsch
Teammate: Servais Knaven
Teammate: Marcel Sieberg
Teammate: Diego Ulissi
Pretty much everyone will be working for Big George, but if he suffers an accident we'll switch to either Hammond or Burghardt.
Early on there was very little action. A break didn't even go until a third of the race was in the books. The pace started to pick up over some of the climbs halfway through.
On the second to last climb though an odd thing occurred... after the climb and going onto the cobbles Hincapie had gotten a slight lead on most of the pack. He glanced back and decided to up the pace over the cobbles and see what happens.
And what happened is he solo'd away from the pelaton! Soon he was catching the breakaway.
And after a brief rest at the back of the group he simply pedaled away from them as well.
The favorites made their move late on the flat, but there was too much ground to cover. Hoste made a valiant attempt to catch George in the final kilometers solo... but the gap was just too wide. George cruised across the finish line taking a drink to earn his first victory of the year. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come in late March and April.
Race Results:
1 George Hincapie Team High Road 5h41'01
2 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto + 25
3 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC + 1'18
4 Philippe Gilbert Française des Jeux s.t.
5 Tom Boonen Quick·Step s.t.
6 Gert Steegmans Quick·Step s.t.
7 Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
8 Matti Breschel Team CSC s.t.
9 Staf Scheirlinckx Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
10 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step s.t.
11 Karsten Kroon Team CSC s.t.
12 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
13 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step s.t.
14 Frederic Guesdon Française des Jeux + 2'38
15 Bert De Waele Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner + 3'01
16 Wilfried Cretskens Quick·Step + 3'28
17 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto s.t.
18 Max Van Heeswijk Willems Veranda's Continental Team s.t.
19 Roy Sentjens Silence - Lotto s.t.
20 Kevin Van Impe Quick·Step s.t.
24 Roger Hammond Team High Road + 4'39
29 Bert Grabsch Team High Road s.t.
30 Andreas Klier Team High Road s.t.
36 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road s.t.
39 Servais Knaven Team High Road s.t.
61 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road + 8'15
145 Diego Ulissi Team High Road + 17'43
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Posted on 24-04-2008 22:24
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What difficulty level, you are playing so well I have to ask |
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Posted on 25-04-2008 03:52
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I'm playing on hard.
Keep in mind that High Road is a very good team and I've only raced one pro-tour event... that being the TDU which wasn't well attended by better sprinters.
I'm curious to see how things go at the April classics and at the Giro when the competition is in form as well. |
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Posted on 28-04-2008 14:23
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Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne
Team:
Leader: Roger Hammond
Co-Leader: Marcus Burghardt
Free Rider: Andreas Klier
Teammate: Bert Grabsch
TEammate: Servais Knaven
Teammate: Marcel Sieberg
Teammate: Diego Ulissi
While mostly flat, this race has several cobbled hills. There is a significant stretch of flat, uncobbled ground to finish though so it may come down more to sprinters than cobblers.
In the later cobbled sections an elite group formed at the front, with the likes of Hoste, Nuyens, Devolder, Gilbert, Flecha, Cancellera and our guys Hammond and Burghardt.
Devolder then attacked from the lead group. Unfortuanately, our guys didn't have the legs to follow. Only Nuyens and Hoste could keep up.
Devolder ran out of juice at the end though and it came down to a sprint between Nuyens and Hoste. Nuyens was able to edge Hoste out at the line.
Hammond was able to ride Gilbert's wheel to a decent 5th place finish considering the stiff competition. Burghardt was only able to hang on at the end of the group of favorites.
Results:
1 Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 5h10'25
2 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto s.t.
3 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step + 21
4 Philippe Gilbert Française des Jeux + 1'17
5 Roger Hammond Team High Road s.t.
6 Staf Scheirlinckx Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
7 Gorik Gardeyn Silence - Lotto s.t.
8 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC s.t.
9 Maarten Tjallingii Silence - Lotto s.t.
10 Juan Antonio Flecha Rabobank s.t.
11 Bert De Waele Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner s.t.
12 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road s.t.
13 Kevin Van Impe Quick·Step + 2'12
14 Wilfried Cretskens Quick·Step s.t.
15 Maarten Wynants Quick·Step s.t.
16 Geert Omloop Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech + 4'06
17 Andreas Klier Team High Road s.t.
18 Servais Knaven Team High Road s.t.
19 Frederik Veuchelen Topsport Vlaanderen s.t.
20 Vladimir Gusev Team Astana + 5'23
50 Bert Grabsch Team High Road + 6'59
124 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road + 14'59
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Posted on 28-04-2008 14:32
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Le Samyn
Leader: Marcus Burghardt
Co-leader/Free: Roger Hammond
Teammate: Andreas Klier
Teammate: Bert Grabsch
Teammate: Marcel Sieberg
Teammate: Adam Hansen
Teammate: Servais Knaven
Teammate: Craig Lewis
This race was one we thought we could control. The field wasn't too strong and we thought we could set a stiff pace over the later cobbled sections to break apart the pelaton and set up Burghardt and Hammond in an escape.
Unfortunately... the cobbled sections just weren't long enough. While we narrowed the platon down a bit we never got an escape formed. All we did was tire our guys out. We didn't factor in the bunch sprint to finish the race.
A very disappointing day.
Results:
1 David Kopp Cycle Collstrop 4h52'12
2 Geert Omloop Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech s.t.
3 Guennadi Mikhailov Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech s.t.
4 Igor Abakoumov Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech s.t.
5 James Vanlandschoot Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech s.t.
6 Nico Eeckhout Topsport Vlaanderen s.t.
7 Max Van Heeswijk Willems Veranda's Continental Team s.t.
8 Allan Davis Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech s.t.
9 Nicolas Jalabert Agritubel s.t.
10 Tom Criel Cycle Collstrop s.t.
11 Jarno Van Mingeroet Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech s.t.
12 Bert De Waele Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner s.t.
13 Wilfried Cretskens Quick·Step s.t.
14 Kevin Hulsmans Quick·Step s.t.
15 Roy Sentjens Silence - Lotto s.t.
16 Bobbie Traksel P3Transfer - Batavus s.t.
17 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
18 Stefan Van Dijk Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech s.t.
19 Yuri Krivtsov AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
20 Frédéric Amorison Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner s.t.
26 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road s.t.
35 Andreas Klier Team High Road s.t.
36 Roger Hammond Team High Road s.t.
40 Bert Grabsch Team High Road s.t.
65 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road + 1'45
66 Adam Hansen Team High Road s.t.
67 Servais Knaven Team High Road s.t.
113 Craig Lewis Team High Road + 2'57
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Posted on 28-04-2008 14:41
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Monte Paschi Eroica
Leader: Marcus Burghardt
Co-leader: Roger Hammond
TEammate: Andreas Klier
teammate: Servais Knaven
teammate: Bert Grabsch
Teammate: Marcel Sieberg
Teammate: Craig Lewis
Teammate: Adam Hansen
Rather than just try to pull away in this one, we decided to send our cobblers on an attack on the extremely long cobbled stretch in the middle of the race to get a gap, THEN start relaying. The longer stretches of rough road may suit us better in this race.
When we made our move we were able to form a break... with lots of High Road riders in it. Looking good.
And on the final cobbled stretch Maaskant goes... Chavenel follows... but we just can't bridge the gap.
Maaskant cruises across the finish for a dominating win.
Burghardt just holds on for 3rd.
Results:
1 Martijn Maaskant Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O 5h43'28
2 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 2'24
3 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road + 4'32
4 Markus Zberg Gerolsteiner s.t.
5 Stefan Schreck Gerolsteiner s.t.
6 Roger Hammond Team High Road + 6'08
7 Allan Johansen Team CSC + 7'04
8 Giovanni Visconti Quick·Step + 9'36
9 Lloyd Mondory AG2R - La Mondiale + 9'52
10 Andreas Klier Team High Road + 11'28
11 Daniele Nardello Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli + 11'44
12 Jesús Del Nero Saunier Duval - Scott + 12'24
13 Servais Knaven Team High Road s.t.
14 Sébastien Minard Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
15 Raivis Belohvosciks Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
16 Florent Brard Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
17 Aleksandr Kuschynski Liquigas s.t.
18 Bert Grabsch Team High Road s.t.
19 Alberto Ongarato Team Milram + 14'48
20 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road + 15'36
21 Magnus Bäckstedt Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 16'32
22 Sven Krauss Gerolsteiner + 16'48
23 Lars Ytting Bak Team CSC + 17'04
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Posted on 28-04-2008 15:46
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Paris-Nice - Stage 1
While still an important race, Paris-Nice is no longer part of the pro tour. It's also not a big goal for our sponsors this year, nor do any of our top riders have a particular inclination to ride here. Seeing how cold it is I can sympathize.
That being said, we're going to send a developmental squad to compete this season. John Devine will lead the team. It will be a good chance for him to experience what it's like to be the leader racing againts top level competition.
Leader: John Devine
Co-Leader: Fabio Duarte
Teammate: Bert Grabsch
Teammate: Marcel Sieberg
Teammate: Adam Hansen
Teammate: Tony Martin
Teammate: Taylor Phinney
Teammate: Diego Ulissi
Stage 1:
A simple short prologue.
Results:
1 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC 7'49
2 Jens Voigt Team CSC + 5
3 Bert Grabsch Team High Road + 7
4 Dimitri Champion Bouygues Télécom + 10
5 Raivis Belohvosciks Saunier Duval - Scott + 12
6 Laszló Bodrogi Crédit Agricole + 14
7 Dmytro Grabovskyy Quick·Step + 15
8 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
9 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom + 17
10 Bradley McGee Team CSC + 18
12 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road s.t.
22 Adam Hansen Team High Road + 22
29 John Devine Team High Road + 23
58 Tony Martin Team High Road + 29
78 Taylor Phinney Team High Road + 35
89 Diego Ulissi Team High Road + 37
97 Fabio Duarte Team High Road + 38
Edited by KurtinSC on 28-04-2008 16:06
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Posted on 28-04-2008 15:51
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Paris-Nice - Stage 2
A sprinters stage, a late punch ended up suceeding. High Road didn't factor in the break or the sprint.
Tried to run the stage 3 times but it kept crashing. I ended up having to sim it.
Stage Results:
1 Jean-Eudes Demaret Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 3h46'19
2 Ignas Konovalovas Crédit Agricole s.t.
3 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC + 52
4 Daniele Bennati Liquigas s.t.
5 Gert Steegmans Quick·Step s.t.
6 Aitor Galdos Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
7 Robert Förster Gerolsteiner s.t.
8 Matti Breschel Team CSC s.t.
9 Romain Feillu Agritubel s.t.
10 William Bonnet Crédit Agricole s.t.
20 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road s.t.
63 Bert Grabsch Team High Road s.t.
94 Adam Hansen Team High Road s.t.
125 Diego Ulissi Team High Road s.t.
131 Tony Martin Team High Road s.t.
135 John Devine Team High Road s.t.
147 Taylor Phinney Team High Road s.t.
159 Fabio Duarte Team High Road s.t.
General Classification:
1 Ignas Konovalovas Crédit Agricole 3h54'31
2 Jean-Eudes Demaret Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 7
3 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC + 27
4 Jens Voigt Team CSC + 34
5 Bert Grabsch Team High Road + 36
6 Dimitri Champion Bouygues Télécom + 39
7 Raivis Belohvosciks Saunier Duval - Scott + 41
8 Laszló Bodrogi Crédit Agricole + 43
9 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 44
10 Dmytro Grabovskyy Quick·Step s.t.
Points:
1 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC 45
2 Jean-Eudes Demaret Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 25
3 Jens Voigt Team CSC 22
4 Ignas Konovalovas Crédit Agricole 22
5 Bert Grabsch Team High Road 20
6 Daniele Bennati Liquigas 18
7 Dimitri Champion Bouygues Télécom 18
8 Gert Steegmans Quick·Step 16
9 Raivis Belohvosciks Saunier Duval - Scott 16
10 Laszló Bodrogi Crédit Agricole 15
Mountains:
1 Sébastien Minard Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 4
2 Frederic Guesdon Française des Jeux 2
3 Johan Vansummeren Silence - Lotto 1
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Posted on 28-04-2008 16:24
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Paris-Nice - Stage 3
While mostly flat, the late hills could allow a well timed attack to take the stage.
Or not. The pelaton pulled in the attackers (including Devine) on the downhill leading up to the finish and Steegmans takes the sprint.
Stage Results:
1 Gert Steegmans Quick·Step 4h28'09
2 Heinrich Haussler Gerolsteiner s.t.
3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Team CSC s.t.
4 Daniele Bennati Liquigas s.t.
5 Davide Rebellin Gerolsteiner s.t.
6 Romain Feillu Agritubel s.t.
7 Matti Breschel Team CSC s.t.
8 Aitor Galdos Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
9 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC s.t.
10 Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
21 John Devine Team High Road s.t.
22 Bert Grabsch Team High Road s.t.
24 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road s.t.
51 Adam Hansen Team High Road s.t.
66 Fabio Duarte Team High Road s.t.
91 Tony Martin Team High Road s.t.
126 Diego Ulissi Team High Road + 2'35
152 Taylor Phinney Team High Road + 4'59
General Classification:
1 Ignas Konovalovas Crédit Agricole 8h22'40
2 Jean-Eudes Demaret Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 7
3 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC + 27
4 Jens Voigt Team CSC + 34
5 Bert Grabsch Team High Road + 36
6 Dimitri Champion Bouygues Télécom + 39
7 Raivis Belohvosciks Saunier Duval - Scott + 41
8 Laszló Bodrogi Crédit Agricole + 43
9 Dmytro Grabovskyy Quick·Step + 44
10 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
Points:
1 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC 57
2 Gert Steegmans Quick·Step 41
3 Daniele Bennati Liquigas 36
4 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Team CSC 32
5 Aitor Galdos Euskaltel - Euskadi 28
6 Matti Breschel Team CSC 27
7 Romain Feillu Agritubel 27
8 Jean-Eudes Demaret Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 25
9 Jens Voigt Team CSC 22
10 Ignas Konovalovas Crédit Agricole 22
Mountains:
1 Clément Lhotellerie Skil - Shimano 7
2 Jan Boven Rabobank 6
3 Emanuelle Bindi Lampre 6
4 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi 5
5 Sébastien Minard Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 4
6 Dmytro Grabovskyy Quick·Step 4
7 Davide Rebellin Gerolsteiner 3
8 Frederic Guesdon Française des Jeux 2
9 Bradley McGee Team CSC 2
10 Pierre Rolland Crédit Agricole 2
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| KurtinSC |
Posted on 28-04-2008 16:46
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Tirreno-Adriatico - Stage 1
Both Hincapie and Eisel want to race here in Italy, so they'll be our overall and sprint leaders respectively. Without any big mountain stages, the course favors Hincapies racing style. We're hoping for a podium out of Big George.
Leader: George Hincapie
Sprinter: Bernhard Eisel
Leadout Man: Mark Cavendish
Free: Marcus Burghardt
Teammate: Kanstantsin Siutsou
Teammate: Michael Barry
Teammate: Sergio Luis Henao
Teammate: Craig Lewis
Stage 1:
The hills at the end of the race aren't sharp, but the extended climbs might let Hincapie break free for a stage win and a time gap. We're going to send Burghardt out to try to capture some mountain points. He's had some issues on the cobbled hills in some of the classics races and we're adjusting his training regimine to address this possible weakness.
Burghardt did get away and took second in the first two mountain sprints, enough to take the mountains jersey by one point.
Ricardo Ricco made an attack on the final hill and Hincapie was quick to follow and then pass Ricco. Fillippo Pozatto got in on the attack as well and the three started relaying with a solid gap.
Hincapie pushed the pace on the downhill and Ricco couldn't keep pace. Pozzato didn't help out, riding in George's wake to set up for the final sprint.
And unsuprisingly, Pozatto destroyed Hincapie in the sprint. Still, Hincapie got a gap on the rest of the competition which could help quite a bit as the race progresses. It's unclear if Pozatto will be able to keep pace with the race favorites on the hillier stages.
Ricco had gotten far enough ahead that he was able to hang on for 3rd place... BARELY.
Stage Results:
1 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas 4h01'42
2 George Hincapie Team High Road s.t.
3 Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott + 1'03
4 Tom Boonen Quick·Step s.t.
5 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC s.t.
6 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
7 Robbie McEwen Silence - Lotto s.t.
8 Erik Zabel Team Milram s.t.
9 Alessandro Petacchi Team Milram s.t.
10 Óscar Freire Rabobank s.t.
61 Bernhard Eisel Team High Road s.t.
84 Michael Barry Team High Road s.t.
89 Sergio Luis Henao Team High Road s.t.
91 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team High Road s.t.
95 Craig Lewis Team High Road + 3'55
138 Mark Cavendish Team High Road + 9'08
141 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road + 10'22
General Classification:
1 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas 4h01'32
2 George Hincapie Team High Road + 4
3 Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott + 1'09
4 Tom Boonen Quick·Step + 1'13
5 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC s.t.
6 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
7 Robbie McEwen Silence - Lotto s.t.
8 Erik Zabel Team Milram s.t.
9 Alessandro Petacchi Team Milram s.t.
10 Óscar Freire Rabobank s.t.
Points:
1 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas 12
2 George Hincapie Team High Road 10
3 Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott 8
4 Tom Boonen Quick·Step 7
5 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC 6
6 Manuel Belletti Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 5
7 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 5
8 Robbie McEwen Silence - Lotto 4
9 Marc De Maar Rabobank 3
10 Erik Zabel Team Milram 3
Mountains:
1 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road 6
2 Luca Mazzanti Tinkoff Credit Systems 5
3 Fabio Baldato Lampre 5
4 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas 5
5 George Hincapie Team High Road 3
6 Aitor Hernández Euskaltel - Euskadi 1
7 Marc De Maar Rabobank 1
8 Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott 1
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Posted on 28-04-2008 16:56
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Paris-Nice - Stage 4
This stage has some climbs in it. Devine is going to hang out near the front and go with a break if he feels like he has the legs. The main goal is to avoid losing any time from the pelaton though.
In the end several waves of puncheurs went and Devine couldn't follow. He did have enough gas to get free on the final downhill and get a few seconds on the rest of the pelaton though.
Pereiro was able to overpower the rest of the attackers and take the stage.
Stage Results:
1 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne 4h21'51
2 Christophe Moreau Agritubel + 12
3 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux s.t.
4 Damiano Cunego Lampre s.t.
5 Fränk Schleck Team CSC + 56
6 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
7 Johann Tschopp Bouygues Télécom s.t.
8 Haimar Zubeldia Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
9 Tom Danielson Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
10 Juanma Gárate Quick·Step s.t.
11 Mauricio Ardila Rabobank s.t.
12 Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott + 2'34
13 John Devine Team High Road + 2'59
14 Jens Voigt Team CSC + 3'13
15 Maarten Tjallingii Silence - Lotto s.t.
16 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC s.t.
17 Hubert Dupont AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
18 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
19 Bradley McGee Team CSC s.t.
20 David Moncoutié Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
67 Tony Martin Team High Road + 3'59
70 Fabio Duarte Team High Road s.t.
82 Bert Grabsch Team High Road + 5'20
97 Adam Hansen Team High Road + 6'48
98 Diego Ulissi Team High Road + 7'36
134 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road + 13'52
150 Taylor Phinney Team High Road + 17'36
General Classification:
1 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne 12h45'16
2 Christophe Moreau Agritubel + 12
3 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux + 14
4 Damiano Cunego Lampre + 42
5 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 55
6 Haimar Zubeldia Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'00
7 Tom Danielson Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 1'01
8 Juanma Gárate Quick·Step + 1'06
9 Fränk Schleck Team CSC + 1'08
10 Johann Tschopp Bouygues Télécom + 1'16
11 Mauricio Ardila Rabobank + 1'26
12 Ignas Konovalovas Crédit Agricole + 2'28
13 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC + 2'55
14 Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott + 2'59
15 Jens Voigt Team CSC + 3'02
16 John Devine Team High Road + 3'06
17 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Team CSC + 3'12
18 Dmytro Grabovskyy Quick·Step s.t.
19 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom + 3'14
20 Bradley McGee Team CSC + 3'15
Points:
1 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC 62
2 Gert Steegmans Quick·Step 41
3 Daniele Bennati Liquigas 39
4 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Team CSC 34
5 Jens Voigt Team CSC 29
6 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 28
7 Aitor Galdos Euskaltel - Euskadi 28
8 Matti Breschel Team CSC 27
9 Romain Feillu Agritubel 27
10 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux 25
Mountains:
1 Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner 19
2 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne 10
3 Robert Gesink Rabobank 8
4 Christophe Moreau Agritubel 8
5 Clément Lhotellerie Skil - Shimano 7
6 Trent Lowe Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O 7
7 Jan Boven Rabobank 6
8 Emanuelle Bindi Lampre 6
9 Damiano Cunego Lampre 6
10 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi 5
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Posted on 28-04-2008 17:10
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Tirreno-Adriatico - Stage 2
Stage 2 is faily level, but has one of those rolling finishes that pretty much eliminates Cavendish from competing. George will probably try a late move and we'll set Eisel up for the sprint as well.
There's a very early sprint and Hincapie takes everyone off guard by attacking from the start of the race and taking first... giving him a 3 point time bonus and cutting his defecit in the GC to one second. It's clear he's gunning for the jersey today.
Hincapie drops back to the pelaton, but Burghardt follows George's attack to get free on a break to score some mountain points. He starts a break this way and takes maximum points in the two climbs.
There's another intermediat sprint just before the finish... and 6 km before that point George goes on the attack again, taking first place and the provisional race lead!
But why stop there? George has a lead... so let's keep going at it and see if we can take the stage!
All the sprinters can do is look up the road as Big George takes the stage win and overall lead in the race.
Stage Results:
1 George Hincapie Team High Road 4h51'44
2 Juan Antonio Flecha Rabobank + 38
3 Mirko Lorenzetto Lampre s.t.
4 Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
5 Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank s.t.
6 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto s.t.
7 Bernhard Eisel Team High Road s.t.
8 Roberto Petito Liquigas s.t.
9 Michael Barry Team High Road s.t.
10 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto s.t.
72 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team High Road s.t.
92 Sergio Luis Henao Team High Road s.t.
114 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road + 3'14
133 Craig Lewis Team High Road + 5'31
135 Mark Cavendish Team High Road + 6'24
General Classification:
1 George Hincapie Team High Road 8h53'04
2 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas + 50
3 Juan Antonio Flecha Rabobank + 1'57
4 Mirko Lorenzetto Lampre + 1'59
5 Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
6 Erik Zabel Team Milram + 2'01
7 Leonardo Scarselli Quick·Step s.t.
8 Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 2'03
9 Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank s.t.
10 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto s.t.
Points:
1 George Hincapie Team High Road 32
2 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road 13
3 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas 12
4 Juan Antonio Flecha Rabobank 10
5 Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott 8
6 Mirko Lorenzetto Lampre 8
7 Tom Boonen Quick·Step 7
8 Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 7
9 Robbie McEwen Silence - Lotto 6
10 Erik Zabel Team Milram 6
Mountains:
1 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road 16
2 Luca Mazzanti Tinkoff Credit Systems 5
3 Fabio Baldato Lampre 5
4 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas 5
5 Steve Zampieri Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 3
6 Bernhard Kohl Gerolsteiner 3
7 George Hincapie Team High Road 3
8 Ruslan Pidgornyy LPR Brakes 1
9 Philip Deignan AG2R - La Mondiale 1
10 Aitor Hernández Euskaltel - Euskadi 1
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