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Posted on 29-10-2008 15:01
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As you can see of the first picture, Valverde is 69 in fitness. As I also said, Valverde was not captain. Valverde had no one that protected him, actually when he and Konovalovas was in the chase group together, he had to protect Konovalovas because he Konovalovas was captain. Then, he dropped back to the peloton, because he had done a great job for Konovalovas, and wasn't able to do anymore. |
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Posted on 29-10-2008 15:06
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Ok, but that doesn't affect Valverde's morale?
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Posted on 29-10-2008 15:12
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Hopefully not |
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Posted on 29-10-2008 15:27
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La Fleche Wallone and its Muur was on the program this Wednesday. Konovalovas was very keen on making a good result here, and the conditions were there, all was up to himself.
Again, he got Valverde and Pliuschin as his two super domestiques.
There were a break, but they wouldn't make it today neither.
With 60 kilometres to go, Morabito, the winner of the polkadot in Paris-Nice, launched an surprising attack. He was followed by Vansummeren and Sprick, but they were soon caught again.
It was Rebellin who started the real fireworks with 45 kilometres to go, as he launched a strong attack.
But he got caught, and Sanchez immediately countered. Both Valverde and Konovalovas tried to follow. All the others hot favourites followed too.
Konovalovas managed to get in the elitegroup. It was he, F. Schleck, Schumacher (C.A), Horner (DSC) and Cunego.
But right before the Muur, they were caught of Sanchez and Ricco. Under the 1km banner, it was so close, would Konovalovas take a sensational win?
No, he wouldn't, but he took a great third. Sanchez won, in front of Ricco. Great work from Konovalovas!!
1 Samuel Sánchez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 5h18'09
2 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 2
3 Ignas Konovalovas TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI + 9
4 Stefan Schumacher CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 13
5 Chris Horner DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 14
6 Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 16
7 Fränk Schleck TEAM CSC + 20
8 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS + 52
9 Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS + 2'32
10 John Gadret DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2'57
11 Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER + 3'04
12 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC + 3'10
13 Paolo Bettini TEAM ASTANA + 3'16
14 Andriy Grivko TEAM MILRAM + 3'18
15 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER + 3'22
16 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 3'23
17 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM s.t.
18 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER + 3'24
19 Manuele Mori T-MOBILE TEAM + 3'33
20 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 3'39
21 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
22 Alejandro Valverde TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI + 3'48
23 Juanjo Cobo QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 3'56
24 Ángel Vicioso TEAM ASTANA s.t.
25 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t. |
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Posted on 29-10-2008 15:30
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3rd
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Posted on 29-10-2008 15:32
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very nice |
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Posted on 29-10-2008 15:55
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Thanks both alexkr00 and mb2612
And maybe it will be even better in liegewait and see.. |
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Posted on 29-10-2008 15:58
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In pcm07 LBL profile is the same like in 08?
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Posted on 29-10-2008 16:00
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I am not sure, but it is close to be the samebut isn't there a little hill near the finish extra in 08? But why are you wondering? |
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alexkr00 |
Posted on 29-10-2008 16:01
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to know if Konovalovas has a better chance than in fleche
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Posted on 29-10-2008 16:09
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You will be answered quite fast.... |
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Posted on 29-10-2008 16:15
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Ok can't wait for LBL
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Posted on 29-10-2008 16:29
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The most traditional classic of the spring was on the program. From Liege to Bastogne and back to Liege. Konovalovas got Valverde and Pliuschin again as super domestiques.
(Forgot to take screenshot of the my 8 riders.)
There was one rider that was on a suicidetask today. Van den Broeck was lonely out there in front.
Rebellin started, as in Fleche Wallone, the real attacks with an attack with 57 kilometres to go.
This time I sended Valverde to mark him, and it become a very dangerous attack as F. Schleck, Bettini, Cunego, Grivko, Kirchen, Ricco and Nibali followed. They made a big group, a great group where all of them could win.
(Monfort is up front as he attacked a little earlier on, but he was soon caught.)
Konovalovas seemed to be trapped, but luckily the distance up to the 10 in front was stable around 1-1,20. He had no opportunities, but attack if he wanted the win. He attacked with 38 km to go, on the very steep Cote de Wanne.
He was followed of even more elite riders, and he reached the front group. But at the same moment as Konovalovas attacked in the peloton, Ricco attacked up front and got a small gap.
But he was soon back in the group which consistet of Cunego, Ricco, Schleck, Nibali, Bettini, Grivko, Konovalovas, Kirchen and Schumacher. Valverde had cracked because he had worked his ass off for Konovalovas.
It was texas up front in the lead group, and they all tried to attack at once it was a flat or hill. But it always come together. But on the Saint Nicholas climb Ricco attacked powerfully. But he was chased down, but then Nibali attacked.
Nibali's attack was very strong and he soon got a gap of half a minute. But then, Schumacher (C.A) paced the chase group so hard that they catched Nibali! The chase group was also reduced to 4 thanks to Schumacher. Konovalovas was in a great position as they caught Nibali, on Schumacher's wheel. But Schumacher decided to attack with 2.6 km to go, Konovalovas didn't have the power to follow. Instead, he ate an energy bar, and prepared himself for the sprint.
Schumacher was too strong and won Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2008.
Konovalovas cracked on the last few metres, but still he grabbed a fantastic second place!!
1 Stefan Schumacher CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 7h04'46
2 Ignas Konovalovas TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI + 24
3 Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS + 32
4 Andriy Grivko TEAM MILRAM + 1'12
5 Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
6 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
7 Paolo Bettini TEAM ASTANA s.t.
8 Fränk Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
9 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 2'53
10 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER + 3'01
11 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 6'19
12 Cadel Evans RABOBANK + 6'27
13 Michael Rasmussen DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
14 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 6'35
15 Steve Morabito RABOBANK s.t.
16 Alejandro Valverde TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI s.t.
17 Chris Horner DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 6'43
18 Jérôme Pineau EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 6'51
19 Maxime Monfort COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 7'23
20 Mirko Celestino EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 8'11 |
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Posted on 29-10-2008 16:29
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same - good luck in la doyenne
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Posted on 29-10-2008 16:33
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brilliant result |
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Posted on 29-10-2008 18:19
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Thanks, there will be a very short report of the Romandieand hopefully I can start to post the Giro tonight |
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Posted on 29-10-2008 18:25
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When I am trying to upload my screenshots to photobucket, it just says like this:
Attention You can't upload zero bytes files.
What does that mean, what do I need to do to upload the pictures? |
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Posted on 29-10-2008 19:27
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I can't upload my pictures from the Romandie, it's weird, but photobucket just says it is "zero bytes files." I am sorry.
The 91st Giro d'Italia was going to start with a prologue at Palermo. Pliuschin was sended as leader, no doubts about that. He doesn't have a very strong team for help, but we'll see what we can do.
Already on the opening prologue Pliuschin showed he will be dangerous this year. He was feeling very good, fitness of 96 and daily form of +3. He smashed Gutierrez time with 19 seconds!!
Pliuschin on his way to maglia rosa
He took a great prologue victory and gained a lot of time on the his rivals. He gained 46 seconds on Cunego f. example.
Malori did the day fantastic when he took the last podium, and even better; we also had Phinney and Zabriskie in the top 10. A great start!
Just to show our young talented team, we had 4 of top 5 in the youth classification. Wonder how long that will be....
Stage and overall:
1 Aleksandr Pliuschin TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI 7'37
2 José Iván Gutiérrez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 19
3 Adriano Malori TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI + 22
4 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 26
5 Taylor Phinney TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI + 28
6 Gustav Larsson TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
7 David Zabriskie TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI s.t.
8 José Rujano CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 30
9 Stefan Schumacher CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
10 Santiago Botero QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 31
11 Maxim Belkov TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI s.t. |
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Posted on 29-10-2008 19:39
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Nice win! Good luck later in GdI |
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Posted on 29-10-2008 19:44
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Thanks Dessel, I will definately need the luck |
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