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Posted on 13-07-2008 00:52
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It's been three weeks since my last post in this topic. Work, watching Football (European Championship) & Tour de France, friends visiting and other parties and obligations during the weekend have kept me from playing the game.
So this story isn't dead jet.
Tour de Qatar 2.1 (28 January - 2 February)
This race consist out of a TTT and 5 very flat races.
Team leader:
Juan Van Heerden (Juan's fitness is growing and we hope he can translate that in some top 5 finishes)
Other riders:
Herman Fouché (Herman is here to help Juan out in the final KM's)
Salvatore Hadrioui
Kacem Frenda
Dion Botha
Travis Allen
Bab Kuider (These riders are here to produce a decent TTT and protect Juan during the race)
Our first goal is to see if Juan can get some top 5 results in the sprints.
Secondly we hope to reduce the time loss in the TTT, so Juan can claim a top GC spot by picking up some bonus seconds in the sprint.
STAGE 1 & 2
RESULT ST.1
1 GEROLSTEINER 06'28
2 DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM +06
3 PREDICTOR - LOTTO +11
4 AGRITUBEL +11
5 TEAM ASTANA +12
13 TEAM KONICA MINOLTA +26
RESULT ST.2
1 Iljo Keisse CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 3h05'20
2 Óscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
3 Martin Elmiger AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
4 Aurélien Clerc BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
5 Andy Flickinger BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
STAGE 3, 4, 5 & 6
RESULT ST.3
1 Assan Bazayev TEAM ASTANA 3h01'50
2 Erik Zabel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
3 Allan Davis PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
4 Kenny Van Hummel SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
5 Martin Elmiger AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
RESULT ST.4
1 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 3h07'45
2 Erik Zabel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
3 Aurélien Clerc BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
4 Iljo Keisse CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
5 Allan Davis PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
20 Herman Fouché TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
RESULT ST.5
1 Gerald Ciolek TEAM MILRAM 3h37'18
2 Saïd Haddou BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
3 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
4 Iljo Keisse CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
5 Martin Elmiger AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
11 Herman Fouché TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
RESULT ST.6
1 Romain Feillu AGRITUBEL 2h57'05
2 Greg Henderson DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM s.t.
3 Matthew Goss DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM s.t.
4 Andy Flickinger BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
5 André Greipel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
GC
1 Greg Henderson DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 15h55'46
2 Ángel Vicioso GEROLSTEINER s.t.
3 Matthew Goss DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM +02
4 Assan Bazayev TEAM ASTANA s.t.
5 Robert McLachlan DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM +06"
6 Allan Davis PREDICTOR - LOTTO +07"
7 Iljo Keisse CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
8 Greg Van Avermaet PREDICTOR - LOTTO +11
9 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR +12
10 Dimitri Muravyev TEAM ASTANA s.t.
23 Travis Allen TEAM KONICA MINOLTA +26
Conclusion
This was a race to forget as soon as possible. We had a lot of misfortune. But we were not the only one. More then half of the peleton was involved in at least one of the many crashes. As a result our only rider who managed to stay on his bike, Travis Allen, had climbed to the 23th spot at the end of the race.
We just have to lick our wounds and move on.
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Posted on 13-07-2008 01:43
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Le Tour de Langkawi 2.HC (2-11 january).
Last year our goal for this race was to get a stage win. We didn't succeed. this year this race is mainly a preparation for the tour of California.
Team Leader:
Chris Froome (Chris is here to work on his race fitness for the tour of California, but we hope he can perhaps finish in the top 10 overall)
Sprinter:
Daryl Impey (This is Daryl his first race, so we don't expect to much from him)
Other riders:
Erik Hoffmann
Dan Craven (Erik and Dan are also here to prepare for California and to assist Chris on the climbs)
Hassen Ben Nasser
Pieter Seyffert (Hassen and Pieter will assist Daryl or try there own luck in the sprint)
STAGE 1
1 Gorik Gardeyn UNIBET.COM 1h56'25
2 Julian Dean CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
3 Paride Grillo CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
4 Anthony Geslin VITÓRIA - ASC s.t.
5 José Martins VITÓRIA - ASC s.t.
6 Stephen Wooldridge SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
7 Jérôme Pineau BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM +38"
8 Hannes Blank SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
9 Daryl Impey TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
10 Brad Huff TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t. |
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Posted on 13-07-2008 02:13
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STAGE 2
1 Anthony Geslin VITÓRIA - ASC 3h32'43"
2 Jérôme Pineau BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
3 Brad Huff TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
4 Daryl Impey TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
5 Pierrick Fédrigo BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
6 Stephen Wooldridge SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
7 Mathieu Claude NIPPO - MEITAN HONPO - ASADA s.t.
8 Julian Dean CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
9 Mikhail Ignatiev TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
10 Rony Martias TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t. |
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Posted on 13-07-2008 02:45
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STAGE 3
1 Mikhail Ignatiev TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS 3h52'45
2 Jérôme Pineau BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
3 Michael Albasini SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
4 Pierrick Fédrigo BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
5 Johann Tschopp BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
6 Luis Pasamontes UNIBET.COM s.t.
7 Niels Scheuneman UNIBET.COM s.t.
8 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
9 Christophe Moreau AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
10 Hubert Schwab VITÓRIA - ASC s.t. |
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Posted on 13-07-2008 19:28
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STAGE 4
1 Oliver Zaugg CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 3h25'55
2 Christophe Moreau AG2R PRÉVOYANCE +31
3 Johann Tschopp BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM +39
4 Luis Pasamontes UNIBET.COM +01'34
5 Chris Froome TEAM KONICA MINOLTA +01'45
6 Hubert Schwab VITÓRIA - ASC s.t.
7 Mitchell Docker NIPPO - MEITAN HONPO - ASADA +02'00
8 Fortunato Baliani CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
9 Thomas Voeckler BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
10 Edgardo Simón SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA +02'14 |
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Posted on 13-07-2008 19:56
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STAGE 5
1 Christophe Moreau AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 4h28'43
2 Thomas Voeckler BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 35
3 Chris Froome TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 50
4 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
5 Oliver Zaugg CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 1'05
6 Luis Pasamontes UNIBET.COM + 2'02
7 Johann Tschopp BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 2'25
8 Fortunato Baliani CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 2'43
9 Mikhail Ignatiev TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
10 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
16 Erik Hoffmann TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 4'54
18 Dan Craven TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 5'38
GC (after stage 5)
1 Christophe Moreau AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 17h17'32
2 Oliver Zaugg CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 29
3 Thomas Voeckler BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 2'11
4 Chris Froome TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 2'12
5 Johann Tschopp BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 2'37
U 25 (after stage 5)
1 Chris Froome TEAM KONICA MINOLTA 17h19'44
2 Johann Tschopp BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 25
3 Hubert Schwab VITÓRIA - ASC + 2'10
4 Mikhail Ignatiev TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 3'18
5 Mitchell Docker NIPPO - MEITAN HONPO - ASADA + 4'02
After the two toughest stage of the race Chris has 4th place overall and is only 1 second behind Voeckler. With a TT coming up in stage 9 a podium place looks up for grabs. As a bonus Chris has the lead now in the under 25 classification. |
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Posted on 13-07-2008 23:49
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STAGE 6
1 Cyrille Monnerais FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 3h56'34
2 Johann Tschopp BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
3 Pierrick Fédrigo BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
4 Jérôme Pineau BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
5 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
6 Hassen Ben Nasser TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
7 Hubert Schwab VITÓRIA - ASC s.t.
8 Luis Pasamontes UNIBET.COM s.t.
9 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
10 Thomas Voeckler BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t. |
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Posted on 14-07-2008 00:08
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STAGE 7
1 Edgardo Simón SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA 3h49'10
2 Hannes Blank SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
3 Jérôme Pineau BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
4 Stephen Wooldridge SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
5 Paride Grillo CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
6 Pieter Seyffert TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
7 Mikhail Ignatiev TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
8 Takashi Miyazawa NIPPO - MEITAN HONPO - ASADA s.t.
9 Pierrick Fédrigo BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
10 Daryl Impey TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t. |
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Posted on 14-07-2008 08:35
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Looking good for Froome! Hopefully he can keep his high GC position (and avoid the crashes like you had in Qatar)
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Posted on 14-07-2008 22:49
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STAGE 8
1 Erik Hoffmann TEAM KONICA MINOLTA 4h26'03
2 Cyrille Monnerais FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
3 Jan Boven SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
4 Bruno Bertolini SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
5 Prajak Mahawong NIPPO - MEITAN HONPO - ASADA s.t.
6 Boy Van Poppel TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
7 Jérôme Pineau BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM +04'07
8 Mikhail Ignatiev TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
9 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
10 Pierrick Fédrigo BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t. |
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Posted on 14-07-2008 23:30
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Nice win early on in the season, first of many Im sure
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Posted on 16-07-2008 00:10
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STAGE 9
1 Mikhail Ignatiev TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS 10'31
2 Christophe Moreau AG2R PRÉVOYANCE +11
3 Niels Scheuneman UNIBET.COM s.t.
4 Nick Nuyens FRANÇAISE DES JEUX +15
5 Chris Froome TEAM KONICA MINOLTA +20
6 José Martins VITÓRIA - ASC s.t.
7 Tim Gudsell FRANÇAISE DES JEUX +22
8 Miles Olman SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
9 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX +24
10 Dan Craven TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
STAGE 10
1 Anthony Geslin VITÓRIA - ASC 1h31'10
2 Pierrick Fédrigo BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
3 Daryl Impey TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
4 Gorik Gardeyn UNIBET.COM s.t.
5 Takashi Miyazawa NIPPO - MEITAN HONPO - ASADA s.t.
6 Paride Grillo CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
7 Boy Van Poppel TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
8 Julian Dean CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
9 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
10 Hannes Blank SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
14 Pieter Seyffert TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
15 Hassen Ben Nasser TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
GC
1 Christophe Moreau AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 7h15'18
2 Oliver Zaugg CRÉDIT AGRICOLE +55
3 Chris Froome TEAM KONICA MINOLTA +02'21
4 Thomas Voeckler BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM +02'38
5 Johann Tschopp BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM +02'57
6 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX +03'24
7 Luis Pasamontes UNIBET.COM +03'39
8 Hubert Schwab VITÓRIA - ASC +04'49
9 Fortunato Baliani CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE +05'05
10 Mikhail Ignatiev TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS +05'19
11 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE +05'37
12 Jérôme Pineau BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM +06'20
13 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE +06'31
14 Pierrick Fédrigo BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM +06'41
15 Mitchell Docker NIPPO - MEITAN HONPO - ASADA +06'45
16 Edgardo Simón SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA +08'24
17 Luis Felipe Laverde CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE +08'28
18 Rodrigo García SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA +08'41
19 Dan Craven TEAM KONICA MINOLTA +09'25
20 Gilberto Sampaio UNIBET.COM +11'06
21 Peio Arreitunandia VITÓRIA - ASC +13'59
22 Nick Nuyens FRANÇAISE DES JEUX +14'20
23 Xavier Florencio BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM +14'30
24 Michael Albasini SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS +15'20
25 Martin Gilbert UNIBET.COM +16'33
POINTS
1 Jérôme Pineau BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM 62
2 Erik Hoffmann TEAM KONICA MINOLTA 57
3 Mikhail Ignatiev TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS 46
4 Cyrille Monnerais FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 46
5 Anthony Geslin VITÓRIA - ASC 42
U25
1 Chris Froome TEAM KONICA MINOLTA 7h17'39
Conclusion
We're very satisfied with Chris his race. 3th place is more then we hoped for. This gives us confidence for California.
We're also very happy with the first win of the season. Erik shows he is an asset to the the team and it was a good choice to sign him.
We've had a great race; 1 stage win, 3th place overall, the U25 jersey, 2nd place points classification and 5 top 5 finishes.
The only point of criticism is for our sprinters. Daryl didn't do bad at all considering this was his first race and that his fitness isn't great jet, but some of the stage we were a not alert enough and had to start the sprint from to far behind. The team needs to work on that. |
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Posted on 18-07-2008 22:03
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Tour Méditerranéen 2.1 (13-18 January)
This race consist out of a TTT and 3 flat races and 2 hilly stage. Especially stage 4 is a difficult one as the last 5 km are uphill to the finish.
Teamleader;
Juan Van Heerden (Juan is working towards the Trofeo Laigueglia 1.1 (20 February) and in top shape. We hope he can win us a stage here. If it goes really well he might even be capable of finishing high in the GC.)
Free;
Hassen Ben Nasser (Hassen is also targeting the Trofeo Laigueglia. He has a free role, but will help out Juan in the final kilometers of the flat stages and perhaps get his chance in the hilly stages.)
Abdelkader Belmokhtar (Ab will try to get in the breakaway and if possible have a go at collecting enough points to win the KOM jersey.)
Ohter riders;
Pieter Seyffert (Pieter is Juan's lead out man in the flat stages)
Dion Botha
Rafaâ Chtioui
Abderraman Nurani
Dennis Van Niekerk (These 4 riders will protect Juan during the race.)
Our goal is to guide Juan to a stage win. Claiming a top spot in the GC might be difficult and to realize that Juan has to sprint to top 3 spots.
STAGE 1
1 AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 35'44
2 COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 16
3 AGRITUBEL + 18
4 BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 21
5 DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
6 LIQUIGAS + 23
7 LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 24
8 TEAM MILRAM + 26
9 CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 27
10 CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 31
14 TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 37 |
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Posted on 18-07-2008 22:58
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STAGE 2
1 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL 2h24'05"
2 Claudio Corioni TEAM MILRAM s.t.
3 Juan Van Heerden TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
4 Saïd Haddou BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
5 William Bonnet CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
6 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
7 Martin Elmiger AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
8 Gabriele Balducci ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO s.t.
9 Murilo Fischer LIQUIGAS s.t.
10 Aurélien Clerc BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t. |
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Posted on 19-07-2008 01:07
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STAGE 3
1 Juan Van Heerden TEAM KONICA MINOLTA 3h45'50
2 Claudio Corioni TEAM MILRAM s.t.
3 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
4 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
5 Hassen Ben Nasser TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
6 Saïd Haddou BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
7 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
8 Martin Elmiger AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
9 Gabriele Balducci ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO s.t.
10 Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
GC
1 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL 6h45'35
2 Martin Elmiger AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 4
3 Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
4 Tom Veelers AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
5 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
6 Rémi Pauriol AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
7 Claudio Corioni TEAM MILRAM + 6
8 Juan Van Heerden TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 13
9 Mickael Buffaz COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 20
10 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t. |
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Posted on 22-07-2008 22:18
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Tour Méditerranéen 2.1 (13-18 January)
STAGE 4
1 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE 2h22'52
2 David Moncoutié COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
3 Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS s.t.
4 Marco Marzano FRANÇAISE DES JEUX +40
5 Alexandre Botcharov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
6 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
7 Stefano Garzelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO +01'01
8 Michael Rasmussen LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
9 Thomas Lövkvist FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
10 Ludovic Turpin AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
11 Hassen Ben Nasser TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
12 Rémi Pauriol AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
13 Jérémy Roy FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
14 Juan Van Heerden TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
15 Iván Parra COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
16 Patxi Vila LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'40
17 Stef Clement BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
18 Libardo Niño LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
19 Przemyslaw Niemiec MICHE s.t.
20 Fabio Duarte CERAMICA FLAMINIA + 1'53
GC
1 David Moncoutié COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 9h08'35
2 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 7
3 Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS + 12
4 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 36
5 Rémi Pauriol AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 57
6 Alexandre Botcharov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 1'03
7 Juan Van Heerden TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 1'06
8 Marco Marzano FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1'12
9 Iván Parra COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 1'13
10 Michael Rasmussen LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'21
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Posted on 22-07-2008 22:20
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STAGE 5
1 Martin Elmiger AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 3h32'45
2 Claudio Corioni TEAM MILRAM s.t.
3 Saïd Haddou BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
4 William Bonnet CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
5 Renaud Dion DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
6 Gabriele Balducci ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO s.t.
7 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
8 Juan Van Heerden TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
9 Aurélien Passeron ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO s.t.
10 Lilian Jégou FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
KOM
1 Abdelkader Belmokhtar TEAM KONICA MINOLTA 42
2 Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS 40
3 Stefano Garzelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO 36
4 Christophe Laurent CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 26
5 Eric Berthou CAISSE D'EPARGNE 24 |
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Posted on 22-07-2008 22:46
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STAGE 6
1 Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS 3h13'10
2 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
3 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL +23
4 Juan Van Heerden TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
5 Alberto Ongarato LIQUIGAS s.t.
6 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
7 Claudio Corioni TEAM MILRAM s.t.
8 Martin Elmiger AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
9 Hassen Ben Nasser TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
10 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
GC
1 Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS 15h54'22
2 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE +03
3 David Moncoutié COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE +31
4 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PRÉVOYANCE +01'07
5 Rémi Pauriol AG2R PRÉVOYANCE +01'28
6 Alexandre Botcharov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE +01'34
7 Juan Van Heerden TEAM KONICA MINOLTA +01'37
8 Marco Marzano FRANÇAISE DES JEUX +01'43
9 Iván Parra COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE +01'44
10 Michael Rasmussen LAMPRE - FONDITAL +01'52
11 Stefano Garzelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO +01'59
12 Thomas Lövkvist FRANÇAISE DES JEUX +02'04
13th Jérémy Roy FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
14th Hassen Ben Nasser TEAM KONICA MINOLTA +02'05
15 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL +02'24
16 Patxi Vila LAMPRE - FONDITAL +02'27
17 Stef Clement BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM +02'28
18 Libardo Niño LAMPRE - FONDITAL +02'31
19 Przemyslaw Niemiec MICHE +02'46
20 Claudio Corioni TEAM MILRAM +02'50
21 Matteo Bono LAMPRE - FONDITAL +02'52
22 Enrico Gasparotto LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
23 Samuel Plouhinec AGRITUBEL +02'54" GC 3
24 Stefano Boggia CERAMICA FLAMINIA +03'01
25 Grega Bole AGRITUBEL +03'02
POINTS
1 Claudio Corioni TEAM MILRAM 69
2 Juan Van Heerden TEAM KONICA MINOLTA 65
3 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL 56
4 Martin Elmiger AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 50
5 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL 49
KOM
1st Abdelkader Belmokhtar TEAM KONICA MINOLTA 70
Conclusion
Juan road a good race, winning a stage and finishing 7th in the GC. We hoped the hilly stages would be less hard, so Juan had a chance to finish even higher in the GC. But that makes his 7th place only a better performance for him.
Hassen worked the whole race for Juan and showed to be fit for Trofeo Laigueglia 1.1 (20 February).
Abdelkader was given a free role to achieve his goal to grab the KOM jersey. Ab performed very well and got into the breakaway in 3 different stages.
We're happy with the stage win, the KOM jersey and the performance of the team.
Edited by snoep_de_hond on 23-02-2009 12:45
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| G_Larsson |
Posted on 24-07-2008 11:28
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Nice story, looking forward to TOC and Laigueglia 
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| snoep_de_hond |
Posted on 25-07-2008 00:26
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Amgen Tour of California 2.HC (18-25 February)
The route isn't very difficult. To only mountain stage of the race doesn't have an uphill finish and only one of the three hilly stage looks difficult. The rest of the stages consist out of a prologue, a TT and two flat stage.
The difficulty will come from the tough competition which consist out of 9 ProTour teams for instance.
Team Leader:
Chris Froome (He is in top shape. We don't expect he can make the difference himself, so his aim is the stay with the best and hang on.)
Sprinter:
Daryl Impey (Daryl will try to get a win here. To do that he will have to beat sprinters like Bettini, Pozzato, Paolini, Greipel and O'Grady)
Teammates:
Dan Craven
Erik Hoffmann (Dan and Erik will assist Chris in the uphill section and if possible see how high they can finish themselves in the GC)
David George
Jay Thompson (David and Jay are here to gain race fitness for the Giro del Capo 2.2 (6-11 March) and they will work for the team when necessary)
Herman Fouché
Ahmed Bara (Herman and Ahmed are here to protect Chris and Daryl during the race)
This race is our first goal of the season. We want to claim a top 10 spot in the GC with Chris. The team will work for him and when possible assist Daryl in the sprint.
STAGE 1 (18 February)
1 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM 05'27
2 Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS +04
3 Jimmy Engoulvent CRÉDIT AGRICOLE +05
4 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS +06
5 Leif Hoste PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
6 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC s.t.
7 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC +08
8 Chris Froome TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
9 Sylvain Chavanel T-MOBILE TEAM +09
10 Sebastian Lang GEROLSTEINER s.t.
U25
1 Chris Froome TEAM KONICA MINOLTA 05'35
Conclusion
This is a promising start. 8th place and the U25 jersey. Now the team has to make sure Chris gets to Stage 4 (to only mountain stage) without any time loss.
Edited by snoep_de_hond on 26-07-2008 14:13
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